Tokyo ghoul's Kaneki's change in hair color

His hair turned white and nails turned black because of the physical and mental stress (the episodes in which Yamori tortured him)

It is mentioned @Wikia :

  After being tortured by Yamori for a period of ten days, his hair
  became white and his nails turned black due to heavy stress, anxiety,
  and continuous bodily regeneration. This condition is known as Marie
  Antoinette syndrome. It is caused by extreme stress or emotional
  trauma like he had undergone. He also began wearing a form fitting
  black outfit when he had the intention of fighting as a ghoul, both
  for intimidation and practicality.


What are the orange stripes and fire that Eren's Titan body gets when fighting the female Titan for the second time?

I believe it's heat from the extreme regeneration he's undergoing. Normal Titans emit steam from wounds as they heal; it makes sense that accelerated healing might emit more heat to the point of glowing. (From a chemistry/biology standpoint this could be seen as a waste of chemical energy, but we're talking about a person who can summon a lightning bolt by biting his hand and somehow use it to grow a fifteen-meter body around himself!)


How was Fuhrer King Bradley able to grow old?

King Bradley was part human and part homunculus.

He was born human and raised in a facility to train boys to rule.  They were injected with philospher stones and, in most cases, died. They could only survive if one strong soul took control of the body. Only Bradley was able to survive the process but it is unclear whether he truely did.  A philosopher's stone contains many human souls and not even Bradley knows if the one controlling his body is the same one he started with.

As his body is mostly human, it ages.

It should be noted that the only other known human to survive this is Ling who became Greed. It was clear in that case that both souls remained in Ling's body.


Are other pirates than the strawhats able to find raftel?

According to the plot, Nico Robin is hinted to be the only person alive that can read Poneglyphs. This is why the World Government declares her to be a high priority target. Source from Wikia

That being said, we've seen two other potential ways for Poneglyphs to be deciphered:

The Voice Of All Things is what Roger used to understand the Poneglyphs and reach Raftel. It is known to be an extremely rare ability, but we have already seen a couple of other characters exhibit it, including Luffy. However, the purpose of this ability isn't to read poneglyphs and even those with it may not be able to use it in the same way.
The Three Eyed Tribe is supposedly able to decipher Phoneglyphs with their third eye. This is why Big Mom had a daughter, Pudding, with a member of the tribe. However, it isn't clear if she will be able to activate this power, since she is a mixed type. We don't really have information on other members of this race, but considering what the World Government did to Ohara, it is possible the three eyes may no longer be around.

So the answer to your question is yes, based on the information we have so far, Robin is the only one who can decipher them. Hence it might be true that only the Strawhats can figure it out in the end. However, other pirates can always use underhanded means to get this information from her.


Did Naruto REALLY fall in love with Hinata in The Last: Naruto the Movie?

Here is a very good post by chennyyeo that may answer your question about The Last - Naruto The Movie.

Her theories and explanations

proves that the movie does not contradict the manga (and it is actually a canon material) and
to explain Naruto’s feelings (that he DID NOT fall for Hinata in the movie, rather, he realized his romantic feelings for her)

  Hinata as a kid wrote his (Naruto) name on a piece of paper and started to get happy

In this scene in the movie: (spoiler)

   '  Iruka Umino tells his students to write down the name of a
 person they would want to be with if the world was to end that day. Though
 Naruto tries to act tough towards Sakura Haruno, she ignores him for Sasuke.
 While Hinata is unsure who's name to write, she sees Naruto making a paper
 plane with his paper, which leads him to be scolded by Iruka. Naruto goes on
 to state that he has no friends nor family, and that the world isn't going to
 end. Seeing this, Hinata happily writes Naruto's name on her paper.'

To answer the question, Did Naruto really fall in love with Hinata
[chennyyeo][2] explained this as:

  Naruto turned 6-tails after Pain attacked Hinata. Hence, Hinata is the trigger of the transformation (as what Naruto confirmed in chapter. 490)

  Remember, when Gaara died, he just turned 2 tails. When Jiraiya and Kakashi died, he did not even transform. Antis may argue… “Maybe he transformed because of the shock that his friend attacked right in front of him” or “the seal is weakening”

  Hinata triggered the worst feelings that Naruto ever felt. Even though the seal is weak, it still needs enough force/level of rage for Naruto to transform.

  The situation clearly shows that Naruto have strong connection (love) for Hinata. Pain even said that love breeds hate. No, he’s not talking about Hinata’s feelings, he's talking about Naruto's. Pain assumed that the girl he attacked was special to Naruto. That’s why he said “Do you hate me now?”

  The movie guidebook also confirms this moment. “Naruto reads feeling of weakness reflected in Hinata’s eyes…. The two were connected so strongly that they could communicate in their eyes”

  In chapter 615, Naruto held Hinata’s hand. That only means one thing.

  Naruto did all these romantic moments with Hinata subconsciously.
  He’s just stupid or dense that’s why he didn't know it was romantic love, and The Last movie explained this (that he cannot distinguish the difference between love of ramen and loving a person).

About your question here:

  So my question is if Naruto did quickly fall in love with Hinata after the Genjutsu in the movie or did he slowly start to feel something for her after it.

And to much elaborate the Movie

    One of the many complains in the movie is the pacing. For just a day or so… the relationship between Naruto and Hinata changed. Let’s look
    closely.

  Mission timeline: Day 1: The team goes to a snowy place, goes to the
  genjutsu lake, Toneri ask Hinata’s hand, Naruto became bashful,
  and Naruto saw Hinata knitting the scarf.

  Day 2: Naruto did not wear Kushina’s scarf, Naruto and Hinata
  flirting, Otsutsuki monument, and Hinata request Naruto to leave her alone
  for a moment.

  Day 3: Hinata tries to stay away from Naruto, then in the night Naruto
  confessed, then Hinata goes to Toneri.

  Yes… Within 3 days… I want to focus on day 1 and 2. This is when
  Naruto knows his own feelings.

  So quickly, he acted different towards Hinata. What reason? The answer
  is of course love.

  But is it possible to fall in love within days? The answer is, no.
  Because love is not an instant thing.

  Does that mean the relationship between Naruto and Hinata is forced in the
  movie? No. Why? Because Naruto did not fall for Hinata in the movie.
  he just realized he loved HER ALL ALONG.

  Remember, he did not know the meaning of loving someone until the
  Genjutsu trap. This gave him a context of Hinata’s feelings. After
  that, he examined his own feeling. Actually, this is elaborated in the
  last light novel.

  Thanks animecontinuum for the translation:

    “So if that is a Genjutsu… Then, what are those things I saw about
     Hinata? Were all those part of my memories? No, I don’t think those
     are just ordinary memories. It’s more like my dreams and memories were
    mixed together. And so about Hinata, does that mean that I also…”
    Naruto blushed involuntarily and for an instant, he looked at Hinata.

  Clearly, the trap does not forced Naruto to love Hinata.

  It just triggered something within Naruto’s heart.

  Just think about it. When a person confessed to you. You would not fall
  for him/her instantly. Unless, you also have feelings for him/her all
  along.

  And another thing… Why do you thing Sakura encourage Hinata in the
  first place. If she thinks that Hinata will just get rejected? (as
  what UgamyRain said before)

  While Naruto was unconscious and Sakura’s healing him.. She said “you
  finally got it. Blockhead” (cause Naruto repeatedly said “Hinata”)

  This only means one thing: Sakura knew that Naruto loved Hinata all
  along.

  Sakura’s statement not only meant that Naruto finally understands
  Hinata’s feelings. Also, he understands his own feelings. (Actually, the
  latter is more appropriate because of the context of the scene.
  Remember, Naruto kept repeating Hinata’s name, before Sakura said he
  finally got it)

  When/how did Naruto fall for Hinata? Well it is in the manga. I
  already explained that.

  Conclusion: the movie does not contradict the manga. It actually
  supported our theory before: Naruto had feelings for Hinata all along.

Also In the last part of your question...

  Did Naruto figure out that Sakura was never going to fall in love with him and stopped liking her or did he stop liking her after being in that Genjutsu.

In "Naruto: the Last" there's a scene where Sakura explains this to Naruto. Sakura also helped Naruto to understand that he actually loves Hinata , not her.


How many people have worn the straw hat, if only for a second?

Here you can read who had worn the straw hat and what it has gone through during the series. I will summarize the list here and add proof from the manga. For the complete panel the thumbnails are cut from, click the thumbnails. Until chapter 801,  it seems 7 people were seen wearing the hat.

Chapter 2 − Monkey D. Luffy

  Luffy is the current holder of the straw hat.

Chapter 1 − Shanks

  He gave it to Luffy as a young boy after he said the same words that Gold Roger, his former captain, had once said.

Chapter 603 − Gol D. Roger

  Much later in the series, it was revealed that Gold Roger, the man who would become the pirate king, had owned that hat.

Chapter 81 − Nami

  She is the member of Luffy's crew that he more often gives it over to for save keeping.

Chapter 114 − Robin
Not mentioned on the list, but as explained by OP, Robin had taken Luffy's hat from him during their first encounter.

Chapter 314 − Usopp

  Usopp briefly wore the straw hat during the Davy Back Fight against the Foxy Pirates.

Chapter 515 − Sweet Pea

  Luffy was in a panic when he couldn't find his hat, but it saw one of the women in the crown watching him wearing hit.


What is the meaning behind the scene where Saki fights a Tainted Cat?

I think Saki used her skill - restoring object. She was seen training earlier fixing vases and stuff in school. This ability allowed her to fix the broken necklace (for a while), during the attack and heal herself.

I believe that the point was to strengthen the reference that Saki has the same (unique) ability as Tomiko Asahina and is capable restoring own cells and even their telomeres. This is only made clear later by Tomiko Asahina herself, saying that she plans to make Saki her heir, somewhat base on her ability.


Where was the Seven Blood Stains Incident detailed?

It was detailed in the setting encyclopedias for AT1 and AT3. You can read translations for both of them here:

http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/ARM_Backup/Settei_book_translation http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/ARM_Backup/Settei_book_3_translation


When and How was Homura's wish fulfilled?

