Why do people in Shin Sekai Yori die if they kill other humans?

This is all spoilers if you haven't seen the entire show.

The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.

(Taken from part of my answer to this question which is also related.


That really depends on the pokemon....

For instance bug pokemon do not really have blood, but some form of juices and such...

Another example of a Pokemon that has something similar to blood is Cacturne...

From the Pokemon Wikia :

  Cacturne is a nocturnal Pokémon that rarely moves during the day,
  which allows it to hold moisture. At night, it searches for prey or
  follows travelers until they become exhausted. It has lived in deserts
  for so long that its blood has transformed into sand. With its thorny
  arms, it is able to use its former signature move, Needle Arm.

It's also worth it to note that quite a number of Pokemon are similar to animals in the real world so the make up of the inner body would be similar...

For instance some Pokedex entries include stuff about the heart, like Spoink.

  Spoink is a gray, pig-like Pokémon. It has dark, circular eyes, a
  large gray nose, and small ears. It has stubby arms and possesses no
  hind legs. Motion is achieved by bouncing on its spring-like tail. The
  bouncing has a vital function, in that it keeps its heart beating.

The only types of Pokemon that would never really have blood and such are the ones that are Ghost-type Pokemon and a few others like Rock Type.  Though perhaps the Ghost Type pokemon would be ectoplasm, which isn't really blood, but it's hard to say considering in the game you can't hit them with normal physical attacks...

Also there's no blood in the anime because it's a Children's show.


Anime in which a girls family is killed and there was a prophecy?

Elaina Lynn didn't put this down as an answer but it was called holy knight. THANK YOU SO MUCH


Anime about a guy who becomes a girl's spirit familiar

That sounds like Zero no Tsukaima or The Familiar of Zero.

Visit its Wikipedia article to verify whether it matches your description.

It's one of my favorite, and it already has season 2.


How exactly were Ryuji and Taiga planning to elope after his 18th birthday, given the Japanese marriage law?

So I'll admit it's taken a long time to research this question, but my conclusion is thus:
They were teenagers in love, unaware that they couldn't just elope.
My believe is that they could not have directly eloped, and would have to be on the run for an additional two years to satisfy Japanese law.
Not just that, but the reality of figuring out how to survive while living like that - a subject touched on towards the end of the series, but not really fully fleshed out - would've likely proven too hard for them to survive.  Without any steady source of income, and even with a place to stay, their chances of surviving without a larger support network (yes, besides their friends) would've been very, very small.
However, there are loopholes to this scenario.  That is, there are reasonable scenarios which could have occurred that would've cleared these hurdles.
Please note:  these are conjectural, and based only on the evidence we have at hand.  I wouldn't say at all that this would occur; I wanted to explore the possibility.

Starting with Taiga, we can see that there are cracks in her relationships with her parents.  At this point, we know this because

 Taiga initially stormed off because her mother is pregnant, and will be introducing a new child into her family.  Taiga takes umbrage to this, and would rather not be in her mother's family.  Her father has already left town and would not be in a position to be a "parent" of any kind to her.

Given that, and how their relationship had progressed at that point, it could be seen that Taiga could have received approval from her mother to get married.

 Note that in the last episode, a voice mail left by Taiga's mom which sounded like furious resignation could've cleared the path to her becoming emancipated (as I as an American understand it), and would've been the start of her being able to get married before 20.

From Ryuuji's side, his perspective is a lot less clear due to his familial circumstances, but there is an angle that could have been exploited.

 After he ran off with Taiga, Yasuko had started to see Ryuuji as more of an independent man.  Even though her burning wish was to see her son succeed academically - a part in which she failed and genuinely wanted her son not to fail - after his brief but sharp rebuke, she could be seen as respecting Ryuuji just a bit more.

Even though Yasuko was heartbroken, it could be conjectured that Ryuuji could've asked her for her approval...after she was found.

 Note that Yasuko cut off all communication with the world, essentially, after Ryuuji ran off.  The only way that anyone got in touch with her was by telling her that Ryuuji was with her parents.

That would've opened up the dialogue somewhat, and could have allowed Ryuuji to gain his mother's permission to marry.


Where is Claire's, Luca's, Cloche's, Frelia's and Mir's Install Ports?

Cloche has it on her armpits, and Luca has it on the higher part of her back, as shown in AT2 itself.
Mir has it above her navel, and Frelia has it in the same place as Shurelia. Claire's however, is unknown, and when someone asked her in the Toukousphere, she threatened to blast them with her song magic.


Really got not much reference here but there are two versions to this story in the game, the safe mode where it was Yuji giving Kazuki a shoulder massage and the 18+ mode where they had sex, not sure which side the anime adapted but I think it is the 18+ side with that ambiguous scene but it is totally up to the watcher's imagination here. In that link, the commenters mentioned what they thought of the episode compared to the game so just go ahead and read those, if that is insufficient as evidence then I will leave the proper answering to someone else. But yes, they totally did say that they had sex in the game.


In the Bleach manga, does Byakuya really die in Bleach 502?

You should probably just live with the dramatic tension as you keep reading through the series.  That being said...

The short answer:

   He gets better.

The slightly longer answer:

   He gets better.  And gets a power-up.

The longer, more detailed answer:

   He hangs on by a thread.  And then Squad Zero--recall we heard about them during the Turn Back The Pendulum arc--shows up when the Quincies leave.  One of them takes Byakuya and a few others with them up to the Royal Palace.  Byakuya and a few others then get healed up, equipped, and trained in the Royal Palace.

I left a fair amount of details out of the above, so some things won't be spoiled, but it still spoils a fair amount even in its vague brevity.


Will it be explained what is going on in the "Kara no Kyoukai" anime movie series?

Well, yes (...mostly). It wouldn't be a particularly good series if it didn't.

The big thing to note is that the movies aren't in chronological order - movie #1 is set after some of the later ones. It starts in medias res, in other words.

If you really want to find out what the chronological order is, see the answers to this question: How do I watch Kara no Kyoukai?. But I wouldn't recommend it - each movie tells you where in the timeline it falls, so you can piece it together yourself as you watch.

In the spoiler block below, I list some mysterious aspects of movie #1 that are explained later. I do not list the actual explanations, so this is only lightly spoilery.

   What's the deal with Shiki's left arm? Who is the girl with Touko at the end? Why can Shiki kill ghosts? How do Shiki, Touko, and Kokutou all know each other? Why does Fujou Kirie have those supernatural abilities? What's all that magico-babble about "records"?

There are, however, some things that won't make sense even after you've seen the entire series (7 movies + epilogue). This is a mostly because Kara no Kyoukai is set in the so-called "Nasuverse", a near-legendarium written primarily by Nasu Kinoko (the author of Kara no Kyoukai). There are some details in Kara no Kyoukai that only make sense in the context of other works in the Nasuverse. That's a whole 'nother rabbit hole for you to delve into if you like what you see in Kara no Kyoukai.


Why those "magical names" sound so much like forum handles?

The magic names are Latin and they are chosen to represent the wishes of the magic user. The numbers at the end serve as unique identifiers in the case that the term has been used previously as a magic name.

This is a quote from Tsuchimikado from page 112 of volume 4 of the Yen Press translation of A Certain Magical Index:

  "Sorcerers-particularly the kind who assumed a foothold in the nineteenth century, or 'advanced sorcerers'- engrave our own desire upon our souls. I'm talking about magic names. We carve into our hearts the Latin for the reason we study magic, the one wish for which we would give our lives for. For me it's Fallere825, and Kanzaki's is Salvere000, nya~. The numbers afterwards are in case there're doubles of the same term. It's kind of like an email domain in that respect."

This is the same quote used by looper in his answer, but the official translation differs significantly. The official translation compares the inclusion of the numbers to an email domain rather than to email authentication. This means the two translations are offering completely different explanations for the numbers. In one case, the numbers are for the purpose of authentication so that others cannot repeat the name. In the other case, the numbers are simply for differentiating magical names that use the same Latin term.

It's easy to just offhandedly say the official translation is the correct one, but we'd have to check the original Japanese to be sure. Thanks to senshin's comment, we have this: the original Japanese is:「そこらへんはメールの登録名【ドメイン】と同じだぜよ」. The phrase "登録名" means literally "registered name", and refers to a type of name used for persistent and ideally-unique identification (a la an email local-part); he then adds furigana ドメイン domein "domain". (Again, thanks to senshin for the original text and translation)

So it turns out the Yen Press translation is more accurate to the original Japanese and makes the most sense.

Kamijou hears the full magic names, so there is a flaw in using the numbers for authentication. If the purpose of a magic name is to tell opponents, then it doesn't make sense to give them the authentication as well. Also, at the point I've read to in this series, there hasn't been any mention as to why it would be bad that someone knew your magic name, so I question why authentication would be needed in the first place.


Which chapters of the manga do the season 1 and 2 of the Mob Psycho 100 anime cover?

Season 1 covers Volume 1 through 6. Season 2 will most likely cover Volume 6 through 13.

Season One ends on Chapter 50 ("No Changes") but also includes an omake chapter ("Romance and Impulse".) at the end of the episode.**

Season Two has covered Chapter 51 through 91.


Manga about a city of murder between people with superpowers

Area D - Inou Ryouiki?

  One of them demonstrated his power, disassemble (or alike), and did that to a clock that he had with him (or someone gave it to him)

Satoru Ida

  Watchmaker (Dismantling, 時計師, Tokei Shi) is the name of Satoru's Altered ability. With it, Satoru is able to disassemble or unmake any object that comes into physical contact with his hands. His ability is indiscriminate; it does not matter the object's size, complexity of composition, or whether it is living or non-living - if Satoru touches it, it can be dismantled. After accidentally dismantling his mother, due to lack of control, and killing her, Satoru keeps his hands wrapped in bandages in order to minimize any possible, similar situation. At present, Satoru still has difficulty effectively controlling his ability.

  There's a girl that can pass through wall, but to do so, she needs to get naked

Rio Ibuki

  Shadow Play (シャドープレイ, Shadō Purei) Rio can project herself in a two dimensional realm and travel across the surface of any object (walls and human skin, for example) just like a shadow, hence the name. It seems she cannot extend her powers to objects as she is seen naked when she uses it. Also, when she travels off of human skin, enough force is applied to knock someone to the ground.

