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"body": "\n\nHe was shown killing Tatsumi, the detective, then the flashback was over.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RXCch.jpg)\n\nNowhere in the anime did it show how **he** died (and came for judgement).\n**How did he die?**\n\nCanonical answers would be appreciated!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOn the reddit thread discussing the episode, the same question popped up, to\nwhich there was this\n[reply](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/2y5rp5/spoilers_death_parade_episode_9_discussion/cp6kqdf):\n\n> [He got stabbed by the guy who assaulted his\n> sister](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uT5qS.jpg). We saw the latter grab a knife\n> from the kitchen sink and stab him in the hip/back. [You can also see blood\n> staining Shimada's shirt from under his knapsack after he stabs\n> Tatsumi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ea2f6.jpg). Actually, he probably could\n> have survived if he didn't overwork himself killing the detective.\n\nPictures replicated here in order mentioned:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3jZE5.jpg)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VpuX6.jpg)\n\nSo basically, he got stabbed but passed out after killing the detective, then\nbled to death from his earlier injuries.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've watched up to episode 120 of the Fairy Tail anime and want to start to\nread the manga, while I finish the anime. I'm quite new to reading manga and\nknow how to read them, it's just working out which one is the first one I find\ndifficult.\n\nI would really like to get the first manga (in the story) for a Christmas\npresent but I don't know which one is first.\n\nI started to read what was listed as the first one on a manga website\n(Labelled as Fairy Tail 465 - 400 Years) to check if it was and ended up\nreading the spoiler:\n\n> That Natsu is Zeref's brother!\n\n**Can someone please help me by telling me which manga I need to read first\nand what is the order of the others?**\n\nAnd\n\nIf possible, **Can someone explain the labelling \"Fairy Tail 465 - 400\nYears\"?** so that I know what to look out for in the future, to prevent\nspoiling it for myself.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYou should read the chapters in order from Chapter 1 to the latest. On the\nmajority of the websites they will put the latest characters (based on chapter\nnumber) towards the top of the page.\n\nAs for your second question: Fairy Tail 465 - 400 Years; means the that is\nchapter 465 of the series, and the title of that particular chapter is '400\nyears'.\n\nAs an FYI to you, there are several other Fairy Tail series that are pseudo-\ncanon (or fully canon) related to the main story. Some of them are written by\nthe same author of the core series. Just be warned that some of them have\nspoilers for historic events of the main series, but they are all really good.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBeing a long time fan of Kazuki Takahashi's _Yu-Gi-Oh!_ series, I tried to\nlook into any manga that he may have produced after the completion of _Yu-Gi-\nOh!: Millennium World_ , but it seems like he just stopped writing manga after\nthat.\n\nIs there a reason why he stopped?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMangaka tend to be somewhat reserved about their personal life. Takahashi has\nsaid of himself that he is great at postponing, leaving work until the last\nmoment.\n\nAs already mentioned, he created a one-shot called _Drump_ in 2013. He\ncontinues to oversee the development of the sequels of _Yu-Gi-Oh!_ since he\nfinished the original series in 2004. He has also actively participated in the\ndevelopment of the card game. To date, derivative manga and the card game are\nstill being published, so he must consume part of his time in that.\n\nIn February 2015, a new adaptation of _Yu-Gi-Oh!_ was run in Japan. This was\ndue to the production of _Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions_ , the most\nrecent film of the franchise that celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the\nbrand, and of which Takahashi is the author.\n\nIn short, I have no information for sure, but it seems that he is quite busy\nwith his other activities to create something else.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSometimes I have difficulty understanding Holo and Lawrence's wit, such as in\nthis conversation on pages 48-49 of volume 9 of the light novels:\n\n> Holo: Aye, we're all greedy, always running about in service of our own\n> gain.\n>\n> Lawrence: On that count, I'm forced to agree. Of course...Of course, if I\n> weren't so greedy, I'd be able to buy you tastier food.\n>\n> Holo: Mm. But is seeing my pleasure not in your interests as well?\n>\n> Lawrence: If you were truly so easily bribed by food, then that might be so.\n>\n> Holo: And what other methods could you use?\n>\n> Lawrence: If food is out, then with words or manners.\n>\n> Holo: Neither of which is so reliable in your case.\n>\n> Lawrence: ( _Quoting Eve_ ) Or you could imagine you've been deceived and\n> decide to trust both. They might well turn out to be genuine.\n>\n> Holo: That isn't what I meant to say.\n\nThey were originally talking about Holo's attempt to get a narwahl, but then\nit branched off into this conversation.\n\nWith line 8, Lawrence feels that he has effectively put Holo in a corner. The\ntext also mentions that line 8 is something Eve previously said. The text then\nstates that Holo has no counterattack. However, when Holo makes her reply with\nline 9, Lawrence feels like she has done something unfair. I am uncertain as\nto why Lawrence feels as though he has won, and as to why he feels that Holo\nwas unfair with line 9.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've listened through the OST for Gundam Build Fighters Try (ala YouTube), to\nfind this particular song sequence. However, none of the tracks have this bgm,\nnor seem like an original of the bgm. Does someone know what other bgm track\nthis could be from?\n\nIt's in Episode 18, and starts at around 7:25 (Just after Sekai breaks out of\nan energy net).\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcyas4ux6ho>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nJumped the Gun(dam) here. Show finished Airing 4/2015, and looked for OST\naround then. OST was released in Dec-2014. However in 2015, a Second OST was\nreleased. Found the track: \"New Dimension Overlord Flow\". Interesting that the\n2nd OST isn't listed on Gundam Wikia.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IsuhU.jpg)\n\nAs we can see, there are two pucks on a single hockey table. They collide and\ngoal. It doesn't look like one came flying from another table. As I know there\nwill be only one puck in a single game on a table. So what is going on in this\npart? Does air hockey have different gameplay rules in Japan?\n\nWhat is really going on here? Can someone explain about two pucks at once on a\nsingle table?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nA typical air hockey match consists of using two pushers and one puck. And as\n@jphager2 suggests in his comment, there's no need for a net in an air hockey\nmatch, hence, it could be a multi-purpose table.\n\nSo what's the deal with two pucks? Now, in that Chapter, Raku and Chitoge had\na lot of fun in the arcade. And the bill had to be a decent amount. So instead\nof someone willingly agreeing to pay the bill, they keep a match on condition\nthat the loser has to pay for all the games.\n\nSince the the stakes were high, it is most likely that they used two pucks to\nincrease the difficulty of the game.\n\nEdit:\n\nLike @mirroroftruth says in their comment, the two pucks could also be a\nsymbolic representation of Raku and Chitoge themselves. No matter how much\nthey try to distance themselves, they always end up coming together.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was wondering if there is an organization that hands out awards to anime in\ndifferent categories. Something like the Academy Awards for movies in the US.\n\nOr if not, maybe just an organization that publishes evaluations of anime\nbased on various criteria that can be used for comparison.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are two I could find:\n\n> [Tokyo Anime Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Anime_Award): The\n> Tokyo Anime Award started from 2002, but was named in 2005. The first,\n> second and third awards were only named simply\n> 'Competition'.[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Anime_Award) The award\n> ceremony was held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In\n> 2014, after the merger of Tokyo International Anime Fair with Anime Contents\n> Expo and formation of AnimeJapan convention, Tokyo Anime Award started as a\n> separate festival called Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF).\n\nAs per @senshin's input: They do consider western animation as anime too for\nthe Awards. [Flutter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutter_\\(2006_film\\)) was\nthe winner of Open Entries/Competition Grand Prize in 2007 being the first\nnon-asian\nentry[*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Anime_Award#Open_Entries_.2F_Competition_Grand_Prize).\n\nThey also have a specific website on it: <http://animefestival.jp/en>\n\nThere is one more from America:\n\n> [American Anime\n> Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Anime_Awards): The American\n> Anime Awards were a series of awards designed to **recognize excellence in\n> the release of anime and manga in North America.**\n>\n> The first and, as of 2015, only annual American Anime Awards balloting was\n> supervised by Milton Griepp of industry website ICv2. The first gala awards\n> presentation was hosted in New York City on February 24, 2007 at New York\n> Comic Con. The hosts of the evening were eight actresses from the anime\n> production company ADV Films: Christine Auten, Shelley Calene-Black, Jessica\n> Boone, Luci Christian, Alice Fulks, Hilary Haag, Taylor Hannah and Serena\n> Varghese. A streaming version of the one hour awards ceremony can be seen on\n> IGN.com. The awards were later broadcast on the Anime Network.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Helbram's history is revealed, I realized that Harlequin as the Fairy\nKing and his sister Elaine should have wings. How come they don't have wings?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nRecently picked up NNT and had a similar query immediately when King's old\nfriend was revealed. Searching around I've found that no concrete reason for\nthe \"Wingless King\" of the Fairies.\n\nHowever there are a couple theories around with some supporting evidence.\n\n 1. **King's Wings have not yet matured** \nThough King may be quite old, it seems that he can't yet spread his wings. The\nage old cocoon to butterfly theory. \nKing's wings growing may also allow him to \"level-up\" to fight the 10\nCommandments on an equal footing. This is shown in Chapter 134 of the manga,\nwhen King and Meliodas square off Meliodas counters King's spell. While it did\nnothing immediately, we see that King's back gets hurt and he has a dark spot.\nMaybe the spell weakened something that was holding back the growth of King's\nwings?\n\n 2. **King and Elaine are not full fairies** \nSince only the siblings are the only fairies shown without the wings, we can\nassume that it may be due to their ancestry? Maybe he is just half-fairy.\nApart from this there is no evidence for what mix they have.\n\nGiven that the wingless nature of King has been addressed in the manga\n(Chapter 134.10), we can assume this is a part of some reveal that the mangaka\nhas planned and will be shown in the future releases.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat is the music that [plays in episode\n46](https://youtu.be/vkPEJQz2f9I?t=397) of Shippuden?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFound it. \nSai theme Naruto Shippuden - [**Sai theme\nsong**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enD0LhHJ8Gw)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI have been watching the English dub of it on public TV and I haven't seen any\nmention of _K-On_ in the series itself (with the exception of the OPs/EDs).\n\nSo I am wondering, what does K-On refer to in the series? If it refers to\nnothing, then is there a particular reason/meaning to the name K-On?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\"K-On\" is pronounced the same as the word 軽音 _keion_ , which means \"light\nmusic\" (in the Japanese sense, not the classical sense). The main characters\nare, of course, part of the light music club, which is the 軽音部 _keion-bu_. The\n\"K-On club\", if you will.\n\nIf you had watched it with Japanese audio, you would have probably noticed the\nword sprinkled all over the place (since they talk about the club a lot,\nobviously). The [eyecatches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r5wq2gDpEM) (I\nforget for which season) also have audio of Yui saying \"K-On\". I suppose they\nmust have changed the eyecatches to something else for the English dub.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe _K-On!!_ anime features a large number of songs performed by Houkago Tea\nTime. In addition to staples like \"Gohan wa Okazu\" and \"Fuwa Fuwa Time\", there\nare a number of other ones that I don't believe ever got playtime in the\nanime, like \"Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss\", to say nothing of the OP/ED themes\nand their B-sides, plus a ton of character songs (and not just for the main\nfive, but also for Ui, Jun, and Nodoka).\n\nNow, I haven't read the manga, but it's clearly inconceivable that all these\ndozens of songs could have been described in any substantial way in a mere\nfour volumes of manga. In fact, I have to wonder if any of these songs were\neven noted as existing in the manga.\n\nDo any of the songs in the anime originate in any way from the manga (even if\nonly by virtue of a shared title or a lyrical excerpt)? If so, which ones?\n\n(Ignore \"Tsubasa wo Kudasai\", which is [a cover of a very old\nsong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubasa_wo_Kudasai).)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is all based on memory as I don't have the manga volumes to hand at the\nmoment, but several of the songs were mentioned by title in the manga, and a\nfew of them had lyrics shown that were used in the anime versions.\n\n\"Fuwa Fuwa Time\" was in the manga, and we even see its lyrics in one scene\nwhen Mio hands her draft of the song to the others for feedback. If I remember\ncorrectly, \"Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss\" and \"Fudepen Ballpen\" are mentioned\non the set list before one of the concerts. I believe that \"Curry Nochi Rice\"\nwas also mentioned late in the manga, and I'm fairly sure the storyline where\nYui first writes \"Gohan wa Okazu\", then writes \"U&I\" for Ui after Ui falls ill\nhappened in the manga the same way it happened in the anime. I believe we did\nalso see the lyrics for \"U&I\" when Ui finds Yui asleep at her desk after\nworking on the song all night and looks over what Yui wrote.\n\nThe opening and ending themes were never mentioned or hinted at in the manga,\nand several of the other songs--e.g. \"Pure Pure Heart\", \"Tenshi ni Nareta yo!\"\n--were associated with anime-only plots. But a surprising number of the songs\nin the anime were actually mentioned by title in the manga.\n\n* * *\n\nEdit: I bought the digital editions and hunted down photographic evidence of\nmy earlier claims.\n\nIn Volume 1, we see Ritsu and Sawako react with horror as they read Mio's\ndraft of \"Fuwa Fuwa Time\".\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WUlRr.jpg)\n\nIn the background of the third and fourth panels on the left, we can see the\nfirst few stanzas of the song translated into English.\n\nIn Volume 2, Mio hands Ritsu a set list with four songs on it: \"Fuwa Fuwa\nTime\", \"Curry Nochi Rice\", \"Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss\", and \"Fudepen\nBallpen\":\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X4NMHl.png)\n\nAnd in Volume 4, we see Yui write \"Gohan wa Okazu\":\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xhqe1l.png)\n\nThen later \"U&I\":\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oGTApl.jpg)\n\nIn Volume 4, we also get a few lines from a song that Mio was working on,\nwhich provokes the usual revulsion in Ritsu and Azusa:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjf31l.png)\n\nAt the end of the chapter, Ritsu declares that they'll develop a song around\nthese lyrics in addition to \"U&I\" to spare Mio's feelings. However, I don't\nthink there was any song in the anime based around these lyrics.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOf all the songs released, _Fuwa Fuwa Time_ , _Gohan was Okazu_ and _U &I_ are\nthe only pieces that appeared in the manga. This can be verified by noticing\nthat they are only songs whose lyrics are officially attributed to the\noriginal author. You can look at the Note 28 of [the relevant article in the\nJapanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%81%91%E3%81%84%E3%81%8A%E3%82%93!&oldid=57176494#.E6.8C.BF.E5.85.A5.E6.AD.8C)\nto see this. Note that even for these songs, only some part of the songs\nappeared in the books; they were significantly augmented by a professional\nlyricist.\n\nAs is noted by another answer, there were other songs whose titles appeared in\nthe books.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [This answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/23806/1587) there\nis a special reason why Shurelia is able to appear in Misha's and Aurica's\nCosmospheres.\n\nHow in in the 4th Level of Cloche's Cosmosphere Mir appeared despite the 2\nnever having met. even if the reason for Shurelia appearing in other's\nCosmospheres rings true for Mir according to [this\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/27305/1587)\n\n> Cocona is also an IPD, meaning she does not connect to the \"correct\" server,\n> but to the Infel Phira server.\n\nthis means IPDs have a totally different server that they connect to plus\nInfel Pira was man made after the Reyvateils appeared (as Infel, a Reyvateil\nherself, made it to prepare to sing Metafalica)\n\nSo i am wondering how is Mir turning up in Cloche's Cosmosphere?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe servers can connect to each other to make the singing of Dual Songs and\nsuch possible, and there are some songs that depend on these connection to\neven be executed, so it's not unlikely that part of Mir's feelings ended up\ngetting into Infel Phira during the time she and Loude were doing research on\nit.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the first episode in Ouran High School Host Club, Haruhi is introduced with\nvery drab clothing and hair. She had explained in another episode of how, and\nI quote: \"A brat put gum in my hair and it was just being a bother, so I cut\nit off.\" Thus, explaining why she has short hair. But this doesn't explain why\nshe dresses badly. I understand how she needs to cross-dress to pay back her\ndebt, but did she actually cross-dress to begin with?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWith her clothes don't forget that Ouran High is a school for rich kids which\none can assume their uniforms cost a bit aswell, probably tailor made for each\nindividual from the finest material, something Haruhi just can't afford.\n\n> Having gotten gum in her hair just before school begins, she cuts it short\n> and **being unable to afford the expensive Ouran uniform, she wears\n> shapeless, baggy clothing.** With her messily-styled hairdo, **large glasses\n> (which once belonged to her grandfather)** and masculine clothing, she's\n> thought to be male and Haruhi does nothing to discredit this idea.\n\nSource [Haruhi Fujioka - Apperance (1st\nParagraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Appearance)\n\nThe glasses are because she does have bad eyesight and wears contacts\nthroughout the series (as we see when Renge is making a film and Takami sees\nHaruhi shed a tear without needing eyedrops).\n\nAs for the reason why she \"cross-dresses\" before becoming a Host it's because\nshe doesn't see it as cross-dressing because to her gender doesn't matter.\n\n> Two characteristics that define Haruhi is her straightforward nature and\n> **belief that one's gender doesn't define one's choices**\n\nSource [Haruhi Fujioka - Personality (First\nParagraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Personality)\n\nThis is also apparent when the Host Club go to the beach (a real one, not an\nOtori rehab clinic) and Haruhi stands up against a couple of guys who are\nharassing the girls. Haruhi doesn't see that her being a girl means anything\ndifferent so with that mind set there is no male/female clothing, just\nclothing.\n\nOf course one can also assume her transvestite father may have also left a bad\nimpression of how girls/women really are.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom the [wikia](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka):\n\n> When first introduced in the anime, she sports a nerdy, boyish look that\n> differs greatly from her middle-school appearance. Having gotten gum in her\n> hair just before school begins, she cuts it short and being unable to afford\n> the expensive Ouran uniform, she wears shapeless, baggy clothing. With her\n> messily-styled hairdo, large glasses (which once belonged to her\n> grandfather) and masculine clothing, she's thought to be male and Haruhi\n> does nothing to discredit this idea.\n\nTechnically, Haruhi didn't cross dress. She wore \"shapeless, baggy clothing\",\nwhich were mistaken to be masculine because of her overall appearance. She\ndoes nothing to discredit this, thus being mistaken for a male.\n\nThe first part is how everyone mistakes her as a male at the start. However,\nHaruhi doesn't really think gender matters that much, thus has no qualms about\nher new uniform, or perpetuating this mistaken view.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHellsalem's Lot seems to be a dangerous place, considering how much\ndestruction is shown. It looks like hundreds of people die every month, so why\nare they staying there? I guess it's possible to leave the city, considering\nLeos family was there and left.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's just like in real life. At first, the danger to be something new, creates\nfear and survival measures are sought. But, with the passage of time, it\nbecomes normal. Within the same manga / anime they express that Leo now see\neverything in a natural way because he have already got used to the daily life\nof the city.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWe don't see the Dragons leaving the body of the Dragon Slayers except in\nNatsu's case, even though Igneel mentioned it in Episode 89. Why is that? Did\nthey forget to animate it?\n\n[Edit- Note :If they have not mentioned it in manga then wouldn't that will be\na plot hole because everybody will be aware of the dragons leaving the dragon\nslayers body and no one would have been surprised to see the face getting\ndestroyed at that time. Also fighting Achnologia would have been much easier.]\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs far as I know, all Dragons of 1st and 3rd generations Dragon Slayers had\nshown themselves in the anime. Igneel againts Acnologia, while the other 4\n(Metallicana, Grandine, Weisslogia, Skiadrum) helped in destroying Face.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf I remember it correctly, I think it was showed between the last four\nepisodes(86-90) of Fairy Tail (2014).\n\nA link stating that their dragons help them -\n<http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_263>\n\n> However, his celebration is cut short as the Dragon King crashes down near\n> them, the Fire Dragon King holding him down with one claw and encouraging\n> the humans not to give up hope. The ones who help humanity in this dire\n> predicament are none other than the guardian Dragons of Wendy, Rogue, Gajeel\n> and Sting, the powerful beasts easily demolishing the seemingly\n> indestructible pillars by flying through them at great speeds.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAt Marineford, Shanks stopped Akainu with his sword. That much we all saw, but\nwhat I noticed was that he did not use Haki on the sword and yet it did not\nmelt.\n\nThis has been bugging me. How is this possible, if Akainu's Lava can burn even\nfire but not melt the sword which is not even infused with Haki.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe black coloring induced by Haki was only introduced after the timeskip.\nBefore that, when Haki is used, it is not visible with two exceptions: Garp's\npunch at Enies Lobby and Whitebeard's fist at Marineford.\n\nFor example, in chapter 512, Rayleigh faces Kizaru in a sword duel. Rayleigh\nis using a simple sword while the admiral is wielding an energy sword made of\npure light. In this fight, for Rayleigh's sword to be effective against\nKizaru, he is obviously using Haki, even if the Haki is not visible at all.\nThis is confirmed by the fact that Rayleigh's sword swing injures Kizaru, a\nlogia user.\n\nTherefore, Shanks' sword is not \"made\" of anything special (i.e. seastone), he\nwas simply embedding it with Haki. He may be wielding one of the world's great\nswords but this has yet to be confirmed.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ClG3T.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe the glove is used when fighting special logia types like Akainu and\nAce because normally if you try to punch Akainu you're bound to get burned but\nwhen using the black glove you can protect yourself from the magma.\n\nI believe that the black glove was not only made after the time skip because\nduring Zorros training the king monkeys sword was not black and it was said\nthat he copied the sword from Mihawk\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the Miss Monochrome anime series, Miss Monochrome is depicted as an android\nand thus talks like a robot. Is this computer edited or does Horie Yui\nactually speak like that?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBasically everything I've found indicates that she's autotuned, including\n[TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MissMonochrome) and\n[THEM Anime Reviews](https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1660). You\ncan hear Horie Yui speaking normally\n[here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njwsHBZu4oE) and Miss Monochrome's\nautotuned singing [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TnsqwvsiMM). It's\npossible to hear some of the autotuning behind her singing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've seen a lot of theory based on this and many people saying so; however,\nI'm curious as to where it comes from (if there's any official source) or if\nsomeone just made it up.\n\nThe best hint I could find online was in a discussion on the [One Piece\nWikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:The_new_member_an_old_enemy!)\npointing out that it may have been an old Jump Fiesta interview:\n\n> It was allegedly in an old Jump Fiesta interview (2009ish), but I haven't\n> found a source for it anywhere, and the translation has been disputed (it\n> may have referred to a temporary ally like in Impel Down/Marineford War,\n> rather than an actual crew member). Zodiaque 10:36, June 7, 2012 (UTC)\n\nAs long as there isn't a trustworthy source, I'm inclined to believe that Oda\ndidn't mean **CREW MEMBER**.