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"body": "\n\nOkay so I remember normal looking people.\n\nThen a kid who was really weird looking, Like a completely different art style\nand drawn badly.\n\nHe went on adventures I think\n\nI remember him chasing a bra. (But that scene could be mixed up with something\nelse)\n\nOther than that all I remember is that I watched all of it because I remember\nthe seasons started over on tv. I watched it when I was around 6 and I am now\n17.\n\nI think it was cartoon network but I'm not sure or maybe fox kids this was in\nthe Uk by the way.\n\nThanks in adanced\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt could potentially be a match for Ranma 1/2\n\nIt has a character named Happosi. He's a step below \"one of the main\ncharacters\", so even though the show doesn't revolve around him, you'll see\nhim often.\n\nHe's also not a child, He's actually really old, But It is possible to mistake\nhim for a child because he's really short and he acts like one too. He does\nlook poorly drawn when compared with the rest of the characters.\n\nThis is what he looks like\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow many volumes of the light novels did Durarara season 1 utilize? Where\nshould I start reading if I want to continue from after the first season\nended? (I know the second season is already being broadcasted). Also, are the\nlight novels still on-going or are they finished?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durarara!!#Light_novel) and [Manga\nUpdates](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=49306) say that the anime\ncovers the first three volumes of the light novels.\n\n**From Manga Updates:**\n\n> **Status in Country of Origin** \n> 13 Volumes (Complete)\n>\n> **Anime Start/End Chapter** \n> Starts at volume 1 \n> Ends at volume 3\n\n_(As per senshin's comment, a sequel light novel series titled[Durarara!!\nSH](http://durarara.wikia.com/wiki/Durarara!!_SH) is underway and has 2\nvolumes published at the time of writing)_\n\n**Wikipedia excerpt about the[anime\nadaptation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durarara!!#Anime):**\n\n> An anime adaption of the light novels was announced in the wraparound sleeve\n> of the sixth volume of the light novel. The anime is produced by Brain's\n> Base and started airing on January 7, 2010 on MBS, TBS, and CBC. Crunchyroll\n> simulcasted the anime at 480p and 720p within 24 hours of its Japanese\n> premiere. Other users were able see the same episode in standard definition\n> for free one week later. **The anime adapted the first three novels,** and\n> it was licensed by Beez Entertainment for European release, while at Anime\n> Expo 2010, Aniplex of America confirmed that they have the license to\n> Durarara!!, later producing an English dub for a January 2011 release. The\n> English dub was produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment. The music for the\n> first season was composed by Makoto Yoshimori, who also wrote the music for\n> Baccano!.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSorry, but I'd highly suggest you read the light novels translations if you\ncan (even the ones that take place during the time of the anime). There a lot\nof stuff not even mentioned in the anime. A lot of the events are either cut\nout, shortened, or completely adverted into something similar, and all out to\nnearly bashing Izaya's character. It makes him out to a whole lot worse than\nwhat he really is. Preferably in Volume 9 for his case.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Naruto's Nine Tails Chakra Mode** : \n\n\n**Naruto's Tailed Beast Mode** :\n\n\n\nThe change in the appearance is very clear. \n\n**Minato**\n\n\n\nMinato's Nine Tails Chakra Mode and Tailed Beast Mode (when he can use Kurama\navatar) appearance remains the same. Only his pupils change. So why didn't his\nshroud get a new design like Naruto's?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think it's because when the nine tails was split into two halves, so was\nit's ability to transform into Tailed Beast Mode. Yang Kurama (the one Naruto\nhas) has to go Kurama Mode prior to going into Tailed Beast Mode where as Yin\nKurama (the one Minato has) has to go straight into Tailed Beast Mode. When\nboth halves of Kurama are combined into the original form, they gain the\nability to go into Tailed Beast Mode however they want (either straight from\nNine Tails Chakra Mode or from Kurama Mode).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think that it's because Minato has better chakra control than naruto if you\nlook at the pics the first version(nine tails chakra mode) he looks like he's\nhaving trouble controlling the chakra whereas in the second (tailed beast\nmode) one its not a problem I would assume this is because when he's in nine\ntails chakra mode he had to take the chakra by force from the nine tails\n(episode 245)and in Tailed Beast Mode they are acting more as a team (episode\n500). While he might have trouble since it's commonly known that Naruto's\nchakra control is not too great Minato became the 4th Hokage so I would assume\nhe has good control since I doubt he had tons of chakra he could just throw\naround like Naruto can so he could probably refine his without teaming up with\nthe nine tails. Its been a while since I watched Naruto though so this might\nnot be totally accurate but as far as I can remember this would explain the\ndifference.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [the wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nine-Tails_Chakra_Mode),\nthe difference between \"Nine-tails Chakra Mode\" and \"Kurama Mode\", the one you\ncalled \"Tailed Beast Mode\" is simply that Naruto learned Kyuubi's name:\nKurama. At that point, Kurama wasn't just lending Naruto chakra, they were\nfighting together.\n\nI would guess that Minato never learned to fight together with Kurama or\nALWAYS fought together with it, so Kurama never changed Minato's appearance.\n\nThe wiki actually defined \"Tailed Beast Mode\" when the Jinchuuriki assumes\ntheir tailed beast's form:\n\n\n\nThis is both Naruto and Minato in \"Tailed Beast Mode\" performing a combined\n_Rasengan_.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is because he already has a cloak. The shroud of chakra forms as a cloak\nand it can't do that if there's already a cloak to begin with.\n\nThink about it, everytime they have a cloak on the transformation hasn't\nchanged them.\n\nThe chakra can't make it's own form so it just ends up raping itself around\nwhat's already there.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _The Last: Naruto the Movie_ ,\n\n> Naruto appears fighting Toneri using Tailed Beast Mode with Sage Mode. What\n> happened to his stronger form (Six Paths Sage Mode)!? Did he lose it?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Six Paths Sage Mode is a heightened state of Sage Mode, which drastically\nempowers the user's abilities to a far greater extent by combining the **Six\nPaths Sage Chakra** and the **chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts**. Hagaromo\ntakes back his Yang chakra from Naruto, thus taking away the Six Paths Sage\nChakra. I think this might have led to Naruto losing the Six Paths Sage Mode.\nMaybe...\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is a theory that Naruto still has the potential to use it but he\ndoesn't, since it needs chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts, which he used up\nin his battle against Sasuke. The sage said that he was a pseudo-Ten Tails and\nthat the Tailed Beasts could all go into him to speak with each other (this\nwas after he took back his yin and yang seals from Naruto and Sasuke). He may\nhave felt there was no need to, since both halves of the Kyuubi are sealed\ninside him now.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe that he still has access to the Six Paths Sage Mode, due to the fact\nthat he could still enter it during his fight with Sasuke even after the mark\non his hand vanished. Plus, even after the battle with Sasuke, it is shown\nthat he was able to dispel the Infinite Tsukiyomi with Sasuke, which requires\nboth the Rinnegan and the power of all Tailed Beasts according to the sage.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSage mode is all about natural energy and the moon has no nature, so Naruto\ncan't connect with all the Tailed Beasts. That's why he can't go into the Six\nPaths Sage Mode. Six Paths Sage Mode is a heightened state of Sage Mode. If\nNaruto can't use Sage Mode on the moon, he also can't use Six Paths Sage Mode\nbecause of the absence of nature. He can't collect any natural energy and he\nalso can't connect to other Tailed Beasts because they all are still on Earth.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nEven If he doesn't have all the tailed beast he still should have half of the\nsages chakra but he did lose the are in which the sage gave his chakra. The\nmovie didn't really show Naruto going all out from what I've seen. I don't\neven know if Naruto still have the truth seeking balls.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI would think that how Minato sealed part of Kurama, in which it could\nrepllenish its own energy when its low. I'm guessing that the taled beast\nwithin Naruto could do the samething. Seeing as Hagoromo said that Naruto\nwould be the meeting place for all the tailed beast.\n\nNaruto should have the potential to use six paths sage mode, seeing as Sasuke\nstill has full access of his rinnegan. He could even turn the eye off\ncompletly. I remember reading somewhere that in the Last movie Naruto's chakra\nwas turned into a bomb that destroyed half the moon. That could be why he\ndoesn't use that mode. I did see that Naruto could touch Toneri Ōtsutsuki's\ntruth seeking balls which means he has the other half of Hagoromo's chakra\nwhich is the important thing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just notice that Touka has changed and became more mature. Her surroundings,\nincluding Hide who has a part time job, have also changed/became more mature. \nHow many years have passed? Does anyone know?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI don't think there is \"a years time skip\". At most a few months have passed,\nas the Anti-Ghoul members who were injured have healed and Aogiri have taken\nover some areas.\n\nAt this point in the manga, the time skip was around 6 months, but apparently\nthis is an original story (for season 2) so that may not be a good guideline.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo Araragi jumps out of a portal and saves Tsubasa from the History Tiger\nwhile carrying the Kaii slaying sword...\n\nI thought it was after traveling back to the present (Mayoi Jiangshi) but he\njust came back normally and he didn't even use the sword.\n\nI've watched up to Hitagi End and I don't see where that scene fits in.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYou didn't miss anything; the Second Season anime never shows us what happened\nto Koyomi during the time period of Tsubasa Tiger after the end of Shinobu\nTime.\n\nIn the novels, though, there is a Third Season of stories which take place\nduring the same timeframe as the Second Season. The Third Season hasn't been\nadapted to anime yet, although it may well be in the future, since they made\nTsukimonogatari against my expectations.\n\nSuruga Devil is chronologically the last story in the Monogatari series, but\nthe Third Season explains what Ougi's deal is and shows us what was going on\nbehind the scenes during the Second Season, including what happened to Koyomi\nafter Shinobu Time. I haven't read the Third Season novels, but according to\nthe Bakemonogatari wikia, the story Shinobu Mail from Owarimonogatari Volume 2\ncovers this period. It takes place between Shinobu Time (which was immediately\nafter Mayoi Jiangshi, and also overlapped with Tsubasa Tiger) and Ougi\nFormula, the first story of Owarimonogatari. You can read a thorough summary\nof Shinobu Mail [on the\nwikia](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Owarimonogatari#Shinobu_Mail);\nI'll just summarize how it bridges the gap between Shinobu Time and the end of\nTsubasa Tiger.\n\n> In return for her help during Shinobu Time, Gaen Izuko asks Koyomi to help\n> her deal with an ancient kaii which seems to have a connection to Shinobu.\n> This is why the vampire hunter Episode was in town to meet Tsubasa on the\n> street during Tsubasa Tiger: he was hired by Izuko to help with this job.\n> Izuko also has Koyomi summon Suruga. Suruga meets Koyomi at Eikou Cram\n> School. They have a confrontation with the ancient kaii, which ends when\n> Kako sets fire to the building. Shinobu and Black Hanekawa arrived during\n> Tsubasa Tiger just in time to see the building burning. Shinobu and Black\n> Hanekawa fight a strange creature in the park, after which they get\n> separated. Koyomi and Suruga meet up with Shinobu. It turns out that the\n> ancient kaii in samurai armor is Shinobu's first servant, mentioned in\n> Kizumonogatari. After a climactic confrontation with him, Koyomi sets off\n> with Kokorowatari to save Tsubasa from Kako, leading to the end of Tsubasa\n> Tiger.\n\nSo the short answer is that Koyomi was off on a job for Izuko between Shinobu\nTime and the final scene of Tsubasa Tiger. He was beat up when he rescued\nTsubasa because he'd just finished with another battle.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy question is Why?\n\nMost manga that have anime adaptions get them while they are still on-going\n(even if the manga ends during the initial anime run.)\n\nCan anyone give/think of a reason why they suddenly made this after 20 years?\n\n**Edit:** Glad they did though, its might be my favourite anime.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBecause they felt like it. Simple as that. Though the Parasyte Live action\nmovies have been in development hell for years, so the anime might have simply\nbeen a marketing tool to get people interested in the movies since the Manga\nis pretty old, and even the reprint edition (from 2006 or so) can be kind of\nhard to find.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAt first, I didn't notice this part because I was too focused on Celty and\nShinra's \"lovey-dovey upgrade\", until my friend told me about this part...\n\nThey are making something weird, or should we call it a weapon - right there\non the table?\n\nWhat I want to ask is, are they assassins? Or do they have another identity\nbesides being obsessed with Yuhei-sama ?\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey're Orihara Izaya's little sisters,\n[Mairu](http://myanimelist.net/character/30623/Mairu_Orihara) and\n[Kukuri](http://myanimelist.net/character/30624/Kururi_Orihara)\n\nThey appeared in the special in the first season.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf you're _super_ -observant, you can actually spot Kururi and Mairu as early\nas episode 8 of the first season. They appear in the background of one shot\n(at right).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QZazA.jpg)\n\nThey aren't introduced by name, but an enterprising Japanese-reading person\nwho recognizes Kitamura Eri's voice could take a look at the end credits and\nspot their names there.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yCkCK.png)\n\nIt sounds to me like Mairu is just saying \"Yuuhei-san\" repeatedly (lol\nforeshadowing), but I guess Kururi must have a line that I'm not catching, too\n(Simon is speaking over them), since Kanemoto Hisako is credited as her in\nthis episode.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI remember a scene where a boy is riding a bicycle (?) and he runs into a\ngirl. They both take a tumble, but when he goes to check on her, she is more\nworried about him. I believe she takes in or helps demons that the guy can't\nsee. For each one she helps, she becomes more powerful, but the power is\nmisfortune (?), I believe.\n\nThere is another scene where the demons are checking on the guy when he's\ntaking a bath, and the demons are telling the girl they have seen him naked\njust to embarrass her.\n\nI recall that she also helps a demon that is a store mascot (?), possibly a\npanda, and he joins her group. The demons learn that he does a ritual of some\nsort or has a charm that prevents them for doing any harm.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm quite sure it is [**Renai Kaidan Sayoko-\nsan**](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48943).\n\nSynopsis from mangaupdates (emphasis mine):\n\n> Sayoko is an incredibly kind, but solitary, young kimono-clad lady who has\n> certain supernatural abilities. **She can see ghosts, and she frees them\n> from their places of death by agreeing to let them haunt her instead.** As a\n> result, everywhere she goes, **she is followed by an army of well-meaning\n> spirits that only she can see.** Her weirdness tends to throw any normal\n> people who would have otherwise possibly become her friends.\n>\n> Inaba is a poor college student who happens to **accidentally run over\n> Sayoko with his bicycle.**\n>\n> Sayoko normally is **unable to interact with people for long periods of\n> time, because since she is haunted she endangers the health of other people\n> just by being close to them...** But for some reason Inaba is completely\n> fine with being around Sayoko even for long periods of time...\n>\n> .... Just what's going on?\n\nThe scene where _Inaba_ runs over _Sayoko_ with his bicycle happens right at\nthe beginning of chapter 1. [Sayoko was bleeding from her head, but she was\nmore worried about the boy's well-being than\nherself](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CLQ7d.jpg).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CLQ7d.jpg)\n\nAlso from chapter 1, Sayoko asked Inaba to lead her to the cursed shop where\nInaba was supposed to work at but the manager ran away without paying his\nwages. When she arrived, she had a talk with the [panda\nmascot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AqQNg.png), who died from a heatstroke. The\npanda mascot loved the smell of the restaurant, so he stayed and tried to\nadvertise the shop, but every new shop opened there shut down in the end. She\nlet the panda mascot possess her near the end of chapter 1.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AqQNg.png)\n\nThe scene where the ghosts (not really demons, they are well-meaning ghosts)\nteased her about seeing the boy naked is from chapter 2.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSome shinobi can identify the nature of the technique just by looking at the\nhand seals . How ?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nJust as @JNat mentioned in the\n[comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18598/how-did-sasuke-\nidentify-that-deidaras-art-uses-earth-style-just-by-looking-\nat#comment23729_18598),\n\n> some seals are generally associated with some particular Nature Releases.\n\nThroughout the entire fight between Deidara and Sasuke, Deidara constantly\nuses one hand seal, which enables Sasuke to identify the Nature Release.\n\n\n\nThe hand seal he used was the Snake (巳, Mi) hand seal.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b7iou.png) \n(click on picture for basic hand seals list)\n\nThe Snake hand seal is commonly affiliated with Earth Release, and also with\nWood Release. In most cases, the hand seals are done with such speeds that the\nopponent cannot identify any of the seals used. But Sasuke, having the\nSharingan, was able to see all of Deidara's hand seals clearly; as he tells\nduring the fight:\n\n> \"When facing the Sharingan, you really ought to weave your signs out of the\n> line of sight.\"\n\nA shinobi can thereby deduce what release their opponent is using by carefully\nobserving the hand seals. It is highly useful since it enables the shinobi to\ndetermine the enemies weakness and provide counter-jutsu.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWho is the master and who is the slave in this relationship?\n\nSometimes, Shinobu calls Araragi \"master,\" and sometimes she calls him her\n\"slave/servant.\"\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere will be a lot of spoilers from both the anime series and the\n_Kizumonogatari_ novel, so if you want to read this answer you have been\nwarned.\n\n> Shinobu, or also known as _Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade_ was\n> the one who made Araragi a vampire, during the events that took place before\n> _Bakemonogatari_ ( _Kizumonogatari_ , if you want to read the novel). Their\n> relationship has always been weird, and it has been on the extremes from the\n> very beginning. Araragi was willing to give up his life to save Kiss-Shot,\n> and she (even if she doesn't like to admit it) was moved by his willingness\n> to sacrifice himself to save her life. So instead of killing Araragi\n> (drinking his blood to regain close to full power) she decided to risk by\n> making him a vampire and letting herself to become basically powerless. She\n> still had the regeneration ability, but nothing else, no laser beams, no\n> hyper jumps, no strength. She became the little girl we know from\n> _Bakemonogatari_ , but she was still called Kiss-Shot and not yet Shinobu. \n> \n> Araragi risked his life again to serve Kiss-Shot and help her regain her\n> full power. She said to him that on the next day, he would be able to turn\n> back into an human, losing all his vampire power, which was exactly what he\n> wanted. She told him that he was only the second minion she created in her\n> 500 years lifetime, and that was why the exorcists (the people that Araragi\n> fought to help Kiss-Shot regain her powers) were astonished by the fact that\n> she created a minion. \n> \n> On the next day, Kiss-Shot faked an assault at Hanekawa, Araragi fought\n> back to protect her, but he understood what Kiss-Shot was doing. The only\n> way for him to turn back into human was to drink the blood of his former\n> master (Kiss-Shot) to the last drop, which would result in killing her. That\n> was what she wanted, a clean death which saved Araragi from the world of the\n> supernatural. However, Araragi couldn't just kill her, he started drinking\n> her blood, but not every single drop. Therefore, he lost the majority of his\n> vampire power, and the same happened to Kiss-Shot, who became so powerless\n> that she lost even her name. (She was renamed Shinobu some days later by\n> Oshino Meme). \n> \n> So, up to this point, the master was Shinobu - Kiss-Shot, in theory at\n> least. However, both of them were bound to each other and they needed each\n> other to survive, and after becoming a quasi-vampire, their bond became even\n> stronger. If either of them were to die, the other would turn back to their\n> original self: Araragi would go back into a 100% human and Shinobu would\n> return to being the legendary vampire. But she doesn't want that to happen.\n> Although she went to Japan to die at first, now she doesn't want to be\n> alone, and Araragi is actually her anchor to life, while Araragi also needs\n> her powers and her knowledge to help his friends and family. \n> \n> So, when you ask who is the servant and who is the master, I would say that\n> we cannot answer, since they both need each other, and they have always\n> needed each other from their first meeting. Even if \"theoretically\", the\n> former master was Shinobu (Kiss-Shot), and after the _Kizumonogatari_ events\n> it is Araragi, I guess it's not so easy to answer without an explanation.\n\nHope that helped.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Kamui dimension seems huge and Obito used it to store his weapons and\nother things. So I was just wondering whether the Kamui dimension has a\n_limited capacity_ to store or accommodate things or not. Since it is in\nanother dimension, could it actually be _infinite_ and the user is free to\nmake use of it as much as he wants?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is a tricky subject as we have in no way been given any limit to the size\nof the space inside the Kamui dimension. However, we can surmise from what\nwe've seen so far that the space is vast in its nature.\n\n\n\n> However, the relative appearance of the Kamui dimension is shown in the\n> above image from when Obito and Kakashi fought entirely within its realm.\n> During this fight, we are given this depiction of the Kamui realm as a vast\n> space containing large squared off platforms. Overall, the dimension has a\n> somewhat \"blank\" feel and is almost reminiscent of the Ichigo's \"Inner\n> World\" from Bleach. Whether or not the user can actually make changes to the\n> dimension itself is not clear.\n\nHowever, to truly answer your question about how finite this space, maybe you\nshould ask what a dimension is. For the purpose of this discussion, a\ndimension is an alternate realm of reality, and could therefore contain an\nentire universe within itself. For instance, the Kamui moves things from our\ndimension into its own, that in and of itself entails that we currently reside\nin one of these dimensions. Within our dimension exists our planet, our solar\nsystem, our galaxy, and beyond that our universe. That being said, the only\nvalid conclusion I can come to is that the Kamui space must have at the very\nleast the potential to be as infinite as our universe is. After all, we can't\ntruly give proportion to our universe beyond the face of it being relatively\nimmeasurable.