Not a manga reader but based on what I was able to search on the Internet, it is still a mystery and the whole truth isn't quite revealed yet.

From what I understand, it is still not known as to how it is acquired or if it can be acquired by someone consciously. It is, however, known that:

  ...all share a similar faith in their own (and others') dreams and/or destiny. When a "D." appears, the general consensus is that they are going to stir things up on a global scale, for better or for worse.

Also,

  The second thing about the D is the "Inherited Will" which passes down generation from generation according to Roger and Whitebeard. Even if the life of the person is extinguished others will take up their will.

Also from the wiki, only Gol D. Roger from among those who carry the 'D' in their name was able to know the whole meaning and truth behind. If I understand correctly, what he knew has not yet been revealed in the manga. There are a number of theories about this in the Internet which you can look up if you are interested but bear in mind that these are just theories so there is no definite conclusion as to what it is exactly.


What is the reference in the scene where the husband jokes about naming children?

This pose is typical for Gendo Ikari from the Evangelion series. It even has a page on knowyourmeme and is also featured as an example for 'Finger Tenting' on tvtropes.

In the series he has a son named Shinji and daughter (sort of) named Rei.
(The reference right afterwards is also to Evangelion's Kaworu)


What is the song playing near the end of S2E24 of My Hero Academia?

Check this link out. It has the complete OST of season 2. You might find what you are looking for here: https://soundcloud.com/crowface-368639517/sets/my-hero-academia-season-2-complete-ost


Why didn't L check for fingerprints or hair?

When the Kira Task Force recovered the Death Note from Kyosuke Higuchi there is 2 things which contaminated any DNA evidence on the Death Note:

The Kira Task Force touched the Death Note to see Rem
Light was holding onto the Death Note as part of his plan to reclaim ownership (when his memories returned)

To my knowledge there is no way to tell "when" fingerprints or DNA first made contact with an object being tested as such any of Light's DNA found on the Death Note can easily be explained by his interactions with it when the Death Note was recovered.

Remember that the idea was to capture Kira and convict him in a court of law and DNA on the Death Note would be inadmissible due to how it was handled. This is why the police tend to block of crime scenes ensure that the proper Chain of Evidence is met. In some cop shows there are times that, when a seal is broken or multiple undocumented people handled a particular piece of evidence, it can't be used in court.

Even if Light didn't touch the Death Note when it was recovered and L found Light's DNA on it, suspecting Light again after the 13-day rule seemed to show his innocence would not help L since up until now Light had been very cooperative in aiding the Task Force and they were all on good terms. He would first need to prove to the rest of the Task Force/Police that the 13-day rule is fake  thus returning to what I have explained here and then rule out any other way Light's DNA could have gotten onto the Death Note after it's recovery.


Not confirmed but the popular belief is that the picture reminds Sanji of his mother.

This is a foreshadow of Sanji and his relationship with his mother. It is addressed in the latest arc the Whole Cake Island arc.


Why are the seven deadly sins used so often in anime?

From my English composition class - its easier to write a story around a theme.
I don't think stories that use the seven deadly sins are more prevalant in Anime, its just that we are talking about eastern entertainment using western themes, which naturally calls more attention to itself.
As far as there being any significant message in the theme of the seven deadly sins. To me, the works just use the seven deadly sins because they are universally recognizable.

The most common contemporary understanding of theme is an idea or point that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (e.g. love, death, betrayal). Typical examples of themes of this type are conflict between the individual and society; coming of age; humans in conflict with technology; nostalgia; and the dangers of unchecked ambition. A theme may be exemplified by the actions, utterances, or thoughts of a character in a novel. An example of this would be the theme loneliness in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, wherein many of the characters seem to be lonely. It may differ from the thesis—the text's or author's implied worldview.
A story may have several themes. Themes often explore historically common or cross-culturally recognizable ideas, such as ethical questions, and are usually implied rather than stated explicitly. An example of this would be whether one should live a seemingly better life, at the price of giving up parts of one's humanity, which is a theme in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Along with plot, character, setting, and style, theme is considered one of the components of fiction. - Wikipedia


How exactly did Madara get Hashirama's power?

Orochimaru helped Madara get that face as well as develop the Rinnegan. This is partially why Madara activated the Rinnegan so late in his life; Orochimaru was the brain in the operation. As you can see, Orochimaru knew a lot of secrets, including Danzou's condition and Tobi's true identity.

There are small hints as the manga progresses all leading up to this point. Madara doesn't explicitly state it (in the below picture), but we know it is Orochimaru based on his research, Kishimoto's hints throughout the manga, and the fact Madara never met Kabuto before this war.

The underling is Obito and the acquaintance is Orochimaru (Ch. 657).

UPDATE: Here is the proof that Madara didn't know Kabuto. In the last 2 panels of the above pic, it is pretty much implied that Madara met a person (while he was alive) that showed him how to use his current technique. That person can only be Orochimaru.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kw3h3qH3iMg/TqlOW7PBdKI/AAAAAAAAGQM/jfPgdY5Do1w/008.jpg?imgmax=2000


Ending of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee

In the Italian wikipedia page a synopsis of the series is present, here is the translation of the ending:

  [...] During his journey Hutch will meet another bee called Aya, who will decide to take part in his search. Eventually Hutch, after many hardships, will find his mother and he will save her from a certain death. He will also find out that Aya is actually his sister, who managed to survive to the wasps' attack at the beginning of the story. Leaving finally his loneliness, Hutch will find his family and will put his efforts in rebuilding his kingdom, trying to make it even nicer and more peaceful than the one it was once.

There is also a sequel, called New Honeybee Hutch

  The sequel starts some time after the events of the first series, as Hutch and his sister, Aya, lose their mother, the Queen Bee, after an attack of the Wasps which destroys their Kingdom. Together, they embark on a long and dangerous journey to find a place called the Beautiful Hill, on which they would rebuild their kingdom, and Aya would become the Queen. Tenten, a ladybug, befriends Hutch and Aya and joins them on their journey, as he searches for his missing father. At the same time they have to confront Apachi, a wasp who seeks revenge against Hutch, believing that he killed his father.


Is there an explanation behind the hidden blue Exceed/cat?

It's just an easter egg, they seem to appear in every episode. They're no part of the plot in any way.

Source: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/fairy-tail/answers/show/538421/episode-39-what-thing

Example: http://i.imgur.com/Otr4Kba.png

In earlier episodes they showed a still image of every easter egg animal  in the episode with the relevant at the end of the episode


That looks like "Naoto Fuyumine" from Dogs, which has a manga and anime.


Who are the Witches whom these Magical Girls represent?

the crests in the background are giving it away from left to right:

1: Gisela

2: Elly

3: Charlotte

4: Gertrud

5: Elsa Maria


Is "Bakabon" written in English and translated to Japanese?

It's really not uncommon for anime which appear in English to have puns "translated" from Japanese.

One example that comes to mind is Persona (ペルソナ Perusona), which, when translated to English, ended up with the pun "Bear-sona!" said by the character Teddie (yes, like teddy bear), whose original Japanese name was Kuma (literally "bear" in Japanese), clearly not having such a pun.

Another rather complex example is this tongue twister, which is a very complex pun in both Japanese and English, using completely different bodies of text.

The studios which produced Tensai Bakabon were TMS Entertainment and Pierrot, both of which are rooted in Japan and produced the anime in Japanese. The original manga was written by Fujio Akatsuka (a native Japanese) and published in various Japanese shounen magazines by Kodansha and Shogakukan, both Japanese publishers.


Why and how did South Park use music from Eureka seveN?

Most likely in the same way companies like Crunchyroll buy licenses to stream anime. TV shows, etc. can buy licenses to use music made by other people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing


What is the song that plays in My Hero Academia in Season 3 Episode 61 at 5:30

I believe that the song from 4:10 - 5:35 is called Tekkin Battle. The song is from Season 2 of My Hero Academia. The song is listed below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIBCRNyV7ns


How many nations are there in the Naruto universe?

There are for sure more than the big five nations. I never watched a single episode of Naruto, but I will try to provide an answer here. You only ask for the nations, but I will add a list of the villages too.

This map is made by xShadowRebirthx. This is not a official map and also some places could be differ from the original! Click on the image to enlarge the map.

The countries in Naruto operate as separate political entities and are presumably all monarchies, ruled by feudal lords who stand equally in rank with the hidden villages' leaders.

The great five countries

Five of the countries are considered to be the most powerful and influential of them all.

Land of Earth

  The country is mostly comprised of desolate, rocky areas. The border
  of the Land of Earth runs along a rocky mountain range, blocking
  communication with other countries. The wind blowing from the north
  passes over these mountains, carrying small rocks from the Land of
  Earth to the surrounding countries.

Land of Fire

  The Land of Fire is appropriately oriented towards the element of
  fire, typically having very bright and warm weather. While not the
  physically largest country, it has the largest hidden village.

Land of Lightning

  In the centre of the country are vast mountain ranges, whose many
  thunderstorms are said to give the country its name. From these
  mountain ranges, many rivers flow to the sea, creating a very crooked
  coastline that displays an impressive oceanic beauty. There are many
  hot springs located within the country.

Land of Water

  The country's weather is typically cool and the islands are usually
  covered by mist. The islands themselves also feature many lakes. The
  nation is oriented towards the element of water.

Land of Wind

  The country covers a vast realm, but that realm is largely composed of
  deserts. Because there is very little rainfall throughout the year,
  the people of the country live in villages built on one of the
  desert's many oases. Despite the country's extremely harsh
  environment, it has a large population.

So there are all countries listed, here are four more of the bigger ones

Land of Iron
Land of Snow
Land of Sound
Land of Sky

Minor countries

I also found some other wich I could not assign to a catagory. These are the Land of Grass, Land of Rain, Land of Read Beans, Land of Rice Fields, Land of the Waterfall, Land of Udon and Land of Waves.