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is just an old rumor. It's possible Oda said that an old enemy would be a\nfuture ally, but it has been off the record for some time now. It's so old in\nfact, it could have been talking about any number of people and some believe\nit was a reference to Impel Down, when many of Luffy's old enemies become\nallies (mainly [Bon Clay](http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Bon_Clay),\n[Galdino](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Galdino), and\n[Buggy](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Buggy)).\n\nAs for nakama, it could have possibly been Robin, who was once second-in-\ncommand of Baroque Works in\n[Alabasta](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Alabasta). It could have been\nreferring to Franky, though this is unlikely since he wasn't an enemy for very\nlong.\n\nIt is possible that Luffy's crew has reached capacity since [the manga is 80%\nwritten](https://kotaku.com/the-one-piece-manga-is-80-percent-finished-says-\neiichi-1827796353) (as of 7/23/18) and in the anime, Luffy mentions wanting\n[\"at least 10\"](https://kotaku.com/the-one-piece-manga-is-80-percent-finished-\nsays-eiichi-1827796353) nakama (and as of 8/27/18, there are 10 Straw Hats).\nThat being said, there's not likely to be many more newbies, so although it's\npossible, I wouldn't hold your breath for that \"previous enemy\" to still be in\nour future.\n\n***Correction: Luffy wants at least 10 nakama, that doesn't include himself,\nso with 10 current straw hats, he has 9.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWe know that Obito's Kamui, Tobirama/Minato's Flying Thundergod are SpaceTime\njutsus. They are using the fourth dimension to go to any/marked places at\nwill. As per physics & Theory of relativity, if you have mastered the fourth\ndimension you can do both Space AND Time travel. Why can't they do time travel\nwhen they can do space travel ?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo time travel, one needs to be [faster than\nlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Via_faster-than-\nlight_.28FTL.29_travel). While those ninjas use Time-Space Jutsu, none of them\nare faster than light.\n\n**Obito**\n\nOf the three, Obito is the slowest as his space-time jutsu (kamui) has some\ndelay, proven by Kakashi's successfully landing attack on him before he\nmanaged to disappear.\n\n**Senju Tobirama & Namikaze Minato**\n\nBoth are very fast. Minato can even teleport to one of his marked kunai. I'm\nnot sure if Tobirama can also do that, I don't remember. But the point is,\nalthough they are incredibly fast, they are not faster than light. We can\nsafely say this, because if they are faster than light, then Minato wouldn't\nhave his arm ripped by Madara and Tobirama won't be pinned on the ground. They\nwould have been able to avoid Madara's attacks if they are faster than light.\nThus, they cannot time travel.\n\nOther possible ways to time travel that I know is by the use of Wormhole,\nwhich doesn't exist in Naruto universe.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've just rewatched the Enies Lobby arc and still don't understand how Spandam\nbecame the leader of CP9. Why didn't Lucci become the leader? He's the\nstrongest member of CP9, but why Spandam is the leader? He can't even use\nRokushiki.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile Oda doesn't specifically state how Spandam became the leader of CP9, I\nthink that we can make some inferences\n\n * the Wikia stated that Spandam \"relies on his natural talents of knowledge and deception, as opposed to actual combat.\"\n\n * he also is an ardent believer in \"absolute justice,\" the form of justification that the World Government uses, and the Government itself. We have seen the coruptness of the One Piece world government, so it isn't unthinkable in how Spandam was able to either bribe or trick his way up there.\n\n * We can also see how the members of CP9 barely tolerate him, but they do, implying that we was placed there because of higher government positions.\n\nAnd as for your point in Rob Lucci becoming the leader of CP 9 (post time-skip\nspoilers):\n\n> He actually does become the boss of Spandam after the time skip. They both\n> are now in CP0. According to the Wikia, Lucci had tried killing Spandam\n> after the latter called Marines upon CP9, but seems to have gotten over that\n> disagreement.\n\nHope this helps, at least a little. Cheers.\n\nUPDATE: OP requested for the source, here it\nis:<http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Spandam>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's not necessarily the strongest person who is the leader of a military\ngroup like this one. While I'm not aware of it being stated anywhere in\nparticular _why_ Spandam is the leader of CP9. There are some facts that can\nhelp us draw a conclusion.\n\n* * *\n\nSpandam's personality makes him the type of person that only cares about how\nhe can get promoted. Often times, these are the people that get promoted due\nto the various schemes they are willing to do at other's expense.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pNaPE.jpg)\n\nFrom the [One Piece Wikia on Spandam](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Spandam):\n\n> He is not detached from the idea of exploitation, backstabbing, or the use\n> of loopholes to get his own way, as he has proven many times in the past.\n\n* * *\n\nWhile we don't know when CP9 was formed, we do know that Spandine, Spandam's\nfather, was CP9's previous leader. His role in the organization could likely\nhave put him in a position to recommend his son to receive this position.\n\n* * *\n\nFrom [SBS Volume 54](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_54):\n\n> The majority of CP9 is made up of orphaned children who were left to the\n> government, but I thought it would be interesting if they also had the\n> children of CP9 members, kind of like thoroughbreds. Kumadori's mom is\n> different.\n\nFinally, the other members of CP9 were raised as assassins, to follow the\ngovernment's orders. So it's natural to have someone above them that will\nwatch over them.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's about a boy who have a hammer as a weapon, which is very heavy. His\nfather died protecting hiim. The manga is about him having an adventure. He\nalso has some companion. One of them has handsome face but small body and he\nhas to wear a mask to hide that.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIs it [MÄR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%84R).\n\nI have not read it but he do have some kind of hammer weapon\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MWkjE.jpg)\n\nHe seems to have quite a lot friends. But i can't find something about his\ndad.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is crocket!. <http://myanimelist.net/manga/17005/Croket>!\n\nI have found it after scanning 600 titles on myanimelist\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the Minami-ke franchise, there's:\n\n * Minami-ke\n * Minami-ke Betsubara\n * Minami-ke Natsuyasumi\n * Minami-ke Okaeri\n * Minami-ke Okawari\n * Minami-ke Omatase; and\n * Minami-ke Tadaima\n\nIn what order do I watch these series and OVAs?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are 4 TV series and 3 OVAs in Minami-ke franchise.\n\n## The TV series:\n\n * Minami-ke (Oct 8, 2007 - Dec 31, 2007)\n * Minami-ke: Okawari (Jan 7, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008)\n * Minami-ke: Okaeri (Jan 5, 2009 - Mar 30, 2009)\n * Minami-ke: Tadaima (Jan 6, 2013 - Mar 31, 2013)\n\n## The OVAs:\n\n * Minami-ke: Betsubara (Jun 23, 2009)\n * Minami-ke: Omatase (Oct 5, 2012)\n * Minami-ke: Natsuyasumi (Aug 6, 2013)\n\n## Timeline (OVAs are in italic):\n\n * Minami-ke (Oct 8, 2007 - Dec 31, 2007)\n * Minami-ke: Okawari (Jan 7, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008)\n * Minami-ke: Okaeri (Jan 5, 2009 - Mar 30, 2009)\n * _Minami-ke: Betsubara (Jun 23, 2009)_\n * _Minami-ke: Omatase (Oct 5, 2012)_\n * Minami-ke: Tadaima (Jan 6, 2013 - Mar 31, 2013)\n * _Minami-ke: Natsuyasumi (Aug 6, 2013)_\n\nSource: <http://www.myanimelist.net>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat I'm wondering is...is it possible to know what devil fruit power a devil\nfruit holds before a character eats it? Don't devil fruit eaters find out what\ntheir devil fruit powers are by experiencing the powers first hand.\n\nI'm asking this because how on earth would Brook know that he ate the revive-\nrevive fruit if he hasn't died yet? (For reference, in a flash back before he\nbecame a skeleton, the crew members ask him how his revive-revive devil fruit\npower works, to which he replies \"I'm not exactly sure, I haven't died yet, so\nI wouldn't know.\" -I'm paraphrasing of course)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom the manga/anime, we do not know how Brooke learned which devil fruit he\nhad eaten, but we can safely speculate on different possible scenarios.\n\nAs the answer in the possible\n[duplicate](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5919/how-is-the-ability-\nof-a-devil-fruit-discovered) says, there is a \"Devil Fruit Encyclopedia\" which\nlists the names and abilities of the known devil fruits (the encyclopedia is\nnot complete). Some devil fruits come with illustrations. This is how\nBlackbeard was able to identify the Yami Yami no Mi fruit and steal it from\nhis nakama Thatch.\n\nIt is possible that the entry for Brook's Yomi Yomi no Mi fruit was\nillustrated and therefore he knew what the fruit was before he ate it.\nHowever, note that this fruit is rather peculiar in that it does not grant any\nabilities while the user is still alive. Even though this is speculation, this\nmay be the **ONLY** fruit with that characteristic. Therefore, even if there\nwere no illustrations, one could have identified his fruit by the ability it\ncame with, or lack thereof.\n\n**EDIT:** (After Kaine's comment)\n\nIn chapter 676, when the salamender Slime dies and turns into gas, the powers\nof the artificial devil fruit he had eaten are re-introduced in a nearby\napple. That means that if a devil fruit user dies near another fruit, and that\nfruit changes shape, one can know which type of devil fruit it is based on the\ndeceased user's powers.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think Brook did not know about the Devil Fruit and its powers. He ate it and\nwas surprised at no apparent changes, so he accepted his fate as the hammer.\n(Couldn't swim for no apparent power gain)\n\nOnce he was dead, his soul return to this world from the underworld and that\nwas when he realized his Devil Fruit's abilities. So he return back to his\nbody but he couldn't find it and his body was turned to skeleton.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSaw this manga one year ago, but I think it's not new, because when I starting\nreading it had already 70ish chapters, more or a bit less\n\nLet's state what I remember:\n\n * In the beginning there's some chapters on a ship that is transporting the people (with superpowers) to another city, where they will fight (I don't remember if there's a prize to the winner or how the winner is chosen, by killing or such things)\n * One of them demonstrated his power, disassemble (or alike), and did that to a clock that he had with him (or someone gave it to him); His power did something similar to [this](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sergiolorenzon/media/heb13.jpg.html)\n * There's a girl that can pass through wall, but to do so, she needs to get naked\n * And then, there's one guy I believe is the protagonist, his power is something like the protagonist from Charlotte (receive the powers of the person he possessed), but he doesn't need to possess the others, just touch them; If I'm not mistaken, some of the people on the ship are afraid of him\n * There's a guy who can store almost anything in his pocket or his hair, because he stores things in another dimension\n * There's some type of organization that wear an Owl head, or it's actually their head\n * I remember another chapter where people get stuck in the walls of a building, action made by one of the \"evil people with superpower\" (I don't remember if it was a bad or a good character)\n\nI'm not sure if the next things I'll state is about the manga I was talking\nabove, I could be mixing with another manga\n\n * There's a doctor in this city, though much hate him, the people (with superpowers) need him, because he's the only one who give them treatment to the wounds of the battles\n * That doctor has a zombie assistant, a child\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Area D - Inou Ryouiki**?\n\n* * *\n\n> _One of them demonstrated his power, disassemble (or alike), and did that to\n> a clock that he had with him (or someone gave it to him)_\n\n**Satoru Ida**\n\n> **Watchmaker** (Dismantling, 時計師, Tokei Shi) is the name of Satoru's Altered\n> ability. With it, Satoru is able to disassemble or unmake any object that\n> comes into physical contact with his hands. His ability is indiscriminate;\n> it does not matter the object's size, complexity of composition, or whether\n> it is living or non-living - if Satoru touches it, it can be dismantled.\n> After accidentally dismantling his mother, due to lack of control, and\n> killing her, Satoru keeps his hands wrapped in bandages in order to minimize\n> any possible, similar situation. At present, Satoru still has difficulty\n> effectively controlling his ability.\n\n* * *\n\n> _There's a girl that can pass through wall, but to do so, she needs to get\n> naked_\n\n**Rio Ibuki**\n\n> **Shadow Play** (シャドープレイ, Shadō Purei) Rio can project herself in a two\n> dimensional realm and travel across the surface of any object (walls and\n> human skin, for example) just like a shadow, hence the name. It seems she\n> cannot extend her powers to objects as she is seen naked when she uses it.\n> Also, when she travels off of human skin, enough force is applied to knock\n> someone to the ground.\n\n* * *\n\n> _There's a guy who can store almost anything in his pocket or his hair,\n> because he stores things in another dimension_\n\n**Kaito Yuuki**\n\n> Kaito's altered ability is known as **Deserted House** (廃屋) . It allows him\n> to store objects of his choosing within another dimensional space. However,\n> in order to store said objects, Kaito must come into physical contact with\n> the object he'd like to store. In addition, he can only store as many\n> objects as equal to the mass of his body. Objects stored by Kaito's ability\n> maintain the same condition as they were when they came into contact with\n> Kaito's body, i.e., an arrow exhibiting the same momentum and/or velocity as\n> when it was released and shot or a canned beverage that was initially stored\n> in a freezer at cold temperatures.\n\n* * *\n\n> _There's some type of organization that wear an Owl head, or it's actually\n> their head_\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YTcQt.jpg)\n\nMy reference : <http://aread.wikia.com/>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Ennies Lobby arc when Luffy and his crew members trying to save Robin,\nLuffy order Sogeking (Usopp) to burn World Government's flag.\n\nHow can Luffy know that Sogeking can make something like flamethrower to burn\nthe flag? He only know that Usopp that can burn the flag.\n\nIn that time, if I'm not mistaken, Luffy doesn't know about Sogeking's power,\nhe also seems never notice Sogeking is Usopp before and even after the arc.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n# Anime Reference:\n\nAs you can watch in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBFMJhbLb2g) scene,\nit's not that Luffy finds out that Sogeking is actually Usopp. It's just that\nhe introduces himself as:\n\n> **Luffy and Chopper: Sogeking from the Sniper Island?**\n>\n> **Sogeking (Usopp) : That's right! I'm one of Usopp's close friends. I'm\n> here to help you out on your journey.**\n\n# Manga Reference:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/br32S.png)\n\nHence, when Luffy asks Sogeking to burn down the flag, he asks this to him as\na sniper, assuming him to be nearly as good as Usopp.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI remember seeing this on an online store but I can't remember the name. I\nknow that it's has 2 Seasons and I know it was released in the US but I not\n100% sure who has the licenses, for some reason I get the feeling it was\nFunimation. I remember seeing it as a new release so it's somewhat recent,\n2010's.\n\nThe 2 characters I remember is a Female who I seem to remember wearing white\nand has long white/silver hair. she works as an Arms Dealer and is well known\nfor being ruthless but none the less successful.\n\nShe has a bunch of bodyguards but one in particular is a youngish boy who\nhates her because she's an arms dealer. I get the feeling he's a child solider\nand may be middle eastern because he has darker skin.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Chapter 691, after Obito died, Kakashi’s Sharingan faded. Why is it that\nKakashi's Sharingan faded, while the Sharingan Danzo had stolen from Shisui\nand the one Shisui had given Itachi, were still okay even after its original\nowner had died?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSharingan that have been transplanted unto someone will never fade, even if\nthe original user dies, as was the case with Danzo/Shisui. The original\nSharingan that Kakashi had recieved wouldn't have faded either.\n\nHowever, in chapter 674, Madara steals Kakashi's Sharingan. Kakashi doesn't\nregain the Sharingan afterwards.\n\nIn chapter 686, after Obito sacrifices himself to save both Naruto and Sasuke,\nhis body dies, but his spirit is still alive and it inhabits Kakashi, leading\nhim to gain two Mangekyo Sharingan.\n\nAfter Kaguya's incapacitation, as Obito's spirit disperses, so does the\nSharingan.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBoth Kakashi and Danzou had physically obtained their Sharingan via\ntransplantation.\n\nDuring the finale of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara rips Kakashi's\nSharingan and transplants as his left eye ([ **Chapter\n674**](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oHWtY.jpg)).\n\nNaruto, using Hagaromo's power, creates a normal eye for Kakashi ([ **Chapter\n675**](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vJEJD.jpg)).\n\nFrom Naruto Wikia article on [Kakashi\nHatake](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake), merged plot summary of\nChapter 686, 687 and 688 (emphasis mine):\n\n> Prepared to give his life to lend what little assistance he can, Kakashi\n> stands in front of Sasuke to take the attack while Obito does the same for\n> Naruto. Although they are unified in their willingness to die, Obito decides\n> it's too soon for Kakashi and uses Kamui on the attack bound for him,\n> leaving Obito unable to save himself. **Obito's body dissolves, but his\n> spirit returns shortly afterwards and inhabits Kakashi**. Obito feels that\n> Kakashi will become the next Hokage and wishes to reward him: **a temporary\n> moment of having two Mangekyō Sharingan**.\n\nObito gave Kakashi the privilege of having both Sharingan (Mangekyou)\ntemporarily. This was the doing of the spirit of Obito and not the physical\nself. Hence the Sharingan Kakashi used was spiritually influenced.\n\nLater, when Kaguya is defeated, Obito's spirit leaves Kakashi's side to join\nthe other world. Because of the spirit leaving, the Sharingan also disappears\nalong with it.\n\nHad the Sharingan been physically present, it would have stayed, just like\nDanzou, the Kotoamatsukami crow and pre-war Kakashi.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBasically, Obito dies when he attempts to save Naruto and Sasuke, but his\nspirit was still there, even though his original(physical) body had left the\nworld. Now the spirit Obito grants Kakashi 2 spirit MS, which disappear after\nKaguya was sealed away and Obito's spirit leaves the world. If Obito were to\ngive kakashi his MS while he was alive, Kakashi could have kept the Sharingans\neven after the war. As for the original Sharingan Kakashi had, Madara snatched\nit out of Kakashi's eye socket(gross)...\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are a lot of Gundam anime series, movies and OVAs, so I don't know where\nto start.\n\n**Can anyone tell me its order to watch it?**\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are 6 different accepted universes within the Gundam Multiverse.\n\nEach has its own characters unique to its timeline, and does not intersect\nwith any other timelines (ex: In Gundam Wing, the events from Mobile Suit\nGundam never happened).\n\nThey are listed as follows:\n\n**Universal Century Time line** (Best place to start to get into it, every\nsingle Gundam series out there is rooted in characters/gundam from this time\nline). In order they are:\n\n * Mobile Suit Gundam\n * Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam\n * Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ\n * Char's Counterattack\n * MS Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket MS\n * Gundam F91 MS Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\n * MS Victory Gundam\n * MS Gundam Unicorn.\n * Turn A Gundam (This series is really good and is a huge shift in focus from prior gundams. Its set roughly 1000 years in the future, and Turn A is quite possibly the most powerful Gundam in the entire Gundam franchise).\n\n**After Colony Timeline** This is probably where most people are introduced\ninto the Gundam world. A group of space colony scientists build Gundams\npiloted by young boys in hopes of weakening Earths oppressive Government.\n\n * Gundam Wing\n * Endless Waltz\n\n**Cosmic Era Timeline** If the Universal Century seems to \"old\" for your\ntastes, this is a great place to jump into Gundam.\n\n * Gundam SEED\n * Gundam SEED Destiny\n * Gundam SEED MSV Astray\n * Gundam SEED Stargazer\n\n**After War Timeline** Welcome to your post apocalyptic Gundam universe.\nBasically the series take place after a giant colony is dropped on Earth,\nwiping out almos the entire population.\n\n * Gundam X\n\n**Future Century Timeline** Instead of giant wars and colonies fighting one\nanother, rulers are decided by a Gundam tournament that occurs every 4 years.\n\n * G Gundam\n\n**Anno Domini Timeline** Several factions are constantly vying for power when\na mysterious group known as Celestial Beings creates Gundams that are years\nbeyond an current MS technology.\n\n * Gundam 00\n\nThat concludes our journey through the very bumpy Gundam multiverse lane. I\nleft out a few movies and tv specials, but I think I captured the bigger\npicture here. Now go forth, and become Gundam maesters!\n\nThe above was found [here](http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Gundam_Wiki:Series).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOn Drum Island, after Chopper joined Mugiwara's crew, and they left, Dr.\nKureha fired sakura powder (I forgot the name of this powder) that Dr. Hiluluk\ncreated as a farewell present for Chopper.\n\nAt that time, there's some conversation between Dr. Kureha and Dalton. Dr.\nKureha asked Dalton if he knew about Gol D. Roger.\n\nIt seems that Dr. Kureha knew Gol D. Roger, but how did she know about him?\nWhat is the relation between Dr. Kureha and Gol D. Roger?\n\nI don't remember if this is ever explained in the anime or manga.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMaybe Roger had visited Kureha to cure his illness before he went to Crocus.\nOr Roger might have just saved her village/island back on his voyages.\n\nI am not so sure about their relation is, but they're definitely not enemies\nsince Kureha smiled when stating [_D still\nlives_](http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/154/8),\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fON6T.jpg)\n\nWhich telling us that she knows about _Will of D_ and I am sure that in OP\nworld, people who really know about it are always related to Roger.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhy are there no hair drawn down there or anywhere apart from FEMALE\ncharacter's heads in anime? I heard it was illegal from my friend. Were they\nmaking it up?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe [Japan's obscenity\nlaws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Japan) have some particular\nrules regarding pubic hair. Also, often hentai artists prefer a hairless body\nfor their particular demographic / fetish / etc.\n\nUp until the mid 1990s, [pubic hair had to be\ncensored](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan) in Japanese\nmedia. The law has been relaxed since, but as it had been common to do without\nhair, many artists continued with it.\n\nSaying that, there are some hentai works that contain pubic hair - but whether\nthey are complying with the law is another topic, as mangaka's regularly\n'interpret' the law loosely. Such as opting for a very minimal censor bar:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iAwVS.png)\n\nA female version would be similarly censored to a minimal interpretation of\nthe law. Unfortunately I don't have any appropriate pictures of fruit on hand.\n\n**Further Reading**\n\n[An Overview of Censorship in Anime](http://weeab.eu/an-overview-of-\ncensorship-in-anime/) (This is my own article on the subject, broadly covering\nthe topic)\n\n[\"Obscenity, Pornography, and the Law in Japan: Reconsidering Oshima’s In the\nRealm of the\nSenses\"](http://blog.hawaii.edu/aplpj/files/2011/11/APLPJ_04.1_alexander.pdf)\n(Heavier in content, but perhaps more specific for your question)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI came across the quote online. Every site says that the\n[quotee](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotee) is Monkey D Luffy.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6x0MYl.jpg)\n\nI was wondering if anyone could point me to an anime/manga source for the\nquote.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs far as I know, **Luffy never said this quote**.\n\nAnd I am up to the Doflamingo Arc, And still never heard Luffy state this, its\nprobably some quote made up from the fans.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**[Note as of this revision: The answer below contains unmarked spoilers for\ns2.]**\n\n* * *\n\nFrom what I remember: Lelouch and Nunnally were given as hostages to Japan.\nBritannia invades Japan. Lelouch and Nunnally somehow live.\n\n**Why exactly are they alive and not announced dead?**\n\nHere's what I understand:\n\n 1. The whole point of taking or giving hostages is to ensure certain agreements are kept. When Britannia invaded Japan, it seems whatever agreement Britannia and Japan had was breached and then Genbu or whoever should've executed Lelouch or Nunnally. Or well perhaps someone tried but failed, but I think that's unlikely.\n\n 2. If for some reason the relevant legitimate or de facto authorities of Japan didn't want to execute Lelouch and Nunnally (pity, morality, attempt at using them as double agents or whatever), then why weren't the deaths of Lelouch and Nunnally faked and announced (to show that Japan really does follow on its threats. Otherwise, in the future, people will not necessarily take Japan's threats seriously).\n\n 3. Could be remembering the series wrong, but it seems like they guessed Lelouch and Nunnally were dead rather than, say, found out from Japanese news. If I were 1 of the Britannian peeps, then I think I would find it suspicious that the Japanese authorities didn't execute or announce that they executed them.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nLelouch and Nunnally being sent to Japan as Hostages was itself another ploy.\nIn Season 2 when Charles is explaining everything to Lelouch when they are\ntrapped in the Sword of Akasha he revealed that he sent them away to protect\nthem for V.V who had already murdered Marianne.