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[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as the origin of the concept is concerned, I think only Hiro Mashima\ncan tell!\n\nNot only Assassins Creed but many other games have this kind of concept. It's\nactually a very simple concept where you picture yourself as a wanted person\nand try to hide in the crowd around you.\n\nHiro Mashima just made it more exciting by cloning the contestants and making\nit way more difficult to find the right person.\n\nSo what I can answer is that he must have combined the concept of Hiding and\nthe concept of Shadow Clones from Naruto!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T15:00:01.050", "id": "5413", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-26T06:41:22.310", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-26T06:41:22.310", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2416", "parent_id": "5412", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe origin is literally impossible to trace. At best, we'll see who\nimplemented this idea first but it could have been thought of a long time ago\nor done in many things that we don't have knowledge of. Hiro Mashima (the\nmanga-ka) might be able to say where he got this or why he decided on this but\nits not exactly a rare idea to do this. Its pretty much a simple twist on a\n\"zero sum\" kind of game. I'm almost certain that Assassin's Creed was not the\nfirst to do this.\n\nCome to think of it, in earlier chapters of Fairy Tail, Mashima used to\nscribble \"Mashima's ramblings\" in the gaps or sides of the page. From these\n\"ramblings\", we know Hiro Mashima does play video games (and at the very\nleast, owns a PS3). So even if Assasin's Creed multiplayer was not the first\nto implement this system, there is some offchance that Mashima got the idea\nfrom playing that game.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T22:16:47.323", "id": "5422", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-07T22:16:47.323", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2504", "parent_id": "5412", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe physical strength attribute of haki works as an \"invisible armor\" called\n[Busoshoku Haki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Busoshoku_Haki). The\nraise in density & thus, black coloring of a body part is in this haki\ncategory called **Busoshoku: Koka**. The sky priests aren't listed as users of\neither forms of this haki, but they did demonstrate haki abilities such as\n[Kenbunshoku Haki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Kenbunshoku_Haki) which\nthey called Mantra.\n\nSo yes, it is a special type of haki.\n\nBut reasons for not using it pre-timeskip span from it not being a fleshed out\nidea yet to something saved for the new world or it's just a serious assault\nthat people inexperienced can't reach without proper training (since Enel\nnever had too many challenges to increase his potential) to people who could\ndo it were just holding back (because Garp wanted to raise Luffy... not kill\nhim).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T20:12:10.850", "id": "5420", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-07T20:12:10.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2364", "parent_id": "5414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nLuffy's Haki ability is called Busoshoku: Koka. Koka means hardening. Luffy's\nbody is made of rubber. Oda is quite clearly referring to hardened rubber, or\nvulcanized rubber, which is black. (Compare images below)\n\n \n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-04T08:35:03.820", "id": "5717", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-04T08:35:03.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nIt depends on how dense the haki (invisible armor) they use. When garp use\nhaki to hurt luffy, he applied just a small amount so that it doesn't really\nhurt or can cause serious injury. That explains alot right? When you applied a\nvast amount of haki on your body .. it will turn black.. because of the\ndensity of the haki you applied on it. if it is a small amount.. then it's\nlike invisible..\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-12T06:54:30.183", "id": "6860", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-12T06:54:30.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3297", "parent_id": "5414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the pre-timeskip, use of Busoshoku Haki as \"invisible armor\" was shown as a\nswift percussion forming a light-blue beam, similar to lightning, while in the\nmanga, it is shown simply as an amplified impact, nothing else visible is\nshown... from wiki :v\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-14T06:08:30.490", "id": "13413", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-14T06:08:30.490", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7993", "parent_id": "5414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi).\n\n> The Gomu Gomu no Mi is a **_Paramecia-type_** Devil Fruit that enables the\n> user's body to stretch like rubber, making the user a Rubber Human.\n\nYou further ask..\n\n> It's very close to a Paramecia but still doesn't have a logical explanation\n> to be of Paramecia type!\n\nAgain from the [wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Paramecia).\n\n> Paramecia is one of the three Devil Fruit types. **_These fruits give the\n> users a power that can affect their body_** , manipulate the environment, or\n> produce substances. In general, Paramecia Devil Fruits are fruits that give\n> their users powers other than transforming into elements, like Logias, or\n> transforming into animals, like Zoans.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T22:11:04.967", "id": "5421", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T13:54:46.390", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T13:54:46.390", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI see the classifications as this:\n\n * Logia: Turns your body into some sort of energy\n * Zoan: Transforms you into an animal/legendary thing\n * Paramecia: **THE REST**\n\nSo is it Logia? NO. Is it Zoan? NO. Then it is a Paramecia.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-18T05:51:26.863", "id": "5512", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-15T14:21:57.643", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-15T14:21:57.643", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2479", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is mentioned on other websites then the wiki that it could be considered\nLogia. One of these examples is that Paramecia types can turn on and off,\nallowing changes of a person. The Gomu Gomu no Mi is a Devil Fruit which makes\none like a rubber, permanently. You can not stop being rubber after congesting\nit. Meaning, it has traits of a Logia. It also comes along with the benefits\nthat rubber has which is stretching, no blunt damage (without Haki), and no\ndamage from electricity, and you could consider rubber an element.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-29T04:49:26.093", "id": "6072", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T13:56:23.287", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T13:56:23.287", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2817", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nLuffy is a special Paramecia like Katakuri, or he is a special Logia like\nBlack Beard.\n\nReasons: for special Paramecia, Luffy is permanently rubber, Katakuri is\npermanently mochi, they both have abilities uncannily similar to a Logia and a\nParamecia. Also, I'm pretty sure it was stated that gomu is a weaker version\nof mochi. The only reason Luffy won is because Luffy is in his prime and\nKatakuri isn't, and Luffy was more creative. But if that wasn't stated, gomu\nmight actually be the superior version because he hasn't awakened gomu and\nstill beat Katakuri.\n\nReasons: for special Logia like Black Beard, because rubber is a natural\nelement but Luffy can't go intangible with it like Black Beard can't with\nyami, and gomu's awakening might be giving him the intangibility of rubber\ntree sap.\n\nBut also, if it is like that, it could still be a special Paramecia because\nKatakuri is, but maybe before his awakening, he was like tangible stretchy\ndough, but who knows.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-12-30T08:47:21.610", "id": "61430", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-30T17:14:13.620", "last_edit_date": "2020-12-30T17:14:13.620", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "57961", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nLuffy is a special paramecia that is half logia, half paramecia. The only\nreason that he is classified paramecia is due to one fact, rubber isn't a\nnatural element.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-01T14:41:12.503", "id": "62350", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-01T14:41:12.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59316", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nSpoilers for a twist 1000+ chapters into the series\n\n> First of all, it's not Gomu Gomu no Mi at all. It's actually the Hito Hito\n> no Mi Model:Nika. The World Government has been trying to hide its existence\n> for 800 years, thus they changed its name to Gomu Gomu no Mi, so everybody\n> would think its related to rubber. From this point of view, it is a\n> Paramecia type Devil Fruit.\n\n> If we think about its original name, then it's a mythical Zoan type Devil\n> Fruit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-15T08:52:42.080", "id": "68238", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-30T16:48:50.877", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-30T16:48:50.877", "last_editor_user_id": "51043", "owner_user_id": "72891", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nAt this point everyone knows that luffy actually has a human human devil fruit\nlike chopper. The mythical type is that of someone who had a rubber body; much\nlike chopper will always revert to his default mix between reindeer and human;\nnot his original reindeer form. Meaning that no matter how much sea prism\nstone luffy is subjected to he will always retained the rubber quality(this is\ncounter to Logia types). As we have seen during the Nami arc when they\nstretched his head out of the water (seriously how strong are his lung to get\noxygen from such a small straw?), but we see the mochi fruit revert once water\nis applied.\n\nI kind of wonder that if Garp didn’t train him to an extreme level that he\nwould have transformed much sooner; like Marcos with the phoenix. Maybe garp\neven knew about the fake name and tried to mislead him the whole time?\n\nI digress don quixote had a paramecia type because he could make strings out\nof anything and could produce an exact clone with strings but in the end all\nhis strings could do to his own body was to hold his organs together while he\nhealed. Could he have left his consciousness in one of his string clones?\nMaybe but he wouldn’t have conqueror's if he would dilute his ruler’s linage\n(I wonder if he had more of a scientific mind he could have connected his\nstrings to strings to the fabric of the universe: string theory. He could have\ncontrolled reality itself).\n\nKatakuri’s mochi powers are logia because his whole body turns is into mochi\nand doesn’t experience damage unless sea prism or Haki is applied. This is the\nfirst time we get to see a logia cover their ability in Haki.\n\nThe idea that mochi doesn’t come from nature is so dumb. It’s 100 percent a\nnatural substance just like tree gum. We wouldn’t have in-organic rubbers if\nthese things where never found in nature.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-08T05:57:24.363", "id": "68423", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-08T06:29:55.987", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-08T06:29:55.987", "last_editor_user_id": "73867", "owner_user_id": "73867", "parent_id": "5416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe only indication offhand gets kinda spoilery but\n\n**Character Spoiler:**\n\n> Unrevealed yet in the anime as of episode 1 of Kuroko no Basket S2,\n> [Alexandra Garcia](http://kurokonobasuke.wikia.com/wiki/Alexandra_Garcia),\n> was a college champion in the NCAA from UCLA. In her retirement, she\n> frequented betting courts on the streets (which could technically be\n> anywhere) and eventually runs into Taiga & Himuro.\n\n**Event Spoiler:**\n\n> Alexandra trains Taiga & Himuro as kids. Later on Taiga decides to receive\n> training once more from his old master by returning to Los Angeles, so it's\n> pretty suggested that everything took place in SoCal. Here's a pic of an\n> announced airline destination: [Chapter 111, page\n> 19](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sutvx.png) from\n> [Batoto.net](http://www.batoto.net/read/_/46765/kuroko-no-\n> basuke_v13_ch111_by_imangascans/19)\n\nI tried to minimize unnecessary spoiling information. Overall, a bit\ncircumstantial, but still enough for me to presume that they're in Southern\nCalifornia.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T19:29:52.530", "id": "5418", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-07T19:29:52.530", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2364", "parent_id": "5417", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was explicitly stated in the manga by Seirin's coach in Chap 112. He used\nto live in LA. Note this page may spoil events that have yet to come in the\nAnime\n\n> \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-07T19:42:23.557", "id": "5419", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-07T19:48:24.657", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5417", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nUpon closer examination, the manga she is reading is called _Shoot!!_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U8EPZ.png) \n(Click to zoom in.)\n\nThere _is_ a real manga called _Shoot!_ , but it is about soccer.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sl3If.jpg)\n\nSo, the answer would be that she is reading a fictional basketball manga\ntitled _Shoot!!_.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-17T04:34:14.640", "id": "6973", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-17T04:34:14.640", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "5424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSince you don't specify who is \"they\" I would like to give some insight:\n\n**\"they\" the English Comercializator** :\n\n * Promotional/Marketing desition which take into account the public, if the program/title has an extensive fan-base that knows the name by the Japanese title, it would be counter-productive to translating the title and maybe lossing buyers that don't know the \"product\" by the english title.\n * Attractiveness: some titles are more atractive if they have mixed/full english translation, again a marketing move.\n\nThere could be others reasons but most of them will boil down to marketing\ntactics to sell, through the Japanese trademark holders may like to\ncommercialize under a specific name, or, at petition of the author, use a\ntranslation.\n\n**\"they\" the fan** :\n\nFans most of the time are purist, and call series by the original Japanese\npronunciation which in some cases is rather painful (any long/big title almost\nimpossible to pronounce out there?). Short names are also used (ex. PapaKiki)\nbut most of them are stablished by the Japanese fans rather than the english-\nspeakers. Through, some fans knows the title both by the translation and\noriginal Japanese, when distributing/discussing the most popular name takes\nprecedence over the other possible uses.\n\n**other cases** :\n\nSome titles are already in English (or attempt of English), so no translation\nis made and is pronounced with correct english. Example of this, english-\nspeakers may use _Death Note_ instead of _Desu Nōto_ as they would know the\ncorrect pronunciation and was what the author tried to convey.\n\nIn this cases, english marketers normally just use the correct english\nspelling when commercializing, and the only exception I know is _'Cardcaptor\nSakura'_ which was commercialized as _'Cardcaptors'_.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-08T15:36:34.967", "id": "5428", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-08T22:54:42.920", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-08T22:54:42.920", "last_editor_user_id": "2159", "owner_user_id": "2159", "parent_id": "5426", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDon't know that much so I'll just contribute a bit.\n\nGintama really doesn't stay that true; it's more like taking bits from each\nreal life character's known traits and either using that as inspiration or\nwarping them into something vastly different. As far as Shinsengumi hierarchy,\nit is loyal- Hijikata was also known as the Demon Vice Commander, Kondo was\ncommander & close with Hijikata, Sougo (Souji) was 1st unit captain.\nShinpachi's real life counterpart, however, was part of the Shinsengumi and he\nobviously is not in Gintama (although he does don the uniform in several\noccasions xP).\n\nA little other tidbit: Sougo died of tuberculosis pretty early and he had a\nsister who outlived him, but that was inverted:\n\n> with Mitsuba dying instead.\n\nAlso, Takasugi definitely had a deep bond with Shoyo-sensei's real life\ncounterpart, Shoin, and grieved a lot after Shoin's beheading.\n\nThe Mimawarigumi was also considered to be elite, so that part was kept.\n\n..I may come back to add more if I think of anything else.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-27T08:53:19.633", "id": "6597", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-27T08:53:19.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3131", "parent_id": "5430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI was wondering this myself. I think there's a theory that Naegi is actually\ndead and this is his purgatory. We never find out what the most despair\ninducing event in history is because Naegi died before he could find out. He's\nthe one who has a pretty generic high school ability. Hopes peak academy could\nactually be the test whether he makes it to heaven or hell in the afterlife.\nWhen they all leave we just see a shining light but no sense of the outside\nworld.\n\nIf you think about it, the school is perfectly looked after and the fridges\nare all restocked daily. But who could do that? If instead we picture it as a\npurgatory scenario it just sets the stage for Naegi to show he can overcome\ndespair.\n\nI think he shows up in the ending credits along the dead characters to show\nthat he's actually dead and when they all appear at the end it means they were\nall dead. But they made it to the afterlife.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-27T06:11:27.287", "id": "6593", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-27T06:11:27.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3129", "parent_id": "5431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it is because of them being his classmates because if you look in the\ngame, near chapter 6 it showed them being students before the killing game.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-26T14:18:59.890", "id": "56628", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-26T14:18:59.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51755", "parent_id": "5431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is shown in Danganronpa 3 Future that Makoto blames himself for all their\ndeaths and feels he should die when he watches the despair video. That’s\nprobably why\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-07T11:26:27.200", "id": "66063", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-07T11:26:27.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63564", "parent_id": "5431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are two possibilities for what the \"K\" refers to.\n\nThe first is Adolf K. Weismann, who is the original person that became Yashiro\nIsana, the main character of the show.\n\nThe second is \"King\". The leader of each clan is its King, who controls the\nmembers of the clan. Weismann is a King.\n\nKINGS is also the first opening theme of the show.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-12T02:51:44.677", "id": "5455", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-12T05:07:43.400", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-12T05:07:43.400", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "5434", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI'll put together @poop's and @kuwaly's answers.\n\nThe two possibilities are are \"K\" for \"King\" or for Adolf \"K\" Weismann.\nHowever, the second for Weismann is incorrect. Wiki:\n<http://k-project.wikia.com/wiki/Yashiro_Isana>\n\nAfter a bit of research as well as a search through the K-Project wiki, I\nfound that Adolf's middle name isn't actually revealed in either the anime or\nany sources. Due to his middle name not being known, we can see that it is of\nlittle importance to the anime.\n\nNow let's jump to the title of the last episode title, \"King.\" We can piece\nthe title of the anime together with the title of the final episode as the\nanime was leading up to the final episode, uniquely named, \"King.\" \"King,\" is\nthe most likely of the two options since the plot line, use of the word \"King\"\nand the name of the final episode all relate to the one word, \"King.\"\n\nSo the title of the anime would be, \"King-Project,\" or \"King.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-18T02:31:33.567", "id": "13496", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-18T04:56:15.750", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-18T04:56:15.750", "last_editor_user_id": "3034", "owner_user_id": "3034", "parent_id": "5434", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI've watched a talkshow. In that talkshow, the creator told that K means\n\"Kizuna\" or bonds. So, it means every character has a complex bond that bind\n'em each other.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-07T14:46:32.500", "id": "37743", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T14:46:32.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "29654", "parent_id": "5434", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe K in K project stands for **König** which is aprecciated to be engraved on\nthe slate. This is for König project, the main project carried in the second\nwar by Adolf K Weismann which translated into english is King project.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-27T20:36:14.783", "id": "38097", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-27T20:36:14.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "29997", "parent_id": "5434", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou're looking for the\n[イハーブの生活](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31555) ( _The Life of\nIchabod_ ) manga by Shouji Hiroyuki. It's spans 3 volumes.\n\n> (Ichabod) is the boy who was born by artificial insemination as a child of\n> two women. Elly of the part of father disappears, and it is a family of\n> mother and child with Mary of the part of mother. Ihabu is rebuked by Mary\n> that \"you were born as a man is our greatest failure.\" One day, he cuts off\n> his penis, and he looks for real father registered with a sperm bank and\n> goes for an odyssey.\n\nIt was originally published in Kodansha's _Afternoon_ magazine\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-10T15:43:53.773", "id": "5438", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-10T15:43:53.773", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5437", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's likely to be a reference to [Naomi\nUemura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Uemura), the first person ever to\nclimb Mt. McKinley solo.\n\nAs a side note, Mt. Tsukuba is 877 meters high at it's highest peak), while\nMt. McKinley is 6,194 meters high at it's highest peak.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-11T05:15:42.003", "id": "5448", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-11T05:15:42.003", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5442", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis seems to be an original character by artist 浦助 (Urasuke), sometimes known\nby other names such as \"ursk420\" or \"tetsu420\". It was [posted to his pixiv\naccount](http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=31105139)\nroughly a year ago (standard disclaimer: Pixiv links are **not guaranteed to\nbe work-safe** since the content is dynamically generated). The character's\nname is Leben Nicht (German meaning roughly \"not alive\"). The caption for the\npicture and the tag \"オリジナル\" (\"original\", used when a character is not part of\nany series) both indicate that there isn't any anime or manga about the\ncharacter, so unfortunately it seems you're out of luck on that end. However,\nthe picture was released such a way as to allow essentially unlimited\nderivative works, so you may be able to find more images of this character.\n\nI don't think this artist has been involved in any other professional manga or\nanime to date, though it's hard to tell. At the very least I couldn't find\nreferences to any such works after skimming [his pixiv\npage](http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=98263),\n[blog](http://tr0mb000rn.jugem.jp/), [interview\npage](http://theinterviews.jp/gnsk_uraki420) and\n[twitter](https://twitter.com/ursk420). He does have a sizable following\nonline, but according to his pixiv profile he mostly draws original\ncharacters.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-11T04:07:25.520", "id": "5446", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-11T04:07:25.