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[ { "body": "\n\nThe following is my interpretation of the end of the series. It does not\nnecessarily reflect the original author's opinion.\n\n**Unmarked Spoilers Below**\n\nThe point of Ed's sacrifice at the end of the series is that he finally\nunderstood the truth about alchemy, and, more specifically, the Law of\nEquivalent Exchange.\n\nIn the intro, Alphonse says:\n\n> To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first\n> law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the\n> world's one, and only truth.\n\nAt the start of the series, Ed and Al believe wholeheartedly that almost\neverything can be solved with alchemy. That's why they attempted human\ntransmutation to begin with - they see everything as an alchemical equation.\nThey felt that there must be some way to bring back their mother using\nalchemy, and that there must be some way to restore their original bodies as\nwell.\n\nHowever, as the series progresses, the brothers begin to discover holes in\nthis seemingly ironclad (fullmetal?) law of alchemy. They discover that Izumi\nCurtis had also attempted human transmutation, trying and failing to revive\nher infant child. Following this, when Edward spends some time in Resembool\nafter visiting the ruins of Xerxes, Hohenheim suggests that the creature they\ntransmuted back at the beginning of the series was not even their mother. Upon\nexamining the remains, he and Pinako confirm that this is indeed the case.\nKnowing this, Edward comes to the conclusion that **bringing someone back from\nthe dead is impossible,** which he tells Izumi in Episode 20.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mTqR9m.png)\n\nThis revalation is significant. If there are some things that are impossible\nwith alchemy, like bringing someone back from death, it implies that there may\nbe some things that do not have a set alchemical value. This throws a wrench\ninto the law of Equivalent Exchange, since **if not everything can be\nquantified by alchemy, Equivalent Exchange cannot be the only truth of the\nworld.**\n\nWhat this other truth is, though, eludes everyone up until the climax of the\nseries, when Edward performs his final transmutation. He realizes how he can\nget his brother back **and** keep his body. As he does this, Hohenheim seems\nto figure it out, too.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/csJyT.png)\n\nAt this point, Edward faces Truth, and offers him his own personal gate of\ntruth in exchange for Alphonse's body. They exchange the following dialogue\n(English sub of Japanese dub):\n\n> Truth: You would lower yourself to become just a normal person, unable to\n> use alchemy?\n>\n> Edward: \"Lower myself,\" nothing. I've been just a person from the start. An\n> insignificant human who couldn't save a little girl who had been made into a\n> Chimera.\n>\n> Truth: You're sure you'll be okay without it?\n>\n> Edward (thinking of his friends and family): Even without alchemy, I still\n> have them.\n>\n> Truth: That is the right answer, alchemist. You have beaten me. Take it with\n> you. All of it! The back door is over there, Edward Elric.\n\nEdward has realized something critical, something that circumvents even\nEquivalent Exchange. What gives him value is not his ability to do alchemy,\nbut his loved ones. In Ed's eyes, **he does not exchange anything of value,\nyet gains \"everything\" (his brother, his friends, and his family).** He has\nnot been lowered or decreased at all by losing his gate (\"I've just been a\nperson from the start\"), but has instead increased.\n\nAlphonse expands on this principle when he meets with the Hughes family in the\nepilogue:\n\n> Alphonse: We were afforded a lot of happiness, a lot of happiness, in a lot\n> of places by a lot of people...including Mr. Hughes. And so, now, we feel\n> it's out turn to return the favor.\n>\n> Gracia: Is that equivalent exchange, like the alchemists say?\n>\n> Alphonse: No, by taking ten, and giving ten, it all ends up the same. So we\n> take ten, put something of ourselves on top of it, and return 11. It's not\n> much, but it's a new principle we've hit upon. Now we have to go and prove\n> it.\n\nThis \"new principle\" as Alphonse puts it, is that hidden truth beyond\nEquivalent Exchange. It's what Edward did to get Al's body back - he took what\nwas there (his own body), added some of himself (his gate) and was able to\ncome out with more than what he came in with (his body and his brother).\n\nWinry reinforces this idea again right at the end of the last episode:\n\n> Edward: Equivalent exchange! I'll give you half of my life, if you give me\n> half of yours!\n>\n> Winry: Why do alchemists have to be like this? The principle of equivalent\n> exchange is all nonsense, isn't it?\n>\n> Edward: What did you say?\n>\n> Winry: It really is nonsense. Never mind half, I'll give you all of it.\n>\n> Edward (after some banter): You really are amazing! You turn equivalent\n> exchange on its ear so easily!\n\nWinry, by giving Ed \"her whole life\" (or at least 85 percent of it) is once\nagain not decreasing or losing anything, but instead gaining something, just\nas Ed is gaining something by giving her his whole life.\n\nEd drives this point home with his final line:\n\n> Edward: There's no point to lessons that don't bring with them pain. People\n> can't gain anything without sacrificing something, after all. But once\n> you've successfully endured that pain, you gain a heart that is stout enough\n> not to be overcome by anything. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.\n\nWhen you go through a painful lesson, you pay the price in pain, and in turn,\ngain a lesson learned, but you also gain something extra - a heart made\nfullmetal, able to withstand anything.\n\nSo, to answer your question, he beats Truth by realizing that there are things\nalchemy cannot quantify, things with infinite value, and by choosing them over\nalchemy, he has effectively gained everything and lost nothing.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-11T05:36:13.163", "id": "49136", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-11T06:15:18.257", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "41474", "parent_id": "49114", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost probably not.\n\nAs you've mentioned by yourself, it was said that most Ackermans are immune to\neffects of titan powers, such as memory manipulation.\n\nIt is still not clear, what exactly was done with Ackermans, but apparently\ntheir bloodline is so modified, that they can't be considered as Eldians\nanymore. In one of the recent chapters (I'm not sure, 108 or 109), it was\nmentioned, that Survey Corps are not even sure if Mikasa can become titan at\nall, but it wasn't explicitly menioned, is that due to her being Ackerman or\ndue to asian blood mix.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-12T11:40:19.977", "id": "49156", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-12T11:40:19.977", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22203", "parent_id": "49117", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nNo, an Ackerman cannot become a Titan. In the wiki, it was mentioned that\n\n> they are ['one of the few clans that are not Subjects of\n> Ymir'](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Ackerman_family). Yes, they are\n> immune to the effects of titan powers and most importantly, the [titan\n> injection](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_injection) which\n> transforms someone into a mindless titan and which gives them a chance to\n> inherit a titan-shifter power, only works for Subjects of Ymir.\n\nContrary to the previous answer,\n\n> the Ackerman family is still considered an Eldian family, as mentioned\n> [here](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Ackerman_family). They were\n> only persecuted since they opposed the First King. Also, to give the reason\n> that 'their bloodline is so modified' is quite incorrect since in the first\n> place, it is not known how little or how much they were modified due to\n> 'Titan Science,' which was first mentioned by Zeke in **Chapter 93**. What\n> is known is that the modification due to 'Titan Science' gave some members\n> of the family an 'awakened power.' As far as I know, the specifics of how\n> the Ackermans were modified is not yet discussed in the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-04T16:48:13.133", "id": "49506", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-04T16:48:13.133", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49117", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think \"pure\" Ackermans can become titans due to being genetically\nmodified, but since Levi is most likely half Eldian he may have the potential\nto turn into a tiran given Reiner can turn into a titan despite being half\nMarleyan. Mikasa might be a little iffy because her mother was a \"pure\" Asian\nand we know her father was a member of the Ackerman clan but it was unclear as\nto whether or not he was half Eldian as well. So it is possible that Levi and\nMikasa can turn into titans but there may end up being unintended side\neffects.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-12-03T15:56:23.807", "id": "61181", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-03T15:56:23.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57465", "parent_id": "49117", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think we can say for sure that the Ackermans can't transform into\ntitans or become a titan shifter.\n\n**[Spoiler Alert]** In the later chapters of the manga, after Eren came into\ncontact with Zeke, he was able to talk to all Subjects of Ymir about the\nrumbling that he was able to start. Among those that were affected were Mikasa\nand Levi, not to mention, they were also \"transported\" to the place where \"all\npaths are connected\" which only Subjects of Ymir can access. This hints to a\ncertain degree that they're partially Subjects of Ymir.\n\nAs for why they're immune to the Founding Titan's power might be precisely due\nto the Titan Science experiments that were done on them. My theory is that,\nbecause their clan/family was tasked to defend the king, a fail-safe was\ndesign for them to be immune in a case where the Founding Titan's power falls\ninto the wrong hands.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-10T03:21:04.333", "id": "61881", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-10T03:21:04.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58763", "parent_id": "49117", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTakuto was only a \"shinigami in training\" rather than a full shinigami. It is\nnever explicitly said, but I think it is safe to conclude that he was never a\nfull shinigami because he was never dead, but because his near-death condition\nwas caused by an attempt at suicide, he was very near to becoming a true\nshinigami, hence, \"shinigami in training.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-10T23:21:15.050", "id": "49131", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-10T23:21:15.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3734", "parent_id": "49122", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJust to clarify, the Mangekyo sharingan unlocked when Rin died. Thus, Kakashi\n_does_ know that he has the ability to use Mangekyo sharingan the whole time\nthrough the series. Thus, he does know he has the Mangekyo.\n\nRegarding whether he kept it hidden or not is up to the viewer's discretion.\nThere's another thread that was open a few years ago on [When did Kakashi\nfirst use his Mangekyo\nsharingan](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2693/when-does-kakashi-\nfirst-use-his-mangekyou-sharingan), an excellent thread to see what other\npeople think.\n\nPersonally, I'd say he tried to keep it hidden since he still couldn't\nproperly wield it properly, and would be in danger\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-10T19:15:02.963", "id": "49124", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-10T19:15:02.963", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42238", "parent_id": "49123", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNot sure if [the wiki](https://howlscastle.fandom.com/wiki/Witch_of_the_Waste)\nwould help, it already has good information. Regarding your question, strictly\nbased on the web info, 273 years old.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-11T04:11:36.363", "id": "49134", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-25T05:34:58.387", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-25T05:34:58.387", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42238", "parent_id": "49132", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom circumstantial evidence, I would guess that we do not have any systematic\ninformation about character names, insofar as there are a number of\ninconsistencies and as the listings on [the Chinese language Wikipedia\npage](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Fish) for _Banana Fish_ seem\nsomewhat implausible.\n\n * In the section of the manga that follows Yut-Lung's introduction, we see him address Shorter in Chinese. Shorter's name is written as 肖达. This appears to be a Mandarin transcription ( _xiào dá_ ) of Shorter's name. In fact, the Cantonese pronunciation of the characters [肖](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciu3) and [达 (達 in the traditional form)](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daat6) do not produce a plausible transcription for _Shorter_ , and a better transcription for the first syllable can probably be found.\n\nShorter's surname is Wong, which is typically derived from the Cantonese\nreading of 王 or 黃. (Wikipedia also lists 汪, which is significantly less\ncommon.) However, the Chinese Wikipedia lists Shorter's surname as\n[翁](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weng_\\(surname\\)), which does not appear to\nbe read as _Wong_ in any Chinese dialect. [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_FISH#%E8%8F%AF%E5%83%91) only\ngives the katakana for _Shorter Wong_.\n\n * Sing's name is listed as 辛舒霖 on Chinese Wikipedia, 辛 being his surname, but his entry on Japanese Wikipedia only contains katakana. In a conversation with Yut-Long later in the manga, it is revealed that his name means \"devil.\" But 舒 means _comfortable_ and 霖 refers to rain. Moreover, [灵](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9D%88#Chinese) is a much more obvious character choice for the syllable _ling_ , as it means _spirit_.\n\n * _Lee Wang-Lung_ is a mish-mash of Cantonese ( _Lee Wong-Lung_ ) and Mandarin ( _Li Wanglong_ ) pronunciation of the constituent characters. There is a similar problem with _Lee Hua-Lung_ ( _Lee Wah-Lung_ and _Li Hualong_ )\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-12-16T00:24:23.840", "id": "50106", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-16T00:24:23.840", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "49133", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs we find out in Episode 1 of the anime, most people manifest their quirk [by\nage 4](https://youtu.be/MB8Gq2VZZAw?t=29). It would be uncommon for anyone to\nmanifest their quirk after this, and probably unheard of for a quirk to be\nmanifested as late as high school age (15-16 years).\n\nAs a result, when people find out that Midoriya miraculously manifested a\nquirk at this late age, especially one as powerful as his, they are naturally\ninterested as to what circumstances led to this happening. For most people,\nit's nothing specific to Midoriya, it's just the circumstances of his quirk.\nOf course, Bakugo is a lot more obsessed, but that's because of his long\nhistory with Midoriya combined with his superiority complex.\n\n## **Edit**\n\nAs pointed out by @TheGamer007 in the comments, there might actually not be a\nlot of people that know Midoriya was previously quirkless.\n\n> TheGamer007: ...in hindsight, the attention focused on Midoriya could be\n> because normal quirks aren't as self-destructive as his. I recall someone\n> saying during the Sports Festival arc that \"it's like he's just getting used\n> to his quirk\".\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-11T14:57:34.640", "id": "49142", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-11T17:33:29.467", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-11T17:33:29.467", "last_editor_user_id": "41474", "owner_user_id": "41474", "parent_id": "49137", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nWell everyone cares about Midoria's quirk because any naturally developed\nquirk would not cause that much damage to his user so it's possible that\neveryone has their own doubt about his quirk and in the starting episodes when\nBokugo found out that Midoria used his quirk to pass the exam he tells\neveryone that he was quirkless when he was a kid even if they don't believe it\nbut this two reason's are enough to trigger their curiosity.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-18T12:00:17.587", "id": "49735", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-18T12:00:17.587", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43456", "parent_id": "49137", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**This is based on my opinion and my experience with MAL**\n\n* * *\n\n## **Ranking**\n\n**_Mentioning for the sake of context:_** One of the main function of MAL is a\nplatform for anime viewers to come together to share their knowledge, reviews,\nopinions, recommendations etc., and also to keep track of a list of animes\nthat they've watched. The site doesn't do anything by itself, as the rankings\nare community-driven. Thus, lets say for an anime, 4 people ranked it 10, and\n1 ranked it 1, it would come to an average of 8.2 (In mathematical context,\nthis should be a subjective answer as this average doesn't really makes much\nsense, it should be something like an outlier, thus, for this case, using\nmedian would be more accurate to say that most people think this anime is a\nmasterpiece).\n\n**Anime scoring & individuals taste:** Now, as @кяαzєя♦ mentioned, everyone\nhas their own taste in anime. Thus, there will naturally be some people giving\nhigh scores to certain anime, while others giving it average to low scores.\nHowever, this still doesn't really answer the question very clearly. If you\nnotice, why are some of the worst animes out there still greater than a score\nof 5? (The middle point between 1 (worst) and 10 (best))\n\n**Different definition of \"average\" ranked anime:** As an example, personally,\nI'm one of the MAL'ers that will give the LOWEST ranking to (IMO) WORST anime\na 5. The only reason is because (Once again, IMO) I personally feel that to\nme, despite the mathematical context, 7 is the \"average\" ranking, 5 is the\n\"worst\" ranking, and \"10\" is the best ranking. The main reason is because when\nI watch something, and I think \"Meh, it's alright\", giving it a 5 makes me\nfeel very uncomfortable, like it still has so much more ways to go (6 -> 7 ->\n8 -> 9 -> 10). Thus, I re-scaled my own ranking for this, and adjusted it\naccordingly to my preference.\n\n* * *\n\n## Anime names and its inconsistency to its content/plot\n\nHonestly, I think the example you gave is actually intended by the original\nauthor/producer (I have not done research in this. However, just taking a look\nin the reviews of that anime, I interpreted it as it is a titled _made_ to be\nmisleading intentionally).\n\nThus, at least for the example you provided, it shouldn't be MAL's fault.\n\n* * *\n\n## Conclusion\n\nIMO, MAL does a good job at what it is, a platform for anime viewers to\ninteract and manage their list. However, if you're going to take\nrecommendations, I still think MAL is a good source, because as a community,\nmost (but not all) the recommendations are still pretty good. However, knowing\nthat everyone has different taste in anime, every recommendation/review should\nbe taken with a grain of salt.\n\n_(Though, of course, you should just watch what you like. MAL just helps you\nby providing the potential titles you may like)_\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-12T02:46:25.503", "id": "49148", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-12T02:46:25.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42238", "parent_id": "49147", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n## Indeed, two or more elements can be mixed and utilized without it being\nclan based.\n\nAccording to the _Naruto_ wiki:\n\n> Wood Release (木遁, Mokuton, Viz: Wood Style) is a nature transformation\n> kekkei genkai, a combination of Earth and Water Release. It was famously\n> used by Hashirama Senju, and in fact is not known to have naturally occurred\n> in anyone else, leading to it being regarded as impossible to use without\n> having his cells.