Are all Norma female (as of episode 04)?

Unmarked spoilers.

Yes. Norma can only be female.

The survivors of the pre-mana world, like Tusk and his parents also cannot use mana (because the mana-wielders were genetically engineered by Embyro), and Tusk were incorrectly identified as a Male Norma by Hilde.

This gene rejects DRAGON-based powers. Thus norma are immune to mana, and to the dragon's roars (this being the main reason they pilot the para-mails).

If we play a little with genetics, we can say that the norma gene is a recessive gene situated in the homologous portion of the sexual chromosomes:

  Homologous portion is that in which there are genes having alleles in both Y and X sex chromosomes. The homologous portions are situated more in the central part of the sex chromosomes, near the centromere.

The recessive allele appears only on the X chromosome, with the dominant allele appearing on both X and Y. The recessive characteristic grants immunity to DRAGON based powers.

Since there is little recombination between X and Y chomosomes during meiosis (and this recombination takes place only near the telomeres), there is no way this gene can cross over to the Y chromosomes.

  The human Y chromosome is normally unable to recombine with the X chromosome, except for small pieces of pseudoautosomal regions at the telomeres

So only females could be norma. Males would be carriers only at most.

Now, this is viewed as a genetic flaw by the mana society (including several characters) but I boldfaced the immunity text above for a reason:

Embyro designed the mana-wielding humanity. It would be very unlikely he would let "an old gene" slip by a mistake.

The mana society needs Aura as its Draconium reactor. It means the dragons came into existance before Embyro designed them. Since Embyro knew the dragons would go to any length to rescue Aura (even going on suicide missions), he would need troops immune to the dragon powers.

So he engineered the Norma. They were not an "accident" or a "mistake".

Why engineer his soldiers as female only? Because Embyro is a womanizer at the very core. He has no interest in males.

Also, he views the mana wielders as mere puppets. Since it is shown that he at several times seduced and enthralled the norma to satisfy his urges, he would expect some thrill out of breaking them.

He can dominate any mana wielder at will, so we can infer from his personality that he would have no interest in having a woman he can control with a flick of his finger.

So it was Embyro that designed the norma to be his anti-DRAGON soldiers, female only. So he would have some girls to toy with.


Is there another anime series aside Gundam which created real scale giant robots?

You could count Tetsujin 28-go, or Gigantor as it was known in the west.

This one was erected in Wakamatsu Park, Kobe, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The idea was to rejuvenate the area with tourism.
As far as I know, this is full-scale, at 18m (59ft) tall.


What does "ABJ" mean on some manga websites & apps?

"ABJ" stands for "Authorized Books of Japan".

Citing from Association for E-Publishing Business Solution (Japanese),

  The ABJ mark is a trademark indicating that this e-bookstore and e-book distribution service is an authorized distribution service that has been licensed for use by the copyright holder. The aim was to provide an environment where readers can read and subscribe with peace of mind, and to promote the development of a healthy content market.

It means that the digital service provider (e.g. websites, apps) is officially authorized and has been given permission to use licensed works. Services that have this mark always mean that they are legal providers. However, services that do not have this mark does not mean that they are illegal (e.g. Crunchyroll Manga) since there is a procedure needs to be done to get the mark.

Some supplementing quotes in English regarding the mark:

Manga Planet - Updates on System Improvement:

  Addition of the ABJ mark and short description to the footer

  The ABJ mark is a trademark indicating that this e-bookstore and e-book distribution service is an authorized distribution service that has been licensed for use by the copyright holder.

  We will continue to release e-books with rights properly processed to contribute to the development of the manga market.

Beaglee Inc. - Non-Consolidated Financial Results
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 (PDF):

  Moreover, the Company has obtained permission to use the ABJ mark that signifies it provides full version services with permission for use of contents granted by the copyright holders.

The whitelisted services are listed on this PDF file (updated irregularly). From left-to-right:

Registration number
Service name
Operator (business company/person) - with the last updated date

Example of English manga sites that have been registered:

BOOK☆WALKER Global Store: ABJ 10291001
MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA: ABJ 10921042
Manga Planet Library: ABJ 11981000

In summary:

Has ABJ mark: always legal
Does not have ABJ mark: maybe legal, but most possibly illegal


What is the reasoning behind Kara no Kyoukai numerical movie order?

Kara no Kyoukai was designed to be out of order, just like the movie Memento was designed to go backwards.
I watched it chronologically once, but it doesn't work very well. Some of the slower movies are used to set the mood early on, putting them where they are supposed to go chronologically wrecks the flow.


What happened to Yui's Heart when Kirito wiped out his Inventory?

Like your previous question, I don't think there's a way to confirm exactly what happened here, but I have 3 possible explanations.

Yui's Heart was marked as a special item and couldn't be deleted (e.g. Quest item, etc.), but I think this is the least likely, since as you said, the anime showed his inventory being empty and there was no filter on it.
It could simply just have been consumed when Yui was summoned, so it was already gone when he deleted everything.
It was simply deleted. Since Yui was already initialized in the world, it didn't matter if he had it in his inventory or not.


Why was "Mr. Raindrop" transliterated into hiragana rather than katakana?

I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

It is perfectly normal to write furigana (in hiragana) on top of English words for the audience, who are practically all Japanese, to understand and learn how to pronounce.
In addition, furigana is always added on top of English words at any Japanese karaoke in Japan.
So no, it is not a joke nor a careless mistake, just a very common practice.


Why do so few light novels make it over via timely translation?

Light Novels are indeed harder to translate, but that isn't the real cause for their delay. The market for LN is really small outside Japan for a number of reasons so companies aren't interested in publishing them unless they are for very famous franchises (like Haruhi), and even then it's very risky.

As I said, translations and edition arent the reason per se, but that also affects. Translations in sites like Baka-Tsuki, while being done with lots of effort and having lots of stages for correction and quality check, doesn't quite fit the quality expected for a commercial release. Even in Baka-Tsuki the translations takes lots of time to be published, corrected and polished, so you can imagine how long that would take for a commercial-quality release.


Oblivious life-threateningly terrible cooks?

Usually the food is a gift from a girl to a boy - for example, sharing bentos at school or making the boy chocolate for valentines day. These are pretty common occurances in both games and anime - usually in the lead up to a confession of love. When guys give gifts to girls in anime it's more often jewellery or something to remember them by.

Gift-Giving going wrong is another trope and the humour in it is that the character getting the present feels obliged to pretend that they really like the gift. For example, getting a present that you already own. This trope has been going in different media for ages, and stems from real-life experiences. I know I've gotten presents I haven't been overly thrilled by but had to express my gratitude to be polite.

So, when gift-giving going wrong is applied to food - the character has to try and eat a disgusting meal while saying it's delicious - or at least, not say it's awful. The humour comes from the conflicted emotions and the effort the character has to put in to make sure it doesn't come across on his face that it's disgusting.

I think the fact that gifting food occurs so often in anime, means that this alternative gifting has become a spinoff as it were - and has become a trope in its own right.

I'm not sure if this answers your question or not - add a comment if it doesn't :)


Are The God Cards stronger than Number Cards?

In terms of the anime, the God Cards have been made weaker due to new mechanics added to the game. At the end of the original series, Yugi was able to defeat all 3 at once. I should also point out that Exodia under the rules of the anime, if assembled will win even if the opponent has 2 of Obelisk and Slifer, one of Ra and has infinite hand in play. Also, Exodia Necross is about as strong as a god card as well.

Also in the anime, at the times where a good guy had the God Cards and could use them to defeat an arch enemy, the God Cards had always been stolen. In the Orichalcos Arc, they were stolen and only come back at the very end while Yami Bakura's "Shadow Game" was not what we was expecting as the final fight between him and Atem

However, in terms of the real life game, the first versions of the cards are illegal and can not be played. Legal versions have been released however are still banned from all sanctioned tournaments. One can duel with the legal god cards, however, most players will have strict conditions and I very much doubt that even if a player allowed to have all 3, they won't be allowed Horakhty.

That being said they can be stopped, none of them can be special summoned so you can aim to stop the tributes.

Slither's attack depends on the number of cards in a users hand, which means it can be 0 if the hand is empty, so you just need a monster with at least 2001 ATK to kill it.
Obelisk can destroy all monsters but requires tributes of a set ATK and DEF of 4k, which means it can be killed by monsters like Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Ra's power comes from the user's life points so it can be destroyed if the user is low on them or a direct attack on the user if they use Ra's full power will win.

Also each of the God Cards have been defeated in the anime despite strategies being implemented to make them all powerful. The means to defeat them was created with pre-GX, 5Ds and Zexal cards in mind so they can probably be defeated much more easily now. If the God Cards were to make an appearance within an anime again and becomes all powerful, they will be used a tributes for new stronger versions (kinda like Horakhty). However, given predictable plot they can still be defeated, and by understanding a character's strategy these can be done in real life.

In Yu-Gi-Oh or Dual Monsters in general, there is no such thing as a card always being powerful. Each card is strong but has it's weaknesses and can be defeated with a proper strategy. Anything that is "all powerful" in the anime will never be used in sanctioned tournaments, and most players will disallow opponents to use them as well, especially if one is playing with a tournament rule deck.


Why does Lupin III refer to Inspector Zenigata as To-chan?

Coming into this super late, but thought I may as well give you an answer.

In fact, Lupin calls Zenigata とっつぁん (tottsan), which is indeed a very rustic variation of お父さん (otou-san). This variation can very aptly be likened to "pops" in English. Just like how one might refer to the grouchy old bartender in the diner as "pops" in English, so too does Lupin (who's all-around uses very "playful" japanese) refer to the grouchy old Zenigata as とっつぁん. If I'm not mistaken, most subs will translate it to "pops" or "old man" (I'm rather partial to the former).

Hope this helps!


Where in K-ON! does the second panel of this image of Azusa come from?

I don't think this was put in the original anime

lol of course not

It's fanart by an artist named くまもとこ / "kuma motoko" who used to be on pixiv but has since deleted his/her account. Some remnants of his/her art, not including the Azusa picture (but including a different picture from the same set), can be seen on Twitpic (NSFW).


I find the answer in Volume 4, chapter 24 ( read from right to left or look at the page number )

Volume 4, chapter 24, page 6,7,8

Ishida realized that what Kawaii do to her appearance is clearly the same with Shouko at chapter 23. It's pretty obvious that Kawaii like Mashiba.

