Why was Kugo Ginjo kicked out of the Soul Society?

It is not that Kūgo Ginjō got kicked out. He left on his own accord after feeling betrayed by the shinigami.

  Some time ago, Kūgo became the first Substitute Shinigami and in recognition of that was given a Substitute Shinigami badge by Captain Jūshirō Ukitake. How he gained Shinigami powers is unknown, but according to Captain Suì-Fēng, he murdered many Shinigami in order to steal their power. At some point, Kūgo found out that his badge was a surveillance device used by Soul Society to observe him and limit his power. After that discovery, Kūgo thought he had been betrayed and disappeared without a trace. - Bleach wiki


He is mentioned. In chapter 119, Mystogan mentioned him to be the strongest of Fairy Tail and I quote:

  Mystogan: I have little interest in such things, but I would propose Gildartz.
  Laxus: Eh, he's no use... He ain't coming back.

Presumably, Laxus knew Gildartz was undertaking the 100 year job involving Acnologia and had assumed him to have died, since no one else has ever come back from that mission alive.


According to various sources, Dorami's dislike of roaches is more along the lines of ordinary people's disgust of the insect species, mostly due to their nature. The original manga never established canon for this and her dislike was retconned into the anime and Doraemon Encyclopedia (ドラえもん百科) after the manga had already been published.

The first appearance of her actually exclaiming her dislike seems to be in the Dorami MiniDora SOS!!! (ドラミちゃん ミニドラSOS!!!) short, which premiered with the Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (ドラえもん: のび太の日本誕生) movie in Japan back in March of 1989.

The first appearance of Dorami reacting to a cockroach is in vol. 9, chapter 9 of the original manga, "Urashima Candy." Dorami never states that she hates roaches and only reacts to being surprised by them.


Why doesn't Haibara change her hairstyle?

I don't think there's in-universe answer regarding this. The reason would be similar with the answer to the question Why do characters always wear the same clothes?

It's so we can recognize her easily with her older self.

Beside, Aoyama is known for using tons of character. Saving one hairstyle means saving one totally different character. Who know if he will use different hairstyle with Haibara's face for new character that intended to be similar to Haibara for plot reasons. (We know he did for Shinichi and Kid)

Beside she did try to disguise her self several times already. Sometimes she use a cap or Conan's glasses


What kind of animation/drawing style is used on K-On! Ura-on?

As noted in the comments, this is actually the super deformed style. Wikipedia describes it as:

  Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where
  characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and
  chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble
  small children. This style forms an integral part of what Japanese and
  American anime fans refer to as chibi.

Some examples:


Is there any specific reason why female voice actors act for male roles in anime?

Your question is somehow related to this question.

  Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by
  a voice actor of the opposite sex. Maybe a higher voice is needed for
  a male, or a lower voice for a female.

  A common variant for this is for young boys, usually 12 and under, to
  be voiced by an adult woman. This is because real little boys' voices
  deepen when they go through puberty. Not to mention that it's easier
  to find experienced actresses than experienced prepubescent male
  actors. The producers don't have to deal with child labor laws that
  limit the amount of time a child can spend in a studio, either. Women
  are often able to maintain the role longer, as well, since their
  voices don't change like a growing boy's.

  There are exceptions, of course — sometimes an adult man or an actual
  child will voice a little boy. In films, this is the rule rather than
  the exception, as voice recording for a film generally takes much less
  time than for a TV series.

  And on a related note, sometimes, for comedy purposes, a deep-voiced
  woman will be played by a man. (source)

  Also, female seiyuu voice acting as a male character is much more
  common than male seiyuu voice acting as a female character probably
  because it is easier for women to lower their voice's pitch than a man
  to make his voice's pitch higher like that of a woman.

As to why female dubbers mostly get the main role, aside from the fact that female voices' are more flexible in acting than those of males', popularity also is a major factor. There are many female dubbers that are also in their singing career so it kinda boost up both the anime and the dubber's popularity by having that person get a main role. But I think the flexibility of females' voices are the main reason.


As mentioned in Torisuda's comment, it seems there's not much info about this manga, even in Japanese. (There's no Wikipedia article, etc.)

Also, there doesn't seem any tankobon for this series. Considering this, the best/only way to read it is by buying the Gangan magazines themselves.

According to Japanese Wikipedia's article for Monthly Shonen Gangan, Majo x Kamikakushi was published in 2015/02 - 2015/04. Searching for those back issues, I only found them on Amazon Japan (not new, but used items):

Monthly Shonen Gangan 2015/02
Monthly Shonen Gangan 2015/03
Monthly Shonen Gangan 2015/04


Dragon ball generally follows a pattern where the antagonist tends to be > than or around the level of the protagonist. If you go back to Dragon Ball Z, Super Buu is stronger than Kid Buu and Buuhan and Butenks are way stronger than Super Buu. However, Kid Buu was the final antagonist. The antagonist's power is generally adjusted to be comparable to the protagonist they are fighting. Since Ultimate Gohan is stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku, they had him fight Super Buu. Same goes for Vegito, who fought the strongest iteration of Buu. Just like you said, despite Beerus being stronger than the rest of the antagonists after, they did use a greater amount of power against Goku and co.However, after watching the movie, I personally believe there is sufficient reason to believe that Jiren might be stronger( At least the version of him where he releases his dormant power). There are several reasons why I believe this to be true:The Tournament of Power lays emphasis on the fact that Goku surpasses the Gods and manages to overcome Jiren. This was constantly laid emphasis on during the course of the tournament while he was Master UI. Jiren was able to go toe to toe with this iteration of Goku and also come out on Top in terms of raw power. When the trailers and initial summary of the movie first came out, it was stated that Goku was almost reaching the level of a God and Vegeta was catching up(This makes sense considering the fact that it was established at the end of DBS that Goku does not have access to Ultra Instinct anymore).Broly as a Super Saiyan was no doubt stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta. However, there isn't a long enough fight to determine the exact difference. Goku and Vegeta would have definitely grown stronger compared to the T.O.P. However, they were using forms 20 times stronger against Jiren who was nowhere near full power while fighting these two. Also, Golden Frieza managed to last against an agitated Broly who was looking to kill. He barely lasted for a second against Jiren who took him out with a glare and a single punchIn the tournament of power, it was more or less implied that the only way to defeat Jiren was for Goku to master Ultra Instinct. If Goku and Vegeta could've defeated Jiren with fusion, it would break the entire plot and the entire struggle against Jiren wouldn't make sense. This is because Vegeta had absolutely no problem working with Goku and doing everything to win. It was stated that Fusion was allowed and they both saw a potara fused a character a while back. Not even Whis or anyone stated Goku and Vegeta would be able to win this fight fused. So I do believe Jiren at the time was stronger than Vegito, hence Gogeta(Definitely when he releases his dormant power). SSJ Broly had a disadvantage against SSJ Gogeta. LSSJ Broly could barely hold his own against SSJB Gogeta.Finally, at the end of the movie, Goku compares Broly's power to that of Beerus. However, Goku and Vegeta mentioned that Jiren was the strongest they ever faced when they fought him, implying Jiren was > Beerus.(Goku says a suppressed Jiren's punch was the strongest he's ever faced, Vegeta says he hasn't felt a level of energy like this before). V-Jump magazine had an article where Beerus comments that Goku has surpassed him after achieving UI, which you can see here. In the Battle of Gods arc, SSJG Goku was said to be stronger than Vegito. If you compare the difference between SSJ3 and SSJG, the power is significant indeed. However, the difference in power is a lot less if you were to compare SSJB + Kaioken * 20 To UI Omen, the difference in power is a lot more significant and Mastered Ultra Instinct is substantially stronger than the two. Since the potara multiplier is fixed, I believe MUI Goku would still be strongerIn conclusion, the next arc of the manga states that Goku was still attempting to master UI as he tells Vegeta that he hasn't been able to tap into the transformation even once after the tournament of power. So if the series were to resume, Goku might most likely tap into this form against a stronger Antagonist that even Jiren and Broly. There is promotional material with regard to Broly's strength claiming how he is one of the strongest and they say his level of destruction might be greater than that of a God of Destruction. The source for this can be seen here. However, there is no legitimate valid source indicating Broly to be stronger than Jiren. DBS did something new in the series by having Goku achieve two transformations in 1 arc and at the end of the arc, not be able to tap into it anymore. I think this on its own is sufficient evidence as to how Over Powered this iteration of Goku is and why the plot decided to take this transformation away before bringing characters even stronger. Plus, Whis's training is mainly focused on making them achieve the form. If Goku did achieve it, he would technically have completed Whis's training which is necessarily not the case based on the beginning of the movie.


How much of Kimi no Iru Machi is adapted?

The anime series skipped the Hiroshima part and goes straight to the Tokyo part where Haruto was chasing after the disappearing Eba. It ended with Haruto breaking up with Asuka and going back with Yuzuki. Haruto moved out from his sister's place to live together with Yuzuki.

The OVA animated the Hiroshima part of the story and ended with Yuzuki moving back to Tokyo, thus the OVA should be watched before the serial. Since the OVA is only 2 episodes long it omitted many small detail.

There is also a gap between the OVA and the serial in that it skipped Eba breaking up with Haruto. The serial started with they already breaking up.


(Gintama) Which historical period is the Amanto invasion a reference to?

I don't have a source on this but it definitely seems like it's inspired from America's occupation of Japan post WW2.


The rules of the god world are not very strict, as we see it proven throughout the series by Amaterasu-sama's careless acts and rash decisions.

Just like the gods didn't lock Inari out of human world for violating the trial rules (not to transform into another human) because that wasn't considered a harmful violation, Inari's "one-time only granted wish" effect of transformation probably wasn't so "one-time".

Or, if you will, it was just the mathematical result of all previous transformations. Because Inari last transformed back into her original form, no more transformations happened after she returned the divine power to Uka-sama. If anything, she would've been transformed back for free, as a gift from Amaterasu-sama for teaching Uka and others a valuable lesson, and to avoid confusion in the human world.


Anime-Planet and MyAnimeList have user submitted suggestions for shows on a "if you liked X, you might like Y" setup.

As a developer myself, this is something I've wanted to look into making, and MyAnimeList seems to be the most common site to be used for an engine as they provide an API to programmers.

