Why are manga cover pages not relevant with the current arc?

Is there some sort of marketing reason for this trend?

This answer is based on general book publication, not to manga book (tankobon) specifically, but I believe this also applies to tankobon.
The main purpose of a cover art is to promote the product.

The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e., to promote the product it is displayed on, but can also have an aesthetic function, and may be artistically connected to the product, such as with art by the creator of the product. - Wikipedia
(Emphasis mine)

Seth Godin wrote a blog article about this, focusing on the physical form,

Is the purpose of the cover to sell books, to accurately describe what's in the book, or to tee up the reader so the book has maximum impact?
The third.
It's the third because if the book has maximum impact, then word of mouth is created, and word of mouth is what sells your product, not the cover.
Tactically, the cover sells the back cover, the back cover sells the flap and by then you've sold the book. [...]

On the other hand, this is what Guido Henkel thought on his blog, focusing more on the digital form,

So, let me ask you this question… what is the purpose of the cover?
The purpose of a book cover is not to perfectly illustrate the story down to the smallest detail or to showcase every aspect and facet of the plot. [...]
The sole purpose of a book cover is to help sell the book. A book cover is a selling tool! Nothing more, nothing less. It serves the purpose to attract eyeballs and then get those people intrigued enough to click on the cover thumbnail and learn more about the book, which, hopefully, will then result in a sale. If visitors on Amazon do not notice a book cover because it is easily overlooked and disappears among other covers, it serves absolutely no purpose and is actually detrimental to the author because uncounted potential sales are lost right there.
[...]
You always have to keep in mind that for the most part you are trying to sell books to people who are not familiar with you and who do not know the book or the story—at all. It is the cover that will hopefully draw them to it. It is the cover that will hopefully connect with them and intrigue them enough to find out more. [...]

While both had a contradicting view, neither mentioned that the purpose of a book cover is to illustrate the content of the book.

One Piece cover page was always/often not related to the content of the book (well just some of it) in the past. But now, the cover's always related to the current chapter. Why did they change that?

I haven't researched about cover art on serial books, but I have a hunch that on later volumes, the more important thing is to retain current readers. By this time, current readers already have an idea about the story. That's why by using the story plot as the cover, the author can draw more attention to the current readers, while hopefully still attracting new reader's curiosity (to buy earlier volumes).
Again, Guido Henkel mentioned this on his blog,

Only then will you be able to tap into new readers. Readers who are essential for growing your customer base not only for this book, but also for your next.
(Emphasis mine)

Anecdotally, unless I've already heard/known about the work (in which, I don't care about the cover at all and just buy the tankobon), I only look at the cover art (and the title, if browsing online), and if it's interesting enough, then I'd read the detail (online)/synopsis (back cover)/if possible, read some of the early chapters. By this time, I won't care if the cover art is related to the story/content or not, nor do I expect it.


In yaoi anime, why does the uke always say 'senpai'?

I am going to make a couple of assumptions here. Since Uke is normally the "passive" partner in the relationship, it would stand to reason that they are the younger in the couple, while the Seme, being the dominant partner, is the older one.

In a school scenario, senpai would make sense and I'd assume the Uke would start calling the Seme by their name (probably with the -sama honorific at first) when their relationship is a bit more intimate (intimate = anything after their first kiss).

While I don't read Yaoi, one can't assume that every Yaoi story has the Uke and Seme attending the same school. There may be some where one attends a different school or doesn't attended at all, as such senpai could still be used.

However, the Seme, being the senior, is still guiding the Uke like how one's senpai guides, protects, and teaches their kōhai as best they can. With that, senpai becomes a term of endearment from the Uke after having been guided in the relationship by the Seme.


Was "defenestrated" simply a literal translation, or part of a bigger concept or joke?

After listening to the exchange a number of times, it sounds to me as if he is saying

「2[秒]{びょう}[以内]{いない}に[窓]{まど}から[捨]{す}ててるな。」
Ni byō inai ni mado kara suteteru na.

To break it down:

Ni byō: two seconds
mado kara suteteru: throwing out from/through a window

(the rest of the sentence is mostly structure, and immaterial to this answer)
My translation of the line would be something along the lines of:

[My argument] didn't last for two seconds before being thrown out [a window].

In other words, the translation (though the word choice may have been odd) was a literal translation, while also carrying some of the Japanese intent.
Update:
I asked about it on the Japanese SE, and have determined two things:

I misinterpreted the subject of the phrase- rather than his argument being dismissed, he is referring to what he would do "if it was Nygglatho" (namely, throwing her out the window). This applies to Crunchyroll's English translation as well.
The phrase 「窓から投げ捨てる」 (to abandon by throwing [something] out through a window) is a slangy phrase usually used to tell someone what they can do with an inferior product (akin to the English phrase "shove it up your ass." So, the Japanese phrase is figurative in a different way than the direct English translation.

An updated translation could be

[Nygglatho? I'd] throw her out the window in two seconds.


What is the Japanese word they are talking about?

「P」 is a common Japanese name suffix, so there is arguably a play-on-words going on here too. You can add it to any person's name (first name or last name, male or female, though it is more often used for females). It is a cute and informal suffix for a friend.

For example, the 「P」 suffix is used in Sailor Moon. Usagi calls Minako 「みなP」(Mina-P), and Chibi-usa calls her cat-face robot「ルナＰ」(Luna-P). The mangaka's editor 小佐野文雄 (Osano Fumio), goes by the nickname "Osa-P" in real life. The jewelry store in the series, 「ジュエリＯＳＡ＊Ｐ」, is named after him.

To give yourself a nickname suffix, and to double a 「P」suffix into two back-to-back Ps is likely to portray Usa's character as ultra-cute and cutsey  (「うさ」 Usa, short for rabbit, 「兎」 usagi  + 「P」+「P」). Japanese onomatopoeia (擬態語, gitaigo; 擬音語, giongo, and 擬態語, gitaigo) often (though not always) repeats one or two syllables next to each other, and is considered to have a cute sound.

Boar's Fourth Wall comment indicates that Usa only has the 「P」suffix, in mind, but that the audience knows that 「ビーッ」 (piiii) is the sound effect (擬音語) of a high-pitched computer error sound, such as a censor bleep for television broadcast.


How did "other world" or "isekai" stories gain so much popularity and where do they have their roots?

Isekai: The genre that took over modern anime is a video by Gigguk that, while amusing, also covers a lot of the actual history. Essentially, the idea of being pulled into another world is at least as old as "Alice in Wonderland" (although you could probably find some proto-isekai in works like Dante's Inferno or even folk tales of the land of Faerie). What's more interesting is that there was a lot of isekai anime around the 80s and 90s, but it was mostly aimed at a female audience; it's only more recently that it flipped to being targeted at the male audience.

Isekai is essentially based in wish-fulfilment, or the desire to insert oneself into a story, so it's a combination of that with the popularity of JRPGs (since that's what most modern isekai are based on). The rise of self-published light novels and manga has then resulted in a lot of source works with self inserts and isekai concepts, which then become popular and get made into anime.

After the genre starts to become popular and develops its tropes, you then start getting the usual response of works that deconstruct and otherwise play with those tropes - things like "What would it actually be like to be pulled into a video game world where you actually die and then respawn at the last save point?" (Re:Zero), or "What would a typical video game player actually be like in a video game world?" (KonoSuba).


Where can I watch Zettai Karen Children, or old anime in general?

Some legal and popular anime streaming sites are:

Crunchyroll
Manga Entertainment
Funimation
Daisuki
The Anime Network

The anime you're looking for, Zettai Karen Children, can be found on The Anime Network, and the spin-off series The Unlimited - Hyōbu Kyōsuke can be found on Crunchyroll.

As for the manga(s), Amazon is a good place to start.

Here's a list of legal anime streaming/download sites.


I don't know if you are reading the manga of my hero academia, so SPOILER WARNING.
shigaraki gains all for one in ( I think)) chapter 271, later, he uses radio waves on endeavor, which is one of all for one's powers, as chapters go on, we learn the doctor gave shigaraki all for one.


What is this anime about a green-haired robot named Sophie?

You're definitely thinking of SoltyRei.

There's Roy Revant (right), a bounty hunter who lost his daughter in the Blastfall (when a large building exploded).

Solty (middle), a Resemble (or artificial human), unlike anything the world has seen before...

And finally Rose Anderson (left), a thief who is revealed to be Rita Revant (Roy's daughter), shortly before her death.


Is there any website providing script from mangas in textual format?

There is not a page that I know of that stores the text version of manga, actually I'm not sure such a page would be legal considering the huge legal struggle over lyric sites in the past. However, what you are asking is not impossible.

There is a technology called optical character recognition (OCR) which is software scanners use to generate text versions of the scanned document. There are several programs that implement this technology for use in translation software. Some are available as apps available on your phone and can be found in the app store for your device. While there are many implementations available, one such implementation called Capture2Text uses OCR specifically for the use of translating manga, visual novels, and so forth.

These programs will copy the characters to your clipboard which you can then put into your favorite translator. There are also some programs available out there that will search multiple translators at once or even allow you to create your own dictionary of words to look up words/phrases in.


How common is it to use the lily flower/yuri 百合 to represent girls love in japanese anime?

This is based on communications between Asian readers of light novel and mangas

Lily is commonly used to represent purity, innocence, especially in Asian religions. Lily in this case symbolizes tight and pure friendship between 2 females. They can be very close friends to the point of slightly flirtatious or look almost like couples but not necessarily sexual. It's more on the emotional bond rather than the sexual aspect that the West depicted it as.

It's not too common as a visual indicator but more as a genre/category of anime/manga/light novel. It started with 'Rose Clan' as a term for gay inclined readers of a magazine series so a writer start using 'Lily Clan' as a female counterpart t

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https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/558714477.html

From history point of view:

Among the first Japanese authors to produce works about love between women was Nobuko Yoshiya,[9] a novelist active in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan.
Yoshiya was a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the early twentieth century Class S genre.[22] These kinds of stories depict lesbian attachments as emotionally intense yet platonic relationships, destined to be curtailed by graduation from school, marriage, or death.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_(genre)#cite_ref-yoshiya_21-1


What are the differences between Ash and Red?

There are lots!

For starters, Red is character who just starred in manga/games, and manga created only after a TV series aired.

As a result, they decided to release two types of manga, one based on the show and one based on the games:

The manga based on games R/B/G/Y, called Pokémon Adventures, which continues the story until the third generation stages.
And manga based on the series, called Pokémon The Electric Of Pikachu!