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "5443", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first place is the [**Asahi Beer\nHall**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Beer_Hall) (i.e. the _Super Dry\nHall_ , スーパードライホール). (cf. [Google Street View](http://goo.gl/maps/vBOEc))\n\n\n\nThe second is [**Saw,\nSawing**](http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/sawsawing.htm), an\nart installation by Claes Oldenburg located at the Tokyo International\nExhibition Centre (aka Big Sight). (cf. [Google Street\nView](http://goo.gl/maps/QTBv0))\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-11T03:20:30.703", "id": "5445", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-11T03:20:30.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5444", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt seems to be a blurb of some sorts\n\n> Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... at this club open to all\n> comers to play, night after night, at a club named \"Minston's Play House\" in\n> Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each other. Young jazz men\n> with a new sense are gathering. At last they created a new genre itself.\n> They are sick and tired of the conventional fixed style jazz. They're eager\n> to play jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The\n> bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spaceship \"BEBOP\", will play freely\n> without fear of risky things. They must create new dreams and films by\n> breaking traditional styles. The work, which becomes a new genre itself,\n> will be called... COWBOY BEBOP\n\nit's suggested [here](http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/cowboy-bebop/), that\nit may be a manifesto - a \"verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or\nviews\" of what the show will entail\n\nIt's also clear that it's playing off the theme of jazz within the text to fit\nthe opening theme.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-11T09:28:34.247", "id": "5450", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-12T08:14:04.117", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-12T08:14:04.117", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "5449", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nThe text is actually merging the definition of \"Bebop Jazz,\" a genre of jazz,\nwith made up text.\n\nThe first section talking about musicians gathering at Harlem is talking about\nbebop jazz, which was controversial at first because of it breaking many\nconventional rules of jazz.\n\nThe second part talks about the spaceship name \"BEBOP,\" which is fitting\nbecause the bounty hunters have to break conventional rules, like bebop\nmusicians had to, for more freedom.\n\nThe text basically explains why the anime is called \"Cowboy Bebop,\" since the\nshow revolves around these bounty hunters that have to break rules like the\nmusicians back in the day.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-24T21:57:05.890", "id": "31657", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-24T21:57:05.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23666", "parent_id": "5449", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause he knew someone who could defeat Cell - his son, Gohan.\n\nHe knew for certain that his son Gohan would be able to defeat Cell, and so\nthe fate of the world wouldn't 100% depend on Goku. And so, after tiring Cell\nfor a bit, he gave up to allow Gohan to battle.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-11T11:14:40.390", "id": "5452", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-18T06:01:30.220", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-18T06:01:30.220", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is true that Saiyans would not give up. But Goku had lots of\ncharacteristics which doesn't go with saiyan race.\n\nThe reason for this will be obvious if you carefully look at the childhood\nhistory of Goku. Even as a child Goku was very much a saiyan when Grandpa\nGohan found him. He was very aggressive and short tempered and uncooperative.\nBut after an accident where Goku falls from a ravine and gets hit on his head,\nhe changes completely. He became a cheerful, loving regular boy. This incident\nattributes to many of the Goku's personality traits which are\nuncharacteristics of a saiyan, like sparing the defeated enemies, giving up\nwhen situation demands etc.,\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-06T17:34:32.643", "id": "6173", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-06T17:34:32.643", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2887", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe main purpose of Goku entering the Room of Spirit and Time was to train\nGohan. Goku was cognizant of Gohan's abilities - Gohan's ability to take his\ncurrent level to another level when provoked. Gohan did this against Raditz,\nand Frieza (remember who when crazy on Frieza's 3rd form? Not Piccolo). Goku's\nidea what that if Gohan got to Goku's level, then that classic +1 ability\nwould push Gohan past Cell. The purpose of Goku's fight was to show Gohan\nCell's fighting style. That's all. Goku was confident. They had him (Goku),\nGohan would could likely go into a higer berzerk level and a whole bunch of\nSenzu. Incidentally, Dragonball Z was a transition of the show being about\nGoku, to it being about Gohan. (dragonball was about Goku)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-06T18:49:10.100", "id": "6175", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-06T18:49:10.100", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1473", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nHe greatly believed in Gohan and further his abilities. Goku realized he\ncouldn't monitor the world for the rest of his life and wanted to give his son\nthe opportunity to take over as guardian of the universe. Gohan needed a push\nto go to the next level.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-06T20:44:38.287", "id": "6176", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-06T20:44:38.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2890", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Goku was fighting Cell, he wasn't trying to win the fight. He wasn't even\ntrying to tire out Cell to make the fight easier for Gohan. He was just trying\nto draw out all of his techniques so everyone watching could understand the\nopponent that was otherwise so mysterious. This was his plan from the very\nbeginning of their training, but unlike Picollo he didn't pressure Gohan with\nthis, he kept it a secret.\n\nGoku knew that he couldn't win the fight against Cell, but he didn't give up\nbecause he was afraid to die, he gave up because he wanted to send a message\nto all of his friends who relied on him that he won't always be able to\nprotect them, and that they have the power to protect themselves as well. Goku\ndoes a great job explaining this mentality at the very end of Dragonball Z\nwhen he says goodbye to his friends to train Uub. Goku knows that if the whole\nworld relies on him everytime, then it will never truly be at peace. the\npeople need a way to protect themselves, and the fight against Cell was the\nfirst time he really went forward to push this idea.\n\nIt is incredibly unlikely for a Saiyan of any temperment to give up in a tough\nfight, ESPECIALLY against a very strong opponent. This was no doubt really\ndifficult for Goku to do, but he knew if he had just died, then gohan would\nnever have had the confidence, or the composure to fight at his true\npotential. He needed his dad to tell him he can do it.\n\nSo, **Why does Goku give up against Cell?**\n\nBecause he needed to show Gohan that he had surpassed even his own father in\nstrength and speed.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-18T00:09:57.997", "id": "8739", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-18T00:09:57.997", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4529", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nGoku had a fair idea about Cell's level after he attained his perfect form.\nGoku was looking for answers for how can he surpass the level of a super\nsaiyan, or if it's really possible. Luckily, they had something called the\ntime chamber to their disposal which gave Goku plenty of time to figure it\nout.\n\nGoku managed to come up with an ingenious idea to increase his stamina and\nincrease his power whenever required by using up his reserves of energy which\nhe could increase by improving his stamina. He understood the flaw in Vegeta\nand Trunks' techniques.\n\nNow, if you recall: Goku didn't use the time chamber twice trying to push his\nnew found powers further, which BTW was very unlike Goku who uses every\nopportunity when he faces such crises (remember before facing Frieza how he\ngoes all out till 100G in his training). The reason for that was, Goku already\nfound that Gohan had hidden powers sleeping, coming out in a training session.\nAnd Goku understood, if anybody had a chance against Cell, it was his son!\n\nNow, coming to your question. Goku didn't need to fight in the first place,\nbecause he knew Cell will beat him to the ground when the battle is over. But\nhe still fights for 2 reasons:\n\n 1. As a Saiyan warrior, challenges in combat like these are what they live for.\n\n 2. He wanted to show Gohan Cell's technique up close and personal watching his dads battle with him.\n\nGoku knew all along he won't win, so when he thought his purpose of showing\nGohan a good glimpse of Cell's fighting style, it was time to call the battle\noff and make way for his son to finish things off.\n\nSo that's the reason behind Goku's giving up, which Goku will die as a warrior\nbefore doing. But it was a teaching in disguise for his son.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-22T09:16:20.870", "id": "8833", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-19T16:19:06.437", "last_edit_date": "2017-07-19T16:19:06.437", "last_editor_user_id": "14883", "owner_user_id": "4609", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThat is partly true. Goku was stronger than Cell but he wanted Gohan to defeat\nhim. Simple as that. Later in the otherworld, Pikkon defeated Super Perfect\nCell like he was nothing, and Goku and Pikkon were evenly matched when they\nwere fighting in the otherworld tournament. So from that, Goku was able to\ndefeat Cell.\n\nEven if Pikkon was slightly stronger than Goku, Cell was still no match for\nhim.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-18T22:17:36.550", "id": "16866", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-29T04:41:45.707", "last_edit_date": "2020-10-29T04:41:45.707", "last_editor_user_id": "56897", "owner_user_id": "10738", "parent_id": "5451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe manga has ended and the anime has ended as well. There's nothing left\npresumably to animate or write about, so that's the finish of that.\n\nActually, [searches for a movie bring up\nnothing](https://www.google.ca/search?q=kamisama%20dolls%20movie). So, are you\nsure that wasn't a false memory?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-12T21:22:42.790", "id": "16677", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-12T21:22:42.790", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2751", "parent_id": "5462", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat's right. If you look at Barry and the Slicer Brothers the older bother\nwas nothing but a head before Lust smashed his seal. Barry was completely\nbroken, but only died when the flames burned his seal.\n\nIn Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Barry has a bigger role and helps Ed. In\nthe end all that's left of him is one piece of metal that his seal is on, and\nhe is still able to talk though it. He only dies when his body scratches the\nseal off.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-13T21:15:02.790", "id": "5464", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-14T15:42:02.123", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-14T15:42:02.123", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "5463", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n 1. [Fujiya](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%8C%E5%AE%B6) (不二家) and [Ginza Cozy Corner](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC) (銀座コージーコーナー), Japanese pastry/cake shop franchises\n 2. [Kenshiro](http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Kenshiro), from _Fist of the North Star_ , for the Big Dipper\n 3. Shoko-tan, for her [cicada-based](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/08/13-1/shokotan-revives-cicada-skin-fashion) fashion\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T01:39:09.863", "id": "5468", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-14T01:39:09.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5467", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe series starts three years after Ed became state alchemist. That means he\nwas twelve when he became state alchemist and was around 15 or 16 when the\nmanga/anime starts. At the end of the main story, he was 18 and twenty in the\nepilogue (when they start traveling around).\n\nHere is a timeline for the 2003-anime:\n<http://64supernintendo.deviantart.com/art/Fullmetal-Alchemist-anime-\ntimeline-321323200>\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T15:13:41.103", "id": "5477", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-14T15:47:53.937", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-14T15:47:53.937", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "5471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n**Please note: Much of this information does not apply to _Brotherhood_.**\n\n* * *\n\nThe order of episodes goes something like this:\n\n * Episode 1 flashback \n * Transmutation of Trisha\n * Episode 28 flashbacks \n * Initial alchemy training under Izumi\n * Pre-automail for Edward\n * Episodes 3 through 9 \n * Barry the Chopper\n * Shou Tucker and Nina\n * Etc.\n * Episodes 1, 2, and 10 through 51 (not counting flashbacks) \n * Main story\n * _The Conqueror of Shamballa_\n\nI have missed a few brief flashbacks here, but this is the general idea. You\ncan use Edward's age, somewhat, as a marker of time passing. He is ~11 in the\nflashbacks of their mother, 12 during his State Alchemist qualification, and\nturns 15 prior to the main story (the incident in Lior, etc.). He is 18 during\n_The Conqueror of Shamballa_. (This is shown by 14-year-old Al reverting to\nbeing 10 years old, then aging to 13 when Eckhart starts breaking into\nAmestris. Since he is one year younger, and would be 17, Ed is about 18.)\n\nHere is a handy chart for a full comprehensive view of the series (click to\nenlarge, or click\n[here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuLMBJ50XqJRdGV0WVdvRUx2bHdxSjRfb2dWR3I4UlE&usp=sharing)\nfor the spreadsheet). _Note that Edward does have a birthday in the main\ntimeline, when he turns 16._\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TtOMG.png) \n_(Orange = pre-anime; yellow = flashbacks; green = anime series; blue = post-\nanime)_\n\n* * *\n\nTo address your point about Ed's appearance: Edward doesn't actually look the\nsame at 12 as he does at 15. At 12, his eyes are slightly larger and his face\nis a bit rounder, save for his chin, giving him an overall slightly younger\nand more innocent look. It's not generally noticeable in the more zoomed-out\nshots, but it's there. (Also remember that, to perpetuate the \"shorty\"/\"chibi\"\njokes, he couldn't grow much, so all the changes are facially.)\n\n \n_(Left: 12-year-old Ed, episode 4, 6:45; Right: 15-year-old Ed, episode 10,\n13:50)_\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T16:18:01.333", "id": "5478", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-14T16:52:25.870", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-14T16:52:25.870", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "5471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's likely to be a homage to the work of [El\nGreco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco), who used this hand symbol in\nhis [various works](http://www.darkfiber.com/pz/chapter1.html).\n\nLike this one titled _The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast_\n\n\n\nor _Christ Carrying the Cross_\n\n\n\nThe meaning of this gesture is subject to much debate...\n\nSome hypothesis [indicate](http://www.darkfiber.com/pz/chapter1.html) that:\n\n> 1. The hand gesture is a secret sign indicating that the gentleman is a\n> Marrano -- a crypto-Jew who accepted Christian baptism in order to remain in\n> Spain after the Catholic Kings' order of 1492 that all Jews leave Spain;\n>\n> 2. The gesture indicates a Loyolan/Jesuit spirituality that calls for the\n> sinner to place his/her hand on their chest after committing a sin as a sign\n> of moral pain. Both of these theories have been discussed at length in\n> academic circles without, however, formal acceptance of either, though at\n> least one academic allows that the hand \"assumes the function of an\n> important communication, a personal avowal.\"\n>\n>\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T21:42:43.380", "id": "5481", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-26T02:31:16.230", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-26T02:31:16.230", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nThe hand gesture Lucy makes in official art and during the opening is\nprevalent in Loyolan/Jesuit spirituality, wherein those who commit sins are to\nplace their hands on their chest with the middle and ring fingers joined to\nshow moral pain and/or remorse for their actions.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-11-17T23:42:07.450", "id": "27380", "last_activity_date": "2015-11-17T23:42:07.450", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19143", "parent_id": "5472", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt has been suggested the M symbol of the fingers refers to Mary Magdalene and\nthe theory that they had a child. Knights Templar order and all that. Famous\nportrait (posthumous) of Christopher Columbus shows his fingers in this\narrangement, various statues and paintings also show hands arranged this way.\nIt's rather curious as it's not a natural way to hold your fingers. Some\npeople say the Statue of Liberty, the hand holding the tablet also shows this\narrangement. The Freemasons were involved in many of these things and it's\nsaid they are what remains of the Templars.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-05-31T16:22:45.310", "id": "40610", "last_activity_date": "2017-05-31T16:22:45.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "32848", "parent_id": "5472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as story progression goes (in chronological order), it is _Crows Zero_\n, _Crows_ , _Worst_.\n\nHowever, _Crows_ was the first series that was published (1990-1998) and then\n_Worst_ was the second to be published (2001-2013). _Crows Zero_ began after\n_Worst_ (2008-).\n\nThere are also other manga series too:\n\n * _Crows Gaiden_ (1995-1998) \n * _Sono Go no Crows_ (2001) \n * _Crows Zero 2_ (2012-)\n\nEach different series follows a different set of characters.\n\nKeep in mind that _Crows_ and _Worst_ are the main stories. The other series\nare all series based on the side characters of the main story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T13:41:32.337", "id": "5476", "last_activity_date": "2018-02-21T04:17:24.410", "last_edit_date": "2018-02-21T04:17:24.410", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe chronological order would be:\n\n * _Crows Zero_\n * _Crows Zero 2_\n * _Crows_ (manga)\n * _Crows Gaiden_\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-02-21T02:52:39.917", "id": "44805", "last_activity_date": "2018-02-21T04:18:15.543", "last_edit_date": "2018-02-21T04:18:15.543", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "38261", "parent_id": "5474", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe reason behind the paradox was only implied in Kurugaya's Route, but was\nmade much more obvious in the anime. Kurugaya wanted to keep the world intact\nforever, and to keep Rin and Riki from waking up, keeping the Little Busters!\ntogether. However, this went against Kyousuke's plan of doing what he could to\nsave them. The time paradox and the snow were caused by the conflict between\nKyousuke's willpower and Kurugaya's wish. In the anime, it is shown that Kengo\nand Masato are much more exhausted as the days repeated, as well as Kyousuke\naltogether disappearing. This implied that Kyousuke's will alone was not\nenough to beat Kurugaya's wish, and that the others had to help.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-23T01:54:47.073", "id": "5556", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-23T01:54:47.073", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2593", "parent_id": "5475", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEnvy has the ability to transform its body into whatever form. BUT, its\noriginal form was that which resembles a lizard with a mane made out of the\nsouls which were inside its Stone. **(Reference: Manga)** Each philosopher\nstone contains a countless amount of souls. The only logical explanation is\nthat it cut one of those souls off and made it into a bird. But souls that are\ncut from the main body cannot exist for long ((Similar to when a Homunculus's\narm is cut off, the arm disappears but a new one is regenerated) otherwise the\nworld would be filled with infinite number of severed, unidentified limbs...)\n\nBeing that Envy's true form is that of an animal, this also mean that it can\ntransform itself into animal. Envy can also make its arms into things like\nswords or other shard blunt objects. (Weapons)\n\n_This question might also be something unanswerable, because..._\n\nThe original FMA did NOT follow the manga. I will say it again. **DID NOT\nFOLLOW THE MANGA**. So basically after the Elric brother's mom died, the\ndirector metaphorically walks off the side walk across the street and at times\nin the middle of the road, but most of the time he's swimming in the river\nnext to the side walk.\n\nSo it's not that hard to believe that this might just be something completely\nthought up in the moment in order to fill a gap in the story. FMA:BH follows\nthe Manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-14T01:59:09.540", "id": "13409", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-16T17:21:23.887", "last_edit_date": "2017-07-16T17:21:23.887", "last_editor_user_id": "14883", "owner_user_id": "7989", "parent_id": "5480", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThere is little direct relation between White Album 1 and 2. They are in the\nsame series and have some similar themes, but the plots are unrelated and all\nthe characters are new (as well as a different writer). There are a few\nreferences to the original game, mostly in the form of music, and it does take\nplace in the same universe 10 years later, but that's basically all the\nconnections. It isn't at all necessary to be familiar with the original to\nwatch White Album 2.\n\nIt should be pointed out that both of the anime adaptations are originally\nbased on visual novels. The few references that did exist in the VN versions\ncould very well be removed from the anime. The original White Album came out\nin 1998, while White Album 2 ~introductory chapter~ (the part which is being\nadapted this season) was released in 2010. Given the long gap between the\nWhite Album game and anime (2008-2009), there's some speculation that the\nlatter may have been intended to increase hype for White Album 2.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-15T02:30:19.217", "id": "5485", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-15T02:30:19.217", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "5484", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI actually revisited this several years ago because I remember the scene with\nthe flowers. The show is called [Tosho\nDaimos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D_Daimos), or \"Star Birds\"\nin the English localization.\n\n> It is earth's most desperate hour. It is a time for heroes. And it is the\n> ultimate battle for freedom in this rocket-fueled animated spectacular!\n>\n> The Starbirds have invaded planet Earth. It seems our only hope lies with\n> Kelly- a daring young starfighter who pilots an indestructible cyborg robot.\n> But wait! A growing force of Starbird rebels are fighting to overthrow the\n> oppressive rule of their King Oban. And together with Kelly, they join\n> forces to rid the galaxy of King Oban's treacherous rein so that the\n> Starbirds and the people of Earth may one day be free.\n\nI haven't seen the entirety of the TV series, which is 44 episodes, but I've\nseen an edited version of the TV series released as a movie on VHS that's\ndubbed in English. I'm not sure if this is the same thing as what Anime News\nNetwork lists as the \"[Tosho Daimos\nmovie](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3991)\".\n\nThe scene with the flowers occurs in the movie around 30 minutes in:\n\n The\npetals are pink on top and yellow underneath, as the kid pointed out.\n\n \"Kelly\"\nand \"Erica\" in a field of flowers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-15T04:28:20.797", "id": "5487", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-15T04:28:20.797", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "5486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nbecause bad guys never own up to their actions but instead try and justify\ntheir actions as being just, take this example\n\nbad guy tries to destroy the world\n\n**bad guy:** humanity has been slowly killing the planet for eons\n\n**hero:** but that give you no right to destroy it\n\n**bad guy:** if you saw a man dying from causes beyond his control and there\nwas no hope in saving him, would you not want to end his life and ease his\nsuffering?