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"body": "\n\nIn UBW Saber said it wouldn't actually do anything for Archer if Shirou died.\nAccording to her achieving servant status is transcending time and space. So\nkilling his former in flesh would accomplish nothing.\n\nI agree with her. My reasoning goes beyond that though. The Archer summoned by\nthe Grail is not the true Counter Guardian, just a proxy. Killing him, even\nwith Shiki's MEoDP would only destroy his Grail-granted body.\n\nOn another note, do you think there are backups in the throne of heroes?\nBecause that would make them pretty much invincible.\n\n",
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The only exemption is King Arthur due to her unique\n> circumstances.\n\nSource: [Servants - Nature (2nd\nparagraph)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Servant#Nature)\n\nHowever, you'll note that it says the only exception is King Arthur (Arturia).\nThis is because she isn't a Heroic Spirit yet.\n\n> Before her last breath, she appealed to the world; in exchange for services\n> as a Heroic Spirit, she asked to be given an opportunity seek the Holy Grail\n> to save her country.\n\nSource: [Saber (Fate/Stay Night) - Profile - Identity - Downfall (2nd\nParagraph)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_\\(Fate/stay_night\\)#Downfall)\n\nWhat this means is that when Arturia is summoned she isn't being summoned from\nthe Throne of Heroes, and instead is being summoned as a part of her deal with\nthe world to seek the Holy Grail. It's for this reason why in the 5th Holy\nGrail War she had memories of the 4th War.\n\nI can't find anything which indicates that a Counter Guardian is another\nexception but EMIYA seemed to believe he wasn't a clone.\n\n> Even knowing that the Throne of Heroes was isolated from time and space,\n> Archer desperately came to believe that his only hope of release was to have\n> himself summoned into an era where Shirou Emiya exists and kill his past\n> self, hoping that the double paradox created by Shirou Emiya being killed\n> before having a chance to make the contract with Alaya and that the killing\n> was done by a Shirou Emiya who successfully made the contract with the world\n> would create a time paradox great enough in magnitude that could potentially\n> erase his existence as a Counter Guardian.\n\nSource: [Archer - Profile - Identity (4th\nparagraphg)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Archer_\\(Fate/stay_night\\)#Identity)\n\nOf course, even if EMIYA wasn't a clone, his plan would still fail because he\nwas in another timeline. Even if he killed a past version of himself, this\nwould only deprive that reality of Shirou possibly becoming a Counter\nGuardian. I recall reading that in the timeline EMIYA came from, the 5th Holy\nGrail War did not end in any of the ways shown in the visual novel and that\nEMIYA witnessed The Shadow's destruction which is why in Heaven's Feel he\nabandons his plan to kill Shirou and instead returns to his former duty as a\nCounter Guardian in order to destroy The Shadow (which he comments he has seen\nbefore).\n\n* * *\n\nAlso with your comment\n\n> Killing him, even with Shiki's MEoDP would only destroy his Grail-granted\n> body\n\nThis is true. However, as I explain in [this\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/17308/1587), which Shiki one refers\nto affects the likelihood of that Shiki being able to kill a Servant. Even\nwhen their Mystic Eyes allow them to kill a Servant, in the end it still comes\ndown to combat ability. Tohno Shiki has problems maintaining his because of\nhis migraines, and Ryougi Shiki can maintain an on-par level defensive fight.\n\n> [Ryougi Shiki's] combat ability is only possibly around the level of Ciel,\n> allowing her to manage a defensive fight against a being on the level of a\n> Servant. While still much stronger than [Tohno] Shiki, who holds no hope in\n> even competing with a Servant defensively\n\nthe Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are only a slight advantage in scoring an\ninstant death blow, the user still has to be able to fight (or atleast get in\nclose) to beliver the attack\n\n* * *\n\nBut as for _\"How can the counter guardians die?\"_ outside the Holy Grail War\nthis has yet to be seen since really the only Counter Guardian we see is EMIYA\nand this is in the form of a Servant.\n\nconsidering that Counter Guardians are a Counter Force for Ayala, the\ncollective unconsciousness of mankind and the drive for survival, one can\nassume that if they aren't being copied when they get summoned they can die\nbut my only basis for this is because Counter Guardians were once human and\nthus do have a concept of death, as opposed to\n[Aristoteles](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Aristoteles) who don't have\nconcepts of damage or death in which the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception wont\nwork\n\n> Beings like Type Mercury and other Ultimate Ones lack the concept of death\n> entirely, so the ability will not affect them under any circumstance.\n\nSource: [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception - Workings - Points (3rd\nparagraph)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Mystic_Eyes_of_Death_Perception#Limitations)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSawyer, aka Racer of the Oracion Seis is shown to be very fast in melee combat\nand seems to almost teleport.\n\nHowever, later his power is explained to be\n\n> Slowing Magic: a time-affecting Magic, changing the way its targets perceive\n> time, and thus making it appear for them that Sawyer is moving around at\n> unholy speed, allowing him to attack freely before they get a chance to\n> counter. Thus objects originating from outside his range keep their original\n> speed.\n\nHow does he then travel great distances in short amount of time, the most\nprominent example being,\n\n> Brain ordering him to retrieve a casket which contains Jellal's body.\n\nHow does he travel such great distances?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere's no evidence that might suggest he travels at amazing speed. As you\nsaid he just tricks people, that's his power. However, it is also mentioned he\nalways wanted to be the fastest and trained for that purpose so it would make\nsense for him to be fast. We know he's asked to retrieve Jellal but we don't\nknow if he's super fast doing it. The dude might just be the fastest one in\nOration Six so that's why he's asked.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo answer your example, Racer demonstrated the magic to conjure up\nmotorcycles. It's very possible that he rode on a motorbike the whole way, and\nsimply left it when he arrived.\n\nBesides, maybe his natural speed is already fast. Mages in the FT universe\nhave been proven to have above-average physical abilities.\n\n<http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Sawyer>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the introduction paragraphs of [Visiting Studio Colorido: Up-and-Coming\nDigital Animation Studio](http://studiodomo.jp/wordpress/visiting-studio-\ncolorido-up-and-coming-digital-animation-studio/) by Naoya Koji posted in\nOctober 2015,\n\n> [...]\n>\n> Today, many of Japanese animation studios rely on “papers and pencils” to\n> produce anime. Although some parts have been updated, this is the\n> traditional Japanese style of the animation production which has been handed\n> down for decades.\n>\n> The world is now in the age of the internet and the digital tools. The\n> animation studios innovate those new cultures, but Japanese studios remain\n> in the world of “paper and pencil.” [...]\n\nEven today, Japanese animation studios still use pencil and paper to produce\nanimation.\n\nWhy can't they switch from that method and proceed to digital hand drawing for\nanimation production since it is much less time-consuming? Why can't anime\nstudios use graphic tablets (e.g. Wacom) to draw and animate instead of using\npencils, papers, and eraser because it's maybe outdated and obsolete?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[Here](https://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-\nguide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/) is an interesting\narticle about how the anime production process works.\n\nHere's an excerpt I found particularly interesting (and relevant!):\n\n> [T]he crucial thing is that the frames are still initially drawn by hand,\n> and no in-between animation is simulated by a computer. There are some\n> animators who draw 2D animation directly onto computer, but in anime this is\n> largely restricted to in solo animation productions rather than commercial\n> anime. The industry prefers this because the animators are generally more\n> comfortable and able with this method, and it allows easier checking and\n> correction of frames under sometimes tight schedules.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe animation line works require high precision, which in turn means better\ndrawing tablet/computers are needed.\n\nMuch in-betweens are produced overseas. Having been at a small studio in\nChina, I feel that the studio will not be able to afford such device for every\nanimator.\n\nAlso one need to take into account of how much changes when drawing digitally.\nTablet screens have very low friction compares to pencil on paper, which means\ncomplete relearn how one uses muscle and maintains stability. This is a no-go\nfor established studios, as they are constantly on time pressure.\n\nColoring requires less precision, and can be performed by a mouse, so those\nare done digitally in the studio.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think the overhead of providing computers and licenses to every animator,\nalong with the cost of hiring additional team members as IT staff to maintain\nnetworks and computers could easily ballon production costs. After that, they\nwould have to hire animators trained to use the software that the studio uses.\n\nSmaller Studios often outsource parts of their animations to studios to do\ncomputer animation. Also many studios use computers to color artwork, to do\nbackgrounds, and to composite. Larger studios might have teams in house to do\nthe computer work.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 2 (\"My Cold Dimension\") of the anime adaptation of Occultic;Nine,\nthings clearly happened out of order and dates were flashed on the screen\nprior to each scene. What is the grand order of things that happened? It\nseemed to jump back and forth and I wasn't able to keep up...\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is really disappointing. XY ended, but Pikachu did not use Volt Tackle a\nsingle time in the whole series, not even once. Did Ash start using Electro\nBall so often that he forget about such an important move of Pikachu?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to some users in [this\nthread](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/661226-pokemon-black-\nversion-2/64659829), Ash's Pikachu forgot Volt Tackle to learn Electro Ball,\nwhich makes sense, as the series seems to follow the games with Pokemon only\nknowing 4 moves at a time.\n\n> Because they just had to have him learn a Gen V move. He forgot it so he\n> could learn Electro Ball.\n\nAccording to the [wikia page for Ash's\nPikachu](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Pikachu), this checks\nout.\n\nThe last instance of Pikachu using Volt Tackle was in BW013 (Minccino - Neat\nand Tidy!).\n\n> As Pikachu headed forwards he got hit by Pignite's Take Down, followed up by\n> a powerful Heat Crash. Pikachu managed to get up and countered Pignite's\n> Flame Charge with Volt Tackle.\n\nThe first instance of Pikachu using Electro Ball is in BW020 (Dancing with the\nDucklett Trio!). The synopsis for this episode even states:\n\n> After unintentionally shocking himself with Thunderbolt, because he was\n> stuck in a beach umbrella, Pikachu couldn't use Electric-type attacks.\n> Eventually his anger caused him to learn Electro Ball.\n\nAfter this point, it appears that Pikachu no longer knows Volt Tackle.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was watching _Pokemon Sun and Moon_ season 1 episode 34 (subbed). In the\nmiddle of the episode, the subtitle said that Ash told Pikachu to use Volt\nTackle. Either this was a mistranslation or that he can use more than 4 moves\nnow.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThough the question already cleared I have a more creative way to answer it.\n\nIn the Anime, Ash' Pikachu learned Volt tackle in the Battle Frontier season\nep05 (425) though not entirely learned (by the following episodes when used\nit's soon failing) by Ash orders Pikachu to use quick attack, though using\nquick attack Pikachu soon combine it's electricity in the quick attack\ncreating volt tackle.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HX4Zv.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DnipG.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pN8IW.jpg)\n\nIf this assumption is correct, though in the games I don't remember the attack\nsummary, it's seems from the above that in the anime ver. volt tackle is\nsimply a combination of quick attack and electricity powers, **making volt\ntackle a \"speed attack\"**.\n\nNow, in the games the summary of electro ball says:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fe3Tp.jpg)\n\nTo explain and expand that summary I will give a little introduction: in the\ngames mechanic, speed is how sooner the Pokemon will hit the foe, the more the\nPokemon have more speed than the foe, it will hit first, electro ball takes\nmore advantage of the speed mechanic - the more the pokemon is faster, it will\nnot just hit sooner than the foe (since he's faster) but will have more damage\non the foe, so it's been clarified that electro ball has 3 advantages: it will\nhit first, it will be much more damage that way and if the foe is weak against\nelectric attack it will be much stronger. in short: **the electro ball attack\nis a \"speed attack\" like volt tackle in the anime ver.**\n\nNow, though in the anime ver. electro ball don't have much explanation on its\nmechanics and _how it is better_ than regular thunderbolt and thunder attacks\nif we say Pikachu _didn't forget_ volt tackle and the anime ver. is like the\ngame mechanic in electro ball it makes much more sense - volt tackle whether\nin the game ver. or the anime ver. though being a strong electricity attack\nhas a huge disadvantage - **it's hurting the Pokemon using it** and not to\nmention a physical attack, electro ball, on the other hand, **don't hurt the\nuser** and is a special attack and not physical, so when we compare each other\nelectro ball is sure much more useful and smart to use than volt tackle and\nAsh sure understand **that electro ball is sure much more electricity speed\nattack useful than volt tackle so it stopped using it** (and that's, again, if\nwe go by the assumption that in the anime ver. Pokemon do not forget their\nmove as noted here).\n\nThough Ash in Best Wishes/Black and White series returned to \"not to think\nstrategy\" after the Diamond and Pearl series it's still safe to say that Ash\nis not that moron to use volt tackle over electro ball.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nParticularly in Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess\nMononoke and Kiki's Delivery service, how are the lead female characters\nportrayed?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn all of the films that you listed, the main female leads are portrayed as\nvery strong and perseverant individuals who are not afraid to take things into\ntheir own hands to get things done. Furthermore, other primary female\ncharacters are seen as strong and often fill traditionally male roles.\n\n### Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind\n\n * Nausicaa is willing to risk dying from spores to protect the Ohmu. She also acts as the leader of the town, practically.\n\n### Princess Mononoke\n\n * Princess Mononoke is willing to sacrifice her own life for the forest animals and guardians. Aside from that, in Iron Town, all of the workers are women and they seem to wear the pants in their relationships with their husbands. Furthermore, they're led by Lady Eboshi, a strong leader who manages to protect Iron Town from armies who desire the iron they refine within their walls.\n\n### Kiki's Delivery Service\n\n * Kiki leaves on her own, despite protests from her family, to prove that she is ready to be a witch. Even when facing adversity like not having a place to sleep or a way to pay for things, she faces these hardships with a smile and is determined to work things out without calling her parents for help.\n\n### Spirited Away\n\n * Chihiro, when her parents are turned into pigs and is told by everyone that she has no hope of seeing them again, refuses to give up. She goes so far as to practically upend the current establishment of the town by freeing Kohaku from Yubaba's control and even turning Yubaba's own .... _son(?)_ against her. Furthermore, it's worth noting that the entire town is run by Yubaba, an old witch who keeps all of her employees in line.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt seems that Furuta's aim was to kill all members of the V and Wasshu clan\nmembers who were controlling CCG. So why does he not eliminate both the V and\nWashhu clans together? Why does he keep Kaiko alive?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nA recent question made me realize something. Type-Moon's early works like\n_Tsukihime_ and _Fate/Stay Night_ had explicit scenes in them. However, some\nof their recent works such as _Fate/Extra_ , _Mahoutsukai no Yoru_ and the\nmany re-releases of _Fate/Stay Night_ have actually had none of this.\n\nSo I have been wondering: As of 2016, what was the last work Type-Moon\nreleased that contained explicit content? Have there been any social factors\nwhich may have forced Type-Moon to cease adding explicit content in their\nworks?\n\nKinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I also include any\nType-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there are any) which\ncontained explicit content.\n\nBy explicit content, I mean graphic or deeply detailed sexual content which\nwould be restricted to adults only. I don't count stuff like in _Fate/Extra_ ,\nsuch as\n\n> In the nurse's office when Hakuno Kishinami's Servant is being recharged by\n> Rin/Rani, there is an implication they may be having sex. (Though I only saw\n> Rin and Saber's scene. Not sure about Archer or Caster, but I assume it's\n> more or less the same.)\n\nOr in the _Strawberry Panic_ Light Novel (which isn't Type-Moon), where\n\n> Yaya dreams she's having sex with Hikari and some of the language in that\n> (when Hikari climaxes) I would have thought would only appear in 18/21+\n> adult content.\n\nNeither of these was restricted to adults only (can't remember _Fate/Extra_ 's\nrating, but _Strawberry Panic_ was marketed towards teens as per the rating on\nthe back of the book).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe most recent explicit Type-Moon content I'm aware of is the scene from\n10:00 to 11:20 in the _Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!_ OVA (the hot\nsprings episode).\n\nI don't know if this would be considered explicit by the definition you gave,\nbut it's explicit enough that I'm not willing to post a link or screenshot, or\ndescribe the scene in detail.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> Note: this answer assumes that \" _graphic or deeply detailed sexual content\n> which would be restricted to adults only_ \" means **R-18/CERO Z** in Japan.\n\n* * *\n\n### Games\n\nSurprisingly, [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TYPE-\nMOON#%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD%E7%A7%BB%E8%A1%8C%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E5%B1%95%E9%96%8B)\nmentioned this,\n\n> 2005年10月28日発売の『Fate/hollow ataraxia』以降アダルトゲームの新規発表は行われていない。\n>\n> Since the release of _Fate/hollow ataraxia_ on 28 Oct 2005, there's no\n> announcement on new adult games.\n\nSo, at least that's the answer to the last game containing explicit content:\n_Fate/hollow ataraxia_ (the original PC version, not the PS Vita one).\n\nAfter that, they started releasing console games only (except _Mahoutsukai no\nYoru_ for PC as mentioned on the question) with _Fate/EXTRA CCC_ having the\nhighest rating of CERO D (R-17, no international release).\n\n### Anime, Movie & OVA\n\nSince almost all of them were broadcasted on the TV, then they could be\nconsidered as 一般向けアニメ ( _ippan muke anime_ , anime for the general public)\neven though they might include heavy ecchi scenes (e.g. _Fate/kaleid liner\nPrisma Illya_ ).\n\nThis is also true for movies such as _Kara no Kyoukai_ , _Fate/stay night UBW_\n, and also _Carnival Phantasm_ OVA.\n\n### Manga & Light Novel\n\nSome manga were published by Kadokawa, and as far as I know, Kadokawa doesn't\npublish adult manga (aka. hentai) although, again, they _might_ include heavy\necchi scenes.\n\nI can't comment on books under Type-Moon label itself though.\n\n### Music & Drama CDs\n\nI _believe_ all music CDs are clean, but I can't comment on drama CDs.\n\n* * *\n\nAs a matter of fact, only _Fate/stay night_ and _Fate/hollow ataraxia_ games\nrequire age checking on [the official Type-Moon\nwebsite](http://typemoon.com/game/).\n\nNote: Regarding \" _Kinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I\nalso include any Type-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there\nare any) which contained explicit content._ \", Type-Moon stopped being a\ndoujin circle and instead became a game company in 2003. As a doujin circle,\nthey only released _Tsukihime_ and its extra contents. _Fate/stay night_ was\nthe first work as a game company.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSometime before episode 12, we learn Harime Nui lost her left eye from Matoi\nIsshin slashing her with a half-scissor.\n\nAround episode 20, Harime Nui is pierced through the chest by Ryuuko, also by\na half-scissor, but that time, she did not experience pain and healed from\nthis more serious wound instantly.\n\nIt is also revealed that Harime Nui was fused with Life Fibers from birth\nhaving been developed inside a Life Fiber cocoon.\n\nGiven these facts, why did\n\n * Harime Nui experience pain when slashed by Isshin?\n\n * Her eye not heal from the wound?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBased on the [Nui Harime wikia page](http://kill-la-\nkill.wikia.com/wiki/Nui_Harime), her eye was _destroyed_.\n\n> Nui was distracted by the sound of Ryūko calling for her father, allowing\n> Isshin to _destroy_ her left eye with the purple Scissor Blade.\n\nIt's also worth noting that the Scissor Blades were able to\n\n> prevent Nui's arms from regenerating when they were cut off.\n\nThe power of the Scissor Blades are known to be the one thing that can cut\nthrough Life Fibers, and this is likely what prevents the regeneration of\nNui's body parts that were removed by them, as it destroys them.\n\nAs an aside, in many anime and shows, when a limb or body part is _destroyed_\n, it is not able to be regenerated. The best example I can think of is\n\n> In Claymore, when a claymore loses a limb, they can have it heal by\n> reattaching the severed limb. However, when Clare's arm is destroyed, she\n> has no arm until one is given to her by Irene.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOn the second day of an official full-season all-nighter screening on 30-31\nMay 2014 at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku, there was a talk/Q&A session. One of the\nquestions was asking this issue:\n\n> When Nui's left eye was attacked by Dr. Matoi, even though the Scissor\n> Blades was only one side, why didn't the wound recover?\n\nwhich was answered by Kazuki Nakashima, the scenario writer of _Kill la Kill_\n,\n\n> Nui took her carelessness [of getting attacked] as a punishment, thus she\n> left the wound alone.\n\nSource: [Privatter (Japanese)](http://privatter.net/p/287285), [pixiv\nencyclopedia\n(Japanese)](http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E7%89%87%E5%A4%AA%E5%88%80%E3%83%90%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F)\n\n* * *\n\nI'd conclude that the regeneration is not a passive trait that will be done\nautomatically, but it needs the user's willingness.