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[ { "body": "\n\nA lot of this will have to be speculation since most of these things are never\nexplicitly explained, but we do have a couple of clues.\n\nDuring the episode\n\n> SHINJI: What is this? What did you do, Father?!\n>\n> HYUGA (OFF): Reception of the signal, confirmed.\n>\n> IBUKI (OFF): Control system switch is complete.\n>\n> MAN (OFF): All nerves linked directly to the dummy system.\n>\n> WOMAN (OFF): 32.8% of Emotional Elements are unclear. They can't be\n> monitored.\n>\n> IKARI: Irrelevant. Release the system. Commence attack.\n\n2 things are probably important here. One is that Shinji is in the plug and\nthe second is that there was some technobabble about some \"emotional\nelements\". We know Yui is within Eva-01 and her emotional attachment to her\nson is partly why the Eva+Pilot pairing ends up being so powerful. That's\nprobably part of what's going on here, keeping in mind that during this dialog\nEva-01 is actively in a wrestling match with Eva-03, an Angel, and in grave\ndanger. It's entirely possible that Yui \"let\" this happen. There's some other\npossible actions, of course, like the Eva going berserk like it has in the\npast to save Shinji. Maybe this was just the path of least resistance.\n\nHowever, during episode 19:\n\n> WOMAN (OFF): Start entry.\n>\n> IBUKI (OFF): LCL electrolyzed.\n>\n> RITSUKO (OFF): Commence A10 nerve connection.\n>\n> REI (MONO): So it's not going to work anymore.\n>\n> WOMAN (OFF): Pulse flow is reversing!\n>\n> IBUKI (OFF): Unit 01 is rejecting the neural connections!\n>\n> RITSUKO: No, that can't be possible!\n>\n> FUYUTSUKI: Ikari?\n>\n> IKARI: Yes, it's rejecting me. Abort activation. Sortie Rei in Unit 00. Re-\n> activate Unit 01 with the dummy plug.\n\nand after they swap her out and insert the dummy plug:\n\n> RITSUKO: Start contact.\n>\n> IBUKI: Roger!\n>\n> RITSUKO: What?\n>\n> IBUKI: The pulses have vanished. It's rejecting the dummy plug. It's no use!\n> Eva Unit 01 won't activate!\n>\n> RITSUKO: The dummy, Rei...\n>\n> FUYUTSUKI: It won't accept them?\n\nSo we know Rei has synced with Eva-01 before, but for some reason the Eva\nitself is refusing Rei. Rei, being the dummy system's core, was also refused\n(as Ritsuko notes to herself). Gendo notes that the Eva is specifically\nrejecting him, which seems to be plausible since both Rei and the dummy system\nhas successfully syned in the past but for some reason, this particular\nmoment, Gendo and Yui's agenda diverge.\n\nWe can only speculate what those plans were, and what made them split at this\nparticular point. Given the flashbacks and the retro episode, it's probably\nthe case that their big plans involved the 3 of them: Gendo, Yui, Fuyutsuki,\nand it probably involved Shinji to some significant degree. But it seems to me\nthat Yui wanted Shinji specifically, and that part of her plan was to set this\nin motion.\n\nLater in Episode 19:\n\n> SHINJI: Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!\n> Come on, move! If you don't move now, if you don't do it now, everyone's\n> going to die! I don't want any more of that! So... PLEASE MOvE!\n>\n> IBUKI: Eva has re-activated!\n>\n> MISATO: Incredible!\n>\n> IBUKI: No way, this is unbelievable. Unit 01's synch rate is over 400%!\n>\n> RITSUKO: Does that mean she's really awakened?\n\nHaving Shinji as the pilot, who seemed to have been able to activate Eva-01\ninstantly without the aid of plugsuits or anything, they quickly make some\nshort work out of the most powerful Angel to date, runs out of power, and Yui\n(possibly with the help of Shinji) turns the berserker thing up a notch and\nsyncs with him at 400% and \"awakens\". Not entirely sure what it means to be in\nan awakened state, but I think it's probably safe to assume that it involved\nacquiring an S2 organ from Zeruel (by eating it) and that all this wasn't\ngoing to happen with either Rei or the dummy plug in the pilot's seat.\n\n(Speculation) So Yui's gamble that Shinji would \"do the right thing\" and come\nback to pilot paid off as now Eva-01 has unlimited energy with an S2 organ.\nThis step in their \"big plans\" seemed to have split between Yui and Gendo,\nalthough in episode 20, Gendo recognizes what has gone on and does't seem to\ndisapprove:\n\nEpisode 20, watching the action\n\n> FUYUTSUKI: It's begun, hasn't it?\n>\n> IKARI: Yes, it all begins here.\n\nAnd of course, Seele are furious over this, it's clearly not part of their\nplans\n\n> COMMITTEEMAN ?: The Eva series aren't capable of generating S2 engines\n> themselves.\n>\n> COMMITTEEMAN ?: We never imagined it would take one into itself this way.\n>\n> COMMITTEEMAN ?: This incident is at extreme odds with our script.\n>\n> COMMITTEEMAN ?: It will not be easy to correct for this.\n>\n> COMMITTEEMAN ?: Were we not mistaken to have entrusted Nerv to Gendo Ikari\n> in the first place?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-11T14:38:38.467", "id": "50802", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-11T14:38:38.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "50478", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nFirst things first, let me point out that Evangelions are not mecha but\nsynthetic human beings. With Yui's consciousness inside EVA Unit 01, it is\n**alive** and can decide for itself.\n\nHere are some possible reasons why the dummy plug was accepted the first time:\n\n 1. Shinji was inside the entry plug, Yui's consciousness was aware of the threat Shinji was facing. She knew that Shinji did not want to hurt the pilot of Evangelion 03, but Yui is unable to freely control the Evangelion without the pilot when the EVA is \"unawakened\". Thus she accepted the dummy plug in order to protect Shinji.\n 2. Yui must've thought that Shinji was piloting the EVA. Thus accepting the dummy plug. When Yui realized that Gendo tricked her, she rejected Gendo and all dummy plugs.\n\nAssuming the first reason was correct, Yui is enraged at Gendo for executing\nthe command. They only needed to immobilize Evangelion 03 and rescue the pilot\nbefore killing the Angel, but the dummy plug's command overrode Yui's control\nand almost murdered Toji. As a result, Yui rejected any pilot other than\nShinji\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-08-28T19:18:16.600", "id": "67220", "last_activity_date": "2022-08-28T19:18:16.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "69873", "parent_id": "50478", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Japan, the term is called\n[**eyecatch**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_\\(broadcasting\\)#Japan),\nwhich is also known as\n[**bumper**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_\\(broadcasting\\)). As the\nquestion has mentioned, it's usually to indicate the start and end of the\ncommercial break.\n\n> In broadcasting, a **commercial bumper** , **ident bumper** or **break-\n> bumper** (often shortened to **bump** ) is a brief announcement, usually two\n> to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a\n> pause in the program and its commercial break, and vice versa.\n>\n> * * *\n>\n> In Japan, an eyecatch (アイキャッチ aikyatchi) or internal eyecatch is a scene or\n> illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a television\n> program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows. The term is used, in\n> Japan, to refer to all kinds of bumpers.\n>\n> In many television series, eyecatches are contemporaneous into the climax of\n> a story, leading onto speculation during the commercial break.\n>\n> Unlike in American programs, in which bumpers are typically supplied by the\n> network (when they have them at all), eyecatches are almost always produced\n> by the production company and considered a part of the program itself,\n> rather than (or also serving as) a segue into a commercial break. They are\n> typically two to six seconds in length. Eyecatches for children's programs\n> are often longer and more elaborate, while eyecatches for programming\n> intended for adults may consist of nothing more than the program's logo\n> against a black background.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-17T14:02:56.710", "id": "50480", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-17T14:02:56.710", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "50479", "post_type": "answer", "score": 29 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n 1. Ya they took the current because they wouldn't have made it in time otherwise, there's no indication that you can't get there any other way.\n\n 2. Considering white beard's entire fleet got there underwater I assume that you're able to maneuver freely.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-18T03:02:17.937", "id": "50484", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-18T03:02:17.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44456", "parent_id": "50483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nTri Currents has nothing to do with getting to and leaving Marine Ford. It\nonly helps if you are trying to go to and fro from Ennis Lobby, Impel Down or\nMarine Ford. It does not mean that this is the only way to get to Marine Ford.\nIt is just one of the way.\n\nTri currents is a marine exclusive current between Impel Down, Ennis Lobby and\nMarine Ford. Using this way will increase the speed of travel between these\nplaces.\n\nYou can get to Marine Ford from Sabaody archipelago in half an hour without\nusing the currents. Marines and Celestial Dragons travel regularly between the\ntwo.\n\nOnly problems for Pirates and other criminals to use this way would be the\nheavy patrols. But they can get past these patrols by doing what WB, Law did\nand come underwater. Or by doing what Luffy did(when he rang the Ox Bell) by\nhijacking a marine ship, you can get there.\n\nSince Law never entered the currents, he never had to leave it.\n\nOn a side note, Luffy, Jinbei, Crocodile, and Co would have been trapped the\nTri Currents if not for Black Beard, when they escaped Impel Down through the\nTri Currents.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-18T07:35:16.227", "id": "50487", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-28T05:00:05.683", "last_edit_date": "2020-02-28T05:00:05.683", "last_editor_user_id": "35756", "owner_user_id": "35756", "parent_id": "50483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Heart Pirates (Law’s crew) travel by submarine, rather than normal ship.\nUsing their sub, they were either able to pass below the Gates of Justice\n(this is my presumption) or travel under/around the currents normally blocking\npassage to Marineford.\n\nThey left the same way, staying a fair distance from the actual island and\nfighting. Kizaru attempted to stop them, firing beams into the ocean as they\ndove, but the sub made it out of the area (we can assume they left the same\nway they entered).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-22T11:17:24.097", "id": "56859", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-22T11:17:24.097", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52058", "parent_id": "50483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nSo, to add a bit of clarification to all the answers.\n\nThe **Tri-current** (Tarai Current) are a natural whirlpool at the\nintersection of the Calm Belt and Red Line. The WG build three facilities\naround the current ( _Impel Down - MarineFord - Enies Lobby_ ), making use of\nthe current power to fast travel between the three. The **currents work also\nunderwater** as per natural ocean currents, but probably have different speeds\nand power at different underwater levels.\n\nHere's a pictures depicting the wihrlpool:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FQak3.png)\n\nThe _Gates of Justice_ are 3 such gates placed at the \"corners\" of the current\nfrom where you can enter or access it. This is the only way for normal ships\n(floating ships) to get inside the current. The whole phenomenon doesn't quite\nfollow natural physics so one shouldn't try to find natural ways of how to\nenter/exit it.\n\nAlso, you can't get in from the outside without using the gates as the outside\ncurrents will push you away from the whirlpool and vice-versa from the inside\nwhere the whirlpool will keep pushing you into a circle.\n\n**Now on how Law & others managed to get there.**\n\nOne possibility is that they entered the current by going underwater through\nthe Gates of Justice **while they were openend**. After the gates close, the\noutside currents will keep you from entering, even underwater. That is why\nBepo said to hurry as the gates are closing, so they could catch the\noverflowing current to the outside, while submerged. The same applies to WB's\nship who was also underwater.\n\nAnother possibility for WB's ship to enter is if he used the _Gura Gura no Mi_\n's powers to temporarily divert the currents and enter from any side of the\nwhirlpool. Law still had to enter from the gates nontheless.\n\nAnd even another posibility could be that they entered MarineFord by bypassing\nthe big current, from Sabaody Arch. for exemple, and managed to get around the\nmarines defence of those waters. They probably left through the Gate of\nJustice to make for a quick escape rather then going back and risking to get\ncaptured.\n\nMore on [One Piece fandom](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Tarai_Current)\nabout the Tarai Current.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-25T08:28:20.823", "id": "56882", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-27T07:21:40.530", "last_edit_date": "2020-02-27T07:21:40.530", "last_editor_user_id": "51857", "owner_user_id": "51857", "parent_id": "50483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are a lot of fan theories claiming that Vegeta's green hair\ntransformation was possibly foreshadowing a new form as we also see Goku\ndisplay a transformation similar to _Mastered Ultra Instinct_ while\ntransforming to Super Saiyan Blue. \n \nHowever, there aren't any statements or actual facts from the writers,\nToriyama or anyone related to the movie. Hence, I think it is fair to assume\nthat these are just _animation choices_ from the animators to simply make the\ntransformation sequences more dramatic. \nEvidence to support this is Goku's transformation to Super Saiyan Blue. We\nhave seen Goku effortlessly tap into the form so many times. However, he has a\nvery dramatic transformation sequence when he taps into Super Saiyan Blue to\nfight Broly.\n\nNote: This is my personal opinion and it might not necessarily be true. I\nbelieve the animations were done on purpose to indicate some form of\nsimilarity in the Super Saiyan transformations between Goku/ Vegeta and Broly,\nmainly for the new fans who are unaware of the franchise.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-21T08:33:34.543", "id": "50511", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-21T08:33:34.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50490", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe based on what I seen from the movie. While Goku was in super saiyan\ngod, and fighting with Broly his eyes blanked out ( turning white) same as\nbroly’s final form. So that would bring a new transformation for both Vegeta\nand Goku. The only differences will be Goku transformation will be stronger\nfor the simple fact of his base form and his power-ups, they’ll mostly be\nsimilar transformations.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-21T20:06:37.087", "id": "50518", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-21T20:06:37.087", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44517", "parent_id": "50490", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe it was the choice of color for some of the scenes, such as Goku’s\ntransformation into Super Saiyan Blue, some of the colors may have mixed to\nmake green. Vegeta’s hair could have been a color choice by the people behind\nthe movie.\n\nRegarding Mastered Ultra Instinct, I think we actually saw it. Goku May have\ntriggered it in complete accident, due to the fact he was almost just beat to\ndeath and was desperately trying to reach Super Saiyan Blue. He may have broke\nhis shell like in the TOP and tapped into Ultra Instinct for a few moments.\n\nHope this helps.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-05T22:44:56.393", "id": "51062", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-05T22:44:56.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45283", "parent_id": "50490", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that that just how Broly has a state in which his aura his eyes became\ngreen. Although he does not goes to ssj. His father had said that he had\nreached the state in which he uses the power of Ozaru even in his normal form.\n\nGoku and Vegeta may had reached the state for few seconds while fighting\nBroly. This is only a theory which is not mine, a Youtuber named Negus Sayain\nuploaded a video in which he said this theory.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-08T16:46:08.263", "id": "51084", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-08T17:06:40.360", "last_edit_date": "2019-03-08T17:06:40.360", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "45322", "parent_id": "50490", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nJust an animation choice, a call back the original Broly film where there were\nscenes where character had different hair color. Don't read to much into it.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-10T01:36:53.247", "id": "51099", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-10T01:36:53.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45344", "parent_id": "50490", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNetero wanted to settle the matter as a Hunter first, but implanted the bomb\nwithin himself as a contingency plan. He went in personally and fought Meruem.\nHe lured Meruem away and fought him solo in the desert, when it was clear that\nhe could not win, he killed himself, triggering the bomb a safe distance away\nfrom any casualties.\n\nAlso, HxH is a shounen series and they had to settle it the shounen way, with\na 1v1 fight.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-23T14:35:45.750", "id": "50543", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-23T14:35:45.750", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "37063", "parent_id": "50494", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThey probably didn't want to bomb the entire palace since there were innocent\ncivilians who'd get caught in the crossfire. They also did believe that Pitou\ncould reverse he nen hold on Kite, and wanted Gon to settle things his way as\nfar as that was concerned. Netero is also a martial artist who wanted to push\nhimself to his limit and find out how strong Meruem truly was which maybe why\nhe only wanted a 1v1 with Meruem, probably also why he only took Zeno's help\nin separating the ant king and not in killing him(Zeno would've rejected that\nrequest anyways cause the Zoldycks are a smart bunch, relatively).\n\nThere's also a lot of inconsistency in the series to be fair, I mean, Meruem\ncould have easily guarded himself against the impact of the bomb had he used\nhis nen. He's literally the strongest creature on that land. He could've also\nnegated the effect of the poison when he realized it but they had to kill him\nor Netero and everyone else present there would've deid in vain.\n\nBut as the other answer states, it is a shounen series and they had to settle\nit in the old fashioned way. As to why Ging or anyone else wasn't called, it\nwas probably the only way the author could've extended the series. Almost all\nof the last part with the new chairman election and Gon's condition would've\nbeen completely removed from the series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-24T18:21:32.280", "id": "50555", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-24T18:21:32.280", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40729", "parent_id": "50494", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI just finished watching the fight between Netero and Meruem. I think the guys\non the phone with Netero threatened to sacrifice as many people as possible if\nhe didn’t accept to carry the bomb within himself. That way, they could put\nthe blame on the Hunter Association if any problem were to be faced.\n\nWhy Netero? He is the Hunter Association’s president, and people would think\nhe is the most powerful hunter. If it were to be discovered that they used\nradioactivity, all that would have to be said is that they didn’t have a\nchoice...\n\nBefore dying, Netero told Meruem that there were no limits to human’s evilness\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-16T13:58:50.433", "id": "57574", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-15T06:20:23.880", "last_edit_date": "2021-01-15T06:20:23.880", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "53365", "parent_id": "50494", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are some devil fruits like \"Luck Luck Fruit\" which can steal luck of\nother people. Smoothie also steals others power to be bigger and bigger. Moria\ncan steal others ' shadow(power too).\n\nThere are several such powers and fruits in One Piece World!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-20T03:22:06.327", "id": "50501", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-20T03:22:06.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42831", "parent_id": "50500", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nYou can if you don't already have a DF.\n\nUsually if you want a person's DF power, you kill that person. The power will\ntransfer to a nearby fruit and that fruit will become a DF. Once you consume\nthat fruit you have their power.\n\nIf you want to take the power by another means.... we don't know. It is\ncurrently unknown how or if Devil Fruits can transfer from one living person\nto another without going through the normal cycle. There are two suspicious\ncases of DF transfer: Blackbeard obtaining Whitebeard's power and Lin Lin\nCharlotte obtaining Mother Caramel's power. Several details about both\nmysteries seem intentionally obscured so that no answer to this question is\npossible yet.\n\nSimilar discussions could be had about multiple DF powers, objects eating DF,\nor limits of speculated DF powers. At this point though the discussions are\nlargely fruitless (ironically) as the answer has to be \"we don't and can't\nknow yet\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-21T18:26:47.937", "id": "50517", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-21T18:26:47.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3561", "parent_id": "50500", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSaiyan's have an ability which allows them to transform into a _Great Ape_ ,\nwhich comes along with a massive power boost making them even stronger. \nThe premise of your question basically answers how the transformation happens.\nWith reference to what exactly happens after, apart from the transformation\nchange as described, the Saiyan's power increases **10 folds**.\n\nYou can read more about the transformation\n[here](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Ape).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-21T08:25:07.847", "id": "50510", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-21T08:25:07.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50505", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [Dragonball\nWiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Ape):\n\nIn order for the transformation to take place, the Saiyan needs to have a\ntail, as the glands responsible for initiating the transformation are located\nexclusively there. The Saiyan also needs to absorb at least 17 million zeno\nunits of Blutz Waves through the eyes to initiate the transformation. Blutz\nWaves are found only in sunlight reflected by a moon. If there is no moon, a\nplanetary body will reflect the same amount of rays. The easiest way to\nachieve this is to gaze at the full moon, making Saiyans similar to werewolves\nin this aspect. If any clouds covered the moon and/or a planetary body, it\nwould block certain amounts of the radiation. Vegeta once made himself\ntransform by firing Power Ball, which is a \"fake moon\" reflecting the\nrequisite amount of Blutz Rays into the air, and then staring at it. A device\non board Saiyans' Attack Pods also project a hologram of a moon that was\nrealistic enough to allow Blutz Waves to be reflected in the event of their\nlanding on a planet that lacks a moon, as evidenced by an incident where Gohan\nwent Great Ape while training for fighting the Saiyans prior to their invasion\ndue to Goku's attack pod reactivating.