Datasets:

p1atdev

/

stackexchanges

like 1

{ "accepted_answer_id": "754", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nHas the \"It's over 9000!\" meme from DBZ spread back into Japan? Is it\nreferenced in other manga or anime? If it is, do they use _9000_ (which is,\ndepending on who you ask, a translation error or an intentional\nmistranslation) or _8000_?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T17:15:18.853", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "752", "last_activity_date": "2019-04-29T07:32:51.330", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-13T06:11:18.103", "last_editor_user_id": "18431", "owner_user_id": "247", "post_type": "question", "score": 29, "tags": [ "japanese-language", "meme", "dragon-ball-z" ], "title": "Has the \"It's over 9000!\" meme spread back to Japan?", "view_count": 3919 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as I can tell, it hasn't really spread back very much. However, my\nmethod of checking is a bit strange, so it's likely that a native Japanese\nspeaker could answer this better. As you pointed out, the original version has\n8000 rather than 9000. What Vegeta says in Japanese is \"八千以上だ\" which literally\ntranslates to \"It's over 8000.\"\n\nI looked on [nico nico](http://www.nicovideo.jp) for any videos with \"八千以上だ,\"\nbut I didn't get any results. Removing \"だ\" gives some results, but none of\nthem are related to DBZ as far as I can tell. I then tried all variations I\ncould think of, like using \"8千,\" \"8000,\" writing 以上 in hiragana, etc. Still no\nDBZ videos. Using different versions of 9000 also doesn't get many results. A\ncouple of videos that came up made some references to \"9000千以上だ\" in the\ndescription in such a way that they could be referencing the meme, but the\nnumber of these cases was pretty small.\n\nI do get a reasonable number of results by searching \"over 9000\" on nico. All\nof these seem to be referencing the English version directly, i.e. they say\n\"It's over 9000\" rather than the Japanese version. So it does seem that there\nis some back-propagation of the meme, but they prefer to keep it in English.\nAlso judging by the number of videos and the number of views on the videos, it\nseems it never became as popular as it did overseas. That probably shouldn't\nbe surprising, given that DBZ ran from 1989-1996 in Japan and the meme only\nstarted in 2006, and mostly spread on English-language websites like 4chan and\nYTMND.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:12:12.030", "id": "754", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-21T18:12:12.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 26 }, { "body": "\n\nThat meme was started from the original DBZ but it got popular after TFS (Team\nFour Star) made a parody of the episode. And yes, it has mostly spread through\nJapan. But if you check, Nappa's power level was 4,000 and Vegeta was 2x more\npowerful, so Vegeta was still surprised. In conclusion, \"It's over 9,000!\" has\nspread to Japan.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-01T01:03:07.853", "id": "17217", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-20T00:00:55.417", "last_edit_date": "2017-09-20T00:00:55.417", "last_editor_user_id": "11649", "owner_user_id": "10959", "parent_id": "752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Japanese version of this meme could be considered:\n\n私の戦闘力は５３万です\n\nMy power level is 530,000\n\nWhich is close enough but didn't originate from the same scene. The joke also\npropagates to any score measurement in any setting. For example one can brag\nabout their TOEIC (Test Of English for International Communications) score:\n\n私のトーイックは５３万です\n\nMy TOEIC score is 530,000.\n\nSee <https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/530000> for more examples or just google the\nphrase.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-04-29T06:59:33.057", "id": "52727", "last_activity_date": "2019-04-29T07:32:51.330", "last_edit_date": "2019-04-29T07:32:51.330", "last_editor_user_id": "47043", "owner_user_id": "47043", "parent_id": "752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "758", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nAre Kakaroto (Goku) and [Kaiō-sama](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/King_Kai)\n(King Kai) the only people that know how to use the Kaio-Ken?\n\nDid Kaiō-sama teach his technique for others beside Goku? For example, while\ntraining Krillin and the others.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T17:46:06.290", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "753", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T13:46:38.183", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-21T18:21:41.297", "last_editor_user_id": "29", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "dragon-ball" ], "title": "Who are the people that know how to use Kaio-Ken?", "view_count": 2674 }

[ { "body": "\n\nKing Kai himself was not able to use that technique, and he said that Goku was\nthe first one who ever mastered that technique. However, King Kai tries to\nteach the technique to everyone who visits his planet.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:42:06.637", "id": "758", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-21T18:42:06.637", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "753", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe exact technique in question is something that only Goku was able to learn\nand master. King Kai created the technique but never actually had the strength\nto survive such an ordeal. Goku is his first pupil to actually master it,\naccording to the king himself.\n\nHowever, to go a little deeper, it's clear that the Kaio-ken is something that\nKing Kai developed in his endless hours observing the universe. Watching not\nonly powerful warriors but never-ending channels of energy like atmospheric\npressure, and transfer of water through a planets vegetation (not to be\nconfused with a Vegeta-Tien fusion, lol [wait...eww]) has given the Kai the\nwisdom and understanding of how to control the flow of ki from intake-\nconsumption-output and recycling. The Kaio-ken technique is a way to control\nthe ki in one's body with the power of a warrior, the control of a Tree, and\nthe sturdiness of a stone, and EXPLODE that energy for just a moment without\nusing the ki which allows the heart to pump and the body to survive.\n\nThe spirit bomb is important to think about, too. Unlike most ki attacks, the\nspirit bomb does not rely on the user's inner ki, but that which he can\nextract from around him. Which reminds me strongly of Goku's SSJ3\ntransformation, as well as all power ups, even human ascension. However, what\nif one were to take in that ki and allow it to flow in the ki-pool inside the\nbody (aka chakra) instead of releasing a huge orb of energy? I think this is\nhow Goku gets his strength, by being pure, all energy is willing to lend its\npower to him, and once he suppresses his energy and no longer needs the boost,\nhe returns his own energy to the places he borrowed it from.\n\nMy point here is that while the Kaio-ken is exclusively Goku's ability, I have\nno doubt that it contains traces of techniques and powers all around the\nuniverse, like the original Super Saiyan of legends, King Yemma in his trip to\nKing Kai's planet, the Namekian race who can use ki for so many things beyond\nfighting, and so many more life forms that we cannot even imagine.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-17T04:24:48.127", "id": "8712", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T13:46:38.183", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-08T13:46:38.183", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4529", "parent_id": "753", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "763", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nAs we know, every ninja needs to sign a contract to summon an animal. However,\nSasuke suddenly summoned a hawk, after summoning snakes all the time.\n\nHow can someone change the animal he summons?\n\n> I know that with _Keiyaku Fūin_ , the contract can be broken, but I guess\n> that works a little bit different, not?\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:33:52.747", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "756", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-27T01:55:53.913", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-21T22:13:31.557", "last_editor_user_id": "15", "owner_user_id": "122", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "How to summon a different animal using Kuchiyose?", "view_count": 2431 }

[ { "body": "\n\nKuchiyose is a highly controversial jutsu, cloaked in mystery.\n\nAt the beginning of the series, Naruto is presented with the frog contract\nscroll. In which he signs with blood, thereby validating the contract. From\nthat point onward, he can summon frogs. The same happens with Jiraiya (who's\nname is earlier on the list).\n\nOrochimaru has a tattoo on his right arm, on which he smears the blood\nrequired for the summon.\n\nMadara Uchiha was seen summoning the Kyuubi after taking control of it, and\nusing it in battle against Hashirama, seemingly without a contract.\n\nTobi was seen using the same technique after he unsealed him from Kushina.\n\nAs for the Rinnegan's Animal Path, it's very likely to assume that the\nsummoned animals are some sort of zombies as well (much like the Rikudo no\nJutsu's bodies), as they have the Rinnegan and the Piercing (and doesn't talk\nat all).\n\n* * *\n\nIt seems that a general contract with the species, or control over the\nspecific creature is enough. If there's a contract, both sides can freely\nsummon each other (As seen by Shima's reverse summoning). If there isn't one,\nit probably takes the \"consent\" of both sides for the technique to work (Or,\nthe forced consent, in the case of the Kyuubi).\n\n* * *\n\nThe technique is very unclear in nature. It's a space-time ninjutsu, which on\nitself is a mystery, and very little is known about it. We don't have much\nmore detail than that.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T21:10:47.480", "id": "763", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-22T09:15:07.840", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-22T09:15:07.840", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "756", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think the contracts are exclusive, but to answer in terms of Pain,\nMadara, & Obito, The [_Animal\nPath_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Path) requires no blood or hand\nsymbols, thus it's safe to assume standard rules like a contract doesn't\napply, Madara & Obito could summon the 10 tails because they had the Rinnegan\n& its accompanying chakra & could use the Animal Path of the [_Six\nPaths_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Six_Paths_of_Pain) abilities.\n\nPain could summon whatever he wanted & apply his own jutsu to whatever he\nsummoned as seen with the [_Giant Multi-Headed\nDog_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Multi-Headed_Dog) that he summoned,\nthe only difference with those summons & the 10 tails was that they had been\nmodified using the chakra conducting rods (receptor rods) & were the\nequivalent of zombies with no control of their own bodies & no evident\nconsciousness as the rods allows Pain to control the beast entirely by\nchanneling his chakra through the rods, this gave them Rinnegan as the chakra\nflowing through them (From Nagato) was Six Paths chakra. Something could be\ndead & with chakra rods you could make it seem as they are alive (queue the 6\npaths of Pain).\n\nNaruto never bothered/tried to try sign a contract with any other species so\nonly summoned frogs but he could have also signed a contract with a bear or\nthat crazy Pterodactyl race Pain found etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-21T21:20:46.257", "id": "65470", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-27T01:55:53.913", "last_edit_date": "2021-08-27T01:55:53.913", "last_editor_user_id": "59761", "owner_user_id": "62087", "parent_id": "756", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "761", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI have seen it being used in the episodes where Konoha was invaded by\nOrochimaru when Hinata's father engages the enemy stating that. Now I see that\nbeing used in the current ninja war when Neji remarks to Naruto about that?\n\nIs there any basis for the origin of this phrase in the manga or anime\nanywhere regarding the strength of Hyuga clan?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:42:30.667", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "759", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-11T19:43:31.043", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:43:31.043", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "104", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Origin of the phrase \"Hyuga are Konoha's strongest\"", "view_count": 628 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was seen first in the Chūnin exam, when Kakashi said this during the battle\nbetween Hinata and Neji. That path was followed in the fight between Naruto\nand Neji.\n\nThe reason is, that the members of the Hyūga can manipulate the chakra of\ntheir enemies and thus can win against most ninjas. And since the massacre of\nthe Uchiha-clan, who could be better than the Hyūgas?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:59:11.190", "id": "761", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-21T18:59:11.190", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "759", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "762", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nToday I just finished watching One Outs and I was interested on picking up the\nmanga, but I would like to know if the adaptation is faithful to the manga and\nfrom which volume the anime itself ends.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T18:58:15.053", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "760", "last_activity_date": "2019-04-27T13:56:23.487", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-26T18:41:38.850", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "206", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "one-outs" ], "title": "Where does the One Outs anime diverge from the manga?", "view_count": 30748 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe anime adapts chapter 1–chapter 82 (volume 10) of the manga. While I have\nnot read the manga yet, I've been led to believe that it is reasonably similar\nto the anime in terms of plot. There should be no problems in starting off\nfrom chapter 83.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T19:36:38.683", "id": "762", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-21T19:36:38.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "760", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "768", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI understand that during his initial training with Urahara something occurred\nthat gave him (or awoke in him)\n\n> hollow powers,\n\nbut hardly anything is said on the matter. And how come nothing like this\nnever happened before, to the point of Urahara trying to make it\n[possible](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Hollowfication). For Ichigo just\nhappened?\n\nAnd how does this play into\n\n> Aizen's initial plan. Did he influence this event too?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T22:16:39.297", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "764", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-03T16:43:19.040", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:44:27.870", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "167", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "What happened to Ichigo in Urahara's training area after meeting Byakuya (for the first time)?", "view_count": 904 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's pretty simple. When Urahara starts training him, in the end of _chapter\n60_ ,\n\n> Tessai breaks Ichigo's Chain of Fate. Urahara explains that the corruption\n> of the chain has already begun, and when it reaches Ichigo's chest, he will\n> become a hollow. The only way to stop that would be to regain his Shinigami\n> powers. Then they throw Ichigo into the hole, and seal him with bakudou 99.\n\nIn the end of _chapter 62_ ,\n\n> the chain corruption gets to Ichigo's chest, and he starts transforming into\n> a Hollow - you can clearly see his mask appearing (though Urahara comments\n> that the mask forming before body indicates that Ichigo is resisting the\n> transformation). However, Zangetsu helps Ichigo to stop the transformation\n> in the middle and regain his Shinigami powers.\n\nSo yes, the reason is simply that\n\n> he was already half-transformed into a Hollow when he gained his Shinigami\n> powers back and stopped the transformation.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T23:08:52.557", "id": "766", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-21T23:08:52.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "764", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nWhile [SingerOfTheFall's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/766) seems\ncorrect, it isn't. When you find out about Xcution (organization of\nFullbringers) you learn that they have been in an incident with a Hollow as a\nchild. As in, a Hollow killed their parents when they were young.\n\nIn Ichigo's case, his mother was attacked by a Hollow, thereby giving Ichigo\nHollow powers.\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Fullbringer) on how Fullbringers\nare made,\n\n> However, they differ in that they each have a parent who survived a Hollow\n> attack before they were born. As a result, traces of the Hollows’ power\n> remained in their mothers’ bodies, which were then passed onto them at the\n> moment of their birth.\n\nHowever, it probably didn't awaken until he was pushed to the edge by\n\"training\" with Urahara due to the Shinigami powers overwhelming the Hollow\npowers. His situation is similar to what happened in the manga recently (major\nspoiler):\n\n> Ichigo got Quincy powers by releasing a massive amount of spiritual energy.\n> He got Quincy powers because his mother was a Quincy.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-22T00:05:06.047", "id": "768", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-03T16:43:19.040", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "175", "parent_id": "764", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the first episode of _Revolutionary Girl Utena_ , a teacher says \"You won't\nmake a fool of me again this semester\", which indicates that Utena is not new\nto the school. I'm rewatching the show, and my memories of the show assumed\nshe was a transfer student. This made me wonder why she didn't get involved in\nthe mechanizations of the student council sooner. She received the signet ring\nwhen she was young, and had been going to that school already.\n\nWas there something special about that semester that triggered Utena's\ninterest in the Rose Bride and the duels? Is there any information on what\nhappened with regards to the council prior to the start of the show? Was this\nthe first time Saionji won the duel, and the other council members aren't so\nabusive towards the Rose Bride, so they didn't attract Utena's attention?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T22:45:12.143", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "765", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-15T10:37:45.300", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-21T03:36:14.983", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": null, "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "revolutionary-girl-utena" ], "title": "Why didn't Utena get involved in the council's duels sooner?", "view_count": 336 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAs Gorchestopher H has said\n\n> here is also an element of coming-of-age. She becomes involved because her\n> time has come\n\nthis is correct as being one of the reason however,\n\n> Utena becomes involved because of the way the Rose Bride was being treated\n\nThis is half-true. Yes Utena protects Anthy but this is because of Utena's\nrole as the \"prince\" that protects the \"princess\" Anthy. However remember that\nit was not Utena that stopped Saionji in the beginning but Touga. Utena\nhowever confronts Saionji after his posts up Wakaba's love confession letter\nto him on the notice board for everyone to see and ridicule. Utena realizes\nit's Wakaba's letter when she sees her reaction.\n\nSeeing this Utena challenges Saionji but because earlier in the day the\nStudent Council was told by \"End of the World\" that a new Duelist would be\narriving, he assumes she's the new Duelist and moves their duel to the arena.\nIt is in their second duel Utena protect Anthy from being engaged to Saionji\nand being abused again.\n\nAs for why Utena didn't get involved in a previous semester, we can pinpoint\neverything to Utena getting involved originated in her seeing Anthy. Why Utena\nonly noticed her in this semester seems to relate to Anthy's omnipresence. In\nthe Apocalypse Saga when Micky is talking to his father, his father passes the\nphone to the woman who will be Mickey's step mother which we hear Anthy\nspeaking and see her Rose Bride Dress, yet Micky does not pick up on this.\nAlso Mikage is tricked into thinking Mamiya is alive and by his side but not\nonly is his appearance completely different but he is dead and it was in fact\nAnthy. So it's quite possible that along with being omnipresent Anthy can also\nmake it so people do not notice her.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-22T00:25:21.510", "id": "7104", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-21T04:17:55.397", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-21T04:17:55.397", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "765", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2189", "answer_count": 5, "body": "\n\nIn the [Chariot event](http://www.fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Chariot), Gajeel\nbecomes motion sick without understanding the reason.\n\n\n\nHis case of motion sickness does not develop until the second day of the Grand\nMagic Games. So does this have anything to do with Pantherlily becoming his\n\"cat\"?\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-21T23:17:24.117", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "767", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-28T10:28:12.100", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-07T01:42:40.090", "last_editor_user_id": "16253", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "fairy-tail" ], "title": "Does Gajeel's motion sickness have anything to do with Pantherlily becoming his cat?", "view_count": 6144 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is speculation but many wizards don't need to use transportation for\ntheir missions, they can just walk like Laxus. So the recent episodes say that\nall Dragon Slayers have motion sickness.\n\nWendy is probably an exception due to her healing abilities.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-22T00:08:20.000", "id": "769", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-22T00:08:20.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "175", "parent_id": "767", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the very same chapter when Gajeel still didn't understand why did he get\nmotion sickness, Sting said to Gajeel (in Chapter 276, page 11) that \"Well\nthen... You finally got accustomed for it, huh... To being a _real dragon\nslayer_. Congratulations. Newbie.\"\n\nWe also know that dragon slayer magic can more or less change the user's body\nitself. So I assume that if a dragon slayer gets strong enough then they will\nget motion sickness on vehicles. (Not as if it would be important or anything,\nit's probably just funny.) Wendy doesn't have motion sickness only because she\nis too weak of a dragon slayer yet. Just as was the case with Gajeel before.\n\nAlso, Laxus doesn't have an Exceed partner as far as we know and he has motion\nsickness too (Chapter 276, page 12).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-27T18:49:57.347", "id": "2189", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-27T19:07:02.103", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-27T19:07:02.103", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "1377", "parent_id": "767", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nI know this is really late and stuff, but on the [Fairy Tail\nWiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Slayer) it says:\n\n> It seems that, for some reason, all Dragon Slayers of an advanced \"level\"\n> suffer from severe motion sickness. At lower \"levels\", this isn't much of a\n> problem, as shown with Gajeel prior to the year X791, having rode on both\n> the Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II and the ship to Tenrou Island with ease.\n> However, after three months of intense training, he, too, became vulnerable\n> to motion sickness, having trouble running on a chain of vehicles during the\n> Chariot event.\n\nSo maybe it's because he trained really hard and then it caused him to get to\nthe advanced \"level.\" And that might also be the cause for Wendy not having\nmotion sickness, because she isn't at that level. Although that could also be\nbecause she has healing magic, but we still don't know so yeah.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T01:17:49.237", "id": "4657", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-07T02:28:11.943", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-07T02:28:11.943", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "2167", "parent_id": "767", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that all male dragonslayers get motion sickness. Female\ndragonslayers are an exception because they are not as powerful as male\ndragonslayers to level the playing field. As well, Wendy has support magic\nthat could possibly prevent her from getting motion sickness.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T16:40:50.500", "id": "8317", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-27T16:40:50.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4298", "parent_id": "767", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nDuring the chariot event Gajeel says he used to be able to ride on vehicles\njust fine, Sting replies saying that it just means Gajeel is a real dragon\nslayer now. I don't know if it has anything to do with getting an Exceed, it\nseems more like a matter of strength.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-28T10:28:12.100", "id": "33976", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-28T10:28:12.100", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25885", "parent_id": "767", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nElfen Lied's manga's ending has many ambiguous points, but at least it is\npossible to make up a satisfying explanation for most of them. One I couldn't\nmake anything up for, however, was this:\n\nThere is an agent spy from a different research facility whose name I forgot.\nHe helped the assistant escape during the Diclonius outbreak in the manga by\nholding the elevator brakes.\n\nHe was cornered, and it is suggested that he was killed. Until the end of the\nmanga, of course, where apparently he survives and has no idea how.\n\nI have no idea what saved him. What was it?\n\nFor a moment I considered that an earthquake just made a bigger hole that\nkilled the opponents, but as far as I can remember, there were no more\nearthquakes at that specific moment.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-22T21:03:30.900", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "777", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-11T19:46:18.010", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:46:18.010", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "261", "post_type": "question", "score": 11, "tags": [ "elfen-lied" ], "title": "How was the agent of the other research facility saved?", "view_count": 337 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThat's a good question, I like it. Spoilers up to the last chapter of the\nmanga below.\n\nHere is what the Agent says in the last chapter:\n\n> \n\nI suppose what really saved her was\n\n> the Vector Attack Craft, the same one that save Arakawa on the shore. The\n> Vector Attack Craft was developed in Saseba - a research project of the\n> government, basically ruled by the same people that were the Agent's bosses.\n> So the guys in the Vector Attack Craft had some kind of motivation to save\n> the Agent.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T07:11:19.170", "id": "831", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T07:11:19.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "777", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nAccording to [the Naruto Wiki page on\nJiraiya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jiraiya), he\n\n> \"left Konoha so he could follow Orochimaru's movements, as well as those of\n> \"Akatsuki\", an organization which Orochimaru had eventually joined.\"\n\n* * *\n\nOrochimaru was at Konoha during the [Chuunin Exam\nArc](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_Arc), making his first\nappearance (as far as I remember) during the [second\nphase](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_Arc#Second_Phase) (in the\nForest of Death). \nJiraiya made his first appearance between the\n[preliminaries](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_Arc#Preliminaries)\nand the [finals](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_Arc#Finals) (in\nchapter 90). \nThere is a fairly short period of time between these two appearances.\n\n* * *\n\nWe quickly see that Jiraiya knows who Naruto is, as he is trying to control\nhis chakra to walk on water (in chapter 91). He first notices something when\nhe sees Naruto trying to walk on water: \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5WbwE.jpg) \nWe then have a full confirmation that he knows who he is: \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zSRKq.jpg) \nIn this chapter he also notices that there is some weird overlaying of seals,\nwhich he deduces was Orochimaru's work.\n\n* * *\n\nNow, my question is: \n**Did Naruto and Jiraiya meet by chance, as Jiraiya was tracking down\nOrochimaru's movements?** (in which case Jiraiya only knew who Naruto was\nafter seeing the seal in his stomach) \n**Or did he know who Naruto was before having seen him trying to walk on\nwater, and tracked him down?** (possibly to protect him from Orochimaru, and\nin which case he would've been watching over Naruto since his parents died)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-22T23:44:40.633", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "778", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-11T19:47:03.663", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:47:03.663", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "49", "post_type": "question", "score": 15, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Did Jiraiya meet Naruto by chance?", "view_count": 42254 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt probably depends on how far you are with the series:\n\n> Jiraya knew who Naruto was from the beginning, Minato talked with Jiraya and\n> made him his godfather, he also told Jiraya they are going to name him\n> Naruto. So he knew about Naruto and watched over him from birth and started\n> training him later on.\n\n 1. They didn't meet by chance, he already knew about Naruto and the seal, he knew about the 4th's seal, that's how he knew it had been tampered with by Orochimaru. \n\n 2. I think this is the case, Jiraya said he was getting research for his book, but I think Jiraya, being his godfather, tracked him down to begin his training.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-23T07:02:37.123", "id": "780", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T11:29:03.600", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-12T11:29:03.600", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "28", "parent_id": "778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nJiraiya knew Naruto's parents, well actually he knew the whole backstory. So,\nhe would have definitely known that Naruto is the 'nine tails' from start. He\ndidn't come forward because Naruto was not ready. As we see, the first time\nthey meet, Jiraiya was acting like he didn't care about Naruto, but right\nafter commits to train him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-13T05:23:00.057", "id": "926", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-13T10:54:54.293", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-13T10:54:54.293", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "331", "parent_id": "778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nSomething that most of the answers have missed is Jiriya was the keeper of the\nkey to the seal that was used to seal the nine tailed fox. So he has to know\nabout Naruto being the Jinchuriki.\n\nNext point is, the name \"Naruto\" is actually the name of the character that\nJiraya created in his first book. In later episodes it is shown that Minato\ndecided that he too would name his child as Naruto, and Jiraya comments that,\nthat makes him the godfather to the child.\n\nNow, had Jiraya known Naruto by name and face is just speculation, as no\nsubstantial information has been provided in this matter, but he is sure to\nhave recognised who this \"Naruto\" is once Naruto mentions his name to him.\nFurthermore, once he sees the seal on Naruto's stomach (the key of which lock\nlies with him) there shouldn't be any more doubts for him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T07:02:59.437", "id": "4459", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T07:02:59.437", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nJiraiya should have already known who Naruto was because he knew Minato (4th\nhokage). Naruto and his dad Minato look so much alike, as Jiraiya said himself\nin one of the episodes, so he probably was acting as if he didn't know Naruto.\nPlus, Minato asked Jiraiya if he could name his son Naruto after the character\nin the book Jiraiya wrote (\"tales of a gutsy ninja\").\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-04T23:51:29.587", "id": "5731", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-05T00:22:15.050", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-05T00:22:15.050", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2671", "parent_id": "778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "784", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWhat's the correct pronunciation of his name? Luffy or Rufi?\n\n[At the One Piece wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy), it\nsays \"Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー･D･ルフィ Monkī D. Rufi)\".\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-23T12:25:56.413", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "782", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T00:59:56.803", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:47:38.853", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "What's the correct pronunciation for Luffy or Rufi?", "view_count": 19408 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis answer needs a premise.\n\nYou see, Japanese don't distinguish between the L and R sounds. The L doesn't\nreally exist and the R is not pronounced like in English. It's more similar to\nthe Italian/Spanish R but it's not rolled. Also, FI doesn't belong to the\nstandard Kana — ha, hi, hu (fu), he, ho — but it's constructed.\n\nBased on this, you could say both (and probably for Japanese there really\nisn't a difference like for us). But apparently Oda meant the name to be\n**Luffy** (can't find a source yet), and since the Japanese language cannot\nfaithfully represent this name it became _Rufi_ , being the closest match to\nthe actual name.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-23T12:49:12.730", "id": "784", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-23T14:21:35.633", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-23T14:21:35.633", "last_editor_user_id": "15", "owner_user_id": "15", "parent_id": "782", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nLuffy is the official spelling, which you can see printed on official\nmerchandise.\n\n「ルフィ」 ( _rufi_ ) is the Japanese pronunciation of this name. The first\nsyllable of it is **pronounced by the average Japanese person as an[alveolar\ntap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_tap)** (written in the\n[International Phonetic\nAlphabet](http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/learn-\nenglish/pronunciation/vowels-phonetics/) (IPA) as the fishhook-shaped **ɾ**\nsymbol. Note how this symbol subtly differs from the English **r** letter)\nplus an **\"oo\" sound** (as in \"root,\" \"google,\" etc. Written in the IPA as \"u\"\nor in the standard symbol as ū. See the English Language & Usage SE for\ndetails on \"u\" [here](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36905/why-\nare-there-3-different-ways-to-pronounce-oo)).\n\nThe Japanese syllabograms _ra, ri, ru, re,_ and _ro_ (ラ、リ、ル、レ、ロ、 or in\nhiragana, ら、り、る、れ、ろ) are alveolar taps, which are a type of [liquid\nconsonant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_consonant) that sound rolled.\nThey **do not directly correspond to any English letter** such as R (which is\nwritten in the IPA as  . Notice that phonetically it is\nnot the same as the thin fishhook-shaped **ɾ** symbol). An alveolar tap **can\nsound approximately like _any_ of the following English letters: R, L, or D**.\nIn Japanese pronunciation, it is **equally acceptable** to pronounce 「ルフィ」\nsounding like a rolled R, a non-rolled R, an L, or a D.\n\nSince many native English speakers do not grow up exposed to listening to the\nalveolar tap, many think they are hearing an R or L while listening to\nJapanese and therefore romanization of Japanese into romaji uses \"r\". This is\nthe exact inverse of some Japanese people hearing an English R or L and\nthinking that they are hearing an alveolar tap. [**Some Japanese can\ndistinguish the\ndifference**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_English_/r/_and_/l/_by_Japanese_speakers#Perception)\nin listening to the English R versus L versus alveolar tap, even though they\ncannot accurately replicate R and/or L, while some Japanese cannot hear the\ndifference. Some can pronounce the difference between R and L. Some cannot\noriginally distinguish and pronounce the difference but [can learn to via\nphonetics\ntraining](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_English_/r/_and_/l/_by_Japanese_speakers#Effects_of_training).\n\nThe natural English pronunciation of the spelling \"Luffy\" would most likely be\nwith an L sound and a short \"uh\" sound (as in \"ruff, \"just,\" etc. Written in\nthe IPA as  or in the standard symbol as ŭ).\nHowever, **such an intended pronunciation would have been written** in\nkatakana as 「ラフィ」 ( _rafi_ ) with an \"ah\" sound (as in \"call,\" \"also,\" etc.\nWritten in the IPA as  or in the standard symbol as ô), so\nwe can deduce that Oda did not have \"luh\" in mind as the correct\npronunciation.\n\n「フィ」 is a\n[glide](http://japanese.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1001/contents/Lesson02/katakana/2.7.html)\n(not unlike a [diphthong](http://www.fonetiks.org/sou3ja.html) slide) of 「フ」 (\n_fu_ or _hu_ ) + 「イ」 ( _i_ ) = \" _fui_ \" sped up becomes \" _fi_ \". It is\nanalogous to the long I sound (as in \"sunny,\" ski,\" etc. Written in the IPA as\n\"i\" or in the standard symbol as ē).\n\nIn International Phonetic Alphabet, 「ルフィ」 is pronounced **ɾ u f i**. To\npresent this in perhaps an easier-to-read spelling, we could write \"roo + fee\"\nwhere the \"r\" is rolled (as much or as little close to an English L as you\nlike).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-12T00:59:56.803", "id": "22367", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T00:59:56.803", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:38:45.803", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "782", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "930", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nIn Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!, Suguru is an otaku with an anime\ncharacter on his shirt underneath his uniform: \n\nI feel like this character is familiar, but all attempts to identify her have\nfailed, so I'm now leaning towards the belief that she's just a made-up\ncharacter drawn in a typical moe style.\n\nIs this a real character from some other source, or is it just a generic-\nlooking moe character? Note that in the anime version, the character on his\nshirt looks [slightly different](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TYYIK.jpg), so in\ncase they are actually different, this question is asking about the visual\nnovel appearance above.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-23T22:50:08.437", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "791", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-03T16:45:59.560", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-26T22:32:46.800", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "majikoi" ], "title": "Who is the character on Suguru's shirt?", "view_count": 672 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's possible that it may be Yume Kuonji, the pink haired girl from [Kimi ga\nAruji de Shitsuji ga Ore\nde](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8151), the other\nvisual novel from MinatoSoft, the maker of Majikoi. There's a lot of various\ncharacter designs and the character on the T-Shirt could just be a stylized\nversion of Yume. It's hard to tell from the screenshot above, but you can see\nin the other screen shot the ahoge, single strand of pink hair that's part of\nYume's design.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T04:02:43.567", "id": "794", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-24T04:02:43.567", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "791", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nMy best guess is Komoe Tsukuyomi from Toaru Majutsu no Index (an extremely\npopular anime in Japan) with a maid outfit. Although Komoe never wore a maid\noutfit, it could be a friendly gesture from one studio to the other. Zooming\nextremely closely on the picture you provided you see some residue purple/pink\nwhich resembles Komoe's eye color.\n\nPicture:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-29T00:00:21.773", "id": "841", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-03T16:45:59.560", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-03T16:45:59.560", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "64", "parent_id": "791", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThis answer is a placeholder unless and until someone finds new information.\n\nAfter looking through several sites, both in English and Japanese, I could not\nfind any information on this. It is very likely that Minato Soft hasn't\nofficially said anything regarding who the character is based on the sites I\nchecked. We'd need either a statement from them directly or for the character\nto be easily identifiable, and neither seems to be the case here. Hence, the\nquestion very likely isn't answerable based on public information.\n\nIf the character is based on a character from another series, either the\npicture on Suguru's shirt is stylized enough that they are not easily\nrecognizable, or it's a character who is not well known. For instance, if it\nis Yume from Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de, as Jon Lin's answer\nsuggests, then the hair styles don't perfectly match, as Yume has flat bangs\nrather than spiky ones and locks over each shoulder, which the character on\nSuguru's shirt doesn't seem to have. That isn't enough reason to reject the\nidea that it is based on her, but we'd need further evidence, which doesn't\nseem to exist.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T03:04:23.747", "id": "930", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T03:04:23.747", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "791", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "798", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nFrom the manga and anime, as well reading their description on Fairy Tail\nwiki, Fairy Law and Fairy Glitter seem very similar.\n\n[Fairy Law](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fairy_Law)\n\n> When activated, a bright light envelops the area and inflicts massive damage\n> on whoever the caster perceives from their heart as an enemy, leaving\n> friends and bystanders completely unharmed.\n\n[Fairy Glitter](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fairy_Glitter)\n\n> it is a Magic that rivals Fairy Law and is a radiance of merciless light\n> that denies the existence of nearby foes.\n\nWhat is the exact difference between these two magic spells?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T09:59:28.413", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "797", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:13.190", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:08.583", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 10, "tags": [ "fairy-tail" ], "title": "What is the exact difference between Fairy Law and Fairy Glitter?", "view_count": 9079 }