Anime-Planet Recommendations:

Per-show Recommendations:

Update:  Anime-Planet now have version 1 of a personalized recommendation engine that works off what you have already seen

MyAnimeList Recommendations:

Per show recommendations

There are a couple of engines based off of MyAnimeList that people have made such as AnimeRecs (which is down at the moment) or mal.oko.im

There's also a new anime cataloguer Hummingbird which gives you a range of  recommendations based on what you've watched, what genres you like, which are your favourites. It seems to be the easiest to access and isn't soley show-specific.

Hummingbird Suggestions:

Other Sources
Other websites which provide anime have recommendations engine built in, Usually these are based off of what similarly interested people have enjoyed also.

Crunchyroll (Thanks @David_Starkey ):

Amazon:


Where does the Future Boy Conan movie fit in?

The 1979 movie is a re-edited summary of the 26-episode 1978 TV series.

Google translation of the above link:

  World 20 years after the world war broke out in 2008, the earth had undergone a transformation. On the island of strained island-living the grandfather and wild boy Conan, girl Lana strange day was washed ashore. Rana helped two people become friends with Conan, but it would have been taken away from the work-employee Montsouris we aim to dispatch in the world to show off the civilization of the old era of "Industria". Conan you lose your grandfather in the fight at that time, and after the island is left to follow the Rana. It is a grandson of Dr. Rao to hold the secrets of solar energy, Rana found myself being chased by administrative director Repka attempt to dominate the solar energy of the "Indus Rear". Adventure of Conan stood up to save Lana began. Movie re-edit the TV series.


The simple answer is that we don't know.

However, in Episode 24, Shiori makes a guess (based on a feeling) of it being, "I want my dearest person to always be smiling."

   "For that to happen, everyone around that person has to be having a happy life, too." Which brings her to the conclusion that such a wish triggered all the miracles happening around Yuuichi, such as all the girls getting better, including Ayu herself.


Why do character colors sometimes suddenly change?

From what I know, Araki enjoys playing with various colour schemes, which is evident in multiple different colour versions of the characters in manga covers and coloured artwork, which the anime series has followed as it is a big 'part' of the look and feel of Jojo-series as a whole. For specific instances of colour, I guess it's mainly to enhance and add visual flavour to dramatic scenes.


Was there a time skip on episode 2 of Tokyo Ghoul Season 2?

I don't think there is "a years time skip". At most a few months have passed, as the Anti-Ghoul members who were injured have healed and Aogiri have taken over some areas.

At this point in the manga, the time skip was around 6 months, but apparently this is an original story (for season 2) so that may not be a good guideline.


Does Kale have 2 or 3 transformations already?

Kale has 2 transformations.
The first would be Super Saiyan Green: This is a variation of the regular SSJ transformation where there is a tinge of Green in Kale's hair. In terms of power, it pretty much is identical to the SSJ transformation because in the earlier stage of the battle, SSJ2 Caulfifla did appear to be stronger and Kale was also intimidated by the SSJ3 transformation.
The second transformation would be The Legendary Super Saiyan transformation: The reason I'm not mentioning the Berserker state is because, it is an uncontrolled version of the fully mastered Legendary Super Saiayan. The Bereseker state only resulted in a tremendous power increase but Kale was not able to control it and once she did it evolved into this transformation. This transformation is significantly stronger than an SSJ2 regular transformation. This is because we see her going toe to toe with SSJG Goku and SSJ2 Caulifla on ther hand was completely outclassed by SSJG Goku.
Note: The names aren't officially confirmed apart from Super Saiyan Berserker which seemed to be an uncontrolled state of LSSJ. Since Broly isn't Cannon, we can not conclude with certainty. However, the 2 kinds of transformations and the information mentioned above with regard to the power and kind of transformation and the number of transformations Kale has is indeed accurate.


On the origins of the term "forced drama" as it is used in discourse about anime

Unfortunately, my research skills weren't up to the task of finding out how the term "forced drama" first appeared in the anime fandom, so all I can is speculate. I hope that someone else can contribute an answer which sheds more light on that particular aspect of the question. However, I did find some interesting information on the origins of the term, which can be found long ago and outside of anime. It seems that this phrase was actually in use among film, theater, and art critics before anime or 4chan, although it wasn't particularly common.

Here's a screenshot of Google N-Gram viewer for the phrase "forced drama":

We can see that the first appearances of the phrase are shortly after 1900. One of the earliest I found was a theater review of the play "Dr. Wakes' Patient" from a 1905 issue of Illustrated London News:

  The real play, it must be admitted, only begins at almost the close of
  the third of its four acts, when the old farmer rounds (in true
  Adelphi fashion) on the scornful peer who is horrified by his
  "common"-ness. But then come tears and affecting if rather forced
  drama [...]

As in the classical music book from 2003, this usage seems to be just a nonce coinage, not a discrete lexical item like the question describes.

I dove into the results from the years 1926–1952, but most of those usages, again, seemed to mean something slightly different from what the OP describes. Many of them seemed to refer to uses of color (in art) or pageantry and costume (on the stage) that the writer found overblown or unnecessary. E.g. this Art Magazine issue from 1947.

However, the years 1954–1997 proved more fruitful. Italian director Vittorio de Sica seems to use the phrase with more or less the same meaning as that understood by anime fans. In an interview, De Sica and the interviewer are discussing his film Two Women, which was based on a novel that the interviewer seems to feel de Sica may have adapted too faithfully:

  S [the interviewer]: Don't you find it [the novel Two Women was
  based on] melodramatic? Can you believe that the young girl, after
  being raped, would turn so quickly to sexual license?

  DS [de Sica]: That's the way it is in the novel.

  S: It seems opposite to the kind of truth I find in The Children are
  Watching Us and Umberto.

  DS: Yes, it is forced drama

This interview was published in 1972 in the book Encountering Directors. You can read more of the interview in the 2000 anthology Vittorio de Sica: Contemporary Perspectives, where it is included as the first chapter, De Sica on de Sica.

In Two Women (novel) on Wikipedia, the girl that de Sica and the interviewer are discussing, Rosetta, is described as "a naive teenager of beauty and devout faith." However, during the novel:

  On their way home, the pair [mother Cesira and daughter Rosetta, returning to Rome after it is taken by Allied forces during World War II] are attacked and Rosetta brutally raped by
  a group of Goumiers (Moroccan allied soldiers serving in the French
  Army). This act of violence so embitters Rosetta that she falls numbly
  into a life of prostitution.

De Sica and the interviewer find this event unrealistic. They have a hard time believing that a "teenager of beauty and devout faith" would immediately become a prostitute upon being brutally raped, and imply that this only happened because the writers wanted to make the situation more dramatic. This appears to be nearly the exact meaning that the anime fandom generally assigns to the term: an event is "forced drama" if it is improbable or feels contrived with the sole purpose of creating drama that would not arise naturally from the situation.

The 1986 fiction book Hollywood Heroes also seems to use this phrase in the same way as anime fans:

  "Yeah, you know, soap operas aren't what they used to be. I mean, they
  used to be a joke. Forced drama and organ music. [...]"

The stereotypical image of soap operas in the US is also in keeping with the anime fandom's usage of "forced drama"; conniving ex-girlfriends and evil twin brothers are constantly coming out of the woodwork to throw a wrench in the heroes' and heroines' plans at happiness.

In my initial searches, I found several uses of "forced drama" in modern film, television, and theater reviews, including this review of the film Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and this review of the film A Little Help. Both of these articles use the term in ways that seem consistent with Vittorio de Sica's usage, which I have argued is very closely related with the usage in the anime fandom.

My own research did, however, suggest that the term is much more common in discussions of anime than in discussions of other types of media, as presented in the question. I have only speculations for why this is. "Forced drama", across all the usages I've found, is a broad, subjective term which consistently describes dramatic events which are implausible and written without subtlety. Anime, by its very nature, does not lend much plausibility to the events which occur. Though there are anime which are subtly written, the norm for anime writing, especially in the genres most commonly seen in Western countries, is not subtlety.

Since there are many anime containing events which could be reasonably described as implausible and unsubtle, it makes sense that a term describing such events would become common among anime fans. However, as I mentioned at the outset, I wasn't able to find out exactly when the term entered the anime fandom, and I have no proof to support my hypotheses about how it gained popularity. I hope that another answer can fill in these gaps.


What's the name of the track that plays in One Piece Episode 630 from 13:30 - 14:00?

The name of the OST is "Greeting Swordsman" and is from One Piece Movie 7: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle

Here is the link to the OST and here is the extended version.


Why do the racoons in pompoko have such large genitalia?

The racoons in this film aren't the usual ones the West would know of. They are in fact Tanuki and are better know as Racoon Dogs in English.

Still, you can see from the picture above that they aren't as heavily endowed as the ones in the Ghibli film. This is because the film takes the concept from Japanese folklore.

In Japanese folklore, the Tanuki are shape-shifters, much like the kitsune fox. They're generally tricksters, but they have positive connotations in Japan despite their fearsome nature in older times. The humongous scrotum only came about in the Edo period in Ukiyo-e drawings - the precursor to several other drawn art forms, and eventually, to manga.

Some drawings of tanuki flyfishing and pulling a ballsack-boat to shore.

I recommend reading Tofugu's article on tanuki if you want to learn more about these creatures.


What is the penalty to dying inside Elder Tale?

This is covered later in the LNs (which are being translated and are available here):

Adventurers lose EXP while NPCs die for real.
However, there is an additional penalty that is not obvious: when an adventurer dies they lose some of their memories.

Major spoiler:

   If the cathedral is destroyed, adventurers cannot respawn and die for real.


Song played in Cardcaptor Sakura episode 54 at around minute 10?

The song is unreleased and it's called "Music Box"..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZipZUsR_bSU


What is written in Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal that impacts Takao so badly?

I bought an English adaption of Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil, and hopefully I can answer your question.

Because they share the same title, I will refer to Baudelaire's work as "The Flowers of Evil" and the anime/manga as "Aku no Hana".

Prepare for some reading:

Similarities between the Aku no Hana's Story & Baudelaire's poems
Muses:
Both Baudelaire and Kasuga have an obsession with a female "muse", In Kasuga 's case - Saeki.
Baudelaire has several poems with Muse in the title that refer to her grace and perfectness in a world full of woe (for him at least).  In many of his other poems, his muse is mentioned through other features of the world - like "the brilliant sun".
He idolizes this woman, wanting her to remain untouched by the evil of the world - that she finds her happiness, of course not with himself - he isn't worthy.
We see this in Aku no Hana repeatedly, when Kasuga refuses to believe Saeki can be happy with him as her boyfriend, the fact that he steals her gym clothes, when he
explicitly calls her his muse.

