What are the sins of the 7 deadly sins members?

Originally, when the individual sins were recruited to the team they were absolved of a crime in the Kingdom of Liones whose sentence was death. Most of these crimes are somewhat bogus but the characters feel responsible regardless.

 Meliodas, the Dragon's sin of wrath:

Annihilation of the Kingdom of Danafor

Brought up by Dreyfus in Ch 29 and fully realized in a flashback in the cave of druids in Ch 130-1. Meliodas had met and fallen in love with Liz, a holy knight of the kingdom of Danafor which was a kingdom that rivaled the might of Liones until it suddenly ceased to exist. This fateful day 15 years before the story is caused when Liz is killed by one of the 10 commandments, Fraudrin of selflessness. In his grief Meliodas' demonic powers manifest and when he next comes to Danafor is nothing but a crater.

 Ban, the Fox's sin of greed:

Destruction of the Fairy King's forest, drinking the fountain of youth and killing its guardian

Covered in side story 1, 20 years prior to the story a fully human 23 year old Ban makes his way to the Fairy King's forest seeking the fountain of youth according to the stories told to him by his father figure, the werefox Zhivago. Ban doesn't really care about the fountain that much but feels the immortality it provides might give him enough time to find something worth living for. He gives up on drinking it when Elaine tells him the forest will die if he does. Ban and Elaine grow closer during this time as Ban finds someone who doesn't instantly hate him and Elaine finds someone whose company she enjoys. The two are making plans to elope when a giant demon attacks the Fairy King's forest and mortally injures both of them. Ban urges Elaine to save herself with the fountain of youth but Elaine instead gives it to Ban mouth to mouth who obliterates the demon before saying goodbye to the first thing that made his life not suck.

 King (Harlequin), the Bear's sin of sloth:

Allowing the murder of countless innocent humans despite interracial treaty

Covered in side story 2, long ago humanity made a peace treaty with the fairies of the fairy king's forest. 700 years ago King's best friend, Hellbram among others were captured by humans who sought fairy wings to make medicine that supposedly extends human lives. King abandons his duties as protector of the forest of the fairy king to rescue his friend but gets surprised with a hard knock to the head by the leader of the fake merchants and loses his memories. Diane finds him passed out on a riverbank and the two become friends for 500 years until one fateful night when they see flames coming from the human town near them. Harlequin goes into town alone to witness the aftermath of a massacre in which all the humans were killed via slashes to the back reminiscent of a fairy with its wings pulled out. King confronts the perpetrator of the massacre who is the same false merchant who knocked him out centuries prior, his memories returning King realizes the merchant is now actually his friend Hellbram (who killed the false merchant) in disguise. Having been broken by watching humans whom he previously idolized kill his friends for profit Hellbram has been waging a one-man genocidal campaign against humanity for 500 years while King has been amnesiac. King reluctantly puts his friend down and wipes Diane's memory before turning himself in for Hellbram's crimes, feeling despair for having not realized the ordeals his friend had gone through while he was gone.

 Diane, the Serpent's sin of envy:

Murder of Matrona, ally of Liones and 330 holy knights

As explored in side story 3, in the years prior to joining the sins Diane was being trained to become a warrior chief by her mentor Matrona, chief of a tribe of giants whom often served as mercenaries for the Kingdom of Liones. At one point the pair were hired by a large group of holy knights of Liones in order to defeat savages but were betrayed when Gannon, leader of the holy knights admits there are no savages and his true goal was to slay them for fame and glory. Diane, a staunch pacifist refuses to fight and Matrona gets shot by a poisonous bolt intended for Diane. As she lies dying in Diane's arms Matrona chides Diane to be stronger before impaling most of the holy knights trying to kill them with earthen spikes. Matrona is pronounced dead and the surviving holy knights twist the facts to state Diane poisoned her mentor out of jealousy before killing 330 of the knights to cover up the crime.

 Gowther, the Goat's sin of lust:

Attempted rape and Murder of Nadja, Crown Princess of Liones

Explored in side story 4, Gowther (the enchanted doll) awakens beneath the royal castle of Liones having been dormant for the 3000 years since his creator's last great feat of magic and death. He is found by Nadja, princess of Liones, sister of the current king Bartra who was wandering around the cellar in secret since she has never been allowed outside due to her weak constitution. She faints when Gowther, trying to explain he is a doll tears his chest and shows her the artificial heart given to him by his creator, Gowther (the demon). Bartra brings Gowther into the castle as a maid so Nadja won't have to keep visiting the cellar and Gowther isn't left alone where they enact many of the events in Nadja's swashbuckling adventure story. Nadja's constitution continues to deteriorate but she assures Gowther that his existence as a doll doesn't mean he has any less of a heart than she does. She eventually passes away peacefully, content with her life and Gowther unable to accept it or understand better attempts to put his artificial heart into her chest to resurrect her. The commotion brings the guards to her room where they bear witness to the grisly scene and sentence him to death

 Escanor, the Lion's sin of pride:

Widescale destruction of property, Gravely injuring numerous holy knights

Escanor's past is detailed in side story 5 as well as Ch 169. Escanor was born the second son of the King of Castellio, he grew up bullied by his elder brother Draymond for his cowardly nature until one day when he awakened Sunlight and broke his brother's arm. Terrified of the monstrous form bestowed upon him by the former magic of an Archangel, the kingdom decides to have the child killed. A woman named Rosa helps him escape by boat at which point he is left to fend for himself in Liones. He is treated as a freak to be hunted down in Liones as well until Merlin and Meliodas track him down to make him the final and youngest member of the sins. He tries to run away from the group just before dawn fearing his Sunlight empowered self will get them all killed but is stopped by Merlin who finds his constitution interesting. Meliodas taunts him as dawn breaks and gets punched into Ban causing Escanor to flee thinking he killed them. He destroys a mountain hoping to overuse his powers and kill himself as he never wanted his power which always pushes people away from him. Meliodas comes back around and challenges him to a brawl at noon in which he uses assault mode and has Escanor at his mercy in one hit. Meliodas tells him that he may hate himself but the life he lives was gifted to him and can be taken just as easily if he doesn't want it, Escanor chooses bear with the self loathing and live life to its fullest.

 Merlin, the Boar's sin of gluttony:

???

Whatever her crime was has yet to be revealed although she may not even have one. Note that there are currently only 5 side story chapters detailing the crimes of the sins and if there is another it would probably be Merlin's. In Ch 182 King Bartra of Liones whose prophetic powers have shown him the sins will be the guardians of Liones meets Merlin for the first time who has already selected a band of seven for the task including herself and the new holy knight of Liones, Meliodas. Perhaps he has simply never heard of her trial but it somewhat seems she signs on just to help fulfill the prophecy.

Having gone through their crimes it can be noted most of the sins have been absolved of crimes based on bogus pretenses except for Meliodas, Escanor and possibly Merlin of the two we know about Escanor was mostly acting in self defense. Meliodas obliterating a kingdom while not conscious was a pretty grave crime.


Yes, these are from what I can tell, all servants from Grand/Order.

The Sakura you're talking about in the first image is actually BB, she's just wearing her nurse dress after her Noble Phantasm animation.

In order from left to right, top to bottom, these would be:

BB
Sakata Kintoki
Medusa
Osakabe-hime
Henry Jekyll
This one's hard to tell. Could be Okita Alter.
Hans
James Moriarty
El-Melloi II / Zhuge Liang

In the back it gets a bit harder, but again from left to right:

Paul Bunyan
Yan Qing
MHX Alter
Stheno / Euryale
Shuten-Douji
Maybe some incarnation of Gilgamesh

I won't try with the row in front with that image since it's probably tougher... but as a bonus, the one with the spiky crown in front of Shuten is probably Ishtar.


The anime episode showing Indra having Sasuke's eyes is a filler episode (see the list here). Trust the manga instead, which is canon. There are two reasons why the producers did changed it in the anime:

They got lazy, or they didn't have enough time to think of a unique mangekyo sharingan ability and animate the effects. So they slapped Sasuke's eyes onto Indra and called it a day.
Indra having Sasuke's eyes symbolizes how Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra. Indra's personality, physical prowess, and intelligence were all passed down to him. So it makes sense that the MS was also passed down too.


( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°) It's a piece of snakeskin and a receipt from a store in front of a certain station she frequents.
The wallet is Yuuko's because she identified it by the color and unique contents (the snakeskin). The empty face is one of shock and perhaps angst because all her money is gone. The gag here is not the contents but her reaction after looking in her wallet.
In Japan, there is a superstition that goess if you put the cast-off skin of a snake into your wallet, your wallet will be able to accumulate more money. In Japan and other asian countries as well, snakes are a traditional symbol of money and wealth (amongst other things), in Japanese myth some notable ones associated with snake gods are Ugajin and Benzaiten.


I think that the 2nd season closed off with a good ending. My reasons for it is that Koutarou had the same relationship with the key by the complete end, but they all seemed to be back to how they normally were, school clothes and all the other things. I don't know why but I got the feeling they gasped not just because the two kissed, but because they knew the two of them so it was even more of a surprise.

A bad ending in my eyes would have kept him dressed in his butler suit and not have the scene where they look to be casually chatting while walking on the path of light on their way to the moon.


Why Tomoki is the only one who does not forget Hiyori?

I'm pretty sure this is just another one of those cases where everyone was supposed to forget a certain character (Hiyori), but because someone (Tomoki) cared for them so much they were not fully affected.

The headaches are because he is not supposed to remember, but he remembers something. And because he remembers, everyone else does too.

So simply said he didn't forget because he cared too much.
(Which makes it sound as though everyone else didn't care enough, but that's simply how these things work. The main character has to be the special chosen one.)

First thing similar I can think of would be Time Stranger Kyoko.

  Kyoko is erased from everyone's memories and it is like she never existed. But after her bodyguard and lover finds a photograph of her he remembers and gets everyone else to remember her too.

Please also refer to TV Tropes - Ret Gone and Un-Person.


In the opening song, who is Rimuru fighting in the town?

If you mean the bunch in white clothes that are shown right after the Demon Lords Milim, Frey, Carillon and Clayman, and just before the red-headed guy (Guy Crimson), those are the paladins of the Holy Church, the most predominant religion in the Western Nations.

Most of them have yet to appear even in the current official translation of the Light Novel. Only their captain, Hinata Sakaguchi, has made an apppearance so far. She first showed up at the end of volume 4, and if I remember correctly she's shown at the end of the first season of the anime as well, but doesn't take any action unlike in the novel.