How does Zoro speak with a sword in his mouth?

The official explanation given by the author, Oda Eiichiro, in his SBS1 column, is that it is Zoro's heart speaking. This may not sound any more convincing than Artistic License, but One Piece regularly relies on such unusual logic, so it is not entirely out of place.

1 SBS (Shitsumon wo Boshū Suru, roughly meaning "I'm Taking Questions") is a Q&A column in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans.


Why did the Elric brothers burn down their house?

They set fire to their house in chapter 24 of the manga:

As you can see, after they set fire to their house Ed says, "There is no turning back."

This is also stated in episode 11 of Brotherhood, which is when they set fire to their house in the anime, there is a similar statement:

  Edward: There is no turning back for us now, huh?

Edward reiterates this in Chapter 42:

Hohenheim tries to convince Ed that he is lying, and that in reality they did it to run away from the mistakes of their past.

  Hohenheim: Is it for the sake of running away from the horrible images in one's mind brought on by it? Is it to erase the evidence of what oneself had done? . . . It is just like a kid who wet his bed at night and hid his sheets. You are running away.

So, Hohenheim's interpretation may be the correct one, but Edward does not admit that he was running away to Hohenheim.


Was any of the movies based off anything from the manga?

Speaking to two of those movies, I don't recall any distinct plot-advancing points within them.  They explored some different concepts related to the Bleach universe (such as "Blanks" in Memories of Nobody, and the King's Seal in The Diamond Dust Rebellion), but to my recollection, there wasn't anything that was specifically canonical that the movies were based on.


Which track is playing in S2E1 of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu?

This is "Irina no Koigokoro", which is track 5 on the special CD bundled with S2 BD2 (EYXA-10829B). Here is a 15-second extract from the beginning of the track.

Seems like an odd piece to be playing in a sequence where Karma and Manami are talking (not about Irina), but it is what it is.


Obito/ Tobi's kamui is his mangekyo sharingan ability unlocked presumably when he saw Rin die. It is a space-time ninjutsu that allows him to transfer objects into his own pocket dimension, including parts of his own body. While Obito is transfering anything between regular space-time and his own space-time his object not being transfered is vunerable


When did Uchiha Madara actually bite Hashirama Senju?

I haven't been keeping up with the anime (too many fillers...), so I don't know whether this manga chapter has been covered or not, or if you are even close to it. This was actually shown in one of the manga chapters quite recently.

If you don't mind spoilers, here are links to a few pages from Naruto Chapter 681:

Madara bites Hashirama

Madara uses Hashirama meat

According to Narutopedia:

  In the past, Uchiha clan members used this technique during an important battle that they had to win at all costs. However, they soon started to abuse the abilities granted by this technique and as such Izanami was created as a way to punish the abusers of Izanagi.

So, I am guessing that the Uchiha must have performed some experiments. Maybe as long as you have the both trait in body you can use Izanagi immediately, and Madara was aware of this. Since Madara clearly must have bit onto the meat, he must have swallowed some blood, thus having the Senju trait in his body. This is an assumption, though.


About Hanekawa, Golden weeks and possession occurences

There were 3 cases when Hanekawa was possessed.

   1. During Golden week after the events of Kizumonogatari but before the events of the first season. The events are animated in Nekomonogatari (Black) / Tsubasa Family and there is a flashback to this in first season, i.e. Tsubasa Cat arc (although slightly different, because Nekomonogatari wasn't written yet). The cause was Hanekawa's stress from her family life. It is also during this time the cat is buried. This is resolved by Shinobu draining her energy.

 2. After the events of Nadeko Snake, Black Hanekawa appears again as part of the Tsubasa Cat arc in the first season. This time the stress is caused by Hanekawa's unrequited love for Araragi. No cat burial happens. Again, this is solved by having Shinobu drain her energy.

 3. During Nekomonogatari (White) / Tsubasa Tiger, Black Hanekawa appears for the last time, but this time not caused by stress but as an oddity created as an ally for Hanekawa. This is after Tsukihi Phoenix and before Mayoi Jiangshi. After those events, Black Hanekawa disappears by being absorbed into Hanekawa.

The timeline is pretty clear, but I think the first season might be slightly confusing, because there is flashback to the events of Golden Week, but those are slightly different because those events weren't fully written yet.


She was using the original Sword Art Online Nerve Gear, which had the capability to kill you.

The difference with the Nerve Gear and the Amusphere are the safety mechanisms put on the Amusphere to prevent the software from killing you by inducing high voltages into your brain. This is also why Pito didn't get auto ejected when hyperventilating.

Yes, Pito using the Nerve Gear could still kill her, but GGO doesn't have the functionality to fry your brain when you die... (duh) like SAO did


Officially, Chiko is a mysterious, small animal.
The official site (Japanese) lists Chiko as,

チコ
九太と【渋谷】の路地裏で出会って以来、いつも一緒に行動している不思議な小動物。
Chiko
A mysterious, small animal that always with Kyuuta after their meeting on a back alley in "Shibuya".
(Emphasis mine)

In contrast, the official site lists some characters with their animal characteristic:

Kumatetsu: Bear (kuma)
Tatara: Old monkey
Hyakushuubou: Slim pig

Out-of-universe, it looks like a Kesaran Pasaran, a Japanese mythical creature (youkai) that looks like a white fluffy furball. While it has many renditions, one of them looks like this:

(Image posted by Ein on Serenes Forums)
PS: I only found Answers.com as the best definition in English, but it doesn't conflict with Japanese Wikipedia.


Why doesn't Kakashi use his copy ability that often?

What everyone was saying was partially correct. The Sharingan is a kekkei-genkai made for the Uchiha Clan. Since Kakashi isn't native to this clan, he's only able to use his Sharingan after once in awhile. As said before, he used it in the beginning of the series and was out for about a week or two from using too much chakra.

Consumption of all of your chakra will cause you to die.

Now with his Mangekyo Sharingan, he cannot use it much. The example that comes quickly to my head is when Kakashi and Naruto were chasing Deidara during the Gaara Retrieval arc. Kakashi specifically quoted that, "We have to end this soon. I can only activate the Mangekyo probably one more time."

In the current manga, he can only keep up with using his Mangekyo Sharingan with the help from the Kyuubi's aura/chakra.

It consumes way too much chakra for him.


Which song is featured in this Bleach scene?

I had a listen to the OST for Season 1 and the only song this sounds like is Catch-22. The quality difference is noticeable but some distinct sounds match. Unless my ears are deceiving me, ~2:28 in episode 8  matches ~1:45 of the song.


Why isn't blood pink in the Future Arc (Mirai-hen), like it is on other Danganronpa media?

Based on a theory from Japanese audiences (source), the pink blood is only shown on school life/game (class trial) setting (e.g. DR1 and DR2).

学生じゃないからじゃね
Isn't it because they are not students already?
学級裁判とは違ってゲームじゃないって事じゃね？
Isn't it because it's different from class trial game?

As for personal theory extending from this theory, it has something to do with school life → age → "censoring". Now that they have graduated (or "matured") in DR3:Future, the blood is shown red, just as real life.

Note: however, some blood is (or looks like) pink in Future's OP scene.


In Marineford, he fought Vista (one of the top officials of the Whitebeard Pirates) to a draw, also Jozu, another of Whitebeard's top brass, was able to deflect his attack unharmed. I don't think he is on par with the Yonkou, although he was Shanks' rival when they were younger, he lost interest on dueling him after Shanks' lost his arm, but that doesn't mean he's as strong or stronger. He respects him enough to pull back from the war once he showed up on Marineford saying fighting Shanks wasn't part of the agreement. So I'd say he's pretty much a little bit under Yonko level, probably on par with Admirals.


What's Ban power level when he gets out of purgatory?

Ban's power hasn't been calculated after his exit from Purgatory.

However, we can roughly estimate his power level. In the battle against Demon King!Meliodas, Ban manages to hold his own and fight him one-on-one for an extended period of time. On the other hand, Mael (whose power level is greater than 200 000, according to chapter 279) was effortlessly pushed back by Demon King!Meliodas in a previous assault.

We can thus conclude that post-Purgatory!Ban's power level goes far above 200 000.


Do you have to say anything to activate a NerveGear?

To use the NerveGear, the player wears the game console over the head. Then it is recommended for the player to find a comfortable position to station the body, commonly a bed. Afterwards, the game will load upon utterance of the initiation words, "Link Start".

(Emphasis mine)

Source.


Can't say for sure but, if Cubones do kill their mothers at birth, I would think it is not intentional—at least from the sad tone of its Pokédex entries.

Always wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and never shows its face. It cries mournfully in the moonlight.

It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries.

When it thinks of its dead mother, it cries.

Source: Bulbapedia - Cubone

This particular entry seems to have the most detail about the mother's death, but I don't think it is very clear (Generation I):

It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother's skull, never revealing its true face.


Could Danzo use Kotoamatsukami on Sasuke to fight Tobi?

Danzo had just used the Kotaamatsukami at the Five Kage Summit, and I believe that the eye needed some time to regain the power, that's why he asks his subordinates to fight Tobi first. Then while fighting Sasuke he uses the other Sharingan (located in his arm)... He basically wanted to use the Kotoamatsukami against Tobi, because he was the main guy to be controlled.


Why did Umi only raise five flags "H-O-K-U-T" leaving out the O at the end?

According to the Chinese Wikipedia, which cites page 18 of the Visual Guide, Umi didn't raise the sixth O flag because she only had one set of flags. Normally, substitutes can be used to repeat the same signal flag one or more times in case only one set of flags is carried on board:

  The Repeater/Substitute flags allow any combination of five letters to be hoisted with only a single set of flags: hence, 2R means a duplicate of whatever was signified by the second flag.

However, in this case, they fall short of the required length (6) of the intended message (HOKUTO), and so were not used.


Where exactly does A Certain Scientific Accelerator fit in the timeline?

If you are wondering about the episode order:

The broadcasted Accelerator S1 arc happens after Index S1, episode 17 and Railgun S, episode 24.

Which means the Accelerator S1 happens before Index S1, episode 18 and Index S2, episode 1, and Index S1 episodes 19-24, and Index S2, episodes 2-5.

Index S2, episodes 2-5, happens before A Certain Magical and Scientific Ensemble, which happens before the Index S2, episodes 6-7, which happens before the Index Miracle of Endymion movie, which happens before Index S2 episodes 8-24, and Index S3.


Why have Soul and Maka got 0 souls in chapter 001a?