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-21T08:35:27.557", "id": "50512", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-21T08:35:27.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13056", "parent_id": "50505", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nSo, from what I can see, it's based on the amount of detail in the hair. Super\nSaiyan God looks like it has a lot more detail to the hair and looks slightly\nshorter than SSJB. It also has more shine to the hair than the SSJB.\n\nOne side is Super Saiyan God. The other side is Super Saiyan Blue.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKmqP.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T07:13:55.413", "id": "50521", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-26T16:40:45.620", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-26T16:40:45.620", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "44011", "parent_id": "50515", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nSSJG Vegeta has a black pupil in his eyes while SSJB Vegeta doesn't. Also, the\nshading in the case of SSJG is slightly darker than SSJB. However, it is\nslightly more difficult to see that.\n\nSSJG Vegeta v. SSJB Vegeta\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0L3Pu.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AN4d1.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T07:24:27.810", "id": "50522", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-26T16:40:42.627", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-26T16:40:42.627", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50515", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the scene (the ending of episode 9), Aizawa noticed the warping of\nvillains immediately, **however, his main priority were the students who he\nwas responsible for.** [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1jHdc.jpg)\n\nHe firstly had to alert everyone because, apparently, no one else noticed\nuntil the first batch of villains started to came out. He was also smart\nenough to call for backup and instruct N0 13 to protect the students right\nbefore the decided to engage the enemy.\n\nI'm pretty sure that the element of surprise worked against them, and since he\nwas with a bunch of newbie students, his thought process was much more\nconservative.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uP6aA.jpg)\n\nA lot of times, while under pressure with little time to react, the best\noptions might not come to our minds until way after such event has occurred.\nNevertheless, his call was still very good since his students were his number\n1 priority.\n\n> An example that compliments this; imagine a Samurai fighting while\n> protecting his students compared to that same samurai fighting without any\n> clear distractions. The exact same setting, moreover, you can expect his\n> thought process to be very different in those 2 situationns.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T02:36:16.573", "id": "50519", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-31T23:53:57.740", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-31T23:53:57.740", "last_editor_user_id": "42685", "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "50516", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause he want actually visible yet for Eraserhead to actually see in order\nto use his quirk on him. When the villains started warping in, it was just a\nportal, not actually Kurogiri himself. He didn't show himself to the students\nand 13 until Eraserhead had already jumped down the stairs to take on the mob\nin the plaza. So Eraserhead probably wasn't even aware of his presence until\nafter Iida had escaped, had dealt with 13 and joined Shigaraki and the Nomu in\nthe plaza. Eraserhead would not have been able to lay eyes on him until at\nleast this moment anyway.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-06T01:43:04.120", "id": "55491", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-06T01:43:04.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50216", "parent_id": "50516", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nNo exact date has been given yet other than \"April 2019.\"\n\nSource: <https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/01/19/fruits-basket-reboot-\ncharacter-designs-additional-cast/>\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-22T17:00:07.173", "id": "50529", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-22T17:00:07.173", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "36222", "parent_id": "50528", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe song at 11:00 in S3E23 is called AllMight with UA Students which is\nbasically United States of Smash. [I think this is the song that your looking\nfor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgTQvhUiYs)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T19:37:00.937", "id": "50655", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-30T19:37:00.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44708", "parent_id": "50531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's glossed over in the anime, but in the novels, she was using a spell that\ndiverted damage onto her clothes. When they took that attack, it was enough to\nburn up the sweater.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-14T20:26:45.957", "id": "55562", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-14T20:26:45.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50332", "parent_id": "50532", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe manga is just an adaptation of the Light Novels, so it follows the arcs in\nthe original LN.\n\n 1. Aincrad\n 2. Fairy Dance\n 3. Phantom Bullet\n 4. Caliber\n 5. Mother's Rosario\n 6. Alicization\n\nThe Girl Ops manga can be read at any point after the Fairy Dance arc, as it's\njust a side-story.\n\nProgressive is a reboot of sorts of the Aincrad arc, exploring from the first\nfloor onwards, so it can be read on its own whenever you want.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-02T15:02:19.323", "id": "50692", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-02T15:02:19.323", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33307", "parent_id": "50533", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn episode 24 it is heavily implied that Section 9 (not the members) is formed\nby the Prime Minister himself and Section 9 (i.e Aramaki) only reports to or\ntakes order from either the Home Minister Affairs or directly from the Prime\nMinister himself. This is why Aramaki is immediately called in by the Home\nAffairs Minister to meet at the Prime Ministers residence in episode 24 when\nthe leak happens to discuss the situation.\n\nThe other thing to realize is that, Section 9 got on to the suspicion\nregarding Yakushima involvement pretty late. Yakushima and his cabal were most\ndefinitely keeping tabs on Section 9 from very early on, seeing as to how\nquickly the Section 9 secret operation (carried out in episode 23) gets leaked\nto the media just before Section 9 tries to make a move on Yakushima.\n\nSo if you take these things into consideration it makes sense as to why\nAramaki went to the Prime Minister and why Section 9 ended up being disbanded.\nIt's basically because Section 9 were not able to verify Yakushima involvement\nin the case until almost the end. As a result, Section 9 didn't have enough\ntime or window to keep tab on Yakushima himself. Therefore they were unable to\nprevent or predict the leak. Thereby also catching them by surprise. If they\nwere able to verify Yakushima's involvement early on and kept tabs on him,\nthere most likely would not have been the disbanding of Section 9. Or the at\nthe very least the situation would have gone differently.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-19T22:19:39.867", "id": "53300", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-19T22:19:39.867", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47739", "parent_id": "50537", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe substitution jutsu is still used constantly, but as the series progressed\nand the strength of the characters increased it became more practical to use\nclones instead as clones serve the same purpose and more.\n\nThere are notable examples of the substitution jutsu at the end of the series.\n\n * Kakashi using it against Obito in their final fight\n\n * Killer Bee uses it with one of Hachi's tentacles against Sasuke in their first fight\n\nThe technique is indeed extremely useful, and must be easy to do and require\nlow chakra as it is taught in the Academy. It is likely a staple, fundamental\ntechnique that is used more often than we see, and is used so frequently and\nhas such a low impact on high level fights that we likely forget if and when\nit is used.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-24T13:45:32.580", "id": "50552", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-28T20:47:13.720", "last_edit_date": "2019-01-28T20:47:13.720", "last_editor_user_id": "37063", "owner_user_id": "37063", "parent_id": "50551", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt ends up becoming useless, as the enemies evolve in anime many techniques\ncan become irrelevant or ineffective. In the case of the substitution jutsu it\nbecomes easily counter-able by enemies like Pain and Madara. Although in some\ncases it is still used in the place of a counter attack\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-28T19:41:00.990", "id": "50607", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-28T19:41:00.990", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44658", "parent_id": "50551", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's **_Happiness ~Requiem from The Blind Alchemist~_** by Akira Senju, the\n28th track from the album _Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Original Soundtrack\n1_.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-25T22:22:23.990", "id": "50569", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-26T00:44:39.883", "last_edit_date": "2019-01-26T00:44:39.883", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "44557", "parent_id": "50558", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis track is not featured in either of the OSTs, after a long search I found\nthis version:\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh8CS8PM7vk>\n\nor\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEK28DBU2_I>\n\n> The Unreleased Album is from people ripping music from the original series\n> and trying to reduce all of the foreground sound be using audio subtraction\n> and splicing from different uses in the series. It's a massive effort and\n> it's a real shame that we'll never get official releases of a lot of Code\n> Geass music, this one for certain really should have gotten one.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T05:48:03.343", "id": "50738", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-06T05:48:03.343", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "28947", "parent_id": "50575", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes. The form makes an appearence and is named in _Dragon Ball Heroes_ ,\nUniverse Mission 1 (UM1)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q1Fdk.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-27T05:00:54.463", "id": "50580", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-27T05:00:54.463", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50577", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLooks like that is all there is for the 2nd season, with only 8 OVA episodes.\nThe [MAL page](https://myanimelist.net/anime/33286/Strike_the_Blood_II) _does\nnot include any alternative versions or episodes for the 2nd season other than\nthose_. The 3rd season is also\n[similar](https://myanimelist.net/anime/37449/Strike_the_Blood_III); OVA\nversion with 10 episodes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-27T10:16:33.127", "id": "50582", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-27T10:16:33.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50579", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, in the original web novel Rimuru's slime form is silver and the human\nform is described as having silver hair. But in the light novel and manga\nadaptations they changed it to blue. The anime's art and story are more\nclosely based on the manga than the webnovel, so I'd guess that's why he\nappears as having blue hair in the anime too.\n\nIn the scene you're referring to, Milim does actually call him silver-haired\nand it's not a bad translation. Maybe blue just looks better on screen, I\ndon't know why they do this. Although, there are some other anime too where\nthe hair color looks different from what it's supposed to be, I don't pay it\nmuch heed.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-27T22:08:43.427", "id": "50590", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-27T22:08:43.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35449", "parent_id": "50587", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nWhen Luffy first developed his [2nd\nGear](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Second_Techniques),\nhe would pump blood through out the entirety of his body and increase the\nblood flow, doing so enabled his tissue and organs to access more oxygen and\nnutrients, hence making him match up with opponents who were stronger than\nhim. **_The problem however occurred with prolonged use of the technique_** ,\ndue to the fast rate of metabolism from increased blood flow, luffy would burn\nup nutrients rapidly, and the less nutrients he had, the less energy he had to\ncontinue fighting, but since he's stubborn, he'd still continue using it, and\nat that point the technique hacks away at his life force because his body is\nbeing overworked with little nutrients.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/slIDt.jpg)\n\nMoreover, during the 2 year time skip, luffy trained under Reilegh, and was\nable to fully master and perfect his 2nd gear, to the point where he only\nneeded to pump blood increasingly through the parts he needed to use for\nfighting. Although this helped reduced the effects, I believe the 2nd gear\nbecomes more dangerous when he uses it past its limits.\n\nSo to finally answer your question, the second gear still negatively affects\nluffy and chips away at his lifespan, but when compared to the time he first\ndeveloped the technique, the effects are not that great. The main technique\nthat poses more of a threat to luffy is his fourth gear, which is a completely\ndifferent case.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-28T02:46:14.447", "id": "50594", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-28T02:46:14.447", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "50592", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe following details are taken directly from the wiki page on\n[Inazuma](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Inazuma): (emphasis mine)\n\n> After a brief fight between Luffy and Blackbeard, Inazuma and the others\n> managed to reach Level 3: here, he cut the stairs to level 2, following the\n> instructions of Ivankov, who stayed to battle Magellan. Refusing to follow\n> the other prisoners to Level 1, Inazuma stayed in front of the stairs\n> waiting for Iva, but he was reached instead by Magellan, who easily defeated\n> him with poison.\n>\n> Fortunately, Inazuma was picked up by Ivankov. Though both of them were\n> **barely alive** after being defeated by Magellan's poison, they quickly\n> caught up with the rest of their allies on the top of Impel Down using Iva's\n> Hell Wink to propel them up the prison. Having caught up with the rest of\n> their allies, Inazuma and the rest were not given a moment's rest as\n> Magellan came at them with his most powerful technique. Heeding the advice\n> from Jinbe over the Den Den Mushi, they all hung on to Iva's huge head and\n> using another Hell Wink, blasted their way into the ocean just as Magellan\n> cornered them all at the pier. Though this move seemed foolish due to the\n> waters surrounding Impel Down being a Sea King's nest, they were fortunately\n> saved by a school of whale sharks that Jinbe called for aid.\n\nSo yes, they both were defeated by Magellan's poison, and barely escape to the\nship. Now, the next section in the page, about the Marineford War states:\n(emphasis mine)\n\n> Inazuma **was treated for his poisons** on the escape ship to Marineford.\n> Ivankov **decides not to use his healing and tension hormones** , claiming\n> that Inazuma is a very important revolutionary and this process shortens the\n> lifespan and may cause various after-effects. Iva decides **just to wait\n> until Inazuma is recovered.**\n>\n> Near the end of the battle at Marineford, Inazuma emerged from Ivankov's\n> hair, having been hiding in it all of the time since the boat crashed into\n> the battle. He then used his Devil Fruit powers to create a walkway to Ace's\n> Execution platform for Luffy.\n\n \nSimilarly, from the page on\n[Ivankov](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Emporio_Ivankov):\n\n> Ivankov revealed he used Healing Hormones and Tension Hormones to save\n> himself from the poison, but he did not want to put Inazuma through the same\n> thing.\n\n \nSo, Iva cures the poisons to ensure Inazuma is out of danger, and then doesn't\nuse the hormones on him. Hence, Inazuma is out of action till the end of the\nwar, and even then doesn't really fight head to head with anyone.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-09T03:39:47.737", "id": "50774", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-09T03:39:47.737", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "50593", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNot a manga reader but based on what I was able to search on the Internet, _it\nis still a mystery and the whole truth isn't quite revealed yet_.\n\nFrom what I understand, it is still not known as to how it is acquired or if\nit can be acquired by someone consciously. It is, however, known that:\n\n> ...all share a similar faith in their own (and others') dreams and/or\n> destiny. When a \"D.\" appears, the general consensus is that they are going\n> to stir things up on a global scale, for better or for worse.\n\nAlso,\n\n> The second thing about the D is the \"Inherited Will\" which passes down\n> generation from generation according to Roger and Whitebeard. Even if the\n> life of the person is extinguished others will take up their will.\n\nAlso from the [wiki](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Will_of_the_D.), only\nGol D. Roger from among those who carry the 'D' in their name was able to know\nthe whole meaning and truth behind. If I understand correctly, what he knew\nhas not yet been revealed in the manga. There are a number of theories about\nthis in the Internet which you can look up if you are interested but bear in\nmind that _these are just theories so there is no definite conclusion as to\nwhat it is exactly_.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-28T13:54:47.080", "id": "50602", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-28T13:54:47.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50597", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI've managed to track the song down - it's track 6 on the [1st OST\ndisc](https://vgmdb.net/album/29729), called \"sekushii ga kita!\" (roughly\n\"Sexy Has Come!\", or \"Here's sexy!\"). As far as I can tell, it is only\nattributed to Yukari Hashimoto, the composer for the series soundtrack, and as\nsuch it doesn't seem to be a cover or direct reference like many of the insert\nsongs in the show.\n\nI can't find a preview of the song that I'm confident isn't a copyright\nviolation, but it shouldn't be hard to find it by yourself.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T07:30:38.033", "id": "50638", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-30T07:30:38.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8843", "parent_id": "50603", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nPretty sure it's from My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu, Yukinoshita Yukino Plush\nDoll\n\n<https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10431204>\n\nThe clothes pretty much the same with her school uniform. She looks like this\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ontv5.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T02:52:44.067", "id": "50614", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T02:52:44.067", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "50613", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe character is Varu from the [Oreca\nBattle](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=15913)\nseries. (You can see him on the right side of the image found on the link\nabove) It's based on the Japanese trading card game [Monster Retsuden Oreca\nBattle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Retsuden_Oreca_Battle)\n\nAlso found the exact same plushie [here](http://www.presentoy.com/oreca-\nbattle-soft-toy-03-varu/).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T09:55:46.673", "id": "50618", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T09:55:46.673", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35452", "parent_id": "50615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirstly, there are several more adaptations of the Dragon Ball Z and not just\nthe four you listed. However, the ones. Since that is not the main question, I\nwon't elaborate on that.\n\nTo answer your first question, the Japanese version would indeed be the true\nshonen series and perhaps what Dragon Ball Z is truly intended to be. Being\nsomeone who personally dislikes dubbed versions, the Funimation dub is indeed\nvery good and Bruce Faulconer's tracks make it an overall amazing experience.\nThe Funimation dub that aired on Television was obviously heavily censored,\nhowever uncensored versions of the dub(Visually) have been released, however\nin terms of the script, there is censorship.\n\nWith regard to your second question, DBZ Kai is different from the main\nversion as it tends to remove filler episodes. Although, as far as Plot goes,\nthere isn't any significant difference. With reference to Goku finding about\nGohan, it wasn't really Censored. What is censored is mainly nudity, violence,\nand random instances like these for example: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FrIwE.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KKRsL.jpg)\n\nThe word \"HELL\" is replaced with \"HFIL\". Gohan's tears have been removed to\nmake it seem like \"Less of a Kidnapping\". You can look at a list of censorship\nin the series\n[here](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Censorship_in_the_Dragon_Ball_series).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T18:10:11.390", "id": "50624", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T18:10:11.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50619", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhat we know it's that the namekian dragon balls were made by taking pieces\nfrom the super dragon balls. The super dragon balls are scattered through\nuniverse 6 and universe 7, and they work, so we could assume that since the\nnamekian dragon balls are made of the same material or substance, they would\nhave the same general properties than the namekian dragon balls (granting less\npowerful wishes though) . So I'd say if they are taking to another planet they\nstill would work just as the super dragon balls do.