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[ { "body": "\n\nIn this manga they want to make people understand that love overcomes all.\nEspecially love of the sort they have. Also, she had given him an Alice Stone\nin which magic (which also indicates memories of that person). If I'm not\nmistaken, she touches this stone when they meet and regains her memories. But\nwhy she would remember Natsume's name could also be explained with the amount\nof strong memories. Strong memories (love overcomes all) tend to be more often\nremembered. I think you've got your answer right there. :) This is not\nexplained in the manga, it is only my own reflections.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-14T14:15:56.453", "id": "9723", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-09T11:56:01.287", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-09T11:56:01.287", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4889", "parent_id": "6332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nMikan seems to remember Natsume because of the alice stone . (Chapter About\nCreating Alice Stone) , When Natsume give the Alice stone to Mikan , it was\nnullify and each fragments came back to her . (sorry for my bad english) one\nof those fragments was About the One she loves . At first it was fuzzy to\nclear those memories that step by step occuring into her mind when Natsume\ngive that alice stone everything becomes clear .\n\n> \" Natsume pulls out the bag containing her tiny Alice stone, the first one\n> she gave to Natsume when they were 12-years-old. Natsume hopes that by\n> returning the Alice stone to Mikan, its proper owner, she will regain her\n> memories, especially him. He gives it to her, and when she takes it, it is\n> suddenly absorbed into the palm of her hand, which means that she has\n> regained some of her\n> Alice\"(<http://gakuenalice.wikia.com/wiki/Gakuen_Alice_Chapter_179>)\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-11T12:32:13.317", "id": "16646", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-11T12:32:13.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9351", "parent_id": "6332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe following is mostly copied from [my answer on\nScifi](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/39286/12014) to a very similar\nquestion.\n\nAnime and Manga are two different storytelling media. They both originate in\nJapan, and are closely related, but are ultimately two different things. The\nconfusion between the two arises mostly because it's often the case that the\nsame story will have both an anime and a manga version. The terminology will\nvary a little bit depending on whether the person you talk to is a Japanese\nperson or a westerner; I'll try to point out where this happens.\n\n* * *\n\n**Anime** (アニメ, a shortened form of アニメーション, which is literally \"animation\"\nwhen written as a loanword in Japanese) are Japanese animated cartoon videos.\nThese air on television or are released to home video. Producing an anime is a\nlarge undertaking, and requires the work of an animation studio with a large\nnumber of people.\n\nThere is some debate as to whether non-Japanese cartoons qualify as anime. A\nJapanese person would say that any cartoons at all can be included as anime,\nincluding western series like Avatar: The Last Airbender or Spongebob\nSquarepants. The word \" _anime_ \" in Japanese is almost exactly equivalent to\n\"cartoon\" in English. Most people outside Japan use the term solely to refer\nto Japanese-origin series, or at least those which are inspired significantly\nby Japanese anime (so Avatar might count, but Spongebob certainly wouldn't).\n\n\n\nAn image from the _Saint Seiya_ anime\n\n* * *\n\n**Manga** (漫画, which could be literally read as \"whimsical drawings\") are\nJapanese comics. Unlike anime, they're typically black and white. Manga are\noften used as the basis for anime, but not every anime is from a manga and\nmost manga are never made into anime. Manga usually only require a small\nnumber of people to produce, at minimum a mangaka (who is the author,\nillustrator, and all other major roles) and an editor. Unlike western comic\nbooks, most manga are read right-to-left.\n\nAs with anime, Japanese fans wouldn't have much problem labeling comics from\nother countries as manga. In the English-speaking world, it's more\ncomplicated. OEL Manga (Original English Language Manga) is now a standard\nterm for comics like Megatokyo which are inspired by manga but produced in\nEnglish-speaking countries. There's also manhwa (Korean origin comics) and\nmanhua (Chinese origin comics), both of which heavily borrow from manga.\nJapanese people would usually label all of these as Manga, but English-\nspeakers will usually make the distinction.\n\n\n\nA couple of panels from the _Saint Seiya_ manga\n\n* * *\n\nAs for what differentiates anime from cartoons, I'd suggest you look at [What\ndifferentiates anime from regular\ncartoons?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/69/what-differentiates-\nanime-from-regular-cartoons). There's no universal answer, and different\npeople have different approaches for defining anime. Here's a summary of the\nanswers there:\n\nSome people (I suspect most) choose to define anime as just \"cartoons\noriginating in Japan\" in which case there's no fundamental difference between\nanime and cartoons. The only differences are in terms of what are more common\ntropes, plot points, etc. Anime does often tend to be somewhat more mature\nthan western cartoons, if only because there is a significant fraction that is\nproduced for consumption by adults (whereas the vast majority of western\nanimation is not primarily marketed to adults).\n\nHowever, there are also stylistic differences between most western cartoons\nand most Japanese anime, and some people like to include non-Japanese works\nwhich are strongly inspired by Japanese art styles and storytelling, e.g. the\n_Avatar_ series. This is a trickier business since it becomes very subjective\nas to what exactly qualifies as anime, so most professional anime\norganizations (e.g. [Anime News Network](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/))\nstick to the first definition and prefer to call these works \"anime-inspired\"\nor some other similar terms.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T03:24:15.750", "id": "6336", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T06:47:30.240", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.523", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "6333", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nAnime, is the Japanese word for \"Animation\"\n\nManga, is the Japanese word for \"comic\" although, people call them \"graphic\nnovels\" all of a sudden\n\nThough, most people, like myself, refer to \"anime\" and \"manga\" as \"Japanese\nanimation\" and \"Japanese comic\", which, that is not what it means unless you\nadded the Japanese word for \"Japanese\" in front of it... which would be highly\nconfusing.... so anime and manga ;D\n\nand also, the words \"anime\" and \"manga\" are both singular and plural. just for\nyour future reference ^^\n\nYou can tell a manga apart from a comic because, the begining is at we\nconsider the end. They read just so, \"right-to-left\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T14:30:36.350", "id": "6354", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T14:30:36.350", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2995", "parent_id": "6333", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMine Ayaka was Suguru's former counselor as you said in your question. When he\nwas alive he approached her for counseling on how to deal with pressure,\nbecause he had to live with all expectations for being the best Japanese\nplayer in his age and the future of Japan's soccer.\n\nSo they begging to be very close in this time, because almost nobody, even his\nbrother, knew that Suguru had this kind of feeling, behind his apparent cool-\nheadedness. As a professional, Mine Ayaka could listen to him, and he felt\nthat could talk to her.\n\nThen, Suguru's death surprised everyone, including her. And Suguru's heart was\nimplanted in Kakeru. In this time, Mine Ayaka was the one who made the theory\nthat Suguru's soul and memory were still living inside Kakeru's heart.\n\nAnswering your question, Ayaka is a psychotherapist, but she is addicted to\nspirituality and human mind. She also became very close to Kakeru, as she was\nto Suguru. According to Area no Kishi wiki:\n\n> Despite her position as a clinical psychotherapist, she is fascinated by\n> spirituality and the human mind as shown by her strong interest towards the\n> theory of Suguru's soul still living in the heart that was transplanted into\n> Kakeru.\n\nSo, she became very interested in their case, trying to convince him to keep\nplaying soccer, fulfilling his brother's dream, as she can study better this\ntheory of memory transfer.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T16:52:07.477", "id": "6358", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T16:58:39.517", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-16T16:58:39.517", "last_editor_user_id": "2251", "owner_user_id": "2251", "parent_id": "6337", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter a decent amount of research, I have to retract my previous answer.\n\nThere are in fact a lot of series that started as Light Novels and achieved\ncommercialized success. Some include Accel World, Zero no Tsukaima, Haruhi\nSuzumiya, and Shakugan no Shana. Their order of progression was LN -> Manga ->\nAnime.\n\nThen there are still LN today that have a manga, but no anime , such as\nKagerou Project (although scheduled for Spring 2014).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T05:37:54.643", "id": "6343", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T10:14:13.330", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-16T10:14:13.330", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6342", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter quite a lot of digging, I think I've figured out what's going on here.\n\nApparently, over the course of 2014 and 2015, there will be a series of four\nlunar eclipses (\"blood moons\") and two solar eclipses that occur on Jewish\nholy days.1 While the supposed eschatological consequences of this are not\nentirely clear to me, they are apparently dire. As reported in [The Jewish\nPress](http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/messianic-blood-moon-\nrising-on-passover-seder/2013/10/06/):\n\n> There will be a string of four \"blood moons\" in the year 5775 [i.e. 2014-15\n> CE], and one of them will shine over the Passover seder. Whenever this\n> happened in the past, enormous events took place in Jewish history.\n\n* * *\n\n# Notes\n\n1 For more information, see: [Red Moon\nRapture](http://www.redmoonrapture.com/2014-2015.html);\n[FreeRepublic](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2010282/posts);\n[The Jewish Press](http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/messianic-\nblood-moon-rising-on-passover-seder/2013/10/06/).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T10:33:14.740", "id": "6347", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T10:33:14.740", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6346", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is something that got featured in the Book of songs, this was a poem book\nout of ancient china (1000BC) and still is occasionally found in Anime/Manga\nnow a days\n\n> In certain parts of Eastern Asia, particularly in Japanese culture and\n> Vietnamese culture, a sneeze without an obvious cause was generally\n> perceived as a sign that someone was talking about the sneezer at that very\n> moment - a belief that is still depicted in present-day manga and anime. In\n> China, Vietnam and Japan, for instance, there is a superstition that if\n> talking behind someone's back causes the person being talked about to\n> sneeze; as such, the sneezer can tell if something good is being said (one\n> sneeze), something bad is being said (two sneezes in a row), or if this is a\n> sign that they are about to catch a cold (multiple sneezes).\n> [source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneeze)\n\nSmall side note to _\"It must be something only in Asian culture because I have\nnever seen this in any US television shows\"_. Although not used as often in\nmovies/series nowadays, they still feature this trope once in a while and is\nmainly used in a comedic sense. A sample would be _Scrubs_ and _NCIS_ where it\ngot featured a few times.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T13:41:00.460", "id": "6353", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-25T11:04:29.520", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-25T11:04:29.520", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6352", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nIn Homers Odyssey Telemachus sneezes when his mother speaks about him or what\nhe is doing. So there is western precedent.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-11T01:14:56.857", "id": "66080", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-11T01:14:56.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63620", "parent_id": "6352", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it's former [IOC\nPresident](http://gbtimes.com/world/tokyo-2020-olympics-political-albatross),\nJacques Rogge.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T15:43:05.040", "id": "6356", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T15:43:05.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6355", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWithout any knowledge of what your whereabouts are your best chance of finding\nanime conventions would be by checking out lists like\n[this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anime_conventions) Do note they do\nnot list all conventions. They only cover the conventions that are broadly\nknown and announced through magazines TV ads and such.\n\nAnother source for you to find conventions would be directly asking a shop\nemployee at your local manga/anime reseller. They tend to receive\nnotifications of local events to draw more attention/public to it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T22:57:33.603", "id": "6364", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T22:57:33.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6360", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs reviewed [here](http://seventhstyle.com/2012/10/05/shinsekai-yori-manga-\nmocks-the-anime/), the manga seems to be a \"Mockery of the anime\". The manga\nloses to the serious atmosphere presented in the anime and the novel.\n\n> Whilst the anime series is handling it with a proper heavy mood, the yuri\n> inclined manga is making a joke of it – Shinsekai Yori is portraying the\n> disappearance of one of its side-characters as a whimsical gag.\n>\n> For those unfamiliar with this series’ origin, Shinsekai Yori begins as a\n> standard novel – the novel is a respected work, with quite a thought-\n> provoking premise and tale. Based on the novel, Japan’s largest publishing\n> firm, Kodansha, decided to create an exploitive pocket stuffer of a manga\n> under the same name, which simply features excess and brazen yuri antics.\n> It’s essentially a mockery of the original novel, and the anime is,\n> thankfully, based on that novel – not the manga series, which as one can see\n> below, isn’t even taking itself too seriously.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T22:51:25.123", "id": "6363", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-25T11:00:11.827", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-25T11:00:11.827", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6361", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nSeventhStyle's review (quoted in [Dimitri mx's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/6363/1908)) touches on the major\nissue with the _Shinsekai Yori_ manga. The manga has brazenly explicit\nvisuals, unsurprisingly almost entirely of Maria and Saki3 engaging in lesbian\nantics.1 Sure, (homo)sexuality was a major theme of the novel, but the manga\nreally is just in bad taste, going out of its way to have Maria and Saki\nfornicate whenever they get a free moment. It's pretty clear that the manga\nisn't targeted at the same mature demographic as the novel was.2\n\nIn any case, the plot of the manga isn't identical to the novel plot, though\nit is similar. For example, just from volume 1 of the manga, we have the\nfollowing major differences:\n\n> When the gang is on the excursion trip at the beginning, they don't find the\n> false minoshiro; when the queerats attack later on, Rijin isn't there to\n> help them; and they don't get split up or taken captive during the queerat\n> attack, and hence all five of them are present when they meet Squealer.\n> Also, there are 3 random sex scenes featuring Maria and Saki.\n\nSummary: if you like lesbian antics, read the manga. If not, feel free to skip\nit. The novel and anime are pretty much objectively superior.\n\n* * *\n\n# Notes\n\n1 Why them and not, say, Satoru and Shun, or Shun and Saki? Well, who do you\nthink is reading this? (Answer: teenage boys, for the most part)\n\n2 The _Shinsekai Yori_ novel was a proper novel, targeted at people with\nexcellent reading knowledge of the Japanese language. The manga, on the other\nhand, is replete with furigana (phonetic reading aids), which are used\nprimarily in works targeted at people who have not yet mastered reading\nJapanese, i.e. school-age children.\n\n3 See spoiler below:\n\n> And also Reiko when she's still around.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T04:45:17.010", "id": "6373", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T04:45:17.010", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6361", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that the manga does have its own set pros and cons, as does the anime.\n\nThe one thing I think the manga does better than the anime is Saki's and\nSatoru's relationship. They actually showed how Satoru feels about her while\nin the anime they just\n\n> end up together at the end.\n\nThat leads into another thing I think they did better in the anime and that\nwas showing other character's perspectives besides just Saki's. They make\nMaria look like a terrible person in the beginning, but over time you\ngenerally grow to like her because you see the world from her perspective.\nThey also show more of Reiko who nobody seemed to care about at all in the\nanime. I mean yeah they forgot about her, but Saki and Satoru managed to\nremember everyone else they knew who died. A major downfall for me though was\nthe fact that\n\n> Shun, Maria, and Mamoru's deaths\n\nseemed way less serious and they actually made fun of them later on.\n\nOther than that, they did explain the ecchi moments as something the\ncharacters do as a greeting rather than when they're just under stress like in\nthe anime. Still, it will turn a lot of people off even though the anime did\nthat too with just a couple of homosexual scenes.\n\nBottom line, if you are homophobic, don't watch or read either of them.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-11-02T14:03:33.880", "id": "27022", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-02T13:55:37.413", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-02T13:55:37.413", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "18853", "parent_id": "6361", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs [@LoganM points out in a\ncomment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/6366/what-is-\nnoitamina#comment7414_6366),\n[noitaminA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noitamina) is a programming block on\nFuji TV that initially went from 24:45-25:15 on Thursday nights (i.e.\n12:45a-1:15a on Friday) and was later lengthened to 24:45-25:45.\n\nOld noitaminA shows tended to have one major commonality - they targeted a\ndifferent audience than most other late-night anime. Some good examples of\nthis are:\n\n * [Nodame Cantabile](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1698/Nodame_Cantabile) (a josei manga)\n * [Honey and Clover](http://myanimelist.net/anime/16/Hachimitsu_to_Clover) (another josei manga)\n * [Wandering Son](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8426/Hourou_Musuko) (I don't know what demographic it targets, but it addresses serious issues of gender identity, which isn't standard fare for your typical anime)\n * [Genji Monogatari Sennenki](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5155/Genji_Monogatari_Sennenki) (a relatively dry adaptation of _the_ classic Japanese novel)\n * [Terror in Resonance](http://myanimelist.net/anime/23283/Zankyou_no_Terror) (a high-concept anime-original show with some serious political commentary, execution notwithstanding)\n\nWhile the shows aired by noitaminA do not have any single unifying feature,\n\"not being like a typical late-night anime show\" is an interesting enough\nfeature to merit a tag or genre on sites like Anime-Planet, I suppose. One\nother unusual feature of noitaminA shows is that they typically (though not\nalways) last 11 or 22 episodes, rather than 12-13 or 24-26.\n\nSome argue that the past couple years of noitaminA have been characterized by\nvery conventional anime, rather than the mold-breakers of noitaminA's early\ndays, thus diluting the value of noitaminA as a marker of quality. Examples:\n\n * [Black Rock Shooter](http://myanimelist.net/anime/11285/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_\\(TV\\))\n * [Guilty Crown](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10793/Guilty_Crown)\n * [Robotics;Notes](http://myanimelist.net/anime/13599/Robotics;Notes)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T04:23:10.767", "id": "6372", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-08T08:29:24.630", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.523", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6366", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe closest thing I know of to this creature, is the [mythological _Peng_ , a\nfish-bird hybrid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_\\(mythology\\)) from\nancient Chinese folklore. Technically, it is either a bird that can transform\ninto a fish, or vice versa.\n\nI am not aware of any explanations in the anime or in the light novels for\nthis creature, but I suggest that it was included to add to the fantastical\natmosphere of the anime, add another magical creature to the repetoire, as\nwell as being something fun and exciting for the viewers to watch during the\ncredit sequences!\n\nNevertheless, the Peng is an appropriate creature to use as a model, since its\nflight was associated with being uplifted by 'righteousness' and 'virtue', and\nfor a long time stood as a metaphor for 'broadening one's mind' or 'expanding\none's horizons'. This is a very apt theme for _Outbreak Company_ , which is\nall about 'breaking' through to the other side, and expanding into new ground,\nboth physically and mentally. Both Kano and Myucel must grow and broaden their\nminds and experiences, and so the Peng is an excellent metaphor for them!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-16T03:00:05.207", "id": "24122", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-16T03:00:05.207", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "16253", "parent_id": "6367", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlchemy is just like most skills; the process of learning it is arduous, and\nsome people will naturally be better than others.\n\n\n\nFrom a young age, Edward and Alphonse Elric were exposed to alchemy,\nespecially as their father had been a brilliant alchemist and left a\ngargantuan collection of books behind for the kids to read. This, however, was\nin addition to their already curious minds and their--especially Ed's--\nprodigal level of skill.\n\nFollowing this, Edward (and later Alphonse, upon recovering lost memories)\nwitnessed the realm beyond the Gate of Truth, wherein he absorbed a large\namount of further knowledge about alchemy. He also underwent training from one\nof the most intelligent, brutal, and experienced trainers known to the\nuniverse: Izumi Curtis.\n\nBasically, Ed and Al were able to receive knowledge, training, experience, and\nan exposure to the infinite reaches of alchemy, prior to the main storyline.\n\nAnd you can contrast this further with the \"normal\" alchemists (that is, those\nwho don't work for the military); the fact that we only hear of a couple who\ndo not work for the military is a testament to how unsuccessful people have\nbeen at achieving a high level of skill with it. Keep in mind that alchemy\ninvolves the makeup of the entire world; from rock to air to water to human\nflesh, everything is composed differently, and specializing in more than one\nof these is a challenge at best. (Think of someone like Mustang who knows the\nbasics of alchemy as well as flame alchemy, or Shou Tucker, who specialized in\nbiochemical alchemy.)\n\nIn some very rare cases, alchemy can be inbred. In the case of the Dwarf in\nthe Flask, he [was more-or-less created from alchemical\nknowledge](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5186/274), and thus understood it\nvery well.\n\n_But none of this means that alchemy is limited to only certain people._ As I\nparaphrased above, some people are naturally more talented at some things:\nSome are better at creative tasks, some better at math, history, and so on. In\nthe universe of _Fullmetal Alchemist_ , alchemy is just another one of these\nskills that requires thousands of hours of work to fine-tune.\n\nIn the 2003 anime (outside of _Brotherhood_ ), the silver pocket watch given\nto State Alchemists can [amplify their\npower](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/207/274); however, a knowledge of\nalchemy is required to use it (and of course, to become a State Alchemist).\n\nSo, _how do characters learn alchemy_? They learn it through hard work,\nperseverance, experience (rough or otherwise), and never giving up (and a\nlittle bit of luck never hurts). As you might notice, these are all the traits\nthat a typical _shounen_ hero (such as Ed) possesses.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T03:26:38.767", "id": "6370", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T03:26:38.767", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "6368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the original series, it's explained that everyone is born with a smaller\nGate, connected to the Main Gate, which is then used to access the energy\nsupplied from our world required to perform alchemy. As the person gets older,\nthe connection gets weaker, which is why Dante uses a baby when she wants to\ncall the Gate.\n\nIn _Brotherhood_ , everyone is born with the ability to use alchemy; however,\nhow it was taught to the populace is different.\n\n * In Amestris, it's said a man came from the East to teach the people how to use the energy from tectonic shifts and manipulation of matter toward scientifically practical ends. However, the method was flawed and because that man was Father/Dwarf it allowed him the ability to shut down everyone's ability to use alchemy.\n\n * In Xing, it's said that a doctor came from the West to teach the people about alkahestry which focused on using the energy in the Earth called the Dragon's Pulse; the Doctor was Van Hohenheim.\n\nA Gate, however is created within those who have preformed Human\nTransmutation, as Father/Dwarf required a number of Gates in order to achieve\nhis plan to become God and the only people who could do this was those who had\nat one stage performed Human Transmutation.\n\nThe actual ability to perform alchemy seems to be something that can be\nexchanged at least to God as at the end of _Brotherhood_ , Ed gives up his\nability to perform alchemy to God, in order to bring Al back to life. God\ngladly accepts this as a fair price, and congratulates Ed for being the first\nperson to figure out what Equivalent Exchange is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T03:27:15.673", "id": "6371", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T03:49:50.307", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-17T03:49:50.307", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMisogi is a Japanese mountain ascetic practice of ritual purification. This\nmay be undertaken through [...] standing under waterfalls, or other methods. -\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogi)\n\nThis practice can also be seen in other Anime, like [Sailor Moon episode\n105](http://sailormoon.wikia.com/wiki/Wanting_More_Power!_Mako-\nChan%27s_Lost_Path).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-24T12:25:12.053", "id": "7148", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-24T12:25:12.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3472", "parent_id": "6369", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first thing to note is that this is a clear reference to [Blade\nRunner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner), the American scifi classic\nmovie. In fact, it's the same reference as was made in Uchouten Kazoku (see\n[Is the \"wakakusa\" ad a references to\nsomething?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4735/is-the-wakakusa-ad-\na-references-to-something/4736#4736)), namely to the famous [geisha ads in\nBlade Runner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ17UsZ0DEQ) which play several\ntimes throughout the movie. These ads are for the gastrointestinal drug\n[\"Strong Wakamoto\"](http://www.wakamoto-\npharm.co.jp/english/product/index.html), which is a real product that is quite\npopular in Japan, but essentially only known in the West through its\nconnection to Blade Runner. It's not unusual that this scene would get\nreferenced many times in different works, since it's one of the most memorable\nscenes in the movie and plays several times.\n\nHere, the visible text from the OP above is 「．．．力わかも．．．」