Short answer, from his father, Kurosaki Isshin.

Long answer is provided below with history of Ichigo's life.

This answer contains massive spoilers

First of all, you need to understand that Ichigo is unique in that he was born from a Quincy mother (Kurosaki Masaki) and a Shinigami father (Kurosaki Isshin, formerly Shiba Isshin). Because of this, he has the power of both Quincy and Shinigami.

During her mother's high school age, Aizen was experimenting with Hollowfication and created a hollow called White, who caused Hollowfication on Hirako Shinji and other captains of Gotei 13 to turn into hollow. The hollow, White, was then sent to attack Shiba Isshin (Ichigo's father, his family name was Shiba before he married Masaki and uses her family name). Kurosaki Masaki rescued Isshin from the Hollow but was Hollowfied herself. This caused Ichigo to have hollow powers in him as shown by White having a similar looks to Ichigo's Hollowfication form.

Isshin married Masaki and Ichigo was born. It was shown that Ichigo was able to see spirits since he was elementary school student where he saw Grand Fisher's bait and attempted to save it thinking that it was a girl who tried to drown herself. This attempt of his caused his mother's death.

Years passed and Ichigo is now 15 years old. A hollow attacked his house and Kuchiki Rukia saved him by transferring her Shinigami powers to him. This act awakens his dormant powers that he inherited from his parents. He later lost the powers Rukia lend him from Kuchiki Byakuya's attack. He regained it after training with Urahara, but this time it was his own dormant "Shinigami" powers. Notice the use of double quote there.

Ichigo fought the Shinigami to save Rukia, learned Bankai in the process. Then he fought Aizen's Espada to save Orihime, and eventually Aizen himself to save Karakura Town. To fight Aizen's godly powers he learned a forbidden technique from Kurosaki Isshin, called the Final Getsuga Tenshou. This technique caused him to lost his "Shinigami" powers.

He then regained his "Shinigami" powers after the captains of Gotei 13 and vice-captains Abarai Renji and Kuchiki Rukia transferred power to Ichigo during the end of the Fullbringer Arc. Then the Quincy attacked, lead by their king, Ywach (some called him Juha Bach). During the fight his Zanpakuto was destroyed and to forge it he went with the Zero Division to meet the maker of Zanpakuto, Nimaiya.

It was during the forging process that it was revealed that the so called "Shinigami" power he has been using was actually his Quincy powers, which also explains why Ywach looks so much like Zangetsu. Now he awakens his true Shinigami power which Zangetsu has been suppressing.

So in conclusion, the "Shinigami" power that he has been using before he broke his Zanpakuto was actually his Quincy power which he inherited from his mother. His real Shinigami power is obviously from his father Kurosaki Isshin since Isshin is also a Shinigami. He can use Hollowfication since his soul was infused with Hollow Kurosaki Masaki sealed, the hollow White, inside her body.

As for what it means by

  In Bleach chapter 673 it says that Juha is Ichigo's true father, so with his mother also being a Quincy,

it is more in a spiritual meanings. Just like Odin was called the Allfather (means father of all), Ywach is the father of all Quincy since all Quincy's powers was born from him. This makes him Ichigo's father in spiritual means, just like Odin was father of Norse people.


Are there multiple realities in Re:Zero, or is it just one reality rewinding?

Warning, spoiler-heavy answer.

There is break-down of most chapters of light-novel (numerous spoilers inside). According to summary of Arc 4,

   author gives a hint, that each timeline, where Subaru dies, may exist even after his death, at least, some events in some timelines are described.


Why does anime air in 4 seasons per year of ~13 episodes?

It is for financial reasons.

In the past, many series had longer seasons: 24, 26 or 28 episodes for a season was common in the 90s (Meitantei Conan's first season was 28 episodes). Series that were pretty guaranteed to be popular enough to keep up selling a lot of toys to kids had longer seasons (Sailor Moon's first season had 46 episodes). Gag series from 4-koma comics are more likely to have a long series length (Nintama Rantarou's first season had 47 episodes and Chibi Maruko-chan's first season alone was a whopping 142 episodes). In the past, more people were loyal to their favorite series and collected the merchandise carefully, whereas Japanese children now are quick to switch their fads (from Pokemon to Youkai Watch, for example), so investing a lot into a series that'll get discarded next year is not financially-sound.

12- or 13-episode series started to appear in the late 90s as a way to animate and broadcast something (adapting a manga or video game, or an original series) that did not have a big enough fan base to sustain financing a full-length series (of course, this was in the era when everything was still drawn by hand). Previously, those sort of anime only received a one-shot OAV or a brief OAV series (for example, Koko ha Greenwood or Tokimeki Memorial).

Even though anime is mostly animated outside of Japan and by computer, lowering production costs, the industry is able to further expand the genres and number of titles produced by switching to a lot of shorter series over a smaller number of long-running ones. To have a long run, a series needs to keep viewers coming back (the sort of plot that can go on and on, like Inu Yasha) and sell merchandise well. Many genres of manga do not lend themselves to those epic series, so studios are creating shorter series that:

Can get something animated which in previous generations of anime production would never have had a chance to get animated at all because it's more niche.
They can make a modest amount of money off of it if it does well (and give it another season), or they can chalk it up to not too drastic of a loss if it doesn't do well and quickly move on to the next one.
Provide a nice, tight story arc that has closure at the end (though when they are not sure up to nearly the last minute whether they will get the green-light for another season, the ending can still fizzle).

Although the main reason is financial, a series where the very limited total number of episodes available to work within is known to the staff from the start can allow the writers to craft the storyline to suit the length with little to no filler, which offers a different sort of project than Rurouni Kenshin or HUNTER x HUNTER where you don't entirely know where it's going and how many episodes it will need to get there.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the seasons themselves don't much align to actual seasons, with 'Spring 2015' ending in late June." Japanese culture is very specific on when seasons take place, what is associated with that season, what to do during each season, what day of the year to switch from spring/summer school uniform to fall/winter school uniform and vice versa (called koromogae: see 2.07 here), what to eat in which season, etc. The seasons coincide with the Japanese academic year, so that the sakura (cherry blossom) trees are blooming in most of the country during graduation ceremony in late March and during the first day of school (on April 1st). This is a primary reason why, although Tokyo University has switched to the Western academic year, most schools in Japan strongly do not want to. Anime is usually keen to let the viewer clearly know what season it is in the story, and try to coincide this with the air date of the episode (New Year's Day, St. Valentine's Day, sakura blooming, the sound of cicadas in summer, mosquito repellent, summer festivals, ishi yaki imo (stone-baked sweet potatoes) in autumn, fall leaves, snow, etc.).


What is the recommended order for watching "Barakamon" and "Handa-kun"?

TLDR: watch whichever you feel like watching.

You can actually watch it in any order. Having seen both of them, except for the same protagonist they don't have any link between them.

Handa-kun is an anime in which the protagonist is a high school student. This one leans highly towards comedy than a slice of life. But it's definitely fun to watch.

Barakamon is more the typical slice of life anime with bits and pieces of comedy, it has a sense of purpose unlike Handa-kun which is just everyday events. Here Handa-kun is grown-up and is trying to find some inspiration.


Was Raditz faster than the speed of light?

Raditz being FTL was a dub fabrication, it is not present in the original manga.
However i noticed that this question has been discussed on various forums and each of them concluded that one shouldn't expect any realism from a non-science based show (though they said this in a lot less polite manner).

Source- http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-527409-lightspeed-in-the-dbzverse.html

Discussions-

https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/88/t2273700-raditz-moving-at-speed-of-light/
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/dragon-ball-universe-1775304/raditz-vs-speed-of-light-1747635/


When will the Fruits Basket reboot start airing?

No exact date has been given yet other than "April 2019."

Source: https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/01/19/fruits-basket-reboot-character-designs-additional-cast/


According to the Wikia page on Drive Knight:

  It is unknown if he is a remodeling cyborg or a robot.

I don't think that ONE really cares enough to designate him as a cyborg or a robot.


What has Montblanc Noland done for the Tontatta Kingdom for him to be called a hero?

From One Piece Chapter 713 Page 19

From the Wikia article on Montblanc Noland:

  Sometime in his journeys, he entered the New World and encountered the island of Green Bit, protecting the Tontatta Kingdom and its people from the humans who were ravaging their homes. However, Noland's tales would forever be labeled lies after one unlucky event around a friend he made.

Unfortunately, this is all we know about Noland's act which earned him the title of a "hero".


Why did Annie "Female Titan" stop running?

your talking about the part where she was running from the corps and Eren was trapped right? Do remember that Eren had just transformed right as she had stopped moving.

I don't think she stopped moving cause she sense the titans in the wall(that is a bit strange as that reveal was waaay later down the line). I think she stopped casue she realized Eren transformed and might have figured she could flee and takedown Eren at the same time. Or that if she managed to flee, he would follow and hinder her escape outside the city.


Is Goku in Dragon Ball based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West?

Akira Toriyama was definitely influenced by Journey to the West in writing the original Dragon Ball manga. In early stories, Goku rides the Flying Nimbus cloud and wields an extendable staff, two aspects taken directly from his inspiration the Monkey King along with his name, and the fact that he turns into a giant ape is also a callback to his simian origins.

The quest to find the Dragon Balls was also a parallel to the quest for the sutras, or scrolls of the Buddha, and some of the other characters from Dragon Ball have parallels to Journey to the West characters, although they tend to be a little tenuous at times. And, of course, it didn't take long before the original story gave way to all the craziness and martial arts and ridiculously scaling power levels to the extent that by the time Dragon Ball Z came along the resemblances are superficial at best.

You can see mention of the connection in the Wikipedia article, although the sources are mostly print ones so you'd have to put a little leg work in to track them down yourself.


Young boy protagonist with a sword containing a red stone on its hilt?

I think it could be Shin Hakkenden (1999, 26 episodes)

  The year is 2588 in the system of Godworld and its eight satellites. Humanity came here in the distant past, after a long journey across the stars from Earth. Now the system is ruled by a loose coalition of powerful families: House Owari, House Meed, and House Iigy. The story begins when Kai, the heir to House Owari, attacks an icy planet. Living in a humble village on the surface is Kou, a young boy who is perpetually arguing with his father. When Kai's navy arrives, Kou takes his father's mighty Murasame sword to fight back, and his adventures begin. A sci-fi remake of Hakkenden. (Plot from Animevice).

