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[ { "body": "\n\nThis is answered by Geto near the start of episode 14 \"Kyoto Sister School\nExchange Event—Group Battle 0—\" (Transcription: \"Kyōto Shimai-kō Kōryū-\nkai—Dantai-sen ⓪—\"; Japanese: 京都姉妹校交流会—団体戦⓪—). Basically, a Binding Vow needs\nto be initiated of one's own volition. Externally pressuring someone into a\npact does not count, and tricking someone into accepting a Binding Vow is\nextremely difficult. So, it would be a waste of effort to try and force\nItadori into a Binding Vow with Sukuna by taking a hostage.\n\nThis is the conversation between Mahito and Geto in episode 14:\n\n> Mahito: The game started when I met my new toy, but it didn't go well. It\n> wasn't bad at first, though. I should have taken the toy hostage, and forced\n> Itadori to make a Binding Vow.\n>\n\n>> Mahito (speaking to Itadori in his imagination, while holding Junpei\nhostage): If you don't want him to die, hand over your body to Sukuna.\n\n>\n> Geto: No, a Binding Vow can only be done by himself. It's not that simple to\n> initiate a Binding Vow through intervention.\n\n* * *\n\nIt is interesting to compare this with how Sukuna manages to get Itadori to\naccept a Binding Vow as per Sukuna's conditions in episode 6 \"After Rain\"\n(Transcription: \"Ugo\"; Japanese: 雨後). Sukuna obviously understands that he\nneeds Itadori to agree to it of his own free will, and he manages to get\nItadori to do so by adding a small additional condition: _if_ Itadori defeats\nhim in a battle, then Sukuna will revive him unconditionally; _else_ Sukuna\nwill revive him as per the conditions of his Binding Vow. Goof that he is,\nItadori promptly agrees to this, and is just as promptly defeated.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-09-27T12:12:33.863", "id": "67285", "last_activity_date": "2022-09-27T12:12:33.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "60264", "parent_id": "67279", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt's been a long time since I've played the original VN or watched the anime,\nbut are these not Rin and Sia as imagined in their respective kingdoms?\nMatching features and both are princesses (kingdom of devils and kingdom of\ngods respectively) before coming to the human world.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-12T09:33:35.100", "id": "67333", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-12T09:33:35.100", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3473", "parent_id": "67291", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe \"female MC\" and \"male MC\" in question are, of course, none other than\nSenjougahara Hitagi and Kaiki Deishuu. _Koimonogatari_ spoilers follow:\n\n> Your interpretation of the snake and crab as standing for them is, however,\n> most likely wrong. The crab is Senjougahara, as she was once afflicted by a\n> crab, and the white snake is most straightforwardly Sengoku Nadeko, who has\n> at this point become a white snake god. Seeing as the arc's plot revolves\n> around Sengoku's intention to kill Senjougahara (and Araragi) on their\n> graduating high school, I can only conclude that the snake wrapping around\n> the crab symbolizes this impending doom. It's not impossible that the\n> matching colors are something more than coincidental (they seem like logical\n> choices from a purely stylistic perspective), but this is the most obvious\n> interpretation.\n\n> However, your conclusion about a broken-off romance is correct. As\n> Senjougahara states in _Nisemonogatari_ , Kaiki was the first of the five\n> con men hired to cure her mysterious illness, and over the course of\n> _Koimonogatari_ he progressively reveals that they developed feelings for\n> each other, until he decided to end whatever relationship they had for her\n> sake, as he \"weakened\" her, on top of the obvious problems with that large\n> an age gap. (Although the viewer is welcome to doubt that this is true,\n> coming a self-professed unreliable narrator, it's most expedient to treat as\n> literal truth for the purposes of the arc.) Also, I doubt this is directly\n> related to the symbolism of the OP (except maybe the choice to involve a\n> car, but that seems like a stretch), but Kaiki's prior romantic entanglement\n> --a one-sided crush on Kanbaru's mother, Gaen Tooe--did end with the\n> latter's death in a car accident which he still hasn't quite gotten over.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-01T19:35:29.257", "id": "67299", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-01T19:35:29.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66722", "parent_id": "67293", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Anisearch](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index) allows us to filter anime\nbased on the type of material adapted. \n[Using](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index/page-1?char=all&adapted=102&sort=date&order=asc&view=1)\nthe more general term of visual novel as a category, the 2-episode OVA _Rance_\nfrom 1993 seems to be the first anime adapted from such a medium. \nThis OVA is very loosely based on the erotic RPG series of the same\n[name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rance_\\(series\\)) (potential NSFW\ncontent).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-01T13:03:57.150", "id": "67295", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-01T13:03:57.150", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "67294", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt depends on what is meant by galgame, but a web search suggests* [Dragon\nKnight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Knight_\\(video_game_series\\)) is\none of the oldest. The game is released in 1989 and animated in 1991.\n\n* [a source](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1047759045), you may not be able to see it depending on location\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-02T01:58:58.877", "id": "67301", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-02T01:58:58.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67294", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nAs far as I remember, it was **To Heart (1999)** that established these kinds\nof anime on TV.\n\nTechnically both _Sentimental Journey (1998)_ (based on Sentimental Graffiti)\nand _Night Walker (1998)_ came earlier as far as TV anime based on a Visual\nNovel go. But not every VN is a Gal Game and I do not think either of these\ndoes qualify.\n\nSame for Rance and Dragon Knight. They aren't really Gal Games. At least not\nif you think of a Gal Game as one where you are a guy trying to get a\ngirlfriend among a selection of heroines through choices you make interacting\nwith those heroines.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-04T09:01:14.337", "id": "67306", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-04T09:01:14.337", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67294", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't remember if the Grand Priest explained the best prize to fighters on\nscreen, but he had to do it either on screen or off screen, because people\nfrom other universes knew about it and they had their own wishes, for example,\nJiren wanted to resurrect his former martial arts teacher.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-03T11:43:47.053", "id": "67304", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-03T11:43:47.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "67302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is no **\" Best fighter reward\"**\n\n * The winner of the tournament is granted one limitless wish from the Super Dragon Balls. In the anime, if the warrior wishes for something selfish, then both Zenos will erase everything\n * When all 10 warriors of a Universe are eliminated, that Universe, its deities (barring the angels of said universe), and its inhabitants are immediately erased by Zeno and Future Zeno.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-04T10:35:28.460", "id": "67308", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-04T10:35:28.460", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49915", "parent_id": "67302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think you're under the impression that Grand Priest will choose the best\nfighter from each universe. But, with _Best Fighter_ he meant the best fighter\nfrom all universes combined, which is the last man standing in the battle\nroyale of the universes, and all the other participating universes except the\nwinner universe will be erased.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-02T14:11:18.933", "id": "68103", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-02T14:11:18.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "67302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAfter doing some research, I couldn't find any cases where either the manga or\nthe anime formally explain the origin of Sailor Moon. However, there are a\ncouple theories we can create based on what we do know.\n\n_Theory 1: Giving Usagi the brooch was the only thing in Luna's power to\nprotect her from the various attacks coming her way._\n\nIn episode 1, Luna tells her to transform in order to save her best friend's\nshop. There's no real explanation of why Usagi is able to use it. We don't\nknow if, like the other Sailor Scouts, it belongs to her, or if the brooch is\none could work for anyone who says the commands. Since the power of Princess\nSerenity needed to be unlocked by Usagi herself, without her memories she was\ncompletely defenseless against the dark forces coming her way. Sailor Moon\ncould have been _Luna's_ best chance at protecting Usagi until she recognized\nher identity.\n\n_Theory 2: Sailor Moon was created because Princess Serenity felt powerless in\nher previous life._\n\nIn episode 35, Usagi recalls her memories as Princess Serenity in which she\nwent from having everything she wanted to losing everyone she loves. One could\nassume that she felt powerless about the situation and wished she could have\nprotected her loved ones. Sailor Moon could have been an alter ego that\nPrincess Serenity wish she had that she was able to assume in her next life.\nIt could also be why whenever she's backed in a corner (especially where\nTuxedo Mask is concerned), Sailor Moon transforms in Princess Serenity who is\nthe person who always wanted to save him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-19T14:58:21.883", "id": "67354", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-19T14:58:21.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70334", "parent_id": "67309", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAssuming you are speaking about the past Princess Serenity, then this [tumblr\npage](https://silvermoon424.tumblr.com/post/97346293538/sailor-venus-the-\nleader) speaking about why Sailor Venus is the leader, answers the question of\nwhy Usagi is Sailor Moon.\n\nThere are images of the manga where Luna mentions Usagi was developed into\nSailor Moon to better protect her and hide her from the enemies...hide who she\nreally is, the reincarnation of Princess Serenity.\n\nIf it's also in relation to the future Princess Serenity, all of the essence\nand powers of Princess Serenity is latent inside Usagi/Sailor Moon which is\nawakened at some point, so she is able to exist as both from there on.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-24T00:16:48.737", "id": "67380", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-24T00:16:48.737", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70386", "parent_id": "67309", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nKeeping the character's look the same is easier for the animators, because it\nallows the reuse of art work, and for the audience because it makes\nrecognizing the character easier.\n\nThis also allows changing the hairstyles for actual purposes, to symbolize\ncharacter development, or to reflect that there has been a long period of time\nskipped. Having characters change their hair styles just because means that\nthese changes lose impact.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-09T00:13:58.497", "id": "67319", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-09T00:13:58.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57843", "parent_id": "67315", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNot exactly an answer, but what both have in common and not mentioned in the\ncomments is that they were released in _Shonen Jump_. So, not only do they\nshare the _shonen_ demographic, they also share the 'color' of the magazine.\n\nIn particular, one factor is the editors. If I remember correctly, a volume of\nYu-Yu Hakusho (inside the cover) had a line to the effect \"An editor is\nsometimes a story writer\".\n\nThe first editor of Dragon Ball is [Kazuhiko\nTorishima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Torishima) and that of Yu-Yu\nHakusho is [Toshimasa\nTakahashi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E4%BF%8A%E6%98%8C).\nThey worked together closely, like starting the magazine [V\nJump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Jump), so it is possible that DB's\neditor influenced Yu-Yu Hakusho in a broad sense.