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2013/02/05 | 1,026 | 3,788 | <issue_start>username_0: I stopped following the Pokemon anime a while ago, but I know the series has had Ash go through many regions, including retreading at least one of them. When Ash was about to get his eight badge, Misty mentioned that they'd been on the road for a year at that point.
I saw some recent episodes, and Ash looks nearly identical to when he first started as a trainer. Normally I'd attribute that to cartoon sitcom logic, where the characters never age; but in a series with continuity and references to earlier seasons, this makes no sense.
**What's the official word on a timeline for the Pokemon anime?**<issue_comment>username_1: Both of the comments by looper and Krazer are correct, and they tell pretty much the whole story. As of [episode 658](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/BW001), Ash (Satoshi) is 10 years old, the same age he was when he began his journey. However, based on reasonable assumptions for how often the Pokemon leagues meet, he should have aged at least 5 years.
The strongest indication that time has passed is probably the short from the 3rd movie, [Pikachu and Pichu](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/PK07). What Ash says implies very strongly that they've been together for at least a year:
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There are a few other instances where the passage of time is referenced in the anime. In [Episode 063](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP063), Ash says in the dub that it's been a year since they last visited Viridian City. In the original, Satoshi just said that it's been a long time. Also, in [Episode 469](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/DP003), Team Rocket says they've been chasing Pikachu as long as Dawn's been alive, which would be 10 years. That's probably better interpreted as breaking the 4th wall, since the anime had been running for 10 years at that point. There may be other instances, but the fact that a lot of time has passed since the first episode is indisputable.
This is one of the most glaring plot-holes in the anime, though it's understandable why the writers don't want Ash to age. Presumably it could send problematic messages if Ash were 20 years old when he first started travelling with 10-year-old Dawn (or Iris, though I don't know her age), though it's honestly still problematic if he's 10 years old. Of course, Pokemon is marketed to children, so having a 10-year-old protagonist is also better than having someone at least 15.
However, there isn't any official explanation for this. The writers have never answered why Ash and the other characters aren't aging even as time passes. In my opinion it's best just to regard this as a plot hole and ignore it as much as possible. There are some [fan theories](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aging_in_the_anime) for why Ash wouldn't age even as time passes, but honestly they're a little bit Farfetch'd, if you know what I mean.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There is also the coma theory, in which Ash doesn't age because after the Spearow attack with him and Pikachu in the first episode, Ash falls into a coma, and the rest of his adventures are just dreams. Although this is pretty morbid, there is another theory attached to this one in which all of the characters Ash meets (not including the pokemon) are interpretations of parts of Ash's personality. Take this as you will, there is another, more reliable theory for why Ash is still ten when he should be 16 (see MandJTVpokevids on youtube.com). It's called: Target Audience. The target audience of pokemon is 10, so Ash remains 10 as long as Pokemon keeps running.
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2013/02/05 | 639 | 2,436 | <issue_start>username_0: Does the donor of the Sharingan eye have to die so that it could be used by another user, or could they just exchange their eyes so that they do not go blind over obtaining the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?<issue_comment>username_1: Well, when Obito gave Kakashi his Sharingan eye, he was not dead. So I'd say that this would be possible. Also according to the wiki,
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> the eye sees in some instances, though this seems to be limited to a
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There is no evidence to suggest that the eye "donor" has to die to donate his eyes for awakening the recipient's eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. While it seems to be theoretically possible to exchange eyes, it just so happens that in both the known instances of activating the eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the donor died shortly before or after the transplant. Hence, the idea was left unexplored.
Izuna gave his eyes to Madara when he (Izuna) suffered a life-threatening wound, but it seems that he could have given his eyes to Madara earlier if he wanted to. However, since Madara loved his brother, they probably did not even think about that option.
Itachi's eyes were transplanted to Sasuke after Itachi's death, but again, he perhaps could have given his eyes to Sasuke without dying. He could not do it as he was pursuing other plans.
Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan can only be obtained by receiving eyes from close relatives. It is relatively rare for one person to achieve the Mangekyo Sharigan, much less for two people from the same family. Moreover, the Uchiha clan massacre eliminated whatever little possibility of that happening, so the idea of exchanging eyes has been left unexplored.
It is also possible that the author did not think too deeply about exchanging eyes and other possibilities, given that there are only two known instances of awakening of the eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
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**Note** This answer is based on events covered up to Chapter 624.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: It can be done as madara exchanged eyes with obito and both did not die. Madara first stole kakashi's eye and went into the kamui dimension. In there he exchanged the eye that he took from kakashi with his original eye that is with obito.
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2013/02/06 | 1,593 | 5,926 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Nekomonogatari-Black anime, yōtō "Kokoro-Watari" (妖刀「心渡」, sometimes translated as demon sword "Heartspan") is shown with different lengths, but it always appears to be bigger than Araragi. The size changing isn't very noticeable unless you are actively checking, so it could just be due to animator laziness, but the fact that it is longer than Araragi is seems deliberate as it is drawn that way consistently in every scene.
Here is one screenshot of the sword, compared to Araragi. Both red lines are the same length.
Even if he is leaning over in the picture, it's pretty clear that the sword is bigger than he is. It's also clear when he gets cut in half:
However, despite the fact that the sword is taller than he is, it fits into his body. It even fits in Shinobu's body, though of course that could just be one of her abilities. But to the best of my knowledge Araragi should not have any such ability. In addition, the sword is stuck in the ground after his legs disintegrate, which also should not be possible if it was inside of him.
This could very well just be SHAFT following their usual style with the Monogatari novel adaptations, where the visuals aren't meant to be taken literally. Or it could be an indication of another ability of the sword. Is there any evidence that yōtō "Kokoro-Watari" has some ability that would allow it to fit inside Araragi's body (e.g. changing size)?<issue_comment>username_1: This is just an on-the-spot theory since I haven't read the novels, but 刃渡り means the length of a blade. Notice it shares 刃 with 忍 and 渡 with 心渡, while 心渡 and 忍 share 心, completing the trifecta.
Thus I think it's safe to assume that the length of the 心渡 is a crucial part of its design. (perhaps "heart-length" would be the most appropriate translation)
From this you could derive any number of theories and many of them would be appropriate. The simplest would be that it changes length depending on the will, emotions, or state of mind of the user (all three have close ties to 心).
While Shinobu is heart-under-blade, the sword's true usage might be heart over blade, i.e. mind over matter, controlling it with your will.
Someone who's actually read Kizumonogatari might be able to give a definite answer.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As someone who read Kizumonogatari (translated by Baka-Tsuki, not in original Japanese) I thought that I might shed some light about the sword.
First off, I would like to mention that although Kizumonogatari does have a whole bunch of interesting facts about the series (most of which are based around Shinobu and Koyomi's relationship) there is actually surprisingly little about the sword (I actually found this thread by googleing the sword).
I'll try to refrain from spoiling and just say you learn where the sword is from and how it only cuts Kaiis (or Aberrations/Monsters) but we are not told that it has any other special properties from a sword otherwise, so while username_1 may have the correct answer, I believe it actually lies elsewhere.
First off I will answer why the sword is able to fit inside Shinobu. Contradictory to Koyomi, Shinobu doesn't actually stick the sword inside herself. Vampires actually have the ability to materialize objects/possessions at will, and Shinobu "conjures" up the sword each time she wishes to wield it. Koyomi never reached that "power level" so he was never able to materialize anything, but to Kissshot-Acerolaorion-Heartunderblade it was no big deal. As for why she materializes it from her mouth, I have no idea (but hey, it sure looks cool).
For Koyomi, I think you actually answered your own question. Indeed the sword is longer than him, I think in the novel it was said to be around 2 meters (~6.6 feet) long. However as you so keenly noticed, the sword was stuck in the ground. During his conversation with Hanakawa, Koyomi never moved from his original spot and if you notice his standing posture is a little strange (he seems to be focusing all his weight on his left foot). I think this is just because he stuck the sword (through him) straight into the ground and couldn't move from that axis.
This is just what I thought from re-watching the scene and from reading the light novels. I hope you found my information useful.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Spoiler for Kizumonogatari:
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: This post is old but since it hasn't been answered yet: In the novel, Araragi explains that he swallows the sword and stabs it down through one of his legs until it is burried past his throat and all the way through the floor (As a little nod to that, you can notice that though his posture shifts, he never moves one of his feet).
The ability of kokorowatari as explained in the novel is that it can perfectly cut through anything, oddity or object. Oddities are hurt by this cut but physical objects and living thins are so seamlessly cut that they join back together at the incision and receive no damage; so that's why Araragi could easily push through his flesh and the concrete floor.
In the anime it was really only drawn to it's full length as an **artistic liberty** to be more visually impressive. Heck, for that matter when Shinobu rips out her arm to restore Araragi with her blood, Araragi explains that his bottom half rematerializes but the pants are left behind and they didn't draw him half naked.
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2013/02/07 | 1,529 | 5,467 | <issue_start>username_0: The corpses that Nagato uses for the Six Paths technique also possess Rinnegan eyes! How did he get so many Rinnegan eyes?
Is it that the corpse used for one of the six paths has a Rinnegan activated by default? Or is it a convention that Kishi has maintained just to picturize and show us the connectivity?
Of course, they aren't true eyes.
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Nagato's bodies seemingly having their own Rinnegan is an ability provided by the [Six Paths of Pain](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Six_Paths_of_Pain) technique. According to Narutopedia:
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> The Six Paths of Pain (ペイン六道, Pein Rikudō) is an Outer Path technique
> devised by Nagato after being crippled by Hanzō and rendered emaciated
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> Statue of the Outer Path. By piercing corpses with chakra receivers, **a
> wielder of the Rinnegan can manipulate the bodies as though they are
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> body). **The only common features shared by these bodies were the
> Rinnegan they gained from this technique**, the chakra receivers each
> were pierced with and their bright orange hair, which had been dyed to
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: By being under his control, the Rikudo Pain and Animal Path´s summons have fake, but still potent Rinnegan. As we see in the Shinobi World War, when he uses the Rinnegan himself, he does it many times better than the bodies.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I will explain this in my words, hopefully in a better and more concise way. Nagato has the Rinnegan. We've learned that the chakra rods transmit chakra (much like Wifi) What gives somebody (most) Kekkai-Genkai's is a genetic difference that causes a change in the natural Yang chakra in the person. (Body Chakra, such as Bone Manipulation and Kekkai Genkais that affect the physical form) Or the Yin Chakra (Haku's Ice Release or Scorch release, releases that allow a different type of Nature release or something similar to be used.) Then there are mixes between the two. (Namely, the Dojutsu. Affecting the physical form with the change and enhancement of the eyes and the special releases that come with them. The Byakugan is more physical (through affecting the physical chakra points and using their Eyes to learn how to use them) while the Sharingan is more mental, or Yin. (Being able to use special abilities such as Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi and other abilities.) Both of these sets of eyes are descendants of the Rinnegan, which affects the Yin and Yang chakras together. (Allowing for physical manipulation through some paths like Chakra Absorption while the Deva path gives a Yin ability that allows for a special form of space-time release.) The Rinnegan requires the genetics of the Uchiha and the Senju together. (Because these are the two brothers of the Sage of Six Paths) The reason why the Bodies resurrected or summoned by the Rinnegan have a lower-powered version of the Rinnegan because they receive the Chakra of Nagato, allowing them to manifest the Yin (Mental) chakra of the Rinnegan, but lacking severely in the Physical. Although the Yin chakra still allows for the manifestation of all of the abilities, they are severely weaker because they lack the Yang (the genetics) of the Rinnegan. Another example of this is in Obito's resurrected corpses. They have the ability to Manifest the Rinnegan and the Sharingan. The Rinnegan is still weaker than the one that Obito has, but the Sharingan isn't AS weakened as the Rinnegan. (This is because the Sharingan is more of a Mental, or Yin ability.) There is a third example of this ability in Sasuke when he received the Sage of Six Paths chakra, thus awakening the Rinnegan inside of himself. (Along with his Uchiha abilities turning the Rinnegan into the tomoed Rinnegan, which compensated for the loss of power in the Rinnegan, giving him an even stronger version due to the fusion.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: There is no conclusive answer despite what the above responses would have us believe. During the dissection of the Path that was in Konoha during the manga we can see that it still has a Rinnegan despite being long dead and the rods being removed. That doesn't mean they're fully functional in any way but something remains even after that chakra stops transmitting, It's still likely a technique but it's WAY more complicated than that.
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2013/02/08 | 466 | 1,716 | <issue_start>username_0: After the Hokage the third took his arms, Orochimaru needed a new body for himself. Later, shortly before Sasuke killed him, this body was rejecting him, so he wanted to take Sasukes body as his new host.
In his fight against Sasuke, he abandons his body and appears as a huge snake. And here's the question: Does Orochimaru need a host at all, and why? Or can he stay as a snake for longer time?<issue_comment>username_1: Do you remember when Orochimaru had been discovered by the Third Hokage while he was experimenting on people1? That's what he was researching: a technique for immortality.
It's called [不屍転生 (Fushi Tensei)](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Living_Corpse_Reincarnation) or literally *Living Corpse Reincarnation* and allows Orochimaru to transfer his soul into his prey's body and take possession of it.
He researches this because as he says, he wants to learn all the existing techniques, but since that is impossible for a person with a normal lifespan, he develops this technique in order to have more time.
The problem with this technique is that each host lasts around 3 years, so he needs to find another one after that. If he could find a perfect container he could stay in it for a full lifetime, but he would need to find another one again anyways after that.
1: Chapter 122 in Naruto, Volume 14
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If understand it correctly Orochimaru can stay in his snake form for a longer time. But staying in that form has lots of disadvantages, since he cannot use any of his jutsu (no hands). Since his goal is to master all jutsu in this world, it is very inconvenient for him to remain in that state.
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2013/02/10 | 1,476 | 5,315 | <issue_start>username_0: Why are Angels attacking the earth? What's with "Adam" in the basement? And why are the three computers named after the Three Wise Men?
I love the story for the characters and the mecha-battles, but all the symbolism goes over my head. What's it all about?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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It may be a cover story that they're attacking Earth, but in reality, they were "born" on Earth from Adam. Both [Adam](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Classified_Information#Adam) and [Lilith](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Classified_Information#The_Second_Angel) were "Progenitors of life" that ended up on the same planet (Earth). The original race that created them had intended that they all land on different planets but Lilith landing on Earth was a mistake (the Classified Information document says that Lilith "crashed", and thus created the Moon). Adam spawned the Angels, while Lilith spawned all the life that exists on Earth, including humanity. The reason the Angels didn't inhabit the planet was because the [Lance of Longinus](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Classified_Information#The_Spear_of_Longinus), some type of failsafe device, disabled Adam, and that's how Adam was found in Antarctica:
The exact reason that they are attacking Tokyo-3, or in the case of Gaghiel the Pacific Fleet and Unit-02 (or possibly the embryonic Adam), seems to be for a number of different reasons.
One of the theories thrown around within the show itself is that they're trying to reunite with Adam, but Adam doesn't arrive in Tokyo-3 until episode 8 in an embryonic form, so the first few attacking Angels were apparently either mistaken that Adam was there or mistook Lilith for Adam (as Kaworu later did in episode 24). There aren't any official explanations on what the Angels were after, and the closest thing is from the [Classified Information's *Angel* section](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Classified_Information#Angel) which says: "*Some of them were trying to access Lilith and reset all life, some of them had nothing in mind, and some were trying to recover their progenitor Adam.*"
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We are originally told that "Adam" is in Terminal Dogma, deep underneath Nerv HQ. This is what Kaji told Misato in episode 15, along with the tidbit that any Adam derived life that came in contact with the white giant would cause the third impact. Later, we find out that the white giant on the cross is actually Lilith.
It's possible that "Lilith" was actually written into the series well after the series was in production, and that it could really have originally have been Adam (like what the [original Proposal for the series would suggest](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Proposal)). But regardless, if that was the case or not, it's revealed that Adam was discovered in Antarctica, frozen, and when the Katsuragi Expedition started to mess with it, the experiment went out of control causing a second impact. During all of this, Adam is seen as a "Giant of Light" in episode 21:
Which looks very much like an Evangelion, which is derived (or cloned, for lack of a better word) from Adam.
So retroactively, it's possible that Kaji was either lying to Misato to protect her from the truth, or he himself had been misinformed of what the white giant on the cross was.
As far as Kaworu goes, in the "Director's Cut" episode of 24, he was told by Seele where Adam's body was (in Gendo's hand) yet Kaworu still went down to Terminal Dogma, and was somehow expecting to see Adam down there, then was surprised to find Lilith. Not sure why, it doesn't make any sense.
By the time of the End of Evangelion movie, it's revealed that <NAME> had the soul of Lilith, and during the movie, her and Lilith's bodies reunited.
Not sure if all of this really answers your question though.
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This is simply pedantic by the creators. From an interview with [<NAME>](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22) he says, about the Judeo-Christian themes: "*There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool.*"
So the reason is probably that it looked/sounded cool, and that it would fit with the general theme of the rest of the show.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The Kabbalistic tree of life is basically measuring you and your position from God. Gendo of course painted a Kabbalistic tree of life in his office where he sits at the top of the tree as if he was God. In EOE, Shinji was raised into the Kabbalistic tree and the mass-produced angels stick their cores (Jesus?) and was prepped to become God?
I have no idea. Whatever. Just my 2 cents.
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2013/02/10 | 1,222 | 4,438 | <issue_start>username_0: Were there any differences between the original *Space Battleship Yamato* and the U.S. Syndicated *Star Blazers* other than the westernized names of the characters? Specifically, were there plot elements that were altered, or re-arranged? Were there any scenes that were removed?
I know that Syndicated had modified some of their other properties (like Gatchaman) but I can't remember if this was the case with Star Blazers.<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, there were changes.
The changes made were not as drastic as in some expurgated shows (even back in the 1970s, things were being removed for censorship purposes). Wikipedia mentions that another 1970s anime, [*Battle of the Planets*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Planets), was made with far more revisions to [its original series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Ninja_Team_Gatchaman). It also notes that, unlike some series, *Star Blazers* retained "practically all of its uniquely Japanese characteristics in terms of content, plot, character development, and philosophy."
Wikipedia's section on [*Star Blazers* production](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Blazers#Production_and_release) covers this pretty well (*boldface and []-comments are mine*):
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> Principal changes in the change-over to *Star Blazers* included **westernization of character names, reduction of personal violence, toning down of offensive language and alcohol use** (references to [sake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake) were changed to "spring water," and the Doctor's perpetually drunken state was portrayed as merely good humor), **removal of sexual [fan service](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_service), and reduction of references to World War II**, although the sunken battleship ruins were still identified as the [Battleship Yamato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Yamato) in dialogue. The most significant reference removed—and the longest single edit in the series—was a section from episode two depicting the Battleship *Yamato*'s final battle during World War II, including imagery of the captain tied to the helm as he went down with his ship. (This section WAS NOT in the bonus content on the *Voyager Entertainment Series 1, Part II* English-language DVD release.)
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It seems two of the three references ([[1]](http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=180), [[2]](http://www.desslok.com/INFO/didntsee.htm)) for this section were lost by dead links (though they may be put back up in the future). However, [this reference](http://www.starblazers.com/images/jun09/images/Starlogpages.PDF) is still available.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Another difference I find, given that I myself watched the film version (I just recently saw the Star Blazer version) is that aside from voice actors and name changes, various elements are changed as well.
The Gamilons were called Gorgons.
Lysis (I can't remember what he was called in the version I first saw) actually self-destructs his ship, he doesn't just plant a bomb on the hull before returning to Gamilon. I think it was edited as a change, hence why you don't see him later.
It never shows in the film, Desler escaping being crushed by rocks and then escaping through a convenient trap door, he just gets crushed and killed.
Also, Desler shoots his assistant in the film for dare suggesting they should join with Earth with a revolver, but the Star Blazer version seems to show the instant he is shot (his sudden expression change), before showing a scene where Desler just talks to him and it's just plain weird.
The ship isn't called the Argos, either. It retains the name Yamato.
Wow... there are a number of differences tbh...
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2013/02/11 | 623 | 2,494 | <issue_start>username_0: In Samurai Champloo, how in the world did Sara realize her son was dead while talking to the pinwheel guy?<issue_comment>username_1: She had some sort of extrasensory perception, which is proven by the fact that she was blind, but still proficient in fighting. Also, she tells Fuu that she is able to sense things she cannot see, and she can sense Momo hidden in her clothes. When she fights Muugen, she tells him she can sense his anger, meaning she could somehow feel what other people feel and their states of mind.
Given the above, and the fact that she realizes that her son is dead when a pinwheel stops, I can only conclude that the stopping of the pinwheel made her realize some state of mind/feeling coming from the pinwheel merchant (something she was not aware of before), which in turn made her realize her son was dead.
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Although this is speculation, it is the only thing that seems plausible to me. However, the stopping of the pinwheel may have some deeper meaning that I am not aware of.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Though this answer is about 4 years late but I just got done rewatching Samurai Champloo recently so here it goes!