If you are referring to how Homura can still have her wish granted in Madoka's Universe, one reason could be, as Euphoric said, it's a paradox. but then again we can say that for anything, it's more fun to see what we can infer from what we have seen, isn't it?

The second could be what I am going to call the Room of Origin (my term, not canon, since it has no name to my knowledge). We see the Room or Origin twice as being the center point of the universe being created. the first time was when Madoka recreated the universe and the second time was when Homura did it at the end of Rebellion (in Rebellion Homura says she's been there once before when the Incubator asks where they were). Since this is really ground zero for the start of the new universe we can make the assumption that a part of the old universe still exists inside the Room or Origin, serving as the basis.

The third reason could be that Homura retained her memories and abilities because she was key to creating Madoka's Universe. It was her terminating the timelines that compiles Madoka's Karmic Destiny that allowed her to become a god. In Homura's Universe Madoka regaining her memories would return her to becoming the full Law of Cycles once more and Sayaka retaining her memories initially could be because she is a part of the Law of Cycles as her secretary until Homura sealed them and probably sealed Nagisa before hand (since she did create a new life for Nagisa)


What is the viewing order of Fate-related works?

If you ask five people this question, you'll get six answers. There are conflicting opinions on this, and I'll try to outline the major options available in this answer. But first, a tl;dr
tl;dr
If you only want to watch anime:

Watch Ufotable's version of Unlimited Blade Works (prologue, first half, second half)
Wait for Ufotable's version of Heaven's Feel
Then, watch the Fate/Zero anime (first half, second half)

If you're willing to do whatever:

Read the Fate/stay night visual novel
(Optionally, watch the Ufotable versions of Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel)
Watch the F/Z anime.

It is generally agreed that Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero are the two core works of the Fate series. They both come in multiple forms. Whatever you do, consuming these two works in some form is the first thing you should do.
Fate/stay night

Fate/stay night was originally a 2004 visual novel that had three routes - Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel (in that order).
The 2006 anime by DEEN mostly adapted the Fate route.
The 2010 movie by DEEN adapted a highly condensed form of the the Unlimited Blade Works route.
Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 saw another adaptation of Fate/stay night, this time by Ufotable, which adapts the Unlimited Blade Works route.
At some point in the future, Ufotable will release a movie or series of movies that will adapt Heaven's Feel
There is also a manga series that (I believe) adapts the Fate route, but I'm going to ignore it, because it's generally thought to not be that great.

Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero is a prequel to Fate/stay night.

It was originally a light novel series (2007). Fate/Zero has no concept of routes, so all media of Fate/Zero cover the same material, more or less.
It had a manga adaptation (started in 2011; ongoing). It was pretty good, but if you want to read it, I recommend that you do so after watching the Fate/Zero anime.
It was adapted into a 2-cour anime by Ufotable in Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.

Below, I discuss some possible scenarios for consuming F/sn and F/Z.

You want to stick to watching anime
In this case, the best option is:

Watch Ufotable's version of Unlimited Blade Works. Then, once Ufotable's version of Heaven's Feel comes out, watch that. Finally, watch the F/Z anime.

The next-best option is:

Watch the F/Z anime. Then, watch Ufotable's version of Unlimited Blade Works. When Ufotable's version of Heaven's Feel comes out, watch that, too.

There are pros and cons to watching F/Z first vs. watching F/sn first. Each one spoils material for the other. On the whole, though, I feel that watching F/sn first is the correct choice, since this is the "production order" of the series - the F/sn visual novel followed by the F/Z light novels.
For incredibly spoilery details on how they spoil each other, see below:

 If you watch F/Z first, you know how messed up the Matou family is; you know that the Grail is corrupt; you know about Kiritsugu's affiliation with the Einzberns; you know that Sakura and Rin are sisters; you know that Kotomine is not a good guy. These are all major reveals in Fate and Heaven's Feel, and I think that knowing these things in advance impedes one's enjoyment of those routes.

 On the other hand, if you watch F/sn first, you know how the Fourth Grail War ends - but this isn't a bad thing. That's how all the original readers of Fate/Zero went into it, and Urobuchi Gen wrote the light novels with that in mind - the dramatic irony that we know that everything's going to hell in a handbasket but they don't is what gives F/Z a lot of its impact.

I do not advise watching the DEEN F/sn anime (the TV series) it is poorly produced, both in terms of objective quality (art, animation, etc.) and in terms of faithful adaptation of the original work. If you really want to know what happens in the Fate route, I guess you could watch it, but honestly, lots of what happens in Fate is also referenced in UBW and Heaven's Feel, so you'll be able to piece it together after watching the Ufotable version of those two routes.
I also do not advise watching the UBW movie at all - Ufotable's version of Unlimited Blade Works is strictly better in every way that I can think of (animation, pacing, etc.).
But you already watched the DEEN F/sn anime
Well, in that case, you're sort of in an "ideal" position - now you can watch Ufotable's version of UBW and (when it comes out) Heaven's Feel, and at the very end, Fate/Zero. This best emulates the "production order" of the Fate series without having to go to the visual novel.

You are open to anything
You have one clear-best option.
Read the F/sn visual novel. Then, watch the F/z anime. Optionally ― if you can grok Japanese or tolerate fan-translated light novels ― read the F/Z light novels.
At any time after reading the UBW route, watch Ufotable's version of UBW; at any time after reading the Heaven's Feel route, watch Ufotable's version of Heaven's Feel (assuming it has come out). The Ufotable version of UBW has a few extra scenes, and is generally agreed to be a very good adaptation of the visual novel (given the constraints of anime as a medium). So, if you want to see your favorite fight scenes animated, or just want to hear more lines by your waifu, I'd say go ahead and watch it.

What about all the other Fate/asdfghjkl stuff?
In this section, I've mentioned the major Fate/ works that people often have questions about; if you have any other questions, leave a comment and I'll update.
Fate/hollow ataraxia
Fate/hollow ataraxia is the sequel visual novel to F/sn (released in 2005). You can read this at any time after finishing the F/sn visual novel. It will probably be rather confusing if you've only watched the Ufotable versions of UBW and Heaven's Feel, since they do omit a fair bit of detail that is important to getting the jokes in Fate/hollow ataraxia.
If you can't read Japanese, this may be an unpleasant experience. The English translation patch is... not great.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya is a spinoff manga (parts one, two, three) that shares characters and universe concepts with F/sn and F/Z but is otherwise rather dissimilar. A 10-episode anime season aired in summer 2013 and another 10-episode season ("2wei") aired in summer 2014. A third season ("2wei Herz") is scheduled for summer 2015.
You can watch or read this at any time after finishing the F/sn visual novel or F/Z in any form. You will get more of the jokes if you've finished both and also gone through Fate/hollow ataraxia.
Other Fate/gibberish
There are also a lot of spinoffs. To name a few, Fate/apocrypha, Fate/Grand Order, Fate/strange fake, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Fate/Unlimited Codes, Fate/tiger colosseum, and Fate/Prototype. You can probably read/play any of these after reading the Fate/stay night visual novel or watching the 2006 DEEN anime or Ufotable UBW or Ufotable Heaven's Feel. None of them are particularly "important", but you may find them fun.
The rest of the Nasuverse
The Fate/ series shares a universe with a number of other works by Nasu Kinoko (the author of F/sn), including Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, and Mahoutsukai no Yoru. Some of these are dependent on one another, but they're all essentially wholly decoupled from the Fate/ series. Read them if you like, or don't. Whichever.


Why did Sasuke need to activate sharingan to perform chidori?

Very simple, without vision chidori isn't efficient, Sasuke and all users can't hit their opponent, and they're an easy blank for them. That's explaining by Kakashi and Minato in the Manga and Anime. That's the same with the rock, he needs to verify no one is on the road, and verify no one is trying to hit him.
Source: Chidori (Overview - Second Paragraph)


Did Paulie own any additional abilities to perform his rope attacks?

As mentioned on the Wikia article on Paulie:

The amount of rope he carries is absurd, (which led some to speculate it was the power of a Devil Fruit) measuring hundreds, if not thousands of meters, as he was actually able to make a huge, complex rope-work in a split-second to keep not only himself, but also the entire Franky Family, their Kingbulls, Oimo, and Kashi from falling into the huge pit in Enies Lobby (as seen above). The amount of rope that he uses as a weapon and brings with himself all the time never seems to run out, since he has been known to pull out yards upon yards from time to time.

He seems to pull the ropes out of Hammerspace:

The term hammerspace describes the seemingly invisible place from which fictional characters, such as cartoon characters, pull out very large objects, such as mallets.

As for an in-universe reason/logic behind him being able to pull out so many ropes, there is none. Oda was asked this question in SBS 39:

D: Oda-sensei, hello!! Umm, where does Paulie's rope come from? And where did he come up with the names for moves like Rope Action "Half Knot"? They're not just random, are they? Tell us!
O: Paulie's ropes come shooting out of the bottom of his sleeves. Apparently, there's a whole bunch of rope hidden in the lining of his coat! [...]

Therefore, it's not that he has a Devil Fruit, but that the matter wasn't really paid attention to. It works because Oda wants it to work. There is always a possibility that he may have gotten a Devil Fruit power after the timeskip (although it's unlikely), but even if that were the case, it definitely wouldn't explain the infinite length of rope he had on him before the timeskip. So no, he doesn't have any devil fruit power and/or additional abilities which allow him to store  such a length of rope on him, except for possibly wearing a coat whose lining allows him to pull out such ropes.


If I'm not wrong is this one:

Glassy Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvvvcpwFw5o


The Super Saiyan transformation was considered to be Godly and legendary as it was something which was considered to be nearly impossible for a saiyan to attain. This was what Freiza knew off and also what Vegeta knew off. This is the transformation Vegeta kept referring to and knew Goku had become one, once he saw him on Namek. The concept of God Ki and the new transformations are things which have been introduced very recently. Also, since Freiza hadn't trained with either Whis or Beerus, he has no perception of what God Ki is, as it's been stated multiple times that God Ki cannot be sensed like other forms of energy.Freiza's golden transformation is an immense multiplier which makes him as strong as Super Saiyan Blue Goku, however, it's not utilisation of God Ki as many fighters like Krillin, Vegeta, Tien and Roshi were able to sense Freiza's energy. I think it's fair to assume The Super Saiyan transformation was something which was considered to be very godly then and it was that what freiza was afraid off. He had no idea about any other Super Saiyan transformations, not even SSJ2 or SSJ3 which happen to be weaker than SSJG. We know this because Freiza asks Goku to turn SSJ during their rematch in the ROF arc and Freiza was only aware of that transformation.