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWas Kushina the last of the Uzumaki clan and if not why did none of her family\ntake Naruto on as an orphan? Who was the Namikaze's and why have we never\nheard of another one?\n\nWere both Kushina and Minato orphans themselves? What is the story behind\nNaruto's extended family?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Uzumaki clan and it's village was destroyed some time after Kushina came\nto Konoha. Survivors went into hiding and and spread throughout the world. \nIt is unlikely that direct relatives of Kushina survived. \nRegarding Minatos parents we just don't know anything about them. \nBut considering that the third shinobi world war took place at that time where\neven children barely out of the academy were send to fight it might be a\nreasonable assumption that his parents died in it.\n\nSources: \n[Minato](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze) \n[Kushina](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kushina_Uzumaki) \n[Uzumaki clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uzumaki_clan) \n[3rd Shinobi World War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Shinobi_World_War)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nput right before Kushina got kidnapped she went inside the apartment and asked\nif anyone was home like she had parents and we all know that orphans in Naruto\ndon't get adopted\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn every episode so far, Ryoka shoots/zaps Yuta with her Poya-gun, to which\nYuta usually exclaims \"POYA-GUN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!\"\n\nWhat exactly is the Poya-gun? It seems too advanced for her to have made it,\nbut everyone writes it off as being a totally normal thing when she zaps Yuta\nwith it. At first, I thought it might be occult-related, but seeing as how\nYuta does not believe in the occult, it wouldn't make sense for one of his\nclosest friends to use an occultic object in front of him on a daily basis.\n\nAlso, I have no reason to suspect that Yuta is not human, so his recovery is a\nbit superhuman if the Poya-gun is like a taser.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's an electricity based self defense stun gun, comedically shaped like a\nretro style ray gun, likely of a not very high amperage as it doesn't seem to\nhave much of a disabling factor on Gamon. People probably don't react because\nit's anime and nobody really cares that the 'main' is being abused by his\nfriend. Of course, stun guns (tasers) don't actually work like the show\nimplies the 'Poya Gun' does (as tasers don't have ranged ability, relying on\nyou touching the arc to the victim for it to actually work.)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe true nature of the Poya-gun was revealed in Episode 10. Major spoilers\nbelow:\n\n> The Poya-gun is actually named the Wardenclyffe Gun and plays a major role\n> in the goals of the New World System. Essentially, it is used to zap people\n> in order to recharge their Scandium to preserve their astral projections.\n> Its appearance is actually a miniature version of the [Wardenclyffe\n> tower](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the beginning of the Dressrosa arc Luffy enters a championship to win his\nlate brother's devil fruit, the Mera Mera no Mi. During the even in the Block\nB battle, Elizabello II uses his king punch to pretty much take down everybody\n(except Bartolomeo).\n\nWhat is the origin of Elizabello's power? Does he use a devil fruit or is he\nborn as an ancient weapon (like Pluton or Poseidon aka. Shirahoshi? Or is that\nsimply physical strength?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is simply physical strength... combined with flair put in by Oda.\n\nThere are a lot of odd abilities in one piece that are not devil fruits or\nhave any real explanation. Sanji legs catch fire and don't burn him. Zoro\nmakes tornadoes. Fishmen summon water from thin air. The king's punch is odd\nin our world but, there, it is just a very strong punch that takes a lot of\nfocus, warming up, and talent to use.\n\nThere doesn't appear to be any haki, devil fruit, or weapons.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDespite us westerners reading from left-to-right, top-to-bottom from the front\nto back with the book spine on our left, when manga is translated and\nlocalized (officially) it retains the Japanese way of reading, right-to-left\nfrom the back forward with the book spine on our right.\n\nFrom my understanding the Japanese read text from top-down in vertical lines\nand since this is probably too much for westerners, it's \"corrected\" in manga.\nHowever, while we still read the text left-to-right, the frames/pages of the\nmanga still retain the right-to-left ordering.\n\nWith light novels however, this doesn't appear to be the case. With the light\nnovels of _Strawberry Panic_ localized by Seven Seas and _Spice and Wolf_\nlocalized by Yen Press, the books are read from left-to-right with the spine\non our left; this includes the order of pages.\n\nNow ignoring the obvious problems of printing the words backwards, why aren't\nEnglish translated light novels printed with the reverse page ordering? Where\nwe start from the back of the book with the spine on our right?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt appears that バカとテストと召喚獣ぢゃ ( _Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Dya_ / _Baka to\nTest to Shoukanjuu Ja_ ) 4-koma spin-off manga was taken off the market some\ntime ago, and there aren't any possible ways for me currently to be able to\nread it online.\n\nAre there any possible ways that I can purchase the manga volumes?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow did Menma die in Ano Hana? I do not remember any scene showing how Menma\ndied. In the series, I could not figure it out. The scene described in Menma's\ndeath is showing a sandal beside river. If she drowned in the river, then when\nand how?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Dragon Ball Super, when fighting Hit, Goku used the super saiyan blue\nkaioken or also called super saiyajin god super saiyajin kaioken. With this\ntechnique, he could get even 10 times stronger. But now he's inferior to\nBlack, and he has been defeated 2 times by him, but he doesnt use it as a last\nresource. Why is that?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSome people say it is a False Super Saiyan God, other people say it is a Super\nSaiyan God 2, while another group of people say it is something different. Is\nthere any official info on what it is exactly?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo as of today 11/4/2016 there is no name or real explanation as to what it is\nor how it works. I suspect it will be revealed towards the end of the current\narc.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs Kaz Rodgers correctly points outs, there are no in-universe explanation\nyet. However, we can try and make some assumptions.\n\nTo understand Trunks' transformation, we have to go back and revisit the time\nwhen Vegeta became Super Saiyan Blue (SSB). At first, it is explained that the\nonly way a Saiyan can get God Ki is by performing the ritual with 5 Super\nSaiyans they did at the beginning of the new series. So how did Vegeta do it?\nHis first transformation into SSB happens after he has trained with Whis and\nBeerus for 6 months. Therefore, it is possible that some of Whis and Beerus'\nGod ki has rub off on Vegeta after spending so much time with them.\n\nNow back to Trunks. With the same reasoning, we can assume that some of\nVegeta's and Son Goku's God ki diffused into Trunks. However, unlike Whis and\nBeerus, they are not Gods and therefore Trunks was only able to get some of\nGod ki but clearly not enough to power up to SSB directly.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell, it finally has an official name for the transformation. It is called\n超サイヤ人怒り _(Sūpā Saiya-jin Ikari)_ which means _[Super Saiyan\nRage](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_Rage)_ or _Super Saiyan\nAnger_. The form makes its first appearance in [Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan\nBattle](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z:_Dokkan_Battle) and\nproperly named in [Super Dragon Ball\nHeroes](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Heroes). \n \n\n**Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle**\n\n \n \n\n**Super Dragon Ball Heroes**\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just finished the Beck anime and I want to continue the story from the\nmanga. Do I need to start from the beginning of the manga, or is there any\nspecific volume/chapter I can pick up from? Also, are there any significant\ndifferences between the manga (source material) and the anime adaptation, that\nwould require me to start over if i were to start reading the manga?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've been trying to get into Black Rock Shooter but I can't get passes the\nfirst 3 episodes because I get really confused. Could someone explain what the\nfirst episode is about? It sorta goes all over the place and I'm not sure what\nthey are trying to show.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey are showing fighthing between.... I suppose those creatures are something\nlike mental entities or something at another dimension but still connected to\nthe humans. When there's a problem with the main character, for example\ntension between her and her friend, the representation of them in another\ndimension are shown fighting. The story itself doesnt really make sense, but\nif you stick to the actual human character's story, i think it'll be more\nunderstandable and enjoyable.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDecim shows empathy. Ginty is angry with the choice the fangirl he judges\nmakes. The rest of the arbiters show human emotions, too. So why does a rule\nsay they don't have human emotions because they're dummies?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 6, it was shown that Claudia Enfield is the 2nd rank. However,\nJulis-Alexia von Riessfeld said that Claudia is undefeated.\n\nSo, how can Toudou Kirin be ranked 1 if she never defeated Claudia?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI just watched this series a few days ago, Kirin is rank 1 because of overall\ncombat ability being ranked higher due to 2 things:\n\n 1. Kirin is not a strega\n 2. Kirin does not use a lux in battle (at least before she fought Ayato)\n\nBecause of that, even though Claudia is undefeated, in terms of strength Kirin\nis viewed as stronger.\n\nThis gets discussed in a later episode of season 1, though I'm not sure which\none exactly.\n\n**Edit** \n\nJust to clarify, Kirin does end up getting a lux later in the novel but it\nisn't shown in either of the anime seasons. She uses a normal katana\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat is the name of the song that plays at 5:28 in _Noragami Aragoto_ episode\n8? I'd like to know the name of the song and where to find it.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAssuming you're talking about the piece that plays right when Manabu shows up,\nthis is \"M03\" from the [_Noragami Aragoto_ OST](http://vgmdb.net/album/56225)\n(disc 2, track 10; only found on the second version, not [the first\nversion](http://vgmdb.net/album/54799)).\n[Here](https://clyp.it/ughaqbv4?token=d5d34a4a8ac22ef7678f7fccfbc137bc) is a\n15-second extract from the beginning of the piece.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was looking for the exact same one. Its called Shadow dancing\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AozK3__EX7I&list=PLsD0kaxrSDX5yhnS1PlMP7Hn3Wk_QbPTw&index=16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AozK3__EX7I&list=PLsD0kaxrSDX5yhnS1PlMP7Hn3Wk_QbPTw&index=16)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDoes the Hellsing manga cover more material than either anime series? I read\nthe wikipedia page, but didn't see any mention of it. For example, does the\nmanga continue the story where the animes leave off?\n\nI'm not a big manga fan, so I don't know how books and chapters translate to\nanime episodes in general, let alone to this one.\n\nWatching Drifters makes me want more, so I started rewatching Hellsing\nUltimate and I'm thinking about getting or reading their mangas.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm going to run with the assumption that you mean which goes more in depth\nwith certain things. And even then I'd have to say neither really. I own the\nmanga and have watched both anime and they all seem to have the same amount of\nfocus and detail. The anime is just longer and more drawn out because it's an\nanime.\n\nIt was clarified that you probably meant about filler and such well the\noriginal anime is kinda faithful until episode 6 when it just leaves\ncompletely. However Hellsing Ultimate covers the manga perfectly and\ncompletely with no filler as far as I'm aware.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 10 of _Love Live_ season one, when Yazawa Nico is woken up and\neveryone sees her facial mask, Ayase Eli comments saying \" _Khorosho_ \". She\nsays this also when Sonoda Umi is woken up and turns into a \"demon\". Given the\ncontext, I thought \" _Khorosho_ \" meant something like \"scary\" or\n\"frightening\" but it was weird that NISA didn't change this in the English\nsubtitles.\n\nHowever, at the end of the episode when all the girls are on the beach holding\nhands and watching the sunrise, when Nishikino Maki thanks her, Eli says \"\n_Khorosho_ \" and also Eli's sister Alisa says \" _Khorosho_ \" when she's\ncorrected in thinking that a red bean bun was a cream puff in episode 12. In\nboth of these situations, I can't really imagine \" _Khorosho_ \" meaning\n\"scary\".\n\nSo what does \" _Khorosho_ \" mean? And why wouldn't it be translated in the\nEnglish subtitles?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> What does “Khorosho” mean?\n\nIt's Russian:\n[хорошо](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BE).\n\nI don't know Russian, so I can't claim to know how Russian speakers understand\nthe word \"khorosho\", but I can tell you how Japanese speakers presume Russian\nspeakers understand it. The Japanese understanding of \"khorosho\" is as an\ninterjection used to express roughly \"Wow!\" or \"Great!\" or perhaps \"OK.\" (cf.\n[one](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC),\n[two](http://xn--\neck5eb7eb2541d26fovj.biz/%E9%9B%91%E8%AB%87/%E7%B5%A2%E7%80%AC%E7%B5%B5%E9%87%8C%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%8C%E3%82%88%E3%81%8F%E4%BD%BF%E3%81%86%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3/),\n[three](http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC)).\nThis appears to differ somewhat from how the word is understood by Russian\nspeakers.\n\nUnderstood as a fairly generic interjection, one can see why Eli/Alisa might\nhave used it in the various contexts you point out in your question.\n\n> And why wouldn't it be translated in the English subtitles?\n\nI imagine it would've gone untranslated because it's a foreign word to\nJapanese viewers, too.\n\n* * *\n\nAside - for reasons that are not clear to me, \"khorosho\" appears to be Japan's\nfavorite Russian word. The [Japanese destroyer\n_Hibiki_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hibiki_\\(1932\\))\nwas surrendered to the Soviets post-war (and renamed _Verniy_ ). Thus, Hibiki\nin _Kantai Collection_ also frequently says \"khorosho\", because apparently\nthat's just a thing that [Japanese people think] Russians do.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nKhorosho is a Russian word meaning \"okay\". In certain contexts, it can also\nmean \"fine\" or something similar. In a way, it's almost a universal word.\n\nThe spelling is: \"хорошо\". It is pronounced as:\n\"[kharasho](http://vocaroo.com/i/s0l93zRbapIs)\". (O's in Russian are often\npronounced as ah's.)\n\nI'm afraid I can't fully explain why it was used as it was, as I haven't\nwatched the anime. However, it seems senshin provided a wonderful explanation.\n\nA note: I haven't had much interaction with the Russian community lately\n(read: for almost a decade), but unless my memory's faulty, senshin's theory\nthat \"khorosho\" is \"just a thing that Russians [say]\" isn't quite right.\n\n* * *\n\n_Source_ : I used to be fluent in Russian. \"Used to\" being a key word here,\nbut I'll always remember a word that simple.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI finished _A Certain Magical Index I_ and _A Certain Magical Index II_ as\nwell as _A Certain Scientific Railgun_ and _A Certain Scientific Railgun S_.\n\nI'd like to buy the mangas so I can keep up with the franchise, but I don't\nknow where to continue. Where should I start from?\n\nI'm not interested in the light novels or any kind of novel, thank you.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've read up to volume 11 of the manga of _A Certain Scientific Railgun_ and\nvolume 5 of the manga of _A Certain Magical Index_. As of volume 5 of Index,\nthe manga has not caught up to the conclusion of the anime. For Railgun, the\nSisters Arc concludes in volume 7. A new arc also begins in volume 7, so\nthat's the one you'll want to start with that, chapter 40, called Clique.\n\nGoing back to Index, only the first seven volumes have been published in\nEnglish. Despite not having read two of them, I'm fairly confident that none\nof them passes the point the anime got to just by looking at the covers and\nreading summaries. From the [Wiki\npage](http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_\\(manga\\)),\nI would guess you would start at volume 17 for the Index manga since the\nsecond arc involving the Catholic nuns ends in 16.\n\n**Edit:** I didn't recognize the Academy City Invasion Arc at first since it's\nbeen a while since I watched the anime, but it appears this arc was in the\nanime. Volume 17 is the latest Index volume and it covers this arc. So, I have\nto change my conclusion.\n\nAs a side note, none of the _A Certain Scientific Accelerator_ manga has been\nanimated, so if you need to know where to start at that one, it would just be\nthe first volume.\n\n**Summary:**\n\n * _A Certain Magical Index_ Manga: volume ? (as of volume 17, it doesn't appear that the manga has passed the anime)\n * _A Certain Scientific Railgun_ Manga: volume 7\n * _A Certain Scientific Accelerator_ Manga: volume 1\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat is the song that Canaria sings in the Qualidea Code anime? It is also\ncalled as the song of healing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is titled \"TIME TO GO\", and is track #21 on [the first volume of the\nOST](http://vgmdb.net/album/60222).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the third volume of the _Tsukihime_ manga, [an\nillustration](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Iw2B.jpg) (possibly NSFW) of a number\nof female characters at a hot spring appears.\n\nI can recognize most of the characters here. (Akiha stands outside of the bath\nwith the twins Hisui and Kohaku; Arcueid is sitting on a stone surface, with\nLen at her feet; the girl left of Arcueid is Yumizuka; and Ciel is wearing her\nglasses.) However, I don't recognize the blonde character with green eyes or\nthe brunette with a bathing cap.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KBH9qm.jpg)\n\nWho are these two characters?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe blonde is [Nanako](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Nanako) or Seven because\nher name is short for [the Seventh Holy\nScripture](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Seventh_Holy_Scripture#Seventh_Holy_Scripture).\n\n\n\n> The Seventh Holy Scripture was created from combining the horn of a dead\n> Unicorn that, had turned into a nature spirit and the soul of a young woman,\n> who gave her life willingly in order to achieve this.\n\nNanako is the spirit of that gun Ciel had in Tsukihime. However, she doesn't\nmake an appearance in human form until _Kagetsu Tohya_ in one of the side\nstories, Nanako-chan S.O.S. She is also mentioned by Akihiko himself on\noccasion\n\nThe girl with the bathing cap is [Miyako\nArima](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Miyako_Arima).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HDs6D.png)\n\nShe is Tohno Shiki's cousin as well as step-sister when Shiki was adopted into\nthe Arima family after the incident between him and SHIKI. She's mentioned in\n_Tsukihime_ and _Kagetsu Tohya_ but she doesn't make an appearance until\n_Melty Blood_ , generally in the routes involving the Tohno family (as opposed\nto the routes dealing with Night of Wallachia).\n\nShe is also the main character in [_Hana no\nMiyako_](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Hana_no_Miyako).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the film _Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.)_ , a character from _Kotonoha no Niwa\n(The Garden of Words)_ appeared as Miyamizu Mitsuha's literature teacher, that\nis, Yukari Yukino:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BeAW4.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qGew.jpg)\n\nSo the question is, as per the events that happened in Kimi no Na wa:\n\n> A comet fell on Mitsuha's hometown, killing a third of the people.\n\nDid Yukari Yukino die in those events?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI don't believe Yuki-chan sensei (that's her name in the credits, ユキちゃん先生)\ndied in the Itomori Accident. In the universe where Mitsuha had foreseen the\ndisaster, she recruited the help of her friends, Teshigawara and Sayaka, to\ntry to obviate casualties. Sayaka broadcasted to the townspeople to evacuate\nto Itomori High School, but was shortly stopped by the arriving school staff,\nwhich included Yuki-chan sensei.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V4iLL.jpg)\n\nThis means that Yuki-chan sensei was at or near the school, a place of safety,\nby around 7:42 pm, one hour before Comet Tiamat would strike. There is little\nsign that she would head to the festival place within one hour, as she was not\ndressed in yukata (most women were dressed in yukata at the festival). She\nwould most likely stay for after-school duty for the remaining time.\n\nAnd to refute [Anon's\ncomment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/37221/what-happened-to-\nyukari-yukino-in-kimi-no-na-wa#comment50470_37221), in _Kotonoha no Niwa_ ,\nYukino actually said at the start of September 2013 that she would go back to\nher hometown in Shikoku in a week. Moreover, she was later seen teaching a\nclass in Shikoku, and even wrote a letter to Takao dated February 3, 2014. She\nwas definitely not dead, and Takao didn't make any altar for Yukino. All these\ndetails entail that _Kimi no Na wa_ and _Kotonoha no Niwa_ couldn't possibly\nbe set in the same universe, even though Yukari Yukino appeared in both\nmovies.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSpoiler alert.\n\nIf you have seen Garden of Words, in the novel that Makoto wrote after the\nmovie, the two main characters met again after a few years in the same garden.\nThe boy became a pro shoe maker and the teacher came back to Tokyo after a few\nyears teaching, and I can assume that the city she was teaching then is the\ncity in Kiwi no Na wa... So simple logic dictates that she didn't die.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nActually if you read Japanese one of the headlines for the \"village didn't\ndie\" timeline was \"0 killed, 109 injured\". So nobody died in the timeline\nwhere Mitsuha survived.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDo the revolvers that Vash and Knives carry in Trigun have names? Is there\nanything they are called individually?