\n\nWood Release is a Kekkei Genkai only **naturally** used by Asura Otsutsuki and\nHashirama Senju. Asura received Wood Release after Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the\nSage of Six Paths, passed his power onto him. Wood Release is also of\nOtsutsuki lineage, another possibility as to why Asura has it. Hashirama most\nlikely has it being his former reincarnate. This power is a mixture of two\nelements not used by any Senju except Hashirama.\n\nThe wiki also states:\n\n> A kekkei genkai (血継限界, literally meaning: Bloodline Limit) is an anomaly of\n> the DNA that allows the wielder to use unique techniques. A kekkei genkai's\n> name describes both the anomaly and the resulting technique.\n\nYou are not wrong on this part. But Kekkei Genkai are shown to not only be\nbloodline abilities. They are also known to be the mixture of two elements,\nnot needing to be passed down. Examples of this are Hashirama, and Haku.\nBoruto may be able to make a new Kekkei Genkai, but as of now, it has not been\nshown.\n\n## Final Answer\n\nYes, it is true that Kekkei Genkai are typically known to be abilities passed\ndown by family, examples being the Hyuuga's Byakugan, The Uchiha's Sharingan,\nand the Chinoike Clan's Ketsuryugan. But Kekkei Genkai are also known as the\nmixture of two elements.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-20T11:56:25.840", "id": "62567", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-20T11:56:25.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59761", "parent_id": "49153", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSand manipulation is not something limited to the Shikaku. Throughout the\nseries we have seen several sand controllers.\n\nOne of the most notable applications of sand manipulation would be Kankurō's\nmanipulation. Where he masks his puppet as another person, in chapter 42.\n\nHowever, the Shikaku does help. Just as how the nine tails allows naruto to\ntap into it's chakra, the shikaku allows something of a similar sort. Which\neffectively allows Gaara to manipulate more sand.\n\nSo to answer your questions\n\n> Is Gaara able to control sand because of his mother or shukaku\n\nNo, as several others have also shown control of sand.\n\n> friend of mine told me that the sand is Gaara's mothers will and that's why\n> he carries it around cause the sand is special\n\nThis is correct. Upon dieing his mother imbued the sand which Gaara carries\nalong in the gourd with her will. This sand will protect Gaara regardless of\nhis will, a technique also known as [sand\nshield](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_of_Sand)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-12T09:41:45.940", "id": "49155", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-12T09:41:45.940", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "49154", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell they are technically dolls and they have an artificial heart. So maybe\nthey are set to behave like normal humans but since they are dolls, they\ncannot sweat or excrete. I think the artificial heart (or the source of their\npower and the reason they can move {I forgot what it was called -_-}) destroys\nor burns the food they eat.\n\n[This is just my theory]\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-26T22:02:06.217", "id": "49378", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-26T22:02:06.217", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43112", "parent_id": "49161", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nOne thing before I answer the question: wood style is not the Senju clan's\nbloodline. In order for it to be a clan's bloodline, multiple people in the\nsaid clan would have to be able to use it. I believe that Hashirama was able\nto use wood style due to being the reincarnation of Asura. Asura is an\nOtsutsuki and as we found out, the Otsutsuki clan can use Wood style.\n\nAs for how Moegi can use it, I believe that she is capable of using the yin-\nyang release and combining it together with her water style and earth style,\nthus creating wood style. Think about it: Hagoromo was able to _create_ life\nby utilizing the yin-yang release. Also, yin release creates form from nothing\nwhile yang release creates life, combine those two and you have a living\nlifeform.\n\nGenjutsu uses yin release, Outer Path's ability uses yang release, Creation of\nAll Things utilizes yin-yang release, using both imaginations to make the\nTailed-Beasts bodies while at the same time giving life to forms without any.\n670 page 17, 449 page 1-3.\n\nThis is just my theory.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-07T18:22:52.817", "id": "55504", "last_activity_date": "2021-11-18T17:19:59.740", "last_edit_date": "2021-11-18T17:19:59.740", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "49165", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't know who said this, but she figured it out by using Yin–Yang Release,\nbut that's not just some common style of jutsu that anyone can learn out of\nthe blue. Not to mention if it were that so simple, the 3rd Hokage or even\nOrochimaru would have perfected and recreated the jutsu easily.\n\nThe 3rd ―during a time that probably took place after The Second Great Ninja\nWar and allowed experiments before canceling out of fear― wouldn't have needed\nto use such risky experiments hoping the 1st cells would bond with host in\norder to use it. He was known as the professor and knew every jutsu within the\nHidden Leaf, and that includes secret hidden jutsu passed down in clans like\nthe Shadow Possession jutsu, the Human Expansion jutsu, and even the Mind\ntransfer jutsu.\n\nSo, Yin–Yang Release wouldn't have been a problem for him to use and combine\nthose two elemental changes in chakra with Yin–Yang Release to make the wood\nstyle, except that's not what created the wood style, and so many wouldn't\nhave died to experiments trying to get it. Orochimaru continued the\nexperiments with Danzo and thought he failed, but Yamato became the only other\none.\n\nNow I am aware Moegi can use it to and I wish we could see it, but it's not\nYin–Yang Release. It just doesn't make sense and Kishimoto would have made\nclear it's needed in order to use it.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-01T16:14:15.500", "id": "66026", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-01T16:38:41.103", "last_edit_date": "2021-12-01T16:38:41.103", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "63497", "parent_id": "49165", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is still no confirmation, nor in my opinion enough information to jump\nto a **definitive** conclusion. However, considering the long running rumors\nand theories, I can think of what the YouTuber meant by a \"strong hint\".\n\n> I've tried to keep the spoilers for the current arc minimal in the following\n> answer, so the actual plot of the arc has not been mentioned. It should be\n> enough to ease your curiosity, but I can reveal more to you if you wish.\n\nThe information revealed in Chapter #202 was about:\n\n> Endeavor's eldest son, Touya. In a flashback from Shouto's perspective, we\n> see Endeavor claim that Touya possessed firepower greater than his, but that\n> he inherited his mother's frail constitution. He goes on to say that Touya\n> was almost perfect, but not enough. And that Shouto would be the one to\n> succeed his ambitions.\n\nAs to why this might be supportive of the theories that Dabi is connected to\nEndeavor:\n\n> We've seen Dabi as being capable of a lot of firepower, both during the\n> Forest Training arc and at the end of the previous arc (Chapter #191). In\n> addition, in the last panel of #191, Dabi remembers a hero named Snatch\n> (whom he supposedly killed). Snatch yells at him about whether he had ever\n> \"stopped to think about how their families feel\", to which Dabi comments\n> \"Haha.. I went crazy thinking about it\". This could be referring to how he\n> felt as part of Endeavor's family.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-13T19:51:34.620", "id": "49173", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-13T19:55:49.350", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-13T19:55:49.350", "last_editor_user_id": "27657", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49169", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n> Chapter #290 of the series finally confirmed what many Dabi fans have\n> thought all along. In front of both Enji and Shoto (Endeavor's younger son),\n> Dabi revealed his true name, Toya Todoroki.\n\n[Todoroki-Dabi theory](https://screenrant.com/my-hero-academia-todoroki-dabi-\ntheory-confirmed-\nchapter-290/#:%7E:text=In%20front%20of%20both%20Enji,a%20shock%20to%20both%20heroes.&text=Knowing%20the%20negative%20impact%20Endeavor,the%20son%20he%20cast%20away.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-12T19:27:17.903", "id": "61615", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-12T19:27:17.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "49169", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it was somewhere between the conversation when Naruto said that he\nwill take all Kurama's hatred and when Kurama heard him say that he doesn't\nregret being Jinchuuriki when he fought Tobi and other Jinchuurikis in the\nforest. Because till then at one point Naruto runs out of the Kuramas chakra\nso at that time he was still taking it from him. So definitely after real\nMadara showed up. I think.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-09T19:11:01.197", "id": "61007", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-09T19:23:32.423", "last_edit_date": "2020-11-09T19:23:32.423", "last_editor_user_id": "57069", "owner_user_id": "57069", "parent_id": "49170", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt seems to be a necessary part of the ritual they are doing but the exact\ndetails of it and how it works are unknown.\n\n> **SCENE: SEELE monoliths** \n> SEELE 09?: \n> EVA-01 has been marked with the stigmata (sacred insignia). \n> All (chanting): \n> To restore the Tree of Life! \n> SEELE 01: \n> Our servants, the Eva series... \n> (Keel appears) Their existence has all been for this one moment. \n> (Eva series move to the positions of the Sephroticum and shine in circles\n> around the cross of EVA-01) \n> [Script](http://nge.otaku.ru/scripts/episode26.htm)\n\nA reason for the stigmata could be that GNR/Lilith also has them later on in\nthe movie through which she absorbs the souls. Since EVA-01 is made from the\nbody of Lilith these could possibly be caused by inflicting them on the EVA. \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0BI9.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-14T16:49:47.033", "id": "49186", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-14T16:49:47.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "49182", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a play on 人生 (jinsei, lit. human life) with スライム生 (suraimusei, lit. slime\nlife).\n\n'Slife' is an accurate portmanteau here. Since it's Slime + Life.\n\nFriends are friends regardless of age. There are more formal words like 友人\n(yujin), but how it's used is circumstantial and highly contextual in nature.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-14T23:51:01.257", "id": "49192", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-14T23:51:01.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "49183", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMikasa's partially Asian because of [her\nmother](https://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Mikasa%27s_mother), who was part\nof the [Azumabito\nfamily](https://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Azumabito_family), the family\nthat's known as the \"Asian clan inside the Walls\". On her father's side she\nbelongs to the [Ackerman\nfamily](https://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Ackerman_family), just like Levi\non his mother's side.\n\nWhile we don't know anything about Levi's father, it's highly unlikely that he\nwould also be a member of the sole Asian family that exists inside the wall.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-14T20:55:09.477", "id": "49189", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T19:14:41.383", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-18T19:14:41.383", "last_editor_user_id": "35452", "owner_user_id": "35452", "parent_id": "49188", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nHe is not. Ackerman and Asians are unrelated. Mikasa is Asian from her\nmother's side and Ackerman from her father.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T01:16:35.317", "id": "49243", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T01:16:35.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2210", "parent_id": "49188", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, this quoted dialog response by Ash is incorrect.\n\nAslan is not even a Hebrew word, it is a Turkish word, and it does not mean\n\"daybreak\" in Hebrew. Daybreak can be \"shachar\" (שחר) as you found, which is a\nvery common name, or \"zricha\" (זריחה) which is the action of the sun arriving,\nand isn't used as a name.\n\nAslan, in Turkish, means a lion, and it is used a lot for names, even in\nHebrew (not very common, but we do have this name as last name), this might be\nthe source of confusion for that author.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-16T06:45:44.887", "id": "49208", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-16T06:45:44.887", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11444", "parent_id": "49206", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the plot, Nico Robin is hinted to be the only person alive that\ncan read Poneglyphs. This is why the World Government declares her to be a\nhigh priority target. [Source from\nWikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Poneglyph#cite_note-2)\n\nThat being said, we've seen two other potential ways for Poneglyphs to be\ndeciphered:\n\n * [The Voice Of All Things](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Voice_of_All_Things) is what Roger used to understand the Poneglyphs and reach Raftel. It is known to be an extremely rare ability, but we have already seen a couple of other characters exhibit it, including Luffy. However, the purpose of this ability isn't to read poneglyphs and even those with it may not be able to use it in the same way.\n\n * The [Three Eyed Tribe](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Three-Eye_Tribe) is supposedly able to decipher Phoneglyphs with their third eye. This is why Big Mom had a daughter, Pudding, with a member of the tribe. However, it isn't clear if she will be able to activate this power, since she is a mixed type. We don't really have information on other members of this race, but considering what the World Government did to Ohara, it is possible the three eyes may no longer be around.\n\nSo the answer to your question is **yes** , based on the information we have\nso far, Robin is the only one who can decipher them. Hence it might be true\nthat only the Strawhats can figure it out in the end. However, other pirates\ncan always use underhanded means to get this information from her.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-16T15:04:49.207", "id": "49211", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-16T15:04:49.207", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49210", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere was no indication (at least in manga) that they do.\n\n[Kakuhou type is determined by its position in\nbody](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/47888/are-there-classes-of-\nkagune-or-they-are-all-differents/47890#47890). And even if ghoul eats flesh\nof another ghoul, it serves only as supply of RC cells. There is no logical\nway it would affect arrangement of kakuhou in ghoul body. Or add new one.\n\nRegarding custom kagune - kagune form doesn't depend on kakuhou, only its core\nproperties do. As mentioned by Eto, form of kagune is limited only by\nimagination of its owner.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-17T07:54:06.450", "id": "49226", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-17T07:54:06.450", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22203", "parent_id": "49217", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRemember that in that fight, AFO (All For One) wanted to take away everything\nAll Might had been trying to protect, one by one, starting with his pride. AFO\nwanted to destroy All Might's image as the Peace symbol, bring fear into the\nhearts of the people and lose their hopes in him to create a breach in the\nsociety.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-17T03:14:11.647", "id": "49222", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-19T03:29:12.293", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-19T03:29:12.293", "last_editor_user_id": "42941", "owner_user_id": "42941", "parent_id": "49219", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not very clear.\n\nThere are many instances in Naruto when the souls come to the rescue-Dan\ncoming to save Tsunade vs Madara,Obito coming back to help Kakashi and so on.\n\nThe only possible explanation of these souls flying about is that they\nprobably get a chance to go back to the real life once and help their friend\nout,or so as it seems.\n\nNow,Kushina only helped Naruto to subdue Kurama(as the comment says).Kushina\nwas not sealed inside of Naruto.If she had been,Kurama would have already\nsensed her presence.She came back from the afterlife to help Naruto.\n\nIf this doesn't even help,then it's probably a translation issue which mixes\nup the real meanings.But Kushina was DEFINITELY NOT sealed inside Naruto.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T07:33:52.433", "id": "49250", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T07:33:52.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39958", "parent_id": "49223", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNothing special happened to Kushina's soul, she died from having Kurama\nextracted from her body and the wounds inflicted during the battle with\nKurama.\n\nMinato used the Death Reaper on himself to seal away the half of Kurama that\nhe had stored in himself. The other half got sealed in Naruto and Minato\ninfused the Eight Trigrams Sealing jutsu with his own and Kushina's chakra.\n\nHere you can find the scene where Kushina tells Naruto that Minato had infused\nher chakra into the seal: <https://youtu.be/D3tJoGr6pp4?t=68>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T17:21:36.097", "id": "49255", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T17:21:36.097", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10931", "parent_id": "49223", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's opinion based, there is not definitive answer to that question.\n\nSakura surely is the best medical ninja in Konaha. It is even stated that she\nsurpassed Shizune making her only second to Tsunade.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uosF3.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x8hei.jpg)\n\n[Interesting post for further readings, from where I got the\nimages](https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/7p9o1o/i_love_how_sakura_became_the_best_medical_ninja/)\n\nAs for kabuto, he is one of the greatest medical ninja that we’ve seen in\nNaruto. He was easily on par with Kakashi in Part 1, and after absorbing a DNA\nfrom various people in part 2, he became a lot stronger. He possessed amazing\nhealing abilities, for which Orochimaru chose him as his student. Furthermore,\nKabuto possessed the healing abilities of the great white snake, and also\nKarin, along with his own medical skills.\n\nBut if I had to say who's the best between both of them I would have to say\nKabuto, he seems really talented and even Tsunade was surprised at how skilled\nhe was and even said that Kabuto's \"skill\" (sharpness and jutsu sense) surpass\nthose of hers at her prime. Sakura has shown alot of progress, but I can't\nreally call her the best since we can't tell how much stronger she will get.\nAs of right now my choice is Kabuto.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-17T10:10:37.933", "id": "49227", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-17T10:10:37.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20346", "parent_id": "49224", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe summoned animals live for a long period of time with respect to the human\nworld, but that amount of lifespan is usual in their world (like toads in\n[Mount Myoboku](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_My%C5%8Dboku)).\n\n> Mount Myōboku has records of its population in a list, and the name of a\n> Mount Myōboku toad stays there until it dies.[7]\n\nI found the above in the wiki page of Mount Myoboku. So its safe to assume\nthat toads do die and are not immortal. They just live very long.