\n\n**hero:** and what about all the innocent people living in the world\n\n**bad guy:** is anyone truly innocent, every human uses technology that harms\nthe planet, they know what they are doing is hurting the planet are doing yet\ndo nothing top change but instead leave it to their leaders to make the change\nwho instead squabble amongst themselves and when one takes the initiative\nothers fear of their separation from the collective and brand them as evil and\nwage war at them harming the planet more\n\n**hero:** but humans can change\n\n**bad guy:** correct but only to save your own skin and never for the sake of\nthe planet that sustains your destructive nature at the cost of it's own\nhealth\n\nso in Naruto where the villains explain their actions and it seems as a\nconflict of opinion it's still just your standardized bad guy trying to\nexplain that his actions are right and the good guy has no right in stopping\nhim\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-15T21:48:38.127", "id": "5493", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-15T21:48:38.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "5491", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey are not sure that there are any weapons left, but the information\nregarding the existence of the Psychobuster itself is given to them most\nlikely by a False Minoshiro. As seen in the next episodes, it also helps them\nnavigate to the presumed location of the Psychobuster.\n\nIt all about the hope of finding one. Similarly, the Queerats previously\nattempted to search for weapons to use against the cantus-users, with Kiromaru\nwilling to sacrifice a large part of his expedition.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-04T11:51:19.953", "id": "8474", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-04T11:51:19.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2736", "parent_id": "5492", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBoth manga and anime generally follow the novels well, but there are\ndifferences between them:\n\n * The two seasons of the anime adapt volumes 1,2,3 and 5 of the novels, skipping volume 4.\n * The manga does not skip volume 4, but has yet to catch up with the anime.\n\nPersonally, I would suggest you to take a look at everything, it's all awesome\n:P\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-17T09:13:33.133", "id": "5507", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-17T09:13:33.133", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "5495", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\n[SingerOfTheFall's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5507/2516) has\ncovered the relation between anime and light novel: **volume 1-3 & 5, skipping\n4**. For the detail, according to [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%BC%E3%81%A8%E9%A6%99%E8%BE%9B%E6%96%99#%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1):\n\n * Season 1 adapts volume 1 & 2 of the light novel almost faithfully (+ volume 7's \"The Red of the Apple, the Blue of the Sky\" on the DVD-exclusive episode 7)\n * Season 2 adapts volume 3 & 5, skipping 4 (+ volume 7's \"The Wolf and the Amber Melancholy\" on the [OVA episode 0](https://myanimelist.net/anime/6007/Ookami_to_Koushinryou_II__Ookami_to_Kohakuiro_no_Yuuutsu))\n\nGiven the above fact, **the anime covers volume 1-8 of the manga _with quite\nheavy modification_**. According to [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%BC%E3%81%A8%E9%A6%99%E8%BE%9B%E6%96%99#%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB):\n\n> 1. Beginning of light novel (LN) 1\n> 2. Middle of LN 1\n> 3. End of LN 1 - Beginning of LN 2\n> 4. Beginning - mid of LN 2\n> 5. Middle - end of LN 2\n> 6. End of LN 2 + LN 7's \"The Wolf and the Amber Melancholy\" (anime season\n> 2's OVA episode 0)\n>\n\n>\n> * * *\n>\n> 7. Part of LN 3 + Beginning - mid of LN 4\n> 8. End of LN 4 - **Beginning of LN 8 (LN 5-6 are simplified** )\n>\n\nFor the manga, you might start from volume 7 instead, for the skipped volume 4\nof the light novel.\n\n* * *\n\nNote: as of [July\n2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spice_and_Wolf_chapters), the\nmanga is still on-going and consists of more than 8 volumes. The above list\nends at volume 8 which covers volume 5 of the light novel because that's the\nlast volume that got adapted into the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-12T11:45:40.980", "id": "44197", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-13T13:37:07.057", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "5495", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is true that the default color for the ceros is red, but this color is\nusually used by normal Hollows or Menos.\n\nBut there is a o lot of Arrancars and Espada that use a different color of\nCero, it is not just Ulquiorra, see this page\n[here](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Cero).\n\n> Most Cero are a crimson color when used by Hollows, Visored or Arrancar.\n> While most Cero are commonly crimson, several Arrancar have shown various\n> colors.\n\nIt also says:\n\n> The power, force, speed, and blast area of the Cero is dependent on the\n> strength, spiritual power, and sometimes skill of the user\n\nSo, the color does not influence directly to the power of the Cero. In fact,\nthe color changes depending on the user's personality and style. Ulquiorra's\ncero maybe stronger, but it is not related to the green color, but in\nUlquiorra himself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-16T16:12:57.500", "id": "5499", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-16T17:20:47.190", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-16T17:20:47.190", "last_editor_user_id": "2251", "owner_user_id": "2251", "parent_id": "5497", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn terms of games, it normally extends from the player having choices, these\nchoices affect character relationships and events which change the the story\nto try and give a normally linear plot some openness or when there isn't too\nmuch game play involved.\n\n * For example, in Fate/Stay Night, in the Heaven's Feel Route, if you don't build up enough of a relationship with Sakura, when the time comes you are unable to go against your ideals of being a \"Ally of Justice\" and get a bad ending. By building up on the relationship, you abandon your ideal and instead stay by Sakura's side and help her\n\nIn the example above, the endings are decided by choices you make. In some\ncases, it's how you play the game:\n\n * For example, in Mugen Souls, by increasing the level of all of Chou Chou's forms and then viewing all the scenes in the Mugen Field where her different forms take over and speak, you see a final scene where all her forms reveal that they feel now that they no longer have a purpose as they were created by Chou Chou to fill the loneliness she felt, and now she had so many friend, they wasn't needed. However, the crew tells them that Chou Chou would still be sad if they disappeared and the decided to remain, and this leads to a scene in the final battle where Chou Chou plans to sacrifice herself to save Belleria from Vorgis, but is stopped by her other forms, since the level of these other forms is dependent on the number of Shampuru you have collected you also hears the voices of the people that have been turned into Shampuru and however even though they were forced into servitude they will fight and serve Chou Chou loyally and launch a separate attack at Vorgis to weaken him ready to the final-final battle\n\nThere are also some games tend to only have 1 ending and numerous bad endings\nas like a game over, these are normally backed up by a mechanic that enables\nthe choice to proceed further into the game.\n\n * For example, in Sekien no Inganock ~What a Beautiful People~, if you don't form a solid image of both characters in the Inner Voices section in most chapters you will not have the 3rd option to extends \"your right hand\" and the options you have will always lead to a bad end (exception is the REBORN edition which you have the option to skip this section).\n\nIn terms of origins, while I'm not 100% sure, the earliest I have seen is in\nvisual novels which were practically just text based with CG in the background\nso the purpose was to make a game that was still interactive.\n\nNowadays, unless it's a normal text based visual novel like Canvas 2, it's\nused as a form of replay value with a normal ending leaving the plot open-\nended and the true ending bring about a conclusion, a bad ending also exists\nas a means to tell the player they majorly stuffed up how they played.\n\nI should point out that all this information is first hand experience with\nEnglish games and English translations of visual novels\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-16T21:45:32.723", "id": "5501", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-05T07:13:41.903", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-05T07:13:41.903", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "5498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think this is what u need as per the question. \nThe story is pretty much similar but this is not a movie, its a proper anime\nseries. \n\nName : Saru Get You \n \nWhen Specter gets a hold of a Pipo Helmet, he becomes intelligent and starts\nusing monkeys to spread chaos around the world. Using their teleporter and\ngadgets, Kakeru, Hiroki, Natsumi and the Professor work to capture the monkeys\nand stop Specter's plans, later joined by virtual girl Charu and mech genius\nHaruka. It is revealed that Specter's true identity is Natsumi's pet monkey,\nKuuta, who was transformed into Specter by a group called the Pipotrons. They\nhost a game in virtual space, challenging Kakeru and his friends for Specter's\nfreedom, but Specter escapes before they get there. The Pipotrons then\nchallenge Kakeru and co to a tournament. Specter eventually learned about the\nkind things humans have done for monkeys, protects Kakeru and returns to being\nKuuta\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-17T16:11:30.863", "id": "5508", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-17T16:11:30.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2416", "parent_id": "5502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe only thing I could find remotely similar was called \"monkey magic\", but\nit's an anime series and I could only find episode clips to see what it was\nlike. Watch out though, there is a live version of the show that is... well\nit's old and kinda weird.\n\nHistory (from\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Magic_%28TV_series%29)):\n\n> Monkey Magic was an anime series that aired in the 1990s based on Journey to\n> the West. To avoid religious implications, the Buddha was named \"The\n> Guardian\". The show did not perform well and only one season of 13 episodes\n> was made; the pilgrimage had only begun, with the dragon-horse joining the\n> small group and the priest's two other disciples not appearing. Sunsoft\n> produced a PlayStation video game based on the cartoon. Monkey Magic is an\n> incarnation of the famous ancient Chinese novel, Journey to the West, in\n> which it follows the novel's story to a high extent. It had aired in the USA\n> first in 1998, while Japan got it at the end of 1999 of December 25.\n\nSynopsis (from ???):\n\n> A very wise but immature and foolish monkey named Kongo, magically blasted\n> out to life from a stone. He was obsessed with learning and a needed to be\n> great so Kongo leaves his \"family\" on Flower Fruit Mountain in search of\n> ancient knowledge and arcane wisdom. Kong didn't want to just study and\n> learn the mystical arts, but to master the magic Jet Cloud, the first of his\n> great weapons. Kongo later gains mastery of the air and returns to his\n> adopted home just in time. Humans are laying claim to the monkeys` ancestral\n> home. With his Jet Cloud and his newly-learned magical wisdom, Kongo defeats\n> the humans and proclaims himself King of Flower Fruit Mountain. But in the\n> Celestial Heavens, the gods are uneasy. A monkey defeating humans and\n> declaring himself king? That cannot be allowed! They decide the monkeys must\n> be taught a lesson and so they launch an attack on Kongo and all the monkeys\n> of Flower Fruit Mountain.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-21T06:20:31.193", "id": "5532", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-25T04:59:38.303", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-25T04:59:38.303", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "2579", "parent_id": "5502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that the movie you are looking for is **A Monkey's Tale**.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xXixS.jpg)\n\n * It's a French Animated Cartoon.\n * It's better known as **Le Château Des Singes**.\n * It was released in 1999.\n * The protagonist is Kom.\n\n> Kom- the protagonist, a rebellious, cheeky, but brave young Wonkoo monkey.\n\n * It's story is -\n\n> Kom is a member of the Woonkos, a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy and\n> they live in obsessive fear of falling into a nearby pit, which is inhabited\n> by other monkeys they believe to be demons. Kom refuses to believe these\n> superstitions and claims bravery and is rude to the elder of the Woonkos.\n> However, on the way home, he accidentally falls from the trees into the land\n> below. When there, he meets the Lankoo tribe and finds they are in fact very\n> similar to his own tribe. He befriends Gina, a young maid and Master Martin,\n> the librarian and they help teach him to behave like a Lankoo. The Lankoo\n> king is impressed by his actions, although Gina doesn't like it when he\n> tries too hard for popularity, and briefly forgets her. However, there is\n> also evil afoot. The chancellor Sebastian, the governess and their dim-\n> witted side-kick, Gerard the Gormless, are up to evil plans: they will find\n> a way for the King to die and they are poisoning his already sick daughter,\n> Princess Ida. The King, along with most of his army, die drowning while\n> attempting to reach the \"promised land\" on the other side of the poisonous\n> lake when it was frozen. Sebastian believes his plan has worked, but the\n> governess (who was giving the princess the poison) is given it herself by\n> Gina and the one remaining soldier, however it is believed she is tough\n> enough not to die, but will remain a \"sleeping ugly\". The film ends with\n> Sebastian and Gerard in cages, Princess Ida as the new queen and Kom and\n> Gina returning to the land of the Woonkos, while it is clear that the two\n> tribes will unite. It features the song \"We Are One\" by Westlife.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-03T08:04:51.237", "id": "28629", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-03T08:04:51.237", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19592", "parent_id": "5502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCheck out this excellent post from [Amaterasu's\nSon](http://www.narutoforums.com/showthread.php?t=947456)\n\n> Madara once said will cannot be passed down.\n>\n> I propose that he was right to a degree. Obito never met the Rikudo Sennin,\n> he never saw him with his own eyes, he never heard his voice or touched his\n> heart. Rikudo Sennin couldn't pass down his will to him.\n>\n> \"His passion and intensity, permeate throughout the blade...you could say\n> this blade carries his very essence.\"\n>\n> Therein lies the problem.\n>\n> Obito has no passion. He has no intensity. He has purpose, he has desire,\n> and he has determination. But emotionally? He's an empty husk scratching to\n> reclaim his own life as he envisions it.\n>\n> But Obito cannot use that sword. You can't borrow Rikudo Sennin's will and\n> passion and subvert it for your own use. If what Obito said was absolutely\n> true then that sword breaking was absolutely foreseeable. Lest Obito forgets\n> Hagoromo chose his younger son to lead the way to the future. Of the little\n> we know about Rikudo Sennin we know that he has already rejected Obito and\n> Madara's past thousands of years before they were even born. So if it is his\n> essence in that blade, then clearly it broke on purpose because it wants\n> Obito to lose.\n>\n> If Obito was simply speaking metaphorically then it broke because he does\n> not have the will and emotional vivacity to use such a weapon. For a man\n> with no heart and no identity, using a sword that was supposedly comprised\n> of passion is completely impossible.\n>\n> Peace.\n\nIn other words, the Sage used his sword to create the world, life, friendship,\netc. Obito is trying to use the sword to destroy all of that, but the sword\nsimply cannot be used for those purposes. This is why the sword broke.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1zY2n.png)\n\nUPDATE: I realized this answer isn't entirely answering your question and that\nis partially because there are no definitive answers to your first 2\nquestions. Unfortunately, I don't know about Japanese/Chinese history to\nanswer the third.\n\nTo answer the first, I believe anyone who has similar powers to the Sage of\nSix Paths can create one. So far, we have seen Obito wielding Rikudou\nSennin's, Madara with his own, and this might be a stretch, but Naruto+Sasuke\nwith their mighty sword.\n\nBasically, the sword is a materialized version of the creator's will. By this,\nI mean that one of the requirements to make this type of sword is a very\npowerful will from its owner. I believe the sword Naruto had defeated Obito's\nsword was only because Naruto's will was stronger than Obito. Similar to what\nAmaterasu's Son was saying, I think Obito and his sword was not as powerful\nbecause the user himself did not have the will of fire.\n\nNow let's talk about the abilities of this sword. All we know is that Obito\nsaid the Sage of Six Paths created the world with this sword. Madara's version\nfor Obito also had his will in the sword. So despite not knowing exactly what\nthe abilities are, we know that the sword's abilities will help accomplish\ntheir goals / will. Rikudou Sennin's sword was to create the world of peace,\nso that is what his sword abilities will complement. Although we don't know\nwhat exactly Madara's goal is yet, we do know he has some sort of evil plot to\ncontrol the world. His sword will help him accomplish that goal, which is why\nhe also passed it on to Obito.\n\nAnalysis / discussion link to Madara's materialized will\n[here](http://www.narutoforums.com/showthread.php?t=947534)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-17T04:44:06.827", "id": "5504", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-18T00:21:45.263", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-18T00:21:45.263", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5503", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer to your first question is that it was made by pulling the truth-\nseeking orbs surrounding Obito into the sword form it takes. This makes it\nformed from special chakra.\n\nSecond, all its special abilities come from it being made of the truth-seeking\norbs, so see that page for special attributes.\n\nJudging from the lore and legend behind it, and its name, I think it is\nsupposed to be the Naruto equivalent to the Amenonuhoko (literally: heavenly\njeweled spear), the weapon Izanagi used to make the world. All Obito's talk\nabout the sword is grandstanding. It's just an awesome sword made from truth-\nseeking orbs. Naruto and Sasuke broke it by being just that strong and having\nlots of sage chakra to make that strength effective.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-17T15:17:46.977", "id": "29868", "last_activity_date": "2016-02-17T15:57:48.610", "last_edit_date": "2016-02-17T15:57:48.610", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "22160", "parent_id": "5503", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe story of Momotaro may be related to the old believes of the onmyodo 陰陽道\nYin-Yang Worldview. The direction of bad influence, kimon, is in the ushi-tora\n(bull tiger) direction. So one of the demons Momotaro is fighting has horns\nand the other wears a tiger skin.\n\nAnd the Monkey, Dog and Pheasant are animals in the zodiac, in the opposite\nheavenly direction from the kimon 鬼門 . Another source for the oni's image is a\nconcept from China and Onmyōdō. The northeast direction was once termed the\nkimon (鬼門, \"demon gate\"), and was considered an unlucky direction through\nwhich evil spirits passed. Based on the assignment of the twelve zodiac\nanimals to the cardinal directions, the kimon was also known as the ushitora\n(丑寅), or \"Ox Tiger\" direction, and the oni's bovine horns and cat-like fangs,\nclaws, and tiger-skin loincloth developed as a visual depiction of this term.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-21T03:26:31.320", "id": "7081", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-21T03:33:47.817", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-21T03:33:47.817", "last_editor_user_id": "3425", "owner_user_id": "3425", "parent_id": "5506", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFujitora is clearly based off of\n[Zatoichi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatoichi).\n\n> Zatoichi at first seems a harmless blind anma (masseur) and bakuto (gambler)\n> who roams around the country, making his living by chō-han (playing dice) as\n> well as giving massages, performing acupuncture and on occasion, singing and\n> playing music; however, secretly, he is also very highly skilled in\n> swordsmanship, specifically Muraku-school kenjutsu and iaido and is equally\n> skilled in the more general sword skills of Japan, as well as Sumo wrestling\n> and kyujutsu\n\nNothing has been revealed about \"Ryokugyu\" as of this post.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-20T16:38:44.397", "id": "7609", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-20T16:38:44.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5506", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n \n\nThe manga you are looking for is called \"Beauty Pop\".\n\nHere is [MAL's synopsis](http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=633):\n\n> Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using\n> her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the\n> \"Scissors Project\" at school. Determined to become the best makeover team in\n> Japan, they give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. As much as Kiri tries\n> to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself\n> responding to beauty's call\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-17T20:53:09.730", "id": "5510", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-17T20:53:09.730", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "5509", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Archer-EMIYA summoned by Rin is different from Shirou coming from a\ndifferent timeline where the results of the Holy Grail war were different; the\nvisual novel notes 3 key differences between them:\n\n 1. Archer believed that he could Kill Shirou, thus erasing him from ever becoming a Counter Guardian. If Archer and Shirou were the same he would have known well that he would lose.\n\n 2. Shirou learns Unlimited Blade Works from Archer during the war (in the Unlimited Blade Works route it's helped by a contract with Rin, while in Heaven's Feel it's helped by Archer's own arm). Archer, however, took ten years of training to set the foundations for Unlimited Blade Works and another ten years to reach to the point of being able to use it.\n\n 3. The Shadow caused an undisclosed amount of destruction during the 5th War Archer was involved in. When he first saw it in Heaven's Feel, he put aside his grudge against Shirou and focused on destroying the Shadow as his duty as a Counter Guardian and also in a belief that he could prevent the same destruction again. It's unknown if Archer knew if the Shadow was Sakura or if his twisted life and Counter Guardian ideals (kill one to save many) made him no longer care if destroying The Shadow would result in Sakura's death.\n\nNow, as for Kanshou and Bakuya, they do exist before Archer and Shirou, and\ntheir legend remained. However, what they look like was practically lost with\nthe only known description being that Kanshou had a black tortoise shell\npattern and Bakuya had a white wave pattern. Their actual shape was derived by\nArcher himself based on an assumption that they were cast swords common to the\ntime period.\n\nNow, the Projections Archer and Shirou use are inferior to the actual items.\nWith weapons, they need to emulate the experience of that weapon's legends and\nits history. Shirou just copying \"two swords that he admired from a guy he\ndisliked\" would make the swords weak, so given time he would probably research\nthe swords and come to the same assumptions as what Archer did, and Archer\nwould have researched the swords as a means to build up his arsenal in\nUnlimited Blade Works.\n\nSince the true description on their appearance is somewhat lost, Kanshou and\nBakuya would be the perfect test weapons on the concept of creating \"existing\nweapons with a new form\". This way, even though emulating the experience for\nthe weapons would still make them weaker, being able to improve on them by\nchanging their form and fixing their inherent weaknesses may help them become\njust as powerful as the originals. I can back this up as I've read somewhere\nthat Archer has modified the design of Kanshou and Bakuya to suit his style so\nthey are more customized.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-20T21:41:23.760", "id": "5530", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-10T15:00:09.960", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-10T15:00:09.960", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "5513", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nUltimately I think Memor-X has the right answer, but I think there are some\nother relevant details that are worth remembering.\n\nThe Throne of Heroes exists outside of time and space, and the \"EMIYA\" in the\nthrone has access to all events he has experienced during his summonings in\nall timelines, worlds, and realities. But normally a summoned Servant has more\nrestricted access, coming only with those memorizes that the hero has\ninternalized (and the knowledge the nature of the summoning has granted him,\nsuch as the Greater Grail System in Fuyuki). The \"memories\" of all summonings\ncontained in the throne are likened to books: they're not internal to his\nspirit, but can be accessed much like you can just take a book off of a shelf\nand read it to learn what's inside it.