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe [Internet Movie Firearms Database](http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page) is\nthe go-to source for identifying firearms in movies and other media, including\nanime. The [Trigun\npage](http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Trigun#AGL_Arms_Factory_.45_Long_Colt_.28EF_Auto_Ejecting.2C_Double_Action.29_.28Vash.27s_Revolver.29)\nsays that the pistol that Vash and Knives carries is\n\n> a fictional double-action, full-sized revolver chambered for .45 Long Colt.\n\nThe name is AGL Arms Factory .45 Long Colt.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nConsider the following scenario.\n\nWe have Goku, Vegeta and Trunks. Amongst the 3 they have 2 pairs of potara\nearrings.\n\nCan Goku and Vegeta fuse using 1 pair of potara earrings and then using the\nother pair of earrings can Vegito and Trunks fuse ?\n\nI understand potara earrings can only be used once in a lifetime, but here we\nhave 2 pairs of potara earrings. So does the rule still apply ? If it does\nthen Goku and Vegeta both use the potara twice, once in the buu saga and now\nin the next DBS episode. Or does this mean that Goku can only now fuse with\nVegeta using the potara earrings ?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAfter doing some research to be sure, I came to the conclusion that there is\nsimply nothing that proves or disproves this possibility. The potara may\nretain their power to fuse people multiple times over, or just as likely may\nnot.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSuper Saiyan Blue or Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is said to be obtained by\ngetting the god ki of a super saiyan god and then transforming into super\nsaiyan.\n\nThe multiplier for a super saiyan is x50, if super saiyan blue is when you get\nthe god ki of a super saiyan god and then transforming into super saiyan does\nthis mean the power of a super saiyan blue is super saiyan god multiplied by\n50?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell, at this time there has been no official statement from anyone who\nmatters describing which form is more powerful. The only statement we have was\nfrom Akira Toriyama about a year before the blue form was even known about in\nwhich he states this:\n\n> **“Simply put, it’s because [the red hair] looks so strong,”** said\n> Toriyama. **“The color yellow has already been used, and blue isn’t really\n> that strong looking, so visually, red is easy to understand.”** \n> \n> Source: [kotaku](http://kotaku.com/its-official-goku-has-blue-hair-in-\n> dragon-ball-z-1696943056)\n\n \nBut according to the\n[wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_Blue#Usage_and_power):\n\n> The form, due to the intense training and calm mind needed to acquire it,\n> exceedingly surpasses its predecessor Super Saiyan God, and all of the other\n> Saiyan forms. Despite the form's huge upgrade in power from the original\n> Super Saiyan God, even after training with Whis neither Goku nor Vegeta\n> could challenge Beerus alone.\n\nIn Battle of Gods, Whis said that Beerus used 70% of his power while fighting\nSSG Goku. If SSB was 50x stronger than SSG, it might be very likely that\neither SSB Goku or Vegeta could defeat Beerus alone given that the 70% thing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the non canon Dragon Ball heroes game, there is a transformation called\n\"Saiyan Beyond god\" which is when you use god ki in base form\n(white/transparent ki) . This transformation is stronger than a SSJ, SSJ2,\nSSJ3, etc. Now the Dragon Ball heroes game is non canon, but this seems to fit\nwith the idea from Dragon Ball Super / Resurrection of F, Goku in base form is\nable to fight 4th form Freezer, when Gohan super saiyan is defeated easily by\nFreezer 1st form. And later Goku mentions he can become a super saiyan god\nsuper saiyan because he is able to handle god ki and later transform into\nsuper saiyan. Does this mean he was using god ki when fighting Freezer 4th\nform, and that this base-looking form is stronger than turning into a regular\nsuper saiyan?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt was stated during the fight between Beerus and Goku that Goku had absorbed\ngod ki into his base form which had indeed made him significantly stronger.\nGohan, on the other hand, hadn't trained and his base form at the time was\nnowhere close to even teen Gohan who fought Cell. So his SSJ multiplier to his\nbase form would've been very low. Freiza's first form was most likely stronger\nthan Namek saga SSJ Goku. However, Goku has gotten substantially stronger\nsince than and he was completely dominating the fight against final form\nFreiza who had gotten a lot stronger.\n\nThe Golden Freiza multiplier is a lot higher than the Super Saiyan Blue\nmultiplier. This is why Golden Freiza was a lot stronger than Super Saiyan\nBlue Goku despite Goku's base form being a lot stronger than Freiza.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAbout the transformation **Saiyan Beyond God** , it seems to be a possible way\nto using a new form of ki. The **divine ki** who Goku has acquired by fighting\n**Beerus**.\n\nSaiyans can use this ki rather than theirs to turn into a **Super Saiyan\nform**.\n\nThis is visible by the blue hair color instead of the golden yellow classic\ncolor also this ki seems to be stronger than the saiyans base form ki because\n**Goku** is weaker than **Beerus** when he is into his base form.\n\nSo we can say using **divine ki** is stronger than using **saiyan's base form\nki**.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nGod ki is stronger than every ki type out there unless you have trained for\nyour whole life or something. Very few have ever beat a person using god ki or\nsurpassed the whole thing of god ki. All of them were aliens besides Arale and\nmost of those aliens had to transform to do that. And Arale is a gag comic\ncharacter.\n\n * Acrosians: Golden Frieza\n * Saiyans: UI Goku, Broly, SSJ Kefla (fusion of kale and caulifla), Rose Goku Black\n * Kais: All of them\n * Demon: Super Janemba\n * Dragon: Omega Shenron\n * Unknown races: Jiren, Beerus, Zenos (for damn sure)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSpoilers ahead for those who have not read the latest manga chapters (86 -\n87).\n\n> The latest chapters take place in the territory under the \"Marley\n> government\". The oppression of Elodians and their origin is the current\n> theme. It is known that King Fritz took the Commander power and the majority\n> of Elodians to safely retreat in an island. He used the Titan serum to\n> transform people and build the walls. Can we derive that this territory,\n> inside the walls (Sheena, Rose, Maria), is Elodia?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nyes the walls are built inside paradi island where king fritz of elodia had\nrun away after the Mare won the war against titans. I think this wall is\nsupposed to serve as protection against Mare but the chapter havent explained\nit yet.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru_ , whenever a new character is introduced, a bit of\ninformation about the character is displayed on screen - their name, what type\nof sword they are, and a number. For example, when Tsurumaru is introduced in\nepisode 2, we find that he is numbered \"23\".\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhUus.jpg)\n\nWhat do these numbers mean?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn a Madman Newsletter talking about the release of _Death Note: Light up the\nNEW World_ in the cinemas it says\n\n> In 2016, society is afflicted with cyber-terrorism. The Death Note is a\n> supernatural notebook that grants its user the power to kill simply by\n> writing a person’s name on its pages. **Six different Death Notes fall to\n> the human world, the maximum number of notes that can exist at once.**\n\n[Online\nVersion](http://madmanonline.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/t/35D5C8144924C82C/512EB7B24115E16AD9767B6002735221)\n\nNow I don't recall it ever being said in the anime that there was a limit to\nthe number of Death Notes, however since the new movie is set after _Death\nNote 2: The Last Name_ and it's incompatible with the anime/manga because\n\n> L takes his own life to expose Light as Kira by writing his own name in the\n> Death Note\n\nI am wondering if there were any new or conflicting rules to the Death Note in\nthe Live Action Movies compared to the Anime/Manga.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> During the fight with Kaguya, Obito gave his Mangekyou Sharingan to Kakashi\n> after his death, and we know that if a Mangekyou Sharingan is given to any\n> other person that person will achieve the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.\n\nSo did Kakashi achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan even if he is not a true\nheir of Sharingan?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNo, kakashi can't. In order to have an eternal magekyou sharingan, the\nindividual must have had an eternal mangekyou sharingan implanted as the\nchakra shift occurs only after the user experiences the loss of one close to\nthem at their own hands, and as obito only had a basic, not even complete\nsharingan, kakashi cannot\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI am not certain if there's any correct answer to this question.\n\nBut as for vision deterioration due to excessive usage of Mangekyou Sharingan,\nit was overcome due to the Hashirama cells Obito had.\n\nSince Kakashi was having Obito's Sharingan and it has been seen in manga and\nanime as well, the original wielder of the Sharingan affects its nature,\nirrespective of its current wielder, healing Kakashi's Sharingan as well.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 5, Kyouya becomes shocked and runs away after finding out that\nKazuma has sold his sword to the shop. He also says that he will buy him the\nbest sword in the shop in exchange. He should be able to buy his sword back\nfrom the shop if he could afford the best sword. But at the end of episode 10,\nthere are 2 scenes of Kyouya doing the rough work like he was starting from\nzero. And most importantly, it doesn't seems like he got his sword back since\nhe usually keeps the sword on his waist.\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHe does eventually get his sword back. Just under 12 minutes into the OVA for\nseason two, Kyouya appears briefly with the sword on his waist.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HGRUy.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn TWGOK II episode 8, Haqua shows up claiming to be Katsuragi Keima's\nfather's illegitimate daughter, just like when Elsie shows up in their house.\nHis mother immediately leaves the house on her motorbike without listening to\nHaqua when she says that was only a joke.\n\nAfter the ending song, Keima's mother is shown shouting in the phone to\nsupposedly her husband, asking how many illegitimate child her husband has\nfathered and threatens to divorce him. But later she says that she was only\njoking, in a tone that suggests that she knows of Haqua's identity.\n\nDoes this means that she actually knows Elsie and/or Haqua's true identity?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the anime, Oikawa is popular with girls despite being arrogant, conceited\nand haughty, yet his skill is far from Karasuno's setter. Some girls in the\nshow even shout and cry when he appears.\n\nWhy do some girls like Oikawa?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAnswer from a male here. I believe it is just that some women are attracted to\nthose types in real life. Then again, this is a trope in anime, a very\noverused one in my opinion. Then again, you would question the reality of the\nshow even more if the girls were swooning and crying over a member of, say,\nthe Computer Club, or something less traditionally masculine.\n\nI suggest you maybe watch old clips of Elvis appearing on stage in the 1950s,\nor the Beatles in the 1960s if you want to see examples of real-life mindless\nfawning and loss of emotional control over the male subspecies.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's true that Oikawa sometimes becomes angry and he is also arrogant, but\nthese things exist because he is very serious about volleyball.\n\n## But why girls like him?\n\nWell, in short, the real reason behind this is because he is attractive.\n\n * Many others find him **attractive** — to the point where several girls follow him around just to talk to him. - [Wiki](http://haikyuu.wikia.com/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Oikawa)\n * He is the captain of Aobajosai's volleyball team (which is in top 4 ranking) and is widely regarded as the ace setter, so it's obvious that he is popular among students.\n * Oikawa has a good sense of his surroundings and can effortlessly read others. \n * Flirtatious nature (he is quite famous amongst female students, much to Tanaka and Nishinoya's envy) \n\n",
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"body": "\n\nLONG ANSWER COMING UP + SOME RANTING (BE WARNED):\n\nPersonally, I like Oikawa. I really REALLY like him. But it's not because he's\ncute or attractive.(Not all girls are hormonal teenagers who lust after\npowerful guys with abs, okay?) In fact, I used to hate Oikawa. I saw him as\nthis arrogant, obnoxious, self-righteous brat who thinks he can have whatever\nhe wanted. That was, of course, until I read this post that opened my eyes to\nOikawa's story. To his reasons and motivations. To his struggles and\ninsecurities.\n\nIt really changed my entire view of Oikawa Tooru. Now, I'll repeat what she\nsaid in my own words:\n\nThe first impression people have on Oikawa, as I said, is this arrogant, self-\nrighteous guy who gets all the girls and all the fame. He is mean, pompous,\nand flamboyant about everything and likes to make the protagonists' lives\ndifficult.\n\nBut wait, isn't that just unfair? Is it right to say all those things without\nknowing his intentions? Don't people like him have their own stories and\nreasons as to why they are like that? They do. Both in real life and in\nfiction. Oikawa is no exception.\n\nPeople say Oikawa is mean because of how he treats Kageyama--which, in truth,\nis unfair and the reason why I absolutely disliked him in the beginning. But\nthe moment you understand what's going on with him, why he came to be like\nthat, things take a full 360-degree turn. All of a sudden, Oikawa is no longer\njust this arrogant jerk. No longer is he merely this irritating antagonist.\nOnce you understand HIM, his character is suddenly clear. His goals and\nintentions become relatable in some cases. He can be seen as a human now--not\njust this pompous guy that was created for us to hate.\n\nSure, it doesn't excuse the fact that the way he treated Kageyama was not at\nall nice, but it does shed light on his side of the story. We got to know what\nhe thought. What he felt. We got to know what it was like to be in Oikawa's\nshoes.\n\nAnd here it is:\n\nImagine you were him. Born without natural talent for volleyball yet loving it\nto death anyway. You practice hard, even staying late at night in the gym\npracticing your serves, tosses, and spikes. You work hard. You practice and\npractice and practice. You give all--and I mean ALL--of your effort into this\nsport that you love. You dream to be the best. Sometimes, you even imagine\nthat you are.\n\nAnd yet, you can't beat HIM.\n\nNo matter how hard you try, there is always this one person whom you can't\nbeat. Ushijima. A tall, muscular guy who stands in front of you like this\nunclimbable, unbreachable wall. A guy who--with his natural-born TALENT--beats\nyou in every match. EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH.\n\nAll the training, the hard work, the late night practices that you devoted to\nthis sport, THIS sport that you LOVE, is wasted. Gone. A futile effort to\nbecome the best. (Is it so wrong to want that?)\n\nSimply because your opponent is a genius--a person born with talent. Unlike\nyou.\n\nBut you still practice. You still continue your training. YOU DON'T STOP. Why?\nBecause you refuse to lose to someone who was gifted with talent while you--\nYOU--had to work SO HARD just to even be a worthy opponent. So you continue.\nAnd with your practices develops a strong dislike--hatred, even--for people\nlike Ushijima. Talented, gifted individuals.\n\nBecause they make you feel weak and helpless. They remind of your not-so-\ngenius self--remind you of all your futile efforts towards Ushijima. And if\nALL people like him could grow as strong or even stronger than him...\n\nYou know deep in your heart that you wouldn't be able to beat them.\n\nAnd then someone else comes along to your school. A kid by the name of\nKageyama Tobio.\n\nQuickly, it becomes evident that he is extremely talented. You can see it in\nthe way he tosses, serves, and spikes balls. You can see it in the way he\ndevises plans and strategies that can render his opponent helpless in every\nway possible. All at once, he reminds you of Ushijima. Of that one guy whom\nyou could never beat. And the same words--words that you have come to dread\nand despise--repeat in your head:\n\nGenius. Genius. Genius. Genius. Genius. GENIUS.\n\nWhy? Why does he have to be a genius? Will your efforts be wasted again? Will\nyou lose again? Will you taste the feeling of helplessness and weakness again?\nWhy can't you defeat HIM? Why can't you be stronger? Why can't you be better?\nWhy can't YOU be a genius?\n\nSo you practice. More and more and more--to the point you almost self-\ndestruct. Then your friend, Iwaizumi, helps you realize something:\n\nYou are not alone. You have teammates. Ones who fight alongside you to win.\nYou are not alone. The epiphany awakens you--makes you realize that in order\nto win, ALL of you must fight together. And fight well.\n\nSo you strive to become better, not just for yourself--but for your groupmates\nas well. You try to understand them and how they think, so you could adjust\nyourself and be the setter that they need. To be the setter that brings out\nthe best in THEM. THEY need to improve because you need spikers to hit your\nball. And every spiker is different. Special.\n\nEveryone is SPECIAL. You understand that now and help everyone realize that\nfact, too. That's why, when girls come to you and offer you their cookies, you\nstay with them and try them. You tell them it was good.\n\nAnd when Kageyama, the GENIUS, comes to you for help, what do you do? You GIVE\nHIM advice. You help him realize what you did--that spikers are diverse, and\nthat the setter must be the one to offer them what the need. Because they are\nSPECIAL.\n\nEventually, you improve yourself and become known as \"the best setter\". You're\nhappy about it, of course, because you worked SO HARD. And even if you are not\na genius, you will continue to work hard to reach their level. Because you\nwill never give up. You refuse to.\n\nTHAT is what I admire about Oikawa. That is why I like him. He is determined\nto win and doesn't give up. He is not a genius, yet he became known (in the\nanime) as \"the best setter\". He showed me that working hard and not giving up\nCAN and WILL turn you into the best version of you.\n\nTHAT is why I love Oikawa. It's what we girls find attractive about him (most\nof us, at least). And it's why I wrote this extensively long comment. Because\nI want you to know this side of him and(maybe) even appreciate him.\n\nLike I do.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n(This \"Answer\" is actually a reply to @кяαzєя comment to previous answer. I\nwanted to post a picture and provide full context for the episode he\nmentions.)\n\nI re-watched season 3 episode 13 ([episode\n39](http://www.crunchyroll.com/natsume-yujin-cho/episode-39-natsumes-book-of-\nplay-584812) on Crunchyroll, which merges the first 3 seasons into a stream of\nepisodes numbered 1 to 39). I really appreciate the pointer. Beginning at time\nmark 8:29, the group is formed during the following conversation (oY = one-eye\nyokai, bY = bull yokai, N = Natsume):\n\n * oY: So we're all getting together tomorrow for a drinking party.\n * bY: We will!\n * oY: So, all of the yokai who know you have gotten together to throw the first annual\n * oY: \"Party for Natsume-sama in the Run-down Old Shrine Near Yatsuhara.\"\n * bY: Run-down, run-down.\n * oY: A party for all those who have to put up with Natsume-sama's whining and meddling, and run to him like dogs if he needs us.\n * oY: You could call us the \" **Natsume Dogs** \"!\n * ?Y: Bark!\n * N: What kind of name is that?\n\n(General note for those who don't watch the series -- Natsume avoids calling\nfor help even when he needs it. The only yokai he calls is Madara, his\npowerful self-appointed bodyguard. But the others do like him and would help.)\n\nHere is a screen-cap from the end of the episode, at the party showing Natsume\nand the **Natsume Dogs** : [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h9I4w.jpg)\nMadara, in his small, Nyanko-sensei, cat form is next to Natsume, can barely\nbe seen from his rear, between the text and next to Natsume. I'm pretty sure\nthe sign being held on the left is the same Japanese which @Jimmy told us was\n**Gathering of Dogs**.\n\nSo, in summary, I believe my question did post the first usage of the phrase\n**dog's circle** , although this group was formed episodes previously as the\n**Natsume Dogs**.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI personally think a better translation would be \"loyal dog troupe\". Not a\nliteral translation, but makes more sense in english.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the first episode of the spinoff series _RWBY Chibi_ , Ruby find's Blake's\ncopy of the book _Ninjas of Love_ and starts reading it. When Ruby finds the\ncenterfold, she says, \"Now that's a katana.\" I understand this is supposed to\nbe a double entendre, but it is a book about ninjas, so I'm not sure if the\npicture is lewd or if it really is a katana (or both). It would make sense to\nme that Ruby would be more interested in weapons. I'd also like to know more\nabout the contents of the book, since it does appear in the the main series as\nwell. I've seen comments in forums suggesting it is a reference to the _Make-\nOut Paradise_ series in _Naruto_ , but I don't know if this has been confirmed\nby the developers.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to this [transcript of director commentary from volume\n1](http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Commentaries/Volume_1_Directors_Commentary#naruto_joke),\n_Ninjas of Love_ is a reference to the _Naruto_ series.\n\n> Blake holds Ninjas of Love.\n>\n> 19. Miles: Oh, I love that moment!\n>\n> 20. Monty: It's funny 'cause neither of you watched Naruto.\n>\n> 21. Miles and Kerry: No, just never watched Naruto.\n>\n> 22. Monty: There's a joke similar.\n>\n> 23. Kerry: Oh, really?\n>\n> 24. Monty: Yes.\n>\n> 25. Kerry: No, I don't.\n>\n> 26. Monty: Maybe that's why you guys were wondering. Yeah, no but it's\n> kind of a call out, too.\n>\n>\n\nBased on these comments, _Ninjas of Love_ is likely a reference to the adult-\nthemed books written by Naruto's master. The book being about ninjas is a clue\nto it being a reference to the _Naruto_ series.\n\nAccording to the wiki page [for books from the\nseries](http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Books), some information has been gleamed\nfrom the text on the book in the _RWBY Chibi_ series despite the text being\ndifficult to read: The author is Patty Berdioler, and the tagline on the front\nis\n\n> No shadows can conceal the lust of one enigma for long...\n\nand the text on the back is\n\n> When a young woman abandons the comforts ... where she was bound to have an\n> easy life but ... and self absorbed to see past her petty ... realize how\n> lucky she was, she runs away to ... where she becomes ninja.\n>\n> Little does she know that over the years she has been watched from the\n> shadows by a ninja master, a lone enigma that haunts the darkness of the\n> night itself. What will happen when our young woman is consumed by the heat\n> of this shadowy man...?\n\nAdditionally, in the first episode of _RWBY Chibi_ , Ruby calls the book\n\"filth\".\n\nThe book is probably an adult romance novel.