Why does Homura have to die within her soul gem in "Movie Part III: Rebellion"?

why does Homura have to die within her soul gem in order not to betray Madoka

i can only think of 2 instances you are referring to

when Kyubey asks if Homura wants to spend eternity trapped inside her barrier as a witch. Homura says that Mami and Kyoko will kill her instead order to free the people who were drawn into her Labyrinth and thus the Isolation Field which prevents anything getting out
Homulily being marched off to a guillotine. this is explained in the 7th dot point on Observations

  Homulilly appears to have half of her head cut off, which is a reference to the guillotine in her barrier, guillotines are usually symbols of punishment and shame, which may reflect Homura's guilt for not being able to protect Madoka.

this comes after she's found out that the Incubators have partly succeeded in capturing Madoka within the Isolation Field and plan on studying her

  Even if Kyubey confirms the existence of God Madoka, it doesn't mean he has the power to manipulate it to his advantage. After all, God Madoka's power is greater. That's why Madoka is a God, isn't it?

but that was their end goal and to do that they needed to confirm the existence of the Law of Cycles and then observe how it works so they can interfere and control her

  Kyubey says his kind wants to observe the Law of Cycles, which to them had only been a hypothesis. Homura insists on knowing why, claiming that if Kyubey considers curiosity irrational,

  ...

  but Homura realizes that his goal is to control Madoka and attacks Kyubey with her witch powers. Kyubey evades the attacks and admits that by observing the Law of Cycles the incubators could interfere with and control it. This would allow them to turn magical girls into witches, reinstating the old system that provided the incubators with more energy.

Rebellion/Synopsis > Part D (3rd paragraph)

as quoted above the Incubator's goal is still the same, collecting energy and as explained at the end of the series/second movie, after Madoka's wish was granted and the new universe was created, the "current" system of energy collection isn't as good as the old one with the witches which Homura explained to Kyubey where it comments how that would have been a better system but they had no way of confirming the existence of the Law of Cycles.

Would the Incubators be able to control Madoka? well yes given time. remember this is a species who can rip out the souls of young girls, fasion the soul into a gem and give them great powers, powers enough for one girl to be able to travel though time and another recreate the universe


What's the song that plays in FMA:Brotherhood episode 36 at 4:40?

I believe you are looking for track 18, No Answer, from the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Original Soundtrack 2.


The biggest difficulty with getting into Touhou is the number of characters which are present. The bulk of the canon story material is really not that large.

The main Touhou games are released in chronological order. This is rather irrelevant because the stories typically are not closely related anyway. However, newer games do involve characters from older games. This shouldn't really stop you from understanding what's going on, because the characters are all pretty easy to understand, but you may miss a few things if you go out of order. Note that these are really essential to understanding Touhou well, since they serve as the introduction for most of the characters and almost all of the major plot points which are referenced elsewhere are from the games.

Typically, it's recommended to start with the beginning of the Windows Touhou games, Touhou 6 (Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil). The Windows Touhou games have only occasionally used characters from PC-98 era games, apart from Reimu and Marisa (the protagonists). However, it would not really hurt anything to start with any of the other games either. If you find the games too difficult, many people who are just interested in the story watch replays of them online or read transcripts of the dialogue (which are available on Touhou Wiki, e.g. here). There are fan-made patches available for all of the main Touhou games.

If you want an official source, Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (the first Touhou fanbook) has a great deal of information on the characters up to Touhou 9. Touhou Wiki typically serves as a fine alternative as well, though it has a lot of fanon as well. Neither of those are really stories though. To be perfectly honest, you can read almost any of the canon manga releases if you're willing to occasionally look up who a character is. Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth might be a particularly good choice simply because it only involves a small number of characters.

In any case, once you know the very basics (the major characters and plot of the main games), you can pick up pretty much anything canon or fanon with relative ease. The biggest difficulty is just learning all the characters in the first place, and I don't think there's any better advice for that than just to play the games (or at least read the dialogue from them).


Why can't Alphonse trade his alchemy for Edward's alchemy?

This is an expansion of my thoughts in Why can't Edward get back his power to do alchemy?

There is no explicit indication that this is impossible, but it would not be in keeping with the tone of the manga (which Brotherhood roughly adapts) were Edward able to recover his alchemy. Edward's decision to trade his gate for Alphonse is portrayed as rather final, per Truth's question to him after he proposes the exchange:

  The Gate of Truth exists within everyone. That is how everyone can use alchemy. Will you degrade yourself to an ordinary person, unable to use alchemy?

Brotherhood points out more explicitly:

  Are you sure about this? If you lose your gateway, you'll never be able to use alchemy again.

It is thus unlikely that the exchange can be reversed; Edward even notes that his recovery of Alphonse is "the Fullmetal Alchemist's final transmutation." Furthermore, the personal nature of the gate makes me doubt that it is possible for someone else to make an exchange for Edward's own gate. (If Edward is the only person who can access his gate and thus, be able to give it away, then he is probably the only person who would be able to exchange it back, in the scenario where regaining one's alchemy is possible.)

Aside from the issue of whether the exchange is technically possible, Edward also does not really care about regaining his lost abilities. Even if he mourned the loss, it is doubtful that he would let Alphonse sacrifice himself in this manner. (Alphonse notes after the time-skip that Edward does not mind keeping his automail leg "as a reminder" and that "apparently he had no intention of trying to get it back" — Edward only really cared about recovering Alphonse's body. Surely Edward does not care about being "an ordinary person" who cannot use alchemy, if he is even willing to live with his automail leg.)


Which of the OreImo endings followed the light novels?

The "true end" of OreImo anime follows the novel (and quite closely at that). This short excerpt from Volume 5 Chapter 4 answers the question.

   But the mail I got from my little sister betrayed my expectations.

 Please throw away my entire collection that I’ve entrusted to you.

 That was the only sentence written.


Have we ever seen flash backs of Mirajane using Satans Soul when she was little?

As per data given in the newer chapters of the manga, Mirajane got her Satan soul power when she accidentally absorbed a demon which was residing in their village. Initially she was unable to control her Satan soul power and her hand was always in the form of demon. She was ostracized in her village due to which she was forced to move out of her house. She along with lisanna and elfman somehow made to fairy tail guild where master makarov told her about her power and she learns how to control it. then afterwords her siblings also learned Satan magic so that she doesn't feel out of place.


Why isn't Daisuke affected by Risa Harada in the first episode?

Maybe it is because he turns fourteen later on in the episode;  the curse does not pass until the guy is fourteen(yes, one does count the entire day as the day for celebrating birthday, but was born at one particular hour). That's why I think Daisuke didn't turn into Dark.


Where does the manga for Beyblade original series end in comparision to the anime?

The Bakuden Shoot Beyblade manga by Aoki Takao is the basis for seasons 1 to 3 of the original anime series. Episode 51 of season 3, G-Revolution, correlates to chapter 3 (the final chapter) of volume 14 of the manga. Chapter 3 of manga volume 14 does not correspond to G-Revolution episode 30.

Spoiler for final pages of manga chapter 3 and episode 51:

   Taichi and Kai stand poised to battle one more time, but the battle itself and its results are not shown.

G-Revolution episode 52 features

  a giant vortex crisis and then wraps up with showing images of every team and major character that appeared in the entire 3 seasons.

The contents of that episode are not covered in the manga.

Manga volume 14 includes a manga version of the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs. Daichi direct-to-DVD anime film.

Volume 14 also features an epilogue one-shot manga about the children of the main characters (who are now grown up). This epilogue was not animated.

Finally, Aoki Takao commissioned novelist Tachimori Megumi to write a Bayblade gaiden (side story) short novel titled Bakuden Shoot Beyblade Gaiden -Yuriy Ivanov- for which he provided the illustration, which is free to read on his official website. Fans have made an English translation of it here. This novel was not animated.

There was also a spin-off manga from the original series titled Seidoushi BLADERS -Beyblade Battle Story- written by Miyazaki Masaru and illustrated by 印照 (whose romaji name I can't find anwhere. It might be pronounced "Shirushi Shou" or "Shirushi Teru"), collected into 3 volumes. Its content is not depicted in the anime at all.

Fans have discussed some differences between the manga and the anime in this forum.

You also mentioned the English-language version of the anime. Since the English dub contains a large amount of edits from the original anime, the dub version does not match the original manga closely. You can see the dub changes from the original anime listed here.


Is Lelouch's Geass limited in what it can tell people to do?

Yes it would, and he have done so on multiple occasions.

   (For instance, on Schneizel, "Obey zero")


Did All for one give his ability to Tomura?

As of right now, he wasn't given a quirks by all for one.
I'm sure of it because of the characteristics of nomu. All might says that the people who got quirks from all for one lost the ability to talk (later in the 4th season, endeavor fought a speaking nomu, but at the time when all might defeated all for one, it wasn't possible). Shigaraki can still talk. So, we can be sure for now that he is not given any quirks. There's a chance this might go upside down in future though.


What is written in the last scene of the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?

As already mentioned in ConMan's answer, it's an image of Dead Sea Scrolls, or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls in the show.
Dead Sea Scrolls were real things, and they were written mostly in Hebrew, and some in Aramaic. However, the shown text doesn't have any similarities to both of them. Although some of the characters look like Japanese characters (e.g. 天,丸,乙,せ,き), they were not written in Japanese either (it doesn't have any meaning).
Researching this further, it seems it's written in some kind of Angelic Script. Some of the real-world examples are Celestial (previous link), Malachim (angels, or messengers), and Transitus Fluvii (or Passage Du Fleuve). Note the similarities: the shape, and dots at the end of the strokes.

Image courtesy of CirqueDeTruth on AboveTopSecret forum

Considering the similarity, and also the script's reference to Angel (this series has many references to Angel, nonetheless), it seems to be written in Angelic Script. However, there are no same characters with any of these, so it might be just another Angelic Script created specifically for this series, (or Japanese characters written in Angelic Script, who knows). Hence, the meaning is also not yet known.
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Reference: Japanese Yahoo! Answers for mentioning 天使文字【てんしもじ】 (tenshi moji, or Angelic Script)


What was that song that played in my hero academia season 3 episode 12?

In case you still haven't found it, it is called Kimi wo Koete. It is from the 2nd Season OST, heres the link.