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T14:45:50.750", "id": "50622", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T14:45:50.750", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "50620", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nYou made a small mistake, with regard to the rules of the earth's Dragon\nBalls, they can be used to grant up to **3 wishes**. However, if one of the\nwishes involves reviving a large number of people, it can only be used to\ngrant up to **2 wishes**.\n\nWith regard to your main question, as to whether the Dragon Balls would work\non another planet, the answer is **Yes** , at least in case of the Namekian\nDragon Balls. We know this because they were used to revive Krillin, Yamcha,\nTien and Chiaotzu on earth which you can see\n[here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpylDA39M8&t=61s).\n\nHence, to answer your wife's question. Yes! It would've been certainly\npossible. However, there are reasons why that wouldn't work with the narrative\n\n * The first is Frieza's character. Frieza was considered to one of the strongest fighter in the Universe. A Universal emperor and it would be very unlike him to take the dragon balls and hide it when he could take it from anyone he pleases simply because of how powerful he was. The Frieza then didn't fear anyone. Although the Frieza in DBS would do something like that, the Frieza in DBZ wouldn't simply because of how strong he was.\n * Now with regard to Vegeta, he began collecting the Namekian Dragon Balls when he heard about Frieza wanting to collect them. So ideally, Vegeta would want to collect the Dragon Balls immediately before Frieza does and make his wish. At the same time, Vegeta had absolutely no intention of confronting Frieza or engage in combat with him. If Vegeta spent time taking every single Dragon Ball he had to another planet, came back and repeated the process, Frieza would've most likely found a Dragon Ball during this period of time. This would require Vegeta to confront Frieza and engage in battle with him which is something he clearly wanted to avoid at that point in time. So on account of the situation, it would have been impractical for Vegeta to do this fast enough to be able to get all Dragon balls and wish for immortality. \n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T16:21:29.423", "id": "50623", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T18:14:14.157", "last_edit_date": "2019-01-29T18:14:14.157", "last_editor_user_id": "31104", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50620", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, you can't set a ball on fire or encrust the ball in a wall like Kojiro\ndoes with the Tiger shoot. No man has the strenght to do it and if they would\nthe ball would break apart first.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-29T19:59:08.977", "id": "50627", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-29T19:59:08.977", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "50621", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo it hasn't been proven Gogeta is stronger than Beerus. The only characters\nwho have been proven to be stronger than Beerus are _MUI Goku and Limit\nBreaker Jiren_.\n\n * Firstly, I believe the only character in the series who has the closes idea of how strong Beerus really is would be Whis. Hence, I would mainly be considering statements made by Whis with reference to Beerus's True Power.\n * Whis had said several times that Goku + Vegeta working together would allow them to go toe to toe with Beerus. By Working together, Whis implies fusion. This could mean, Gogeta or Vegito could be potentially strong enough to defeat Beerus or be very relative to him in terms of power at the very least.\n * Another important factor to consider is the time limit for fusion. Considering how powerful Beerus is, the fusion might perhaps not last long enough for Gogeta / Vegito to defeat Beerus.\n * Whis makes another statement in the anime saying that Mastering Ultra Instinct would result in Goku/ Vegeta surpassing Beerus. Whis also says this to Vegeta when he fights Beerus in the manga and loses the fight. This more or less establishes the fact that MUI Goku would be stronger than Beerus.\n\nNow with regard to statements made by a few other characters,\n\n * During the battle with Zamasu, it wasn't Whis but Shin who says that Vegito might be stronger than Beerus. However, I believe the show has demonstrated enough reasons why we shouldn't take Shin's word seriously. For starters, Shin thought SSJG Goku was strong enough to defeat Beerus, he thought SSJB Vegeta was defeating Jiren, Vegeta would struggle against Pui Pui, had no clue of what Ultra Instinct was. The character has been displayed as someone who is very inexperienced and often jumps into conclusions and is in awe of what happens afterwards or is usually corrected or mocked by the Elder Kai about the same.\n * The second comment was made by Goku comparing Broly to Beerus and yes, if that were the case, Beerus would be significantly weaker than a Gogeta or Vegito. While Goku has a much better notion of how strong an opponent is in comparison to Shin, I believe even he might not know the true extent of Beerus's power. For example, Goku was confident he'd be able to defeat Beerus after attaining the SSJG transformation the first time around, that he was using only 80% of his power(Despite Beerus being significantly more powerful in comparison to that). Even in the case of Jiren, the more and more Jiren began to reveal his true power, Goku was in shock. For example, in Episode 123, when Jiren revealed a fraction of his true power, Goku was in such extreme shock that he dropped from his Super Saiyan Blue form to his base form. Even in the case of Frieza, Goku had no idea Frieza was hiding a level of power that high until Frieza revealed his Golden Form to Goku\n\nSo in the end, it comes down to whether one thinks Gogeta Blue is as strong as\nMUI Goku and Limit Breaker Jiren. There is an obvious disagreement between a\nlot of the fanbase with regard to this and there aren't any statements made in\nthe movie or in Dragon Ball Super to help establish this. However, based on\nDragon Ball Heroes at least, MUI Goku was indicated to be more powerful and it\nis the highest level of power of the MC, it does seem to make sense to me.\nHowever, that is up to you to decide.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T15:25:22.317", "id": "50649", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-14T08:06:01.597", "last_edit_date": "2021-10-14T08:06:01.597", "last_editor_user_id": "62199", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIts hard to say really. \"Official\" power levels have been absent since Trunks\narrived on earth in DBZ. From that point on, speculation took over and its\neasy to see why. In all honesty, the numbers were already in the millions and\nwith a long way to go it makes sense they would shy away from finite numbers.\nThey did later release a power level guide but after Trunks' arrival on earth\nthe numbers don't add up. I digress though. As far as Gogeta's comparison to\nBeerus, I fear it falls into the same category as everything after Namek.\nSpeculation based on character quotes. A lot of things left to interpretation.\nThey changed both fusions for DBS. Potara is no longer permanent but retains\nthe remainder of its definition. Whereas metamoran (fusion dance) got reworked\ncompletely.\n\nBeerus did say at the end of BOG that \"between the 2 of them, he might have\nhis rival yet\". This points toward fusion.\n\nWhis has also pointed out that working together they may be able to beat\nBeerus, but if they refuse they only way will be mastering ultra instinct.\nThat being said, there really hasn't been much mentioned in terms of Beerus'\nfull strength. Beerus told Goku he was using 70% of his power, but I believe\nWhis, later when they were alone, said it'd been a while since he had to use\nnearly 50% of his power. I could be off, it might have been 40%. Itsbeen a\nwhile since I've seen the movie.\n\nOutside of the Gods themselves, only Whis has any idea of what Beerus can do.\nThat being said, Whis doesn't get genuinely surprised by Goku or Vegeta much.\nIn fact, I think that only once each, and that was in the TOP. Vegeta's Limit\nBreaker and Goku's attempts at ultra instinct. Only one other time has he been\nsurprised, that was in the movie when Gogeta was fighting.\n\nMy answer to this is yes. I believe Gogeta is stronger than Beerus. Is he so\nmuch stronger that he can defeat him in 30 minutes? Doubtful. He certainly\nstands the best chance out of fusion options. Some would argue Vegito could,\nbut Vegito would fail spectacularly. His time limit is far too low. He may be\nclose to or on par with Gogeta in terms of strength but Potara's one glaring\nweakness is that the more power you use, the shorter the fusion. He lasted a\nwhole 7 minutes against Zamasu. Granted Zamasu was immortal, but he wasn't a\nGod of destruction either. Vegito owned him, but it took too much power to do\nso and he defused. Kefla lasted 5 minutes against the incomplete ultra\ninstinct. Gogeta, at least for the time being based on the movie, gets 30\nminutes regardless. That makes him the best option for defeating Beerus.\n\nKudos to Toriyama and company for staying with the vague definitions on both\nfusions though. Keeps the debate going on who's stronger but with no finite\nformula, its all speculation.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-04-17T11:18:14.240", "id": "51553", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-31T00:44:07.457", "last_edit_date": "2019-12-31T00:44:07.457", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "45904", "parent_id": "50628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFirst of all, Gogeta is stronger than MUI Goku and Limit Breaker Jiren because\nGogeta is made of Goku’s and Vegeta’s best traits and multiplies it by a lot\nso any power-up or transformation Goku or Vegeta gets is added to Gogeta. So\nhow could Gogeta possibly be weaker than Goku? Gogeta is probably on par with\nWhis and Whis is stronger than Beerus.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-13T00:53:49.283", "id": "53599", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-14T11:13:59.897", "last_edit_date": "2019-07-14T11:13:59.897", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "48071", "parent_id": "50628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nGoku thought monaca was stronger than himself as well. At end of super goku\nstates he cannot achieve that power again, which continues for the brolly\nmovie. He doesnt say his kaoikan x 20, simply regular blue. Golden frieza last\nan hour, whereas jirens power is overwhelming for frieza. Lastly, if vegito\nwas enough to beat jiren, whis would have suggested it after vegeta knocked\nout toppo. Whis simply pointed out ui was thier last chance. Jiren is greater\nthan brolly, ui goku greater than jiren.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-23T05:55:46.377", "id": "56229", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-23T05:55:46.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51277", "parent_id": "50628", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIf I remember correctly, in the Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night universes,\nAvenger Angra Mainyu was summoned by the Einzbern in the third Holy Grail War\ninstead of a Berserker. This would imply that it is technically possible to\nsummon an Extra Class Servant during a standard Holy Grail War following the\nFuyuki formula.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T18:58:10.813", "id": "50652", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-30T18:58:10.813", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44152", "parent_id": "50637", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n## All rules are made to be bent, broken, and superseded\n\nThis is kind of the fundamental thrust of the Fate series (or more broadly,\nthe \"Nasuverse\"). Rules are more like guidelines and suggestions. Like if we\nwere going to play a game to settle a dispute, and I put everything for\nConnect Four on a table, but you were like \"first one to toss a token onto\ntheir head wins!\" The suggestion was that we play Connect Four, but you took\nwhat was available and made it into what you could.\n\nThe Holy grail war has a system of rules and functions that it ideally\noperates by, but every war becomes about who can manipulate and break the\nrules the best. In Fate/Zero, Melloi splits the command seals and energy\nburden between himself and his wife, respectively. In the third war the\nEinzberns manipulate the system to summon an Avenger, thinking it'll assure\nthem victory (in the alternate timeline of Apocrypha, they summon a Ruler\ninstead). In the same war another team uses their special rule-breaking crest\nto basically have two masters with their own copy of a servant. In Fate/Stay\nNight Caster exploits the system to become a master herself, create a fake\nAssassin that defied the normal rules for an Assassin, and to spawn camp the\nlesser grail. She even has a Noble Phantasm called \"Rule Breaker\" that pretty\nmuch does exactly what it says. A reality marble, like Unlimited Blade Works,\nexplicitly involves the user rejecting reality and substituting their own. In\nFate/Apocrypha the multi-team grail war is activated by Clock Tower members\nafter they infiltrate the base of those who had stolen the Greater Grail; it\nwouldn't normally have happened. Heck, even the existence of the Greater\nGrail, and its true purpose, was originally only meant to be known to the\nthree houses that developed the idea, with every other participant intended to\nbe under-informed schmucks that were supposed to be easily dispatched because\nthey didn't have the advantages of the Makiris, Tohsakas, and Einzberns.\n\nEven the combat system devolves into who can break the rules better. An\nunstoppable projectile meets an impenetrable shield...what happens? Well, that\ncan literally happen in this setting, and there's an answer to it, and it\nmostly depends on the level of their divine mysteries and their compatibility.\nIf this shield specifically did, or was crafted to, stop the unstoppable\nprojectile in question in myth, then it'll easily do so here. If the user of\nthe projectile was cursed to have his attack blocked by someone of a certain\nlineage, then if the shield's user is of that lineage then it will win (the\nshield might not even need to be otherwise \"impenetrable\"). But a barely known\nshield on a minor hero with no relation to the well-known attacker with a\nwell-known spear will be shot through (weak mystery vs strong mystery). In\nFate/Stay night this exact situation occurs in one route, resulting in a near\ndraw (but advantage to the attacker). In Apocrypha we see that the nigh-total\nimmunity of Siegfried can be punched through by attacks with sufficient divine\nmystery relative to that of his own protection, and attacks by heroes or\nweapons with a legend specifically for slaying dragons will be highly\neffective against him. Several of the main characters of Apocrypha are in fact\nintrinsically warping and defying the rules, both of the Grail War and\nbasically existence itself.\n\nSo, sure, all sorts of things could be summoned, provided the Masters and\nothers involved are sufficiently skilled and clever enough to manipulate and\nbreak things in the right way to make it happen. And in Apocrypha there are in\nfact multiple Extra Class servants active at once.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-28T14:00:27.397", "id": "55712", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-28T14:00:27.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "50637", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nNo, it was stated that the Einzbern's were only able to summon those extra\nclass servants (avenger Angra or ruler Amakusa) because they were one of the\nfamilies to create the holy grail war system, so they were able to interfere\nwith the system to allow the ruler and avenger class to be summoned, but only\nby them who knew how to and had the authority over the system to do so.\n\nTherefore if any other master attempted to summon an extra class servant they\nwould not be able to because of the rules of the holy grail. So no, in a holy\ngrail war, a master can not just summon those extra class servants.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-20T06:09:15.620", "id": "57621", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-20T06:09:15.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53425", "parent_id": "50637", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFor the first part of your question the answer for most Masters would be a no.\nThe Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars were built to have one Servant each of the seven\nstandard classes be summoned but since the Einzberns were part of it's\ncreation they can to an extent go \"fwahahahha I am the rules\" and were able to\nsummon an Avenger/Ruler class instead while Medea's skill at magecraft and\nolder mages generally being far superior to modern ones was able to bend the\nrules enough to add Sasaki Kojirou albeit by having to bind him to specific\nlocation.\n\nThe Great Holy Grail War is an extension of this system with two of each\nstandard class being summoned by Masters.\n\nOutside of a Holy Grail War summoning a Servant is nigh on impossible but if\nachieved would not be bound by class restrictions as demonstrated by the Faker\nclass Servant summoned by Doctor Heartless in Lord El-Melloi II Case Files\nusing an imitation of the Holy Grail.\n\nFate/Grand Order also demonstrates this as both the Chaldea summoning system\nand the Grails found within singularities are capable of summoning Extra class\nServants just as easily as any other.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-20T13:00:06.443", "id": "57632", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-20T13:00:06.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4591", "parent_id": "50637", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not having any luck finding the specific episode that you're talking about\n(if it even exists). What I did find is [a reference to the Third Databook\n(pages 66 and 67)](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Karin#cite_note-d3-0) where\nit explains how the two met,\n\n> After the village was burned down and everyone was killed, Karin was\n> approached by Orochimaru, who asked her how she survived, leading him to\n> bring her back to Otogakure.\n\nI'm guessing at this point that there was maybe a small flashback in one\nepisode somewhere, but if there is, I can't find a clip anywhere.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T19:21:45.580", "id": "50653", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-31T17:48:00.477", "last_edit_date": "2019-10-31T17:48:00.477", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "44707", "parent_id": "50639", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's from Naruto Shippuuden [Episode 431: To See That Smile, Just One More\nTime](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/To_See_That_Smile,_Just_One_More_Time).\n\nThis one is from the run of Infinite Tsukuyomi fillers that aired during the\nFourth Shinobi World War arc. Notably, unlike the previous episodes in this\nset of fillers (mainly just fairly lighthearted happenings inside the Infinite\nTsukuyomi dream of various characters), Karin's episode here is basically a\nrather sombre flashback to her past.\n\n(This was a sad episode. Poor Karin...)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-01T02:01:36.750", "id": "50672", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-01T04:21:36.647", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-01T04:21:36.647", "last_editor_user_id": "18352", "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "50639", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's from Naruto Shippuden [Episode 408: The Cursed\nPuppet](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cursed_Puppet).\n\nSakura is having chakra issues, then it has a segue about before Team Taka\nformed, then that segues again at 15:28 about some scum that found Karin as a\nchild and was going to sell her as a remnant of a clan from the Hidden Eddy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-03T07:58:44.200", "id": "53134", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-31T17:48:02.173", "last_edit_date": "2019-10-31T17:48:02.173", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "47519", "parent_id": "50639", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhether _Takane & Hana_ will ever receive an anime adaptation is off-topic for\nthis site, since that concerns unannounced future events. However, I will try\nto address the broader question of whether manga ever get anime adaptations\n_after_ receiving live-action adaptations.\n\nOff the top of my head, there is some precedent for live-action adaptations,\nwhether television dramas or films, being created prior to anime adaptations.\nFor example:\n\n * The [_Nana_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_\\(manga\\)) manga ran from 2000 to 2009. The film adaptation first came out in 2005; the anime was released in 2006.\n\n * [_The Perfect Insider_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subete_ga_F_ni_Naru) originated as a novel in 1996. A manga adaptation came out in 2001 and a game in 2002, and a television series was broadcast in 2014. An anime adaptation was released in 2015. Note, however, that the television series contains material without the original novel that the anime did not adapt.\n\n * The [_Great Teacher Onizuka_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Teacher_Onizuka) manga first ran from 1997 to 2002. A television drama came out in 1998, and an anime series in 1999.\n\n * [_Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamada-kun_and_the_Seven_Witches) ran from 2012 to 2017 as a manga. The television adaptation was broadcast in 2013, the anime in 2015.\n\nSuperficially, the answer then is yes, manga sometimes get anime adaptations\n_after_ receiving a live-action adaptation. However, many of the dates in my\nexamples are relatively close, and without doing much more research, it is\nunclear to me when the announcements and decisions about the adaptations were\nmade. It is possible that a television series and an anime released only six\nmonths apart might have begun production or been announced at around the same\ntime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-30T21:10:57.277", "id": "50657", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-30T21:10:57.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "50654", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt will not be possible for Himawari to awaken the Tenseigan on her own. This\nis because the only way to awaken [the\nTenseigan](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tenseigan)\n\n> is by combining Hamura's descendants chakra (within the Otsutsuki Clan) with\n> the Byakugan (the Chakra of the Hyuga Clan).\n\nNaruto is an Uzumaki, a clan that is closely related to the Senju Clan, and so\nhe already possessed a bit of Hagoromo's Chakra (also being a reincarnation of\nAsura). However, that is not the same as Hamura's Chakra.\n\nNote that Hagoromo is the first twin who possesed the Rinnengan, while Hamura\npossessed the Tenseigan and through blood line dilution, Hagoromo's two\nchildren inherited separately, his chakra and a lesser version of his eyes,\nwhich could be combined together to give his Original eyes. The same thing\noccurred with his younger twin.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-01T14:41:23.303", "id": "50678", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-01T19:22:14.600", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-01T19:22:14.600", "last_editor_user_id": "42685", "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "50677", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n## Points For Miki:\n\nHaving reread the first volume, Miki's claim actually does have a great deal\nof credence. She is often seen helping Shoko, informing her on page 80 when\nthe teacher calls on Shoko, and showing her which question the teacher asked\non page 69. Bonus points for copying the homework assignment for Naoka when\nShoko's questioning caused her to miss what the teacher said (this helps\nShoko, albeit indirectly). Additionally Miki does, in fact, tell Shoya to\nknock it off several times:\n\n> Stop goofing off, boys! (Volume 1, page 100, after Shoya dumps a dustpan on\n> Shoko outside)\n\nThis happens after Shoya dumps a dustpan on Shoko, who is outside the window.