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow did Zetsu know that Madara was Indra's reincarnation ?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nZetsu was created by Kaguya. Essentially, he was her will, ensuring her\nrevival. The Uchiha and Senju clans originated from Kaguya. So I'm pretty sure\nhe'd be able to tell.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn chapter 2 of _Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de_ manga adaptation, we\ncan see that the middle panel makes a reference to Dragon Ball's meme [\"It's\nover 9000!\"](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/It%27s_Over_9000!). The line\n[was actually \"It's over 8000!\" in the original Japanese\nmanga](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/752/has-the-its-\nover-9000-meme-spread-back-to-japan), and this explains why Andou only counts\nup to 8000. The censored word is\n[Scouter](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Scouter), which is the device to\nmeasure power level.\n\n\n\nHowever, I don't recognize the reference on the left most panel. Searching for\nthe censored word reveals that it is\n[Menthuthuyoupi](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Menthuthuyoupi) from\n_Hunter x Hunter_. However, I don't read the manga, so I don't understand the\nreference.\n\nWhich scene from _Hunter x Hunter_ does this reference come from? And what is\nthe context that makes it worth referenced by another author?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe first reference, \"Bankruptcy Chapter 7,\" is referring to one of\n[Knuckle](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Knuckle_Bine)'s abilities. Doing\nso, he lends his opponent some of his\n[_nen_](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Nen), but while they use it, they\nare charged \"interest\" on it, meaning they have to repay that much _nen_ back\nto him.[1]\n\nThe reference here is that the male character is wondering how long it would\ntake for Bankruptcy Chapter 7 to completely \"bankrupt\" her _chuuni_ powers\nfrom her.\n\nThis is explicitly seen in a fight between Knuckle and Youpi (for short),\nduring which Knuckle uses this ability on Youpi. It is revealed that Youpi has\nexcessively high levels of _nen_. Knuckle states, comparing Youpi to the\n\"boss\" ([Morel](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Morel_Mackernasey))[2]:\n\n> Five times what the boss has? Ten times? More? I can't tell! **Assuming he's\n> ten times stronger... with 700,000 aura...** how long will it take before he\n> [is hit by Bankruptcy Chapter 7]?\n\nThis is reinforced by a quote on the Wiki:\n\n> Menthuthuyoupi is an Enhancer. Knuckle estimates the size of\n> Menthuthuyoupi's aura to be at least 10 times greater than Morel's, **or at\n> least 700,000**.\n>\n> — [_Hunter x Hunter_ Wiki,\n> Menthuthuyoupi](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Menthuthuyoupi#Nen)\n\nThe reference here is just made to compare the scathingly high levels of\nYoupi's aura and drives home that her _chuuni_ power is supposedly... over\n700,000.\n\n* * *\n\n[1]: Explained in _uber depth_ in episode 90, starting around 4:00.\n\n[2]: Stated in episode 112, starting at 11:51.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn addition to what @Killua said (being a hunter himself, he knows better!),\nthere's possibly another reference from the Hunter x Hunter manga.\n\nWhen I saw this question, I immediately remembered the panel below. In it,\n[Shaiapouf](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Shaiapouf) (aka Pouf, the guy\nin the left side of the panel) is complaining that he and Menthuthuyoupi (aka\nYoupi, the muscular one in the right side of the panel) have the \"same level\nof thinking\". Pouf has a more complex (and _supposedly_ more rational) way of\nthinking, while Youpi is a simple-minded guy.\n\nSo, in both panels there's a comparison of some ability involving\nMenthuthuyoupi's level on it, to the shock of the one compared with him. [This\nis not the unique reference to a _Hunter x Hunter_ specific scene in this\nmanga](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18615/what-is-the-context-of-\nthis-reference-to-chrollo-lucilfer-in-inou-battle-manga-c).\n\nSee the spoilers below for the context of their conversation:\n\n> The \"Majesty\" in question is\n> [Meruem](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Meruem), King of the [Chimera\n> Ants](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Chimera_Ants), who are supposed to\n> rule over the world as the most powerful being in existence. The King has\n> three Royal Guards, including Youpi and Pouf, and they were breed to protect\n> and help him.\n\nAnd\n\n> However, Meruem becomes attached to a weak human woman,\n> [Komugi](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Komugi) (the \"she\" in the\n> panel), a champion player of a board game called Gumgi - and the \"perfect\"\n> King was not able to defeat her in the game. Pouf, who are fanatically\n> devoted to the King as an ideal of perfection and supreme power, thinks that\n> Komugi is making Meruem doubt that ideal, so, after much thought, he\n> concludes that she needs to die. While talking with other guards about the\n> question, Youpi simply spoke, without much thought, the same conclusion that\n> Pouf arrived.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UwjpH.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI saw this guy on a poster with Beyond the Grave and Trigun's main\nprotagonist. But I can't find who he is, nor whether he has his own anime.\n\nThe guy is on the left, wielding two crimson swords, with gray hair.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn chapter 1 of _Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de_ manga adaptation,\nAndou made a reference to [Phantom\nTroupe](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Troupe)'s leader [Chrollo\nLucilfer](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Chrollo_Lucilfer) from _Hunter x\nHunter_ series, as pointed out by Tomoyo. (Note the matching cross-shaped\ntattoo on his forehead).\n\nWhat scene from _Hunter x Hunter_ is being referenced here? And what is the\ncontext of that scene?\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe scene being referenced is Chrollo's response to\n[Gon's](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Gon_Freecss) (the protagonist)\nquestion directed at him, \"How can you kill people who have nothing to do with\nyou?\"\n\nFor context, Chrollo is the leader of the Phantom Troupe, also known as \"the\nspider\", a murderous group of thieves. In the Phantom Troupe arc, the scene in\nwhich this reference comes from, the Troupe kills many people in Yorknew City\nin order to steal goods from a large underground auction run by the mafia.\n\nThe scene that this is quoting comes from episode 56 of the 2011 anime,\n[\"Beloved X and X Beleaguered\"](http://www.crunchyroll.com/hunter-x-\nhunter/episode-56-beloved-x-and-x-beleaguered-611499). The quote itself can be\nseen at 16:30.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Source: Crunchyroll screenshots)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIs it possible to get the Rinnegan if you are not in the Senju or Uchiha clan\n(including branch clans such as Uzumaki) and inject Senju and Uchiha DNA into\nyourself?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo awaken the Rinnegan, it's not enough to be a Senju with Uchiha eyes or vice\nversa, you must be Indra's successor that obtained chakra from Asura's\nsuccessor.\n\nA successor does not necessarily come directly from the Senju clan, as Naruto,\nwho is an Uzumaki, is a successor. However, Indra's successor is always an\nUchiha.\n\nSo in short, no. It's not possible to do what you describe.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy answer is yes, but only by nature of technicality. This method is possible,\nthough highly improbable. It may in fact not have a prayer of working at all.\nHowever, let me lay out this plan for you.\n\nFirstly, we know that creatures like the Tailed Beasts can be sealed within a\nhost body. The host body then can gain the power of the sealed Tailed Beast.\nWe also know that a human soul can be sealed, though whether it is possible to\nseal another person inside one's self is not explicitly shown (to my knowledge\nanyway). We have, however, seen the souls of all the first four Hokage being\nsealed within the Shinigami as part of the Reaper Death Seal. Putting these\nelements together, I think it would be safe to assume it is at least possible\nfor one person to use a similar sealing method as used on the Tailed Beasts to\nincorporate another human being into themselves.\n\n> We also know from Obito and Kakashi that the entire chakra and essence of a\n> person's Kekkei Genkai can be placed into another person's body. This is\n> what allowed Kakashi to make use of the full power of Obito's eyes as well\n> as Susanoo. \n> \n> Now, for the final piece of information before this can all come together,\n> we know that the requirements for activating the Rinnegan, which, as\n> explained by Black Zetsu, is to bring together the chakra of Indra and\n> Asura, thus giving you the chakra of their father. Therefore, if you could\n> actually seal whoever the current successor of Indra and Asura are, then in\n> this given hypothetical scenario, a third party could in fact gain a\n> Rinnegan. \n> \n> In no shape or form would I consider this natural, and I'm sure there are a\n> lot of questionable morals involved with the entire idea, but through this\n> strange course of action or something similar in nature, I believe it is\n> possible to gain the Rinnegan even as someone who was not born with either\n> Indra or Asura's chakra.\n\nI know, it's a crazy, loophole kind of a way of going about it. But hey, you\nasked for possibility, not plausibility or even likelihood. Heh.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo it is not possible, forces unknown decide who gets the rinnegan and when,\nonly in times of great discord is it possible for tose who can attain great\npower to change the world may by chance awaken their rinnegan, such as Madara\nand Nagato\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo it’s not possible, Orochimaru probably tried countless of times to\nreplicate the scenario, but only Madara got lucky; Madara, while being alive,\nwas able to unlock the Rinnegan near his death.. He was reincarnation of Indra\nwas well...and probably had the purest connection to Indra next to Sasuke.\n\nWe know in order to get Rinnegan, the person must have Indra and Ashura cells\n(not just Uchiha and Senju, because the person needs to be more related to\nHagoromo), But it’s extremely hard to match the right genes. Madara, being the\nreincarnation of Indra and Hashirama being reincarnation Ashura is your best\nchance...other Uchihas will not even come close. After that, it will take\nyears to even unlock it, and who know what events need to take place... I\nthink Obito had Hashirama cells in him if I recall, but he was never able to\nunlock Rinnegan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think it could be possible if you were to put both dna from madara and\nhashirama in you. Or to put sasuke and narutos dna inside of you giving you\nboth asura and indra chakra inside yourself though it could be very risky if\nniether or 1 arent compatible with your own dna. So say you managed to do it\nand not die. Then it would take a long time to unlock it. and if you did you\nmight not have enough chakra to use it and have to cover both eyes all of the\ntime (basicly making you blind in a sense) so it could be possible but make it\nalmost impossible to be a shinobi. The reason nagato could use it all the time\nis because he is uzimaki and has insane chakra reserves. That is why i dont\nthink anyone (aside from people with insane amount of chakra) would even try.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo ,it's not possible by just mixing senju an Uchiha powers. In epidoe 420 of\nNaruto Shippuden , The sage of the six path's said that Madara awakened his\nrinnegan only because he mixed the powers of the reincarnates of the Brothers\nIndara and Ashura.\n\nSo only if you mix the powers of two reincarnates of the brothers,like Naruto\nand Sasuke ,can you awaken a rinnegan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDid Weed from Legendary Moonlight Sculptor ever meet Prina's friend from\nplanting in Valley of Death quest?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile rewatching _The Flowers of Evil_ , I noticed this character in episode\n2:\n\n\n\nThe character on the left struck me as very odd - she's wearing braids (which\nwould normally suggest a female character), but she also has sideburns, which\nseem to be more or less only something men wear. (I'm assuming the character\nis female from the voice actor who plays at that moment.) Moreover, if the\ncharacter _weren't_ female, it would be odd for a school to allow him to wear\nbraids.\n\n[Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c8gw3/spoilers_aku_no_hana_episode_2_discussion/)\nsuggests that this character also appears in the manga, so is this just\nintentional character design, rather than an error in the art? If so, who is\nthis character, and is there anything (e.g. personality traits) that might\nexplain this odd hairstyle? (I have not read the manga yet, and so can't\neasily look this up.)\n\n**Update:** I remembered seeing some video footage of the live-action filming\nthat the rotoscoped animation was apparently from on YouTube, so I might try\nto dig that out to see if I can get a better idea of what's going on here. On\na second glance the braids struck me as a bit odd in terms of the shaping of\ntheir ends (one usually expects the hair to thin out somewhat and possibly\ncurve a bit), so it occurred to me that this might be useful.\n\n**Update 2:** After reading the entire manga, I couldn't find a character with\nidentical design. (From the uniform -- notice that the character here wears a\nbow, instead of a tie -- it seems certain that they're probably female.)\nHowever, I did notice a presumably female character with very short hair (for\na girl) that was in the corresponding chapater of the manga. I don't remember\nif the character was wearing a female uniform but will look it up later when I\nhave time.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs mentioned in my comment, this doesn't seem to be an animation error. Aku No\nHana is [rotoscoped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping), which is\nessentially drawing over live action sequences. Here's a shot from before it\nwas animated:\n\n\n\nI suppose it was intentional if they had this character dressed up like that.\nI haven't seen the animated show, but the character definitely doesn't appear\nin the manga, having read it myself also.\n\nJust a guess, but perhaps it was to exaggurate ugliness of a character because\nthe animators couldn't do it that easily with the technique?\n\nSo, yes it does seem to just be bizarre character design. Especially as the\ncharacter barely appears in the anime and only has a single line.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think I found her, it's on the chapter 13 [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RH7Td.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI want to ask who she really is. All I know is that she is member of Aogiri.\n\n> \n>\n> \n\n",
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"body": "\n\nRather substantial spoilers below.\n\n> The \"girl with the red hood\" that you refer to is a \"one eyed ghoul\",\n> meaning that they only have one Kakugan or shining eye where as a normal\n> ghoul would have two. Eto is the only natural (she was born to a ghoul\n> father (Yoshimura) and human mother (Ukina)) one eyed ghoul that we know\n> about as of yet. The other one eyed ghouls that we know of are Ken Kaneki\n> and Kurona and Nashiro Yasuhisa, all of whom became ghouls after operations\n> rather than naturally. It is said that one eyed ghouls can become much more\n> powerful than their two eyed counter parts. Eto is also one of a few ghouls\n> known as \"kakuja\", a ghoul that commits cannibalism and develops a full\n> bodied armour that they are able to activate similarly to their kagune. To\n> many, including the CCG, she is known as the one eyed owl. Eto is a high\n> ranking member in the ghoul organisation Aogiri Tree and arguably the most\n> powerful. While she is living in the human world, she goes by the name Sen\n> Takatsuki, a notable author.\n\nYou will be able to read all about her on the\n[wikia](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Eto), hope this helped!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHagoromo took back his Yin and Yang chakra from Sasuke and Naruto\n[respectively](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Elnks.jpg) (in chapter 690). So if\nthe Yin chakra was responsible for the\n[Rinnegan](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBNsk.png) development in Sasuke's eye,\nwhy didn't it change back into his original eye after the chakra was taken\nback? Why does it become permanent?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell, we have seen several instances where even losing Six Paths Power still\nmakes one stronger than most, as described by Kakashi after he obtained\nObito's power. I don't remember the exact chapter, but right after he awakened\nSharingan in his natural eyes from Obito transferring his power, Kakashi says\nsomething along the lines of the eyes being stronger after Obito played host\nto the Ten Tails. One could also argue that having the completed chakra of the\nSix Paths was only a requirement to awaken the Rinnegan, not keeping it.\nHowever, I must stick with whatever facts that I can see and those are thus;\nbut first.\n\nSpoiler warning, just in case you haven't read past chapter 690 as mentioned\nin the OP's question.\n\n> In chapter 696, after Kaguya was defeated and the Six Paths Yin and Yang\n> symbols had returned to Hagoromo, we witness the final fight between Naruto\n> and Sasuke at the Valley of the End. In this fight, Sasuke was still\n> wielding his Rinnegan, but more importantly for the evidence involved,\n> Naruto was still using Six Paths Sage Mode. That being said, it leaves\n> little room for interpretation that the two of them must still have Six\n> Paths Chakra of their own. \n> \n> Now the room we do have for speculation comes here where we must decide\n> whether they still have these powers, because \n> A. When Hagoromo regained the seals on his hands, they were just the seals\n> for the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei and nothing more. **Or** \n> B. Even though Hagoromo took his powers back, having been exposed to the\n> Six Paths chakra has awakened their natural ability to use it, since Sasuke\n> and Naruto were the reincarnated Indra and Asura respectively. After all,\n> Madara was able to awaken the Rinnegan by introducing Hashirama's cells into\n> his own body unknowingly, which means introducing Asura's chakra into\n> himself. After it was integrated, he didn't have to continuously inject\n> Hashi's cells to keep the Rinnegan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nthe reason sasuke still has the rinnegan is actually really simple. once you\nhave it, its permanent. look at madara for example, he unlocked the rinnegan\nbefore he died, and before he had hashiramas cells.yet after he became an edo\ntensei, he was still able to use it after re obtaining his eyes from zetsu.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the image you posted, when Hagoromo said \"Now I only have to retrieve all\nof you\", he didn't refer to Sasuke and Naruto. He referred to the nine Bijuus.\nTherefore, Sasuke & Naruto didn't lose any of the Rikudo powers (Rinnegan\nincluded), simply because Hagoromo never took it back from them.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHagoromo's Yin power unintentionally became a catalyst to speed up the\nRinnegan forming process, as stated by Madara when he awakened the Rinnegan\nprior to his death, meaning that it takes a long time for the Rinnegan to\nform. Madara even told Obito \"[...] even if you don't gain the Rinnegan\n[...]\", and this was after he healed Obito with White Zetsu's skin. The\npresence of Hagoromo's chakra shortened the Rinnegan formation process for\nSasuke, and even then it was only in his left eye. I believe his right eye\nwill become a Rinnegan later in his life.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nReally, Sasuke ' s Rinnegan was awakened the same way Madara's Rinnegan had\nbeen awakened. When Sasuke wakes up from his talk with Hagoromo, we see Kabuto\nhealing him using some of his own body's regenerative properties.\n\nKabuto had, long before this, already fused Hashirama ' s cells in his own\nbody and by fusing his flesh into Sasuke, that once more uses Hashirama to\ncombine Indra and Ashura's flesh which is what awakens it.\n\nHowever as Madara said, it still took years for the flesh to take effect, so\nlikely the exposure to Hagoromo's Chakra in his seal he gave them managed to\njump start the effects.\n\nI don't know for sure, but I would think it would make sense that having such\na long process suddenly happen in just those couple of minutes could have\ncomplications or mutations, which may be why Sasuke only got it in 1 eye, and\nwhy it's in the same side his yinyang seal is held.\n\nGiven that, it's possible the right side may eventually catch up and activate.\nAlso, after Madara activated his own Rinnegan, he's never seen deactivating it\nback to his normal Rinnegan until he retrieves it from Obito and Zetsu, whom\ngot the eyes from Nagato. So it may not be something one can so easily\ndeactivate like the normal Sharingan eyes. He may have to awaken and master\nall 6 paths before he can deactivate them.\n\nConsidering these facts and any other complications that could have arisen\nfrom the Sage's abrupt interference with the natural development, and Sasuke\nmay never be able to properly activate and deactivate a matching pair of eyes\nwhether they're Sharingan or Rinnegan. (Except perhaps when he's much older,\nlike grandpa to Sarada kids older)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\ni would like to talk about the truth. Sasuke's Rinnegan has nothing to do with\nhashirama's cells\n\nas hashirama ceased being a transmigrant upon his death. hagoromo said that\nhashirama and madara were the previous transmigrant. key word WERE they no\nlonger are transmigrants Naruto and sasuke are the current transmigrants as\nsuch Hashirama's cells no longer carried the potential to awaken a Rinnegan\n\nsasuke's Rinnegan is solely because Hagoromo gave Sasuke six paths power.\nnaruto's six paths senjutsu is solely because hagoromo gave his six paths\npower to naruto. now people assume he only gave the each half of his power but\nthis is a lie he gave them both both halfs of his power. the only reason\nNaruto didn't gain a Rinnegan was because he doesn't have a sharingan. and\nlike wise sasuke only has 1 Rinnegan because he lacks the senjutsu of the six\npaths if Naruto and Sasuke were to exchange DNA Sasuke would awaken a second\nRinnegan, Naruto's body would than acclimate to the full required genetic\nhalves of the sage of six paths and eventually awaken a Rinnegan\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI agree with most of the reasons people put. But i think the reason why Sasuke\nkept his rinnegan was that when he and Naruto last fought, they lost their\ndominant hand but then started bleeding. As they were bleeding, their blood\njoin and kind of mixed part of Naruto's and Sasuke's chakra together. I don't\nknow if this is correct or not so ima just get it from memory. I remember that\nsomewhere in the Naruto Shippuden series, someone said that when a Uchiha\n(Indra's descendants) obtains the chakra of a descendant of Ashura. The user\nunlocks the rinnegan. Im pretty sure that Madara didnt get it right away\nbecause he only had a little peice of Hashi's chakra.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[The Adventures of Hutch the\nHoneybee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Hutch_the_Honeybee)\nwas aired when I was a child, but I never know its ending.\n[MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/anime/3858/Konchuu_Monogatari_Minashigo_Hutch)\nsaid that it was aired in Japan from 1970 to 1971, but it was aired in my\ncountry around the end of the '90s or early 2000s I think.\n\nSo, how did the anime end? Did he reunite with his mom? Does someone know?