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[ { "body": "\n\nThis is such a common marketing strategy that I doubt it has an origin, but as\nfor why it is done, it is to cater to the audience.\n\nIn the manga [Bakuman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakuman), a popularity\npoll placed a side character named Kazuya Hiramaru in fourth place,\nimmediately afterwards several chapters were devoted to him, which were very\npopular.\n\nThis implies that this practice is equally beneficial, and probably smiled\nupon by both readers and editors alike.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T03:34:44.933", "id": "3045", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-26T03:34:44.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1607", "parent_id": "2785", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure how reliable is this source but according to\n[TvTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/VampireKnight),\n\n> It's easy to miss the fact that the series is set in the far future, after\n> the apocalypse, long enough after for things to have been rebuilt to about\n> the same level. In a recent flashback, Juri tells a story of her adolescence\n> to the young Yuuki; we've heard before that she was about three thousand\n> years old, and **the architecture and setting appears to be roughly modern\n> day Japan** , certainly within the last 30 years or so.\n\nBut I think the setting where _Vampire Knight_ is set most likely fictional.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-26T07:36:06.077", "id": "4227", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:49.127", "last_edit_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:49.127", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "2787", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe physical setting, given the types of plant and animal life, I would assume\nis on earth, but definitely not in Japan. Just because it is an anime/manga\nseries, it doesn't mean that the setting must always be exclusively in Japan.\n\nIt seems to be in more of a rural, European area. The reason I say that is\nbecause the architecture of the buildings seem to have more of a western world\ndesign, and the occasional runes that one would see whilst focusing on the\nbackground of certain episodes/chapters tend to look as if they were more from\nthe middle ages or the Renaissance period than feudal era of Japan. If I were\nto be a little more specific, I would say somewhere in the northern UK. Also,\nyes there are scenes in which it seems like they are in a very busy town, but\nthe surrounding area suggests that it is in a northern wooded area that's\nrather secluded.\n\nAs for the time period, I would like to say that during the recent events in\nthe series (meaning when it's not a flashback moment) the time period would be\nsomewhere between the mid 90's and mid-2000's. This is because though it seems\nlike there is recent technology in the town area, there doesn't seem to be any\ntrace of the new technology that we have today such as smartphones and\ntablets.\n\nThe vampires themselves I would also assume are not Japanese, but European\nwith the exception of Shizuka Hio. The fact that many of the names are\nJapanese could be the fault of the author for not taking in to account that he\nset the characters in a European-like setting.\n\nWhen one steps back and looks at the age of the vampire race that the series\nsuggests and compare it to that of the history of Japan as a country, the\nvampires have a longer history and have been around longer than the country of\nJapan has. The purebloods would be no doubt from one ethnic decent such as\nEnglish or French while the nobles could have more than one ethnic decent. The\nphysical traits of commonly having blond hair and blue eyes suggest that\nGerman decent is common.\n\nThe \"level E\" vampires are what I assume to be just what the series describes\nthem as. As for where the vampire race came from in general, I'm not entirely\nsure, but I do have a theory that their origins are similar to that of the\nmain characters in the movie _Hancock_ starring Will Smith & Charlize Theron.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-09T21:01:18.553", "id": "14361", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:57.937", "last_edit_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:57.937", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "8639", "parent_id": "2787", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI have the hunch that it may be set in a European country. Here's my evidence:\n\n * Most of the characters have light coloured hair and light coloured eyes. In fact, dark hair seems to be a rarity.\n * The layout of the classroom looks like a lecture hall, whereas all Japanese schools are set on one template, sliding doors, and single desks.\n * The town looks like pre-modern Germany or some Nordic town.\n * There are too many vampires. In Japan, with that many vampires, we would have found out by now.\n * The strongest bit of evidence I think is the first scene we ever see. Notice what species the trees are? Pine and Fir. And what does Yuki describe the place as? A snowy tundra. Seems like an insignificant detail but: Japan doesn't have tundras. And those evergreen trees I mentioned don't grow there either. At least not in the multitude shown.\n\nSo with all this evidence in mind, I honestly believe it is set in an Eastern\nEuropean or Nordic country.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-09T09:30:48.963", "id": "29640", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:50.597", "last_edit_date": "2018-06-09T13:04:50.597", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "20995", "parent_id": "2787", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIsn't it just Yuuki born, gets hidden away, evil uncle goes after her, parents\nget killed, kaname takes her to cross, yuuki gets attacked, and kaname saves\nher?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T04:09:05.423", "id": "4520", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T04:09:05.423", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "2789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThis answer includes the information from the manga. The anime makes a\nreference to a couple of key elements which don't get revealed until the 2nd\nhalf of the manga which occurs 1 year after the first half (what the anime\ncovers).\n\nBelow is the list of events in chronological order from Kaname's birth to\nYuuki's \"awakening\" as a human:\n\n(Note: The **[M]** indicates information found in the 13th volume of _Vampire\nKnight_. In the anime, Juri makes a reference to Rido killing Kaname and\nawakening Lord Kaname)\n\n * Kaname is born in secret \n * Rido takes him to the coffin beneath the Kuran Estate **[M]**\n * Rido sacrifices Kaname to awaken Lord Kaname in hopes to absorb Lord Kaname **[M]**\n * Lord Kaname wounds Rido (As Rido woke him up, Rido is Lord Kaname's master and cannot be killed) **[M]**\n * Having been woken in an incomplete state, Lord Kaname reverts into an infant to stop the thousands of years worth of hunger which would be sated by him slaughtering the Kuran Family, represses memories so they won't get in the way **[M]**\n * Haruka finds Kaname's sheet bloodied, finds Lord Kaname as an infant **[M]**\n * Juri finds Haruka, and both take Lord Kaname and raise him as they would have with Kaname **[M]**\n * Yuuki is born in secret\n * Kaname begins to go outside, finds the rose that only blooms every 10 years, returns to tell Yuuki the next time he sees it he'll encase it in resin for her\n * Rido learns of Yuuki, finds Kuran Residence, accompanied by Vampires from the Senate\n * Haruka faces Rido, is killed\n * Juri sacrifices life to turn Yuuki into a human\n * Kaname faces Rido, mortally wounds Rido but is unable to kill as he is Lord Kaname and Rido was the one who woke him\n * Kaname escapes with Yuuki (asleep?) to find Cross\n * Kaname leaves Yuuki in snow to deal with Perusing Vampires **[M]**\n * Yuuki awakes, Vampires find Yuuki, Kaname returns and protects Yuuki\n\nIn the anime, the fight against Rido at Cross Academy plays out differently,\nand in the manga, Kaname gathers the Elder Council (The Senate) and kills them\nbefore going to attempt to kill Takuma's Father, so if a third season (or\nsecond if you think _Guilty_ is still the first season) of the anime comes, it\nmay have differences when it reveals this part.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-30T02:07:41.723", "id": "5033", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-28T16:13:11.760", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-28T16:13:11.760", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "2789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe [Costume Fandom: All Dressed Up with Some Place to\nGo!](http://web.archive.org/web/20071223014709/http://pages.towson.edu/flynn/costume1.htm)\nwritten by By Dr. John L. Flynn says that it goes as far back as:\n\n> At the First World Science Fiction Con­vention in **New York in 1939** , a\n> 22-year-old Forrest J Ackerman and his friend Myrtle R. Jones appeared in\n> the first SF costumes among the 185 attendees. The future editor of Famous\n> Monsters of Filmland was dressed as a rugged looking star pilot, and his\n> female companion was adorned in a gown recreated from the classic 1933 film\n> Things to Come. Both of them created quite a stir among the somber gathering\n> of writers, artists and fen plural of fan), and injected a fanciful,\n> im­aginary quality into the convention's overly serious nature.\n\nAccording to [the Cosplay wikipedia\npage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay),\n\n> The term was coined by **Nobuyuki Takahashi** of the Japanese studio _Studio\n> Hard_ while attending the 1984 Los Angeles Science Fiction Worldcon. He was\n> impressed by the hall and the costumed fans and reported on both in Japanese\n> science fiction magazines.\n\nHowever, the act of \"cosplaying\" was around [before the term was\ncoined](http://matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/outofhand/index.php) by Nov\nTakahashi:\n\n> It is said that the first cos-play ever performed at a fan event in Japan\n> was that of a young woman portraying Tezuka Osamu's character Umi no Toriton\n> (Triton of the Sea) back in 1978. But contrary to popular belief this\n> performance seems to have taken place not at the Comic Market but at the\n> \"Ashicon\" science fiction convention, and was performed by none other than\n> the then 20-year-old **Kotani Mari** , now renowned as a critic and author\n> of science fiction.\n\nWith [this as an additional source](http://www.sfwj.or.jp/member/KOTANI-\nMARI.html)(Japanese).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-05T04:02:03.360", "id": "2791", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-05T04:02:03.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2790", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are plenty of cases of this. [Yankee-kun to Megane-\nchan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flunk_Punk_Rumble) (for some strange reason\nit was localized as Flunk Punk Rumble in English) is one such example of a\nmanga which never had an anime.\n[Jin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_%28manga%29) is another example which\nactually had both Japanese and Korean live action versions, and again no anime\nversion. Neither of those are technically films, but there are plenty of film\ncases as well, including Nana to Kaoru (no Wikipedia article) and [Liar Game -\nThe Final Stage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Game%3a_The_Final_Stage). I\nknow of at least 5 other cases of this (and I'm no drama expert), but I'll\nspare you the list because it's not terribly relevant.\n\nThere's really no reason that this should be an uncommon thing. Both dramas\nand anime are expensive to produce, but that isn't really a reason to produce\nan anime first. Very successful manga often have both drama and anime\nadaptations (for instance,\n[GTO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Teacher_Onizuka)). The only reason\nwhy you see fewer dramas based on manga than anime is because the physical\nconstraints for a live-action series are fairly limiting compared to anime.\nWhen there aren't any such issues it's pretty common for manga to be adapted\nonly as a drama and not as an anime.\n\nIf you head on over to some site which indexes J-dramas and K-dramas, you'll\nfind plenty more examples. One such site is\n[mydramalist.info](http://mydramalist.info/). Another one is\n[mydramalist.com](http://mydramalist.com/).\n\nIf you're only interested in J-dramas, then Wikipedia has [a\ncategory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%3aJapanese_television_dramas_based_on_manga)\nfor dramas adapted from manga. Many of those don't have anime adaptations\n(easily a majority). For films, it seems that more of them also have anime\nseries, but it's still roughly an even split. [This\nlist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_manga) on Wikipedia\nis the corresponding list for films, though it does include anime films as\nwell so you'll want to only count the \"live-action\" ones.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-05T05:59:16.170", "id": "2793", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-05T06:45:39.937", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-05T06:45:39.937", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAt least, there's the [World Masterpiece\nTheater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Masterpiece_Theater). Between\n1969 and 1997, and 2007-2009, they produced anime based on a classic book or\nstory, also western. I can't find anything that tells me whether it's over.\n\nBesides from that, I don't know any anime based on western stories.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-05T08:51:05.033", "id": "2795", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-05T08:51:05.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2794", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n**No**. There are a number of recent Japanese anime based on Western stories.\nSome examples:\n\n * [Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou%3a_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo) based on Alexandre Dumas, père's classic French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, aired in 2004-5.\n * [Romeo × Juliet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_x_Juliet) loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays aired in 2007.\n * [Miyuki-chan in Wonderland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki-chan_in_Wonderland) is an erotic, lesbian rendition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, aired in 1995.\n * [Powerpuff Girls Z](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpuff_girls_z) is a magical girl anime series based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, aired in 2006-7.\n * [Deltora Quest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltora_Quest_%28anime%29) based on the series of children's books of the same name, written by Australian author Emily Rodda, aired in 2007-8.\n\n", "comment_count": 11, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-05T09:23:46.817", "id": "2796", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-05T09:23:46.817", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2794", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLupin is a globe-trotting thief which makes it rather difficult to build\nmeaningful relationships with women. You can perhaps relate his situation to\nthat of another philandering gallivanter in James Bond. Bond is another who is\nskilled when it comes to women (no doubt through years of experience) and\nflits from one to the next at the drop of a hat. When Bond did try to create a\nstable relationship with a woman, it ended in disaster. The same sentiment\ncould well apply to Lupin who is happy to have dalliance after dalliance, but\nnever commits to a relationship. The only notable exception is his, well,\nsadomasochistic _affection_ for the well-apportioned Mine Fujiko who is part\nof the same world as he is.\n\nThe goofy character is just something that makes the anime entertaining. FWIW,\nneither is he all that goofy in the manga nor is he particularly chivalrous.\n[His WP page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin_III) elaborates\nthus:\n\n> In Monkey Punch's original manga, Lupin is cocky, quite crude, and for the\n> most part remorseless. He is very much the ladies' man, often using them for\n> his own gains, but **is not beyond forcing himself upon women** who resist\n> him. This is in **stark contrast to his better-known anime self** (excluding\n> the fourth series), who despite being a skilled thief, comes off as a\n> goofball that will go to great lengths to right injustice, who also shows a\n> chivalrous streak that compels him to help those less fortunate than he.\n\nThe goofy, lecherous persona is also a very 70s/80s thing and can also be seen\nin some of _Lupin Sansei's_ contemporaries such as [City\nHunter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hunter).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T16:28:45.143", "id": "2819", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T16:28:45.143", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "2797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe **Golden Boy** OVA is only 6 episodes. There hasn't been any more adapted\nfrom the manga (which is a lot racier than the anime). The closest thing to a\ncontinuation is the recent \"Golden Boy 2\" manga which is outright pornography.\n\nIt's hard to say if there's anything that's _inspired_ by Golden Boy. Tatsuya\nEgawa, Golden Boy's creator, produced lots of other manga and various degrees\nof pornographic films which you could say _might_ be inspired by his other\ncreations. Kousuke Fujishima, the creator of \"Oh My Goddess\", used to work for\nhim as an assistant but I don't know of any interviews or sources indicating\nthat he was inspired by Golden Boy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T12:11:46.060", "id": "2816", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T12:11:46.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Dragon Ball universe Animals are different form our earth animals. Some of\nthen can talk and even walk on two legs.Take Puar and Oolong as an example.\nIts never explained that why some dogs on Dragon Ball universe act like normal\ndog and some act as human. Not only for the case of dog, there are other\nanimals too which behave in the same way.\n\n[Here](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Animal) is a link for the different\nspecies of animal appears in Dragon Ball Universe.\n\nIts my own assumption that they can be alien on Dragon Ball universe from\ndifferent planet. But there is no official words.\n\nOr it may be a plot hole that some animals talk and some can't.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T11:36:15.337", "id": "2812", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T11:49:06.583", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-06T11:49:06.583", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "1527", "parent_id": "2799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nDragon Ball was originally based of [Son\nWukong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Wukong) the monkey king. The story\ninvolves several animals walking and talking like humans (of course including\nthe monkey king, Son Wukong).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-14T09:15:43.200", "id": "4126", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-28T05:22:25.137", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-28T05:22:25.137", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "1725", "parent_id": "2799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThat is due to it starting as a non serious manga for kids. It doesn't have\nany more meaning or interest that a comical one. For all respects these\ncreatures are considered humans (note that Oolong and Puar are different).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-17T10:43:59.317", "id": "4147", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-17T10:43:59.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "2799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOff the top of my head, there's [Highlander: The Search for\nVengeance](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5552). It\nwas produced by Madhouse and written by David Abramowitz, who worked on the\nHighlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV\nseries in the west.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T08:55:55.617", "id": "2801", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T08:55:55.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI am not sure if you comics are counted as Literature or not, but there are\nanime adaptations of several marvel comics like [X\nMen](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men), [Iron\nMan](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men),\n[Wolverine](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6918/Wolverine)\n\nSimilarly TMNT also was adapted into anime/OVA named [Mutant Ninja Turtles:\nSuperman\nLegend](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1059/Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Superman_Legend)\n\nAlso the Video Game [Dragon Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age) was\nadapted into an anime movie called [Dragon Age: Dawn of the\nSeeker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709652/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-07T16:42:56.633", "id": "23094", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-07T16:42:56.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3997", "parent_id": "2800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhen shinobi are reincarnated using the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation,\nthey have unlimited chakra, as is stated on page 17 of chapter 591. It seems\nto be that instead of the character himself having incredible chakra from when\nhe was alive, he instead had incredible chakra because he was reincarnated.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-08T21:02:16.213", "id": "3294", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-08T21:02:16.213", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Impure World Reincarnation gives them an unlimited chakra, but at the same\npool they had before. If that's the case, then we'd have a bunch of undead\nHashirama leveled clones all over the place. \nSo, again, the display from Hashirama is his actual chakra level before he\ndied (considered his prime). Now being able to use his chakra at top form\nbecause of the Impure World Reincarnation is ridiculous. It's like a constant\nrecharge to 100%.\n\nIf Impure Madara and Impure Hashirama went at it, most likely a never ending\nfight would occur, but we now have different variables. The unknown power of\nthe Juubi with Madara and Tobi vs the Kages, Kyuubi Mode Naruto and now Sasuke\nthrown in the mix. There's too much play given at the moment since we still\ndon't know the true extent of the power of the chakra from Juubi, Rinegan\nMadara, Hasirama, Sasuke and Kyuubi Mode Naruto.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-25T10:16:21.673", "id": "3907", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-25T10:23:38.497", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-25T10:23:38.497", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "1823", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHashirama is a direct descendant of the Sage of the Six Paths, but his chakra\nlevels are beyond the normal notable chakra levels seen in both the anime and\nmanga. I think this stems from both his heritage and his ability to use the\nMokuton (Wood Release). As similarly noted in Madara's case, these two were\nborn with exceptionally powerful chakra, even for their clan's standards.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-28T09:24:51.603", "id": "3938", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-28T10:35:50.373", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-28T10:35:50.373", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "1833", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHasirama was a child prodigy and the only shinobi ever found that could use\nmokuton. So maybe hashirama was gifted with such abilities, plus he must have\nworked really hard too as the flashback shows. Moreover jubiis real form is a\ntree, shinju. That means originally when the chakra that was distribued among\nshinobis by ridoku, one must have gained somewhat extraordinary part of it,\ncall it genes at play. And wood ability being the stongest of all elements\nbeing jubiis form must have demanded a high amount of chakra level which is\nwhy it was weilded only by him due to having great chakra reserves. Though it\nis surprising that the probability of someone getting wood affinity was so low\nto be only one person.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-17T21:59:54.307", "id": "5211", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-17T21:59:54.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2397", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nRather than acquired, being born with it or blessed with since childhood would\nbe more correct. The author's way of balancing the rivals, I guess. Madara too\nended up showing off ridiculous powers. He single-handedly defeated the Five\nKages after all and Hashirama was his equal in strength.\n\nNothing more specific has been provided so far.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-19T16:30:26.090", "id": "5240", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-19T16:30:26.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2406", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Naruto had gone to Mount Myoboku for his senjutsu training, Lord Fukasaku\nhad mentioned\n\n> only those who already possess \"extreme chakra levels\" can utilise natural\n> energy to invoke senjutsu\n\n[Source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode)\n\nNow we also know, Kakashi mentioned Naruto having large reserves of chakra\n(excluding the Nine tail's chakra). And this is the reason why Naruto could\ncomplete the Sage training and enter Sage mode, thereby giving him access to a\nlarger amount of chakra.\n\nThe same goes for Jiraya, as he had completed the Sage mode training, and\ncould enter the sage mode himself.\n\nThus we can assume, once in a while kids are born with higher reserves of\nchakra.\n\nThe same can be assumed in case of the first Hokage and Kisame, they could\nhave been born with a large reserve of chakra.\n\nReason for assuming this is, First Hokage could enter the sage mode himself,\nand as for Kisame, we know the sword of his, Samehada would only attach\nhimself to a ninja with good reserves of chakra. (Since the eight tails had\nmore chakra and a more \"delicious\" one samehada switched allegiance and joined\nBee).\n\nIn case of Naruto, Jiraya and First Hokage, their sage mode gave them access\nto a larger pool of chakra thus making them more powerful. On the other hand,\nKisame could get access to a larger amount of chakra with the help of\nSamehada, that would \"eat\" the chakra of enemies and supply to Kisame.\n\nNothing much have been mentioned about the third Raikage, so I can't provide\nany proof to support my speculations.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-11T09:16:14.413", "id": "5826", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-11T09:16:14.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nFacts taken from the manga: ( **Remember, the Hashirama-Madara flaskback is\nnot completed yet.** )\n\nI can think of two possibilities as to why he was more powerful:\n\na) Each ninja has their own motive in their life, and Hashirama's ninja way of\nlife was to \"Protect his Village and Comrades\". Hashirama was very dedicated\nto achieving his goal.\n\nb) Hashirama did use even Senjutsu. People with Sennin Mode can manipulate\nNature's Energy, too. This made him more powerful than his normal state.\nPeople who can manipulate Nature's Energy become more powerful. **For\ninstance, Taijutsu becomes more powerful.**\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-31T07:27:48.843", "id": "6668", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-03T22:46:32.943", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-03T22:46:32.943", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3081", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer is actually pretty simple:\n\n> Hashirama is one of Ashura's, Hagoromo's son's reincarnation, Ashura\n> inherited the Sage's body and physical strength, there is where his and\n> Hashirama's huge chakra reserves is from. He also could use all elements of\n> chakra and the yin/yan release too. (Wood Release is yan Release Kekkei\n> Genkai, because you can breathe life into forms with it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-11T18:25:15.250", "id": "18460", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-11T18:53:03.307", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-11T18:53:03.307", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "11140", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reason why Hashirama has such an powerful and enormous amount of chakra\nreserves (estimated to be even larger than that of Naruto Uzumaki) is partly\nbecause of both his Senju heritage as he is full-blooded and because he is the\nreincarnation of Ashura Õtsutsuki the younger son of Hagoromo Õtsutsuki (And\nthe younger son of The Sage of six paths was blessed with his fathers body\n_Yang energy/Physical energy_ granting him both a strong life force/stamina\nand powerful chakra) which makes Hashirama in a way in both body and spirit\npure and royal\n\nTo go even further with this, its possibly also the same reason why he is the\nonly one able to unlock the Wood release among the Senju's. As we know Wood\nrelease is a combination of both *Water and Earth releases but as the story\ngoes on you'll also learn that it also heavily consist of Yang release which\nbasically makes it a tessei kenkai so to speak.\n\nSo the reason why Hashirama Senju is the only one able to use the Wood release\nis because of his body itself which was said to be \"brimming with vitality\" as\nhe could battle on for days before finally showing signs of fatigue and as he\nwould heal from wounds without even waving seals surpassing technique in even\nthat of Tsunade known as the greatest medical shinobi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-11T00:24:03.667", "id": "42265", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-11T00:52:36.510", "last_edit_date": "2017-09-11T00:52:36.510", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "35576", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nPretty simple.\n\nHagoromo Otsutsuki, the founder of Ninja Arts, the Sage of Six Paths, had two\nsons. The eldest, Indra Otsutsuki, inherited his powerful Visual Prowess. The\nsecond Asura Otsutsuki, inherited his powerful chakra and life force.\n\nIndra founded the Uchiha Clan, which is the clan of Sharingans, and Asura\nfounded the Senju, thus some Senju would get his life force.\n\nWe can assume that since Asura Otsutsuki inherited his father's life force,\nall Senju have strong/powerful chakra, but if you are his direct reincarnate (\n**Hashirama & Naruto**), then your chakra is a cut above the rest.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-12T12:08:38.340", "id": "62432", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-17T12:46:19.500", "last_edit_date": "2021-05-17T12:46:19.500", "last_editor_user_id": "59761", "owner_user_id": "59761", "parent_id": "2815", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, it is Sage Mode, since Senpou means Sage Art. The technique is Senpou\nMokuton: Shinsuusenju ([Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand\nHands](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Art:_Wood_Release:_True_Several_Thousand_Hands)).\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T13:20:06.840", "id": "2818", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T13:30:27.500", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-06T13:30:27.500", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2817", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMedical ninjutsu can be used to heal wounds, such as those cause by kunai. It\nis used for a number of purposes, including:\n\n * Healing: [Healing Chakra Transmission](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Chakra_Transmission), [Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Resuscitation_Regeneration_Technique)\n * Treating internal and external injuries: [Mystical Palm Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mystical_Palm_Technique)\n * Treating poisons: [Delicate Illness Extraction Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Delicate_Illness_Extraction_Technique)\n * Performing autopsy or surgery: [Chakra Scalpel](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Scalpel)\n * Healing oneself: [Creation Rebirth](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Creation_Rebirth), [Strength of a Hundred Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Strength_of_a_Hundred_Technique)\n * Offensively in several ways: [Body Pathway Derangement](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Pathway_Derangement), [Poison Mist Needle Shot](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Poison_Mist_Needle_Shot).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T17:37:30.270", "id": "2821", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T17:59:40.353", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-06T17:59:40.353", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\n**How does the healing jutsu work?**\n\nIt works by channeling the healer's chakra into the patient's body, in order\nto help the regeneration of skin, cells, chakra flow, etc. The medical-nin can\nalso use medical ninjutsu in himself. This type of technique requires great\nchakra control, because excessive infusion of chakra may cause unwanted\nproblems. Healing jutsu have a wide range of uses, such has physical injury\nhealing, poison healing, or even offensive uses.\n\n**Does it also help regenerate the skin cut by kunais?**\n\nYes, there are some examples:\n\n * The [Mystical Palm Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mystical_Palm_Technique) helps in the regeneration of injuries, both internal and external. This technique requires great chakra control, for excess of chakra infused can drive the patient into a comatose state. For this same reason, this technique can also be used as an offensive technique (as seen in chapter 103, pages 9-10, when Kabuto used it against Kiba). This technique's usage has been seen (among others) in chapter 296, pages 12-13, when Kabuto (who can use this technique effectively at a distance) healed Sakura's wounds (caused by Naruto in [Four-tailed form](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki%27s_Jinch%C5%ABriki_Forms#Version_2)). Also, in chapter 297, Sakura heals Naruto's skin after it had been damaged by the Kyuubi cloak. \n * Also, Tsunade's [Mitotic Regeneration](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Creation_Rebirth) is able to regenerate physical injuries, at the cost of reducing her lifespan. We've seen her heal herself after she was trespassed by Orochimaru, using the Kusanagi sword, in chapter 169. After having been inflicted these wounds that would otherwise have been fatal, she regenerated herself fully, eliminating every cut in her body. \n * There are also [techniques that can resuscitate](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Resuscitation_Regeneration_Technique), healing the injured body parts in the process. This was the technique used when reviving and healing Neji (chapter 235, page 9), after his fight with Kidomaru. In this fight, Neji was trespassed by an arrow (with considerable diameter), that brought about his collapse. With regular healing techniques, such as the Mystical Palm Technique, the healing of such wounds would've been impossible.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-06T17:39:40.947", "id": "2822", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-06T20:14:06.707", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-06T20:14:06.707", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWithin the show, the word \"Ghost\" is used to refer to someone's consciousness\nwhile a \"shell\" is the cybernetic body, much like the situation with Major\nKusanagi. The Wikipedia page [Philosophy of Ghost in the\nShell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Ghost_in_the_Shell) has a\nlot of insightful concepts to add to this:\n\nReferring to the _Laughing Man_ and _Puppet Master_ :\n\n> Yet, as those criminals are revealed to have more depth than was at first\n> apparent, the various protagonists are left with disturbing questions: \"What\n> exactly is the definition of 'human' in a society where a mind can be copied\n> and the body replaced with a synthetic form?\", \"What exactly is the '\n> **ghost** ' —the essence— in the cybernetic ' **shell** '?\", \"Where is the\n> boundary between human and machine when the differences between the two\n> become more philosophical than physical?\", etc.\n\nMore specifically with the original film, there's [this\narticle](https://wiki.rit.edu/display/05052130220101/Explicit+meaning+in+Ghost+in+the+Shell):\n\n> The director has the main character state “Who am I?” The Major, the Main\n> character, wonders if she is a real person or a program. \"Major Motoko\n> Kusanagi barely exist in her original human form, retaining only a small\n> portion of organic grey matter inside an almost totally robotic, titanium\n> body or\"shell.\" (Dan Dinello, page 276, Anime and philosophy) The title of\n> the anime supports this, “ **Ghost in the Shell** ” likely refers to the\n> phrase “ **A shadow of your former self**.” The main character has a\n> cybernetic mind and body, which leads her to question her existence, whether\n> or not she is still alive. If one states that the difference between a human\n> and a machine is that the human has a soul, what then, is a cyborg, such as\n> the Major? “\n\nA lot of these concepts and themes are tackled within the manga/anime.\n\nSee also, the [in universe origins of the terms \"Ghost\" and\n\"Shell\"](http://ghostintheshell.wikia.com/wiki/Ghosts_%26_Shells). I don't\nknow if these terms were invented by Masamune Shirow or if he borrowed them\nfrom SF tropes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-07T03:56:21.627", "id": "2824", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-07T14:51:50.590", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-07T14:51:50.590", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2823", "post_type": "answer", "score": 28 }, { "body": "\n\nMasamune Shirow has stated that he had always wanted the title of his manga to\nbe Ghost in the Shell, even in Japan, but his original publishers preferred\nMobile Armored Riot Police. He had chosen \"Ghost in the Shell\" in homage to\nArthur Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine, from which he also drew\ninspiration.\n\nShell rather than Machine because, well, system shell is becoming the second\nbody for many of us even today.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-12T16:24:25.530", "id": "49641", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-12T16:24:25.530", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43380", "parent_id": "2823", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI am not sure how the name got to the staff of Ghost in the Shell, the user\nAnatoly Roschenya says that Masamune Shirow wanted to pay homage to Arthur\nKoestler's book \"The Ghost in the Machine\".\n\nThe phrase \"Ghost in the machine\" comes from the famous/infamous philosopher\nGilbert Ryle in his work \"The Concept of Mind\". The phrase is meant to\ndescribe the dualism of Rene Descartes and how he tried to find the\nrelationship between the mind and the body, the mind being the ghost and body\nbeing the machine, this being \"the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine\". Ryle\ncriticized this position for thinking that the two are of the same category.