\n\nAlso at the start of the series we see C.C watching a young Lelouch and Suzaku\nprobably before the war so given the connection Marianne had with C.C during\nthe series it's possible C.C (before being captured) was sent by Marianne to\nlook out for her children.\n\nPrior the start of the War Britannia haddn't fully developed their Knightmares\nwhich was one of the key pieces of technology which gave Britannia an edge\n\n> However, when Britannia finally developed its Knightmare Frames fleet and\n> decided to invade Japan to seize control of the Sakuradite mines,\n> consequently discarding Lelouch's use as a diplomatic tool\n\nSource: [Lelouch vi Britannia - Character Outline (2nd\nParagraph)](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Lelouch_vi_Britannia#Character_Outline)\n\nThis means executing them would have no merit. remember also that Lelouch had\nforfeited his claim to the Throne and before doing this the background chatter\nby the Nobles talked about them being lucky if Nunnally could be married off\nfor political gain in her condition. their value as hostages were already much\nlower and Japan's main bargaining chip was their Sakuradite which, now with\ntheir Knightmares, Britannia could take by force and stop the other super\npowers from getting it.\n\nAlso i would think Suzaku and Todoh would have done something to save them if\nsomeone got the idea to punish Britannia by executing them (and i suspect at\nthe start of the series were we see Lelouch vow to destroy Britannia it was\nTodoh who we see at the fire).\n\nAs for making Lelouch's and Nunnally's deaths known to be false this would\nprobably just insult Britannia. the first thing that would be done if this\nhappened was to denounce Japan's claims and because most Britannians look down\non foreigners chances are that Charles would claim that Lelouch and Nunnally\nwere impostors withother probably voicing their disgust that the Japanese have\nthe audacity to use foreign commoners to pose as members of the Imperial\nFamily.\n\nLets not forget that the heirs to the throne were fighting one another, while\nthere are some would would want to protect Lelouch and Nunnally there are\nothers who would use the war as a cover to kill them permanently removing them\nfrom the line of succession. weather the Japanese knew is or not doesn't\nmatter as Lelouch would be opposed to it because it would be putting Nunnally\nin greater danger.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter the Second Pacific War and Invasion of Japan, Lelouch and Nunnally\ndecided to live under false identities (but they don't have plastic surgery\nand allow themselves to be seen in public).\n\nWhy? What exactly were they thinking? They really wouldn't be recognised? I\nseem to recall Cornelia and Kirihara recognised Lelouch.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe risk really wasn't all that great. Without the geass power, Lelouch never\nwould've met Cornelia or Kirihara or any of the others that recognized Lelouch\n(Clovas, Euphy, etc...). Cornelia because Clovas would've stayed alive so\nthere would've been no need for her to become Viceroy. Kirihara because he\nwouldn't have needed to meet with the 6 head families, remember he only meets\nKirihara/reveals his identity to secure support for the Black Knights.\n\nTo expand:\n\nWhile they lived at a school for Brittanians, Brittania is very caste based,\nand the castes don't mix much, besides a few outliers like Euphy the royal\nfamily doesn't mingle with commoners, which is what the Knights of the Round\ncall the students of Ashford Academy and their families when they transfer to\nit. So no _real_ chance of running into someone who would recognize them\nthere.\n\nAs for those few - and it was very few - Japanese who knew their secret, they\nalso all knew that he hates the empire and why he was exiled to Japan in the\nfirst place. So they are far more likely, if they ever ran into him, to\nsupport him and hide him from the Brittanians then to out him. As can be seen\nby Kirihara immediately throwing his support behind Zero when he learns that\nZero is Lelouch.\n\nFinally: (This block doesn't actually effect Lelouch's decision to be in\npublic since it's not known to him at the time, but it's interesting to note\nfor us viewers, since it explains why they were so safe for the 7 years before\nLelouch gets geass.)\n\n> At the end of Season 2 we learn that none of Lelouch's siblings were\n> actually after him and his sister and mother when they were younger. In fact\n> from their reactions they all actually seem to miss them. We also learn that\n> the Emperor wasn't after them either and in-fact exiled them to Japan to\n> keep them \"safe\" from his brother VV. And as far as we know VV wasn't\n> actually hunting them again until CC came into their life and gave geass to\n> Lelouch. So no one in the Empire was actually hunting them at all.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs a kid, Lelouch vowed to destroy Britannia or something, but how was he\ngoing to do that without the Geass or rich or powerful allies besides Suzaku\nand the Ashford family? It's not like the Japanese were using or planning to\nuse him or Nunnally as double agents or anything like that, or were they?\n\nAnytime pre-Geass, did he actually stand a chance of exacting his childhood\nrevenge?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is no real answer since it doesnt exist! But based on what happened in\nthe story, Lelouch visited a \"underground\" type club? to play chess, so there\nis a possibility that he he already had connections in the underground world.\nAlso by Anime logic the fact that he was so smart, the main character would\nfind a way..\n\nThis is more of a discussion of opinions than a direct question..!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Lelouch made his vow to Suzaku to destroy Britannia this was more of a\nchild venting his frustration at how powerless he was as he was seeing a close\nfriend's homeland be ravaged by the same ideals he thought claimed his\nmother's life and crippled his sister.\n\nWhen Lelouch got Geass in his monologue he points out how he was living as a\nzombie just going though the motions of living but not really living. so\nbetween when he made his vow and when he got Geass Lelouch appeared to accept\nreality that all he could do was look after Nunnally, at least until an\nopportunity came which would allow him to fight back (which Geass was)\n\nAlso i should point out that there was no way the Ashford Family could help\nhim even if he did do something as a child. after Marianne's death the Ashford\nFamily, who were her supports, lost alot of standing.\n\n> She is aware of Lelouch's identity as a former prince of Britannia, since\n> her family were close supporters of his mother, Empress Marianne. This\n> relationship however, would lead to the family's nobility status being\n> stripped.\n>\n> The Ashfords, wanting to restore their former glory, have two options in\n> doing so; either reinstate Lelouch and Nunnally back into the royal family,\n> or to arrange a marriage with a noble. Since the former would get both of\n> them killed, the Ashfords opted for the latter, and arrange several marriage\n> interviews for Milly, with Earl Lloyd Asplund eventually winning out;\n\nSource: [Milly Ashford - Character Outline (2nd and 3rd\nParagraphs)](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Milly_Ashford#Character_Outline)\n\nThe only other thing he could try and do is unify the Resistance Factions but\nas we could see when he first tried commanding them they weren't fully\ntrusting at first and when things went wrong the second time the group he was\ncommanding abandoned him. really the only reason he gained so much support and\nfame with the resistance factions was because of his miracles brought on by\nhis Geass\n\nSo unless C.C contacted Lelouch much much earlier there was really no way he\ncould put up any sort plan to undermine and destroy Britannia\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe top drawing shows when a character is moving fast (such as running or\nhitting something with power) The lines show the direction the movement is\nhappening. The lower drawing shows that this is a very important piece of\ninformation or that the character is at an intense state of emotion: such as\nif the character finds out that his/her friend is a mass murderer.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe term you're looking for is (generically) \"speed lines\". Unsurprisingly,\nthey are typically as a visual indicator that something is speedy.\n\nThe terminology is a little silly, though - the horizontal, fixed-width lines\nin your first image are clearly used for different purposes from the\nvanishing-point-oriented, variable-width lines in your second image, and\nbucketing them all as \"speed lines\" is a bit inaccurate.\n\nAs it turns out, Japanese has better terminology for these lines. There is a\nbroader term [効果線](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%B9%E6%9E%9C%E7%B7%9A)\n\"effect lines\" that subsumes both スピード線 \"speed lines\" (your first image) and\n集中線 \"focus lines\" (your second image), as well as some other rarer styles of\nline. This is a more appropriate choice of words, in my opinion: the \"focus\nlines\", unlike the lines in your first image, are used to draw focus to\nwhatever is \"at\" the vanishing point of the lines.\n\n(This visual language seems fairly intuitive and universal to me, so I'm a\nlittle surprised that you had this question - not that there's anything wrong\nwith that.)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe left drawing looks like it is showing something happening at speed, for\nexample if you were to put a character there in front of those horizontal\nlines, you'd get the impression that that character is moving at speed, e.g.\nlike running.\n\nThe one on the right has the effect of focusing the reader on a particular\naspect of that drawing square, and it's use can hugely vary. It can also be\nused to reveal something surprising by putting an object/character between\nthose exiting lines.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the episode 4, Moral is shooting someone through a pillow with his golden\ngun.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pH5WW.png)\n\nWhy did he do this instead of directly shooting on the guy?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Theory 1** : As [senshin\nmentioned](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/28281/why-does-moral-\nshoot-through-a-pillow#comment39583_28281) this is likely meant as a silencer,\nor suppressor, for the gun.\n\nIt seems to be a pretty popular belief that shooting through a pillow would\ndampen the sound of the gun. I can't find any reliable information on this\nunfortunately, only some videos that show\n[some](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJ-0MePb4g)\n[effect](https://youtu.be/cnMeTlXsXC8?t=75). However, the decibel values from\nthe first video are roughly in line with what [Wikipedia\nsays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor#Effectiveness) is a typical\ndampening achieved by a real suppressor, i.e. around 130dB which is still very\nloud. In the end the sound levels also depend on many other things such as\nsub- or supersonic bullets or the firing mechanism as discussed\n[here](http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/mpmain.html#Sound).\n\n**Theory 2** : A pillow could be used to contain splatter, in particular keep\nit off the shooter's clothes.\n\nThe latter doesn't really fit the distance between target and pillow in the\nimage and since you say the sound effect is muffled in the anime, Theory 1\nseems to be what they were going for.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDuring episode 11 of Tokyo Ravens, there was a scene on a weekend that\nDairenji Suzuka visited Tsuchimikado Harutora's room and explored its inside\njust to annoy Harutora.\n\nThen after that, Suzuka also asked to enter Tsuchimakado Natsume's room.\nHowever, Natsume deliberately refused Suzuka's demand even though that they\nknow that Suzuka can black mail Natsume about revealing her great secret.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HmCyd.png)\n\nNatsume even forced herself to go to her room even when Suzuka was already\nrestraining her.\n\n(Just look at Natsume's worried face XD) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ufWhb.png)\n\nAnd after that, Natsume was forcibly tied by Suzuka in order for them to visit\nHer room. The inside of the room was pretty normal, so they wondered why would\nNatsume be that worried, but as Suzuka monitored the room, she noticed a very\ncomplicated barrier that is protecting Natsume's closet. Curiously, Suzuka\ntried to forcibly open the closet by removing the barrier. Then Natsume\ndesperately crawled going to her room with tears in her face showing her great\nfear of Suzuka opening the closet and them knowing the contents inside.\n\n(Just look at her annoyingly cute expression as she crawled! XD) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gXyet.png)\n\nSince Harutora was kind enough to feel pity on Natsume, He ordered Kon to\nrelease Natsume from her binding.\n\nAs soon as Natsume's binding was released, she desperately called Hokuto\n(Overpowered) just to protect her secret; Thus destroying her room due to\nHokuto's size.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZFZvC.png)\n\nNow, this is my question:\n\n 1. Why was Natsume desperate of not letting them (Suzuka, Harutora, Touji) enter her room, even though its pretty normal? (if there is no exact reason, maybe a girl's perspective will do)\n 2. What is inside Natsume's closet? Is it so very important that she even protected it with strong barriers and even called Hokuto just to protect it? (there is also a [question related to this](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/21200/what-was-natsume-hiding-in-her-closet-in-episode-11) but the answers did not fill the void in my heart.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI finished watching season 3 of Highschool DxD and I want to read the LN. I\ndon't know where to start reading. How much did the Highschool DxD anime adapt\nthe light novel, and did the anime adapt the LN well?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAnime covered about 7 first volumes.\n\nBased on [Manga-Updates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=72062)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSeason 1: Volumes 1 and 2\n\nSeason 2: Volumes 3 and 4\n\nSeason 3 episodes 1-9: Volumes 5,6 and 7\n\nSeason 3 episodes 10-12: Original\n\nOvas and Specials: Half of volume 8 and original\n\nThe most likely future:\n\nSeason 4: Volumes 9 and 10. The way these 2 volumes work it should be this way\n\nI watched the anime and read the light novels.\n\nAbout your second question yes, it was very well adapted. Season 3 was a mess\nthough so I'd advise you to read it. Just for Koneko it's worth it. It's nice\nhaving her fall for Issei and enter mating season. Koneko in the heat is the\nbest Koneko :)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWas _Sailor Moon_ edited for the English version, to show less in the\ntransformation when they are naked? Was it originally meant for children?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo, the transformation sequence hasn't been censored. The visuals in the\noriginal are the same.\n\nSailor Moon is Shoujo, so it would have been originally intended for teen and\npreteen girls.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn general, Sailor Moon was heavily edited for the US release as detailed by\nfans for example [here](http://www.smuncensored.com/season.php?season=1). In\nparticular nudity was avoided as exemplified below.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jMN6D.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nLxM5.png)\n\nThe source of these images is [this](http://www.movie-\ncensorship.com/report.php?ID=1489254) comparison between the US and the German\nversion. While the German version is not completely uncensored (see the linked\nsite for details) it is almost equal to the Japanese original and does not\nhave censorship of nudity.\n\nRegarding the **transformation scenes** in particular: Many sites claim the US\ncensorship manifested itself in removal of the breast outlines, however all\nexamples I find on youtube look the same to me. The two sites mentioned above\nalso say that the only change is a speed-up of the transformation - likely to\nfit the overall episode runtime due to other edits.\n\nOther changes include the removal of violence in particular against children\nand gender changes as not to display homosexuality. This all pertains to the\noriginal US release, while subsequent ones\n[apparently](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_%28anime%29#Localization)\nstayed more true to the Japanese original.\n\nTo address the second question, as [Skullclutter already\nmentioned](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/28304/34) Sailor Moon is\nconsidered a _shōjo_ series and therefore aimed at young women.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThough I watched the original English dub when it first aired on TV in the\nU.S., I do not follow any of the details about it, so I will not attempt to\nanswer the first half of your question, but I can answer the second half.\n\n## Was it originally meant for children?\n\n**Yes.**\n\nBoth **the manga and the classic 90s anime were primarily aimed at elementary\nschool-aged girls** (whereas the reboot [_Sailor Moon Crystal_ was not aimed\nat children](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/13849/8134)). The easiest\nevidence for this is the kind of commercials that aired during the broadcast,\nwhich were very child-targeted. Thanks to the efforts of _Sailor Moon_ otaku,\nyou can watch many of these TV commercials in YouTube, such as [these\nads](https://youtu.be/e_33Vt0OGN8?list=PLJTWaTjHPoEYsRVLFfyB25pOy8i9zeqwO) for\nkids' shoes, eye drops for red eyes after swimming, and toys. You can clearly\nsee from **the age of the child actors** in the commercials that the target\naudience was girls of their ages: **the lower grades of elementary school**.\nIn other words, if the series had been aimed at pre-teens, teens, or women,\nsecond graders wouldn't be advertising the merchandise (how many high school\nstudents would decide to go out and buy something because a third grader told\nthem to? Usually, the actors cast are the same age or older than the target\nviewer).\n\n_Shoujo_ is largely aimed at elementary schoolers, not at teens or women. The\nmagazine that _Sailor Moon_ was published in, _Nakayoshi_ , is specifically\naimed at **one of the youngest age brackets** amongst _shoujo_ manga magazines\n(the only main _shoujo_ magazine with a younger target audience than\n_Nakayoshi_ is _Ciao_ , and they largely overlap in target demographic).\n\nProofs from [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22827/8134):\n\n> Evidence that the targeted age range for most shoujo manga is young\n> elementary school age can be taken from:\n>\n> * the age of the real-life models shown the photos on pages about\n> fashion/hair/make-up or modeling next month’s advertised _furoku_. In the\n> big three magazines ( _Ribon_ , _Nakayoshi_ , and _Ciao_ ), they are always\n> preteens.\n> * the age of the male idol groups featured on pages containing news or\n> interviews with idols -- in the big three these are usually the ones\n> comprised of younger boys such as Ya-Ya-yah and Sexy Zone.\n> * the type of _furoku_ [freebies] included with magazine issues. In\n> _Ribon_ , _Nakayoshi_ , and _Ciao_ , the bulk of _furoku_ can only be used\n> by little kids: a Japanese high schooler couldn’t be caught dead wearing\n> them. The _furoku_ produced in recent years have increasingly become\n> \"kiddie\" items. . . .\n> * the fact that only 1) young kid characters, 2) very childish characters,\n> and 3) hardcore otaku characters in anime/manga are ever shown reading a\n> manga magazine. Tsukino Usagi in _Sailor Moon_ and Gouda Takeo in _Ore!!\n> Monogatari_ are shown with manga magazines in their bedrooms, because it\n> shows that these characters have the mental age of an elementary school kid\n> despite being high school freshmen. Manga magazines aren't found in the\n> bedrooms of mature and average teen characters, just as most real-life\n> Japanese teen girls do not read manga.\n>\n\n_Sailor Moon_ was targeted at children, **although the inclusion of short-\nskirted sailor uniforms** was a suggestion by the _mangaka_ Takeuchi Naoko's\nmale editor at the publisher Kodansha, Fumio Osano (known by his nickname of\nOsa-P), [**to also pull in some adult male\nfans**](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Fumio_Osano).\n\nThe content considered [acceptable for kids in Japan differs from that of\nother countries](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/21940/8134). **Nudity is\ngenerally a non-issue** , and there is a long-standing tradition of nude\ntransformation sequences in _mahou shoujo_ (a sub-genre of _shoujo_ targeted\nat elementary school girls) since the 1970s. This was **not originally\nintended to be titular** \\-- many of the classic 70s magical girls were pre-\npubescent, meaning that no cleavage or curves were present at all during their\nnude transformation sequences -- but more so these sequences were to clearly\ndemonstrate how the transformation magically worked (old clothes disappear,\nnew clothes appear). **In contrast,** the earliest classic _mahou shoujo_ who\nwas simultaneously [targeted at young girls while being intentionally\nsexy](http://shoujo.tripod.com/megu.html) for adult male viewers, _Majokko\nMeg-chan_ , showed off her body with panty shots, various stages of undress,\nand coquettish winks throughout the episodes _apart from_ a transformation\nsequence.\n\nAlso, from [this answer:](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22209/8134)\n\n> Not all nudity in manga and anime is considered sensual or sexual. Just as\n> the Japanese public baths ( _onsen_ and _sento_ ) do not innately bear any\n> association of nudity with sex among the general population, nudity can be\n> included in illustrations that are not intending to have any sexual\n> connotations. Historically, the Japanese were surprised by the foreigners\n> who arrived on their shores and balked at the public baths, since the\n> Japanese didn't view them as related to sexual interest. In fact, **nudity\n> can in some contexts connote purity, as in the[final\n> episode](http://shoujo.tripod.com/megu.html) of _Bishoujo Senshi Sailor\n> Moon_** , in which the protagonist fights her final battle in the nude, her\n> pure heart able to\n>\n\n>> reach and connect to the villain's and set her free from being possessed by\nevil.\n\n>\n> **Neither the villain, nor any of the onlooking supporting characters,\n> particularly pay attention to her nudity** during and after the battle; even\n> when she is subsequently hugged by her boyfriend, there is no sensuality\n> present in the depiction.\n\n(The reason that transformation sequences increased in length [thereby\nextending the number of seconds of nude footage and the number of \"camera\nangles\" during it] was due to the fact that every frame of the anime needed to\nbe drawn by hand. If the animation company prepared a few sequences that could\nbe reused in just about every single episode [appearance, attack,\ntransformation] that cut down on the number of minutes of original animation\nneeded to produce for each episode. Now that most anime is digitally animated,\nthis is virtually no longer necessary, but fans came to expect those\ntransformation sequences in the _mahou shoujo_ genre, so we still see them in\ncurrent and recent anime even though they no longer perform that formerly\nimportant practical task.)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs we know [Marin Hollow](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Marin_Hollow) was\nturned into small in **chapter 456:Order** as shown in\n[this](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zBcqT.png) by\n[Brandish](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Brandish_%CE%BC). In **chapter\n466:Assassins** we see him turning to his normal state as shown\n[here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mXiM9.png). Brandish is tied with anti magic\nshackles, so she can't use magic. Marin's magic is **Spatial Magic** and has\nshown space manipulation magic at **Caracole Island**. So how did he return to\nhis normal form? Does Spatial Magic have some other magic that helped him to\nreturn to his normal body? If it was due to Spatial Magic then why Lucy was\ntrying to not get caught in Brandish Mass Manipulation magic?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the manga Horimiya, the main heroine always treats her father poorly. Is\nthere a reason as to why she does so? In the latest chapter (57) she states\nthat there is no room for her father in the Kotatsu. In the chapter before,\nshe doesn't give her dad any extra stew. From what I remember, both the mother\nand Hori treat her father unreasonably, but I don't remember a reason why. Is\nthere a reason, or is it just some kind of running gag for comedy purposes?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDuring the second test of the Chunin exams, Orochimaru goes for Sasuke and\neven gives him power. But why does he avoid cursing Naruto like he did to\nSasuke? Wasn't Naruto as powerful as Sasuke? Or was he too powerful to be\ncontrolled?\n\nAlso, why does he use the Five Elements Seal on Naruto?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe main reason why Orochimaru wanted Sasuke rather than Naruto, was Itachi\nUchiha.\n\nSasuke Uchiha, was developing into the prodigy that his elder brother Itachi\nwas. Orochimaru had experienced Itachi's power first hand. And it proved too\ngreat for him.\n\nAnother reason, was the Uchiha clan's famed Sharingan. Itachi's prowess with\nhis Sharingan was outstanding. Orochimaru expected the same from Sasuke.\n\nSince Orochimaru couldn't take control of Itachi's body, he decided to settle\nfor his younger brother's.\n\nAs to why Naruto wasn't chosen, Orochimaru favoured Sasuke over Naruto.\nBecause at that time, Naruto was at the back of the class, and Sasuke was the\nUchiha prodigy. Also, the fact that Sasuke is Sharingan abled and Itachi's\nbrother, outweighed Naruto's overall.\n\nThe two reasons as to why Orochimaru used the Five Elements Seal:\n\n * He wanted to disallow Naruto from using the Kyubi's chakra.\n * And to tamper his control over his own chakra.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOrochimaru was actually going after Itachi, Sasuke's older brother. After he\nfailed on getting Itachi's body he decided to get his youngest brother,\nSasuke, because he was going to be an easier target.\n\nThe main reason why he even targeted Itachi was because of his Sharingan. He\nwas going after a Kekkei Genkai, which is a special ability that not a lot of\npeople can have, that his next vessel will have to make him stronger. He did\nnot target Naruto because he doesn't have a Kekkei Genkai.\n\nHe put the Five Elements Seal on Naruto like that he would not use the\nKyuubi's chakra and his own.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI would say there are two main reasons why Orochimaru went after Sasuke.