So the little shrine with the statue in it that the pinwheel guy is sitting behind is called a Jizo statue. Which is a shrine women who have had miscarriages, abortions, or grieving go to pray. That being said I also believe that she realized that her son was dead when the pinwheel stopped but that the statue somehow had something to do with it. At the very least it was symbolic as they show the statue itself a few times.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: She mentioned to Muugen that being blind, she adapted the ability to sense the aura of individuals as each is significantly different.
The pinwheel suggested to the viewers the sons dead. But it was the boxes the man was travelling with that actually gave it away. Boxes the size of a human head. Sara was able to sense her son's aura and that is how she knew her son was dead.
I guess carrying decaying heads around wasnt as frowned upon back then. Still fucked up tho
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I think I took it simply.
The masked guy was still making the same threat even though Sara already failed her mission. He could have killed her son already but that wasn't the case, so Sara in her realization thought her son was probably dead already thus the masked guy holds no hostage (i.e her son).
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2013/02/12 | 1,569 | 5,401 | <issue_start>username_0: When people transform in Sailor Moon, they look physically identical to their human forms. Even fellow magical beings are unable to tell a person's identity unless they witness the transformation happening.
Is there an in-universe explanation for this?<issue_comment>username_1: It's a [common trope](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClarkKenting) in a lot of super hero fiction. It's just one of those things that creators ask audiences to suspend disbelief for. Though it's not really meant as an explanation, many characters do poke fun at various scouts' [paper-thin disguises](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PaperThinDisguise) in universe, saying things to the effect of "She can't be Sailor Moon; Sailor Moon is too pretty to be that meatball head." (It must be the tiara.)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Although it is a **common trope** these days, it was **not so in the genre of *mahou shoujo*** (magical girl) manga and anime **before *Sailor Moon***. In the long-running genre, many of the classic magical girls **looked very different in their transformed state as compared to their civilian state** (for example, [Maho no Mako-chan](http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/mako/), [Creamy Mami](http://shoujo.tripod.com/creamymami.html), [Mahou no Yousei Persia](http://shoujo.tripod.com/pelsia.html), [Magical Emi](http://shoujo.tripod.com/emi.html), [Fashion Lala](http://shoujo.tripod.com/lala.html), etc.). *Sailor Moon* largely helped set a new standard that caught on in the genre (though there are still series which use the older classic style of very different looks for civilian vs. transformed forms, such as [Pretty Cure](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Cure) does).
Judging by the <NAME>'s [early concept art](http://gallery.missdream.org/albums/scanlation_smoon/smoon_materialscollection/materials002.png) for the [character designs](http://gallery.missdream.org/albums/scanlation_smoon/smoon_materialscollection/materials003.png), she had **not intended them to look obviously identical** in both forms. All of the sailor soldiers **wore a mask** of some sort so that, like Tuxedo Kamen, they would be hard to identify by enemies and bystanders. The early published artwork also featured [a mask](http://gallery.missdream.org/albums/raws/japanese/smoon_kanzenban/volume%201/005.jpg) for [Sailor Moon] in [the style](http://gallery.missdream.org/albums/raws/japanese/smoon_kanzenban/volume%201/031.jpg) of [Sailor V's](http://gallery.missdream.org/albums/raws/japanese/sailorv/sailorv_raw_shin1/034.jpg).
In the concept art, Sailor Moon was drawn with pink hair and Sailor Jupiter with olive-green hair; this may or may not have been the same shade as their civilian hair color: it would have matched the magical girl standard for Usagi's hair to change from her civilian white (platinum blonde) or blonde hair color into a different shade, such as pink (the most common and symbolic color for magical girls).
In terms of an in-universe explanation for the phenomenon, one is not given, *but* it *is* demonstrated that while people do not generally recognize them, there is not some magic that flatly prevents it, as there are **some occasions in which someone does recognize a person who is transformed**. In episode 183, Sailor Star Fighter looks at Sailor Moon and suddenly an image of Usagi flashes through her mind; she quickly shakes it off, saying that's impossible (she doesn't want to admit it because it is easier for her personally if Sailor Moon and Usagi are different people, so she willfully ignores what she noticed). As another example, in episode 190 Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto intentionally transform in front of Taiki Kou and Yaten Kou because they are sure that Taiki and Yaten are Sailor Star Maker and Sailor Star Healer, respectively. Neptune asks, "So you aren't easily surprised, are you?" and is answered with "We anticipated it, somehow."
In *Sailor Moon Crystal*, **recognition seems to be easier** than in the classic anime. Tuxedo Kamen seems to have no trouble identifying Usagi as the same person as Sailor Moon whenever she is transformed into her various guises using her Hensou Pen (Transformation Pen). When Rei sees Sailor Moon in episode 3, she quickly realizes it's Usagi. We could chalk these up to Rei's intuition or soldier abilities and Mamoru's powers, but even Usagi's father is able to notice her when she is in a transformed form in episode 4. She walks past him at a party in her transformed form and he does a double-take, thinking he saw his daughter, and only subsequently concludes that he must have made a mistake.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: But there are a lot of people that recognizes her.
In the manga, Usagi and Mamoru recognizes each other just after they Knows each other. In the anime, maybe the 1992 anime's Usagui are too stupid to notice it, (In the 1992 Anime, Mamoru Himself don't know that he was Tuxedo Kamen until the appear of Sailor Venus).
The Senshi tries to don't show herselves directly on public, But Naru Osaka Suspect that Usagi was Sailor Moon, Rei Hino Recognizes her at the bus, most of the enemies know her civilian forms.
At that proof, the Sailor Moon's Transformation do not have the power to make the people that forgot the User's Face or something like that.
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2013/02/12 | 522 | 1,754 | <issue_start>username_0: I have not read the manga for Bleach (aside for the Thousand Year War arc) and have only watched the anime. I wanted to know if they dive into Gin and Matsumoto's relationship deeper in the manga. It seems that they were *really* good friends, but I'm curious to know if they were also in love. So my question is, what is the context of their relationship in the manga, assuming more about them is explained?<issue_comment>username_1: With regards to Gin and Rangiku's relationship, the anime does not significantly deviate from the manga. I do not recall all the details of every chapter, but the [Bleach wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com) pages for [Gin](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Gin_Ichimaru) and [Rangiku](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Rangiku_Matsumoto) does not mention anything different from the anime.
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2013/02/12 | 407 | 1,370 | <issue_start>username_0: When Tosen fights Kenpachi in the *Rescue Rukia* arc, Tosen uses his bankai to combat Kenpachi.
A while later, Kenpachi figures out how to defeat Tosen's bankai and smiles. Tosen somehow knew that he smiled (Because we heard his thoughts: "He's smiling?")
However, **Tosen is blind**. How could he have known?<issue_comment>username_1: When Tōsen attacks with Enma Kōrogi, He is not affected by it as anyone else (he can still smell and hear).
So when he asked why Kenpachi laughs it was because he could [hear](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GviJk.jpg) him laughing.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: According to [his page](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kaname_T%C5%8Dsen) on the Bleach wiki:
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He uses his reiatsu (spiritual power) to sense things around him, for example, to know where his opponents are during a battle. He should also be able to sense what the others are doing in the same way. It would not be otherwise possible for him to be a Captain-class shinigami.
The heightened sense of what people inside his bankai space are doing could also be one of the powers he gets from the bankai, because he has complete command over that space.
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2013/02/13 | 996 | 3,693 | <issue_start>username_0: During the Pandemonium contest at the Grand Magic Games,
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Also, Fairy Tail from 7 years ago was known for going overboard and doing things rashly. Doing it differently now would not convince people that Fairy Tail is back, but only create a perception that they have become weaker and are lacking in confidence.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To add on your anwser Deidara, she did it to show the power of Fairy Tail.
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Remember that the power of D-ranked monsters were and how shocked the audience as well as other contestants were. So defeating all of the monsters just shows how strong the guild is.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Erza chose to challenge all 100 monsters because she was 1st.
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If she wins, that's 10 points for the entire match. If she couldn't do it, she'd just have to wait in the line up, until it was her turn again.
She wanted to test herself, and also ensure maximum points in that competition. It was not about purposely action brash to fit spectators old perception or something like that.
Fairy Tail 7 years ago was wild because its members are wild. They were constantly in trouble because people like Natsu destroy a lot to complete a mission. It's in no way a purposeful things to show their "style". They just break shi+.
So again, Erza took a gamble because it would ensure the 10 point win and help her stretch her limits.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: In a way erza knew looking at the task ahead , with mato explaining n showing the strength of the D class monster that she can win when she chose to take on all 100 of the monsters.
It wasn't about her showing off their power but to test her own limit. she challenged the Pendemonium....her right to challenge. Not to forget the part where she apologized to her team for taking longer then she expected.
She took the monsters on with a vivid plan in mind. She didn't just go in rushing without any plan (hot headed Natsu) . The way she took each monsters just showed us the real Titania - showed us why she is respected by all.
She was the turning point for fairy tail. Fairy tail became a serious competition. Tears came running down my cheeks (couldn't stop it.... Still makes me cry when I re-watch this episode).
"Despite her countless injuries...the fairy that should have fallen....soared....Titania triumphed and our spirit were born a new" love u erza.... True Queen of the fairies....
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2013/02/13 | 947 | 3,588 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, I have been hearing loads of theories about Sword Art Online and Accel World being related due to the fact that they refer to NerveGear and such in Accel World.
I have also been hearing that the plot of Accel World was made by Kirito.
Is there some sort of confirmation of this? Or trustworthy speculation?<issue_comment>username_1: They are in the same universe. Sword Art Online's Nerve Gear was elaborated in Accel World as a precursor to the implants seen in Accel World.
Anything further than that is likely speculation, until either light novel reveals more details.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The author, <NAME>, didn't clearly say whether they are in the same timeline or not. During the Sakuracon Festival Interviews, he answered like this:
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Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Sword Art Online and Accel World exist within the same universe but at different times. Similar to Batman Beyond being in the future of Justice League and Batman the Animated Series. The technology in SAO is the first gen version of the tech in Accel World.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: SAO and AW are related because they have the same author and also in the one chapter of SAO and AW (versus) they meet and duel. (fact)
You may also think that the timeline also looks like this: SAO may be the first generation (nerve gear) until technology improves until the period of AW (neuro linker) is created.
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The timeline of past and future met and they have a duel because of that machine Kirito used and Silver Crow using that accceleration program. (opinion)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Another point to add to this that I have yet to see is that when Haruyuki was looking up the older generation tech, they show a picture. At first glance, I saw the similarities, and it was when he actually said "Nerve Gear" (in [Episode 22](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PpQRY.jpg)) that I freaked.
I'm not saying that it's definite that it's connected, but really, it's totally possible. At the end of the first season of SAO, he was given the seed that would enable other people to create their own worlds and games that others could come into. If the worlds aren't connected, then I'd be very disappointed, but at least it would make great fan fiction.
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2013/02/13 | 562 | 1,990 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that the Kotoamatsukami rendered Itachi free of Kabuto's control over his will. But he was still bound to the Edo Tensei, since he was released when the technique was cancelled.
**So, couldn't Kabuto simply have un-summoned Itachi?**
We have, in other situations (namely in chapter 514, with Deidara), seen that Kabuto can un-summon shinobi at will, an empty coffin appearing and 'reclaiming' the summoned. Were these other situations somewhat different from the situations with Itachi? Or did Kabuto have to completely undo the technique, even if he just wanted to un-summon a single shinobi?<issue_comment>username_1: It sounds very likely that when Kotoamatsukami freed Itachi from Kabuto's control, he could no longer unsummon Itachi. If he could, he would do it and then *resummon* him (which he has done previously with others), and this time, Itachi could not free himself from Kabuto's control.
Later, when Itachi forced Kabuto to release the Edo Tensei, he presumably "reattached" himself to it somehow, because as per his/Shisui's principles, he didn't want to stick around and be hailed as a hero.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The most plausible explanation is that the un-summoning with the empty coffin popping-up is only possible when the summoned is under the caster's control. Itachi broke free of Kabuto's control with the Kotoamatsukami, but he never broke free of the Edo Tensei itself (unlike what [Deidara's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2479/49) suggests). This is why he could not be un-summoned (with the coffin), but was freed when the jutsu was undone.
Still, Kabuto could've undone the technique altogether, at the cost of un-summoning every shinobi he had summoned. However, this could mean a complete turnaround in the war. Anyway, Kabuto, most likely, did not think a complete release of the jutsu was needed, since was arrogant and confident that he could beat Itachi.
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2013/02/14 | 1,084 | 4,130 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Cage of Eden*, near the end, instead of plane crash in the beginning, we learn that the students
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How did the events at the end of *Cage of Eden* occur?<issue_comment>username_1: It is never explained in the manga how they get
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: So I heard this from a friend. This is only a theory.
Since the kids are on an island with memorials of themselves, there is a possibility of the entire cast not being the actual people themselves but actually clones. With the technology of being able to bring back extinct animals, they probably could also create clones of the deceased people using their DNA.
Also, the mother spoke about the island being a paradise, but since the cast is "dead", it could mean that they were planning on cloning the victims on the island in the first place. The scientists hoped to make it paradise but with their death and the help of the "terrorists", the extinct animals were able to escape into the wild. =
This theory also has a lot of holes (the plane, age, etc.), but it is a pretty satisfying theory in my opinion.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I'm still confused about what happened myself, but considering all the real-world historical facts the talked about, like the limestone cave being like Cappadocia, the disappearance of Eiken and the others at the Monument being like the [Angikuni Village Disappearance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angikuni_Lake), then the way they were transported to the future could be the [Dragon's Triangle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Sea).
The Dragon's Triangle is an area of ocean south of Japan that is like the Bermuda Triangle. There are cases of boats of all sizes disappearing never to be heard from. The Island that CoE takes place on is located in the Dragon's Triangle, from what I could see from the map Mariya showed of where the plane went down, so despite them not talking about it in the manga, that seems like the most plausible reason for the time travel. Maybe Yoshinobu Yamada had planed on that being the reason but was unable to fit it in for the same reason the ending was so rushed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: They time travel when they are inside of the plane and they crashed on a island in the future.Otherwise, the world what the world looks like now wouldn't make any sense.
The main character's mother and other scientists who built the island built it in the past. The graves are there because the adults thought that they died in the crash and erected memorials to all the passengers who died.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I believe that the idea is that the plane inadvertently disappeared, which caused Akira's mother to continue the Eden Project and eventually create Raika Island, and that one of the company's directors, maybe <NAME>, in a last-ditch attempt to save her dream of the 'paradise' after the biohazard disaster on the island, channelled the company's remaining funds into Time-Travel research, which was completed and used to send the flight into the future to 'save' them, but accidentally causing an infinite time loop in the process.
It would fit, in my opinion, with Sengoku Frey's 'acceptance of Yuna's heart', and would be the most probable theory.
Too bad that's how publishers go - cutting off a series' lifeline so they can do other stories. Or perhaps, the author's idea was going to be much more ambitious, but wasn't given the time to finish it.
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2013/02/14 | 1,208 | 4,747 | <issue_start>username_0: The High School DxD anime explains the devil ranking system pretty superficially. On the one hand, we know that to revive humans as devils and control them, one needs evil pieces. The precise number and type depends on the individual, but that isn't really important for this question. On the other hand, we know that devils don't keep the same rank forever. Low ranking devils also sometimes get promoted to higher ranks, and eventually they could control their own servants and presumably stop working for that master at that point. Of course, low-ranking devils can also die.
In these situations, it would seem like a pretty substantial blow to the original master if they can't control any more devils. Their army's strength would be permanently reduced. Does that master receive new evil pieces to compensate in these cases?<issue_comment>username_1: [Wiki states:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_DxD)
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Also, if I recall correctly, somewhere in the beginning of the series, Rias Gremory states that using a piece is risky. If you use the wrong piece you lose it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: So far, even in the light novels that cover about 5x the material the anime did, It doesn´t seem to be possible to receive more Evil Pieces than the ones you were revived with initially.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I believe that even if you become a High or Ultimate Class Devil (Only two reincarnated devils have done so in canon) and obtain your own Peerage you still are a servant of your King. Kuroka was stronger than her King by a large margin but still served him. This means that instead of losing your legion you gain more legions (not proper terminology since a legion is over 5500 troops) that are indirectly under your command. Sirzechs peerage seem to be all high class but still serve him. Tannin himself is Mephisto's Queen but he is also a Ultimate-Class Devil and King and in the Top 10 of the Rating Game: in other words a hero of the Underworld. It is suggested that technically Tannin is still his servant but hard to confirm since even from the beginning Mephisto gave Tannin free reign to do as he pleased.
This is also supported by the fact that in volume one of the novels (and manga) Rias states that powerful peerage become status for their King. This would suggest such things remain even for servants that rose in status otherwise it would make more sense to make blood-status the requirement to get a set of Evil Pieces not Class since they would lose their property and the Devil's in DxD seem too greedy to sacrifice their valuables especially when their worth has become high.
Once you use it, Devils won’t be given a new [Evil Pieces].”
Quoted from Rias in Part 2 of the New Life Chapter in the first volume of the DxD novels.
Also I got this from the official DxD wiki (which holds copies of the translated novels):
There is actually no conflict when a Low-Class Devil starts his own group while still being a part of another peerage after becoming High-Class. When a Devil reaches High-Class, they receive a set of Evil Pieces to start their own group. However, even after going independent, Devils are still obliged to fight as underlings whenever their master has a Rating Game, for example, if Issei were to reach High-Class and start his own peerage, he would still have to fight as Rias' Pawn if she ever has a Rating Game.
And Evil Pieces that have returned have already stopped functioning and cannot be used ever again.
Said by Kiba in Vol. 12 of the Novels.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: When you become an HighRank Devil you receive your set of pieces (some of them could be mutant pieces). After spend a piece you're only able to exchange it but not ask for more, if he dies he dies with the piece, but there are a few exceptions as Issei (vol 11) after his death.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I believe a Devil can only gain more Evil Pieces through reincarnating Devils and those Devils reincarnating Devils and so on -- -- an example would be Issei -- even when he becomes Ultimate Class ; he is still Rias' Pawn - any devils he reincarnates will always be his servants and therefore Rias' by default through Issei being hers -- and of course on down the chain -- ---
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2013/02/15 | 1,158 | 4,353 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto movie 4, during the ending scene
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Also, if I recall correctly, somewhere in the beginning of the series, <NAME> states that using a piece is risky. If you use the wrong piece you lose it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: So far, even in the light novels that cover about 5x the material the anime did, It doesn´t seem to be possible to receive more Evil Pieces than the ones you were revived with initially.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I believe that even if you become a High or Ultimate Class Devil (Only two reincarnated devils have done so in canon) and obtain your own Peerage you still are a servant of your King. Kuroka was stronger than her King by a large margin but still served him. This means that instead of losing your legion you gain more legions (not proper terminology since a legion is over 5500 troops) that are indirectly under your command. Sirzechs peerage seem to be all high class but still serve him. Tannin himself is Mephisto's Queen but he is also a Ultimate-Class Devil and King and in the Top 10 of the Rating Game: in other words a hero of the Underworld. It is suggested that technically Tannin is still his servant but hard to confirm since even from the beginning Mephisto gave Tannin free reign to do as he pleased.
This is also supported by the fact that in volume one of the novels (and manga) Rias states that powerful peerage become status for their King. This would suggest such things remain even for servants that rose in status otherwise it would make more sense to make blood-status the requirement to get a set of Evil Pieces not Class since they would lose their property and the Devil's in DxD seem too greedy to sacrifice their valuables especially when their worth has become high.
Once you use it, Devils won’t be given a new [Evil Pieces].”
Quoted from Rias in Part 2 of the New Life Chapter in the first volume of the DxD novels.
Also I got this from the official DxD wiki (which holds copies of the translated novels):
There is actually no conflict when a Low-Class Devil starts his own group while still being a part of another peerage after becoming High-Class. When a Devil reaches High-Class, they receive a set of Evil Pieces to start their own group. However, even after going independent, Devils are still obliged to fight as underlings whenever their master has a Rating Game, for example, if Issei were to reach High-Class and start his own peerage, he would still have to fight as Rias' Pawn if she ever has a Rating Game.
And Evil Pieces that have returned have already stopped functioning and cannot be used ever again.
Said by Kiba in Vol. 12 of the Novels.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: When you become an HighRank Devil you receive your set of pieces (some of them could be mutant pieces). After spend a piece you're only able to exchange it but not ask for more, if he dies he dies with the piece, but there are a few exceptions as Issei (vol 11) after his death.
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2013/02/15 | 1,315 | 4,277 | <issue_start>username_0: In the final episode of Tatami Galaxy, when the protagonist escapes from Shimogamo Yuusuisou, a giant swarm of moths is also let out. That same swarm distracts the crowd that was pursuing Ozu at Kamo-oohashi.