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T04:47:38.667", "id": "49248", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T12:48:13.127", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-18T12:48:13.127", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "24320", "parent_id": "49225", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[EVA Unit 01](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-01) contains the soul\nof Yui Ikari, who disappeared during a contact experiment: in ep. 20, after\nShinji achieves a high synchronisation rate and is absorbed into LCL in the\nEVA Unit, he comes into contact with his mother, and Gendo also makes a\nstatement during one of these refusals that indicates a connection with Yui.\nThus Unit 01's refusal to work with anyone or anything other than Shinji is\nlinked to Yui's mother-child relationship with Shinji (a relationship she has\nwith neither Rei nor an empty dummy plug) and Yui's own preferences.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-17T15:08:07.603", "id": "49234", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-17T15:08:07.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "49231", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSeele has knowledge of when the Angels will appear based on the [Dead Sea\nScrolls](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls). (That they have\nknowledge of the order of Angels from the Scrolls is indicated in [an ep. 23\nconversation](https://wiki.evageeks.org/FGC:Episode_23_Cut_198). In an earlier\nepisode, there is also an indication that Seele is expecting an Angel to\nappear at a certain time; I do not have access to the anime right now and\ncannot find the exact reference.) With this in mind, it is not surprising that\nthe Dead Sea Scrolls also probably contain [the names of the\nAngels](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Angels#List_of_Angels).\n\nIt is unlikely that Seele was only provided with knowledge of the order of\nAngels and not their names. Note that Kaworu speaks of the descendants of\nLilith in one of his conversations with Shinji. Lilith is the name of one of\nthe first Angels, and as Kaworu is an Angel, his usage of the name indicates\nthat it probably is not just a name that Seele assigned, but rather, a real\none.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-17T14:31:15.083", "id": "49233", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-17T14:43:43.690", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-17T14:43:43.690", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "49232", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Earth Release: Earth\nSpear](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release%3A_Earth_Spear) (Doton:\nDomu) which was used by Kakuzu could be seen as an earth variant.\n\n> The user flows earth-natured chakra through all or parts of their body,\n> causing it to become noticeably darker, all while increasing their defensive\n> power to become as hard as diamond. As such, this allows the user to easily\n> be able to withstand most attacks with little to no damage, with the\n> exception of Lightning Release ninjutsu. Furthermore, the destructive power\n> of physical attacks is increased, making this a great all-purpose technique.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T18:13:05.117", "id": "49256", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T18:13:05.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "49244", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Attack On Titan season 3, episode 8. Eren uses the titan hardening ability\nto protect his comrades in the underground of the Reis Chapel.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mJJ7u.jpg)\n\nHe isn't sealing a rock thou\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T03:26:13.090", "id": "49247", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T03:26:13.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "49246", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe episode you where referring to, is episode 13 of Season 3 Part 2.Titled,\nThe town where everything began.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-30T21:42:16.840", "id": "55731", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-30T21:42:16.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50436", "parent_id": "49246", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nGemini makes exact copies, even the celestial spirits couldnt tell the\ndifference and they are bound by a magic contract. It makes sense that a\nperfect body copy would smell the same too. It does specifically say its an\nexact duplicate.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-08-29T11:19:58.887", "id": "54131", "last_activity_date": "2019-08-29T11:19:58.887", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48741", "parent_id": "49249", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Did _Steins;Gate 0_ really end?\n\nYes. The episode list ends with episode 23, which was broadcasted earliest on\nSep 27, 2018.\n\n> The Okabe in _Steins;Gate 0_ wasn't shown to reunite with Kurisu.\n\n[Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEINS;GATE_\\(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1\\)#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81)\nstated that since the game's premise is replaying multiple times with multiple\nendings, there are some scenes from the game which are cut, and some anime\noriginal scenes added. However, this might not be the reason why that scene\nwas cut (i.e. speculation at best).\n\n> Are there any OVAs of this?\n\n[Volume 6 of the Blu-ray\nset](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88-%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD-\nVol-6-Blu-ray-%E5%AE%AE%E9%87%8E%E7%9C%9F%E5%AE%88/dp/B07BGM2MHX) (which\naccording to Amazon will be released on Dec 21, 2018, but possibly earlier\nsomewhere else) contains 1 bonus unaired episode.\n\n> 【収録内容】 \n> 第21話~第23話+未放送1話\n\nHowever, it's too early to know what is the content (there's no detail on\nthat).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-18T14:10:31.890", "id": "49253", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-18T16:26:10.737", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-18T16:26:10.737", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "49251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSteins; Gate 0 ended just like how Calvin and Hobbes did, at it's prime.\n\nIf they probably made another episode, reuniting the two, many fans might or\nmight not like it, which makes it simpler to have a semi-cliffhanger.\n\nHope this answers your question\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-07T10:47:57.173", "id": "53170", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-07T10:47:57.173", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47566", "parent_id": "49251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA proper answer doesn't seem to have been given in the series (even in the\nManga), so the following is speculation based on what we know.\n\nEdolas was the parallel universe where people could not use magic directly,\nbut magic **still existed** in the form of Lacrimas. While Mystogan reversing\nthe Anima at the end of that arc rendered it completely devoid of magic, it\ncould be that the environment earlier did have enough Ethernano to not trigger\nthe disease.\n\nThere are a couple of points in favor of this. First, Exceeds could stay there\nsafely, despite having magic in their bodies. Secondly, the Fairy Tail mages\nfrom Earth Land could use their powers on taking the red 'X-Balls' from\nMystogan. While we don't know much about them, it's much more likely that the\npills allowed them to absorb Ethernano from the Edolas environment, than\nhaving enough Ethernano inside them to power all their magic use for the\nentire arc.\n\nIf the description of Face's effects is taken to be accurate, Edolas should\ncurrently be inhabitable for mages, much like Fiore would become if they are\nsuccessfully activated.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T07:53:26.733", "id": "49286", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T07:53:26.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nChapter 73 and it’s easier to find because some of the chapter names are\nsimilar to the episode names.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-19T18:08:37.670", "id": "49270", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-19T18:08:37.670", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42993", "parent_id": "49257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFor the second part of Season 3 its Chapter 90\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-13T20:04:30.313", "id": "53608", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-13T20:04:30.313", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48083", "parent_id": "49257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, Gundam in particular is designed to sell the Gundam model kits. Unlike\nAmerican TV where ratings and selling advertising is the focus, anime\ngenerally makes money from selling Blu-rays or toys (or the original\nmanga/light novel). So Gundam anime exists solely so they can push new model\nkits.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-19T11:58:47.667", "id": "49267", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-19T11:58:47.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39934", "parent_id": "49258", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo; there's two things going on here, and one is a well-known thing if you've\never been a parent or near a young child.\n\nThe first thing that's going on is that Himawari was able to subconsiously\nactivate the Byakugan out of anger. This is not contested at all; she's seen\nwith tears in her eyes as it activates due to her favorite stuffed animal\nbeing torn up.\n\nThe second thing is that, well...little children do not know how to control\nwhat strength they have, which can result in both surprise and significant\npain at the point of attack. This could be innocuous like a quick slap to the\nface; this could be worse like being kicked in the bread basket or lower.\n\nThe main thing at play here is that the fact that Himawari is so young and\nthat Tenketsu is such a potent taijutsu that it caught both Naruto and Kurama\nso thoroughly off-guard it knocked them out.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T01:45:21.427", "id": "49283", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T01:45:21.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "49260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSo, after reading the manga extensively and going into detail about the meta\nof the episodes close to the end of anime, I think I finally pieced together\nthe reason why EVA Unit 01 was grounded by SEELE, and how EVA Unit 01\ninterfered with SEELE's plan.\n\nIn the manga, EVA Unit 01 was grounded by SEELE as a form of \"insurance\" for\nexecuting their version of Third Impact, only to be used in case Gendo Ikari\nexecuted his version of Third Impact. EVA Unit 01 was grounded based on the\nfear that Lillith might become compromised should Gendo go ahead with his\nversion of Third Impact.\n\nThis also explains why EVA Unit 01 is the _only_ Evangelion Unit to made from\nLillith as opposed to being made from cloning Adam.\n\nI think that EVA Unit 01's awakening phase was not accounted for correctly by\nSEELE in their master plan, and therefore was grounded to readjust and\nincorporate an awakened Unit 01 into executing Third Impact. I also think that\nSEELE was afraid that both EVA Unit 01 _and_ Lillith may be compromised, and\nthus tried to control what they could from the shadows as best they could,\nwhilst still ensuring Third Impact (i.e. grounding EVA Unit 01)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-11T19:34:04.030", "id": "50388", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-03T06:50:46.417", "last_edit_date": "2019-09-03T06:50:46.417", "last_editor_user_id": "42786", "owner_user_id": "42786", "parent_id": "49265", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, it's not possible, maybe it's too late for the answer but anyway; the only\nones teachable are the 5 basic elements (if the individual is compatible with\nthem) and some Kekkai Genkais that are transmittable like sharingan etc. So\nthe point is if the individual does not have in his blood you can't teach him\nhow to use it or activate it, for your question, if someone does not have that\nKekkai Touta you cannot teach him those jutsus. it's exactly the same with\nKakashi, even though he could use up to 4 chakra natures but he couldn't copy\nany technique that's based on Kekkai Genkai or Kekkai Touta simply because he\ndoesn't have that Kekkai Genkai ou Kekkai Touta. So mastering the 5 elements\ndoesn't give the ability to use Kekkai Genkai or Kekkai Touta.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-12T22:23:59.120", "id": "51144", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-12T22:23:59.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44984", "parent_id": "49271", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nKekkei Tota is like a natural selection, not being possible the teaching, or\ndescent by bloodline, unlike Kekkei Genkai.\n\nFonts: <https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Kekkei_T%C5%8Dta>\n<https://duniaku.idntimes.com/anime-manga/naruto-boruto/dimas-ramadhan-2/ini-\nperbedaan-kekkei-genkai-kekkei-tota-dan-kekkei-mora-di-naruto>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-05T18:30:49.917", "id": "59285", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-05T18:30:49.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55634", "parent_id": "49271", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think the song what are you looking for is this one:\n\n[[進撃vn-pf20130524巨人] [Forest of Giant Trees] OLD [Attack on Titan Original\nSoundtrack II]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2-RP0_EYik)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T08:04:02.180", "id": "49287", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T08:04:02.180", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41609", "parent_id": "49275", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMy guess is because of people like Zeref.\n\nIt's the last line of defense. If all else fails, they had enough Faces to\nmake sure the eradication of magic would be complete. Of course, that plan\nfailed too.\n\nThat would be my thought process: if magic couldn't stop magic, eradicate it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-19T22:58:36.080", "id": "49278", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T04:40:27.997", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-20T04:40:27.997", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42964", "parent_id": "49276", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFaces are made as military defense weapons to protect the Fiore Kingdom. \nSuch weapons can shock foreign intruders so that they dare not start a war. \nThis will be detailed explained in later chapters.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-01T09:08:50.537", "id": "49451", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-01T09:08:50.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43205", "parent_id": "49276", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNaruto _himself_ doesn't have much more than the average amount of chakra. The\nonly reason he is seen as having more is because he's using Kurama's chakra\nfor the entirety of the series.\n\nBourto by extension does not have a Tailed Beast inside of him, so he would\nnot have nearly as much chakra as his father.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T01:40:25.210", "id": "49281", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T01:40:25.210", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "49277", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nSo...Naruto have Hagoromo's chakra and Hinata have Hamura's chakra... So I\nthink that's the reason about future control of Jougan from Boruto. So, I\nthink that Boruto have more than average amount of chakra, because the\nparents.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-12-24T20:29:56.903", "id": "50190", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-24T20:29:56.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44036", "parent_id": "49277", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nRemember the Episode 1 of Naruto? Boruto is around the same age as him at that\ntime,\n\nBoruto can make few clones, YES. but Naruto at that time can't even make a\nsingle clone (he made a single boneless clone),\n\nThat's the reason he's the only one who didn't graduate at that time. But the\nstory twisted when he stole the `Scroll` which contains forbidden jutsu/s\n\nand he only got one (I think) and it is called `Tajuu Kagebunshin` (Multiple\nShadow Clone) which is forbidden because it requires massive chakra (which is\nhe is qualified), normal person who uses this will be in great danger.\n\nNow the only difference is, Boruto is way more better than Naruto in his age.\nIf Boruto learns to use Multiple Shadow Clone jutsu, I Believe he would do\nmore clones than his Father.\n\nAlso: Naruto's weakness (making shadow clone) becomes his most used technique\nand it becomes normal for him to use Multiple Shadow Clone as he age.\n\nAnswer: yes he inherit Uzumaki's Life force & Chakras\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-06T00:33:24.023", "id": "56946", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-06T00:33:24.023", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51886", "parent_id": "49277", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that boruto doesn't have as much chakra as naruto. People think that\nboruto has the same amount of chakra as naruto because naruto was not even\nable to make a perfect clone at the beginning of the series. Buth the thing is\nthat naruto has so much chakra that it becomes extremely hard for him to\ncontrol his chakra correctly, plus the fact that seal used for the nine tails\nalso affects his performance. The shadow clone jutsu and the multiple shadow\nclone jutsus were easier for him to be applied because those techniques\nrequired a lot of chakra compared to a simple clone. On the other hand, Boruto\nalways had a great chakra control, and not as much chakra as his father, so it\nwas easier for him to make normal clones. Now the real difference between\nnaruto and boruto doing shadow clones is that naruto has so much chakra that\neven without wanting to, he releases a pretty high amount of shadow clones,\nwhile boruto has to concentrate a lot to get a high amount of clones, since he\nhas not inherited the chakra of his father.\n\nAlso, I personally think that naruto became one of the ninjas with the best\nchakra control. Considering that he fought for 3 days straight during the 4th\nninja war (Including 1 complete day were sasuke was doing whatever he was\ndoing) using advanced techniques that cost a lot of chakra, such as:shadow\nclone jutsu, rasengans here and there, and thats pretty much it considering\nthat he only knows a few teqhniques. I will not include the rasenshuriken or\nthe bijuu dama since they are created via nine tails chakra or the sage mode\nnatural energy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-04T02:42:35.240", "id": "59490", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-04T02:42:35.240", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56078", "parent_id": "49277", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOne piece is a very long and interestingly annoying anime. I label it\n\"interestingly annoying\" because of the speed of the entire series. Unlike\nmost other animes, One piece is very slow paced and a fight could usually take\nway too many episodes. If you aren't into really long and awesome animes then\nOne piece Isn't for you. I say this because the anime is currently on 855\nepisodes but yet it hasn't reached half of its enitre story.\n\n* * *\n\nNow that I've got that out of the way, I'll briefly summarise the show from my\nperspective. The One piece anime revolves around Luffy, a boy who sets out to\nbecome the King of Pirates. However, before he can reach his goal, he would\nhave to assemble a very good pirate crew and then navigate his way to Raftel.\n\nIn order to get to Raftel, Luffy and his crew would need to find the map to\nRaftel, the problem thou is that the map can only be gotten from combinning\nPoneglyphs (ancient texts left by an ancient civilization).\n\nAlso, the World Government (a political organization made of majority of the\nworld) rules pirates as threats to the world and so Pirates are kinda illegal.