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI understand that Yurisha was sent to earth to deliver the construction plans\nfor the wave motion engine and also Sasha to give them the wave motion power\ncore but why did they do it separately? I mean Yurisha also could have\ndelivered the plans together with the core...\n\nThe Gamilas empire expands and exterminates many other planets not only the\nearth. So why would Starsha want to help humanity? Moreover she and her 2\nsisters are the only 3 remaining of her species. Also what would happen if the\nearth gets restored? The Gamilas just would have continued their attacks and\nbombs. If the Yamato didn't save the capital of Gamilas and killed their\nleader the earth would be still attacked sooner or later by the empire. But\nStarsha couldn't know that this would happen so her plan to help the humans\nand risk the lives of her sisters doesn't make much sense to me.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 7 of _Watamote_ , when Tomoko is in line to see the otome Voice\nActor from the game, she gets the bonus ticket to get a custom recording. She\nrethinks about what line she wanted after hearing the girl in front of her\nrequest the line \"I want to ruin you\".\n\nTomoko has a montage of different characters from different anime with the\nVoice Actor as that character, below is the scene.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sRj8Q.jpg)\n\nI only know 1 of the shots which is\n[Heisuke](http://hakuouki.wikia.com/wiki/Heisuke_Toudou) from _Hakuouki_ (end\nof the third row) as he is the only member of the Shinsengumi who has long\nhair which is tried from the top of the head\n\nI am wondering who were the other characters Tomoko imagined and which anime\nthey came from?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom what I recall, Hidan's head was buried deep inside a hole in the Konoha\nForbidden Jungle.\n\nDoes it mean that Hidan is still alive after all this year? Is it possible for\nsomeone to rescue him and bring him back if he is still alive?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAlthough it's mostly based on speculation and it isn't really mentioned in the\nseries that that he is definitely alive, when Kakuzu was reincarnated during\nthe Fourth Shinobi World War, [he took Hidan's absence as proof that he was\nstill\nalive](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hidan#Fourth_Shinobi_World_War:_Confrontation)\n(Chapter 530, page 3).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to the [Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hidan)\n\n> Though believed dead by Akatsuki, Hidan is in fact alive but is dying slowly\n> from a lack of nutrition.\n>\n> When Kakuzu was reincarnated during the Fourth Shinobi World War, he took\n> Hidan's absence as proof that he was still alive.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nhe is dead, the 4th databook states that he required nutrients to survive like\nanyone else. this means food and water, no human can survive longer then a\nweek without water so he was dead within a week\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs far I know, Hiran can only die from starvation, though he could have\nfigured a way to get out of the hole at shikamaru’s forest, or someone could\nhave found him and rescued him, idk but that would be a sick arch\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI am having a tough time trying to remember the name of this manga. It had\nthree high school friends and they woke up in an alternate reality where\npeople play games to survive. The games difficulty is determined by a\nsomething and can determine the difficulty by a deck of cards.\n\nThe first game was something like 2 of diamonds and they had to get fortune\ncookies and survive a bunch of flaming arrows (Which they did). One of the\ngroup guys is smart while the other of the group guys is really brave then\nthey have a 3rd member who is worthless it seems.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf it was recent (as in the last couple of years), then it could be [Problem\nChildren Are Coming From Another World, Aren't\nThey?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Children_Are_Coming_from_Another_World,_Aren't_They%3F).\nThe plot synopsis on Wikipedia reads:\n\n> Three children, Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudō Asuka, and Kasukabe Yō, live dull\n> lives because they possess unmatched psychic powers. One day, they receive\n> an envelope that transports them to Little Garden, a place of supernatural\n> powers called \"Gifts.\" There, the residents use Gifts to play high-stakes\n> games known as Gift Games in order to earn wealth and prestige for their\n> communities. So, the three children join the fallen \"No Name\" community and\n> resolve to help it regain its prosperity. As they learn more about Little\n> Garden, they decide to overthrow the tyrannical Demon Lords in control.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[**Imawa no Kuni no\nAlice**](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=59540) (English title:\n**Alice in Borderland** ) is most likely what you are looking for. It is\nadapted into an OVA series, which has 3 episodes at the time of writing.\n\n> Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking\n> about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough\n> friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks.\n> After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a\n> different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either\n> participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube,\n> and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way\n> they can get back to their original lives?\n\nHere is a page from chapter 2 showing their first game, in which whoever\nanswers the small problem on the\n[_omikuji_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-mikuji) incorrectly will be shot as\nmany flame arrows as the difference between the wrong and right answer.\nNormally, _omikuji_ is a piece of paper with fortune written on it, but in\nthis story, it contains a problem plus some hint to clear the game.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhere is Aizen Sousuke after the Quincies wreak havoc in Seireitei? Last time\nhe was seen, he was meeting the Quincy king, Ywach, and Ywach mentioned that\nduring the short meeting, Aizen used his power on him. Does this means that\nAizen has escaped? Did Ywach set him loose?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAizen could not have forced Juha A Bach to release him. Ywach's power enables\nhim to understand everything and render it powerless against him. If Aizen has\nbeen released it was by Ywach's own will, not because Aizen was crafty enough\nto get him to do it.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAizen was sealed. It was revealed in chapter 617.\n\n> He was released by Captain Kyouraku in chapter 617. Kyouraku himself didn't\n> mean to release him completely, but somehow he is. It wasn't clear who\n> destroyed the initial seals as Kyouraku used only the key to unseal Aizen's\n> mouth. It was probably Yhwach who did that as Yhwach himself stated during\n> his fight with Yamamoto Head Captain that he met Aizen.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI saw the trailer of this anime on the Bleach DVD Volume 1, which was featured\nin the Extras > Trailers. Other anime trailers that were featured on the DVD\nwere for Black Cat, One Piece, Death Note, Eureka 7, Dragon Ball Z remastered\nand that's all I remember.\n\nFor the unknown anime trailer:\n\n * The song sounded like j-techno with female singer. I could recalled an English part of the lyrics being \"I need you, I just kiss you, in my life\"\n\n * Opening sequence shows a nude (?) girl in her early/mid teens with long pale blue hair tiptoed on the water\n\n * The main character (?) is a boy in his early/mid teens with gold brown hair that is shaped like razors on the sides and wears red clothing \n\n \n(Image of hair colour, maybe 1 or 2 shades darker)\n\n * The girl wears a black dress and has a black/white ribbon wrapped around her hair, kind of like a double helix.\n\n \n**(Almost identical to the image of the girl in the trailer)**\n\n * The main character and the girl seem to be romantically linked, as they are seen holding hands and the girl comforts the boy.\n\n * Other characters in the trailer are shown one by one with small girl figures popping up behind them. Maybe the little girls are spirits or guardians?\n\nThat's all I have for the description, I've tried so long to find out what\nthis anime is and I couldn't find anything related to it except for the\npicture of the girl.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nGoogle reverse image search says [**Elemental\nGelade**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1250/Elemental_Gelade), and the girl is\ncalled [Reverie\nMetherlence](http://myanimelist.net/character/2372/Reverie_Metherlence/pictures).\n\nA brief description from\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elemental_Gelade):\n\n> The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to\n> Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are\n> described as \"living weapons\".\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Another_ , the extra person was\n\n> the assistant teacher, Reiko Mikami, who is Kouichi's aunt.\n\nI think some hints were dropped during the series that pointed to that person,\nlike\n\n> Kouichi's grandpa complaining about going to too many funerals, and the\n> protagonist's confusion afterwards\n\nand\n\n> the phone call from Kouichi's father, when he mentions that he was back in\n> town 1.5 years ago.\n\nWere there other hints to who the extra was?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAside from the hints mentioned in the question about Kōichi having returned to\nthe town one and a half years ago but not having a memory of it, there are\nother hints most of which appeared earlier chronologically but are purposely\nleft to the end in the anime series.\n\n### Hint 1\n\nIt's revealed afterwards that the extra desk that\n[Countermeasures](http://another.wikia.com/wiki/Countermeasures) tried to\naccount for and prevented in the classroom at the beginning\n\n> was actually in the Teacher's Lounge,\n\nand previous incidents seemed to imply the Extra was always a student\nattending the class, so no one thought to check there.\n\n### Hint 2\n\nNear the final revelation on who the Extra was, we see the continuation of a\nconversation Reiko had with Kōichi earlier in the anime which was cut off when\nit was initially shown,\n\n> where Reiko reminded Kōichi that she was the assistant teacher/deputy\n> homeroom teacher of Kōichi's class and told Kōichi to refer to her by her\n> proper name Ms. Mikami ( _Mikami-sensei_ ) at school.\n\nAlong with the first hint, we see her connection with class 3-3.\n\n### Hint 3\n\nWe learn that Kōichi's mother, Ritsuko, was in class 3-3 with Misaki Yomiyama,\nthe first Extra which sparked the Calamity. 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We also know that victims of the Calamity can also be\n> teachers, given how the current Class 3-3's homeroom teacher Mr. Kubodera is\n> listed as one of the \"Deaths of July\". \n> \n> Source: [Characters - Yomiyama North Middle School -\n> Faculty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_\\(novel\\)#Yomiyama_North_Middle_School)\n\n* * *\n\nThere is one hint however which can easily be missed throughout the series and\nthis is in regards to the Mikami Family Pet, Rei.\n\nRei is effectively a parrot who repeats phrases said around him, the 3 most\ncommon ones are\n\n * \"Good morning Rei!\"\n * \"Poor Reiko, poor Ritsuko\"\n * \"Why, Rei, why?\"\n\n> We later learn that Rei was purchased after Reiko's death and thus 2 lines\n> match up to that of grieving in the house. the 3rd line is probably the\n> grieving questioning of Reiko's death and the point to it (as she was\n> stabbed which lead to her drowning). the 2nd line however can be a hint that\n> Reiko is the Extra due to the fact it is a repeated line showing sympathy to\n> Reiko in the same manner as Ritsuko who was already dead and there doesn't\n> seem to be a relative to them who died beforehand who Reiko and Ritsuko may\n> have been devastated by.\n\nThis next part is speculation but whenever Rei starts talking Reiko begins to\nhave headaches\n\n> since Rei is just parroting lines and probably doesn't understand what it is\n> saying the Calamity's Memory Altering effects are probably not applied to\n> Rei whoever Reiko's headaches may be her starting to become self-aware she\n> is the Extra by understanding Rei's lines however weather by an effect by\n> the Calamity or by her nature as the Extra Reiko headaches flare up and she\n> seems to want to sleep them off thus stopping the process\n\n* * *\n\nThe Calamity is designed so that it's near impossible to discover who the\nExtra was until after everything is over, as people's memories and official\nrecords are altered. The only difference that the current year had over all\nthe previous years was that Mei Misaki had the power to see the Colour of\nDeath.\n\nDuring the anime, she demonstrated this power with the photos where Extra was\nknown. Mei could see the colour of death around the Extra, and as such she\ncould identify the Extra, which she did at the very end to confirm to Kōichi.\n\nOddly enough, however, Mei had never encountered the Extra given the Extra's\nposition in the cast, with the exceptions to when the students went insane at\nSakitani Kinenkan and prepared to kill Mei (Mei saw the Extra before the final\nconfrontation however given the deteriorating situation she would've been\nunable to confront the Extra or speak to Kōichi). Also, the Countermeasures\nwas never made aware of Mei's power even after she was allowed to exist.\n\nThere is also another aberration. Calamity normally alters memories; however,\nKōichi's grandfather's memory is not altered due to him suffering from\ndementia.\n\n> He is the only character who lives in Yomiyama but still remember [the\n> Extra's] death. This is due to his dementia conflicting with his Curse-\n> altered memories.\n\nSource: [Ryouhei Mikami -\nTrivia](http://another.wikia.com/wiki/Ryouhei_Mikami#Trivia)\n\nDue to the fact that\n\n> Ritsuko and Reiko sound similar, Kōichi could have passed it off as\n> Ryouhei's dementia making him confuse between Ritsuko and Reiko.\n\nFor those who believed in the Calamity, particularly those in Countermeasures,\nthis might have been a clue. However, since Kōichi had only just enrolled, the\nCountermeasures didn't have proper time to interview and prepare him, and thus\nKōichi didn't learn about the Calamity until much later. Furthermore, the\nCountermeasures had already prepared the correct number of seats and had Mei\nplay the role of \"the one that does not exist\" well before Kōichi's enrollment\ninto the school.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAlso, Reiko's headaches could have been from all Ritsuko's questions when they\nwere sitting at the table, she kept saying she didn't remember. She could have\nbeen trying to hard to remember which triggered the headaches. Including Rei\nand his lines too. But it's also kind of a stretch.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAlso, in episode 8 the extra has a talk with the man at the beach (sorry for\nmy lack of names) and he says that he could have sworn he saw her recently,\nfollowed by him saying he only attended funerals recently, and the extra had\ndied only a few years before (recent).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think a hidden hint is the continuous reference to the dead being cold. And\nyou can see when Reiko is asleep on the couch kouichi looks at the AC and\nturns it up because it was freezing in the room.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDue to the extreme amount of unclothed female chests in Dakara, Boku wa H! ga\nDekinai, those black stripes almost killed the fun of watching the series.\n\nI would rather have the [godiva\nhair](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodivaHair) (they did it in\nsome shots), or the [lens\nflare](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LensFlareCensor)/[mist](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CensorSteam)\nof the first episodes, or even the [barbie\ndoll](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BarbieDollAnatomy) treatment,\nbut those black strips were too much in the last episodes.\n\nI am aware that probably the DVD are uncensored, if that is the case, I just\nwant to confirm it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAll six BD/DVD volumes of _Dakara, Boku wa H ga Dekinai_ have been released in\nJapan, and [Volume 6 was released on February 20th,\n2013](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A0%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E5%83%95%E3%81%AF%E3%80%81H%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%80%82#BD_.2F_DVD).\nThe BD version is uncensored as far as it is allowed for a non R18+ work.\n\nHere are a few comparison screenshots from [Kira Reviews](http://www.kira-\nreviews.com/blog/archives/category/dakara-boku-wa-h-ga-dekinai). TV version on\nthe left, uncensored BD version on the right. Both images are from volume 1\n(episode 1 and 2).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQXCB.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rM3S4.jpg) \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bw22g.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UwXg7.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the [Naruto Shippuden Ending\n32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oooIKzmitXU&t=48s), Naruto, Sasuke,\nKakashi and Sakura are fighting against some masked bad guys.\n\n\n\nWho are those people?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs I said in the comments, I have a theory about the identity of these bad\nguys.\n\nBecause this was an ending of a canon episode, I would say they didn't exist\nin the Naruto universe. But if we take a closer look they are wearing Konoha's\nclothes and [ANBU's](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Anbu) mask. So these bad\nguys, I think they are [ANBU's](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Anbu) ninjas\n(even though some times they don't wear these outfits) who are \"chasing\"\nSasuke.\n\nAlso I noticed that these masks are similar to the\n[mask](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shinigami_Mask) that Orochimaru found in\nthe [Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage\nTemple](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Uzumaki_Clan%27s_Mask_Storage_Temple).\n\nAnyone with more information, please don't hesitate to change this post. :)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think it was one of the earlier episodes but I can't remember. Maybe it was\nduring a character's backstory or a flashback but it was only in 1 episode.\n\nThere was an episode in FMA Brotherhood where the scene would fade to a black\nscreen with white Japanese text appearing vertically, and then fades back to\nthe story, and the whole process is repeated several times throughout the\nepisode as the story progresses. I thought it was during the Ishvalan\nextermination episode, but Riza Hawkeye was narrating that part so I don't\nknow what other episode it could be.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe you're looking for the Youswell flashback, in episode 38 at around\n6:52. This _may_ not be what you're looking for, since it doesn't repeat\nthroughout the episode; however, it's the only one I can really think of.\n\nIt starts with a black screen stating １９１４年 (year 1914), followed by ユースウェル\n(Youswell), followed by various shots of the town and Yoki.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KIh0y.jpg)\n\nThese shots are interlaced with black screens of white text showing the dialog\nthese characters are saying while in the flashback, since Yoki is narrating\nthe scenario.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter watching/reading anime and manga, I recently started going into visual\nnovels. One thing that struck me was the fact that erotic content (aka\nH-scenes) seems to be quite common in the world of visual novels. Examples:\nFate/stay night, Muv-Luv Alternative, G-senjou no Maou. Can anyone explain\nthis higher prevalence of erotic content in visual novels, as compared to\nanime and manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBecause visual novels are spinoff of eroge games. [According to\nwikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroge):\n\nThe eroge game (or H-game, hentai game) are introduced into the market (no pun\nintended) in the 1980's as a means to attract users to the (game maker)\ncompany computer platform.\n\nIn 1992 the dating sim / love simulators were born, when a company designed\nthe game so the player had to win the affection of the character before\ngaining access to the H-scenes.\n\nThe first use of the term visual novel is in 1996, and from there the erotic\nmaterial became optional, with the introduction of the all ages versions of\nthe visual novels.\n\nBut still adhering to tradition, the visual novels of today still have the H\ncontent, though not every one.\n\n* * *\n\nRefer to the wikipedia article to more in-depth historical facts, including\ngame titles and company names.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI upvoted @Mindwin's answer because the answer's content is, to my knowledge,\nabsolutely correct.\n\nBut to clarify a little more: in the period 1980-1996 or so, the kinds of\ngames that we'd call visual novels nowadays were a lot more like hentai anime.\nThe stories were usually fairly simple and pretty much revolved around a\ncharacter talking girls into sleeping with him.\n\nBut the different types of games mentioned in Mindwin's answer started to\nconverge on each other. My impression, and the [Wikipedia\npage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroge) implies the same thing, is that the\nfirst eroge which prioritized story over sex was Kanon. In Kanon, the sex\nscenes can be totally excised from the story without much loss; they're\nessentially what the authors of [_How Not to Write a\nNovel_](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0061357952) call \"benevolent\ntumors\". Pretty soon, other games, such as Type Moon's Tsukihime and Fate/Stay\nNight, did the same thing and made a game with a deep and interesting story\nthat only incidentally contained sex scenes.\n\nNow we're at the point where some prominent visual novels, such as Clannad,\nhave no erotic content at all. Others, such as Little Busters, are released\nwithout erotic content and later re-released with erotic content added in. The\nmodern visual novel is sort of an evolutionary crossover between the original\neroge, which always had eroticism, and the renai games like Tokimeki Memorial\nthat usually didn't. Its lineage contains games with erotic content, so visual\nnovels are more accepting of erotic content than more mainstream forms like\nanime and manga. (As Memor-X points out, this is also somewhat inherent to the\nnature of the media; anime are broadcast on TV and manga are sold in\nbookstores, so it's harder to sell anime and manga with sexual content unless\nthey have no other purpose for existing.) But because the sexual content of\nvisual novels is typically easy to remove, and because the stories are often\nunique and compelling, it's common to simply remove the sex scenes and adapt\nthem to anime and manga.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI watched Code Geass, and now I want to know: How did Geass come into\nexistence? Who or what created Geass?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAnswering your question to the letter,\n\n> a Geass is created when a code user makes a contract with a human.\n\nThe type of Geass and its specific powers are dependent on the Code user, the\nnew Geass user's personality and other specifics that are not discussed in the\ncanon material.\n\n* * *\n\nBut I feel like your question is not about how Geass powers comes into being,\nand more in the lines of how the superpowers of the characters (Geass and\nCode) come into being.\n\nThe backstory of the Code users is not revealed in depth. The further back we\nare shown is the life of C.C. while still mortal when she receives the Geass\nfrom the catholic nun.\n\n(screenshot of C.C. and the nun)\n\nWhile the epoch is not revealed, it is supposed to be in the High Middle Ages,\ncirca XIV century (before the Age of Discovery) if I had to **guess** ( _and\nyes, this paragraph is pure guessing_ ).\n\nThe reason I am assuming that [C.C.\nbackstory](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/C.C.) happens before the Age of\nDiscovery is that she was already immortal for quite some time and was with\nGeorge Washington and Benjamin Franklin during the American revolution\n(1700'), as shown in a special feature in the DVD release. Remember that in\nthe [world of Code Geass](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/World_History), Ben\nwas granted nobility, betrayed Washington, and America was never independent\nform Britannia.