Are Midoriya and other quirkless people actually quirkless?

I’ll wait for the manga to comment on Midoriya, but the other major “quirkless” character we are shown is the original One for All. He was All for One’s brother and thought to have no quirk. However, we soon find out that his quirk was one with no effect - the ability to transfer quirks. It requires the action of All for One forcibly transferring a quirk to him to manifest itself.

I believe that other quirkless people have similar quirks that don’t manifest because they don’t have the right stimuli.


In Girl, why does the main character freak out over the couple?

ME!ME!ME! is the AMV the boy and the girl are from (the couple).The blue haired girl was a character in it, she kept getting the boys attention, in ME!ME!ME! he was addicted to porn and sex and the blue haired one was a porn star he watched. the boy wasn't giving his girlfriend (the pink haired one) any attention and the boy fell asleep watching the porn and in his dream he had a nightmare about his girlfriend turning into some monster wanting his love, it was actually her showing her despair. So when the blue haired one comes back in the new AMV and she see's them back together she loses her mind because she wants (supposedly) all of his attention back.


The below answer contains spoilers (because the anime stops before this was explained).

To give you a little back story before explaining:

So after Ichigo is done with the Fullbringers, there is the Final Arc with the Quincies. Ichigo's Zanpaktou in Bankai is broken and he has to fix it with the help of the Zero Division. The man that creates the Zanpaktou tells him that he needs to find his true Zanpaktou, but Ichigo can't because he needs to learn something about his past that is blocking him.

This is how he learns about his father. In 10 chapters, his father finally talks so Ichigo could learn about his past, why he didn't tell him about his Shinigami powers and how his mother died.

Isshin was the former head of a branch of the Shiba Clan, as the Shiba that Rukia knew (Kaien Shiba), and Captain of the 10th Division. He was in the Shinigami world until Aizen, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen were doing these experiments with Hollows and Shinigamis in the human world.

So after a while he decided to go to see what is going on in the human world (because people died), and he found a White (an experimental Hollow) and he couldn't defeat it. So Ichigo's mother came and she is revealed to be a Quincy and tried to defeat it. She did it, but she was injured by it, which infected her and she was becoming a Hollow.

So Kisuke found Ichigo's mother and father and told Isshin that if he wants her
to live he has to sacrifice his power to protect her in a device (as he did with the Vizards, but not 100% the same). He accepted and lost his powers and became a human. So when she died, he got his power back because it stopped protecting her.


Why does Selim Bradley have a nipple on his forehead?

It's another mark commonly worn by homunculi.

This a remnant from Selim being a homunculus. The ouroboros tattoo is a recurring mark of a homunculus, but there are other common themes that at least some homunculi share.

Look for the red lines and circles, most notably found on Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, Envy (only in his true form) and Greed (when he has his shield up).

The "nipple" you see on Selim's forehead is a continuation of this same mark. The tiny baby already had this mark:

The "old" Selim (the one who was destroyed) wasn't the actual homunculus. It was a container (the true homunculus was the little baby).

Why don't all the homunculi have these marks?

Well, first of all, these marks are never explicitly mentioned (at least not in the shows, I haven't read the manga) and not plot relevant. Therefore, it's possible that these are not required, but rather a design choice (or a consequence from their creation)

Or maybe Father managed to improve his later homunculi so that they don't need the mark anymore, though GreedLing still has the red marks and he is the newest addition.

There are two homunculi who actually bear the marks, but are able to hide them:

(as per the other answer) Pride (Selim as we initially meet him) is nothing but a container for the true homunculus (the tiny baby which later grows up to be "nipple Selim"). Since the baby survived when the shell died, that proves that the container is not connected to the homunculus itself, and therefore the container does not need these marks.
Envy is a shapeshifter, thus he is able to hide the marks by choosing his humanlike form. Since the big green monster is considered his true form, that means that his humanlike appearance is his own preference. Note that Envy's headband still carries a similar mark, so that means he chooses to display the mark though not on his body as a tattoo. This strongly suggests that the mark itself is optional (but preferred).

So actually, there is only one homunculus who does not have the mark: Wrath (Bradley). But Wrath is also unique in other ways, e.g. the only homunculus that ages. It stands to reason that there is a very good reason for Wrath to hide his homunculus marks: because he is a deep agent who needs to stay anonymous.

So there are two possibilities here:

All homunculi have this mark (in different forms), we simply haven't seen Wrath's. Maybe it was under his clothes, we never see him naked or even undressed.
All homunculi except Wrath have this mark. Wrath is a specially designed homunculus in many ways (he ages too), so it's not impossible that his mark was hidden because he needed to go undercover as the Fuhrer.


How much has changed since the start of One Piece?

The anime moved to Bandai Entertainment since Episode 205, and then it started to run in widescreen and not 4:3.
Quality changes are just because this anime exists for about 15 years, so it's only natural for the video quality itself to improve over time.
Edit: In the anime, the change between old One Piece and new One Piece is alot more clear than in the manga. The quality of the animation started being alot better after One Piece moved to Bandai Entertainment.

Yes there are big changes.
Episodes 517+ happen in a time called "post-timeskip" and in "the new world".
Episodes 1-516 are referred as "pre-timeskip", because after episode 400 alot of big things happen, and they change the whole world of One Piece, but I'm not going to spoil your experience, I can just tell you this: enjoy the East Blue saga, expect big things and surprises, and have fun.


Utter this incantation!
  If you don't, you won't be able to see mermaids.

  ↓

  Mermaid, mermaid
  I beg of you
  Make my love come true
  For me, [do something with] blood and flesh

  (end of incantation)

(I know nothing about this manga. The last line of the incantation has an implied verb; one would need context in order to determine what verb should go there.)


What's the significance of the watermelon in Sora no Otoshimono?

I believe there is no significance.

It is just a character trait that she really likes watermelons. Probably for their smooth and round shape.


Where in the manga does the Berserk (1997) anime end?

I want to know from which chapter should I continue reading the manga to pick up where the anime left off.

The anime ends with Guts having lost his right eye and Casca being thrown aside after being sexually assaulted by Femto. After a complete blank scene, a new scene showed up where Guts left Godo's house.

   This last part didn't occur in the same fashion as in the manga. One must be baffled and would want to know how Guts actually survived the eclipse and managed to meet Godo again. Besides, considering the last scene with Femto, one should start reading manga from Episode 88: Escape to know how Guts survived.

  Are there any differences in the plot in anime and manga that I should know about?

Yes, there are some.

In episode 1 of the anime, the girl inadvertently rescued by Guts in the bar was an elf in manga, who followed him later almost everywhere in the story.
Certain characters like Skull Knight, Wyald, Apostle Count, Bakiraka Clan et al, were omitted from the anime.
Certain scenes were also omitted from, as well as added into the anime.


There is nothing wrong there. Her eyes are red, and because of the sun, they look reddish-orange. Here is a link that will tell you everything about her:  http://strike-the-blood.wikia.com/wiki/Asagi_Aiba

On that site, it says her eyes are red.


Was Hashirama in Sage Mode while he summoned the huge wooden buddha with few thousand hands?

Yes, it is Sage Mode, since Senpou means Sage Art. The technique is Senpou Mokuton: Shinsuusenju (Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands).


In Steins;Gate, what happens to the memories of Amadeus for the current Okabe?

Seeing as the Virtual Novel for Steins;Gate 0 had not come out during the production of Steins;gate, I would assume the production team would not have included Amadeus into Steins gate.
But to further answer your question Okabe is not an all-knowing entity in that, he knows all timelines, but more that he remembers all actions taken by himself after he has made a new jump using the PhoneWave. Okabe has no memories of what happens to the Okabe he leaves behind after he decides to use the PhoneWave to jump forward or backward in time. He only follows the reaction to the PhoneWave so technically his consciousness follows the timeline of the messages in the PhoneWave.
In simpler terms, the Destination of the messages from the PhoneWave becomes the destination of his mind because he only follows the change in the timeline.
So when he decides it's hopeless to save Kurisu the consciousness of Okabe(Steins;Gate) then leaves to follow the line of the PhoneWave so the Okabe(Steins;Gate 0) is then left to his own devices separated from Okabe(Steins;Gate)
Although future Okabe(Steins;Gate 0) seems to no longer have the special ability to follow timelines seeing as he doesn't follow the timeline back when he sends the video back with Hashida's daughter, Suzuha. But this could be explained seeing as he did not use the PhoneWave to message his old self but instead had someone else go back to try and change things.
I hope this answers your question. I am no philosopher but I do hope that this message is concise and accurate. If I am wrong, I'm sure someone will find a way to points out the flaws in my interpretation.


Death scythes from my understanding have the function of removing ones soul or essence of existence. Doing so conventionally kills the victim.

It should not be used in any other way than reaping people from the list. But Grell in particular is not a shinigami that follows the rules as he steps out often on a whim for adventure and excitement.

This is shown in several points in the jack the ripper arc in which case he is immediately brought back to HQ for disciplinary action.

The more notable thing that occurs is when the scythe is used on demons and zombies. But that is thoroughly explored in later chapters of the manga.

In short spoilers below :

   Demons don't have records because they are darkness, evil beings that were not alive to begin with. And zombies have content even if their record stopped recording. These are noted out towards the end of the jack the ripper arc and in the beginning of the emerald witch arc.


As of today's (16-04-2014) manga chapter (chapter 577) we got to know how Zaraki Kenpachi's Zanpakuto looks and what its name is.

The name of his Zanpakuto is Nozarashi. Also, in order to get into Shikai state the keyword seems to be "swallow".

How it looks:


Why isn't Raku Ichijou's mother's face ever revealed in the manga?

Maybe because she wasn't integral to the story in any manner.

For instance we only see Midoriya's mother in My Hero Academia there is no mention of his father except in some throwaway scenes.

It may be due to the fact that drawing Manga is a tedious job and author might want to keep his work as easy as possible and it's much simpler by minimising the characters introduced.


Why did Jotaro's Star Platinum's punch destroy DIO's The World?

Remember when Joseph and Avdol meet Jotaro in jail and told him that Stands were a manifestation of life force? That's the same principle of hamon and that's the reason DIO isn't immune to them.
here's the explication in youtube
And for completion sake i'll add a quote from the author itself:


Why does the ground shake when titans walk?