The protagonist himself says (in his role as narrator) that the viewer probably knows what the swarm is, but I could not figure it out. What is the swarm of moths, and why did they protect Ozu?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems we're led to believe that the moths represent Watashi, the protagonist, in a metaphorical sense. Unfortunately, this is never officially explained.
With regard to *The Tatami Galaxy*, reviewers and analyzers seem to pull out the fact that moths are meant to symbolize humans. One reviewer[[1]](http://guriguriblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/yojo-han-shinwa-taikei-letting-your-inner-moths-out-of-tatami-galaxy/) called them pitiful (due to the fact that they are nocturnal, yet rely on light to survive). Another blogger[[2]](http://animeotaku.animeblogger.net/2010/07/questions-and-answers-from-the-tatami-galaxy-yojo-han-shinwa-taikei/#comment-110721) pointed out the [metamorphosis cycle of a moth](http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/images/departments/environmental/gmcycle.gif).
In both cases, these were drawn to parallels with human beings and, in particular, Watashi:
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*(Sorry that reference #3 is a cached version. Its source is [this page](http://www.academia.edu/2093366/_Condensing_the_Media_Mix_Tatami_Galaxys_Multiple_Possible_Worlds_in_Canadian_Journal_of_Film_Studies_21_2_Fall_2012_) but it's not fully searchable in the "normal" format.)*
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: They're the moths that were flying around the light in his room. There was only one in each room, but they followed him through the universes and burst free. It's a cute metaphor about how he's no longer disracted by meaningless things, and breaking free from the tatami maze that had trapped him. It's not much more complex than that. Tuasa diesn't favor many extended metaphors, just lots of clever little ones.
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2013/02/15 | 707 | 2,438 | <issue_start>username_0: Who was Rin's servant Archer in Fate Stay Night? In the anime, it shows no reference to who he is or how he became a heroic spirit. But in the Manga, it only shows how he became a heroic spirit.
The Holy Grail takes the soul or spirit from people of legends and myths. So who was Archer in Fate Stay Night?
* Only answer from Fate Stay Night, anime or manga. It would get confusing if somebody gives an answer that is true from a different universe or timeline.<issue_comment>username_1: Unlike the other herioc spirits (Aurthur, Alexander the Great, etc), Archer is:
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2013/02/15 | 901 | 3,414 | <issue_start>username_0: Since the Navy mainly determines power through bounty. They seem strong but Whitebeard was able to fight all three admirals at one. Also the Commanders of Whitebeard were on par with the Admirals. So how strong are the Admirals? How much bounty would they get if they got one?<issue_comment>username_1: The Navy actually doesn't determine bounty based entirely on power, they also base it on how badly they want the particular guy caught.
Considering how DonFlamingo's bounty was 340 million beli, and he was a pretty big deal, It appears that the marines start leveling out the bounties around the 300-400 million range.
That taken into account, If the admirals were pirates, their bounties would likely be in the 300 million range.
As far as power goes (and power is not that quantifiable in one piece), they're all in the top league, and so far, the only character who was formally introduced who can be said to have a very clear advantage over the admirals is Whitebeard, and he's dead.
the Other Yonko are very likely to be stronger than any particular admiral, but that's not necessarily a concrete rule, and we yet to have a good measure of their power.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: All of the Admirals are likely 1 step below the Four Emperors. I think it would be realistic to say that if Akainu was a pirate, he´d probably be around the 500-700 million range.
Aokiji is the least hostile and probably the weakest too, though it´s hard to say how they compare against each other.
Akainu is the most hostile and potentially the strongest of them. Lava is one of the most ridiculous powers imaginable, being both heavy enough to choke out fire and gas/air and still liquid, oh and it´s at least 1000 degrees Celsius as well.
What I want to say though is that I think Kizaru is the strongest of the Admirals. Think about this for a moment. You can counter ice with fire and other heat-related things or things that can´t be frozen. How the hell do you counter light? Light moves at 300 thousand kilometers a second (and therefore hits with that force too, making Kizaru potentially the physically strongest character in the One Piece world), is intangible, can bounce off of things, can cut and pierce things in the form of a laser. That´s probably the most overpowered possibly Devil Fruit power.
To put it shortly, while they aren´t the most powerful characters in the series, the Straw Hats probably still don´t stand a chance against one and they are pretty close to the top.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: You know how in some stories there are some characters who are like, god-like overpowered? Thats how the admirals are. When luffy was fighting aokiji, the latter was barely using his full power and easily owned him. Its difficult to hit them since they can turn into their own element (except by using sea stone or haki), but the element akainu turns into probably makes him more dangerous. If you touch ice, part of you will freeze. Light, nothing will happen. Magma? your body will evaporate and die. I'd say Aokiji's powers are more accurate, Akainu's are more destructive, while Kizaru is a combination of both, but I think he kinda balances. I'd say currently in one piece they're all equal. Sure, it did take 10 days for Akainu to beat Aokiji, but with that much time they barely seemed to have been outmatched.
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2013/02/15 | 1,036 | 3,608 | <issue_start>username_0: How do souls age in Soul Society?
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So how do souls age in Bleach?<issue_comment>username_1: The only explanation I can find is on bleach.wikia.com, which says:
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To summarize, there doesn't seem to be a clear explanation in-universe, but the aging is slower than usual, with much longer life-spans than regular humans.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: this is years late - but since it was the first google search result for my questions - I figured this answer might help someone else.
[wikia link](http://bleach.answers.wikia.com/wiki/If_you're_not_suppost_to_age_in_the_soul_society,_how_does_rukia_and_renji_grow_up_from_kids_in_%22hanging_dog%22)
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In Chapter 0, the pilot chapter of Bleach that was later reprinted in Book of SOULS, the "magic number" was 80 years. But Kubo has not stated how many years a soul must spend in Soul Society in the proper Bleach storyline.
Anyway, that aside, the point is that Rukia and Renji aged, because they had spiritual power. It was also why they could become hungry and could become Shinigami. "Shinigami" can and do age. They also give birth, die of old age and basically do everything humans do. Except that their lifespan is usually measured in hundreds of years and not decades.
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2013/02/16 | 1,694 | 6,453 | <issue_start>username_0: He clearly is powerful. Makarov even said that Jura's (One of the 10 Wizard Saints) power was close to Gildarts, which means that Gildarts is more powerful than Jura.
So why isn't he a wizard saint? Does he have to do something magnificent? Or is he just not popular enough?<issue_comment>username_1: It's probably not because he **can't** be a wizard saint. He just doesn't **want to** be one. Gildarts does not like positions of influence (he also rejected Guild master title) And as more often said on the internet
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: The Chairman of the Magic Council appoints the wizards to the Ten Wizard Saints. The Magic Council's decisions are not always objectively taken, and sometimes blatantly politically motivated. Many of the Magic Council members have a strong dislike for the Fairy Tail guild. It is likely they did not appoint Gildarts because they did not want two Fairy Tail wizards to hold that title.
Another reason is that Gildarts travels a lot going on long missions, and rarely stays at his own guild for long, while the Magic Council probably did not want such a "nomadic" member on that elite group. Moreover, even if the Magic Council made him that offer, Gildarts himself may have turned it down, seeing how he returned the Fairy Tail guild Master's title saying that he is not suited for it.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: It's just a speculation, but I think that no sane Magic Council member would make somebody a Wizard Saint who just goes around places destroying everything he touches just because he doesn't pay attention and his magic is still active. (Note that Magnolia has Gildarts-shift for the very same reason.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: 1. The council hates Fairy Tail and are responsible for picking the Wizard Saints. There is no reason they would ever pick someone from the guild they hate so much.
2. Gildarts is lazy as hell and dissapears for years at a time to do 100-Year Quests.
3. His power is far too destructive.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Gildarts, Laxus, Mystogan.
Essentially, you need to have your visible and invisible guild members. Gildarts is invisible, or covert. The idea is not to have him in the spotlight, so that he is not targeted, and remains like an Ace up one's sleeve.
Though this anime shows signs of the "never aging" effect, if it were geared more towards progressing over time, we can already tell by how the characters are scripted that Gildarts mode of protecting the guild - or his role in protecting the guild, is by not being in the forefront. That's what Laxus was for. Fairy Tail already has several S-Class wizards also.
It's likely Gildarts was never nominated for or applied for Wizard Saint. It's also likely that there is an exam/test involved just like the Grand Magic games. More importantly, while Gildarts feigns laziness, it's just a masque for him to be able to handle the more underground obligations of keeping Fairy Tail safe.
Notice how he was shown ???name??? that Laxus father was looking for, but Laxus was not. All part of the progression and the plan.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: I believe there is only one reason behind it.
Gildarts is a free spirit and doesn't want to be bounded by the duties of the Ten Wizard Saints.
For him exploring the world and fulfilling the quests is what defines him.
He loved Natsu and other Fairy Tail members and considered them family but still underwent the long SS rank quests because he think he belongs there.
He is kind of like Goku (who believes fighting is what he's meant for and wanders away from his family for that) and Ging Freeches in HunterxHunter.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I guess something special is planned for Gildarts:
1. To save the guild from Acnologia, Mavis Vermillion herself had to appear, since the guild was not powerful enough. But Gildarts once encountered Acnologia before and survived losing only some of his organs. How did he do it?
2. He even told Byro of legion that he didn't want the others (guild members & the new Oración Seis) to see what he was really capable of.
So... I guess you get what I'm getting at.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: Gildarts usually would destroy everything in his path by accident. Just look back to the chapter when he comes back to town; they had to rearrange the whole city just to make sure that he did not destroy everything in his path by accidentally tripping or something. Plus, as other have mentioned, Fairy Tail was always known for being a destructive guild.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_9: Gildarts could be a wizard saint. It is possible. Maybe people who read the manga know if he a saint. You never know because the other saints or unknown and in the anime after the s class arc where they return after 7 years he has vanished.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_10: Maybe we are all wrong, and he is actually the 2nd strongest wizard saint. We don't know who the top two are, and since the third one's identity is unknown, it is possible for the other two to be unknown.
At the Magic Games, the top three were noted as being "not human" in terms of strength, and, if I remember correctly, Gildarts has been called such on several occasions. So, I believe this theory is probable and the reason I say number two is due to the fact you can't have the top dog not face Natsu and/or Laxus.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_11: The magic council doesn't know Gildarts power level as shown in s-class magic arc. it was when Lohar know about Bluenote Stinger is fighting fairy tail. he say no one in fairy tail strong enough to defeat him. Then I see that Gildarts is stronger than Makarov.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_12: Nobody would want someone who destroys everything he passes by be called a wizard SAINT. xD He might be strong but reputation-wise, he is just a dirty old skirt chaser who brings literal destruction to those he comes near to.
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2013/02/16 | 1,139 | 2,867 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Kaze no Stigma*, fire, earth, and air spirit users are clearly seen using their abilities. Ayano is a fire-user, Kazuma is an air-user, and the Tsuwabuki family are earth users. Water users are never even shown.
Are they ever mentioned as existing, and is there any reason given, even in-universe or by an author, for them to never be shown?<issue_comment>username_1: Since the writer is dead, the story won't continue on from the point where it prematurely ended, but I think it's very likely that the arcs that would've followed (chasing down Rhodes and Lapis/Tsui-Ling) the ending would feature Water mages sooner or later, otherwise mentioning it to begin with would've been pointless.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: They were simply hidden by the mist in that show. They were there the entire time watching if you cared to watch.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Googling for 水術師 (water technique users) proved that **they exist** in-universe, but don't seem to appear in both anime & manga. There are **2 named users**:
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* [*Kaze no Stigma*](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A2%A8%E3%81%AE%E8%81%96%E7%97%95)
* [*Kaze no Stigma RPG*](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A2%A8%E3%81%AE%E8%81%96%E7%97%95RPG)
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2013/02/17 | 737 | 2,742 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, shinobi battles last a very long time consuming lots of chakra. Even though Naruto has a lot of chakra, he ignored the basics and started learning high level techniques with Jiraiya. Even though this wasn't a bad thing, he just kept learning higher levels of techniques without using the basics, causing him to waste more chakra for high level jutsus.
Why hasn't Naruto learned how the use the bare minimum the start his jutsus?
Know that if he did that, he wouldn't have had to rely on the Kyuubi's power and would probably be able the do rasen shuriken one more time, or at least have some chakra left over for retreating or finishing off the opponent.<issue_comment>username_1: Given that Naruto is a slow learner and the possibility of Kyuubi's interference, Jiraiya realised it would take him a long time to learn the chakra control, and decided that the benefit gained from it is not worth the time spent. Since Naruto has abundant chakra reserves, Jiraiya decided that learning how to tap it is of higher priority than chakra control.
Moreover, many of the times when Naruto learned a new technique (Frog Summoning, Rasengan, Rasenshuriken, Sage Mode, Kyuubi chakra mode), he had to do it within some time limit, so he could not take his own sweet time learning chakra control, and hence, sticked to his original learning method. It is possible that Jiraiya did teach Naruto some chakra control during the time they travelled together, but there is not enough evidence of this happening.
Note that when Naruto began training with Ebisu during the one month training break before the Chunin exam finals, Ebisu did tell him to learn to use his chakra more efficiently. However, after Jiraiya took over his training, he asked Naruto to focus on power rather than control, since he felt that style suited Naruto better.
**Chapter 90**
**Chapter 92**
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: By the time he is likely a jounin by *The Last: Naruto the Movie* 2 years after the Kaguya fight, he can form a rasen shuriken with a single hand. His control was so great and progressed so much during the war, he was able to share chakra with everyone. Basically, the Kyuubi was in the way and when he was no longer in the way, his abilities shot up and his control became so much greater because he had to train in 'higher gravity'.
Conclusion, he was constantly improving his control, but the Kyuubi was interfering throughout most of his life so he had to gain more control than the average person to make up for it. When he no longer had interference, it was no longer a problem.
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2013/02/17 | 535 | 1,762 | <issue_start>username_0: Why do they call him "Whitebeard"?
He doesn't even have a beard!
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Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: <NAME>'s nickname in Japanese is Shirohige (shiro = white, hige = facial hair). Japanese does not distinguish between beard and moustache1. However, a literal translation *White Facial Hair* sounds a pretty poor nickname for one of the World's strongest pirates, and even sounds comedic. Whitemoustache isn't much better either. Whitebeard has a nice ring to it.
Also, [fairy-tail](/questions/tagged/fairy-tail "show questions tagged 'fairy-tail'")'s Lucy's nickname for the [Celestial Spirit King](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Celestial_Spirit_King) is "hige-oyaji" (translated as moustache-man, in context), and he has only a moustache, which suggests that "hige" is used to refer to both moustache and beard in Japanese.
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Upvotes: 7 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: When the manga was being fan-translated, the translator left a note about how the name in japanese could be translated as white mustache or white beard. His words went something like, "Who wants to be White Mustach when you can be White Beard."
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2013/02/17 | 885 | 3,188 | <issue_start>username_0: This theory got some attention on the internet a few years back, but I haven't found a definitive source on it.
Both Ditto and Mew are genderless pokemon, with similar color schemes for both their normal and shiny sprites (images from [Serebii.net](http://www.serebii.net)):
The ditto normal sprites are somewhat more purple than the Mew sprites, but earlier generation Ditto sprites were a bit pinker, and the shiny sprites are almost exactly the same color.
In addition, both Ditto and Mew weigh 8.8 lbs (4 kg). They both learn Transform naturally at level 0. There are a bunch of places where Ditto can be caught in the original generation I games, but in Yellow the only two places are the Pokemon mansion (where Mewtwo was cloned from Mew) and Cerulean Cave (where Mewtwo lives). Mewtwo is also called the only "successful" clone of Mew, so there's reason to believe that there were failed attempts, which could be Ditto.
Of course, everything above is just fan speculation, but it's gotten a fair bit of attention and I'd imagine someone from the Pokemon Company has commented on it. What's the official word on this theory?<issue_comment>username_1: According to an GameInformer [interview](http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/11/23/pok-233-mon-39-s-burning-questions.aspx) with the art director and the producer (<NAME>) from Gamefreak:
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Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Krazers answer is correct, but I want to add something:
In the first movie, the process of cloning Mew can be seen, from start (where they find the DNA) to end (where Mewtwo flees). Nowhere a Ditto is seen, but Mewtwo is the only *successful* clone.
I think that the reason why Mew learns Transform, is because Mew holds all the genes of all Pokémon.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: In *Pokémon Yellow Version*, there is one more note (in relation to *Red Version*) on Pokémon Mansion (where Mewtwo was created and Mew was studied), saying Ditto was created there too. So, probably it was a failed cloning attempt.
Also, it only can be caught there and in Mewtwo's cave (again, *Yellow Version*).
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2013/02/18 | 1,375 | 4,759 | <issue_start>username_0: In Code Geass R2, on episode 49, when Lelouch went to Nunnally
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Or was it included in Lelouch's plan? If it is, what will it gain him?
Or Lelouch purposely asked Jeremiah to do it for him, again, for his sister's sake?
Or it was just a random act for Jeremiah just for the purpose of having his geass used?
I just need some clarifications on this part. Maybe I overlooked something or misunderstood something, but any clarifications would do. Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: He didn´t use Geass Canceller on her because they have never even met. regardless of that, how would he cancel her if she had no eyesight?
Either she overcame the Geass by her own or all Charles´s Geass are canceled upon his death.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: He did not, as he was fighting elsewhere far beyond the range. Nunnaly broke the geass out of sheer willpower. Some individuals can resist part of a geass, or overcome it.
It is shown for example, that Susaku can retain the memories of what he does under the influence of the Geass, while everyone else forgets.
Think of how she was feeling when it happened. She had reason to believe that not finding the key would be the defeat of her side, and everything she held dear.
That would be enough to break the geass on her eyes. Note that it is not shown that it also break the geass about her fake memories implanted during her mother's death.
Also, EVEN if you think Orange-kun could make a dispell bubble that large (kilometers), it would also dispell the geass on Lelouch soldiers. So he only used it to dispel (presumed) Charle's (or Marianne's) geass on Anya, after he opens up her cockpit during the battle.
(I think its not shown he used it after the Mall incident).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It's simple, he didn't.
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At the moment, he was fighting Anya in Mordred and even fter he defeated her, his Knightmare (both parts) was already destroyed and also even if Mordred wasn't damaged enough, he would have to get access code from Anya to pilot it. Moreover, Damocles's shields were still up at that time, so he couldn't even get inside the shield, since the temporary hole that Lelouch created was already gone.
### Secondly, it's been several cases of people resisting Geass and even breaking it without the Geass Canceller.
Namely, Lelouch himself (though with the help of C.C.'s kiss) did break the same Charles's Geass and restored his memory. Suzaku is known to partially resist Lelouch's Geass order due to his willpower to get an upper hand in combat. Euphemia was resisting Lelouch's order for some time because she didn't want to kill the Japanese and seemed to break out of that order before dying as she couldn't put herself to hurt Suzaku. The same Nunnaly did also resist Lelouch's order to give him the Damocles key. So it's not unnatural to be able to resist Geass without Geass Canceller.
### Lastly, it's been stated in-universe by Lelouch, that she did overpower Charles's Geass by herself.
After Nunnally opens her eyes Lelouch literally says that she did break Geass on her own.
Also, Jeremiah didn't just vouch for his loyalty to Lelouch. His loyalty to Lelouch originates from his loyalty to Marianne and Nunnally is also her child. Also from [his fandom wiki profile](https://codegeass.fandom.com/wiki/Jeremiah_Gottwald):
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2013/02/18 | 686 | 2,626 | <issue_start>username_0: In [The Breaker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breaker_%28manhwa%29), how long was Shi-woon under the tutelage of Goomoonryong? I was under the impression that it was only for a few weeks most of which were spent improving his stamina. As far as I can remember, he was only taught some basic techniques. Yet, he keeps pulling new *Murim* tricks out of the bag on a regular basis.<issue_comment>username_1: Are we just talking about The Breaker? or is New Waves included?
Here's info on The Breaker exclusively:
Actually, it was more than a few weeks. I would say... 1½ to 2 months? Maybe more. Because you must account for the time that was spent:
* When Shi-Woon tries to get stronger with his weak
* Getting stronger through that medicinal ball thing that was given to him and enhanced his strength and ki
* His first few weeks of stamina training
* Then Chun-Woo (Goomoonryong) demonstrates the Soul-Crushing Strike
* And finally, before Goomoonryong leaves, he demonstrates the foot technique once
Anything else that is demonstrated by Shi-Woon is all from either him being an abnormal prodigy where he saw something once and understood it perfectly. OR from him adapting what was taught to him originally.
Hopefully that answered your question.
By the way, I highly recommend The Breaker: New Waves
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: He spent only few weeks with the Goomoonryong where:
* he got stamina training, but actually not that much
* he got the medicine that actually increased his stamina and his ki
* from that, he got a lot of training on how to circulate his ki around
* the soul crushing technique was shown to him once
* the 4 different foot techniques were shown to him once each
* and the most important, at the end of the breaker, he gave him a smart phone with many videos to show him new techniques and random advice.