[ { "body": "\n\n[Fairy\nLaw](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111128183415/fairytail/images/7/75/FL.gif)\nseems to only works on people who are your enemy and is an area of effect type\nof spell. This spell seems to draw from the user's internal power.\n\n[Fairy\nGlitter](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120114183855/fairytail/images/b/b2/Fairy_Glitter_Summon.gif)\nseems to be a single target type of spell. This spell seems to draws power\nfrom external sources (sun, stars, moon).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T11:03:28.500", "id": "798", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-25T05:57:31.167", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-25T05:57:31.167", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nAs an addition to [Krazer's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/798/2516),\n\n * Fairy Law only affects a mage and any other enemies of the caster. The caster can't choose who will get struck by it. (Laxus tried to attack other Fairy Tail members but failed because his heart still considered them as friends.)\n\n * Fairy Glitter affects a single target whom the caster chooses.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-21T15:47:02.110", "id": "7621", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:11.170", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:11.170", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is my understanding:\n\n * Fairy Law is a magic that judges - it’s some sort of “punishment” or judgment, dead is one of the consequences but not the only one (can also be something like purification)\n\n * Fairy Glitter is a magic that “kills”or “destroy” on the other hand (which is the reason why Mavis keeps this spell to herself I think), it is more like a nuke or absolute power that wipes out the target’s existence;\n\nSo three of the spells: Sphere to protect, Law to judge, Glitter to kill.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-09-24T19:32:22.163", "id": "48900", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:13.190", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-25T03:51:13.190", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42616", "parent_id": "797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFairy Law — depends on who's casting it. The more power they have, the wide\nthe range. It won't also have a lot of effect on people who are on the same\nlevel or have more power than the caster. Makarov was miles ahead of José when\nhe used it on him .\n\nFairy Glitter — it's more focused than Fairy law, and the same rules probably\napplies to it. Unlike Fairy Law, only one person seems to have access to it at\na time, and it doesn't have to be the guild master.\n\nFairy Sphere — it's the best defensive spell out of the three and was able to\nkeep out Acnologia.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-09-24T21:32:19.443", "id": "48902", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-25T03:38:15.820", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-25T03:38:15.820", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42617", "parent_id": "797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nWhen Inuyasha used a Shikon Jewel Shard he became a full demon and was\ndangerous to all of those who were close to him (probably because of the\nhatred and anger of his corrupted shard) but Kagome stopped him.\n\nAlso Inuyasha has become a full demon in the past even without the help of a\nShikon Jewel Shard.\n\nMy question is: If Koga (or anyone else who is a full demon) can control his\nemotions and his temper, even when regularly using the Shikon Jewel Shards,\nwhy can't Inuyasha do the same?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T17:18:44.483", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "799", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-23T02:17:46.363", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-08T19:42:14.180", "last_editor_user_id": "29", "owner_user_id": "85", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "inuyasha" ], "title": "Why is Koga so different from Inuyasha?", "view_count": 3501 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it's mainly because it's those hatred and anger feelings which drive\nhim into his full demon state in the first place.\n\nThis theme of transformation over anger is visible in many animes: Naruto,\nBleach, Dragon Ball Z, etc.\n\nThe reason is because he's already angry/hateful, and the extra \"evilness\" the\ntransformation gives him make him lose control entirely.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-09T14:24:06.557", "id": "882", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-09T14:24:06.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom what I understand (and it has been a while since I watched but its a fav\nof mine) no one other that Kagome or Kikyo are the only ones who can safely\nhandle the shikon no tama without befoming corrupted. Kaede explains to Kagome\nearly on in the first season that the Jewel will corrupt even men who mean\nonly to use its power for good, not just demons; that only in Kaygome's\nposition are the shards safe.\n\num Inuysha is half human and his father was one of the most powerful demons.\nKoga is just a wolf demon, I assume inuysha is much more powerful because of\nhis father.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-19T06:13:00.793", "id": "28148", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-19T06:13:00.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19818", "parent_id": "799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nA major difference between Inuyasha and several others when it comes to the\njewel shard's effects is that Inuyasha is heavily influenced by his human\nside, having been raised by his mother until her death and without a full\nblooded relative around to teach him control of his demon side. I've noticed\nthat half demons in the show can lean towards either being more like their\nhuman side or demon side. Jinenji and Inuyasha would lead towards their human\nsides with their love for their human mothers whom raised them.\n\nNaraku on the other hand chose his demon side through and through which is\nonly displayed so surely whenever we see him try to suppress or throw away\nOnigumo's human feelings for Kikyo. As such, his becoming full demon in power\nhas little effect on his mind because he's already using that side's state of\nmind to begin with.\n\nBecause Inuyasha's demon blood was never trained properly and said blood is so\npotent to begin with, his more baser instincts are what come out when it over\npowers his human side. (This potency and his expected death is actually why\nInuyasha's father had Tetsaiga passed on to Inuyasha because he knew the\nresults that would come if his demon blood overpowered his human blood in life\nor death situations) Demons are much more blood thirsty than humans,\npaticularly those lower class and weaker demons who have not developed a\nhigher order of thinking which is why they are often referred to a little more\nthan \"savage beasts\". Sesshomaru has had centuries training and controlling\nand evolving those instincts and power with the supposed assistance and\noverview of both parents.\n\nKoga too is very in tune with his wolf-ish animal instincts before he even\ngains his shards, and everyone else who does not seem to have major effects\nmentally seem to already know their place in the world and do not have\nquestions on where they stand like Inuyasha who is constantly torn from his\nyears of shunning in both races to wanting the jewel at all just so he can fit\nin to one category.\n\nNow Kagome and the crew have thrown him for a huge loop with their ease in\naccepting every part of who he is now, which completely throws off everything\nhe's learned about his kind in the eyes of just about everyone else in Feudal\nJapan. (And that's about 150 years of being rejected by everyone but his mom\nand Kikyo)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-19T16:41:28.127", "id": "28158", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-19T16:41:28.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19126", "parent_id": "799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "801", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nIn Bleach, it is stated that the size of Shinigami's zanpakuto (sword) is\nbased on their spiritual ability.\n\nHowever, many strong Shinigami have smaller swords. Sui-Feng, for example, has\na zanpakuto that resembles a wakizashi, which is a relatively small sword. Why\ndoes this happen?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T20:16:48.023", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "800", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-15T22:25:44.180", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-25T01:36:42.673", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Why do certain captain-level Shinigami wield small zanpakuto?", "view_count": 2482 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause a shinigami's sword isn't based on their spiritual ability _alone_.\n\nIt also depends on the amount of control they have over their power. Ichigo's\nsword was larger, but it was also brittle, out of focus if you may.\n\n> Ichigo's father [stated](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eIAEe.jpg) that a huge\n> zanpakuto means nothing, and that if they had no control, all captains would\n> have skyscraper sized zanpakuto.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T21:21:36.103", "id": "801", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-24T21:55:40.237", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-24T21:55:40.237", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nSince Captains have immense spiritual power, their zanpakuto also have\npotentially huge size and power. As mentioned in another answer, their ability\nto control their power results in a small sealed zanpakuto.\n\nHowever, their Shikai (initial release) and Bankai (final release) can cause\ntheir zanpakuto size to increase, because they are no longer concealing its\npower. See, for example:\n\n * Large Shikai ([Kyouraku Shunsui](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Shunsui_Ky%C5%8Draku#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Ichimaru Gin](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Gin_Ichimaru#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Kuchiki Byakuya](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Byakuya_Kuchiki#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Unohana Retsu](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Retsu_Unohana#Zanpakut.C5.8D))\n * Large creatures as Bankai ([Kurotsuchi Mayuri](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Mayuri_Kurotsuchi#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Komamura Sajin](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Sajin_Komamura#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Abarai Renji](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Renji_Abarai#Zanpakut.C5.8D))\n * Other Bankai with great volume ([Kuchiki Byakuya](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Byakuya_Kuchiki#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Tousen Kaname](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kaname_T%C5%8Dsen#Zanpakut.C5.8D), [Suì-Fēng](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Su%C3%AC-F%C4%93ng#Zanpakut.C5.8D))\n\nAt greater stages of release, the form of the zanpakuto depends greatly on its\nspecific abilities, but there is a potential for huge size.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-25T02:46:02.793", "id": "805", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-25T02:46:02.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nCaptain Class Shinigami and above have the ability to control the size of\ntheir zanpakuto, they all make them far smaller than their spiritual energy\nwould make them to avoid carrying around a stupidly big sword.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-15T22:25:44.180", "id": "8686", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-15T22:25:44.180", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4515", "parent_id": "800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "804", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the _anime_ ,\n\n> What kept Celty from getting her head back?\n\nOut of everything in this particular anime, this is the only thing I still\ndon't grasp.\n\nCan anyone shed some light on this for me?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T22:49:49.143", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "803", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-25T04:12:37.703", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-25T04:12:37.703", "last_editor_user_id": "83", "owner_user_id": "83", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "durarara" ], "title": "Why couldn't Celty find what she was looking for?", "view_count": 793 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [Durarara Wikia page for\nCelty](http://durarara.wikia.com/wiki/Celty_Sturluson):\n\nIn Volume 4:\n\n> As Celty reflects on her life since coming to Japan, she realizes that she\n> doesn't mind things staying the way they are with or without her head. She\n> has friends who accept her, a stable job as a courier and a lover waiting\n> for her at home.\n\nI can't remember how overt this was in the anime but\n\n> When it's revealed that Mika Harima doesn't actually have Celty's head,\n> Celty never really has a chance to search for it. It's left completely\n> unresolved at the end.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-24T23:48:32.537", "id": "804", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-24T23:48:32.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "803", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "810", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nMy son is looking for an anime. He says its main character is a little red-\nhaired girl who pilots a racing pod. The pod has two large guns on each side.\nShe uses this pod in a race of some kind. The organizer of the race fools the\ngirl into thinking there is a prize but there isn't one. He also thinks the\ngirls has something that looks like 2 band-aides on each side of her mouth.\n\nI know this seems vague, but any help is much appreciated.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T19:18:57.077", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "809", "last_activity_date": "2017-05-07T13:06:32.797", "last_edit_date": "2017-05-07T13:06:32.797", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "273", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "oban-star-racers" ], "title": "Anime with a little red haired character who pilots a racing pod", "view_count": 1986 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI would wager that he's looking for [_Ōban Star-\nRacers_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cban_Star-Racers). It's a series,\nbut was based on a short movie called _Molly Star Racer_.\n\nThe basic story starts as:\n\n> In the year 2082, Earth has been invited to compete in the Great Race of\n> Ōban, an intergalactic race whose winner can be granted any wish in the\n> world — even bringing back a loved one.\n>\n> \\-- Wikipedia\n\nAdditionally, the marks on the main character's face (a female) resemble band-\naids (though one's a star):\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T19:25:58.083", "id": "810", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-26T19:25:58.083", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "809", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "812", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nThe Dwarf in the Flask, of _Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood_ , is seen\ntrapped within a flask during his first appearance.\n\nAt one point in the series, The Dwarf states that his greatest wish is to\nleave the flask (from [FMA Wikia](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Father#Pre-\nAmestris)):\n\n> Being a homunculus with no form, the Dwarf in the Flask was unable to\n> perform any alchemy of his own. Furthermore, though **the flask was the only\n> thing that keeps him alive** , [The Dwarf] desired to exist outside it.\n\nHowever, due to the emboldened part above, it appears the flask is somehow\nkeeping him alive (though he is only corked inside it). How does it do this,\nand how would he die if he left?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T19:46:44.567", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "811", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-18T10:56:30.830", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-18T10:56:30.830", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "274", "post_type": "question", "score": 15, "tags": [ "fullmetal-alchemist-series", "fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood" ], "title": "Why can't The Dwarf leave the flask?", "view_count": 6674 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause he had no form on his own. He's basically an essence of God, created\nfrom Hoenheim's blood.\n\nIf his flask would somehow break, his being would dissipate into the space,\nand lose his form and living consciousness.\n\nThink of it as a soul with no body. Stuffed inside of a container, if that\ncontainer would break, the soul wouldn't have anywhere to reside, and leave\nthe world. (Al is a slightly different case, his soul is _bound_ to the seal\non the back of his neck).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T20:36:04.360", "id": "812", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-26T20:36:04.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "811", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nIt seems that the question is answered in the same section you've quoted:\n\n> Being a homunculus with no form, the Dwarf in the Flask was unable to\n> perform any alchemy of his own.\n\nAlso seeing as he is also:\n\n> While it is never fully explored, the being that would later call itself\n> Father was originally a part of the existence within the Gate. Using the\n> blood of his slave Number 23, the Alchemist to the King of Xerxes managed to\n> contain a small portion of the knowledge and life of the Gate within a\n> flask, capable of existing in the physical realm.\n\nSo it seems simply that both being a part of the gate and lacking any form,\nimplies that without a container, the homunculus would simply \"evaporate\".\nBut:\n\n> later, the homunculus **is** able to leave the flask because it gained a\n> form: \"Homunculus used this power to open the Gate of Truth and created\n> himself and Hohenheim new immortal bodies, living embodiments of the\n> Philosopher's Stone with the hundreds of thousands of souls of Xerxes split\n> between them as their power.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T20:36:42.333", "id": "813", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-26T20:36:42.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "811", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nAt the risk of going into anime physics, how does GunBuster become Dix-Neuf?\n\nMy understanding of the series is that GunBuster, the first Buster Machine\never created, was used in the final battle of GunBuster to drop off its\nDegeneracy Generator. It then limped back to Earth and appeared 15,000 years\nlater\n\nThen in DieBuster timeline you eventually figure out that Dix-Neuf, a Buster\nMachine with a number in the teens, has been slowly upgraded and rebuilt over\na long period of time and is missing its own Degeneracy Generator. Because of\nthat I assumed that Dix-Neuf and GunBuster are the same.\n\nHowever, how did GunBuster become Dix-Neuf if GunBuster is still floating in\nspace? What's the connection between the two machines?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T20:53:50.743", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "814", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T01:59:50.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "gunbuster", "diebuster" ], "title": "How does GunBuster become Dix-Neuf?", "view_count": 6152 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI think the short answer is that this is a red herring. Dix-Neuf isn't the\noriginal Gunbuster, and the reveal is after the time-skip when the original\nfinally gets back to Earth.\n\nAn un-sourced explanation from [an /a/\nthread](http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/75795774/#75797313) says this:\n\n> All the old Buster Machines including Dix-Neuf were built with degeneracy\n> generator, but the former humanity removed it to bury the technology as they\n> branded it to be too powerful. Future generation replaced them with Topless\n> cockpits (Topless being the power-source instead of the generator) and new\n> production of Buster Machines aren't made for the said generators, so only\n> the old generation ones can use them.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T21:07:41.237", "id": "815", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-26T21:16:39.533", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-26T21:16:39.533", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "814", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nHere is a breakdown of the Buster Machines in Gunbuster:\n\n * Buster Machine No. 1 = Noriko's Buster Machine\n * Buster Machine No. 2 = Kazumi's Buster Machine \n * Buster Machine No. 1 + 2 = Gunbuster\n * Buster Machine No. 3 = Blackhole Bomb (\"Jupiter-in-a-can\")\n * Buster Machine No. 4, 5 and 6 = Sizzler Black, White, Silver (mass-produced prototypes)\n * Buster Machine No. 7 = \n\n> Nono!\n\nIf you compare the original Gunbuster to Dix-Neuf, the \"new\" buster machines\nare fairly weak compared to the old ones and considerably smaller than the\noriginal Gunbuster as well.\n\nTake note that the original machine had a full-height hatch in the side of its\nhand. Nono appears to be roughly as tall as Dix-Neuf's hand is wide. If Dix-\nNeuf and the original Gunbuster are built on similar proportions, the original\nwould be at least two to three times the size of Dix-Neuf, not to mention\nconsiderably more powerful since it could dispatch a large number of space\nmonsters similar to the \"variable gravity well.\"\n\nIt's never referenced how old Dix-Neuf is, but it has an original Buster\nMachine cockpit, a set of the Top uniform, and is Degeneration Reactor\ncompatible. The greatest difference between the traditional Buster Machines\nand the TOPLESS Buster Machines are their power sources (to bend the laws of\nphysics). Traditional Buster Machines have a Degeneration Reactor, each with\nan output greater than the Sun. TOPLESS Buster Machines are powered by their\nTOPLESS.\n\n> By grabbing a Degenerating Reactor from a Buster Corp unit, Dix-Neuf becomes\n> Buster Machine No. 19, so it never was the original Gunbuster.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-26T22:12:33.147", "id": "816", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-26T22:19:49.330", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-26T22:19:49.330", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "814", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nHere's some more.\n\nKrazer's answer was almost right in general but Sizzler series never had\nnumbers because they were mass-produced types. According to comics version,\nBuster Machine No.4+5 is called Great Gunbuster.\n\n\nThe image above is prototype of gunbusterII. and...Here's Great Gunbuster.\n\n\nRumour has it that Buster machine No.6 is buster corps but since it's not\nofficial so I can't guarantee it. And finally, we know what is No.7. Plus, I\nheard another rumour that sizzler black has been rebuilt after escape from\njupiter bomb and...became Dix-Neuf. Supporting references? Sizzler black lost\nits left arm in the Bomb and there's a comment that Dix-Neuf's left arm was\nartificial from old times. However, it is also non-official opinion, not\nbelievable.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-16T01:59:50.010", "id": "6330", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-16T01:59:50.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2985", "parent_id": "814", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "3478", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThe world of The Twelve Kingdoms seems quite rich, with a complicated history\nof the kingdoms, and a backstory of major world events and people. What I'm\nwondering is, **are the Twelve Kingdoms based on historical kingdoms, or just\ncreated from whole cloth?**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T00:33:20.987", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "817", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-30T08:14:41.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61", "post_type": "question", "score": 10, "tags": [ "the-twelve-kingdoms" ], "title": "Do the various kingdoms in The Twelve Kingdoms have historical basis?", "view_count": 984 }

[ { "body": "\n\n_Twelve kingdoms_ possibly derives some loose inspiration from the Wei, Shu,\nand Wu Chinese kingdoms of the 3rd century CE which are popularly referred to\nas the _[Three Kingdoms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms)_.\n\n> The Three Kingdoms (AD 220–280) were Wei (魏), Shu (蜀), and Wu (吳). The Three\n> Kingdoms period, part of the Six Dynasties period, followed the loss of de\n> facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors. In a strict academic sense, it\n> refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 AD\n> and the conquest of the state of Wu by the Jin Dynasty in 280.\n\nThe story of the three kingdoms was romanticised and immortalised in the 14th\ncentury by Luo Guanzhong as [The Romance of the Three\nKingdoms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms).\n\n> Romance of the Three Kingdoms is acclaimed as one of the **Four Great\n> Classical Novels of Chinese literature** ; it has a total of 800,000 words\n> and nearly a thousand dramatic characters (mostly historical) in 120\n> chapters. The novel is among the **most beloved works of literature in East\n> Asia** , and its literary influence in the region has been compared to that\n> of the works of Shakespeare on English literature. It is arguably the most\n> widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.\n\nThe novel is well known throughout China, Korea, and Japan. I am unfamiliar\nwith the story to comment on any similarities in plot or structure. But as a\nguess, I'd say that beyond the fact that the societies in Twelve Kingdoms are\nsimilar to feudal Japan/China, there are no major similarities.\n\nThere are, however, some obvious Buddhist influences. For example, the very\ngeography of the Twelve Kingdoms is shaped like a lotus with a harmonious,\nmagical centre (the yellow \"sea\") which has huge mountain ranges. There are\nalso eight petals for the eight inner kingdoms with their eight kings.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NNBCT.jpg)\n\nThe lotus in Buddhism ([and other religions out of\nIndia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_%28attribute%29)) is representative\nof the [Eight Fold Path](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path),\nand various other interpretations involving the number eight (directions,\netc.). Buddha sits in the centre and holds things together. There's also a\n[Mount Meru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru) in the centre which\nserves as the world's axis.\n\n\n\nI'm not entirely sure how the four outer kingdoms fit in, going by the above\nimage, there probably is some exotic symbolism for the corners.\n\nSome Eastern animal symbolism which has crept into Buddhism is also present in\nJuuni Kokuki. For example, all life is hatched from _ranka_ , eggs which grow\non trees. Compare this with the following image of Buddha being hatched from a\n\"cosmic egg\":\n\n\n\nFWIW, Korean history has its own [Three\nKingdoms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-21T05:48:46.163", "id": "3478", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-30T08:14:41.510", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-30T08:14:41.510", "last_editor_user_id": "247", "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "817", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nWhat is the reason/motivation for the prevalence of\n[tentacles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_erotica) (possibly NSFW\nWikipedia link) in anime (esp. hentai)?\n\nDid the anime subculture lead to it or does it stem from various aspects\n(possibly obscure) of Japanese art/culture?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T03:37:02.363", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "818", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-16T13:22:26.697", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-18T06:51:45.963", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": null, "post_type": "question", "score": 42, "tags": [ "tropes", "culture" ], "title": "Why are tentacles prevalent in anime?", "view_count": 17384 }

[ { "body": "\n\nToshio Maeda, the manga artist who did Urotsukidoji, one of the first shows to\nuse tentacles, said in an interview that he [used tentacles to circumvent the\nJapanese censorship laws which prohibit the depiction of male\ngenitalia](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2012-08-22/interview-\ntoshio-maeda).\n\n> Why tentacles? For some reason there were some issues about censorship about\n> the sex scenes. When I was drawing sex scenes, sensual scenes in bed,\n> editors always asked me not to be so extreme. Of course we couldn't depict\n> genitals, and if you can't see their genitals, it's not so good. And why\n> they are so fussy about that was because they were the ones who would get\n> arrested. We are not, always we have the freedom to express ourselves –\n> freedom of speech, I think you really respect that in America (laughs). So\n> actually we mangaka didn't give a shit about that, but the editors, they\n> really cared about that, so they always said, “Please, not extreme.” But\n> when we toned ourselves down, they said, “Come on, you should do more.” So\n> that's why I did the tentacle thing. Because tentacles are not genitals.\n> They are parts of the body, and some creatures have more than one. Because\n> they are not genitals, they are like hands and legs or like uh, just body\n> parts, so it's ok to go there. And attacking ladies with tentacles is not\n> just part of a sex scene, you can see that. It's just outdoor things. So it\n> was kind of a flimsy excuse for drawing that. (laughs)\n\nAfter that, it caught on and is memetic in anime. It's phallic and can be used\nto imply something sexual, cue something \"naughty\", or even as fan service to\npoke fun at the culture.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T04:07:38.970", "id": "819", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-27T04:07:38.970", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "818", "post_type": "answer", "score": 48 }, { "body": "\n\nGoing one step over, here's the reason of the censorship, [according to this\narticle](http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/06/10_things_i_learned_about_video_games_eroge_japan_and_myself_from_playing_saya_no_uta.php):\n\n> According to Bennett, one of the actions taken by Allied forces after World\n> War II was to ban pornography in Japan. As Japan was a very sexual culture\n> prior to the war, occupying forces blamed porn for the aggressive and\n> expansionary tendencies of the Japanese Empire, and the ban was created to\n> curb their combative nature. That being said, it's illegal for genitalia,\n> real or animated, to be featured in entertainment; a ban that over sixty\n> years later is still in place.\n>\n> Going back to that damn Allied anti-porn law, penises and vaginas were parts\n> non-grata in Japanese entertainment. But those meddling Yankees didn’t say a\n> Cthulu-damned thing about tentacles. In fact, so long as it’s attached to a\n> monster, it doesn’t count.\n\n[Source](http://visualnovelaer.fuwanovel.org/2013/06/saya-no-uta-article-by-\njason-helton-apparently-the-reason-for-censored-genitalia-is-because-of-the-\nus/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T16:53:21.807", "id": "4584", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T16:53:21.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2138", "parent_id": "818", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nThe other answers are also correct, but a significant player in the tentacle's\npopularity was the anime _Urotsukidoji - Legend of the Overfiend_ **1987**\nwhich was one of the first hentai to feature tentacles.\n\nThe reason it was so influential is that its sales were very good. Especially\nin the West, where it got a lot of media attention for its gore and rape\nscenes. Of course, this only drove more sales for the show. In Britain, it\nsold 40,000 copies at a time when the average convention was about 500 in\nattendance. For comparison, the only animated feature that sold more than this\n(by 1998 at least) was Akira.\n\n(Ref: _Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trad_ e )\n\nIt was this show that started the term 'tentacle rape' and is also the source\nof early bad reputation for anime in Britain, and elsewhere.\n\nAs hentai shows were quite new then (The first hentai anime débuted in 1984),\nthe commercial success of the overfiend probably contributed heavily to it's\nfuture repeated use in erotic animation.\n\n**Other Reference:**\n\n_The Animated Movie Guide By Jerry Beck_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-20T19:25:30.660", "id": "22631", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-15T13:06:05.650", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-15T13:06:05.650", "last_editor_user_id": "6481", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "818", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "829", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nBankais are the zanpakutōs' _ultimate_ form. They have their own name and\nusually a special ability. Apparently, not everyone has a zanpakutō with this\nform. And it looks like bankais are exclusive to captains, since Ichigo can\nuse this form as well.\n\nSo what are the zanpakutō with bankai form that have already appeared in the\nanime/manga (along with their names and abilities if possible)?\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T06:11:58.327", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "820", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-27T11:29:35.280", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-29T05:45:49.880", "last_editor_user_id": "247", "owner_user_id": "279", "post_type": "question", "score": 16, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "What Bankais exist within Soul Society?", "view_count": 26863 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, captains are not the only ones that are able to us bankai. Do not mix the\nreason and the consequence: it's not like they have bankai because they are\ncaptains, but rather they are captains because the have bankai, achieving\nwhich is one of the requirements to become a captain through showing one's\nproficiency.\n\nExcept for the current and former captains,\n\n> Abarai Renji and Madarame Ikkaku\n\nare known to have achieved bankai.\n\nAnother characters include (more spoilers):\n\n> Shūsuke Amagai (anime-only) and Chōjirō Sasakibe\n\nand, of course, Ichigo. Note that being able to use bankai shows one's\nexceptional skill and proficiency. In chapter 162, Byakuya stated that \" _even\nthe four noble families, whose members are always exceptionally talented, have\nonly a member capable of bankai every few generations_ \".\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T06:34:10.343", "id": "821", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-27T11:15:24.707", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-27T11:15:24.707", "last_editor_user_id": "111", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nThe [Bleach wikia page](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Zanpakut%C5%8D#Types) has\na listing of all the types of Bankai and which ones have been achieved. There\nare bankai's that have been achieved by non-captains.\n\n> Who possesses each Bankai, and what are their abilities?\n\n(Taken from the list from the above link)\n\n * Ichigo Kurosaki : _Tensa Zangetsu_\n * Renji Abarai : _Hihio Zabimaru_\n * Ikkaku Madarame : _Ryumon Hozukimaru_\n * Sajin Komamura : _Kokujo Tengen Myo'o_\n * Kaname Tosen : _Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi_\n * Mayuri Kurotsuchi : _Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo_\n * Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto : _Zanka no Tachi_\n * Shusuke Amagai : _Raika Goen Kaku_\n * Toshiro Hitsugaya : _Daiguren Hyorinmaru_\n * Kensei Muguruma : _Tekken Tachikaze_\n * Chojiro Sasakibe : _Koko Gonryo Rikyu_\n * Byakuya Kuchiki : _Senbonzakura Kageyoshi_\n * Sui-Feng : _Jakuuho Raikoben_\n * Gin Ichimaru : _Korose Kamishini no Yari_\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T06:40:02.917", "id": "822", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-25T14:18:35.870", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-25T14:18:35.870", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nAs [SingerOfTheFall pointed in his\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/821/222) Captain Byakuya stated\nthat:\n\n> Even the four noble families, whose members are always exceptionally\n> talented, have only a member capable of bankai every few generations.\n\nAt wikipedia states that:\n\n> Only 4 non Captains in the Gotei 13 to have achieved Bankai\n\n## First Division\n\n**Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (山本元柳斎 重國 Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni)**\n\n> Ryūjin Jakka's bankai \"Zanka no Tachi\" (残火の太刀?, lit. \"Long Sword of the\n> Remnant Flame\") upon release causes all of the flames produced by Yamamoto\n> to disappear into the blade. The bankai is comprised of four abilities based\n> on the cardinal points:\n>\n> 1. \"Zanka no Tachi - Higashi (East): Kyokujitsujin\" (残火の太刀･東 旭日刃) in which\n> all the flames are concentrated on the edge of the blade, incinerating\n> everything it touches\n> 2. \"Zanka no Tachi - Nishi (West): Zanjitsu Gokui\" (残火の太刀･西 残日獄衣) where\n> Yamamoto envelops his whole body in flames, reaching up to 15,000,000\n> degrees\n> 3. \"Zanka no Tachi - Minami (South): Kakajuuman' Okushi Daisoujin\"\n> (残火の太刀･南 火火十万億死大葬陣) - this techique resurrects the burned and incinerated\n> dead which were struck down by the blade using its burning state, it is\n> roughly translated to \"great army of the 10 trillion buried by flames\".\n> 4. \"Zanka no Tachi - Kita (North): Tenchi Kaijin\" (残火の太刀・北 天地灰燼) - a\n> powerful slash attack, incinerating everything in one fell swoop. Translated\n> as \"heaven and earth are burned to ashes\".\n>\n\n**Chōjirō Sasakibe (雀部 長次郎 Sasakibe Chōjirō)**\n\n> His bankai is \"Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū\" (黄煌厳霊離宮, lit. \"Yellow-Glittering Royal\n> Villa of the Stern Spirit\") can produce a bolt of lightning from the blade\n> which extends and transforms into a dome of lightning, stationed far above\n> the users head and fastened to the ground by a large number of lightning\n> pillars. These pillars can be controlled at will to shock the opponent.\n\n**Shunsui Sōzōsuke Jirō Kyōraku (京楽 次郎 総蔵佐 春水 Kyōraku no Jirō Sōzōsuke\nShunsui)**\n\n> Unlike other Soul Reapers, Shunsui possesses paired zanpakutō called Katen\n> Kyōkotsu (花天狂骨?, lit. \"Bones of Heavenly Blooming Madness\"). While the\n> blades are normally two daisho swords, their Shikai state resemble dao or\n> falchions. When released with the command \"Flower Wind Rage and Flower God\n> Roar, Heavenly Wind Rage and Heavenly Demon Sneer\" (花風紊れて花神啼き 天風紊れて天魔嗤う Hana\n> Kaze Midarete Kashin Naki, Tenpū Midarete Tenma Warau), Katen Kyōkotsu gains\n> the ability to \"turn children's games into reality.\" One such game, Bushō\n> Goma (不精独楽?, Lazy Spinning Top), involves spinning around wind like a top.\n> Another, Takaoni (嶄鬼, Mountain Demon), declares that whoever is the highest\n> is the winner. A third technique, Kageoni (影鬼, Shadow Demon), forces the\n> players to alter their own shadows; whoever steps on a shadow, even their\n> own, is declared the loser. The fourth game is known as Iro-Oni (艶鬼, Colored\n> Demon) where players call out color and then slice the enemy where that\n> color is displayed. However, if the color is not on the body of the person\n> who called it out then the damage given is minimal; the more that the\n> declared color is prevalent on the declarer's body, the more damage the\n> attack will commit. A fifth game is called Daruma-san ga Koronda (だぁるまさん が\n> こぁろんだ, The Dharma Doll Fell Down), a game similar to \"Red Light Green\n> Light\". The sixth and final game is called Kageokuri (影送り, Silhouette\n> Sending) which is a game where if a person is staring hard enough at another\n> person's shadow, then their opponent creates after images of themselves.\n> Katen Kyōkotsu's bankai is called Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū\n> (花天狂骨枯松心中, \"Heavenly Bloom Madness Bone: Withered Pine Lovers' Suicide\"),\n> which he uses only when his allies are at a safe distance from himself. When\n> released, Shunsui's bankai covers a large area around Shunsui in an aura.\n> This aura changes others' perception of the surrounding environment, making\n> them perceive it as darkened, bleak and gloomy, and causes others to feel\n> varying levels of melancholy and despair. While it maintains its shikai\n> form, its bankai allows Shunsui to manifest various stories, which can kill\n> opponent easily. It also manifests the spirit of Shunsui's zanpakutō, a\n> Feudal-Japan-style mistress referred to as \"Sakuranosuke\" who created a\n> silent kunoichi bodyguard from her being to hold Shinken Hakkyōken until\n> Nanao eventually asks for it.\n\n* * *\n\n## Second Division\n\n**Soi Fon (砕蜂（ソイフォン） Soi Fon, pinyin: Suì Fēng), born Fon Shaolin (蜂 梢綾（フォン\nシャオリン） Fon Shaorin, pinyin: Fēng Shaolíng)**\n\n> Soi Fon's Zanpakutō is Suzumebachi (雀蜂?, literally translated as \"Hornet\").\n>\n> Suzumebachi's Bankai, Jakuhō Raikōben (雀蜂雷公鞭, lit. \"Hornet Whip of the\n> Thunder Immortal\") composes of a greatly enlarged version of the shikai form\n> that encases the entirety of Soi Fon's arm, which she mentions as being\n> bulky and incapable of concealing, and thus unsuited for use in missions\n> requiring stealth. In this form, Suzumebachi becomes a long-range weapon and\n> looks like a large rocket launcher; its main offensive capability allowing\n> Soi Fon to launch a high-speed projectile that resembles a large missile.\n> The thunderous recoil produced by the weapon requires Soi Fon to be anchored\n> to a nearby stationary object via an enhanced cloth-like material (which\n> doubles as armor) called Ginjōtan (銀条反, lit. \"Stripe of Inverted Silver\").\n\n* * *\n\n## Third Division\n\n**Gin Ichimaru (市丸 ギン Ichimaru Gin)**\n\n> Gin's Bankai is \"Kamishini no Yari\" (神殺鎗 which means \"God Kill Spear.\")\n>\n> By adopting a stance where he firmly grips Kamishini no Yari with both hands\n> and places the Zanpakutō's hilt squarely on the center of his chest, Gin is\n> able to utilize the tremendous extension and contraction properties of his\n> Bankai to an even more terrifying extent than its normal state. This occurs\n> in the form of a piercing maneuver where the extension and contraction of\n> the blade becomes almost completely unseen to even the most diligent of\n> observers.\n\n**Shūsuke Amagai (天貝 繍助 Amagai Shūsuke)**\n\n> Amagai's Zanpakutō is Raika (雷火, roughly \"Flash of Lightning\").\n>\n> Raika's Bankai, Raika Gōen Kaku (雷火豪炎殻, literally \"Lightning Flash Flame\n> Shell\"), enlarges the blade and creates a giant conch-shaped guard worn\n> across Amagai's arm, with the handle of the blade hidden inside it. This\n> form gives him greater control of his fire attacks, his most powerful\n> technique creating giant dragons of fire to encircle and crush his foe.\n\n* * *\n\n## Fourth Division\n\n**Yachiru \"Retsu\" Unohana (卯ノ花 烈 Unohana Retsu)**\n\n> Unohana's Zanpakutō is Minazuki (肉雫唼, roughly \"purify the flesh\").\n>\n> Her bankai is Minazuki (皆尽?, \"All Things' End\"). When activated it releases\n> a thick, oily substance from the blade. Its powers have yet to be revealed.\n> Minazuki appears as freed Zanpakutō spirit in the Zanpakutō Unknown Tales\n> anime arc with Minazuki's form being a mute figure of unknown gender in a\n> hooded robe, pretending it was imprisoning Yamamoto. Unohana has a scar on\n> her collarbone inflicted by Zaraki Kenpachi when they fought prior joining\n> the Gotei 13. She is also a skilled swordsman and have mastered all kind of\n> swordsmanship techniques. In a new release of the manga, she is still shown\n> fighting Zaraki Kenpachi. She then calls forth her Bankai, saying \"Minazuki\"\n> and it appears that her blade is releasing blood as she slashes Captain\n> Zaraki. It also appears that in an illusion, their flesh is peeling away\n> from their bodies, and they are still fighting but as skeletons. It is still\n> difficult and to early to truly understand what her Bankai actually does.\n\n* * *\n\n## Sixth Division\n\n**Byakuya Kuchiki (朽木 白哉 Kuchiki Byakuya)**\n\n> His Bankai is Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (千本桜景厳, \"Vibrant Display Of One\n> Thousand Cherry Blossoms\")\n>\n> When released, his blade disappears, and a thousand blades, resembling\n> sakura petals, come upon his opponent and slash them multiple times.\n\n**Renji Abarai**\n\n~~\n\n> Hihiō Zabimaru turns his sword into a skeletal giant-snake like sword that\n> has a head. It can dissemble and reform at Renji's will and can shoot\n> focused reiatsu at the head. ~~\n>\n> [Sōō Zabimaru](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/File:Renji_Souou_Zabimaru.jpg)\n> is compacted into form predomately worn by Renji with the snake skull\n> smaller and affixed over Renji's right hand as a combination blade gauntlet\n> and shield while a skeletal simian arm hovers just slightly above Renji's\n> right arm. Sōō Zabimaru's signature technique Zaga Teppō is a close range\n> attack where Renji uses his spiritual pressure to conjure a large snake\n> skull that incinerates whatever it bites down on.\n\n[Source about Renji's bankai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renji_Abarai)\n\n* * *\n\n## Seventh Division\n\n**Sajin Komamura (狛村 左陣 Komamura Sajin)**\n\n> Komamura's Zanpakutō is Tengen (天譴, literally \"divine punishment\",\n> translated in the English manga as \"sword of heavenly retribution\").\n>\n> Tengen's bankai, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (黒縄天譴明王, roughly \"vidyarāja of black-\n> roped divine punishment\", translated in the English manga as \"divine\n> retribution, black ropes of ruination\") brings forth the entire giant, which\n> also copies Komamura's movements.\n\n* * *\n\n## Eighth Division\n\n**Shunsui Kyōraku (京楽 春水 Kyōraku Shunsui)**\n\n> His bankai is unknown, but when asked by the Espada Coyote Starrk to show it\n> to him, Ukitake warns him not to reveal it where so many people could\n> witness it. Katen Kyōkotsu (花天狂骨) appears as a free Zanpakutō spirit in the\n> Zanpakutō Unknown Tales anime arc as two separate female beings: a Feudal-\n> Japan mistress and her silent ninja bodyguard, wielding Shunsui's swords.\n\n* * *\n\n## Ninth Division\n\n**Kensei Muguruma (六車 拳西 Muguruma Kensei)**\n\n> Kensei's bankai is named Tekken Tachikaze (鐡拳・断地風, lit. Iron Fist Earth-\n> Severing Wind). The combat knife transforms into two bladed\n\n**Kaname Tōsen (東仙 要 Tōsen Kaname)**\n\n> The Zanpakutō Tōsen uses originally belonged to his now-deceased friend and\n> is called Suzumushi (清虫, literally \"pure insects\", but read as \"cricket\";\n> translated in the English manga as \"bell bug\").\n>\n> Suzumushi's bankai, named Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi (清虫終式紅閻魔蟋蟀,\n> literally \"Suzumushi, final style: Enma cricket\") creates a large, black\n> dome centered at Tōsen's location and anchored to the ground with ten rings.\n> Anyone within the dome loses four of their five senses, retaining only the\n> sensation of touch. The weakness of this technique is that whoever is\n> touching Suzumushi's hilt is immune to the dome's effects, so anyone able to\n> grab Suzumushi recovers their senses for as long as they remain in contact\n> with the hilt.\n\n* * *\n\n## Eleventh Division\n\n**Ikkaku Madarame (斑目 一角 Madarame Ikkaku)**\n\n> Ikkaku's Zanpakutō is Hōzukimaru (鬼灯丸, referring to the Japanese name for\n> the winter cherry, meaning \"demon light\").\n>\n> Hōzukimaru's bankai, named Ryūmon Hōzukimaru (龍紋鬼灯丸, literally \"dragon-crest\n> demon light\"), takes the form of three oversized weapons connected by a\n> thick chain: two blades in each of his hands and a fan-shaped blade, adorned\n> with a carving of a Chinese dragon, which floats behind him. Aside from the\n> increase in power, his Bankai offers no special abilities, and is noted to\n> be unusual for a bankai in this aspect.\n\n* * *\n\n## Twelfth Division\n\n**Mayuri Kurotsuchi (涅 マユリ Kurotsuchi Mayuri)**\n\n> Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Zanpakutō is Ashisogi Jizō (疋殺地蔵, roughly \"leg-cutting\n> Buddha\").\n>\n> Ashisogi Jizō's bankai, named Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō (金色疋殺地蔵, literally\n> \"golden leg-cutting Buddha\", translated in the English manga as \"divine leg-\n> cutting Buddha\"), takes the form of a giant caterpillar with a baby's head\n> and a silver halo. The creature breathes a poisonous derivative of Mayuri's\n> blood which is lethal to anyone who breathes it, aside from himself and\n> Nemu.[45] It can also run through and skewer opponents with the multiple\n> blades that erupt from its chest. Mayuri has physically modified his bankai\n> so that it will self-destruct and return to its sealed state if it attacks\n> him. It is also shown that Mayuri changes the poison he uses every time he\n> shows his bankai.\n\n## Thirteenth Division\n\n**Rukia Kuchiki (朽木 ルキア Kuchiki Rukia)**\n\n> [Hakka no Togame](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/File:569_Hakka_no_Togame.PNG)\n> increases the area of influence of Rukia's ability to reach the temperature\n> of absolute zero. Upon release, a pillar of cold mist rises up into the air\n> from where Rukia is and covers a wide area in her vicinity. Anything within\n> the area of influence of the mist is frozen. Once frozen solid, victims\n> crumble away within seconds. Physical contact with Rukia herself causes\n> other people to begin freezing solid because of how cold she is. While it is\n> a powerful Bankai, it is also a difficult one, as the slightest mistake\n> could kill Rukia. Because Rukia is physically affected along with everything\n> else in her vicinity, the amount of time she can use her Bankai appears\n> severely limited, as prolonged use can potentially cause her damage, so she\n> is required to melt slowly when leaving this state, otherwise she would risk\n> damaging herself.\n\n[Source about Rukia's bankai](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Rukia_Kuchiki)\n\n* * *\n\n[General's\nSources](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soul_Reapers_in_Bleach)\n\nExtras\n\n * [Some images](http://www.badrobotninja.com/bleach-bankai-characters-and-captains/)\n * As SingerOfTheFall pointed out in [his answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/821/222) about the one that appeared only in the anime.\n\n> Shūsuke Amagai (天貝 繍助, Amagai Shūsuke)\n>\n> Raika Gōen Kaku (雷火 豪炎殻, Lightning Flash Flame Shell): Amagai holds out his\n> Zanpakutō in front of him as fire swells around him. Raika becomes a large\n> and more detailed version of its former self. Raika Gōen Kaku takes the form\n> of an enlarged sword, and turns the edge of the blade a crimson red color,\n> with a hook at the end. The inner side of the hook-blade sports several\n> jagged edges. A large white shell with a light-purple trim covers the hilt.\n> A massive hollow pauldron/shield with the handle is hidden behind it. The\n> sword is about as tall as Amagai in this form.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T20:59:05.427", "id": "829", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-27T11:29:35.280", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "222", "parent_id": "820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 26 }, { "body": "\n\nKiskei Urahara\n\nBankai - Benihime = Crimson Princess\n\nKnown uses: Benihime can be used to create what is known as a blood shield\nwhich shields Kiskei from attacks that could cause certain death.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-20T09:18:57.287", "id": "24228", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-20T09:24:08.737", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-20T09:24:08.737", "last_editor_user_id": "10654", "owner_user_id": "16418", "parent_id": "820", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "834", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nThere are several hidden villages, which are supposed to be hidden (it is all\nin the name..!) But, everyone (at least everyone who matters) seem to know\nwhere these hidden villages are. Or, are at least able to easily find out\nwhere they are.\n\nSo, why are they called hidden villages? Is it more a 'title' or 'status' for\nthese villages?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T12:04:16.487", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "825", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T12:52:55.063", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-27T15:21:28.137", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "51", "post_type": "question", "score": 15, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why are hidden villages called such?", "view_count": 5948 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThey are not _literally_ hidden. The villages are there to serve their country\nand it's landlord, to protect them from enemies and to perform various\nmissions.\n\nThe ninjas are not seen standing on every corner, yet they are a considerable\nforce that can defend the country, or act as spies. It's somewhat like an\nIntelligence agency in real life. You know they exist, you know where their\nheadquarters are, but they perform some \"hidden\" activity which can't be\neasily spotted by common people, yet is very important for the country.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T12:21:30.253", "id": "826", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-27T12:21:30.253", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "825", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nThe villages are all independent and each has its own secrets, hidden\ntechniques, et cetera, which they guard from other villages. The locations of\neach village although not completely a secret are obscured, preventing them\nplans or other sensitive information from leaking out.\n\nThe villages were probably truly hidden when they were established, but over\ntime became more well known (the are the centers of economy for each country).\nVillages need commissions to stay afloat. They probably can't get many\ncommissions if they are hard to find.\n\nCalling them \"hidden\" is most likely a reference to real life ninjas that\nlives in [hidden villages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hidden_village),\nremote settlements for ninja in Japan during its Feudal period. It also gives\nthe villages a certain mystique.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T15:12:50.910", "id": "827", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-27T15:12:50.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "825", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe literal translation for Konohagakure no Sato is \"Village hidden in the\nleaves\" (not hidden leaf village). Here hidden is used in the sense of\n\"surrounded by\" or \"enclosed by\". It does not mean those places are literally\nhidden from the world. It is similar for other villages, such as Amegakure no\nSato (village hidden in the rain), Sunagakure no Sato (village hidden in the\nsand), etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T12:52:55.063", "id": "834", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T12:52:55.063", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "825", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "830", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nIn the final act of _Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind_ ,\n\n> the titular character gets trampled by the Ohmu stampede and lies\n> motionless. The Ohmu then stop their attack, pick her body up, and do\n> _something_ which wakes her up again.\n\nI seem to remember Miyazaki stating that he disliked that people found\nMessianic overtones in the movie.\n\n> Did Nausicaa die, and get resurrected by the Ohmu? Or was she simply badly\n> hurt and the Ohum healed her?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T20:52:54.357", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "828", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-08T18:57:38.937", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-28T07:12:25.990", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "66", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind" ], "title": "What happened to Nausicaa at the end of the movie?", "view_count": 7931 }