\n\nAs to the original question, there are some reasons to assume the centerfold\nreally is a picture of a katana or contains a katana. Firstly, _RWBY Chibi_ is\na comedic show and not canonical to the main series, so while it may be\nunusual for a katana to be on a centerfold, it would be reasonable for a joke.\nSecondly, Ruby has been show to be obsessive with weapons in the main series,\nparticularly in episode 2. Third, it is a book about ninjas, so a katana\nwouldn't be out of place. In fact, a katana is seen on the cover in _RWBY\nChibi_.\n\nThe main argument against it being a katana would be that it is a lewd book,\nwhich is compelling evidence by itself.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMyAnimeList has published a [database\nentry](https://myanimelist.net/anime/34036/Detective_Conan__Episode_One_-\n_Chiisaku_Natta_Meitantei) for _Detective Conan: Episode One - Chiisaku Natta\nMeitantei_.\n\nIn this entry, the synopsis reads:\n\n> The \"real\" episode 1 of Detective Conan written by the Mangaka Gosho Aoyama.\n\nWhat makes this episode the \"real\" first episode? Was the story in the\noriginal first episode not by the mangaka?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThat is a [two-hour\nremake](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-13/detective-conan-anime-\ngets-new-2-hour-tv-special-recreating-1st-episode/.106408) of the original 1st\nepisode, in celebration of the anime celebrating 20 years in broadcast. The\nspecial retells what happened on the day Shinichi’s was transformed into the\nbody of a child. The special includes new scenes that weren't in the original\nmanga or the first anime episode.\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_g9zHvMXBQ>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is because in first episode shown in anime they made certain changes from\nthe manga. The new first episode is going to be fully made according to the\nmanga. For example, in the manga Shinichi was viewing the transaction through\na camera, but in the anime Shinichi was watching without using a camera.\n\nAlso, the original manga creator said he added new extra content which was not\nshown before but is important for upcoming events in the series\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI know that Ishigar is the western continent, and Alakitasia is the eastern\ncontinent. Does that leave room for a Northern and Southern continent that we\nhaven't heard about or are those two the only ones?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs far as I remember there are currently only two continents defined, Ishgar\nand Alakitasia. In chapter 439 page 14 there is a map showing the original\npurpose of the Alvarez empire, which is inhabiting Alakitasia, is to invade\nIshgar from over the sea. In this map it shows more land that has not been\nmentioned before, to the north/north-east of Ishgar and east of Alakitasia,\nwhich could be another continent. So yes, this does leave land for possibly\nanother cotenant.\n\nHere is the map that I mention above:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEDQD.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was just wondering if it was possible for an Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou\nSharingan before even awakening the Sharingan.\n\nAccording to [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan):\n\n> It (Mangekyou Sharingan) is initially awakened by the trauma suffered from\n> witnessing the death of someone close to the user.\n\nI think it should be common sense by now, but if you didn't know then to\nawaken the MS the user has to witness something so traumatic, like seeing\nsomeone close to the said user die.\n\nAccording to [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sharingan):\n\n> When a wielder of this kekkei genkai experiences a powerful emotional\n> condition with regards to a person precious to them, their brain releases a\n> special form of chakra that affects the optic nerves, transforming the eyes\n> into Sharingan.\n\nTo awaken the Sharingan, an Uchiha has to have an extreme(powerful) emotion\ncondition which causes their brain to release a special type of chakra, which\nwill then cause their eyes to transform into Sharingan.\n\nI have put the way the Uchiha awaken the Sharingan and the MS, but could it be\npossible to combine both of the said ways into one? What I mean is if an\nUchiha, who hasn't awakened the Sharingan yet, witnessed something so\ntraumatic they just awaked the MS. Could that even be possible? Or would it\njust awaken the Sharingan and then the MS almost instantly at the same time?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo be honest, I believe the death of the whole clan (especially the death of\nsomeone's parents by one of their own siblings - Itachi) is more traumatic\nthan anything and when Sasuke with all those emotions could never achieve it\nin such a long time, I am sure it can not be achieved without achieving the\nbasic Sharingan levels.\n\nAnd most importantly, you can not simply do a maths questions without knowing\nthe basics... So basics, i.e Sharingan must be present before the awakening of\nMangekyou :)\n\nThat is simply what I believe, what is in the minds of Masashi, we don't know\n:P\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is a way you could achieve it: is someone transplanted their eye to you\nwhile in Mangekyo mode, but I highly doubt it would not have the original\nSharingan.\n\nSo, my answer is **no** , because the Mangekyo Sharingan evolves from the\nSharingan.\n\nLet me give an example... Let's say, in chemistry, Mixture A mixed with\nMixture B = Mixture C, and that's the only way to get Mixture C. In this\nscenario, Mixture A is the Sharingan, Mixture B is killing all you hold dear\n(I think the only method of obtaining the Mangekyo Sharingan from the\nSharingan without someone giving it to you, like Shisui giving Itachi the\nMagekyo Sharingan before he died), and Mixture C is the Mangekyo Sharingan.\n\nBy the way, if you are a child and don't understand my example, I don't blame\nyou... Chemistry is kind of a nuisance. :)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat's the name of the music track that plays at 14:08 in Episode 764 of One\nPiece?\n\nPlease help me!!:D\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n## [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaTnLP78vfk) \n\n> \"Nami's Message ~Luffy's Anger~\", track #22 of the album \"Strong World\".\n\nTruth be told, I wanted to know too, and I finally found it! It's a soundtrack\nfrom Strong World, Nami's Message (or something along the lines of that).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn an early episode of _Hikaru no Go_ Akira Toya comments that Hikaru must be\na beginner because he's holding his stones incorrectly. In the show, it is\nshown that real Go players use a grip that only uses their index and ring\nfingers. Is this true in the real world? And if so, what exactly is the\nadvantage of this grip? It seems to me that not using your thumb would be more\nlikely to lead to dropping a stone accidentally, so I'm having trouble seeing\nwhy it would be used.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F3wfH.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt is the proper way, and is used by most (if not all?) very strong go players\n(and many beginners as well!).\n\nIt allows you to easily place a stone in the middle of many others without\ntouching them, and same to pick one up (when stones are captured you need to\nremove them from the _goban_ (the playing board)).\n\nIn addition to this practical effect, pros and strong amateurs have a very\ngracious way to handle stones using this finger placement. You can see\nexamples by seeing professional players on the net. I recommend Japanese\nplayers, as the whole ceremonial is quite precise, but also in the anime\nHikaru No Go (especially Saï).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was rewatching One Piece, and I see that Sanji is the only crew member who\nis recruited without Zoro being around. Their strength and rivalry aside, what\nis most fun is the nicknames they keep calling each other with.\n\nStrangely, I can't seem to find any instance where Zoro calls Sanji by his\nname. Has there been an instance where Zoro refers to Sanji by his name?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNope, so far he has never called him by his name, it was even referenced in a\nSBS with oda: [SBS Volume 73, Chapter 729, Pg.\n162](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_73#Chapter_729.2C_Page_162) \nThe user counted (with frequency) the various names that Zoro and Sanji used\nfor each other. This was covered till Volume 66 of the manga so far.\n\nOriginal quote and Editor Notes below: _D: Dokusha (Reader); O: Oda_\n\n> **D** : Zoro and Sanji are always fighting! I was reading One Piece and\n> thought it was odd that Zoro never seems to refer Sanji by his name, so I\n> went back and checked! I counted them up from Volume 5 to 66! Here are the\n> results, ranked by frequency!!![..] In conclusion, Sanji does in fact refer\n> to Zoro by name, but Zoro does not return the favor! P.N. Little Marron \n> \n> **O** : ...Okay. Thank you very much, Little Marron! So you counted them\n> all... This was very fun to read! Some of these terms made me wonder when\n> they'd said these things. Indeed, I have trouble imagining Zoro calling him\n> \"Sanji\" by name. Not once, eh? Wow. Well, they might not get along well, but\n> they're both valuable, trustworthy men who have Luffy's back. So let's\n> forgive them their squabbles (laughs). \n> \n> **Page 162: In the VIZ Manga, Zoro does call Sanji by his name a few times\n> for the sake of context, but he does not say \"Sanji\" explicitly in the\n> original Japanese.**\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHe doesn't appear in the final chapter of Bleach but that shouldn't\nnecessarily mean he's dead, right?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe official status of Urahara is **Unconfirmed**. While the evidence seems to\nindicate that he died with Yoruichi and Grimmjow trapped in Askin's Gift Ball,\nKubo also gave them a way out. Nel was watching the battle from outside and\nlater decides to attempt a rescue attempt.\n\nWiki sums this up pretty nicely, but this is the last we see of these\ncharacters.\n\n> After being impaled once more by Grimmjow, who suddenly buckles alongside\n> Urahara, Askin reveals that the power of his Gift Ball Deluxe magnifies upon\n> his death. As Askin decides to forgo the speech about lethality, Urahara and\n> his Bankai collapse as Urahara apologizes for leaving everything to Ichigo\n> Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki\n\n[Wiki:Kisuke Urahara vs. Askin Nakk Le\nVaar](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kisuke_Urahara_vs._Askin_Nakk_Le_Vaar) \n\n> Nelliel later stands outside Askin Nakk Le Vaar's Gift Bereich, noting how\n> it is collapsing like Urahara thought it might. She remarks that carrying\n> four souls out of it would be difficult, and is shocked to see that the\n> entrance is so small. She remarks that she wanted to see Ichigo again as she\n> leaps toward the entrance.\n\n[Manga Chapter 666:\nSummary](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/BATTLE_FIELD_BURNING#666._.E7.A9.BA.E3.81.A3.E3.81.BD.E3.80.81.E5.82.80.E5.84.A1.E3.80.81.E4.BC.BD.E8.97.8D.E5.A0.82)\n\nKubo can also put these details in a databook later. I have seen that Bleach\nrarely kills characters if they can be \"brought back\" from the brink of death,\nso Urahara and others have a good chance of still being Alive.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Death Note, Chapter 33 (Vol. 4), Misa Amane is arrested under the suspicion\nshe was the Second Kira. After that, L said that they collected lots of\nevidences in Misa's room (the cat hair found on the video cassette, make-up\npowder, clothing fibers etc.), besides the fact the criminal who killed her\nparents was killed by Kira. Supposedly, the objects L was analysing in Chapter\n32 (a hair, crumbs from a snack) were collected from her room.\n\nHowever, how L became suspicious of Misa before seeing her in Chapter 32, in\nLight's university? I suppose he discovered the relationship between Light and\nMisa because Mogi saw when the girl appeared suddenly to Light in Chapter 31,\nand so L ordered an inspection to her room. So, is there any indication that\nhe was him investigating every one of the Light's \"girfriends\" (including the\n\"Refined Takada\"), or it was just Misa that caught the attention of the\ndetective?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI feel like it could've just been the way Misa acted toward's Light... That\nand the fact that she was a very popular model talking to a regular student.\nHe could've seen how bubbly her personality is and how much she doesnt fit\ninto Light's \"no nonsense\" studios type of personality. If you can tell he\ndoesnt really want to be around her then it wouldnt be a far reach to assume\nthat she's around for some other reason.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nfirst of all there were no girlfriend of Light in whole series, he just\npretended Misa Amane and other girl to be his girlfriend. But in actual there\nis no girlfriend of Light in whole series. and about being suspicious by L,\nMissa Amane was the only girl who had been suspected as Second Kira upto some\nextent. L just torture her to get the information about the Shinigami and\nDeathnote but somehow Missa Amane was fully mentally prepared for that as she\nhad been suggested by Light. So Misa Amane was only girl who had suspected for\nbeing Second Kira.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the first episode, Sakakibara saw Misaki in the basement of the hospital.\nI've seen the first 9 episodes and I still didn't get why she was there and\nwhat she was doing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMei was \"visiting\" her twin sister Misaki Fujioka\n\n> She dies in Episode 1 from the 9th grade class 3-3 curse, being \"the death\n> of April\", the first one who died because of the curse. Mei was delivering a\n> present at the Yomiyama Hospital's morgue, a doll, Mei referred to her as\n> \"her other half\" during her first meeting with Kouichi and later as her twin\n> sister.\n\nSource: [Misaki Fujioka - Plot -\nAnother](http://another.wikia.com/wiki/Misaki_Fujioka#Another)\n\nIn the anime/ova Fujioka died from leukemia (flared up in the OVA) but is\nstill counted as being one of the deaths caused by the calamaty. in the novel\nshe had a kindey transplant and Mei was going to gift her the dool but died\nbefore she could\n\n> In the original novel, the doll that Mei brings to the morgue was a gift to\n> Misaki after her kidney transplant. The kidney Misaki received was not Mei's\n> (due to minors not being allowed to donate). Misaki told Mei which doll she\n> wanted but died before Mei could bring it to the hospital.\n\nFujioka is also mentioned near to the end of the series when Takako thinks Mei\nis the \"Extra\" because she remembers going to school with a Misaki but\nconfuses Fujioka with Mei and remembers that Fujioka (thinking she's Mei)\ndidn't have different coloured eyes (one of Mei's eyes is a prostetic doll's\neye)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile I'm yet to reach the current parts of the story, a friend told meg that\nin the Dressrosa Arc, two characters appeared, using the Bomb-Bomb and the\nTon-Ton Fruit, the same used by the two former Baroque Works members named in\nthe title.\n\nHowever, the Wiki has no mention of these cases, making me assume that\ncanonically, either they are not dead or said DF abilities don't appear.\n\nWhat is the case?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe [Ton-Ton no mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ton_Ton_no_Mi) was eaten by\n[Machivise](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Machvise). \nThe [Pamu-Pamu no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Pamu_Pamu_no_Mi) was\neaten by [Gladius](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gladius).\n\nThe two fruits eaten by Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 are the [Kilo-Kilo no\nmi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kilo_Kilo_no_Mi) and [Bomu-Bomu no\nmi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bomu_Bomu_no_Mi) respectively.\n\nThe Kilo-Kilo no mi and the Ton-Ton no mi are both similar but they have\ndifferences:\n\n * The Kilo-Kilo no mi allows a user to change their weight from 1 - 10,000 kg. This means the user can _decrease_ their weight below normal as well as increase it up to 10,000 kg. \n * The Ton-Ton no mi allows a user to _increase_ their weight by presumably any amount\n\nThe Bomu-Bomu no mi and the Pamu-Pamu no mi are also indeed similar but have\ndifferences, which are noted on the Wikia page for Pamu-Pamu no mi:\n\n> This ability is very similar to the Bomu Bomu no Mi, as they both involve\n> explosions. The main difference is that while Mr. 5 is able to turn himself\n> or any part of him into a bomb, Gladius can cause himself or inorganic\n> objects to swell up and rupture explosively.\n\nBoth Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 are believed to be alive at this time.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[This blind guy](https://youtu.be/_Hvc1Ae-YCU?t=3m53s)'s attitude, facial\nexpressions, and facial structure look very specifically like the blind\nsamurai general in One Piece, who can lift mountains with his Devil Fruit\npowers. They even, from this short scene, have nearly identical personalities.\n\nDid this movie character inspire the One Piece character, or is there no known\nrelation?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe blind samurai you're referring to is Zatoichi, and the blind Admiral in\nOne Piece is named Issho, aka Fujitora. And yes, as revealed in SBS Volume 74,\nFujitora was inspired by Zatoichi, and particularly his portrayal by Japanese\nactor Shintaro Katsu. Both swordsmen share quite a few characteristics, such\nas their blindness, proficiency with a sword, or their love of gambling.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe series _Kamigami no Asobi_ is a reverse harem involving a mortal girl, Yui\nKusanagi, who is tasked with teaching six of the ancient gods about the\nmeaning of love. [Episode 4](http://www.crunchyroll.com/kamigami-no-\nasobi/episode-4-the-curse-of-hades-652377) focuses on Hades. He is shown to\nhave a dry wit and a tendency towards intellectual puns. However he avoids\ncontact with people and gods because he is cursed and believes he will bring\nmisfortune to those near him.\n\nAt the end, Yui and the other gods show him that they really like him and will\nchance misfortune to be around him. In explaining his happiness to her, he\nsays (in English subtext, time mark 21:04 to get full context):\n\n * I cannot wallow in misfortune.\n * Kusanagi,\n * \"Yui\" were right about everything.\n\nThe pun works great in English. It got me curious if there was a pun in\nJapanese as well. Is \"Yui\" similar to a Japanese word for \"you\"? If not, how\ndid it work?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe pun is on\n\n「お前の言う通りだ」, which basically means \"as you say\".\n\n[Alc\nreference](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86%E9%80%9A%E3%82%8A&ref=sa)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat Hades pronounced is「お前の **ゆいとおり** だ」, which is a pun on 「お前のゆうとおりだ」\n(\"exactly as you say\", \"you're correct\").\n\nTo break down:\n\n * お前 _omae_ : \"you\"\n * の _no_ : (subject marker)\n * ゆう _yū_ : a colloquial pronunciation of the verb 言う (いう), \"to say\"\n * とおり _tōri_ : \"as\", \"like\", \"the way\"\n * だ _da_ : (copula, \"is\")\n\nゆとり is not relevant.\n\nSo in the Japanese version, it's the pun on Yui (the name of the heroine) and\n_yū_ (\"to say\"). The translator did a good job, taking advantage of the fact\nthat English \"you\" and Japanese \"言う/ _yū_ \" have similar sounds.\n\nNote that this sounds like a typical cheesy \"oyaji gag\" to the ear of\nJapanese, usually completely unsuitable for a romantic situation like this. I\ndon't know about the male character, but is this his way of speaking? :)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe first 7 volumes of Infinite Stratos light novel was published by Media\nFactory under Kadokawa. Later it was suspended, but in 2013, volume 8 was\nreleased by Overlap (under Kodansha). They in turn hired a new illustrator to\nredo all the covers.\n\nSome speculate that the reason was that the author argued with fans on\nTwitter, giving bad publicity. If that's the case, can said tweet be found\nnow?\n\nSome also said that Overlap was formed by former Media Factory employees.\nCould the conflict be higher up?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow much money and time does making a VN usually cost? What's the profit it\ncan usually generate? Is it profitable?\n\nYou can engage in any VN segment (indie games...) to answer my question as I\nknow the topic is quite broad.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've got a fair bit of experience in the indie VN developer scene. From that I\ncan say there is no general answer as the prices you have to pay and also the\npossible profit vary very greatly, thus I will try to give a detailed and\nrestricted example there:\n\n**Costs**\n\n_As a note here: The prices vary greatly depending on the artist in question.\nThey can be as low as 50% of the amount I'm mentioning and up to 200% of it!_\n\n**_Graphics_**\n\nOne thing of note here: The prices will vary greatly for different styles the\nartists use. Thus if cell-shading, soft-shading or semi-realism is used.\n(semi-realism being most often the most expensive one and can have costs of up\nto +100% compared to the others).\n\n * **BGs** The price here most often depends on how complex the BG in question is and sometimes even what resolution it will be for. Usually you can count on 30-50 USD per BG.\n\n * **CGs** These have the greatest price range as I've seen artists take 30-250 USD here. Normally you have 1 simple BG included and 1-2 characters. You pay an additional amount per additional character on screen (either fixed amount like +30 USD or +50% total cost) and for each variation you want (most often between 10-20 USD). On average I daresay it is 50 USD per simple CG that you need to calc in.\n\n_Note: Most often the CG artist is also the sprite artist. Although the BG for\nthe CG is often made by a BG artist. Additionally a title screen is often\ncounted as a CG._\n\n * **GUI** The GUI adaptions often cost much and range from 50-400 USD depending on the artist and how much you want it to differ from the default of the engine you are using.\n\n * **Sprites** The prices here vary greatly with what you want: Thus how much is visible of the character (head only, hip up, or full body) and how many sets of clothes, poses and expressions you want. Usually I pay 50 dollars base for 1 full body sprite (including 1 set of clothes, 1-2 expressions and 1 pose). For each additional set of clothes I pay 10-15 USD and for each expression 2-10 USD and for each pose 10-15 USD.\n\nThus for 1 sprite with 2 sets of clothes, 4 expressions and 2 poses I usually\npay: 106 USD\n\n**_Sounds_**\n\n * **Sound Effects** Most of the time you can use free sound effects (even for commercial games). IF you need to have custom ones it most often costs around 10-30 USD.\n\n * **Music** Music varies greatly in terms of price and quality. Usually the componists have prices set for 1 minute tracks each. The ranges for this are between 30 USD and 150 USD. I myself am usually only talking with componists who want 30 USD per track.\n\n * **Voice over** This varies greatly and it didn't come up often so far for me. But from what I know this usually ends up in a payment per line spoken. For a relatively small intro I got a price estimate of about 400 USD (so its one of the biggest cost parts).\n\n**_Editor / Writers_**\n\nEditors and writers usually want to be paid on a per word base which can vary\na bit. A normal price I dare say for editing is about 0,2 USD per word. Not\nsure about writers as I never had to hire one, but I would dare say its very\nprobably the same or double the price.