\nIf these two are not in the same category, then trying to find a relationship\nbetween the two as if they were must fail.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-10T21:16:12.223", "id": "56100", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-10T21:16:12.223", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51104", "parent_id": "2823", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't know much about this anime, but when I first read the title: \"ghost in\nthe shell\", I thought it was referring to the **shell** (application) of a\ncomputer; And the full meaning was something like some form of **ghost**\n(hacker) that was illegally accessing to the shell\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-06-17T14:52:16.807", "id": "64008", "last_activity_date": "2021-06-17T14:52:16.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61205", "parent_id": "2823", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe title is derived from Gilbert Ryle's concept of the ghost in the machine,\nfrom his book \"The Concept of Mind\". It is disappointing that the writers draw\nupon Koestler instead of Ryle, as Ryle described and outlined the theory\neloquently summarised above. Koestler simply expanded upon it by explaining\nhow this occurs in a modern context.\n\nSorry, but this \"shell of his former self\" line of enquiry is nonsense. A\nrudimentary understanding of Ryle's work alone would allow viewers to hone in\non the concepts Shirow was toying with: humanity, the permeance of the soul\n(if such a thing exists), where it would lie and how impacted it is by the\nvessel that contains it. Would a human soul be the same as one that exists in\nthe future and is subject to interference from external influences such as\ntechnological advances?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-09-22T07:41:44.603", "id": "65639", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-22T11:13:11.313", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-22T11:13:11.313", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "62527", "parent_id": "2823", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAppears to have started in the 1970's, but over time the definition got a\nlittle cloudy and changed from being pedophilia to more of an obsession. There\nwas also controversy similar to violence in video games linked to violence in\nreal life, where one party suggested that lolicon could fuel sex crimes toward\nchildren, while the other party maintained that if anything it decreased the\nchances by letting people live out their fantasies through manga/anime.\n\nThere is a lot of referenced material\n[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon).\n\n> Lolicon (ロリコン?), also romanised as lolikon or rorikon,is a Japanese\n> portmanteau of the phrase \"Lolita complex\". In Japan, the term describes an\n> attraction to underage girls (whether prepubescent, pubescent, or post-\n> pubescent)or an individual with such an attraction. It is also commonly used\n> when referring to lolicon manga or lolicon anime, a genre of manga and anime\n> wherein childlike female characters are often depicted in an \"erotic-cute\"\n> manner (also known as ero kawaii), in an art style reminiscent of the shōjo\n> manga (girls' comics) style. Outside Japan, \"lolicon\" is in less common\n> usage and usually refers to the genre. The phrase is a reference to Vladimir\n> Nabokov's book Lolita, in which a middle-aged man becomes sexually obsessed\n> with a twelve-year-old girl. It was first used in Japan in the 1970s and\n> quickly became used to describe erotic dojinshi (amateur comics) portrayals\n> of young girls. Laws have been enacted in various countries, including in\n> Japan, which regulate explicit content featuring children or childlike\n> characters. Parent and citizens groups in Japan have organized to work\n> toward stronger controls and stricter laws governing lolicon manga and other\n> similar media. Critics say that the lolicon genre contributes to actual\n> sexual abuse of children, while others say that there is no evidence for\n> this claim. Studies of lolicon fans state that lolicon fans are attracted to\n> an aesthetic of cuteness rather than the age of the characters, and that\n> collecting lolicon represents a disconnect from society\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-07T14:56:08.477", "id": "2827", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-07T14:56:08.477", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1542", "parent_id": "2826", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nAdding onto [Angelo's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2827/2516),\nthe rise of the trend seems to coincide with the [rise of idol\nculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_idol) in Japan.\n\n> The idol phenomenon began during the early 1970s, reflecting a boom in Japan\n> for the musician Sylvie Vartan in the French film _Cherchez l'idole_ in\n> 1963, with Japanese title (アイドルを探せ _Aidoru wo sagase_ ) in November 1964.\n>\n> The term came to be applied to any cute actress or female singer, or any\n> cute male singer. Teenage girls, mostly between 14 and 16, and teenage\n> males, mostly between 15 and 18, began rising to stardom. One in particular,\n> Momoe Yamaguchi, was a huge star until her marriage and retirement in 1980.\n>\n> Idols dominated the pop music scene in the 1980s, and this period is known\n> as the \"Golden Age of Idols in Japan\".\n\nPerhaps somewhat as a result of this, _kawaii_ -ness soon came into fashion -\nespecially with schoolgirls. Schoolgirls are commonly fetishized in the\nsleazier section of society anyway, so this could be where the trope slipped\ninto anime's fanservice.\n\nIt's not really a definitive answer, but I'm of the opinion that [television\nreflects\nsociety](https://www.google.com/search?q=television+reflects+society), rather\nthan life reflecting television (although, there is some of that) - So I would\nsay that it came from the gradual shift in attitudes in Japan, rather than a\nnew idea that was introduced to anime.\n\nAnd I suppose it wasn't too much of a shift either as many shows would have\nhad young female characters already because they were targetted at a younger\naudience and it was just a case of moving them to more \"mature\" shows, which\nby their nature contained fanservice.\n\nSome recommended reading:\n\n * [Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool By Brian Ashcraft](https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=fdHZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT135&lpg=PT135&dq=japanese%20idols%20anime%20loli&source=bl&ots=i_aFBX-tp5&sig=ruHqoPxuUoQLaD4jdxErRo1ti-s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1_9vVbb6BoXm8AWusIOoCw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q&f=false)\n\n * [Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia](https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Sexuality-Studies-in-East-Asia/McLelland-Mackie/p/book/9780415639484)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-04T07:50:02.123", "id": "22133", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-06T16:07:16.567", "last_edit_date": "2022-02-06T16:07:16.567", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "2826", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nAs far as animation goes it all started in 1984 with the release of two\ndifferent works called \"Lolita Anime\" that had nothing to do with each other.\n\nThe first of them also counts as the first ever pornographic anime to be\nreleased. Some will claim that the honor should go to the 1970 release\nCleopatra, but if you watch it you'll see that there isn't really anything\npornographic about it.\n\nThat, and it led to the creation of the anime porn industry.\n\nThe reason for that is that at a few years earlier it was found out that anime\nfans would buy VHS releases intended for renting at prices of over $100 for\n30min worth of animation. That was around the time VHS became a thing everyone\ncould afford. And branching out to porn was the natural progression of that.\n\nAs to why the characters featured were underage, the most convincing thing\nI've heard was about how a law defining obscene material was written. It was\nin such a way that the defining factor was pubic hair. By depicting children\ninstead of adults they could skirt around that law.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-06T16:00:27.450", "id": "66328", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-06T16:00:27.450", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "2826", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOk, I found the omake that mentions Grimmjow:\n\n\n\nIn the bottom-right corner, it reads:\n\n> Q: Will there be characters that appear in the role of a friend?\n>\n> Kubo: Ulquiorra has already turned to ash. **Grimmjow might become a\n> friend...**\n\nSo yes, Grimmjow is alive.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-07T23:39:07.133", "id": "2830", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-17T19:55:26.310", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-17T19:55:26.310", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1453", "parent_id": "2829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nYes, he is still alive. If you have watched their fight's aftermath, Ichigo\nprotects Grimmjow while he looks ahead, dumbstruck why he is protecting him,\nand it never said he died or was fatally wounded.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-10T15:28:49.367", "id": "4336", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-10T15:38:34.733", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-10T15:38:34.733", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "2008", "parent_id": "2829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think he is dead because he was left lying there staring at Nnoitra.\nIf you read the manga, there is a picture of him when he's wearing a half\nEspada coat, so he is not dead and so is Halibel.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-04T07:33:12.910", "id": "6739", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-12T07:47:42.610", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-12T07:47:42.610", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "3219", "parent_id": "2829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nGrimmjow is still alive, as revealed in Chapter 624 of the Manga. Both he and\nNel show up to help Ichigo and friends take down the quincies.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IWTCf.png)\n\n(Image courtesy of [here](https://12dimension.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/bleach-\nchapter-624-the-return-of-grimmjow/)).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-17T20:11:50.033", "id": "24170", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-17T20:11:50.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62", "parent_id": "2829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as I know, it wasn't explained in the anime (though I'm not that sure\nsince I haven't finished Mitsuganae and I haven't read the manga). But I\nthink, it works like this.. (this is purely from my own deductions since I\nhaven't found anything clear on any sites I searched).\n\nIf a person send someone to hell by pulling off the red string from the straw\ndoll Enma provided, that someone will immediately be ferried to hell, thus\ncompletely disappearing along with the person's body. After that, the sender\nwill gain a mark on his/her chest signifying that his/her soul will go to hell\nafter he/she dies.\n\nSo, if a person is sent to hell, that person will disappear, along with\nhis/her body, leaving nothing at all in earth. If a person was a sender, once\nhe/she dies, his/her soul will go to hell, but his/her body will be left on\nearth. A sender will only completely disappear if he/she was sent by someone\nelse to hell before he/she dies. That, I think, is how it works, in most\nepisodes.\n\nIn Episode 13 Purgatory Girl, the two persons you mentioned who died were\nFukumoto's wife who committed suicide and Okochi, Fukumoto's friend whom he\nsent to hell. Fukumoto's wife wasn't sent to hell, she committed suicide.\nOkochi however was sent to hell. The man (I forgot the name) who was retelling\ntheir story indeed said \"Okochi died.\" in the english subtitles but what he\nsaid in japanese was _\"Okochi-kun ga nakunatta..\"_ literally translating it\nmeans _Okochi-kun disappeared_. The man narrating the story didn't mention\nanything about Okochi's body being found or something like that. And it was\nshown that Fukumoto who sent Okochi to hell died and his body was left in\nfront of his final artwork.\n\nHowever, Season 2 Episode 19: Steamy Hell seems to be an exception. It indeed\nshowed the burnt body of a person who was sent to hell instead of having him\ncompletely disappear.\n\nI don't know why it was like that in Steamy Hell (probably a plot hole or\nsomething) and there is no definite explanation or answer to your question. It\ncan be just assumed that what I've explained above is the general rule and\nSteamy Hell is the exception to that rule. Or, there is just no rule\nwhatsoever for that. It probably depends on Enma or her boss (the spider) on\nwhether they will leave the person's body on earth or not.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-19T08:48:06.790", "id": "3441", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-22T07:34:36.593", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-22T07:34:36.593", "last_editor_user_id": "88", "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "2831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo. The Shiki Fuujin seals the souls. That means that the chakra of the Kyuubi\nis sealed independently from the soul of Minato. If you revive a soul, you\nonly revive the own soul, but not anything that was sealed inside his _body_.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-08T07:53:57.327", "id": "2834", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-08T07:53:57.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe resurrected Minato _is_ stronger than when he was alive, but that is due\nto the properties of Edo Tensei (unlimited chakra, near-unlimited stamina, and\nautomatic regeneration of any damage taken).\n\n~~Minato does not have Kurama's chakra inside him. The Yin-component of\nKurama's chakra, sealed by Minato, is still inside the Shinigami's stomach.\nShiki Fuujin does not seal the target's soul into the summoner's soul. They\nare both sealed together, but independently, in the Shinigami's stomach.\n\nThis can be confirmed since Orochimaru first recovered the soul of his arms\nand then the four previous Kage at once. If the Shiki Fuujin sealed the\ntarget's soul into the summoner's soul, he would have to first recover\nHiruzen's soul, and then the souls of Hashirama, Tobirama and his arms from\nHiruzen's soul.~~\n\nMinato _does_ seem to have Kurama's Yin part inside of him. As proven by the\nrecent chapters. Which undoubtedly proves that he's much stronger compared to\nthe way he was before his death.\n\n**Note** : This answer is based on events seen till Chapter 623. The answer\nmay become obsolete after subsequent chapters.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-08T08:21:55.857", "id": "2835", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-15T21:05:35.070", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-15T21:05:35.070", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn episode 20 of Kobato, when Kobato mentions that Syaoran and his companions\nhave been traveling for a long time and Syaoran says,\n\n> \"but it's a not journey with a destination. I guess you could say our\n> destination is to continue travelling.\" When Kobato asks if it's undecided\n> where they are going, he replies, \"It would be difficult to decide. For one\n> thing, we don't know how long we can stay in one place. But, I have someone\n> waiting for me.\"\n\nSo it's definitely _after_ the end of the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle epilogue\npublished in October 2009, (Episode 20 of Kobato aired in March 2010):\n\n> Syaoran is on his journey and they've been doing this for some considerable\n> amount of time. Where Syaoran went to look for a world where the clones can\n> live, Sakura stayed in Clow because of her dream that she'd only cause\n> sadness if she went with Syaoran, thus she is the one \"waiting for me\".\n\nAs far as I know, the October 7th epilogue was the last of the story, as a way\nto sort of tie up the loose ends. Kobato's crossover generated a lot of\nspeculation about maybe getting more Tsubasa out of CLAMP, but [they announced\nin 2009 that the epilogue will be the\nend](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-17/clamp-to-end-tsubasa-\nreservoir-chronicle-on-october-7). There hasn't been any official news about\nthe manga or continuing the story since. Though it wouldn't be surprising to\nsee more crossovers with Syaoran, Fye, and Kurogane continuing their journey\nin future CLAMP productions.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-09T00:19:05.643", "id": "2848", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-09T00:19:05.643", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2833", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe could (And he sometimes did), but it's \"forbidden\", and Goku doesn't like\nbreaking rules.\n\nIt's actually a different world in the same \"dimension\" as the normal world,\nso yes, Goku can freely teleport between the two.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-08T22:20:35.470", "id": "2845", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-08T22:20:35.470", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nYou're right in a technical sense.\n\nFrom <http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Instant_Transmission>\n\n> Goku can even shift through realms, having no problem teleporting from Earth\n> to King Kai's planet, and from there to New Namek.\n\nI think it's a matter of wanting to do it or not. Goku wants Gohan to grow up\nand reach his full potential, Goku believes his son can and will follow his\nsteps as earth's protector. This can only happen if Gohan shakes away all his\nfears, and you can see how that happens as he destroys Cell.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-08T22:20:55.327", "id": "2846", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-09T00:10:54.820", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-09T00:10:54.820", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "1548", "parent_id": "2841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe [Naruto wiki page on clans](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Clans) has a good\nexplanation of what a clan is, plus a list of all the known clans. To sum up,\nit goes something like this:\n\nFirst, it is important to notice that the kanji used is 一族 (read _Ichizoku_ ),\nwhich literally means family. So, clans are families or groups of shinobi that\nconstitute a basic unit of a village. The Senju and Uchiha clans were the\nfirst known clans to form an alliance to create a village, which was an\nexample followed by many clans. As you referred, belonging to a clan is\nusually defined by genetics/blood, which is of the utmost importance in the\nusage of kekkei genkai. Also, clans pass down from generation to generation\nsaid kekkei genkai or other jutsu which are a specialty to the clan, which\nshinobi unaffiliated to any clan do not seem to do with their regular jutsu.\nSome clans are extensive and composed of several families, while others are\njust composed of a nuclear family.\n\n**List of known clans:** \n\\- [Aburame clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Aburame_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Akimichi clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Akimichi_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Amagiri clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Amagiri_Clan) \\- Yumegakure (\n_Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive_ game only) \n\\- [Fuuma clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Clan) \\- Amegakure \n\\- Another [Fuuma\nclan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Clan_%28Land_of_Sound%29) \\-\nOtogakure \n\\- [Hagoromo clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hagoromo_Clan) \\- No village\n(pre-village era) \n\\- [Hirasaka clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hirasaka_Clan) \\- Yumegakure (\n_Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive_ game only) \n\\- [Hōzuki clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/H%C5%8Dzuki_Clan) \\- Kirigakure \n\\- [Hyūga clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hy%C5%ABga_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Inuzuka clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Inuzuka_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Jūgo's clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%ABgo%27s_Clan) \\- Unknown\nvillage/no affiliation (Jūgo is the only known member) \n\\- [Kaguya clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kaguya_Clan) \\- Unknown\nvillage/no affiliation \n\\- [Kamizuru clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamizuru_Clan) \\- Iwagakure\n(anime only) \n\\- [Kedōin clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ked%C5%8Din_Clan) \\- Unknown\nvillage/no affiliation (anime only) \n\\- [Kohaku clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kohaku_Clan) \\- Had their own\nvillage in the Fire Country, associated with Konohagakure (anime only) \n\\- [Kubisaku clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kubisaki_Clan) \\- Unknown\nvillage, located in the Land of Neck (anime only) \n\\- [Kurama clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kurama_Clan) \\- Konohagakure\n(anime only) \n\\- [Nara clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nara_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Rinha clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rinha_Clan) \\- Unknown village/no\naffiliation ( _Naruto Shippūden 3D: The New Era_ game only) \n\\- [Ryū clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ry%C5%AB_Clan) \\- No village (pre-\nvillage era, _Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles_ game only) \n\\- [Sarutobi clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sarutobi_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Senju clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Senju_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Shiin clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shiin_Clan) \\- Otogakure (anime\nonly) \n\\- [Shirogane clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shirogane_Clan) \\- Sunagakure\n( _Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2_ game only) \n\\- [Tenro clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tenro_Clan) \\- Yumegakure (\n_Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive_ game only) \n\\- [Tsuchigumo clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tsuchigumo_Clan) \\-\nTsuchigumo Village (anime only) \n\\- [Uchiha clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Uzumaki clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uzumaki_Clan) \\- Uzushiogakure \n\\- [Wagarashi family](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wagarashi_Family) \\- Land\nof Tea (anime and _Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2_ game only) \n\\- [Wasabi family](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wasabi_Family) \\- Land of Tea\n(anime only) \n\\- [Watari ninja](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Watari_Ninja) \\- Unknown\nvillage/no affiliation (anime only) \n\\- [Yamanaka clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yamanaka_Clan) \\- Konohagakure \n\\- [Yotsuki clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yotsuki_Clan) \\- Kumogakure \n\\- [Yuki clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yuki_Clan) \\- No village, Land of\nWater\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-08T16:19:06.423", "id": "2843", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-08T16:44:06.640", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-08T16:44:06.640", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2842", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Yes** , Yukari does change back from an alpaca to a girl.\n\n> The \"curse of the alpaca\" which was placed on Yukari is reversed by Kazuma\n> accepting her and kissing her as an alpaca. \n> \n>  \n> \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T23:00:46.533", "id": "2949", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-18T23:00:46.533", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "2844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nYes, but there's a sequel that introduces a new character... a capybara. And\nYukari returns to her \"paca version\". No, i'm serious here.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-15T03:56:08.277", "id": "13433", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-15T03:56:08.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8005", "parent_id": "2844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat's [Sparky](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sparky),\n[Ritchie](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ritchie)'s Pikachu.\n\nHis first appearance was [episode\n78](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP078) of the original anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-09T02:29:18.143", "id": "2850", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-09T02:29:18.143", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2849", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Pikachu's [Sparky](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sparky), trained\nby [Ritchie](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ritchie).\n\nThat particular picture came from the episode when they made a come back to\nthe Johto region, at the end of \"Hi Ho Silver Away\" and the beginning of\n\"Parent Trapped.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-14T19:47:10.450", "id": "23269", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-28T06:29:46.800", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-28T06:29:46.800", "last_editor_user_id": "19592", "owner_user_id": "15676", "parent_id": "2849", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Are there any anime that would be consider either Noir or neo Noir?\n\nDictionary definition of film noir would be: a film marked by a mood of\npessimism, fatalism, and menace.\n\nStereotypical elements are: murder, a detective who drinks whisky late at\nnight in a shabby bar, and a femme fatale.\n\nAnime that I have seen and that more or less match above description are:\n\n * [Noir](http://myanimelist.net/anime/272/Noir)\n * [The Woman Called Fujiko Mine](http://myanimelist.net/anime/13203/Lupin_the_Third%3a_Mine_Fujiko_to_Iu_Onna)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-09T16:25:36.843", "id": "2853", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-25T12:23:22.343", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-25T12:23:22.343", "last_editor_user_id": "21", "owner_user_id": "21", "parent_id": "2851", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n_Film noir_ was originally a term used by French critics to describe Hollywood\nmovies of the post-war 1940’s era (up through the 1950s) that portray a darker\nperspective upon life than was standard in classical Hollywood films and\nconcentrate upon human depravity, failure, and despair. After 1960, films of\nsimilar nature that actively try to emulate the classic noir style (for better\nor worse) are deemed _neo-noir_. Both terms typicall imply use of a cinematic\nstyle with a particular way of lighting, positioning and moving the camera,\nand using retrospective voice-over narration\n\n**There are no anime series that can be considered truly film noir in genre as\nthey typically use the style but not the motifs and cinematography, identified\nby the genre.**\n\nI believe the following series most closely resemble the noir/neo-noir-style\nstyle, story, and/or setting (some not completely) the following would\nprobably fit:\n\n * Both [**Big O**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_O) and [**Cowboy Bebop**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop) have characters being plagued by events in their past and fatalistically having to accept them. Big O uses the style of film noir a lot more and uses its premise as the basis of entangled plot. Cowboy Bebop, on the other hand, simply sticks to the premise and borrows its style from elsewhere.\n\n * [**Baccano!**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccano!) is like a blend of film noir and pulp fiction, where a bunch of seemingly unconnected stories slowly become connect into one overarching storyline, which is very typical of the [pulp noir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_noir) genre.\n\n * [**Ghost in a Shell**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28film%29) and it's [sequel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2%3a_Innocence) are considered a marriage of noir visual, sci-fi, and animation, and sometimes included under the subgenre of noir called [tech-noir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_noir), which includes movies such as [Brazil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29) and [Blade Runner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner). \"[ **A Detective Story**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Detective_Story)\" from the [Animatrix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animatrix) is considered to be another example of the above mentioned tech-noir genre.\n\n * [**Perfect Blue**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue) has the mystery setting, murder cases with no apparent suspect and a main character is being hunted, keeping the story on the edge. It also deals with amnesia, flashbacks, uncertainties of one's own memories. \n\n * [**Bodyguard of the Wind**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_no_Yojimbo) Though not as well -known, has all the motifs of a classic noir detective story. It opens with the disappearance of a train carrying a shipment gold along with its guards, but the story really starts with the son of one of those guards coming to the city where the train vanished to investigate. There he is met with the residents many of hiding their own secrets and mysteries, forcing him to slowly progress from one clue to the next, like a noir detective would do, to get to the bottom of everything.\n\nThese don't really fit the noir-style completely for one reason or another,\nbut are heavily influenced by the noir genre:\n\n * [**The Skullman**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Man) has a noir-ish atmosphere is given by the mystery which shrouds the strange murders in that alternate history of the end of WWII.\n\n * [**Speed Grapher**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Grapher) has the noir atmosphere and art, but the story and characters aren't what you typically expect of the genre\n\n * [**Texhnolyze**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texhnolyze) has plenty of elements from \"noir\" movies: dark lighting, flashbacks that disrupt the normal flow of the story, a corrupted society, a sort of \"femme fatale\" and a main character that seems to not fit the rest of the world. However, this is more of a sci-fi/cyberpunk anime with a dystopian setting.\n\n * [**Daughter of Twenty Faces**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nij%C5%AB_Mens%C5%8D_no_Musume) is more of an action comedy that uses Edogwawa Rampo (a well-known Japanese noir writer) characters and the noir-style of mystery behind it's plot.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-09T23:34:16.250", "id": "2854", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-09T23:40:26.670", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-09T23:40:26.670", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2851", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI ran a college anime club for a couple of months with around 200 members (I\nwas not the president, but our president was new so he had me handle most of\nthe operations), and I was the treasurer for over 2 years. Over the course of\nany given year, we had around a couple dozen events, as well as weekly anime\nshowings. I'm no longer a member of the club since I've changed schools, so\nthey might be doing things differently now. Our club has been around at least\nsince the 1980s, and probably earlier, and it's changed a lot and expanded\nquite a bit in that time. For instance, until anime was easily available in\nEnglish, they had live translations for all of their showings by students\nstudying Japanese (which, I can attest to, is very difficult).\n\nHere are most of the various activities we held fairly regularly. To be\nhonest, most of this is probably not applicable for you, but it could be for\nothers interested in starting their own clubs.\n\n * Weekly showings: Our weekly showings lasted about 3 hours, roughly 8pm-11pm. These happened every week of the semester except finals week.\n\n * At the beginning of the semester, we voted on either one show of ~26 episodes or two of around 13 each. At the beginning of each meeting we would watch 2 episodes of that show.\n * Each meeting also had a genre (e.g. mecha), and we accepted nominations for anime in that genre and voted on one of them in one of the past weeks. We would watch 4 episodes of that anime for the main showing. We tried to make genres as relevant as possible, e.g. the week of Halloween would be Horror, and Valentine's day would be romance.\n * Whenever possible, we got permission from the relevant licensing organization for our showings ahead of time. In most cases this can be done via their website.\n * There was also a break between the two, where we allowed random members to show videos, sold pizza for a small profit, and handled any voting and announcements.\n * After the meeting, some of the members would gather in the student union and play video games or board games or just chat. This usually continued at least until 1 a.m., but sometimes as late as 6 a.m.\n * During the summer, when fewer people were present (less than 20), we typically had the same meeting style but it was more open. There was no preshowing, and people were free to bring in their own collections for showings.\n * Fighting game tournaments: Our club made a lot of money by hosting tournaments of various fighting games like [Super Smash Bros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._%28series%29) and [Street Fighter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter), sometimes together with local gaming groups. I wasn't really a part of this, so I don't know any of the specifics other than that we had a dozen or so CRT TVs in our club's storage for this purpose.\n\n * Premier events: We often held parties when large premiers occurred in Japan, usually for big game releases. We had one for the release of [Pokemon Black and White](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_and_White), and another for [Final Fantasy XIII](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIII). The president or one of the other members would give a presentation about the history of the game series, and if any existed we'd watch a few episodes of the relevant anime. We'd also have game consoles hooked up available to play any older games in the series.\n\n * Random presentations: Occasionally our president would decide that they wanted to do something like a premier event except that there wasn't any premier going on. So we'd have a presentation about some aspect of Japanese otaku culture, e.g. visual novels, and watch some anime or a bit of a visual novel or something like that, and usually have some food.\n\n * Anime Conventions: We had a lot of people interested in anime conventions; in fact one officer's job was almost solely announcing and coordinating conventions. In order to save money we bought rooms in bulk and organized rides.\n\n * Marathons: Once a month or so, on a weekend, we'd meet for 6-12 hours and watch an entire show (13-26 episodes) in one sitting. This obviously had lower attendance, but we typically had at least a dozen or so people at these. We'd usually aim for shows that people had not watched before but were still good. Occasionally we'd also host marathons of western animation.\n\n * Holiday Parties: On various holidays or near them, we'd host parties with that theme. Halloween was by far the biggest, and we typically had at least 50 people at the Halloween parties. Many of us stayed in town during Spring break (Easter) or Thanksgiving break, or even winter break (Christmas) so we'd have parties for those two. These were not as well planned out as the Halloween party and had lower attendance. Oftentimes we'd just end up marathoning a short show with that theme. We also had parties at the end of finals week where we spent the rest of our money for the semester on food or whatever and had karaoke and video games and anime and board games and pretty much anything else people wanted to bring. All of the parties were alcohol-free and we never had any trouble enforcing that.\n\n * In conjunction with the Japanese language club, we attempted to do showings of unsubtitled (raw) Japanese anime, and we'd pause every few lines to discuss what was said. I'm not sure these were unqualified successes, since only a few members from the anime club went, but it was fun for those of us who did go.\n\n * Promotional events: My school had club fairs and cultural fairs regularly, and we'd have a table at all of them showing off our various anime memorabilia and whatnot. This was the primary way we brought in new members. We also rented out tables in the student union for the same purpose. These required quite a bit of preparation, as we needed to make sure in advance that someone trustworthy would be present at all times to make sure nothing got stolen (typically we had 3 or 4 people including at least one officer at the table at any time). We also needed to make sure we had enough business cards and people who were knowledgeable about a fairly wide range of anime to talk to anyone interested.\n\n * RPG groups: Our club was large enough that it spawned several (I know of at least 3) groups of people playing D&D and other paper and pencil RPGs. There are some anime-themed RPGs, like the [Maid RPG](http://www.maidrpg.com/).\n\n * Mahjong: [Japanese mahjong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Mahjong) is really nothing like the game on your computer called \"mahjong\". After showing either [Saki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_%28manga%29) or [Akagi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akagi_%28manga%29) (I forget which) there was enough interest in the game to start up a weekly mahjong group. We had around 10 people who played regularly, and probably a few more who knew the rules.\n\n * Cosplay: We had a dedicated group of cosplayers who would meet roughly once a month to hold workshops and other things. I never went to one so I don't know how many people were in that group, but I'm guessing it was at least 10. We usually had a group of cosplayers at Japan night, an annual event put on by all of the Japanese-themed clubs on campus.\n\n * Collaborating with local business: One of our members started an anime store in town, and she would occasionally make announcements about new products and things. We also had membership discounts at several local stores which sold anime.\n\n * Other stuff: We were generally very flexible and open to members' suggestions and ideas. If someone had a cool idea and wanted to promote it, we'd let them make an announcement at the meetings. More than half of our events were initiated by non-officers.\n\nManaging a club of that size is not easy, and we had over 10 officers with\nvarious roles. My guess is that you aren't aiming on expanding to a group of\nthat size, so I'd suggest taking a few of the ideas above and adapting them to\nyour needs.\n\nMy feeling is that for a high-school club, you should focus more on Japanese\nculture and less on anime specifically. Traditional Japanese culture events\nwere mostly handled by the other Japanese culture clubs on campus (of which\nthere were at least 3). They did things at their events like [tea\nceremonies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony), [flower\narrangement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_arranging),\n[Karuta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta), and Japanese language practice.