Why are people of Paradis Island called spawn of devil?

Why people within the walls are called devils?

Because Marley government (run by the tybur family) taught their people and eldians that, and especially their warrior candidates, since they are so young and can easily believe it.

why they didn't know that they are on an island?

Simply because how would they know if they didn't reach the ocean? and besides that, even Eren didn't (probably, since it's wasn't mentioned in anime) tell them they were on an island.


The so-called mole is the subject of much debate between the manga and anime canons...

In the manga,

   The secretary, Shino Katagiri... or rather the Pluto/Meiousei agent masquerading as her. The real Shino had was kidnapped before Dan Morihiko. Luckily they find and rescue her. It's assume that she was kidnapped later on.

Additionally:

   Ryu was originally sent by Pluto/Meiousei as a spy/envoy (due to his status as the their of the organization) inside DDS, particularly to keep an eye on Dan Morihiko, but he later defects from Pluto/Meiousei.

In the anime,

   Sir Anubis is the one that initiated the kidnapping of Dan Morihiko. He apparently hat Ryu under surveillance, after tries to leave Pluto/Meiousei, tries to use Dan-sensei as a bargaining chip to get Ryu to return.


Where should I continue after the third anime season?

According to BakaUpdates:

Anime Start/End Chapter Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 Ends at
Vol 19, Chap 189

So you should read from chapter 189 onward if you don't want to read what has also been aired.Though personally I always advice to read the full manga too, so that you don't miss out on interactions that did not appear in the Anime etc.


Near the end of the Steins;Gate opening theme, why are only Okabe, Suzuha, and Luka looking to the right?

Okay, so I know this is over a year old, but I absolutely love the symbolism in this image, so I'm going to answer anyway. Maybe someone will notice.

All three of these characters have at used the  Unfortunately for anime viewers, Luka's travel only happened in the VN, making this pretty hard to pick up without playing the VN. Maybe they intended to adapt it at one point, but didn't end up doing so?

Specifics on the VN part for the curious:

   In Luka's route in the VN, Okabe doesn't reverse her D-Mail, and accepts that Mayuri has to die. After that happens, Luka uses the machine to spend time with Mayuri before she dies.

Anyway, I love how it has Kurisu with Okabe and Suzuha implying she's working with them, but stuck looking behind and can't look forward; always one step behind, but doing her best to help anyway.


Why does Tobi put up a goofball facade initially?

Tobi acted like a goofball to hide his true nature. Pein was the leader of Akatsuki, but

   Tobi was the one pulling the strings behind everything so he had to mask his true identity and seem unworthy of investigation.

Tobi made himself look weak and useless, which is perfect for his disguise.


Is Law stronger than Zoro in sword technique?

Well, this is rather an odd question as your are comparing apples with oranges. Let's recapitulate.

Law is using his Devil fruit power to cut through anything which reside inside his room. On the other hand, Zorro uses only his skill.

  In episode 616, you can see Law cutting the entire island and vergo with his haki on full power in half only using 'room' which is his devil fruit power and it doesn't seem like Law was using Haki because his sword didn't turn black.

If you are asking whether Zorro could cut the entire Island like Law did, with his current set of skills, the answer is probably NO. As the OP already pointed out, Zorro had to gather a great amount of concentration in order to cut Pica in half, a feat which would be a piece of cake for someone able to cut an entire island in half.

Now for the speculation and deduction from what we've seen in the manga/anime. As it has been pointed out in the comments, Zorro is solely relying on his skills while Law on his devil fruit power. Zorro's goal is to become the greatest swordman in the world. He has dedicated his life to the sword in order to refine his skills indefinitely.He also has previously refused any tools or cheats in order to upgrade his sword technique, as seen in Chapter 301:

However, Law never shown such ambition or dedication to the sword. Therefore, it is safe to assume that in terms of skills alone, Zorro is far better than Law.

EDIT:

In the fight between Law and Vergo, Law seems to cut through Vergo's Haki with his DF powers alone, as his sword is not black as we have seen when Zorro uses it for example. Intuitively, one would think that a DF power is useless against Haki, which does not seem to be the case. Maybe Law's DF powers overpowers Vergo Haki?

This reminds me of when Luffy was using Buggy to protect himself from Mihawk's sword during the Whitebeard vs Marine war. Mihawk, being the best swordsman in the world, is an expert in Haki. Yet, he does not yield any damage to Buggy. Is this because he was not using it (Haki was not painted back then) or because Buggy's actual power is that he cannot be cut?


What happened to everyone else after the ending of Death Note?

Several members of the Kira Task force (that Light was in charge of), as well as Near's team, were present during the climax where

 Light is exposed as Kira by Teru Mikami when Light's name is the only one not written in the Death Note.

The task force knew about Death Notes since

 Ren gave it to Kyosuke Higuchi and the task for caught him in possession of it

Which is revealed much earlier in the story.
Near realized Kira would likely use a catspaw to throw suspicion from himself so simply finding the person in physical possession of a Death Note wasn't enough.  He had to make sure he found the Death Note, and make Kira believe he'd won so he would show himself.
So Near

 Replaced the pages of the Death Note held by Teru Mikami (though Light was still the owner), and allowed Light to lure everyone to the creepy abandoned warehouse where Teru Mikami called Light "God" and wrote the names of everyone present, except Light.  Proving Light was actually Kira.

With Kira's real identity exposed, there was no reason to go hunting for other Kiras or other Death Notes - they had found the root cause.
Depending on if it's the manga/movies/anime Misa

 Kills herself, or it's heavily implied she does.

As for the task force, my guess is they continued working as an anti-Kira taskforce in some capacity, at least in the manga, because

 The manga ends with a group of Kira's followers praying for his return.

Youtube link to the end with several characters


Will a person's first chakra nature always be the strongest?

Answered for if the first chakra nature will be the strongest attack of a ninja?

There is no such thing as FIRST Chakra Nature. Each and every individual has a chakra nature that he has an affinity for, and he can master stronger Jutsu of that nature with much  more ease as compared to others.

To prove my point, what was Sasuke's first chakra nature modification? It was Fire. but he learnt it after a lot of effort and Uchiha's have the inclination towards Fire Jutsu. But individually his chakra had an affinity for Lightning nature and thus he has a larger variety of Lightning chakra moves and mastery.

Thus a ninja will have a single nature towards which his chakra leans which will be easier to master. Strength is more of an effort effect. For similar strength, he'd have to work harder to master any other chakra natures...

An exception I can think of would be Bloodline Chakras. I don't think there is any difference in strength of different natures inherited as part of bloodline. Yamato using Wood, should have similar competency with both Ground and Water chakras.

EDIT: I remember Kakashi saying something to this effect during his battle with kakuzo. What he said was that Kakuzo has used such strong Lightinng and fire attacks which can't be used unless the user has natural affinity to that chakra nature. This means that the strongest attacks of each chakra nature will not be mastered unless you have a natural affinity for that nature.

What I am trying to say is that the jutsu of same level will have equal power(strength), but the natural affinity. But higher level jutsu can only be mastered if and only if you have natural affinity for the chakra nature. Thus absolute mastery of other chakra natures is not possible.


Why did Neji’s father stil have the Hyuga curse mark on his forehead even after his death?

It was activated.

I‘m not sure, but in my opinion it could be, because it was activated. The mark can be activated by any member of the main family as a punishment and the person wearing it will suffer from pain. Nejis mark was, as far as i know, never activated, his fathers was. (I don‘t know whih episode, you can see it as a memory from Neji at the jounin-exam)

My theory is, that it‘s only visible after death, when it was activated and burned itself in the forehead.

Maybe i‘m completely wrong and it‘s just a mistake by the editors.


Does Naruto only have the wind chakra nature?

As I said in the comment section, Naruto "apparently has wind, lightning, earth, fire, water, lava, magnet, boil, yin, yang, and yin-yang as his nature types". Which you can see here.
In the comment section you said you watched the anime till the end. But, even so, you should have still seen him use the other chakra natures. It was during the war, I don't remember exacly what episode(s) but in the manga it showed in chapter 673: WE Will...!! (in this chapter he uses Sage Art! Lava Style Rasen Shuriken!). In the next chapter, Sasuke's Rinnegan, he uses Sage Art! Magnet Style Rasengan.
In Chapter 688: He of the Sharingan!!, the Biju give Naruto part of their chakra which he uses for Sage Art...... Super Bijuu Rasen Shuriken!!. But the manga doesn't say what the other seven Shuriken are made of.
Yin Release:

based on the spiritual energy that governs imagination, can be used to create form out of nothingness.

According to the Second Mizukage's, genjutsu falls under the broad category of Yin Release.

Yin chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.

Yin Release can be used offensively when combined with senjutsu. However, it is unknown what exact role the Yin Release fulfils in said technique.

I'm pretty sure statement three is the reason why Naruto has Yin release. My theory behind this is (could be canon)

 During the war, if you remember, Naruto died. Which lead to Minato sealing the Yin half into Naruto.

I think that's the reason for him having Yin Release, but, remember, I could be totally wrong.
Yang Release:

based on the physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life into form.

Yang chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.

This second statement is, what I think, the reason behind Naruto having Yang Release.

 Minato had sealed the Yang half of Kurama in Naruto. Making him gian Yang Release. So when ever Naruto is is Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Tensou's wood style would have a reactions towards the Yang chakra.

Yin-Yang Release is just the, what someone can call, "combination" of Yin and Yang Release.

After receiving power from Hagoromo, Naruto Uzumaki gained the ability to use Yin–Yang Release to stabilise life forces and restore missing organs through physical contact.