Shinobi Villages/Hidden Villages

Shinobi villages, or also called hidden villages, are ninja villages that serve as the military force for their country.

In summary, there are the 5 big nations, the 4 smaller one which make 9 nations. There are 28 minor countries (or 7 more if you count the not categorized countries) and 31 hidden villages.

Most of the information are from the Narutopedia. Other information from the frozen site narutoarikiri. A cached version is available here.


What's Goku's and Vegeta's green aura in Dragon Ball Super Broly?

There are a lot of fan theories claiming that Vegeta's green hair transformation was possibly foreshadowing a new form as we also see Goku display a transformation similar to Mastered Ultra Instinct while transforming to Super Saiyan Blue. However, there aren't any statements or actual facts from the writers, Toriyama or anyone related to the movie. Hence, I think it is fair to assume that these are just animation choices from the animators to simply make the transformation sequences more dramatic.Evidence to support this is Goku's transformation to Super Saiyan Blue. We have seen Goku effortlessly tap into the form so many times. However, he has a very dramatic transformation sequence when he taps into Super Saiyan Blue to fight Broly.Note: This is my personal opinion and it might not necessarily be true. I believe the animations were done on purpose to indicate some form of similarity in the Super Saiyan transformations between Goku/ Vegeta and Broly, mainly for the new fans who are unaware of the franchise.


I have watched all of the Monogatari series until the one before Owarimonogatari. I can tell you that Araragi's weight difference in episode 2 was never mentioned again. Throughout the entire series, only a few of the episodes (or maybe just one episode, not sure, it's a very long series) mentioned about the crab but only very briefly, didn't even talk about the weight problem.

That said, I don't think the anime made a mistake or ignored that fact. This is just how the Monogatari series is by nature. It tends to leave some stuff open-ended in kind of a humorous way. Though I watched back that episode and in the end, it did say that the reason for his weight increase was because the God was careless (as they don't really care about human's emotions, etc).


What exactly is the problem with Yukinoshita Yukino being dependent on Hikigaya Hachiman?

If you haven't noticed, your question is actually very difficult. Firstly, because OreGairu is probably the most psychologically intelligent anime ever in my view. But secondly, because there are actually so many aspects which everyone misses unless they watch and rewatch and understand symbolism that any answer is never completely correct.

Haruno is not evil nor is she bad. Instead, she's extremely strong willed, and Yukino has said countless times she wants to be like Haruno and be the upstanding member of her family. Alas, she's not... Haruno is. However, Haruno has always looked out for Yukino and wants her to be self-dependent but come back to their family at the same time.

Yukinon has always tried to be like Haruno. But by doing so, Haruno believes that she'll never be her own person --which is true-- while Haruno has always been her dependent. Yukinon wants to break out of her sister's shadow and be her own person, but she can't do that by relying on Hikigaya because their methods are so different and Haruno can see that Hikigaya is ridiculously intelligent which is why he gets results every time.

One problem with OreGairu right now is the lack of previous information. We don't have perfect access to everyone's background which makes sense in a way as we are able to build a picture of the characters as they are now. However, it also means we don't know exactly what happened to Yukinon as a child and Hayama and therefore, some references are really just take as they are. Yukinon has been bullied in the past as she has said and Hayama didn't help her, which is obvious. However, we don't have details around these instances so how they've affected Yukinon is opinion only.

Regardless, Haruno's words should not be taken at face value. Her saying she believes Yukinon is using Hikigaya isn't correct because everyone can see they care for each other and both would work in a relationship. However, she may believe that Hikigaya may influence Yukinon in a certain way that would affect her future and therefore doesn't want that.

Like I said, it's a difficult question but the main answer would be: Haruno has been like a mother to Yukinon for years and believes it's not in her best interest to start following Hikigaya and becoming dependent on him instead of her.


In the manga, do Satoru and Airi get together?

As this answer discusses, in the manga Airi shows up a few times while Satoru is recovering after his coma, although they never really directly interact. While the ending of the manga is quite different to that of the anime, the very last scene is the same:

   Satoru goes back to the spot under the bridge where he hid from the police, and as he hoped Airi shows up there as well.


Why do many anime OPs and EDs have onscreen lyrics?

I think this is only common among shows aimed at children. All of the examples you gave were shows which are, at least partly, aimed at children. Having karaoke for the song helps the younger viewers sing along, and also has some educational benefits in terms of learning more advanced characters. If you watch anime targeted at older viewers, they rarely have karaoke.

It's also notable that those anime aimed at younger children are using only very common kanji that even children would probably know, and is giving furigana. Those aimed at older children tend to have more complex kanji and sometimes omit the furigana as well. This isn't apparent from just the exam


What period of time in DM does the catastrophe scene in Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D take place in?

The event takes place sometime after Battle City but before the Waking the Dragons arc.
It is important to point out that the production of this movie overlooked many errors.Some of which confused many fans of the franchise.

1: Several times during the Duel, fewer cards are seen in someone's hand than there should be.

2: When Yusei revives "Junk Gardna" with "Miracle's Wake", a face-down card is seen on both sides of it when there should've only been one.

3: When Jaden is about to attack "Malefic Rainbow Dragon", the original "Rainbow Dragon" is seen on Paradox's Duel Disk instead of its "Malefic" version.

4: When Paradox Synchro Summoned "Malefic Paradox Dragon" and it appeared on the field, "Elemental Hero Neos Knight" is not on the field but its card is seen on Jaden's Duel Disk after "Malefic Paradox Dragon" is Summoned.

5: When Yusei revives all of his team's monsters with "Stardust Mirage", the DEF of "Junk Gardna" is mistakenly shown as 2500 instead of 2600.

6: Pegasus is shown with the Millennium Eye, despite the movie taking place after he lost it at Duelist Kingdom, although this may just be an animation mistake.

7: In the dub, when Yusei activates "Stardust Mirage" the underside of Jaden's face-down is also "Stardust Mirage" instead of "Neos Spiral Force".
In the dub, when Yugi uses the effect of "Kuriboh" to block the attack of "Malefic Stardust Dragon", he calls it "Stardust Dragon" instead of "Malefic Stardust Dragon".


Question about the war strategy in the 4th great ninja war

In the 4th Great Ninja War, Mifune was apart of the 5th Division. This division was designed to support any other company that was in need of assistance. So he sent units to both Darui's and Kitsuchi's divisions.

  Mifune is placed in charge of the Fifth Division. Because the Fifth Division is intended to reinforce the other divisions as the need arises, Mifune sends portions of his division to support the Second Division and First Division

However, Mifune fought Hanzo in the past and lost the battle

  During their battle Hanzō's kusarigama broke through Mifune's sword and struck his head, poisoning him. With the battle finished, Hanzō expressed his beliefs to him, and, acknowledging his faith and strength, gave Mifune the antidote for the poison and left

Mifune wanted to battle Hanzō in the efforts to bring down the enemy that originally defeated him

  Wishing to fight Hanzō by himself, Mifune instructs his samurai not to interfere.


No, we don't.

From quick googling, it seems that it has not been revealed yet, even in the light novel. But it seems some hints exist.

From "Kyon" on Wikipedia:

  The name Kyon is actually a nickname given to him; his real name has yet to be revealed in the series. His sister is responsible for spreading its use amongst his schoolmates, much to his embarrassment and annoyance, and he misses being called Onii-chan (お兄ちゃん, Lit. "older brother") by his sister. In the ninth volume of the light novel (The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya), his real name is hinted at in a conversation between himself and Sasaki, a girl who had known Kyon since middle school, who said that it was a very majestic name that didn't fit him.

His sister's name also hasn't been revealed yet.

Thread in MyAnimeList discussing this - there are many hints and guesses being discussed there.


Why was the Osiris Egyptian God Card translated as Slifer the Sky Dragon?

The name Osiris was changed to Slifer by 4Kids employee Sam Murakami, possibly due to religious symbol/reference.

According to Wikipedia,

  A god card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, originally named Sky Dragon of Osiris (オシリスの天空竜 Oshirisu no Tenkūryū), was renamed "Slifer the Sky Dragon" after Slifer by 4Kids Entertainment employee Sam Murakami.

which sourced the interview with Roger Slifer himself where he answered with

  As for Slifer the Sky Dragon, despite the rumors on the web, I did not name that character after myself, even though I was a producer on Yu-Gi-Oh at the time. What happened was this: Another 4KIDS employee, Sam Murakami, was our liaison with the producer of the cards. Some names of the cards had to be changed because there was concern their names would be considered demonic or sacrilegious or something here in the states. It never made much sense to me, but when you're broadcasting here in America, it's something that has to be accommodated. Anyway, Sam renamed a bunch of those characters after people on staff at 4KIDS. It just so happened that the one he named after me happened to be a "god" card and much more prominent than the others in the series. I attribute it to the cosmic forces in the universe trying to balance things for me being made a demon in Ghost Rider. And again, just to set the record straight, I wasn't even aware of it until after the names on the cards had been changed and it was too late to go back.

This is just another case of censorship that affects some cards (also refer to an unanwered question: Was Kazuki Takahashi involved in the modifications made in Yu-Gi-Oh! for reasons of censorship?)


What is the Ash-Greninja form of Greninja?

Basically, what happens is that the bond between Ash and Greninja is so strong that Greninja took the new form as Ash-Greninja where Greninja takes some features of Ash (as you mentioned) and it is not a mega evolution. Some theorists say that it might be synchro evolution from the pokemon spin off Pokemon Reburst. By turning into this form, Greninja's power greatly increases and as you can see on its back, there is a giant shuriken which is a replacement for water shuriken (the move). The Ash-Greninja form can only last for a short period of time before Ash and Greninja gets tired and faint, during the form ash can also feel the pain that Greninja is feeling.