  There's a guy who can store almost anything in his pocket or his hair, because he stores things in another dimension

Kaito Yuuki

  Kaito's altered ability is known as Deserted House (廃屋) . It allows him to store objects of his choosing within another dimensional space. However, in order to store said objects, Kaito must come into physical contact with the object he'd like to store. In addition, he can only store as many objects as equal to the mass of his body. Objects stored by Kaito's ability maintain the same condition as they were when they came into contact with Kaito's body, i.e., an arrow exhibiting the same momentum and/or velocity as when it was released and shot or a canned beverage that was initially stored in a freezer at cold temperatures.

  There's some type of organization that wear an Owl head, or it's actually their head

My reference : http://aread.wikia.com/


How accurately did Aoi Bungaku follow the original novels?

Aoi Bungaku is an ambitious anime and follows each novel closely. Madhouse took each novel and made adaptations to fit a whole novel into just a few episodes, leaving out some plot elements and changing some parts entirely while retaining the authors message.

Kokoro is actually a three part novel, however the anime only focuses on the third part, "Sensei and His Testament". Unlike the novel they took away the narrator and told the story from the perspective of the sensei, which follows the original novel more closely, and also included a whole new story as told from K's point of view. There are also scenes that weren't in the novel such as those which focused on the relationship between K and Ojo.

In The Spider's Thread the criminal's violent deeds is depicted in more detail and exaggerated a bit to show exactly how evil he was, however the main plot of the sort story retains its meaning.

Run Melos was also changed as they included a new story of the author himself, and told parallel stories which complimented each other, the story about Melos and a story about the author's own life.

In Hell screen they change the setting, the original novel focused on a painter committing brutal acts in order to depict an image of hell, while in the anime he is a rebel that defies his lord's wishes to paint a beautiful albeit false image of his kingdom and instead paints the ugly truth.


What does "when nine and nine meet nine" mean?

This is the explanation given by Hiroki Chiba (Scenario Writer) for the phrase:

  The number "9" is the last single-digit number so it symbolizes the
  “end”. The phrase is a unique abstract mythological expression which
  means the end of 3 signifies the end of the world (collapse of the
  cycle of death and rebirth). The unification of Orience, the end of 3
  countries, is one of the things that 9 and 9 and 9 implies.

Source


What is this anime or manga about "Leben Nicht"?

This seems to be an original character by artist 浦助 (Urasuke), sometimes known by other names such as "ursk420" or "tetsu420". It was posted to his pixiv account roughly a year ago (standard disclaimer: Pixiv links are not guaranteed to be work-safe since the content is dynamically generated). The character's name is Leben Nicht (German meaning roughly "not alive"). The caption for the picture and the tag "オリジナル" ("original", used when a character is not part of any series) both indicate that there isn't any anime or manga about the character, so unfortunately it seems you're out of luck on that end. However, the picture was released such a way as to allow essentially unlimited derivative works, so you may be able to find more images of this character.

I don't think this artist has been involved in any other professional manga or anime to date, though it's hard to tell. At the very least I couldn't find references to any such works after skimming his pixiv page, blog, interview page and twitter. He does have a sizable following online, but according to his pixiv profile he mostly draws original characters.


Basically, when it comes to manga that's the recommended order:

Onikakushi-hen
Watanagashi-hen
Tatarigoroshi-hen
Himatsubushi-hen
Meakashi-hen
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
Minagoroshi-hen
Matsuribayashi-hen

Optional (Extra Stories):

Utsutsukowashi-hen
Yoigoshi-hen
Saikoroshi-hen
Onisarashi-hen
Batsukoishi-hen
Hirukowashi-hen

All of these are different iterations of the same period of time, but they focus on different aspects.

Though personally, I still recommend reading the Visual Novels: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni & Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.


I'm going to take a stab at your question. You asked...

  Why is Plue always around?

Initially Plue was only contracted to be around on Tuesdays and Thursdays as that was when he was available. In the Fairy Tail Wikia it says this...

  ...When Lucy first contracted Plue, he only agreed to be summoned on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Later, however, Plue is available anytime, often appearing at times other than his initial contracted days. Because he is not designed for combat, he serves as a cute pet for his master instead.

Plue cannot stay all the time, he uses his own magic to cross over from the Celestial World as displayed by Virgo and Loke. Also you could think of Plue as a pet in some way. He was not made for fighting and it is plausible to say that he can stay in Earth World for as long as a month or even a year, just like Loke has demonstrated in the past.

Plue is always around because he loves Lucy and being around Family. That's my answer. The Reason behind this is...

  Plue enjoys sweets and shares a close friendship with Happy. Their good relationship could be accounted for the fact that they are always together during Team Natsu's missions, as well as their almost similar attitudes. Happy and Plue often tease Lucy and Loke


The rules together means the following.

Assume I am dying of a fatal disease and expected to die in 14 days. If I would write that I would die of sexual exhaustion in 21 days, I would still die of the original disease in 14 days before the book can come into effect assuming the cause of death is reasonable.

If I put that someone will die in 24 days of "insert horrific image here", it will not occur as stated.  When I remember that rule tommorrow and write that you will die of the same thing on that date... well... it will not be fun to be you.  If you want to avoid that after reading the death note, I guess you can kill yourself and the deathnote will not stop you as that is the end of your normal lifespan.  Note: you should have brought a pen so you can edit the entry.  That works.


Does a series in Japan only get aired if it has more than 13 episodes?

No, 13 episodes are enough.

Wikipedia page in Japanese have different note for it:

  加えて、この作品と『メタルス』は元々は1つの作品だったが、当時海外では『メタルス』が展開中で日本放送が間に合わなかった。その為、本作（『メタルス』と『リターンズ』を含む）の未来に当たり、日本オリジナルの『ビーストウォーズII』と『ビーストウォーズネオ』を挟み放送することとなった。その為、最終回放送直後、抗議の電話が殺到した。

Translate:

  Originally this anime (Season1) and "Metals" (Season2) are same series. but at the time Season1 finished in Japan, "Metals" is not created yet. then, they create and aired original seasons called "Beast wars2" and "Beast wars neo" before "Metals". Many user complain it.

Based on aired date table in wikipeida,
It's always aired weekly in Japan but not in US.
Episode 1 in Season 1 is aired 9/16/1996 in US, and 10/1/1997 in Japan.
But Episode 26 is aired 4/1/1997 in US, and 3/25/1997 in Japan.
Japan side needs more episode for 4/8/1997.


Why does Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle use the same characters as Card Captor Sakura?

Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle are actually part of the same "multiverse", as well as xxxHolic. Clow Reed is a major character in both Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa, and other characters such as Yukito show up in more than one of them.

There are other crossovers between the different worlds, such as this:

  Tsubasa Li is the son of Syaoran Li and Sakura Li. Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura gave her Star Wand to Sakura Li as the price to Yūko for Tsubasa to go to Clow Country. It is also stated that Tsubasa does not give Yūko his true name, (a counterpoint to Watanuki who gives both name and birthday), instead he uses his father's name, Syaoran Li

Also, according to ccs.wikia.com:

  Since part of CLAMP's stated intention of xxxHolic was to unite their body of work into a single universe/multiverse, it seems quite likely that Yūko has a more than passing awareness of the events of Cardcaptor Sakura, Tokyo Babylon, and X/1999, and that while she may not have visited Cephiro herself, she is almost certainly aware of its existence. In a special novel released in Japan about the origins of the two Mokonas, it was mentioned that Clow Reed and herself met the original Mokona of Cephiro (Magic Knight Rayearth) thus making it the model for building the two smaller Mokonas. One is black and one is white. The white one has a red gem and black one has blue gem.

Clamp is known for using crossover characters for all of their different mangas. Tsubasa and xxxHolic are the most closely tied, but there are major crossovers--such as Clow Reed--between Tsubasa and Cardcaptor Sakura.


Can espers in Mob Psycho 100 create any kind of superhero powers?

Can espers in Mob Psycho 100 create any kind of superhero powers or are there things that are known that they can't do? I believe that really depends on the esper himself/herself. This lists all known psychic abilities that espers can possess. If one is creative enough, then an esper can, hypothetically, create his/her own moves and techniques that are unique, based on how he/she applies the known techniques they can do. So, yes, I believe it's possible they can create or replicate techniques similar to superheroes (I am assuming you are referring to comic superheroes like those in DC and Marvel).

As to what they can't do, I cannot recall this ever brought up in the anime but in Volume 10 Chapter 78, it was noted that espers have difficulty performing two simultaneous actions at once, albeit it is not impossible.


This item was not mentioned after it's introduction.

During that introduction Klein was given it with the instruction to use it on the next teammate who dies in front of him.

During the final battle he has every motivation and opportunity to use it as the wife of the man who gave it to him has died right in front of him! He does not use it here. It is unreasonable to think he would not use it under that circumstance.

An object like that would not be disposed of carelessly.

This yields two possible answers: he followed the instructions given to him (Very possible) or he gave/sold it to someone else and they used it, sold it again, or retained it until it did not matter anymore.

In either case, this is neither a plot hole nor a deep mystery as it was a relatively minor plot element, we were told exactly how he should use this consummable, and, if he did so properly, it would not have been a large enough plot point to warrent it being shown.  I doubt it would retain its value by the later stories so it doesn't even matter if it wasn't used by a purchaser by the end of SAO.


How does L deduce that Kira needs a name and not just a face?

Just reread the manga and it turn out it was the police, probably with L help, that concluded the fact that Kira need both name and face
from Death Note Chapter 11 One, page 5

Matsuda: He needs to know names? Is that true? I've heard he only needs to know the face
Chief Yagami: Criminals whose names were either wrong or kept hidden survived some mass killings, so the headquarters came to that conclusion

L didn't do the stunt on tv with Lind L. Tailor to prove that Kira needs both name and face. But rather to prove that Kira exist, can kill people without being nearby, and live in Kanto area in Japan.