\nIf the people know some Japanese, you could also try\n[Calligraphy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy) and\n[Poetry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_poetry). You could also read\nsome short Japanese novels. Japanese literature tends to be much shorter than\nwestern literature and is traditionally a lot darker. It can be appealing to\nhigh school students. Some examples are\n[Kokoro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro), [I am a\nCat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_a_cat), and [No Longer\nHuman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Longer_Human).\n\nI wouldn't discount anime entirely, though. There are some very good anime\nwhich explore different aspects of Japanese culture. I suspect a lot of them\nwill be [Josei genre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josei). Some examples might\nbe [Chihayafuru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihayafuru), [Sazae-\nsan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae-san), and [Honey and\nClover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_and_Clover). If you're willing to\ninclude some slightly questionable series morally (PG-13 rating or so) then\n[Aoi Bungaku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoi_Bungaku),\n[Akagi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akagi_%28manga%29), and some other\n[seinen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen_manga) works might also be a good\nfit. I'd also include the works of\n[Miyazaki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki) as culturally\nsignificant on their own, especially some of the more symbolic ones like\n[Nausicaä](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_%28film%29)\nand [Totoro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro).\n\nUnfortunately, our website isn't very useful for anyone other than our\nmembers. However, the [MIT anime club](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/) has a\nvery good website for those interested in starting/expanding their own anime\nclubs. I know a couple of their members and I've often used suggestions on\ntheir page or from them. They know what they're talking about. Of particular\ninterest are their [resources page](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/resources/)\nand their page about\n[starting](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/resources/start.php) clubs (which has\na section dedicated to high school clubs).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-09T23:53:33.583", "id": "2855", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-10T12:49:46.083", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-10T12:49:46.083", "last_editor_user_id": "247", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2852", "post_type": "answer", "score": 45 }, { "body": "\n\nI started up and ran my own anime club in high school and could say that the\nclub itself was pretty successful. In order to maintain the anime \"essence\" of\nthe club, we had to be creative in order to implement anime related activities\nthat could incorporate the entire club and not having to resort to watching\nanimes every meeting. Some ideas that definitely got the crowd excited was:\n\n\"What's that anime?!\" - The club would be separated into several teams. For\nthis activity, anime OP's and ED's would be played in the background and the\nteams would rush to see who could name the anime that this song came from.\nThey could then state the name of the song or the OP number (if there are\nmultiple) of the it came from. The winning team would earn pocky or some other\nJapanese sweets.\n\n\"Who is this?!\" - Similar to the other activity in separating the club to\nteams and gifting sweets to winners. Key anime characters from different\nanimes would be presented on a powerpoint to the audience. The catch is that\nonly a portion of the character's body would be shown. This would have to be a\nsignificant portion of the character (ie the arm of Edward from FMA). The\nfirst team to state the character's name and the anime that the character\ncomes from would win the points. We used a powerpoint to display the pictures.\n\nHold a competition of who can create the best original character. The winner\ncould have their character placed on the club's shirt or poster. We did the\nshirt so that we may raise some funds for more anime and to create a sense of\ncommunity and unity.\n\nThose were some of my favorite activities. They definitely united the club and\nmade everyone excited for the next meeting.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-09-27T22:46:55.500", "id": "26222", "last_activity_date": "2015-09-27T22:46:55.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18189", "parent_id": "2852", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI am currently making an Otaku Culture club in my school. This club will have\neverything from anime, manga, gaming, cosplay, cons, music, culture and more.\nSome of the things you can do are ordering things like JBox items or\nOtakuUSA/Neo magazines to help find new anime to talk about.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-10-10T01:07:18.343", "id": "42748", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-20T04:06:26.087", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-20T04:06:26.087", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "36056", "parent_id": "2852", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI personally have an anime club at my school that I am the president of and it\nhas around 20 people, and it is very successful. The activities we do in the\nclub are doing games, watching anime, learning some Japanese, and show our\nfavorite gifs for different anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-19T18:44:01.890", "id": "44301", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-20T04:05:33.283", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-20T04:05:33.283", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37727", "parent_id": "2852", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMangaka often use assistants to help them complete drawing the manga within\nschedule. The mangaka decides the number of assistants and their roles in the\nmanga production. The assistants may help the mangaka in a number of ways,\nsuch as:\n\n * Filling up the artwork details (such as screentones, hair, clothing, special effects) after the mangaka has drawn the basics.\n * Drawing the time-consuming elements, such as scene backgrounds and crowds, allowing the mangaka to focus more on the plot and character development.\n * Drawing specific things. For example, [Go Nagai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Nagai) mangaka employed an assistant to draw helicopters and military vehicles.\n * Cleaning up any artwork that goes out of the panels. Mikio Ikemoto helps Masashi Kishimoto with this, among other things, in producing Naruto.\n * Being the mangaka's sounding board for ideas, but the assistants almost never help with the plot itself.\n\nSome mangaka do not employ any assistants at all choosing to do everything\nthemselves.\n\n* * *\n\n**References**\n\n 1. [_Mangaka_ on Virtual Japan](http://www.virtualjapan.com/wiki/Mangaka)\n 2. [_Mangaka Assistants_ on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangaka#Assistants)\n 3. [_Assistants_ on Bakuman Wiki](http://bakuman.wikia.com/wiki/Assistants)\n 4. [_Who creates Naruto?_ on LeafNinja.com](http://www.leafninja.com/intro.php)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-10T16:42:29.120", "id": "2857", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-10T16:42:29.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2856", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they\nmention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works\nby the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it\nuses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is\nfurther reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode\n12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death\nFeedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't\nrecognize their targets as human.\n\nThis is possibly why the monster rats can raise a human child as one of their\nown species, and the child will grow up not recognizing humans as his/her own\nspecies so the child would be able to kill humans (but not the rats). It's\nalso mentioned that the ogres are genetic mutations, possibly without the\nDeath Feedback genome, but that wouldn't account for the rats stealing human\ninfants since there's no guarantee that the infants have the mutation.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-10T22:21:56.177", "id": "2859", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-10T22:21:56.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2858", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are **悪鬼** (Akki, lit. \"evil spirit\", translated as \"fiend\" or \"ogre\")\nand **業魔** (Gouma, lit. \"karma demon\"). The former, a.k.a. **Raman-Klogius\nSyndrome** , or the \"fox-in-a-henhouse syndrome,\" is genetic. They are PK\nusers with mental instability caused by stress, seeing the world as the source\nof their problems, becoming one that kills with no sense of guilt or remorse,\nlike a serial killer. The latter, a.k.a. **Hashimoto-Appelbaum Syndrome** ,\nare PK users who subconsciously lose control of their powers due to stress and\ndistorts everything around them, due to a genetic defect, like depression.\n\nIn short, those who kill with Cantus purposefully, are called \"evil spirits\"\n(translated as \"fiends\" or \"ogres\") and those who corrupt with Cantus\nsubconsciously, are called \"karma demons.\" The former externalize their stress\n& blame the world for their problems & actively turning their Canti against\nthe world (like having homicidal tendencies). The latter internalize their\nstress, making them apart of themselves and try to cope or adapt and function\nin spite of it. They focus so much on the stress that they slowly lose track\nof other things (like depression), resulting in the leaking of their Cantus.\n\nThe minds of both are broken by stress, but how they deal with it ultimately\ndetermine what they become.\n\n\"Evil spirits\" rid themselves of the morals and duties of society, don't see\nhumans are human, but rather problems that need to be fixed (\"Screw\neveryone!\"). Kinda like a car being used to run over animals on the road,\nbecause the driver think it's fun or they hate animals.\n\n\"Karma demons\" still hold on to the morals and duties of society, and see\nhuman as humans, but cause unintentional harm to them as they try to cope with\ntheir internal issues (\"I cause problems for everyone\"). Kinda like a car\nemitting poisonous fumes or leaking oil (and causing fires), due to some\nmechanical problem.\n\nShun does not hurt people because he wants to, so he becomes a \"karma demon,\"\nbut the \"Messiah\" freely wills to harm people, thus becoming a \"evil spirit.\"\n\nAll humans have the disposition to become either, but how they handle the\nstress ultimately determines what they become. Saki is able to balance the\ninternal and external conflicts with stress and use it for the good of the\npeople.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-11T08:43:47.923", "id": "2861", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-08T14:10:48.683", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-08T14:10:48.683", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2858", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs stated in the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_My%C5%8Dboku):\n\n> For a human to get to Mount Myōboku, it either takes a month long travel on\n> secret paths from Konohagakure or, if they have a summoning contract, they\n> can let a toad use the Reverse Summoning Technique. According to Fukasaku,\n> Mount Myōboku is impossible to find by foot for those who don't know the\n> secret route. (Chapter 409)\n\nBut whether or not it is in another dimension is nowhere stated. Additionally\nit is not shown on the [World\nmap](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/File%3aNaruto_World_Map.svg) of Naruto. So\nit could be on an unknown place on this world (as on an island not yet\ndiscovered by the shin-obis or as you said in another dimension or even on\nanother planet.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-11T11:52:43.063", "id": "2863", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-11T11:52:43.063", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47", "parent_id": "2862", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n> So there is no way (as known so far) that you are traveling somewhere and by\n> mistake end up landing on mount Myōboku.\n\nAccording to the [Official Character Databook](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Naruto-\nOfficial-Character-Data-\nBook/dp/1421541254/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363006529&sr=1-1) that is\nnot the case, as the book states that:\n\n> (...) it is said that once in a while, a traveler who has lost his way\n> inadvertently gets on the secret path.1\n\nHowever, even this neither proves nor disproves that it is located in our\nworld. One could get lost and get in some secret path that leads to a region\nin this world, but getting lost may, just as well, lead you to some secret\npath that transports you to another dimension. \nHowever, I think it is located in our world, because \"Secluded Region\" appears\nwritten in the page that has info on Mount Myōboku. This piece of info leads\nme to think that Mount Myōboku is just located in some region that is very\nwell hidden from the outside world. However, it may just as well mean that the\n\"Secluded Region\" is some other dimension.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CwY2r.png)\n\nSo, basically, it is unknown whether it is located in our world or in another,\nat least as of now (chapter 623).\n\n* * *\n\n1 Page 204, _Naruto: The Official Character Data Book_\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-11T13:15:38.447", "id": "2864", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-28T04:36:52.120", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-28T04:36:52.120", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2862", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost likely it happens because it looks cool and unique. Here's what TvTropes\nsays, or at least said, about [anime\nhair](https://tvtropes.org/Main/AnimeHair):\n\n> Usually, the most important characters of the story will have wild spikes or\n> a cool-looking hairdo in order to stand out among the crowd. It may be one\n> or more different colors that don't appear naturally in real humans (blue is\n> a popular choice). Sometimes the hair appears semi-transparent, with the\n> character's eyes visible through it, although this presumably represents\n> hair fine enough that it isn't completely obscuring, rather than anything\n> outré. Anime Hair is very common among protagonists of anime/manga for the\n> Shonen (Demographic), although the trend seems to be headed to more\n> plausible styles: compare Son Goku's hair to Ichigo's. If there's a White-\n> Haired Pretty Boy in the cast, there's a good chance that white hair will\n> also be Anime Hair.\n\nNow, compare this Vash picture:\n\n\n\nwith this one:\n\n\n\nand ask yourself, which hairstyle is more bad-ass?\n\nSome of the characters need to stand out among the crowd, and weird\nhairstyle/hair-color is a very easy way to achieve that (weird clothes are\npopular too). Also, it's not uncommon for the hairstyle to somehow reflect the\ncharacter's personality, e.g. spiky hair for characters that need to look\nwild/cool, adding ahoge for some more naive/funny characters, and so on.\n\nHair colors can also be somehow used in the plot, e.g. Ichigo being bullied\nbecause of his uncommon hair color. Sometimes, the color is also used to\nindicate some of the character's personality,\n[here's](http://annesanimeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/anime-hair-colors-\nwhat-do-they-mean-an-all-in-one-personality-guide/) an interesting link.\n\nFinally, as @Tacroy mentioned in his comment, the same face may be used for\ndifferent characters, and changing the hair is the easiest way to make them\nlook different.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-12T06:42:14.597", "id": "2875", "last_activity_date": "2021-06-09T12:48:05.920", "last_edit_date": "2021-06-09T12:48:05.920", "last_editor_user_id": "14229", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is more of an art question. The reason why character tend to have crazy\nhair colors and styles is to make them different from the rest of the\ncharacters. Not just in that particular anime or manga, but in the real world\ntoo.\n\nIf you take a silhouette of Goku, you can tell its Goku due to his hair style.\nSome characters have different colors such as Piccolo and Nail. This is to\nprevent the main or major characters looking like the background characters.\n\nMain characters are suppose the be distinguished from background and\nunimportant characters, so the character design is an important factor.\n\nAbout trends, I can't answer that. Perhaps it was because the way they drew\nthe hair made it look like it was spiky and since most Japanese people have\nstraight hair. Drawing it would have made it spiky.(or have a pointy end)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T16:57:19.807", "id": "2908", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T16:57:19.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "175", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nMost anime characters have spikey hair because it's a trademark in anime. And\nnot all anime characters have spikey hair, for example, Lee, Orochimaru,\nKatara, and many others.\n\nMany say that most anime characters have bangs because if they don't they'll\nhave a big forehead. Vegeta. Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, and others don't have\nbig foreheads.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-31T02:48:26.617", "id": "5056", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-17T15:00:06.577", "last_edit_date": "2021-01-17T15:00:06.577", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2316", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": -7 }, { "body": "\n\nBesides the fact that most haircuts/colors look pretty cool, they also have a\npurpose.\n\nMost of the time the hair color is also a form of symbolism, used to describe\nthe character (in most cases).\n\nFor example:\n\n> Black:\n>\n> Mysterious, refined, traditional, cerebral, capable, powerful, independent,\n> sad, cruel, macabre\n>\n> As opposed to their bright-colored friends, black hair can define a\n> character as being more traditional. Black is a neutral color that is\n> associated with positive personal traits. These characters tend to be deep\n> thinkers that can see the “big picture”, and seldom need advice.\n\n[This link](http://annesanimeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/anime-hair-colors-\nwhat-do-they-mean-an-all-in-one-personality-guide/) has some more indepth\ninformation on the different hair colors and their effects.\n\nAlmost the same counts for the hairstyles. A lot of the hairstyles are\nsymbolism for either origin or personality.\n\nAn example for this would be:\n\n> Female Styles Odango: 'Buns' to English speakers. When an anime character\n> has this hairstyle, it usually implies that she's Chinese. It may be drawn\n> with or without bangs. The buns themselves are sometimes decorated or\n> encased by hair accesories. In China this hairstyle is traditional for\n> young, unmarried girls. In anime, if a japanese girl dresses up in a chinese\n> dress, she will almost always put her hair in this style.\n>\n> Examples: Tenten (Naruto), Xiao Yu (Tekken), Kagura (Gintama)\n>\n> \n>\n> Hime: Meaning 'princess'; 'hime' is a traditional Japanese hairstyle that is\n> the epitome of traditional beauty (comparable to golden curls in the west).\n> This style is usually comprised of dark blue, shiny hair, very neatly cut.\n> It is very long hair (usually to the waist or beyond) and may or may not\n> have a tuft of shoulder length hair framing each side of the face. To add a\n> little variety, many manga and anime creators will use a different color or\n> different length but keep their character's hair reminiscent of the hime\n> cut.\n>\n> Examples: Hinata (Naruto), Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead), Chichi\n> (Dragon Ball)\n\n[This](http://www.squidoo.com/japanese-anime-hair-styles) link provides you\nwith more info on hairstyles (also has a part about the colors).\n\nAnd the closest thing I could find to a official information roster would be\n[TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeHair), which is a\nsite dedicated to tropes.\n\nAnother reason for weird hairdo's is as Desiree jackson said, to keep your\nattention on them. The weirder the hair, the more likely you are to pay more\nattention to it. Same counts for the eyes (one of the reasons they have such a\nbig eyes).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-02T18:13:11.580", "id": "5080", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-27T11:29:37.000", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-27T11:29:37.000", "last_editor_user_id": "1751", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nThe most obvious reasons are:\n\n * It's way cooler than common haircuts you see on real people;\n * Character will [definitely](https://i.stack.imgur.com/05d5W.jpg) stand out in a crowd;\n\nThe less obvious reasons are:\n\n * It's easier to remember characters of a [show with lots of them](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters/AnimeAndManga) by their hair style and color. Especially useful for shows that aren't likely to sustain a constant viewer base, so that passing viewers wouldn't become confused too quickly and drop the show thinking: _\" jeez, they all look alike, I can't even follow the story anymore\"_.\n\n * In some anime, one of the only ways to distinguish characters is by their hair color and style, but sometimes even that is not enough!\n\nexample: ( _this is why I'm not watching_ _**Clannad**_ )\n\n\n\nexample 2: _**Angel Beats!**_ ( _less severe than Clannad, still kinda hard to\ntell guys apart_ )\n\n\n\n * A character's hair style and color usually (not always though) hints at their personality\n\nexample: _Soul Eater Not!_ 's **Kana Altair** and _Non Non Biyori_ 's\n**Miyauchi Renge** :\n\n\n\n\n(if you see them both in anime, you'll know what I mean)\n\nexample 2: _Toradora!_ 's **Taiga Aisaka** and _Minami-ke_ 's youngest sister\n**Chiaki Minami** :\n\n\n\nexample 3: _Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo_ 's **Mashiro Shiina** and _Angel\nBeats!_ 's **Kanade Tachibana** :\n\n\n\nYou can just google \"anime character types\" to see how their appearance\nmatches their behavior. But remember that characters that look like each other\ndon't necessarily behave in the same way.\n\n* * *\n\nFor some more look-alike characters consult google with corresponding image\nsearch queries. Refine results by searching specific sites, such as [MAL, for\nexample](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=353299&show=40).\n\nexample search query: `site:myanimelist.net characters look alike`\n\nSimply insert your favorite anime community and see what the forum users have\ncome up with.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-20T23:50:46.960", "id": "8796", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-01T15:16:18.733", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-01T15:16:18.733", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\n## Question #1: Why do many characters tend to have crazy hair colors? What is\nthe _cultural origin_ of such a style?\n\n**The origin** of this practice is the **primarily black and white medium of\nmanga.**\n\nManga pages are printed in black and white, so almost all of the art that\n_mangaka_ (manga artists) draw is black and white (this is much cheaper for\nthe publishers than if they had to print all the pages in color). Only series\nthat are popular get a precious 1, 2, or 3-page color spread in the manga\nmagazine from time to time or get the full-color magazine cover (virtually no\nseries get a color illustration in every single issue).\n\nBecause the _mangaka_ had **so few opportunities to draw their characters in\nfull color, they were \"starved\" for color. In the 1970s**, they experimented\nwith using all the possible colors in their infrequent color illustrations. On\nthe other hand, for series that ran on and on for decades, _mangaka_ were\nlikely to experiment with colors in order to make their colored-page spreads\nof the same characters again and again fresh and differentiated (probably for\ntheir own entertainment as artists, as well as for the entertainment of their\nreaders). A single character would be drawn **one month with blonde hair, in\nanother month with pink hair, in another month with blue hair,** etc.\n\nThis was **never intended to depict the character's hair color in canon**.\nRather, the _mangaka_ **trusted the intelligence of the readers to recognize\nthe character without the hair color needing to match from illustration to\nillustration** , based on the character's consistent hair style, face, body\nshape, and/or clothing (in the same way, _mangaka_ have felt free to alternate\ntheir screen tone patterns on a single outfit within a chapter, without\nworrying that a different pattern from frame to frame will cause the readers\nto not be able to recognize that the same character is wearing the same\ndress). As an example, here you can see Kitajima Maya of _Glass no Kamen_ with\n2 different hair colors (pink and black) within a **single** illustration:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oq1Gyt.jpg)\n\nThe readers were expected to understand that the character's canon hair color\nwas 1) the hair color used most frequently, 2) the hair color used in the\nfirst chapters, and/or 3) the hair color mentioned in the dialogue. The\nreaders of such series **never assumed that characters drawn with green or\npurple hair actually _had_ green or purple hair**. This is a uniquely creative\npart of Japanese manga culture. (An exception, of course, is non-human\ncharacters who were magic fairies, alien races, or otherwise perfectly likely\nto have non-human hair colors.)\n\nHowever, over time, _mangaka_ and readers **became accustomed to seeing a\nrainbow of hair colors in these non-canon color page spreads, and _mangaka_\nrealized** that rather that limiting these colors to non-canon illustrations,\nthey could actually assign such a **non-realistic color as a canon character\ndesign**.\n\nThus, **to identify a character by their hair color is a newer phase** in the\nhistory of the medium. In contrast to SingerOfTheFall, Hakase, and Blue's\nclaims that the reason characters tend to have crazy hair colors is to be\ncool, unique, paid more attention to, and easier to remember/differentiate,\n**\" crazy\" colors were _not_ invented _in order to_ distinguish characters\nfrom each other**. They **originated _without_ any intention of\ndifferentiating characters by hair color**.\n\nOnly afterwards, **as a result** of the \"crazy\" colors becoming viewed as\npossible canon colors, **artists have _reduced_ the more historical practice\nof alternating hair colors for a single character from one illustration to the\nnext.**\n\n_Glass no Kamen_ (ガラスの仮面, a.k.a. _Glass Mask_ ), which has been running\nstraight from 1976 to the present, is **a prime example of the historical\npractice** of mixing up hair colors in a single character from one\nillustration to the next.\n\nThe canon hair colors _seem_ to be: Kitajima Maya: reddish-brown, Himekawa\nAyumi: blonde, Hayami Masumi: light purple.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qmrhut.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GNhaJt.jpg)\n\nMaya, Ayumi, and Masumi illustrated with every hair color under the sun, not\nintended to be interpreted by the readers as their actual hair colors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHowever, because the _mangaka_ Miuchi Suzue used so many different hair colors\nfor the color-page spreads over a 40-year period, many readers were not sure\nof which hair colors were canon. As a result, each of the anime adaptions used\ndifferent hair colors in attempts to match Miuchi-sensei's intended canon\ncolors. Despite the differing hair colors, no one was ever confused about who\nwas who, in either the manga or in the anime incarnations. In other words,\n**hair colors have never been how fans distinguished the characters from one\nanother**.\n\n1984 TV anime: Maya (light brown), Ayumi (blonde), Masumi (blonde):\n\n\n\n\n1998 OAV anime: Maya (dark brown), Ayumi (pale brown), Masumi (black):\n\n\n\n2005 TV anime: Maya (light brown), Ayumi (dark blonde), Masumi (brown):\n\n\n\n2013 _Glass no Kamen desu ga_ parody TV anime: Maya (black), Ayumi (light\nblonde), Masumi (light brown):\n\n\n\n2016 _3-nen D-gumi Glass no Kamen_ parody TV anime: Maya (pink), Ayumi\n(blonde-orange), Masumi (lavender):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VvJnv.jpg)\n\nThe same historical practice is found in shounen manga.\n\nAn example is Takahashi Rumiko's _Ranma ½_ dating from 1987–1996. Canon hair\ncolors: male Ranma: black, female Ranma: red.\n\nMale and female Ranma illustrated with alternate hair colors, not intended to\nbe interpreted by the readers as their actual hair colors:\n\n\n\n\n\n## Question #2: They also tend to be spikier, another trait not seen in real\nlife. Did the growing trend of Japanese teenagers spiking their hair in a\nsimilar style originate from this?\n\n**Japanese young people do not spike their hair _as a result of_ manga/anime\ncharacter designs.** As I have explained\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22861/8134), the average Japanese\nperson does not respect or pay attention to these art forms and those who are\ninvolved in subculture are generally viewed negatively by the general\npopulace. Shoujo manga is published in manga magazines which regularly\nadvertise hair accessories and offer hair styling advice; the hair styles of\nthe characters **[reflect fashion\ntrends](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22507/8134) rather than set them**.\n\nSpiky hair is a common character design in anime and manga (though there are\nmany series in which this is not featured). Although I do not have data on the\norigin of this practice, my guess is that it _**is**_ derived from real life.\nToday's Japanese are primarily descended from the Yamato ethnicity but many\nalso include roots from other ethnicities native to Japan ([such\nas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tribes_of_ancient_Japan) Emishi,\nHayato, Kumaso, Ainu, Ryukyuan, etc.). I am half-white, half-Japanese and was\nborn with hair texture from my English/Scottish roots, whereas my mother has\nthe standard coarser, thicker Japanese hair. In my observation, when styled,\nJapanese hair is more **prone to hold its shape** for longer periods of time\nthan that of some other ethnicities (my hair cannot hold curls, even with\ncopious amounts of styling products. Though even amongst white ethnicities,\nsome people wake up with spiky \"bed head\"). My understanding is that Japanese\nhair styles are optimized for the features of their hair texture, as this is\npractical for individuals' daily routines and for stylists. Producing small,\nsoft spikes like those in the linked photo you provided are simply an\nextension of working with textures which are naturally conducive to sculpting.\n\nTwo more hair styles in manga and anime that may at first strike a non-\nJapanese viewer as unrealistic are 1) horizontally-protruding wisps of hair in\nfront of the ears and 2) stray strands of hair that defy gravity by curving\nupward from the top of the head into the air. I had assumed these were not\nrealistic natural formations for hair, and was very surprised to look in the\nmirror one day and see my hair doing exactly each of them.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/emZNUm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uARmlm.jpg)\n\n## Clarification: Hair Color and Style as Symbol\n\nDimitri mx's answer to this question notes that hair color can be utilized in\nsymbolism, which is true. According to [this\nwebsite](http://idolmink.tripod.com/),\n\n> Mink has long pink hair and violet eyes. A number of anime idols have had\n> pink hair also, such as Youko from \"Idol Tenshi Youkoso Youko\", Shiratori\n> Nagisa from \"CHOU! Kuseninarisou\", and Aida Sachiko from \"Debut\". In Japan\n> the color pink implies youth and innocence - the youngest, cutest, most\n> childish idols are often portrayed with pink hair or pink accessories. . . .\n> pink-haired magical girls include Minky Momo from \"Mahou no Princess Minky\n> Momo\" and Hanasaki Momoko from \"Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach\".\n\n**However** , expressing symbolism is not an answer as to _why_ characters\nhave \"crazy\" hair colors or the cultural origin of it. Symbolism in hair\ncolors is a byproduct that only developed _**after**_ the shift from colored\nhair in non-canon illustrations to colored hair for canon character designs.\n\nThe main characters of _Magic Knight Rayearth_ have symbol colors of red\n(fire), blue (water), and green (wind), but Hououji Fuu's symbolic color is\nonly in her eyes and clothing, not in her hair color. In other words,\nachieving symbolism through color does not need to make use of hair. The\nreason _why_ Ryuuzaki Umi can have blue hair is the history of shift from non-\ncanon \"crazy\" hair color illustration to viable canon hair colors.\n\n\n\nThe _odango_ style applied to characters of Chinese ethnicity or association\nis **not symbolic** so much as it is a form of racial stereotyping.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4gR9it.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZgEWCt.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/34kgQt.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5stuIt.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jbkhxt.png)\n\nIf it were indeed a symbol, characters not related to China and not wearing\ncheongsam but who have _odango_ would be associated with some commonly-\nunderstood meaning. This is not the case. Although Sailor Moon's _odango_ hair\nstyle is so infamous that 3 different characters (Mamoru, Haruka, and Seiya)\ncall her \"Odango atama\" (お団子頭) or [\"Odango\" as a\nnickname](http://sailorfailures.tumblr.com/post/54272248387/what-are-odango-\nanyway), she has no connections to Chinese culture and the individual\ncharacters' _usage_ of the nickname differs. Mamoru likens Usagi’s hair to\n_nikuman_ (肉まん, a.k.a. Chinese _baozi_ , or pork buns), whereas Seiya\nspecifically has mochi (餅, rice cakes) in mind, because when Usagi tells him\nthat her name is Tsukino Usagi, he replies with, “Ahh, _Tsukimi Dango_ ”\n(「ああ、月見団子」). _Tsukimi dango_ are small orbs of glutinous white rice eaten to\ncelebrate Tsukimi (Moon-Viewing), a harvest moon holiday. Seiya and Usagi ate\nthe most common kind of _odango_ , which is called _mitarashi dango_ (みたらし団子),\ntogether during their date in episode 181 (soy sauce-covered balls on a\nstick). Other characters in the series also sport _odango_ in their hairstyles\nbut are not all associated with any shared meaning (for example: Sailor Pluto,\nSailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Chibichibimoon, Luna and Diana in human\nform, Tellu, Cyprine and Ptilol).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8k7iYm.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yU5m3m.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9rz1m.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4tUvAm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AINEKm.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7zyrG.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DMzhRm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LuVPrm.jpg)\n\nThe _hime_ or _ojousama_ hair style of long, straight hair with either a set\nof strands or tufts in front of each ear is simply the default Japanese\nwoman's hairstyle common in Heian period, not only for princesses but all\nwomen above the peasant class. [Scholars are divided on when the history of\nmanga began](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_manga) (some saying it\noriginated from 12th century scrolls, others pointing to the 18th century) but\nat any rate, this basic women's hair style in manga/anime dates from early\nmanga. However, the hair style itself is still sported by many young Japanese\nwomen today, using their natural hair color, in order to give off a\nconservative image (it is not common to do this style with dyed/bleached\nhair). Reflecting real life, in manga and anime it remains almost always dark\nin color (such as black, grey, blue, or purple) to match the natural hair\ncolor of people who choose this style. More than symbolizing a princess per\nse, it is the image that Japanese people associate with a conservative, self-\nrestrained, serious, intelligent, cultured young woman and what girls who want\nto be thought of as such may go for. On the other hand, this very basic hair\nstyle is arguably also often used for frightening characters in Japanese\nhorror, and it is also very common in manga/anime to use buoyant blonde curls\nfor princess personality characters.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a9bCit.jpg)\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-07-09T09:04:23.350", "id": "34169", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-01T16:55:26.380", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-01T16:55:26.380", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "2872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOn the TV Tropes page, Tomoyo is listed as a [Token Yuri\nGirl](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TokenYuriGirls):\n\n> Tomoyo Daidouji in Card Captor Sakura, though it was toned down a bit in the\n> anime. The manga actually had her telling Sakura that she loves her in that\n> way, [though it went right over the heroine's\n> head](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObliviousToLove).\n\nSo it seems that it's toned down in the anime (I didn't seem like anything\nother than best friends and maybe borderline infatuation in the anime), but\nblatant in the manga. Also noted [in the CSS\nwiki](http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Tomoyo_Daid%C5%8Dji):\n\n> While Tomoyo is in love with Sakura, she notes that she is happy to be able\n> to be with Sakura and does not require Sakura to love her back.\n\nAccording to [this blog post (contains lots of other\ninstances)](http://tomoyo.c-minor.org/5/a/i), it happened in Volume 2, Chapter\n2:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-12T02:23:35.247", "id": "2874", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-12T02:23:35.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2873", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nI can't remember what episode of the anime it was but it was toward the end of\nthe Clow Card saga. I remember it was when Sakura and Li was over at Tomoyo's\nhouse. Sakura was in the bathroom changing into one of Tomoyo's latest\ncostumes. While Li was shyly looking towards the area where Sakura was, Tomoyo\nsaid something to li. Then, while looking into her cup she said something on\nthe lines of, \"It's better to keep some things in the heart.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-22T01:09:56.327", "id": "7105", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-22T01:09:56.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3436", "parent_id": "2873", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAt the teddy bear shop with Eriol and Li, Tomoyo told Sakura that all she\nwants is for the person she loves to be happy, so the person she loves doesn't\nhave to love her back. Sakura told her that she was sure Tomoyo's beloved was\nvery happy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-12T00:20:36.543", "id": "15030", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-12T00:20:36.