The official website explanation is "Ash's Greninja takes on a mysterious new appearance in the latest season! Ash-Greninja is the form that Greninja takes when the bond between it and Ash is raised to the limit. The strength of their bond changes Greninja's appearance, and it takes on the characteristic look of Ash's attire. This phenomenon is also said to have happened just once several hundred years ago in the Kalos region, but it remains shrouded in mystery."

The anime explanation is saying pretty much the same thing. When it first happened in the ninja village, the anime explained that because the bond between is great, he has taken a new form. The first appearance looked something like this.

during this stage, Stallone did a lot of testing where he discovered that this transformation will take place only when Greninja and Ash have mentally synchronized. Then later in episode 25, while versing the kalos champion, Ash-Greninja got the full form and it looked like this.

it was then explained that this was when the bond became maximum level where they are completely synchronized. And then it goes through the phases of difficulty between Ash Greninja and stuff.

Some power ups include faster, stronger, giant water shuriken, using water ninja knife things instead of the normal iyarigiri move. And in the episode 35, water shuriken became huge (kind of like rasen shuriken), it looked like this

Everything about Ash-Greninja is explained in the anime, it also shows Stallone testing how it works and the road to master this form.

I highly recommend Pokemon XY & Z. The anime has improved a lot, Ash is no longer the immature young kid, he seems (mentally) more as a teen now and yeah, I definitely think you should give it a try.


As you haven't specified I'll assume you meant episode 9 of the first series.

It's Fairy Tail's take on Can Can, which is part of the Overture of Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach

You can find the whole song here


Is Law's Devil Fruit immune against Haki?

Law didn't just use his power to cut Vergo, he also cut him with his sword as part of that. The combination of Law's power, his sword, and the Haki he used through his sword, were enough to overwhelm Vergo's full body Haki and slice him in two.

Haki is not a binary quality. Depending on the willpower and the strength of the person, they can have stronger or weaker Haki. If Law's Haki had been too weak, he wouldn't have been able to cut Vergo. However, if he used as much Haki for his attack as Vergo used for his defense, then it would just become a contest between Law's sword and Vergo's abs.

In One Piece, there are very few absolute powers. Luffy was able to punch through the Snake Sisters' Haki by putting enough forces into his punch. No one is immune to Haki, but Haki is not infallible either. Haki can be beaten by Haki, and weak Haki can even be beaten by excessive force.

In this case, I believe it was a combination of Law's Haki and strength that defeated Vergo's Haki and toughness.


There is no exact answer to this question. 17 despite being called an android, is technically a cyborg.Cyborg: A fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body. So their main source of energy has been replaced with a futuristic energy source such that they have unlimited energy. Hence they do not have ki like a normal human being. The robots, on the other hand, have ki which can be sensed. We know this when Dr Paparoni uses his staff and the androids begin to powerup. The increase in power is felt by the 3 Saiyans. However, after Dr. Paparoni fused with the Robots, his energy isn't felt by the other characters like they did with Kefla(Despite Aniraza being stronger). Vegeta needed to use his Big Bang attack to even gauge its power. Then again, even Goku didn't know how strong Jiren exactly was because he never expected Jiren to be able to handle SSJB+KK*20 or the spirit bomb the way he did. Also, we see Goku using the instant transmission to save android 18 and the instant transmission mainly requires finding someone's key. It was revealed early on in the episode that the androids don't have ki, so it is very likely Aniraza does have ki.Hence, it's either one of the 2 possible options. Aniraza has ki and has the ability to mask his energy (We've seen fighters like hit, Toppo, Jiren do the same) or Aniraza has a special energy source (The reactor broken by 17) which is very mechanical and not exactly ki.

Images supporting some of the statements made


Was the Flare-Flare Fruit that Sabo ate real? Or was it a fake made by Caesar?

To answer your 1st question

How did Doffy get that Flare-Flare Fruit?

just like Kaz Rodgers said

Doflamingo was a black market dealer so naturally his connections probably ended up finding it.

2nd, three of your questions together:

until now I am still confused how the Devil Fruits spread around the world

Do they grow in the same tree or each of them has their own tree (Flare-Flare Tree maybe)?

After the users died, will the fruit grow in the same tree or just fall to random places like Dragon Balls?

For starters, 2. and 3. we don't know much about Devil Fruits either, besides what we have told so far and seen. For example:

When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another Fruit of the same kind. Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply regenerates inside another existing Fruit

Spoiler

  As seen when Smiley "died" and the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl transplanted itself into a nearby apple.

BUT Oda has pointed out in SBS Volume 48
"For more detail, you'll just have to wait for a certain professor to make his appearance in the story, and explain exactly what the Devil Fruits REALLY are... eventually."


Why did Midoriya come last in the quirk assessment test when there were others worse than him?

We don't know for sure.

As far as I'm aware, this is never explicitly addressed later on in the series.

However, I think we can hazard a guess based on a few other factors seen during the quirk assessment test.

While Midoriya may have performed as well or even better than students like Hagakure that gain no real physical advantage from their quirk, we have to remember that Midoriya's quirk injured him severely during the ball throw. While it was not as bad as Aizawa may have expected (just his finger versus his whole arm) it's entirely possible that Aizawa deducted points due to this injury. This is a quirk assessment test, after all, and breaking a finger after merely throwing a ball is a severe disadvantage to a quirk no matter how you look at it.

Hagakure, meanwhile, may not have had any real major advantages like Midoriya, but her quirk had no disadvantages either. I would assume she's also fairly strong herself, as mentioned in the comments to your question, so it's not unreasonable to think she had a similar (or even better) performance when compared to Midoriya in the contests that neither had any advantage in.

This would apply to the other students with quirks that do not enhance their physical strength as well, like Koda, Shoji, or Jiro, among others.

Considering that Aizawa was going to expel Midoriya before he thought to use only his finger, I'd say Midorya actually did quite well to be placed last instead.


A one shot shoujo manga about a girl who's afraid of boys

Is it perhaps Kazekou Engekibu by Asagi Hikaru?

  Much to her embarrassement, the shy Mashio-chan wins a set of couple
  tickets for the amusement park. She feels at a loss for what to do
  since she has always been bad with men. So what will happen to her
  when the drama club president Katokura Aki suddenly declares that he
  would erase her awareness...?


Why did Kanon reincarnate in another race?

I am assuming that you're asking as you've watched the most recent, episode nine. The answer lies back in episode two at 2:25:

In episode two it is mentioned that Kanon and Anos made a promise that if Kanon were resurrected that it would be as Anos' friend when they end the war between Humans and Demons. If Kanon were born human again as a hero he would be destined to fight the demon king again, where as if he were resurrected as a demon, this would not be the case. This would be why Lay was born with extraordinary swordsmanship abilities, as well as explain partially why his seven hearts were split to maintain in part his heroism in reincarnation.

Please note that at this stage in the anime this is still semi-speculation, but rather credible speculation at that. Anos confirms this at 11:00 - 11:14 in the anime in episode nine.


When does the Heroes Rising movie take place?

The movie takes places some time after the ending of the 4th Season of BnHA, sometime in the winter season (but the action is placed on a tropical island). It is also said that possibly the events that take place only happen in the movie.

From the interview with the movie director:

  Nagasaki: "Yes, we did use an element that was originally planned in
  the manga's last battle and used it towards the end of the movie.[...]
  Besides, Horikoshi-sensei told us "I'll create an even better ending
  anyway, so it's all good".

So it's not really an actual spoiler for the manga readers, more that the movie adapted some of Horikoshi's previous ideas for the ending of the manga.


Why couldn't Alphonse Elric fix his own armor?

The blood rune binding Alphonse's soul to the armour is too fragile to be handled by anyone other than Edward

In Ch. 10, No. 48 "Slicer" explains to Ed how the blood rune functions

Basically, the blood of the rune links to the soul and the iron in the blood anchors the soul to the armour. Since the armour is made of iron it stands to reason arbitrarily fixing the armour with alchemy is dangerous as it might harm the blood rune and cause Al to unbind from the armour. We see with the death's of Slicer in Ch. 13 and No. 66 "Barry the Chopper" in Ch. 39 (depicted below) that the rune is incredibly fragile

Just a scratch in the rune was all that was needed to kill Barry so it's not hard to imagine the consequences of accidentally warping the rune when transmuting. Theoretically Al can draw himself a transmutation circle when an arm comes off after the battle with Lust but likely did not want to risk it. In Ch. 7 after the brothers' first encounter with Scar in which Ed's arm gets destroyed and Al loses an arm + a leg Ed says he's the only one capable of handling repairs to the armour

In terms of if the brothers alchemical abilities are the same, the answer is: not to begin with. At the start of the series Al doesn't remember seeing "Truth" which is the requirement to be able to transmute without a transmutation circle by clapping your hands together. Until he does, Al still has to draw transmutation circles to use alchemy. He only regains his memories of the "Truth" when Martel's blood splashes onto the blood rune during the Furher's raid on Greed's hideout in Ch. 30. The reason this restores his memories is unclear, whether this "completes" the rune or it just shocks the memories back is never elaborated on. Even after Al regains his memories of the "Truth" though he still relies on Edward to fix the armour as it's safest to let the person who crafted the rune to handle the armour. Especially when the rest of the armour needs to be thinned to compensate for the bits that are completely gone.


How come Abra was able to evolve in episode 22?

In the anime, evolution is a bit different to evolution in the games. For example, Pokémon do not evolve when traded and can refuse to evolve.

If you look at the list of evolution in the anime, you'll find many Pokémon that did not evolve after a battle. It's more like they constantly gain experience and can sometime decide that they want to evolve now, mostly when it's needed. Also, the idea of "levels" aren't very much used in the anime, so I don't think it really matters. It's just a mixture of emotions and experience.


What does Shu's void tell us about his personality?

To me, Shu's void isn't actually representative of individual strength at all or wanting to take on others burdens although I will admit that he does try to do this a lot.