Like how he healed Gui after his fight with Madara. But, it seems to have a limit. For example, it was unable to fix Gui's leg after he used Night Guy. Another example is how Naruto was able to heal Obito from the Ten-Tails extraction, but wasn't able to heal him from Kaguya's All-Killing Ash Bones

Yin–Yang Release also has the ability to nullify the effects of all ninjutsu, rendering them useless.

Sorry for making my answer pretty long. I tried to make it as short and detailed as possible. I hope this more detailed answer helps you understand more.


Well it sort of depends on how you define "evil".

Fair warning: everything after this point is a spoiler if you haven't already read the Garou arc in the webcomic.

Garou romanticizes and idealizes "monsters". He sees them as hardworking individualists who pull themselves up by the bootstraps, only to get trodden over by conformist heroic ideologues. As a child he was always disappointed that the monsters invariably lost, no matter how cool, or strong, or hardworking they were.

Moreover, the people attach themselves to the concept of heroes and become dependent upon their inevitable victory. The people do not work as hard to prevent wars, catastrophes, and monsters in general because they have the safety net of heroes. So, somewhat paradoxically, the efforts of heroes to end suffering and calamities actually ends up making these into a pandemic.  Garou sees this as a pox upon humankind, and sets himself the goal of rectifying it by becoming the ultimate monster who triumphs over all heroes and justice, and forces the world as a whole to achieve unity and peace in their opposition to him.  Everyone, not just the heroes, must be part of the hard work to achieve peace and avert calamities.  A classic "world peace via worldwide fear" solution.

So if that sounds like evil to you—terrorizing the world in order to unify it against you—then sure, he's evil by your definition.  In a literary sense he would probably be classed more as an anti-hero: his goals broadly coincide with those of heroes (world peace), but his methods are more like those of villains (brutish and callous). Put another way, he's Machiavellian: the ends justify the means. The point of his existence within the work is more to deconstruct the concept of heroes and challenge its value and goodness to a society, than it is to be "evil".

Now one of the major features of Garou's arc is his lack of self-awareness about all of this. He professes to have abandoned all of his humanity and goodness, and that he is a true monster.  But his actual behaviors belie a gentle nature: he constantly goes out of his way to protect children, and while he does severely injure and hospitalize several heroes he doesn't actually end up killing any of them (though possibly some would have if they had not received medical attention quickly). In a way he finds the insistence of other monsters that he must kill things to reek of the sort of conformist ideology he wishes to rebel against, and seems to subconsciously resolve himself to ignore them and do as he pleases.  A wanton killer, be he hero or monster, is a slave to impulse, not a free being.

At the end of the Garou arc, it is Saitama and Bang that end up berating Garou over his good nature, and how all this monster business of his has been misguided and childish. That he wanted attention and praise and to achieve something great; not to be evil and destructive.  Saitama even says that Garou became weaker as he became more monstrous, and was at his greatest power as a human.  So he was also being counterproductive.


Did Giyu Tomioka meet the Hand / Morphed Demon during final selection?

Based on this wiki;

   while Sabito is long dead before the series started, both him and Sabito were best friends as they went through similar situations of losing their family to Demons and bonded well. Later during the Final Selection Exam, Sabito died at the hands of the Hand Demon trying to save his life and others who participated in the exam. Sabito's death caused Giyu to feel so much guilt to the point where he doubted his own abilities as a pillar and rescinds abandoning his position as the Water Pillar.


How does the plot of Elfen Lied anime differ from the manga?

Clearly, the anime does not cover the whole story. One of the major plot points in the whole series is the execution of the plan to eliminate homo-sapiens by the research facility, which involves spreading the virus through a large population by using a missile. We could say that this is half of the whole story and the anime only covered the first half.

The relationship between Lucy and Kouta is very similar in both the anime and the manga. The major difference is the fact that Kouta is a bit more agressive regarding avenging his father and his sister, but in both cases he still tries to protect Lucy (not forgiving her though).

The bridge incident (the ending of the anime) also differs slightly. Mariko does forgive her father and engages Lucy in a battle. She uses the explosives within her to attempt to kill Lucy (thus, her father actually survives and is not killed). She fails and Lucy merely loses her horns.

There obviously are a bunch of characters not introduced in the anime. Most of them are not critical for the storyline, though, which might explain their exclusion at first.

One of the biggest discussions regarding the anime is whether Lucy died or not at the ending. Technically, from the point of view of the manga, the answer is no - she actually survived the bridge incident. She loses her horns, which disables the "evil" Lucy and keeps her as Nyuu. The horns grow back, however.

At first, it doesn't seem like the anime is capable of continuing, since they killed Mariko's father (whose name I forgot), who plays rather important roles through the rest of the manga. This is fixable though, they just need to do a few tweaks and make a new scene where he somehow survives the bridge explosion.

So, yes: the main difference is the fact that the anime only covers half of the story, and kills some people who shouldn't have died.


What is the song in My Hero Academia season 3 episode 1 at 20:00?

Hey anyone wondering what it was, it is called 'my hero Acedamia'
Link: https://youtu.be/vYsfWTPwT6s


A song in episode 2 of GitS: Stand Alone Complex

The track you're looking for is:

Album                       : Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex - OST - Be Human
Track name                  : spotter
Track name/Position         : 9
Performer                   : YOKO KANNO
Recorded date               : 2003


Was a slaughter by Itachi the only option?

Danzö wasn't the only one with a problem against the Uchiha. As a matter of a fact, the whole of Konoha's high ranks were suspicious of them since the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack, because their Sharingan was the only thing capable of "controlling" the fox.

You suggested that Fugaku could convince The Third Hokage to take down Danzö, but that has absolutely no feasibility, since Danzö was one of Hiruzen's most trusted counselor and his loyalty to the village was demonstrably great. And also, Fugaku had no knowledge of Konoha's plan to wipe out the Uchiha, he just knew they were being segregated.

Obito also couldn't do anything beacause he didn't want to. You need to take into account that Obito, under Madara's strong influence, wanted to wipe out the Uchiha. Madara had a grudge against the current clan because he felt betrayed when they wanted to stop the battles against the Senju.

In the manga, Fugaku was the prime idealizer of the clans coup d'état, and wasn't just "going with" the majority of the clan. He also doesn't have the Mangekyö Sharingan, nor did anyone else besides Itachi and Shisui at that time. Well, Tobi had it, but he wasn't a de facto clan member at that point of the story anymore.

Now, the slaughter probably wasn't necessary to end the conflict with the Uchiha. Maybe not isolating them to a section of the village would be a better option, but that's speaking in real world terms. The manga (and by extension, the anime) shows the Uchiha clan as being cursed with hate. Their döjutsu is based on chakra mixed with hate, and based on those premisses, they were bound to be distrustful, angry and power hungry, so maybe there wasn't much of a choice.


What happened in the last arc of spice and wolf season 2?

I do love a good Spice & Wolf question! The short answers are:

Eve was not trying to hurt the Church. The only revenge she desired was against the deceased merchant who had once bought her, which was the reason she was so motivated to earn profits. Her goal was to become wealthier than he had ever been, in order to prove he'd only been able to buy her due to luck, and that he could never afford her under normal circumstances.
The suicidal act which Lawrence was referring to was her plan to buy up a large number of furs before everyone else, because it was purposely interfering with the expectations of the Church, and the Church isn't shy about killing people who defy their authority or otherwise become a nuisance.

Now for a bit of a longer explanation, specifically about the relationship between Eve's plan and the Church. While her plan wasn't a plot to get revenge against the Church, it might have seemed that way because she was determined to carry it out despite knowing it directly conflicted with the Church's plans. At the same time, the bishop of Lenos's unfair dismissal of Eve made the Church well-deserving of any negative impact her plans would have on them.

When the events are considered chronologically, it becomes clear that Eve didn't devise the plan to buy furs in order to seek revenge against the Church, since the way they wronged her in the first place was by abandoning her after she'd already shared this plan with them.

Basically, Eve wasn't interested in hurting the Church, but she also continued her plan in spite of the fact she would be hurting the Church. After this clarification has been made, your first question requires a new answer.

  The Church is somehow hurt by Eve buying a lot of furs and then sailing away to make a big profit. How are these two things related?

For maximum clarity, I'll try to explain it with as much relevant background detail as possible.

Eve and the Church had been working together, smuggling salt into Lenos. Before this arrangement, the bishop of Lenos had been falling continually further into debt, until Eve approached him with the salt-smuggling plan. Since she's nobility within the kingdom of Winfiel, she also offered to put him in contact with a powerful archbishop there.

Eve did all the work in coming up with the plan, initiating the setup, then actually transporting the salt, and the Church paid her for its delivery. This arrangement was incredibly lucrative for the Church.

However, the Church was forced to cancel their annual northern campaign due to a falling out between them and the nation of Ploania, which is an area the campaign would have needed to pass through. Since the northern campaign's entire purpose had always been to display the Church's power, this cancellation brought the Church's authority into question and made the threat of an uprising more serious, so they started focusing entirely on strengthening their base of power and completely pulled out of salt-smuggling in the process.

This put Eve in a bad position, since she suddenly lost her sole source of income.

Meanwhile in the port town of Lenos, a freeze on all fur trading was put into effect.

(Note: The following section explains why a freeze was put on the fur trade, and why the Council of Fifty came to the decision that they did. If you fully understand this part already, feel free to skip it.)

The freeze on fur trading became necessary due to the northern campaign's cancellation. Lenos's craftsmen relied heavily on the northern campaign to sell their finished products, which would have normally flown off the shelves as souvenirs, since knights and mercenaries spent money quite freely. The cancellation of the campaign was an unthinkable economic blow to these craftsmen.

Since the campaign was not taking place, the town's economy would need to rely on merchants, who were not coming to the town to spend money as consumers, but rather quite the opposite. While knights and mercenaries are especially free with their coin, merchants are especially miserly. Their only purpose is to buy items they can resell for a worthwhile profit, so they have zero interest in buying clothing at retail prices.

Instead, the merchants would be interested in buying the furs themselves. As raw materials, they are cheap and can be easily sold for a good profit after transporting them elsewhere.

This is where the conflict arises.

With Lenos's craftsmen being unable to sell their products like usual, they'd also be unable to buy the vast quantities of fur like usual, which meant the merchants would have an opportunity to buy up the ridiculously large fur surplus that was suddenly available.