\nThe World Government uses the Marines by placing bounties on Pirates that\nprove themselves to be notorious. This makes it very difficult for Pirates to\nsail around freely. And so luffy must constantly fend off the Marines that try\nto capture him and his friends, while facing the difficulties of pirate\nrivalry.\n\nAnd finally, the best part. Devil fruits. These mystical fruits give whomever\neats them special abilities which vary from (1) being able to control\nelemental forces of nature like water, wind lightning and all those good stuff\n(Logia types) to (2) becoming an ancient or mythical creature (Mythical zoan\ntype) to (3) having abilities other than the first and second. AKA paramecia\ntype. However, whomever eats such fruits looses the ability to swim.\n\nI hope this helps but then pls bear in mind, the One piece anime is way too\nbroad to completely compress into a definitive short summary.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T03:11:21.517", "id": "49284", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T03:11:21.517", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "49282", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Anime Scientist gives a good overview of the series' major points, but for\na bit more depth, I though I'd break it down into the major 'arcs' (caution:\nsignificant spoilers ahead for anyone who isn't up to date). This also won't\nbe short, because, well... One Piece is complicated :P\n\nDisclaimer: For the hardcore fans - yes, I know there's heaps of stuff\nmissing. I've tried to break the series down into the least amount of\ninformation so that it still flows and makes some kind of sense. For the\npeople who are new to One Piece - there's also no way to convey the gravity of\nsome of the really emotional moments, so if the first few spoiler blocks\ntickle your fancy, stop reading and go and enjoy the series. Then come back\nand tell me how much I forgot to include here :P\n\n**Pre-Grand Line**\n\n> We meet Luffy, the main character of the series, who has set out to become\n> the Pirate King, inspired by another pirate named Shanks (commonly referred\n> to as 'Red-Haired' Shanks). He first meets Zoro, who has the goal of\n> becoming the world's strongest swordsman (a title currently held by a man\n> name Dracule Mihawk) and Zoro joins Luffy after he is rescued from the\n> Marines (effectively the \"police\" of the One Piece world). We then meet\n> Usopp (a notorious liar with exceptional sniping abilities), Sanji (who\n> wants to find a mythical ocean called 'All Blue' where all the fish in the\n> world can be found - he's also an exceptional chef) and Nami (who wants to\n> draw a complete map of the world - her nautical navigation skills are\n> second-to-none). With a crew of five, they head towards 'Reverse Mountain',\n> which acts as the entry point to the Grand Line (a sea which is basically\n> the equator of the world, but bordered by an area known as the 'Calm Belt'\n> which is essentially impassable to sailing ships.\n\n**Twin Capes/Whiskey Peak**\n\n> After coming down reverse mountain, we meet Crocus, who is currently looking\n> after a whale named Laboon, whose crew left him behind and then died. We\n> also meet Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9, members of an organisation called\n> 'Baroque Works', who are trying to kill Laboon for food. After chasing them\n> off, we arrive at Whiskey Peak, which is a front for Baroque Works to trap\n> naive pirates, although Zoro beats up most of them. We discover that Miss\n> Wednesday is actually a princess from the country of Arabasta named Vivi and\n> has infiltrated Baroque Works to try and figure out what they play to do in\n> her country. She joins the crew who promise to escort her back to Arabasta\n\n**Little Garden**\n\n> We next head to a prehistoric island called Little Garden where two giants\n> (Dorry and Brogy) have been fighting for the last 100 years over a fishing\n> contest. We also meet Mr. 3. and Miss Goldenweek, plus Mr. 5 and Miss\n> Valentine (all Baroque Works agents) who try to sabotage the giants' fight\n> but are thwarted by the crew. Nami also falls quite unwell to an insect bite\n> and the crew decides she needs urgent medical treatment\n\n**Drum Island**\n\n> This winter island is ruled by a cruel dictator named Wapol who has banished\n> all but 20 of the country's doctors (who only serve him and a select few\n> citizens who must beg the king). It is also home to Chopper, who ultimately\n> saves Nami from her infection and joins the crew as the doctor. We also meet\n> Dr. Kureha (Chopper's mentor) and Dalton (who becomes the new king of Drum)\n\n**Arabasta**\n\n> We arrive in Vivi's country to discover that there is a serious drought and\n> hasn't been any rain in several years. Vivi reveals that the head of Baroque\n> Works is a pirate named Crocodile who is likely the mastermind behind an\n> attempt to take the throne. Crocodile is also a member of the Seven Warlords\n> of the Sea (called the 'Shichibukai') - seven pirates who have permission\n> from the World Government to basically deter other pirates. Luffy confronts\n> Crocodile, but is initially defeated when he is stabbed through the stomach,\n> although we discover that Crocodile is vulnerable when he gets wet (he has\n> the Sand Devil Fruit, which means most physical attacks don't affect him).\n> We also meet Miss All Sunday, the right hand (wo)man of Crocodile. Luffy\n> recovers and eventually beats Crocodile, the rest of the crew thwart a bomb\n> plot by Baroque Works and we learn about the Poneglyphs, indestructible\n> engraved stones that contain the history of the world from an era known as\n> the 'Void Century', which it is forbidden to study. As they are departing,\n> Miss All Sunday (whose name is really Nico Robin) appears on their ship and\n> joins the crew (Luffy saved her during the final showdown with Crocodile and\n> now she was nowhere to go)\n\n**Sky Island**\n\n> Long story short: There's an island 10km up in the sky. The crew go there,\n> discover a ton of gold, beat Enel (a self-proclaimed god who has the\n> Ligtning Devil Fruit) discover another Poneglyph and learn that Gol D. Roger\n> (the previous Pirate King) had travelled there before and was following the\n> Poneglyphs (although he shouldn't have been able to read them)\n\n**Water 7**\n\n> Oh boy. I'm going to try and bullet point this one, but I'll still probably\n> miss half the major events \n> \\- The crew's ship (The Going Merry) is in bad condition and needs repairs \n> \\- Some workers from Galley La Company assess the ship and determine it\n> can't be fixed (the keel is damaged) \n> \\- Franky (a cyborg who terrorises Water 7) steals the money they got from\n> selling the gold they found on Sky Island \n> \\- Luffy tells the crew the ship needs to be replaced \n> \\- Usopp accuses Luffy of not caring about the ship and fights him, loses\n> the fight and leaves the crew \n> \\- Robin disappears and is then framed for the assassination attempt of\n> Iceburg, the mayor of Water 7 \n> \\- We learn that some of the Galley La workers really belong to a secret\n> division of the World Government known as 'CP-9' who are spies (think\n> CIA/MI-6 etc.) and are trying to locate the plans to a super-weapon known as\n> 'Pluton' \n> \\- Robin (and Franky) are taken by CP-9 to Enies Lobby (a government island\n> which is supposed to act like a courthouse) \n> \\- The crew chase after Robin and Luffy beats up most of Enies Lobby \n> \\- Having been previously beaten by Rob Lucci (strongest member of CP-9),\n> Luffy realises his attacks need to get stronger, so we see 'Gear Second' for\n> the first time. Essentially, he uses his Rubber Devil Fruit to make his\n> heart pump faster and his attacks get way faster and a lot stronger \n> \\- Robin admits that she willingly surrendered to CP-9 to protect the crew,\n> because they wouldn't survive with the World Government as their enemy \n> \\- Luffy tells Usopp (who has re-joined the party disguised as 'Soge King')\n> to shoot and burn the World Government flag (an act of war) and then tells\n> Robin he doesn't care who her enemies are \n> \\- We see Luffy's 'Gear Third' where he inflates parts of his body to the\n> size of a giant \n> \\- The crew beat all of CP-9 and rescue Robin \n> \\- The Going Merry arrives (we don't actually know how) and rescues the\n> crew \n> \\- The crew give Merry a Viking funeral and all of the fans collectively\n> cry over the loss of a ship (yes, the series is that amazing) \n> \\- Franky gifts the crew a new ship called 'Thousand Sunny' which he built\n> after spending the stolen money on supplies \n> \\- Franky joins the crew as the shipwright \n> \\- Usopp apologises to Luffy and rejoins the crew\n\n**Thriller Bark**\n\n> We come across a ghost ship which has a living skeleton on it named Brook.\n> Luffy immediately invites him to join the crew, but we learn that he doesn't\n> have a shadow (it was stolen) and so he can't be in sunlight. It turns out\n> that his shadow was stolen by a Shichibukai named Moria who rules over a\n> massive pirate ship called Thriller Bark. We arrive at Thriller Bark, beat\n> up Moria and recover everyone's shadows. It also turns out that Brook is\n> part of the crew that Laboon (the whale at Twin Peaks that Crocus is looking\n> after) is waiting for and Luffy tells him that he's still alive and waiting\n> for them. After defeating Moria, another Shichibukai named Kuma shows up and\n> threatens to kill Luffy. Using his Devil Fruit, he extracts all of the\n> 'damage' that Luffy suffered during his fight with Moria and Zoro agrees to\n> take it, in return for Luffy being spared, which very nearly kills Zoro.\n\n**Sabaody Archipelago**\n\n> Get the tissue box ready :( \n> We first learn about the Celestial Dragons, who are the 'Nobles' of the\n> world (they have human slaves, wear helmets so they don't have to breathe\n> the same air as the 'lower classes' and can basically get away with any\n> crime they like - you get the idea). Harming one is major taboo which will\n> lead to a Marine Admiral coming after you, so of course, Luffy punches one\n> in the face. They manage to escape and meet Silvers Rayleigh, the right hand\n> man to the previous Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. He reveals a ton of stuff\n> about what happened when he was with Roger (including that they know what\n> happened during the Void Century and what One Piece is) although Robin\n> declines to hear about the Void Century (as Rayleigh puts it - \"it's too\n> soon and there's not much you could do about it as you are now\") and Luffy\n> yells at Usopp for asking what One Piece is (because that would \"be a boring\n> adventure\"). One of the Marine Admirals (Kizaru) appears along with Kuma to\n> apprehend Luffy for punching the Celestial Dragon and it quickly becomes\n> clear that the crew can't win this fight. In the infamous anime episode 405\n> (I can't remember which manga chapter), Kuma uses his Devil Fruit ability to\n> blast all 9 crew members off the island, separating them all over the world.\n> Many tissues are required and the first time you experience this, it feels\n> like your world has just been torn apart.\n\n**Separation**\n\n> With the crew separated, the series mostly follows Luffy for the next few\n> arcs, but we do get occasional updates on the crew. This is out of order\n> with how we learn about them, but it's easier to just put it all in one\n> place \n> \\- Zoro: Is on the island where Mihawk lives, who trains him \n> \\- Nami: Is on a Sky Island called Weatheria, where she learns from the\n> scientists living there \n> \\- Usopp: Is on an island which is really a canivorous plant, he gets\n> stronger by training with the only other inhabitant, Heracles'n \n> \\- Sanji: Is on an island inhabited by only cross-dressers (the Japanese\n> term is 'Okama') \n> \\- Chopper: Is on an island with a primitive tribe and giant birds who are\n> at war with each other, but the primitive tribe has some advanced medical\n> techniques using local plants which Chopper learns about \n> \\- Robin: Arrives on a bridge being built by slaves, but is rescued by the\n> Revolutionary Army (we don't actually know a lot about what she does after\n> that) \n> \\- Franky: Is on an island called Bulgemore, which is where Vegapunk grew\n> up and has his laboratory. He \"accidentally\" blows it up by hitting the\n> self-destruct button, but rebuilds himself and adds extra weapons to his\n> body \n> \\- Brook: Arrives on an island which is being attacked by another tribe,\n> but is kidnapped and becomes a musical superstar known as 'Soul King'\n\n**Amazon Lily**\n\n> Luffy arrives on an island inhabited only by woman (men are forbidden there)\n> which is ruled by another of the Shichibukai, Boa Hancock. After failing to\n> be seduced by her (Luffy is kind of oblivious to women), she ends up falling\n> in love with him and revealing that she and her sisters were previously\n> slaves to the Celestial Dragons. Luffy then learns that his brother, Ace,\n> has been captured and is sentenced to die soon. Hancock, who has previously\n> been ignoring the Navy's summons to attend the execution, agrees to smuggle\n> Luffy into Impel Down, the underwater prison where Ace is currently being\n> held, before heading to Marineford, where the execution will take place.\n\n**Impel Down**\n\n> Hancock manages to get Luffy into the prison undetected and he makes his way\n> down from the first floor (the lower levels house the more dangerous\n> criminals). Along the way we pick up a few familiar faces, including Buggy\n> (who we met at the start of the series), Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 (from Baroque\n> Works), who help Luffy progress further. On level four, Luffy comes face-to-\n> face with the warden of the prison, Magellan, who has the Poison Devil\n> Fruit. Luffy loses the fight with him, is fatally poisoned and thrown in\n> level five to die. Mr. 2 saves him and is then rescued by Ivankov, a member\n> of the Revolutionary Army with the Hormone Devil Fruit who also happens to\n> be the ruler of the island Sanji is currently on. He/she (Ivankov is an\n> Okama, so the pronoun constantly changes) uses the hormones on Luffy, who\n> agonises for several hours, before eventually (and miraculously) recovering\n> from Magellan's poison. The group (including a number of Okama who were\n> hiding with Ivankov) make their way down to level six, only to discover that\n> Ace has already been handed over to the escort ship. Level six also houses\n> Jinbe (a former Shichibukai) and Crocodile (who Luffy beat in Arabasta) who\n> join the party and start heading back to the surface. On the way back up, we\n> run into Blackbeard, the pirate who beat Ace and handed him over the Navy,\n> who is there to try and break out dangerous criminals so that he can add\n> them to his crew\n\n**Marineford (aka \"The Whitebeard War\")**\n\n> Luffy makes it to Marineford, where an all-out war breaks out. On our side\n> are the Whitebeard Pirates (Ace is the Second Divison Commander of the\n> Whitebeard Pirates), Whitebeard's allies and the escapees from Impel Down.\n> On the Navy's side are about 100,000 marines; including the Fleet Commander\n> (Sengoku), all 3 Admirals (Aokiji, Kizaru and Akainu), most of the Vice-\n> Admirals plus 5/7 Shichibukai (Jinbe has defected and Crocodile's\n> replacement, Blackbeard, is currently in Impel Down). We learn that Ace is\n> actually the son of Gol D. Roger and he asked Garp (Luffy's grandfather and\n> a Navy Vice-Admiral) to look after him. Luffy makes it to the execution\n> platform and rescues Ace, but while they are retreating, Ace is killed by\n> Akainu. Just after you've finished bawling your eyes out, Blackbeard arrives\n> with the people he broke out of Impel Down, kills Whitebeard and then\n> manages to steal his Devil Fruit (Blackbeard already has the Darkness Devil\n> Fruit, so this theoretically shouldn't have been possible). Once you return\n> from buying another box of tissues, Luffy and Jinbe (who are both critically\n> injured) are rescued by Trafalgar Law (another pirate) who treats the both\n> of them.\n\n**Sabo**\n\n> We flashback to 10 years earlier, when Luffy and Ace were growing up\n> together. We learn that they both had another brother named Sabo who was the\n> son of nobles (almost Celestial Dragons, but not quite, kind of one class\n> level lower), but rejected that life as he found it morally questionable.\n> Sabo appears to be killed by a Celestial Dragon and Luffy and Ace mourn him\n> and vow to live their life without regrets in honour of him.\n\n**~~3D~~ 2Y**\n\n> After recovering from losing his brother, Luffy is convinced by Rayleigh to\n> not immediately reunite with the crew, but instead spend some time training\n> with him, so that the events aren't repeated. Luffy agrees to this and\n> returns to Marineford, where he is photographed with ~~3D~~ 2Y on his right\n> arm, a message for his scattered crew that instead of the original 3 days\n> (when they were supposed to meet up on Sabaody), it should be two years\n> instead. We end this stage with Luffy beginning his training with Rayleigh\n> and the general consensus among the fan base is that this marks the end of\n> the first half of the series. Yes, you heard that right, we're halfway at\n> this point.\n\n**Sabaody Archipelago (Take 2)**\n\n> Two years later, the crew reunite, beat the crap out of people who were\n> pretending to be them and then head off towards Fishman Island. We get a\n> good indication of how much stronger everyone has become during the two-year\n> training period and it basically demonstrates that they are now ready for\n> the next stage of their journey\n\n**Fishman Island**\n\n> The story and fights are sadly a bit of a joke, but I suppose it\n> demonstrates how ridiculously strong the crew have become. Essentially\n> there's a rogue fishman pirate crew who want to take the throne and they get\n> thwarted by Luffy's crew. Luffy lost a lot of blood during his fight though\n> and noone in the crew has the same blood type as him. The fishmen, while\n> grateful for being saved, refuse to provide their blood (it's sort of taboo,\n> there's a lot of racial tension between humans and fishmen). Jinbe appears\n> (he's a fishman) and offers his blood to save Luffy. As Luffy regains\n> consciousness, he invites Jinbe to join the crew, who accepts, but says he\n> has some things to take care of first. We then learn that the Princess\n> (Shirahoshi) is considered to be one of the three \"super-weapons\" because\n> she can communicate with Sea Kings (basically really big sea creatures). It\n> turns out that Fishman Island was under the protection of Big Mom (one of\n> the four pirate emperors - or 'Yonkou'), but Luffy ate all the chocolate\n> that was tribute to her, so he challenges her to a fight (via Snail Phone)\n> and Fishman Island is now under Luffy's protection\n\n**Punk Hazard**\n\n> After we leave Fishman Island, we enter the next stretch of the Grand Line,\n> referred to as the 'New World', which is ruled by the Yonkou. After picking\n> up a distress message, the crew head towards Punk Hazard to try and locate\n> the people asking for help. The island is half snow and half on fire as it\n> turns out that Aokiji and Akainu (Navy Admirals) fought after the Whitebeard\n> War for who would be the new Fleet Admiral (Aokiji has the Ice Devil Fruit,\n> Akainu has the Magma Devil Fruit) - Aokiji sadly lost. Turns out that Punk\n> Hazard is being used by a mad scientist named Caeser Clown, who is trying to\n> find a way to create giants (he's experimenting on kids). Trafalgar Law re-\n> appears and forms an alliance with Luffy, and together they capture Caesar\n> (he is capable of producing artificial Devil Fruits) as part of the plot to\n> take down Doflamingo (one of the Shichibukai)\n\n**Dressrosa**\n\n> Having captured Caeser, we head to Dressrosa, which is the island that\n> Doflamingo rules over. There are some really tough fights, but we get to see\n> that everyone has gotten significantly stronger and Luffy manages to beat up\n> Doflamingo. While we're there, we also learn that Sabo is still alive and is\n> now a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Army. He also wins a\n> gladiator-style contest for which the prize is Ace's Fire Devil Fruit (they\n> reappear when their user dies, we don't know much about it though) and\n> subsequently eats it, gaining its abilities.