I think Shu's void is actually more indicative of his character being highly dependent on others to provide him with some initiative or resolution to act. If we take multiple examples from the series and the way that it was structured in that each new trial practically requires a new void to be used or a combination of pre-existing voids. I'd also like to extend this to Shu's character being on to find some compromise or mediate (to some degree) between others as his void activation relies on some form of acceptance of the other party. The void must generally willingly be given by the owner to be used (tbh, this was my interpretation and I do know that in a few instances there was forced use but thats a different discussion).

Tldr: Shu's void indicates he can be described as cooperative and submissive at least in line with my previous point. As the series goes on he loses this submissiveness and becomes willful if not arrogant but eventually humbled by the events. I think the final episodes really stress he needs others and he settles down to an almost meek attitude about his relationships with others.

On a deeper level I'd say that as Shu is the main character and given the way his void works with others is that the message of co-dependency of all members of society for the achievement of a specific goal. Furthermore given that his Void is the 'Power of the King' there can be two further interpretations:

the power of the king is a absolute power that can manipulate, order, influence and control others.
the power of the king by itself is useless as it is dependent on the acceptance of it by its subjects, and through that acceptance, conformity with the kings demands.

Sadly I can't say much for Inori except that I do think she is quite bold in that her ambitions and willingness to be party to certain things for the sake of a goal is a standout feature of hers. She's willing to take on a fair bit of burden.

Take my answer for what you will, it's also quite likely i'm completely wrong :P


Why couldn't he simply turn into fire and repair the damage?

You can read here that:

Users of Busoshoku Haki can strike Logia users as if they were human; Rayleigh describes it as the ability to "force into solidity the fluid bodies of the near-invincible Logia Fruit users" when he explains it. When Haki is applied to a Logia user while they are intangible, rather than nullifying the powers completely; it turns the user back to their physical form. It also allows the one using Haki to grab the person in their transformed state as if they were tangible.

From the manga:

Chapter 597 Page 18.


Is Lupin III: A Woman Named Mine Fujiko a prequel or a reboot of the Lupin series?

I think as far as the timeline goes, it's obviously before the events of all 3 Lupin III TV series. Because of the lack of overall plot, it's hard to say whether or not events from "A woman named Fujiko Mine" match up with all the events in the TV series without any ret-conning, maybe with the exception that Fujiko has memory loss.

There's never been any official announcement as it being a prequel and it's not consistent with the source material where the first meeting(s) between Lupin and Fujiko in the manga differ from this series (not that there's much consistency between the manga and any of the TV series to begin with).

Likewise, because of inconsistencies within the TV series itself (different characterizations of Lupin between the red and green jackets, different characterizations of his sidekicks and Fujiko) you could say the Fujiko series was a reboot just as likely as Lupin III, part 2 and part 3, the manga, were all reboots. But if you want to consider them all within the same continuity, I don't see any reason not to include Fujiko's series as a prequel, even if there would need to be some ret-conning (can easily just say Fujiko lost her memory again).


Explain about Ergo Proxy and Proxy one and their relation with Monard Proxy

Ok so after thinking over this and reading some other stuff I believe the answers might be:

At first Proxy One loved Monad and Monad loved him back. Then Ergo was created, and as he was basically a Proxy One clone, he also loved Monad and Monad loved both as they were regarded as one.
Romdo was created by Proxy One, Romdo was most likely created before Ergo Proxy. (You could argue about it being also created [or co-created] by Ergo as the series discusses about identity and about Proxy and Ergo having the same persona, being one and the same, despite of them having 2 separate bodies. Proxy One regarded Ergo as a part of him and in turn he was a part of Ergo, he regarded both of them together as Proxy One and each separate body as a part of One, not a copy; Ergo struggled to define himself as a different entity.)
This is a very complicated topic, some argue Proxy One created Ergo so that Ergo could live the life Proxy One longed for without any knowledge of the Proxy Project. I believe it was to kill Monad. Proxy One loved Monad. Proxy One was the agent of death. He was destined to kill Monad. But he loved her. So he created a copy of himself who was appointed to carry his Proxy duty and kill Monad. But the copy, Ergo, also loved Monad, and Monad loved both Ergo and Proxy One. So Ergo decided to wipe his memory to avoid his destiny of killing Monad, and Monad helped him using the Amnesia autoreiv. Probably Proxy One left Mosk after he created Ergo, so he wouldn't witness Monad's death, but the plan failed as Ergo wiped his memory, then came Romdo's attack, Monad's kidnaping, and Vincent's migration to Romdo. When Proxy One came back, he found Ergo had failed his duty, and thus the story begins.
All proxies were imperfect as they were created by humans. The creator of Romdo was considered imperfect but it was never intended to be perfect. Proxies were created so they could create humans, but humans were imperfect from the start. So imperfect humans created imperfect Proxies to create more imperfect humans. What's the point on that? Why create more imperfect Humans to live on Earth if the original imperfect humans destroyed it in the first place? I don't know, ask Proxy One ;)
Proxy One fled from Romdo as he wanted to live with Monad whom he loved. He had issues with the overall raison d'etre of the Proxy Project which also conflicted with his proxy duties so he fled.

This are my interpretations, feel free to discuss/change/dismiss/adapt them to what the story meant to you. Although this questions about the events where the catalyst that led to the animated story, they are left unanswered and left to the viewers interpretation as their answers depend of the viewers understanding of the themes discussed (theology, identity, perfection, purpose, etc.)

Hope it helps :)


Can a transformed Saiyan lower his ki to base-human level when transformed?

There are kind of multiple issues wrapped into one here. Firstly,

  Can a super saiyan their ki to the point that it is human level?

No that is impossible. Why? Because it takes a great amount of energy to undergo and sustain a physical transformation. If you drop your ki below a certain point. You revert to your base form.

  Goku death by beam?

Yes that can also happen. It seems almost impossible in theory but remember saiyans are in fact humanoid aliens and as such they can fall vulnerable to being shot in the back if they lower their ki sense. Whis warns Goku of this when he tells him during their training and in the manga that he gets too overconfident easily and lowers his guard and that is his weakness which is the polar opposite of Vegeta who is too on-guard and thus gets slowed down. (I can link the manga panel later).

The point is. Goku was confident of victory which is why he was able to be shot.


Flashy Flash hasn't shown any of his abilities or powers in the manga or at the tv show. But in the webcomic series of ONE (the original manga), which it has a lot more chapters, we know some of his abilities and his powers.

SPOILERS

So according to the webcomic:

   One of his moves, was to fly to the enemy within milliseconds and attack him from any distance. Flashy Fist (閃光挙, Senkōken): In only a matter of milliseconds, Flash traverses the distance between himself and the opponent and unleashes a barrage of punches.

So you have to wait until to the point where the manga, will show more about this character.


The only Senju to showcase the Wood Release was Hashirama Senju. You could say that the Wood Release was Hashirama's speciality. Even his brother Tobirama did not use Wood Release all that much, but instead had a variety of speciality techniques including Space-time jutsu, Edo Tensei, Kage Bunshin, etc.

The Uchiha are adept at using fire techniques, because of their natural affinity towards it. The Senju are commonly called as "Senju clan of the forest". So we could only assume from the name that they are adept at using forest related skills; Wood Release.

But from the Senju we have seen in battle, namely Tobirama, Hashirama and Tsunade, the common feature about them is their unique fighting style and skills. This would lead into a more agreeable assumption. The clan's name, "Senju", literally means "a thousand skills". So this would mean, rather than the whole clan specializing in one type of jutsu/technique/nature release/skill, the clan members would be specialized in different types of jutsu. This actually fits the meaning of their name. Which means, there isn't a trademark clan ability. This assumption is supported by the Senju we've seen in battle multiple times.

The Uchiha hadn't defeated all the other clans. It was just said that they were among the top powerful clans, only challenged by the Senju. The Uchiha and Senju had been fighting against each other over centuries, even before Hashirama and Madara's times. This was because of the Indra and Asura feud. So while the Uchiha were powerful, the only clan able to go against them were the descendants of Asura. That's the main reason as to why they could go toe to toe.

TL;DR : The Senju clan doesn't have a trademark ability. But all its members have proficiency in different types of jutsu. Because of being the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' sons, the Senju and Uchiha were able to go toe to toe against each other.


What is the song that plays in Naruto Shippuden's first episode during Sasuke's first appearance?

The title of the track you are looking for is Shippuu Kumikyoku (Hurricane Suite). This track is on Naruto Shippuden OST 1, Track 28


Song that plays in Boku no Hero Academia season 4 episode 12 at 12:40

I think this is it! Please forgive me if I am wrong, good day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1qpioSEEk


What is Sakamoto doing holding those rods?

Sakamoto is holding the L-shaped dowsing rods, which are used to

  locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other objects and materials.

The rods enable Sakamoto to:

physically locate the trap set up by Acchan and his gang
spiritually locate "points which require adjustment".


Why couldn't Kakashi pass through things?

Note that the two eyes of Obito performs two different actions. The right eye performs the space-time ninjutsu or the teleportation jutsu for the user only (so it a short range version of kamui). The left eye performs the teleportation jutsu for the enemy that is targeted i.e. the user looks at the target and concentrates so that the target is transported to the space-time dimension (so it is a long range version of Kamui). Kakashi has the left eye, so he can perform the long version of Kamui while Obito performs the short version of Kamui.
Even if Kakashi got the right eye, he couldn't be able to perform such a chakra-inducing jutsu because he is not an Uchiha. Note that Kamui is the speciality of Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan (which is Kekkei Genkai exclusively for Uchiha clansmen only). So, using Kamui demands a great deal of chakra for him to perform. It takes him an extended period of time to gather enough chakra to use it, and once he does he cannot use it again. Even if he does, it won't be as effective as he would have wanted. Also, repeated use of Mangekyo Sharingan's abilities can damages user's vision, eventually reaching the point where it causes the eyes to bleed. For Kakashi, it would be very, very painful.