So no, they won't appear in the anime, I guess they were added to the OP just to create hype among the LN readers.


No they are not siblings.

Below are some details you may not want to know if you have only seen the anime.

  Levi is the son of a prostitute named Kuchel Ackerman who died while Levi was very young.  His serial killer uncle, Kenny Ackerman, took care of young Levi growing up to a limited extent but obviously was not a good man. Mikasa's father was an Ackerman while Levi inherited the name from his mother's side of the family. His biological father is unknown.  They, therefore, are not siblings. It should be noted that some bloodlines in this series have special abilities and the Ackerman's seem to be one of these bloodlines.

It is not clear how closely related they actually are beyond that as most of their family trees are unknown.

The spoiler below is a quote from the wiki.

  When Captain Levi Ackerman speaks about Kenny Ackerman, he asks Mikasa if she was possibly related to him. Mikasa retells that when her parents were alive they told her that her father's family, the Ackerman bloodline, was persecuted inside the cities and that her Asian mother's family lost a place to live inside the cities as well, possibly because of her race. Mikasa then states that her parents met as fellow people who had been driven into the mountains and out of the cities and got married. She claims that her father never knew why the Ackermans were discriminated against and that they weren't of a different race like her mother was.


What exactly is "Sakuga" and how it pertains to the animation quality?

Sakuga is basically where animators go from using cheats like only animating the mouth or skipping frames to animating every frame with fluid movement.

Sakuga (作画) (lit., "drawing pictures") is a term used in anime to describe moments in a show or movie when the quality of the animation improves drastically, typically for the sake of making a dramatic point or enlivening the action....
The other end of this spectrum, however, is when the animation becomes exceptionally expressive and fluid -- when every single frame is animated, and the movements themselves are closely-observed and realistic (or, failing that, spectacular to look at). This is what's known as sakuga. Action-oriented shows tend to have the most instances of sakuga, but there are many examples of dramatic shows using them as well -- for instance, to highlight an exceptionally emotional moment.
Opening and closing sequences of shows typically feature sakuga (which sometimes leads to jokes about that being where the majority of the animation budget is spent, especially if the rest of the show isn't as fluid). ThoughtCo

There's more information about it here and here.
"Good sakuga" seems to basically refer to sakuga animation that looks exceptionally fluid or realistic, or just looks cool. It's seems to be subjective, based more on what people think looks good than on any scale or mix of factors.
Pages like this give examples of what they think of as good sakuga, and from reading the descriptions you can see they talk about what would be referred to as cinematography in live action shows.


Is Korin the only one able to grow Senzu Beans?

An entry for Korin in the Dragon Ball wikia states that, Korin is the only one who grows the Senzu Beans which... and that
Korin Tower is the only place in the world they are grown...

Apart from that, the entry for Senzu Beans depicts Korin as the inventor of the Senzu Beans.

Based on that, it can be presumed that one of these are true:

Korin invented the Senzu Beans and thus he is the only one who can cultivate them.
The Senzu Beans need a very particular habitat to grow and Korin Tower happens to be the only place matches its needs.

Do note however, that the wikia does not mention if there was any explicit reference to this matter in the Manga.


Are the ends of Shingeki no Kyojin season 1 and 2 the same?

Next time you have a question like this, think first about looking on Wikipedia for the list of episodes (that works for every anime). Anyway, here's your answer :

That is not the case.

Here's how the first season ended :

  Annie is revealed to be the Titan Female. Eren and Annie fight in the inner walls in their titan forms, causing great destructions. Using the hand-to-hand moves Annie teached him, Eren defeats her. Eren, by compassion, doesn't kill Annie who protects herself in an unbreakable crystal shell.

Then

  Erwin attends a government inquiry, where he reveals that he kept his plans secret to prevent leaks. He further explains that despite the deaths and casualties of his plan and how they cannot get any information from Annie now that she is encased, she is proof there are humans that can turn into Titans living within the walls and he plans to find and use them to launch a counterattack against the Titans.

In the end

  Erwin's name is cleared, Eren stays with the Survey Corps, Annie is put under the Survey Corps's custody and the rest of the 104th Top Trainees go on their different missions. In the epilogue, a piece of Wall Sina crumbles, revealing the face of a Titan within the wall.

Directly after the epilogue, the first episode of the second season starts.


Why does the Japanese version of Mushrambo/Shinzo start at episode 2?

The English version does things chronologically, blending and splicing a lot of events together that were left as flash backs in the Japanese version into the beginning of the English version. So the Japanese one does kinda start at "episode 2", throwing you directly into the action and getting to the boring bits later, at least to my knowledge.


By "cel sheets" do you mean hand-painted animation cels? In Japanese, these are called seru-ga (セル画). When searching, "anime cel" will give you more search results than "cel sheets" (which is not a common phrase). The line drawing that corresponds to the seru-ga is called a douga. When purchasing, ascertain whether your purchase includes the douga and/or the background. Some do, some don't. If you get all three as a set, that is more valuable.
Instead of searching for online shops that sell only cels, search for online retailers that sell a variety of anime merchandise, especially used. Anime produced from the late 1990s to the present are computer-animated, so hardly any animation cels have been produced since then (which is why cel-only shops disappear: not enough stock available to flow in). Thus, you are generally looking for pre-owned cels that a previous collector has re-sold to a used goods shop.
There are licensed anime cels produced by the production company but which are not from the anime series itself, and which greatly vary in value (or lack thereof), such as these: hanken-seru (版権セル) a.k.a hansoku-seru (販促セル) which are cels hand-painted for promotional artwork such as posters and toys, sericel (セリセル), fukusei-ga (複製画) a.k.a. rirezu-seru（リレイズセル), and chroma-cel a.k.a. ripuro-seru-ga (リプロ・セル画).
Doujin cels (同人セル画) are fanart cels made by Japanese doujinshika (doujin artists) and look just as real as the original ones, so take note of the word 同人.

Some places to buy authentic anime cels are:

Mandarake (stores in the U.S. as well as in Japan, ships internationally)
Yahoo! Japan Auctions in Japan, but you can use a proxy service to bid and ship internationally, such as Celga (which has staff in the U.S. as well as in Japan and specializes in proxy bidding for cels)
Cel-Ga (U.K., ships internationally)
Entertainment Hobby Shop JUNGLE a.k.a. Anime Jungle (shop in U.S. as well as in Japan, international shipping <--- they sometimes show up at conventions; if you see Jungle's booth, rest assured that they're selling authentic pre-owned anime cels)
Asylum Anime
Animegame.com (which is now selling on eBay)
Takamura-Store (exporting from Japan)


Why does Shinnosuke ask people if they like peppers?

The progression of the phrase goes like this:

  ピーマン好き (Do you like [green] peppers)？ ニンジン食べれる (Do you like to eat carrots)？ 納豆にはネギ入れる方？ (The method of sticking negi [spring onion] into natto [fermented soybeans] "Are you the type who puts spring onions in their natto?")?

This phrase doesn't translate very well, but it's an equivalent to South Park "fish sticks" gag:

  Do you like to put fish sticks in your mouth?


How would Annie's going underground prove anything?

The problem is that Mikasa was with them. Were it only Armin and Eren, Annie might not be that afraid of going underground. Annie knows that in human combat, Mikasa can match her if not best her. The only way for her to defeat Mikasa and take Eren with her is for her not to go underground. Going underground will prevent her from transforming, not because of the dark, but because if she transform there, she will be trapped in the tunnel, preventing her from moving. Being unable to move will cause not only:

her identity as the female titan be exposed
be captured by the Scouting Legion
failing her mission of capturing Eren alive

that's why.


Does Goku possess super quick talking skill?

In the Dragonball series, in one of the tournaments, Krillin was fighting Master Roshi. They had a clash, which happened in an instant. No one saw what happened, so they acted the scene out in explaining in detail what happened. It included several attacks, and even a game of rock paper scissors. I don't know if its was in the manga or not, but it is solid evidence showing their speed. Even way back then, when large boulders were a challenge to deal with, they were still fast enough to, in an instant, play a game of rock paper scissors and know who won and lost, in the middle of throwing several attacks.

Later on in the series, we see higher speed fighting. Spectators see numerous shock waves filling their vision, each several meters apart. The fighters are attacking/defending in one place, then distance themselves and clash again dozens of meters apart numerous times in a very short period of time. This kind of speed is a higher leveled version of the Rock paper scissors earlier.

With such things as evidence, we can say it is very possible that they can talk at high speed when necessary. Sometimes, they do talk as they are clashing, though we only ever see that from their perspective, so we cant say for sure if they slowed down or not to talk. So while they at least somewhat can talk at a higher speed thanks to their insane speed and ability to comprehend everything while going at such speeds, they generally don't, and we don't have any solid evidence if they truly can.

But, there are other factors at play here. First off, Anime, even in the middle of canon fights, can and usually do throw in filler. They extend the fights to make the show go on longer, filling in more minutes with less story. There are numerous examples where people are exhausted in the middle of a fight, and yet later in the same fight that is still going on, they magically recovered, because of such filler. Some of that Frieza fight in the anime was filler, or canon scenes extended to fill more time.

Secondly, due to their vast speed, their clashes can be significantly faster than portrayed. Some times, they even count the seconds, and yet each time the count goes down can not only be greater than a second between them, but that time gap can even vary. When we are viewing the fights from the perspective of Goku, we cant possibly tell how much it has been slowed down for us to comprehend.

A third thing, specific to this case, Frieza held back, which caused the 5 minutes in the first place

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Frieza

  In frustration, Frieza sends a Death Ball into the core of the planet, starting a chain reaction that would destroy Namek in five minutes (revealing immediately afterwards that he held back too much of his power for the Death Ball to be a complete success).

Its not unreasonable that his estimation was off by a few minutes due to his fear of being on the planet as it explodes, with an opponent he doesn't know he can win against. The wiki summary of the 5 minutes is also quite short, half the size of this answer, not a lot actually happened in those 5 minutes.


What's the song on episode 24 of season 3 of Boku no Hero Academia when the Big Three is entering the class?

The song is called Katsuki and Izuku. Here's the link to it. It is on the 3rd season's OST.


Hikari also appears in author's other work: Omoide Emanon (or Memories of Emanon), a collection of short stories (not the manga version, which only tells about chapter Omoide Emanon, not the rest). In fact, she appeared for the first time there.