\n\n**_Programmers_**\n\nHere I have to say....I hope you only want easy \"default\" things out of the\nVN. Experience wise most \"programmers\" for VNs can't do really complex things\n(or don't want to do them). The prices here vary greatly and I've seen things\nfrom 20 USD for a minigame up to 200 USD for a dating sim, ... .\n\n_As a note here also: Many VN engines have tutorials and also free examples\nfor different genres of VNs that can be easily modified, so if you have time\nand are an easy learner you don't need to hire a programmer too often._\n\n**Profit**\n\nThis varies greatly on how you want to publish your work. One example would be\nvia kickstarter or similar crowd funding services. Here an average income is\nabout 3000 USD for a VN (although one has to say some rare get WAY over 10K\nout of it while many others fail to even make 100 USD).\n\nIf you want to sell your VN on online sites the profit will probably be very\nsmall (except maybe Steam but I have no data on them). Most VNs have price\nranges between 5 and 15 USD there and sell between 0 and 20 times. With the\nexception of studios who are widely known or have good luck. These have price\nranges up to 25 USD and often sell their product 100-150 times on a single\nonline shop.\n\nThe costs for the engine you want to use I didn't put in, as there are many\nfree engines around.\n\n* * *\n\n**Then lets put things together:**\n\nLets say you want to create a VN that has 10 CGs + 1 title, 3 tracks of music\n(1 title, 1 menu and 1 ingame music) and you have 3 sprites (full body, 2 sets\nof clothes, 4 expressions and 2 poses each). Furthermore you use 10\nbackgrounds. 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Advertising refers stuff like\nhanding out flyers, putting ads in magazines, providing articles to magazines,\nsetting up the website, etc. Manufacturing costs refer to costs incurred in\nstuff such as producing the box, pressing the DVDs or CDs, copy protection,\nprinting the game manual, etc.**\n\n>\n> People involved in the development staff\n>\n> 1. **Director**\n>\n\n>\n> Similar to a movie director, but in the eroge industry the director is\n> usually also involved in one of the other jobs listed below.\n>\n> 2. **Artist**\n>\n\n>\n> Draws the original art\n>\n> 3. **Scenario writer**\n>\n\n>\n> Writes the story, many of them also double as a scripter\n>\n> 4. **Programmer**\n>\n\n>\n> Writes the program, many also double as a scripter\n>\n> 5. **Scripter**\n>\n\n>\n> Scripts the game according to how the program works, does the presentation\n> too\n>\n> 6. **CG Supervisor**\n>\n\n>\n> Makes sure the art is consistent, does the finishing touches, works on the\n> improving quality of the art, etc\n>\n> 7. **CG colouring**\n>\n\n>\n> Colours the CG art and makes small graphics such as buttons\n>\n> 8. **Background artist**\n>\n\n>\n> Makes the background art used for bust shots and sometimes also for event\n> art\n>\n> 9. **Composer**\n>\n\n>\n> The team who arrange the compose the music inside the game\n>\n> 10. **Sound Effects**\n>\n\n>\n> Makes the sound effects, this part is usually done by the composer too.\n>\n> 11. **Seiyuu**\n>\n\n>\n> The one who Voiced the character in game ( but if the game is a non-voiced\n> game , it would not listed on the team )\n>\n> 12. **Sound director**\n>\n\n>\n> Directs how each seiyuu should be speaking like and explains the intonations\n> needed etc\n>\n> 13. **Animator**\n>\n\n>\n> Guys that do the anime parts or filming etc\n>\n> 14. **Enshutsu** ( cant find about this one )\n>\n\n>\n> The one who made the storyboards for the trailer movies or anime scenes\n>\n> 15. **Debugger**\n>\n\n>\n> Checks for bugs and QA etc\n>\n> 16. **Production manager**\n>\n\n>\n> Makes sure everything is going according to schedule, usually done by the\n> director or producer\n>\n> # **_Production costs_**\n>\n> There are two ways to calculate prices in the industry, one is where the\n> price is calcuated on a per unit basis and another is by having the company\n> stating the total amount required and calculating the total price from\n> there.\n>\n> It is believed in the industry that you get a cheaper price via the 2nd\n> method. That is because even if there is a sudden need to increase the\n> amount required, the price usually does not change. The 2nd method is\n> usually paid on a per project basis, so a small increase in the amount\n> needed will not change the price. There are also instances where it is in\n> the contract that additional fees are required if the amount needed\n> increases, but it’s usually very vague in this area.\n>\n> **Event line art**\n>\n> **8,000 ~ 15,000 yen or 50,000 ~ 80,000 yen per image**\n>\n> Event art refers to art that takes up the entire screen and is used to\n> represent a certain scene. The cost on the left is for a normal artist, and\n> the cost on the right is the cost when a popular artist is used.\n>\n> **_Event CG colouring_**\n>\n> **10,000 ~ 30,000 yen per image**\n>\n> The price changes according to if the background has to be coloured, and\n> also according to the colouring style used (such as anime style colouring),\n> and if the shadows are already designated in the line art.\n>\n> **_Bust shot line art_**\n>\n> **3,000 ~ 10,000 yen each**\n>\n> These are the images used to represent the characters in the normal parts of\n> the game. Variations in the character expressions doesn’t change the cost,\n> but different clothes and poses will count as different images.\n>\n> **_Bust shot CG colouring_**\n>\n> **approximately 1/2 ~ 1/3 of the cost of colouring the Event CG**\n>\n> The colouring style will be done in the same style as the Event CG, so the\n> cost of colouring the Event CG will directly affect the cost of the Bust\n> shot colouring.\n>\n> **_Bust shot backgrounds_**\n>\n> **15,000 ~ 50,000 yen each**\n>\n> These are the backgrounds used to depict where the characters are. All sorts\n> of backgrounds from TV anime level to movie level of art.\n>\n> **_Scenario_**\n>\n> **1,000 yen for every 1kb**\n>\n> The story. Basically 1 yen for every 1 byte of the scenario. Outline and\n> background settings do not count.\n>\n> **_Programming_**\n>\n> **150,000 ~ 2,500,000 yen**\n>\n> The computer program that’s needed to run everything on the PC.This is the\n> cost for ADV games, the price can get higher if it’s stuff like Action games\n> or Mahjong.\n>\n> **_Scripting_**\n>\n> **150,000 ~ 300,000 yen per 1MB**\n>\n> Scripting refers to the scripting that’s done to present all the relevant\n> materials (art, backgrounds, bgm, etc) in order as the scenario progresses.\n> The 1MB refers to the size of the scenario.\n>\n> **_BGM_**\n>\n> **10,000 ~ 50,000 yen each**\n>\n> Most of them have been 25,000 yen or below recently.\n>\n> **_Song_**\n>\n> **100,000 ~ 1,000,000 yen each**\n>\n> Stuff like the theme song, insert song, ending song, image song etc. Using a\n> famous singer can cost a ton.\n>\n> **_Sound effects_**\n>\n> **1,000 ~ 5,000 yen each**\n>\n> It’s pretty tough for the sound effects guys because when they sell a sound\n> effect to a company it tends to get used across all their games.\n>\n> **_Movie_**\n>\n> **100,000 ~ 10,000,000 yen**\n>\n> The more sophisticated the movie, the more it costs. It can cost a fortune\n> if there’s anime or stuff like that.\n>\n> **_Animation_**\n>\n> **1,000,000 yen and above**\n>\n> For comparison, a 30 minute TV anime costs about 8,000,000 ~ 15,000,000 yen\n>\n> **_Cut-in_**\n>\n> This refers to small graphics such as items and stuff. It’s usually done\n> within the company itself, but if it’s outsourced, it’ll cost several\n> thousand yen each.\n>\n> **_Voices_**\n>\n> It’s hard to give a range for this because the costs are completely\n> different depending on the person that is used.\n>\n> **_Interface_**\n>\n> **100,000 ~ 200,000 yen**\n>\n> Basically the graphics and design for the GUI. This is also usually done in-\n> house, but this is the average cost to do it if they outsource.\n>\n> **_Debugger_**\n>\n> **5,000 ~ 10,000 yen per day**\n>\n> It’s usually done in-house with everybody doing it together, but they get\n> part-time staff when there isn’t enough manpower.\n>\n> # **Other fees that may occur:**\n>\n> **_Direction fees 100,000 ~ 300,000 yen per month_**\n>\n> **_CG managing fees 100,000 ~ 300,000 yen per month_**\n>\n> **_Project fee 300,000 yen and below_**\n>\n> # **_Event CG variations_**\n>\n> During the same scene a character’s expressions may change or the\n> character’s hand may move slightly. These variations can have additional\n> charges depending on how big the change is compared to the total area of the\n> image.\n>\n> Additional charges will not apply if the change is smaller than\n> approximately 1/3 of the total area. If the change is bigger than that,\n> there will be an additional charge (approximately 1000 ~ 5000 yen for event\n> line art), and if there are many different variations of the same piece, the\n> additional charges will keep increasing. Yamato Tamaki has personally seen a\n> case where an image costed 15,000 yen for line art and 25,000 yen for\n> colouring (total 40,000 yen), but because of the variations it became\n> 250,000 yen in the end.\n>\n> # **Royalties**\n>\n> There may be royalties given to the artist or scenario writer, usually\n> between 0.5% to 3%. In many cases the royalties are only given on condition\n> that the game manages to sell a certain number of copies.\n>\n> Seiyuu also need to be paid when the voices recorded for the game are used\n> in other applications such as when a game is ported to consoles, when a game\n> and its sequel are packed together and sold in a set, or when there is a\n> remake etc. The price is usually a percentage of the original cost for when\n> the voices were originally recorded.\n>\n> # **_Art used for advertising_**\n>\n> Art that is used in advertising materials such as posters, telephone cards,\n> magazine spreads etc need to be done in a higher resolution than the game\n> art so the prices are different.\n>\n> **Line art – 15,000 yen and above**\n>\n> **Colouring – 25,000 ~ 80,000 yen**\n>\n> The prices can go crazy when using a popular artist for the line art. The\n> highest that Yamato Tamaki has seen is where it cost 350,000 yen for a\n> single piece. But popular artists on this level can make the game sell over\n> 10,000 copies just with their name alone.\n>\n> # **_How many copies need to be sold to make a profit?_**\n>\n> The distributors get **approximately 40% ~ 60% of the selling price**. How\n> much the distributors get is usually determined by the power balance between\n> the maker and the distributors, recently there have been distributors that\n> provide funding to the maker for the game’s development, so in these cases,\n> the distributors hold more power. Whereas the more stable game makers that\n> constantly make games that sell consistently or when the maker has a famous\n> artist, they can have more power than the distributors.\n>\n> **Also, when a game maker sells a game directly themselves, they do not have\n> to go through the distributors so the distributors do not get a share of the\n> money. A game maker that is able to get good sales from direct sales\n> basically gets double the income as compared to going through a\n> distributor.**\n>\n> For example, **for a game that is 8800 yen, if the distributor takes 50%,\n> that means 4400 yen goes to the game maker. The distributor will then sell\n> the game to stores at 6500 yen a copy, so the distributor really makes 2100\n> yen per copy. Then when it comes to the stores, the amount they make will\n> change depending on how much they sell the game for. If they sell it a the\n> fixed price of 8800 yen, they make 2300 yen per copy, if they sell it at\n> 7200 yen, they make 700 yen per copy. ** **On the game maker’s side, if they\n> make 4,400 yen per copy, that means they get 44,000,000 yen when 10,000\n> copies are sold. If 3,000 copies are sold then they make 13,200,000 yen.**\n>\n> If the cost of production was 50,000,000 yen (including advertising and\n> manufacturing), it means they will need to sell 11,400 copies before they\n> can start seeing profits.\n>\n> **This means that in the case where they use a famous artist that is able to\n> sell 10,000 copies of the game just by his name alone, it is possible to\n> break even, even if it costs 40,000,000 yen to use his art. (Though it’s not\n> a really good deal at that price)**\n>\n> **So basically the big titles that manage to sell over 100,000 copies made\n> 440,000,000 yen, but the game makers that can make sales on that level will\n> probably be able to demand a bigger cut of the sales from the distributors\n> so the amount that they actually get is probably higher.** # **(there are\n> only 3 companies that have games that sold more than 100,000 copies in\n> recent times)**\n>\n> **(Just in case anybody is getting the wrong impression about sales numbers,\n> getting 5000 copies sold in the eroge industry can be surprisingly hard for\n> many companies, so many try to keep the break-even point lower than that)**\n\nAccording that, cost production that stated above is for **AVERAGE** game. The\ngame is more like 10-30 hours to play with it. YOu can compare that with the\nbig title that take alot of time to finish the game\n\nSources : <https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/6437-visual-novels-budget/>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nCrocodile is the first villain that easily beats Luffy (twice) while Luffy\nsurvived due to Robin's interference and luck. However, one of the comments on\nhis devil fruit power struck me.\n\n[Chapter 178: Wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_178) (Anime\nEpisode 110) **Emphasis mine**\n\n> Luffy is astonished at Crocodile's power while **Crocodile comments that he\n> does not just possess his devil fruit ability like some people, he mastered\n> it** and demonstrates this by creating a hole of quicksand.\n\nCrocodile can _absorb moisture and convert anything to sand_ , i.e. he can\npermanently convert something to sand. He also completely annihilated the\npalace garden. He can create large sandstorms which can run for days. He can\ncontrol sand in the city which can cover it like a fog. These abilities seem\nto point in a direction outside the limit of Logia powers.\n\nWe also know Crocodile knows about awakening. In [Chapter\n544](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_544) Crocodile is the person who\ntells us about the _awakened Zoan type Jailors_\n\n> Crocodile then reveals that the **Jailer Beasts were all \"awakened\" Zoan\n> Devil Fruit users** , saying that their extreme physical endurance and\n> recovery point were their advantages. Crocodile states that the other three\n> would soon awake and that the Boss of Hell would be arriving soon.\n\nSo is there some reference about Crocodile and his DF powers? Maybe something\nOda has said in SBS, **about crocodile, limits of Logia powers or Awakened\nDevil Fruits.**\n\nOther Observation: Akainu and Aokiji may have awakened DF's since they\nconverted Punk Hazard into Freezing side and Burning side permanently. (Also\nAkainu burning Ace). Enel may have a hand in the island that is permanently\nspewing lightning etc.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom how I see it and how it's described in the series, the awakening is the\nability to manipulate the environment e.g. Doflamingo's awakening. Like when\nKuzan and Sakasuki went at it on punk hazard and permanently changed the\nweather.\n\nAnother example is when Crocodile turned everything around him into the sand\nduring his second fight with Luffy (Mizu Luffy)(Chp 201). Also, there are the\ntimes Crocodile talks about \"utilizing your devil fruit better\"(Chp 178) or\nbeing \"a different breed of pirate\"(Chp 178) though this may just be Crocodile\nbeing cocky. He seems to have a vast knowledge of devil fruit awakenings\nanyway as he was the one who informed us about the jailer beasts being\nawakened and even told us the effects had on them.(Chp 544)\n\nAlso, once he was defeated, it started to rain again(Chp 210), and though many\npeople say \"Oh, Smoker used the dance powder on Crocodiles ship\" or \"Crocodile\nused the dance powder another place to keep it from raining\", but Smoker\nspecifically said to Hina that he didn't (Chp 212) and that would have to be\nperfect timing so I think Crocodile is awakened and can keep his devil fruits\nweakness away.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo anyway, in the latest chapter, it was revealed that:\n\n> Natsu and the 4 other Dragon Slayers from 400 years ago actually met some\n> time before they were sent to the future. Quoting Zeref, most likely because\n> of the dragons in their bodies making this stuff (I forgot the name) to\n> prevent them from turning into dragons themselves, they have mostly\n> forgotten about meeting. \n> \n> Before they time travelled, they all seemed the same age. And Lucy's mother\n> opened the gateway (I assume) just once for them all. She didn't have all\n> keys and became ill until she died, so I think we can definitely assume she\n> didn't do it again. \n> \n> Then how is it that Sting & Rogue are generally the same age as Natsu in\n> the past, yet have to catch up to Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy who are frozen\n> (petrified, Fairy Sphere'd) for 7 years?\n\nI mean, it could be a reason we don't know yet. Or am I just missing something\nVERY simple?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSting and Rogue are the same age as Wendy, in the manga the three are\ncurrently about \"20\" in the latest chapter (I am excluding the +400 years). If\nmy memory serves right, Natsu & Gajeel are both \"27\".\n\nNow the problem is working out the age different in the past, this isn't all\nto hard. Wendy was \"12\" when she was first introduced (x784). The Dragon\nSlayers arrived in (x777), so it's 12-7=5. Wendy was \"5\" years of age. Now\nSting and Rogue are the same age as her, so those three were \"5\" years old.\nNow assuming I'm correct about Natsu's & Gajeel's age, they would've been 12\nat the time.\n\nNow I'm not sure if this answers the question, but I hope it does. Just keep\nin mind that Fairy Tail has a habit of making 12 year old kids look even\nyounger than what they are. Easy way to tell is watch the Fairy Tail OVA 8.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBasically Wendy, Sting and Rogue were five before they got sent four hundred\nyears into the future, Natsu and Gajeel were, if you go by the guesstimated\nages, were eleven back then in x777. In x784, it's estimated that Wendy, Sting\nand Rogue are 12 and Natsu and Gajeel are 18 along with Gray, while Lucy is 17\nconfirmed. In x791 Wendy would remain 12 while Natsu and Gajeel are still 18\nand Sting and Rogue are 19. So there you have it, I don't know what their age\nwould be in the manga currently, but these are my estimates till year x791.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's widely known that many events of the Dragon Ball movies contradicted the\nseries, sometimes irreconcilably, and that they are \"non canon\", but does this\nmean they didn't happen at all? The last two Dragon Ball movies showed many of\nthe events of those movies actually happened in the series. Not long ago, I\nread an interview in Spanish from someone from the cast of Dragon Ball. I\ncan't remember if it was an animator or director of the last movies, but when\ntalking about the movies and Dragon Ball Super, he said something in the lines\nof, the true story of Bills, Super Saiyan God, etc, is somewhere in the middle\nof the movies and the series, meaning the series' events aren't even over the\nmovies. What about former movies such as Super Android 13, Cooler's movies,\nBroly's movies, etc? Did the events of those movies (those which aren't\ncontradicted irreconcilably) actually happened to some extent in the series'\nstory?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBesides the dragonball super movies everything else in Z is considered non\ncannon as in it had nothing to do with the actual series. I don't think\ntoriyama was involved in any of the Z movies so they are kind of fanfiction by\nother authors.\n\nAn easy rule to follow is anything that did not happened in the manga is not\nconsidered to be a part of the series. If you take the a look a latest super\nmanga you will see similarities with the last two movies so they are\nconsidered to be cannon.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey didn't happen in the comic or in the tv show, but the times that each\nmovie's events occurred in can be placed somewhere in the show...Such as\nVegetta/Goku/Gogeta vs Janemba, occurs after Vegetta dies, and while Goku is\ndead. Since Goku was on the Supreme Kai's planet at this time, then the movie\nis just an alternate version of what's going on.\n\nAll the movies before Super, other than the Garlic JR.(even gets his own\nsaga!) one, where just extra story for entertainment.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMakarov, master of fairy tail, has the power to turn into a giant. What size\ncan he accomplish? Is that the limit of his power or there's more to his\nskill?\n\nAn approximate size is also valid. No need to go into detail as apparently the\nexact size hasn't been confirmed.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWe never see his size limit, but he can grow himself to the size of Tenrou\nIsland\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WJOVM.jpg)\n\nAnother angle from manga\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tJ6g.jpg)\n\nMakarov size compared to a ship\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8sdLx.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThroughout _Fairy Tail_ , we see that Erza loves Jellal and just him. Some\nexamples are her blushing, trying to kiss him, and when she was turned into a\nlittle child just before Tartaros she thought her biggest problem was Jellal\nthinking he likes them more matured.\n\nBut does Jellal reciprocate those feelings even though he rejected her?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, due to an event that occurred in the Grand Magic Games arc. I'm not sure\nexactly which episode but there was a scene in which Erza and Jellal were\nspeaking and he told her that he was married.\n\nLater when speaking to Ultear who revealed that he wasn't, he gave the notion\nthat he lied because he believes happiness isn't for the guilty of heart.\n\nIn a later cameo, Erza says to herself that he is a \"bad\" liar. Indicating\nthat she knows he's hiding his feelings.\n\nFrom that scene, I am able to infer that they do in fact both love each other.\nHowever, due to all the evil things he has done, he feels the need to seek\natonement. That is the premises that Crime Sorcière was formed upon.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think they truly love each other because Erza cries for Jellal, otherwise\nshe does not cry for other guys. I think Jellal loves her too.\n\nWhen Erza was going to kiss him, he rejected this. He loves her all of his\nheart. If he wanted, he would kiss her but he didn't do that.\n\nJellal loves Erza, that's 100% sure.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOf course he does. However, during an episode, they **almost** kiss, and he\nsays they are married.\n\nAfterwards, he tells Ultear that people breaking the law cannot be in love\nwith innocent people.\n\nErza knows from the start that he was lying.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, Jellal is in love with Erza. However, being who he is, he believes he is\nunworthy of her. This can be seen in the GMG arc when Erza and himself are\nabout to kiss but don't. He says later that he couldn't do it as he was\npunishing himself for his past actions.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn [episode 9](http://www.crunchyroll.com/kamigami-no-asobi/episode-9-dark-\nprison-of-scattered-flowers-652388) of _Kamigami no Asobi_ , time mark 6:54,\nthe following conversation occurs in the English subtitles:\n\n * **(Yui)** Um, Apollon-san, are you ok?\n * **(Apollon)** I'm just fine. I'm kalos.\n\nI had to look up _kalos_ , and found an article for [kalos\nkagathos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalos_kagathos) (Greek καλὸς κἀγαθός)\nat the Wikipedia. It means \"the chivalrous ideal of the complete human\npersonality, harmonious in mind and body, foursquare in battle and speech,\nsong and action\".