This is a picture of the main character Kou who has a red gem in his sword (You can also see a dog with an eyepatch: it hide a yellow gem in one of his teeth).

This is Jinrai who has a green gem in his shield.

Another pic http://gallery.animeinfo.ru/img/Jinrai-125835-57413-1.jpg

This is Tomoka who has a blue gem in a dice: he is a gambler and use cards also for fighting.


Where does Sword Art Online Extra Edition fit in?

It's a special that plays after the SAO-anime (after the alfheim arc). It has an original story not covered in the light novels.


Is there a reason for the notches on the blades?

The blades were very prone to breakage [picture needed]. The vertical maneuver gear has even a spare blade storage built-in [picture needed], and in at leat one occasion one soldier was left without blades [chapter ref needed] and a companion had to share blades with him.

The notches make sense since the blades break so often even a short and less effective blade had a chance of scoring a kill and you could take the most out of a blade before it becomes completely useless.

Also, the resources inside the walls are scarce. Making the most out of the metal available also made sense.

I have no access to CR manga ATM, and cannot search for manga images. Will add the references later today.


In the Monogatari series, why do we hear camera flash sounds?

This can be just another Shaft Signature as their art style, without any reason, just a background effect, but still, we are talking about Monogatari, where everything can have a meaning, so my guess, when "camera flash" happens, the character considered that thing important enough to remember, you know, like IRL when you take a pic to something, you do it because you consider it interesting, worth to immortalise the moment, it may be the case in Monogatari, but again, can also be just a simple sound effect for more quality.


Was L suspicious of all Light's girlfriends or only Misa?

I feel like it could've just been the way Misa acted toward's Light... That and the fact that she was a very popular model talking to a regular student. He could've seen how bubbly her personality is and how much she doesnt fit into Light's "no nonsense" studios type of personality. If you can tell he doesnt really want to be around her then it wouldnt be a far reach to assume that she's around for some other reason.


It is an obi, which is also known as

a strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

As Wikipedia continues to mention,

Many books in Japan are supplied with an obi, which is normally added outside any dust jacket. [...]
In English, the term belly-band is sometimes used instead.

The following image is the obi on Tokyo Ghoul:re volume 7.


Well, yes.

We know she can't make anything she has on her - including her clothing - invisible, so if she's totally invisible she's naked. We've seen her taking off her battle uniform (yes, the gloves and the boots) for tactical advantage.


Why is Hashirama hailed as the most powerful shinobi of all time?

There is more to it than this but the main reason he was considered the strongest was that his Wood Style allowed him to control the Tailed Beasts.  Before he did this there was no Jinchuuriki System.  The system only came after he passed them out to other Nations in good faith.  He potentially had all the Nine fighting for him at one point along with his own abilities.

I think Wood Release was basically a Blood Release version of Senjutsu which could explain a lot of the shared attributes between the two (like extra damage, rapid healing, growing nature, etc) and was so overpowered. Imagine someone having access to massive nature chakra reserves at all time.

I wish they explained Wood Style more and why the release was only unique to him and not his whole family (since it is considered a Kekkei Genkai).


Why do anime studios and producers discontinue making an anime?

Most anime series are produced to promote the source material (manga, light novel, etc.). Thus for the producers its more important if the sales of the source material were boosted by the anime adaption. So even if an anime is quite popular - it should be noted that even quite successful anime only sell between 3000 and less then 10000 (more than that is rare is considered a very successful anime) discs per volume - there is often no point in producing another season if the sales of the source material increased sufficiently.


Does the Edo Tensei caster need to know all the hand seals to use the reanimated person?

No, it isn't needed.

Neither Kabuto nor Orochimaru can use the Wood element, they don't know and cannot use all the Kekkei Genkai of the users they reanimated.

Controlling works by setting a goal for the reanimated person. "Kill them all", "Fight to hold them off", "Go to that point in the battlefield". The reanimated person will now do anything on his own to complete that goal, even if it is against his own will.


Why didn't anyone in the school notice that Natsume is actually a female?

There are several reasons why no one noticed that Natsume was a girl:

She was dressing as a boy, therefore no one should suspect her.
On the novel, an onmyouji can identify whether you're a girl or boy based on your aura. Boys naturally have yang aura and girls have yin aura.
Normally, when a practitioner has a shikigami, the shikigami's aura should be the opposite so that their compatibility will be in harmony.
However, Natsume's prideful shikigami which is Hokuto have a yin aura, therefore it made conflict in their auras, thus negating the yin aura and making it a yang aura. In result, anyone would assume that Natsume was indeed a boy.
It is rumored that Natsume was Yakou's reincarnation, since she was the next heir of the Tsuchimikado family, they preconceived that she is a boy.


How come Naruto's Chakra responds to Wood Elements?

From the following Naruto Wiki

  Whenever Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Wood Release techniques
  will react to the Yang chakra's life-giving properties and mature into
  full-grown trees within a matter of seconds, either by contact or
  close range.This was also shown to have the same effect on White
  Zetsu Army clones, whose genetic make-up is similar to that of
  plants.

Thus, Naruto himself doesn't directly control the effects his yang chakra has on the wood element or the white zetsu.

Also,

  The Yang Release (陽遁, Yōton; Viz "Light Style") techniques, based on
  the physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life
  into form.

Thus, Naruto is not explicitly using the wood element technique, as with the first hokage, yamato or the white zetsu, rather it's the yang element chakra that is resonating in the wood elelemt that provides the wood element the vitality to grow.


I believe the range is as far as the user of Amaterasu can see.


After the conclusion of his last fight, is Kisuke Urahara dead?

The official status of Urahara is Unconfirmed. While the evidence seems to indicate that he died with Yoruichi and Grimmjow trapped in Askin's Gift Ball, Kubo also gave them a way out. Nel was watching the battle from outside and later decides to attempt a rescue attempt.

Wiki sums this up pretty nicely, but this is the last we see of these characters.

  After being impaled once more by Grimmjow, who suddenly buckles alongside Urahara, Askin reveals that the power of his Gift Ball Deluxe magnifies upon his death. As Askin decides to forgo the speech about lethality, Urahara and his Bankai collapse as Urahara apologizes for leaving everything to Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki

Wiki:Kisuke Urahara vs. Askin Nakk Le Vaar

  Nelliel later stands outside Askin Nakk Le Vaar's Gift Bereich, noting how it is collapsing like Urahara thought it might. She remarks that carrying four souls out of it would be difficult, and is shocked to see that the entrance is so small. She remarks that she wanted to see Ichigo again as she leaps toward the entrance.

Manga Chapter 666: Summary

Kubo can also put these details in a databook later. I have seen that Bleach rarely kills characters if they can be "brought back" from the brink of death, so Urahara and others have a good chance of still being Alive.


What does a Titan needs to eat from another Titan shifter to steal its power?

Titan ability resides within human's spinal fluid, so it is enough to consume ones spinal fluid to get titan's power (chapter 65 of manga).

It is not clear what would happen, if person will consume only part of spinal fluid of shifter titan.


What piano piece is Emil Nekola skating to in his short program?

I found an answer after some additional guesswork and checking with some music recordings.

The piano music is an excerpt from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, specifically "The Hut on Hen's Legs" section. The soundtrack before the episode cuts away to the end of Emil's performance clearly matches this; the piano music starts where this section of Pictures at an Exhibition begins and follows it (before the cut) without any alterations.


According to Gen Urobuchi from his interview in Otona Anime Vol. 20:

  The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. As for the time passed and then turned back, since it was not the focus in this work I did not think it through very thoroughly. I think you can say that the world split up and became parallel worlds there.

To sum it up:

Homura cannot rewind time until one month of time has passed after March 16th, the start of her time loop.
Before then, Homura can only stop time and the sand in her sand timer from falling.
Homura cannot rewind short periods of time or go forward in time at all.

Besides time, her shield serves the purpose as a probably infinitely spacious storage for all of her artillery. It should also be noted that her shield is quite fragile and clearly not a defensive tool. It can be broken as seen in Rebellion Story when Sayaka stabs the gear mechanism and renders it unusable. (Then again, this is debatable, as the universe Homura created in her witch world bended many laws of magic from the normal universe.)

To explain her constant time-stopping when she was chasing the truck in Ep. 6, one could speculate that she was trying to conserve her magic by periodically stopping and starting time. Perhaps the truck was moving too quickly for the small (fixed?) period of time Homura had to move after stopping time. Note that the average running speed of a human is 8 mph and the truck was probably moving at about 60 mph, just at the speed limit for trucks on highways in Japan.


What is this OST for Episode 4 of Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X?

Minagoroshi no Jungle -Master Mix- from the Director's Unreleased Collection or from the 4th soundtrack volume


Does the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga where Moro appears take place after or before the Dragon Ball Super Broly movie?

It is set after DBS Broly. There is a short summary of the same at the end of, Manga Chapter 42, where there is an image of Super Saiyan Broly fighting Mastered Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta. Since this arc was released before the movie, it obviously doesn't go into details to avoid spoilers.I have included a colored picture of the same below.


Is Roronoa Zoro based on Rurouni Kenshin?

Although it is never really stated they are "based on each other", Nobuhiro Watsuki helped in the making of One Piece.

In the manga series "Rurouni Kenshin", the Straw Hats' flag design was used on a bomb to start a vengeance hit on one of the main characters of the series. Before writing "One Piece", Oda worked as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of "Rurouni Kenshin".

Also, Nobuhiro Watsuki usually creates his characters based on historical figures, or figures from other anime/manga:

Watsuki bases many of his characters on historical figures, characters from other manga/anime, and video games series. For example, Himura Kenshin was based on Kawakami Gensai, one of the Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu.

Watsuki also mentored  Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece. So Oda's creations might have been a bit influenced by Watsuki, making Zoro somewhat resembling Kenshin.

Nobuhiro Watsuki is known for mentoring several manga artists who eventually got serialized.  For a while there was a time when the most popular Jump manga authors were all his assistants.

Eiichiro Oda - creator of One Piece

Sources: Nobuhiro Watsuki, Eiichiro Oda


Being Anbu and a guardian to Naruto doesn't seems like a great idea. And Naruto was in the care of the Third, so it might not seem necessary. It is also to be noted that, Kakashi has a hard time connecting to someone emotionally too. And as per his past, he wouldn't want to get attached to anyone and wanted to be only an Anbu. It was the Third who removed him from the Anbu and assigned him with various teams as tests, as shown in the anime filler, and in the end assigned with Team 7.