\n\nSince the nun was already immortal and already willing to give up immortality\nand die, the same state of mind C.C. is when she meets Lelouch, we can assume\nthe nun is at least half a millennia old (around the same \"oldness\" as C.C.\nwhen the series launch).\n\nSo the codes should be around for at least a millennia. There is no info as to\nwho the people with code sigils in their foreheads are, or how old the Geass\norder is. But one can assume that for as long as codes were around, Geass\nusers are too.\n\n(screenshot of the code people)\n\nYou could dig the origin of the term Geass (geis) on the internet\n([Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geis)), but word of god never\ndiscussed this far back in the fictional world.\n\nThe timeline of the fictional world is here: [world of Code\nGeass](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/World_History), but it does not go into\nthe powers, only historical facts. Whether Geass was used or not in these\nevents (like geassing Ben Franklin into betraying George Washington), it is\nnot discussed.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy guess is that Geass was an isolated high order of beings that existed\nbefore human civilization became a norm. I came to this conclusion from seeing\nCharles activate the Ragnarök Connection from all of the world’s ruins. Using\nhumanity’s beginnings to bring about its ultimate destruction and rebirth.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI havent dig too deep, but I think the extra person in all the years when the\ncalamity happens is someone already related to the class 3-3.\n\nIs it true?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, as far as I remember, this is confirmed at the beginning of the manga.\n\nClass 3-3 has been the 'cursed' class since 1972\n\n\n\n> Every year since class 3-3 has had an 'Extra' person in the class from the\n> original year, who doesn't realise they are already dead.\n\nThe [Another Wikia](http://another.wikia.com/wiki/Class_3-3) is a good source\nof information on the series.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime ends with\n\n> the rights to the Takanashi residence being transferred to Yuuta, and them\n> moving back into the house.\n\nThe light novels are still ongoing.\n\nHow many volumes did the anime cover? If I were to pick up the light novels\nfrom where the anime ended, from what volume should I begin reading?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%91%E3%81%AE%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%82%92%E8%81%9E%E3%81%8D%E3%81%AA%E3%81%95%E3%81%84!#%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1),\n\n> Using **volume 1 _and_ volume 7** (the episode where Yuuta's doing daily\n> life with the three sisters at an apartment in Hachioji) from the original\n> work (light novel) as the base for the _anime's original story_ , original\n> characters were also added. Also, there are some different settings between\n> the anime and the light novel, like\n>\n\n>> the Takanashi couple died instead of missing.\n\n>\n> (Emphasis mine)\n\nSince volume 7 is a collection of short stories and the anime's story is\nconsidered original, I can't really suggest continuing from volume 2, but\ninstead just start from volume 1.\n\n* * *\n\nRegarding the 2 OVAs, I think both of them are original stories. Both OVAs\nwere included as a bonus for the limited edition of volume 13 and 18 (the last\nvolume), but Wikipedia doesn't mention if they adapted from them instead.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI watched this anime dubbed on Netflix about 3/4 years ago. It's set in a\nmagical fantasy world. There is a human who works in a pub, but he has to wear\ncat ears or else he is hunted. Then there is this really cool character who\ncrashes in and takes him on an adventure.\n\nIn the first episode, they left on a boat that they either stole or made\nthemselves, with a talking animal thing while the police are going after them.\n\nI'm thinking that they are on a quest to find something or other. The guy who\nhas to dress as a cat person is tall and slim, with light brown/dark blonde\nhair. The main girl has long pinkish hair, and I believe she has powers and\nhas an animal as her companion.\n\nI have been searching for about 2/3 years and I am going mental. Please help!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe the anime you're searching is \"Loveless\".\n\nit was on netflix, the main girl has pinkish hair and there's this [Koya\nSakagami](http://loveless.wikia.com/wiki/Kouya_Sakagami \"Koya Sakagami Wiki\nPage\") character who is forced to wear cat ears.\n\n[Loveless Wikipedia Page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveless_\\(manga\\)\n\"Loveless Wiki Page\")\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nThe anime you are looking for is called [_Sands of\nDestruction_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands_of_Destruction). It was\noriginally a Nintendo game and in 2008 it got an anime adaption.\n\nIt takes place in a world where humans serve as livestock for the ruling\nbeastman. The boy in the bar is called Kyrie and the girl is Morte Ashela.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm looking for an old anime but can't find it. I watched it as a kid, around\nthe time Dragon Ball Z got popular in the West too.\n\nIt's about a guy (I believe with glasses), that starts living in a house with\na couple of girls. Most of the stories revolve around crushes of one another,\nbut there are no-sexual encounters, just a lot of mistakes in which he sees\nthem naked accidentally and gets kicked around a lot. Actually he has a crush\non the oldest one of the girls in the house.\n\nA lot of the anime is revolving around the local university/school. He\npretends to be in the university, but actually isn't, while I believe the\noldest girl in the house is taking the entrance exams.\n\nThere is no fighting in the game, nor any sexual content. I believe it existed\nin manga form too.\n\nI can't remember more. Does anyone know which anime I'm talking about?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis sounds like **Love Hina.** Some relevant plot points that matches your\ndescription:\n\n * The main character wears glasses.\n * He lives with other girls in a hotel, trying to get into the University of Tokyo. He failed the entrance exams twice and still attempts to get into it.\n * One of the girls is taking entrance exams to the same university.\n * He does accidentally see other girls naked at times.\n * There are no explicit sexual encounter, at least, none that I know of.\n\nI'm not sure about him having a crush on the oldest one. Let us know if this\nis the correct answer or not.\n\nSource: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Hina>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhere does all the chakra needed for the reanimated shinobi come from? It\ncertainly cannot come from the caster, because the scale of the chakra being\nused for techniques is huge. In Kabuto's case, he was controlling several Edo\nTensei shinobi at once. So all the chakra they were using couldn't possibly be\ncoming from him.\n\nAlso, when Madara **broke** the Edo Tensei's\n[contract](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YdCBR.png), he mentioned about \"limitless\nchakra\". Where did the chakra come from?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is a limited amount of chakra, however, chakra replenishes so fast\nmaking it seemingly limitless. Similarly, body regeneration is also fast in\nEdo Tensei form.\n\nEveryone naturally regenerates chakra. Edo Tensei people regenerate at a\nfaster rate. We know chakra is limited, however, because the Mizukage was\ndrained and tired after using his infinite explosion jutsu - `Joki Boi`\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI know I'm coming to this late, but I've got an answer for this. There is an\nafterlife in the Naruto universe. Several techniques, including the Reaper\nDeath Seal and Nagato's revival technique make mention of this. Based on the\nnames and effects of those techniques, I believe that the Naruto universe has\na single afterlife called Hell.\n\nBased on the statements of revived Edo Tensei victims, Hell doesn't seem to be\na bad place, so it's likely the name isn't representative of Christian hell. I\nbelieve that the other answers are right, the chakra comes from the\naccelerated unnatural regeneration that the revived possess.\n\nHowever, I believe that the energy to fuel that regeneration comes from this\nHell. It's a non-issue, as chakra doesn't really obey any laws of conservation\nof energy, but if it did, Hell could eventually run out of energy.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI always see that different stories in the same anime series are usually\ncalled with either \"hen\", \"arc\" or \"season\" as seen in the examples below.\n\n * **Hen (編)** \nJoJo no Kimyou na Bouken - Stardust Crusaders - Egypt **Hen** \nAlps no Shoujo Heidi: Alm no Yama **Hen** \nHokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Gekitou- **hen** / Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden\nJunai- **hen** \nArata naru Sekai: Kako- **hen** / Arata naru Sekai: Gendai- **hen** / Arata\nnaru Sekai: Mirai- **hen**\n\n * **Arc** \nOne Piece: Arlong Park **Arc** / One Piece: Sabaody Island **Arc** \nBleach: Arrancar, The Arrival **Arc** / Bleach: Arrancar, The Hueco Mundo\nSneak Entry **Arc** \nNaruto: Chuunin Exam **Arc** / Naruto: Pain's Assault **Arc**\n\n * **Season** \nAldnoah.Zero 2nd **Season** \nGirls Bravo: First **Season** \nMoonlight Mile 1st **Season** : Lift Off\n\nI observed these differences: \n**Hen** : Always added at the end of the title. Sometimes it is made suffix\nwith a hyphen. \n**Arc** : Used to logically divide long running series. \n**Season** : Always used with a number starting from 1.\n\nWhy do they choose one over another? For example, why don't we say \"Moonlight\nMile: Lift Off Hen\" or \"Naruto: Chuunin Exam Season\"? Is this only a matter of\nchoice or do they differ in meaning?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nArc is English word and Hen is Japanese. They both indicate storylines\n(separation by what is happening in story), whereas season is used to split\nthe anime by industry and commercial timeline (commonly by actual seasons:\nWinter 2015, Fall 2015). Multiple arcs may comprise a single season or\nmultiple seasons maybe needed to finish a single arc.\n\nTake [One\nPiece](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Piece_episodes#Season_1_.281999-2001.29)\nfor example. Season 3 and Season 4 of One Piece anime actually share arcs.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was watching the _Akame ga Kill_ ONAs, and in _AkaKill Theater_ episode 22,\nKurome is constantly pointing out that Akame doesn't get enough air-time even\nthough the series is named after her and talking smack to her.\n\nShe then says something starting with `Ba-`, and is immediately censored. The\ndialogue goes something like this:\n\n> _**Run:**_ We're just about out of time, so let's at least have a good-\n>\n> _**Kurome:**_ Sis. Ba- * censored *\n>\n> _Everyone is stunned, the display in the back says **\" She actually said\n> it!\"**_\n>\n> _**Run:**_ So I think, that's enough for today\n>\n> _**Akame:** (Super Pissed)_ Kurome, meet me outside\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ywWrU.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BEDtN.png)\n\nSo what does she say?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [this\nanswer](http://nozomi.2ch.sc/test/read.cgi/ymag/1417014469/669), Kurome most\nlikely said something along the lines of \"Sis, you are just like Bakabon\" or\n\"Sis, have you heard of Bakabon?\" given the context.\n\n> 以前このスレで妹を斬るの回のアカ斬る劇場でアカメとクロメが話してて クロメが最後に何て言ってたのか？って話題があったが **あれは多分 「お姉ちゃん\n> バカボンみたいだね」か「お姉ちゃんバカボンって知ってる？」 のどちらかだと思う。**\n\n[Tensai Bakabon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensai_Bakabon) is another show\nnamed after someone who, like Akame, [didn't have anywhere near enough screen\ntime for a title\ncharacter](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18739/what-does-akame-ga-\nkill-mean-and-why-is-it-called-that), as it is\n\n> Bakabon's troublemaker father who eventually steals the show and becomes the\n> central character.\n\nSo essentially, Kurome is just mocking Akame for the fact that she was\nupstaged by a supporting character (Kurome herself), **for the third time**.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nJust what the title says, why is the show called **_Akame ga Kill!_** and what\ndoes it even mean? Akame was just an ordinary member of _Night Raid_ , yet the\nshow is named after her. She wasn't the main Protagonist, she wasn't even the\nmain _Waifu_! And as this **unanswered** [question mentions\nhere](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/16761/why-is-akame-the-center-\nof-attention), the only difference was:\n\n> She fought Esdeath, the primary antagonist, and ultimately survived.\n\nI googled a bit and came across [this\nlink](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-\ntitles/69737130), according to which **_Akame ga Kill!_** literally means:\n\n> Akame _is_ kill\n\nSo what does that even mean? Does it mean that Akame is Death itself, or Akame\nis Dead (Not physically, but mentally - that she is dead inside). But I doubt\nthat either of these interpretations are correct since she acts all cutesy\nfrom time to time.\n\nAs another user points out, a general translation would be _Akame Kills_ , but\nthat would be a very stupid name, wouldn't it? So can anyone help clear this\nup?\n\n* * *\n\n**Edit:** Even Akame knows something's not right (from _AkaKILL Theater\nEpisode 24 - END_ ).\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akame_ga_Kill!), _Akame\nga Kill!_ translates to _Red-Eye Kill!_ :\n\n> _**Akame ga Kill!**_ (Japanese: アカメが斬る! Hepburn: _Akame ga Kiru!_ ,\n> literally meaning \"Red-Eye Kill!\")\n\nThere is basis for that, Red = Aka 赤 (アカ) and Eye = Me 目 (メ)\n\nAs you can see, the katakana for Akame is used rather than the hiragana since\nit's used for a character's name so it's describing her perfectly: she has red\neyes.\n\nAs for the last part, kiru (斬る), while one could just pass it off as a crappy\ntranslation to English because it sounds like kill, it apparently does mean\nkill:\n\n> to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice\n> (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)\n>\n> Kanji in this word\n>\n> 斬: beheading, kill, murder\n\nSource: [japandict](http://www.japandict.com/%E6%96%AC%E3%82%8B). Alternated\nsources to support:\n[wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%AC%E3%82%8B),\n[Glosbe](https://glosbe.com/ja/en/%E6%96%AC%E3%82%8B).\n\nAll of these definitions seem to point to a sword being used, which is what is\ndepreciated on the cover of volume 1:\n\n\n\nAs for why that name, I haven't watched/read the series and can't answer, but\nI dare say your linked question\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/16761/1587) asking why she's the\ntitle character may explain that part (when it gets an answer), however I\nposted this answer (while incomplete) hoping that it would help someone\ncomplete the answer.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is straightforward if you know Japanese. 斬る _kiru_ is a verb meaning \"to\ncut\", with the specific nuance of \"to kill with a blade\". Which is what Akame\ndoes, which is why the show is named \"Akame ga Kiru\", which means \"Akame cuts\"\nor \"Akame kills with a blade\".\n\nThe English title \"Akame ga Kill\" is a fortuitous coincidence owing to the\nfact that the Japanese pronunciation of English \"kill\" is also _kiru_ , and\n\"kill\" means more or less the same thing as 斬る _kiru_.\n\n> I googled a bit and came across [this\n> link](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-\n> titles/69737130), according to which **_Akame ga Kill!_** literally means:\n> Akame _is_ kill\n\nNo, that guy was wrong (or perhaps [a master\nruseman](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/john-is-kill)). There isn't any\ninterpretation of the title under which it could mean \"Akame is kill\".\n\n> As another user points out, a general translation would be _Akame Kills_ ,\n> but that would be a very stupid name, wouldn't it?\n\nWhat's stupid about it? That's what the whole bloody story is about - Akame\n(and the rest of Night Raid) killing.\n\n* * *\n\nNow, as for why Akame specifically is the title character, that I don't know.\nBut it is the case that she is the one most wont to killing with a blade (as\nopposed to, say, a gun or a fist or whatever). Would the title make as much\nsense if it were \"Tatsumi cuts\" / \"Tatsumi kills with a blade\"? No, because he\ndoesn't do that all that much.\n\nGiven that they lampoon Akame's lack-of-main-character-ness in the show, I\ndon't know that there's too much to read into this. Maybe she's the title\ncharacter because the artist liked drawing her on the manga covers or\nsomething. It's not like the reason for her being the title character needs to\nbe particularly deep.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo reiterate, アカメが斬る ( _Akame ga Kiru_ ) means \"Akame cuts/slices/kills\".\n_Kiru_ also has another meaning: \"to perform surgical incision\", though the\nkanji is 切る in the case of this definition. This aligns well with the settings\nof the series: the goal of Akame and her group is to perform the necessary\nsurgery on the corrupted empire by eliminating the tumors.\n\nWhat is missing in the title are the objects, the targets that Akame kills. In\nepisode 1, Tatsumi said 「俺が斬る」 ( _Ore ga Kiru_ ), which means \"let me kill\n(her)\" or \"I'll kill (her)\". Even though there was no object specified, we\ncould infer whom Tatsumi would kill. As for whom and what Akame kills,\nアカメが(Xを)斬る, the object X can be [any of those in the chapter\ntitles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Akame_ga_Kill!_chapters#Akame_ga_Kill.21).\nGranted, it wasn't always Akame who did the killings, but she is actually a\npersonification of Death (see explanation below) because her lethal and\nefficient one-cut-kill is befitting of Reaper's Scythe.\n\n> Does it mean that Akame is Death itself, or Akame is Dead (Not physically,\n> but mentally - that she is dead inside).\n\nActually, that is my thought exactly. In episode 24,\n\n> Esdeath remarked that Akame is no longer human. It makes sense because\n> Murasame's one-cut-kill doesn't work on non-human beings, or more precisely,\n> beings without a beating heart, which is why Akame didn't die after cutting\n> herself with it because she became Death. Also at the end, Akame said \"I can\n> only kill\" because that is her newly acquired job as Death. Najenda and\n> Akame, the only two survivors of Night Raid in the anime, actually symbolize\n> Life and Death, as shown by them wearing [capes of opposite\n> colors](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oKIjE.jpg) and carrying out opposite roles\n> of constructing and destroying for the new empire.\n\n> Akame was just an ordinary member of Night Raid, yet the show is named after\n> her. She wasn't the main Protagonist, she wasn't even the main Waifu!\n\n[Princess\nMononoke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke#Production) is also\nnamed after San who is not the main protagonist, even though Hayao Miyazaki\nhad originally preferred the title _The Legend of Ashitaka_ and even went as\nfar as to create a new kanji for _legend_ (sekki). Although Akame is not the\nmain protagonist, like San, she is still indispensable to the plot, especially\nin a symbolic way.\n\nWhy not name the series _Ore ga Kiru_ or _Tatsumi ga Kiru_? Well, because it\nwouldn't be as intriguing as _Akame ga Kiru_. The readers would get hooked on\nwho is Akame and why does she have [red\neyes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedEyesTakeWarning), the\nliteral meaning of _akame_. (In Chinese, it so happens that there is a phrase\n殺紅了眼 to describe a person who goes berserk from killing too many people that\nhis eyes turn red.) It's red eyes and not black eyes because the story is full\nof the so-called \"[leftist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics)\"\nideas, hence the oft regarded [color of the\nleft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_colour). Subjectivity aside, the\nordering also matters: _a_ is both the first letter in the English alphabet\nand the first character in\n[Gojuuon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon), so _Akame ga Kiru_ will\npop up earlier in searches than the alternatives.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell, actually I wouldn't go so far as to relate this to some person she has\nkilled or whatever. I rather think that the sentence \"Akame ga kill\" could\nloosely be translated to:\n\n> Akame has killed.\n\nFollowing this thought, one could say that it just means all kills and bad\nthings the Night Raid did were pinned on Akame, as Akame in episode 24\nsuggested. She could be the symbol for all sins committed by the Night Raid.\nInstead of making the title \"The Night Raid has killed\", the title refers to\nthe future and reflects the impression of the uninvolved people such as the\nvillagers from the hometown who still think Tatsumi is alive; they aren't as\ninformed as the soldiers or the revolutionaries and so it would be possible to\nmake them believe all crimes had been committed by the sole Akame.\n\nWell that's how I interpret the title.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAkame ga Kill, is a dark thriller with a male protagonist, that being said, a\nlot of media regarding dark emotions doesn't have the main character's\nattributes in the title. The title references the theme, and is in third\nperson from the protagonist's point of reference (They don't necessarily need\nto say the title out loud in the media).\n\nIn the title \"Death becomes her\" Bruce Willis is the protagonist, kinda dark.\n\"She lives!\" is about a cancer patient with the BF as the main character and\nhe tries to make her life meaningful in the short time. These types of stories\nalmost always have the main character identify with the titular character and\nat some point accept them for who they are.\n\n\"Akame Ga Kill\" is the main Character's Tatsumi's statement at sometime in\nthis series which ultimately came from his experiences living with a family of\nassassins; it also can reference to the point that his main inspiration\nkills/cuts/incises(as in surgery). Tatsumi has to redeem his friends as well\nas the innocents killed by the evil empire, Akame kills the evil empire, so\nkilling the evil empire has become normal. It is to reference the main theme,\nand is a clever enough title to reference many themes in the story.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSimple. You say Akame isn't the main female character. To me she is. Maybe the\nmangaka felt about it like this as well but just didn't want to put too much\nattention on her either since Tatsumi is the main character overall. Think\nabout it for a second. Akame gets the most in depth background story of all\nthe female characters in the anime. She's by far the most interesting one as\nwell. Also, the anime ends with her standing at the end dealing the final\nfight. Not Tatsumi. Not Mine. Not Sheele. Not Leo. No. Akame. So therefore,\nAkame ga Kill.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nApart from immortality, in which the puppets can be destroyed and they does\nnot recover. Does the puppets have the same amount of chakra or they only\nposses only their past live ability. Lets say if pain body were converted into\na puppet. Would it have the Rinnegan? Or It would be a blind puppet? How does\nthis puppet thing work. Does it require the person or thing to be alive before\na puppet is made out of it or them? OR just ant body or shell is enough.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nEdo Tensei and Puppets are very different.\n\nFor [Edo\nTensei](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning:_Impure_World_Reincarnation):\n\n> Is a forbidden technique where, using a living person as a vessel, a\n> **deceased person's soul** can be called back to the world of the living and\n> bound to it. The vessel will then take on the form that person had in life,\n> thereby reincarnating them to do their summoner's bidding.\n\nA living sacrifice has to be made in order for the jutsu to work.\n\n> After the individual has been summoned and awakened, the summoner has no\n> control over the reincarnated individuals with the exception of restraining\n> their movements until they implant a special talisman, which is attached to\n> the end of a kunai and implanted in the brain.\n\nAs for the [Puppet jutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Puppet):\n\n> They are most often humanoid-looking creations, but depending on the\n> creator, can resemble anything. They are fashioned in a manner that uses\n> every part as a weapon, giving the puppeteer a myriad of ways to manipulate\n> it.