She appears in chapter Ashibiki Daydream, which takes place in 1994. The synopsis by a Japanese reader (you can skip this and read the next spoiler block for Hikari's identity directly):

   Year 1994. There's a girl who suddenly appeared in front of Akira's room. After some time, they were living together in Akira's place. One day, Akira saw a girl who seems to be in same generation with Hikari. Her name was Emanon. After some days relying and be relied upon her, Hikari disappeared in front of Akira. Her traces of living in Akira's place also disappeared totally. When Akira was walking alone through a street back in 6-year university period, Akira realized there's no one who could remember Hikari. When Akira visited her hometown in a mountainous village, Akira met Emanon.

From another short review by Japanese reader:

   [...] Emanon told Akira about Hikari's secret. Hikari was a girl who had power to time-leap. Emanon have met her up to 1.2 trillion years ago.


What anime is this image of a girl caressing a skeleton from?

The image is related to the anime Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (or Tasogare Otome x Amnesia), which aired in 2012 and had a manga running from 2009-2013. The character in it, Kanoe Yuuko, is a ghost haunting an old school, who can only be seen by a few other people, namely Niiya Teiichi and Kanoe Kirie.

Here's wikipedia's plot summary:

  The story revolves around a first-year middle school student, Teiichi Niiya who had just enrolled at Seikyou Private Academy. When he gets lost in one of the school's old buildings, he meets a girl named Yuko Kanoe who reveals herself as a ghost with no memories. Teiichi then decides to investigate her death by looking through the school's seven mysteries revolving around her. Throughout the story, Teiichi and Yuko discover the truth about these ghost stories and help those who are troubled.

The image seems to be an edited version of this image, which (as best I can tell) is official promo art. This image has also been used for a wall scroll. A rotated and cropped version was used as the album cover for the single Choir Jail, the OP of the anime.


To what extent are Momonga's underlings aware that he's "from a different world"?

Short answer, they see them as gods, so they probably think they have their own sort of "heaven".  Long answer, they do know that there is a clear difference between the underlings and Ains (He ordered to be called that, so that's what I'm calling him), we see that they often overheard things they were talking about and associate it with god powers, just to drive home how powerful they think Ains and the creators are.  Ex: I can't speak for the manga, but in the anime, Demiurge overheard some of the creators talking about their jobs, to which he associated voice acting as actually breathing life into inanimate objects.  You also have to remember that they had to behave as regular NPC's before the servers shutdown, and in that time, they literally could not do anything unless they were ordered to.  So, although they do realize Ains is from another world, but I doubt the image they have in their heads about the "different world" of Ains is very accurate.


Why didn't the children of the Rikudo Sennin inherit his surname?

Taken from the Naruto Wiki:

  His bloodline was divided into the descendants of his two children, which would eventually form the Senju clan — and through distant relations the Uzumaki clan — and the Uchiha clan.


Why was season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia delayed?

The planned broadcast on 2 November 2019 for season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia  was delayed due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

2 November 2019 is the final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is hosted in Japan and broadcasted nation-wide.

The official announcement on the Twitter:

  [お知らせ]
  今日11月2日(土)のTVアニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』第4期の放送は、ラグビーワールドカップ決勝放送のためお休みです。次回4期4話(通算第67話)「抗う運命」は11月9日(土)放送になります。あと1週間、お待ちください!


UBW episode 25 true ending: Why is Rin sad whenever the sun sets/rises?

The reason is because she remembers Archer. I'm gonna answer you referencing the visual novel as it is much easier to me. Notice that this conversation with Archer takes place in both endings, not just the true ending (visual novel source).
The first time we see Rin doing that is one month after the Grail War.

As you can see Rin is lost in thought. Then he says:

"Track team? No, I was always in the archery club."
"…I see. Well, I guess there are times like that. Seeing the setting sun just reminded me."
Telling me to forget about it, Tohsaka continues to drink the orange juice.

That is the scene Rin was looking at. As you can see the sun is setting.
Just after this CG Shirou thinks about archer:

"I recall that red figure one more time.
Neither this classroom nor that fight will change.
Everything is the same.
Everything is an illusion like a mirage that disappears when one turns around."

And the next CG is:

As you can see there is a setting sun. In UBW Rin has been seeing this scene in her dreams many times. Just like Shirou and Saber were connected in the fate route through dreams, Rin and Archer were connected in this route and she kept dreaming about Archer and those swords in a rising or setting sun.

I am sure she's thinking of Archer because he's the ONLY character that has made Rin cry. Rin never cries. She's always cold or even if she's not she just takes action, no one breaks her enough to cry.
Throughout the WHOLE game Rin has only cried 3 times, all of them in UBW, she doesn't cry in the fate route nor in Heaven's Feel.

The first time she cried was when having a dream about Archer. She woke up in tears, brushed them off and tried to start the day normally. Notice that a dent had already created. This time was just unconcious crying in a dream.

The next time she cried was when archer betrayed her to join caster. She told him that he's hers and that she would recover him and he'd regret what he did (as you can see these aren't exactly vengeful words. Seems more like she's gonna scold him).
Once Shirou tries to protect her he says some words to her and she starts crying. Later she hugs Shirou.
Notice that this time 2 people made her cry: Betrayal by Archer and Shirou being there risking his life for her.

The last time she cried was the longest time Rin has ever cried. It was her farewell to Archer. Notice that this part will be the real answer to your question.

She begs him to form a contract with her: "Archer. Form a contract with me again."

Archer says:

"I cannot do that. I do not know if you will keep your contract with Saber, but I am not qualified for that.
And I do not have a goal anymore. My battle ends here."
His reply is free of doubt and his will is strong.
His face is as bright as the rising sun, and how can she force him when he's making a face like that?"

Notice that Rin even thought about forcing him but saw there was nothing she could do. Notice the reference to the rising sun. Rin thinks: "His face is as bright as the rising sun".

All the time Rin is crying. Rin just cries for Archer:

"Man. I do not have any attachment to this world, but…"
It's troubling to have her cry.
For him, the girl always has to be a positive, indulgent realist.
He was always encouraged by her figure.
So he wants her to stay that way until the very end"

Notice that Rin changes for Archer/Shirou as Archer thinks. She's always realistic, never crying amd always taking action.

She knows Archer is not really Shirou, even if they had the same starting point. Her archer is a different person that she loves dearly and will never return.

…The future might change.
If a girl like her stays with Emiya Shirou, the hero Emiya should not be born.
His words contain such hope.

""Ar… cher…"
The boy and the man are two different existences.
They only have the same starting point, and he is an ideal that the boy dreamed of."

Notice that this CG appears A LOT. I remember thinking back when I played the VN that it was a very annoying CG. I think they showed the rising sun over 10 times. It always went lik this: Image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising sun; image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising sun and many times.

Even 2 years after that  she still makes that look when the sun is either setting or rising.

Last of all, you didn't ask about it but Shirou makes sad faces as well. He's thinking about saber.
At almost the beginning of the episode Rin asks Shirou to take a walk in the park after classes. He makes a sad expression and says it's nothing. Rin then makes a look of understanding.
The next day Rin takes Shirou to Glagow to allow him to pay his respects to Saber. “You remember how you told me that day that you wished you had the chance to say a proper goodbye. Now’s your chance”.
Once they reach the tomb Rin says: “I’ll give you some time alone” and goes away to prepare the picnic. Shirou then says his goodbye words in front of her tomb.  At the end he says: “Thanks for taking me there, it means a lot”.

In the happy ending he gets saber so that won't happen. Rin will still feel sad when the sun rises or sets though.


Tamaki's reasoning for making Haruhi a host?

The way I see it, Tamaki doesn't care about money at all. He started the host club merely as a form of entertainment for himself. When he noticed how good Haruhi looked (even in "male" form) he decided that adding "him" to the club would only make things even more interesting. While I have found nothing to actually support any of this, it's something that I believe is a very plausible answer.


Can Katsuki Bakugo fly as much as he wants with his explosion quirk?

I can't remember this being elaborated in the manga, but since it is very serious of the mechanics of the quirks, we can find out ourselves. I'll use this page as reference.

  Katsuki's Quirk allows him to sweat nitroglycerin from his palms and detonate it at will to create explosions.

So as long as he sweats, he can fly. This effect is in fact achieved by being on the right side of the shock wave of the explosion. However:

  These explosions, especially when used repeatedly in rapid succession, were actually shown to have a negative impact on Katsuki's arms.

So there is a limit.

To actually fly and not just "jump" midair, he would need to navigate the explosions constantly, adjusting their strength and also needing a really big amount stored if he wants to fly long distances, which on the other hand he needs to carry.

So if Bakugo wanted to fly, think of him as an Iron Man without repulsors in his shoes (allowing him only to navigate and accelerate/decelerate with the hands) on short fuel with every second of the repulsors being on taking a burden on his arms. Not really flying.


Is Ultra Instinct a Super Saiyan transformation or can anyone attain it?

The answer to this question can be drawn from a few scenes from Episode 110 of Dragon Ball Super:

Lord Beerus saying what transformation Goku might have gone through:

Lord Champa in shock after hearing what Beerus said:

The Supreme Kai realizing how Goku's movements linked to what he knew:

The Supreme Kai doubting Goku's ability to reach that transformation:

The Gods being pressurized by Goku's transformation:

All this would mean that it's not an exclusive Saiyan trait or transformation, but an extremely powerful and difficult ability that the Gods and other Omega level fighters are known to use.


Which song plays when Lelouch tells to the world he's the emperor of Britannia in ep 25 of R2?

Fittingly called "All Hail Britannia"
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Is it possible for a Byakugan user to awaken the Rinnegan?

Unlikely.

While it is true that Kakashi originally said that the Uchiha clan (And the Sharingan) is a branch off the Hyuuga clan (and the Byakugan), it was later revealed that it wasn't the case And even though Kaguya Otsutsuki was said to have the Byakugan, it is currently presumed that the two bloodlines are separate and there's no actual connection between the two eye techniques..

No Byakugan upgrades were ever discussed/revealed, like you said, the Hyuuga specific techniques are only the Byakugan's potential being utilized.

SPOILER!

   Moreover, it was revealed that the way to awaken the Rinnegan would be to combine Indra's and Ashura's chakra, like Madara (who had Indra's chakra) implanted the flesh of Hashirama (who had Ashura's chakra), to bring out the Sage of Six Paths' chakra.

 So theoretically, if Indra were to posses a Hyuuga clan member, and the identity of Ashura would be known, it may be possible. That, however, never happened and is not likely to happen in the future.