\n\nNow, there's something very special about Archer that interacts differently\nfrom all of this: he has a Reality Marble. These exist essentially outside the\nThrone, and is attached to the heroic spirit _as he exists within the Throne_.\nAll summoned versions of him access this exact same reality marble. And his\nreality marble stores all weapons (and potentially other things, like Rho\nAias) he encounters. So in order for FSN Archer to be able to project Kanshou\nand Byakuya (or Rho Aias, etc.) he needs only for some version of himself in\nsome world's timeline to encounter it, and now they all have access to it,\nregardless of apparent chronology.\n\nIn reality things happen more like Memor-X says: rather than witnessing K&B in\nsome fight, Archer is specifically said to have learned of these weapons which\nwere said to be of Noble Phantasm quality but yet no hero was associated with\nthem. These \"fit\" him better, as the best projections require you to project\nthe skills and abilities of their wielders. The lack of such made K&B easier\nand simpler to create, as well as sort of fit the theme that EMIYA was\n\"nobody\", making them feel more natural and like they were \"his\".\n\nAs an aside, this reality marble is also essential to EMIYA's perspective and\nspirit warping, leading him to come up with the idea to try to kill (an\nearlier version of) himself in order to end his own existence. A Reality\nMarble is the user's inner world made manifest, and the experiences of his\nsummonings impacted his reality marble and effectively carried on their\nmemories to all versions, including the \"true\" version enshrined in the\nthrone. You can see this by noting how there are significant differences\nbetween Shirou's and Archer's uses of Unlimited Blade Works. Archer's looks\nmore apocalyptic and miserable, with a cloudy, ashen sky and large gears.\nShirou's tends to have a more hopeful, brighter, bluer sky and far fewer (to\nno) gears. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t5kFY.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-04-10T19:09:56.980", "id": "39795", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-10T19:09:56.980", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "5513", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n\n\nI've never seen the show myself, but it sounds a lot like the show [Megazone\n23](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megazone_23), which is about a virtual world\nrun by a supercomputer that exists as a modern day (to us, the story is set in\nthe future) Tokyo.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-19T16:48:46.730", "id": "5522", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-19T16:48:46.730", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "5519", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI think you are looking for \"OZ\" where the world is faced with problems in\nreality so sleep capsules were created that enter people into a virtual\nreality so society can keep moving. (Action Comedy Drama Sci-fi Seinen). OZ\n(TOKIYA Seigo) is prob what you are looking for since he gits hit by a car\nwhile on a bike ad complains about having to buy another.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-20T23:23:00.180", "id": "5531", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-20T23:23:00.180", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2579", "parent_id": "5519", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs senshin answered, the design of the witch mazes was done by Inu Curry, so\nconsidering the motivation is about where they might have inspired themselves\nin, I'm pretty sure that answers you quetion, but for some supplementary info\nif you want:\n\n<http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Magica_Staff_and_Cast#SHAFT>\n\nIt has all the entire animation staff that handled Madoka Magica, including\nwhich episodes certain animator directors were responsible for, etc..\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-29T04:08:14.543", "id": "6071", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-29T04:08:14.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2816", "parent_id": "5525", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSounds like you are talking about beyblade.\n\nFrom [Wikipdia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyblade):\n\n> Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade (爆転シュートベイブレード Bakuten\n> Shūto Beiburēdo?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by\n> Takao Aoki in order to promote sales of **spinning tops** called \"Beyblades\"\n\n(emphasis mine)\n\nHere is a picture of one of the main characters holding a beyblade (taken from\n[fanpop](http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/beyblade/images/23517778/title/tyson-\ngranger-photo)):\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-21T06:57:20.647", "id": "5534", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-21T06:57:20.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1649", "parent_id": "5533", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNamikaze isn't a descendant of Senju. I think it would have been mentioned in\nthe past if it was, just like how it was stated Uzumaki is related to Senju.\nThe past references has been brought up so many times with Kushina having\nSenju DNA, and therefore Naruto has it too.\n\nAs for all the members, we only know of Minato. No other Namikaze member was\nrevealed in the manga. I haven't watched all the fillers, but there might have\nbeen another Namikaze person in there.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-21T23:43:05.647", "id": "5544", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-21T23:43:05.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5535", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\n> The Namikaze clan is well know for their speed, as seen by the most well\n> known Namikaze's Minato. Despite his extensive use of the Flying Thunder God\n> Technique, his speed came natural. Members of the Namikaze Clan are gifted\n> with high level of intelligence. Due to their speed and ability to master\n> any or almost all ninjustu, they became a nearly invincible clan. They were\n> even capable of standing up against the Uchiha and Senju to a certain\n> extent. Prior to Minato becoming the Hokage however, this clan gained no\n> recognition.\n\nThere are some other members mentioned in [this\npage](http://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Namikaze_Clan).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-14T07:01:28.253", "id": "37854", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-14T07:01:28.253", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25695", "parent_id": "5535", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Germanic names (Jaeger, Armin, and so on) lead me to believe that the\nremaining humans, that we've seen so far, [are descendants of\nGermans](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4620/274) or at least close enough\nto them to receive a great Germanic influence.\n\nAs for Mikasa, her mother was the next-to-last of their Oriental clan, and her\nfather was of a more Western heritage (having the German name Ackerman). The\nname \"Mikasa\" has origins in both\n[Malagasy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_language) (of Madagascar)\nand Japanese (the [Mikasa\nbattleship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa), [Mount\nMikasa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mikasa), or the Mikasa-no-miya[nt.\n1][[ref]](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Mikasa_Ackerman#Trivia)).\nGiven that she is simply said to be \"Oriental\"[nt. 2], we can assume the\nlatter, and she is actually Japanese.\n\nAs for the language, it's not uncommon for countries and people who would\nspeak little or no Japanese to be native Japanese speakers in fiction (same\nwith English for Western movies and shows). This is generally labelled (in\ntrope-ville) as [Aliens Speaking\nEnglish](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliensSpeakingEnglish)\n(which can also be true for human foreigners) or [Common\nTongue](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommonTongue), essentially\nsaying, \"It's easier for the target audience to understand it if everyone is\nnatively speaking the same language.\" It explains why Russians exclusively\nspeak English in video games, for example.\n\n**To make it succinct and clear:** It appears that the vast majority of\ncharacters are descendants of Germans or similar races, and that they speak\nJapanese simply because that's the language in which the writer/creator spoke\nand wished to market it.\n\n> **Footnotes**\n>\n> * _Note 1_ : Part of the [Imperial\n> House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan)\n>\n> * _Note 2_ : 東洋人【とう.よう.じん】 _tōyōjin_ , lit. \"Asian people, Orientals\"\n>\n>\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T21:15:16.157", "id": "5614", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-24T02:50:47.227", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "5537", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you listen closely to the second opening of the anime (which by the way\nsounds a lot like an Anthem) most of the singing is done in German. With that\nin mind, we can say that they're mother tong is German. You can also note the\npresence of a river running through the city from south to north, this river\nis most likely the Rhine (but the city must be far away from the sea since\nthey have forgotten about it). This place is also very resourceful in both\niron and coal. With all these elements, I can make a safe (-ish) guess to\nanswer you question: 70% German, 20% French, 10% of other... I don't know why,\nbut to me, Pixis looks French (and not _only_ because he's always got wine\nwith him...) Hope I helped.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-15T22:13:00.403", "id": "13443", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-15T22:13:00.403", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8009", "parent_id": "5537", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer is simple. Naruto is in Sage Mode. When you are in Sage Mode which\ntaught and learned by the toads, the advantages afforded include:\n\n * The user's physical strength, **speed** , stamina, **reflexes** , **perception** and durability dramatically increase.\n * The user's ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu become more powerful.\n * The user can harness the natural energy surrounding them, turning it into an extension of their body, which increases the reach of their attacks.\n * The user gains the ability to sense Chakra around them.\n\nAs I emphasized the speed and reflexes, Naruto can react in a split seconds\nand took advantage the 5 secs interval and make it work.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-22T01:45:47.040", "id": "5545", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-22T01:45:47.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "5538", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhat happened is as follows:\n\n * Naruto throws first shuriken, Shinra Tensei deflects it.\n * Naruto throws second shuriken, Pain dodged.\n * Naruto's Multiple Shadow Clone Technique attempts to attack Pain with all the clones, Shinra Tensei deflects them all.\n * Naruto, taking advantage of the 5 seconds it takes him to recharge, flings himself with the aid of 2 clones, and lands the Rasengan straight at him before he can use Shinra Tensei again.\n\nStill not clear? Tell me in the comments :)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-22T14:03:38.857", "id": "5550", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-12T09:17:08.387", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-12T09:17:08.387", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5538", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nAfter coming out of Pain's Chibaku Tensei, Naruto first snatched a chakra\nreceiver from the Deva Path, and stabbed himself momentarily to track down\nNagato's location using his Sage Mode.\n\nHe then created two shadow clones and then a Rasenshuriken using these clones.\nHe also used two smoke bombs for deception. He had already used this trick\npreviously during the battle, when he had first sent a real Rasenshuriken and\nthen his real self disguised as a Rasenshuriken.\n\nPain began anticipating the same thing to happen. As expected, Naruto sent the\nfirst real Rasenshuriken, which pain promptly deflected using Shinra Tensei.\nHowever, this time, the second Rasenshuriken was a real one, hidden under the\nfirst one as a shadow shuriken. Naruto's two shadow clones also emerged, but\nPain was prepared having already seen this trick before (or so he thought). He\nstabbed the two clones with his chakra receivers, and also dodged the\nRasenshuriken.\n\nThe purpose of this part of Naruto's plan was to force Pain to use Shinra\nTensei, to take advantage of the five second interval during the next part of\nhis plan. It is now revealed that Naruto had previously used the Mass Shadow\nClone technique, and then transformed those multiple clones into boulders.\nNaruto undoes the transformation, aiming to attack Pain with these shadow\nclones.\n\nHowever, this doesn't work as expected since Pain's ability returns at the\nlast moment, and he uses the Shinra Tensei to push away Naruto's shadow clones\nbefore he can land a direct hit on Pain.\n\nNow Naruto switches to a backup plan, wherein he uses the mass shadow clones\nas a support for the main body to oppose Shinra Tensei's push. Having used the\nShinra Tensei, Pain's five second interval kicks in _again_ , during which\nNaruto finally lands a direct hit on Pain using his Rasengan. Having defeated\nthe Deva Path, he proceeds to meet the original Nagato.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-22T14:38:29.787", "id": "5551", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-22T14:38:29.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5538", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou're most likely thinking of the\n_[Windaria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windaria)_ movie, based on a novel of\nthe same name, by Keisuke Fujikawa.\n\nIn the movie, when people die they turn into red light shaped like birds and\nfly to an airship in the sky over the ocean.\n\nIt might also go by the name _Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria_ and _Once\nUpon a Time, Windaria_. The English version by Harmony Gold was rescripted and\naltered to include renamed characters, revised plot, and a happier ending\namong other things.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-21T18:44:59.333", "id": "5540", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-22T17:34:31.520", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-22T17:34:31.520", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "5539", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis originated from\n[here](http://nijuukoo.tumblr.com/post/39412252025/i-should-not-be-allowed-to-\ndraw-on-balloons). It's based on [this\nmeme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yaranaika-%E3%82%84%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%8B),\nwhich itself is based on the manga [Kuso Miso\nTechnique](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuso_Miso_Technique), which was in the\nmanga supplement of the gay magazine Barazoku in 1987. Scanned images of it\nbegan circulating the internet in 2002, and it became a meme after that.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-21T20:21:34.517", "id": "5543", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-21T20:21:34.517", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "5541", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, the manga has finished on May 24, 2013. However, there are 19 volumes\ntotal (93 chapters), so the English volumes are just slowly being translated,\nand you'll have to wait to get them all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-22T07:06:14.783", "id": "5548", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-22T07:06:14.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "5547", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs near as I can tell, there is (as of 22 Oct 2013) no announced release date\nfor the Blu-ray/DVD version of _The Wind Rises_. However, the recent history\nof Ghibli films suggests a pattern.\n\n[code]\n\n FILM IN THEATERS HOME VIDEO RELEASE\n Arrietty July 2010 June 2011\n From Up on Poppy Hill July 2011 June 2012\n The Wind Rises July 2013 _________\n \n[/code]\n\nAs the astute reader will infer, this suggests that _The Wind Rises_ will\nprobably be released (on home video) in June 2014 or thereabouts.\n\n* * *\n\n**UPDATE:** _The Wind Rises_ will be available on home video (Blu-ray and DVD)\nin Japan [on **June 18,\n2014**](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%A2%A8%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AC-Blu-\nray-%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%8E%E9%A7%BF/dp/B00J2NX8NW/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1396295586&sr=1-1&keywords=%E9%A2%A8%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AC),\njust as I surmised.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-22T22:48:06.550", "id": "5553", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T19:55:26.557", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-31T19:55:26.557", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5549", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nYou should know that the Netherlands does have a theatrical release before\nsenshin's predicted DVD/Bluray release (and long before 2016).\n[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_9) says that\nyou should be able to view _Kaze Tachinu_ on May 1, 2014.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-03T14:23:21.813", "id": "7808", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-03T14:28:49.980", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-03T14:28:49.980", "last_editor_user_id": "3971", "owner_user_id": "3971", "parent_id": "5549", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\ncan buy here and get it shipped <http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VWBS-1529>\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-16T04:38:19.107", "id": "8692", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-16T04:38:19.107", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4517", "parent_id": "5549", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_Note: This answer is based on events seen up to Chapter 651, and contains\nunmarked spoilers._\n\nSince the answer is long, I will divide it into several sections, first\nexplaining the mechanism of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then the background and\nphilosophy, and finally answer the specific questions.\n\n**Mechanism of the Infinite Tsukuyomi**\n\nUse Itachi's Tsukuyomi as a reference to understand the Infinite Tsukuyomi.\nThe illusion lasts for 72 hours _as per the flow of time perceived in the\nillusory world_ , but for only a moment in the real world. Powered by the\nJuubi/Shinju's chakra, Infinite Tsukuyomi is a superpowered version of it, in\nthree ways:\n\n * It draws everyone's minds into the illusion.\n * Its illusory space is designed in great detail, as desired by the caster. \nIn particular, people who do not exist in the real world can be created there.\n\n * It lasts forever _as per flow of time perceived in that world_. \nThe illusion appears to last for only a moment in the real world, but since it\nis endless, real world time doesn't appear to advance. Moreover, since\neveryone's minds have been drawn into the illusion, nobody is around to\nperceive the flow of time. This may also be a subtle cultural reference, since\nInfinite Tsukuyomi uses the moon to cast the illusion, and Tsukuyomi, the Moon\nGod is associated with the flow of time.\n\nTo understand the Moon's Eye Plan philosophy, a background of the Naruto story\nis useful.\n\n**Background of the Naruto story**\n\nKishimoto originally wanted to make Naruto a seinen manga, but was advised to\nmake it shonen, so that it could be published in the Weekly Shonen Jump\nmagazine. In my opinion, it still retains its seinen core in the plot, while\nusing shonen elements in the narrative.\n\nAmidst the action and comedy, it has explored various elements of human nature\nor philosophy, and conflicts between them. The characters in the story are\nalso used to represent such elements. A narrative primarily focused on the\nphilosophy would lose audience interest, so it is useful to have characters\nrepresent them. For example, Naruto represents how positive thinking and hard\nwork can overcome adversities, while Sasuke represents how revenge makes a\nperson blind letting others use him, and so on.\n\n**Objective of achieving a peaceful world**\n\nAn overarching philosophical question asked several times is, \"How to achieve\na peaceful world, devoid of hatred and suffering?\" Various characters have\nattempted to answer it in their own way.\n\n * **Hashirama** : Distribute powers evenly between villages, so that they won't fight over it. \n * **Jiraiya** : Some day, people will truly understand each other, and hatred will cease. I don't know how it will happen, but I believe in my student to figure it out.\n * **Nagato** : Create a powerful weapon which people will fear and stop fighting. This peace is temporary, since people eventually forget the weapon's power, so they need to be reminded again. \n * **Naruto** : I will end the cycle of revenge and justice, which will lead to peace somehow.\n * **Madara** : Create a perfect world free of winners and losers, which will end hatred and suffering. \n\n**Motivation for the Moon's Eye Plan**\n\nMadara lost all his brothers in the war. He lost the Hokage title to\nHashirama. His own clan rejected him when he wanted to protect them (according\nto him). He also lost to Hashirama at the Valley of the End. He then read the\nworld history at the Uchiha shrine, which described how Kaguya Ootsutsuki\nended all existing conflicts by eating the Shinju's forbidden fruit, but it\nonly led to more conflicts. He realised that a world which creates winners\nalso creates losers, such a world would always be at conflict, and any effort\nto end the conflict would cause more conflict. He was convinced that there is\nno hope to achieve peace in the real world, and hence, decided to achieve it\nin an illusory world.\n\nObito initially rejected Madara's plan, but seeing how the ninja system led to\nRin's death made him lose hope in the real world, and convinced him to accept\nMadara's plan of creating an illusory peaceful world, where Rin doesn't have\nto die.\n\n**Answers to the specific questions**\n\n> When everyone is under the genjutsu, does that mean no one is actually\n> living their own life? Or do people live their lives and the usage of the\n> genjutsu just eliminates pain, suffering, and war?\n>\n> Will the people starve to death under this technique? And if not, are they\n> able to reproduce? And if they can do the above two, will this technique\n> eventually cease when Madara/Obito die?\n>\n> I'm just wondering if life can still continue under this technique? If so,\n> does the technique ever stop?\n\nAs explained above, the illusion lasts forever as per time perceived in the\nillusory world. The real world becomes irrelevant once the illusion starts.\n\n> Now on a more (deeper) philosophical level, how is this plan any different\n> from Pain's total destruction plan?\n\nPain's plan was to achieve peace in the real world through the fear of a\npowerful weapon, although the peace is temporary. Madara's Moon's Eye Plan\ngives people no choice, they are forced into the peaceful world permanently.\nIn my opinion, the Moon's Eye Plan represents the philosophy that peace is a\nstate of mind, while the body is unimportant, since it draws people's minds\ninto peace (albeit an illusory one), while their bodies left in the real world\nbecome irrelevant.\n\nAs a side note, Pain's plan seems influenced by the atom bomb in our world,\nthough the author hasn't stated it explicitly.\n\n> Why bother with the Eye of the Moon plan if you can just kill the entire\n> planet.\n\nThe difference between the two could be a long philosophical discussion unto\nitself, so I will cut it short using an analogy. To end a lung tumour\npatient's suffering, you could do:\n\n * Remove the tumour (Naruto's solution)\n * A lung transplant (Moon's Eye Plan) \n * Kill the patient (this question's suggestion)\n\nAnalogies are often misleading, but the key point is that the Moon's Eye Plan\nwants to create a peaceful world, which everyone can experience, which\ndestroying the world cannot achieve.\n\n> This then leads me to believe that Madara and Obito just have psychological\n> problems. Is this the reason why they are proceeding with this crazy plan?\n\nThere is nothing inherently crazy about wanting to escape the pains of reality\nin one's dreams, since this is quite common human nature. The following Calvin\nand Hobbes strip is one popular instance. Bill Watterson's cat, Sprite, died\nin real life around that time, and he realised that he could be always be with\nhis cat in his dreams.\n\n\n\nConcluding that Madara or Obito have psychological problems is a stretch, or\nsubjective at best. In our world, it is quite common for one person to\nexperience a problem, and then try to solve it for everyone. Madara or Obito\ncould easily solve _only_ their problem using Izanagi, Rinne Tensei, or\nlimiting the Tsukuyomi illusion only to themselves.\n\nLastly, the war also represents the conflict between Madara/Obito's philosophy\nand Naruto's philosophy, and we know that Naruto would eventually win in some\nway. This could be Kishimoto's way of giving us another moral, that trying to\nsolve real world's problems through an illusion is futile, and they should be\nsolved in the real world.