It's probably not so much that the titans are very light eventhough they are really large, but that they are light for their size. Meaning that they're still really heavy, but not nearly as heavy as their size would make it seem.

Anime vs Real physics aside, if something really large was light enough not to make the ground shake, at least a little, they're probably not heavy enough to generate the needed friction to run, or if they were to move their body really quickly they'd leave their feet, or if they jumped they'd be in the air for much longer, or if they stomped the ground hard, they'd launch themselves into the air, etc.

All the interactions of the titans make them seem like they weigh enough to interact normally with their surroundings, just that for their size, they actually weigh a lot less than expected.


There is in fact an Eyeshield 21 manga, which continues the story further than the anime. The anime ends on chapter 239 of the manga, while the manga continues to chapter 333. The manga doesn't go as far as professional football, but the last chapter does end with a similar scenario at the college level.


Can Gohan transform to Super Saiyan in Mystic form?

I think I found a possible answer, because I had a similar question.

In Gohan article on Dragon Ball Wiki.

  However, amazed at realizing that
  some of his power really was unlocked, Gohan apologizes to Old Kai,
  and resumes the ritual. After some time, the ritual is finally
  completed and Gohan is told to power up like he does for the Super
  Saiyan transformation; however, when he does, his appearance does not
  change, but his power and strength gain an awesome increase.

So it seems when Gohan got "Mystic Gohan", even though he increased his power, his appearance didn't change. So he couldn't transform in any other Saiyan form than the normal form, but he was still getting stronger.

I'm not sure if he is able to change, but the fact is, there would be no difference. He already got all his power in his normal form, without a change.


Why is Silver Fang rated as S-class Rank 3 hero?

As an addition to Pablo's answer:

The following page appears in Chapter 72 of the webcomic (text spoilers after):

   Just before Bang basically one-shots multiple Dragon level threats in a row (he also takes out a whole bunch of Black Sperms in a flash), Bomb informs Genos that the reason Bang brought him (Bomb) along to deal with Garou was so that he (Bang) wouldn't accidentally kill Garou.  He was not there because Bang was not strong enough to deal with Garou, but because Bang was too strong and has problems not killing things when he's actually going all-out.


What are the characteristics of the Geass power?

There are some basic characteristics/rules/constraints that are common in all canon Geass Users

Their power can not affect Code Barer: We see with with C.C when Lelouch tries to command her and Mao's obsession for C.C was given birth from the fact that her mind was the only one he could not read. Also Charles blocked Lelouch's order when his Code became active
Each use increases power: Mao, Lelouch and C.C before she got the Code, use of their powers increased it's strength and thus they were unable to control it. Rolo while he was always in control of his power the same power stopped his heart. as the power got stronger we can assume that the strain on his heart got worse aswell, dying before it fully went out of control. the children
The Sigil manifests within the eye(s) when the power activates: with all characters the Sigils appear in the eye(s) when the is used and remains in the eye(s) when the user no longer as control. Lelouch's sigil disappears when he lost control due to the Contacts he wore. C.C's uncontrolled Geass was lost when she received the Code. Bismark's power wasn't active all the time because he had his eye sown shut and the wiki seem to indicate he couldn't turn it off.
A user surrenders their powers when they obtain The Code: When C.C gained the Code she was no longer able to user her power while Charles didn't use his power after the Code resurrected him. it's unsure if the Code being inactive or not causes a user to surrender their powers as when Lelouch was being careful not to be affected by Charles's power a second time however didn't know he had an inactive Code
A User's Power will isolate them: if we look at all the user's powers, consent use would isolate them for society. Lelouch being able to get anyone to do anything he wants, Mao being able to always being able to read someone's true thoughts. the love C.C revived was always false love induced from her Geass and Code Barers being immortal. every power has the possibility of isolating someone from the rest of the world as we have seen in other fiction how disenchanted with the world one becomes if they could always see someones true thoughts, see the future or never receive unforced love.

This last point may or may not be true because of the Geass Order

Powers are unique: we have seen that every character had a unique power. this however there are some contradictions to this,

The children of the Geass Order - they force a Black Knight Pilot to attack his allies, the Wiki notes that it may be more puppetry
Shin Hyuga Shaingu - it's speculated that it works the same way as Lelouch's from the limited observations in Akito of the exiled

In these cases we are unsure who the Contractor (Code Barers) is. the only Code Barers who were in Britannia were all affiliated with the Geass Order (C.C and V.V were directors, Charles probably became defacto director after V.V's death) and because of the nature of the Order's research these power may have in fact be fabricated. this is plausible because of Julius Kingsley as if he is Lelouch then Lelouch was not at Ashford the entire time in the 1 year gap and the fact that the emperor sent him with Suzaku (who too knew of Geass and possible the Order having been shown the Sword of Akasha) it is pleasurable that The Order could have studied Lelouch (the only exception to this if Julius is Lelouch's Twin Brother).

As for your comment

  I was wondering if every Geass power needs someone other than the Geass user

If by this you mean "can Geass only affect another person who has does not have Geass or under the effects of someone else's Geass" then no. in the First Season Lelouch uses a mirror to cast Geass on himself to make him forget about the plan to save Nunnally from Mao, this way Mao could not read his mind and detonate the bomb. Also Mao uses his power to read Lelouch's mind numerous times to see every move he would think up when they play chess and to discover he was Zero to break Shirley (though Mao had to focus hard in order to target Lelouch and not everyone else).

In the Second Season, Rolo uses his Geass on Lelouch in the OSS H.Q which is when Lelouch figured out that Rolo's Geass affect one's perception of time because Lelouch was counting the second on the clock before hand.

Bismarck Waldstein's power is to "see the future" however we only uses this in combat when he uses it on Suzaku while he mentioned to have used it on Marianne. his powers isn't fully explained however we can assume he sees the future of "Cause and Effect" so when he uses it on Suzaku he sees the Before Images of Suzaku's piloting of the Lancelot. Suzaku use the Geass put on him to "Live" to overpower Bismarck's power.

And of cause there is Charles who wiped Lelouch's memories after the first season with his Geass and Lelouch was able to order him to kill himself at the Sword of Akasha (before hte Code Activated). there is also suspicion that non human entities can be affected like when Lelouch orders "God" however i have speculation on just what happened here.


In this particular case, anime is not different from any TV-series (if you want an example, take caprica, which was canceled mid-season due to low ratings). Let's start with some simple points:

The production of anime episodes costs money.
To get your work aired on TV, you need even more money.

Actually, you could check this question which approximately shows how much does it cost. It's a lot of money.

So, obviously, when you make an anime, you want your incomes to be larger than your expenses. How can you achieve that? Commercials. And, of course, the more popular is your show, the more people will see it. The more people will see it, the more people will see the commercials. So, basically, the more popular your show is, the more money you make from ads.

The second way is to sell different merchandise like t-shirts, figurines, and stuff. Once again, the more popular the anime is, the more people will want to buy this.

The above explains how things go if everything is fine. Sometimes everything is not fine. If your show is not popular enough, and the incomes do not cover the expenses, you bear losses. So, if you ended up loosing money after making the first season of an anime that was supposed to have 2 seasons, will you risk making the second one? I doubt that.

Now, as for the point on how the story is divided into seasons, it may also matter. For example, if a manga is very popular, then you might expect the anime based on it being popular as well, and plan X seasons in advance. On the other hand, if you are not sure, you may plan the first season only (with enough episodes for the story to reach some point where it can be stoped), and see how things go.

It also depends on the genre and the plot itself. For example, if each episode tells a small story which is not-so-strongly connected with the previous and the subsequent episodes, you may end a season at any time. But if episodes are closely connected story-wise, you may only stop when the plot comes to some kind of a logical conclusion (note, that doesn't mean "the plot ends", it just means that there is a point in the plot when you can end one season, and start another one without breaking the story and without losing viewer's interest, e.g. Code Geass).


Where can I watch Nanatsu no Taizai season 3 online?

We are awaiting Netflix on that. It's still unclear and they didn't announce a release date. Other than that there is no way to watch it legally afaik.


How were the English translations of character names for Hunter x Hunter conceived?

Because this is how it translates to phonetical English.
Furikusu basically sounds as "Freakks" (Sounds like Freak but with a bit more emphasis on k sound).
Kirua would be pronounced as Killua.
Kuroro is Chrollo.
This is because of the lack of vowels and consonants in the Japanese language. To compensate for it, they add a vowel of their own after a consonant. For example -

The English word "Freak" would be pronounced as "Furiku".
"Accent" would be pronounced as "Akkosento".
"Hunter" would be pronounced as "Huntoru"

Trust me, they are all right.
To understand this yourself, you can go here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYB3-pQk8o


Answer your main question, Does Freiza have God ki? The answer would be No. However, only God Ki people can feel other people's ki is incorrect.

God ki is mainly perfect ki control. You could compare it to something that happened back in dragon ball where they were capable of masking their ki and used to power up while engaging in battle with a foe. This is a much more complex version of the same where Goku and Vegeta have mastered energy control.

While Goku is in the God transformation, since Frieza couldn't directly sense his energy, we see him strike Goku in his final form and tells him that he was gauging his power. Even after he turns to Golden Freiza, Freiza could feel the pressure of Super Saiyan Ki and managed to gauge the difference in strength based on that.

Freiza is a very experienced fighter. He's also a fighting prodigy. So him assessing Goku's power based on the Pressure from SSJB, is not something impossible. Also, Freiza wasn't able to gauge Goku's power exactly both during their first fight and a later on fight. Goku initially was holding back against Golden Freiza, (Not by a substantial amount. Also please note that Freiza was holding back as well). Freiza hence didn't use enough energy to destroy Goku when he had the chance. It was after Goku figured out the stamina drain that the two of them powered up to full power. During their second fight, Freiza was shocked when he realised Goku in his SSJB state was as strong as Golden Freiza. We see this by the expression on his face when the two of them exchange punches. When Goku fought Krillin and When Vegeta fought Future Trunks, they both stated that they could feel an immense amount of pressure even if they aren't able to sense the exact amount of energy. Now take Caulifla and Kale during the tournament of power. Since they are neither aware of God ki and are very experienced as fighters, they were more startled by the Super Saiyan 3 transformation than any of the God transformations despite those being a lot Superior.