So The reason why Kawaii change her appearance is because she want to look attractive in front of Mashiba. It's same with Shouko case.

It's just my speculation but from the interpreter of the story at chapter 23 said that Shouko want to look attractive ( she want to looks different ) in front of Ishida, and after that he confession to Ishida but it didn't go so well. But Ishida still didn't know what shouko feel toward him.


Do manga licensees in North America and Europe obtain material by scanning tankobons or purchase raw data directly?

I'm not sure if I can fully answer your question, mainly because I am just a consumer and not involved in any way in the industries.  But I do (slightly) recall on eBookJapan (before Yahoo.co.jp bought them out) older manga was (or looked/felt like) scanned, but later on, they would remaster, and sometimes even digitally publish black-and-white version and colored remastered version, and charge differently.
Also, I am not in a market as a consumer of translated tankoubon (i.e. as you say, "Asia region" and western licensors) other than Japanese so I can only answer for digital manga I purchase from the few places I can purchase from direct in Japan (before eBookJapan was owned by Yahoo.co.jp, I was able to pay with non-Japanese credit card, now it is more difficult to buy - mainly I presume due to copyright law only protects Japanese publishers in Japan) but the scanned ones I've seen were only from my curiosities of nostalgias of "oh I want to read this manga again" and did the tachiyomi to see if I really wanted to purchase it, so I have no purchased copies of any tankoubon that looks like it was scanned for a proof.
Again, I do not know if I did answer at least a little, of your question, mainly because I am not in the market for other Asian translations, but as mentioned, due to copyright limitations, if it is scanned, I have second thoughts that they might not be a legitimate publisher, but you can probably go to eBookJapan to see if they have (as in, they are selling) a digital version of the tankoubon you are interested in, and if they sell it, most likely there exists a legitimate digital version from the publisher (I am not here to preach about piracy or how important it is to support manga authors, so leave it up to your discretions on whether you want to pay/support scanned market), and I hope I was able to indirectly answer some parts.


Is Gatchaman Crowds set in the same universe as Gatchaman?

I don't have a definitive answer to this, but based on the first 2 episodes of Crowds (all that has aired so far), at the very least there's no clear connection between the two series. If they are in the same universe, the characters in the two series don't seem to be interacting at all. There are definitely references to the original series, e.g. all of the members of the Gatchaman team in the original series have counterparts in Crowds, and many of the concepts stayed the same.

There's good reason to believe that the two series are in different universes. In the original Gatchaman, all of their powers were, at least in principle, just the product of science and technology. In Crowds, by contrast, their Gatchaman powers are of some sort of mystic origin. It's not yet clear how they work, but they aren't purely within the realm of science fiction anymore. This rendition of Gatchaman is thus fundamentally different from the original, and probably only makes sense in its own universe.

Wikipedia seems to agree with this, describing Crowds as "based in the Gatchaman universe", which would seem to preclude it from being in the same universe. However, there's no solid source for that statement, so it's at best questionable.

Of course, this answer could still change (at least until Crowds ends) but for the moment it seems more likely that they are in different universes.


What's the significance of revealing a character's blood type?

Blood type in Japan is associated with temperance or personality. On Facebook in Japan, as well as Wikipedia and matchmaking sites, blood type can be listed. Many horoscopes and matchmaking services also use blood type to match people together.

According to Wikipedia:

  It is common among anime and manga authors to mention their character's blood types, and to give their characters corresponding blood types to match their personalities. Some video game characters also have known blood types. In addition, it is common for video game series to allow for blood type as an option in their creation modes.

The associated personality traits (from the chart here):

A

Better traits: Earnest, creative, sensible, reserved, patient, responsible
Worse traits: Fastidious, overearnest, stubborn, tense

B

Better traits: Wild, active, doer, creative, passionate, strong
Worse traits: Selfish, irresponsible, unforgiving, erratic

AB

Better traits: Cool, controlled, rational, sociable, adaptable
Worse traits: Critical, indecisive, forgetful, irresponsible, "split personality"

O

Better traits: Confident, self-determined, optimistic, strong-willed, intuitive
Worse traits: Self-centered, cold, doubtful, unpredictable, "workaholic"


Is it common for a writer to write for more than one demographic?

It is common for an author to experiment with different genres, art, and media. But at the same time, it's also common that the same author uses different names for different demographics.

You should distinguish between the writer and the pen name he/she uses, and between individual authors and groups. CLAMP is a collective and they're changing its components periodically. On the other hand, Masashi Kishimoto is an individual author (that it doesn't mean that he hasn't any assistant).

Pseudonyms are common in this industry where we can have an individual author Sumomo Yumeka writing yaoi with this name, seinen manga using the pseudonym Mizu Sahara, and writing shoujo manga as Sahara Keita. Any pen name is clearly associated with a single demographic in this case, but the author herself actually write for different demographics. It is the same with Ken Akamatsu (shounen) aka Awa Mizuno (hentai doujinshi), so it seems that where publishing constraints are very different, authors can use a pen name to differentiate their works.

Collectives and circles like CLAMP seems to explore different genres/demographics more freely with the same name, probably because the authority is shared among the members and the collective nature of the name is clear to readers.


Could Okabe have saved Mayuri in the alpha world line?

Disclaimer
Needless to say, this answer contains spoilers. Therefore, I have chosen not to spoiler it.

No, Okabe could not have saved Mayuri, as he found out by himself the hard way.
Mayuri was meant to die in the alpha world line; her death is what is called a "convergence point". No matter how Okabe manipulates the alpha world line, creating a new timeline in the process, every timeline belonging to the alpha world line would eventually "converge" to make that one event happen without fail: Mayuri's death.
And Okabe did try to save Mayuri countless times. If breaking her watch were enough to save her, then the convergence point would have been the event where her watch breaks. Thus, in at least one timeline, Mayuri's watch would've broken without Mayuri dying.
Edit (after playing the VN):
Pockety (the watch) actually never broke in the VN, or if it did, it was considered so minor it was never mentioned even once.
It is likely that the scene where it breaks was added for the anime to stylize Mayuri's death, in order to imply her death without actually depicting it. Remember that Mayuri died in several — at times gruesome — ways, such as getting shot in the head, or getting crushed by a subway train. The anime team likely didn't want to make the show too gory, as it would not have fit with the rest of the series very well. The theory isn't too far-fetched, since watches symbolize time, and time symbolizes life. Since Mayuri carries Pockety (a memento of her late grandmother's) at all times, it may as well signify her own life; its breaking meaning her death.
Additionally, despite carrying its own name (Pockety), the watch was never important in the VN in the first place. I figure the anime team wanted to give it meaning in some form, which I'll admit is a nice touch on their part.
In any case, the watch breaking was never meant to be important at all.

As for Makise Kurisu's case. Okabe could save her by making her lie in a pool of blood, because that was the only thing he ever established. When he first saw her, he never actually bothered to check if she was dead in the first place, so convergence might not have been her death, but her lying in a pool of blood instead.
This was of course a gamble. There was no guarantee it would've worked, since they didn't know which event was the actual convergence point: Makise's death, or her lying in a pool of blood (or both). The fact that she survived was merely a lucky shot that could've gone wrong.
In retrospect, Christina could've died of a heart attack after getting tased by Okabe. Mayuri died of heart attacks quite often too, when nothing else was killing her. Although Mayuri's death was never specified in those instances where she simply "collapsed, breathing heavily, clutching her chest", and turned out to be dead, I'll just assume it was a heart attack.
Okabe simply got damn lucky with his assistant.


Has the anime for To Love-Ru caught up with the manga?

Has the manga finished? Did the anime end before the manga?

The manga has finished, but there's no news about the continuation of the anime adaptation for Darkness as of current writing:

To Love-Ru

Manga: 2006 - 2009
Anime: 2008 - 2010 (original & Motto)

To Love-Ru Darkness

Manga: Nov 2010 - Apr 2017
Anime: Oct 2012 - Oct 2015 (original & 2nd)

  Do I have to continue with the manga after the series? Which chapter do I start at?

Since the anime had ended before the manga finished, you have to pick up the rest on the manga. Here is the detail for all animated series:

To Love-Ru: Most of the content is an anime original story that does not conform with the manga.
To Love-Ru OVA: Included in the limited edition of manga volume 13-18, the story conforms with the manga.

Chapter 100-102
Chapter 73, 104
?
Chapter 93-98
Chapter 141
Chapter 142, 139, 143

Motto To Love-Ru: A reboot of the original anime, the story is now based on the manga more faithfully. Each episode consists of 3 sub-episodes.

Chapter 49 | Chapter 87, 88 | Chapter 74, 107
Chapter 146 | Chapter 54 | Chapter 75, 76
Chapter 120 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 106
Chapter 61 | Chapter 105 | Chapter 108
Chapter 81 | Chapter 85 | Chapter 136, 137
Chapter 113, 114 | Chapter 70 | Chapter 80
Chapter 45 | Chapter 123 | Chapter 64, 65
Chapter 115, 156 | Chapter 43, 44, bangai-hen | Chapter 139
Chapter 130 | Chapter 152, 153 | Chapter 154
Chapter 129 | Chapter 147 | Chapter 155
Chapter 157 | Chapter 158 | Chapter 116-118
Chapter 119, 122, 159 | Chapter 160-161 | Chapter 162

To Love-Ru Darkness: Follows the manga faithfully, covers up to chapter 19 + bangai-hen.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2, 3
Chapter 3, 4
Chapter 1, 5, 6
Chapter 7, 8
Chapter 8, 9
Chapter 10, 11
Chapter 12, bangai-hen
Chapter 11, 13
Chapter 14, 15
Chapter 11, 15, 16
Chapter bangai-hen, 17
OVA 1 (Episode 0): Chapter 0 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 2: Chapter 19 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 3: Chapter 18 | bangai-hen
OVA 4: Chapter bangai-hen | 28 | bangai-hen
OVA 5: Chapter bangai-hen
OVA 6: Chapter bangai-hen

To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd: Covers up to chapter 55

Chapter 26
Chapter 20, 27
Chapter 21, 22
Chapter 23, 24
Chapter 25, bangai-hen
Chapter 29, bangai-hen
Chapter 30
Chapter 31-33
Chapter 33-35
Chapter 36, 37
Chapter 38-40
Chapter 40-43
Chapter 43-45
Chapter 45-47
OVA 7: Chapter bangai-hen | 38
OVA 8: Chapter 48, 49 | 50
OVA 9: Chapter 54 | 55

Source: Japanese Wikipedia


Why do their nicknames include "Super Duper"?