There are quite certain conditions that need to be met in order for a weapon to become the Death Scythe. As looper mentioned in his answer, they need to collect exactly 99 souls + one witch soul. However, "human souls" is not a quite correct definition for those 99 souls. They are, of course, never encouraged to take innocent humans' souls, but rather 99 souls "that are on Shinigami-sama's list" (in manga), or 99 souls that are "on the way to becoming the Kishin" (in anime). So basically, those have to be "bad" souls.

After that, just one soul of a witch is needed to complete the transformation. Usually the witch's soul is collected last, but if it's collected before the 99 other souls, it's kept within Shibusen until the 99 souls are gathered, and then gets taken out and consumed.

Now, if any other soul other than a witch's soul is eaten last, then all the souls that were eaten before it are lost, and the quests starts over again. In this case it doesn't matter at all that Blair

   was a cat, or anything else. The only thing that matters is that she was not a witch.

That's why the 99 souls are reset.

Source: Death Scythe (Weapon)


What's the name of this song that often plays when Madara appears?

I think it is this Madara Uchiha Theme - The God Awakened https://youtu.be/7m0IUJS-LOY


Is Jolyne in the SBR universe, if so before or after part 8

What I understand from the ending of part 6, is that the universe that we see in the end is not the SBR universe. It's another different Universe.

Reason why I think so:

The Jotaro we see in the end of part 6 doesn't exist in the SBR universe because we see the SBR version of Jotaro in part 8 as

   Kyo Nijimura


What does this symbol that looks like a stylized "P" mean in each of Hajime no Ippo's matches?

The symbol that looks like "P" is actually "ア", a katakana for letter "A".

According to Jisho, "Aaa" could mean:

  Aah!; Ooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc.

though it could also mean yelling, shouting, cheering (depending on the situation).


How long can a titan shifter stay in a titan form?

Although I am an AOT enthusiast, I, too, am unsure. If you count Annie in, she was in a dormant stage for 4 years since her capture and Eren's rumbling. I'm assuming she was using her titian powers, because it would have been impossible for her to stay alive without suffocating, starving, and dehydrating. However, When Ymir was given the Titan power, she roamed outside for a while before going into a hibernation state for around 1,800 years all the while remaining in Titan form the entire time. Since Eren has inherited Ymir's powers, I'm assuming that he can at least last around roughly the same or half the time, but only if he went into a hibernation state like Ymir. This is all speculation on my part, however, and the time cannot be actually determined.


I do not think that the adaption and evolution can be counted as a trump card.

Before Tatsumi, Bullat and Gensei also were users of the Teigu Incursio.
Both Bullat and Gensei did not unlock the capability of evolution in the Teigu like Tatsumi did. This might be due to them not being skilled enough to or just because Tatsumi has so much hidden potential.

With that said for most Incursio users the invisibility most likely will be the actual trump card, with the only life losing risk being

  As noted, a weakness of the invisibility is that while it masks the user visually from the naked eye, it does not hide their "presence", allowing skilled opponents to sense the user despite the invisibility.

The fact that Tatsumi did manage to awaken this power from the Teigu, most likely is due to his hidden potentional, which seems to get stated by allot of characters through out the series as well

  Tatsumi's name means "Sleeping Dragon", which seems to be a reference to his hidden potential, which has been noted by many different characters in the series. The first creature he was shown fighting was an Earth Dragon, and he later obtained the "Demon Dragon" Teigu.


Do people in Japan really shower all the time after a rainstorm, or is that just an anime thing?

Regardless of whether the rain was cold or not, taking a shower after a downpour has a health related reason. The rain is not a very clean source of water with the factories and other pollutants in the air. Taking shower was meant to wash away the dirts.

As to offering shower to non-household members, it is a show of hospitality. As Dimitri MX and you said in the comment, it would differ from one people to another. Some would offer shower, while others might offer just some towel.

As a comparison, in Indonesia (another Asian country), we were taught to have shower, or at least wash our head after we got wet by rainwater. The believe was that if you let it be, you will get headache after some time.


Read a manga half a year ago went to find it was about a martial artist?

After a long search I finally found the manhwa (Korean comics) I was looking for.

It's name is Sword of the Emperor

  Synopsis

  A young Emperor is cast out of his Empire by his uncle, who seizes the
  throne for himself. The young Emperor sets out to become the strongest
  among the living, and take back what is rightfully his.

So thanks for everyone who looked for it or at least tried to think about it :)


Can Mumen rider resist a S Class hero punch?

For me, the answer is yes.

He represents this hero of society that we often see in the Shonen. The kind of person born without particular talent, but to whom we are all related. It represents the normal human being, without power, but with determination. A kind of Saitama missed.

But he's got a strong resistance linked to his determination. We can see this in Episode 9 of Season 1 : He conceded Deep Sea King's blow and he remained conscious (he was still breathingafter that. Saitama caught him, but if Saitama was not here, after some break time, he would have stood up to fight Deep Sea King again.
And Deep Sea King is seen as a S-Class Hero.

Another point is that it is indeed weird that Mumen Rider remained conscious after a whiplash from Tank Top Master. Even Garoh took more damages than him after such a punch. For me, the reason is that Tank Top Master had to hold back at the last minute, hearing the cry of Mumen Rider. ("Chotto Mattaaaaaaaaaaaaa")


Where can I find the transcripts of anime episodes online?

http://animetranscripts.wikispaces.com/Attack+on+Titan+-+%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA

It's not there for every episode though... I'll try some digging around.

http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/episode_scripts.php?tv-show=attack-on-titan-2013
No names though. Just the lines.


Music during Shikamaru's fight with Tayuya

Found it, it was an unreleased track called Dangerous! at abot 37 secs in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBVeRzjWqq8


What manga chapters does the Akagi anime adapt?

For questions like these Manga Updates is king.

  Anime Adaption:

  Starts at Volume 1, Chapter 1

  Ends at Volume 13, Chapter 109

  Skips Volume 6 Chapter 51 to Volume 7 Chapter 56

The series currently has 28 Volumes and is still ongoing.


Hanazawa Kana's Hanazawa Kana Hitori de Dekiru kana:
You can listen to this radio program on Thursday, 23:00-23:30 Japan time, by visiting the following URL: https://www.uniqueradio.jp/form/form5.php.
This channel is legal under Japanese law.
I don't know if it's accessible from outside Japan.
You will be asked in Japanese where you live, your occupation, and your address. There is no option to choose an address outside of Japan, but you may choose Tokyo.

The Onsen (Japanese) is another well-known channel that offers voice actor's programs, but I don't know if it's accessible from outside of Japan.
At least the following YouTube channels are legal under Japanese domestic law. As these are YouTube channels, they can be accessed from outside of Japan.
These are provided by the holder of the official content.

Dengeki Bunko Channel
TrySail official YouTube channel
Second Shot Channel
Phonon Channel
YOUDEAL LIVE Channel
GA Bunko Channel
GAGAGAch!!!
warnerbrosanime
ANIPLEX
Hi★Channel
Bushiload
NBC Universal Anime/Music
KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE
Anime Channel by FuRyu

For some content it seems to be possible to use Youtube's automatic subtitle generation.
Some of above content providers are American companies, but the contents are related to Japanimation.
Some channels seem to have special sub-channels. For example, the NBC Universal's channel, has the Gochiusa's channel as a sub-channel.　The operation of such a subchannel may be limited to when the program they want to promote (like Gochiusa) are on the air.


As far as I know, it's never been mentioned exactly how long they can stay in office. But like you mentioned in your question, the 3rd, 5th, and the 6th were still alive when the next Hokage was chosen. I would assume they can stay in office as long as they want or back down once they feel their successor (if they've chosen one) is ready.

(I think Tsunade mentioned something about her term ending in Kakashi Hiden. Don't take my word though.)

I made some research, and everything I stumbled upon only mentions something like this:

  The Hokage typically selects their successor.

Meaning they can select who will become Hokage once they've died or stepped down. (Something similar to what I've mentioned above.)

Continued by:

  If they die or are otherwise incapacitated, the next Hokage is instead chosen by the daimyō of the Land of Fire pending approval by Konoha's jōnin. If one of the Hokage's predecessors is still alive, they may return to office rather than select a new Hokage, as when the Third came out of retirement following the Fourth's death.

Source:

Hokage

Sorry if my answer is not helpful. I didn't find much that would help anyway. I will edit and maybe add more to it.


Why did Mikako send Ikaros from the sky?

First of all, you are mistaken about Mikako sending Ikaros from the sky. It was Daedalus who freed the sealed Ikaros and sent her down to Tomoki.

Secondly, based on what Ikaros said during the reminiscence, what Mikako did at that time was making Ikaros malfunctioning so that she would accept orders from humans. For reference, Ikaros said, "after I reduced the ground to nothing, suddenly I malfunctioned." Mikako also possibly sealed Ikaros' memory so that she wouldn't remember what caused her to malfunction until Mikako herself removed the seal by touching her forehead as she said, "please grant Ei-kun's wish." As for the reason why Mikako did that, it is purely speculation, but it might be because she dislikes the way Master of Synapse ordered Ikaros to kill people mercilessly or she pitied Ikaros for having to kill even when she doesn't want to.


In Neon Genesis Evangelion, why are Angels attacking?

Why are Angels attacking the earth?

It may be a cover story that they're attacking Earth, but in reality, they were "born" on Earth from Adam. Both Adam and Lilith were "Progenitors of life" that ended up on the same planet (Earth). The original race that created them had intended that they all land on different planets but Lilith landing on Earth was a mistake (the Classified Information document says that Lilith "crashed", and thus created the Moon). Adam spawned the Angels, while Lilith spawned all the life that exists on Earth, including humanity. The reason the Angels didn't inhabit the planet was because the Lance of Longinus, some type of failsafe device, disabled Adam, and that's how Adam was found in Antarctica:

The exact reason that they are attacking Tokyo-3, or in the case of Gaghiel the Pacific Fleet and Unit-02 (or possibly the embryonic Adam), seems to be for a number of different reasons.

One of the theories thrown around within the show itself is that they're trying to re-unite with Adam, but Adam doesn't arrive in Tokyo-3 until episode 8 in an embryonic form, so the first few attacking Angels were apparently either mistaken that Adam was there or mistook Lilith for Adam (as Kaworu later did in episode 24). There aren't any official explanations on what the Angels were after, and the closest thing is from the Classified Information's Angel section which says: "Some of them were trying to access Lilith and reset all life, some of them had nothing in mind, and some were trying to recover their progenitor Adam."

  What's with "Adam" in the basement?