[ { "body": "\n\nStrictly speaking, there is no way to know, as the creators have not said one\nway or another. However, we're led to believe the following (excerpt from\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_%28film%29#Plot)):\n\n> The herd, however, calms down, and the Ohmus use their golden tentacles to\n> heal Nausicaä's wounded body.\n\nBased on the use of the words \"heal\" and \"wounded\", it seems she never\n_actually_ died.\n\nAdditionally, there is this bit from [the Nausicaä\nWiki](http://nausicaa.wikia.com/wiki/Nausicaa_Of_The_Valley_Of_The_Wind_Wiki):\n\n> Nausicaä was badly injured trying to save her people from an attack by the\n> Omhus. She stood before the rush of angry creatures, almost costing her her\n> life. The Omhus, however, revived Nausicaä and she was brought back to\n> conciousness.\n\nUnfortunately, it's not cited to any specific source, but it seems to be the\ngeneral concensus.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-27T20:59:36.443", "id": "830", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-27T20:59:36.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "828", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe original Miyazaki movie has the short sequence of the final scenes where\nNausicaa is seen back in her home town, living happy life and teaching younger\nchildren.\n\nHence obviously she was not killed, just wounded, and later recovered.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-08T18:57:38.937", "id": "31981", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-08T18:57:38.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23662", "parent_id": "828", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "833", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nAfter the Mugiwara crew reached the Sabaody Archipelago, they decided to take\na \"break\" for 2 years.\n\nBut, before this break, how many month or years did it take for them to reach\nthe Archipelago? How long was it after Luffy was released from the barrel?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T11:51:03.373", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "832", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-23T06:43:24.327", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-07T00:35:58.230", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 13, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "How long did it take the Mugiwara crew to reach Sabaody Archipelago?", "view_count": 5509 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to this [World\nTimeline](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/World_Timeline) and [this other\none](http://onepiece.wikkii.net/wiki/World_Timeline), in total we're between\nthe 2 and 3 years. In the first chapter, Luffy was 17, now he's 19.\n\nThe break took 2 years, but before that we have some months of\n[Morgan](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Morgan) (first antagonist) then\n[Captain Kuro](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kuro), [Don\nKrieg](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Krieg),\n[Arlong](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Arlong), etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T12:39:38.893", "id": "833", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T12:39:38.893", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15", "parent_id": "832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen they reach the Red Line, the halfway point on the Grand Line, the crew\ncelebrate and comment on what a year it had been. This is just before the\nSabaody Archipelago Arc. So with the two year break, it is a little over 3\nyears in total.\n\nThis information is from the manga, not sure if they mentioned it in then\nanime.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-12T12:34:26.493", "id": "5838", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-17T16:45:43.170", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-17T16:45:43.170", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "250", "parent_id": "832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [the best One Piece timeline](https://thelibraryofohara.com/the-\none-piece-timeline/) I've seen so far, it took Luffy and his crew something\nlike 70 days, give or take like 20 days, from the time he left his barrel to\nthe time he arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-07-14T22:57:58.900", "id": "47832", "last_activity_date": "2018-07-14T22:57:58.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41439", "parent_id": "832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n_Luffy departed at the age of 17, no info on whether it was on the first month\nof the year or if it was on his birthday_.\n\nEvent | Period \n---|--- \nLuffy's solo voyage | 1d \nAlvida arc | 1d \nZoro arc | 1d \nBuggy arc | 1d \nUsopp arc | 3d \nIsland of Rare Animals | 1d \nMeeting Yosaku and Johnny | 1d \nBaratie arc | 4d \nNami in flashback with Straw Hats | 1d (ep. 34) \nNami arc | 4d \nTravel | 2d (ep. 45 & 46) \nLoguetown arc | 1d \nTravel | 2d \nWarship Island arc | 2d \nTwin cape | 1d \nTravel & Whiskey Peak | 1d \nTravel | 2d \nLittle Garden arc | 1d \nTravel | 1d \nDrum Island arc | 1d (Ep80: Vivi mention Nami's been sick for 3 days. 1st d:\nLittle Garden, 2nd d: Travel, 3rd d: Reach Drum Island) \nTravel to Arabasta | 7d (after Drum island, Straw Hats headed for Arabasta,\nand in ep. 78, Vivi mentions that it's not possible to get to Arabasta within\na week. Rough guess: 10 days, so 10d-3d=7d) \nArabasta arc | 10d \nPost Arabasta arc | 5d \nTravel | 1d \nGoat Island arc | 7d \nTravel | d \nRuluka island arc | d \nJaya | 1d \nSkypiea arc | 6d (Apparently in One Piece Fandom Wiper's section, Straw Hats\nwere partying for several days before departing, so I'll just add 3d on top of\nthe 3d shown in the anime) \nNavarone arc | 2d \nLRLL arc | 1d \nTravel | 1d \nOcean's dream arc | 2d \nTravel | 3d (In fandom, it said Foxy's Return arc took place \"sometime after\"\nOcean's Dream arc, so I'll just assume they've been traveling for 3d) \nFoxy's Return arc | 1d \nEncounter with Aokiji | 1d \nRest | 4d \nTravel | 2d (3rd day arrive on Water 7) \nWater Seven arc | 2d \nEnies Lobby arc | 1d \nPost-Enies lobby arc | 4d (Luffy&Zoro reunite with Coby on the 2nd day) \nTravel | 2d (At the start of the Ice Hunter arc, the crew is still in the\nmiddle of talking and praising how awesome their new ship is. So 2d is about\nright) \nIce Hunter arc | 2d \nTravel | 3d (In the Fandom Thriller Bark's section, it said \"a few days\" after\nWater 7, but unlike in the Ice Hunter arc, the crew no longer discusses much\nabout Sunny. The excitement of getting a new ship has died down) \nThriller Bark arc | 5d \nTravel | 1d \nSpa Island arc | 4d (the arc is 1d, and in Fandom Spa Island section, it\nmentions \"A few days later\", so I'll add 3d travel on top of the 1d) \nRest | 2d \nTravel | 1d \nSabaody arc | 1d \nKuma Express Fast & Comfortable | 3d \nAmazon Lily arc | 1d \nImpel Down & Marineford arc | 6d (in ep410, Momonga mentions the date/day of\nexecution. Ep. 416 Elder Nyon confirmed \"in a week, which is six days from\ntoday\") \nEp. 411 | Luffy's Straw Hat became bigger \nPost-war arc | 14d + 7d (Amazon Lily to Marineford) + 7d (Marineford to\nRuskaina) \n**Total** | **154 days** \n \nIn the Warship Island arc, Nami shown us on the map the distance of their\ntravel and how many days it took to reach said distance. Apparently, Straw\nHats has been traveling for 2d after they left Loguetown, yet they're still\nfar away from reaching the RedLine/Reverse Mountain. The journey from one\nisland to another always took almost a week, but unless the crew or the\nepisode mentions it directly, I'll just assume it took them 1d instead. And\nI'll also count it as 1d for every time Nami changes her clothes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-23T04:53:11.810", "id": "68075", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-23T06:43:24.327", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-23T06:43:24.327", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72487", "parent_id": "832", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "842", "answer_count": 5, "body": "\n\nIt seems that many anime and manga aired or printed in Japanese, before they\nare dubbed or localized, contain English text or lyrics.\n\nI've tagged a couple of examples here.\n\nThe first is from _Digimon Tamers_ , wherein there are a couple English lines\nwithin the otherwise Japanese title sequence:\n\n\n\nAnd another example from _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ , where the text on the\nmonitors is printed in English:\n\n\n\nThere are countless other examples (one I couldn't find was another scene from\n_Tamers_ in which a beer can reads \"BEER\"); so, my question is:\n\nWhy do these English words make their way into otherwise entirely Japanese\nproductions?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T19:20:57.453", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "835", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-13T16:20:03.960", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-28T19:48:22.933", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "274", "post_type": "question", "score": 63, "tags": [ "anime-production", "culture" ], "title": "Why do some anime in Japanese contain English?", "view_count": 69258 }

[ { "body": "\n\nJapan was and is very influenced by Western culture, and Japanese song\ncomposers sometimes add in English lyrics into their songs as some sort of\n\"special effect\", even though it may not grammatically perfect.\n\nAs for Japanese appearing in anime, the producers may be trying to invoke a\n\"foreign\" feel to the scene or objects (like the \"BEER\"). Science-ish elements\nof an anime (especially computers and monitor text) are most frequently\nrepresented in English, using all kinds of technical English nouns and\nadjectives (as well lots of numbers and symbols), because it invokes the\nstereotype that Science is this \"cool and complex process that cannot be\nunderstood\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T23:47:36.663", "id": "840", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T23:47:36.663", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are two different ways that one can use English words in Japanese.\n\nThe first is through loanwords. The Japanese language was more-or-less\nstandardized during the Meiji Restoration, in the late 19th century. Before\nthat, Japan was a very isolated culture for a very long time, so a lot of\nconcepts simply didn't exist in the language. As a result, it was decided that\nrather than creating new words for all of these concepts, they would just\nborrow the words from other languages. Most of the words came from English,\nthough there are also some from other western languages.\n\nIn this case, the words are written in katakana (カタカナ). There are a very large\nnumber of loanwords, but it's fairly standardized what is a loanword and what\nis not. Also, some of the words are pronounced differently in Japanese than\nEnglish (e.g. energy becomes エネルギ _(enerugi)_ with a hard g sound). In case\nit's ambiguous how to pronounce English words in Japanese, these are also\nusually standardized.\n\nThat doesn't really represent a use of English, though. The loanwords are\nborrowed from English, but both the meanings and pronunciations can be\nradically different from the English words. They're better described as\nJapanese words which are based off English words. The examples you've given\ndon't really fall into the above category, but there are many examples like\nthis so it's worth mentioning.\n\nThe other way they can use English is just by writing/speaking in English. The\nexamples you've given seem to fall in this category. This is done to\nsound/look cool, because most people in Japan only hear and see Japanese for\nmost of their day, so it stands out. Since most Japanese people have at least\na passable knowledge of English vocabulary (it's part of the standard\ncurriculum), it's a way to make a statement, sort of like how stylized fonts\nwould be used in English except a bit stronger.\n\nNow that we've made that distinction, we can answer the question. The answer\nto your question \"Why do these English words make their way into otherwise\nentirely Japanese productions?\" is that English is fairly common in Japan, not\njust in anime/manga. This isn't solely a phenomenon about anime/manga, nor am\nI convinced that it's particularly common in anime and manga. For instance,\nyou can probably spot several instances of English in this picture of\nadvertising in Osaka (I found 3, with another 2 cases of the Roman alphabet\nbeing used to write non-English words, and quite a few katakana loanwords as\nwell):\n\n\n\nSo in summary, it's because English is common in Japanese culture. But that's\nnot a very satisfying answer by itself. Rather than answering the broad\nquestion of why modern Japanese culture often uses English (which I think\nmight be better posed at [Japanese.SE](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/)\nwith some modifications) I'll address the particular cases you have mentioned,\nin part because a full answer to the former question is probably impossible\nand in part because it's off-topic.\n\n* * *\n\nUsing English is very common in music, where whole lines may be written in\n(oftentimes broken) English. This is not solely a Japanese phenomenon, as\nKorean and Chinese pop artists also often use English (Indian pop artists do\nso very frequently as well, but English is a fairly common language in India).\nAs far as I can tell, it isn't particularly common in anime songs, though of\ncourse I don't have any statistics to back that up.\n\nEssentially, it's done in music to sound cool, for the reasons I listed above.\nIt also somewhat expands their audience, since people around the world speak\nEnglish. I don't know if there's an analogy that would be familiar to people\nwho only speak English, but the closest I could come up with is that Latin is\noccasionally used in English-language music.\n\nIn fact, English use in Japanese music predates J-Pop itself (which is the\ngenre that most anime music falls in). Japanese rock musicians in the 1960s\nand '70s were mostly inspired by their western counterparts, most notably the\nBeatles. For a time, Japanese rock singers believed that the Japanese language\nwas too restrictive to be able to sing rock-style, so most of them sung in\nEnglish (see\n[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop#Eleki_Boom_and_Group_Sounds)). The\nfirst really successful band to sing in English was [Happy\nEnd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_End_%28band%29), but even after that,\npeople continued using English at least occasionally. It's possible to write\nlong academic papers on the use of English in Japanese music, but I'll stop\nhere for brevity.\n\n* * *\n\nFor Digimon Tamers, and indeed many series, the title is displayed in English.\nIn fact, most series now have both an English and a Japanese title, which do\nnot always mean the same thing. In the case of Digimon, the word 'Digimon'\ncomes from two English words, 'Digital' and 'Monster'. Tamers is also an\nEnglish word. The title could be written 「デジモンテイマーズ」, but it's more authentic-\nlooking to use the English title. As for why the title was chosen in English\nto begin with, again, this is best explained via the rule-of-cool, since\nEnglish sounds different and interesting. Of course, not all shows do this,\nand it's mostly a stylistic decision, so it's probably impossible to give a\nbetter explanation.\n\n* * *\n\nAs for Eva, most computer systems, even in Japan, are based on English. Most\nprogramming languages are also based on English. As a result, it seems more\nauthentic (or at least, it did at the time) to have computers and technology\nthings entirely or mostly in English. I don't know if this is changing, now\nthat there are Japanese-language programming languages, operating systems,\netc.\n\n* * *\n\nAs for \"BEER\", it is not uncommon in Japan to advertise beer in English. [This\nexample](http://www.nagisa.co.jp/) is a fairly small company which I found\nfrom reading Moyashimon, but it's certainly not uncommon for beer to be\nwritten in English. I don't really know why. My suspicion is that this is\nbecause beer originated as a western drink.\n\n* * *\n\nI could probably go on for a while, but I think this answer is already too\nlong and there's no point to continuing to list examples, so I'll end it here.\nAs I said above, this might make a good question on\n[Japanese.SE](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/) if you phrase it\nappropriately. It could also make a good question on the proposed [Japanese\nCulture](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/34330/culture-of-japan)\nsite.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-29T00:25:01.957", "id": "842", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-13T16:20:03.960", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-13T16:20:03.960", "last_editor_user_id": "23158", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 64 }, { "body": "\n\nIt should be noted that this doesn't just happen in anime. If you were to go\nto Asian countries where they use Chinese characters (China, Japan, etc.), you\nwill see English text on things such as food products or T-shirts. Sometimes\nthe text is gibberish and makes absolutely no sense at all. They do this in\norder to make the product more appealing, to have variety. There is not as\nmuch variety for Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana in fonts, e.g, in English, we\nhave fonts such as Times New Roman or Impact. On the other hand, Kanji\ncharacters and the like can get confusing if it follows a certain font. It\nwould be easier to read standard Kanji as opposed to reading Kanji in, say,\nCourier New (if that's even possible).\n\nSo, in order to make the characters bigger, to have more impact on their\nviewers, they use English instead of their own language. You can make the\ncurve on \"D\" on \"Digimon\" bigger and you'd still be able to read it as \"D\" or\nyou can change it to a certain style to fit the anime's genre, but you can't\nchange any part of the character \"デ\" without it retaining its meaning.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-31T04:53:22.257", "id": "851", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-31T20:40:24.223", "last_edit_date": "2012-12-31T20:40:24.223", "last_editor_user_id": "107", "owner_user_id": "293", "parent_id": "835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nThank you guys for the explanation, it really helped. But I think there was\nsomething left out. I think the other reason there a English courses in\nJapanese high schools is because we're living in an increasingly English\nspeaking world. A good percentage of Japan's business is with America. Schools\nare teaching English more simply because it might be needed one day. You can't\nhave a business transaction if you don't understand what the other person is\nsaying. It's very true that America and other English speaking countries are\nhaving a lot of influence over Japan, and the proof is seen within the country\nitself, via advertisements, school, language, art technology and overall daily\nlife. I've been to Tokyo before and was lucky enough to catch a business man\ntalking on his phone in English, and I stopped on the street to take a look\naround me and marvel at the simple fact that I could actually understand some\nof the things I saw.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-03T03:30:35.163", "id": "17269", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-03T03:30:35.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10991", "parent_id": "835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nDepending on the context of the inclusion of English, the reason is different.\n\n## Earlier Usage\n\n**From early Meiji up through pre-war Japan, English-language education in\nJapan was stronger than it is now** (in other words, Japanese mastery of\nEnglish has sharply dropped in recent history, and the Japanese government's\nMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [MEXT] is still\nattempting to raise the level through a variety of teacher trainings and\neducation reform in hopes of catching up to the current level of English-\nlanguage education in China, South Korea, and other Asian nations). The older\nthe manga/anime/song is, the more likely the mangaka/screenwriter/lyricist\naccurately understood English. **Older titles** feature snippets of English\nbecause at that time, more Japanese people had a **working grasp of basic\nEnglish**.\n\n## Cultural Connotations\n\nIn Japanese language and culture, loanwords, _garaigo_ , _wasei eigo_ , and\nEngrish (each of these terms refer to distinctly different linguistic\nentities) bear **connotations** of \"new,\" \"cool,\" and \"young\"/\"youthful,\" so\nin Japanese advertising, English words, French words, and katakana are\nutilized for products that the manufacturer wants to project an innovative or\ncoolness factor, whereas they are intentionally and carefully avoided for\nproducts associated with concepts of tradition, vintage, and long-term repute\n(this is not only true among young Japanese, but is the general association\namong the populace; you can see this reflected in titles and character names\nfrom manga written in the 70s). **Manga, anime, and j-pop generally fall into\nthe \"novel and exciting\" category rather than into the traditional Japanese\narts category** , so peppering them with English, and Japanese variations on\nit, contributes to the association of the medium with \"contemporary\" and\n\"hot.\" _Digimon_ is definitely a series that wanted to be the \"next big thing\"\nin the footsteps of _Pokemon_ , so \"new\" connotations can only be a plus. The\narenas of manga, anime, gaming, and j-pop are very competitive and fans can be\nfickle; being new and cool is important for a successful launch and for\nmaintaining a prominent place.\n\n## Being 'Other'\n\nReturnees (Japanese who lived/studied abroad and have returned to Japan),\n_haafu_ (people of Japanese descent, such as half-Japanese, half-Caucasian),\nand international students are sometimes featured as characters in anime and\nmanga. The _tenkousei_ (transfer student) is an enduring theme. Often, the\ncreator of the work concludes that the character needs to speak English,\nGerman, or another language (at least once) in the story to **evidence having\nbeen out of the country**. This is an alternate case in which English or\nEngrish is inserted: while it gives the character a coolness factor, it\npredominantly provides an **'Other'-ness factor that contrasts the character\nagainst the others**. The reason this works effectively is that, unlike the\nearlier generations of Japanese education in English, among young people,\nEnglish is viewed as very 'Other,' foreign, and difficult: it is not something\n\"we Japanese\" speak in daily life; a classmate who can speak fluently is\nconsidered **a novelty**. Because mangaka and anime directors are more likely\nto have been educated in Japan, such as at the prevalent _anime manga seiyuu\nsenmongakkou_ (anime/manga/voice acting trade schools), they are not the most\nlikely demographic to have studied abroad, worked abroad, or worked in an\ninternational company with branches in Japan; this is not to say that none of\nthem are fluent or near-fluent in English or that none of them possess\nintercultural communication skills, but it is the case that not all of them\nhave a functioning mastery of English or intercultural sensitivity. This may\nbe a factor in why the English or Engrish that anime characters who lived\nabroad speak is often pronounced in exaggerated stereotyping of non-Japanese\nas boisterous, loud, outgoing, etc. and that when these characters speak\nJapanese, they talk in a mispronounced caricature of Japanese that does not\naccurately reflect the sorts of mispronunciations that actual non-Japanese of\nvarying mother tongues do. This also is done to portray 'Other'-ness.\n\n## A Lingua Franca\n\nAmong younger Japanese, despite not generally using English themselves\ncommunicatively for listening and speaking (most recent and current English\neducation in Japan is grammar-focused reading and writing), it is considered\nto be the lingua franca of the planet and is associated with \"international\"\nand \"globalization.\" In current Japanese education, the subject of Japanese\nlanguage is called 「国語」 ( _kokugo_ , meaning \"national language,\" rather than\nmeaning \"Japanese\". If, for example, the United States did this, instead of\nthe subject of English it would be called the subject of National Language).\nIn contrast to this, the other language subject in Japan's curriculum is\ncalled 「外国語」( _gaikokugo_ , meaning \"other/outer country language/s\") but in\nthe majority of schools, the only language offered for _gaikokugo_ class is\nEnglish. This further entrenches **English as the international language in\nJapanese people's minds**. When they see a Caucasian in Japan, they are\noverwhelmingly more likely to ask, \"Do you speak English?\" in English to the\nperson than they are to ask, \"Do you speak English?\" or \"Is Japanese alright?\"\nin Japanese to the person. Many Japanese recognize that their English language\nability is weak, but look forward to, and some are already working toward\ncultivating, **a future in which they envision more Japanese being able to\ncommunicate in English**. This is why **sci-fi** series such as _Neon Genesis\nEvangelion_ select to include English, which is considered the way of the\nfuture: the plot involves the leaders and militaries of **the entire Earth\ntrying to work together, so settling on an in-universe lingua franca** is\nrealistic. Some anime do select Japanese as the in-universe lingua franca, but\nEnglish is a common choice.\n\n## Settings and Props\n\nModern Japan has brands and store names that are always written in English or\n_romaji_ , so when parodies of these restaurants, convenience stores, food\npackages, soda cans, etc. show up in anime, they are illustrated to **match\nthe logo of the famous brand** (usually, the name is slightly skewed in order\nto avoid licensing fees). This is the reason that the word \"beer\" can be\nillustrated in English: the beverage is often written as such on the beer\nglassware and interior decorations in Japanese pubs, so the letters form an\neasily-recognizable shape to Japanese people without them having to feel like\nthey are reading English while leisurely watching an anime.\n\n## (An Aside)\n\nWhile English and Engrish do appear in many series, sometimes a non-Japanese\nreader/viewer assumes that English is being used in a case when, in fact, it\nis not. Sometimes it is _romaji,_ sometimes it is a non-real language (such as\nhow [names in HUNTER x\nHUNTER](http://revyl.tumblr.com/post/15110287704/official-romanizations-of-\nsome-hxh-characters) are written in Latin letters but do not adhere to a\nconsistent real language: Gon Freecs, Curarpikt, Leorio, Quwrof Wrlccywrlir,\nWbererguin, etc.), and sometimes other languages that employ the Latin\nalphabet (such as [Puella Magi Madoka\nMagica](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14444/why-is-puella-magi-\nequivalent-to-mahou-shoujo/14452#14452)) are included in anime for reasons\nthat may, or may not at all, be related to the Japanese utilizations of\nEnglish.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-04T08:16:29.637", "id": "22135", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-04T08:53:01.213", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2150", "answer_count": 7, "body": "\n\nIn the anime, certain species of Pokemon are mentioned or depicted to be\nedible (by people or other Pokemon), like Magikarp and Farfetch'd.\n\n\n\nDo people actually eat Pokemon? If so, what other species have been mentioned\nor depicted as edible, in either the anime or the manga?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T20:37:31.610", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "836", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-19T18:07:45.330", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:50:09.707", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "63", "post_type": "question", "score": 106, "tags": [ "pokemon" ], "title": "Do people in the anime or manga actually eat Pokemon?", "view_count": 55541 }

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, this _is_ a children's series. So I doubt actual Pokemon eating would\never occur in the series.\n\nThough, it was shown once that Ash (even Pikachu) were eating meat once. Of\nwhat? Use your imagination :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T21:35:01.937", "id": "839", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-28T21:35:01.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nSome do, some do not.\n\nIt was mentioned by a developer once, that the Pokémon-world is better\ndeveloped than our and most people are vegetarian. However, it can be seen,\nthat some people eat meat, so I think you can say, that they eat Pokémon.\n\n_The following did not happen in the anime, but in the Pokémon-world_\n\nIn the second generation of the Pokémon-Games (Gold, Silver, Crystal), Team\nRocket sells tails of Slowpokes, which are a delicacy - That means that\nthey're eaten, too.\n\nJust to compare: In the anime, it's never shown, that Pokémon are killed, too\n- I think that's just because it's made for children ;).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-29T22:16:13.110", "id": "843", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-29T22:16:13.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 48 }, { "body": "\n\nI've seen Ash and Brock eat meat but I doubt its pokemon. I think the meat\neating thing is to make it more relatable to real life but doesn't actually\nmean anything.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-30T18:45:09.303", "id": "847", "last_activity_date": "2012-12-30T18:45:09.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "290", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIn November 2012, Game Informer got the chance to ask a long-time Gamefreak\nproducer what the deal is with eating in the Pokemon world.\n\n> **Is everyone in the world of Pokémon a vegetarian? Do people eat Pokémon?\n> When they are eating steak are they eating a Tauros?**\n>\n> **Masuda** : There’s a lot of fruits and vegetables in the world of Pokémon.\n> There is also a variety of snacks and various candies and whatnot that come\n> from the different regions. The Pokémon world is much more technologically\n> advanced than the world of our own, so perhaps there is probably a lot of\n> different food that we can’t even think of.\n\nSource: [Pokémon's Burning\nQuestions](http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/11/23/pok-233-mon-39-s-burning-\nquestions.aspx)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-24T16:15:34.693", "id": "2150", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-24T16:15:34.693", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1354", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 51 }, { "body": "\n\nYes they do. Just like in real world we eat some animal and we keep some as\npets.\n\nEdible pokemons : Basculin, Slowpoke.\n\n**[Humans eating\nPokémon](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_food#Eating_other_Pok.C3.A9mon)**\n\n* * *\n\n> Meat is often shown in the anime, but while it has never been directly shown\n> to come from Pokémon, no other food source has yet been explained. It is\n> known that some Pokémon produce edible foods and by-products such as milk,\n> nuts and fruit. These can be safely harvested with little or no harm or\n> discomfort to the Pokémon. However, it has been mentioned that some Pokémon\n> are hunted and used for their meat: Farfetch'd in particular are noted for\n> making a good meal, especially when cooked with leek, and were nearly hunted\n> to extinction because of this, ultimately leading to their rareness.\n>\n> During a story arc within the Gen II games and their remakes, the newly\n> reformed Team Rocket begin stealing Slowpoke, cutting off their tails and\n> then selling them as a rare delicacy. It is indicated that the tail is not\n> eaten, but is sucked or lightly chewed on; similar to the manner in which a\n> person would enjoy Honeysuckle.\n>\n> While visiting the Canalave Library, it is revealed in the Sinnoh Folk Tales\n> that Pokémon caught from the sea are eaten, and then the bones thrown back\n> into the water. It is also mentioned that the Pokémon that were eaten will\n> return fully fleshed. Ash and Brock imagining a cooked Magikarp.\n>\n> In Pokémon Shipwreck, Ash and friends, along with Team Rocket are stranded\n> in the middle of the ocean without food. Eventually, due to their hunger and\n> the dire nature of their situation, Ash and Brock began to discuss and\n> fantasize about eating James's Magikarp. Unfortunately for them and Meowth\n> in particular, Magikarp's body composition renders it nearly inedible. Misty\n> elaborates on this, stating that Magikarp are nothing more than scale and\n> bone, thus there would be little sustenance obtained.\n>\n> In New Plot, Odd Lot!, Harley has a flashback in which a class mate (who\n> looks like May) stole his \"snackie\", which bore a resemblance to tiny\n> Octillery, similar to the octopi served in some real-life restaurants. It is\n> unknown if these were actual Octillery, or just food prepared and shaped to\n> look like them.\n>\n> It is possible, based on wording used in Cherubi's Pokédex entry, that\n> humans, not just Pokémon have eaten Cherubi's ball-like appendage before.\n> Also, according to its Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Pokédex entry, Basculin\n> are remarkably tasty, indicating humans have eaten them as well.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-04T05:34:16.107", "id": "5712", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-04T05:45:33.913", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-04T05:45:33.913", "last_editor_user_id": "2587", "owner_user_id": "2587", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 27 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom Chansey's pokedex entry!\n\n> Chansey lays nutritionally excellent eggs on an everyday basis. The eggs are\n> so delicious, they are easily and eagerly devoured by even those people who\n> have lost their appetite.\n\nSo the reason Chansey is rare... People eat the eggs :o\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-03T06:18:57.670", "id": "34550", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-03T06:18:57.670", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6368", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI know this is an old thread, but in the game \"Hey, you Pikachu!\", it shows\nAsh's mom cooking a seafood stew comprised of anything caught by the game\nplayer. Remember that this game was made for small children and featured their\nvoice and microphone add-ons that allowed the child/player to 'talk' to a\npikachu. I think that since Pokemon is Japanese based, eating 'seafood'\npokemon was never deemed out of place. As for Misty down playing eating a\nMagikarp, she _is_ a water pokemon trainer/gym leader and has an affinity to\nthem. So her explanation could have been a bluff just to help save James'\nMagikarp from a gruesome end.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-29T18:25:25.143", "id": "36097", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-29T18:25:25.143", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "28019", "parent_id": "836", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "838", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nFrom the start of the series, Watanuki is tormented by them. Is there a reason\nwhy they \"like\" him so much?\n\n * It's his smell?\n * Some related parent (blood relationship)?\n * Unlucky?\n\nWhat is the reason?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T20:58:40.370", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "837", "last_activity_date": "2018-03-04T15:18:54.850", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-06T02:42:35.297", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "xxxholic" ], "title": "Why is Kimihiro Watanuki plagued by youkai and ayakashi?", "view_count": 229 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the [first chapter](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2yrqq.png) of the manga, Yuko\ntells him that spirits are attracted to his blood, eluding of his innate\npowers.\n\nIn [chapter 89](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jgEyi.jpg), the Spider Queen\nmentions that several factions were fighting over his right eye, because if\nthey make it their's (by eating it) it could multiply their spiritual power\nseveral dozen times.\n\nIt would seem that Watanuki is so powerful everyone wants a piece of him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-28T21:31:45.630", "id": "838", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-09T07:45:56.160", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-09T07:45:56.160", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "837", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "848", "answer_count": 11, "body": "\n\nItachi, Sasuke, Madara's Sharingan and Danzo's \"Sharingan\" eyes have the\n\"standard\" Mangekyou abilities of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Izanagi and\nIzanami. (Granted not all of them have used all the abilities.)\n\nHowever, Shisui and Obito's sharingan have unique Mangekyou abilities\n(Komoamatsukami and Kamui respectively). Why do some Sharingan eyes come with\nunique abilities? Do they get these abilities in lieu of the standard\nabilities or in addition to them?\n\nObito has always used Kamui and never been shown using the standard abilities,\nwith _his_ Sharingan (he once used Izanagi with a transplanted Sharingan),\nwhich makes me wonder if the special abilities are in lieu of the standard\nones.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-30T12:15:15.970", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "846", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-28T13:45:32.483", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:51:31.770", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 30, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why do some Sharingan eyes have unique Mangekyou abilities?", "view_count": 149629 }