Out of universe, I couldn't find anything except the Girlfriend Beta wiki page that senshin mentioned, which puts down her age and birthday as "???".

In the universe of the anime series, Miss Monochrome's birthday/activation date is probably unknown as well. As we see in Episode 9 of Series I, Miss Monochrome was created by an advanced human civilization that existed before the beginning of known prehistory. This civilization was wiped out by aliens in a human hunt.

After the death of her rival, a past-life version of Kikuko, Miss Monochrome sits at one spot and waits until her memories fade and her battery goes out and she disappears. Life evolves again on Earth, and millions of years later, she is reactivated by a pair of medieval Japanese villagers who luckily have an AA battery to put in her power stand.

The important part here is "her memory faded". Miss Monochrome would not remember her own birthday / activation date anymore, and anyone else who might have known died over 100 million years ago. Even if she did remember, it would be in the calendar system of the ancient civilization. If Miss Monochrome didn't know how to translate this into the Gregorian Calendar, no one would be able to, and I somehow don't think that learning the inner workings of the calendar was high on her list of priorities, even before she became brain-damaged.


What are all the saiyans transformations branches in Dragon Ball series?

I'm posting a new answer because I got your question wrong. If I understand correctly, this is what you are asking.

Regular super saiyan transformation (SSJ1, SSJ2, USSJ, SSJ3, etc.)
Super Saiyan god, Saiyan beyond god (saiyan using god ki)
Super Saiyan Blue, Mastered Super Saiyan Blue, Super Saiyan Evolution (saiyan using god ki and turning into super saiyan)
Legendary Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan Berserker, Legendary Super Saiyan 2, etc. (only certain types of special saiyans can achieve it)
Super Saiyan Rage (unknown what it takes to get it)
Super Saiyan Rose (god in the body of a super saiyan)
Ultra Instinct Omen, Mastered Ultra Instinct (assuming that aside of a skill it's a saiyan transformation in the way Goku gets it, with that aura and hair and eyes etc achievable by anyone in theory)
Oozaru, Golden Oozaru (non canon) (saiyan with tale who sees the moon)
Super Saiyan 4 (non canon, it requires the saiyan to have a tale)


What's the difference between the Full Moon wo Sagashite manga and anime?

Here are the differences, there might be some spoilers. (If you know the story and you think something is a spoiler, please let me know in a comment so I can fix it).

Anime: Mitsuki claims to be called FullMoon during the audition.
Manga: This happens in another moment.

   In the Manga, Meroko's past is revealed: When alive her name was Moe and she was Mitsuki's grandma's best friend. She killed herself believing her friend had accepted the marriage proposal by the guy she was in love with.
 In the Anime, nothing is revealed except something about her Shinigami past, next to Izumi whom she loved.

   In the Manga, also Izumi Rio's past is revealed: When alive his name was Lio. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was still very young, while his mother went crazy for the suffering and started to mistreat him, despising him and accusing him to be the reason why her new man left her. For this reason, in order to see his mother smile again, he kills himself being run over by a train.
 Farther in the Manga, we discover that Izumi's vision of his past is slightly wrong...

Manga: Fullmoon single is "Angel".
Anime: It's "Myself" by Myco (singer and Fullmoon's voice).
Fullmoon's second song Eternal Snow (always sung by Myco in the Anime only). The history of the carillon, that contains the song's melody, written by Aoi for Mitsuki and that the girl finds in a closet outside of the house (where her grandma locks her for punishment), is told by Takuto when he regains his memory.

   Anime: Another difference about Eternal Snow, appeared in the anime only, is the challenge with Madoka who, after a snitch, decides to make her debut too using the same song. Mitsuki feels sad about this since the song was written by her father and so it belonged to the Route L. But Takasu-san, the producer, refuses to produce it and worse, decides to produce Madoka in its place. So Ooshige and Fullmoon end up being without a producer. Ooshige is however a Route L's fan and so he askes Wakaouji to produce this song. He initially refuses, because he swore to stop having any relation with music. In the Anime Mitsuki runs away but she comes back after a day.
 Manga: Something similar happens in the manga, where a song, written by Mitsuki is then found and sung by Madoka because of Izumi. The song's name is "Princess Marmeid". Furthermore, Wakaouji is not contacted by Ooshige, rather he spontaneously proposes himself as Mitsuki's producer, since he was searching her that ran away from her house. In the manga she doesn't come back until almost the end.

   Manga: Takuto Kira, the Shinigami, "dies" jumping from the hospital's roof, seeing by Wakaouji. Takuto Kira received a surgery to his vocal chors, because of a cancer. They are removed and since he lost his voice and cannot sing anymore, this brings him to kill himself.
 Anime: When the throats problem is found out, Takuto rides a bike as fast as possible, deciding not to turn at a bend he encounters.

   Manga: When Takuto was alive, he had a girlfriend named Hikari, a beautiful model, that will meet Mitsuki too.

   Anime: Meroko is promoted from Shinigami to Angel.

Another big difference is about Eichi-kun (huge spoilers):

   He was Mitsuki's first love.
 Anime: He dies two months after he arrived to America. Mitsuki knows nothing about his death and will find out during her trip to America, when she decides to visit him along with Ooshige, Wakaouji, Takuto and Meroko.
 Manga: She knows about his death but she refuses it, so she talks as if he was still alive. This reactions sprouts from her feeling guilty because of the lack of reaction when he confessed his love for her, after kissing her.
 In the manga, this guilty feeling is much stronger and dramatic than the anime's, this is because she runs away after they kiss, the day before he went to America, while in the anime the kiss is not shown.

There are more differences in the Wikipedia page. If you want I can include them.


What is the background music from episode 50 of Hajime no Ippo?


Why Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo alliance are planning to take down Shanks?

Credits for the image goes to Saji D Ahsan


How did the Female Titan cut Eren's titan form?

See page 33, Chapter 32, "Compassion" from the manga.

The previous page followed discussion over Annie as a suspect in being the Female Titan. Mikasa asks Eren, having fought the Female Titan, if anything reminded him of Annie at all. Eren then remembers Annie's stance as a parallel to the Female Titan moving from that same stance into her kick.

The stance resembles Annie's style demonstrated in Chapter 17: Illusions of Force

The text is spoken by Mikasa to convince Eren that deep down he knows first hand how close to the similarities are.


What is a light novel?

A light novel is a style of Japanese novel targeting teenagers and young adults. These novels contain mostly illustrations in anime or manga style. They are usually published in bunkobon size (A6 – 105 x 148mm). Light novels are not very long. The length is comparable to a novella in US publishing terms.

Light novels are very popular in Japan as you can see in Japanese bookstores.

Where does the term come from and what does it mean?

The word “light novel” is actually not an English word. It is a wasei-eigo (literally translated “Japanese-made English”) which is a Japanese term formed from words in the English language.

The term is everywhere used where you read such novels. In Japan you will use the word raito noberu (sometimes also ranobe or rainobe as an abbreviation) which is the Japanese term of light novel.

In the western culture light novels are normally called Japanese Novella.

What is the difference between a novel and a light novel?

In short: Light Novels are usually shorter and they also contain few illustrations. In addition they are easier to read. This is particular because the text contains much simpler and easier to read modern kanji.

The illustrations are mostly at the beginning of capitals or when a new characters respectively a new place is described. On the picture below you see an example on how a light novel is build up. Left an image from the scene and to the right the text to read.

In typical light novels you will find mostly black and white illustrations. But today you also find many novels that include colored illustrations.

Why is a light novel styled like an anime or manga?

The reason because light novels are styled like anime or manga is because of their history and they are actually from Japan.

  Light novels are an evolution of pulp magazines. To please their
  audience, in the 1970s, most of the Japanese pulp magazines, which had
  already changed from the classic style to the popular anime style
  covers, began to put illustrations in the beginning of each story and
  included articles about popular movies, anime and video games.

  The narrative evolved to please the new generations and became fully
  illustrated with the popular style. The popular serials are printed in
  novels.

  In recent years, light novels' stories have been popular choices for
  adaptation into manga, anime, and live-action films, though in the
  case of the former two, usually only the first two novels are adapted.

Information from wikipedia, englishlightnovels, animanga.wikia, tvtropes.

Pictures from englishlightnovels, afrobonzai.unblog.


Is the manga in Episode 3 of "The Everyday Tales of a Cat God" based off a real manga?

кяαzєя's comment is right on the spot: Yes, it's from 大凶ちゃんとしあわせな世界 (Daikyo-chan to Shiawase na Sekai, Misfortune Girl and the Lucky World), a 2-chapter special spiritual one-shot by FLIPFLOPs on Champion RED magazine edition 2007-12 ~ 2008-01. It's also included in the 1st volume of The Everyday Tales of Cat God manga (Source:
MyAnimeList).

Image source

The story, as it has been mentioned in the question, is about

Kyouko, a test-taker who came to Tokyo and is living alone.
Shinigami Karin, Kyouko's roommate.
The story about their certain Sunday life.
Source (Japanese)

Here, we can see Shamo reading the RED magazine,

Image source

And here is the scanned page of the last picture in the question,

Image source


How can you differentiate between the different types of anime?

Shounen, Seinen, Shoujo and Josei are terms for four of the main demographics that manga and anime are marketed to. Broadly:

People aged between about 12 and 18 are in the Shounen demographic if they're male, or Shoujo if they're female.

People aged from 18 to about 45 are in the Seinen demographic if they're male, or Josei if they're female.

Ultimately, the distinction between the demographics is based on which manga magazine publishes the work. The more adult genres (seinen and josei) are more likely to cover adult topics and have more explicit depictions of content such as sex and violence, but it's not an absolute thing - Fist of the North Star is much more graphic in its depiction of violence than One Punch Man, for example, but Fist is defined as shounen while OPM is seinen. Osamu Tezuka's manga series Phoenix was published across 3 or 4 different magazines that covered the shounen, seinen and shoujo demographics, although the art style and content varies a bit across them. The age and sex of the lead character can often be a hint to the demographic - it's rare for a seinen manga to have a little girl protagonist, for example - but it's not a guarantee either.
The demographics can intersect with almost all genres - there are shounen romantic comedies and shoujo horrors and josei isekai and practically every other combination if you look hard enough.
Some of the other terms you asked about are better described as genres or subgenres, and in particular:

Isekai literally means "other world" and refers to stories where a person is transported to a different world. Most commonly, a person from Earth is sent to a fantasy world, sometimes as a reincarnation, but at this point "Japanese schoolgirl dies and is reincarnated as a character in a dating simulation video game" is a rapidly growing sub-genre. "Reverse Isekai" is sometimes used to describe stories where characters from a fantasy world are pulled to Earth, but it's not quite as broadly known.