\n\n 1. Orochimaru wanted Sasuke or Itachi's eyes. After all Orochimaru was researching inherited chakra or called Kekkei Genkai. Meaning you must be born into that specific clan to gain the chakra or special features of it. Orochimaru was only looking for special Kekkei Genkai. Here's a few examples: Shikotsumyaku clan and their ability to using their bones in their bodies as weapons. User Kimimaru. Crystal release nature chakra users are able to materialize and use crystals. Finally Jugo's clan Kekkei Genkai. Allowing them to absorb natural energy into their own bodies and use it. This interest in Kekkei Genkai caused him to desire one for his vessel. So when Itachi showed him the potential in the Sharingan. He immediately desired to control and use it.\n\n 2. Orochimaru could not use him a vessel. A) Naruto is not easily controlled and brainwashed exceptionally when it involves someone close to him. He would have sliced off his own hand before intentionally hurting a loved one. B) He is the Jinchuriki. Kurama or the nine tails fox would have never allowed the snake to stay in Naruto's mind for long. He or she would have knocked some sense into the boy long ago. C) His loyalty to the village. Orochimaru needed someone who has nothing and no one holding him back. Sasuke had no loyalty to the village and the only thing holding him back was somewhat friend Naruto. While Naruto was very loyal to his village and was gaining friends. Causing Naruto to not need him unlike Sasuke who desired for more power which Orochimaru happily supplied for him.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe question itself is self-explanatory! What's the meaning of it? And why is\nit named so? How was the anime named so? I thought the reason would be\nrevealed by the end if the anime but it didn't, and I'm left here wondering...\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's called that because the book was. In the actual novel, The Narrator title\ndrops the series in the second chapter, referring to events of 1930\n(specifically the tale about the Liquor of Immortality) as a baccano (ruckus)\nwhen recounting the tale to a Japanese tourist in 2002 while they're waiting\nfor Ronnie to recover a camera stolen by the Splot gang.\n\nAs for name itself, Narita had been watching some gangster flicks and got\ninspired to write a story about it with a few twists, and it ended up becoming\na twisted tale of various subplots intertwining and colliding upon reaching\nthe conclusion, and felt that the word baccano was an accurate descriptor of\nit while also fitting with the Mafia theme.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFirst, I was going to ask where the Arbiters originated from? Like where were\nthey chosen from? But then after watching the animé, I learned the following:\n\n 1. Arbiters' 2nd Law : Arbiters have no emotions since they are dummies!\n 2. Decim's statement to Chiyuki : If humans stay here for too long, they’ll turn into dummies!\n\nThese two things make me think that the Arbiters might be previously humans\nturned to dummies and then to Arbiters! Is it possible? Is that true? And if\nnot then what about the origin of the Arbiters? How are they made or chosen?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime starts off with the guy in a hotel room, he turned on the TV and got\na knock at the door. It turned out to be a girl that at the moment he didn't\nknow but I think she turned out to be his cousin? They almost had sex because\nshe seduced him and he thought she was a random call girl but he realized at\nthe last second who she was I think and he kicked her out wearing no clothes\nlol.\n\nThen, he started taking a bunch of college entrance exams failing all of them\nI think... he ran into some beautiful woman who I think went to the Tokyo U,\nor some kind of prestigious University that he couldn't hope to get into. But\nhe went and took the exam anyway and that's about all I remember.\n\nThe art style was older, might have been late 90s early 2000's for all I know.\nAny leads? MC had longish black hair. I don't think it was a hentai or\nanything. I tried searching and literally nothing fits that description, so\nweird lol. Thanks in advance\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime you're looking for is [Sakura\nDiaries](http://myanimelist.net/anime/818/Sakura_Tsuushin).\n\n> A Keio University (one of the top three colleges in Japan) exam candidate,\n> Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at\n> his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely\n> remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt something special for him\n> (an other-than-cousinly-love), invites Touma to live with her since he has\n> no place to stay other than the hotel room.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OnLD8.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe difference between Shonen'ai and Yaoi [as already been\nasked](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2681/what-is-the-difference-\nbetween-yuri-and-shoujo-ai-yaoi-and-shounen-ai-and-ecchi/).\n\nHowever, I encountered a few more terminologies concerning anime and mangas\nreferring to masculine homosexuality :\n\n * Shōnen'ai\n * JUNE\n * Yaoi\n * Boys' love\n\nWhat are the main differences between those genres?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Shounen-Ai** Literally translated means boys love. However, in these type of\nseries, it usually represents an innocent, non sexual nature of homosexuality.\nEx- 7-Ghosts.\n\n(Taken from wikipedia)\n\n> The term shōnen-ai (boy love) originally connoted ephebophilia or pederasty\n> in Japan, but from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, was used to describe a\n> new genre of shōjo manga, primarily produced by the Year 24 Group of women\n> authors, about beautiful boys in love. Characteristics of shōnen-ai include\n> exoticism, often taking place in Europe, and idealism. Jeffrey Angles\n> particularly notes Moto Hagio's The Heart of Thomas (1974) and Keiko\n> Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta (1976-1984) as being groundbreaking, noting\n> their portrayal of intense friendship between males, including jealousy and\n> desire.\n\n**June** \\- This name actually comes from a specific manga magazine and it\ncannot be said as a genre or demographic per se.\n\n(From Wikipedia)\n\n> A manga or text story with male homosexual themes for women written in an\n> aesthetic (耽美 tanbi) style, named for the Juné magazine.\n\n**Yaoi**\n\n> Yaoi (/ˈjaʊi/, Japanese: [ja.o.i]), also known as Boys' Love (BL), is a\n> Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual\n> relationships between male characters, typically aimed at a female audience\n> and usually created by female authors. Although yaoi is typically aimed at a\n> female audience, the genre also attracts some male readers; however, manga\n> aimed at a gay male audience (bara) is considered a separate genre.\n\n**Boys Love**\n\nYaoi and Boys-Love are basically the same thing and can be used\ninterchangeably\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nShonen-ai (shonen = boy, ai = love), so it's boy's love. Yaoi is mostly just\nthe physical side of the relationship between male characters.\n\nJune is the earliest yaoi (BL) magazine. BL means boy x boy relationships.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs mentioned in [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/14374/15542),\nthe terms _seme_ and _uke_ are used in yaoi to describe a duality:\n\n> Yaoi fans have adapted these terms to describe the roles in a male/male\n> relationship: the seme is the one who takes the traditional male role:\n> initiates the relationship, \"pursues\" the uke and is usually \"on top\" during\n> sex. This can get ridiculously codified and outright heteronormative, e.g.\n> the seme has to be taller and stronger, not show their emotions, etc. The\n> \"uke ends up winning\" aspect may or may not be relevant.\n\nIf there is an equivalent to this kind of relationship in yuri manga and\nanimation, what is it called?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOn [Wikipedia disambiguation page for\n\"Seme\"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seme) one of the suggested usages of the\nterm is:\n\n> Seme, a manga/anime term for a dominant partner in a homosexual relationship\n\nThe first paragraph of that [\"seme\"\nlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi#Seme_and_uke) says:\n\n> The two participants in a yaoi relationship ( **and to a lesser extent in\n> yuri** ) are often referred to as seme (\"top\") and uke (\"bottom\").\n\nNow given that the first page only says homosexsual and according to\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality)\n\n> Homosexuality (from Ancient Greek ὁμός, meaning \"same\", and Latin sexus,\n> meaning \"sex\") is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior\n> between members of the same sex or gender.\n\nSince, shoujo ai/yuri involves lesbian relationships which are romantic\nattraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between two females, the\nterms probably are the same in shoujo ai/yuri.\n\nFunny enough if we look at the [\"Yuri\" page on\nWikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri), it's a disambiguation page\nunlike the \"Yaoi\" page that I linked to and the [yuri\ngenre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_\\(genre\\)) pages are nowhere nearly\nas fleshed out as the yaoi page (and there is no yaoi (genre) page either).\nGiven that _seme_ and _uke_ are fan terms one might assume that yaoi fans\nwanted clear terms to describe who the dominant partner in the relationship\nis. This is something yuri fans do not have much need for: in my view, there\nis no set dominant partner in shoujo ai/yuri. Rather that role can switch very\neasily between the members of the relationship.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe female equivalent term for seme/butch/top/dominant is \"tachi\", while the\none for uke/femme/bottom/submissive is \"neko\". (Reference: [_Emerging Lesbian\nVoices from\nJapan_](https://books.google.com/books?id=ztSB2k_sG2gC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=tachi+neko+lesbian&source=bl&ots=yKLD6nGfia&sig=KrJkHCxLFaKucUecjqLRef5qcfw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTrceW4ZvKAhUS6mMKHe27DhUQ6AEIIDAC#v=onepage&q=tachi%20neko%20lesbian&f=false).)\n\nI'm not sure if the usage is as prevalent among fans and makers of the yuri\ngenre as \"seme\" and \"uke\" are for yaoi fans, since I neither socialize with\nthem nor read any fandom meta.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf you use \"uke\" and \"seme\" to describe particpants in yuri relationships, I\nimagine you'll be understood, but it'd be very weird - male homosexual\nrelationships and female homosexual relationships are conceptualized quite\ndifferently from one another in Japan, and uke/seme is only an element of the\nformer. I don't think [Memor-X's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/28323/) quite gets at this.\n\n* * *\n\nHere is a basic (and oversimplified) sketch of how homosexuality is\nconceptualized: in a relationship between two men, one of them needs to \"be\nthe woman\". Hence, we have this deep dichotomy between \"uke\" (\"the woman\") and\n\"seme\" (\"the man\"). On the other hand, in a relationship between two women,\nthere is no need for one of them to \"be the man\" - and so the uke/seme\ndistinction does not arise as obviously. Indeed, there's this notion called リバ\n(~\"riba\", from \"reversible\") to describe a lesbian who is fluid with respect\nto her role in a sexual situation; I'm not aware of an equivalent term for\nmen.\n\nWhy is there this asymmetry? The reasons are probably myriad; one obvious one\nderives from how penetrative sex works - one party must \"attack\" (\"seme\") and\nthe other party must \"receive\" (\"uke\") - and penetrative sex is obviously more\ncommonly an element of male homosexual relationships than female ones. In this\nrespect, Euro-American and Japanese notions of male homosexuality are not\nentirely dissimilar.\n\nBut anyway, whatever the reason, the fact of the matter is that uke/seme\nterminology is _by far_ more entrenched in the male homosexual community than\nthe female homosexual community. And this distinction percolates from actual\nhomosexual communities to the communities of people who consume media about\nhomosexuality (yaoi/yuri). The Japanese-proficient reader may like to note the\nfollowing:\n\n * The Japanese Wikipedia [article on yuri](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E7%94%A8%E8%AA%9E) does not reference the notion of \"uke\" or \"seme\".\n * dic.pixiv's [article on yuri](http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E7%99%BE%E5%90%88) has explicit commentary about the ordering of names in a pairing (consider \"MadoHomu\" vs. \"HomuMado\") having nothing to do with uke/seme. (dic.pixiv is obviously not a \"reliable source\" in the [WP:IRS sense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources), but I'd say it _is_ reflective of the views and concerns of the community of people who consume yuri media.)\n * The [glossary](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eUzinMHDBTMJ:www.lesbian.jp/sp/lword/%20&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) on the website of the \"Lesbian Girls Club\" in Osaka (with the wonderful domain name \"lesbian.jp\") only uses \"uke\" and \"seme\" as part of comparisons to related notions specific to lesbianism, like \"tachi\" and \"neko\" (as noted in [makihige's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/28793/)).\n * But, things like dic.pixiv and other websites for fans of yuri media generally do _not_ use the terms \"tachi\" and \"neko\". For reasons that are unclear to me, these terms, unlike \"uke\" and \"seme\", do not seem to have percolated from the lesbian community to fans of yuri media.\n\n* * *\n\nThe basic takeaways are these:\n\n * Using \"uke\" and \"seme\" for female-female relationships is weird and not generally done. \n * That particular dichotomy is not really even a thing in the Japanese conception of lesbianism, though other dichotomies, like \"tachi\"/\"neko\", are things.\n * Consequently, in yuri media, \"uke\" and \"seme\" are, again, not really used. \n * However, \"tachi\" and \"neko\" are not really used by fans of yuri media either.\n\nAnd so, the answer to OP's title question is basically this: not only is there\nnot a one-to-one equivalent to \"uke\"/\"seme\"; there isn't even really any\nterminology at all that's used to dichotomize relationships in yuri media.\nThem's the breaks.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the author's notes in [chapter\n113](http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=552960&no=114) of _The\nGamer_ , he is talking about a webtoon that is apparently very similar, and I\nassume a lot of people have asked them if they got anything to do with it,\nwhich they deny.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fIHBr.png).[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BdcOz.png)\n\nThe original panel and its unofficial English translation. Click to see in\nfull size.\n\nCan anyone tell me what webtoon they mean?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey could be taking about DICE not 100% sure though.\n\nDICE = What if you can restart your life with a different setting just like a\ngame? DONG TAE always get bullied by his classmates, but TAE BIN, sits right\nnext to him, is handsome and popular at school; and now, TAE BIN suggests DONG\nTAE to play a little game.\n\nThanks, Pyrotek\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nPossibly _Dusk Howler_ , it's a gamer webtoon and there is only 24 chapters.\nIt's about a young man who had a great scores in school but have 0 social IQ\nso he joins a game where his conscious is uploaded so like the gamer the Mc\nget to level up , learn skills and it's a gaming world . and it's a new\nWebtoon. Connecting the dots together it makes sense.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI know that Bulma keeps calling Vegeta her husband but till now I haven't seen\nany proof that both of them are married. Vegeta wouldn't usually make time for\nsuch things. Are they really married or are they in a relationship?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nit is never actually show in anime or mange but she keeps calling him her\nhusband and trunks their bay and also future trunks justified it in his first\nmeeting. The wiki page show Vegeta as her husband here\n<http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Bulma>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the manga or anime, there is no actual mention of an official ceremony\nwhere they get married. Also, considering Vegeta's attitude, he would not have\nthe patience to endure such an ceremony.\n\nThe first time Bulma mentions Vegeta as her husband is during the [World\nTournament Saga](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/World_Tournament_Saga/) So,\nit is hinted that they married somewhere between the [Cell\nSaga](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Cell_Games_Saga) and [World Tournament\nSaga](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/World_Tournament_Saga/).\n\nFrom [Dragon Ball Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Vegeta)\n\n> After approximately a year since Future Trunks' warning about the Androids,\n> Bulma breaks up with Yamcha and becomes romantically involved with Vegeta,\n> ultimately leading to the conception of Trunks. However, even the birth of\n> their son was not enough to bring the two together, as of that time Vegeta\n> prioritized his rivalry with Goku before anything else, even his\n> relationship with Bulma. Arguments were common between the two, with Bulma\n> often calling Vegeta a \"jerk\" and Vegeta showing little to no care or\n> emotion for either his son or his future wife; this was demonstrated during\n> an incident in which Bulma's plane is destroyed and their lives are at risk.\n> When Future Trunks saves the two and questions Vegeta as to why he did not\n> try to save them, Vegeta responds that he has \"more important things to\n> worry about than that foolish woman and her blasted child.\" Bulma later\n> humiliates Vegeta in front of everyone when she says that every time he\n> sticks his \"Ugly Mug\" up to Trunks, it makes Trunks cry, much to Krillin and\n> Gohan's amusement and Vegeta's anger.\n\nIt is stringly hinted that the conception of Trunks was due to an one night\nstand between the two\n\n> Vegeta's and Bulma's indifference to each other during the Androids Saga\n> strongly implies that the circumstances surrounding their child's conception\n> was no more than a brief affair; Future Trunks states to Goku that in his\n> timeline, even though Bulma fell in love with Vegeta, they did not stay\n> together very long because their attraction was solely based on passion and\n> loneliness. However, the seven years of peace that came after the conclusion\n> of the Cell Games would suggest that the two settled their differences and\n> began to have a much better relationship than previously, as they were\n> already married by the time the Majin Buu conflict took place.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBulma and Vegeta are married as [on the Wikia for Dragon Ball\nZ](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Bulma) it states she broke up with Yamcha\nand married Vegeta.\n\nIn Dragon Ball Z near the end with the 7-year skip, Vegeta becomes more\nintimate with Bulma as no problems have surfaced their world.\n\nWith the 7-year skip, Vegeta's rivalry with Goku has weakened meaning he has\nformed a relationship with Bulma.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Hyperdimesion Neptunia Re;Birth_ , when the party does their first job for\nAvanir in Lastation, they come across MAGES. When the party is unable to help\nher find \"Doc P\", she calls someone and at the end of her call she says\n\n> I bid you luck. Loochs tneve emag noitamina cisum.\n\nIf we reverse the last part, it says:\n\n> music animation game event schooL\n\nI know that MAGES. is a reference to the parent company of\n[5pb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5pb.) which is also called\n[MAGES](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAGES.) (Japanese Wikipedia Page), and I\nremember reading before the release of _Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory_ that\nher design was inspired by _Steins;Gate_\n\nWhy does MAGES. say \"music animation game event school\" backwards? Is this\nsome reference to one of 5pb's or MAGES' works? (like _Steins;Gate_ or other\ntitles in the Science Adventure Series)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo when I first saw _Naruto_ seeing the scene where Kikashi uses his \"1000\nYears of Pain\" on Naruto when he tried to get everyone's lunches when Kakashi\nisn't looking i thought this was just some joke made up in Naruto.\n\nthe other day watching _A Lull in the Sea_ in Episode 15 I Saw Hikari chasing\nIkari's son doing the same thing saying \"kanchou kanchou\" and telling Ikari he\nwas going to give him \"3 years of Pain\". i also seems to remember seeing\nIkari's son do it do someone\n\nBoth Hikari and Kikashi do mostly the same thing, they clasp their hands\ntogether with their index finger pointed out and poke their target in the butt\n\nNow i am wondering where this poking someone in the butt originate from? Is _A\nLull in the Sea_ getting it from _Naruto_ or is it from something else in\nJapanese culture\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is actually a Japanese prank known as kancho.\n\nFrom the Wikipedia article on [Kancho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kancho).\n\n> Kanchō (カンチョー) is a Japanese prank performed by clasping the hands together\n> in the shape of an imaginary gun and attempting to poke an unsuspecting\n> victim's anus, often while exclaiming \"Kan-CHO!\".\n>\n> The word is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for enema (浣腸 kanchō).\n\nAccording to [Naruto\nWiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/One_Thousand_Years_of_Death):\n\n> This technique's full name is \"Konohagakure Hiden Secret Taijutsu Technique:\n> One Thousand Years of Death\" (木ノ葉隠れ秘伝体術奥義・千年殺し, Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu\n> Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi, Viz: Konohagakure's Most Secret and Sacred Technique:\n> One Thousand Years of Death, English TV: Hidden Leaf Village Secret Finger\n> Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death, UK DVD: Secret Ninja Technique of the\n> Hidden Leaf School, Death for 1000 Years, English Games \"Sacred Taijutsu:\n> 1000 Years of Death\").\n\nIt is mentioned that [Akira\nShiotome](http://naginoasukara.wikia.com/wiki/Akira_Shiotome) (Miuna's\nbrother) loves playing kancho:\n\n> He enjoys playing kancho with Hikari Sakishima and Shun Sayama and after\n> Manaka awakens, the two enjoy playing with each other.\n\nAlso, [in the scene where Akira played the\nprank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EglbeKYlg88) in the 15th episode of\nNagi no Asakura, he only said \"Kancho\". The person who subbed it in English\nprobably wrote it as \"# years of pain\" as a tribute to Naruto.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn general, most Japanese manga are not colored, except for title page or\ncentre color pages, rarely. However, most Korean manhwa manage to colour their\nworks while maintaining a good standard of art, also in their weekly\ndeadlines.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIs this picture of Oshino Ougi art from the light novels or fanart?\n\nIf it is light novel art, which light novel of the monogatari series is it\nfrom?\n\nIf it is a fanart, does it have anything to do with the light novels (meaning\ndoes this scene takes place in the light novels)?\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qxC4G.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI wanted to read God Eater manga but I found that there are quite a lot of\nmanga series in the franchise. What is the reading order of these manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> **What is the reading order of these manga?**\n\nRead them in the **order they were published in**.\n\nSome may not know but God Eater indeed has a manga.\n\nIt has, but the manga itself is **based on the original game** , so **it has\nnothing to do with the anime**. (The anime itself is different because of the\nMC)\n\nAFAIK, there are 4 mangas and here is a brief description:\n\n * [Return of the Messiah](http://godeater.wikia.com/wiki/God_Eater:_Return_of_the_Messiah) -> takes place in the original GE timeline \n\n> The story takes place in Fenrir America Branch, 1 year after the events of\n> God Eater Burst.\n\n * [Spiral Fate](http://godeater.wikia.com/wiki/God_Eater:_The_Spiral_Fate) -> takes place after the GE timeline \n\n> a manga that offers an alternate reality to the main continuity of the God\n> Eater series, since the protagonist is Ryo Kagami, not Yu Kannagi.\n\n * [Summer Wars](http://godeater.wikia.com/wiki/God_Eater:_The_Summer_Wars) -> side story about romance & stuff\n\n> Alisa Illinichina Amiella develops a feeling similar to respect for the 1st\n> Unit leader, Yu Kannagi. Meanwhile, Alisa and Yu are dispatched to Aegis\n> Island on a protection mission.\n\n * [2nd Break](http://godeater.wikia.com/wiki/God_Eater_-the_2nd_break-)-> takes place in the GE2 timeline\n\n> The manga is a prequel to God Eater 2 in the manga continuity.\n\nThe protagonist of each manga is different though, and it seems like they only\nappeared exclusively on that manga.\n\nHere are the Mangas in other of\n[Publication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_Eater_Burst):\n\n> The game received several manga adaptations written by Namco Bandai. The\n> first is titled God Eater: Kyūseishu no Kikan (GOD EATER - God Eater -Return\n> of the Messaiah) was illustrated by Osan Eijii, published by Kodansha, and\n> serialized in Rival Comics magazine. As of December 28, 2011, the series was\n> completed and compiled into five\n> volumes.[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_Eater_Burst#cite_note-21) The\n> second is titled God Eater: the spiral fate and was illustrated by Saito\n> Rokuro, published by Dengeki Comics and serialized in Side-B.N Magazine. As\n> of November 27, 2010, the manga was completed and compiled into two volumes.\n> A third manga titled God Eater: the summer wars was illustrated by Okiura,\n> published by Kadokawa Shoten and serialized in Dragon Age Comics Magazine.\n> The series was completed and compiled into a single volume on May 7, 2012.\n\n[God Eater 2nd\nBreak](http://myanimelist.net/manga/46128/God_Eater__The_2nd_Break)\n\n> was Published: Dec 27, 2011 to Aug 27, 2013 with 3 Volumes and 18 chapters\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhitebeard said that when \"the one\" Gol D. Roger has been waiting shows up,\nhe'll find the One Piece and he will turn the whole world upside down. I can't\nrecall any statement that declares that One Piece is some kind of a treasure\nlike gold or something.\n\nIt is just said that it is Gol D. Roger's treasure which he left in that\nplace. So I wonder if it has ever been stated that One Piece is something\ntangible or something theoretical, something virtual?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOda himself confirmed in an interview with Momoko Sakura that the One Piece\nisn't something like \"the journey itself was the real treasure\" and that it\nis, in fact, a **physical reward**.\n\nThere is confirmation that the treasure will not be a spiritual gift.\n\n> **Oda** :\"Yes, I already decided on how it's going to end. Should I tell you\n> now?\"\n>\n> **Sakura** :\" .... Well, I want to know, but I probably shouldn't. BUT, the\n> One Piece, it's not something like \"the growth your heart went through\",\n> right?\"\n>\n> **Oda** :\"Hahaha, no no, I won't be pulling off some kind of Wizard of Oz\n> thing like that. After having gone through an adventure like that, it\n> wouldn't be fair to not actually give them a reward.