On top of that, he was shown some techniques only once, and he managed to replicate them, although they were supposed to be difficult. So in fight, we can assume he can do the same. Shi woon is a prodigy.
In the breaker new waves, even in a second state (under the black origin thingy), during the school arc, against the SUC, when facing the lone wolf, he managed to replicate the techniques easily, even in a state where he can't even think.
So to summarize, some solid basic trainings, then many videos to improve by himself on top of the fact that he is a prodigy.
Also, with the inner training technique he received in the breaker new wave, he is able to train in his mind, so it might make things easier to try new things.
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2013/02/18 | 1,005 | 3,982 | <issue_start>username_0: Aside from taking away someone's bending, as seen against Firelord Ozai, is there anything more to the energybending?
Do we know any details on the technique other than what was told in the series itself?<issue_comment>username_1: Nothing has been mentioned outside the official series episodes so there are few details to work with. The only other resources to look toward would be other series and how each used life force controlling powers.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: EnergyBending skills
Transferring knowledge : We see this when the giant turtle transfers the knowledge of this bending to Aang.
Removing Bending Power : For when Aang seals the powers of Firelord Ozai
Restoring Bending Power : In The Legend of Korra, Korra goes into Avatar State and Aang restores the power of the people that were affected.
*The lion turtle told him that in the era before the Avatar existed, the benders did not bend the elements, but the energy within themselves. In order to bend another's life energy, their own spirit must be unbendable, or they would be corrupted and destroyed.*
This is the only information being able to found, maybe in the next books of Legend of Korra we would get new information.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Not much is known about Energybending. Before the four elements and the avatar were created, Energybending was the only bending-art in the world. Out of this, the four bending-arts were created (Airbending, Waterbending, Earthbending and Firebending), so these are *based* on Energybending. Energybending is the *base* of all arts. While the for bending-arts are based on the *Chi*, Energybending works a little bit different: It bends the energy in general and not the Chi.
With that, Energybending can be used to take and restore bending-power and knowledge (nothing more is shown, but I guess that much more is possible):
* Avatar Aang uses the ability to take bending-power from Ozai in the last episode of *Avatar: The last Airbender*. This is a dangerous technique, as the soul of the user must be completely *clean*; otherwise, it can happen that the victim takes over the user.
* Both the lion turtle (in *Avatar: The last Airbender*) and Aangs Spirit (in *The Legend of Korra*) use Energybending to transfer knowledge to other people. I guess it's possible to take memories, too, but that's nowhere proven.
* Korra uses the ability to restore bending-powers to help some victims of Amon. The spirit of Aang uses that ability to restore Korras powers.
Also, Energybending is the only bending-power that can be used by a spirit without a medium (as shown when Aangs spirit teaches Energybending to Korra).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: Don't forget, it's probably possible to grant the power of bending to someone who cannot bend, as the Lion Turtles created the first Avatar.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: The others are already stated in the answers so I am only including explanations for the 2 that are not stated.
* Granting bending
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Tapping into the vast expanse of cosmic energy with the help of the Tree of Time, Korra was able to bend the energy within herself to create an astral projection of her spirit. Despite not having been bound by a corporeal form, the projection was able to both inflict and sustain great physical damage and utilize waterbending. This astral form was also capable of firing a beam of light similar to that of Vaatu.
* Spirit energy manipulation
The ability to manipulate energy originating from the Spirit World. Korra first used this technique to manipulate the energy of the pod encasing Jinora, Ryu, and his tour group after they were captured by hostile spirit vines. She later employed the same technique in the mortal world to deflect a lethal beam of energy fired by Kuvira's spirit cannon and save the metalbender.
<http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Energybending>
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2013/02/19 | 523 | 1,844 | <issue_start>username_0: What does Unohana Retsu's Bankai do?
It was not so clear in the manga.<issue_comment>username_1: As for all the information that is currently available
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Quite simple really . Her bankai ressurects her target as many times as she wants. When Zaraki fought her he mentions having blackouts. They werent just blackouts but unohana killing & ressurecting him again and again to keep fighting.
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2013/02/20 | 412 | 1,384 | <issue_start>username_0: While Kushina gave birth to Naruto, Tobi came in and used her weakness to extract the Kyuubi. That was the first shown event, where a Jinchuriki survived the extraction of the tailed beast. How could Kushina survive that?<issue_comment>username_1: Kushina survived the bijuu extraction due to the Uzumaki clan's incredibly strong life force.
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The members of this clan possess incredible longevity and vitality seemingly inherited from their Senju ancestry. One notable case is that of <NAME>aki, who lived from before the founding of Konoha, to well into the term of the Third Hokage's reign. This vitality was the reason Kushina survived the extraction of her tailed beast, though she was greatly weakened.
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2013/02/20 | 571 | 1,883 | <issue_start>username_0: Kuragehime has my favorite eyecatch of all the anime I've seen:
[Kuragehime Eyecatch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu63VCPfye4)
It's very amusing, but the "tequila" is pretty irrelevant to the show. Tequila isn't in any way relevant to the plot. It seems to be just a random word that they chose to use.
Is there any explanation for why they say "tequila" in the eyecatch, or is it just a random non sequitur for comedic effect?<issue_comment>username_1: Although it can't really be confirmed ( or has not been confirmed yet )
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: There doesn't seem to be any sort of official reason given for "Tequila" being in the eyecatch. I looked on every page I could find on their official website (<http://kuragehime.noitamina.tv>) and could not find an explanation. You'll have to translate the website into English to check.
The best explanation I can find is from <http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/Kuragehime>, which says that "Tequila" is [Inherently Funny Word](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InherentlyFunnyWords). According to the page:
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2013/02/21 | 1,377 | 4,774 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any logical and canonical reason to why Naruto used his mother's family name, Uzumaki, instead of his father's family name?<issue_comment>username_1: According to the [Naruto Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki):
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: The three main reasons for Hiruzen giving Naruto his mother's surname Uzumaki were to protect the village, Naruto, and the kyuubi.
Like the other posts stated, giving him the name Namikaze will make him a target for his father's enemies.
But there is more to Uzumaki name than just that. Hiruzen understood that the mysterious masked man (Tobi) didn't attack Minato Namikaze. What Tobi did was attack the kyuubi. And a fashionable trend seemed to be having the jinchuuriki as the Kage's son, for example Gaara was a jinchuuriki and his father was the Kazekage. So by giving Naruto the Uzumaki surname, this made Naruto + the kyuubi safer from anyone after the kyuubi.
Hiruzen also made sure to conceal the information about Naruto altogether, as shinobi that knew about the attack (on the kyuubi) were not allowed to talk about it (hence many people not knowing Naruto is Minato's son).
**My extra 2 cents :**
This all ties well with Naruto's personality, as the Uzumaki nature (brash personality, powered by will and conviction) better suits the main character of a shounen compared to the Namikaze depiction (Genius, excels at everything). Maybe I give Kishimoto too much credit, but I feel like he had this all planned out (with Naruto being the son of the fourth, yet having his mother's name and personality).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: Well according to me I think <NAME> uses his mother's last name cause it was a reputed clan, however there was nothing about his father's clan in the scenario. though Minato Namikaze was the fourth hokage still there was no details about his family in the whole manga series.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I think a child's last name depends on what clan it has been born in. Naruto **Uzumaki** therefore show that he's a **Uzumaki** clan member. Just like <NAME>, Naruto's mom. The preference of Uzumaki over Yamikaze is probably because the Minato and Kushina wanted to make Naruto less recognisable in public, as he is the 9 tail Jinchūriki and will be on the hitlist of many groups and organizations such as the Akatsuki.
* Sasuke **Uchiha** comes from the **Uchiha** clan.
* Hinata **Hyuga** comes from the **Hyuga** clan and so on.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: Hiruzen(the third Hokage) Decided to put Naruto's Surname as Uzumaki because the Uzumaki was a clan which has Split after the village was destroyed,which meant that Most of the Uzumakis were refugees, which meant that it would be harder to confirm that Naruto was Minato's child(although he has yellow hair instead of the trademark red hair of the Uzumaki's), Secondly, the Namikaze from what I see on the wiki was a clan that was located in konohakagure,and Minato was the only famous Namikaze(once again,Wikipedia.),so If Naruto was given Namikaze, it would be easier for Anyone hunting for the Kyuubi or getting revenge to Find Naruto and Kill/hold him hostage, which would put the village in jeopardy.Thirdly, Hiruzen wanted to give Naruto a normal life(which he failed because of mizuki =\_=).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I feel like Naruto was given Uzumaki was because of these reasons:
1. Hiruzen just didn't want another attack on Konohagakure involving Naruto.
2. The main character would be killed/taken hostage by groups (Akasutki, etc.)
3. Naruto would be constantly on the run (making the story intense yet boring)
4. Naruto wouldn't have met all the characters besides Akatsuki members (when <NAME> made them)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_8: I agree with username_4. It is a custom in Japan for prestigious families to have more "weight" when it comes to last names (E.g. A samurai family is given preference over non-samurai ones), so it would be natural for the Uzumaki clan to be given priority over the Namikaze clan.
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2013/02/21 | 465 | 1,652 | <issue_start>username_0: In the *Land of the Waves* arc, it can be seen that Haku performs handseals with only one hand. That must be something special, because a.) even Kakashi was surprised to see that, and b.) that's never seen again somewhere (except I forgot it).
How is that possible? Is that a special technique? Was it ever explained in the manga/anime?<issue_comment>username_1: Ebisu explains (in Chapter 90) that to perform a ninjutsu or genjutsu, a shinobi needs to go through 2 steps.
1. Build up the necessary amount of chakra for that jutsu.
2. Control the chakra for that jutsu using various hand seals.
Haku's ability to do hand seals with one hand shows his exceptional skill in the chakra control (at step 2).
There are other ways in which a shinobi's prowess with hand seals has been demonstrated. Senju Tobirama could use the Water Dragon Bullet Technique with just one hand seal, while it normally requires 44. Uchiha Sasuke has been able to use Chidori without any hand seals, and Fire Techniques with just one hand seal. (He needed more seals for both the jutsu when he started.)
The other shinobi shown to be capable of one-handed seals is Guren from the Three Tails filler arc. (Source: Narutopedia)
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Hand seals are there to control chakra, but if you already have amazing chakra control, you can use your techniques without them.
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2013/02/22 | 1,575 | 6,042 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't understand where Johan went after he "mysteriously" got out of the hospital. Dr. Tenma seems to be finally OK and I don't understand how after all this, Yohan still lived. He was the one who caused all this evil in the first place!
A fantastic anime, but a confusing one at the end. Can someone explain what happened?<issue_comment>username_1: Obviously, this entire post is going to be spoilers.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think that the Mother is the real monster but that doesn't mean Johan dies. What kind of a mom gives up a child without wanting it?
If Anna is the unwanted twin (which I think) then Johan dressed and acted like her to try to protect her. But of course the mom knows who she is and hears her voice and sends her to the Experimental Mansion. Then Johan becomes that way because of his hatred for his mother who leaves him in The Three Frogs.
If Johan is the unwanted twin then he cross-dressed like Anna because he knew he was and wanted to protect himself. That would mean his mother made a mistake to send Anna to the Mansion and Johan tries to change his past because he was supposed to go there..? Then Johan would be a monster because he knows he was unwanted and wants to change his past.
Johan probably didn't die because this isn't some Hollywood drama and it's obvious Tenma saved his life (twice). Maybe Johan left to see his mom.. or escaped in the end, because she is alive.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: The tricky part that confuses everyone is the memory of the Rose Mansion because it is unknown to whom it actually belonged to. Was it Anna or Johan?, and for the Mother's case, clearly she was under so much pressure that she could had committed the mistake.
Secondly the way the twins were dressed both as girls probably suggests their mom knew this was going to happen. So for her sake and to prevent any emotional attachment while taking decision and to fool her mind or herself, she made them dress that way but there is no denying that Johan had a mindset of a psychopathic killer that he had exhibited from the times of 511 Kinderheim, however for me the real plot says the world was the monster to the twins. I support this by saying that it was the experiments that made their mindset corrupt. It's not like the twins were born with a killer mindset were they?
Secondly, about the last episode it is clear the mother is herself, however she is not sure which twin she choose to let loose, nor is Johan or Anna. It is also clearly evident that they were both blaming any one of these three as "The Real Monsters" which is foolishness. It's The situations created by Nazis and Humans that were "The Real Monsters".
A third point to consider is the empty bed at hospital and it's possible that Johan committed suicide. After all his whole plan was a "Perfect Suicide" or he could have possibly escaped and remained underground all throughout his life because he finally got a name, so he was no longer "A Nameless Monster" anymore and that is what I think happened at the end.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Tenma is the real monster.
Inspector Lunge suspected Tenma as a suspect even after knowing everything about Johan and Tenma. He had triggered something fishy and at last he failed his conception as it's also beyond the thinking of Inspector Lunge. That is why even in second to last episode he said "Tenma is prime suspect" just before he met Tenma, he says "Sorry". I think this is a bit tricky in Inspector Lunge's conception about "Tenma".
However, Johan's Character was beyond our imagination the way he could control everyone, so is the anime,it's beyond our thinking if we don't stress on it. This is my personal conception though and will mainly be based off speculation/opinion.
I plan to watch the anime again to improve my answer and point.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Well I think that Tenma was hallucinating when he saw Johan talking to him and maybe he was thinking what Johan could say something to him if he was awake. Johan knows what his mother did and when he wakes up from the coma he escapes from the hospital.
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2013/02/22 | 388 | 1,459 | <issue_start>username_0: Naruto was always discriminated against by the people of the Leaf Village because he had the Kyuubi inside. However, he is the son of the 4th Hokage and he was the one who sealed it inside him. Why, then, did they discriminate against him if it was in order to save the village?<issue_comment>username_1: The details of how Minato sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto, and the fact that Naruto is Minato's son was kept hidden from the villagers. The villagers believed that Naruto is the reincarnation of the Kyuubi, who killed their beloved Hokage. Having experienced the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha, they were also frightened about going near Naruto. Even the people who knew that the Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto were worried about their own safety, and wanted to stay away from Naruto.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The username_1 pretty much nailed it. For future reference, even the fact that Naruto's mom, kushina was giving birth was kept secret, as the seal on kyuubi is weakest during child birth. So, if someone told the villager's that Naruto was the son of Minato and Kushina, when no one knew she was even going to give birth, it could be hard to believe. Especially, when only a few people knew about it. Furthermore, it was probably safer for Naruto if people didn't know that he was the Hokage's kid. That title brings a lot of enemies. Even Konohamaru had people following him 24/7.
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2013/02/22 | 839 | 3,056 | <issue_start>username_0: In Gurren Lagann, when they are about to start the fight with the Anti-Spirals, they mention that the Spirals have tried to attack them before but lost. Then, in the episode when the fight is about to begin, you can see many destroyed battleships. Does this mean that the Earth was destroyed and rebuilt before? Or was humanity not completely wiped out?<issue_comment>username_1: It's important to note that Anti-Spirals were originally Spiral lifeforms. However:
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Humans are not the only spiral life forms in the universe, there are many others that tried to face the anti spirals before humans and before that the anti spirals were spirals that chose to protect the universe from the spiral nemesis, so before them there were other spirals since spirals are any beings with a double helix dna or something like that so dont think spiral = human, cuz spiral is everything that evolves, from life to galaxies and so on u.u
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2013/02/22 | 1,572 | 4,671 | <issue_start>username_0: In **Galaxy Angel**, it seems Mint and her family all have these droopy rabbit ears above their real ears.
I know that she likes cosplay so are these fake? In all of the anime seasons I don't see her without the rabbit ears and she seems to be able to move them as if they're real. I've read that the BROCCOLI game has some insight into the ears but I've never seen the game or could find any info about it.<issue_comment>username_1: It is unknown officially whether they're real or fake. As you mentioned, Mint's father, Darno, has these ears as well:
The reasons why Darno has these do not appear to be stated, nor are they very elaborate for Mint. It is believed that they are fake due to her losing them later in the series. From the [Galaxy Angel Wiki](http://galaxyangel.wikia.com/wiki/Mint_Blancmanche#Anime):
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Technically, they are テレパスファー (*Terepasufaa*, Telepasfer?), a peculiar parasitic creature on planet Blancmanche.**
According to Mint's character introduction on [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9#.E3.83.9F.E3.83.B3.E3.83.88.E3.83.BB.E3.83.96.E3.83.A9.E3.83.9E.E3.83.B3.E3.82.B7.E3.83.A5),
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In the original work (game/manga/LN) for *Galaxy Angel*, it's only mentioned that the ears were parts of the body and capable of telepathy. However, *Galaxy Angel II* expanded the setting by introducing *Terepasufaa*.
*Terepasufaa* as first introduced in *Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryōiki no Tobira* (PS2)
In the game, it's described as a fluffy, parasitic creature living on planet Blancmanche. It doesn't attach to a human (most possibly, it *only* attaches to people from Blancmanche), and it rarely moves. It has a telepathic power and can be used by gripping it lightly, closing eyes, and thinking about people (unknown for other living things/non-living things). The user can see/know the targets' whereabouts & feelings, and even can suggest the targets to think about the user (to let the user know how they feel about the user).
Related video: [Japanese Let's Play on NicoNico Douga](http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24434387) ([mirror for accountless viewing](http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24434387)), starts at 0:33
A [Japanese tweet by @mint\_mamiya](https://twitter.com/mint_mamiya/status/836147833589772288) stated that Blancmanche conglomerates from generation to generation *intentionally* attach the *terepasufaa* to the newborn children. However, I can't confirm its reliability.
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On the other hand, in the anime, they are just ear attachments. There's a scene in each season 3 & 4 where Mint doesn't put its animal ears.
Season 4, episode 26; image courtesy of [Normad Type 3's Livedoor Blog (Japanese)](http://blog.livedoor.jp/normadtype3/archives/50114705.html)
Note that the anime doesn't really follow the original work and thus there are some differences in the detail.
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2013/02/22 | 853 | 3,071 | <issue_start>username_0: We know that Deadman Wonderland is a brutal prison for convicted criminals.
And at various points in the show, it is revealed how each of the main characters ended up there. (what crime they were convicted of)
But how did Shiro get there? Is it ever revealed what Shiro did to end up in that prison?
We know that Shiro was Ganta's childhood friend. So that means that she started off outside in the normal world. But are there any clues to what brought her into Deadman Wonderland?<issue_comment>username_1: Even though Shiro and Ganta were childhood friends,
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Deadman Wonderland was originally the medical center in the flashbacks, but when it was destroyed by the [Great Tokyo Earthquake](http://deadmanwonderland.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Tokyo_Earthquake), the prison was built over it.
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Deadman Wonderland was built on ground zero of the Great Tokyo earthquake, also being the place where Shiro and Ganta lived during their childhood, to suppress poor Shiro with speakers, made partly of her own flesh and blood, aka the Mother Goose System. Shiro is the original sin, the original deadman, which Ganta was supposed to be.
I honestly doubt there will ever be any more shown in the anime, since key characters have been missing, but let's hope for a continuation.
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2013/02/23 | 2,062 | 8,447 | <issue_start>username_0: Many anime do not follow the manga history and are made shorter. However there are a few that do follow it or try to finish the history with the manga like the big three (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece), Death Note, and FMA Brotherhood. But others finish the anime without the real ending like FMA, Ouran High School, Pandora Hearts, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Why is this so? Is it because of the high cost? Or the lack of popularity?<issue_comment>username_1: Generally with cases like Soul Eater, Ouran, Kaichou wa Maid-Sama and Ao no Exorcist is that they've run out of source material or that the manga simply hasn't reached far enough past that point to continue the anime. The first Fullmetal Alchemist anime came out when the manga wasn't anywhere near done, and therefore branched off completely after
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The more popular series such as Naruto or One Piece can reasonably expect that they would get several seasons, till the manga ends and hence can follow the manga closely. However, such anime could also end somewhat abruptly, if the broadcaster decides to not allot them any more seasons at some point, as it happened with Bleach after the Fullbring arc, for example.
In some cases, when the anime production company works closely with the mangaka, they can keep their ending consistent with the manga, even though the manga has not been published, but this is rare.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It's hard to say, since there's a lot of reasons.
Some are just horrible decisions.
Some are money motivated.
Tokyo Ghoul is a recent example of how NOT to adapt a manga into an anime, which basically ruined it FOR NO REASON (since the manga was almost in it's 2nd to last arc when the anime started development, so all the material they were basing the anime on was already there and ready to use). (Even anime-only viewers that had never read the manga were able to pick up on the fact that something didn't feel right....nice action scenes to be sure (when the whole screen wasn't blacked out since someone decided it was a brilliant idea to run a gory series like TG on a network with strict censors), but the plot, characters, and pacing was meh...a lot didn't even realize it was supposed to be a seinen series and mis-type it as shounen when describing it)
1. Rearranging events that made no sense to rearrange to begin with (introducing several noticeable plotholes, such as Kaneki actually getting WEAKER as the story progressed, since in the first arc (after the intro arc) he demonstrates sudden melee fighting skills, but none in the 2nd arc in his fight with Amon, where as in the manga it was his inability to control his Kagune in his fight with Amon (and lack of fighting skills that forced him to use it) that convinced him that he should learn to fight without relying on it until he could control it properly as to not endanger his friends and allies, which is why he'd become much stronger during the Gourmet arc).