Ecchi comes from the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H" (for "Hentai", meaning perverted, but is also a general euphemism for sex or sexual topics). Ecchi manga are ones with lots of flashes of adult content without being overly explicit with them. They're usually comedies, often rom-coms, and most frequently targeted to older teens (so they do tend to land on the border of shounen and seinen).


Why are they trying to pass out Sugar instead of beating her into a pulp?

Keep in mind that it isn't the strawhats that are trying to take down Sugar, but the dwarves are, together with Kyros (although he wouldn't stick around to deal with Sugar as his main goal is surprise-killing Doflamingo). Robin and Usopp just got mixed up in the situation, but they aren't leading the operation. Additionally Robin and Usopp were never the fighting types to begin with. If Luffy would have been there, it would have been a totally different situation. To this date (chapter 787), there is no other Straw Hat that even knows about Sugar and her ability.

Additionally the dwarves are known as great cultivators as they stated that they can cultivate any plant, as evidenced by the abundance of plant life on Green Bit (wiki). Therefore it makes more sense to take down their enemy with spices than by force. It's their speciality and what they are famous for, despite their inhumane strength. (chapter 726)

Lastly, this is probably the main reason, without them actually ever stating this obvious fact. They know they aren't strong enough to take Trebol down. So a frontal attack would never work as they know Trebol will always be by Sugar's side and unless they go about sneaking around with spices they would suffer a horrible defeat. In the end, this was exactly how it went down.

Additionally as pointed out by Wouter, even if the Tontatta would be physically stronger than Sugar, they need to take her down, before she can touch them, or they would be turned into a toy, exactly as what happened in the end. They underestimated her, because she was only a little girl. So without using ranged attacks, it would be unwise to attack her. I'm not completely sure why Usopp did not just snipe her though (at that time). He would have been the perfect match as we saw later in the story.


In Naruto Shippuden, why did Sasuke became evil?

He wants to destroy the village that put his beloved brother in the position to choose between his family and his village.

Sasuke can legitimately be thinking that if given a command to kill all of your relatives, the people who gave that command are evil and should be destroyed.

Don't forget that when it comes to family, very strong feelings can easily be affecting Sasuke.

Really, Itachi choosing the village over his family was the abnormal decision.


How important was the invention of blue towards anime?

Honestly no, it's like saying that a certain type of pen led to anime and manga, or that the printing press led to their eventual creation, sure it could help make the experience much better and easier, but they aren't necessarily creation sparkers. Prussian blue just gave us a new cool looking color to use in anime and manga, but was not key in its development. Our desire and interest for storytelling along with our fascination in artistic expression is more linked to the creation of anime and manga, definitely not Prussian blue.


On the TV Tropes page, Tomoyo is listed as a Token Yuri Girl:

  Tomoyo Daidouji in Card Captor Sakura, though it was toned down a bit in the anime. The manga actually had her telling Sakura that she loves her in that way, though it went right over the heroine's head.

So it seems that it's toned down in the anime (I didn't seem like anything other than best friends and maybe borderline infatuation in the anime), but blatant in the manga. Also noted in the CSS wiki:

  While Tomoyo is in love with Sakura, she notes that she is happy to be able to be with Sakura and does not require Sakura to love her back.

According to this blog post (contains lots of other instances), it happened in Volume 2, Chapter 2:


Well, right now I think we can say almost. Due to Whis' explanation of the Ultra Instinct transformation. In the battle between Kefla and Goku. Whis states that Goku's attacks are ineffective because he still hasn't mastered the art of the  unconcious attack and also states that it is very hard to learn and that even Beerus hasn't mastered it's use.

If Goku is able to complete it then for sure he will be stronger than Beerus for a moment. He still doesn't have stamina to maintain the form (a common thing now with every transformation).

But given the nature of how it works. I think Beerus wouldn't be able to land an attack on him at full power even with Ultra Instinct active.

Still it's only speculation at this point.


It's impossible to say whether the other avatars had Animal Guides. The only ones we see are Korra's, Aang's, and Roku's. Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, and Wan were never seen with one. Of those, Wan was the only one we really got a lot of backstory for and he was never seen with an animal guide, though it seemed Ravaa may have been the equivalent for him.

While the earth kingdom avatars are never seen with an animal, if the other three avatar animal guides we've seen are indicative of their respective elements' animal guides then it would be:

Dragons for Fire Avatars
Air Bison for Air Avatars
Polar Bear Dogs for Water Avatars.

There isn't much information that I could find on this subject, so this is the best answer I was able to come up with


Why did the Einzberns make Illya a master?

I believe the plan of the Einzbern's for the 5th Holy Grail War was to obtain the Third Magic on the spot, and not try and relay on a third party to secure it or the Greater Grail (as they did last time, which failed).
My evidence for this is shown in the Heaven's Feel Route, at the very end of the True Ending, Ilya is shown wearing the Dress of Heaven:

The Mystic Code of the Einzbern family, the Dress of Heaven, is the heart that controls the Great Grail that is capable of materializing the soul for several seconds. This allows for the transferal of a soul into another container, such as when Illya places Shirou's soul into a doll in a bad ending.

This is what Ilya uses to materialize Shirou's soul at the end of the Heaven's Feel Route using an incomplete form of the Third Magic, which is later found by Rider and placed in a puppet made by Touko Aozaki. It stems to reason that since the Dress of Heaven is transmuted from the ether that forms Leysritt, Ilya had the Dress of Heaven since the beginning of the war (thus having it in all 3 routes).
Also, Ilya is the strongest Master the Einzbern's could send out. The number of Magic Circuits she has overwhelms that of a typical magus. She has an unlimited supply of mana to supply to Beserker and she also possesses the Mystic Eyes of Binding. After she starts to break down from absorbing Servants, Kinoko Nasu has said in an FAQ that Leysritt and Sella would then aid her:

Q: What is Illya’s capacity as a Grail? Hypothetically, if the Einzbern won the War, Illya absorbed the other 6 Servants besides Berserker, and had some shred of human will left, could she still don the Dress of Heaven and initiate the Grail ritual?
A: That’s what Liz and Sella are for. Ilya can only take up to 4 - I would think that absorbing a fifth Servant wouldn’t allow her to function as a human any longer.

Source: Illyasviel von Einzbern - Citation 6
Now I don't know in what context they mean by "obtained" when referring to Magic in the Nasuverse so I can't think as to what would happen after, but I would assume Sella would play some role in it given that she was to help Ilya wear the Dress of Heaven after Leysritt is sacrificed.
The only other plan the Einzbern's may have had was to either materialize the soul of or extract the current modern time user of the Third Magic, Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern from the Greater Grail.

There is no information on the original practitioners of the Third Magic. If it can be considered to have any user in modern times, it would be Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, who is the core of the Great Grail. Illyasviel von Einzbern also makes use of it in one of the routes of Fate/stay night, although it is an incomplete usage.

Source: Third Magic - History


It has been confirmed that the Broly in the new Dragon Ball Super movie is being introduced as a completely new character. Here is an article with the brief summary of the story (As indicated in the trailer). Hence, if one were to look at the character designs for Broly:

It was stated by Vegeta that he was growing stronger during the course of Battle. Hence the third picture is probably him powering up in his base form. The fourth picture is obviously him using his Super Saiyan form and finally, the last picture is the Legendary Super Saiyan Transformation (Unless the Name is changed), which we see at the end of the trailer.


Does the original jutsu user feel anything when a shadow clone is dispersed forcefully?

Well, actually the mental stress involved when a clone is forcefully destroyed being transferred to the original has been showed on a number of occasions in the anime, including once before the timeskip.

During the Invasion of Konoha arc:

   When Naruto fights Gaara, Gaara goes into the Ichibi Shukaku mode, and Naruto attacks Gaara/Shukaku using 1000 clones with the Naruto Niisen Rendan (Naruto Two Thousand Combo). He then attempts the Naruto Yonsen Rendan (Naruto Four Thousand Combo), but Shukaku fights back and destroys nearly all the clones. As Naruto is forced back, he exclaims, "That hurt a lot".

Later after the timeskip, when Kakashi tells Naruto that the pain experienced by the clone is transferred to the user, Naruto says in a dejected/annoyed tone, "I knew that already."


Can Nico Robin really reveal the void century?

Yes, she can.
What you said about her requiring to visit all poneglyphs to decipher the Rio Poneglyph is true and has been stated in the Wikia also:

Only when the stones are read as one will they fill in the Void Century of the world.

However, it also says:

There are two types of poneglyphs: those that carry information about how to reach the other poneglyphs and those that carry the records of the "True History".

Hence, even if she were to miss an island, she would be guided there by another poneglyph. Finding the island is not much of a problem either because one can use an Eternal Pose:

Like a Log Pose, it records the special magnetic waves of a certain island within the Grand Line, allowing the user to know which way to go to arrive at their destination. Unlike a Log Pose, which resets its recordings on new islands, an Eternal Pose always points to the same island, no matter how long it stays elsewhere.
They appear to be available for purchase, though come at a high cost.


Who is this girl dressed in an elaborate pink outfit?

That would be V Lila F in Yozakura Quartet: hana no uta

  In a town where humans and demons co-exist, it takes more than a normal police force to maintain the peace. Enter the Hiizumi Life Counseling Office, a fantastic foursome of unique teenagers, each gifted with an amazing super power!
  Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/18497/Yozakura_Quartet:_Hana_no_Uta#Mjd5m0HjSkT8qkkb.99

You can tell its Lila because of that flower on her cheek


What is the difference between the 1st and 2nd NCOPs for Symphogear (season one)?

I ended up going through the OP with a fine-toothed framestepper, whereupon I finally sighted the differences between the two.

At 00:51-00:52, NCOP 1 has a body shot of Yukine in Nehushtan, followed by a face shot of Yukine in Nehushtan...

...while in NCOP 2, there's a body shot of Finé in Nehushtan, followed by a face shot of Yukine in Ichaival.

The shots last for 8 and 10 frames, respectively.

(And one's probably traced off of the other, so they look pretty similar if you're not specifically looking for them as they flash by, which is why it took me a while to notice. Unexciting answer, but it is what it is.)