I've been reading this manga from it's beginning. I think we can all agree that we haven't seen enough of Shanks powers. But, let's see some examples of him demonstrating his powers:

When we first saw him with Luffy (in the first episode) and we see little of his fighting skills, mostly just his spirit, which he demonstrates against Higuma and then to the Sea King where, he demonstrates his Haki.

Then after 10 years, with only one arm left, he is been visited by Mihawk on an island. We all know Mihawk is the best swordsman in the OP world. A guy won't just cozy up to any ordinary pirate after all for a drink, in celebration of Luffy's first bounty.

After which we learn that they've had regular matches with one another, which means in terms of powers he has to be very strong to be a match for Mihawk. Also then he demonstrates that he can take a blow from the Yonko. And when he entered the Whitebeard's ship his haki not only knocked out a lot of Whitebeard's crew, but also damaged the ship. Also this caused Whitebeard's scar to ache and have Marco and Jozu commend about his spirit.

Also before the Summmit War Arc he was fighting another Yonko, Kaido, which According to Law, he is "the strongest creature in the world" and an ally of Donquixote Doflamingo.

After that events, we saw him in Summit War Arc where he stopped Akainu with Armament haki. And then he asked Blackbeard which until then he didn't fear anyone to fight (Whitebeard, was an exception) and he said that it's not time yet for them to fight. He understood on that moment he isn't ready to fight Shanks, which it means a lot, since he stopped the war, even Sengoku respects.

While Shanks hasn't been in a lot of fights and Oda haven't show us yet Shank's skills, from the above mentioned facts, I think we can all agree that he deserves to be amongst the Yonko.

Also It's not just him that's strong, his crew members are too, Ben Beckman was able to make Kizaru stop for a moment during the Summit War Arc.


Fairy tail wizard Myatogan's source of magic

Like every other person from Edolas, Mystogan does not have innate magic. If he did, he would have been expelled from Edolas like the Exceed were. Instead, he gets his magic power from magic items, primarily the large number of staves he carries on his back. It is possible that he obtains these items from Earthland magic shops, however three things point to this not being the case:

The magic shop we see in the first episode only carries novelties, such as something to change the color of clothing. There are powerful lacrimas later in the series, so we can't draw a definite conclusion on whether the shops would have the powerful sort of things Mystogan uses.
Edolas's magic items are more advanced than Earthland's. When Natsu's group went to Edolas, they marveled at some of the things they saw and mentioned this. Edolas even has a mechanized dragon.
Mystogan's magic pills. These unusual pills allow Earthlanders to use their magic in Edolas. There wouldn't seem to be a reason for these to even exist in Earthland, so it would be strange if shops were selling them.

These three reasons lend support to the idea that Mystogan at least partially creates his magic items himself using his Edolas knowledge. And if this is the case, it might explain why his magic power is so great even though he has no innate magic.

On the other hand, Jellal was able to imitate Mystogan's magic at the Grand Magic Games, so maybe one can obtain those magic items in Earth Land. Though if so, it begs the question why there aren't more S-class wizards. Jellal's imitation could possibly be explained by Earthland's magic advancing in the seven years, or by Jellal somehow obtaining the staves used by Mystogan.


Does Beatrice know about Return By Death?

It is because she is somewhat attracted to him (not in romantic means of course). Beatrice to some degree cares about him, otherwise, she would not agree to be in contract with him. That is why she said, "I you want to die, die at a place I cannot see. I don't want to have nightmare." Implicitly she is saying, "Don't let me see you die. I care about you, so if you die in front of me, I'll have nightmare about it."

That is why, rather than knowing about Return by Death, it is more like she cares about him and don't want him to die.


This is a tricky subject as we have in no way been given any limit to the size of the space inside the Kamui dimension. However, we can surmise from what we've seen so far that the space is vast in its nature.

   However, the relative appearance of the Kamui dimension is shown in the above image from when Obito and Kakashi fought entirely within its realm. During this fight, we are given this depiction of the Kamui realm as a vast space containing large squared off platforms. Overall, the dimension has a somewhat "blank" feel and is almost reminiscent of the Ichigo's "Inner World" from Bleach. Whether or not the user can actually make changes to the dimension itself is not clear.

However, to truly answer your question about how finite this space, maybe you should ask what a dimension is. For the purpose of this discussion, a dimension is an alternate realm of reality, and could therefore contain an entire universe within itself.  For instance, the Kamui moves things from our dimension into its own, that in and of itself entails that we currently reside in one of these dimensions. Within our dimension exists our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond that our universe. That being said, the only valid conclusion I can come to is that the Kamui space must have at the very least the potential to be as infinite as our universe is. After all, we can't truly give proportion to our universe beyond the face of it being relatively immeasurable.


Why didn't Naruto and Sasuke feel a disruption in their chakra when Madara and Hashirama were reanimated?

Yes but no, one because they don't feel a disruption in their chakra, but in general, as long as Naruto or Sasuke had some form of sage mode enabled, then sage mode would allow them to sense a strong appearance of chakra. Naruto would be able to sense all the Kage as well as Sasuke and all the Edo Tensei, ever sense the war ark started... so PLOT HOLE.


It's Ayatane. Mir says "her" because the translators who did the talk topics weren't the same as the ones who worked in the Cosmospheres and main storyline, so it's simply a translation error of the many the official NISA localization had.

The fan relocalization has that (and many other errors and bugs) fixed.


What did Uchiha Madara do to Obito with the Black Zetsu?

He switched life forces with Obito. That's why he said: "Let's switch". Obito is probably still alive because of the Kyuubi foreshadowing that the Jinchuuriki of the Ten Tails has bigger life force than other Jinchuuriki's.

Madara is revived by Black Zetsu controlling Obito using Gedo: Rinne Tensei!


Which episode shows Naruto competing in a race to a shrine on the top of a hill?

You're referring to Idate's Arc in Land of Tea Escort Mission from Episode 102-106.

As per Wikia: Source: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_Tea_Escort_Mission

  The Land of Tea Escort Mission spans from episodes 102 to 106 of the Naruto anime. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura go to the Land of Tea to help Idate Morino win a race. This arc is preceded by the Search for Tsunade and is followed by the Sasuke Recovery Mission.

This arc is Anime only (i.e. Filler). While filler arcs are usually not upto par with the main storyline, this was a watchable arc as it showcased the Naruto/Sasuke dynamic really well while setting up the next and best arc of the series.


What is Ms. Saotome referring to in her rant about the end of the world?

After quite a lot of digging, I think I've figured out what's going on here.
Apparently, over the course of 2014 and 2015, there will be a series of four lunar eclipses ("blood moons") and two solar eclipses that occur on Jewish holy days.1 While the supposed eschatological consequences of this are not entirely clear to me, they are apparently dire. As reported in The Jewish Press:

There will be a string of four "blood moons" in the year 5775 [i.e. 2014-15 CE], and one of them will shine over the Passover seder. Whenever this happened in the past, enormous events took place in Jewish history.

Notes
1 For more information, see: Red Moon Rapture; FreeRepublic; The Jewish Press.


What are the revolvers from Trigun called?

The Internet Movie Firearms Database is the go-to source for identifying firearms in movies and other media, including anime. The Trigun page says that the pistol that Vash and Knives carries is

  a fictional double-action, full-sized revolver chambered for .45 Long Colt.

The name is AGL Arms Factory .45 Long Colt.


What is the song played in Operation 11: Fallen Angel Rina?

The opening and ending. It looks like it's the theme song

The Opening song, written by Reiji Kitazato, is called "Girls and horny sluts", it's probably most definitely not an existing pop song in Japan. While Reiji Kitazato does music for other (non-hentai) series, like Gankutsuou, this is probably written specifically for this show.


What does "I used to be an engineer once" mean?

Ah, as an engineer myself, I think I know where they're coming from, since my friends have made this joke to me before. If I'm right, this isn't an in-series joke, or even one related to anime & manga at all:

There's a running joke that (male) engineers are hopeless at romance and can't pick up women, likely originating from the fact that engineering is a profession that has a very skewed ratio of male to female participants. While the number of female engineers is increasing over time, the difference in numbers is still comfortably large enough for the joke to be made.

I expect the joke they're making is that since he is no longer an engineer ("I used to be an engineer"), a girl can finally accept his feelings.

Naturally, this has some traction on the internet - here are some examples I've found over my time:


What is the song when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form in "Naruto Shippuden" episode 43?

The track that plays in E43 around 03:08 is called "Tragic".

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54U3fnY2uEI


A bijuu can indeed die, in a way.

A bijuu is purely made up of chakra, some times the are even referenced to as Chakra Monsters. The same rules apply to the bijuu as to all the normal humans in the world. If your chakra runs out, you die.

  quoted in naruto episode 50-60, or when ever it was that the chunin exams went on and the sand attacked the leaf, sasuke and kakashi were off training when kakashi told sasuke "well your about good for 2 blast", refering to chidori. then sasuke said, "what would happen if i tried a third?" kakashi then said "in the turn that you try to force a jutsu, not only will it not work, you use up all your chakra, worst case scenerio, you die" so if you do lose all your chakra, you do die. as quoted from

This means that if a bijuu runs out of chakra he dies. If the jinchuuriki dies with the bijuu still inside of him the bijuu will die.

in this last case there has also been stated that if the jinchuuriki die's with the bijuu inside of him he we revive

  in chapter 503. On page 14 Kushina tells Minato her plan to reseal the Kyuubi within herself and then commit suicide. That was she says that the Kyuubi's resurrection will be delayed.

so upon the death of the jinchuuriki the tailed beast will disappear for a while. But it'll reappear again after some time. It is also said that this reappearance is on a random location. If the bijuu retains his original memory is also not known.


Nope, it isn't explained at all.

The background you described is 100% filler and was never described in the manga, so using the Summoning Jutsu without a blood pact doesn't necessarily teleport you randomly.

As for which animal is suitable for which. Jiraiya seemingly decided to give Naruto the frog contract because he had the contract himself, (not to mention that Naruto's father, Minato, also had a blood contract with frogs).

I don't think there's a requirement of any sort, but that's just guessing. The entire technique is cloaked in mystery.