What are the thin books that everyone reads when in a club in School/slice of life Anime?

That's actually a pretty common size for Japanese novels (Bunkobon, designed to be compact). This blog entry shows the respective sizes of a Sword Art Online book in Japan, Korea and USA - the standard page size for a Japanese book is about A6, or 105mm × 148mm (4.13in × 5.83in).

The thickness of the book is also not unusual - as you can see here, many Japanese books are quite thin even taking into account their small cover dimensions.

EDIT: And as pointed out in a comment, the paper used is often thinner, and both the font size and compactness of the Japanese language also contribute to the book being thinner than their Western counterparts.


Which came first, The Blitzball Sign for Victory or the Yevon Prayer?

As @Kai has mentioned, it is ambiguous and you'll have to make your own judgement call. I've written down a good chunk of information that may convince you either way.
Disclaimer: I believe it is blitzball which came first, but I have tried to make this balanced
Timeline:

1000 Years Ago: Machina War, Destroyal of Old Zanarkand
End of Machina War: Creation of Dream Zanarkand, Sin
In-game Present Day: Tidus leaves his home, Dream Zanarkand

When the Machina war neared the end, it was clear that it was being dominated by Bevelle thanks to the help of their machina Vegnagun. Yu Yevon was on the side of Zanarkand (Anti-Machina) who were slowly being destroyed.
In order to preserve the city, Yu Yevon turned the remaining citizens of old Zanarkand into the Fayth. The Fayth then created Dream Zanarkand, based off of memories of their life in the old city. To protect this place of peace, Yu Yevon created Sin to defend Dream Zanarkand and rid the world of traces of machina. Yu Yevon may not have been a symbol of religion at this stage, but he had a large following. It would not be strange for a community of a united cause to have a symbol of respect and unity while he lived.
The dream Zanarkand is composed merely of the Fayths memories of the old city and their lives. It also resides in a space distinct from the rest of the world. These two facts combined give us evidence that the Fayth must have known of the symbol before Dream Zanarkand was constructed.
The point of Dream Zanarkand was to restore Old Zanarkand to it's pre-war state and to preserve it for eternity. Since Dream Zanarkand was pre-war - there would have been no large following of Yu Yevon as the powerful summoner defence against the machina. Even if this symbol was in use, it is much less likely that an already established sport would take on the idealisms and symbolisms of one man's following, than it is to believe that Yu Yevon adopted the symbols as they were already representative of victory and strength.
In the first moments of Final Fantasy X, we follow Tidus in Dream Zanarkand, many traditions have been forgotten as years have gone by. Souls no longer need to be sent, there is no evidence of the existance of aeons, and the Hymn of the Fayth no longer holds any meaning. This is the main point of contention - Does the fact that the Hymn exists mean that the Hymn originate from the fayths' subconsciousnesses as they reside in the world (Not related to Yevon)? or was the dream city created to represent the city whilst Yu Yevons still had its following (Originates from Yevon, Possibility the symbol does also)?
The Hymn of the Faith roughly translates to (after some puzzle solving seen in the link):

Pray to Yu Yevon
Dream, Fayth
Forever and ever
Grant us prosperity

The lyrics indicate the acknowledgement of the Fayth's creation by Yu Yevon and how they are to reside there forever and ever in a dreamlike peace. This makes the song even more important in assessing the timeline of the symbol.
The wikia and other sites claim that blitzball came first, but none cite any solid articles or go into more detail than passing mentions. Therefore, you must decide yourself which possiblity you believe is more plausible.


Is it logical that Enel's power is ineffective against Luffy?

No, it isn't logical, but it was deliberate. TVTropes has a trope which perfectly summarizes this kind of phenomenon: "Acceptable Breaks from Reality".

  A Willing Suspension of Disbelief is a must for almost any work of fiction. There are certain elements of story or gameplay where realism would simply make a work tedious, difficult, or confusing for the audience. Thus there are ways in which works will be blatantly, unabashedly unrealistic, and nobody really minds.

The manga deliberately takes liberties with certain inconvenient real-life physics rules for the sake of drama or balance; Most Logia Devil Fruits would have been way overpowered and/or impractical if the manga followed the laws of physics faithfully. Akainu's magma powers, for instance, would have made him unapproachable because his magma would have vaporized everything without even needing to make contact. For the same kind of reason, Luffy is completely immune to electricity; Enel would have won way too easily otherwise.


I don't think it was officially announced. It's just like Sakura's case.

From Naruto Wikia, we find that:

  Tsunade's Nature Types consists of Fire,  Lightning, Earth, Water, Yin (anime only) and Yang Release.


How does Hisoka see Gon exactly? As a rival or as a toy to entertain himself?

Hisoka is a psycho that only seek for strong opponents to fight.

He saw a real potential in Gon since they met (Killua too , Leorio and Kurapika too) and just want him not to die until he becomes a monster worth to confront.

And yes , for psychos , the pleasure they find in their... "activities" are orgasms-like.

Remember just what Hisoka had to do only to "fight" Kuroro , he likes to take his time but in the same time when he fought Gon he could hardly prevent himself from killing him ^^

So we can't say he's a rival , he's just another "toy" for Hisoka , but a special one as he really has the potential to become a monster.


The spirits are their own people. Loki (Loke) says this when he has a flashback to his previous owner. They share feelings with one another (Demonstrated when Loki and Aries are both hit; they tried to grab each others hands).

They are under the same "can't disobey my master" rules, however they can stand up for what's right (Loki did this with his former master, Karen Lilica). They can inhibit the wizard's ability to summon another spirit since they know that summoning 2 spirits at once is taxing on the user's magical abilities. This would be considered rebellion, the contract (still vague on the community) is a bond that states that a spirit is under the wizard's control until their key is broken. It never once was stated in the manga and anime series that the spirit can't rebel.


Couldn't Kabuto have un-summoned Itachi?

The most plausible explanation is that the un-summoning with the empty coffin popping-up is only possible when the summoned is under the caster's control. Itachi broke free of Kabuto's control with the Kotoamatsukami, but he never broke free of the Edo Tensei itself (unlike what Deidara's answer suggests). This is why he could not be un-summoned (with the coffin), but was freed when the jutsu was undone.
Still, Kabuto could've undone the technique altogether, at the cost of un-summoning every shinobi he had summoned. However, this could mean a complete turnaround in the war. Anyway, Kabuto, most likely, did not think a complete release of the jutsu was needed, since was arrogant and confident that he could beat Itachi.


Name of the song in the trailer of "A Lull in the Sea"

The song is 凪-nagi- by Ray. It's the 3rd track in the album ebb and flow.

It's streamable on the Spotify

The lyrics.


Gunslinger Girl II Teatrino: Anime vs Manga

Simple answer is no. I think so, because

   Many gitai (girls) died: Henrietta, Rico, Triela, Angelica, Beatrice, Silvia, ...


How does Near prove that Light is Kira by seeing Kiyomi's name in Teru's death note?

Showing Kiyomi's name written in the notebook doesn't help Near proves that Light is Kira. Instead, it helps Near explains how he win by realizing the possibility of a fake notebook, which he previously not realize and would have lead to Light's win.

Here is the conversation on Anime:

  Near: "On the 26th, after the report featuring Takada's kidnapping, Mikami
  headed for the bank."

  Gevanni: "According to my investigation, Mikami only goes to the bank on the 25th of every month.  For someone as punctual as Teru, going to the bank twice in two days is pretty unusual. I followed him as he headed
  for the deposit box. I was able to get into the deposit box, and
  inside, was the real notebook, with Takada's name written in it."

  Near: "Even though you could kill someone with a piece of the note, you
  weren't aware that Mikami had done something on his own. It was then
  that I realized the possibility of a fake notebook."

P.S.: The detailed (i.e., time specified) written by Light and Teru doesn't matter here since both match with how Kiyomi died.


Where can I find anime dubbed into English with Spanish subtitles?

Well, if you really want something that specific, then Crunchyroll is probably the only available legal site for that.


Every Shinigami has their own Death Note. There were 4 Death Notes in the human world. 2 of Ryuuk's, 1 of Rem and 1 of Rem's friend who died after saving Misa.

One of Ryuuk's was given to Light at the start of the story.
One from Rem's friend is in Misa's possession.
The other two are in their respective Shinigami's possession.

Later, Rem saved Misa's life by writing Watari and L's name but burned the book so that it won't be used by Light, making the number of Death Note in human world down to 3.

Edit: as mentioned by Arcane in the comment, the book was not burned down in the manga chapter 58. I made mistake here because in the movie it was burned down. Thus there are 4 books by this moment. Will edit the rest of my answer after I finished re-reading the manga.

By the end of the story, Mikami possessed a fake Death Note made by Near and co.
Near possessed the Death Note that used to be Misa's.
L's team (by now Light is L) owns one that used to be Light's.
Ryuuk possessed his own.

Near then burned the two Death Notes after Ryuuk killed Light. Thus no Death Note are in human's possession. This was told in chapter 107 of the manga.


Current state of characters in Dragon Ball?

Dragon Ball GT is non-canon, when you say Goku died is because he turn the guardian of the Dragon Balls (you can watchDragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy to see that is true), but it doesn't matter because is not official, the official series is Dragon Ball Super.


What happened to Misa Amane in the last episode?

This write-up over at WikiAnswers is pretty good.

  According to 13: How to Read, Misa loses her memories related to using the Death Note and retains her love for Light. Since it is in the nature of a Death Note user to "suffer misfortune", Misa falls into despair after someone "like Matsuda" "probably let it slip" that Light died. When she regains her memories by Rem telling her Rem states that if Light tries to harm Misa in anyway she will kill him. Misa responds "I don't exactly want to be loved by a Shinigami, and if Light died I couldn't live on without him. There's no way Light would kill Misa-Misa. And why would you go so far for me." Most likely foreshadowing events to come because Light does die. Despite fan rumors, the cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is not Misa, but an unnamed follower of Kira. Misa's fate is not shown in the manga at all; she was last seen staying at the Teito Hotel. Ohba stated that this was simply because he did not have a situation to fit her in.

It may be that the scene from the anime is in the future, because light dies on April 28, 2010, and Misa died on February 14, 2011 (Valentines Day) according to Chapter 110 "How To Read" profiles of the characters.

There's no clear evidence for the suicide on the roof, but there's really little reason someone would be standing on the edge of a roof, on the other side of the safety railing.


Is there any reason why the race takes place on Roboworld?

Being attacked by the local military made the race just that much more exciting.