Can I start watching Naruto Shippuden after Naruto Ep 135 and not miss anything? (Story wise)

The short answer is - yes. You can start watching Naruto Shippuden after watching episode 135 of Naruto without any harm to the overall Naruto storyline understanding.


What websites provide streaming services for dubbed anime?

The following streaming services provide a combination of subbed and dubbed anime. Most of them will require some sort of subscription to access the content. Availability is indicated by region.

US = United States; CA = Canada; AU = Australia; NZ = New Zealand; FR = France; UK = United Kingdom; IE = Ireland.

Animax for UK/IE
The Anime Network for US
Anime Lab for AU/NZ
Crunchyroll for US/CA
Dybex for FR
Funimation for US/CA
Hulu for US
Neon Alley (Viz) for US/CA
Netflix for US
Wakanim for FR


What is the music on S3E16 when Todoroki was fighting group of ninjas?

It's Kibasen, the 13th track of Boku no Hero Academia Season 2 Original Soundtrack.

YouTube link


What is this anime about people who can transform themselves into giant robots with the help of a device/talisman?

The series that OP was looking for is Moldiver, a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series.

The female protagonist is Mirai, the brown-haired girl in the middle. And the glasses guy on the lower right corner is Hiroshi, her brother and inventor of the Mol Unit - the transformation device.

Plot summary by ANN:

  Hiroshi Ozora invents the Mol Unit, a device that makes its user invincible. His plans of becoming a super hero are short lived however when his sister, Mirai, accidently modifies the suit configuration. Now she is forced to save Tokyo by herself from the evil Machinegal and his gang of all-female androids.

Below is the screenshot 18 minutes into episode 2 showing Mirai getting her clothes ripped off when transforming with her clothes still on.

Below is a series of screenshot of Hiroshi getting naked inside the tunnel of the stadium to prepare for the transformation but failed (17 minutes into episode 2), after which he contacted Mirai and asked her to transform (above). When he was instructing Mirai (21 minutes into episode 2), a dog came and took his clothes away behind him.

There wasn't any scene of him chasing the dog, though.

When I first tried to identify the anime in question, I checked through the list of anime and manga in Clothing Damage trope, and Moldiver's screenshot kind of matches the description for the female protagonist.


There is of course Amazon  That links to a soundtracks search that brings up Anime OSTs............and games for some reason.

There is cdJapan

Those are the ones I have used.


Why was everyone attempting to fool Ulla?

If the newcomers bring in new ideas about death, she might feel bad that she causes everyone to die. Like you said death has a very blended meaning. Since she is alive, she might get rebellious. I assume the elders wanted her to believe in what she was doing was 'okay' without having to deal with her wavering faith. Kiriko loved Ulla and spoiled her.
Also remember living people still stay in the inns, so if a person unwillingly dies or always avoid her, it might change Ulla's meaning of 'death' and she won't kill anyone anymore. Ulla also is still alive, and in ep.6 it mentions the children of immigrants are still alive until the age of 15 so she might find it sad she can't go outside without killing people. In the end, they accomplished making her have a different meaning to the word "death", and for it to work they needed everyone around her to act a certain way.


Based on the information on History of the Pokémon world, legends go to say that Arceus is the first Pokémon to exist

In a vortex of complete chaos and nothingness, a single Egg comes into being, which then hatches into Arceus, the first Pokémon in existence

Also, based on the Pokédex entires from Platinum and Heart Gold & Soul Silver

Platinum: It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world.
Heart Gold/Soul Silver: According to the legends of Sinnoh, this Pokémon emerged from an egg and shaped all there is in this world.

This information is derived from Sinnoh Myths, which is learned from a Hiker at Oreburgh Mine, and then at Canalave's library in Pokémon Platinum after catching Arceus

But it all starts with Arceus, the first. It is known as the Original One.
...
"The Original One breathed alone before the universe came."


How did Natsu solve his transportation problem?

The same as Happy applies. The boar is not a transportation vehicle, it's a living creature.


The money seems to be handled by Nano, so I doubt Hakase sells her inventions herself. (otherwise she would just buy loads of chocolate sharks)

It is presumably from a relative, or the money comes from a patent on an invention (with the money going to Nano).

No relatives are ever mentioned, so it's probably some form of research funding. (I personally think one of Hakase's inventions actually backfired at some point, turning her into a child, that would explain why she gets it and that Nano handles it.)


Could Kana really tell Shinichi's Migi apart from the other Parasytes, or was she just delusional?

TL;DR: It is possible, though the manga is never conclusive about that.

@senshin I think Migi is able to tell one parasite from another, at least that is the case for a certain parasite. The proof is given on Page 194 in Volume 9 of the manga:

So if Kana can reach the level of Migi in detecting and differentiating the signals emitted by the parasites, then she would probably be able to tell Shinichi and Migi from the other parasites. Kana demonstrated her potential with her incredible sensing ability on Page 75 in Volume 5 of the manga:

And on Pages 115 and 120 in Volume 5 of the manga, we saw that her powers have evolved.

Then there is her dream, in which Shinichi is clearly distinguishable from the other parasites. Conclusion: it does seem promising that Kana might eventually be able to tell Shinichi and Migi from the other parasites had she not rushed to her death at the hands of a parasite when her powers were still immature.


Konan - as far as I know - doesn't have an official soundtrack. She's usually seen with Pain in which Pain's soundtrack plays.

I'd say that Konan shares a soundtrack with Pain which is called Girei.


Are Sword Art Online and Accel World related?

The author, Kawahara Reki, didn't clearly say whether they are in the same timeline or not. During the Sakuracon Festival Interviews, he answered like this:

  When you were creating the Alicization arc in Sword Art Online, was the technology used in the Alicization arc carried over as a foundation to Accel World?

  It is true that the technology used in Alicization could be, or is the foundation of the technology being used in Accel World, but at this point, like I said, it might be similar technologies having a similar technological chain, but it hasn't been made clear that it is in fact the same world. The two worlds could just have a similar technological advance. Also, as I noted before, if I were to clearly state the two worlds are the same, the number of things that need to be resolved in order for such a thing to be clearly possible is, the numbers are tens of thousands of times greater than I can even hope to do right now! Seeing a movie like The Avengers, where it took a bunch of properties into one cohesive title, I have to say that the creative staff on that movie is quite amazing.

Original link is "Interview with Kawahara Reki" on Sutoraiku Anime.


Why doesn't Kabuto Yakushi have the curse mark?

Let's begin by analysing people who Orochimaru marked with Cursed Mark and what they have in common.

Jiroubo, Ukon, Sakon, Tayuya, and Kidoumaru

They are granted the Cursed Mark not because Orochimaru wanted to use them as their vessel, but rather as an experiment on how far the cursed mark can improve someone's fighting capability and what are the side effects. They are also granted the Cursed Mark as a mean of improving their fighting capability so that they can serve Orochimaru better.

Kimimaro

He was supposed to be the container for Orochimaru. He was chosen for he has the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai which enables him to use his bone as weapon. He was the last one of his clan, which makes his Kekkei Genkai unique. However, since he was sickly, he lost his position as the next container for Orochimaru to Uchiha Sasuke who possessed the Kekkei Genkai Sharingan. While Sharingan was not as rare as Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai, Uchiha Sasuke was in good health. Kimimaro was barely hanging alive, having to rely on machineries to keep himself alive as long as possible. The thing is, the dojutsu that Orochimaru used to transfer his soul to another body (Furou Fushi no Jutsu or Living Corpse Reincarnation in English) has a limitation of 3 years cooldown before it can be used again. If during those 3 years the vessel dies out, he won't be able to escape death. Thus, Kimimaro lost his position as the next vessel to Sasuke.

Uchiha Sasuke

Originally, it was not Sasuke that Orochimaru wanted. It was Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke's elder brother. However, since Itachi is far too strong for Orochimaru to handle (Orochimaru did tried to attack Itachi, only to fall to the latter's genjutsu and was unable to break free at all), Sasuke was chosen.

Now, why is it that Yakushi Kabuto didn't get any Cursed Mark?

First, at that time, Kabuto was Orochimaru's assistant. He is necessary for Orochimaru to help with his research, and to help him prepare the next vessel for his Incarnation jutsu. Orochimaru needed his brain more than his body. Of course if Orochimaru was in a dire need of a new vessel right away and no one else was around for him to transfer to, undoubtedly, he would have consumed Kabuto for the sake of his own survival and Kabuto would definitely give his body gladly, seeing how devoted he is to Orochimaru. However, such a condition was never the case for Orochimaru, and thus there is no need for him to give Kabuto a Cursed Mark since Cursed Mark only increase fighting ability and not intelligence.

Second, while Kabuto were said to be around Kakashi's level (Kakashi is in Special Jounin level and the fact that he was nominated to be a Hokage means that he was one of the strongest in Konoha), Kabuto possessed no Kekkei Genkai. In other words, he was not a potential vessel as far as Orochimaru is concerned.

Third, based on the trivia, the seal that was given to the Sound Four was based on cardinal direction. Since all 4 of the basic cardinal directions was filled, and that Heaven and Earth seal was used on Sasuke and Kimimaro, there is no other seal for Orochimaru to use on Kabuto.


Why the Survey Corps doesn't find a human body inside each titan?

No. This is not a logical flaw in the series. Unfortunately, that information was only touched on in the last episode of Season 2. You've stated you don't want to hear spoilers about the manga. The anime ended right when the humans suspect regular titans are humans too. The last episode of Season 2 of the anime actually cuts out part of the conversation between Pixis, Hange, Levi, and Erwin where they address this. I assume either they will pick up in season 3 at that same discussion or use a flashback at some point to reveal the rest of what was said there. There's really nothing more I can say without spoilers, because I don't think the anime has given enough information to deduce what's going on at this point.


The seven hero(ine)s of Bonyari (凡矢理高校七英雄, bonyari koukou nana eiyuu) were confirmed in a Nisekoi official Fanbook released in August 2015 (ニセコイ　ファンブック　トクレポ). The fan translation by Red Hawks being released more than one year before, the team probably assumed at the time that the seven people in question were girls without any solid proof (but they are seemingly right nonetheless).

Sources:

The actual list of the seven heroines is mentioned on this japanese blog, apparently specializing in Nisekoi trivia. The list is given additional credence by this other blog, which reviews the fanbook extensively and mentions, without expliciting all names though, that 5 of the 7 heroines fell in love with Raku, and that the other 2 didn't appear yet as of the writing of the review. The same list appears on the japanese wikipedia page of Nisekoi as an annotation to the seven heroines entry of the glossary section, and a number of other pages of people who asked the same question.