\n\nOn the one hand, I think it is probably a bad translation in that very few\nEnglish viewers will know the word. (Well, unless this is a point where I\nhappen to be ignorant.) On the other, the original Japanese may well have used\na concept of the same ideal, and the translator found the best English match.\n\nBTW, Apollon was not fine, being in the midst of an emotional breakdown. So if\nthe Japanese had him overemphasizing his well-being, maybe it was a good\ntranslation.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm from Greece, and I know for sure that the word kalos (καλός) means (good,\nfine).\n\nApollon says that \"I'm kalos (good)\".\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the anime climax, Hakumen no Mono vaporizes, saying\n\n> My name is not Hakumen. \n> The name I wanted to be called is...\n\nWhat was that name? I don't see any reference anywhere on what that name was. \n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy theory about its \"real name\" is, either Towako, the name of hakumen's\navatar, maybe Hakumen named its avatar the real name for self-satisfaction?\nand the second probable name, is kirio/Inasa, as in Kirio Inasa, the boy whom\nit kidnapped. after the kidnapping, it probably change his name as it likes.\n\nI personally think, Towako is the \"Real name\".\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn my opinion i think Hakumen’s real name might have something to do with the\nbaby shown as he vaporizes and yin/yang because in the end he does not fall as\nnegative ki which creates other youkai, but he floats upwards as positive ki.\nMaybe in the end he died a peaceful death and he could now be reborn as a\nhuman, not a mass of hate.We can also assume he would have a woman name since\nhis voice when he whispers “The name i was called was...” is a feminine one.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTrunks used the Mafūba (Evil Containment Wave) to trap the immortal Zamasu.\n\nHowever, in Dragon Ball we've always heard that Mafūba kills the \"user\".\n\nWhy didn't Trunks die?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to Dragon Ball Super's manga, Trunks is able to transform to SSJ2\nwhich was used to defeat Dabura and Babidi. When he traveled to the past, he\ndidn't know about Goku's SSJ3.\n\nIn the fight against Zamasu and Black, he transformed into a powerful Super\nSaiyan form, for a moment and could handle a battle with Zamasu, apparently\nthis is not a stronger transformation like SSJGSSJ (Super Saiyan Blue).\n\nAlso this transformation has a similar Ki aura of a Super Saiyan Blue, but he\nkeeps hair of a SSJ2. So, what transformation is this?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Your Lie in April_ , what does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the\npiano?\n\nI play the piano and the more I play, I tend to just look at my hands while\nit's moving and I can't hear anything except for the noise in the background.\nIt's like the sound is fading away as I play longer. Sometimes I have to focus\nreal hard just to make out the sound of the piano.\n\nIs this what Kousei means?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's a coping/protection mechanism - when he plays the piano, his negative\nfeelings from his past resurface, and his mind blocks him from hearing sounds\nthat have a negative (as in Psychological Conditioning Principals) association\nin his mind.\n\nHow exactly this manifests for him is made fairly clear in the anime - if you\nwatch the scenes again where he's playing the piano, and freaking out over not\nbeing able to hear it, it's illustrated as him drowning in very deep water,\nwith appropriate impact on his hearing.\n\nI'd say that your own personal experience (presuming you have no such negative\nassociation with piano), is the idea that you're focusing so intently on your\nhands, that you've filtered out the audio. It's not dissimilar, but his is\ntriggered by traumatic mental association.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dzET.jpg)\n\nSay, character2 says or does something -- usually stupid in nature -- in which\ncharacter1 responds with a similar face and a comment of their own. I see this\na lot in anime, and I was wondering if it had a name. This happens a lot in\nNaruto.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIs a visual cue to establish who is the \"straight man\" in the comedy bit. \nFunny man: I Really like ceilings, I guess I am a ceiling fan! \nStraight man: ¬_¬\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI don't know regarding the facial expressions, but your description of their\ndialogue seems to be a typical example of _boke_ (character 2) and _tsukkomi_\n(character 1) in [manzai comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai). This\ntype of humour is typically japanese and can be seen or heard in most variety\nshows and anime with humoristic tendancies. Anime also tend to have the\nvariation of \" _boke_ and _boke_ \", where both characters say stupid things.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was trying to make a list of all auras the Z fighters had in Dragon Ball,\nand knowing which episode characteres started to have auras will save me a lot\nof time. Which episode of Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z characteres started to\nhave auras?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWe have been introduced to 5 characters (all Impel Down Jailers) with\n\"Awakened\" Zoan Devil Fruits. Minotaurus is the most famous of them. A normal\nZoan fruit allows the user to transform between Natural (normally human),\nAnimal (based on the devil fruit type), and Hybrid forms. I can't, however,\nremember any of the \"Mino\" guards in any form besides a exageratedly strong\nversion of the Hybrid one.\n\nAt the time I thought \"Awakened\" meant that the fruit was always active so\nthey were stuck as partially animals (as well as give the strengths Crocodile\nmentioned). With Doflamingo's Paramecia fruit, however, awakening appears to\njust unlock new abilities. This made me doubt my previous understanding. Wiki\ndoesn't help and I don't have time to rewatch everything.\n\nDo we know whether Awakened Zoan Devil Fruit users retain the ability to\ntransform into multiple forms?\n\nIf the answer to this is \"Oda hasn't told us yet\", that is sufficient.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat is the song that plays at the very beginning (before the OP) of the first\nepisode in Your Lie in April? It's played in other episodes too and I can't\nfind anything about it when I look it up.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis is track #1 from disc #1 of [the OST](http://vgmdb.net/album/49046),\ntitled \"Kimi wa Wasurerareru no\" (translates as \"Could you forget?\", which\nKaori says to Kousei multiple times over the course of the show). Here is a\n20-second extract from the beginning of the piece: <https://clyp.it/2mfjovz4>.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nCan somebody please tell me what is the name of this character?\n\nI am trying to find this character's name. I have tried to google it and went\nthrough a couple of anime lists, but it just doesn't ring a bell.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NI9Ua.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs noted in the comments by Senshin, this is a figure of _Death Note's_\n[Near](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Near).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ealYj.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nOkay, I just saw lately the new Pokemon Sun and Moon anime series. I guess\nyou're already familiar with the characters. In the new series, Ash's design\nis different from what we all know spiky black hair (etc).\n\nIs the Sun and Moon series a new different pokemon story (like Red's series or\na story of an alternate world) because the Ash looks different or it's another\ncontinuation where Ash just changed his look?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFirstly, there is a drastic change in art style compared to the XY&Z series.\nAlso, Ash is depicted more as a comedic character compared to his character in\nXY&Z. One interesting factor to note here is that unlike all the other series\nbefore, anything related to Kalos or Ash's adventure there hasn't been\nmentioned even once.\n\nHowever, based on Pikachu's move set, we know for sure that it's post Unova.\nAnd another interesting thing to note is during the episode where the\ncharacters visit Kanto, during the battle between Brock and Kiawe. Ash had\nprior knowledge on Mega evolutions while the rest of the characters didn't\nknow what it was. Ash came to know of the same during his time in Kalos.\n\nI guess it's up to to the writers to decide based on how they want to continue\nthe series in the future.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nYes, it's the same Ash, the new series prove it by showing his Kalos badges\nalongside the Manalo Conference Trophy (Episode 2)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI agree with Stanley and Gary. It continues series after Pokemon x y and z. it\nis not any new series. The best proof is the mega evolution of brock and misty\npokemon where the characters visit Kanto.\n\n> Pokemon Sun & Moon Episode 43 - Gym Battle! Z-Move vs Mega Evolution!!\n\nYou must be thinking when ash is so strong why he joined the pokemon school in\nAlola? well, ash do not have any knowledge about the Alola region, that is why\nto learn about Alola Pokemon he joined Pokemon school.\n\nwell, it seems like ash is not getting old but you cannot define age of anyone\nin any manga or tv series.\n\n> Pikachu also knows all the previous moves he learned before like an iron\n> tale, electro web that is another evidence.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHow did Doffy get that Flare-Flare Fruit? Because until now I am still\nconfused how the Devil Fruits spread around the world. Everything about the\nDevil Fruits is still unclear, like:\n\n 1. Do they grow in the same tree or each of them has their own tree (Flare-Flare Tree maybe)?\n 2. After the users died, will the fruit grow in the same tree or just fall to random places like Dragon Balls?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes it is the real flare-flare fruit. The logic behind it is because\nBlackbeard and his men desperately wanted to have the power of the flare-flare\nfruit along with the power of the earth-quake fruit and the other dfs that\nthey have been working so hard to amass.\n\nDoflamingo was a black market dealer so naturally his connections probably\nended up finding it.\n\nWhen the user of a fruit dies the fruit reincarnates somewhere else in the\nworld for someone else to go for how that is determined specifically is\nunknown at least for now.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nTo answer your 1st question\n\n> How did Doffy get that Flare-Flare Fruit?\n\njust like Kaz Rodgers said\n\n> Doflamingo was a black market dealer so naturally his connections probably\n> ended up finding it.\n\n2nd, three of your questions together:\n\n> 1. until now I am still confused how the Devil Fruits spread around the\n> world\n>\n> 2. Do they grow in the same tree or each of them has their own tree\n> (Flare-Flare Tree maybe)?\n>\n> 3. After the users died, will the fruit grow in the same tree or just fall\n> to random places like Dragon Balls?\n>\n>\n\nFor starters, 2. and 3. we don't know much about Devil Fruits either, besides\nwhat we have told so far and seen. For example:\n\n 1. When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another Fruit of the same kind. Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply regenerates inside another existing Fruit\n\n_Spoiler_\n\n> As seen when Smiley \"died\" and the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl\n> transplanted itself into a nearby apple.\n\n**BUT** Oda has pointed out in [SBS Volume\n48](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_48)\n\n\"For more detail, you'll just have to wait for a certain professor to make his\nappearance in the story, and explain exactly what the Devil Fruits REALLY\nare... eventually.\"\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn episode 66 of Dragon Ball Super, Trunks gathers energy from the life forms\nand forms a medium-sized Spirit Bomb while fighting Zamazu. I don't recall\nFuture Trunks seen Goku use Spirit Bomb in the anime, I'm not sure though. How\ndid he managed to do it if he didn't taught by anyone or possibly didn't even\nseen or knew it in the first place? Moreover, he didn't even concerntrate to\ngather the energy like Goku did everytime.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/u5y1A.png)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe answer is quite simple: **This is not the spirit bomb technique**.\n\nTrunks' new form that is similar to the SSB is solely responsible for pulling\nin all of that energy and enabling that new sword technique he used against\nZamasu.\n\nConsidering that we don't have a definition for this form we also don't know\nit's limitations.\n\nHowever, I speculate that the new form is a special form of SSB attained when\na half human half saiyan can clad themselves in god ki. Doing so enabled him\nto pull on the ki of other humans to unite into his blade. Which worked\nbecause humans are according to Zamasu \"made in the image of gods\".\n\nThat's only a theory but fact of the matter is that what we saw was not Trunks\nusing the spirit bomb.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is one problem with your question: You think Trunks did a spirit bomb\ntechnique. The fact is though that he did NOT do it.\n\nThe spirit bomb formed without HIS interference at all.\n\nSo what happened? Think about the spirit bomb when Goku uses it. He ASKS all\nlife forms to give him their energy. And they do it. That is when the spirit\nbomb forms.\n\nIn this case though the people of earth put all their hopes, all their\nstrength into Trunks and wanted to support him in his last fight. So in\nessence the \"spirit bomb\" was not formed by Trunks but by the people\nthemselves when they wanted to support him. As they \"just\" gave him their\nenergy (out of their own without a need to be asked).\n\nThus Trunks did nothing and there was no technique invovled. The spirit bomb\nwas just the gathering of all the energy the people gave up themselves to help\nhim.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn \"The Battle of Fairy Tail\" arc did Laxus ever actually plan on fighting\nMakarov?\n\nHis magic reveals his true feelings, and he tells his grandfather he really\njust wanted to make the guild stronger. So we know that he never would have\nsmashed the statues of the girls, and he probably never would have set off the\nThunder Palace. These were both just ways of pushing Makarov into handing over\nthe guild.\n\nHe knows Erza and Mystogan will be coming for him. He plans for an inevitable\nbattle with them, which he is sure he'll win easily. He even tells Freed he'll\ntake care of them.\n\nBut, the statues and Thunder Palace aside as he never would have used them\nanyway, what if he did manage to beat Erza and Mystogan? What if the Thunder\nLegion had beaten everyone, and Gramps hadn't fallen ill? Makarov would never\nhave just handed over the guild.\n\nBut would Laxus have actually fought Makarov in the end to get the guild?\nFreed tells Cana and Juvia he's storing up his magical energy to fight the\nmaster, but Laxus' true feelings are revealed in the end.\n\nLaxus' plan seems to be a little over all the place at times.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nLike you stated Laxus was building up his power and saving his magic energy in\ncase a fight with Makarov happened. Laxus wouldn't have enjoyed beating up his\nold man and would have only been doing it because that's what needed to be\ndone for his goal. There was no way Laxus would win though. This is evident\nbecause we have seen Makarov grow as big as an island (Tenrou Island to be\nexact), and that is no small feat. There is a reason he is a wizard saint.\nHope this answered your answer bud!\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nLaxus knows Makarov well. He knows that above all Makarov values the safety of\nhis \"kids\" and the adoptive city of Magnolia. Much of his irritation and the\nplan for \"Battle for Fairy Tail\" comes from the fact that the guild was able\nto handily destroy one of the strongest guild in Fiore, \"Phantom Lord\". He\nmight have planned to use that situation to bargain his birthright as the\nleader of Fairy Tail and building it as the ideal and strongest guild possible\nin his image.\n\nLet us looks at the facts\n\n * He uses Evergreen's magic to hold several mages including Erza as a hostage for the others to fight in his farce. \n * He uses Fried's runes to boobytrap the city so he could emotionally torment Makarov when he sees the \"idiot kids\" of his clan taking each other out. \n * He also uses Fried's runes to NOT ALLOW Makarov to leave the Guild Hall. \n * Mystogan is rarely present in or around the Guild usually absent for long duration of time.\n\nFrom this fact we can surmise that Laxus never truly intend to fight the\nMaster. He knew Makarov was old and frail, and had considered that he would\nstep down. He was just trying to force his hand. He removes Erza from the\nfight early on and knows Mystogan is normally out of the city. Thus he didn't\nexpect them to fight. His plan was for the master to surrender the guild once\neveryone was out of the battle of the fairy tail. Natsu, Gajeel being trapped\nin the guild was just a comic relief and foreshadowing of their history. So he\ndidn't intend to fight Makarov, Erza or Mystogan. He tried to up the stakes\nwith the Thunder Palace but he never expected to use it.\n\n**TL;DR Laxus knew Makarov well and he would have \"just\" handed over the guild\nto Laxus rather than see the members get hurt. Laxus had planned beforehand so\nErza, Mystogan and Makarov can't participate in the Battle.**\n\nThe real question is why would everyone go into this farce? Just threaten to\nquit. I am sure it will not be ideal to Laxus that his guild contains just him\nand the Thunder Legion.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Kabuto asked Tobi for alliance he showed five Akatsuki members' corpses,\nand one of them is Nagato's. But then Tobi encountered Konan to get\ninformation about Nagato's Rinnegan. Why was Tobi looking for Nagato's body\nwhen he already has it? Or is there something I'm missing?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo, while watching DBZ (not super) I thought of something. Why can Gotenks go\nssj3 but is never seen going super saiyan 2? Furthermore, how can Gotenks go\nSSJ3 at all if Goten and Trunks can only go SSJ? Am I missing something?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n[Daizenshuu #7 (Special Attack Index, pp.\n124)](http://www.daizex.com/guides/transformations/saiyan/#ssj2) states that\nGotenks is able to go SSJ2. Fortunately I got a Japanese scan from a website,\nyou can compare it with the translation.\n\n[Read it from _right_ to _left_ ] \n\\- I covered the Gotenks' part with the red box. Those are the special\nattacks/moves he can perform. \n\\- While in the blue box, it states \"~SSJ2\" and \"~SSJ3\" which means he can\nperform those too. \n\\- You can visit\n[here](http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7088#Gotenks) to\nlook for translation for this page. FYI, do _Crtl+F_ and type in \" _gotenks_ \"\nin the search box on the top right corner to search for Gotenks.\n\n\nYou can briefly see SSJ2 Gotenks in both manga and anime. Gotenks never uses\nthe form in combat, instead he bypasses it to ascend to SSJ3.\n[(Source)](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Gotenks#Super_Saiyan_2)\n\n\n\n\nIt is unclear that Hybrid Saiyans may become Super Saiyan faster than pure-\nblooded Saiyan or possess a naturally greater potential than their Saiyan\nparents. But, Gohan become Super Saiyan at the age of 11 (9 in manga). While\nTrunks and Goten were able to make the transformation to Super Saiyan at a far\nyounger age than their fathers, at the age of 8 and 7 respectively. You can\nrefer more from one of my answer about this topic\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/29205/are-half-blooded-\nsaiyans-stronger-than-pure-blooded-saiyans/29213#29213). If the statements\nabove are true, it is likely that Hybrid Saiyans can achieve any form of SSJ\nfaster than pure-blooded Saiyans.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI want to rewatch Naruto's fight with Madara but there are so many episodes\nand 20% of them are fillers.\n\nWhich episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNaruto starts fighting with Madara during episode 392 of _Shippuuden_.\n\nThis battle happens during the [Birth of the Ten-Tails'\nJinchūriki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Birth_of_the_Ten-\nTails%27_Jinch%C5%ABriki) arc, which spans over the following episodes:\n\n * 378 to 388\n * 391 to 393\n * 414 to 421 \n * 424 to 427\n\nOf these mentioned episodes, most are canon with the exception of the\nfollowing, although some of these might still be worth watching as they do\ncontain some canon content. Those are marked as such.\n[(source)](http://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/naruto-shippuden):\n\n * 388 Mostly filler \n * 415 Mostly canon **_← should watch this one_**\n * 416 Filler \n * 417 Mostly filler \n * 419 Mostly filler \n * 427 Filler\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've read that when a certain chakra nature is hereditary for a specific clan,\nMOST of the members have an affinity for that chakra nature. However, it has\nbeen stated that the Uchihas are known for their fire nature chakra. Does this\nmean that a majority of the Uchihas had fire nature chakra, or that they all\nhave it?\n\n\"Affinity can at times be genetic, or **at least common** to a particular\nfamily; **most members** of the Uchiha clan have an affinity towards the Fire\nnature.\" (<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nature_Transformation#cite_ref-\nElement_1-0>)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, all Uchiha have their natural affinity towards Fire. It is like a default\nsetting, to put it in simpler terms. In the article you provided, it also\nstates that:\n\n> In general, every person's chakra has an affinity towards one of the five\n> basic nature transformations.\n\nBeing the descendants of [Indra\nŌtsutsuki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Indra_%C5%8Ctsutsuki) it is logical to\nthink that every Uchiha in the clan would hold a natural affinity towards the\nFire element:\n\n> [Indra] could use Yin Release, and, in the anime, was shown skilled in the\n> usage of **Fire** and Lightning Release since his childhood.\n\nAlso, from the wiki article on the [Uchiha\nClan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_clan) which might suggest that only\ntrue Uchiha have that affinity towards fire:\n\n> They also have an especially potent chakra quality as well as a natural\n> affinity for the fire nature transformation; Uchiha are not truly considered\n> adults until they can successfully perform the Fire Release: Great Fireball\n> Technique.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nEro Sennin's answer is very good. I would also like to add that the Uchiha all\nuse the Goukakyuu no jutsu. The official wiki states that:\n\n> The Uchiha clan uses this technique as a \"coming of age\" rite\n\nThis is just further proof that that the Uchiha all have a fire affinity, or\nelse, this would not be a thing.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn _Show By Rock!!_ , most of the characters look pretty similar between their\nfull-size 2D-animated versions and their miniature 3D-animated versions.