\"\n\nsource: [One Piece Wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/One_Piece)\n\n**This link contains details that are spoiler in nature. Please click at your\nown risk** : [Interview details +\nSpoilers](http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/76949/20150305/one-piece-ending-\nspoilers.htm)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI have seen only the anime and not the manga. I am utterly curious about the\nability and power of Saitama.\n\nIn the starting episodes, he mentions that he trained very hard and also\ndetails his training regime.\n\nHowever, I am still curious to know: is there any mention of the source of his\nenormous power somewhere in the Manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe anime version of One Punch Man is really accurate on regard to the manga\nso nothing has been revealed in the manga that hasn't in the anime.\n\nAs you mentionned, in the manga, Saitama followed what he would call a hard\ntraining every day :\n\n * 100 push-ups\n * 100 sit-ups\n * 100 squats\n * 10 kilometers every day\n * no air-conditioner\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yCJUD.png)\n\nAs a result, Saitama loses his hair, and becomes incredibly powerful.\n\n* * *\n\nThis training **is** the source of his power. Keep in mind that One Punch Man\n[is intended as a shonen\nparody](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/29034/15542) as it is making a\nparody of its codes.\n\nIn a lot of shonens, training is a main part of the manga.\n\nAs an example, in Dragon Ball, the sayans spend years in the [Hyperbolic Time\nChamber](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperbolic_Time_Chamber) in order to\nbecome stronger.\n\nBy making the training of Saitama so simple (compared to the heroes\ncapacities), One Punch Man is making fun of this Shonen code. Therefore we may\nnot expect any more explanation on what Saitama did in order to become\nstronger.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOut of universe (aka, in the real world), OPM is definitely a parody of seinen\nand superhero stories (Power Rangers type stuff, in particular), especially at\nits inception. So his power simply _is_ , and serves to parody the\naforementioned genres, as indicated in HamtaroWarrior's answer. He is just the\nhero that shows up to vanquish the monster at the very end of the story, only\nin this case he doesn't do it for Love or Justice or any high ideals like\nthat.\n\nIn-universe, though, there have been certain indicators that Saitama's power\nwas obtained by constantly ignoring his limits until eventually he stopped\nhaving any. See Chapter 56 of the webcomic*, in particular:\n\n> The following is Dr. Genus speaking to Zombieman about why he has given up\n> on the House of Evolution--Saitama made him realize it was futile, as all he\n> would ever do was raise the limits of humanity, which could never compete\n> with something without limits.  There are a few\n> panels before and after this one that continue to discuss Saitama's power.\n> Go read the rest of the chapter for them.\n\nThe manga is not quite this far along yet, but it's not terribly far away, and\nthere are some things in the manga that are not in the webcomic (see the image\nand surround text below, for example).\n\nSomeone who is already in decent shape will not be fazed much by Saitama's\nexercise routine (see HamtaroWarrior's answer). Their biggest problem, if any,\nwould be the lack of rest days. However, people in bad shape would take to it\nmuch differently. I know in my current couch-potato state I'd have a lot of\ntrouble with jumping straight into that kind of routine, and would likely\ninflict several long-term injuries on myself from muscle pulls etc. I've\nbasically done so in the past, actually. Years ago, when I was a scrawny\nlittle nerd who never really exercised, I suddenly decided to try to get some\nmuscles and tried getting 100 push-ups done total throughout the course of a\nday (2 here, 10 there, etc.). I pulled a stabilizing muscle around the spine\nand shoulder blade. I collapsed face-first onto the floor with a scream when\nit happened. For a few days I had limited use of one of my arms and spent most\nof my time in bed (which was still painful--you never really stop trying to\nuse a stabilizing muscle, thanks to gravity), and I had painful muscle spasms\nin that area for many years.\n\nSaitama was probably in better shape than that when he started, but he wasn't\nin particularly great shape either. He was just a lazy, unemployed lay-about,\nafter all. I would expect him to be pretty firmly on the side of \"doing this\nevery day will lead to injuries and a lot of pain\" when he started training.\n\nThe manga adaptation has a sidestory about Saitama's training days that shows\nhim powering himself past intense pain, actually.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7AI2H.jpg)\n\n> It's worth noting that the pain was from a bad tooth, not his training. He\n> was already in his 300th day of training during this story. Once the tooth\n> was knocked out he felt fine, but before that he's in great pain and\n> continues his workout and saves a few people along the way regardless.\n> There's another sidestory early on about his training days, but doesn't go\n> into what pain he may have experienced in the early stages. The anime\n> adaptation of the scene from Hamtaro's answer includes a brief clip showing\n> Saitama in pain while training, though.\n\nSaitama essentially always trained beyond whatever his limits were--if he\nsuffered an injury like I did, he would havewilled himself past it and\ncontinued to do 100 pushups and everything else every single day regardless.\nFor the record, this is a really bad idea in real life. Please don't do it.\nExercise programs and such should be taken seriously when they tell you to\nconsult with a doctor before starting any exercise routine.\n\n*Or you can now see chapter 88 of the manga (\"88th Punch: Limiter\") for essentially the same exposition. Be careful if you go looking for this online, though. This series is notorious for having completely different numberings according to different people/sites, to the extent that some sites still have certain earlier chapters out of order. I see this chapter in question listed as chapter 135 in one location, for example.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nisn't the explanation of his powers tied to the universe it's self? the crab\nmonster eating too much crab, the custom car guy becoming a custom car.\n\nbefore he kills the crab guy he even says he wanted to be a hero not a\nbusinessman, a hero who could send scumbags like crabman flying with a single\npunch. add all that together and then pay attention to the scenes where his\neyes glow with intensity and I think you have the answer.\n\nnow why those powers form from the obsessions/desires I don't know but I think\nhis powers come from his deep desire or obsession with wanting to be a hero +\nthe universes ability to grant powers to people.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think his powers come from his intense desire to be an all powerful super\nhero. He wants to be the strongest there is and so he sets himself what he\nsees as an intense workout program and unlocks his power and assumes it came\nfrom his workout regime.\n\nI also see Saitama as a parody not just of manga characters but also as an\nhomage and parody of the Superman from the 60's and 70's. That Superman was so\noverpowered that he literally could defeat anyone who came against him without\nbreaking a sweat. It became hard for DC comics to have him fight villains\nbecause of just how powerful they had made him. They usually had the villain\nresort to tricks or hoaky scenarios to weaken Superman so he could be fought.\nHe was essentially a god not a hero and he could have beaten anyone with just\none punch.\n\nIf you look at the anime you can almost see Superman in the way Saitama moves\nat times in his costume and the way the cape flutters and moves. Even\nSaitama's costume is more of an American style costume than a Japanese style.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI would think there is more to his power than just insane training, if you\nremember genos once said that even saitama doesn't know the source of his\npower, and according one-sensei(the creator of the series) sitamas power\nequals to half of the power of big bang that created the universe, I think\nit's better to wait for sensei to reveal his secret\n\n> the big chin kid is prob a deity, and he got his powers from helping him.\n> you see the glow in his eyes start during that fight. maybe big chin kids\n> invisible guardian or such...but that would be my guess\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWith little to no new anime airing in the next week or so, with fall season\nnow being over and winter season starting in January, I for the life of me,\ncannot figure out what airs on TV in Japan to take the place of anime which\nwould usually air. Wouldn't there be a lot of empty time slots? They can't\nfill them up with Christmas specials right? Christmas isn't even that big in\nJapan from what I know.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm just wondering: how did Boruto and Himawari obtain the Kurama's chakra?\n\nDid they inherit Kurama's chakra? Or did they obtain it in a way like the Gold\nand Silver Brothers did, by eating a piece of Kurama's chakra?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's hard to know, really. So far Kishimoto hasn't really shown anything aside\nfrom them inheriting Naruto's whisker marks, which he had most likely got from\nKurama being sealed in Kushina when she was pregnant (if you look closely at\nKurama, he has the same exact whisker marks on his cheeks though wilder\nlooking). So they might have inherited some influence from him through\ngenetics, but not a lot since Hinata was the one carrying them.\n\nMostly I think they more inherited the Uzumaki genes (and clearly Hyuga) and\nmaybe a diluted bit of Kurama's chakra since the Double Tetragram Seal was\nsupposed to steadily siphon it into Naruto's system, but I don't know if\nthat's still the case after the war and Rikudou Sennin's interference.\n\nSo the effect might have just been larger reserves, which would be hard to\ntell when Uzumaki have inherently huge reserves.\n\n(Though on another note, it would be cool if that meant Himawari could use the\nchakra chains like Kushina and Karin, since it seems to be a female trait).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMost probably yes!! We can clearly see whom ever directly touched by Kurama\nchakra is getting a whiskers like mark on their faces.\n\n 1. Gold and silver brothers have it due to eating Kurama's chakra directly from its belly.\n 2. Naruto has it.\n 3. Boruto and Himawari have it.\n\nAnd even though they have the marks, I do not think they have an large portion\nof it. Probably even less then the Gold and Silver brothers\n\n**Theory of the whiskers (this is only my speculation how the whisker mark\ncame to be)**\n\nSo we can clearly see whisker marks on most of the people who have been in\ncontact with Kurama's chakra.\n\nThe Gold and silver brothers have them due to eating large amounts of the\nBijuu's chakra directly from its belly. And Naruto? By being the Jinchuriki?\nalthough Kushina did not have them when she was a Jinchuriki.\n\nSo my guess is ,it is getting by the natural insertion of Bijuu or in this\ncase Kurama chakra in to your body.even though a jinchuriki has a Bijuu inside\ntheir body its not a natural fusion of chakra, its done by a artificial\nsealing method.So that's why Kushina or any other Bijuu holder do not have a\ndistinct features on their bodies.\n\nThen the Question is how did Naruto get the whisker mark?. even though Naruto\nis a Jinchuriki and Kurama sealed within him, he got whisker mark way before\nbecoming a jinchuriki .He got the whisker mark from the born or,when inside\nHis mother's womb.Even though jinchuriki has a seal we all know smaller amount\nof chakra can leaked out form a jinchuriki . So when Naruto is still a\nfetus(or even Kushina 's eggs and all) He had the influence of the Kurama\nchakra and this caused the natural fusion of Kurama chakra, this is the reason\nNaruto got his whisker mark.\n\nThis theory also can apply for Boruto and Himawari Due to passing Kurama\nchakra via Kurama chakra infused sperm.\n\n**P.S.>->** we do not get to see many jinchuriki offspring's.We only get to\nsee Naruto,Boruto and Himawari ,as people who are born from a jinchuriki\nparent and they are all jinchuriki of Kurama.I think if other jinchuriki had\nchildren they will too have distinctive features from the get go.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe whiskers from chakra influence is accurate. It was stated in one of the\nepisodes of kakashi saga \"when a female jinchuriki is pregnant chakra flows to\nthe fetus. So thats how naruto got them. As for his kids. It is possible maybe\nhinata was pregnant and got in a fight with naruto sparing her chakra like in\nthe war vs 10 tails. Or the possibility of neing around his chakra so much.\nHowever it is unlikely they got chakra from kuruma. Unless it was in sperm.\nThough we never got intel on children of male jinchuriki.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDuring the incantation, the lines spoken by the Gods are:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1IZv.jpg)\n\nWe know that Ebisu did have a \"pure heart\". As the [Wikia article on\nEbisu](http://noragami.wikia.com/wiki/Ebisu) states:\n\n> **He is also a truly kind God, as his desire to control and name Ayakashi\n> and go to the underworld to retrieve the locution brush is because he\n> believed if he did so he could relieve some of the strife and pain that\n> Ayakashi cause and make the world a truly better place.** This is shown when\n> he is reincarnated and talks to Yato, saying when he realized he existed he\n> took in the atmosphere and immediately fell in love with the world and\n> wanted to bring the world and humans happiness, with Yato stating that was\n> his true inner character and the type of person he has always been and will\n> be. This is once again stated in chapter 39 by Kunimi, who states that the\n> master wanted to control Ayakashi to improve the world as he grew to\n> understand that money alone cannot make humans happy.\n\n* * *\n\nI doubt that the lines spoken during the incantation don't hold any meaning\nbecause they make perfect sense.\n\nIs there any logical basis for his death being caused by the Pacification\nRing?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThose lines have no meaning, the gods were just so sure of Ebisu's sins that\nthey didn't expect the next shot to miss.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter looking over the wording of the scene where he was killed, I believe\nthat those lines were true. It would miss if he'd have been pure of heart.\nThey DID miss. At least, when the lines were said while firing. Someone\nwilling to risk their life jumped in front of him and destroyed the shot,\nwhich in a way solidified the fact that he was pure of heart, that someone who\nbarely knew him was willing to risk their life for his sake. The second shot\nwould have likely killed anyone, regardless of whether they were \"pure of\nheart\" or not.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe gif below shows Noriko from minute 11 of\n[GunBuster's](http://myanimelist.net/anime/949/Top_wo_Nerae!_Gunbuster?q=gunbust)\nepisode 3.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/A5el6.gif)\n\nThis is the dialogue directly preceding it:\n\n> Noriko: I should at least memorize basic space manoeuvring patterns. [...]\n>\n> Smith: All that stuff is useless in real combat.\n>\n> Noriko: Why do you have to keep patronizing me?\n>\n> Smith: 'cause your such a cute little freshman.\n>\n> Noriko: I'll have you know that Onee-sama and I are the best team in the\n> entire Top Squadron! A \"solo\" like you with no partner couldn't possibly\n> appreciate everything we've been through together as a team. So long!\n\nIn terms of usage it seems somewhat interchangeable with the [Eyelid pull\ntaunt](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4568/why-do-characters-often-\npull-down-one-eyelid-and-stick-out-their-tongue/4569#4569). I assumed it is\nmeant to show defiance, kind of like baring one's teeth but in a more cheeky\nway?\n\nThe sound she makes is \"bi-\" I would say, but her action doesn't really fit\nany of the common uses of that onomatopoeia which I'm aware of.\n\nI feel I've seen this before but I couldn't find it among any of the\n[teeth](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeethTropes) and\n[smile](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmileTropes) realated\ntropes on tvtropes.\n\nSo, **TL;DR** , does this have a name, is it repeated throughout anime and\nsignifies something particular or is it just Noriko being random and I'm\noverthinking it?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 12 of Himouto! Umaru-chan there appear swastikas on the car's\nnavigation. What are these supposed to represent?\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Nazis did a great job at stigmatizing swastikas but the symbol has been\nused for other purposes before and still is. You can verify that this isn't\nparticular to the anime by looking at the [respective area on Google\nMaps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Enoshima+Station/@35.3108165,139.4876167,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x60184f020b633871:0x1e050e6fc9e9a1cd)\nfor example. Or any other major Japanese city for that matter.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jTPLO.jpg)\n\nDue to it's use in Hinduism, you will likely find it associated with temples\nand the like. [Tofugu has an article on\nit](http://www.tofugu.com/2012/03/21/why-are-there-swastikas-in-japan/) with a\nbit more detail. The [Wikipedia\narticle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika) also goes into detail of the\nsymbol's usage in asian cultures. Additionally, the version used on the\nJapanese maps is the clockwise one 卍, while the one used in Nazism is counter-\nclockwise 卐.\n\nYou are however not the only one confused, so to brace for the expected influx\nof foreign visitors around the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Japan's mapping agency\n(the [GSI](http://www.gsi.go.jp/)) is planning to [change some of the\nsymbols](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/12/national/japan-revamps-\nmap-symbols-baffle-tourists/) to make the maps easier to understand.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/otozP.jpg)\n\nThese changes are only for the maps aimed at foreigners though, the Japanese\nones will apparently remain unchanged, so you can expect anime car navigation\nto still look like this in 5 years.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter watching _Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry_ , I found myself confused by what\nseems to be a plot hole. Specifically, the anime depicts the qualifying\nmatches at Hagun academy for the Seven Stars Sword Art tournament. The\nqualifying matches seem to be a 20-round single-elimination tournament with 6\nwinners. This is never outright stated, but many points of dialogue suggest\nthis rather strongly, and at the very least it is stated explicitly in the\nlast episode of the anime that all of the competitors on the last day had won\n19 matches.\n\n_The 6 winners:_\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/30XLX.jpg)\n\nBy basic math, a single-elimination tournament with 6 winners and 20 rounds\nwould imply that there are about 6.3 million entrants to the qualifying\ntournament. That number of students at the school seems to be effectively\nimpossible. For comparison, the population of New York City is about 8 million\npeople, and the total number of high school students in Japan in 2011 was\nabout 3.5 million. So this seems unreasonably large as an absolute number.\n\nIn addition, the number is too large relative to the size of the school. The\narea of Hagun Academy is said to be more than 10 times the size of the Tokyo\nDome (according to <http://rakudai-kishi.wikia.com/wiki/Hagun_Academy>); using\nthat figure, the average population density would be about 5 people per square\nmeter (more than 100 times as dense as [the most dense\ncity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila) in the world). In addition, we've\ngotten aerial shots of the school, and while large, it isn't nearly big enough\nto contain that many people.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDFNP.jpg)\n\nSo, I'm wondering, is this really the right number of students at the school?\nIf not, is there some explanation for how the tournament has 20 rounds, or is\nthis just a plot hole?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHiyori manages to save Yato from the underworld by discovering that his true\nname was Yaboku. How did she come to this conclusion?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn chapter 86 of Shokugeki no Soma as Yukihira was about to start whipping up\nsome mad beef stew, this happened (roughly went like this):\n\n> Soma: You were Tsunozaki Taki senpai... right?\n>\n> Tsuno: Huh? (What's with this guy?! He just went and talked to me normally!)\n>\n> Soma: It seems you've been saying lots about me. I'll listen to your\n> complaints, after I finish serving my dish!!!!\n\nI've read through this bit quite a few times, and I still have no clue what\nSoma is referring to when he says \"seems you've been talking smack about me\".\nI didn't even know she existed until that chapter. Maybe I'm missing something\ncrucial?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs the title says, what happens to the tailed beast when jinchuriki dies by\nany reasons whether of old age or killed by enemies. Does it come out of\njinchuriki alive or get reborn? What had happened to jinchuriki of three tails\nthat it was the only bijuu that didn't have a jinchuriki in Naruto shippuden.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nReading 3rd tail Beast jinchuriki--->\n\nWhen a tailed Beast is extracted from a jinchuriki,the jinchuriki dies as\nGaara died when ONE Tailed Beast was extracted from him.It happened with\nKusina and Naruto almost died while fighting with Madara.So Three Tailed Beast\njinchuriki might have died as well.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen the jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast gets \"reborn\", sort of. \nIt is not well explained in the series, however, it is mentioned (Raikage vs\nNaruto & Bee) that should the jinchuriki die, the tailed beast would be\nresurrected.\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tailed_Beast):\n\n> Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot actually be killed;\n> if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-coalesce in time. This\n> is also mentioned when Minato seals the Kyuubi, see chapter 503, pages 14\n> and 17.\n\nAs for Sanbi's jinchuriki: May contain spoilers: (As I did read the manga to\nthe end, but I've yet to catch onto the anime)\n\n> We know of two jinchuriki that Sanbi had. The first being Yagura, being\n> resurrected by Obito during the war. The second is Rin, which, after her\n> capture, was forced to become Sanbi's jinchuriki, and it was planned to send\n> her back to Konoha where Sanbi would break loose. (Since Rin died, and Sanbi\n> didn't, it further proves what I said earlier, the bijuu comes back)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn GTO, some character faces transform into weird/creepy faces.\n\n * In episode 35, when Onizuka attend a wedding and fakes to be the groom, he ask the bride if it doesn't bother her. She and her whole family makes this strange _shark_ face :\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I1A3T.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/P8Aav.png)\n\n * In episode 40, when a little girl that we know in love of someone, comes and knock at Yoshikawa's and Uehara's door (during the Okinawa's trip):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dsBj5.png)\n\nWhat is the signification on this transformation? Who are those people with\nshark teeth?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the beginning-middle of the movie, Sophie accidentally made Howl paint his\nhair black instead of his [natural blonde\ncolor](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SkwdU.jpg). I also suspect that this is his\nnatural color because he felt so upset after the incident.\n\nBut if this is right, then why does Sophie see him in [the\nvision](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/howlscastle/images/8/85/Howl10.png/revision/latest?cb=20120129220726)\nin his current color (black) which he got years after that scenario?\n\nWas that an accident in script? Or is there another meaning for that part of\nthe story?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSophie went and organized his hair coloring products (like he said not to)\nHowl's hair is naturally _black_ he dyes his hair blonde. When he rushed out\nof the bathroom this hair was a bright orange because his products weren't in\nthe order he was used to, so by instinct he chose the wrong bottle. When he\ngot depressed because he wasn't \"beautiful\" his hair turned into it's natural\nblack color. Because his hair is naturally black, in the vision she saw, his\nhair is black, not blonde.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Howl's Moving Castle, Madame Soloman shows Sophie the \"real Howl.\" When\nthis happens, they're standing on the universe while these little shadows\nstart to sing and dance. What does this have to do with the \"real Howl?\"\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Shirobako_ (an anime about making anime), they only make the first few\nepisodes and then continue to finish the others while the anime is airing.\nThis causes some problems when they can't catch up to the deadline, and also\nmay affect the quality of an episode, too.\n\nIn real life, there are some anime that do have this kind of trouble, like\n_Kekkai Sensen_ or _God Eater_ in the last season.\n\nSo why they don't just finish all the episodes before airing, at least for\nshort-range anime (~12 eps)?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's a good question, and frankly, doing so would save these studios a lot of\ntrouble. So why don't they do it? Frankly, it's because of the money.\n\nAnime studios need to take as many projects as they can to keep themselves\nafloat (an issue that studio Manglobe recently was bit in the butt for).\nStudios tend to work on at least one show per season, or at least as much as\nthey can, if not even more than one per season. Why would an animation studio\nwork on a show for next season, when they have the ability to work on a show\nfor the season airing right now? They're constantly in a time crunch because\nthey want to get to finishing up this current series so they can find another\none to begin working on, and getting money for.\n\nThe other thing is that anime studios tend to work on contract, meaning that\nas they work, the money they get is already pre-determined by the anime's\nproduction companies (which are generally, but not always, separate from the\nanimation studio). This means that anime production companies, from the start,\nneed to pay the animation studio, even if the show hasn't aired yet.\n\nThe animation production companies usually don't get their money back until\nduring or after the show airs (DVDs, Blu-Rays, merchandise, music CDs, etc.),\nmeaning that until this money starts rolling in while the show airs, the\nproduction companies have a negative balance, as they've had to pay the\nanimation studio, the voice actors, etc. So, for these companies, it makes\nmore sense for them to have production start closer to when it airs, so\nthey'll get their money back sooner.