Finally, let us consider the mighty Jiren the Gray. We know Jiren doesn't have god ki as his energy is felt by all the other contestants. Yet, in the start, when Goku punched him in his SSJ forms, he didn't move. When Goku turned SSJG at struck him, how did he detect the power of the transformation and raise his finger? His experience as a fighter allowed him to sense how strong Goku was. Jiren was holding back immensely against SSJB Goku and even SSJB+ Kaioken*20 Goku. If Jiren couldn't sense Goku's energy, he probably would've sensed more energy from someone like Maji Kayo and attempted to punch Goku out using the force of his fist. Very experienced fighters can gauge the amount of power a user has while he or she is utilizing God Ki. We also know Goku only attains God ki during his SSJB and SSJG transformations. However, when Goku fought **Beerus in his base form aka(Monaka), **Goku said that his ki felt like Beerus's ki.

I believe utilizing God ki is a lot different from being able to sense it. God ki basically involves energy control where you mask your ki a lot. Even fighters who do not possess god ki can do the same. We see Hit doing the same initially during his fight with Vegeta and even his rematch with Goku. Even Jiren does the same until his fight with Goku as the Universe 6 Kaioshin was curious about Jiren's' power and wanted to Maji Kayo to help reveal the same. Even Goku knew he was strong but didn't know he was that strong as he was surprised with Jiren being able to push back SSJB+Kaioken * 20 and push back the spirit bomb effortlessly. Even the gods and Angels obviously can guage a fighters strength when god ki is being utilised. We see this based on Whis's suggestion that Goku and Vegeta would need to fight together to defeat Freiza and Vermouth suggesting that Jiren was a lot stronger than the SSJB transformation.

Some Snaps of the events described earlier

Pressure felt while facing off against SSJB: I believe this can be compared to a scenario where a fighter is in the gravity chamber but doesn't know where he is. He feels this unmeasaurable force of power against him. On the other hand, when energy can be sensed, you can compare it to the fighter setting the level of gravity in the chamber and this would allow him to know how strong exactly his opponent(Which here is the gravity) is, and use sufficient amount of energy necessary.


Ciel never killed someone using his own hands. However, he ordered Sebastian to kill people several times. There are also times where Sebastian killed people indirectly from Ciel's orders, like when Ciel ordered Sebastian to save him in the early episodes (episode 3 & 4 if I'm not mistaken) of the anime. Below are some of the occasions where Ciel directly ordered Sebastian to kill people.

In the Book of Circus, Ciel ordered Sebastian to burn down the mansion and killing the criminals and the innocent children inside.

When the Queen of England shows herself as a modified human and that her adjutant is actually the angel, Ciel ordered Sebastian to kill them.


In the Wikipedia page for "Manga", it says this about the history:

  In 1905 the manga-magazine publishing boom started with the Russo-Japanese War, Tokyo Pakku was created and became a huge hit. After Tokyo Pakku in 1905, a female version of Shōnen Sekai was created and named Shōjo Sekai, considered the first shōjo magazine. Shōnen Pakku was made and is considered the first children's manga magazine. The children's demographic was in an early stage of development in the Meiji period. Shōnen Pakku was influenced from foreign children's magazines such as Puck which an employee of Jitsugyō no Nihon (publisher of the magazine) saw and decided to emulate. In 1924, Kodomo Pakku was launched as another children's manga magazine after Shōnen Pakku. During the boom, Poten (derived from the French "potin") was published in 1908. All the pages were in full color with influences from Tokyo Pakku and Osaka Pakku. It is unknown if there were any more issues besides the first one.

So in 1908, there was a manga called "Poten" that was printed in full color. There's more info about "Poten" here:

  When we look at the history of manga, we see a side which was brought about by war. The Sino-Japanese War kick-started the Giga-Nishikie boom, and the Russo-Japanese War brought about the manga magazine publication boom. In 1905: “Jijimanga Hibijutsu Gaho”* (Kyoto), “Nipponchi”; 1906: “Tokyo Pakku”; 1907: “Osaka Pakku”, “Joto Ponchi”; 1908: “Ehagaki Sekai”, “Warai”, “Shonen Pakku”* and so on. In 1908, “Poten” was published in Kyoto.“Poten” apparently comes from the French word “potin”, meaning “rough-and-tumble”. Unlike other manga, it is 34cm long and 19cm wide, yet it has been strongly influenced by other manga magazines of the time. That the centerfold spread was a large single sheet of topical satire manga and that all the pages were printed in colour were influences from “Tokyo Pakku” and “Osaka Pakku”.Also, on the last page there are four picture postcards which one can cut out and actually use an idea borrowed from Miyatake Gaikotsu's “Ehagaki Sekai”. It is unconfirmed whether there are issues other than the first issue. (Shimizu Isao) (*)...Museum collection


How much is Guyver Manga Video Collection worth?

Here's an eBay auction that is selling the entire series on VHS with the items listed as "Good" condition. Description:

  Good: An item that has been used but is good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case or item cover, including scuffs, cracks, or scratches. The cover art and liner notes are included for a CD. VHS or DVD box is included. Video game instructions are included. No skipping on the CD or DVD, when played. No fuzzy or snowy frames on VHS tape, when played.

It's currently listed with a starting bid of £27.00.

Here's another eBay auction selling the entire set that's listed as "Like New", with this description:

  Like New: An item that looks like it has just been taken out of its shrink wrap. No visible wear, and the item is flawless and intact.

It's currently listed with a starting bid of £25.00

There's a couple of other sellers selling an incomplete set for around $31 or £18.44 so it seems the going price is around the $40 to $45 USD range. Single VHS episodes seem to be asking for more than the entire collection (per VHS tape).


What is Kaworu implying at the end of RoE: 1.01?

It's up to interpretation and there hasn't been, as of yet, any sort of official take on what a lot of the cryptic stuff that Kaworu says. If you'll recall, he also calls Gendo "Father". The line you're referring to is probably more something like:

   "The third again? You never change. I look forward to meeting you Shinji Ikari."

Not that Shinji is the "3rd" again so much as referring to Shinji as "3rd" and saying he's up to something "again".

Lots of ways to interpret this in light of some of the other things:

Kaworu and Shinji may have met a long time ago, and when Kaworu mentions looking forward to meeting him again, it's in reference to a previous meeting which Shinji may not have either been aware of or remember
Similar to #1, it may have been that Kaworu was a silent observer through a lot of the previous chronology before the start of the first film, enough so to have felt that he has personal ties with the family, thus also referring to Gendo as "father"
Going along the veins of #2, there's also an off-hand mention of a "Pact" with Lilith in the 3rd movie, this could all have tied into how Angels in general play a different role in this continuity than in the original TV series. It's possible that Angels have been interacting with humans well before Sachiel's attack in the first film and that Kaworu may be referring to that interaction.
Venturing in to even more speculation, there is the "Sequel" stuff. Some people interpret Kaworu's language and how he's acts as he's met Shinji before
as evidence that Kaworu is either some sort of time traveller, that the new films are a thematic or chronologic sequel of the original TV series (and for some reason, Kaworu alone remembers the events from the TV series), or there was a world "reset" after instrumentality of the TV series (and again, Kaworu is the only one that remembers those events). Can get even wilder with speculation, but you get the idea.


What happened in the final episode of Amnesia?

It has been a while since I watched it so forgive me if this is not entirely accurate, but here is a general idea:

At the start of the episode we have realised that Ukyo has a split personality between wanting to protect Heroine by letting himself die or kill Heroine in order for him to live.

It was either in this episode or the one before that it was revealed that Ukyo was being transported between dimensions by the spirit king (or equivalent individual, I can't remember their name anyway) but was no longer able to do so, hence Ukyo had to decide if Heroine in this dimension will live or die with Ukyo having the opposite fate.

In the end Ukyo either stabbed himself or didn't kill Heroine in time (I think she had to be killed by a certain time as her original fate was being killed due to an explosion), she was then saved from the building by aforementioned spirit king who explain the whole situation and transported her back to her original dimension, in which she gets to choose to be with based on whichever door/card she chooses.

I hope that helps, if I'm still missing something let me know.


Why does Obito only grab some people when he teleports them to the kamui dimension?

Tobi couldn't attack and defend at the same time with Kamui.
His strategy was to allow his opponent to attack, but by using Kamui, the attack would fly straight through.

If Minato didn't have the teleportation, Tobi would have won.
Tobi's strategy is actually quite interesting, as he didn't use the kamui in the way that you thought that he would. I think that this is Obito's way of doing. He could use the Kamui in that way but chooses not to, because his strategy is more tactical.


What is the origin of the title "Ghost in the Shell"?

Within the show, the word  "Ghost" is used to refer to someone's consciousness while a "shell" is the cybernetic body, much like the situation with Major Kusanagi. The Wikipedia page Philosophy of Ghost in the Shell has a lot of insightful concepts to add to this:

Referring to the Laughing Man and Puppet Master:

  Yet, as those criminals are revealed to have more depth than was at first apparent, the various protagonists are left with disturbing questions: "What exactly is the definition of 'human' in a society where a mind can be copied and the body replaced with a synthetic form?", "What exactly is the 'ghost' —the essence— in the cybernetic 'shell'?", "Where is the boundary between human and machine when the differences between the two become more philosophical than physical?", etc.

More specifically with the original film, there's this article:

  The director has the main character state “Who am I?” The Major, the Main character, wonders if she is a real person or a program. "Major Motoko Kusanagi barely exist in her original human form, retaining only a small portion of organic grey matter inside an almost totally robotic, titanium body or"shell." (Dan Dinello, page 276, Anime and philosophy) The title of the anime supports this, “Ghost in the Shell” likely refers to the phrase “A shadow of your former self.” The main character has a cybernetic mind and body, which leads her to question her existence, whether or not she is still alive. If one states that the difference between a human and a machine is that the human has a soul, what then, is a cyborg, such as the Major? “

A lot of these concepts and themes are tackled within the manga/anime.

See also, the in universe origins of the terms "Ghost" and "Shell". I don't know if these terms were invented by Masamune Shirow or if he borrowed them from SF tropes.


What does recontruction of Van's body mean?

Though there has not been any information about what reconstruction means, but Dann of Thursday has the ability to regenerate.