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-10T23:35:35.443", "id": "67329", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-13T00:20:23.750", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-13T00:20:23.750", "last_editor_user_id": "70290", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure it is the answer in the sense of being _first_ , but it is\ncommonly called [Sazae-san\nSpacetime](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A8%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E6%99%82%E7%A9%BA).\n\n[Sazae-san](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae-san) is originally a newspaper\ncartoon which started in 1946(!). The TV series started in 1969 according to\nthe Wikipedia. I have little idea when exactly it settles on the current\nformat, but anyway it is still aired every Sunday in 2022. For example of the\ntime-bending, Katsuo (the picture in the first link above) is still a primary\nschool pupil after 50+ years...\n\n* * *\n\nFYI. The time in the anime was not completely static originally. Sazae-san\n(Katsuo's elder sister) did not have a baby (Tara-chan) in the first episodes\n(of manga, at least).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-12T06:14:39.007", "id": "67332", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-12T06:14:39.007", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67330", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Vegeta in the anime series, it's because she's a gag comic\ncharacter the reason she has absurd strength.\n\n[Vegeta vs Arale](https://universal-dragon-\nball.fandom.com/wiki/Vegeta_vs._Arale_Norimaki)\n\nIn the original Dr Slump, she also was insanely strong, she broke the Earth in\n2 by accident once with a punch.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-15T03:47:23.290", "id": "67338", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-15T03:47:23.290", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "67337", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nShe is what people believe Saitama is. She's an actual gag character from a\ngag manga, Dr. Slump. She's basically the Bugs Bunny of Dragon Ball. Her\npowers include Plot Manipulation and such, where she can become the author\nherself and replace Tori-Bot, Toriyama's own avatar in the anime. Which means\nshe can exist on a higher dimension of existence that most other characters\nwithout fourth-wall awareness can't even sense.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-17T19:01:31.873", "id": "67475", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-17T19:01:31.873", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70610", "parent_id": "67337", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe [sign](https://japan-cycling.com/road-signs/) means\n\n> Closed to motor vehicles\n\nSince they are standing in front of it, they are not breaking the rules.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-15T15:06:55.917", "id": "67341", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-15T15:06:55.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "67339", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**Spoiler alert:** Wikipedia has a few spoilers in its summary.\n\nTo my understanding, the Thousand-Year Blood War follows the original manga\nwhere it picked up after the Fullbring arc which [is in fact\ncanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_chapters_\\(424%E2%80%93686\\)).\n\nSo long as you've followed either (or both) the manga and the anime, you\nshould be OK.\n\nNo guarantees on whether or not they reintroduce filler-arc characters or\ncharacters from other media, but the vast majority of the story _should_ be\ncoming from the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-18T22:42:56.320", "id": "67350", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-18T22:42:56.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "67349", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**The joke is that Satania snapped the chopsticks _incorrectly_ , even if they\nhave _an apparent shape._**\n\nThis is an example of\n[割り箸](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8A%E7%AE%B8) ( _waribashi_ , lit.\n\"splitting chopsticks\")\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of [kufura -\nもらって使わなかった「割り箸」みんなは何に使ってる？様々な用途が集まりました](https://kufura.jp/life/cost/160653)\n\nAnd this is the expected usage\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of [mybest - 【2022年】割り箸のおすすめ人気ランキング25選](https://my-\nbest.com/4740)\n\nNot this\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of [イラストフリー素材タカヲ's -\n怒って割り箸を折る子供（男の子）のイラスト](https://takawos.com/broken_disposable_chopsticks_angry-\nboy/)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-19T15:26:53.850", "id": "67355", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-19T15:26:53.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "67353", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Princess Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Knight) could be the\nfirst. It is animated in 1967, and the original manga dates to 1953. From the\narticle:\n\n> Princess Knight is the story of Sapphire who must pretend to be a male\n> prince so she can inherit the throne of Silverland as women are not eligible\n> to do so.\n\nSince the author Osamu Tezuka is usually considered the/a founder of Japanese\nanimation, it should be among the first cross-dressers at least.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-23T01:15:29.263", "id": "67370", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-23T07:17:49.933", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-23T07:17:49.933", "last_editor_user_id": "27875", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67358", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nMaybe Oozora Hibari from **Stop!! Hibari-kun!** (1983) is the first by choice.\n\n<http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtP2XUvKT7g>\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U5q6Pm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hr0Tbm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MoaA6m.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tUGMZm.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-23T21:16:08.307", "id": "67378", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-23T21:47:39.573", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-23T21:47:39.573", "last_editor_user_id": "22562", "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67358", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey're called Yaeba. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeba) says:\n\n> In Japan, yaeba (八重歯, \"double tooth\") are human teeth, especially upper\n> canines, with an uncommonly fang-like appearance. Yaeba most often refers to\n> a tooth overlapping another tooth or protruding from higher in the gum. In\n> Japan it is perceived as a sign of youthfulness and natural beauty. In 2013\n> it had become a trend where teenage girls would undergo dental procedures to\n> cap the upper canines.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-21T09:07:24.377", "id": "67362", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-23T16:43:01.870", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-23T16:43:01.870", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67359", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nIn addition to [BCLC's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/67362/36158),\nthe girls in the _The Helpful Fox Senko-san_ are\n[kitsune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune), aka fox spirits.\n\nFoxes have [fangs](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/red-fox-showing-it-\nteeth-picture-id642199518?s=612x612). They, along with many of the other\nfox/wolf/cat/dog-human hybrids that show up in anime, have fangs as part of\ntheir \"not-fully-human\" character design.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-22T02:47:04.033", "id": "67364", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-22T02:47:04.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "36158", "parent_id": "67359", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nBaka Tsuki is the only good site I know that has several Light Novel\ntranslations. They seem to have some incomplete chapters of [Dantalion no\nShoka](https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Dantalian_no_Shoka).\n\nIt is afaik (semi-)legal, in the sense that they stop translating & hosting\nchapters of licensed LNs. Their [About](https://www.baka-\ntsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Baka-Tsuki:About) page says _Works will be\ndeleted upon request by copyright holders_ , and I remember having some series\ngo MIA due to licensing a few years back when I used to be a frequent visitor.\n\nNote that the site itself has fan translations, so it's not officially\nlicensed and the TL quality can vary between series (but has been mostly\nexcellent in my experience).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-22T06:42:41.423", "id": "67366", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-08T13:33:18.810", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-08T13:33:18.810", "last_editor_user_id": "50617", "owner_user_id": "255", "parent_id": "67361", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt is usually called _Small Face Roller_ (小顔ローラー) or _Beautiful Face Roller_\n([美顔ローラー](https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=%E7%BE%8E%E9%A1%94%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC&ref=pd_sl_62blw487x7_e),\nlink to amazon.jp).\n\nPersonally I feel it is rather dubious whether it has any effect at all, but\naccording to [here](https://toplog.jp/355270) for example, it is supposed to\n_prevent hanging skin, improve blood circulation, or soothe swollen face (by\nfatigue)_. Either way you are right in that it is a \"beauty apparatus\" mostly\nfor women.\n\nSorry if the wording is not clear, I have little idea on the right term for\nthe symptoms.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-23T00:47:34.163", "id": "67369", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-23T00:47:34.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nface sculptor or face massager\n\n<https://www.amazon.com/face-sculptor/s?k=face+sculptor>\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NejvO.png)\n\n<https://wwd.com/shop/shop-beauty/face-massagers-1235068497/>\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1sMqW.png)\n\n[First Impression of Skin Gym Face Sculptor | How to facial Massage | Bianca\nJanel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyzZ2TdLPw)\n\n[S02E03 - What do you call the face rolling thing that Nino is holding\nplease?](https://www.reddit.com/r/NinoNakano/comments/w7wwtc/s02e03_what_do_you_call_the_face_rolling_thing/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-24T03:12:00.177", "id": "67382", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-24T03:12:00.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure how commonly this is believed (in Japan or not), the intention is\nto prevent the bullet from firing properly. That is, she thinks the gun will\nkind of explode at the end of the muzzle and that the person holding the gun\nwon't be able to shoot because of it.\n\nThis was described in Master Keaton as \"People somehow believe so due to\nmovies or something.\" ([source](https://www.sabaibu.com/comic_anime-\nsurvivor/2923/))\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-23T09:29:27.840", "id": "67373", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-23T09:29:27.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67371", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nPretty major spoilers from chapter 84, but\n\n> In chapter 87, Makima states that he \"disappeared\" in a fight with the Four\n> Horsemen and the other Weapon Devils. In chapter 84, we pretty explicitly\n> saw him literally tear through hell, so it's likely that he used the last of\n> his strength while he was fighting the other devils to escape, leading to\n> him collapsing in front of Denji. Edit: I checked again in chapter 84, and\n> it _seems_ like him escaping was due to the hell devil's door still being\n> present, so it's not explained if there are ways of getting out of hell\n> other than dying or through the hell devil\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-25T21:24:48.847", "id": "67396", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-26T02:55:11.160", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-26T02:55:11.160", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "70405", "parent_id": "67379", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nMajor spoilers from chapter 87!!!\n\n> Pochita isn't a fiend but the chainsaw devil itself. The reason he appears\n> to be a weak chainsaw dog devil at the start is because in chapter 87,\n> Makima reveals that during the battle between her with the Weapon Devils and\n> the Four Horsemen against the chainsaw devil, the chainsaw devil (pochita)\n> managed to escape after being severely wounded and transformed to a \"near-\n> death form\" (doggy pochita!)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cjOeU.