Hating the world, but wanting to love it:
Both Kasuga and Baudelaire experience the world in a despairing light, generally the blame is placed on themselves for not being able to see the wonder in the world.
Extract from The Evil Monk:

My soul is a tomb where - bad monk that I be -
I dwell and search its depths from all eternity,
And nought bedecks the walls of the odious spot.

For the majority of the story, Kasuga is coaxed by Nakamura to do perverse deeds - Kasuga generally resists, wanting to be a normal citizen and enjoy his life if he can.

Acceptance that they cannot enjoy the world:
As time grows on in Aku No Hana, Kasuga more readily accepts his depravity and falls to Nakamura's ideas quickly, as they slowly become the only excitement that exists in his life.
Baudelaire also accepts that he will never enjoy the world as other people do.

The allure of evil & the evil Beauty
Baudelaire has a second female figure in several of his poems - perhaps it is a concept of beauty itself or someone particular in his life. This figure is of immense beauty, but revels in despair. In the poem "All Entire", the Devil himself comes to the poet's side to complain about this figure's alluring evil.
If Saeki is the muse, this figure is certainly Nakamura in the anime. Kasuga slowly falls into complex feelings for her, knowing she is a bad influence, but clinging to the enjoyment that life provides.
The show depicts Nakamura in a constant evil light. The only time we gain an insight into her true self is a glimpse of her diary, where it is written about her joy of finding a pervert equal to herself. In a way, Aku no Hana is actually about Nakamura's unveiling rather than Kagura's fall into despair.
Extract from Hymn to Beauty:

From God or Satan? Angel, Mermaid or Proserpine?
What matter if though makest-Blithe voluptuous sprite-
With rhythms, perfumes, visions- O mine only queen!-
The universe less hideous and the hours less trite

The final lines show a little bit of the relief Baudlaire recieves from embracing this Beauty's evil. We see this in Kasuga's actions too when he gradually starts to enjoy the despair and Nakamura's wiles.

Additional Notes
As a side note, we can see Kasuga's conflict of loyalty to Saeki or Nakamura to be a reflection of his internal conflict to either conform or reject society. Saeki selflessly forgives him repeatedly, willing to accept him. Nakamura, on the other hand is full of angst and rejection.
A good few themes are in Flowers of Evil that don't appear in Aku no Hana. Baudelaire makes repeated use of seas, waves and water in his poems is one that springs to mind
As mentioned in  @krikara's answer, there is indeed a few poems mentioning death, Baudelaire seems to alternate these poems between the theme of erotisism of the darkness in death and treating  Death as a proof to his meaningless existence - that it is all for naught once you are dead.
He also often sees the world through lenses of death, in which he describes beautiful surroundings, but through images of decay, loss and ruin.

So? Get to the point already!
All of these strong parallels strongly indicate that Kasuga's personality is quite like Baudelaire's, and as of such he was taken by the work. We all know it's easy to get obsessed by things you enjoy (look at all these anime questions I've answered :v) and Kasuga probably became obsessed with the book as a result of this similarity of minds.
Add in his situational circumstances - his fascination with Saeki, his seduction into darkness by Nakamura and you can see how a work would be influential on his life.

Although, Kagura does mention at one stage (on the mountainside I believe) that he enjoyed reading Baudelaire's works to feel more intelligent than the others in his class, despite not understanding them. So you can make a judgement call on that too.


How does Conan know that something is cut recently?

A cut rope or branch (or any piece of wood) will start to discolor almost immediately.  If you know what a fresh cut and non-recent cut look like it is not difficult to spot anything in between.


What is the name of the anime with the little rude monkey with the golden diadem

The character resembles Sun Wukong from Journey to the West story. I know there are several Chinese cartoons about it. This is only a speculation because not all of them fit with what you wrote.

1. The picture in question

That character resembles Sun Wukong from an old Chinese cartoon I watched in the early 80's. See the similarity in his face, hat and yellow cloth (not the red robe) in the first picture. See also the golden diadem in the second picture. The diadem is given by Goddess Guanyin so Sanzang can punish Wukong whenever Wukong disobeys him. There are 3 OVAs that I know, but the story is quite different from what you wrote.

The first OVA is Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫) which was released in 1961. It tells the origin of Sun Wukong and his rebellion against the Jade Emperor of Heaven. It ends when Sun Wukong destroy the Jade Emperor's palace and the Jade Emperor flees from the palace.

The second OVA is Ginseng Fruit (人参果) which was released in 1981. Wukong stole some fruit and angered the tree owner.

2. The horse scene

The last OVA is Monkey King Subdued the Evil (金猴降妖) which was released in 1985, there's a scene where a demoness disguised as a kid tries to kidnap Wukong's master. The kid's hair style looks like horns. The kid and Wukong's master ride a horse and Wukong grabs the horse from below. See the pictures below. You can also watched the scene in Youtube. Skip into 24:45.

3. The female monkey and old monkey

This is from the TV series which was released in 1998 by CCTV. It consists of 52 episodes. Wukong saves a female monkey after he's born from the holy rock in episode 1.

The elder monkey tells a legend that whoever can complete the challenge will become the monkey king. Wukong completes the challenge and become the monkey king.

4. The snow scene

After completing the challenge, Wukong wants to become a disciple of Master Puti. Master Puti didn't welcome him at first. So Wukong sit at the door for days. Even when it's raining and snowing, he still sits at the door. Finally Master Puti is moved by his dedication and teaches him 2 sacred arts, the Somersault Cloud and 72 Transformations. This scene is still in episode 1.

5. Trapped

After causing havoc in heaven, he was punished by the Buddha. He was imprisoned under a mountain and sealed by a paper talisman. Later Sanzang released him and made him his disciple.

6. Mismatch/contradiction

a. The diadem is not given by the old monkey. I suspect there is another story after Sun Wukong finished his journey and was granted Buddhahood. In your picture, he wears a Buddhist robe, does wear his golden diadem, sits in lotus position on a Padmasana (lotus throne) are what made me think of this. But this is just a speculation.

b. The female monkey is not a love interest.

c. He's imprisoned under a mountain, not a cage nor a tree. The is no one who visits and gives him food.

d. The child demon with horn story doesn't match.


What is the timeline of the Hayate anime?

Season 1: having 52 episodes, follows the manga from volume 1 (chapter 1) to volume 4 (chapter 51).
Season 2: having 26 episodes (the OVA being episode 00), follows the manga from volume 5 (chapter 52) to volume 14 (chapters 147-148).
Season 3: having 12 episodes, features a new story written in part by the original creator and is mostly based on his original ideas that never made it to the manga.
The movie: I really could not understand whether it was an adaptation or new material/filler content.

If you compare the length of the first and second series with the number of chapters each covers, you can see that the second one follows the manga much closer than the first one, the latter mixing up the storyline from the manga with new content. Plus, from what I gathered from here, episodes 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29 (the end), 30, 31, 32 (first part), 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 50 and 51 of Season 1 are fillers, and only the last episode of Season 2 is a filler.
The third season is not based in any manga.
And the movie, I really do not know.

As for the timeline, from what I gather, it goes something like this:
Season 2 (of which the OVA is episode 00) retcons the events from Season 1, being set a month (or three, according to this source) after Hayate's become Nagi's butler (not a year, like the first season states. Thus, it follows more closely the manga). The film's events take place towards the end of the summer holidays, 2 weeks after Comiket. Season 3's events take place one month after the movie's (which is nine months after the beginning of the Season 1 and 6 months after Season 2).

This would mean that Season 1 and 2 intertwine (because of the original/filler content present in Season 1), the movie takes place 5 months after Season 2, and Season 3 takes place one month after the movie (and the OVA is part of season 2, being its episode 00).


Is the reanimated Minato much stronger than when he was alive?

The resurrected Minato is stronger than when he was alive, but that is due to the properties of Edo Tensei (unlimited chakra, near-unlimited stamina, and automatic regeneration of any damage taken).

Minato does not have Kurama's chakra inside him. The Yin-component of Kurama's chakra, sealed by Minato, is still inside the Shinigami's stomach. Shiki Fuujin does not seal the target's soul into the summoner's soul. They are both sealed together, but independently, in the Shinigami's stomach.

This can be confirmed since Orochimaru first recovered the soul of his arms and then the four previous Kage at once. If the Shiki Fuujin sealed the target's soul into the summoner's soul, he would have to first recover Hiruzen's soul, and then the souls of Hashirama, Tobirama and his arms from Hiruzen's soul.

Minato does seem to have Kurama's Yin part inside of him. As proven by the recent chapters. Which undoubtedly proves that he's much stronger compared to the way he was before his death.

Note: This answer is based on events seen till Chapter 623. The answer may become obsolete after subsequent chapters.


Is mastered Ultra Instinct the same as Super Saiyan Silver?

The answer to your question would be "yes" and "no"! The transformation is called Mastered Ultra Instinct and not Super Saiyan Silver, while the color of Goku's hair is Silver (can be compared to the Super Saiyan God transformation).

Akira Toriyama's original designs for the same have also been released. Also, the designs of new figurines of this Mastered Ultra Instinct transformation have been released. Scans also indicate that Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku is also going to be included in the new DLC for Xenoverse 2.


The croquembouche is a french pastry made by piling small pastries called 'chou' together in a cone and coating them with crunchy caramel.
It is often served as wedding or any celebration.

Here they are part of the living sweets populating the whole cake island.


Why doesn't "Mad monk" Urouge's neck accessory fall off?

That is a part of his outfit and in manga and anime a part of a characters outfit only comes of for dramtic purposes i.g. luffys hat, natsus scarf, alucards hat and glasses. It's not a logical or story reason it's just mangaka preference i guess.


Why is it that all Kuki family members have X scar on their forehead?

In Majikoi S, Kuki Moshiro's route, it was explained that the scar was carved on the Kuki family member forehead when they were baby. Monshiro was an exception in that hers was carved after she was a little bit older. From the way she said it, this is a family tradition of the Kuki family.


As the comments by 曾気青昭雄 and Raxon suggest, this is indeed a bag. This bag was featured as the point in the Kero-chan check at the end of episode 10 of the anime:

In this segment, it is explained by  that Sakura uses this bag as a case to carry the baton she uses for her cheerleading. The letters "SAKURA" are embroidered on the bag. It was made by Sakura's father.