[ { "body": "\n\nEach Mangekyo is given a different eye pattern, and a different ability.\n_Mangekyo_ literally translates to _kaleidoscope_ , where each time you look\nyou see a different, symmetric shape.\n\n * Itachi had access to Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi\n * Sasuke used Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, which allowed him to shape and control his Amaterasu\n * Obito has Kamui. Obito also uses \"throw-away\" Sharingan eyes for Izanagi.\n * Shisui has a different one, the Kotoamatsukami.\n * Madara's ,Izuna's, and Indra's eye techniques were not revealed. \n * Kakashi has Kamui as well, since it's technically Obito's eye.\n * Danzo can use Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, since he has his eye. It's unknown if he can also any other Mangekyo Sharingan abilities with it (like Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi).\n\n### Also\n\n * Susano'o is achieved once you control both of the techniques in your eyes, regardless of what they are. That's the reason Kakashi (And Obito) for instance cannot ever achieve a Susano'o individually, but could when \n\n> Obito's spirit possessed Kakashi and gave him both Mangekyo Sharingan\n\nWhich technique you gain isn't \"predetermined\". You cannot discern it before\nyou gain the Mangekyo and it seems to be random, however it may be linked to\nan individual's personality and skill set - Itachi was incredibly skilled with\nGenjutsu, and gained the Tsukuyomi. Sasuke was shown to be very skilled with\nFire Release jutsu and for much of the anime had a burning hatred inside of\nhim, which may be why he gained incredible control over his Amaterasu. This is\npure speculation however.\n\nMany people have been speculating that Madara had to have the Tsukuyomi due to\nhis use of Genjutsu on Oonoki, however all Sharingan users, whether or not\nthey have the Mangekyo, can cast Genjutsu simply via eye-contact. The strength\nof this varies with the strength of the user, but with how powerful Madara is,\nhis Genjutsu: Sharingan approaching Tsukuyomi levels of strength would not be\nunreasonable.\n\nAdditionally, Izanagi and Izanami are both jutsu that can be used by simple\nSharingan users, without need of a Mangekyo or Senju DNA.\n\nRef: <http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sharingan> ,\n<http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan>\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-30T20:11:20.847", "id": "848", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-01T18:10:26.263", "last_edit_date": "2016-08-01T18:10:26.263", "last_editor_user_id": "22449", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 36 }, { "body": "\n\nTo perform Izanagi and Izanami, only a regular Sharingan is required (although\nIzanagi is further perfected when used in combination with Senjuu cells or\ngenes).\n\nSusano'o is \"the strength of the tempestuous force that resides only within\nthose of have mastered\"1:\n\n * Amaterasu, \"representing the light of the material world\"1.\n * Tsukuyomi, \"the nightmare realm, representing the world of the mind and darkness\"1.\n\nThis means that any shinobi known to have used Susano'o, must have have\nmastered both Amaterasu (with his right eye) and Tsukuyomi (with his left eye)\nbeforehand. Given this, unlike what [Madara's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/848/49) suggests, the latter two\ntechniques are not unique to Itachi and Sasuke, since Uchiha Madara has been\nseen to use the Susano'o. This means that, although it remains yet to be seen,\nhe _must have_ mastered Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi before.\n\nAs for the origin of the more \"particular\" Mangekyou abilities, there seems to\nbe no reliable source from which one can take conclusions. However, one can\nspeculate:\n\n * They can be some sort of mutations. Shisui's Kotoamatsukami seems to be _unique to him_ , not rare, which could mean that he had some particularity that allowed him to develop this technique. \n * Obito's Kamui may have developped due to the fact that the eyes were \"separated\" (one with him and the other with Kakashi). As the series develops, we see that the jutsu is the same, but has some particularities depending on which eye uses it. This could mean that each of the users (Obito and Kakashi) may have somehow adapted the technique, or that Kakashi's technique is much weaker and has more downsides due to the fact that he is not an Uchiha. \n * Still regarding Kamui, the databook states that \"with proficiency, it becomes a frightening jutsu that can suck a person whole into another world.\" My interpretation of this (especially the \"with proficiency\" part) is that with enough proficiency, **Kakashi** can master this frightening technique. However, the [Naruto Wiki page on Kamui](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamui#Trivia) seems to interpret this as: with enough proficiency, **any Mangekyou Sharingan user** can master this frightening technique. \n * As for whether these \"special\" techniques are presented as a plus or as a substitute to the \"basic Mangekyou techniques\", there is also no information. But, given the fact that we never saw either Kakashi or Obito using any of the \"basic techniques\", I think it is relatively safe to assume that they are present _in lieu_ of them. \n\n* * *\n\n1[Naruto: The Official Character Databook](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Naruto-\nOfficial-Character-Data-\nBook/dp/1421541254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362417911&sr=8-1)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-04T17:59:14.397", "id": "2784", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-13T11:30:38.983", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nMadara also can also use Tsukuyomi as his objective is to use infinite\ntsukuyomi which would only be possible if he possesses Tsukuyomi.\n\nMaybe he could also use Amaterasu? That's why he could pull off his Susano'o.\nSo, these three abilities (At least two) seem to be possessed by all Mangekyō\nusers granted they have awoken them.\n\nMaybe Shisui, Obito and Kakashi discover their unique abilities before these\nthree. Hence, it can be deduced that either most Mangekyō have the same\nabilities and due to some unknown reasons some also have a special one.\n\nOr it could be that Madara's, Sasuke's, and Itachi's unique Mangekyō abilities\nhave yet to be shown. Or Kishi is just mad. Or maybe I am?\n\n", "comment_count": 10, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-18T13:39:31.873", "id": "4395", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-18T16:20:05.347", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-18T16:20:05.347", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2042", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nHonestly, I'd venture to guess that Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu, and Susanoo are a\nset of techniques that rarely occur among the Uchiha. Madara was famed for the\nuse of the techniques, I suppose. Following this, it has been said that Itachi\nand Sasuke are far more than _average_ , _normal_ , or _standard_ Uchiha, they\nseem to be exceptional Shinobi, even by Uchiha \"standards\". This may be partly\nbecause of their _unique_ Sharingan, being able to access the Trifecta Tsuki-\nAmate-Susa combination. We, the fans, see this Trifecta as being the _norm_\nfor Sharingan, when in fact they are likely a rarity among the Uchiha clan.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-09T22:33:01.350", "id": "6834", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-28T13:45:32.483", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-28T13:45:32.483", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3276", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nConsider this as a spoiler if you haven't found out yet.\n\nMadara performed Tsukuyomi on Raikage on the episode he revealed his perfect\nSusanoo. The manga also mentioned that Madara gave his left eye to Nagato\nwithout him knowing, which was later taken by Obito. However, he had a spare\nleft eye possibly, and yet not a right since he said he could take Obito's if\nObito dies. Although Madara was reanimated with a fake right eye, it is still\npossible for him to use his Susanoo. A similar case would be where the\nJinchuriki were reanimated with their Kyubi, even though the Akatsuki\nextracted the Kyubi from them before death. Once an Uchiha activate their\ntrump card Susanoo, they can even use it while blind. So as long as they\nawakened Susanoo before death, they can be reanimated with it, but since it's\nfake, he probably couldn't unlock its true power of Amaterasu.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-10T04:01:08.083", "id": "6837", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-27T17:26:42.287", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-27T17:26:42.287", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3277", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFollowing the manga, susanoo is only achieved by those who can use both,\ntsukuyomi and amatarasu. Japanese folk lore provides further insight to this\nbecause the three \"techniques\" are named after 3 \"gods\" who are siblings. We\ncan infer that madara can use amatarasu since he is seen using both susanoo\nand tsukuyomi. On a side note, either purposely or through error, itachi is\nshown using susanoo without his mangekyo sharingan active, and madara is shown\nusing it while using the rennegan. This leads me to believe that susanoo can\nbe used at any time without the sharingan being active as long as amatarasu\nand tsukuyomi can be used. Further, an above answer suggests that obito's\nkamui is the only ability of his mangekyo sharingan. However, due to his\nattempt to use eye of the moon without madara, I think it's also safe to\nassume he can also use tsukuyomi. Should be noted however, the ten tails is\nNEEDED to complete the jutsu, and ITS eye is reflected on the moon, not the\nuser, which could mean infinite tsukuyomi could be a seperate jutsu only\nusable by the ten tails and it's jinchiriki. Also should be noted obito used a\nsmall scale version of this technique in one of the movies, which drew naruto\nand Sakura into another \"dream world\". A small orb was present during the\ncasting, which could lead to it being an entirely seperate, although similarly\nnamed, technique.\n\nUnfortunately though, with the information we have, there is currently no\ndefinitive answer to weither or not there are an actual set of techniques\npossible for all sharingan users to unlock, or if the abilities between\nsharingan users themselves are unique.\n\nWe do have manga quotes stating that madara itachi and sasuke are exceptional\namong their kin, and we know they all can use amatarasu tsukuyomi and because\nof that susanoo. We also have manga quotes that say these techniques are rare\nwithin their clan. It is the lack of uchiha that make the techniques seem like\nthe \"norm\" Because 3 of the 5 uchiha who's techniques are known to us are the\npreviously mentioned set. I'll save my issues with probability and chance lol.\n\nAlso, clearing up an above answer, madara was reanimated (edo tensai) with\nboth eyes and in his \"prime\". Meaning all the techniques he had aquired during\nhis lifetime would be able to be employed, including his aquiring hashiramas\ncells, and rennegan despite his aquiring the later on his deathbed. It was on\nhis deathbed prior to his meeting obito, that transplanted BOTH of his\nrennegan eyes to nagato, and began to set his eye of moon plan into action. It\nwas with the help of obito and black zetsu (madara's will) that the would\ninfluence nagato into his actions during the sage arc, and would bring to\nfruition the seemingly foiled plan. When the jinchiriki were captured and had\ntheir respective tailed beasts pulled from them, they died (exception garaa\nwho died and was revived). They were reanimated (edo tensai) and reinfused\nwith the tailed beast chakra, while the beasts themselves seemed to be sealed\nin the gedo statue, despite the former jinchiriki being able to use full beast\ntransformations. Apparent from son goku being freed from the chakra rods\nembedded in him, but still being sealed in the statue, and proven at the\ndismissal of the edo tensai and the jinchiriki with no effect of the beasts\nthemselves.\n\nFinally, when madara is brought back into his real life body, he has NO EYES,\nuntil zetsu recovers the rennegan obito was using which was originally\nmadara's.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-02T23:55:28.857", "id": "7283", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-02T23:55:28.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3574", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nSharingan is activated by emotional distress as recently explained by the edo\ntensei hokages. Chakra from the brain hat is reflected in the eyes. My guess\nis intelligence and the level of emotional distress contributes to an ability.\nSomething of note, Kishi loves his bloodline abilities and clan related\nabilitites. Iwould not be surprised if a bloodline plays a role in sharingan\nabilities. Recently it is mentioned that Sasuke resembles Madara's brother...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-04T13:40:55.110", "id": "7324", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-04T13:40:55.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3591", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom the beginning the Mangekyou is seen as a mutation, mutations can have\nrarer mutations added unto themselves.\n\nItachi was always known for mastery of Genjutsu so he was better with\nTsukuyomi even though he could also use Amaterasu. So his eyes are attuned to\nthat. Sasuke on the other hand was better with Fire Style jutsu, thusly\nbecoming more acquainted with Amaterasu. So his eyes are attuned to fire\ncontrol.\n\nMadara, being the first Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou mastered both on his\nown as well. Because he's.. Madara. It is fair to assume, however that his\nbrother was attuned to Genjustsu while he was attuned to fire(since he's known\nfor his use of Amaterasu) and when he got his brother's eyes he gained better\ncontrol over both.\n\nGiven the limited evidence we have we can only assume that Tsukuyomi,\nAmaterasu and Susano'o are the norm but rarer mutations do exist.\n\nObito and Shisui have their own special abilities, they're unable to use the\nother abilities but they have their own unique ones, their own mutations.\nObito is the stranger case because his eyes have their own unique quirk to\nKamui. Kakashi's can be used to teleport things outside of himself while\nObito's can be used on himself. This is probably because they were meant to be\ntogether. If Obito had both his eyes he'd be invincible pretty much. His\nabilities were created to complement each other.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-11T20:08:11.433", "id": "7970", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-11T20:08:11.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nspoilers they have unique sharingan abilities because people are unique.\n\nand to the guy who said that madara only transplanted his right eye to nagato.\nNo HE DID NOT he transplanted both eyes to Nagato when Nagato was so young he\ndid not remember it.. he then used replacement eyes that he got from someone\nelse. thats why nagato had both eyes. he had the sharingan and Rinnegan while\nin Edo Tensei mode because the Edo Tensei brings a person back in there living\nform. when he was revived with Rinne Tensei he had no eyes because 1 eye was\nin nagato and the other was in Obito and the reason he could use susanoo still\nwas because susanoo is a spiritual ethereal creature made of pure chakra\nsummoned by a sharingan user who has has mastered a unique mangekyou sharingan\nability in each eye\n\nand for the guy who wandered how he could use susanoo while he had his\nRinnegan active its easy. he awakened the Rinnegan naturally(albeit in a\ncheating manner) so his eyes evolved from pure EMS to an to the Rinnegan the\ncompleted Rinnegan has the full power of both sharingan and Rinnegan the\nreason is because the sages son Indra inherited his eyes in the form of the\nsharingan(because the Sharingan actually predates the Rinnegan and was one of\n2 dojutsu the sages mom had(byakugan and Sharingan)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-15T14:29:38.073", "id": "9739", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-01T08:23:02.710", "last_edit_date": "2016-08-01T08:23:02.710", "last_editor_user_id": "4902", "owner_user_id": "4902", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe normal abilities of the Mangekyou Sharingan are Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.\nHowever, there are not many Mangekyou sharigan users. If the user are skilled\nin genjutsu the user will eventually be able to use the Tsukuyomi better. For\nexample Itachi was skilled in Tsukuyomi and that's why he can use it so well.\nShisui was the best in genjutsu before attaining the Mangekyou sharingan so\nwhen he got the MS, he enhanced the genjutsu, forming Kotoamatsukami. Sasuke\ncannot use the Tsukuyomi as well as Itachi, but Itachi implanted his already\nskilled use of Amaterasu in Sasuke, so that's why Sasuke could use Amaterasu\nso well.\n\nWhen Obito gained his Mangekyou sharingan he somehow gained his own special\npower called Kamui. His left eye is what Kakashi has and it's a long range\npower, whereas Obito's left eye is short range.\n\nWhen the Mangekyou sharingan user can use the powers of the 2 eyes they may\nunlock the Susanno. Shisui's Kotoamatsukami used his two eyes; that's why he\ncan use Susanno also.\n\nHoped this helped!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-26T20:51:30.483", "id": "13649", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-26T21:36:01.770", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-26T21:36:01.770", "last_editor_user_id": "7579", "owner_user_id": "8145", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe abilities of the eyes are determined by the users skill and there own\ntraining. Amaterasu was given to Sasuke by Itachi and in his other eye he\nimplanted blaze control so that he could incorporate Amaterasu into has\nchidori and as an example Sasuke was able to use part of Susano'o before he\nhad blaze control and Amaterasu.\n\nAnd to clear something up the user does not have to have Amaterasu or\nTsukuyomi, they only have to master the two abilities that they chose to\nimplant into there eyes through concentration and training which is shown when\nKakashi uses Susano'o\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-19T18:13:26.120", "id": "15184", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-19T18:22:13.483", "last_edit_date": "2014-11-19T18:22:13.483", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "9252", "parent_id": "846", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "3226", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nIn episode 71, Saga wears his Gemini Golden Cloth when he was fully naked. But\nin episode 73, when his cloth shatters, we see that he is wearing a pair of\npants. When did he put on those pants? Where did they come from? Were they\nhidden inside the Golden Cloth?\n\n \n_Just before he wears his cloth. (Episode 71)_\n\n  \n_When his cloth shatters. (Episode 73)_\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2012-12-30T23:20:24.003", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "849", "last_activity_date": "2016-03-25T23:17:59.257", "last_edit_date": "2016-03-25T23:17:59.257", "last_editor_user_id": "17758", "owner_user_id": "18", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "saint-seiya" ], "title": "Where do Saga's pants come from?", "view_count": 1021 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter rewatching this a couple times, I believe this is just a case of\ncensoring.\n\nWhen the Cloth is put on to begin with, there is really no way there could be\na single, contiguous (cyan) fabric encased within it:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kIucX.png)\n\nAs you can see, the Cloth itself is made up of multiple pieces, so it's more\nthan likely the pants did not come from the Cloth.\n\nIf we discount the option of him, somehow, off-camera, removing the armor and\nplacing the pants beneath, the only option is that it was added as a censor;\nas @user301 noted in a comment above, the lighting when the Cloth shattered\ndid not permit a shadow in Saga's groin area (nor did the subsequent shots\nallow blocking it); so, in order to not have to do a black box or pixelation,\nthe production staff opted to use a concept similar to [Magic\nPants](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicPants), permitting Saga\nto have a pair of pants remaining after the Cloth itself shattered.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-04-02T22:36:24.837", "id": "3226", "last_activity_date": "2013-04-02T22:36:24.837", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "849", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the Anime, strange effects happen with clothing when wearing the Cloth (and\nlater removing it).\n\nAt many points of the series, you can see that when Seiya wears the Cloth, his\npants are changed from his trademark jeans to another kind of elastic fabric.\nWhen he takes off his Cloth, or when it is destroyed, this fabric is kept\ninstead of returning to jeans. I recalling this effect was evident also with\nShun, but happens to every Saint.\n\nCompare it to a magical girl transformation.\n\nI must say that the manga do not incur on this. When Seiya wears Saggitarius\nCloth for the first time, you can see the star patterned-pyjama under it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T12:21:27.280", "id": "4731", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T12:21:27.280", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "849", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "855", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWe're all aware of Public Security Section 9, its operatives and scope.\n\nThe question is: are there other known sections, and if so, what are their\nscopes/mandates?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-01T07:30:56.053", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "854", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-09T04:38:20.610", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-09T04:38:20.610", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "60", "post_type": "question", "score": 14, "tags": [ "ghost-in-the-shell" ], "title": "Are there other known public security sections other than Section 9?", "view_count": 2014 }

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, there are other sections, first mentioned in the first movie.\n\n**Section 1** \nAlso known as the _Special Service Squad_ , it acts like a special police unit\n(compare: SWAT)\n\n**Section 2**\n\n> Section 2 is under the control of the Ministry of Health, Labour and\n> Welfare, in charge of conducting law enforcement matters regarding\n> unauthorized experiments and patents take place without the Ministry of\n> Health, Labour and Welfare's consent.\n\n**Section 3** \nEnforces the anti-drug operations in Japan.\n\n**Section 4** \nA special unit in the _Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces_ , also known as\n\"The Rangers\".\n\n**Section 6**\n\n> Section 6 is an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance unit under\n> jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs known as the Treaty Council.\n\nQoutes are from the [Ghost In The Shell-\nWikia](http://ghostintheshell.wikia.com/wiki/Organizations).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-01T17:27:07.817", "id": "855", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-01T17:27:07.817", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "854", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\n### Section 1\n\nAlso known as \"Special Service Squad\". This section investigates very serious\ncrimes, and its reach is limited to Japan only.\n\n### Section 2\n\nEnforces law in the area of biomedical experiments (un)authorized by Ministry\nof Health, Labour and Welfare. Also enforces patents.\n\n### Section 3\n\nWorks the drug-related crimes in Japan.\n\n### Section 4\n\nSpecial forces unit called \"The Rangers\". Batou is an ex-ranger and has\ncyberized eyes like the rest of his former colleagues, as seen in GITS:SAC.\n\n### Section 6\n\nSurveillance and Reconnaissance unit. They are not very cyberized and they\ndon't see much action.\n\nSource is\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Ghost_in_the_Shell#Public_Security_Bureaus)\nplus my own recollection of the events. It is currently unknown what sections\n5, 7 and 8 do.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-17T19:27:09.610", "id": "18613", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-17T19:27:09.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "854", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "857", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nOn Wikipedia there are two lists about [box office\nbombs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_box_office_bombs) and [highest-\ngrossing films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films).\nOn nearly every movie page on Wikipedia, there are two values: _budget_ and\n_box office_ , showing how much a film costs and how much it yields.\n\nIs there something like this for anime, considering home videos, worldwide\nlicenses and/or merchandising?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-01T20:35:20.293", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "856", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-14T13:11:37.663", "last_edit_date": "2016-09-14T13:11:37.663", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "98", "post_type": "question", "score": 12, "tags": [ "anime-production", "resources" ], "title": "Are anime budget and worldwide gross data publicly available?", "view_count": 3859 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI doubt that the budgets are available for every series. Studios rarely have\nany incentive to release these numbers, and it could make fans angry if they\nthink the studio isn't giving their favorite series a big enough budget.\n\nI was able to find some information. A single episode of anime generally costs\naround 10 million yen (see [here](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-\nnews/2011/10/30-1/how-much-does-one-episode-of-anime-cost-to-make) or\n[here](http://www.kajisoku-f-2.com/dd/img2-03/img1156_w02.jpg), roughly\n$115,000 USD), though the exact number varies depending on production quality,\nvoice actors, licensing fees, and other factors. The best I've been able to\nfind is [this](http://alfalfa.livedoor.biz/archives/50621035.html), which\nreally only has a few anime series from 2005 and earlier, and also includes a\nlot of western animation.\n\nAs a note, sales figues, unlike production figures, are widely reported. [This\nforum thread](http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=111958) has a lot of\ndata related to that. This gives a sort of upper bound on the production\ncosts, but it's not usually very accurate. For instance, the first season of\nFate/Zero sold 52,133 bluray boxes at 39,900 yen each (roughly $496 USD), so\nthe total revenue is about 2 billion yen, which for a 13 episode show\ncorresponds to 160 million yen per episode. That's certainly way more than\nthey actually spent.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-01T22:20:22.537", "id": "857", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-01T22:20:22.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "856", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nLogan M's answer covers most of the points. But you're unlikely to find\nnumbers like this easily available because studios _really_ like to keep these\nthings under wraps and in-house. A recent article on ANN about [licensing\nanime](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-06-11) mentions how even\nin these contracts, costs are entirely covered in non-disclosure, so not even\nU.S. licensors are allowed to talk about how much they spent on a particular\ntitle.\n\nThere are cases where a gross or profit margins are published, or even\nproduction costs. But it seems mostly with titles that are screened in\ntheatres (e.g. movies) where box office stats are tracked by multiple sources,\nand less likely with a TV series or OVA.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-02T00:48:11.607", "id": "858", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-02T00:48:11.607", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "856", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "861", "answer_count": 5, "body": "\n\n**This question contains spoilers**\n\nTobi introduced himself as Madara to Nagato and Konan. Zetsu knows his _real_\nidentity. He showed his real face to Kisame. Itachi at least knows that Tobi\nis not a goofball (if not his real identity). Why did he have to put up a\ngoofball facade for Sasori, Deidara, Kakuzu and Hidan? There were reasons to\nkeep his real identity hidden, but why did he not introduce himself as Madara\nto the whole group?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-02T09:43:54.360", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "859", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-08T00:05:11.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 14, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why does Tobi put up a goofball facade initially?", "view_count": 17088 }

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara told Obito/Tobi to use his identity until he is revived. Since he used\nMadara's identity, he had to wear a mask, otherwise some may had revealed that\nhe isn't Madara.\n\nFound in [this Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Obito_Uchiha) on chapter\n\"Moving the Plan Forward\" and from Chapter 606 in the Manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-02T12:42:59.683", "id": "860", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-02T12:42:59.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47", "parent_id": "859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nTobi acted like a goofball to hide his true nature. Pein was the leader of\nAkatsuki, but\n\n> Tobi was the one pulling the strings behind everything so he had to mask his\n> true identity and seem unworthy of investigation.\n\nTobi made himself look weak and useless, which is perfect for his disguise.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-03T11:31:34.317", "id": "861", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-03T11:31:34.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, deidara did express some negative connotations and resentment towards\nthe Uchiha clan and their sharingan. Since he was paired up with Deidara, if\nhe had expressed his identity of Madara in the beginning, that may have\ncreated possible tension/conflict. But, that is only speculation and a small\nfragment of the possible answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-11T05:45:36.043", "id": "28848", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-11T05:45:36.043", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20363", "parent_id": "859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think there might be just two key reasons from which other explanations to\nhis fool facade come.\n\nFor one, the writing pov, it was an interesting plot device to remove viewers'\nattention from him as a relevant villain and focus on the Naruto-Sasuke\noverarching drama. His attitude also lightened up the atmosphere when\nsometimes it could get too dark (it is still a manga for shonen) and return\nhope to viewers that the good side will win (since the bad guys seemed to have\nan irredeemable idiot on their side). Further, when Tobi started showing his\ntrue colours (albeit in a slow tempo), the contrast between his joker-like\nattitude and his mysterious grand powers would make viewers confused, maybe\nslightly scared of him and scared for the well being of the good guys (since\nthere is this weird goof who starts teleporting and becoming untouchable in\nthe most stressful of situations). These emotions are pretty important to keep\ninterest in the manga/anime, develop the plot, offer a more complex nuance to\nit and so on.\n\nNow for the second reason, from Tobi's character pov, he adopted this attitude\nso he would not attract attention to him, since if anyone knew there was a\nroaming left-dead-but-still-alive Uchiha who was hat powerful Tobi would\nbecome a straight-up target. Now he still pretended to be Madara because that\nname evokes much fear so any potential hunt for him would be delayed until\ncareful plans are developed (which would give him enough time to further his\nown agenda). Additionally, by appearing stupid, none of the Akatsuki would pay\nattetion to him, hence allowing him to observe the members and adjust the\nmanaging of the group.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-10-01T15:11:14.953", "id": "65673", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-01T15:11:14.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62434", "parent_id": "859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAnother possible answer (though it answered very well by others) -\n\nIn ep344-345 in Obito and Madaara episodes, we see one of \"Hashimura clones\"\nacting in very stupid way, or as this question title suggest - goofy way, he\njoked about poop things and such, and actually his shape has the same pattern\nof Obito \"Tobi's\" mask.\n\nWhen seeing those episodes, you can see properly that Obito knows well how to\nplay another role with another voice, and he copied that \"goofball\"\npersonality as well as he copied Madaara's voice and personality. You can say\nthat in some way Obito \"merged\" with that clone.\n\nNow, this may answer why he chose the goofball personality on purpose rather\nthan making new personality, but the other part of the question is answered by\nothers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-10-08T00:05:11.957", "id": "65702", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-08T00:05:11.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "863", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI have noticed that anime adapted from a manga _heavily_ tone down the level\nof violence and \"fanservice\" (sometimes skipping them entirely). Why is the\ncensorship level different between manga and anime? I assume they are bound by\nthe same censorship laws, or is this not true?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-04T06:39:36.527", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "862", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-14T10:09:08.747", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-04T08:51:42.553", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 20, "tags": [ "culture", "censorship" ], "title": "Why does censorship level differ between manga and anime?", "view_count": 4913 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere's a [Manga Censorship\npanel](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2011/san-diego-comic-con/21)\nat Comic con that talks a bit about habits in Manga, of note:\n\n> Fujimoto also pointed out the particular demographic stratification of manga\n> into shonen, shojo, seinen and josei (boys, girls, men and women) genres,\n> resulting in a product range that spans all ages. Each of the various manga\n> magazines published in Japan is targeted to one of these specific\n> demographics, resulting in about a 50-50 split between manga aimed at those\n> under 18 and manga aimed at adults.\n\nAdditionally, where money made from manga is primarily sales as opposed to\nsomething like an anime TV series where there's both a considerable investment\nfrom the studio, sponsors, and in most cases licensing for products (like\nfigures, T-shirts, etc.), the panel also noted that:\n\n> Kanemitsu opened by saying that, despite the most idealistic wishes of\n> progressive thinkers, Japanese publishers may not necessarily be fighting at\n> full force against censorship. Other disconnects also exist between the\n> definitions of obscenity and child pornography in Japan versus the United\n> States, and also how the different cultures conduct business.\n\nIn anime, sponsorship and how much a TV studio has to play in anime\nproductions is a much greater influence than the stores that sell manga has\nover mangaka and editors. Cowboy Bebop was originally taken off the air mid-\nway when it first aired because TV Tokyo said it was too violent. There were\npurportedly studio and sponsorship pressure on GAINAX during the original run\nof Evangelion.\n\nThen you have late-night and satellite TV anime series which show nudity and\nviolence, or OVAs which, as long as properly labeled, can be borderline\npornography. The former has lax studio pressure and the sponsors already know\ntheir demographic. The later is not much different from how manga is sold and\ndistributed, at a store where titles that would normally be censored are\nlabeled appropriately or are in their own sections.\n\nAs quoted above, because of the way manga is distributed, there's a 50/50\nsplit between manga produced for under 18 and those for adults. So you have a\nlot more content that's risque or violent in manga because of the split. A few\ndecades ago when most of the distribution of anime were straight to video, a\nlot more shows contained nudity and violence, even ones that weren't\nnecessarily aimed at adults. But because of the distribution method, the\nanimation studios themselves had a lot more control over what they could write\nand animate. Around the mid-to-late 90's, TV studios started airing more and\nmore shows, and they had their own guidelines on what they would and wouldn't\nair so even the incidental nudity and blood were taken completely out if\nanimation studios wanted to produce a TV show that aired on a national station\nduring the day. Note that when a show that aired on TV, that needed to be\ncensored so the stations would air them, makes it onto physical media like\nDVD's and Bluray's, those white/black washes, glares, steam, etc. are all\nremoved and are uncensored.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-04T09:15:44.907", "id": "863", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-04T09:15:44.907", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "862", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "865", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn _Naruto_ , the [Hyūga clan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hy%C5%ABga_clan)\nis divided into two houses: the main house and the branch house. \nThe main house members brand the branch house members with a\n[**Juinjutsu**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hy%C5%ABga_Main_Family%27s_Juinjutsu)\n(Cursed mark), which has the objective of sealing away the Byakugan upon the\ndeath of the one branded. It also has the function of controlling the branch\nhouse members through the destruction of the wearer's brain cells, which can\nbe activated by a hand seal only known by the main house members.\n\nThe seal looks like this:\n\n\n\nAlthough the Hyūga Main Family's Juinjutsu was [altered in the\nanime](http://images.wikia.com/naruto/images/e/e8/Cursed_Seal_Hy%C5%ABga_%28Anime%29.svg)\nfor its resemblance with a [swastika](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika)\n(and the connotation with the Nazi regime), the manga version maintains its\noriginal design.\n\nQuoting directly from Wikipedia:\n\n> The word \"swastika\" comes from the Sanskrit swastika - \"su\" meaning \"good,\"\n> \"asti\" meaning \"to be,\" and \"ka\" as a suffix. The swastika literally means\n> **\"to be good\"**. Or another translation can be made: \"swa\" is \"higher\n> self\", \"asti\" meaning \"being\", and \"ka\" as a suffix, so the translation can\n> be interpreted as **\"being with higher self\"**.\n\nBoth these translations would fit (at least according to my interpretation)\nthe secondary purpose of the Juinjutsu: \n\\- **To be good** : the secondary function of the Juinjutsu is to control the\nbranch house members, which is to 'make them good' (at least to make them\nsubmit themselves to the main house members' will). \n\\- **Being with higher self** : the Juinjutsu links the branch house members\n('lower self') with the main house members ('higher self').\n\nAre there any canon sources that state: \n**If this resemblance is purely coincidental? Or if the seal is _really_ a\nswastika?**\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-04T23:39:11.530", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "864", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-23T15:27:15.380", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T19:54:08.263", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "49", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "naruto", "symbolism" ], "title": "Is the Hyuuga main family's juinjutsu a Swastika?", "view_count": 7663 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is probably intentionally a swastika, though it is definitely not referring\nto Naziism. I don't know anything about Naruto canon, so I have no official\nsource, but swastikas are often highly stylized and this certainly fits the\nbill. Googling for \"Hindu swastika\" or \"Buddhist swastika\" will yield plenty\nof images, some of which are pretty distorted (more than the image you've\nposted), so it's very likely not a coincidence. For instance, this Hindu\nswastika is very common:\n\n.\n\nSwastikas are common in Buddhism, Hinduism, and many other eastern religions\n(Buddhism being the most common in Japan), and are well-known in both the East\nand West, though with different interpretations. In particular, in Buddhism,\nthe swastika is usually counter-clockwise (Nazi swastikas were clockwise, and\nthe seal you have posted is counter-clockwise as one would expect of a\nBuddhist swastika). It doesn't have quite the same meaning as you've described\nin Buddhism; most Buddhists think of the Swastika as a symbol for eternity,\nprotection, and good luck.\n\nIn Japanese, this Buddhist symbol is called _manji_ or 卍字 and is used as a\nsort-of official symbol for Buddhism similar to how crosses represent\nChristianity. Maps usually indicate Buddhist temples with these manji. While\nJapanese people (as well as most other Eastern cultures) would recognize the\nNazi swastika by it's design, they would not associate all swastikas with\nNaziism as many would in the West. In short, I'd be extremely surprised if\nanyone coincidentally drew one in a manga without intending some symbolism,\nand it's a common enough symbol that there may not be any official mention of\nit. The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika) has a lot\nof information on the subject, so it's worth a read.\n\nAs a note, swastikas are used in a number of other manga, including Yu Yu\nHakusho and Blade of the Immortal (the latter retained the swastikas in the\nEnglish versions).\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-05T00:22:15.443", "id": "865", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-05T00:37:27.160", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-05T00:37:27.160", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "864", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "871", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThough he is initially shown as a normal human, it is later revealed that he\nonce had Shinigami powers, and later he is the only one\n\n> Who knows about Ichigo's true powers, and who tells Ichigo how to train for\n> the last battle against Aizen.\n\nBut the The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc where\n\n> Ichigo fights Ginjo, it's revealed that Ginjo was the first Substitute\n> Shinigami.\n\nSo what is Ichigo's father and why does he know what he knows? Also, why he\ndoesn't seem to have any Shinigami powers, while he knows so much about them?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-05T20:03:21.680", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "866", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T13:21:15.313", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-11T13:21:15.313", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "19", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Who is Ichigo's Father, Isshin?", "view_count": 1919 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIsshin Kurosaki used to be a Shinigami of an unknown division and rank.\nAccording to bleach.wikia.com:\n\n> About twenty years ago, he ceased being a Shinigami, losing most of his\n> powers.\n\nHe still has a shikai, which he uses during the Fake Karakura arc.\n\nSpoiler:\n\n> Ichigo also has Quincy powers that have been implied to be related to his\n> mother. If Ichigo's mother was a Quincy, Isshin may have known.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-06T03:50:56.743", "id": "871", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T03:47:14.520", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-11T03:47:14.520", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "866", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "870", "answer_count": 7, "body": "\n\nOther shinigami are always in normal mode, and then when needed, transform\ninto Shikai or Bankai modes. But as soon as Ichigo leaned Bankai mode he never\nwent back to normal mode. Or maybe he is always in normal mode and he always\nskips Shikai and goes straight into Bankai mode? Why is he different?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-05T21:00:47.963", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "867", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-05T16:05:07.720", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-30T13:56:45.663", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "19", "post_type": "question", "score": 13, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Why is Ichigo always in Shikai mode?", "view_count": 50148 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIchigo is always in his Shikai released state. He has been ever since he\nlearned Zangetsu's name.\n\nIt is unclear and was never explained.\n\nIt's also worth noting that Zangetsu doesn't have a command for awakening.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-05T21:03:29.133", "id": "868", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-05T21:03:29.133", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe _two_ characters with constantly released shikai are Ichigo and Zaraki.\nBoth have trait of excessive energy and Zaraki says so openly as explanation\nfor released state of his sword. Which doesn't necessarily mean he is correct\nabout it - he is not into technical side of things.\n\nSince both of them are quite unconventional characters in setting and their\nabilities are not fully explored, there was no conclusive reason given for it\nso far.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-05T21:32:02.093", "id": "869", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-05T21:32:02.093", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "307", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [Bleach\nWiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Ichigo_Kurosaki#Zanpakut.C5.8D),\n\n> Yoruichi Shihōin has stated that his Zanpakutō is a full-time released form\n> type because of Ichigo's vast but uncontrollable spiritual energy upon\n> generation of it, implying that it is simply a type of Zanpakutō that,\n> without proper control of his spiritual energy, once in Shikai form, remains\n> in said state.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-06T02:15:30.310", "id": "870", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-06T02:15:30.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is not explained why Ichigo's sword is always in it's released state but\nmany assume it is due to his massive spiritual pressure. although with new\ninformation some are considering that it is due to his quincy lineage.\n\nAnd unlike what [Rarst's answer\nsays](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/867/why-is-ichigo-always-in-\nshikai-mode/869#869), Kenpachi Zaraki's sword is not always in its released\nstate. Kenpachi does not have a released state at this point in time is due to\nthe fact that he has never spoken with his zanpakuto. That is just how his\nswords unreleased state looks just as all soul reaper's have different shaped\nunreleased zanpakuto. They are all katanas but of different size and shape.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-01T07:13:20.053", "id": "4267", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-01T13:10:01.833", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1972", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIchigo is always in shikai mode due to his inability to completely control his\nmassive reiatsu. It is the same with Zaraki, when he openly states that his\nisn't in its sealed form and that he doesn't even know the name of his\nzanpakuto, when Ichigo asked him why Zaraki's looked different from everybody\nelse's.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-13T02:34:44.480", "id": "5171", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-13T05:24:58.743", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-13T05:24:58.743", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2375", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIchigo cannot seal his sword for a few reasons 1\\. His seal state was\ndestroyed by byakua 2\\. He dosent know how 3\\. His spiritual pressure most\nprobably stops him from doing so\n\nand kempatchi has already stated his sword does not have a sealed state due to\nhis sirritual pressure. It maybe not a full shikai state but it isnt a sealed\nstate possibly closer to how umichicas acts as he can partialy release his\nshikai\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-21T17:30:48.573", "id": "6489", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-21T18:57:16.093", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-21T18:57:16.093", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "3062", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is not known whether or not Ichigo can reseal his Zanpakuto. However,\nZaraki Kenpachi is a different story. Zaraki openly states he never put a seal\non his Zanpakuto, opening a new level of discussion. It implies that when\nShinigami receive their Zanpakuto they unconsiously put a seal on it which\nputs it in the common katana state. I could go on typing for days but the\nshort answer is... Tite Kubo probably thinks Ichigo's Shikai looks better that\nhis sealed state.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-11T03:49:33.153", "id": "6848", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-05T16:05:07.720", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-05T16:05:07.720", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3288", "parent_id": "867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "874", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nAfter some time, it is discovered that Takumi Usui is member of the Walker\nFamily. The family connection, however, is unclear.\n\nWhat's the Takumi's position in the Walker Family? How can he become the\nWalker Family heir?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-06T16:20:51.530", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "873", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-07T11:22:34.150", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-07T11:22:34.150", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "maid-sama" ], "title": "What is Takumi's position in the Walker Family?", "view_count": 408 }

[ { "body": "\n\nUsui is the son of a woman from the Walker Family, Patricia Walker, and her\nbutler, Yuu Hirose. According to maid-sama.wikia.com:\n\n> Usui's family has started to worry as Gerard is supposed to be the next\n> inheritor of their wealth. So they began to search for Usui to put him under\n> their control (they asked him to transfer to Miyabigaoka) so that they would\n> have another inheritor in case something happens to Gerard.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-07T01:00:24.547", "id": "874", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-07T01:00:24.547", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "873", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThe sequels to Hidamari Sketch all have \"taglines\" of one sort or the other.\nThey are:\n\n * Hidamari Sketch x 365\n * Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu\n * Hidamari Sketch x SP\n * Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb\n\nWhat do _365_ , _hoshimittsu_ , _SP_ , and _honeycomb_ signify and/or why were\nthey chosen in particular?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-08T19:38:45.597", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "877", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-09T16:49:13.993", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-09T07:37:34.257", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "247", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "hidamari-sketch" ], "title": "What do the Hidamari Sketch \"taglines\" signify?", "view_count": 395 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis answer is purely speculation so if somebody else posts an answer that has\nan official source, please feel free to accept that answer instead.\n\n * 365 (Season 2): Some of these events take place before, during, and after season 1 if I remember correctly. So basically they're saying something like \"we're going back to then and showing you all 365 days of their year!\" (except they aren't literally showing you all 365, just more of what you saw in season 1)\n * Hoshimittsu/☆☆☆ (Season 3): Three stars for season three\n * Honeycomb (Season 4): There are six sides on a typical honeycomb, and there are six girls living at Hidamarisou. If this is the reasoning, they could've used this title for season 3 as well though.\n\nAs Logan M said in the comments, SP just stands for \"special\" (as opposed to a\nTV series). I don't think there is any significant meaning beyond that.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-09T16:37:34.330", "id": "883", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-09T16:49:13.993", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-09T16:49:13.993", "last_editor_user_id": "107", "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "877", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "881", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the chapter 136, it shows Cassano saying:\n\n\n\nWhy is Cassano referred to as the \"Devil of the Right Arm\" and not Horyang?\n\nThey both have the same \"devil\" inside them, but Horyang has it on his right\nside:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-09T01:50:54.083", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "878", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T00:10:10.703", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-09T17:56:48.487", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "222", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "tower-of-god" ], "title": "Why is Cassano called the \"Devil of the Right Arm\"?", "view_count": 810 }

[ { "body": "\n\nEven though Horyang made a name for himself as the \"devil of the right arm\",\nhe stopped climbing the tower after reaching the 20th floor (as he explains in\nchapter 122, page 28). Cassano, who appeared later, rode on Horyang's fame and\nborrowed his fearsome \"title\". People mistook Cassano for the real \"devil of\nthe right arm\"; some people, including Koon's party, are searching for this\nnewly appeared \"devil of the right arm\".\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-09T13:34:46.093", "id": "881", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T00:10:10.703", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T00:10:10.703", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "878", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "893", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn _Negima! Magister Negi Magi_ , we note that Asuna has\n[heterochromia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum), with one\ngreen and one blue eye. Here's a shot taken from official artwork.\n\n\n\nHowever, in _Negima!?_ , we note that she doesn't have it at all. Here's a\nshot taken from the third (I think) episode.\n\n\n\nWhat is the significance, if there is any, of Asuna's heterochromia? Why\nwasn't it present in the second season?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T02:13:13.430", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "890", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T18:13:14.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "negima" ], "title": "What is the significance of Asuna's heterochromia?", "view_count": 960 }

[ { "body": "\n\n# There is no significance\n\n[Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofushia, a.ka. Asuna\nKagurazaka](http://negima.wikia.com/wiki/Asuna_Kagurazaka), has one green eye,\nand one blue eye, as depicted in every canon appearance except in _Negima!?_\nThere is no real known significance as to why she has heterochromia, though it\nmay have something to do with the fact she is of royal descent. She is seen as\nhaving heterochromia before she looses her memory, so that isn't the cause.\n\nAs far as why _Negima!?_ is different, it is because it is a different studio\nwho worked on this project, and they did [redesigns for many of the\ncharacters](http://negima.wikia.com/wiki/Negima!%3f#Characters_Appearance).\n_Negima!?_ actually has a number of differences from the original manga.\n\n## That we know of...\n\nMahou Sensei Negima (the manga) was canceled, so there were many stories that\nwent unexplored. There is a possibility that this is something that the author\nwas unable to reveal because it involved bigger plans around Asuna. Sadly,\nwithout speaking with the author himself, there isn't any way to know.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T06:50:32.827", "id": "893", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T18:13:14.667", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "118", "parent_id": "890", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "892", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIt is a given that One Piece is immensely popular in Japan, but is there any\nstatistical data indicating the scale of its popular it is (historically, with\nrespect to other popular series) in Japan?\n\nNote that I am **NOT** asking \"What makes One Piece so popular (in Japan)?\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T02:49:17.683", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "891", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T12:47:58.750", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-10T12:47:58.750", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 15, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "How popular is One Piece in Japan?", "view_count": 3447 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe wikipedia article about One Piece has some interesting statistics.\nAccording to [it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece#cite_note-\ncomipress2008-1), in 2008 Once Piece became the highest-circulated manga\nseries (whatever that means), achieving a circulation of 5,956,540, according\nto [this page](http://comipress.com/article/2008/12/31/3733). To compare:\nNaruto, which had the second place, had a circulation of 4,261,054.\n\nIn 2010 it was announced that 260 millions of manga volumes had been sold, and\nVolume 61 set a record as the highest initial print run of any book in Japan\nin history, with 3.8 million copies. If you think about it, it's _huge_. It\neven beats Harry Potter's sale rates.\n\nIt is also mentioned that One Piece is the best-selling series of all time in\nmanga history, exceeding [270 million\nvolumes](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-\nmanga-by-all-time-volume-sales) sold as of [February\n2012](http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2012/pdf/boys.pdf).\n\n\n\nJust to compare (although it may not be an exact analogy),\n[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books#List_of_best-\nselling_book_series) is the list of the most selling book series in history.\n\nYou can find some more infomation and numbers in [the \"reception\"\npart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece#Manga_2) of the article.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T05:19:10.667", "id": "892", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T06:07:06.450", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-10T06:07:06.450", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "891", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "918", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nI've now watched quite a few anime and I'm still at a loss as to what the term\n_moe_ represents. Is there an agreed upon definition for it? If a character is\n_moe_ , what does that mean?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T14:36:37.353", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "894", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-11T15:39:42.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "post_type": "question", "score": 64, "tags": [ "japanese-language", "terminology" ], "title": "What does 'moe' mean?", "view_count": 107995 }