The racing culture seemed very counter-culture or anti-authority as well, so holding the race somewhere they were forbidden from just jived that much more with their ideals.

Anyhow, there was a nearby refugee moon where they were basing out of (if I recall correctly) so it wasn't too hard to pull off logistically... especially considering some of the race organizers literally had magic on their side.

But to answer your question, I don't think there was any single, specific, reason.


Basically, it's the real world map but vertically flipped, (south) africa is Marley and Comoros islands is the paradise island.


Who's Brook supposed to be in this image?

Just found out who he should be!

It's Agent Phillip "Phil" Coulson being pierced by Loki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vK0FPtYTvY#t=16


At this moment, there are none sibling relationship between Big Mom Pirates' crew. However, we know that marriage for big mom only mean the expansion of their crew, for example, Pudding have to get married with Sanji because Big Mom want Germa66 technology, and Chiffon got married with Bege so they would join them. Considering this, even if they like each other, it's quite unlikely for her children to have some serious relationship among them unless it increase crew strength in some way.

In Wiki there's a list of Charlotte family member, and there's only two known in-laws so far: Capone Bege and Aladine. Both are not Big Mom's children


Izaya's ambition knows no limit. He's a normal human (unlike several other characters), but he's smart and cunning. He also has tons of information sources and some power over people, so much it makes him think he could become as powerful as a god. Izaya loves manipulating people, and that's kinda what gods do, so this is why he said that.


Who are the characters on the two secret rubber straps for season one?

If you're still looking for an answer, it's a second Kanade and Tsubasa.
Here is what they look like. (Source.)


Does Naruto Shippuuden retain the original seiyuu from Naruto?

The answer is: sort of.

There are a number of characters who have multiple voice actors, but those don't (as far as I can tell) change as the show goes on.

Kakashi is a character who has a second seiyuu in Shippuden, but it is one who voices him as a child. Normally, and through both Naruto and Shippuden, he is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue, but as a child, he is voiced by Mutsumi Tamura.

Orochimaru has had four seiyuu: one for his normal body, one for his body as a Grass ninja, one for him in the female body, and one for him as a child.

Deidara's voice actor in the English dub is different between his episode 135 cameo and his role in Shippuden.

Sasori has three seiyuu: one for as an adult, one for as a child, and one for as a puppet body.

Tobi has three seiyuu: one for when he is Tobi, one for when he is

  Obito

(see)

and one for when he is a child.

Shikamaru has a different seiyuu for episode 141. Normally, he's voiced by Showtaro Morikubo, but in that episode, he was voiced by Nobutoshi Canna. I can't find why that switch happened, except that Nobutoshi Canna was the stand-in.

Konohamaru has a similar situation: he is usually voiced by Ikue Otani but Akiko Koike acted as a stand-in.

As far as I can tell, there is nobody who specifically changes seiyuu between Naruto and Shippuden, but these are characters who have multiple seiyuu for various reasons.


Space anime from 80s/early 90s, with a distinct ship design and female pilots

A bit of stab in the dark, but I think you might be referring to something by Leiji Matsumoto. Beautiful long-haired women are a dime a dozen in his works, and there are at least few ship designs with something like a winglet on the underside.

The Spacewolf fighter from the various Captain Harlock TV shows and movies usually has a winglet on the underside. The version on the left below, from Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, is noticeably swept forward. The enemy Mazone fighters, always piloted by women with long hair, also can have something like a underside winglet, like the example below on the right.

Apparently the fighters in Space Battleship Yamato sometimes had a bottom mounted winglet:

It's a bit of a stretch, but but if you didn't realize how big it is, The Queen Emeraldas, kinda sorta fits your description. It has a long "streamlined" shape and the gondola can sorta look like a forward swept winglet depending on how it gets drawn. Despite its size I believe it's usually shown a being piloted by one long-haired woman.

(Click on any of the above images will take you to a page with more images of similar craft.)

Unfortunately I'm can't suggest any specific titles or episodes. I'm not that familiar with these works, having only a watched a few Captain Harlock episodes recently and a handful other shows in French as long, long ago as a kid. Hopefully this will at least help narrow it down.


Just wanted to let you know that that is not the cover for the 100th chapter but rather for Chapter 65 titled Sisters.

Regardless, those are indeed characters from Mob Psycho 100. Starting from the left, we have Dimple hovering above some people then Mob and Tome (president of Telepathy club).

As a side note, from what I could translate from the description above Mob and Tome, the TV アニメ ... モブ サイコ 100 ...東京 MX... means TV Anime ... Mob Psycho 100 ... Tokyo MX. This chapter might have been released before the start of broadcast of the Mob Psycho 100 anime and the cameos of characters, together with the description, was probably meant as an announcement to the new anime that was to be broadcasted on Tokyo MX.

This does not mean however that Mob appears in OPM or is set in the OPM universe. That is only a cover photo, not an actual scene in the manga story.


What is Lindel's song from Ancient Magus Bride based on?

I just looked up info for the soundtrack for Season 2 and CDJapan has it on preorder to be released on March 28th. I also looked around at other sites and all of them say the 28th, so I am going to say unless we hear otherwise, this should be the official release date.

Also, pertaining to the lyrics, I ran them through Google Translate and it tagged them as Finnish, but the only words that were translated to English were Satoa (Harvest) and Toimessez (Actress)

However, I am running each word (Japanese) through to see if I get anything. Here is what it gave me

  Iruna (Bengali) eteruro (Japanese)
    Please obtain

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Nadia, ēzeruvu~ōte (Swahili)
  Nadia, wisely ~ ok

  Reizeruko, (Swahili) mikemesuta (Igbo)
  Resurrection, lightning

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Sātoa, (Swahili) aimeltewa (Swahili)
  Offer, beautifully

  Reizeruko, mikemesuta
  Resurrection, lightning

  Āmeru, mikerumo (Igbo)
  Eat, slide

  Toimesesu, (Latvian) mikerumo (Igbo)
  For the better, slide

  Maseri, (Swahili) īmekuu~ōze (Latvian)
  Masters, you know

  Tōwa~ana, (Igbo) Mizaimesuta (Latvian)
  Drums, peeling

  Kesera, (Swahili) Kesera (Swahili)
  The trial, the trial

  Kesera, (Swahili) Setoru (Japanese)
  The trial, settle

  Āmeruvu~a, (Igbo) Eterurovu~o (Japanese)
  Activate ~ a, Get it now ~

  Mītetevu~a, (Swahili) Maria, (Latin) Ezeruvu~ōte, (Swahili)
  Defense, Maria, Wisdom ~ Oto

  Reizeruko, mikemesuta
  Resurrection, lightning

So yeah, it makes some sort of sense, but who knows if that is what it actually is saying.


the bit where Natsu says are you here to get burned wearing the glasses is just imitating a yakuza or a gangster because he is wearing the sunglasses and the glasses symbolizes yakuza or gangsters in a way. if you search up yazuka or gangster in google images, you will find that out of the ones that wear sunglasses, they mostly wear glasses that is the same or similar (big lenses) to the glasses Natsu is wearing in the image.
for example

or here, an anime one

EDIT:
because the other manga was flunk punk rumble, the whole fairy tail guild (in that manga were being punks and acting tough. and yakuza was one of the typical tough guys in that sense.
please excuse my poor English but yeah, hope this helps.


What was this cosplay where Maekawa had a donut in front of her chest?

The consensus opinion on a couple of Japanese forums seems to be that this is actually a reference to the main character's unnamed wife (referred to as 妻, literally just "wife") from the manga Uchi no Tsumatte Doudeshou (translated roughly as "I wonder if my wife is really normal") by mangaka Fukumitsu Shigeyuki beginning in 2008. There's very little information available about the manga even on Japanese Wikipedia, but from what I can gather it's a semi-autobiographical essay in the form of a 4-koma manga. The main character's wife acts strange in many ways and the story is about her various weird behaviors. The most notable thing about this manga, apart from being referenced in Denpa Onna, is that it won one of five Excellence Awards in the Manga division of the 2010 Japanese Arts festival.

Here's the cover of the first volume of the manga. You can see that the wife is dressed similarly to Maekawa and holding food (which she does frequently as far as I can tell from briefly browsing the manga).

Here's an image from the inside of the first volume with her eating a donut. I looked but I could not find an image with a toroidal donut. The closest is this donut without a hole (which are not uncommon in Japan).

I'll readily admit that I'd never heard of this until I looked for it. It was obscure enough that a lot of the users on 2channel were admitting they had never heard of it. You can bet that most of the audience of Denpa Onna didn't catch this reference. I'm not sure if it's more obvious in the novels (or if the scene occurs in the novels at all), but for anime-viewers this one very likely went over everyone's heads.


In Bleach, if a Shinigami transfers their power to a human, where does their zanpakuto come from?

I believe the sword Ichigo used for most of the series was a Quincy manifestation made by the Old Man? The actual Zangetsu is the dual blades Ichigo wields at the very end. I could be mistaken though.


Is Otohime really the mother of Shirahoshi?

I found this in SBS Vol. 10

D: When the Arlong guys and the other Fishmen give birth, do they lay eggs like fish?
O: BZZZT. Fishmen are still mammals, so they give birth the way humans do. There are fishwomen too, of course.

From this we can confirm that Shirahoshi was not born from egg. Fishmen and Fishwomen are mammals.
If Shirahoshi was not born from egg the most logical explanation behind her birth is that she was probably born small and had a massive growth spurt. Growing to a massive growth is not impossible because she has royal blood and her father Neptune is of a giant size merman after all.
So the answer to your question is yes. Otohime is the mother of Shirahoshi even with differences in their size.


Why did Itachi say that he needs to get someone's MS to get EMS while Sasuke only had a normal Sharingan?

Because he actually didn't want them. He was trying to relay that information to Sasuke before his death. He gave that information about EMS to Sasuke so that Sasuke could obtain EMS after his death if he wanted.

Plus Itachi was on the verge of blindness. So even if Sasuke had normal sharingan Itachi could at least have sight, that's a good excuse.


Can any other devil fruit users use gears besides Luffy?

You're asking the wrong question. Gears is just the name given by Luffy to the extra usage of his unique paramecia body, hence technically only he can use Gears.