What is the name of the song that plays in Noragami Aragoto Episode 10 during the Okinunishi scene?

The song is from Disc 1 Track 15.

Its name is 大国譚 ("Daikokutan"), although I don't know if there's any official English translation of the same.

You can listen to it here.


Paradise seems to be largely related to many religions' interpretation of Paradise, a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless.[Wikipedia]

The wolves' Paradise is a place which, to them, is a final goal they wish to reach, and appears to be very closely linked to them. As one prophecy reads, "When the world ends, Paradise will open, but only the wolves know how to find it."[Wolf's Rain Wiki] However, it is speculated that Paradise is a place which cannot be found, but must be built.

   The goal of opening Paradise is achieved at the end of the series.  Cheza is the one who will lead the wolves to paradise, but in the final episode her death opens it, as the seeds that created her spill out and sprout when rain falls. In the same episode, Paradise is seen as a beautiful meadow filled with Lunar Flowers. However, after a short time, Lord Darcia's cursed wolf eye poisons Paradise, seen as a dark fluid leaking out of the eye and the white centre of the flowers darkening. The wolves never enter this paradise, instead being seen as true humans at a modern city. What can be concluded is that Paradise cannot be found, but it can be built.[Wolf's Rain Wiki]


Why do Pop Team Epic episodes repeat with different voice actors?

According to an interview done to the producer of the anime, there were several reasons:

The animation originally was meant to be broadcasted in web format only, not as a TV series. Then the author asked the producer if it was possible to record two tracks: one with female voice actors and one with males and broadcast the primary track and the auxiliary. This wasn't possible with web streaming.
Then when they considered a TV broadcast for the series, the episodes weren't long enough to allocate one full slot of broadcast, and unlike previous seasons, they didn't have another series to fill the slot.
So instead of broadcasting one episode with dual audio as the author requested, they just paid for the entire slot and broadcast the 2 recordings, with male and female actors. There are differences in both because the director and producer give full freedom to the seiyuus to do whatever they wanted (and they didn't like it), and they even modified some scenes according to the actor used (Ep. 3 Bison reference) or their performance in the recording (the Tomokazu Sugita episode). But these were minimal.

The interview is in Japanese here: https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1517584766


What did really happen in the end of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom?

The anime ending is different from the visual novel.
Ein and Zwei were definitely together in that last scene because Ein was talking to him.

The poisonous flower idea is a fan theory without official source. There are no official explanations of what happened in the last scene. It does make sense, though, to assume Ein committed suicide after Zwei got shot, and the flowers are the best and easiest tools for her suicide.

Since there's no official explanation, you can go with whatever idea you want.


What is the song playing in "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?" ep. 11 at 11:24?

The song playing is OST piece 19 called "Yami no chikara"

This song were included in the the second released OST set with specials by Shinji Kakijima whom composed all the songs through out the kore-wa-zombie-desu-ka series


Some rule state that the eye of the shinigami did not work on drawings, no matter how perfect. It could apply a similar rule to the "face in mind".


How did Morgiana get her Household Vessel?

When Alibaba got Amon from a Dungeon, his sword became a Metal Vessel, because Amon moved inside Alibaba's sword after he completed the dungeon. In other words, Alibaba became a Dungeon Capturer.

  Dungeon Capturer (迷宮攻略者, Danjon Kōryakusha) is a person who
  “completes” or “clears” Dungeons. If they survive the Dungeon, most of
  the time that person acquires wealth and magical items, like a flying
  cloth or Djinn Metal Vessel.

But Morgiana has a Household Vessel. Because Morgiana isn't a Dungeon Capturer she is a Household Member.

  Household Members are people who help a King Vessel capture Dungeons
  and forms a Household Vessel from that person's Djinn, or if they form
  a strong connection to the King Vessel. If the King Vessel does not
  have his/her Metal Vessel, the assistant can not use their Household
  Vessel

So, Morgiana was at the Dungeon when Alibaba got Amon and his Metal Vessel, then Morgiana made a connection to Alibaba's Amon. After this connection, was necessary an activation, and this only happened when they were at the dungeon of Zagan.

Here is the list of all Dungeon Capturer and their respective Household Members.


According to a Q&A session1 (EX00～Face to Face～) in the third popularity contest held by Kawahara Reki, as Kunori Fumio (his webnovel penname), in 2005:

Her core program routine runs and is stored in the local memory of Kirito's NerveGear and takes up about 3TB.

1 Chinese-translated copy of the Q&A session


What is this huge symbol on the door in the Truth realm and in the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?

It's a slightly modified version of the Sephirothic Tree of Life as defined by Robert Fludd, who was a physician with interests in Kabbalah and other religious mysticisms. The globes (called Sephiroths) are thought of as being ways in which the universe shows its truths to humanity. They're also printed with the words God used in creating the universe in Genesis.

You can read up on it more here, but the basic idea behind it is that it is a mystic symbol representing universal truth -- and the Truth is on the other side of the door in FMA.

In NGE, however, the symbol appears after the Mass Production units form an inverted tree of life, symbolizing the opposite of creation -- destruction, death -- after crucifying Eva 01. This is part of the Third Impact, in which nearly all of humanity is reduced to LCL. You'll find that there's a lot of mystic symbolism in NGE.


The fight between Luffy and Katakuri had many factors in play and has most of the fandom divided over its results. It wasn't a death match in the true sense, despite both sides struggling quite a bit. A lot of viewers are of the opinion that Katakuri was not truly defeated at the end, but rather chose to view Luffy as an equal and let him go.

In terms of raw power and control over the Devil Fruit, Katakuri outclassed Luffy by far. Even if Luffy could barely match the explosiveness of the attack with Gear Fourth, this places immense load on his body as Rayleigh mentions in earlier flashbacks. This is also why it comes with a time out.

In addition, Katakuri's Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) is at a level where he is able to see some moments into the future. This is what made him next to impossible to defeat.

However, there are always conditions associated with such extreme powers. In Katakuri's case,

   He needs to remain calm and collected for his haki to work. In addition, an opponent with mastery of the Kenbunshoku that matches his own would be able to counter him, since the future Katakuri sees can be altered by anybody. Source: Wiki

When Luffy fights Katakuri, he manages to trigger both these conditions. The first one happens when he interrupts Katakuri while he is eating donuts, though it does not last too long. After which Luffy gradually starts becoming better at using Kenbunshoku as the battle progresses, which prompts Katakuri to attempt to end the fight as soon as possible.

Apart from all of this, one must also recall that Luffy escapes in the middle of the fight using Brulee when his Gear Fourth runs out, and returns after his cooldown is complete. Katakuri could have easily knocked him out in this duration had he not escaped.

Thus, the results of the fight can be said to be more of a draw with Katakuri deciding to let Luffy be for now (since he considered him an equal by the end of the fight, and possibly realized that he would have to expend a lot of his power to deal with Luffy due to him never backing down), than a clear victory.


Song that plays during episodes previews of Hunter x Hunter

According to Glass Reflection's review ( https://youtu.be/VgnSAOSo-Tk?t=10m22s ) and a re-listen to the preview music, it is called The World of Adventures, by Yoshihisa Hirano. I found the whole track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOBppjlkXGc


Why was Edo Tensei Madara young, when he had died at an old age?

You can read here that:

  The reincarnated can also have their bodies modified and experimented on. While the technique usually reincarnates one as they were upon death, the reincarnated can also have various points from their life combined to get the best possible results as seen with Madara Uchiha, having been brought back "beyond his prime" despite dying a withered old man. In addition to regaining his physical youth with peak health and combat prowess, he also retained the Wood Release and Rinnegan abilities he had in his old age.


What happened to Argo the Rat by the end of SAO Aincrad?

On Argo's Wikia page it says under Appearance - ALfheim Online (Lost Song)

In the non-canon game adaptation, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Argo plays ALfheim Online as a Cait Sith. Her avatar has blonde hair and yellow-green eyes, a new outfit similar to that worn by her SAO avatar, and a pair of wrist-mounted blades as weapons.

however Lost Song is not canon to the novels/anime as indicated in in the quote above, nor does her appearance in ALO in Lost Song constitute as a official statement she did start playing ALO like other SAO Players seen at the end of of the first season as indicated in the final point of her Trivia Section

Argo is the first canon Sword Art Online player to be included in Lost Song without having been confirmed as an ALfheim Online player in the canon timeline.

however, on her page for the Aincrad Arc, it is presumed that she was one of the remaining 6,147 players who were freed after Kirito's victory over Heathcliff

November, 2024
It is presumed that Argo was among the remaining 6,147 players logged out of the death game after Kirito killed Heathcliff, prematurely clearing the game.

While this can be a baseless assumption as there are no citation for this on the 24th of October, 2024, Kirito returned to Floor 22 with Asuna to buy a house but the hosue was missing and was later found to be apart of the quest «Witch of the West and the Three Treasures»

On October 24, 2024, Kirito returned to the floor with Asuna to buy a detached house in the forest. However, the house they were looking for was not present at the location that it was supposed to be and they later found out that the house was part of the «Witch of the West and the Three Treasures» quest. After triggering the quest, they were taken to an isolated location in the northwestern area of the floor where they had to defeat the Witch of the West before being able to buy the house. Afterwards, the couple spent nearly two weeks on the floor, engaging in various activities and adventures.

Source: 22nd Floor (Aincrad) - History (2nd Paragraph)
On Argo's Page under Chronology - The Day Before (from the bonus side story that came with the limited edition version of volume 1 of the DVD/BD sets for the anime) it mentions a quest Argo was doing on the 22nd Floor which Kirito and Asuna was caught up in which seems to be the same quest which moved the house Kirito was looking to buy.
this means Argo was alive at the end of October 2024 and SAO was "cleared" on the 7th of November 2024, which means that unless something catastrophic happened in these 2 weeks ((31 - 24) + 7 = 14) we can logically assume that Argo was alive when SAO was cleared and her fate after that can be left to speculation of what elements of Lost Song can still actually remain canon

in regards to the Sword Art Online Games (Hollow Fragment, Lost Song) as already mentioned above Argo appears in Lost Song which takes place after Hollow Fragment. in Hollow Fragment the events leading up to the Boss Battles on Floor 75 occur the same as the light novels/anime (aside from Kirito's attire). the deviation from the original plot occurs during Kirito's battle with Kayaba in which Kayaba disappears and everyone continues to Floor 76.
Argo is alive in Hollow Fragment on Floor 76 at the Teleport Gate of Arc Sophia. she headed up to Floor 76 because contact with the Assault Team was cut off due to players reaching Floor 76 being unable to return to lower floors. since everything up to Kayaba's disappearance is still the same this appears to be further proof that Argo was alive during the Boss Raid on Floor 75 and not apart of the Assault Team who was there. i recall when reuniting with her she said that she was on a much lower floor at the time before investigating the sudden loss in communication with the Assault Team.