[ { "body": "\n\n> Coined in Japan in the late '90s, \"Moe\" (萌え, pronounced as \"Mo-Eh\", derived\n> from a Japanese word that means \"budding, to sprout/bloom\") is an ill-\n> defined otaku term that means, amongst other things, \"cute\", \"huggable\", or\n> \"endearing\". While it's sometimes used to describe a series, it's more about\n> a specific ideal or kind of character, similar to Kawaisa. When used as an\n> interjection, figuratively, it's used to convey that \"something blooms\n> inside your heart\".\n\nRead more at tvtropes: [Moe](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Moe).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T15:50:23.593", "id": "895", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-08T06:13:13.080", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-08T06:13:13.080", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "894", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nHere's a desctiption from [Anime News\nNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=77)\n\n> Moe is a Japanese term used in connection with manga or anime to describe\n> something precious, usually (but not always) the ideal of youthful and\n> innocent femininity. Written with the kanji for \"to bud or sprout\" (萌), the\n> concept covers a range of ideal behaviour for youthful female characters in\n> manga or anime. To be moe, a character can be eager or perky, not overly\n> independent, and call forth a desire in the viewer to protect them and\n> nurture them. The term is also used to describe any preciously cute item;\n> there is an animal mascot character store in Tokyo called Moe.\n>\n> There is a lot of debate over the crossover between moe fandom and lolicon.\n> While the crossover exists among fans and products the two genres are not\n> synonymous.\n\nI think it's a good enough definition, but just for you to be able to\nconsider, here are a few others:\n\n * [on manga.about.com](http://manga.about.com/od/glossary/g/moe.htm)\n * [on animevice.com](http://www.animevice.com/moe/22-7/)\n\nBasically, all of those define moe in the same way, but with different words\nor phrases.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T15:53:18.110", "id": "896", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T15:53:18.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "894", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nHere is an [academic\npaper](http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/2009/Galbraith.html)1 with\nan analysis of the concept of moe, including its history and origin,\nrelationship to the socio-economics of Japan, previous academic studies of\nmoe, otaku and fujoshi psychology, and a very in-depth analysis of _what moe\nactually is_.\n\nA short table of contents of the topics covered:\n\n * Japanese critical discourse\n * Emergence of the _moe_ form\n * _Otaku_ discussions of _moe_\n * _Moe_ desire and sexuality\n * _Moe_ in relation to 'reality'\n * The female approach to _moe_\n * _Fujoshi_ exposing virtual potential in reality\n\nTo quote from its conclusion,\n\n> Both _otaku_ and _fujoshi_ describe _moe_ fantasy as 'pure,' or set apart\n> from reality, and it precisely because it is pure that it can give birth to\n> such perverse and polymorphous possibilities. The _moe_ character is a 'body\n> without organs' and it engenders virtual possibilities without limits or\n> control. Stated another way, _moe_ describes affect, or an unstructured\n> intensity in response to the virtual possibilities of fantasy characters.\n> Whether it is the girl-child popular among men or the homosexual boys\n> popular among women, these young characters are not part of the 'real' world\n> and do not demand their partners be socially mature and responsible adults;\n> with _moe_ characters, men can experience love outside the confines of\n> manhood (defined by work) and women love outside the confines of womanhood\n> (defined by childbirth).\n\n* * *\n\n1 \"Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential in Post-Millennial Japan\", by Patrick W.\nGalbraith. Published in the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese\nStudies, article 5 of 2009; first published on 31 October 2009.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T08:59:45.037", "id": "918", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-08T06:10:20.213", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-08T06:10:20.213", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "894", "post_type": "answer", "score": 40 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "914", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nIn Episode 19 of Fate Zero, Natalia is in the baggage compartment when the\nghoul (bees) take over the cabin.\n\nHow does she manage to safely get into the cockpit?\n\n\n\nAFAIK, there is no way to get directly into the cockpit without going through\nthe cabin. Thus it would be next to impossible for her to get into the cockpit\nwithout being overwhelmed by the bees.\n\n\n\nDoes the Manga shed any light on this?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T16:13:24.607", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "897", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-03T00:07:33.583", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-03T00:07:33.583", "last_editor_user_id": "17", "owner_user_id": "17", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "fate-zero" ], "title": "How does Natalia get from the baggage compartment to the cockpit?", "view_count": 1076 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe plane that they were in is an Airbus A300-B2 which has a seal-tight\ncockpit door, it should have been able to keep the bees out but didn't, which\ncould mean that it was open during the incident. It still doesn't explain how\nshe managed to dodge the bees through the cabin, which she would have had to\ntraverse in order to reach the cockpit. It's possible that, unlike real bees,\nthese magic ghoul ones are slow and you can easily dodge them if you knew\nwhere they were. Or maybe, she's just got crazy skills.\n\nThe Manga doesn't shed any light on how she got through the cabin, though the\noriginal light novels may.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T19:02:54.377", "id": "898", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T19:02:54.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "897", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nMy speculation, but recall how in Episode 15, Tohsaka Tokiomi could conjure a\nshield that killed Matou Kariya's bugs upon contact. Since Natalia can also\nuse magecraft (as seen from the magic circle she drew to kill Odd Vorak on the\nplane), she may have conjured a similar shield to force her way through the\ncabin.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T13:08:36.713", "id": "911", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T14:18:14.700", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-11T14:18:14.700", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "897", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nTo supplement Jon Li's answer, the light novels do not answer the question\neither. The relevant section is the interlude at the beginning of volume 4. In\nthe novel, they show almost no details of the event. They describe briefly the\nassassination and afterwards the bees taking over the cabin, but there is\nbasically no description of what Natalia does between killing Volsack and\nradioing Kiritsugu from the cockpit.\n\nHowever, it did take quite a long time for her to get to the cockpit--over 2\nhours, and it's implied that it was a difficult fight, so she may have battled\nher way through the cabin.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T22:54:47.080", "id": "914", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T22:54:47.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "897", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "901", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn xxxHolic, Watanuki is stated as being Tsubasa (Syaoran) Li's alternate\nexistence. What does that mean? How does that work?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T22:07:12.063", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "899", "last_activity_date": "2018-03-04T15:09:32.127", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-16T05:33:42.270", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "xxxholic" ], "title": "Who is Kimihiro Watanuki?", "view_count": 7318 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this page](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Kimihiro_Watanuki)\n\n> He [Watanuki] was born when Syaoran made his wish of rewinding time, in\n> order to fill his void left to his parents.1 Thus he became Syaoran and\n> Sakura's son, but they made a wish for him to be different to \"Syaoran Li\"\n> otherwise he would cease to exist.\n\nAnd according to [this page](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Syaoran_Li), it was\nconfirmed by a fortune teller in xxxHolic.2\n\n* * *\n\n[This page](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Tsubasa_Li) states that\n\n> Watanuki is created to 'replace' Syaoran as the son of Sakura and Syaoran\n> Li.\n\n* * *\n\nAnd it also states that he\n\n> was \"born\" to replace the void in the relationships Syaoran had made.\n\n* * *\n\nAlso, [this other page](http://xxxholic.wikia.com/wiki/Kimihiro_Watanuki) says\nthat\n\n> Watanuki was in fact created out of a space time distortion to replace\n> Tsubasa Syaoran as the son of the reincarnated clones\n\n* * *\n\nAnd, lastly, [this other\npage](http://xxxholic.wikia.com/wiki/Syaoran_%28Tsubasa%3a_Reservoir_Chronicle%29)\nstates\n\n> The connection between Syaoran and Watanuki is finally revealed in the\n> Clow's future arc. Syaoran explains to the party what happened when he met\n> Sakura (the real Princess of Clow). After he had made a wish to turn back\n> time in order to grab Sakura's hand and save her from dying, Watanuki was\n> born to take his place in his world. Fei Wong explains to him that \"he's not\n> a brother, he is you\". And since he was a being not originally meant to be,\n> he continues to tell him that his existence would cause only pain to those\n> around him.\n\n* * *\n\nI believe this answers your question, but I am not sure, since I do not see\neither shows or mangas.\n\n* * *\n\n* * *\n\n1 _Tsubasa:Reservoir Chronicles_ , Chapter 201 \n2 _xxxHolic_ , Chapter 170\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T23:21:36.830", "id": "901", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-10T23:21:36.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "899", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2372", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Princess Sakura (also referred to as Princess\nTsubasa) is cloned and replaced. What happens to Princess Sakura and what\nhappens immediately after the switch for both Princess Sakura and her clone?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T22:22:53.440", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "900", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-06T03:20:04.737", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-06T01:34:31.447", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "tsubasa-chronicle" ], "title": "What happens to Princess Tsubasa after she is cloned?", "view_count": 2296 }

[ { "body": "\n\n**The original Sakura was taken as prisoner by Fei Wang.**\n\nHe took the original Sakura and made the clone to avoid the risk of having\nSakura dead during the journey of retrieving her feathers, to have the upper\nhand that if ever the clone fails (dies during the journey), he'll still have\nthe original and can create another clone.\n\n**The clone was the Sakura who journey with Syaoran and the others.** At their\njourney at Tokyo, where the real Syaoran showed up and thus revealed that the\nSyaoran with them was a clone, Sakura gained another feather that made her\naware of her real existence as a clone. That was why Sakura was acting coldly\ntowards the original Syaoran (knowing she was just a clone). Later on, Syaoran\nClone (who has no heart now and was just following orders to get all Sakura's\nfeather) learned that the original Syaoran has a feather with him and thus the\ntwo Syaorans started a fight. And because of that fight, the Clone\naccidentally stabbed through Sakura as she tried to protect the original\nSyaoran from being stabbed, making the Clone shocked as well. Then before\nperishing, she told Syaoran that she was just a clone and that her Sakura was\nnot her. Apparently, the clone Sakura loves the clone Syaoran. And then she\nperished into a cherry blossom.\n\nAs far as I know, along with clone Syaoran, the clone Sakura were resurrected\nby Yuko because she was feeling guilty because she was the sole reason for why\neverything happened.\n\nP.S., I edited my answer to answer your edited question. Contains a lot of\nspoiler but don't blame me, your question's scope wasn't that narrow so I\nanswered in general. Hope this helped.\n\n[This](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Sakura_Li) and\n[this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubasa%3a_Reservoir_Chronicle) are my\nsources for that answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-02-06T01:08:26.483", "id": "2372", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-06T03:20:04.737", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-06T03:20:04.737", "last_editor_user_id": "88", "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "900", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "917", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThere were several news articles during the airing of Kokoro Connect regarding\nsome sort of a controversy during the production of the anime. This lead to a\npretty substantial boycott effort. I didn't watch the show and didn't follow\nthe news pieces, so I don't really know the specifics, and it's hard to tell\nwhat actually happened and in what order now since the articles I could find\ndon't describe the whole event.\n\nCan anyone provide a relatively complete chronological account of the major\nevents that happened in the controversy, with appropriate sources?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-10T23:47:35.340", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "902", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T03:30:11.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "anime-production", "kokoro-connect" ], "title": "What was the controversy with Kokoro Connect?", "view_count": 3329 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAll dates listed are in 2012. I have merely summarized the events and more\ndetailed information can be found via the source links.\n\n## June 24: Advanced Screening Event\n\nSome time before this date, Mitsuhiro Ichiki auditioned for an original\ncharacter for the TV series. He was invited to the screening event as \"a\nsurprise voice cast member\". However, at the event, he was informed that he\nwas actually appointed \"Head of Public Relations\" for the series. The original\ncharacter does not actually exist.\n\nSource: [ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-04/kokoro-connect-\nstaff-issues-statements-on-performer-treatment)\n\n## September 2: Twitter\n\nThe opening theme's composer, Hajime Kikuchi, sent rude tweets to well known\nvoice actor and singer Momoi Halko. He decided to step away from the music\ngroup (eufonius), but it's unclear whether this was truly his own action or\nsomething \"forced\" upon him by the label.\n\nSource: [ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-08/composer-hajime-\nkikuchi-steps-away-from-band-eufonius) and\n[MAL](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=498753)\n\nAs a result (well, according to the animation studio, due to \"production\nissues\"), the opening theme was changed on the BD/DVD release of the series\nand for some of the episodes during the TV airing. This was probably the cause\nof the BD/DVD release getting delayed by a month.\n\nSource: Two ANN articles:\n[One](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-10/all-kokoro-connect-\nbds/dvds-delayed-1-month) and\n[two](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-01/kokoro-connect-bds/dvds-\nto-use-different-opening-theme)\n\nThe linked ANN article for the screening event also mentions that Hajime\nKikuchi may have made some tweets about that incident, but it does not mention\nwhether they were apologetic or negative.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T03:30:11.393", "id": "917", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T03:30:11.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "902", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nIn Trinity Blood, Abel Nightroad's hair sticks up when he is in vampire form.\nIs there any reason given either in-canon or by one of the creators?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T02:34:38.410", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "903", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T07:43:06.607", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "trinity-blood" ], "title": "Why does Abel Nightroad's hair stick up?", "view_count": 169 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI have read the Sunao Yoshida's novels and there is no information regarding\nwhy he gets the spiky hair. Looking in the internet I have found no interviews\nof Sunao Yoshida talking about it, so the only thing I can say it is just\nsomething stylish to the electric discharges he is able to do when he\ntransforms.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-30T02:16:55.937", "id": "3107", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T07:43:06.607", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T07:43:06.607", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "8", "parent_id": "903", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYes, like everyone mentioned above. This is more of a visual effect to give\nthe viewer the sense of change in the character during that specific sequence.\n=)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-03-30T22:08:30.553", "id": "3121", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-30T22:08:30.553", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1625", "parent_id": "903", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "905", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nNaruto can apparently have only 5 shadow clones gathering natural energy to\nenable his sage mode. Why not use the following approach?\n\n 1. Create 4 shadow clones for storing energy and one shadow clone doing nothing (at present)\n 2. When one shadow clone is released, have the idle shadow clone create another one.\n 3. Repeat as long as required\n\nThis way there will always be 4 shadow clones gathering natural energy and\nthere will be no limit of times Naruto can go into sage mode.\n\nPlease bear in mind that I've not read the manga and have seen the anime\nepisodes till 264.\n\nThanks\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T03:32:18.193", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "904", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-07T16:40:59.387", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-07T16:32:18.920", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "321", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Can Naruto go into Sage Mode repeatedly by using idle shadow clones?", "view_count": 3483 }

[ { "body": "\n\nEvery time shadow clones are created, the user's chakra is divided equally\namong the clones. If a clone creates further shadow clones, _that_ clone's\nchakra would be evenly distributed among the newly created clones.\n\nAccording to what Frog Sage Fukusaku explained to Naruto, to enter into sage\nmode, the user needs to gather natural energy while balancing it with one's\nchakra. It is difficult to maintain that balance with lower chakra. The user\nturns into a frog if the natural energy overwhelms the user's chakra.\nMoreover, if any of the shadow clones turns into a frog, the original user too\nturns into a frog.\n\nHence, repeatedly making shadow clones to go into sage mode increases the risk\nof turning into a frog, and hence, Naruto cannot use this trick practically.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T05:19:45.317", "id": "905", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-07T16:40:59.387", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-07T16:40:59.387", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "904", "post_type": "answer", "score": 23 }, { "body": "\n\nEvery time a Shadow Clone is dismissed, all of the knowledge/chakra/experience\nhe has goes back to _all_ of the other clones (as demonstrated when he asked\nfor Asuma's advice about the wind element).\n\nThis means that eventually, the \"spare\" clone would also enter Sage Mode (and\nhis Sage chakra would supposedly increase more and more), eventually, that\nclone won't be able to maintain balance (due to the overflow of Sage chakra,\nand the division of his own chakra), and turn into a frog. Once the clones\nturns into a frog, the original does too.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T13:17:14.540", "id": "913", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T13:17:14.540", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "904", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "910", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nLuffy accidentally ate the Gomu-Gomu (Rubber-Rubber) fruit, but was\ninterrupted by Shanks after a few bites. It was too late and Luffy got the\nDevil's Fruit powers anyway. If he had instead eaten the whole of it, would he\nhave got even more power from the fruit?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T05:31:17.913", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "906", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T16:16:27.430", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 18, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Does Devil's Fruit power gained depend on how much of it is eaten?", "view_count": 2811 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the One Piece wiki, it's stated, that it doesn't matter, how much someone\neats.\n\n> Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of a Devil Fruit,\n> after which the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit.\n> Swallowing the fruit whole, as Buggy did, has the same effect,[8] as well as\n> peeling off the skin and eating it piece by piece also works.\n\nHowever, that is never stated in the manga/anime.\n\n[Source](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T10:14:08.200", "id": "910", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T10:14:08.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "906", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen a Devil Fruit eater eats another Devil Fruit, the Devil within the second\nfruit kills him, be it a single bite or the whole fruit. This shows that only\na small part of the fruit is required to gain the power.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T16:16:27.430", "id": "68257", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T16:16:27.430", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "parent_id": "906", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "909", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nSuppose I wrote that I will be killed by a UFO falling from space in the year\n2315 while I am lifting.\n\nWill the Note increase my lifespan? In other words, will I still be alive by\nthen?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T08:54:14.707", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "907", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-21T16:46:16.780", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-27T17:09:26.003", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "323", "post_type": "question", "score": 51, "tags": [ "death-note" ], "title": "Can I increase my lifespan by killing myself using the Death Note?", "view_count": 5426 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNo. There are some rules that prevent this. From the [Rules of the Death Note\nwiki](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note):\n\n 1. The **23-days rule**\n\n> ## How to use: XXVII\n>\n> 1. [...]\n> 2. If you write, “die of disease” for the cause of death, but only write\n> a specific time of death without the actual name of disease, the human will\n> die from an adequate disease. **But the Death Note can only operate within\n> 23 days (in the human calendar). This is called the 23-day rule.**\n\n 2. Situation/cause of death is impossible \n\n> ## How to Use: LIV\n>\n> 1. [...]\n> 2. In the occasion where the cause of death is possible but the\n> situation is not, only the cause of death will take effect for that victim.\n> **If both the cause and the situation are impossible, that victim will die\n> of heart attack.**\n\nWhile an UFO falling on your head is technically unlikely, but not impossible,\nthe fact that you'll be naturally alive by 2315 is impossible. You'll just\nshorten your life, not make it longer.\n\n 3. Setting death after original lifespan\n\n> ## How to Use: LVII\n>\n> 1. In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the\n> victim’s original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death\n> Note beyond his/her original life span, the victim will die before the set\n> time.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T09:59:48.640", "id": "909", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-21T16:46:16.780", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-21T16:46:16.780", "last_editor_user_id": "6166", "owner_user_id": "15", "parent_id": "907", "post_type": "answer", "score": 62 }, { "body": "\n\nNo. There is a rule specifically against that:\n\n> In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the victim’s\n> original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death Note\n> beyond his/her original life span, the victim will die before the set time.\n\nSo basically, you'll die of a natural (or whatever your end-of-lifespan-death\nwould be) death before what's written in the Death Note would take effect.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-11T13:11:49.823", "id": "912", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-11T13:11:49.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "907", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nit wouldn't work, because it's beyond your lifespan. but let's say, if you\nwould ask someone with shinigami eyes if he can tell you, your remaining\nlifespan you could figure out your death date, and then write something like:\n[your name] dies peacefully at the 3rd may 2087 (just an example). i think\nthis could work because, you still would die on your date of death.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-27T16:14:21.363", "id": "11514", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-27T16:14:21.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6399", "parent_id": "907", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2125", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\n**Warning! This question contains spoilers; most are tagged, but the\nquestion's very substance is itself a spoiler.**\n\nIn one of the final scenes of _Digimon Tamers_ , the entire cast is seen\ntogether:\n\n> The kids are standing around the portal between the Real World and Digital\n> World, and their Digimon--as well as Calumon and Impmon--are sucked into the\n> portal to return to the Digital World. \n> \n> Following this, after some time had passed, Takato returned to Guilmon's\n> hole under the \"house\" in the park, where he found a portal to the Digital\n> World, which we are to assume works just fine.\n\n_(A more expansive explanation can be found[in the last two paragraphs of this\nsynopsis](http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Such_Sweet_Sorrow#Synopsis).)_\n\nFirstly, how can the Real-Digital barrier—which Henry's dad says has\n\"stabilized\"—regress the Digimon? A barrier, by definition, should act as a\nsplit between the worlds, rather than a \"vacuum\". And second, if the barrier\nis so stable, why is Takato able to see it open again?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T00:22:03.663", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "915", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-22T14:54:53.990", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-22T14:54:53.990", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "274", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "digimon-tamers" ], "title": "What happened to the barrier at the end of Digimon Tamers?", "view_count": 1790 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn terms of the Digimon regressing:\n\n> It seems to have to do with their initial bio-emerging being undone. And,\n> since Digimon in the real world are synthesized false proteins, it would\n> make sense that, without the Digital World being properly connected, their\n> physical form would not be able to remain, so they reverted their evolution\n> and returned to the Digital World.\n\nAs for the portal appearing:\n\n> Shortly before we see it, we see Takato running through the park, when a\n> [Digignome](http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/DigiGnome) flies overhead. Since\n> they are known to be able to grant wishes, in both the Digital and Real\n> Worlds, it would make sense that it granted Takato's implied wish to see\n> Guilmon again, opening the portal for him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-22T14:50:53.710", "id": "2125", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-22T14:50:53.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "915", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "921", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI spent 8 years in Japan, one of the things that always amazed me was that of\nthose people who watched anime, 99% of them had never heard of _Cowboy Bebop_.\nIn all my time there, there was only 1 person who knew of it and they didn't\nwatch it.\n\nPerhaps I'm biased, but I find it incredible that this great anime has been\nlargely overlooked in Japan.\n\nWhy was _Cowboy Bebop_ relatively unpopular in Japan compared to abroad (to\nthe point of almost being unheard of)?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T12:51:14.850", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "919", "last_activity_date": "2017-12-18T16:59:01.303", "last_edit_date": "2017-12-18T16:59:01.303", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "174", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "culture", "cowboy-bebop" ], "title": "Why is \"Cowboy Bebop\" almost unheard of in Japan?", "view_count": 11838 }

[ { "body": "\n\nCowboy Bebop aired 1998-1999. It came out the same time as Trigun and Outlaw\nstar. All of them were wildly popular.\n\nIn fact, Cowboy Bebop is still very popular, even in Japan.\n\nKeep in mind that a cartoon that aired for 2 years, the last year of which was\nin 1999, is bound to not be too popular among people who were younger than 12\nyears old at the time, or younger than 26 today.\n\nSee this Wikipedia quote:\n\n> In 2006, the Japanese MiniTokyo review claimed, \"To say nothing more, it is\n> a masterpiece, a genre defining series that has a right to be held in such\n> high confidence. Not many series can do even one of the elements as well as\n> Cowboy Bebop does, and even fewer can actually get every single solitary\n> aspect of themselves to such a high degree of excellence. Everything in this\n> anime falls into place with such perfection that makes it all organic and\n> real and following to the extent that they do. From the full gamut of\n> emotions to the roughs and roughnecks of the Bebop, to the masterful\n> soundtrack that gives life to many of the episodes themselves, to the art\n> that so perfectly conveys the mood and atmosphere of the entire work. Cowboy\n> Bebop is not an anime to be missed, and not to be forgotten.\"\n> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop>\n\nThe last movie aired in 2001, which was still 12 years ago.\n\nYou're dealing with time. Ask a kid today if he knows what \"Goof Troop\" is. I\ndon't think any of them would be able to tell you who \"Bullwinkle\" is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T17:33:43.313", "id": "920", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T17:33:43.313", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "258", "parent_id": "919", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [Cowboy Bebop's wikipedia\npage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop#Reception):\n\n> Bebop received universal critical acclaim and won the renowned Seiun Award\n> in 2000, a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction work\n> published during the preceding year, as determined by the Japan Science\n> Fiction Convention. It was named Best Media of the Year by the Science\n> Fiction Convention. \n> ... \n> In 2006, the Japanese MiniTokyo review claimed, \"To say nothing more, it is\n> a masterpiece, a genre defining series that has a right to be held in such\n> high confidence. Not many series can do even one of the elements as well as\n> Cowboy Bebop does, and even fewer can actually get every single solitary\n> aspect of themselves to such a high degree of excellence. Everything in this\n> anime falls into place with such perfection that makes it all organic and\n> real and following to the extent that they do. From the full gamut of\n> emotions to the roughs and roughnecks of the Bebop, to the masterful\n> soundtrack that gives life to many of the episodes themselves, to the art\n> that so perfectly conveys the mood and atmosphere of the entire work. Cowboy\n> Bebop is not an anime to be missed, and not to be forgotten.\"\n\nSo it _was_ well received, but unlike other franchises that continue to have\nnew TV series, manga, novels, merchandise, or even doujin, Bebop is a one shot\n26 episode series with a movie shortly after the airing and that's about it.\nIt aired during a time when you didn't have massive blocks of anime on every\nchannel, so most people probably didn't think that much about it. There's\nstill a prevalent conception that anime is most stuff for kids eventhough\nthat's not the case anymore, and being labeled an otaku of any kind is a\nsocial stigma.\n\nMost people probably wouldn't know of a show that aired over 10 years ago,\nthat only aired half of the show, and didn't have many more re-airings (except\nmaybe on Friday Road Show, I'm not sure where to find this information). Most\npeople probably would never had heard of \"Macross\" or \"Gundam\" if it wasn't\nfor the franchise churning out products, and thus, having advertisements\nplaced all over the place. Most people probably never heard of shows like\n\"Legend of the Galactic Heroes\" for similar reasons.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T17:43:20.577", "id": "921", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T17:43:20.577", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "919", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "923", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nI watched the two OVAs of \"The Lost Canvas\" (26 episodes at total). But the\nstory didn't end. Is there a sequel of this OVA series? If yes, can you please\nname them?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T19:36:19.947", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "922", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:50.793", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-29T12:56:20.600", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "18", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "saint-seiya" ], "title": "Does \"The Lost Canvas\" OVA have a sequel?", "view_count": 13579 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [My Anime\nList](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9130/Saint_Seiya:_The_Lost_Canvas_-\n_Meiou_Shinwa_2), the sequel to the Lost Canvas OVAs is [Saint Seiya's TV\nseries](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya). Also, [this image of\nthe timeline](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i2sEV.jpg) seems to back up that\nclaim, though I don't know who created the image.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T20:54:35.303", "id": "923", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T20:54:35.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI suggest you read _Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas_ in the manga version because\nit has much more details about the sequel.\n\nThere are 25 volumes of the manga version, and the end of the last volume also\ntalks about 243 years later that continue to _Saint Seiya_.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-29T05:24:19.320", "id": "2201", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:50.793", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:50.793", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1386", "parent_id": "922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThey never ended the anime run of _Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas_ due to the\nlow ratings in Japan.\n\nThere have been multiple requests from the fans, for them to finish _The Lost\nCanvas_ anime, but they have been ignored.\n\nYou could read the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-21T18:43:31.860", "id": "28214", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:47.270", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:47.270", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "19812", "parent_id": "922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe original _Saint Seiya_ series is not the actual continuation nor is _The\nLost Canvas_ the prequel to it, it is a spin-off of the original series, it's\nposed on an alternative timeline from the actual continuation to the original\nseries which is _Saint Seiya: The Next Dimension_.\n\nIf you want to continue that specific spin-off, you should read the manga and\ngaidens it has.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-07-09T14:47:44.790", "id": "64174", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:49.150", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-09T16:39:49.150", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "61500", "parent_id": "922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "925", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWhen Saint Seiya Omega starts, there is an evil character named Mars, which\nseems to be defeated by saints before. But I have never seen him in the\nprevious series. Some of the plot is built on past events about which we are\nassumed to have a priori knowledge. It is strongly like this series have a\nprequel.\n\nI have watched these TV series:\n\n * Saint Seiya\n * Saint Seiya - Hades Chapter OVA - Sanctuary\n * Saint Seiya - Hades Chapter OVA - Inferno\n * Saint Seiya - Hades Chapter OVA - Elision\n * Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas\n\nBut still I can't tie up any of them with the currently ongoing Saint Seiya\nOmega series.\n\nDoes \"Saint Seiya Omega\" have a prequel?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T21:06:06.563", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "924", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-21T18:41:02.687", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T22:33:38.257", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "18", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "saint-seiya", "saint-seiya-omega" ], "title": "Does \"Saint Seiya Omega\" series have a prequel?", "view_count": 1401 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe only thing which comes between Elision and Omega is the movie [Saint\nSeiya: The Heaven Chapter -\nOverture](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1259/Saint_Seiya%3a_The_Heaven_Chapter_-\n_Overture). The Lost Canvas is a prequel.\n\nHowever, according to\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Seiya_Omega), it is an anime-\noriginal story separate from the original continuity, and you aren't assumed\nto have watched all the previous series. As far as I know, Mars only appears\nin Omega, so there are definitely some unexplained points which might get\nanswered in flashbacks or might remain forever unexplained.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-12T21:58:24.577", "id": "925", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-12T21:58:24.577", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "924", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSaint Seiya Omega Does not have a prequel.\n\nMars was created exclusively for saint seiya Omega, and all the background we\nget from his previous battle against the saints is told during Saint Seiya\nOmega.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-21T18:41:02.687", "id": "28213", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-21T18:41:02.687", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19812", "parent_id": "924", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "932", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nProvided, Chopper eats the Devil Fruit along with the other deers, will they\nall have the Devil Fruit ability, given that acquiring the ability only\nrequires a single bite?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T05:31:59.327", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "931", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-09T14:33:08.807", "last_edit_date": "2015-10-07T06:28:28.937", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "323", "post_type": "question", "score": 20, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Can multiple people/animal eat a single Devil Fruit?", "view_count": 23340 }

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [One Piece wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit):\n\n> Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of a Devil Fruit,\n> after which the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit\n\nSo I would say that the answer is no. Only one person/animal gets the ability.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T05:42:45.853", "id": "932", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T18:47:51.817", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-12T18:47:51.817", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "321", "parent_id": "931", "post_type": "answer", "score": 23 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen a Devil Fruit is bitten (even once), it loses its powers PERMANENTLY or\nuntil the person who bit it first dies. When the person who first bit it dies,\nthe Devil Fruit returns to its normal state, so someone else can get the\npower. If Luffy died (what a sad thought!) then the Gum Gum fruit would be\nable to give someone else Gum Gum powers. So only one person at a time can\nhave its power, not more than one.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-27T19:10:56.457", "id": "7739", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T18:49:15.677", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-12T18:49:15.677", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "3922", "parent_id": "931", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1946", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\n> **Possible Duplicate:** \n> [What happens when Naruto is talking to the\n> Kyuubi?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/664/what-happens-when-\n> naruto-is-talking-to-the-kyuubi)\n\nRemember the scene, Jiraiya pushed Naruto off the cliff! or Naruto in tailed\nbeast form when got stuck in Pain's Chibaku-tensai. They seem to have long\ntime conversation among themselves isn't it?\n\nHow much time does it take to fall from a cliff to hit the ground… But Naruto\nand jinchuriki take their own time to come to an understanding. Same thing\ngoes while Naruto has conversation with Kyubi, Kushina and Minato for long\ntime! it takes several minutes but in reality it wouldn't be more than few\nseconds.\n\nHow is the time managed?\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T06:49:38.807", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "933", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-11T19:56:26.790", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "How could time seem to be slowed down when a Host speaks with his Tailed Beast?", "view_count": 321 }

[ { "body": "\n\n[Flexible\ntime](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkingIsAFreeAction) is an\n[Artistic License](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtisticLicense)\ntaken by the creators, and is generally considered acceptable since it serves\nto narrate the story better, and this is quite common. Quoting TVTropes:\n\n> Creators are allowed to be inaccurate if the inaccuracy serves the story\n> better than accuracy would.\n\nThis feels unusual for anime adapted from the manga. In the manga, the panels\nare not proportional to real life time. You can use more panels to describe\nsome events in more detail compared to others, even though they may occupy the\nsame amount of time. In the anime, however, the frame duration is proportional\nto real life time, but the narration should follow the manga, which leads to\nthis anomaly.\n\nIn the examples you mentioned, if the anime creators had to keep the times\nrealistic, they would not be able to convey the same detail that Kishimoto-\nsensei included in the manga, which would make for a poorer viewing\nexperience.\n\nTo elaborate on that point, there is another example near the start of the\nseries, when Naruto and Sasuke team up to rescue Kakashi from Zabuza's Water\nPrison. Naruto then spends about 5 minutes explaining what his plan was, while\nKakashi and Zabuza wait! That is entirely impossible in a real battle, but\nwithout it, the viewers would have no way of knowing what happened, and it\nwould not be interesting to watch.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T08:13:51.050", "id": "1931", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T08:13:51.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "933", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nRather than dismissing this as \"artistic license\", I'd rather see it as time\npassing differently in different dimensions, where \"talking with the Kyuubi\"\ntakes place in a special dimension inside the Junchuuriki. For instance, in\nthe [Tsukuyomi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tsukuyomi) technique,\n\n> Itachi's prowess with the technique has allowed him to alter the perception\n> of time with ease within the genjutsu to make a few seconds seem like many\n> days as a means to torture the target.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T13:13:33.153", "id": "1946", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T13:13:33.153", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "933", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1956", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nAmong the five basic elements of chakra (earth, water, wind, lightning and\nfire), what type of chakra does the Aburame clan possess to control insects at\ntheir will?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T08:01:16.723", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1930", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-19T10:35:57.393", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-10T05:30:41.787", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "What type of chakra element does the Aburame clan possess?", "view_count": 2515 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think it matters. The insects live under their skins in symbiosis with\ntheir host. The shinobi and the insects both benefit from this: the insects\nfeed on their host's chakra (and I don't think they care about its type), and\nthe host can use ninjutsu involving the insects.\n\nNote that ninjutsu must not necessarily be bound to a specific element. For\nexample, Shadow Clone Technique is a ninjutsu which can be used by a lot of\nshinobi with different chakra types. Therefore, I think that Aburame clan\nmembers can have any chakra type.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T08:41:11.557", "id": "1933", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-10T05:32:23.593", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-10T05:32:23.593", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "1930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nChakra is based on In (Yin) and Yo (Yang). If both come together,\nSeishitsuhenka can be applied to the chakra. Some techniques (like Kagebunshin\nno jutsu) only work with manipulating In and Yo (only if both are combined\n1:1, the \"normal\" chakra(like used in Rasengan) is created). Because Kikaichū\nno Jutsu and the other Jutsus needs no signs, no chakra is manipulated. They\nare only simple techniques to be used with the knowledge of insects.\n\nAll in all, it's never shown that members of the Aburame-clan don't use\nSeishitsuhenka.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T09:10:15.230", "id": "1935", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T09:10:15.230", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "1930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIt very well could be a Kekkai Genkai, a ninja ability that is genetic or\npassed down by nature genetically, i.e. Bakugan, or Shadow Weaving (the Nara\nClan). The make up of these abilities is not known and is really a family\nsecret only known to those within the clan.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T19:48:38.467", "id": "1956", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T19:48:38.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1338", "parent_id": "1930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Aburame Clan doesnt have a specified affinity for an element chakra\nnature. But I believe most would have elemental chakra natures that compliment\ntheir clan's ability, such as Earth and Water. They probably incorporate Yang\nrelease as well because their Beetles are given life.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-03-19T10:35:57.393", "id": "62239", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-19T10:35:57.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59538", "parent_id": "1930", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1944", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nI'm guessing Zetsu is one of\n\n> Madara Uchiha's successful projects (created from First Hokage's DNA)!\n\nAnd that makes me believe that\n\n> Obito and Zetsu must be knowing each other!\n\nBut on the contrary! When Tobi was searching Sasori's ring (after his fight\nwith Chiyo and Sakura), if you observe Black Zetsu and White Zetsu's comments\non Tobi, one would think that they weren't aware of Tobi's serious part of\nlife.\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T08:35:40.647", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1932", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-15T14:10:13.840", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T13:15:18.567", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Did Zetsu know about Tobi's truth/identity all the time?", "view_count": 2808 }

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, he did. It is shown in chapter 603 (on the very first page) that Zetsu\nwas given the opportunity to look after\n\n> Obito while he was recovering.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T08:45:58.773", "id": "1934", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T08:45:58.773", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "1932", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nZetsu _did_ know Tobi from the beginning.\n\n> Tobi has interacted with the White Zetsu the moment he arrived to Madara's\n> cave. Black Zetsu was created by Madara in Obito's presence.\n\nThe reason for Zetsu supposedly not knowing Tobi could be\n\n 1. He wanted to keep it hidden from the other Akatsuki members.\n 2. Kishimoto haven't thought about it at the time.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T12:37:46.877", "id": "1944", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T12:37:46.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "1932", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was clearly a retcon. And NOBODY above answered his question...just gave bs\ninfo pertaining to after they retconned tobi. Black zetsu in the anime...not\nmanga...does not know tobi's identity and \"bosses\" him around like a recruit\neven though there is nobody else there to \"fool\". Deidara comes a few minutes\nafter tobi loses the ring. The only answer is this was very clearly retconned\ninto just being obito. Ive watched the show 6 times over in 6 months. Its the\ngreatest show ever made. That doesnt mean they didnt need a retcon or two. The\nmods of this thread are idiots. The show has been over for gd years....dont\nneed a spoiler alert ffs.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-15T14:10:13.840", "id": "68437", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-15T14:10:13.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73944", "parent_id": "1932", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1941", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nThinking back about Tobi's battle with Konan, he used Izanagi to escape from\nKonan's ultimate technique! I searched through blogs and Narutopedia but\ncouldn't get the source of his left eye, that he used to overcome Konan's\nultimate technique.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T09:35:20.710", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1936", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-05T23:05:08.373", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T10:18:03.007", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Where did Tobi get his left eye from?", "view_count": 7818 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAlthough it is not explicitly stated as such, he supposedly gathered several\nSharingans during the Uchiha incident.\n\nThis \"cupboard\" in the room where he operated on Sasuke is probably where he\npreserves his \"collection\". He has been showed standing next to it on one or\ntwo other occasions.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T10:52:12.613", "id": "1941", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T10:57:58.917", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T10:57:58.917", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "1936", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MtL46.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XXVun.png)\n\nSo here we have to look at Tobi's left eye. The one he used for izagani. I\nresearched a bit into it and looked into Sharingan user eyes since it struck\nme as very familiar. I realized Madara's EMS looked very similar to it, and I\ndecided to look up his brother's eyes since EMS is a combination. The bottom\npicture of the Sharingan eye is Madara's brother, Izuna Uchiha, eye. Taken\nthat Madara saved Obito/Tobi, I believe that when Madara died, he took his\neyes. However this is a theory, but the eyes are very similar.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-05T23:05:08.373", "id": "66487", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-05T23:05:08.373", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65735", "parent_id": "1936", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1945", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWhile battling with Tobi, I have seen ninjas getting teleported to a place,\nwhich is kind of a dark room, having floor made up of blocks.\n\nIs it a real place like a cave somewhere far? Or is it Tobi's subconscious\nmind?\n\nJustification is required when considering a fighting scene between Tobi and\nKakashi-Naruto.\n\nWhen Kakashi is teleported into that place, Kakashi counter attacks with Kamui\nmaking Tobi bleed (cough blood). And Kakashi manages to return back to battle\nfield.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T09:42:09.677", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1937", "last_activity_date": "2016-11-13T07:10:04.030", "last_edit_date": "2016-11-13T07:10:04.030", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Where is Tobi's teleportation space location?", "view_count": 249 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's another dimension. With his Mangekyo, he can teleport objects into a\ndifferent dimension.\n\n> Kakashi did this with Deidara's arm and his explosion, but released it\n> somewhere else because of chakra-usage. Tobi seems to have the ability to\n> keep objects in other dimensions as long as he wants.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T09:53:57.830", "id": "1938", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T13:20:16.123", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T13:20:16.123", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "1937", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's explained in more detail in the manga. Anime viewers wouldn't know\nexactly what Tobi's power is.\n\nThat location is an alternate dimension, unique to him.\n\n> Actually, since Tobi has the same eye as Kakashi, their dimension is shared.\n> Tobi can freely insert and extract objects to/from his dimension. Kakashi\n> can apparently insert things from a distance, and extract them directly from\n> his eye. \n> \n> Kakshi's counter attack happened because Tobi used his Kamui to teleport a\n> part of him (that was going to get hit in the 'real' world), to the\n> alternate dimension. Kakshi was waiting in that alternate dimension and hit\n> him from there (in the stomach, causing him to spew blood). Kakshi later\n> returned to the real world with his own Kamui.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T13:11:44.280", "id": "1945", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T13:19:35.657", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T13:19:35.657", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "1937", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1943", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nA Tailed Beast's power seems to be greater the more tails it has. For example:\n\n * Power of 3-Tailed Beast = Power of 2-Tails + 1-Tails.\n * Power of 9-Tailed Beast = Power of 8-Tails + 7-Tails + ... + 1-Tails.\n\nThis is clear. But is it possible to compare the power level of the 1-Tails\nand 2-Tails with this equation? Does the power of the 2-Tailed Beast = the\npower of the 1-Tailed one? Or is it greater?\n\nReference links:\n\n 1. Most of them have shared the same idea in [this link](http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/62931-8-Tailed-vs-9-Tailed-beast-Chakra-lvl-%28or-Kuubi-vs-hachibi%29-at-current-state).\n 2. Badranious's answer in [this thread](http://narutobase.net/forums/showthread.php?t=187065).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T10:43:31.823", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1940", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-01T19:11:57.203", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-14T04:34:47.547", "last_editor_user_id": "16253", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 13, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Can the Tailed Beasts' relative power levels be compared?", "view_count": 41013 }