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9134", "parent_id": "2873", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI also would say yes, but I am digging this out of the past to add some\ninsight that it is portrayed (especially in the manga) as being a far more\ncomplex emotion than a typical \"in love with\" scenario.\n\nOne of the predominant themes of Clamp's works is that love has many different\nforms and is not limited to typical boundaries. Reflect on how many other\nextra-ordinary relationships and love-type affections exist in the story: Rika\nx her sensei (age), Touya and Yuki (gender), Mizuki x Eriol (age), Sonomi x\nNadeshiko (gender, family), Fujitaka x Nadeshiko (age), Mei-lin x Syaoran\n(family)...\n\nIf you read other Clamp works, you will see this is one of their most common\nthemes:\n\n(SPOILER ALERT)\n\n> Suki (large age gap), Chobits (AI-human), X (fate), Wish (angel-human), and\n> others - unrequited love, secret or forbidden love, love between different\n> humanoid species...\n\nIt is apparent that all have some rather extraordinary love stories, and\nexplore some pretty deep topics on the nature of love and the spectrum of its\nmanifestations. Furthermore, if you look into historic Japanese literature,\nthe theme of different kinds of love has deep roots in the cultural literature\n- consider Samurai/battlefield love, for example.\n\nI would not categorize Tomoyo as a typical yuri girl, however, as was said\nabove. Are her feelings romantic for Sakura? Certainly. Do her love feelings\nalso incorporate strong elements of hero admiration, deep friendship, and a\nfamily bond? Absolutely. Are we given the impression that there is an element\nof sexual attraction? Not really. We don't see her blushing when Sakura is\nchanging in front of her, long lingering touches, or heart pounding with\nphysical proximity - like we _do_ see with several other love attractions\nwithin the same series.\n\nGranted, at their age, sexuality might be barely nascent. But typical \"yuri\ngirls\" are almost invariably associated with sexual attraction regardless of\nage, frequently exhibiting signs of physical attraction, or even overt sexual\novertures of one type or another. Is it within the yuri spectrum? I would say\nyes, but it's not what I would consider typical.\n\nAlso note that Tomoyo's mother Sonomi had a very similar adoration for her own\ncousin Nadeshiko (although hers was to the point of extreme jealousy!) and\nthen quite obviously eventually did have a sexual relationship with Tomoyo's\nfather (whom we never see). It is not all that uncommon for an early \"crush\"\nof a later-heterosexual female to be another female, while they are figuring\nout how to process these budding complex emotions.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-11T14:46:51.950", "id": "49613", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-11T15:01:30.017", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-11T15:01:30.017", "last_editor_user_id": "43365", "owner_user_id": "43365", "parent_id": "2873", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nYes, Tomoyo loves Sakura. She said it herself. She had costumes made for\nSakura, filmed Sakura constantly (not just during showdowns, but also a ton of\ncasual moments where Sakura was just talking to Tomoyo), and was always by her\nside. I think it proves a point that she didn't need to film her, dress her\nup, and tag along everywhere Sakura went, to show her love/infatuation for her\n- but she did.\n\nTomoyo loves Sakura - and there is nothing anyone can do to convince me\notherwise.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-25T18:45:29.650", "id": "57693", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-01T03:28:44.780", "last_edit_date": "2021-03-01T03:28:44.780", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "53512", "parent_id": "2873", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n\"Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club\" is the name on the production committee\n(製作, seisaku) for the series:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-12T14:10:16.690", "id": "2879", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-12T14:10:16.690", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2876", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's not too uncommon for anime production committees to be named after\nsomething in the show. In Saki's case, it is named after the high school where\nthe show takes place. This does not mean that a real life group from the\nschool (if it even is a real school or club at said school) has anything to do\nwith the creation of the show.\n\nEssentially, the production committee is the rightholder to the series rather\nthan a person or group who had a hand in creating the series (Source: [a JETRO\npdf about the anime\nindustry](http://www.jetro.org/trends/market_info_anime.pdf), specifically\npage 4). It can consist of all the companies involved in an anime - the\nanimation studio, TV channel, merchandise creators - who want to see the show\nsucceed because it will benefit them (Source: [an ANN feature about the anime\nindustry](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05)).\n\nRather than list all of these companies, it is easier to give them one name,\nand arguably more entertaining to the viewers if it references something in\nthe series. When the production committee isn't named after something in the\nseries, it is usually just called \"Series Name Production Committee\" - in your\ncase, it would've been called \"Saki Production Committee\".\n\nHere are examples from a few other shows:\n\n\nSeitokai Yakuindomo: Ousai Academy Student Council Room \n(the show is about Ousai Academy's student council)\n\n\nSteins;Gate: Future Gadget Lab \n(the show is about a some eccentrics and scientists who are part of a group\ncalled Future Gadget Lab)\n\n Tamako\nMarket: Usagiyama Shopping District \n(the show is about the people working and living in Usagiyama Shopping\nDistrict)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-12T16:51:53.700", "id": "2880", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-12T22:37:42.923", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-12T22:37:42.923", "last_editor_user_id": "107", "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "2876", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey were made for storing pokémon, only. It can be seen, that some trainers\nplay with them (at least in the games, there are jugglers and some psychics\nwho make the balls float in the air). It can happen, that there are different\nthings than a Pokémon in it, like when Ash found a riceball (?) in his\nPokéball after the tries to catch a Mankey, which throws the riceball at the\nPokéball, but besides from that, Pokéballs aren't used for anything else than\ncatching and storing Pokémon.\n\nIn the anime, it was also shown that a Pokéball can't catch trainers, the beam\nthat would transform the Pokémon to energy (to store it in the ball) just\ndoesn't have any effect.\n\nIn the games, however, items which can be found in the world are shown as a\nred Pokéball. Whether it's for the sake of simplicity or whether they are\nreally stored in Pokéballs is unclear (but you don't get a Pokéball with every\nitem you find).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-13T08:58:19.897", "id": "2884", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-13T09:06:38.797", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-13T09:06:38.797", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2881", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the game _Pokémon Legends: Arceus_ , Professor Laventon says at the\nbeginning that the development of the Poké Ball revolves around the idea that\nevery Pokémon is capable of making itself small (which may be referring to the\nmove Minimize), and so the Poké Ball takes advantage of this to shrink the\nPokémon and store it inside.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4FYHQ.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/saExc.jpg)\n\nIn an early page of the _Adventure_ manga, it can clearly be seen that\nNidorino is shrunk inside the Poké Ball, following the logic of the first\ngames that the authors understood.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSTWO.png)\n\nFollowing that game material, canonically the Poké Ball is used only for the\nsake of minimizing and capturing Pokémon. (It's important to note that due to\nthe Arceus game clarifying that use of the Poké Ball, many have been saying\nthat the anime didn't follow that at all, mainly due to the rice-ball catching\nPoké Ball in the anime.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-08T01:47:35.433", "id": "68221", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-10T14:10:01.743", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-10T14:10:01.743", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "2881", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlong with Piccolo's regeneration, he has Frieza's ability to survive in\nspace; after Cell achieves his Super Perfect Form due to his brush with death\nwhen he self-destructs, he explains in the original English dub of the anime\nthat this is _because each individual cell in his body has a life-force of\ntheir own._ When he self-destruct along with Goku in King Kai planet, he\nstated that there were remaining cells that were not destroyed and had stored\nthe state of his final form. The same cells merged with Goku's cells, thus\nenabling him to learn the Instant Transmission technique and initiate it.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-13T01:36:27.710", "id": "2883", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-19T17:00:43.970", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-19T17:00:43.970", "last_editor_user_id": "1528", "owner_user_id": "1508", "parent_id": "2882", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe 1st anime I saw this in was\n[Slayers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayers) and it was always cool to see\nwhat happens next.\n\n> Why do anime characters tend to shout the names of their attacks?\n\nMost logical answer: \"words grant power\". It is also used when there is\nsorcery to be casted.\n\nIt makes them focus on the attack making the attack work (or work more\nefficient). The general idea is that such an attack is unavoidable. The attack\nis of such power that the opponent, even informed about the incoming attack,\nis never going to be able to stop it. Of course if they do stop it it also\nmeans that character is bound to find a new better, improved attack that does\noverpower the opponent.\n\n> (Bonus points: Has this spread into Western animation?)\n\nYes, some examples where I saw it happen...\n\n * Huntik.\n * Legion Of Super Heroes.\n * Inspector Gadget.\n * Ben 10 Alien Force.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-13T19:27:55.757", "id": "2887", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-13T19:27:55.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1514", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 25 }, { "body": "\n\nThe major reason they do it for the benefit of the audience. It helps the\naudience know what the character is doing.\n\nIt's more dramatic if the viewer knows that the character is using the \"gumgum\nsuperduper pistol\", than if Luffy just punches someone.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-13T20:07:38.333", "id": "2888", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-26T03:37:55.490", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-26T03:37:55.490", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nThe shouting seems to be related to what in Martial Arts is called\n_[kiai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai)_ (shout). Here an excerpt from\nmartialarts SE about what _kiai_ is for:\n\n> The expulsion of intent. Kiai acts as a declaration of your fighting spirit,\n> your internal desire to prevail in those circumstances. This can be for\n> intimidation, self-reassurance, rallying (the war cry was essentially a form\n> of kiai), etc.\n\n[Source](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/a/364)\n\nTvTropes [list some relevant kiai in anime and\nmanga](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kiai) and relate its\nrelevance in the West to the martial arts movie sub-genre. All the titles\nasked by the OP are present in this list.\n\nSince I cannot find any academical study about the _kiai_ in Japanese pop\nculture, for what I can see this can be more generally be interpreted as a\n[speech act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_act) and particularly an\nexplicit [performative\nutterance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_utterance), where:\n\n> The uttering of a performative is, or is part of, the doing of a certain\n> kind of action\n\n[Examples](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_utterance#Examples_.28mainly_of_explicit_performative_utterances.29)\nare vows, war declarations, verbal agreements, promises.\n\nSo, using a basic philosophy of language knowledge and what we had know about\n_kiai_ , the shouting is as important as the physical action of the character.\nIn manga and anime it doesn't simply describe the act itself but it's a part\nof it. We identify instantly its importance because we are used to know\nperformative utterances in our social life.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-16T10:51:42.970", "id": "2920", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-16T10:51:42.970", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:49:44.047", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "98", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nOtherwise you (being an audience) will never know what's on their mind..\n\nTake an example: Naruto, except few jutsus like Rasengan, Multi-shadow-clone\nwhich are very familiar, we may not understand the jutsu moves and their\nnames, unless we have them by-hat..\n\nAnd we are used to it and it sounds good to **roar** the name of jutsu :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-16T12:00:12.320", "id": "2921", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-16T12:00:12.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this forum post](http://forums.court-\nrecords.net/viewtopic.php?p=214285#p214285):\n\n> It's a tradition where it was intended for young audiences to yell the\n> attack names with the character. The tradition began with Mazinger Z, which\n> is considered the first Super Robot anime. The producers of the show felt\n> that if the main character, Kouji Kabuto, shouted out the attack names each\n> time the mecha did them, then it would give the target viewers, who were\n> aged around 3 to 10 at the time, the ability to literally join along in the\n> fun.\n>\n> The logic behind this is if the kids were to directly interact with a show\n> they already liked, then they'd like it even more and would stick with the\n> show in the long run. Needless to say, the strategy worked, and literally\n> all other mecha anime in the 70's (sans First Gundam in late, late '79)\n> copied the trend.\n>\n> Thus, the tradition was born and still anime shows, regardless of whether\n> they are mecha themed or not, use it, regardless of their target audience.\n\nAlso, It seems that it was also done to make the shows feel more intense.\nSomething about the characters yelling their attacks just makes the action\nbetter.\n\nUsually it's hinted at that the characters are only calling out the attacks in\norder to channel energy (much like how the characters in **_Harry Potter_**\nhave to say the incantation for a spell in order to cast it), because if the\nattack names are removed then it will just be a bunch of grunts.. which seems\npretty boring. ;)\n\n", "comment_count": 12, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-17T17:13:27.070", "id": "2928", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-19T23:25:18.363", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-19T23:25:18.363", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "1579", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 63 }, { "body": "\n\nIt goes back to into Japanese culture. They're very heavily influenced by\nbushidō, various martial arts, even their religions (Shintō). The names of\nthings are very important, im assuming it's just the way of the Japanese.\n_Also it is common knowledge that shouting intimidates one's opponent._\n\nIt's known as the [Kiai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai) (a battle cry),\nit's to channel your energy at the enemy through your attack in Japansese\nmartial arts. You'll see this a lot in anime, from the naming and\npersonification of swords to mechs to spirit energy, internal strength (spirit\nenergy) is channelled through these weapons.\n\n[Here is an\narticle](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingYourAttacks) on it\n(Calling your attacks)..\n\n> If you can do something more impressive than just throw a punch, your\n> attack(s) must have an equally impressive name. More than that, you have to\n> call it out as you launch the attack. It doesn't matter if it's a martial\n> arts move, a magical spell or your secret superweapon, if you can't say its\n> name, it just isn't nearly as cool or effective. Also, expect plenty of\n> echoing to come with it, and (if a fighter is feeling particulary bombastic)\n> dramatic... _pauses_ ...WITHAYELLATTHEEND! A standard feature of practically\n> every Magical Girl, high fantasy, or martial arts anime.\n\nThe article also links to Western culture films that also use this or at least\nvariants of it.. _(not sure about animation)._ Who wants to see a silent fight\nafter all?\n\n_ps. BANKAI!_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-19T21:09:33.403", "id": "2958", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-19T21:14:37.567", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-19T21:14:37.567", "last_editor_user_id": "1528", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nI can't find any official sources for how this started, but at this point,\nshouting your attack name is expected of battle manga/anime which is probably\nwhy it continues to be a popular practice.\n\n[According to an interview with Toriyama\nAkira](http://ssjsean.stormpages.com/ati.htm) (creator of Dragon Ball), his\neditor insisted that he include attack names even though Toriyama himself\nfinds them rather silly:\n\n> \"I don't really like giving names to attacks,\" Toriyama says. \"I don't think\n> the characters would be yelling out the names of their attacks in life-or-\n> death situations. You'd get killed while yelling the name of your attack,\"\n> he laughs. \"But my editor said I'm better off giving attacks names.\"\n\nIn an earlier part of the interview, Toriyama also mentions that his editor\nadvised him that having a quiet main character was having a negative effect on\nthe series.\n\n> Torishima told me one time: 'your main character is too quiet. That's why\n> it's not so popular.' I wanted to win readers with the story this time\n> around, and I had even made the effort to come up with a normally dressed\n> main character, so I was peeved, and I told him, 'I'll do some 'crowd-\n> pleaser material, then.'\n\nThis \"crowd-pleaser material\" that Toriyama mentions ended up being a\ntournament - probably one of the easiest ways to pack in as many attack names\nas possible. And Toriyama says that the series' popularity did greatly\nincrease because of this tournament.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T15:37:00.667", "id": "2990", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T15:37:00.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to this\n[link](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingYourAttacks), here\nare major purpose of characters shouting their attacks:\n\n * Words are powerful\n\n> The idea that words can grant power is a cross cultural phenomenon that\n> shows up frequently in the earliest tales of swords and sorcery. Members of\n> the Sinitic ethnolinguistic family in particular tend to ascribe special\n> importance to the power of written characters, and the belief that special\n> words can invoke control over supernatural power permeates their folklore\n> (just ask your local Shinto, Buddhist, or Taoist practitioner if they've\n> donated to a shrine or temple to have a talisman written lately). The magic\n> power of spoken and written words was also a key concept in Ancient Egyptian\n> religion and Ritual Magic.\n\n * Helps with building up chi\n\n> In terms of realism, this has some ground as traditional and even some\n> current practitioners of martial arts hold the belief that accompanying\n> statements and/or vocal noises alongside execution build up their chi,\n> thereby increasing the power and efficacy of their moves and techniques.\n\n * Ensures proper breathing\n\n> Put less spiritually, saying a phrase at the right time during an attack\n> ensures proper breathing. A call used for this reason is known as a\n> [kiai](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kiai).\n\n * Secret societies & passing down of techniques\n\n> The naming of attacks also served a more practical purpose as many martial\n> arts schools, Chinese ones in particular, used to be secret societies. The\n> passing down of techniques was done orally and giving them esoteric names\n> often facilitated this transmission.\n\n * Startle the opponent\n\n> Kiai has the potential to startle the opponent and give you an opening.\n\n * Spellcaster's invocation\n\n> This is also often combined with a spellcaster's Invocation, with the final\n> part of the incantation being the name of the spell, cried out just as the\n> spell is triggered (Spirit of Fire, gather into my hand and incinerate my\n> enemies! FIREBALL!). A character who grows in power will eventually graduate\n> to being able to do the initial incantation mentally, turning the final\n> trigger into this trope completely.\n\n * For the commentator\n\n> A variant has a Combat Commentator recognizing the attacks being used\n> (usually with a line like \"That's the legendary such-and-such-and-something-\n> or-other technique!\") and explaining them to any other characters watching\n> (and the audience, of course).\n\n * When there's no voice acting\n\n> Another variant, primarily found in video games, displays the attack name on\n> screen as it is being executed, without a vocal \"call\". This typically\n> happens in games where there is no voice acting; the call is implied. In\n> fact, flamboyant attack/technique names are pretty much a trope in and of\n> themselves.\n\n * Effective narrative device\n\n> There isn't really a simpler way to let the audience know that Captain\n> Kirk's next phaser blast isn't supposed to kill the alien, or that Judge\n> Dredd's next bullet is supposed to go \"boom\". Especially in manga, it's\n> particularly difficult to let the reader know what special attacks are used\n> without either motion or color, so having the characters say it is probably\n> the most practical solution.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-22T05:54:13.047", "id": "3499", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-22T05:54:13.047", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nIn kendo we shout the names of the strikes that we are doing in order to\nrelease air from our lungs in a particular manner. It's also for judges to\nknow what strike we are attempting so to score us. However, it's unnecessary\nto say the yell and the strike that goes with it. For example, I come in and\nstrike \"dou\" and yell \"men\". As a beginner, it doesn't matter whether I say\ndou, kote or men, just so long as I say something in order to release the air\nfrom my lungs.\n\nThat is a possible origin of anime characters yelling out their attack.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-19T22:47:07.857", "id": "9812", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-09T11:47:10.640", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-09T11:47:10.640", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4954", "parent_id": "2886", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFor Matsumoto Rangiku's shikai:\n\n> When released with the command \"growl\" (唸れ unare?), the blade dissolves into\n> ash. In combat, Matsumoto can control the movement of the ash, and cut\n> anything it lands on by moving the hilt. The ash is also solid enough to be\n> used as a shield to block enemy attacks\n\nFor Kuchiki Byakuya's shikai:\n\n> ...Senbonzakura's blade separates into thousands of slender, petal-like\n> blades.... While the blades are too small to be seen by the naked eye, they\n> reflect light in such a way as to appear as cherry blossom petals. Byakuya\n> can control the blades at will thereby allowing him to shred opponents at a\n> distance and break through almost any defense. While Byakuya can control the\n> blades with his mind alone, using his hands allows him to do so more\n> effectively, making the blades move twice as fast.\n\nThere seem to be a few main differences, though they are very similar.\n\n * Byakuya can control the blades of his with his mind, while Matsumoto needs to move the hilt.\n * The ash can be used as a shield while Senbonzakura cannot.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T01:12:07.107", "id": "2891", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T01:12:07.107", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2889", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nSenbonzakura can be used as a shield as proven in Byakuya's first fight with\nIchigo in season 3. Though at the time Byakuya was using bankai, he made a\nshield by gathering all the fragments in front of him so he probably can do\nthe same thing in shikai.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-11T22:06:01.493", "id": "4104", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-11T22:06:01.493", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1891", "parent_id": "2889", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nA lot of people on various forums like to nit pick at the details, but in\nessence they are very similar. Both Shikai transform the blade of the sword\ninto smaller substances that are used for offense and defense. While Byakuya\nis able to control Senbonzakura telepathically, Matsumoto controls Haineko\nwith the hilt of her sword. However, in Matsumoto's fight against Apache,\nSunSun, and Mila Rose, she changes Haineko's form from a dispersed cloud of\nash to an ash tornado with her empty hand. The fact that Byakuya controls\nsenbonzakura with his mind might just be due to the fact that he is a stronger\nand more experienced shinigami and partner to his zanpakuto. Just for the sake\nof the viewer/reader I wish would release a list or booklet or something along\nthose lines of the zanpakuto and their abilities. I'd love it if he would say\nwhat their Bankai would be if they ever reached that level. I really wanna\nknow what Urahara's Bankai is and especially Yoruichi's.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-07T06:16:21.377", "id": "22216", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-07T06:16:21.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "14901", "parent_id": "2889", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is likely that rangiku 's bankai may be the same as sebonsakura's bankai\nand she might be able to control the ashes with her mind , although we haven't\nseen her bankai yet.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-24T19:13:11.800", "id": "35992", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-24T19:13:11.800", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27930", "parent_id": "2889", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNeither in the Anime, nor in the Games or the Manga is ever mentioned\nsomething about religions. Religious aspects can be seen sometimes (like your\nexample of Arceus, but also the wise men in the Sprout Tower or the Slowpoke-\ntemple in the anime), but they aren't a real topic.\n\nEither in the anime or in one of the games, it's mentioned that most of the\npeople at least in Lavender Town are religious. But besides of that, nothing\nwas mentioned in the anime/manga/games.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T09:37:10.170", "id": "2896", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T09:37:10.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2890", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, I don't know if this would work, but there was that big crystal flower\ntractor beam hidden underground under Geosenge Town in X and Y, and the long\nliving AZ used it to kill off dozens of Pokémon to bring back his floette,\ncorrect? I think that Lysandre, for the sake of his 'beautiful' world, sought\nto unleash that crystal flower tractor beam and eradicate all Pokémon as his\nduty, so I guess he believed religiously in a world without Pokémon. (That's\nalso a little rich from Lysandre, cause he would be seen using Pokémon, jk)\nOtherwise, I dunno. It in some aspects depends on how you view the games\nitself, and how it relates to real life beliefs, places, and all sorts. It was\nbasically Lysandre's religion that, 'let's say there is a god, and he came to\nme and told me to try making a Pokemon free world, and I agreed, cause I liked\nthe idea, and I want to achieve that.' Sorta like that. He sorta is following\nthat 'God' that wanted him to do it. (Even though the god wasn't mentioned at\nall, that's still what I think)\n\nI don't know, but hope this helped! \\- Matt\n\nHope I don't get down rated.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-10T16:08:44.030", "id": "29683", "last_activity_date": "2016-02-10T16:08:44.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "21022", "parent_id": "2890", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's not a religion from the present Pokemon World, but in the manga series\n_[The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Dengeki\nPikachu)](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Electric_Tale_of_Pikachu)_\n, in the fourth chapter ([Haunting my\nDreams](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ET04)), Brock says to Ash that\nin \"ancient times\" the people who lived near the Pokemon Tower in Lavender\nTown worshipped Pokemon as gods:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dRh8F.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-23T02:03:24.493", "id": "35952", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-23T02:07:00.153", "last_edit_date": "2016-08-23T02:07:00.153", "last_editor_user_id": "27877", "owner_user_id": "27877", "parent_id": "2890", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Wikipedia:\n\n> Kensei's bankai is named Tekken Tachikaze (鐡拳・断地風?, lit. Iron Fist Earth-\n> Severing Wind). The combat knife transforms into two bladed, bronze knuckle-\n> like weapons known as tiger claws in each hand that are connected by a long\n> fabric-like material that wraps around and up his arms like bandages and\n> form a small arc above his head. Its abilities are unknown.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T01:25:01.063", "id": "2893", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T01:25:01.063", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2892", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was confirmed in chapter 560, taken from [Bleach\nWikia](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kensei_Muguruma#cite_note-70):\n\n> It appears to greatly augment his strength, as he is able to create a large\n> explosion upon attacking. This is due to the fact that in this form the\n> power of his Bankai is transferred to the knuckle blades. The bursting power\n> continues to hit his opponent endlessly as long as his fists are touching\n> his opponent.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-04T13:29:58.960", "id": "6124", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-06T17:48:50.030", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-06T17:48:50.030", "last_editor_user_id": "2857", "owner_user_id": "2857", "parent_id": "2892", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think this link might help [naruto\nwiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%8Dnin). \nHere it is said that it is yet unclear if there is an exam. \nThere is a mention of a Jounin Exam in Kurama Clan Arc (episodes 203 to 207), \nand that they are apointed. This info only counts for Naruto anime btw.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T09:11:51.553", "id": "2895", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T13:05:27.117", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-14T13:05:27.117", "last_editor_user_id": "1395", "owner_user_id": "1395", "parent_id": "2894", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's not clear yet. Maybe there are exams or maybe they are promoted because\nof their abilities. Sometimes, there are \"special-Jounins\", which have some\nspecial abilities like Anko, Ibiki or Ebisu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T11:33:13.090", "id": "2898", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T11:33:13.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2894", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhy did the First World War, and Second World War take place on Earth? (I mean\nour real Earth... not the shinobi world)\n\nWhy don't we fight now?\n\nI guess you know the answer.\n\nComing back to the shinobi world:\n\nThere was a hunger for power and wealth OR just difference in opinion. It took\nlots of time for people to understand the consequences and impact of war on\ncivilization. They came to a good understanding. Though there are still\nmisconceptions and differences in opinion between two random villages leading\nto minor fights, they aren't extreme.\n\nWe could see that when the allied shinobi force was formed and till Gaara\naddressed them all, most of the shinobis from different villages weren't happy\nto be with each other.\n\n**SPOILER:**\n\n> Hashirama in recent manga chapters has been explaining 'what is a village'\n> and 'what are the shinobis', including the history of Konoha.\n\n**And Controversial Statement:** :P\n\n> Even if feudal lords existed at that time, they would have been like the\n> League of Nations or the UN, who might or might not have been able to stop\n> them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T15:11:30.567", "id": "2905", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-26T03:37:22.310", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-26T03:37:22.310", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "2897", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n * What drove the fighting back during the [Era of the Waring States](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Era_of_the_Warring_States) was basically the 'cycle of hatred', as they usually refer to in the Naruto universe: the killing of some loved one or someone from the clan could not go unpunished, and so war and death were always around. This cycle was started, according to the Wiki page, as each nation \"crusaded for more rights and land\". Back then, the nations' shinobi were not yet organized into villages, so any existing Feudal Lord (which I am not sure existed) would not have power over any clan, so he could not force them to make a truce. Clans responded to Feudal Lords as long as they got paid, meaning that there wasn't even any particular affiliation to the nation itself. Money, lands and rights initially spawned the conflicts, and then the 'cycle of hatred' settled in. \nThe ending of this Era is marked by the founding of Konoha by the Uchiha and\nSenju clans. The heads of each of these clans shared the vision that peace was\npossible, as long as one could reach out to the other. The example of Konoha\nwas followed in other countries, thus creating the Five Great Shinobi\nCountries. \nAs a means to help settle the peace between these five new-born villages,\nHashirama Senju (then First Hokage), who was able to control Bijuu with his\nWood Release techniques, distributed said beasts between the other countries.\nThis was done with the intention of distributing the power equally between the\ncountries. However, at least according to [this\npage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/First_Shinobi_World_War), this may have\nactually have increased hostilities. This may have been due to the First\nHokage's death, which made Bijuu control harder, and which in turn lead to the\n'storing' of Bijuu inside people (Jinchuuriki).\n\n * The above seems to be the reason for the start of the First Shinobi War, meaning that the fighting was due to rights (meaning some states/villages were displeased with the power distribution) or to the already said 'cycle of hatred' (meaning villagers and Kage were displeased by the fact that their people had been lost, possibly because of Bijuu going berserk or having to be stored inside loved ones). This war was settled with a peace treaty, but not before all five countries had suffered serious damage. During this war the Second Hokage (Tobirama Senju) died, but appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as Third Hokage first. \n * After about twenty years after the peace treaty, the economic disparity between countries was a serious problem, and the countries started to use their military forces to expand their territories under the pretext of expending fair rights. This lead to the start of the [Second Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Shinobi_World_War), which took place mostly in smaller countries like Amegakure, leaving the main countries mostly unarmed. This was the war in which Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru fought. This was also the war that marked the foundation of Akatsuki, since it left Nagato, Yahiko and Konan orphans, and most of the bloodshed took place in their own country. Although the exact events that led to the start of the war are uncertain, Nagato said that the war was started by Konoha.1 What settled this war is not stated. \n * The [Third Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Shinobi_World_War) was caused by a decline in the power of the Five Great Nations. This led to continuous fights along the borders with smaller nations, which in turn led to a war that ended up involving all Five Great Nations. This was the hardest of the first three wars, since all five nations were faced with war shortage. This was began to turn in Konoha's favour after the incident in Kannabi Bridge (shown in the Kakashi Gaiden). In this war Sasori gained reputation and made a name for himself, Minato Namikaze fought with the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, and it was the war in which Kakashi and Obito fought. This was also the war that lead to the dying of Yahiko, leading to a change in the direction of Akatsuki. How this war was settled is not stated. \n * The [Fourth Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Fourth_Shinobi_World_War) was caused by the Five Kage's refusal to surrender the Bijuu that remained to be captured (Hachibi and Kyuubi) over to the Akatsuki, leading to a declaration of war from Tobi's part. Tobi's need for the Bijuu rests in his [Eye of the Moon plan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_the_Moon_Plan), which intends to cast the whole world into a genjutsu, thus bringing the illusion of peace. As the Five Kage refused to give in to this plan, a declaration of war was made. Faced with this, the Five Kage and Land of Iron's Samurai leader Mifune agreed to fight side by side, thus creating the first ever Shinobi Alliance. This war is still ongoing. \n\n* * *\n\nAs a side note, it is important to notice that despite whatever reasons\nspawned these wars, the 'cycle of hatred' is always the main factor for these\nwars. Peace always tends to be temporary, until some country or someone\n'snaps' and brings about a new war. However they try to settle things and\nbring about peace, many people are never satisfied with this, since loved ones\nand comrades were lost to other nations. This always brings about tensions,\nand as time goes by and peace 'wears out' the smallest things can spawn new\nwars. \nRegarding why Feudal Lords do not choose an overall leader, besides and adding\nto all that was stated above: they'd have to gather (the Five of them) and\ncome to a conclusion as to who to choose. However, they'd then need the\napproval of all the Jounin from all the villages. Given the 'cycle of hatred'\n(that I've stressed a lot here) it would be very hard to have an overall Kage,\nsimilarly to the choosing of the First Hokage: this lead to displeasing from\nMadara's part, as he did not like it that a Senju was chosen for the position.