We are originally told that "Adam" is in Terminal Dogma, deep underneath Nerv HQ. This is what Kaji told Misato in episode 15, along with the tidbit that any Adam derived life that came in contact with the white giant would cause third impact. Later, we find out that the white giant on the cross is actually Lilith.

It's possible that "Lilith" was actually written into the series well after the series was in production, and that it could really have originally have been Adam (like what the original Proposal for the series would suggest). But regardless, if that was the case or not, it's revealed that Adam was discovered in Antarctica, frozen, and when the Katsuragi Expedition started to mess with it, the experiment went out of control causing second impact. During all of this, Adam is seen as a "Giant of Light" in episode 21:

Which looks very much like an Evangelion, which are derived (or cloned, for lack of a better word) from Adam.

So retroactively, it's possibly that Kaji was either lying to Misato to protect her from the truth, or he himself had been misinformed of what the white giant on the cross was.

As far as Kaworu goes, in the "Director's Cut" episode of 24, he was told by Seele where Adam's body was (in Gendo's hand) yet Kaworu still went down to Terminal Dogma, and was somehow expecting to see Adam down there, then was surprised to find Lilith. Not sure why, it doesn't make any sense.

By the time of the End of Evangelion movie, it's revealed that Rei Ayanami had the soul of Lilith, and during the movie she and Lilith's body reunited.

Not sure if all of this really answers your question though.

  And why are the three computers named after the Three Wise Men?

This is simply pedantic by the creators. From an interview with Kazuya Tsurumaki he says, about the Judeo-Christian themes: "There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool."

So the reason if probably that it looked/sounded cool, and that it would fit with the general theme of the rest of the show.


In which place of the timeline of Toaru Majutsu no Index series does the Toaru Kagaku No Railgun series happen?

A Google search would actually get you several timelines for the series, one of which is shown below:

Here, you can see there is an overlap to the events that occurred in 'Toaru Majutsu No Index' and 'Toaru Kagaku No Railgun'.

Here's an even more specific timeline and it clearly shows which episodes and arcs these overlaps happen:

Other timelines are more or less similar.

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/57uwv8/spoilers_about_the_joint_timeline_of_a_certain/
https://www.reddit.com/r/toarumajutsunoindex/comments/cclkap/ive_translated_this_awesome_series_timeline/


How did Madara get rid of Sasuke's Amaterasu?

It's because of two things:

Madara is still able to absorb Ninjutsu, even without his eyes. Madara has shown this ability several times (Most notably, by absorbing Hashirama's Senjutsu chakra). Madara was shown to use other eye techniques without eyes, such as the Susano'o. So we can assume that those techniques are sort of "awakened" and can be used even without the original requirements.

Madara threw his armor away, which was where most of the fire concentrated. The rest was absorbed by his Preta Path ability.


Tsunade could not fix Guy’s legs because his body and his nerves were destroyed from fighting with Madara. Guy's body was really damaged and way worse than Sasuke and Naruto's damage.

There is a certain point where if it's reached, then there is no going back from it, plus the Uzumaki clan has special healing powers, for example Karin.

But Sasuke on the other hand, didn't want to have his body healed, because it would feel like his sins are being forgiven with no consequences, especially after he did a lot of bad things to the Hidden Leaf Village.


Why was Subaru Konoe transferred into Kureha's class?

As I was reading manga of Mayo Chiki, I found the answer. I might have missed it while watching anime.

In Volume 3 Chapter 18 - Bayside Baby, when Kureha and and others met them at the beach, Kanade introduced Konoe as Takanashi Punyuru, a younger cousin of Konoe, and same grade as Kureha. This explains why Konoe as Takanashi Punyuru appeared as transfer student in Kureha's class.

Below is the part of chapter where Kanade says

  She's in the same grade as you, so you don't have to add the "-san"

In this context, "she" refers to Takanashi (Konoe) and "you" refers to Kureha.


One very important factor which was mentioned multiple times in the episode was that Goku was fatigued. This was mentioned a lot of times by Champa and including Beerus. This is very likely the writers trying to say that if Goku was at full power, he would've been able to face Kefla. So I think one can't jump to a definite conclusion whether Kefla is stronger than SSJB+Kaioken Goku. The last kick landed on him by Kefla was obviously not as strong as her previous attacks so, in other words, you could assume that Goku was extremely fatigued which resulted in him losing his form All Super Saiyan forms are multipliers to the base form. We know for a fact that the SSJG multiplier is superior to the SSJ3 multiplier and obviously, the SSJB multiplier is a lot higher than the SSJG multiplier(Based on Goku's fights with Jiren and Kefla). The multiplier would remain the same whether Goku is fatigued or not but what would change is his initial base power. The UI transformation is also a power multiplier which also makes him reach a state with complete mastery of self-movement. This is because we see Android 17 remark on how goku managed to overcome the drastic power difference and go toe to toe with Jiren. Also, we see Picollo state how he was growing stronger with every blow. Finally, when Dyspo and Toppo attacked, we know for a fact that full power Toppo is superior to SSJB but UI Goku was easily able to push him back and not just dodge his attack. So it is obvious that even the UI transformation acts like a power multiplier. Lets say Kefla manages to achieve Super Saiyan 3 during the course of battle with UI Goku or if we see Jiren fighting seriously at full power against UI Goku, we can gauge it's power. As of now, we don't exactly know how strong the transformation is.


Did Boruto inherit Naruto's large Chakra reserves

Naruto himself doesn't have much more than the average amount of chakra.  The only reason he is seen as having more is because he's using Kurama's chakra for the entirety of the series.

Bourto by extension does not have a Tailed Beast inside of him, so he would not have nearly as much chakra as his father.


How do Poké Ball capsule and seals work?

There is no canon information on how they work so far, but I've always thought that it was something to do with light manipulation. If a pokemon is released from a pokeball then there is a bright glow that is also emitted at the same time. The ball capsule alone has been seen used without a seal and the release is normal. I believe that is because the light was able to pass through the ball capsule without being impeded by a seal.

However when a seal is used the light has to travel through the seal on the way out and therefore takes on the appearance designated by the seal, similar to how holograms are theorized to work. This effect fades when the pokemon appears because that when the light usually fades. As I said though this is all theory and personal opinion. Hope this helps.


What happened to Kirito's healing every 10 sec when he battled Heathcliff?

Two possible reasons:

It was simply overlooked.  The fact that the battle was happening at all was probably more germane to the immediate circumstances than whatever abilities either player had.

It was probably underpowered compared to the DPS that Heathcliff could dish out, which is fairly common for MMOs to have an ability either become eclipsed by another one or made obsolete due to the people/NPCs being fought.  If it healed something like a value equal to the skill's level every 10 seconds, and Heathcliff exceeded that damage ratio, then suffice to say it wouldn't factor into the fight.


It was fixed by a Klabautermann.

  A Klabautermann is said to be a water spirit (or fairy) that dwells on ships and is basically an incarnation of a ship that has been well cared for. It is a merry and diligent creature that is said to warn sailors when a ship's in danger and help in bigger ways sometimes. They are normally considered to be only a legend among seafarers.

It is explained later in Episode 247 (Chapter 351 of the manga)

   Franky hears by Usopp about what happened to the ship and in particular to the fact on Skypiea you mentioned and explains him about that creature he knows from legends.

For more information about the klabautermann folklore itself you can look at its Wikipedia page.


Yes, due to an event that occurred in the Grand Magic Games arc. I'm not sure exactly which episode but there was a scene in which Erza and Jellal were speaking and he told her that he was married.

Later when speaking to Ultear who revealed that he wasn't, he gave the notion that he lied because he believes happiness isn't for the guilty of heart.

In a later cameo, Erza says to herself that he is a "bad" liar. Indicating that she knows he's hiding his feelings.

From that scene, I am able to infer that they do in fact both love each other. However, due to all the evil things he has done, he feels the need to seek atonement. That is the premises that Crime Sorcière was formed upon.


According a press release to Disney dated September 11, 2013:

  The film is slated for limited release in North American theaters on Feb. 21, 2014, and expanded release on Feb. 28, 2014, under the Touchstone Pictures banner. The Wind Rises will also open for Academy Award qualification engagements in New York and Los Angeles Nov. 8-14, 2013, showcasing the original film in Japanese with English subtitles.


Who applies censorship on an ecchi anime?

Japan does not have any rating system for normal television.
Some satellite television requires an 18+ age check to contract some channels.

DVD/BD and movies have a rating system similar to North America (G/PG12/R15+/R18+).

Most such censorship in anime is "self-censorship".
Each TV station has a different code, and the code is different for different airing time slots.
Morning anime and evening anime have more restrictions. Late night anime have less restrictions.

TV stations do not explicitly state what the code is, but the director of Bokurano wrote a blog post that says that he was asked not to show blood in the anime.

They have restrictions on blinking the screen (which can cause epileptic seizures), drinking alcohol, tobacco, violence and fanservice (ecchi) scenes.

One important group about censorship is BPO (Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization).
BPO is an organization concerned with ethics of broadcasting for all TV stations.
Sometimes, they ask TV stations to remove shows which were deemed bad for children.

Another reason is the shift in animation business models.
The old model got most of its profit from commercials.
In that time, anime production removed entire non-compliant scenes instead of adding lighting.
But recently, anime production gets more profit from DVD/BD than from commercials.
They find that broadcasting a censored version and selling an uncensored version on DVD/BD is a better strategy to increase sales.


「秋葉少女ストリッピスム」 (Akiba Shoujo Stripism) in Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed is not a parody of Pretty Cure specifically. Pretty Cure is a rather new franchise that started in 2004, which itself draws from mahou shoujo series dating from the 1990s.

Akiba Shoujo Stripism employs the characters from Kodomo no Jikan to blatantly parody the Pretty Rhythm franchise, as the three Stripism character's names are ピンクリズム (Pink Rhythm), ブルーリズム (Blue Rhythm), and イエローリズム (Yellow Rhythm). Pretty Rhythm's earliest incarnation, the Aurora Dream series in 2011, featured three girls in vibrantly-colored costumes; Pretty Rhythm is not mahou shoujo but rather is an idol competition series.

Akiba Shoujo Stripism also parodies the genre of mahou shoujo-mixed-with-sentai (live-action team fighting) which began in 1991 with Sailor Moon: this is clear because the characters are battling in the game, whereas Pretty Rhythm does not contain any fighting, and it looks like the characters attack using magic.