\n\n> See? I told you to knock it off! (Volume 1, Page 106)\n\nMiki says this after Shoya injures Shoko by pulling on her hearing aid\napparatus. Notably, her alleged first call to \"knock it off\" is suspiciously\nmissing from the narrative.\n\nMiki also attempts to shield Shoko from harm in several instances. First, when\nNaoka rudely asks Shoko whether she can speak Japanese, Miki says,\n\n> Haha... That's not a nice way to put it. (Volume 1, page 73)\n\nWhen Shoko asks for clarification for what Naoka said, Miki writes in Shoko's\nnotebook, changing the question to \"Do you have a nickname?\"\n\nSecond, Miki is present when Shoko sees the mean messages written on the\nchalkboard by Shoya and friends. It's unclear if the message is actually\ncommunicated to Shoko since she's deaf, but Miki says,\n\n> It's awful, isn't it? I mean, really...(Volume 1, page 97)\n\nIn cases where her friends are badmouthing Shoko, it is actually true that\nMiki does not participate. Rather, she gives diplomatic replies, such as \"I\nknow, right?\" and \"I know what you mean.\" (Volume 1, pages 105 and 80). She\nacknowledges her friends' grievances against Shoko, but does not levy any of\nher own.\n\nShoya is also shown to be, to a degree, oblivious to the people around him,\nlending credence to the idea that he might not be the most reliable narrator.\nWhen he's doing his daredevil stunts, his two friends show a declining\ninterest in continuing, but Shoya doesn't notice, and it hits him like a brick\nwall when they outright tell him they don't want to keep jumping off bridges.\nIn high school, he puts mental X's over everyone's faces, further showing that\nhe doesn't pay attention to other people. Since the first volume is almost\nentirely told from Shoya's perspective, a case might be made that any memories\nin the narrative he has of Miki being mean to Shoko are fabricated or\nexaggerated. Thus one wonders whether Shoya's claim on Volume 1, page 124 can\nbe trusted:\n\n> And if you count insults, the girls badmouthed her more than anyone!\n> Especially Miki and Naoka!\n\nNaoka, certainly. But Shoya may just be lumping Miki in because she was part\nof the conversation.\n\n## Points Against Miki:\n\nProbably the most damaging point against Miki is her friendship with Naoka,\nwho is definitively known to have bullied Shoko. In spite of this, Miki\ndefends Naoka to the teacher, saying Naoka did more than anyone to keep Shoya\nin line on page 123. It is possible that Miki just willfully looked the other\nway when Naoka was bullying Shoko, or, less likely, that she was unaware of\nthe worse offenses Naoka perpetrated. But her strong association with Naoka\ndoes lead credence to the idea that she also badmouthed Shoko, even if there\nis no instance in the manga of this happening.\n\nSecondly, Miki may have been present at the aforementioned blackboard incident\nwhen Shoya and friends were writing the messages. On page 95, there is a panel\nshowing the legs of several characters. One pair of socks does resemble\nMiki's. If so, then this quote would be attributed to her:\n\n> When you get in trouble, I had nothing to do with this! (Volume 1, page 95)\n\nShe seems to be trying to discourage them, so it's unlikely she took part\ndirectly. On the other hand, this means she could have erased the messages\nbefore Shoko saw them.\n\nThirdly, Miki laughed at the Shoya's joke on page 102 about Shoko being deaf\nbecause they forgot to write the sutras on her ears. Initially, she does give\nShoya a disapproving look, but after the teacher laughs, she laughs too. She\neven contributes clarification on the joke, saying, \"Hoichi the Earless?\", and\nthus giving it her stamp of approval (in her defense, as an honor student, she\nlikely couldn't resist classical/literary allusions).\n\n## Conclusion:\n\nI suspect that Miki really was doing her best to help Shoko. Her classmates\ndid have legitimate grievances against Shoko, so Miki likely didn't know what\nto do or who to side with as the class turned increasingly hostile. She didn't\nstick out her neck for Shoko, so as to keep a target from being put on her,\nbut she did her best to moderate in an impossible situation that could not be\nhandled by children. However, there is a great deal of ambiguity to the\ncharacter in the story, and I invite everyone to review the character's words\nand actions and come to their own conclusion.\n\n## New Information\n\nFrom an author interview I read in the first volume of the collector's edition\n(emphasis mine):\n\n> Does Kawai take her glasses off [and cry when Shoya accuses her] because she\n> knows she's cute?\n>\n> Oima: It's a natural gesture. Kawai-san is not that calculating. I'll say\n> this because I want it to be clear: **The tears she cries are also 100%\n> pure**.\n\nThough it's not canonical to the main story, in the second one-shot, Miki can\nbe seen helping Shoko sing during the choir concert contest. She's holding her\nhand and giving her some kind of signals. A commentator says:\n\n> The girl next to her is showing her which way to adjust her pitch.\n\nThen, when Naoka yells at Shoko and gets a response, and then everyone is\nbadmouthing Shoko by saying she can actually hear, Miki gives a more neutral\nresponse:\n\n> Well, my mom said she must be wearing a device that lets her hear.\n\nMiki also looks more horrified than anyone when Shoya hits Shoko and causes\nher to bleed (page 681 in collector's edition, though Miki's drawn kind of\nstrangely). She does wear a smile while the group is leaving Shoya after\npushing him in the pond, but this isn't a question about whether Miki bullied\nShoya.\n\nThe scene where Shoya accuses Miki and Naoka is present in both one-shots as\nwell, with some differences. This indicates Miki was probably always meant to\nplay the role she does in the story. The second one-shot version is\nessentially the same as in the main story (though lacking Miki's \"Why can't we\nall be friends\" line, but in the first one-shot, Shoya only says of Miki,\n\n> You were laughing with Ueno, too!\n\nThis notably lacks the accusation of Miki badmouthing Shoko. Miki doesn't cry\nhere, but looks extremely nervous about the accusation and says to the\nteacher,\n\n> But sir... I'm the class representative. I would never...\n\nIn all three versions, Miki denies any wrongdoing on her part, and none of the\nversions actually show her doing any badmouthing herself.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-01T17:35:41.083", "id": "50684", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-24T16:31:46.430", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-24T16:31:46.430", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "50683", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nMiki definitely bullied Shoko. Even if it wasn't as direct as the others\nbullying. Even in the ways Miki \"protected\" Shoko were all for the glory of\nMiki. Miki has always been very manipulative, like when she would laugh at the\nmean jokes the others would make and then turn around do something that's\nsomewhat nice. Or how she obviously was part of the problem, then made it look\nlike it was all Shoyo. Miki definitely bullied Shoko, but just in a slightly\ndifferent way\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-03-22T22:01:21.590", "id": "57038", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-22T22:01:21.590", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52394", "parent_id": "50683", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nmiki bullied shoko she defended shoko to make herself look good and laughed\nwith the others. She definitely didn't really do mush to bully her in the was\nshoya (or the others) did but at the same time she played part in it by\nlaughing with the others and not doing much to stop it, (like when shoya\npulled her hearing aid out) she decide to act as if she was the 'good person'\nin all of it and help her only when she was hurt she is extremely\nmanipulative.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-06-07T08:35:02.227", "id": "57828", "last_activity_date": "2020-06-07T08:35:02.227", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53731", "parent_id": "50683", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nPesci could've died due to his injuries, making the zippers useless in putting\nhis body together in this case. Also, the zippers faded away, so that just\nproves my point further. It's the only sensible reason I have for this issue.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-17T19:29:34.253", "id": "61066", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-03T17:35:57.437", "last_edit_date": "2021-05-03T17:35:57.437", "last_editor_user_id": "56835", "owner_user_id": "56835", "parent_id": "50696", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n> At the end of the battle, Buccellati attacked Pesci repeatedly and suddenly\n> Pesci was ripped apart into pieces. How could this happen?\n\nSticky Fingers' ability is to create and remotely control zippers on the\nobject it makes contact with its fists. It can also create a zipper all the\nway around (for example) someone's wrist so that when it is oppened it is\nessentially ripped from the body. This is how it rips things apart into\npieces. During the manga we see Bucciarati use his stand like this multiple\ntimes.\n\n* * *\n\n> How does Sticky Fingers' ability work toward Pesci in Golden Wind?\n\nBucciarati can choose if the pieces are still connected or not (e.g. if the\nwrist is still circulating blood). This is not explicitly stated but we can\nfigure this out from these two instances:\n\n * Bucciarati seperated Mario Zucchero's head earlier in the manga with seemingly no effect on Mario's head. _Pieces are still connected_. ¹\n\n * Bucciarati also seperated his own body into parts earlier in the same arc which stopped his blood circulation. _Pieces are disconnected_. ²\n\nAt the final battle, Pesci threatened Bucciarati with killing the turtle. This\ncaused Bucciarati to see him as \"nothing but the soul of an ordinary scumbag\".\n³\n\nHe chose the second option without caring if Pesci is dead or not when he\nripped him apart. We can clearly see him splitting his head in two, causing\nserious brain damage. This kills Pesci.\n\n* * *\n\n1: JoJo Chapter 462 | Golden Wind chapter 23\n\n2: JoJo Chapter 497 | Golden Wind chapter 58\n\n3: JoJo Chapter 499 | Golden Wind chapter 60\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-30T14:48:06.713", "id": "62652", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-06T11:40:19.227", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-06T11:40:19.227", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "50696", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost likely an instrumental version of [Tokyo Ghoul:re OST - Willpower (Feat.\nFuture Sunsets) By Yutaka Yamada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R85p6IyAVW8)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-09T08:48:19.350", "id": "51090", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-09T08:48:19.350", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45332", "parent_id": "50697", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe _Dragon Ball Super Broly movie_ is set after the _Dragon Ball Super\nseries_. The movie is made in a way where you don't really need to have any\nprior knowledge of Dragon Ball Super or even Dragon Ball in general(Although,\nhaving knowledge with regard to the same would definitely help).\n\nWith regard to your main question, if you were to watch the Dragon Ball Super\nseries before, it doesn't really make a significant difference with regard to\nplot. It would mainly help you realize the level of strength of the characters\nand the antagonist and maybe a few small details.\n\nHowever, in conclusion, you don't necessarily have to watch the series to\nunderstand the movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-03T13:58:16.983", "id": "50702", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-03T13:58:16.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50700", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you are asking whether or not Fairy Tail is episodic, it is very much not.\nSimilar to other Shonen series, it is broken up into a number of story arcs,\nwith the first few being shorter in length and the later ones being much\nlonger.\n\nIf watching the anime, there are a lot of extra episodic filler segments\nscattered between arcs, but those are technically not canon.\n\nIn terms of arcs themselves, around Episode 10 more substantial arcs appear\n(story arcs of at least 10 episodes), starting with Galuna, Phantom Lord, and\nthe Tower of Heaven.\n\nIf there is a 'main plot', the first real introductory seeds (Dark Guids +\nZeref, etc) are sown in the Oración Seis arc (according to the wiki, starts\napx. Episode 52), but it's hard to pinpoint a 'main plot' until much later.\nThere are more lighthearted arcs mixed in between the more serious arcs but\ngenerally speaking I'd consider things post-timeskip to be where things settle\nin on a main plot (albeit in a roundabout manner).\n\nFrom the Tartaros Arc (Ep. 234) onwards, it's pretty much the 'highest stakes'\nportion of the series.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-03T22:01:01.500", "id": "50705", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-04T02:08:46.393", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-04T02:08:46.393", "last_editor_user_id": "44152", "owner_user_id": "44152", "parent_id": "50704", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo.\n\nThere have been no blatant indications in the manga or anime to show that he\nwill get his Nen back.\n\nIn most other shonen manga's you would expect a protagonist who loses their\npowers to eventually regain them stronger or in a different way. This is best\nseen in Bleach where Ichigo and his allies does this many times. As Hunter x\nHunter frequently is designed to subvert expectations, however, there is no\nreason to presume Gon will get his powers back.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-04T19:34:37.507", "id": "50715", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-04T19:34:37.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3561", "parent_id": "50707", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey didnt recognize him because the former Broly movies were non-canon (not\nwritten by Akira Toriyama but by Toei animation) so they dont follow exactly\nthe same timeline-continuity. In the new Broly movie story, Goku and Vegeta\nnever met Broly before, the events of the 3 former movies never happened.\nBesides this Broly is supposed to have a different personality than the former\nBroly, who was pure evil who wanted to destroy everything and this is somehow\na good guy.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-05T00:15:02.890", "id": "50719", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-05T00:15:02.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "50717", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n\"A normal zip or cable tie is borrowed. A participant firmly cables the\nperformers two thumbs together, making it impossible for the performer's hands\nto separate\" (wonderwizards.com).\n\nSo my understanding is that by pinning the thumbs together, separating the\nhands becomes impossible and thus, minimal hand movements restrict leverage to\npull on the rest of the bindings\n\n<https://www.wonderwizards.com/lesson/blacktie2018>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-25T04:35:22.703", "id": "59657", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-25T04:35:22.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56393", "parent_id": "50727", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe character you seem to be referring to here is Majin Ozotto. You can read\nmore about him [here](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Majin_Ozotto).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T02:39:34.193", "id": "50735", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-06T02:39:34.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50731", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the movie, Goku states that he was probably stronger than _Broly at full\nPower_ (Note: This is with reference to the non-canon iteration of Legendary\nSuper Saiyan Broly).\n\nWith reference to DBH, in the manga, he is indicated to be stronger than Majin\nOzotto. However, in the game, he is indicated to be much stronger and it takes\nthe combined efforts of Majin Ozotto, Future Trunks and Cooler to defeat him\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T02:37:26.697", "id": "50734", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-06T04:25:19.783", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-06T04:25:19.783", "last_editor_user_id": "31104", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50732", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSpoilers Ahead.\n\nYes, he was able to. In the later seasons, he kept check of his power and only\nuses less than a hundred percent to avoid injury. To be more precise,\n\n> If Izuku does not keep One For All below his current limit of 20%, his body\n> can be immensely damaged by the force of his movements.\n> ([Wiki](https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Izuku_Midoriya))\n\nDuring the [Internship\nArc](https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Internship_Arc), however,\n\n> he was able to use 100% of his power but with the aid of Eri. As seen in\n> **Chapters 157** onwards, this was possible since Eri has the ability to\n> rewind the state of the body of those she touches. Izuku's Quirk destroys\n> his body while Eri rewinds it to a previous state or 'heals' it\n> simultaneously and thus, making him maintain 100% power during this\n> particular fight without breaking his bones or damaging his body.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T07:39:00.303", "id": "50740", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-06T07:39:00.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50739", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIn season 2 episode 4-5 (I think), Deku uses his quirk One For All for the\nfirst time without breaking his hand, but he did say that his hand still hurt\nbut it wasn’t broken, so he was fine. I think that was the first time he uses\nhis quirk without breaking his bone/bones.\n\nHe won’t have any bones broken as long as he keeps his quirk to 20 percent and\nbelow.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-25T23:06:27.853", "id": "65484", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-26T11:09:10.887", "last_edit_date": "2021-08-26T11:09:10.887", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "62141", "parent_id": "50739", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFor the **light novel** : The first season of _DanMachi_ represents volume 1\nto 5 of the light novel. If you want to continue where the anime left off,\nstart with **volume 6**.\n\nFor the **manga** : The anime ended in **volume 8 ch. 34**.\n\nIn my opinion, reading volume 1 to 5 of the light novel still has value, since\nnot everything in the light novel is covered in the anime. Some parts of the\nstory go deeper in the light novels. As compared with _Sword Art Online_ light\nnovel which is exactly like the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-05T16:57:17.533", "id": "53155", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-06T03:30:02.820", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-06T03:30:02.820", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "12979", "parent_id": "50742", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Which shows predate Sword Art Online that have the same basic plot?** The\nmost similar anime show I could ever find (protagonist trapped in MMORPG\nworld) is [.hack//Sign](https://myanimelist.net/anime/48/hack__Sign)\nProtagonist wakes up with slight amnesia in MMORPG world and tries to find\nanswers as to what happened to him and why he can't log out of the game. It\nwas released on April 4 2002 ([an early version of the first volume of SAO was\nsupposedly made around\n2001](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Development),\n[.hack//Sign started development in as early as\n2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.hack//Sign#Concept_and_design)).\n\nThere are plenty of other isekai manga, anime and light novel earlier than SAO\nbut I can't seem to find another one that is as close other than .hack//Sign\nas of now.\n\n**Has Reki Kawahara ever said that he drew inspiration from a particular\nshow?** It was not directly stated by him but according from a\n[biography](https://www.t-ono.net/biographies/reki-\nkawahara-%E5%B7%9D%E5%8E%9F-%E7%A4%AB-brief-biography.html) of him that I\nfound, it was mentioned that Kawahara liked playing games.\n\n> Kawahara would often head to the arcade with his fellow members to play\n> fighting games. He also started playing online games in 1998, starting with\n> **Ultima Online**. Kawahara also played **Ragnarok Online** , his most\n> played game (although he stated **World of Warcraft** during Sakura-Con\n> 2013), and **Phantasy Star Online**.\n\nFrom this, we can say that his time playing these games could possibly have an\ninfluence to SAO, which is in a similar setting. It was not mentioned that he\nwas influenced by anime shows when he wrote SAO. It was, however, mentioned,\non the same biography, that he was inspired by some works when he wrote Accel\nWorld.\n\n> In 2008, Kawahara decided to write again for the Dengeki Light Novel Award\n> with Kyouzetsu Kasoku Burst Linker. He reapplied because he was inspired by\n> all the works he read from Media Works Inc., such as **Tokyo Shadow** and\n> **Those who Hunt Elves**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T22:37:33.867", "id": "50750", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-07T01:14:50.803", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-07T01:14:50.803", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50747", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> so I need to know the original trigger that led to the end of the first one\n\nAs indicated on the wikia under [World > History > Age of\nGods](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/World#Age_of_Gods) the transition of\nthe Age of Gods (genesis) to the Age of Man (0AD) came in 3 phases\n\n * **Deterioration**\n\n * the Umbral Star passed by Earth allowing Sefar to invade in 12,000 BC, killing most sentient life, a large number of gods and plundering the vast majority of data from the Moon Cell\n * **Separation**\n\n * the weakened gods tried to create a link between them and humans by creating Gilgamesh, who ultimately rebelled and encouraged the complete separation of the gods and the humans\n * the gods ended up loosing their powers and became Divine Spirits\n * the decline of Mystery (which is how the world operated back then) is attributed to the demise of the King of Magic, Solomon\n * **Trigger**\n\n * in 700 BC, there is some unknown Trigger that caused the end of the Age of Gods (this has yet to be revealed)\n\nso while the trigger to the very end of the age is not yet know it was\nprobably some event which accelerated the age's end, however we can point to\nthe fact that the Gods lost alot of power in the world after Sefar's invasion\nwhich lead to their downfall.\n\nthe page also lists an **Age of Fairies** which looks to be in between the\n**Age of Gods** and **Age of Man** but there is little information on this\naside from the fact it has already ended, however given it's position between\nthe 2 on the World page we might have a hint on when the **Age of Fairies** on\nthe [Rhongomyniad](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Rhongomyniad) page\n\n> Being the \"king\" that stood at the final moments of illusion and the Age of\n> Gods, King Arthur possesses this Holy Lance that conceals such a tremendous\n> power.\n\ngiven that Vivian (the Lady of the Lake who gave Arthur/Arturia Excalibur) is\na fairy we could speculate that Arthur's/Arturia's rule and legend is during\nthe Age of Fairies\n\n* * *\n\n> Also are there any other anchors beside Rhongomyniad, if yes than what are\n> they?