\nHowever, never fear for Naruto intends to break the cycle. :P\n\n* * *\n\n1Naruto, chapter 445, page 3\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T16:58:35.283", "id": "2909", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T17:08:58.047", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-14T17:08:58.047", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2897", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNaruto/Naruto Shippuden is mainly focused on the tale of the gutsy,\nunpredictable, strong willed protagonist ninja Naruto. Everything that relates\nto him is shown in the story.\n\nOf course, the sage of Six Paths taught people the Jutsu. An art of fighting\nto protect themselves or the weak to retain humanity on earth. The human race\nwere then able to use Justsu to at least fight against beasts/animals (for\nexample, the ten-tails which attacked)\n\nPeople later started to misuse Jutsu, stemming from their hunger for power and\nwealth.\n\nThe history prior to Rikudō Sennin is not important to Naruto's story so it is\nnot mentioned anywhere. That doesn't mean that the people have forgotten\neverything.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T15:27:48.057", "id": "2906", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-13T04:40:26.877", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-13T04:40:26.877", "last_editor_user_id": "338", "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "2899", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFirst about your thinking about the timeline, then about the question itself:\n\nIt's simple theory, but I'd say: the First founded the village, he was\nreigning as Hokage almost at the same time as his brother, the Second. The\nSecond's student would become the Third, and the Third's student's pupil would\nbecome the Fourth, and the Fourth Hokage's son is Naruto. I don't know exactly\nthe lifespan of a Shinobi, but if we think, and according to the pictures of\neach Hokage on the narutopedia, we could assume that:\n\n * The First was roughly 40+, his brother was younger (prior to their deaths).\n\n * The Second had in his team the Third when he died. I'd say that Sarutobi was 16.\n\n * That would mean that Hashirama was around 25 when Hiruzen was born and when he battled THAT battle against Madara after founding the Leaf Village.\n\n * Hiruzen died at 60 maybe 70.\n\n * Minato was still young when he was made Hokage, maybe 20 at least 25, the date almost to coincide with the day when Naruto was born, around 17 years before the Fourth Shinobi War.\n\nThat being said, the foundation of Konoha was around 85 years ago, but anyway,\nat least 100.\n\nAs for the question, just think about it: in those 100 years, they had four\ngreat Shinobi Wars, before that, on the war-torn era. They practically had\nmassacre over massacre, so since the beginning of the Narutoverse, we can talk\njust about blood and hatred and killing (as it was said by Pain). So I think\nthey didn't forget their history, they just don't want to remember those\ntimes, and tell these kinds of stories to their own children.\n\nPlus, I can't imagine an Uchiha telling stories about the Hyuuga clan. That\nwould mean that he would be able to pass only their own history, but not all\nclans were direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, so they don't have or\nhave only a short history. That would be another reason, too.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-23T17:23:27.840", "id": "7134", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-05T17:27:41.327", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-05T17:27:41.327", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3187", "parent_id": "2899", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who tried to\n> learn senjutsu, but failed and became toad statues\n\nCopied from [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_My%C5%8Dboku), so\nstatues are not just of people but also frogs.\n\nWhen you say,\n\n> But there doesn't seem to be many people that signed the summoning\n> contract...\n\nThat's not true. In the anime/manga they have shown only Naruto and Jiraiya's\nstory. But it is assumed that like Naruto and Jiraiya there might be many\nother people from other centuries that tried it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T15:41:17.677", "id": "2907", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-26T03:34:42.760", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-26T03:34:42.760", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "2900", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_My%C5%8Dboku):\n\n> There is a sacred fountain on Mount Myōboku which produces a special oil\n> which allows people to more easily feel the natural energy around them, but\n> if the person is not perfectly still, becoming one with nature, he or she\n> starts becoming a toad and eventually turns into stone. This oil can only\n> exist in the atmosphere of the mountain, and will evaporate if taken\n> outside. There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who\n> tried to learn senjutsu, but failed and became toad statues. The statues are\n> treated with much respect.\n\nPeople live at Mount Myōboku, and some can use senjutsu, so it stands to\nreason that there would have been a number who failed.\n\nTo address the other part of your question, Minato (the Fourth Hokage) is also\nknown to have been able to summon toads, which shows that it isn't just Naruto\nand Jiraiya who can summon them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-08T22:03:33.790", "id": "3295", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-08T22:03:33.790", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2900", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen you see the toad contract in chapter 92 page 18 you don't see the full\nscroll. You only see six signatures. There are most likely more people who\nsigned farther into the scroll and then failed the sage training.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-28T09:17:27.010", "id": "11526", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-28T09:17:27.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6404", "parent_id": "2900", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to naruto.wikia.com:\n\n> In the anime, it was shown that if a user attempts to summon an animal\n> without first signing a contract, the user will be teleported to the home of\n> the animal they have a natural affinity for.\n\nThough there doesn't seem to be an explanation as to where it actually\noriginated from/how it began, it would make sense that someone at some point\ndecided that they wanted to summon an animal and attempted it. They were\nteleported to the home of the animal, where they then made a blood contract\nwith them.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-15T13:18:59.953", "id": "2915", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-15T13:18:59.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2901", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was probably created by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Sage of Six Paths). We all know\nhe created Ninshuu and was a monk who travelled and explored.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-03-19T10:38:02.350", "id": "30662", "last_activity_date": "2016-11-14T15:41:59.073", "last_edit_date": "2016-11-14T15:41:59.073", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "22824", "parent_id": "2901", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIts possible that the animals where the ones who invented summoning jutsu. We\ncan see that they are capable of using summoning jutsu\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-06T01:36:11.717", "id": "56374", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-06T01:36:11.717", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42388", "parent_id": "2901", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWe _know_ that there are other types of creatures, Gai summoned a turtle,\nTemrai summoned a weasel, and I'm not even beginning to talk about Pain's\nChikshodo.\n\nHowever, as for the \"homes\" of said summoned creatures, only 3 have been\nconfirmed. The 3 you listed.\n\n 1. [Mount Myoboku](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_My%C5%8Dboku)\n 2. [Ryūchi Cave](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ry%C5%ABchi_Cave)\n 3. [Shikkotsu Forest](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shikkotsu_Forest)\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-08T15:29:38.350", "id": "4073", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-08T15:29:38.350", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2902", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe corpses form the\n[Katakana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Table_of_katakana) character\n\"ダ\", which is pronounced as \"Da\".\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-14T14:48:39.737", "id": "2904", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-14T14:48:39.737", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "2903", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to gantz.wikia.com:\n\n> The black spheres known as Gantz, are objects with seemingly impossible\n> abilities, mass produced in a factory in Germany, using alien military\n> technology. This technology was sent to Earth by a species to help them\n> fight off another alien species that had previously tried to invade them.\n> Each Gantz sphere has a person inside, which the Room of Truth reveals was\n> just a random person duplicated about to provide an interface. The alien\n> broadcast only contained military technology, the point system and other\n> aspects created by humans.\n>\n> When [the people in the Room of Truth are] asked about souls, they were told\n> the soul is just data, stored somewhere when they died, and would be\n> reincarnated as someone else later on.\n\nIt seems the Gantz clones/duplicates a physical body and then uses the \"data\"\nof a soul from the original human to put them in the new body.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-17T01:28:55.680", "id": "2926", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-17T01:28:55.680", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2910", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI have collected a few reasons, which are actually assumptions..\n\n * Because he was an ANBU. All the members of ANBU wear masks for various reasons. (hiding their identity, their feelings, expression, and so on, making them merely fighting robots) \n\n * Since his childhood days, he always was looked down on by the villagers because his father sacrificed a mission in order to save his comrades. This resulted in a huge loss to the village (maybe in terms of reputation and economy). He wanted to hide himself.\n\n * Moreover, people could easily mistake him for his father since they look similar (one example: Lady Chio attacking Kakashi Hatake because she mistook him for his father Sakumo). He tried to hide himself with his mask, though people vaguely remember it since a generation has been passed.\n\nThough all the above reasons aren't really valid now (in both the anime and\nmanga), Kakashi still wears mask, for which the reason is unknown.\n\n * Just an idea Kishi had. And here is a piece of information from a blog:\n\n> In an interview the question, \"Why does Kakashi wear a mask?\" was asked.\n> Kishimoto's reply was that he saw ninjas as being \"mysterious\" or something,\n> so in his character design he made Kakashi wear a mask, but he didn't do\n> that with other characters because it's too difficult to get their\n> expressions down when you can't see their entire face.\n\nBlog link: [[click\nhere]](http://www.narutoforums.com/archive/index.php/t-16983.html)\n\n", "comment_count": 17, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-15T10:56:16.743", "id": "2913", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-12T04:43:12.183", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-12T04:43:12.183", "last_editor_user_id": "338", "owner_user_id": "338", "parent_id": "2912", "post_type": "answer", "score": 37 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the Rock Lee spinoff manga and anime, Kakashi says he wears a mask because\nwhen he reads ecchi ecchi paradise, he has nose bleeds :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-05T23:00:15.570", "id": "6768", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-12T13:39:02.033", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-12T13:39:02.033", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "3235", "parent_id": "2912", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 }, { "body": "\n\nI've been wondering this myself, and I've watched enough Naruto to make\nformulate a pretty well-thought out guess.\n\nKakashi has always worn the mask, before even joining the ANBU and all the\ntragedy in his life. I believe that his father wanted him to be in the ANBU\nand started fundamental training for it at a young age, like hiding your\nemotions with a mask.\n\nAt first it was probably nothing to serious, just a regular mask. But he\ndidn't start to wear it \"religiously\" until his father's death, maybe it is\nthe only thing left to remember his father, or possibly to just honor him by\nwearing the mask he gave him. Or I could be totally wrong.\n\nI speculate that the mask has a connection to his father because he would have\nhad no reason to wear it in the first place. it would make sense if he had\nstarted to wear the mask in his teenage years after the death of his father,\nMinato, Obito and Rin to mask his pain and emotions, and to represent his\nstone cold stature. **But he wore the mask since a young child before any pain\nentered his life, so it leads me to believe the mask could only have to do\nwith something between him and his father, perhaps because of influences of\nthe ANBU , or history of Sakumo (kakashi's father), or out of sheer honor, or\nmaybe something completely different, that's just my observation**.\n\nOnly time will really tell.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-05T03:03:19.623", "id": "7844", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-07T19:43:20.170", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-07T19:43:20.170", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "3992", "parent_id": "2912", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Kakashi wore a mask as a little boy because his dad, Sakumo, made him.\nWhat I mean by this is that Sakumo was pretty famous as a ninja and almost\neveryone knew him, as a result of that he was afraid someone was going to hurt\nhis kid to get revenge or something. So he wanted to protect Kakashi by making\nhim wear a mask every time they got out of their house like that no one would\nknow how his face looked like. Also he trained him like that he would be\nstrong incase he was not going to be there to protect him.\n\nI think this because we already know Kakashi never had his mom as a little kid\nnor he remembers seeing her. That means she had to die when he was born or\nwhen he was just months of being born (or maybe she just left, but that is not\nmy point). Since she died, Sakumo did not want to loose another person he\nloved, so he made Kakashi wear a mask.\n\nThan after Sakumo died Kakashi felt ashamed of his father, so he decided to\nkeep wearing the mask like that noone would know he was Sakumo's kid. But\nstill some people knew because of his hair. Than latter on Lady Chio mistook\nhim for his dad, somehow.\n\nAlso he is pretty handsome (shown in the picture below), so I don't think he\nwore a mask to hide his face because he was soo ugly. Because he's not.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9iAZA.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-24T17:13:20.867", "id": "29246", "last_activity_date": "2016-02-13T01:35:43.263", "last_edit_date": "2016-02-13T01:35:43.263", "last_editor_user_id": "20270", "owner_user_id": "20270", "parent_id": "2912", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a culture thing, and it's kinda like a fixed phrase, which is not\ntranslated accurately into English. If you can understand a little Chinese,\nits true meaning is 我饶不了你, in which 我(means _I_ ) 饶不了(means _won't forgive_ )\n你(means _you_ ), and the meaning is perfectly translated.\n\nIts true meaning in English is more like this: _I will not absolve you from\nguilt_ or _I will not remit your punishment_! (but these are too strong)\n\nFor your better understanding, this phrase suggests that _if you do anything\nunpleasant to me, I will remember that one and find a way to make you pay._\n\nPS: Even so it's supposed to be a threat, but this phrase is used between \"\n_frienemies_ \" in many cases. For a instance, _A_ doesn't want his partner-\nlike rival _B_ risks his( _B_ 's) life to save him( _A_ ), then _A_ may say _I\nwill never forgive you if you risk your own life to save mine_.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-15T15:20:28.747", "id": "2916", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-27T15:37:42.663", "last_edit_date": "2016-08-27T15:37:42.663", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "1539", "parent_id": "2914", "post_type": "answer", "score": 37 }, { "body": "\n\nIt really comes down to awkward translation.\n\n許さない ( _yurusanai_ ) is the word being used. This is the negative form of the\nJapanese verb for \"to forgive\", which also has other nuances and can mean to\npermit or accept something. Despite it seeming odd this is a natural enough\nexpression in Japanese; however, it presents a bit of a dilemma for\ntranslators. Some will try and translate literally despite the awkwardness,\nwhile others might try and come up with a more natural phrase for the\nsituation.\n\nOther possible translation styles could be things like\n\n * I won't stand for...\n * ...is unacceptable.\n * This time it's personal! (a bit of a stretch but in the context of a prelude to a fight it pretty much serves the same function)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-16T17:12:40.600", "id": "2924", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T14:40:41.367", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-20T14:40:41.367", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1576", "parent_id": "2914", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nMy interpretation of the phrase \"I'll never forgive you\" isn't nearly as\nanalytical as the others. As you know a lot of Japanese phases are said\ndifferently in English(can't think of an example). Anyway even after the more\nprecise translation I still didn't get it until I read a fanmade Manga then I\nwas like \"okay so them saying that is the equivalent of this.\" That being\n\"I'll never forgive you.\" This being \"I hate you\" or \"I'll kill you.\" That's\nwhat I think it is.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-27T14:47:49.033", "id": "36036", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-27T14:47:49.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27978", "parent_id": "2914", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not clearly explained in neither manga nor anime, but my understanding of\nthis ability is that he can turn anything (remember he turning rocks into\ncandies?) into lifeless stuff, so turning people into monkeys might be too\nmuch for him.\n\nI mistook monkey for money. Since gun and money are lifeless stuff, I would\nsay yes.\n\nPS. People turned into lifeless stuff may still be conscious depending on how\nstrong they are, for example, the fusion of Goku and Vegeta was turned into a\ncandy yet still can fight, and Uub was turned into a chocolate by his own beam\nyet still can turn himself back.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-15T16:30:58.600", "id": "2918", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-16T01:34:50.423", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-16T01:34:50.423", "last_editor_user_id": "1539", "owner_user_id": "1539", "parent_id": "2917", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt seems at first that the technique is simply a magic trick with no limit or\nexplanation. But I think it's much deeper than that.\n\n**What is ki?**\n\nKi is the raw essence of energy in a body, and when a body has exactly no ki\nleft, the body dies and the soul, essence, mind, whatever you want to call it,\nis sent to otherworld. All attacks require ki, heck even raising your arm\nrequires a slight amount of ki. \"Ki attacks\" are attacks in which damage is\nnot physical, but energy is shot from the body at an opponent or obstacle.\nMajin Buu's \"magic transform beam\" is no more mystical than any other attack,\nit's what he does with this ki that matters.\n\n**Ki control outside the body**\n\nGoku showed in many, many instances that he can control a ki attack long after\nit has left his body, and this is what Majin Buu does in this attack. Instead\nof the Kamehameha or other ki attack which is designed to deal a powerful\nimpact, Majin Buu is clever enough to attack the opponent's ki directly, and\nultimately drain their body of all ki, rendering them lifeless. He can at this\npoint shape the remaining matter however he wants, but I don't believe it has\nany flavor, just an appearance.\n\n**How to defend against Buu's attack**\n\nWhen Buu uses this attack on common humans, he only needs to use a small\namount of ki to wipe them out. For a whole crowd of people, I don't suspect\nthat Buu even feels the energy usage. However, when he does this against a\nmore powerful opponent, he must put more ki into the attack than the fighter\nhas in total. This is still no real problem for Buu, as nobody can contest his\nki... until Vegito comes to \"PLAY, PLAY, PLAAAY!\". Vegito's unimaginable ki\nwas strong enough so that when Buu used his attack, it only drained a\nsignificant amount of ki from Vegito, leaving him very much alive if only a\nbit...compromised. He has enough energy leftover, plus Goku's ability to work\naround any disadvantage, to put up a strong fight even as a piece of candy,\nforcing Buu to reverse the effects.\n\n**How'd he do that?**\n\nNow, Buu clearly underestimated Vegito and didn't put even half of his energy\ninto that attack. Maybe with full power he could have succeeded in leaving\nboth Goku and Vegeta lifeless and edible. But my question is, did he have to\nuse the same amount of energy to revert Vegito to human, or did he get the\noriginal energy back, like performing the technique backwards? I don't fully\nunderstand this, and if he actually gave energy to Vegito, I don't get why he\nwould do that as a response to getting his ass whooped by candy. This is a\nhole in my logic, and I can't defend it. This is just my best theory. Hope it\ninspired creative analysis, and hail Son-Goku.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-17T04:46:37.297", "id": "8713", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T13:00:49.563", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-08T13:00:49.563", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4529", "parent_id": "2917", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nChronological order in this case is perfect. Ghost in the Shell (movie, 1995)\nwill introduce you to the Masamune Shirow's cyberpunk world and to the\ndirector Mamoru Oshii. Innocence (2004) will actualize the 1995 contents with\nthe same director and then SAC (2005) will develop single relevant social and\npolitical aspects (e.g. the episode Automated Capitalism) deeply, describing a\nvivid world you can only partially understand without seeing previous works.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-16T17:03:11.277", "id": "2923", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-16T17:03:11.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "98", "parent_id": "2922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nHere's the order:\n\n * _Ghost in the Shell_ (set in 2029) from 1995 or its 2008 remake _Ghost in the Shell 2.0_\n * _Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex_ (set in 2030) \\- _The Laughing Man_ , a feature-length OVA summary of S.A.C.\n * _Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG_ (set in 2032) \\- _Individual Eleven_ , a feature-length OVA which retells the events of S.A.C. 2nd GIG, altered to focus on both the Individual Eleven investigation and the relationship between Hideo Kuze and Motoko Kusanagi\n * _Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence_ (set in 2032)\n * _Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society_ (set in 2034) from 2006 or 2011 in 3D\n * _Ghost in the Shell: Arise_ OVA series (set in 2027). It's a prequel telling the origin story of Section 9 \\- _Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture_ is a recompilation for television of _Ghost in the Shell: Arise_.\n * _Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie_ is a movie set after _Ghost in the Shell: Arise_ that is a continuation of the plot of the _Pyrophoric Cult_ episode. The original movie's plot follows directly after this movie.\n * _Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045_ is the next and latest anime and follows all the other seirse for this anime series\n\nThe only unclear part is about where S.A.C. 2nd GIG and Innocence go in\nrelation to each other, because they are both set in 2032. 2nd GIG is the\nsecond season of S.A.C. and should probably be watched directly after it.\n\n* * *\n\nThe GitS movies, SAC-series and Arise OVA are all different interpretations of\nthe source material/manga.\n\nGhost in the Shell/2.0 and Innocence are set in the same universe, and I would\nrecommend to watch them first as they have the strongest story and production\nvalues.\n\nThe SAC-series has it's own separate universe and is more of a crime series\nwhere the movies are more philosophical.\n\nThe Arise OVA-series is also completely separate from both the movies and\nseries, but somewhat serve as a spiritual prequel to both.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-17T04:14:11.403", "id": "2927", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-16T19:06:04.927", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-16T19:06:04.927", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 100 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are actually two completely different continuities that aren't strictly\ncompatible with each other, considering what happens with the Major.\n\n_Ghost in the Shell_ and _Ghost in the Shell: Innocence_ are in a separate\ncontinuity. Watch these two first if you like movies better.\n\n_SAC_ and _SAC 2nd Gig_ are basically season 1 and 2 of the TV series. Watch\nthese two first if you like TV shows better. _Solid State Society_ is a movie\nin the same continuity as the TV series set after both seasons. _Laughing Man_\nand _Individual Eleven_ are actually just compilations of the \"complex\"\nepisodes of _SAC_ and _SAC 2nd Gig_ , respectively. You don't need to watch it\nif you watch the entire seasons.\n\n_Arise_ is a prequel story to all of the above. It doesn't quite fit either\nexisting continuity. It's a similar set of themes, but told in more of a\nminiseries approach that doesn't maintain a status quo between episodes. Watch\nthis first if you like binge-ready streaming shows better.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-17T04:43:01.843", "id": "3412", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-06T20:46:20.713", "last_edit_date": "2019-09-06T20:46:20.713", "last_editor_user_id": "1686", "owner_user_id": "1686", "parent_id": "2922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nWatch the original movie first. Arise if you are young and need backstory and\ncanonical chronological OCD. S.A.C is really great and if someone was on a\ntime budget, watching this alone would justify the series and world that truly\nexposes corruption, future technology and potential criminal activity along\nwith deep socio-political introspective. If you like The Newsroom and the\nfmv's of Metal Gear Solid, you will like S.A.C. 2nd gig was good too. Nothing\nbeats the original. And Arise is a good modern adaption of the world. Plus\nsheds some light on Major's past.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-22T06:41:40.373", "id": "14097", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-22T06:41:40.373", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8429", "parent_id": "2922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nPersonally, I think the following chronological timeline works best for story\npurposes and character arcs, but only if you ignore a few specific points,\nsuch as the dates specified in the films.\n\nTo me, it makes more sense as:\n\n * Ghost In The Shell: Arise\n * Ghost In The Shell (original or 2.0)\n * Ghost In The Shell: SAC - The Laughing Man\n * Ghost In The Shell: SAC, 2nd Gig - Individual Eleven\n * Ghost In The Shell: Innocence\n * Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society\n\nYes, they're in 3 separate continuities, but they can basically work this way.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-01T05:48:00.963", "id": "22911", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-01T06:34:31.427", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-01T06:34:31.427", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "15382", "parent_id": "2922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI will use the manga to answer this question. There are quite a lot of\ndifferences in the plot between the manga and the anime. However, the truth\nabout the history of mankind, how the human population is reduced and consists\nof only Cantus users, and the checks and controls employed to prevent Cantus\n(Juryoku - 呪力) users from killing each other are essentially the same.\n\n![\"Furthermore, the ones with a risk of subconscious collateral damage, those\nwho cannot control their psychokinesis, \\[...\\] were disposed of\" - False\nMinoshiro](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7Pssl.png)\n\nFrom the statement above, it seems that those who cannot control their Cantus\nwell may unconsciously cause collateral damage. Although there is no example\nin the anime/manga, I guess that it is analogous to a shaky hand operating a\nwater tap: the water tap itself is not broken, but the poor control causes the\nwater (analogous to Cantus) to flow out much more or much less than necessary.\n\nThis is different from the case of Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome - Karma Demon\n(Gouma), where a faulty running water tap would make a good analogy of: the\nwater just keeps running out without effective way to control the amount, like\nthe Cantus power of a Karma Demon is constantly leaking to his/her surrounding\nsubconsciously without any way of stopping. As seen in the anime, Shun can\nonly redirect his Cantus to orbit the balls, but the power leakage cannot be\nstopped.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-14T20:23:29.230", "id": "4130", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-14T20:53:30.073", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-14T20:53:30.073", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1398", "parent_id": "2925", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as now, the only connection is that they are all juinjutsu. But their\nfunctions are totally different. The curse mark of Hyuuga family is literally\na curse (I don't see how much stronger the branch family of Hyuuga is with the\ncurse seal), but the curse seal of Orochimaru has some blessing, and it's\ncreated by infusing senjutsu into enzymes extracted from Jugo's body, which\ngrants the seal-bearer the ability of transforming parts of their body (except\nthe fact that they may look uglier), and the bearer's power is indeed stronger\nwhen the seal is released.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T05:02:19.647", "id": "2940", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-18T08:29:26.503", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-18T08:29:26.503", "last_editor_user_id": "1539", "owner_user_id": "1539", "parent_id": "2929", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThough I don't recommend to _reason_ such things since most of them are just\npseudo-science, in this case of levitating rocks, I think it's because the\nstrong streams of chakra sent out from the character caused strong twists of\nwind, which crack the floor, then the chakra flows upwards (positive energy in\nanime all tend to flow upwards), drawing the air and rocks up with it.\n\nDespite the _reasoning_ I made, I tend to believe it's just a kind of visual\neffect that commomly used in animes to make a better visual impact and\nemphasize on how strong the power of this character/technique is.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T04:32:06.043", "id": "2939", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-18T08:23:20.850", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-18T08:23:20.850", "last_editor_user_id": "1539", "owner_user_id": "1539", "parent_id": "2930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\n_Using basic real world physics and a force I would assume._\n\nBasing this answer on comments above, if you notice power usually surges\nupwards or in strong bursts be it controlled _(calm)_ or wildy _(in rage etc)_\n, be it in the form of chakra, reiatsu or\n[ki](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2782/what-is-the-formal-term-\nfor-energy-in-dragonball-z). It is more than likely that the ground is not as\nstable or firm as harder ground or not able to handle the force of the energy\n_or_ there are loose bits around, thus it breaks up and goes upward _(or\nflying madly away)_.\n\nDrifting a bit from anime, on several occasions when [Superman was about to\nfly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-DaPBBOHfsA#t=85s),\nas he crouches on the ground, you can see the energy being exerted from him as\nsmall rocks slowly begin to rise and streams of air being pushed away, so it\ndoesn't just apply to anime or Naruto and Dragon Ball Z as you said you saw it\nin Astro Boy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T17:50:06.680", "id": "2946", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T07:41:15.133", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "2930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe nerd in me says:\n\nSpecifically, in the case Naruto, the anime goes out of their way to explain\nthe chakras of the body. They even go as far to explain the flow of energy\nthrough the chakras. As such, as they draw energy into their chakras (both\nfrom inside and outside their body), debris (rocks in this particular case)\nalso have that \"draw\" motion upwards.\n\nFurthermore, since the movement of energy creates heat (evident in what\nhappens later in the series when Naruto generates too much energy and he burns\nhimself - trying not to spoil here), it stands to reason that the air around\nhim would also heat up - so debris again would already with the added chakra\npull + the hot air above it + color air below it, would help to lift it off\nthe ground. Similar to a hot air balloon ([hot air balloons\nexplained](http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/hot-air-balloon-\nphysics.html))\n\nThe adult in me says:\n\nDramatic visual effects. There is no rationale behind it, just a common theme\nyou see in animes. But it's fun to make up reasons why!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T18:42:46.927", "id": "2947", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T09:07:08.897", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-10T09:07:08.897", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "1582", "parent_id": "2930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nWhat I feel is that all these concepts have been created by keeping Chakra and\nthe concept of Aura in mind. \n\nWhat is an Aura? \nAccording to the Wiki\n\n> Aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object\n> (like the halo or aureola in religious art). \n>\n\nThe size of an aura could be increased or decreased and it totally depends on\nthe life force of the person. \nWhat is chakra? \nAccording to the wiki\n\n> Chakras are part of the subtle body, not the physical body, and as such are\n> the meeting points of the subtle (non-physical) energy channels, called\n> nadiis. Nadiis are channels in the subtle body through which the life force\n> (prana), or vital energy moves\n\nNow if we consider that in Naruto when he increases his chakra, i.e. his life\nforce increases which indirectly increases his aura dramatically (because of\nthe immense chakra of kurama). So what we can say is that, natural substances\nlike rocks and stones that come into the influence of the aura, react to the\nlife force of the user (here its Naruto). \nAs we've seen in many anime's (for example DBZ) [In DBZ we can call chakra as\ntheir energy]\n\n Here you can see the aura\nof Goku clearly, its direction is pointing north (upwards). So what we can\nconclude is that, the aura (at least in anime) moves upwards. \nWith this theory, I can say that whatever natural object that comes under the\ninfluence of an aura with strong life force, MOVES UPWARDS! \nSo the greater the aura and force, the more heavier objects would levitate. \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-08T18:20:02.147", "id": "6207", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-08T18:20:02.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2416", "parent_id": "2930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNormaly ninja's should only be able to use their chakra to cast jutsu, there\nis practicly no limit to what they can do with this\n\n> Normal chakra is a form of energy all living individuals naturally produce\n> to some degree. Contained in the \"chakra coils\" that mainly surround and\n> connect to each chakra-producing organ, the energy circulates throughout the\n> body in a network called the \"chakra circulatory system\" (similar to the\n> cardiovascular system)\n\nIt seems only highly trained people can use chakra so that it is visible .\n\n> Certain groups, such as ninja, have learned to generate more chakra and\n> release it outside their bodies through their \"chakra points\" (tenketsu) in\n> order to perform special techniques (jutsu). Chakra is not normally visible\n> to the human eye, though chakra can be seen in situations where a person\n> releases as much of their chakra as possible. This is rarely seen due to the\n> restrictions of certain chakra points (Eight Gates), limiting the amount of\n> chakra an individual can release at a single given time. Chakra can also be\n> visible when doing specific techniques (such as the Rasengan) which take a\n> high degree of chakra control to perform.\n\nFor a pretty detaild explaination about chakra you can check the naruto wiki\n[right here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T05:37:12.397", "id": "2941", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-18T05:37:12.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "2931", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not related to the number of barrels of a gun, but the number of guns\nVash has.\n\n1st: Is the silver 45 named **45 LONG COLT AGL FACTORY**. This is the one we\nall see him carry.\n\n2nd:\n\n> the hidden gun inside his arm that we see in Episode 12\n>  \n> This hidden gun also gets upgraded into a machine gun in episode 19.\n\n3rd:\n\n> the transformation of his arm into the **Angel Arm** that we see in Episode\n> 16 \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-17T22:51:12.390", "id": "2934", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-17T22:51:12.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2932", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThink of Queerats as humans (WINK WINK). A person can be Asian, Caucasian,\netc. So, there are many different types of Queerats too; some of them have\nhorns, some have smaller teeth and (in this case) some of them are tall.\n\nHOWEVER. There IS a speculation regarding Kiroumaru's height that involves the\norigin of the Queerats. It's a last ep spoiler:\n\n> Since Queerats are from non-PK humans, Kiroumaru's height might come from\n> this. It might mean that he or his race didn't \"evolve\" properly into\n> Queerats. Or, Kiroumaru's race might be tall in the first place. That is,\n> when they were still humans, they were tall. So, when they turned into\n> Queerats, they're tall too.