The reason they had these nicknames is to emphasize that Hope's Peak Academy is really hard to get into. Hence the students there are extraordinarily talented. It would seem that it's a requirement to have one outstanding feature to qualify for enrolment in the school. Apart from Naegi, who gained entrance through a lottery (and is the Super Duper Highschool Luckster)

Some liberties were taken in the translation much like other releases - for example the directly translated "Super High School Class Good Luck" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as "Super Duper Highschool Luckster". It conveys the same message, but is perhaps not exact

A couple of the other changes to the titles and the rationale behind them in the fan translation are outlined here, similar reasons would apply to the official releases:
http://danganronpa.wordpress.com/dr1/tl-notes/general/


When was Orochimaru kicked out of the village?

I do not recall it ever stating how long Orochimaru was conducting experiments while in Konoha (my memory is fuzzy and could not find any sources). However, Orochimaru began his experiments sometime after finding the shedded skin of a white snake as shown in Chapter 344. Hiruzen goes on to explain that this was a sign of good fortune and rebirth. According to the wiki, it was at this moment when Orochimaru became interested in kinjustu.

As for Orochimaru's defection from Konoha, this occurred shortly after Minato was chosen to become the Fourth Hokage. In Chapter 116, during the Sand's invasion in the middle of the chunnin exam, another shinobi asked Ibiki why Orochimaru was considered a missing-nin.


What is the name of the song when Yato uses Yukine to cut through the Pacification Ring to rescue Ebisu in episode 13 in Noragami Aragoto?

If you're talking about the flashback scene that starts around 4:59, this is "Reincarnation" (Noragami Aragoto OST, disc 1, track 8). Here is an extract from the track (0:45-1:00).


In parasyte the maxim, what is the name of end song and the name of the conflict song in the middle of the show?

Would you happen to be looking for the track called "Full Moon"?

Click here to listen to it.


It doesn't seem like Obito has much a future left, so let's get cracking.

Tobi uses Izanagi against Konan (Page 10)
Tobi's Izanagi lasted for 10 minutes (Page 3)

Tobi was definitely referring to himself using the complete form of Izanagi. Recall that Danzou had 10 eyes and each eye had a 1 minute duration of Izanagi. Tobi is able to use at least 10 minutes worth for an eye sacrifice.

We also know that with each eye Danzou used, his chakra dropped significantly according to Karin. His huge chakra loss is due to the fact that he is not an Uchiha. While this was not  specifically stated in chapters 510 or 479, we know that a non-Uchiha using Sharingan consumes a lot of chakra (ie Kakashi).

Now Tobi stated that Danzou didn't have full control over Hashirama's powers (Page 12), so this is why his Izanagi had a time restriction (of 1 minute). Tobi goes on to explain how Orochimaru realized this as well, thus implanting 10 eyes to lengthen the duration of Izanagi for Danzou.

The complete form of Izanagi requires full control over both the Uchiha DNA (Sharingan) and the Senju DNA (Hashirama cells). With this, one can use Izanagi without a timelimit per se, but rather a chakra limit. Tobi needs to use chakra to use Izanagi, so the duration of the doujutsu is directly proportional to the amount of chakra that he uses. Once Tobi runs out of chakra, he can no longer use Izanagi.


What characters are "fictional characters" in Re:Creators based on

there's my opnion:

Kirameki, Mamika >>based on Kaname, Madoka from Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

Kanoya, Rui>>>> based on  Ikari, Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion

Talker, Blitz >>>> based on Half-life main caracter.

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Is the "wakakusa" ad a references to something?

The pose itself seems to be a reference to a similar billboard ad from the American Sci-fi movie Blade Runner. In this ad, a woman dressed as a Geisha is holding a pill in a similar way to the image above. The dress is similar for both characters, as is the object being held.

You can watch the ad here.

The ad plays several times throughout the movie. The image is followed by the text 強力わかもと, which is not exactly the same as the Uchouten Kazoku text but is close enough to be fairly sure this is the reference. I'm not sure what わかくさ means here. It could be 若草 (green/fresh grass) but my best guess is that they changed the name just enough that it would avoid violating copyrights but still be recognizable.

The Blade Runner ad is itself a reference to the product 強力わかもと (Strong Wakamoto), which is a gastrointestinal drug to aid with digestion produced by わかもと製薬 (Wakamoto Pharmaceutical) (ja.wikipedia link).


Warning: Some spoilers below.

If you look at the succeeding pages of Chapter 112, Eren does indeed say that he hates Mikasa and revealed that he has done so ever since they were kids.

Whether he means it or not, however, is a different matter altogether. He could or could not be lying. The reason for him doing so or if he did lie, we cannot know yet as of now due to lack of information.

What we do know, however, is that in Chapter 115,

  it was revealed that Eren and Zeke had a talk, with Eren agreeing to Zeke's plan of genocide to wipe out the Eldian race. The reason being that if they were never born in the first place, there would be no suffering and Eren views it as their 'salvation'. Him pushing away everyone he knows, including his two close friends, Armin and Mikasa, was probably to ease the pain he would feel and sever any attachment or feelings he felt towards the two, knowing that he would be responsible for their deaths soon, if their plan succeeds.

Would it be possible for Eren and Mikasa to fight? This is speculation but I think this can be substantiated by facts mentioned in Chapter 112. In that same chapter,

  it was revealed that Ackermans awaken their powers when they recognize someone as a 'host'. Eren was recognized by Mikasa as her host and someone she had to protect so I doubt that she would be able to hurt him. Even when Eren said those harsh words and Armin was about to punch Eren, Mikasa still stopped Armin, following her clan's 'instincts' when awakened.


Can Bakugo keep up with Midoriya's One for All?

Can Bakugo keep up with the sheer output of power from Midoriya's One-for-All as he gradually scales it towards a possible 100% ? Less likely.

However he doesn't have to. Bakugo is portrayed as a naturally talented prodigy with great reflexes and self-confidence, while Midoriya is more inclined towards being a strategist with his detailed hero assessment notes.

While sparring Bakugo is able to get the upper hand by breaking the regular pattern, which throws Midoriya off-guard shifting the balance of the fight and ends up besting him. While a 100% One-for-All speed and strength wielding Deku (a potential All Might scenario) might be too much to deal with, it needs to be considered that Bakugo could still grow in ways yet to be shown in the manga to match his rival.


What's the best source of Shingeki no Kyojin Manga where the english translation is accurate to the original japanese?

Kodansha Comics as they are the official translator for Attack on Titan in English and license to distribute it.

It looks like you can read Chapter 1 for free but each volune does provide links to where you can get them (Amazon Kindle, Nook, iBooks and Printed (Physical) Editions)

  I prefer the closest english translation to the original

without going into legally questionable grounds such as scanlations, this is your only english translation.

even then Japanese to English is not an exact thing and how close the "english translation to the original" is subjective since some people will say the use of senpai/kohai as opposed to senior/junior or retaining honorifics like -chan, -kun and -san is closer to the original


Kale has a power beyond Super Saiyan 2. Her transformations, seem to be a lot different in comparison to Cabba and Caulifla. We know this based on the following reasons:In Episode 92 when Cabba tried to teach Caulifla and Kale to go Super Saiyan. We know the Caulifla in her SSJ form was stronger than Cabba and Kale in her out of control Berserker form at that time, was stronger than SSJ Caulifla and Caulifla had to go SSJ2 to block her attack.In Episode 113-114 SSJ2 Caulifla was initially fighting with Goku until Kale Joined in. When Kale Joined in, she was in perfect sync with Caulifla despite her being SSJ2 (Which is 50 times stronger than SSJ). I believe, Kale's SSJ transformation is different from a regular SSJ transformation and makes her slightly stronger than the average SSJ transformation.After Kale transformed to her mastered LSSJ transformation, she was completely superior in strength to SSJ2 Caulifla. We know this based on 2 reasons. When Goku first turned SSJG, Kale could hold her own against him while Caulifla was completely overwhelmed. So the Mastered LSSJ transformation makes Kale substantially stronger than SSJ3 Goku considering the fact that SSJG is a lot stronger.When Kale and Caulifla fused, Base Kefla was strong enough to easily overwhelm SSJG Goku. This again is because of Kale's superiorty in strength.So to answer your question,  just like Vegeta skipped the SSJ3 transformation and managed to attain an even higher power, Kale more or less did the same. Another Important Piece of Information: Both Kale and Caulifla are very inexperienced fighters compared to Goku/Vegeta and even Cabba. Also, they aren't aware of God Ki and cannot sense how strong it is. This is why, Kale and Caulifla were more amused by SSJ3 over something like SSJG and SSJB which are a lot stronger. Kale by herself is superior to the SSJ3 transformation based on her fight with SSJG goku and tanking that suppressed SSJB Kamehameha.


What is this manga about two students who speak to each other through a window?

I have been searching for this manga too and I hope it's the same manga you were searching for.

The name of the manga is Shuu 7. The manga consists of 4 one-shot stories and the story you are looking for is the third one.

  3) Koi no Kajitsu (Fruit of Love)

  Yuzuhara had to quit the track and field team due to an injury and is down because of that...then one day Tooda Shuuhei pops in at the window where she sits and asks her to date him...although shocked Yuzuhara agrees him to see at her window seat for a month until her seat changes...but on the last day before her seat changes Shuuhei doesn't turn up...


Why didn't survey corps climb on top of the walls to avoid boulders of beast titan season 3 part 2

Because doing so would merely have doomed them to die more slowly.
By retreating over the wall the Survey Corps would have been abandoning their horses to die leaving them with no way to leave the area safely.
On foot they would have no chance at all to reach the Beast Titan without being crushed by the boulders nor would they have any hope of returning to Wall Rose in a single night meaning that even if they could somehow evade the Beast Titan they would be at the mercy of any normal Titan roaming the area.
Their options if they'd taken shelter would have been starve to death or make an even more suicidal charge while all the Beast Titan would need to do to win would be sit back and wait.


Is Nico Robin able to use her DF power though impassable but transparent obstacles?

Although there may be others, so far I've only been able to think of one other time where she used her powers in a similar manner. The picture below is taken from the Strawhats' trip to the Fishman Islands (Chapter 605). The ship is coated with the resin from the Yakuriman Mangroves in order to withstand the very large hydrodynamic pressure. There is therefore a "impassable but transparent obstacle" as the OP puts it between Robin and her use of her DF power.