[ { "body": "\n\nActually, in chapter 567, page 10, the Hachibi tells the Kyuubi that\n\n> Strength isn't determined by the number of tails one has.\n\n *(this is a part of page 10)*\n\nAlthough the Kyuubi does think that the number of tails equals power, which is\na reason for the friction between te Bijuu (this is also stated in [the Naruto\nWiki page on Bijuu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tailed_Beasts#History)).\n\nStill, this was the only time when this was said. If the number of tails\nreally does not determine the power one Bijuu has, there has been no other\nexplanation for the relation between the power of the Bijuus.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T11:30:41.270", "id": "1942", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-01T19:11:57.203", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-01T19:11:57.203", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "1940", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, it's never explicitly said that _every_ Bijuu is stronger than _all_\nof the Bijuu with lesser tail number **combined**.\n\nThe practical power probably _is_ determined by tail number (even though the\nEight Tails told the Nine Tails that it isn't, much like 'friendship' is more\nvalued than 'power').\n\nIt **is** stated that the Nine Tails is stronger than all of the rest\ncombined, because Itachi said that if it were to be sealed anytime but last,\nthe Gedo Mazo won't be able to withstand the imbalance, and will break apart.\n\n* * *\n\nThere isn't a clear power distribution and balance, nothing is explicitly\nstated, so most of what you'll hear is speculation.\n\nAs for the specific question, I'd say that the Two Tails is \"just stronger\"\nthan the One Tail.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T12:35:35.787", "id": "1943", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T12:35:35.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "1940", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nI would like to say that in the anime, in set 16, when Killer B took on\nKisame, B only sprouts 6 chakra tails, and when Kisame won a small taijutsu\ncontest, he sprouted 2 more tails, Kisame that B was taking him seriously.\n\nAlso if the tails are of chakra, then how could one have just as much chakra\nas 9-Tails? It could be that maybe 1-Tail is more concentrated than 9-Tails.\n\nAlso, before Shippuden, when Naruto would get more tails in the cloak, the\nhigher the power. Also, the 9-Tails chakra cloak does damage to the\nenvironment, but the 1-Tail (according to the forums) does not.\n\nAlso, when Naruto goes into the 9-Tails chakra cloak, at 4-Tails it starts\ndamaging him, but the 8-Tails chakra cloak does not do damage until all 8 are\nout (some of the info is from wiki so may or not be correct.\n\nAlso, another thing is that when Kisame would use Samehada to rip out B's\nchakra, the number of tails went down showing that there is a correlation in\nthe number of the tails. Although most of this is speculation, if you look\nclose, it seems like there are lots of small (and huge) hints.\n\nFor sure, there seem to be quite a few hints display but it is nowhere said\noutright that more tails = more power. By adding clues we can only assume but\nwith all the clues given to us, we're probably right anyway.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-19T00:52:51.437", "id": "35887", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-04T06:23:03.400", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-04T06:23:03.400", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "27829", "parent_id": "1940", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nComparison of tailed-beast power levels has not been explicitly stated in\nmanga or anime. But following things have been mentioned in the manga:\n\n 1. 10-Tails is the origin of all of the chakra.\n\n 2. 9-Tails is stronger than all other beasts combined (Of course, not counting 10-Tails).\n\n 3. 9-Tails, with only half of its total strength, was able to counter 5 other tailed-beasts.\n\nBased on those three observations, I have a theory that seems to fit in fairly\nwell with manga.\n\nSince tailed-beasts aren't the only beings with chakra, it is safe to assume\nthat 10-Tails has more chakra than all the other tailed-beasts combined. Also,\nHagoromo created 1 to 9-Tails by dividing 10-Tails chakra, and he made 9-Tails\nstronger than other tailed-beasts. He must have followed the same pattern for\nall the tailed beasts unless he randomly chose to make 9-Tails overpowered,\nwhich seems very unlikely. So, that leads to my assumption that 8-Tails must\nbe having more chakra than the combined chakra of all tailed-beasts having\nlesser tails than 8-Tails, and so on.\n\nNow, using the following classic geometric series:\n\nLet the amount of chakra of a tailed-beast be denoted by 'x / [210-n]'; where\nx is all of the chakras, and n is the number of tails of the particular\ntailed-beast.\n\nBased on that formula:\n\n * 10-Tails has 'x' amount of chakra, which is all of the chakras and is consistent with observation (1).\n * 9-Tails has 'x/2' amount of chakra, 8-Tails has 'x/4', and so on. This way, each tailed beast will have slightly more chakra than the combined chakra of all tailed-beasts with lesser tails. And that is consistent with observation (2).\n * Also, according to the formula, 1 to 7-Tails' combined chakra would be less than half of 9-Tails' total chakra, and that explains observation (3).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2017-08-02T22:15:27.207", "id": "41673", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-04T06:23:05.570", "last_edit_date": "2021-07-04T06:23:05.570", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "32105", "parent_id": "1940", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1948", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nNaruto's Sage Technique is just a free form energy with which he manipulates\nthe wind-natured chakra in Rasengan to create Rasenshuriken. However, it used\nto be the case that he only managed to create maximum of 2 Rasenshurikens by\nadding his wind chakra before his Sage Mode came to an end.\n\n**If he is** granted unlimited chakra from Kyuubi, can he create unlimited\nnumber of Rasenshuriken?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T13:47:32.443", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1947", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-27T16:26:47.577", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-27T16:26:47.577", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Can Naruto create unlimited Rasenshurikens anytime in future?", "view_count": 547 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, I don't think so. I believe that Kyuubi's chakra isn't unlimited.\n\n> First, Kyuubi cares, that Naruto wastes it's chakra. Second, Hachibi's fight\n> against Sandaime Raikage suggests, that the chakra of a beast isn't\n> unlimited, because Hachibi was knocked out because of exhaustion. Because\n> the beasts are pure chakra, I think that would mean, that it has too less\n> chakra.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T13:54:39.993", "id": "1948", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T13:54:39.993", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "1947", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Kyuubi's chakra definitely is not unlimited. And there's a limit to how\nmuch Naruto can use it.\n\nThe Kyuubi tells Naruto on more than one occassion that he's being reckless\nwith his chakra. The Kyuubi also looks older when Naruto first takes his\nchakra. Finally, if Naruto uses too much of the Kyuubi's chakra the Kyuubi's\nchakra take over Naruto.\n\nThere's no way to get unlimited rasen-shuirken at this present time.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T19:38:35.867", "id": "1954", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T19:38:35.867", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1338", "parent_id": "1947", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nNow, Naruto is able to create life, redirect energy flow and do many things he\ncould not do just with the kyuubi. He is also now the jinchüriki of all the\nbijü.\n\nSo yes, I think now, he could create infinite rasen-shüriken if he so wished\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-09T21:18:35.677", "id": "9609", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-09T21:18:35.677", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4828", "parent_id": "1947", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1953", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nWhat is the primary principle of controlling Jinchuuriki? I can think of two\npossibilities:\n\n 1. Control on hatred/negative thoughts;\n 2. Will and wish of tailed beast.\n\nKiller Bee could easily get in a good relationship with Hachibi. We can recall\nthe Falls of Truth incident of Bee, where he could easily pass it in a second,\nbecause he didn't have any hatred about anyone around him in his heart. So is\nit because he had suppressed negative thoughts, hence he got his tailed beast\nunder control? Or is it because Hachibi himself is a really good guy, who is\nbroadminded enough to lend his chakra to Bee?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T14:03:57.483", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1949", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-06T02:41:06.893", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-06T02:41:06.893", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "What is the primary principle of controlling Jinchuuriki?", "view_count": 186 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBijuu control can be achieved in 2 ways.\n\n 1. My (Madara Uchiha's) way, by force.\n 2. By earning the respect of the Tailed Beast in question.\n\nIn the past, when Madara battled Hashirama at the Valley of the End, he\nsummoned and controlled the Nine Tails with the power of genjutsu, using the\nSharingan.\n\n> Naruto and Killerbee however, earned their respective Tailed Beast trust.\n> The Tailed Beasts are ancient beings, very bitter about constantly being\n> sealed and used by humans. They developed a deep resentment to humans.\n> Naruto and Killerbee, by not succumbing with those powerful negative\n> emotions, and showing their desire to work with, not against their Tailed\n> Beast, have earned their respect, and achieved a whole new level of power.\n\nThe second method is by far stronger than the first.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T17:44:49.957", "id": "1953", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T17:44:49.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "1949", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2147", "answer_count": 9, "body": "\n\nIt is stated that Gaara has his dark circles around his eyes because Shukaku\nwon't let him sleep because Gaara will lose control if he does.\n\nAfter the extraction of Shukaku, Gaara still has these circles around his\neyes. Why? Is it only _style_ or does he still suffer from insomnia?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T14:07:18.033", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1950", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-25T23:52:33.003", "last_edit_date": "2013-11-12T03:36:58.293", "last_editor_user_id": "2491", "owner_user_id": "122", "post_type": "question", "score": 15, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why does Gaara still have dark circles around his eyes?", "view_count": 46473 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThat doesn't really make sense to me. As we know, one of Gaara's trademark\ntechniques is Armor of Sand:\n\n\n\nHis whole body is covered by a layer of sand that protects him. That, of\ncourse, means we can't really see his skin under that sand. So I would\npersonally think it's doubtful that those marks were because of a lack of\nsleep in the first place, but whatever. It's also not only Gaara who has marks\naround his eyes, with notable examples being Kankurō:\n\n\n\nand Baki:\n\n\n\nSo my opinion would be that it's rather an element of style.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T15:19:46.757", "id": "1951", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T15:19:46.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's also very possible that Gaara's circles around his eyes can be remnents\nof when he had Shukaku.\n\nHe's lived as an insomniac for the vast majority of his life. It's only very\nrecent that he's been living without Shukaku. Also, Gaara still isn't the most\nfriendly guy. He's learning how to build bonds. Just because a man is free\ndoesn't mean he knows _how_ to _be_ free. It takes time to learn and for the\naffects to wear off.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T19:42:41.787", "id": "1955", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T19:42:41.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1338", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm more inclined to agree with [SingerOfTheFall's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/1951/49). \nUpon Gaara's birth ( _Shipuuden_ episode 297 and _Naruto_ chapter 547, page\n4), he already had his dark rings around the eyes.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UwfEc.png)\n\nI know he already had the Shukaku sealed inside him, but I find it a bit odd\nthat he was born suffering from insomnia. \nPlus, the translation I read of chapter 135 does not refer to the dark rings,\nbut rather to the 'bags under his eyes' (although this could be a problem with\nthe translation...):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6r9mG.png)\n\nFurthermore, as SingerOfTheFall said, there are several other Suna shinobi\nthat have dark rings around their eyes, including [Gaara's father when he uses\nhis Gold Dust](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Fourth_Kazekage#Appearance):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cFjnS.png)\n\n* * *\n\nOn a side note, I think it can also be the influence of the tanuki ([the\n'inspiration' for the Shukaku](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/795/49)) in\nthe character conception, since the tanuki too has dark rings around his eyes.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OY51p.jpg)\n\nSo this trait could be somewhat similar to the whiskers Naruto has from the\nKyuubi. He had these whiskers even prior to being the Kyuubi's host:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3CVPF.png)\n\nThis could mean that the dark circles are a character trait (conceived upon\ncharacter design) that were a result of the Ichibi being sealed in Gaara even\nbefore his birth, thus being present even after the Bijuu's extraction.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-24T14:42:14.203", "id": "2147", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-25T23:52:33.003", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-25T23:52:33.003", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nHe has those dark lines around his eyes, not because Shukaku won't let him\nsleep, but because Shukaku is like a racoon -- racoons have dark lines around\ntheir eyes, like how Naruto has whiskers.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-03T02:50:59.607", "id": "22086", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-03T19:06:39.907", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-03T19:06:39.907", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "14817", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nNaruto has the whiskers because he has the nine tailed fox, Gaara has the dark\ncircles around his eyes because he has the Shukaku which is like a raccoon,\nthese are trademark features that a jinchuuriki possesses depending on which\nof the tailed beast they have, as to why they are still there is most likely\nbecause it's like a birthmark it doesn't go away.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-11T23:28:12.207", "id": "22363", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-11T23:28:12.207", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15007", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere stated in wiki that those who having a kekkei genkai magnet release (if\nnot mistaken ) will have dark circle. There's proof when Rasa using magnet\nrelease there appear a dark circle around his eye. And in novel, it is stated\nthat Gaara inherited magnet release from his father which I think Gaara was\nborn with magnet release that also leading to his dark circle when he was born\nand I think it was permanent due to this\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-16T05:36:11.963", "id": "28999", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-16T05:36:11.963", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20475", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhile the rings were originally intended to be an indicator of insomnia, it is\nlikely that this was retconned to be a side effect of his use of the Magnet\nRelease Kekkei Genkai he inherited from his father.\n\nOut-of-Universe example: Gaara is a very popular and iconic character and it\nwould not be a good merchandising strategy to drastically alter his appearance\nin any fundamental ways.\n\nP.S. Naruto's whisker-shaped birthmarks are likely a result of being the son\nof Kurama's Jinchuriki, since neither Mito nor Kushina possessed them. Both of\nNaruto's children have similar birthmarks and neither of them are Jinchuriki.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-20T21:42:58.463", "id": "37973", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-20T21:42:58.463", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "29866", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThose dark circle around Gaara's eyes are not from sleep deprivation. I was\nconstantly looking at his face to learn about this, but in the translated\nanime, he had lines under the dark circle just a little poke of a line beside\nhis nose where bags pop out the most.\n\nAlso, in the anime, Naruto said what's up with him wearing eyeliner. Since he\nalways had it, it's probably a part of his being, like a trait that was passed\ndown or it could be like a birthmark or scar-like Naruto's whiskers. It's\nsomething like a scar of being exposed and I can't help but note Naruto has\nwhiskers close resemblance to the fox.\n\nBy the way, fox and dogs do have whiskers as being the shape of an animal, but\nGaara has trouble with sleep. His demon could take over in his sleep. I just\nlooked at a picture of the one tail to look at his eyes. He has like raccoon\neyes, just a black patch with pupils, so these marks have a close resemblance\nto the tail beasts they have.\n\nFor the guy that said the black is just the eye shape, eyes aren't shaped like\nthat. It is way too thick unless you're telling me the edge of his eyeballs is\njust that big. I don't think it is shoot. I just noticed he doesn't have any\neyebrows. Someone also said it stayed on his sand armor. Great job on noticing\nthat. This just might help with the answer that it's a scar-mark of some sort\nbecause if you look at Naruto, his whiskers grow when he starts to form. I'm\npositive his eyeliner is a resemblance to the one-tailed eyes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-28T18:25:37.517", "id": "42525", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-28T19:03:41.760", "last_edit_date": "2017-09-28T19:03:41.760", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "35872", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe dark circles around gaara eyes are probably because of kohl.\n\nKohl is basically just eyeliner. The peoples from sunny/desert regions - hence\n\"sandy\" - from around the world used to use this for eye protection.\n\nA quik wikipedia search gave me following info:\n\nKohl (Arabic: كُحْل‎‎) is an ancient eye cosmetic, traditionally made by\ngrinding stibnite (Sb2S3) for similar purposes to charcoal used in mascara. It\nis widely used in the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean, Eastern\nEurope, South Asia, the Horn of Africa, and parts of West Africa as\neyeliner[1] to contour and/or darken the eyelids and as mascara for the\neyelashes. **It is worn mostly by women, but also by some men and children.**\n\n**Also interesting is this:**\n\nIn addition, mothers would apply kohl to their infants' eyes soon after birth.\nSome did this to \"strengthen the child's eyes\", **and others believed it could\nprevent the child from being cursed by the evil eye.**\n\nI hope this answers your question. I think its just a cosmetic/cultural thing\nthey gave to gaara. To make him look like the desert tribe peoples.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-29T23:42:53.503", "id": "42548", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-29T23:42:53.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35889", "parent_id": "1950", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "5529", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nThe song that Rina sings in the opening/ending -- is it an existing pop song\nin Japan or a song created just for the series?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T15:48:35.823", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1952", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-16T06:14:36.490", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-16T06:14:36.490", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "1337", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "music", "cool-devices" ], "title": "What is the song played in Operation 11: Fallen Angel Rina?", "view_count": 757 }

[ { "body": "\n\n> The opening and ending. It looks like it's the theme song\n\nThe Opening song, written by Reiji Kitazato, is called \"Girls and horny\nsluts\", it's probably most definitely not an existing pop song in Japan. While\nReiji Kitazato does music for other (non-hentai) series, like Gankutsuou, this\nis probably written specifically for this show.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T09:29:40.457", "id": "2007", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T09:29:40.457", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "1952", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's called \"Fallen Angel's Love\". The music is by Shinobu and written by\nMasamichi Kaneko.\n\n[Sources: I checked the English version of the ending credits.]\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-20T21:35:06.390", "id": "5529", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-20T21:35:06.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2578", "parent_id": "1952", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1958", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI know that the Cowboy Bebop manga was written and produced by someone other\nthan Shinichiro Watanabe (although the English credits say: _Cooperation:\nShinichiro Watanabe / Sunrise_ ); the manga **Cowboy Bebop** , shortly after\nthe TV series ended, and that for all intents and purposes, they are the same\ncanon as the TV series and movie; and the manga **Cowboy Bebop: Shooting\nStar** , which was written alongside the original TV series airing. The\nchapters themselves are pretty similar to an episode of the TV series, so are\nthere specific time frames, or episodes that these chapters are reported to\ntake place? Or is it ambiguous and can safely sit somewhere in the middle of\nthe series (after all the cast have been introduced and are together, before\nthe cast start separating)? Is _\"Shooting Star\"_ on a completely different\ntimeline?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T20:45:32.160", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1957", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-17T06:53:14.487", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-14T22:29:08.543", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "cowboy-bebop" ], "title": "When does the Cowboy Bebop Manga take place within the Anime?", "view_count": 8085 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are actually two mangas for Cowboy Bebop:\n\n * **Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star** \nThis one is supposed to be an alternative telling of the anime series' story.\nThis one has elements of the story as told in the anime and some entirely new\nelements. \nBeing 'a new take' on the anime, I guess this one is supposed to replace its\ntimeline. \n_[Source 1](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2897)\nand\n[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cowboy_Bebop_chapters#Cowboy_Bebop:_Shooting_Star)_\n\n * **Cowboy Bebop** \nThis one features side-stories, which are supposed to be separate from the\nanime story. \nAccording to _Anime News Network_ , this one is supposed to take place before\nthe ending of the series (but they do not cite any references). It could fit\n[somewhat like the movie\ndoes](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/208/cowboy-bebop-connection-\nbetween-anime-and-movie). \n_[Source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1555)_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T21:59:45.673", "id": "1958", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-14T22:08:28.250", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "1957", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1963", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThe Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler) anime has 3 television seasons\n(a fourth one was announced for later this year), a movie, and an OVA.\nHowever, the different seasons don't match up very well and there is a lot of\nfiller content. For instance, the ending of the first season seems to take\nplace after all of the events of the second season.\n\nCan someone shed some light on what is canon and what are filler, and what\norder they occur in the manga?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T23:41:32.090", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1959", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-15T11:12:13.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "hayate-no-gotoku" ], "title": "What is the timeline of the Hayate anime?", "view_count": 14411 }

[ { "body": "\n\n * [**Season 1**](http://hayatenogotoku.wikia.com/wiki/Hayate_no_Gotoku!_Season_1): having 52 episodes, follows the manga from volume 1 (chapter 1) to volume 4 (chapter 51). \n\n * [**Season 2**](http://hayatenogotoku.wikia.com/wiki/Hayate_no_Gotoku!!_2nd_Season): having 26 episodes (the **OVA being episode 00** ), follows the manga from volume 5 (chapter 52) to volume 14 (chapters 147-148). \n\n * [**Season 3**](http://hayatenogotoku.wikia.com/wiki/Hayate_no_Gotoku!_CAN%27T_TAKE_MY_EYES_OFF_YOU): having 12 episodes, features a new story written in part by the original creator and is mostly based on his original ideas that never made it to the manga. \n\n * [**The movie**](http://hayatenogotoku.wikia.com/wiki/Hayate_no_Gotoku!_Heaven_is_a_Place_on_Earth): I really could not understand whether it was an adaptation or new material/filler content. \n\nIf you compare the length of the first and second series with the number of\nchapters each covers, you can see that the second one follows the manga much\ncloser than the first one, the latter mixing up the storyline from the manga\nwith new content. Plus, from what I gathered from\n[here](http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-555805/hayate-no-gotoku-episode-\nfiller), **episodes 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29 (the end), 30, 31, 32 (first part),\n33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 50 and 51 of Season 1 are fillers,\nand only the last episode of Season 2 is a filler**. \n**The third season is not based in any manga.** \nAnd the movie, I really do not know.\n\n* * *\n\nAs for the timeline, from what I gather, it goes [something like\nthis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayate_the_Combat_Butler#Anime): \n**Season 2 (of which the OVA is episode 00)** retcons the events from **Season\n1** , being set a month (or three, [according to this\nsource](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10662))\nafter Hayate's become Nagi's butler (not a year, like the first season states.\nThus, it follows more closely the manga). **The film** 's events take place\ntowards the end of the summer holidays, 2 weeks after Comiket. **Season 3** 's\nevents take place one month after **the movie** 's (which is nine months after\nthe beginning of the **Season 1** and 6 months after **Season 2** ).\n\nThis would mean that **Season 1 and 2** intertwine (because of the\noriginal/filler content present in Season 1), **the movie** takes place 5\nmonths after **Season 2** , and **Season 3** takes place one month after **the\nmovie** (and the OVA is part of season 2, being its episode 00).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T00:39:08.210", "id": "1963", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-15T11:12:13.683", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-15T11:12:13.683", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "1959", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1970", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nFor example, when Kinkaku and Ginkaku are reincarnated, they have their ninja\ntools. It is also the case with the reincarnated Seven Ninja Swordsmen.\n\nIf this is so, suppose someone else had acquired one of the ninja tools, would\nthere be two copies of the tool?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T00:24:18.130", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1960", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-13T16:04:41.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "321", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Does Summoning: Impure World Resurrection automatically equip the reincarnated shinobi?", "view_count": 1031 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere can be only one copy of the tool at a time. The resurrected shinobi get\ntheir tools if they have not been acquired by others in the real world.\n\nWhen the Seven legendary swordsmen were summoned, initially only Zabuza had\nhis Kubikiribōchō. Although Suigetsu had acquired it, it was taken away from\nhim when he was arrested at the five Kage meeting. Thus, it seems the Edo\nTensei transferred it to Zabuza.\n\n\n\nLater, Mangetsu summons 4 other swords from his scroll. He had presumably\nsealed them in his scroll before he died, which is probably why they were not\nacquired by others.\n\nThe only swords missing are the Samehada and Hiramekarei, which were in\npossession of Bee and Chojuro respectively. Similarly, Sasori did not get his\npuppets, because Kankuro had taken their possession.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T02:48:08.480", "id": "1970", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-15T07:37:38.317", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-15T07:37:38.317", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "1960", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nKinkaku and Ginkaku had the weapons sealed inside them, much like Orochimaru\nproduces his sword from his mouth.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-13T14:46:41.773", "id": "5177", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-13T16:04:41.610", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-13T16:04:41.610", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2381", "parent_id": "1960", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "1972", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nFrom what I've been able to follow, the seasons of anime shows have been tied\nto thirteen week blocks, directly correlating with the actual season in Japan\n(for instance, this is the Winter 2013 season).\n\nHowever, there are instances in which shows with more than 13 episodes are\nconsidered to have only run for one season.\n\nWhich is the correct definition - are seasons 23-26 episodes, or are they\n11-13 episodes?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T03:08:54.640", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "1971", "last_activity_date": "2013-03-21T22:33:11.283", "last_edit_date": "2013-03-21T22:33:11.283", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "102", "post_type": "question", "score": 18, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "What defines one \"season\" of anime?", "view_count": 12526 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe 13 week \"season\" that refers to a time of year or when a show starts\nairing is sometimes referred to as an \"airing\" season or a \"television\"\nseason. This is like \"Winter 2013 season\". But since shows sometime span\ndifferent television seasons, even if it's 13 episodes long, this run of a\nseries can also be referred to as a \"season\".\n\nSometimes shows get cut off, go on hiatus, or for whatever reasons (e.g.\nfinancial) have a significant break between certain episodes such that the TV\nseries runs through multiple \"television seasons\" (e.g. _Girls Und Panzer_ )\nyet the show itself is still referred to as the \"first _season_ \", and this is\nsometimes referred to as a \"cour\" or \"series\". The usage of \"season\" comes\ndown to semantics. Multiple \"seasons\" of a TV series can also be called\n\"series\", like _Galaxy Angel_ and it's multiple (different lengths) \"\n_seasons_ \" are sometimes called \"series 1\", \"series 2\", etc. \"Cours\" however,\nusually refer to a 12 or 13 stretch of episodes. So a 26 episode series can be\nreferred to as \"2 cours\".\n\nBut as far as the length of an anime \"season\", a 12 episode series run can be\nreferred to as a \"season\", yet sometimes a 26, or 36, or 201 (Gintama) episode\nrun is called a \"season\". It's technically not tied to a specific length,\nwhich is why some people prefer to use \"cours\".\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T03:50:26.317", "id": "1972", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-15T03:50:26.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "1971", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nA \"season\" is pretty much whatever the producer defines as \"season\".\n\nThe traditional size of a season in a periodic TV show is 24-26 episodes, but\nthis is not written in stone. Frequently a \"test run\" will be 12 episodes.\n\nThere is another reason called \"[Broadcast\nSyndication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_syndication)\" - a bundle\nof either between 88 and 100, or exactly 65 episodes is sold to a TV network.\n\nSo, season sizes are often adjusted to these: two seasons of 26 and one of 13\nepisodes will create a bundle of 65. Three seasons of 25 and one of 13 will\ncreate 88. Four seasons of 25 will create 100.\n\nAnd of course there are exceptions: two-episode stories, extras, OVA and so on\nwhich may or may not be included in the number.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T14:23:45.740", "id": "2015", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T14:23:45.740", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "126", "parent_id": "1971", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2004", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nAfter the War of the Best, when Whitebeard died and there was no hope for the\npirate side, Shanks enters the area and everything ends on his command. So I'm\nwondering if Shanks is really that strong (that three admirals together\ncouldn't defeat him) or do they just honor the saga of Whitebeard?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T21:39:27.717", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2003", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-06T20:09:02.533", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-16T14:46:38.463", "last_editor_user_id": "29", "owner_user_id": "19", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Is Shanks that strong?", "view_count": 10716 }

[ { "body": "\n\nShanks is very strong, though that isn't the only reason why the navy stopped.\nBeing one of the four yonko means that his crew is one of the most dangerous\nin all of the Grand Line. Of course, Whitebeard was at least as strong, if not\nstronger, but Shanks is no weakling either. He has been able to hold his own\nagainst a number of powerful opponents, including at different times and in\ndifferent situations, Mihawk, Kaido, and Whitebeard. The Marines only came\nprepared for one Yonko at a time. Facing both the Whitebeard pirates and the\nRedhair pirates would have been a lot more than they could chew.\n\nShanks is also not a terribly dangerous pirate in the eyes of the world\ngovernment, though he is very powerful. They view him as a threat, but\nacknowledge that he probably wouldn't be the one to start a major conflict on\nhis own. He is respected by a number of people in the navy, including Sengoku,\nwho would rather avoid a conflict with the Red-hair pirates. The navy probably\nwould have been able to win against the Red-hair pirates at that point, but\nthey would have sustained heavy losses in the process which were simply not\nworth it. He is also rather charismatic, so that probably helped.\n\nUltimately, Sengoku decided to end the battle out of respect for Shanks, not\nnecessarily because they could not have beaten him, but he is definitely still\none of the most powerful people in the world.\n\nSource: [One Piece Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shanks)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-15T22:07:02.247", "id": "2004", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-21T22:38:09.373", "last_edit_date": "2019-12-21T22:38:09.373", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2003", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nSince Shanks bounty is unknown, and we haven't seen any serious fights that\nactually went down, we can only estimate Shanks power from his brief\nappearances, and the dialogues about him:\n\n 1. He lost his arm to a Sea King in an attempt to save Luffy, then uses Conquerors Kaki(Haoshoku Haki) to scare it off.\n 2. He uses Conquerors Haki to knock out most of Whitebeard's crew, then briefly clashes blades with Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world.\n 3. He stops Akainu with his sword and saved Koby.\n 4. When he had two arms, he was in contention with Mihawk as the strongest swordsman in the world. Whitebeard himself said that he still remembers the fights between Mihawk and Shanks, and they echoed all around the Grand Line. However, Mihawk is no longer interested in fighting him.\n 5. In Chapter 907, he went into Mary Geoise to talk with the five elders.\n\nBased on this information, I would say that Shanks is well deserved of his\ntitle as Yonko, but not as powerful as the other three. He could also probably\ntake on a Marine Admiral or even the fleet admiral individually. Given that\nthe Navy suffered massive losses already at the battle, I would say that\nShanks, along with his crew, is powerful enough of a threat, to stop the war\nat that point.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-19T19:28:50.647", "id": "50905", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-06T20:09:02.533", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-06T20:09:02.533", "last_editor_user_id": "62199", "owner_user_id": "34670", "parent_id": "2003", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYes. He is currently one of the Four Emperors of the New World, meaning that\nhe is one of four most powerful pirate captains in the Grand Line. Not only\nthat, but he clashed with Dracule Mihawk, currently the World's Greatest\nSwordsman, on a daily basis before he lost his arm. In addition, he was able\nto single-handedly(See what I did there?) Block a two-handed blow from\nWhiteberd's bisento with nothing but a single arm. He was also able to block\nan extremely powerful magma fist from Admiral Akainu (Which was hot enough to\nburn Whitebeard, renowned as the World's Strongest Man) with nothing but his\nsword, strength, and mastery over haki. Even before he clashed with\nWhitebeard, his presence alone started to cause physical damage to\nWhitebeard's ship and knock out his many men (Seasoned and experienced pirates\nwho were able to survive the harsh journey and adventure of being in the New\nWorld), and literally scare off a Sea King with his haki, showing how\nimmensely powerful and experienced he is. So in conclusion; yes, he is that\nstrong.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-09-02T16:16:52.177", "id": "65542", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-02T16:16:52.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62270", "parent_id": "2003", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2017", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThis question contains spoiler.\n\n> As we know, Rikudo Sennin sealed the Jubi inside him and before he died, he\n> banned its body with Chibaku Tensei and created the moon. We also know, that\n> when the body was freed by Madara, it served him as Gedo Mazo. But how did\n> Madara free the Gedo Mazo? Is there any reference in the manga/anime?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T13:19:13.603", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2008", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T22:10:45.553", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "How was the Gedo Mazo summoned?", "view_count": 2968 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAs was explained in chapter 606, pages 13 and 14:\n\n> Those who have both Uchiha and Senju DNA (which allows you to awaken the\n> Rinnegan) can summon the Gedo Mazo. \n> Only four people have been able to do such: The Sage of Six Paths, Uchiha\n> Madara (Second Rikudo), Nagato (Third Rikudo) and Uchiha Obito. \n> All four of them possessed both DNAs and the Rinnegan: \n> \\- **The Sage of Six Paths** is the person from whom both lineages descend,\n> possessing both DNAs, as well as the Rinnegan. \n> \\- **Uchiha Madara** possesses Uchiha DNA naturally, and transplanted Senju\n> Hashirama's cells into his wounds, awakening the Rinnegan when he was at the\n> verge of death. \n> \\- **Nagato** is a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, who are related to the\n> Senju clan, thus possessing Senju DNA. Madara transplanted his Rinnegan to\n> him when he was very young. With this, not only did he gain the Rinnegan,\n> but he also had Uchiha DNA implanted into him. \n> \\- **Uchiha Obito** naturally possesses Uchiha DNA, and had Senju DNA\n> implanted in him when Madara fused a Zetsu clone with his body to save him.\n> However, he did not awaken the Rinnegan, but rather had Nagato's (which was\n> actually Madara's) Rinnegan implanted. \n> \n> According to Madara, he unlocked the seal to summon the Gedo Mazo upon the\n> time of his Rinnegan's awakening.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T14:41:46.080", "id": "2017", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T22:10:45.553", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-16T22:10:45.553", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "2008", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2032", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIs [Anime Studio](http://anime.smithmicro.com/) used by any popular Anime\nstudios for actual, commercial Anime production?\n\nI know it's fairly common with amateurs and quite a few Western Animation\nprofessionals, but has it ever been used to produce a full season of an\n_anime_ series that was aired in Japanese TV, or some Anime of comparable\nscale? Or is just a marketing twist, and only ever Western animation of\nprofessional quality has been made in it?\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T14:43:55.857", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2018", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-07T18:32:25.327", "last_edit_date": "2016-06-07T18:32:25.327", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "126", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "Is \"Anime Studio\" animation software used professionally in making anime?", "view_count": 2843 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIf Japanese anime studios do use this software, you'd think [their user\nstories](http://anime.smithmicro.com/user-stories.html) would consist of at\nleast someone from Japan or someone who's done work with a Japanese studio.\n\nThe software itself seems more geared towards a small team (or one person)\nproduction which doesn't seem to fit in a large scale production involving\ndozens of animators, in-betweeners, story-boarders, etc.\n\nI know that Makoto Shinkai (Voices of a Distant Star, 5cm/s) uses _Celtx_ ,\n_After Effects_ and stuff like _Photoshop_ and _Illustrator_. He's done one\nperson projects. I also see [Comic Works](http://www.comic-works.com/)\nmentioned a lot on Japanese blogs. But it seems most large productions use\nsoftware called \"RETAS\". I can't provide any sources to substantiate this\nclaim but it's probably unlikely Japanese studios would use this software that\nlooks like it's geared for smaller productions and use it for commercial anime\nproduction, it's more likely that they use a lot of different types of\nsoftware to facilitate the process of writing->story-boarding->key-\nframes->inbetweens on a much larger scale. [This blog post about AIC's\nanimation process](http://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-\ndetailed-guide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/) makes it out to\nbe pretty complex.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T22:40:03.013", "id": "2032", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T22:45:26.507", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-16T22:45:26.507", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "8936", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nDoes the franchise of \"Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature\" consist only of\nthis one movie or is there anything more to it? Any sequels, series, mangas,\nvisual novels, \"spiritual sequels\" (entirely different movie but taking strong\ninspiration in it) or any other paraphernalia related to Bagi?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T14:54:49.967", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2019", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-03T15:30:44.410", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-27T00:28:46.050", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "126", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "bagi" ], "title": "Is there any more of \"Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature\"?", "view_count": 1436 }

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom what I can find, it only is the movie and does not have any other series\nas sequel/prequel/etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T15:02:49.243", "id": "2020", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T15:02:49.243", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2019", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom 1975-1976, Osamu Tezuka also wrote a manga titled _Daichi no Kaoyaku\nBagi_ (大地の顔役バギ), which would probably translate as \"Bagi, the Boss of the\nMighty Earth\", with \"boss\" in the sense of \"leader of a gang\". See also [the\nmanga's article on Japanese\nWikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0%E3%81%AE%E9%A1%94%E5%BD%B9%E3%83%90%E3%82%AE)\n(there are no writings on it in English that I can find).\n\nIt appears that this manga was incomplete at the time Tezuka stopped writing\nit. You can find the one volume Tezuka did complete [on Amazon\nJapan](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0%E3%81%AE%E9%A1%94%E5%BD%B9-%E3%83%90%E3%82%AE-%E6%89%8B%E5%A1%9A%E6%B2%BB%E8%99%AB%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%E5%85%A8%E9%9B%86-321-%E6%89%8B%E5%A1%9A/dp/4061759213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398558590&sr=8-1&keywords=%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0%E3%81%AE%E9%A1%94%E5%BD%B9%E3%83%90%E3%82%AE).\nIt does not look like anybody has translated this manga, ever.\n\nI have not read this manga or watched the movie, but Japanese Wikipedia\nappears to suggest that the contents of the manga and movie are mostly\nunrelated - the Bagi in the manga is a jaguar, while the Bagi in the movie is\na mountain lion-turned-human (I think?).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-27T00:35:27.073", "id": "8936", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-27T16:19:02.470", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-27T16:19:02.470", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "2019", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2025", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nThere are at least [130\nrules](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note) of use of the\nDeath Note. Do they all fit on the one last page of the notebook (how?) or do\nthey come from some other source? Was it ever addressed in the manga or the\nanime?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T15:06:40.100", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2021", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T06:51:52.810", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "126", "post_type": "question", "score": 13, "tags": [ "death-note" ], "title": "Fitting rules of Death Note", "view_count": 886 }