Akiba Shoujo Stripism is not a parody of the majority of mahou shoujo series. Before Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, the long history of mahou shoujo series were usually EITHER one girl who could transform into a magical version of herself (Himitsu no Akko-chan, Mahou no Yousei Persia) OR one magical girl from another world who is temporarily living in our world and uses an Earthling disguise except for when she needs to transform into her true self to use her powers (Majokko Meg-chan, Mahoutsukai Sally, Mahou no Angel Sweet Mint). In both cases, she was not part of a group dressed in vibrantly-colored complimentary costumes. (Magical girls living solely in magical worlds, such as Kero Kero Chime or Akazukin ChaCha, do not technically fall within the genre of mahou shoujo because everyone in their world is magical; a mahou shoujo is a girl with magic powers in a generally non-magical world.) In some cases, a magical girl's identity allowed her to work as an idol (Mahou no Star Magical Emi, Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami, Cyber Idol Mink, Full Moon wo Sagashite), which drew mahou shoujo closer to the ordinary-girl-suddenly-becomes-an-idol sub-genre in shoujo (Idol Densetsu Eriko, Idol Tenshi Youkoso Youko, Chou Kuse ni Narisou and, of course, now Pretty Rhythm and its spin-off, PriPara).

Most of the occasions for which the pre-Sailor Moon magical girls transformed were for day-to-day events, NOT for battling or trying to save the world. At the same time, there was a long history of live-action sentai (team fighting) series, which created the group-dressed-in-vibrant-colors scheme  (a famous example is Power Rangers which is adapted from Kyouryu Sentai Zyuranger). Sailor Moon was the first series ever to combine mahou shoujo with sentai: a colorful team of magical girls trying to save the world. Ensuing mahou shoujo-mixed-with-sentai series, such as Pretty Cure, Tokyo Mew Mew, Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach, and Cutey Honey F, are rather obviously Sailor Moon-inspired (if not knock-offs).

Akiba Shoujo Stripism in Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed is a type of parody targeted at adult male viewers (whereas real mahou shoujo are a subset within shoujo, meaning they are targeted at an audience of young girls and if there is a manga origin or adaption, it runs in a shoujo manga magazine).
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is the currently well-known example of this strain of parody for adult males (which, unfortunately, gets referred to as being "mahou shoujo" proper, confusing people on what mahou shoujo is and isn't). Though Madoka Magica has clearly struck a chord for that demographic, it is not the first series-for-male-viewers to adapt the mahou shoujo genre. Cutie Honey was a successful men's version of the mahou shoujo genre (with a stripping theme), but it surprisingly ended up coming full circle by getting adapted into the actually shoujo series Cutie Honey Flash, which was marketed to girls. Project A-ko parodied mahou shoujo back in the 80s and there have been plenty of other shounen parodies since (Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy, Mahoutsukai Tai!, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, etc.).


This would be Dream Eater Merry (Yumekui Merry)

The scene you are talking about is the first scene of the anime where Yumeji Fujiwara, the main character, is running away from cats in a nightmare he is having. The next time he has the dream, he encounters the leader called "Chaser" John Doe who wields a chainsaw.

After trying to escape, Fujiwara encounters a girl called Merry Nightmare who ends up fighting John.

.

Both Merry and John are Dream Demons from another world, and Dream Demons can possess people's bodies to enter the real world. However, Merry has no memories and she doesn't need to possess a body.

As for Merry's powers sourcing from her hat, I don't think this is the case. Rather, I think she just really, really, really loves her had. (I haven't seen the series in a while, but I think I remember her being able to fight without her hat).

As for the dimension of the nightmares, these are actually just people's dreams which Merry can enter and drag Fujiwara into. Other humans who appear in dreams are either possessed by a Dream Demon who has entered the dream (i.e. "Garden" Engi Threepiece) or own the dream themselves.

This video shows the scene of Fujiwara meeting John Doe.

While what I describe is from the anime, there is a manga (the original material) and I believe the beginning of the manga would be the same.


Can a Burst Warrior use any Burst Heart?

Fraud managed to use many types of Burst Hearts. Braviary, Reshiram, Bisharp, Golurk, and the list goes on for a while.
So I think it may be like regular pokemon training, where all pokemon are available so long as you can use a Burst Heart. But I haven't read ReBurst yet so I'm not sure if his case can be considered normal.


As far as I remember, they don't meet after he's arrested and yoshida shouyou is never released from jail. The only time they meet is when Oboro forces Gintoki to behead his teacher in order to save his friends. Once he's killed, yoshida shouyou loses control over Utsuro and is presumably killed off as a personality.

You could be referring to the episode where Gintoki is restrained as his teacher is arrested and dragged away from him. Which is shown as a flashback in one of the episodes, but is better explained in the movie I think. It maybe the first or second movie, I'm not sure. Never was a big fan of the movies though.


Can the Kai earings(Potara Earings) be used again and again to keep fusing individuals?

The Rou Kaioshin says that you can only fuse once. But the way it's worded it could mean that the person you once was can't fuse with another because you won't be yourself anymore. I.E. Goku can only fuse once because afterwards he won't be Goku anymore.

  Rou Kaioshin: "Also, you can use the Potara only once in your lifetime!"

  Goku: "Oh... Did you use it with someone else too...?"

Chapter: 502 (DBZ 308), P1.4

^Above is the VIZ big translation. I have added the raw panel as well just in case you want the Japanese. I don't have a translation for it myself. Sorry.


What happened between the first 2 episodes of Attack on Titan season 1? How much time passed?

Please note that the timeskip does not occur between Episode 1 and 2, but within Episode 2.

The full story is revealed in Season 3 Episode 6 and Season 3 Episode 11. Here is a recap of what happened, starting from a scene in Season 1 Episode 1:

   Upon learning from Mikasa that Eren wants to join the Survey Corps,
 Grisha is more obliging of the idea than Carla, asking his son why he
 wants to leave the Walls. Upon hearing his son's answer, Grisha
 announces that he will be departing, telling a bewildered Carla that
 there is no point in trying to stop an inquisitive mind like Eren's.
 Before he leaves, he promises to show Eren what he has been hiding in
 their basement when he returns.

 Later, during Wall Maria's fall,
 Grisha travels to the Reiss Chapel in the night. Bursting in on the
 royal family, Grisha [...] begs Frieda Reiss to use her Founding Titan ability to save
 Shiganshina from the Titans that are breaking in, but she refuses. In
 desperation, Grisha activates his own Titan ability, easily beating
 Frieda in combat, and devouring her, before going on to slaughter the
 entire Reiss family with the exception [of] Rod Reiss, who escapes.

 Traveling to Trost District, Grisha locates Keith Shadis and enlists
 his help in searching for his family among the refugees. Upon finding
 Eren, the two men learn that Carla has been devoured, devastated by
 the news. Telling Eren that he must avenge his mother, Grisha takes
 his son into the woods. When Keith tries to stop him, arguing that
 Grisha should not put such a burden on the boy's shoulders as he might
 not be gifted like Grisha, Grisha simply explains that the fact that
 Eren is his son makes him qualified, and orders Keith not to get
 involved.

 In the forest, he
 entrusts Eren with the key to his Basement and injects him with Titan
 serum, explaining to Eren that their memories will teach him how to
 use the ability. Transforming into a Pure Titan, Eren devours Grisha
 and returns to his human state, having gained the Founding Titan […].

And now, leading to Season 1 Episode 2, this is what happens:

    Minutes pass when Keith unexpectedly hears thunder from the direction Grisha went with Eren, prompting him to venture into the forest to find them. He finds Eren lying unconscious with no sign of Grisha. He brings Eren back to the shelter to rest with Mikasa and Armin.

In Season 2 Episode 10, during

   a conversation between Bertolt and Ymir, it is revealed that titan shifters cannot remember whom they have eaten prior to their transformation. Furthermore, having been a pure titan herself, Ymir claims that every day was like waking up into a nightmare. That is why Eren thought his transformation was just a bad dream, when in fact, it was not.

On top of that, Season 3 Episode 12 gives us a little insight on

   the titan serum or titan injection itself. It is believed to be made up of titan spinal fluid. However, the exact chemical composition remains unknown.

So now we see that the timeskip encompasses

   exactly one night.


Why does Yuria's hair colour change to white?

What I get from the series is that she believed that Shin had killed Kenshiro and she is slowly being stressed by being with Shin. This is shown even in reality where stress causes grey hair.

So, in conclusion, I would say it's a stress thing and white was the chosen color. Either that or it lies in Shin's treatment of her which is pretty vague.


Could have? Maybe. But did he do it? Probably not at that time.
The reason why Star Platinum was able to catch that bullet wasn't because Star Platinum stopped time, but just because of it's immense speed and precision.
There's also some speculation that Jotaro isn't really able to stop time in the same way that The World can but rather that he is just so fast that it seems like time has stopped.


Arm bands in Japan, usually called as red armband, is worn as a method of identification of team/group or organization (more on this at the end)

  The red armband can have a very different connotation in Japanese
  culture than in that of many other countries. The leader of any group
  might wear a red armband, usually with the characters for the name of
  the organisation written on it, as a symbol of his authority. Due to
  cultural diffusion, the usage of the red armband by leftist political
  groups has spread to Japan as well.

Source

The link also has information on how it spread to Japan but that's out of the scope so I'm not including it here.

Known bands from the picture:

1) Haruhi Suzumiya wears a band that reads Brigade leader

2) In Ousai (Private Academy featured in Seitokai Yakuindomo) red armbands signifies power, not
 leadership—students that enforces rules wear them.

3) In Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, this band signifies the Judgement Committee

Couldn't find information regarding the fourth.

Also, personally, in many Japanese Dramas I have seen working people wear such bands like the reporters, journalists, forensics and even the police officers (not red though, it's usually white in black text) so I'm guessing it's a way to tell who's from which organization.


How was Homura able to lure all of the magical girls into her labyrinth in Rebellion?

It's implied that Homura wished for them

  When Homura questions how people came to be trapped inside the barrier, Kyubey explains they made an adjustment that allowed things to be "invited" inside. Images of the familiars appearing in the real world behind Mami, Kyoko, Hitomi, and Kyosuke are shown, implying they abducted the victims and pulled them into the barrier. Kyubey explains that the people trapped in Homura's barrier are people that Homura subconsciously wished for. Futhermore her barrier could also invite the Law of Cycles itself, which would allow the incubators to observe what causes the disappearance of magical girls when they run out of magic.