What is the relationship between the special chapters and the regular chapters for Wagatsuma-san wa Ore no Yome?

Japanese Wikipedia claims the following:

Wagatsuma-san wa Ore no Yome began serialization in Magazine SPECIAL, and ran in that magazine from the 10th issue of 2011 until the 8th issue of 2012. After that, it was switched to Weekly Shounen Magazine, starting in its 42nd issue of 2012. As of this writing, this manga is still being serialized in Weekly Shounen Magazine.

Magazine SPECIAL is indeed a monthly, and Weekly Shounen Magazine is (unsurprisingly) a weekly. Both magazines are owned by the publisher Kodansha, so it doesn't look like the manga "got the boot", per se. It looks more like Kodansha figured it was worth running in their flagship magazine rather than the relatively low-circulation Magazine SPECIAL. I guess it had gotten popular enough for that by the time the switch happened, or something.


Who are the two ladies in Major Kusanagi's apartment?

They're the Major's friends/friends-with-benefits. (She actually does have a life outside work.) The one with darker hair is named Ran; the one with lighter hair is Kurutan. She isn't a maid bot, she's just wearing a frilly dress and getting Motoko drinks, well, 'cause... (By the way, I think it's actually Kurutan's apartment -- the Major was borrowing her virtual reality equipment to review the case.)

Kurutan is actually also featured in episode 8: She works as a nurse, and the organ trafficking case involves two of her patients. She calls in the Major and Section 9 after the police investigation founders.

I haven't read the manga, but I understand that it features more of Motoko's relationships. Apparently she had a boyfriend (who made one cameo in SAC), and she had a virtual threesome with Kurutan and Ran, as opposed to their more implied relationship here.

I don't know more about them. Still, with their names, you should be able to find some more on Google.

(References: TV Tropes, Wikia, and the credits.)


Which was Destro (Re-Destro's father)'s quirk?

Yoriyoshi Nakajima also known as Destro, is the leader of a paramillitary terrorist group called the Quirk Liberation Army.

Generic capacities: Physically, is stronger and faster than the average, also
mentally remains very sane.
Charisma: Even more dangerous than its peculiarity is Destro's ability to convince
others to fight  and die the name of their cause. It has a huge power of persuasion,
and can be very convincing.
Quirk: Pyrotechnics power, Destro can generate and launch bombs, explosives, and
 other volatile constructs that have various yields from his body and then can
 manipulate them. Destro's bombs don't need to detonate on impact, he can make them
explode immediately after leaving his body he can set them on a timer or can detoante
them remotely whenever he feels like it.

Sources: Me, Manga and https://myheroacademiafanon.fandom.com/wiki/Destro


Is it necessary for Amestrians to die for the transmutation circle?

No, it doesn't have to be Amestrians.

In fact, the fighting at Fort Briggs was orchestrated so that there were casualties. Kimblee was told by Pride that he simply had to create the blood crest. Kimblee knew that Briggs was stronger than Drachma, so he lied to the Drachmans and told them that Briggs was vulnerable, resulting in their entire army being destroyed.

In most of the other wars, in fact, Amestris was victorious. You have to remember that Amestris started as the green area in the map below.

They colonized the rest of the area around them (numerous existing places, some are listed in the Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki's article on Amestris) to enlarge the country for Father's ultimate purpose, in order to gain the amount of souls necessary. These victories often resulted in the deaths of far more innocent people and opposing armies than Amestrians.

So, to answer your question directly, no, it is not necessary that it is Amestrians who die for the transmutation circle. In fact, Drachmans, Ishvalans, and many others have been the victims of bloodshed for the hundreds of years prior to the Promised Day.


No. If you recall, Back in the ROF arc, Base Goku was easily overwhelming Final Form Frieza. Since the Golden Frieza multiplier is > Super Saiyan Blue, Frieza had the advantage. Frieza stated that he mastered the transformation and stopped the stamina issue with the Golden Form before the T.O.P. He never necessarily had an opportunity to train. The Universe 6 Saiyans are very comparable to the Universe 7 Saiyans. Cabba was capable of holding his own against a Base Vegeta in his Base form. Even in Case of Caulifla, she was holding her own against SSJ, SSJ2 Goku etc. While the latter is stronger, Cabba isn't far off. Since SSJ2 is 100 * Cabba Base, Final form Frieza wouldn't stand a chance(This is because of how strong base Cabba is). Hence, he had to turn Golden to quickly finish the fight.


What is the meaning of the text on the hunter license?

It should be something like this in Japanese:

ハンターライセンス
ハンターライセンスカードについて
本カードは 本人以外使用不可能でず
紛失視された際 ライセンスが剥奪される
事はありませんが カードの再発行はどきません

Which would roughly mean

Hunter License
About the Hunter License Card
This card cannot be used by anyone other than the proprietor
In case of loss, the license is revoked

I have some trouble with the last line but it's something about the card not being reissueable.


Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki did have an offspring. But it wasn't confirmed officially if they were male or female.

Also, the series doesn't give importance to Tsunade's parents, as a result of which, they were never revealed. It mainly focused on the relationship Tsunade and Hashirama had between them and her life later on.

From Hashirama's and Tsunade's Wikia articles respectively:

So yes, Tsunade is Hashirama's granddaughter. But it is not known if it was Tsunade's father or mother who was Hashirama's child. And, nothing is officially declared about them.


To answer this question, we need to take in account the several factors that will decide how and how much they are paid:

The number of pages drawn for each issues (20 pages or more).
The regularity of his work (weekly, monthly...).
The experience of the mangaka (newcomer, experienced...).
The popularity of the mangaka's work (that 2002 manga you have never heard of, One Piece...).
The publishing company (Akita Shoten, Shueisha...).
The merchandising around his work and the anime adaptations.

Number of pages drawn and regularity of the work

A mangaka is paid depending on the number of pages he is drawing. The most typical case for mangakas are the newcomers who are publishing a standard chapter of 16-20 pages every week, so we are gonna base our numbers on this common case. Usually, a publisher will pay between 10,000¥ and 12,000¥ per page created to a starting artist. Considering he would draw 80 pages per month, it would lead to a monthly outcome going from 800,000¥ to 960,000¥.

Be careful: this is what a starting mangaka usually win per month. But this is not what he is really getting in the end. A mangaka usually needs to pay his own material, his assistants, his studio if he has one, and other different kind of expenses.

It is also important to mention that colored pages are paid more than normal pages (~ 1.5x more).

Now, I have talked about the typical weekly case. In this particular case, a mangaka usually draw between 16 and 20 pages per chapter (for instance One Piece). But another really common case are the monthly releases (for instance Ao no Exorcist). The number of pages will vary a lot, but you can consider there is usually between 35 and 50 pages drawn per month in such cases. And the price per pages is not necessarily higher, as it is most of the time the same.

The experience of the mangaka

The previous numbers are mostly applying to starting mangakas. But those who have already worked for a long time in the manga industry can obtain an increased outcome per page drawn. One mangaka, Sato Shuuhou, published in 2009 the average payment he was getting by page drawn through the years. While he was getting 10,000¥ per page in 1998 for the Umizaru manga, he was getting 25,000¥ per page in 2006 for the Tokko no Shima manga, and 35,000¥ in 2009 for the Say Hello to Black Jack manga. Of course, those numbers are not representative of every mangaka and should not be taken as a constant.

The popularity of the mangaka's work

Another important factor is the popularity of the chapters and of the final mangas. A famous exemple is the Weekly Shonen Jump popularity vote. Each reader has the possibility every week to fill a paper on which he is ranking his 3 favorite chapters of the week, and send it back to Shueisha (the Weekly Shonen Jump publisher). The total number of votes are then calculated, and the publisher get an intern result for the popularity of the published mangas. If a published manga is staying way too long in the lower ranks, it might stopped to be published (at least on this magazine). The other way, if a manga is often staying in the best ranks, it means that it is interesting a lot of readers, readers that might buy another issue of the magazine because of this particular manga. Because of this, the publisher may increase the outcome won per page by the mangaka. It is also depending on some other factors, like if there is an anime adaptation or some good manga sales, but it will be explained on the next point.

The publishing company

Depending if the publisher is a totally unknown one or the really famous Shueisha, it might happen that the number of outcome given per page is lower or higher. This is of course depending on the politic and the financial resources of the publishing company.

The merchandising around his work and the anime adaptations

Obviously, there might be some merchandising around the work of a mangaka, and of course some anime adaptations for one or several mangas. For this particular part, I will let you check this question which is describing it pretty well.


What happens to the lifespan not collected by Shinigami?

This is actually covered by the Rules of the Death Note:

  How to Use: LIX

  A human death caused by Death Note will indirectly lengthen some other
  human's original life even without a specific intention to lengthen a
  particular person's original life span in the human world.

It is likely that this simply means that the person killed "prematurely" has extended other people's lives as they go about their lives differently than if the person was there, thus events leading to their deaths may change.

No other rules of the Death Note cover what you are looking for. Glancing at a few likely places in the manga and reading over the wiki, I cannot find anything specifically stating if anything happens.

Due to Misa's death shortly after the series, we can assume that she gained no extra life span from her efforts. Even when she reduced her life span to a quarter by trading for the shinigami eyes twice, she should have still lived a long time if killing someone influenced her life since it would have been added afterwards.

Additionally, we know that the shinigami owner of the death note does not gain the life span because they did not write the name themselves.

Based on this, I would say that the left-over time is wasted. Other people's lives will be influenced due to the rule above, but the "remaining" time is not distributed in any means.


In season 2, how did Koichi manage to obtain Aoi Tsunemori's ear?

What really happened, based on the evidence in the anime was:

[Intro] Togane really wanted to color Akane's Psycho-Pass black.
Togane told Mika to find where Akane's grandmother (Aoi) lived. The plan was to make Akane's playing role as Kamui's killer (by assuming that Kamui did something bad to Aoi, and Akane would take a revenge)
Togane knew that Koichi had a connection with Kamui when Yayoi were doing the investigation.
Koichi received a call, and after the call, he told Kamui that he had a doubt about the intel (possibly Togane), but they got their trump card (possibly Aoi's ear). However, Kamui didn't approve Koichi's plan since he believed that Akane's Psycho-Pass wouldn't be affected anyway. Koichi responded it as a test to Akane.
Akane and her team came, Koichi shown "the vision of hell" to them, and lastly before he gave in, he gave a present to Akane.
[Outro] Togane killed Aoi inside the car where she was held as hostage.

