this might stem from what was shown in what the Wiki refers to as the Anime Only Content from the Fake Karakura Town arc

  Apacci asked her why [Tier] should allow [A Hollow] to escape instead of devouring him. Explaining the law of Las Noches, she asked Harribel why she does not follow it. Stating she did not want to become stronger by devouring and sacrificing others, Harribel resolved if she could not win alone, she would win in a group. At some point, Harribel and her group came face to face with the King of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan Louisenbairn, and his court. The two revealed they had previous dealings with each other, and Baraggan, noting he was tired of her rebellious attitude, gave her a choice: she could either join his army or run off to an area he could not see, noting there is no place in Las Noches he could not see.

Source: Tier Harribel > History > Fake Karakura Town arc (anime only)

now there's a couple of things to unpack here.

first off she's had dealings with Baraggan before but we don't know what they are, but given how Baraggan find her rebellious and wanted her to join his army (implying to fall in line) or to go somewhere he wont see/be troubled by her might suggest that Harribel and Baraggan are at odds with one another.

another thing is also what Apacci said is the "law of Las Noches" being to devour one another which is at odds with Harribel's personality

  She strongly opposes the notion of killing others, especially if done to gain power

Source: Tier Harribel > Personality

and given that Baraggan is the King of Las Noches one could infer that this "law" is something he started where he seeing her as rebellious because of her personality being something opposite to the law of Las Noches

however the wiki does say that this part of Harribel's past is anime only and the Wiki states that it does not constitute canon material.

Aside from what we see of her past in the anime, another point to consider is her personality in not only how she opposes killing others but also how much she cares for her Fracción. while Barraggan was about to have his army slaughter one another out of his own boredom

  (To Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen) "I was just beginning to succumb to boredom. Had you not appeared here today, I might have divided my own army in two and had them slaughter among themselves."

Source: Baraggan Louisenbairn > Quotes (11th point), also from the manga; Chapter 371, page 6

whether Harribel knew this or not can be debated but it shows the kind of person Baraggan is and is someone that she would dislike at a personal level


Are there any gyms in the Anime/Manga where the Pokemon trainer has to first fight other trainers?

The Pokémon Adventures manga series does sometimes include the other trainers and puzzles in the gyms. In Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum, Lady Berlitz usually does battle the other gym trainers and complete the puzzles of the gym, however it is usually glossed over. Instead, the manga usually focuses on Diamond and Pearl as they try to catch a glimpse of Lady's progress since they are barred from entering the earlier gyms. For instance, in volume 2, Lady Berlitz visits Gardenia's gym. On page 13, the guard statue explains that Lady Berlitz has to defeat four trainers hidden in the forest maze and then make her way to Gardenia. On page 15, after getting kicked out of the gym, Diamond and Pearl find a window to watch the gym challenge and discover that Lady has already reached Gardenia:

  It's amazing, Pearl! Lady got through the maze already and beat all of the preliminary trainers! She's already facing Gardenia!
  -Diamond, Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum Volume 2, pages 14-15

Some later gym puzzles, such as the math problems in Fantina's gym, were shown more explicitly.

Likewise, in the Black and White chapter, gym puzzles were shown. At the first gym, the puzzle was to step on a switch representing the Pokémon type that was effective against the Pokémon type on a series of curtains. When Bianca interrupted Black's gym challenge by stepping on an incorrect button, the three gym leaders agreed to a three-on-three battle if Cheren and Black helped her out and the three of them made it through the curtains.


Why does no one notice the 2nd generation Digi-destined in Digimon Tri?

Disclaimer: This Q&A is about an ongoing series as of the time of the posting, and future episodes may reveal more on the subject or change the perceptions shown here.

Around a decade has passed since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and the restauration of the digi-world. The show did not yet disclose what happened to the 2nd generation digi-destined. It might be that they lost contact with the 1st gen, moved away, or any other explanation.

In our real world a decade is time enough to make even closest friends drift apart, more so when they are children, bound to move along with their parents when these parents change jobs or get transferred.

But I would hold my hat on that issue. It is very unlikely that Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi would allow digi-destined to not stay in touch. They even have a social network of sorts "Digi-destined of the World", that they use to warn the other digi-destined of the infected digimon returning to Earth.

So, their apparent disappeareance is more likely to be a plot device, to be revealed in future episodes. It is not like they don't care or are not in touch, it just wasn't shown on screen yet.


It looks like Yamato was unconscious thus his body was being used as a tool by Zetsu like how Obito corpse is being used by black Zetsu.

So Yamato is on the side of the shinobi alliance.


Why do some anime in Japanese contain English?

There are two different ways that one can use English words in Japanese.

The first is through loanwords. The Japanese language was more-or-less standardized during the Meiji Restoration, in the late 19th century. Before that, Japan was a very isolated culture for a very long time, so a lot of concepts simply didn't exist in the language. As a result, it was decided that rather than creating new words for all of these concepts, they would just borrow the words from other languages. Most of the words came from English, though there are also some from other western languages.

In this case, the words are written in katakana (カタカナ). There are a very large number of loanwords, but it's fairly standardized what is a loanword and what is not. Also, some of the words are pronounced differently in Japanese than English (e.g. energy becomes エネルギ (enerugi) with a hard g sound). In case it's ambiguous how to pronounce English words in Japanese, these are also usually standardized.

That doesn't really represent a use of English, though. The loanwords are borrowed from English, but both the meanings and pronunciations can be radically different from the English words. They're better described as Japanese words which are based off English words. The examples you've given don't really fall into the above category, but there are many examples like this so it's worth mentioning.

The other way they can use English is just by writing/speaking in English. The examples you've given seem to fall in this category. This is done to sound/look cool, because most people in Japan only hear and see Japanese for most of their day, so it stands out. Since most Japanese people have at least a passable knowledge of English vocabulary (it's part of the standard curriculum), it's a way to make a statement, sort of like how stylized fonts would be used in English except a bit stronger.

Now that we've made that distinction, we can answer the question. The answer to your question "Why do these English words make their way into otherwise entirely Japanese productions?" is that English is fairly common in Japan, not just in anime/manga. This isn't solely a phenomenon about anime/manga, nor am I convinced that it's particularly common in anime and manga. For instance, you can probably spot several instances of English in this picture of advertising in Tokyo (I found 3, with another 2 cases of the Roman alphabet being used to write non-English words, and quite a few katakana loanwords as well):

So in summary, it's because English is common in Japanese culture. But that's not a very satisfying answer by itself. Rather than answering the broad question of why modern Japanese culture often uses English (which I think might be better posed at Japanese.SE with some modifications) I'll address the particular cases you have mentioned, in part because a full answer to the former question is probably impossible and in part because it's off-topic.

Using English is very common in music, where whole lines may be written in (oftentimes broken) English. This is not solely a Japanese phenomenon, as Korean and Chinese pop artists also often use English (Indian pop artists do so very frequently as well, but English is a fairly common language in India). As far as I can tell, it isn't particularly common in anime songs, though of course I don't have any statistics to back that up.

Essentially, it's done in music to sound cool, for the reasons I listed above. It also somewhat expands their audience, since people around the world speak English. I don't know if there's an analogy that would be familiar to people who only speak English, but the closest I could come up with is that Latin is occasionally used in English-language music.

In fact, English use in Japanese music predates J-Pop itself (which is the genre that most anime music falls in). Japanese rock musicians in the 1960s and '70s were mostly inspired by their western counterparts, most notably the Beatles. For a time, Japanese rock singers believed that the Japanese language was too restrictive to be able to sing rock-style, so most of them sung in English (see here). The first really successful band to sing in English was Happy End, but even after that, people continued using English at least occasionally. It's possible to write long academic papers on the use of English in Japanese music, but I'll stop here for brevity.

For Digimon Tamers, and indeed many series, the title is displayed in English. In fact, most series now have both an English and a Japanese title, which do not always mean the same thing. In the case of Digimon, the word 'Digimon' comes from two English words, 'Digital' and 'Monster'. Tamers is also an English word. The title could be written 「デジモンテイマーズ」, but it's more authentic-looking to use the English title. As for why the title was chosen in English to begin with, again, this is best explained via the rule-of-cool, since English sounds different and interesting. Of course, not all shows do this, and it's mostly a stylistic decision, so it's probably impossible to give a better explanation.

As for Eva, most computer systems, even in Japan, are based on English. Most programming languages are also based on English. As a result, it seems more authentic (or at least, it did at the time) to have computers and technology things entirely or mostly in English. I don't know if this is changing, now that there are Japanese-language programming languages, operating systems, etc.

As for "BEER", it is not uncommon in Japan to advertise beer in English. This example is a fairly small company which I found from reading Moyashimon, but it's certainly not uncommon for beer to be written in English. I don't really know why. My suspicion is that this is because beer originated as a western drink.

I could probably go on for a while, but I think this answer is already too long and there's no point to continuing to list examples, so I'll end it here. As I said above, this might make a good question on Japanese.SE if you phrase it appropriately. It could also make a good question on the proposed Japanese Culture site.


According to the Bleach Wiki,

  Yoruichi Shihōin has stated that his Zanpakutō is a full-time released form type because of Ichigo's vast but uncontrollable spiritual energy upon generation of it, implying that it is simply a type of Zanpakutō that, without proper control of his spiritual energy, once in Shikai form, remains in said state.


Source - deviantart

This may be the reason... too many dangos.

As seen in the image above, during the Chunin Exam, Anko consumed four times the amount of calories an adult female needs in one day. If this is typical in her diet she would likely be unable to burn all those calories every day, which would lead to weight gain.


Who are the basis for the characters in Shikkoku no Sharnoth

I haven't played this game, but I recognize a few of the references.

Mary Clarissia Christie is a reference to mystery novelist Agatha Christie.
Angelica Derleth may be a reference to horror writer August Derleth, who wrote stories set in HP Lovecraft's fictional universe.
Bram Stoker is the author of Dracula.
Charlotte Brontë is named for the author of Jane Eyre.
Colonel Sebastian Moran was a character in the Sherlock Holmes universe. He was the henchman of Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty, and an expert marksman; in "The Adventure of the Empty House", he tries to shoot Holmes.
Elly Beinhorn was a German aviator. She would have been a child in 1905, when the game takes place; her period of activity was in the 1930s.
Henry Irving was an English stage actor which Wikipedia claims was the inspiration for the character of Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel.
Josef Čapek was a Czech painter and brother of Karl Čapek, the playwright who introduced the word "robot". According to Wikipedia, Josef invented the word "robot".
Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister during World War II.
Baron Munchausen is, according to Wikipedia, "a fictional German nobleman in literature and film, loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen".
George Lestrade is based on Inspector Lestrade, a police officer from the Sherlock Holmes stories who acts as one of Holmes's contacts with the police force.
Heinz Heger was the penname of the author of the book The Men With the Pink Triangle, which is about the experience of homosexuals in concentration camps under the Nazis.
Howard Philips is probably a reference to horror author HP Lovecraft, whose full name was Howard Philips Lovecraft. He is the author of "Call of Chthulu" and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Lovecraft's Wikipedia article also makes this claim, without citation.
Keynes may be a reference to economist John Maynard Keynes.
Marie Hudson may be a reference to Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes and James Watson resided.
Sherlock Holmes is the famous fictional detective.
Arthur Conan Doyle is the author who created Sherlock Holmes.


First things first - no, it is not a form of hypnosis. Hyouka is entirely devoid of supernatural elements. The notion is absurd on its face.
Anyway, why can't Houtarou refuse Chitanda? There are a few reasons for this, and they change over the course of the show.

Chitanda's force of personality
Let's take a look at episode 1. When Chitanda asks Houtarou to help her find out why she got locked in the room, we get that scene where Chitanda's hair captures Houtarou. This is, of course, a representation of how Houtarou views the situation at hand, and suggests that there was something very persuasive about the way Chitanda asked him. If we turn to the novel's version of this scene, we find that:

千反田のその眼差《まなざ》しには、いい加減な返事は許さないというような一種異様な力があった。それに圧倒されて、俺の声は間抜けになった。
Chitanda's eyes held some sort of strange power, one that forbade me from giving her an offhand response. Her gaze overwhelmed me, and left me sounding like a fool.

As this suggests, at the very beginning of the story, Houtarou is spurred to action not out of love for Chitanda or anything, but rather by Chitanda's immense force of personality.
In episode 15, we see that Chitanda has more or less the same effect on Masashi Tohgaito when she's trying to get him to include the Classics Club in the next issue of the wall newspaper. (Irisu suggested that she use her feminine wiles, but Chitanda didn't really manage to pull that off.)
Houtarou is a pragmatic person
In the second half of episode 1, Houtarou has Satoshi help him fabricate the story of the secret club. Why? Because, as he himself notes, if he hadn't, Chitanda would have dragged him off to the music room to investigate the so-called ghost that supposedly appeared there. In a sense, he chose the better of two bad options.
While they wait for the librarian in episode 2, Chitanda becomes curious about why the
school history book gets loaned out every day. At first, he tries to get Chitanda to stop pestering him, but soon realizes that refusing her any more would actually be more costly than just acceding to her demands.
Houtarou, being a very pragmatic sort of person, will sometimes do a small amount of work in order to avoid having to do even more work.
Chitanda is pretty pushy
In episode 2, Chitanda actually grabs Houtarou and drags him to the library to search for the club's archived anthologies, thus justifying his fear in the second half of episode 1 of being forced to go all the way to the music room. Later in the episode, with the mystery of the frequently-returned book, Chitanda shoves the book in Houtarou's face until he finally gives in.
Point here is, Chitanda can be a pushy kind of person.
Sometimes, Houtarou just doesn't have anything better to do
As his sister notes in her letter from Varanasi, Houtarou should join the Classics Club because (if for no other reason) he isn't doing anything better with his time. In episode 3, when Houtarou agrees to help Chitanda out (to a certain degree) with the matter of her uncle, he thinks back to his sister's letter and figures that indeed, there's not really any good reason for him to say no - as long as it doesn't involve going too far out of his way.
In episode 20, when Chitanda invites Houtarou to visit the Arekusu shrine on New Years', he again agrees, mostly because he doesn't have anything better to do. (His thought process is elucidated upon a bit more in the novels, making it clear that this was mostly why he agreed to go.)

These are more or less the reasons why Houtarou does anything towards the beginning of the show. As Houtarou develops, though, he starts developing other motivations.

Houtarou actually starts wanting to do things
In episode 18, Houtarou decides he wants to look into Mr. Ogi and why he was struck by lightning thrice, and hence goes out of his way (all the way to the public library) to learn more about the matter.
This is presumably a result of Chitanda's influence on him over the preceding months (not that Satoshi, Ibara, and others didn't play a part either). He's different now than he was at the beginning, when he was wholly devoted to his tenets of energy conservation.
Houtarou probably develops feelings for Chitanda
In episode 21, we see Houtarou flustered when when Chitanda tells him that, in her family, it is customary not to give gifts to people who they are truly close to. Later in the same episode, Houtarou's anger with Satoshi over the stolen chocolate incident by and large is due to the fact that Chitanda was hurt by the incident.
And, of course, in episode 22, Houtarou imagines telling Chitanda that he'd be willing to take on the business side of things to help her out. He then realizes that the way he felt as he thought about that might have been how Satoshi felt when he chose to break Ibara's chocolate in the previous episode. This can be interpreted in various ways; one possible (and common) interpretation is that he realizes he's fallen for Chitanda.

So yes, towards the end of the story, it's possible that Houtarou is motivated by love for Chitanda, but towards the beginning, he's more pragmatically-motivated than anything.


What was the Night Class living on (and for how long) before creating the blood tablets?

Most likely each other. we see later on that Vampires can survive on each other's blood such as when Kaname was drinking from Ruka (while Yuuki was peaking though the door) and later when Rido was resurrected he was feeding off Vampires too1. Also i seem to recall some moments between Senri and Rima when one of them was cut and the other drank from the cut.

However keep in mind that the Vampires of the Night Class aren't Level E's so they have a bit more self control. also one of the duties of the Guardians is to make sure that Night Class Students aren't feeding on Day Class Students who sneak out at night.

in the worse case scenario Kaname, as a Pureblood, can force their obeisance to not drink human blood. also remember that the Night Class is meant to be the foundation for coexistence between Vampires and Humans, as such not only are there school rules against drinking human blood (as Yuuki mentions to Maria) but also Kaname and Kaien would make sure that the only Vampires they admit to the school would be ones who can tolerate not drinking human blood, which at the beginning would be Vampires who would want the Blood Tablets to be successful

1: i suspect they were normal Vampires as some of the women seemed to be wanting Rido to drink their blood rather than wanting to drink his blood


Would Historia Reiss become as big as Rod Reiss if she had turned into a titan?

The serum, which Rod Reiss wanted to inject Historia with, is definitely a powerful one. Seems like it contained powers like burning things around you (on your command) and turning yourself into a giant Titan form.

  Does that mean Historia Reiss would have become a titan of the same
  size (or maybe even bigger since she would have been injected with the
  whole serum unlike Rod Reiss that only licked a bit) as her father?

I don't think so. The Rod Reiss titan was abnormal. He wasn't even able to walk properly and was dragging himself on the ground. Rod Reiss licked only a little bit of the serum. If he had injected the whole serum, he would be just like a normal (dumb) but a powerful Titan. We have seen from the beginning that the correct way to turn someone into a Titan is to inject them with the whole serum (Eren's case, Rod Reiss family's case). Rod Reiss also wanted to inject the serum to Historia, but Historia wasted the serum so Rod Reiss had no option but to lick it from the ground.

So if the serum was properly inject to Historia, she wouldn't have become such a huge abnormal Titan. She would've been a normal, a powerful Titan and would've chosen to eat Eren (he was the easy target)

The reddit link you provided also agrees that

  Wrongful injection of titan fluid is my theory. He licked it, didn't inject it with a needle.

Let's also take the proof from the anime. When Levi confronted Kenny on the verge of death and asked why he hasn't injected himself with the serum considering the burns and the blood loss, Kenny replies

  Yeah, I wonder. If I don't inject it right, I might end up like he did (Rod Reiss), all messed up...

So to summarize all of this, Historia might have had the giant Titan form but not as abnormal as Rod Reiss, she would be a controlled Titan. She would've definitely eaten Eren and taken his powers!


Dark and Krad are two halves of the Hikari work "The Black Wings.".

As for how and why they come to manifest, it was never elaborated upon in the manga or anime.


How did Toru and Koji pass the entrance exam in My Hero Academia?

A partial answer for Toru Hagakure and an unsupported thought for Koji Koda. Bottom line is we don't know, but we can make some pretty good guesses.

As with Mineta's case, it is pretty straightforward to score points. As mentioned in the author notes you've provided,

  And remember that the rules of the Entrance Exam was to immobilize or render the villain-bots unable to function anymore, not necessarily destroy them.

IIRC, there was a switch off button on the Villain Bots, which Hagakure used to disable them and hence pass the entrance exam. Will try to find the source.

Also, her quirk is more than transparency/invisibility and is some sort of light manipulation as seen in the Provisional Hero Licences Arc, where she

   blinded a group of participants using the light from Aoyama's Laser.

Now, Koji can talk to animals and order/request them to help. In a city setting, while it may be tough, I think he would communicate with animals such as rats/birds to help him immobilize the Villain Bots. Birds attacking sensors or rats eating through the wires.

Another thing that we may be missing is Rescue Points. Each individual's overall score is unknown, but we do know that everyone but Bakuro (Only Destroyed) and Midoriya (Only Rescue Points) scored a combination of both points. Since both these individuals are shown to be very "nice", I'd assume they got their fair number of rescue points.


Background song that plays on episode 242 of Bleach

I found it myself. The name of the song is Turn the tables!!


From Wikipedia:

  Harem (ハーレムもの hāremumono; "from harem") in anime and manga is an emphasis on polygamous or love triangle relationships characterized by a protagonist surrounded amorously by three or more members of either the same and/or opposing gender, sex, and/or love interests

So three people is enough to be classified as harem


Which episode of Sailor Moon is this scene from?

It's from the Sailor Moon R movie.

  The fragrance of a flower at the botanical gardens reminds Mamoru of a
  long forgotten memory from his childhood when he met Fiore, an alien
  boy who was travelling the galaxy on his own. Before Fiore left, he
  made a promise to Mamoru to bring him flowers.

  Once banned from society to a far away galaxy, the Kisenian flower, a
  plant that grows by consuming the energy of living beings, awaits to
  be found by someone with doubtful heart and weak will on whom to prey,
  since it is harmless without a proper host — to then transform the
  host's weakness and fear into dark power.

  What will happen when lonely Fiore finds Kisenian during his journey?
  How will he react to finding out about the passionate relationship
  between Mamoru and Usagi? Will Sailor Moon be able to save Earth and
  the ones she loves from Fiore's jealousy powered by the accumulated
  hatred of the Kisenian against people?

YouTube link of that particular scene


How did Madara know that Sasuke is the last surviving Uchiha?

In pages 11, 12 and 13 of chapter 657, it is clear that Madara and Black Zetsu (Madara's will) are able to communicate with each other:

Black Zetsu adds (in page 11) that both him and Madara were underestimated. And in the two pages that follow, he 'shows us' flashbacks in which him and Madara have been communicating during the war.

Given this, I'd say it's safe to assume that Madara got the information from Black Zetsu:
Either because he told him everything directly; or Madara may have gotten the information 'instantly' as soon as he was revived, since Madara and Black Zetsu share a deeper bond, since the latter is the former's will.


How 'wild Digimon' in the Digital World fuse or DNA digivolve?

Digivolution is essentially a lot quicker when it forms a bond with a human. Like you said,  with a Digivice, a Human could share his or her energy and go about facilitating the same.In the case of wild Digimon, you could consider Digimon to more or less be computer data. Hence, they could constantly download additional data from the environment which would help them become stronger. If Digimon were to get deleted, they would essentialy break into many pieces of data which can be loaded by other Digimon. This potentially would trigger a Digivolution.


What does reversing a person's bioelectricity do?

Reversing a person's bioelectricity would result in that person's death. Accelerator has demonstrated his ability to manipulate bioelectricity several times in canon. My first example is in volume 5 of the light novels of A Certain Magical Index, when he manipulates Last Order's bioelectricity to erase the virus. There are also references to reversing a person's bioelectric field.

From pages 148-149 of the Yen Press edition of volume 5 (emphasis mine):

  He had so much power, but all he could think of was blowing people up by touching their skin and reversing their blood or bioelectric field-
  ...
  If he could reverse the direction of somebody's blood flow and bioelectric field just by touching their skin...
  ...
  "Hey, If I can control her brain's electrical impulses, I can mess with her personality data without having to use a Testament, right?"
  ...
  "There's nothing I can't do. I killed people by reversing their blood flow and electric fields just by touching their skin during that experiment, yeah? I can reflect stuff already, so it's not strange that I can go beyond and control it."

Here, Accelerator confirms that he has killed people by reversing their electric fields, and implies that they exploded.

In the A Certain Scientific Accelerator manga volume 4, Accelerator demonstrates his ability to mess with someone's bioelectric field(he doesn't say anything about reversing it, however). In chapter 17, Accelerator messes with the bioelectricity of one of the members of Scavenger, Seike, knocking Seike unconscious. Accelerator's dialogue from the scene:

  Did you know there's something called bioelectricity that runs inside human bodies? I'm gonna mess with it a little, heh. Enjoy!

The subsequent panels show electricity radiating from Seike's body. Blood erupts from Seike's nose and ears, saliva drips from the mouth, and the eyes roll up. The end result is Seike unconscious, with a look of anguish.

Finally, volume 3 of A Certain Magical Index references this ability. From page 189:

  Those hands could alter the vector of anything they touched... For example, a simple stroke of the skin would allow him to reverse the flow of blood in [Kamijou's] veins or the direction of the bioelectric field around his body-either way, the person's heart would explode.

Here it is implied that reversing a person's bioelectricity will cause their heart to explode.


What's the song when the army returned defeated in episode 1 of Shingeki no Kyojin?

The soundtrack you're looking for is called Shingeki pf20130218 Kyojin (link). However, the melody you mentioned does not immediately start.


What was the terrible artwork on the flyer in episode 1?

The character who hands the flyer to them is Rei Ryghts who is voiced by seiyuu Kobayashi Yuu. Apart from being a well-known voice actor, Kobayashi is also known for her strange and disturbing art style, exclusively using black and red and with only a very coarse resemblance of anything real. This has been covered by many news sources even in English, including Kotaku five times (so far), Crunchyroll (and again here), and dozens of blogs and lesser known sites. This image is just another example of such drawings, included as a comedic reference which many viewers would catch (at least in Japan).

As for any in-universe significance, this does not seem to be important in the anime. A similar event occurs in the third Neptunia game, but as the anime is following an original story line loosely based on the games. The scenes after the credits in this show are humorous bloopers or extra scenes related to that episode but not to the overall story. In both episodes 2 and 3 (the next one with IF and Compa) neither the flyer nor Rei makes any appearance, so it's pretty safe to conclude that this won't be important for the overall plot.


Can the Nine-Tails now leave Naruto's body at will?

The short answer:
No, the Nine-Tails could not leave Naruto's body at will.
The longer answer:
Bijuu remain sealed inside of a jinchuuriki until either:

the host loses control of the bijuu inside,
the seal weakens, or
it is forcefully extracted.

In the event that the bijuu is extracted, the original host typically dies.  The Uzumaki clan has had a few temporal survivors of a forceful Bijuu extraction.
The specific example you reference for the Nine-Tails to be taken out of Naruto only really applies to female jinchuuriki; the seal is weakest during childbirth, and given that Tobi had attacked Kushina and Minato while Naruto was being born, extracting the Nine-Tails wasn't a difficult task.
Bear in mind that the seal between Naruto and the Nine-Tails really represented an ideological and metaphysical seal.  The seal prevented the Nine-Tails from fully taking control of Naruto's body and will, and also prevented Naruto from fully influencing the Nine-Tails.  However, after he had befriended Kurama and established mutual respect between them, the seal was no longer necessary.


Most of the sources stated that Lupin III is half-French, half-Japanese - sources: 1, 2, 3, 4. There are also sources that state that his nationality is unknown - sources: 1, 2. But according to this:

  Lupin is half-French, half-Japanese, though Monkey Punch, Lupin's creator himself said (in materials to promote the first Lupin movie) that he considered Lupin to be of no nationality – a citizen of the world.


What's the purpose of "torture dance" in Golden Wind?

The purpose of the torture dance was a weird thing revolving around something special.

If you look at the art that comes in the dance, it indicates Narancia's, Mista's, and Fugo's stands tormenting Mario Zucchero.

Narancia Ghirga-Aerosmith
The art in the cut-scene indicates Aerosmith's bullets shooting towards him

Mista Guido-Sex Pistols
The art represents a cross-hair on the eye which indicates Mista's accuracy with his stand

Pannacotta  Fugo-Purple Haze
The art seems to indicate Purple Haze's burning poison ability as he is burning Mario Zucchero


Nagato was actually reconstructing their dead bodies  and not reviving (in the sense of bringing them back to life), because the "six pains" were basically just walking corpses being controlled through black recievers that transmit chakra.
Using the Naraka Path, Nagato was able to use one of those pains to summon the King Of  Hell who could repair/fix their corpses. According to the wiki:

The King of Hell can repair any damage done to the Six Paths of Pain, which it accomplishes by grabbing their damaged forms with its tongue and consuming them.

On the other hand, the Samsara of Heavenly Life (reincarnation jutsu) comes at the cost of the casters life.


Kayneth himself tells us that even the lowest class of Magi (anyone with magic circuits and some training in using them at the simplest levels) are functionally immune to Lancer's enchanting beauty mark.  All they have to do is cycle their prana and it will wipe out the effects of the curse.  In the anime in particular you actually see Iri start to come under the effect of the curse, only to immediately break it as soon as she suspects something unnatural is afoot. This happens in the novel, as well.

Sola-Ui herself is from a respected magus family, and while not the heir to the crest she was not ignorant of such basic techniques (by Kayneth's remarks).  Her marriage to Kayneth is specifically an attempt to combine two high quality magi in hopes they will have similarly gifted children, which is itself an attempt to counter the degradation in the quality of magecraft and magi in the modern age.

However, the curse breaking only triggers if the affected person actually does the prana cycling, and so anyone unwilling (or unable) to do so will be subjected to the effects of the curse normally.  I don't recall the novel ever giving us any of Sola-Ui's motivations direct from herself, but it is heavily implied that she intentionally allowed herself to be subjected to the curse.  In the anime there is a sequence where she looks upon Lancer, we get a close-up of his beauty mark (the embodiment of the curse), and then a shot of an obviously entranced Sola-Ui, and a reaction shot of Kayneth suggesting he has noticed something happening.  Kayneth also notices this in the novel, specifically telling the reader (through his internal monologue) that any magus should be immune as long as they try to resist, and then wrestling with the implications of whether Sola-Ui just intentionally let herself come under its influence.

So the answer to your question depends heavily on what one interprets that choice to mean.

Given that the novel was written by Urobuchi, who is well-known as a writer of tragic or at best bitter-sweet stories, would suggest that the correct interpretation of Sola-Ui's motivations here are lust and escape from an arranged future she does not desire.  Romantic relationships in Fate/Zero, as with Urobuchi's other works, are inherently all flawed and tragic.  As you said, she was not particularly interested in Kayneth, and certainly not in love with him (and even Kayneth himself acknowledges this, but hopes that with time she will come to love him in earnest).  Lancer, on the other hand, was very attractive, mysterious, and possessing a romantic legend.


OST in BNHA when the HUC child scolds Izuku?

That would be Kibasen from the 2nd Season's OST! Here's the link


Why did the Tree of Beginnings turn people into Iron?

When I watched Zetsuen no Tempest, the whole time I was working off the idea that it was a form of 'defense mechanism'.

It should be somewhat obvious, that turning them into Iron / Black Iron was just it's unique form of an attack (just as people with guns can fire bullets, and people with swords can swing them). That appeared to be it's power for killing / disabling them.

As we can observe, the tree has a certain favoritism for Hakaze Kusaribe. The tree would've been doing what it thought was 'beneficial for Hakaze', and innocent people being caught up could just been result of the tree freaking out. After saving Hakaze from the Time Prison, it no longer cared that much about others. Just who to protect, and what to prevent.

  ...Tree of Beginnings devours civilizations and attempts to dispose Fuwa Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino because the Tree of Beginnings had accomplished its goal by using Fuwa Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino to save Hakaze from the time prison.

As for 'how it prevented the Tree of Zetsuen / Exodus's revival', having the innocent people caught up did not have anything to do with it. As long as it caught one of Samon's allies in every 100 innocent, it'd be successful.


Why are Sharingan users less susceptible to genjutsu?

The Sharingan sees chakra as color, and Genjutsu works off chakra, so it stands to reason that the built in Genjutsu detection is actually chakra detection. If the Genjutsu caster didn't personally add it, an illusion of a person would to a Sharingan look like a hollow puppet. It would be lacking the chakra network all living people must posses to live (recall chakra exhaustion results in death, which is shown twice during Pain's invasion), thus obviously be Genjutsu.

Though, as Islam Elshobokshy says, it does not render you immune to Genjutsu. It only makes it easier to Detect Genjutsu. As Sasuke says in one of the dubs, "My eyes can see through Genjutsu". In Sasuke vs Itachi, we see both of them play along to each others Genjutsu, but also clearly show they knew it was all an illusion in the beginning of the fight. Zetsu commented on how they just stood around not moving. The Tsukuyomi however seemed to fool Sasuke, until he broke through it.


Did the writer mention that 2 Tomoe Sharingan can instantly awaken into Mangekyou Sharingan?

The 3 tomoe state wasn't skipped. At 1:16 in the video you can see the 3 tomoe sharingan.

This progression is also shown in the respective manga page.


Does Izumi Shinichi's parasite suffer from a lack of power because of his injury?

I suppose you know this already, but to be clear, Migi does not just lose the ability to locate other parasites when he is asleep, he is completely dormant and unable to wake up and react to danger during the sleep. The information about his weaknesses is given by Migi himself on Page 190 in Volume 2:

   Interestingly, a 70% Migi could still sense other parasites within a 300m radius after the incident (for example, in Volume 3, he detected the presence of the parasite murderer 300m away) and a 30% Migi inside Shinichi likewise enables Shinichi to see 300m far, so I see no loss in either power or ability by Migi after his "injury".

The conclusion is Shinichi's parasite Migi does not suffer from a lack of power because of his "injury" other than the weakness mentioned by Migi in the picture above.


Why is it that Goten and Trunks don't have tails?

A common theory is that Akira Toriyama just didn't want to / forgot that Saiyans had tails. This wouldn't be surprising as Akira makes several other errors/omittances in the series.
Here's an interview segment from him talking about Goku's tail:
Is it true that Goku’s tail was a nuisance?!

It’s true. (laughs)
Goku was originally an actual monkey in the initial sketches, after all. My editor told me, “Without a tail, he has no distinguishing traits,” so I added a tail.
That tail I added was such a nuisance when I was drawing, I couldn’t stand it… so I immediately thought up an episode where his tail gets cut off. (laughs)

It wouldn't be surprising if having gotten rid of the tail that he so hated, he didn't really want to reintroduce it into the story again, so rather he left Trunks and Gohen without one.


The symbol comes from the 食 kanji. You can prononces it "uka" and it means food or to eat. You can also prononce it "uke", "ke", "shoku" or "shi", but it gives the kanji almost the same meaning of food or meal.

Hope that helped.


Where to watch My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in the UK

If you missed it on theaters, the Blu-ray and DVD is releasing on July 15, according to the film's official twitter account.


Why does Ed and Al's mom cost so much to transmute?

What happened to Al and Ed's Leg was the result of the Rebound

  Since the alchemical forces being manipulated are not human in origin, but of the world as a whole, the consequences for attempting to bypass the Law of Equivalent Exchange in transmutation are not merely failure and cessation. When too much is attempted out of too little, what occurs is called a Rebound, in which the alchemical forces that are thrown out of balance on either side of the equation fluctuate wildly of their own accord in order to stabilize themselves - taking or giving more than was intended in often unpredictable and catastrophic ways such as accidental mutation, serious injury or death.

Source: Alchemy - Rebound

what happened was that Ed and Al had all the Materials collected for an average adult body, whether or not this matched Trisha's body isn't the problem but what they gave up for the Soul, a couple drops of blood.

This is hinted on when Ed is talking to Rose about what makes a human and how Cornello's "miracle" to bring the dead back to life is no act of god.

  Ed:
  Water, 35 liters. Carbon, 20 kilograms. Ammonia, 4 liters. Lime, 1.5 kilograms. Phosphorous, 800 grams. Salt, 250 grams. Saltpeter, 100 grams. Sulfur, 80 grams. Fluorine, 7.5. Iron, 5. Silicon, 3 grams. And trace amounts of fifteen other elements.

  Rose:
  What's that?

  Ed:
  It's all the ingredients of the average adult human body, down to the last specks of protein in your eyelashes.
  And even though science has given us the entire physical breakdown, there has never been a successful attempt at bringing a human to life.
  There's still something missing, something scientists haven't been able to find in centuries of research.
  So what makes you think that hack-job priest with his parlor tricks is going to be able to?
  And in case you're wondering, all those ingredients can be bought on a child's allowance.
  Humans can be built on the cheap.
  There's no magic to it.

  Rose:
  Well if there's no magic, then you bring someone back to life!

  Ed:
  Just a matter of time, Rose.
  Science will find a way.
  Science is the answer to everything.
  If I were you, I'd drop the scriptures and pick up an alchemy book.
  We're the closest thing to gods there are.

Source: Fullmetal alchemist >01. Those Who Challenge the Sun

What Ed is referring to is the Soul. while scientists in Fullmetal Alchemist can measure all the stuff needed to make a human body the problem arises that there is no equivalent for a soul. even in real life the existence of the Soul is debated because there is no way to confirm it's existence or even measure it to determine what would be of equal value.

Even Ed wasn't sure when they did it

  Ed:
  Just hold out your finger, okay?
  What's a soul, really?
  When you take out the myth, it's just the spark that starts life.
  This is our blood.
  From her blood.
  That's a fair trade.

Source: Fullmetal alchemist >03. Mother...

so anyway, back to the rebound. It wasn't a fair exchange as a couple drops of blood wouldn't equal a soul so Al's entire body, soul included, was taken along with Ed's leg by the wildly fluctuating equation taking more than it should in it's attempt to stabilize.

we can even call the end result to be a cause of the rebound, Trisha was given "life" but her body wasn't properly reformed as her organs outside her body not to mention there is no way to confirm if Trisha's soul has been brought back. in the 2003 Anime we learn that this Trisha did continue to live but as a Homunculus didn't have a soul and was missing parts of her memories while in Brotherhood and the Manga, Ed exhumes Trisha's body which Pinako buried and Ed learns that what it wasn't Trisha as her hair colour and bone structure were different.


Are there more than 12 golden keys in Fairy Tail?

The Keys regenerate in time. This is confirmed early on into the final major arc of the manga, which has yet to start in the rebooted Fairy Tail Final Season Anime, but this is minor spoilers

https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Aquarius in the Alvarez Empire Arc

  A year later, Aquarius reappears (of her own accord) from a spilled vase of water, saving Lucy from the wrath of (Spoiler)....Aquarius then proceeds to happily embrace Lucy, and explains that another Water Bearer key has surfaced somewhere in the world, and that the Celestial Spirit King opened her gate temporarily, which allowed her to save her

So its likely that someone did sacrifice the key to summon him, and then later on the key regenerated and reentered circulation.


Do the class cards physically exist in the main Fate universe?

These cards only appear in the Prisma Illya universe as physical objects. In all other works in Nasuverse (Fate/stay night, etc.), these cards are only used to explain the situation of the Servants and the Holy Grail War. They never appear as physical objects, but only as visual aid to the story.


Code Geass R2 episode 7,there is a song playing at 6:40

Found a playlist on YouTube that includes all the tracks excluded from the OST.

The track you are looking for is "Path of Decisions". It is the 30th video in the playlist I mentioned before.


What does the NEC in anime soundtrack CD catalog numbers refer to?

The Standard Product Number is defined in the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) and assigned by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) is an organization representing the Japanese music recording industry. It also defines the standard known as the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) (Japanese only).
RIS has 5 categories:

RIS100~: Basic terminology
RIS200~: Audio disc recording
RIS300~: Audiotape recording
RIS400~: Video recording
RIS500~: System information

RIS204 (Audio CD Label Content and Format) (Japanese only) explains how to display the audio CD, including the Standard Product Number (規格品番), which is explained more in RIS502 (Recording Product Number) (Japanese only).
The format is defined as XXYZ-12345, where:

XX: company code (2 digits)
Y: media format code (1 digit)
Z: genre code (1 digit, arbitrary by the company, usually to separate between labels or genre)
12345: serial number (5 digits)

The list of company code, media format code, and genre code is further referenced in RIS504 (Online Data Interchange Format for Master Data of Record Product), which is also listed in the Japanese Wikipedia (company code and media format code) and its English translation by user 'eeepi' on rateyourmusic.com.
For the codes mentioned in the question:

Company code:

NE

NEC Interchannel → Interchannel → I.C. Avenue → Index Music → T.Y.Entertainment Inc. → DREAMUSIC Inc (FEEL MEE Label).
Nest → Onkyo Entertainment Technology

KI: KING RECORD CO., LTD.
MM: Marine ENTERTAINMENT Inc.

Media format code

C: 12cm CD
D: part of Digital Audio Tape → 8cm CD → part of downloadable single/album


Manga about a boy who participates in battle to expand his god's shrine and uses rope to fight

I'm quite sure it's Gan-Kon (English title: My Wife Is Beautiful God).

  Tagamori Shinta is a student who routinely confesses with complete sincerity to any girls that he likes, failing every time with good reason. One day, after another failed attempt, he stumbles upon a strange shrine and ends up making the most important wish of his entire life. A romantic comedy packed with action on a celestial scale.

The main character battles with the red thread of fate, which becomes thicker the more affection he has towards the girl (his god).

After every winning battle, his god gets more territory and her shrine is also upgraded accordingly.


Do universe 6 saiyans transform more easily than universe 7 saiyans?

Officially the original super saiyan transformation was triggered by pure anger and enough raw power to transform. The only possible explanation this is that U6 saiyan have the power but they are not that interested in fighting so they never really explored their power.

One more thing that you can't expect a story to be perfect and with no plot armor because the mangaka has to make the story interesting.


This is what is known as a "hanamaru" it's been like a "very good" or a gold star award on exams or projects. Usually done to award younger kids.


Has Vegito ever used the instant transmission in canon Dragon Ball?

According to the wiki he used it in Dragon Ball Super.

  Vegito Blue uses Instant Transmission against Fused Zamasu to use Savage Strike against him.


What is the bondage-like rope Yui Yuigahama from Oregairu is wearing?

I haven't been able to find an official screenshot showing this, but fan art of Yui seems to be consistent in showing the cords being part of an undershirt with a saw-cut edge:


Do all of Grisaia's Mihama girls suffer from PTSD?

The only one we know for sure is Sachi Komine.`

  Witnessing this event gave Sachi a serious case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She blame herself and believes that she needs to be a good girl to make up for her sins.`

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Sachi_Komine

It is shown that the other girls have or had a kind or another of mental wound.

Yumiko Sakaki

  His son had died, and Yumiko was being spoon fed false kindness to shape her into the next head of the company, Michiaki’s own puppet. This shook Yumiko’s foundation to the core and she was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Yumiko_Sakaki

Amane Suou

  The incident leaves Amane with a strong case of survivor's guilt, which is only compounded by media speculation that she survived by engaging in cannibalism. Years later, when Yuuji arrives at Mihama, she recognizes him as Kazuki's brother, and attempts to "atone for her crimes" by helping him in any way she can.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Amane_Suou

Michiru Matsushima

  After that incident, Michiru gets sent to a mental ward and there she is prescribed a medication to suppress the "other Michiru." A little while later she got released from the mental hospital and enrolls in to Mihama academy as the third student after its establishment.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Michiru_Matsushima

Makina Irisu

  Makina used to be the successor of Irisu family but her inheritance was transferred to her younger sister, Sarina Irisu , after she suffered a mental shock in an incident.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Makina_Irisu

As for Chizuru Tachibana , I didn't find in the wiki or in the anime anything that would indicate the fact that she would have some kind of mental scar.


In a forum post asking the same thing you did,

  So, where did Yasako's encode reactor come from? It can't possibly be from Isako's prior encode; Satchii always chased Yasako even when she was "clean." It must have been built into her glasses from the beginning by the Cyberpappy. Exactly why he felt the need to do this, I don't know.

this was the reply:

  It came from the kilabug (kirabug?) that Isako transferred while
  trying to save Haraken.


How is Clow Reed and Fei Wong Reed related in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle?

According to the Tsubasa Wikia:

  Fei Wong Reed also mentions Clow quite frequently, and he's also a descendant of Clow.

This is shown in chapter 64, which appears in Volume 9 of the manga. He is described as somewhat of a distant relative of Clow Reed.

Information for this can be found on: Fei Wang Reed's Wikia page and Fei Wang Reed's section on Wikipedia. The citing is provided on the Wikipedia page.


Short answer

Sasuke can not use Tsukuyomi.

When fighting Kabuto, Sasuke used a regular Sharingan genjutsu on Itachi.
Sasuke's left eye creates Amaterasu, and his right eye manipulates the flames. There is no place for Tsukuyomi.

Long answer

Mostly from a reddit post:

Sasuke does not have the Tsukuyomi. What Sasuke uses is the Sharingan's standard ability to cast genjutsu through eye contact with its "eye of hypnosis". In the past, Sasuke had personally it used on Sai, Orochimaru and Deidara, and we've seen it used by Itachi, Kakashi, Obito and Madara on different occasions. What Sasuke had been doing since Itachi's death was channeling these Sharingan Genjutsu through his Mangekyou Sharingan, which apparently had the effect of amplifying its strength, rendering him capable of instantly incapacitating his opponents.

Sasuke was shown casting genjutsu with one eye of his Mangekyou, like how Itachi cast Tsukuyomi with his left eye (and Amaterasu with his right). But whilst Sasuke typically cast it with his right eye, he had also done it with his left eye. Against C too since he appeared to be holding his left eye, and a third time, if you count his domination of the bijuu.

And even regular Sharingan Genjutsu had been used through a single eye, as demonstrated by Madara and Itachi. Itachi himself used Sharingan Genjutsu with the Mangekyou after his Tsukuyomi eye had been blinded. Madara had done the same.

Sasuke has never once called his genjutsu, Tsukuyomi. Both Danzo and Tobi compared it to Itachi's Tsukuyomi - which was understandable since they're brothers and both had used Amaterasu and Susanoo - but neither of them actually called it Tsukuyomi. Only twice had Sasuke "named" it where he called it "Sharingan" and "Genjutsu - Sharingan" respectively (just like Madara). When he called it "Genjutsu - Sharingan", the difference is also made explicit by showing it side-by-side with Itachi's Tsukuyomi.

Tobi implied that Sasuke had received Itachi's eye techniques, but Itachi had only sealed a single use of the Amaterasu inside Sasuke with the Transcription Seal: Amaterasu which Sasuke had no actual control over. From what I've heard, it came from a misunderstanding over how the Japanese language doesn't differentiate between singular and plural. And when the jutsu was unsealed, his eye transformed into Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan temporarily. So if Sasuke used a Tsukuyomi (or another Amaterasu) from Itachi, his eyes would have changed to show it.

The genjutsu Sasuke used against B (when he still had to implant Itachi's eyes) resembles the Tsukuyomi with its inverted colours, but this was also the only time it happened. Every other time we saw the genjutsu itself, it didn't have that visual effect. It was also said by Itachi and the second databook that the Tsukuyomi can only be broken by his own blood (presumably someone of the Uchiha bloodline with a powerful Sharingan), which we later saw proven and explained. Yet B was essentially freed with just a genjutsu dispel.

Ultimately, Sasuke only has Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi and Susanoo with his Mangekyou Sharingan. Amaterasu was first used with his left eye against Killer B. Kagutsuchi was used to quell the flames and then used and named it against the Raikage where he shaped the black flames and dubbed it "Enton: Kagutsuchi". The most blatant evidence of these two being his Mangekyou jutsu is when he fought Kaguya and freed himself from ice using both of his eyes.

Even after Sasuke took Itachi's eyes to awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he has never revealed the Tsukuyomi. You can implant the Mangekyou Sharingan and use the abilities of the original holder (e.g. Kakashi using Kamui or Danzo using Kotoamatsukami), but when those eyes are used to evolve to the next stage, it instead empowers their own abilities from what we've seen. Or at least removes the drawbacks.

Once the third databook stated that you would need Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi to awaken the Susanoo, but the above tells us that this is outdated information. If anything, I'd believe that Kishimoto had originally intended to give Sasuke the same jutsu as his brother (with different preferences, perhaps) but decided otherwise at crunch time. As far as we know, the only character with the Tsukuyomi is Uchiha Itachi.

Also, the current revision of Tsukuyomi from Naruto Wiki shows only Itachi Uchiha under the list of users.


An old anime where the protagonist stabs his eye to counter hypnosis and later on receives a bionic eye that can control vehicles

The name of the anime is  Midnight Eye: Gokuu.

The actual scene differs a bit from your description: the two people were actually police investigating the baddie whose minions include the woman of a different biology with "peacock feathers" extending from her body who can mind control people. One of the police was observing a room through a telescope when the woman walked into his vision and hypnotized him into pushing his comrade off the balcony and following suit. Here's a screenshot of the woman:

The rest is as you have described, but the bionic eye not only can control distanced vehicles, it can control every electronic device in the world.


Though it is not explicitly said how did they get to Earth, I think Yuma used the gate to come to Earth since

   Replica can use a seal to open a gate

It's not that border didn't notice the gate they've used it's more like they didn't know who or what came through the gate since they are only using radar. As seen when a neighbor or trion soldier comes out of gate, the border only issues an announcement about the gate but not who or what is coming out of gate. And it seems Yuma doesn't use his trigger that much when he came to earth since his trion signature didn't detected by the border until he defeated the bamster

   Border using radar to detect gates and neighbors

 Bamster coming out of gate (Known neighbor at that time)

 Ilgar coming out of gate (Unknown neighbor at that time)

 Replica talking about trion signature


I did a side by side comparison between both the ova and episode 24. I repeated this 10-15 times to make sure. These are my findings:
During the first part until saber looks at her hand it is the same. After that it changes:

In the ova saber smiles and starts disappearing. She seems less keener to go though. Just as saber starts smiling Rin runs to save her. Rin shows a lot of determination to save her as well.
Episode 24: Rin completely forgets about saber. It is clear she's gonna disappear but she just mindlessly looks at the destroyed grail. Saber smiles and congratulates Rin, but Rin keeps staring at the destroyed grail. Saber is happier to go (her thoughts are "shrirou has you"). In the ova Rin starts running when saber smiles, but here she just forgets about saber.

Now that we have the facts clear let's answer your question:

The archer question: It was already answered by someone in the other thread someone linked you in the comments. What was said is:

"Something I didn't mention before but is quite relevant is that Rin either subsconciously or conciously chooses Archer (Shirou) over saber. She asks archer to remain in this world and cries when he doesn't accept. This happens in both the good and true ending (right before the good ending would come archer's scene).Think that if archer had accepted Rin's proposal both the true and happy endings would be the same (Rin - Shirou - Shirou). I do believe in the good ending Rin runs to save saber because of how much Shirou cares for her (at least 4 points given to her). Even so by asking archer to stay afterwards saber would have left this world had archer accepted (there's not enough mana for both of them and Rin knows it. She also knows saber isn't selfish to stay that way, by asking archer she's in a way betraying saber, that's why she thinks "I know I shouldn't ask" (but she does ask...) and archer says "I do not know if you will keep your contract with saber, but I am nor qualified for that")"

Why doesn't Rin save Saber in episode 24 of Unlimited Blade Works?

It would appear she forgets about her. If I had to guess I'd say that Shirou giving points to both girls plays a mayor role:

True ending: Having received all the points Rin forgets about saber for some time. Shirou can live happily without saber and Rin can do the same. You could say Rin's mind is telling her everything's ok.
(I'm assuming she never realises she's disappearing and that's why she's looking at where the noble phantasm was thrown. If she knows she's dying then she's a selfish BITCH).
Saber is also happier to go. She knows she doesn't play a big role in Shirou's life.
Good ending: Rin's mind works perfectly and she quickly makes a dash towards saber. Rin knows Shirou needs saber and she likes spending time with saber as well. Her mind and body work at its fullest to saver her.
Saber, knowing Shirou's love towards her, accepts. This is actually quite important. Both contitions are in my opinion relevant. If saber hadn't felt she's needed by Shirou she would have likely chosen death even if Rin had cried and begged her to stay (just like she did with archer)

My conclusion: In the end the one that plays the mayor role is Rin. I do believe she doesn't even remember saber cast her noble phantasm and is dying. You have to think that Rin can't just look at saber and say: hahahaha die you saber bitch!
Rin forgetting about saber is most likely the best option to show she cares a bit less about her but at the same time allowing her to keep her good nature (had she remembered she's dying just a few meters away she might have run to save her).
Then again it may also be that in her heart Rin accepted Shirou and her should be together just the 2 of them and purposely did it. We'll never know. I want to believe saber becomes less relevant and Rin just forgets about her, it's a much better interpretation.
Another valid theory is hesitation. Rin hesitates for a few seconds, just enough for it to be too late to save saber.
Just rest assured, she's not a cold-blooded murderer. If it were up to her I'm sure she'd rather everyone lives happily. The ova just shows that the good ending Tohsaka doesn't hesitate for even a second. The reason? It has to be that Shirou cares more about saber cause everything else is the same (Rin and saber have the exactly same relationship in both the good and true endings).


What happens in the end of the Tokyo Ravens anime?

This is still unclear in the anime. As of the time of writing, there are 11 volumes of light novel and the anime adaptation has covered up to volume 9 (titled to The DarkSky).
From volume 9 chapter 5 (emphasis mine):

Was it a dream? She wasn't sure. Her fuzzy brain still wasn't working well. The sheets completely covered Natsume, and everything was unclear, so she couldn't make a normal judgment.
Natsume softly touched her lips with her fingers. The sensation lingering there was inexplicably fresh, clear, and real. Natsume's face reddened and she buried her face in the covers again.

He is real. The incident did happen but we are not sure where. Resurrection was successful but there may other thing needed to be done for Natsume to live in real world.
The technical success Suzu was talking about is explained more clearly in volume 10 chapter 3:

 "Yes. I won't hide it any longer. My name is Tsuchimikado Natsume. I was adopted by the Tsuchimikado main family not long after birth and was raised as the next family head. Tsuchimikado Harutora is my childhood friend."

 "Also...... It's true that I'm a dead person. Last summer, I was resurrected from death. ......No, I was just awakened, and right now I'm still barely maintaining my current state."

In the future, there may be an OVA for the remaining part of LN which may go into detail on it.


What's the song when Mikasa talks to her squad leader while on the mission helping Eren to seal the wall with a rock in episode 12?

It’s Vogel im Kafig. It’s on the OST or you can find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/M2LdF1RlSL0.


What differences are there between the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime and manga?

Nothing! The aforementioned manga provides minor additional background for fans. This includes:

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha MOVIE 1st THE COMICS
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS THE COMICS

The remaining manga continues with an unique story:

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Force

The former is a carefree spin-off focusing on Vivio (but fun!), while the latter continues Nanoha's story.


MANGA SPOILERS BELOW

   Orphaned after Dragons killed his parents and his little brother, Natsu, an extremely young Zeref became a student at the Mildian Magic Academy, where he researched the connections between life, death and Magic to revive his brother. After creating things such as the R-System and the Eclipse Gate, he was expelled from the academy for breaching the sacred teachings of Ankhseram, however he was cursed by Ankhseram and then killed everyone around him with his newfound, unwanted Curse of Contradiction.
Thus simply speaking Zeref wants to die, but can't and the Ankhseram's Curse of Contradiction kills everyone around him instead

Source: Manga. Wiki page: Only Open for spoilers on Zeref, Mavis, DragonSlayers and the Heartfilias


Is it known if in Overlord the action is set in a "real world" or in a "game world"?

Yes, it is mentioned in the light novels.

Spoiler alert for those who only read the Manga and/or watch the Anime:

  It's strongly indicated that it is indeed a real world and that this isn't the first time. There are characters who know of these Players and know how mighty they can be. One example is Evileye from the all-female adamantium group Blue Rose. She is actually Landfall from the Thirteen Heroes who defeated the demon gods, who are indicated to have been players like Ainz.


Shanks is very strong, though that isn't the only reason why the navy stopped. Being one of the four yonko means that his crew is one of the most dangerous in all of the Grand Line. Of course, Whitebeard was at least as strong, if not stronger, but Shanks is no weakling either. He has been able to hold his own against a number of powerful opponents, including at different times and in different situations, Mihawk, Kaido, and Whitebeard. The Marines only came prepared for one Yonko at a time. Facing both the Whitebeard pirates and the Redhair pirates would have been a lot more than they could chew.

Shanks is also not a terribly dangerous pirate in the eyes of the world government, though he is very powerful. They view him as a threat, but acknowledge that he probably wouldn't be the one to start a major conflict on his own. He is respected by a number of people in the navy, including Sengoku, who would rather avoid a conflict with the Red-hair pirates. The navy probably would have been able to win against the Red-hair pirates at that point, but they would have sustained heavy losses in the process which were simply not worth it. He is also rather charismatic, so that probably helped.

Ultimately, Sengoku decided to end the battle out of respect for Shanks, not necessarily because they could not have beaten him, but he is definitely still one of the most powerful people in the world.

Source: One Piece Wiki


What's the song that plays on No Game No Life episode 2 at 14:35?

To me, it sounds like Gray Sky. The second track from the OST. The music notes sound the same to me, while the scale is different.

Maybe the version it plays on the anime is different than the OST.

You may listen to it to verify ♫ No Game No Life OST - 2. Gray sky


Is 17 really "slightly stronger" than 18?

17 and 18 have all the same abilities and unlimited energy, but I feel like 17 is probably a lot stronger, because apparently 17 continued training and seems to be close to Goku's level, while 18 became a mother and didn't really continue her training. I may be wrong, but as far as I can tell, this seems to be the case.


Does Garou have some important techniques of his own?

He mostly adopts the styles of others, but he does take it to certain extremes.  For example, Bang and Bomb are able to combine their styles into a special combination attack style.  In chapter 69 of the webcomic Garou eventually learns how to do this by himself, which is said to be a unique and "impossible" achievement. So in that sense, that combination-but-solo style is his own technique.

   (I feel like the two boxes in the first panel should be interchanged)

The name of the combination seems to be different in the webcomic versus manga, but that may just be a translation issue, or possibly a (minor) change in the canon.  It's worth noting that exactly how and when he picks up this combination style is different between the manga and webcomic.

Later on he goes a step further and declares that he has created his very own technique/style.  This was his own declaration while near the pinnacle of his egoism, however, so it is to be considered debatable on whether he truly achieved a unique technique/style or not.

However, the immediately preceding page does have a narrator line suggesting his claim of a "new technique" is legitimate. This is in the sense that it provides a list of twelve Martial arts styles he has absorbed through battle, all of which this alleged new technique is definitely not part of.

So from this I would conclude that, yes, he does eventually develop one unique technique.


Can anyone in the unlimited blade works use the weapons there?

The weapons in UBW exist there physically, so technically anyone could pick them up and use them. BUT, a Noble Phantasm, as the crystallization of a legend, can't be wielded freely by anyone other than the original owner. When Shirou Traces Caliburn in the Fate route, he couldn't unleash its power until Artoria wielded it along himself. Projection Magic can trace the memories of the weapon so a proficient user (which Shirou isn't in said route) would get some proficiency with the weapon

   Like in HF, when Shirou traces Heracles' stone sword and uses Nine Lives Blade Works

But normally, unless you had an NP like Lancelot's Knight of Owner, which allows him to use anything he recognizes as a weapon as his NP, you wouldn't be able to use another's NP properly.

There's special cases like Astolfo using Akhilleus Cosmos in Apocrypha, but that's because Achilles has himself lending away his arms and armor as part of his legend and Astolfo receiving weapons from others as part of his.


As Goku said, they are talking about their wives being strong willed, determined, and being able to put up with them. In other words, they are talking about the qualities of their wives.

Goku made this comment after he saw Bulma slapping Jaco and telling him to hurry up.

Goku then says that he loves that about Chichi. He knows that she has to do all the things alone, since he's training all the time. Staying alone most of the time, looking after the family, earning, doing the household chores alone is a lot to ask from one's wife. He understands this and the statement can also mean that if she wasn't so strong willed, he wouldn't be able to train all the time and would have to help out with the chores... The fact that he's able to train 24x7 means a lot to him.

Vegeta's statement can also be explained by the fact that Bulma has had to go through a lot with Vegeta. She has had to put up with his ego and pride. If my memory serves me right, there used to be many quarrels between them during the Cell Saga in DBZ. But now, he even took out time from his training schedule and took Trunks and Bulma to the amusement park. This signifies that he has changed. To change someone to this extent is a great feat. And if Bulma wasn't strong willed, we may not have known Vegeta's family as we know it today, neither would have Vegeta changed to become so human.

Meanwhile, Piccolo is wondering whether that's the reason that Goku-Chichi and Vegeta-Bulma are together.


Do Sugar's powers nullify other devil fruits?

It's hard to say. Hypothetically, a toy could still hold a devil fruit power since Dr. Vegapunk made it possible to give items devil fruit powers. However, the only Devil Fruit holder turned into a toy was Robin. Robin is seen very little as a toy: just right after she becomes one and the following episode (episodes are manga, but she is seen just as much in the anime). If Robin could use her power, her arms would likely be weak toy arms, so she never even tries to use it. This ultimately means we can't yet know the answer for certain and as far as I know, nobody has asked Oda. Both answers are equally likely.


Looks like a bootleg version of Manatsu Kuroki from the anime Uta Kata


Haven't watched Angel Beats! for a while but I tried to do the best research I could.

At the ending of episode 13, it is heavily implied that Otonashi

   did pass on. He reincarnates and meets the reincarnated Kanade.

Regarding people disappearing,

   Yui thoroughly explains that they disappear when they have their wishes fulfilled. They are in "purgatory" because they were unable to experience a normal youth before dying.

However, Angel Beats: Another Epilogue could falsify this, depending on how you view it:

   Otonashi has become the new student council president and is helping the students pass on. With this (OVA?), two endings are presented: Otonashi remains in "purgatory" to wait for Kanade like The Programmer (as the reincarnation has not been described to be limited it is possible that he could wait for many hundreds of years for her) or is just an add-on to the original ending, where Otonashi does move on.


Can Blight be cured with any kind of water?

As said on the Wikia article on Blight:

  Blight mark without phantom eyes can be cleansed by washing it away using purifying water obtained from shrines or natural springs. This method only works for a God that is injured by a phantom’s attack or a soul that is infected from a wounded God.

Even though Kofuku does not have a shrine, I guess the water at her home qualifies as "purified" owing to it being her abode, and her being as famous/worshipped as the Seven Gods of Fortune.

Either that, or she has stored some "purifying water" at her home for dealing with blights like in the case of Yato.


If you didn’t watch the captain Yami and Asta fighting with Dante (one of the most powerful out of the Dark Triad), don’t read this becuse this has some spoilers. This also has spoilers about The queen of the heart kingdom, Noelle, and the bird on astas head vs Megicula (the weakest one of Dark Triad)
Alright so,
Asta and captain yami are both arcane stage (the highest level).
The queen of the heart kingdom is arcane stage, as well as Noelle and Secre (the bird that is always on Astas head) Noelle, The bird, and the queen of the heart kingdom all lost the battle against Megicula even when Megicula was one of the weakest one of the dark triad since she can only go up to 70%
Asta and Captain Yami won the battle against Dante. As I have said before, Dante is one of the strongest of the dark triad because him and Zenon can go up to 80%.  I don’t know how much Astas devil possessed hand him, but remember that even when Noelle, the queen of of the heart kingdom, and the bird were all arcane stage which means that they have the equal power of asta and captain Yami, they all still lost to Migicula which in turn was one of the weakest of the dark triad. Which leads me to think that Asta is clearly stronger than Noelle.
You can see all of this in the black clover Manga/anime.
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What is the production order of the Monogatari series?

The first 12 episodes of Bakemonogatari aired on TV weekly from July 3 - September 25, 2009. Episodes 13-15 of Bakemonogatari were webcasted from November 3 - June 25, 2010.
Nisemonogatari (11 episodes) aired on TV weekly from January 7 - March 17, 2012.
Nekomonogatari [Black] (4 episodes) aired on TV as a special on December 31, 2012.
Monogatari Second Season (consisting of Neko [White], Kabuki, Otori, Oni, and Koi; 26 episodes including 3 recaps) aired on TV weekly from July 6, 2013 - December 28, 2013.
Hanamonogatari (also called "Monogatari Second Season + α" ["plus alpha"]; 5 episodes) aired as a special on August 16, 2014.
Tsukimonogatari (4 episodes) aired as a special on December 31, 2014.

See this question for information on the in-universe chronological order of the series.

Note also that the publication order of the light novels is not the same as the production order of the animated series. There are two key differences.

Kizumonogatari, which was published between Bake and Nise, has not yet been animated. It was announced in July 2010 that Kizumonogatari would receive a film adaptation. As of this writing (over four years later), no such adaptation has been produced, nor is there even any reason to believe that anybody actually planned to produce a film version of Kizu. Many speculate that Kizumonogatari is an elaborate practical joke by Shaft.
Hanamonogatari, which was published between Kabuki and Otori, was not animated until after Otori, Oni, and Koi.


Lessa The Crimson Knight, weird cover page?

That is

   Lessa, from the second season.

and (SPOILER ALERT!)

   he put on a red wig to disguise  himself. He explains about it in the second season.


Is there any special episode of Conan and Kindaichi working together?

As of current writing, there's no special episode/manga chapter featuring the crossover of Detective Conan and Kindaichi Case Files.

The only real crossover is the Nintendo 3DS game (as you already mentioned), called "Meitantei Conan & Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Meguriau Futari no Meitantei" (or "Detective Conan and The Young Kindaichi Files: The Chance Meeting of the Two Great Detectives").

Other than the game, there's a collaboration between Weekly Shōnen Sunday (Detective Conan) and Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Kindaichi Case Files) to celebrate 50th anniversary of Sunday Magazine by publishing a twelve biweekly magazines consisting of chapters from both series (full list of the chapters can be read here (in Japanese)). It's only a collection of chapters from both series, not a crossover though.

Other than that, there are canned coffee featuring both characters, and a Game of Life featuring both series.

Reference:

Ho-Ling's Blogspot
Wikipedia article on The Kindaichi Case Files


There are a number of legal streaming sites: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Manga Entertainment, Daisuki (which is relatively new), and some Youtube channels associated with legal sites (such as Funimation or Manga Entertainment), possibly among some other sites that I haven't heard of yet or am not completely sure about. Some of these are very region-specific (e.g. a lot of Funimation videos on Youtube can't be accessed outside of North America (I think)).

Most other streaming sites (including some pretty popular ones, it seems) are actually not legal (using, as stated by @Oded, rips of videos from elsewhere, illegal fansubs, etc.).


Can fans convince a streaming site to show a certain anime?

In most cases: No. They don't care about the fans, and care about profits. Most streaming sites have licenses to stream that show, which often enough is for exclusivity, such as with Netflix, or Amazon Prime. The licenses for these shows are either expensive from competition for it, or not worth the cost because of lack of response for the series. In the former case, the streaming site you're petitioning can do nothing about it, considering some other place will most likely already have the license, and in the latter case, can't see enough profits coming from it to make it worth the cost.


Has Riiya or Shiine ever performed a Magical Boy Transformation?

You could base it on this.

If I remember correctly, they don't have any HUMAN MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION, unlike Chacha.

Riiya transforms into a strong wolf that is sometimes mistaken as a DOG. He doesn't have any human magical transformation.

And for Shine, a fellow wizard apprentice who is adept at casting spells and barriers, as well as transformations, his power is better than Chacha's. But I don't remember him being transformed into someone like Chacha's magical human form, the Magical Princess.


What's the song heard when Kimura Tatsuya had the epiphany of creating the "Dragonfish Blow"?

I posted this question on r/hajimenoippo in Reddit and the name of the song is:

Hajime No Ippo OST 20 - Arayashiki [HD]


What is this simplified/less-detailed art style called?

It's called "super deformed", or SD.
Some anime spin-offs of franchises in that style have the "Super Deformed" or "SD" in the name, like "Kidou Senshi SD Gundam" or "Kamen Rider SD" others don't, like "The Ten Little Gall Force".


Is there a term for "two-faced" or "reverse-tsundere" characters?

Actually, the term is still tsundere.

The word is derived from the terms tsun tsun (ツンツン), meaning to turn away in disgust, and dere dere (デレデレ) meaning to become 'lovey dovey'.
  — Tsundere, Wikipedia

There are, then, two types of tsundere: Tsun (Type A), and Dere (Type B).
Type A, also known as harsh, is what we typically consider tsundere; they are typically angry, mean, or pessimistic on the outside, but have a sweet side that they reveal to characters they like (or in other similar situations).
Type B, also known as sweet, is the reverse of Type A. These characters are typically sweet and kind on the outside, but have a hidden meanness inside of themselves that they sometimes unleash, usually in a response similar to that of Type A.
Originally, the term seemed to refer to Type A only, but has expanded over the years:

The term was originally used to describe characters who began with a harsh outgoing personality, but slowly revealed a soft and vulnerable interior over time. Over the years the character archetype has become flanderized, and is now generically associated with a character who flips between the two emotional states at the slightest provocation.
  — Tsundere, TVTropes

So, it seems the way the word tsundere is structured, it can have either tsun as the default mood, or dere, meaning it can be used to describe either variation of a character. In your case, though, you're looking for a "Type B Tsundere".


Faust has been confirmed to be Edo-Makarov by Mashima. In the wikia it is stated that Faust is the Edolas version of Makarov.

  Faust (ファウスト Fausuto) is the former King of Edolas, banished and succeeded by his disowned son, Mystogan. He is the Edolas counterpart of Makarov Dreyar.

They got this information from (the last paragraph of) the afterwords of Volume 29 by Mashima. Basically Mashima had to do cutoffs due to space or time limitations and had to remove Edolas Gajeel and Edolas Makarov('s confirmation) from the manga. Though those scenes were still added to the anime, thus making them canon as they were originally planned by Mashima himself. Both Faust and Makarov even had the same voice actor.

[Screenshot van de anime should be added here, but I can't seem to find it.]

Source


Who of the three is the strongest Kid Goku, Kid Vegeta and Kid Gohan?

I think it would be convenient and fair to compare the power levels of their characters when they are lesser than 13 years old, considering Goten and Trunks's age.You are wrong about Goten and Trunks being the strongest. The strongest of the bunch if Gohan. Gohan according to the manga is 9 years old during the Cell Games and 11 according to the anime. He attained Super Saiyan 2 at this age and was also stronger than Goku and Vegeta in his Super Saiyan form even at that time hence obviously stronger than Kid Vegeta and Kid Goku and also Kid Goten and Trunks, considering the fact that they haven't mastered Super Saiyan 2 yet.You are wrong about Goten being stronger than Trunks. Kid Trunks is a year older and has more fighting experience. He trained with Vegeta during his childhood while Goten trained with Chichi and only began training with Gohan really late. Also, Goku himself stated that Trunks was stronger, when they were being taught the fusion dance by Goku, which you can look at here.Ironically, the strongest fighter in the multiverse, was the weakest of the bunch in his childhood. Kid Goku was significantly weaker than Kid Vegeta. In the Raditz saga, Goku was 25 years old and even along with Picollo, struggled to defeat Raditz.  Kid Goku is obviously significantly weaker than this Goku. Raditz was also stated to be equal in strength to Vegeta's and Nappa's Saibamen. Kid Vegeta is shown here easily destroying Saibamen like they are nothing, making him stronger than Kid Goku.


Is there a local folktale regarding underwater palace and tamate box in Japan?

This is the story of Urashima Taro. It's a famous old Japanese folktale from the Nara period about a man who saves the Emperor of the Sea's daughter, Otohime. He is invited to live in the underwater palace with them. He stays for three days but wants to go visit his mother. He is given a box by the princess before he leaves, and when he returns to the surface he finds that it's 300 years later and everyone he knew is dead. Distraught, he absently opens the box and ages all 300 years at once, because the box contained his old age.


What anime are all of these fruits from?

This appears in episode 4 of Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate, about 5:40 seconds in, during a sequence when Nozomi Edagawa is talking about food.


How do you read a manga when a big section is adjacent to several small ones?

Manga are usually published in the same style as historical texts/long novels for Japanese and Chinese readers (I am a Chinese but ya, most of our readings nowadays are from left to right). For that reason, the flow of the structure is always from top to bottom, right to left. In the case where the page is split into 2 sections by an invisible (horizontal) line in the middle, It is always read from top to bottom of the upper section, then followed by top to bottom of the lower section.

Of course, some manga use slanted lines to guide the reader on which boxes to read next  :)


I believe this will depend on how you define a pet and comrade, dictionary.com defines a pet as any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately. And it defines a comrade as a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization/a fellow soldier or member of the armed services.

By the first definition he could be considered a pet, though he is clearly more than that. The entire clan use collaboration techniques with their canine companions, drawing strength from their combined and coordinated techniques; they have a symbiotic relationship on and off the battlefield, protecting each other and playing together, as well as fighting fiercely together.

In the real world hunting dogs are probably the closest comparison we have to the battlefield interactions we see between the Inuzuka clan and their companion animals. Training a hunting dog requires asserting yourself as an alpha in their pack, and maintaining that controlling position constantly. Treating a hunting dog as a pet as well frequently blurs the lines on what behavior is and is not allowed from the animal and can undermine its hunting training.
https://www.southernstates.com/articles/training-hunting-dogs.aspx

In the case of the Inuzuka clan we see more than just a working relationship that leads to optimal performance of hunting dogs. Akamaru makes suggestions during fights. He even bites Kiba in the fight against Sakon and Ukon insisting that they use a risky technique. This clearly indicates that Kiba is not an alpha to be obeyed regardless of circumstances and they have a more equal relationship more akin to sworn brothers.

In conclusion, Akamaru is more than just a pet and its probably most accurate to call them true partners.


What instruments do the members of Houkago Tea Time use?

From Wikipedia, which cites specific episodes as references:

Yui: Heritage Cherry Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar

Mio: Left-handed, 3-Color Sunburst Fender Jazz Bass with a tortoiseshell pickguard with  D'Addario EXL160M medium bass strings; in the first volume of the manga, Fender Precision Bass

Mugi: Korg Triton Extreme 76-key keyboard; in the first season's ending animation, Korg RK-100 keytar; in the second season's ending animation, Hammond organ

Ritsu: Yellow Rick Marotta Signature Yamaha Hipgig drum kit with a cymbal set from Avedis Zildjian; in the ending animation, white Yamaha Absolute Series drumkit

Azusa: Fender Mustang electric guitar


The answer to this question would be a Yes in terms of Dragon Ball Z and a  Yes & No in terms of Dragon Ball Super. Ki (気 "Kee", lit. "Spirit"), also known as chi/qi, Yōki (妖気)[1] or simply energy (エネルギー enerugī), is the life force energy used by Dragon Ball characters. SourceSo as per the definition, it would make sense that the more Ki/ energy is released, the more powerful a fighter is or the more powerful their attack is. For example, if there is a beam struggle between two fighters, the fighter who raises his energy/ki more comes out on top. The greater the amount of energy released by a warrior, the greater is the level of power. So yes! Realistically, any character would have to release their ki to maximum to release a powerful attack. The reason I said Yes & No in terms of Dragon Ball Super is because we see a bit of contradiction to the traditional Dragon Ball Z on account of the introduction of God Ki. God Ki involves high-level ki control where the user is not allowed to have Ki leak out of their body so that the opponent cannot sense their level of strength. In the Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue form, it isn't possible to directly sense the ki of the fighter. However, an experienced fighter is capable of gauging the opponent's strength and the form tends to exert immense pressure on whoever is fighting against it. The reason I say Yes and No is because, while this notion of God Ki is present, the old traditional concept I explained earlier still exists even in the case of the God forms. For instance, when Goku has a beam struggle with Merged Zamasu, he powers up more to overpower his attack, the same applies to when Goku is angry with regard to Chi Chi's and Goten's death. All of this is in their Super Saiyan Blue forms. Similarly, in the tournament of power, we see Goku power up completely and releases all his ki in Episode 122 before he faces off against Jiren. Vegeta does the same when he powers up his Final Flash against Jiren. So realistically yes, the more ki a fighter has the stronger they are. Naturally, naturally, not all fights require fighters to release all their energy at one go to take on every foe. So yes, based on the opponent and his level of strength, the opposing fighter either powers up or down based by releasing ki.


Is there a name for this anime/manga visual convention?

Yes, this pictorial rune has the name: twirl.

These pictorial rune's originate from Forceville's categorization, which mostly describes the location/orientation.

This is often used to depict movement as well as confusion, as described by samcyb

 Forcevile Image source: source


How many total BDs and DVDs did The Virgin Witch Maria (Junketsu no Maria) sell?

From SomeAniThing (A Website that takes into account, BR/DVD Sales from Oricon Charts & Amazon): "The Virgin Witch Maria" sold around 3,100 Sales, from all the volumes of BR & DVD.

This is unfortunate sales, for the series. The odds of a sequel is extremely low.

http://www.someanithing.com/3059
You can locate the sales, for exact units. On this link. Just look for "Junketsu No Maria" and total up the sales per volume.


Is this picture of Oshino Ougi light novel art or fanart?

This is an edited version of official art that appeared in the first volume of Owarimonogatari. Full cover taken from Amazon Japan below:

The first volume appears to contain "Ougi Formula", "Sodachi Riddle", and "Sodachi Lost". I haven't read the light novels, but the anime adaptation contains no scene that exactly corresponds to this.

Ougi never appears in a strapless black dress among classroom furniture: her interactions with Araragi take place after school, and thus, she wears the Naoetsu Private High School uniform. However, in the present-day portion of "Ougi Formula", she is locked in an empty classroom with Araragi. (She seems to only appear outside of school in the other stories.) This cover art could perhaps have been created with that setting in mind.


Who is George, the manager of Ahnernebe?

In my guess he refers to the voice actor Jouji Nakata, the CV of Kirei Kotomine(in Fate), Souren Araya(in Kara no kyoukai) and Nero(in Tsukihime). When he is angry the image of the three characters will show up behind him. Besides, Jouji in Japanese sounds very similar to George in English.


How do anime streaming sites decide whether to acquire licenses from studios to show their anime?

Without going into specifics, the process is the same for anime as for any other product in the world:

Is there an interest in the product? This can be measured in many different ways in case of streaming sites: polls, data analysis (who watched what, what do forums/discussion boards say), etc.
If yes, can a profit be made? (in terms of new subscribes, income from ads, etc)
If yes, is the product legal in the country you wish to sell it in? (If not, can it be made legal? Think pixelating private parts, etc)
If yes, can a license be obtained? (eg. are there no import/export restrictions)

The answers to all these questions, and a few others (technical feasibility for example - what if a series is only made in 4K and the distributor insist on not downscaling?) will enable a streaming site to make a proper business decision and either move forward with actually acquiring the license, or drop/shelve the matter.

A more comprehensive list of considerations, not specifically geared toward streaming sites but business in general, can be found on Entrepeneur, which is the most comprehensive overview of considerations going into a business decision.
Streaming sites, as a business, will ask those questions most suited to their respective fields (anime, series, movies, music, etc).


What are the drawbacks of being possessed by a Loose Soul?

The only consistent drawback of remaining possessed is having your first child being the reincarnation of a devil from old hell. The main goal of a loose soul is to be returned, and since they do this through the first offspring of their host (see below), they wouldn't want to adversely affect said host too drastically.

Aside from that, like you say, certain girls that host a Loose soul have a particular "power", such as Kanon's invisibility, or Tsukiyo's shrinking. Even if not having a certain "power" as such, the Loose Soul can still heavily affect its hosts personality (e.g. Shiori, who has no specific power, but reads each book in the library and lives a secluded existence). These are all unique to a particular girl, and even though they vary greatly in severity, they are still definitely drawbacks that would leave less than desirable living conditions if left unchecked.

Deciding on the most potent drawback depends on the girl, I suppose, but there aren't any positives to take away from being possessed!


What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh?

First of all, this is speculation, since you asked about 'what if'.

I believe to answer your question, we first need to understand Gotoh's personality. From what the story depicted, we can fairly well assume that Gotoh cared deeply for Killua. With that in mind, we can say that regardless of the outcome of the game, Killua would not have been killed.

As for Gon, Kurapika and Leorio, I believe he wanted to test them, probably by seeing how they would react to the different situations he created during the game. The reason for that would be because the Zoldyck are assassins, which meant that they for sure are hated by a lot of people (e.g. victims of the family's assassinations) and any strangers posed a threat, Gon & Co were no exception. The fact that they passed the Testing Gate and Canary was proof that they were no ordinary people and carried the potential of harming the Zoldyck.

During the game itself, he tried to see how far Gon & Co would go for Killua, as far as doing something that would not benefit them in any way; saying that he would kill Canary, a member of Zoldyck's household, if they lose (in the event Gon wanted to harm the Zoldyck and lost, resulting in Canary getting killed, it would be in Gon & Co's advantage to have less people to fight against, and thus would likely not take the game as seriously, but this is straying a bit too far).

At that point, if Gon really lost, it can be hard to say what would have happened, but I would tend to believe that following Gon's reaction, Gotoh determined then that they meant no harm to Killua. Should Gon have lost, Gotoh could possibly have instead refused them meeting with Killua assuming that Gon was not strong enough to protect Killua if needed.

Conversely, I believe that if the way Gon reacted during the game was different, hinting that Gon couldn't be trusted, only then, would Gotoh attempt to kill the three of them.