\nHowever, Moa is weird. In 2D, she looks like this:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ggEhT.jpg)\n\nAnd in 3D, she looks like this:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vYVd2.jpg)\n\nFor some reason, she's black-colored in 3D-mode but not in 2D-mode. I get that\nher animal is a sheep, and that black sheep are a thing, but why is there this\ndisparity between the two depictions of her?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis might be just a speculation.\n\nMoa's myumon form came first. It was part of original [Show By Rock mobile\ngame](http://showbyrock.com/game/). As you point out, it is based on [black-\nskinned sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_sheep). As the art style\nis heavily stylized and the sprites are mostly static in game, it doesn't feel\nwrong.\n\nBut then, Show By Rock anime happens and Plasmagica becomes main cast. And for\nthat the characters get standard anime style. But in that style, black skin\nlike that would look jarring and most people would probably dislike it. So the\nproducers decided to just go with plain anime girl with pink hair. But because\nthe 3D is primarilly based on original myumon forms, they had to keep her\nblack skin there.\n\nActually, all characters loose their animal traits when moving from myumon\nstyle to anime style. Cyan, Retoree and Chuchu all have animal-snouted faces\nas myumons but \"human\" faces in anime. Same with ShinganCrimsonz.\n\nAlso, did you notice producer Maple is NOT an egg in human form? Shocking,\nright?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n## Background on how Chinese names are pronounced in Japanese\n\nConsider the man who was the chancellor of the state of Shu under Liu Shan\nduring the Three Kingdoms period. In Chinese, his name is written 诸葛亮. In\nEnglish, his name is typically written Zhuge Liang (pinyin), which is a\nreasonably close approximation of how his name is pronounced in Mandarin.\n\nJapanese, though, does something that may seem strange. The Japanese language\nhas its own unique ways of pronouncing Chinese characters, and so even though\nthis man's name is still written 诸葛亮 (same as in Chinese), it is pronounced\n\"Shokatsu Ryō\" - nothing at all like how it's pronounced in Mandarin! The\nreasons for this are complicated; basically, it has to do with how the\nJapanese language borrowed Chinese pronunciations for Chinese characters (so-\ncalled \" _on_ readings\") from Middle Chinese mostly before 1000 CE, and how\nthe Japanese and Chinese/Mandarin pronunciations have diverged in the ensuing\nmillennium-plus.\n\n## The actual question\n\nIn some anime, the names of Chinese people are spoken. This sometimes happens\nwith historical figures, e.g. Gakuto in _Prison School_ and his obsession with\n_Romance of the Three Kingdoms_. It also happens with the joint Chinese-\nJapanese productions that've been springing up lately, where pretty much\neverybody's name is Chinese - for example, _Hitori no Shita: The Outcast_ ,\n_Bloodivores_ , and _Soul Buster_ from the past few cours.\n\nThe thing I find weird is that sometimes, Chinese names are localized using\nthe Japanese spellings. This makes no sense to me - nobody outside Japan has\nany idea who \"Shokatsu Ryō\" is, whereas many people will have heard of \"Zhuge\nLiang\".\n\nSome examples:\n\n * Crunchyroll's subtitles for _Hitori no Shita_ (for example, the character \"Baobao\" is rendered in the subtitles as \"Houhou\")\n * Crunchyroll's subtitles for _Soul Buster_ (the Han dynasty is subtitled as the \"Kan\" dynasty!)\n * the manga _Reincarnation no Kaben_ , [apparently](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/34557/)\n * the Crunchyroll subtitles for _Cheating Craft_ also do this (the main character is called \"Shokatsu Mumei\" in Japanese, but would be called \"Zhuge Mu Ming\" in Chinese), but since the show technically takes place in the fictitious \"mainland\" rather than real-world China, I'd let this one slide\n\nI know I've seen this happen elsewhere; I'll update this list if I remember\nwhere I saw it happen.\n\nWhy would a subtitler or other localizer choose to render Chinese names into\nEnglish using the Japanese pronunciations? This approach seems wrong on its\nface to me, so I'm hoping to hear from some involved party why this decision\nmight be made.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI can't yet cover all the reasons, but **at least on _Hitori no Shita_ and\n_Cheating Craft_ , that's what they're using on their official sites**.\n\n> \n>\n> [_Hitori no Shita_ \\- Characters\n> (English)](http://en.hitorinoshita.com/character)\n>\n> \n>\n> [_Cheating Craft_ \\- Characters (English)](http://cheating-\n> craft.com/character-en/)\n\nChanging the names from the one stated on the official site may confuse\nviewers when they notice the inconsistency, especially coming from official\nlicensees (e.g. Crunchyroll). This should also explain the retconned subs of\nthe first 2 episodes of _Hitori no Shita_ when they diverged from the official\ngiven names. The viewer's experience could certainly be improved by adding\n\"translator's note\" though.\n\nI can't say for _Reincarnation no Kaben_ , because apparently [it hasn't been\nlicensed in English yet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=110861).\nIn this case, fansub/scanlation is a different thing because they're free to\ntranslate how they want to (add \"lack of research\" into the factor too).\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm confused about what Zeno destroyed for killing Zamasu, did he destroy just\nthe Earth, the entire Universe, or the 12 universes?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm assuming your referring to episode 67. Zeno said the following:\n\n> A world like this must be destroyed.\n\n* * *\n\n> I believe it safe to assume that the earth was destroyed but not the entire\n> universe. If Zeno did destroy the entire universe there wouldn't have been a\n> way to use the time machine to go back and get him because time is a\n> component of a universe. No universe, no time, no travel by time machine.\n\n* * *\n\nThe above was my original answer to this question until I read chapter 18 of\nthe manga and Whis said the following below.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/auZUB.png)\n\nBased off of this and prior knowledge we received in the anime that the King\nof All has destroyed universes before. I now believe it is safe to say that he\nactually destroyed the entire Universe in that timeline.\n\nPreviously I argued that if a Universe doesn't exist time can't exist either.\nAnd this is stepping away from anime for a bit but physics tells us that\n\n> Matter cannot be created or destroyed only transformed\n\nSo in summation after a little research I've come to a different conclusion.\n\n**Even if existence as we define it comes to an end. Time does not, we may\nlose the capacity to quantify or comphrehend it but time is everpresent.**\n\nI can honestly believe that this is a valid answer.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI think what Zeno did was possibly destroy all matter in universe 7, or at\nleast broke it down so it could eventually form or birth a whole new universe.\nSo the way I see it, he did not destroy space time, he merely broke down all\nmatter in that universe so it could start anew. As for why he left the rest of\nthe universes behind to go to the present with Goku doesn't make sense to me.\nI guess one could argue that maybe he destroyed matter in all universes to\nreset everything for a new start, and would have to wait a very long time for\nmatter to form into 12 new universes, similar to how our own universe took an\nestimated 15 billion years to get to where it is now from the Big Bang. So\nmaybe he left that universe behind to go with Goku to the present because he\nknew he'd have nothing to do for billions of years. Just an idea...\n\nI also think it's reasonable to assume he had to at least destroy all matter\nin universe 7 since Zamasu had begun trying to take it over. I would also\nthink that Zamasu was trying to take over all universes since that was his\nplan originally, so maybe Zeno had a reason to destroy all matter in all\nuniverses since Zamasu was spreading so rapidly....\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the anime , Zeno states that a world like this should not exist and\ndestroys the place. Since it states \"world\" and since the future timeline is\ndifferent from the past timeline in DBS, I believe he destroyed the future\ntimeline's earth, although I am just assuming this from the fact it says\n\"world\" in the anime.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI would like to believe Zeno destroyed all the universes in order to start\nagain because Zamasu killed all the gods—that is, the Kaioshins of other\nuniverses. Zeno, being the childlike being that he is, decided to reset rather\nthan try to find a way to revive everyone that had died (which I suppose he\nwould not do since it's \"unnatural\"). So, aside from the universe being\ncorrupted by Zamasu, each universe was essentially without guidance.\n\nWhen Goku and Trunks go to retrieve future Zeno, you could see that he wasn't\nfloating in space space, but an odd, distorted, white/blank space. This\ndoesn't confirm whether or not he destroyed other universes, but it would\nkinda be an explanation as to why Zeno is okay with traveling with Goku.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n100 Exceeds were sent to get the dragon slayers. Happy, Carla, Sting, and\nRogue are all Exceeds who abandoned their missions.\n\nWhat about the other 96 Exceeds who are unnamed, unseen, and out of the\npicture? Does this mean there are 96+ more dragon slayers in earth land?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is NO information regarding the said 100 Exceed eggs sent from Extalia,\nany answer would be speculative as best.\n\nOnly information we have on them is that the Exceeds from Edolas are now\nlooking for them. I doubt if we will get any information regarding them\neither. They were just meant to provide the plot device for the history of\nHappy and Charla.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDragon Slayer magic was a rare type of magic. I doubt there would be more\ndragon slayers other than those already introduced. Also to be noted is that\nonly dragon slayers taught by dragons have Exceed partner.\n\nNatsu Dragneel was taught by Igneel. Partner Happy. Gajeel Redfox was taught\nby Metallicana. Partner Pantherlily. Wendy Marvell was taught by Grandine.\nPartner Carla. Sting was taught by Weisslogia. Partner Lector. Rogue was\ntaught by Skiadrum. Partner Frosch.\n\nOther dragon slayers who became one due to lacrima being embedded into them\ndon't have Exceed partner.\n\nLaxus Dreyar, thunder dragon slayer. Cobra, poison dragon slayer. God Serena,\nmultiple element dragon slayer.\n\nAnother thing that they have in common is that all dragon slayers with Exceed\npatners all was sent into the present from the past using the Eclipse gate.\n\nThus, if we go by this pattern, the other Exceed (of those sent to Earth) are\nall partnerless because in the present dragons have already go extinct, with\nthe exception of Acnologia. Only 5 dragon slayers were sent from the past and\nall those 5 have their partners already.\n\nAcnologia was originally a human taught by a dragon. In this sense he is the\nsame as the other 5. However, he is never seen with an Exceed partner. It is\nsafe to assume that he don't have one.\n\nAs for whether there are more dragon slayers than currently shown, we can't\nsay for sure because the story still goes on.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI found the answer after nearing the end of that arc in season 3, episode 95\n\"Lisanna.\" This is after everything happened in Edolas and the entire war was\nwon. The exceeds were sent back to Earth Land and found themselves homeless,\nthey were told the truth about their eggs that were taken from them and sent\ndown to Earth Land to \"kill the dragon slayers.\" Being told that was all just\na ruse and was a cover up for the real fact that the eggs were sent to Earth\nLand to carry on the Exceed race because the queen had foreseen the future and\nsaw Extalia falling to Edolas. This made them think of sending eggs into Earth\nLand as to save the race and to be sure to continue on their legacy.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhy does Zeref want to kill Acnologia so badly? Is there something I missed\nentirely? Or has it just not been said yet?\n\nI'm not sure if this is explained in the manga because I've only watched the\nanime.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nSo far there is no information regarding Acnologia's motives so far even in\nthe manga. I haven't seen Anime post the Grand Magic games so putting\neverything in spoilers. Read at your own risk. But I assume Anime has covered\neverything till the 2nd spoiler, but not sure about the third.\n\nFollowing is the information that we have on him.\n[Acnologia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Acnologia) (Chapter 301).\n\n> Born over 400 years ago, Acnologia was one of the first Dragon Slayers to\n> come into being, entering the Dragon Civil War on the side supporting\n> coexistence. Acnologia and a group of other Dragon Slayers, however,\n> disregarded the cause their comrades fought for, and killed every Dragon\n> they could, bathing in their blood. Due to the overuse of his Magic,\n> Acnologia's physique eventually turned into that of a Dragon's, and he\n> proclaimed himself to be the Dragon King. This event was forever etched into\n> history as the Dragon King Festival.\n\nWe see the following in the Tartaros Arc (Chapter 412-415),\n\n> Acnologia appears again at the ruins of Cube where the battle between Fairy\n> Tail Mages and Tartaros takes place.[..] Acnologia fights the Dragon King\n> Igneel and loses his left arm, however in return, Acnologia destroys nearly\n> the entire left half of Igneel's torso and then kills him with his Dragon's\n> Roar. With his arm gone and his target slain, Acnologia then leaves\n> Magnolia.\n\nOne year later we see Zeref and Acnologia meet.\n\n> One year after losing his arm to Igneel, Acnologia accepts Zeref's proposal\n> to meet, and does so at an undisclosed rocky terrain, albeit in his human\n> form instead of as a Dragon. Acnologia asks what Zeref wants; however, he is\n> met with curiosity, as **Zeref points out that Acnologia could rule the\n> world with his power if he wished, calling his motives unfathomable**.\n> Acnologia, however, says the same of Zeref's motives. **He then listens as\n> Zeref tells him that he will not join or fight against Acnologia; rather, he\n> will kill Acnologia along with everyone else in the world**. He further\n> implies that Acnologia has been waiting for someone to give him a true\n> challenge and Zeref claims that he will gladly take on the role of\n> challenger for Acnologia. Acnologia then gives a sly grin as Zeref tells him\n> to wait for the ultimate clash between human, Dragon, and immortal to\n> approach.\n\nThis makes me think that Zeref wants to kill Acnologia just because he wants\nto kill everything in the world. Acnologia is maybe just as powerful as Zeref\nand thus deserves a special mention.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn which episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion does Rei Ayanami have a long\ndialogue, where she reflects on life saying things like \"Who am I? What am I?\nWhat am I?\". There are pictures of houses and in the background with some\nquiet eerie music you hear her voice.\n\nI can't seem to find this scene that easily, and I really wanted to write the\ndialogue down.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt was episode 14 if i recall right\n\n<http://wiki.evageeks.org/Episode_14>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI've always wondered why a lot of anime characters, or at least some, have\npointed chins. One example:\n\n**Clannad** [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6pU8v.jpg)\n\nI'm wondering why they have such pointy chins. Is it to make them cute or\nsomething? Or is it because that's the easiest way to draw them? And if\npossible, I would like to know when it started, or who was the first to start\nincluding it in their work.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe answer is because that is what is deemed beautiful by Japanese. [This\narticle](https://blog.studyabroad.wisc.edu/archives/7760) posted in Wisconsin\nMadison University tells us what is deemed beautiful by the Japanese in\ngeneral.\n\n> First, the face. The face obviously has many important features: lips, eyes,\n> ears, nose, and mouth. For the Japanese, every facial feature has to be\n> small, except the eyes. They admire eyes that are big, and have what they\n> call “double eyelids”. “Double eyelids” are eyelids that have the crease. As\n> you may have noticed, Asians do not have that eyelid crease, and their eyes\n> are very small. They even have a feature to make the eyes bigger when they\n> take pictures in photo booths (Puriga-プリ画), which is a very popular activity\n> to do with friends. Also, because my eyes are blue, I’ve noticed they admire\n> eyes that aren’t dark brown. You may have also noticed that the majority of\n> girls (even guys) are overly petite and skinny. They admire a small, **oval\n> face** because it appears **more feminine and fragile**.\n\nOther sites, ([thejapanguy.com](http://www.thejapanguy.com/the-8-standards-of-\njapanese-beauty/) and\n[yumitolesson.com](http://www.yumitolesson.com/the-7-standards-of-japanese-\nbeauty/)) also agrees that the Japanese deemed small face to be beautiful,\nalthough they didn't explain it as good as the one I quoted above.\n\nA Google search on plastic surgery shows that many of the surgeries are done\nto make the chin more pointy. The following is a small example of the said\nsurgery's before and after.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tmYEA.jpg)\n\nThis is true not only in Japan, but also in the East Asia in general. Koreans\nalso like to have the plastic surgery to make their chin more pointy.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3px2t.jpg)\n\nIt is not clear who is the first to do this. The oldest anime that I can find\nthat features pointy chin is Akazuki Chacha.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OfHjM.jpg)\n\nHowever, it should be noted that they use pointy chin only on certain angles\nand scenes. In other scene, the same character is shown with round face. What\nis clear is that when they want to show a bishoujo (pretty girl) or a bishonen\n(pretty boy) then they will draw her/him with a pointy chin. Once again,\nbecause that is what is deemed beautiful by Japanese standard. Had anime came\nfrom the Kayan tribe of Thailand, then the girls might have long necks\ninstead.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/un6te.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn UBW episode 25 whenever the sun rises/sets Rin looks at it with a sad and\nlost in thought expression. Why does that happen?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBecause it reminds her of the last moments she had with Archer, from the\nprevious episode.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6MMSb.jpg)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wfmCE.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe reason is because she remembers Archer. I'm gonna answer you referencing\nthe visual novel as it is much easier to me. Notice that this conversation\nwith Archer takes place in both endings, not just the true ending (visual\nnovel source). The first time we see Rin doing that is one month after the\nGrail War.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Jj7E.jpg)\n\nAs you can see Rin is lost in thought. Then he says:\n\n\"Track team? No, I was always in the archery club.\" \"…I see. Well, I guess\nthere are times like that. Seeing the setting sun just reminded me.\" Telling\nme to forget about it, Tohsaka continues to drink the orange juice.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FbVJq.jpg)\n\nThat is the scene Rin was looking at. As you can see the sun is setting. Just\nafter this CG Shirou thinks about archer:\n\n\"I recall that red figure one more time. Neither this classroom nor that fight\nwill change. Everything is the same. Everything is an illusion like a mirage\nthat disappears when one turns around.\"\n\nAnd the next CG is:[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FWmW.jpg)\n\nAs you can see there is a setting sun. In UBW Rin has been seeing this scene\nin her dreams many times. Just like Shirou and Saber were connected in the\nfate route through dreams, Rin and Archer were connected in this route and she\nkept dreaming about Archer and those swords in a rising or setting sun.\n\nI am sure she's thinking of Archer because he's the ONLY character that has\nmade Rin cry. Rin never cries. She's always cold or even if she's not she just\ntakes action, no one breaks her enough to cry. Throughout the WHOLE game Rin\nhas only cried 3 times, all of them in UBW, she doesn't cry in the fate route\nnor in Heaven's Feel.\n\nThe first time she cried was when having a dream about Archer. She woke up in\ntears, brushed them off and tried to start the day normally. Notice that a\ndent had already created. This time was just unconcious crying in a dream.\n\nThe next time she cried was when archer betrayed her to join caster. She told\nhim that he's hers and that she would recover him and he'd regret what he did\n(as you can see these aren't exactly vengeful words. Seems more like she's\ngonna scold him). Once Shirou tries to protect her he says some words to her\nand she starts crying. Later she hugs Shirou. Notice that this time 2 people\nmade her cry: Betrayal by Archer and Shirou being there risking his life for\nher.\n\nThe last time she cried was the longest time Rin has ever cried. It was her\nfarewell to Archer. Notice that this part will be the real answer to your\nquestion.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oJihN.jpg)\n\nShe begs him to form a contract with her: \"Archer. Form a contract with me\nagain.\"\n\nArcher says:\n\n\"I cannot do that. I do not know if you will keep your contract with Saber,\nbut I am not qualified for that. And I do not have a goal anymore. My battle\nends here.\" His reply is free of doubt and his will is strong. His face is as\nbright as the rising sun, and how can she force him when he's making a face\nlike that?\"\n\nNotice that Rin even thought about forcing him but saw there was nothing she\ncould do. Notice the reference to the rising sun. Rin thinks: \"His face is as\nbright as the rising sun\".\n\nAll the time Rin is crying. Rin just cries for Archer:\n\n\"Man. I do not have any attachment to this world, but…\" It's troubling to have\nher cry. For him, the girl always has to be a positive, indulgent realist. He\nwas always encouraged by her figure. So he wants her to stay that way until\nthe very end\"\n\nNotice that Rin changes for Archer/Shirou as Archer thinks. She's always\nrealistic, never crying amd always taking action.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qqnV0.jpg)\n\nShe knows Archer is not really Shirou, even if they had the same starting\npoint. Her archer is a different person that she loves dearly and will never\nreturn.\n\n…The future might change. If a girl like her stays with Emiya Shirou, the hero\nEmiya should not be born. His words contain such hope.\n\n\"\"Ar… cher…\" The boy and the man are two different existences. They only have\nthe same starting point, and he is an ideal that the boy dreamed of.\"[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7TlDO.jpg)\n\nNotice that this CG appears A LOT. I remember thinking back when I played the\nVN that it was a very annoying CG. I think they showed the rising sun over 10\ntimes. It always went lik this: Image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising\nsun; image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising sun and many times.\n\nEven 2 years after that she still makes that look when the sun is either\nsetting or rising.