Are there any other RWBY characters that were based on other stories?

This isn't a perfect answer but most of these seem fairly accurate.

  Basically, for some reason, I thought it’d be fun to list the current
  known characters/stories that characters are based on thus far. So,
  yay?

  First of all, before the break, just gonna point out…

  Neo: Not the Cheshire Cat. That’s all I know. Not the Cheshire Cat,
  but apparently someone else might be Cheshire.

  Team RWBY’s theme is fairy tales.

  Ruby Rose: Little Red Riding Hood

  Weiss Schnee: Snow White

  Blake Belladonna: Belle/beauty, of Beauty and the Beast

  Yang Xiao Long: Goldilocks

  Team JNPR’s theme is people who dressed as the opposite sex.

  Jaune Arc: Joan of Arc

  Nora Valkyrie: Thor (Apparently once crossdressed to get Mjolnir
  back.)

  Pyrrha Nikos: Achilles (Apparently once crossdressed as a red-haired
  woman named Pyrrha. Pyrrha Nikos has been noted in volume 2 to be
  nicknamed The Invincible Girl.)

  Lie Ren: Mulan

  Onto other peeps.

  Cardin Winchester: Henry Beaufort, the Cardinal of Winchester, who was
  responsible for Joan of Arc being burned at the stake.

  Velvet Scarlatina: The Velveteen Rabbit

  Ozpin: Oz, from the Wizard of Oz (duh?)

  Glynda Goodwitch: Glenda the Good Witch, from Wizard of Oz (duh??)

  Ironwood: Tin Man, from Wizard of Oz (Apparently?!)

  Penny: Pinocchio

  Peter Port: Peter, from Peter and the Wolf

  Bartholomew Oobleck: Bartholomew, from Bartholomew and the Oobleck

  Adam Taurus: Probably Beast, from Beauty and the Beast

  The White Fang: White Fang, from… White Fang, by Jack London

  Cinder Fall: Cinderella (Confirmed by Miles and Kerry)

  Roman Torchwick: Lampwick/Candlewick, from Pinocchio

  Mercury Black: Mercury/Hermes (note his symbol is a shoe with a wing
  on it)

  Sun Wukong: Sun Wukong, from Journey to the West

  Neptune: Neptune/Poseidon

  Junior (Hei Xiong): Baby bear, from the tale of Goldilocks (His name
  literally means Black Bear)

  (Bonus: Characters who we don’t know the basis of but have some ideas)

  Emerald Sustrai: Maybe Aladdin or Cleopatra

  Summer Rose: The poem The Last Rose of Summer

  Winter Schnee: Perhaps the Snow Queen (on which Frozen is based)

  Fox: Tod the fox from The Fox and the Hound, or Inari the fox god

  Qrow: Scarecrow, from The Wizard of Oz


Is the manga Yozakura Quartet still translated?

No. After the original US publisher, Del Ray, ceased publishing manga, Kodansha USA took up all Kodansha licenses, but they mentioned that it did not have any plans to resuce any other titles.


Is this a plot hole in the fake test scene in the first episode of Charlotte?

Rewatched the first episode and I can definitely say that there is no plothole, at least to the incident you were referring to.

In Episode 1, when Yū took the test, the unnamed student council president was supervising him. Yū possessing him has no effect as the unnamed student council president has no power at all. To clarify, it was not Jōjirō who was watching over him while taking the test.

Furthermore, during the episode, he never possessed Jōjirō so no, there was no way he could have stolen Jōjirō's power.

By the way, Jōjirō's power is not teleportation but rather,

  the ability to charge at extremely high speeds in one direction.


What is the purpose for the art-style of puck changing by scene?

This is for comic relief purposes only. The technique is known as Deanimation/Cut-Out. Check more details below.

  http://www.japanpowered.com/anime-articles/anime-facial-expressions

Here read the part about Deanimation cut out. Another one of the Top Manga (and Anime) which uses this is Full Metal Alchemist. The purpose is the same for i.e. Comic relief especially with the Elric Brothers.

Saying this is neglecting detail is kinda offensive to me cause the attention to details, the beautiful and horrifying art work is one of the main reasons many people still read Berserk even though it is a disappointment that the progress has been so slow.

Also google "Puck's Funny Expressions". I know it can be jarring but lots of people (me included) find the little humour in the dark and gruesome world refreshing.


In the light of Chapter 618, each Zetsu has his own soul, and thus, it is reasonable to expect that they have their own soul word.

   In Chapter 618, Orochimaru uses Edo Tensei to summon the previous four Hokage using four Zetsu's as sacrifice. Kabuto had previously explained that resurrecting the soul of a dead person with Edo Tensei requires sacrificing the soul of a living person.


What is mortality rate in dragon ball and why they considered destroying universes for that?

According to Dragon Ball Wikia - Mortal Level

  Mortal Level (人間 レベル, Ningen Reberu, lit. "mortal level") is the score
  that the Zeno and Future Zeno use to rank the twelve universes. It is
  a measuring of the average development, or "quality", of the mortals
  existing in a universe. The Mortal Level of a universe is directly
  related to the effectiveness of the jobs of its Supreme Kais and Gods
  of Destruction (allowing and promoting the creation and development of
  adequate civilizations and elimination of inadequate ones).


What number comes after the Godaime Hokage?

As we now know, Danzo was only considered to be a temporary Sixth Hokage (Rokudaime).

 After the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi becomes Konoha's Sixth Hokage (Rokudaime Hokage)

Whereas:

 Several years later, Kakashi decided to step down and selected Naruto to be the Seventh Hokage, thus making him the Nanadaime Hokage


What book is Akihito reading in episode 5 of Kyoukai no Kanata?

Though it's a little bit difficult to read since his fingers are covering the spine, this book looks like Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude (or 二十億光年の孤独), by Shuntarou TANIKAWA.

Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude is a collection of poetry - in fact, Tanikawa's first publication, published in 1952.


Was Kodomo no Jikan controversial in Japan?

At least for anime version, there are some discussion and some TV station cancelled the series.

From Wikipedia:

  [...] two television stations — TV Saitama and Mie TV — removed it from their broadcast schedules. In an official press release, TV Saitama stated that their decision was heavily influenced by the then-recent capture of Takayuki Hosoda, a notorious Japanese child  pornographer who was revealed to be an elementary school vice principal.

I haven't read Kodomo no Jikan yet. In my understanding, Kodomo no Jikan contains two taboos. One is sexual interest from child, and the other one is love relationship between teacher and student.
First one is also controversial in Japan.
But for second one, it doesn't get any attention in Japan (if it's in fiction).

Other example of teacher-student taboo in US is Cardcaptor Sakura.
This anime was aired by NHK (BBC or PBS equivalent in Japan). It's not controversial in Japan.
But the NA version was heavy edited.
All love relationship between teacher and student was removed with same-sex love relationship.
(e.g. father and mother of protagonist met each other when the mother entered university that the father worked as professor.)


What's the song that plays in season 4 episode 14 of Boku no Hero Academia at 10:10?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LfFUJpbnA
Vanguard Action Squad All-out Attack OST


Truth behind the Stand Alone Complex—a copy of a copy?

In the anime, it was stated that the Stand Alone Complex is the spawning of copies without an original. The concept was borrowed from Baudrillard and you can in fact argue that the popularity of Ghost in the Shell is overshadowing his work, and this would be an example of second-order simulacra.


"Only God knows God's miso soup". Is this a pun?

Yes, this is a Japanese pun. Unfortunately, this pun doesn't translate well to other languages.

The original phrases in Japanese are:

Image from buzz-manga.blog.jp

  神【かみ】のみぞ知る【しる】 (kami nomi zo shiru, only God knows)
  神【かみ】のみそ汁【しる】 (kami no miso shiru, God's miso soup)

Yes, both have the same reading: kaminomi[s/zo]shiru (except so and zo, which only differs by a voicing mark).

Also, the one that Jesus does in that scene is called dajare/oyaji gag, which usually employs the same reading for different meaning.


There's definitely a monetary system in place (note I'm on mobile so I can't link any sources yet).

In episode 1, after the incident where Moses's arm is handed to his mother, there is a person saying "its like our taxes go to fatten them up". This clearly indicates some form of tax system.

In episode 6, the titans yet again breach another wall. There's a scene where merchants are blocking the passageway trying to get their goods through. This shows an obvious ownership of goods.

In the same episode, we see Mikasa and her mom targeted by slave traders. The slave traders planned to sell them to some rich folk, demonstrating value and a need for some form of money.

In episode 23, we can clearly see corrupt military police selling goods for what is obviously currency.

Over all we see several trends that point to the use of currency within Attack on Titan.


Who is the strongest monster in One Punch Man?

For me, there is no way to gauge a specific monster as the strongest, unless the mangaka explicitly states that they are strong or if a chapter would be released detailing the monsters' exact prowess.

However, included among the top of the monsters are Boros and Orochi, both Dragon+-level monsters (but not stated as God), and Golden Sperm, who Murata says he is not sure if Orochi or him (Golden Sperm) is stronger.


Detailed explanation of CLAMP character relations?

I can offer some details on Xxxholic, as I'm more familiar with that one than others, though I've also read all of Cardcaptor Sakura and the majority of Tsubasa REservoir Chronicle.

Spoilers ahead if you haven't read CCS, TRC or Xxxholic

Clow, who is deceased at the time of TRC and Xxxholic, is an ancestor of Sakura's (with no indication of how far back that is). Clow is sort of reincarnated in two characters in CCS, one of whom is Eriol (little kid with glasses who looks like a chibi Clow). The "original" Sakura and Syaoran, from CCS, grew up and married and apparently felt their son (I haven't seen any conclusive name, but he's a boy) was in danger, so they split him into "clones" (could be a bad translation) and sent each into different universes. Two that I know of are named Syaoran, and both show up in TRC. Watanuki from Xxxholic is a third. I don't know of any more, but I haven't read the entire CLAMPiverse and they're still writing. I can't draw a family tree here but if it were tipped on its side:

      Clow
        |
(unknown generations)
        |
     Sakura = Syaoran
            |
            |--------------------
            |                   |
       Watanuki          "Other Syaorans"

It's highly unlikely Clow and Yuuko had a child together. I get the impression she's quite old (her clothing, pipe and furnishings suggest late 19th century at the latest) but she seems not nearly as old and certainly not as powerful as Clow. Yuuko and Clow made Mokona (both of them) foreseeing they'd be needed for communication between Yuuko and the TSC main characters.