\n\nThere's most likely other reasons, but these are the biggest ones I can think\nof.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs [Justin\nSevakis](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=6794)\nmentions in [his article on The Anime\nEconomy](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05):\n\n> Anime production is an extremely labor-intensive proposition, employing the\n> services of up to 2,000 people per episode around the world. Most of the\n> grunt work is now done in third world countries across Asia, and the use of\n> digital technology has reduced costs across the board. Anime production is\n> now as efficient as it's ever been.\n>\n> That said, a single anime episode costs about US$100,000-300,000 per\n> episode, according to various producers we've talked to. That might seem\n> like a lot, but in reality it's pretty cheap, about on par with an American\n> deep-cable TV show. (An American prime-time TV show can cost well into the\n> millions.) But multiplied across 13 episodes, that nonetheless turns into a\n> total budget of US$2-4 million.\n>\n> That's a lot of money. Few companies are rich enough to invest that much in\n> a single show. If it tanked and they lost all that money, most would never\n> be able to recover.\n\nWhat we understand from this is:\n\n * The production of each episode of anime is costly and most often, the studios cannot afford to produce a whole season before they air it.\n\n* * *\n\n> The truth is, producing an anime is a herculean task: a gigantic amount of\n> money and manpower get poured into every production well behind the scenes,\n> before a single drawing is even created. The stakes are huge for every\n> company involved, and every season will have a number of winners and losers.\n\n * They cannot afford to \"risk it all\" on an anime without airing it and noticing how it is received by the public. This doesn't mean that they can air a special episode before airing the main anime to decide whether the anime has a potential to be popular on not. There are many anime and shows which lose viewership during the course of the anime and all this has to be taken into account while making another episode. As Ross mentions in the comments, \"Also, if the show gets cancelled or its run shortened they don't waste money on episodes that will never air.\"\n\n* * *\n\nAs mentioned in [this\narticle](https://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-\nguide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/):\n\n> While many people describe studios as being cheap, only around half the\n> budget is often given to the anime studio, with the rest going to\n> broadcasters and other contributing companies.\n>\n> Once things get going, the producer has two basic responsibilities: make\n> sure that the show is made well, and recover all the millions of dollars\n> that the Production Committee spent in the first place.\n\n * They need to maintain a flow of money to tackle the loan they've taken and to arrange for the remaining budget of the show.\n\nNote: This answer has been compiled assuming that the adaptation material for\nthe manga is sufficient for the anime in question.\n\n* * *\n\n**TL;DR: The main reasons that anime production does not involve finishing the\nproduction of the entire anime before airing it are:**\n\n * **Anime production needs as many as 2,000 people for the production of a single episode with the price ranging from US$100,000-300,000 per episode. In most of the cases, the studios cannot afford to produce a whole season before airing it because even a 12-13 episode series takes as much as US$2-4 million.**\n\n * **The stakes are huge for every company involved and every season will have a number of winners and losers. Hence, they cannot afford to \"risk it all\" on an anime without reviewing the reception of the anime by the fans and it's popularity. If the show gets cancelled or it's run shortened, they can avoid wasting money on episodes that will never air.**\n\n * **Only around half the budget is often given to the anime studio with the rest going to broadcasters and other contributing companies. Hence, it's the producer's job to ensure that the show is well received and to recover the millions of dollars that Production Committee spent in the first place. Hence, they need to maintain a flow of money to tackle the loan they've taken/to arrange for the remaining budget of the show.**\n\n* * *\n\nI've also contacted Justin Sevakis asking him this very question, since he\nseems to be an expert on these matters and his answers cover almost all\npoints. If he writes back, I'll update this answer to mention the highlights\nof what he writes as an answer.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn One Punch Man, the Rank 1s of each lettered-rank have the opportunity to\nmove up to the next rank.\n\nAfter that, everyone in that lettered-rank moves up a rank.\n\nWhy wouldn't everyone keep moving up until they're all S-rank?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs you stated, you must be rank 1 to receive a promotion. The current rank 1\nin A-Class is the hero Sweet Mask. Sweet mask made a point that the reason he\nstays rank 1 in A-Class instead of moving up to S-Class is to prevent unworthy\nheroes from being promoted.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dbtFn.jpg)\n\nAside from being rank 1, you must also pass an interview. Ultimately, the\ndecision to move up is not in the hero's hands but is the association's\ndecision. Saitama had already decided that he wanted to move up, but there was\nstill much consultation and discussion of whether or not he should be allowed\nto move up before he was given the promotion.\n\nFrom the [One-Punch Man Wikia](http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/B-Class):\n\n> Overhead of the interview, there are several Heroes Association staff\n> observing and discussing about Saitama. They discuss whether or not he is a\n> sham. After a short discussion, Sweet Mask is seen as an advisor on whether\n> or not Saitama should move up. Sweet Mask replies that they do not need him\n> for such as trivial task as promoting someone to B-Class. Sweet Mask\n> additionally states that he only wants a say in promoting people to Class A\n> and higher as they tend to have a strong influence on the association's\n> image.\n\nThe fact that Sweet Mask was consulted here instead of the association just\npromoting Saitama as soon as he asked to be promoted shows there is more to\nthe promotions than just reaching rank 1.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n## Is it possible for everyone to be on S rank this way?\n\nNothing has been mentioned on this subject in the manga.\n\nHowever, we could imagine that there is a time limitation such as:\n\n> After someone moves up to the next rank, the one taking the #1 place must\n> wait XX days/months before being able to rank up.\n\nBut this is only speculation.\n\nWhat's more, every hero who desires to rank up have to make an interview to\ndecide if the hero is worthy enough to rank up.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/67X4S.png)\n\n* * *\n\n## Why isn't everyone S rank during the manga?\n\nEven though we don't know anything about rank limitations, we do know that:\n\n> When they are ranked #1 they can choose to stay at the top of their class or\n> start at the bottom of the next class.\n\nIf you look at the [hero\nregistry](http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/Hero_Association#National_Superhero_Registry)\nwe see that:\n\n * The first of C-rank is License-less Rider, which knows that he won't be ever good enough to be an honorable B-rank.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zUOjZ.png)\n\n * The first of B-rank is Fubukim who desires to stay as the 1st rank to dominate the B-rank.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ejvxB.png)\n\n * The first of A-rank is Sweet Mask, who wants to control who is ranking up to S rank.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Ofuz.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI don't understand why Animax stopped showing _Naruto: Shippuden_ in India. I\nwant to know what happened when Naruto was killed by Sasuke and how exactly he\ngot a son.\n\nWhy did Animax stop broadcasting _Naruto: Shippuden_ in India?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI am a big fan of _Naruto_. I recently found that numbers of _Naruto_ movies\nwere released in Japan as well as in the USA, but not a single one was\nreleased in India. What's the reason for this?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNot only India, but they are not released in many other countries, too. You\ncan also compare in IMDb: for [The Last: Naruto the\nMovie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3717532/releaseinfo), it was not released\nin UK, Switzerland, Malaysia, etc, but Western animation does cover those\ncountries as well.\n\nAnime are not as popular as American animations globally, not everybody knows\nabout it.\n\nFor the case of _Naruto_ , even its anime series is not regular in India. They\ncome in India with a good delay time. On the other hand, American animated\nseries come on time in India and few even come with regional languages, too,\nsuch as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, etc. Anime like _Dragon Ball_ and _Naruto_ are\nfew of the most famous anime in India, but still their telecast order is not\ncomfortable. They always stop telecasting in middle without any future release\nnews.\n\nSo releasing Naruto films in India will be a big risk, as people might not\neven be up-to-date with Naruto universe. Even manga is not much popular in\nIndia, I have not even seen any famous manga in popular book stores.\n\nThis even raises the use of illegal means of entertainment, too. And illegal\nsite brought the anime and manga sooner than regular release.\n\nSo as a whole, I will say India has not been considered as a big anime market\nyet, that's why famous anime movies never make into big release in India. At\nbest they get television broadcast few years later and sometimes not even make\ninto India.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs we all know, Yuno died and Yuki became god and became frustrated after\nthat.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k5h1Im.jpg)\n\nBut at the end of that episode, Yuki's diary changes and says that\n\n> Yuno comes to see me\n\nand then someone shouts\n\n> yukki!!\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ekUkgm.png)\n\nand then Two started to re-shape World Two.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9H26im.jpg)\n\nMy question is that\n\n * How did Yuno become alive again?\n * Is this an indication of a second season?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Redial, the Yuno is the Yuno of the third timeline, she inherited the\nmemories of the Yuno from the first timeline. This is explained by Deus that\ndespite the alteration of the third timeline by God Yuki, the persistence of\nYuno towards Yuki transcended the timelines.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZtgPS.jpg)\nCombined with the calling of Murmur and that odd feeling she had (love for\nYuki), she arrived and freed Murmur, obtaining first timeline's Yuno's\nmemories from Murmur 1. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sDfzG.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dAIc3.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the OVA sequel, we are introduced to Louise who looks exactly like Lise in\nthe _Red Garden_ TV series. Lise is last seen dying the Animus death of\nturning into ashes on Roosevelt Island, so it is generally taken that Louise\nis a reincarnation of Lise. Later on, Louise revealed her identity as an\nandroid. (Gasp!)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FDy6q.jpg)\n\nHow could Lise, a human girl turned Animus infected with the cursed Doral\nblood, reincarnate as an android? What happened during the 300-year time span\nbetween the end of the TV series and the beginning of the OVA to have caused\nthis inconceivable transition in Lise's identity?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**_Raye Penber's fiancée_** who had come to give the tip about Kira (she\ndeduced most of the Kira's tactics even before L!), and Light Yagami's\nencounter was missed by the receptionist/L at the police head quarters.\n\nBoth were seen discussing about telling her theory to Light's father in front\nof the two receptionist before she became missing. Most police head quarters\nhave CCTV cameras attached, so it should have been used by the police to get a\nclue about her before she went missing the day she visited the police. If she\nwas alive after that day, she would have tried to visit the police head\nquarters again.\n\nAs per receptionists/ CCTV cameras she was last seen with Light and Light\noffering her to give the tip, so he can on behalf of her tell it to his\nfather, even offering his phone. At least the initial investigation should\nhave started with interrogating Light about her. How was this scenario missed\nby L and his Team? Is this not a goof?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nL probably did not notice any of it because:\n\n 1. He did not automatically remember her name, and\n 2. If L would have found that and saw that Light was the last one with her while she was alive, he _could_ have arrested him. However, they were in a _big_ city, so they wouldn't have had evidence that it was **Light** that killed her. Also, if L _did_ arrest him, the entire story would have been shorter and not as fun as it is now.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo L and the investigators, Naomi Misora is only missing\n\n> Light writes down Naomi's name, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body\n> is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.\n\nSource: [Naomi Misora - Plot (Last\nParagraph)](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Naomi_Misora#Plot)\n\nGiven that Light specified that she would commit suicide and when L sees\nNaomi's photo they still don't know that Kira can kill besides a heart attack,\nthere's no way to connect Naomi's disappearance to Kira.\n\nIf L was to take a leap of faith and pull out the CCTV footage showing Light\nwith Naomi, what can they do then? Light had a legitimate reason for being at\nPolice Headquarters (in fact it was by pure chance that Light ran into her\nthere, it wasn't planned like with Raye) and if they questioned him, Light\ncould just as easily said he noticed that she seemed depressed and tried to\nhelp her which would backup the suicide if they discovered her body.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBut Light did kill other criminals (he states so in ep. 7) using suicide, so L\nshould have at least suspected this possibility and then confirmed his theory\nwhen he finds out that Raye Penber's wife goes missing, him knowing that she\nwas previously an FBI agent.\n\nHe should have then checked where she was seen last and then connected the\ndots to Kira. Light may be able to talk his way out of this but L should at\nleast question/suspect him of this incident.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe more pertinent question is why Raye Penber would show his ID to Light in\nthe first place considering L secretly tapped the FBI to help with the\ninvestigation. L didn't want the Japanese police to know he was investigating\nthem since it would cause friction, and the FBI was aware of this which is why\nthey were there in secret. Thus, the FBI agent would have avoided showing the\nDEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT'S SON his ID at all costs to make sure their presence in\nJapan remained a secret.\n\nThis is the only plothole I've seen in the show that makes no sense. Other\nthan that, it seems like a perfect story!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell I dont think its a loophole. They wouldn’t have know she visited the\npolice station so why would they check the cctv? The receptionist also did not\nknow this woman’s name so they wouldn’t know she was Rey’s wife.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm wondering how Nora got back from the Underworld despite being left there\nby Yato (Noragami Aragoto Episode 12-13).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xkKWM.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iHQgv.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EkCvu.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZiPu1.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iyuYJ.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2GONf.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThat scene was not there in the manga. It is not clear from the manga if she\nwas left in the Underworld. It was shown that she was found outside in the\ngrass and was revived by 'father' (don't want to spoil by telling his name).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRQjs.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BgBDZ.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EFrtd.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI’ve watched _Chobits_ years ago and was curious.\n\nThe first episode/chapter tells us about how Hideki found Chii in the\ndumpster.\n\nAccording to the [plot description in the Wikipedia article\n_Chobits_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chobits#Plot) (bold emphasis mine):\n\n> The series centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a held-back student\n> attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in\n> Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom (パソコン?): an\n> android used as a personal computer, which is expensive. On his way home one\n> evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with\n> floor-length hair lying against a pile of trash bags, and he carries her\n> home, **not noticing that a disk fell on the ground**. Upon turning her on,\n> she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word the persocom\n> seems capable of saying is \"chi\" (ちぃ Chii?), thus he names her that.\n\nWhat does the disk contain?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**The contents of the disc were never mentioned in the anime. However, in the\nmanga, it was mentioned in Chapter 82, Page 23/24:**\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/91bha.jpg)\n[code]\n\n Chapter 82 Page 23\n \n[/code]\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i65OC.jpg)\n[code]\n\n Chapter 82 Page 24\n \n[/code]\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm in the middle of Psycho-Pass Season 1.\n\nWhat states besides Japan have a (or the?) Sibyl System? There's this part in\nEpisode 13 where 'world' rather than 'Japan' is used. Does the Sibyl System\ncover the whole world? Does it or do the dominators apply to anyone anywhere\neven in Antartica or International Waters? Are the police in third world\ncountries using dominators?\n\nI highly doubt Japan is the only place that has a/the Sibyl System because I\ndon't see why the UN would just allow Japan if it disagreed or would not\nfollow Japan if it agreed. It's like [The Walking Dead: I highly doubt it's\nonly the US that's\ninfected.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/128625/how-widespread-is-\nthe-infection-in-the-walking-dead) If so, the UN likely would've intervened\nalready (like in world war z iirc).\n\n**If any of these cannot be answered without spoilers, please use** >! and\nindicate degree of spoilers (or whatever is the site policy for questions like\nthis).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nObviously, this had to be done with (major) spoiler(s). The spoiler below only\nto answer your question.\n\n(spoiler for movie)\n\n> Apparently japan is in the only one that operated Sibyl System (or any\n> system alike). This fact shown in the\n> [movie](http://myanimelist.net/anime/21339/Psycho-Pass_Movie).\n\nOn side note (this spoiler contains major plot spoiler - proceed with at your\nown risk),\n\n(spoiler for s2 but not movie)\n\n> The movie also shown the fact that the entire world actually get a dive in\n> governance - anarchy everywhere. Then, only Sibyl System preserve _peace_ in\n> Japan. Not to mention how Sibyl System managed to **replace** the entire\n> Japan Diet Member and convinced to measure the Psycho-Pass of the society -\n> as the consequence of Akane's Request in [Season\n> 2](http://myanimelist.net/anime/23281/Psycho-Pass_2).\n\nI hope you'll finish Psycho-Pass and catch up to Season 2 (including the Movie\nof course).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere's a screenshot from _Cube x Cursed x Curious_ where Fear is being bound.\n\n\n\nWhich episode is this from?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just finished episode 12 of the anime and I'm under the impression that this\nis the end of season 1. I'd like to continue with the manga now. I don't want\nto read the remake; I want to read the original webcomic that started in 2009.\n\nWhich chapter should I start on?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYou should start from **Chapter 42** of the original manga.\n\nAfter the destruction caused by Boros and his defeat by Saitama, the space\nship is taken by Metal Knight. The Hero Association HQ is rebuilt.\n\nChapter 42 picks off with S Class hero, King (ranked 7) _facing off_ a reptile\nmonster and then, Dushimof, a machine god created by the Organisation.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Heaven's Lost property, there are some obvious references to Greek\nMythology, such as Zeus' cannon which is obviously linked to the Greek God\nZeus.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qFbyk.jpg)\n\nWhat are the references to Sora No Otoshimono in Greek Mythology? Are there\nany links between the references and the character designs?\n\n* * *\n\nThis question is intended to be self-answered, but other hints and\nrecommendations are welcome.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNote that the references are sorted alphabetically.\n\nI will use SnO as an abbreviation of Sora No Otoshimono (Heaven's Lost\nProperty's Japanese title).\n\n* * *\n\n### Aegis\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iVP4A.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eBw2H.jpg)\n\nIn Sora No Otoshimono, Aegis is a defense system used by Angeloids to protect\nthemselves.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, [Aegis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis) is a shield\nmade out of animal skin carried by Zeus and Athena.\n\n* * *\n\n### Alpha, Beta, ...\n\nThe Angeloids code name are all greeks letters\n\n * [Alpha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha) (Ikaros)\n * [Beta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta) (Nymph)\n * [Delta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_%28letter%29) (Astraea)\n * [Epsilon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon) (Chaos)\n * [Gamma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma) (Harpies)\n * [Zeta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta) (Hiyori)\n * [Eta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta) (Seiren)\n * [Theta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta) (Melan)\n\n[Oregano](http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/Oregano) is the only angeloid\ncharacter not code named. This is explained by the fact that she was not\ndesigned to be an unique model, but just another medical robot who went out to\nthe human world by accident.\n\nNote that if we follow the order of apparition of the Angeloids, their code\nnames are alphabetically sorted.\n\n* * *\n\n### Apollon\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/w9PYB.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBc9L.jpg)\n\nIkaros' bow is named Apollon.\n\nIt is an obvious reference to the God\n[Apollo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo). Even though Apollo is known\nfor being the God of Music and Poetry, he also has a golden bow. The bow can\ncause health or famine, although its main function is that of a regular bow,\nbut with much greater power.\n\nIn a similar way, Ikaros' bow is known for having great power, as she could\ndestroy cities and countries with a few arrows.\n\n* * *\n\n### Artemis\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xUNIt.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/86jTs.jpg)\n\nIkaros has the ability to shoot missiles using Artemis.\n\n[Artemis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis) is Apollo's twin sister. She\nis known as the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and\nprotector of young girls.\n\nShe carries a silver bow made to kill without pain, opposed to Apollo's golden\nbow (see Apollo's reference) which is made to bring great suffering.\n\nThe weapon and the divinity are linked on a particular point : Ikaros' Artemis\nmissiles are designed to follow its target until it reaches it. We can link\nthis to Artemis' bow which is made for hunt, therefore for tracking.\n\n* * *\n\n### Astraea\n\n [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z6Vga.jpg)\n\nAstraea is one of the 3 main Angeloid's. She is often represented as dumb.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, [Astraea](http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Astraia.html), also\ncalled Astraia, is the virgin Godess of Justice.\n\nWe can link the character and the Godess by the innocence implied by the fact\nthat Astraea, by her virginity, represents innocence, which is represented in\nSora No Otoshimono by Astraea's stupidity and innocence.\n\n* * *\n\n### Chaos\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LbYjF.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kQcbj.jpg)\n\nChaos is the first Angeloid of the second generation.\n\n[Chaos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_%28cosmogony%29), in Greek\nMythology, is the first thing that ever existed. More generally, it is often\nused to represent a gap, a void.\n\nIn SnO, Chaos is deeply searching for the meaning of love, and doesn't seem to\nunderstand what it means until the very end. This lack of love can be\ninterpreted as a void, linking the character to the mythological notion. One\nalso notices that the SnO Chaos' wings are pretty similar to some\nrepresentations of the God.\n\n* * *\n\n### Chrysaor\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iOr7j.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OcyIX.jpg)\n\nIn SnO, Chrysaor is Astraea's sword. It is referred to as the best weapon ever\ncreated for close-combat.\n\n[Chrysaor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaor) is the son of\n[Poseidon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon) and\n[Medusa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa). The literal English\ntranslation of his name is \"He who has a golden sword\".\n\n* * *\n\n### Harpies\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EYiBq.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HvhKV.png)\n\nIn SnO, Harpies are antagonists. They follow their master's orders until the\nvery end. They are often cruel even though they almost fall in love in the\nHarpies' arc. They are sent by the Master of the Synapse to kill Ikaros as she\nhad disobeyed her original master.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, a [Harpy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy) is a winged\ncreature with a human face. They were created by Zeus to go to Earth and\npunish [King Phineus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineus).\n\nBoth the mythological creatures and the SnO's characters were sent down as a\ncruel response to what could be called an offense to the Gods.