How many characters in One Piece know what happened in the Void Century?

This is a very interesting question. As you state in your answer, Gol D Roger knew what happened in the Void Century, as did Whitebeard, whom he told, Clover and presumably some of the others on O'hara knew at least a little, and it is very likely that the Gorosei and perhaps some others at the top of the World Government knew.

But it isn't very obvious who else knows. When Rayleigh is asked whether he knows the truth of the Void Century, he replies that they do, but isn't clear who exactly he is talking about. At least he and Roger knew, but it's possible only a few other officers did, and it's also possible that the whole crew knew, meaning Buggy, Shanks, Crocus and a whole load of others. However, I think this is unlikely. The Roger pirates weren't like the Strawhats, Buggy and Shanks were two cabin boys, so it's likely that the crew was pretty large, and if all these pirates knew the truth, then it seems likely that some of it would be out by now.

It doesn't seem likely that the Gorosei have told any others, and neither did Clover, but Whitebeard could easily have told Marco and some of his other trusted sons what Roger told him. Rayleigh was willing to tell the Strawhats, but preferred not to, and had already been pretty impressed by Luffy, I doubt he would have told the secret to anyone else on a whim, as he preferred to keep his head down after the dissolution of his crew.

In summary, the only living person we have confirmed to know the truth behind the Void Century is Rayleigh, but it's strongly implied the Gorosei know, there is a reasonable chance that some other world government leaders, Roger pirates and Whitebeard pirates know, and I would also expect Dragon to know at least some of the truth, as he leads a very powerful organisation fully opposed to the World Government.


Does Keima's mother know Elsie and/or Haqua's real identity?

I'm not aware of any further canon details or Word of God explanations, though I won't guarantee the latter doesn't exist.

There would be a difference between "knows her true identity, ie that she is a spiritual being from Hell", and "knows that she's not really her husband's daughter (but otherwise just assumes she's a human girl with feelings for her son)".

She probably just goes along with it in the end because she's ecstatic that her introverted NEET son is suddenly bringing (real) girls home with him, and she wants to give him some privacy and a chance to break out of his shell so he can establish real relationships with real people.  She is shown at various points worrying about Keima's future, and that he would come home married to a cardboard cutout one day and just go crazy-hobo mode.  As such it's consistent for her to jump at any chance to get Keima interacting regularly with a girl his age.


As these things sometimes go, the answer came to me after some thought. It took a while for some of the details to sink in. I believe I can explain what happened with some clarity now.
First, the order to the spirit of the Staff of Creation was to create a new version of Penny, exactly the same at the current one, with the virus still in it, out of the same parts as the current one. This would cause the current Penny to be destroyed. However, here comes the loophole: the Staff of Creation is not allowed to destroy (or create) life. Penny has a soul, as evidenced by her use of aura, therefore he cannot follow this order. His only choice is to give Penny a flesh-and-blood body.
This explanation meshes well with some details that initially confused me. For instance, Penny starts hugging everyone immediately after and marvels at how warm hugs are. And in the final episode of the season, she has blood.
The wiki seems to confirm my suspicions:

In "Creation", she was transformed into a Human by Ambrosius when he
created an exact replica of her using her robotic parts.

Disclaimer: I did this answer from memory, rather than consorting the episodes again. But I think my memory is accurate in this case. Hopefully. Feel free to correct me if I got any of the details wrong.


Which version of A certain magical index is more expanded, the manga or the light novels?

The Index light novels are the source material, so the light novels are the most expanded. The Index manga and the Index anime are adaptations of the light novels.

Though to make things more confusing, there's also A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Scientific Accelerator, which are manga spinoffs of the Index light novels. They have their own separate storylines, so the manga versions of these series are the most expanded for their respective storylines.

But to make things even more confusing, Railgun has a number of anime-original arcs that are not in the manga, but are acknowledged and back-referenced by the manga in later story arcs. But the Railgun anime and manga also have a number of timeline inconsistencies (e.g. the timing of Kongou Mitsuko's appearance). Oof.

The graph of Toaru adaptation relationships looks roughly something like this. In my diagram below, titles branching to the right are direct adaptations, and titles branching downwards are spinoffs. The year in parentheses is the date of first release.

Index novels (2004) ─┬── Index manga (2007)
│                    └── Index anime (2008)
├─── Railgun manga (2007) ──── Railgun anime (2009)
│    └───  Astral Buddy manga (2017)
└─── Accelerator manga (2013) ──── Accelerator anime (2019)

This is just a broad overview; there are also things like side-story light novels and games and movies.

For the Index anime in particular:

Index adapts volumes 1-6 of the light novels.
Index II adapts volumes 7-13 of the light novels.
Index III adapts volumes 14-22 of the light novels.

That adapts up to the end of the original LN series, but there are something like another 22 light novels after that, under the sequel title Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (a.k.a. New Testament). See this list of light novels.

It also may be worth rereading the arcs that the anime covered, because the anime left a lot out (note that it had to compress 9 volumes of content into only 26 episodes). In the r/anime threads for Index III, Razorhead's "Small Facts" comment series on each episode details the differences between the anime and light novel, and clarifies a lot of details that may have been unclear due to omitted content. And some of these are quite lengthy. (Some examples: episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

See also Baka-Tsuki's Index Calendar. It's a bit out of date at the moment, but it's a good overview of where all the various light novel, manga, and anime adaptations in the Toaru Verse are currently up to in-universe, timeline-wise.


According to an GameInformer interview with the art director and the producer (Junichi Masuda) from Gamefreak:

There is a rumor that in the original Pokémon games, versions Red and Blue, that the Pokémon Ditto was a failed attempt at cloning a Mew. I was wondering if you could speak to this, to whether or not it’s true.
Masuda: That’s the first time I have ever hear that rumor actually.
Is that your only answer?
Masuda: In terms of how Pokémon are designed, they are each their own unique living being. The unique thing about Ditto is that it’s a Pokémon that can change forms, but each Pokémon we create with its own unique element, so we just make sure that they are all individual life forms of their own.

Though it seems that his response denies this theory (or rather skirts around it), but since he was probably not directly involved in the development of the game, it's still possible that Ditto was originally meant to be a failed Mew, but scraped somewhere during in the development cycle.


What chapter does season 3 of Attack on Titan finish at?

Chapter 73 and it’s easier to find because some of the chapter names are similar to the episode names.


Anime that is based from a western movie

Off the top of my head, there's Highlander: The Search for Vengeance. It was produced by Madhouse and written by David Abramowitz, who worked on the Highlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV series in the west.


I think they can, but they just wouldn't gain any energy like they would from other sources, so it's just completely pointless. There have been points with dragonslayers in pretty tight pinches, and I'm pretty sure one of them would have at some point eaten their own magic if there were any point in doing so/ if it's even possible.

I think Natsu was just making a bit of a stupid analogy when he said it was like Lucy eating celestial spirits, at no point has there been any suggestion that a dragonslayer's element is in some way alive, and he's more than happy to fire off bursts of fire that presumably must burn out eventually, I don't think ethics come into it at all, just practicality.


What is the meaning and significance of the word "Sunagimo Umataro" (砂肝うま太郎) in Yuyushiki?

The 'items' in the drawing seem to be part of a close-up view of the strange penguin-looking thing to the right (namely the eyes and the beak).

As for its name, it was probably made up. As you noted, 砂肝{すなぎも} means "gizzard," which is an organ common to most birds (note the drawings bird-like appearance). 太郎{たろう} is a common male name suffix, and according to a search on jisho.org, there are at least two names (both of whose first kanji corresponding to 「うま」(uma) mean "horse." Leaving it in kana may also be, as you noted, a play on 「うまい」(umai).

In conclusion, the weird name was most likely crafted to reflect the decidedly weird semblance of the creature in the drawing.

Also of note, the speech bubble translates to something like "don't be so unreasonable," and the text to the left of the image translates to "[the] truth is SCARY."


Song played in Tokyo Ghoul :re episode 4

The soundtrack has not been publicly released as of yet. When the season is finished I assume we will know ;) (Though the ED and OP have been)

If my math is correct, the earliest it will be released is in 53 days and 4 hours (from when this is posted).

This is if they actually release the OST on that day, they might release it the weeks afterwards; who knows?


Is Dragon Ball Heroes Goku Ultra Instinct way stronger than Dragon Ball Super Goku Ultra Instinct?

I think you're reading too much into this.

First, consider that Dragon Ball Heroes is a non-canon promotional anime. The scenarios within aren't necessarily supposed to be consistent, they're just supposed to be cool and promote the game, Dragon Ball Heroes. Because of this, it makes the most sense for Goku to go through all of his forms before gaining the upper hand on Cumber. This includes all of his Super Saiyan forms, as well as Vegito and Ultra Instinct.

As well, consider that Akira Toriyama has never been totally consistent with the exact strength that the Super Saiyan transformations grant to their users, and he has been inconsistent in general with how strong characters are throughout the series. For example, back when DBZ: Battle of Gods was released, Akira Toriyama stated that in terms of power, Super Saiyan God Goku was a 6, Beerus was a 10, and Whis a 15 (source). If this were still true, SSJ Blue Kaioken x20 Goku should absolutely destroy both Beerus and Whis at the same time. Clearly, this was just a rough idea he had, and it was retconned as Dragon Ball Super continued.

To answer your specific question, I would say that it's impossible to judge the strength of Dragon Ball Heroes Goku relative to Dragon Ball Super Goku. Dragon Ball Heroes is not concerned with coherence and consistency as much as it is cool scenarios, and thus, characters will be as strong or weak as the plot needs them to be.


Does Ultra Instinct have a larger multiplier than Potara fusion?