\n\n**Zou**\n\n> This island is actually on the top of an elephant, which has been forced to\n> walk the oceans as punishment for something we haven't been told of yet. It\n> was recently ravaged by a member of Kaidou's crew (Kaidou is one of the\n> Yonkou), but Luffy + co earn the trust of the inhabitants (the Mink Tribe)\n> who share some significant information with them. The Log Pose (basically\n> the compass they have been following), does not lead to Raftel, which is\n> where One Piece supposedly is. It does lead to 'something' (we don't know\n> what), but in order to find Raftel, you have to find four special Road\n> Poneglyphs which detail specific locations and then find the center of those\n> four spots. Sanji is kidnapped by Big Mom's crew, as his family has arranged\n> for him to be married to one of Big Mom's daughters. The crew then decide to\n> split up, with half going to Whole Cake Island (Big Mom's territory) and the\n> other half going to Wano (a sumarai island controlled by Kaidou's crew)\n\n**Whole Cake Island**\n\n> Luffy, Nami, Chopper and Brook head to Whole Cake Island to rescue Sanji and\n> steal a copy of the Road Poneglyph that Big Mom has. We learn that Sanji's\n> family are all genetically enhanced to be strong fighters, but Sanji was\n> rejected by his father because he only wanted to be a chef. The wedding is\n> disrupted, Big Mom goes into a massive rampage after the cake is destroyed,\n> Luffy wins one of the most brutal fights of the series so far and Sanji is\n> rescued. However, for the first time, we don't end the arc with the\n> 'villian' being defeated, as Big Mom is (basically) unscathed after the crew\n> escape with help from Jinbe, who has cut his ties with Big Mom in order to\n> join Luffy's crew.\n\n**Wano**\n\n> This is where the series is currently up to and I've only read about 10 or\n> so chapters of it, so I can't really summarise what happens. It's shaping up\n> to be quite interesting, but as thing always are with One Piece, there's no\n> telling what will happen. If you've read this far without getting bored, I\n> highly recommend reading and watching the actual series!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-30T00:05:59.123", "id": "49419", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-30T00:05:59.123", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43145", "parent_id": "49282", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou've answered your own question.\n\nIt's the same as fire/lightning style.You just convert your chakra to\nwater.It's a pretty simple concept,isn't it?There's no summoning involved.It\njust depends on the fighting style you are accustomed to.Some shinobi are good\nat the water style.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T12:16:55.140", "id": "49293", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T12:16:55.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39958", "parent_id": "49289", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the Naruto-verse, chakra can be converted into all forms of nature. That's\nthe logic of the Anime. A user with affinity to any chakra nature can create\nthat element using his/her chakra. Water release is no exception. Ninja's with\nan affinity to water nature type can use their chakra to create water.\nHowever, the amount of water they create depends on how much chakra they have.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-20T21:34:36.803", "id": "49297", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-20T21:34:36.803", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "49289", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis OST comes from **One Piece Movie 5** , its name is : **The Marine\nSwordsman's Battle Cry**\n\nHere is a link : <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkvZQknY6E>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-08-18T09:22:20.480", "id": "54028", "last_activity_date": "2019-08-18T09:22:20.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48320", "parent_id": "49290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLooks like **an original alphabet** , possibly based on [runic\nalphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes). However, it is a complete\nalphabet with known transliteration.\n\n[解読マリィ@happymaryheart\ntweeted](https://twitter.com/happymaryheart/status/1050673652604104705) his\nwork on the complete transliteration of the alphabet.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lOx9I.jpg)\n\nBased on transliteration samples he tweeted, it's basically either:\n\n * [English words](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eD4K0.jpg), or\n * [Romanization of Japanese words](https://i.stack.imgur.com/roqJv.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\nAs for why the credits are shown in three alphabets... **it's actually only\nshown in two alphabets: this runic alphabet and Japanese/English**. The runes\nare shown for the first time, then they shrink before being replaced by the\noriginal words.\n\nAs for why it's done this way... I haven't done any researches for this, but\nI'd speculate on artistic impression, or perhaps it's actually the only\nalphabet in their universe...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-21T03:51:31.307", "id": "49300", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-21T03:51:31.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "49298", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are spoilers ahead for the _Tokyo Ghoul:re_ manga.\n\n**What did Orca notice about Arima in his fight with him?** In **Chapter 65**\n, during their fight,\n\n> Orca noticed something about Arima's eyes. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d1DZu.png)\n> He also notices Arima's _strange timing_ and _uneasy feeling_.\n\nIt was revealed in **Chapter 83** that\n\n> Arima is a [half-human](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Half-human), with a\n> ghoul and a human parent. There are two possible outcome for the child when\n> a ghoul and a human copulate: a half-human or a one-eyed ghoul. Half-humans\n> are indistinguishable from humans (they can eat normal food, unlike ghouls)\n> except they have _improved physical capabilities_ and _shorter lifespans_.\n> Arima, along with many others, were 'failures' raised by the [Sunlit\n> Garden](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Sunlit_Garden).\n\n**What does this have to do with Arima's eye?**\n\n> Since Arima is a half-human, he has a shorter lifespan than a normal human.\n> This also brings about the effects of _accelerated aging_. Arima revealed\n> after his fight with Haise that **he has glaucoma** and that **his eye is\n> close to not being able to see anything**. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vfr1R.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q1fNW.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-30T06:04:36.320", "id": "49911", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-30T06:04:36.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49299", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nSasuke did not awaken his Rinnegan himself.It was given to him by Hagoromo,he\nhad no such \"choice\" of awakening only one Rinnegan.It was Hagoromo's decision\nto give him only one Rinnegan to avoid it's misuse which Madara had done.\n\nComing to Boruto's Jougan,it's just a very rare case of Byakugan that was\ntriggered probably because of Naruto's enormous chakra.He awakened it only in\none eye,not two,the explanation for which is not very clear.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-22T11:44:22.507", "id": "49314", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-22T11:44:22.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39958", "parent_id": "49304", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Pen-Pushing President\n](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PenPushingPresident) seems to be\nthe closest equivalent on TVTropes.\n\n> Who didn't dream of one day becoming President of a country, executive of a\n> big company, or leader of a big organisation? You can give orders, have a\n> pretty life, and have the most important and spotlight-earning jobs! You can\n> be a hero and a model! \n> And now that you have won the election, here is a pen and a stamp: warm up\n> your arm, 'cause from now on you will use them a lot. Apparently, the main\n> activity of people in charge is to spend their days with a desk and giant\n> piles of papers as only company. Of course it is Truth in Television to some\n> extent (notably in law-related responsibilities), but naturally, in fiction\n> it tends to be exaggerated to the point of torture. Expect some secretary to\n> occasionally show up in the office with an additional pile, to the dismay of\n> their boss. Usually Played for Laughs to show a less glamourous side of\n> leadership. May be Played for Drama if the effect is to make the character\n> wish they'd never sought or accepted the job in the first place.\n\nThe linked page has examples for basically every category so it is not anime\nspecific and as the description says it is loosely based on real life.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-22T05:08:18.430", "id": "49312", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-22T05:08:18.430", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "49305", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMy guess is that \"Jack\" is a reference to \"Jack the Ripper\" because in the\nOVA, the main characters are chasing a serial killer. It could also be a\nreference to \"Jack-o'-lantern\" since the serial killer wears a pumpkin mask\nand is referred to as \"Lantern\". \n \nOn the other hand, the only two things I can come up with for Pinto is that\nit's a reference to (spoilers ahead): \n \n1\n\n> The hidden bruises on the elderly patient which look like the spots of a\n> piebald horse. The patient's skin was thus like a \"pinto\" horse.\n\n \n2\n\n> The dual personalities that the nurse had because \"pinto\" could mean the she\n> had spots of white (good) and black (bad).\n\n \nI think theory #1 on the elderly man is more likely to be right than the nurse\ntheory.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-22T01:09:54.143", "id": "49311", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-26T07:13:40.693", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-26T07:13:40.693", "last_editor_user_id": "17846", "owner_user_id": "17846", "parent_id": "49310", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is nothing confirmed as of now, however we can see that the most\napplicable name to give according to online discussions is Brain LinK (BLK)\n\nThe blinking may suggest a weak link or solid colored a firm connection and so\non.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-17T19:18:47.077", "id": "50872", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-18T13:12:26.773", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-18T13:12:26.773", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "44799", "parent_id": "49316", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nYou see it in season 2, episode 12, 16 minutes in. When Kirito is fighting\ndeath gun, Asuna enters his room and the BLK light is blinking blue.\nTherefore, BLK is the Brain LinK in it's activated mode.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-25T00:25:35.103", "id": "68169", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-25T00:25:35.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72841", "parent_id": "49316", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, to explain Rei's actions, we would need to take a deeper look in\nmultiple aspects of the series, but I can try to give two main reasons.\n\n * **She warmed up to Shinji during the run of the main series, while realizing the treatment Gendo gave her wasnt real love (she assumed it was, as she had no real contact with human culture).**\n\nAfter Rei II died in episode 23, it's strongly implied she lost all her\nmemories, but her soul was still the same, thus she subconsciously had\naffections for Shinji and despised Gendo. In episode 24, she is seem casting\nan AT field from her own body, a feat of divine level in the series, which\nimplies she is already finding her true place in the world. And this place\nbring us to the next point:\n\nWhat is the Third Impact and Instrumentality (you said you are puzzled out):\nThe process discussed by SEELE, Gendo and Fuyu strongly imply that triggering\nthird is more than destroying the world.\n\nIt is revealed that Rei is actually the soul of Lilith, goddess from whom\nhumanity came from, just like Kaworu was the soul of Adam, god from whom\nangels came from, and she is the key to start Third Impact.\n\nWhen it happens, the one who triggers it, or is in the core of it all, gets to\nessentially become the god of Earth. SEELE wanted it to cause Instrumentality\n(the merging of all humans into one \"sea of souls\"), Gendo wanted it only to\nsee his wife again.\n\n * **Said position of godhood is strongly implied to be chosen by Lilith-Rei, and given how bad things were with Gendo, and how she had no one else, the only person she could trust giving all that power was Shinji.**\n\nUltimately, it wasn't a great idea, because Shinji was very suicidal and\ncompletely broken at that moment, having lived the death of all his friends\nand metaphysical rejection by Asuka, he wished for death and instrumentality\nupon the world.\n\nAfter a nice chunk of mind-fuck, he seem to regret his actions and tried to\nundo it, so people can leave if they want.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-23T05:24:28.987", "id": "49322", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-23T05:24:28.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43046", "parent_id": "49317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, these are from what I can tell, all servants from Grand/Order.\n\nThe Sakura you're talking about in the first image is actually BB, she's just\nwearing her nurse dress after her [Noble Phantasm\nanimation.](https://youtu.be/V4Etmvrg2pk?t=154)\n\nIn order from left to right, top to bottom, these would be:\n\n * BB\n * Sakata Kintoki \n * Medusa \n * Osakabe-hime\n * Henry Jekyll\n * This one's hard to tell. Could be Okita Alter.\n * Hans\n * James Moriarty\n * El-Melloi II / Zhuge Liang\n\nIn the back it gets a bit harder, but again from left to right:\n\n * Paul Bunyan\n * Yan Qing\n * MHX Alter\n * Stheno / Euryale\n * Shuten-Douji\n * Maybe some incarnation of Gilgamesh\n\nI won't try with the row in front with that image since it's probably\ntougher... but as a bonus, the one with the spiky crown in front of Shuten is\nprobably Ishtar.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-29T04:27:15.183", "id": "49408", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-29T04:27:15.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8266", "parent_id": "49319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's easy: the Raikages use the Lightning Release as a cloak to increase their\nphysical prowess when using Taijutsu or using any movements.\n\nMeanwhile, Sasuke uses a Lightning Release technique like Chidori to attack\nhimself to disintegrate the C0 Bomb that is already inside his body. When\nusing Chidori, Chidori's lightning happens only outside the body, not inside.\nIn order to disintegrate the C0 Bomb, Sasuke must channel his Chidori's\nlightning to all of his body including inside. Even though Sasuke is able to\nuse Lightning Cloak Chakra Mode, it also happens only outside the body, not\ninside. So Sasuke must attack himself with Chidori to channel the lightning\nall over his body.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-29T07:40:34.040", "id": "56285", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-14T17:30:06.960", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-14T17:30:06.960", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "50748", "parent_id": "49320", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBlack Zetsu, during the fight between Itachi and Sasuke, states that the\nsharingan is just like any weapon that a shinobi possesses.\n\nIt's power depends upon how powerful it's weilder is.\n\nSo, yeah it's definitely possible for a Sharingan user to succumb to a\ngenjutsu casted by another Sharingan user. A Sharingan genjutsu casted on\nsomeone having a sharingan can be easily broken by the victim, if he is\npowerful enough to counter it.\n\nIf not, then he'll definitely succumb to it.\n\nThere are numerous examples :\n\n 1. The most common ones coming to my mind involve Itachi's Tsukoyomi, which granted is a Mangekyo Sharingan ability, but it's ultimately a genjutsu.\n\n 2. Itachi used the Tsukuyomi several times on Sasuke, and on Kakashi as well. It's also an exceptional genjutsu though, which can only be countered by a blood related Sharingan user. Even so, Sasuke is not able to counter it, during his fight with Itachi (itachi let him out of it, after assessing his potential).\n\n 3. Reanimated Itachi and Sasuke cast on each other their respective Genjutsu, to break out of Kabuto's genjutsu.\n\n 4. Then there's this ultimate genjutsu, The Kotoamatsukami. Ability of Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, reanimated Itachi has this cast upon himself during the war. This genjutsu is unbreakable by any means, at least as stated in the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-25T10:05:24.123", "id": "49351", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-25T10:05:24.123", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20346", "parent_id": "49332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Sharingan sees chakra as color, and Genjutsu works off chakra, so it\nstands to reason that the built in Genjutsu detection is actually chakra\ndetection. If the Genjutsu caster didn't personally add it, an illusion of a\nperson would to a Sharingan look like a hollow puppet. It would be lacking the\nchakra network all living people must posses to live (recall chakra exhaustion\nresults in death, which is shown twice during Pain's invasion), thus obviously\nbe Genjutsu.\n\nThough, as Islam Elshobokshy says, it does not render you immune to Genjutsu.\nIt only makes it easier to Detect Genjutsu. As Sasuke says in one of the dubs,\n\"My eyes can see through Genjutsu\". In Sasuke vs Itachi, we see both of them\nplay along to each others Genjutsu, but also clearly show they knew it was all\nan illusion in the beginning of the fight. Zetsu commented on how they just\nstood around not moving. The Tsukuyomi however seemed to fool Sasuke, until he\nbroke through it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-25T21:28:47.290", "id": "49359", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-25T21:28:47.290", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20610", "parent_id": "49332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNobody even knew who Indra and Ashura were before Hagoromo told his\nstory.Indra are Ashura are ancient history.Not even Hashirama/Madara knew\nabout them.\n\nYes,Ashura was the creator of Rasengan.In fact,he had already created an\nadvanced version of it-multiple Rasengans.Howeved his jutsu was probably not\npassed down to the next generation,it was forgotten.\n\nMinato re-discovered the Rasengan and essentially,became it's present\ncreator.Rasengan is actually a ball of chakra-you could add a Wind Release to\nit and make it Wind Style and stronger as well.The reason why it's so powerful\nis because it's pure chakra,unlike other jutsus where you have to convert your\nchakra to the desired \"style\",like the Fire ball jutsu.\n\nClearly,Minato has no relations with the Otsutsuki clan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-26T06:53:06.710", "id": "49366", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-26T06:53:06.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39958", "parent_id": "49338", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt depends on what you consider canon. Almost all of the Ashura and Indra and\neven Kaguya backstory stuff was anime only filler. The manga has almost none\nof that. Thus, in the manga, there was no mention of Ashura ever using\nRasengan, or pretty much any specific jutsu for that matter. Indra's eyes\nbarely resembled a sharingan, and Hagoromo was never known to not have the\nRinnegan. So in that regard, Ashura isn't the creator, its just anime only\nfiller. They likely chose things like the Rasengan and Sasuke's Mangekyou and\nput them on the two brothers to try and make it all seem more like destiny or\nsomething, symbolism that things are repeating themselves. Its pretty low\nquality story and a plot hole because Madara doesn't have the same pattern\neven though he was also an Indra trans-migrant. The story wasn't about\ndestiny, but instead about how Naruto used the power he was given to change\nthings, when the world finally was ready for it.\n\nIf you consider anime filler canon, then indeed he is the original creator,\nbut like another answer here points out, he didn't pass it on. Minato most\ndefinitely developed the Rasengan on his own. In that regard, they both are\nthe creators, Minato just rediscovered it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-26T16:08:59.117", "id": "49371", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-26T16:08:59.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20610", "parent_id": "49338", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nYou're already answered it yourself. It's a filler.