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T17:00:38.780", "id": "5611", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T17:00:38.780", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5552", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBeedrill is a bee. It's classified as such in the Pokedex and its in the name\nas well.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-23T16:17:26.840", "id": "5560", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-23T16:17:26.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5559", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nBeedrill is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokemon. In your form of question of if he\nis a Bee or a Wasp, he is indeed a Bee.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T01:31:09.830", "id": "5603", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T01:31:09.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2618", "parent_id": "5559", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nBeedrill is called Poison Bee Pokemon, but Kingdra is called Dragon Pokemon\nwhen it's clearly a seahorse. I'd say it's based off a wasp, due to the fact\nthat its main feature is a sting. Bees sting once then die, but wasps can\nsting as many times as they want, just like Beedrill. Hence the 3 stingers.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-16T15:17:27.800", "id": "20882", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-16T18:03:04.623", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-16T18:03:04.623", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "13946", "parent_id": "5559", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the corresponding scene in the light novel (volume 4, chapter 9; p. 308):\n\n>\n> キリトは透き【すき】通った視線で一瞬【いっしゅん】アインクラッドを見つめ、しばしうつむいた。その唇【くちびる】が動き、かすかな声で誰かの名前を呼んだようだったが、聞き取れなかった。\n\nTranslated,\n\n> With his penetrating gaze, Kirito glanced at Aincrad for a moment, and then\n> cast his eyes downward. His lips moved. It seemed as though he had said\n> somebody's name in a faint voice - but [Yui] couldn't hear him.\n\nIn light of this, it is clear that Kirito said **somebody's name**. It seems,\nhowever, that the author chose to leave the identity of the person ambiguous.\n\nI believe that the standard inference among the SAO fanbase is that Kirito\nsaid either **Sachi** 's name or **Kayaba Akihiko** 's name. This seems like a\nreasonable guess to me, though I'm not sure if there's any other evidence\nsupporting it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-23T21:10:05.713", "id": "5565", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-01T21:12:36.367", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-01T21:12:36.367", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5562", "post_type": "answer", "score": 38 }, { "body": "\n\nIf I had to guess it would probably be\n\nカヤバ明彦ありがとう\n\nWhich translated means \"Thank you Kayaba Akihiko\" I've played it over and over\nagain and that's all I can get put of it.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-17T05:22:08.287", "id": "5912", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-17T05:22:08.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2740", "parent_id": "5562", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThree answers that may be what Kirito said in the season finale\n\n 1. Something about Sachi's death and the guild\n 2. From the creator of the game Kayaba Akihiko\n 3. Said something from his friends\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-25T14:47:50.327", "id": "6555", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-25T05:00:26.467", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-25T05:00:26.467", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3105", "parent_id": "5562", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIn addition to the other answers I would add some thoughts specifically on the\nanime.\n\n**Foundation**\n\nWhile I am not sure if it's the case, I would think that the animation was\ncreated in conformity with the authors ideas (i.e. they have decided jointly\non this important scene). This means we can take those reactions as according\nto the canon, thus we can conclude more from them in addition to what is known\nfrom the manga.\n\n**Facts**\n\n * Kiritos eyes are not directed at the girls (they are floating slightly above), his head is tilted even or slightly downwards.\n * The girls are paying attention to him once he speaks up\n * They both had a (positively) surprised look on their face which did not change during the scene.\n * Yui also seemd slightly surprised, but immediately became content and pleased.\n * There was no blushing or other signs.\n * Kirito ended the scene by speaking \"Alright, here we go!\" and attention was no longer on him (they were flying towards Aincrad)\n\n**Interpretation**\n\nJudging from Yui's behavior earlier, one could guess that he made a positive\nremark about (the relationship with) Asuna (pleasing Yui), while at the same\ntime original enough to surprise both girls.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-19T02:54:44.733", "id": "9797", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-19T02:54:44.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "220", "parent_id": "5562", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs you say yourself:\n\n> Was this an error, in that the message was supposed to refer to this boss\n> removing his own immortality? If not, what exactly did this message signify?\n\nWhile googling, I came across some posts on [a\nforum](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=115261&page=3) which seems\nto say that it is a wrongly translated message and that it should say\nsomething like: \" _immortality status changed_ \". \nI'm not sure if it's accurate but it seems to tell the exact same thing.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-23T20:50:06.600", "id": "5564", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T13:42:33.950", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T13:42:33.950", "last_editor_user_id": "13959", "owner_user_id": "1588", "parent_id": "5563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nThat picture is false. I just rewatched that episode (episode 14 \"The End of\nthe World\") and Akihiko Kayaba, or Heathcliff, is already immortal. He changed\ninto a MORTAL object, so he and Kirito could have a fair battle. So, to answer\nyour question, nothing was changed into an immortal object, and Heathcliff\ndid, in fact, get rid of his own immortality. I believe the site you watched\nthis on is a false source.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-09-20T19:28:54.433", "id": "26027", "last_activity_date": "2015-09-20T20:11:28.797", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-20T20:11:28.797", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "17912", "parent_id": "5563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was supposed to be \"Changed into immortal object\" also notice the ui is RED\nthis time.When immortal object effect was on,it was PURPLE.Thus this means\nsomething like the immortal effect is disabled.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-04-19T09:15:30.337", "id": "39957", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-19T09:15:30.337", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "32066", "parent_id": "5563", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYes.\n\n> In episode **5** , you (the viewer) learn that the class is ignoring Misaki\n> as part of a \"countermeasure\" to ward off the calamity that affects class\n> 3-3 (which is what causes all the paranormal phenomena you see in episodes\n> 1-4, e.g. the girl nearly getting crushed by the falling glass pane; the\n> nurse in the crashing elevator; etc). The basic idea is that the class has\n> one more person than it should (you find out why in episode **6** , I\n> believe), and so by pretending that one of the people in the class doesn't\n> exist, they bring the number of people in the class down to the correct\n> number.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T01:40:21.440", "id": "5569", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-24T01:40:21.440", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5568", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCan't post this as a comment, since spoilers. Big spoilers.\n\n> No, she is not dead. She's labelled as the classroom's \"one that doesn't\n> exist\" student in order to make up for the extra, but she isn't the one\n> that's dead. She happens to have the ability to see the one that's dead, and\n> tries to tell Kouichi who it is before being interrupted.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T03:57:36.547", "id": "5571", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-24T03:57:36.547", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "5570", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\n> Death is not kind. It's dark, black as far as you can see, and you're all\n> alone. \\- Mei Misaki\n\nHer status is alive, so she isn't dead, but she was labeled by her classmates\nas \"The one who does not exist\". So what I'm saying is, she is alive\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T04:04:36.990", "id": "5606", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-16T15:51:45.183", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-16T15:51:45.183", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2618", "parent_id": "5570", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRecall when Naruto's feelings were relayed to everyone that he was sharing\nchakra with? That is his method of communication. Sharing the kyuubi chakra\nand transferring it to other shinobi establishes a link that lets them share\nthoughts with each other.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T17:09:34.413", "id": "5575", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-24T17:09:34.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5573", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI think the answer _can be_ the combination of the two:\n\n * [Mind Body Transmission Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mind_Body_Transmission_Technique) from [Yamanaka](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yamanaka)\n * And Naruto's Chakra present to them.\n\nMy theory is that Ino consistently connecting them using her Mind Body\nTransmission Technique from the start. And since they have Naruto's chakra,\nthey even share the feeling not just the picture (or the message) they want to\nconvey to everyone. Also I remember on Chapter 645, Naruto is in combined Sage\nand Kyubbi mode. Naruto's _Biju mode_ is so powerful that he can sense the\n\"dark feeling/hatred\" from something or someone.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T03:12:40.667", "id": "5586", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-19T06:24:45.670", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-19T06:24:45.670", "last_editor_user_id": "1709", "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "5573", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nThis part of the manga shows Sakura's thought's being relayed over to Ino. So\nif I were to draw an analogy, then I could safely say that the same is\nhappening to Naruto and the others, like they are in a large broadcast room.\n\n\n\nThis part shows Shikamaru's thoughts being relayed over to the Second Hokage.\n\n\n\nAnd finally this part shows Naruto and others conversing in their minds.\n\n\n\nHowever it has been previously shown that the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Body\nTechinque can be used for a two way communication via thoughts, so this must\nbe using Ino's technique and not Naruto's chakra.\n\nFinally, Ino herself mentions that Naruto's thoughts and feeling's are being\nrelayed over using her jutsu.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T11:27:49.733", "id": "5588", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T13:48:34.523", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T13:48:34.523", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "5573", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n  \n\nYou're probably looking for **Getter Robo G**. There's several TV series and\nmovies based on this iteration of Getter. The movies are all cross-overs with\nother Go Nagai mecha franchises.\n\n * [Getter Robo G](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1993)\n * [Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G - Kuuchuu Dai-Gekitotsu](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3608)\n * [Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3616)\n\nAll from the 70's.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T21:46:39.100", "id": "5578", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-24T21:53:33.890", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-24T21:53:33.890", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "5576", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as I know, theme songs are picked or created based on the anime's\nthemes (if the song is appropriate with the anime's story) and its length will\nonly be cut shorter while the tempo will stay the same (with the exception of\ncourse if the production decided to have another version of the opening to\ninclude in their OST).\n\nHowever, most anime openings have faster tempo than endings to have that kind\nof \"excitement feel\" or some kind of \"momentum\" as an anime starts. But it\nreally depends on the theme of the anime. If the anime has a tragic theme or a\nsad love story theme, sometimes production decides to have an opening song\nthat has lower tempo, or a sad song, but mostly, it will have a faster tempo\nthan its ending.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T00:47:09.440", "id": "5583", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-02T16:46:11.713", "last_edit_date": "2015-02-02T16:46:11.713", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "5577", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis scene was never actually explained as far as I'm aware.\n\nIt's possible that it was his Cantus leaving his body and returning to Heaven,\nas he states \"the art within me is losing it's flame,\" which may be a\nreference to the ceremony when one receives their Cantus, during which they\nlook into a flame and say their Mantra. However this explanation doesn't\nexplain who the woman is. (but doesn't she look a bit like Saki?)\n\nPerhaps she was a hallucination by Saki. She did have a few of them that night\nafter all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-19T03:02:51.553", "id": "11350", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-19T07:56:59.453", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-19T07:56:59.453", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "5579", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Yes**\n\nThe OVA, titled [_Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu:\nMatsuri_](https://myanimelist.net/anime/9471/Baka_to_Test_to_Shoukanjuu__Matsuri)\n( _Matsuri_ = festival), is based on the school festival episode in the 2nd\nvolume of _the original source, which is the light novel_. (Source: [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E3%81%A8%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%81%A8%E5%8F%AC%E5%96%9A%E7%8D%A3#.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1))\n\n> **OVA**\n>\n> [...] 原作2巻を元にした学園祭のエピソード。 [...]\n\n* * *\n\nAdditional info: [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E3%81%A8%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%81%A8%E5%8F%AC%E5%96%9A%E7%8D%A3#.E7.89.B9.E5.BE.B4)\nalso mentions that the story development between the original source and\nanime's 1st season is different, and even included a lot of anime original\nstory. The 2nd season continues the 1st season's setting while also adapting\nthe original source more faithfully.\n\n> **特徴**\n>\n> * 第1期は原作とは異なるストーリー展開、及びアニメオリジナルの展開が多い。第2期は第1期の設定を引き継ぎつつも、原作を忠実に再現している。\n> [...]\n>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-26T15:12:07.510", "id": "42492", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-26T15:12:07.510", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "5580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**4koma** (pronounced **yonkoma** ) is a Japanese word meaning \"4-panel\"1, and\nrefers to a type of manga which is formatted as a series of four vertically-\nstacked panels. This term is used in contrast with \"regular\" (non-4koma)\nmanga, which do not typically adhere to a rigid panel structure.2\n\nHere is an example from one very long-running (and famous in Japan) 4koma\nmanga, _Sazae-san_ :3\n\n\n\nSome of the most famous 4koma manga among Western audiences are _Azumanga\nDaioh_ , _Lucky Star_ , _Hetalia_ , and _K-ON_. As this list suggests, the\n4koma format is heavily populated by gag comedy manga.\n\n* * *\n\n1 from 四 _yon_ \"four\" + 齣 _koma_ \"scene, frame, panel\"; usually written 四コマ\ntoday.\n\n2 Think of 4koma as being sort of like your bog-standard weekday newspaper\ncartoons (at least in the US) in that sense - 3 or 4 panels, and no real\nfreedom as to how to use the space available.\n\n3 Note that most 4koma these days have narrower panels (usually square),\nallowing two 4koma to be printed side-by-side on paper with a standard A or B\naspect ratio\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T23:15:11.350", "id": "5582", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-15T17:30:18.930", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-15T17:30:18.930", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5581", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEither inspired by or the same character, it seems. Nothing I'm seeing online\ngives her a name besides \"NANA-sempai\" in all capitals like the NANA manga.\n\nNote: Romi Park voices the original Nana. The Nana in Golden Time is voiced by\nSatomi Satou.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T02:41:44.650", "id": "5585", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-14T22:57:15.447", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-14T22:57:15.447", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "2608", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nit seems like the character from Golden Time is copying NANA, because on wiki\n(Russian) it is said that Tada Banri read the NANA manga while hospitalized.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-05T21:30:10.797", "id": "5753", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-02T09:46:41.153", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-02T09:46:41.153", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "2676", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI would imagine it's a parody of the character, they look very similar\n(ignoring style differences) and share the same names (also in capitals like\nthe manga/anime's title as mentioned in another answer) and are both punk/rock\nmusicians.\n\n\n\nOtherwise it's a large coincidence, but I would imagine it was intentional, as\nNana is a very well known series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-05T22:45:09.847", "id": "5754", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T17:40:04.363", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-29T17:40:04.363", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's meant as an Easter Egg and inside joke similar to Khoto Hirano in High\nSchool of the Dead having the name of the creator of Hellsing and the\ncharacter acting and looking somewhat like Alucard in moments of extreme\nviolence.\n\nWithin anime and other visual media there are references like these everywhere\nif you look for them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-29T16:24:07.700", "id": "8353", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T16:24:07.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4320", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI always thought some of the characters were parodies in themselves. She is no\nexception.\n\nAnother example, which strikes resemblance in my opinion is \"2D-Kun\", who\nresembles Keima Katsuragi from \"The World God Only Knows\". Both only like\nfictional 2D characters and have similar appearances.\n\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-29T21:21:14.757", "id": "8359", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-29T05:53:03.377", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-29T05:53:03.377", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "2751", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nI also think it's interesting how Linda-Sempai's real name can be nicknamed\nNana. That's what her brothers fiancé called her. And on some wiki pages, they\nactually refer to her as Nana.. not even Linda! Also Linda and Nana are close\nfriends and are always in the apartment together. Another funny coincidence as\nwell!!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-03T07:22:06.360", "id": "28625", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-03T07:22:06.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20168", "parent_id": "5584", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nGluttony was created to be a second Gate of Truth but is only a failed copy.\nEd had the idea that because they came there through the failed gate, they\nmust be able to get back trough the real gate. It's just like creating a door\nback to Gluttony.\n\nTo open the Gate of Truth, he used Envys Philisopher's Stone and the old parts\nof the Xerxes mural to make this special human transmutation. The sacrifice\nfor opening the gate was a soul of the Philisopher's Stone, which thanked him\nafterwards (because he freed the soul).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T19:31:38.267", "id": "5592", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-25T19:31:38.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "5589", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nThey didn't lose anything because Ed used the philosopher's stone. To create\ncopies of themselves in the real world and transfer their souls to the copy of\nbodies he created. So, he had to pass through the gate of truth for deleting\nhis old self from gluttony. Envy and Lin must also have passed through the\noriginal gate. Ed could have brought back his limbs that moment.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-12-25T18:24:41.617", "id": "50206", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-25T18:24:41.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "38624", "parent_id": "5589", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis seems to be [Hagiwara\nYukiho](http://idolmaster.wikia.com/wiki/Yukiho_Hagiwara) from [THE\niDOLM@STER](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idolmaster), which is originally\na video game series with several anime and manga adaptations. The series is\nabout the lives and careers of a number of fictional idols in Japan, mostly\nworking with the fictional studio 765 Productions. Yukiho is a 16 year old\ngirl (17 in more recent versions) who is one of the idols. She's known for her\ntimid personality and fear of dogs and men, which she is able to overcome as\nan idol.\n\nHere's a higher quality uncropped version of the same picture (click for full\nsize):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRyHC.jpg)\n\nI haven't yet tracked down the source of this image.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-25T16:50:51.137", "id": "5591", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-25T17:05:39.850", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-25T17:05:39.850", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "5590", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [One Piece\nWikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Edward_Newgate#Appearance), it is just\nold age.\n\n> While not in battle, Whitebeard was typically on oxygen and attached to\n> several medical sensor machines, due to health issues concerning his age.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-12T09:27:39.740", "id": "6261", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-12T09:27:39.740", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2842", "parent_id": "5593", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIf I had to guess it would be something akin to COPD. His large body and age\nmight've kept him from absorbing all the oxygen he needed easily which would\nexplain the oxygen tanks\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-04-26T21:55:50.727", "id": "46757", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-26T21:55:50.727", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40367", "parent_id": "5593", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Bebop uses centrifugal force to generate \"gravity\". It has a rotating\ncylinder which is where the crew spend much of their time when in space. It is\nshown from both inside the ship and outside the ship, and in a few episodes,\nit is shown that when the cylinder stops spinning, the people inside that\nportion of the ship suddenly start to float.\n\nPresumably, there would be no apparent gravity in the portions of the ship\nwhich do not rotate when the ship is not thrusting. When the ship is thrusting\n(accelerating), then the entire ship would experience a force similar to\ngravity along the axis of thrust.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T03:15:14.670", "id": "5619", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T03:15:14.670", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1578", "parent_id": "5594", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nThe gravity on the ship is somewhat inconsistent. However, it is useful to\nkeep in mind that there are actually two systems used on the Bebop for\nattachment to hard surfaces; gravity and magnets (Such as seen in \"Honky-Tonk\nWoman\").\n\nThe Bebop, at least in theory, generates apparent gravity by rotating, at\nleast part of the ship (see \"Toys in the Attic\"). How this fits in with the\nstationary appearance of the Bebop in orbit, I couldn't really say.\n\nGravity on the command deck, as you alluded to, is somewhat inconsistent in\nthe show. In the opening episodes, only Spike and Jet appear to have gravity.