2. Completely altering the MC's personality into a helpless useless baby that did nothing worthwhile until the last arc, where as in the Manga he was just understandably lost/confused with the completely new life he'd been forced into and adapted to it rather quickly and well. (one of the biggest differences being in the first episode/chapter, where defining character moment was changed completely. When faced with a monster and threat of death, Manga Kaneki fought, while anime Kaneki fled). Also the fact that Manga kaneki discovered most of the stuff about being a ghoul by himself, where as anime Kaneki has to be told every little thing.
A similar thing was done to Shinichi in the new Parasyte anime, but only for the first episode or two at which point he jumped back to his manga incarnation (which according to Madhouse, was because modern anime fans have had their brained rotted out by years of terrible anime that they can't properly detect subtle shifts in personality unless they're beaten over the head with it with extremely blatant evidence of personality shifts such as dramatic physical/psychological changes).
3. Leaving out A LOT of character development across the board. (this is ESPECIALLY bad for a seinen series being adapted because one of the biggest differences between a seinen and shounen is that seinen tend to have much deeper looks into character development, where as shounen is generally more superficial or glossed over in favor of focus on action due to being marketed to younger audience with less attention span and wanting to see more explosions (Obviously the only real definition for Shounen vs Seinen is which magazine the source material ran in, which results in stuff like Death Note or AoT being shounen despite having the sort of themes and depth you expect from a seinen.)
4. FILLER SCENES in an anime that was already way too short, that could've been better spent on the cut character development or scenes actually in the manga that were pretty important but cut in the anime. This is the WORST kind of filler. If the anime had been ~24 episodes and they added a bunch of filler that expanded and fleshed out the world to get them to the point where the anime ended (if properly adapted the beginning through Aogiri arc to it's full conclusion, rather then simply stopping in the middle like the anime did would've taken about 18-19 episodes), AFTER they'd properly adapted everything that was supposed to be there, then that's good filler. But when you're already having to prune the story (and some element could be pruned without hurting the overall experience, like Amon running out to dig up Hinami's father's mask to prove the mother and child were ghouls, which showed Amon was dedicated, albeit recklessly so to hunting down ghouls, but wasn't critical to his character since he showed his revolve and beliefs A LOT)) to get it to fit into the Season length, filler shouldn't exist at ALL. Taking Hinami's father's episode scenes as an example...IF the anime had the run time to allow it, AND it was treated as a flashback instead of currently happening, then sure, it would've added to the story and been useful, but it served no purpose in the anime and was so unimportant in the manga it was only mentioned in passing. We already cared about Hinami because of what happened to her mother....and seeing what happened to her mother already let us imagine what happened to her father who we knew was killed before the story began, so wasting almost a 1.3 episodes worth of run time on HIM, was pointless because we're not going to care about Hinami any more then we manga readers did already without having to know him, which could've been better spent on Kaneki/Touka (in disguise) visiting the CCG's Ward 20 office (giving the audience some crucial insight into how ghoul's bodies work and exactly what the stakes are for the future of ghouls) that ACTUALLY HAPPENED in the manga. Or the non-existing plot over Jason's pliers, which didn't happen in the manga, because in the manga RC suppressants were used, where as in the anime, since they skipped everything involving how a ghoul's body works, they had to make Quinque steel surgical implements a anime-original plot point, and then wasted even more time on it then just explaining RC would've taken.
5. Tokyo Ghoul is a rather gritty and Psychological seinen manga, but the animating studio (who are mostly known for shounen series) animated and paced it LIKE a shounen series (the author of the manga is on record as being very disappointed with the direction they took in the adaption), which caused a lot of the explored themes and struggles as to come off as very superficial, with the skeleton of the plot they used serving as just padding to move from action sequence to action sequence, including throwing in new action sequences that never happened or were deliberately never shown in the manga because action was never supposed to be the focus.
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2013/02/23 | 756 | 2,783 | <issue_start>username_0: We've all seen it many times... When someone gets angry or annoyed, the angry symbol (shown below) shows up one or more times in and around the person's head.
* Where did it come from?
* How did it get popularized?
* Is there a proper term for it?<issue_comment>username_1: [TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage) calls it the "[Cross-Popping Veins](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossPoppingVeins)", and [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_iconography#Head_and_face) as well as other blogs and sources seem to be comfortable backing up that term. Other terms include "Bulging Vein" or "# Mark".
As their name suggests, they were inspired by a physiological effect many people have; when they become excessively angry or tense, their blood pressure rises and muscle tension builds, forcing veins to the surface.
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The first use of this icon does not seem to be recorded, nor why it seems to have become popular enough as a symbol of anime that even anime knockoffs will use it. The tropes article I mentioned has a documented list of where it's appeared over the years; however, it does remain possible that even the most dated entry in that list is not the original usage of the icon.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 80% sure this originates from NES/SNES era computergames, with JRPG's in particular.
Those characters were so small in size that they couldn't do any facial expressions with them, because the characters didn't have a mouth.
Same thing with the popping vein. The question is with which video game this started.
Oldest example known so for far is of Super Mario World November 1990, near the end of the final battle it shows on the bowser's flying machine.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The markings originated from some angry Japanese fudal lord don't remember which one, but his face was used for some samurai masks. They are typically used to show anger and/or announce. If anyone can name both the lord and mask specifically it would help lots probably.
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2013/02/25 | 1,210 | 4,157 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for the name of a certain anime I saw when I was younger. It was about a guy who was fleeing into the mountains for some reason. In these mountains he found a woman. After kissing her he found out that he became immortal and lived for thousands of years. I also remember that the moment they kissed he would feel inhuman pain for 3 consecutive days.
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I can't properly remember the art style or the music used. I am sure it was a series around 12 episodes. I watched it subbed and don't believe there was any dubbed version (I don't really watch those so didn't pay attention to that). I believe it was a Madhouse production but I can't tell that for sure. The moment I started watching it had just about ended and I believe the end was a bit of a vampire-like story or at least hinted at a vampire-like plot.
I remembered a bit more about the plot: it was set in medieval times between 1200 and 1400, I think. But halfway through the plot, he loses consciousness and stays so for 1000 years and ends up in a post-apocalyptic Japan where he starts to search for his beloved (the one who kissed and made him immortal). Also it was not 2007 when I watched it but the end of 2008. I read the manga in 2007.<issue_comment>username_1: [Princess Resurrection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Resurrection) (怪物王女 Kaibutsu Ōjo?, lit. Monster Princess) is a Japanese horror comedy manga by Yasunori Mitsunaga.
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2013/02/25 | 412 | 1,502 | <issue_start>username_0: Why are manga read right to left? Has it always been so? Are there any exceptions?
(Flipped mangas are excused from this question.)<issue_comment>username_1: The traditional Japanese written language goes from right to left.
Books in Japan tend to start from the "right-most" side. It's only natural that manga publications follow the same format.
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2013/02/26 | 564 | 2,032 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 290 of <NAME>, Kabuto creates Hidan from thousands of tiny snakes. But by looking at the eyes of manifested Hidan, it seems like an Edo-Tensei. And Kabuto mentions it himself.
Hidan isn't dead! Then how can he be reincarnated? What Jutsu is that??
In the manga of course there is no confusion..
But for that episode I am trying to find the logic. Do you have any thoughts?<issue_comment>username_1: The Hidan in that filler is not necessarily the real Hidan. You said it by yourself "Kabuto creates Hidan from thousands of tiny snakes" which proves my point here. In Naruto we see many things created from snakes, in this case, It is Hidan.
The directer of this filler tried to make his story interesting but he failed miserably as you can see. This filler overlaps with the real story making the answer for your question not very logical. This is as far as you can get with this event.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The reincarnated Hidan was like a clone created by Kabuto from the real one's DNA, and also it wasn't like the other Edo Tensei, he died later without being sealed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: this is just an opinion, but hidan never died in the first place. I mean, sure, he got blown up, but he never died, since he is immortal. maybe hidan's consciousness was put into the body that kabuto created with some sort of mind transfer jutsu.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Apparently Hidan can die from malnutrition, so one can assume that while he was trapped in that hole that Shikamaru dug for him, he eventually and inevitably died from said cause. That's the only explanation that I can give as to how this even makes a lick of sense since I'm re-watching the series and just got to this filler episode, haha.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: By a bunch of snakes and a scroll, to revive a real corpse through edo tensei you need their dna for it
that was just a clone of him cultivated from his cells
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2013/02/26 | 330 | 1,130 | <issue_start>username_0: In the last chapters of the manga,
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The Rinnegan allowed him to break the seal placed by the Sage of the Six Paths, and summon the Juubi's shell (The Gedo Mazo) from the moon.
Using it as a catalyst, Madara used Hashirama's cells in order to extend his own lifespan.
Once disconnected from the Mazo, Madara died instantly.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: <NAME>chiha didn't survive. The one who everybody thinks is Madara is acually Obito Uchiha because Obito said that he was going to take on Madara's legacy. This means the day of the nine tails attack Minato was actually fighting his own student. "Madara" (Obito Uchiha) is the one who set the nine tails lose and he says his name is Tobi which is just Obito switched all around with one "o" taken off.
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2013/02/26 | 1,049 | 3,267 | <issue_start>username_0: According to MAL, the [former](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4654/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index) is the parent story of the [latter](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6213/Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun), that appears described as a side story. However, I find no reference to these questions:
**Do both stories take place in the same universe?
Are they somewhat dependent on each other?
If so, in which order should the series be watched?**<issue_comment>username_1: Railgun is a non-canon spinoff using the characters and setting of Index.
by that definition:
1. I guess they take place in alternate universes.
2. They are indepedent besides setting and characters.
3. Watching both seasons of Index before Railgun is in my opinion for the better.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Chronologically, *Railgun* comes first. Then near the middle of *Railgun* (the Level Upper Arc), the events and timeline start to converge with *Index*.
For an example, in episode 17 of the *Railgun* anime, Komoe-sensei mentions how she likes all her students, even the ones that blow up her roof, which is probably a reference to when Index used Dragon's Breath (episode 6 of *Index*).
The manga gives a better frame of reference, since it gives a exact date (July 16th).
So the events in *Railgun* begin 4 days before the Index novel (July 20th), where Touma first meets Index. Touma [meets](http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index%3aVolume1_Prologue) Mikoto on the eve of July 19th.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Adding onto [username_2's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/3055), a good resource that specifies the chronology of Index and Railgun in much more detail is the [Baka-Tsuki Unified Index Calendar](https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Index_Calendar), which is an fan-compiled calendar of all events in the Toaru Majutsu no Index franchise.
As of January 2018, the calendar includes the following source materials, up to the specified issue (with the latest in-universe date specified in parentheses):
* (Light Novel) **A Certain Magical Index**: NT volume 19 (*Dec. 12*)
* (Manga) **A Certain Magical Index**: chapter 123 (*~Oct. 7*)
* (Manga) **A Certain Scientific Railgun**: chapter 100 (*~Oct. 14*)
* (Manga) **A Certain Scientific Accelerator**: chapter 42 (*~Sep. 10*)
* (Manga) **Astral Buddy**: chapter 7 (*~Sep. 28*)
* (Anime) **A Certain Magical Index**: II episode 24 (*Oct. 3*)
* (Anime) **A Certain Scientific Railgun**: S episode 24 (*Sep. 2*)
[](https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/7/7d/A_Certain_Unified_Calendar.png)
The calendar is frequently updated.
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2013/02/27 | 1,686 | 5,984 | <issue_start>username_0: Yuri and Shoujo-ai are anime themes which are related to girl-to-girl relationship, while yaoi and shounen-ai are related to boy-to-boy relationships. But what are their distinct difference? When can you call a specific girl-to-girl anime a yuri or shoujo-ai? When can you call a specific boy-to-boy anime a yaoi or shounen-ai?
Plus, what is the distinct difference of ecchi and hentai anime? I just know that they are both *for adults only-theme* anime. When can you call a specific anime an ecchi or hentai?<issue_comment>username_1: For Yuri vs. Shoujo-ai, according to Wikipedia:
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Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Shounen-ai and shoujo-ai in manga are often used when there's hugging and dates and kisses only which may mean that it is not mature themed as compared to yaoi and yuri which usually contains sexual themes.
Ecchi usually comes with romance and consensual sex which means that the manga/anime is likely to be focused on the storyline.
Hentai usually comes with rape and sexual kinks, forced sex which means that the storyline would be more focused on the sexual acts
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Basically what everyone has been saying.
Yuri is love between women in manga and anime: Shojo-ai is a platonic relationship between young girls.
Yaoi is boy-boy love, romantic or sexual relationships: Shonen-ai was used to describe a new genre of shojo manga about innocent relationships.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: I am going to be extremely technical here. In its original context, shoujo ai/seinen ai focused on same-sex female/male relationships, either gay or straight (although the heterosexual emphasis is not as prevalent anymore) presented in a romantic way (think Shaun and Cory in *Boy Meets World*). But this definition has been modified over time, for American audiences, so that the focus is more on the LGBT aspects of the genre.
So in the west, shoujo ai and yuri are almost interchangeable. However, yuri focuses more on the sexual aspects of a strictly LGBT relationship. While shoujo ai is mainly (thanks to the American influence) focused on a lesbian romantic relationship, it may occasionally, in rare circumstances, focus on intimate straight same-sex relationships as well; best friends or sisters, etc. as long as the relationship is presented in a way that gives you the 'feels'.
*Candy Boy* is a good example of hetero-romantic shoujo ai (I am ignoring girl crushes in *Candy Boy* as that happens across multiple anime genres). Yuri/yaoi is more or less gay/lesbian ecchi/hentai (porn).
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2013/02/27 | 315 | 1,085 | <issue_start>username_0: Long back I started reading a manga, where in the first chapter, a guy is showed to have a crush on a girl. Then the girl starts eating an ice-cream cone, but for some reason, the guy then gets to eat the same ice-cream. He then thinks that by eating the same ice-cream, he has shared an indirect kiss with the girl. (Maybe the guy ate the ice-cream first, I don't remember exactly.)
I don't know any more details because I never got back to reading it after finishing half of the first chapter. I want to resume it, and see if it is any good. Does anyone know what manga this is?<issue_comment>username_1: I know that this happens in Shugo Chara! in episode 33. Here's a link to a picture of it:
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Are you maybe looking for [*Anedoki*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anedoki)? The question is a bit old, but this appears to be the one you're looking for.
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2013/02/27 | 1,547 | 6,073 | <issue_start>username_0: In Ano Hana, if I understood correctly, Menma's wish was to help Jinta's dying mother fulfill her wish, and that was to make Jinta cry. If it was, then why did Menma start to vanish on the last episode when Jinta cried again for the first time after Menma appeared before him in the episode when he joked that he remembered something (a movie perhaps) to hide the real reason he was crying from Menma?
Would the wish just take effect if Menma clearly remembered what it is? Or *making Jinta cry* was just put in that way by his mother for the young Menma to understand and what it really meant was for Jinta to generally open himself up again to different emotions like enjoying himself with his friends, to laugh when he's happy, to get angry when he is, to cry when he's lonely, etc?
And the day Menma died, Menma called for the Super Peace Buster to fulfill that wish but unfortunately, due to Yukiatsu and Anaru's plan to tell everyone what Jinta feels about Menma, (which apparently Menma and Tsuruko knew about) it failed and led to Menma's death. How did she plan to fulfill that promise that day?
Was it explained or not? Or is it overlooking on my part?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think it was explained in the series but one of the things most people assume is that Menma returns because she wants her wish fulfilled. This, in turn, could mean that once her wish is fulfilled, she leaves. So the assumption is that she disappears because her wish was fulfilled, but what if her return didn't have anything to do with her wish (or specifically here, the "*make Jinta cry since his mother thinks he shouldn’t hold back anymore*"). So it's possible either she has returned for some reason unrelated to her wish or she lied about what her wish actually was. Note that these two things are not mutually exclusive.
So the scenarios here are:
* Menma lied about her wish, and she returned to have her wish fulfilled and at the end, it was fulfilled and she disappeared. All this time, the audience (and the rest of the cast) doesn't know what the wish is and thus don't know why she returned and why she disappeared.
* Menma's wish was actually to make Jintan cry, but that's not why she returned. Thus perhaps even fulfilling the Jintan-cry-wish, she doesn't disappear because the reason for her return is something else, which was completed at the end of the series.
* Menma's lied about her wish, but her return was irrelevant to that wish to begin with, leaving her disappearance a mystery. It's possible in this scenario, that the wish facilitated whatever it was that allowed her to leave.
As for what the wish was and why she left, it's probably all speculation. There's a [blogpost](http://keikakudoori.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/ano-hana-alternatives-interpretations-and-theories/) that speculates about the possibilities of Menma's wish and her reasons for returning. Note that this was written before the ending of the series, but if we are to assume that the final wish (or the reason she came back) isn't what she claims, then a lot of it is still applicable.
It's completely reasonable to assume that the extension of her wish was meant for "Jintan to generally open himself up again to different emotions like enjoying himself with his friends, to laugh when he's happy, to get angry when he is, to cry when he's lonely", and the entire journey of finding what it was the Menma had originally wished for accomplished this. And that sort of mean her original wish *wasn't* what brought her back and not why she left at the end.
As for how she planned on accomplishing her original wish if she had not died, I don't know.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's easy, her wish was to spend more time with the Super Peace Busters.
She reunited them and made them honest to each other that's why in the very last episode she was slowly disappearing, because all of them knew what everyone was hiding from each other.
Menma's wish was to reunite the Super Peace Busters, to really hear what Jinta has to say, before she died to grant the wish of Jinta's mother and to have proper goodbyes. It said that they won't have proper goodbyes if they don't find Menma, thats why Menma appeared again to properly say goodbye.
If you watch the series more than once you would know. I watched it 33 times, then just now it hit me.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: From what I understand, Menma did come back in order to fulfill the wish of Jinta's mom, but it's not specifically about "crying". It's about being honest with one's emotions and the first time Jinta cried, he's still in conflict about what he felt about letting Menma go, that's why it didn't work.
Plus, Menma said that it can only be fulfilled with all of the Peace Busters together. So aside from Jinta's mom's wish, Menma also has a wish of her own, that all of the Peace Busters would finally be able to let their true feelings out, not just Jinta.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Well, I'm gonna put it up in three points of view. Menma's wish was:
* God's point of view: to make up among the rest of six friends, to rebuild the old peace busters. That's why in the 11th episode you would see that just after the friends started revealing what was on their mind, Menma's hand got a little ash in color meaning her journey to heaven, her peace in mind was already on act.
* Menma's point of view: As Menma herself mentioned in the anime, she wanted to keep the promise with Jintan's mother to make junta wide open in mind once again and she also wanted to see the Peace Busters for one last time together to say a proper goodbye, to erase the self-made sins in their mind from which they were hiding since Menma's death.
* My point of view: including the two opinions given up here, I'd add that she just wanted to bring herself inner peace from her sudden death via bringing peace to her friends, especially Jintan who was totally uprooted after two sudden deaths, one of his mother and the other of Menma's.
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2013/02/28 | 1,481 | 5,461 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, when does Kakashi first use his Mangekyou Sharingan? Because as far as I know, he and Tobi both awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan when Kakashi saw Rin and Obito get killed, but he never uses it in the series until Shippuden.<issue_comment>username_1: He needed more chakra control and his stamina is sub-par. That timeskip made everyone get better so that's most likely the reason. Plus, he is a non-Uchiha and that's why he can barely handle it. Maybe he first used his Mangekyou Sharingan during his fight with Deidara.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Kakashi's first known use of the Mangekyo Sharigan was against Deidara. However, I think your question really is why did he not use it earlier. There could be a number of reasons why he did not use it or was not shown using it earlier.
Kakashi awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan when Rin was killed. He thus failed to keep his promise to Obito. Hence, this was a emotionally painful moment for him, tied to both Rin and Obito. Maybe he did not want to use it since to avoid revisiting those emotions.
As mentioned in lexter's answer, another reason is that being a non-Uchiha, he simply did not have enough stamina to use it effectively in battle. Even after timeskip, he could only use it twice in a day, and had to take rest for a week or so after he used it. Before timeskip, he was in charge of genin-level students, and he couldn't risk getting knocked out and put his students in danger.
Also, before the timeskip, he simply did not get to fight villains against whom he was forced to use it. He only fought Zabuza and Haku during the Land of Waves arc, and unnamed shinobi from Sand Village and Sound Village during the Invasion of Konoha arc. If Orochimaru were to fight him, Kakashi would probably be pushed to using it, but Orochimaru fought with the Third Hokage instead.
Losing to Uchiha Itachi easily may have compelled Kakashi to consider using it, due to the usual shounen/Naruto logic of "If I want to protect my nakama, I have to get stronger."