, which could easily\nbe completed to 「強力わかもと」(\" _kyouryoku wakamoto_ \") which is exactly what the\noriginal Blade Runner ads said and also the name of the product. There's also\nthe iconic pill swallowing animation a little bit later, which again is a very\nstrong reference to the original ad:\n\n[Click for large animated GIF](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eFZku.gif)\n\nAs for why exactly the ad plays here, it's impossible to be sure, but there\nare several possible reasons. Of course, Monogatari tends to throw lots of\nreferences out just to keep viewers on their toes, and this is probably one of\nthem. On a deeper level, it could be used in much the same way as the original\nad, to disorient and slightly confuse viewers. Of course, given that the\ngeisha is supposed to be attractive, a third possibility is that this is a\nmetaphor to show that Kaiki has some attraction towards Senjougahara (there\nare some other hints of this as well in Koimonogatari).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T07:28:28.220", "id": "6377", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T07:28:28.220", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "6376", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nPokemon can be taught the human language as stated on\n[Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talking_Pok%C3%A9mon)\n\n> **All Pokemon in the Pokemon anime, with no exceptions, can understand human\n> speech**. Moreover, judging, for instance, from Larvitar in Hatch Me If You\n> Can, they are able to do this immediately after hatching, without having to\n> learn.\n>\n> The anime generally does not focus on language problems, so as a result,\n> there is some confusion about Pokémon language and the Ability of Pokémon to\n> understand humans. Although it is obvious that all Pokémon can understand\n> each other, Meowth in the episode Go West Young Meowth once mentions Meowth\n> language, and Jessie in Who's Flying Now? mentions Chimecho language, so it\n> is not clear whether there is a common Pokémon language, or every species\n> has its own.\n>\n> As far as human language is concerned, Meowth in the same episode was shown\n> learning pronunciation, not the language itself, what implies that all\n> Pokémon have innate knowledge of human language, **so they can understand\n> human speech, and only have to learn how to pronounce its sounds, or be able\n> to establish telepathic contacts to speak.** Despite this, Misty in\n> Whichever Way the Wind Blows once asked Meowth to translate her words to\n> other Pokémon, and **May taught her Bulbasaur the meaning of the word town\n> in Grass Hysteria**. Therefore, this ability of Pokémon is not well-defined\n> in anime canon.\n\nBeside mewtwo and meowth there are several other pokemon that can also speak.\nThey are also listed on the link provided\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T15:57:57.597", "id": "6385", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-17T16:40:19.290", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6383", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nMany Pokemon can talk via telepathy, notably Mewtwo, and (I think) Lapras.\n\nI only recall Meowth being able to vocalize human speech, though. Other\nPokemon may be able to be taught individual words.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T15:49:43.137", "id": "6411", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-13T13:29:44.423", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-13T13:29:44.423", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "141", "parent_id": "6383", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSo far I believe we have only seen a sort of evolution happen once and this\nwas in the Pokemon Adventures manga.\n\n> Shedinja first appeared when Aqua Admin Amber, having been deprived of his\n> Pokémon after being abandoned by Archie, borrows a Nincada from his comrade\n> Shelly, which then immediately evolves into a Ninjask, putting Wattson in\n> quite a pinch with the incredible speed it gained by the minute. **Although\n> the old Gym Leader eventually managed to defeat it, a Shedinja formed from\n> the shell Ninjask shed and attacked him from behind** , sending him sinking\n> into the ocean.\n\nIn the highlighted part, it states that the Shedinja formed from the shell of\nthe defeated Ninjask shed. This also does explain why Shedinja is a Ghost\nPokemon instead of a Flying Pokemon like Ninjask.\n\nSo my final conclusion is that in the story for a Shedinja to be created, a\nNinjask has to be defeated/die.\n\nSource:\n[Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shedinja_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29#In_the_anime)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-17T17:27:12.273", "id": "6387", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-25T10:54:09.263", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-25T10:54:09.263", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou could justify it by utility, like warriors not being comfortable with\nwearing other things in combat/not being able to store their weapons/supplies\nas efficiently and such. Or by making it a sort of uniform. Literal, or like\nmaking a self-conscious character who knows they're forgettable, so they wear\nthe same thing everyday to avoid being not recognized. Or to draw attention.\nOr something. Or in the case of ghosts, it may be the outfit that they died\nin. Or shapeshifters - having a limited understanding of society, so they see\nnothing wrong with wearing the same stuff.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T01:58:11.930", "id": "6390", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T01:58:11.930", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2995", "parent_id": "6388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that is to keep familiarity with the character throughout the\nseries. Plus when they do add a change no matter how small it's usually very\nnoticeable giving them a significant definition without actually changing the\noverall appearance.\n\nAs @eric mentioned it's not unique to anime. One of the things to consider is\nmost of the anime and cartoon's originate from sketches and that makes it\nrelatively difficult to iterate with significant changes.\n\nAlso, it saves time and money with editing and reconstruction while developing\nit into moving picture.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T05:18:44.467", "id": "6393", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-13T04:30:54.023", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-13T04:30:54.023", "last_editor_user_id": "2159", "owner_user_id": "2956", "parent_id": "6388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nOne factor is character familiarization. Another is that the artist can use\nthe same \"template\" for his/her creations. Another is that it will be more\neconomical to produce toys and other merchandise.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T09:20:26.677", "id": "6397", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T09:20:26.677", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3012", "parent_id": "6388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's many reasons -\n\n 1. Many manga artists draw all their characters with a standard male or standard female face. The only way then to distinguish their characters is by hair style and clothing, if they wear a recognizable outfit.\n\n 2. Branding - as other people said, characters become more recognizable, like a brand when they always wear the same clothes.\n\n 3. Coming up with new outfits is hard. Manga artists have really strict deadlines, so it's important for them to save time when they can, and designing new outfits that aren't terrible take time.\n\n 4. For those manga that have the same clothes all the time, their intended audience isn't really interested in fashion, and fashion isn't really a focus of the manga, and so it's not really worth it to invest time/effort in coming up with new outfits anyways.\n\nI actually think more economical merchandising is not a motivating factor. For\nevery outfit you come up with you can sell another toy to the same group of\npeople who bought the last toy (Look at Card Captor Sakura, with lots of\nmerchandise of her many outfits).\n\nShoujo manga publishers are much more likely to pressure artists into drawing\nnew clothes regularly because they're more likely to have a storyline relating\nto fashion (like all those \"become an idol\" manga), and their intended\naudience is more likely to be interested in fashion (why else would they be\nreading a manga where that's a focus?) For example, I know for a fact though\nthe manga author for Skip Beat! was not particularly interested in fashion,\nshe was pressured to come up with new trendy outfits for her characters since\nshe was, after all, writing a manga about movie stars.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-14T22:24:03.803", "id": "7504", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-14T22:34:56.917", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-14T22:34:56.917", "last_editor_user_id": "3734", "owner_user_id": "3734", "parent_id": "6388", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCure Kosette is a parody of Cure Rosetta, who was a PreCure in DokiDoki\nPreCure which was airing at the time. Ironically, it'd make more sense for\nCure Rosetta to do the punishing, as she more or less is an ojou-sama who beat\nup some high school age delinquents when she was still in grade school. As for\nthe doujin itself, unfortunately Cure Rosetta/Yotsuba Alice (civillian form)\ndoes not have all too many doujin in which she takes the leading role. She is\none of my favorite cures by far, the only doujin that seem similar to this one\nseem to have rather poor art. Dokidoki PreCuring A__ce Hen is the closest\nthing I've found, which is technically a CG set, not a doujin. So as far as I\ncan tell, there is no real world equivalent... even though there should be,\nlol.\n\nAnyway, good luck in your endeavors and all that.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-24T18:12:02.683", "id": "13034", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-24T18:12:02.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7716", "parent_id": "6391", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the story, the appearances of some of the Sins changed after all\nthat time like Ban, King and Gowther himself (well, Ban did say that he didn't\nknow how Gowther looked in the armor), and besides, since the guys knew about\nhis armor, and since the monster was big and wearing the armor, they probably\ndidn't gave it a second thought.\n\n\n\nAs for the second question, it was because he was waiting for the Sniper (the\nguy with bow and arrow, for whom Ban went in the beginning), since that was an\nillusion, he was waiting for him to reveal himself.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T10:42:48.453", "id": "6427", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-03T23:00:29.363", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-03T23:00:29.363", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3009", "parent_id": "6392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn a more recent chapter, Gowther is revealed to be a:\n\n> puppet.\n\nMerlin gives Gowther magic stabilizing pills in order to regrow his armor. and\nwhen Merlin uses her magic cancelling power, he turns into his \"natural\" form.\nIt seems clear that his flesh grows due to his magic and, if stabilized for a\ntime, it will grow into an armor. As the armor is part of Gowther, it is\nreasonable to think he never took it off.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-10T18:40:39.180", "id": "20767", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-10T18:40:39.180", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3561", "parent_id": "6392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [Devil Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit#About)\narticle on One Piece Wikia (emphasis mine):\n\n> Like many series, **One Piece follows the trope that a Devil Fruit power\n> also generally affects the clothes the user is wearing.** Paramecia fruit\n> users alter their clothes along with themselves automatically (for example,\n> Luffy's shirt will never burst a button when his chest is swollen in Gear\n> 3rd, Mr. 1's pants become blades along with his legs, etc.), Zoan fruit\n> users' clothes will fit in the same proportions after transformation\n> (Chopper's hat grew big when he was in Monster Point, Jabra's shoes are\n> considerably stretched when in the hybrid form), and Logia fruit users\n> transform their clothes (and subsequent accessories) to their element along\n> with themselves. **Oda explained in a SBS once that if he had done it\n> realistically, the comic would have too much unnecessary nudity.** However,\n> some users do not seem to apply to this, such as Jewelry Bonney and Honey\n> Queen, whose clothes do not change proportionally to their powers.\n\nSo basically, their clothes are just normal clothing. Just that the Devil\nFruit's power also affects the user's clothing.\n\nAnd Oda even explained the reason why he did it that way.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T09:22:00.733", "id": "6398", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-12T06:14:10.183", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-12T06:14:10.183", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "6394", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause when the photographer took the picture, the lense was still covering\nthe camera and it came out blurry, so they used a substitute, which was\nduval's picture.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T14:13:27.243", "id": "6408", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T14:13:27.243", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2995", "parent_id": "6399", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIf I were to guess, I'd say that there were different photographers, and the\none who was supposed to take Sanji's image made the mistake. Some bounty\nposters were taken during the raid on Enies Lobby (notice the posters of\nSogeking, Robin and Franky).\n\n\n\n\n\nBut Sanji was not there to begin with (busy closing the Gates of Justice),\nNami was shocking everyone with her Perfect Clima Tact who got closed to her\nand Chopper was temporarily paralyzed on the ship. Hence only Sanji, Chopper\nand Nami were left for the bounty photos, Nami's photo was then taken by a\nmagazine reporter (who may or may not be at the party, but can't go to Sanji\nor Chopper with that excuse), Chopper's photo was definitely taken at the\nparty (notice his expression), however Sanji was busy with keeping up with the\nfood demands during the massive party (can't have a cook's image on the bounty\nposter).\n\n\n\nAs for how nothing is mentioned. I would say he was nervous and made an honest\nmistake.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T11:33:07.360", "id": "6428", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-03T22:59:14.287", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-03T22:59:14.287", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3009", "parent_id": "6399", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, according to the anime version in episode 389, the guy in the wanted\nposter is a real guy. The photographer thought Duval was Sanji.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-19T08:58:24.690", "id": "7031", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-01T01:59:23.997", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-01T01:59:23.997", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "3365", "parent_id": "6399", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the wiki page of [Hito Hito no Mi, Model:\nDaibutsu](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Hito_Hito_no_Mi,_Model%3a_Daibutsu),\nit is a _Mythical-Zoan_ type Devil fruit.\n\n> The Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit\n> that allows its user to transform into a Daibutsu (a giant Buddha statue) at\n> will. \"Hito\" is Japanese for \"human\". The fruit's name was revealed in SBS\n> Volume 60.[2] In the Viz Manga it is called the Human-Human Fruit Daibutsu\n> Model. It was eaten by Sengoku, former Fleet Admiral of the Marines.\n\nAnd the characteristics of such [Mythical\nZoan](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Zoan#Mythical_Zoan) type fruits is\nexplained here.\n\n> Mythical Zoan (「動物系」幻獣種 Zōn-kei Genjūshu?) fruits are an exceptionally rare\n> and immensely powerful type of Zoan Devil Fruit and is said to be even rarer\n> than Logia Devil Fruits. Unlike the other types of Zoan Devil Fruits, this\n> type of fruit may be the only one considered impressive, owing to its rarity\n> and the unique powers it bestows upon the user. They allow users to\n> transform into mythological creatures (which may have special abilities that\n> are comparable to Paramecia and Logia Devil Fruits), the sorts of which\n> could be regarded as the subject of legends and the like. Only two canonical\n> have been shown so far, belonging to Whitebeard's 1st division commander,\n> Marco \"The Phoenix\"[6] and Sengoku with his Hito Hito no Mi, Model:\n> Daibutsu, both of whom are considered extremely strong and immensely\n> powerful individuals. One non-canonical is Pato with his Inu Inu no Mi,\n> Model: Bake-danuki.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T11:11:57.033", "id": "6402", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T11:11:57.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1604", "parent_id": "6401", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nyes, he is ate Zoan type fruit. As mentioned on\n[wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_60), Oda sensei answer it him\nself. It is Hito Hito no Mi, Model \"Daibutsu\". It's a Mythical Zoan-type just\nlike Marco.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T11:11:59.707", "id": "6403", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T11:11:59.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "6401", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSengoku ate the \"Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu\", a rarer-than-Logia\nMythical Zoan-class Devil Fruit which allows him to turn into a gigantic\nDaibutsu, which is probably the reason for his nickname. Nearby Marines claim\nthat they have never seen him use this power before the war.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-27T20:02:46.333", "id": "7742", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-27T20:02:46.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3922", "parent_id": "6401", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSo firstly lets talk about difference between hiragana and katakana. \nI found this on a question on a site. \n\n> Katakana is mainly used for a loanword, species of animal or plant, the\n> sound generated in the nature or by a machine and so on.\n>\n> -Loanword: コーヒー(coffee)、サラダ(salad)、パン(bread - derivative from Portuguese\n> \"paõ\") -Species: イヌ(dog)、ネコ(cat)、コウテイペンギン(emperor penguin or \"aptenodytes\n> forsteri\") -Sounds: ワンワン(bowwow)、ブーン(zoom)、チョキチョキ(snip-snap)\n>\n> For other cases the mixture of kanji and hiragana is generally used. Using\n> hiragana without kanji is all right, however, the mixed text is easier to\n> understand if you gradually learn kanji.\n>\n> -私は車で買い物に行きました。 -わたしはくるまでかいものにいきました。 (I went shopping by car.)\n>\n> In some cases a car is written 「クルマ」 in katakana. In this case a writer may\n> have a kind of love to the object as much as they have to a pet animal. It\n> is an extraordinary expression.\n>\n> -私の家族(かぞく)はパパ、 ママ、 おねえさん、 イヌのトム、 このクルマ、 そして、 私です。 (My family members are\n> Dad, Mom, Sister, Tom-a dog, this car, and me.)\n\nHiragana is used for all kinds of japanese words. \n\n[This](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/362/what-are-the-\ndifferences-characteristics-between-katakana-kanji-and-hiragana) also gives a\nnice explanation on the difference between them. \n\nYou can also refer to the [Japanese writing\nsystem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system)\n\nThe main reason of why they use katakana could be that the names/words they\nuse in the manga are non-Japanese. \nThen it could be a personal decision of the mangaka himself/herself!!\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T13:23:42.843", "id": "6405", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T13:23:42.843", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:43:49.183", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2416", "parent_id": "6404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nKatakana is used typically for non Japanese words. Common examples include non\nJapanese names as well as words taken from other languages and pronounced with\nthe Japanese syllables.\n\nRegular Japanese names like Matsumoto will be spelled with Kanji, but when you\nhave a foreign name like Emily, that is spelled with Katakana.\n\nThe exception to this is that Japanese first or forenames in manga may be\nspelled with Katakana. This doesn't happen in real life though. Various\ncelebrities may have their names published in Katakana through out different\nforms of media, such as magazines, websites, etc. However, their real (non\nWestern) name written in their birth certificate will not contain Katakana.\n\nSometimes, words can have both an English and Japanese version. For example,\nthe world apple in Japanese is Ringo spelled in Hiragana. However, it is also\ncommon for Japanese people to say Apporu (sounds like the actual English word)\nand this is would be written in Katakana.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T13:39:40.487", "id": "6406", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-19T07:03:08.733", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-19T07:03:08.733", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThese [two](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1931)\n[answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1932) covers the topic very\nwell:\n\n> 1. To describe (what feels like) Western origin words\n> 2. To describe onomatopoeia (e.g. sounds effects)\n> 3. To describe the fact that it is normally written in kanji, but that it\n> is written without it because either the writer wants to write faster, has\n> no access to the kanji form (as in the case where the writer is given the\n> name in a romanized transcription or the writer just heard the name), forgot\n> the kanji form, or does not want to bother to write in kanji for any other\n> reason.\n> 4. To give visual and/or _very_ slight semantic emphasis. Almost like\n> using **bold** or _italics_ in English.\n>\n\nMost commonly katakana seen to be used for the #4. Much like how we can write\nin lowercase and UPPERCASE to give emphasis. Because it's sometimes difficult\nto feel the atmosphere when reading such emphasis is generally used in the\nwords.\n\nWhat most people don't immediate pick up is that much like reason #1, you can\nuse katakana to emphasize foreign-sounding of a particular character speech.\nIt's hard to transcribe a foreign accent (including some but not all verbal\ntics) in Japanese, but using katakana can get this idea across to the user.\nIt's like if I were to talk to you normally, I would perhaps use a combination\nof hiragana and kanji, but if I were to talk to you and sound foreign, perhaps\n`LIKE A ROBOT`, I would used katakana. This so-called \"technique\" is used\ncommonly in visual and written novels in Japan, not just for foreign sounding\nwords, but also to emphasize the foreign-ness of a particular person's\ndialogue.\n\n\n\nHiragana can also be used in a similar fashion. Hiragana is typically the\nfirst reading/writing language a kid learns as they start reading in Japan.\nThis is sometimes used to indicated the simpleness or naivety of a character,\nin general or at a specific moment. In the Yotsuba& manga, the titular\ncharacter Yotsuba's dialogue is written in hiragana without any kanji,\nemphasizing her simpler, childlike manner. She also has a slightly different\nsized and styled typeface to emphasize her intensity and energy as a kid. In\naddition much of these quirks like her pun-filled nuances are [lost in\nsubsequent localizations](http://manga.about.com/b/2009/09/17/yen-press-\nexplains-danbo-vs-cardbo-and-other-yotsuba-manga-mysteries.htm)\n\n\n\nThose are the most basic nuances to look for when reading manga. If you're\ninterested in learning more about the language and manga I recommend checking\nout the book _[Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar and\nStructure](http://books.google.com/books/about/Japanese_the_Manga_Way.html?id=xaXukH72bl4C)_\nby Wayne P. Lammers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T15:50:31.240", "id": "6412", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T16:09:07.130", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:43:49.183", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirst, check out this [link](http://fleursdumal.org/poem/197). It contains an\noriginal poem (Death of lovers) of Death in Les Fleurs du Mal by Baudelaire as\nwell as various interpretations in English.\n\nFrom what I can gather, it seems like achieving death is some sort of\nbittersweet enlightenment.\n\nIn the following [link](http://stuartfernie.org/fleurs.htm), you can scroll\ndown to La mort des artises (Death of artists) where they have an English\nanalysis on the poem. TLDR: Life is pointless, might as well die in order to\nseek the pleasurable afterlife.\n\nIt seems like a reoccurring theme in this book is the negativity in life. Thus\ndeath is actually something to desire. Life is full of pain to begin with, and\nif we die anyways, then all the happiness means nothing. Either we enter the\nafterlife and achieve true happiness, or the afterlife doesn't even exist\nmaking our everything in life meaningless.\n\nTakao and Nakamura probably became deeply indulged with these themes because\nthey were both persons that have been alone their entire lives. Interestingly,\nafter the failed attempt of suicide, Takao's life appeared meaningless for the\nlongest time (until he met Tokiwa). Tokiwa brought up the book again (Les\nFleurs du Mal) and this is what changed Takao's life around.\n\n_People may interpret differently when reading a book the second time around._\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T17:28:49.170", "id": "6417", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T17:28:49.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6413", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI bought an English adaption of Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil, and hopefully I\ncan answer your question.\n\n> Because they share the same title, I will refer to Baudelaire's work as \"The\n> Flowers of Evil\" and the anime/manga as \"Aku no Hana\".\n\nPrepare for some reading:\n\n* * *\n\n## Similarities between the Aku no Hana's Story & Baudelaire's poems\n\n**Muses:**\n\nBoth Baudelaire and Kasuga have an obsession with a female \"muse\", In Kasuga\n's case - Saeki.\n\nBaudelaire has several poems with Muse in the title that refer to her grace\nand perfectness in a world full of woe (for him at least). In many of his\nother poems, his muse is mentioned through other features of the world - like\n\"the brilliant sun\".\n\nHe _idolizes_ this woman, wanting her to remain untouched by the evil of the\nworld - that she finds her happiness, of course not with himself - he isn't\nworthy.\n\nWe see this in Aku no Hana repeatedly, when Kasuga refuses to believe Saeki\ncan be happy with him as her boyfriend, the fact that he steals her gym\nclothes, when he **explicitly calls her _his muse_.**\n\n* * *\n\n**Hating the world, but wanting to love it:**\n\nBoth Kasuga and Baudelaire experience the world in a despairing light,\ngenerally the blame is placed on themselves for not being able to see the\nwonder in the world.\n\n_Extract from The Evil Monk:_\n\n> My soul is a tomb where - bad monk that I be -\n>\n> I dwell and search its depths from all eternity,\n>\n> And nought bedecks the walls of the odious spot.\n\nFor the majority of the story, Kasuga is coaxed by Nakamura to do perverse\ndeeds - Kasuga generally resists, wanting to be a normal citizen and enjoy his\nlife if he can.\n\n* * *\n\n**Acceptance that they cannot enjoy the world:**\n\nAs time grows on in Aku No Hana, Kasuga more readily accepts his depravity and\nfalls to Nakamura's ideas quickly, as they slowly become the only excitement\nthat exists in his life.\n\nBaudelaire also accepts that he will never enjoy the world as other people do.\n\n* * *\n\n**The allure of evil & the evil Beauty**\n\nBaudelaire has a second female figure in several of his poems - perhaps it is\na concept of beauty itself or someone particular in his life. This figure is\nof immense beauty, but revels in despair. In the poem \"All Entire\", the Devil\nhimself comes to the poet's side to complain about this figure's alluring\nevil.\n\nIf Saeki is the muse, this figure is certainly Nakamura in the anime. Kasuga\nslowly falls into complex feelings for her, knowing she is a bad influence,\nbut clinging to the enjoyment that life provides.\n\nThe show depicts Nakamura in a constant evil light. The only time we gain an\ninsight into her true self is a glimpse of her diary, where it is written\nabout her joy of finding a pervert equal to herself. In a way, Aku no Hana is\nactually about Nakamura's unveiling rather than Kagura's fall into despair.\n\n_Extract from Hymn to Beauty:_\n\n> From God or Satan? Angel, Mermaid or Proserpine?\n>\n> What matter if though makest-Blithe voluptuous sprite-\n>\n> With rhythms, perfumes, visions- O mine only queen!-\n>\n> The universe less hideous and the hours less trite\n\nThe final lines show a little bit of the relief Baudlaire recieves from\nembracing this Beauty's evil. We see this in Kasuga's actions too when he\ngradually starts to enjoy the despair and Nakamura's wiles.\n\n* * *\n\n## **Additional Notes**\n\nAs a side note, we can see Kasuga's conflict of loyalty to Saeki or Nakamura\nto be a reflection of his internal conflict to either conform or reject\nsociety. Saeki selflessly forgives him repeatedly, willing to accept him.\nNakamura, on the other hand is full of angst and rejection.\n\nA good few themes are in Flowers of Evil that don't appear in Aku no Hana.