Additionally, the merchants could broker deals with the fur sellers, making arrangements to buy all their furs in the future as well. This would be pretty tempting to the sellers, since a merchant would be guaranteed to buy their furs every year, whereas the craftsmen of Lenos were now unreliable since the northern campaign might be cancelled again.

Thus, the Council of Fifty put a freeze on all fur trading, and convened to decide if the fur trade should be banned altogether, since that would guarantee the supply of furs would remain available to the local craftsmen.

The craftsmen of clothing in Lenos, along with the people who supply them their tools and wares, would be faced with complete ruin if the entire fur supply was bought out. At the same time, there was absolutely no guarantee that the clothing would sell even if fur sales were banned, and having money no longer coming into the town would devastate the economy of Lenos. Even if the craftsmen wanted to export the clothing, there were any number of other towns with superior clothing craftsmanship, so paying to ship it somewhere else would hardly be worth the trouble.

In the end, the compromise the Council of Fifty made was to restrict all fur-trading to cash-only transactions. By restricting fur trades to cash, they would be able to sell some of the furs while preventing the entire town's supply from being quickly bought out. After all, the larger a trading firm became, the more of its business took place on paper, in entries on ledgers, rather than with cash.

The Church heard of the decision well before it was going to be made public, and Eve found out through her contacts in the Church. She then approached the bishop of Lenos with a plan that would make both her and the Church a lot of money: Since the Church was sitting on a nearly unimaginable amount of cash from the tithes it collected, they could prepare to buy up all the furs in Lenos immediately after the Council of Fifty's decision was made public, while everyone else would still be scrambling to get cash together, and then they could move the furs downriver.

The bishop loved Eve's idea, except for the part where she was included in it. He found a trading company to partner with instead, and used that as an excuse to cut his ties with Eve, saying it would be more advantageous to deal with a trading company than with an individual merchant. It was a pretty harsh course of action, especially considering he owed a lot to her for the salt-smuggling opportunity. Although, the fact he owed her was exactly why he didn't want her around anymore, and got rid of her while he had a good opportunity.

However, Eve refused to let the deal she'd proposed get away from her. She started gathering up cash of her own, intending to buy a large number of furs and then transporting them downriver before anyone else had the chance, including the trading company the Church had partnered with. Whoever could get their furs downriver first would earn the best return on their investment, since people won't be willing to pay nearly as much for furs after they realize that the market is being flooded with them.

Eve's plan would infringe on a considerable portion of the Church's intended revenue, which is how it would hurt the Church.

Source: Spice & Wolf light novels (Volume 5).


What are Arcueid's origin similarities with Caster?

Arcueid is a True Ancestor which are incarnated nature spirits akin to the Elementals where the term “Elemental” usually refers to spirits born from nature.

The playable Caster in Fate/Extra was said to be the human form of Kitsune and is a bit higher than an Earth Spirit because her soul was created by Amaterasu as a unique facet of herself. Because of that she would be classified as an Elemental so in a sense they are both Elementals.

Playable Caster was created by Amaterasu who is the goddess of the Sun while True Ancestor were created by Brunestud of the Crimson Moon, the Ultimate One of the Moon. Now if you know Shinto religion, Tsukuyomi, God of the Moon is Amaterasu's brother thus making the Sun and Moon related. So Playable Caster is like a child of the sun while Arcueid is the Princess of the children of the moon. This is a weak connection as we know Amaterasu exists in the Nasuverse but we don't know to what extent Tsukuyomi exists and if he has any connection to Brunestud.


How did Toneri Otsutsuki move the Moon towards the Earth?

He used the tenseigan to move the moon. The tenseigan is formed by a combination of the otsutsuki and hyuga chakra. Toneri was from the otsutsuki clan so he got the tenseigan by implanting Hanabi Hyuga's byakugan. In 'Naruto Last: The Movie' they said that the tenseigan is strong enough to move the moon.

He said that Hamura told his descendants to destroy the Earth if the shinobi works fell apart. So my guess is that the tenseigan is a dojustsu made especially to do that. So maybe it's ability is to move the moon.


How sasuke is still able to use curse mark?

It was not Sasuke's curse mark that was used, he's with Jugo when Susanoo was infused with sage chakra, so Jugo's chakra was used to gain Senjutsu Susanoo and form the same pattern as Sasuke's curse seal.

Jugo in Sasuke's Susano

Orochimaru explaining Jugo's chakra

Source: Ch. 648


Did Orochimaru release all the souls sealed inside Shinigami?

The Shiki Fuujin was invented by Minato, and taught to Hiruzen. That was said during Hiruzen's battle with Orochimaru.

It was only ever used two times, once when sealing the Kyuubi (which caused himself to be sealed in the Shinigami), and once against Orochimaru by Hiruzen (which caused Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen and Orochimaru's hands to be sealed).

Because of that, no other souls were sealed in the Shinigami's stomach.

True enough, the author later contradicted what he said at the beginning of the series, and said the the Shiki Fuujin was invented by the Uzumaki clan, and taught to Minato (probably by Kushina).

In that case, it may be possible to only unseal the specific souls you want to.


(This was originally going to be a comment, but I'm going to go ahead and make this an answer and explain why I'm not sure it is possible to effectively answer this question. I could well be convinced otherwise, though!)

Unlike obscenity, you don't know (old) iyashikei when you see it

So, here's the problem, as I see it. iyashikei is one of those things that is characterized less by the content of a work and more by the effect of that work upon its audience.

Today, content creators have a well-worn library of narrative approaches that they can use to make their work iyashikei (e.g. "cute girls doing cute things"), and so we can look at a present-day work and see how it uses these approaches to effectively "heal" the audience. Alternatively, we can look at how a work comports itself relative to "canonically" iyashikei works that it discourses with, like Aria and so forth.

But when we look at works that predate the iyashikei "canon" and its associated library of approaches, how do we effectively evaluate whether a work is or is not iyashikei? Based on how it makes you feel, I guess.1
 But that doesn't help us come up with a good answer to "which was the first?". That's the issue - it's simply rather difficult to say what is or is not iyashikei the further into the past you go.

For example:

I strongly disagree with the reddit user's claim that Only Yesterday is iyashikei.

While it is, on the whole, a calm and relaxing movie, and happens to employ some of the narrative trappings common to modern iyashikei works (wistfulness for rural Japan, in particular), it pairs these elements with decidedly un-healing bits, like the various mishaps Taeko experiences during her childhood, and the obstacles she faces in her budding relationship with Toshio. It is a beautiful slice of Japanese life, but is it healing? No, at least not to me.

If we lifted Only Yesterday out of 1991 and released it for the first time in 2016, would we call it iyashikei? I don't think so. It is not, in my view, substantially in discourse with the modern "iyashikei canon".

Why is iyashikei a Thing, anyway?

There's something of an argument that the crystallization of iyashikei in the late 90s as a Thing (throughout Japanese media; not just in the otaku realm) is a direct response to the trouble Japan was experiencing at the time - the bubble had just burst, and Japan was really reeling for the first time since World War II. This explanation is pretty reductive, and it'd be silly to claim that the economy is the only (or even primary) cause, but it seems uncontroversial that Japan's national woes at the time did contribute to the reification of iyashikei.

Taken out of its context as a response to the Japanese zeitgeist of the 90s, does it even make sense to talk about iyashikei? I'm not sure that it does.

A long, rambling footnote

1 This is not to say that it is always impossible to identify a work as having a quality that was only effectively delinated after the work's creation.

Take, for example, the realm of gothic fiction. When Walpole wrote The Castle of Otranto, he wrote the first gothic novel, even though he could not have known that, since the idea of gothic fiction as a distinct thing did not come about until some years later. But we can nonetheless distinctly see that Otranto is a gothic novel (never mind the fact that the whole genre is named for Otranto to begin with), because there are specific narrative trappings that characterize gothic fiction (spooky castles, fantastic romances, etc.), and Otranto exhibits them.

But iyashikei works are not characterized by their narrative in this same way. Where, on the one hand, you have the (admittedly large) cluster of "cute girls doing cute things" anime, you also have "man has mystical encounters with spiritual entities" (Natsume Yuujinchou, Mushishi) and "parenting is great" (Usagi Drop, timeskip notwithstanding) and "shibe does shibe things" (Itoshi no Muco) and "whatever Glasslip is" (Glasslip), and I don't know how to identify a coherent commonality among all these things besides "they make me feel fuzzy inside".


Why didn't the hero association use Hitoshi the guy with the brainwashing quirk to make AFO leak information?

Since there isn't any objective answer to this, we can only speculate on the matter. Probably the obvious and simple reason is that Shinso isn't a fully fledged hero and exposing a kid to AFO interrogation isn't quite the most ethical thing to do and also AFO probably has barriers and others countermeasures to prevent brainwashing or mind reading.


How is the rarity of Devil Fruits determined in One Piece?