Actually, it wasn't clear who cut Aoi's ear. There are 3 possibilities:

Kamui knew the location in the first place and told Koichi.
After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane came, cut her ear, captured her and gave the ear to Koichi.
After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane told Koichi her location, and he did it instead of Togane.

The first one is impossible, based from Kamui's reaction to Koichi's plan. Second one is the most believable, judging from Togane's act & expression. But the third could be the the truth, based on Aoi's last word to Togane, "Are you one of Akane's colleague?", implying that she never encountered Togane before, and how the cut was taken care off, something that Togane could never do it (he killed anything).


What's the song playing in HxH: The Last Mission when Kurapika fights?

The name of the OST piece you are referring to is namer Persuation.


What is that accessory featured around Japanese gods' necks?

This is actually a culture/belief thing, so it is a real thing.
It occurs in many Asian countries, like China and Japan.
Here is a picture of it in real life:

Basically, it is a silk scarf, a really long one. It is not only used by gods; in the ancient times, dancers and women performing in front of people with some sort of power (such as money or governing) would usually wear this.
When people in real life wear it, it obviously won't be like that; it would be like a normal scarf, as you can see from this picture:

In there the scarf is floating around the woman: this is to bring out her aura and beauty.

That's the basic idea, though I might have missed certain details. If anyone is reading this and think I didn't put down the correct answer, please add on. Hope this helps.


How Koro-sensei can fly has never been mentioned in the manga or the anime, so I can only explain it based on my inferences from the manga.

Koro-sensei has been referred to as an octopus on multiple occasions in the anime and the manga (eg episode 10 at around 10:40 in the anime).
So it is fair to assume that Koro-sensei's body behaves like an octopus.

When you read about the locomotive system in octopi and the like, it's a jet propulsion system that they use to move around in water. Koro-sensei should be able to use similar methods in the air. As all his cells are tentacles1 and he can freely control his tentacles2, Koro-sensei should be able to fly with a jet propulsion system like the octopus.

1 Chapter 140, page 14.
2 Chapter 137, page 17.


Is Gintoki's sword one of the strongest swords?

Gintama is primarily a comedy gag manga, so it's wise to not take everything seriously.

The main reason for Gintoki having a wooden sword is so that he can walk around Edo without getting arrested for illegally carrying a sword. It also keeps the series somewhat light-hearted because he does not often cut people up with it. But despite it being just a wooden sword, he uses it to smash everything from heads to giant alien spaceships. Gintoki himself is sometimes depicted as being on even footing with Alien species which are supposed to be far stronger than any human. This apparent strength of Gintoki's wooden sword is a good example that highlights the gag nature of the series.

To answer your question though, it is shown at one point in the series that his sword has broken on multiple occasions, and each time that happens Gintoki just buys another one from teleshopping. So the swords themselves are definitely nothing special.

I don't remember exactly when, but at a later point they showed an episode in which it was revealed that a spirit actually resides in his sword. So if anything, its power can be attributed to that spirit.


What might be the real life inspiration of Oda behind writing One Piece?

I would like to share this after some research:

  As a child, Oda gained interest in pirates through a famous television series titled "Vicky The Viking". He was inspired by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball and aspired to become a Manga Artist. He worked as an assistant to different manga artists for a few years before finally starting out with One Piece in 1997.

references:
http://orojackson.com/threads/odas-inspiration-for-various-one-piece-elements.1425/
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Eiichiro_Oda


How does the Steins;Gate phone microwave work?

I will leave out anything that is related to further in the anime.

1- they went green because they entered the blackhole that was created, but were spat out again in the same place as no "space/time coordinates were sent (ie a phonenumber)

3- as far I can tell it is always needed up until Okabe does something "different".

4- it is in a dock stand probably hard wired manually into the circuitry on the microwave

5- lazy animation

6- date time

8- PLOT

Quite easily, as long as they know the phonenumber as pagers worked alot like texts do these days.

12 - Cathode ray tubes is what Old Televisions used to create images, I wont go into any detail so google this.


What's the name Hakumen no Mono wanted to be called as?

My theory about its "real name" is, either Towako, the name of hakumen's avatar, maybe Hakumen named its avatar the real name for self-satisfaction? and the second probable name, is kirio/Inasa, as in Kirio Inasa, the boy whom it kidnapped. after the kidnapping, it probably change his name as it likes.

I personally think, Towako is the "Real name".


Did Danzo know that the Rinnegan existed?

He should have known before the Konoha-attack. Years before, he worked together with Hanzo, who was attacked by Nagato using his Rinnegan. Back then, Danzo most likely came to know about the reason why his men got killed.

Source: Chapter 447


What is intended by a spiral on a character's finger and what is the origin of this trope?

As mentioned before, it's a fingerprint.

Usually the spiral only appears when the character's finger/thumb is close to the screen. The reason for this is simply to add detail to something which is taking up a lot of the screen. Look at the image without the spiral:

Because the finger takes up a lot of the screen it's harder to focus on when it's all the same colour. The inclusion of the fingerprint helps break up that space - even if it is a basic design.

The reason it's a spiral is for simplicity's sake. Fingerprints are very intricate and are more trouble that it's worth, unless perhaps the entire animation is ridiculously detailed - otherwise you would get a sharp jarring contrast between the foreground and background:

Obviously, this is exaggerated, but I imagine half-hearted attempts would also look out of place.

  If there's a spiral on her finger when she points at you, she's being triumphant or prideful.

I don't think there's any real evidence to suggest this. This design is used in many situations, often when a character is angry.

TL;DR - It's to break up the area on the finger without going into much detail


What are the reference of Heaven's Lost Property to the Greek Mythology?

Note that the references are sorted alphabetically.
I will use SnO as an abbreviation of Sora No Otoshimono (Heaven's Lost Property's Japanese title).

Aegis

In Sora No Otoshimono, Aegis is a defense system used by Angeloids to protect themselves.
In Greek Mythology, Aegis is a shield made out of animal skin carried by Zeus and Athena.

Alpha, Beta, ...
The Angeloids code name are all greeks letters

Alpha (Ikaros)
Beta (Nymph)
Delta (Astraea)
Epsilon (Chaos)
Gamma (Harpies)
Zeta (Hiyori)
Eta (Seiren)
Theta (Melan)

Oregano is the only angeloid character not code named. This is explained by the fact that she was not designed to be an unique model, but just another medical robot who went out to the human world by accident.
Note that if we follow the order of apparition of the Angeloids, their code names are alphabetically sorted.

Apollon

Ikaros' bow is named Apollon.
It is an obvious reference to the God Apollo. Even though Apollo is known for being the God of Music and Poetry, he also has a golden bow. The bow can cause health or famine, although its main function is that of a regular bow, but with much greater power.
In a similar way, Ikaros' bow is known for having great power, as she could destroy cities and countries with a few arrows.

Artemis

Ikaros has the ability to shoot missiles using Artemis.
Artemis is Apollo's twin sister. She is known as the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls.
She carries a silver bow made to kill without pain, opposed to Apollo's golden bow (see Apollo's reference) which is made to bring great suffering.
The weapon and the divinity are linked on a particular point : Ikaros' Artemis missiles are designed to follow its target until it reaches it. We can link this to Artemis' bow which is made for hunt, therefore for tracking.

Astraea

Astraea is one of the 3 main Angeloid's. She is often represented as dumb.
In Greek Mythology, Astraea, also called Astraia, is the virgin Godess of Justice.
We can link the character and the Godess by the innocence implied by the fact that Astraea, by her virginity, represents innocence, which is represented in Sora No Otoshimono by Astraea's stupidity and innocence.

Chaos

Chaos is the first Angeloid of the second generation.
Chaos, in Greek Mythology, is the first thing that ever existed. More generally, it is often used to represent a gap, a void.
In SnO, Chaos is deeply searching for the meaning of love, and doesn't seem to understand what it means until the very end. This lack of love can be interpreted as a void, linking the character to the mythological notion. One also notices that the SnO Chaos' wings are pretty similar to some representations of the God.

Chrysaor

In SnO, Chrysaor is Astraea's sword. It is referred to as the best weapon ever created for close-combat.
Chrysaor is the son of Poseidon and Medusa. The literal  English translation of his name is "He who has a golden sword".

Harpies

In SnO, Harpies are antagonists. They follow their master's orders until the very end. They are often cruel even though they almost fall in love in the Harpies' arc. They are sent by the Master of the Synapse to kill Ikaros as she had disobeyed her original master.
In Greek Mythology, a Harpy is a winged creature with a human face. They were created by Zeus to go to Earth and punish King Phineus.
Both the mythological creatures and the SnO's characters were sent down as a cruel response to what could be called an offense to the Gods.

Hiyori and Demeter

Demeter is the Goddess of harvest, the cycle of life, death and the seasons.
Hiyori is a reference to this Goddess in some points :

She is doing agricultural work, helping her parents to cultivate vegetables, therefore serving as a link with the agricultural Goddess

Her weapon, Demeter, can manipulate time, just as the greek Demeter would be able to manipulate seasons.

Ikaros, Daedalus and Minos
Those 3 characters are linked by the myth of the Labyrinth and Icarus' wings

Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, who needed it to imprison his wife's son the Minotaur. The story is that Poseidon had given a white bull to Minos so that he might use it as a sacrifice. Instead, Minos kept it for himself; and in revenge, Poseidon made his wife Pasiphaë lust for the bull with the help of Aphrodite, who will later give birth to the Minotaur.
Minos imprisoned Daedalus himself in the labyrinth because he gave Minos's daughter, Ariadne, a clew(or ball of string) in order to help Theseus, the enemy of Minos, to survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.
Daedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Daedalus tried his wings first, but before trying to escape the island, he warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea, but to follow his path of flight. Overcome by the giddiness that flying lent him, Icarus soared into the sky, but in the process he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax. Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his bare arms, and so Icarus fell into the sea in the area which today bears his name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos.

Hereafter the similar naming of the characters, there are some similarities :

Ikaros has wings, like Icarus
In SnO Daedalus is Ikaros' creator, as in Greek Mythology Daedalus is Icarus' father.
In SnO Daedalus is forced to exile and Ikaros is sealed, as in Greek Mythology Daedalus and Icarus are jailed in the Labyrinth.
Sugata always wishes to fly in order to discover the New World, which is a reference to this myth
A reference to Icarus' fall is made in the final arc :

 In the final arc, Ikaros reveals that she was previously ordered to destroy the Synapse. Even though they managed to control it, a security measure was taken : if Ikaros ever flew back to the Synapse without permission, she would be set on fire.