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-25T21:56:41.133", "id": "67397", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-26T02:57:26.130", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-26T02:57:26.130", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "70406", "parent_id": "67379", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou are missing the fact that the market for shonen/shoujo comic are very\nunsymmetric. That is, there are much fewer girls who read comics in the first\nplace, accordingly fewer female anime consumers.\n\nJust to give an idea, in [the list ordered by the number of copies\nsold](https://www.mangazenkan.com/r/rekidai/total/), the most selling shojo\ncomic _Hana yori Dango_ is ranked the 33rd. Also [this](https://nendai-\nryuukou.com/article/057.html) is a similar list exclusively shojo. You can see\nhow smaller the shojo comic market is.\n\n* * *\n\nFrom [this questionnaire](https://kiq-report.com/Item/461), below suggests\nthat the difference is less drastic than comic sales, but female anime\nwatchers are consistently less.\n\n**Do you watch anime often?** The manually underlined columns are for women.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ke8IV.png)\n\n**Do you like anime movies better than those with human actors?** (The pink-\nish bar indicates human actor movie; the blue for aime)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9jOQ0.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-24T05:36:27.687", "id": "67384", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-28T08:52:59.140", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-28T08:52:59.140", "last_editor_user_id": "61507", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67381", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\ntldr;\n\n> Q: Why are there more animes focused on harem in comparison to reverse\n> harem?\n>\n> **A: Because of how much difficult it would be for the industry to profit\n> from making reverse harems.**\n\n* * *\n\nI like how @sundower answers the question with numbers that bring light to the\ncomparatively low number of female anime consumers (and even lower number of\nfemale anime consumers that watch reverse harems). Profit companies must try\nto cater to the bigger audience groups, and anime studios are also companies.\n\n_That said, I would like to try to provide **some of the reasons** behind the\nnumbers with the following two points:_\n\n## Response to visual stimuli\n\n> (...) men still had higher ratings than women even for women-selected films.\n> Together, these data demonstrated that men responded more to visual sexual\n> stimuli than did women, and this sex differences was strengthened if the\n> stimuli were chosen by a male. [1]\n\nThis shows two sides of the same coin:\n\n 1. Male interest is an **easier target to capture through visual media** (harems).\n 2. Female audience will be harder to please with visuals.\n\n## Culture focused in catering to male audience\n\nCulture is another factor that contributes to the situation. [This wikipedia\nentry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_harem_anime_and_manga) shows a\nfairly complete list of harems and reverse harems in existence; 272 vs 35 as\nof 11/2022. This implies that anime studio employees and directors are at\nleast 7 times more familiar, experienced and confident making and selling\nharem content than doing it with its counterpart. **Going against a deep-\nrooted culture is hard.**\n\nGiven this culture (or inertia) mostly pushes towards the creation of more\nharem animes, there is less interest, talent and funding for making reverse\nharems.\n\n* * *\n\n \n[1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739403) Rupp HA, Wallen K.\nSex differences in response to visual sexual stimuli: a review. doi:\n10.1007/s10508-007-9217-9. Epub 2007 Aug 1. PMID: 17668311; PMCID: PMC2739403.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-23T03:31:08.520", "id": "67486", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-23T03:39:29.703", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-23T03:39:29.703", "last_editor_user_id": "18485", "owner_user_id": "18485", "parent_id": "67381", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAs @Ocean aptly said that Reverse harem as a subgenre of shoujo doesn't seem\nto be that popular and that women does watch shounen anime but the vice versa\nis not true. Because of this viewership difference, it is much more difficult\nfor the industry to make profit out of them. @sundowner provided some\nstatistics on Japan viewership and this is more or less similar when extended\nglobally.\n\nA 2020 survey conducted in the United States found that anime movies were\ngenerally more popular among men than women, with 13 percent of male\nrespondents reporting that they found anime to be very favorable, compared to\nnine percent of women who said the same. Women were also less likely to have\nheard of anime in general or to have any particular opinion on the genre.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YEvFd.jpg)\n\nIf we consider country wise, this skew towards male viewership is far more\npronounced in English-speaking markets like the US, the UK, and Australia.\nOnly some markets like Vietnam, Russia, and France see female majorities and\nin countries like Korea, China and India, the statistics is even.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/icUjd.jpg)\n\n**References**\n\n 1. [Frequency of watching anime among high school students in Japan in 2021, by gender](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315512/japan-anime-watching-frequency-high-school-students-by-gender/) (According to a survey conducted in Japan in from October to November 2021, 57 percent of male high school students watch anime at least once per week or more, compared to 50 percent of female high school students. The share of respondents who stated not to watch anime at all was slightly higher among girls than among boys)\n 2. [Attitudes to anime movies among adults the United States as of January 2020, by gender](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095810/anime-movie-opinions-us-by-gender/)\n 3. <https://project-anime.org/tag/demographics/>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-23T05:03:58.597", "id": "67487", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-23T05:03:58.597", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "67381", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt should be [Neko\nMusume](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E5%A8%98_\\(%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B2%E3%81%AE%E9%AC%BC%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E\\))\n(literally \"cat young woman\") from [Gegege no\nKitaro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeGeGe_no_Kitar%C5%8D). (I don't know if\nit is aired abroad.)\n\nShe is\n\n> 普段は人間と変わりないが、ネズミ（ねずみ男を含む）や魚を見たり怒ったりして興奮すると、眼が金色に染まり[注釈\n> 1]、耳まで裂けた口に鋭い牙をむきだした化け猫の形相になる\n>\n> (roughly translated) normally just a human, but when excited e.g. by finding\n> a mouse or fish or by getting angry, her face becomes a monster-cat, eyes\n> getting golden and the mouth getting large with the sharp teeth.\n\nThe first series was in 1968 and the latest ended in 2020. You can see how her\ndesign changed e.g. [here](https://inouegaku.com/neko).\n\nThe following article is relevant as well (it mentions about original cat girl\nin manga):\n\n * [Wikipedia/Catgirl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgirl)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-25T12:18:15.267", "id": "67392", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-25T12:18:15.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you go with a more general understanding of cat girl then Neko Musume from\nGegege no Kitarou (1968) is probably the first in anime history.\n\nThis is her character design over time:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VQkccm.jpg)\n\nAs you can see, she doesn't have cat ears. Not back then and not now and I\nfeel your question implies the first cat girl with actual cat ears.\n\n* * *\n\nAs far as I remember the first one to make a big impact was Liru from **Renkin\nSan-kyuu Magical? Pokaan (2006)** \\- a wolf girl. You might have seen her\nbefore:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LktOKm.jpg)\n\nThough, that was by no means the first instance of the Kemonomimi trope.\n\n1997, Hyper Police\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SAXRLm.jpg)\n\n1995, Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/50wVom.png)\n\n1993, Kouryuu Densetsu Villgust\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kPrInm.jpg)\n\n1984, Wata no Kuni Hoshi\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HT9dCm.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-26T14:44:08.840", "id": "67399", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-26T14:55:55.520", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-26T14:55:55.520", "last_editor_user_id": "22562", "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't really know how easy you can find such places, but \"Western greater\nTokyo\" is one area where you can find those places.\n\nFor example [this](https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/530/page/0000063423.html)\nlists parks with similar views in Kawasaki city, city to the west/south of\nTokyo.\n\nGenerally, the greater Tokyo area is flat although Japan is covered mostly by\nmountains as commented. Even then, the western part of Tokyo (not Tokyo-Tokyo\nfull of skyscrapers, here Tokyo means an area defined by government) was\noriginally hills and developed after the war.\n\nThere is this joke song made by the heroine of [Whisper of the\nHeart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisper_of_the_Heart):\n\n> Concrete roads, everywhere\n>\n> Cutting down the trees, filling in the valley\n>\n> West Tokyo, Mount Tama\n>\n> My hometown is concrete roads\n\nThe 'western part of Tokyo' mentioned above basically corresponds to\n[Tama](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9A%E6%91%A9) area mentioned in the\nlyrics. Thus the area is hills made habitable, hence places like what you see\nare easy enough to find (probably). FYI the movie has some similar views (you\ncan see the real pictures for example [in this\nblog](https://www.odekakeiku.com/entry/mimiwosumaseba-seisekisakuragaoka)).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-25T12:54:40.393", "id": "67393", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-25T13:08:16.237", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-25T13:08:16.237", "last_editor_user_id": "61507", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67389", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it continues the trend of [moe\nanthropomorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_anthropomorphism), even\ninto creating a new genre called \"monster musume\".\n\n * answer of Aki Tanaka ♦\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-28T13:42:41.397", "id": "67407", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-28T13:42:41.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67390", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 }, { "body": "\n\nYou are conflating different genres.\n\n**2018, Goblin Slayer** \nGoblin:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ABN9Ym.jpg)\n\n**1988, Kyuuketsuki Miyu** \nVampire:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/btTq6m.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-28T15:07:26.253", "id": "67408", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-28T15:07:26.253", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67390", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSome of this is due to the influence of Japanese folklore. Japan has many folk\ntales and urban legends regarding a spirit or monstrous creature that takes\nthe form of an attractive young woman or a crying child in order to lure\npeople in, which then turns into a hangered old woman with monstrous features,\nbefore either attacking the person or fleeing suddenly.\n\nThink the ghost in the library from the original Ghostbusters.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-06T15:14:33.700", "id": "67432", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-06T15:14:33.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70080", "parent_id": "67390", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's implied that this specific Nokker was different from the rest of it's\nspecies for some unexplained reason (given that it appears to work against the\nother Nokkers in one case), and developed a desire to follow and aid Fushi.\nThis lines up with Hayase's goals and it likely decided it could achieve that\ngoal more effectively by coexisting with her (and her lineage).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-25T21:05:44.347", "id": "67395", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-25T21:05:44.347", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70405", "parent_id": "67391", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it was ironically afraid of death and wanted to develop individual\npersonality. Hayase offered shared immortality. At least that's my head canon\ncause it just doesn't tell us why. What makes me think this is what the Nokker\nsays in episode 14 of season 2 at 14:53\n\n\"I don't know what will happen to me when I leave here. Everything I've built\nup until now might be erased. I'm scared.