I agree with the other answers that it is obviously related to type and quantity. But I think there is more going on than that. I think the rarity additionally stems from the rarity of the actual fruit it respawns in and the strength and the value the actual Devil fruit gives its user.
There are 11 (canon) Logia fruits, 29 (canon) Zoan fruits and 62 (canon) Paramecia fruits. Going by numbers the Logia fruits are indeed rarer and it is assumed that many more Zoan fruits are out there, compared to Logia fruits. The same logic can indeed be used among the sub-classes of Zoan fruits. There is 1 confirmed Artificial Zoan fruit (with many more to come), 2 Mythical Zoan fruits, 1 Ancient Zoan and 25 other Zoan fruits. Going by numbers the Mythical Zoan and Ancient Zoan fruits are extremely rare. Though, before we can link rarity to numbers, we should wait until Vegapunk explains how they came into existence.
Additionally to type quantity, I do think the type of the actual fruit plays a big role as well. For example, there are many apples in the world. So when Smiley died and the Axolotl model Salamander fruit was reborn in the nearest apple, it showed that that specific fruit will most likely be discovered pretty soon, seeing as apples are so ubiquitous around the world. While if you compare that to the Operation Fruit, which is shaped like a heart, it is safe to assume that when Law dies it will be only able to be reborn in a small part of the world, seeing as there aren't too many fruits shaped like a heart. This would in turn make it difficult to find, making it much rarer than the Axolotl fruit (apple), Giraffe fruit (banana) or String fruit (pear) for example.
Finally, I had found the same question on reddit, at which one of the comments mentioned that the rarity could also be related to the strength of the specific fruit. Stronger Devil fruit powers, inherently make it less likely for the user to die. Considering the fact that many fruits are still unknown in the One Piece universe even today, certain fruits might even be unknown due to their low spawn rate. The less frequently it respawns in different place over the world, the less likely people come in contact, making it seem rarer, then it might be. For example it took Blackbeard many years to find his desired fruit, making it seem a very rare fruit (which it is).
Related to previous paragraph, I believe that the value of a certain fruit adds to its rareness. This does not necessarily mean strength, as we have seen with the Operation fruit. This fruit does not inherently make someone strong. The power is not magic as mentioned by Corazon and requires a lot of knowledge. The World Government priced it at 5 billion Beli, seeing how much power it holds as it is considered the "Ultimate Devil Fruit". Compared to that we have the Revive fruit, which has an extremely low spawn rate, yet nobody seems to care much about this fruit, seeing as it isn't that desired by the majority of people.

On a side note, it is indeed confirmed that only a single instance of any Devil Fruit can be around at the same time. Usopp confirmed this in chapter 447 and Oda double confirmed this in the SBS of Volume 48, Chapter 467.

Reader: Excuse me!! May I pose a serious question to the typically-vulgar SBS?? In Volume 46, Usopp said that the same power doesn't exist twice. But this doesn't make sense with what you said in the Volume 45 SBS... If the Gomu Gomu no Mi was in a book of fruits, then Luffy HAD to have eaten at least the SECOND known example of the fruit! Now, most beautiful and intelligent Ei-chan, explain it all! ✩ P.N. Takafi
Oda: Very sharp of you. But I'm cool. I haven't made any mistakes. As a hint, let me rephrase what Usopp is saying. "The same powers don't exist twice AT THE SAME TIME". How's that? 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.


In Full Metal Panic, why does Sousuke call Hayashimizu Atsunobu "Your Excellency"?

Hayashimizu's shall we say "extraordinary" tolerance for Sousuke's school shenanigans is a separate question, so I will abstain from that and focus on your primary issue:

The short answer is: it's a joke, based on Sousuke's inability to distinguish between the nature of life in the school environment and life in the dangerous geo-politico-military environment in which he's lived his entire life. Hayashimizu is introduced to him as the school's President. In real life, nobody is higher than a President (certainly not any "mere" Teachers!), and so he defers to him accordingly, as if he were the President of an actual country. "Your Excellency" is a formal way to address a President, or any Head of State. The humor comes from Sousuke's exaggerated politeness and formality whenever dealing with somebody who is in reality merely another student, with some extra after-hours responsibilities!

(However, it should be noted that in the light novel, "Continuing on My Own", their conversations show that both have developed a very real and deep respect for the other, based on their history and knowledge of each other's personalities.)


How did Impel Down's staff not know Buggy was a devil fruit user?

There is a lot of questions there, and some led by some misundertandings.

  How did the staff of Impel Down not know Buggy had a devil fruit when they put him in ? Seriously how did Buggy get by these people ? Is Impel Down security that bad ?

The reason why Buggy was able to overcome ID's security system remains unknown. Buggy is discovered by Luffy in Chapter 526 and it is just said he managed to hide his power, without further explanations. I don't know for the anime so if someone could check that would be awesome. I believe the scene takes place on episode 420~.
However, it is easy to make some assumptions :

The fact is, Buggy has only a 15 millions berries bounty on his head, which is pretty low. His very low bounty is also the reason why he was sent to the first level of Impel Down, because as he stated himself in chapter 549, every prisoner from level 2 that escaped with him has a higher bounty than him.

His insane luck must not be forgotten either as he shows an incredible ability for deceive others (e.g. Impel Down break led him to become the Shichibukai replacing Teach) without doing even doing it on purpose (even if he often looks stronger than he actually is, not weaker).


The two have met before Index, in Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan (A Certain Scientific Railgun) Misaka encountered Touma and his ability to nullify her attack with his Imagine Breaker in his right hand. When Misaka asked how Touma did it he says he doesn't know yet Misaka doesn't believe him.

This annoyed Misaka because she's one of the strongest Espers in the city (one of only a handful of Level 5's) and she's proud of it, Touma is a "Level 0" so he shouldn't be any match for Misaka however she can't win against thanks to Touma's Imagine Breaker and without knowing how it works Misaka can't accept that she is bested by him.

In Index they already know one another, it's just that after Episode 6 of the Index Anime Touma acts as if he doesn't know her because his memory was wiped out from a feather that remained after the effects of St. George's Sanctuary when Index was in Johann's Pen Mode.


Where did the ninja clans other then Senju and Uchiha originate from?

Recall that the Sage of the Six Paths discovered the existence of chakra and used it to create jutsu. The direct descendants of him became Senju and Uchiha, where their powers were split between body and eye.

Other ninja clans were not descendents, however they were able to learn how to use chakra as well in different forms of jutsus. Of course there are some clans, like the Hyuuga where the series notions the possibility of them deriving from the Uchiha.

Clans like Sarutobi, Nara, and Inuzuka clans are not related to the Sage of Six Paths though. On the other hand, Uzumaki is blood related to Senju.


What season should I watch Naruto till, 5 or 9?

The confusion is possibly caused by non-standardized use of season numbering.
The Naruto anime consists of 220 episodes.
In Japan, the anime is divided into 5 seasons:

Season 1: 57 episodes
Season 2: 43 episodes
Season 3: 41 episodes
Season 4: 42 episodes
Season 5: 37 episodes

On the other hand, Netflix seems dividing each season into 26 episodes, resulting in a total of 9 seasons. This is the same as the series numbering used by UK's DVD Box, Naruto Unleashed.
So, all-in-all, both are possibly referring to the whole 220 episodes.

Though, perhaps coincidentally, Netflix's Season 5 ends on episode 130. As per Can I start watching Naruto Shippuden after Naruto Ep 135 and not miss anything? (Story wise), almost all episodes after episode 135 are considered fillers, so it might be okay to skip Season 6-9 and continue to Naruto Shippuden.


What is the Japanese release date of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0?

There's no official announcement, any date not published by Khara is only rumor. The most recent news related to this is that Hideaki Anno was working on Godzilla and in Decemeber, Khara was recruiting more staff. The recruiting could be related to other projects, like the Animator Expo. In other news, Shuichi Iseki posted some pictures that looks like Khara is moving to a new location (maybe). There's no confirmation that all the recruitment and perhaps moving to a larger space has anything to do with the Evangelion movie. So some speculation:

It has to do with Eva, so maybe the movie isn't done yet
It has to do with something else that's not Eva, so maybe the movie isn't done and they're not going to finish it or

The movie is done but delayed for some other reason.


How could Tosen know that Kenpachi was smiling?

When Tōsen attacks with Enma Kōrogi, He is not affected by it as anyone else (he can still smell and hear).
So when he asked why Kenpachi laughs it was because he could hear him laughing.


Is there a difference between BFB and Basquash?

BFB seems to be the professional mecha-basketball sport, where as Basquash is a 'street' version of the game.

Basquash is the unofficial name for  Big Foot Streetball and comes from 'baka' and 'sukasu', explained below

Ref

  Big Foot Basketball (BFB)
  A popular professional sports league on Earthdash. As its name suggests, it involves playing basketball with Big Foots. Its popularity dwindled however when Dunk Mask hijacked a game, resulting in the destruction of the Rollingtown stadium.

  Basquash & Open City Basketball (OCB)
  Open City Basketball, unofficially named Basquash by Dan and known earlier in the series as Big Foot Streetball. It is a new sport that involves playing streetball in a wide cityscape using Big Foots.

  Prior to becoming an official sports league, Big Foot Streetball was outlawed due to the destruction it caused. Many of Dunk Mask's ardent fans prefer the name "Basquash" over the official name of the sport. Basquash is actually not the combination of the terms basketball and squash, but rather a pun in Japanese from the terms "baka" meaning "idiotic" and "sukasu" meaning "unintentional acts".

  Dan uses the phrase against the The Worst leader, then in a flash of brilliance while chanting "baka" and "suka", starts saying "bakasuka". "bakasuka" is a word that means many, tons, or barrage of.

  Basically Dan is jumping from word to word, punning his way, until he screams "Basquash" when he does the final squash serve-like attack, Basquash.

So, the sports are very similar, they're just slightly different.


Why do red Saber and blue Saber look so alike?

Saber is extremely popular character. They are just "milking franchise" with character that looks similar to the original. And by having little different personality, they make sure they gain interest of more people other than fans of original Saber.


Does that weird translucent thing the girls wear serve any specific purpose?

According to this tweet:

It's an a camisole-style lace garment can be worn under the jacket, it's as an optional accessory

Therefore I don't believe there's functional purpose to it.


(mostly copying this from an answer I gave to a similar question)

This is just part of how Garou gets progressively more and more jacked up as the arc progresses, but yet he keeps on trucking and getting stronger.  It's really hard not to understate the sheer level of worked-over this guy achieves.  The following happens to him  in chapter 68 of the webcomic, for example, and this is after already having suffered numerous injuries in preceding battles:

   His entire ribcage is fractured by Darkshine, who initially assumes Garou dies from the injuries.

The orange/red you refer to is just blood.  A blood vessel has popped in his eye and he's bled so much that it's staining his hair.  More clearly, you'll notice that immediately before the reveal of his red hair and eye that he still has white hair, and then rapidly wipes his hands in his hair.  He's had a lot of blood on his hands and arms, bleeding notably out of them at least since deflecting Death Gatling's attack; we also see he's still rupturing blood all along his arms when he squares up against Bang.

The animation is slightly misleading after this, as you still see a far shot of him with white hair after this before the close-up reveal, nor does it show any color changes while he's doing it.  I think this was all done for the purpose of the dramatic reveal being a dramatic reveal.  There's no other reason for wiping his hands on his hair other than to transfer blood to his hair, either strictly for a makeshift cleaning of his hands or, more likely, because he knows it serves to make him seem more monstrous.