\n\nAside from that, I don't think that counted as Rasengan, since it wasn't\nreally a perfect compressed sphere, but a round unstable mass of wind release\nchakra. So you could say in this filler, Asura used a proto/pseudo/imperfect\nWind Release: Rasengan. Also, the Rasengan was **explicitly stated** to be\nbased off of the Tailed Beast Ball, which automatically makes it structurally\nand functionally different from whatever Wind Release technique Asura was\nusing in this episode. It looks like a Rasengan, but it's not. Just like\nChidori and Raikiri are similar to whatever technique the 3rd Raikage used.\n\nThere is no relation between Minato and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-28T12:12:25.217", "id": "49394", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-29T16:56:10.287", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-29T16:56:10.287", "last_editor_user_id": "43134", "owner_user_id": "43134", "parent_id": "49338", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nJust like GK A said ashra's chakra wind release is similar to the rasengan\njust like chidori and raikiri are similar to the 3rd raikage thrust of hell\nlighting style jutsu plus it possible that ashra created the rasengan but due\nto the fact that he didn't teach anyone how to do it and no one border to try\ncopy it may be because it was he's jutsu like his thing.\n\nso eventually as time pass by his jutsu was forgotten and minato namikaze\nrediscover it due to inspiration of a tail beast's most powerful jutsu known\nas the tail beast ball but again it's highly possible to say that ashra didn't\ncreate the rasengan but the birth state or form of it just like how the\nrasengan is the birth state or form of the rasen-shuriken and again ashra's\nrasengan like jutsu was a projectile type jutsu while minato rasengan is a\ncontact type jutsu.\n\nso technically they both got there inspiration from the tail beast ball but\nhad different law for human possession like how ashra's rasengan like jutsu\ncopied the projectile feature of the tail beast ball but was a chakra ball\nlike bubble with five rasengan balls rotating in it and how minato's rasengan\ncopied the oneness feature of the tail beast ball but was a contact type jutsu\nnot a projectile like the tail beast ball so clearly due to my idea on who\ncreated the rasengan one can say that ashra did not create the rasengan,\nminato did just like how u can say that minato did not create the rasen-\nshuriken, naruto did.\n\nclearly one can call ashra's rasengan like jutsu the rasen-hado or ashra's\nrasengan like boruto vanishing rasengan a rasengan but a projectile type jutsu\njust like his ashra's kurama mode!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-09T22:18:47.913", "id": "56972", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-09T22:47:57.070", "last_edit_date": "2020-03-09T22:47:57.070", "last_editor_user_id": "52249", "owner_user_id": "52249", "parent_id": "49338", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\n...Ashura created the Rasengan it was never passed down because nobody had the\nskill at the time to recreate it since the concept of chakra was new to the\nworld Indra had his sharigan during his battle with Ashura...I’m pretty sure\nthat story was Canon it explained things in the main story line unlike side\nmissions used for filler\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-04-04T06:15:44.317", "id": "57147", "last_activity_date": "2020-04-04T06:15:44.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52597", "parent_id": "49338", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOn this [reddit\nthread](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/2pb8tq/myanimelist_top_anime_list_evolution_since_2007/),\nyou can see state of top anime list since 2007 until 2016. According to it,\nFMA: Brotherhood was outscored by Gintama at least for some period of time.\n\nThis history thread is not up to date, but at least it answers your question -\nyes, there was another top anime since FMA:B was released.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-26T09:16:25.313", "id": "49367", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-26T09:16:25.313", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22203", "parent_id": "49340", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nAs of writing this answer, [Gintama: The\nFinal](https://myanimelist.net/anime/39486/Gintama__The_Final) has surpassed\nFMAB to be the #1 rank on MAL.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1g78m.png)\n\nAlso, [Fruits Basket: The\nFinal](https://myanimelist.net/anime/42938/Fruits_Basket__The_Final?q=fruit&cat=anime)\nwas ranked #1 on MAL for a short period of time. It was also a matter of\nheated discussion on MAL for reasons I won't get into.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LYCam.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-30T07:53:37.380", "id": "65521", "last_activity_date": "2022-07-05T01:47:55.550", "last_edit_date": "2022-07-05T01:47:55.550", "last_editor_user_id": "48011", "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "49340", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIn July 2022, _FMA:B_ was overtaken by _Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra\nRomantic_ , the third season of _Kaguya-sama_. By October 2022 it had regained\nits #1 spot.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AviPe.png)\n\nIn April 2023 [it was overtaken by _Oshi no\nKo_](https://www.animesenpai.net/oshi-no-ko-anime-dethroned-from-its-top-\nranking), but gained #1 back again the following month.\n\nAs of November 2023, it has been dethroned again by _Frieren: Beyond Journey's\nEnd_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7HkU0.png)\n\nI've heard that _Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War_ and _Chainsaw Man_ also\nbriefly overtook _FMA:B_ , but haven't been able to confirm it.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-07-04T14:38:38.470", "id": "66990", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-29T15:21:01.397", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-29T15:21:01.397", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "49340", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBasically, your Voldemort analogy is right. He is able to put his Chakra into\npeople through the curse mark. This is basically putting a bit of himself in\nthem. You find out later that doing so (as well as other things) has left him\nweakened. This is why he wants Sasuke's body to regain his full strength.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-25T00:55:01.453", "id": "49349", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-25T13:06:50.650", "last_edit_date": "2018-10-25T13:06:50.650", "last_editor_user_id": "3561", "owner_user_id": "43077", "parent_id": "49348", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**1\\. Can normal titans dig the ground?**\n\nYes, they can. In **Season 2 Episode 10** we see\n\n> Ymir digging herself out of the ground as a pure titan.\n\n**2\\. So why none of them tried digging a tunnel in the ground to pass the\nwalls?**\n\nIn **Season 1 Episode 25** at around 15 minutes the intermission cards state\nthe following (synopsis):\n\n> Once a miner tried to dig under wall Sheena. At some point, however, the\n> ground was so hard that his shovel broke. He wondered if the people were\n> surrounded by walls not only above the ground, but below the ground, too.\n> The next day the miner disappeared and was no longer findable. Unsure what\n> to do, his friend eventually went to the Garrison, and told them the whole\n> Story. The Military Police and the Garrison organized a large-scale search\n> party. But they never found a trace of the miner, nor even the pit he'd dug.\n> And one day, his friend also vanished, never to be seen again.\n\nFrom this we can conclude that titans cannot get past the walls through\ndigging.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-25T23:19:03.900", "id": "49361", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-25T23:19:03.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "32704", "parent_id": "49353", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nHe used the Rinnegan Deva path to pull the meteor out of space. The Deva path\nuses push and pull so you can push rocks from the earth to the sky making a\nblack moon, meteor, or meteorite thing whatever. He then uses the pull part to\ncrash it down making chibaku tensei. Maybe he pull the meteor towards earth\nbut it would have destroyed his chakra if he did it so he used some of the\nsusanoo chakra to pull of this stunt.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-03-25T21:59:35.140", "id": "62294", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-25T21:59:35.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59316", "parent_id": "49365", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHis susanoo also made handseals along with him.\n\nJust like how Sasuke uses Susanoo: Chidori, He might have used a Susanoo amped\nBansho Tenin (Rinngean Deva path Pull) which's range was extended to the outer\natmosphere and pulled down a meteor.\n\nOr there are theories that it might be his Mangekyou Sharingan ability.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-16T16:57:53.307", "id": "66652", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-16T16:57:53.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59420", "parent_id": "49365", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThis dojutsu is **rinnegan+ms** ocular jutsu. During the fight,madara used\nrinnegan for **shinsei tengai**.Plus Hand seals are needed to perform this\njutsu.It could be that Mangekyō is needed to perform hand seals.As stated\nabove by other content providers, Rinnegan Deva path is required to pull the\nmeteor out of space.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-20T16:37:23.867", "id": "66679", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-20T16:43:11.130", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-20T16:43:11.130", "last_editor_user_id": "66135", "owner_user_id": "66135", "parent_id": "49365", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nKagari is Mayuri's adopted daughter from 2036, in the Beta World Line\n(Divergence 1.129848%). She time traveled with Suzuha into the past, but got\nseparated in 1998.\n\nShe is a war orphan and her true name is not known due to her family registry\nbeing destroyed.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-27T21:02:56.327", "id": "49387", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-27T21:02:56.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "49381", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nWell, his 'normal' Power level would be 32,500. With the \"Demon Mark\" it is at\n56,000.\n\nAfter his revival, his 'normal' power level was at 60,000. And in is Assault\nMode it is at 142,000.\n\nOther numbers aren't known to us at this point, IIRC.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-28T11:00:36.840", "id": "49393", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-28T11:00:36.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43134", "parent_id": "49386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIf the darkness swallowed him entirely or the demon kind took over his body\nthen he would have a power level of over 200k\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-10T19:43:47.537", "id": "56098", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-10T19:43:47.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51102", "parent_id": "49386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAside of the power levels listed here, there are 2 power levels more listed\nfor him before his power were restored.\n\n4400 with the Demon Mark and 10,300 when going berseker (again, before his\npowers were restored)\n\n[Meliodas Wikia](https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Meliodas)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-10T20:45:06.730", "id": "56099", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-10T20:45:06.730", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "49386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you watched 2.22 you will see that the cores for Asuka and Mari were\nswitched out before Mari took control of Unit-02.\n\nDepending on the language, you csn hear in the background the crew rewriting\nUnit-02's access keys when Mari's gearing up to fight Zeruel. One assumes this\nhas some bearing with how Mari is able to take control.\n\nThere's no clear-cut canonical explanation of why but there are theories, one\ninvolving the time loop theory and Kyoko. But that's a topic for another\nquestion.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vm29m.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-29T02:16:45.030", "id": "49405", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-29T02:16:45.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "49397", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou can't really. It's up to the character designer / artist if they want to\ngive the characters visually distinct race traits, but they're not obligated\nto and many times they don't, as you noted with Code Geass. The most reliable\nway to tell if a character is Japanese (without being explicitly told they\nare) is their name.\n\nIt's best to take things on a case by case basis and use common sense to parse\nthe information the show gives you. If a show is set in Japan, you can safely\ninfer most of the cast will be Japanese regardless of what they look like. If\nyou notice most of the cast look how Japanese people in real life typically\nlook, you can infer that when a blond haired blue eyed character appears, they\naren't Japanese. Again, these are assumptions you make based on the context of\nthe show, not universal rules.\n\nThe only universal assumption to make is that visuals in anime are arbitrary\nand are not obligated to obey any general rules set up for interpreting them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-09T18:16:43.153", "id": "49574", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-09T18:16:43.153", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42749", "parent_id": "49398", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt just means that the power originated from there. That is not enough to say\nthat they themselves originated from the Ryūchi Cave.\n\nWe don't know. The only known member is Jūgo, who was said to have voluntarily\ngone to Orochimaru. It is possible that the clan still exists and has members.\nIt's unknown.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-29T16:47:25.597", "id": "49416", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-29T16:47:25.597", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43134", "parent_id": "49402", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's mostly done because it looks cool. It's a very simple design choice that\nintroduces asymmetry to a character's face, makes them a little more\ninteresting to look at.\n\nIn general, hiding part of the face makes a character seem more mysterious or\nwithdrawn, so it's useful to contribute to characterization for those\ncharacters that are shy or aloof, it reinforces that characterization.\n\nThere's no special significance to the right eye, in fact it's not uncommon\nfor the side of the face that's covered to switch back and forth, either due\nto mistakes made by the artist/animator or due to the angle the character is\nseen at, or due to an actual change in the character's design (Sanji, for\nexample, switches which side of his face is covered by hair after the time\nskip in One Piece).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-09T18:34:12.277", "id": "49575", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-09T18:34:12.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42749", "parent_id": "49404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMinagoroshi no Jungle -Master Mix- from the Director's Unreleased Collection\nor from the 4th soundtrack volume\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-19T07:01:55.830", "id": "50897", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-19T07:01:55.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45046", "parent_id": "49409", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's the same SSJ4 the sparks were just there to show power kinda like the way\nhis SSJ did the same back in the Buu saga.I'd link the DB wiki but i can't so\nmaybe someone else can.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-29T14:17:08.863", "id": "49415", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-29T14:17:08.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43089", "parent_id": "49414", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nBoth Xeno Goku and Xeno: Vegeta were in their SSJ4 forms before and it was\nmore or less established as their maximum level of power. Hence, Xeno: Vegito\nhere is indeed using the same SSJ4 form.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-12T02:49:37.070", "id": "50808", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-12T02:49:37.070", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "49414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> The Uzumaki, being descendants of Asura Ōtsutsuki, also shared distant blood\n> relation with the Senju clan. Through the years, the Uzumaki and Senju kept\n> close ties, with members at times marrying between clans, as with Hashirama\n> Senju and Mito Uzumaki. Following the founding of Konohagakure at the end of\n> the Warring States Period, the Senju chose to symbolise their clans'\n> friendship by adding the Uzumaki's emblem to Konoha's flak jackets. Konoha\n> and the Uzumaki's own Uzushiogakure remained close allies over the following\n> decades, with the Uzumaki providing fūinjutsu (among other things) to Konoha\n> whenever there was a need.\n\n[Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uzumaki_Clan)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-30T21:12:14.087", "id": "49429", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-30T21:12:14.087", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "49428", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe school may have different uniforms for each class. This seems rather\nunlikely for the same reason you ruled out reason 2. In [Tari\nTari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/13333/Tari_Tari) for example the girls in\nthe music program have a dress while the other girls have skirt and shirt and\ntie.\n\nIt is possible that the school doesn't mandate a uniform but the girls decide\nto wear something uniform-like anyway because wearing a uniform at highschool\nis part of the culture. Out of universe it also helps establish that the\nsetting has moved to japan.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-31T10:37:44.313", "id": "49439", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-31T10:37:44.313", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9142", "parent_id": "49433", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was mentioned that Chino was a few thousand years old, about the same age\nas Gamamaru.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-27T17:27:23.133", "id": "51294", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-13T13:27:16.797", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-13T13:27:16.797", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "45606", "parent_id": "49448", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as I know, it was never discussed as of the release of the most recent\nchapter. That specific scene in **Chapter 68** was mostly what happened in the\nanime. It could be explained in a future chapter. Looking closely at **Episode\n9** ,\n\n> it can be seen that after the flashbacks of her father's memories, Historia\n> opens her eyes as if surprised at what she saw. This might mean that her\n> eyes were closed during the flashback scenes, implying that she saw her\n> father's memories.\n\nIn the manga, this was not exactly what happened.\n\n> She just widens her eyes and opens her mouth slightly as he killed him and\n> as her father's memories were shown. From my interpretation, it could be\n> that she was just surprised at what she had done.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-01T15:39:06.130", "id": "49454", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-01T15:39:06.130", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49452", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs most tv shorts, it ended prematurely, and there's is no secret about it.\nMost tv shorts ends like that.\n\nYou probably got confused because there is only \"5 episodes\". But in fact, 15\nepisodes were broadcasted at that time (3 episodes per arc, resulting 5 arcs\nin total).