\nBaudelaire makes repeated use of seas, waves and water in his poems is one\nthat springs to mind\n\nAs mentioned in @krikara's answer, there is indeed a few poems mentioning\ndeath, Baudelaire seems to alternate these poems between the theme of\nerotisism of the darkness in death and treating Death as a proof to his\nmeaningless existence - that it is all for naught once you are dead.\n\nHe also often sees the world through lenses of death, in which he describes\nbeautiful surroundings, but through images of decay, loss and ruin.\n\n* * *\n\n# So? Get to the point already!\n\nAll of these strong parallels strongly indicate that Kasuga's personality is\nquite like Baudelaire's, and as of such he was taken by the work. We all know\nit's easy to get obsessed by things you enjoy (look at all these anime\nquestions I've answered :v) and Kasuga probably became obsessed with the book\nas a result of this similarity of minds.\n\nAdd in his situational circumstances - his fascination with Saeki, his\nseduction into darkness by Nakamura and you can see how a work would be\ninfluential on his life.\n\n* * *\n\nAlthough, Kagura does mention at one stage (on the mountainside I believe)\nthat he enjoyed reading Baudelaire's works to feel more intelligent than the\nothers in his class, despite not understanding them. So you can make a\njudgement call on that too.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-01T22:12:58.080", "id": "27751", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-12T07:52:31.503", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "6413", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe so-called mole is the subject of much debate between the manga and anime\ncanons...\n\nIn the manga,\n\n> The secretary, Shino Katagiri... or rather the Pluto/Meiousei agent\n> masquerading as her. The real Shino had was kidnapped before Dan Morihiko.\n> Luckily they find and rescue her. It's assume that she was kidnapped later\n> on.\n\nAdditionally:\n\n> Ryu was originally sent by Pluto/Meiousei as a spy/envoy (due to his status\n> as the their of the organization) inside DDS, particularly to keep an eye on\n> Dan Morihiko, but he later defects from Pluto/Meiousei.\n\nIn the anime,\n\n> Sir Anubis is the one that initiated the kidnapping of Dan Morihiko. He\n> apparently hat Ryu under surveillance, after tries to leave Pluto/Meiousei,\n> tries to use Dan-sensei as a bargaining chip to get Ryu to return.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-18T17:36:27.297", "id": "6418", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-18T22:36:29.933", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-18T22:36:29.933", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the anime, there is a scene where Katagari tells Dan about the arrival of\nHongou. This is the episode where Hongou is first introduced. In the same\nabove scene, Katagari mentions that even Maki sensei had come back from\nvacation and joined the DDS to resume his teaching and that the team of\nteachers is complete. Maki sensei is introduced in the beginning episodes. He\nis a forensic expert. It can be that he was the one who was kidnapped and\nreplaced.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-06T18:25:09.990", "id": "15532", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-06T18:25:09.990", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9512", "parent_id": "6416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOrochimaru helped Madara get that face as well as develop the Rinnegan. This\nis partially why Madara activated the Rinnegan so late in his life; Orochimaru\nwas the brain in the operation. As you can see, Orochimaru knew a lot of\nsecrets, including Danzou's condition and Tobi's true identity.\n\nThere are small hints as the manga progresses all leading up to this point.\nMadara doesn't explicitly state it (in the below picture), but we know it is\nOrochimaru based on his research, Kishimoto's hints throughout the manga, and\nthe fact Madara never met Kabuto before this war.\n\nThe underling is Obito and the acquaintance is Orochimaru (Ch. 657). \n\nUPDATE: Here is the proof that Madara didn't know Kabuto. In the last 2 panels\nof the above pic, it is pretty much implied that Madara met a person (while he\nwas alive) that showed him how to use his current technique. That person can\nonly be Orochimaru.\n\n<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kw3h3qH3iMg/TqlOW7PBdKI/AAAAAAAAGQM/jfPgdY5Do1w/008.jpg?imgmax=2000>\n\n", "comment_count": 13, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T03:16:24.633", "id": "6422", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-18T14:07:20.987", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-18T14:07:20.987", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n\n\nHere he meant,\n\n 1. An acquaintance of an underling of mine\n\n * Kabuto (acquaintance of underling, Tobi)\n 2. Others who mulled over similar idea \n\n * Orochimaru (experimented over Danzou)\n\nKabuto was the one who resurrected Madara. He could have managed to fuse and\nmodify Madara's body as per his will and wish (just a theory). And Madara\ndidn't die having Hashirama's face on his chest, which means this power was\ngained only after he was revived.\n\nKabuto while fighting with Itachi and Sasuke did indeed show his skills of\nfusing different persons' cells in himself. That makes us believe that he\nmight have played around with Madara's corpse before he summoned him.\n\nBut the phrase `I learnt` said by Madara makes us think that, may be the\nKabuto's craft work was imperfect and something that Madara composed later\nduring the battle.\n\nBut all the above statements are just theories and vaguely supported by\nevidence. Kishi is one tricky guy :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-18T13:50:30.627", "id": "7564", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-06T13:35:21.103", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-06T13:35:21.103", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "6420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI would assume it could be Orochimaru, because these experiments were\ndefinitely done while Madara was still alive. Madara was kept alive up til old\nage because the Gedo Mazou was supporting him, and at that time his Rinnegan\nwas already implanted in Nagato, so that must mean he had the Senju cells\nbefore his death in order to get those eyes. Orochimaru is alive at the time\nthat Obito was saved by Madara, and this was around the time he began to\nconduct his expirements. I wouldn't say he saved Madara during his fight with\nHashirama but he definitely fits the part where Madara said he was taught that\nby an acquaintance of an underling; Orochimaru was a part of Akatsuki and\nobviously acquainted with Obito, and I'm pretty sure Orochimaru would keep all\nhis intel on the low from everyone, being alive before Madaras death I bet he\nwouldn't tell obito that much of his past expirements\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-02T05:55:31.140", "id": "8421", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-02T05:55:31.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4362", "parent_id": "6420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe underling is Obito and the acquaintance is kabuto, the two were working\ntogether during the fourth shinobi war, when Kabuto ressurected madara he told\nhim that he had brought him back better than his glory days, in other words,\nduring his fight with hashirama in which he took hashirama's flesh and\nimplanted it into himself, but he didn't obtain the power until he was at a\nvery old age, what Kabuto did was take the power the madara got from\nhashirama's cells in his old age and implant them into a younger version of\nmadara, making Kabuto the one responsible for the current madara having\nhashirama's power\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-03T01:12:35.903", "id": "14281", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-03T01:12:35.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8572", "parent_id": "6420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom chapter 659,\n\n\n\nMadara mentions that due to the healing powers of Hashirama's he is able to\nrecover must faster and is taking close to no damage.\n\nSo it is not just just Hashirama's senjutsu, but also his healing powers that\nhave made Madara virtually invicible.\n\nAlso from the same chapter:\n\n\n\nIt is not that he is not being damaged, but that his healing is so fast that\nall damage seems to have no effect at all.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T08:58:15.120", "id": "6426", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-19T09:10:46.510", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "6424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nAs stated, it's not like he is taking no damage, but rather that the damage\nand the healing are going on side by side. Madara was only worried that he\nmight have a hard time manipulating it. Still, even if the level of power may\nbe a joke, healing is healing.\n\n\n\nSasuke did manage to stab him in the arm but at that time Madara was blind -\nmaybe he was not able to dodge in time, or maybe he was not worried about the\ninjury. Besides, this also gave him time to talk to Sasuke and invite him to\nhis side.\n\n\n\nAs for the healing part, we only see Madara after the attack, not during it,\nand he also stated before that Hashirama didn't need hand signs to heal his\ninjuries, and now that power belongs to him. He does not have to concentrate,\nhe can just do it subconsciously. Besides, Madara does have Susano to protect\nhim from physical attacks, so he doesn't have to form the big one. He can just\nform a small shield.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T15:40:28.727", "id": "6485", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-03T22:52:05.187", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-03T22:52:05.187", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3009", "parent_id": "6424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnime can be broken into three broad catagories - shounen, shoujo, and seinen.\nThese translate into roughly young guys, young girls, and adults (as in not\nyoung people). Most of the \"popular\" shows are shounen, which contain a lot of\naction/fighting, simply because that demographic likes that kind of thing\nmore.\n\nAs can be expected, there are also shoujo shows, which are mostly romance,\ndrama, and romantic comedies. Seinen shows contain themes of psychology,\nmystery, and other stuff adults are interested in.\n\nIn the end, you can compare the anime genres to western movie genres, you have\nbig block buster action flicks, aimed towards guys, you have chick flicks for\nthe girls, and you have these thriller/mystery/philosophical stuff for the\n\"sophisticated\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T15:07:19.733", "id": "6431", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-19T15:07:19.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "6430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's not that all anime is focused on fighting, but that your average American\nis ignorant enough to believe that living in japan makes you a Kung-Fu master\nout to save the world with your proud and honourable style. \nTruth is, we are the brutes who are all about fighting, so those are the anime\nthat are popular here. Whereas in Japan and other places, the more complex and\nless flashy anime are more popular.\n\nNot that we don't all love some ass kicking, big explosion, breasts flying\neverywhere superhero action.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-17T08:14:45.943", "id": "8719", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-17T11:34:13.107", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-17T11:34:13.107", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "4529", "parent_id": "6430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom otaku's point of view.\n\nIf you know _Dragon Ball_ , I think you can understand this answer easily.\nFirst few parts of _Dragon Ball_ is adventure manga instead of battle\n(fighting) manga.\n\nIt was running in Weekly Shonen Jump. Jump has a voting system (by postcard)\nand the ranking is very very important. If a manga can't get a good result,\nthat manga should be discontinued soon.\n\nIn the first part, _Dragon Ball_ is not popular. Then the author tried to\nchange the style. For example, adding more gag, introducing more enemies.\nFinally, he found that battle manga can get more vote and continued over ten\nyears.\n\nOther than _Dragon Ball_ , many manga has these change. For example:\n\n * [YuYu Hakusho](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YuYu_Hakusho): detective manga to battle manga.\n * [Magical Taluluto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Taluluto): _Doraemon_ -style manga to battle manga.\n * [Jungle King Tar-chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_King_Tar-chan): gag manga to battle manga.\n\nThe story has the loop:\n\n 1. A new enemy is coming.\n 2. Protagonist loses.\n 3. Protagonist trains.\n 4. Finally, wins.\n 5. Go back to 1.\n\nBut recently the user of shonen has different interest. They stop reading at\nstep 2. Then, recent shonen manga has a different story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-31T06:37:15.847", "id": "14762", "last_activity_date": "2017-10-18T08:39:09.450", "last_edit_date": "2017-10-18T08:39:09.450", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "3557", "parent_id": "6430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nNote: _RWBY_ is not an anime.\n\nIt's all based on the demographic you watch. You appear to watch most of the\nshonen anime, but that's understandable as most of this kind of anime is\npopular because people like this kind of things. If you don't think action\nsuits you, I'll list a few from their demographics and you can go check them\nout.\n\n * Kodomo: for young children ( _Doraemon_ , _Pokemon_ , _Inazuma Eleven_ )\n * Shojo: for girls aged 8-18 ( _Sailor Moon_ , _Ouran Highschool Host Club_ )\n * Shounen: for boys aged 8-18 ( _Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood_ , _Attack on Titan_ , _One Piece_ )\n * Seinen: for older men over 18 ( _Tokyo Ghoul_ , _One Punch Man_ , _Parasyte_ )\n * Josei: for older women over 18. I don't have any picks apart from _Boku no Pico_ and I seriously don't want you to watch that, so... nah...\n * Emotional/Romance anime series that will make you cry: _Clannad_ , _Clannad: After Story_ , _Erased_ , _Your Lie in April_\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-12-06T19:07:40.800", "id": "43683", "last_activity_date": "2017-12-07T00:20:26.723", "last_edit_date": "2017-12-07T00:20:26.723", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37050", "parent_id": "6430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is simply merchandising, and it has nothing to do with the show itself.\nIt's like being able to buy Tshirts, mugs, hand towels, baseball caps, etc\nwith the name/logo/picture of a character/etc from a certain show. It's to\nmake money from something other than DVD/BD sales or in the case of films, box\noffice take.\n\nIn certain cases, there's a marketing collaboration. This is almost always a\nmutual thing, product gets a bit of marketing by placing the anime into its\nproducts (hand cream, champagne, eye drops, shaving razors, etc) and the anime\ngets a bit of marketing from the people who normally buy this stuff anyways.\nDepending on the specifics of the contract, there could payment for either the\nproperty or advertisement or in some cases, royalties.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T15:26:09.767", "id": "6433", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-19T15:26:09.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "6432", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's because of two things:\n\n 1. Madara is still able to absorb Ninjutsu, even without his eyes. Madara has shown this ability several times (Most notably, by absorbing Hashirama's Senjutsu chakra). Madara was shown to use other eye techniques without eyes, such as the Susano'o. So we can assume that those techniques are sort of \"awakened\" and can be used even without the original requirements.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pBQTZ.jpg)\n\n 2. Madara threw his armor away, which was where most of the fire concentrated. The rest was absorbed by his Preta Path ability.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T19:27:04.187", "id": "6437", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-26T02:20:58.103", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-26T02:20:58.103", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "6436", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara has obtained the cells of Hashirama and has them infused into his body,\nirrespective of what happens to Edo tensei hashirama it will not affect\nanything with respect to Madara because he has been revived using the [rinne\ntensei](http://de.narutopedia.eu/wiki/Ged%C5%8D%3a_Rinne_Tensei_no_Jutsu)\ntechnique of six paths.\n\nIn short madara has both powers of Senju and Uciha and on top of that he is\ncompletely by himself (unlike being under Kabuto's control briefly when he was\nrevived).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-19T21:04:33.987", "id": "6442", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-19T21:10:49.140", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-19T21:10:49.140", "last_editor_user_id": "104", "owner_user_id": "104", "parent_id": "6440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n> Where is Orochimaru?\n\nHe is currently with the Kages helping them heal.\n\n> Why isn't he releasing the seal on Hashirama?\n\nWhen Orochimaru first used Edo Tensei on Hashirama, Tobirama, Sarutobi, and\nMinato, Hashirama was already not bound to Orochimaru's control. The two\ncontributing factors to this is that Hashirama is very strong and that Zetsu\nbodies were made of Hashirama cells. Thus releasing the restraint would not\nmatter anyways.\n\nNeedless to say, I am pretty sure Orochimaru already released the seal as the\nrest of the Edo Tensei Hokage's are able to fight against Obito freely. Since\nOrochimaru is supporting the Shinobi Alliance, there would be no reason for\nhim to keep them restrained.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T01:44:06.860", "id": "6447", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T01:44:06.860", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nGoku did not become the dragon. Grandma Pan saw a glimpse of him watching the\nfight between Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr.\n\n\n\nWhen Pan tried to reach out him, he was gone.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T01:46:19.320", "id": "6448", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-14T21:41:16.273", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-14T21:41:16.273", "last_editor_user_id": "6166", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6441", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was an intentionally vague ending. See\n[this](http://www.kanzenshuu.com/tidbits/dragon-ball-gt-ending-analysis/) for\none fan analysis. At the bottom of that you will see a quote attributed to\nGoku's Japanese voice actor with her take on it:\n\n> The scene where, after Goku finishes fighting, he rides on Shenlong, and\n> says, “Shenlong’s back sure is warm…”. That’s because riding on Shenlong\n> means that Goku’s going to leave this world, and go to the world of the\n> gods…. I was glad that they didn’t write it plainly that he died, though…. I\n> feel that Goku probably went to Shenlong’s place, and is training again.\n\nSo even the voice actors had no clear indication of what the ending truly\nmeant.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-23T06:33:57.343", "id": "14622", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-23T06:33:57.343", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "6441", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nNo. At Goku finishes fighting, he says, \"Shenlong's back sure is warm...\"\n\nThat means he was riding on Shenlong's back, not becoming Shenlong.\n\nAlso, in History of Goku Jr (this is going too far), Goku's ghost appears. He\nis not a dragon.\n\nI suppose he went to train with the gods.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-28T19:00:23.973", "id": "33996", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-28T19:00:23.973", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25898", "parent_id": "6441", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, in the anime, when Makarov asks \"How am I at Edolas?\", Natsu remembers\nthe evil king also asked the same question as Makarov asked something about\n\"Guilds are fun\", so Natsu believes he is the evil king. I think this is a\nlittle problematic thing on the story line. As @Dimitri mx mentioned earlier,\nmaybe he was dead in Edolas, or may be he has fallen to the evil side. Either\nway that part require some clarification from the author.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-31T11:32:28.293", "id": "6672", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-21T15:15:47.490", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-21T15:15:47.490", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3166", "parent_id": "6446", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn my point of view Makarov can't be Faust in Edolas I mean..\n\n * They don't look alike at all\n * The Fairy Tail in Edolas said the guildmaster died\n * If he'd be he would be Jellal's father in Earthland as well but we know that he isn't (even though this would be quite interesting)\n\n(Yeah this is answer is quite late I just wanted to bring this Jellal-father\nthing up xD)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-21T15:10:35.830", "id": "13554", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-21T15:10:35.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8085", "parent_id": "6446", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nHe is the king of Edolas but was banish as they both ask the same question is\n\"Is Being in a guild fun?\" As also Mystogan put the fairy tail symbol up as he\nnotice the symbol and walks off as Edolas is the opposite of the person in\nEarth Land that why he looks so different As he is tall, And on the evil side\nas i heard the same voice in the dubbed as for Makarov his short and part of\nthe ten saints WAYYYY opposite from Faust (opposite) As i think this is the\nLogical explanation of your question\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-09T15:58:18.617", "id": "20735", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-09T15:58:18.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13823", "parent_id": "6446", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\n**Faust has been confirmed to be Edo-Makarov by Mashima.** In the\n[wikia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Faust) it is stated that Faust is the\nEdolas version of Makarov.\n\n> Faust (ファウスト Fausuto) is the former King of Edolas, banished and succeeded\n> by his disowned son, Mystogan. He is the Edolas counterpart of Makarov\n> Dreyar.\n\nThey got this information from (the last paragraph of) the afterwords of\nVolume 29 by Mashima. Basically Mashima had to do cutoffs due to space or time\nlimitations and had to remove Edolas Gajeel and Edolas Makarov('s\nconfirmation) from the manga. Though those scenes were still added to the\nanime, thus making them canon as they were originally planned by Mashima\nhimself. Both Faust and Makarov even had the same voice actor.\n\n[Screenshot van de anime should be added here, but I can't seem to find it.]\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ddkp.jpg) \n[Source](http://estella-may.tumblr.com/post/91526336040)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-09-02T12:59:40.587", "id": "24565", "last_activity_date": "2015-09-02T12:59:40.587", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "6446", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe wore this even during the last episodes of dragon ball z when he went off\nto train with Uub so think it just continued from there.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T08:35:52.990", "id": "6456", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T08:35:52.990", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3032", "parent_id": "6449", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe new Gi was introduced at the end of DBZ to show that a lot of time had\npassed.\n\nThen, not only was the Gi different but also significant events had taken\nplace such as Gohan's marriage and Pan's birth.\n\nAlso almost everyone's outfit was changed. This was probably done to show that\na long period of peace had prevailed and so the characters didn't need to wear\ntheir fighting clothes (or armor as in Vegeta's case) all the time.\n\nWhen DBGT came along it maintained a similar style to these end episodes of\nDBZ to show continuity, with some changes which was the liberty of the\nstudio/animators making it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-29T06:14:29.980", "id": "20415", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-29T06:14:29.980", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13397", "parent_id": "6449", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, she also has the backpack in the Light Novel. When she decided to visit\nher mom after a long time, she put memories in there to make her mother happy.\n\nHere's a quote from the Mayoi Snail Arc in the LN (BakaTsuki translation):\n\n> She neatly bound her own hair and filled her favorite backpack full of old\n> memories hoping to delight her mother with them.\n\n.\n\n> In the end she died with her backpack on, so she still carries it after her\n> death.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T07:23:18.510", "id": "6455", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T07:23:18.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "6451", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMercury, Mars, Minerva, Diana, Apollo, and Vulcan are all Roman deities, yes.\nIn particular, they are six of the twelve\n[_Consentes_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dii_Consentes), the Roman\ncounterparts of the [twelve major\nOlympians](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians) of Greek myth.\nWhat's a little bit weird is that while there are six female Consentes, that\nset of six isn't the same as the set of six represented as the \"Jupiter\nsisters\" in _TWGOK_. Minerva and Diana are female in Roman legend, but the\nother four are male. (I suppose this is in keeping with the time-honored anime\ntradition of gender-bending.)\n\nSome of the traits of the sisters described on the wiki page you linked are\ntraits that were associated with the deities with which they share their name.\nFor example, legendary Mars is the god of war, while TWGOK Mars is \"adept at\ncombat\"; legendary Apollo cures illness in many legends, while TWGOK Apollo is\n\"adept at healing spells\"; etc.\n\nThe same wiki page you linked suggests that the picture you included in your\nquestion might be a reference to the caryatid statuary at [the\nErechtheion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechtheion).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T13:00:30.833", "id": "6458", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T13:00:30.833", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6457", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are many reasons for people to go to rooftops.\n\n**One of those reasons would be Combat.**\n\n> if the characters spend all their time in a crowded school or office\n> building, the roof might be the only place that they feel like they have any\n> room to maneuver for a fight. Bonus points if the building has some other\n> reason to be up there, such as a rooftop garden, heliport, or basketball\n> court.\n> [source](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RooftopConfrontation)\n\nUsually the protagonist doesn't want to fight in a crowded place where people\nmight get hurt ( there are some exceptions ). They usually move to a place\nwhere the least damage can be done to the surroundings Aka the rooftops.\n\n**Another reason would be alone time**\n\n> With the usual size of homes in Japan, sometimes the only option available\n> to a character who desperately needs to be alone is to climb up and sit on\n> the roof of their house. There they can look up at the night sky and\n> contemplate their place in the universe in peace and quiet.\n> [source](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SittingOnTheRoof)\n\nIn allot of story's the main protagonist lives in a crowded city and as\ndescribed the only place to go would be The roof top\n\nAs for schools in japan there are many different layouts. Smaller schools with\nless place for club activity's might actually place clubs as the gardening\nclub on the roof. Allowing the club to exist without taking to much space away\nfor other clubs making the roof a more pleasant place to stay for students\nthere for preferring them to eat lunch and hangout on the roof more often.\n\nIn other scenarios the school might not use the roof for anything and there\nwill be no attention on the roof. There for making it the perfect place for\nsocially awkward and or weird protagonists to eat there lunch without getting\ndisturbed.\n\n_I left my answer to these 2 specific as your pictures hint the most to these\n2 scenarios. if you where to list all potential roof top scenarios this answer\nwould become to broad/big_\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T13:21:25.280", "id": "6460", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T13:21:25.280", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6459", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\n> The standard Japanese high school design includes an accessible roof, which\n> is seldom locked in any serious way. Access to the roof is almost always\n> explicitly forbidden, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone. Students and\n> faculty will often find their way up to the roof for private lunches, heart-\n> to-hearts, romantic goings-on, secret supernatural battles, or suicide. It\n> has a chain-link fence to keep people from jumping off, except of course for\n> all the people that do.