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-03-26T00:59:55.367", "id": "67845", "last_activity_date": "2023-03-27T16:56:22.603", "last_edit_date": "2023-03-27T16:56:22.603", "last_editor_user_id": "71682", "owner_user_id": "71682", "parent_id": "67391", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI suppose it's **Natsu e no Tobira (1981)**.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FOvbZm.jpg)\n\nIt's an erotic drama and not really part of the otaku culture that brought us\nclassics such as Boku no Pico (2006). Speaking of which, that also happens to\nbe the first shotacon anime that had a big impact, even though the romantic\nrelationships were all among guys.\n\nAlso worth noting that Natsu e no Tobira is geared towards a female audience,\nwhile Boku no Pico is geared towards a male audience.\n\nAs far as otaku culture is concerned, though, it is very rare for female\ncharacters to be interested romantically in shotas. The topic is mostly played\nfor gags, unless you are consuming pornographic content. And for that Boku no\nPico was a trend starter.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-27T16:15:33.060", "id": "67404", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-27T16:15:33.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67400", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nProbably bardock already obtained the power of UI, as per Whis's statement,\nany living mere mortal, angel, kai can obtain UI. Even yamtcha and krillin,\nperhaps who break through their limits and keep pushing with the desire of do\nsomething will obtain UI, except destroyers. Destroyers had their own form\ncalled Ultra Ego.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-17T09:31:13.550", "id": "67473", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-17T09:31:13.550", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70607", "parent_id": "67405", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhile they may look similar, recall that the principles of Ultra Instinct are\nfundamentally different from what Bardock does. To even achieve something like\nUltra Instinct would require years of training by Bardock. If the Gods of\nDestruction are unable to use it there's no reason to believe Bardock could\njust \"use it\". This is probably closer to the \" pseudo-ultra instinct\" that\nRoshi displayed during the tournament of power if anything.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-17T18:50:43.860", "id": "67474", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-17T18:50:43.860", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70610", "parent_id": "67405", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes. He has his stand, named 'The World', and also the stand he gained from\nJonathan's body, which doesn't have a name, but operates similarly to Joseph's\nHermit Purple.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-28T19:13:45.563", "id": "67410", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-28T19:13:45.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "67406", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nBecause it was not meant to be the same, Estarossa and Meliodas have different\nabilities. There is no reason for them to be the same. There has been no\nreason that I have seen for the powers that they have and if one can counter\nmagic it makes sense another can counter physical attacks.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-31T01:24:32.697", "id": "67414", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-31T01:24:32.697", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8231", "parent_id": "67413", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAbout 40 years as stated by the hisame, granddaughter of hayase in the first\nor second episodes. (not sure which one it was)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-08T08:55:23.287", "id": "67519", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-08T08:55:23.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57848", "parent_id": "67415", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nSome stands just possess sentience. Those that do include Sex Pistols, Hey\nYa!, and Dragon's Dream. It's never really explained why some do while others\ndon't, but it's just a quirk that some stands can have, similar to the\nevolution of Echoes and Tusk, or the group nature of colony stands such as\nHarvest and Survivor.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-31T18:53:59.200", "id": "67421", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-31T18:53:59.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "67419", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere really isn't a solution, unless the subtitles provide it for you.\n\nThis is actually fairly common in that, on certain occasions, the subtitles\n_will_ include the text that is on a screen or on a sign somewhere.\n\nIf they do not, then there's not much other recourse to solve the issue\nbesides using Google Translate on your own (which is always going to be hit or\nmiss).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-04T18:21:00.077", "id": "67430", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-04T18:21:00.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "67428", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, it is implied that Gran Torino is faster than One for All 30% because it\nis said that when Izuku will reach 100%, his speed is set surpass Gran Torino.\n\nWarning: Spoilers as the events are ongoing\n\n> **At 100% his speed rises** to levels rivaling or even surpassing that of\n> All Might, which allows him to casually blitz capable villains and move\n> several times faster than the eye can see. During his fight with Overhaul,\n> he could completely out-speed the villain and move fast enough to create\n> afterimages, and later completely overwhelm him with an instantaneous rush\n> of punches. When fighting against Tomura Shigaraki, he could effortlessly\n> blitz the villain and severely damage his weakened body, **despite him\n> possessing speed rivaling that of All Might and outclassing that of Gran\n> Torino.**\n\nFrom: [Izuku Midoriya - Fandom\nWiki](https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Izuku_Midoriya)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T04:13:50.080", "id": "67443", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-09T04:13:50.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "67431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis depends on what you mean by \"demographic\". In general, the demographic is\n\"anime watchers who like to cook or watch content related to cooking.\" There\nare dozens of YouTube channels that are exclusively videos of people cooking,\nor cooking competitions, and have millions upon millions of viewers. Shows\nlike Iron Chef, Kitchen Nightmares, The Great British Baking show are\nincredibly popular. There is, of course, going to be a large subset of people\nwho like those channels and shows and are also anime fans. Cooking is an\nalmost universally shared experience; most people have done it. Japan,\nespecially, has a very deep culinary culture with more Michelin starred\nrestaurants than any other country.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-08T23:04:24.173", "id": "67441", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-08T23:04:24.173", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25508", "parent_id": "67437", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is no definitive answer to this question as different cooking anime\ntarget different demographics. Some cooking anime, such as Cooking Master Boy,\ntarget a younger demographic, while others, such as Yakitate!! Japan, target a\nmore adult demographic. In general, however, most cooking anime target a\ndemographic that enjoys watching people cook and learn about different\ncuisines.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-11T12:29:20.160", "id": "67463", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-11T12:29:20.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70553", "parent_id": "67437", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou've got it backwards here.\n\nAround that point in the anime, Ichigo is fighting _Ikakku_. He's recalling\nthe training he did with Urahara, which is why this is being overlayed.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-08T20:06:19.820", "id": "67439", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-08T20:06:19.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "67438", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause\n\n> Makima knows what Denji is truly capable of, or rather the \"chainsaw devil\".\n> This devil has the power to erase the existence of anything it eats\n> (canonically Pochita had eaten the Nazis and erased WW2 from history).\n\nThis is a reason Makima has high hopes for Denji, but ultimately, she tries to\nturn him into her pet so she can control him.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T04:49:36.637", "id": "67448", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-14T10:48:30.353", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-14T10:48:30.353", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "70525", "parent_id": "67440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNon-lethal devils from Chainsaw man include \"Bucky\" the chicken devil, which\ntakes the form of a headless chicken with a groovy bowtie.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sP7J8.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T04:45:18.683", "id": "67446", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-09T04:45:18.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70525", "parent_id": "67444", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think so, but if there are, then they would be extremely rare. In the\nvery first chapter of Chainsaw Man, it's shown that devils are the natural\nenemies of humans. They are attracted to the human soul, which is like a\n\"light\" to them, and they will instinctively try to eat it.\n\n> Devils were attracted to the soul like a light, so they would instinctively\n> try to eat it.\n\nWe also know that there are different types of devils, some of which are more\naggressive than others.\n\n> Devils come in different shapes, sizes and types. There are those that are\n> aggressive and those that have been completely pacified.\n\nSo, it's possible that there are some devils that are naturally less\naggressive and more docile, but if they exist, they would be rare.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-11T12:35:44.783", "id": "67464", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-11T12:35:44.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70553", "parent_id": "67444", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, Denji does have the ability to return to his human form. However only\nwhen he remains his conscious self.\n\nThe only instance when Denji loses control is when he unlocks the true form of\nthe \"Chainsaw Devil\" and begins to decimate his enemies whilst forcefully\ntaking Kobeni out on a date.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T23:00:15.160", "id": "67457", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-09T23:00:15.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70525", "parent_id": "67445", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'd assume so in the anime. The manga prioritized the sole use of blood as a\ndevil's form of healing (Unlike Power who specializes in blood). But seeing\nhow Denji's chainsaws melt of him in the anime rather than scrap off into\nmetal in the manga, I'd assume that detail is saying his chainsaws are made of\nblood.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T22:47:47.287", "id": "67456", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-09T22:47:47.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70525", "parent_id": "67447", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRem did not kill Ginzo Kaneboshi using Higuchis notebook. She wrote his name\nin Rems own personal notebook, which is later recovered by Light after her\ndeath.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-22T00:51:14.053", "id": "67926", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-22T00:51:14.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71901", "parent_id": "67451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMy understanding is that they're _so good_ at chess (and everything else they\nput their minds to) that it's become boring for them. They _could_ have become\nprofessional chess players, and they almost certainly would have swept every\ntournament they entered, but they didn't want to because it wouldn't have been\nenough of a challenge for them. It's shown throughout the series that money\nand fame don't interest them - all they really want is a challenge.\n\nIn that regard, you can think of Sora and Shiro as being similar to Saitama\nfrom _One Punch Man_. He's so much stronger than everyone he fights that he\ncan beat them in one hit without even trying, and is consequently bored out of\nhis mind because there's no challenge anymore. Sora and Shiro are the same:\nit's not until Tet challenges them to an online chess game, and subsequently\nsucks them into Disboard, that they find the challenge they're looking for.