I hope this helps a bit.


How could the four Hokage be reanimated by Orochimaru?

Indeed Orochimaru could not reanimate the Hokages while their soul were not in the "Pure World", in other words, while they are sealed inside the Shinigami's stomach.

But at chapter 618, Orochimaru summoned and controled the Shinigami with the help of Shinigami's mask:

So he was able to remove the seal if he cuts his on stomach, using the technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release.

With the Hokage's souls relesead, he could reanimate them.

At Naruto Wiki, this technique is well explained:

  This technique involves invoking the Shinigami using a mask from the
  Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple. From there, the summoner is
  possessed by the Shinigami allowing them control over it, they can
  then force it to cut its own stomach resulting in the release of the
  souls sealed inside. Due to the possession however, the same damage
  will reflect on the invoker's own body.

  After the souls are released, however, persons are free to do as they
  please with the souls. Orochimaru used this technique to free the
  souls of the Hokage along with that of his arms and then reincarnate
  them.


What was Suguru's relationship with his counselor?

Mine Ayaka was Suguru's former counselor as you said in your question. When he was alive he approached her for counseling on how to deal with pressure, because he had to live with all expectations for being the best Japanese player in his age and the future of Japan's soccer.

So they begging to be very close in this time, because almost nobody, even his brother, knew that Suguru had this kind of feeling, behind his apparent cool-headedness. As a professional, Mine Ayaka could listen to him, and he felt that could talk to her.

Then, Suguru's death surprised everyone, including her. And Suguru's heart was implanted in Kakeru. In this time, Mine Ayaka was the one who made the theory that Suguru's soul and memory were still living inside Kakeru's heart.

Answering your question, Ayaka is a psychotherapist, but she is addicted to spirituality and human mind. She also became very close to Kakeru, as she was to Suguru. According to Area no Kishi wiki:

  Despite her position as a clinical psychotherapist, she is fascinated
  by spirituality and the human mind as shown by her strong interest
  towards the theory of Suguru's soul still living in the heart that was
  transplanted into Kakeru.

So, she became very interested in their case, trying to convince him to keep playing soccer, fulfilling his brother's dream, as she can study better this theory of memory transfer.


What is Kirito's relationship with the girls of SAO?

In light novel Volume 5 and Volume 6 - Phantom Bullet, it is confirmed that Kirito is going out with Asuna.

From Volume 5 - Chapter 1, when Kirito went to meet Kikuoka from the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Virtual Division for a talk regarding victims of Death Gun in GGO (emphasis mine):

  “...Well, at least I’m together with my girlfriend.”

  “I see, I am jealous to death over that one point, Kirito-kun. The next time we’re in ALO, wouldn’t you introduce me to some girls? Take the Sylph Lord for example, she is just my type.”

This conversation took place before they began talking about the cases related to GGO (B-part of episode 1, SAO II), and was cut off from the anime.
From Volume 5 - Chapter 2, after the meeting with Kikuoka, he met up with Asuna at the Imperial Palace for their date (emphasis mine):

  “...Oh yes, why did you choose the Imperial Palace for our date? Kirito-kun, are you interested in history?”

  “Well, not really. The main reason was... recently, I was called around here for some stupid business...”

This conversation took place before Kirito's talk about the closed network of the surveillance system in Imperial Palace (A-part of episode 1, SAO II), and was also cut off from the anime.
From Volume 6 - Chapter 9, before the final round of BoB (emphasis mine):

  I really won’t dare to say this to a real person in the real world. No, considering that I already have a girlfriend in Asuna, it’s unforgivable even in the virtual world. However, I dare to swear to god that this isn’t about trying to get a date in the VR world, but to fulfill my duty and mission, and also a necessary step to ensure Sinon’s own safety.

This inner monologue took place when Kirito asked Shinon to explain the format of the final round of BoB, which took place between 30 players on a huge map (anime episode 8, SAO II).

I think this should be enough to show that Kirito and Asuna are dating in real life after the events in Aincrad and ALO.


Common characters in One Piece and Pirates of Caribbean

The legend of Davy Jones is featured in PoC, while his name is referenced on Davy Back Fight in OP.

The concept of a Pirate King appears in both stories (Elisabeth Swan and Gol D Roger).

Amongst the mythical creatures that exist in both worlds (mermaids, walking skeleton, etc) I think the Kraken deserves special mention.


What happened to Yukari Yukino in Kimi no Na wa?

I don't believe Yuki-chan sensei (that's her name in the credits, ユキちゃん先生) died in the Itomori Accident. In the universe where Mitsuha had foreseen the disaster, she recruited the help of her friends, Teshigawara and Sayaka, to try to obviate casualties. Sayaka broadcasted to the townspeople to evacuate to Itomori High School, but was shortly stopped by the arriving school staff, which included Yuki-chan sensei.

This means that Yuki-chan sensei was at or near the school, a place of safety, by around 7:42 pm, one hour before Comet Tiamat would strike. There is little sign that she would head to the festival place within one hour, as she was not dressed in yukata (most women were dressed in yukata at the festival). She would most likely stay for after-school duty for the remaining time.

And to refute Anon's comment, in Kotonoha no Niwa, Yukino actually said at the start of September 2013 that she would go back to her hometown in Shikoku in a week. Moreover, she was later seen teaching a class in Shikoku, and even wrote a letter to Takao dated February 3, 2014. She was definitely not dead, and Takao didn't make any altar for Yukino. All these details entail that Kimi no Na wa and Kotonoha no Niwa couldn't possibly be set in the same universe, even though Yukari Yukino appeared in both movies.


What measures does the police take to control villains with all sorts of quirks?

These villains were weakened badly and I'm pretty sure All For One was knocked out. They use highly cautious containment procedures. Nomu is controllable by Shigaraki so with Shigaraki not there, Nomu is useless without orders. All For One was weakened and he decided to let himself be taken away because he gave up. If I had to guess what would have happened to Overhaul if he still had arms is that they would use something where he can't touch anything and he would be fed by someone.


Are there any slugs besides Katsuyu in the Naruto universe?

As of Chapter 655, Katsuyu is the only slug to have been seen summoned using Kuchiyose no Jutsu, by Tsunade and Sakura.1 The only other character known that could count as a slug is Saiken, also known as Rokubi (Six Tails).

Kishimoto has also drawn three other slugs on the cover pages of Chapter 4, Chapter 153, and Chapter 162.

1 While we have seen toads at Myoboku Mountain, and the White Snake Sage at Ryuchi Cave, the Shikkotsu Forest where slugs reside has not been shown yet.


What could be Hashirama's age when they formed village?

It has been implied that the chakra reservoirs of a ninja increases as they proceed to adulthood. When Hashirama implied that the current Naruto has almost the same amount of chakra (Naruto + Kurama), he was in fact comparing to the chakra reservoirs of Hashirama when he was in his adulthood/most powerful.

Since Naruto has a way more to go to adulthood, it is possible that he might surpass Hashirama's chakra, but only in conjunction with the Tailed Beast's chakra inside of him.

However, Hashirama's chakra is all his and it was never shown that he "borrowed" chakra from the Tailed Beasts. But, Naruto has the power from the Sage of Six Paths. But, in the series it has never been implied that the power received from the Sage increases Naruto's chakra reservoir.

Hence,

Adult Naruto's + Tailed Beast's chakra > Harshirama's chakra in his Adulthood.
Adult Naruto without Tailed Beast's chakra MAY BE (very likely) < Hashirama's chakra in his adulthood.


Need help identifying a manga/manwa (School, supernatural, fighting, aikido, gem stones, diamond)

Hiseki Senki Stone Buster!

Unfortunately, I can not find an English summary online. If you read Chinese, Baidu Baike has a very brief synopsis. The manga was serialized in Shuukan Shounen Magazine.

In volume 1, the following events took place:

  Black shadows came out of the black stone, killed the store owner, and burned down the store.

See page 34. The store owner is saying: "My body is dissolving?"

  The black stone threw itself into his eye and fused with it.

See pages 47–48.

  He got another gift for the girl (a dolphin ring) and she happily accepted it.

See pages 101–102.

Later in the story:

   The guy with a jade necklace that can communicate with plants and the vampire with a ruby that manipulates gravity both appear in volume 3. The werewolf guy appears in volume 2. The monk with a blue stone that heals appears in volume 4.


Historically speaking, Germany and Japan have been on friendly terms since the 1930s (and even before), due to their shared militaristic ambitions just prior to the second world war (which led to their Axis Alliance).

  After the Second World War, the economies of both nations experienced rapid recoveries; bilateral relations, now focused on economic issues, were soon re-established. Today, Japan and Germany are, respectively, the third and fourth largest economies in the world, and benefit greatly from many kinds of political, cultural, scientific and economic cooperation.

As a result, there is a lot of cross-cultural sharing, which is why you see a lot of German outside of just anime as well (for example, the Japanese word for part-time job (アルバイト) is based off the German word for work (arbeit).


Why do ninjas usually replace their own body with a block of wood?

In-universe, no reason is given apart from the fact that every time I can recall this happening they were near trees and thus a chunk of wood was convenient. The actual source is never addressed, and we never see trees falling over because they lost a chunk of themselves.

For the real-world reason...It's a Japanese trope based on the actual legends built up around historical Ninjas (probably also by said Ninjas, for whom misinformation was a great tactic). "Kawarimi" was a supposed technique possessed by the ancient Ninja that used misdirection and split-second timing to swap places with something that could easily be mistaken for the Ninja.

There may be some historical grounds for this, but not to the extent we see in Naruto. Instead, this could easily be a trick used by historical ninja to trick and mislead enemies, and build up the mythos they had constructed for themselves. As an example, a Ninja may have previously prepared a wooden dummy that was about his size and dressed it in the same clothing as he was wearing. This dummy could be hidden somewhere convenient for later use. Then, when fleeing pursuers, you head back to where you hid the dummy and in a moment where your pursuers lose track of you (either with natural obstacles or a smoke/flash explosive set off), you set the dummy in your place and go the other direction. You could even set it up to go over a cliff. While your pursuers are distracted by the dummy, you slip away. Thus was built up the legend that Ninjas could 'trade places' with things, and since wooden (or straw) dummies were convenient for those purposes, they likely got used the most.