Source: Rebellion/Synopsis - Part D (2nd Paragraph)

What i do not understand however is why Episode 4 is linked. I suspect that because in Episode 4 we see Hitomi being controlled with a Witch's Kiss to where the Witch Elly and her Labyrinth was this could imply that Homura as a Witch wished for others to be with her by sending "invites" in the form of Witch Kisses (to put them in a tranced state similar to Hitomi and Elly's other victims) and her Familiars tracked them down while the Incubators allowed them to enter Homura's Barrier.

The Isolation Field is meant to isolate Homura's Soul Gem from external influences but it still allows her to call out to the Law of Cycles which is what the Incubators were after, seeing what happens to a Soul Gem in a controlled environment (and they only learned about the Law of Cycles after confirming the existence of Witches by isolating a Soul Gem turning black) so with that said i do not not how the Familiars were getting out but it's possible the Incubators were allowing only them to leave


Is Miss Monochrome's voice computer edited?

Basically everything I've found indicates that she's autotuned, including TVTropes and THEM Anime Reviews. You can hear Horie Yui speaking normally here and Miss Monochrome's autotuned singing here. It's possible to hear some of the autotuning behind her singing.


After rewatching this a couple times, I believe this is just a case of censoring.

When the Cloth is put on to begin with, there is really no way there could be a single, contiguous (cyan) fabric encased within it:

As you can see, the Cloth itself is made up of multiple pieces, so it's more than likely the pants did not come from the Cloth.

If we discount the option of him, somehow, off-camera, removing the armor and placing the pants beneath, the only option is that it was added as a censor; as @user301 noted in a comment above, the lighting when the Cloth shattered did not permit a shadow in Saga's groin area (nor did the subsequent shots allow blocking it); so, in order to not have to do a black box or pixelation, the production staff opted to use a concept similar to Magic Pants, permitting Saga to have a pair of pants remaining after the Cloth itself shattered.


In Saekano episode 0, what is the context of this censored word?

It's likely referring to the BPO, the (Japanese) Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization:

A non-profit, non-governmental organization that serves to improve the quality of broadcasting and promote higher ethical standards while ensuring freedom of speech and expression.
BPO deals with complaints and ethical issues by conducting investigations into problematic programs and giving recommendations and/or opinions to either all broadcasters or to the particular broadcaster concerned.

This is one of many meta jokes from this episode.


What happened to Ray Penber when he died since he has used Death Note?

This idea (not pertaining to Raye, but to Light) was actually a  big dramatic device used in the story, as the use of the DN keeps people from Heaven or Hell is hinted at in the beginning of the story and is later to be revealed that death is the same for all, DN users or no. As mentioned before, the Shinigami we see in the movie is hinted to be Light, but this is most likely an Easter egg rather, than canon. As such, we can conclude that Raye probably also went to Mu, and would have whether he used the note or not.

However, Ohba has stated multiple times that his work is really up to the reader's interpretation, so I'd say go with whatever sounds the coolest to you.


How much of the Citrus manga got adapted in the anime?

Episode 12 of the anime ended in with chapter 16 of the manga. However they changed the ending to make a bit anime original so you might want to check out chapter 16.

If you don't include extra chapters manga ends at chapter 41.

10 volumes in total. Anime covered 4 volumes.


What was the purpose of sending the parasites to Earth?

This may not be the real purpose (and as Gao Weiwei commented, there will be more hints), but Hirokawa (the leader of the cabal and mayor of the neighbor town) states during a meeting (in which Reiko Tamura was present at the time, but did not object) that Parasytes were sent to earth as a counter to the environmental damage humans were doing.

Whether this was the real purpose, or whether Horikawa was mistaken, or whether he was just pushing some hidden agenda, is unknown.

But the fact that Reiko (the person one that did the most research on Parasyte's nature) did not object may back that hypothesis.


Yes, that's correct.

According to Michael Dante Dimartino's Tumblr (who's one of the main creators of the series), it was confirmed that Korra + Asami is a thing.

  Our intention with the last scene was to make it as clear as possible that yes, Korra and Asami have romantic feelings for each other. The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.


Why didn't Minato tell Naruto how to fight against Kamui?

Minato's appearance merely a safeguard
When Minato sealed Kurama within Naruto, he sealed some of his chakra within Naruto as well. This was a countermeasure to assist Naruto re-seal Kurama if he were to ever to escape. This happens during the Pain Assault, and Naruto nearly breaks the seal out of anger.
With Minato's chakra being limited, he only had time to do what he needed to do, which was:

Tighten Karuma's seal
Give Naruto a summary of what he has observed up until now

Under Minato's observation, Pain was a simply pawn of Tobi. So why didn't he tell Naruto at this point?
Minato did not know Tobi was Obito
During Obito's assault on Konoha, he and Minato clashed. At this time, Minato did not know he was fighting Obito and assumed it was Madara. Obito was pronounced dead long before this, so Minato wouldn't have thought twice about this masked man's identity.
Minato does not come to the conclusion that Obito was the one who assaulted the village until their second clash during 4th Shinobi War.
Minato may not have know how it worked
Why would he know? Obito and Minato's clash during the Konoha assault was very brief. During the 4th Shinobi War, it took Kakashi some time to figure out how Kamui worked. And this only was because Kakashi noticed that Obito's sharingan prowess worked very similar to his own.
Minato didn't have anything to compare against to understand how Obito's abilities worked.


What did the Sailor Moon reference mean?

Kawashima Ami, introduced in the 5th episode of Toradora!, has the same given name (first name) as Sailor Mercury's civilian form; not only is the name the same pronunciation, but they share the same kanji (Chinese characters).

川嶋 亜美 (Kawashima Ami)

水野 亜美 (Mizuno Ami)

「川嶋」means "river" + "island," and「水野」means "water" + "field," so both have a water theme and sound refreshing.
「亜美」is harder to translate, since「亜」is never used alone (it can have a meaning of "sub-" but that is not the intended meaning here). 「美」means beautiful, so it is a very well-liked kanji for girls' names and is highly-respected.

逢坂 大河 (Aisaka Taiga), in contrast, does not connote lovely images in the same way.「逢」means "meeting" or "rendezvous" and 「坂」 means "slope" or "hill." 「大河」does have a water image, since it means "large river," but it also has general associations in Japanse culture which do not conjure up the image of refreshing water, such as 「大河ドラマ」(taiga dorama), which are dramatic TV series set in a historical period, and the phrase「大河小説」(taiga shosetsu), meaning a sequence of novels that carry over a theme, a.k.a. roman-fleuve. 「大」is not a terribly common kanji for girls' names since it means "big" or "large" (it does have positive meanings, like in combinations for "great" or "serious"). Although the main Japanese word for "tiger" is 「トラ」(tora),「タイガー」(taigaa) is also possible (especially for names of sports teams such as the 「阪神タイガース」 [Hanshin Taigaasu]), so her nickname may be a play on words.

Mizuno Ami and Sailor Mercury (ranked separately) have consistently placed high in character popularity polls. She beat all other female anime characters for the #1 spot in Animage magazine's May 1993 poll, so she is well-known for being intelligent (with a genius IQ), enduringly popular with male otaku, and generally well-liked. She is not considered tall (among the original five sailor soldiers, Sailor Jupiter is known as being the tall one, but she is later shorter comparatively to some of the outer solar system soldiers and Starlights).


Why did most kages change in the Boruto movie?
Because they felt it's time to get retirement and they also found there replacement. Hiruzen also got retired when he found his replacement in Minato and become Hokage again when he died.
Tsuchikage
Ōnoki always complain about his back pain and after the tiring Fourth Shinobi World War it seems like a proper time to get retirement.
Hokage
Naruto have a dream to become Hokage from start and Kakashi might have noticed the change in Naruto to be worthy of it so he retired.
Kazekage
Gaara is quite young and capable and still being Kazekage.
Mizukage
Mei Terumī always complained about having scarcity of good man in her life and Chōjūrō being the last of Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist have proved his worth in Fourth Shinobi World War. So Mei might have retired to concentrate on her personal life and also found a good replacement for her.
Raikage
Fourth Raikage (A) was ofcourse old enough and he even lost a hand just before Fourth Shinobi World War, seems like a proper time for retirement. And Darui proved his worth in Fourth Shinobi World War too.

So mostly it seems Kage just gave there seats too younger generation who proved there worth in Fourth Shinobi World War.


Why did Hiruzen Sarutobi become the third Hokage again?

This is a guess from human behavior not exact knowledge.

they are used to call him the third Hokage and only know him as the thrid.
Even if he now would officially be the fifth. Compare this to kings in the real world even if the went to exiles or somethign and came back to be kings again they would not change their name.
there might not be a suitable candidate at that point or he might be the best option.


You're most likely thinking of the Windaria movie, based on a novel of the same name, by Keisuke Fujikawa.

In the movie, when people die they turn into red light shaped like birds and fly to an airship in the sky over the ocean.

It might also go by the name Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria and Once Upon a Time, Windaria. The English version by Harmony Gold was rescripted and altered to include renamed characters, revised plot, and a happier ending among other things.


How many chapters does "Shokugeki no Soma" season 3 cover?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the 3rd season has 2 cours which cover chapter 120-217(?).
The first cour (The Third Plate) covers chapter 120-166:

Chapter 120-121
Chapter 122-125
Chapter 125-127
Chapter 128-130
Chapter 131-134
Chapter 135-138
Chapter 139-142
Chapter 143-148
Chapter 148-149, 151-155
Chapter 155-159
Chapter 160-163
Chapter 164-166, 149-151

The second cour (The Third Plate: Toutsuki Train) covers chapter 167-217(?):

Chapter 167-171
Chapter 171-175
Chapter 176-179
Chapter 179-183
Chapter 184-187
Chapter 188-192
Chapter 192-194, 199-200
Chapter 201-205
Chapter 194-199, 205
Chapter 206-209
Chapter 210-211, 215-217
Chapter ?


From what I can find, there was no official explanation given for the color change. A couple of fan theories, including this one, are basically that the coloring was done before the mangaka announced the actual hair color, and that they fixed it once the color was announced. This is corroborated by the Wikia trivia for the episode, which states:

  This episode marks the debut appearance of Vegeta and Nappa in the anime. They are shown in colors quite different from their later ones, especially Vegeta. This is because Toei guessed their colors, as the corresponding Manga volume was not in color. Vegeta's case is corrected in the Dragon Ball Kai version of this episode and in the Dragon Ball Full Color Manga version as well. Nappa's was not, though it is possible he owns more than one suit of Battle Armor.

In-universe, his hair didn't change color, as he stated

  that a pure-blooded Saiyan's hair does not change from the day they are born, aside from Super Saiyan transformations (Wikia)


お爺さん or 叔父さん？

Miryoku-tekina toshiue no otoko?