Here is another approach on Icarus myth which is not verified and mostly based on my deductions :
SnO may be intended as a reversed Icarus myth. The Icarus myth moral is

Humans should never try to achieve the dream of getting at the same level as Gods

And the moral of Sora No Otoshimono is

Because they have everything, Gods are inferior to humans as they, therefore can't dream.

Nymph

Nymph is the second Angeloid to appear.
In Greek Mythology, different from other Goddesses, Nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing.
Beta is known for loving nature, birds, and singing. On this points, she is quite similar to the mythological creatures.
What's more, a recurrent joke of Sora No Otoshimono is Nymph's little sized breast. In Greek Mythology, nymphs are sometimes represented in the shape of young maidens, which may explained the low developed secondary sexual characters of Nymph.

Oregano

In SnO, Oregano is one of the medical Angeloids.
In real life, Oregano is a healing plant. In Greek Mythology, the Goddess Aphrodite invented the spice, giving it to man to make his life happier. The word "oregano" is actually derived from the Greek phrase, "joy of the mountains".

Pandora Mode

In SnO, the Pandora Mode is a second state mode of Angeloids where all their capabilities are hugely improved.
In Greek Mythology, Pandora is the first woman ever created.

Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her. So he did, using water and earth. The Gods endowed her with many gifts: Athena clothed her, Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo gave her musical ability, and Hermes gave her speech.
According to Hesiod, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Pandora opens a jar containing death and many other evils which were released into the world. She hastened to close the container, but all of the contents had escaped except for one thing that lay at the bottom – Elpis (usually translated "hope", though it could also mean "expectation").

I didn't find any relevant link between the Myths and the SnO mode.

Poseidon

In SnO, Poseidon is Minos' weapon.
In Greek Mythology, Poseidon is one of the 12 Gods and is called the "God of the Sea".
He carries a weapon, the Trident.
The Minos' weapon is clearly a reference to Poseidon's trident.
It is funny to mention that in the Myth, Poseidon punished King Minos for keeping a sacrifice for himself (See Ikaros, Daedalus and Minos entry)

Seiren

Seiren appears very shortly in SnO before being killed by Chaos.
Sirens were  beautiful and dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.
Seiren is an Angeloid designed for swimming, unlike other Angeloids, who do not float (due to the weight of their wet wings), therefore, serving as a link with Sirens which are always in the sea.

Uranus Queen (Ikaros)

Uranus is the Greek God of the sky. As Ikaros is the most powerful Angeloid ever created, the link is pretty obvious.

Zeus

In SnO, Zeus is a weapon created to protect the Synapse against aggressors.
In Greek Mythology, Zeus is the sky and thunder God, ruling the other Gods.
They are linked as both throw thunderbolts and are in the sky


Persona is a part of the Megami Tensei series. The main series is Shin Megami Tensei. Staples of the main series are the demon summoning, demon negotiation, demon fusion, the Law and Chaos conflict, demon apocalypses, high difficulty, and many other things.

Tamaki Uchida is from Shin Megami Tensei if..., which is a side story to the main Shin Megami Tensei games (it's also a main game). It takes place in a timeline in which the events of SMT 1 are averted, where the demon invasion was fought back by Devil Summoners ( which exist thanks to Devil Summoner on PS2), Japan was never nuked, and the instigators of the events in 1 are arrested/killed (the prologue of SMT 1 still happens though).

In if..., Tamaki's school is sent into the Expanse, or the demon realm, and she must partner up with a classmate to get out (who she chooses determines the ending).

Stephen, the creator of the Demon Summoning Program from SMT 1 and 2 (and 4/Apocalypse), sent the program to Tamaki's school. That's how she gains the ability to summon demons.

Persona takes place in the Devil Summoner/Persona/if.../Catherine timeline branch. In 208X, during the events of SMT 2, a man named Raidou Kuzunoha the 40th decides that life in Tokyo Millennium sucks so he travels back in time to the Taisho era of Japan to prevent the nukes from ever launching in 199X (early nineties).

Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th (Not a real name, just a title) is a Japanese high school student and next in line to become the new Raidou Kuzunoha, the choices he makes in Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abaddon (PS2) determine the condition of the world (Law/Neutral/Chaos). Siding with Law makes what Raidou Kuzunoha the 40th did futile as it causes the timeline to repeat and the events of SMT 1 aren't avoided. Siding with Chaos leads into SMT 3: Nocturne (and maybe 4 and Strange Journey). And finally, Raidou the 14th being Neutral leads into the Devil Summoner/Persona/if.../Catherine timeline.


Is a talisman still usable if the Tree of Genesis is destroyed?

No, the talismans will not work.

It's stated at the end of the story that all magic in the world disappeared along with the Trees.

As for why this happens, it's because of how magic works (described in Chapter 3 of the manga, pages 17-18). When a mage uses magic, their powers are being borrowed directly from a Tree. None of the mages ever have their own magical power.

Basically, talismans are conduits, not batteries. Any magical power that's being stored would still be owned by the Tree of Genesis until it's actually used, with the talisman acting as a conduit between the Tree of Genesis and the person whose skin is touching the talisman.

To give a relatable example: It'd be like if you (the mage) went out and got a refillable Visa card (the talisman) and then put some money (magical power) on it in case of an emergency. The Visa card is "storing" your money, and anyone can use it as long as you're there to sign for it (the mage's voice activation). However, if Visa (the Tree of Genesis) suddenly ceases to exist one day, your Visa card is completely worthless, and all the money it was storing will be gone forever.

This was alluded to near the beginning of the manga, when Hakaze had to ask the Tree of Genesis for power in order to use the talisman to find Aika's killer (chapter 2, page 21 in the manga).

Later (chapter 3, page 18), Hakaze explains that talismans still require voice activation, because the Tree of Genesis won't supply its magical power unless the mage asks for it verbally. It's explained that the main characters are able to use the worn talismans without Hakaze's voice because Hakaze verbally asked the Tree of Genesis for that magical power ahead of time, and then asked for the given power to be activated when the wearer of the talisman invokes it mentally.

So unfortunately for them, the characters of Zetsuen no Tempest won't have the ability to use magic anymore, with or without talismans.


Which non canon characters were made canon in Dragon Ball recently?

It's debatable whether the end of DBZ can be considered canon. Hence, the character of Uub wouldn’t technically have been canon until the Tournament of Power arc.Bardock has always been canon. If it weren’t for him, Goku and Raditz wouldn’t have existed. Super Saiyan Bardock is the one who isn’t canon.Broly like you said, will be made canon based on the trailer for the new Dragon Ball Super movie.


Love Live: Yon, nana, and not shi, shichi? (Counting from 1 to 9)

Four (四) being Yon not being Shi, this is because in Japanese Death is written as 死 and pronounced as Shi

  There are six unlucky numbers in Japanese. Traditionally, 4 is unlucky because it is sometimes pronounced shi, which is the word for death. Sometimes levels or rooms with 4 don't exist in hospitals or hotels. Particularly in the maternity section of a hospital, the room number 43 is avoided because it can literally mean "stillbirth". (死産 - shizan: 死 - death/to die and 産 - childbirth/produce).

Japanese superstitions > Linguistic superstition > Numbers > Unlucky Numbers

Seven (七) being Nana and not Shichi is sometimes in the same boat because of the same superstition above, however

  7, when pronounced with "shichi", sounds similar to the number four (四 shi). It is considered a good number since 7 symbolizes "Togetherness".

Japanese superstitions > Linguistic superstition > Numbers > Lucky Numbers

Nine (九) in Japanese is Kyuu so i believe you are hearing it wrong.

However it should be noted that 9 can be pronounced as Ku however in this instance it is like Shi as

  Number 9 is sometimes pronounced ku — with the same pronunciation as agony or torture. Combs (kushi) are rarely given as presents as the name is pronounced the same as 9 4.

Japanese superstitions > Linguistic superstition > Numbers > Unlucky Numbers

and i have never been taught to use Ku1

1: only discovered Ku when i looked up Wikipedia for 7, in all my classes it has always been Kyuu


Why Black Zetsu is attached to Kaguya Ootsutsuki?

Black Zetsu by himself is not powerful enough to take on either Sasuke or Naruto by himself. So, instead of being in the battle field, he's taking cover in Kaguya Ootsutsuki's arm (His mother).

(As we have seen black Zetsu also has a physical body of his own, so taking that as a premise we can deduct that he is not powerful enough to take on the duo)

I believe it's pretty clear that Kaguya is not being controlled. It's just that the will of black Zetsu matches with that of Kaguya unlike her other sons.

Black Zetsu also said (to Uchiha Madara) that he's not the will of Madara's but Kaguya's.


Yui is certainly a part of the SAO arc - she appears in it quite prominently.

She is found by Kirito and Asuna and they "adopt" her in SAO, though she turns out to not be exactly what she appears to be.

   She is, in fact a program. A mental health assistance program (who has been disallowed from doing its job when SAO was locked down). This explains her special system access and knowledge.


Can Sasuke use his Rinnegan to bring Jiraiya and Itachi back to life?

If you are talking about Gedō — Rinne Tensei no Jutsu, then there are some restrictions:

First of all you need the body of the dead person

  To perform this technique, the user summons the King of Hell, which then releases the souls of the deceased from its mouth. With their rejuvenated bodies acting as an anchor, the deceased individuals' souls are able to leave even the crossroad between life and the afterlife, returning back to their physical vessels.

The person who used the jutsu dies

  Ultimately, once the technique is finished, the user inevitably dies.

I don't know about Itachi's body, but Jiraiya's was lost that even Kabuto was unable to find it.


How did Naruto land the finishing Rasengan on Pain?

What happened is as follows:

Naruto throws first shuriken, Shinra Tensei deflects it.
Naruto throws second shuriken, Pain dodged.
Naruto's Multiple Shadow Clone Technique attempts to attack Pain with all the clones, Shinra Tensei deflects them all.
Naruto, taking advantage of the 5 seconds it takes him to recharge, flings himself with the aid of 2 clones, and lands the Rasengan straight at him before he can use Shinra Tensei again.