See my answer on this other question: How to summon a different animal using Kuchiyose?


Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hego-chin"?

Her Japanese Wiki page tells us the origin of that nickname:

愛称
愛称の一つである「へごちん」は、2013年にweb番組『五十嵐裕美のチャンネルはオープンソースでっ！』にゲスト出演した際、「頭へ ゴチン」を「頭を ヘゴチン」と読み間違えたことが由来。さらに省略されて「へご」とも呼ばれるようになった。

My translation and my explanation in the parentheses:

Nickname
One of her nicknames "Hego-chin" came from an incident that took place in 2013 when Ohashi made a guest appearance in Igarashi Hiromi (another Japanese voice actress)'s web series Igarashi Hiromi's Channel is Open Source! In the show Ohashi misspoke and mistakenly said "hegochin the head" (which is nonsensical) where she should've said "gochin to the head". She has also been called "Hego", a shorter version of "Hego-chin".

「ゴチン」(gochin) is an onomatopoeic word that describes the sound of a large object hitting someone's head. 「頭へゴチン」means to use something to hit the head in the fashion of "gochin". Here 「へ」is a particle indicating direction. The kana is usually pronounced "he" in words, but as a particle it should be pronounced "e". So the correct reading of that phrase was "atama e gochin", but Ohashi thought 「へゴチン」 was all together a word, so she pronounced it as "hegochin". Another tricky thing that led to her mistake was the hiragana 「へ」 and its katakana 「ヘ」 look alike.


Why did Kuro not burn out completely during the bath sequence with Irisviel?

Apparently, the fact that Kuro can continue to exist in the world is a miracle created by her own "wish" stated at that same part:

“I want family. I want friends. I want to live a normal, everyday life. But…more than that…more than anything…I don’t want to disappear! I just…I want to live!”

This happens because she is the grail, so she basically granted her own wish as a holy grail, which allowed her to continue living.

Now, this only means Kuro's "wish" stabilized her corporeal form. She still uses the Archer card like the Servants use the class vessels the Holy Grail initially prepares. She doesn't have a mana source and she isn't human, either. She is a miracle that is still allowed to remain in the world.

This is comparable to at least two cases from the original VN: Saber in UBW Good End, and Rider in HF True end. They all still need the mana to stay, same as Kuro.


Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if...?

This is a good question that Isayama has answered so subtly in his manga.

First and foremost,

   Bertholdt, Reiner and Annie come from a 'ghetto' neighborhood of Marley, where Eldians are put to reside. There is a lot of blatant racism in the nation of Marley, especially towards Eldians. Eldians do not have the same rights as Marleyans, and the operate as a inferior race. However Marleyans know the power of Eldians, thus Marleyans are using the titan powers by guilt-feeding Eldians into joining the army and serving the nation of Marley. The guilt is based on the Marleyan theory that Eldians in the past used their titan powers and committed war crimes towards Marleyans.

Which means that for

   kids raised in these 'ghettos' such as Reiner, or Bertholdt, are brainwashed this idea that only serving the Marleyan army will give Eldians their acknowledgement, and hopefully pay for the crimes that their Eldian ancestors did in the past.

Therefore,

   Reiner and Bertholdt are part of those kids who excel their training in order to have 'the honor' of becoming a titan shifter.

After being assigned a mission to invade

   the walls, Reiner and Bertholdt initially had this idea of wiping out every human inside the walls, kidnapping the Coordinator Titan power, and returning to their homeland.

However,

   after living there for quite a few years, Reiner saw that Eldians within the walls were not evil as they were portrayed by the Marleyan government. On the contrary, Reiner befriended other survey corps members, and a lot of them were depending on him. So he became more sympathetic and understandable towards the people inside the walls.

Which led to Reiner

   facing his ultimate dilemma: is he a "soldier" (aka survey corps), or a "warrior" (aka Marleyan spy)?

And this is the beauty of Isayama's story-telling. We learn both perspectives, and that makes us understand both protagonists and antagonists. To quote Bertrand Russell War does not determine who is right, only who is left

SPOILER ALERT
Additional information showed on manga chapter 93. This is another hint why Reiner behaved in such a way. He has been feeling guilt and his position in this war has not been clear to him. Source: mangastream.com


Can Chiaki play any instruments besides violin and piano?

As @Looper mentioned, Chiaki only plays the violin and the piano. The lack of additional instruments can be attributed to his dedication in becoming a world-class conductor.


Is there a reason for not training Nezuko in breathing?

Nezuko sleeps not because she has nothing else to do but because in such a way she restores her strength instead of eating flesh. She slept through Tanjiro's training year, while (probably, not shown really) he tried to wake her up.

From the slayers' point of view, they most likely have no idea how to train demons because they have a different physiology. (Upper Moon One seem to have mastered the moon breath before becoming a demon.) Also, pillars still may think it is not safe.


Would the Inuzuka or Nara technique count as a kekkei genkai?

Nope, they are not. The abilities that you mentioned are just hiden (秘伝, not to be confused with "hidden") techniques, exclusive to a specific clan. There is a difference between them and kekkei genkai abilities.

Kekkei Genkai is passed down genetically, so every member of a clan has an aptitude for it.
The hiden techniques, on the contrary, are not passed down genetically, but rather "taught", so in fact anyone could learn them if they were not kept in secret.

For example, take Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, which is exclusive to Aburame clan. However, it's not a genetically-passed ability, it's rather that only Aburame clan knows what needs to be done in order to place the insects into one's body and to learn how to live in symbiosis with them.

You can read more on the subject here.


Why is Demon King not leaving purgatory?

There was a great war between the clans 3000 years before the current time in The Seven Deadly Sins. The two main clans on each side were the Demon and the Goddess clan. There indeed must have been battles between the Demon King and the Supreme Deity at that time however none of that is shown in the anime or the manga. At the end of the war, the Goddess clan basically ended up defeating the Demon Clan by sealing them away for good using the Coffin of Eternal Darkness. The seal was eventually broken partially by Hendricksen freeing the Ten Commandments and many other demons but it was not enough to revive the Demon King himself.

So basically, Demon King cannot leave the Purgatory. The Purgatory is a space between the living and the afterlife. It is similar to how Meliodas didn't move go to the afterlife and instead went to the Purgatory. So the Demon King isn't really dead but not much of a living being either. He is simply waiting for someone to revive him.


Where is Aizen after the Quincies wreak havoc in Seireitei?

Aizen was sealed. It was revealed in chapter 617.

   He was released by Captain Kyouraku in chapter 617. Kyouraku himself didn't mean to release him completely, but somehow he is. It wasn't clear who destroyed the initial seals as Kyouraku used only the key to unseal Aizen's mouth. It was probably Yhwach who did that as Yhwach himself stated during his fight with Yamamoto Head Captain that he met Aizen.


What is this manga about a boy with special eyes recruited by 3 girls to hunt murderers?

It's definitely Deathtopia.

Here is the picture of the main character on the color page of chapter 1.

This is a scene near the end of chapter 1 of the guy who eventually murder everyone in his family and eats ramen while sitting on the couch, as revealed in chapter 2 and 3. At this point in time, the main character had yet to see the true shape of the shadow, and he only managed to made out the scythe-shaped shadow in chapter 2.

The three girls who scouted him at the end of chapter 1:


Where in the timeline of SAO did the battle vs. Laughing Coffin occur?

According to the Sword Art Online Wiki, the battle (called the "Crusade") happened in August of 2024:

The Crusade
By August 2024, they had already killed hundreds of players, thus they were now the number one threat against the Clearers. The Clearers tried to negotiate with them via messengers, but the guild killed every one that they sent. After realizing that they would never stop killing and finding out the location of the guild's headquarters from a member of the guild, the clearers formed a high-level crusade party to wipe the guild out. Fifty high-leveled players (including Kirito and Asuna) went to attack them, however, just before they reached the designated location, the Laughing Coffin members were warned about the incoming party, so they decided to ambush the crusaders instead. Although some of the crusaders were unable to kill the red players, as the guild would not yield, some of the crusaders finally took the initiative of finishing off the Laughing Coffin members. At the end of the battle, twenty-one Laughing Coffin members and eleven crusaders had died, with most of the remaining Laughing Coffin members, including XaXa and Johnny Black, being arrested by the clearers and sent to the Black Iron Palace prison. Somehow, PoH was not found in the list of deceased or captured members, making him the only one to escape the crusade.

This was 1 month before Kuradeel was invited into the Laughing Coffin guild:

October, 2024
Although the guild was vanquished during the crusade, PoH, who avoided the crusade, watched Kirito and Kuradeel's duel on the 74th Floor. After hearing that Kuradeel wished to kill Kirito, after the duel and before Kirito went to a mandatory training session with Kuradeel and Godfree, PoH approached Kuradeel. PoH then invited Kuradeel to his guild and taught him how to make paralysis poison.

Here's a full Timeline. It says the battle happened after the "Warmth of the Heart" light novel volume and that by August, they were on the 70th floor. So I think that would put the battle somewhere between episodes 7 and 8?


An animated movie set in a post-apocalyptic future where the main girl has to collect a last spirit

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

  A planet is overrun by a mysterious group of creatures that infect and destroy all life on Earth. Only the determination of a single woman to find a cure will prevent the world from slowly being eaten away. Yet there are those from within who are impatient for results and will do anything to win this war.


Does each Region only have 8 gyms in Pokémon?

No. The pickle Tickler has essentially lists the gyms from the games, which are correct.
The Pokemon Anime however doesn't follow them. We know this because as you said, gary won 10 badges in the anime. And that is without the Earth Badge.
Hence there were ATLEAST 11 gyms in Kanto region.

  Alot of other characters in the anime like rivals have been shown with different badges that ash hasn't had. I this shows there are gym all over the region in the anime but you only need to defeat 8 gym leaders to enter the league.

Ash, misty and brock have also met other non-game gym leaders in the anime like Dorian from the coastline gym in johto. Barry, Morrison and Trip have different badges too.

Also note, Candice says that not many people come north to challenge her. Does that mean only people that beat her go to the Sinnoh League? Ergo, Sinnoh has more Gym options too.