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T19:18:25.453", "id": "49554", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T19:18:25.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "36185", "parent_id": "49456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you look at the [archived episode guide\nlink](https://web.archive.org/web/20040810125822/http://www.anime-\nint.com/works/bps/tv1/episode.html) for the series, you'll notice that it\nmentions \"part one\", implying the series was originally planned for at least\nanother part.\n\nNo specific reasons were publically give for the cancellation. Internet rumors\nspeculated that either something happened in production, where someone upset\nthe wrong person high up, or something like that. An alternate theory suggests\nit might be due to the content, particularly with matters involving Misao's\nage and the recurring lewd hijinks surrounding the main character (who is\nabout 28)and here. None of these rumors have been substantiated in any way.\n\nIt's important to note that the series aired late at night so it's not\nsomething an younger audience might accidentally catch by chance. The multiple\nsegmented short anime broadcast format was experimental at the time and did\nnot do so well and has since been discontinued.\n\nIt's important to note that the director's message thanking viewers and\nmentioning the fansub community were removed from the end of the final\ncompiled episode, which fueled speculation of possible personal disagreement\nwithin the production committee.\n\nWhile there are no longer any archived detail some netizens in Japan,\nmentioned that the second part was supposed to switch to a regular full\nepisode format like in an OVA format. But none of that materialized. What\nhappened will have to remain unknown.\n\nInteresting but not completely related tid bit. The screenplay and character\ndesign for the series shares similarities with a incomplete (R18?) doujin\ngame,\n[Tomurai](https://web.archive.org/web/20050208144601/http://mikomiko.jp/sakuhin/tomurai.html).\n\nYou'll see in the [TV series\ncredits](https://web.archive.org/web/20040206214257/http://www.anime-\nint.com/works/bps/staff.html) the variation of the name I assume to be \"JR\nSakurajima\".\n\nIt seems it was reworked to fit the anime.\n\nYou can still find bits and pieces here and there thru the archives. It give\nsome slight background not covered on the series itself, like [Kei Shirase's\nblog](https://web.archive.org/web/20120120044803/http://homepage1.nifty.com/NekomimiNiMimizuku/)\nand America King's\n[website](https://web.archive.org/web/20040401224519/http://oze.oc.to/america/index.html).\nThey are just fun Easter eggs.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-01T03:10:23.657", "id": "57422", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-01T03:10:23.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "49456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe soundtrack is called Hero A, here's the link: [Hero\nA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UPuhEonPdo) and here's the link to the\ninstrumental if the rap isn't up your speed: [Hero A\ninstrumental](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZ9jbw5kCc)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-03T12:55:26.397", "id": "49488", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-03T12:55:26.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43248", "parent_id": "49464", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI would dispute your claim that:\n\n> ... no one in Japan understands Hindi\n\nAccording to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Japan), the\npopulation of Indians living in Japan as of 2017 is **30,048**. Given that\nHindi is one of the official languages of India, I would imagine that a good\nportion of them speak it.\n\nThis is quite a small chunk of the population (the population of Japan is\n127,084,082 [as of 2018](http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/japan-\npopulation/), making 0.024% of the Japanese population Indian migrants), but\nit is still not an insignificant amount.\n\nI'm from Canada, and I see signs in other languages all the time around my\ncity. There are often small pockets of people from other countries living in\ncommunities, and as a result, there is bound to be some signage catered to\nthem.\n\nThe animators may have added this for any number of reasons - perhaps as a nod\nto Indian fans watching the show, or simply for some interesting background\nimagery.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-02T15:17:08.310", "id": "49474", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-02T15:17:08.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41474", "parent_id": "49465", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYour observation that his human form looks similar to Shizue is spot on. I'm\nnot sure exactly how far the anime has progressed, but based on Wikipedia,\nthey should have just left after meeting the Dwarf King, Gazel Dwargo.\n\nIn the coming episodes, we will be introduced to Shizue's character and her\nbackstory. ~~As far as I know she doesn't really have any relation to the\nimprisonment of Veldora (the wiki doesn't mention anything either).~~ Possible\nreason for confusion explained at the end.\n\nTL;DR:\n\n> Yes, he absorbs Shizue, and is indirectly the cause for her death. However,\n> it was Shizue's request that he absorb her, and his actions were to save\n> her. So there was no enmity.\n\nBackstory:\n\n> Shizue is also a Japanese, but unlike Rimuru who was reincarnated, she was\n> summoned to this world by the Demon Lord Leon Cromwell. He then proceeds to\n> make her the host for [Ifrit](http://tensura.wikia.com/wiki/Ifrit), a high\n> ranking flame spirit, in order to let her survive the summoning ordeal. He\n> then proceeds to use her as a tool, a general in his armies. She is later\n> saved by the Hero when Leon Cromwell escapes, and she uses the _Anti-Demon\n> Mask_ to keep Ifrit suppressed.\n\nMeeting with Rimuru:\n\n> Shizue meets Rimuru when she joins a party of adventurers heading to the\n> forest to investigate Veldora's disappearance. This is the same party we see\n> earlier, when Rimuru first escapes the cave as a slime. Rimuru saves them\n> while they are being chased by monsters, and they grow to trust him though\n> he's a monster.\n\nHow Rimuru gets the human form:\n\n> Rimuru and Shizue bond a lot over their common nationality, and he shows her\n> visions of how the country has changed since her time. When Shizue whose\n> life force is weakening gets taken over by Ifrit, Rimuru defeats and absorbs\n> Ifrit using the _Predator_ skill, leaving Shizue unharmed. However, with the\n> source of her powers gone, Shizue cannot survive much longer and rapidly\n> ages. She passes on her will to Rimuru, which is to defeat Demon Lord\n> Cromwell who caused her such hardships, and to take care of her regrets - 5\n> children she was teaching, and 2 individuals. She requests Rimuru to put her\n> to rest within himself, and he absorbs her and takes on a form that is quite\n> similar to her in appearance.\n\nI hope that answers all your questions.\n\n* * *\n\n**Edit #1:**\n\nVeldora indeed mentions that he was trapped by the _Yuusha_ or Hero, who was a\npretty girl with snow-white skin and silver black hair in a ponytail. However,\nthis is **not** Shizue. Shizue is saved by this same hero, as mentioned\nearlier. I am following the Manga, and no further details have been given\nabout the Hero, but you should be able to find a lot of information on the\nWiki.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-02T07:35:05.267", "id": "49467", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-02T08:16:00.640", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-02T08:16:00.640", "last_editor_user_id": "27657", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49466", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell Mugiwara no ichimi has no first mate but according to One Piece Yellow:\nGrand Elements, Roronoa Zoro is referred to as being \"like the vice captain\".\nBartolomeo has also referred to Zoro as the first mate of the Straw Hat\nPirates, although, by his own admission, that was just an assumption based on\nhis personal views of the crew.\n\nlink here <https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/First_Mate>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-04-17T08:25:13.257", "id": "51552", "last_activity_date": "2019-04-17T08:25:13.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45883", "parent_id": "49472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI feel that Zoro would be first mate because usually the first mate is the\nclosest in power to the captain, in this case, that would be Zoro.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-18T01:30:49.693", "id": "52982", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-18T01:30:49.693", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47297", "parent_id": "49472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOrochimaru is a very focused (Mad scientist) student of jutsu i dont think\nMitsukis' emotional growth/wellbeing is something he ever considered let alone\nplanned. As far as Orochimaru careing for him goes it's the equivalent of a\nfarmer raising cattle\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-06T04:13:33.603", "id": "49530", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-06T04:13:33.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43282", "parent_id": "49479", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFundamentally, You could argue that he did, but probably not in the way the\nquestion implies. Mitsuki is a clone, so in that regards he is more or less\nhuman. His emotions are going to be derived from Orichimaru's personality,\nespecially his younger self, and how he was raised. In that regard, Orochimaru\ndid do the activity to make him think for himself, erasing his memory on\nfailure. As a side effect, Mitsuki's emotions are fairly low in intensity.\n\nOrochimaru then used the success of that activity to point Mitsuki to Boruto.\nWith that, Mitsuki was nearly blank shell emotion wise, as shown by his\ngeneral lack of strong emotions. He was only allowed to leave once he matured\nenough to think for himself, and then he was sent to Boruto. Most likely, that\nis the only real \"designed\" part of Mitsuki's emotions, that Orochimaru forced\nhim to mature and then gave him a \"sun\" as they are so called in the Naruto\nuniverse. Mitsuki in turn becoming friendly to Boruto is his own thing.\n\nIt could be the case though that this all came about because of unseen\nmanipulation by Orochimaru. Mitsuki is a clone, yet is also a lot more\nkindhearted than Orochimaru, which could mean there is some manipulation to\ntone down that apathetic/evil nature. It could also be though that was more\nNuture than Nature, so In truth there is no full and clear answer, in the\nManga, Anime, or any other source. The Anime will probably give some answer in\na few episodes though, as its fairly clear Mitsuki wants to answer that very\nquestion himself before he returns to the Leaf. This is Anime only though as\nfar as I know.\n\nTL;DR : There is some manipulation as shown by the experiment Orochimaru did,\nbut that was one to teach Mitsuki to think for himself. There is also the fact\nthat he was pointed to Boruto, but that is more priming than design. Mitsuki\nis mostly a clone of Orochimaru, so he is at least mostly human and has his\nown emotions, so it was still mostly his own choice to be friends. That leaves\none unknown, if he was engineered/designed to be like he is emotionally or\nnot, which could count, but is unknown. Regardless, Mitsuki was free to make\nhis own decisions after he passed the test, and he chose to checkout this\nperson whos picture he was given (Boruto). He wasn't forced, tricked, or\ndeceived into anything beyond meeting him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-06T16:22:19.250", "id": "49536", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-06T16:22:19.250", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20610", "parent_id": "49479", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere were other episodes that explains better how the different chakras\nworks, specially in the original Naruto. Obviously the training would be very\ndifferent for others elements.\n\n**Here are some references**\n\n> Naruto chapter 321, pages 4-5 \n> Naruto chapter 315, page 13 Thir dDatabook, page 236 \n> Naruto chapter 315, page 15 Third Databook, page 214 Naruto chapter 375,\n> page 11 \n> Fourth Databook, page 249 \n> Naruto chapter 689, page 5 Naruto chapter 316, page 9 \n> Naruto chapter 207,page 8 \n> Naruto chapter 316, pages 4-7 \n> Naruto: Shippūden episode 55 Naruto chapter 361, page 13 \n> Third Databook, pages 274-275\n\nThe way to understand how elements works would be understanding their\nproperties, because it explains a lot about the compatibility and the way for\ncreating new techniques.\n\nSimple examples of training for other elements are creating a wall, cut or\nbroke things, etc. Techniques that you see in one element could be imitate in\nanother, but the difference you'll see it in a battle.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-27T01:21:07.097", "id": "51286", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-27T01:21:07.097", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45596", "parent_id": "49487", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer to this question can be found in **Chapter 88** :\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rrBIw.jpg)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/INEf7.png)\n\nOr, to quote [the\nwiki](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Power_of_the_Titans#cite_note-m88p23_.26_24-28):\n\n> If an individual with the power of the Titans dies before it can be\n> transferred, the power will be passed on to the first Baby among the\n> _Subjects of Ymir_ , who is born _directly after_ the said inheritor's\n> death, regardless of distance or relation to the previous inheritor.\n\n* * *\n\nAs you can see,\n\n> as long as there are Eldians remaining in the AoT world, the power of the\n> Titans will never vanish.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-03T17:52:59.327", "id": "49498", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-03T17:59:31.317", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-03T17:59:31.317", "last_editor_user_id": "32704", "owner_user_id": "32704", "parent_id": "49496", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter doing some reading on the Evangelion Wikis, I stumbled upon an article\nthat answers this question.\n\nAn Evangelion can kill it's pilot with shock from the injuries, and therefore\nCentral Command has to watch the sync rate between the pilot and the Unit to\nensure that the pilot does not die during combat, as was nearly the case with\nUnit 02 and Asuka vs Zeruel.\n\nSource --> <https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelions> (See The Effect of Damage\nto the Evas upon their Pilots)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T13:39:14.557", "id": "50527", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-22T13:39:14.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42786", "parent_id": "49497", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYour hypothesis is in the right direction, though the powers don't seem to be\nvery mystical, just unusual in his species.\n\nNero is of the species known as [Anti-\nBirds](http://blackclover.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-bird) which the wikia describes\nas:\n\n> Anti-birds are small birds that have black feathers on their back, wings,\n> and around their face. Their faces have red feathers while their undersides\n> have white feathers. Their beaks are black and they have a pair of feather\n> that are shaped like downturned horns.\n>\n> The Anti-birds are **capable of sensing mana** and will peck at those with\n> low or no mana. Anti-birds will not approach anyone with high levels of mana\n> and will become frightened when they get close to those with powerful mana\n\n(emphasis mine)\n\nThe wikia entry for [Nero](http://blackclover.wikia.com/wiki/Nero) lists this\nmana sensory ability as what allows him to detect magical items and and help\nthem navigate toward a source of mana. This utilization of the mana detection\nseems to be unique to him, as the wikia also mentions the following ways in\nwhich Nero differs from usual anti-birds:\n\n> 1. Nero is the only Anti-bird that has upturned horns and two tail\n> feathers shaped like arrows\n>\n> 2. Currently only Nero is shown to be able to detect magic stones and Anti\n> Magic weapons\n>\n>\n\nAs you can see, there's no clear confirmation or reason _why_ Nero is\ndifferent than the others, but we do know that he is the only one who can do\nthis.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-04T08:12:56.940", "id": "49503", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-04T08:12:56.940", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nNero is a complete mystery. I believe he appeared in the second chapter hidden\namong all the anti-mana birds. He sometimes disappears so you need to keep an\neye on him and where he heads to, its a mini game I'd like to call \"Find\nNero\". In the previous arc he found Noelle who was stalking Asta and stayed\nwith her at Rebecca's house, so he was never seen by Licht who might have\nknown his secrets or his past. I'm pretty confident that Nero has a connection\nto Asta's grimoire and Licht's master here is my theory/speculation or what\never you'd like to call it.\n\nNero is defiantly not a normal bird and he seems like he knows the secrets of\nthe stones. I think he is supposed to be a swallow so I searched swallows and\nfound two interesting points. According to a site about tattoos in Greek and\nRoman mythology gods were able to change their form into a swallow and in\nJapan swallows represent unfaithfulness. I don't know if any of this is true\nor even relevant but it could support the idea of Nero being Licht's master.\nThe people that were loved by mana were compared to gods and assuming Licht's\nmaster is just like Licht one of them, then we could also assume that he has a\ngrudge against Clover for murdering his people so he could be Asta's enemy.\nEven though it would be a cool twist I don't believe Tabata would be allowed\nto make the story's mascot the possible end game villain. I think Nero is\nLicht's master's maybe magical pet and I think he'll be Asta's pet until the\nend. In Asta's earliest design you could see Nero with him and Asta's hair is\ndesigned as a nest for Nero. I think other than the possible importance of his\npast Nero's role other than be an extremely badass f*cking bird is\ntransportation. Asta has 0 mana so he can't use a broom and he can't always\ndepend on Finral's portal forever, so what if Nero's size could be changed or\nbe controlled not only will he be a sick flying mount but he'll also be able\nto repay Asta for all the free rides he's been nicking.\n\n`Source -\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlackClover/comments/4o0rip/so_whats_up_with_the_bird/`\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-16T07:21:00.523", "id": "50470", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-16T07:21:00.523", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41162", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that Nero is the spirit just as sylph spirit Yuno has. Nero is the\nspirit of the demon that dwells inside Asta. If u watch the 3 episode you can\nsee him when Asta is training in forest. He was with Asta since he got the\ngrimoire.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T17:04:35.363", "id": "50530", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-22T17:04:35.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44529", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nActually Nero's real name is Secre. She was the servant of Lumiere. Lumiere\nwas the first wizard king. Secre sealed Lumiere in stone on top that demon's\nhead. I forgot why she sealed Lumiere though.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-03T17:29:34.263", "id": "53497", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-03T17:29:34.263", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47938", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you have seen the latest episode 103, you will notice Nero sitting a top of\nthe church UNTIL Asta gets Licht's sword. Then he lands on his head. I think\nNero is his spirit. I also think that Nero will be apart of him in more ways\nthan one. I think he will be a ride, a fighting support and something totally\ndifferent in the end. I have so many theories in my head now, I do know which\ndirection to go.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-04T15:39:50.103", "id": "55480", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-04T15:39:50.