There could also be a couple of author issues why Kakashi couldn't be shown using it earlier. Sasuke was a protagonist at the time, and his main aim in life was to kill Itachi. Therefore, it was necessary to introduce Itachi as a superpowerful villian. Ensuring that Mangekyo Sharingan is first mentioned when Itachi is introduced would maximize the audience's perception of how strong and evil Itachi is.
The other reason is it was not in the author's plan that Kakashi had already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan when the series started, and planned to offer an alternate explanation for how he awakened it during the timeskip period. However, as he started addressing the hanging threads while winding up the story, he decided to shoehorn it into Obito's backstory.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: My friend just discovered this in the anime (first season, episode 6, at about 6:35) which I think supports the other explanations. Kakashi is about to use it when he is caught in Zabuza's water prison jutsu. You can see it in this image. This would indicate that he is ready to use it in a near death situation.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: In kakashi's fight with deidara (episode 29) he references using it before so I think it's safe to assume he has at least practiced the mongekyou sharingan before this fight
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I think the only real reason here is **retcon**. The Sharingan history is one of the most retconed plots in the Narutoverse and the Kakashi-Rin-Obito relationship is up there too. If what is being suggested by these answers and comments is true, then we have to ignore the fact that Kishimoto admited not yet having a design for the Mangekyou Sharingan for the scenes that show Itachi using it on Sasuke without the design we now know. Because of that, we can infere that at the time kakashi was fighting Zabuza, him having the Mangekyou too was unthinkable. Not to mention that when he truly first used it against Deidara, he spent a good hour "working" on his new Sharingan (see image below), so even at the point it still wasn't defined that he had awakened it in Rin's death.
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Now, if we MUST make it work for the sake of the Narutoverse, even then we can't presume that those were his intentions when fighting Zabuza, simply because there was no point in using his Kamui in that specific situation.
About his ability with it, yeah, he probably did use it before his fight with Deidara simply because he knew what his eye would do. Since he's not an Uchiha, he had no way of knowing the details of the Mangekyou's power (other then watching Itachi, which was not helpful since their eyes didn't have the same jutsu) without testing on a tree, or a rock. He did faint afterwards, but it wasn't after a single use, he spent a lot of time trying to sever Deidara's arm and even "Kamui'd" his Jibaku Bunshin (Suicide Bombing Clone) entire explosion away.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: He awakened when he killed rin, but he learned about the existence of the mangekyou in the first fight with Itachi, i think kakashi maybe have trained using this fight as "inspiration"
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2013/02/28 | 544 | 2,004 | <issue_start>username_0: Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? He could be much stronger because it was believed that he already surpassed the previous Kage of Konoha. At that point, he knew all the techniques in Konoha.<issue_comment>username_1: As you can see, all the revived character in naruto was revived in the form before they died. The third hokage died at an old age that's why he was not revived at his prime.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: There are a couple of possible reasons for this, though as far as I know, it hasn't been explained in the manga.
The first possible reason is that Sasuke hadn't mastered it well enough to bring him back at his full power. As is stated on page 10 of chapter 620, if the summoner doesn't have full mastery of the summoning, the reincarnated individual might not be brought back with the full power they had in life.
Also, according to [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation):
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: All of the characters have been reanimated in their most iconic form, we've always known Third Hokage as an old man.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Madara is a weird case though. He hadn’t awakened his rinnegan until he was very old, yet when he was resurrected he was young again with his new eyes in tact. His most iconic form is him young with eternal MS not old with rinnegan. Maybe how a person is resurrected is purely based on their summoner’s skill, the more skilled the more powerful the resurrected person is. Lol that makes me think of what would happen if Donzo was brought back by Kabuto, would Donzo have his arm full of eyes back working at full capacity?
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2013/02/28 | 415 | 1,259 | <issue_start>username_0: Throughout **Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei**, there's a picture (not animated) of a bald man's face that appears randomly (often as a censor). Who is he and what is his relation to the show (or their creators)? Does he randomly appear in other Studio SHAFT shows?
<issue_comment>username_1: He is the mangaka's assistant, Maeda-kun.
From the TVTropes page [Manga: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei):
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[Here is his picture on Anime news network](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=67112).
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2013/02/28 | 2,501 | 9,251 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of **Mahoromatic** (second season), what happened to Suguru?
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In the case of Mahoromatic, this is understandable. The second season of the anime ended in 2003, while the manga continued until 2004, so at some point the anime studio was forced to either wait to create another season concluding the anime or else come up with their own ending (they chose the latter). Anime-original endings are not uncommon among manga adaptations.
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For what it's worth, the manga ending is somewhat easier to understand, but it is quite different from the anime ending in terms of the points you have mentioned. There are some similar details, so it may be that the author had some rough idea what he wanted to do but had not finalized the details at the time of the anime's ending.
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But suguru gets betrayed by his own comrade who stabs him from back whereas he slices the traitor to half finding out he's a droid to .During this time matthew and lisa discuss to move further in the space. While lisa whos a saint worry's about suguru her grandson as she was the women who gave birth to sugurus mother and was lover of sugurus grand father .This reveals suguru is hybrid of saint and human whereas matthew says she wants to leave her sweet memories behind as they wont be needed in her further journey but will be helpful to someone and assures lisa that suguru is fine and he wont be lonely anymore .Here mahoro is revived by matthew as her sweet memories are left in her she finds suguru in the colony and injured suguru thinks he's hallucinating in his death only to find out she has come back again for real this time as mentioned by matthew sugur is fine despite being injured that means he's well and lives with mahoro goes back to earth to live happily ever after
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2013/03/01 | 304 | 1,035 | <issue_start>username_0: In Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Kobato (Kodaka's sister) appears to have [Heterochromia iridum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum).
Her right eye is red and her left eye is blue.
But in episode 5 of the first season, both her eyes are blue.
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Is she wearing contacts? I wasn't able to find an explanation for this from the Anime.<issue_comment>username_1: It is not heterochromia. The manga does explain it better and ...
* her normal eye color is blue.
* she is wearing a contact lens.
There is also a mention of her mother being English and having red eye color. So wearing a contact might be a fashion statement.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Her eye is not those kind of special eye or Heterochromia type , she is wearing eye contact to match with the anime character she's cosplaying
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2013/03/01 | 1,424 | 5,508 | <issue_start>username_0: In FMA, alchemists draw transmutation circles that are made up of perfect circles and regular polygons.
Is it ever show how they make perfect circles and entirely equal angles? I know that it is difficult to free-hand draw things like that. Is anybody ever shown using rulers/compasses, or is it just understood that they are all able to free-hand circles/polygons without them?<issue_comment>username_1: It's been a while, but I don't remember seeing any of them measuring their circles, and it doesn't seem to be particularly important to the plot whether they free-hand them or not.
Now some of the combat alchemists, like Roy for instance, already have small pre-made transmutation circles on-hand(I know Roy had some on his gloves) that they used, so they don't have to draw them every time.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, they do sometimes show them drawing the circles. Mostly it seems when they are kids though... Check out chapter 23 of the manga when Edward fixes the farm building and when they try human transmutation. Both times he uses a stick or pointy ended object to draw the lines. With the farm building it shows him walking around the building using the stick.
In both cases you can see that the lines aren't perfectly equidistant and have a bit of a squiggly edge to them, showing their hand drawn style.
Another example would be the small transmutation circle that Edward draws on the suite of armor to attach Alphonse, though relatively small you see him draw that one too. It too is in no way clean/sharp.
Maybe it's just the anime that has sharp and clean transmutation circles?
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Practice makes perfect, they probably didn't draw perfect figures, though drawing such shapes constantly would most certainly help them do a pretty neat job.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: First, there is no official word on this. None of the Hiromu Arakawa (the original writer) interviews go into depth as to what the transmutation circles even *do*, much less how they are created. Neither of the *FMA Perfect Guide* books mention transmutation circles to any strenuous degree, though it is mentioned that Alphonse has more practice drawing them than Edward (for reasons obvious to those who have seen the series).
There are [tutorials](http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Transmutation-Circle) online that show methods to draw these circles; however, most if not all that I found used rulers, compasses, or other tools.
Some alchemists use circles that are likely made by tools:
* Major Armstrong's circles are inscribed in the [metal plates on his hands](http://ginnodangan.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/fma54-42.jpg). These would require tools to make, and so may have been made perfectly circular by tools as well.
* The same applies to other circles we see; Roy's are on [his gloves](http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/331630-fma_roy_mustang_red_75.jpg), Basque Grand's are on [his gauntlets](http://images.wikia.com/fma/images/f/ff/Basque03circle1.jpg), etc.
However, alchemists are shown drawing the circles many times:
* In a flashback during episode 2*FMA:B* (and others), Ed is shown to draw a transmutation circle (the blood seal) on Alphonse's armor just using his finger, and he's still a child.
* Around episode 23*FMA:B*, <NAME> is shown to draw a "perfect" circle and pentagram using only her foot. She then proceeds to throw ten *kunai* into two perfect pentagons, which are used as transmutation circles.
* In episode 57*FMA:B*, the Gold-Toothed Doctor uses chalk to draw a rather large transmutation circle.
* In episode 63*FMA:B*, <NAME> draws a large transmutation circle by only dragging a pipe across the ground.
* In chapter 1*Manga*, Al is seen drawing a circle using chalk and no tools (pictured below). This shot appears in similar fashion in *Brotherhood*.
In none of the above circumstances are tools shown to be used to draw the circles. Furthermore, Scar's brother's tattoo likely could *not* have been drawn with tools as the human skin is not a uniform or Euclidean surface. And also, the Elric brothers are shown, prior to their mother's death, to draw effective transmutation circles without tools.
With all these bits of information together, it's *at the very least* hard to believe that there are tools used to draw the circles, or even to learn to draw them. No one is ever seen using them; I suspect we are just supposed to believe that freehanding it becomes a skill as alchemists get better.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: The one thing that the alchemists do get before even being able to apply to join state is a LOT of practice. I think this is the part that's glossed over because it's not important. No one wants to see Al and Ed go through the learning process on that part of it because it's boring.
It appears that this is why so many of the Alchemists specialize in one type of alchemy. They get particularly adept at specific symbols to go with the basic circles and other geometric shapes. Practice and dedication is necessary, as is the will to make it do more than look like a pattern.
They show the dedication in Al and Ed when they are young in some flashbacks. It's almost obsession for them. After enough hours of practice, you become very good at it.
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2013/03/01 | 1,420 | 5,628 | <issue_start>username_0: Anyone familiar with dating sims and romance visual novels will recognize the term "flag" in that context. In these games, when you are presented with choices which affect how the other characters view you and potentially change which route you go on, it's called a flag. "Raising a character's flags" essentially means that you make choices that improve your standing with that character and which are more likely to put you on his/her route.
This terminology is quite common even outside of visual novels in anime. For instance, the manga The World God Only Knows (a parody of the dating sim genre of games) uses the term frequently, and the manga chapters are numbered as flags (e.g "flag 53"). I've seen it in many other anime and manga as well, both in Japanese and translated into English. I was not able to find any reference for the term used in this way in either English or Japanese.
The term "flag" doesn't seem particularly romantic or descriptive in this context. There are other terms, like "affection points" (a slightly different system) which are easy to understand, but "flags" is at least as common as any of those. What is the reasoning behind the terminology "flag" in this context and where does it originate?<issue_comment>username_1: The terminology probably comes from [programming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_word). With most visual novel games the terminology "flag" and "counter" go hand-in-hand.
In the background of a game, there are various variables, the most notable ones are the "global" and "local" variables. These variables usually what counters and flags consists of.
Local variables are usually a point counter that resets every time you start a new game. So let's say you have this character, Y. If you give Y a present, Y's "affection" counter will increase with 2 points. By the end of the game, if this counter totals 12 points or more point, you will get that character's "good" end.
Global variable are typically flags created by the game to remember certain things. So if in a game if you chose to leave your house without checking the stove, you active the "unchecked stove" flag. Later in the game, the flag is checked and if has been activated, if will trigger the event where your house has burns down and you have to move in with a friend.
A global variable flags are persistent, so when you start a new game they are not reset like local variables. They typically are used as bookmarks to mark progress and be used as save points, so you don't have to replay though everything again.
Let's say that there is this other character named Z. If you get one of Y's good end, you'll active the Y's good end global variable flag. During your next playthrough at some point dring the game, the game checks for this flag has been activated and if has, you get a new choice that allows you to access Z's route. This is typically done to control player progress in the game as Z's route might spoil story elements in Y's route.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: *This is purely conjecture.*
I suspect that flags are effectively the same as *booleans* in computer programming which can have values of either *true* or *false*. In vexillological terminology, flags would either be *raised* or *lowered*. This makes things easier to understand and visualise when used in dating sim software. Furthermore, the existence of a number of dating sim *software engines* which abstract a lot of the code into a more accessible format also probably helped make such terminology mainstream.
I can imagine that walkthroughs and the like which were created by people in the business regularly used phrases such as *trigger the flag* which hastened matters.
Excellent question.
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2013/03/01 | 380 | 1,408 | <issue_start>username_0: The background color of a manga paper when scanned online is changed by the scanlators to white (#FFFFFF).
However, this is not the background color in an actual manga book. the color in the manga book looks little grayer in the paper.
What I am trying to do, is to publish a manga online with the same real background color.
* What is the best estimation of that white-gray color?
* What are the manga papers made of? They are not the same as a normal white printer paper.<issue_comment>username_1: The color varies *widely* based on multiple factors:
* Lighting
* Paper type (I'll get there in a minute)
* Scanner type and quality
Therefore, I can't 100% give you a color estimate (it could be anything from very light yellowish-gray to very dark gray).
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As for paper types. There are also several types of paper that could be used for printing manga:
* Newspaper-like paper, which is thin and has a slight gray shade.
* Recycled paper, which is yellowish in composure and often has little "grains" in it.
There are probably a whole lot more, but that's the prominent two I know of.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Solution: I also had this question, but I ended up having to make color combinations, print them out, and compare them to physical copies of manga I had. The closest color combination I was able to make was:
(R, G, B) = (238, 230, 201).
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2013/03/02 | 494 | 1,799 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 19, Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucie should have been punished because they "stole" an S-Rank quest. However, the master wasn't there, so they wanted to take another quest. When they read the quest content, it swapped their bodies/minds. The master then entered and tried to help them, and the episode ends.
Episode 20 starts in a forest where Natsu and Happy are fishing, so the "ending" of Episode 19 is missing.
Did I watch a wrong "source" or is this part really missing?<issue_comment>username_1: Episode 19 (filler episode) and episode 20 (omake episode) are non-canonical from a continuity perspective. In the manga, when they return to Magnolia, Erza reminds them about *that* punishment (just like in the anime), but then they see their guild building destroyed. This begins the next Phantom Lord arc, and thus the punishment matter gets dropped naturally. Since the punishment was never shown in canon, they probably decided to skip it in the anime too.
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My personal opinion is that knowing Makarov and how much he loves his "children" I doubt that it's something painful; rather my guess is that it's probably something intensely humiliating.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: There was another time when a punishment was used. When the entire guild was racing, the last four people had the punishment of dressing up in women clothes, and they had their pictures taken for the sorcerers weekly magazine.
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2013/03/03 | 517 | 1,988 | <issue_start>username_0: After defeating Cell, they revived all his victims using Shenron. But Shenron could not revive Goku, as he already revived once. Then, Goku contacted them using King Kai's telepathy and asked them not to revive him.
The question is, would it have been possible to revive him somehow (at that point of the story) if he were not against it?<issue_comment>username_1: Unlike the Dragon Balls on Earth, the Dragon Balls of Namek are not restricted to reviving someone once. During the fight with Kid Buu, Goku and all the people Buu killed on Earth as well as the planet itself were revived by having the Namekians collect the Dragon Balls.
So yes, Goku could and was revived again by the Namekian Dragon Balls.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: 1. Goku brought Dende to earth before he died in the fight against Cell, so they got two wishes. So, they could have used the second wish to go to Namek, then use one wish there to revive Goku and Kaito and use another to go back to earth.
2. Goku could have communicated with the Namekians to ask them to revive him.
3. Dende could have changed the Dragon Balls to make such wishes come true. Note that the Namekians made Porunga (Namekian Dragon) more powerful, so that he can revive multiple persons with one wish.
4. They could use the stupid-looking idea from Krillin and just turn back time multiple days so that Goku could train more and could even beat Cell, then he wouldn't die in the first place.
So yes, there would have been multiple ways to revive Goku at this time.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Goku couldn't have been revived because there were no dragon balls and no one knew were new namek was,and instant transmission was still limited by distance so even if Goku wanted to be brought back to life there would still be no possible way. Even if you include GT Goku was still brought back to life once so the black star dragon balls could not have brought Goku back to life.
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2013/03/03 | 929 | 2,742 | <issue_start>username_0: Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai both say "Welcome to Hinamizawa..." and "WHEN THEY CRY..." on the cover.
Umineko no Naku Koro Ni says "Welcome to Rokkenjima" and "WHEN THEY CRY 3".
I thought Umineko was the follow-up to Higurashi.
Where's "WHEN THEY CRY 2"?<issue_comment>username_1: Although it's not said anywhere officially, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is widely considered to be When They Cry 2.
Contrary to <NAME>'s answer, "When They Cry" is not purely an English licensing name. It may be used for the licensing name, but it is actually relevant to the original creation.
The creator of the original sound novels, Ryuukishi07, uses this name and numbers to distinguish/count the works in the "When They Cry" series.
* [Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - When They Cry](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VVw2V.jpg)
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - When They Cry 2\* (the title in question, see further below)
* [Umineko no Naku Koro ni - When They Cry 3](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ffg2C.jpg)
* [Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - When They Cry 4](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yVf2b.jpg)
These titles can be seen on the official cover art as proof. I've linked pictures of these covers to the related titles above.
However, interestingly enough, "When They Cry 2" is quite odd. It does not appear on the cover of the sound novels, manga, PS2 version, DS version, novels, or drama CDs. The (original/Japanese release) anime DVD cases and boxes don't even mention "When They Cry"
However, despite this lack of "When They Cry 2", even the Japanese somehow know that 2 = Higurashi Kai, as seen in [this Yahoo Chiebukuro question](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1435012409) where both answerers reply that 2 = Higurashi Kai.
Additionally, [a fanmade Japanese Umineko wiki site's FAQ page](http://umineco.info/?%E3%82%88%E3%81%8F%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B%E8%B3%AA%E5%95%8F) mentions the following definitions:
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei - When They Cry 2+
* Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa - When They Cry 4+
So it seems that Higurashi Kai was not defined as 2 anywhere officially, but it has been accepted as such by both Japanese and Western fans due to either Umineko being called 3 or the Higurashi Kai anime being dubbed as 2. Who knows where Ryuukishi07 got the idea from. If I stumble upon an official Kai work using When They Cry 2 somewhere, I'll be sure to update this post.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: *When They Cry 2* refers to *Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai*, as indicated on the side-label of the sound novel:
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2013/03/04 | 1,184 | 4,175 | <issue_start>username_0: A few examples:
4th Hokage: He was nominated and chosen when 3rd Hokage was still alive and was capable of fighting (courtesy: 9-tails attack on Konoha)
5th Hokage: after the Third Hokage deceased.
4th Raikage: After the Third Raikage deceased.
I thought the next Kage would only be chosen after the previous Kage's death. But that wasn't the case for 4th Hokage! Was he strong enough to be believed to take over Third? Was it because the Third believed he was too old ?
Btw, the Third continued to be Hokage after 4th was deceased!
I have never come across an info that notified the 4th Hokage's nomination..<issue_comment>username_1: In the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi) stands the following:
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The answer is contained in the *Kakashi: Shadow of the Anbu Black Ops* arc in the anime. Given this question was asked in 2013, that probably explains why none of the answers have the correct answer, as it probably wasn't readily available at the time (I didn't actually check the dates when the episodes came out, I'm just guessing).
Towards the end of the Third Shinobi War, the Third Hokage negotiated for a peaceful resolution without reparations, and this was viewed as weakness by many. The Third Hokage was blamed for the losses of the war, and Hiruzen stepped down as Hokage to appease everyone who was annoyed with him and everyone who was angry with him. This is his way of accepting responsibility. Though if you believe Danzo and Orochimaru, <NAME> intended to use Minato Namikaze to basically continue his reign, so stepping down was somewhat of an empty act to get everyone off his back.
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2013/03/04 | 1,599 | 6,091 | <issue_start>username_0: It's been observed that the nature of the chakra a person possesses is determined by the village they are from.
For example, people from Iwagakure (Village Hidden in the Rocks) use earth release techniques, while people from Kirigakure (Village Hidden in the Mist) possess water-type chakra.
There seem to be exceptions, though.
For example, let's consider Konoha : Naruto possesses wind-type chakra while Kakashi and Sasuke possess lightning. Sasuke also possesses fire.
Is it hereditary, or is there something else that determines it? Or is it random?