The reason Ash battles only the game Gyms is to reduce confusion and have people look forward to the other Gyms.

Source: Pokemon Badges: Anime Only Gym Badges

Gary's Gym Badges: Some Known ones
Otoshi's Gym Badges: most completely different than normal ones.
Morrison's 8th Badge
Barry's badges:3 Unidentified ones
Trip's Badges: Only the first 2 are from the games


Why does Mayoi get embarrassed about this tongue twister?

Caution: the answer might be NSFW since it contains vulgar words.
Here is the full dialogue by Araragi and Mayoi:

「では、生むみ生もめ生ままもと三回言ってください」
「お前が言えてないじゃん」
「生もめだなんて、いやらしいですっ！」
「言ったのはお前だからな」
「生ままもだなんて、いやらしいですっ！」
「そのいやらしさは、僕にはわからないが……」
Mayoi: So, say "namamumi namamome namamamamo" three times
Araragi: You can't even say it properly1
Mayoi: Namamome is lewd!
Araragi: It's because you who says it
Mayoi: Namamamamo is lewd!
Araragi: I don't understand what's lewd with that, though...
(translated by myself, if there's an official translation of this dialogue, feel free to correct it)

Namamumi doesn't exist in Japanese. The best Kanji representation is 生【なま】無味【むみ】, which means "raw tasteless".
Namamome can be represented by 生【なま】揉め【もめ】, which means "bare (breast) grope".
Namamamamo is... well, that word also doesn't exist in Japanese, and also meaningless. Even Araragi doesn't understand why Mayoi says that it's lewd.

1The original tongue twister is 生【なま】麦【むぎ】生【なま】米【ごめ】生【なま】卵【たまご】 (Namamugi namagome namatamago), which means "raw wheat, raw rice, raw egg". The one that Mayoi says is when all the consonants are changed to "m" (except the "n" in "nama"). This is to simulate the pronunciation by very young child (e.g. toddler) when their ability to speak is not well-developed yet.


Why don't Harlequin and Elaine have wings?

Recently picked up NNT and had a similar query immediately when King's old friend was revealed. Searching around I've found that no concrete reason for the "Wingless King" of the Fairies.

However there are a couple theories around with some supporting evidence.

King's Wings have not yet matured
Though King may be quite old, it seems that he can't yet spread his wings. The age old cocoon to butterfly theory.
King's wings growing may also allow him to "level-up" to fight the 10 Commandments on an equal footing.
This is shown in Chapter 134 of the manga, when King and Meliodas square off Meliodas counters King's spell. While it did nothing immediately, we see that King's back gets hurt and he has a dark spot. Maybe the spell weakened something that was holding back the growth of King's wings?
King and Elaine are not full fairies
Since only the siblings are the only fairies shown without the wings, we can assume that it may be due to their ancestry? Maybe he is just half-fairy. Apart from this there is no evidence for what mix they have.

Given that the wingless nature of King has been addressed in the manga (Chapter 134.10), we can assume this is a part of some reveal that the mangaka has planned and will be shown in the future releases.


Why did they air all four Tsukimonogatari episodes in one day?

The reason why Hanamonogatari was all aired on one day was because it kept being delayed because of production issues, it was supposed to come out the Spring season but ended up airing at the very end of Summer season (basically the Fall season). The studio decided to delay it no longer and release it all at once.

See this ANN post

I'm not sure of the exact reason for Tsukimonogatari's bulk airing, but it could be a related reason.


Is it true that there's an eraser for the Death Note that can bring people back to life?

The Death Eraser appeared exclusively in the Death Note Pilot chapter, which isn't canon.

If the pilot chapter was considered canon several things would contradict themselves, like how the Rules of the Death Note contain that there are infinite number of pages in the Death Note, while in the pilot version it is stated that it has 60 pages with 38 lines per page.


After leaving the marines why did Aokiji join forces with pirates?

Aokiji might have his own self justice principles.  As he has previously seen the unjustice rendered by the present fleet admiral to the innocent people of Ohara when Aokiji and Akainu are fellow comrade Vice Admirals in the buster call operation, he might feel indignant to work under a person (Akainu) who has the pretence of killing innocent in the name of justice as they contradict with his own self justice principles. So he might have decided to join hands with Black Beard who proclaims his evil intentions to the world rather than pretending to be someone.

But why he joined hands with Black Beard is the mystery.  Maybe Black Beard might have given him an approbation of making Aokiji the Fleet Admiral after he himself took the world dragons under captives and make Black Beard himself the new World Ruler. Simply a cruel, arrogant person is more detestable than a cruel, friendly person. Or he might be sick of the marines' overall cruel operations to safeguard the world government who follow tyrannical measures.


Where in Brotherhood does this screenshot of Ed and Al as children appear?

tl;dr: This is probably an original illustration, rather than a still from Brotherhood.

This illustration may have originated from an official set of postcards based on the manga and Brotherhood continuity — when I ran a reverse image search for the image and included postcard and episode in the search terms, I found an eBay page where someone is (at the time of writing) selling such a set. (It seems possible to me that the illustration may have first appeared in a magazine or an earlier artbook, and that I was simply unable to locate it.)

One of the photographs in the product description shows the same image as that of the OP, and even the aspect ratio looks identical.

Many illustrations in the postcard set — such as those of Roy and Ed holding bunches of roses, Winry and Ed sitting back-to-back on a bed, and Ed in a state of undress — clearly do not originate from either the manga or the Brotherhood adaptation. Taking this into account along with my inability to recall a scene in Brotherhood that matches the OP's illustration, it makes sense to surmise that this is probably an original illustration, rather than a still taken from Brotherhood.

The eBay seller states that this postcard set was released on December 22, 2009. I am unfamiliar with Fullmetal Alchemist merchandise and so cannot confirm this with another source; I also do not know any details about how this postcard book was released.


Anyone know the name of the song in Naruto Shippuden episode 471 min 10:50

I believe it's an unreleased track that's commonly known as "Minato Saves Kushina" amongst fans. This one actually seems to come up here rather often! :P

There are some unofficial versions of the song floating around on YouTube, for example, here.


Haganai is actually taken from the hiragana only of the title:

僕は友達が少ない

Ha is pronounced as 'wa' when used as a particle, but the actual phonogram is 'ha' everywhere else.


Manga about 3 school friends who have to play games to survive

Imawa no Kuni no Alice (English title: Alice in Borderland) is most likely what you are looking for. It is adapted into an OVA series, which has 3 episodes at the time of writing.

  Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives?

Here is a page from chapter 2 showing their first game, in which whoever answers the small problem on the omikuji incorrectly will be shot as many flame arrows as the difference between the wrong and right answer. Normally, omikuji is a piece of paper with fortune written on it, but in this story, it contains a problem plus some hint to clear the game.


According to the World Material FAQs from fate/complete material III with Nasu (p.130) reated to the VN:

Q: In the end of the Rin route, was it Shirou that projected Rho Aias in the Shirou vs Gilgamesh fight? Or was it Archer? In Fate/side material, it's said that it was projection magic from Archer, but in the story, there was the depiction of Shirou "pulling the shield from the hill". Does this mean that this switched to Archer's scene?
A: This has been easy to misunderstand, but the part about Archer supporting Shirou was the time before Shirou pulled out Rho Aias, before Shirou came to his realization.
After Shirou's monologue about his surprise that he was still alive after taking Gil's attack, "If I survived, there must have been a reason why I survived. But that was simply something I didn't have any control over."
That was the "Rho Aias" that Archer made to help Shirou in a way that wouldn't let Gilgamesh know there was someone else waiting to ambush him.

In other words, the first Rho Aias that defended him (as he was chanting UBW, it's difficult to project something like that at the same time) against Enuma Elish was project by Archer (EMIYA).

The original has 7 petals, this one has 5 in the 2015 ufotable anime.

The second one inside UBW was probably one copied from Archer's version (perhaps drawing from the experience that flowed into Shiro as they clashed). It's not clear how many petals was in this version (likely 4 petals, like in the Heaven's Feel path). This part was never really clarified, but you can compare it to Kuro's projection of it using the Archer Class Card from Prisma Illya.

Note that against Lancer, Archer had to muster almost all of his prana to project a 7-petal version. Since he didn't have the prana for another 7-petal projection, he probably summoned a lesser projection in order to protect the Shirou and what reserves he had left.
Rho Aias not being a sword (being a shield), is going to cost more prana to summon. Since the UBW reality marble was not up, it's unlikely that Shirou had the means to to summon it at the time. So it's more likely that it came from an external entity (Archer).
The Fate/side material encyclopedia on Rho Aias (p.78-79) states that:

The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting during the finale of the Rin route was not something he projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who was watching the battle from a distance.

Shirou mentioned that he was able to project it by pulling it out of the "hill of swords." This is likely a metaphor that refers to his reality marble (a materialization of one's inner self) or the collective of Archer memories, and not a literal hill.


What is the chronological order for the Shakugan no Shana series?

Shakugan no Shana I
Shakugan no Shana II
Shakugan no Shana S (OVA)
Shakugan no Shana III (Final)

The Movie is a summary/alternate version of the first season.


Nara's strategy had four components:

Shinobi Alliance create distractions
Naruto powering shinobi up with chakra
Locking down the Juubi with the Shika Ino Chouji combo
The entire Alliance will attack full force at the Juubi

Naruto comes into communication with Shikaku here, as he shares his great Nara Plan. He also stated that he has told the entire alliance his plan already. However, the entirety of the plan is not revealed to the reader just yet. What they are discussing in this chapter is simply creating the distraction.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/95742_naruto-chapter-612/page_9

Phase 2 of the plan begins here as Naruto starts to transfer his chakra to the Shinobi Alliance.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/96726_naruto-chapter-615/page_20

Then phase 3 begins. Chouji is the front line tank along with many others. Ino uses her jutsu to take control of Obito and slightly throw off the Juubi's attacks. And Shikamaru and his clan use the shadowbinding technique on the Juubi. Also note that Shikamaru suspects that something may go wrong with this strategy and (in the flashback) Shikaku basically tells Shikamaru he is going to have to make that decision when the time comes.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/97954_naruto-chapter-616/page_13

Phase 4 commences and the Alliance begins their attack.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/98410_naruto-chapter-617/page_8

That pretty much sums everything up about Nara's strategy. The only problem was that it didn't work. Obito, Madara, and the Juubi are too strong to be taken down by the current Shinobi Alliance. That's when Minato shows up, followed by the other Kages and Sasuke and then everything changes again.