  It is seen that this reconstruction process is what gives them their regenerative capabilities.

So the main reason to reconstruct is to make Van body feasible to use Dann's regenerative capability.


What's happened to the Masamune to make it so evil?

Maybe the cause was the fall of Guardia kingdom and theft  of aformentioned sword.
https://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Fall_of_Guardia.html


How much time passed in Dragon Ball Super between the Resurrection of F saga and the Universal Tournament saga?

Roughly a year.

According to http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Timeline

Resurrection F happens in Aug 779, and Tournament of power occurs in December 780


Is it possible for a magical knight to increase his amount of mana in Black Clover?

It isn't possible for a magic knight to increase the amount of mana they have. Though a few very skilled magic knights can use a skill called mana zone which lets them use more mana than they have by taking mana from the environment. Their mana doesn't increase as they grow but the number of spells they have and the complexity and power of the spells does increase. They can also control their mana better which leads to greater power as shown by Yuno and his Spirit Dive.


Did Suou lose her human emotions in Darker than Black?

Contractors don't lose their emotion, they just become more logical which conflicts with emotion, there is evidence to support this but obvious one is with Mina whose sexual preference is towards women however her obeisance is sexual contact, such as kissing, with men only yet she will kiss women, while most of the time it's to "get rid of the taste" from kissing a guy she has feeling towards Yoko.

With Suou, later in the series when her, Hei and July are in the hotel, when she and July are in bed and July has fallen asleep she admits to Hei that despite being a contractor she hates him.

Also Hei and Suou is that they're not proper Contractors as both obtain their powers from Bai who first merges with Hei during Heaven's War using her contractor powers and is then drawn into the Meteor Core around Suou's neck when Hei was caught in that trap and Hei has always been rational since before becoming a Contractor so he could support Bai so his personality isn't the result of Bai


What is the purpose of "second key" animation?

According to Anipages, a blog by Ben Ettinger about the world of anime and animation.

第二原画 Daini Genga = Second Key Animation
Traditionally in anime, after key animation, the next step would be for the animation director to check the key animation and apply the necessary corrections to bring the characters to model. A new role was recently invented as a buffer between the key animator and the animation director: second key animation.
Nigen 二原 for short, second key animation is a relatively new concept in anime. This person does what in the west is known as "cleanup" - cleaning up the rough genga before they're passed on to the animation director to be checked. This step permits key animators to pump out more animation than if they had to produce a more polished shot. For example, an animator who might be good at action can draw several complicated shots in rough form in the time it might take them to draw one polished shot. A nigen would then clean it up. Infrequently you will also see a daiichi genga 第一原画 or first key animation credit, which is presumably a way of distinguishing between the people who drew the rough key animation intended to be cleaned up by the daini genga crew and the people who drew regular key animation.


What does the Jormungand system even do?

From the Jormungand Wiki:

Its purpose was to end war and arms trade by closing off the skies for all air travel. If humanity was not completely discouraged from war, Jormungand would be adapted to denying sea and land travel as well.
How Jormungand could enforce aerial denial is unknown.


Is the story of "Welcome to the N.H.K." about hikikomori based on a real conspiracy?

I'm pretty sure Welcome to the N.H.K. isn't based on an actual conspiracy story. It's not mentioned in any interviews or commentary sections of the media.

I would imagine however, that the conspiracy is somewhat based on the author Tatsuhiko Takimoto's personal experience living as a self-proclaimed "top-runner" hikkomori. In the light novel afterword, it informs us that he primarily lives off royalties of his novels.

The 'conspiracy' is mostly a commentary on how the mundane life of TV and seclusion is easy to fall into - because of the attraction of broadcast media's element of fantasy, such as produced by NHK TV - and the lack of immediate consequence if should one fall into a hikkomori lifestyle. So it could seem like there are conspirators trying to keep hikkomoris as hikkomoris.

Hikkomoris feel trapped because they usually have little social or commercially valuable skills meaning it is hard to get a job or contribute to society (Especially as Japan job system is pretty much school -> college -> job or via social contacts) - and on the flip side, it is much easier to stay indoors and watch another episode of the latest airing anime.

This isn't his first novel dealing with the issue of life indirection either - Happy Negative Chainsaw Edge. So it is an issue that is close to his heart - perhaps he himself believes there is a conspiracy.

This fan blog post is a pretty great for reference for N.H.K. stuff in general


What is the chronological order of the events in Sword Art Online Vol 1 and 2 and Sword Art Online Progressive?

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad tells the story from the start of SAO until the end:

   after Kirito defeats Heathcliff and wakes up in the hospital.

Notably, it excludes the following arcs that were included in the anime:

Sachi and the Moonlit Black Cats,
Silica and Pina,
Lizbeth the blacksmith, and
Yui.

It excluded these arcs, and, as far as I can remember, it didn't add any new content. (Maybe just described events that happened in the anime in greater detail.)

Instead, the arcs listed above are each detailed in the following book, Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad.

In terms of time, the books do not present information in chronological order as the anime did. We know in order of occurrence, the "side" arcs are arranged as follows:

  Sachi arc -> Silica arc -> Lizbeth arc -> Yui arc

where the events involving Sachi happened first chronologically and Yui, last.

None of these arcs are present in book 1, but they are presented in the following order in the second book, which is not in chronological order. I don't know the reason for the author/producer(s) switching the order around like they did, but it is:

  Silica -> Lizbeth -> Yui -> Sachi

The stories themselves essentially describe events exactly how the anime portrayed them. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the light novels, although for the most part, the only thing you'll get out of reading them is slightly different wording/description of the same events. One exception that does come to mind is

   they include a bit at the end of the Lizbeth arc detailing her reaction when Kirito defeats Healthcliff and she was finally going to be free of SAO. It wasn't very long - a page or two at most.

Admittedly, I didn't read the Sachi arc because I assumed I wouldn't have gotten anything new out of it.

I don't know the ordering for Fairy Dance (have them but haven't read them yet), but it's possible it follows a similar idea (for ALO). Here are links for Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance ("1") and Sword Art Online 4: Fairy Dance ("2").

I haven't read the progressives, so I don't know where they fit in.

tl;dr:

Anime portrays events in near-chronological order, although the Sachi arc is a flashback.

SAO 1 LN leaves out a few arcs but tells the main story from the beginning of SAO to the end.

SAO 2 LN has 4 sections, each one an arc that was in the anime but not in SAO 1 LN. These sections are neither entirely in chronological order nor the order they happened in the anime.


From the the battles of Minato vs Obito and Hashirama Vs Madara I can recollect three important things:-

Both Sharingan users[Obito and Madara] casted genjutsu to Kurama[Kyuubi] and as a result they were able to control it.Kurama was bound to obey them
There was some contract seal between the caster and Kyuubi.
Both Minato and Hashirama used their contract seal.

More about Contract Seal is explained here:-

  Though the Contract Seal removes the summoner's ability to control its summon, it does not give the user of the fūinjutsu the ability to control the summon in turn.

From what I can speculate Obito got some information about the contract seal from Uchiha tablet or directly from Madara.


I believe that the movie you are looking for is A Monkey's Tale.

It's a French Animated Cartoon.
It's better known as Le Château Des Singes.
It was released in 1999.
The protagonist is Kom.

  Kom- the protagonist, a rebellious, cheeky, but brave young Wonkoo monkey.

It's story is -

  Kom is a member of the Woonkos, a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy and they live in obsessive fear of falling into a nearby pit, which is inhabited by other monkeys they believe to be demons. Kom refuses to believe these superstitions and claims bravery and is rude to the elder of the Woonkos. However, on the way home, he accidentally falls from the trees into the land below. When there, he meets the Lankoo tribe and finds they are in fact very similar to his own tribe. He befriends Gina, a young maid and Master Martin, the librarian and they help teach him to behave like a Lankoo. The Lankoo king is impressed by his actions, although Gina doesn't like it when he tries too hard for popularity, and briefly forgets her. However, there is also evil afoot. The chancellor Sebastian, the governess and their dim-witted side-kick, Gerard the Gormless, are up to evil plans: they will find a way for the King to die and they are poisoning his already sick daughter, Princess Ida. The King, along with most of his army, die drowning while attempting to reach the "promised land" on the other side of the poisonous lake when it was frozen. Sebastian believes his plan has worked, but the governess (who was giving the princess the poison) is given it herself by Gina and the one remaining soldier, however it is believed she is tough enough not to die, but will remain a "sleeping ugly". The film ends with Sebastian and Gerard in cages, Princess Ida as the new queen and Kom and Gina returning to the land of the Woonkos, while it is clear that the two tribes will unite. It features the song "We Are One" by Westlife.


What did Edgeshot do to Kurogiri in season 3 episode 9?

It is very likely that edgeshot while in his needle form pierced kurogiri and strangled one of his internal organs to knock him out without killing him. To do this he could have performed a blood choke around his corotid artery to prevent blood from getting to his brain. Another possibility would be to knock him out by choking his supply of oxygen. A shot to the liver will also cause great pain without death, however this is less likely thn the others because it does not guarantee a knockout.


Very simple, he didn't want his friends/family to be affected by his change, but he wanted to still be able to tap into that power when he needed it.

Much like a super-hero's need to disguise himself so that people won't recognize him, they'd treat Peter Parker differently if everyone knew he was Spiderman.


How are Vasto Lorde different from the Espada?

Vasto Lorde are the top of the Hollow species. However, they are Hollow, not Arrancar.

Arrancars are Hollow which, using the power of the Hogyoku, removed the boundry between Hollow and Shinigami, and achieved a greater power, usually by removing their masks and sealing most of their power into a sword.

Espada, are by definition the top ten Arrancar. They may or many not be Vasto Lorde.

It was heavily implied that of all the Espada, only the top four (Ulquiorra, Halibel, Barragan and Stark) were Vasto Lorde before they became Arrancars (and subsequently Espada).


Does one need to see the 2 Little Witch Academia movies before watching the series?

[This seems like enough of an answer to post as such, but I still haven't watched the films, so I don't have the full context.]