In the webcomic, by chapter 82 he ends up a full-on horror freak show from the battle damage alone.

   And before he's even resolved his battles with the S-class or started fighting Saitama.

He does later on achieve what appear to be legitimate monster-like transformations, but at this point in the story, if the manga/anime aren't going to seriously alter the nature of his progression, then all you are seeing is the accumulation of (severe) battle damage.


Why do characters in K-ON refer to each other by given names?

The manga is the same on this point: the characters call each other by given name pretty much from the start. I think there are a few reasons, in-universe and out-of-universe, why this makes sense.

Mio and Ritsu have known each other since they were young, as we saw in an extra story in Volume 3, so it makes sense that they would already call each other by given name. Given Ritsu's personality, it makes sense that she would immediately jump to calling Yui and Mugi by given name, and neither of them are the type to object; Yui doesn't stand on formalities, and Mugi is always looking for ways to get closer to her friends. Azusa is an underclassman, so she would be getting the more familiar forms of address anyway.

Another thing to keep in mind is that time passes in strange ways in both the anime and the manga (but especially in the anime). Azusa appears in Volume 2 of the manga and Episode 8 of the anime, so an entire year passes in one volume / seven episodes. In the anime, Episode 4 covers the summer training camp at Mugi's villa; since the Japanese school year starts in early April, the girls have already known each other for at least two months by this point. Episode 7 is Christmas, so by now they've known each other for around eight months. If I were the writer in this situation, I wouldn't think it was worth it to have them all call each other by family name for five episodes and then suddenly have them switch to given names; it would be annoying and confuse the audience, who may not have taken the time to memorize everyone's given and family name right off the bat. (For instance, I've read the Genshiken original manga series about fifty times, but I couldn't tell you what Kugayama's, Tanaka's, or Kuchiki's given names are without looking them up.) Same thing if I were writing the manga; I would not have thought it was worth it to switch everyone's form of address halfway through Volume 1 when they've known each other for six months.

It's pretty common in "cute girls doing cute things" series for the main girls to all call each other by given name immediately upon meeting and forever thereafter. Everyone in Hidamari Sketch does it, even though Hiro and Sae are upperclassmen. (The Hidamari girls do use honorifics, though, unlike the K-On girls.) Same for Is the Order a Rabbit?, Kiniro Mosaic, Lucky Star, and Yuru Yuri. The only exception I can think of is G.A.: Geijutsuka Art Design Class, where everyone refers to Tomokane by her family name. My theory is that it fits the atmosphere these shows are trying to create. Part of the appeal to this type of series is the sense of being among a tight-knit group of friends, the kind of group where everyone speaks informally. It also makes the characters seem guileless and child-like; like children, they're living in a little bubble where social standing and deference aren't so important.

In more realistic anime, like Honey and Clover, or workplace-oriented shows like Wagnaria!!, characters call each other by family name as they probably would in real life. But for a show like K-On, realism is less important than creating an atmosphere, one which is harmed if the characters are too distant with each other. And the characters' personalities and prior relationships permit that sort of break from reality.


Why didn't Goku and Chi Chi use the Dragon Balls to rescue the Ox King and his castle?

Your assumption about the dragon balls was wrong. They did indeed scatter in chapter 156, right after Shenlon brought everyone back to life. Also seeing the mini saga about the wedding-dress was anime filler to begin with, one could argue that it would be pretty lame to fill it with the gang just using the dragon balls.

Apart from that, it should be noted that getting the dragon balls wasn't as easy as it sounds at that time. Bulma did have the dragon radar, but she would not have been able to retrieve them all on her own as we had seen earlier in the series. And Goku couldn't help her either as he had promised to train at the sanctuary with God for three years. He was stuck there all the way to the tournament.

So when the fire actually happened, it would take Goku less time to get the fan, than to collect all dragon balls. So trying to get the fan first, would be the best choice of action. If he would fail, they could collect the dragon balls as a backup plan anyway.


Is there any anime continuing or inspired by Golden Boy (Kintaro)?

The Golden Boy OVA is only 6 episodes. There hasn't been any more adapted from the manga (which is a lot racier than the anime). The closest thing to a continuation is the recent "Golden Boy 2" manga which is outright pornography.

It's hard to say if there's anything that's inspired by Golden Boy. Tatsuya Egawa, Golden Boy's creator, produced lots of other manga and various degrees of pornographic films which you could say might be inspired by his other creations. Kousuke Fujishima, the creator of "Oh My Goddess", used to work for him as an assistant but I don't know of any interviews or sources indicating that he was inspired by Golden Boy.


Why does Paragus look younger in DBZ Legendary SSJ compared to DBS Broly

https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/10/17550980/broly-canon-dragon-ball-super-z-movie-legendary-super-saiyan

  Because of his limited appearances, fans have debated if Broly can be considered part of the larger Dragon Ball canon for years. But in a note on the Dragon Ball Super: Broly website, series creator Akira Toriyama said he worked to fit Broly into the Dragon Ball universe.

Hopefully that links confirms that Broly is canon now. The movie basically retcons Broly's origin. That's why his father looks older and different than in the DBZ Movie.


Did Asta break Sekke's magnun Cannonball with strenght or antimagic?

Definitely anti magic. Sekke uses "Bronze creation magic" which would be reasonable to assume his magic balls were of the strength and toughness of bronze. Asta's anti magic blades are only able to cut magic and will be reduced to blunt weapons when used to cut anything else. (episode 17 and 18 of the anime)

I posted a youtube link of the fight as reference, but the ball is clearly cut through as opposed to bashed in and broken, so the swords anti-magic properties are what allowed him to get through Sekke's balls with ease, and not Asta's brute strength.

Video of fight


The Frieza vs Goku battle lasted from the time Vegeta dies to the explosion of Namek spans in episode 87 to 105, the infamous "five minute" battle itself starts at episode 97.

The fight between Goku and Cell at the Cell Games starts at 177 to 180 and Gohan's fight with Cell begins at episode 181 and ends at 191.

The final battle with Buu spans from episode 279 to 287. This is the most varied battle out of all of them.

So technically, the battle between Frieza and Goku is the longest and most drawn out battle between two characters.


The song name is ELM. https://cowboybebop.fandom.com/wiki/Ganymede_Elegy. Everything that you want to know about the episode 10 is on wiki fandom. Not only for the 10th episode but for every other episode in the series and for other animes too.Check it out.Have a great day:)


What is the most complete Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex DVD set to buy?

As stated from this subreddit, the complete box set should include (in chronological order):

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3 Ghost Tears
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone

Note that for the SAC, you only need #3-5. I found this copy, which I think is your best bet. If you find if for cheaper elsewhere, you can use Best Buy's Price Match Guarantee to get it for the lowest possible price. You may also be able to find this for cheaper secondhand on sites like Ebay.*

In addition, if you want to buy the 100% complete box set (with all of the above titles), I found this one on Ebay, which appears to have all of the necessary contents (double check this if you are going to buy it, it's your money not mine*), but I couldn't seem to find an equivalent on Amazon or Best Buy. They seem to have many copies of all the different volumes and movies, but I couldn't find an entirely complete box set.

However, if your meaning of best does not mean complete, then please edit your question to reflect what you want, as noted by @Hakase and @senshin.

*I am not responsible for your unwanted and misunderstood purchases. Please research and double check before you buy.


Why didn't anyone question how Misa Misa killed Kaneboshi?

At this point of the anime, L et Light don't know who is Kira, they only know that he is working at Yotsuba.

First of all, when she's passing an interview with the members of Yotsuba, when going at toilets, Rem make Misa touch a piece of the Death Note so Misa can see her and reveals her who is Kira.

So only Misa knows who is Kira at this moment, so there's no reason why they would have placed micros or cameras on Higuchi's car.

Then, Misa decides to make Kira reveal himself. She swaps her clothes with a friend so Mogi can't stop her. The date with Higuchi was not planned by the detective team so they couldn't put recording devices on the car.

In the same episode, when Matsuda says "We should maybe put a micro on her", implying they don't usually do it.

So what's happening in the car is not recorded by L & Light.

At 20m30, we can see that Misa activates recording device :

There's even a little bip noise indicating that it is starting to record.

The only part that is recorded is that

  Higuchi will stop killing people in order to prove that he is Kira so he can marry Misa.

The death of Kaneboshi isn't mentionned. As said earlier in the episode, Kaneboshi was known to be a bad guy. His death isn't unusual and there's no reason why it would have been noted by the detective team.


What anime does this girl greeting the KFC mascot come from?

This scene is from Miyuki, an anime adaptiation of the Manga by the same name written by Adachi:

Synopsis:

  Wakamatsu Masato lives with his step-sister, Miyuki, whom he does not have blood relationship with. Their father is always working oversea and left the two of them living by themselves in Toukyou. Miyuki is cute, nice, sensitive and very popular among guys around Masato. Masato has a girlfriend at school whose name is Kajima Miyuki, who is pretty and gentle, the ideal dream of every highschool boy.


Why are Rin's classmates afraid of him in the first episode of Kyoto Fujouou-hen?

Direct Answer: Senshin is correct, everything after episode 16ish and the movie doesn't actually follow the manga's original story-line. Therefore this second season ignores it in order to follow the manga.

Now for some clarity on the timeline divergence:
 We see numerous flashbacks in Kyoto Fujouou-hen to Blue Exorcist but only right up to the point that he's taken into custody, at that point you'll notice that while there are later flashbacks the details are different from the original series.

These details, start with things like Shiemi turning her back on Rin as he's dragged off, and then him not being encased in a blue crystal at the trial, and no earth-king attack, etc...

They did take some parts from the manga and integrate it into those last 9 episodes of the first season and you'll notice they are almost identical between the 2 seasons. Eyebrows(Izumo) is the first to approach him and tell him that offspring between demons and humans has happened before and isn't uncommon in exorcists. The candle training also proceeds in almost the exact same way in both, though obviously in different settings.