Additional proof Shikaku understood the Kyuubi's chakra transfering ability.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/97954_naruto-chapter-616/page_8

Shikaku first learned of it from Kakashi's experience here.
http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapter/98410_naruto-chapter-617/page_5


From what series is this odd lolicon poster?

This is from the eroge/visual novel Cross†Channel. The characters in the image are Taichi, the protagonist, and Yusa, a young girl who lives next door to the protagonist. Taichi, who has certain mental conditions including being a sexual deviant, is in this scene avowing his intent to do nothing inappropriate to Yusa.

Here's Wikipedia's synopsis of the plot:

  After a failed summer vacation with other members of the school's broadcasting club, Taichi Kurosu and some of the other club members return to the city, only to find that all living creatures within it except for the club members have completely vanished. In order to confirm the status of the outside world, Taichi decides to gather other club members to help Misato Miyasumi, the president of the broadcasting club, set up a broadcasting antenna to contact any possible survivors. However, Taichi soon discovers that the world is actually repeating the same week and thus all their actions are reset, with no loss or gain, no matter what actions are taken. Seeking himself and the restoration of broken bonds, Taichi must discover meaning to exist in this strange and lonely but, for Taichi, comforting world.


Update: This was further backed up by the events of chapter 87

What I think is that, according to latest manga chapter (86)

   Zeke and the other warriors are specifically trying to retake the coordinate from Grisha (and now Eren). He is also Eren's half brother (not step-brother) but it would appear that family is not an important bond to Zeke, as he betrayed both of his parents.


Corrupted Grail Fragments inside Sakura, and Illya's heart

Do the corrupted Grail fragments that Zokuen synthesised with his worms which were later placed in Sakura have a direct connection with Angra Mainyu inside the Grail?

yes, in the Visual Novel close to the end

   after Sakura realizes the love Rin has for her she starts trying to resist. when Shirou arrives after defeating Alter Saber he finds the "ribbons" that make up Dark Sakura's dress are now being used to wrap her up and restrain herr. since at this point Dark Sakura has already pruged all of Zouken's worm from her body the only force that could do this is Angra Mainyu, further enforced by the fact that they dispelled when Shirou stabbed Sakura with the traced Rule Breaker, severing the contract between her and Angra Mainyu

however she probably need to submit to Angra Mainyu as

   Dark Sakura doesn't appear until after she kills Shinji (to tried to rape and blackmail her) and realizes she was The Shadow

and up to then she didn't even want to fight in the war

however this is only the case because Sakura is a Master. in Fate and Unlimited Blade Works, as she gives it up to Shinji and in both cases Rider is considered defeated without Sakura's identity as her True Master being revealed one can assume that she had fully given up being a Master in these 2 routes while in Heaven's Feel she hadn't and it's only in this route does the Shadow appear. also during the period between the 4th and 5th wars Angra Mainyu didn't do anything with Sakura.

  And what about Illya's heart which is the Lesser Grail of the 5th war?

supposedly uncorrupted. given that the main source of the corruption is the Greater Grail and the Einzbern knew of it's state (as it was Ilya who revealed Angra Mainyu's existence to Rin and Shirou) it would not be hard for them to create an uncorrupted lesser grail, however this would not stop them connecting to the corrupted Greater Grail as Irisviel's lesser grail connected to it, so i'm not sure how the Einzberns planned to get around Angra Mainyu to get the 3rd Magic (or maybe they would just accept the destruction because all they care about is reclaiming it)

  Angra used the Lesser Grail to activate the Greater Grail and unleash his curses

actually he didn't. if he could his wish to be born could have been done without anyone getting in the way, but while he is not manipulating Kotomine he did need him to wish for his birth, and by his own will Kotomine wants Angra Mainyu to be born.

just like in Fate and Unlimited Blade Works, the connection between the lesser grail and greater grail is the reason for the black mud to be spilling out and in Fate/Zero the fire caused by the spilled contents is hinted to be because Kotomine, before dying, wished for humanity to die aswell

  In Kirei's last moments, the Holy Grail appears to him in his mind. Filled with hatred and envy for Kiritsugu, Kirei reaches out and touches the cursed artifact. He prays for an end to humanity before his death and his wish is granted in the form of the fire.

Source: Avenger (Fate/Stay Night) > Role > Fate/Zero (6th paragraph)


What is the piano song played when Suguha is changing and placing the device on her head?

That song is the the piano only version of "Is this love?" by Kajiura Yuki.

It's the 18th track on the Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack vol.2 which was bundled with the limited edition SAO vol. 7 DVD and Blu-ray.

Source, you can also listen to the song there.


Why was the Fifth Holy Grail War so early?

As i explained in this answer (Under Kiritsugu's Plan), it was because there was a build up of Prana in the Greater Grail.
Normal Procedure would be that by the end of a War the Prana (particularly Mana) in the Greater Grail would have been spent and thus take 60 years to naturally replenish. Under Fuyuki - Procedure

The Great Grail requires sixty years in order to amass enough mana to summon Servants, making the planning period span over generations. If the Grail is unable to utilize its energy, that which is leftover can reduce the time to as little as a decade, such as in the case of the period between the Fourth and Fifth Wars.

As for where it was mentioned, the citation reference of the section on the Wikia Pages points to Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu

Q: Even though it should only happen every 60 years, was the 10 year gap between the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars as short as it was because the Lesser Grail was destroyed before the Greater Grail could direct the accumulated mana to establish its pathway trapped some unused mana in the Grail?
A: That’s true. In fact, you could say that the function of the Greater Grail was already muddled when when it was impregnated with Avenger in the Third War.

So from this there are 2 causes for the Mana not having been spent.

Lesser Grail was destroyed before the Greater Grail could direct the accumulated mana
Avenger, possibly self-aware, perverting the system by withholding Mana as there was still a 60 year gap between the 3rd and 4th Wars (as Avenger was killed early in the 3rd war)


What is the piano song that was played around minute 9 of episode 11?

Turns out the music is the same one that plays on episode 4, around the 14:45 mark:

  The song in question is track 26 of the first CD, アゲイン — meaning "again," (...). You can buy the song individually here.

  You can buy the full album in the Amazon page linked to [below], but also from the show's official page if you'd prefer.

As with my other answers on finding songs for this series, I was able to find the right song in this Amazon.co.jp page for the soundtrack, where you can listen to a 30-second preview of every song.


Would Infel has disappeared if she and Nenesha succeeded?

After reserching in the EXA.PICO Wikia about Infel, it seems thatn in the chance the Song was executed properly, no one would have died. As long as Infel's calculations were correct.
Infel developed METHOD_METAFALICA/. to patch the EXEC_METAFALICA/. song, which had requirements to strong, and ended up killing any Revaitail who sang it.

So, is is likely Metafalica could have worked back then, if Infel had not closed of her heart and caused the song to fail.

The reason Infel will die if Luca and Cloche succesfully sing METHOD_METFALICA/. is because she is now a sublimated consciousness living in the Infel Phira server, and the transmigration of Infel Phira would defragment the server's memory and delete her data.


An exact solution is not traceable... The closest katana is a Nodachi (大太刀) without a Tsuba 鍔 (Handguard) and with a blue/light yellow decorated Tsuka 柄 (Hilt).

Image from Sakura no kuni.

As you mentioned in your question it could also be a shirasaya 白鞘.

A Shirasaya actually contains two plain wooden parts. The Saya さや (Scabbard) and the Tsuka. These parts are used to store a katana blade and prevent it from corroding.

The Shirasaya Tsuka is actually not made to be used in combat because of the missing Tsuba 鍔 (Hand guard). I also do not think that a storage tsuba is fixed strong enough to the blade to use it for fighting.

Image (Sakura Shirasaya) by Bahr3DCG from DeviantART.

Furthermore there is also a Shikomizue 仕込み杖 that general also do not have a tsuba.

A Shikomizue is actually a sword hidden in a stick. Propose of such a stick is to hide the sword from the public because it was not allowed to openly carry a sword.

Image (Shikomizue Katana) by bernardfokke from DeviantART.

In addition they are mostly decorated because it should look nice and unobtrusively like the tsuka of Monohoshizao.

Anyway it is rather be a Nodachi because of length and it is also slightly curved. Just without a hand guard.


Clarification about Hashirama's Senjutsu?

To answer your first question,

  How did Hashirama come to know about this forest which is the home of slugs

There is no mention of how Hashirama found this place or that he learned senjutsu there. But if he did, it could be speculated that he either stumbled upon it, or he researched scrolls or other historical artifacts that led him there. Much like how Kabuto managed to find Ryūchi cave.

  what was his background to learning the Senjutsu

nothing on this was mentioned either on the manga or the anime.

  Does this mean both Tsunade and Sakura can learn the sage Jutsu?

By transitive property of equality, we can say that Tsunade and Sakura could master the sage mode, however it has been stated by Kakashi that Sakura has the least amount of chakra among the members of team 7. Also, it has been stated that a large chakra pool is required in order to amass nature energy. So that could be a handicap for Sakura. However, as her training progressed if she managed to increase her chakra pool, then theoretically she should be able to master senjutsu. The same goes for Tsunade.

Madara was shown to be able to control sage chakra, without having any training in it.


Is Jellal really married? Who's his wife?

My friend, you shouldn't ask for things that will produce spoilers. I know the arc that your're referring to and if you really REALLY want to know then reveal the spoiler below. But I would encourage you to just keep watching.

   Jellal is not married, this is brought to light later. He said that to her to keep his emotions in check so that he could focus on the mission.


What is this old Anime set in prehistoric times?