I watched the Little Witch Academia anime without having seen the films. I didn't have any trouble understanding the plot, and I could spot a major plot twist coming even without the context of the films. However, from the Wikipedia synopses, the events in the two films are not ones that appear in the anime, and at least one plot point is outright handled differently:

   Per Wikipedia and the fan wiki, how Akko finds the Shiny Rod is different. In the anime, she stumbles into the Shiny Rod while she is in trouble, while in the film, she finds it on a class assignment to look for treasure.

As far as I can tell, the characterisations in the films and in the anime are consistent with each other. In particular, Akko's incompetence and her classmates' ridicule of her for her love of Shiny Chariot are a theme in both adaptations. Anecdotally, I have also heard that the aforementioned plot twist was foreseeable in the films as well, although it does not appear to be explicitly revealed:

   Ursula is Shiny Chariot.


How can I get The Irregular at Magic High School's English-translated novel?

Yen Press has the license for the light novels. As of this moment, there are exactly zero volumes translated, but volume 1 is scheduled for April, and volume 2 is scheduled for August. I advise you to check their New Releases page for future updates about when they release additional volumes.

There is not really an "official" site for this sort of thing in general, as far as I know. Your best bet is probably to identify the licensor for whichever series you're interested in (check ANN, or just Google), and then look at the licensor's website.

(Yes, this is significantly behind Japan, which is actually at volume 19 as of March 2016. This is perfectly typical for English-language light novel translations. Compared to manga, there is relatively low demand for light novels, and they are relatively more labor-intensive to translate, so, honestly, you're lucky if you can even get a licensor to translate an entire series rather than stopping half-way through.)


What's the deal with Roronoa Zoro's eye after the timeskip?

Still, nothing has been revealed if Zoro has some special power in his eye due to which he's keeping it closed. All that's been shown till now is that the scar has greatly injured his eye due to which he cannot open it. The wiki says the same thing:

During and after the two-year timeskip, Zoro gains a new scar running down over his left eye, which is now implied to be critically injured as it is always closed.

Yet, Eichiiro sensei hasn't really revealed all of the Strawhat Crew's power, so we can't say anything. So for now, we have only this much information about his eye. Nothing has been shown on how he got it.


What's the difference between Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu?

While the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu seems to be taught, the Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is sealed, so nobody can learn the jutsu.

Weeeeellll... not quite! The Naruto Wikia seems to be a bit off on this bit, since the technique that was sealed away was actually the "regular" Kage Bunshin no Jutsu — the technique that's taught is actually the Bunshin no Jutsu.

  Or why was the Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu sealed away?

The Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is a forbidden jutsu, and that was why it was sealed. Since its "massive version," the Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, is just a variation of the same technique, it was also sealed away.
It is forbidden because of the danger it present to its user, since it distributes an equal amount of chakra between all the clones that comes directly from him. This could easily drain the total amount of chakra from a user who has less control over it.

  Does that mean that there's a difference between these jutsus, aside from the number of Kage Bunshin created?
  If there's no other difference, everybody could use this without reading the sealed scroll.

As for differences between it and the normal technique, I'd say that the amount of chakra necessary would be its main difference in terms of execution — the more chakra you have, the more clones you can generate.
However, most people won't use the "massive version" of the jutsu simply because of the danger mentioned in the above section — not many shinobi can use such high amounts of chakra and safely maintain the technique steady.
Adding "Tajuu" in front of it is just something that Naruto does every once in a while (note that he sometimes generates huge amounts of clones even without saying "Tajuu") when he intends to generate a massive amount of clones instead of a "regular" one. You can double check this in the very first chapter, where Naruto reads the scroll and never makes mention of the "massive version" of the technique.


Did Minoru die because of the Death Notes' new rule or because Ryuk wrote his name in a Death Note?

Minoru died because of Ryuk, similar to how Yagami Light did.

Through the original Death Note Series Ryuk mentions that when the owners life would come to an end, he would write down the name instead. However, Ryuk has also shown that he is impatient in that sense.

As Minoru has broken the new rule, and obtained his payment Ryuk wrote down his name, as Minoru was set to die anyway.

The One Shot however does not cover whether this new rule would actually kill Minoru off even without a Shinigami writing his name down. However, knowing how Shinigami themselves have also died from breaking the rules set upon them, there is a high likelihood this would have happened non the less. Where I would speculate that the Shinigami King himself would be the one to pass down the punishment for breaking the rules.

  You have lost, Light. Didn't I say in the beginning… when you die, the one who'll write your name down in a notebook will be me. That is… the deal between the Shinigami… and the first human to get their hands on the note in the human world. Once you enter the prison, I don't know when you'll die. It's annoying to wait… Your life is already over. You'll die here. Well, it was good while it lasted… We killed some boredom, didn't we? We did some various and interesting things…” - episode 37


What do we know about Shirou's biological ancestors? (not Kiritsugu)

The identity of Shirou's biological family was never revealed in the game, the anime or the manga of Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night.
The only thing you know about them is that they died because of the end of the 4th Holy Grail War.

As for the reason why Shirou can perform magecraft, It is caused by the sheath of Excalibur : Avalon, which have been implanted in Shirou's body by Kiritsugu. Even though it is not clearly explained.


Where can I find (digitized version if possible) an old film called "The World of The Talisman"?

First of all, let's learn the different names and versions of the English dubs of Birth.

  Two English dubs of Birth exist. The first was licensed in 1987 by Harmony Gold and released by Streamline Pictures in North America and the United Kingdom under the title The World of the Talisman. [...] The OVA was later retitled yet again to Planet Busters.

While the names are different, the content and dub of both versions are entirely the same.[source]

  The second dub by ADV Films, released on DVD on July 13, 2004, is much more faithful to the original Japanese version.

The ADV release is titled Birth: A War of Two Worlds!, and there's a good review of the DVD.

You have two choices:

Get the VHS and digitize it yourself, or bring it to a Walgreens store (for example) and ask them to do it for you. This is the only option if you want to reminisce about the Harmony Gold's version which you owned.
Get the DVD directly, but remember that the content and dub of the ADV release are different from what you used to watch.

I also recommend a read of this well-written post on the OVA and the animators behind it.


To answer this you have to understand how the anime market works.

Naruto and many long running series sell terribly on DVD, and for a lot of things the production company never even bothers to make Blurays. These shows are marketed to teenagers, and teenagers aren't spending $80 for three or four episodes of Naruto. The series is made to drive sales of the manga, and the action figures, and the fighting games.

It's not about the popularity of the series, but the collector's market. The people who spend money on this stuff in Japan are largely not into Naruto. For example:

Boruto is averaging 745 copies sold for each volume.

Last year's big hit Yuri on Ice is selling an average of 69,520 copies.

So no Japanese record label is likely to go all out and publish the complete Naruto soundtrack. They'd never earn what it costs to press the CDs.

So why don't the American distributors who sell Naruto put out the soundtrack?

Well, that's a separate license, and few are willing to pay. Since the days of Geneon going out of business, the anime soundtracks you CAN buy outside Japan are usually just imports.


These are heavy spoilers, so read at your own discretion:

  Igneel and the other dragons took part in the 400-year plan in order to save themselves from the deterioration of their souls caused by Acnologia. Through theis plan, the dragons were sealed inside their children, and then they were sent 400 years into the future into a world that was teeming with Ethernano which allowed their souls to heal while inside their children. Natsu and the other dragon slayers were never aware that they had been sent into the future nor that the dragons had been sealed inside them.


How did Sanji get his Diable Jambe ability?

Sanji was Red Leg Zeff's disciple. Red Leg Zeff was famous, as his name suggests, because of his red leg. He was known to kill all his enemies using his leg, which used to be smeared with their blood.

Imitating his master, Sanji created his own set of skills. He created the Diable Jambe, in which he rapidly spins and focuses all his energy into his leg, heating it up and forming a red leg which is so hot that anything in makes contact with, spontaneously combusts. After the time skip, he can use Diable Jambe without spinning to make his leg heat up.

How and when he created this technique has not been revealed and is less likely to be revealed. So as @AbhilashK mentioned in comments, he just didn't meet anyone who is strong enough (and/or made him angry enough) to use it till the Enies Lobby arc.


Can Sanji use COA(Color of Arms/Busoshoku)?

Yes, Sanji can use CoA, even if it was not shown yet to my knowledge. We know this from Chapter 668, when Law asks Luffy who of his crew is able to fight Caesar, a Logia user.


Is it possible to bring back Nagato (Pain) using Edo-Tensei?

My theory:

Sealing 'someone' doesn't mean that they are going to seal the soul of that 'someone'. It is not explicitly mentioned that the Totsuka Sword includes the soul up to the extent like the Shinigami.

The body can be remained in the "world of drunken dreams" but the soul can be released. Edo-tensei only requires a body of a living person as a vessel, then a deceased person's soul and bound to it. So it is possible that a person struck by the Totsuka Sword can be brought back by Edo-Tensei.

Update:

As per Kaguya Otsutsuki about Benihisago, It seals the soul as well. Once sucked in, releasing Edo-Tensei won't release the person. Its mentioned here Benihisago.


Anime about a boy and a girl chased by a group of thiefs

This is Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water:

  The series centers around Nadia, a young girl of unknown origins, and Jean, a young French inventor. Early in the story, the two protagonists are chased by Grandis Granva, Sanson, and Hanson, a group of jewel thieves who pursue Nadia for the blue jeweled pendant she possesses. After being rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, the jewel thieves and the young protagonists join forces and participate in the struggle against the Neo-Atlantean forces, who seek to dominate the world.


Did King kill any monster in the webcomic out of fear?

Short version: no, such an event is unique to the manga.

Long version:  I'm going through the webcomic looking for all of his encounters with monsters...

Beginning of Chapter 42: King runs into Shitanobeel, a person who transformed into a lizard-like monster over his obsession with reptiles.  Shitanobeel quickly prostrates himself and surrenders.  According to the commentary of the surrounding people, the monster cries, goes into convulsions, and passes out. In Chapter 100 we learn he's still alive.  Briefly.
Shortly thereafter, he encounters Dushimof, the Machine God, and later the giant bird.  He talks his away out of the first one, but neither monster is too afraid to fight him, at least during the time we see them.  King's internal monologue specifically laments that Dushimof is too strong to be scared away by his reputation alone.
Shortly thereafter, King's internal monologue reveals that there have been 6 prior instances where some (high-power) monster appeared before him, he closed his eyes in fear or ran away, and by the time he looked again the monster was dead.  It is strongly implied in the next chapter that Saitama was responsible for all of them (in a few cases he is manifestly so, as we can recognize the monster or even see him defeating it).  These are the events that led King to be recognized as The Strongest Man On Earth; presumably he had no substantial reputation before then, and it's not clear if the monsters in question ever even noticed him.