\n\nThere's also the fact that competing in professional tournaments would entail\na) leaving their room (most chess tournaments AFAIK are still held in person),\nand b) working individually instead of as a pair. At the start of the series,\nthey are psychologically incapable of doing either of those things.\n\nThere is _some_ willing suspension of disbelief required in order to accept\nthat a person can be as smart as them in the first place, but the fact they\ndon't do anything _with_ that intelligence until they arrive in Disboard is\nperfectly understandable, given their respective mental states.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-09T21:51:43.873", "id": "67454", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-09T21:51:43.873", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "67452", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nStands have so many more possibilities than Hamon. Each individual stand has\nunique abilities, effects, and strengths. Basically, every user's stand is\ndifferent. Hamon, on the other hand, is effectively the same for every Hamon\nuser. The only thing that differs is how you use it: for example, Joseph had a\ndifferent fighting style to Jonathan, but a lot of their fights were still\nvery similar because they both possessed the exact same power. JoJo would have\ngotten stale and boring to read very quickly had Araki not switched to stands\naround part 3 - especially when you look at how long the manga has been\nrunning.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-10T16:16:22.433", "id": "67460", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-10T16:16:22.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "67455", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThis part of the ending was left somewhat ambiguous. It is mentioned that they\nare artificial lifeforms, however even they do not know who or what made them,\njust like the humans that went to the moon.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CnyBO.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-17T07:56:06.243", "id": "67472", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-17T15:59:29.230", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-17T15:59:29.230", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "67471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think it is clearly mentioned in the story, but\n[this](https://yakuneba-ten.jp/spyfamily-kimerasan/) for example says 'with\nlion's head and snake's tail'.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-18T22:34:56.793", "id": "67479", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-18T22:34:56.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67476", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJotaro would've been sensed by Giorno if he had gone to Italy. People with the\nJoestar birthmark can feel each other's presence, therefore Giorno would've\nbeen alerted by Jotaro and he wouldn't have allowed himself to be observed\nquietly. Koichi is, according to Jotaro, reliable, so he sent him to observe\nGiorno and determine whether or not he was evil or dangerous without being\nspotted immediately.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-08T02:23:18.090", "id": "67612", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-08T02:23:18.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71048", "parent_id": "67477", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nHe was sick firstly from having vomited from Himeno vomiting in his mouth, and\nthen secondly he may have been dizzy because he hadn't drunk alcohol before\nand she momma-birds it into his mouth when he says he is thirsty.\n\nHis passing out may have been from just exhaustion but who can say.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-08T08:50:34.973", "id": "67518", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-08T08:50:34.973", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57848", "parent_id": "67504", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't believe Denji passes out before getting to her place. The timeline of\nevents is that they're at the bar and they drink a lot (except Denji), Himeno\nkisses him, he vomits in the toilet, and then he carries her to her house\nsince she had passed out. After reaching her house, he probably passed out as\nwell due to sheer exhaustion and having vomited profusely before, and that is\nwhy he is dizzy and thirsty. Vomiting causes dehydration.\n\nTranslations of the manga in different languages show both Himeno carrying\nDenji and Denji carrying Himeno, but since the anime showed her carrying him,\nit is safe to assume that is the canon event. Even then, it makes sense for\nDenji to have passed out after being awake late and vomiting over and over.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-08T02:08:35.033", "id": "67611", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-09T15:55:19.387", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-09T15:55:19.387", "last_editor_user_id": "71048", "owner_user_id": "71048", "parent_id": "67504", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nShort answer: (1) It is in most cases done by postcards attached to the\nphysical magazine. It generally costs ～$3 to cast a vote (magazine+postal\ncost). These days, apparently there are polls online. I suppose issues are\nhandled individually, but it is possible to cheat.\n\n(2) Regarding the list, it is simply decided by authors or editors, but in\nsome cases, the list is open and voters can just write their favorite\ncharacter's name.\n\n* * *\n\nSome sources.\n\n[This\npoll](https://web.archive.org/web/20211129175957/https://websunday.net/16907/)\n(2021) seems to have been collected online whereas [this\npoll](https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1432498.html) (2022) clearly\nstates it is votable only by postcards as follows (the bold part):\n\n> **投票券** 、圧巻のキャラクターリスト、賞品の詳細は **電子版やマガポケには掲載されない** 。想いを託したハガキを投函しよう。\n\n[This wikipage](https://w.atwiki.jp/aniwotawiki/pages/26704.html) has a bunch\nof episodes. Just randomly translated a few:\n\n * In a [Nisekoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisekoi) poll, there was a person who sent 1500 votes to a character. This means the person spent a few thousand dollars for this vote(s).\n * In another Nisekoi poll, this voter was voted and ranked 19th. (Here the list was open.)\n * In a Bleach poll, there were votes by cardboard boxes full of votes (which I assume are for the same character), but these were counted as just 1 vote, because the magazine side decided it was fairer.\n\n(a side note: Nisekoi was a Shone Jump comic. Shonen Jump is about the size of\na large university text book 257mm x 182mm, a few cm thick. Just think of 1500\ncopies of them...)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-02T12:32:35.270", "id": "67507", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-02T12:32:35.270", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67506", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not aware of the Japanese having a word for this.\n\nIt's overlapping a fair bit with `healing` or in Japanese Iyashikei `癒し系 (\nいやしけい )`. \nBut it is not the same thing.\n\nNot sure about today, but years ago when `cute girls doing cute things` was\nfirst used (around 2008, as far as I remember), it wasn't really to categorize\nanime. It was to make fun of them. For example \"does this anime have a story\nor is it just cute girls doing cute things?\".\n\nIn that sense the origin was a lot closer to healing than what the literal\nmeaning of the phrase describes.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-08T13:52:32.997", "id": "67520", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-08T13:52:32.997", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "67510", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure if this answers your question, but I see nyanko-sensei saying the\nfollowing on p101, vol.5.\n\n> お前が消えた間タキに私の正体を話した. While you (Natsume) were disappearing, I told Taki what\n> I really am.\n\nSo Taki should be able to hear nyanko-sensei.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-11T09:51:01.443", "id": "67532", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-11T09:51:01.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67530", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDisclaimer: I don't know the anime. This is based on literal meaning of those\nJapanese words.\n\nJigoku-san should be based on a typical image of\n[Oni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni), with horns and often curly hair. As\nfor Namahage, it is rather an instance of Oni. To my knowledge, Oni is often\ntranslated as _goblin_. In my understanding of _goblin_ (from Final Fantasy)\nand _devil_ , Oni actually may be more a Japanese counterpart of the latter.\nBasically, Japanese/Eastern Jigoku is inhabited by many Oni's torturing sinned\nhumans.\n\nChimimoryo(魑魅魍魎) is a collective term referring to the 'inhabitants' of the\nunderground world. In this sense, it includes Oni and to some extent\nsynonymous to yokai. Yokai tends to mean non-human beings 'living' among us.\nChimimoryo just refers to 'them' as a whole, Oni, ghosts and the rest. Using\nanalogy with biology, Chimimoryo can be considered as a highest taxonomic rank\ncovering them (Yokai kingdom?). But obviously usage is not that systematic.\n\nIn terms of the connotation of Chimimoryo, it sounds like a mass of nameless\nentities. So, chimimo are not particularly anything. I mean, they [look\nlike](https://anime.shochiku.co.jp/chimimo/) just a ball with horn; they\nshould be designed as just one of the ghosts without much character.\n\n* * *\n\nThe following is a bit roundabout, but hopefully gives some idea.\n\nChimimoryo often figuratively refers to _a mass of fishy/dubious people_. For\nexample, there are investigations going on around bribery in Tokyo Olympics.\nAt the moment, the center of the scandal is [Haruyuki\nTakahashi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E6%B2%BB%E4%B9%8B),\nex-[Dentsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentsu) guy. There are lots of\ncorruptions in Japan, just like everywhere else in the world. This kind\nsituation surrounding Olympics is described as 'Chimimoryo are marching',\nmeaning 'lots of fishy people swarming around to grab money'. 'Chimimoryo'\nhere refers to the bunch of nameless, trivial people mobbing around the money.\nIn a sense, 'big' guys like Takahashi is one of them, but Chimimoryo more\nrefers to 'the rest of them'. In this sense, the absence of specifics should\nbe part of chimimo's.\n\nFYI: Dentsu is the largest advertising agency that is involved most animes (I\nbelieve).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-11T10:37:48.363", "id": "67533", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-11T10:37:48.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt is a reference to a poem by [Saneatsu\nMushanokōji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saneatsu_Mushanok%C5%8Dji):\n\n> Persimmon and Yuzu\n>\n> Though exposed to the same winds and rains \n> Thou art sweet, whilst I am sour \n> Thou art red, whilst I am yellow \n> While people praise thee \n> They do not forsake me either\n\n(Text found [here](https://soraphoto.exblog.jp/3338889/) in Japanese. TL by\nme.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-29T21:19:58.957", "id": "67588", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-30T02:40:52.053", "last_edit_date": "2022-12-30T02:40:52.053", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "13204", "parent_id": "67535", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYou're going to have to do a lot of legwork on sites like this, referencing\nfirst [Oricon](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289168/oricon-profit/) and\nany other entity like [Square\nEnix](https://www.statista.com/statistics/259720/square-enixs-annual-sales-by-\nsegment/) or Pony Canyon, etc. you may feel is relevant to your research,\nprobably looking at their more easily quantifiable figures like music sales,\nsubtracting non-anitune sales and moving to divisions which deal with anime\nproduction.\n\nAnime is definitely a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry in Japan, they\nspend a huge amount of money on entertainment and that's easy to verify with\nGoogle. The specific figures are probably going to be tough to pin down\nbecause with digital distribution, figures are not all kept in one basket like\nhow hardcopy sales used to be.\n\nYou could also look into something specific like what\n[Netflix](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093754/japan-animation-\nindustry-revenue-by-segment/) anime market share is in Japan, that might be an\neasier target to hit than to try and pinpoint the figures for the anime\nindustry in its entirety without doing major digging in the crates.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-13T01:06:10.760", "id": "67540", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-13T07:28:40.087", "last_edit_date": "2022-12-13T07:28:40.087", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "70781", "parent_id": "67539", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIn the anime version of Dragon Ball Super, it's not explicitly stated whether\nany of the participating fighters had planned to use the wish from the Super\nDragon Balls to save all the universes. However, it's possible that some of\nthe fighters may have had this in mind as a possibility.