\nAs the show went on however, more objects on the bridge appear to experience\ngravity - shogi pieces, and Ein being prime examples. However, looking at the\nBebop, the command deck is actually in the _opposite_ orientation to be\nexperiencing apparent gravity due to centripetal force - if this was the cause\nof the gravity in it, Spike/Jet would be walking upside down, and there would\nhave to be two control consoles; one on the ceiling and one on the floor, for\nwhen landing on a planet.\n\nHere's my rather generous theory: The Bebop has artificial gravity in the\nliving quarters of the ship, which it accomplishes by rotating its interior\nfore-deck independently of the rest of the ship, explaining the lack of\napparent rotation of the Bebop itself. In the rear of the rear of the ship\nhowever, \"gravity\" is generated by magnetism. This explains how Jet's tendency\nto fix the ships in 0-g conditions in the hanger deck (if not Faye's ability\nto jump and land on her ship, and Ein); it also means that during \"Toys in the\nAttic\", Spike was disabling a magnetic system of artificial gravity in the\nrear, as well as the rotation of the front living quarters, to float the\nfridge out of the airlock.\n\nFun Fact: Based on this, the nuclear reactor powering the Bebop is either in\nthe (rotating) foredeck; or Jet does 0-G Bonzai. Personally, I'm hoping for\nthe latter.\n\n_This has clearly bugged me more than I thought. :P_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-05T16:52:05.313", "id": "19831", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-05T17:16:32.530", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-05T17:16:32.530", "last_editor_user_id": "13074", "owner_user_id": "13074", "parent_id": "5594", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe gravity is generated by a centrifugal force. The floor pulls objects to\nits surface. The smoke from the cigarette is drawn to the center of the\ncentrifuge.\n\nBut when the cigarette is thrown, it becomes free of the simulated gravity,\nand begins to act as if it was in micro gravity. This is also why when he\njumps to the floor from the ladder, he appears to be in micro gravity. Until\nhe makes contact with the floor and thus the centrifuge, he is in a micro\ngravity environment.\n\nThe smoke rising from his cigarette is an indication of him spinning.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-14T14:40:44.563", "id": "33736", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-14T14:40:44.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25663", "parent_id": "5594", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnswer **A** : The one you are saying \"releasing\" the jutsu with the clone\nisn't possible. What Naruto trying to do is to release the _[Reverse\nSummoning](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Reverse_Summoning_Technique)_ which is\na _[Space Time\nNinjustsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Space%E2%80%93Time_Ninjutsu)_ not the\nKage Bunshin.\n\nIt is said in the wiki that:\n\n_\"all summoning-based techniques are space–time manipulation related, as they\nwarp the targets through a **dimensional void to the summoner's location**. It\nappears that each specific space-time technique has its own unique dimensional\nvoid that no other technique can access.\"_\n\nThat means you can't release technique from another (void) dimension wherein\nthe clones are _like_ sealed in a container.\n\nNow to release the reverse summon, well that answers **B** : You need the\nsigned contract(scroll) which serves as the passage way in order for the user\n(like Naruto) to release the Reversed Summoning then release the Kage Bunshin.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-26T08:32:38.010", "id": "5597", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T13:46:41.467", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T13:46:41.467", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "5595", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nWe are definitely talking about months here, if not year(s).\n\nLets first take a look at what has to be done to produce a anime to begin\nwith. The image as found [washibi's\nblog](https://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-\nguide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/) will help with that.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TxuqG.jpg)\n\nHere we can see that there are 4 mayor factors to the production of a anime.\n\n * Pre-production (planning)\n * Script/Scenario writing\n * in-production\n * post-production\n\n## Pre-Production (1 Week / 2-3\nMonths)[(1)](http://aminoapps.com/page/anime/3796840/how-anime-is-made-\npreproduction-very-detailed)\n\nPre-Production is usually quite short. It covers obtaining sponsors, planning\nthe costs and who they want to work with, such as the voice actors/artists\n\nEspecially bigger studios, whom already have a basic set of people to work\nwith, and money available it will take shorter then for say an upcoming\nanimation studio.\n\n## Script/Scenario writing (1-2 days / 1-2 weeks per episode)\n\nScript/scenario planning covers the planning of an episode, here they roughly\nproduce sketches about what scenes should look and feel like, design\ncharacters, pick colors, plan dialogues etc.\n\nOften novels or manga are used as a basis for this, reducing the requirements.\nBut for an original anime, or diverging stories the time needed might even go\nup as far as 1 month per episode, to plan things out in more detail.\n\nThe size of the used team is also important to how long this takes in total,\nas bigger studios will be able to plan several episodes at the same time, as\nopposed to smaller studios, which will be able to plan 1 or 2 at the time.\n\n## In-production (1-2 weeks / episode)\n\nThis is the part where all the fancy stuff starts. The process of animation,\ncleaning rendering and everything relevant to it.\n\n## Post-production(+- 1 week / episode)\n\nThis is where voice actors start to come in. They will have to record the\nrequired audio, add music and sound effects to the scene, and do a final round\nof editing to clear out some of the left over mistakes.\n\n## So a cour takes +- 6 months?\n\nYep, in the most positive scenario it will take about 6-7 months to create a\n'cour' from scratch. And with a bit of bad luck, it can run up to 1~2 years\neven. Which all depends on the team size, how efficiently they can work\ntogether, and how much of the production can be done side by side.\n\n * 1 week pre-production\n * 2-3 weeks pre-production\n * +- 12 weeks in-production\n * +- 12 weeks post-production\n * thus 27 weeks or ~7 months total\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-10-06T08:50:20.270", "id": "42677", "last_activity_date": "2017-10-06T08:50:20.270", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "5599", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThere is no definitive answer to this and any attempts at an to answer this\nwould be speculative at most. It was never explained in neither the manga nor\nthe anime.\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Yoruichi_Shih%C5%8Din):\n\n> ...While it is **_unknown_** how she obtained her cat transformation, she\n> appears to prefer spending most of her time in it....\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T01:50:57.733", "id": "5604", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T01:50:57.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "5601", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is never told why she can do this. But it has something to do with her\nleaving the Soul Society. It might have been the only way she was able to get\nout. She was the form of a cat for 100 years. She is the only known one to be\nable to do this.\n\nHope this helped!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T01:55:55.160", "id": "5605", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T01:55:55.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2618", "parent_id": "5601", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is just a scenario of the _shounen_ genre doing whatever it feels like.\nBiologically, he would have taken serious damage to bones, nerves, muscles,\netc. when his hands were stabbed through. But in anime, particularly in the\n_shounen_ genre, characters can often overcome this type of thing with\nrelative ease.\n\nTake, for example, a scene from _Shingeki no Kyojin_ ( _Attack on Titan_ )\nwherein one of the characters literally has a plank stabbed through a lung,\nand still manages to somehow sit up—dragging the plank through their\nbody—while spurting blood everywhere.\n\nIn Mustang's case, there is no evidence that he was healed in any fashion\n(such as by May Chang), nor that he is impervious to hand pain in any way. He\nis simply able to do this because the mangaka decided it was necessary to the\nstory. That's the power of _shounen_!\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T15:58:41.127", "id": "5610", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T15:58:41.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "5609", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nThis may not make any sense or be true, but assuming that immediately\nfollowing Wrath removing the swords from Mustang's hands he was forced by\nPride to transmute, it is possible that during the deconstruction and\nreconstruction, the injuries were at least sealed up, or possibly healed\naltogether, seeing as he was alchemically torn apart and pieced back together.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-31T14:29:57.830", "id": "13188", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-31T14:29:57.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7809", "parent_id": "5609", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI get your question. Irl, there's no way. There are just too many bones,\nligaments and tendons in the hand (not to mention the tremendous amount of\npain an injury like that would incur) to be able to do that. BUT, FMAB is\nfiction, so OF COURSE HE CAN. FWIW, the FMA fandom wiki says this about the\nactual sound of snapping when Roy does his thing: The 'snap' sound heard at\nthe start of these transmutations is caused by the instantaneous speed at\nwhich the highly concentrated gases and sparks react together and pop (and not\nMustang's fingers actually 'snapping', to common belief.) I don't think it\ncould be done irl, but ymmv.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-09T03:22:07.260", "id": "56964", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-09T03:22:07.260", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52238", "parent_id": "5609", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first image is the structural formula of\n[**epinephrine**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine) (or **adrenaline**\n, depending on where you live).\n\n\n\nEpinephrine is a neurotransmitter that plays a significant role in the fight-\nor-flight response, and so its appearance here makes sense - Koyomi is\ncertainly about to take flight upon seeing the \"darkness\".\n\n* * *\n\nThe second image contains the following compounds:\n\n 1. [dopamine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine)\n 2. [serotonin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin)\n 3. [α-Neoendorphin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Neoendorphin)\n 4. epinephrine (again)\n 5. [(Leu-)enkephalin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkephalin)\n 6. [norepinephrine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norepinephrine) (or noradrenaline)\n\nAll of these are neurotransmitters, as well, though none of them are as\nlocalized to the fight-or-flight response as epinephrine is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T02:19:42.003", "id": "5618", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T02:50:13.067", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-28T02:50:13.067", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5617", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nShukaku remained sealed in the Gedo Mazo. It was the only Bijuu that Tobi did\nnot reseal into its (reincarnated) former Jinchuriki, for his version of the\nSix Paths of Pain technique. He needed only six Jinchuriki-Bijuu pairs for\nthis technique, while Akatsuki had sealed seven into the Gedo Mazo, so someone\nhad to be left behind.\n\nMoreover, Shukaku's known former Jinchuriki, Gaara, was still alive. Its\nprevious two Jinchurikis were failed experiments according to Chiyo, so\nTobi/Kabuto may have decided it was not worth the trouble trying to\nreincarnate them with Edo Tensei.\n\n**Tobi's version of Six Paths of Pain** \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T12:07:46.043", "id": "5623", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T13:39:45.077", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-28T13:39:45.077", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5622", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's been a long time since I've seen the anime but I vaguely remember Rido's\nunique power having something to do with some kind of poison effect. Its not\nliterally poison, but a slow, painful draw on one's life-force. If I'm right,\nthen that's definitely not what happened in the scene with the night class. I\nthink it's related to Rido being a pure-blooded vampire, but a little more in\ndepth to his specific family line. This is what really makes him a unique\ncharacter. Surely if these questions are ever firmly answered, it will only be\nwith further questions.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-17T05:57:15.860", "id": "8716", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-17T13:47:37.277", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-17T13:47:37.277", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "4529", "parent_id": "5625", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n 1. Shakugan no Shana I\n 2. Shakugan no Shana II\n 3. Shakugan no Shana S (OVA)\n 4. Shakugan no Shana III (Final)\n\nThe Movie is a summary/alternate version of the first season.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T21:43:44.747", "id": "5627", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T21:43:44.747", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "17", "parent_id": "5626", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHohenheim was a human once; he was originally a slave in Xerxes and as per\nslaves was never taught how to read or write. However, he met the \"Dwarf in\nthe Flask\" who taught him Alchemy and tricked the rulers of Xerxes to create a\nPhilosopher's Stone. Since Dwarf couldn't leave his flask he had Hohenheim act\nin his stead and the two were the center point of the nation-wide array.\n\nHohenheim was turned into a living stone while Dwarf was able to get a body\nsimilar to Hohenheim's (Hohenheim however describes it as a \"Leather Bag\" that\nDwarf can't live outside of just like his flask).\n\nThe Homunculi Dwarf AKA Father created are born from his Stone and one of the\n7 deadly sins to not only carry out his will but to make him different from\nhumans (In the end Hohenheim confirms this by asking if Dwarf though by\nextracting the 7 sins would that make him any less human), the personalities\nof the Homunculi themes from these sins however most were just experiments\nlike Gluttony being an attempt to create a Gate, Wrath being the first human\nto be infused with the Stone (later we see it happen with Greed) and I think\nPride was an attempt to create a new body and I think Envy was an entirely\ndifferent form of life.\n\nThe Homunculi are different as they were creates of the stone inside Dwarf's\nbody, the different between Wrath and Hohenheim who were both human is that\nWrath (and to an extent Greed 2) is still in a way human. Hohenheim however no\nlonger was human when he became the stone, Dwarf and Hohenheim are different\nas Hohenheim is a Stone, Drawf just as a Stone inside his \"Leather Bag\".\n\nAll of this is just what I've picked up on watching the series so it may be\nspeculation in some places.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T23:07:50.923", "id": "5629", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-10T15:17:50.623", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-10T15:17:50.623", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "5628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\n_**Warning:** Unmarked spoilers follow._\n\nIt seems there are four different components you're addressing here, so I'll\nmake the differences for each one clear.\n\n# Van Hohenheim\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uuR3B.jpg) \n**Van Hohenheim** , also known as **slave #23** , was a citizen of Xerxes and\na regular human being who was employed by King Xerxes' alchemist. This\nalchemist was an experimenter, and managed to create a being, the Dwarf in the\nFlask, as a result of alchemy.\n\nThe Dwarf gave the slave a name, Van Hohenheim, before allying with him in\norder to turn the citizens of Xerxes into a philosopher's stone. Once this was\nsuccessful, Hohenheim, as a human, had over 500,000 souls within his blood,\ngiving him great power. So, while he is a real human being, he is also a\nphilosopher's stone.\n\n# Homunculus (in the Flask)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sUyGg.jpg) \n**Homunculus** , better known as **Dwarf in the Flask** , was created by the\nKing's alchemist (as briefly mentioned above). This alchemist (who is not\nnamed) was experimenting with [the\nGate](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4942/274), and [brought forth some of\nthe essence of \"God\"](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5186/274) to create\nthe _Dwarf in the Flask_ , the first true homunculus. He has no physical form,\nand [can only reside within the glass\nflask](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/812/274) he was created in.\n\n# Father\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I3OMr.jpg) \n**Father** is the result of mixing the Dwarf with the Xerxes transmutation\ncircle: The Dwarf in the Flask used some of the power from the resulting\nXerxes transmutation to give himself a false human body (based on\nHohenheim's). As Hohenheim states, Father started out as nothing more than the\nsame Dwarf, contained inside a human \"flask\" (rather than a glass one).\n\nAs you see in the series, he later evolves quite substantially; he is the one\nwho swallows God, and becomes the ultimate being. However, he _is not a real\nhuman_ ; he remains a homunculus (a _manufactured_ human).\n\n# The Homunculi\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SDD5e.jpg) \n**The homunculi** are beings (false humans) created from Father's blood, which\nis essentially a philosopher's stone in liquid form. Gluttony, Envy, Lust,\nSloth, and Pride are all created by manufacturing the human bodies in which\nthey reside, and fueling their bodies with souls from Father's philosopher's\nstone.\n\nGreed (at least, the second one) and Wrath are both already human, and have\nsouls put into them. In fact, Hohenheim and Greed-Ling do not differ in their\nabilities, essentially. They both have life extended by their philosopher's\nstones, and both have true, human bodies. Wrath is no different, except that\nhe [only has one soul within his\nstone](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4397/274), and so cannot regenerate,\nand also gets older with time.\n\n# Summary\n\nVan Hohenheim, a human, unknowingly assisted Homunculus (the Dwarf in the\nFlask), in using the population of Xerxes to fill his own body with thousands\nof souls, while giving The Dwarf the false human body we see as Father. Father\nlater uses his stone's powers to create the homunculi, the seven sins that we\nsee. Greed-Ling and Wrath are just like Hohenheim, just having their own\nweaknesses.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T23:10:29.737", "id": "5630", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T23:17:30.467", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "5628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 }, { "body": "\n\nHohenheim, formally known as Slave 23, was the assistant to an alchemist\nliving in Xerxses. His blood was used to create the Dwarf in the Flask and\nthus they already had a natural bond. The Dwarf in the Flask was in fact so\nthankful for being given life that he actually gave Van Hohenheim his name.\nThe Dwarf told Hohenheim alchemical secrets and eventually Xerxses alchemist\ntaught Hohenheim the art of alchemy. Over time the two became friends but this\nwas not to last. The Dwarf in the Flask convinced the king of Xerxses that by\ncreating the Nationwide Transmutation Circle (NWT) he would become immortal.\nHowever the Dwarf in the Flask ensured that he and Hohenheim would be the ones\nto become immortal.\n\nBefore I continue you need to understand something: As most of us know, in the\nFMABH universe a Philosopher's Stone is created using human souls. Though it\nisn't exactly specified it is hinted that it takes hundreds of human souls to\ncreate even a single 'false stone' such as the one used by the Ice Alchemist\n(in the first episode of FMABH) or the first one used by Kimbly in Isval.\nThese stones are no larger then the size of a pebble and contain immense power\nto the point that they are capable of giving power to the Homunculi. \nNow the purpose of the NWT is to sacrifice everyone over an extended area,\nsuch as Amestris or Xerxses, in order to make a Philosopher Stone. Now we do\nsome math. As I said it is hinted that it takes hundreds to create a stone.\nNow lets just say that it takes three hundred for the sake of this equation. \np-people \ns-stone \n300p=1s \nNow Amestris has a hefty population of fifty million at the time of FMABH. So\nlets do that math. \n50,000,000/300=166,667 (rounded up) \nNow since this was used on both Hohenheim and the Dwarf in the Flask that\nmeans it needs to be divided by two. \n166,667/2=83,334 (rounded up) \nThat means that if it really was split equally, Hohenheim and the Dwarf in the\nFlask (now referred to as Father) both have eighty three thousand three\nhundred and thirty four Philosopher Stone's inside of them.\n\nFather spared Hohenheim due to the fact that he saw Hohenheim as a good\nfriend. The two parted ways for obvious reasons and went on there ways. Let it\nbe noted that neither are human at this point. Even Hohenheim is now a living\nbreath Philosopher Stone meaning he is not a human. Now in regards to Wrath\n(King Bradley) he was a human. However when given the Philosopher Stone he\nbecame kind of a Homunculi.\n\nThink of it this way. True Homunculi=Robot while Wrath=Cyborg. Both are\nsimilar but obviously are different such as Wrath's aging.\n\nThat should answer all of your questions except the last one which cannot be\nanswered. It actually says in the anime that Hohenheim and Father each have\nhalf of the souls Xerxses and this is where it gets confusing. While Father\nspent the next hundreds of years making Homunculi, using his powers, and\nruling a nation Hohenheim made a family. This honestly even confuses me since\nit seems that in the battle between Hohenheim and Father that Father would've\nwon easily. Also how is it that when in the tunnels below Risenbol that Pride\nis capable of nearly defeating Father? These things make little sense to me\nbut I have a small theory.\n\nFather create Hohenheim's body as a 'gift' since the two were 'friends'.\nHowever I don't see somebody as evil as Father giving Hohenheim a fair trade.\nI believe that Father kept more souls and the anime simply doesn't explain\nthat for some reason. This would also explain how Hohenheim is capable of\ntalking to and coordinating with the souls within his body since he would have\nless souls. So basically I don't believe they are the same since I believe\nthat Father has like eighty percent of the souls instead of splitting them\nfifty/fifty with Hohenheim.\n\nI hope this helped!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-02T10:57:33.293", "id": "23752", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-02T11:06:38.493", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-02T11:06:38.493", "last_editor_user_id": "10654", "owner_user_id": "16030", "parent_id": "5628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it should be noted that Van Hohenheim was at the center of the\ntransmutation circle, so in my theory he became a philosopher stone that's\nbased on a human body with one dominant soul, whereas Greed-Ling and Wrath had\ntheir stones injected into them, which is similar but kinda a cheap knock off\nof Van Hohenheim.\n\nI think it's also worth noting that maybe not all homunculi have equal souls\nsince each one has different powers. Take Envy for example. He can absorb more\nand more humans and add to his soul count. It could be said that he might need\nto constantly add souls over and over again because his transformations use up\na lot of souls.\n\nI also have another little, unrelated theory: what if Ed and Al have larger\nsouls than normal human beings? Like what if when Van Hohenheim reproduces\nit's like filtering a portion of the souls into a single being? Then Ed would\nhave an abnormally large soul for a human being, and when Al was born he would\nhave a larger soul than a human but not as big a soul as Ed's. Because of\ntheir larger souls, they age at different rates than other people. Since Ed\nages slower than Al, he would be shorter than his younger brother because he's\naging slower,\n\n> so when he gets impaled and uses his own soul as a philosophers stone, he\n> shortens his life span so he ages quicker and grows taller by the end of the\n> anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-16T21:01:36.530", "id": "29013", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-16T15:32:47.180", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-16T15:32:47.180", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "20486", "parent_id": "5628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFather most likely got more powerful because he kept making more Philosopher's\nStones over the years with his experiments while Hohenheim had obviously no\ninterest in that.