\n\naccording to the wikia page on the [Reverse Side of the\nWorld](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Reverse_Side_of_the_World) there may\nbe\n\n> Rhongomyniad is one of the \"anchors\" that fasten the planet together to\n> ensure that the world of humans on the outermost layer of the world can't be\n> destroyed by those on the Reverse Side who wish to reenact the Age of Gods.\n\nSource: [Reverse Side of the World (2nd\nParagraph)](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Reverse_Side_of_the_World)\n\nthe use of the wording _one of the \"anchors\"_ suggests to be there are more.\nhowever currently we don't know what the other anchors are or what form they\ntake (or even if they are wielded in the world like Rhongomyniad with\nArthur/Arturia and Grey)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-06T22:34:33.187", "id": "50749", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-06T22:34:33.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "50748", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure if you can watch them legally on the internet since most specials\nthat I know of from other anime are usually included in BD/DVD releases or\nbundled together with manga or light novel volumes.\n\nFrom [MAL](https://myanimelist.net), here are where you can find _Chuunibyou\ndemo Koi ga Shitai!_ specials:\n\n 1. **Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Kirameki no... Slapstick Noel** \\- Episode 13, included in the final volume of the BD/DVD.\n 2. **Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Lite** \\- Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel. Also included in _Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! DVD/Blu-ray Complete Collections_ as a 22 min Extra entitled Chuni-Shorts.\n 3. **Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Depth of Field - Ai to Nikushimi Gekijou** \\- Specials bundled with the 1st season's BD/DVD volumes.\n 4. **Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Specials** \\- Specials included in BD and DVD of _Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren_.\n 5. **Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Lite** \\- Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel\n\nLooks like you need to buy the BD's/DVD's to watch these specials. Regarding\nthose specials aired in KyoAni's YouTube channel, I tried finding them but I\nthink they were only a one-time thing, probably aired on specific dates before\nin their YouTube channel.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-07T06:46:24.270", "id": "50756", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-07T06:46:24.270", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this Crunchyroll Forum\nThread](https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1020745/seven-deadly-sins-\nanime-is-not-here) Netflix has the exclusive streaming rights.\n\non the [Australian Netflix site](https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80050063) it\nlists:\n\n * 24 episodes for Season 1 (2014)\n * 4 episodes for Signs of Holy War (2016)\n * 24 episodes for Revival of the Commandments (2018)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-07T03:28:04.183", "id": "50754", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-07T03:28:04.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "50753", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Do the corrupted Grail fragments that Zokuen synthesised with his worms\n> which were later placed in Sakura have a direct connection with Angra Mainyu\n> inside the Grail?\n\nyes, in the Visual Novel close to the end\n\n> after Sakura realizes the love Rin has for her she starts trying to resist.\n> when Shirou arrives after defeating Alter Saber he finds the \"ribbons\" that\n> make up Dark Sakura's dress are now being used to wrap her up and restrain\n> herr. since at this point Dark Sakura has already pruged all of Zouken's\n> worm from her body the only force that could do this is Angra Mainyu,\n> further enforced by the fact that they dispelled when Shirou stabbed Sakura\n> with the traced Rule Breaker, severing the contract between her and Angra\n> Mainyu\n\nhowever she probably need to submit to Angra Mainyu as\n\n> Dark Sakura doesn't appear until after she kills Shinji (to tried to rape\n> and blackmail her) and realizes she was The Shadow\n\nand up to then she didn't even want to fight in the war\n\nhowever this is only the case because Sakura is a Master. in Fate and\nUnlimited Blade Works, as she gives it up to Shinji and in both cases Rider is\nconsidered defeated without Sakura's identity as her True Master being\nrevealed one can assume that she had fully given up being a Master in these 2\nroutes while in Heaven's Feel she hadn't and it's only in this route does the\nShadow appear. also during the period between the 4th and 5th wars Angra\nMainyu didn't do anything with Sakura.\n\n* * *\n\n> And what about Illya's heart which is the Lesser Grail of the 5th war?\n\nsupposedly uncorrupted. given that the main source of the corruption is the\nGreater Grail and the Einzbern knew of it's state (as it was Ilya who revealed\nAngra Mainyu's existence to Rin and Shirou) it would not be hard for them to\ncreate an uncorrupted lesser grail, however this would not stop them\nconnecting to the corrupted Greater Grail as Irisviel's lesser grail connected\nto it, so i'm not sure how the Einzberns planned to get around Angra Mainyu to\nget the 3rd Magic (or maybe they would just accept the destruction because all\nthey care about is reclaiming it)\n\n* * *\n\n> Angra used the Lesser Grail to activate the Greater Grail and unleash his\n> curses\n\nactually he didn't. if he could his wish to be born could have been done\nwithout anyone getting in the way, but while he is not manipulating Kotomine\nhe did need him to wish for his birth, and by his own will Kotomine wants\nAngra Mainyu to be born.\n\njust like in Fate and Unlimited Blade Works, the connection between the lesser\ngrail and greater grail is the reason for the black mud to be spilling out and\nin _Fate/Zero_ the fire caused by the spilled contents is hinted to be because\nKotomine, before dying, wished for humanity to die aswell\n\n> In Kirei's last moments, the Holy Grail appears to him in his mind. Filled\n> with hatred and envy for Kiritsugu, Kirei reaches out and touches the cursed\n> artifact. He prays for an end to humanity before his death and his wish is\n> granted in the form of the fire.\n\nSource: [Avenger (Fate/Stay Night) > Role > Fate/Zero (6th\nparagraph)](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Avenger_\\(Fate/stay_night\\)#Fate.2FZero)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-07T22:37:57.613", "id": "50763", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-07T22:37:57.613", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "50757", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou addressed more than one point:\n\n**SSJ4 and LSSJ are basically the same?**\n\n * They've been created by different authors which I doubt they had the same intentions\n * One requires a tail and the other does not\n * One was only achieved by one saiyan per universe, the other wasnt achieved by only one\n\nI think there are enough reasons to think they were never intended to be\nsimilar. May be in the future Akira Toriyama will borrow ideas from the SSJ4\nfor the canon universe just as he did with other ideas but I don think they\nare the same\n\n**Are all Saiyans also able to become a Legendary Super Saiyan or is it purely\ngenetic?**\n\nThis is what I personally think. Since the state is \"legendary\" and since the\noriginal super saiyan was also \"legendary\" in some sense (Vegeta mentioned the\nregular super saiyan was the legendary super saiyan in the series, later it\nwas retcon into the legendary super saiyan is the green hair type) they only\ncan be achieved by some saiyans.\n\nAkira Toriyama recently mentioned in an interview that you require an amount\nof \"S-cells\" to turn into regular (yellow) super saiyan, so no any saiyan\ncould get it. Since Broly also has the yellow type super saiyan\ntransformation, and the green type seems to be an upgrade of the yellow type,\nI think they only can be achieved by some saiyans. (this would mean if you\ncan't get the yellow type, you wont get the green type either). And personally\n(this is my personal belief) I think they hinted in the Dragon Ball Super\nmovie Broly with the green hair Goku and Vegeta got for a couple of seconds,\nthat they also can achieve and might be close to get the legendary super\nsaiyan transformation (but not any saiyan)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Hnhh.jpg)\n\nBut so far no official or canon answer has been given on the matter. We can\nonly infer the authors intentions through what they showed in the anime, manga\nand what they say in interviews, twitter, etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-07T21:48:47.050", "id": "50761", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-07T22:05:48.107", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-07T22:05:48.107", "last_editor_user_id": "3028", "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "50760", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe the transformation is purely genetic\n\nFirstly, there is no explicit reference in the Canon - Series to Broly's form\nbeing referred to as the _Legendary Super Saiyan_. Broly's transformation is\nreferred to as _Full Power Super Saiyan_ and when Kale uses the similar\ntransformation, Vegeta states that it might be _The Saiyan's True Form_ ,\nwhich you can see [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJlny-KHcDw).\n\nWith reference to your point stating that we have seen these transforms only\nin their Berserker state, that would be incorrect. This is because we see Kale\ncontrol her form during her second fight against SSJG Goku alongside SSJ2\nCaulifla.\n\nAlthough I cannot state an explicit reason why a regular Saiyan cannot attain\nthis form as there haven't been any official statement released with regard to\nthis, I suppose I could make a reasonable argument indicating why this\ntransformation is genetic and has not something every Saiyan can attain.\n\n * If we first look at the way Kale attained the transformation. She had no notion as to what a Super Saiyan was. Her anger out of jealousy resulted in her transforming to this level of power which shocked Caulifla and Cabba. Before she transformed. So it clearly doesn't require greater power as Caulifla was stated that be much stronger than her, it doesn't require any specific training as again, Kale was indicated to be inferior to Caulifla in every single way. The only unique way in her transformation compared to Caulifla's, is that she was angry. However, Goku, Vegeta, Cabba & Future Trunks transformed into the regular Super Saiyan forms out of anger. And clearly, their level of angry was much greater than that of Kales. Hence, based on that precendent, the only reason we can argue why Kale attained the form is because of her genetics.\n * While Broly in his Super Saiyan form had yellow hair, Kale in her \"Regular\" Super Saiyan form had yellow hair with a tinge of green. The form wasn't indicated to be superior to a regular Super Saiyan and it was even referred to as a normal Super Saiyan( As Champa states he couldn't understand why 2 Super Saiyans were struggling against Goku). Again the only explanation for this points to genetics.\n * Now let us examine the form. Is the form the strongest possible Saiyan transformation? No. While Broly was strong, it wasn't the form that made him strong. He was holding his own against SSJB Goku in his wrath form which more or less was like a powered up Base form(With the power of the Great Ape). Hence, the form made him several times stronger. Just like his Super Saiyan was stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku. Kale, on the other hand, was much weaker than Broly in her base which is why her iteration of the form was much weaker than SSJB Goku.\n * Continuing with my point above, this establishes the fact that there is no reason from a Plot perspective why Goku or Vegeta should master this transformation. The Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue transformations are still Superior. Goku and Vegeta's training with Whis have resulted from them in going towards the route of Ki Control(Which involves hiding and suppressing your level of energy), unlike this form which is the complete opposite. \n * From an aesthetic standpoint, if you look at Broly's & Kale's ki, aura, energy and all their attacks, they all seem to share the same green color as that of the form. Vegeta and Goku's signature attacks would break that pattern if they were to ever tap into the transformation\n * Now let us look at fusions. Fusions tends to share the genetic characteristics of both the combined fighters. When Kefla transformed into SSJ1 and SSJ2, she retained the green hair in both those forms, which could only mean one obvious thing. The trait made its way from Kale's genetic makeup. If it was a unique form, it would've been acknowledged as one, however, it wasn't.\n * Finally, Adding on to my first point, the one common trait that Broly and Kale share is that the two of them had absolutely very little knowledge with regard to transformations and the main trigger in case of the two was just anger. We have seen all the Saiyans display anger and reached powered up states like Vegeta did against Beerus, Goku against Goku Black & Zamasu and attain transformations like the SSJ and SSJ2. At the same time, we have also seen Trunks attain a completely new unique transformation which made him stronger than Kale. That indicates the form isn't the peak or the maximum level of a Super Saiyan. It is only a unique level of power with unique aesthetics which only Broly and Kale can use.\n\nWith reference to the movie, I do understand Vegeta's hair turns Green and\nGoku's ki turns Green as well. However, I strongly feel this was done to\ncreate some form of contrast between the Saiyans and Broly for fans who are\nnew to the franchise and have less knowledge about the transformations. Or, it\ncould be solely an artistic choice. The reason I strongly feel the same is\nbecause, the green hair Vegeta displayed was a transition between Super Saiyan\nand Super Saiyan God. Vegeta has **Never** displayed that form a single time\nin the series and to be fair, it wasn't even indicated as an explicit\ntransformation as it seemed more like a transition shot between SSJ and SSJG.\nAnother interesting theory which some people seem to think is that it was a\nway to indicate to the fans, the different levels of power of the Super Saiyan\nforms(The Full Power Super Saiyan(LSSJ) form is > than the Super Saiyan while\ninferior to the Super Saiyan God). Then again, this is just a theory.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-08T04:11:08.530", "id": "50769", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-08T04:11:08.530", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50760", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as I know, not really.\n\nAt the end of episode 12 of season 1, Reigen says that the only thing he\ngained from that experience was the ability to see Dimple now, and that aside\nfrom that, not much has changed.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-09T05:19:19.143", "id": "50776", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-09T05:19:19.143", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "50762", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nlike Ritsu Kageyama the abilty to see dimple is the first of his psychic\nabilities then dimple helps training him by occasionally possesing him to\nstabilize his psychic out put. Eventually Ritsu was strong enough to decimate\nentire legions of claw members and if you watch the spirits and such\nconsultation offices firs holiday. you will see at a specific time reigen has\nthe ability to speed up while becoming intangible. Reference to when he had\nspent some time on the train and was going insane. Katsuya walks in and then\nRiegen activates his power unknowingly for a split second...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-10-29T06:02:30.717", "id": "65823", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-29T06:02:30.717", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63028", "parent_id": "50762", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the anime, we know that he won't use his power against humans. There is\none reason why he couldn't stop Dash Granny.\n\nThis is speculation. The other reason I can think of is because there is a\ndifferent type of psychic power to be used against humans or ghosts. So, when\nhe tries to use his psychic power to manipulate ghosts against Dash Granny, it\nseems that it doesn't have any effect. That's why he knows that Dash Granny is\nnot a ghost.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-08T04:06:10.370", "id": "50768", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-18T04:54:50.277", "last_edit_date": "2021-05-18T04:54:50.277", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "44866", "parent_id": "50766", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt’s\n“[巨♀~9地区](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/%E5%B7%A8%E2%99%80%7E9%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA)”\nin Japanese. It means “Female Titan Extermination”\n([YouTube](https://youtu.be/0Vs2beUh3k8?t=129)) and in English it’s\n“Titan♀-9chiku” ([Apple Music](https://itunes.apple.com/au/album//661050312)).\n\nI used the [AHA Music](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aha-music-\nmusic-identifie/dpacanjfikmhoddligfbehkpomnbgblf?hl=en) Chrome extension to\nidentify it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-10T12:08:59.897", "id": "51102", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-10T12:08:59.897", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45349", "parent_id": "50767", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Season 1 covers Volume 1 through 6. Season 2 will most likely cover Volume 6\nthrough 13.**\n\nSeason One ends on Chapter 50 (\"No Changes\") but also includes an omake\nchapter (\"Romance and Impulse\".) at the end of the episode.**\n\nSeason Two has covered Chapter 51 through 91.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-19T01:20:26.007", "id": "50894", "last_activity_date": "2019-04-01T21:54:53.967", "last_edit_date": "2019-04-01T21:54:53.967", "last_editor_user_id": "42428", "owner_user_id": "42428", "parent_id": "50773", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRather than an in-joke, I saw this more as Kyon making a connection to the\ncommon phenomenon of television networks [censor\nbleeping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleep_censor) out inappropriate words,\nmost commonly with that 1000 Hz tone sound.\n\nTelevision programs can also use euphemisms to censor content—for example, in\nthe Breaking Bad episode of _Mythbusters_ , they used \"special sauce\" to refer\nto a key chemical ingredient that they didn't want audience members knowing. I\nguess Kyon observed that the way Asahina uses \"classified information\" is\nsimilar to how TV networks censor certain things.\n\nThe anime and the written material don't seem particularly different in their\npresentation of this scene. For comparison:\n\n**Novel** (\"Endless Eight\" chapter of _The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya_ ):\n\n> I should mention that Asahina at least tried to explain. To the\n> accompaniment of intermittent sobs.\n>\n> \" _Sniff_ , um...I normally use <classified information> to contact the\n> future... _sniff_. But after a week without <classified information>, I was\n> starting to wonder if something was wrong. And then <classified\n> information>... I was so surprised that I tried to <classified information>\n> in a rush, but there wasn't any <classified information>... _sob. Hic._ What\n> do I do...?\"\n>\n> I have no idea what you should do, but does that <classified information>\n> work like some kind of censor?\n\n**Anime** (episode 13):\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nYou've gotta watch what you say on television, eh... This question reminded me\nof _Kaguya-sama_ episode 4.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-10T07:45:49.207", "id": "50788", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-10T07:59:41.660", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-10T07:59:41.660", "last_editor_user_id": "18352", "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "50778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNope, there seems to be no explanation in the manga either, given the same\nthing happens. After the conclusion of Giorno vs Baby Face, both mention they\nare 1-2 hours from Venice. In the next chapter, they have arrived at the\nbridge leading directly to Venice, which then we can infer that a few hours\nhave passed.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xIFUy.jpg)\n\nNote that previously, the entire team went in one car. Bucciarati, Abbachio,\nTrish, and Narancia are inside Coco Jumbo, and Fugo, Mista, and Giorno are\nsitting in the car with the turtle. The next chapter doesn't show Fugo OR the\nturtle, so it's safe to assume that within that two hour frame they had gotten\noff at some point.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-29T20:29:28.200", "id": "53799", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-29T20:29:28.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "279", "parent_id": "50780", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo. If you recall, Back in the ROF arc, Base Goku was easily overwhelming\nFinal Form Frieza. Since the Golden Frieza multiplier is > Super Saiyan Blue,\nFrieza had the advantage. \nFrieza stated that he mastered the transformation and stopped the stamina\nissue with the Golden Form before the T.O.P. He never necessarily had an\nopportunity to train.\n\nThe Universe 6 Saiyans are very comparable to the Universe 7 Saiyans. Cabba\nwas capable of holding his own against a Base Vegeta in his Base form. Even in\nCase of Caulifla, she was holding her own against SSJ, SSJ2 Goku etc. While\nthe latter is stronger, Cabba isn't far off. Since SSJ2 is 100 * Cabba Base,\nFinal form Frieza wouldn't stand a chance(This is because of how strong base\nCabba is). Hence, he had to turn Golden to quickly finish the fight.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-11T03:09:58.513", "id": "50797", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-11T03:09:58.513", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50795", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Tree mentioned in _Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World_ by Tenebrae\nis the original one as _Tales of Symphonia_ is set before the events of _Tales\nof Phantasia_\n\n> Aselia (アセリア Aseria?) is the name of the world in which Tales of Phantasia\n> takes place. ... as well as the combined world of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla\n> from prequels Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New\n> World.\n\nSource: [Aselia](https://aselia.fandom.com/wiki/Aselia)\n\naccording to the wiki linked, the Elves of Derris-Kharlan came to Aselia and\ntransplanted the Kharlan Tree from Derris-Kharlan bringing life the the planet\nwhile, the elves took a cutting from the Kharlan Tree to replant it on Derris-\nKharlan (as opposed to taking a cutting and planting it on Aselia)\n\nit is this cutting that would have died between the gap of _Tales of\nSymphonia: Dawn of the New World_ and _Tales of Phantasia_ and thus the tree\nthat Dhaos was looking to get a seed from is the new tree that was born after\nthe events of _Tales of Symphonia_.\n\nthis is backed up that in _Tales of Phantasia_ Martel is Guarding the Tree\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8jpwl.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JsYYY.jpg)\n\nand Martel was only born as a Guardian Spirit of the tree after it was reborn\nin _Tales of Symphonia_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-29T05:53:29.563", "id": "53791", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-29T05:53:29.