\n\nSasori's [Human Puppets](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Human_Puppet):\n\n> A human puppet is a type of puppet created from human corpses, developed by\n> Sasori during his time in Sunagakure. By removing the internal organs of a\n> foe and preserving the body to prevent decomposition, as well as adding\n> weapons and defences, Sasori can make powerful human puppets. These puppets\n> are different from normal ones, as they retain their use of chakra and any\n> kekkei genkai that the human host once had.\n\nSo, yes, the Pain puppet might retain its chakra. But it can use the Rinnegan\nonly if the **original** Rinnegan eyes are present in the puppet's eye\nsockets. I'm not quite sure about the dead/living part, as we have no evidence\nabout it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAt 01:53 of episode 4 of Kyoukai no Kanata: Mini Theater special, after\nHiroomi said that Mitsuki was his only idol, this conversation happened\n(transcribed to the best of my ability):\n\n> **Kanbara:** おい、博臣{ひろおみ}、そろそろやめとけよ。美月{みつき}がＭＫ[５]｛ご｝だぞ。\n>\n> **Kuriyama:** メガ盛｛も｝り 金平ごぼう、 ですか？\n>\n> **Kanbara:** そっ、それ、マジ？\n\nIf my guesses are right, Kuriyama mistook MK5 (emu-kei-go) as abbreviation for\n**M** egamori (large serving) **K** inpira1 **Go** bou2, which is a Japanese\ndish.\n\n1 A Japanese style of cooking.\n[ja.Wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%B9%B3).\n[en.Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinpira). \n2 Burdock.\n[ja.Wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A6).\n[en.Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctium_lappa).\n\n\n\nImage from <http://cookpad.com/recipe/1743175>\n\nMy question is about \"MK5\" in Kanbara's line. While the line can be generally\nunderstood as Mitsuki was getting pissed off at Hiroomi, I don't get what\nKanbara is making a reference of by saying \"MK5\". Any idea?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\"MK5\" means \"[maji kireru 5\nbyoumae](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1447224064)\"\n([マジで切れる５秒前](http://zokugo-dict.com/04e/mk5.htm)), or being on the verge of\nlosing it ([really pissed\noff](http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=MK5\\(%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%81%A7%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%8B5%E7%A7%92%E5%89%8D\\))).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the Boku-H anime, whenever Ryosuke uses his invisible dictionary, he is\nshown as a centaur.\n\nWhat is the symbolism behind that figure?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Centaur, in Greek mythology, is a creature related to both basal instincts\nand wisdom (lust, or in the context, perverseness). They are connected to the\ngod Dionisius, god of carnal desires (sexual drive) and carousing.\n\nFrom [Monstruous.com](http://monsters.monstrous.com/centaurs.htm):\n\n> The wicked centaurs are the antithesis of the knight and the horseman.\n> Instead of mastering or taming their instincts, these centaurs are ruled by\n> them. They symbolize violent lust, adultery (...)\n\nFrom [Wikipedia article on Centaurs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur):\n\n> Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild and lusty, overly\n> indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and\n> generally uncultured delinquents.\n\nSo the first symbolism of the centaur relates to the fact that Ryosuke is\nunleashing his perverted spirit energy.\n\nThe most famous centaur is Chiron, and according to\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiron) again:\n\n> Chiron, by contrast, was intelligent, civilized and kind (...) A great\n> healer, astrologer, and respected oracle, Chiron was said to be the first\n> among centaurs and highly revered as a teacher and tutor.\n\nThis could be connected to the fact that Ryosuke is displaying his great\nknowledge or wisdom, by assimilating the content of the dictionary.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis manga is about a high school girl who loves doing her sister's hair in\nthe mornings, but she doesn't do her own hair because she thinks it won't suit\nher. One day at school, she cuts a guy's hair in the middle of class. Later\nshe fixes it, and then the story progresses. That's all I can remember, thank\nyou.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom [Madara Uchiha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha)'s article:\n\n> The Naka Shrine had been in the Uchiha's possession for generations and was\n> brought with them when they settled in Konoha. Through careful study, Madara\n> was able decipher enough of it to learn of the history of shinobi: of the\n> endless cycle of failed peace and the destiny of battle between Uchiha and\n> Senju, but also a means of unity for the world. With this knowledge, Madara\n> decided Konoha was a failed experiment. He tried to convince his own clan\n> and even Hashirama of the same conclusion, but none would hear him. Madara\n> chose to **abandon** the village, returning with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox\n> under his control to challenge Hashirama. They fought to exhaustion, and\n> from the carnage of their battle the Valley of the End was formed. In the\n> end, Madara, too tired to even keep his Sharingan activated, was **killed**\n> by Hashirama.\n\nSo after he abandoned his clan and his people and then got killed by\nHashirama, how was the next clan leader chosen? (I believe Madara wasn't\nmarried)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nRight before Madara left his own clan,\n[Konoha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konohagakure) was founded as a place\nwhere Uchiha and Senju could co-exist peacefully.\n\nAfter Madara's death, there was no true leader for the Uchiha clan. All of\nthem were under one leadership of Hokage along with rest of the citizens of\nKonoha. Hashirama was elected as the first Hokage and he was later succeeded\nby Tobirama.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[Najenda](http://akamegakill.wikia.com/wiki/Najenda) is the head of the\nassassin group Night Raid. Her background story, regarding the events which\nleads to the amputation of her right arm and the lost of her right eye, is\nshown in chapter 39 of the manga, right after the events in Kyoroch in the\nprevious chapter (which corresponds to episode 19 of the anime). However, her\nstory is not shown in the anime.\n\nWhy didn't the anime show her background story? I think her background story\ncomplements the rest of the series very well and make it easier understand.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Black Bullet, the main Initiators are all 10 years old girls. But there are\nseveral taller and smaller girls shown in the background.\n\nAre all the Cursed Children 10 years old, or are there others born after that?\n\nDoes the contamination of mothers through the mouth still happen?\n\nDo the Light Novels explain this phenomena in more depth than the anime?\n\n* * *\n\nIt seems to be several questions, but the point is the same. Just different\nphrasing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo, all Cursed Children are not 10 years old, it is most likely that Cursed\nChildren are still being born. In the light novel the girl who opens the\nmanhole cover for Rentaro in the Outer District is stated to look around the\nage of 7\n\n> She was probably around seven years old, and she peered at Rentaro with a\n> puzzled look on her face. Her eyes glowed red.\n\nWhile not conclusive, the following passage also seem to imply that Cursed\nChildren are still being born, which is probably part of the reason the new\nGastrea Law is being proposed\n\n> Just a short while ago, it was normal for Cursed Children to be delivered in\n> secret alongside a river, then killed before they could even open their eyes\n\nWhile \"a short while ago\" is hard to pin down I doubt it only refers to 10\nyears ago. This might also be the reason why we see so few younger cursed\nchildren, most are drowned shortly after birth. 10 years ago parents didn't\nknow that their children would be born as Cursed Children but in more recent\nyears it is probably expected that a large amount of children would be born\nthat way which probably explain why most parents kill their children before\nthey can even open their eyes.\n\nEdit: The second light novel again confirms the fact that Cursed Children are\nnot all 10 years old but are in fact also younger\n\n> Born at almost the same time as the Great Gastrea War ten years ago, the\n> Cursed Children were ten years old or younger.\n\nNow, the Cursed Children [wiki\npage](http://blackbullet.wikia.com/wiki/Cursed_Children#cite_ref-2) states\nthat Matsuzaki states that all Cursed Children are 10-years old however I\ncannot find this statement in either the light novel or the anime so I would\ntake it with a pinch of salt.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the series, she is celebrated as the world's best medical-nin, and is one\nof Konohagakure's [Legendary Three\nNinja](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sannin). What is her chakra element?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI don't think it was officially announced. It's just like [Sakura's\ncase](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/17205/what-is-sakuras-chakra-\nelement).\n\nFrom [Naruto Wikia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tsunade), we find that:\n\n> Tsunade's Nature Types consists of Fire, Lightning, Earth, Water, Yin (anime\n> only) and Yang Release.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhose phone was connected to the microwave? Who did her message reach to\nchange it, and if she kept it a secret, how did they know whose phone to use\non the microwave? Am I forgetting/missing something?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHere's a quote from the Steins Gate wiki regarding the message sent back:\n\n> She joined in episode 9, recruited by Rintarou because she wanted to make a\n> D-Mail to avoid her father's death.\n\nI believe it ended up taking out May Queen (the cafe) and replaced it with\nsome other store. The Akiba district was also heavily influenced by the\nD-Mail.\n\nAnswering your question of who sent it, I believe Faris sent it herself.\n\n[Here's](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=299032) a discussion on the\nepisode that you might want to check out as well.\n\nSource: <http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Faris_Nyannyan>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe mistake you're making is that the phone attached to the microwave is\nirrelevant—any phone is okay.\n\nThe phone that matters is the phone that the microwave phone sends the message\nto.\n\nThe message is sent to [**Faris's father, Yukitaka Akiha**](http://steins-\ngate.wikia.com/wiki/Yukitaka_Akiha).\n\nThe reason could be classed as spoilers, so make sure you watch the show\nfirst.\n\n> Yukitaka died in a plane crash several years before the events of\n> _Steins;Gate_. He was the only victim of the crash. However, his daughter\n> later uses a D-Mail to save his life, by making him believe she was\n> kidnapped and forcing him to take the bullet train instead.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHer message was sent back in time to her father's phone. The message she sent\nchanged the fact that he had gotten on the plane and died. Without her father\nin the picture, she sparked the existence of the moe culture in the city. But\nwith her father in the equation, she had never sparked the moe‑ization of the\ncity.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile searching for the hot spring that can turn him back into male, Kokkuri-\nsan passes several other hot springs. I got the feeling from watching the show\nthat they were giving a shout-out to / parodying other anime shows.\n\nWhat were those shows?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI noticed these two signs:\n\n\n\n\n\nTo me, that's a clear reference to the classic [Ranma\n1/2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD), as that series features a\nmale protagonist who fell into a cursed spring, which made him turn into a\nwoman whenever he got splashed with cold water. His father likewise received\nthe same curse and turned into a panda after falling into a different spring\nin the same area.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 12, the [Mysterious\nBoy](http://myanimelist.net/character/34379/Mysterious_Boy) (who is probably\nthe first NPC) explained to Yuri that there was a boy from a long time ago who\nloved another girl who left him alone in this world. Thus he lost his grip on\nsanity, and created some sort of \"requirements\" to this world (the main one\nbeing to not allow love to spread). But the Mysterious Boy also told her that\nhis chances of meeting her again are better than 0.\n\nBased on [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18444/why-\ncouldnt-otonashi-of-angel-beats-pass-on), it is assumed that Otonashi didn't\nhave regrets so he did passed on. But I beg to differ on that, because we can\nalso assume Otonashi **DID** have regrets right after Kanade left him even\nwhen he begged for her to stay with him.\n\nIt's all based on assumption really, but could it be that the first NPC was\nactually Otonashi himself in some way?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTheoretically, no. It's true that Kanade arrived before Otonashi and Otonashi\ndied in the real world before Kanade (because Otonashi's heart went to\nKanade), but I think this question never received a response from Key.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI still haven't gotten my head wrapped around the ending, but the creator of\n_Angel Beats!_ , Jun Maeda, has purportedly said in [an\ninterview](https://worldomonation.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/angel-beats-\ninterview-with-maeda-jun-second-season/):\n\n> It was no use being there by himself, so I believe he also left the world\n> after that. Besides, he was rewarded. It wasn’t a bad life. It wouldn’t be\n> like Otonashi for him to stay. He’s a forward-thinker…looking towards his\n> next life.\n\nSo it seems that Otonashi eventually passed on without regrets.\n\nOtonashi is undoubtedly portrayed as a parallel of the Programmer, but it is\nnot known whether he will end up turning himself into an NPC like the\nProgrammer had done, because the anime didn't give us a clear and definitive\nanswer, and neither did Jun Maeda in the interview. I guess it's really up to\nyou to decide on what you believe in.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Mysterious Boy, aka the [AI](http://angelbeats.wikia.com/wiki/The_AI), was\ncreated by the [Programmer](http://angelbeats.wikia.com/wiki/The_Programmer)\nas the first [NPC](http://angelbeats.wikia.com/wiki/NPC) in the Afterlife. The\nProgrammer's details match that of Otonashi's with striking similarities.\nLet's not forget that alongside the original ending of Angel Beats, Key issued\nanother epilogue, aptly titled \"Another Epilogue\". In this, the main focus is\nanother person that's arrived in the Afterlife, and he is surrounded by quiet,\nobedient NPCs. After challenging the reality of the Afterlife School, he is\ntalked to by the Student Council President,\n\n> the Otonashi in an alternate timeline, who hasn't moved on yet,\n\nand he is told that if he has any question about the world that they both live\nin that he should come down to the Student Council room. However, as\n\n> Otonashi heads back to the Student Council room, a girl can be heard saying,\n> \"There's a rumor that he's waiting for someone.\"\n\nSo therefore, it's entirely possible that\n\n> Otonashi is waiting for Kanade, and that this timestream somehow loops.\n> Otonashi goes crazy waiting for Kanade, who has an infinitesimally small\n> chance of reappearing in the Afterlife, but still, better than zero.\n\nHe turns himself into an NPC to be able to withstand the long wait, and\ncreates the AI, or the \"Mysterious Boy\" to be able to maintain the\nrequirements of the Afterlife, not allowing love to manifest, therefore\npossibly saving future arrivals from the pain that he has been exposed to.\nThis may be why he creates [Angel\nPlayer](http://angelbeats.wikia.com/wiki/Angel_Player), because he knows that\nif Kanade reappears, then she'll know how to use it, and maybe program it to\nmove him back from his NPC state. The members of the SSS arrive after this.\nThen, at the time of Episode 1, the timestream loops, causing\n\n> Otonashi to revert back from an NPC.\n\nForgetting everything that's happened to him, the events continue their course\nthe same way they did before,\n\n> causing the timeline to repeat over and over and over.\n\nAny thoughts? This seems pretty far-fetched, but it's out there now.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nUntil Lelouch confronted his father, his Geass was just in one eye. But\nsuddenly, it changed and also appeared in the other eye. After that, he could\nstop his father's plans.\n\nWas this a sign that his power was getting stronger? Or did something else\nchange?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSuzaku was always Lelouch's enemy; they had the same goal, but different ways.\n\nBut when they met and killed Lelouch's father, he changed sides and became\nLelouch's Knight. Why did this happen? At that point, Lelouch had the Geass in\nboth eyes. Could he now manipulate people more often? Or did he just agree\nwith Lelouch's plan to cheat the whole world?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNear the end of the series it is explained how Lelouch came up with the Zero\nRequiem; that being, the idea of creating a focal point of the entire world's\nhatred and then having that point be destroyed thus \"Breaking the chains of\nhatred\" furthermore he would make this focal point himself. Thus, by giving\nthe entire world a single target, they would be united in their fight against\nthe tyrannical leader he became.\n\nThrough his death, he could facilitate a peace throughout the world. It is\nthis idea that led Suzaku to join Lelouch, this also coincides with the fact\nthat Lelouch would also be atoning for his sins through his death, one sin in\nparticular being the death of Euphemia li Britannia. This fact also\ncontributes to Suzaku joining Lelouch as he would gain both justice for\nEuphemia as well as being able to bring about lasting peace.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> TL;DR: He never changed sides.\n\n**Suzaku's allegiance remained with the Britannia Empire the whole series**.\nAfter the events in C world that culminated with the Emperor's death, Lelouch\nbecame the new Emperor, and it was only logical that Suzaku would serve\nBritannia's Emperor, Lelouch.\n\nBoth Lelouch and Suzaku had the same goal: to restore Britannia and end the\ncorruption. Suzaku wanted to do it by working WITHIN the system, Lelouch would\ndo it by the fastest means available. That is why they were at odds before the\nEmperor's death. Once Lelouch became part of the system, that rivalry ended.\n\n* * *\n\nAlso, Lelouch had already used Geass on Suzaku in the first season, by\nordering him\n\n> To Live!\n\nthat was triggered anytime Suzaku was at a risk of death, most of the time\nimproving his combat edge.\n\nLelouch could use Geass more than once on an individual, **only if Orange-kun\nused his Geass Canceler between uses**. Happened only once in the whole\nseries, with Shirley: he used it once to eraser her memory, then Orange-kun\nwiped that effect, and later while she was dying on Lelouch hands, he\ncommanded her to live, but she was unable to carry that and died anyway.\n\nAgreeing to the Zero Requiem plan suited Suzaku on several levels. He would\n\n * Serve his Emperor's (Lelouch's) orders, \n * Avenge Euphemia (by killing Lelouch), \n * Clear his slate with Karen (by being dead, or even if he was unmasked as Zero afterwards, she would still be ok, I guess), \n * And stay in a position able to defend Nunnally forever.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think you guys are missing the point. By the end of episode 21, I believe\nthat Suzaku had forgiven Lelouch for what he had done. There are many reasons\nwhy he did this.\n\nFirstly, in episode 'Assassin from the Past', Shirley reveals that she has\nforgiven Lelouch for something that he had done to her an urges Suzaku to do\nthe same. Also, by the end of the episode, Suzaku realises that both Euphemia\nand Shirley knew who Zero really was, and yet they both kept his secret to the\nvery end, even though revealing his identity would have prevented both their\ndeaths. This leads Suzaku to realise that Zero may not be as bad as he\nthought.\n\nFurthermore, in 'One Million Miracles' while contemplating what to do, Suzaku\ncomments that both Euphemia and Nunnally wanted to forgive Zero for his sins.\nAlthough it is not enough at the time, it does create doubts within Suzaku\nwhich help lead to his changing sides.\n\nMoreover, in 'A Taste of Humiliation', Suzaku confronts Lelouch about his past\nsins. Lelouch, not caring about himself and wanting punishment to atone for\nhis sins, lies about everything he's asked about. Suzaku, having experienced\nthis already, realises that he's lying, and perhaps finally understands that\nLelouch didn't want to kill Euphemia or anyone else. This allows him to open\nup to the prospect of forgiving Lelouch, though he doesn't at that particular\nmoment. This moment, in particular, was paramount in Suzaku's joining sides\nwith Lelouch.\n\nFinally, after the main events of the 'The Ragnarök Connection', Suzaku, once\nagain, confronts Lelouch over Euphemia's death, but Lelouch challenges him and\nsays that nothing is unforgivable. (Since Lelouch never blamed Suzaku for\nkilling his father and that he was forgiven by those closest to him, Suzaku\nfound it in his heart to forgive Lelouch, too.) This, coupled with that fact\nthat Suzaku had realised that Lelouch was now fighting for all humanity, is\nthe final turning point in the friendship/enmity between Lelouch and Suzaku.\n\nPS. For those with any doubts that Suzaku had forgiven Lelouch by the end of\nthe series need only be reminded that Suzaku was weeping when he killed\nLelouch.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHarem manga and anime are so popular that they have their own category. It's\neasy to name a few: Girls Wild, High School DxD, Sekirei, The World God Only\nKnows.\n\nWhy is this such a popular theme in both anime/manga? It is odd because in\nfantasy literature, American cinema, and Western television, harem is not a\ncommon theme and would offend most. How is it that they are so extremely\nprevalent (and seemingly accepted) in anime/manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe target audience of \"harem\" shows is adolescent males - teenage boys. The\nmain character is usually a male high school or cram school student, who is\nawkward around girls - someone the target audience can relate to, as they are\nin the same phase of their lives, struggling with love. (Who hasn't?)\n\nAdolescent males have always been a large part of the audience for anime;\nshows featuring giant robots appeal to the same group. So it's a trope that\nappeals to the traditional audience.\n\nI'm not sure why we don't seem to have \"harem series\" in superhero comics, as\nit could be successful for the same reason. One reason could be that the\niconic superheroes like Superman and Batman are already mature, at an age\nwhere they are more confident around females, and also expected to behave more\nmaturely than the protagonists of harem series.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [the Hataraku Maou-sama\nWikia](http://hataraku.wikia.com/wiki/Sadao_Maou),\n\n> Satan tried to conquer the land of Ente Isla with four of his war generals,\n> Adramelech, Lucifer, Alsiel, and Malacoda, but was eventually forced to\n> retreat to Earth due to the interference of Emilia and the resisting human\n> armies.\n\nIf this is true, it is possible that she can beat Maou-sama. (Though that was\nin Ente Isla). Does this mean that Emilia is stronger than the Four Generals?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen it comes to Powers and Abilities , Maou had a great power than Emi . As\nthe Demon Lord, Maou possessed great demonic power. Demonic magic is extremely\nstrong, and each user seems to have a unique coloured aura to indicate its\npresence. For him, that color is black.\n\nOn Earth, he lost most of his powers and was weakened to the point that he\ncould only function as an average human. Finding magical sources was near\nimpossible as magic is largely only present in the form of fiction. However,\nhis powers can be temporarily restored by feeding off negative emotions like\nfear and despair from sentient beings in the surroundings, such as during the\nbattles with Lucifer and Sariel.