[ { "body": "\n\nRyuk didn't write all rules in the deathnote, only the most important ones:\n\n> \"The human whose name is written in this note shall die.\" \n> \"This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in\n> their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same\n> name will not be affected.\" \n> \"If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the\n> subject's name, it will happen.\" \n> \"If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a\n> heart attack.\" \n> \"After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be\n> written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds (400 seconds).\"\n\nThe other rules exist, but Ryuk never wrote them into Sidoh's book and only\nexplains them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T15:34:17.770", "id": "2022", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-16T15:34:17.770", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2021", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Death Notes originally do not have any rules written on them. Ryuk dropped\na Death Note in the human world because he was \"bored\", so he only wrote\nenough rules to get a human interested in it (and he wrote them in English,\nthe most common language). During the course of the plot, Light infers several\nrules _not written in the book_ through his experiments. (Even Ryuk admitted\nonce he did not know of one such rule.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-16T18:21:59.233", "id": "2025", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T06:51:52.810", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-17T06:51:52.810", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2021", "post_type": "answer", "score": 26 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2224", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\n**This question contains spoilers! For early manga readers and anime viewers**\n\n> I wonder if Zetsu would be affected by the treasured tools of the Sage of\n> the Six Paths. One idea is that White Zetsu and Black Zetsu have different\n> word souls. However, would each White Zetsu clone have a different word\n> soul?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T00:18:50.240", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2033", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-24T11:57:38.190", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-17T11:32:26.053", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "321", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Does Zetsu have a word soul?", "view_count": 418 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is pure speculation, but I think that each clone has the same soul. White\nand black Zetsu have their own soul, but the clones possibly have the same\nsoul like their originals.\n\n> I think so, because Hashirama Senju was cloned by Madara, but it doesn't\n> have its own soul (the soul was sealed by Hokage Sarutobi).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T07:56:36.833", "id": "2036", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T11:30:59.657", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-17T11:30:59.657", "last_editor_user_id": "338", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2033", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI think neither of them even has a soul, not to mention a soul word.\n\n> White Zetsu is a clone made by cells from Hashirama. Black Zetsu is a\n> manifestation of Madara's willpower. Neither of them, I believe, have a soul\n> of their own.\n\nFor that reason, I don't think that they have a soul word, because it relies\non the word to be recorded from the victim's soul.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T12:00:54.623", "id": "2049", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T05:42:58.500", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T05:42:58.500", "last_editor_user_id": "321", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2033", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the light of Chapter 618, each Zetsu has his own soul, and thus, it is\nreasonable to expect that they have their own soul word.\n\n> In Chapter 618, Orochimaru uses Edo Tensei to summon the previous four\n> Hokage using four Zetsu's as sacrifice. Kabuto had previously explained that\n> resurrecting the soul of a dead person with Edo Tensei requires sacrificing\n> the soul of a living person.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-30T13:02:37.393", "id": "2224", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-30T13:27:35.630", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-30T13:27:35.630", "last_editor_user_id": "99", "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "2033", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nShadow clones are unavailable for the sacrificial process, dude. They will\nsimply dissapear the second they feel pain in the process. However this White\nZetsus are special clones that will not dissapear no matter what damage they\ntook, zetsus are special clones, as kisame said during his encounter with\nKiller Bee, Naruto, and Yamato. So basically the sacrifice needed in the\nritual is a **living and useable body, the one that exist and constant**\n\nAs for Zetsus and their clones might or might not have a soul, I'm not sure\nabout this one. They have their own mind, they talk very much, and they have a\nfree will, yet they can be cultivated freely with Hashirama Living Clone.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-24T11:57:38.190", "id": "3897", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-24T11:57:38.190", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1821", "parent_id": "2033", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2045", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nAs the question states, is it ever revealed who the pilot was? Since\nByakushiki contains Core number 001 which is the same one that powered the\nwhite knight, can we assume that the pilot was Shinonono Tabane?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T03:33:46.813", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2034", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T10:19:06.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "321", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "infinite-stratos" ], "title": "Who was piloting the White Knight Infinite Stratos?", "view_count": 613 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNo.\n\n> The White Knight's pilot was Chifuyu Orimura, as confirmed in the light\n> novels, and heavily implied during the anime.\n\nSource: <http://infinite-stratos.wikia.com/wiki/White_Knight>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T10:19:06.857", "id": "2045", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T10:19:06.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2034", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\n**This question contains spoilers for early manga readers and anime viewers**\n\nKonan mentions during her fight with Tobi that Tobi's dematerialization\ntechnique can last for only 5 minutes. This can be confirmed as true since\nTobi resorts to Izanagi to escape her ultimate technique, Kami no Shisha no\nJutsu. It is later revealed that Tobi's dematerialization technique is\nactually just teleporting himself into his alternate dimension with Kamui.\n\nHowever, earlier during the Five Kage meeting arc, he had teleported Sasuke\nand Karin and kept them in the alternate dimension for quite a long time. He\nalso kept Fu and Torune in the alternate dimension for several days. This\nshows that he does not face any significant side-effects, like draining\nchakra, by keeping people in the other dimension. Also, staying in the\nalternate dimension did not seem to have any adverse effect, on at least\nSasuke and Karin.\n\nWhy can Tobi not keep himself in the alternate dimension for more than 5\nminutes? In particular, why could he not just escape Konan's ultimate\ntechnique by staying in his alternate dimension for 10 minutes, rather than\nuse Izanagi?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T06:41:51.470", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2035", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-29T17:17:37.483", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T13:45:16.250", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "99", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why is there a time limit on Tobi's dematerialization technique?", "view_count": 2239 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere's no definite answer yet.\n\nThe technique is about sending parts of yourself to the other dimension, to\navoid being hit.\n\nTwo reasons I can think of are:\n\n * Since [it's an activated mode type technique](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/269/does-tobi-control-his-teleportation-consciously/272#272), it constantly drains his chakra. Five minutes are his limit. \n * He cannot keep parts of his body separated for so long, because there could be some sort of biological limitation of transferring oxygen and blood to the organs in the alternate dimension. \n\nThe first sounds more feasible to me, but since it isn't explicitly specified,\nwe can't give you a definite answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T08:51:29.407", "id": "2039", "last_activity_date": "2016-03-11T22:57:34.840", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2035", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer is simple, the 2 situations you describe are actually 2 different\ntechniques. This answer contain a minor spoiler about the ability, especially\nthe wielder of the other Mangekyou Sharingan eye.\n\n[Kamui](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamui) has 2 abilities.\n\n1) The user can create vortexes that transport anything they suck in to the\nKamui Dimension. Objects can remain in that dimension indefinitely it seems.\nThe downside is that it takes time to suck objects in, and they are vulnerable\nwhile doing so. If Tobi tried to use this, he would be wide open and take the\nfull force of those explosions by Konan. As well, Later on, Truth Seeking\nBalls (balls that destroy just about everything they touch) nearly touched him\nwhile he was trying to use this ability, because they got to him faster than\nhe could teleport. He was forced to cancel the vortex teleport to dodge them.\n\n2) Grant the users body intangibility, by temporarily transporting segments of\nthe users body to the Kamui Dimension when objects in the main dimension come\ninto contact with their body. The user is unable to attack while this is\nactive. This is the one with a 5 minute limit, as it is not a complete\nteleportation, Only overlapping segments are moved. Tobi used this to dodge\nthe 4th Hokage's abilities, but turned it off to attack, which is how Minato\nhit him with his Rasengan. This ability can be cast near instantly, though it\nmay have a cool down after being turned off before it can be turned on again.\nAnother downside is that if someone is in the Kamui Dimension, the segments of\nthe body will be clearly visible to them, and they can attack it.\n\nNow, Tobi had the right eye, which has ability 2, and could create vortexes,\nbut only centered around the eye itself. It could control the direction of the\nsucking force of the vortex to a Cone shape, allowing him to decide if it was\nhis target or himself being sucked in. Kakashi had the left eye, which could\nonly create vortexes, but could do so at range, but the force could not be\ncontrolled, it was always spherical.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-15T15:06:36.240", "id": "31423", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-29T17:17:37.483", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-29T17:17:37.483", "last_editor_user_id": "20610", "owner_user_id": "20610", "parent_id": "2035", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2038", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the anime Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (精霊の守り人), when the Star Diviners\nare speaking and do not wish for the contents of their conversation to be\nheard, they say something like \"There is no-one else in this room.\" or \"This\nroom has only empty vessels.\" (depending on the translation, I guess). Then,\nthese other guys in the room (generally people who only light candles and the\nlike) pull a piece of cloth that hangs backwards from their 'hat', and cover\ntheir faces. This piece of cloth has a symbol, that I guess is a Kanji (I do\nnot know many Kanji, so it is only a guess).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rtxdc.png)\n\n**What Kanji is this, and what is its meaning?**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T15:47:25.817", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2037", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-03T11:12:34.647", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-03T11:12:34.647", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "49", "post_type": "question", "score": 14, "tags": [ "symbolism", "seirei-no-moribito" ], "title": "What kanji is this, and what's its meaning?", "view_count": 1899 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt isn't kanji. The character you see here, and others, were invented for this\nparticular TV series. They're called [ヨゴ文字](http://cn5.jugem.jp/?cid=6) (\"yogo\nmoji\"), and this character in particular is a substitute for the kana `む`\n(\"mu\").\n\nSee the following charts for details:\n[kana](http://cn5.img.jugem.jp/20080403_332244.png) and\n[numbers](http://cn5.img.jugem.jp/20070806_151252.jpg)\n\nAs for what it means, given the context in your question, I would guess the\n`む` on his mask is `無` (\"nothing\").\n\n_(As an aside, these characters remind me of[Tangut\nscript](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangut_script).)_\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-14T18:24:12.217", "id": "2038", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T12:39:43.903", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-17T12:39:43.903", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "2037", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2041", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nKisame was known as tailed beast without tails. This is because he had an\nincredible amount of chakra, so much that Samehada had an affection toward\nhim.\n\nA's father, the Third Raikage, could even combat the Hachibi all alone! \nWhat is the source of such an amount of chakra? Is it hereditary? Or won by\npractice? Or just by birth?\n\nMight Guy, the Green Beast of Konoha, opened the 8 Gates to surpass Kisame,\nbut doing this takes a risk on his life. So it is certainly not the\nmanipulation of chakra points, since neither the Third Raikage nor Kisame seem\nto be risking their lives to get such an amount of chakra.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T08:56:44.430", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2040", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-03T09:10:31.620", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T12:10:17.090", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "338", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "How can one achieve incredible chakra such as that of the Third Raikage or Kisame?", "view_count": 7607 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are times where a genius is born. It doesn't have to be in raw chakra,\nbut in skill, brains, willpower, etc.\n\nItachi for example is considered a genius, a fast learner, combat analyst and\nvery powerful. \nMadara is a genius. Awakening the Mangekyo, having power many shinobi feared. \nA's father can also be considered a genius. Steel skin and iron blood, along\nwith the incredible chakra and durability to match that of the Eight Tails.\n\nKisame is a slightly different case. He's definitely fearsome strong, but his\ngigantic chakra reservoirs actually came from his sword, Samehade, which has\nthe ability to consume the chakra of the victims it hits.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T09:12:08.540", "id": "2041", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T07:08:40.060", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T07:08:40.060", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nAll people are different, and all sihnobi are different. We know that some\npeople are talented in poetry, and some in math. Some have good memory, some\nare stronger than others. How do they \"achieve\" this? Well, they usually\ndon't. They just have it.\n\nThe same thing applies to shinobi too. Some are naturally better in genjitsu,\nsome in ninjitsu. Some have Kekkei Genkai, some have more chakra than others.\nOf course, when one trains, he further increases his ability, and even if\nsomeone is not really good with genjitsu, he can work hard to improve, much\nlike anyone can, for example, attend a music class and learn to play an\ninstrument.\n\nSo yes, if you don't count any \"special stuff\" such as Kisame's sword, I would\nsay that it's something they have from birth.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T09:29:19.497", "id": "2044", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-17T09:29:19.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI think chakra is actually inherited directly from the parents and can be\nhoned via training. As we know, Naruto has immense amount of chakra, more than\neven a regular jounin level shinobi (Kakashi told that Naruto has 4 times more\nchakra than himself without counting the chakra of the nine tails), since his\nchildhood and could perform forbidden Multi shadow clone jutsu which would be\notherwise impossible unless one has huge chakra at his disposal. So, there is\nhigher possibility that Third Raikage and Kisame's parents had incredible\namount of chakra.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-02T11:25:00.033", "id": "31842", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-02T11:25:00.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23827", "parent_id": "2040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is specifically stated that a shinobi can increase his or her chakra volume\nvia training. It is stated in the manga, anime and databooks that Chakra is\ncreated when two other forms of energy, known collectively as one's \"stamina\",\nare moulded together. Physical energy (身体エネルギー, shintai enerugī) is collected\nfrom each and every one of the body's cells and can be increased through\ntraining, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy (精神エネルギー, seishin\nenerugī, English TV: Mental Energy) is derived from the mind's consciousness\nand can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience. These two\nenergies becoming more powerful will in turn make the created chakra more\npowerful. Therefore, practising a technique repeatedly will build up\nexperience, increasing one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra\nto be created.\n\nso any character who has large chakra reserves developed it by either\nincreasing the physical or spiritual energy or both. through physical training\nsuch as running, push ups etc etc or doing mental training such as studying,\nreading, meditating etc etc.\n\non top of that another important factor is chakra control which is important\nbecause all though its possible to maximize the amount of chakra a shinobi\nhas. there are still some limitations based on genetics. as such this is why\nsomeone like kakashi has average levels of chakra volume. but i also believe\nthat its possible to break the limit to a degree. one such way is to seal\nchakra away for later use. this will grant you a higher level of standing\nchakra volume and in turn it will allow you to train harder and develop chakra\nbeyond the limits of your genetics IE tsunade was born with chakra of a high\ncalbre and volume because she is senju/uzumaki. but the seal on her fourhead\nclearly allows for even greater chakra volumes\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-01-03T09:10:31.620", "id": "38229", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-03T09:10:31.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4902", "parent_id": "2040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2054", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Chobits, the protagonist finds Chi discarded with trash behind some house.\n\n> One would think a product of a secret project like that, containing some\n> extremely important secrets, would be at the very last disposed of in a\n> responsible manner, and not just thrown out.\n\nMaybe I wasn't an attentive watcher but I never spotted any backstory as to\nhow she ended up there. Does the show explain it? If not, are there any viable\ntheories?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T09:18:00.253", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2042", "last_activity_date": "2016-03-07T09:24:38.207", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "126", "post_type": "question", "score": 8, "tags": [ "chobits" ], "title": "How did Chi end up in the trash?", "view_count": 2707 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the manga, Chitose Hibiya mentions that she hoped someone would find Chii\nand give her all the things she was missing (e.g. Love). Chii's memory was\nwiped because she was sad, so this was an attempt to start over from scratch\nwithout any of her painful memories. And this also means not knowing anything\nabout Chitose.\n\nSo Chitose put Chii in the trash so that Hideki would find her.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T18:33:29.403", "id": "2054", "last_activity_date": "2016-03-07T09:24:38.207", "last_edit_date": "2016-03-07T09:24:38.207", "last_editor_user_id": "15276", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2042", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2071", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nWalter tells Victoria that he was brainwashed and forcefully turned into\nMillenium's minion, but then says that he attacks what remains of Hellsing by\nhis own free will. Bad characters usually mess with good ones, so it's not\nclear how it really happened to him.\n\nRelated: [Did Walter become Millennium's servant by choice? @ SciFi &\nFantasy](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24805/did-walter-become-\nmilleniums-servant-by-choice)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-17T23:38:46.830", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2055", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-12T04:49:57.783", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:43:40.137", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "191", "post_type": "question", "score": 10, "tags": [ "hellsing" ], "title": "Did Walter become Millennium's servant by choice?", "view_count": 29949 }

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the **[Hellsing\nWiki](http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Walter_C._Dornez#As_Millennium.27s_secret_weapon)**\n:\n\n> It is also currently unknown whether or not Walter's brainwashing by\n> Millennium was consensual, or if he was brainwashed against his will.\n\nHowever, on the same page, it is also stated that\n\n> In chapter 75 of the Hellsing manga, Sir Hugh Irons, the acting leader of\n> the Convention of Twelve, comes to the conclusion that **Walter had in fact\n> been betraying his superiors for quite some time, even before the second\n> coming of Millennium and possibly even since the days of the World War II.**\n> He mentions that he foresaw Richard Hellsing's attempted coup of the\n> Hellsing Organization and also Richard's assassination attempt on Integra,\n> and had quite specifically warned Walter of it, charging him with protecting\n> her; and yet, despite his warning, **Walter was nowhere to be found on that\n> day**. Therefore it is suggested that Alucard's awakening was also\n> orchestrated by Walter; his convenient absence left Integra with no other\n> choice but to release Alucard, whom Arthur Hellsing (Integra's father) had\n> purposefully sealed away, thinking him to be too dangerous to use as a\n> weapon. Other bits of evidence suggesting that Walter is a traitor include\n> the **Valentine brothers' mysterious knowledge of the location of the\n> Hellsing mansion** , Walter's suspicious memory lapse when Millennium\n> resurfaces (he does not seem to remember storming and destroying\n> Millennium's base in World War II, but claims that he does after Alucard\n> prods him), and the strange omission of the fight scene between Walter and\n> his apparent rival, the Captain. It may be that, after seeing Alucard's\n> abilities during World War II, Walter wished to destroy him to prove himself\n> and thus allowed Alucard to awaken.\n\nIt's still shrouded in mystery, however, I think he wanted to battle against\nAlucard in a fair fight, more than \"betray\" Integra or Hellsing.\n\nHe may have been brainwashed and he may have not, but it was very clear that\nhe wanted to beat Alucard in battle, and that the deal he made with Millennium\nwas made to achieve that goal.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T00:02:42.223", "id": "2071", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T00:02:42.223", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2055", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, Walter wasn't brainwashed and he wasn't exactly Millennium's servant\neither, if not he would not have protected Integra. He only wanted to do his\njob as a vampire hunter, and kill Alucard. He first met Alucard during World\nWar II; they were allies then. He knew he wasn't strong enough at that time to\nmatch strength against Alucard, since he was just a teenager. So, he made a\ndeal with the Major in 1944, probably during Hellsing: The Dawn. A deal that\nhe would be turned into a vampire, so that he will be strong enough to match\nAlucard.\n\nHowever, Alucard was sealed away after World War II by Integra's father. It\ntook 50 years, but Walter made sure that Integra had no choice but to release\nAlucard upon her father's death. Walter knew that Integra's uncle would try to\nkill her, and she would have to release Alucard if he wasn't there to defend\nher. But that was still not enough, he knew that Alucard had millions of lives\nwithin him, and he couldn't be killed, so he had to wait until Alucard was\nmore vulnerable. He waited 5 years, that's when Millennium invaded London, and\nAlucard was given the order to release Level 0, releasing all the lives within\nhim, leaving him with 1 life left within him, that when Alucard was at his\nmost vulnerable.\n\nBut all that was for nothing, Alucard just summoned all the blood on the\nbattlefield to him during the fight, reclaiming all the souls that he had\nreleased at Level 0, plus the souls of those who had died on the battlefield\nthat day, giving him about 3.5 million lives, which was more lives than at the\nbeginning.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-10T13:52:30.233", "id": "5143", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-29T16:50:16.877", "last_edit_date": "2014-10-29T16:50:16.877", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "2360", "parent_id": "2055", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe answer to this question is so much more simple than you guys are making\nit. Yes, he says to Seras after she asked what happened to him that he \"was\nbrainwashed and forcefully turned into Millenium's minion,\" but then\nimmediately after goes on to say \"Is that what you wanted to hear?\" implying\nthat everything he said before that was complete and total sarcasm. He did it\nwillingly. No one knows the true reason he betrayed the Hellsing Organisation.\nHowever, Alucard does say in his fight with Walter that he thought it was\nbecause Walter was \"afraid of being old and useless. Maybe afraid of being\nforgotten.\" Walter confirmed Alucard's theory of being forgotten by saying\n\n> We are the evening's entertainment. And I... just wanted to do something\n> with my time on the stage worthy of applause...\n\nWhich can lead us to believe that Walter wanted to do something he would be\nremembered by. And killing Alucard would certainly be remembered. But he never\nspecifically says that's why he betrayed them\n\nSo _why_ Walter betrayed the Hellsing Organisation is unknown, but Walter very\nclearly says it was his own choice. When he said he was brainwashed, he\nfollowed it up with something implying that that comment was to be taken as\nsarcasm.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-12T04:49:57.783", "id": "50394", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-12T04:49:57.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44355", "parent_id": "2055", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2060", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWhen the anime starts and until episode 8, they attached a cell-phone to the\nphone-microwave and sent a message to that specific phone to trigger sending\nD-Mails. But in episode 8\n\n> Ruka sent a D-Mail to her mother pager\n\nand then in episode 9\n\n> Faris sent a D-Mail to (probably) herself\n\nSo I'm wondering if there is a plot whole somewhere in the story, or did they\nfigure out a way to send D-Mails from any phone to any phone?\n\nAs a side question previously it was mentioned that how they can set D-Mail's\ntime of Arrival:\n\n> each second on Phone-Microwave meant an hour going back, so I'm wondering\n> how did they manage to set microwave time to 87600 (10 years)?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T01:15:13.513", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2056", "last_activity_date": "2018-07-31T02:26:15.810", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "steins-gate" ], "title": "How did they start sending messages to other's phone?", "view_count": 2521 }

[ { "body": "\n\n> When the anime starts and until episode 8, they attached a cell-phone to the\n> phone-microwave and sent a message to that specific phone to trigger sending\n> D-Mails.\n\nYou are misunderstanding it. The microwave is required to _send_ the d-mail,\nnot to _receive_ it.\n\nBasically, the d-mail functions exactly as a normal text message that you\nwould send to someone. The only difference (apart from the size limit) is that\nwhen you send a normal message, it will arrive in some time _after_ being\nsent. The d-mail, on the contrary, will arrive in some time _before_ being\nsent. It can be sent to any phone (or a pager), the only requirement is\nobviously that you need to know the phone number.\n\nAs for your side question, I didn't understand what exactly is confusing you,\ncan you elaborate please?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T05:37:25.267", "id": "2058", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T07:28:57.590", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T07:28:57.590", "last_editor_user_id": "111", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2056", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nYou just send the message from one phone/pager to another one. All you need is\nthe microwave running and a running CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), plus the phone\nnumber of the receiver. You configure the microwave, turn it on and wait for\nthe message to be sent.\n\nEarlier in the story, they needed to connect the phone with the microwave, to\ndetermine, which message should be affected by time-travel.\n\n> However, Daru wrote a program, with which you could set the number and\n> various different things, so it was possible to send these D-Mails without\n> the need of connecting the phone to the microwave.\n\nRegarding your time-question: Daru applied many modifications to the\nmicrowave, so you could set any running-time. The microwave won't run the\nwhole 24 hours, it just needs to be set to that time.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T07:50:29.173", "id": "2060", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T10:06:18.987", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T10:06:18.987", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2056", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 7, "body": "\n\nI've not read the manga series, so the question may be quite basic.\n\nIn an earlier discussion, it was said that the number of tails determines the\npower of the tailed beast. Since half the Nine-tail's chakra was sealed by the\nFourth Hokage, does it mean that the Eight-tails now has more chakra than the\nNine-tails?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T01:43:16.203", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2057", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-07T15:27:48.387", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-18T13:46:14.987", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "321", "post_type": "question", "score": 12, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Is the Nine Tails still stronger than the Eight Tails even though half of him was sealed away?", "view_count": 106996 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not specified explicitly, but I think not.\n\nItachi told Kisame that the nine-tails had to be sealed last, **because if it\ndoesn't, the Gedo Mazo would be thrown out of balance, and break down**.\nAkatsuki definitely knew about how the Kyuubi was sealed, because Tobi was\nthere.\n\n> In the manga, Naruto together with the Nine Tails managed to fire a\n> bijuudama of equal scale to that of the Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and\n> Seven tails combined.\n\nFrom those I conclude that even after half of him was sealed away, the Nine\nTails _still_ has more power than the rest of the tailed beasts, if not\ncombined!\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T07:13:45.767", "id": "2059", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T07:13:45.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't have any evidence, but I always thought that each Tailed Beast was\nexponentially stronger than the previous. Something like 10x 1-tails = 1x\n2-tail.\n\nIf anyone has evidence of this, edit it in the answer.\n\nAccording to the questipon [provided by\nJNat](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/1940/tailed-beast-power-\nequation) The equation could be like this: (x)t = beast w/ # of tails\n(Addition)\n\n[code]\n\n 1t + 1t = 2t\n \n 1t+ 2(1t) = 3t\n \n 1t + 3(1t) + = 4t\n \n ...\n \n 1t + 8(1t) = 8t\n \n 1t + 9(1t) = 9t\n \n[/code]\n\n**9t/2 < 8t**\n\nIn which case the 1/2 of Nine Tails wouldn't be stronger than the 8 tails. If\nit were like this, then the equation could be more like:\n\n[code]\n\n 8! (8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1) = 8 tails\n \n 9! (9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1) = 9 tails\n \n[/code]\n\n**9t/2 > 8t**\n\nor it can be\n\n[code]\n\n 8t = 7t + 6t + 5t ...\n \n 9t = 8t^x\n \n[/code]\n\n**9t/2 > 8t**\n\nx being the number of times stronger in which each tailed beast is stronger\nthan the other.\n\n**This all depends on whether the tailed beasts are exponentially stronger\nthan another or additionally strong**\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T16:07:34.933", "id": "2091", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-20T16:56:53.403", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "175", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe eight tails can regenerate its lost limbs remember? But that regeneration\ndoes not apply to his horn that the raikage has cut. So that means the eight\ntails didnt lose 1/8 of its chakra. And also according to the manga when\nsasuke revived orochimaru, they took one of the uzumaki clans masks and\norochimaru released the reaper death seal so that he can reanimate the\nprevious 4 hokage. And since Minato used this jutsu to seal half of the nine\ntails, then the moment orochimaru released the technique is also the time when\nthe nine tails power is restored. But since the power of the tailed beasts is\nmeasured by the number of their tails I could say that the eight tails is\nstronger than the nine tails if orochimaru did not release the technique but\nsince he did then the nine tails is much stronger. But remember what I am\nsaying is according to the manga. We do not know which story is going to be\nused either the story of the manga or the story of naruto shippuden ultimate\nninja storm 3.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-05-28T08:38:46.280", "id": "3937", "last_activity_date": "2013-05-28T09:01:31.830", "last_edit_date": "2013-05-28T09:01:31.830", "last_editor_user_id": "1832", "owner_user_id": "1832", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Kurama is much stronger. Having half of his chakra taken away and a\nbit from naruto he was still able to form a tailed beast ball powerful enough\nto match the other tails collaborated tail beast ball. 8 tails would have had\nno chance.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-01T01:56:51.650", "id": "6093", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-15T07:24:42.233", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-15T07:24:42.233", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "2833", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom what I have gathered it was his physical form that was not sealed, which\nis probably why in the anime his beast transformation is so different than\nBees. Just chakara, no physical form to stand on.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-15T14:12:41.633", "id": "8069", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-15T14:12:41.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4126", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIts because its matched with narutos stength he's by him self stronger then\nthe 8 tails host so match that up with the rest of the nine tails and he's\njust epic\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-13T18:17:40.293", "id": "8639", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-13T18:17:40.293", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4485", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nKurama is stronger then all the other tailed beasts. \nAccording to what Kurama says their power is determined by how many tails they\nhave. With that he is implying that he is the strongest (which he is) and\nsaying the one tailed Shukaku is the weakest of the 9 beasts. \nThat's why he hates Kurama.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-15T06:16:53.220", "id": "11276", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-07T15:27:48.387", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-07T15:27:48.387", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "6243", "parent_id": "2057", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2072", "answer_count": 4, "body": "\n\nIn our world, a \"genius\" is someone who is extremely smart, analytic or a fast\nlearner.\n\nAlthough there are similarities between our and the Naruto universe definition\nof \"Genius\", I still feel that it's not the same.\n\nWhat is considered a \"Genius\" in the Naruto world? Is Naruto a genius? Is\nSasuke a genius? Itachi? Nagato? I don't see it as strictly being smart.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T17:55:42.973", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2067", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T07:04:47.033", "last_edit_date": "2016-10-30T12:06:15.927", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "27", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "In Naruto, what makes a person a genius?", "view_count": 6541 }

[ { "body": "\n\nGenius can be defined as [a single strongly marked capacity or\naptitude](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genius). Characters are\ncalled geniuses because they don't need to work as hard others to become good\nat something.\n\nFor example: Compare Sasuke and Rock Lee. Sasuke is considered by a lot of the\ncast to be a genius. He learns techniques easily, and has been shown to\nimprovise in combat better than others. On the other hand, Rock Lee has to\ntrain very hard to keep up with his peers.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T19:02:15.343", "id": "2068", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T16:33:03.797", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-19T16:33:03.797", "last_editor_user_id": "1354", "owner_user_id": "1354", "parent_id": "2067", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSasuke is a genius, he's gifted, comes from a gifted clan (one of the most\ngifted in the Shinobi world).\n\nNaruto is not a genius. He doesn't excel in his first years: while Sasuke did\neverything easily and without making mistakes, becoming the most popular kid\nin the Academy, Naruto, in plain terms, sucked.\n\nWhen he was asked to do the clone he completely failed:\n\n\n\nI don't think however that being a genius is necessarily a matter of being\nborn in a powerful clan. Naruto's father was powerful, yet Naruto sucked.\nHinata is weaker than Neji yet she comes from the main family.\n\nI think that genius, after such considerations, is a union of, at least,\n**clan** and **environment**.\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T19:46:01.193", "id": "2069", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-18T19:46:01.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15", "parent_id": "2067", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI would assume that in Naruto terms it's much more to the **perceptiveness**\nand the **analytical** nature a character shows in adapting to a tougher\nbattle scenario, which rules out characters like Naruto and Rock Lee. I can\nmake a point with respect to Kakashi's quotes about Naruto because Kakashi\nalways remarks to him that he can surpass 4th Hokage but never really\ncompliments him on being a genius. Kakashi is sure that Naruto can surpass him\nthrough sheer hardwork and training.\n\nSecondly the characters who I really think standout for genius terms are\n_Sasuke_ , _Shikamaru_ and _Itachi_. As for Shikamaru, there are plenty of\nscenarios all over the manga, most notably the one where he first assumes task\nas squad leader to retrieve Sasuke where he formulates the best formation to\ngo after the Sound Four with the squad which was put up as quickly as possible\nand his attention to detail outlines that. Also in the very first fight he is\nshown on the anime in the chunnin exams against the sound girl, he deceives\nher with the landscape easily and he claims that ninja should be very\nperceptive to their surroundings and where they fight.\n\nSasuke always has been shown to be a battle genius in all his fights. The most\nnotable to re-iterate my point would be his fight with Deidara where he\nquickly nullifies all strategies of Deidara (who himself was shown to be a\nvery good tactician the way in which he approached his fights with Gaara and\nNaruto and Kakashi prior to that as well) and beats him with a technique to\nspare as well. (Although Sasuke after Mangekyou started spamming Susanoo\ngreatly he is still shown having a great battle prowess.)\n\nItachi even though we never get to see him in so many fights throughout the\nseries, he is shown as the guy who sets very high standards for Sasuke to\nfollow when he was a kid. The most notable thing I can think of is how he gets\nout of the Edo Tensei from Kabuto very easily.\n\nAll these characters can fight harder as much as everyone else but most\nimportantly they fight smarter. They look for the loop holes in the enemy's\nweakness rather than attack the enemy head on.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-18T23:02:52.543", "id": "2070", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T07:04:47.033", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T07:04:47.033", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "104", "parent_id": "2067", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI'd define \"genius\" by breaking down and analyzing the concept of\n\"proficiency\".\n\nI like to think that for any skill, people are born with varying levels of\nease in picking up the skill and/or developing it ( _nature_ ). Extreme\nexamples include people who feel like \"I've done this before\", which have some\nparallels with the awakening of Kekkei Genkai in the Naruto universe. From\n\"baseline\" level of ability, people can work to raise or lower their\nproficiency in proportion to how much effort they spend ( _nurture_ ).\n\nI would say that a \"genius\" is someone who was born with an extremely high\nlevel of baseline proficiency. Hence, with regards to your question, does a\ngenius have to be **smart** , **analytical** or **a fast learner**? These\nthree qualities differ slightly in character:\n\n * Concerning the skill of _intelligence_ , people who are born **smart** are geniuses, but people who became smart after studying/practicing very hard need not be.\n * Concerning the skill of _analyzing the battle situation_ , people who are born **analytical** are geniuses, but people who became analytical with decades of battle experience need not be.\n * **Fast learners** \"develop their skill abnormally quickly\" so they can be all considered geniuses ( _very_ fast learners, that is).\n\nAccording to my definition, Jinchuuriki and lineages of powerful Kekkei Genkai\n(such as the Sharingan or Rinnegan) automatically qualify as geniuses.\nInterestingly, in the real world we don't have that much of \"inherited genius\"\nto be unleashed, so this is unique to the Naruto universe. Thus, to answer\nyour question, Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi and Nagato are indeed geniuses; from\nMorpheus's answer, Shikamaru is one too.\n\nHowever, it is important to define the scope of one's genius; different types\nof genius cannot be compared.\n\n * Shikamaru is a genius when it comes to \"being smart\" or \"analyzing the battle situation\".\n * Byakugan users are sensor-type geniuses.\n * Rock Lee is a proficient Taijustu user but is not a genius; he simply worked extremely hard to attain that level of skill.\n * Naruto and other Jinchuuriki are geniuses in chakra-intensive (and thus powerful) techniques.\n * Naruto is also a sage mode genius (being able to perfectly balance natural energy with his own chakra).\n * Regarding JNat's comment to the question, Naruto's proficiency in many other skills ( _walking on trees_ comes to mind) came from extensive training due to his spirit of \"never giving up\", but he cannot be considered a genius for those.\n * However, Naruto may be a genius at learning and picking up most skills quickly; coupled with his determination, that is a potent self-improvement skill in itself.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T01:52:01.057", "id": "2072", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T01:52:01.057", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "97", "parent_id": "2067", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2075", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\n**Spoilers for FMP The Second Raid**\n\nIs Leonard a Whispered like\n\n> his twin sister Tessa? If so, do we know his specialty? If not, how did he\n> become the leader of the opposition?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T02:27:34.983", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2073", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-26T06:15:21.297", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-26T05:45:46.137", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "118", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "full-metal-panic" ], "title": "Is Leonard a Whispered?", "view_count": 325 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI think some of this is not revealed in TSR, so I've spoilered it.\n\n> Yes, he is a Whispered. Not only that, he exceeds his sister's abilities\n> both physically and mentally, and he used his knowledge to produce Arm\n> Slaves for Amalgam. I don't think we know for sure how/why he became the\n> leader of the opposition, though it's implied at some point that primarily\n> he wanted more freedom.\n\nSource: [Wiki](http://fullmetalpanic.wikia.com/wiki/Leonard_Testarossa)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T02:57:45.647", "id": "2075", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T02:57:45.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2073", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nLeonard Testarossa is indeed a Whispered.\n\n> His specialty is Arm Slave design. He is the one who designed the miniature\n> AS Alastor units and his own personal AS, Belial. Though not explicitly\n> stated it's very likely he designed the Codarl (aka Venom), Behemoth, and\n> Eligor as well. His ultimate goal is to change history to create his own\n> ideal world, a world without pain and suffering. In this ideal world, the\n> Whispered would not exist. Whispered children like him would not be captured\n> and tortured as the Black Technology would not exist, wars would not exist,\n> all the people that would have died would now be alive. He believes all the\n> suffering he causes to get there does not matter, since it would not exist\n> in the world he wants to create.\n\nAmalgam's main goal is to consolidate the power of the Whispered. The power\nhierarchy structure of Amalgam is akin to that of a web, making it impossible\nto topple, but easy to subvert.\n\n> Leonard is ultimately a traitor to the goal of the organization and use\n> their resources to further his goal. He goes about doing this by taking out\n> the higher ranking members of Amalgam, so that all the resources will come\n> to be under his control. He's able to use charisma to win many people over\n> to his side (like Kalinin). Among his goals, he wants a list of all the\n> people involved in Amalgam, the ones who allowed it to turn into a malicious\n> organization that it is now, so that they could be taken care of in the\n> creation of the ideal world.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-26T06:15:21.297", "id": "2175", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-26T06:15:21.297", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "2073", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2080", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nViewers of the second movie are familiar with the gigantic mecha Super Tengen\nToppa Gurren Lagann, the most powerful mecha that Team Dai-Gurren uses in the\nwhole franchise. It bears a strong resemblance to Kamina, except with Simon's\nglasses and with no face. A number of sites note the resemblance, including\nthe [Gurren Lagann\nWiki](http://gurrenlagann.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann).\n\n\n\nIn some places it's claimed that Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is a\nreincarnation of Kamina, but none of them are very official, so this may just\nbe fan speculation. Is there any evidence that Super Tengen Toppa Gurren\nLagann is actually a reincarnation of Kamina, or do they just resemble each\nother?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T02:38:37.447", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2074", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-07T23:03:30.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "gurren-lagann" ], "title": "Is Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann actually Kamina?", "view_count": 8469 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think there is any official source on this, but I would guess STTGL\nwas made with image of Kamina in mind. Kamina was spiritual leader of Dai\nGurren Dan and he was most influential person on all main characters,\nincluding Simon, Yoko, Viral and other. As that, they all see him as\nrepresentation of power, freedom and determination. Fitting image for STTGL.\n\nAlso note, that at end of TTGL, it is said resurrection of dead people is (at\nleast) morally wrong. So resurrecting Kamina, albeit temporarily, would go\nagainst believes of main characters.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T08:12:54.377", "id": "2080", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T08:12:54.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "115", "parent_id": "2074", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is not canon, but conclusions drawn from canon and logic on infinites...\n\nSome things that should be considered...\n\n 1. The Dimensional Labyrinth opened up access to infinite parallel realities.\n 2. Due to the infinite nature of the labyrinth is why the anti-spirals expected the team Dai-Gurren to be stuck there forever. (Infinite number of parallel relaities, an Aleph 0 infinite)\n 3. They got out anyway.\n 4. The only way to counteract an infinite is with another infinite. (Especially useful is a higher tier infinite, such as an Aleph 1 infinite overpowering an Aleph 0)\n 5. Spiral power seems to provide a feedback loop. People with strong spiral power around others with strong spiral power seem to get even stronger spiral power.\n\nIn the Dimensional Labyrinth, they encountered what most fans believe to be a\nghost/image/memory/reincarnation of the \"true\" Kamina. However, it should be\nnoted that each of these infinite universes had its own Kamina.\n\nA concept to take into account... Kamina only died in the primary universe.\nHis many variations were alive in the labyrinth. Each one of these by itself\nwas not the prime Kamina, but between them, they had the traits of the prime\nKamina.\n\nThis means, likely most had the desire to achieve the higher level than they\nwere and would never be satisfied in that regard, and to break through any\nboundary. If one version of Kamina could reach a point to where he could break\nthrough from one dimension to the next, things get interesting. The fact that\nthis manages to happen is evidenced from the way they're pulled by him back\ninto the prime world, and a very prime-like Kamina is appearing nearing less\nprimish Kaminas (Kaminai?).\n\nThrough this interaction, the core personality of the prime Kamina would re-\nemmerge due to the Prime Kamina's traits being the most shared traits (likely\ncausing many Kaminas to gravitate towards the original ideal as they try to\nreach their ultimate potential), and they would discover the nature of the\nLabyrinth.\n\nThese prime-like Kaminas would, by their nature, increase his power by\nreaching out to the other Kaminas. And any Kamina he could reach would likely\nalso learn this ability (through becoming stronger, learning technique,\nwhatever). And in infinite realities, there would be infinite Kaminas\nattempting this. Upon knowing the anti-spirals created the Labryinth as a\nprison for freedom fighters, he would desire nothing more than to break that\nboundary, and seek them out.\n\nNow, imagine... an infinite number of Kaminas, their spiral power feed-backing\nfrom an infinite number of other Kaminas, with enough presence to effectively\nsearch infinite realities and find every single original member of Dai-Gurren.\nThat's infinite Kaminas, each with infinite spiral power.\n\nAleph 1 infinite achieved.\n\nAlthough team Dai-Gurren may be limited in number, the dimensional Kamina\nwould have no such limit, and be able to break them all out and give them\nenergy to spare.\n\nSo...\n\nIn a way, it would make sense, knowing the characters and the realities\ninvoked, and would explain the reality-shattering power team Dai-Gurren\nachieved after being effectively decimated.\n\nAlthough, I have to say, if my hypothesis is accurate, a side series about all\nthese Kaminas and their journeys could be pretty interesting.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-10-07T23:03:30.840", "id": "26483", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-07T23:03:30.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18217", "parent_id": "2074", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nIn the anime and manga of **Highschool of the Dead** , the world is going\nthrough a pandemic of a lethal disease which kills a person, makes them rise\nfrom the dead, and seek to eat their own kind - infecting the persons the\ndevour with the disease. \nIn the first episode,\n\n> When Hisashi is bitten by one of 'them', he has a wound for a long time. It\n> takes more than 2 hours for him to finally die.\n\nDuring the first 9 minutes of episode 3 or 4, there are annotations on the\nbottom of the screen stating the time of the events that occurred. When we see\nthe scene with Takashi, Hisashi and Rei are running through the school trying\nto make it through to the roof - you can easily see\n\n> the wound on Hisashi's arm - which is a bite mark that made him infected,\n> and death inescapable. He coughs and splutters blood, and it takes him from\n> around 1:00 PM to 3:05PM to die.\n\nHowever, later in the series, you can see that those bitten can also become\n'them' instantaneously. For instance,\n\n> in episode 6 or 7, we see a swarm of 'them' trying to attack the police at\n> the first bridge. A live woman is amongst the crowd pleading to be saved and\n> protected, with her daughter 'alive' in her arms. But the daughter rises as\n> one of 'them' and bites her Mother. For a brief second, you see the Mother\n> in shock - and then only seconds later she turns into one of 'them'.\n\nIs there any real way to tell how long it takes for a live person to turn into\n'them'?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T06:05:01.370", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2076", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-13T10:30:00.457", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "128", "post_type": "question", "score": 10, "tags": [ "highschool-of-the-dead" ], "title": "In Highschool of the Dead, how long does it take for a person to become one of 'them' (a zombie)?", "view_count": 1396 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's most reasonable to suspect the severity of the bite.\n\nWhen Hisashi was attacked, he had a layer of clothing protecting him. So it's\nsafe to say that the bite didn't get very deep penetration. Hence why he was\nable to last the entire episode (several hours)?\n\n\n\nOh the other hand, Tejima-sensei from earlier in the first episode took a\nlarge bite directly on his naked arm. He was zombified almost instantly (under\n1 minute).\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T06:33:46.117", "id": "2077", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T06:33:46.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "17", "parent_id": "2076", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nLike any other disease, the length of the incubation period is dependent on\nseveral facts:\n\n * The localization. A bite in the neck may kill you faster than a bite in your foot.\n * The severity. As @Mysticial pointed out, Hisashi was protected by clothes, while Tejima was bitten directly.\n * The time the zombie is infected. If the zombie is only infected 2 seconds, there might be less viruses transferred with one bite, than by a zombie who is infected since several days.\n * The immune system. Like with any other disease, an ill person will pass the incubation period faster. If you're absolute healthy, you may have more time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T16:22:46.840", "id": "2083", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-13T10:30:00.457", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-13T10:30:00.457", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2076", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nThe anime and manga, Hyouge Mono, is set in the Sengoku era and follows tea\nrelated items. I can see that in general the events of the era seem to be more\nor less accurate, and all the wacky outfits probably aren't accurate (or are\nthey?), but I'm wondering about the tea related aspect of the series.\n\nDid the warlords of the time (especially Oda Nobunaga) have tea masters and\ntreasure master crafted tea-ware in any way like they're portrayed in Hyouge\nMono? Are any of the crafted items, at least the ones with proper names, real\nitems from the period?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T06:45:44.790", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2078", "last_activity_date": "2017-02-07T22:33:48.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "hyouge-mono" ], "title": "Is Hyouge Mono historically accurate?", "view_count": 1080 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAll characters on the show are based on historical figures. Furuta Sasuke is\nin fact Furuta Oribe but he will only change his name later in life. Same goes\nfor Sen no Soeki who will become famous under the name of Sen no Rikyu.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-03-02T11:16:44.933", "id": "30159", "last_activity_date": "2016-03-02T11:16:44.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22415", "parent_id": "2078", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nTea bowls and items are real names. There are records of those. As you can see\nin Hyouge mono, there was an tea economy rose by tea masters and samurai\nlords.\n\nLord Hisahide Matsunaga who blew up with hiragumo kettle in manga and anime,\nin fact blew up with hiragumo in the top of the castle. Nobunaga really wanted\nit, too. There isn't a record of that Oribe took the broken lid of the kettle\nthough. So the events appear in the manga or anime are accurate but some\nscenes Oribe with other samurai lords (especially enemy ones) are more\nfictional. Clothes are very exaggerated but Nobunaga really liked western\nclothes (from Portugal). In my opinion the author does it deliberately because\nexaggeration is more suited to Oribe's aesthetic sense. Later his name remains\nin style of tea bowls as Oribe ware.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-02-07T22:33:48.267", "id": "38847", "last_activity_date": "2017-02-07T22:33:48.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30805", "parent_id": "2078", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2081", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI finished the Hueco Mundo arc, up to episode 190, and I have a question about\nOrihime:\n\nIf Orihime can reject all things, why didn't she reject Aizen's creation of\nthe Espadas? She can just say \"I reject\" and then cast at the Espada. POOF,\ngone.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T08:00:37.213", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2079", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T02:53:56.147", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-09T02:53:56.147", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "239", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Why didn't Orihime use her powers to reject the creation of the Espada?", "view_count": 3317 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause her power is limited.\n\nRejecting the Espada's creation would mean _changing very powerful things_ ,\nbeings with extreme spiritual power would vanish.\n\n_She doesn't (yet) have this kind of power_. She can't reject events of that\nmagnitude.\n\nShe can reject **an injury** (and even that to some degree, as shown with\nIchigo's cero-inflicted wound by Ulquiorra, she couldn't reject such a\npowerful event), and she can **reject incoming attacks** (again, to some\ndegree. Yami in his weak form was able to break it with his finger).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-19T09:51:10.303", "id": "2081", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-19T09:51:10.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "2079", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nSimply put, Orihime has the single most gamebreaking power in the story by\nbeing able to reject reality. The thing is, she´s also a pacifist medic,\nintentionally made so by Kubo to make it so there´s actually a plot. Why would\nyou even write a story if a secondary character could kill every character in\n1 second? You wouldn´t right? If she had the will and bloodlust to hurt others\nshe could just go around deleting villains.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-02-10T21:07:48.227", "id": "2434", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-10T21:07:48.227", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1446", "parent_id": "2079", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Gakuen Alice, Yuka Azumi stole Narumi's Alice when she was running away.\nConsequently, he lost all ability to love her or anyone else. How does this\nwork?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T01:32:20.780", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2084", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-20T01:19:18.417", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "gakuen-alice" ], "title": "How does Yuka stealing Narumi's Alice take away his ability to love?", "view_count": 339 }