\n> [Source](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SittingOnTheRoof)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T13:25:31.537", "id": "6461", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T13:25:31.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2656", "parent_id": "6459", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou should check out [the YesAsia website](http://www.yesasia.com/us/the-\nheroes-of-galaxy-wars-vol-27/1001825898-0-0-0-en/info.html).\n\nIt has several volumes of the manga you requested for sale for around $12\n(€9). These releases are only in traditional Chinese and Japanese. As for\nEnglish copies, I do not believe there are good sources to buy from as of now.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T21:52:25.853", "id": "6492", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-20T01:51:07.517", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-20T01:51:07.517", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6469", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a matter of international copyright law, and as such is fairly\ncomplicated and depends on where you live. However, for most of the developed\nworld the laws are fairly standardized and so, if you're willing to paint with\nbroad brush-strokes and ignore technical nuances, the laws are all pretty\nuniversal.\n\nMost countries in the world are parties to trade agreements and copyright\nagreements. The most famous of these is the [Berne\nConvention](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works),\nbut there are many others. Without getting into too many technical details,\nwhat these agreements mean is that countries will respect each other's\ncopyright and intellectual property to some degree. There are certain\nexemptions, such as fair use, but scanalations definitely don't fit any of\nthese.\n\nJapan is a partner to most countries in such agreements. That means that\nJapanese IP rights-holders can typically file suit against people infringing\non their rights even in other countries. Alternatively, one could think about\nit that Japanese works also retain certain legal protections overseas, so that\ne.g. a U.S. manga scanalator would still be breaking the law. These laws are\ntypically pretty broad and include a lot of different artistic media (e.g.\nanime) and other works which are under the protection of IP law. So, for all\npractical purposes, if you're distributing or obtaining copies of manga which\nare not officially licensed, you're probably breaking the law.\n\nLicensing status doesn't have any legal bearing on the copyright status.\nLicensing is a separate issue of whether other companies may create and\ndistribute the work (usually overseas). An unlicensed work is still probably\nprotected under international law though. However, there are practical issues\nrelated to the cost of undergoing such legal proceedings and the fan backlash\nthat make legal action unlikely, especially in the case of unlicensed series\nwhere the rights-holder typically has little to gain financially. This story\ncan change drastically when more parties (e.g. sponsors) are involved.\n\nAnime News Network has a good introductory sequence of [articles about legal\naspects of anime](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2013-02-15/). Of\ncourse, there are practical differences between anime and manga. Specifically,\nanime producers usually have both greater ability and interest in protecting\ntheir IP than manga producers. However, at least at the basic level, there's\nessentially no legal difference between the protections afforded to the two.\nHere's what they have to say about fansubbing in cases like this:\n\n> A common question that arises, is the legality of downloading a show that is\n> not licensed or has not been released in the United States (or wherever the\n> person may reside) yet. Although this matter is less and less of a concern\n> for new shows thanks to streaming efforts through Hulu, Crunchyroll and\n> other services, it is a common response from many fans of a show that they\n> have no other means of watching it short of importing the DVDs or blu-rays\n> from Japan (which may or may not have subtitles, let alone a dub).\n>\n> The fact of the matter is however that even if a show is not licensed for\n> release in the United States it is still protected in the United States.\n> Several international treaties exist between nations that afford creators in\n> one country protection of their works and rights in another. These\n> conventions include the Berne convention, UCC Geneva, UCC Paris, TRIPS and\n> WCT. Both Japan and the United States are signatories on all five of these\n> agreements. Without going into the specifics of each treaty, this generally\n> means that anime, made and produced in Japan but not yet released in the\n> United States is STILL protected by United States code.\n>\n> What fans may not be aware of, that by distributing an anime title in the\n> United States that has not been licensed they are potentially violating the\n> copyright of several other related companies. Anime frequently involves\n> several sponsorships in order to fund a project. These company logos and\n> product placements are subject to copyright or trademark protection as well\n> and the display of their products or symbols violates intellectual property\n> law. Thus, although one might stream an episode of Code Geass thinking that\n> the only company they have to worry about is Bandai, Pizza Hut may in fact\n> file an action for the use of their logo without permission. Tiger & Bunny\n> is chock full of advertisements from Pepsi to Amazon all of whom have rights\n> in their trademarks and images that may be infringed when displaying the\n> original work. This is additionally true for music which can often be a\n> separate license when a show features a musical artist who is using the\n> series to promote their band or latest single which is often why many videos\n> on YouTube of an anime have their audio removed by YouTube when the artist\n> request as such. These licensing agreements can even affect a domestic\n> distribution as was the case with Funimation's release of Haré+Guu which\n> lacked the ending song ohashi by Eri Umihara.\n\n* * *\n\nI'll also point out that while fansubbers and scanalators are almost certainly\nlegally in the wrong, the number of cases related to this is quite small.\nThere are several reasons for this. For one, the Japanese industry is built to\nsell merchandise in Japan, so they have little interest in prosecuting cases\noverseas. The licensing industry, on the other hand, was built around an\nalready extant culture of fansubbing, and so they've always just factored that\nin.\n\nThe bigger reason this doesn't happen is probably that the backlash that would\noccur against a licensing organization which did this is probably more costly\nthan whatever they stand to gain. Even the backlash against Funimation for\n[joking about suing fansub\ndownloaders](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-25/funimation-\nsues-1337-bittorrent-users-over-one-piece) was pretty significant, and I doubt\nthey're really interested in repeating that again. Legally speaking though,\nthey would probably be within their rights to do so.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T23:09:23.837", "id": "6472", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T23:09:23.837", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "6471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 19 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is a pretty straightforward issue. If you live in a country that is a\nsignatory to the [Berne\nConvention](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_convention) (which is most\ncountries), you are required to respect Japanese copyright law (and likewise,\nJapanese people are required to respect your country's copyright law).\n\nJapanese copyright law (like most copyright law) forbids the unauthorized\nreproduction of copyrighted works,1 which is an integral part of any\nscanlation. As such, any scanlator who has not obtained permission from the\ncopyright holder of a manga before scanlating it is in violation of Japanese\ncopyright law.2 The fact that the manga has not been released in English is\nimmaterial.\n\nThere are exceptions to copyright, of course, but none of them are really\napplicable to the issue of scanlation. Fair use, in particular, is not a\ndefense - the wholesale copying of the entirety of a copyrighted would never\nbe considered \"fair use\" by a court.\n\n(Of course, whether or not scanlation is _ethical_ is a separate question\naltogether.)\n\n* * *\n\n1 See, for example, articles 21 and 49 of [the Copyright\nAct](http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?ft=1&re=02&dn=1&x=-1015&y=-319&co=01&ky=copyright&page=13)\n(official English translation).\n\n2 This answer does not address works that have lapsed into the public domain.\nThere is no legal barrier to scanlating public domain works. The problem is\nthat Japanese law (Copyright Act, article 51) specifies that works lapse into\nthe public domain 50 years after the death of the author, and nobody today is\nscanlating manga drawn by people who died before 1963. So, for practical\npurposes, public domain doesn't really enter into the whole scanlation issue.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T23:09:25.563", "id": "6473", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T23:09:25.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't know that many or most anime use the Episode 0 format, but a few\nexceptionally popular series will do whatever they can to continue making\nmoney. Extra DVD episodes with full box sets, Episode 0 prequels, theater-\nrelease movies are all ways anime series can continue to maintain fan interest\nafter the series has finished on TV.\n\nOther ways series keep or increase fan interest is licensing goods, radio\nshows, Drama CDs, live events and manga creator appearances.\n\nAnime is a corporate product and corporations want to make money.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T01:50:06.713", "id": "6477", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T01:50:06.713", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2892", "parent_id": "6474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nBased on a google search for [`site:myanimelist.net \"episode\n0\"`](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Amyanimelist.net+%22episode+0%22),\nwe find the following episodes:\n\n * [Candy Boy Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/3456/Candy%E2%98%86Boy_Episode_0) (a pilot, airing 6 months before [Candy Boy](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4535/Candy%E2%98%86Boy))\n * [Nichijou Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8857) (a pilot, airing a month before [Nichijou](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10165/Nichijou))\n * [Haganai Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10897/Boku_wa_Tomodachi_ga_Sukunai_Episode_0) (a pilot, airing a few weeks before [Haganai](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10719/Boku_wa_Tomodachi_ga_Sukunai))\n * [One Piece: Strong World Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8740/One_Piece%3a_Strong_World_Episode_0) (a prequel to [One Piece: Strong World](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4155/One_Piece%3a_Strong_World))\n * [Koroshiya 1: Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2346/Ichi_The_Killer%3a_Episode_0) (not sure about this one - Japanese Wikipedia says that it's about Ichi's past, so I guess it's a prequel?)\n * [Hakuouki Hekketsuroku Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2346/Ichi_The_Killer%3a_Episode_0) (a recap of the first season, and hence a sort of \"prequel\" to [the second season](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9065/Hakuouki_Hekketsuroku), which aired a week later)\n * [Ichigo Mashimaro Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4156/Ichigo_Mashimaro_Episode_0) (not sure about this one; it may be worth noting that it's called \"Prologue\" rather than \"Episode 0\" in Japanese)\n * [UN-GO Episode 0 - Inga-ron](http://myanimelist.net/anime/11531) (a prequel to [UN-GO](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10798/UN-GO))\n * Also, [Kyousougiga Episode 0](http://myanimelist.net/anime/20723/Kyousou_Giga_%28TV%29_Specials) is a recap of [the Kyousougiga ONAs](http://myanimelist.net/anime/15359/Kyousou_Giga_%282012%29), which are sort of pilot-y with respect to the [Kyousougiga cour-length anime](http://myanimelist.net/anime/19703/Kyousou_Giga_%28TV%29)\n\nThere's a lot of prequels and pilots1 here. Prequel episodes typically occur\nchronologically before \"episode 1\" in terms of show timeline, while pilot\nepisodes typically occur chronologically before \"episode 1\" in terms of the\nreal world, and so it makes sense for either a pilot or a prequel to be\nnumbered \"episode 0\".\n\n* * *\n\n1 By \"pilot\", I mean any short piece that airs before a longer anime, whether\nor not it's a [pilot in the US television\nsense](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot), so this label includes\nteasers, animation test runs, etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T23:37:36.553", "id": "6497", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T23:37:36.553", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBartholomew Kuma was a undercover member of revolutionary army, he cannot just\nsay to the marines that he wont kill Luffy. Similarly, Straw Hat Pirates and\nRolling Pirates (Lola's group of pirates) heard the order of the marines and\nKuma can't just take a risk of blowing his own cover.\n\nHence he pretends to fight them all, since that also gives him a chance to\ncheck the loyalty of his crew and what are there potential.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T03:14:33.063", "id": "6479", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-31T01:30:22.367", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-31T01:30:22.367", "last_editor_user_id": "2869", "owner_user_id": "3009", "parent_id": "6476", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI've always thought of it as, he knew that their crew wouldn't make it any\nfurther without hard training, so he had to make him realize what it would be\nlike to lose his crew. It was also a great way to keep his cover in the\nmilitary.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-17T01:05:51.453", "id": "23320", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-17T02:16:46.017", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-17T02:16:46.017", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "15713", "parent_id": "6476", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer contains spoiler from the Sabaody Arc:\n\n> I suspect that he was never after Luffy's head to begin with. I'm thinking\n> that Kuma did, in fact, go to Thriller Bark at the behest of the WG however\n> he intended, first to test the Straw Hats (as someone above said) and\n> secondly to send them off (as he eventually does later on Sabaody). However,\n> he was touched by the way everyone tried to protect Luffy and, seeing their\n> desperation/determination couldn't bring himself to do it. Also bear in mind\n> the situation on Sabaody basically forced his hand (if he hadn't sent them\n> off Kizaru would have owned them eventually) while on Thriller Bark, they\n> would be okay even if Kuma didn't send them off.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-30T12:39:38.330", "id": "44473", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-30T13:10:36.373", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-30T13:10:36.373", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "6476", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHokage get decided by the hokage before him. Hiruzen started looking for a\nsuccessor\n\n> After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a\n> successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to\n> Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested in the power it offered.\n> Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato\n> Namikaze as his successor.\n\nAs Jiraiya originaly chosen by the 3th hokage. and the fourth dying before\nbeing able to choose a new one, the village returned to Jiraiya whom once\nagain turned down the offer an found a replacement for him instead in this\ncase tsunade.\n\nWhen Tsunade went in a coma there where no legendary sannin left to fill in\nthis blank the village dident know what to do. And this is where Danzo stood\nup and offerd to be the 6th hokage which in these desperate times got\napproved.\n\nmy sources [jiraiya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jiraiya)\n[hiruzen](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi)\n[danzo](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Danz%C5%8D_Shimura)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T13:30:46.413", "id": "6481", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T13:30:46.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6480", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo understand this you need to dive a bit deeper into the wood style cloning\ntechnique\n\n> A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own cells into\n> vegetation. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy for\n> use in the Body Replacement Technique or completely mobile and able to\n> perform techniques. They have the ability to travel far from the user and\n> are able to communicate with the original.\n> [source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Clone_Technique)\n\nDepending on how complicated you make the wood clone yourself it will even be\nable to communicate. Yamato also should be able to communicate with his wood\nclone, although this might be harder for him as he does have some of\nhashiramas cells. But is not as strong/ chakra rich as him\n\n> Because they share the same cells, Yamato is able to track its location,\n> communicate with it over long distances, and absorb any information it has\n> gathered by laying his hand on it. Yamato can also use a seed form variant\n> to this technique that operates in the same way: he is able to track anyone\n> that he plants the seeds on by its response to his chakra.\n> [source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yamato)\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T19:13:03.877", "id": "6491", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T19:13:03.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6482", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a question where we will mostly likely never get a proper answer on.\n\n> the publishers no longer liked cage of eden so the author was forced to rush\n> everything. Therefore leaving a bunch a plot holes and having to come up\n> with a conclusion as fast as possible.\n> [source](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-\n> titles/65225551?page=2)\n>\n> It probably has a rushed ending because the manga may have lost the required\n> ranking to keep being published, which means they more than likely only gave\n> for a few more releases to wrap the series up.\n> [source](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=39089)\n\nDue to not making enough sales the manga has had a rushed ending forcing the\nwriter to close it up as soon as posible. There for leaving indeed a bunch of\nplot holes and unused potentionals such as hades.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T17:39:23.453", "id": "6490", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T17:39:23.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6484", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs the wikia states\n\n> all of his attacks are based on the element of light; such as firing energy\n> blasts from his fingertips or feet with extreme accuracy and precision. His\n> power is very destructive, causing huge explosions and easily destroying\n> buildings\n\nSo basically kicks with great 'energy' .\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T17:12:01.400", "id": "6487", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T17:12:01.400", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2892", "parent_id": "6486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think this has something to do with his own physical ability in combination\nwith his devil fruit. But over all I don't think the attacks have a big of a\nstrain on his body to begin with.\n\nHis devil fruit the [Pika Pika no\nMi](https://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Pika_Pika_no_Mi) allows him to turn into\nlight and manipulating light around him. As he can manipulate the light around\nhim to reduce weight he could use this fact in his kick to reduce the weight\nand make up with speed reducing the actual impact on his own body.\n\nSecond of all Kizaru is a highly trained admiral with amazing physical\nabilities\n\n> As a Marine Admiral, Kizaru holds the title of the strongest fighter within\n> the World Government and Marines. He possesses great physical strength,\n> capable of holding down Whitebeard's bisento with just one foot, and is\n> capable of fighting Rayleigh and Whitebeard equally despite their Haki\n> abilities. Kizaru got struck by a \"Haki\"-wielding Marco, and experienced\n> little damage from the physical blow. His powerscaling places him comparable\n> to Akainu, who managed to deflect blows from Whitebeard with difficulty.\n> [source](https://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Borsalino)\n\nSo he might just be able to sustain it with his training. Which would mean\nthat in longer extending battles his power usage would go down or even not\nusable.\n\nAnd my third point would be the fact that it is a Logia type of fruit.\n\n> A Logia user can be shattered, split, or otherwise separated into multiple\n> parts, sometimes down to the size of dust, and reform without injury.\n>\n> In addition to their ability to become their element, Logia users can\n> generate limitless amounts of their element and control it at their whim,\n> giving them fearsome attack abilities.\n> [source](https://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Logia)\n\nThe Logia type enhances a user/owner in a totally different scale to begin\nwith. The huge enhancement made by the Logia fruit might already be enough to\nnot sustain injury by his own ability due to the amazing regenerative\nabilities he has gained with it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T17:21:26.580", "id": "6488", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-15T18:46:50.833", "last_edit_date": "2017-07-15T18:46:50.833", "last_editor_user_id": "14883", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom what I gather, rather than being light speed, he moves at light speed for\na short burst of speed. i.e vs Apoo. Light is dodgy, it's both a particle (a\nphoton) and a wave (EMW). I think that the extent of his light speed would be\nlimited to travel speed, and not attack speed. Rayleigh is a little broken as\nhe, like Katakuri, has some form of precognition of ability to read moves very\nfast.\n\nHe would HAVE to transform into a human of part-human form to actually deal\ndamage. Using the Observation Haki, you can narrow it the point here you can\npoint the exact moment he does and prepare a counter.\n\nFrom Kizaru vs Apoo, we can see that he can only travel in a straight line\n(unless reflected). Combining both high level observation and Armament Haki,\nyou can pretty much always counter Kizaru.\n\nIf you look a the _One Piece Film: Z_ , Z can counter Kizaru because he can\npredict his action and movement even though he(k) far outspeeds him and used\nthe sea prism to deflect and nullify the attacks.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-06-20T02:49:59.703", "id": "47497", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-20T03:16:18.563", "last_edit_date": "2018-06-20T03:16:18.563", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "41193", "parent_id": "6486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you have mass you cannot travel at speed of light, if you have no mass (as\nphotons) you always travel at speed of light. Once part of kizarus body become\nlight, it travels at light speed before it reverts back. As logia his primary\nability is to create and control light. When he creates light, he releases\nenergy. Imho, when he reverts back into human form and attacks, he adds that\nreleased energy to his kick in form of kinetic energy. Once it connects, his\nleg would've been destroyed. Instead he instinctively uses second logia\nability - turns his leg into light and reforms it.\n\nBonus, if he pumps enough energy into his leg to travel like 99.999% speed of\nlight, each kick would release energy of circa 100 megaton nuclear bomb, with\nfireball of 10 kilometers radius and full demolition of 20 kilometers radius\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-28T21:00:34.110", "id": "50608", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-28T21:00:34.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44659", "parent_id": "6486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJudging on your preferences, it might be [\"Inu x\nBoku\"](http://myanimelist.net/anime/11013/Inu_x_Boku_SS) which is aired in\nWinter 2012.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T23:15:14.967", "id": "6496", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T23:15:14.967", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2185", "parent_id": "6495", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey can't. The [Sea Stone](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kairoseki) drains\nthe Devil Fruit user's body of energy rendering them unable to move (as if\nthey were paralyzed), and negates their Devil Fruit powers (but not the\n[cursed side\neffects](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit#Side_Effects_of_Devil_Fruits)).\nThis is the same effect as if they were exposed to the ocean. Since they can't\nmove or breathe underwater without [special\nassistance](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Coating#Flutter_Kick_Coating), they\nwill ultimately drown.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T07:22:57.620", "id": "6505", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-22T07:22:57.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6501", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter some image cropping and Google reverse image search, I almost instantly\nfound her to be [Mashiro Mito](http://myanimelist.net/character.php?id=18191)\nfrom the [**Tayutama: Kiss on my\nDeity**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayutama:_Kiss_on_my_Deity) series\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T07:13:37.640", "id": "6503", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-20T02:46:30.553", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-20T02:46:30.553", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "6502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is the character Mito Mashiro, the main heroine from the visual\nnovel/eroge [Tayutama: Kiss on my\nDeity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayutama:_Kiss_on_my_Deity) by studio Lump\nof Sugar. It has a 2009 anime adaptation, but I think the image posted is\ntaken from the VN directly. She is the incarnation of a goddess, and her goal\nis to bring harmony between humans and a fictional supernatural race called\nTayutai. She also falls in love with the protagonist.\n\nHere's a similar picture from the visual novel. It's a slightly different\npose, but I think it's clear that it's still her.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T07:13:57.137", "id": "6504", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-23T21:53:20.977", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-23T21:53:20.977", "last_editor_user_id": "275", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "6502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis year's October issue of [Comptiq\nmagazine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptiq) was in extremely high demand\nbecause it came with a bonus artbook for [Kantai\nCollection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection), a web game\nfeaturing naval vessels as cute girls,1 which is the latest mega-craze among\notaku in Japan.2 Apparently, tons of people were hoarding this issue in order\nto get multiple copies of the artbook.3 The character on the right side of the\ncover is a parody of Kongou, a popular character from Kantai Collection.\n\nQuite a timely joke, really.\n\n* * *\n\nAddendum: here are the covers of the parody of Comptiq (\"Comptiqle\"?) shown in\nthe show and the actual Oct 2013 issue of Comptiq. (Click to view full-size.)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BJkfy.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nIugO.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n# Notes\n\n1 Not to be confused with the _other_ thing featuring naval vessels as cute\ngirls, [Arpeggio of Blue\nSteel](http://myanimelist.net/anime/18893/Aoki_Hagane_no_Arpeggio:_Ars_Nova).\n\n2 [It's getting an anime\nsoon](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-26/kantai-collection-moe-\ncard-battle-game-gets-anime-new-manga).\n\n3 See, for example, this piece: [Havoc Ensues Over Battleship\nBishoujos](http://seventhstyle.com/2013/09/11/havoc-ensues-over-battleship-\nbishoujos/) (warning: SeventhStyle; NSFW). Because SeventhStyle is awful (but\nunfortunately the only English-language commentator on this I can find), here\nis some episodic commentary that mentions the joke (in Japanese): [some\nblog](http://anicobin.ldblog.jp/archives/35774503.html); [some other\nblog](http://animesokuhou777.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-849.html).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T09:51:52.140", "id": "6508", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-22T09:51:52.140", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "6507", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe manga is\n\nShin Am Heng Eo Sa (Shin Angyō Onshi) Manhwa\n\n[Check here](http://www.mangawolf.com/shin-am-heng-eo-sa)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T15:07:03.257", "id": "6513", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-22T15:07:03.