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-09-20T03:35:39.507", "id": "65626", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-20T03:35:39.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62489", "parent_id": "5628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt _is_ left up to the reader, but I think we can draw a conclusive answer\nfrom the hints given to us.\n\n## Theory #1: She doesn't die\n\n * The woman we see him with at the end could be Kurumi grown up. She is of the same build and may just have longer hair:\n * Even if it's not her, she could still be around - just not with the main character\n\n## Theory #2: She does die\n\n * Towards the end of the manga, she is very ill, more than we have seen in the previous chapters. There's also a lot of dialogue alluding to the fact that death may be near:\n\n\n\n\n\n * As you pointed out, the woman he is with at the end of the manga has a different personality from Kurumi, laughing at the Roman Club and the main character's request, as if she hadn't been around them in that time period:\n\n\n\n * The title of the manga, Sundome means [stopping the moment before](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundome). This is significant as in the final few chapters, Kurumi admits to having a dream where she had sex with the main character - the one thing that the main character so desired, but was not allowed. It would be fitting if the manga 'stopped just before' they could do so.\n\n * When with the woman in the final chapters, the main characters says \"You still exist\", but, it sounds more like that character is remembering Kurumi as a fond memory. The orbs of light and the character's expression in the panel before the statement seem to indicate this.\n\n\n\nOther information:\n\n * He is shown as becoming a resident doctor. He told Kurumi in earlier chapters that he would become one so that he could take care of her always. This doesn't indicate much either way about what happened, but it's interesting to take into consideration.\n\nAnyway, there's no concrete proof either way, unless the mangaka reveals it.\nSo everyone can believe what they want to believe :)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-05T12:50:55.960", "id": "5751", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-28T07:46:29.613", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-28T07:46:29.613", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nDoes nobody remember the scene where the narration goes something like \"Little\ndid I know, that was the last summer that we would ever spend together.\" (not\nword-for-word)\n\nThis points to her death.. I was already prepared for heartbreak of that\nnature when I read that way back. I think the lights at the end are to\nsymbolise him slipping into a dream; as was characteristic of him, to fulfil\ncertain fantasies. This time, a dream in which the mystery girl is the still-\nliving Kurumi and not some other boring full-breasted creep.\n\nGod I hate that ending. Great manga otherwise.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T06:53:04.823", "id": "6566", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-25T00:57:23.223", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-25T00:57:23.223", "last_editor_user_id": "7864", "owner_user_id": "3111", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the panels where we first see this woman, she asks if the main character\nwant to try some stuff that her and him have **never done before**. He\nsuggests a \"golden shower\" and she shoots him down saying it's gross. That\nright there is a good indicator that she isn't Kurumi. They've done a lot of\ndifferent acts involving pee.\n\nIt's a sad moment reading through the ending and thinking she's alive, getting\nthat feeling that everything worked out for the best, then rereading it\nmoments later and realizing that woman isn't Kurumi...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-21T08:58:48.510", "id": "7613", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-17T17:27:30.940", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-17T17:27:30.940", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3832", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSince the ending means 'stopping the moment before', I'm gonna assume she died\nbefore she came when they were having sex at the end. Especially because when\nthey're looking off into the sky and stuff you can't see her eyes and she\nappears quite lifeless, especially when he climaxes and he's grabbing her hand\nand she doesn't hold his firm back.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-12T12:32:31.110", "id": "18483", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-12T12:32:31.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11150", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nShe has leukaemia which is Cancer and not AIDs... Also all of her symptoms\nalso indicate that it is leukaemia. Not to mention that the doctors mentions\nit too. The disease Symptoms may include bleeding and bruising problems,\nfeeling very tired, fever and an increased risk of infections. These symptoms\noccur due to a lack of normal blood cells. Having sex would kill her and in\nthis case I am pretty sure that's what happen. Still really sad about the fact\nthat the woman at the end isn't her.. ''You Still Exist'' means what you\ncarved into my heart/body is still there. (explaining why he can't have a\nboner like a normal person anymore.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-25T00:28:24.803", "id": "20320", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-25T02:46:23.850", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-25T02:46:23.850", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "13411", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhat happened towards the last couple of episodes: there was a girl going to a\nhouse with two kids and a lady, I think it was the orphanage she was raised\nat.\n\nShe said she had sisters so it could be her twin sister, because when she was\ngoing into the house as the train was going by when the main characters stole\nthe girl from the hospital, the train was going by.\n\nShe said \"I smell Kurumi\" which was the sick girl he broke out of the hospital\nso after they did what they did and then had sex later on down the line, the\nmain character girl ends up dying and the girl with the mole in the long hair\nand the big boobs I didn't know nothing about the OB club her twin sister went\nto visit in.\n\nThey could have worked it out for her dying wish to marry the guy that she\nloves so he will always be happy and you know and she dies without him knowing\nthen they end up getting married. That's why she has the ring on her finger\nand she doesn't remember anything about before the golden shower and other\nstuff, because remember she did say she lives in an orphanage with her kids\nbrothers and sisters, he could have had a twin sister.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-27T22:56:35.960", "id": "20395", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-28T07:42:47.663", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-28T07:42:47.663", "last_editor_user_id": "1848", "owner_user_id": "13461", "parent_id": "5636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe question is deceptively simple, deserving a thorough answer. Read on...\n\n_Yamato 2199_ is neither a slavish remake of the original, nor a \"reboot\" or\n\"re-imagining\" in the vein of typical TV and cinematic returns of older shows.\nInstead, it might be best described as a careful, even loving, reconstruction\nof the series for the modern era. Even the music is composed by Akira\nMiyagawa, the son of the original composer Hiroshi Miyagawa -- that gives an\nidea of the sense of continuity embraced by the series. (And, interestingly,\nthe younger Miyagawa recreated the scores note-for-note _by ear_ from\nrecordings because the original sheet music has been lost.)\n\nI'll try to avoid any significant spoilers...\n\nThe familiar characters are all present, with many new ones added and minor\ncharacters re-defined and in many cases fleshed-out in much greater detail.\n\nThere is really no significant gender-bending. One fighter pilot character who\nwas basically mashed-up out of two different ones during the original two\nseries due to haphazard editing and re-writes from the TV series to the\nmovies, (though in different ways in Japan and in the American re-release) has\nbeen retconned into two different individuals, one of them female. That's\nabout the extent of it.\n\nThere is also a retcon/rework among the Garmillan/Gamilas/Gamilon cast of\nTalan/Masterson into two individual, related characters which eliminates the\noccasional who's-who debate there.\n\nThere is a subtle re-work of the characterizations of Kodai (Wildstar) and\nShima (Venture) that balances their natures more. Shima is more aggressive,\nKodai more introspective from the start. It allows both characters to play out\na wider range of motivations and reactions, altogether for the better -- they\nare multi-dimensional characters now, less cartoonish.\n\nYuki (Nova) is much more complicated of a character than before. The romance\nthat blossoms between her and Kodai gets off to a far rockier start, but the\ncharacters' discoveries of each other also play out to greater effect than a\nsimple boy-gets-girl tale.\n\nMamoru Kodai's (Alex Wildstar's) martyr role is still there, still a deep\nemotional motivation for his brother, and is taken several steps beyond into a\ngreater significance as well.\n\nCaptain Okita (Avatar) is still the steadfast, introspective ship's captain,\nstill motivated by deep sadness and a sense of loss tinged with unfailing hope\nand determination. His bold tactical skill plays out even better than before;\nhe is authentically the ship's \"Old Man\" captain in every way.\n\nInterestingly, a few characters from the Comet Empire story arc make an\nappearance here. Should the new series progress, there are a few anchors for\nit placed already.\n\nEntirely new characters, many female, have been added on both sides of the\nconflict to add depth and to dig out of the male-dominated rut of the original\n_shonen_ anime style of the original series. There are also an _additional_\nIscandaran, female as all others have been -- Isacandar is still a dying race.\n\nThe Garmillans (as the latest translation goes) are treated to much greater\ndetail. They're not the cardboard-cutout bad guys save for Dessler/Desslok as\nbefore. They still maintain their WWII-era Nazi overtones, though it's\nrendered in a richer, multidimensional style. There are reasons behind their\nmotives, political and otherwise. In fact, the Garmillan subplots delve into\ninternal power struggles, questions of honor and of right and wrong, and\nconflicts that drive the main story. Dessler's pride and hubris are explored\nmore deeply -- and we even see (extremely) fleeting moments of doubt an self-\nexamination in him -- making him every bit as intriguing as ever, and with new\ninsight. Other Garmillans become interesting characters in their own right.\nThere are still a few fawning lackeys and boastful idiots among them, but they\nserver the plot well.\n\nThis time around, the Earth forces aren't 100% in the right. Earth's political\nfactions exist, and have contributed to the Garmillan conflict. There are\nshades of gray this time, even among the Yamato's crew, which add some very\ngood subplots of self-examination and redemption.\n\nOver-arching themes abound, and are more complex. The dualities of\nright/wrong, oppression/resistance, twin worlds Garmillas/Iscandar, even\nYuki's (Nova's) mistaken identity for a certain Iscandaran are woven through\nthe story in ways that add depth and introspection that was barely hinted at\nin the original series.\n\nThere is also a deep, underlying and very Japanese theme of the question of\nthe use of great military power. The spectre of WWII runs deep in the new\nseries, and is examined thoughtfully. The dates of the Yamato's launch and\nreturn revolve around the date of the Pearl Harbor anniversary. The Yamato\nlaunches, secretly armed with an adaptation of peaceful Iscandaran technology\n(the Wave Motion engine) turned into the most powerful weapon in the galaxy --\nthe Wave Motion Gun. How the crew of the Yamato use that power leads to both\nruthless self-examination by the Captain and crew, and by Starsha of Iscandar.\nThe honor -- or lack thereof -- versus necessity and bravery of covert attacks\nby both Earth and Garmillas are replayed and examined with much soul-searching\nby characters on both sides. Combatants from both sides meet, sometimes\nunexpectedly, and must come to terms with their own motivations, and even\nsimilarities. These scenes play out in an amazingly unblinking philosophical\ntone.\n\nThere is a clear attempt to ground the story in better science than before,\nwithout diminishing the original concepts. In some cases, the early theories\nthat the original played on have simply progressed, and the new story takes\nthe advantage. There is a cleaner presentation of how the new Yamato is truly\na new ship built inside the hulk of the old -- though throughout we see\ndetails of the old ship retained (such as a WWII-era builder's plate on the\ninterior armor skirt of a gun turret) that have been retained, lending a\nrealistic sense of history and shipbuilders' tradition.\n\nInstances of _deus ex machina_ that made for pivotal plot points in the\noriginal are carefully played out with all the sense of wonder as before --\nbut -- by the end, they all have an explanation, scientific _and_ spiritual.\nThe way these critical scenes are handled is often startlingly philosophical\nand cinematically masterful. The story telling technique banishes any\nunderlying weakness in the original plots and instead injects a sense of\nwonder that re-captures the impact of the original for a modern audience. This\nalone makes the series well worth watching.\n\nCertain pivotal scenes play out nearly exactly as the originals or are\nimproved upon, if it's possible. For instance, the death of Captain Okita\n(Avatar) is scripted and timed virtually frame-for-frame to the original --\nthe impact simply can't be improved upon. Others, such as the Yamato's blast-\noff from Earth are both tightened and given added detail. The Rainbow Galaxy\nbattle is fleshed out with even greater detail of the Garmillan carrier plane\nlaunches -- depicting them intentionally with all the details of a real deck\nlaunch, with deck crew signals, catapult operations, and signal lights for the\npilots -- all to drive home how the \"enemy\" isn't so different from \"us\".\n\nIf there is any complaint to be made at all, it's probably that the gratuitous\nfanservice could have been cut back. But -- the originals weren't without it,\nand there is a sort of tradition for it to stand on. And in some instances,\nit's used to good effect to break up dramatic tension where any other form of\ncomic relief would have come off weak or forced. In other words, humans will\nbe humans... despite life-or-death circumstances. So, even the fanservice\nmanages to nudge its way into the duality thread that runs so deeply through\nthe story. I'll give it a pass this time...\n\nAll in all, _Yamato 2199_ succeeds brilliantly as a modern update that does\nnot diminish the original, yet stands on its own as a definitive\ninterpretation. This is truly a worthy _Space Battleship Yamato_ series that\nearns it's right to carry the name. In fact, it goes so far and does so well\nthat it virtually defines _how a remake should be done_ with respect to any\nmovie or series, anime or otherwise. It is that good, startlingly so, even.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-12T15:36:53.867", "id": "6863", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-12T15:36:53.867", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3303", "parent_id": "5638", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTobi has a [laboratory](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Obito%27s_Laboratory)\ncontaining collection of sharingans, hence he could have implanted sharingan\nof someone else to himself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T04:24:42.783", "id": "5642", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-30T04:24:42.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2476", "parent_id": "5641", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nTobi assisted Itachi in the Uchiha clan massacre, and collected several\nSharingan eyes of the dead Uchiha clan members. He must have implanted one of\nthese Sharingan eyes in his left eye socket.\n\nDuring the battle with Konan, he has two Sharingan eyes. He did not use his\noriginal right eye for the Izanagi, but the left eye, which can be seen\n\"losing its light\" (closing) as he is talking to Konan. See images below\n(taken from Chapter 510).\n\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T04:46:11.363", "id": "5643", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-30T05:25:40.253", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-30T05:25:40.253", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5641", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't read manga, but here is my theory. \nWe know, as mentioned above, that Tobi/Obito didn't use his original sharingan\nfor Izanagi but instead he used the Sharingan of the left eye. This may have\nbeen the Sharingan of Shisui.\n\nI conclude this, because after Saskuke defeted Danzo, Tobi used Kamui and kept\nDanzo's body with him, saying he has something to do with.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-11T14:54:53.493", "id": "7454", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-11T18:46:16.750", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-11T18:46:16.750", "last_editor_user_id": "1751", "owner_user_id": "3690", "parent_id": "5641", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n@Happy Sorry, but I have to disagree with your answer.\n\nIzanagi is an ability that will blind the caster.\n\nHowever, those who posses the senju DNA can cast is again and again and again.\n\nSource: When danzo was fighting sasuke, he used Izanagi. The eyes in his arm\nwere shutting down one by one. \nYes those eyes were getting blinded, but not permanently. If you posses the\nsenju DNA you would be able to reuse Izanagi within a day time, i.e. the\nsharingan eyes will open again in a day time. \n_I am not confusing with the koto amatsukami._\n\nI guess that partly answers your question.\n\n* * *\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-21T13:57:33.200", "id": "7617", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-21T13:57:33.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3793", "parent_id": "5641", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe reanimated Nagato can use the Outer Path to revive someone. Kabuto was\neven planning to make use of this to capture Naruto and Bee, without letting\nTobi know.\n\nChapter 551 shows that Kabuto's plan was to have Nagato temporarily kill\nNaruto and Bee by pulling their souls with Ningendo (Human Path), then hide\ntheir souls and bodies with the Jigokudo (Naraka Path), have Nagato come to\nKabuto's hideout, where he can revive them using the Outer Path. (See image\nbelow.)\n\nHe doesn't use it on Madara, because he won't be able to control Madara if\nrevived through Edo Tensei, as you mentioned. \n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T06:13:33.297", "id": "5646", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-30T06:29:05.947", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-30T06:29:05.947", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5644", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs noted in the comments, this is actually the [super deformed\nstyle.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_deformed) Wikipedia describes it\nas:\n\n> Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where\n> characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with\n> stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children. This\n> style forms an integral part of what Japanese and American anime fans refer\n> to as chibi.\n\nSome examples:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-12T21:25:25.220", "id": "16678", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-12T21:25:25.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2751", "parent_id": "5647", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe piece is _Luffy vs Ratchet Round 1_ , composed by [Kohei\nTanaka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohei_Tanaka_%28composer%29).\n\nIt was first used in [Movie 7: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri\nCastle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Mechanical_Soldier_of_Karakuri_Castle#ep7),\nwhich was released on March 4, 2006.\n\n[Youtube Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrtipI7dP2Y)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T12:28:07.877", "id": "5649", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-16T15:56:57.907", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-16T15:56:57.907", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5648", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTV Tropes lists it under the name of \"[idiot\nhair](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotHair)\", which apparently\nhas an equivalent term in Japanese judging from the TV Tropes entry and by\nsome Googling. \"[hair\nantennae](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HairAntennae)\" is also\nsimilar to that.\n\nAs for actual meanings, it probably depends on the specific work - for\ninstance, in Fullmetal Alchemist, the wisp doesn't seem to mean anything in\nparticular, beyond acting as some sort of identity marker in some cases (e.g.\nthe characteristic curled strand of the Armstrongs) or as some sort of\npersonal idiosyncrasy with regards to appearance (in the case of Edward,\njudging from, for instance, an episode where he intentionally makes a strand\nof hair stick up like that). Other series I can't answer for as much for lack\nof having noticed this detail as much, but given this I'd suspect that whether\nthis \"stands for\" anything depends a lot on the context and on the specific\nwork in question.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T18:41:19.713", "id": "5651", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-30T18:50:46.117", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-30T18:50:46.117", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "5650", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nThe other answer is technically correct, but I don't think the term \"idiot\nhair\" is actually common in the English-speaking anime community apart from on\nTVTropes. The Japanese term for this is _ahoge_ , which literally translates\nto \"idiot hair\", but that translated term isn't particularly frequently used.\nA search 'Ahoge anime' gets around 700k Google hits for me, while '\"Idiot\nHair\" anime' only has around 10k hits. Among the translated anime I've seen,\nsome more liberal translators will keep the term \"ahoge\", while others\ntranslate it to other English phrases such as \"cowlick\". I can't think of any\ncases where the term \"idiot hair\" itself was used.\n\nThe hair style and the use of the term were both popularized by the gag\nanime/manga Pani Poni Dash, specifically by the character Katagiri Himeko.\nGiven her personality, the term \"idiot hair\" is justified in that case. The\nanime for this aired in 2005, but characters with similar hairstyles have\nexisted for a lot longer.\n\nHowever, while the hairstyle can signify a childish or idiotic personality, it\ndoes not always do so. There is no single correct meaning for it, and it's\nquite common nowadays for it to be used only for stylistic reasons, similar to\nthe strange colors often used for hair in anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-30T21:52:17.213", "id": "5653", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-05T03:44:56.783", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-05T03:44:56.783", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "5650", "post_type": "answer", "score": 23 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBoth of them were trained along with Hiruzen (the third hokage) by the first\nand second Hokage (Hashirama and Tobirama) so we can assume them to be quite\npowerful considering that they participated in the First Shinobi War as well.\nAs of now, they weren't shown in combat at all, not when Kyubi attacked the\nvillage or not when Pain eradicated the village. I believe it'll be safe to\nassume that they have technical skill and experience that they have gained\nover the years but since unlike lady Chiyo, they don't use puppets or any\nother tool to help them in combat, they're pretty much off the floor.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-31T06:24:46.110", "id": "13179", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-31T06:24:46.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7728", "parent_id": "5652", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThey're probably reasonably powerful, but it seems unlikely that they'd even\nbe as powerful as Danzo was, and right now compared to the god-like power of\nNaruto, Sasuke, the Hokages, the Sage and his mum, their power is most likely\nbasically insignificant.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-31T12:45:25.227", "id": "13183", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-31T12:45:25.227", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4515", "parent_id": "5652", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nYears and years later...\n\nWell, in my humble opinion they must be quite powerful. But, they must be \"old\nschool\" shinobi. Some elemental jutsu, shurikenjutsu and overall ninja field\nskills. Danzo himself was, not taking his implants.\n\nThey being Councilors doesn't make them inoperable in field, actually. By\ntheir old age, maybe. But in their younger years, not probably. You see, by\nthe series standards shinobi at their 50ies are still in \"action\". Orochi,\nTsuna, Jiraiya are Databook recordists, stronger even than Kakashi at his\n30ies, at least in their \"total\". Also, in the series, shinobi starts getting\ncrampled in their physical stats at 65+. Like Chiyo and Hiruzen. Yet, both of\nthem remained very skilled technicaly.