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50198", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, In the latest episode we learn that Nero is 500 years old.. That's\naround the time of the first wizard king and the fall of the elves.. I believe\nthat Nero played a part in hiding the magic stones after what happened with\nthe elves, just in case something like that happened again! I tried my best\nnot to spoil anything, you find out everything that happened in the past in\nepisode 181!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-27T14:50:06.440", "id": "56637", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-27T14:50:06.440", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51771", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNero is a bird who senses magic but is also a human sealed away possibly has\npart of all the magic stones mana within her but nit to be told from where I\nstand.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-03T23:05:22.930", "id": "56930", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-03T23:05:22.930", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52179", "parent_id": "49502", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI guess there is anbu hyuga I think the Bird-Masked Anbu When shisui gets\nattacked by danzo’s anbu and when Orochimaru escaping from konoha and almost\ncaptured by 3rds hogake and his anbu since kakashi was Young anbu because his\nlong hair. But my first saw anbu hyuga it was kyuubie attack not sure it\nexists or not it was sick Mandela effect I search didn’t find it Episode 248\n249 and 350 no single clip I searched until I give up his mask not bird masked\nI think I don’t remember what his mask I remember he standing on tree and\nstaring at nine tails like Bird-Masked Anbu because he has long hair.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-06-15T20:56:06.410", "id": "63996", "last_activity_date": "2021-06-15T20:56:06.410", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61180", "parent_id": "49508", "post_type": "answer", "score": -4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou can find a lot of information on the wikia page for\n[Bounties](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bounties). I'd suggest you read\nthrough it for specifics, but I've quoted the important bits from it below.\n\n**The assignment of bounties:**\n\n> Normally, a bounty is issued by a government official or by the Marines. The\n> idea is to tempt others into aiding the capture of the criminal so they can\n> be brought to justice quickly.\n\n**As for the value of the bounty:**\n\n> The amount of a bounty is determined in response to the perceived threat\n> level of the criminal in question; the greater the threat to the world, the\n> greater the bounty. In the eyes of a pirate, high bounties are thus usually\n> seen as a sign of strength. After all, having been assigned a bounty means\n> that the World Government as well as the Marines acknowledge the threat of\n> the person to whom it is assigned.\n\nAs you can see, this becomes pretty subjective, and can lead to inaccurate\nbounties. And we've seen this happen plenty of times, where an initially low\nbounty was later increased due to a proper assessment of the threat level. A\nclear example is Chopper, who still has a low bounty of 100 because his\nmonster form is thought to be another being entirely.\n\nWe've also seen in Arlong's case that he was bribing the local marines to\nsuppress his true threat level, and was relatively free to do acts of piracy\ndespite having an active bounty.\n\nOne should also keep in mind the influence of the World Government on this,\nbecause they could assign a high bounty simply because of threat to them,\nrather than to civilians. This is the case with Nico Robin's initial bounty as\na kid, and the actions taken against Ohara.\n\nMy **theory** on the relation with media is that it goes both ways. In the\ncases where Marines were present at the incident, their testimonies would be\nused to determine the new bounty. In other cases, they may find out the events\nlater through the media, and update their bounties based on the gravity of the\nincident. (For example, what happens in Wholecake Island arc). There doesn't\nseem to be any proper confirmation of the system though.\n\nOf course, it is certain that the media is used to circulate the bounties once\nthey're set, since we've seen the 'News Coo' being the source of pirates\nlearning about new bounties.\n\n**What warrants a decrease in bounty?**\n\n> Bounties, once issued, are usually only retracted when the criminal is\n> captured, killed, or is known to have otherwise died. A change in lifestyle\n> will not affect the bounty. A bounty can last for over a hundred years if\n> the criminal is not proven to be dead.\n\nSo the only viable way for a living pirate to have their bounty waived seems\nto be becoming a Shichibukai or their underling:\n\n> Aside from death or capture, bounties may be retracted if the criminal can\n> prove themselves an asset to either the Marines or World Government. This is\n> the case with the Shichibukai, who are considered allies of the World\n> Government and have their bounties retracted; this extends to any criminal\n> serving as a subordinate to the Shichibukai, such as Caesar Clown.\n\nAn interesting point the wiki mentions is the existence of a **court of law**\n:\n\n> A bounty may be removed by a court of law, as Jango's was during his mini-\n> series. Jango's case was further aided by the pleas of the Marine Fullbody\n> during the case. This later allowed him to enlist in the Marines under the\n> command of Hina.\n\nA last case wherein bounty isn't reduced, but the criminals aren't captured,\nis when they are made slaves. Since their bounties are active, they can still\nbe captured once freed from slavery though.\n\n**Can a pirate with bounty turn in another pirate?**\n\nWe don't have enough incidents regarding this to generalize, but it stands to\nreason that normal pirates cannot. As mentioned before, Shichibukai are\nconsidered allies of the Marines, so they _may_ be permitted to despite being\npirates.\n\nIn addition, turning in pirates is one way to prove oneself an ally of the\nMarines. We've seen two cases of this - Blackbeard and Trafalgar Law.\n\nBlackbeard captures and turns over Ace, in order to be made into a\nShichibukai. However, he didn't have much of a name then, and it is unclear\nwhether he had a bounty.\n\nLaw on the other hand, is a better example. He had a 200,000,000 bounty when\nhe was introduced as a rookie on Sabaody (Chapter 498). He then becomes a\nShichibukai during the time skip, and his new bounty is revealed to be\n440,000,000 (Chapter 659). He achieves the status by delivering the hearts of\na hundred pirates to the Marine HQ. Considering how bounties are \"Dead or\nAlive\", I'd say this counts as turning them in. After the events of Dressarosa\narc, he's no longer a Shichibukai and his bounty is increased to 500,000,000\n(Chapter 801), while making him wanted by the Marines again.\n\nSo I'd say the most logical explanation is that one needs to be have allied /\nneutral access to the Marines. This could be because they're already a\nShichibukai, or because they are negotiating to become one, or because they\nhave a backdoor through corrupt Marine officials (like what Arlong did).\n\nAt the end of the day, if one has an active, non-frozen bounty, then the rules\nimply that Marines would capture them. So it is unlikely that pirates would\nturn in other pirates as a normal act.\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-05T06:37:47.240", "id": "49514", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-05T18:15:56.720", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-05T18:15:56.720", "last_editor_user_id": "27657", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49513", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe knew that he was going to die but it was not directly due to his espionage. \nFreeing the kidnapped Fuyutsuki is the most likely cause of his death\naccording to the dialogue in episode 21.\n\n> Misato: Hello, I am away right now. Please leave your message after the\n> beep. \n> Ryouji: My last job... \n> ... \n> Fuyutsuki: It's you. \n> Ryouji: It's been a while. \n> Fuyutsuki: This action will result in your death. \n> Ryouji: All I wish is to get closer to the truth... within me. \n> [Script](http://nge.otaku.ru/scripts/eva21.txt)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-05T18:31:38.880", "id": "49521", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-05T18:31:38.880", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "49516", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the original anime series, it was established that the berserk mode can't\nbe triggered voluntarily. Moreover it was at least strongly hinted that the\n\"berserk mode\" is in fact\n\n> the manifestation of motherly love and protection, as it always activated\n> when Shinji's life was in immediate danger.\n\nIn the Rebuild continuity, there is the so-called \"beast mode\" that can be\nactivated by the pilot, but it is only ever shown working for Unit-02, not for\nUnit-01. Therefore it is at least very improbable, if not outright false, that\nShinji could have willingly activated this mode.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-26T21:17:42.020", "id": "49865", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-26T21:17:42.020", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4187", "parent_id": "49517", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI think berserker mode is activated by\n\n> the soul of Yui Ikari. She is inside the Eva and activates her full power\n> when she feels Shinji is in risk.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-12-19T22:15:38.237", "id": "50150", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-23T15:21:32.030", "last_edit_date": "2019-01-23T15:21:32.030", "last_editor_user_id": "4187", "owner_user_id": "43966", "parent_id": "49517", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA [Yonko](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yonko) is not an official title that\nhas specific criteria, but rather is one that is attached to extremely\npowerful and notorious pirates. There is no deep meaning to the title that has\nbeen revealed so far, but it does go beyond simply having amazing combat\nprowess.\n\nBased on the Yonkos we've been introduced to so far, we can see three distinct\ntraits:\n\n * Their **own abilities** are top notch. We've seen them possess immense strength and durability, have great control over Haki and most also possess strong Devil Fruit powers. They are among the top pirates even individually.\n\n * They have **fleets**. Most of their strength is attributed to these large fleets that ally with the Yonko. You can see the exact known stats in the link above, we've seen Whitebeard, Big Mom and Kaido to have huge crews. Each of the Yonkos will have a number of Commanders under them, who in turn have groups of mid-level pirate crews.\n\n * They have **territory** thanks to their influence as a Yonko. They can declare locations as their own, and pirates and Marines can only bend to their will. The people residing in these territories are under the protection of the respective Yonko, and intruders are hunted down.\n\nThe Yonko are not a group like the Shichibukai, and each have their own\nagendas. Whitebeard was not interested in finding the One Piece and becoming\nPirate King, whereas Blackbeard and Big Mom are.\n\nWhile they are the pirates with the best chances to become Pirate King thanks\nto this much power and influence, the relation between the two titles isn't\nvery strong or clear yet.\n\nSo, as we can see, the determination of who is a Yonko is also largely\ndependent on how notorious they are and how the other entities view them. In\nLuffy's case, Morgan simply hypes it up in order to make his news more\nentertaining. The media is not the deciding body for who is and isn't a Yonko,\nbut it certainly shapes public opinion.\n\nThe reactions of the current Yonkos when shown, clearly indicate that they\nconsider Luffy nowhere close to their level. Many fans would also agree to\nthis conclusion, especially after\n\n> his fight with Kaido in the latest chapter of the Wano arc.\n\nNow, for the differences between Law and Teach, I'll also throw Luffy into the\nmix and explain. Being a Shichibukai has nothing to do with Yonko, it is not a\nrequired step. Law doesn't have a fleet, and only has an alliance with the\nStrawhats. And while he is powerful, he isn't exceptionally so.\n\nOn the other hand, Blackbeard\n\n> killed Whitebeard during the Marineford war, and took his powers, becoming\n> the first person to have two DF abilities.\n\nAfter the war, he quickly expands his fleet and takes over almost all of\nWhitebeard's territories. All of this together is what allowed him to be\nrecognized as a Yonko.\n\nIf we compare Luffy against these metrics, we know that he has formed the\nGrand Strawhat Fleet at the end of the Dressarosa arc (though he doesn't seem\nto assign it much value right now). We also have confirmation from Oda that\nthe fleet will play a huge role in the future. In addition, when it comes to\nterritories, Luffy has challenged Big Mom over Fishman Island, which was\ninitially under Whitebeard, and he is currently challenging Kaido for Wano.\n\nWhile he may still be too much of a greenhorn to be a proper Yonko, he is\ndefinitely on the path to become one, which is why there are some proper\nbackers (among fans), and his title as the 5th Yonko isn't being dismissed\ncompletely.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-06T10:46:58.000", "id": "49533", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-06T10:46:58.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "49523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom [MangaUpdates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=112459),\n**Season 3** ends at **Vol. 14 Chapter 124** of the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-06T12:38:09.890", "id": "49535", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T12:59:23.377", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-07T12:59:23.377", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49532", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEven ignoring their (barely trained) Nen abilities, Gon grew up very close to\nnature, and Killua was trained as an assassin since he was a toddler. We see\nGon realize he is being watched at time code 0:20 of [episode\n61](https://www.crunchyroll.com/hunter-x-hunter/episode-61-invitation-x-and-x-\nfriend-611509). After the opening song, we see other newly arrived hunters\nmentioning being watched (tc 2:20). One of the hunters says to his ally, \"\n_Well they can't be too good if we can sense them from here._ \" Finally Killua\nsays the same thing on his arrival, tc 2:42.\n\nI think enough was shown to conclude that awareness of being watched is a\ncommon trait of advanced hunters. Also, remember that Gon was able to shield\nhimself from Hisoka's awareness during phase 4 of the Hunter exam. This was\nbefore even learning Nen, just the skills he had learned growing up on Whale\nIsland. Also during the Hunter exam, we saw Killua use the Rhythm Echo\nassassination technique. With training in skills like that, I'm sure he could\nsense being watched even without his Nen.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T03:09:49.767", "id": "49544", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T03:09:49.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19670", "parent_id": "49534", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think previous Yonko have ever been mentioned in One Piece. It would\nactually be quite odd if there were always exactly 4 strong pirate crews.\nEspecially since they have already added Luffy to the bunch so it's\ntechnically not even Yonko anymore.\n\nThe title probably originated after Roger died and a few of the pirate crews\ndominated everyone else. But there isn't much to cite from the manga as Oda\nhasn't really revealed anything about Shanks' rise to the top.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-06T16:57:43.190", "id": "49538", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-06T16:57:43.190", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30511", "parent_id": "49537", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe japanese writing system doesn't have a symbol for just the `l` sound. The\nclosest they have are the symbols in the `r` column in the kana table. The `u`\nrow is most often used when the vowel is silent. So you end up with ru: ル.\nWhich means that if you ask someone to write Veldora in katakana they would\neffectively write Verudora.\n\nHowever when translating to a latin alphabet and you only have the katakana to\nbase yourself on you must try and divine what the author wanted with the name.\nOfficial translators can ask the author though sometimes there is a delay with\nthe reply. So the translators have to go with _something_ until they got the\nofficial answer back.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T12:05:15.273", "id": "49549", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T12:05:15.273", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9142", "parent_id": "49539", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kaido),\n\n> _When Kaido tried to stop Whitebeard from going to Marineford, Shanks\n> interfered and clashed with him in order to allow the other Yonko to rescue\n> Ace. It is not known what happened during their encounter, but Shanks\n> arrived at Marineford unharmed._ **Could this testament prove that Shanks is\n> way stronger than Kaido?** No one can say for sure since only Oda knows how\n> it happened exactly, unless it will be revealed in a later chapter. But the\n> fact that he arrived _unharmed_ could imply it was more of a one-sided fight\n> that was probably not worth mentioning.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T05:27:56.203", "id": "49545", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T05:27:56.203", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this](http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Shota_Aizawa),\n\n> his quirk doesn't work on Mutation-Class quirks, which are distinguished by\n> permanent alterations to the body. Invisibility is one of\n> [those](http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Mutant_Quirks)\n> that are classified as Mutation-Class.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T06:46:53.290", "id": "49548", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T06:58:20.120", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-07T06:58:20.120", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49547", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Hagakure's quirk can be put under the category of \"mutation\" which to\nmy belief Aizawa can't erase due to the quirk being part of their structure.\nIt's also true that he has to actually see the person to be able to erase\ntheir quirk so that other factor is certainly true. When she was 1-3 she would\nhave been born with a mostly normal appearance; however with all mutant types\nthe quirk would have been at least partially noticeable.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-19T00:35:56.177", "id": "51209", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-19T00:35:56.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45491", "parent_id": "49547", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to\n[MangaUpdates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40870),\n\n> Season 1 ended at **Vol. 4 Chapter 14** with an alternate ending and Season\n> 2 at **Vol. 9 Chapter 34**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-07T13:07:08.360", "id": "49551", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-07T13:07:08.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49550", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Six_Paths_of_Pain), The Six Paths\nof Pain is\n\n> an Outer Path technique that allows a _Rinnegan user_ to manipulate up to\n> six bodies as though they are their own. Since [Sasuke is\n> one](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sasuke_Uchiha), he has access to it,\n> although he's only using the Preta Path, as stated in the wiki. [Also since\n> it is based on the six Buddhist Paths of\n> **Reincarnation**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Six_Paths_of_Pain), I don't\n> think this applies to living people.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-08T04:49:32.777", "id": "49559", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-08T04:49:32.777", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "49558", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]