\n\nHope that helps you :D\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-21T09:05:48.047", "id": "3479", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-21T16:06:50.177", "last_edit_date": "2013-04-21T16:06:50.177", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1697", "parent_id": "2933", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOn their cases, each clan specializes their own techniques, and teaches those\nto their young. The training for those actually occurs after they are genin\n(usually). There are, of course, some exceptions. Such as Sasuke learning the\nFireball technique when he was very young.\n\nNaruto didn't learn any specialized technique before the Rasengan (sure, he\nhad the shadow clones he learned from a forbidden scroll, but that's hardly\nspecialized).\n\nBasically, it happens after they graduate from the academy, sometimes slightly\nbefore.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T11:56:28.897", "id": "2943", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-08T17:50:54.143", "last_edit_date": "2013-04-08T17:50:54.143", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2935", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was also the case for Raditz and the Ginyu Force. It puzzles me too and\nthere was never a definitive reason given. I think it's because they are\nstrong fighters when compared to the other 'normal' people who go to the Other\nWorld. For example, when Raditz died, King Yama told Goku that Raditz was\nunruly and he had to subdue him. He also said that he was going to send Cell\ndown below, but he would have liked that so he gave the stamp of approval to\nstay above. I don't think there is a definitive answer for this, though it is\nlikely due to the fact that they are all strong fighters.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T15:03:26.427", "id": "2944", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-02T16:18:54.697", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-02T16:18:54.697", "last_editor_user_id": "1528", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "2942", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think it was ever really explained, not in the anime at least. At\nfirst I thought it was just all hell-goers kept their bodies, but you'd think\nthere'd be a lot more down there. It's gotta be something along the lines of\nwhat iKlsR suggested: skilled and well-trained fighters.\n\nRegarding Baby, that's in GT and it's probably better to not consider him when\nfiguring it out simply because you can't determine if it's 100% canon or not.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-18T16:27:00.543", "id": "2945", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-18T16:27:00.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1581", "parent_id": "2942", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThat's an inconsistency introduced by the anime. They introduced them in\nfillers, to be able to make more chapters from the manga. As with other\nfillers, that was inconsistent with the more coherent manga.\n\nIn the manga, only a few warriors are allowed to have their bodies in the\nalterlife. Other souls were shown as little clouds. Specifically, evil souls\nwere punished, purified and removed of any memory before reincarnation.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T12:30:45.247", "id": "2986", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T12:30:45.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "2942", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is how Toboso explained the matter in her journal:\n\n> When the second season was announced on January 31st last winter, she\n> received tremendous numbers of messages from the fans. The majority of the\n> messages were criticisms against the absence of Ciel and Sebastian from the\n> second season. \"How dare you desert the fans, who have been waiting for the\n> two?\" \"If you don't have affections for your characters, you don't deserve\n> to be the author!\" She and the producers had expected the bitter reactions\n> because they intensionally hid Ciel and Sebastian from the announcement. In\n> the first season, director Shinohara chose to bring the revenge of Ciel to\n> an end and Toboso had approved it. The overwhelming enthusiasm of the fans\n> had given the green light to the second season after that. Toboso asked the\n> producers not to reset the finale of the first season. To meet two\n> conflicting conditions: \"We must not revive Ciel easily\" versus \"We want to\n> show the two once again\", she had been vigorously working on the scenario\n> for half a year with other staff. In conclusion, they had created a new\n> rival pair, Alois and Claude. With an intension of showing them \"big\" and\n> dominant, Alois and Claude were placed in the main of the key illustrations\n> and the trailer and Sakurai Takahiro and Mizuki Nana were assigned to them.\n> Toboso said that the aim of the tricky announcement will be understood if\n> you watch the series to the end.\n\nRead more at\n<http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=243708#FkjdSTxGYWPL8y1l.99>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-31T21:23:36.133", "id": "5666", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-31T21:23:36.133", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2649", "parent_id": "2948", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nOne Piece Anime is quite far behind the manga right now (about 50-75\nchapters).\n\nThe manga is now in the Wano Arc, while the previous Punk Hazard arc just\nstarted in the anime (as of this answer).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-19T15:02:53.220", "id": "2956", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-19T17:25:46.987", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-19T17:25:46.987", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "219", "parent_id": "2954", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is really far behind. Probably in term of year, it could take more than a\nyear (approx. 52 eps) for the anime to catch up with the manga.\n\nIn addition anime have **filler** episode sometimes between an arc, so it\ncould be left more behind.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-21T04:30:15.453", "id": "3852", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-21T04:30:15.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1806", "parent_id": "2954", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you want to start reading the manga from where the anime is right now, the\nlast thing you see in the anime is Luffy grabbing Caesar (episode 597), which\ncorresponds to Chapter 670, page 19.\n\n\n\nThe last manga chapter right now is Chapter 709 (710 will be coming out either\ntoday or tomorrow), so the anime is about 40 chapters behind the anime.\n\nIf you translate it into arcs, the anime right now is in the [Punk Hazard\nArc](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Punk_Hazard_Arc) and the manga is in the\n[Dressrosa Arc](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Dressrosa_Arc).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-21T07:25:51.857", "id": "3855", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T08:20:11.990", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T08:20:11.990", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1588", "parent_id": "2954", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's just a spinoff because Kanon is extremely popular in Japan. You can't\ncall it canon (or should I say, kanon), because it is not based off the\nmaterial from the manga. However, Wakaki has drawn a few bonus chapters based\noff Magical Star Kanon, but does not hold the premise for the OVA's story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-01T08:42:47.337", "id": "5670", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-01T18:03:23.467", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-01T18:03:23.467", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2653", "parent_id": "2957", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter the point you mentioned the content is basically entirely filler\nstarting with episode 26 (the beginning of season 2 of the anime). Other than\nthe final arc (episodes 43-49) which provides some conclusion to the anime, it\nis episodic content. The final arc is anime-original and quite a bit different\nfrom the manga.\n\nA few of the episodes of the anime are based on interlude manga chapters, but\nthey're still episodic and don't forward the plot. These episodes were\nexpanded quite a bit from the manga chapters which were comedic interludes\nthat did not forward the story significantly. Episodes 26, 38, 39, and 40 are\nthe only examples of this I know of, though it's been a while since I've read\nthe manga or watched the anime so I might have missed one. These episodes\nstill have a lot of anime-original content, so if you don't like the filler at\nall you probably won't enjoy these regardless of whether they're based on the\nmanga.\n\nSo, in short, if you want the continuation of the GetBackers story, the only\nreal option is to read the manga. The anime episode 25 corresponds roughly to\nchapter 83, the end of the \"Return to Infinity Fortress\" arc. The anime does\nhave a bit of manga content after that point, but I doubt it would be worth\nwatching if all you want is the story and you don't enjoy the filler episodes\nat all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-11T23:20:48.520", "id": "3345", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-11T23:20:48.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2960", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThose are good old hand-drawn backgrounds. Here's a part of [an\ninterview](http://www.ghibliworld.com/suzuki_toshio_interview.html) with\nSuzuki Toshio, executive producer and former president of Studio Ghibli\n(emphasis mine):\n\n> During this decade CG _[computer graphics, - singerofthefall]_ came up and\n> we realized that it enables us to make expressions richer when using it as\n> supplement of regular cel _[sic!]_ animation. On the other hand a new\n> problem appeared. The progress of computing tech is so fast that it isn't\n> easy to catch up. If a movie at one point is made by the highest tech, it\n> will become outdated soon. There is one more point. We tried CG on Howl’s.\n> For example, the legs of the castle were made by CG. However, it didn't seem\n> very natural to me and I told Miyazaki that his skill was better than that\n> of a computer. He accepted it and quit using CG after that. Hence the latter\n> half of Howl’s doesn't include any CG. We now know CG has both its plus and\n> minus sides. So the theme of this movie is as the story: simple. The visual\n> effects are simple as well, while on the other hand **it needs very hard\n> working because of the drawing all it by hand.**\n\nIt is also mentioned [here](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2009/aug/14/us-\nfilm-hayao-miyazaki-081409/):\n\n> Miyazaki, whose films include \"Princess Mononoke,\" \"Howl's Moving Castle\"\n> and \"My Neighbor Totoro,\" has used computer animation to embellish hand-\n> drawn images. But before \"Ponyo\" went into production, **he shut down the\n> computer-graphics department at his Studio Ghibli, opting to work solely in\n> hand-drawn images.**\n\nAnd finally, from\n[this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6911264/Hayao-Miyazaki-drawn-\nto-perfection.html) article:\n\n> He insisted he still uses a pencil to draw his animated characters and\n> backgrounds: “Currently computer graphics are used a great deal,” he noted,\n> “but it can be excessive. I think [animation] needs the pencil, needs man’s\n> hands drawing.”\n\nI would recommend you to check some of Makoto Shinkai's works (if you haven't\nseen them before) the quality of the animation and backgrounds there is\nstunning.\n\n**Update** : There is an artbook called \"The Art of Ponyo\", which contains\nsketches hand-drawn by Miyazaki. I don't own it, but you can take a look at\nit's reviews [here](http://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-art-of-\nponyo-cliff-sea), [here](http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/animation/the-art-of-\nponyo-part-i-storyboards/) and [here](http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/anime/the-\nart-of-ponyo-part-ii-concept-and-background-art/). The book includes both\npencil and watercolor drawings, including characters, backgrounds, etc:\n\n> Usually I use poster paint to create the backgrounds; then I color the base\n> in a pale color, adding subtle hues and shading on top of it. This time,\n> with Ponyo, I added things like tints or detailed expressions with colored\n> pencil on top of what I drew with poster paint...\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-20T06:25:55.747", "id": "2962", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T13:39:55.753", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T13:39:55.753", "last_editor_user_id": "111", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Mangekyou Sharingan is activated once its user experiences great loss,\nespecially of someone close to him. \nThis means that Itachi did not have to kill Shisui in order for the Mangekyou\nto activate. What is most important for the activation is that the user\n_feels_ the loss, which causes their brain to release a special kind of chakra\nthat affects their optic nerves (chapter 619), thus awakening the Sharingan,\nand the Mangekyou, depending on what 'level' you were before, and on how much\nloss you have experienced. The more loss you experience, the more powerful the\nSharingan gets.\n\nProbably, just witnessing Shisui's death to protect the village was traumatic\nenough for Itachi to awaken his Mangekyou. \nAlso, if you remember, Sasuke's Mangekyou activated when Itachi _died_. He did\nnot kill him either, but witnessing his death, even though he hated him, was\ntraumatic enough to activate it.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-20T11:32:08.460", "id": "2965", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-20T11:32:08.460", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2964", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nThat may be true, but that's not how Sasuke got his Mangekyou Sharingan. In\nthe episodes following the fight, we learn that Itachi implanted his Mangekyou\npowers (Amaterasu, etc.) into Sasuke. Those powers activated when Sasuke\nlooked at Madara's Sharingan; as Madara explained, Itachi made the abilities\nself-activate when they came into contact with Madara's Sharingan. This was\nbecause Itachi did not want Madara and Sasuke to meet, in order to prevent\nMadara from telling Sasuke the truth about Itachi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-09T16:53:47.157", "id": "4082", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-09T17:13:13.800", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-09T17:13:13.800", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1883", "parent_id": "2964", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI won't pretend to quote statistics or claim I'm anything other than a viewer\nof anime... but I will say this:\n\nFor all forms of media (books, software, music, movies, etc.) you can\nhistorically see (and again, it's anecdotal) an upward trend of popularity as\nthings shift from fringe-trend to main-trend.\n\nIf you need evidence, look at music. Every hipster will tell you that as soon\nas mainstream gets a hold of that hidden gem band, it's as though it grew a\ntumor and they want nothing to do with it anymore. However, the masses will\nconsume it as quick as they can get it - why? Because it's the 'now thing'.\n\nGrowing up, (now about to enter my 30's /sigh/) getting anime was hard! I had\na handful of amazing 'modern animes' that I cycled through (Akira, Ronin\nWarriors, a few Studio Ghibli, , Ghost in the Shell, and Ninja Scroll - my mom\ndidn't know what she got me until it was too late ha!). Growing up in the 80's\nit was hard to find anime as a kid! Ronin Warriors was only on in the EARLY\nmornings (like 5-6AM) and the other stuff I had to get on gold ol' VHS. As\nsoon as stations started to realize that the drawing styles of our Eastern\nfriends was popular among youth (1990's) we saw an EXPLOSION of anime in the\nUS (and since Western media has a pretty decent influence in the World, we can\nalso say we witnessed global change). With shows like Pokemon (yes, that's an\nanime by MOST standards, not all!), and Digimon, and DragonballZ, etc.\nstations like Cartoon Network started to beam this once hidden cartoon style\ninto the heads of children around the world.\n\nTo go even further with this... as an owner and operator of a website you\ngenerally don't want to build and maintain something that people don't want to\nvisit/watch. As such, someone mentioned \"do you mean legal or illegal?\" Hell!\nThey go hand-in-hand... Sure there was always an illicit 'underground' to the\nanime world - buying bootleg will always be there. But the sheer growth of\nwebsites (both illegal and legal) that stream content is directly positively\ncorrelated to the fan-base growth we've seen over the last 20 or so years.\n\nAs ANY market grows, so do the players, and the resources available to those\nplayers. If no one want's bananas, then banana farmers go away. If no one\nwants to watch anime, you'll see a decline in illegal and legal websites go\ndown. Since anime is on the rise, everyone wants to be part of the \"gold\nrush\". Don't believe me? Do a quick review of the number of animes produced\neach decade\n[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anime_in_the_United_States). Look\nat the 1960's, vs 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, and 2010's... it's crazy! The\nturnover rate is insane. It seems labels pick up manga randomly off the shelf,\nmake a season of it, then if they don't become billionaires they drop it and\nmove on to the next one.\n\nSo, yes. You change how the masses get their anime and the studios would be\ncrazy not to change their approaches to meet the demands of their market.\n\n> affected how big label anime studios and publishers, both domestic and\n> foreign, market and distribute content\n\nThey may be losing money from the networks that would have picked them up (or\nthe US studios, like Disney, that might have picked them up [talking about\nDisney/Studio Ghibli relationship here, certainly not VampireHunderD and\nDisney! ha!]). But what they lose to the bootleg/underground they gain in\nmerchandise/royalty sales. My best guess is that the idea is to get people\ninto the series, collect royalties off reruns/networks/merchandise and just\nrinse and repeat this process. Otherwise, you end up a slave to your fan base\nlike Dragonball, Naruto, or Bleach where they have \"Fantom\" screenings of\nmovies where they don't make a lot of money. For those anime's, the fan base\nisn't growing proportionally to the cost of development/deployment (I'm\nassuming here!!). Whereas, those series with 12 episodes have a fan base\nthat's probably significantly smaller, but still buy merchandise for years to\ncome. It's turned into a factory ~ spoken like a true hipster, right?\n\nQ.E.D.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-20T20:27:17.283", "id": "2971", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-20T20:27:17.283", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1582", "parent_id": "2967", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's a really interesting article on [Anime News\nNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-09) that's part of a\n3 part feature about the anime economy written in March 2012. There's some\ninteresting notes about streaming in it.\n\nThere was a drop-off in DVD/BD sales because in most places outside of Japan,\nbuying the physical media is the only way to watch something _for the first\ntime_ , since the majority of these shows don't air on TV like they do in\nJapan. Most people who buy physical media usually don't re-watch shows, so\nonce on-demand options started popping up (in the U.S. ADV's Anime Network,\nwhich still runs as \"The Anime Network\"). Fewer people were buying physical\nmedia, even in Japan:\n\n> The people buying anime DVDs are now mostly the ones looking to buy a\n> specific show. Now that the logjam of liquidated stuff from 2007 has cleared\n> and several shows from the past have gone out of print, fans are reminded\n> that there's value in having a permanent copy of your own. Publishers are\n> finding ways to boost this collector's value, with books and nice packaging,\n> and ever so slightly bump their prices up. Most people watch the show for\n> free, but the few thousand people who love it enough to collect make the\n> whole venture profitable.\n\nSo the trend is leaning away from DVDs and BDs. It's something that's helped\nby services which provide streaming and on-demand access to anime. As far as\nthe industry changes to make this happen:\n\n> When it came to the actual logistics of delivering the final product, things\n> worked pretty much the same way in 2006 as it did in 1986: the lab assembled\n> the final show onto a broadcast quality videotape. That went to the TV\n> network, and then the lab cut out all the commercial breaks and sent it the\n> duplication plant for home video. And then, when all that was done, the\n> licensor made up some presentation materials and a crappy looking VHS\n> screener copy for overseas publishers to peruse. If they wanted it, the\n> licensor negotiated a deal with them, signed a contract, and then called up\n> the lab again. The lab made a copy of the masters and FedEx-ed them to the\n> publisher. The end. \n> \n> This system was reliable, but extremely expensive and slow -- two things\n> that online streaming, with its razor thin margins and gotta-have-it-now\n> delivery schedule, make completely unacceptable. With episodes sometimes\n> being finished only hours before they air, the only way to do a simulcast is\n> to send the finished video to the streaming service digitally, as a file.\n> But adjusting to a new, all-digital way of doing things has been a steep\n> learning curve for licensors... and an expensive one.\n\nSo these shows are being licensed and streamed with ads. The ad money wasn't\nenough for the licensors so they demaneded a \"minimum guarantee\"\n\n> And so, licensors have asked those companies to put their money where their\n> mouth is. Now, each anime costs a licensing fee (or \"Minimum Guarantee\") of\n> $1-2,000 per episode for simulcast internet streaming rights. Which is still\n> not much, but at least it's enough to ensure that the whole endeavor will\n> contribute SOMETHING to the show's profitability. \n> \n> Some licensors are still not convinced simulcasting is worth it. Some don't\n> want to split up ownership of rights -- they don't want to have to deal with\n> Crunchyroll AND Section23 AND Hulu, they want a single company to act as\n> custodian for every line of business for a show, and if that means they miss\n> their chance to simulcast, well, it's clearly not that big of a loss. Other\n> licensors just aren't prepared for the mountain of approvals and other work\n> that suddenly has to be done WHILE the show airs.\n\nIn comes subscriptions:\n\n> The $6 or $7 per month that sites like Crunchyroll charge each user every\n> month is way, way more than any viewer can earn for the site by sitting\n> through ads. TV Tokyo recently announced that Crunchyroll had nearly 70,000\n> paid subscribers. If that number is accurate, that means, at $6.95 per user,\n> that comes to $486,500 in revenue a month -- more than enough to keep the\n> lights on and pay for the less popular shows. Clearly they're not getting\n> rich on that kind of revenue, but if that's truly the sort of numbers\n> they're doing (they wouldn't confirm for us), they're doing OK. \n> \n> Crunchyroll isn't alone in going this route. Hulu is trying to push more of\n> their user base towards their $7-per-month Hulu Plus service, which adds\n> access to shows on game consoles, networked Blu-ray players and smartphones.\n> In Europe, France's Kaze Anime has slowly been developing their subscription\n> service.\n\nAs far as how publishers gauge which shows to pick up, it's a little different\nthan before:\n\n> There are a few big problems yet to be sorted out. The first is with\n> discovery: how do you get the non-obsessive fans, the ones who aren't up on\n> each new anime season, to watch these shows? With a dedicated anime-only\n> site like Crunchyroll or Funimation.com, it's pretty hard. The only people\n> going to those sites are the ones who already know what anime is, and are\n> actively seeking it out. Hulu and Netflix are great storefronts to entice\n> new fans, but they're still not ideal marketing tools. \n> \n> Actually, it's almost impossible to do any sort of marketing for a simulcast\n> at all. Since the agreements to simulcast a show aren't hammered out until\n> the week the show starts -- or later -- how does a company start to generate\n> hype for their new product? Unless an anime fan is REALLY engaged -- the\n> sort of fan that reads ANN every day and stays on top of every new release\n> -- a show can slip by completely undetected.\n\nThe old way of licensing, there's a time to see how well a show does in Japan,\nthe ratings, some demographic information, and even more recently, a publisher\ncan look at hype within its market about a show that's currently airing in\nJapan. But when it comes to simulcasting and streaming, you don't have that\nluxury, so it's a lot harder to pick properties to attempt to license.\nDifferent U.S. publishers treat this differently, between Crunchyroll, Sentai,\nFunimation, etc.\n\nCrunchyroll doesn't have means to distribute and produce physical media like\nFunimation does, while Funimation often relies on other streaming services to\nhandle it's licenses for streaming. The major change here is that it's harder\nto gauge which shows to license because it's done before the show even airs in\nJapan. The upside is that the Japanese property holders don't have the ratings\nto hold over the heads of potential licenses.\n\nThe other thing that article notes is that this is all a work in progress and\nit's still a very new paradigm for the Japanese studios and rights holders.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T01:07:14.483", "id": "2975", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T01:07:14.483", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2967", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs of chapter 175, little is known of this situation.\n\nHowever, it _is_ known that Aladdin does not have the memories of his early\nchildhood. Thus, he would not remember his rank as a Magi until he was\nreminded.\n\n> Not much is known about Aladdin's past, but he has found out who he is and\n> where he came from thanks to Solomon and Solomon's Wisdom. The first\n> memories he has are being in the Room of Fortitude with Ugo, where he was\n> taught everything he knows by him.\n>\n> — [Aladdin, _Magi_ Wiki](http://magi.wikia.com/wiki/Aladdin#History)\n\nThat said, there are some speculations as to why this may be the case:\n\n> \\- Because he is likely a descendant of Solomon, or some reincarnation of\n> him, the memories may have been hidden to prevent some potential goal. \n> \\- It may also be the case that Aladdin is not _actually_ a Magi, but\n> something else that appears as a Magi. Thus, he may never have known his\n> purpose prior to losing his memories, either.\n\nHowever, none of these are confirmed nor backed by substantial proof, so take\nthem with a few (read: several) grains of salt.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-03T02:37:02.527", "id": "3228", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-03T02:37:02.527", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "2969", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**It was because Syaoran was attracted by Yukito's magical power.**\n\nIt was revealed that\n\n> Syaoran was magically attracted to the magical energies of the moon, which\n> were residing within Yukito, as Syaoran drew his magical power from the\n> moon.\n\n..that was why he often blushed and feel embarrassed at Yukito's presence. It\nwas not because he was romantically attracted to him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-20T23:30:10.260", "id": "2972", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-20T23:30:10.260", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "2970", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe term \"Kage\" is not used to just refer to any leader of any village it's\nonly for the leaders of the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Their\nresponsibilities include:\n\n * To oversee the ninja activity in the village.\n * To prepare and send ninjas to the active missions.\n * Organize the ninja promotion exams (chuunin exam).\n * Manage the rewards of the mission and distribute it as a payment for the ninjas.\n\nA village is ruled by 2 political and 1 military power. You have the Feudal\nLords, the Elders and the Kage. The Kage, before taking any big decisions that\nwill involve the entire village (activities not only ninja-related), for\nexample safety issues ( ** _What to do with Naruto_** ), have to discuss it\nwith the Feudal Lords and the Elders. In other words, the Kage is the biggest\ntitle a ninja can get, but regarding the administration of the village, it has\nto be discussed with the **Elders** and of course the owners of the land and\npossibly of the economy: the **Feudal Lords**.\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-29T13:43:52.617", "id": "3094", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-29T13:50:19.007", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-29T13:50:19.007", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "8", "parent_id": "2973", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Yu-gi-oh! GX dub by 4Kids ends after the defeat of Yubel, which is in\nepisode 155. This is the 3rd main arc in the anime, the [Dimension World\nArc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-\nOh!_GX_episodes_%28season_3%29) (Note that 156, while still belonging to this\narc, was never dubbed). However, there is one more arc of the anime which was\nnever dubbed in English, which is just called [Season\n4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_GX_episodes_%28season_4%29).\nThe conclusion of season 4 (episode 180) is the end of the Yu-gi-oh! GX anime,\nand the story isn't directly continued in any of the other series, apart from\nthe special \"Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time\" which features the main\ncharacters of the main series, GX, and 5D's. So to answer your question,\n**yes, the GX anime continues for another 25 episodes after that point.**\n\nThere's also the [manga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_GX#Manga),\nwhich is very different from the anime. It's more like a continuation of the\noriginal Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series and manga, and a lot of things are changed in the\nplot. It's also worth noting that the anime actually predates the manga in\nthis case.\n\nWhile I've linked to Wikipedia articles above, you can find the same\ninformation at the [Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki entry for\nGX](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_GX), as well as a lot more\ninformation which is not on Wikipedia.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T05:44:54.440", "id": "2998", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T05:52:23.217", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-22T05:52:23.217", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2974", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOff the top of my head, there's **Nodame Cantabile** 's Chiaki is the main\ncharacter and central POV character of the series. He narrates and often has\nthe \"internal\" voice when he interacts with other people. He starts by being\ncold to Nodame then turns warm to her.\n\nAlthough it's not from his POV, Li Syaoran from **Card Captor Sakura** (not\nthe Syaoran from **Tsubasa Chronicles** ) can be considered oranyan, by his\ntreatment of Sakura.\n\nOh, and Naoki Irie from **Itazura na Kiss** , too.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T01:33:29.443", "id": "2977", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T13:45:20.733", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T13:45:20.733", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2976", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA lot of things that are in the manga aren't shown in the anime, so they must\nhave thought it wasn't important enough later on. Usually the reason for this\nis that there isn't enough time for it in the stated amount of episodes given\nto the director. Or you could say that there isn't enough budget. The Skip\nBeat anime series was also ended and not continued, probably because of lack\nof popularity or budget.\n\nOn [myanimelist.net](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=438975), a user\nasked the original director of the anime series if it would be continued. The\ndirector would like to but states that there has to be a big amount of\npopularity for the series to continue. This makes me conclude that apparently\nthe anime wasn't popular enough, which is strange because the manga has a huge\namount of followers. But usually a manga series has more readers than the\nanime has watchers, due to more chances for manga to be published than for\nanime. Also on the [wikipedia page for\nanime](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime) it says:\n\n> anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than\n> manga)\n\nThis is also a reason why some manga series are continued while their anime\ncounterpart is not.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-23T16:46:12.633", "id": "3011", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-23T16:46:12.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1597", "parent_id": "2978", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTaken from the _One Piece_ Wiki on [Devil\nFruits](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit):\n\n> When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another fruit of\n> the same kind. Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply\n> regenerates inside the closest appropriate fruit, as seen when Smiley \"died\"\n> and the [Sara Sara no Mi, Model:\n> Axolotl](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sara_Sara_no_Mi,_Model%3a_Axolotl)\n> transplanted itself into a nearby apple. Another characteristic of a Devil\n> Fruit's growth is that the stem becomes noticably curlier than it was when\n> the fruit was not endowed with the ability.\n\nSo, in other words, the Devil Fruit \"respawns\" when the user that had it dies.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T10:37:12.190", "id": "2985", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T13:39:19.857", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T13:39:19.857", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1588", "parent_id": "2979", "post_type": "answer", "score": 32 }, { "body": "\n\nDo you remember ceaser? In one of episodes of smiley, you could see him eating\na giant candy that made him turn to purple, near him there is a wagon that\nsoldiers wanted to ride, but it started melting. Moreover, at the wagon there\nis a bag full of apples and one of them turned into purple, I think it's a\ndevil fruit, but I don't know who it's user is.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-01T13:56:02.427", "id": "5068", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-01T13:56:02.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2325", "parent_id": "2979", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe devil fruit was smiley devil fruit because when ever a devil fruit eater\ndied the devil fruit will be reborn to nearby fruit that is how the apple\nbecame a devil fruit in episode 602 in one piece.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-02T13:18:43.793", "id": "20568", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-02T13:18:43.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13698", "parent_id": "2979", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure why [Robin's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2985/6166)\nwas not accepted, but **it has indeed been long confirmed that Devil Fruits\nre-appear after the user dies**. On the other hand, whether artificial Zoan\nfruits re-appear has not been confirmed at the time of writing.\n\nIn [chapter 676](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_676), it was the first\ntime we could see a fruit re-spawn.\n**When[Smiley](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smiley) dies, we can see the\nnearest apple change form** into the [Salamander fruit, model\nAxolotl](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sara_Sara_no_Mi,_Model:_Axolotl),\nwhich was the fruit that was injected into the poisonous H2S gas, creating\n[Smiley](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smiley). It seems like at least all\npirates related to [Donquixote\nDoflamingo](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) know about\nthis process, as [Caesar](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Caesar) put a bag of\napples on the sledge on purpose, commented that he will meet Smiley again.\n\n\n\nIn [chapter 703](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_703), **it was then\nfinally confirmed that Devil Fruits do indeed re-spawn after a user dies**.\nWhen [Luffy](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy) and\n[Franky](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Franky) were interrogating one of\nDoflamingo's underlings, he revealed that the [Fire\nFruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mera_Mera_no_Mi) would be put up as the\nprice for the Colosseum contest. He then confirmed that a fruit can exist only\nonce and that they are indeed reborn, making this Fire Fruit,\n[Ace's](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ace) Fire Fruit.\n\n\n\n> The Devil's fruit... It is said two of the same kind can't exist at the same\n> time. However... It appears that when an ability user dies, that Devil's\n> fruit is reborn somewhere in this earth! Fire fist Ace's _Fire Fruit_ was\n> unknowingly, brought back to this world after his death... And is now in\n> possession of the young master!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-05-10T08:57:13.957", "id": "21441", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-10T09:03:37.827", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "2979", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to haruhi.wikia.com:\n\n> Kyon believes Haruhi to be an annoying and reckless girl, although he\n> believes she can be a kind, talented person if she learns to calm down and\n> help others instead of demanding things. Throughout the series, Kyon\n> develops a love/hate relationship with Haruhi; he always complains about\n> Haruhi's unreasonable demands, yet he still helps to accomplish most of\n> them.\n>\n> Unlike the other three Brigade members, Kyon sees Haruhi more like a human\n> than a mysterious factor, and treats her like one, which leads to several\n> risks of her destroying the world. Despite this he firmly maintains that one\n> of these days she would \"have to learn her lesson\" and frequently complains\n> about needing to help control closed space (which is why he must submit to\n> Haruhi's demands).\n>\n> Kyon was the only person to address Haruhi by her first name (without\n> honorifics). Kyon wishes that Haruhi would return to a normal life, and as\n> he says in \"Charmed at First Sight LOVER\", he wishes she would get a\n> boyfriend so that he would not have to go through so much work.\n\nIn regards to his relationships with other people,\n\n> Seeing the human version of Yuki in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya\n> leaves a strong effect on him where in fact it was so strong that he\n> believes that Yuki actions to alter the world is because of 'love', and he\n> tries to keep up with her emotional development. He becomes jealous when\n> Nakagawa believes he loves her in \"Charmed at First Sight LOVER\", and Kyon\n> admits he has feelings for Yuki (romantically, friendship-wise, or familial-\n> wise) in the same chapter.