\n\nIn my view, at their prime, Homura and Koharu must have been Top-level Jonin\nfrom Konohagakure, while Danzo and Hiruzen were Kage-material - actually\nHiruzen had unprecedent talent and is a powerhouse shinobi even today. Also,\nthey were elected by the Second Hokage to partake in his Escort Unite, said to\nbe comprised only by Elite Ninja. Also, at the Nine-Tails attack, they were\ncombat ready in the frontlines along Hiruzen and survived the ordeal, while\nmany younger Jonin died at the claws of the fox.\n\nKagami Uchiha, said to be an exceptionally strong shinobi from the Uchiha clan\ndied in the First Shinobi World War, with 25 years... not long after the\nmission we saw in Danzo's flashback.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-28T13:13:24.847", "id": "66962", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-28T13:13:24.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "67050", "parent_id": "5652", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer to your title question is yes, Chiyo can use her reincarnation\ntechnique.\n\nI am not sure if she can do it infinitely, because she is supposed to give up\nall her life and energy for it. However, you can find an alternate way to\ninfinitely revive people: she resurrects one person, and then repeatedly Edo\nTensei Chiyo again.\n\nIn regards to your comment on the other post, we can compare Chiyo's technique\nwith Pain's. Pain has never actually mastered the outerpath, which is why he\nhas to give up his life to use it and revive people. In this case, Chiyo is\nthe same; she has give up her life to revive one person. Since Edo Tensei Pain\nwas expected to use his outerpath to revive people, we can also expect Chiyo\nto be able to do the same with her technique.\n\nFrom Kishimoto's perspective, this is a really inefficient way to bring back\npeople. That is why there are two other methods, Edo Tensei and the Rinnegan's\nouterpath. In case masses of people die, he can bring them back in masses. Or\nin other words, in case Kishimoto kills off too many Shinobi, then realizes he\nmade a mistake by killing them, he can easily undo his error with one skill.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-31T05:30:33.403", "id": "5656", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-31T05:37:28.373", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-31T05:37:28.373", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5655", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer is yes. she can't do it infinitely due to chakra it takes some time\nto recover chakra and reanimated.. i believe her body is still in Hidden Sand\nGraveyard\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-03-19T06:05:13.910", "id": "39476", "last_activity_date": "2017-03-19T06:05:13.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31517", "parent_id": "5655", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNone that I know of, no. I don't think there was ever one in the fillers\neither.\n\nThe only thing close I can think of is **[Dosu\nKinuta](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dosu_Kinuta)** of the sound village, he\nused to attack using sound.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-01T18:57:20.573", "id": "5674", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-01T18:57:20.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5657", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSince he knows Kosaka style, I want to say he's the biological son of her\nadoptive father, Hachirobe Kosaka. Pretty sure he alluded to his son being\ndead.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-31T14:53:45.760", "id": "5660", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-31T17:39:50.157", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-31T17:39:50.157", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2646", "parent_id": "5658", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThere was a reference when Akisame dropped off Shigure at the Kousaka\nhousehold. It was confusing, however, because at the time, we learned of her\nso called \"brother\" as Kousaka's number 1 apprentice. Therefore he is not\nactually her brother by family register.\n\nChapter 545 has Shigure calling him Nii-san (for the first time), which made\nme think he was actually the son of Kousaka when he really wasn't.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T06:17:00.733", "id": "6374", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T06:17:00.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "5658", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThough it's a little bit difficult to read since his fingers are covering the\nspine, this book looks like [**_Two Billion Light-Years of\nSolitude_**](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/4087462684) (or\n二十億光年の孤独), by [Shuntarou\nTANIKAWA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuntaro_Tanikawa).\n\n\n\n_Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude_ is a collection of poetry - in fact,\nTanikawa's first publication, published in 1952.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-31T18:07:09.420", "id": "5662", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-31T18:07:09.420", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "5661", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe official explanation given by the author, Oda Eiichiro, in his SBS1\ncolumn, is that it is Zoro's _heart_ speaking. This may not sound any more\nconvincing than [Artistic\nLicense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_license), but One Piece\nregularly relies on such unusual logic, so it is not entirely out of place.\n\n* * *\n\n1 SBS (Shitsumon wo Boshū Suru, roughly meaning \"I'm Taking Questions\") is a\nQ&A column in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-01T08:11:50.960", "id": "5669", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-01T08:11:50.960", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5668", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nYou know those techinique things? Zoro's \"three sword style\" technique require\nhim to have a third sword, enableing him to perform that technique\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-21T00:50:11.083", "id": "7077", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-21T00:50:11.083", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3202", "parent_id": "5668", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nI hate how people always ask this question... Okay, put a pen in your mouth,\ntry speaking You will be able to speak, despite the pen being in your mouth.\nSure, your voice sounds muffled, but Zoro's voice is also muffled when he\nspeaks with a sword in his mouth You don't need to move your teeth in order to\ntalk, just your tongue, which I'm pretty sure isn't wrapped around Zoro's\nsword. I hope I answered your question.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-16T19:52:25.053", "id": "8084", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-16T19:52:25.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4142", "parent_id": "5668", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI guess yes, it can be done. You know the words won't behaving so much clarity\nbut yes, if you hold the sword hilt with your teeth, you are able to speak\nout.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-17T07:46:50.963", "id": "8092", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-17T07:46:50.963", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4149", "parent_id": "5668", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA few facts first:\n\n * Kurama's chakra isn't healing type. Minato sealed Yang-Kurama in Naruto, which resulted in the chakra Kurama gave him to be Yang oriented. This adds the healing properties to that chakra.\n * Not all tailed beasts have a known nature, but some do.\n\nSo the natures:\n\n * **Shukaku** \\- Wind, evident by the [Drilling Air Bullet](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Release%3a_Drilling_Air_Bullet) he fired at Gamabunta.\n * **Matatabi** \\- Fire, evident by the [fireball](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110118223552/naruto/images/6/62/Two-Tail_Fire_Blast.JPG) she fired at Hidan and Kakuzu when they battled her.\n * **Isobu** \\- Water, obvious.\n * **Son Goku** \\- Lava (Earth and Fire), evident by multiple lava techniques reanimated Roshi used while in Jinchuuriki form.\n * **Kokuo** \\- Not revealed. His Jinchuuriki was said to use the Steam element (Fire and Water)\n * **Saiken** \\- Not revealed. His Jinchuuriki uses Water element and specializes in bubbles. Saiken himself was shown to be able to spit acid.\n * **Chomei** \\- Not revealed. Not much was revealed about its Jinchuuriki too.\n * **Gyuuki** \\- Not revealed, but presumed Lightning. His Jinchuuriki uses Lightning.\n * **Kurama** \\- Not revealed, but presumed Yin-Yang. His Jinchuuriki was shown to have remarkable stamina and healing properties, which suggest Yang nature which is compatible with the half of Kurama he had. The other half's chakra was not explained thoroughly.\n * Last but not least\n\n> **Shinju** (God Tree; Juubi) - Natural Energy and Yin-Yang. Evident by the\n> techniques Obito uses after becoming its Jinchuuriki, as well as what was\n> revealed in the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 10, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-01T09:34:59.850", "id": "5673", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-01T09:34:59.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5671", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 }, { "body": "\n\n * Shukaku: wind and earth via magnet style.\n * Matatabi: signature blue fire style.\n * Isobu: water style / coral production\n * Son Goku: earth and fire via lava style\n * Kokuo: fire and water via vapor style\n * Saiken: alkali acid secretion\n * Chomei: most likely wind style and scale production\n * Gyuki: ink production\n * Kurama: negative emotion sensing, rapid healing rate, and possibly fire and wind style\n * Shinju: all 5 chakra natures along with yin and yang style, all elemental kekkei genkai, wood style, Rinne Sharingan, and comprised of nature energy\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-13T05:07:45.203", "id": "33712", "last_activity_date": "2016-11-14T15:21:58.463", "last_edit_date": "2016-11-14T15:21:58.463", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "25639", "parent_id": "5671", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nKurama Might actually have Lightning, Fire and Wind... I don't really remember\nsome of the other tailed beast names...\n\nOne tail: Magnet, since it uses sand,which I am thinking is a combination\nbetween wind and crystal/earth style\n\nTwo Tails: Blue Fire, her body looks like it's made of fire and she uses fire\nwhen attacking\n\nThree tails: Water, he is from the Mist village, and is a giant turtle...\nthat's kind of obvious xD\n\nFour Tails(Son Goku): Lava Style,\n\nFive Tails:Boil, or Steam style, Water and Fire\n\nSix Tails:Water style, he(I think it's a he) uses bubble style\n\nSeven Tails(Chomei): All I really know is that he looks like a Beetle with\nseven wings attached to his rear end >.>\n\nEight Tails(Gyuki): Ink, and since he's an octopus, I am thinking possibly\nwater as well\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-08T22:55:27.697", "id": "37771", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T22:57:44.757", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-08T22:57:44.757", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "29675", "parent_id": "5671", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNaruto is able to make different types of Rasengans using the other Tailed\nBeast's chakra inside of him. But when he does this technique against Kaguya,\nthe Rasenshuriken he uses from Kuruma is just wind style. I think it's safe to\nsay Kuruma possesses a strong wind style based chakra, which is why Naruto\nalso is able to use strong wind style. The healing powers Naruto possesses\ncomes from Kuruma's yang half, simply because his yang half possesses so much\nlife force, that it heals Naruto at a faster rate.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-06-21T10:54:10.427", "id": "47524", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-21T11:58:22.240", "last_edit_date": "2018-06-21T11:58:22.240", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "41217", "parent_id": "5671", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe reason seems to be more historical and technological than some kind of art\nor costumes. **Realistic lips are hard to draw**. The lips has certain\nsingularities that prevent creatives from trying to imitate them. In cases\nwhere they need a close up (focus on) the lips, the quality/relistic could be\nincreased (this depends greatly on the production) but in most of case whereas\nthere is another more important elements in the scene, some realistic details\nare just dropped.\n\nOf course, some technology could allow producers to pimp up all realistic\nfeatures (lips included) so they picture more realistic lips.\n\nIn a single line, the answers is: if they are not pictured, is because it\nresults a pain to produce them; if they are pictured is because all other\ndetails are also realistic, why not lips.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T02:48:09.077", "id": "5677", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T02:48:09.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2159", "parent_id": "5676", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nAnimes are hard to make and the majority reason for creating Animations is to\nexpress imagination, creativity, ideas etc and not how good you are at drawing\nreal pictures.\n\nIf you draw real lips, would have to show teeth as well when the characters\nsmile, which further adds to the complexity without substantial visual benefit\nfor the viewers.\n\n> Dont you think the without lips version looks cute ?\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-03T13:13:56.077", "id": "5692", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-04T05:10:12.970", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-04T05:10:12.970", "last_editor_user_id": "2587", "owner_user_id": "2587", "parent_id": "5676", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nA lot of traditions in anime design come from manga. This makes sense: many\nanime are adaptations of manga, and so the makers of the anime usually want it\nto resemble the manga that's being adapted.\n\nIn the case of manga, this tradition comes largely from the fact that drawing\nlips requires intricate detail in a very small space. Aside from being more\ndifficult to draw than a simple mouth line, lips also take a lot longer to\ndraw, and manga is often drawn on a very tight schedule. As a result, they're\ngenerally not considered worth doing for _most_ characters: specific\nsituations or designs might call for them, but if that doesn't happen, the\ndefault is to leave them out.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-04T13:34:40.943", "id": "5720", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-04T13:34:40.943", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2403", "parent_id": "5676", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThis sort of lack of defined lips is **stylistic** within the **art form** of\nanime (and some manga do this as well). This isn't something that the artists\ncan't be bothered to draw due to lack of talent, skill, or time. Even though\nthat style exists, **many anime character designers and mangaka have drawn\nlips in their character designs, from the earliest anime up through today.**\nSo we can be sure that **it is not that lips are just too darn difficult** ,\nor that **only the early artists could handle it but that newer generations\njust aren't cut out for drawing lips**. Those who do not incorporate well-\ndefined lips into their character designs **desire for their designs to look\nthat way** ; it's not a case of refusing to learn how to draw a face\naccurately. In the same way, we can note that some anime characters have\nbarely-there nose design, but this is because some artists think this looks\nbetter than drawing out a large nose or detailing nostrils, rather than\nbecause they couldn't draw a more robustly-shaded nose if they wanted to (and\nlikewise, some character designers and mangaka do choose to draw very defined\nnoses compared to what other artists prefer).\n\nFurthermore, one **might even be hard-pressed to prove that anime characters\nare \"usually drawn\" without lips.** Two out of the four images you posted as\nexamples actually are drawn with lips (the _Full-Metal Alchemist_ image does\nnot look like it comes from an anime cel... but it does have a lower lip in\nthe illustration). So this may not be the most popular answer to your question\n-- certainly a lack of visible lips is true of many series -- but **whether it\nis true of the majority** of series (in other words, \"usually\" the case) is\ndebatable.\n\n**Historically, both _shounen_ and _shoujo_ anime have featured lips on a\nregular basis** in the character designs for both male and female characters:\n\n<http://www.new-anime.com/images/black-jack_3.jpg>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYet **recent series** have also featured a good deal of defined lips...\n\n\n\n\n<http://animemvc.com/Content/animes/nana/nana_hachi_komatsu_nana.jpg>\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\nSome series have characters who wear lipstick as part of their personality...\n\n\n\n\n... or as a plot element:\n\n\nIn series in which characters' lips are not usually emphasized, the shape of\nlips is often seen in **side views**...\n\n \n\n\n... **but even in such series, at times the characters' lips _are_ drawn in\ndetail**, in order to emphasize that the other character in the scene is\nnoticing their lips (worrying about getting kissed, thinking the other person\nlooks alluring) or to contrast a female character as young and demure against\nother characters.\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-09T11:57:57.390", "id": "22274", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-30T22:19:47.967", "last_edit_date": "2018-12-30T22:19:47.967", "last_editor_user_id": "14883", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "5676", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Eiichiro Oda, the striped thing on Jango's chin is a leftover\nmushroom!\n\nBefore becoming a pirate, Jango was a wandering dancer. Business wasn't good,\nso all he did was sleep. He did not even take baths. Eventually, a striped\nfungus grew from his filthy chin. Jango was so hungry, he tried eating the cap\nof the mushroom, and found it disgusting! He gulped it down anyway, and after\nthan he somehow gained the ability to hypnotize people. The trunk of the\nmushroom was left on his chin.\n\n* * *\n\nSource: One Piece SBS, Volume 6.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T06:36:21.433", "id": "5680", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T06:36:21.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5679", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHere are my thoughts:\n\n 1. \"...chakra is a form of life energy all living individuals naturally produce to some degree\"-[Naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra#Normal_Chakra)\n\n 2. Every living thing has charkra. You need to have good chakra control to use ninjustu/genjustu. For example, Lee has charkra, which is why he can walk on water and up trees, but he can't use it \"externally as ninjutsu or genjutsu\" -[Naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Lee#Taijutsu). \n\n 3. I don't believe the term \"life force\" is defined specifically in the series. Charkra is the only form of life energy I think is mentioned, and running out of charkra kills you. So, I would think charkra is life energy, but that disagrees with the definition.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T21:21:27.110", "id": "5684", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T21:31:50.883", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-02T21:31:50.883", "last_editor_user_id": "2100", "owner_user_id": "2100", "parent_id": "5682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe way I see it, Life Force is a **completely different energy** from chakra.\n\n * Chakra can be depleted and restored (even though if you deplete it too much, you die). When Life Force gets used in a technique, the user's vitality usually takes a hit, as well as his life-span. (Nagato was left completely drained, and never recovered from using the Gedo Mazo in battle).\n * Life Force was seen to be transferred and infused in other individuals to revive them. Both \"super healing\" and actual bringing back from the dead was seen. Mere \"chakra\" does not have this property.\n * Life Force seem to have some sort of connection with the Yang (or physical) energy your body produces, and mixed with Yin to form chakra. \n\nSpoilers:\n\n> Not to mention humans once lived without chakra, and it was given to them by\n> the God Tree, the term \"Life Force\" indicates that without it there can be\n> no life, hence the two are different.\n\n### So what is Life Force?\n\nThe term is very hazy, it wasn't explicitly explained or discussed in the\nseries, but from what I get, it's a completely different energy, closely\nrelated to the Yang energy, and it determines your vitality and life-span.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T22:20:14.217", "id": "5687", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T22:20:14.217", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe term life force applies to everyone in the naruto world and the real\nworld. It simply applies to energy that gives a person vitality and strength.\nSo when the word is used in terms if asura, the senju or uzimaki it simply\nmeans that they are naturally resilient people/ clans.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-19T05:35:20.987", "id": "8765", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-19T05:35:20.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4553", "parent_id": "5682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nChakra is created by taking the energy from ones cells and controlling it with\nones will,And Yang chakra is the chakra of the body which governs\nVitality(life force).Madara stated that the only thing remaing if hashirama\nwas the life force in his cells and since he had his cells if made him\nstronger and he could use wood style. So life force/energy(from the\ncells)chakra is the same since all they do is bring it to their stomach with\ntheir minds and manipulate it\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-08T19:21:59.303", "id": "31982", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-08T19:21:59.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23946", "parent_id": "5682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt seems as it is possible, as Madara has attempted to take control on Obito\nto use the Rinne Tensei on him. Madara usually knows what he's doing, so we\ncan assume that reviving a reanimated person is possible in that matter.\n\nI don't know about other techniques though.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T21:58:32.310", "id": "5686", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T21:58:32.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "5685", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDanzo was in Konoha at the time of Pain's attack, at the Root organization's\nHQ. He even plays a role in the plot.\n\nHe first tells Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado that Tsunade was risking the\nloss of Fourth Hokage's legacy by recalling Naruto from Myobokuzan to the\nvillage. (Occurs in anime only.) He then kills the messenger frog Kosuke, left\nbehind by Fukasaku to prevent the news of Pain's attack from reaching Naruto,\nso that the Kyuubi doesn't fall in Akatsuki's hands.\n\nHe doesn't help the village for political reasons. He knows that using\nKatsuyu's healing, Tsunade would prevent a total destruction of the village.\nHe could then lie low until Tsunade is removed from power, and then become the\nHokage himself. (see images below, taken from Chapter 421 and 424.)\n\nHis not helping during Orochimaru's invasion was also presumably for the same\nreason, that is, to try to remove Hiruzen from power and become Hokage\nhimself. Either that, or Kishimoto had not planned for Danzo at the time.\n\n  \n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-03T03:27:59.513", "id": "5690", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-03T04:04:24.727", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-03T04:04:24.727", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "5688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI just came across this question and just finished the manga myself.\n\nMaya was plotting a revenge against Falcon and Otoya by hiding a gun inside\nthe flower basket.\n\nAs you recall during the final moments before the Storyteller's death, Maya's\nbackground detailing her childhood days training to be an agent took place.\nShe was contemplating about life after that mission - maybe a housewife etc.\n\nHowever, looking at the happy faces of the 2 girls she was about to shoot, she\ncould not bear to pull the trigger and left it as it is while leaving behind a\nrelieved Kanou, who saw the letter bidding farewell from Maya.\n\nHope this clarifies. When I first saw Maya during the wedding, I expected the\nworst but glad to see a happy ending =)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-23T13:54:34.150", "id": "7132", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T19:06:22.387", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-24T19:06:22.387", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3462", "parent_id": "5691", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]