[ { "body": "\n\nWhen Narumi used his pheromones to make her love him. That made her lose\ncontrol of her Alice, which had the result that not only Narumi's Alice was\nstolen, but his love-feelings, too. It seems that the Pheromone-Alice is\nconnected to the emotions, and an out-of-control-stealing-Alice steals more\nthan it's supposed to. If Yuka had retained control, Narumi would still have\nhis ability to love.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-23T12:00:32.843", "id": "2136", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-20T01:19:18.417", "last_edit_date": "2017-06-20T01:19:18.417", "last_editor_user_id": "14229", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2084", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Gakuen Alice, the Elementary School Principal is involved with a lot of\nthings that seem to be illegal, including\n\n> the death of Mikan's father.\n\nIs it ever said in the manga how he can get away with that? Why doesn't anyone\n(including the government) stop him or at least try to prosecute him?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T02:35:20.823", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2085", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-24T10:30:03.070", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "gakuen-alice" ], "title": "How does the Elementary School Principal get away with so much?", "view_count": 131 }

[ { "body": "\n\nEverything I found is this:\n\n> He is known to cause countless chaos to the academy without leaving enough\n> proof for his actions, which explains why he has never been punished.\n\nSource: <http://gakuenalice.wikia.com/wiki/Kuonji>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-25T09:47:22.030", "id": "2168", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-25T09:47:22.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "2085", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nWhy was Akira naked in the beginning of Eden of the East?\n\nSupposedly it was revealed later on in the series. However, I wasn't able to\npick it up despite having watched it through in depth.\n\nCould someone provide a summary?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T03:09:54.140", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2086", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-07T23:27:14.143", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "17", "post_type": "question", "score": 13, "tags": [ "eden-of-the-east" ], "title": "Why was Akira naked in the first episode of Eden of the East?", "view_count": 1388 }

[ { "body": "\n\nA couple of theories on that.\n\n 1. He was trying to remove anything that could be used to identify him, which is why he erased his memories as well. \n\n 2. He was going to be in front of the white house holding a gun and not knowing who he is, the nakedness was to add on to making himself look insane.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-02-07T22:02:20.310", "id": "2384", "last_activity_date": "2013-02-07T23:27:14.143", "last_edit_date": "2013-02-07T23:27:14.143", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "1435", "parent_id": "2086", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2090", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI really liked the Gantz anime. It was crazy, a mind trip, and overall an\nenjoyable (if somewhat graphic) show. But I've been told the manga is better,\nand goes in a wildly different direction. What episodes in Gantz are based off\nthe manga plot, and where does the plot truly start to branch?\n\nNote, I'm not looking for minor differences, though bonus points for noting\nthose. I'm really looking for when the major branching in plot occurs.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T06:23:00.550", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2087", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-20T00:11:02.930", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "118", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "gantz" ], "title": "Where does the Gantz anime branch off?", "view_count": 9126 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe manga and the anime diverge during the anime's last battle. The last\nbattle in the anime never occurred in the manga. Gonzo needed a way to end the\nseries and created a weird introspective fight yourself battle. The manga went\non with more battles and more characters, ongoing for a long time, and I guess\nGonzo didn't want the series to just suddenly stop.\n\nI don't remember all of the minor differences, there were some during the\nbattles, especially the one during the statues, but those still followed the\nmanga more or less faithfully.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T07:15:35.010", "id": "2090", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-20T07:15:35.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2087", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2100", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nTobi once stated that he (referring to Madara) was born with an especially\nstrong chakra.\n\nThat is the only time we ever hear about the \"power\" of chakra! We know that\none can have a lot of chakra, and we know he can learn to utilize his chakra\nefficiently. But what does \"strong\" chakra mean?\n\nDoes it make his techniques more powerful than other, less power chakra users?\nDoes it mean that his YinYang balance is naturally stronger? Does it make him\nlive longer?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T06:41:23.300", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2088", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T07:10:06.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "post_type": "question", "score": 7, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "What does it mean to have \"powerful\" chakra?", "view_count": 3147 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it's much like \"The Force is strong with this one\" :P\n\nFrom [Naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra), we can learn that\n\n> Normal chakra is a form of energy all living individuals naturally produce\n> to some degree. Contained in the \"chakra coils\" that mainly surround and\n> connect to each chakra-producing organ, the energy circulates throughout the\n> body in a network called the \"chakra circulatory system\" (similar to the\n> cardiovascular system).\n\nAnd, later in the same article, it is stated:\n\n> Chakra is the resulting form of energy when two other forms of energy are\n> mixed together. The two energies are referred to as \"physical energy\" and\n> \"spiritual energy\". **Physical energy is collected from the body's cells**\n> and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual\n> energy is derived from the mind's consciousness (i.e. the soul) and can be\n> increased through studying, meditation, and experience. **Having these two\n> energies become more powerful will in-turn make the created chakra more\n> powerful. Therefore, practising a technique repeatedly will build-up\n> experience, building up one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more\n> chakra to be created. As a result, the ninja is able to do that same\n> technique with more power. This same cycle applies for physical energy** ,\n> except this time, instead of doing things like meditation, the ninja could,\n> say, do push-ups.\n\nemphasis mine.\n\nSo, I think that saying that someone is born with \"strong chakra\" means that\nthe physical part of that person's chakra (the one that he has from birth) is\nbetter... developed (or maybe advanced), comparing to other people. Whether\nthis individual will further develop this natural...boon, depends on him.\n\nThis estimation of chakra strength can also be different depending on who to\ncompare with. For example, one can be compared with other members of the same\nclan, or shinobi of the same village, or maybe all shinobi in general.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T07:10:06.757", "id": "2100", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T07:10:06.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2088", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2095", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nBetween Muyo, Universe, GXP, and Ryo-ohki, I'm thoroughly confused. Sometimes\nTenchi series seem to be related (Ryo-ohki and Universe) and sometimes not\n(GXP). What are all the Tenchi series, are they related, and if they are, how?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T06:49:54.673", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2089", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-02T06:52:44.870", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-27T15:02:34.140", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "118", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "tenchi-multiverse" ], "title": "How are the Tenchi timelines related?", "view_count": 32293 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a bit complicated. The links are to MAL, but I've found that different\ndatabases index these very differently. Sources are mostly in the links, but I\nhad to reference [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo!) and\n[Tenchi Muyo Wiki](http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo_Wiki) as well.\n\n* * *\n\n[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki](http://myanimelist.net/anime/539/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-\nOhki) is the original OVA series, which was brought to the US simply as Tenchi\nMuyo (I don't know about other countries). This was adapted into a [manga\nseries](http://myanimelist.net/manga/855/Tenchi_Muyo!). Simultaneously the OVA\nseries got a [special\nOVA](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1146/Tenchi_Muyo!_The_Night_Before_the_Carnival)\nand then [another season](http://myanimelist.net/anime/540/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-\nOhki_2). After that there's a\n[special](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10351/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-Ohki_2_Special)\nfor the second season of the OVA. There's a further [third\nseason](http://myanimelist.net/anime/541/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-Ohki_3), which ends\nthe story, and there's a sort of alternate ending special [Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-\nOhki 3 Plus 1](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1147/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-\nOhki_3_Plus_1) as well. There's also a sequel manga series which covers some\nmore events, [Shin Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-\nOhki](http://myanimelist.net/manga/4479/Shin_Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-Ohki). Between\nboth manga series, they mostly cover the first two OVA series, and are\ntechnically non-canon, though the changes are mostly minor changes.\n\nIn addition there are many things in this timeline which are not related to\nthe main story. There's a spinoff manga series about Sasami, [Tenchi Muyo!\nSasami Stories](http://myanimelist.net/manga/253/Tenchi_Muyo!_Sasami_Stories).\nThere's also a\n[special](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2725/Tenchi_Muyo!_Bangaihen%3a_Galaxy_Police_Mihoshis_Space_Adventure)\nfor Mihoshi's back-story in this continuity. [Tenchi Muyo!\nGXP](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1133/Tenchi_Muyo!_GXP) also falls in this\ncontinuity, 1 year after the ending of the OVA series. The [Isekai no Seikishi\nMonogatari](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5781/Isekai_no_Seikishi_Monogatari)\nanime takes place 15 years after GXP, and has both a\n[manga](http://myanimelist.net/manga/24800/Isekai_no_Seikishi_Monogatari) and\na [light\nnovel](http://myanimelist.net/manga/24834/Isekai_no_Seikishi_Monogatari)\nversion. There's also a radio drama (hence no MAL link), Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki\nManatsu no Carnival, which presumably falls in this continuity, but I have not\nlistened to it.\n\nThe second Tenchi movie, [Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no\nEve](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1101/Tenchi_Muyo!_Manatsu_no_Eve) is sort of\nseparate from everything else. It's technically not placed in the Ryo-Ohki\ncontinuity, but a separate, closely-related continuity. Sites disagree on\nthis, but Tenchi Muyo Wiki has the most convincing argument, namely that\nKiyone doesn't appear in the Ryo-Ohki continuity, but does in the movie.\n\n* * *\n\n[Tenchi Universe](http://myanimelist.net/anime/696/Tenchi_Universe) is on a\nseparate timeline, but is loosely based on the original season of the OVAs.\nThis is a 26-episode TV series. The first film [Tenchi Muyo! in\nLove](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1006/Tenchi_Muyo!_in_Love) is a sequel to\nthis series. The third film, [Tenchi Muyo! in Love\n2](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1144/Tenchi_Muyo!_in_Love_2%3a_Haruka_Naru_Omoi)\nis a sequel to the first film. This film has a [manga\nadaptation](http://myanimelist.net/manga/25316/Tenchi_Muyo!_in_Love_2%3a_Eternal_Memory).\n\n* * *\n\n[Tenchi in Tokyo](http://myanimelist.net/anime/538/Tenchi_in_Tokyo) is a\n26-episode anime series with its own continuity. The only other things in this\ncontinuity are the related\n[specials](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8767/Tenchi_in_Tokyo_Specials).\n\n* * *\n\nThere are a bunch of other spin-offs, mostly with their own continuities.\n[Dual Parallel!\nTrouble](http://myanimelist.net/anime/992/Dual_Parallel!_Trouble_Adventures)\nis an alternate continuity, except with mostly different characters. It has a\n[sequel](http://myanimelist.net/anime/993/Dual_Parallel!_Trouble_Adventures_Special)\nof short episodes. There's also the Pretty Sammy series, which have Sasami as\na magical girl and are independent of everything else. There's a 3-episode\n[OVA](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1918/Mahou_Shoujo_Pretty_Sammy) for Pretty\nSammy. There's also a 26-episode [TV\nseries](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1502/Mahou_Shoujo_Pretty_Sammy_%281996%29)\nwith [short\nspecials](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1503/Mahou_Shoujo_Pretty_Sammy_Specials),\nwhich in English is known as Magical Project S. This is a different continuity\nfrom the original Pretty Sammy OVA series. A third Pretty Sammy series is\n[Sasami: Mahou Shoujo\nClub](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1881/Sasami%3a_Mahou_Shoujo_Club), but this\nis now following Iwakura Sasami, a new character, yet again in an alternate\ncontinuity, and it's very much removed from the original Tenchi series. It\nalso has a\n[sequel](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1882/Sasami%3a_Mahou_Shoujo_Club_2).\n[Battle Programmer\nShirase](http://myanimelist.net/anime/579/Battle_Programmer_Shirase) shares\nthe character of Misao Amano with Pretty Sammy (where she has the alter-ego\nPixy Misa), who also makes a cameo in Dual.\n\nIn addition, there's an [RPG video\ngame](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo!_Game_Hen), which is sort-of\nbased on the Ryo-Ohki continuity. There's also an English-language RPG based\non the Ryo-Ohki continuity published by Guardians of Order. I have not played\neither so I don't know how closely they are related to the original series.\n\n* * *\n\nTo the best of my knowledge, that's everything major that's been released to\ndate. If I've missed anything I'll be happy to add it.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T23:07:39.347", "id": "2095", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T02:01:24.707", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-21T02:01:24.707", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2089", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\n\n\n## A breakdown\n\nThere are 3 major timelines in _Tenchi Muyo!_. There is the OVA/Ryo-ohki\ntimeline, the Universe timeline, and the Tokyo timeline.\n\nThe OVA/Ryo-ohki timeline is the original timeline released, and is considered\nthe primary canon story. It contains 3 OVAs and 2 OVA specials (which make up\n26 episodes of _Tenchi Muyo!_ , the one that aired in America). Also in this\ntimeline is _Tenchi Muyo! GXP_ , and the newer series, _Tenchi Muyo! War on\nGeminar_.\n\nThe Universe timeline consists mainly of _Tenchi Muyo! Universe_ which began\nas a story based off of the first 6 episodes (the first OVA) of the Ryo-ohki\ntimeline. However, it branched into it's own story, and got two movies,\n_Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi in Love_ and _Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi in Love 2_ , also known\nas _Tenchi Forever!_.\n\nThe final major timeline is the Tokyo timeline, which is where the series\n_Tenchi in Tokyo!_ fits in. It is really on it's own there, but was originally\nplanned to be an extension on the Universe\ntimeline[[source]](http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Tenchi_in_Tokyo)\n\nFrom there, there are a few spin off timelines. The first and still sort of\ncanon one is the Pretty Sasami timeline, which has many ties to original\ncharacters from the series. Note that each of the series in the Pretty Sasami\ntimeline is very related, but in its own continuity. And then there are non-\ncanon ones like _Sasami: Magical Girls Club_.\n\nOverall, this is a series that has a lot of conflicting _canon_ without really\nhaving anything set.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T23:25:44.340", "id": "2096", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-20T23:40:33.803", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "118", "parent_id": "2089", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2103", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nWho or what is Shounen Bat?\n\n> Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind? Or does he exists in reality to relieve\n> the pain of the people who are cornered by reality?\n\nIt became unclear to me who or what Shounen Bat was after\n\n> the copycat died.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T16:14:31.307", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2092", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-26T18:50:53.977", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-21T03:01:11.910", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "175", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "paranoia-agent" ], "title": "What is Shounen Bat?", "view_count": 4221 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere's no explicit explanation on who or what he is.\n\n> Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind?\n\nNot so much in the imagination, as other people can obviously see Lil'\nSlugger. It's possible that he could exist _in the minds of everyone_. Whether\nor not he exists in reality is a matter of debate; when he attacks people, is\nit physical or are his victims simply manifesting the injury?\n\nRegardless,\n\n> it seems he's been manifested by Tsukiko, the character designer and first\n> \"victim\". Except she reveals she was never attacked by Lil' Slugger and that\n> Lil' Slugger was her manifestation when she was a child to take the blame of\n> all the bad things that she did, like letting her dog die. She eventually\n> believed the delusion and somehow the delusion manifested into either\n> reality or within the minds of everyone, growing in strength from people\n> believing in his existence.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T08:49:34.950", "id": "2103", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T08:49:34.950", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "2092", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nAlright, I just finished watching the entire series and I feel so strongly\nabout the show, and the fact that there is no solid explanation for it, that I\nregistered to provide my interpretation of the show. This is going to be a\nlong post, and there are still some parts I'm working out so I welcome any\ncomments. However, I feel like I have an accurate take on this anime so help\nme get this out there!!\n\nIt's an obvious fact that Maromi and 'Lil Slugger were both physical\nmanifestations of Tsukiko's wild imagination. However, what EVERY SINGLE post\nand review I have read on this show seems to be overlooking is the fact that\nTsukiko, and all the other characters, are really....\n\nDEAD. -eerie music plays-\n\nRemember episode 8, entitled \"Happy Family Planning?\" At first I thought this\nwas pointless filler (like episode 10), but in reality this was the most\nimportant episode of all. The three main characters in this episode kept\ntrying to kill themselves.. To no avail. The one person who OBVIOUSLY managed\nto kill himself in the episode, the guy who jumped in front of the train,\nwalked back onto the platform all manner of torn up - even after the girl\ncomments that he was smushed all over the tracks. This leads me to believe\nthat the three main characters in this episode had killed themselves and so\nthey saw the train-tracks guy as a ghost; This is speculation, but I think the\ntwo men killed themselves with pills after abandoning the little girl - who\nmust've also killed herself because she suddenly appeared in the room (as a\nghost?!) right after the guys took the pills. [another possibility is that\nsome people can see ghosts and the guys simply joined her after they died.]\nThe rest of the episode, their suicide attempts fail for one reason or\nanother, and NOBODY CAN SEE THEM. Everyone walks right past them - even when\nthe little girl starts screaming and crying. This evidence leads me to believe\nthat a lot of characters are, in reality, dead throughout the show AND stuck\ndoing the same thing they were doing when they died.\n\nUltimately, I feel like this entire show is just a convoluted regret that\nstands as a barrier between Tsukiko and her happiness in the afterlife. You\nmay have a couple questions now: why is Tsukiko dead, what afterlife, and what\nregret? Let me begin by assuring you that Tsukiko is indeed DEAD throughout\nthe show.\n\nIn order to understand this, you have to consider my personal theory of what\nhappens when we die - it kind of involves the multiverse theory. So, the\nmultiverse theory says that there are unfathomable numbers of different\nparallel universes that exist beyond the scope of our perception. To me, this\nis one very logical explanation of the afterlife: when we die, we become part\nof our own \"world\" or reality. So there would be an unfathomable amount of\nworlds that coexist, often completely unaware of each other's existence. If\none perceives their personal afterlife to be a good thing, it's heaven. If we\nperceive it to be a negative thing, it's hell. This duality is seen throughout\nthe series; note that the series begins with EVERYONE in Tsukiko's world\ntalking negatively on the phone. It ends on a very positive note, everyone\nsaying happy things. This somewhat supports the fact that the world, Tsukiko's\n\"reality,\" is affected by her perception and is most likely her afterlife/a\nparallel universe.\n\nThe real evidence that Tsukiko is dead (in episode 12 I think) is when she\nbriefly leaves her world to visit her dad's, who for some apparently random\nreason is also the Chief who interrogated her in the beginning. Remember the\ncrazy 2-D people that gave him free beer and smokes? Yeah, that was HIS\nafterlife, which was empty without his daughter in it (So if the people are\nclosely connected, afterlives can overlap). When he took up the bat and\nshattered everything, he became part of Tsukiko's afterlife... an interesting\npoint which I won't discuss further. Just know that this is enough to prove\nthat there are a variety of different afterlifes described throughout the show\n- the one that seems most realistic is Tsukiko's (because she is the main\ncharacter).\n\nI really don't think its a stretch to see that Tsukiko is dead, so it\nsurprised me that nobody had considered it. If this is news to you, what will\nREALLY blow your mind is to consider which characters are really dead, when\nthey died, and how they died....\n\nFor now, lets focus on Tsukiko because, as the main character, she's the\neasiest to piece together. This is just pure speculation, but I believe\nTsukiko's life went something like this:\n\nTsukiko gets the puppy and it dies when she is distracted by a shooting pain\nin her stomach (perhaps her period? not trying to be gross or funny, it just\nfits with a theme in the show). She blames the death of her puppy on a\nmysterious assailant wearing in-line skates and wielding a metal bat so her\nfather isn't mad at her. Her father vows to avenge her loss of innocence and\nalways carries a bat in case he gets the opportunity to avenge her. -something\nthat was said also leads me to believe he kept a GOLD bat because he deep down\nknew she had lied- From here there are many possibilities.\n\n(For example, one possibility could be that her dad killed the boy who met the\ndescription she gave. Yet another could be that the boy goes to jail after\nbeing accused of killing the puppy. His life ruined, he kills himself. There\nare many possibilities, and it is highly likely that all of these variations\nare implied to have occurred in some version of reality. There simply isn't\nenough solid evidence to tell EXACTLY what the truth is. What can definitively\ntake out of it this that her lie caused a schoolboy to die somehow.)\n\nThat being said, the evidence provided leads me to assume the most likely\nexplanation to her life is as follows:\n\nHer dad never finds the boy. Tsukiko grows up and becomes successful by making\na toy that resembles her puppy, which shows that she is deeply and utterly\ntraumatized by the incident from when she was a kid. Since her success is\npinned on the lie her whole life revolves around, she isn't able to create a\nnew toy design and further aid in the success of her company. So, she deals\nwith her troubles, once again, by blaming it on 'Lil Slugger - she bashes her\nown leg apart and continues the lie from her childhood. The resulting chain of\nevents causes a school boy, Makoto Kozuka, to be accused and he kills himself\nin prison having had his whole life and his innocence taken from him. Her\nemployees catch on (this is why there was that line about the Lil Slugger\nnever having grown up) and one of them gets so frustrated with her that he\n\"accidentally\" kills her. This is seen in one of the episodes when her\ncoworker suddenly and violently grabs her by the neck and begins screaming at\nher.\n\nGo back and watch this part again; just as suddenly as he grabs her, he lets\nher go... after screaming at her for a good while. Tsukiko leaves the car and\njust stands there. Her coworker apologizes and sounds almost traumatized. He\nsays \"I didn't mean..\" and just trails off. Note that he isn't even looking at\nher during this part, rather he is looking at the seat where... Tsukiko's body\nis. This means that she is just a ghost at this point; she watches him drive\ninto a telephone pole. Not sure if this is an accident because he is so shaken\nby having killed her, or if it was purposely done to cover his murder. Could\nbe both. What is certain is this is how Tsukiko died.\n\nNow, here comes the really convoluted part; there is a scene that leads me to\nbelieve Tsukiko never really was alive to begin with. This would mean that the\ntimeline I just described would be one version of a life she lived in her\nafterlife (multiverse theory once again). In episode 11 or 12, The Chief is\nshown to be Tsukiko's dad, and her mom is seen having a miscarriage. So, this\nleads me to believe that Tsukiko never really was alive. Thus, in part, this\nshow is about her becoming reunited with the family she never had (this is the\ndeeply moving part if you think of it: the father was in an empty afterlife\nwithout her and he was reunited with his wife and connected with the woman his\ndaughter would have been - part of the reason why Tsukiko is able to have a\nhappy life at the end.)\n\nIn reality, the writer wanted to represent the multiverse theory to its\nfullest: there are so many different realities that have happened for Tsukiko.\nIn one reality she was never born. In another she was born and her dad was a\nhuge part of her life. In yet another, Tsukiko got a boy convicted for killing\nher puppy. Which one is really real? Well, that's up for you to decide.\nPersonally, I think Tsukiko was never really born, which is why her dad is\ndepicted as a complete stranger in the beginning and at the end. I'm sure\nthat's confusing as hell, but you'll see what I mean if you rewatch the show\nwith the multiverse theory in mind. It explains why certain characters\nliterally appear and disappear from time to time, and it explains why all of a\nsudden the police chief was her dad. However, for simplicity's sake, lets\nassume that Tsukiko did live a life with her dad and the show takes place\nafter she has died in the timeline I laid out.\n\nSo who is really alive in this show? In the final few episodes, I don't think\nthere are any characters left alive. However, it is VERY POSSIBLE that\nDetective Maniwa is still alive. Yet again, for simplicity's sake, let's\nassume this isn't true due to the jump in logic in the final episodes.\n\nThe end seems totally random, but notice the subtle changes in character\ndynamics. Note that there is a timeline between some of the characters; Chief\nmeets Tsukiko as his daughter only after Maniwa is shown as the Holy Warrior.\nSo, Maniwa dies and then reaches out to the Chief, who was already dead -\nasking for his help and prompting Tsukiko to face the truth. The truth is that\nthe Little Slugger is a manifestation of Tsukiko's guilt; Remember how I said\nthat when people die in the show they hold on to the last thing they were\ndoing? Tsukiko dies remembering her guilt and her lie... that guilt becomes a\ntangible entity, which transforms into a destructive force throughout the\nvarious forms of her afterlife. The slugger covers up the truth because\nTsukiko doesn't know how to handle the raw negativity of it. Maniwa dies\nseeking the truth and trying to stop the slugger, so he comes into the\nafterlife as a Holy Warrior.\n\nManiwa really is taking the place of Lil Slugger as the Holy Warrior, who is\nhonestly GOOD at the beginning of the show. Including his initial assault on\nTsukiko, he only appears when people ask for his help and the result is always\npositive. Tsukiko can't handle the stress from work, so she falls back to\nneeding his help and he reappears. She gets famous from the resulting media\nexposure and she doesn't have to make a new doll (which is why her puppy is\nironically seen more and more throughout the show and taking life of its own).\nSlugger pummels the reporter who is after Tsukiko, and the reporter ends up\nwith the story he needs to pay off his debt. Because of the story that is\nwritten, Yuichi is blamed and bullied because of his semblance to the slugger.\nYuichi blames the chubby kid, who is attacked by the slugger. Then he wishes\nto be attacked himself to show everyone he isn't to blame. So he is. ETC. ETC.\nETC.\n\nThis shows you that the slugger only appears when he is needed and asked for\n(in the beginning). The result is generally a good thing. However, it always\nhas a further consequence. This chain of events (butterfly effect) ultimately\nleads to the slugger being bested by the crooked cop, Masami. This leads to\nthe slugger being thrown in jail and broken down by cops who are convinced he\nis evil. (The interesting part about this is its really Tsukiko's dad, the\nchief, who breaks down the boy - representing the fact that he took up arms\nagainst the person who had supposedly killed the dog) Ultimately, these\nworldly evils cause the slugger to break down and admit to the crimes even\nthough he was honestly doing good. With his will broken, his evil counterpart\nis able to kill him in jail and begin his evil killing spree. This symbolizes\na bunch of things.\n\nFirst off, the slugger was a lie that Tsukiko came up with both as a kid and\nas an adult. So the concept here is that a lie will grow and continue to have\nconsequences the longer you let it grow. This is also why they say Maromi is\nthe same as the slugger; her growing fame is a symbol of her growing lies. I\nfeel like this is a representation of Tsukiko's life; after she once again\nblames the slugger for a crime, someone is actually arrested and he kills\nhimself in jail. This is where Makoto comes in.\n\nIn reality, Makoto was accused of being the Slugger, broken of his childhood\ninnocence, and had killed himself in jail. He is then brought into the\nafterlife as a Holy Warrior because he dies wondering who he took the fall for\n(this is why he is on a holy quest to find the source of evil, which is truly\nTsukiko). But, Makota is also the 'Lil Slugger in her afterlife because he\ndied thinking he was due to the aggressive cops. This explains the confusion.\nHe's both the Lil Slugger AND a Holy Warrior. This is why he is good at first.\nBut, just like his real life played out, Makota is forced to take the blame\nfor all the \"crimes\" (which were really helping people, except the crooked cop\nwho was too far gone). He once again loses all hope and literally kills\nhimself in her afterlife. Then the slugger is reborn; it takes its true, pure\nevil form (representing just how cruel the lie had become at that point) and\nbasically becomes the grim reaper. He kills people who want to die, who are\nabout to die, and people who deserve to die (mainly people associated with\ncausing Makota to kill himself).\n\n[Thus, we have the true overarching theme for the show: the loss of childhood\ninnocence that leads to a cycle of hate and revenge. We see this several\ntimes, but the main manifestation of this is that Tsukiko's innocent childhood\nfantasy became something evil when she brought it back as an adult. The idea\nis that it was passable for her to lie about something as a kid, but as an\nadult her lie got someone arrested and killed. Up until the point where Makoto\nkills himself, her lie was innocent and harmless (even though a poor puppy was\nkilled in the process - but that's not as serious of a crime as assault or\nmurder). So, the initial manifestation of her lie (Lil Slugger) was good.\nAfter that loss of innocence occurs, Lil Slugger actually starts killing\npeople - he's all bad and he continues to grow (symbolizing that a lie can\ngrow over time).]\n\nMy point here, though, is that after the first Holy Warrior dies, someone has\nto take his place.\n\nThat someone is Maniwa. I believe he is represented as a Holy Warrior because\nhe died seeking to uncover the truth to what actually happened. He loses his\njob pursuing the slugger and comes back at the end of the show to finish him\noff. This means Maniwa dies trying to uncover the truth. This is why he shows\nup in her afterlife as the Holy Warrior, where he solves the mystery, shows\nTsukiko what really happened, and then reunites her with the family she never\nhad in order to give her a reason to let go of the guilt and shame she felt.\nThereby, the evil Lil Slugger is beaten and the world is saved!! Tsukiko then\nenters a new reality that is entirely positive, and she lives happily ever\nafter in her heaven.\n\nMultiverse theory makes this really convoluted and complicated, and there are\ntons of themes that I assuredly have missed. However, I guarantee this is the\nmost accurate general interpretation of this show to date. I haven't read a\nsingle review or post that realizes the fact that people are dead in the show\nand that multiple realities are being represented. This is honestly why its so\nhard to understand and explain. Ultimately, this was the writer's intent; its\nsupposed to be overly complex so everyone interprets it in their own way.\n(This parallel's the ending where Tsukiko's perspective molds her reality.)\nPoint being, you're supposed to figure it out yourself! This means that you\nhave to go back, watch it over, and do research if you really want to\nunderstand the story. This is also why Paranoia Agent is now my most favorite\nanime EVER; you can watch it again and again, always learning something new.\nIt's graphics are great, it's chock full of wonderful messages, shows you that\nthere is good in the world if only you perceive it, and has amazing\nreplayability. 10/10 best anime ever. Sorry for the novel, but I hope you\nlearned something new, and I hope I answered your questions in the process.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-26T18:50:53.977", "id": "21150", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-26T18:50:53.977", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "14144", "parent_id": "2092", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2097", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nAs shown in the Manga and the Anime, Enel survived along with the Ark. He then\nEmbarks to Fairy Verth\n\n> The Moon.\n\nIn the Manga it shows his adventures on the Moon. But what happened? I didn't\nunderstand the situation that happened. What exactly happened on the Moon?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T16:19:20.590", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2093", "last_activity_date": "2018-06-11T13:40:11.650", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-21T00:26:41.370", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "175", "post_type": "question", "score": 10, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "What did Enel do after being defeated?", "view_count": 35040 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere's an article on [One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Enel%27s_Great_Space_Operations) which\ndescribes the mini-series. I've copied the summary below for completeness, but\nyou might prefer to read it there since it has relevant links to other\narticles.\n\n> While exploring the moon, Enel finds a small robot in a crater and attacks\n> it. The electricity, instead of harming it, recharges it (much to Enel's\n> disappointment). The robot, identified as First Lieutenant Spacey, finds its\n> fallen comrades - Macro, Galaxy and Cosmo - and weeps over them while Enel\n> watches on, impassive. While the Lieutenant is mourning, a fox-like Space\n> Pirate attacks it from behind with an electrocuting spear. The Space Pirate,\n> then attempts to attack Enel, who nonchalantly phases through the spear,\n> attacks, and defeats it in retaliation. Enel, then sees a huge explosion in\n> the distance, and is angered by what appears to have destroyed his ark,\n> Maxim. Meanwhile, over at the area of the explosion, three more Space\n> Pirates are converging, planning to excavate the moon for its treasures.\n> Enel soon appears at the excavation site.\n>\n> In the meantime, the shocked, but still alive Lieutenant Spacey reminisces\n> about why he and his comrades came to the moon in the first place. An old\n> man named Professor Tsukimi made them on Machine Island, and one day, while\n> watching the moon and eating snacks, a huge explosion happened on it, much\n> like the one that destroyed Enel's ark. The professor, shocked, swallowed\n> his dumpling without chewing, resulting in him suffocating to death.\n>\n> After burying the professor, the four Spaceys traveled to the moon (each one\n> with a balloon) to take revenge on the one who caused the explosion that\n> resulted in the accidental death of the professor by suffocation. Upon\n> reaching the moon, they find the same space pirates that destroyed Maxim,\n> and despite overwhelming odds, they fought the captain of the Space Pirates.\n> In the end, however, all four of them were defeated.\n>\n> In present time, Enel attacks the Space Pirates and destroys the entire\n> excavation site with his lightning powers. This uncovers a canal that he\n> intends to explore. Before he can do so, however, Lieutenant Spacey (towing\n> his comrades' bodies behind him on a sled) rushes up to him and thanks him\n> for avenging him and his comrades' \"father\".\n>\n> Enel shocks the Lieutenant, and all of his comrades out of sheer annoyance,\n> and goes on to explore the dried-up canal, coming upon a cave. Inside the\n> cave is a huge Mayan-esque city, which he decides to electrocute as well.\n> The resulting surge of electricity awakens not only the city, but a horde of\n> ancient-looking Spaceys as well.\n>\n> The entire city, having been activated, all of the ancient Spaceys, as well\n> as the four \"new\" ones that Enel had just met, rush to thank him, much to\n> his confusion. Enel, then studies a wall painting, and realizes that the\n> original Birkans, his ancestors, one of which is Professor Tsukimi, came\n> from the moon. Looking around, Enel sees endless followers, and an enormous\n> amount of \"vearth\", and decides that the \"Fairy Vearth\" was everything that\n> he had wanted.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T00:24:46.847", "id": "2097", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T00:24:46.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "2093", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2102", "answer_count": 3, "body": "\n\nThe Shinigami use Hell Butterflies for communication while they are on\nmissions and need to communicate with HQ (or vice versa).\n\nAre Hell Butterflies living creatures or are somehow artificially created\n(like miniature robots) by the Shinigami?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-20T20:13:48.323", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2094", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-13T23:04:55.140", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-11T20:01:56.697", "last_editor_user_id": "191", "owner_user_id": "51", "post_type": "question", "score": 9, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Are Hell Butterflies living creatures?", "view_count": 2067 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe true nature of the butterflies was never revealed in the manga. Take a\nlook at this page from chapter 59:\n\n\n\nHere you can see Rikichi having troubles catching a butterfly that was trying\nto fly away, also trying to lure it with a female butterfly. That suggests us\nthat the butterflies are at least living creatures (as far as you can describe\nan inhabitant of Soul Society as \"living\"), and not \"robots\", because:\n\n * It's useless to try to lure a robot with a female robot\n * A robot could behave better, and there should be no problems with handling it. \n\nI would assume they are real butterflies that are being bred up in Soul\nSociety and somehow trained to perform their duties. Maybe they are somehow\ndifferent from normal butterflies (for example they could have been modified\nby the 12th division), but since it wasn't stated anywhere, it's just a\nspeculation.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T07:37:58.213", "id": "2102", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T07:37:58.213", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2094", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI wouldn't say living, as far as Ichigo goes, but I think they are just as\nalive as the rest of the Shinigami. It doesn't sound like too far of a stretch\nfor people of their caliber to have found a creature that does what it does\nand made use of it. Maybe it's along the same lines as the Den Den Mushi in\nOne Piece.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-04T04:06:57.747", "id": "4292", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-04T04:06:57.747", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1983", "parent_id": "2094", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think they are asking if hell butterflies are real..as in real life. There\nare butterlies that look very similar to the hell butterfly in bleach. Their\npurpose is revealed in the anime. They are a communication system. In real\nlife hell butterflies are black swallowtail butterflies\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-13T23:04:55.140", "id": "35787", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-13T23:04:55.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27726", "parent_id": "2094", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "2101", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nTo make Ichigo a Shinigami in episode 1 of Bleach, Rukia has Ichigo stab\nhimself in the chest with her Zanpakuto.\n\nIs there any in-canon reason given for it being the chest that has to be\nstabbed?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T03:26:29.923", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "2098", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T17:41:31.800", "last_edit_date": "2013-01-21T17:41:31.800", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "93", "post_type": "question", "score": 6, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Does Shinigami powers transfer occur only with stabbing through the chest?", "view_count": 829 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere may be two reasons for this.\n\nThe first one is less directed to the plot, so I'll start with it first.\nObviously, the chest is the best part to do it for two reasons. First, it's\neasier not to miss (hehe :P). Second, it looks cooler. Imagine Rukia piercing\nIchigo's head to five him the power. Or his left elbow. Or his knee. That\nwouldn't look too good, right?\n\nNow, for the second reason, which is more important. As you can see in the\nvery end of the anime (spoiler up to the very last episodes),\n\n> To give him his powers back, Rukia pierces Ichigo's chest in exactly the\n> same way as the first time: \n\nNow, usually, this is also the place where the hollows have their holes. Why\nthere? Because it is the place where one's Chain of Fate is connected to the\nbody.\n\nAlthough shinigami do not have the Chain, that place is as much important for\nthem too. This place is known as Saketsu, and acts as a boost in spiritual\npower, the source of which is another spot, called Hakusui. If those points\nare pierced, one loses his Shinigami powers.\n\nYou can recall that from the episode where Byakuya first appears, and defeats\nIchigo with his favorite move called Senka, which is basically a quick shunpo\nto move to the opponent's back and strike his Saketsu and Hakusui. So, if\nthose points can be pierced to block one's spiritual powers, it is safe to\nassume that this can work the other way too, and this is the reason why Rukia\npierces Ichigo's chest exactly there.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-01-21T07:22:44.720", "id": "2101", "last_activity_date": "2013-01-21T07:22:44.720", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "2098", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]