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "6511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nName changes could be for a few different reasons. Most of the time, however,\nthe English spelling differs because two different translators just decide to\nspell it differently.\n\nIn Korean, there is no Z sound. There is only a J sound, so words with the J\nsound like Jahad might be translated into Zahard depending on the translator's\ninterpretation. As for the additional R in the name, that is really up for\ninterpretation as well because English soft A sounds can be spelled like that.\n**In this case, Zahard and Jahad will produce the same sound in Korean despite\nthe English spelling differences. The spelling difference was only due to\ntranslator interpretations.**\n\nAs for the Lahel to Rachel, this is a somewhat different case. Lahel is\nactually how the name sounds phonetically (pronounced lie-yell). Rachel is the\nEnglish conversion of the name. It is like how the name Steven is Etienne in\nFrench. **Lahel in Korean translates to Rachel in English.**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-22T17:59:12.560", "id": "6516", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-22T17:59:12.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6514", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis could possibly be a reference to the very obscure series [The Soul\nTaker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SoulTaker). The main character,\nKyousuke Date, cried blood in few episodes. Here's a picture of him:\n\n\n\nIt's not an exact match, but Akiyuki Shinbo, the director of The Soul Taker,\nalso worked on the Monogatari series, which made me think of this.\n([Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiyuki_Shinbo#Filmography).)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-16T23:29:32.750", "id": "13470", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-17T08:20:53.827", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-17T08:20:53.827", "last_editor_user_id": "6345", "owner_user_id": "7579", "parent_id": "6517", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nIn search of a more popular series that had character's crying blood, I came\nacross Saint Seiya\n\n\n\nAnd it does have some fabulous hair, although not _exactly_ like araragi's\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-13T10:34:41.197", "id": "18499", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-13T10:34:41.197", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "6517", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe Kuma did this for Dragon. If Vegapunk does not like the WG we could\nsee Vegapunk give control of the pacifista and Kuma when the time comes. I\ndont think he would willingly do this to help the wg as he directly opposes\nit.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-03T10:00:01.630", "id": "14816", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-14T14:00:16.747", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-14T14:00:16.747", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "8989", "parent_id": "6518", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nwell first things first, he's one of the Revolutionary Army, and I thinks he's\nwilling to do everything for the sake of their Army, willingly turning himself\ninto a Pacifista \"may be\" a voluntary action by himself to earn the full trust\nof the WG (again, he willing to do everything for the army's sake right??) and\non my understanding, Dragon is a very good leader and would not force his\nnakama like Kuma to be a cyborg just for the army..and on that finals request\nto Vegapunk for his final modification, it is still unclear why Vegapunk allow\nthat to happen since he's under the WG and knows that Luffy is a pirate, he\nmust really respect Kuma as a colleague so he grant his request or knew Dragon\nor Garp in the past to grant that kind of request which is of course against\nthe WG ideals.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-13T18:05:39.857", "id": "22410", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-13T18:05:39.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15032", "parent_id": "6518", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nAn explanation is that after rescuing straw hats at sabaody, he was defeated\nby Kizaru and captured in seastone cuffs. After that he probably received\ndeath penalty, but since hes a pacifista project he was probably sent to\nvegapunk to have his brain removed.\n\nHis capture and punishment was not mentioned somewhere in the manga/anime.\n\nHowever, this is a VERY PLAUSIBLE theory on why Kuma was turned into a full\npacifista. Certainly a more plausible theory than the 'he did this for\ndragon', or 'dragon ordered him to do so' nonsense theories that are floating\naround in this discussion, neither of which are mentioned anywhere in canon\neither.\n\nIt is highly unlikely Kuma was willingly turned into a full pacifista. Some\npeople posted here that 'he did this for Dragon', 'Dragon ordered him to do\nso'. What? How would doing so benefit Dragon and revolutionaries? How would it\nbenefit Kuma himself (obviously won't since he would be dead?) What other\nPOSSIBLE incentive that world govt offered him or the revolutionary that could\nbe so great, that it would outweigh the consequence of him being dead?\nProbably none. Therefore it leads to conclusion that the government forced\nthat choice upon him. Straight up executing him most likely wouldn't have been\nan attractive option, since they would need as many shichibukai on their side\nto face against whitebeard. Therefore all these points toward my theory - that\nKuma was punished for opposing the marines and an admiral from carrying out\nthe order to purge the tenryuubito's attackers. Thats why world govt most\nlikely decided to fully transform Kuma into a pacifista in order to both\npunish him and turn him into a fully loyal slave.\n\nKuma was certainly aware that this would be his punishment, thats why he\nstated that this will be the last time he will meet the strawhats.\n\nVegapunk most likely was in a good relationship with Kuma and likely did not\nwant to turn him into a full cyborg either, but he had to do so under the\npressure from the world govt. Thats why Vegapunk likely programmed in Kuma's\nrequest to protect the Sunny.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-17T15:12:46.633", "id": "32168", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-17T18:22:40.553", "last_edit_date": "2016-05-17T18:22:40.553", "last_editor_user_id": "17758", "owner_user_id": "22553", "parent_id": "6518", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe probably summoned the clam the normal way with blood. The anime / manga\nprobably just skipped the summoning scene because this isn't a major character\nand the panels could be better filled with other scenes.\n\nEdo Tensei reanimated characters do in fact have blood. I believe there are a\nfew examples, but the only one that comes to mind at the moment is Itachi's\neyes bleeding after using Amaterasu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-23T09:25:53.690", "id": "6525", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-23T09:37:15.687", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-23T09:37:15.687", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6522", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIn order to perform Edo Tensei you need a host. While Kabuto illustrated how\nEdo Tensei is performed to Tobi, you must have noticed that Kabuto used a host\nfor it.\n\nOnce the ET is successful, the body will retain the properties of Edo Tensei\njutsu, i.e. the body cannot be destroyed (for instance, if the body is cut or\nif it was pierced, it would wrap itself with tiny bits of paper, it cannot be\nfelt by the reanimated souls).\n\nBut the host ( **which is present inside ET's body** ) does contain blood.\nWith help of that, any person under the influence of ET can perform Kuchiyose\nno Jutsu. **Don't forget that Edo Tensei is a Summoning Technique in itself.**\n\nMizukage is a high level shinobi, so he doesn't need to perform any handseals.\n\n**Ist Reference** \n**Click**\n[here](http://animemagics.wikia.com/wiki/Ninpo_%E2%80%A2_Kuchiyose_%E2%80%A2_Edo_Tensei)\n**to know more about Edo Tensei**\n\n**IInd Reference** \n**Click**\n[here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation)\n**to know more about Edo Tensei**\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-23T10:40:01.163", "id": "6526", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-23T11:33:58.710", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-23T11:33:58.710", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "3081", "parent_id": "6522", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIn answer to your question, Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled (Code Geass:\nBoukoku no Akito) is set during the 1 year gap between the 2 Anime Series of\nCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion set during the time when Britannia was\nputting pressure on their EU Front\n\nAnother peice of evidence to show that Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled is set\nin between the 2 series is Suzaku's apperance as he is a member of the Knights\nof the Round at this time and also\n\n> at the end of R2 Suzaku is supposedly dead in the public and assumes the\n> role of Zero. this ruse would be foiled if Suzaku is seen alive in puiblic\n\nAs for Julius Kingsley, he is infact a brainwashed Lelouch as revealed in\nEpisode 3. the brainwashing however is somewhat unstable as \"Lelouch\"\nreappears briefly, also his Geass has yet to be sealed\n\n> \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-23T21:17:06.063", "id": "6529", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-24T22:15:30.183", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-24T22:15:30.183", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6524", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom [MAL forum](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=333091):\n\nLelouch became immortal, so the theory of him with the wound in Akito, post R2\nmakes sense. C2 started off a mortal who obtained geass and eventually became\nin an immortal when she obtain the highest level and the code from the nun.\nLelouch obtained his V2 code when he murdered his immortal father who stole\nV2's code just before. So it is plausible that Lelouch is now immortal and\nalso has given Suzaku a different geass ability as scene in the last scene in\nthe series. For Akito, I initially believed it was when Lelouch was a kid when\nthe OVA was taking place due to the old version of Knightmare frames until I\nsaw Lelouch on the train with Suzaku. However it makes lots of sense that this\ntakes place after R2.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-05-24T12:13:54.920", "id": "21792", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-24T13:13:35.003", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-24T13:13:35.003", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "14632", "parent_id": "6524", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe receives the benefits of the cheering even though he could not hear the\ncheers of James as seen in [this\npage](http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/562/7), [this\npage](http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/562/8), and [this\npage](http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/562/9).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-24T21:04:46.640", "id": "6546", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-24T21:04:46.640", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2213", "parent_id": "6528", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [Bleach\nWiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Mask_De_Masculine#cite_note-38),\nSuperstar's ability:\n\n> The Superstar (英雄 (ザ・スーパースター), Eiyū (Za Sūpāsutā); Japanese for \"Hero\"):\n> Mask gains a considerable amount of zeal, stamina, and strength when he has\n> at least one other person cheering him on, enough to send two captain-level\n> Shinigami flying with a single strike. He grows durable enough to become\n> resistant to a repeated direct attack from Kensei's Bankai. The power also\n> allows him to regenerate from damage, with James's cheers healing his\n> damaged eardrums.\n\nIt's indeed strange, as he could not listen to James cheering, but as you can\nsee it's never mentioned the word \"hear\" or \"listen\".\n\nSo we can assume that he don't need to listen to the cheers. James only had be\nthere, cheering, that's enough to active his ability.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-25T22:40:58.257", "id": "6562", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-25T22:40:58.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2251", "parent_id": "6528", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Zellogi](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Zellogi) was only seen in that one\nscene and wasn't mentioned after. It is safe to say that he didn't really\nenter the human world and just checked on Light through one of the many orbs\nShinigami use to check on the human world. Such an orb can be seen when Gelus\nwas watching Misa in chapter 27.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i67Xi.jpg)\n\nFrom the Wikia article on [Human\nWorld](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Human_world):\n\n> Shinigami however can travel to the Human World, and watch Humans by using\n> large spherical orbs found throughout the Shinigami Realm...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-29T19:18:56.033", "id": "11542", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-14T07:00:41.657", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-14T07:00:41.657", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "6532", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt depends on what you mean by \"inanimate.\"\n\nGenerally, intangible objects like words cannot be \"killed\" because they do\nnot exist. A phenomenon like a storm cannot be killed, but the particular\nevent (rain/wind/clouds) can be dispersed.\n\nIn the _[Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus\nPeriod](http://www.tsukikan.com/tmdb/tsukihime-dokuhon-plus-period)_ book,\nNasu makes mention that:\n\n> Ryougi's Shiki Mystic Eyes is superior to Tohno's. She (unlike Tohno) is\n> able to perceive the death of just about anything, however she is limited to\n> what she perceives as \"alive.\"\n\nSo take something like a chair, which is seen as \"alive,\" because it's not\nbroken. Ryougi would see lines on a new chair, but not on a broken chair,\nbecause she believes that it is already \"dead.\"\n\nNote that this notion only applies to her perception of the \"living\" as\nopposed to if something \"has life.\" Even though Kirie Fujou's ghosts were\n\"dead,\" they could still be killed because they are \"alive\" in the sense that\nthey could interact and interfere with the real world, as if they were alive.\n\nAs a side note, Araya's barrier is linked to his body, so when Ryougi cut it,\nit's like cutting a part of Araya (this is why he is in pain).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-25T10:15:09.693", "id": "6553", "last_activity_date": "2016-10-15T08:58:32.960", "last_edit_date": "2016-10-15T08:58:32.960", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6533", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is probably related to the fact that \"shi\" is death in Japanese. The kanji\nfor death is \"死\", however, which does not appear in any of the names of\ncharacters you listed. The word would still be associated with death, (as\nshown by the [tetraphobia](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5694/why-\ndoes-the-hospital-in-another-have-no-fourth-floor) that appears throughout\nJapan).\n\nThose characters are all from Type-Moon series, also, so the connection may\nalso come from that fact. Tsukihime and Melty Blood are directly related,\nexisting in the same world, while Kara no Kyoukai is not.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-24T04:37:20.597", "id": "6536", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-24T04:37:20.597", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "6534", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, it isn't needed.\n\nNeither Kabuto nor Orochimaru can use the Wood element, they don't know and\ncannot use all the Kekkei Genkai of the users they reanimated.\n\nControlling works by setting a goal for the reanimated person. \"Kill them\nall\", \"Fight to hold them off\", \"Go to that point in the battlefield\". The\nreanimated person will now do anything on his own to complete that goal, even\nif it is against his own will.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-24T09:49:50.267", "id": "6538", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-24T09:49:50.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "6537", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIn order to perform any jutsu you need to perform proper handseals to\naccompolish the result. Kabuto needed to know the hand seals for ET provided\nhe should also make himself aware of the reanimated soul's skills, too. If\nthese two conditions are provided, ET can perform better ( **I did say better,\nnot the best** ). **Remember Kabuto was recalling the skills of Nagato ET\nwhile he confronted with Naruto, Itachi and Bee.**\n\nET is a forbidden jutsu and the first person to use that was Second Hokage\n(Nidaime). The result was much better when Orochimaru performed it, but it\ndidn't give optimum result.\n\nKabuto's ET is kind of weird as he gave some liberty to reanimated souls. They\ncan think as long as the jutsu controller doesn't control their mind. In this\ncase they were allowed to perceive the world and react to it. Therefore (\n**and this is the important part** ) if the reanimated souls motive is similar\nto the person performing ET ( **in this case, I am referring to Kabuto** ),\nthen performer's work for controlling the souls would be less and easier as\nsoul's motive and performer's are same.\n\nKabuto's ET was scalable, too. He was sitting in the cave and visualizing the\nentire war scene through Reanimated Soul.\n\nBy which I conclude that even if the mind is reluctant towards ET, their\nphysical movements will always be under the control of ET [ **this was the\ncommon denominator for all ET performers (Nidaime, Orochimaru and Kabuto)** ].\nRemember the Zabuza's ET where he told Kakashi that he can't control his\nmovements although he was barely able to think? Same goes for Asuma's ET, too.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-24T10:00:39.667", "id": "6539", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T03:48:29.653", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T03:48:29.653", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3081", "parent_id": "6537", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI haven't read the light novels, but the last one that came out is titled,\n\"Toradora Spinoff 3! Ore no Bentou Mite Kure\". (Roughly translated as 'Behold\nmy Bento')\n\nI don't know if this book, being a spinoff, specifically takes place anywhere\nin the story, but I think it would somewhere between the first and last\nepisodes. I say this because Ryuuji is making Taiga lunch (which must be after\nthe first episode) and because they are in school for most of the ova (which\nmust be before Taiga leaves in the last episode). However, the last scene\nseems to fit better after the final episode, as feeding food to someone is a\nvery 'couple' thing to do.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-18T04:36:29.650", "id": "7554", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-18T04:36:29.650", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3784", "parent_id": "6540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI haven't read the light novel, but I think the OVA is seen as a flashback\nthat happens between the 4th and last episode (since near the end Taiga says\nhe taught her how to cook and it shows a scene from episode 4). So it begins\nwith Taiga cooking (for the picnic), cuts to the flashback, and ends with them\nhaving the picnic, which I think is set after the events of the anime, because\nof how Taiga is shown feeding Ryuuji.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-24T05:43:13.323", "id": "14640", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-24T05:43:13.323", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8846", "parent_id": "6540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nBased off my observations of the Anime i believe that the OVA is set between\nthe end of the Culture Festival as Taiga is acting normal around Kitamura\nwhich only occurs after the culture festival, and before the student council\nelection as not only is Minori not awkward around Ryuji or spacing out because\nof what Ami said to her after Taiga and Sumire's fought one another but also\nthe end of the anime series occurs around winter and right after the elections\nis Christmas which in Japan is in winter.\n\n> Also it's evident it's still winter when Ryuji and Taiga elope and Taiga\n> moves schools after that\n\nThis is also strengthened by the fact that the first OP was used and after the\nelections is when the second OP started to be used\n\nGiven that I would say the OVA occurs between the end of Episode 13 and the\nstart of Episode 15 (as am accounting the possibility that the OVA is an event\nthat occurred between Episode 14 and 15).\n\nMy assumtion is almost spot-on as in art book which came with the limited\nedition of the series from NISA there is a point at the bottom of page 5\ntalking about the OVA\n\n> this is the first episode done for \"Toradora!\" in over 3 years, **and the\n> story takes place between episodes 13 and 14 of the TV Series**. this\n> episode has a comical bento battle and a heartfelt development, striking a\n> delicious balance between the laughter and drama that \"Toradora!\" Is best\n> known for.\n\nBellow is a photo i took of the relevant section, up the top slightly cut off\nis the same image as what is posted in the question\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-16T01:04:53.673", "id": "15107", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-16T21:57:42.627", "last_edit_date": "2014-12-16T21:57:42.627", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThis takes place after the original storyline. If you watched past the\ncredits, you will see that Taiga returns.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-04T13:19:32.450", "id": "32535", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-04T13:19:32.450", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24479", "parent_id": "6540", "post_type": "answer", "score": -5 }, { "body": "\n\nThought i'd throw in my two cents based on a previous answer that a poster\ngave stating that the OVA takes place between episodes 13 & 14, I wanted to\nadd that there is further evidence to support this just by looking at their\nuniforms. Recalling back to episode 13, that was the last episode they wore\ntheir summer uniforms, and episode 14 was the first episode back in their\nwinter uniforms. Now i'm not entirely sure though about the picnic part at the\nvery end of the episode. It does seem plausible that most of the episode could\nbe a flashback and the ending taking place after episode 25 given the way\nTaiga feeds Ryuuji ^-^\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-07-11T00:14:16.973", "id": "34191", "last_activity_date": "2016-07-11T00:14:16.973", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "26112", "parent_id": "6540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes and No. Those accessories of Itachi's Susano'o were found by him. Sasuke\nis shown to have created his own weapon in this form. Sasuke just used\nItachi's eyes for the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. A contrasting example would\nbe how Danzo stole Shisui Uchiha's eye.He was able to use his technique of\nKotoamatsukami. Maybe it wasn't as powerful as Shisui's but nonetheless, he\nused it. The same can go for Kakashi and Obito's Kamui. I believe that\nItachi's accessories to the Susano'o were found by him because Orochimaru, who\nappeared during the Itachi vs Sasuke fight, stated his surprise in Itachi\nhaving the weapon. Orochimaru's knowledge of the sword probably means that he\nwas trying to get it too. The same goes for the Yata and the Yasaka.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-27T22:57:34.223", "id": "7186", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-28T03:02:20.087", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-28T03:02:20.087", "last_editor_user_id": "3506", "owner_user_id": "3506", "parent_id": "6541", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen sasuke met itachi as his reanimation form he used the Amaterasu against\nkabuto when itachi was trying to stop him too, but at the same time itachi\nused the forbidden jutsu the Izanami which sasuke did not know about. Sasuke\nstill hasn't used it even after the fight between them too. This tells us that\nsasuke did not get all of itachi's ability. He used it as itachi said, to get\nhis eyesite back. If someone get the eternal mongekyou sharnigan then the\neyesight of the wielder will not lose their eyesight anymore\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-03T16:08:07.320", "id": "56928", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-03T16:08:07.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52173", "parent_id": "6541", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n\n\nI think you're looking for [Junichi\nHayama](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3550). He\nwas the animation director for episodes 5 and 10 of Shin Sekai Yori as well as\non staff for the other 2 shows you've listed. Some of his other works fall\ninto the same characteristics you listed.\n\nYou can see some of his art from a [Google image\nsearch](https://www.google.com/search?q=Junichi+Hayama&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=fce5Ur_XOeG3sASIlYCQBA&ved=0CDYQsAQ&biw=1065&bih=1111)\n\nAmong other works:\n\n * Afro Samurai: Resurrection (movie) : Key Animation\n * Be-Bop-Highschool (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director\n * (The) Big O (TV) : Animation Director (ep 21)\n * Casshern Sins (TV) : Animation Director (eps 10, 17, 22), Key Animation (5 episodes)\n * A Certain Magical Index (TV) : Key Animation (OP1)\n * Cobra The Animation: The Psychogun (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 2)\n * Dokidoki! Precure (TV) : Key Animation (ep 7)\n * Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi (movie) : Key Animation\n * Dream Eater Merry (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 13)\n * EX-Driver the Movie : Key Animation\n * Fist of the North Star (movie) : In-Between Animation\n * Fist of the North Star (TV) : In-Between Animation (4 episodes), Key Animation (3 episodes)\n * Fist of the North Star 2 (TV) : Animation Director (7 episodes)\n * From the New World (TV) : Animation Director (eps 5, 10), Key Animation (eps 5, 10)\n * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) : Key Animation\n * Gaiking: Legend of Daikū-maryū (TV 2/2005) : Illustration\n * Gu Gu Ganmo (TV) : Animation\n * Gundam Build Fighters (TV) : Key Animation (OP)\n * Gunsmith Cats (OAV) : Key Animation\n * Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri (movie) : Key Animation\n * (The) IDOLM@STER (TV) : Key Animation (ep 9)\n * InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler : Animation Director\n * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OAV) : Storyboard (ep 8), Character Design (eps 1-13), Chief Animation Director (eps 9-13), Animation Director (eps 1-2, 6-8), Cover Art, Key Animation (eps 2, 5-7, 13)\n * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (movie) : Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director\n * Kimi no Iru Machi (TV) : Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (OP; ep 1)\n * Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director\n * Locke the Superman: Mirror Ring (OAV) : Character Design\n * Lupin III: Stolen Lupin (special) : Key Animation\n * Manyū Hiken-chō (TV) : Animation (OP)\n * Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (TV) : Key Animation (eps 40, 49)\n * Mobile Suit Gundam UC (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 3)\n * Mysterious Girlfriend X (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9)\n * Nessa no Haou Gandalla (TV) : Character Design\n * New Fist of the North Star (OAV) : Key Animation\n * Odin - Starlight Mutiny (movie) : In-Between Animation\n * On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel: Final Fantasy VII (OAV) : Animation Director\n * Pachislo Kizoku Gin (TV) : Character Design\n * Paranoia Agent (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9 [\"TKO\"])\n * Penguindrum (TV) : Key Animation (ep 18)\n * Pokemon Heroes - Latias & Latios (movie) : Key Animation\n * Psychic Wars (OAV) : Key Animation\n * Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 1)\n * Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose : Key Animation\n * Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Black Dream Hole : Key Animation\n * Saint Seiya Omega (TV) : Key Animation (ep 51)\n * Sakigake!! Otoko Juku (TV) : Animation Director (8 episodes)\n * Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Gekitō no Shō (movie) : Key Animation\n * Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Toki-den (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director\n * Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 25)\n * Star Driver (TV) : Animation Director (eps 9, 18)\n * Street Fighter Alpha (movie) : Key Animation\n * Toriko (TV) : Key Animation (OP)\n * Transformers (U.S. TV) : In-Between Animation\n * Transformers: Scramble City (OAV) : Key Animation\n * Votoms Finder (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director\n * Wolverine (TV) : Key Animation\n * (The) World God Only Knows Season Two (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4)\n * X-Men (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9), Key Animation (OP; ep 12)\n * Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (OAV) : Key Animation\n * Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 2/2000) : Animation Director (eps 94, 124)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-24T17:42:07.513", "id": "6544", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-24T17:53:02.107", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-24T17:53:02.107", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "6543", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAs explained by Reading Steiner in [this question on\nask.fm](http://ask.fm/SciADV/answer/121050122039), this isn't actually covered\nin the anime, but in the VN, Kai knocked the HAARP Radar into the sweet spot\nfor electromagnetic interference, creating them.