Still not clear? Tell me in the comments :)


EXEC_PAJA is in fact the Hymn Crystal Purger, which was the overall plot to Phase 1. In  Chanting the Moon ~Tsukikanade~ Ar Tonelico Hymmnos concert Side Kurenai there is a track called EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting.

Orica sounds very much like how Aurica's name is pronounced so one can assume that Misya is supposed to be Misha (they sound much the same as well). Also listening to EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting sounds much like the music that plays when one battles ELMA_DS the first time and the music in the background is supposed to be the Reyvateil Purger was downloaded into sing to prevent ELMA_DS escaping into the Binary Field.

So EXEC_PAJA is the song from the Hymn Crystal Purger and .#Misya extracting indicates it's Misha's version of it. The reason she sings it is so that ELMA_DS won't flee. Just how Misha is singing that and the healing song at the same time is unknown as to my knowledge they can only sing one song at a time.

This is also backed up in EXEC_PURGER's Wikia page where the fourth paragraph says

  Also known by the name EXEC_PAJA/.

The page also lists the unaltered names for both songs matching that of the tracks on the soundtracks, more than likely bring the untranslated romaji from the Japanese Version.


What is the difference between Sasori's Puppets and Edo Tensei?

A puppet is handmade and has no brain. It needs to be in close/mid range of the controller so that it can be controlled with chakra strings.

On the contrary, people reanimated by Edo Tensei are conscious, unless you bind their mind like what Kabuto did.
They can also move freely and have their own will to do whatever they want.


How Kyoka Suigetsu is still in harmony with Aizen?

The entire premise you're referring to is during a filler arc, and thus, would not have any satisfactory answer to any plot holes that were left.  This is one such plot hole.

That said, speaking more general to the series, it is not known what kind of relationship Kyoka Suigetsu and Aizen have with each other, given that we have never seen a bankai, nor have we seen  Kyoka Suigetsu directly communicate with Aizen on any level.  It is easy to presume that it's quite strained given the level of abuse it has suffered due to Aizen fusing with the Hogyoku, which ultimately led it to break, but we simply don't know.

It's also worth noting that Muramasa only impacted Zanpakuto that he was able to directly come in contact with.  Aizen was not in Soul Society during this filler arc, so Muramasa could never have communed with Kyoka Suigetsu to cause it to rebel.


Well, both Naruto and Hashirama Senju are reincarnations of Asura. Apart from that, Hashirama could not be Naruto's direct descendant as marrying to Mito Uzumaki does not mean Mito Uzumaki is directly related to Kushina. There might be a slight chance, but the possibilities are endless, assuming the Uzumaki clan is a big clan.


Does Light Novel-based, slice of life anime in general have a clearly defined setting?

The Haruhi Suzumiya series is mainly set in Nishinomiya, Japan.

The Oreimo series is mainly set in Chiba, Japan.

It's quite obvious by the mentions in the Oregairu series novel and various episodes that the main setting of the series is based in Chiba, Japan as well.

Each author has their own reason for explicitly stating, excluding, or obscuring the main setting (just like the writers of the The Simpsons). There is no set rule in literature about whether or not the main setting needs to be explicitly stated, especially if it's fiction. A lot of fiction writers like to base their story on familiar settings, so that it's more easily related to readers (the Japanese audience being the primary readers) or give the author a easier time when they are world building. There is no trope in play, how much an author is willing to reveals about the setting of their story is up to them. Sometimes it's not the modern-day Japan as most would know it as, but such embellishment are implied and accepted by most readers of fiction.


What's with Steve Job and crabs reference in Aiura opening song?

Transcluding bcy's answer from the previous instance of this question, under the assumption that the answer wasn't what triggered the DMCA complaint:

  It may actually be a layered joke on the title referring to a Japanese battle. First "Aiura" is pronounced the same way as "iUra", like an apple product, hence Steve Jobs in the OP. On the other hand the Tale of Heike says that the spirits of samurai who fell during the battle of Dan-no-Ura are carried by Heike crabs, and that's why their backs sort of look like a human face. That explains why there are crabs everywhere in the OP, which happen to also be linked with Steve Jobs since he died from cancer.
  Thanks 4chan for this explanation : https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/87335497/#87336503 https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/87872828/#87880558

[Note: I updated the 4chan archive links to point to an archive that is still alive. archive.foolz.us went down quite some time ago.]


Did Taiga come back to stay or was she just visiting?

It's unspecific what happens afterwards in the anime.  Given that this is Ryuuji's graduation, and he and Taiga were in the same class year, it'd be implied that they're both graduating high school at this point.  If she were to "stay", that would imply that they're either moving in together or something else, which is also unspecified.
If nothing else, what we can say is that she is definitely visiting, but even the length of her visit is not specified.


Why couldn't Natsu tell the difference between Gemini and Gray?

Gemini makes exact copies, even the celestial spirits couldnt tell the difference and they are bound by a magic contract. It makes sense that a perfect body copy would smell the same too. It does specifically say its an exact duplicate.


Gin hasn't been mentioned or referenced in the story since he left, so his fate his unknown at the moment, and only speculation can be used.

On the one hand, he did breathe in a supposedly lethal amount of poisonous gases, and may not have much longer left to live, as he noted himself. But on the other hand, several characters in the series have been shown to survive supposedly lethal injuries, albeit sometimes thanks to outside help. Pell survived the explosion from Crocodile's bomb in the Alabasta arc, and Luffy survived Magellan's poisons thanks to Ivankov's treatments and his own willpower.

Until Gin reappears in person, is mentioned by another character, or Oda clarifies the situation in an SBS, Gin's fate will remain ambiguous.


Soundtrack in Bleach episode 358 at around 8:45?

Song is caleld 'Mysterious' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=hfHdV5NaIhA .

Took me a while, but if you have the patience to look through this list http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Music?file=Bleach_-_*Asterisk-0 you should find any song, unless unreleased, which you might find googling


What is the technical name for the short exaggerated anime scenes?

The term this goes by is Exaggerated emotional iconography or even Manga iconography, which is one of anime's trademark tropes. This is due to anime often being an adaption from manga, where it is harder to convey emotion without the use of screen tones, backgrounds, or some form of over exaggeration.

These effects often find their way into Animes, and is more often referred to under a more catch-all term: Manga effects.

Manga effects is a pretty broad term in this sense, which is in part due to all artists having their own way to convey emotions in their source work. Hence the effects falling under this category can range anywhere from
 Bishie sparkle to face faults and so on.


Who is the artist for Misty's goodbye song during the flashback at "Gotta Catch Ya Later"?

It's unofficially called 'Misty's Goodbye'. It's an unreleased song, it was played only in that flashback and it was never given an official name. There are no details about the vocalist and there is no full version of the song.


Did griffin know about the beleith's activation?

You're thinking of chapter 72-73 of the manga, if you want to look it up (Volume 12).

Griffith sits in the lake, picks up the Behelit and remembers what Zodd and Wyald told him. "Use it. Call them. Our guardian angels!". As the solar eclipse happens, he most definitely realizes.

He then crawls backwards, away from the rest of the Band, hoping to not draw them Edit: Guts into the eclipse.

On the matter of sequels, the actual series has no second season. There are the 2013 movies (Berserk: The Golden Age) or the 2016 series ("Berserk 2016").


What's with the taped over speech-bubbles in the preview?

The shots from the episode 25 preview seem to be shots from the storyboard, an artifact created in an early phase of animation production.

After writing the script for a scene, the next step in the production of an animated work (and sometimes also in live-action movies) is the creation of a storyboard. A storyboard shows the scene similar to a comic. The purpose is to give the animators instructions how the individual shots of the scene are going to be arranged (during this line close-up on character A, this line reaction-shot from character B, this showing both in a wide-angle shot etc). For dialog scenes it is not uncommon to add speech bubbles so the animators know which line from the script corresponds to each shot (although it is more common to place the dialog below the panel and focus more on the visual arangement).

The "barely animated" pictures from the episode 24 preview seemed to be from one step further in the animation production process: The keyframing phase. During this phase the animators only draw the most important frames of the animations in a very rough manner.

What follows then is the inbetweening phase where animators draw the frames between the keyframes to create fluent animations, and then the inking and coloring where the rough scetches are redrawn properly to production quality.

During the last episodes of EVA, the production drastically fell behind their schedule. When the last episodes finished, some WIP artifacts seemed to be the only parts of the next episode which were ready to be shown.


According to ONE, who would win in a fight between Tatsumaki and Mob?

In the One Punch Man Wiki at the Tatsumaki page, it is stated :

  ONE has said that Tatsumaki is stronger than 100% Mob, the protagonist of ONE's other work, Mob Psycho 100, but against ???% Mob, there's no answer.

Still according to One Punch Man Wiki, ONE said this during  his Niconico interview.


Is Natsu Dragneel "END" in the Fairy Tail anime adaptation?

As was pointed out in the comments, they jumped ahead a bit on the reveal of Natsu's identity. Towards the end of the episode where Fairy Tail was disbanded, while Natsu is wandering off to go training...we cut over to Zeref telling Natsu to surpass him, and addresses him by his full name: Etherius Natsu Dragneel.

Per the Manga, We discover that Natsu is (probably) E.N.D. in Chapter 416, but it is fully and completely confirmed a few chapters later.

The anime went on hiatus as of Episode 277, which is adapted from Chapters 417 and 419...so if they followed the manga strictly, we wouldn't know yet. But, obviously, they wanted to pull that reveal before the series went on hiatus again.

So yes. Natsu is E.N.D.


What's with awkwardness/fear with romance?

I talked about this a little bit with my friends at school. One of them said to me that showing public affection is considered rude or embarrassing in Japan. So this is the reason why some couples are hesitant to hold hands at first. One example can be found in Clannad: The couple once walks to school alone. One of them suggests, embarrassed, to hold hands. The other person replies "But what if someone sees us?" They are close to finally holding hands but they get interrupted by a friend.

But this is probably only one of many reasons why this happens. A guess of me would be writer laziness. But I wouldn't take my word for it.


What is this song from Naruto song sung in Korean?


This seems like an awfully fuzzy thing to try to delineate. I'm going to claim that the answer to your question is "you classify an AMV as an ASMV whenever you think that sounds like the right thing to do".

See, the thing is, "ASMV" is strictly a piece of fandom jargon that sees no use outside a small sub-subcommunity of the subcommunity of AMV creators. As such, there is no authoritative prescriptive definition of this term that we can use to answer your question.