\n\n* * *\n\n### Hiyori and Demeter\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vnKfG.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Po6jX.jpg)\n\n[Demeter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter) is the Goddess of harvest,\nthe cycle of life, death and the seasons.\n\nHiyori is a reference to this Goddess in some points :\n\n * She is doing agricultural work, helping her parents to cultivate vegetables, therefore serving as a link with the agricultural Goddess\n\n * Her weapon, Demeter, can manipulate time, just as the greek Demeter would be able to manipulate seasons.\n\n* * *\n\n### Ikaros, Daedalus and Minos\n\nThose 3 characters are linked by [the myth of the Labyrinth and Icarus'\nwings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus)\n\n> Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, who needed it to imprison his\n> wife's son the Minotaur. The story is that Poseidon had given a white bull\n> to Minos so that he might use it as a sacrifice. Instead, Minos kept it for\n> himself; and in revenge, Poseidon made his wife Pasiphaë lust for the bull\n> with the help of Aphrodite, who will later give birth to the Minotaur.\n>\n> Minos imprisoned Daedalus himself in the labyrinth because he gave Minos's\n> daughter, Ariadne, a clew(or ball of string) in order to help Theseus, the\n> enemy of Minos, to survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.\n>\n> Daedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself\n> and his son. Daedalus tried his wings first, but before trying to escape the\n> island, he warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to\n> the sea, but to follow his path of flight. Overcome by the giddiness that\n> flying lent him, Icarus soared into the sky, but in the process he came too\n> close to the sun, which melted the wax. Icarus kept flapping his wings but\n> soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his\n> bare arms, and so Icarus fell into the sea in the area which today bears his\n> name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos.\n\nHereafter the similar naming of the characters, there are some similarities :\n\n * Ikaros has wings, like Icarus\n * In SnO Daedalus is Ikaros' creator, as in Greek Mythology Daedalus is Icarus' father.\n * In SnO Daedalus is forced to exile and Ikaros is sealed, as in Greek Mythology Daedalus and Icarus are jailed in the Labyrinth.\n * Sugata always wishes to fly in order to discover the _New World_ , which is a reference to this myth\n * A reference to Icarus' fall is made in the final arc :\n\n> In the final arc, Ikaros reveals that she was previously ordered to destroy\n> the Synapse. Even though they managed to control it, a security measure was\n> taken : if Ikaros ever flew back to the Synapse without permission, she\n> would be set on fire. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vvYvI.png)\n\nHere is another approach on Icarus myth **which is not verified and mostly\nbased on my deductions :**\n\nSnO may be intended as a reversed Icarus myth. The Icarus myth moral is\n\n> Humans should never try to achieve the dream of getting at the same level as\n> Gods\n\nAnd the moral of Sora No Otoshimono is\n\n> Because they have everything, Gods are inferior to humans as they, therefore\n> can't dream.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TR5s9.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n### Nymph\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9C6iP.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7eK7.jpg)\n\nNymph is the second Angeloid to appear.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, different from other Goddesses,\n[Nymphs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph) are generally regarded as divine\nspirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young\nnubile maidens who love to dance and sing.\n\nBeta is known for loving nature, birds, and singing. On this points, she is\nquite similar to the mythological creatures.\n\nWhat's more, a recurrent joke of Sora No Otoshimono is Nymph's little sized\nbreast. In Greek Mythology, nymphs are sometimes represented in the shape of\nyoung maidens, which may explained the low developed secondary sexual\ncharacters of Nymph.\n\n* * *\n\n### Oregano\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JUcDR.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBhzz.jpg)\n\nIn SnO, Oregano is one of the medical Angeloids.\n\nIn real life, [Oregano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano) is a healing\nplant. In [Greek Mythology](http://www.indepthinfo.com/oregano/history.shtml),\nthe Goddess Aphrodite invented the spice, giving it to man to make his life\nhappier. The word \"oregano\" is actually derived from the Greek phrase, \"joy of\nthe mountains\".\n\n* * *\n\n### Pandora Mode\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Y7fR.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SvFQD.jpg)\n\nIn SnO, the Pandora Mode is a second state mode of Angeloids where all their\ncapabilities are hugely improved.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, [Pandora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora) is the\nfirst woman ever created.\n\n> Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her. So he did, using water and earth. The\n> Gods endowed her with many gifts: Athena clothed her, Aphrodite gave her\n> beauty, Apollo gave her musical ability, and Hermes gave her speech.\n>\n> According to Hesiod, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took\n> vengeance by presenting Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Pandora\n> opens a jar containing death and many other evils which were released into\n> the world. She hastened to close the container, but all of the contents had\n> escaped except for one thing that lay at the bottom – Elpis (usually\n> translated \"hope\", though it could also mean \"expectation\").\n\nI didn't find any relevant link between the Myths and the SnO mode.\n\n* * *\n\n### Poseidon\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/taovn.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xQDkE.jpg)\n\nIn SnO, Poseidon is Minos' weapon.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, [Poseidon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon) is one\nof the 12 Gods and is called the \"God of the Sea\".\n\nHe carries a weapon, the Trident.\n\nThe Minos' weapon is clearly a reference to Poseidon's trident.\n\nIt is funny to mention that in the Myth, Poseidon punished King Minos for\nkeeping a sacrifice for himself (See Ikaros, Daedalus and Minos entry)\n\n* * *\n\n### Seiren\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R3P52.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GfBPa.jpg)\n\nSeiren appears very shortly in SnO before being killed by Chaos.\n\n[Sirens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_%28mythology%29) were beautiful\nand dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music\nand voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.\n\nSeiren is an Angeloid designed for swimming, unlike other Angeloids, who do\nnot float (due to the weight of their wet wings), therefore, serving as a link\nwith Sirens which are always in the sea.\n\n* * *\n\n### Uranus Queen (Ikaros)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/21OHL.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQNEr.jpg)\n\n[Uranus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_%28mythology%29) is the Greek\nGod of the sky. As Ikaros is the most powerful Angeloid ever created, the link\nis pretty obvious.\n\n* * *\n\n### Zeus\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DO4sI.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oZI1d.jpg)\n\nIn SnO, Zeus is a weapon created to protect the Synapse against aggressors.\n\nIn Greek Mythology, [Zeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus) is the sky and\nthunder God, ruling the other Gods.\n\nThey are linked as both throw thunderbolts and are in the sky\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm watching the Funimation dub of Shin Chan, and have come across the various\nepisodes about \"Happiness Bunny's Revenge\", where Nene / Penny's rabbit doll\ncomes alive whenever the moon is red.\n\nThe episodes always give me the creeps and seem really out of place for a\nchildren's TV show, as it often depicts the rabbit with glowing red eyes\nchasing after Nene / Penny or just being unpleasant towards the other\ncharacters.\n\nI suspect these are nightmares she's having as a result of feeling bad about\nhitting the rabbit when she's angry, but some more info about the original\nJapanese story / stories would be fantastic.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI am searching for the name of a song or soundtrack which plays in the\nbackground in episode 11 of Nanatsu no Taizai. It starts at 17:48. I have\nalready searched through the whole Nanatsu no Taizai OST, but I couldn't find\nit, so if someone knows the name please let me know.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDid you ever find it? If not, here:\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHKyGrD_v8>.\n\nThe name of the song is _Kurai & Setsunai-4 Taizai_ (9雷&セ2内-4:罪), track 11 of\nThe Seven Deadly Sins ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the Red and Blue game version of Pokemon, the 3 starters are Squirtle,\nCharmander and Bulbasaur.\n\nAs the anime is based on the game, it would be logical that the main Pokemon\n(the one with Ash since the beginning) is one of those three starters.\n\nIs there any specific reason why any of those three Pokemon weren't chosen to\nbe the mascot? Why and how was Pikachu chosen by the producers over all the\n150 other Pokemon?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n_Why was Pikachu chosen to be the main Pokemon of the anime?_\n\nPikachu is among the most recognizable Pokémon, largely because a Pikachu is a\ncentral character in the Pokémon anime series. **Pikachu is widely considered\nthe most popular Pokémon** , is regarded as the official mascot of the Pokémon\nfranchise, and has become an icon of Japanese culture in recent years.\n\nAccording to [Pikachu's entry in\nwikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachu) which stated:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sLHgE.png)\n\n> Initially both **Pikachu** and the Pokémon **Clefairy** were chosen to be\n> lead characters for the franchise merchandising, with the latter as the\n> primary mascot to make the early comic book series more \"engaging\". However,\n> with the production of the animated series, **Pikachu was chosen as the\n> primary mascot, in an attempt to appeal to female viewers and their mothers,\n> and under the belief that the creature presented the image of a recognizable\n> intimate pet for children**. Its color was also a deciding factor, as yellow\n> is a primary color and easier for children to recognize from a distance, and\n> with consideration to the fact the only other competing yellow mascot at the\n> time was Winnie-the-Pooh. Though Tajiri acknowledged that the character was\n> relatively popular with both boys and girls, the idea of Pikachu as the\n> mascot was not his own, and stated he felt the human aspect of the series\n> was overlooked by Japanese children who embraced Pikachu by itself more\n> readily\n\n**In The Anime**\n\n> In the first episode, Ash receives his Pikachu from Professor Oak as his\n> starting Pokémon. New trainers are given a starting Pokémon; in Ash's\n> homeland of Kanto this is often **Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur** , but\n> Ash _overslept_ and got **Pikachu** instead.\n\n**In other Pokémon media**\n\n> **Pikachu** is one of the main Pokémon used in many of the Pokémon manga\n> series. In Pokémon Adventures, main characters Red and Yellow both train\n> Pikachu, which create an egg that Gold hatches into a **Pichu**. Other\n> series, including Magical Pokémon Journey and Getto Da Ze also feature\n> Pikachu while other manga series, such as Electric Tale of Pikachu, and\n> **Ash & Pikachu**, feature the most well known Pikachu belonging to Ketchum\n> in the anime series\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAsh did have the choice of choosing from the starter trio. But he wasn't able\nto, since he arrived late. The starter trio had been chosen by other trainers\nand Professor Oak gave Ash a Pikachu.\n\nThis plot was shaped in a clever manner to bring Pikachu up as Pokemon that\nwill represent the _Pokemon_ series.\n\nLike you've mentioned, the game versions give Pikachu a minor role but it was\nenough to gain popularity among the players. An\n[interview](http://pokedream.com/pokemon/infocenter/tajiri.php) with the\ncreator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri, states so:\n\n> **TIME** : Pikachu is sort of marginal in the game. But it's now the best-\n> known character. How'd that happen?\n>\n> **Tajiri** : When they did the anime, they wanted a specific character to\n> focus on. Pikachu was relatively popular compared with the others and\n> potentially both boys and girls would like it. They heard a lot of opinions\n> about this. It wasn't my idea.\n\nThe youngsters who had played the Pokemon games were attracted to Pikachu. The\nreasons to why Pikachu, out of all the other Pokemon, could be because of its\ncharacteristics. Ikue Otani (voice of Pikachu)\n[responded](http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/blogs/peek-at-chu/69336005-pika-chu-\nan-interview-with-ikue-otani-the-voice-of-pikachu) in a similar way when asked\nthe same question:\n\n> **Why do you think Pikachu is so popular with young people?**\n>\n> **IO** :I think it’s like being the owner of a pet dog; you’re always\n> wondering what your dog is thinking, but you also believe that you\n> understand your dog better than anyone else could ever hope to understand\n> it. You can tell its thoughts just by looking at its face or how it is\n> behaving. Whether it’s hungry, happy or sad. That’s exactly how Satoshi and\n> Pikachu communicate. Because Pikachu can’t say anything other than its name,\n> the audience has to think about what the “Pikachu” noises mean and learn to\n> understand the character. Ultimately, I think kids feel like they are\n> Pikachu’s owner.\n\nThe reason Pikachu was chosen to be the mascot, was because of its popularity.\nIt was a brilliant marketing scheme, by taking advantage of the popularity of\nPikachu from the games, and incorporating it into the anime and merchandise,\nsales had soared. The dynamic yet cute relationship between Ash and Pikachu\nwas also another factor to bring up the sales.\n\n> **TIME** : How does that translate to the U.S.?\n>\n> **Tajiri** : It's interesting, because in Japan, everybody goes for Pikachu.\n> In the U.S., the characters Ash [Satoshi in Japan] and Pikachu are grouped\n> together. American kids seem to like that. In America there are more\n> products sold with Ash and Pikachu together, not just Pikachu alone. I think\n> Americans actually understand the concept of Pokémon better than the\n> Japanese. The Japanese focus on Pikachu, but what I think is important is\n> the human aspect--you need Ash.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI noticed that commonly now in anime that mostly female characters' clothes\nare being torn especially in fight scenes.\n\nI googled and found this to be called [Clothing\nDamage](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage), and here\nare a list of [examples](http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/Clothing_Damage)\nfrom anime and manga from which I remember in [_High School\nDxD_](http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/High_School_DxD) where the main\nprotagonist Issei uses a technique called Dress Break _to make his female\nenemies lose the will to fight_. Also found in [_Dog\nDays_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days_\\(anime\\)) and\n[_Freezing_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_\\(manga\\)).\n\nEven JRPG games such as [_Doki Doki Majo\nShinpan!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Majo_Shinpan!) and its\nsequel, [_Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! 2\nDuo_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Majo_Shinpan_2_Duo) has this.\n\nWho started this trope? Is it somewhat related to the origin of the [tentacles\ntrope](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/818/) in anime?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe most likely culprit is [Go Nagai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Nagai),\nthe father of Ecchi fan service. You can probably trace it down to as early as\n[\"Shameless School\"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harenchi_Gakuen), which\noften had female characters \"losing\" their clothes:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fLge.jpg)\n\nBut the actual tearing off of clothes may have first been in [Mazinger\nZ](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MazingerZ)'s manga (circa\n1972), linked from the very [article in the\nquestion](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage):\n\n> * It happens to Sayaka Yumi in the original manga sometimes (too many\n> times for her liking). Given that it was created by Go Nagai, the man who\n> introduced Fanservice in anime, it is not surprising.\n> * In one chapter, several female robots with blades replacing her arms\n> sliced her dress to ribbons, without actually cutting her flesh or\n> underwear.\n> * Great Mazinger: Jun Hono suffered from this more often than Sayaka (much\n> to her disliking).\n> * It also happens to Boss in Mazinkaiser, when the Gamia Q sisters attempt\n> to assassinate him, thinking he's Kouji. His school uniform and his boxers\n> are torn to ribbons by their hair.\n>\n\nDoesn't end there, by [Cutie\nHoney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cutie_Honey), he's gotten quite good\nat it:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/000Ed.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Dragon Ball Super Manga Chapter 6, Goku chose Piccolo for Beerus' team. But\nwhy didn't he choose Android 18? She was far more powerful than Piccolo in\nDragon Ball Z. Is it because her power level decreased just like Gohan?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAt first, Android 17 and 18 were much stronger than Piccolo. Then in Chapter\n360, he fused with Kami which made him much stronger. At this point, he was\nalready strong enough to take on Android 17 one on one. By the end of the Cell\nSaga, Piccolo has trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and become much\nstronger than the Androids.\n\nSince then, Piccolo has never slacked off in his training and it is therefore\nsafe to say that he is much stronger than the Androids. Since Gohan has not\nbeen training all this time and has become a lot weaker, **therefore at this\npoint Piccolo is without contest the 4th strongest of the Z fighters** (after\nGoku, Vegeta and Buu - not counting Gotenks).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are many reasons to the answer of this question:\n\n * The primary being that as of now, due to having kept up his training, Piccolo is far stronger than Android 18. Also he has more potential than the Androids. They were created by Dr. Gero with the power level they have, whereas Piccolo became this strong due to his training and fusion with Kami, and Nail.\n\n * Another reason is that since Goku is of the caring nature, and knowing the training procedure and the time spent, would not want to interfere with the upbringing of Marron. \n\n * It can also be said that since Piccolo is Akira's favorite character ([read here](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Akira_Toriyama's_personal_thoughts#Favorite_Characters)), he wouldn't want to leave him behind, as a weakling, when his least favorite character, Vegeta ([read here](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Akira_Toriyama's_personal_thoughts#Least_Favorite_Characters)), gets such a power boost as SSB.\n\n * He doesn't have as much potential as Gohan, who was recommended by Vegeta to be selected into Beerus' team, but Goku said that he's a scholar now, so let him be. And Gotenks, being stronger than Piccolo, has a time limit. \n\n**So it's safe to say that Piccolo is the most appropriate person to be on\nBeerus' team.**\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nActually because 18 is still part human she has the ability to get stronger\nwith training, that's already a known fact, android 16 is the one who is\nstuck, and actually gohan was confirmed to be alit stronger then buu because\nbuu is weaker than he would be if he was still with kid buu, also it was said\nthat android 18 is stronger than all the guys fighting frieza and his men,\nthis includes piccolo, not including goku and vegeta who weren't there at the\ntime,so yeah check your facts guys lol, 18 said it herself and krillin agreed\nlol but because piccolo was training for 6 months before the tournament his\npower now surpasses 18s so at the time goku chose piccolo he was stronger than\n18 but since buu is weaker than gohan and there was a written test I think 18\nwould've been a better choice than buu\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Dragon Ball Z, after fusing with Kamisama, Piccolo got as strong as 17,\nwhich supposedly is slightly more powerful than 18. After that, he went to\ntime chamber and got even stronger. Then, by the time of the fight with Super\nCell, Piccolo was already stronger than 18. Considering Piccolo is a fighter\nwho is always training and increasing his power level, he should be\nconsiderably stronger than 18 by the time of Dragon Ball Super\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just completed the FMA:B anime (been meaning to do this) and I'm still\nconfused as to what they actually created. Originally, they thought it was\ntheir mother but then Edward realized that it actually wasn't their mother\nthat they transmuted.\n\nWe then find out that Alphonse was able to see Edward from that thing's\nperspective. Was that thing a failed homunculus they created? And why was\nAlphonse able to see everything from its perspective?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey created nothing. From [fma.wikia.com](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alchemy)\n\n> As per FMA: Brotherhood or FMA manga, Human Transmutation is impossible\n> because a soul that has left the mortal coil has passed on into the\n> afterlife and can never be called back by human means. The attempt will\n> cause a rebound due to the inherent lack of any particular substance able to\n> match a human soul in value and the fact that the initiated transmutation is\n> trying to reach an unattainable goal.\n\nSo they've created nothing and it has nothing to do with homunculus.\n\nBut in FMA 2003 anime, it's different :\n\n> The anime declares that it is possible to bring dead humans back into the\n> living world, but after bringing them back to life, they generally become\n> inhuman (Homunculi - with the physical appearance and memories of the humans\n> they used to be). Using the Philosopher's Stone or a human life as the\n> material to recall the souls, it is possible to bring back a human as a\n> complete human. Al also explained that it may be possible to complete a\n> preexisting homunculus. Theoretically, it could be done using a\n> Philosopher's stone,(allowing one to survive creating a homunculus and to\n> attatch a soul to it). However, it is unknown if the 'completed' homunculus\n> will become a 'full' human - whether or not it would be able to perform\n> alchemy, age, and/or die easily.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [FMA Wiki](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alchemy \"FMA Wiki\"),\n\n> In the manga, it is determined that resurrective Human Transmutation is\n> impossible because a soul that has left the mortal coil has passed on into\n> the afterlife and can never be called back by human means. The attempt will\n> cause a rebound due to both the inherent lack of any particular substance\n> able to match a human soul in value and the fact that the initiated\n> transmutation is reaching for an unattainable goal. Of the known attempted\n> Human Transmutations, the rebound has been the \"taking\" of parts of the\n> initiator's body out of the living world and into the void of the flow.\n\nIn the original FMA anime (not FMAB), however,\n\n> In the anime, the results of resurrective Human Transmutation are different.\n> The anime declares that it is possible to bring dead humans back into the\n> living world, but upon being revived, they generally become inhuman\n> Homunculi with the physical appearance and memories of the humans they used\n> to be. Using the Philosopher's Stone or a human life as the material to\n> recall the soul, it is possible to bring back a human as a complete human.\n> Al also implies that it may be possible to complete a preexisting\n> homunculus. If this is done,which it theoretically could be with a\n> Philosopher's stone,(allowing one to survive creating a homunculus and to\n> attach a soul to it) it is unknown if the now complete homunculus will be a\n> full human thus able to perform alchemy, age, and die easily, or not.\n\nIn the FMA anime,\n\n> In the first anime series, the remains of the failed human transmutation\n> that was Trisha takes on a larger role. After the brothers rush away from\n> the scene looking for help, the deformed, living mass that was created\n> manages to crawl away. Patiently waiting not far from the house is Dante,\n> who feeds it the Red Stones necessary to give it a human form. The\n> Homunculus Sloth is thus created, taking the appearance of Trisha Elric.\n\nIn volume 11 of the manga,\n\n> In vol. 11, Hohenheim speaks to Pinako about the remains, asking if anything\n> of it looked like Trisha, such as hair or eye color. Edward, who was\n> eavesdropping around the corner, freezes and looks horrified as he listens.\n> The next day, after Hohenheim has left, Edward asks Pinako to show him where\n> she buried the remains and help him uncover them. The excavation seems to\n> cause Edward great pain, as he frequently pauses to regain his breath or\n> vomit between digging. When they unearth the remains, Edward discovers that\n> it wasn't their mother that they had \"resurrected\" that night, as the hair\n> color and bone structure differed from Trisha's.\n\nSo, the conclusion is that they created nothing but some organs that represent\na human, in a vague humanely shape, but without the presence of any soul. This\nthing that they created died soon after in the absence of a soul.\n\nIn the 2003 anime, FMA, which is not entirely canon, this vague human shape\nhas a future impact as it is recreated into a homunculus by feeding it a\nphilosopher stone.\n\nBut, in the canon manga and FMAB anime (2009), no such events happen and the\nthing is buried.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nA year and a half late, but the \"thing\" they made was a partial male\nhomunculus, with the soul of Alphonse. That's why Alphonse was able to see\nfrom its POV. Immediately after, Edward yanked the soul out and put it into\nthe armor, seemingly sub-consciously.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've watched the Vampire Knight anime and noticed that Zero has this tattoo on\nhis neck. See below.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UEO2W.jpg)\n\nIn one of the episodes Yuki is given a bracelet that is meant to have a spell\non it and told the bracelet can be used to stop Zero. The headmaster holds the\nbracelet up to Zero's tattoo to show what it does. It appears as if it\ntemporarily paralyses him. The bracelet looks as if it has the same symbol on\nit as Zero's tattoo.