\n\nReading Steiner clarifies a lot of things on his ask.fm over at\n<http://ask.fm/SciADV>.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-14T21:07:47.103", "id": "16726", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-14T22:38:48.680", "last_edit_date": "2014-12-14T22:38:48.680", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "10633", "parent_id": "6547", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is nothing wrong there. Her eyes are red, and because of the sun, they\nlook reddish-orange. Here is a link that will tell you everything about her:\n<http://strike-the-blood.wikia.com/wiki/Asagi_Aiba>\n\nOn that site, it says her eyes are red.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-02T05:40:06.913", "id": "6695", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-02T06:18:45.060", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-02T06:18:45.060", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3191", "parent_id": "6548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nDue to the second season, she is the Cain Priestess (the impersonation of the\nItogami island). So it is the visual effect of waking her power up for being\nable to hack an unhackable (great example is when she fought against Lydianne\nDidier (The Tank Rider) in the second episode of the second season). Then also\nauthor told us that Asagi is the Cain Priestess directly.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-28T18:20:36.257", "id": "49897", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-28T18:20:36.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43653", "parent_id": "6548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs stated in the wiki page you linked to, it's most likely because she's from\nan earlier era.\n\nAlso, being a trained assassin, she most likely views the actions of other\ncharacters as childish and foolish, so she just gives her honest opinion on\nthe matter.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-07T17:39:05.900", "id": "7898", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-07T17:39:05.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "6549", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [Death Note Wikia](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Light_Yagami):\n\n> Ryuk offers to make a deal with Light for the “Shinigami Eyes.” Light\n> refuses the deal, stating that **he needs to live in order to rule over his\n> utopian world**. He asks Ryuk if there is anything else that he should know\n> about the Death Note, and Ryuk says probably not.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-25T07:46:55.500", "id": "6551", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-11T01:56:12.297", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-11T01:56:12.297", "last_editor_user_id": "17758", "owner_user_id": "2656", "parent_id": "6550", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom watching the anime, we don’t always get insight into Light’s complete\ntrain of thought,[1] we only always get to know his conclusion. So those parts\nof this answer that concern his thoughts are partly based on speculation,\ndepending on what is revealed to the viewer and what is not.\n\nOne of Light’s main objectives is to create a utopia[2] in which crime has\nbeen eradicated because all criminals are dead. In this utopian world, he —\nhaving the power to decide over life and death — would be the unquestioned\nruler of all. Pretty much the entire story up to L’s death and Mello and\nNear’s appearance shows his slow gain of power all as part of his cunning and\nthoughtful plan.\n\nFor most of the early storyline, Light has access to the police’s database\nthrough his father[3] allowing him to see both name and face of his victims.\nWhile he pretty much instantly acknowledges the power of the Shinigami Eyes,\nhe _does_ get on pretty well without them.\n\nTwo points are key points as to why he decides to refuse the Eye deal. The\nfirst one is the result of the second paragraph. Light likes being in control,\nhe likes the power. He knows that it will take years to build up his utopia\nand he wants to enjoy it to the fullest. **All of the lifespan he would lose\nin the deal** would be during his rulership. So he’s not just losing half, he\nis effectively losing more of the ‘good’ time.\n\nThe second is the result of the third paragraph. Light is a very bright pupil\nand underchallenged. He is fascinated by overcoming the obstacles placed in\nhis path. Remember the scene when his room was bugged: he accepted the\nchallenge and continued writing in the death note _without the police\nrealising he was doing so._ While he could have had his way easily by trading\nhalf his lifespan and killing L on first site, it just wouldn’t fit his\npersonality. He would much rather do things the hard and rewarding way.\n\nNote, however, that he does take the easy (or seemingly easy) opportunities if\nthey are presented on a silver plate. When Misa (who he by then has\nestablished to be the other death note owner and of whom he knows she traded\nher lifespan) visits him at the university and gets a glance of L, he\nimmediately tries calling her to ask for his name. He doesn’t even really\nbother properly leaving L’s earshot to make the call. He probably thought his\npatience had finally been rewarded and he were now a step closer to the goal.\n(Ultimately though, this fails because L was already suspicious of Misa and\nrelieved her of her phone.)\n\n* * *\n\n**Notes:**\n\n[1]: I would be surprised if the manga were any different.\n\n[2]: Whether this is utopia or distopia is opinion-based.\n\n[3]: I believe, without his father knowing.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-09-13T20:01:53.220", "id": "36340", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-13T20:01:53.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13532", "parent_id": "6550", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nLight wanted to create an utopian world with no crime, and he wanted to _Rule\nthe world he created_ So he needed to live to rule and did not want to shorten\nhis lifespan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-09-16T06:36:55.993", "id": "36381", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-16T06:36:55.993", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23939", "parent_id": "6550", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are two types of spells:\n\n * **Tactics** (戦術, _senjutsu_ ) to control Yaya's magical circuit, \"Herculean Strength\" (金剛力, _kongouriki_ )\n * **Absolute skills** (絶衝, _zesshou_ ) based on the tactic\n\n* * *\n\n### Tactics\n\nThe spell is **Pattern (magical nature) + Number (magical power) + Formation**\n\nThere are 4 **patterns** which are comparable to\n[_Fuurinkazan_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABrinkazan):\n\n * **吹** 鳴 ( _suimei_ , blowing [a whistle]) / whistle: increase the agility/speed, \" _as swift as wind_ \"\n * **森** 閑 ( _shinkan_ , stillness): strengthen the defense, \" _as gentle as forest_ \"\n * 光 **焔** ( _kouen_ , light & flame) / flare: increase the number of attacks/power, \" _as fierce as fire_ \"\n * 天 **嶮** ( _tenken_ , natural defenses) / stronghold: increase the attack power/durability, \" _as unshakable as mountain_ \"\n\n(However, according to an interview on _Monthly Comic Alive 2012-9_ with Reiji\nKaito, the author of the series, he mentioned that _suimei_ is for speed,\n_shinkan_ is preserving magical power with things that aim for counters,\n_kouen_ is for both speed and attack, and _tenken_ is for defense)\n\nThe **number** represents the power. The higher the number, the more powerful\nit affects. As for now, it seems the number is always a multiple of 12 with\nthe highest being 48.\n\nThe **formation** is separated into 2 types:\n\n * 衝 ( _shou_ , thrust): Yaya attacks independently\n * 結 ( _ketsu_ , bind): Yaya attacks first on a cooperative attack\n\nSome examples:\n\n * 吹鳴二四衝: 吹鳴 ( _suimei_ ) + 二四 ( _ni-jyuu-yon_ , 24) + 衝 ( _shou_ )\n * 光焔十二結: 光焔 ( _kouen_ ) + 十二 ( _jyuu-ni_ , 12) + 結 ( _ketsu_ )\n\n* * *\n\n### Skill\n\nThe spell is **Pattern (magical nature) + \"Absolute\" (絶衝, _zesshou_ ) + Name**\n\nThe **pattern** follows the previously mentioned pattern.\n\nThe **name** is just a proper noun.\n\nThe skills from the first 4 volumes corresponding to each pattern are:\n\n * 天嶮絶衝<破却水月>: 天嶮 ( _tenken_ ) + 絶衝 ( _zesshou_ ) + 破却水月 ( _hakyaku suigetsu_ , destruction of the moon reflected on the water) / Final Stronghold \"Razing Moon Reflection\": By striking a blow against an opponent in a hardened state, Yaya can interfere with the opponent's magic and cause it to lose control.\n * 吹鳴絶衝<ひさぎ太刀影【たちかげ】>: 吹鳴 ( _suimei_ ) + 絶衝 ( _zesshou_ ) + ひさぎ太刀影 ( _hisagi tachikage_ , silhouette of [Catalpa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa_bungei) long sword): By sending several ten times of the magical power, Yaya jumps to the air in a flash, almost looks like disappearing.\n * 光焔絶衝<乱れ夜桜>: 光焔 ( _kouen_ ) + 絶衝 ( _zesshou_ ) + 乱れ夜桜 ( _midare yozakura_ , disturbance of cherry trees at evening): By sending out the magical power to the whole body, Yaya does a super rush attack by punching & kicking relentlessly while in that state. Even if each attack may be light, the attack rush can be continued while maintaining the magical power.\n * 森閑絶衝<神機御雷【しんきみかづち】>: 森閑 ( _shinkan_ ) + 絶衝 ( _zesshou_ ) + 神機御雷 ( _shinki mikazuchi_ , miraculous thunder): Attack the downed opponent by hitting using the fist in the manner of [tile splitting](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5mFlEl.jpg). A single blow that has enough power to sink the opponent's body to the ground by as much as 10 meters.\n\nHowever, the 8th volume introduced 光焔絶衝<月影紅蓮> ( _kouen zesshou tsukikage\nguren_ , moonlight crimson lotus flower) and thus, there's a high possibility\nthat other skills also exist.\n\n(by the way, the previous skill does a reddish, intense rotation kick that can\ncause burning due to the air friction.)\n\n* * *\n\n**Note from Nico Nico Pedia** : the original source (light novel) itself\ndoesn't explain the detail for both the tactics and skills and thus, it can\nonly be interpreted by the reader/viewer from the given evidence.\n\n* * *\n\nReferences:\n\n * [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E5%B7%A7%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AF%E5%82%B7%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84#.E4.B8.BB.E4.BA.BA.E5.85.AC)\n * [Nico Nico Pedia (Japanese)](http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E5%A4%9C%E3%80%85)\n * [Hissatsu Waza Jiten (Japanese)](http://hissatuwaza.kill.jp/setume/masindo-ru.htm)\n * [Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12117027332)\n * Wikia \n * [Magic Circuit](http://kikoshojowakizutsukanai.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Circuit#Types)\n * [Yaya](http://kikoshojowakizutsukanai.wikia.com/wiki/Yaya#Powers_.26_Abilities)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-11-03T19:56:22.053", "id": "43139", "last_activity_date": "2017-11-03T19:56:22.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "6552", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you have access to Scott McCloud's [_Making\nComics_](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0060780940) manga section\nyou can read a long essay on this.\n\nTo sum it up, Japanese comic's drawing is much more subjective than their\ntraditional European and American counterparts. Where those put emphasis on\ncharacter poses and their location on the scene, manga highlight the feelings\ntold on facial and body expressions.\n\nJapanese comics are usually purposely unrealistic in this style, even when the\nmanga is realistic, serious and everyday themed. When a character is having\nintense feelings, his eyes sparkles, when he is shaken by bad news a thunder\nappears behind him and his eyes and pupils vary in size depending on the\nemotion.\n\nContinuing with this tradition, the super deformed (SD) style was introduced\nin mangas and quickly adopted. Characters' expressions are exaggerated, the\nbody shrinks and the head is enormous, normally expressing some intense\nemotion (probably anger, but many others). This is used even in serious\ncomics, usually as a comic relief.\n\nWhy? It must be understood in the previously mentioned subjectivity of manga\nand anime. It has no story meaning (even if the character picks a big hammer),\nthe change of body proportions don't happen in reality, it only counts as the\nexpressed feeling.\n\nNote that even when the manga or anime don't use SD style, the style, the body\nproportions and the face are usually somewhat flexible and subject of emotions\n(instead of super-deformed they are just deformed). Compare to many other\nforms of subjectivity, like the one dealing with time or distance.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T20:10:02.943", "id": "6583", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-31T07:33:15.297", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-31T07:33:15.297", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "6556", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the video posted, the song seems to loop at 15 seconds.\n\nIf you listen to the song carefully, it sounds like it's just a piano playing,\nand the tune is something similar to `C -> A -> B -> G -> A -> F -> G -> E`,\nwhere it plays one note, then it skips a note and plays the next before going\nback up to the missed note, and the whole process is repeated.\n\nNow, the song doesn't sound overly complex, so it may have been the reason why\nit is not included in the OST, regardless of how iconic it is or how many\ntimes it's played.\n\nAnother possible reason is that this tune has actually been used in some other\nwork outside the anime beforehand. As a result, the production company may\nhave been allowed to use only 15 seconds in the anime as background music, but\nis forbidden from putting it on soundtracks. My sketchy memory only recalls\ntwo other instances where this song is played: when Lelouch is around Nunnaly\nand when Kallen sees her mother on Refrain. I don't remember the song being\nany different in those cases, so its exclusion from the OST may have been a\nlicensing issue (allow 15 seconds of the song to be used any number of times,\nbut not allow the song to be reproduced in licensed soundtracks).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-16T22:18:34.497", "id": "7527", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-02T17:57:35.257", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-02T17:57:35.257", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6561", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFound [a playlist on\nYouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb4mticUuCmQSnQpXJDttkzbhOxAdnGWf)\nthat includes all the tracks excluded from the OST.\n\nThe track you are looking for is \"Out of the Ordinary\". It is [the 5th\nvideo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQuknKy0ZU) in the playlist I\nmentioned before.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-20T05:52:43.437", "id": "44316", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-21T00:19:11.940", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-21T00:19:11.940", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "35806", "parent_id": "6561", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is never revealed outright but it is implied to be AIDS. We know that Hana\nused to have a boyfriend named Ken who died (and caused Hana to drift away\nfrom the drag queen club). When asked if Ken died of AIDS, Hana glibly replies\n\"No, he slipped on the soap\". So the implication is that Ken _did_ die of AIDS\nand probably passed it on to Hana.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T17:30:37.120", "id": "6579", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-26T17:30:37.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66", "parent_id": "6563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, no. While she may not have been serious when she said he 'slipped on\nthe soap', that doesn't automatically mean he did die of AIDS. It could be the\ncase that Hana just didn't want to talk about it, and given the lack of\ngravity in the scene, it doesn't seem likely that it would be where they\nreveal something like that. Furthermore, even if he did contracted AIDS and\ndied from it, that doesn't mean he passed it on. They could have been having\nonly safe sex.\n\nFurthermore, since it's never revealed outright, and given the only\ninformation we get from the hospital scene — which was that the lifestyle of a\nhomeless person is making it worse, it would make much more sense that her\ncondition wouldn't have been anything serious if she hadn't been homeless.\nEspecially since it would ruin the entire hopeful tone of the story, and the\nespecially upbeat ending, if one of the characters was going to die anyway.\n\nBronchitis, for example, would be a very bad thing for a homeless person to\nget, but it would be completely non-fatal to someone able to get medical\nattention.\n\n> As Hana would be able to by the end, because they won the lottery.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-26T07:30:45.783", "id": "18860", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-26T14:38:29.640", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-26T14:38:29.640", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "11385", "parent_id": "6563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nit could be Tuberculosis (or TB). anyone can get it, but it does spreads\nfaster in people with AIDS. so says a quick google search. But Hana being\nhomeless and not getting any treatment for TB (or also has AIDS) could make it\nworse.\n\nit's like the Spanish THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE TRANSLATION AT ALL ANYWHERE\n(That I could find...)\n\nBut again who knows? Only the writers.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-03-17T19:10:39.320", "id": "39454", "last_activity_date": "2017-03-17T19:10:39.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31497", "parent_id": "6563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[From the following Naruto Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yang_Release)\n\n> Whenever Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Wood Release techniques will\n> react to the Yang chakra's life-giving properties and mature into full-grown\n> trees within a matter of seconds, either by contact or close range.This was\n> also shown to have the same effect on White Zetsu Army clones, whose genetic\n> make-up is similar to that of plants.\n\nThus, Naruto himself doesn't directly control the effects his yang chakra has\non the wood element or the white zetsu.\n\nAlso,\n\n> The Yang Release (陽遁, Yōton; Viz \"Light Style\") techniques, based on the\n> physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life into\n> form.\n\nThus, Naruto is not explicitly using the wood element technique, as with the\nfirst hokage, yamato or the white zetsu, rather it's the yang element chakra\nthat is resonating in the wood elelemt that provides the wood element the\nvitality to grow.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T08:39:02.333", "id": "6569", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-26T10:14:37.013", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-26T10:14:37.013", "last_editor_user_id": "3081", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "6567", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, it is definitely starting. It was on a hault because the anime had nearly\ncaught up with the manga. \nIt will be coming anytime in 2014. \nThe dates hasn't been revealed yet. \n[This article](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/11/fairy-tail-\nanime-set-to-return) from Crunchyroll has information about the return.\n\nSo Fairy Tail is definitely returning with advanced animation and some more\nsuspense :P \n\\----UPDATE----\n\n> This year's 13th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on\n> Wednesday that the new anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's manga Fairy Tail\n> will premiere in Japan on April 5. New episodes will air on 6 TV Tokyo\n> networks every Saturday at 10:30 a.m.\n> [Source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-28/new-fairy-tail-tv-\n> anime-slated-for-april-5)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T11:09:22.713", "id": "6572", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-11T06:12:31.750", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-11T06:12:31.750", "last_editor_user_id": "2416", "owner_user_id": "2416", "parent_id": "6571", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nSince yesterday (2013-12-28) when the newest chapter in the manga was\nreleased, there was apparently a page which indicated that the anime will\nstart airing again in April 2014.\n[[Source]](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-28/fairy-tail-anime-\nrestarts-in-april)\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-29T17:03:23.723", "id": "6624", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T12:28:18.923", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-08T12:28:18.923", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1588", "parent_id": "6571", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYes, it's strongly implied that she committed suicide. (in the Anime)\n\nThere's actually two things going on:\n\n * Yes, she was grieving for Yagami's death.\n * She also had her remaining lifespan cut in half twice from two eye trades. Once with Rem and once with Ryuk.\n\nHaving halved her life twice, it's hardly a coincidence that she would die so\nquickly. The fact that there's a concept of \"remaining lifespan\" already\nimplies some sort of predetermination in the series.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T19:59:23.857", "id": "6581", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-26T20:05:09.447", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-26T20:05:09.447", "last_editor_user_id": "17", "owner_user_id": "17", "parent_id": "6580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nThis write-up over at\n[WikiAnswers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_misa_amane_kill_herself) is\npretty good.\n\n> According to 13: How to Read, Misa loses her memories related to using the\n> Death Note and retains her love for Light. Since it is in the nature of a\n> Death Note user to \"suffer misfortune\", Misa falls into despair after\n> someone \"like Matsuda\" \"probably let it slip\" that Light died. When she\n> regains her memories by Rem telling her Rem states that if Light tries to\n> harm Misa in anyway she will kill him. Misa responds \"I don't exactly want\n> to be loved by a Shinigami, and if Light died I couldn't live on without\n> him. There's no way Light would kill Misa-Misa. And why would you go so far\n> for me.\" Most likely foreshadowing events to come because Light does die.\n> Despite fan rumors, the cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is\n> not Misa, but an unnamed follower of Kira. Misa's fate is not shown in the\n> manga at all; she was last seen staying at the Teito Hotel. Ohba stated that\n> this was simply because he did not have a situation to fit her in.\n\nIt may be that the scene from the anime is in the future, because light dies\non April 28, 2010, and Misa died on February 14, 2011 (Valentines Day)\naccording to Chapter 110 \"How To Read\" profiles of the characters.\n\nThere's no clear evidence for the suicide on the roof, but there's really\nlittle reason someone would be standing on the edge of a roof, on the other\nside of the safety railing.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T20:03:26.317", "id": "6582", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-26T20:03:26.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "6580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nSince Rem killed herself to extend Misa's life, all of Rem's remaining life\nwould have been added to hers, just like when the first Shinigami saved her.\nIf that is the case, then her getting her life span halved twice would have\nbeen wouldn't be such a big deal. Her life span was extended again AFTER she\nhalved it twice.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-28T22:15:13.300", "id": "11529", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-28T22:15:13.300", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6413", "parent_id": "6580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWe know that if a shinigami saves a human then that human gets the rest of the\nlife span, then Misa gets that halved with the eye deal from Rem. Rem then\nsaves Misa and Misa gets Rem's remaining life span, and then it is halved by\nRyuk. So still she has a pretty long life span. And just as my observation the\ngirl at the end is Misa for the fact that if you look back earlier on in the\nseries Misa wears that same outfit in one of the episodes, but like I said\nthat is just my observation.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-30T19:16:35.173", "id": "15372", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-30T20:51:11.357", "last_edit_date": "2014-11-30T20:51:11.357", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "9404", "parent_id": "6580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen you kill a shinigami you don't get the rest of their lives because in\nreality Shinigami can't really die. They're pretty much immortal until they\nsacrifice their lives for a human. When Rem killed \"L\" and \"Watari\" Rem just\nsaved Misa from dying from them. Rem didn't give it's remaining life to Misa.\nRem just allowed Misa to live a little longer. This is shown when the story is\nfirst given to Misa when she asks Rem \"How do you kill a Shinigami?\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-25T21:22:32.900", "id": "17067", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-25T21:22:32.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10851", "parent_id": "6580", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRem warned Light, but later Misa told Rem not to harm him, that she would\nrather die first. So Rem, in order to preserve Misa's happiness,couldn't kill\nhim.\n\nLight, being a genius, learned how to take advantage of the situation, and\nused Rem on his plans, manipulating her like any other.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-26T21:24:50.847", "id": "6586", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-27T05:15:17.143", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-27T05:15:17.143", "last_editor_user_id": "3081", "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "6584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nIn [How to Read\nXXXIV](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_XXXIV),\nthe third point reads,\n\n> Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able\n> to kill the owner of the Death Note.\n\nthat means ryuk is the only on who could killed light yagami\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-27T20:54:38.727", "id": "11521", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-01T22:50:49.107", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-01T22:50:49.107", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "6399", "parent_id": "6584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n# Chapter 30\n\nRem threatens Light by saying\n\n> If you try to harm this girl, I will write your name in my note and kill\n> you.\n\n\n\n# Chapter 57\n\nSix months after Rem threatens Light, the killing spree has begun again as\nsoon as Misa was released. Because of this L assumes correctly that Misa is\nthe second killer. Rem knows that if she doesn't take action Misa will be\nkilled soon and she also realizes that this is exactly what Light had planned.\nTherefore she considers killing Light as she had stated six months earlier,\nbut by now she realizes she can't kill him. Her statement wasn't a bluff, she\njust realizes that there would be no point on killing Light. On the contrary,\nand I quote:\n\n> With this, killing Yagami Light means nothing. Misa cannot be saved.. More\n> than that, Misa will be lost as an ally and I will be driven more quickly\n> into a corner... No. I already know that if Yagami Light dies, then Misa\n> will lose all will to live. Yagami Light is already a human who is in many\n> ways, necessary for Misa to continue living...\n\n\n\nRem had played her cards well, but Light played better. He had completely\nmanipulated the situation, resulting in the death of a Death God. If Rem\nwanted to save Misa, she had to kill L and had to do so quickly. As much as\nshe might have hated Light, killing him would result in the complete opposite\nof what she wanted and would make her death an utterly useless sacrifice.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-02T02:19:19.050", "id": "11604", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-02T02:19:19.050", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "6584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is a rule in How To Read 13 that states \"Only a God of Death that has\npassed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death\nNote.\" This means that Rem could only kill Light if he was the owner her\nsecond Death Note. It was either a bluff or a mistake. [Rule 34 item\n3](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_XXXIV):\n\n> Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able\n> to kill the owner of the Death Note.