\n\nLast of all, you didn't ask about it but Shirou makes sad faces as well. He's\nthinking about saber. At almost the beginning of the episode Rin asks Shirou\nto take a walk in the park after classes. He makes a sad expression and says\nit's nothing. Rin then makes a look of understanding. The next day Rin takes\nShirou to Glagow to allow him to pay his respects to Saber. “You remember how\nyou told me that day that you wished you had the chance to say a proper\ngoodbye. Now’s your chance”. Once they reach the tomb Rin says: “I’ll give you\nsome time alone” and goes away to prepare the picnic. Shirou then says his\ngoodbye words in front of her tomb. At the end he says: “Thanks for taking me\nthere, it means a lot”.\n\nIn the happy ending he gets saber so that won't happen. Rin will still feel\nsad when the sun rises or sets though.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere is another reason for her to be sad (apart from the one already said in\nthe other answers). It would Shirou leaving the Clock tower. It would make her\nunhappy all the time.\n\nAt the beginning of the episode Rin is super happy. There's a blue sky and she\nruns with Shirou towards classes and smiles to him while asking him to walk\nwith her after classes. But seconds later Shirou makes a sad look. A bit later\nRin asks him to join the Clock Tower and sells it well:\n\n> Joining the magic assotiation isn't without its perks. As a matter of fact\n> most people would jump at the idea\n\nShirou answers\n\n> Yeah, I guess you're right...\n\nThis would be Rin's happy ending. The other heroines get similar treatment.\nSaber and Shirou live in Avalon for all eternity after the fate route and\nShirou and Sakura live in the Emiya house and he gives up being a hero. This\nis what Rin was gonna do, be happy with him in the Clock Tower.\n\nBut then she remembers Archer. The next morning Shirou wakes up and Rin is\nbesides him. It would appear she had been there for a while so maybe she had\nbeen looking at the sunrise while he slept. My guess is that she remembers\nArcher. She had promised him to make Shirou happy, so she takes him to see\nsaber. Rin knows this will sway Shirou's mind towards what he really wants and\nit certainly does. When they return Rin's head is in Shirou's shoulder. She\nfeels vulnerable and sad because of what her decision is gonna do.\n\nThe very next night Shirou says he has made up his mind to leave the magic\nAssociation. He asks:\n\n> Aren't you surprised?\n\nOf course she wasn't, the visit to saber was so that he chose the path that\nleads him to happiness. She had had 1 whole year in London to visit Saber and\nshe didn't (Shirou apparently didn't have the general knowledge that that\nplace exists). Even though Rin says it's so that he can pay his respects to\nsaber and he says thank you for taking me there, it means a lot, it has\nnothing to do with that. It is just for Shirou's happiness (against her own).\n\nAt the end of the episode she had probably been looking at the sun setting\nwhile waiting for Shirou. It reminds her yet again of Archer. She then says\nsweet things:\n\n> It will all lead to our happily ever after, I just know it\n\nShe also says she's gonna follow him. And at the end him (Archer) is smiling.\nSolitude was Archer's problem, now that Shirou has Rin by his side he can be a\nhappy hero.\n\nIn Fate hollow Ataraxia (I haven't read it but I've seen the scene in youtube)\nthere's a scene where we see future Rin. She says that she will give Shirou\nhappiness more than anyone. His happiness comes before her own.\n\nConclusion: The beginning of the episode is the reality. Rin is very happy.\nShe goes to her studies running and turning around and smiles to Shirou when\ntelling him to take a walk with her after classes. The problems come when\nShirou makes his sad face and Rin faces reality, that being together in the\nClock tower is her dream world, not his. Giving up on that hurts her\n(specially since he had pretty much agreed to it), that's why she starts\ngetting sad the following 2 days all the time.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe ring the sisters share is a central motif of the series, and it shows\nbriefly in the closing credits:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/neVP2.png)\n\nI cannot get the whole inscription. What is written in the inside, and in what\nlanguage?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\"Per aspera ad astra.\"\n\nA popular Latin phrase meaning \"through hardships to the stars.\"\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Poco visits the shrine, the priest warns Souta of a shapeshifting tanuki.\nHis remark that the tanuki must be lonely is a driving factor for Souta to\nadopt Poco.\n\nIs the priest aware that Poco **is** the shapeshifting tanuki?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Japanese title is プラネテス ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ. The second word, ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ, is Greek for\n\"planets\" or \"wandering stars\". The first word is a transcription of the Greek\nword into Japanese using Katakana. In Romaji it would be \"Puranetesu\".\n\nThe English title is ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ Planetes. How should this be pronounced in\nEnglish? I've used all the following, but I'm really hoping someone here knows\nor can find the official pronunciation.\n\n * Plane-tess\n * Planets\n * Planet E-S\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI recently finished the _Strike Witches_ anime (Season 1, 2, _Operation\nVictory Arrow_ OVAs and Movie) and am planning to continue watching up to\n_Brave Witches_. I want to preserve the continuity of the series as I am\nwatching it.\n\nIn the first episode, Miyafuji Yoshika is seen in the company of Sakamoto Mio\nas seen in the newspaper clipping below:\n\n\n\nHowever, it seems that Miyafuji is still not that famous. I assume then that\n_the events of Brave Witches start in the middle of Strike Witches Season 1_.\n\nIs my assumption correct? Where does _Brave Witches_ take place in the whole\ntimeline?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes, you are correct. To be specific, BW's episode 1 takes place around SW's\nepisode 6, considering the time lag of news traveling at that period. The\ncreator Fumikane gave that tidbit of information through his\n[tweet](https://twitter.com/humikane/status/785527062555598848) (Japanese)\n\n>\n> で、1話。新聞に載っている坂本と宮藤。扶桑に情報が来るラグを考えると、ストライク1期の6話あたり、隊全員が一つのチームとして機能し始めたころ撮られたものでしょう。\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nRegarding [Fumikane's\ntweet](https://twitter.com/humikane/status/785527062555598848) on [Jimmy's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/37466/2516), to be more exact, he\nsays the picture was taken around episode 6, not that the episode of _Brave\nWitches_ takes place around episode 6.\n\nDue to mention of the liberation of Galia in _Brave Witches_ , the series\ntakes place after SW1 and after the manga _Strike Witches: The Sky That\nConnects Us_.\n\nIt's worth noting Hikari is not seen among the 502nd at the start of the SW\nMovie, so we'll have to see what that ultimately means.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's rather possible that it only happened during the end of S1, as BW was set\nduring October and in episode 7, it was revealed that it was already December\nduring that period.\n\nConsidering that Yoshika's and Mio's trip to Britannia took only 2 months\n(taking the southern route of Yokosuka-Macau-Malacca-India-Egypt-Cape-Town-Pas\nde Calais-Dover), it's possible that BW happened during August as the news of\nMio's arrival just reached them and after the approval of Hikari being sent to\nOrrusia, she has to train more in their school and she was taken to Orussia\nthe same time that the Shokaku was on a voyage to Novo-Khmolgory. There was a\n2-month break in between EP 1 and EP 2 as EP 2 started with the news of\nGallia's Liberation.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the following document, the expression ' _production minutes_ ' comes up\nmultiple times:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/llTLh.png)\n\nThe full source of the document can be found\n[here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IF8w8.jpg)\n\n**What does this expression mean, in terms of anime production?**\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nBased on the quotients of the production minutes over number of works and\ngiven the context that these numbers are referring to increasing numbers of\ntheatrical anime releases, I believe the term \"production minutes\" is\nreferring to the length of each anime.\n\nFor example, in 2000, 31 theatrical anime were released, each being an average\nof 61.29 minutes, while in 2014, 74 theatrical anime were released, each being\nan average of 65.05 minutes.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was wondering how long a Hokage stays in power.\n\nThe 3rd was still alive when Minato was chosen as Hokage. So was Tsunade when\nKakashi was chosen. Then the same with him when it was Naruto's turn. So how\nlong does a Hokage stay in power?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAs far as I know, it's never been mentioned **exactly** how long they can stay\nin office. But like you mentioned in your question, the 3rd, 5th, and the 6th\nwere still alive when the next Hokage was chosen. I would assume they can stay\nin office as long as they want or back down once they feel their successor (if\nthey've chosen one) is ready.\n\n(I think Tsunade mentioned something about her term ending in Kakashi Hiden.\nDon't take my word though.)\n\nI made some research, and everything I stumbled upon only mentions something\nlike this:\n\n> The Hokage **typically selects their successor.**\n\nMeaning they can select who will become Hokage once they've died or stepped\ndown. (Something similar to what I've mentioned above.)\n\nContinued by:\n\n> If they die or are otherwise incapacitated, the next Hokage is instead\n> chosen by the daimyō of the Land of Fire pending approval by Konoha's jōnin.\n> If one of the Hokage's predecessors is still alive, they may return to\n> office rather than select a new Hokage, as when the Third came out of\n> retirement following the Fourth's death.\n\nSource:\n\n * [Hokage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hokage)\n\n* * *\n\n_Sorry if my answer is not helpful. I didn't find much that would help anyway.\nI will edit and maybe add more to it._\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the _Yuri!!! on Ice_ end credits, we see a string of photos on social media\nfeaturing different characters. In one of them, Jean-Jacques Leroy is with\nsome women in front of a Western-style building. The photo is tagged with\n#Singapore.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DgQkh.jpg)\n\nWhat location in Singapore does the building in this still correspond to?\n[Other stills](http://syncopatedid.tumblr.com/post/151434842548/yuri-on-ice-\ned-instagram-posts) in the ED sequence without a \"generic\" background clearly\nhave real-life counterparts, so it is likely that the same holds here. (The\nlion statue in one of Yuri Plisetsky's photos corresponds to [that at the\nexterior of the State Russian Museum](https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-\nlion-statue-entrance-to-state-russian-museum-mikhailovsky-palace-st-\npetersburg-russia-image70182239), the building in Michele Crispino's photo to\nthe [Florence\nCathedral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral#Fa.C3.A7ade), and\nthe location in Otabek Altin's to the [Zhibek Zholy metro\nstation](https://ak.picdn.net/offset/photos/55d7195f72375f2a29e590ed/large_w/offset_258205.jpg)\nin Kazakhstan.)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAccording to [this wikia\npage](http://yurionice.wikia.com/wiki/Jean_Jacques_Leroy) and evident by\nphotographs, it is the [Raffles\nHotel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_Hotel).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MepDn.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHe used a clone as a distraction against Kakuzu, so couldn't he do that again\nwithout using sage mode?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nis simple, (it's my opinion. i am not kishimoto) because the kage-bunshin\ncannot strong hold the Rasenshuriken, so the kage-bunshin will dissapear.\n\nit also show, on this anime, if naruto use the rasengan he will use the real\nbody not kage-bunshin.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Rasenshuriken was originally told to be off-limits due to the physical\ndamage inflicted by its use. Because Naruto used it like a traditional\nRasengan, which requires that the jutsu make direct contact with the enemy,\nthe damage done to his person couldn't be avoided.\n\nThe reason that a clone could not work in this scenario would be due to the\nfact that clones are dispelled once sufficiently high physical damage is\ninflicted to it. It would be my belief that a clone could never sustain its\nform long enough to sustain a hit with the Rasenshuriken before it - and the\njutsu - were dispelled.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was wondering if Kakashi's face has ever been revealed without the mask. I\nfinished the manga way back in 2014. And decided to go finish the anime. And\nthe thought came back. So any chance it has ever been revealed and when?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nYes , it was revealed only in anime in `469 episode`\n\nYou can watch it here:\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns3Izj4Ul4U>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt was originally shown in the book _Naruto Exhibition Official Guestbook New\nStyle: Scroll of Wind_ (or _Fū no Sho_ for short), which was given to the\nguests who attended a Naruto exhibition held in Japan on April 25, 2015.\n\nFū no Sho:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WwsY2.png)\n\nIt was then adapted into an anime episode (ep. 469), which you can watch\n[here](http://www.crunchyroll.com/naruto-shippuden/episode-469-a-special-\nmission-716115).\n\nBy the way, this is how he looks like:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dMpBO.jpg)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n\n\nEpisode 469 of Naruto Shippuden. He show his face twice in that episode\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat are filler episodes? I've heard people mention them a lot but I'm not\nquite sure what they are. Apparently _Naruto_ is packed with tons of them, so\nwhat are they?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nA simple answer taken from the internet.\n\n> A filler arc is a storyline (often, though not always, shorter than the\n> regular arcs) in which, over a number of episodes, an adventure is detailed\n> that is unrelated, or tangential, to the main story arc(s); often, the\n> filler arc adventure does not derive from the original source material.\n\nFor example, there are plenty of filler episodes after Naruto defeated Pain.\nMost of the fillers are the story of a side character, or childhood flashback\nof a character.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n> Filler episodes are entries in a generally continuous serial that are\n> unrelated to the main plot, don't significantly alter the relations between\n> the characters, and generally serve only to take up space. This could be\n> considered Padding applied to a whole franchise.\n>\n> They are extremely common in Anime, where many shows have 26 or more\n> episodes per season. The producers have to use filler just to meet\n> contractual demands. _[...]_ Sometimes entire filler Arcs are created, most\n> often because the series Overtook the Manga. Just about every long-running\n> manga-based anime action series will have gargantuan amounts of filler over\n> time. This is because Japanese networks, unlike western ones, don't do\n> reruns or season breaks. This is compounded when they go beyond the 26\n> episode mark. Many series air over 40 episodes per year, when they would\n> have a hard time making even half of them related to the main plot.\n\nFrom tvtropes: <http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler>\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhile TVTropes does a good job of [_generally_ explaining what it\nis](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler) \\- that is, it's\ncontent which doesn't necessarily drive the overarching plot of the series\nforward - it may be good to look at _why_ it comes about, specifically in\nseries like _Naruto_ or _Bleach_ , and not in smaller series like _Outlaw\nStar_ or _Cowboy Bebop_.\n\nThe executive summary:\n\n**In dual-published media (both anime and manga), filler is necessary to allow\nthe source media (typically manga) to establish canon and story, while the\nadaptation media (typically anime) exists to mostly reflect the source\nmedia.**\n\n(Note that there are exceptions to this, such as cases in which the anime and\nmanga are _completely_ different works - notably in the case of _Love,\nChunibyo and Other Delusions_ \\- in that instance, we would treat these as\ndistinct works, each in their own canon separate from one another.)\n\n* * *\n\nA lot of major anime series have a simultaneously running manga series to back\nit. This is true in the case of series like _One Piece_ and _Fairy Tail_ ,\nwhich have _a lot_ of volumes currently being published, and the story isn't\nyet complete. In the case that the story is still being told, one of two\nthings have to happen to facilitate the need for filler:\n\n * The anime runs into a scenario in which the story it's told is at a similar point to the manga, or\n * The directors intentionally carve out some time for filler to ensure a smoother spacing of storyline, or to allow the manga to gain more story to animate.\n\nThe second scenario happens less frequently, but there have been times that\nI've observed in _Naruto_ that filler was still being produced when it wasn't\nwholly necessary.\n\nIn the case of both _Bleach_ and _Naruto_ , it would come to pass that the\nanime would invariably catch up with the manga. In doing that, the anime can't\nrealistically continue until new story is written. So, for a\n[cour](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/7977/102) or two (or even an\nepisode), the directors of the series would create a new storyline based in\nthe same universe, which may or may not be entirely canonical. This is done to\nensure that the anime continues during its allocated cour.\n\nIn the case in which the anime precedes the manga, I would presume that the\nstoryline is well-fleshed out, and the manga drives to follow the anime, thus\ncompletely eradicating the concept of filler in manga backed by an anime.\n\nThis may _still_ happen exclusively in manga though, especially if it's not\nairing anymore or has never aired; in the case of _Hayate the Combat Butler_ ,\nsince it's stopped airing (and the airings didn't _entirely_ follow the manga\nanyway), it has had filler chapters such as:\n\n> Kyoto and Ise - Conclusion (Night 3): This is supposed to be Night 3, but\n> this is the 400th chapter so let's celebrate! Seriously\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI was listening to some cover of Cruel's Angel Thesis when I stumbled upon\nthis image:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OGSaT.png)\n\nSince every other image used in the video does come from NGE/EoE, I am\ninclined to think it does come from an episode of Evangelion.\n\nHowever, I don't recognize the scene, and don't know of any character with\nsuch a... scar, nor its use.\n\nDoes anyone remember where it appears? What is it and what is its purpose?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThat is Gendo Ikari's hand with the first angel\n[Adam](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Adam) implanted on it. From the linked\narticle:\n\n> Adam is a crucial element in Gendo's own scenario for Third Impact, wherein\n> he intends to use the \"forbidden fusion of Adam and Lilith\" as a means to\n> achieve reunion with Yui. At an undisclosed point, Gendo has Adam fused into\n> his right palm, and, in the moments before Third Impact, he inserts his hand\n> into Rei. However, rather than carry out his wishes, Rei severs and absorbs\n> Gendo's arm — fusing with Adam, but rejecting Gendo. The \"forbidden fusion\"\n> is complete when Rei returns to Lilith.\n\nThe screenshot is from episode 24.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI want to watch the anime, but first I need to read the light novel. Thus, I\nwanted to know how much the anime adapted the light novel and whether or not\nthe anime skipped any content?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nFrom what I remember the anime went to part way through volume 10, maybe even\nless. In terms of the adaption, from Volume 1 (only one I've read so far) it\nadapted about 80% of the content.\n\n> Think he's died a few more times in the LN.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey skipped a particular loop in the anime when Subaru went to the mansion to\nwarn about the incoming witch cultist attack.\n\nIn this loop,\n\n> Subaru tries to convince the mansion residence to evacuate. When he tried to\n> convince Beatrice to move out, he failed and learned a slight clue about who\n> Beatrice really is. Then he was killed by the witch cultist later on and\n> restart again.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThey haven't really skipped anything. As of October 19, they've adapted up to\nthe start of the 13th Light Novel.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAt first, neither Sailor Moon nor Sailor Chibi Moon have headwing.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDKCX.jpg)\n\nWhen Sailor Moon first uses the Holy Grail to do the Super transformation,\nboth of them receive headwings, or whatever these thingies are called:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MJnO6.gif)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8mLmh.gif)\n\nWhen the Super transformation ends, Sailor Moon loses her headwing. She gets\nthem back each time she uses the Holy Grail or Pegasus' power to Super\ntransform. But for some reason Sailor Chibi Moon can keep them indefinitely,\neven in her normal transformation.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/w5RFI.png)\n\nWhat are these headwings, do they have any power? Why can Sailor Chibi Moon\nkeep them in her non-Super transform? Does this mean that her normal transform\nbecomes a partial Super transform, and thus is enhanced with some powers?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMaybe the animators just screwed up and were too lazy to add another accessory\nto the head of chibi moon ... although you also could say it is a way to show\nthe difference within their existence (between both moons that is)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nLove the term \"headwings\". I always thought they were feathers. Generally, as\nthe Sailor Soldiers power up transformation-wise, their outfits gain more\ndecorative bits. I don't think the hair feathers actually added any powers -\nunlike Sailor Moon's red bun decorations, which amplified her screaming to a\nweaponized level.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAngels and swans and feathered mythology abound in anime as a symbol of\ntransformation, like the ugly duckling turning into a swan. Here, it\nsymbolises an overzealous little dork of a character who, after transforming\ninto Sailor Moon, becomes graceful and elegant.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn the original Majikoi, only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha was shown. The other\nmembers of the Kuki family wasn't shown. In Majikoi S, the rest of the family\nwas shown. Interestingly it is not only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha that has the\nX scar on their forehead.\n\nMy question is, how come that everyone, including the elderly Kuki Marple,\nKuki Abone, and the young Kuki Monshiro has that scar too?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Majikoi S, Kuki Moshiro's route, it was explained that the scar was carved\non the Kuki family member forehead when they were baby. Monshiro was an\nexception in that hers was carved after she was a little bit older. From the\nway she said it, this is a family tradition of the Kuki family.\n\n",
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