\n\n[](https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/vampireknight/images/0/00/Yuki's_bracelet.png/revision/latest?cb=20110113203810)\n\n**Was there no purpose to it previously? Or did it have a different purpose?**\n\nIn another episode when he is struggling with his blood lust the tattoo\nappears to have changed and got bigger and has veins coming out of it.\n\nThis left me wondering: **What is the main purpose behind it?** Or is there\nactually no purpose at all.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HCQfb.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nZero's Tatoo is ment to repress his urge to drink blood and hopefully delay\nhis decent into a Level E\n\n> Zero bears a tattoo, the Hunter's Seal, on the left side of his neck\n> originally used to suppress his vampire side, and later used to tame him.\n\nSoruce: [Zero Kiryu -\nAppearance](http://vampireknight.wikia.com/wiki/Zero_Kiryu#Appearance)\n\nyou'll notice that the tattoo is on the same side of the neck Zero was clawing\nat when he was first brought to the Cross Residence as a child after his\nfamily was killed. this is also the same place Shizuka Hio bit him (the reason\nwhy he was clawing at his neck)\n\nThe [Wikia page on the\ntattoo](http://vampireknight.wikia.com/wiki/Vampire_tattoo) also goes into\ndepth about it\n\n> The hunter tattoo has multiple purposes. The tattoo is of the Hunter symbol,\n> which bears similarity to the Cross Academy logo. It can be used to slow the\n> awakening of a human into a vampire, as Kaien Cross advised Zero Kiryu. Zero\n> was able to delay his awakening for four years with its assistance, although\n> he believed it would prevent it.\n>\n> The primary purpose of such a tattoo is for the taming ceremony. The tattoo\n> is linked via a matching piece of jewellery with a crest of the same symbol\n> on it.\n>\n> The tattoo can be on various parts of the body, most likely to be at the\n> point where the human was bitten, as this is where Zero has his.The tattoo\n> hurt him because of the vampire who bit Zero.\n>\n> When Zero thirsts for or drinks blood, the tattoo branches out in the\n> fashion of veins, or it makes Zero's veins glow.\n\nso the Tattoo and the Bracelet Yuki has have the same symbol because\n\n * they are meant to be linked\n * they are both products of the Vampire Hunters thus they bare their symbol\n\nafter the \"taming ceremony\" (where Zero's blood was dropped on the bracelet\nand paired with the tattoo) Yuki _is supposed to_ to disable Zero when he\ntries to go after someone's blood but alot of the time we see Yuki allow Zero\nto drink her blood\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHeathcliff explained to Kirito that he had to engage the system’s assist mod\nwhen defending (against Kirito's attack) because he's (Kirito) so fast. But\nhow was he able to automatically access it? I know that he is the GM but we’ve\nseen that even GMs have to either utter a voice command or navigate through\nthe menu in order to instruct the system.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think the reason why Heathcliff was able to do so lies in the fact that\nNerveGear works by scanning the brain wave. It receives input by reading the\nbrain wave as the person equipping it thinks about something. For example,\nwhen we talk, the words are formed in our mind and the brain sends pulses to\nour mouth and voice cord to produce sound matching the words formed. This\npulses is what the nerve gear receives as input, and at the same time,\nprevents the actual organ from receiving it.\n\nIt is possible that for his account, he has a feature where he can activate or\ndeactivate game feature simply using his mind. That is, he can command the\nsystem by thinking about it. No need for him to think of moving his hands and\naccess the control panel.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe reason is actually simple if you understand a very important explanation\nand demonstration from Yui, in the anime Epsidode 12, Yui's Heart. To explain\nwhat is happening, Asuna and Kirito meet and adopt a young stranger girl who\nseems alone wandering through a forest, and they choose to take her in and\nnurse her back to health hoping she would awake from a big collapse in the\nmiddle of the forest, as in the episode prior, episode 11, the girl of\nmountain dew, Kirito and Asuna immediately after witnessing her fall and being\npassed out automatically have their emergency and game analysis of every\npossible conceivable reason for her to be there alone, too young for a normal\nplayer and the big clue of no cursor which every player always has no matter\ntheir circumstance not show. So she of course surprises them with a healthy\ndose of amnesia when finally awaking, and it's bad enough to basically not\nhave her remember her lifes entire past. Parents, age, the most basic person\nwith amnesia still knows that and she was to Quota asuna like a blank slate,\neven affecting her vocabulary and her learning of language. But the point to\ntake away is that this situation was a first to give off too many flags that\nit should have called their suspicion of the icon even harder consering it was\nmade to be a major notification. And it was clearly noted that she had to have\nbarely been playing because of the comments on her gear and the way Kirito\nmentions she must not have been in any fights. Jumping ahead to conciude the\nnext day they quest together and find a floor boss not expecting one and\nseeming to Kirito to be likely the highest level boss they've seen so far and\nkrito and asuna were trapped with the option to fight and die or just get\nkilled. Getting nearly a death blow blocking one attack Yui who was hiding\ncomes out, seems to act like a normal human, but then confronts the boss head\nto head, magically sunnons a sword thats on fire and does a super high jump\nskull splitter taking it out. We find out she is AI.. AI is a program.\nEverything that is run in Aincrad has something to run it.. mentions are what\nthe bosses drops,etc etc... Basically everything that makes the world aincrad,\nit is all controlled by a sydttem a computer system, or you can say an AI.\nThis AI is the famous Cardinal System you hear so much about but don't really\nget to understand. You find out Yui is an AI, she is given specific privileges\nas that Pegram and had general Admin access to the system. That's a lot of\nprivileges. So what she did on her own with no need for any assist needs was\nnot mutter words or anything and have a superior weapon be given to her and\nshe gained the immortal object foecedield on demand preventing an attack to\ntouch her yet never made specific sudo instructions to do so. The commander is\nable to use the system to pick and choose who he wanted to paralyze easily,\nalthough it seemed like he used an assistant remote control to help him make\nchanges to his world he made. That should be enough to show that you like both\nYui and healthcliff as we learned both uses the system assist mode, which just\nseems to give them invincibility. and remove it on demand. also as it was the\ncardinal system that granted those rights, both had Admin access which meant\nthey had control to manipulate the system to do whatever they wanted the\ncardinal to do. and the final instruction to self destruct and erase the world\nwas an opinion that was one of who knows how many commands are possible. So\nhuman or no human (meaning no nerve gear) Both effectively used the cardinal\nsystem very effectively to eliminate the problems that they each had to use.\nThey needed to be Admin. And 2mwe find out that the AI Yui can summon weapons\nand take a direct hit with no damage by having some kinda foecedield. Both\nseem to have their defense kick in automatically. Only Yui seemed different\nsummoning an item. you do login into the game. heathcliff probably had an\nadmin account. he used privls by using his hand console. he could have like\nmentioned in other boss battles had it automatically control for him. Yui\ndidn't need any hardwar3 She's a computer. she tells of give Admin privs on\nday one. apparently you just have to need to know how it works.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI wanted to watch the anime but I was wondering if it adapted the Light novel\nclosely. If not, then I plan to read the Light Novel before watching it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo, this is a difficult question to answer because for the most part, the\nanime covered the important points. As far as I know, season 1 of the anime\ncovered it sufficiently and left out trivial things. They did switched out\nstudios for season 2, however. Season 1 was done by Brain Base and season 2\nwas done by Studio Feel.\n\nWith that said, there are a lot of things that the first episodes of S2 did\nnot explain that are highly important. You can see a detail of it in [this\ndetailed Reddit\npost](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/33oafj/spoilers_yahari_ore_no_seishun_love_comedy_wa/cqmurdt).\nIn summary, it explains to non-LN readers why Yukinon is acting the way she\nis. LN readers would understand why and they can see the little things like\nfacial expression and other things that might be overt. Non-LN anime watchers\nwould have to be very attentive to capture the information otherwise.\n\nThis isn't a simple yes or no answer. If you don't have the time to read the\nLN then I recommend you watch the anime as it is, as far as I know,\ncomprehensive. If you care about details or were confused by some of things\ngoing on, then either read the LN or read the analysis for the episodes.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes and no. Some important scenes was modified or even cut, in order to make\npeople interpret diffently, or to make watchers who want to know the full\nstory, decide to buy light novel. I think like this because I noticed that it\nmight be that certain person planned brilliantly in advance to modify scenes\nin anime to increase influence of watchers to look for original reference.\n\nIf you already read light novel, you can try in-depht Oregairu analysis to\nexplore thoughts & feelings of some characters\n\n<https://yaharibento.wordpress.com/category/oregairu-analysis/>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6NlPv.jpg)\n\nI found this image on an AMV called ♪ Clarissa ♪ at\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gje-xf8liWM>. The girl appears at 1:43 in the\nvideo. I think she might be from _Kiddy Grade_ , but I'm not sure.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWow, this was (and is) a hard one to find but you made me curious!\n\nTL;DR: It's Kiddy Grade.\n\nThe character pictured is indeed Éclair from Kiddy Grade. She normally looks\nlike this.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hKNAN.gif)\n\nHowever, this is a younger version of her, and it's really hard to find\ninformation on where she comes from - I wanted to find an episode number she\nappears in, but couldn't track one down, or even a proper screenshot.\n\nThis was the best I could do: via some reverse-image searching with various\nterms, I found this image, which has a filename equating to 'Éclair in Star\nYear 0318 - Kiddy Grade'.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q1J7D.jpg)\n\nIt's pretty believable that this is the same character as in the screenshot,\nand you can see from the earrings that she may well have some relation to\nÉclair. I tried to find more pictures similar to this one that would provide\nmore information, but though there are a few, they don't really help much.\n\nOn a whim, I went on pixiv and was able to find this in the Kiddy Grade tag:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iDOim.jpg)\n\nCredit to [this artist](http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=853637). I think\nyou'll agree this is the same character. The picture is entitled '幼エクレール', or,\nin English, 'Young Éclair'.\n\nAnyway, I think this has to be from Kiddy Grade, and hope this clears up why.\nShe definitely doesn't look like this for most of the series though! If\nanybody who's actually watched the series would like to provide more details\nthat would be great, but anyway, hope this helped.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 26 near the beginning when Manaka is talking about the Sea God and\nthe Lady Jojoshi there is a shot of the Lady Jojoshi walking up to the Sea God\nwith 2 children, one looks like a young Manaka and the other looks like a\nyoung Hikari.\n\nIs this an indication that Manaka and Hikari are more deeply connected to the\nSea God as the Lady Jojoshi?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDwarves from Tontatta Kingdom said that Montblanc Noland is like a hero for\nthem, but what has he done for them that makes the dwarves say that he's a\nhero?\n\nAny explanation from manga or anime?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yUeq7.jpg)\n\n[code]\n\n From One Piece Chapter 713 Page 19\n \n[/code]\n\nFrom the [Wikia article on Montblanc\nNoland](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Montblanc_Noland):\n\n> Sometime in his journeys, he entered the New World and encountered the\n> island of Green Bit, protecting the Tontatta Kingdom and its people from the\n> humans who were ravaging their homes. However, Noland's tales would forever\n> be labeled lies after one unlucky event around a friend he made.\n\nUnfortunately, this is all we know about Noland's act which earned him the\ntitle of a \"hero\".\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOK, so all I know about what good she is at :\n\n 1. Using kidou\n 2. Being a victim of the villain\n\nAlso, she's always being protected and can't look after herself There are so\nmany other Shinigamis with better abilities that can take her position and\nperform better and be useful!\n\nIs there something I'm missing out? Isn't she over-rated?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom the [Wikia article on Gotei 13](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Gotei_13):\n\n> Lieutenants function as executive officers for their division, taking care\n> of or supervising day-to-day operations. Along with their captains, they are\n> not assigned to one specific squad. **They generally only know the Shikai of\n> their Zanpakutō** but they are still the second strongest in their division.\n> In the case of a division captain's death, departure, or other circumstances\n> making him unable to perform their duties, the lieutenant acts as the\n> \"substitute captain\" until another can be assigned.\n>\n> **The authority to appoint or dismiss a lieutenant lies solely with the\n> captain of the respective division, a privilege which was granted to them\n> with the support of the Central 46 Chambers.** Captains reserve the right to\n> appoint multiple lieutenants at a single time, though this is rarely done\n> due to it being both considered highly unorthodox and heavily frowned upon\n> by the Central 46 Chambers.\n\nHence, it's not necessary for a Lieutenant to have a Bankai. It's not even\nrequired for the second strongest person of the squad to be the lietenant as\nit is completely upto the captain to the assign the position, although the\nposition is **usually** given to the second strongest person in the squad.\n\nAn important factor in Aizen deciding to appoint her as a lieutenant has to do\nwith the fact that she was in love with him, which made it easy for him to\nmanipulate her.\n\nFrom the [Wikia article on Momo\nHinamori](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Momo_Hinamori):\n\n> Though normally kind, her rare bouts of anger can appear rather menacing,\n> such as her outrage at Captain Gin Ichimaru when she blamed him for killing\n> Aizen. **While serving as his lieutenant, Momo greatly respects and admires\n> Aizen. She idolizes him** to the point where a letter from Aizen leads her\n> to attack Hitsugaya, her childhood friend, and even after being stabbed by\n> Aizen, she, proclaiming Aizen was being manipulated, asks Hitsugaya to save\n> him. When Aizen leads an attack on the Fake Karakura Town, Momo helps to\n> defend the town from Aizen and his forces, but she still notably refers to\n> him as \"Captain Aizen\".\n\nAizen himself says:\n\n> When she is reunited with Aizen, he, betraying her, stabs her through the\n> chest, and she nearly dies. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mmPAE.png)\n> **Aizen's reasoning behind almost killing Momo is since he built her to not\n> be able to live without him** , he has done her a favor by killing her\n\nEven though she might be weak, she does have battling skills. You can read\nabout her powers and abilities\n[here](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Momo_Hinamori#Powers_.26_Abilities).\n\nIn the end, we can say that her appointment to the position of a vice-\ncaptain/lieutenant has more to do with her being of use to Aizen than on the\nbasis of her fighting prowess.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xNagX.jpg)\n\nI am looking for the manga in this picture. I already know it is not _7th\nPeriod is a Secret_ , it's just a credits page in this series, but I can't\nseem to find the manga where the image originally comes from.\n\nThe credits page comes from a scanlator group called Serenus Dreamers roughly\na year ago. I went looking for it as I recall reading it at least 7 years ago.\n\nIt's about a beautiful girl with long black hair and short bangs, and a guy\nwith light hair. I think they met on vacation in an ice ski resort and fall in\nlove as they meet. The artwork is extremely beautiful, close to Miyasaka\nKaho's work but it isn't one of her works.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI believe that the manga you are looking for is **Kiss And Never Cry**.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0TiJO.jpg)\n\n * The **Scanlator** is **Serenus Dreamers**\n * The **Story** is - Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon. Leon, considering the danger, declines Michiru. Hurt by this, Michiru runs away by herself. Finding out that Michiru has run away, Leon and others search for her, finding her in the skating rink. But the Michiru they find standing in the rink no longer has the smile that the old Michiru had!? \n\n * The **Credits Page** is -\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gIBmc.jpg)\n\n * It's the only manga scanlated by Serenus Dreamers with Ice Sports in it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nGenerally in most MMORPGs1 the role of shopkeepers are assigned to pre-\nprogrammed NPCs. However in SAO we see Agil and Lisbeth run their own stores.\n\nWas SAO's community-driven nature (i.e. players assume the roles as\nshopkeepers) a part of the original specification, or did this only occur\nbecause Kayaba trapped everyone?\n\n* * *\n\n1: There is one recent MMORPG I am aware of that has a player controlled\neconomy where players have to find their own jobs within the game (i.e.\nfarmer, blacksmith, trainer) but I can't remember the name and it is also the\nonly MMORPG I am aware of that does this.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile MMORPGs do usually have shop NPCs, it is important to note that they\nusually don't sell the best gear. (Or even good gear) \nThe best gear is either from bosses, random drops, or, from crafting. It seems\nthat in SAO, good gear was made via crafting, as we see when Kirito asks Liz\nto make him a sword, and they go hunting for materials.\n\nSo it seems like it was intended to be community driven, as you could raise\nskills, and craft, and as it is fairly obvious that not everybody wants to\nhave a high blacksmith skill, as you could always buy it with money you get\notherwise.\n\nAnd you say Igneel, but I think you mean Agil.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo say there is a manga. Now who comes up with the soundtrack and composes\nthat according to the anime?\n\nMany many soundtracks (instrumental) are masterpieces, and just as equally or\neven more amazingly they are composed with story to have even more effect. I\nwant to know more about the whole process.\n\nI know how they draw manga from a story, and animate (which is extremely\ntedious in itself).\n\nBut when it comes to soundtrack I am completely clueless. Obviously a studio\nor an artist is paid to create soundtracks but what's their process?\n\nSo I want to know:\n\n 1. How do they decide what it should sound like?\n 2. How do they actually create it and is there a process?\n 3. How do the people who create this get training for it?\n\nIn the soundtracks that I have heard, they don't seem limited by instruments.\nMelodies are perfect, or composed perfectly. They often have human voices\nmixed with them, like [this](https://youtu.be/W1m43i4WK1A?t=4),\n[this](https://youtu.be/x-xpMRCnJRE?t=30) or\n[this](https://youtu.be/K59ADImvpEU?t=192).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAn anime's soundtrack is usually made specific for the show. The same cannot\nalways be said about the anime's opening or ending themes, though.\n\nWhen it comes to producing an anime, multiple companies work together to make\na show happen; these multiple companies make up what's called a Production\nCommittee. Depending upon the show, a show's production committee will include\na music label (such as Aniplex or Lantis), and this label can provide a\ncomposer to make music for the anime. There are cases and times, though, where\na specific composer can be brought in from a certain label (such as Yuki\nKajiura being brought in to work on Madoka Magicka), if someone in the\nproduction staff has a connection or something like that.\n\nA computer can synthesize a lot of instruments pretty dang well, and it's\nassumedly cheaper to hash out a soundtrack through computer software rather\nthan finding an orchestra/band, teaching them the music, and then recording\nthe performance. Using live instruments for anime isn't unheard of (such as\nfor higher-production films), but I couldn't tell you a percentage of how much\ncertain anime shows use what. For vocal stuff, I don't specifically know how\nthat gets managed, and I wouldn't want to lead you astray by even more\nconjecturing.\n\nFinally, to answer your question about how they decide the feel of the sound,\nI'm led to believe that it's hashed out at meetings during an anime's creation\n(usually a bit closer to the end stage of things), with the composer (or\nsomeone representing his/her label) talking with the anime's production staff.\nWords could be thrown around that depict a certain feeling, or a certain genre\nof music or something to go for. If the production staff knows more about\nmusic, more specific terms may end up being used.\n\nWhen it comes to how the music itself is created, and how composers get the\ntraining to get their jobs, just look up \"music composition\" and \"digital\nmusic composition\" on Google and it'll start to point you in that direction. A\nlot of the same general composition and creation processes apply, although I\ncan't really tell you if they do something specifically unique in Japan\ncomposition-wise. Anyway, people can go to college to study music theory and\nmusic composition, and from there, they may choose to work specifically for\nanime, or choose to work anywhere else (like composing for live-action TV, or\nfor movies, or commercials, or for the entertainment industry, for example).\nIt's a career and profession like any other.\n\nSources:\n\n<http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05> \\- Justin Sevaki's \"The\nAnime Economy\" series. Doesn't really delve into the specifics of how an anime\nis made, but it explains the production committee bit fairly well.\n\n<http://web.archive.org/web/20081002032241/http://gabrielarobin.com/279/newtype-\nyoko-kanno-and-shoji-kawamori-macross-f-ost-1-interview-translation> \\- An\ninterview with the chief director and composer for Macross F (provided through\nthe Wayback Machine). The translation isn't the easiest to follow, but it\nprovides some information about how the music came to be (Macross F also had a\nlot of vocal music too!)\n\nInterview contained in the DVD release of the 2nd half of _Zaion: I Wish You\nWere Here_. Show wasn't that memorable, but it had some great music! The music\ncomposer for Zaion was contacted and brought in while the show was still in\nits planning stages and they talked about what feel to attempt for the series.\nHowever, that being said, Zaion may have been a bit different because it was\nmade for Internet distribution, an unheard of thing at the time.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDo ordinary citizens of Academy City know about the existence of magic? By\nordinary citizens, I mean the general population of the city.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the late 1980's early 90's Viz media published Grey by Yoshihisa Tagami as\nwell as another work of his, Horobi. Grey was later made into an anime and\naccording to\n[this](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16128&lookup=source)\nsite, he worked on some other manga and anime, but I have not been able to\nfind any detailed information or interviews about the artist in English (or\notherwise). I would like to find out if Tagami is still active in the manga\nuniverse.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHere's all the information you can find on the internet about Yoshihisa\nTagami:\n\n * **Birthday:** 09-12-1958 (DD-MM-YY) [Source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16128)\n * **Hometown:** Komoro, Nagano, Japan [Source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16128)\n * > Born in 1958, Tagami first achieved manga success in the early 1980s with Karuizawa Syndrome for Big Comic Spirits. What followed was an extremely prolific decade, with nearly 20 titles released over a 10-year span. Of these, GREY (1985), Horobi (1987) and Frontier Line (1987) would all eventually be translated and released in the U.S. Beyond manga, Tegami did character designs for Super High Speed Galvion (1984) and promotional artwork for the Famicom game Ikari (1986). While both GREY and Horobi got slick, squarebound books in English from Viz in the late ’80s (the former was even included a foreward by Harlan Ellison), Tagami has long since slipped from the lexicon of modern fans.[Source](http://www.zimmerit.moe/yoshihisa-tagami-anime-journalism/)\n\nThis excerpt seems to imply that he has lost his fandom in the recent times\nand **may** have left the manga/anime industry. His publications and active\npart as a staff in the production of any anime indicate that he has not been\nactive in the anime/manga industry for atleast 10 years.\n\n * **Appearance:**[Source](http://www.zimmerit.moe/yoshihisa-tagami-anime-journalism/)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ja7ho.jpg)\n\nYou can find find two other pictures of him: [First\none](http://www.zimmerit.moe/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/grey_press_event.jpg)\non [Zimmerit](http://www.zimmerit.moe/yoshihisa-tagami-anime-journalism/), and\nthe [second one](http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/tagami_yoshihisa01.jpg) on\n[Skynet](http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1825.html)\n\n * **List of published manga (in alphabetical order):**\n\n 1. [4 Spirits Plus 2](http://myanimelist.net/manga/86600/4_Spirits_Plus_2)\n 2. [Black Jack Alive](http://myanimelist.net/manga/16999/Black_Jack_Alive)\n 3. [Frontier Line](http://myanimelist.net/manga/6204/Frontier_Line)\n 4. [Grey](http://myanimelist.net/manga/2701/Grey)\n 5. [Horobi](http://myanimelist.net/manga/13395/Horobi)\n 6. [Karuizawa Syndrome](http://myanimelist.net/manga/12580/Karuizawa_Syndrome)\n 7. [Kaseki no Kioku](http://myanimelist.net/manga/48481/Kaseki_no_Kioku)\n 8. [Under Ground](http://myanimelist.net/manga/32389/Under_Ground)\n\n",
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