Gear 2

   Luffy uses his Elastic Heart and Blood Vessels to increase his bloodflow, this allows him to increase the limit of his body. He can move very fast and increased strength. It however decreases his endurance as he experiences more fatigue

Gear 3

   Luffy pumps air into his bones, which also being of rubber expands and allow him to increase the size and momentum of his moves

Gear 4

   Here Luffy pumps air into his muscles. This allows him to use Haki, while remaining elastic enough to dodge/bounce back attacks

Other users have their own special moves.
For Example:

  1. Magellan - Covering his body with a stronger poison (Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment)
2. Robin - Using Thousands of Hands to create larger body parts including Wings. (Gigantous Mano or something)
3. Mr.3's Wax Suit (Champion Form)

If they call their special moves something else instead of Gear N, it doesn't change the fact that they are using there fruits' ability in a new way :)

NOTE: All Credit to Luffy for thinking outside the box, though I doubt he considers the impacts of those actions before doing something, usually he does it because its COOL! :D

source : http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Paramecia; Anime/manga
Edit: added more examples.
Edit 2: With the introduction of awakening, it makes sense to add that each fruits awakening will also be unique. Thus Luffy's version of awakening and how he uses it or even accommodates it into his Gears will be upto his ingenuity. (Personally, I want him to use a Staff (Like young Goku), which can extend due to his Rubber powers!)


Does Kuro Sakuragawa from Kyokou Suiri age?

Yes Kuro Sakuragawa does age. I am guessing you got the idea from the fact that he ate two yokai making him immortal. This is meaning that he can not die form physical attacks or aging.
his physical appearances does change form when he was young, and when they show us his memories form when he was young this shows that his physical appearance does change with time.
note: I am saying he can't die form physical attacks or aging. there is nothing stating that there is some magic that can truly kill him and there is nothing saying that it can happen. it's just a thought .


Was the titan in the last episode of AOT S1 inside of the wall or on the other side? Also about walls origin

Please try and phrase your question so that it is not ambiguous.

Also, explaining this will be a major spoiler.

However, a few answers can be given.

   1) Yes, that titan is inside the walls.

 2) Yes, that titan created part of the wall with its hardened skin

 3) No, it is not trapped.

 4) The colossal titan can destroy a part of it, but not the whole wall.


What section of the 2016 Berserk anime is covered by the 3rd movie, The Advent?

As far as I can remember, the new anime doesn't cover anything the movies covered and vice-versa (unless flashbacks and recap episodes). I think you're thinking of the original show and the movies overlapping.


Who was Sue cosplaying as in Genshiken Nidaime episode 4?

In this episode Sue is cosplaying as Comic Master J, the titular character in the manga of the same name. Here's a comparison (based on manga, but clearly the same character):

Comic Master J is essentially unheard-of in the west, but it had 13 volumes and was reasonably popular and well-received in Japan. There's no Wikipedia page in English, but the Japanese article has some nice details. Here's a brief summary (written by me, adapted from several sources):

  Comic Master J is a mysterious super assistant-mangaka who can instantly finish the production of any manga for 5 million yen, so long as it is made with "soul". The story follows Comic Master J and the various mangaka he helps, gradually revealing more about him and the various mysteries that surround him


What's the OST from HxH in episode 148 at 0:31?

It is Chasing After a Dream which can be listened to here.
In searching for this OST, I found this amazing list of every OST from every episode with timestamps. Pretty amazing list. Here it is.
Happy Hunting!


Who are these three girls supposed to be in episode 25 of Great Teacher Onizuka?

It is called ganguro, which is very well known for its dark-tan makeup.

Ganguro (ガングロ) a fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s, distinguished by a dark tan and contrasting make-up liberally applied by fashionistas.
[...]
Ganguro instead tanned their skin, bleached their hair and used much colourful makeup in unusual ways.
[...]
In ganguro fashion, a deep tan is combined with hair dyed in shades of orange to blonde, or a silver grey known as "high bleached". Black ink is used as eye-liner and white concealer is used as lipstick and eyeshadow. False eyelashes, plastic facial gems, and pearl powder are often added to this. Platform shoes and brightly coloured outfits complete the ganguro look. Also typical of ganguro fashion are tie-dyed sarongs, miniskirts, stickers on the face, and many bracelets, rings, and necklaces.

It is also a subculture of gyaru (gal), and developed into further styles like yamanba and manba since the 2000s.


In the real world, can a network of compromised computers break encryption in parallel?

Short answer
Yes.
Long answer
With a malware infested P2P network, what you are working on is called a botnet.

A botnet is a collection of computers that are under the control of a person or group, usually facilitated by malware. These computers are often used to take part in DDoS attacks and spamming.

It's pretty much illegal to have a botnet in the vast majority of the world, but assuming you had one... yes, it's very possible. There have been cases where botnets (like several game "Anti Cheat" systems such as PunkBuster; anyone who is banned is forced to be actively ignored by every member of the botnet system, and they will relay it on to everyone else) have been used for massively expensive computations in parallel to do things such as mine bitcoins.
Parallel processing isn't just restricted to botnets, however. "Cloud Computing" is a form of parallel processing. As are programs for highly intensive research, requiring a supercomputer (such as folding@home). Without this, we wouldn't have MapReduce, the algorithm behind Google Search, either.
Misconceptions
Like every piece of Anime or Manga, there'll always be something overlooked.

Parallel processing is explainable with batteries in parallel, but overlook substantial amounts of detail such as concurrency and scalability.
Limewire's known for turning your PC into a living colony of viruses. There's no "Single Virus" that created a botnet from it.
"P2P" does not mean warez and torrent sites/programs, however much the media may be trying to push that. It's a system for distributed computing that just happens to be a great way to share data with low bandwidth.


According to the Bleach Wiki's page on the character:

  Yoruichi possess the unique ability to shape-shift into a black cat at will. How she alone, out of all Shinigami, is capable of this is currently unknown. She has possessed the ability for well over 100 years, and it's known to others she knew from that time. She apparently has no set time limit on the transformation, as she had been in this form for over 100 years.

Basically, it is unknown.


As per the article on Wikipedia:

However, he learns that the school is for students who possess magical and spiritual energies called Elements and who wield crafted weapons known as Makens.

Elements are: magical and spiritual energies
Makens are: crafted weapons
Also as mentioned on TVTropes:

..... where the only students admitted are those who are able to control a source of energy found in all living things called "Element". Manipulating those "elements", they are capable to perform common psychic ability like psychokinesis..., to enhance their physical abilities and to be able to use magical artifacts called Maken. These Maken give the users specific and varied abilities, like superstrength, turning one's body into steel, manipulating water...
There are two types of Maken, external and internal. External Makens look like normal weapons and add-ons, while internal maken are embedded inside the user's body. Since they are powerful artifacts used by ancient gods, students normally do not have true (i.e. original) Makens, but only use imitated Makens that are forged by resident Maken-smith Gen Tagayashi.

So Makens are the way to use the energy within the so-called Elements.


Identification of a feudal era / demon protagonist manga

Found it: Shinobi no Kuni

  Synopsis (MyAnimeLIst)

  Based on a novel by Wada Ryou, "Shinobi no kuni" brings a story that blends history and fiction as it shows the struggles happening during the 16th century in Iga, a region famous by the Iga Shinobi, the ninjas from Iga.

The protagonist name is actually Mumon, not Momo as I said. Would be hard to find it with a wrong name.


Do auras really have color and movement to them?

As we know, Gyo can be used to see aura. Assuming it has color, then yes, Nen users should be able to see an aura and its color.

It is quite hard to tell if there really is a distinct color to aura depending on the user since manga is just black and white. Looking at Volume 33's cover, however, you'll see the following:

Notice how there's a faint red aura surrounding Kurapika. The animals are from his ability called Emperor Time and you'll see that it is also surrounded by a whitish aura. With this, I think it's safe to say that aura do have color and that they should be able to see it as it is since it was never specified that Gyo users cannot see the aura's color.


Did Vegeta ever called Goku his earth name "Goku" in Japanese dub?

1) When fighting against Nappa and Vegeta, Krillin laments on Goku hurrying up to get to the battlefield. Vegeta retorts, "Goku? Is he strong?"

2) When questioning Trunks' claim of being a SSJ, (IIRC) Vegeta's says something along the lines of "the one you call Goku.".

3) A Japanese title, "Koeteyaru... Gokuu wo!! Sentou Minzoku Saiya-jin no Ou". Or "I Will Surpass Him... Him, Gokuu! The King of the Fighting Race, the Saiyans". Or Mr. Simmons' translation, "I Will Overcome Goku!! The King of the Saiyan Warrior Race".


How does Shi-Woon regenerate his wounds so fast?

His regeneration and stamina have been greatly enhanced thanks to the extremely rare and expensive pill that Lee Shi-Ho (whose clan specialises in such matters) gives him. The pill, Illwallsidan, triggers a tremendous release of ki which most people cannot handle (and often die). But thanks to Chun-Woo's timely assistance, Shi-Woon somehow manages.

Much of New Waves tackles how Shi-Woon goes about restoring his broken ki centre.


S1 EP20: How did Mikasa know Armin said Eren might be in the rear of the centre rank of the formation?

Well most probably because they could have noticed that the flank formation they both received had no location marked for Eren, and Armin could have figured it out before they went for the expedition.

As such, there is no such mention in the manga, so we can only speculate what might have happened.


RA is another synonym for "Tokyo Ghoul: Root A", which is the second season.

It has 12 episodes.


Does someone need to be a reincarnation of Indra to get the EMS?

No, you do not need to be a reincarnation of Indra to get EMS (Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan). To obtain EMS you must take the eyes of another Mangekyo Sharingan user, but they must be family, most commonly a brother. Examples would be Sasuke taking Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, or Madara taking Izuna's Mangekyo Sharingan. You have been confused because Madara and Sasuke are the only people in the Naruto-verse to have EMS, and they are reincarnates. Itachi's "Goal" was to obtain EMS from taking Sasuke's eyes (He is not a reincarnate).


Is Naruto's most proficient move still Shadow Clones?

I think his strongest justu is Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, but his most PROFICIENT jutsu would be multi shadow clone justu simply because it is an extension of his shadow clone jutsu, which is one of the first jutsu he mastered and he has been using it since he was 12 or however old he was when he defended Iruka.


Who is (was) the strongest namekusei in Dragon Ball Super?