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-02-04T20:30:25.010", "id": "38794", "last_activity_date": "2017-02-05T00:35:17.490", "last_edit_date": "2017-02-05T00:35:17.490", "last_editor_user_id": "2808", "owner_user_id": "30747", "parent_id": "6584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAfter seeing no one answered what is clear to my eyes and is so simple, the\nanswer is so simple though no one here noticed ><\n\nWhen you follow the events in the anime/manga, this isn't really a question:\n\n1 - Rem **gives** Misa Geluss's Death Note.\n\n2 - When Misa meeting Light, she's handing Light her Death Note - from now on\n**Rem's Death Note is in Light's hands** , Misa never get her Death Note back\nbefore being confined by L.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Beopp.jpg)\n\n3 - While being confined by L, Misa is forfeiting her Death Note that Light's\nholds at the moment, making Light **the owner of the notebook**.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vCCZ1.png)\n\n4 - **Light is giving Rem's notebook** to give it to Ryuk and then burry it\nfor Misa, because that notebook was in use by Misa, so after Light's memories\nback she would touch that Death Note and _her memories will return_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V614U.png)\n\n5 - After Higuchi's death, Light telling her to go dig the buried Death Note\nso her memories will return. **Only now her original Death Note returns to her\npossession**.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wHr3L.jpg)\n\nLet's now review the threat from Rem to Light:\n\nIn ep14 when Light threaten Misa he will kill him she's telling him - \"I won't\nlet you do it Yagami Light, _If you will kill this girl I will write your name\nin the notebook and kill you._ I can see her lifespan. If she'll be killed\nbefore her end I will think that you are the killer.\"\n\nNow, as other specified there's this rule:\n\n> How to use XXXIV\n>\n> 1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is\n> living in the world of the gods of death.\n> 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to\n> kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so.\n> 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is\n> able to kill the owner of the Death Note.\n>\n\nFrom the look of the rule, the rules doesn't apply to other human but to other\nshinigami that cannot kill, [check this\nQ&A](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14497/is-ryuk-the-only-one-who-\ncan-kill-light) that [kaine](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/3561/kaine)\nproved that other human _can_ kill other Death Note holder though other\nshinigami cannot kill them.\n\nWhat that has to do with here? Well, as I explained Misa borrowed Light the\nDeath Note that Rem _gave_ to her, Rem clearly specified that if she'll be\ndead before her lifespan will be over - she'll kill Light, **as Light is now\nthe holder of the Death Note he will be the owner of it after killing Misa**\nand since the Death Note used to be Rem's notebook she'll have the same power\nas Ryuk has to kill him since she passed the Death Note to Missa, though Rem\ndidn't gave it to Light since Missa only borrowed it to him it's still\nconsidered Rem's old Death Note and to her to kill him. So the answer is clear\n**that her threat was real** and the things really simple and clear.\n\nThough you could go and say it isn't true since in the end Rem hasn't gave it\nto him, though to be foolish claim, the evidence for that is the need for\nLight **to give Rem the Death Note when forfeiting it** because she also needs\nto follow Light for using the Death Note, her former ownership of the Death\nNote didn't stopped when Missa borrowed it to Light 'till he forfeited it.\n\nAs for other places as mentioned in this Q&A, Rem could kill Light after he\nkilled higuchi since Rem gave Higuchi Ryuk's former Death Note since **she's\nthe shinigami of that Death Note now** , now Light is again own Rem's Death\nNote she's able to kill him since he gained ownership of the notebook after\nholding it while killing Higuchi so Light considered the ownership of that\nnotebook.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-15T01:36:07.057", "id": "61643", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-15T01:36:07.057", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "6584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe original comic books do not contain any backstory to his getting sent to\nthe hallway (to my best knowledge). Presumably, the author finds it funny for\nSasazuka to be sent in the hallway for nothing, and hopes the readers will do\nso.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-08T03:47:06.300", "id": "7911", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-08T03:47:06.300", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3134", "parent_id": "6587", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is common for pre-pubescent male characters who haven't had their voice\ndrop yet. To have people voice male characters like that, the two choices, in\ngeneral, are having a woman voice them or having a pre-pubescent boy voice\nthem. It's a lot easier to find good good women to voice the boys than to find\ngood young boys.\n\nFrom [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan):\n\n> Voice actors for child roles are sometimes selected from renowned youth\n> theatrical companies, such as the Troupe Himawari. In most cases, adult\n> female voice actors play child roles.\n\nThis is also not unique to Japan. Bart Simpson, for example, is voiced by\n[Nancy Cartwright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright), who also\nvoiced characters such as Chum Chum from Fanboy & Chum Chum. Timmy Turner is\nvoiced by [Tara Strong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Strong). There are\nnumerous other examples.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-27T05:22:49.637", "id": "6591", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-27T05:22:49.637", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "6589", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nYour question is somehow related to this\n[question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3259/how-common-is-it-\nfor-men-to-voice-women/3260#3260).\n\n> Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by a\n> voice actor of the opposite sex. Maybe a higher voice is needed for a male,\n> or a lower voice for a female.\n>\n> A common variant for this is for young boys, usually 12 and under, to be\n> voiced by an adult woman. This is because real little boys' voices deepen\n> when they go through puberty. Not to mention that it's easier to find\n> experienced actresses than experienced prepubescent male actors. The\n> producers don't have to deal with child labor laws that limit the amount of\n> time a child can spend in a studio, either. Women are often able to maintain\n> the role longer, as well, since their voices don't change like a growing\n> boy's.\n>\n> There are exceptions, of course — sometimes an adult man or an actual child\n> will voice a little boy. In films, this is the rule rather than the\n> exception, as voice recording for a film generally takes much less time than\n> for a TV series.\n>\n> And on a related note, sometimes, for comedy purposes, a deep-voiced woman\n> will be played by a man.\n> ([source)](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossDressingVoices)\n>\n> Also, female seiyuu voice acting as a male character is much more common\n> than male seiyuu voice acting as a female character probably because it is\n> easier for women to lower their voice's pitch than a man to make his voice's\n> pitch higher like that of a woman.\n\nAs to why female dubbers mostly get the main role, aside from the fact that\nfemale voices' are more flexible in acting than those of males', popularity\nalso is a major factor. There are many female dubbers that are also in their\nsinging career so it kinda boost up both the anime and the dubber's popularity\nby having that person get a main role. But I think the flexibility of females'\nvoices are the main reason.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-27T05:26:40.253", "id": "6592", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-27T05:26:40.253", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "6589", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are multiple cases.\n\n1) **Child _seiyuu_ (voice actors) are pretty much unheard of in Japan.** (It\nis not impossible [for example, [Matsuura\nAya](http://www.theatre.co.jp/talent/178.html) voiced Kaga Rin in _Usagi Drop_\n, which aired when she was about 10 years old], but most _seiyuu_ are at least\n14 years old when they begin working [such as Maaya Sakamoto when she debuted\nas Kanzaki Hitomi in _Tenkuu no Escaflowne_ , a character of her own age]). It\nis common to debut through audition or to complete a degree in an Anime Manga\nSeiyuu _senmongakkou_ (technical college). Finding a young boy to voice boy\nroles is uncommon. It is worth noting that **very young girl roles are\nlikewise usually played by adult women, not by young girls** (for example, the\nyounger sister Mei in _Tonari no Totoro_ ). When casting young girls or boys\nin Japanese theatrical stage productions, usually 2 to 4 children must be cast\nfor a single role, because child labor laws do not allow a child to work more\nthan a certain number of hours per week (for example, Chibiusa and Chibichibi\nin the _Sailor Moon_ musicals a.k.a. _SeraMyu_ and Rudolf in _Elisabeth_ );\nthis is also partly why it is common to cast adult women as young girls and\nboys even in Japanese live-action stage plays).\n\n2) Many characters in anime, such as protagonists of extremely long-running\nchildren's series, are boys who have not yet hit puberty, which is when their\nvoices would change (for example, Satoshi in _Pokemon_ and Conan in _Meitantei\nConan_ ). Employing a female _seiyuu_ allows the character a high-pitched,\nyouthful, cute sound, and the **series can go on for decades without any need\nto replace the voice (whereas if a young male had been cast, his voice might\nbreak and become too low for the character).**\n\n3) **_Bishounen_ (pretty-boy) characters** are often, though not always,\nvoiced by women. **In some cases, the fact that the character is male is not\nrevealed until a number of episodes after the character is introduced** ,\nwhich creates gender-bending hijinks for the other characters who aren't yet\nin the know.\n\n4) **Characters whose sex and/or gender is intended to remain ambiguous** are\noften given female _seiyuu_ (for example, Frol in _11 Nin Iru!_ and Alluka in\n_HUNTER x HUNTER_ ). **Characters who switch sexes** are often given female\n_seiyuu_ , which allows the same _seiyuu_ to voice the character at all times\n(for example, the Sailor Starlights in _Sailor Moon_ or Dilandau in _Tenkuu no\nEscaflowne_ ). In contrast, in dubs of _Sailor Moon_ in other languages, 2\nvoice actors were cast for each of the Starlights, 1 to voice the female\nscenes and another to voice the male scenes. The benefit of the Japanese style\nis to employ a single _seiyuu_ who can play the entire role as well as perform\nthe songs for CD character image songs.\n\n5) As compared to voice actors in other countries, _seiyuu_ have a very high\nlevel of skill and training, and it is a lucrative career. This valid career\noption allows _seiyuu_ who become famous and beloved by their fans to continue\nto work for decades (they need not worry about signs of aging as much as live-\naction film actors do). Other than those with very low masculine voices, their\nown age in real-life is irrelevant regarding what age of character they can\nplay (this is a reason that child _seiyuu_ are not necessary). _Seiyuu_ can\nacquire large fan bases, and production companies will hire them partly based\non the **star power** of having their name in the cast (in other words, some\nviewers will watch an anime simply due to the fact that a certain favorite\n_seiyuu_ is in the series). Some _seiyuu_ have a wide range of character roles\nthey can play, others are \"typecast\" --- but in a way that fans know what to\nexpect out of them and it is generally viewed as a positive feature rather\nthan a limitation. As a result, **certain female _seiyuu_ are more likely than\nothers to be employed in roles of young boys or _bishounen_ , because they are\nrenowned for such work** and/or it's what the fans want to hear.\n\nIt is worth noting that sometimes Japan does the unexpected in terms of voice\ncasting. The female mother wolf character of Moro in _Mononoke-hime_ is voiced\nby Miwa Akihiro, a male _seiyuu_ who is a drag queen with a low, deep voice.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-17T06:12:53.933", "id": "20901", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-10T00:17:59.357", "last_edit_date": "2016-09-10T00:17:59.357", "last_editor_user_id": "8134", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "6589", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it is Super Atragon but its a 90s anime\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-17T12:20:55.797", "id": "6986", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-17T13:42:47.177", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-17T13:42:47.177", "last_editor_user_id": "3095", "owner_user_id": "3095", "parent_id": "6600", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nCould it be Marine Boy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Boy> It's from the\n60's but is still shown on TV even now. If you look at the episode list there\nare several involving submarines. I haven't personally seen it myself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-19T15:17:37.160", "id": "7040", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-19T15:17:37.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3402", "parent_id": "6600", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThanks to a very diligent redditor I was able to find it.\n\n\n\n**海底大戦争 愛の20,000マイル \nThe Great Navy Battle: 20,000 Miles of Love**\n\nReleased by Tatsonoku in 1981. Apparently it was dubbed by Harmony Gold as\n**Undersea Encounter** but was never released for home video, which probably\nexplains why there's almost no trace of it in the web except for a few cover\nimages and brief synopses (mostly in Japanese).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-24T17:19:46.330", "id": "8886", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-24T17:19:46.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66", "parent_id": "6600", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nArcueid is a True Ancestor which are incarnated nature spirits akin to the\nElementals where the term “Elemental” usually refers to spirits born from\nnature.\n\nThe playable Caster in Fate/Extra was said to be the human form of Kitsune and\nis a bit higher than an Earth Spirit because her soul was created by Amaterasu\nas a unique facet of herself. Because of that she would be classified as an\nElemental so in a sense they are both Elementals.\n\nPlayable Caster was created by Amaterasu who is the goddess of the Sun while\nTrue Ancestor were created by Brunestud of the Crimson Moon, the Ultimate One\nof the Moon. Now if you know Shinto religion, Tsukuyomi, God of the Moon is\nAmaterasu's brother thus making the Sun and Moon related. So Playable Caster\nis like a child of the sun while Arcueid is the Princess of the children of\nthe moon. This is a weak connection as we know Amaterasu exists in the\nNasuverse but we don't know to what extent Tsukuyomi exists and if he has any\nconnection to Brunestud.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-29T21:31:54.433", "id": "6627", "last_activity_date": "2016-11-07T02:27:57.623", "last_edit_date": "2016-11-07T02:27:57.623", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6602", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_[Fate/Zero](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Zero)_ is the prequel to\n_[Fate/Stay Night](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/stay_night),_ taking\nplace 10 years before the latter. It originally consisted of 4 light novels\nwritten by [Gen Urobuchi](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi) with\nthe story set by Kinoko Nasu, who wrote the original visual novel. The former\nrevolves around Kiritsugu Emiya and his involvement in the 4th Holy Grail War.\nThe latter revolves around Emiya Shirou and his involvement with the 5th Holy\nGrail War.\n\n_[Fate/Hollow Ataraxia](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/hollow_ataraxia)_\nis considered the sequel to _Fate/Stay Night_ , taking place 6 months later.\nIt's really half story-canon and half fandisk.\n\n_[Fate/Extra](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Extra)_ takes places a long\ntime after _Fate/Stay Night,_ but in a parallel universe. It pushes some fun\nconcepts and new servants and is for the most part considered a canonical part\nof the Nasuverse.\n\nThis so-called \"[Nasuverse](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Nasuverse)\" is a\nterm used to describe the Type-Moon universe that [Nasu\nKinoku](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Kinoko_Nasu) the main series writer,\nand [Takeuchi Takeshi](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Takashi_Takeuchi), the\nmain series character designer, have created.\n\n_[Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma\nIllya](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/kaleid_liner_PRISMA%E2%98%86ILLYA)_\nstarted out as more of a gag-dojin manga serialized in Comp-Ace. It tells the\n\"what-if\" story of what would happen if Illya became a magical girl and had to\ncapture Servants as cards. This series is not considered canon.\n\nThe _[Carnival Phantasm](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Carnival_Phantasm)_\nanime series was adapted from a gag-dojin manga called _Take-Moon_ , published\nin [Type-Moon Ace](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/TYPE-MOON_Ace) magazine and\nauthored and illustrated by Eri Takenashi, who did _Kannagi._ It mostly\nrevolves around inside jokes about Type-Moon and characters from other Type-\nMoon series, who end up meeting each other in the same universe for one reason\nor another. While this series is not considered canon, certain references are\nmade to their respective canonical series.\n\n_[Fate/Strange Fake](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/strange_fake)_ is a\nshort fan-made non-canon light novel written by Ryougo Narita, the writer of\n_Baccano!_ It was was first released online as an April Fools' Day joke with\nno illustrations, but was later inserted into Vol. 2 of the Type-Moon\nMagazine. The story is set in Snowfield, a small town in California (north of\nLas Vegas, Nevada), ten years after _Fate/Hollow Ataraxia_ , during an\n[incomplete\ncopy](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/False_Holy_Grail_War#False_Holy_Grail_War)\n(with no Saber-class servant) of the 3rd Holy Grail War, supposedly initiated\nby the US Government.\n\n_[Fate/Apocrypha](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Apocrypha)_ was\noriginally intended to be an [online\ngame](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Apocrypha#Game), but the plans fell\nthrough. It later became a light novel series written by Yuichiro Higashide\nand illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe, with 3 volumes released at Comiket. The\nstory is set in a parallel world (to the main Fate universe) in which the\nGrail was removed from Fuyuki City after the Third War, so the events of\n_Fate/stay night_ and _Fate/Zero_ never occurred. The story focuses on the\nclash between the two opposing factions, Red and Black, with each summoning 7\nServants of their own, and the Grail itself summoning special Ruler-class\nservant as a mediator of this Holy Grail War. Whether or not it's canon has\nnot yet been determined.\n\n_[Fate/Prototype](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype)_ is a\nreimagined version of Nasu Kinoko's original draft of _Fate/Stay Night_ ,\nwhich Nasu wrote during high school but which was eventually vastly overhauled\nto be a visual novel to be more suitable to target audiences. Much of the lore\nstayed the same, but the system of the Grail War differed. Though certain\ncharacter archetypes and concepts (i.e., Gilgamesh, Avenger) stayed the same,\nthe main character Ayaka Sajyou and her Servant are gender-swapped compared to\nthe visual novel series. Though never officially stated, this series is\nprobably non-canon.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-28T06:21:58.767", "id": "6605", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-01T09:27:14.617", "last_edit_date": "2017-01-01T09:27:14.617", "last_editor_user_id": "2266", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6603", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCould it be [Shinzo/Mushrambo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo)?\n\n\n\nI've never seen the show myself, but a lot of people mention it being a show\nwhere people fight each other and the loser turns into a card, which could be\neaten to make the guy more powerful.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-28T09:25:43.470", "id": "6608", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-28T09:25:43.470", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "6604", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBook 1: **Rolling Bootlegs (1930)** \\- Reasonably faithful but was condensed\n(also, instead of starting in 2002 with the story being told to a tourist in\nthe Alvaere, it starts in 1935 with Gustav and Carol looking over their\ninformation of the events of 1930-1932. And the events happen differently in\nthe novels though the end result is the same, though it does change Firo's\ncharacter interpretation. In the novels, he's actually a HUGE dick, almost as\nbad as Dallas, the only people he shows any respect to are his Martillo\nsuperiors, his childhood friends, and Ennis and later Czes. Whereas in the\nanime he's got more of a shonen hero vibe going on). It also left out the fact\nthat the mugger in the first episode was probably the most important character\nof the 1930 plotline (and his encounter with Firo was moved to 1932, where as\nin the novel it happens right at the beginning of the 1930 story, just before\nFiro goes to buy his hat with Maiza). Also Firo's saving of Ennis was MUCH\nmore involved and took approximately 3 hours. He had to make a small sample of\nthe imperfect elixir using Szilard's memories and then use it to reset her\ndefault state using his own cells to replace the genetic information Szilard\nhad withdrawn (she is biologically his daughter following her revival).\n\nBook 2: **Grand Punk Railroad (1931) - Local Edition** \\- Was mostly faithful\nbut condensed (and left out a somewhat important insight into Ladd's true\ncharacter). It also cut out Jacuzzi vs the Rail Tracer. It does however make\none change, by merging Chane with some aspects of her sister, namely the\nimplied telepathy and conspicuous use of birds in said scenes. Chane herself\nis a completely normal human, while her sister possesses the above mentioned\ntraits as a result of being used in an experiment using information Huey stole\nfrom Szilard's research into creating a true homunculus, as opposed to\nfailures like Ennis.\n\nBook 3: **Grand Punk Railroad (1931) - Express Edition** \\- Was reasonably\nfaithful in what was shown but left out about 2/3 of the book, including\nRachel's encounter with the corrupt train executive and her final encounter\nwith the Rail Tracer, 97% of Claire's side of the story (the parts it does\nshow are from other people's perspectives and as a result you learn nothing\nabout Claire's personality which makes seeing his true self in the OVAs much\nmore jarring), Lua's story, and Fred the Doctor. Since Jacuzzi never fought\nthe Rail Tracer in the anime, his side of the event showing what happened in\nthe aftermath was also left out.\n\nThe out-of-place scene in the first episode (with the blonde girl with the\nspear) is during the climax of book 6, **The Slash - Cloudy to Rainy (1933)**.\n\nThe 1932 plotline was VERY loosely based on the events of book 4, **Drugs and\nDominoes (1932)** , but has no resemblance to the source material after about\nepisode 2. Eve searching for her brother was a minor plot point that only\nserved to get her to New York and was resolved immediately on their first\nvisit to the Daily Days. It's pretty much all filler after that, with only the\nbeginning and very end showing any actual resemblance to anything from the\nbook. (It also completely contradicts the source material in several places\nand merges several characters.)\n\nThe OVAs cover about 1/3 of Book 14, **Another Punk Railroad (1930-1934)** ,\nwhich is mostly a background book to fill in some of the gaps left in the\nprevious books (it is extremely faithful aside from the parts involving Elmer\nwhich were actually based on events from book 5. Also Rachel's backstory was\nsupposed to be told in book 3 from her to the rail tracer during their last\nencounter on the train. And the domino scene is from book 4.). (The train ride\nGustav St. Germain asks Carol to remember in the very first episode of the\nseries also happens in book 14). The stinger of the OVAs is the beginning of\nBook 6, The Slash - Cloudy to Rainy.\n\nThe stinger for episode 13 is actually the beginning of Book 5, **Children of\nthe Bottle (2001)**. Most of the content from episode 7 is taken from a\nflashback arc in Book 5. Rolling Bootleg only gave a VERY abridged version of\nwhat happened on the ship and did so immediately at the beginning of the\nstory.\n\nThere're also little bits of information taken from books 1-14 that are too\nnumerous or minor to be worth mentioning.\n\n* * *\n\nWorth noting, anyone interested in the Novels, DO NOT SKIP ANY OF THEM, even\nif you've seen the anime. It barely scratches the surface of what the novels\nactually covered (the anime tried to give each character some screen time, but\nended up only really covering about 3-4 with anything resembling depth\n(Rachel, Jacuzzi, Chane, Czes (sort of...it left out some pretty important\nstuff though)). The Gandors and Lua especially got shafted despite being named\nin the opening, despite actually having some very interesting\nbackground/stories/character development), in addition to the main plots and\nanswers nearly all the common questions that come up after watching the anime.\nAlso as mentioned, while the end result is usually the same, how they got\nthere is sometimes dramatically different (and IMO, is FAR better done then\nthe anime's attempts at condensing it to fit in 13 episodes. If they'd had 26,\nit might've worked out better, or just dropped 1932 entirely to free up more\ntime.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-21T18:11:54.910", "id": "9836", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-29T03:02:35.520", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-29T03:02:35.520", "last_editor_user_id": "4966", "owner_user_id": "4966", "parent_id": "6609", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI have a few volumes of Blackjack and I can see the similarities, but nailing\ndown inspiration is difficult. We can compare the descriptions of the two. For\nthe tv show, House M.D., the IMDb says \"An antisocial maverick doctor who\nspecializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling\ncases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.\" Anime\nNews Network summarizes Blackjack like this: \"Black Jack is the doctor Tezuka\nwished he could be, one free of the constraints of the modern rules, who can\nheal and help on his rules. He travels the world helping those who pay him,\nsometime those he takes mercy on, and always those who move him. Despite not\nhaving a valid license, he is still the doctor of last resort, the only man\nwho keeps the reaper at bay. Sometimes though, he's the one who brings the\nreaper...\"\n\nThey both have a healthy disdain for what they see as rules that keep them\nfrom helping people. They both experienced crippling injuries, Blackjack was\nblown up by a bomb that killed his mother and House has a knee/leg injury that\nled him to a pain killer addiction. They both tend to \"play God\" because they\nare so skilled. There are also differences. House is a diagnostic doctor and\nBlackjack is a surgeon.\n\nIt is possible that because Blackjack is a much older show, it could have\ninfluenced House M.D., but I doubt it had a direct influence. The crossover\nyou mentioned may have been because the characters are so similar, not because\nof any influence.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T22:55:00.513", "id": "8382", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-30T22:55:00.513", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4335", "parent_id": "6611", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe producer David Shore\n[mentioned](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXtfC9kZAc4) that Dr. House ins at\nleast partially inspired by Sherlock Holmes and partially on his own\nexperiences. Many connections and references [are\ngiven](http://house.wikia.com/wiki/Gregory_House_and_Sherlock_Holmes_connections)\nthroughout the production an series.\n\nThis is most likely a advertising campaign by Generon Universal to cross\npromote Dr. House and the Tezuka anime. Furthermore there is no citation on\nthe connection that Dr. House was inspired by the Tezuka series, just one\nabout the [showdown between the\ntwo](http://lecomptoirdelabd.blog.lemonde.fr/2010/08/22/quand-house-rencontre-\nblack-jack/). With no mention of the former being inspired by the latter.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-18T00:02:53.907", "id": "8738", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-18T01:37:02.000", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-18T01:37:02.000", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "6611", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> How did Orochimaru summon the 1st Hokage?\n\nOrochimaru used 4 Zetsu bodies as bodies for the 4 hokages. Then, recall how\neach one of them were sealed in the death god? The 4th sealed himself with\npart of the kyuubi, and the 3rd sealed himself along with the first two when\nfighting against Orochimaru at chuunin selection exam. Thus Orochimaru can\npull them all out of the death god and put them in the Zetsu bodies.