\n\nMaou is able to cast so many high-class offensive and defensive magics to\nattack enemies or to defend himself from harm with ease.\n\nMaou is surprisingly intelligent, able to piece events together and form a\nlogical conclusion with relative ease, such as when he figured out Lucifer's\nmotivations for the mugging incidents around the neighbourhood to accumulate\npower.\n\nWhile [Emi](http://hataraku.wikia.com/wiki/Emi_Yusa)'s human body is more\nfragile on Earth than it is in Ente Isla ,shown to be capable of flight, but\nits limitations (such as whether it uses up her Sacred Power or not) are not\nclear as of yet.\n\nto be exact Emi can't defeat Maou.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMaou has been around for over 3 hundred years and has been taught more magic\nthen even alciel knows. Emi has half human blood in her, so even though she\ncan fly, heal, knock out someone, and use a sacred sword, she could not win in\na fight against the demon king. The only reason she was able to corner him was\nbecause she had her comrades with her.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThat is true satan is a true demon with immense physical prowess and demonic\npowers. well humans are immensely weak since emi is half human she could and\nwon't be able to defeat satan. Maybe if she was a full angel she might be in\nequals term with him.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter I watched episode 366 of Bleach, I waited for a couple of months. As I\nexpected, no new episode of the Bleach anime has been released since then. And\nyet, I don't believe that the anime has reached the ending.\n\nWhy did the Bleach anime stop airing? And did the manga also end its\nserialization? Though for the case of the manga, I am not sure if it has\nactually finished.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHaku took the shot meant for Zabuza. Zabuza was the wicked one but he still\ncovered for him. Why did he do it?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe story line goes into depth about it.\n\nHaku, as a child, ended up killing his own father by accident (couldn't\ncontrol his own powers under extreme emotional distress). He was all alone and\nZabuza took him in - the understanding was always that Haku was a \"tool\" to be\nused by Zabuza.\n\nThis was his goal in life then - to be of use to Zabuza. For that aim, he went\nthrough any number of things distasteful to himself (such as assassinations),\nworked on his skills to become the most powerful ninja he could possibly be,\nto become the best tool for Zabuza to use.\n\nWhen beaten by Naruto, he felt that he was now a useless tool and had no more\nreason to live. He asked Naruto to kill him - to finish him off, which Naruto\nwas not capable of.\n\nWhen Zabuza was about to get the death strike from Kakashi, Haku did the only\nthing he thought he, as a useless tool, could do for Zabuza and sacrificed his\nown life to save Zabuza.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow popular is the light novel of Mahouka Rettousei Koukou in Japan?\n\nAll I want is the current ratings and standing of this light novel series in\nJapan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn terms of light novels, it seems to be the best selling series of 2014.\nBased on sales surveyed from November 18, 2013 to November 16, 2014, it ranks\n#1 with an estimated 1,599,614 copies sold.\n\nHowever, if you look at individual volumes, Mahouka Rettousei no Koukou volume\n13 ranked #5 with 226,371 copies sold. In comparison, Kagerou Daze V -the\ndeceiving- ranked #1 and sold 398,038.\n\nHope that answers your question.\n\nSources: [Anime News Network Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series:\n2014](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-03/top-selling-light-\nnovels-in-japan-by-series-2014/.82853) & [Anime News Network Top-Selling Light\nNovels in Japan by Volume:\n2014](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-03/top-selling-light-\nnovels-in-japan-by-volume-2014/.82854)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDuring the fight between Minato Namikaze and Tobi (in episode 248 _The Fourth\nHokage's Death Match_ of the _Naruto: Shippuden_ anime, or chapter 502 and 503\nof the manga), Minato **escaped** from Tobi's Kamui, despite having been\n**caught** in the technique unexpectedly.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uwqHH.png)\n\n3 minutes and a few seconds later into the episode, the two ran towards each\nother. At an extremely close distance, Minato pulled off a **Rasengan**.\nConsidering the bright aura and the sound it makes, I'm pretty sure Tobi\nnoticed it.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NBaVX.jpg)\n\nTobi let the kunai that Minato had thrown pass through him. So instead of\nusing Kamui to let Minato phase through him, why did Tobi keep going? Minato\nhad already escaped from Kamui once, and that was when he was caught\nunexpectedly.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn chapter 502 from page 8, Tobi fought with Minato. As [nhahtdh\ncommented](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18813/why-didnt-tobi-use-\nkamui-when-minato-used-rasengan#comment24074_18813), there is no reason to use\nthe same jutsu twice when the opponent can avoid it.\n\nThe image below shows Minato's inner thoughts moments before they clashed\nagainst each other in the second image.\n\n\n\nIn the second image you posted above, if you take a closer look\n\n\n\nYou can see the kunai passing through Tobi. If you are not aware, Tobi was\nactually using Kamui to let the kunai pass through him. However, to attack,\nTobi had to solidify his body. Tobi couldn't attack and defend at the same\ntime with Kamui. Correct me if I am wrong here.\n\n\n\nAs you can see from the above picture, Tobi touched Minato and was going to\nattack. I don't know what jutsu he was going to use, but Tobi was confident\nthat he would win, so his whole body was solid and he was not using Kamui.\n\n\n\n[Hiraishin Level\n2](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_%E2%80%94_Second_Step) was\nfaster than Tobi's attack, and Boom. Rasengan.\n\nSo the reasons why Tobi did not use Kamui to let Minato's attack pass through\nhim:\n\n * Using the same jutsu twice against an elite shinobi is foolish, unless one has well-grounded confidence that it will work, or has another motive.\n * Tobi was confident that he was going to win this fight, as you can see on third picture.\n * He was unaware of [Hiraishin Level 2](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_%E2%80%94_Second_Step). As you can see, he was surprise when Minato jumped to the kunai.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime is set in a world where people duel each other by using small cars\nwith weapons . They throw the cars into the arena and the cars attack each\nother. I distinctly remember a blue colored car and I think that is the\nhero's.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy guess is that you're referring to [**Crush Gear\nTurbo**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_Gear_Turbo)\n\n \nFrom <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/CrushGearTurbo-Logo-\nDVDSrc.jpg>\n\n \nFrom <http://de.crushgear.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Crush_Gear_Turbo_2.png>\n\n> The _hero's_ name is Kouya Marino and your description of his appearance\n> matches to an extent.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nAs you can see above, Aomine is awfully dark-skinned compared to all the other\nJapanese characters in Kuroko no Basuke. Why is that?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[Aomine](http://kurokonobasuke.wikia.com/wiki/Daiki_Aomine) being dark-skinned\nis to show that he used to play street basketball a lot. Unlike indoor\nbasketball, where the players are not subject to direct sunlight, street\nbasketball is played outdoor. Since Aomine used to play street basketball a\nlot, which can be seen from his playing style, his skin got darker. Also\nnotice that although his skin is dark, he is not as dark-skinned as Papa\n\"Otou-san\" Mbaye.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nApparently the author wanted a \"black\" character in the story as a stereotype\nof being the \"best basketball player\" but still wanted him to be Japanese, so\nhe is a little lighter than Papa who is African. Another Black Japanese guy is\nNebuya on the Rakuzan team who is the same color as Aomine. The reason they\naren’t as dark as Papa is because they’re dark-skinned Japanese people while\nPapa is literally a black person.\n\nNote if you look at the official colored manga for Aomine, Nebuya and Papa\nthey're relatively similarly as dark. Granted papa is still the darkest but\nnot by much.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBlack people have different shades of skin color. So it doesn't have to be to\nlook Japanese. Taiga too played a lot outside but he doesn't have the same\nskin color which means that Aomine is naturally dark colored.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow do mangaka draw those white lines which are used to distinguish folds and\nother indications in the black and white manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are two ways of making white spaces when drawing; it's either by not\ninking that part, or plainly drawing with white-out. I don't know about the\nmodern manga-kas but the ones working in traditional media use a fountain pen-\ntype to ink. Though the fountain-pen they use normally don't have the ink\ninside it as the fountain-pens you can buy in normal stores; they have the\ndrawing head and you dip it in ink, or in wite-out if that's the desired\neffect.\n\nIn practice, the white-out is acting like white ink.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just finished watching a lot of the original **Lupin the Third** television\nseries from the 1970s.\n\nThen I watched [**Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu\nOnna**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/13203/Lupin_the_Third:_Mine_Fujiko_to_Iu_Onna)\nand [**Lupin the Third: Jigen Daisuke no\nBohyou**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/23293/Lupin_the_IIIrd:_Jigen_Daisuke_no_Bohyou).\nThese two were my stand out favourites. They both also happen to be tagged as\nSeinen on MAL, unlike the rest of the Lupin shows which are Shounen.\n\nWhy was there a sudden change in the focus of the series? Or better yet, why\nisn't Lupin a Seinen series to begin with? Personally, I think it works much\nbetter as a Seinen series.\n\nI also noticed that they're doing [another Shounen\nseries](http://myanimelist.net/anime/27947/Lupin_III_%282015%29) this year.\nDidn't people like the Seinen ones?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just watched season 1 (episodes 1-22) of Psycho Pass on Netflix and now I\nwant to watch the rest.\n\nOn the Funimation site there is:\n\n * Episodes 1-22 (Season 1)\n * Specials 1-11\n * Episodes 23-33 (Season 2)\n * Also there is the recently released movie.\n\nI haven't started any of the specials or season 2 yet; I don't want to\naccidentally watch something out of order and spoil it. My question is: Where\ndo the specials fit into the series? Between the two seasons? Side stories?\nPrequel? After season 2? When should I watch them?\n\nThe episode lists I've found seem to leave out the specials so I'm not sure\nhow they fit in.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf you've watched the first season, you should skip the specials and proceed\ndirectly to the second season. After that, watch the movie (when it's\navailable).\n\nThe \"specials\" (usually called \"Psycho Pass: New Edit\" or \"Psycho Pass:\nExtended Edition\", I think) are a re-cut/updated version of season 1, [with\nonly minor changes](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/14021/1908). The reason\nthere are only 11 of them is that they're double-length. If you were starting\nfrom nothing, it would have been better to watch the \"specials\" and then\nseason 2, but since you've already seen season 1, I don't think there's enough\nnew content to warrant watching the re-cut version before moving on to season\n2.\n\nThat said, if you ever find yourself wanting to rewatch the first season of\nPsycho Pass, I would recommend watching the \"specials\" instead of the original\nversion of season 1.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe chronological order to watch Psycho Pass would be\n\n 1. Psycho Pass Season 1.\n 2. Psycho Pass: The Movie (movie)\n 3. Psycho Pass Season 2.\n 4. Psycho Pass: Sinners of System Case.1-3 (movies)\n 5. Psycho Pass Season 3.\n 6. Psycho Pass 3: First Inspector (movie)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe plot of NGE starts with the first angel \"Sachiel\". But where do the angels\nwho are attacking the earth come from?\n\nAlso where were all angels before they came to Japan/Tokyo? And why do all\nangels go to Japan?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nPurely within what we see in the NGE TV series, the Angels came from \"Adam\",\nthe first Angel on Earth. They came from something similar to the geofront\n(the black moon) that they call the \"white moon\". Episode 21 goes into the\nhistory of Nerv and there's some more exposition in episode 23 when Ristuko\ntells Misato and Shinji and shows them the tank filled with Rei clones.\n\nBasically, the \"eggs\" and \"souls\" of the Angels were with Adam in the white\nmoon. Lilith's arrival on the planet was kind of an accident (episode 24:\n\"false successors from the black moon.\" and \"true successors from the lost\nwhite moon.\"). At some point, something happened with Adam and Lilith and Adam\nended up getting a lance through the back which put Adam in suspended\nanimation. This yielded the way for Lilith to populate the planet with what\nresulted in animals and eventually homo sapiens. 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If the Angels were present in the \"White Moon\" of Adam in\n> Antarctica when Second Impact occurred on September 13th, 2000...how did\n> they reach the areas where they were first encountered? Were the embryos or\n> seeds of the Angels \"scattered\" across the globe from Antarctica in the\n> explosion of Second Impact?\n>\n> * [Sandalphon](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sandalphon)'s first appearance is\n> perhaps the most tantalizing, because Nerv actually discovers it before it\n> starts attacking: Sandalphon is first discovered while in an embryo or\n> cocoon-like immature state...deep inside the magma of an active volcano. Why\n> it would first appear there of all places is unrevealed. Further, this\n> raises the question: were all of the other Angels also hidden in other\n> unaccessible parts of the world (volcanoes, deep ocean floor, etc.)\n> \"maturing\" in a pupal state, before they attacked in 2015?\n> * [Sahaquiel](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sahaquiel) is the first of two\n> Angels to appear in orbit (the second being Arael). However, it seems\n> unlikely that Second Impact simply blew Sahaquiel's egg into orbit-\n> Sandalphon emerged from its cocoon in Episode 10 at full adult size.\n> Assuming Sahaquiel to be the same, it seems impossible that an object so\n> huge could go undetected in Earth orbit for so long, while Sahaquiel was in\n> a pupal state.\n> * Since it is never revealed where any of the Angels directly come from\n> (except Sandalphon), Sahaquiel's cocoon was probably somewhere else on the\n> Earth, perhaps in the desolate southern Indian Ocean near Antarctica, over\n> which it was first discovered, and from where it could have launched itself\n> into orbit undetected.\n> * [Tabris](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Tabris), better known by his human\n> name Kaworu Nagisa, represents a special case, and much has been discussed\n> or speculated about his nature. All that is known for certain is that Seele\n> sent Kaworu to Nerv, and that Kaworu serves as a \"vessel\" for the soul of\n> Adam. 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"body": "\n\nI just want to ask what is the first Hentai manga and what is the first Hentai\nanime?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe history of Japanese hentai manga is very, very old.\n\nFor example, [The Dream of the Fisherman's\nWife](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife \"The\nDream of the Fisherman's Wife\") (NSFW) was drawn in 1814. The work is also\nknown as the earliest [tentacle\nerotica](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_erotica \"Tentacle erotica\"). In\n1722, the government created a law to ban hentai manga. This means hentai\nmanga had already been known in public.\n\nFor Japanese hentai anime, [Wikipedia\nentry](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1)\nsays Suzumi-fune (1932) is oldest hentai anime. But well-known oldest hentai\nanime is the [Cream Lemon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_Lemon) series.\nThis series was ranked in the best-seller video list (which contains non-adult\nvideos.)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is just additional information with regards to the previous answer.\n\nThe first hentai OVA is credited to _Lolita Anime_ , which was first released\nin February 21, 1984, not to _Cream Lemon_ , which was first released in\nAugust 11, 1984, although both series are one of the earliest to be released.\nDue to its sensitive nature, you would have a hard time finding a copy of\n_Lolita Anime_ legally, because as described in\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Anime),\n\n> Containing eight episodes, the series focused on underage sex and rape, and\n> included one episode containing BDSM bondage.\n\n_Urotsukidōji_ , on the other hand, was [the first hentai film brought to\nAmerican\nviewers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai#Origin_of_erotic_anime).\n\n> Often cited for creating the hentai and tentacle rape genres, it contains\n> extreme depictions of violence and monster sex.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt was mentioned in episode 1 of Ufotable's _Fate/Unlimited Blade Works_ that\nTohsaka used to go to the archery dojo to watch someone. Was she secretely\nwatching Shirou because she had a crush on him (but how?) or was she looking\nout for Sakura? Did Tohsaka know of Sakura's feelings for Shirou?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI would assume it was because of Sakura. She knew full well of the dealing\nbetween her father and the Matous, and it's revealed in Heaven's Feel that\ndespite Sakura's changed appearance (due to the brutal abuse Sakura suffered),\nshe still knew Sakura was her sister.\n\nFor comparison's sake, this is how different Sakura looks before and after she\nwas adopted.\n\n\n\n_(Left - Pre-adopted Sakura. Right - Post-adopted Sakura)_\n\nAlso Rin turned up at the dojo after Shirou left, so we can rule him out. The\nonly other person in the club Rin has a relationship with is [Ayako\nMitsuduri](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Ayako_Mitsuduri), so it could be\nher. Nevertheless, Rin cares very deeply for Sakura despite the deal between\ntheir families, and I think I remember her mentioning she could only watch\nSakura from afar and would have rather protected her if she had the chance.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 4, when the special forces infiltrated Rin's office, they shot\nGenta and he was obviously killed.\n\nHowever, after that, when Mimi and Rin revived and returned to their office,\nGenta was seen alive again.\n\nDoes the forbidden fruit of immortality also apply for dogs as well?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, [Genta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_%28anime%29#Others) is\nimmortal. As described on Wikipedia:\n\n> Rin and Mimi's female dog who lives at their office. As an immortal, she\n> does not age throughout the series and survives being shot on multiple\n> occasions without any visible lasting injuries. Mimi takes her with her\n> after the Asougi Consulting office is demolished in episode four. Genta is\n> killed in episode five, leaving only ashes behind, just like human immortals\n> whose time spores are removed.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nSaber did not reveal her identity to Shirou for fear of her master giving it\naway to enemies and thus exposing her strengths and weaknesses. But why, even\nthough in front of a rival master, did she reveal the fact that she has been\nsummoned to the previous Holy Grail War? Wouldn't that enable Rin to deduce\nwhatever advantage Saber has because of her memories of the previous war and\npossibly even her real identity (Servants being summoned twice and retaining\ntheir memories was unheard of)?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm sorry, I can't be too specific, since I only read 1 volume in a library.\n\nHere's what I remember about the volume 6:\n\n * There's a group of fighters who want to meet this powerful villain, and on their adventure, they travel into a city. However, it costs 10 silver to enter and leave the city, so they have to work there to pay their debt. \n * The three boys in the group decide to work in a quarry, but the pay sucks. They work for several hours but only receive 38 bronze.\n * Then, a man introduces them to a new job of washing girl's backs, which pays 1 silver for every customer. Two of the boys are excited to do it (one of them being the main character), while the other boy refuses, saying that girls are generally the ones washing his back. \n * After a while, the two boys spot a girl and both rush over to wash her back, and the main character ends up knocking the girl over and lands on top of her. It turns out that the girl is actually his partner. She throws a bucket at him while he tries to apologize and leaves the bath. This makes the main character depressed.\n * In the end, he earns 30 silver to share with the other boy he was working with. However, the man who introduced them to the job demands a finder's fee of 29 silver.\n\nOkay, I think that's more than enough. Thanks in advance if you can help me\n:D!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**[Arata Kangatari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=37033)** is\nthe series you are looking for.\n\nIt took some thinking, since I dropped it a few years ago, but what you\nremember is from chapter 53 of the series.\n\nHere is the last page of the chapter:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qI3Ax.jpg)\n\nSynopsis of **[Arata\nKangatari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=37033)** from\nmangaupdates:\n\n> \n>\n> Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the\n> Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state\n> not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15-year-old Arata. The\n> only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to disguise himself and\n> take the place of the princess candidate until a formal one can be found, he\n> attends the festival only to witness the current princess, Kokuri-hime,\n> murdered, and his own life is forfeit as well, by the hands of the princess'\n> personal guard, the 12 Shinshou. As he runs for his life, Kannagi of the 12\n> convinces everyone that Arata is the one who has murdered the princess\n> instead, and now everyone in the Imperial Court is after his head! Now,\n> another Arata from our world has crossed over in Arata's place! How did this\n> happen, and how will these two survive?\n>\n> [arata-kangatari](/questions/tagged/arata-kangatari \"show questions tagged\n> 'arata-kangatari'\")\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI can't remember the name of a manga series that featured a human girl running\na boarding house for aliens as they adjust to human lives. The aliens wore\nhuman bodies, and there was one male alien in a woman's body.\n\nI believe the protagonist had black hair that was short or tied back. I think\nit came out in late 1990s-early 2000s.\n\nIt was slice of life, seinen, I think.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI found it finally. It's a Korean Manhwa called [Safe Again\nToday](http://myanimelist.net/manga/5399/Safe_Again_Today).\n\n\n\n**Synopsis:**\n\n> Choi Sera houses displaced aliens in her home, where they all pretend to be\n> UFO fanatics in order to explain their eccentricities. Sera's job is to\n> teach these aliens how to live in human society—not that difficult on the\n> surface, as they ostensibly look like humans (except for the three fingers\n> on each hand thing). They look normal, and they can communicate with\n> earthlings via a translator that looks like a hearing aid, but can they act\n> normal? The answer to that is a resounding no. Watch as Sera tries to school\n> the emotionless twins, Seunghyun and Seungmin (really clones) on dating\n> (with disasterous results), tries to keep Hyunwoo out of trouble, and keep\n> them all from being taken away by the UN alien hunter who's on to them.