The 5th Mizukage possesses 3 types of chakra elements: Earth, Fire and Water. If my supposition is correct, how she could achieve this?<issue_comment>username_1: That much is unexplained, however, one can assume that it is to some degree hereditary.
* People from all villages (with the exception of Konoha, which is a unison of multiple multicultural clans), often use element specific techniques to their village (Mist uses water, Cloud uses lightning, etc).
* Kekkei Genkai (genetic techniques) are often meant to be specific elements, which require specific elemental combinations (of two or sometimes more).
It was said that every shinobi has a primary chakra type (Wind for Naruto, lightning for Kakshi, etc), and that they can expand their chakra mastery to further elements (Kakashi knows lightning (primary), earth and water (there's also anime-specific fire)).
Yin and Yang elements seem to be an exception to that rule. It looks like it depends on the shinobi's innate chakra system (Hashirama could use healing techniques, which were implied to be Yang element, but also use Wood, which is a fusion between Earth and Water).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Chakra Nature affinities are hereditary. That is why, as you referred, people from the same village or clan generally possess affinity toward the same nature (Uchiha's have a natural affiliation with the Fire Nature). This means that genetically, the affinity is passed from generation to generation, being the one that you are *naturally* connected to. Despite this, it may be possible for shinobi to have affinities that are different from the ones possessed by their parents, although I cannot remember any examples.
However, shinobi are not limited to the nature toward which they have a natural affinity. So one can also master other Chakra Natures *through practice*. Generally, shinobi at Jounin level have mastered more than one Chakra Nature.
Having said that, given the amount of time and practice taken for one to master a Chakra Nature, it is practically impossible to master all five Natures (unless you possess the Rinnegan, the [Bashousen](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Bash%C5%8Dsen), or do it the way Kakuzu did).
You can also check out [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/304/49), that though not exactly the same, may answer some doubts you may have.
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As for the examples you provide:
* Sasuke has a natural affinity toward Fire Nature (as all Uchiha), and trained in order to master Lightning Nature. However, given how well he masters Lightning Nature, I'd say he may well have had a natural affinity toward it to start with.
* Kakashi's natural affinity is toward Lightning Nature, and he masters other Natures through practice, presumably with the help of the Sharingan (in copying and understanding other shinobi's jutsu).
* Whether Naruto's affinity toward Wind Nature is hereditary or not is unknown, since we do not know what affinities Minato and Kushina were born with (both were proficient in Wind Nature transformation, but also in other Natures: Kushina in Water Nature, and Minato in Fire and Lightning Natures).
* As for the variety of Konoha's shinobi's affinities, check out [this comment from Madara](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/222/whats-kakuzu-original-chakra-nature-element?rq=1#comment302_223).
* As for the case of <NAME>, I do not think it is known whether her affinities and Kekkei Genkai were obtained *naturally* or *through practice*.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I have though about it for a while the secondary nature that sasuke and Naruto have are based on there past think about it
Lightning is unstable sasuke legit has no one the whole entire uchiha clan was kill be itachi he lived the life in the shadow of is bother who I think if I'm corrrect got jonien at 14 or 15 so yeah his life kinda sucks
Wind is Naruto's calm cool and soft I think this he had people that cared for him examples include iruka and kakashi this isn't say that wind is always calm just look at hurricanes and tornados ether way both elements irl are dangerous under that right conditions like the 2 badass shinobi
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: It is implied in the manga that chakra affinities are partly genetic and partly influenced by the natural energies of the land. People born in Fire country are more likely to have fire as their primary affinity, Earth country natives to have earth affinity, etc. It does seem to work somewhat like other heritable characteristics, though, in that individuals from families with some predominant affinity may still be born with a different primary affinity.
In addition, children in some families are born with dual affinities (kekkei genkai) and these are inherent to the bloodline and will be inherited by all of the offspring.
It is stated that most people have more than one affinity, although one is usually dominant, and that secondary affinities can be developed with practice. By the time a shinobi reaches Jounin level, they are pretty much expected to have developed at least one secondary affinity to reasonable levels. Most of the Kage level shinobi seem to have developed two, or more, although not all if them can combine these into kekkei genkai or higher level merges.
Most can also develop at least some proficiency with either Yin release (e.g. shadow manipulation, illusion techniques) or Yang release (e.g. healing or body modification) or both.
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2013/03/04 | 453 | 1,661 | <issue_start>username_0: After Goku fought Frieza and the planet blew up, everybody on earth thought Goku was dead. So they used the dragon balls to wish to bring Goku back to life, but the dragon then told them that Goku was still alive. They then asked the dragon to teleport Goku back to Earth. The dragon then said no, because Goku did not want to.
So why would the dragon listen to Goku, who was not making the wish?<issue_comment>username_1: I am not sure about this, but I have two theories.
1. Goku is much stronger than Shenron and Shenron was simply too weak to teleport Goku against his will.
2. Shenron is generally not able to grant wishes which are against one specific will.
[Here](http://www.pojo.biz/board/archive/index.php/t-715728.html) is another discussion about this topic. I did not read everything so I don't know if they got a real answer.
Sorry that I don't comment your question, but I don't have enought reputation. So I "answered".
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Porunga is not able to relocate someone against their will as stated in the [Porunga Wikia](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Porunga). Its his limitation. As Shenron has his own limitation like granting only one wish, not able to resurrect the same person more then one time. Porunga has his own limitation of not relocating someone without his own will.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Maybe because Goku/Kakarot was going to come back in due time anyways. So the dragon let it slip by like when the dragon had to check if he could make a certain wish. Maybe the dragon only does stuff that can't already happen naturally.
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2013/03/04 | 586 | 2,138 | <issue_start>username_0: In Bleach, the term is "reiatsu". In Naruto, it is "chakra". However, all I ever really heard in DBZ is "power level". Is there a more formal descriptive term for the source of their powers or the energy they give off?<issue_comment>username_1: The original Japanese term is *ki* (pronounced the same as "key", written as 気). It can also be spelled *chi* or *qi*. The same term is used for a [concept in martial arts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi), though naturally Dragon Ball's version is quite a bit different from this. In the English dubs, this term is never used, and "energy" is used throughout the series.
According to Toriyama, there are 3 components of ki, namely Genki (元気, roughly meaning Energy), Yūki (勇気, Courage), and Shōki (正気, Mind). Ki also can be positive or negative. The various charge up and transformation sequences are all done in order to increase one's ki.
[Dragon Ball Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Ki) has more information on ki in the series.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In Naruto, they refer to energy or ki/chi as chakra, but they don't go into detail about the human chakra energy system, but yes, they're basically the same thing. It's all energy, just explained differently.
An interesting relation to DBZ - 7 dragon balls, 7 characters, Goku's grandfather gave him the 4 star dragon ball, or it could be seen as the heart chakra.
Google "chakra" and learn about the human in-built energy system. It ties in body function with human emotion and fundamentally gives us both life and existence.
Shaolin monks use energy in their system of fighting, integrating both body and soul with the focus of their energy through fighting. It's not too dissimilar from DBZ (although DBZ takes to another level, well, because they can :P).
Anyhow that's my 2 cents.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Power levels measure their strengths alone. Ki measures the energy they have, and to do certain attacks they need to focus their ki, like when Gohan was teaching Videl how to fly, she pushed her ki to the bottom of her feet to fly!
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2013/03/04 | 1,144 | 4,488 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems plausible that *Vampire Knight* could be set in Japan, but I'm wondering if there is any more specific or concrete than that given either in canon or by one of the authors. If it is set on earth, where are the vampires from, because most of them are blond and blue-eyed, which would imply that they aren't from Japan.
Is there any evidence of whether Vampire Knight is set in Japan, or even on Earth?<issue_comment>username_1: I'm not sure how reliable is this source but according to [TvTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/VampireKnight),
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But I think the setting where *Vampire Knight* is set most likely fictional.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The physical setting, given the types of plant and animal life, I would assume is on earth, but definitely not in Japan. Just because it is an anime/manga series, it doesn't mean that the setting must always be exclusively in Japan.
It seems to be in more of a rural, European area. The reason I say that is because the architecture of the buildings seem to have more of a western world design, and the occasional runes that one would see whilst focusing on the background of certain episodes/chapters tend to look as if they were more from the middle ages or the Renaissance period than feudal era of Japan. If I were to be a little more specific, I would say somewhere in the northern UK. Also, yes there are scenes in which it seems like they are in a very busy town, but the surrounding area suggests that it is in a northern wooded area that's rather secluded.
As for the time period, I would like to say that during the recent events in the series (meaning when it's not a flashback moment) the time period would be somewhere between the mid 90's and mid-2000's. This is because though it seems like there is recent technology in the town area, there doesn't seem to be any trace of the new technology that we have today such as smartphones and tablets.
The vampires themselves I would also assume are not Japanese, but European with the exception of Shizuka Hio. The fact that many of the names are Japanese could be the fault of the author for not taking in to account that he set the characters in a European-like setting.
When one steps back and looks at the age of the vampire race that the series suggests and compare it to that of the history of Japan as a country, the vampires have a longer history and have been around longer than the country of Japan has. The purebloods would be no doubt from one ethnic decent such as English or French while the nobles could have more than one ethnic decent. The physical traits of commonly having blond hair and blue eyes suggest that German decent is common.
The "level E" vampires are what I assume to be just what the series describes them as. As for where the vampire race came from in general, I'm not entirely sure, but I do have a theory that their origins are similar to that of the main characters in the movie *Hancock* starring <NAME> & <NAME>.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I have the hunch that it may be set in a European country. Here's my evidence:
* Most of the characters have light coloured hair and light coloured eyes. In fact, dark hair seems to be a rarity.
* The layout of the classroom looks like a lecture hall, whereas all Japanese schools are set on one template, sliding doors, and single desks.
* The town looks like pre-modern Germany or some Nordic town.
* There are too many vampires. In Japan, with that many vampires, we would have found out by now.
* The strongest bit of evidence I think is the first scene we ever see. Notice what species the trees are? Pine and Fir. And what does Yuki describe the place as? A snowy tundra. Seems like an insignificant detail but: Japan doesn't have tundras. And those evergreen trees I mentioned don't grow there either. At least not in the multitude shown.
So with all this evidence in mind, I honestly believe it is set in an Eastern European or Nordic country.
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2013/03/05 | 814 | 2,746 | <issue_start>username_0: The *Vampire Knight* timeline is kind of confusing and a lot of the backstory is told in relatively fragmented pieces.
What is the chronological timeline from Yuuki's birth to when Kaname saves her from a vampire in the snow?<issue_comment>username_1: Isn't it just Yuuki born, gets hidden away, evil uncle goes after her, parents get killed, kaname takes her to cross, yuuki gets attacked, and kaname saves her?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This answer includes the information from the manga. The anime makes a reference to a couple of key elements which don't get revealed until the 2nd half of the manga which occurs 1 year after the first half (what the anime covers).
Below is the list of events in chronological order from Kaname's birth to Yuuki's "awakening" as a human:
(Note: The **[M]** indicates information found in the 13th volume of *Vampire Knight*. In the anime, Juri makes a reference to Rido killing Kaname and awakening Lord Kaname)
* Kaname is born in secret
* Rido takes him to the coffin beneath the Kuran Estate **[M]**
* Rido sacrifices Kaname to awaken Lord Kaname in hopes to absorb Lord Kaname **[M]**
* Lord Kaname wounds Rido (As Rido woke him up, Rido is Lord Kaname's master and cannot be killed) **[M]**
* Having been woken in an incomplete state, Lord Kaname reverts into an infant to stop the thousands of years worth of hunger which would be sated by him slaughtering the Kuran Family, represses memories so they won't get in the way **[M]**
* Haruka finds Kaname's sheet bloodied, finds Lord Kaname as an infant **[M]**
* Juri finds Haruka, and both take Lord Kaname and raise him as they would have with Kaname **[M]**
* Yuuki is born in secret
* Kaname begins to go outside, finds the rose that only blooms every 10 years, returns to tell Yuuki the next time he sees it he'll encase it in resin for her
* Rido learns of Yuuki, finds Kuran Residence, accompanied by Vampires from the Senate
* Haruka faces Rido, is killed
* Juri sacrifices life to turn Yuuki into a human
* Kaname faces Rido, mortally wounds Rido but is unable to kill as he is Lord Kaname and Rido was the one who woke him
* Kaname escapes with Yuuki (asleep?) to find Cross
* Kaname leaves Yuuki in snow to deal with Perusing Vampires **[M]**
* Yuuki awakes, Vampires find Yuuki, Kaname returns and protects Yuuki
In the anime, the fight against Rido at Cross Academy plays out differently, and in the manga, Kaname gathers the Elder Council (The Senate) and kills them before going to attempt to kill Takuma's Father, so if a third season (or second if you think *Guilty* is still the first season) of the anime comes, it may have differences when it reveals this part.
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2013/03/05 | 650 | 1,998 | <issue_start>username_0: I did some research to see if there exists an anime that was based on western stories and I have found [some here](http://letsanime.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-western-influence.html) (including the only one I can remember, [Cinderella Monogatari](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Monogatari)). I have noticed that all anime there were old, thus, making me wonder if Japan totally stopped creating anime that are based on western stories.<issue_comment>username_1: At least, there's the [World Masterpiece Theater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Masterpiece_Theater). Between 1969 and 1997, and 2007-2009, they produced anime based on a classic book or story, also western. I can't find anything that tells me whether it's over.
Besides from that, I don't know any anime based on western stories.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **No**. There are a number of recent Japanese anime based on Western stories. Some examples:
* [Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou%3a_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo) based on <NAME>, père's classic French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, aired in 2004-5.
* [Romeo × Juliet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_x_Juliet) loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays aired in 2007.
* [Miyuki-chan in Wonderland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki-chan_in_Wonderland) is an erotic, lesbian rendition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, aired in 1995.
* [Powerpuff Girls Z](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpuff_girls_z) is a magical girl anime series based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, aired in 2006-7.
* [Deltora Quest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltora_Quest_%28anime%29) based on the series of children's books of the same name, written by Australian author <NAME>, aired in 2007-8.
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2013/03/06 | 461 | 1,744 | <issue_start>username_0: In Dragon-ball there are numerous dog-people, one of which is the king of the world
There were other dog-people in the anime episode [Plight of the children](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Plight_of_the_Children). One of the orphans was a dog person, and one of the police was a dog person.
Where did they all come from? Did someone, one day, breed with a dog, thus spawning this race of Dog-people?<issue_comment>username_1: In Dragon Ball universe Animals are different form our earth animals. Some of then can talk and even walk on two legs.Take Puar and Oolong as an example. Its never explained that why some dogs on Dragon Ball universe act like normal dog and some act as human. Not only for the case of dog, there are other animals too which behave in the same way.
[Here](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Animal) is a link for the different species of animal appears in Dragon Ball Universe.
Its my own assumption that they can be alien on Dragon Ball universe from different planet. But there is no official words.
Or it may be a plot hole that some animals talk and some can't.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Dragon Ball was originally based of [Son Wukong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Wukong) the monkey king. The story involves several animals walking and talking like humans (of course including the monkey king, Son Wukong).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: That is due to it starting as a non serious manga for kids. It doesn't have any more meaning or interest that a comical one. For all respects these creatures are considered humans (note that Oolong and Puar are different).
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2013/03/06 | 667 | 2,023 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a lot of western movies that are based from anime, such as [Dragonball Evolution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonball_Evolution), [Tekken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_%282010_film%29), [Blood the Last Vampire](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%3a_The_Last_Vampire_%282009_film%29) (based on [Blood+](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood+)), and [Street Fighter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_%28film%29). [The Matrix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix) movie is also strongly influenced by [Ghost in the Shell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28film%29) and the action scenes were drew upon their admiration for [Ninja Scroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Scroll) and [Akira](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29).
So my question is, was there an anime produced based on a western movie or series (not on western literature or novel, so movies that are based on novel are excluded) ?<issue_comment>username_1: Off the top of my head, there's [Highlander: The Search for Vengeance](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5552). It was produced by Madhouse and written by <NAME>, who worked on the Highlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV series in the west.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I am not sure if you comics are counted as Literature or not, but there are anime adaptations of several marvel comics like [X Men](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men), [Iron Man](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men), [Wolverine](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6918/Wolverine)
Similarly TMNT also was adapted into anime/OVA named [Mutant Ninja Turtles: Superman Legend](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1059/Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Superman_Legend)
Also the Video Game [Dragon Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age) was adapted into an anime movie called [Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709652/)
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2013/03/06 | 2,226 | 8,026 | <issue_start>username_0: In the past three Naruto manga chapters (chapters 621~623), the story goes like this: child days of both Hashirama and Madara, and he (Hashirama) is just like every others in Naruto: a normal human being. But when Orochimaru revived all four Hokage in front of Sasuke, Hashirama raises his chakra level to threaten Tobirama, as it would crack all the walls nearby or maybe the entire basement (chapter 620). How could have Hashirama acquired this kind of power (chakra)?<issue_comment>username_1: When shinobi are reincarnated using the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation, they have unlimited chakra, as is stated on page 17 of chapter 591. It seems to be that instead of the character himself having incredible chakra from when he was alive, he instead had incredible chakra because he was reincarnated.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The Impure World Reincarnation gives them an unlimited chakra, but at the same pool they had before. If that's the case, then we'd have a bunch of undead Hashirama leveled clones all over the place.
So, again, the display from Hashirama is his actual chakra level before he died (considered his prime). Now being able to use his chakra at top form because of the Impure World Reincarnation is ridiculous. It's like a constant recharge to 100%.
If Impure Madara and Impure Hashirama went at it, most likely a never ending fight would occur, but we now have different variables. The unknown power of the Juubi with Madara and Tobi vs the Kages, Kyuubi Mode Naruto and now Sasuke thrown in the mix. There's too much play given at the moment since we still don't know the true extent of the power of the chakra from Juubi, Rinegan Madara, Hasirama, Sasuke and Kyuubi Mode Naruto.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Hashirama is a direct descendant of the Sage of the Six Paths, but his chakra levels are beyond the normal notable chakra levels seen in both the anime and manga. I think this stems from both his heritage and his ability to use the Mokuton (Wood Release). As similarly noted in Madara's case, these two were born with exceptionally powerful chakra, even for their clan's standards.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Hasirama was a child prodigy and the only shinobi ever found that could use mokuton. So maybe hashirama was gifted with such abilities, plus he must have worked really hard too as the flashback shows. Moreover jubiis real form is a tree, shinju. That means originally when the chakra that was distribued among shinobis by ridoku, one must have gained somewhat extraordinary part of it, call it genes at play. And wood ability being the stongest of all elements being jubiis form must have demanded a high amount of chakra level which is why it was weilded only by him due to having great chakra reserves. Though it is surprising that the probability of someone getting wood affinity was so low to be only one person.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Rather than acquired, being born with it or blessed with since childhood would be more correct. The author's way of balancing the rivals, I guess. Madara too ended up showing off ridiculous powers. He single-handedly defeated the Five Kages after all and Hashirama was his equal in strength.
Nothing more specific has been provided so far.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: When Naruto had gone to Mount Myoboku for his senjutsu training, Lord Fukasaku had mentioned
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[Source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode)
Now we also know, Kakashi mentioned Naruto having large reserves of chakra (excluding the Nine tail's chakra). And this is the reason why Naruto could complete the Sage training and enter Sage mode, thereby giving him access to a larger amount of chakra.
The same goes for Jiraya, as he had completed the Sage mode training, and could enter the sage mode himself.
Thus we can assume, once in a while kids are born with higher reserves of chakra.
The same can be assumed in case of the first Hokage and Kisame, they could have been born with a large reserve of chakra.
Reason for assuming this is, First Hokage could enter the sage mode himself, and as for Kisame, we know the sword of his, Samehada would only attach himself to a ninja with good reserves of chakra. (Since the eight tails had more chakra and a more "delicious" one samehada switched allegiance and joined Bee).
In case of Naruto, Jiraya and First Hokage, their sage mode gave them access to a larger pool of chakra thus making them more powerful. On the other hand, Kisame could get access to a larger amount of chakra with the help of Samehada, that would "eat" the chakra of enemies and supply to Kisame.
Nothing much have been mentioned about the third Raikage, so I can't provide any proof to support my speculations.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_7: Facts taken from the manga: (**Remember, the Hashirama-Madara flaskback is not completed yet.**)
I can think of two possibilities as to why he was more powerful:
a) Each ninja has their own motive in their life, and Hashirama's ninja way of life was to "Protect his Village and Comrades". Hashirama was very dedicated to achieving his goal.
b) Hashirama did use even Senjutsu. People with Sennin Mode can manipulate Nature's Energy, too. This made him more powerful than his normal state. People who can manipulate Nature's Energy become more powerful. **For instance, Taijutsu becomes more powerful.**
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: The answer is actually pretty simple:
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_9: The reason why Hashirama has such an powerful and enormous amount of chakra reserves (estimated to be even larger than that of Naruto Uzumaki) is partly because of both his Senju heritage as he is full-blooded and because he is the reincarnation of Ashura Õtsutsuki the younger son of Hagoromo Õtsutsuki (And the younger son of The Sage of six paths was blessed with his fathers body *Yang energy/Physical energy* granting him both a strong life force/stamina and powerful chakra) which makes Hashirama in a way in both body and spirit pure and royal
To go even further with this, its possibly also the same reason why he is the only one able to unlock the Wood release among the Senju's. As we know Wood release is a combination of both \*Water and Earth releases but as the story goes on you'll also learn that it also heavily consist of Yang release which basically makes it a tessei kenkai so to speak.