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "50800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost People seem to think Gogeta is the serious counterpart of the fusion and\ntakes after Goku while Vegito is the cocky and confident counterpart and takes\nafter Vegeta. This is **incorrect**. The main reason people seem to think this\nis because of the Gogeta in Dragon Ball Fusions: Reborn who is completely\ndifferent from the canon iteration of Gogeta.\n\nFirstly, all fusions share 1 common trait. They tend to become very cocky and\nact in a very arrogant manner while mocking their enemies. This personality\nseems common between Vegito, Gogeta, Kefla, Gotenks etc.\n\nGogeta seems to have the same playful and cocky personality Vegito does. We\nknow this because, after fusing, despite the brevity of the situation, they\nspend time thinking of a name. Even when he starts fighting Broly, Gogeta was\nsmirking and smiling throughout the fight and was never really keen on putting\nan end to the fight right at the start(Even Though he could) and was simply\nusing more power than his opponent and overwhelming him. \nHowever, another important thing to note is that Broly is somewhat of an anti-\nvillian and he wasn't really someone you could communicate with while\nfighting. So Gogeta didn't really have the necessity to insult him or mock\nhim.\n\nNot to forget, although SSJ4 Gogeta isn't canon to the series, he was probably\nthe complete definition of a troll when it comes to all fusions. The Bluff\nKamehameha & Back Scratch etc.\n\nIn conclusion, there don't seem to be any unique defining traits that\ndistinguish Gogeta and Vegito apart from their appearance. So no, their\npersonalities seem to be the same.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-12T02:48:02.623", "id": "50807", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-12T12:33:37.670", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-12T12:33:37.670", "last_editor_user_id": "31104", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50805", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI understand why you would think that as fused characters tend to be very\nstrong. However, it is certainly possible for even a regular character to be\nstronger than a fusion. For example, SSJB Goku was holding his own against a\nKefla, Base Vegeta beats up SSJ3 Gotenks etc\n\nThat said, Jiren's level of power is not an unattainable feat. At least his\nbase power was compared to a God of Destruction and all of the G.O.D are\nrandom individuals who have trained to attain their levels of strength. Even\nGoku achieves a level far beyond when he masters Ultra Instinct. Even Broly\nwas able to reach a level comparable to a G.O.D.\n\nPlus, being a fusion would completely contradict Jiren's character. Jiren has\nbeen indicated to be a loner who doesn't seek help from anyone and would much\nrather work by himself on account of his traumatic past. Fusion would imply\nhe's dependent on someone else for his strength. So clearly, the character is\nnot a fusion.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-13T03:51:09.633", "id": "50815", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-13T03:51:09.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50814", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is no real right answer. The fact that the relationships between the\ncharacters are not simple is what drives most of the underlying _everything_\nof the Monogatari series.\n\nThere's no rule saying he has to love only one of them, or that the way he\nloves them is necessarily romantic. They're all teenagers, hormones are\nrunning wild, emotions are running even wilder thanks to all the supernatural\nstuff going on. He's saved most of them from the various things afflicting\nthem, some of them have saved him in return, so he potentially feels\nresponsible and/or indebted to them all to varying degrees, and honestly it\nwould be hard to separate _those_ feelings from any romantic ones.\n\nHe goes out with Senjougahara partially out of fear for what she'd do if he\nsaid no, but at the same time he does care for her and her wellbeing. He\nrespects Hanekawa as a classmate and as the class rep, and knows that her\nrepressed stress (which includes her feelings for him) can draw out the cat in\nher. His affections towards Shinobu are usually more brotherly, but are also\nmixed with the complication that she's an ancient being who frequently has the\nbody of a small girl, but who is also his sire, but whom he also has some\nlevel of power over, and let's not forget what happened in that alternate\nreality.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-14T23:07:07.200", "id": "50834", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-14T23:07:07.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8843", "parent_id": "50831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nLet's go case by case:\n\n**Hanekawa:** In Kizu, Araragi sees Hanekawa as a perfect being. Good grades,\ngood _ahem_ assets, being president etc. After talking with her he starts to\nlove her. As for Hanekawa, I am pretty sure she likes Araragi from the start.\nNow, we already know how imperfect Hanekawa is. Even in the Kizu, she tries to\n\"gain\" Araragi by manipulating him (emotion-wise). The \"chicken\" scene in Kizu\n3 is actually about this however because of the fanservice, people tend to\nmiss this. So at the end of Kizu, both are in love with each other.\n\nIn Nekomonogatari, Araragi also sees how imperfect Hanekawa is. To understand\nthis, you might want to check out Nekomonogatari Kuro episode 4. In the middle\nof the episode before fighting, there is a really good exchange between\nHanekawa and Araragi. Yes, at that point Hanekawa is talking, not the sawari\nneko. Again you can understand it better by watching.\n\nAnyways, because of that Araragi loses his interest over Hanekawa. However,\nHanekawa still loves Araragi and finally admits that in Nekomonogatari: Shiro.\nShe is rejected by Araragi thus finally Hanekawa can move on. So this is the\nbasic summary of character development for Hanekawa-Araragi love. Now let's\ntalk about Shinobu.\n\n**Shinobu:** This is always a grey area for me. Because what he did to\nShinobu, Araragi always feels bad for her. Shinobu, of course, is really mad\nabout it too (End of Kizu). That is why she never talks in Neko: Kuro and\nBake. I think the best place to start our character study is Nisemonogatari\nepisode 4's famous/infamous bath scene. That is the first time we hear her\nvoice (broadcast-wise). I highly recommend you to rewatch this scene. It tells\na lot of things. However the basic idea is, \"I am not forgiving you nor you\nshould forgive me but let's move on from that\". If you think about it, Shinobu\nhad weeks to think over her situation after Kizu. From now on, they kinda\nbecame partner in crime. That _\"I am not forgiving you nor you should forgive\nme\"_ becomes their base of this relationship.\n\nI have to skip lots of arcs here because I really can't list all of them but\nbecause of their character developments through the Monogatari (for example\ntime travel arc), they start to care each other. Actually, the time travel arc\nin Second Season gives us a good perspective. Even while not talking to\nAraragi, Shinobu still cares about him. Let's remember the end of\nKizumonogatari: \"If tomorrow you die, then tomorrow my life will end. If today\nyou live, then today I will live on\". Ironically, even Gaen-senpai, she knows\neverything, couldn't comprehend the reasoning behind their \"taking care\"\nrelationship in Owari S2. Please also watch that scene.\n\nSo in the end, the relationship between Shinobu and Araragi is a complex one.\nIt is not love as we know but they really care each other. Not in a romantic\nway. Now for the last entry, I don't have a good analysis but I will try to\nexplain my points.\n\n**Hitagi:** First of all Hitagi really falls in love with Araragi after\nhelping her. That's obvious. This is happening in Bake, after Neko: Kuro, so\nAraragi isn't in love with Hanekawa. This is kinda my interpretation but I\nthink Araragi falls in love way after they agreed on dating. Maybe it's really\ntrue love or maybe it's Stockholm Syndrome but we know for sure that they\nreally love each other at the end of Owari S2. There is no real development I\ncan talk like above however I believe Zoku Owari will give us a good\nexplanation over this.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-15T05:44:09.130", "id": "50837", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-15T05:44:09.130", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41124", "parent_id": "50831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nAraragi does love Hinekawa in Nekomonogatari; however, he is afraid of his\nfeelings so during their fight he tells her that he hates her. Remember that\nhate is close to love! At the end of this arc, in his own mind, he thanks her\nand promises to love the next girl for real.\n\nMy interpretation was that his first real love was too intense for him to act\non. He was just too confused by the difference between lust and love.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-08T04:55:57.427", "id": "58072", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-08T04:55:57.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54188", "parent_id": "50831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe author hints in one of the later arcs, **Musubimonogatari** , that Araragi\nwill most likely marry only one woman in his life, and that is Hitagi\nSenjougahara. But to answer your question, the obvious choice is Shinobu.\nOtherwise why would the author have Araragi say that line in\n**Kizumonogatari** over and over if it wasn't even _**that**_ important? Over\nthe course of their relationship, Araragi had 4 break-ups with Senjou with\nmost reasons being quite petty... On the other hand, his relationship with\nShinobu has always been consistent, unshakeable, and stable despite everyone\nmoving on, including Hanekawa and Senjou who started working overseas.\n\nAt the very least, Musubimono's _**silence**_ as regards Shinobu's and\nAraragi's relationship is _**still**_ in keeping with Araragi's promise that\n_**he has no intention of letting Shinobu go even if he ends up seeing his\nloved ones/family die before he does**_.\n\nAs for Hanekawa, there are enough hints to suggest his feelings for her must\nhave been far deeper than he's willing to let on. In fact Senjou continues to\nbe jealous of Hanekawa who is unaware that she's partly the reason Senjou\nseems dissatisfied with her relationship with Araragi. Both Senjou's and\nAraragi's insecurities about living apart from each other seem to stem from\nsome subconscious feeling that if they stay apart for too long, they might\nnever reconcile at all.\n\nThis kind of insecurity may be relatable, but it's also far from being\npsychologically healthy...\n\nMore disturbing is that when Araragi is told that Hanekawa returned from\noverseas just to visit him, he says (again, in Musubimononogatari) that such\nlikelihood is impossible. After all, he's become nothing but insignificant\nthrough the years, and yet, _**his becoming the man Hanekawa least cares about\nonly makes him the happiest...**_\n\nIronically there are arrangements between Araragi and Hanekawa as to how she\nmight let him know _**in case she dies.**_ Araragi seems hell-bent on not\nletting her die and even says at one point that _**his love for Hanekawa goes\nbeyond wanting to be with her forever**_.\n\nSo again whatever Araragi admits as to his feelings for Hanekawa sounds\nmiserably dishonest. It is as if until the very end, pushing away Hanekawa is\na life goal in itself, a heroic act of self-denial and sacrifice that he also\nattempts at Kizumonogatari, except that the pretense back then was too\nillogical to be convincing at any point.\n\nOne way of explaining it is to go back to those arcs relating to Shinobu's\npast. Shinobu says that _**in the past she's been cursed to have people\nsacrificing their most treasured possessions**_ (even taking their own lives)\nas a _**love offering**_ to her. It's possible that Araragi had made up his\nmind to be with Senjou as a way of keeping Hanekawa or his _**most prized\npossession**_ at a safe distance. One proof is that when Oshino asks him if\nhe's in love with Hanekawa, Araragi merely repeats the _**same denials**_. Yet\nwhile speaking his eyes become emotional, as if he's finally made up his mind\nto _**not love Hanekawa even if that decision hurts like hell.**_\n\nBut this only goes back to Shinobu being the ultimate love interest even if\nAraragi doesn't express it verbally all the time. It might be the workings of\nthe curse on Shinobu, but _**Araragi had all the chances to break that curse\nor bond, but he just kept reviving it when it's broken.**_ Apparently the\nauthor wants Araragi to keep his hold on Shinobu as his true lifetime partner\nwho outlives _**all**_ his _**other**_ precious relationships, including both\nHanekawa and Senjou.\n\nEven getting a job as a police officer for the first-ever agency in Japan\ninvestigating oddities and apparitions only says _**how much his ties with\nShinobu influenced his major life decisions, whereas both Hanekawa and Senjou\ndecided to take entirely oddity-unrelated professions**_. Araragi is smart\nenough to pursue similar careers, but he didn't do this.\n\nThere are various other hints everywhere (both in the LN and the anime) but\nthe strongest ones are convincing enough.\n\nFor example, in the _**end of the world**_ chapter/episode where Araragi and\nShinobu time travel, Araragi says how _**he was more shocked that he wasn't\nshocked at all that everybody, including Hanekawa and Senjou, must have\ndisappeared or died**_ , and that _**he and Shinobu were the only remaining\nsurvivors**_. As for Musubimonogatari, even if there are vague hints or\nforeshadowing of marriage between Hitagi and Araragi, we don't really see how\nAraragi intends to have a \"normal\" family life with Hitagi. I mean, it seems\npretty obvious that his vampire blood may result in Hitagi giving birth to\nmonsters or oddities if he impregnates her.\n\nAlthough Araragi says _**he'd do anything to be with Senjou more**_ , he\nmerely falls back on that overly-repeated and bland \"I love you\" to comfort\nSenjou who seems to be in tears because of their previous break-up (the 4th).\n\nTo his benefit, Araragi's only 23 yrs. old so we can excuse his somewhat\nimmature and reckless attitude toward his future with Senjou. In\nShinobumonogatari, which happens a few years before Musubimonogatari (which is\nthe latest arc chronologically speaking), we instead see an aspect of\nShinobu's past, this time Araragi meeting Shinobu's **original human soul** in\nheaven and getting a direct kiss from her even if the original intention is\ndifferent.\n\nAnd believe me, the author comes up with ridiculous and obvious excuses like\nthis everywhere.\n\nSo what is this all about? For me it's the author throwing hints that the bond\nbetween Araragi and Shinobu extends to the after-life that _**they can't help\nfinding each other no matter what the circumstances are**_. Ironically, there\nare _**no**_ signs that a deeper bond exists between him and any other\ncharacter.\n\nNext to Shinobu's and Araragi's intentional and accidental soul-mate moments,\nthe _**I love you's**_ with Senjou sound like _**hello.**_\n\nOr basically you have Araragi being married to Senjou but continuing with his\ncasual _**I love you but you're not the only special relationship I have**_\nsort of approach. He seems committed to the idea that he'll eventually die\nwith Shinobu since _**he makes no move to break the vampire bond with Shinobu\ndespite having plans to live together with Senjou as a married couple.**_\n\n_**What kind of a guy is that,**_ you might ask. Here's my answer.\n\nMusubimonogatari gives closure to Senjou/Araragi fans (it seems all they ever\nask is when the two are _**ever**_ gonna get married). But the closure\n_**doesn't have to apply**_ to Shinobu and Araragi. If only as a test of\nloyalty and true love, it's fairly obvious that _**all Araragi needed to do\nwas to break his bond with Shinobu to be able to live a normal life alongside\nSenjou.**_\n\nInstead, what Araragi does manage in Musubimonogatari is to regulate Shinobu's\nencounters with oddities, perhaps to minimize her getting injuries. We know\nthat the more either of them gets injured, the more they needed to drink each\nother's blood to recover.\n\nIn the LN, Araragi describes his blood-drinking sessions with Shinobu as\n**euphoria** that makes him almost lose himself with pleasure. In other words,\nover-dependence is like sexual intoxication... hence there's enough reason for\nOshino and the other oddity killers to caution Araragi lest his vampire\ninstincts overtake him someday.\n\nSadly for Senjou fans, _**the author never lets Araragi give up his vampiric\nties.**_ Araragi doesn't even get bothered by the need to be a normal human to\nbe able to have a normal future with Senjou, and Senjou, for her part, doesn't\nseem to ask much, _**as she probably knows Araragi will not sever this bond\nanyway.**_\n\nAnd let's not forget that _**no one understands why he and Shinobu chose to\nremain bonded against all odds.**_ But it does give us clues as to why Shinobu\nhas never been seriously jealous with Senjou to begin with.\n\nAnd most likely, Araragi also needs to be in a relationship with Senjou to\nkeep the _**balance**_ , as being with Hanekawa arouses his intense desire to\nbe completely human, while being with Shinobu does the same for his vampire\ninsticts.\n\nStill, the _**best**_ solution is to go back in time and fix things\n_**before**_ Shinobu gets cut down by vampire slayers and meets Araragi. The\nproblem is, the author doesn't want that route to untangle Araragi, Senjou,\nand Hanekawa... ^_^\n\nHe prefers the sado-masochist route that is a notch away from turning the\nstory into absolute trash. In short, Senjou's and Araragi's foreshadowed\nmarriage is nothing more than **plot convenience** that gets him to keep his\nharem even _**after**_ marriage.\n\nHitagi and Araragi having kids possessed by apparitions or carrying \"oddity\"\ngenes doesn't seem to be a bright future at all as Shinobu's Master even\nreveals that there are such things as **vampire genes** (see\nShinobumonogatari). _**But Araragi doesn't even seem to be thinking of their\nrelationship that far to bother with the scary consequences**_ (tsk, tsk).\n\nIn any case, Musubi epilogue gives us the usual/typical Araragi saying in the\nusual, overly-casual way that he loves Senjou. Then she says the same thing\nshe said back in Bakemono. But the mechanical, robotic _**echo effect**_ of\nall this is **troubling**. _**Araragi's relationship it seems, has not really\nmade any progress that might suggest that his love for Senjou has gone any\ndeeper or made him more mature.**_ He doesn't call her \"beloved\" or \"my one\nand only\" as a sign that their relationship has moved on from being just\n\"lovers.\"\n\nIf you recall, it took him _**some**_ time to call Senjou \"Hitagi\" though he\nhad called Shinobu by her first name rather quickly and even used her nickname\nKiss-shot just as easily. (When he realized that Shinobu's minion still called\nher by the same nickname he gets a bit jealous.)\n\nTo cut this short, _**nothing much**_ changes.\n\nHence, we can say that for all intents and purposes, Araragi's desire to live\nand die with Shinobu has _**never**_ changed either. Downplaying it for Senjou\nfans didn't mean that Araragi has chosen Senjou over her... in fact Shinobu\ncan't be chosen over any other woman since Araragi has already decided a long\ntime ago that whatever happens, he'll _**never let go**_ of Shinobu even if it\nmakes him feel guilty that he's the one who tied her to him forever.\n\nIn Kizu, we all know that _**heartbreaking line**_ he keeps repeating in\nvarious arcs with regard to Shinobu:\n\n\"If you decide to end your life tomorrow, I'm fine ending my life by then. But\nif you decide to live for me for one more day, I'll try to live on for you as\nwell... Perhaps ours is a story of scars, but it is a story I _**don't**_\nintend to _**recite**_ to anyone...\"\n\nTherefore the curtain closes on Araragi _**not**_ telling us his future with\nShinobu but going so far as to suggest that even as he gets along with Senjou,\nhis **promise** with Shinobu will go on with _**no one else**_ needing to know\nhow _**far**_ they plan to take that master-servant/soulmate bond.\n\nFor me this is the _**only**_ ending no one, not even Senjou, can\n_**overwrite**_. And it's the _**only**_ ending that rescues this pseudo-\nphilosophical, quasi love story from deteriorating into another teenage,\nharem-ecchi fantasy that desperately wants to be both entertaining and\nprofound.\n\n[code]\n\n ~FIN~ \n \n[/code]\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-27T09:26:08.433", "id": "58216", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-27T16:56:32.553", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-27T16:56:32.553", "last_editor_user_id": "54510", "owner_user_id": "54510", "parent_id": "50831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI guess I would say there isn't any direct answer to that... in hanekawa\naspect he truly loves her, but hates so much something about her which he\ntells her she cannot change as that is who she is, the over righteousness\nstuff which he described as revolting, and hanekawa on the other hand also\nsaid she hates his guts while being possessed by the cat thingy. I guess you\ncan say this gave him the closure he needed to move on in nekomonogatari... As\nhe realized that if he acts on what his feelings for her it would end up\ndestroying their friendship and even the relationship as it would never work\nout, thus by bakemonogatari he has already moved on. But since hanekawa lost\nher memories from while being possessed by that cat she doesn't know any of\nthe things that transpired thus she is still deeply in love with him. I\nbelieve the writer used nekomonogatari to show us the reason why the hanekawa\nship can't work but still maintaining the whole harem thing by making hanekawa\nhave no memory of it.\n\nHitagi on the other hand he loves her and everything about her including her\nimperfections which he says alot... I guess you could say she is the direct\nopposite of hanekawa. Hanekawa might be the ideal woman with all her\nperfection as Araragi would always say but that is all she is the \"Ideal\nwoman\" not his \"ideal woman\". I believe that between the two hitagi is better\nsuited for Araragi.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-15T09:59:47.540", "id": "59584", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-15T09:59:47.540", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56243", "parent_id": "50831", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDo you mean the music from the scene where Kakashi is out with Inari out on\nthe pier at night?\n\nIt sounds to me like a guitar-only version of Alone (OST 2 track 18). I don't\nthink there's an official release of this variant, but there are imperfect\n[fan-spliced versions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaZFe6ovNoU).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-15T02:38:24.027", "id": "50836", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-15T02:38:24.027", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "50832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIgnoring these things is how most such bussinesses are run. If you called the\npolice, it'd cause a scene that would likely deter customers (and annoy the\nones already there). You'd lose more money than you would get from the jerks\nin the end. That's not to mention the possibility of them deciding to cause\nhavoc and break furniture or even assault the staff, or the fact that the\nscammers could simply deny your claims.\n\nLosses like these are usually budgeted for and written off as a loss, with the\npolice only getting called if the scammers make it a regular habit (where the\ncost of their repeated scams outweight the loss of causing a scene).