We don't see King encounter any other monsters until much later, around chapter 73, though he has several cameo appearances as he plays games or eats hot pot with Saitama.  This is in stuff that hasn't been covered in the anime or manga yet.

   4. Starting in Chapter 73 he faces off against Psykos, Homeless Emperor, Evil Water, and Black Sperm at once.  All of them are very tentative about doing anything and, of course, interpret his every action as those of a supreme combat force.  Even when he runs away a few chapters later.  Psykos says that she knows very little about him, and that most monsters that encounter him simply faint. None of his opponents faint or die here.  But Psykos and Homeless Emperor get attacked by other Heroes, Evil Water does nothing because he senses no violence from King, and Black Sperm is left to face him alone (refusing to help the others because that'd leave him open to King's attack), before he also gets distracted.

King has not had any other encounters with monsters depicted in the webcomic.  So no deaths, but one went into convulsions and fainted, and there's an unreliable and unsourced rumor that many others have fainted as well.


What is the significance of the name Bleach?

Kubo himself has commented on this. Below I've taken the quote from Bleach Answers Wiki:

  The title wasn't Bleach when Tite Kubo decided to draw a story about Shinigami. This was before he drew the one-shot manga that appeared in Akamaru Jump. The weapon wasn't a sword, but a scythe. Only Rukia had a scythe and the other characters used guns. At that point, the title was Snipe (as in "Sniper"). Right before he started drawing, he began to think that a sword would be better and realized he couldn't use Snipe as a title anymore. He began looking for a title that grasped the bigger picture. Shinigami are associated with the color black, but it would have been boring to use "black". "White", on the other hand, can suggest black as a complementary color. So Tite Kubo chose "Bleach" to evoke the impression of the color white.

I've also heard other theories, which aren't as well supported by interviews with Kubo but still seem to have some evidence supporting them. One is that shinigami "cleanse" souls, similar to what bleach does (Kubo himself mentioned this in an interview, but it's not clear whether he noticed this before or after deciding on the name). Another is that Kubo is a fan of the band Nirvana, and their first album is Bleach. So there might be more than one reason, but the quoted one above is the one he usually gives when asked about it.


Pokemon came before Digimon. The conceptualization of Pokemon predates the conceptualization of Digimon, the game release of Pokemon predates the game release of Digimon, and the anime broadcast date of Pokemon predates the anime film release of Digimon. The Digimon game release happened after the Pokemon anime had started airing.

The details:

Pokemon was conceptualized by 田尻智 (Satoshi Tajiri). He came up with 『ゲームフリーク』(GAME FREAK) as a doujin (self-published) print magazine in 1983 in cooperation with 杉森建 (Sugimori Ken), and the first game produced by GAME FREAK was 『クインティ』 (Quinty, known as Mendel Palace in English) on June 27th, 1989. Using the earnings from this game, GAME FREAK became its own company under the name 株式会社ゲームフリーク (Kabushiki Gaisha Geemu Furiiku) on April 26th, 1989 under Tajiri, Sugimori, and 増田順一 (Masuda Junichi). GAME FREAK intended to begin production of Pokemon as soon as it commenced operation in 1989, but due to a variety of interruptions, the game was not completed and released until 1996 (in the meantime, GAME FREAK released other games).

Pokemon was finally released as an RPG-style video game for Nintendo's Game Boy on February 27th, 1996, by the team of Tajiri, Sugimori, Masuda, 森本茂樹 (Morimoto Shigeki, who appears in some of the games as a non-playable character), 藤原基史 (Fujiwara Motofumi), 太田健程 (Oota Takenori), and 渡辺哲也 (Watanabe Tetsuya). This was 『ポケットモンスター 赤・緑』 (Pocket Monster Red・Green.『ポケットモンスター 青』[Blue] was released October 15th, 1996). The TV anime started to be broadcast on April 1st, 1997.

ウィズ (WiZ Co., Ltd.) toy manufacturer and バンダイ (BANDAI Co., Ltd.) produced たまごっち (Tamagotchi) keychain digital pet game together and released it on November 23rd, 1996. Maita Aki, a BANDAI employee has been credited with coming up with it, saying in an interview that she "hatched the idea for a virtual pet about a year ago while watching a television commercial about a little boy who insisted on taking his turtle to kindergarten" (the date of the interview is not mentioned, but the article records, "Last October, Maita took Tamagotchi prototypes to the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district for a consumer test. . . . By November, the Tamagotchi was on the market in Japan"). She says,

  . . . it wasn't my accomplishment alone. I only came up with the idea, developed the concept and took charge of the marketing program. It also took a technician and public relations person to make it into a product . . .

Alternately, in an interview asking how he came up with the idea of Tamagotchi, WiZ's Yokoi Akihiro takes credit for its conceptualization, saying

  Aquarium fish simulation was popular software back in ‘93 and ‘94 in Japan. However, (the) personal computer itself was not popular within the Japanese community (at) that time. Personally, I love all sorts of animals, so I was trying to create a toy which gives users a chance to raise their own pet, a toy that owners will enjoy the process (of) and feel empathy with their pet.
  When I was working in Bandai, the leading toy maker, one of my roles was to develop handheld games, and among all those LCD handheld games that I created, I chose to focus on virtual pet handheld(s).

Digimon was conceptualized in 1996 as a simple Tamagotchi-style raising-monsters-as-digital-pets game and released by the same pair of companies as the 『デジタルモンスター』(Digital Monster) cell phone game on June 26th, 1997. The copyright is held by a 擬人名称, a.k.a. ハウスネーム (kijin meishou or "housename" --- that is, a non-human entity given a personified name) called 本郷あきよし (Hongo Akiyoshi) but is owned jointly by WiZ and BANDAI. Most of the character designs for Digimon were by 渡辺けんじ (Watanabe Kenji), ボルケーノ太田 (Oota Volcano), and 北川原真 (Kitagawa [not sure of romanization of his/her first name]). An anime theatrical film titled 『デジモンアドベンチャー』(Digimon Adventure) was released on March 6th, 1999 and then the TV anime of the same name started to be broadcast on March 7th, 1999.


Why does Hanekawa know about Black Hanekawa?

Some details in the ONA for Bakemonogatari suggest a potential answer. In episode 13, Hanekawa states that she has no memory of Golden Week beyond the burial of the cat (or slightly earlier). So she can notice such gaps in her memory. Hanekawa comes to Araragi for help after growing cat ears (which came after her headaches). It's possible she also remembers that.

Hanekawa probably at least knows that something is up. Moreover, Araragi states that he has no idea how much of the events of "Tsubasa Cat" Hanekawa remembers, but that he won't ask for now because he wants to let her come to terms with her feelings.

In "Tsubasa Song", Araragi says (own emphasis, quotes from a fan translation):

  . . . it was twice that a cat had rampaged—on Golden Week and just a couple of days ago . . .

Moreover, we have this:

  And that’s why I ended up seeing nightmares not once but twice—said Hanekawa, as if telling herself that rather than me.

And later, Hanekawa tells Araragi:

  I don’t want to shut myself out anymore, and as it is, if I don’t demonstrate more of my individuality, then one day I may fall prey to the cat again.

Araragi probably hasn't asked Hanekawa about the events of a few days ago, but Hanekawa knows about both possessions. So it looks like Hanekawa got suspicious and asked someone what happened during these two periods.

It's possible that she remembers bits of the second possession or even finally remembered the first possession. But in "Tsubasa Tiger", Hanekawa comes to the conclusion that she must have been possessed at night via indirect evidence and not memory. So memory loss can be linked to possessions. Thus, it seems unlikely she remembers everything at this point prior to the end of "Tsubasa Tiger. (It's possible that she does remember everything once she accepts her repressed emotions, but that comes after the period discussed in this question.)


Rosé's surname is mentioned in the 2004 FMA game Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo released by Bandai.

This is clear from this video where the aforementioned game is played on an emulator.

If you go to 2:49 you can see Rosé introducing herself to the Elric brothers as: Roze Tōmasu (in Japanese writing, katakana is used for writing non-Japanese names, ロゼ・トーマス) which is then adapted to English as Rosé (not like the flower rose) Thomas.

This surname appears neither in the manga nor in the anime. It is common however for wikis to adopt such information from officially released games.

Here is the aforementioned screenshot:


Why doesn't Hare fix Ayase's legs with her Bandage void?

I can't find a non-subjective answer to this question. The wiki says:

  Hare's Void is called Lover's Bandages. Through her Void, she is able to repair any object or heal any person. When used, the Void wraps itself around the target and begins to glow and reverse any and all damages. The process takes time depending on both the object or person being healed and the extend of the damages.

My hypothesis is that the extent of the damage done to Ayase's legs is beyond Hare's ability to heal/repair. Due to this, Ayase cannot be healed.

On top of this, technically Ayase's legs aren't "damaged". What I mean by this is that they're fully healed in the sense that they don't produce pain. However, when they were healing, she wasn't able to have surgery or proper treatment (or it wasn't possible to treat) to allow her to walk. Thus her legs healed improperly, and thus Hare cannot heal her as there isn't actually anything for Hare to heal.


What is the song in My hero academia season 4 episode 83 played at 23:48 during the preview

The song is called 士傑と雄英 ("Shiji and Yuhide" per Google Translate) by Yuki Hayashi. You can find the song on Spotify here.


How do Stigmatas and compatibility rate determine how powerful a Pandora is?

Just like Eumel said in his comment, you should just keep reading. This answer will contain several spoilers and most likely will spoil a lot of the plot. So you have been warned

(scroll down to the TL:DNS; if you want a practical answer without spoilers)

To properly understand how stigma's work, you will first have to understand what the stigma's are.

   Stigma's are pieces of Nova's, either obtain directly from a Nova 's core, or from the original Nova Maria Lancelot. They are known for their urging signals of destroying everything.