Over time, this morphed in Japanese culture along with a lot of the other myths of the Ninja. For example, the myth of Ninja dressing in all black growing out of Kabuki Theater (Stage hands dressed in all black, and so theater goers were used to completely ignoring them...so when one of them jumped out and drew a sword, it was as if they had appeared from nowhere...allowing the theater to have 'super-stealthy Ninjas'). Over this time, the idea of the Kawarimi morphed and changed until it landed on them simply swapping places with a log. Even the particular appearance of the log is somewhat standardized in this trope: a short round chunk of wood of about the same thickness, either completely smooth or with a single 'stump' branch coming off the side.

It turns up in quite a number of places, from other anime and manga to a bunch of video games. In short, in Japanese culture, the "kawarimi log" is simply the standard thing for a Ninja to swap places with, without regard for where it came from. It's the same idea as how, in American culture, if something is blindly tossed out a window, there will be a cat down there that yowls and knocks over a bunch of stuff over...or how no one questions that saying "Well, at least it can't get any worse" will instantly make things worse...or how someone can put on a pair of glasses, and that is considered a solid disguise.

So, while there is no in-universe explanation...the out of universe explanation is simply "it's a standard narrative tool in Japanese culture."


Is there a name for the effect that appears from the eyes when someone in anime/manga fights?

the animation style is called sakuga where the features are distorted to be made to look superhuman.


Lost name of multi book series about a girl knight and a bipolar guy

found it!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aqua-Knight-v-Yukito-Kishiro/dp/1569316341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398461089&sr=8-1&keywords=aqua+knight

Aqua Knight - Yukito Kishiro


What are the major differences between the anime/manga and the live action version of Perfect Girl Evolution?

According to the Japanese Wikipedia, the main differences are:

  Kyouhei becomes the main character. Sunako is listed as the 3rd cast in the credit.
  Kyouhei, Takenaga, Yukinojou, Ranmaru, and Noi are high school students in the original work, but they are undergraduate students in the TV drama.
  Mine (Sunako's aunt; the landlady) doesn't have children in the original work. However, in the TV drama, Takeru is introduced as an original character playing the role of her son. He self-proclaims to be the keeper of the mansion while she is away.
  Shinichi, the master of the coffee shop (Meykuu Iri, "Unsolved") that Kyouhei and his friends like to go, appears as a regular cast in the TV drama.
  Compared to the original work, Sunako's personality is sharply changed. Even with the usually timid and negative personality, when Kyouhei calls her Busunako (Extremely ugly Sunako, from busu + Sunako), she will display her paranormal-thingy and high fighting power and also her personality becomes stronger.


Yes, at least in the anime Chika Amatori has a side effect.  This is shown is episode 6 which was called "Chika Amatori's Side Effect".  Her side effect appears to be at least the ability to sense neighbors searching for her with hostel intent. Note: all sensory improvements due to high amounts of Trion are called side effects and no one so far seems to have the same ones.


In episode 45 of the dub, Sailor Moon is forcibly de-transformed at ~11:44. When it does, she "ribbons" back to her civilian clothes.

In episode 108 of the dub, we see Sailor Uranus de-transforms (at ~21:12), willingly, by going nude briefly before she appears in her civilian clothes.

In the manga. it looks like they use the transformation pen to de-transform a la ribbons.

So it seems they typically get surrounded by ribbons again and revert back to their civilian clothes.


Did Zero-Two regain her memories far earlier? [spoiler alert]

when zero two first met hiro she didn't recognize him, and was using him as a fodder to help her find her "real darling", but she didn't know that hiro was her real darling. then later on during a battle, zero two realized that hiro is her darling. but she doesn't remember the memory when they were little, she just remembered that hiro is her darling


Is Super Saiyan Green an official name or not?

Super Saiyan Green was never official.

The transformation Broly makes is called Legendary Super Saiyan, which has some background since that's what it was called in the movies featuring Broly.

Since Kale resembles that transformation, it's better to call it that, but if I recall correctly, no official name was given yet. Or it's Berserk Super Saiyan.


Is MyAnimeList still good ranking site for anime?

This is based on my opinion and my experience with MAL

Ranking

Mentioning for the sake of context: One of the main function of MAL is a platform for anime viewers to come together to share their knowledge, reviews, opinions, recommendations etc., and also to keep track of a list of animes that they've watched. The site doesn't do anything by itself, as the rankings are community-driven. Thus, lets say for an anime, 4 people ranked it 10, and 1 ranked it 1, it would come to an average of 8.2 (In mathematical context, this should be a subjective answer as this average doesn't really makes much sense, it should be something like an outlier, thus, for this case, using median would be more accurate to say that most people think this anime is a masterpiece).

Anime scoring & individuals taste:
Now, as @кяαzєя♦ mentioned, everyone has their own taste in anime. Thus, there will naturally be some people giving high scores to certain anime, while others giving it average to low scores. However, this still doesn't really answer the question very clearly. If you notice, why are some of the worst animes out there still greater than a score of 5? (The middle point between 1 (worst) and 10 (best))

Different definition of "average" ranked anime:
As an example, personally, I'm one of the MAL'ers that will give the LOWEST ranking to (IMO) WORST anime a 5. The only reason is because (Once again, IMO) I personally feel that to me, despite the mathematical context, 7 is the "average" ranking, 5 is the "worst" ranking, and "10" is the best ranking. The main reason is because when I watch something, and I think "Meh, it's alright", giving it a 5 makes me feel very uncomfortable, like it still has so much more ways to go (6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10). Thus, I re-scaled my own ranking for this, and adjusted it accordingly to my preference.

Anime names and its inconsistency to its content/plot

Honestly, I think the example you gave is actually intended by the original author/producer (I have not done research in this. However, just taking a look in the reviews of that anime, I interpreted it as it is a titled made to be misleading intentionally).

Thus, at least for the example you provided, it shouldn't be MAL's fault.

Conclusion

IMO, MAL does a good job at what it is, a platform for anime viewers to interact and manage their list. However, if you're going to take recommendations, I still think MAL is a good source, because as a community, most (but not all) the recommendations are still pretty good. However, knowing that everyone has different taste in anime, every recommendation/review should be taken with a grain of salt.

(Though, of course, you should just watch what you like. MAL just helps you by providing the potential titles you may like)


Why is SSJ3 shown as tiring to maintain, but SSJ4 is not?

Don't forget that GT is a filler, it wasn't created by the original creator, Akira Toriyama.

There is a very high probability that is was overlooked. Also if I remember correctly, SSJ3 wasn't shown as tiresome in Dragon Ball GT.


Hellsing soundtrack − Unexpected incident

Well, the track is #22 on the RUINS album (in Japanese, the track is titled 「予期せぬ出来事」 Yoki Senu Dekigoto). The associated album scans don't have track lengths printed on them, but the enterprising user who entered the track listing on VGMdb indicated that the track was 0:59 in length.

I figure that's probably the whole track. Some random Japanese reviewer also lists it as 0:59, for independent corroboration.

(There's an amusing annotation beneath the track list on the poster that basically says "Per the intent of the composer, this recording includes noise and unexpected sounds". I suppose, then, that an unexpected lack of sound is not too far beyond the pale.)


What happened at the end of the anime Berserk?

For you to understand the ending, you need to understand about the Crimson Behelit that Griffith has.

What is a Behelit?

  The purpose of the Behelits is to create an Interstice between the physical realm and the part of the Astral Realm where the God Hand reside. A Behelit belongs to a predestined owner and therefore, no matter the circumtances, will always finds its way to its owner when his desire to escape his current situation is great enough for it to fully activate so the owner can be transformed into an Apostle. From there, the Behelit would gradually come to another to repeat the process. Normally, a Behelit would activate from being exposed to the owner's blood.

The Crimson Behelit

  Griffith's Crimson Behelit, which he obtained from a fortune teller as a youth, was a rare and unique item said to grant one's greatest desire in exchange for the owner's flesh and blood.

After Griffith sees Guts and Casca together and realizes he may lose all the members of the Band of the Hawk, he runs away and falls in a stream. There we see he finds his Behelit among the river stone.

The behelit activates and summons the four members of God Hand.

  Also known as the Egg of the King by both Nosferatu Zodd and the God Hand, it appears once every 216 years when the time of the Eclipse draws near, its owner destined to discard physical form transcend into one of the God Hand. It is not known whether there were five different Crimson Behelits or whether the same came to each of the God Hand's members in turn.

God Hand then inform Grifith that in order to become one of them, he must sacrifice all the members of the Band present there. Thus, they all are marked with the brand of sacrifice and are killed by demons. Guts and Casca however escape with the help of the Skull Knight.

Source: Behelit


How do the various Yurikuma Arashi adaptations relate to each other?

The "original" author of these anime is a group rather than a single person.

When Kunihiko Ikuhara created Revolutionary Girl Utena, he created the group named Be-Papas and discussed the main story with the group.
The other group members are Chiho Saito who is a manga writer and Youji Enokido who is a story writer.
Ikuhara created the anime version of Utena, and at the same time Saito wrote the manga version of Utena.
They discussed the main story of Utena, but they created the different works independently and the details of each story were different.

Both anime and manga were original works; neither is an adaptation of something.

Ikuhara did same thing for Mawaru Penguindrum and Yuri Kuma Arashi.
The group members are different, but they created main story as a group
and created the manga and anime versions separately.

By creating as a group, they can create a better story. They can also release anime, manga and novel versions at same time; this will lead to better sales by a synergy effect.

Ikuhara is not only person who use group system.
An old robot anime Patlabor was created by the group Head Gear.
For newer example, Madoka Magica was created by the group Magica Quartet.


Anime movie about a guy going to hell and being reborn as a boy in middle/highschool

I believe you're looking for Colorful.

  "I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.


What is Japanese version of the pun word, "slife"? ... and term for adult friend?

It's a play on 人生 (jinsei, lit. human life) with スライム生 (suraimusei, lit. slime life).

'Slife' is an accurate portmanteau here. Since it's Slime + Life.

Friends are friends regardless of age. There are more formal words like 友人 (yujin), but how it's used is circumstantial and highly contextual in nature.