Trivia:

The seven heroines of Bonyari refer to 7 people of Bonyari High, who possess a unique talent or incredible popularity among other students of Bonyari. Even though she's not a part of it, Haru is mentioned to be a likely candidate for a "future" list of these seven heroines.
The seven heroines of Bonyari seem to be a cute variation of the "7 wonders of school" (学校の七不思議, gakkou no nana fushigi) in Japanese scary urban legends, which is also a relatively common trope in manga.

Onto the actual list:

The golden rose princess [golden rose], Chitoge Kirisaki (黄金の薔薇姫（ゴールデン・ローズ）)
The lovely lily missy [pretty lily], Kosaki Onodera (可憐なる百合嬢（プリティ・リリィ）)
The noble mountain arrowhead [noble amaryllis], Seishirou Tsugumi (気高き山慈姑（ノーブル・アマリリス）)
The beloved marigold [lovely gold], Marika Tachibana (愛の千寿菊（ラブリー・ゴールド）)
The gracious sunrise orchid [grace cattleya], Yui Kanakura (優美なる日出蘭（グレース・カトレア）)
The melody camellia princess [melody camellia], Roxanne Kyouko Gotou  (旋律の椿姫（メロディー・カメリア）)
The innocent turnip girl [innocent turnip], Hikari Saegusa (無邪気な菘娘（イノセント・ターナップ）)

Notes: arrowhead refers to the flower, not an actual arrowhead. Also, brackets denote names written phonetically in english in the original japanese text.

Note that, like the japanese review of the fanbook mentions, Yui was not introduced nor a teacher in Bonyari yet when the seven heroines were mentioned in chapter 132. It can be speculated that someone else occupied her place in the listing at the time, but it is not known who.

As for Roxanne Kyouko Gotou (後藤・ロクサーヌ・響子) and Hikari Saegusa (七草光), they were mentioned by name and both didn't appear yet in any work as of this writing. (Also note that the pronunciation of their names may actually be different than what I wrote. I'm fairly confident about their first names, but their family names, especially, may have a different spelling; I chose to write Gotou and Saegusa because they are common pronunciation for these.)


Was Lilium written or composed solely for Elfen Lied?

The answer is yes.

According to the pamphlet included in the Elfen Lied OST, the melody of Lilium just surfaced to MOKA, the two-person musician group who was appointed the music producer staff of the Elfen Lied anime TV production team, when they looked at Elfen Lied from a certain perspective: it's not that Lucy wants to be born special — what she desires, the mundane happiness, that which appears to be easily obtainable is in fact obtainable by only a small handful of people.

  望んで特別に生まれたわけじゃない、欲しいものは簡単に手に入りそうでほんの一握りの人しか手に入れられないであろう、ありふれた幸せ……そんな角度からこの『エルフェンリート』を感じた時に、メインテーマである「LILIUM」の祈るような旋律が浮かびました。

MOKA later included rearrangements of Lilium in Ryugu Genka, Shinra Soloist, Felix Culpa and LILIUM MOKA☆ Produce Mixed Chorus.


Does the Boruto anime have a different story line from the manga?

The anime version features an original story, starting with Boruto entering the ninja school (or "Academy").

From Anime News Network,

  This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing Monday that the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations television anime will begin with an original story.

  (Emphasis mine)

From Japanese Wikipedia,

  テレビアニメ化にあたっては、映画や漫画よりも前の時系列にあたる忍者学校でのエピソードが制作され、アニメとノベライズにて描かれている。

  Regarding the anime adaptation, it tells the earlier story from the movie and manga about the ninja school, which is shown in the anime and novel.

also,

  前述の通り、原作を一から映像化するのではなく、前日譚となる「忍者学校入学編」から始まり、同編の終了後は原作者の岸本が執筆した『NARUTO -ナルト- 外伝〜七代目火影と緋色の花つ月〜』を原作とした「うちはサラダ編」が放送された。第39話では同じく原作者の岸本が執筆した外伝『満ちた月が照らす道』が放送された。

  As have been mentioned before, (the anime) doesn't start from the beginning of the manga but starts from the earlier life in "Academy" arc, then continues to "Sarada Uchiha" arc from Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring, then "School Trip" arc. Episode 39 also continues to Naruto Gaiden: Michita Tsuki ga Terasu Michi.

As for now, there's no hint if the anime will adapt (retell) the manga/movie's storyline even though recent manga chapters sometimes refer to the anime's plot.

The manga itself starts as an adaptation from the movie (see What is the difference between Boruto: Naruto Next Generation and Boruto: Naruto the Movie).


What started the trend of 3-5 minute long episodes for anime series?

They channel airing the show would just shift things forward or backward 5 minutes.

So something that normally starts at 12:00 would start at 12:05. The shows in the evening will start at the usual time by, over the course of the day, removing 1 or 2 adverts each advert break. The channels that keep a strict schedule just remove most of the adverts during an advert break and play the show then. They do not allocate a 30 minute slot to a short. However, if they have a 15 minute show, they would play that directly before or after the short.

Channels make a lot of money from adverts so they only remove adverts for series they expect to get a high viewing.

As for what started it, I can not say, but while I can not remember any, I am sure I have seen shorts that aren't anime, but the vast majority would probably be anime.
I think the main reason we see more shorts is because anime companies are getting bolder due to more sponsors and producing more franchise such as games and figurines etc., but I think mostly due to larger viewing numbers. 10 years ago companies might have had a hard time making profit on a short and so channels would not want to air them, but now more money means they can get better music, scripts and animation for shorts (or any other things that make them worth watching) so channels will want to air them.


Does Madara's age make him immune from the Death Note's "124 years old" rule?

I don't think he is, he is of an age with Hashirama Senju, as seen from when they were children together, and his slightly younger brother was the master of Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was only 69 when he died.

The age gap between master and student varies, with Kakashi less than twenty years older than Naruto and Jiraiya more than thirty years older than Naruto, but even if Tobirama was forty years older than Hiruzen, that only puts him at 109, and seeing as they were both kids at the same time, Hashirama can't be more than 115 or so, and Madara at most maybe 118.

Looking at it another way, Hashiraama's granddaughter Tsunade is 55 after the timeskip,  and on average grandparents tend to be between fifty and seventy years older than their grandchildren, making it unlikely for Hashirama to be older than 124, but possible.

It's also important to note that after entrusting Obito to resurrect him, Madara did pass away, I'm not sure for how long, but most likely at the minimum for a year or two.

I would guess that Madara was born about 100 to 110 years ago, and spent one to ten of those years dead, making him susceptible to the Death Note.


What is the meaning of "Forever Fornever" at the end of the anime series?

There is no definite answer for this question stated by the artist himself Yoshihiro Togashi There for we are left to interpreted it as we like. And there for there are allot of theory's of what this means. One of the most popular being the one stated by Kakashi

  "Forever will not occur," or in other words, "nothing lasts forever." I believe that Yu Yu Hakusho was by far one of the greatest anime/manga ever written, and the artist knew that everyone watching the last few minutes of the final show never wanted it to end. But, since everything good thing must come to an end, the artist made it clear and simple. I believe this is the only anime to end with a phrase for viewers to think about, rather then simply saying "the end."

Another very popular theory is him showing discontinuation of the series. So no more different time lines, other endings. Or any such things.

But just like stated in the begin there is no definite answer given by the author himself.


How is Levi so fast when attacking the Beast Titan's nape in season 3 part 2?

First : He's using more gas. as Mikasa did in S1 E7. I pinned. but how they can using more gas? there is no valve as you can see in the pictures I've pasted. I re-watched the Episode 7 and 8 from Season 1 multiple times but they said :

  No one knows how the ODM works except engineers

so I only can guess maybe they hold gas fire button(as you can see in the second picture there is two button on the handle , bottom button is for using gas) for long time or maybe push it rapidly or push it with more power. I really don't know and I searched whole of the internet and it seems no one knows :-D

And this is how ODM is work.

Second : He's an Ackerman as it explained here :

   The Ackermans have an "awakened power" displayed by some members of the clan. Levi Ackerman describes it as "knowing exactly what needs to be done, and it lets the Ackermans exhibit physical abilities far above the average human. Eren Yeager learns from Zeke that this is because they were the result of the old Eldian Empire experimenting with the Subjects of Ymir. They can manifest the power of the Titans as humans, without becoming a Titan or inheriting any of the Nine Titans. When awakened, the Ackerman gains the battle experience from every single Ackerman before them via paths.

You also can watch this video at 3:40 for proof the ability of Ackerman clan or Ackerman family


Does Kyros have two legs on this picture?

As mentioned by Aditya, there seems to be different versions. The official US release, like several online pages, shows Kyros with only one leg:

However, Viz released volume 79 on August 2, 2016, over a year after chapter 794 was first released. A possible mistake could have very well been noticed and corrected in the meantime.

I found a scan of the original Tankōbon 79, released on October 3, 2015 in Japan. It also shows the correct picture:

Not as likely anymore but given the large popularity of One Piece, eleven weeks might have been sufficient for a correction.

So I went even further back, up to the very origin of this picture. I ordered Weekly Shōnen Jump #2323 and on July 18, 2015, this picture looked like that:

So it was indeed a mistake!

I discovered a while later that One Piece Wiki lists all mistakes that have been found so far in each Tankōbon as well as the corresponding correction. The one mentioned here can also be found there.


Whose and When did Clare felt the aura of yoma as strong and ominious as of Riful for the first time?

While it's true that normal human can't sense youki aura, those with sharp sixth sense can, So it's not that human can't feel their aura, but it's just hard to do. From Claymore 86, The Touch's Sin.

And it's true that you said she met 3 Awakened Beings but none of them were on Abyssal One caliber. Now, you mentioned that Clare might not be talking about the awakened being rather one of Claymore warrior, while this is probably true but considering what Galatea said right after that, they must be talking about the enemy rather than their fellow warrior.

Now this left us with only one possible choice, Priscilla. But did Clare really feel her aura? We don't know for sure about that. However, she saw Priscilla killing Teresa, and when she faced her at close distance, she was overcame by fear, trembled by her presence. From Claymore 24, Marked For Death 7

Now that Clare can feel their yoma, she must have remembered that feeling and realize how strong Priscilla's aura actually was.