An attractive older man?

Since you mentioned between the ages of 40 years an up and were asking for a term that represents the opposite of Honey Senpai's (Shota) character...

Then that would have to be an Older Man = Oji-san (uncle) or Ojiisan (old man).

It can also be used as a slightly impolite way to address a middle aged man.

If you have your doubts of such a genre existing, note that not all women prefer Shotas or Bishonens.

There is such a thing as an "Ojisan Paradise."


What is this particular song that is played a lot throughout the Chimera Ant arc?

Assuming you're referring to the 2011 version of the series, the song you're looking for is called "Mystic Land"

https://youtu.be/YGmACxoYDjE?t=3760

The link I shared should link you to the song in question, as proof of my finding it.


This effect could be the result of Katakuri awakening his Paramecia Fruit.

  Katakuri has also awakened his Devil Fruit powers, enabling him to transform nearby inorganic material into mochi, enhancing the range of his attacks and using the environment to his advantage (from https://onepiece.fandom.com)

This means that the rings are also under his control and he can use Busoshoku Haki on them.


What's the meaning behind Yuzuru's photographs?

From to the wiki,

  Her hobby is taking pictures of dead animals, with the intent of showing her sister how horrible death is. The purpose is to discourage her sister from killing herself.


How different are the manga and movie versions of Akira?

The manga is totally more extensive. The movie is generally based on the manga, and follows the same characters and themes, but severely shortens it (the end of the manga has "suffered" most). The film's makers didn't have much choice though: the manga is over 2000 pages long, so of course the movie lost some background.

There is a discussion on this matter on myanimelist. It is mentioned there that the movie covers the beginning and the very end of the manga, leaving behind some background and side-stories. The manga has a vaster range of characters, side-plots, and covers a larger timespan.


No, there are no clues, at least not yet (in the anime).

But your second part of question/theory is obviously incorrect, since it's not enough to be related to an Uchiha, because it's not the DNA you need (directly, as is the case with the Senju part), but rather it's the eye itself. Since Naruto doesn't have a Sharingan, even if he's related to the Senju (distantly), he wouldn't be able to awaken the Rinnegan - not even if, by some miracle, Minato were to be related to the Uchihas (it seems pretty impossible to me). So, if Naruto were to not get a Sharingan, e.g. from Sasuke, in my opinion, he will never be able to awaken the Rinnegan.

As with the fight, I've no idea about the manga; the only thing I know is that he will team up with Sasuke (from older posts, which made me crazy...), but off-topic, I think there is more in Naruto, even without a Rinnegan, which could equal AND overpower Madara.

Related to your question, we don't know anything about Minato's parents. "Namikaze" could represent his association with a clan (as in most of the cases), or it could simply be his second name.


What character is missing from Lio Shirazumi's name to allow him be called Lion?

Weirdly enough, Araya must, in fact, be referring to the fact that "Lio" is one English letter away from "lion". This has to be the case because "lion" in Japanese is 獅子 shishi, which bears no resemblance whatsoever to Shirazumi's name.

Of course, Araya should be fluent in English, having lived at the Clock Tower in London for some years, so it's not that weird. And Nasu (the author) clearly knows enough English to give us silly phrases like "blue blue glass moon" and "heavens feel", so I wouldn't put it past him to put a touch of English wordplay into Kara no Kyoukai

(Some guy on chiebukuro claims that it's actually that リオ "Lio" is one Japanese character away from レオ "Leo" as in the zodiac lion, but I think that guy's claim is dumb.)

(Side note about Japanese: English "lion" is pronounced ライオン raion, so you can't actually get Japanese raion from "Lio" with a single character in either English or Japanese. But you can get English "lion", which is why I say that that's what Araya must've been going for.)


In Love Live episode 6, what were the results of each member in karaoke/dance?

Their Karaoke Score/Dance Result (the names in the note are their surnames):

Yazawa Niko （矢澤 にこ）: 94/A
Kousaka Honoka （高坂 穂乃果）: 92/A
Minami Kotori （南 ことり）: 90/B
Sonoda Umi （園田 海未）: 93/A
Nishikino Maki （西木野 真姫）: 98/B
Koizumi Hanayo （小泉 花陽）: 96/C
Hoshizora Rin （星空 凛）: 91/AA


Anime Western with a young boy with a gun?

The only other thing I can think of is Wild Arms. It's from circa 1999 and has a kid with a gun in a western setting, but I've never seen the show or played the video game series before, so I've no idea how gun centric it really is.


Who was the attacker targeting in episode 1?

Who was the attacker targeting in Episode 1? No one in particular, the attacker was just a random criminal. In the light novel,

  the man had 'a backpack in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other.' After Satoru was stabbed, as stated in the light novel, the man  ran off shouting:  “Get the hell outta my way!” (Volume 1).

While the man was made to look like just a random guy sprinting in to attack Satoru in the anime, the light novel was more specific. From this, it can be said that the man is a criminal or a thief (as he has a backpack but is not wearing it over his back, which he probably stole hurriedly). Also, the man yelled to get out of his way, meaning he was in a hurry trying to get away from someone or something.

The wiki synopsis also states that the man is a robber.


In which order R1, R2 and Akito the Exiled need to be watched?

Story of R1 and R2 isn't affected by Akito the Exiled enough to be considered a spoiler of any sort.

AtE is an Alternate/Side-story and thus you can watch it whenever you want, though I'd advise to watch in the release order (and not just for Code-Geass, but almost every series out there) because that's how they are made and that's how you're supposed to be watching it.


Why do most anime have field trips to Kyoto?

Actually it's not only Kyoto. Depending on the manga's theme, the field trip could be anywhere, but yes, most of the time it'd be Okinawa, Hokkaido, Kyoto and Osaka. As a side note, most of the manga I read has the school trip to Okinawa and Hokkaido instead of Kyoto like yours.

Okinawa is usually visited during winter because due to its geographical location, it is warmer than the rest of Japan. Example for manga that has summer in Okinawa is Great Teacher Onizuka.

Hokkaido is the other way around. It is usually visited during summer for the students to enjoy cool summer holiday swimming and all.

Well, Okinawa and Hokkaido is usually interchangeable, depending on the author. Okinawa is also visited during summer if the author wants a hot summer holiday theme. Hokkaido if s/he wants skiing during winter.

Now, for Kyoto, they are visited for the obvious reason. Kyoto was the old capital of Japan. It was referred like a holy city, much like Vatican is to the Catholics, while also was the central for administrations and home to the Emperor. It also hosts the famous Honnoji temple, albeit the location is not the same as the Honnoji where Nobunaga met his demise.

Osaka is also sometimes visited, thanks to its culture. Osaka is famous for its Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) and the Osaka castle, of course. Osaka is also home for many famous Japanese artists and bands, like L'Arc~en~Ciel and SCANDAL. Ranker listed at least 25 of them.So, that could be one of the reasons too.


Is there a limit to how many times Twice can copy himself?

The short answer is no theoretical limit, but the quirk isn't insanely overpowered due to well designed limits.

This was the description of his quirk 'Double' at the start of Chapter 230,

As per the wiki page: (emphasis mine)

  Jin has a limit of creating only two clones at a time. However, because Jin is able to copy himself and his copies also have access to Double, he is theoretically capable of producing infinite replicas of himself by letting his clones duplicate themselves further. This gives Jin the manpower to realize a large task easily or several smaller ones at once, provided that his clones cooperate with him. Tomoyasu Chikazoku claims that Double can replicate even dead people.

From what I see there are 2 limitations to the quirk:

The durability of the clones. Twice mentions that an injury equivalent to a broken bone will dissolve a clone, while the second copy is usually weaker.
The clones are autonomous. He can't really control them, only create them and detect their deaths. This possibly prevents him from cloning any heroes or even villains who are much more powerful than himself. After all, he was deeply traumatized by his own clones almost killing him, and even after the current developments, I doubt he will be using the "Infinite Doubles" move as anything but a last resort.

Also an interesting observation, while I couldn't find any confirmation for it. The infinite limit seems to indicate that all of his clones (even those created by the clones) will have durability proportional to the original. I initially thought it would be based on the clone which uses the ability, in which case the compounded penalties would force a mathematical limit after which the clones are way too easy to kill.


What's the music playing in Naruto Shippuden episode 1 when Naruto and Jiraiya are walking through the forest?

There are a large number of soundtracks in Naruto that were never released officially. For these songs, sometimes you can find an unofficial version online. Fans construct these versions by splicing together audio samples from various episodes, so if there aren't enough samples, the audio can be partially distorted due to voice removal manipulations and the like.

For this particular track, it seems that there was a particularly good sample from Shippuden episode 343, so no splicing needed! It's been uploaded to YouTube titled as "Peaceful Theme" and also "Konoha Peace".


How does Hitagi fall if she's weightless?

As @AkiTanaka mentioned and by checking Volume 1 of Bakemonogatari, we can see that she's not exactly weightless. She weighed 5 kilograms. To quote from the light novel:

  You’ve noticed, haven’t you?...That’s right─I don’t weigh a thing..Well, it’s not as if I don’t at all─a girl my height and body type would have an average body weight in the high forties, in kilograms...But my actual body weight is five kilograms...Now, if you want to be completely accurate, it’s only that a scale displays my weight as five kilos─I personally don’t notice it....

Her saying she weighs nothing is just an exaggeration or a figure of speech. She doesn't really weigh nothing, it's more like a hyperbole, since the difference between 5kg and an average person's weight is noticeable.


Jinbe is a whale shark fishman.

  Jinbe is a large blue whale shark fishman with a stocky build similar to a sumo wrestler and a face that is commonly associated with various Japanese demons such as the oni

Focus on oni because it's related to his two white fangs.

  He also possesses two tusk-like conical lower fangs associated with Oni as well; the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows are pretty much the same, albeit much smaller. He also has a severe underbite, which makes room for his huge fangs.

Source for above quotes: Jinbe - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)


What games does Faye play when she loses all of her money?

It was never explicitly stated in the anime, but in her first appearance, she was playing Blackjack.

Not sure how credible this link is but it does backup what card terms follow her..

  ...Faye is really good at gambling, especially where poker or blackjack is involved because she cheats ...

Also her aliases are Poker Alice and Queen Of Hearts. It can probably be deduced from that with any words she might have used in any games she played in the anime. So its possibly Poker and or Blackjack.


IS there a connection between the Gods of Aqua and Fuero and the Holy Maidens of Metafalss?