\n\nRegarding Asahina:\n\n> Kyon has an interest in Mikuru, which is somewhat flirtatious given that he\n> keeps files of her pictures. In fact, Kyon was attracted to Mikuru more than\n> any other female members of SOS Brigade because of her beauty and timid\n> appearance.\n>\n> Kyon's defensive actions has let Mikuru to have feelings towards him. He\n> also declares in Charmed at First Sight LOVER that if she ever gets a\n> boyfriend, he'll \"stalk him all day\". However, at one point Koizumi pointed\n> out that the character of Mikuru may be just an acting to seduce Kyon as her\n> beauty was also an important fact for why she is chosen among the time-\n> travelers because getting close to Kyon can help her investigation on Haruhi\n> (or even convince Kyon to let Haruhi alter the world as what she wants)\n\nTo summarize, Kyon doesn't seem to be in love with Haruhi. Instead, he more\nlikely has feelings for Yuki.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-23T00:11:17.543", "id": "3005", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-23T00:11:17.543", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's not going to be a definitive answer to this question, and that's\nprobably intentional on the part of the franchise creator. That said, there is\none school of thought that says that it is Kyon in fact who subconsciously\ncontrols the world, and that Haruhi's powers and the strange visitors and\nKyon's involvement with them are all actually to satisfy Kyon's suppressed\ndesire for a more interesting life.\n\nConsider that things generally go Kyon's way and that it is Kyon, not Haruhi,\nwho gets to enjoy the fruits of being surrounded by aliens, time travelers,\nand espers. And of course Kyon gets to show affection for, and for the most\npart have it returned by, all of the female characters, and Koizumi does not\ncompete with him at all in that department.\n\nSo ultimately, does the world really exist to satisfy Haruhi, or to satisfy\nKyon? And if everyone is who they are simply because Kyon wills it to be so,\ncan he really love any of them?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T00:14:58.653", "id": "3041", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-26T06:21:01.410", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-26T06:21:01.410", "last_editor_user_id": "111", "owner_user_id": "1606", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nKyon was never in a \"Haruhi or Yuki: who do you like more, go!\" position at\nany point during the Dissapearance novel or movie. If you interpret it as\nsuch, you're either not paying very close attention, or it's just a mis-\ninterpretation of the character's motivation. It is cognitively dissonant to\neven imply that Kyon rejected the alternate world \"for Haruhi\". If you didn't\nnotice, Haruhi existed in the alternate world, with the exact same\npersonality. The book even clearly states that the only one who changed was\nYuki herself.\n\nKyon's preference of the old world over the new one was purely due to the fact\nthat the old one was more interesting and adventurous because it was\nsupernatural. That, and the fact that he liked the old Yuki better than the\ncompletely new one.\n\nThat being said, we don't know who Kyon loves, but it's clear that he has\nstrong feelings for all of the three girls, as the books and series go\nforward.\n\nTake this quote from Charmed at First Sight Lover, for example:\n\n\"In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato.\nThough I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found\nthat I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every\nsituation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably\nthe only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously. No\nmatter what happens, Haruhi would always find a way out, Asahina-san only\nneeds to remain as herself, while Koizumi can go to hell for all I care,\nbut...\"\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-08T02:27:34.557", "id": "4069", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-08T02:27:34.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1874", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that Haruhi and Kyon are interlinked through the universe. The light\nnovels, manga, anime and movie all strongly suggest that one cannot live\nwithout the other. In order for any world to exist, they must be together.\n\nI speculate that the feelings he experiences with Mikuru is purely physical.\nHe's a 14-15 year old boy and he's in front of a big-chested, yet timid girl -\nof course you'd like that. In contrast, Nagato's character is more difficult\nto read, and I would need to re-read and re-watch the series to get a full\ngrasp on their relationship. However, it should be noted that Yuki only steps\nout of her role as the passive observer to the active member when Kyon's life,\nor her interests come into jeopardy. And I believe that Kyon gives Yuki the\nindividualism that she has desired since birth, so in a way, the two\ncompliment one another and serve as mirror images to each others characters. I\ncould support this by analyzing the relationship between Yuki-Mikuru, seeing\nthat Kyon regards her as a loveable sex object, whereas Yuki regards her\nsimply as an object. Unimportant.\n\nBack to Haruhi, which I believe Kyon has a real, founded and amazing romantic\nrelationship with. Haruhi compliments Kyon perfectly, and vice versa too! Only\nHaruhi can make Kyon act and change as a character. As much as Kyon complains,\nit is only through Haruhi that he gains a real experience in his everyday\nlife. For Haruhi, Kyon is the only person who can ground her without\nridiculing her, the only one who challenges her authority and the only one who\ncan say 'no' to her and get away with it. And as much as she bickers and\nbitches at him, she goes through the most change when she finally accepts his\nadvice and at times, his criticism. To be plain, and to reference the series\ngreatest episode _The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Chapter VI_ , they\nmutually create a closed space in order to explore their true desires for one\nanother.\n\nKyon, wishing to return to old world, whilst Haruhi wishes to remain in a\nfantasy; normally, such contrasting views would result in the world's end.\nHowever, it is Kyon's realization that he likes Haruhi simply because she is\nHaruhi, that changes everything. It's his realization that he may like Mikuru\nbecause she's hot, and he may like Yuki because she's a bad ass, but he likes\nHaruhi because she's just... Haruhi. \"A teacher would ask, what does this\nperson mean to you?\" asks Kyon, and he answers himself saying that he doesn't\ngive a shit about whether she's an a hope for evolution, a time anomaly, or a\ngod. To Kyon, and that matter to Haruhi, she's just herself and in that, in\nbeing herself, she's perfect. I think he realizes that Haruhi, in turn, loves\nhim because he's simply himself. Not because he can control her, contain her\nand appease her like the others, but because he's the only other person who\ncan look at her and go \"You're an idiot\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-30T06:15:53.187", "id": "6081", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-19T18:49:39.153", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-19T18:49:39.153", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2825", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nOkay, there are a lot of theories regarding this topic. I guess there truth\nis, the couple you support, you are _determined_ to find parts in the movie\nthat hints that they like each other. Even if it doesn't generally mean that,\nyou interpret it to be and bend your mind to find reasons.\n\nIn the end, it's just an anime however lol, I'm still dying to find out who\nKyon ends up with, though we all know it's most probably Haruhi. It's nearly\nalways been the fact that main girl gets main boy and the start of the anime\nhas been quite obvious about that. However, I have to admit as it progressed\nalong, it seemed as Kyon told his point of view in the narration that he\nfavoured Mikuru in a crush-sort of kind of way and Yuki in her own unique way-\nhow she always saved him and was so intelligent, however it seemed the longer\nthe series went, the more annoying and irritating he found Haruhi to be.\n\nThough, in the Disappearance of Haruhi, I think he began to realise/or show\nthe viewers that Haruhi was in fact an important piece of his life and all her\nannoying crazy ideas actually made the world he live in better. However, this\nis also the part he actually shows his obvious fondness of Yuki, at the last\npart when it was snowing and he was determined to save her. For once in the\nanime, his fondness of Yuki and Haruhi and not just Mikuru was revealed to the\naudience, though it was not necessarily then he realised it.\n\nAll in all, it's quite obvious that Haruhi and Kyon are going to end up\ntogether, even though they find each other sometimes unbearable and annoying.\nTo be honest, I always liked Itsuki Koizumi and Haruhi together- I thought he\nwould treat her better than Kyon, the lady's man and playa but however, I can\nkind of see obviously that even if Koizumi _did_ like Haruhi, it was\ncompletely one-sided.\n\nIt's sad when your favourite couples don't get together but you just have to\nget over the fact and anyway, the pairings are usually quite obvious already\nin the start of the anime or by the main characters. Just remind yourself that\nit's an anime and have a box of tissues by your side. T_T\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-16T05:21:24.890", "id": "6948", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-16T05:21:24.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3358", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the final novel the Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 2:\n\n> After being thrown by one of the blue giants (celestial), he entered the\n> time warp into the future and he saw Haruhi's ponytails getting longer since\n> she entered the college and also Kyon saw the future himself at one of the\n> windows of the college.\n\nSo yeah they seemed to ended up together (although they actually aren't really\ntogether like they dating or something).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-01T11:27:16.483", "id": "8407", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-01T23:27:39.080", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-01T23:27:39.080", "last_editor_user_id": "88", "owner_user_id": "4348", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI remember something Kyon thought of from Endless Eight (in the light novel\nThe Rampage of):\n\n\"Sleeping together like this, Haruhi and Asahina-san is a decent competition.\nMaybe some people would even prefer Haruhi.\"\n\n\"Hmmm...definitely.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-27T18:12:05.047", "id": "8966", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-27T18:12:05.047", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4669", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nKyon definitely likes Haruhi because in the episode/chapter, the disappearance\nof Haruhi Suzumiya is when he went crazy looking for Haruhi. He doesn't even\nmake a moment with Mikuru even a little! Also he even said in one of the\nchapters, 'Miss Asahina is cute, but Haruhi's much better', so I agree with\n\"Haruhi-Kyon\" relationship. And truly, I like 'Koizumi-Asahina' instead.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-11T10:03:37.980", "id": "9641", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-11T10:42:13.470", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-11T10:42:13.470", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "4844", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nPersonally, I think that no matter what happens in the future and or who he\nchooses, Kyon inevitably always stays with Haruhi. Whether it develops\nromantically or not, that's his choice because out of all the characters, he's\nthe most human with the most free will.\n\nKyon will most likely have flings in the future but the fact that his fate is\nforever entwined with Haruhi remains as the ultimate truth. I hate to think it\nbut I believe that Kyon never truly acts on his feelings for Nagato because\neven though she is constantly changing, she was born an alien with a specific\nduty. Nagato will never be truly free to persue any form of romantic\nrelationship with Kyon and so she will never choose him over Haruhi.\n\nNow for Mikuru? I also believe that nothing truly serious develops between\nKyon and her. Her future self may be in love with him but because she\nwillingly distances herself from him due to the fear of Haruhi's reaction if\nthey had a relationship. Along with Nagato, Mikuru's sole purpose is to\nobserve and aid Haruhi's development. Even though she may fall for Kyon, which\nis apparent every time she sees the present Kyon by her future self, she\nmaintains the distance and even warns him to keep such distance in the future\nbecause she knows that she will only suffer from having to restrain her own\ndesires and feelings towards him. Thus, Kyon is more likely to never end up\nwith any of the two despite his interests.\n\nIt's sad to say that Kyon and Haruhi may date other people in the future and\nexperience different things but they'll always be stuck with each other,\nforever in an unyielding loop of a love/hate relationship.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-20T03:34:55.140", "id": "13532", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-20T03:34:55.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8062", "parent_id": "2984", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt works a bit differently in Avatar.\n\nFirebenders draw they power from great sources of fire. The sun is usually the\nstrongest one around (with the exception of Sozin's comet, when it arrives\nevery 100 years). Water benders draw their power from the moon.\n\nTherefore, at night, the water bender will usually win, while at day the fire\nbender will usually win. Since the fire benders were on the offense, they get\nto decide when to attack (during daylight).\n\nAlso, there seem to have been a lot more fire benders than there were water\nbenders (also, the water benders were separated into two very faraway clans).\n\nLast but not least, in Avatar, the relationship between the elements doesn't\nseem to be that of dominance over one another, but rather, Earth and Air are\nopposites, while Fire and Water are opposites. It's not that one is stronger\nthan the other, but rather two sides of the same coin.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T20:30:35.600", "id": "2992", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T20:30:35.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2987", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's no obvious elemental dominance in the show. I depends more on the\nbender's ability than what they bend. There are a few things that could change\ntheir ability, such as the presence of the sun and moon for firebenders and\nwaterbenders respectively.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T19:03:46.673", "id": "3004", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T19:03:46.673", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1449", "parent_id": "2987", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Is it available to use other characters of other animes into your own\n> without having copyright issues?\n\nOf course. As long as you didn't sign over copyright as part of a distribution\ndeal, you OWN the copyright, and can do whatever you want with the characters.\nCopyright can be deconstructed as \"the right to copy\", as in... \"I have the\nright to copy these... you don't\".\n\n> Why does Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ha[ve] the same characters [as] Sakura\n> Card Captor?\n\nCLAMP is very fond of re-using characters. The boys from Clamp Campus\nDetectives show up in X/1999. The main characters from Tokyo Babylon show up\nthere as well. xxxHolic and Tsubasa Chronicles characters cameo'd in each\nother's series. These are just the obvious ones I've seen.\n\nAdmittedly, I don't know of any other case where they simply\n[AUd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_universe_%28fiction%29) the main\ncharacters of one series into another one.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-21T15:16:55.067", "id": "2989", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T20:59:08.937", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T20:59:08.937", "last_editor_user_id": "71", "owner_user_id": "71", "parent_id": "2988", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nCardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle are actually part of the\nsame \"multiverse\", as well as xxxHolic. Clow Reed is a major character in both\nCardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa, and other characters such as Yukito show up in\nmore than one of them.\n\nThere are other crossovers between the different worlds, such as this:\n\n> Tsubasa Li is the son of Syaoran Li and Sakura Li. Sakura Kinomoto from\n> Cardcaptor Sakura gave her Star Wand to Sakura Li as the price to Yūko for\n> Tsubasa to go to Clow Country. It is also stated that Tsubasa does not give\n> Yūko his true name, (a counterpoint to Watanuki who gives both name and\n> birthday), instead he uses his father's name, Syaoran Li\n\nAlso, according to ccs.wikia.com:\n\n> Since part of CLAMP's stated intention of xxxHolic was to unite their body\n> of work into a single universe/multiverse, it seems quite likely that Yūko\n> has a more than passing awareness of the events of Cardcaptor Sakura, Tokyo\n> Babylon, and X/1999, and that while she may not have visited Cephiro\n> herself, she is almost certainly aware of its existence. In a special novel\n> released in Japan about the origins of the two Mokonas, it was mentioned\n> that Clow Reed and herself met the original Mokona of Cephiro (Magic Knight\n> Rayearth) thus making it the model for building the two smaller Mokonas. One\n> is black and one is white. The white one has a red gem and black one has\n> blue gem.\n\nClamp is known for using crossover characters for all of their different\nmangas. Tsubasa and xxxHolic are the most closely tied, but there are major\ncrossovers--such as Clow Reed--between Tsubasa and Cardcaptor Sakura.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T00:25:17.697", "id": "2996", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T00:25:17.697", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "2988", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you look at chapter 145 (page 4) in the manga, you can see this:\n\n\n\nYoshina asks No. 7 about Ouroboros, and she says that it has disappeared into\nspace again in exchange for her brother's and Grana's lives.\n\nSo, if we take the words of No. 7 seriously, yes, they died.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T21:22:04.963", "id": "3051", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-28T21:41:49.640", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-28T21:41:49.640", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "8", "parent_id": "2991", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAll of these faces are direct parodies of Fujiya's [forever 6 year\nold](http://www.fujiya-peko.co.jp/pekoworld/profile/index.html) mascot, Peko-\nchan:\n\n\n\nPeko-chan was created in the 1950s is probably the most recognized character\nin the Japanese confectionery world.\n\nIn Japan, showing one's tongue can be used to express one's feeling\nembarrassed at making a mistake. It's often times meant to be childish and\nregarded as cute. There are no solid references connecting the behavior to\nFujiya's mascot, but some believe the behavior is popularized by children\nimitating Peko-chan.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T16:46:19.260", "id": "3003", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T16:46:19.260", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2995", "post_type": "answer", "score": 24 }, { "body": "\n\nFor me, the Clannad and the Tonari no Kashiwagi-san pictures at least shows\nmore an attitude of \"tasty!\" / \"it's good!\" expression: the tongue sticking\nout is just one licking its lips to get all the remaining gravy / taste, and\nthis is enhanced by the hand gesture showing appreciation.\n\nThese are quite universal body expressions.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-17T11:47:05.693", "id": "3413", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-17T11:47:05.693", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1688", "parent_id": "2995", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTvtropes call that a [Last Episode Theme\nReprise](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LastEpisodeThemeReprise),\nand mentions that it is used in video games as well:\n\n> Since it's standard practice to make a Theme Song as awesome as possible,\n> said theme likes to find its way into a privileged position in the final\n> battle. At The Climax of the series, when things are at their most epic, the\n> theme gets played over the show itself. Typically we'll get to hear the\n> verses not played in the opening, and sometimes the whole song is strung\n> together for once.\n>\n> The opening or closing theme can be used. Often this serves as an ultimate\n> Theme Music Power-Up. Often it serves in this capacity for the show itself.\n> The creators seem to be claiming their own Crowning Moment of Awesome with\n> this music.\n>\n> This is also common in Video Games, the most common being a reprisal or\n> orchestral version of the main theme over the final dungeon or ending\n> sequences.\n\nI would say that it is at least not uncommon, since the page has an extensive\nlist of titles that use this trope, to name a few:\n\n * Neon Genesis Evangelion\n * Dragonball GT\n * FMA\n * Eureka Seven\n * Witchblade\n\nand many others. As for _Is there a reason for it (as opposed to just playing\na new epic piece)_ , usually there isn't. If it is significant, however, it\nrather seems to be the [Title Theme\nDrop](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TitleThemeDrop) trope;\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T08:18:12.907", "id": "2999", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T08:18:12.907", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2997", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe belt they are wearing is generally referred to as an \"obi.\"\n\nThe belt braided in the style of\n[Shimenawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimenawa) ropes, sacred Shinto ropes\nmade by twisting together straws. It is hung horizontally to indicate a sacred\nShintoism place such as praying hall or torii.\n\nThe Wikipedia article (linked above) notes that:\n\n> A variation of the shimenawa is used in [sumo\n> wrestling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo_wrestling) by\n> [yokozuna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokozuna_%28sumo%29) (grand\n> champions) during their entrance ceremonies to denote their rank. This is\n> because the yokozuna is seen as a living yorishiro (formally\n> [shintai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintai)), and as such is inhabited\n> by a spirit.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-22T15:36:51.703", "id": "3001", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-22T15:36:51.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "3000", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat arm could be the arm of Kiritsugu Emiya. In the picture the characters\nare connected to thier masters. The masters of Saber would be Shirou Emiya and\nKiritsugu Emiya.\n\nIt could also be the arm of Irisviel van Einzbern, who wasn't the real master\nof Saber but some sort of stand-in, while Kiritsugu was doing his dirty work.\n\n<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/Zero#Characters>\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-30T00:46:06.557", "id": "3105", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-30T00:46:06.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1624", "parent_id": "3002", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is an interesting question, but without an official source to confirm the\nanswers, they can only remain as speculations.\n\nIf you pay attention to the forearm of the hidden character, it is not covered\nin sleeves, nor is it decorated with anything, like a wrist band, so Kiritsugu\nis out. Saber's friendly gesture towards the unknown person shows a moderately\nclose affinity between them, so again it can't be Kiritsugu because Saber\ndislikes him and would have shown an anxious face like Bazett's if it's his\nhand that is reaching out to her. While Irisviel von Einzbern fits all these\nbills and is indeed a likely candidate, the size of the hand seems to be\nslightly larger than that of Saber and about equal to that of Shirou, which\nsuggests the hand of a delicate man over that of a delicate woman.\n\nI think Saber is extending her hand to her male archetype counterpart:\n[Prototype Saber](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Pendragon#Casual)\nfrom _[Fate/Prototype](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype)_ ,\nwhich was released as a twelve minute anime segment released with Season 3 of\n_Carnival Phantasm_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SRxLq.png)\n\nIt makes sense to reveal only the hand because we don't even know of the\nexistence of Prototype Saber until after Ayaka Sajou has called Ahnenerbe in\nthe final segment of the last episode, so it serves as a good lead-in to\n_Fate/Prototype_. The incompleteness of the character sequence is also an\nacknowledgement to the fact that _Fate/Prototype_ never came to fruition.\n\nIn comparison, _Fate/Grand Carnival_ , _Carnival Phantasm_ 's spiritual\nsequel, also did something similar in their\n[EDs](https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/q7zjav/fategrand_carnival_ending_both_versions/)\nwhere the character sequence stops halfway at the hind legs of [Red\nHare](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Hare), but is continued and\nends unambiguously on\n[Castoria](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Artoria_Caster), signifying\nthat _Fate/Grand Order_ is a largely complete series with its own anime\nadaptations.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-03T07:24:01.983", "id": "15445", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-19T15:35:32.737", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-19T15:35:32.737", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "8486", "parent_id": "3002", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's a [zerochan image](http://www.zerochan.net/873377) suggesting that\nit's Irisviel:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lnOLN.jpg)\n\nHowever, it credits a Pixiv user so chances are that it ain't official.\nNevertheless, there are some bases for such an assumption:\n\n * Irisviel has a connection to Saber (being the stand-in Master during Fate/Zero)\n * the arm looks feminine \n * Despite [Logan M's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3002/who-is-saber-extending-her-hand-to-in-the-ed-of-carnival-phantasm#comment2381_3105) Fate/Zero characters do appear in the Ahnenerbe party [after the credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xk24zV5_KA&t=15m33s), even Iris.\n\n\n\n\n\nSo it stands to reason that Irisviel is the most likely candidate.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-03T21:28:05.350", "id": "15459", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-01T04:30:50.887", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "3002", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**EDITED:** According to\n[www.naruto2.com](http://www.naruto2.com/Information/Naruto-ChuuninExam.aspx),\nno. It can be held in different ninja villages as well. And because of\nconvenience purposes, the village with the most participating ninjas will host\nthe Chuunin Exams.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-23T03:42:13.410", "id": "3007", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-23T04:29:46.007", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-23T04:29:46.007", "last_editor_user_id": "1557", "owner_user_id": "1557", "parent_id": "3006", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirst off, _Dragon Ball Z Kai_ doesn't include anything from _Dragon Ball_ ,\nwhich is the story of Goku as a child. Secondly, the main difference is that\n_Kai_ lacks the filler content of the original _Dragon Ball Z_ , and stops at\nthe end of the Cell saga.\n\nBy filler I mean content not originally in the manga. Some (like myself)\nenjoyed the filler, while others thought it to be extra fluff. _Kai_ is more\nfaithful to the manga than the original anime was. In some cases though, this\ncould affect how some see the development of characters. For example: In the\noriginal _DBZ_ , one of the most intriguing, and perhaps touching, moments is\nGohan surviving alone in the wilderness. The challenges and events he faces,\nas well as the people he meets, all influence the person he becomes later on.\nMuch of this was cut in Kai, and so, unless you've already seen _DBZ_ , it\nmight seem a little choppy.\n\nBy ending at the Cell saga, it ends in the place where the original author\nAkira Toriyama wanted it to. In doing so, you miss the two-three seasons that\ncame afterward.\n\nThe are also other small differences between the two, including different\nmusic in some cases, and new scenes added/redone in _Kai_.\n\nAs for censorship, some scenes where updated to fit the new standards of\nJapanese Television. In American productions of the anime (namely dubs), there\ncould have been further censoring. I can't remember the name of the company at\nthe moment, but one went so far as to make the character Mr. Popo blue, to\nlessen claims of racism.\n\n \n\nGiven the facts, you can make up your mind as to which you will watch, but in\nmy humble opinion I would go with the originals first, and later on, if you\nwant, you can look into _Kai_ as an abridgment. As someone who has personally\nwatched both, I must say that I only enjoyed _Kai_ because I was able to fill\nin the details myself. If I had never seen _DBZ_ I doubt I would have felt\nthis comfortable.\n\nI hope I helped! :)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-23T23:45:27.370", "id": "3015", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-18T02:50:24.103", "last_edit_date": "2017-06-18T02:50:24.103", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "1600", "parent_id": "3010", "post_type": "answer", "score": 36 }, { "body": "\n\n_Kai_ is not too bad as I'm currently watching it on KIX, but there are silly\nthings chopped away from what I remember in _Dragon Ball Z_ , like:\n\n> Cell stomps and crushes Android 16's head after he's done telling Gohan to\n> embrace his inner anger to defeat Cell. In _Dragon Ball Z Kai_ , this is cut\n> out and only Android 16's brain cartridge and a few bolts are seen MAGICALLY\n> on the scene. Yet, during the Frieza saga, you get to see Krillin use\n> 'Destructo Disc' to cut off Frieza's tail which did happen in both Z and Kai\n> but this clashes with the head crushing.\n\nTo me, _Dragonball Z_ destroys _Kai_ in every form and shape because it's more\ninfluential in all the character's development. Not to mention I've yet to see\nYamcha use his technique The Wolf Fang Fist.\n\nFrom what I've read as well, we are going to lose out on the Majin Buu Saga,\nthe Kid Buu Saga, and the Super Android 17 Saga.\n\nLastly, it hasn't been mentioned from what I've read, but even though it's\nonly a filler, what happened to the Garlic Jr. Saga? If I remember correctly,\nit was based on the return from Namek. I could be wrong. So much is cut from\n_Z_ , it's sort of depressing.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-21T07:15:47.107", "id": "5974", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-05T14:51:48.897", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-05T14:51:48.897", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2767", "parent_id": "3010", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is a mountain, called [Mount\nKurama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kurama), which has a fair bit of\nspiritual significance (mostly due to [Kurama Temple](http://www.healing-\ntouch.co.uk/kurama2.htm)). As Wikipedia says:\n\n> The philosopher Hayashi Razan lists one of the three greatest of the\n> daitengu as Sōjōbō of Mount Kurama. The demons of Kurama and Atago are among\n> the most famous tengu.\n\nThe [_Naruto_ Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kurama) mentions this as a\npossible source of the name:\n\n> \"Kurama\" (九喇嘛) literally means 'nine lama'. Kishimoto was mainly inspired to\n> create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga\n> series Yū Yū Hakusho. The name may also reference Mount Kurama (鞍馬山), the\n> sacred mountain said to be the home of the Tengu Sōjōbō who taught people\n> ninjutsu and other Japanese martial arts.\n\nThe other one listed there, of course, is Kurama from _Yū Yū Hakusho_. This\ndoes appear to be cited, but the citation is to a book called the Second\nArtbook ([this one](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1421514079), I\nthink, pages 74-81), which I haven't been able to find online anywhere.\n\nHow it appears is that _Yū Yū Hakusho_ chose this name in the early 1990s\n(probably from the name of the aforementioned mountain), then _Naruto_ used\nthis as inspiration for a similar character of their own.\n\nBecause of this choice from _Naruto_ 's mangaka, it seems likely that he also\nchose a similar character to use that name for. Kurama in _Yū Yū_ was a _yōko_\n, it makes sense to reuse that name for a _kitsune_.\n\nAs for the original usage of the name Kurama in _Yū Yū_ , one plausible\nexplanation is that because of the name Kurama's connotation to the martial\narts master Sōjōbō mentioned above, who possessed great wisdom and taught\nmagic to [Minamoto no\nYoshitsune](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoshitsune).\n\n> Stories depict [the kitsune] as intelligent beings and as possessing magical\n> abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Foremost among these is\n> the ability to assume human form.\n> _([Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune))_\n\nHowever, this does not appeared to be cited to any specific source, so it is\nalso highly plausible that there is no direct connection between the use of\nthe name Kurama and the fox.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-23T20:14:36.530", "id": "3014", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-24T16:01:52.343", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-24T16:01:52.343", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "3013", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's **[Übel Blatt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbel_Blatt)**.\n\n> The story of Übel Blatt takes place in a medieval, fantasy-like landscape.\n> It follows the steps of Koinzell, who appears to be nothing more than a mere\n> half human child most distinguishable for the scar over his left eye. He is\n> on a quest of revenge against those who betrayed and killed him and now call\n> themselves the seven heroes of the land.\n>\n> Beginning some twenty years prior to the start of the manga, the story\n> narrates on how Koinzell, then named Ascheriit, was a young, prodigious\n> swordsman whose skill granted him the fabled title of Blatt Meister\n> (literally Blade Master). His deeds made him one of the fourteen chosen by\n> the ruling emperor of the Empire of Szaalenden to venture into a dangerous\n> quest to defeat a powerful enemy invader known as the evil nation of\n> Wischtech, of whom the many powerful engines of destruction and dark\n> sorceries made a dangerous foe. Each armed with a lance blessed by the\n> Emperor himself, and thus known as the Fourteen Lances, the chosen traveled\n> far into the enemy's wasted landscape, losing three of their ranks to the\n> perils of the land, until they arrived into a forest where seven of the\n> eleven remaining decided to forfeit their mission, fearing for their lives.\n> Nevertheless, Ascheriit and three of those still bent on following the\n> Emperor's will continued, and incredibly succeeded in their deed, returning\n> victorious. It was then that the seven who were left behind ambushed their\n> comrades and massacred them. Back home, they told the Emperor that the four\n> they killed turned traitors against them, and after dispatching them the\n> seven completed the task. Thus, they were hailed as heroes and dubbed the\n> Seven Heroes, while the four who were killed became symbols of treachery and\n> received the spregiative moniker of Lances of Betrayal. \n> \n> Thus, the story tells of the voyage of Ascheriit, who indeed survived the\n> slaughter and vowed to take the head of his traitorous companions, now\n> powerful nobles and warlords hailed as saviors by the people.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-24T04:56:36.047", "id": "3017", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-25T20:32:07.900", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-25T20:32:07.900", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "1601", "parent_id": "3016", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe following episodes are anime-original content which you should skip if you\naren't interested in filler. Some of the other episodes include original\nelements or reference events from filler episodes, but these do not impact the\nstory in the long run so you can safely ignore them. The ones based on manga\nomake are noted as such.\n\nCompactly, the fillers are: **33, 50, 64-109, 128-137, 147-149, 168-189,\n204-205, 213-214, 227-266, 287, 298-299, 303-305, 311-342, 355**. In more\ndetail:\n\n * **Episode 33** Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero (奇跡！謎の新ヒーロー) (based on \"Karakura Heros\" Omake 1)\n * **Episode 50** The Reviving Lion (よみがえる獅子) (based on \"Karakura Heros\" Omake 2)\n * **Episodes 64-109** Bount Arc\n * **Episodes 128-137** Stolen Hogyoku arc\n * **Episodes 147-149** Forest of Menos Subarc\n * **Episodes 168-189** Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc\n * **Episode 204** Ichigo's Stomach-cutting Persuasion Strategy (一護の切腹説得大作戦☆)\n * **Episode 205** Thump! A Kemari Tournament Filled with Hollows (ドキ！虚だらけの蹴鞠大会)\n * **Episodes 213-214** Karakuraizer Mini-arc (based on sketches from volume 29)\n * **Episode 227** Wonderful Error (ワンダフル・エラー) (based on Omake 0.8 \"A Wonderful Error\", 0.side-A \"The Sand\", and 0.side-B \"The Rotator\")\n * **Episode 228** Summer! Sea! Swimsuit Festival!! (夏だ！海だ！水着祭!!) (based on Omake BLEACH on the BEACH!!)\n * **Episode 229** Cry of the Soul? The Rug Shinigami is Born! (魂の叫び？ヅラ死神誕生！)\n * **Episodes 230-265** Zanpakutou Unknown Tales arc\n * **Episode 266** Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Resume (一護ＶＳウルキオラ、再開!) (recap episode)\n * **Episode 287** Side Story...Ichigo and the Magic Lamp (外伝！一護と魔法のランプ)\n * **Episode 298** Film! Festival! Shinigami Film Festival! (映画だ！祭りだ！死神映画祭！)\n * **Episode 299** Theatre Opening Commemoration! The Hell Verse: Prologue (劇場公開記念！地獄編・序章) (adapts \"Imaginary Number 01: The Unforgivens\" Omake)\n * **Episode 303** Real World and Shinigami! The New Year Special! (現世も死神も！お正月スペシャル！)\n * **Episode 304** Another Side Story! This Time's Enemy Is a Monster!? (外伝再び！今度の敵はモンスター！？)\n * **Episode 305** Delusion Roars! Hisagi, Towards the Hot Springs Inn! (妄想爆走！檜佐木、温泉旅館へ！)\n * **Episodes 311-316** Miscellaneous Fillers (none of these are based on manga chapters so I've grouped them together)\n * **Episodes 317-342** Gotei 13 Arc\n * **Episode 355** Shinigami at War! New Year in Seireitei Special! (死神参戦！瀞霊廷もお正月ＳＰ！)\n\nThe series ends with episode 366, at which point you can pick up from manga\nchapter 480 if you so choose.\n\nThe sources for this are scattered across a number of sites, but of particular\nnote are [Bleach Wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Bleach_Wiki), [Wikipedia's\nlist of Bleach\nepisodes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes#Episode_list),\nand [this MAL forum post](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=266473).\nHowever, all had at least some errors so I've had to check on various other\nwebsites as well.