\n\n> Why couldn't Hashirama break the seal?\n\nMadara stated that you can free yourself if you know the seals to Edo Tensei.\nHashirama probably knew the seal (as his brother created the jutsu), but he\ndidn't even need to use it. Orochimaru specifically stated that he couldn't\neven control Hashirama to begin with. This is probably due to Hashirama being\nincredibly strong as well as Zetsu bodies being made with Hashirama cells.\n\n> Why is there so much mystery about Hashirama's power?\n\nBecause he is considered the god of all Shinobi. And since Naruto takes place\nin an era where he is dead, no one really knows his true strength. Of course,\nthe only person who would know his true power is Uchiha Madara.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-29T04:19:58.110", "id": "6618", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-29T04:19:58.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6614", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHashirama doesn't need to break the Edo-Tensei because it's already mentioned\nthat Orochimaru (Jutsu owner) is not able to control Hashirama.\n\nWhich means he is already acting on his own free will. The only risk is if\nsomeone catches Orochimaru and undo the Justsu somehow (like Itachi did to\nKabuto), all 4 Hokages will vanish. Even in that case, there is Edo-Tensei\ngrace period. During that time, Hashirama can break the Jutsu and recast it on\nhis own, same like Madara did (maybe 2nd also, he is the Jutsu creator).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-14T10:20:53.883", "id": "6900", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-05T17:01:33.937", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-05T17:01:33.937", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3323", "parent_id": "6614", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nHashirama (in Chunin Exam Arc under Orochimaru's Control was only at 40% and\nhad a talisman inserted into him; Madara did not, and Hashirama, as I\npreviously stated, was at 40%, thus weaker, and unable to use his full power).\nIn Shippuden, once again revived by Orochimaru, easily breaks free from the\nseal due to to his immense strength and prowess.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-18T06:11:57.287", "id": "9787", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-18T14:06:27.277", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-18T14:06:27.277", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "4933", "parent_id": "6614", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nKabuto's edo tensei is different since he can keep the old mind of the\ndeceased iam pretty sure orochimatu didn't do so when madara was ascending to\nheaven he had control over his body and was able to revive himself hashirama\ndidn't get the grace period of ascending cause of sarutobi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-11T17:06:57.577", "id": "11224", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-11T17:06:57.577", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6203", "parent_id": "6614", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Orochimaru summoned Hashirama in part one, he was using the incomplete\nversion of the jutsu and it took kabuto from the time of Orochimaru's death to\nthe fourth great ninja war to perfect it. So the Hashirama that was summoned\nearlier was not a complete copy whereas Madara is the perfected version.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-30T17:11:36.957", "id": "13166", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-30T20:06:19.430", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-30T20:06:19.430", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "7800", "parent_id": "6614", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHonnouji Academy is a school that rules over and entire city with the hands of\nan all powerful dictatorship.\n\n> Is everyone in there a prisoner?\n\nYou could call that, but they can get out anytime they want.\n\n> What happens when a student is expelled?\n\nHis/Her family goes to the lowest social class or be killed, it depends on the\ncause of expulsion.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-28T08:46:34.890", "id": "7196", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-28T08:46:34.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3360", "parent_id": "6617", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFirst things first, some background. In Japan, some high schools have\ndormitories for students who would otherwise live far away. The living areas\nof Honnouji Academy is an extension of that, a hyperbolic version of that if\nyou will. Keep in mind that everything in Kill-la-Kill is an exaggeration of\nreal life and a parody of older anime.\n\nNow, there's a reason for all this in the anime itself however, as revealed in\nlater episodes. As to the students being prisoners, some spoilers:\n\n> All the students there are originally going to be \"cattle\" for the life\n> fibers. Life fibers require humans to operate without being connected to the\n> original life fiber itself. We have to remember that Satsuki planned to\n> rebel against her mother by training the academy's students to resist life\n> fibers. She does this by making them wear one-star uniforms. As they get\n> more resistant, more willpower to resist the life-fibers, they get promoted\n> to two-stars and so on. Those who have no potential will not be permitted to\n> wear the uniforms and it is likely that Satsuki would want to spare them\n> from being involved in the her upcoming rebellion.\n\nAs for expulsion, expelled student are expelled normally in that, they are\nremoved from the academy along with their family. Of course there are some\nexceptions. It's probable that the traitor in the first episode was killed so\nthat Satsuki's plans would remain a secret as he stole an important piece of\ntechnology, but the traitor in episode 4 was spared because she would pose no\nthreat as she has not stolen any of the uniform technology.\n\nIn other words, yes they are all pigs in human clothing, but not exactly, and\nwhen a student is expelled them and their family are kicked out unless they\nare a danger to Satsuki's plans.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-06T23:41:21.463", "id": "8529", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-06T23:53:13.480", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-06T23:53:13.480", "last_editor_user_id": "293", "owner_user_id": "293", "parent_id": "6617", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDuring the fight between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Edo Tensei Hokage brothers, the\n1st and 2nd Hokage were not able to use their full power, because, Orochimaru\nhadn't perfected the\n[jutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning:_Impure_World_Reincarnation) at\nthat time.\n\nAlso, Hiruzen was not afraid of Minato alone, but he was afraid that he wont\nbe able handle all three of them at once.\n\nIn my personal opinion, Hashirama Senju is considered the strongest Hokage\nbecause of his abilities like Sage Mode, extraordinary life force, Wood\nRelease techniques, impressive clones, great stamina (many people have tries\nto replicate it, like Orochimaru, Madara Uchiha, Zetsu, Obito Uchiha).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-29T11:49:03.083", "id": "6622", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-25T09:13:00.957", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-25T09:13:00.957", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2769", "parent_id": "6621", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nWell you can't compare Hokage. May be Hashirama is very powerful. But at the\nsame time Tobirama is more powerful because he can be very dangerous due to\nthe edo tensei and transportation techniques.\n\nIn the other way Sarutobi may be not powerful as much as people say he is. He\nis only capable of using basic elements and his will of fight. His sealing\njutsu also belong to uzumaki class.\n\nMy point of view you cant compare the Hokages to check who is most powerful\nbecause each one is unique.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-31T04:27:26.530", "id": "6662", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T22:22:41.933", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T22:22:41.933", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "3166", "parent_id": "6621", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nLooking at your question, I feel that you want to know who was more powerful,\nMinato or Hashirama, right? Actually, I also keep on wondering about these\nkind of stuff myself. I wonder what would happen if Hashirama and Minato would\nfight? Who would win? And I begin to compare their power and make them fight\nwith each other in my thoughts.\n\nHashirama can heal himself fast due to extra ordinary life force so he can\neasily survive any attack made to him. On the other hand, Minato can teleport\nhimself so quick that he can escape easily from any attack Hashirama would\nmade. Then again, Minato can use his Rasengan but I wonder if that can wound\nHashirama. Hashirama along with his sage mode and wood style might be able to\ntrack where Minato would teleport himself next. But Minato with his\ninstantaneous reflexes might be able to dodge that as well.\n\nMinato is capable of defeating nine tails as he sealed the beast once. On the\nother hand, Hashirama is someone who can control and tame the tailed beast. He\neven won his fight with Madara who was controlling Kurama at that time.\n\nBut you don't have worry very long. Naruto will become Hokage someday. He had\npromised that so many times. And he will be the most powerful of all Hokage\nfor sure :)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-09T16:29:51.770", "id": "6829", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T16:29:51.770", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3272", "parent_id": "6621", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nActually Sarutobi is said to be stronger than the 1st himself. The only thing\nholding him back is the fact he's old. No other Hokage has been as old as him,\nmaking him weaker than he is. You are also forgetting the fact that he SHARES\nthe title of \"God of Shinobi\" with Hashirama and the Sage of Six Paths. Being\nable to handle of Orochimaru and 2 of the strongest hokage, even in an edo\ntensei form, is pretty damn impressive. Especially at a weak state due to his\nage. Honestly Sarutobi is my favorite of all the Kage. But I'm pretty\nconfident that he is the strongest if not second.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-06T09:31:04.613", "id": "7362", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-06T09:31:04.613", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3625", "parent_id": "6621", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nYeah, Minato and Tobirama were very strong and Hiruzen was meant to be\nbrilliant when he was younger, but Hashirama was like a Greek hero. He had the\nspirit of Ashura, he could do all the crazy healing things Naruto is doing\nright now, he was powerful beyond compare.\n\nHe had chakra that doesn't compare to anyone we've seen all series, easily\nbreaking out of Orochimaru's Edo Tensei the second time which none of the\nother hokages could do, his sage mode was ridiculous, his wood dragon was as\npowerful as the nine tails and his ridiculous avatar made of hands was by far\nthe most powerful thing in the series. Minato and Tobirama had some absolutely\nbrilliant techniques, and Hiruzen had an amazing breadth of techniques but\nHashirama's chakra alone just put him on a different level, in addition to his\nother ridiculous powers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-09T15:37:31.080", "id": "9604", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-09T15:37:31.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4515", "parent_id": "6621", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a special that plays after the SAO-anime (after the alfheim arc). It has\nan original story not covered in the light novels.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T01:40:29.257", "id": "6631", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T01:40:29.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "6628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe facts are\n\n 1. At 1:56:10-20 Light can clearly see Ryuk, which means he should have touched the second DN at least once.\n 2. At 1:56:30 Light writes down his father's name, who doesn't die in the end.\n\nIn those 10 seconds it would have been impossible for L to switch the\nnotebooks. Assuming this isn't just a mistake from the authors, I can think of\ntwo possibilities\n\n 1. Either L had secretly touched Light with a piece of the Death Note and asked Ryuk to play along and to only appear from the moment light had touched the fake notebook, making Light believe that it was the real one.\n 2. They only switched the pages and not the cover, as they did in the manga.\n\nMy gut feeling says it's the second, but I can't really prove it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-20T11:33:30.820", "id": "11377", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-20T11:33:30.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "6629", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe progression from butterfly to leaf suggests grasping at the \"fundamentals\"\nof something: the butterfly started from a catepillar eating a leaf. However,\nthis idea of progressively digging deeper does not really explain the\nmonologue progression. For instance, with Shiori, the progression is from:\n\n 1. Always hated Juri and wanted to take something away from her. (\"Go deeper.\")\n 2. Juri's kindness looked like she was making fun of Shiori. She thought taking away Juri's purported love interest would change things, but she only felt worse after doing so. Now she knows about the pendant, things are different.\n 3. In a good way, Shiori doesn't know what she should do now.\n 4. \"It's no use. Why do you look at me like that?\"\n\nWe do not as a general rule get _increasingly_ \"deeper\" motives as the\nbackground image progresses. The main rule that governs how the monologue\nprogresses seems to be:\n\n 1. Before \"go deeper\", consists of at least an allusion to some fears\n 2. After \"go deeper\", consists on an expansion on the fears and possible explanation of motives.\n\nSo while I would _not_ read too much into the stylised elements (which is my\ngeneral policy with fiction, when the meanings are not obvious), I can say\nthat it at least _fits_ for two reasons:\n\n 1. The butterfly \"degrades\" into what it is made up of, similar to how we learn what is behind characters' problems.\n\n 2. The progression of the image _makes sense_ because it follows a pattern and isn't blatantly out of place. In a lot of fiction, the exact \"meaning\" of motifs or stylised elements will never be suggested; the important thing is that they will nonetheless not be out of place.\n\n(To be honest, I think the opposite progression---leaf to butterfly---wouldn't\nbe out of place were all of the segments replaced with that, and if that\nhappened, I would have been able to make something up about how the characters\nare expanding and developing their motives.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-11-19T08:46:09.847", "id": "27418", "last_activity_date": "2015-11-19T22:25:54.420", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "6630", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was not Sasuke's curse mark that was used, he's with Jugo when Susanoo was\ninfused with sage chakra, so Jugo's chakra was used to gain Senjutsu Susanoo\nand form the same pattern as Sasuke's curse seal.\n\n**Jugo in Sasuke's Susano** \n\n**Orochimaru explaining Jugo's chakra**\n\n\n\n**Source: Ch. 648**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T13:47:48.803", "id": "6642", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T13:47:48.803", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "6634", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe jutsu which Orochimaru used is called Juinjutsu. Orochimaru was unable to\nuse Sage Mode and thus [had to create an alternative way to make use of\nSenjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Orochimaru%27s_Juinjutsu).\n\n> In addition to his various test subjects, Orochimaru gave cursed seals to\n> some of his most powerful and unique followers, either to enhance their\n> abilities or to prepare them for becoming potential host bodies. To apply a\n> cursed seal, Orochimaru bites the recipient, doing so with the aid of his\n> sharp fangs and extendible neck. The seal then appears on the body of the\n> victim near the puncture wound before causing them to lose consciousness.\n\nNow try recalling the concept of Bunshin no Jutsu. When clones are created, it\nhas mind of their own. As a result, when it is released, the original would\nget the details of clone's experience. **Clearly Orochimaru's technique is not\nBunshin. It's much more evolved than that.** He shares a portion of his power\nin the host's body and tries to reside in the body. So naturally, it has a\ndifferent mind.\n\nTry recalling the incident during Kabuto and Sasuke fight. **After Orochimaru\nwas revived from Anko Mitarashi's body by Uchiha Sasuke** , he said that he\nhad been seeing the entire war from Anko's body, which clearly showed that he\nwas mentally active inside the host's body.\n\n### Reference\n\n * [**Orochimaru's Juinjutsu**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Orochimaru's_Juinjutsu)\n * [**Anko Mitarashi**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Anko_Mitarashi)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-31T09:22:34.733", "id": "6669", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-20T04:20:12.873", "last_edit_date": "2015-02-20T04:20:12.873", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3081", "parent_id": "6635", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo my understanding Edo-Tensei is run by the caster's Chakra, which is\nrequired to refuel the reincarnated shinobi.\n\nSo the ones still running, will be able to use their remaining Chakra and then\ncease to function (and thus die).\n\nBut then again, you might also assume that with the correct knowledge and\napplication of seals, you would be able to siphon Chakra from the environment,\nor you could have an army of shinobi fueling the entire thing.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T12:56:18.700", "id": "6641", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T12:56:18.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3162", "parent_id": "6636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIf the summoner dies, then all the reanimated shinobi will keep on existing\nwithout the controller.\n\nBefore I begin, it is important to know how control works in Edo Tensei. There\nare 3 methods of control the summoner can place on a shinobi:\n\n 1. Shinobi are allowed to have control over themselves \n 2. Shinobi are given an objective and they must complete it\n 3. Summoner fully controls the Shinobi\n\nKabuto can decide which layer of control he wants to assert on each\nindividual.\n\nWhen alive, Kabuto can freely change the control type over all the shinobi\nunder his command. Once he is dead, his army will continue fulfilling his last\norder before he passed.\n\nThat means people who had control over themselves still have control of\nthemselves. Ones that are given some assignment(s) still have to finish that\nassignment(s) (which is probably a combination of very detailed tasks in order\nto gain leverage over Madara). As for the last group, they revert back to the\nmost recent option between 1 and 2. If they were previously had full control,\nthen they will regain full again.\n\nNOTE: While Kabuto determines his control over his army, there are multiple\nways to also break out of it - explained in my answer\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/10/how-can-madara-still-\nstick-around-even-after-the-edo-tensei-had-been-ended/6467#6467).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T14:39:24.240", "id": "6643", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T14:39:24.240", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "6636", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell my friend to be honest, Mashashi messed up a little at the end of Naruto\nseries, no offense but as a long term Naruto fan I feel that. This is one case\nhe won't be able to fix.\n\nThe other case is remember 16 years ago before Naruto was born when Obito\ntried to capture the nine tails at that point, Kakashi seem to be a little kid\nbut 4th Hokage fight with a full grown Obito at that point.\n\nAnyway my possible solution to your answer is that someone rescued him and\nhelped him regaining some of his chakra and use Doton jutsu. Unbalance rubber\nmay have been fallen short after Kakashi and the others left.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T20:23:52.387", "id": "6648", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-08T07:41:31.960", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-08T07:41:31.960", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "3166", "parent_id": "6646", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the anime, Maka's mom is referenced many times by Maka, who says that she\noccasionally gets postcards from places her mother has been to. Therefore, I'm\nassuming that after a Meister makes a Death Scythe, they take on a job like\nany other person would, or maybe some special mission from Lord Death himself.\nAfter all, after the Weapons become Scythes, they go around the world\nprotecting different parts of the world.\n\nThis is just a theory. The answer may have been revealed in the manga, but I\ndon't know for certain. I hope this helped a little bit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-23T22:17:07.817", "id": "21076", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-26T14:58:59.953", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-26T14:58:59.953", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "14096", "parent_id": "6649", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Meisters who made their Weapons into Death Scythes are then ready to take\non evil with their Meister abilities like Stein. They probably become a backup\nplan when Satan-sama or Shinigami-sama aren't available or incapable of using\nthe Death Scythe. I can't understand why there are so many Death Scythes who\nare used by the Shinigami only. There has to be more than just the Shinigami\nwho can use them in times of need.\n\nAnother logical explanation would be that the Meister who upgrades the Weapon\ninto a Death Scythe is probably its best user, so they are probably only\nsummoned when needed. However, many Death Scythes who operate on their own\n(like Justin) can be used even when Shinigami or Meister aren't available.\nUntil they are summoned, the Meisters probably have to take on some jobs for\nsurvival, etc. However, they might be summoned to use the Weapons that they\nhave converted to Death Scythe because of their mastery and wavelength\ncompatibilities. This can be observed when all the Death Scythes that Crona\ndestroyed were accompanied with their Meisters at the place.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-25T10:19:40.827", "id": "21107", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-26T15:29:38.837", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-26T15:29:38.837", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "14105", "parent_id": "6649", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI've seen something online that led me to believe that the meister in\nexception of Maka's parents follows their partners. I haven't seen anything\nabout Marie or Azusa, but I've seen it in the other cases.\n\nJustin Law is just a badass and can do it on his own so he's exempted, but the\nother 4 should have some info on it.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-02T06:46:28.933", "id": "44039", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-02T06:58:29.337", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-02T06:58:29.337", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37418", "parent_id": "6649", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that Spirit is the only personal Death Scythe and none of the others\nare supposed to be used by death. The other's probably were trained by\nthemselves or a meister who left. Like how Marie keeps on talking about\npartners that left her. It is also posible that the death's scythes can\nconnect to multiple wavelength and are able to go between multiple parters\nlike Stein or I am over thinking this and the animators did not come up with\nan explanation.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-10T01:15:53.610", "id": "49580", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-10T01:15:53.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43341", "parent_id": "6649", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe the game was a defense against fixing the problem.\n\nThe guy who started it was one of the people who worked on the game with Frau,\nso he must have been betting that the person who was trying to gain access\nwould not beat the hacked kill-ballad character, even if it was Frau herself.\n\n(since she made the system she could give herself the rights back to fix the\nproblem but couldn't play kill-ballad well enough to beat the hack)\n\n(It also gave Kaito a chance to save the day ;])\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-19T10:28:16.147", "id": "7036", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-19T10:28:16.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3399", "parent_id": "6650", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nMy two cents in four letters: PLOT.\n\nThe developer that messed the servers was a kill-ballad fan, and its like 60's\nbatman villain all over: it has to have a trademark.\n\nIt also gives foreshadowing of\n\n> the final battle where Kai uses his slow time ability to defeat the boss.\n\nAnd also led to\n\n> the short romantic fanservice that ended with frau kissing an unconscious\n> Kai.\n\nSo from all points, it made sense FROM THE PLOT point of view, to fix the\nrobot riot that way.\n\nOtherwise, like a real world explanation? The guy had some mental disorder. A\nSavant Idiot of sorts.\n\nBut !!! ([click HERE for the real\npoint](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-kYiDbG39s))\n\n> WE DIG GIANT ROBOTS!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T02:44:01.133", "id": "8164", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-21T02:44:01.133", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2808", "parent_id": "6650", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe main thing was that they brainwashed her colleague which hoaxed Frau and\ntheir goal was to everything onto her that she was the one who hacked the\ncompany and that she choughed them against humans. They wanted it to look like\nsomeone else done job so Committee of 300 hundred will not be discovered.\n\nThey used Noah (machine strong enough to create delusions for other people who\nare unable to see them. It's a lot more explained in Chaos;Head). He was\ndecieved by them to believe he got wife and kid and after Frau told him she\ndoes not have wife and child his brain started \"deteriorating\" and he died. So\nthere were no existing evidence who has done it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-06-02T07:00:10.863", "id": "40652", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-02T07:00:10.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "32845", "parent_id": "6650", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey're entirely different story wise, My-HiME is set more or less in our\nworld while My-Z HiME (My Otome) is set in a fictional universe.\n\nThey are roughly connected by the character and their personalities that\nexists in both series, such as Mai's and Natsuki's rivalry, Natsuki's Same Sex\nRelationship with Shizuru (In My-Z HiME they are much more open, in My-HiME\nthey only are open with each other about their feeling near the end) and\nHaruka hot tempered personality and malapropism with Yukino always correcting\nher.\n\nAlso both series portray the females being the ones with power having to also\ncome to terms with their adolescence and love at the same time as controling\nthis power. in My-HiME it was choosing to have power at the cost of the person\nthe girl loved the most (the warning Natsuki gives Mai before she awakens her\nChild) while with My-Z HiME it was choosing to have power and never being with\na male (explained by how the Y Chromosome will destroy the Nano Machines and\nthus Otome's can't have any relationship with men)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-31T00:42:44.910", "id": "6653", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T21:32:08.220", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T21:32:08.220", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "6652", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe _Mai-HiME_ series is the principal anime where Hime, an ancient power that\nis born inside chosen people that will fight to determine the master of the\nnew millennium (between good vs evil) and a foreign organization trying to\nsway the results by mimicking that power.\n\nThe _Mai-Otome_ series is supposed to be set a millennium later after human\nhave migrated to another planet. The technology that was used by humans to be\nable to finally reach the stars is the exact tech develop after trying to\nmimic the Hime ability. And as to a millennium have passed... the Hime users\nwas reborn a new, and the darkness follows behind them in a different\nform.....\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-10-22T04:59:22.230", "id": "42928", "last_activity_date": "2017-10-22T08:39:43.443", "last_edit_date": "2017-10-22T08:39:43.443", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "36245", "parent_id": "6652", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]