How does Goku's hair grow longer when he becomes Super Saiyan 3?

Before we begin an answer:

I prefer honestly saying that there is no answer for this (or I personally never saw something that answers that on the web), but we can use some deductions from what we know and experienced from the long series of the anime.

As we already know from Dragon Ball, the trademark characteristic of the transformation is the user's hair, it goes golden yellow at the Super Saiyan 2 level as a representation of achieving a higher level of energy.

I guess you could also ask:

why does his hair goes golden yellow at the first place ?

For me I know no reason of getting hair color changed when rising the energetic level, but by assuming that saiyans are a different race than humans, we could explain it as a result of the rise in Ki consumption, for example in SS3 :

  The rigid hair of the Super Saiyan 2 state becomes flowing and smooth again, and grows down to or sometimes passes the user's waist. The eyebrows vanish completely, making the forehead and eye ridges appear larger and revealing a more prominent brow ridge. A small increase in muscle mass is evident, and muscle tone is sharply defined. Energy radiation is so great that the aura pulses at an extremely high frequency, almost to the point where it seems static; the sound of the aura is also pitched even higher than that of Super Saiyan 2. Bio-electricity, like in the Super Saiyan 2 form, is again constant, and may reach further outward from the body than before. The Saiyan's voice may become slightly deeper, though this is obviously a feature only found in the anime. If the user of the Super Saiyan 3 form has a tail, it turns yellowish gold.

Source

So as a personal explanation:

I can say that just like when you eat a lot you get fat (as a human), when you open your body for a perfect Ki consumption (as in SS3 level) your hair will grow as long golden yellow (as a Saiyan).

And as a remark:

The body must change the morphological shape to achieve a higher efficiency in using the current level of energy for combat (for example largest muscles in SS3, tallest in SS4 .. etc), and as one can deduce: hair has no effect on the combat course, but personally again, I think the complete opposite: the hair style may cause more effect than muscles, it have an impact on the moral and psychic state of the enemy, to make it even clear:

Just like the lion is scary with large hair, so is the saiyan in SS3, he looks stronger sometimes more than what he really is. Unlike what was the small evil Boo, his physical appearance didn't show his strength therefore it had no impact on his enemies (Goku and Vegeta).


What is the chronological order of the episodes of xxxHolic?

1st Season, 24 episodes
2nd Season (Kei), 13 episodes

Movie "A Midsummer Night's Dream", This probably takes place somewhere during the 2nd season (60 minutes, essentially a long episode)

OVA Shunmuki, 2 episodes, also crossover with Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
OVA Ro, 2 episodes, occurs a significant amount of time after Shunmuki.


Why does Yomi relate 3661 with "Samurai"?

Japanese speakers may remember numbers by taking the prominent syllable from how they read numbers (語呂合わせ goroawase). There are more than one way on how to count: one that descended from Old Japanese (大和言葉 Yamato kotoba) and one borrowed from Chinese (漢語 kango). In the order of Yamato / Kango:

ひとつ hitotsu / いち ichi
ふたつ futatsu / に ni
みっつ mittsu / さん san
よっつ yottsu / し shi
いつつ itsutsu / ご go
むっつ muttsu / ろく roku
ななつ nanatsu / しち shichi
やっつ yattsu / はち hachi
ここのつ kokonotsu / きゅう kyū or く ku
とお tō / じゅう jyū

and so forth. Therefore, a syllable that corresponds to 3 can be either み mi, さ sa, or ざ za (the last being the voiced variation of sa).

For 3661,

3 = sa from san
6 = mu from muttsu
1 = i from ichi

The second 6 requires explanation. Notice that in the list above, "ra" does not appear. In fact, most of the syllables do not have a direct corresponding number, given that there are 48 basic syllables (plus 25 voiced variants and 21 digraphs). To force any given syllable into a number, people use various techniques.

Use English. つ tsu = 2, せ se = 7, え e = 8
Use modern Chinese. す su = 4 (written sì in pinyin but sounds like su), り ri = liù = 6
Swap vowels. This is what happened to the second 6 in 3661. Of all the syllables in the ra-line (ra, ri, ru, re, ro), only re (0 from rei) and ro (6 from roku) are defined. The Chinese technique also suggests 6 for ri. Therefore, 6 may be extended to ra and ru also. (The same thing happens in the ko/go-line where 5 fills in for ka/ga and ke/ge; and in the ma-line where 6 fills in for me and mo.)

An example of this extended list can be found at http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~b-jack/kouza/s-3.html

With these techniques in play, people might remember the first 30 digits of pi as follows:

San ishi ikoku ni mukau. Sango yaku naku,
3 . 1 4  15 9  2  6 5    3  5  8 9  7 9
Obstetrician goes to a foreign country. No misfortune after birth,

sanpu miyashiro ni. Mushi sanzan yami ni naku.
3  6  3 8 4  6  2   6 4   3  3   8 3  2  7 9
the new mother heads to a shrine. Insects chirp in the darkness severely.


What does the title of first chapter of Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin) mean or signify in the context of manga?

This answer contains spoilers.

Please do not read if you are not up to date with the manga (latest chapter being 91).

TL;DR

   The you might be the future inheritor of the 'Attack Titan' power.

Also keep in mind that there is no official answer, thus the correct answer (for now) would be "We don't know".

However, after discussing on some forums and reading some theories, some hints provide a common direction.

   As we know, Eren obtained the power of the Attack Titan with the Coordinate Titan (also known as the Progenitor Titan) from his father, Grisha Jaeger. Ever since, he has been having certain "visions", or "memories" especially while fighting other titans. In the manga chapter 89, this becomes clear.

SPOILERS!! Images from manga chapter 89.

(Picture source: Mangastream Disclaimer: I do not own these pictures. They are only used to answer this question more clearly.)

Leading to Hange asking:

Which brings us to the second hint of this chapter. Eren recalls the time he was able to use the Coordinate Titan's power.

Focus on "everything connected".

Which brings us to the culmination of the chapter (and the 'answer' to your question):

SPOILERS! If you have not read chapters 87 and above, do not read further!

Whose memories are these, I wonder

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

   There exists a memory-timeline that is outside of our perception of time. That is, Eldians who have obtained (at least) one of the 9 original Titan's power, have access to the memory-timeline of all previous (and possibly future) Eldians who obtained the same power!! In simple terms, Eren has the 'Attack Titan' power and the 'Coordinate Titan' power. He is able to access his father's memories, and either alter them or combine them with his own memories. Thus, the you in the first chapter, might be the future inheritor of the 'Attack Titan' power. As stated above, this is all speculation because nothing is revealed yet.


Are manga artists really pressured by the editors not to put dangerous or illegal scenes in their works?

I think what separates Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April) is the intent. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, as senshin commented, was most likely comedic exaggeration. On the other hand, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso used that vehicle law as an opportunity to show the strength of the protagonist and the recurring characters' friendship (that they would even have to break the law to get their friend where he needs to be, and even cut classes).

In relation to this, Japan also has a peculiar (to foreigners) culture of independence. Their family makes them take the public transportation rather than drop them off with the family cars. It's a huge no-no to personally drop them off. This, as believed, helps them grow in independence; yet, while only a culture, anime usually portrays a wealthy kid (usually a young lady) dropped off with(out) butlers. This leads to two diverging meanings in the anime:

the pride of the wealthy kid, or
the embarrassment for not being "independent."

Showing this delivers, as mentioned, differing intents.

(Although the comparison between a law and a culture is different, their value seems similar, so you can take it with value.)


if Beerus, Whis, and other gods of destructions and angels can use Ultra Instinct, why they dont get Goku's aura?

The biggest thing is that Ultra Instinct is not a power up, but a technique. It is literally just your arms and legs thinking for themselves, defending without you needing to be involved. There is no transformation or power up associated with it. It's implied that mastery of this technique means being able to have it always active. Whis talks about how his feet think for themselves but not his shoes when he stepped in poo, implying that it was active at the time, but since he cant feel through his shoes, his feet couldn't think to avoid it the instant he came into contact with it to prevent stepping in it.

Goku's transformation was triggered by the Spirit bomb, and he reached a new level. This is the new form he obtained. While in this form, he had, as Whis put it, broken through his shell to the greater potential within him. It was by breaking through to that new form that he was able to use Ultra Instinct. Its unlikely, but possible that Goku can still use Ultra Instinct even now in his base form. It could be the same principle as with his god form in his first fight against Beerus, how just obtaining it made his base form a lot stronger.

Or, TL;DR, Goku obtained a new God like form, and while in that form, was able to comprehend the secret to using Ultra Instinct. They are separate things.


Can a Nen user still use their abilities after Kuroro Lucifer steals it?

According to his wiki page they do not have access to the ability anymore. Unfortunately, it is not stated wether or not he can give the skill back. It is probably safe to assume he would not give it back due to his status as leader of the Gen'ei Ryodan.

  Chrollo's Nen ability allows him to steal the Hatsu of other people to use them as his own using a conjured book known as the "Bandit's Secret." The theft victim, of course, no longer has access to their stolen ability. The theft happens under strict conditions:

  1.He must witness the Nen ability in action with his eyes.

  2.He must ask about the ability and be answered by the victim.

  3.His victim's palm must touch the handprint on the cover of Bandit's Secret.

  4.All of the above must be done within an hour.


How important are those hand seals really?

You are right, as we know:

  While techniques may require a number of hand seals to work, a skilled ninja can use less or even one to perform the same technique.

So if you are a master shinobi, you can use a jutsu without making seals or making just a few seals, instead of 5-10-20. BUT if you are novice, you can't perform jutsu without hand seals. The number of seals or the number of hands indicates the skills of the shinobi. The more skilled someone is, the less effort he needs to put on casting a jutsu.

  An example of this is the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, which requires a total of 44 hand seals to activate.Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, only needed to use one hand seal to complete the technique, a testament to his skill.Although rare, it is possible for a shinobi to be able to do hand seals with just one hand. The only shinobi seen so far capable of this are Haku, Minato Namikaze and Guren.

The seals are VERY important even if you're skilled. It's vital in the Shinobi World since a jutsu can't be performed without hand seals and just few of the jutstu's are casted without hand seals (e.g Rasengan).


Ninomiya Rui is a boy

  who disguises himself as a girl most of the time/crossdresses so that he could easily observe people without being notice.

He acts so manly while dressing like this

But sometimes it's so suspicious because of this

And this

But to answer your question : He IS A BOY. definitely.