There isn't. "Aqua" and "Fuero" are no more than horrible mistranslations that NISA made of the words "Mio" and "Homura", which translate to "Waterway" and "Flame", and in the case of AT3, that glossary entry refers to the Gods of Fire and Water.

As for the Maidens, their names are just references to the roles they have when it comes to singing Metafalica: the Maiden of Mio is the Maiden that has the role of serving as the waterway that collects the feelings of all the IPDs into one, while the Maiden of Homura has the role of turning these feelings into a flame (energy) with the power necessary to cross the wave flow and spectrum requirements that Metafalica needs to be executed successfully.


What is the song in Hunter x Hunter when someone is about to power up?

The sone name is Mystic land..
check the youtube video of this song

.. And yeah you are right.. this music is used many times.. first time it is used when killua fights with Zushi


Plot hole: Why couldn't Rukia and co. visit Ichigo with a gigai?

What is Rukia? A shinigami. Renji? A shinigami. I'll exclude the other Shinigami stince they are not that close with Ichigo.

Now, what is Ichigo? He was a Shinigami (Substitute), but after losing his power he is just a normal human.

Does normal human communicate with Shinigami? No, they are not supposed to. Since Ichigo is a normal human after losing his power, he and Rukia are not supposed to communicate with one another. Sure they can communicate if Rukia wears a gigai, but being a Shinigami and a Kuchiki, Rukia chose not to. Renji is a Vice-Captain, so him using a gigai to visit Ichigo every now and then would set a bad example for other Shinigami. This is the first reason, Shinigami and human are not supposed to be communicating with one another.

Another reason is that a that time, the great crisis Aizen "God" Sousuke was overcame mainly due to Ichigo's contribution. He was the one who weakened Aizen enough for the sealing kido created by Urahara to work. He has contributed more than enough in this battle. So, as a veteran, now that he lost his power and considering that he was only 17 at that time, it is perfectly understandable that the Shinigami would want Ichigo to finally have a peaceful life befitting of a human.

With those two reasons, it is perfectly understandable that Rukia and Ichigo parted ways there.

Also, do not forget that normally those assigned to the human world are non-seated Shinigami. Renji is a seated officer. Rukia was not but she got promoted soon after. For seated officers to visit the human world, they would need to pass a certain gate where they would have a seal applied to them which would restrict their power. This procedure requires them to fill a paperwork beforehand. If they were to use this for personal reason (visiting a friend), people would have a bad impression of them, thinking that they are using their position for their own personal needs (nepotism).


Was Triage X supposed to end after only 10 episodes?

According to the following article on ANN (dated 20 March, 2015, more than 2 weeks before the anime airs), it was confirmed that Triage X was listed at 10 episodes:

  A flyer at the AnimeJapan 2015 event's business day lists the television anime of Shoji Sato's Triage X manga as 10 episodes long, along with an original video animation (OVA) episode.

I also googled with queries such as トリアージX 話数 and トリアージX 全12話 (the second one is an attempt to dig out any article claiming 12 episodes), limited to articles posted before April, but all Japanese websites list the series at 10 episodes.

Since there is no evidence that the wrong information had been posted elsewhere on the Internet, it's probably due to MyAnimeList populating the wrong information, or a lapse in your memory.


What is the difference between the new version and the old one?

According to this wiki article:

The old series begins with the Black Swordsman arc, continuing through
the Golden Age arc
The new series commences with the "Conviction" story arc, starting
around chapter 115 of the manga, and introduces Puck, Isidro, Farnese
and Serpico as characters.

So the new series picks up where the old series left off, the difference between the two is that the first series is anime drawn and the new series is primarily cgi.


How did Nunnally and Sayoko survive the FLEIJA?

This blogpost adequately explains how she could have survived.
I also do not believe there was as much of a vacuum because at that point in time the FLEIJAs still had a limiter. It was not until the destruction of the Capital city of Pendragon that the limiters were removed.
This is the summary of the link:

After Sayoko rescued Kallen she went on ahead to find Nunnally and to try and Rendevouz with Rolo and found the ship Nunally was on. Around the same time the Gefjun disturbers were disabled and Nunnally’s ship left with Sayoko and her men aboard.  She never passed Rolo because he hadn’t even reached the hangar yet.
Eight minutes later Rohmeyer is on a decoy ship with KF’s to make it look like the governor general is aboard and Rolo walks in to find the ship, assuming reasonably that Nunally is on it he commandeers a KF to try and blow up the ship and kill her.  Meanwhile Sayoko barges in on Nunnally in the ship she’s really on and Rohmeyer doesn’t respond at all because she’s actually on the decoy back in the hangar.  Nunnally’s ship is probably just outside the area by this point.  When the bomb goes off Rohmeyer is caught in it in her decoy ship and goes up in a ball of flames.  Rolo has run away once he thinks he knows what’s going on with Fleija (whatever it’s called) and somehow made it to safety.
How? I’m not sure as that thing had a pretty big blast radius.  So when he reports to Rolo he talks about the ship Rohmeyer is on and really isn’t lying when he says Nunnally is dead, because he honestly thinks she is.  In reality I think she’s okay and with Sayoko elsewhere.  Though that elsewhere might be in Schneizel’s clutches.


What are Yasaburo and Professor eating in episode 9?

To me, it looks like Baumkuchen, a german cake.


Relationship of Yin-Yang in Five Chakra nature elements

For What is the relationship of the Yin-yang to the 5 Chakra nature elements?
Base from here:

Yin relates to one's spiritual energy and Yang relates to one's physical energy and it's necessary to utilise both of these in order to mould chakra for ninjutsu.
According to Yamato, the manipulation of Yin and Yang is the source of non-elemental techniques such as the Shadow Imitation Technique, Multi-Size Technique, medical ninjutsu, genjutsu, etc.

So in relation to 5 nature elements, I think it is the 6th type, having the techniques classified in this type as non-elemental techniques.
And about Does it has something to do with the Chinese Zodiac or principles of Taoism?
It is stated here that:

The concept of nature transformation parallels the real-life art, Onmyōdō (陰陽道; Literally meaning "The Way of Yin and Yang"), which is a mixture of natural sciences and occultism. It largely features Wu Xing and Yin and Yang.


Will playing "Eyes of Heaven" without reading the manga spoil the player majorly?

The game has a story mode that literally starts at the ending of part 3 and it pretty much spoils all deaths in the JoJo universe.
I also think it has a lot of details (like references, interactions between specific characters, special moves and even specific variations of gameplay) that can be enjoyed and understood only by someone that read the manga and knows about JoJo.
So I suggest you read the manga if you don't want to get some nasty spoilers.


What is the piano song from Ep 18 13:12 of parasyte?

It is the piano version of "I Am", this melody is  included in the album 寄生獣 セイの格率 特典オリジナルサウンドトラック

you can listen to it here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDbj4L2Y2U&list=RDmXDbj4L2Y2U


What does the piece of paper in chapter 222 say?

Yes, the piece of paper is very important to the story line. In chapter 220, you'll be able to see what is written on the piece of paper, but here is what it says.

SPOILER

   The prince puts the ring on their fingers, then two angels
 appeared.

 Angel: "Poor prince, let's reunite him with the princess."

 Original: And then, the prince and the princess were brought to heaven.
 The prince and the princess lived in heaven happily ever after.

 Raku (MC) made some changes and it is now like this: Then, the princess
 was revived by the angels. The prince and the princess lived happily
 ever after.

The translation might be a bit different because I translated it myself, but that is what it says and it's the last page of the drawing book. It made Chitoge and Kosaki remember their past. This is shown in the rest of chapters 220 and 221.

Hope this helps.


Does Kana Akatsuki have any published works other than Violet Evergarden?

You can find more information if you search by their  name in Japanese 暁佳奈.
They don't have any other works listed on their goodreads author profile.
There is an interview with the author on Kyoto Animation's website. At the top of the page it states that this was their debut work:

第5回京都アニメーション大賞小説部門で同賞初の大賞を受賞し、『ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン』でデビュー。

The last word デビュー means debut.
The interview additionally states that it took 6 months to create Violet Evergarden and that it was made specifically for the Kyoto Animation award, because Kana Akatsuki loved Clannad: After Story anime which came from their studio.

――なぜ京都アニメーション大賞に応募しようと思われたのですか？
アニメ「CLANNAD 〜AFTER STORY〜」が大好きで、あの作品を作られた会社さんだからです。頭の中の映像を文字に起こすように書いていますので、本当に映像になったら面白いと思いました。 京都アニメーションさんで実現したら素敵だろうな、と夢見ました。
――京アニ大賞応募時、『ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン』の執筆にはどれくらい時間をかけられたのでしょうか。
恐らく半年くらいだと思われます。寒い時期にカーディガンをずるずる引きずってお湯を沸かし紅茶を飲みながら書いていた記憶があります。北海道はいつも寒いので記憶が曖昧です。


What is the song in the first episode called?

With user1306322's advice I attempted some searching. And came to the conclusion it was Toki No Mukou Maboroshi No Sora - FictionJunction.

The song I originally kept finding was the opening song of the visual novel instead of the song used in the anime. And the fact I found to be familiar is most likely due to Yuki Kajiura, which has allot of anime songs on her name that I watched.


Do the master of The Ryozanpaku Dojo resemble certain stereotypical descriptions?

Stereotypical might not be the correct word to describe the masters, however, they all do have  common personalities compared to the millions of fighting mangas out there. I think it would be better to explain it as no one master has a truly unique personality that doesn't exist in other series.

Here are some of their following cliche personalities:

Kensei Ma (Kung Fu) - Perverted, Passive
Apachai Hopachai (Muy Thai) - Brainless brawn, yet soft on the inside
Shio Sakaki (Karate) - Boastful, tough, brawler
Koetsuji Akisame (Judo) - Cool, calm, collected tactician
Shigure Kosaka (Weapons expert) - Quiet, deadly, mysterious
Hayato Furinji (Furinji style) - Superman

As you can see, their personalities are quite common in other characters from other series. There is nothing personality-wise that makes these characters one of a kind.

Extra side note: Contrary to how the manga describes Akisame's style as Jujutsu, realistically it is Judo. Sakaki's style is also technically Karate-do as opposed to Karate-jutsu.


What is the relation between Dr. Kureha and Gol D. Roger?

Maybe Roger had visited Kureha to cure his illness before he went to Crocus. Or Roger might have just saved her village/island back on his voyages.

I am not so sure about their relation is, but they're definitely not enemies since Kureha smiled when stating D still lives,

Which telling us that she knows about Will of D and I am sure that in OP world, people who really know about it are always related to Roger.