The Multiplier for Ultra Instinct is definitely greater than the Potara fusion Multiplier. We know this as the SSJ Vegito for the Buu Saga, is nothing in comparison to MUI Goku. There are several other examples indicating the same:SSJG Goku being stronger than Vegito in the Buu Saga(MUI is several times stronger).UI Omen completely overwhelming SSJ2 Kefla and MUI is even more stronger.The Potara fusion is also dependent on the characters who fuse and I think it is safe to assume the multiplier always stays constant. Disregarding the power of the fused characters, the potara fusion multiplier will never be > than the Ultra Instinct Multiplier. It wouldn't make logical sense for a potara fusion between Hercule and say, one of his students, be able to go toe to toe with a god of destruction.


When can I start reading "Soul Eater Not!"?

You don't need any significant knowledge of the plot of Soul Eater to begin reading Soul Eater Not!. It is set in the same world, but Soul Eater Not! takes place chronologically before the beginning of the Soul Eater manga and mostly focuses on characters who are not important for the main plot. If you're familiar with the setting of Soul Eater (which should not require more than a few chapters of the original) then you should be able to read it. In fact, you could probably read it without any knowledge of the original, as the major concepts are all reintroduced, but I think it will be more enjoyable for those who at least know the main characters and setting of the original.

Of course, many of the characters from Soul Eater also show up in Not!. There may be foreshadowing of future events or outright spoilers connected to these characters, but I don't remember anything major getting spoiled, and most of the references are to things which occur fairly early in the manga. If you want to catch all of the references, it would be good to read up to chapter 44 (last chapter in volume 11), and possibly a bit farther, but strictly speaking that isn't necessary.


Why can't Ed perform alchemy without his arm?

He can't make a perfect circle without his arm.

The mechanics of Edward's ability to transmute without a traditional circle are not that well defined. He enters the Portal of Truth and then gleans some kind of knowledge about alchemy that allows him to do this. He probably couldn't tell you why he needs both arms, he just knows that he does.

That said, we can try to make an educated guess.

While it's true that he could make a "circle" by putting his arm on his shoulder or other part of his body, this wouldn't serve as a true transmutation circle.

Almost every transmutation circle we see in the series has a single common property: symmetry.

Though this symmetry isn't perfect, with the symbols being different in the circle on the left and Al's Blood Seal on the right having that slightly asymmetrical circle in the middle, for the most part, the circles are perfectly symmetrical, especially the borders and the "structure" within.

If Edward tried to make a circle with one arm, he would have an awkward and asymmetrical circle.

When he uses both arms, though, he is able to make a (roughly) symmetrical circle, and perform a transmutation.

You also mentioned:

  ... why can't he make a circle between his functioning flesh arm and his non-functioning automail arm?

I don't see why he couldn't.

He never really got a chance to do this, though.

As far as I can remember, the only time his arm was not working, yet completely intact and attached to his body, was right after the fight with the Slicer brothers when Envy and Lust showed up in the 5th Laboratory.

When his arm broke, he was freaking out, and he had also lost a lot of blood, so I doubt he was thinking clearly. Envy knocked him out before he was really able to try anything. Also, his arm breaking was probably a bit for comedic purposes too.


One way to explain this would be that it's impossible for the Rainy Devil (possessed Kanbaru) to kill Araragi, and so the contract is automatically impossible to complete. Had the Rainy Devil known that, it wouldn't've agreed with such condition. But because it seems too simple and there are many things hinting that this wasn't the deal breaker, here's another way to explain this:

The whole deal with the Rainy Devil is that it's a devious creature and will try to fulfill its owner's wish as deviously as possible. Remember how the first time Kanbaru wished to be faster than her classmates? Rainy Devil beat 'em up so they couldn't compete. Now guess what Kanbaru wished for concerning Senjougahara.

Because Kanbaru wished to be close friends with Hitagi and then suddenly Araragi appeared on the horizon, becoming Hitagi's boyfriend, the Rainy Devil decided that in order to gain Senjougahara's love (and let's not forget exactly how much Kanbaru prefers girls over boys), Araragi would have to be removed from the picture. By death, of course, because it's Rainy Devil.

So after Senjougahara waltzed in on Rainy Devil and Araragi's one-sided battle and explained that if Koyomi were to die, she'd never stop until Kanbaru, who caused all this, was dead, which would make Kanbaru's wish to become close friends with Senjougahara impossible to be fullfilled by killing Koyomi.


Nope, so far he has never called him by his name, it was even referenced in a SBS with oda: SBS Volume 73, Chapter 729, Pg. 162
The user counted (with frequency) the various names that Zoro and Sanji used for each other. This was covered till Volume 66 of the manga so far.

Original quote and Editor Notes below: D: Dokusha (Reader);  O: Oda

  D: Zoro and Sanji are always fighting! I was reading One Piece and thought it was odd that Zoro never seems to refer Sanji by his name, so I went back and checked!  I counted them up from Volume 5 to 66! Here are the results, ranked by frequency!!![..] In conclusion, Sanji does in fact refer to Zoro by name, but Zoro does not return the favor! P.N. Little Marron
  O: ...Okay. Thank you very much, Little Marron! So you counted them all... This was very fun to read! Some of these terms made me wonder when they'd said these things. Indeed, I have trouble imagining Zoro calling him "Sanji" by name. Not once, eh? Wow. Well, they might not get along well, but they're both valuable, trustworthy men who have Luffy's back. So let's forgive them their squabbles (laughs).
  Page 162: In the VIZ Manga, Zoro does call Sanji by his name a few times for the sake of context, but he does not say "Sanji" explicitly in the original Japanese.


The kakugan are red due to the activation of RC cells in the ghoul's body. The RC cells are present in their bodies are when they activate them to use their kagune of due to them becoming excited, the kakugan activates as well.

  A kakugan is an influence of activated Rc cells.

The kakugan are red as the RC cells are red in colour.

  Rc cells (Red Child Cells) are certain cells that exist only in the story of Tokyo Ghoul. The origin of the name comes from how each individual cell looks like a curled up foetus.


What is the chorus that plays with each new major monster in Fairy Tail called?

I believe the name of this song to be Akuma Deliora.
It could be found on the OST Vol. 1 as song no. 30.
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This is not an OVA, but rather a movie. The title is:

  Magician of the Silver Sky

It is the 8th movie and one that features Kaitou Kid. The last part goes like this:

   While flying the plane, it's struck by lightning. They activate the back up generator. They see that the auto-pilot is broken down so they have to cancel the landing. They manage to pull up but lose one engine in the process and damage the runway. The next thing they notice is that there isn't much fuel left. This is because when everyone was in the cockpit, Ban accidentally hit the fuel gauge button which made the fuel (in separate engines) go into one big tank.

 Conan finds a place to land (Sakamori Dock). Kid (in disguise of Shinjo) says he can't do it because he injured his hand and that Ran should take his place. Kid opens the emergency hatch and tells them good luck. Kaitou Kid then jumps from the plane. Nakamori chasing the real Shinjo, notice the real kid flying, and so they chase after him.

 Conan tells Sonoko to take his place and that he has to go to the washroom, also to put on the headsets in case contact is made with the airport again. Conan uses his voice-changing bow tie and tells Ran using Shinichi's voice. Ran tells him to stop acting so cool and that the fate of these passengers is within her hands. She then tells him that she loves him which makes him go silent. She tells him that she see's a ribbon of red lights. Heading towards the dock. Conan sees it and realizes why Kid jumped off. He was going to attract the lights of the police to create a runway so they can see.

 Ran successfully lands the plane. Ran thinks that the person who jumped was Kaitou Kid's accomplice and she was talking to Kaitou Kid. She is relieved to know her secret wasn't let out.

Last part summary quoted from the page itself


Which route is the Rewrite anime based on?

The rewrite anime is a "new" route which is basically an amalgamation of all the routes. It grabs events from all routes that are in the VN, plus some new content with Kagari (most probably inspired by the Harvest Festa fandisc, where Kagari has a similar personality).

Spoiler for Moon and Terra (i.e. second season)

   As for the ending, all of the routes that branch off from the common route are "bad" endings. In some, humanity is either wiped out or reduced to a state where it has no future. In others, even if there are no obvious bad effects, it is hinted that humanity has a few dozen years of survival, maximum. The ending of anime is closest to Shizuru's end, where possessed Akane instruments Salvation through Kagari, but a few humans are just barely able to survive. But they probably die off, unable to rebuild human civilization.

As for Terra:

   It is in Terra's route where humanity actually gains a future, thanks to the sacrifice of one random guy, which is central theme of the route (and the whole VN by extension).


Did the garrisons ever use the cannons on top of Wall Maria to fire at the titans before the breach happened?

As stated from the wiki:

  Cannons (壁上固定砲 Kabe jō kotei hō?) were the primary weapon used to engage the Titans before the development of Vertical Maneuvering Equipment.

It doesn't say explicitly that the cannons were used on these specific days to defend the wall, but it does state that they were the primary defense before 3D Maneuvering Equipment, so we can assume that they were used before the Colossal Titan attacked.

We can also infer with reasonable suspicion that these cannons were used on a case-by-case basis. This means that if a titan is small and unlikely to cause harm to the wall or be a threat to humanity, it may not be worth it to waste cannon ammo and time trying to exterminate it. However, if a larger titan is scratching at the wall, the appropriate military personnel will likely make the call to engage, using the cannon.