I believe it is Ryu the Primitive Boy

Plot summary from ANN:

  Set in primitive times, a baby with white skin is born into the world. As his skin color is different from the rest of the children around him, the baby is immediately disliked and alienated from the others. Deserted and left on his own, the baby is eventually picked up by an ape called Kitty and raised as her child. The baby, Ryuu, grows up to be a good man but at this moment, his mother is attacked and killed by Tirano. In order to defeat Tirano and also find his real mother, Ryuu decides to set off on his own journey. In the midst of his travels, he meets the siblings Ran and Don. With his new-found companions, Ryuu begins his battle against hardships and obstacles.


Which Kennedy oration is Onsa adapting in episode 1?

My best guess is that Onsa is rather loosely adapting the following paragraph of Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address:

  We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it, and we cherish our freedom here at home; but are we to say to the world, and, much more importantly, for each other, that this is a land of the free except for the Negroes; that we have no second-class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or caste system, no ghettos, no master race, except with respect to Negroes?

The "except for..." language used by Onsa roughly matches that used in Kennedy's oration, but that's about as far as it goes. If you have a look at the Japanese version of the address (which, miraculously, exists), you'll find that the sentence structure is not even parallel to Kennedy's. There are also no references to religion in Kennedy's speech, so I'm not really sure what it's doing in Onsa's.

Googling for fragments of Onsa's speech that one would expect to be lifted unaltered from their source (e.g. 「自らの魂のもとに自由」) gets you nothing but Bakuon!! results.

In summary, I'd like to quote one of America's greatest presidents:

  "Methinks some intern was crunched for time and ended up passing off random inspirational-sounding quotes as excerpts from Kennedy's speeches."
  ―Abraham Lincoln


While Gretel is on the boat talking to Rock, she says that it's OK that Hansel is dead because they are always together. She takes off her wig and her voice changes into the lower Hansel voice, then puts the wig back on and is back to Gretel's voice. So they are indistinguishable from their appearance and voices.

The only hint we get is right before Rock leaves the cabin Gretel is in:

Gretel takes off her underwear and lifts up her skirt giving Rock a "view" as a "gift". Rock is shocked and leaves the room disgusted.

So is it:

She is really "Hansel" and Rock is shocked because Gretel is actually a boy. Gretel died first
She is really "Gretel" and Rock is shocked because he's being flashed by a little girl. Hansel died first
Rock isn't shocked by whether she's a boy or girl but that she/he thinks flashing him is supposed to be a "gift". Inconclusive

Other inconclusive possibilities could be that her genitalia was mutilated from all the snuff films, or even she is a hermaphrodite. But it's most likely that we never know who was killed first. They are always interchanging/swapping, it's likely neither of them knows whether they are Hansel or Gretel anymore, so that facet of their character would be undermined if we were to know who was who.


Where does MyAnimeList get their data from?

MyAnimeList sources and curates their data manually with the help of their staffs and users.

Their Frequently Asked Questions stated,

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From a quick search/browse on their forum, they don't seem to use any automation, and their database mods have to manually check and confirm the data before adding the submitted works to the database (which explains the delay).


Why doesn't Naruto possess any of his clan's specific jutsu?

To expand on my comment, as per nhahtdh's request:

Because clan specific jutsu have to be taught, even though you may have an affinity toward them or less difficulty in learning them.

Unlike Kekkei Genkai, which are techniques (usually) unique to a clan passed down genetically, clan specific jutsu - or Hiden - are passed down through teaching/orally.

Examples of Kekkei Genkai include, but are not limited to, the Sharingan, the Byakugan, the Shikotsumyaku (Kimimaro's bone ability), Ice Release techniques (used by Haku) and Wood Release techniques.
Examples of Hiden include, but are not limited to, the Nara clan's Shadow techniques, the Aburame clan's Insect techniques, the Hyuuga clan's fighting style (Gentle Fist) and the Uzumaki clan's Sealing techniques.

However, it is also noteworthy to point out that Naruto possesses many of the general "abilities" of the Uzumaki clan, such as an incredibly strong life force, great recuperative powers and over the average longevity. He possesses these because, not unlike Kekkei Genkai, they are passed down genetically.
On the other hand, he does not posess the clan's specific jutsu, due to the simple fact that there was no Uzumaki around to teach them to him.


So the twin Ciel theory has been floating around the fandom for a few years but has recently gained much more evidence in the last few chapters.

"The Double-Ciel Theory: A Kuroshitsuji Mystery" on Blogspot is the most in-depth explanation I could find, though it doesn't contain any recent evidence. To sum up the theory, some believe that Ciel

   is not the actual Ciel Phantomhive, but the younger more sickly twin of the real Ciel who was sacrificed.

In addition to the evidenced in that blog post, the most recent chapters show

   Agni looking at pictures of Ciel's family and saying "It can't be," then running off to protect Soma. He finds Soma with a gun at his head, and the person fires but misses and shoots Soma's hand. Soma then says "Why?" Now flash forward and "twin" Ciel and Sebastian come home to find the scene before them. Soma sees "twin" Ciel and hits him. Ciel also sees a bit of the picture Agni was looking at and says "it can't be," and then asks Sebastian "you wouldn't lie to me would you?" Which brings up the fact that Sebastian has never called "twin" Ciel, "Ciel"; only "young master".

These are by far the most compelling evidence so far the author has pushed towards supporting the twin theory.


What song plays from 7:20 to 8:05 of FMA Brotherhood episode 5?

The soundtrack you're looking for is Trisha's Lullaby from Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 1 album.

It's the 21st soundtrack in the album with a time duration of 3 minutes and 31 seconds.


Why did they change the Lightning Cutter's name to Chidori?

The magic of wiki:

  The Lightning Cutter is an enhanced and concentrated form of the
  Chidori with the same effects and drawbacks. According to Might Guy,
  it gained its name after Kakashi split a bolt of lightning with it.
  Because the Chidori is already powerful on its own, the Lightning
  Cutter requires better chakra control, which is exemplified in its
  appearance. The Chidori appears as simply a mass of white electrical
  chakra in the user's hand, while the Lightning Cutter is more focused
  (and blue in the anime).

tl;dr: It's still a Chidori but when Kakashi's using it, it's more refined and famed for cutting a lightning bolt ergo dubbed Raikiri.


Although it is not explicitly stated as such, he supposedly gathered several Sharingans during the Uchiha incident.

This "cupboard" in the room where he operated on Sasuke is probably where he preserves his "collection". He has been showed standing next to it on one or two other occasions.


From bounties.

Certain villains have a bounty on their heads and Saitama survived by defeating those villains. See OVA episode Road to Hero.

(Contains spoilers if you haven't seen the episode.)
http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/OVA_0


Who was Black Zetsu created by? (Manga Spoilers)

Black Zetsu was created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki shortly before she was sealed as the Ten-Tails by her sons. Black Zetsu was created from the will of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. With the goal of reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu manipulated Indra and his descendants, the Uchiha clan, along with Asura's descendants, the Senju clan, in an attempt to get one of them to awaken the Rinnegan. Madara Uchiha eventually succeeded in doing so, and Black Zetsu began secretly manipulating events to have Kaguya resurrected. He succeded when he had the rennigan and enough chakra to do so.


Did Orichimaru use the real bodies of the First and Second Hokage against the Third on the rooftop?

Orochimaru used the bodies of Zaku and Kin to summon the Hokage.
The jutsu basically recreates the body of the reincarnated person at the time of their death using the body of the sacrifice.

  To actually perform the Impure World Reincarnation, the DNA of the person to be reincarnated is smeared on a special scroll. Once the scroll is activated, the remains spread out in the form of a special seal with the living sacrifice in the centre. Then dust and ash encase the sacrifice's body, giving them the same appearance that the reincarnated had at the time of their death; the process is apparently painful for the sacrifice.

Wiki


Caster is the only viable person to be able to use such an underhanded method, via her Far Sight (i.e., her crystal ball).

Shinji is incompetent to the point where he can't even provide his servant with prana, much less do basic magecraft.

Bazett is no longer in the picture by this time do to a certain priest.

Illya has no reason to, because she has Berserker.

It's not Kirei because he is the mediator, so the identities of all the masters would be known to him sooner or later, because all the masters are expected to report in to him.

Only assasin is capable of spying,  but the Assassin of this Grail War is confined to a shrine on a mountain...


Why and how did Shiro kill Ganta's classmates?

The answer to this question is not in the anime.
It's one of the main plot points in the work, and fully explained in the manga. Actually, MOST of what Shiro is is explained in the last chapters of the manga. So, you are NOT supposed to get her from the anime.
Some spoilers ahead.

Shiro is not a prisoner. She is actually a test subject from a research laboratoryy, the reason why the Branches of Sin exist, and the responsible for the earthquake that destroyed Japan. The prison was built later, above the lab she was experimented on, as a facade for the testing on people who developed Branches of Sin after the earthquake.
She escaped the prison simply because there is no real way to contain her at all.

Yes, she killed all of Ganta's classmates out of jealousy.

Extreme spoilers ahead.

In the past, Ganta knew Shiro, because his mother was on of the chief researchers at the laboratory, extremely involved in the inhuman experiments the girl was subjected to.
Gantas cared a lot for Shiro, and she liked him a lot too. They pretended to be each other's hero, "Aceman".
But in one experiment, a broken Shiro decided to kill some researchers to show her control over her developing powers, and Ganta ended up witnessing it. The shock made him forget what he saw, and forget about Shiro. He was then sent away to live in the city.
Some time later, Shiro would cause the earthquake trying to die. She still survived, and Ganta's mother built a system to seal the girl's powers to an extent, so she would not be able to try that again. She also gave the girl a small red stone she had developed in the laboratory. It was a substance that could null Shiro's powers. Ganta's mother then killed herself so no one would be able to deactivate the system and free Shiro's powers.
The years went on, and one day, due to the school's scheduled visit to the prison, Shiro found out that Ganta was living in the city and where he studied. She ran away from the laboratory to find Ganta.
She ends up killing all Ganta's classmantes for jealousy, and inserts the power to null her powers into Ganta, hoping he will then become her hero and save her, by killing her. She wanted to be killed by the boy she loved.


Is the fanbook from episode 8 based on any real life doujinshi?