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-16T20:37:49.203", "id": "50864", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-16T20:37:49.203", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43894", "parent_id": "50840", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nObito declared war because he knew that the alliance would keep Bee & Naruto\nat a disclosed location since they had caught on to what the Akatsuki were\ndoing. The war would allow him to draw out Naruto & Bee to complete the plan\nof bringing back Ten Tails in it's prime state.\n\nHe had Kisame gather intel, but then of course Kabuto showed up. Obito's plan\nwas essentially to gather intel on the locations of the last two jinchuuriki,\nuse the zetsu to distract the allied shinobi forces in a war, and lure\nNaruto/Bee out. It didn't work out like that, but he had a legit plan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-15T15:33:44.260", "id": "50842", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-15T15:33:44.260", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44982", "parent_id": "50841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIndeed his plan would be a success if he kept it on the low but since bee was\nlike a brother to the Raikage when he thought he was kidnapped he couldn't\ntake it and since he knew it was an Uchiha with the Akatsuki who took him he\ncalled for that meeting (the kages summit) where they were going to discuss\nwhat to do against this organization especially with Konoha also been\ndestroyed by pain, so Obito knew they he couldn't work on the low anymore that\nhe had to step up and threaten them to declare war if they don't give up\nhachibi and Kyuubi and that's how the war started. and of course, it was also\nfor his own benefit since cuz like this he can lure naruto out. But the part\nabout summoning Madara, it's not a need, it's a deal, it was planed like this.\nthe original deal was to make Nagato resurrect Madara so that Obito can also\nfall in that ultimat genjutsu to be with Rin and kinda live his deepest\ndesires happily ever after, but that also didn't when Nagato died and Kabuto\nsummoned Madara in that form\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-15T16:43:45.047", "id": "50844", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-12T14:22:45.637", "last_edit_date": "2019-03-12T14:22:45.637", "last_editor_user_id": "44984", "owner_user_id": "44984", "parent_id": "50841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThose who have been following the manga into the Dark Continent ark will\nalready know the answer:in **Chapter 373** , Prince Camilla's nen ability\nallows her to be revived after death in return for the life of the the\nattacker.\n\nA related and slightly more interesting discussion might be whether this was\nplausible given the information we had on nen pre-Camilla. The idea of nen\ngetting stronger after death is introduced in **Chapter 120** , in the Yorknew\nArc. From the wiki\n\n> The most common reason for this phenomenon to occur is the ability of the\n> dying user while harboring a strong grudge will cause their Nen to seek out\n> the object of their hatred and cling to it\n\nWe've been told that post-mortem nen is _stronger_ that usual nen, but that\ndoesn't necessarily mean it can do all the sophisticated things that a nen-\nuser can manage when alive with a functioning brain. However, there's strong\nevidence to suggest that post-mortem nen can carry out everything the nen-user\ncould pre-program when alive.\n\nOn a fairly basic level, the Phantom Troupe were worried about Kurapika's nen\ngoing to Chrollo and potentially killing him. There are two ways I can\nenvisage this happening. Firstly, there's also a risk from the nen itself; we\nlearn in **Chapter 48** that just sending nen into someone not protected by\ntheir own nen is enough to break them into bits. Secondly, the chain around\nhis heart could be activated by the post-mortem nen. However this would mean\nKurapika's nen activated without Chrollo necessarily breaking the rules, so\nthe post-mortem nen is not following the original rules (we see in **Chapter\n352** that this is possible but with a bit of a complicated mess with mixing\nabilities). So we see Kurapika's hypothetical post-mortem nen doing two things\n1) moving to a different location or 2) activating an already implemented\nability.\n\nOf these two, its mainly the latter that we see later. In **Chapter 307**\nPitou's post-mortem nen ability moves Pitou's corpse in order to kill Gon.\nNote that Pitou had already implemented his ability onto himself and Pitou's\nability was already able to move corpses. Now to **Chapter 356/357** , Hisoka\nis able to _program_ his post-mortem nen to beat his heart and lungs after\ndeath. It's debatable whether he already had the ability to program his bungee\ngums to activate at certain times without his input, but it's certainly\nplausible. In either case, it doesn't hurt our argument that _post-mortem nen\ncan do everything it's original user could program it to do_.\n\nSo we've seen that post-mortem nen can be programmed (and we've seen pretty\nsophisticated programming going into nen abilities - Bomber for example). Now\nnen can do pretty much anything plausible in universe for the right price. So\nthere are two questions remaining: 1) is coming back to life allowed in the\nworld of HxH? 2) what would the price be?\n\nJust to emphasise that this isn't stupidly obvious from our previous\ndiscussion; whether Hisoka actually died in the sense that his brain stopped\nfunctioning completely is arguably ambiguous; one can go a [fair amount of\ntime](http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/long-persons-heart-\nstopped-wouldnt-try-revive/) with your heart stopped before you die and as\nthis is HxH world, we can assume everyone is a little superhuman.\n\nI think what appears to be an unrelated fact is relevant here: the Chimera\nants and the memories of their 'previous life'. Scientifically, I'm fairly\ncertain there is no way that a mushed up mix of brain and genes can retain\nlifetimes of memories (but I'm no expert here) and Togashi even refers to the\nsoul in **Chapter 337** to explain this:\n\n> The soul is probably small, but it has the energy to reincarnate itself\n\nSo reincarnation with memories is possible in HxH canon. It doesn't take a big\nleap to say that revivification is possible, as long as the body is intact, as\nrequired.\n\nTo summarise, post-mortem nen can do what you program it to, nen can do pretty\nmuch anything that is allowed in universe and revivification is plausible. As\nfor the price - who knows - anything goes really when you ask what balances\nout with bringing somebody back to life, from 'life is priceless' (e.g. FMA)\nto 'life for a life'. But revivification nen abilities are cool, bring an\ninteresting dimension to nen fights, and HxH is written by Togashi, so perhaps\na Prince Camilla type nen ability is to be expected.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-11-28T23:23:27.410", "id": "55984", "last_activity_date": "2019-11-28T23:23:27.410", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13489", "parent_id": "50843", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe main aim of Riku was to end the Great War so that they can live in peace.\nSo basically the win condition is achieved at the end of the movie. Thus we\ncan say that the human race won the war because:\n\n * Peace achieved.\n * Human race recognized (as exceed) and given the name Imanity by Tet.\n\n_Bonus:_\n\nThere is a very hot debate about how Riku died and it's not %100 clear. Some\neven say \"Riku actually become Deus before dying and created Tet\nunconsciously\". However, it's pretty obvious that Riku didn't plan anything\nrelated to Tet. That's is why there is no clear answer to the question \"who\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-16T06:44:33.463", "id": "50854", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-16T06:44:33.463", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41124", "parent_id": "50845", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**No**.\n\nThere is no need for them to fuse with the Potara earrings since Goten is\nirrelevant to the franchise. Goten exist just for the purpose of Gotenks. That\nis all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-15T21:24:03.520", "id": "50851", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-15T21:24:03.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44990", "parent_id": "50850", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n**The answer would be no.** There isn't any Potara based fusion between the\ntwo characters eve in Dragon Ball Heroes.\n\n * There is the [Adult Xeno: Gotenks](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Gotenks:_Xeno).\n * Atlhough this is far from canon, Goten and Trunks's EX-Fusion from _Dragon Ball Fusions_ [EX Gotenks](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/EX_Gotenks), has a completely different taking after Trunks more than Goten.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-16T06:20:01.527", "id": "50853", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-16T06:20:01.527", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50850", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou are right, All Might has weakened significantly after his fight with All\nfor One. It would be contradictory to show that he can still fight a powerful\nvillain after that. However, _the movie happened before his fight with All for\nOne_. As quoted from Horikoshi\n[here](https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/08/01/my-hero-academia-movie-timeline-\nconfirmed-anime/),\n\n> \"Yes, the events of the movie happen before the battle with All For One, so\n> I want everyone to be able to watch and look forward to this since you will\n> never see their duo move in the manga.\"\n\nThe movie is set after the Final Exams, so roughly between **Episode 38 and\n39** , while the fight between All Might and All For One happened in\n**Episodes 47 to 49**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-17T01:46:49.047", "id": "50866", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-17T06:53:34.757", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-17T06:53:34.757", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50855", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is called _**Rgs-7 :Zai**_ by Hiroyuki Sawano. It is the 14th track from\n_The Seven Deadly Sins (Original Soundtrack) 2_.\n\n[Official YouTube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8bJWu33ZYY).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-10-31T23:13:09.527", "id": "65832", "last_activity_date": "2021-11-01T03:03:29.077", "last_edit_date": "2021-11-01T03:03:29.077", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "63055", "parent_id": "50869", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt should be\n[青春ブタ野郎](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBV9cAQuDA4&list=PLs2VrLLjL1aiYbKa1eLc6ixpOF9e9Xg75)\n( _Seishun Buta Yarou_ ). The BGM in the scene is rather faint but the piano\nmelody line matches up. This is the first track on [the OST\nrelease](https://vgmdb.net/album/80667) and clearly takes its name from the\ntitle of the series itself.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-26T06:30:45.767", "id": "51280", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-26T06:30:45.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "50871", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**What exact name is Kurapika using?** For me I hear Rioleo, which coincides\nwith the official English translation of the manga. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dXfyo.png)\n\n**Does the actual word mean anything in either English or Japanese?** I have\nnot seen the original raws for the particular chapter or scene but the English\ndoes not mean anything since it just looks like two parts of his name switched\nin order (Leo-rio switched to Rio-leo) which was probably his way of showing\ndisrespect by getting the name wrong.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-18T03:24:03.417", "id": "50883", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-18T03:24:03.417", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50878", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Ok, there will be spoilers for Steins Gate 0 so be sure to watch that before\nreading this post or just read the overall part.**\n\nIn Beta timeline Kurisu is dead. The Beta timeline is the timeline we start to\nwatch. Okabe goes to the Alpha timeline where Kurisu still lives. The Alpha\ntimeline is where Mayuri destined to die. This is also the timeline we see the\nmost in OG Steins Gate. All the experiment on D-Mail, stuff like changing the\ngender of Ruka, done in this timeline and get reverted by Okabe in order to\nsave Mayuri.\n\nIn the end, Okabe understands that there is no way to keep Mayuri alive in the\nAlpha timeline. He goes back to the Beta timeline in order to save Kurisu. He\nfails once and this is the start of Steins Gate 0. In S;G0 Okabe chooses to\nstay in this timeline and keep Mayuri save by sacrificing Kurisu so Kurisu is\nstill dead in this timeline. We also saw a small segment in the middle of S;G0\nwhere another version of Okabe chose Kurisu over Mayuri. That is the Alpha\nline.\n\n**So overall:**\n\n * The alpha timeline is where Kurisu lives and Mayuri dies. \n * The beta timeline is where Kurisu dies and Mayuri lives. \n\nBecause of two distinct timelines, there are actually two different versions\nof Suzuha.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-18T06:45:41.407", "id": "50884", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-18T06:45:41.407", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41124", "parent_id": "50881", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, the episode titles are dates. For example the first episode's title is\n121045, which means 12th October, and it corresponds to the date that Conny\nleaves to \"get adopted\". You can see the date on a calendar in the first\nepisode:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIGfh.png)\n\nSimilarly, the second episode is titled 131045, which is the day after Conny\nleaves, and so on...\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-19T14:11:09.507", "id": "50900", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-19T14:11:09.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35449", "parent_id": "50889", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nAt first I thought it was used to show which student was taken by these so\ncalled \"Monsters\" Because I thought maybe it was to indicate who was going to\ndie. then I noticed that they started scratching them off,, so I thought maybe\nit was to show when they were going to escape. There is a scene in episode 7\nwhere Isabella scratches off November 1. The episode is named 011145 for\n1/11/2045, in the manga they escape on 15/1/2046.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-06T23:00:35.177", "id": "59518", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-06T23:00:35.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56128", "parent_id": "50889", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs for the movie, there is no meaning.\n\nMost of answers given on various forums (i.e.\n[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/17vs3a/why_is_this_film_called_perfect_blue_i_pieced/),\n[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1692166)) are only speculative\nand theories at best. From an\n[interview](https://blog.alltheanime.com/interview-satoshi-kon/) with Kon\nSatoshi himself:\n\n> Andrew Osmond: What is the significance of the title Perfect Blue?\n>\n> Satoshi Kon: That’s a frequently asked question and, at the same time, one I\n> find very difficult to answer. To be honest, I used it because it was the\n> title of the original novel [Perfect Blue: Total Pervert by Yoshikazu\n> Takeuchi, published in 1991]. I presume the words had some significance, but\n> as I changed the story and probably the subject as well, I guess the meaning\n> was lost. I can only guess because I didn’t read the novel. I simply read\n> through the rough plot, which was described as “close to the original story”\n> in the project plan delivered to me. We discussed changing the title, but I\n> like it, it sounds significant and mysterious.\n\nIt would appear then the meaning was lost to the source material. Seeing that\nthe original is in Japanese book and my Japanese lacking, I will leave it for\nsomeone else well versed in Comp. Lit. to interpret the title as used in the\nbook.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T05:15:53.393", "id": "50922", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T09:09:36.150", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-21T09:09:36.150", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "30386", "parent_id": "50898", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nIIRC Blue is a colour associated with happiness in Japan, in the same way that\nWhite is associated with evil.\n\nSo the films name could be taken to mean perfect happiness. Isn't the\nprotagonists final line \"A perfect blue day.\" or some such?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-22T11:12:22.187", "id": "56857", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-22T11:12:22.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52058", "parent_id": "50898", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to another website, blue is a color which represents purity and\ncleanliness in traditional Japanese culture, largely because of the vast\nstretches of blue water that surrounds the Japanese islands. As such, blue\nalso represents calmness and stability. Additionally, blue is considered a\nfeminine color, and so, in combination with the association with purity and\ncleanliness, blue is often the color young women wear to show their purity. As\na traditional Japanese color, shades of blue are used on kimonos to represent\nthe seasons and fashion expressions.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-26T22:04:28.963", "id": "56891", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-26T22:04:28.963", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52110", "parent_id": "50898", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSeriously, the most explanation we _ever_ get is this one panel in chapter 67:\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WAHPD.png)\n\nIf you're wondering how this manages to do transmutations other than earth\nbased ones, remember, the earth isn't the source of the transmutation itself,\njust the _energy_ used in it. Just the necessary materials (the equivalent\nexchange) aren't enough to perform a transmutation. You also need the knowlede\nof how to rearrange the material to its new form (which is why alchemy isn't\nmore widely used) and the energy to actually _do_ the rearranging.\n\nAmestris' alchemy uses the energy in the ground (previously caused by plate\ntectonics, currently by... Well, let's not spoil it), while earter alkahestry\nuses natural chi flows.\n\nHow? \nNever explaned beyond that one panel, since it's not really important to the\nstory. \nCool action and existential philosophy are.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-20T19:56:57.510", "id": "50912", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-20T19:56:57.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8182", "parent_id": "50908", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe [flames of the Amaterasu](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Amaterasu) are\ninextinguishable by ordinary means and once any organism is caught in it, they\nwill either have to sacrifice that body part, absorb the entire Jutsu (if they\nposses Rinnengan related abilities), or seal the flames away.\n\nIn the case of a Snake summon, it could most definitely shed its skin and\neasily escape the flames of the Amaterasu (which would still be burning the\nouter skin that it shed). This is evident in the fact that Sasuke was able to\nescape Itachi's Amaterasu by shedding his skin (a unique ability that he\nlearned from Orochimaru, and Orochimaru learned it in [Ryuchi\nCave](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ry%C5%ABchi_Cave) ).\n\nA slug summon like Katsuyu could survive but the damage will be immense, since\nshe's able to rearrange her entire body into smaller slugs, she could detach\nout the parts that are consumed by the Amaterasu, by turning into a ton of\nsmaller slugs and sacrifice those parts.\n\nAlso, If the animal was summoned by a person who posseses the Rinnengan, the\nsummoner could easily absorb the chakra and remove the flames.\n\nAs for all other Summoning animals, Unless they have a unique defensive\nability to escape the flames, then the Amaterasu will burn it out from\nexistence. Even if the Animal tries to go back to its main habitat, the flames\nwill still continue until nothing exists.\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-20T21:06:00.973", "id": "50913", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T16:06:19.320", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-21T16:06:19.320", "last_editor_user_id": "42685", "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "50909", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are many things in the manga, that the anime either doesn't show or\nchanges. Those who have read the manga know that Pegasus died after his\nmillennium eye was removed by Bakura. However in the anime, Pegasus survives\nand he continues to live, going as far as making an appearance in the GX arc.\n\nThe Pyramid of Light novel, written by Junki Takegami, gives us a better\ninsight on how Pegasus feels about the loss of his millennium eye. This\nhappens when Kaiba shows up to ask Pegasus about cards that are capable of\ndefeating the god cards. However Pegasus refuses to give Kaiba such a card and\ntries to lecture and warn Kaiba.\n\nPegasus- “A befitting heart is needed to handle power. Power without heart\ngives birth to tragedy.” Pegasus stroked his fair hair up without the\nslightest hesitation and showed the hidden half of his face to Kaiba.\n\n“Guh...” Kaiba took a gasp. The gaping opening in his eye socket was an\nunsightly reminder of where one of the Millennium Items, the Millennium Eye,\nhad once fit into.\n\n“I first went in hunt for the Millennium Items with desires of meeting my lost\nlover. It was an act of folly brought on by my innocence which was shameful\neven to me. Before long, controlled by the Millennium Eye, I sought dark\npowers. It was no doubt on part of my feeble spirit. Therefore, to serve as a\nlesson to myself, I won’t put in an artificial eye or hide this unsightly\nscar.” Pegasus smiled self-mockingly. “This is what those who abuse power\neventually look like in the end. Kaiba-boy, you want only power...and that is\nextremely dangerous.”\n\nI also want to point out that the novel gives us a more detailed backstory of\nAnubis. It fits very well with the cannon story because in the novel, Anubis\nnever met Atem or fought him. Aknadin wanted to ensure that his son Seto,\nbecomes a king no matter what. Which is why he resorted to using another spell\nfrom the book that helped him create the millennium items,and created the\nPyramid of light to counter the power of the millennium puzzle. During the\nritual, he sacrificed one of his servants by turning him into a mummy. Aknadin\nreplaced the brain, hearth and eyes of his servant with the ones of a jackal.\nThat servant was Anubis, who was sacrificed against his will. Which is why\nAnubis wanted to kill both the Pharaoh and the reincarnation of the priest\nSeto. To exact revenge on Aknadin for turning him into a mummy, and become the\nking of destruction by defeating Atem. The story of the novel makes much more\nsense than the movie. In the movie, Anubis claims that he fought Atem back\nwhen he became a Pharaoh. This statement contradicts the cannon story because\nthe day Atem became a pharaoh, was also the day he had to fight thief Bakura\nand in the following days, confront Zork. Atem died by sealing Zork away in\nthe millenium ring while he sealed his soul in the millenium puzzle. There was\nsimply no time for Atem and Anubis to confront each other back then. In any\nevent. I hope you find what I shared useful and fun.