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-24T05:22:04.523", "id": "3019", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-15T04:56:06.010", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-15T04:56:06.010", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "3018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 55 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are several sources online that show which episodes are filler and which\nare canonical. Here is a link to one that I know for sure covers all of\nBleach, they also have other anime as well.\n\n<http://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/bleach>\n\nFollowing are the filler episode numbers that you need to skip:-\n\n33, 50, 64-108, 128-137, 147-149, 168-189, 204-205, 213-214, 227-265, 287,\n298-299, 303-305, 311-341, 355\n\nList of filler episodes, by arc:\n\n * 033 Karakura Heroes Omake 1\n * 050 Karakura Heroes Omake 2\n * 064-108 Bount arc\n * 128-137 Stolen Hogyoku arc\n * 147-149 Rukia side story. Plot&Character designs by Kubo\n * 168-189 New Captain arc\n * 204-205 Random one-episode fillers\n * 213-214 Karakura Riser Omake\n * 227-265 Zanpakutou Rebellion arc. Character designs by Kubo.\n * 266 Hueco Mundo Recap\n * 287 Magic Lamp Gaiden\n * 298 Hell Chapter Movie Promotion\n * 299 Hell Chapter Movie Prologue\n * 303-305 *Random one-episode fillers\n * 311-316 *Random one-episode fillers\n * 317-341 *Gotei 13 Invasion arc\n * 355 New Year Special\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2017-10-14T15:55:29.427", "id": "42813", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-23T12:27:12.277", "last_edit_date": "2021-02-23T12:27:12.277", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "36131", "parent_id": "3018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI would think that after the monster rats were defeated, and the ones that\nhelped Squealer were executed, the people could have just gone back for the\nbabies. It didn't take them that long to defeat Squealer and the akki that was\nMaria and Mamoru's child was from much earlier baby theft. That is what I\nthink happened. A bit anti-climatic though.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-31T21:35:52.820", "id": "8397", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T21:35:52.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4335", "parent_id": "3020", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs of episode 305 of _Naruto: Shippuden_ , this does not appear to have any\nofficial word, either by the creators or in the story.\n\nIt seems that, for some reason, the garb was initially portrayed as blue in\nthe anime. However, the official cover of volume 49 of the manga portrays it\nas green (the _Kazekage_ is in the top left here, of course):\n\n\n\nAs you can see, the _Mizukage_ should be the one who has the blue garb; this\nappears to be an error in the anime. However, as you noticed, it was corrected\nin _Naruto: Shippuden_ episode 199 and forward.[[ _Naruto_\nWiki]](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kazekage?oldid=750780#Trivia)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-27T02:14:50.757", "id": "3057", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-27T02:14:50.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "3021", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is probably because Mei (the Mizukage) has the blue hat (water is most\ncommonly associated with the color blue), so they changed Gaara's hat to green\n(2 blue hats would've looked weird...)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-10-22T18:15:25.583", "id": "42934", "last_activity_date": "2017-10-22T18:15:25.583", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "36253", "parent_id": "3021", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it might be universal as [Mysticial\nmentioned](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3022/what-is-the-origin-\nof-shaking-eyes-meaning-surprise-or-fear/3114#comment2301_3022) in the\ncomments above, your eyes waver or tremor when you express emotions such as\nfear, sadness, elation etc.\n\n> _\"The eyes are the window to the soul …\"_\n\n**I don't think it has a set origin, just one of those things that anime\ninherits from real life**. Showing emotions in anime can be hard but not as\nmuch with some of those\n[big](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1v_1_hhWp84/SzmUe8hY3dI/AAAAAAAACgA/5DiefDnmt00/s400/huge_anime_eyes.jpg)\n[doleful](http://www.wallsave.com/wallpapers/1440x900/yu-gi-oh/160216/yu-gi-\noh-sad-eyes-widescreen-anime-160216.jpg) eyes with multiple [catch\nlights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_light).\n\n* * *\n\n> **[And a bit more..](http://animeyourway.blogspot.com/2011/09/eyes-have-\n> it.html)**\n>\n> Eyes are an absolutely fantastic way for having your character convey\n> emotions without actually saying a word. Sometimes a scene can be much more\n> powerful when no words are spoken, but a character's eyes do the talking.\n> This definitely happens in anime quite a lot. While most people think of\n> big, bright eyes in anime, there's actually a lot more to it than that.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-30T16:04:27.630", "id": "3114", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-10T03:57:40.080", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "3022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI agree that this is something anime inherited from real life. It is said that\n\n> Once in a while, TV shows (including anime) does something that actually\n> happens in real life\n> ([source](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthInTelevision)).\n\nAnd I think that this trope originated from this quote,\n\n> \"The eyes are the window of the soul.\"\n\nwho was said by a lot of famous people in the history such as Shakespeare,\nLeonardo da Vinci, Hiram Powers and a lot\n[more](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090415105300AAKIBsY).\nThrough the eyes, a person's emotions can be seen.\n\n**In manga/anime, this can be linked back to the \"Godfather of Anime\", the\n\"Father of Manga\",[Osamu Tezuka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka)**.\nAccording [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Eye_styles),\n\n> Many anime and manga characters feature large eyes. Osamu Tezuka, who is\n> believed to have been the first to use this technique, was inspired by the\n> exaggerated features of American cartoon characters such as Betty Boop,\n> Mickey Mouse, and Disney's\n> Bambi.[4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Eye_styles)[33] Tezuka found\n> that large eyes style allowed his characters to show emotions distinctly.\n> When Tezuka began drawing Ribbon no Kishi, the first manga specifically\n> targeted at young girls, Tezuka further exaggerated the size of the\n> characters' eyes. Indeed, through Ribbon no Kishi, Tezuka set a stylistic\n> template that later shōjo artists tended to follow.\n\nThis is probably what anime productions followed (since most of the anime were\nbased from manga). They used the eyes to show or exaggerate emotions to fully\nrelay to the audience what the character is feeling.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-30T07:59:58.093", "id": "3619", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-30T07:59:58.093", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "3022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is stated on [this wiki\npage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_geography), that\n\n> Hidden Villages are parts of countries in which the country's ninja reside.\n> Their leaders stand equally with the landlords ruling the countries they are\n> a part of. A Hidden Village maintains its economy by training its citizens\n> to be ninja from a young age and using them as manpower in various missions\n> others would be willing to pay for, from weeding a garden for a single\n> payment to receiving a constant budget from the country it resides in for\n> being soldiers in case the country is involved in a war.\n\nHowever, the same page lists Tsuchigumo Village and Tonika Village in the list\nof \"hidden villages\".\n\nI would speculate that the largest ninja village in the country, the one\ndirectly responsible for it's defense, would be called a \"hidden village\"\n(i.e. have \"village hidden in the \" in the name), and the other smaller ones\nwould probably be just \"villages\", even if they belong to a ninja clan or\nsomething.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-27T05:37:15.440", "id": "3058", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-27T05:37:15.440", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "3023", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this wiki page](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Geass) (emphasis\nmine):\n\n> There is only one instance of a person overcoming the effects of Geass,\n> which is the case of Nunnally - **Lelouch attributes this to a very strong\n> degree of will power, which may have been helped along by Charles being dead\n> by then, though there is no mention of her recovering the lost memories of\n> her mother's death, which was Charles' \"primary\" ability.**\n\nIt is also said that (emphasis mine, again)\n\n> Charles' Geass in the anime allowed him to freely alter an individual's\n> memories at will, and also seal the Geass of others, as well as physical\n> abilities such as eyesight, **though there are ways to break these seals,\n> such as contact with an Immortal or sheer willpower, though the latter may\n> have only been possible thanks to his death**.\n\nSo it isn't explicitly stated, but as @Kreiri has mentioned in his comment,\nthe [heroic\nwillpower](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicWillpower) trope\nalso has it's place here.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T05:55:00.147", "id": "3046", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-26T05:55:00.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "3026", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara was released from Edo Tensei and he used it then again on himself. He\ncouldn't free himself, Kabuto just let them go very loose. It is impossible to\nbreak the \"chain\" from the summoner and so, when the summoner restricts the\nmovement, the summoned can't do anything against it.\n\nFor further information on how Madara is still there after he was released\nplease refer to [this\nquestion](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/10/how-can-someone-still-\nstick-around-even-after-the-edo-tensei-had-been-ended).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-25T07:40:19.287", "id": "3031", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-25T07:40:19.287", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "47", "parent_id": "3027", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThat's because you seemingly need to know _and perform_ the technique itself,\non yourself.\n\nOrochimaru blocked Tobirama's movements, not allowing him to perform the hand-\nseals necessary to activate the technique.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-25T07:40:41.760", "id": "3032", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-25T07:40:41.760", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "3027", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Madara frees himself of the Edo Tensei, he performs the seal. But in the\ncase of Tobirama, you can see that in the first attempt he only tries to crush\nthe wall. Also in the next page you can read this:\n\n> _Hashirama: You increased the restraining power using my cells._\n>\n> _Tobirama: Now that I sense better, his body is almost made of my brother's\n> cells._\n\nSo Madara was able to free himself because no one restrained him before he\nperformed the seal; in the case of Tobirama, he tried to destroy the wall\nfirst and Orochimaru was able to restrain him with the increased restraining\npower he has.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-29T13:28:57.870", "id": "3093", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-21T14:19:11.553", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "8", "parent_id": "3027", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you remember, Orochimaru perfected his jutsu, so when he uses it, it's at\nmaximum strength (as demonstrated in both the fight with the Third Hokage and\nthe restraint of the Second Hokage). \nNow the reason for Madara getting released was that Kabuto didn't know how to\nuse the jutsu well, as seen by the lack of control over the reanimated and the\nfact that it takes a huge amount of chakra to be able to have utter control\n(which Orochimaru had but Kabuto lacked). Another reason is the fact that\nKabuto released the Edo Tensei, which basically gave all the reanimated the\nchance to perform the hand signs and stay, as Madara said to Tsunade.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-24T11:39:42.250", "id": "4206", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-24T12:16:31.563", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-24T12:16:31.563", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "1940", "parent_id": "3027", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nClue 1: Hashirama: You increased the restraining power using my cells.\n\nClue 2 Hashirama: Ahahaha! He used my cells to amplify the restraining\nproperties of the Edo Tensei.\n\nLike Hashirama, who can move freely while on Orochimaru's Edo Tensei, Madara\nhas the cells of Hashirama and can cancel/negate the amplification to the\nrestraining properties of Kabuto's Edo Tensei + the knowledge of Edo Tensei's\nseal.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-18T12:51:25.350", "id": "14050", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-19T12:20:02.967", "last_edit_date": "2021-05-19T12:20:02.967", "last_editor_user_id": "59761", "owner_user_id": "8385", "parent_id": "3027", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI haven't played the visual novel for a long time (8-10 months) but I'll try\nto answer as precisely as I can.\n\nThis \"secret of the world\" is the key of the anime/visual novel as you may\nalready have noticed.\n\n**Warning, spoilers below**\n\nThe secret of the world is revealed during Refrain in the visual novel, which\nis unlocked once you have completed all the other routes (including Rin2,\nwhich is basically Rin's route with a choice you can only choose when all the\nothers routes (excluding Refrain of course) are completed, i.e {Komari, Kud,\nKurugaya, Haruka, Mio, Rin1} in whatever order, then Rin2, and finally\nRefrain.\n\nIn refrain,\n\n> you play as Riki who tries to gather Little Busters! \"core\" members (Rin,\n> Masato, Kengo, Kyousuke) as when they were children to discover finally what\n> the \"secret of the world\" you've heard of is about. In the last scene of\n> Refrain, Kyousuke reveals that during the class trip, the car in which the\n> Little Busters! members were fell from a cliff and as Riki and Rin were not\n> ready to continue their life alone (they were protected by Kengo and\n> Masato), the other members created an \"artificial world\" that is basically\n> the first semester repeating again and again, freezing the \"real world\" in\n> which they are all severely injured. Once Riki and Rin are strong enough to\n> continue their life, the world that was created will disappear, with all the\n> members disappearing one by one until they are the only ones left (you can\n> search \"Refrain last scene\" on Youtube to see what it looks like). Of course\n> it's Key so you'll get a happy end where Riki and Rin will do a good job and\n> save all of them later.\n\nTo answer your second question, although I think you've already guessed it if\nyou read the spoiler above, the culprit is\n\n> Kyousuke ; Riki will see him attaching a letter to Lennon's tail, but I'm\n> not sure when exactly, it was during Rin2 or Refrain\n\nHope that'll answer your questions :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-29T05:38:27.933", "id": "3090", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-29T05:38:27.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1619", "parent_id": "3028", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAn original Mangekyo Sharingan puts a strain on the eye. The ocular muscles\nare placed under a constant strain due to the unique chakra the Mangekyo\nconsumes. That strain causes the user to gradually go blind.\n\nAnother person's eye doesn't (for some reason) produce the same strain. So the\nuser's vision is intact.\n\nLet's review the list:\n\n * **Itachi** \\- Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, going blind.\n * **Sasuke** \\- Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, gone almost completely blind, then took Itachi's eyes, and got his vision back.\n * **Madara** \\- Same as Sasuke.\n * **Kakashi** \\- Remember that the eye didn't originally belong to him. His Mangekyo is more similar to an Eternal than a normal one.\n * **Obito** \\- Presumably, it's because Obito has a high concentration of Hashirama Senju's cells. These constantly heal the eye, preventing it from going blind.\n * **Danzo** \\- Same as Kakashi, the eye didn't belong to him. Although using Sishui's eye did put a huge stress on his chakra and body.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-25T07:37:45.230", "id": "3030", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-05T01:16:51.167", "last_edit_date": "2013-04-05T01:16:51.167", "last_editor_user_id": "88", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "3029", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 }, { "body": "\n\nSo if someone was born half Senju or half Uzumaki and half Uchiha it is\npossible that one gains a pseudo-eternal mangekyou. 6 paths chakra also has\nsome effect in the same way.\n\nBody of the Sage = Senju or Uzumaki\n\nEyes of the Sage = Uchiha\n\nEyes plus Body of the sage = a balance in visual and physical prowess plus a\nchakra reserves that surpasses either bloodline.\n\nI have made several OC's where this is the case.\n\nas for canon evidence.\n\nObito Uchiha, half his body was grafted from Senju DNA his chakra was already\nmixed with it to the point when he awakened his mangekyou with it he could\nperform a combo of wood style and kamui which proves to be very deadly. that\naside after that his eye suffers no bad side effects as opposed to Kakashi\neven after repeatedly using it for over a decade. That is because the chakra\nused in that eye is a combo of Senju and Uchiha chakra it heals his eye just\nas fast if not faster than the damage caused.\n\nHis right eye was still in his body and his right side is what was grafted\nonto him with Senju dna. Obito Uchiha is the only canonical evidence of this\nbeing the case.\n\n6 paths chakra has also been known to negate and heal the side effects of\nmangekyou overuse as explained in Indra Otsutsuki's case and Kakashi after\ngaining both mangekyou in his eyes via Obito possession power up. Kakashi\nhasn't gone blind because his eye isnt actually his so side effects are less\nsevere plus every time he uses it, it KO'd or killed him, like in pains arc.\n\nUnlike most, I have watched the entire anime and read the entire manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-24T12:28:15.263", "id": "33919", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-24T18:48:38.177", "last_edit_date": "2016-06-24T18:48:38.177", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "25560", "parent_id": "3029", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nMy guess is it places too much stress on the Optic Nerve, with the Eternal\nMangekyou simply not using the Optic Nerve at all but rather a self genjutsu\nto transmit directly to the brain. The reason it needs to be a close\nrelative's is because their chakra needs to be similar enough that it won't be\nrejected but different enough that the chakra forming the genjutsu won't\nsimply disperse back into their chakra network.\n\nThough it's not as if I could test that theory, given it's fictional.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-11-04T21:06:26.977", "id": "55779", "last_activity_date": "2019-11-04T21:06:26.977", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24077", "parent_id": "3029", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis sounds like [Scrapped\nPrincess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapped_Princess):\n\n\n\nWhere the girl that everyone wants to kill is named \"Pacifica Casull\", the\n\"Scrapped Pricess\", and her 2 guardians (a brother and sister). The story\nlooks like a fantasy world but it's actually set in the future. When Pacifica\nreaches 16 years of age, she's supposed to cause the world's destruction so\neveryone is out to kill her. In the show, there are these things which are\nA.I. weapons systems, called \"Dragoons\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-25T18:57:48.630", "id": "3035", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-25T18:57:48.630", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "3033", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs you said, at the beginning, the players find the following:\n\n * **Gantz Suit**\n * Provides the wearer with incredible strength, speed, endurance, and the ability to jump very high, as well as land without problems\n * Provides the hunter with an almost impenetrable protection to his/her body, including the head\n * **Controller**\n * Used to track the targets, displaying the targets as well as fellow team mates on its screen\n * **X-Gun**\n * Fires until it hits something, then explodes inside the target after a delay\n * **X-Shotgun**\n * Meant for longer range, has higher accuracy, and a sniper scope\n * **Y-Gun**\n * Has the same lock-on capabilities of the X-Gun, but rather than fire out an explosive payload, it instead launches three \"laser anchors\" connected by ropes\n\nOther non-100-point items are:\n\n * **Gantz Sword**\n * Seen scattered amongst the floor in the same room as the Monobikes\n * Has an incredibly sharp blade that extends from the hilt without loss of durability\n * **Gantz Bike**\n * Made its first appearance before the start of the Dinosaur mission\n * A type of monowheel, with a seat for a driver and a rider, its own radar, and the ability to go into stealth mode\n\n100-point items are:\n\n * **Z-Gun** (sometimes referred to by fans as H-Gun) \n * Applies severe gravitational force in a circular area and forces everything within range of the shot to slam into the ground or be flattened\n * **Hard suit**\n * Is far stronger and much more resistant than the normal Gantz suit\n * Has a built in X-ray scanner, a beam weapon that fires out of its palms, and sharp swords protruding out from the back of the elbows\n * Completely conceals the body of the wearer\n * **Flying Gantz Bike**\n * Similar to a Gantz Bike with an added flying ring\n * **Gantz Mech**\n * A building-sized robot controlled by a hunter on a modified flying Gantz bike\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-25T20:31:08.443", "id": "3037", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-25T23:04:41.533", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-25T23:04:41.533", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "3036", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAssuming the mangaka is still licensed when their last work is finished, they\nwould want to stay with the same magazine. If this magazine has a specific\ndemographic (i.e, _Shōnen Jump_ or _LaLa_ ), then their work would stay the\nsame demographic.\n\nSo, more often than not, they stay the same demographic.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T02:16:24.420", "id": "3044", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-20T01:30:06.470", "last_edit_date": "2018-08-20T01:30:06.470", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1607", "parent_id": "3038", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is common for an author to experiment with different genres, art, and\nmedia. But at the same time, it's also common that the same author uses\ndifferent names for different demographics.\n\nYou should distinguish between the writer and the pen name he/she uses, and\nbetween individual authors and groups. CLAMP is a collective and they're\nchanging its components periodically. On the other hand, Masashi Kishimoto is\nan individual author (that it doesn't mean that he hasn't any assistant).\n\nPseudonyms are common in this industry where we can have an individual author\n[Sumomo Yumeka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumomo_Yumeka) writing yaoi with\nthis name, seinen manga using the pseudonym Mizu Sahara, and writing shoujo\nmanga as Sahara Keita. Any pen name is clearly associated with a single\ndemographic in this case, but the author herself actually write for different\ndemographics. It is the same with [Ken\nAkamatsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu) (shounen) aka Awa Mizuno\n(hentai doujinshi), so it seems that where publishing constraints are very\ndifferent, authors can use a pen name to differentiate their works.\n\nCollectives and circles like CLAMP seems to explore different\ngenres/demographics more freely with the same name, probably because the\nauthority is shared among the members and the collective nature of the name is\nclear to readers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-03T18:28:48.397", "id": "3233", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-20T01:30:04.627", "last_edit_date": "2018-08-20T01:30:04.627", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "98", "parent_id": "3038", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNope, they are not. The abilities that you mentioned are just hiden (秘伝, not\nto be confused with \"hidden\") techniques, exclusive to a specific clan. There\nis a difference between them and kekkei genkai abilities.\n\nKekkei Genkai is passed down genetically, so every member of a clan has an\naptitude for it. The hiden techniques, on the contrary, are not passed down\ngenetically, but rather \"taught\", so in fact anyone could learn them if they\nwere not kept in secret.\n\nFor example, take Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, which is exclusive\nto Aburame clan. However, it's not a genetically-passed ability, it's rather\nthat only Aburame clan knows what needs to be done in order to place the\ninsects into one's body and to learn how to live in symbiosis with them.\n\nYou can read more on the subject [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiden).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T06:32:24.137", "id": "3047", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-26T06:32:24.137", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "3039", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nAlso the ability to use a Kekkei genkai is affected by the chakra type you are\nborn with, normally a shinobi is born with a single chakra type hiwever in the\ncase of a Kekkei genkai user, the shinobi is born with two nature types\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-28T20:51:56.640", "id": "30115", "last_activity_date": "2016-02-28T20:51:56.640", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22368", "parent_id": "3039", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are three main types of _jutsu_ :\n\n * [_ninjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ninjutsu), the ability to do things one otherwise could not. (Usage of weapons, etc.)\n * [_genjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Genjutsu), an ability requiring chakra and hand seals, used to perform an illusion on an enemy in order to trick them or disrupt their senses.\n * [_taijutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Taijutsu), abilities governed by learnable techniques such as martial arts and using the physical and mental energy of the body.\n\nThere are also several more \"sub- _jutsu_ \" that are basically subsets or\nsubcategories of the three above:\n\n * [barrier _ninjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Barrier_Ninjutsu), the use of barriers for protection, trapping an enemy, and so on.\n * [_bukijutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Bukijutsu), the use of handheld weapons in combat, such as (but not limited to) shuriken.\n * [_chakra_ absorption techniques](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Absorption_Techniques), the ability to absorb another's (usually an opponent's) chakra.\n * [_chakra_ flow](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Flow), the use of chakra flow through objects such as weapons.\n * [clone techniques](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Clone_Techniques), the use of clones (either of the user or of weapons/objects he may have), generally for purposes of distraction.\n * [_collaboration techniques_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Collaboration_Techniques), the use of two or more techniques (usually by multiple users) to combine chakra into a greater power.\n * [_fūinjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/F%C5%ABinjutsu), techniques used to either seal or unseal objects, opponents, chakra, and so on.\n * [_hiden_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiden), techniques which are not of a specific type but rather are those passed secretly between generations in specific regions or clans.\n * [_juinjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Juinjutsu), the use of cursed seals to take over another's body.\n * [_kenjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kenjutsu), the use of swords. (Often combined with other _jutsu_.)\n * [_kinjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kinjutsu), banned techniques.\n * [medical _ninjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_Ninjutsu), techniques used to heal one's own, or another's, body.\n * [_nintaijutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nintaijutsu), the combination of _ninjutsu_ and _taijutsu_ used by the third and fourth _Raikage_.\n * [reincarnation _ninjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Reincarnation_Ninjutsu), techniques used to transfer life force between subjects. (Similar, but not the same as, _kinjutsu_.)\n * [_senjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Senjutsu), the use of the energy in nature with one's own chakra for much greater (and varied) effect.\n * [_shurikenjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shurikenjutsu), the throwing of bladed hand-held weapons.\n * [space–time _ninjutsu_](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Space%E2%80%93Time_Ninjutsu), techniques which warp space–time; this allows, for example, teleportation between locations.\n * [tailed beast skill](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tailed_Beast_Skill), any technique used by a tailed beast.\n\nThis is a fairly extensive list, but you can take a look at [the reference\nlist](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jutsu) which also lists something called\n\"blood limit types\", which are inherited rather than learned.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T01:51:39.833", "id": "3042", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-14T16:08:22.683", "last_edit_date": "2015-10-14T16:08:22.683", "last_editor_user_id": "2266", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "3040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\n**DISCLAIMER: I've never seen or read anything Naruto.**\n\nThis questions seems rather simple to me, so perhaps you're looking for a\nspecific angle? There is a good ammount of info on [Jutsu on\nNarutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jutsu). Here I will try to quote\nthat article in brief summaries.\n\n## What is Jutsu?\n\n> _Jutsu ... are the mystical arts a ninja will utilise in battle. To use a\n> technique, the ninja will need to use their chakra. To perform a technique,\n> the ninja will bring out and release the two energies of chakra. By forming\n> hand seals, the ninja is able to manifest the desired technique. Because of\n> the extensive number of hand seals and different combinations, there are\n> thousands of potential techniques to be discovered._ \\-- _Jutsu,\n> Narutopedia_\n\n## What are the different types of Jutsu?\n\nThere are three principal types of jutsu:\n\n> * **Ninjutsu** _...a term referring to almost any technique which allows\n> the user to do something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing,\n> including the usage of weapons._ \n> More info: [Ninjutsu, Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ninjutsu)\n> * **Genjutsu** _are techniques that are employed in the same fashion as\n> ninjutsu... However, the primary difference between the two is that the\n> effects of genjutsu are illusory; instead of attacking the victim's body,\n> like taijutsu or ninjutsu, genjutsu techniques manipulate the flow of chakra\n> in the victim's brain, thus causing a disruption in their senses._ \n> More info: [Genjutsu, Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Genjutsu)\n> * **Taijutsu** _a basic form of techniques ... refers to any techniques\n> involving the martial arts or the optimisation of natural human abilities.\n> Taijutsu is executed by directly accessing the user's physical and mental\n> energies, relying on the stamina and strength gained through training. It\n> typically does not require chakra, though chakra may be used to enhance its\n> techniques. Taijutsu generally requires no hand seals to perform,\n> occasionally making use of certain stances or poses, and are much quicker to\n> use than ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put: hand-to-hand combat._ \n> More info: [Taijutsu, Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Taijutsu)\n>\n\n>\n> \\-- _Jutsu, Narutopedia_\n\nThere are several sub-types including:\n\n> * **Barrier Ninjutsu** _...the incorporation of barriers into techniques._\n> * **Bukijutsu** _...techniques that entail the use of any handheld weapons\n> in combat, whether the users be shinobi or samurai._\n> * **Chakra Absorption Techniques** _...techniques that allow the user to\n> absorb another individual's chakra._\n> * **Chakra Flow** _...the flowing of chakra through an object as well as\n> any technique that increases the potency of a weapon by flowing chakra\n> through it._.\n> * **Clone Techniques** _...techniques that create a copy of the user or\n> objects used by them._\n> * **Collaboration Techniques** _...techniques which entails powerful\n> techniques that are actually comprised of at least two or more pre-existing\n> techniques._\n> * **Fūinjutsu** _...a type of jutsu that seal objects, living beings,\n> chakra, along with a wide variety of other things within another object._\n> * **Hiden** _...techniques are passed down orally from generation to\n> generation in certain regions or clans._\n> * **Juinjutsu** _...techniques used to bring someone under the control of\n> the user._\n> * **Kenjutsu** _...techniques that entail the use of swords, whether the\n> users be shinobi or samurai._\n> * **Kinjutsu** _...techniques that have been banned from being taught or\n> used._\n> * **Medical Ninjutsu** _...a branch of ninjutsu associated with\n> healing..._\n> * **Nintaijutsu** _...a combination of ninjutsu and taijutsu, the Raikage\n> uses nintaijutsu by first surrounding himself with his Lightning Release\n> Armour._\n> * **Reincarnation Ninjutsu** _...techniques that usually require or\n> accomplish the transfer of life force between people._\n> * **Senjutsu** _...a specialised field of techniques that allows the user\n> to sense and then gather the natural energy ... around a person._\n> * **Shurikenjutsu** _...techniques that entail the throwing of shuriken,\n> kunai, senbon or any other of a number of bladed, hand-held weapons._\n> * **Space–Time Ninjutsu** _...techniques that allow the users to\n> manipulate the space–time continuum._\n> * **Tailed Beast Skill** _a unique ability or trait used by tailed\n> beasts._\n>\n\n>\n> \\-- _Jutsu, Narutopedia_\n\nI hoped this helped! :)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T01:54:30.283", "id": "3043", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-14T15:54:18.373", "last_edit_date": "2015-10-14T15:54:18.373", "last_editor_user_id": "2266", "owner_user_id": "1600", "parent_id": "3040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are some Angels which appear in multiple canons, and some which appear\nonly in just one, or even none. To be clear, the various canons are listed at\nthe bottom in a reference list.\n\n### Main Angels\n\nThese Angels appear only in the primary canons:\n\n * [Adam](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Adam)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Arael](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Arael)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Armisael](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Armisael)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Bardiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Bardiel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Gaghiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Gaghiel)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Ireul](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Ireul)[ _NGE_ ]\n * [Israfel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Israfel)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Leliel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Leliel)[ _NGE_ ]\n * [Lilin](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Lilin)[ _NGE, M_ ]\n * [Lilith](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Lilith)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Matarael](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Matarael)[ _NGE_ ]\n * [Ramiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Ramiel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Sachiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Sachiel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Sahaquiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Sahaquiel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Sandalphon](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Sandalphon)[ _NGE_ ]\n * \"[Seventh Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Seventh_Angel)\"[ _RB_ ]\n * [Shamshel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Shamshel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n * [Tabris](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Tabris)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ] Not known as \"Tabris\" in _Rebuild_\n * \"[Third Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Angel)\"[ _RB_ ]\n * \"[Twelfth Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Twelfth_Angel)\"[ _RB_ ]\n * [Zeruel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Zeruel)[ _NGE, RB, M_ ]\n\n### Secondary Angels\n\nThese Angels are not part of the main continuities:\n\n * [Barakijal](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Barakijal)[ _NWP_ ]\n * [Iblis](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Iblis)[ _NWP_ ]\n * [Insubstantial Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Insubstantial_Angel)[ _2I_ ]\n * [An unnamed Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Unnamed_Angel)[ _2I_ ]\n * [Shateiel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Shateiel)[C]\n * [Turel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Turel)[C]\n * [Diemay Angel](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Diemay_Angel) Fan-made for a Gainax contest\n\n### Canon list\n\n * _NGE_ \\- _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ (anime)\n * _RB_ \\- _Rebuild of Evangelion_ (movie series)\n * _M_ \\- [_Neon Genesis Evangelion_](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_\\(manga\\)) (manga)\n * _2I_ \\- [_Second Impression_](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression) (video game)\n * _NWP_ \\- [_RPG: The NERV White Paper_](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_RPG:_The_NERV_White_Paper) (trading card game)\n * C - No canon, concept only\n\n### Further reading\n\n * [Angels - _Evangelion_ Wiki](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Angel#List_of_Angels)\n * [List of Angels - EvaGeeks](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Angels#List_of_Angels)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-26T22:20:54.877", "id": "3054", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-26T22:20:54.877", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "3053", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]