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis anime is set in a Japanese town. One of the main characters is a girl\nwith short brown hair. She went to high school and owned a special bracelet\nwith special powers. Whenever she was in danger, she drew a star in the air\nand then her friend (or something) got bigger and everything so that he could\nbeat the enemy. The enemy was some kind of computer virus I think.\n\nWell, in one episode, that virus went into the telephone cable from the\npayphone, so it was connected with every phone in that town. Then the virus\nmade the telephone ring, and when someone answered the phone, the person got\nsucked into the cables.\n\nIn another episode, that virus turned everything into gold.\n\nIn yet another episode, the director of the high school where the girl\nattended was possessed by that virus, so he ate everything he saw and turned\ninto one awful creature -- he walked in both arms and legs (like a dog), but\nhis stomach was towards the ceiling (just like gymnastic figure \"the bridge\").\n\nAnd there is one more thing, the opening video begins with the high school\nthat the girl went to.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt can be [**Corrector Yui**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrector_Yui)\n\n\n\n> It is the year 2020 and computers have become an integral part of daily life\n> for most people. However, a teenage girl Yui Kasuga is one of the few who\n> cannot use computers at all, despite the fact that her father is a software\n> developer. An evil computer called Grosser wants to take over the ComNet\n> (what the Internet is called in Yui's time) and as the programs that have\n> been developed to stop it (called \"Correctors\") need her help, she is sucked\n> into the ComNet where she is recruited by a corrector called I.R., who gives\n> her downloadable element suits that allow her to become the ComNet Fairy\n> Corrector Yui who can fight Grosser's computer viruses.\n>\n> In the first season, the series revolves around the war against Grosser, and\n> reveals the mysteries that surround the Correctors, their seemingly missing\n> creator, and the relationship that he seems to have had with the corrupted\n> computer.\n>\n> In the second season, Yui and the Correctors must fight with a mysterious\n> virus who menaces the ComNet, and also cope with the mysterious Corrector\n> Ai, a Corrector who tends to work on her own and seems to have her own\n> agenda. The key to the mysteries seems to be a strange little girl who seems\n> lost and may be related with the devastating virus appearances.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nRelated to [this](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3075/when-does-\none-become-a-super-saiyan), but I would like to know specifically for (young,\nnot future) trunks and goten, how they managed to become super saiyans at such\na young age - the others all went through a stressful emotional event that\npushed them over the edge, yet while these two were growing up, I can't\nimagine them going through anything similar - there was no villain at the\ntime.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe mixture of races is the answer. Gohan also become very young, but had more\ndifficulties to release its power.\n\nIn the anime it is said that Goten and Trunks had fighting each other for fun,\nit probably gave them the skills needed to become.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDuring the movie, Sophie for the most part was seen in the form of an old\nwoman, thanks to the curse the Witch of the Wastes cast on her. However,\nwhenever Sophie slept, she seemed to revert back to her regular self. And when\nshe was talking to Madam Soloman, her body was slowly reverting and her hair\nwas changing colour. Also, when Howl was setting things up for everyone, her\nfacial features and voice reverted but not her hair.\n\nBy the end of the film, Sophie still had white hair but she seemed to have\nregained her youthful appearance. However, the Witch of the Wastes never\nremoved the curse, given her magic was drained. I am wondering if Sophie's\ncurse was eventually dispelled or not.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe film glosses over the explanation with only a few hints, but it's\nexplained properly in the original novel by Dianne Wynn-Jones (and its\nsequels). The Witch of the Waste's curse was only short-term, and wore off\nvery early on. The reason Sophie didn't recover was because\n\n> she herself had undiscovered magic talent, and was staying in the form of an\n> old woman because she kept thinking of herself as such. She tended to revert\n> whenever she wasn't thinking of herself that way - such as when she slept or\n> when she was too focused on telling Madame Solomon off (and hence was\n> thinking more of Howl).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the book, the spell\n\n> did not actually last that long, and the only reason that Sophie stayed old\n> was of her own doing and thoughts (she winds up having the magical ability\n> to talk life into things.)\n\nIn fact, Howl\n\n> secretly tries to break her curse more than once and fails, commenting that\n> Sophie \"...must like...\" being an old lady.\n\nAlso, in the book, Sophie\n\n> never switched back and forth repeatedly from young to old, rather she only\n> becomes young when she frees Calcifer and gives back Howl's heart.\n\nIn Ghibli's version, I think he shows her\n\n> switching from one form to another to help explain that the spell is\n> partially all in her mind.\n\nAs for the end... Miyazaki might have kept her\n\n> hair grey to physically show her metamorphosis from having low self-\n> confidence in her looks to becoming \"pretty\", or he might have done it\n> purely for visual appeal...\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThrough out the series the Magical Girls call it _Kyubey_ however they respond\njust as well to Homura when she calls them _Incubator_ and don't go to correct\nher.\n\nI am wondering which is their real name, Kyubey or Incubator?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe name _Kyubey_ is a short-hand for In _cub_ ator (pronounced [in- **ky _uh_\n-bey**-ter][(source)](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incubator), which\nshows similar phonetic pronunciations). This follows a pattern similar to\nother nicknames or names that are shortened, such as:\n\n * \"Ed\", from \"Edward\" (e.g. [Edward \"Ed\" Elric](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fullmetal_Alchemist_characters#Edward) from FMA) and\n * \"Al\", from \"Alphonse\" (like [Alphonse \"Al\" Elric](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fullmetal_Alchemist_characters#Alphonse), also from FMA).\n\nThat said, **_Kyubey_ is the name of the creatures**, whereas **_Incubator_ is\nits race/species**.\n\nFrom the [Madoka Magica wiki](http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Kyubey#Personality):\n\n> Kyubey is an Incubator/Messenger of Magic. Because of this, he, like his\n> race, cannot exhibit emotions of any kind.\n\nIn [episode 8](http://www.crunchyroll.com/puella-magi-madoka-\nmagica/episode-8-i-was-stupid-so-stupid-591749), around 20:10, Homura says\n\n> I won't let things go according to your plans, Kyubey.\n>\n> Or should I say... \"Incubator\"?\n\nWhich would be equivalent, in context, to me saying\n\n> I won't let things go according to your plans, Memor-X.\n>\n> Or should I say... \"Human\"?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow does human turn into vampire in the world of Diabolik Lovers?\n\nWe know for a fact\n\n> that Yui is a vampire at the end of the anime.\n\nAnd that one of the brothers mentioned that\n\n> no bride ever survived long enough to undergo the transformation.\n\nSo, is it ever explained in the anime or the VN?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYou have to have some part of a vampire in you, etc.\n\nYui has the heart of Cordelia and the Sakimaki brothers are born because their\nparents are both vampires. Yui isn't a proper vampire, but because she has\nCordelia's heart, she will soon turn into a vampire.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'll just describe it as I don't want to post NSFW links (plus I can't find\nthem anyways). I just saw it on some fishy site somewhere, and the story was\ninteresting, at least for me. The video was raw, so I didn't understand any of\nit.\n\nThis is what I remember of it:\n\n * The MC is a guy who is a store employee together with two girls\n * One girl is a harsh manager of sorts, the other a shy-type\n * One day an old guy appeared suddenly, giving him pills that can make him invisible\n * He tested it and sure enough, he became invisible\n * Forgot some of the \"meaty\" parts, but one involved doing it with the harsh manager, and one doing it with the shy-type. There were other girls involved, but I can't remember them.\n\nThat's all I can remember.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs OP describe It sounds like [The Invisible\nStud](http://myanimelist.net/anime/3888/Toumei_Ningen_%28OVA%29/) contain\n[nsfw](/questions/tagged/nsfw \"show questions tagged 'nsfw'\") image.\n\n**Synopsis** :\n\n> Mie happened to pick up medicine that an old man dropped. When he took the\n> medicine, his figure disappeared. Soon he went to a public bath to peep, and\n> began to molest. Then, he went to an all-girls school.\n\nAnd there only three character Fujisawa , Mei and Suzu.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe manga is about this guy who, even though he is a lolicon, gets a\ngirlfriend after school one day while doing the cleaning chores. After that\nhis little sister dies, and time is reversed without him knowing or\nremembering.\n\nHe now gets another, different, girlfriend. This chain of events keeps\nhappening until he meets a girl that he created?\n\nI don't remember the name, but I think it was a full manga, not a one-shot.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNot 100% certain but it sounds a lot like [**Boku to Kanojo no Koi\nLog**](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70056). I've read this one\ncompletely (a little short, but still not bad).\n\nThe color spread from the first chapter for ease of identification.\n\n\n\nChapter 9 and chapter 13 are where the story restarts with different girl. The\nprotagonist followed his little sister the second time around and failed to\nsave her from disappearing in chapter 12.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhere does the Devil Fruit come from? I know that the Devil Fruits come from a\ntree. (Is this only a theory or really confirmed?)\n\nDo all different Devil Fruits come from the same tree or from different trees\nas usual? And where do these tree/trees grow?\n\nAnd how come that all Devil Fruits are scattered on so many different places\nin the One Piece world. How did they get there?\n\nA special example would be the \"Fire Devil Fruit\".\n\n_How and when did this Devil Fruit get on Dressrosa?_\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere was an early claim that there is some magic tree that grows a Devil\nFruit every thousand years or so. Similarly, there are stories about the \"Sea\nDevil\" being the origin of the powers. There is no real justification for\nthese and they can be taken as in-story myths. We essentially don't know if\nthey are true or not.\n\nWhat we do know is that when a Devil Fruit user dies, its ability is\ntransferred to a regular fruit in close proximity. This is shown when the\nSalamander Fruit eaten by Smiley regenerated into an apple as it died. This\nregeneration cycle explains why all these fruits are scattered everywhere and\nhow they continue to exist.\n\nThis does not explain where the fruits came from however. It seems from out-\nof-universe statements by Oda that Vegapunk will soon (if not already I'm not\nup to date on the manga) explain the origins of the fruit. This and the\nexistence of artificial Devil Fruits indicate that more in depth knowledge\nabout their origin and nature is known among the scientific elite of the New\nWorld. This information has not, however, been revealed to the reader.\n\nFor the specific case of the Fire-Fire Devil Fruit: when Ace died, another\npiece of fruit of the same kind somewhere near Marine HQ became a Fire-Fire\nDevil Fruit. This was eventually obtained by Doflamingo and brought to\nDressrosa as a means to flush out Luffy. As the military was in control of the\nbattleground, I would expect they had fruit available to absorb the powers and\ngave this one to Doflamingo as part of the plan. Alternatively Doflamingo or\nsomeone else could have carried fruit with them during the battle to collect\nthe powers themselves.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHere is a theory I came up with after watching a YouTube video covering the\npossibility that each Devil Fruit has its own soul. That theory is based on\nthe idea that Devil Fruits have the souls of devils in them, which is why you\ncannot eat two Devil Fruits because the souls of the devils will fight with\neach other. This theory goes on to explain that the souls of the Devil Fruits\ninfluence the person who eats the DF, ex. Big Mom wasn’t super devious until\nshe ate the Aoul Fruit. This could also explain the link between JoyBoy and\nwhy the Gomu Gomu no Mi is such an important fruit.\n\nSo, if you believe that DF’s have inherited will’s, you start to wonder where\nthe original will comes from, who first imprinted their will on the DF? We\nknow that DF’s popped up during the Void Century. We also know that during the\nVoid Century, there was a giant war between a superpower country and 20 other\ncountries which later became the World Government. So, what if the thing that\nsparked the war was the superpower country inventing Devil Fruits? What if\nthey developed a way to create these Devil Fruits by imprinting the will’s of\ncertain strong warriors into them? This new technological development would\nhave made this country unstoppable, so these 20 kingdoms came together to stop\nthem. Connecting it back to JoyBoy, you can theorize that his will was\nimprinted on the Gomu Gomu no Mi fruit, which is why the World Government\nwanted that fruit so badly.\n\nMy last point is that the Celestial Dragons consider themselves Gods, and they\nreferred to their natural enemies as people with the Will of “D”, calling them\nDevils. Their original enemies were the strong lost kingdom who they would\nhave referred to as devils, since they see themselves as being on the moral\nright side. Those “devils” created fruits that gave them immense strength,\ntherefore they became known as Devil Fruits. And the people with the Will of\n“D” are the decedents of the lost kingdom who can unlock more from eating a\nDevil Fruit because their ancestors were the original creators.\n\nThis is my first time posting a theory, so sorry if it’s a little convoluted,\nI have just been thinking about this for a while and had to share it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm referring to this image:\n\n\n\nAt the very beginning of episode 25 a very similar image occurs:\n\n\n\nHowever, even after re-watching the final two episodes a few times, I can't\nfind the image.\n\nIs there some specific release of the episodes that the first image occurs in,\nor does it even not occur in the series at all?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nUsing WAIT to identify the screen gives us EP#25, 02:31\n\nPreview of the scene can be seen here: \n<https://whatanime.ga/?url=https://i.stack.imgur.com/ScRR6.jpg>\n\nEdit: Never mind, you meant the first one. \nThis doesn't seem to appear.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was watching an episode of _Shirobako_. I love how the anime gives you a\nslightly in-depth view of the production process. However, something I can't\nget my mind around is those few segments that involve CGI (in anime in\ngeneral) with the interaction of traditional 2D animation such as stationary\nor moving objects.\n\nIn the episode, a scene in _Exodus_ where the girls ride a jeep while avoiding\nan explosion was shown in key animations/\"genga\":\n<https://sakugabooru.com/post/show/10903>.\n\nAs you can see, the 3D bike and characters basically move together on a plane.\nCould it be that the bike is animated frame by frame in traditional animation\nsomehow? Or the other way around? Or could it be more technical than those?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe bike can be animated in a 3D model editor application and overlayed upon\nthe ready 2D frames. It doesn't really matter which application both come\nfrom, since they can all export frames to static images. 3D editors have\nmotion direction, of course, or else we would not see much 3D movies. And you\ncan not add anything else aside from the main 3D mesh with applied texture, so\nthat the background will be transparent upon frame export. You know how they\nhave those \"layers\" in Photoshop? Well, that is it. One of them comes from 2D\napp, the other from 3D. Nothing special.\n\nImages taken [from this Autodesk 3ds Max™\ntutorial](http://forums.cgarchitect.com/34787-help-rendering-vray-reflection-\ntransparency.html) showing how not much of a rocket science it is to create 3D\nscenes with transparency (click images for full resolution):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D6FG5.jpg)\n\nThe image with transparent background and white shadow with gradual\ntransparency changing, after exporting from a 3D editor, can be imported into\na 2D editor (such as Adobe Photoshop) and be laid over some colored rectangles\nlike this:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6hscc.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPazq.jpg)\n\nWe also have sites like\n[GraphicDesign](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/) on [StackExchange\nQuestions and Answers sites network](http://stackexchange.com/sites) that [ask\nquestions on similar\ntopics](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/27507/how-can-i-\ncreate-and-batch-this-3d-planes-effect) with such illustrations:\n\n\n\nYou say \"traditional animation\", but that really means collaging paper\nelements on a table, taking a shot of the scene and later on gluing together\nthe resulting frames into a cinema roll. You must want to know about the\nmodern day way, so that is what I described above.\n\nOlder animation techniques require the use of celluloid sheets, which are\ntransparent sheets of plastic, to make the things simple. Are you familiar\nwith the term _cel-shading_? Well, this is where the modern day 3D animation\ntechnique comes from − the older days method of drawing the outline of objects\non a cel sheet. It goes something like this: You draw the black outline and\nthe fill inside areas with colored paint. Then you place it above the scene\nimage and move around or swap for other cels with different character poses.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rXMAY.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GhRpd.jpg)\n\nThere are a number of techniques used to overlay 3D objects onto ready frames\nof anything else, used by all sorts of \"magicians\" in their shows. You could\nask google how they did it before computers and find out something new.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n# **Construction of Anime Frames**\n\nWhen a frame of anime is made, there are different layers to the images. These\nallow for easy editing of a particular component.\n\nHere's an example image (taken from Wikipedia) .\n\n\n\nPresume that we are releasing an anime about this bird and this is the image\nthat comes up in the title screen. We are ready to release the first episode,\nbut the director says _\" actually, that bird is too far to the left, we need\nto change it.\"_.\n\nIf our image didn't have layers, when we move the bird we won't know what was\nbehind it originally, leaving a hole in the image:\n\n\n\nBecause we're a very experienced set of animators however, we know that we\nshould use layers. We have one layer with the background on it, and another\nlayer that is transparent apart from the image of the bird. Moving the bird\nlayer should be much less painful now.\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is by using layers in images, that animators can put in other mediums such\nas 3d, or real-life photos with ease.\n\n# **How 3D can be put onto 2D?**\n\nHere's an example 3D model that I found of a motorbike within a 3D editor:\n\n\n\nIn the editor, you can control the camera (left) and the lighting(right) [both\nhighlighted in orange] of the scene. This particular scene only has one light\nsource, but you could have several. \n\nEditors usually allow the user to render a 2D image of what the camera can\nsee. By moving the camera around, you could get all the images you need for\nthe frames. You can then insert them on their own layer of the 2D images.\n\n \n\nThere are some problems with this approach though, A better way of getting the\nresult though. If there are multiple movements in the system it is hard to do\nkeep track of their timing from frame to frame. Also, if other camera angles\nare requested by the director, the process must being again. For this reason,\nmaking scripted movements is a much better approach. The frame-by-frame\nsolution would work well for objects such as parked cars, or objects with\nlittle movement.\n\nManual setting of movements (examples: rotate wheel of bike 5rps, 'turn\n30degrees left after 4 seconds) and [**Key\nFraming**](http://www.arch.virginia.edu/arch545/handouts/keyframing.html) is\nhow an animator sets up this system.\n\n\n\n3D animators can then export the animation as several images, as seen from the\ncamera's point of view. They can then be added to the layers of the 2D frames.\n\nAnd if the director wants to change an angle, all the 3D animators have to do\nis move the camera and regenerate the images.\n\n* * *\n\nI'm not 100% certain about this but I imagine that the moving 2D parts of a\nframe are done after the 3D rendering as 3D's precise movements would make it\nhard to adjust for the 2D's less refined movements, wheras 2D is easily\nchangeable to accomidate the 3D models - it also allows the camera angles to\nbe changed early on.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe titles of the first 3 movies of _Rebuild of Evangelion_ are:\n\n 1. You Are (Not) Alone\n 2. You Can (Not) Advance\n 3. You Can (Not) Redo\n\nI am wondering what is the purpose and/or meaning of the inclusion of _(Not)_\nin the titles.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Spoilers** :\n\nIt's because of the duality of the theme in each of the movies.\n\nIn the first movie, one of the main themes is Shinji feeling alone or\nabandoned. Yet, he's made friends at school and in Misato, yet still feels\nalone and isolated (mostly because of Eva and his responsibilities). He is\nalone yet he is not alone.\n\nIn the second movie, it's about Shinji being able to move on. He's faced with\nthe conflict with his father, Gendo, and with the conflict with Asuka, and\nlater the conflict involving Rei. When it seems he has the chance to advance\nor move on, by having a dinner planned with his father, reconciling and\ngetting to know Asuka, or preventing one of his last friends from dying in\nRei, his hopes are dashed. An activation accident ends the dinner plans, which\nthrough his refusal, ends up with (what he thinks at the time) Asuka getting\nkilled, and finally after saving Rei, he's unwittingly started 3rd impact. So\nhe has advanced, yet he has not.\n\nIn the third movie, the theme is him fixing what he's done wrong, or a \"Redo\".\nThe majority of the movie is to set him up by showing how much wrong he has\ninflicted on the world, and then giving him a chance to \"Redo\" it, or reset\nit. The chance ends up not working, and in the end, he's made everything even\nworse. So given the chance for him to \"Redo\", it ends up that he can not.\n\nSo ultimately, the titles are just some clever way of expressing this duality\nof themes in each of the first 3 movies.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n1- The braces `(...)` in English means it's optional, you can read it and\nconsider it, or ignore it. So as @JonLin said, it's a duality.\n\n2- Evangelion story heavily emphasis on viewer's open interpretation. Any/All\nanswer is correct.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nJiraiya, Minato, and Kakashi each could generate and maintain a Rasengan using\nonly one hand. When Naruto first learned the technique, he needed shadow\nclones to help him.\n\nWhen did Naruto learn how to generate and maintain a Rasengan without the aid\nof shadow clones or chakra arms?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe first time Naruto used Rasengan without clones or chakra hands is in\nNaruto episode 134 at around 8:20 ([YouTube\nvideo](https://youtu.be/pb-6C9D05AM?t=1075)). He first used Rasengan with only\none hand although he is assisted by Six-Tails chakra.