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-18T23:30:22.890", "id": "57606", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-18T23:30:22.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53369", "parent_id": "50911", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOff the top of my head... They meet in (happends after Hitagi End) Zoku-Owari.\nBut that is kind of cheating. They may of possibily met in Off-Season... But I\nhaven't gotten around to reading through the rest of the books. Then of course\nthere is the new season...\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-25T19:37:07.277", "id": "50971", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-25T19:37:07.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40312", "parent_id": "50914", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Is Kurama more powerful than Susanoo?** Yes, it is. From the\n[wiki](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Kurama),\n\n> Even with half its strength, it could overpower Obito's controlled tailed\n> beasts, smash Madara's senjutsu-enhanced Susanoo with a tail, and with the\n> Six Paths Chakra, battle Sasuke's Tailed Beast-enhanced Complete Body —\n> Susanoo.\n\n_That is just with roughly half its strength_. At full strength, I would say\nit can easily overpower the aforementioned enemies, including Sasuke's\nSusanoo.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T01:06:01.580", "id": "50917", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-17T22:06:26.857", "last_edit_date": "2019-10-17T22:06:26.857", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50916", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nRemember that Naruto also used Senjutsu chakra during the whole fight (Kurama-\nSage Mode),this could have enhanced his powers greatly but again it was only\nhalf of Kurama and some Tailed beast chakra within Naruto so maybe Full Kurama\nis stronger that Sussano.\n\nHowever,it also depends on which type of Sussano Kurama fights.Sasuke's\nSussano and Madara's Sussano were both \"only offense\" types so Kurama could\noverpower them.\n\nHowever, Itachi's Sussano was completely different with the Totsuka Blade(and\nYata mirror).One slash of the Totsuka Blade and Kurama would be sealed\nforever.Tailed beast bombs can be reflected easily with the help of the Yata\nmirror.And I'm not even talking about the perfect one right now.Kurama would\ndefinitely be no match for Itachi's Sussano.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T08:15:31.727", "id": "50923", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T08:15:31.727", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39958", "parent_id": "50916", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that Kurama is an amazingly powerful tailed beast, and I think he's\ndefinetly stronger than all susanoos, but maybe he'd meet his first real match\nand that would be Itachi's susanoo, because once again, Kurama has only half\nof his power, and if Naruto and Minato somehow managed to fuse together and\nfight using Kuramas full power than maybe Itachi would be finished once and\nfor all\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-17T03:38:22.030", "id": "55589", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-17T03:38:22.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50372", "parent_id": "50916", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a mistake which was overlooked and never addressed in the series. It\nwas initially assumed that they drank the _Elixer of immortality_ from the\n_Fountain of Youth_. However, Roshi later claims this doesn't really exist. So\nyes! There is no logical reason explaining why the Crane Hermit is as old as\nhe is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T02:41:58.663", "id": "50919", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T02:41:58.663", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50918", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nA major thing to keep in mind is that Roshi is an unreliable narrator (and his\nturtle isn't terribly smart by human standards). He routinely lies and twists\nhalf-truths to help people get through something tough, motivate his students\nto work harder, or get something he wants that he thinks people otherwise\nmight not give him. It's a generally benign sort of thing, serving his mostly\ncomedic perversions or serving some sort of \"greater good\".\n\nAs Gary mentions, in the original series there is mention of an Elixir of\nimmortality/Fountain of Youth, and Roshi at one point tries to console Tien by\npointing out that he (Roshi) is immortal, so there's nothing to really worry\nabout. This was another lie or half-truth, though, as Tien was soon knocked\nout and Roshi was killed by the strain of the technique he used to try to save\nthe day. So, as indicated, he twisted the truth, or outright lied, to help\nsomeone out. Most people at this point presumed that in fact the\nelixir/fountain only stopped him from dying of old age (and possibly other\nnatural causes), but suicide/exhaustion/getting eaten/laser beams to the\nface/etc. would still be lethal in the usual fashion.\n\nIn _Super_ , Roshi sends Goku and Krillin out to fetch some [paradise\nherb](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Paradise_Herb) in exchange for\nteaching them a super secret technique. The technique was a half-truth,\nthough. It was meant to motivate them to do the quest, and thereby help Goku\nincrease his control of his energy and for Krillin to overcome his (very\njustified) fears. So they were taught something useful for combat, but not\nreally a \"technique\" (and certainly not one of Roshi's martial arts\ntechniques). He had also stated that eating the herb would increase his\nlifespan by another thousand years. Whether that was another lie, or a bit of\ndramatic license, or not...we don't know. But it stands as the current best\nexplanation for Roshi's long life. Presumably, Master Shen and his brother\nalso partook of this herb.\n\nAlternative options do exist, however. Demon King Piccolo used the dragon\nballs to acquire Eternal Youth, which was inherited by Piccolo. This prevented\nPiccolo from aging once he hit his physical prime (a mere 4 years later), but\nneither of them had true immortality and could be killed by means other than\naging. Conceivably Roshi, Shen, and others may also have made such a wish at\nsome point.\n\nA standard martial arts trope is the long-lived master, where their supreme\nskill and spiritual development gives them an unnaturally long lifespan; this\nmay even be a specific \"technique/skill\" of theirs. Such a technique may have\nbeen found by Roshi/Shen/General Tao/Baba and used amongst them, only they\nfound it later in life and it does not revert your body to an age before you\nacquired it. Part of Roshi's character is how he at once serves this role of a\ntranscendent master of martial arts while also being a perverted, lazy,\ngoofball.\n\nAnd there's the fact that if he _is_ in fact several hundred years old, then\nhe may have gone through a _lot_ of stuff, and the reason he has lived so long\nis buried somewhere in all of those adventures, possibly stretched across\nseveral of them in a complex fashion, and he may not even remember them all.\nAfter all, he once had true immortality by owning a Phoenix (which ironically\ndied, and the immortality was lost). Which is to say there's plenty of story\ntelling room to \"retcon\" the reason for his long life and insert some new\njustification(s) later. All of which serves the handy purpose of making others\ndistrusting of his claims, and difficult for others to achieve what he has\n(which could be dangerous to the world, as well as those attempting the feat).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T05:10:54.180", "id": "50921", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T05:20:31.383", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-21T05:20:31.383", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "50918", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is important to remember that Immortality doesnt always= unkillable it\noften means you wont die from age sometimes refered to as agelessness. In\nroshis case this is the most likely senario from one of the above mentioned\npossible sources of said immortality\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-28T17:42:16.880", "id": "56655", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-28T17:42:16.880", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51791", "parent_id": "50918", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf Steins;Gate was set on a single timeline then you could describe this\nexchange as an information paradox. However, the series is known to use a\nmultiple timelines model, which can allow for this case:\n\n * Timeline A: Someone (Okabe?) designs the pin.\n * Timeline B,C,D,...: The story unfolds, the pin may or may not have already been created in the different timelines, and may or may not have been shown by Suzuha at all.\n * Timeline Z (that is not A): The timeline in which Suzuha brings the pin To Okabe AND Okabe ends up recreating it.\n\nOf course, the information paradox could still apply in the multiple timelines\nmodel (if timelines Z and A were one and the same), even though it is more\nlikely to have taken place over multiple timelines without looping back, with\na clear start and end.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-06T13:01:53.900", "id": "52826", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-06T13:01:53.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41746", "parent_id": "50920", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Did someone replace Uvogin in the Phantom Troupe?** Yes, Illumi Zoldyck\nreplaced him as No. 11. It is in **Volume 36 Chapter 377**. The image below is\ntaken from the [wiki](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Phantom_Troupe).\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ekwST.png)\n\nAs to why Illumi joined the Phantom Troupe, _it is simply because Hisoka asked\nhim to_. He elaborated that Hisoka commissioned himself as a target to Illumi,\nand he joins just like that, and no questions were raised by the other Phantom\nTroupe members. So, if Illumi kills him, he gets a reward. Exactly what\nreward, it is not yet known. As to why Hisoka would want someone he is quite\nclose to to kill him, I cannot say. He is quite unpredictable throughout the\nstory. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/w7hSD.jpg)\nHowever, when him and Illumi were hunting Killua and Alluka during the **13th\nHunter Chairman Election** arc, it is shown that _he delights in the feeling\nof someone who have a desire to kill him_. He is even debating on whether to\ngain Killua's or Illumi's hatred. ( **Chapter 330** ) This could be one of the\nreasons he asked Illumi to join the Phantom Troupe to kill him. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxKA0.png)\n\n**Should it be assumed, that Kalluto just took Hisoka's number?** No\nassumptions need to be made as this was also made clear in the manga in\n**Chapter 377**. So, yes, Kalluto is the new No. 4.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-21T12:55:20.533", "id": "50927", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-21T14:05:13.773", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-21T14:05:13.773", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50926", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDemi humans only use the level to age method until they become adults then\nit's just normal age growth.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-05T21:39:45.317", "id": "51061", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-05T21:39:45.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45282", "parent_id": "50928", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think Violet Evergarden was Kana Akatsuki's Debut work.\n\nViolet Evergarden was written for one of Kyoto Animation's competitions, and\nit won the grand prize (2014); hence the Anime adaptation.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-22T09:19:28.647", "id": "50938", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-22T09:19:28.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33212", "parent_id": "50934", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYou can find more information if you search by their name in Japanese 暁佳奈.\n\nThey don't have any other works listed on their [goodreads author\nprofile](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15286681._).\n\nThere is an interview with the author on [Kyoto Animation's\nwebsite](http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/kyoani_award/interview/). At the top\nof the page it states that this was their debut work:\n\n> 第5回京都アニメーション大賞小説部門で同賞初の大賞を受賞し、『ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン』で **デビュー。**\n\nThe last word [デビュー means\ndebut.](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC)\n\nThe interview additionally states that it took 6 months to create Violet\nEvergarden and that it was made specifically for the Kyoto Animation award,\nbecause Kana Akatsuki loved Clannad: After Story anime which came from their\nstudio.\n\n> **――なぜ京都アニメーション大賞に応募しようと思われたのですか？**\n>\n> アニメ「CLANNAD 〜AFTER\n> STORY〜」が大好きで、あの作品を作られた会社さんだからです。頭の中の映像を文字に起こすように書いていますので、本当に映像になったら面白いと思いました。\n> 京都アニメーションさんで実現したら素敵だろうな、と夢見ました。\n>\n> ―― **京アニ大賞応募時、『ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン』の執筆にはどれくらい時間をかけられたのでしょうか。**\n>\n>\n> 恐らく半年くらいだと思われます。寒い時期にカーディガンをずるずる引きずってお湯を沸かし紅茶を飲みながら書いていた記憶があります。北海道はいつも寒いので記憶が曖昧です。\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-23T12:15:34.960", "id": "50947", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-23T12:23:52.487", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "17758", "parent_id": "50934", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Whole Cake Island mission was never supposed to be a war against the Big\nMom pirates, though it turned out to have significant fighting. The main aim\nwas to retrieve Sanji as quickly as possible and then head to Wano. Robin only\nasks Luffy to copy the Road Poneglyph if they find one / get the chance to.\n\nIf you recall the end of the Zou arc, both Law and Zoro mention how dangerous\nand risky a move it is to be confronting Big Mom while they were already set\nto clash with Kaido. However, Luffy is adamant about getting Sanji back, and\nhence they split up. Not to mention the Grand Fleet, not even the entire Straw\nHat crew headed to WCI.\n\nLike you've mentioned, the Grand Fleet could have been of use in a number of\nsituations, whether during WCI or the coming arc in Wano. However, Luffy\ndoesn't really approve of the fleet at all, as summarized in the wiki:\n\n> Luffy rejected their offer, as he wanted to sail freely on the seas without\n> having to command anyone. In response to this, the crews made the decision\n> to still serve Luffy, but only when he needed them to, and consumed sake\n> cups to form the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.\n\nHe'll probably only rely on them when they're around, and the situation forces\nit somehow. That's just how his character has been developed. Further, Oda has\nteased that the final ending of One Piece will be a war so great it would make\nMarineford look like filler. Many people expect it to be the arc where the\nStraw Hat Grand Fleet will be on full display.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-24T08:42:01.290", "id": "50953", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-24T08:42:01.290", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "50948", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHonestly, we can't really gauge how strong it is because we don't exactly know\nhow much energy these fighters contribute to the spirit bomb. In the sense,\nnone of the fighters were tired or out of energy after contributing to the\nSpirit Bomb. Plus, it was essentially missing the energy of Universe 7's 2\nstrongest fighters \"Goku and Vegeta\".\n\nLogically, it doesn't make sense for the Spirit Bomb to be stronger than Super\nSaiyan Blue Kaioken Goku as the Spirit Bomb would have to be at a Universal\nLevel if that were the case and the only fighter who contributed sufficient\nenergy to be categorized at a universal level, would be Frieza(Yet, he was in\nhis final form which isn't universal). If you were to consider the SSJG Goku\nfrom the Battle of Gods arc at a universal level, you could essentially\nconsider Gohan at his full power to be around that level however, even he\nwasn't in his Ultimate form when he contributed energy.\n\nSo essentially, I believe the theme of the attack was more or less on the\nlines of, _\"Since I cannot defeat you myself, this is a combined attack from\nthe whole of Universe 7\"_.\n\nFor the sake of plot, they made the attack look extremely powerful as even the\nGods of Destruction of every universe was astonished with this level of power.\n\nAlthough I personally disagree with this line and feel it logically doesn't\nmake sense, as far as the show goes, **Whis makes a statement that Kefla's\nmight as a Super Saiyan, rivalled the spirit bomb**. **Kefla as a Super Saiyan\nwas around the same level as Super Saiyan Blue Goku**. **Hence, based on that,\nthe spirit bomb should be around that level of power.**\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-24T09:28:02.633", "id": "50954", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-24T09:28:02.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50952", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrieza giving energy to Goku has nothing to do with Goku getting a Zenkai\nboost. Getting beaten up by Jiren indeed gave Goku a Zenkai Boost. The getting\nenergy/ Recovering bit isn't essentially required to get a Zenkai boost. These\nare boosts which Saiyans get after recovering from severe injuries and near\ndeath experiences. The healing factor is just something logical that follows.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-24T16:40:02.173", "id": "50957", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-24T16:40:02.173", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "50956", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI am going by the assumption that you mean, techniques that required eye\ncontact previously, but after obtaining the EMS (eternal mangekyou sharingan)\nno longer do.\n\nIn which case, the answer would be _no_. The EMS allows users to tap into more\ntechniques at less chakra cost. And more importantly, without the side effect\nof turning blind. But does not, for example, allow the Amaterasu to burn\npeople without making eye contact. All though [It does not have to be direct\neye contact](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/48039/1458).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-25T16:38:26.700", "id": "50969", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-25T16:38:26.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "50961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm assuming you're referring to genjutsu, since _Amaterasu_ can burn a person\neven if they aren't making eye contact, and _Susano'o_ can smash a person even\nif they aren't making eye contact.\n\nThe fight between Kabuto and Sasuke and Itachi in chapter 586 suggests that\n**eye contact is needed to cast genjutsu** , even if it's using an Eternal\nMangekyou. During this fight, Sasuke had an Eternal Mangekyou, and Kabuto\ndidn't seem terribly concerned.\n\n> Kabuto: \"Since I shut off my vision, genjutsu won't work on me. I tell you\n> again, you two have no chance of winning.\"\n\nHowever, _Izanami_ can be cast on a person even without direct eye contact.\nThis is explained in chapter 587:\n\n> Sasuke: \"So how? How can ocular jutsu work without eyesight?\"\n>\n> Itachi: \"The Izanami is an ocular jutsu... that works with the physical\n> senses of yourself and your opponents.\"\n\n_Izanami_ is very special though, so this probably isn't the norm. After all,\n_Izanami_ is an incredibly powerful jutsu that blinds the Sharingan that is\nused to cast it. The general expectation seems to be that ocular jutsu\nrequires eye contact, regardless of whether the Sharingan is regular,\nMangekyou, or Eternal Mangekyou.\n\n* * *\n\nThough note also that Itachi can cast genjutsu [from his\nfinger](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ephemeral). So even without Mangekyou,\nit doesn't need to be _direct_ eye contact.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-26T03:04:51.227", "id": "50977", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-26T03:19:20.437", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "50961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nEternal Mangekyo simply means that the backlash caused to eyesight by use of\nSharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan is not experienced by the user. It doesn't\naffect the technique to such a degree that if visual contact was required\nearlier, it won't be later on. However, a lot of techniques of mangekyo don't\nrequire eye contact. They will remain as it is, however as user won't feel the\nside effects, it gives a bit of a power boost to the technique\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-03-30T08:51:54.603", "id": "51320", "last_activity_date": "2019-03-30T08:51:54.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45642", "parent_id": "50961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI assume you referring to use Genjutsu with Sharingan, because of physical\nninjutsu did not require eye contact with the enemy to use it, like Amaterasu,\nKamui, or etc.\n\nOf course, it can. Even without using Eternal Mangenkyou Sharingan or ordinary\nMangenkyou Sharingan Itachi can still use his Genjutsu through his finger\n(<https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ephemeral>). Danzo can also use the Genjutsu\nfrom the Shishui's Sharingan eye that he stole to manipulate people even\nthough the Sharingan eye always under his headband.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-28T22:12:18.317", "id": "56277", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-28T22:12:18.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50748", "parent_id": "50961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause it is stated in one of the rules that _a god of death or shinigami\ncannot go to the Human World without any clear or significant reason_. As\nstated\n[here](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note/Manga_Chapter_Rules),\n\n> The god of death must not stay in the human world without a particular\n> reason. Conditions to stay in the human world are as follows: ( _Death Note\n> - How to Use It: XXIV_ )\n>\n> 1. When the god of death's Death Note is handed to a human.\n> 2. Essentially, finding a human to pass on the Death Note should be done\n> from the world of the gods of death, but if it is within 82 hours this may\n> also be done in the human world.\n> 3. When a god of death stalks an individual with an intention to kill\n> them, as long as it is within 82 hours of haunting them, the god of death\n> may stay in the human world.\n>\n\nIf these rules or the rest of the other rules not mentioned are violated, then\nthey will be severely punished. That's why Ryuk was hesitant at first when\nwriting the fake rules Light asked him to since he thought it might anger the\nShinigami King.\n\n> There are laws in the world of gods of death. If a god of death should break\n> the law, there are 9 levels of severity starting at Level 8 and going up to\n> Level 1 plus the Extreme Level. For severity levels above 3 the god of death\n> will be killed after being punished. For example, killing a human without\n> using the Death Note is considered as the Extreme Level. ( _Death Note - How\n> to Use It: XLVI_ )\n\nIn case you're wondering where these rules are since these might not be in\nscanlations or unofficial translations, the official English VIZ volumes that\nI read have them in-between each two chapters.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-25T11:09:28.337", "id": "50967", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-25T12:02:03.267", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-25T12:02:03.267", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "50966", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]