\n\nVegeta does mention that he intended to wish for the restoration of the Saiyan\nrace from Universe 6, but it's not clear if he had any plans to extend this\nwish to include the other universes as well. It's also possible that some of\nthe other fighters may have had similar thoughts, but it's not mentioned in\nthe anime.\n\nUltimately, it's up to interpretation whether any of the fighters had\nconsidered using the wish from the Super Dragon Balls to save all the\nuniverses. However, it seems that the ultimate outcome, with 17 using the wish\nto restore all the universes, was not something that was planned or expected\nby any of the fighters. It was more of a fortunate coincidence that resulted\nfrom Zeno's decision to spare the winning universe.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-19T13:11:57.713", "id": "67559", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-19T13:11:57.713", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62707", "parent_id": "67545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n## Does Anyone Contemplate Using the Wish to Save All the Universes?\n\nNeither the anime, nor the manga show any of the fighters contemplate using\nthe wish to save all of the rest of the universes, nor is there any sort of\ncollaboration to this end. There are a few instances of the wish being\ndiscussed. Most notably, this one in volume 7 of the manga comes closest:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j3grs.png)\n\nIt's very telling that the wolf guy says they need to figure out a way\neveryone can survive. This suggests that he does not currently know a way all\nthe universes can survive. Even though it may seem obvious to us to use the\nwish from the Super Dragon Balls, it evidently is not to this guy. Piccolo\ndoes not have a response either.\n\nThere are several other times when a wish is discussed. 17 for instance, wants\na yacht. And it is confirmed in the manga that Jiren would wish for the\nrevival of his master. In exchange for his cooperation in fighting for\nUniverse 6, Frieza asks Frost to use the wish to revive him (this is later\nshown to be a deception). In the anime, Vegeta suggests that he will use the\nwish for Universe 6.\n\nNobody says anything about saving all the universes.\n\nThere are four plausible conclusions here: either the fighters cannot even\nconceive of the idea of using the wish to save all the universes, the fighters\ncannot think of using the wish to save all the universes as a _good_ idea, the\nfighters don't care about any universe but their own, or the narrative of\n_Dragon Ball Super_ simply refuses to show us any fighters thinking about\nsaving all the universes.\n\n## Thesis\n\nHaving established no one was shown to contemplate using the wish to save all\nthe universes, it makes sense to try and determine why. As I will soon show,\nusing the wish to undo the destruction of the universes is not as obvious as\nwe might think.\n\nThere are many reasons why:\n\nOut of Universe\n\n 1. The narrative does not show anyone thinking this, even though some people might be thinking it, in order to retain tension during this story arc.\n\nIn Universe\n\n 2. Making this wish would mean opposing the will of Grand Zeno, who wishes to reduce the number of universes.\n 3. The majority of fighters are unfamiliar with the Dragon Balls, so they might not be capable of thinking to use them to restore all the universes.\n 4. There is no trust amongst the universes and the fighters.\n\n## Out of Universe Explanation\n\nA lot of the tension in this arc hinges on the fact that the universes are\nbeing culled. Up until the first one is completely obliterated, we wonder if\nZeno is actually going to do it... and then he does.\n\nAs far as suspense goes, _Dragon Ball Super_ inherited a very big narrative\nproblem in the Dragon Balls. Time after time, the heroes have used their\nwishes to undo all the damage done by the bad guys. If that's the case, why\nshould the audience worry about anything? The Dragon Balls make suspense very\ndifficult. But the writers shouldn't totally give up on suspense, right? Thus,\ndoes it make sense to show any character contemplating wishing to restore all\nthe universes ahead of time?\n\nThe answer is **no**. Once the audience is cued in that this is a possibility,\nthe main source of tension is gone. The audience might wonder about it\nthemselves, of course, which will make it frustrating to watch the tournament\nwhen the writers are deliberately avoiding talking about it at all. Still,\nwhether or not it is truly a shock, the writers have to at least try to make\n17's wish a surprise.\n\n## In Universe Explanations\n\n## Respect/Fear of the Gods\n\nAs the question points out, this whole situation doesn't seem make sense. With\nsome reasoning and examination of the story, I will try to provide a framework\nwhere this situation makes sense. Perhaps this is just my opinion, but I\nbelieve we should try to believe a story makes sense until the author blunders\nand contradicts themselves so badly it cannot be rectified and is undoubtedly\na plot hole. Thus, if there are frameworks where a story makes sense and\nframeworks where the story does not, then we must reject the frameworks where\nthe story does not.\n\nThus, what it comes down to is this: while it would seem that a wish to\nrestore all the universes should be obvious, under close scrutiny, **it is\nnot.**\n\nZeno is the highest level god in the _Dragon Ball_ multiverse. He is so\npowerful that all of the Destroyer Gods are afraid of him. And if Zeno truly\nis a being of which no greater can exist, then what he says is absolute and\ninfallible. Whether or not this is actually true is not important. What is\nimportant is that many of the combatants will believe this.\n\nThe head angel (speaking on Zeno's behalf) states many times that the\nuniverses are going to be culled, that it is necessary, and that it is Zeno's\nwill. Now, what does making a wish to undo Zeno's will amount to? It amounts\nto a rejection of his words and actions. Isn't that clearly the wrong thing to\ndo? And if Zeno is the being who decides what is right and wrong, wouldn't it\nbe immoral?\n\nConsider the real world Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism,\netc), for instance. According to the tenets in these religions, there are no\ncircumstances under which it is acceptable to defy the Abrahamic God. In their\nstories, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son to him. The correct answer is\nnot to say, \"Hey, this is wrong, I'm not doing that.\" Rather, the correct\nanswer is to comply, and in the end God will say, \"Okay, you can stop; I was\njust testing you.\"\n\nApply this logic to the _Dragon Ball_ multiverse. These two cases offer\nanswers that are exact opposites. So Zeno wants the winner to openly go\nagainst his will to destroy all but one universe? How can he expect that when\neven the Destroyers are afraid to speak out against him? And how can that\npossibly be what's right when Zeno is an infallible deity? The angels stated\nmultiple times that Zeno wished to cull the universes because there were too\nmany. Honestly, if I were in the position to make that wish, **I would simply\nassume if I used the wish to restore the universes, Zeno would just blow up\nevery single one all over again, and this time the winning universe would be\nincluded.**\n\nI don't think it's an exaggeration to call Zeno a being of whose will is\nabsolute. He can blow up an entire universe in an instant, so what else could\nhe be, at least in the eyes of the mortals? Some or maybe even the majority of\nthe fighters from the universes must think of him as an unstoppable and\nimmutable force that shouldn't be tested. In fact, this very idea is stated\nover and over again in the manga and anime.\n\nIt is not unreasonable to think most of the fighters would think restoring the\nuniverses with the Super Dragon Balls was a bad idea. Over and over again, the\ndeity characters state that Zeno is insurmountable. Going against Zeno is thus\nfutile. And in the manga, we get this conversation between Whis and Goku from\nvolume 6, page 68:\n\n> **Goku** : Yeah... Maybe I'll ask the Lord of Everything to call off this\n> whole erasure thing.\n>\n> **Whis** : I wouldn't do that if I were you. The Lord of Everything and the\n> Grand Priest decided this. If you offend them, you'll just be erased.\n\nWhat else do we know about Grand Zeno? Namely, that he thinks managing so many\nuniverses is a pain, and the endeavor seems pointless especially on account of\ntheir mortal levels not going up; thus, Zeno wants to get rid of some of the\nuniverses. This is shown directly in the manga between a conversation between\nhim and the Grand Minister.\n\nAll this gives us these assumptions:\n\n 1. Zeno wants to see a fighting tournament.\n 2. Zeno wants less universes.\n 3. Zeno cannot be opposed.\n 4. If Goku suggests stopping the tournament or the erasure of universes, Zeno will be offended and destroy him.\n\nFrom these, I would extrapolate this conclusion:\n\n 5. If you undo the destruction of the universes, Zeno will be offended and destroy them all again, because as stated in 2, he does not want to manage so many universes.\n\nAt the very least, it is not unreasonable to think that the fighters are\nworried about this enough to think restoring the universes is not a viable\noption, or too risky. We should also question whether the fighters care enough\nabout the other universes to risk their own in the event of their victory.\n\nAt best, Zeno's challenge is a riddle. To figure out what the correct wish is,\none would have to put together the pieces: first, that perhaps the reason Zeno\nisn't the one saying anything is because the angels are not actually stating\nZeno's will. And two, the reason that there are no restrictions on the wish is\nto use it to defy the destruction of every universe. But considering the\ndestruction is in the first place being caused by the top-level god, who is\nsupposed to determine what is good and moral, I don't think the answer to the\nriddle is obvious at all.\n\nSo to answer the question, I believe it is exceedingly likely that the\nmajority of fighters did not plan on making a wish to restore all the\nuniverses if they won. Unless they have zero respect or fear for the gods\n(like Goku and 17), it would have been a difficult idea to even conceive of.\n\n## Evidence\n\nI will preface with the following: fiction is a reflection of reality. Author\nand reader alike make default assumptions about a fictional world. Thus,\nideas, even religious ones, will inevitably creep in. And indeed, though I\nstarted from a place of comparing _Dragon Ball Super_ to real religions, I\nfound plenty of the specific ideas I examined present in the work itself.\nToriyama and Toyotarou's own views on the gods in their work can also be\ngleamed from this interview at the end of volume 4.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MbH1h.png)\n\nIt's notable that they write the deities are just. This view would likely be\nreflected in their writing as well.\n\nSince it has been rightfully questioned whether the people in the multiverse\nof _Dragon Ball_ hold the proper reverence for their deities, I will try to\nexamine the matter.\n\nWhat I have is this: whether it's King Kai, Supreme Kai, or Beerus, the\ndeities are constantly shocked at Goku's lack of respect. When Goku talks to\nGrand Zeno casually like they're buddies, Beerus has a total flip-out. This\nconstant shock can only lead one to conclude that Goku's behavior is\ncompletely aberrant. The majority of the people in the multiverse would\nunderstand not to question gods.\n\nConsider Vegeta and King Vegeta as well. When Beerus shows up, they both\nbecome groveling cowards to the point of becoming comic relief.\n\nAnother example comes from the manga in volume 9. We see the Namekians praying\nto their Dragon Ball, saying\n\n> It is thanks to the protection of the gods that we may live in peace. We\n> mustn't forget to be grateful.\n\nA quote from volume 8, just before Universe 10 gets obliterated:\n\n> Lord Gowas! I'm satisfied just to be carrying out the will of Universe 10's\n> gods.\n\nThis all seems like a general adherence to the gods to me.\n\nAnd here's a quote from Zamasu I found on\n<https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Zamasu>\n\n> \"You give corruption far too much credit, evil does not inform good. It\n> sullies it, like how the Babari sullied their world with violence, or how\n> that arrogant Goku sullied this sacred ground by swinging his fists at a\n> God. Mortals receive the divine gift of intellect, the potential for wisdom,\n> but they misuse it to destroy the beauty of creation. Mortals do not succumb\n> to evil, they are the evil. They create it, and spread it with minds they\n> shouldn't possess. How can we call ourselves gods if we watch this plight\n> and do nothing to stop it?\"\n\nHere's a similar quote from chapter 19 of the manga (volume 3, page 152):\n\n> **Zamasu/Goku Black** : \"In this universe right now... I reign supreme!\n> Draaah!!!