The answer to the same would be both Saonel and Pirina. We don't know for sure as to which of the two is stronger as they fought as a team more or less. However, I think it's fair to assume they are equally strong as superior to Picollo in strength. There might have been a couple of instances or statements made in the episode where Picollo might have appeared to be stronger than the two, which mustn't be confused with. Here is a list of my supporting arguments: (Please Note: We don't see Saonel and Pirina fighting at full power in their first match against Picollo which is why I'm going to only make reference to the second episode they fought (Episode 118).
Once Picollo fires multiple Ki Blasts at Pirina, he is complete unfazed by it and pushes back Picollo with ease. We see Picollo struggling to push back Pirina's hand with both his hands, while Pirana doesn't even seem to be trying.Picollo is terrified of their strength as he senses a lot of absorbed namekians.Gohan turns Ultimate Gohan to save Picollo. Also note that despite Gohan training for a brief period, based on the recent episodes, I think it is safe to assume that Ultimate Gohan is definitely significantly stronger than he was during the Buu arc. He's most definitely stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku and around the same level as Android 17 who is very powerful indeed.Gohan fights at full power and seems to be doing very well. However, what made Pirina and Saonel a lot more powerful was their teamwork and combinations.Gohan also stated that since the two of them were very strong, they would be able to tank the Special Beam Cannon which is more of a killing move.We see Pirina tank the first attack which shocked Picollo. An argument might be made that Picollo didn't charge the attack enough. However, he did have a decent amount of time to charge the attack.Making a reference to an old nostalgic moment in the Dragon Ball Z, where Raditz fought Goku and Picollo, we see Raditz impressed by the attack the first time around when it shatters his armour and barely dodges it. The second time around it was strong enough to both kill him and Goku. I'm not stating that this attack is unblockable. Some of the high tier fighters like Goku, Vegeta and obviously the God tier characters like Jiren wouldn't have any trouble. We see Jiren even block Hit's killing shockwave which was strong enough to almost kill SSJB Goku in one shot.In the end, it was obviously because of Picollo's attack which gave Universe 7 the win and one of the two Namekians after getting hit by the special beam cannon said "So that's the true power of a Universe 7 Namekian". Many might assume this implied that Picollo was stronger. However, this was just a remark made on the powerful attack which Picollo had enough time to charge his attack without engaging in battle. This can be compared to Goku and Vegeta's beam struggle with Koichierator and Gohan's attack after. Goku and Vegeta didn't give it their all and didn't charge up their attack enough while Gohan charged his attack enough and his beam attack was stronger than the combined attack of Vegeta and Goku, which again doesn't imply Gohan being superior in strength to the two.Hence if it wasn't for Gohan and Picollo had to face a Namekian by himself, I would say Picollo wouldn't stand a chance.
Images supporting the arguments made.


What happened to the other Eternian Astrisk Users?

Unmarked spoilers for Bravely Default and Bravely Second below.

Not accounting for the alternate reality versions, of which there are several for each character, this is the status of each of the listed characters by the time of Bravely Second:

Victor S. Court - killed by the party in Eternian Central Command back in Bravely Default (you listed Vincent S. Court, which is actually Victor's father. Vincent was killed by Victoria before the events of Bravely Default)
Victoria F. Stein - killed by the party in Eternian Central Command back in Bravely Default, along with Victor.
Sage Yulyana - killed in the battle with the Ba'al, Diamante. He managed to seal Diamante into the Kustra Archipelago before he died.
Lester DeRosso - disappeared from Luxendarc. This one is slightly more vague. The DeRosso we see sacrifice himself against Ouroboros in Bravely Default is the one from that "final world" and not from the original world that the characters originate from. After the events of Bravely Default, the original DeRosso helped Yulyana hide the weapons that Yulyana had previously stolen from the Crystal Orthodoxy (the OP weapons in the blue chests, if you played the game) in small pocket dimensions under Centro Keep and Mount Karka. He vanished after that, no longer being found in Vampire Castle (occupied by Yōko) nor anywhere else in Luxendarc.
Qada - killed by Kamiizumi. He intended to overthrow the Duchy after being defeated by the party in Bravely Default, but was overheard and struck down by Kamiizumi. According to the wiki, his ghost remained there, and was unaware that he had been killed.


Has there been a anime that used its OP as ED and/or vice versa?

This is not uncommon - a number of shows will have a first episode with no song at the beginning, and with the OP at the end of the episode. I'll pull in some examples of this later.

There are also somewhat more unusual cases like Madoka (as Memor-X points out in the comments), in which "Connect" (usually the opening) was used as the ending song in episode 10.

But, for a particularly amusing example of this, look at Hanamonogatari. In the Monogatari series, OPs are always sung by the voice actors, and EDs are sung by other singers. Hanamonogatari's OP was "the last day of my adolescence" (by Kanbaru Suruga / Sawashiro Miyuki), and the ED was "Hanaato -shirushi-" (by Kawano Marina).

Since Hanamonogatari was broadcast as a continuous ~2-hour long special, the OP and ED each only ran once - but the ED was played at the beginning, and the OP was played at the end! Imagine that!

(I think this is because the OP visuals and lyrics are spoilery for Hanamonogatari, whereas the ED visuals/lyrics aren't? But I'm not sure about that.)


Ooops.. Sorry my bad. I was too lazy to read the whole page when it already contained the answer.. :P

  At the conclusion of the anime, it is revealed that Kobato died in the
  distant past. She exists in a liminal state where she neither dead nor
  alive. In the end, when she finally fulfills her task to fill the
  flask, she is reborn without any memories of her past life until she
  meets Fujimoto again few years later. In the manga, it is revealed
  that Kobato had died due to the war caused by Ioryogi and the gods.
  The angel that Ioryogi had fallen in love with felt pity for the girl
  who died before her time was up and transferred her soul into Kobato,
  being able to since they both have the same soul but belong to
  different worlds. The time limit Kobato has is the time before the
  angel disappears.


What Mangekyo Sharingan power does Itachi have?

Mangekyou Sharingan users have three abilities. Two unique ones in either eye, and Susano'o, which can only be used if you have Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes. Itachi had Tsukuyomi in his left, and Amaterasu in his right. Sasuke had Amaterasu in his left eye, and could extinguish and control the shape of the flames in his left, as he did during his fight with Killer B, stopping B from being killed by the Amaterasu. Obito's Mangekyo both used different forms of Kamui, the left one he gave to Kakashi could uses a long range form that could teleport objects within the user's line of sight to the Kamui dimension. The right one he kept could only teleport himself and people he had physical contact with to the Kamui dimension. It also allows the user to become intangible, by teleporting the parts of themselves hit by attacks to the Kamui dimension. The full extent of Shisui's abilities are unknown, but both the eye that Shisui gave Itachi and the eye taken by Danzo could use Kotoamatsukami. The abilities of Madara and his brother were not revealed, but we know Madara was able to use Susano'o, meaning he unlocked the power of both his eyes.

However, Amaterasu and Tsukyomi are not generic Sharingan powers. While Sasuke had Amaterasu like Itachi, I believe that was due to them being closely related, and not because it was a generic power, because no other Mangekyo Sharingan user has demonstrated the ability to use either Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi, apart from Madara using Infinite Tsukuyomi, but I think it's safe to say that's a special case because of the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead.


If the Edo-Tensei had unlimited chakra could they use rinne rebirth to revieve themselves?

Simply put, the Rinne Rebirth Jutsu uses the user's life force to breathe life into another body. The user of this Jutsu inevitably dies after the completion.

An Edo Tensei reincarnation is just soul and chakra bound to a body. The soul is bound until the contract ends and the chakra is limitless.

(Thanks to @Henjin for pointing it out):
Since the Edo Tensei reincarnation does not have life force within them, they wouldn't be able to perform the jutsu.

But, considering the possibility that they have unlimited chakra and the life force requirement is overlooked, this situation would become a paradox. The user has to first deplete his life force and die, to bring himself back from the dead, all while being a reincarnation. This would mean the user wouldn't be able to complete the Rinne Rebirth jutsu, because of the limitless chakra and contract.

(note: this question sides on the "opinion based" area. But I've tried answering with the facts from the series)


What figures does the Chaos;Head protagonist have on his shelf?

Chaos;Head (PC Version)

Top: Hazuki (Demonbane), Another Blood (Demonbane), Al Azif (Demonbane), Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Zanmataisei ver), Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Kishin Hishou ver), Ignis (Jingai Makyou), Franco Il Nero (Satsuriku no Jango), Alfie (Satsuriku no Jango), Ignis (Jingai Makyou), ???, Donne Anonime (Satsuriku no Jango), Mahiro Sendou (Memories Off 5: Togireta Film), ???, Euretta (Eternal Fantasy), ???
Middle: Rebecca (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay night), ???, ???, Yume Asakura (Da Capo II), Otome Asakura (Da Capo II), Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), Perla (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Zanmataisei ver), Saber (Fate/stay night), Leica Crusade (Demonbane), Franco Il Nero (Satsuriku no Jango)
Bottom: ???, Mahiro Sendou (Memories Off 5: Togireta Film), Euretta (Eternal Fantasy), Donne Anonime (Satsuriku no Jango), Otome Asakura (Da Capo II), Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Alfie (Satsuriku no Jango), ???, Al Azif (Demonbane, nendoroid), Jessica (Gekkou no Carnevale), Leica Crusade (Demonbane), Rider (Fate/stay night), ???, Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Lunaria (Gekkou no Carnevale)
Desk Shelf: Noel (Gekkou no Carnavale), Lunaria (Gekkou no Carnavale)

Summary

Nitro+

Demonbane

Al Azif
Ruri Hadou
Leica Crusade
Hazuki
Another Blood

Jingai Makyou

Ignis

Satsuriko no Jango

Franco Il Nero
Donne Anonime
Alfie

Gekkou no Carneval

Anna
Lunaria
Noel
Rebecca
Perla

TYPE-MOON

Tsukihime

Arcueid Brunestud

Fate/stay night

Saber
Rin Tohsaka
Rider

Circus

Da Capo II

Otome Asakura
Yume Asakura

Eternal Fantasy

Euretta

KID

Memories Off 5: Togireta Film

Mahiro Sendou

Chaos;Head NOAH (Console Version)

Top: Rider (Fate/stay night), ...
Middle: Seira Orgel (Chaos;Head), ...
Bottom: Saber (Fate/stay night), ...
Desk Shelf: ...

Summary

Nitro+

Chaos;Head

Seira Orgel

TYPE-MOON

Fate/stay night

Saber
Rider


The song playing in Nana episode 22 when Takumi and Hachi meet on her apartment and Nana witness

Honestly, I think it was just a piece of unnamed music that was used to transition the scene to the end credits and the song Starless Night. I've checked the music through the episodes, and none of them really sounded like that small portion.