Captains' reiatsu levels after donating to Ichigo

Nope. I believe it's the same case as Rukia. Even though she borrowed her powers to Ichigo at the start of the series and couldn't recover her powers while in the Human World, this was mostly because of Urahara's Special Gigai. By the time she returned to Soul Society, she eventually got all of her powers back.


Where can I legally stream or download Ninku?

There are DVDs available, if you keep an eye out. Here's one ...at 750$ :(

The manga seems to only have been published in French

It doesn't look like its been touched by any English groups apart from the original broadcast so I'm afraid you're out of luck.

ANN doesn't mention any Japanese streaming download sites, so I think your best bet is to try and get the DVDs somewhere and import the manga if you read Japanese.


What convinced Saber to destroy the Holy Grail in the Unlimited Blade Works movie?

In the movie, as Rin was carrying Shinji out, she told Saber to destroy the Holy Grail "cocoon" (Shinji was too weak and incompatible to be able to contain the Grail, so this "cocoon" is the result of it manifesting).

Saber she was hesitant because Rin was still there, but she knew that if the cocoon were to explode the cursed contents would destroy everything it touched. So destroying the cocoon would be natural to her in this situation.

The movie plays out almost exactly as the visual novel scenario, with a few bits and pieces cut out for time. E.g., Saber tries to cross the pond of corrupted mud to save Rin, but Rin uses a Command Seal to prevent her from doing so (because she would be corrupted by the cursed mud if she touched it).

About the corruption of the Grail:

The contents of the Grail was corrupted during the Third Fuyuki Grail War, which allowed for the summoning of non-Heroic Spirits such as Rider and Caster. Any wish made upon this upon the Grail's corrupted contents would come with destruction. The Lesser Grail, the container meant to hold the contents of the Holy Grail was destroyed in the previous Grail War (the Fourth, by Saber, commanded by Shirou's foster father Kiritsugu using his command seal).


It is intentionally vague, so this question is more asking for opinion

You can decide if you think they are friends or if you think he is proud to have cultivated a tasty contract


Why does Shizuku's room become larger in "Whisper of the Heart"?

I noticed this too. The reason is that the bunker bed used to be in the middle of Shizuku and her sister’s space (you can see it around 15:20 of the movie). After her sister moved out, the family must have moved the bed so Shizuku could have more space.


What is the significance of Ran's birthday?

Officially, neither the birthday is revealed, nor has it really played a role in the plot.
However, Aoyama said in an interview, that there is an "obstacle" preventing him from revealing Ran's birth date, but since the birthday hasn't passed Ran is 16 right now"
The interview, quoted from Detective Conan World's forum:

蘭の誕生日教えて！→差し支えあるので今は言えない。でもまだ誕生日来ていないので蘭は現在16歳。
Tell me about Ran's birthday! → Since there's an obstacle, I can't tell it for now. But since the birthday hasn't passed, Ran is 16 right now.

I think that a future volume will be about her birthday, so everything else would be wild speculation.


Jintan still has romantic feelings toward her, as do the other male
characters. There are also some scenes (at least one, and I think more)
where Menma is sitting on Jintan's crotch and moving around, which
naturally gives him nosebleeds and at least once causes him to pass out.
The implication is that she has no clue what kind of effect this has on
him because she died before learning about such things.

It seems likely that the creators did not want to show that kind of
scene with Menma looking like a child. Kodomo no Jikan ended up not
being adapted for the US market because of such content. The late-teen
male characters having romantic feelings toward such a young-looking
character would also tend to squick people out.


Who did Kaito Kid meet first: Conan or Shinichi?

There's no contradiction between the two episodes: in episode 219, Shinichi never saw Kaito Kid (even during the "duel" with the guns, Kid was hidden behind the sheet) and he didn't even hear the name "Kid": he did ask Megure what's the thief's name at the end, but Megure was so focused on the code that Shinichi gave up asking, while still thinking "but then, one day...", foreshadowing that the two may meet again in the future.

Episode 76 is adapted from manga chapters 156-159, while the Clocktower Heist segment of episode 219 is adapted from the Magic Kaito manga chapters 23-24 (beware a faulty fan translation of the these two chapters in which Shinichi calls the thief "Kid" all the time, which doesn't happen in the original as I said above).

The Shinichi vs Kid showdown was an afterthought, as in it wasn't planned when the first Conan vs Kid case was written (Aoyama said so in his comment for the book "Detective Conan vs Kaitou Kid Perfect Edition") and yet when he decided to write a prequel Aoyama was clever enough to find a way around this, by preventing Shinichi from seeing Kid and learning his name. A similar trick was used by Aoyama for the prequel encounter between Shinichi and Heiji three years before the current timeline: neither of them manged to get a clear look at the rival detective or to learn each other's names; that prequel also had the trick of Shinichi and Heiji both solving the case while thinking it was solved by the other detective, thus avoiding a contadiction with a previous story that showed Shinichi solving his first case one year before the current timeline. Another thing is that Shinichi briefly interacted with Heiji's mother in the 3-year old flashback even though he doesn't know her when she first appears in the series: this can be easily explained by the fact that she did nothing to stand out and had her face partially obscured by a cap and ski glasses, plus their interaction was very brief.

Gosho Aoyama likes his work to be coherent.


Is there any more meaning to Ren's name?

As @j__m mentioned, There's probably no more meaning to the name 'Ren' than meets the eye, but reading into it, Lotus flowers can symbolize several things that could be linked to their relationship:

The Egyptians believed the lotus was a symbol of Rebirth, Life and Death

   In the final chapters of the manga, Their relationship is cut short by Ren's sudden death

Buddhism associates the flower with loyalty and faithfullness

   Even though they separate, Ren and Nana return to each other. Ren's lock necklace is a symbol of loyalty also.

Also, Red lotus flowers can be a symbol of love and harmony

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Is Gohan stronger than Vegeta in the DBS manga?

Characters have been power scaled pretty differently in the manga and anime. Gohan in the manga is stronger than his anime counterpart. I'm personally finding the recent scaling in the Manga to be pretty absurd. We see Master Roshi dodge punches from Jiren/ a being stronger than a God of Destruction (Note: Even if you consider Roshi to be a better martial artist, someone who wasn't even phased by the Timeskip, who is on guard all the time and dodges attacks from UI Omen Goku, is just absur.d).Nevertheless, to answer your question, Gohan from the manga, is definitely not stronger than Vegeta from the manga. Vegeta in the manga scales up to Mastered Super Saiyan Blue Goku. Toppo stated during his fight with Vegeta in Manga Chapter 36, that Vegeta was relative to Goku in terms of sheer power. Hence, Gohan being stronger than Goku would technically make no sense and since Vegeta is as strong as Goku, I think it is still fair to assume the two of them are on the same level.


Why is Princess Reiners called a monster?

Princess Renner belongs to the Human Race and doesn't possess any magical skills or powers such as other races. So the people referring to her as a Monster is just symbolic or figurative.
For the reasons why she is called a monster, it's mainly because she hides her true twisted personality and acts just the opposite way in public.
Aside from this, she's extremely observational, intelligent, and possess advanced intellect.
There is a time when she easily deciphers various locations of eight fingers from a document, and then we see Lakyus (leader of Blue Roses) saying that there is no one for whom the word genius is a better fit except the Princess.
Then during a meeting with Marquis Raeven and her brother Zanac, she says some interesting dialogs about Marquis

I wish for you, the hidden leader of the Royalty Faction, no, the one
who controls the Royalty Faction from the shadows, to lend me your
household troops..........

Both Marquis Raeven and her brother Zenac are terrified and Zanac says:

How do you, up here like a bird in cage, know all of that?

That is the reason why Zanac describes Renner as an unfathomable monster.
Some more quotes:

Why, Climb. Are you on your way to show your face to that monster?
To Climb warning about Renner: Listen, Climb. If you were a bigot then I wouldn’t have even bothered
to say anything. But I’m giving you a warning since she could be
tricking you. She’s a monster
To Renner: Is that so. This is your true face. What should I say when you were
young, it always felt like something was strange about you, but now I
know you’re not normal

So considering these characteristics, it can be said that she is the most intelligent human in the whole Overlord series and also gets on well with other superior races (for example, check her relations with Albedo in the other question regarding Renner). It's just natural for anyone to be terrified after learning her identity behind the mask she puts on as a saint. You would really call someone like that a true monster.
So in short, she is not a (former) monster in any literal sense. But her personality, intelligence, and mental disorder makes her one (symbolically)


There are two reasons:
1)Orochimaru was busy reanimating the four dead hokages to bring strong reinforcements.
2)Even if he was as strong as the Kages or even stronger, but we see in the fight between Madara and the Kages just how strong Madara was. He singlehandedly annhilated all the five Kages. So if Orochimaru decided to face him alone then I am sure he would have died instantly.


Where can I find Pokémon Adventures Volumes 1-3 Chuang Yi Version not Viz Media

Chuang Yi has closed down for some time and has ceased operations for even longer. IMO, if you want to acquire this version, it is through second hand sources like ebay.


Can someone explain to me the ending of Guilty Crown?

During episode 22 after Shu defeats Gai and both he and Mana crystalize, Shu then uses both his original King power and Gai's power to absorb every single void and Apocalypse Virus remaining on the planet. After this action Shu becomes fully crystalized and has a vision of Inori offering him the Guilty Crown and Shu accepts. By this acceptance of the crown Shu and Inori switch places. A trade happens and Inori receives all of Shu's illness and he receives hers. ref(Guilty Crown Wiki)


Difference between Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night UBW?

As mentioned by senshin in his answer to the question What is the viewing order of Fate-related works?

Fate/stay night is a visual novel originally released in 2004. The story has three routes: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel.
The first TV anime series by DEEN in 2006, titled Fate/stay night, mostly adapted the Fate route.

   However, Caster's plan to prematurely summon the Grail was taken from the Unlimited Blade Works route, and Sakura and Rin's fight was taken from the Heaven's Feel route

The movie by DEEN in 2010, titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, adapted a highly condensed form of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
The second TV anime series by Ufotable in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, also titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, is another adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
There are plans for a movie/series of movies by Ufotable which adapts Heaven's Feel route.


Is there any clarification from togashi with his new worktime since 2016?

The autor is suffering from prolonged back pains and hasn't been able to recover.

While the exact reason isn't always stated, Togashi's chronic illness is a well known issue and mostly assumed to be the reason for pretty much all the hiatuses.