\"\n>\n> **Vegeta** : \"We don't need a god who forces his own twisted sense of\n> justice on us.\"\n>\n> **Zamasu/Goku Black** : \"Silence, you filthy mortal!! My reign is absolute!\n> Every action that I, the supreme god, make... is justice!\"\n\nAnd from volume 4:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3JqLT.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hNapr.png)\n\nZamasu is a bad guy, but these quotes and Zamasu's disgust with Goku shows\nthat the idea that mortals are bad, and thus that gods are good and determine\ngood, is not foreign to the world of _Dragon Ball_.\n\nAdditionally, in volume 4, the Supreme Kai gives some indication towards\nthinking it's a particularly egregious crime to kill a god:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QQuZu.png)\n\nNow, consider the fighters at the Tournament of Power. The most fervent\nbelievers in justice and love, such as Ribrianne and Toppo, have been\nquestioned for seemingly not thinking of restoring all the universes with the\nwish. But oftentimes, the ones most dedicated to justice can be the ones most\nsusceptible to blind obedience to higher authorities, including gods and\nangels, so I don't see this as contradictory. If Zeno is approving of what's\nhappening, they might see the tournament as just, or they might simply see\nopposing Zeno as futile. Such thoughts will lead them away from contemplating\nthis kind of wish.\n\nWe can see a bit of their trepidation in these panels from volume 7, so we\nknow that their gods have told them enough about Grand Zeno.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/20Z2O.png)\n\nExamining the final episode of the anime, Krillan and some others were shocked\nby 17's wish. It isn't really explained why, but we can assume either it was a\nsurprising wish (nobody else could even conceive of it) or it was a dangerous\nwish (Grand Zeno might get mad).\n\nPerhaps further evidence is the reason 17 makes the wish in the manga. As per\nvolume 9, page 83:\n\n> Mostly, I just didn't want those little imps to have their way with things.\n\n17 changes his wish to spite the two Grand Zenos. We see none of the \"good\"\nand \"just\" fighters even think of saving all the universes. The one person who\nactually makes the wish to restore all the universes is one with no fear or\nrespect for the gods. And the Grand Priest bumps up Universe 7's mortal\nranking for this, so evidently it is a good thing.\n\n## First Time Seeing Dragon Balls\n\nWe have to consider that for many of the fighters, this is their first time\nbeing told they can get a wish. Without the years of experience with Dragon\nBalls that Universe 7's heroes have, it might be difficult to even think of\nwhat that wish can be used for. I don't really have much to say about this\nreason, and the evidence is just that nobody seems to think of saving all the\nuniverses (see the picture at the beginning with the wolf guy).\n\nThe tournament also goes by pretty fast and is chaotic (at least in the manga,\nwe get this impression), so a lot of the fighters might not even have a chance\nto stop and think. The spectators are enthralled in the match as well due to\nthe fate of their universe being on the line.\n\nOne last point though: it is stated that there is no limitation on the wish,\nbut there actually is _one_. It will be filtered through the Grand Priest,\nsince it needs to be spoken in the language of the gods to Super Shenron. This\nis just another reason to be cautious with any wish. Did you want to wish Zeno\ndestroyed to stop this from happening again? Whoops. Now you're in trouble.\n\n## Distrust Amongst the Universes\n\nAnother thing to consider is the level of trust between the universes. The\ngods and destroyers are all squabbling for survival, and not cooperating at\nall. It doesn't follow that the mortals would trust anyone from another\nuniverse to use the wish to restore theirs. Their distrust may even extend so\nfar as to make them not want to restore any other universe. Regardless, there\nwould be no cooperation; even someone contemplating making the wish, would not\ntrust anyone else, and they would fight all the harder to make sure it's them\nwho gets the prize.\n\nWe see Frieza making deals, but that's just him playing mind games, and it\nends in backstabbing; that's because in the end, Frieza isn't going to trust\nhis survival to the chance another universe would follow through on using the\nwish to revive him. It would be so easy not to once he's gone, after all. And\nthat's true for any kind of deal regarding saving all the universes.\n\nSome Frieza quotes from the manga:\n\n> Entrusting the fate of your universe to another? I've never heard something\n> quite so pathetic.\n\n> Oh of course. In the heat of the battle, I forgot to mention some key\n> advice. Never trust anyone!\n\n> Why even hesitate? This is a survival game, and our very existence is on the\n> line. It seems I'm the only one here with a clear idea of how this is\n> supposed to work.\n\nThe last one continues from the picture I included of Piccolo and the wolf\nguy. It just goes to show that even if some of the participants are willing to\nwork together, it only takes one Frieza on the team for things to end in\nbetrayal.\n\nAnd a quote from Vegeta too:\n\n> Need me to hold your hands, child? Don't forget--in this arena, we're\n> **foes** , so don't look to other universes for aid!\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-16T18:13:27.193", "id": "67664", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-01T15:04:21.737", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-01T15:04:21.737", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "67545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIn my opinion and going by the Dragon Ball story, if any of the universes\nwould've planned to revive other universes using super Dragon Balls, they\nwouldn't fight for their survival, making the tournament boring, whereas Zeno\nstarted the tournament for entertainment.\n\nAlso, multiple characters would've disagreed, like Goku who gave the idea to\nZeno for the Tournament of Power, and would participate to fight everyone at\ntheir strongest as if their survival is at stake, and would've disagreed with\nthis proposal. I am not sure about Vegeta or other people having pride though,\nif they'd choose their pride over survival.\n\nAlso, there were a few people who would've used the wish to save a few like\nVegeta and Frieza to revive Universe 6 (for having soft spots for their races\nin Universe 6), and there would've been other fighters from other universes\ntoo (For example Cabba, Toppo, Jiren, etc.), but their stories weren't focused\nin detail. I highly doubt Toppo would've revived other universes, especially\nUniverse 7, where Goku exists who started the whole idea, because of his sense\nof justice and thinks of him as evil, whereas Jiren's wish would've been\ndebatable.\n\nBut 17 wished to revive all erased universe because of his _humane_ side as he\nwas not a fighter and has moved on from his past, whereas most of the other\nparticipants were seasoned fighters.\n\nThere are a lot more things to be noted about Tournament of Power rules\nthough.\n\n * Zeno and Grand Priest told universes with low mortality rates would be wiped out, yet they _allowed dead fighters to participate_ e.g. Frieza. So, universes could've brought out their best fighters from any timeline, which would deviate from its original purpose.\n * There were rules regarding a few forms of fighting styles, like weapon-based fighting and Ki attacks using nature's energy.\n * _Killing was not allowed_ ; Zenos wanted fighters to kill anyone with a few exceptions, which is absolute nonsense when it's a battle for survival, and the fate of their respective universes is at stake.\n * _Each fighter will fight at their native gravity level_ , so if a person lives on a planet with a million times more gravity, they should defeat others fighting on low gravity, this is very confusing though, trying to explain this with an example here, when Vegeta and Nappa first came to earth, they were powerhouses because they lived and trained in 10 times more gravity and going to a planet with low gravity made them exceptionally faster and in turn stronger. So, fighters who would've been strong became weak due to this.\n * Since the Dragon Ball verse makes no sense due to the existence of Dragon Balls, Universe 7 could've simply _wished Shenron to wake up Buu_ , as Buu was considered one of the strongest in the universe, 2nd only to Beerus.\n\nAnd there are a few events in the tournament itself as well.\n\n * Caway from Universe 4 seduces Roshi and later he groped her, which was considered fine. (Episode 105)\n * Roshi used a bottle for Evil Containment Wave, whereas weapons weren't allowed, but Zenos thought it was cool.\n * Goku used Spirit Bomb, but Ki attacks using nature's energy weren't allowed.\n * Zenos said if the winner would've made any wish other than to revive other universes they would've wiped all universes, yet they let them live because of the wish. So, there wasn't any point of mortality rate or multiversal balance here, for which they started the tournament.\n\nOther than this, possibly due to plot armor, no other race except Saiyan\nshowed any growth, Goku took a spirit bomb and unlocked a new form, which\nwould've killed most of the others.\n\nSo, in my opinion, it is most likely poor plot writing, where everything is\nabout fighting and battles, not common sense.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T09:36:39.813", "id": "68134", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-21T08:03:00.513", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-21T08:03:00.513", "last_editor_user_id": "72478", "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "67545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [Baka-Updates\nManga](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/nsoxdme/getter-robo), as of April\n2023, _Getter Robo_ hasn't been licensed for English audiences yet. Thus,\n**there are no official copies of the English version** but only unofficial\nscanlations on the internet which is a complex issue: [What are the legality\nrules in terms of manga\ntranslations?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/6471/2516)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-30T14:26:59.397", "id": "67950", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-30T14:26:59.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "67557", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIn the very first volume, when his mother takes him to the doctor, and the\ndoctor asks if she and his father have quirks, she states that she can pull\nsmall objects toward her, and\n\n> my husband can breathe fire.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-20T00:43:07.890", "id": "67562", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-20T00:43:07.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57843", "parent_id": "67560", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is not really a name for it.\n\nIt is from a song [Choo Choo\nTrain](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choo_Choo_TRAIN) by a group named ZOO (In\nthe article, it uses Choo Choo train Dance). It was covered by another dancer-\nsinger group [Exile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_\\(Japanese_band\\)).\nMainly the dance/movement is known because of this cover, so in Japan, most\npeople recognize it as 'that thing of Exile'.\n\n[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL0TE79SbP4) is the original\nZoo's performance, where the movement is in the opposite direction.\n[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owWPR-5sKeM) (Exile version) is the\nsame as the one you posted.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-23T10:21:15.787", "id": "67574", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-23T10:21:15.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67566", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat woman is not Watanuki's mother. It is obvious from these episodes that\nWatanuki views the woman as a substitute for his own mother, and that the\nwoman views him as a substitute for her son For instance, in volume 6, the\nwoman says\n\n> I wanted to do this with my son but he passed away quite a while ago. If\n> he'd been allowed to grow up, he might have become a nice boy **like\n> yourself**.\n\nWatanuki and the woman are not related, and this shows in their dialogue.\nWatanuki doesn't recognize the woman, and she specifically says her son passed\naway. They each know that the other is not their mother/son, but they've both\nlost loved ones, and they seek each other's company to try and fill that void,\nboth for their own sake, and the other.\n\nAs for not encountering any other spirits, Watanuki goes for long periods of\ntime without encountering any in the manga, so it really isn't that unusual.\nThis is especially true after he begins associating with Domeki, who repels\nspirits. From a story perspective, each spirit encounter tends to be focused.\nThe spirit Watanuki is encountering right now is the woman, so other spirits\nwould only be included in the encounter if they are relevant.