Why did Saber possess Excalibur as Heroic Spirit but not Avalon?

Fate/side material (2004-1-30), p.056 defines Heroic Spirits as:

  Heroes who achieved great things in life, and became objects of worship after death.

Saber is actually a special case in this matter. Saber did not die. When Saber was on the brink of death she made a contract with the world to become a heroic spirit after her death. Since the stories we see are in a time much later than the time Saber is in, she can of course be summoned, since Heroic Spirits are timeless. However, at the time of making this contract, she was not in possession of Avalon.

From Fate/complete material III World material:

  In the civil war that raged at the end of Artoria's reign, she and her son Mordred mortally wounded each other. At that moment, she made a pact with the World to serve as a Heroic Spirit after death. In exchange, she wished that the Holy Grail would redo the selection of the king.

Saber had lost Avalon before her death, and its loss had been engrained into the legend of King Arthur. While she did have Bedivere throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake, it was with her until soon before she would pass away. It was then that Saber made the contract with the world, requesting she be given an opportunity to seek the grail in exchange for her becoming a Heroic Spirit.

Also from Fate/complete material III World material:

  In legend, the loss of this sheath cast an ominous pall over the life of King Arthur, eventually cascading into the collapse of the kingdom. In modern times, the Einzberns excavated Avalon at Cornwall and passed it into the hands of Emiya Kiritsugu.


There's no real reason to why they're all named like this, but rather they primarily do it to just follow a fun naming scheme. Naming schemes are common in a lot of media. The most common use of this is the use of the 7 Deadly Sins as names, found in several pieces of entertainment. You never know though, Game Freak might run out of trees eventually!


Why was Akira naked in the first episode of Eden of the East?

A couple of theories on that.

He was trying to remove anything that could be used to identify him, which is why he erased his memories as well.
He was going to be in front of the white house holding a gun and not knowing who he is, the nakedness was to add on to making himself look insane.


What sparked the trend of slightly long dark-haired loner-ish protagonists in light novels?

Let's analyze this using protagonist of some Japanese light novels. Let's start with those you mentioned in the question. I'm excluding Basara of Shinmai since I don't watch the anime nor read the LN. I don't know him enough to talk about him. Also to be noted that I only write based on LNs that I have read, and I write their names using the natural writing order, not the Englished version.

Let me say beforehand, loner is not the same as social outcast.

Analysis

Example Cases

High School DxD - Hyoudo Issei

Even at the start of the LN, Hyoudo Issei was depicted not as a loner. He has 2 close friends, Matsuda and Motohama, who are both as perverted as he is.
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy ga Machigatteiru (Oregairu) - Hachigaya Hachiman

He started the story as a loner. But, it was later revealed that he actually have 1 close (enough) friend, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru.
Sword Art Online - Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito)

At the start of the LN, no friends of Kirito was mentioned. The story started with Kirito login in into the game, Sword Art Online where he met Klein and then was trapped along with other 6,000 players in a death game.
Oda Nobuna no Yabou - Sagara Yoshiharu

No friend of him was mentioned since he was sent into the other world mysteriously. But in the other world, he quickly befriends old man Tokichiro. He also befriends other characters as the story progress on.
Tokyo Ravens - Tsuchimikado Harutora

Harutora has a childhood friend who is also his cousin, Tsuchimikado Natsumi. He was also childhood friends with Kurahashi Kyouko, a distance relative. At the start of the story he was friends with Hokuto and Ato Touji.
Infinite Stratos - Orimura Ichika

No friends prior to him attending IS Academy was mentioned at the start of the story. However, it was later revealed that he actually has one close friend, Gotanda Dan. He also gets along with Dan's little sister, Gotanda Ran. He is also friends with Huang Lingyin and Shinonono Houki prior to the start of the story.
Date a Live - Itsuka Shidou

Itsuka Shido has one close friend, Tonomachi Hiroto.
Madan no Ou to Vanadis - Tigrevurmud Vorn

The only known friend of Tigre prior to the start of the story is his childhood friend and maid, Titta.
Rokka no Yuusha - Adlet Mayer

Adlet has no friends prior to the start of the story.
Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) - Hasegawa Kodaka

Kodaka has 1 close friend prior to the start of the story, Taka.

Loner

Okay, I think this much is enough for examples. Let's start analyzing them. Of the ten examples I give there,

2 person starts the story with 3 friends, Orimura Ichika, and Tsuchimikado Harutora.
1 person starts the story with 2 friends, Hyoudo Issei.
4 person starts the story with 1 friends, Hachigaya Hachiman, Itsuka Shidou, Tigrevurmud Vorn, and Hasegawa Kodaka
3 person starts the story with 0 friends, Kirito, Sagara Yoshiharu, and Adlet Mayer.

I count Tsuchimikado Harutora as a person with 3 friends (Tsuchimikado Natsumi, Ato Touji, and Hokuto) as Kurahashi Kyouko was no longer his friend at the start of the story since he forget about her.

Merriam Webster defined loner as a person who is often alone or who likes to be alone. Dictionary.com defined it as a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others. Wikipedia defined it as a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction.

The only one who really fit the definitions above is Hachigaya Hachiman. The other doesn't avoid company of others.

If we go with Merrriam Webster's first part of the definition, then Adlet, Kirito, and Kodaka also can be called loner. However, there are circumstances behind their lonerism.

Adlet was training in a secluded area where there are only him and his master. It was shown in the story that Adlet doesn't avoid social interactions.

Kirito's school friends was not depicted in the story because they have no relevance to the story. Kirito later was alone

   since he took the blame after the boss killed some of the front liners and was called Beater. he did this to protect the other Beta Testers.

There is a circumstance behind him being alone.

Kodaka doesn't avoid company of others, in fact he longed for the company of others. It's just that his hair color makes him mistaken as being a yankee.

Orimura Ichika, Hyoudo Issei, Itsuka Shidou, and Tigrevurmud Vorn can't be called loner since they clearly have friends and they also doesn't avoid social interactions. While Sagara Yoshiharu doesn't start with friends, his behavior doesn't suggest that he is a loner.

Out of the 10 examples, only 1 was a true loner, that is 10%.

Social Outcast

Does them being a loner also means that they are outcast? Merriam Webster defined outcast as someone who is not accepted by other people. Dictionary.com defined it as a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. Wikipedia defined it as someone who is rejected or 'cast out', as from home or society, or in some way excluded, looked down upon, or ignored.

Hyoudo Issei can be called as outcast since the rest of the school perceived him as insect due to his perversion. Hachiman was also avoided and looked down upon due to his sarcastic behavior and dead fish eyes which makes people who converse with him feel uncomfortable. Hasegawa was avoided since they are scared of him as they think he is a yankee due to his blond hair which they think was dyed.

The rest was not avoided or looked down upon. There was nothing in the anime or light novel that suggests that they are a social outcast. Tigrevurmud Vorn was looked down but only by noble of higher status (greater political and military power) than him, Zion Thernadier. The rest, including Eleonora Viltaria, which boast greater military and political power, much like Zion Thernadier if not greater due to her status as a Vanadis, doesn't look down upon him. Adlet was looked down upon by only by some, due to his background. Most however, see him in good light since he is one of the chosen heroes.

So, out of 10, we have 3 pure outcast, that is 30%. While this is not a majority, it is quite a significant number. Why do we have this many social outcast protagonists? In Issei's case, he is a social outcast due to his open perversion, so his personality is the problem here. It is to be expected that he is a social outcast since he is so perverted. Hachiman and Hasegawa are the only ones looked down purely due to their looks. So it's really only 2 of 10 social outcast. Not that much considering the amount of samples.

Why do we have these social outcast protagonists? I think the main reason is that because having a social outcast protagonist helps in making the reader immersed in the story. Such protagonist invokes empathy from the reader, regardless of whether the reader was a social outcast himself or not, but is especially true if the reader was. An immersed reader will continue to read the story as they want to find out what happens, thus such protagonist helps making the book sells.

Hair

Of those 10, Orimura Ichika, Hyoudo Issei, Hachigaya Hachiman, Kirigaya Kazuto, and Sagara Yoshiharu are the ones with dark hairs. Dark as in black or dark brown. Tigrevurmud Vorn, Itsuka Shidou, and Adlet Mayer has light colored hair of red, blue and red respectively. Hasegawa Kodaka is in-between since his hair is actually blond but a dark blond. Tsuchimikado Harutora's hair is mainly light but he has black hair near his ears.

Of the 10 examples 5 has dark hair, that is 50% of the samples. Those who have dark hairs are all of Japanese ethnicity. Of those 5, Orimura Ichika, Hachigaya Hachiman, and Kirito are the ones with black hair. Hyoudo Issei and Sagara Yoshiharu's hair are dark brown. Dark brown hair is actually quite common among Asians.

Tigrevurmud Vorn, and Adlet Mayer was not Japanese. Japan doesn't even exist in their world. Itsuka Shidou, Tsuchimikado Harutora, and Hasegawa Kodaka are Japanese with light colored hair. In the case of Hasegawa Kodaka, his dark blond hair color is part of the plot. It was due to his father being a Japanese (with black hair) and his mother being a western with blond hair as he mentioned when he said that he is jealous of Kobato being born with pure blond hair and that she doesn't look like a Japanese unlike him. Shidou and Harutora has such hair color even when they were kids.

Blond however, is a color that people in real life also has. Shidou is the only Japanese with unnatural hair color. So, out of the 8, 7 has hair color that exists in real life. Only 2 has blond hair, which is not what most Japanese was born with. Thus, we can say that most of the protagonist with dark hair is because that is what most Japanese was born with.

Other Media

Now, let's analysis how western media protagonists are. I'll just mention some.

Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series was a loner if we go by Merriam Websters' first definition of loner. He was also an outcast since befriending him means becoming enemy of the class bully, who happens to be his cousin, Dudley Dursley.

Bella Swan of Twilight series was also has friends prior to the start of the story, Angela Weber, and Jessica Stanley.

Batman is mostly a loner with his friend being Superman and that was after the story start, not prior to the story. He is also in friendly relationship with Robin, his sidekick.

Wolverine's friend before he joins the X-Men was his brother, Sabertooth. He is outcast as far the the humans is concerned since they fear him for being a mutant, that is if they found out about it.

Heathcliff of Wuthering Height was a loner and an outcast. He pretty much dislikes the company of others with the exception of Catherine who he is in love with. He is also an outcast due to his dark skin and origin.