Well this question is something which cannot be answered definitely as the actual answer completely relies on the authors.
First combination(Potara fused characters do a potara fusion after) : It was stated by the Old Kai in the manga that the potara earring cannot be used more than once. In other words, 2 fused characters cannot fuse with potara fusion. This is because, one fused character such as Vegito cannot take off a potara earring as both the characters would both need 2 have 1 potara earring on.Second combination(Potara fusion followed by fusion dance/Fusion dance followed by potara fusion/ Fusion dance followed by another fusion dance): Although dragon ball GT is not canon, It was indicated that even the fusion dance can only sustain a fusion powerful to a certain extent because we see SSJ4 Gogeta defuse before the time limit. We know for a fact that the potara fusion is a lot more powerful and with 2 potara fused characters (Match their power level's and fuse), the power would be enormous and they wouldn't be able to sustain the fusion. The only other option would be a bunch of weak characters first doing the potara fusion and then followed with the fusion dance. So lets say a very weak race(Humans), do the potaro fusion, for instance krillin, tien, yamcha and roshi. In the Buu saga, Base goku and base vegeta were no where as strong as Super buu Yet alone buu han. Yet  we see base vegito completely owning him. So even if these 4 humans do a potara fusion followed by the fusion dance, the probability of the fusion of their fused character lasting would be very low and they would very likely immediately split back to their potara fused characters. We see goku willing to fuse with Hercule before his fight with Buuhan(Before Vegeta showed up). So goku did believe that even fusion with hercule would've made him stronger to an extent. So that leaves us with the possibility of someone as weak as Hercule and say his students doing the same. They would be able to attain the potara fusions but wouldn't have the necessary skills to perform the fusion dance. This would apply in case of all the 3 other possibilities listed in the second combination. This answer would be making an assumption such that fused characters can fuse. However, let us consider another possibility. In the Saiyan Saga, once Goku arrives to fight Vegeta and Nappa, we see him split a senzu bean and give half of it to Krillin and the other half to Gohan. We notice that this doesn't completely heal their energy. So let's say the effects of the Senzu bean were cut down to 50%? So what if Goku ate 2 successive senzu beans, instead of 1 when he's out of stamina. His body is not going to create an additional energy source after the energy from the first Senzu bean is depleted. So in other words, one could say a body is capable of only adapting to 1 fusion and another fusion wouldn't be possible?


Sources for Christian themes and motifs in Naruto?

I'd say that Kishimoto draws a lot from Christianity and other religions. It's not just similar stories by chance. The events you list from Naruto are almost the exact events that happened in the Bible. That's not just chance, nor is it surprising. Almost all elements and events in Naruto are influenced by outside forces. So, it's not surprising that the more supernatural seeming events would be influenced by religion.

I'd also like to add that, although Kishimoto hasn't went into full detail on all of the influences of Naruto, Christianity seems to be well known in Japan, considering it's influences in other anime and manga. The stories from the Bible are probably known by a large number of Japanese people. Especially the more important ones like the forbidden fruit, which has been referenced numerous times in other anime.

Here are some interesting subtle influences of Christianity in Naruto:

Danzo Shimura originally went by the nickname Kanzo when originally meeting with the Akatsuki, which appears to be a nod to Kanzo Uchimura, a protestant and creator of the Nonchurch Movement. Kinda like a rebel among religious bodies at the time, who often got fired because of his beliefs and practices.
Mifune is based off Toshiro Mifune a famous Christian actor. (I'd link to it, but I don't have enough reputation for more than 2)
Sasuke is not only similar to Judas, but Obito CALLED him Judas in the manga, just before he became the Jinchuriki of the Juubi.

There's been evidence of Christianity's influence on Naruto before, but that latter example seems to act more as proof than evidence.

I feel like many people downvoted this simply because they didn't want it to be true, but Naruto takes influences from Christianity, and that shouldn't be thought of a bad thing. The influence of Christianity can make for some really cool narration if it's not Americanized propaganda (because everything here appears to be nothing but propaganda of some kind). Take Final Fantasy 7 as an example of this fact.


They don't share the same mother. Sesshoumaru's mother is a dog-type Dai-Youkai, while Inuyasha's mother was a human.


Where can I watch/stream English subbed Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters?

Hulu (Dub & Sub)
Crunchyroll (Sub only)
Yahoo! View (Dub only)
MyAnimeList


I forget the reason about this, did he don't want to evolve?

It's pretty safe to guess that part of the selling point of the series is that Pikachu is "cute". If you let him evolve into Raichu, you've lost this appeal.

So from the author's standpoint, there is no reason to evolve Pikachu. In the Anime, it was expressed as Pikachu simply not wanting to evolve. (Somewhere in the episode where Ash takes on Lt. Surge.)

  And is that mean evolve is an option? You can choose NOT to evolve
  your pokemon?

In the games, evolution is almost always optional. In the Anime, it's a bit unclear.But in this case Pikachu evolves by a Thunder Stone - which is completely optional. If you don't want to evolve, just don't use the stone.


I have not read the light novels, but based on two very quick scenes in the anime, Sword Art Online, even Alfheim Online, does not get installed into the NerveGear itself. The game is installed or inserted into a secondary device to which the NerveGear is connected to.

Towards the beginning of episode 1, Kirito is getting ready to log into SAO and we can see the title "Sword Art Online" on a console shortly after putting on the NerveGear

We see the exact same type of scene later in episode 16, after Agil gives Kirito a hard copy of ALO.


What are some free streaming services besides Crunchyroll which stream English Dubbed shows?

MyAnimeList compiled a list of The 18 Best International Sites to Legally Stream Anime. They do mention a few that offer dubs (and they mention Crunchyroll offers some dubbed titles), and they also mention the region availability. Not all of them are free, but most of these will offer at least some free content:

Funimation, Availability: US and Canada
AnimeLab, Availability: Australia and New Zealand
Hanabee, Availability: Australia and New Zealand
Hulu, Availability: US
Amazon, Availability: Global
The Anime Network, Availability: NA and UK
Animax TV, Availability: UK and Ireland
Manga Entertainment, Availability: UK and US
MyAnimeList, Availability: Global (dependent on title)
Anime Serien, Availability: Global (note: this site is not a streaming site, but rather one that helps you locate legal streams for anime subbed/dubbed in various European languages)


Is Mirai Nikki OVA equal to the manga ending?

The final volume Last Diary contains the ending where they meet each other. But the anime OVA contains the final ending and it is taken from Redial where the ending is very descriptive. This was not in Last Diary. As you mention you read the manga, so you know the difference between the ending in the anime and the manga: how Yuno Gasai from third universe meets Yukiteru god of second universe.

The OVA does not only contain the story of how Yuno meets Yukiteru but also about the other diary users and the changes in their lives. The final ending of the anime hints that they did meet each other. If you remember the ending from the anime, there is a text change of the diary from "Yuno died" to "Yuno came to see me" and the sound of something breaking and Yuno calling Yukki which leads to one conclusion that they did meet each other. You can't say it is inconclusive.

The main reason may be lack of time. So later Esuno Sakae released both Mirai Nikki: Redial and OVA where there is happy ending and other details like how the part of Murmur of first universe, which was hanging in Yuno's mobile to help her to remember about Yukki and Minene of the second universe and help them meet with each other which he was not able to do in the show.

Another reason is that, it is not necessary that the contents of the anime and the manga should be same. Manga can contain very deep story with every detail where anime covers surface. There are many other anime/manga, where the story of the manga and anime are completely different. Because release of anime is not like the release of manga.


Why did Teru Mikami confirm Death Note's validity by examining the pages with a microscope?

If you're talking about Light's explanation of his plan in Episode 36 (1.28), see spoiler below.

If you're talking about Episode 35 (Malice), where we see Mikami check the Death Note with a microscope and call Takada to say that he confirmed something... Even without knowing Light's end game, the microscope still makes sense.

   If you remember, Light had Mikami hide the real Death Note, create a fake notebook and carry it around with him, writing names in it. He also had Mikami send Takada some real Death Note pages so that she would be the one doing the actual killing.

So if Mikami is verifying something about the fake DN, writing in it is pointless. If, on the other hand, it's the real one he's checking--Light told him not to use it.

He doesn't know Light's reasons and isn't likely to risk disobeying him if there are other ways to perform the verification.

   Light reveals in his little mental monologue that he had Mikami check every day if the notebook had been tampered with. This is because Light knew that Near was onto Mikami and anticipated that the SPK might do something to it. When Mikami uses the microscope, he's doing it to verify the fact that the fake notebook HAS been tampered with (not the other way around), and lets Takada know, so that she can in turn notify Light. Thus Light is not surprised or worried when Near invites him to a showdown--he knows what is about to happen, and is ready. He lets Mikami know that he should come to the "showdown" as well, but with the REAL Death Note.  So why doesn't Mikami just write a name on the questionable pages to see if they're real or not? Because he knows that the SPK is following him and that they might look at the notebook at any time. Light had him routinely leave it in the gym locker ON PURPOSE to lure the SPK into tampering with it. If he breaks the routine the SPK will be suspicious. If he writes names on the back pages instead of writing in order, and the SPK sees this, they will be suspicious. If he writes something and then uses an eraser, etc, they might still have ways to see this. It's too risky, especially if whatever Mikami wants to check can be easily seen by other means.


A manga about a boy carrying a large sword which can be powered up by inserting beads in it

I believe you are looking for Rave Master.

I have not read the manga, but the description really sounds like the story in its anime adaption.

  Fifty years ago, the Demon Stone and RAVE (two powerful artifacts) are broken and scattered throughout the world. The story follows the journey of Haru Glory; during his travels he meets many new friends and allies, and also enemies known as the Daemon Card. He will have to use the powers given to him by RAVE to defeat the Daemon Card and find the other pieces of RAVE.

As for the death of the father:

  However they stop as Elie is almost crushed by a blouder [sic!] and saved by Let who helps them escape. In the end, Gale [the protagonist’s father] falls down a hole and Haru tries to save him but they both become trapped, doomed to be crushed by the tower. However, after explaining to Haru the meaning of being a man and a father, Gale covers Haru’s body to protect him despite Haru’s pleas. After the tower collapes, Haru is horrified to find his father died protecting him. — Rave Master Wiki

Reference

Rave Master - Wikipedia


As mentioned on Wikipedia, they're the 1st (Guren no Yumiya) and 2nd (Jiyuu no Tsubasa) opening of season 1, and the 1st (Shinzou wo Sasageyo!) opening of season 2, all by Linked Horizon.