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Naruto and Sasuke were fighting in episode 134, Sasuke let his curse\nmark's power activate. He knew that the power would soon eat away his body, so\nhe planned to finish off Naruto with a Chidori. However, when the Nine-Tails'\ncloak took over Naruto's body, he didn't need a clone to make a Rasengan. So,\nto counter Sasuke's Chidori, Naruto made a Rasengan with a single hand for the\nfirst time. Later on, Naruto never really noticed how amazing that was, or how\nhe still had to use shadow clones for a while.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHe uses it in the alleyway after he tells Tsunade about his dream. Technically\nhe uses two hands but doesn't use a shadow clone. So I guess he can do it\neither way but decides to use a clone.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the Fourth Shinobi Great War, after Sasuke and Naruto receive half the Sage\nof Six Paths Chakra, Naruto has the ability to maintain a perfect Sage Mode,\nand directly after that, he made a Lava Style: Rasenshuriken with one hand\nusing Four-Tails Chakra and cut Madara in half with it. So he used the sage\nart Lava Style: Rasenshuriken first with one hand. So it is evident he could\nmake the Rasengan with one hand after gaining the Six Paths power.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe it was after Naruto got half of the Sage of Six Path Chakra, mainly\nbecause in part one (ep. 135), he had the cloak of the Nine-Tails to help him,\nso he wasn't conscious of it. I think he was conscious of it when he fought\nSasuke because he did multiple shadow clones with Rasengan. Also because of\nthe half he received, he could naturally learn Chakra control (thus how to use\nRasengan with one hand).\n\nAlso, chapter 642, sage mode.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHe did it in episode 100 when he had the vision of Sasuke and Orochimaru and\nran at him with the Rasengan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire_ , all of Naruto's clones are\nable to create the Rasengan independently (using two hands, granted, but\nindependently).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt was in _Naruto Shippuden_ when he was caught in an illusion and almost\npummeled Kiba.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Sidonia no Kishi, why is it that the majority of the Gardes pilot are\nfemales? I'm fully aware that they have a third gender, however, most of the\npilots are taking the female form. Why is that? Was it ever been explained?\nDoes being female help them in photosynthesizing?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the series, it's explained that Zangetsu is a part of Ichigo and was\nsuppressing his powers. Since he didn't want Ichigo to become a shinigami, he\nwas practically always hindered Ichigo, as one day he might have to kill him\ndepending on his changes.\n\nSorry but I read the following part in a wiki. Zangetsu tells Ichigo that the\nZanpakuto is physical representation of Ichigo's power, and Ichigo remembers\nits red ribbon from his friend.\n\nThis is where I get a little confused. In one episode, Toshiro and another guy\nhad same dream about the sword and both wielded the sword for a short time.\nThe Soul Society then decided only one can wield him. **However, if the\nZanpakuto is a part of a shinigami, then how can two people have same power?\nAnd how come Toshiro had dreams about wielding the sword, while Ichigo\ndidn't?** If it wasn't for Rukia power awaking and Urahara forcing through\nKido, Ichigo could never have become a shinigami.\n\nIt's like Toshiro's Zanpakuto was given to him by Soul Society because they\nagreed he was worthy of it after beating the other guy.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nZangetsu wasn't suppressing Ichigo's powers nor was he hindering Ichigo.\nZangetsu only feared that Ichigo would come to him to learn the Final Getsuga\nTenshou. Zangetsu didn't want Ichigo to become a Shinigami, because he (and\nIchigo) was part Quincy (and not to mention, Hollow as well).\n\nThe reason why Toushiro and Soujiro had the same Zanpakuto was explained in\nthe anime. Go watch it.\n\nIchigo always had the ability to become a Shinigami because he was part\nShinigami (from his father). Since his mother was a Quincy, he could have been\none too. He could've become a Hollow if he wanted to. Rukia and Urahara only\nsped up the process.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMikage passed the Tochigami Crest (the symbol of divinity and ownership of his\ntemple) to Nanami, but obviously retained several of his powers.\n\n> Like when he converted Nanami's dress into a butterfly pattern before her\n> ritual dance in the end of 1st season.\n\nHe is no longer a god, because\n\n> he did not attend the Izumo meeting in the second season.\n\nand also because\n\n> the host god of the Izumo meeting [name pending] specifically states that\n> Mikage is hard to find because he is no longer a god.\n\nSo, what is Mikage as of the Izumo meeting? He is not a god. Is he a youkai, a\nfallen deity, or what?\n\nEDIT: In the episode S2E4 \"The Goddess Makes Her Second Romantic Confession\",\nMikage is shown at the god's summit closing banquet. So he has some divine\nstatus, but the divine familiars of Nanami and also the shrine spirits are\nthere too, so that banquet is not deity-exclusive.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's not as present in the anime as in the manga, but Mikage takes the shape\nof a butterfly and you can see him fly around in the manga at all the\nimportant events and otherwise. He's constantly monitoring Nanami.\n\nI believe he is still a kami deity, just not the deity in charge any more.\nI've interpreted it as the crest being a sign of her taking on the godly\nresponsibilities and in all practical manners is a god, even though she is\nstill human. He's still the shrine's god, he's just handed over the practical\nresponsibilities to Nanami.\n\nYour race doesn't change just because you gave away or received a profession.\n\nThis is my interpretation at least.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat happened to the manga \"Me and the Devil Blues\" by Hiramoto Akira?\n\nOn MAL there's no finish date, but it looks like there hasn't been a new\nchapter in years.\n\nAlso, the author has since started a new work.\n\nDid it end? Go on hiatus? Or get cancelled?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just finished watching _Prince of Tennis_ and I'm about to start _Prince of\nTennis: the National Tournament_ , but it goes directly to Nationals without\ntelling us what happened with Ryoma in the U.S. Open.\n\nI want to know if there is a mini series about that period because I really\nwant to know what happened.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI know it's not much to go on, but if you could let me know what manga this is\nfrom I'd be much obliged.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt actually was [Domestic na\nKanojo](http://myanimelist.net/manga/70941/Domestic_na_Kanojo), as I first\nthought, to be precise it was taken from chapter 22.\n\nThis is the full image:  Synopsis\n\n> Tonight, Natsuo loses his virginity. His partner? Her name is Rui and he\n> just met her today after school. She's the one that brought up this whole\n> situation, stating that she wanted to simply gain the knowledge about sex.\n> She does not want to start a relationship, nor does she care about Natsuo.\n> Afterwards, Natsuo feels guilty for losing his virginity to a girl he\n> doesn't even particularly like. Mostly, it makes him feel like he betrayed\n> his crush to his high school teacher: Hina. A quirky love triangle story\n> unfolds as Natsuo, Rui, and Hina all end up becoming part of the same\n> family!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs I was browsing through an old\n[question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4550/what-will-happen-to-\nthe-tailed-beast-if-the-jinchuruki-is-killed), the answer shocked me. It seems\nthat if Naruto were killed, Kurama would just revive. Then why did Kurama give\nNaruto some of its chakra when he was on the verge of death? For instance,\nwhen Naruto first summoned Gamabunta while falling to his potential death,\nKurama gave him some chakra and helped him out. Wasn't Kurama's dream to break\nfree from Naruto? What's the need of breaking the seal when he can just let\nNaruto die and he is free? He did push Naruto to the point of opening the gate\nwhen Naruto fought with Pain. Why not just sit tight and let Naruto die? Did I\nmiss something? All this while I thought if the host dies so does the tailed\nbeast.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe reason might be because if the Jinchuuriki dies, the bijuu will indeed be\nset free. However, the bijuu will also \"die\" first. The bijuu will \"die\" first\nbefore reviving itself after some time. Where it revives might also be random,\nas seen in Isobu's case. Isobu, or more commonly known as the Sanbi, revived\nitself after its host, the 4th Mizukage died. It revived itself in a lake.\n\nNow, Kyuubi might want to avoid this. There are three possible reasons for\nthis.\n\n 1. Kyuubi had half of his chakra sealed in the 4th Hokage with Shiki fuuin. Because of this seal, even if the Kyuubi had revived itself, it would have revived with only what he had during the time he was sealed in Naruto.\n\n 2. Kyuubi dislikes the idea of having to die first. Kurama's nature is a bit prideful, so that fits.\n\n 3. The half of Kyuubi that was sealed in Naruto was the less sinister half, and Naruto had the power to attract people, so this half might have taken interest in Naruto ever since Naruto used his power to defeat Haku.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nKurama is quite a prideful one and wanted to defeat the Jinchuriki and gain\ncontrol instead of simply dying. Jinchuriki were shunned and outdasted by\npeople because of having a beast sealed in them, or needed an extremely strong\nperson to keep the bijuu sealed in them and several Jinchurikis in the past\ncouldn't control their emotions and the tailed beast broke free.\n\nHis hatred for humans was immense and he took great pride in belittling them.\nNaruto was quite impulsive, so kurama gave him his chakra to make his presence\nfelt which would make naruto seek more and more. In the encounter with\norochimaru at the tenchi Bridge, kurama is shown belittling naruto, trying\nmake him submit himself and seek his power. Then in the progressive battles\nwhere naruto is emotionally broken it tries to takeover naruto through his\nhatred until finally it almost broke free in the battle with pain after naruto\nwas hopelessly broken(thanks to the fourth hokage, the attempt failed).\n\nSo to sum up,Kurama's sense of identity was strong, for him naruto was just a\ncage that held him. Almost like HE WAS NARUTO, not some enslaved creature that\ndonated power as and when asked. Like it looks, his identity was very strong\nand being sealed didn't stop him from being what he is, THE NINE TAILS, THE\nMOST POWERFUL BIJUU.He showed his ominous presence and didn't want some puny\nhuman to defeat him in any form.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI read a manga last year (I think it was last year ^^) and want to read it\nagain, but I forgot the title. I hope you could help me find it.\n\nIt's about a guy who got dragged into a showroom or something like that with a\nbig stage. They were being tested by a person, and had to win games in order\nto survive. They used cell phones.\n\nI think the main character was playing a social game or something like that,\nin which you could make friends. He had a lot of virtual friends with whom he\ncould talk about his problems, because he didn't get along with people in real\nlife except for his sister. All other humans who weren't dragged into the\nsurvival game could watch this whole spectacle from a TV in the city.\n\nThe first part of this game was that the people outside this game could cancel\ntheir friendship with the people in this room, but if they cancel their\nfriendship with them, the participants die immediately. The people outside the\ngame would also die if the people in the survival die.\n\nThis is as accurate as I can remember. I hope somebody might be able to help\nme.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHaki seems to not only affect the Devil Fruit user, but also all the other\nweak enemies. What is the mystery behind it? It seems like willpower but there\nare so many different types. I have read through [One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki) but I still haven't got a clear\npicture.\n\n> Haki is a power that lies dormant in all the world's creatures...\n> \"Presence\", \"fighting spirit\" and \"intimidation\"... It is not different from\n> the things that humans can naturally sense such as these... 'The act of not\n> doubting'. That is strength!\n>\n> — Silvers Rayleigh explaining Haki to Luffy at the start of his training\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat we know is that Haki is a manifestation of inner\nstrength/willpower/spirit. It is similar to chakra/ki/Nen. It has not been\nshown or implied to be usable in any way besides the three know types. It is a\nlatent ability in sentient beings (and that we know of only sentient beings)\nthat exists in the world of One Piece. I do not mean spirit as another word\nfor ghost but instead soul/essence/life energy/determination.\n\nThere is no implicit mystery behind it or rather I did not pick up on hints\nthat there is a secret. It is a physical/spiritual law of that universe that\ndoes not really exist in this one.\n\nThe reason it works on logia users seems to be that hitting with one's spirit\nwill hit their spirit. Even if their body has been turned to flame by their\nlogia, hitting their spirit will still do damage and turn their body back it\nnormal. Any more explanation of this would require an explanation of the\nnature of a devil fruit (which I don't fully know but Oda and Vegapunk do).\n\nSome fans have been speculating as to whether Haki without understanding Haki\nis the cause of some of the more outstanding displays of ability in the early\nseries but this is not confirmed. This includes Pell's survival, cutting\nsteel, anything Oda calls \"heart\" etc. That is the only thing I know of that\ncan be considered an outstanding mystery.\n\nThere are three types of Haki and they can be read on said wiki:\n\n 1. Observation Haki/Mantra allows the user to detect the spirit of other people. It allows him to detect where they are and predict any attack they are about the throw.\n 2. Armament Haki which hardens a [weapon](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8123/how-do-they-imbue-their-weapons-with-haki?rq=1)/skin/clothing of the user at will to protect against blows. This allows the user to hit with his spirit and hurt logia users that are immune to normal blows with their fluid state.\n 3. Conqueror's Haki allows the user to force his will at a distance towards others. This can induce terror in the recipient or cause them to pass out. Often this is used to convince beasts to flee or follow the orders of the user. Apparently it can also be used to push away inanimate objects as was done by [Shanks on Whitebeard's ship](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/9801/is-shanks-haki-different-from-other-users?rq=1).\n\nIn essence Haki is always the same energy. The powers are to sense it in\nothers, focus and use it in oneself, or push it out of oneself at others.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHaki is indeed difficult to get your head around but you get more detail about\nHaki when you get more into the series and then you even find out about the\nAdvanced version of the 3 types of Haki I am not sure if you want to know\nabout just basic Haki or Advanced but seeming as the basics of it has already\nbeen explained I can explain how Advanced Haki works. Starting of with the\nColours of Observation or Observation Haki it can do the same as basic\nObservation Haki but on a whole other level if trained enough you see around\n10 to 20 seconds into the future you could probably train it even more to see\ninto the future not proven yet though so it is really broken. Next Colours of\nArmament or Armament Haki it has the same effects on devil fruits like basic\nArmament Haki but with basic Armament Haki it is pretty destructive but with\nAdvanced Armament Haki when you punch an object the blow comes from the inside\nso it is destroying things from the inside out and also proven by Luffy you\ndon't even need to touch the object or person to actually hit them so\nbasically someone can dodge your attack barely but they will still be hit from\nthe inside out I haven't looked that much into the Advanced version of\nArmament Haki but I heard that it is basically pouring your Haki into the\nobject or person and that is what attacks them from the inside I actually\ndon't know if this is true I just heard that's how it works. Finally we have\nThe Supreme King or Conquerors Haki the Advanced version allows you to imbue\nConquerors Haki into your weapon or fist/arm basically like Armament but with\nConquerors you can use the clash between Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard for this\nas an example again like Armament don't know too much about Conquerors Haki\nbut that is how it works and what I know of it now Luffy can also use this\nform of Haki as well so you see him use it and that is about it for the 3\ntypes of Advanced Haki pretty confusing for the last two since they have only\nbeen shown recently so we will just probably have to wait after Wano to get a\nbetter understanding of it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm still wondering, as it was not revealed in the anime version, why the\nparasites were sent to Earth? Was there any purpose to it?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis may not be the real purpose (and as Gao Weiwei commented, there will be\nmore hints), but Hirokawa (the leader of the cabal and mayor of the neighbor\ntown) states during a meeting (in which Reiko Tamura was present at the time,\nbut did not object) that Parasytes were sent to earth as a counter to the\nenvironmental damage humans were doing.\n\nWhether this was the real purpose, or whether Horikawa was mistaken, or\nwhether he was just pushing some hidden agenda, is unknown.\n\nBut the fact that Reiko (the ~~person~~ one that did the most research on\nParasyte's nature) did not object may back that hypothesis.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Wikia page (as reliable as it can be) on Tatsuya says his original Magic\nCalculation Area [is completely taken by his Decomposition and Regrowth\nmagic](http://mahouka-koukou-no-\nrettousei.wikia.com/wiki/Shiba_Tatsuya#Innate_Magic).\n\n> Tatsuya can only freely wield two types of active magic, based on his innate\n> ability of directly interfering with structural information;\n> **Decomposition** and **Regrowth**. [...]. Owing to this circumstance, his\n> natural Magic Calculation Area is dominated by these two powerful abilities,\n> making him unable to wield other magic.\n\nIt also says that the magical surgery performed by his mother [implanted\nanother Magic Calculation Area](http://mahouka-koukou-no-\nrettousei.wikia.com/wiki/Shiba_Tatsuya#Systematic_Magic) in his limbic system\n(part of the conscious mind).\n\n> In order to allow him to use Systematic Magic, instead of merely his two\n> natural \"powers,\" his mother and her twin sister operated on Tatsuya when he\n> was 6 years old, installing another Magic Calculation Area or Magic\n> Processor (resulting in him having two) in his mind which allows him to use\n> magic.\n\nMy question is, do the light novels really state that he has two Magic\nCalculation Areas?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom the first episode of Naruto (season 1) until the last episode of Naruto\nShippuuden, Naruto has a crush on Sakura, who in turn Sakura has crush on\nSasuke (Ino also has crush on Sasuke). \nI've been wondering if who will be the wives of Naruto and Sasuke has already\nbeen revealed in the manga? Since both of them are already matured. There are\nsome speculations that Naruto will be the husband of Sakura (just saw it on\nFB- an image).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis has been resolved because the last chapter of Naruto has come out.\n\nHere are the pairings (that you mentioned):\n\n> Naruto marries Hinata and they have two children: Boruto Uzumaki (son) and\n> Himawari Uzumaki (daughter) Sakura marries Sasuke and they have one\n> daughter: Sarada Uchiha, Ino marries Sai and they have one son: Inojin\n\nBecause I can't link to scanalations, here are the Naruto Wikia pages for\nthese characters:\n\n<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto>\n\n<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sakura_Haruno>\n\n<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ino_Yamanaka>\n\nHere is the Wikia page for chapter 700, where all of the pairings are\nrevealed:\n\n<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki!!_(chapter_700)>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI remember waking up in the early morning as a child and catching the last few\nminutes of this one anime on Toonami. From what I remember, this anime took\nplace both in a simulated environment and in the real world. I recall a main\ncharacter who, if I'm remembering correctly, had spiky silver hair and wielded\ntwo shortswords. I seem to recall him finding a giant tree stump amidst a\nsimulated forest that, upon him standing on it and pulling two new blades from\nit, was teleported to a dark area before some godly figure of light. Next, I\nbelieve an older man followed this character's path the same way, found a\nGreatsword within the tree and also went to find the godly figure. I seem to\nrecall a woman on a computer speaking to the man through a headset and soon\nthe show went on to the credits, where, if I am recalling correctly, the main\ncharacter was upside down, floating down the screen, and he was hit with a\nball of black energy and completely ripped apart.\n\nFor all I know, I could just be loosing it and this could've all been in my\nhead. But if not, I'd love some help in deducing which anime it was. Thanks.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime is\n[.Hack//ROOTS](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6248)\n\n> In 2015, CC Corporation's datacenter caught on fire destroying \"The World\".\n> By splicing in data from what would have been another project, CC Corp. was\n> able to rebuild the game. In 2016, \"The World R:2\" was released.\n> .hack//Roots covers the time Haseo spent with Shino and Ovan in the guild\n> known as the Twilight Brigade, before the .hack//G.U. PS2 games.\n\nas per the description, it's the prequel to the PS2 game Series .Hack//G.U.\nparticular it goes though the events that occur between the scenes of the\nintro to the first game (from when Haseo is first saved by Ovan until his\nfight, defeat and re-initialization at the hands of \"Tri-Edge\")\n\nthe scene you refer to is _Episode 17 - Painful Forest_ and _Episode 18 -\nLimit_\n\n> Set during the Forest of Pain event players are tasked to reach the deepest\n> part of the forest. upon reaching it Taihaku (the one who finds the\n> Greatsword) and Haseo (who finds a pair of Twin Blades) are teleported to\n> another area outside the game \n> \n> Within this area each one encounters a red figure who asks if they have\n> seen it's Daughter. those familiar with the previous games/series will\n> recognize this has Harald Hoerwick, the one who first developed the Beta of\n> The World called Fragment and the \"Daughter\" he asks about is Aura, the AI\n> Child he created in the previous games \n> \n> Taihaku answers that he does not know Harald's daughter but wishes that she\n> is ok to which Harald bestows onto him the sword he found. Haseo, consumed\n> by rage in his quest to destroy \"Tri-Edge\" who turned Shino into a Last One\n> answers he doesn't care about Harald's Daughter and demands to know where\n> \"Tri-Edge\" is. Harald refuses to give him the weapon and Haseo is struck by\n> something. \n> \n> before the Forest of Pain is deleted Tabby is waiting for Haseo to return\n> and when he does she finds that he no longer looks the same. Haseo's Class,\n> the Adept Rouge, can be powered up by obtaining new Forms and after what\n> struck him Haseo has gone from the original 1st Form to the 3rd Form\n\ni can't remember the woman on a computer but i assume this would be\n\n> Ender/Pai - Real name is Reiko Saeki, a Member of the Guild, Raven, who's\n> members are apart of Project G.U and are Epitaph Users who wield Avatars,\n> the manifestation of one of the 8 Phases of Morganna\n\ni believe is her as at the time the only other female character is Tabby\nhowever i don't recall her talking a man outside the game and i believe the\nman is\n\n> Naobi/Yata - Real Name is Takumi Hino and is the .hacker Wiseman from the\n> previous series of games. he is the leader of Raven and assists Reiko as\n> they both work for CC Corp while he has deeper knowledge in the original\n> Project G.U which Reiko's missing brother took part in\n\n",
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