I'm not saying that protagonist of western media are more loner and outcast than Japanese LN protagonists since clearly I didn't give enough examples. My point here is that this is not unique to Japanese LN protagonists. Such type of protagonist exists even in the 19th century when Wuthering Heights was published,

Conclusion

We can't really say that there is a trend of loner main protagonist in light novels. While we have quite a significant number of outcast main protagonists, it is not the majority. Like I said in the beginning, loner is not the same as social outcast. Only 10% of the example protagonists are loner, but 30%, that is 3 times, are social outcast. Social outcast protagonist invokes empathy from the reader which helps making them immersed in the story.

In comparison to other media, LN protagonists are actually not that unique. Loner & outcast protagonist is not exclusive to LN since like the example I give above, many protagonist of famous stories are loner and outcast.

In regards of hair color, it can be said that their dark hair color is due to the fact that most of Japanese was born with that, thus giving a dark hair color helps keeping it believable that the main character is a Japanese just like their name suggests.


When did Shinobu enter Araragi's shadow in Tsubasa Cat?

Araragi did go check out Mister Doughnut store Mayoi was talking about, about five minutes into Tsubasa Cat Part 4.

He didn't find her, but this seems like the most plausible time for her to sneak into his shadow without him knowing.

In case of the alternate timeline, Araragi didn't know about that Mister Doughnut, didn't go there and didn't get Shinobu into his shadow.


How many Fairy Tail members went missing from the guild during the timeskip?

At the end of the Tenrou Island arc,

   Acnologia sinks the Tenrou Island along with all the people on it.

Mest Gryder, one of the eight exam participants, is actually a Magic Council member, and he left the island earlier anyway.
Gray's partner, Loke/Leo, returned to the spirit world earlier.
Wendy and Gajeel took their Exceed partners, Carla and Pantherlily respectively, to the Tenrou Island.
Laxus was not a member at this time, since he had been expelled and Makarov refused to readmit him.

Taking all the above into account, altogether 20 Fairy Tail members (and Laxus) were missing from the guild during the timeskip.

List of members (clockwise in the human circle they formed, starting from Lucy and excluding Laxus):

Lucy Heartfilia
Natsu Dragneel
Erza Scarlet
Cana Alberona
Gildarts Clive
Levy McGarden
Gajeel Redfox
Wendy Marvel
Carla
Happy
Pantherlily
Makarov
Bickslow
Freed Justine
Evergreen
Elfman Strauss
Mirajane Strauss
Lisanna Strauss
Juvia Lockser
Gray Fullbuster


Why does Kirito have access to Sachi's inventory?

Players that would like to, can setup a shared inventory, separate from a guild storage and different than marriage.
In marriage, your inventories become one, they can see all your stats and inventory items, no matter what. In this, it is a tab that is in addition to your normal inventory. This tab was labeled Sachi.
From a translation of the Sword Art Online light novel:

Charging into my hotel room, I immediately opened the storage box installed in the room, taking from the item window that popped up all the restoration, detoxification crystals and potions and the like. Although these alone could count up a hefty balance sheet, I would not pity it even if all of them were used up.
As soon as I took out a single-handed sword from my collection, confirmed its durability, I took off the sword on my back that I used to fight the ants and exchanged it. Then I also exchanged my leather coat and armor and everything else for new items. When I had finished, I was about to close the window when I saw my inventory and stopped my hand.
There, in addition to the «Self» written there, my own inventory page, was another label that read the name «Sachi».
This is the result of a very good relationship between two players, but one which has not progressed to «Marriage» —such players set their own common items window. This is different from the way that all items in marriage are shared in that only items in this separate window are shared.
Sachi, who had never asked for a confession or to hold hands previously, requested shortly before her death to set up this window. When I asked for the reason, she gave an answer that was difficult to accept, that it was for easily exchanging healing potions and similar items—if this was the purpose, there was clearly already a guild open that could be used for that. But I nonetheless agreed, and set up this window to share only between Sachi and me.
Though Sachi died, this window still remained. Of course, the friend list would also still retain Sachi's name, but it would be a grey that could not be contacted. And the few remaining healing potions left in the shared inventory, these would also not be used. After half a year, even with the guild page deleted without feeling, I was unable to remove the label of Sachi's name. Of course—the reason was not that I believed she could be resurrected—I just couldn't forgive the self that would have been able to feel better after having deleted her name.
I only recovered and closed the window after looking at Sachi's name for ten minutes. It was two hours until midnight.

– Sword Art Online Volume 02: Aincrad, Chapter 4, Part 3


Thematic or mood effects of shadow placement on a character's face?

In real life, the shading on a face (or anywhere on the human body, animals, plants, and inanimate objects) is merely a case of the direction of light hitting it. In illustration, the realistic way is most common: the mangaka or animation aims to highlight and shadow according to the light source in the scene.

However, in some instances, a shadowing which is not primarily based on the placement of the light source can be employed to convey emotion or lack thereof. The most common variety is to shade the forehead and eye area of a character's face. This is partly accurate to the light source, assuming the light source is generally coming from above: considering that a character who is angry, fuming, plotting something evil, sad, dejected, alarmed, or stunned might tilt their head downward. However, its main purpose is to convey that the character's emotions are not being revealed at the present moment, in order to generate suspense (i.e. "What is he thinking?!" or "How is she gonna react?!"). To shade this area conveys that the character is clouded by an emotion but the audience has not yet been shown exactly what that emotion is. Often, the character will dramatically snap his/her head up after the effect, letting the audience abruptly know what he/she was thinking during that head-downward period.

Since the eyes convey the most emotion, it is possible to achieve this by only shadowing the eye area. Alternately, it is also common to achieve the same effect by simply using the character's bangs to temporarily cover his/her eyes.

In manga, there is also a practice of using a shadowing which can go against the placement of the light source. If the face is mostly dark, the character is feeling evil or dark thoughts which have not been shown to the other characters (only the audience is able to see that the character's feelings are covered by a "mask" of darkness; the other characters in the scene usually cannot detect that the face is darkened). Alternately, a character might be shown with dark shadowing if the audience is supposed to assume that he/she is thinking something bad, but then later it will be revealed that he/she was merely in deep thought/stewing over something/puzzling over something/concerned about something unrelated to the current topic of the scene. Another meaning is to depict the character as menacing or possibly scary.

One common use of forehead shadowing is to express distress, mortification, or utter shock. This can be drawn with vertical lines in combination with or instead of shadowing.


As of now, there is no official information who it is or what happened to her, only rumors and theories. One such theory is that it was Tenten. From what I found, a Boruto movie's credits showed the following picture with the new characters together with their parents at the back. One could say that it might be Tenten.

As for official information, this the only thing I found, a tweet with no hints at all.

There is also a cotnradicting 'information' circulating the Internet that Kishimoto said in an interview that he has not yet drawn Metal Lee's mother when asked if Tenten was Metal Lee's mtoher. This was posted in many sites but without linking sources to the interview itself, apart from a Tumblr post that claims Kishimoto said it in an interview. A Reddit post claims that the one who posted the Tumblr post was 'a reliable translator in the Naruto fandom' but since the original Tumblr post was long deleted with no sources at all, I'm finding it real hard to believe this. I'm thinking this is not true as of now due to lack of evidence.

To conclude, we definitely cannot say for sure who Metal Lee's mother is or what happened to her, given the current information and the manga chapters released.


Not knowing where you live, it's not possible to give a definitive answer to where you can legally watch the show, but assuming you're in the US then it looks(1) like Tamako Market is available to stream on Hidive, for which you can either register an account with them or through VRV. As with most streaming services, it costs money to subscribe but you can get a 30 day free trial to start with. Hidive also runs in other countries, but licensing is a complicated business so it's best if you check for yourself.
If you would rather own a copy, then Tamako Market was licensed by Sentai Filmworks in the US, and they sell the DVD and Blu-Ray on their site or through retailers, although as an older title you may have to search around a bit to find a copy in stock.
(1) I say "looks" because I accessed the site from Australia, so it was probably showing me a different list to what someone in the US would see.


What is the song in Hunter x Hunter (2011) ep. 70 at 19:00?

If you are referring to Hunter x Hunter 2011 Episode 70 titled "Guts × And × Courage" during the dodge ball match, the song you hear around 19:00 seems to be an instrumental version of the ending song Reason by the band Yuzu. If you would like a more complete list of the music used in Hunter x Hunter than can be found here: Comprehensive list of Hunter x Hunter Music.


Which Akame ga KILL! manga should I read if I want to continue the storyline of the anime?

Akame ga KILL! Zero is a sort of prequel which tells the story of Akame when she was a part of the government's army, how she was trained and so on. The anime is following the Akame ga KILL! (non zero) manga and from what I can recall is close to chapter 48 of the manga as of episode 18.

So, if you want to follow the story of the anime read the first title you posted, the Zero version is a prequel which introduces some characters which may or may not be met again in the principal storyline.


TL;DR The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked after Naruto, in accordance with the Fourth Hokage's wish to have the village see Naruto as a hero.

Early in the series, Sarutobi mentions how the Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto, and died wishing that the village would treat Naruto as a hero. Much later, it is also revealed that:

   Sarutobi personally witnessed the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, use the Shiki Fuijin technique to assist in sealing the Kyuubi inside Naruto. Sarutobi remarks about Minato making his own son a Jinchuriki to save the village. In the process, Naruto also became an orphan minutes after he was born. (Chapter 504)

Sarutobi saw the Fourth Hokage's deed as a heroic sacrifice (especially in the light of the spoiler-text above), and took up the responsibility of fulfilling the Fourth Hokage's wish. Naturally, that includes paying for the orphan child's expenses until he is old enough.

Along the same lines, it was also mentioned that Sarutobi banned any discussion of the Kyuubi incident and severely punished anyone who disobeyed. Most other people either hated Naruto or were indifferent towards him, as he remarks multiple times later on during the series. Thus, nobody besides Sarutobi could possibly care to pay for Naruto's expenses.1

Hence, although nobody explicitly stated that the Third Hokage looked after Naruto's expenses (room rent, food, clothes, etc.), it is obvious that this is what happened.

1 This also leads to one of the many plotholes in Naruto's childhood story: Naruto has said a few times that Iruka-sensei was the first person who cared for him, and before then, his life was a hell of loneliness. Why didn't Sarutobi treat him with a bit more warmth from the beginning, especially when he knew who Naruto's parents were?