The so called 'Compatibility' determines how much of the 'power' stored within the stigma can be used by the Pandora. Theoretically speaking this means that somebody with 10 stigma's with a bad compatibility could be weaker then somebody with 1 or 2 stigma's with a strong compatibility.

However in the world of freezing stigmas are not limited to just one type:

   Besides regular stigma there are also the heroic stigma, A stigmatic body, the Type-Maria Stigmata, injection stigmata: plasma form, legendary Stigmata, Plasma Stigmata, Legendary Stigmata System

Each and every one of these have their own pro's cons. And even though compatibility still plays a huge role, the type of stigma also does.

TL;DNS:

Yes it possible for someone with 1 stigmata to be stronger than someone with 5. This can be due to a person having a different type of stigmata, or significant better compatibility with the stigmata.


Song played at the end of episode 20 of Parasyte

The song is called "HYPNOTIK" by Ken Arai.

You can listen to the song here on YouTube. In addition to being played at the end of episode 20, it's also played throughout the show in other episodes.


What chapter of the manga does Snow White with the Red Hair anime leave off at?

According to Mangaupdates,

  Season 1 ended at Vol. 4 Chapter 17 while Season 2 ended at Vol. 8 Chapter 32 with an alternate ending.

Since Season 2 has an alternate ending, it might be best to start where Season 1 ended.


When was it first shown that Shanks was in XXX's crew?

There have been many subtle hints about Shanks and Roger connections throughout the story. Afaik, it was first confirmed to the Straw Hats in the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. They meet the Vice Captain of Roger Pirates "Dark King" Silvers Rayleigh, who talks about Shanks and Buggy being apprentices as part of Roger's Crew.

However, there have been many hints thrown around throughout the series about this. Here in the Buggy's Arc we see Rayleigh telling off Buggy and Shanks

The actual confirmation of the Hat was much later. We know that Shanks gave Luffy the Strawhat, but it was Roger's was confirmed much later, post time-skip.


During all that arc, Killua is under the surveillance of his family and he is forbidden to show the abilities of Alluka or even talk about her or let people see her (e.g. a butler of the family interrupted a phone call where Killua could talk about Alluka, nobody except persons related to her family saw Alluka when she went in the hospital). If Killua disobeys them, Alluka and also himself will be forced to return at their family mansion.

Like you said in a comment, he could still have tried to cure Gon that way and return home with Alluka then but there are some points for which he can't let that happen :

1) There was still a risk that his family caught him before he cured Gon, so if he failed he couldn't help him anymore.
2) Alluka is the only member of his family that Killua really likes and she sees her brother as a good person so he doesn't want to disappoint her.
3) If Alluka was caught by Illumi, he would use the power of his sister for himself without caring about her. And Killua couldn't allow that to happen.


Do we ever find out what happened to Chrollo?

Chrollo successfully had his chain removed by the Greed Island Exorcist.

He doesn't need to pay a price except whatever he paid to hire the exorcist to help him. Gon only lost his Nen because he violated a Contract, and even then it isn't confirmed that he is completely nen free.

Chrollo can still wield his book, and he used so very efficiently when fighting with Hisoka.


The mark seen on Genocider Syo is the Japanese Kanji 正

Wiktionary has a page on this character explaining its use as a tally mark by the Japanese.

Genocider Syo uses the tally to count the amount of victims she has killed. There is also a small section on this on the Wikia.

Since each one represents 5 kills, you can see she has killed quite a few!


Water clones and other elemental clones are only given the intelligence that the user provides, this is proven when Zabuza gives his own clones orders. The clones act not as their own will but controlled like puppets. This could be googled but I don't trust sources such as those.
Sources: Shadow clone Jitsu and other clone technuiqes


What happened to this character creating this phenomenom?

(spoilers for DIO's Diary, Vento Aureo, Phantom Blood, and StarDust Crusaders)
Joseph never said that the stands were created or summoned directly through DIO's awakening, however he did say that ONLY the Joestar bloodline's stands stemmed from him, as he is indirectly a part of it by stealing Jonathan's body, in DIO's Diary: OverHeaven, he explains that when he awakened from his 100 year sleep, he met Enya, who shot him with the arrow, thus giving him, Joseph, Jotaro, and Holly stands. Everything that was said in Vento Aureo and Diamond is Unbreakable, is true, and stands never stemmed directly from DIO or Jonathan.


In what order do I consume the Blame! universe?

You can start reading the original sources. The other works is just like a side-story, not really canon (as far i know, the side story is just an "explanation chapter" or a filler chapter about the Blame! universe that never explained before in the original Blame! manga, based on Wikipedia and myanimelist. I have never read those side-story, nor try it ).

Main story

Blame! (manga)

Side-story (not recommended, but you can give it try)

NOiSE
Blame Gakuen! And So On

The Blame! movie only cover some part like:

Cibo first appearance : Volume 2, Chapter 9.
the rest : Volume 5 - Volume 6, Chapter 26 - Chapter 34.

In your question, you put the ONA version of Blame!, and looks like it's a clip of Blame! anime but i never heard about those ones. There is no anime adaptation of Blame! until Netflix made one.


Is Charles the pilot of the seagull plane?

I haven't read the Koiuta light novels, but according to this guy on Chiebukuro and the Wikipedia article for Koiuta, there are strong indications that the pilot of the seagull plane is, in fact, Charles KARINO from The Princess and the Pilot. However, this is never made explicit. There is apparently a scene in the fourth volume where he and Kal-el have a conversation, but despite this, his name is never revealed.

The Koiuta light novels are complete (no further volumes are expected to be published), so this is probably as good an answer as you're going to get.


Do Metal Bat and Tatsumaki get any closer to Saitama at any point of the story?

For Metal Bat, they don't have any significant interactions so I doubt they'd get closer.

For Tatsumaki, I'm not sure if this can be called getting closer but they

  fought during the Psychic Sisters Arc

(this is canon as the webcomic is where the manga is based from). Afterwards,

  Saitama displayed concern and interest toward Tatsumaki, as he ran after her to see if she would be alright flying home with her injuries...Saitama then asked her why she became a hero if she's trying to cut relationships with people.

At this point, Tatsumaki almost revealed her past to Saitama but didn't. Instead a flashback was shown when she first met Blast, which, to me, reveals Blast's true identity. To quote from the wiki,

  She witnessed a man defeating a giant multi-eyed monster. His name is Blast. His appearance has a strong resemblance to Saitama. In fact, Blast said to Tatsumaki that he is a hero for fun, echoing Saitama's words. Blast ends his conversation by telling Tatsumaki that she has to be strong, because not everyone can save her. This motivated Tatsumaki to become a hero, and this is also a reason why she wants to be alone and cut relationships with people.


What's the name of the song in Naruto Shippuden that plays in episode 203 at 11:22?

The song you refer to is called "Sasuke's Ninja Way" (サスケの忍道, Sasuke no Nindō).
Listen here: https://youtu.be/AastZeIJJDA


What is the symbol on Kakashi's ninja dogs' backs?

It's a pretty interesting explanation... In this wiki for Ninken (Ninja dogs):

  They all have a face-shaped design on their backs called Henohenomoheji (へのへのもへじ) — which is the sound made when all the characters in the face are put together. Appropriately enough, children use this design as the face for their scarecrows, which is "kakashi" in Japanese.

Basically, if you consider the picture you included:

The eyebrows are the Hiragana へ (he);
The eyes are the Hiragana の (no);
The nose is the Hiragana も (mo);
The mouth is another へ (he);
The head shape (kind of distorted) is the Hiragana じ (ji).

So, へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji). The first "heno" is repeated because you have a pair of eyes and eyebrows.


Help identifying an OLD anime - a scene where a kid is in a printing press picking metal block letters?

Night on the Galactic Railroad is a classic Japanese novel from the 1920s that got an anime adaption in 1985 which has such a scene:

The only thing that makes me doubt whether it's correct is that the protagonist is in fact a cat (as are all other characters).


So far in the series, it's not explained why Nezuko is the only one that was turned into a demon, but chapter 196 of the manga does give some insight into what happened when Kibutsuji attacked the Kamado family.

So from this you can determine that:

   Kibutsuji doesn't necessarily pick Nezuko to turn into a demon. He was trying to make a demon that could conquer the sun and appears to try with every member of the family. All family members were assumed dead, Kibutsuji comments on it not being easy, and only later does Tanjiro show up to save Nezuko and find out she's a demon. In other situations, like when Kibutsuji turns the man into a demon when he first meets Tanjiro, the process happens immediately. The best information as currently available in the manga points to Kibutsuji trying with the entire family, assuming he failed, and moving on only to later find that Nezuko was "alive."

Will update if new information becomes available in later chapters.


We know that the final result is that the husband gets sent to heaven and the wife to hell:

  Takashi gets reincarnated and Machiko gets sent to the void. Wikipedia

The bartender also states that the husband goes to "heaven" and the wife to "hell". This is in the scene after the end credits for the first episode. I believe you may have missed it or Funimation could have neglected to include it.

As you mentioned, the Funimation subs say Heaven and Hell instead of Reincarnated and Void. I believe that this is due to localization, since most English speakers are going to be more familiar with the concept of "heaven and hell" after death, rather than "reincarnation and void".

The mask indicates where the people in the elevator go.

My reasoning is that the husband arrives in the hell elevator because he killed the couple to begin with. Then when it's revealed that the wife cheated, she gets sent to hell.


Who writes the Dragon Ball Heroes anime?

According to Wikipedia, the writer for episodes 1-5 of Dragon Ball Heroes is Atsuhiro Tomioka. The writer for episode 6 is apparently still TBA. However, I can't find what source they're citing for this information.

He has previously been involved with Dragon Ball Super, having written the script for 22 episodes, according to Anime News Network.


Why did Aizen want to defeat the Soul King?

For the most part: we don't know. It's a plot point that was never really resolved by the time the manga concluded.  All we have is the following angry exhortation from Aizen after being defeated by Ichigo and Urahara, admonishing Urahara for simply accepting the status quo and "that thing" as the Soul King.

Without that we might have been left to conclude Aizen's real plan was to explore the depths of power and find a challenge, and the Soul King was just a point on the path. But it seems he didn't like the idea of being controlled, and he wanted to change the world. But beyond his perception of control, we're never really given a reason why he wants to do this or what he intends to accomplish.