Cure Kosette is a parody of Cure Rosetta, who was a PreCure in DokiDoki PreCure which was airing at the time. Ironically, it'd make more sense for Cure Rosetta to do the punishing, as she more or less is an ojou-sama who beat up some high school age delinquents when she was still in grade school.
As for the doujin itself, unfortunately Cure Rosetta/Yotsuba Alice (civillian form) does not have all too many doujin in which she takes the leading role. She is one of my favorite cures by far, the only doujin that seem similar to this one seem to have rather poor art. Dokidoki PreCuring A__ce Hen is the closest thing I've found, which is technically a CG set, not a doujin. So as far as I can tell, there is no real world equivalent... even though there should be, lol.

Anyway, good luck in your endeavors and all that.


What defines the art-style of Japanese manga?

I'm not sure there is a specific answer to this. As you acknowledge, different artists have different styles. Both Japanese and western books vary from "cartoony" to "realistic". There are cultural differences seen in the art, such as in Japanese media adults often smoke, while in American media, they seldom do -- definitely not in titles geared to children. (Maybe they do in French media; that's why I switched from "western" to "American".)

Hell, sometimes an artist has extremes in his own work; consider Yoshiro Togashi and his "bad days" on Hunter x Hunter.  Here is a comparison of a page that got published in the weekly mag, versus how he improved it for the HxH volume:

Is the left even identifiable as manga vs comic book (vs fan art)? On the right, the main clue as to being a manga, at least to me, is the eyes of the upper right character. Otherwise it could be from a (somewhat dark) American funny-animal comic book, a la "Fritz the Cat visits a jungle".

Let's look at another page:

Is there anything innately Japanese or western concerning Jack Katz' work on The First Kingdom? If I didn't already know, I could not tell anything except that he is a remarkable artist (a mangaka in every sense of the word except his nationality). ... Hmm, maybe in Japan they would have to fade-out all the nipples.

I myself instantly recognize manga because the pages have to be read from right to left. The other instantly recognizable hint is that manga are typically b&w, whereas western comics are usually color.


Why didn’t Rem die when she killed the criminal to save misa when she was in higuchi’s car?

Shinigamis die when they kill a person to save an another person but what I don’t get is don’t shinigamis already do that on like daily basis

the difference is intent, the intent being to extend someone's life.

  If the god of death decides to use the Death Note to kill the assassin of an individual he favors, the individual's life will be extended, but the god of death will die.

Source: Rules of the Death Note/Manga Chapter Rules > Volume 4 > How to use XVII (Point 1)

  If a god of death intentionally does the above manipulation to effectively lengthen a human's life span, the god of death will die, but even if a human does the same, the human will not die.

Source: Rules of the Death Note/Manga Chapter Rules > Volume 10 > How to use LVIII (Point 2)

when Shinigami kill normally they will always affect people's livespans however if their intent is to extend a human's life then they are going against their very purpose

  Shinigami can also save other humans they care about if that person is about to die; however, the purpose of a Shinigami is to end life, not to give it. Any Shinigami who goes against this will be killed

Source: Shinigami > General information > Nature and abilities (2nd paragraph)

in Season 1 Episode 21 "Performance" Misa's life wasn't in danger of being killed by either Kyosuke Higuchi or Ginzo Kanabochi. the purpose of killing Kanabochi was to make true Misa's claim to Higuchi that she was the second Kira


Why is Bertolt's Titan form so much bigger than the other Titan Shifters?

The humans become Titans through the use of an injected medicine, and the Titan form they take is due to the type of medicine injected. Therefore, it can be deduced Bertolt Hoover got an injection that gave him the gigantic form.

Case evidence is Rod Reiss, who became a Titan that is even bigger than Bertolt after he licked the spilled injection that he was trying to give to Historia.

Compared to the wall, you can see that Rod Reiss became even bigger than Bertolt's Titan form.

We also have Eren as case evidence, who originally was incapable of hardening, but gained that ability after drinking a bottle that had the word "Armour" on it. The bottle was from Rod Reiss's bag that contained several vials of injection that could make a human a Titan Shifter and even all had labels so it therefore can be said that the Titan form a person takes is based on the type of Medicine and it can even be augmented by consuming other types of Medicine.


There's no indication that it's ever specifically stated one way or another that it's hereditary, and given that two people without any blood relation have it, it can be assumed that it is not hereditary. Rather, based on Shippūden episode 268, it seems that what is necessary is, at the very least, for the users to have an affinity for all three elements that the kekkei tōta uses. However, as Dust Release is currently the only known kekkei tōta, it's hard to say if that is definitively the only requirement. The Naruto Wiki addresses this.


Where does the 'J' in SSJ and SSJ2 come from?

It comes from the Japanese original name for Super Saiyan: 超{スーパー}サイヤ人{じん}, pronounced Sūpā Saiya-jin.

You can read more about it at http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan.

Jin means "people/person." 'Gaikoku-jin' means foreigners.


Can anyone give me a short, concise lore summary on One Piece?

One piece is a very long and interestingly annoying anime. I label it "interestingly annoying" because of the speed of the entire series. Unlike most other animes, One piece is very slow paced and a fight could usually take way too many episodes. If you aren't into really long and awesome animes then One piece Isn't for you. I say this because the anime is currently on 855 episodes but yet it hasn't reached half of its enitre story.

Now that I've got that out of the way, I'll briefly summarise the show from my perspective. The One piece anime revolves around Luffy, a boy who sets out to become the King of Pirates.
However, before he can reach his goal, he would have to assemble a very good pirate crew and then navigate his way to Raftel.

In order to get to Raftel, Luffy and his crew would need to find the map to Raftel, the problem thou is that the map can only be gotten from combinning Poneglyphs (ancient texts left by an ancient civilization).

Also, the World Government (a political organization made of majority of the world) rules pirates as threats to the world and so Pirates are kinda illegal. The World Government uses the Marines  by placing bounties on Pirates that prove themselves to be notorious. This makes it very difficult for Pirates to sail around freely. And so luffy must constantly fend off the Marines that try to capture him and his friends, while facing the difficulties of pirate rivalry.

And finally, the best part. Devil fruits. These mystical fruits give whomever eats them special abilities which vary from (1) being able to control elemental forces of nature like water, wind lightning and all those good stuff (Logia types) to (2) becoming an ancient or mythical creature (Mythical zoan type) to (3) having abilities other than the first and second. AKA paramecia type. However, whomever eats such fruits looses the ability to swim.

I hope this helps but then pls bear in mind, the One piece anime is way too broad to completely compress into a definitive short summary.


Sword Art Online - is Offline season 2 included in the DVD?

I would suspect that the DVDs, like the Bluray I own, would normally come with them, however I suspect what you have there on eBay are bootlegs.

Quoting Madman Entertainment:

  How can I help stop DVD Piracy?

  There has been a recent increase in these DVD sets being spotted and these are most certainly not real products but rather an illegal bootleg copy, usually imported from South East Asian countries and contain extremely bad subtitles and are of low quality. Easy signs to tell if they are real or not include:

  Region 0 or All
  Very low disc count for entire series - eg. 26 episodes on 3 DVDs
  Anything with the company logos 'Anime Cartoon', 'AniDVD', AV, 'Manga Cartoon' and other companies with similar names usually linked to crime syndicates as well.
  A web based email address printed on the DVD cover such as addresses ending with @yahoo.com or mail2000.com.tw etc

  Should you come across any of these products do not purchase them and if you feel this isn't right report it to the authorities or to piracy@madman.com.au, please include the store's name and if possible get details of the distributor, the closer we get to the source of the problem, the eaiser it is for us to stop the flow. The Pirate Anime FAQ site also has a lot more useful information regarding these illegal bootleg DVDs as well as other knock off anime merchandise and how you can avoid them. Alternatively you can also report it to the newly setup Anti-piracy task force. Remember the more reports that are reported the more likely something will be done about this problem. Piracy hurts the industry and you can help by spreading the word and reporting these illegitimate practices.

Now the eBay ad is saying that it has 49 episodes + EX + Offline on 3 disks. The Sword Art Online DVD 1 On Rightstuf is 1 out of 4 for just season 1 and it says

  Sword Art Online 1 covers Aincrad Arc Part 1 and contains episodes 1-7

The Bluray I own had 2 Bluray Disks and the 7 episodes were spread across both along with an episode or 2 of Sword Art Offline on each disk. There were 4 Bluray Collectors Editions Each Season and 1 for Sword Art Online EX (which was single disk) so in total there were about 17 disks ((2 x (4 x 2)) + 1). DVDs have a lower capacity than Blurays so they wouldn't use less disks.

Comparing this to what Madman has put on their website this leads me to believe that what you have is a bootleg.

Another problem with the cover is that it doesn't state which DVD Region they are and if you're buying a legit DVD you need to know this so you can either get a DVD Player which plays that region, can be set to be a different region or set to Region 0 which ignores it (that's what my DVD/Bluray Player is set for DVDs. Bluray there is no Region 0).

Also while the eBay ad says

  With Malaysia Government issue Hologram

take this with a grain of salt. I got Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha on eBay which came with Season 1-3 and the 2 movies on 5 disks. It had a Hologram yet the episodes were clearly fan subs someone downloaded and burned onto a disk with whatever art they could find for menu backgrounds (since one used character cutouts but did a poor job removing the white around the character, blurring the edges to try and cover it up).


Is Doraemon supposed to end in volume 6?

Doraemon returns in the next chapter in the next volume.

The regular manga has 45 volumes. The Plus manga has 5.


Is there a connection between the Eye of God from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and the Rinnegan from Naruto?

Although I can't find any reliable source, it seems that both are based on Saṃsāra :

  The repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation) within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, and Yoga.

Source: Wikipedia

This represents both the Six Paths of Pain (also Rinne is the Japanese Name for Samsāra) and the "one is all, all is one"-thing in FMA (as seen in episode 12 of the 2009-anime).


Is Seki Tekko (the red glove with a blood drawing wristband) a part of Senketsu?

This glove is originally a part of Senketsu. If you look carefully at the flashback scene in episode 3 where Mikisugi goes to the burned down Matoi house, in the basement where he finds Senketsu, you can see that the glove is in the left sleeve: