What is the purpose of the weird gender swaps of certain Sabers they throw in in "Fate/Apocrypha"?

why did they gender swap these characters to women

originally the roles of Shirou and Arturia were the opposite genders as the original concept for Fate/Stay Night (now as Fate/Prototype) had Ayaka Sajyou as the Master of Arthur with Gilgamesh also vying for Ayaka's heart.
however it was Takashi Takeuchi, the artist of Fate/Stay Night who convinced Kinoko Nasu to change Arthur's Gender

Kinoko Nasu's original story of Fate, Saber and Shirou were opposite gender to now. Takashi Takeuchi convinced to Nasu to change the gender of Saber but the essential theme had not been changed, it's the story about legendary heroes and "a boy meets a girl."

Source: Saber (Fate/Stay Night) > Development > Creation and Conception
In regards to Mordred, originally when Mordred first appeared in one of the Type-Moon Character material books Kinoko Nasu originally hadn't decided what Mordred's gender would be until Fate/Apocrypha and originally was siding on keeping Mordred male, however after Takashi Takeuchi put the idea of adding Mordred into the lineup it was thought 2 feminine male characters would be too much

Mordred first made an appearance in Type-moon's Character material book, with Takashi Takeuchi responsible for the character design. At that time Kinoko Nasu hadn't decided on Mordred's gender until Fate/Apocrypha. It was Takeuchi's idea to put Mordred as a new addition to Fate/Apocrypha. As Saber of Red Mordred was originally going to be male like the legend, but it was thought that having two male characters look feminine, the other being Rider of Black, was too much.

Source: Saber of Red > Development > Creation and Conception

Nasu: "Mordred is a girl, definitely. A man with that sort of outward appearance is... well, I guess a certain kind of person would consider it a prize, anyway.1 (laughs)"
Higashide: Saber was originally going to be male like the legend, but it was thought that having two male characters look feminine, the other being Rider of Black, was too much.

Source: Saber of Red > References > Citation 4: TYPE-MOON Ace Vol. 8 - Fate/Apocrypha interview with Yuichiro Higashide & Nasu Kinoko, p.080
What's Mordred's gender?

As for why, in universe, Mordred refers to herself as Arturia's "Son" she could be well aware of her own legend. the Arthurian Legends in the Nasuverse is still closely related to ours and in Fate/Stay Night when Shirou discovers Arturia's identity as King Arthur he does talk about how the Legend of King Arthur wasn't clear on who the King was pointing out that some legends suggested that King Arthur was a group of people.
since we know that when a Servant is summoned they are given extra knowledge to adapt to the time period (ie. Arturia's abilities to ride a Motor Bike, not thinking that the Airplane she flew in on was magic) we could suspect that Mordred is made aware of her Legend.
There is also the fact she wanted to be King and the King is generally the Son of the previous King but aside from that still male. Merlin helped create the illusion Arturia was male by making into a futanari psudo-male so she could conceive a child with Guinevere so Mordred may keep saying "Son" to keep the idea and she can replace her "Father"
There is also the fact that she abhors any discussion of her gender and displayed clear killing intention even towards her own Master, saying with no uncertainty that the topic is never to be brought up before her. though haven't not seen Fate/Apocrypha or read it properly i do not know what the discussion entailed and what she abhors about it (is it people referring to her as a woman or man? or that she could be like Nero and doesn't consider Gender an issue)
Out of Universe, we can probably speculate that either

Takashi Takeuchi just has a thing for it which is why so many of the Saberfaces using Arturia's design are Gender Reverse from their historical basis (Nero, Okita) and is projecting that in the Nasuverse (do we really believe he didn't suggest Female Mordred for the Fate/Apocrypha lineup when putting the idea into Kinoko Nasu's head)

Simply people like cute girls. Taro Yoko, the creator of Nier: Automata said it himself when being asked why he designed 2B like he did. Medea Takashi loves how cute Arturia looks and obviously the fans love them too, more so when you consider that the manga's target demographic is Shōnen and Seinen which are both male audiences which we can probably attribute to having been the same for the original Eroge Visual Novel and character design often is influenced by target audience (ie. why most Vampires in female oriented works (Kaname Kuran in Vampire Knight, Angel and Spike in Buffy and Angel) are handsome men)

1: i believe he's talking about Takashi here give his noble phantasm


How is the height, weight and age of characters determined?

They are provided by the creators, often together with artworks of the characters. Fans like them, so these infos can be used to advertise for the anime.

Here is an example (from Free!):


Old anime in the style of Conan Doyle' Lost World

Could it be Kyōryū Bōkenki Jura Tripper?

From the Anime News network synopsis

  On a school yachting trip, fifteen children of various ages are mysteriously transported to another world where dinosaurs still roam. While attempting to return home, they encounter talking dinosaurs, revolutionaries, pirates, a princess and primitive scientists. These unlikely allies help them escape from soldiers, bandits, vicious dinosaurs, and fanatical priests. Aggression between the two oldest boys leads to a split in ranks, and a sneaky double cross plot. Unlikely romances bloom in this tense atmosphere, and the group learns that each has strengths that can help them get home, if they work together. Losely based on the book Deux ans De Vacances, by Jules Verne in 1888.

And from a plot synopsis from Wikipedia

  While trying to find a way back home, the children learn more about the new world they're in, discovering the people and dinosaurs suffer from oppression by the king as well as the church's prohibition of science. They get into conflict with General Mosar who is interested in their advanced technology and consequently have to flee from the king's army as well as the priests who try to capture Zans, who incidentally is the son of White Wing, the famous but passed leader of the rebellion.

The show aired back in 1995 and consists of 39 episodes.


The Answer to this question is very straightforward. Fu is said to be the baby of Mira and Towa.Although Mira is an artificial being with mainly Android parts, he also possesses Saiyan DNA.Hence, it is certainly possible for Fu to possess Saiyan DNA.However, it is important to note that there is no confirmation whatsoever as to whether Fu has a transformation or whether that was basicall him powering up. If you recall, in the tournament of destroyers, Hit imitates Goku powering up(Transforming), and it didn't really function like a normal Saiyan like transformation that made him stronger. It ended up improving Hit's time skip. Similarly, Jiren releasing his dormant energy was similar to a Saiyan transformation, when in actuallity it isn't.


How many tails did Naruto get during his fight with Pain?

We see Naruto reaching six tails and fighting Pain, that much is certain.
The wiki claims that after that, we see eight tails, here:

And we later on see Yamato's hand with the number nine, to which he says he was too late.
However, due to Minato's interference, we do not see Naruto with nine tails.

So, yes, Naruto has gone onto nine tails (He in fact wanted to remove the seal), but we do not see it, and Minato stops it very quickly.


Are songs different between subbed and dubbed?

Sachi in particular hummed the story in the Japanese version as well. (Though, in the book, she actually sang "Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer". For whatever reason, they altered that scene in the Anime)

In general, what you're saying will vary from anime to anime, and it depends on who is dubbing them. How much localization the studio wants, I'm sure is a big thing when it comes to this. "How much of the origin language's references do we want to keep?"
Overall, it'd difficult to directly translate a song from Japanese to English, while keeping the flow and meaning intact.


Is Senketsu eye patterns from Kill la Kill based off something?

It could just be one coincidence, they do share some similarities and some large differences. This was asked on the Kill La Kill reddit 3 years ago and remains unanswered. I guess you would have to get the character artists and ask them...

My assumption would be that it is just a coincidence, the lines from the tops of the eyes, both showing, multiple layers and the pupil being the main differences.

A large part of Kill La Kill's plot is the Life Fibers, which make up the clothes. Eyes being on the clothes is a design choice, which makes sense as they are living.


How can some army people sense Lloyd's power level in "Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari"?

It seems to be limited to characters who have a certain level of combat experience. It does make a lot of sense for people having spent a large amount of time on the battle field, or fighting one on one, to get a "feel" for their opponent strength with a quick glance.


How is the ability of a Devil Fruit discovered?

There are a number of ways to know the abilities of a Devil's Fruit.

There's a Devil's Fruit book in the Grand Line, which lists several Devil's Fruits. Sanji mentions this book in Chapter 464. Spandam and Teach also make a mention of it.

For Devil's Fruits whose ability is not known before, it can only be found out after actually eating it. In Chapter 385, when Kalifa and Kaku eat unknown Devil's Fruits, Lucci tells them that they will begin to sense the changes in due time.

When a Devil's Fruit user dies, their Devil's Fruit will respawn, and hence its abilities would be known.

In SBS Volume 48, the author Oda Eiichiro promises that a certain professor will eventually appear in the story, and explain what Devil's Fruits really are. We can expect to know more about identification of Devil's Fruits when that happens.


Will a titan shifter stay in their titan form if they die due to the curse?

As far as I know, no person with titan-shifter powers experienced this. But, if I were to speculate what would happen given the facts laid out in the manga, I have a possible answer. The following facts are what I took into account:

  From here, it is said that 'if an individual with the power of the Titans dies before it can be transferred, the power will be passed on to the first Baby among the Subjects of Ymir, who is born directly after the said inheritor's death, regardless of distance or relation to the previous inheritor.'

Also, from here and from what can be observed in the manga, it is known that,

  'after death, Titan corpses rapidly evaporate to skeletal remains, then to nothing at all.' From what I understand, this is also true for people with titan-shifter powers whenever they leave their Titan bodies or, for the Colossus Titan's case, when they want their body to evaporate at their own will.

For titan-shifters, they themselves are the source of their Titan powers and their ability to manifest a unique Titan body. If that source is 'gone', then the Titan body would evaporate, as seen in the manga/anime.

So to answer your question: For how long can a titan shifter be in his/her titan form after his/her death while he/she is still inside the Titan's body? The same time it takes for a Titan body to evaporate after it is killed or when a titan-shifter leaves it. After they die, their titan-shifter powers 'leaves' them and are passed on to the next inheritor who is born after the current inheritor's death. Since the 'source' of their power is gone, the Titan body would simply evaporate just like any bodies of Titans killed.


How do inanimate objects eat devil fruit?

As mentioned in the comment, Dr. Vegapunk's scientific expertise is the logic behind an inanimate object being able to "consume" a devil fruit.

  Dr. Vegapunk covered exactly how Devil Fruit powers are transferred over to a user, and was the scientist behind the method of adding Devil Fruit powers to inanimate objects, such as swords and guns.Source

This is the only known research paper of his related to this experiment:

The inanimate objects who have eaten Devil Fruits are:

Mr. 4's  gun, Lassoo
Spandam's sword, Funkfreed.

It is also notable that the only Devil Fruits shown to be capable of achieving such a feat are Zoan devil fruits. It may be because Logia and Paramecia only grant the users supernatural powers, which would not bring the objects to life.

This is all that is known about the matter.

  According to Oda, a "certain professor" will explain the complex mechanisms behind all of the Devil Fruits in the series in the near future. Source


This originated from here. It's based on this meme, which itself is based on the manga Kuso Miso Technique, which was in the manga supplement of the gay magazine Barazoku in 1987. Scanned images of it began circulating the internet in 2002, and it became a meme after that.


Should I know who Tsutsukawa Azusa is as of the end of Durarara!! ×2 Ten?

She is one of Karisawa's cosplayer friends, the girl that made Anri cosplay in one of the episodes.

A screenshot of Azurin and Reh-chan.

  Azurin and Reh-chan were amongst Karisawa’s fellow cosplayers, and were about the same age as Anri.

A quote from Volume 10 Chapter 2.


Does the usage of katakana in manga have any specific meaning?

These two answer covers the topic very well:

  To describe (what feels like) Western origin words
  To describe onomatopoeia (e.g. sounds effects)
  To describe the fact that it is normally written in kanji, but that it is written without it because either the writer wants to write faster, has no access to the kanji form (as in the case where the writer is given the name in a romanized transcription or the writer just heard the name), forgot the kanji form, or does not want to bother to write in kanji for any other reason.
  To give visual and/or very slight semantic emphasis.  Almost like using bold or italics in English.

Most commonly katakana seen to be used for the #4. Much like how we can write in lowercase and UPPERCASE to give emphasis. Because it's sometimes difficult to feel the atmosphere when reading such emphasis is generally used in the words.

What most people don't immediate pick up is that much like reason #1, you can use katakana to emphasize foreign-sounding of a particular character speech. It's hard to transcribe a foreign accent (including some but not all verbal tics) in Japanese, but using katakana can get this idea across to the user. It's like if I were to talk to you normally, I would perhaps use a combination of hiragana and kanji, but if I were to talk to you and sound foreign, perhaps LIKE A ROBOT, I would used katakana. This so-called "technique" is used commonly in visual and written novels in Japan, not just for foreign sounding words, but also to emphasize the foreign-ness of a particular person's dialogue.

Hiragana can also be used in a similar fashion. Hiragana is typically the first reading/writing language a kid learns as they start reading in Japan. This is sometimes used to indicated the simpleness or naivety of a character, in general or at a specific moment. In the Yotsuba& manga, the titular character Yotsuba's dialogue is written in hiragana without any kanji, emphasizing her simpler, childlike manner. She also has a slightly different sized and styled typeface to emphasize her intensity and energy as a kid. In addition much of these quirks like her pun-filled nuances are lost in subsequent localizations

Those are the most basic nuances to look for when reading manga. If you're interested in learning more about the language and manga I recommend checking out the book Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar and Structure by Wayne P. Lammers.


Manga about teenagers making a suicide pact online

Sounds like the first story of Kanojo ga Tonda Hi.
This is the description of first story from MAL Page of Kanojo ga Tonda Hi:

  “Recruiting those who want to finish it and die, but feel sad doing it alone…”
  Fed up with everything, Mie posted a notice on an Internet Bulletin Board and found suicide-partners. Four boys and girls were gathered together because of their ties to death. And then…?!

The continuation from that description is just like the description you have:

  ...became friends, got distracted by alcohol and general shenanigans, and ended up not going through with the suicide anymore... main female lead was out with one of the guys...

I'm not really sure about her thoughts, but indeed she thought of something along the line "If only I met him earlier" or like that, and she did fall in love with him.
And about...

  ...They did mention the ending was kind of tragic though

maybe it's about:

   Just like you have said, the suicide plan was nulled. But in the end, one day, the three of them got the news that the other girl (the one who's not the main chara) was dead, from committing suicide.


What is the Japanese term for an old man/grandpa who is into anime/is otaku?

Kitanai rōjin is what I have found about from your question.
It means dirty old man too if you want to translate.


What are the differences between the two personalities of Seijūrō Akashi?

Akashi Seijuurou has a split personality, we'll call the first personality "Boku" and the second personality "Ore".

"Boku" is mainly the personality that was shown in the first few Teiko years and also sometime during the Rakuzan-Seirin game. "Ore" was seen after his one-on-one with Murasakibara until the Rakuzan-Seirin game and also a bit in the Vorpal Swords-Jabberwocks game.

"Boku" is generally more caring until Aomine called Akashi "nagging mother". Honestly, I'd say that "Boku" kind of has an inferiority complex because he seems more humble and he admits in Teiko that everyone was becoming better than him. He also admits that he has a weakness of fearing being left behind (as pointed out by Ore during their mental talks). "Ore" on the other hand, has a superiority complex. He says that people should "lower their head" and that he is "absolute" and he is constantly so sure that he will always win. He calls people by their given name which is not really disrespectful or shows signs of superiority or anything but it's just more respectful to use the last names.

Another clear sign (in the anime) is that "Boku"'s eyes are both red while "Ore"'s eyes ahs the right one red and the left one yellow. It's not very noticeable in the manga. "Boku" also focuses a lot on team play while "Ore" focuses more on winning no matter what. This is why "Boku" can do things like perfect-rhythm-plays and gets not only him but his other teammates into the zone as well while "Ore" gets into the zone by abandoning all hope for his teammates.

There are a lot of differences between the two personalities for the plays he makes. Of the two, it is said that "Boku" is stronger. However, both "Boku" and "Ore" were not strong enough to stop Nash and his Belial Eye and to defeat him, "Ore" had to disappear and transfer his abilities to "Boku" in order for the Emperor Eye to be complete. It's rather sad but... yeah.


What happened between Kaoru-tan's father and Hajime-kun?

I guess I should post this as answer. As a father, you would want your daughter to have a good husband who has a proper job so she won't be having a hard time to word in order to sustain their needs. So Kaoru's father thinks that Hajime is not worthy of being her husband and that makes him very disappointed of Hajime.


Was Sailor Moon edited in the English version?

In general, Sailor Moon was heavily edited for the US release as detailed by fans for example here. In particular nudity was avoided as exemplified below.

The source of these images is this comparison between the US and the German version. While the German version is not completely uncensored (see the linked site for details) it is almost equal to the Japanese original and does not have censorship of nudity.

Regarding the transformation scenes in particular: Many sites claim the US censorship manifested itself in removal of the breast outlines, however all examples I find on youtube look the same to me. The two sites mentioned above also say that the only change is a speed-up of the transformation - likely to fit the overall episode runtime due to other edits.

Other changes include the removal of violence in particular against children and gender changes as not to display homosexuality. This all pertains to the original US release, while subsequent ones apparently stayed more true to the Japanese original.

To address the second question, as Skullclutter already mentioned Sailor Moon is considered a shōjo series and therefore aimed at young women.


How closely does Princess Tutu follow Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?

The story is loosely based on this, but it actually revolves more around bending the inevitable fate thrown to Ahiru (Tutu) by third side of the story. The storyteller, if you prefer.

The ending of the anime is not same either, even though it uses the same kind of theme. IMHO the ending is most closely following the original story, if you look the big picture.


What does the disk that fell on the ground contain?

The contents of the disc were never mentioned in the anime. However, in the manga, it was mentioned in Chapter 82, Page 23/24:

                                       Chapter 82 Page 23

                                       Chapter 82 Page 24


Is there any explanation or any theory on this matter? Yes.

Kakashi discovers Obito's weakness, to which he explains how Obito's space-time justu works in the manga chapter 597, and utilizes it against him.

  Although Kakashi cannot use Kamui against Obito directly, he can use his own access to the other dimension to negate the advantages Obito makes use of: by teleporting attacks or allies to the other dimension at the same moment that Obito's body resides there for defence, he can be attacked successfully

Kakashi states that attacks "passing through" is Obito is incorrect - Obito sends his body into a different dimension; where he is completely tangible.

Kakashi begins to understand how this justu works when he sends a kunai into the other dimension using his own Kumai ability at the same moment Obito teleports his head to dodge an attack from Naruto.


How was Future Okabe sure that Kurisu's death wasn't a convergence point that would inevitably happen?

HEAVY STEINS;GATE 0 SPOILERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE VN, DON'T READ THIS!

The answer is not that simple, but here it is in a nutshell:

   In the story of 0, Okabe somehow finds himself in 2036. But, as we know, in the Beta attractor field, he was supposed to die in 2025 no matter what. So, him being in 2036 shouldn't be possible at all. However, after being endlessly tortured by a certain someone, he essentially became brain dead. Later, Daru got hold of Okabe's body, which was still functioning. Without letting anyone find out, Daru and a few other labmems maintained Okabe's body in a hidden facility all the way to the point where they could find Okabe's digitized memories that were saved before. The memories were found in 2036 and loaded back into Okabe's body. Okabe was able to walk the (very much destroyed) earth in 2036. He was alive.

So, THE WORLD WAS DECEIVED. And this is why Okabe knew Kurisu could be saved:

   he himself was alive when he was destined to die years before.

That meant that there was a way to save Kurisu, too. Daru deceived the world, so Okabe decided that he will deceive the world, too.


The very last page of Bleach #668 gives a few clues.

Yachiru suddenly appears out of nowhere and says to Kenpachi:

   Silly goose, if you would just use me properly, there wouldn't be anyone you wouldn't be able to cut down.

She then touches him, which causes:

   him to get a power boost, which he wonders about.

She ends the exchange with explaining to him:

   That power is what everyone's been calling "Bankai".

All of these suggest the following:

   Yachiru is Kenpachi's Bankai. He is unable to call out his Bankai anymore (he was never able to, consciously - the original appearance may have happened subconsciously), therefore, Yachiru is gone.

Alternatively:

   Yachiru is his Zanpaktou spirit, again, one he has never been able to consciously communicate with. Though, I can't explain her disappearance if that were the case.


Hitotsubashi faction is a faction within the shogunate that supports Tokugawa Nobunobu instead of the current (current as of that part of the story) shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige. Think of them as the opposition party.

The very fact that Sougo said it means that the government knows about it. However, while they are dangerous, the shogunate can't just kill them all since the leader is a part of the Tokugawa clan. Also, the number of the supporters is quite big, thus any attempt to eliminate them would be met with hostile resistance which would throw Edo into chaos.

It should also be noted that while Edo appears to be at peace, they are under the occupation of a foreign force, the Amanto. The shogunate also have the Jouishishi rebels problem. An internal war between the shogunate faction and the Hitotsubashi faction would only weaken the government's position. Thus, the option that Shigeshige has is to appease the Hitotsubashi through political deals.


As @ʞɹɐzǝɹ and @seijitsu mentioned in the comments, these designs appear to be based on birds. Specifically, the long neck and football-shaped body look like a crane or goose.

The red-crowned crane has a significant place in Japanese and Chinese culture. It figures in the fairy tale Tsuru no Ongaeshi. As txteclipse mentioned in the comments, Japan Airlines even uses the red-crowned crane as its logo; the Wikipedia article says this symbol was chosen by an American branding expert due to the positive image of the crane in Japanese culture and mythology. Given that, it makes sense that Japanese artists would think of using the crane as a basis for imaginary creatures or flying vehicles.

The crane-like design is also unusual in real world aircraft. As you can see from the first image of the goose, the goose's and crane's wings angle forwards; this is replicated in the OP's first image of the Gekko from Eureka 7. Real-world aircraft tend to have a more straight, cylindrical body and wings which angle backwards:

These differences give aircraft based on the crane design a unique, fantastical appearance.

I couldn't track down any species of crane or goose which has tufted "ears" like the Gekko or Latios. Some geese do have tufted feathers, but they seem to be always on the back of the head. However, some bird species, such as the the great horned owl and the juvenile of the house finch, do have such tufted "ear" feathers:

When it comes to designing a fictional creature or aircraft, a design based on the crane's head is a little bit boring to look at. The tufted head feathers also come from real-life birds, but they add visual interest to the head area, without seeming too ridiculous or over-the-top like the head adornments of certain bird species.


Is Saitama the fastest character in One Punch Man?

Without specific spoilers, the short way to put this is that Saitama has proven himself effortlessly faster and stronger than everyone he encounters, including those specifically known for being faster or stronger than everyone else (except Saitama; and Blast has not been seen in real action, and certainly not relative to Saitama).

Spoilers of certain specific events from the webcomic:

   Late in the Monster Association/Garou saga he encounters Flashy Flash in some tunnels.  Flash attacks him at high speed, assuming Saitama is a monster to dispatch.  Saitama effortlessly dodges.  Flash is shocked, and decides to try it again and makes another high speed (sneak) attack.  Saitama simply stops the blade between his fingers.

   Flashy Flash then later fights against Garou.  Garou proves himself faster than he can handle.  Saitama effortlessly keeps up with Garou's pace when they start fighting, however. Just when Garou thinks he's snuck into a blind spot, suddenly Saitama's eyes will shift to look directly at him, and Garou will back off, frustrated that he can't exploit any of the many openings Saitama has because he's simply not strong or fast enough to do so. I believe Garou has been stated by ONE to be comparable to Boros in overall power, though Garou fights primarily with skill and speed while Boros fought with sheer power.  Saitama could effortlessly handle both of them.

As I've mentioned in another Q&A:

   Saitama appears to be without limits. Dr. Genus talks about how every being in existence has an innate limiter on their power and growth, because beyond that they'd physically or mentally collapse.  With science, training, monsterification, etc. at most you can increase what your limit is.  But you'll still have one.  Saitama, on the other hand, removed his limiter entirely.  If he's correct, then Saitama is arbitrarily strong and arbitrarily fast. He just needs a reason to actually use more strength or speed.


How could Misaka 10032 be measuring Touma's life signals while holding his right hand

This isn't much of an answer, but as the question does specifically ask about whether there is a difference between the light novels and the other versions, here are my findings:

In Yen Press's English translation of A Certain Magical Index: Volume 3, which hand of Touma's that Misaka 10032 is holding to her chest is unspecified. Here's the quote:

  Lastly, he noticed Little Misaka's hands embracing one of his. It didn't really matter, but she was holding both of her hands to her chest...

Furthermore, it also isn't specified which side of the bed Misaka 10032 is sitting on:

  After all, the only person in the room was Little Misaka, quietly sitting on a chair at the side of the bed-

Misaka 10032's explanation for why she was holding Touma's hand to her chest are same in the manga and light novel: she says she's measuring his brain waves and pulse via bioelectricity. Neither offers any more insight than that.

From this, one might find it reasonable to conclude that it was indeed an error introduced by the anime and that by the ambiguity in the light novels, we should conclude it was Touma's left hand because it would be impossible for Misaka 10032 to read his bioelectricity from his right.


When I use online manga readers, does the mangaka get any income from it?

The short answer is no. Most manga readers you find out there are all third-party aggregators (therefore not licensed to distribute the manga in any form) that take fan made scanlations and host them on their respective sites. They make money from the ad revenue they receive from the traffic other sites. In other words, they take the hard work of others (specifically, the work original authors and artist, along with the volunteer efforts of the scanlators) and profit without doing any work themselves.

There are aggregators out there such as Batoto that maintain a certain quality standard such as not resizing, downsampling, watermarking scanlations, or scrape content from other scanlators or sites. They also respect the wishes of scanlators that don't allow aggregators or have rules on delayed releases. Even in doing so they are not officially licensed to deliver their content, while they do try to maintain a standard of quality, none of this benefits the manga authors.

However, there are various officially licensed distributors for English translated manga. Here are a couple of the more well-known ones:

http://shonenjump.viz.com/wsja
https://www.mangabox.me/reader/en/
http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga
http://en-renta.papy.co.jp/
https://www.emanga.com/
http://en.mangareborn.jp/

However while this might not directly influence revenue to the manga author. Making the manga more widely accessible to the public can help give some notoriety to a particular series. Hype and notoriety about a particular series can indirectly boost sales of the series. However it comes down to the efforts of scanlators and fans to help boost revenue to a manga author.

For an example, the users of 4chan helped boost the sales of WataMote and save it from the possibility of being canceled. The author personally thanked 4chan on Twitter for their efforts and those of the scanlators.

Even if you read manga from these online aggregates, you can still support the authors by purchasing their manga when they are collected in volume form, from such sites such as Amazon Japan or Honto.jp.


Tonnura is one of 7 siblings, but only 4 have been revealed as of volume 7 of the manga. They are:

Tonnura, the titular character (and elderest brother)

Duke, the younger brother

Charmy, the youngest sister

Donsuke, the youngest brother


If the Rose Bomb is so powerful and poisonous, why didn't the hunter association airdrop a dozen on the palace when fighting against the ants?

Netero wanted to settle the matter as a Hunter first, but implanted the bomb within himself as a contingency plan. He went in personally and fought Meruem. He lured Meruem away and fought him solo in the desert, when it was clear that he could not win, he killed himself, triggering the bomb a safe distance away from any casualties.

Also, HxH is a shounen series and they had to settle it the shounen way, with a 1v1 fight.


Does the Black Bullet anime cover the whole light novel and/or manga?

The Black Bullet anime covers the first 4 volumes of the light novel, while the manga covers the first volume.

According to Japanese Wikipedia,

  Episode 1-4: Volume 1
  Episode 5-7: Volume 2
  Episode 8-10: Volume 3
  Episode 11-13: Volume 4

Also according to Japanese Wikipedia, the manga is based on the first volume of the light novel.

However, the light novel has passed the 4th volume (as of current: 7 volumes).


OST/Song on Season 2 Episode 22 of Boku no Hero Academia

It is still the ending song, Datte Atashi no Hero or 'Cause You're My Hero', only the instrumental version. To be precise, it starts playing at around 20:14 of the episode (where Yaoyorozu was crying) and ends right before the start of the ending song (the scene showing Deku, Uraraka and Recovery Girl). Here's a direct link to the part of the instrumental where it starts: https://youtu.be/Vz3cEODIlC4?t=35 This spans from 0:35 to 0:48 of the instrumental.


What are the different versions of Fruits Candy?

According to wikia, there is another version of the song sung by Sakura Tange, Junko Iwao and Aya Hisakawa, the voices of Sakura Kinomoto, Tomoyo Daidouji and Cerberus, respectively. So there are two versions in total.


Which manga chapter should I start to continue from season 3 of My Hero Academia?

From MangaUpdates, Season 3 ends at Vol. 14 Chapter 124 of the manga.


Has there ever been a duel, where Yugi used every existing card right?

I honestly can't recall any where he didn't have an 'additional' affect to something, or went and did something impossible for a card game (like smashing the moon against mako or breaking the float ring against the floating castle)...
Also pot of greed lets you draw 2 cards from your deck


Are there any OVA of Sword Art Online series?

There's only Extra Edition, an Special set after the events of Fairy Dance. The first half is a recap of the first season disguised as an interview. The second half is anime original material, it doesn't affect the main story-line, but it follows ALOs in-game back-story set in Norse Mythology, name-dropping the Aesir. This setting has only been touched upon in the anime and in the LN release during the Caliber arc of the Second Season, but there's a bunch of other short stories that further this setting that have been self-published by Kawahara Reki as his former pen-name Kunori Fumio.


Why does Mewtwo look so different from Mew?

I believe this is a plothole, stemming from the discrepancies between Mewtwo's origins in the games, and its origin in the anime.

In the games, Mewtwo is not a clone of Mew, but actually its child: the journals in Cinnabar Mansion refer to Mew giving birth to it. Mewtwo was then subjected to "years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments", which explains why it only vaguely resembles Mew - its DNA is no longer solely that of Mew.

In the anime, however, Mewtwo was cloned using Mew's DNA, and there is no mention anywhere of it being subjected to any further experiments, only of it "maturing" into its present form. Prior to maturing, it resembled Mew more closely:

It's still possible that Mewtwo was experimented upon in a similar manner to the games, but in the absence of any evidence, I have to chalk this up to a simple plothole: there is no clear explanation for why Mewtwo should differ so drastically from the Pokémon it was cloned from, when the other clones exhibit no differences besides dark splotches.


What is the primary principle of controlling Jinchuuriki?

Bijuu control can be achieved in 2 ways.

My (Madara Uchiha's) way, by force.
By earning the respect of the Tailed Beast in question.

In the past, when Madara battled Hashirama at the Valley of the End, he summoned and controlled the Nine Tails with the power of genjutsu, using the Sharingan.

   Naruto and Killerbee however, earned their respective Tailed Beast trust. The Tailed Beasts are ancient beings, very bitter about constantly being sealed and used by humans. They developed a deep resentment to humans. Naruto and Killerbee, by not succumbing with those powerful negative emotions, and showing their desire to work with, not against their Tailed Beast, have earned their respect, and achieved a whole new level of power.

The second method is by far stronger than the first.


Another way of looking at this is that Kami did not understand the full extent of his Dragon Balls' power. You see the Dragon Balls getting stronger after Kami's ones, maybe because they knew how they function properly while Kami was still getting to know his limits. So, maybe Kami could revive people but left it to the Dragon Balls as they were harder to get, and were more of a trial for people; or, Kami just believed, "Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator" because he did not know how to make Shenron more powerful. As much as I can remember and can find it was only Kami who said this, so most likely this was only a theory of his.


What manga chapter does Gokukoku No Brynhildr anime end on?

The anime ends at chapter 100 of the manga. Below is the last 2 pages of chapter 100.

The anime is generally faithful to the manga (the source material) in terms of important plot points. The anime is quite close to the manga for the first few episodes, then it starts to skip many events in the later half. Notably:

Mizuka arc, where Murakami and the girls tried to escape from Mizuka, a rank AAA magic user with precognition ability. Mizuka's power can project herself into the future, where she interferes with people's decision to make her vision comes true. The anime skips the whole arc.
Yuki Tsuchiya, debuting during Mizuka arc as a new employee of The Organization, is skipped in the anime along with Mizuka arc. In the manga, she serves mostly as an excuse to let readers have a look inside The Organization and their treatment towards magic users.
Kitsuka, who is Murakami's student and has a crush on him, followed Murakami and the girls on their trip to the beach in the manga. This is omitted in the anime. Although this detail being removed doesn't affect the ending of the anime, it is connected to the story after chapter 100 and may confuse you a bit.
Many details in the last few episodes of the anime are trimmed.

Therefore, I recommend everyone to take a look at the manga for the full experience.


What are these sea behemoths in One Piece?

These are shadows, not monsters. These are explained by the fact that Sky Island is so high up in the air, the distance that the shadow is travelling is very far, making shadows cast very large.

Here you can see the same effect where Luffy's shadow is seen:


This is somehow related to my question which has been closed (and I wonder why but I respect the administrator's decision). As far as I know, in Japan, the term otaku isn't positive at all. It means the same as being a geek or nerd or someone who's obsessed with something. And according to TVTropes,

  Otaku come in many flavors, but one thing can be said for each and
  every one of them. They've each staked out their own favorite thing,
  and they obsess over it relentlessly. Regardless of other
  intelligence, an otaku will have an obsessive, unhealthy, and almost
  encyclopedic knowledge of their chosen topic.

  There are almost as many flavors of this type of character as there
  are things under the sun, but a few of the major ones are:

  Anime or Manga Otaku
  Cosplay Otaku
  Gaming Otaku
  Idol Otaku (wota)
  Military Otaku
  Technology Otaku

  Essentially, someone could be an otaku about just about anything:
  politics, sports, history, etc. When otaku is used by itself by a
  Westerner, 99% of the time it will mean "anime/manga otaku".

  Neither geek nor nerd is an adequate translation. However, in modern
  use, both words may carry a shadow of the right connotations of
  obsessive interest and/or social ineptitude. Think of the older, more pejorative senses of geek
  and you're on the right track - the British term anorak is also a
  close translation. In Japan, the term Otaku does not carry a positive
  meaning, at all.

  A semi-related term is hikikomori, which refers to a teenager or young
  adult who withdraws completely from society for an extended period,
  typically isolating themselves within their parents' house and become
  psychologically fixated to particular hobbies; hikikomori in media are
  usually otaku of some sort. Hikikomori are also critically viewed as
  lazy and outright creepy, which doesn't help the perception of otaku
  much. Especially after 1989, when serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki was
  shown to be both an otaku and hikikomori, leading to a moral panic.

So I think the term otaku and being otaku yourself connotes something negative in Japan. Though, there are a lot of anime nowadays that features otaku characters. A major example is Lucky Star so I think they are somehow removing that negative connotations about being an otaku, though not generally.


What makes the hero/commander units better if development takes so long?

What I think that they mean is that developing a completely new Silhouette Knight is long. Think about the time taken from the development of the war chariot to the tank (I know it is not the best analogy but it works), but developing small incremental updates is not so hard (think on different variants of the same tank model).

This is where Ernesti is making a revolution, each of his designs is completely new and he is creating a lot of new tech from the ground up.

Now let's tackle the commander units. The base soldier is given a standard SK but commanders are given slightly better units, maybe a hunt provided some better demon beasts so they have some custom ether reactors on hand, so they make a more powerful version of the same unit, and they can carry bigger versions of the same weapons. So basically they are the same unit but slightly better (think a barebones car, and a full-equip one, they are the same, but the full equip one, is more expensive and has better performance than the barebones one)


Which chapter/version of One Punch Man the battle between Tank Top Master and one of Bofoi's drone is in?

The Battle between Tank Top Master and one of Bofoi's drone happened in Vol 7 Bonus Manga 1: Big Construction.

As for their battle:

   The association thought they were under attack because of Bofoi's Drone, at that time Tank top master and other tank top heroes is at the hero association so they are deployed to "defend" their base.


Super Dragon Ball Wish in Finale Open-Ended?

I believe the wish was pretty cleverly worded as it gives the show a lot more options in the future. Then again we can't be sure whether it was done on purpose. It could be for one of 2 reasons:For Future Arcs: Since we already got a taste of 8 Universes in the tournament of power, they could perhaps introduce even more powerful characters from those erased universes. Perhaps a very powerful evil villain, or a God who has gone rogue. We won't know the same until a future iteration of Dragon Ball. To save out on time/ dialgue: Perhaps, viewers might be thinking too much of it and considering the fact that there was very little time remaining in the last episode, maybe it made a lot more sense than Saying Revive all the Universes that were erased during the course of the tournament of power. Considering it had to be said twice by both 17 and the Grand Priest. As much as I like to believe it was intentional, I have a feeling it isn't considering the fact that 8 new Universes have already come into the picture that can be explored. Especially Universe 6 and Universe 11. Also, there exists 4 more Universes that didn't take part in the tournament of power which could be explored. Considering the abundant number of characters present, I don't see why they would want to bring more Universes into the picture. Then again, Dragon Ball has been pretty unpredictable in Super. We all thought Android 17 was dead but he ended up winning the tournament of power! So we won't know until release up the next iteration of the Dragon Ball Series.


What is Kotomine Kirei's new raison d'être?

What Kirei Kotomine is talking about is allowing Angra Mainyu to be born.
first off, Kirei Kotomine feels nothing out of life and it has been like this since birth. he even tried to start a family to gain a true sense of self but even after fathering Caren Hortensia he remains unchanged. to quote is Personality on the wikia

Unknown to all those around him, Kirei was born defective, possessing a warped mind since birth. He is an evil person, but not a villain. He is deviant, but not inhuman. He is not sane, but neither is he insane. Despite his personal accomplishments, he never felt satisfaction. Despite his best efforts he could not enjoy what other people found happiness in, and instead found himself drawn to negative emotions like the pain of others. He is able to act like a normal person, even bringing pride to his father, but he intrinsically cannot understand others or things they see as "beautiful."

his talks with Gilgamesh in Fate/Zero make him realize he takes "joy" from the misery of others but this questions why someone like him was born.
the scene you link and describe appears to be at the end of the Forth Holy Grail War after the the grail "spilled" dumping the black mud on top him and Gilgamesh.

Kirei: Hahahahaha! This is it?! What the hell does this make me?! What manner of dark evil! What manner of cruelty! This? This is my wish?! This horrible destruction and tragedy?! This is the joy I sought? Could something so twisted… so corrupt… have truly sprung forth from the seed of Father Risei Kotomine?! Hahahahaha… No way! It is impossible! Did my father sire a soulless demon more evil than the Devil himself? Hahahahaha…
Archer: Are you satisfied now? Kirei?
Kirei: No… no, not yet. This isn’t merely enough. Yes, it is true that my life of questions has finally found its answer. However, the problem solving process itself was skipped over and the solution was just simply handed to me. How is it that I’m supposed to accept all this at face value? The formula that yielded this strange, unsettling answer should exist somewhere. As a greater, clearer principle one can understand. No… Not should, it must. I must question… I must search… I must dedicate the remainder of my life... to fully understanding it.
Archer: You know, you never fail to bore me… As you like. Your questions would slay the very gods. I shall watch you seek out your answer.
Kirei1: Hm... Angra Mainyu… I will reach it again. And next time, I will see it to the end. Its birth, the proof of its existence. Hm?

before this Kotomine had been killed but the black mud from the grail which is caused by Angra Mainyu having corrupted the grail (as shown by Kiritsugu's encounter with it in the form or Irisviel and Ilyasviel) was spilled when Kiritsugu ordered Saber to destroy the grail vessel. the black mud washed over Kotomine corpse and Gilgamesh (who is still around because of the Archer Classes Independent Action), the result was Kotomine being resurrected  with a new fake black heart and Gilgamesh was given a real body increasing his A Ranked Independent Action to A+ allowing him to not even need a Master (but hangs around Kotomine for entertainment and a source of prana).
in the Heaven's Feel Route of Fate/Stay Night, near to the end he reveals why he's showed up to  stop Shirou stopping the Greater Grail which also explains why in the previous routes he tried to summon the grail

When Shirou eventually frees Sakura from Angra Mainyu's grip, Kirei suddenly resurfaces to stop Shirou from preventing the dark entity's birth. He bitterly recounts to Shirou how his lifelong inability to find salvation and happiness has led him to question why someone like him was born. In pursuit of the answer to his lifelong question, he explains that he has dedicated his entire existence to bringing about Angra Mainyu's birth even if it causes his own death and the world's destruction. By witnessing the behavior and stability of an entity born of all the world's evil, he is convinced that he will gain a deeper understanding of not only himself but the world that saw fit to give him life.

Source: Kirei Kotomine - Role - Fate/Stay Night - Heaven's Feel (2nd last paragraph)
so his new raison d'être is to allow Angra Mainyu to be born to then understand why himself was born

1: the site says Kiritsugu here but it's a mistake as Kirei sees Kiritsugu and speaks about him in the next couple of lines.


Why are most anime dubbed in American English, rather than British English?

Because most of the companies that first get the licenses to distribute a series outside Japan in English are based in America.

If we look at three of the biggest ones that I can think of off the top of my head, we have:

Funimation - Headquarters: Flower Mound, Texas, United States
Aniplex of America - Headquarters: Santa Monica, California, United States
Crunchyroll - Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

When companies in Anglophone areas outside the U.S., like Manga Entertainment (UK), Madman Entertainment (Australia) and Siren Visual (Australia), get licenses to broadcast outside of America, it would be a waste of money to re-sub/dub the series. This is why when you get DVDs/Bluray from somewhere like Madman, you see company logo animations for all the companies involved, including U.S. companies like Funimation or Aniplex, before the title menu.

Re-subbing might be significantly cheaper since you are replacing words based on how they are spelled (color/colour, meter/metre) but re-dubbing wouldn't be because you have to hire the voice actors/actresses to come in and redo lines. If the original VA's were re-hired then it would be possible to get them to redo certain lines, but if you wanted a UK VA Cast then you would need to redo every scene and this wouldn't be cheap.

Also one thing to consider is that Japan does have different accents such as the case with Toji who has an Osaka accent which was interpreted to be a New York/Brooklyn accent. If an English-speaking company outside the US was to re-dub they run the risk of ruining this and we know how bitchy we can be when it comes to subs/dubs not being accurate.


It does not appear as though the viewer (or reader) is ever told the true name of Misaka 10032's cat in either the anime or the novels (though I didn't check the manga).
From a translation of the novel (volume 3):

"That's right! A name! This is your cat, so take responsibility and give it a name!"
(Some irrelevant stuff omitted)
"Dog."
"Hah?"
"Misaka is naming this black cat Dog. ...Dog even though it is a cat. Heh heh."
(Some irrelevant stuff omitted)
"...No, um...Please give it a more serious and dignified name that fits the type of animal it is."
"Then Tokugawa Ieyasu, says Misaka after reconsidering."
"That's too dignified! Wait, are you the kind of character that pretends to think about things but doesn't think at all!"
"Then what about Schrödinger?"
"Hell no! Even if it was just an example, some professor who would happily come up with a story about sticking a cat in a box and spraying poison gas inside couldn't have liked cats!"
In the end, they decided to name the cat later. However, Kamijou had a bad feeling that they would be unable to agree on a name later either and she would end up literally nicknaming the cat "Later".

It does not appear to be mentioned later whether or not they did agree to name the cat, and it is always referred to as "black cat" or simply "the cat". From the Toaru Kagaku no Index Wiki:

It is not known if Misaka 10032 has decided on a name for the cat. Furthermore, since all the tentative names given by Misaka 10032 can be used on males, it can be assumed that the cat is also male.


How did Danzo acquire all those Sharingan in his arm?

Danzo acquired his right arm from Shin Uchiha with the help of Orochimaru. This is found in Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage Manga.

  Orochimaru did another implant onto Danzō taking Shin Uchiha's
  Sharingan-embedded arm and placing that, alongside some of Hashirama
  Senju's cells, onto that of Danzō's.

(Shin Uchiha's Left Arm)

More on Shin Uchiha:

  Shin was one of Orochimaru's experimental test subjects and followers,
  and possessed a unique genetic make-up that allowed for tissue and
  organ transplantation with absolutely no chance of rejection.
  Together they performed various experiments, cultivating clones from
  Shin's teeth and nerves in order to uncover many secrets of genetics.
  At some point Shin became intrigued by the Uchiha clan, especially
  Itachi Uchiha. As such, he began to imitate the Uchiha: adopting their
  surname and customary clothing, as well as numerous Sharingan which
  have been implanted all over his body. His Sharingan-embedded right
  arm was harvested by Orochimaru and transplanted to Danzō Shimura
  along with some of Hashirama Senju's cells. Some time after this,
  Shin left Orochimaru's side and took most of his clones with him.


How did Natsu manage to kill Silver Fullbuster (Gray Fullbuster's Father)?

Natsu didn't kill Silver; in fact, nobody directly killed him. Silver was already technically dead for the entire span of the series starting from the time when Deliora destroyed Gray's home; he was just kept in a "living state" with Keyes' necromancy curse. Silver died (for real) because Juvia killed Keyes, causing the necromancer's power keeping Silver "alive" to disappear, which finally lead to Silver's death.


How powerful are Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado now?

Both of them were trained along with Hiruzen (the third hokage) by the first and second Hokage (Hashirama and Tobirama) so we can assume them to be quite powerful considering that they participated in the First Shinobi War as well. As of now, they weren't shown in combat at all, not when Kyubi attacked the village or not when Pain eradicated the village. I believe it'll be safe to assume that they have technical skill and experience that they have gained over the years but since unlike lady Chiyo, they don't use puppets or any other tool to help them in combat, they're pretty much off the floor.


"If one shoots enough arrows at the target, one is sure to hit the bull's eye." So true.

Taken from MuseScore, CC Zero license.


金剛 (kongou) is the Japanese term for diamond (though diamond is more common in modern days) or material incredibly hard, taken from the Sanskrit word "vajra" which can mean either thunderbolt or diamond.

It is also a weapon in Hindu and Buddhist legends with both lightning and diamond (or basically the hardest material) properties, though Japanese usually makes this distinction, calling the weapon 金剛杵 (kongousho), diamonds 金剛石 (kongouseki). The Keijo!!!!!!!! name 金剛尻 replaces the last character with the character for "butt", and whatever translation you saw probably took the opportunity to combine "vajra" with "ass".  Note when she attacks, an image of one of the 金剛力士 (kongo rikishi)、阿形 (agyo) is shown in the background, as in in Buddhism, he wields a 金剛杵, or vajra. (Pic of Agyo here for comparison)

It also ties in with the the joke when the announcer says 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu amida butsu) when Yoshida falls, as that is a Buddhist phrase to send off someone after death.


The last two letters of the last stat looks like 'ag', as they start with the same letters as 'agi'.

Knowing the other letters on the paper are: A, D, E, G, I, L, N, R, S, T, V, W, and X. (You say what the letter is called in the question.)

Without knowing the Anime we know that it can then be one of; Bag, Cag, Fag, Hag, Jag, Kag, Mag, Oag, Pag, Qag, Uag, Yag, or Zag.

However looking online, it seems the last stat type is 'magic' and so it's probably 'mag'.

The two symbols next to the ranks if using the same letter system would be a D for; Str, and Vit, as they're between 500-599, and a A for; Dex, Agi, and Mag, as they're between 800-899. Which seems to correlate with the earlier link.


what is name of soundtrack in Attack on Titan episode 18 arround around 19:50?

The music at this scene seems to be a variation of the second half of the song 凸】♀】♂】←巨人 : https://youtu.be/CVk770kdp3A?t=136 - the song from the OST contains some sound effects which are not heared in the scene itself.


How is anime as a whole profitable? (If it is)

Merchandise, DVD & Blu-ray sales. If the predicted net profit from the sales of Merchandise, DVD & Blu-ray is low then some studios will hire freelancers. For example, Madhouse is known for hiring Freelancers.

Some studios are already powerful and big enough such that they could themselves invest certain amount of money in the anime rather than the production committee giving them a budget. Thus they would get a larger chunk of profit. Example, Kyoto Animation and Sunrise studios.

Some studios are directly owned by big and well known production committee members who have produced not only anime but also video games, soundtracks, merchandise & food companies. All of which can act as a source of money for the production of a anime.
Example, A1 Studios -> Aniplex -> which in turn is owned by the Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

International licensing.

Finally, some anime may perform poorly initially, but, several years later they might do well in the international market or during the re-runs. By which the studio and the production committee can get back their lost money. Remember how Gundam 0079 had very low ratings initially? Or how Serial Experiments Lain was a flop in Japan but not so much in US? Or how Ghost Stories utterly failed in Japan but did comparatively well in US?

Point is, even if some shows don't make profit in the initial run, doesn't mean they will always not make a profit later on.


Is Strider Hiryu manga considered as canon?

Yes, the Strider Hiryu manga is canon.

The manga series was created by the artist group, Moto Kikaku, in collaboration with Capcom. Since Capcom is credited with the game's creation, the collaboration result with the creator is considered canon.

The manga was serialized from May to October 1988, while the first Strider Hiryu game, Strider (CPS-1) was released in March 1989.
The manga serves as an origins story of the lead character Hiryu.

Source: Strider Wikia


What is the meaning/purpose of the (not) in the titles of Rebuild of Evangelion?

Spoilers:

It's because of the duality of the theme in each of the movies.

In the first movie, one of the main themes is Shinji feeling alone or abandoned. Yet, he's made friends at school and in Misato, yet still feels alone and isolated (mostly because of Eva and his responsibilities). He is alone yet he is not alone.

In the second movie, it's about Shinji being able to move on. He's faced with the conflict with his father, Gendo, and with the conflict with Asuka, and later the conflict involving Rei. When it seems he has the chance to advance or move on, by having a dinner planned with his father, reconciling and getting to know Asuka, or preventing one of his last friends from dying in Rei, his hopes are dashed. An activation accident ends the dinner plans, which through his refusal, ends up with (what he thinks at the time) Asuka getting killed, and finally after saving Rei, he's unwittingly started 3rd impact. So he has advanced, yet he has not.

In the third movie, the theme is him fixing what he's done wrong, or a "Redo". The majority of the movie is to set him up by showing how much wrong he has inflicted on the world, and then giving him a chance to "Redo" it, or reset it. The chance ends up not working, and in the end, he's made everything even worse. So given the chance for him to "Redo", it ends up that he can not.

So ultimately, the titles are just some clever way of expressing this duality of themes in each of the first 3 movies.


What happens to Yusuke's spirit/power equipment?

They're still around. Botan mentions both the Communication Mirror and the Demon Compass during the Chapter Black Saga.

The devices start to lose their usefulness as the series turns into a fighting series. Being able to track a demon or have X Ray vision aren't terribly useful in a fight against Toguro or Sensui. As for the ring, apparently it makes Yusuke severely exhausted after he uses it; I recall him passing out after he uses it against Gouki and needing to be picked up and brought home by Boutan. He needed it early on when his own spirit energy was fairly weak, but later on, after he trains with Genkai and starts to gain power, the tradeoffs of the ring become more of a liability than a benefit. Presumably he still has it, though, he just doesn't use it because it's not helpful.


Is One Week Friends manga still on going?

No, it is still ongoing according to Wikipedia. At top right of the page under "Original run", it says "January 21, 2012 – ongoing".

Sometimes, Wikipedia doesn't update the information or the status is left like that when the series is on a long unexplained hiatus. Just to be sure, in the Volumes section of that page, it says that the release date for Volume 7 is April 22, 2015, which shows that the next volumes is in the works.

Also, Manga-Updates says the same thing under "Status in Country of Origin" (6 Volumes (Ongoing))

According to a post on Anime News Network provided by Torisuda, Volume 7 is the last one.

  The sixth compiled volume of Matcha Hazuki's Isshūkan Friends. (One Week Friends) manga is announcing on Tuesday (26/07/2014) that the seventh and final volume of the manga will be released in Japan on April 22, 2015.


What is the name of the song that plays in One Piece episode 722 at 12:28?

The OST you're looking for hasn't been released as of yet.
As of now, it's named "Doflamingo's Theme" and you can listen to it here.
I'll update this answer once the OST has been officially released.


How did Goten and Trunks become Super Saiyan so easily?

According to this Yahoo answer:

Because by the time they were born Goku and Vegeta had already been Super Saiyan and with the higher power level thus when trunks and goten where born their levels were also higher.
Think about it this way Vegeta (Fut Trunks timeline) was weaker at SSj Level so Future Trunks took longer to become ssj (i think he was 13) while Vegeta (regular DBz timeline) had trained harder by knowing the androids arrival 3 yrs prior to chibi trunks being born thus more powerful ssj1 vegeta. And Goten being born around some time near end of the Cell Games saga Goku had became already full power ssj.
Thus as children their power levels were already exponentially higher than the latter of gohan who was born back when goku was weaker in power level.

Basically Chi-Chi gave birth to a Demigod.


Can Cumber transform into a super saiyan in the anime?

I don't know about the Orange Great Ape form but in the fifth episode which is the most recent he was able to transform into Super Saiyan Three before he fought against Super Saiyan 4 Vegito, so he at least has SS1 and SS2.


In anime, we are shown Luffy knocking out Arlong, after that it's assumed all of his crew is taken to Navy prisons but in the Impel Down arc, we don't see Arlong.

Luffy believes and like people who are really passionate about achieving their goal, even if they are his enemies. It is seen clearly, as Luffy always gives them a second chance to get better and achieve their goals.

Even if we think Luffy killed them, why would Jinbei join the Straw Hat pirates? Arlong is like a brother to him though they have their differences. So from all this, we can say Arlong is not killed, at least not by Luffy.

One Piece is all about making people believing in themselves, their own ideas and pursuing them no matter what. These are a few situations which proved that:

Koby
Zoro's fight with Mihawk
Dragon's Revolutionary Army
And many more .....


The word is likely to be an abbreviation for Wizard (ウィザード), but there is a bit of allusion behind the name.

It is a tricky one to explain and requires a bit of exploration into the Japanese language.

There exists an expression there, "うどの大木:"

  "Great trees are good for nothing but shade."

  大きな木々は、日陰以外には役にたたない

This refers to the Japanese spikenard (known as 独活, "udo"), or "mountain asparagus," referring to how the older, larger plant being of no use, except when it is young (and tender), where it is typically used for consumption in cuisine)

It's likely that the creator used the expression to allude to the state of Wizards in the series' universe, useless (good for nothing) fellows (as mentioned by certain character within the series).

There is speculation that there might be even more uses of allusion, but there are no solid sources to corroborate it:

  オズ (o-zu, as in Wizard of Oz) → オヅ (o-du, or o-zu, depending on romanization) → ウド (u-do, translated as "Wud")


Norio Wakamoto is not the only (though he is one of the most famous) seiyuu who has been pigeonholed on a certain type of anime character personality (though he is also capable of portraying other roles), to be specific, a villain character, but actually, there are a lot. You can see those people in this list.

About your question (which kind of confuse me so), I'm going to answer it bit by bit.

Are there any characters designed specifically for Norio Wakamoto?

Are there any characters (whether they fit this archetype or not) that were designed specifically for Wakamoto to play?

Yes, there are.

According to this link,

  It's even gotten to the point where, instead of having him "work his
  voice to fit a character", they work the character to fit his voice.

so we may conclude that there are characters that was built to fit his voice, though the link didn't specify which actual anime characters were designed for him. But to answer your question, yes there are.

As for Commander Wakamoto, I can't really find a reliable source to support my thoughts (and I'm not familiar with the anime and the character) but I think, Commander Wakamoto wasn't designed for Norio Wakamoto. First of all, the character wasn't on the list of the villain character Norio voiced on the link above. If Commander Wakamoto was designed for him, then he should be at least listed there and was highlighted to be specifically designed for him. Their names are probably pure coincidence. And based on what you said, the character wasn't matching with the archetype Norio Wakamoto was pigeonholed with. I don't think I'm convincing enough but what's the point of working the character to fit his voice if it's not the archetype he's pigeonholed with?

Well the bottom line is, there are characters that were worked to fit his grandiose villain voice.


I watched the movie (English-dubbed). The movie gives no explanation of why Pikachu is suddenly shown speaking a human tongue.

However - and this is just my impression - I don't think that Pikachu actually did speak a human tongue here. The astute Pokémon-watcher will recall that there are many scenes in the anime where a Pokémon is able to convey complex thoughts to its trainer just by making its species' noises. This happens particularly often with Pikachu/Ash.

So this scene felt to me more like a "translation convention" for the benefit of the audience, who, unlike Ash, cannot understand what "pika pi pikachuuuu pika" means. Typically, when the audience needs to be apprised of what Pikachu is saying, Ash will reiterate what Pikachu supposedly said to him (you know, along the lines of "What's that, Pikachu? Team Rocket's giant Meowth-shaped balloon is over thataways?"). But I think that approach wouldn't have worked very well in this particular scene, so we get Pikachu "speaking" a human tongue instead. This works fine here, because the only character who witnesses Pikachu's "speech" is Ash, who would understand Pikachu just as well even if Pikachu were speaking Pikachu-ese.

As supporting evidence, I note that Ash doesn't seem even mildly surprised by this turn of events, which suggests to me that Pikachu was still speaking Pikachu-ese at him. (Though, I suppose, he might have had other things to worry about, like the gang of mind-controlled Pokémon that are about to beam-spam him out of existence.)


Why didn't the hunter associate search for Meruem's body after his death?

So after some research I was unable to find canon material relating as to what actually happened to Meruem's body after his death. However, it would be safe to say that the Hunters Association probably is: aware of it/has it/destroyed it.

During the 13th Hunter Chairman Election Arc it was stated that Pariston Hill managed to get all of the unhatched Chimera Ant eggs and wants to play with them. ( Hunter × Hunter - Volume 31, Chapter 331).This indicates the Association has been there since the final battle and have handled some of the aftermath. The Hunters Association also had knowledge of the layout of the entire facility thanks to Palm going under cover, so I doubt that they would over look the secret bunker.

Now it is good to remember that Meruem was poisoned by the Poor Man's Rose bomb after his fight with Netero and that led to his death. One of the properties of this bomb that made it so deadly was the fact that:

  The poison catalyzes the production and emission of new poison until the victims finally succumb to death.(Hunter × Hunter - Volume 28, Chapter 298)

It is not stated whether the body keeps emitting the poison after death. So it wouldn't be outlandish to say that Hunters Association don't want to go near it for fear of the poison spreading. So the could easily be biding their time until it is save to retrieve the body.


How did Kaguya Otsutsuki cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi the first time without the moon?

Yes, there was no moon when Kaguya arrived on Earth. And for the Infinite Tsukuyomi to be activated, the presence of a moon is a primary condition.
So, in Naruto: Shippūden episode 460, Kaguya activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi. She does so by using her space time jutsu Yomotsu Hirasaka to open a portal and use a moon from somewhere else.

The animation of the portal opening is shown only for a split second.


Which song is played in Akame ga Kill episode 1 at 1.34?

The song you’re looking for is called “Le Chant de Roma” by Taku Iwasaki.


Why do fansubbed animes have a reminder to not sell their fansubbed product?

I think it's a combination of a few factors.

First, there's a sort of ethical code among some fansubbers that dictates that they fansub for "the love of anime" or something to that effect, and that it's improprietous to profit off of fansubbing. I'm not sure how effective a reminder of this sort would be to people who don't subscribe to the same ethical code (i.e. the people at whom this message would be targeted), but there you have it. Sticking a reminder on your fansubs is pretty much a no-cost endeavor, so it's not like it can hurt.

Then, there's the belief that explicitly stating that you do not intend to profit off of your fansubs makes you less liable for copyright infringement. I doubt this has been tested (I don't know of any litigation against fansubbers), but I rather doubt this would be of much value as a legal defense - statutory damages (as opposed to actual damages) are available in USA copyright infringement cases under federal law (and, I imagine, in other jurisdictions as well).

I suspect (but have no evidence) that this is a holdover from the pre-Internet days of fansub distribution when you actually needed to pass around video tapes to get your anime fix. Exchanging physical materials is likely to get you more scrutiny from law enforcement than exchanging digital information, and this relates to my previous point: infringing copyright is bad, but profiting off of infringed copyrights is probably worse, or at least that's the general perception. C. Griffin's answer to this question contains an interesting view on the matter, from the perspective of someone who consumed fansubs in pre-internet times.

Adam Davis also brought up in a comment another point I meant to address - fansubbers don't want other people profiting off of their work - it's kind of a slap in the face. So what's one way to do that? Stick a big "this is not for sale" warning on it, kind of like how a lot of free (gratis) software comes with a notice saying something like "if you paid for this, you should ask for your money back because this is free software".

So here's the problem: basically all fansubbing these days is done with "softsubs" - that is, the subtitles are basically a text file that accompanies a video. It's dead easy to edit these things (particularly using software like Aegisub), so this is probably another reason that you don't see these disclaimers anymore: they're easy to remove. In the pre-softsub days (maybe before 2008~2010 or so? I don't have my chronology down for this very well), subtitling was done by re-encoding the video to have the subtitles ("hardsubs") baked into the video file. Since this is much more difficult to alter, disclaimers would have been more permanent (and hence, useful) back then.

Anyway, I haven't seen a disclaimer of this sort on any fansubs from at least the past five years or so - it's gone the way of the dinosaurs. In the modern fansubbing world, where all exchange of fansubs is electronic and hardsubs are obsolete, these disclaimers serve no actual purpose.

(I have seen this sort of thing on recent manga scanlations, though - but that's a topic for another question. The key difference here, I suspect, is that scanlations are still "hardsubbed", so to speak.)


How far into the manga did the Kimi ni Todoke anime reach?

The Kimi ni Todoke anime starts at Chapter 1 and covers up to (Vol. 7) Chapter 27 or the first season. The second season technically ends at (Vol. 11) Chapter 43 of the manga, since Chapter 44 is a recap from Kazehaya's point of view. Their first date takes place in Chapter 46, but it's a bit different compared to final scene of Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season.

The anime stays pretty faithful to the manga so nothing major was left out. I believe they ended it here, because there wasn't enough material to adapt to another season. So if you wanted to continue where the 2nd Season left off, you should start with Chapter 44/45.


Due to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, it should be ahead of everything except the Rinnegan. It should be above them as well but Kaguya didn't show enough of it to be a 100% sure.

Note: I wouldn't necessarily put the Sharingan above the Byakugan, especially the incomplete versions.


From the Naruto wiki site:

  Gaara carries around this giant calabash-shaped gourd covered in designs and filled with his chakra-infused sand which he can freely manipulate.

It's just a design on the gourd and doesn't hold any particular meaning.


There's a few subtleties that aren't easy to pick up. Which is normal. From the New World is a very deep show and it isn't easy to get everything - even after rewatching it multiple times.

  As far as I know Ogres and Karmic demons are regular humans who
  (explained in conventional terms) have suffered and become full blown
  Sociopaths and heavily depressed individuals, respectively, who use
  all their might in throwing and restraining, again respectively, all
  their power at those surrounding them, but one way (consciously) or
  another (unconsciously) it goes out and hurts others.

Correct so far.

  My first question is: Does this affect anybody or just a few? If just a few, then who? Talented/powerful people?

It's fair to say that everybody could become an Ogre. The determining factor seems to be the person's mental and psychological state of the person.

Power is not a factor. But depending on how you define "talent", it can be. For example, if you can't control your Canti, then you may turn into a Karma Demon.

  If everybody, then does that mean that the world was filled with Ogres
  and Karmic Demons before the current order came in to place?

It wasn't filled with them. Ogres were rare. It was mentioned at one point that there only like 20 recorded events of them over several hundred years.

It's only in case where a person is going through extreme stress and or innate desire to hurt do that have any chance of becoming an Ogre.

  But the one thing that bothers me the most, which is basically based
  off all the previous questions is my third and last question: Why the
  hell are Ogres so goddamn powerful?

See my answer to this question: Where do "fiends" get their abnormal strength?


After an hour of extensive googling, I think I might have stumbled upon an answer.

Gintoki screaming Psycho Pass! when hit by the chair,

is a reference to a scene from the Psycho-Pass series, where Kasei gets hit on the face with a book, thrown by Makishima.

Gintama is well known for using gags and references regarding other animes. Most references are made when the situation is similar to that of the other animes. This Psycho-Pass reference is a new one.

I also believe it could be a word which was misheard by the viewers. Found this on Yorozuya Soul Forums. The author has a good point.

  Gin had shouted a lot of random words before, when he gets hit or blown away, maybe it's just a random thing, I personally think that maybe he actually said "psychopath" but the translator though he said Psycho-Pass, since they are both pronounce the same way (Psycho-Pass is a pun), at least that's my assumption, I could be wrong, it's not like I'm fluent in Japanese(YET!)


Why wasn't Jiraiya brought back by Nagato?

There are several reasons.

   Jiraiya's body is buried beneath the ocean depth, so even if he would be revived there, well... it wouldn't really help him.

Outer Path probably is limited by either distance or time which has passed since death. Otherwise, the technique would have revived people from the whole world.

   the wiki says that "the individual souls are then able to leave even the crossroad between life and the afterlife". Jiraiya should probably be in the afterlife already.

 On the contrary, Kakashi was still in the path between life and afterlife when the technique brought him back.

The wiki also says that it happens because "their rejuvenated bodies [are] acting as an anchor", so looks like the body is required.


Generally, with Funimation, subbed episodes can be streamed for free; some other shows will also have the first couple dubbed episodes free for streaming, but this isn't the case with Guilty Crown.

It seems that the links on the main page of a number of shows aren't quite placed right - the "elite" and "watch free" links go to the same page. You can watch any subbed episodes without being a subscriber by going to the "Videos" tab on the main page and then mousing over the thumbnail for the episode and selecting "watch sub".


When did Kastro dirty himself with blood?

According to the manga (chapter 54), that wasn’t blood, but “grime that builds up during combat”. So in the anime it was probably a case of the animators not wanting to waste time and resources on representing that before it was needed.


Which of the mangas of Arifureta is the anime based on?

As far as I know, both the anime and the manga are adapted from the light novels.

MyAnimeList states that the anime is an adaptation of the light novel and all the manga aside from the spin-off are just an alternative version of the light novel. Arifureta Nichijō de Sekai Saikyō is just a 4-koma spin-off detailing their daily lives so I don't think it would impact the main timeline that much.

As for the order of events:

Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō Zero (as far as I know, this was not adapted by the anime as it is a prequel to the events in Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai)
Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai (the light novels of this are the ones adapted by the anime; the manga is just an alternative version)
Arifureta Nichijō de Sekai Saikyō (daily life during Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai events)


Why the appearance of One Piece characters have goatee after time skip?

I think it's for make them more mature or to shows that time has passed several years

Your way of thinking is correct here. Although it certainly makes them look mature, facial hair growth more correctly shows the passage of time. It is known as the TimePassageBeard trope.

  Is this goatee is trend in Japan or what?

It's not a trend in Japan, but one of the tools/visual cues used by writers (and mangakas too) to easily show the passage of time. This kind of trope is not only seen in anime, but in other types of media as well. The previously linked page lists some examples, but let me put some here whilst adding some of my own:

In The Big Bang Theory, At the end of season two the gang goes to the North Pole for three months. When they come back in the following premiere they all have big beards (except Sheldon, who has a neatly-trimmed goatee).This came from the linked page
In the recent movie In the Heart of the Sea, the main character Owen Chase is shown to have grown facial hair to show the passage of time.
In the game Assassin's Creed II, main character Ezio Auditore is shown to grow facial hair as you finish more memories.

So why goatees? Or more importantly why hair? The keyword here is easily show.

Passage of Time: Human hair growth speed is roughly 1.25 cm per month. That means that if you don't cut your hair (facial or not) for a year, it will grow at least 12 cm, the size of a ruler! The average human face is roughly 50 cm in length. Having hair that is 12 cm long in that face is easily visible. And because we all know that hair grows with time, seeing a long hair on someone helps establish that some time has passed since we last seen him/her.

Maturity: As for maturity, it's simple. In the ancient times and even in the modern times, facial hair is always seen in adult people. You don't see facial hair in young people right? Putting facial hair on a character helps establish the fact that this character isn't young anymore.

tldr; Yes you are correct. Goatees, or hair growth in general easily shows maturity and/or passage of time.

As for the Pokemon, at least in Alakazam's case, it looks like the goatee there more symbolizes wisdom than passage of time. As for others, well...


What is the name of the background instrumental theme that starts at 2:19 in episode 28 of My Hero Academia?

It's a slightly modified version of "Sendai no Meiyuu", track 10 of disc 2 of TV ANIMATION MY HERO ACADEMIA 2nd ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK.


From the Void Genome page in GC wiki, a Void is said to be

  a person's inner psyche taking physical form.

moreover,

  A Void's form and function reflects the person's fears and or complexes, in other words it's like the shape of their heart, or personality.

The definition of void wasn't given explicitly, but from what can be read in the quotes above the Void is the shape taken by the personality of a person infected with the apocalypse virus after it has been "condensed" by the power of kings.

In the page dedicated to the virus, the stages of the disease are reported:

Stage 1-2: Virus materializes the mind in the form of a Void.
Stage 3: Small crystal protusions emerge from the skin and grow along the skin.
Stage 4 onwards: The person appears to have crystalline substances over some parts of their body. That continues to spread till their entire body is covered in crystals.
Final Stage: Once the body is completely crystalized the body begins to break down.

So the Void is some kind of temporary materialization of the genome of any individual, which forms after said individual contracts the Apocalypse virus. It takes a shape which mirrors the individual's personality and doesn't really exist unless it is extracted using the power of kings.

The fact that a Void is a fragment of Mana's soul should be a consequence of the fact that she was the first one who contracted the virus.


Why didn't Rem die immediately after being mutilated so severely?

In response to your 'biological knowledge' - In any instance, if a human was to have their neck twisted the same way Rem had hers, they would 100% die, so you're correct in your thoughts there.

The best way to consider this is to think of it as 'Anime/Manga/Novel Logic' and accept it, though I know that's not an acceptable answer, so I'll attempt to give reason to her survival.

The idea that she was torn in half should be forgotten when talking about the anime, as that wasn't the case, though as for how she survived in the novel is beyond me and I don't want to attempt to guess at how she survived.

As for how she survived in the anime, that would come down to a few things.

Life force. If she were to have a large amount of life force, which I assume she does, as she is a demon (it's known in multiple novels and such that demons have a much larger life force than that of humans), it's safe to assume she also has this trait.
Willpower. This one is a bit iffy and is more of a placeholder to further the point, though may not have any relevance. If someone has the will to carry on living, especially with the amount of willpower she shows (she states that the cultists took her "reason to die" when they took Subaru, meaning she was willing to die for him), it's not too far a stretch to say she would use any and all abilities to stay alive in order to free him, which she does. It's plausible that she was using magic to keep herself alive, though that's speculation, without proof.
Biology. We can't say for sure that she has the same anatomy as humans and that she would react the same to the treatment as we would, so we can't rule her dead after the treatment, even if we do see it as logical. We could say that the body contortions that were applied were simply hindering her ability to move and her death came from the damage she sustained on her journey to where Subaru was being held. (We know she had lost a lot of blood, as we witnessed her get a knife lodged in her left shoulder earlier, as well as her arm burned.) Thinking that she would make it to Betelguese and his hideout without receiving further injury is an insult to writing, so we'll assume she took damage (as well as the blood dripping down her head, as well as tattered clothes, it's safe to assume her journey was rough). All that damage could have been the underlying factor in her death.

We can't really say for sure why she survived as we don't know 100% how her anatomy works, how much of a play on her life the willpower and life force come into it, as well as a few unconsidered factors that I forgot to mention.


Does the English version of Btooom! end at Chapter 88?

No. the reason you think so is because you're looking at the Scanlation.

the reason why i suspect this is because looking at Manga Update's entry on  Btooom! shows that the scanlation by S2scans & JazzWay Team stops at Chapter 88 which is Volume 18

However the same page also indicates that Btooom! has been lienced by Yen press who have only released up to Volume 16 with Volume 17 due to be released near the end of May 2017 in the US

while Yen Press only lists up to Volume 18 (as of 21/03/2017) Manga Updates indicates there are 22 Volumes and is on-going, confirmed on Wikipedia with Volume 22 having been release January 7th 2017 in Japan

No. |   Japanese release date   |   Japanese ISBN
-------------------------------------------------------------
22  |   January 7, 2017         |   ISBN 978-4-10-771949-2

So to summarize, the localized and licenced version of Btooom currently (as of 21/03/2017) ends at Volume 16 which stops at Chapter 81 however release by Yen press is on-going and more volumes are expected to be released. any release after this outside Yen press currently is not an official copy.

UPDATE: as of the 17/8/2017, Wikipedia lists that the english version of Volume 19 is due November 14, 2017. this can further be confirmed on Yen Press's Website for Volume 19. also looking at the series in general on their website they have up to Volume 21, however Volume 21 doesn't have any Paperback or Eletronic links so looking at Volume 20 it's expected to be out February 20th, 2018.

As such this is more or less confirmation that the english version of Btooom! will not end at Chapter 88 as Chapter 88, as explained above, is in Volume 18


After what episode was each Sword Art Offline episode expected to be viewed?

In Japan, there were 9 BDs released for season 1, each of which had one episode of Sword Art Offline on it. Likewise, there were 9 BDs for season 2, and one episode of "Offline" on each. (Obviously, Extra Edition goes with its corresponding "Offline" episode.)

It makes sense that you would watch a given "Offline" episode after watching all the "Online" episodes that came on the same disc. Here are the correspondences:

Season 1

╔════╦══════════╗
║ BD ║ Episodes ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║  1 -  2  ║
║  2 ║  3 -  5  ║
║  3 ║  6 -  8  ║
║  4 ║  9 - 11  ║
║  5 ║ 12 - 14  ║
║  6 ║ 15 - 16  ║
║  7 ║ 17 - 19  ║
║  8 ║ 20 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 25  ║
╚════╩══════════╝

Season 2

╔════╦══════════╗
║ BD ║ Episodes ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║  1 -  3  ║
║  2 ║  4 -  6  ║
║  3 ║  7 -  9  ║
║  4 ║ 10 - 12  ║
║  5 ║ 13 - 14  ║ (and also the recap episode)
║  6 ║ 15 - 17  ║
║  7 ║ 18 - 20  ║
║  8 ║ 21 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 24  ║
╚════╩══════════╝


Is the death note 23 days rule inconsistent?

The 23 days rule does not apply to the time of the death but to the time of manipulation. You can manipulate someone e.g. to be a loyal sevant befor s/he dies but all manipulations can't start more than 23 day befor the death. If you give someone a task that takes more than 23 days it counts as impossible and causes a heat attack. But if you write a possible death and a date than it is perfectly fine as long as it is within the normal lief span and you are not too specific about either time or a slow cause of death.


Does the Principal ever visit his granddaughter?

Answering the question directly, there are no occurrences where the headmaster visits Hakase in any media, but they have met once.

In Nichijou no Shousetsu light novel, there's a chapter called "Nichijou no Mukashibanashi" (Everyday's Folklore) telling the story of Momotaro with Nichijou's characters. Hakase acted as Momotaro, while the headmaster's role was the dog. Here's the relevant script:

  さて、さるをお供にしたももたろうが、元気良く鬼が島に歩いて行くと、その途中で、今度は犬が現れました。
  「……!」
  「……!」
  しかも、戦っています。
  しかと、戦っています。
  いぬ役の校長先生が、役をほっぽり出して、しかと戦っています。校長先生、出番ですよー!
  [中略]
  「な、なんでしかと戦っているのー!?」
  このおじさんが校長先生だと知らないももたろうは、あわてるばかり。
  たしかに、街中でいぬとしかが戦っていたら、誰だってびっくりします。

Translation:

  And so, the monkey that befriended Momotaro and the vigorous demon are walking toward the island. On the way, this time they see a dog.
  "......!"
  "......!"
  Moreover, he is fighting.
  He is fighting with a deer.
  The headmaster whose role is the dog abandoned his role and is fighting with the deer. Headmaster, it's your turn now~!
  [...]
  "Wh-, why are you fighting with the deer!?"
  Momotaro, who doesn't know that this old man (ojisan) is the headmaster, is only confused.
  Certainly, everyone will be surprised seeing a dog and deer fighting each other in the middle of a road.

P.S. The headmaster's name was only mentioned in the anime.

Source: Yahoo! Chiebukuro


Who is this ghost from episode 8 of Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou?

You are absolutely right, that is Frieda Reiss, they even said that was Historia's sister in the show so I do not think you can consider it being spoilers anymore the moment you watched that episode. Yes, you would only know who she is if you read further in the manga until where they tried to get Eren to learn hardening.

Frieda is

  The holder of the Coordinate ability before Grisha Yeager and Eren Yeager. She held the ability until Grisha ate her in order to pass the ability onto Eren. After receiving the Coordinate, her personality changed. Due to being a Reiss, she fell under the will of the First King. She suffered from depression and sometimes her behavior changed from her regular self to another much more aggressive. She also thought that humans were all sinners who deserved a punishment.

What Historia said here was "Watashi, okiku nata ra, Onee-chan mitai ni nareru kana?", clearly referencing to the manga's later chapters already at this point by saying that "When I grow up, can I be like you, Older Sister?".


Yes, Durarara SH is set 1.5 years after the end of Durarara!! A majority of the main cast returns. You probably do /have/ to have read all of Durarara to understand it, but I'd recommend it.


Is there a connection between the Sephirot and Tales of the Abyss?

Sephiroth in Tales of the Abyss.(TotA) is the name of the stream of energy that supports the upper world. In TotA, the lower world was filled with Miasma so they build a world above it and migrated there. Sephiroth is the collective name of the pillars that branches out to support the above land.

You can read more about Tales of the Abyss' Sephiroth here.


Did Caulifla learn super saiyan and super saiyan 2 in the same day?

I'm afraid this is becoming a habit on Dragonball Super questions, but the current answer as of Episode 98 is that we do not know.

The Saiyans from Universe 6 don't seem to have names for their forms. One could guess that is because they're currently only Super Saiyans - just as we didn't have the name Super Saiyan 2, or Ascended Saiyan until our Universe 7 Saiyans reached those forms.

Outside of the Universe 6 Saiyans saying "I feel I've reached a level above Super Saiyan"/"I feel I can change form again!" or a Universe 7 character saying "I can't believe you've already reached Super Saiyan 2!" we won't know for sure.

I would say we'll need to stop using Aura's as proof of forms. Not only do we not know if the Universe 6 Saiyan transformation is completely analogous to Universe 7 (since Universe 7 Saiyans never transformed by focusing on a single spot on their back), we also have seen Goku and Vegeta create a Ki-Aura to stop Lavender's poison attack yet was thought in at least one question on this site to be some new form. Plus, IRL we have the animators using new animation styles - they may just like using lightning around Caulifla to visually represent how she is a "cut above" the average Super Saiyan even in base form.

Edit: as of episode 100, we have Caulifla specifically say she went Super Saiyan 2 in the same day however she did say that she was unable to return to that form until Goku went Super Saiyan 2 to show her, so I'd say she didn't "learn" Super Saiyan 2 on that day. This is backed up by her going into what a Dragonball Wiki calls Super Saiyan Third Grade (The big-muscle "power but no speed" SSJ form) instead of going SSJ2 - just like when Goku and Trunks did when they hadn't reached SSJ2.


Why Sanji is missing so much in the manga?

TL;DR: Sanji is busy with other stuff, but the next big arc is about him.

It is very simple why Sanji went missing.

Chapter 812:

  Sanji is told, that he has to marry some chick and he has to leave the straw hat pirates.

Chapter 814:

  The crew gets a letter from Sanji, telling them that he has to meet with that girl.

Chapter 822:

   The crew starts its journey to save Sanji.


How come that Yukiteru won if Ninth was still alive?

When Deus saved Ninth, maybe he kind of disqualified her from the game, so she's not a player anymore and doesn't have to die.
  I don't remember if this was mentioned or implied. Was it?

Actually, the rules aren't "The last survivor wins" but "The last diary owner wins". When Ninth came back, she had no diary anymore, because she already destroyed it to kill herself in the save. So after Yuno's death, Yukiteru was the last diary owner.

Besides that, Murmur doesn't seem to care about the winning conditions as she nearly made Yuno the new god even though Yukiteru was still alive.


Why Raikage didn't consider Minato using Body Flicker in their fight?

Minato's Flying Thunder God Techniqie allows him to teleport to any location which he has previously marked with a hand seal (either on a kunai or with his hand). The jutsu, which was Originally created by the The 2nd Hokage (Tobirama Senju) was perfected by Minato to the point where the "hand-marked" seal never disappeared from whoever Minato marked.

  Both Tobirama and Minato were famed as the fastest shinobi during their lifetimes. While both were very fast on their own, the Flying Thunder God also contributed to their fame.

The reason why Raikage A did not anticipate Minato's offense was because he did not know enough about Minato's Flying Raijin Jutsu. The rumors about Minato would have spread tales about how he could teleport to whatever Kunai he threw around but apparently Minato also had "some extra's up his sleeve" which only a few people knew about.

Minato was actually very fast in normal speed. To be able to react to Raikage A's top speed on lightning chakra mode and even counter attack.

  Before the Flying Thunder God Technique can be performed, users must first mark a target with their "technique formula"

Minato did not "just magically appear" at the back of Killer bee during Their Fight, what actually happened was that Minato used his hand to mark Bee a split second after dodging and cutting his tail. Raikage was trying to figure out which of the kunais that Minato would flicker to, little did he know Minato had already teleported to the mark he placed on Bee.