Thanks to Aki Tanaka


What is the "secret of this world" that the mysterious letters to Rin refer to?

I haven't played the visual novel for a long time (8-10 months) but I'll try to answer as precisely as I can.

This "secret of the world" is the key of the anime/visual novel as you may already have noticed.

Warning, spoilers below

The secret of the world is revealed during Refrain in the visual novel, which is unlocked once you have completed all the other routes (including Rin2, which is basically Rin's route with a choice you can only choose when all the others routes (excluding Refrain of course) are completed, i.e {Komari, Kud, Kurugaya, Haruka, Mio, Rin1} in whatever order, then Rin2, and finally Refrain.

In refrain,

   you play as Riki who tries to gather Little Busters! "core" members (Rin, Masato, Kengo, Kyousuke) as when they were children to discover finally what the "secret of the world" you've heard of is about. In the last scene of Refrain, Kyousuke reveals that during the class trip, the car in which the Little Busters! members were fell from a cliff and as Riki and Rin were not ready to continue their life alone (they were protected by Kengo and Masato), the other members created an "artificial world" that is basically the first semester repeating again and again, freezing the "real world" in which they are all severely injured. Once Riki and Rin are strong enough to continue their life, the world that was created will disappear, with all the members disappearing one by one until they are the only ones left (you can search "Refrain last scene" on Youtube to see what it looks like). Of course it's Key so you'll get a happy end where Riki and Rin will do a good job and save all of them later.

To answer your second question, although I think you've already guessed it if you read the spoiler above, the culprit is

  Kyousuke ; Riki will see him attaching a letter to Lennon's tail, but I'm not sure when exactly, it was during Rin2 or Refrain

Hope that'll answer your questions :)


Why does text in anime read horizontally?

Japanese can be written either horizontally or vertically. Vertical writing is known as tategaki (縦書き) and is notably used in manga. When writing vertically, columns of text are read top-to-bottom, right-to-left, which is why manga panels are also read this way. Horizontal writing is called yokogaki (横書き) and is written left-to-right, top-to-bottom exactly as English text is. There's also an obsolete form, migi yokogaki (右横書き), which is read horizontally but right-to-left; this is only used in a couple of series for stylistic reasons. The orientation of the characters in all of these styles of writing is the same.

Both styles can be found in anime. I think it is probably true that horizontal writing is more common than vertical writing, but it depends on the format of the writing. In general, horizontal writing is the more modern style, which was adopted during the Meiji era to conform to western styles of writing. Traditionally Japanese is written vertically (this tradition originates in China as do most Japanese linguistic traditions). The Meiji era is also when the Japanese language was really standardized (before that it was basically a collection of regional dialects), so naturally this was a time when a lot of changes were made to the language and partial adoption of horizontal writing is just one of them.

In terms of usage, vertical writing is used in newspapers, novels, calligraphy, and manga, while horizontal writing is used for academic writing, computer text, and many other everyday tasks. The text you see in anime is usually fairly representative of what direction it would typically be written in Japan. Likewise, in manga, text other than dialogue (e.g. on signs) often appears both horizontally and vertically. For anime, when there is flashing text on the screen not part of any signs (e.g. in Bakemonogatari), these are more frequently horizontal, probably because television screens are oriented horizontally (landscape), but there are examples of vertical writing in such cases as well.

Here's an example from Monogatari Series Second Season (episode 7) with both tategaki and migi yokogaki writing. The sign on the left is written vertically, while the ones on the right is horizontal but right-to-left.

Here's an example of flashing text from the same episode, written with ordinary yokogaki (left-to-right) writing:


Why did the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime change the dueling boxes/tables used in Duelist Kingdom to large platforms?

Sitting down in an enclosed box that displays holograms of a small size doesn't spruce up the intense battle scenes that the manga wants to convey to the audience. Also sketching huge monsters as holograms in manga comics is difficult keeping in mind that the dueling field needs to showcase both the monsters and the duelists. It would take up a large space on the page.

Also when the anime was being created, the emphasis was made to make duels more interactive than just showing monsters screaming. Like monsters could now be launched from canons, Gaia the Fierce Knight could now gallop and much more.


What is the song in episode 3 when the girl gets attacked at the train tracks?

I think it is the song "Shadow Dancing" from the Original Soundtrack (15:56).
The next song in episode 3 is "Wild Speech" (17:26).

On Wikia, you can listen to it (and the other songs).

I've added the times where the music starts with the version that I have because nothing starts at 16:20.


Why do Kagura and Yomi from Ga-Rei show up in Tokyo ESP?

The comment by josephting got it mostly right. Ga-Rei and Tokyo ESP are both manga by Segawa Hajime (Ga-Rei: Zero also shares script writer Takayama Katsuhiko with the Tokyo ESP anime). Showing Kagura and Yomi (and later two other characters from Ga:Rei Zero) was likely intended as a throwback reference to Ga-Rei. I guess from a practical standpoint, it would serve to alert people who otherwise weren't paying attention to such things that they're by the same author.

However, Ga-Rei and Tokyo ESP are pretty clearly not in the same universe. It should be enough that the mangaka has never indicated anything to the contrary, but there are also in-universe reasons why they can't be. For obvious reasons, if it were, it would necessarily happen before Ga-Rei: Zero. But in the Ga-Rei universe, ordinary people weren't aware of all the supernatural phenomena. In fact, in the opening of the first episode, they order a media blackout as per "Section 3B of Form 12". In contrast, in Tokyo ESP, ESP users are generally known to the public well before the first episode (specifically, in chapter 12). In addition, the events of Tokyo ESP simply don't fit on the Ga-Rei timeline, since we know essentially the full backstory of the characters and there's nothing remotely like what happens in Tokyo ESP, nor do any ESP users show up anywhere in Ga-Rei. Barring some major retconning, we can safely say that these aren't the same universe.

In the manga, the scenes with characters from Ga-Rei don't happen. In fact, very little of what happened in episode 1 is in the manga at all. What did happen is in chapters 22 and 23. Kagura and Yomi haven't appeared at all in the manga as far as I've read (chapter 30). However, the series is no stranger to cameos. We'll certainly be seeing some of (spoilers) this guy and likely quite a few others. With that in mind, Ga-Rei cameos aren't particularly out of place here, but they won't be playing any big role.


The answer is in chapter 31.

Annie noticed that Armin is not looking at her like before. Maybe she detected hints of fear on Armin's eyes, which means Armin knows that Annie is the Female Titan.


When did Luffy meet his father again in person?

In chapter 100, was the only time they met. Dragon stopped Smoker from capturing his son Luffy. Despite the fact that they never actually talked to each other, this is the only moment we know Dragon and Luffy met, since Luffy began his journey.


How much is sixty billion double dollars worth?

Well, in one episode, he buys a bag of donuts, about 10-15 of them, and pays $$30. The average donut costs $1.20 (I literally just looked it up on Google [here]). If you round it to 10 donuts, it's $12. If you round to 15, it's $18. You can safely say that one double dollar is approximately equal to fifty cents ($$1 = $0.50) which, whether on purpose or a total lucky mistake by the author of Trigun, makes a lot of sense, in a weird reverse way. So, by this (way too complicated) logic, he is worth $30,000,000,000.00!


Is the heart a weak point of a Logia user?

Concerning Monet, she was too terrified by Zoro's killing intent to properly defend herself. When she was cut, you could see her struggling to move in an attempt to put herself back together. She can't and is shivering with a scared and confused expression on her face. Logia powers activate on a mental level, much like Paramecia and Zoan, however Logias rely on their subconscious to activate the power in the even of danger. It's why they can still touch things, when not using it. There are cases when a human can be paralyzed with fear, as was the case of Monet.

Now, for Law, that's actually pretty simple. Law's power creates a field into which he can manipulate all matter as he pleases. So while inside the field, Law had separated the hearts from the user and enclosed them in their own space. It's why they seem to be frozen in ice, which is how the effect is shown.


Why do they tie their thumbs and don't use handcuffs?

"A normal zip or cable tie is borrowed. A participant firmly cables the performers two thumbs together, making it impossible for the performer's hands to separate" (wonderwizards.com).
So my understanding is that by pinning the thumbs together, separating the hands becomes impossible and thus, minimal hand movements restrict leverage to pull on the rest of the bindings
https://www.wonderwizards.com/lesson/blacktie2018


You're thinking on the right track except for the fact that den-den mushis do not imitate those speaking. Den-den mushis do not "take the shape" of their owners. They are customized by the owners to show ownership. Trafalgar's den-den mushi looked like him, so did Doflamingo's. Thats why Mr. 0 could not recognize that it was Sanji on the other side of the line instead of Mr. 3. Also because of plot.
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Blessing Spirits aren't actually a physical thing. Rather, the agglomeration of bizarre phenomena that the people in the show describe as a "Blessing Spirit" is simply a subconscious/unconscious manifestation of the child's latent powers. To the uninformed observer, it looks like what we might call a "poltergeist" - but as we know from the narrative, the real explanation doesn't entail a separate physical being causing the strange phenomena.

I don't know why they refer to it as though it were a physical being. Perhaps it's a fiction the adults maintain to keep the children from understanding the true nature of their powers and the damage that power leakage can cause? (Keep in mind that the students are never taught in school how karma demons really originate.)


What's the deal with Gowther's concealed identity?

According to the story, the appearances of some of the Sins changed after all that time like Ban, King and Gowther himself (well, Ban did say that he didn't know how Gowther looked in the armor), and besides, since the guys knew about his armor, and since the monster was big and wearing the armor, they probably didn't gave it a second thought.

As for the second question, it was because he was waiting for the Sniper (the guy with bow and arrow, for whom Ban went in the beginning), since that was an illusion, he was waiting for him to reveal himself.