\n\nAnd lastly, for Domeki being able to see the woman, I have no answer. I do not\nthink the manga actually offers an insight on why some spirits can be seen by\neveryone and others cannot. If it does, it would be difficult to glean. Given\nhow difficult it would be to analyze and answer this part, I believe this\nneeds to be asked as a separate question, which I see you have already done\nhere: [Why can Domeki sometimes see\nGhost/Spirit?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67572/why-can-domeki-\nsometimes-see-ghost-spirit)\n\nLater on in the manga, Watanuki's mother is revealed; however, this is a\n**very big spoiler** for both _Tsubasa_ and _xxxHolic_ , so please be wary of\nreading further.\n\n> Watanuki was created when the real Syaoran from _Tsubasa_ made a wish.\n> Watanuki is basically a clone of Syaoran. Thus, Watanuki considers his\n> parents to be Syaoran's parents. This is why it is significant that Syaoran\n> and Watanuki share a birthday (also, Sakura, but that's not relevant here).\n\nContinuing on, there's an even bigger spoiler.\n\n> Watanuki and Syaoran's parents did not die in a car crash. They are still\n> alive. This is stated in _xxxHolic_. The fortune teller from earlier in the\n> series comes to Yuko to correct her statement that Watanuki's parents had\n> moved on, saying she was mistaken, and they were merely far away and unable\n> to come to him.\n\nHere's the biggest spoiler of all. Seriously, if you are planning on finishing\n_xxxHolic_ and _Tsubasa_ , don't read this.\n\n> The real Syaoran's (and by extension, Watanuki's) parents are the fake\n> Syaoran and fake Sakura. This is done via time looping. Fake Syaoran and\n> fake Sakura end up dying, but Yuko grants them a wish to reincarnate as real\n> people, which they do, in the past. You can see this in volume 28 of\n> _Tsubasa_.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-07T03:41:18.800", "id": "67606", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-07T03:41:18.800", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "67571", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe Infinite Tsukuyomi was not all about Rin. Rin dying was the main trigger\nfor him to change sides, but not the only reason.\n\nHe says that while he travelled under the identity of Madara through the\nworld, he saw how bad things were and that's why he decided to move even more\nforward with the Tsukuyomi plan. \nObito meant to help the world itself, even if it sounds ironic or even dumb.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wkBXS.png)\n\nAs he says, Rin is someone who isn't meant to die, what caused her to die at\nthat young age, alongside many children sent to war, was the current state of\nthe shinobi world, just like he says\n\n> The shinobi system... the village... what's created all these\n> circumstances...\n\nTherefore, he realized things had to change and he went forward with the\nTsukuyomi plan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-05T09:27:35.983", "id": "67877", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-05T09:27:35.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66890", "parent_id": "67580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nGoing from inference...perhaps Nishikata was a bit shy about it?\n\nThe particular work appears to be something that would be atypical for a\nshonen such as himself to read or consume, and given that Takagi has teased\nhim for a lot of _other_ things, he probably wouldn't have wanted this to be\nused to tease him.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-04T16:29:30.273", "id": "67598", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-04T16:29:30.273", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "67597", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThis scenario has happened in the past and has created additional titan\nshifters, although the mechanics of this process are not explained in detail\nand it is questionable whether it could be done again.\n\n~2000 years ago, there were no titans, just normal humans, then Ymir Fritz\ncomes into contact with a [worm-like\nthingy](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Source_of_all_living_matter) and\nbecomes the first (and at that point) only titan. Upon her death, her husband,\n[King Fritz](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Fritz) feeds her remains to\ntheir 3 daughters hoping that this will pass Ymir's titan powers on to each of\nthem (which works since titans continued to exist). He then decrees (Ch 122),\n\n> My daughters. Give birth and multiply. The blood of Ymir must not perish. If\n> you die, my daughters, have my grandchildren eat your spines. If my\n> grandchildren die, pass their spines from child to child.\n\nWhile the history gets foggy from here on, the end results of this decree are\nknown.\n\n * The descendants of Ymir Fritz become the Eldian people / Children of Ymir whom are distinct from \"normal people\" due to their quirk of becoming [pure titans](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Titan?so=search) (mindless titans without the ability to return to human form) when exposed to the spinal fluid of other pure titans or the scream of the Founding Titan\n\n * Ymir's ability to \"titan shift\" (swap between human and titan form at will) was splintered from being her's alone to becoming the [9 titans](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Nine_Titans) which necessarily means more than one person can inherit a single titan shifter's powers (otherwise there wouldn't be 9 sets of titan shifter powers, although it is not known if this splitting process is as simple as having multiple people consume a titan shifter)\n\n * Titan shifter powers are transferred when a pure titan consumes the spinal fluid of the existing titan shifter (many points of uncertainty, does the titan shifter need to be alive? Ymir had already died when King Fritz had his daughters eat her and his decree implied consuming corpses. Does the inheritor need to be a pure titan? Ymir's daughters were necessarily still human when they consumed Ymir's corpse. Is consuming part of a titan shifter's spine good enough? None of the onscreen power transfers ever show an attempt at \"sharing is caring\")\n\nSome additional thoughts:\n\n * The 9 titans have been more-or-less a thing for almost as long as the titans themselves as noted in Marley's history books (Ch 86) which does imply after the original 9 came into being, no new titan shifter powers were created or destroyed for ~2000 years\n\n * The 9 titans can be reduced in number, the series begins with only 8 sets of titan shifter powers as Grisha Yeager had consumed Frieda Reiss merging the Attack Titan and Founder Titan together, this number is further reduced when Eren Yeager consumes Lara Tybur's Warhammer Titan\n\n * Despite the 9 titans being in the hands of powerful noble families who were in a constant state of in-fighting for much of history, and then the Marleyians who used their titan shifters as weapons it seems none of them ever gained additional titan shifters by trying to split their titan shifters' powers among multiple inheritors. The reason is never stated, it can be hypothesized that it was never attempted or it was attempted and didn't work, whether because the entire spine is required for the power to pass on, trying to get a pure titan to eat half a living person's spine is somewhat difficult, etc. What allowed for the initial creation of the 9 titans from Ymir alone is still unclear.\n\nIn conclusion, multiple people inheriting titan shifter powers from a single\nperson definitely happened at some point, somehow which may or may not work\nanymore. In the present, it cannot be definitively said what would happen but\nwe kinda need to believe one of two theories, no one has tried it, or, it has\nbeen tried before and is known not to work.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-23T02:10:05.857", "id": "67928", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-23T02:10:05.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "67602", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nPartial answer:\n\nI'm not sure the plot changes much, but this is relevant for a minor joke in\nS03E06 where each class does their own thing for the culture / cultural\nfestival.\n\n> Houjou talks about dropping by Hamaguchi's class.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7kiAo.jpg)\n\n> Hamaguchi doesn't want this. But Houjou goes anyway:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mxEFL.jpg)\n\nAgain, this is a just minor joke, not really relevant to the plot at least\nanime-wise. Hence, this is just a partial answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-13T08:24:03.507", "id": "67638", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-13T08:24:03.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67617", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nPartial answer:\n\nActually in the same episode, there are 2 Houjou x Hamaguchi things. I'm not\ntoo sure of the details here. Maybe there's more in the manga.\n\n1\n\nNakai comments about how Hamaguchi's food is cut differently or something.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y1yHf.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/26mvo.jpg)\n\n2\n\nThey are [in the same folk\ndance](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67639/why-are-houjou-and-\nhamaguchi-in-the-same-folk-dance-when-theyre-in-different-cl) despite that\nthey are in different classes.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vgyZ6.jpg)\n\nAs with my 1st answer, I don't think these are very relevant to the plot at\nleast anime-wise. Hence, this is just a partial answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-13T08:38:30.933", "id": "67640", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-13T08:38:30.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67617", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> in Japanese culture in general are girls more likely than boys to dress up?\n\nYes. Girls just like dressing up pretty more than boys. I guess it is\nuniversal.\n\n* * *\n\nA quick search gave the\n[following](https://media.hikkoshizamurai.jp/press/yukata/).\n\nIt shows the answer to question 'Do you have yukata?'. Only 23% of men(男性)\nhave it while 66% of women(女性) have yukata.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L6g8E.png)\n\n* * *\n\nThis is just personal opinion, but generally Japanese traditional wear\n(kimono, yukata) are less convenient than Western clothes. It is less\ncomfortable to move in, harder to wash, usually more expensive. So men, who\ngenerally care less about attire, don't bother to wear them, except perhaps in\ntraditional Japanese inns ( _ryokan_ ), where yukata's are provided as a kind\nof bath robe.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-11T12:53:19.343", "id": "67627", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-11T12:53:19.343", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "67619", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nPart of it is historical. In the Shogun era, merchants began to get rich, and\ntheir conspicuous consumption caused the aristocrats to write draconian\n[sumptuary laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumptuary_law) that stated what\ncommoners couldn't wear. They didn't worry about women so much, but men's\ngarments became very plain. Also the merchants decided that if they displayed\ntoo much wealth in public they were likely to be robbed by samurai. So men's\nyukata and kimono have been pretty dull ever since- commonly indigo. Also, it\nseems like guys don't like to call attention to themselves, so they're less\nlikely to dress up. Most modern yukata and kimono for men are dull as\ndishwater. The exception is the juban, which is an under-kimono, which\nwouldn't be seen in public. Those often feature [hand-painted\nartwork](http://www.marlamallett.com/K-7881B-Juban.jpg), often signed.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-16T18:09:32.163", "id": "68056", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-16T18:09:32.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72417", "parent_id": "67619", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's technically a remake of both the anime and manga.\n\nThe new series a direct adaptation of the Trigun and Trigun Maximum manga. The\noriginal anime series ended before the manga and had a lot of filler. This new\nseries is intended to follow more closely with the original source material by\nYasuhiro Nightow.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-10T07:29:25.820", "id": "67622", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-10T07:29:25.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "67620", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom a later episode\n\n> S03E03 Takagi: Because I know everything about you.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YiqQL.jpg)\n\n> This is when Takagi reveals knowing about a TV programme that Nishikata\n> looked forward to watching. Takagi just knows in general I guess. I guess\n> it's not really to do with the 100% Unrequited Love.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-12T01:45:12.823", "id": "67631", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-12T01:45:12.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "67623", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]