When the Code is obtained, the one who obtains it seems to lose their Geass Powers. We see this happen with C.C in her flashbacks as beforehand she had the Geass Power to make everyone love her. In the scene where we last see with her Geass her Geass is now uncontrollable before the Nun admits she tricked C.C, from then on we see C.C's Geass Sigals on her forehead instead of in her eyes.

We can assume the same thing happened with Charles. At the end of the first season he uses his Geass to manipulate Lelouch's memories but he didn't have V.V's Code yet as later on in the second season when Cornelia infiltrate's the Order's Base she throws a knife at V.V seemingly killing him until he gets up and takes the blade out of his head. However at the Sword of Akasha after Charles "comes back to life" he doesn't once uses his Geass on Lelouch.

We also know that the Code doesn't have to be given/received willingly. The Nun who gave C.C the Geass powers forced her to take the code (though we are unsure how) and in the second season as C.C is about to reach the Twilight Gate V.V is seen wounded saying Charles "stole" his code

In terms of what the Code Bearer gains, from observations we see:

Ability to create contracts with others to bestow Geass
Immunity to Geass
Immortality

There is another power we only see once in the first season and used by C.C at the Battle of Narita where C.C feeds Suzaku "shock images" to immobilize him. However I am unsure if this is a power related to the Code or a natural power C.C has as neither V.V nor Charles demonstrates such a power.

Also, the Twilight Gates can be accessed by anyone who has Geass or the Code as Charles is seen at the Sword of Akasha without V.V with him at the beginning of the second season (where he first shows Suzaku the Sword of Akasha saying it's a weapon to slay God)


What is the relationship between the male and female character?

In the western side of the web, probably not. The only official description is

“You are attacked and ravished by many girls”

That really does not answer the question. But looking up for explanations of the symbolism, I came upon two analysis of the video: the first one by NewVagabond.tumblr, the other one on the Ask John column of animenation.net. They are lengthy and detailed, full of screenshots and worth reading. Go read them, I'll wait.
At the end, the writer behind "Ask John" says:

After composing my own interpretation, I did a web search for other criticisms and interpretations. I encountered a number of analysis that interpreted the video entirely oppositely to the way I did. I encountered several interpretations that suggest that the video represents the boy’s effort to stop being an otaku, that the video is a criticism of hikikomori otaku culture.

He did his homework, it seems. But one other thing on his closing thoughts caught my eye:

(...) Hideaki Anno’s influence and involvement in the production (...)

Anno-sensei is well-known for his "Death of the Author" philosophy, where what the author meant with his work is replaced with what the viewer felt when consuming said work. From Anno-sensei's roundtable discussion at Anime Expo '96 convention:

"Animation makes sense to people in the process of their seeing it. (...) There has to be a relationship that comes into being between the person watching and what the character's saying in the animation itself."

I am inclined to assume that the production staff of Me!Me!Me! follows the same ethos. But all this about Anno's philosophical influence is totally an assumption on my part.
Since even the know your meme page (and the linked articles therein) also do not point to an official explanation (but do comment on the confusion the viewership feels when watching the video), I end my report with:

Is there anything official describing the relationship between the two characters?

No, to the best of my Google-jutsu, there is not.

Appendix

Link to the translated lyrics.

Yet another translation, with Kanji and Romaji lyrics by newvagabond.tumblr.

The official site of Japan Animator Exhibition (Japanese) also have the Kanji lyrics.

Yes, I also felt like this:


How to summon a different animal using Kuchiyose?

Kuchiyose is a highly controversial jutsu, cloaked in mystery.

At the beginning of the series, Naruto is presented with the frog contract scroll. In which he signs with blood, thereby validating the contract. From that point onward, he can summon frogs. The same happens with Jiraiya (who's name is earlier on the list).

Orochimaru has a tattoo on his right arm, on which he smears the blood required for the summon.

Madara Uchiha was seen summoning the Kyuubi after taking control of it, and using it in battle against Hashirama, seemingly without a contract.

Tobi was seen using the same technique after he unsealed him from Kushina.

As for the Rinnegan's Animal Path, it's very likely to assume that the summoned animals are some sort of zombies as well (much like the Rikudo no Jutsu's bodies), as they have the Rinnegan and the Piercing (and doesn't talk at all).

It seems that a general contract with the species, or control over the specific creature is enough. If there's a contract, both sides can freely summon each other (As seen by Shima's reverse summoning). If there isn't one, it probably takes the "consent" of both sides for the technique to work (Or, the forced consent, in the case of the Kyuubi).

The technique is very unclear in nature. It's a space-time ninjutsu, which on itself is a mystery, and very little is known about it. We don't have much more detail than that.


What is the name of an anime about a special forces, socially inept high school student bodyguard?

To formalize what has been stated in the comments:

The anime series in question is Full Metal Panic, based on the light novel series. Mech-specialist Sgt. Sagara Souske is tasked to protect Kaname Chidori when she is targeted by a terrorist organization. He is a skilled fighter, but fails to react normally in most social situations.

It features 3 seasons (as of 2014):

Full Metal Panic - the first season is very plot driven.

Full Metal Panic? Fummoffu - the second season takes a more comedic approach, with many of the episodes being broken into 2 half-episodes.

Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid - the third season is much like the first, with more of a plot focus (13-episodes).


Chunin exam arc instructor with full head bandage

I've watched the whole series so far and there hasn't been any more references to him. There's oftentimes filler characters just to create effect and fill out the space, so I wouldn't be surprised if they just stuck some random guy in that looked cool.


Do the Blu-ray episodes replace the TV episodes on the Internet once they've been released?

Usually, it depends on whether the websites own the rights of the anime's Blu-ray version, because the TV and Blu-ray versions act as separate entities for commercial rights.


Why did EVA Unit 01 only accept Shinji as its pilot?

EVA Unit 01 contains the soul of Yui Ikari, who disappeared during a contact experiment: in ep. 20, after Shinji achieves a high synchronisation rate and is absorbed into LCL in the EVA Unit, he comes into contact with his mother, and Gendo also makes a statement during one of these refusals that indicates a connection with Yui. Thus Unit 01's refusal to work with anyone or anything other than Shinji is linked to Yui's mother-child relationship with Shinji (a relationship she has with neither Rei nor an empty dummy plug) and Yui's own preferences.


To my understanding, the weapons that they use are manifestations of their soul's power. They require a minimal amount of magic to actually manifest, but more if you want to do anything more than cut, bludgeon, or, in the case of Illusory form, drain energy.

Hope this helped!


What constitutes as an Yin/Yang/Yinyang element technique?

This will only partly answer your question, but according to naruto wikia 1,

  Yin relates to one's spiritual energy and Yang relates to one's
  physical energy and it's necessary to utilise both of these in order
  to mould chakra for ninjutsu.

I thing that the phrase "become God" is used as a metaphor. According to the same wiki, the Sage of the Six Paths had absolute control over Yin and Yang, and was able to "make his fantasies come to life". This is described as 2

  The process he used is explained to have initially involved the
  administration of imagination, and the spiritual energy which forms
  the basis of Yin chakra to create shape and form from nothingness.
  Then, through the application of vitality, and the physical energy
  which forms the basis of Yang chakra, he would breathe life into the
  prior form.

The Second Mizukage states that genjutsu is basically Yin element, what does that make the Yang element?

Yes, genjitsu is basically a subset of Yin release (Inton, 陰遁). Based on the fact that Yin relates to spirit energy, and Yang relates to physical energy, that makes perfect sense, because genjitsu techniques are basically illusions. According to the wiki again, the Yang release (Yōton, 陽遁) is "based on the physical energy that governs vitality" and  3

  can be used to breathe life into form.

It's also the Yang part of the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra that was sealed within Naruto. This causes the Yang chakra to have impact on other techniques when Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode - namely, the Wood Release technique.

It is also implied that the elemental-less techniques, have their source in Yin and Yang (this is from chapter 316):

1Yin-Yang Release
2Creation of All Things
3Yang Release


In fiction, when people cough up blood that usually means they have tuberculosis. It's a standard way to depict the illness like that.


A manga about an emotive android fighter girl with black hair

Perhaps you're looking for Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm

  The series is set in the post-apocalyptic future and focuses on Alita, a cyborg who has lost all memories and is found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor who rebuilds and takes care of her. She discovers that there is one thing she remembers, the legendary cyborg martial art Panzer Kunst, which leads to her becoming a Hunter Warrior or bounty hunter. The story traces Alita's attempts to rediscover her past and the characters whose lives she impacts on her journey.


How much does the light novel of Re:Zero differ from the anime at the end of episode 21 (Subaru/Rem scene)?

I read the light novel and did a re-check to the wikia. Here are the differences between anime and light novel in episode 21:

A scene where Mimi saves Subaru with her magic is cut.
Rem's attack is added on to Mimi and Hetaro's attack to free Wilhelm.
Subaru and Hetaro's conversation is cut.
Crusch's speech is moved farther into the battle and an anime original scene was added to include it.
Rem faking her death to get Subaru to confess is cut.
The post Hakugei battle scene is changed to have Subaru and Crusch talk one on one instead of being with Rem and Ferris. In accordance with this, several other scenes such as Subaru and Ferris' talk is also cut.

So, based on the statements above, the scene you were talking about was not changed, but it was cut.


As of what I have witnessed so far I could say this about Blast:

Blast teleports Saitama, Flashy Flash and Manako out of the underground

Dimensional Travel: Blast possesses some sort of ability to generate portals which allow him to move through another dimension or transfer objects. When Blast generates a portal that resembles a black hole to teleport himself, Flashy Flash, Saitama, and Manako, he clasps his fists together and an infinity symbol appears across his fists

So, yes he has that power which can overthrow all of the S class Hero's combined.


Why didn't the other dragons help Igneel in defeating Acnologia?

Fear acnologia was so dangerous that even if many dragons joined most would die Igneel was just extremely courageous


Any credible news source of a Season 3 for Highschool DxD

Credible sources? As far as I know, Publisher Fujimi Shobo announced the green lighting of the season 3 last June 16. However, there is apparently no release date given as of this writing. I don't know if these sites qualify as "credible" for you, but here you go:

Side bar on Wikipedia
Anichart's to be announced page