Since we cannot hope for a prescriptive answer to your question, we must instead turn to a descriptive approach - the question we now seek to answer is "what do people who use the term 'ASMV' typically mean when they use it?" rather than "what ― in some absolute sense ― does 'ASMV' mean?".

However, this question is also nigh-unanswerable. Despite this phrase seemingly having a transparent and compositional meaning (unlike, say, "floogleglorp"), people who discuss this term do not seem to arrive at a consensus about what it means. As evidence, I present this 2013 thread from AMV.org, where a number of people involved in the creation of AMVs are unable to agree on what the term means (or should mean). I can hardly find any other good discussions of the term (or even of "ASMVs" s a concept); I think that this strongly suggests that there is not a shared understanding of what is meant by the term "ASMV".

Given that we cannot identify a definition for this term, it surely is not possible to answer questions about nuanced things like "Do [speeches] have to underlay the very majority of the whole AMV or is it ok if they underlay only 1/4th of it?". Hence, you may as well use "ASMV" to mean whatever you want it to, provided that it still has some relation to the compositional meaning "an anime music video that in some way involves a story". Perhaps other speakers will coalesce around your conception of what exactly constitutes an "ASMV".

(But ― personal opinion here ― I doubt this term will ever see increased use, since it does not really serve any purpose, at least not that I can see. AMVs that tell a somewhat coherent story have been around since time immemorial, and people have gotten by just fine without a discrete term for them, which suggests to me that this neologism is unlikely to be taken up by people.)

Side note: the earliest attestation I find for "ASMV" is this YouTube video from 2011.


In the Light Novel the anime is based on,

   he did survive. He woke up before Violet and told everyone to keep it a secret from Violet so she could grow as a person beyond being a emotionally-stunted loli super soldier while he advanced upwards in the army as part of a spec ops team. He made his grand reappearance on the train to save the day.

On the other hand, the anime

   left it vague because it's kinda a crap plot motivation. I personally hate motivations that boil down to "I'm doing this assholish thing so you don't have to suffer/worry, never mind that me being an asshole makes you suffer even more".

 The anime staff likely thought that letting him come back would weaken Violet's character arc.


What is this memorial/offering in The Walking Man?

I don't know the original manga or the context behind the scene. However, as a Japanese, I can tell it is certain that the memorial you mentioned is for a person who died at the site.

In Japan, one sometimes sees this kind of flower offering at the roadside. When we see it, we know someone died there and sometimes put our hands together in prayer. If you put "道 献花" or "道路 献花" in Google search, you may find some examples.

When a fatal accident happens, someone (usually neighbors or acquaintance of the deceased) will bring flowers and other things (incense sticks, toys, snacks, sake, cigarettes, etc.) to mourn him or her.
As far as I know, these memorials are often temporary and people bring bouquets. In the scene of the Walking Man, however, the flower is put in a bottle (I suspect it's made of plastic), so it is possible that someone keeps offering the flower and taking care of it.

As to the other things than the flower, the little pot beside the bottle appears to be one for standing and burning the incense sticks. The two little boxes put on the concrete block are probably the cases for incense sticks (the lower, bigger one) and matches (the smaller one).

The man in the manga seems to be thinking about the death that happened at the site. The memorial looks small and fragile compared to the road traffic, and this scene causes me some mixed feelings. I think it is an impressive depiction.

I hope this post will be of any help.


Besides all the official gyms, there are also unofficial gyms. After beating those, you will also receive a badge. Therefore, I think that those badges were obtained in one or more of the unofficial gyms. The one just right from the top left looks somewhat like the Coal Badge from Sinnoh though.

Unofficial Gyms in the anime:

A.J.'s Gym
Fighting Spirit Gym
Kaz Gym

... and many more.

There were 15 gyms in the Kanto region, that is one gym for every type, minus Dark and Steel types. This means they were not featured in the anime/game to prevent confusion, but still are considered official gym's.

  Anyways it would make sense that Ash only went for eight badges compared to a possible 15. Most of his badges in the first season were given to him without even finishing his gym leader battles plus the games only featured eight gyms so then changing it to a higher number in the anime might have been confusing for fans. Source


Which familiars can't Akatsuki Kojou control by season 3 of the anime?

Right now he cannot control 3 Familiars, it's the 6th, 8th and 10th one.

Those are the ones he got so far:

Season 1 EP 4
- Control over 5th Familiar

Season 1 EP 8
- Control over 9th Familiar

Season 1 EP 12
- Control over 3rd Familiar

Season 1 EP 16
- Control over 12th Familiar

Season 1 EP 19
- Control over 4th Familiar

Season 1 EP 22
- Control over 11th Familiar

Season 2 EP 3
- Control over 7th Familiar

Season 2 EP 5
- Control over 1st Familiar

Season 2 EP 8
- Control over 2nd Familiar


Why Tsunade-sama did not have wood element even though she was direct descendant of Senju Hashirama-sama?

Hashirama's Wood element is, as far as the series goes, completely unique to him. It was not inherited to his descendants, and even his own brother didn't have it.

There were only a few exceptions:

Yamato, who is the sole survivor from an experiment to inject Hashirama's DNA into babies.
Danzo, who injected himself with Hashirama's cells to be able to use Izanagi, but was too unstable to actually use it.
Madara, who injected himself with Hashirama's cells after acquiring them from their battle.
Zetsu, who has been born of the Shinju's power.
Obito (while wearing Zetsu).

Madara is the only other person capable of using the actual Wood element large scale techniques like Jukai Kotan and Kajukai Korin.


The game changed him into a female character because he didn't modify his body when setting it up. The game automatically added a body correction. It's near the beginning of Chapter 1 if you want to find it.


When did Lelouch take the Code from his father?

Lelouch never got Charles's code.
That was an old fan theory, but it was debunked by the community years ago.
The anime itself made it impossible and even the show staff have officially confirmed that Lelouch was truly dead.
So he never got a code or immortality.
There are also no scenes which show Lelouch as the cart driver. that's merely a fake fan-made video on youtube, it was never real. people made that to fool fans and to push their debunked conspiracy theory of him having a code.

All the official information regarding Lelouch's death can be found on the Code Geass Community Information Database. It has all the official statements, including sources, links, pictures, etc. It also shows how the anime made the fan theory impossible.

Here are some examples of official statements.

From "Geass Memories":
- "Before I started writing the story of a person called Lelouch, I confirmed with Taniguchi-director something. That thing was that the end of Lelouch will be death."
- "At least he is aware of his sins and pays for them with his death."
- "This man called Lelouch will pay for his sins by his death. The story follows him till he finally make this decision."

From the official guide book:
- "For those two who bear the heavy sin known as killing their fathers, they share the belief that they can forgive each other by imposing the greatest punishments on themselves. Death for Lelouch who wishes for a tomorrow with his sister, life for Suzaku who wishes to atone for his sins through death."

From the remade epilogue from 2009 where they dropped the cart driver scene and replaced it with a brand new epilogue:
- "A young man dies. He had the power to change the world, to create a new order. The world feared him, hated him. But, I know he died with a smile on his face. Only those who have realised their dream will truly understand that feeling of utter contentment. So, this is not a tragedy. And whenever I feel sad or cry at night, I sing a song. A song of man's making. Zero Requiem!"

All sources and many more examples can be found in the above linked Database


Who was the first to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?

Actually, the first to ever awaken the mangekyō you Sharingan was Madera Uchiha which is actually one of the founders of the hidden leaf village. This can be shown in the episode "Truth" (真実, Shinjitsu) in episode 141 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime. Madara Uchiha awakened his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by taking his brothers' eyes and implanting them in his own.


Why are only some music reference Stand names censored/translated differently?

There's a couple of possible reasons.
1- Avoiding copyright of the properties and associations with the artists for legal reasons.
2- The translator not being very good, translating the meanings literally and not understanding the references.
I'd say its the first reason though because the translators seem to be very good.


Do Rave Master and Fairy Tail share the same world?

The two series are by the same mangaka - Hiro Mashima - so it was this that allowed for the easy crossover OVA, as there were no copyright or licensing discussions that had to be made.

The two series do not share the same world. Rave master takes place primarily in the Continent of Luka, whereas Fairy Tail takes place in Earth Land.

I'm unsure of the overall world name for Rave Master, but there is no Luka in Earth Land and the maps look quite different.

Rave Master World Map

Fairy Tail World Map


Why was "Gold Wedding Ring" displayed for less than a second?

Was the text of receipt hidden, and why?
I didn't get the impression that the receipt was anymore intentionally "hidden" than, say, Yuko's text message to Yuri Plisetsky in episode 4; I saw the text of the receipt as simply there to fill in necessary visual details (in the same way in which it might be necessary for books or pages of homework in the "background" of other anime to contain some relevant text). However, the text of the receipt does affect how we perceive Yuri's intentions or the scene where rings are exchanged, so one could argue that at the very least, useful information is being unintentionally hidden (by virtue of the fact that this piece of information is more or less a background detail).
I haven't seen (at the time of writing) any discussion of the text of the receipt in (translations of) the "official" discussions listed here, so it's difficult to go beyond guesswork in thinking about these issues.
What does the receipt say?
My best guess is that the receipt reads "Flat Gold Wedding Ring". This is prompted both by the observation that other people have made the same guess and that "Flat" was my first guess of an English word that could fit the context.
Originally, I was uncertain about this reading, as the final character in the first word did not look like a lower case T to me; as a lower case T, it seemed too short. However, upon a second look, I noticed that instances on the receipt where there is clearly a lower case T in the same font (i.e. in the instances of "Ticket" and "Total" that we see) have the same problem. With this in mind, I was able to throw out my objection.


What are the differences between the manga and anime versions of Excel Saga?

I've only read a bit of the manga, but as far as I can tell, the manga was more of a focused satire on the state of Japan's economy and politics in the '90s and early 2000s (a bit more like the later, similar series Nerima Daikon Brothers). It didn't have as much genre parody as the anime did. It also had the character of Elgala, a third ACROSS agent who works alongside Excel and Hyatt.


Why did Asuka get her right eye injured but Shinji didn't?

The Lance of Longinus is not a normal weapon like it mobilized Lilith and it just overpowers Lilith and Adam which are the seeds of life of Angels and humans so I suppose it can harm the pilot if it hits the Eva It has that power and what makes this theory true and the synchronization one wrong is that if it wasnt asuka would be so dead, the harm caused by the other new evas to unit02 is so massive like her guts were out of her