So the reason why Hashirama Senju is the only one able to use the Wood release is because of his body itself which was said to be "brimming with vitality" as he could battle on for days before finally showing signs of fatigue and as he would heal from wounds without even waving seals surpassing technique in even that of Tsunade known as the greatest medical shinobi.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_10: Pretty simple.
<NAME>, the founder of Ninja Arts, the Sage of Six Paths, had two sons. The eldest, <NAME>, inherited his powerful Visual Prowess. The second Asura Otsutsuki, inherited his powerful chakra and life force.
Indra founded the Uchiha Clan, which is the clan of Sharingans, and Asura founded the Senju, thus some Senju would get his life force.
We can assume that since <NAME> inherited his father's life force, all Senju have strong/powerful chakra, but if you are his direct reincarnate (**Hashirama & Naruto**), then your chakra is a cut above the rest.
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2013/03/06 | 1,112 | 3,675 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, when the medical team starts to heal wounds, they use their chakra. Does this only heal and restore chakra, or does it also help regenerate the skin cut by kunais?<issue_comment>username_1: Medical ninjutsu can be used to heal wounds, such as those cause by kunai. It is used for a number of purposes, including:
* Healing: [Healing Chakra Transmission](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Chakra_Transmission), [Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Resuscitation_Regeneration_Technique)
* Treating internal and external injuries: [Mystical Palm Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mystical_Palm_Technique)
* Treating poisons: [Delicate Illness Extraction Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Delicate_Illness_Extraction_Technique)
* Performing autopsy or surgery: [Chakra Scalpel](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Scalpel)
* Healing oneself: [Creation Rebirth](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Creation_Rebirth), [Strength of a Hundred Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Strength_of_a_Hundred_Technique)
* Offensively in several ways: [Body
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Derangement](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Pathway_Derangement),
[Poison Mist Needle
Shot](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Poison_Mist_Needle_Shot).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: **How does the healing jutsu work?**
It works by channeling the healer's chakra into the patient's body, in order to help the regeneration of skin, cells, chakra flow, etc. The medical-nin can also use medical ninjutsu in himself. This type of technique requires great chakra control, because excessive infusion of chakra may cause unwanted problems. Healing jutsu have a wide range of uses, such has physical injury healing, poison healing, or even offensive uses.
**Does it also help regenerate the skin cut by kunais?**
Yes, there are some examples:
* The [Mystical Palm Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mystical_Palm_Technique) helps in the regeneration of injuries, both internal and external. This technique requires great chakra control, for excess of chakra infused can drive the patient into a comatose state. For this same reason, this technique can also be used as an offensive technique (as seen in chapter 103, pages 9-10, when Kabuto used it against Kiba). This technique's usage has been seen (among others) in chapter 296, pages 12-13, when Kabuto (who can use this technique effectively at a distance) healed Sakura's wounds (caused by Naruto in [Four-tailed form](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki%27s_Jinch%C5%ABriki_Forms#Version_2)). Also, in chapter 297, Sakura heals Naruto's skin after it had been damaged by the Kyuubi cloak.
* Also, Tsunade's [Mitotic Regeneration](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Creation_Rebirth) is able to regenerate physical injuries, at the cost of reducing her lifespan. We've seen her heal herself after she was trespassed by Orochimaru, using the Kusanagi sword, in chapter 169. After having been inflicted these wounds that would otherwise have been fatal, she regenerated herself fully, eliminating every cut in her body.
* There are also [techniques that can resuscitate](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Healing_Resuscitation_Regeneration_Technique), healing the injured body parts in the process. This was the technique used when reviving and healing Neji (chapter 235, page 9), after his fight with Kidomaru. In this fight, Neji was trespassed by an arrow (with considerable diameter), that brought about his collapse. With regular healing techniques, such as the Mystical Palm Technique, the healing of such wounds would've been impossible.
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2013/03/07 | 1,399 | 5,158 | <issue_start>username_0: The anime series *Ghost in the Shell* has a Japanese name which can be transliterated as "Mobile Armored Riot Police"; [from Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell):
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It's clear to me that the English name of "Ghost in the Shell" is far, well, cooler than "Mobile Armored Riot Police". But why was this particular name chosen? What are its origins, and what significance does it have in the series (if any)?<issue_comment>username_1: Within the show, the word "Ghost" is used to refer to someone's consciousness while a "shell" is the cybernetic body, much like the situation with <NAME>. The Wikipedia page [Philosophy of Ghost in the Shell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Ghost_in_the_Shell) has a lot of insightful concepts to add to this:
Referring to the *Laughing Man* and *Puppet Master*:
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A lot of these concepts and themes are tackled within the manga/anime.
See also, the [in universe origins of the terms "Ghost" and "Shell"](http://ghostintheshell.wikia.com/wiki/Ghosts_%26_Shells). I don't know if these terms were invented by <NAME> or if he borrowed them from SF tropes.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: <NAME> has stated that he had always wanted the title of his manga to be Ghost in the Shell, even in Japan, but his original publishers preferred Mobile Armored Riot Police. He had chosen "Ghost in the Shell" in homage to Arthur Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine, from which he also drew inspiration.
Shell rather than Machine because, well, system shell is becoming the second body for many of us even today.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I am not sure how the name got to the staff of Ghost in the Shell, the user <NAME> says that <NAME> wanted to pay homage to <NAME>ler's book "The Ghost in the Machine".
The phrase "Ghost in the machine" comes from the famous/infamous philosopher <NAME> in his work "The Concept of Mind". The phrase is meant to describe the dualism of Rene Descartes and how he tried to find the relationship between the mind and the body, the mind being the ghost and body being the machine, this being "the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine". Ryle criticized this position for thinking that the two are of the same category. If these two are not in the same category, then trying to find a relationship between the two as if they were must fail.
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Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: The title is derived from <NAME>'s concept of the ghost in the machine, from his book "The Concept of Mind". It is disappointing that the writers draw upon Koestler instead of Ryle, as Ryle described and outlined the theory eloquently summarised above. Koestler simply expanded upon it by explaining how this occurs in a modern context.
Sorry, but this "shell of his former self" line of enquiry is nonsense. A rudimentary understanding of Ryle's work alone would allow viewers to hone in on the concepts Shirow was toying with: humanity, the permeance of the soul (if such a thing exists), where it would lie and how impacted it is by the vessel that contains it. Would a human soul be the same as one that exists in the future and is subject to interference from external influences such as technological advances?
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2013/03/07 | 1,720 | 5,825 | <issue_start>username_0: I have always wondered how the Japanese got the idea of making animated productions including underage girls and the obsession with them. When did it start? Did the idea originate in Japan? Was it welcomed by the actual anime public?<issue_comment>username_1: Appears to have started in the 1970's, but over time the definition got a little cloudy and changed from being pedophilia to more of an obsession. There was also controversy similar to violence in video games linked to violence in real life, where one party suggested that lolicon could fuel sex crimes toward children, while the other party maintained that if anything it decreased the chances by letting people live out their fantasies through manga/anime.
There is a lot of referenced material [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon).
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Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Adding onto [username_1's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2827/2516), the rise of the trend seems to coincide with the [rise of idol culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_idol) in Japan.
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Perhaps somewhat as a result of this, *kawaii*-ness soon came into fashion - especially with schoolgirls. Schoolgirls are commonly fetishized in the sleazier section of society anyway, so this could be where the trope slipped into anime's fanservice.
It's not really a definitive answer, but I'm of the opinion that [television reflects society](https://www.google.com/search?q=television+reflects+society), rather than life reflecting television (although, there is some of that) - So I would say that it came from the gradual shift in attitudes in Japan, rather than a new idea that was introduced to anime.
And I suppose it wasn't too much of a shift either as many shows would have had young female characters already because they were targetted at a younger audience and it was just a case of moving them to more "mature" shows, which by their nature contained fanservice.
Some recommended reading:
* [Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool
By <NAME>](https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=fdHZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT135&lpg=PT135&dq=japanese%20idols%20anime%20loli&source=bl&ots=i_aFBX-tp5&sig=ruHqoPxuUoQLaD4jdxErRo1ti-s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1_9vVbb6BoXm8AWusIOoCw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q&f=false)
* [Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia](https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Sexuality-Studies-in-East-Asia/McLelland-Mackie/p/book/9780415639484)
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: As far as animation goes it all started in 1984 with the release of two different works called "Lolita Anime" that had nothing to do with each other.
The first of them also counts as the first ever pornographic anime to be released. Some will claim that the honor should go to the 1970 release Cleopatra, but if you watch it you'll see that there isn't really anything pornographic about it.
That, and it led to the creation of the anime porn industry.
The reason for that is that at a few years earlier it was found out that anime fans would buy VHS releases intended for renting at prices of over $100 for 30min worth of animation. That was around the time VHS became a thing everyone could afford. And branching out to porn was the natural progression of that.
As to why the characters featured were underage, the most convincing thing I've heard was about how a law defining obscene material was written. It was in such a way that the defining factor was pubic hair. By depicting children instead of adults they could skirt around that law.
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2013/03/07 | 730 | 2,167 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Bleach*, whilst watching the final fight between Ichigo and Grimmjow, I noticed that Grimmjow's body did not vanish when he was defeated as the other Espadas did *(in the aftermath when Nnoitra appeared)*. There is no mention of Grimmjow after this. Confused, I turned to the manga, in chapter 286, I could not tell either. I was still confused so I turned to the wiki. In the [wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Grimmjow_Jaegerjaquez#cite_note-53), it vaguely says
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Is there some credible source that can verify if he is alive or not?<issue_comment>username_1: Ok, I found the omake that mentions Grimmjow:
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yes, he is still alive. If you have watched their fight's aftermath, Ichigo protects Grimmjow while he looks ahead, dumbstruck why he is protecting him, and it never said he died or was fatally wounded.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I don't think he is dead because he was left lying there staring at Nnoitra. If you read the manga, there is a picture of him when he's wearing a half Espada coat, so he is not dead and so is Halibel.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Grimmjow is still alive, as revealed in Chapter 624 of the Manga. Both he and Nel show up to help Ichigo and friends take down the quincies.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IWTCf.png)
(Image courtesy of [here](https://12dimension.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/bleach-chapter-624-the-return-of-grimmjow/)).
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2013/03/08 | 537 | 1,895 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto chapter 618, all the souls that are bound inside the shinigami of the shiki fuujin were pulled out by Orochimaru. It includes the souls of the four previous Hokages. Now, before his death, Minato was able to seal half of the nine tails chakra into his own. Does it mean that he is much stronger than he when was alive? Does he have any chance on using the kyuubi's chakra for himself just like what Naruto did?<issue_comment>username_1: No. The Shiki Fuujin seals the souls. That means that the chakra of the Kyuubi is sealed independently from the soul of Minato. If you revive a soul, you only revive the own soul, but not anything that was sealed inside his *body*.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The resurrected Minato *is* stronger than when he was alive, but that is due to the properties of Edo Tensei (unlimited chakra, near-unlimited stamina, and automatic regeneration of any damage taken).
~~Minato does not have Kurama's chakra inside him. The Yin-component of Kurama's chakra, sealed by Minato, is still inside the Shinigami's stomach. Shiki Fuujin does not seal the target's soul into the summoner's soul. They are both sealed together, but independently, in the Shinigami's stomach.~~
This can be confirmed since Orochimaru first recovered the soul of his arms and then the four previous Kage at once. If the Shiki Fuujin sealed the target's soul into the summoner's soul, he would have to first recover Hiruzen's soul, and then the souls of Hashirama, Tobirama and his arms from Hiruzen's soul.
Minato *does* seem to have Kurama's Yin part inside of him. As proven by the recent chapters. Which undoubtedly proves that he's much stronger compared to the way he was before his death.
**Note**: This answer is based on events seen till Chapter 623. The answer may become obsolete after subsequent chapters.
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2013/03/08 | 563 | 2,062 | <issue_start>username_0: In DBZ, Goku has teleported several times to the "Other World" *(a place presumably inhabited by souls)*, his most significant trip there being when he brought Cell in his second form there to prevent him from blowing up the earth and one another occasion Piccolo was summoned there too before being summoned to Namek. King Kai's planet is at the end of Snake Way and Snake Way is in the "Other World".
*This brings about the question of where exactly is it located and wouldn't that mean that a 'dead' Goku could have easily teleported back to earth just the same as if he were alive?*<issue_comment>username_1: No. The Shiki Fuujin seals the souls. That means that the chakra of the Kyuubi is sealed independently from the soul of Minato. If you revive a soul, you only revive the own soul, but not anything that was sealed inside his *body*.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The resurrected Minato *is* stronger than when he was alive, but that is due to the properties of Edo Tensei (unlimited chakra, near-unlimited stamina, and automatic regeneration of any damage taken).
~~Minato does not have Kurama's chakra inside him. The Yin-component of Kurama's chakra, sealed by Minato, is still inside the Shinigami's stomach. Shiki Fuujin does not seal the target's soul into the summoner's soul. They are both sealed together, but independently, in the Shinigami's stomach.~~
This can be confirmed since Orochimaru first recovered the soul of his arms and then the four previous Kage at once. If the Shiki Fuujin sealed the target's soul into the summoner's soul, he would have to first recover Hiruzen's soul, and then the souls of Hashirama, Tobirama and his arms from Hiruzen's soul.
Minato *does* seem to have Kurama's Yin part inside of him. As proven by the recent chapters. Which undoubtedly proves that he's much stronger compared to the way he was before his death.
**Note**: This answer is based on events seen till Chapter 623. The answer may become obsolete after subsequent chapters.
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2013/03/08 | 478 | 1,646 | <issue_start>username_0: The premise of Paca Plus is rather amusing: the protagonist's girlfriend Yukari gets transformed into an alpaca. Having played the trial, it was pretty well-done, but the trial ends right when Yukari turns into an alpaca so it's difficult to judge the game based on that. I'm now at the point where I have to decide whether or not to buy the full game, with not quite enough information to make the decision.
If Yukari never changes back, and the whole game is just romance with alpaca Yukari, that wouldn't really be my cup of tea. To use a quote from the game:
However, if Yukari occasionally changes back to her human form, I could live with her being an alpaca most of the time. That seems like something that could be played up for great comedic value, and it wouldn't totally kill the romance.
So my question is, **does Yukari stay an alpaca forever, or does she switch back to being a human?**<issue_comment>username_1: **Yes**, Yukari does change back from an alpaca to a girl.
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No, i'm serious here.
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2013/03/09 | 371 | 1,088 | <issue_start>username_0: While adding GIFs to our awesome [*Thrills and Spills* chatroom](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/7780/thrills-and-spills), I came across an image of two Pikachus and a Togepi:
At first, I thought it was [Ashachu](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ashachu), but it's not—just a Pikachu with bedhead.
Which episode/canon is this shot from?<issue_comment>username_1: That's [Sparky](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sparky), [Ritchie](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ritchie)'s Pikachu.
His first appearance was [episode 78](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP078) of the original anime.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The Pikachu's [Sparky](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sparky), trained by [Ritchie](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ritchie).
That particular picture came from the episode when they made a come back to the Johto region, at the end of "Hi Ho Silver Away" and the beginning of "Parent Trapped."
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2013/03/09 | 1,507 | 5,140 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there any popular, well-known anime series that share characteristics with the [film noir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir#Identifying_characteristics) or neo-noir style or setting?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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Dictionary definition of film noir would be: a film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.
Stereotypical elements are: murder, a detective who drinks whisky late at night in a shabby bar, and a femme fatale.
Anime that I have seen and that more or less match above description are:
* [Noir](http://myanimelist.net/anime/272/Noir)
* [The Woman Called Fujiko Mine](http://myanimelist.net/anime/13203/Lupin_the_Third%3a_Mine_Fujiko_to_Iu_Onna)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: *Film noir* was originally a term used by French critics to describe Hollywood movies of the post-war 1940’s era (up through the 1950s) that portray a darker perspective upon life than was standard in classical Hollywood films and concentrate upon human depravity, failure, and despair. After 1960, films of similar nature that actively try to emulate the classic noir style (for better or worse) are deemed *neo-noir*. Both terms typicall imply use of a cinematic style with a particular way of lighting, positioning and moving the camera, and using retrospective voice-over narration
**There are no anime series that can be considered truly film noir in genre as they typically use the style but not the motifs and cinematography, identified by the genre.**
I believe the following series most closely resemble the noir/neo-noir-style style, story, and/or setting (some not completely) the following would probably fit:
* Both [**Big O**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_O) and [**Cowboy Bebop**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop) have characters being plagued by events in their past and fatalistically having to accept them. Big O uses the style of film noir a lot more and uses its premise as the basis of entangled plot. Cowboy Bebop, on the other hand, simply sticks to the premise and borrows its style from elsewhere.
* [**Baccano!**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccano!) is like a blend of film noir and pulp fiction, where a bunch of seemingly unconnected stories slowly become connect into one overarching storyline, which is very typical of the [pulp noir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_noir) genre.
* [**Ghost in a Shell**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28film%29) and it's [sequel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2%3a_Innocence) are considered a marriage of noir visual, sci-fi, and animation, and sometimes included under the subgenre of noir called [tech-noir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_noir), which includes movies such as [Brazil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29) and [Blade Runner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner). "[**A Detective Story**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Detective_Story)" from the [Animatrix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animatrix) is considered to be another example of the above mentioned tech-noir genre.
* [**Perfect Blue**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue) has the mystery setting, murder cases with no apparent suspect and a main character is being hunted, keeping the story on the edge. It also deals with amnesia, flashbacks, uncertainties of one's own memories.
* [**Bodyguard of the Wind**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_no_Yojimbo) Though not as well -known, has all the motifs of a classic noir detective story. It opens with the disappearance of a train carrying a shipment gold along with its guards, but the story really starts with the son of one of those guards coming to the city where the train vanished to investigate. There he is met with the residents many of hiding their own secrets and mysteries, forcing him to slowly progress from one clue to the next, like a noir detective would do, to get to the bottom of everything.
These don't really fit the noir-style completely for one reason or another, but are heavily influenced by the noir genre:
* [**The Skullman**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Man) has a noir-ish atmosphere is given by the mystery which shrouds the strange murders in that alternate history of the end of WWII.
* [**Speed Grapher**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Grapher) has the noir atmosphere and art, but the story and characters aren't what you typically expect of the genre
* [**Texhnolyze**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texhnolyze) has plenty of elements from "noir" movies: dark lighting, flashbacks that disrupt the normal flow of the story, a corrupted society, a sort of "femme fatale" and a main character that seems to not fit the rest of the world. However, this is more of a sci-fi/cyberpunk anime with a dystopian setting.
* [**Daughter of Twenty Faces**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nij%C5%AB_Mens%C5%8D_no_Musume) is more of an action comedy that uses Edogwawa Rampo (a well-known Japanese noir writer) characters and the noir-style of mystery behind it's plot.
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2013/03/09 | 3,513 | 13,598 | <issue_start>username_0: We have a very popular Manga Club at our library.
The kids are interested in lots of different Asian cultures so we include cultural topics in our club such as Korean Word of the Day, Japanese Word of the Day and Chinese snacks like *shumai* and black sesame cookies. Other activities include a blog, dramatic reading and watching videos.
What other kinds of activities can be found on manga/anime themed clubs? In Asia, China, Europe, and/or America? This is for high school students.<issue_comment>username_1: I ran a college anime club for a couple of months with around 200 members (I was not the president, but our president was new so he had me handle most of the operations), and I was the treasurer for over 2 years. Over the course of any given year, we had around a couple dozen events, as well as weekly anime showings. I'm no longer a member of the club since I've changed schools, so they might be doing things differently now. Our club has been around at least since the 1980s, and probably earlier, and it's changed a lot and expanded quite a bit in that time. For instance, until anime was easily available in English, they had live translations for all of their showings by students studying Japanese (which, I can attest to, is very difficult).
Here are most of the various activities we held fairly regularly. To be honest, most of this is probably not applicable for you, but it could be for others interested in starting their own clubs.
* Weekly showings: Our weekly showings lasted about 3 hours, roughly 8pm-11pm. These happened every week of the semester except finals week.
+ At the beginning of the semester, we voted on either one show of ~26 episodes or two of around 13 each. At the beginning of each meeting we would watch 2 episodes of that show.
+ Each meeting also had a genre (e.g. mecha), and we accepted nominations for anime in that genre and voted on one of them in one of the past weeks. We would watch 4 episodes of that anime for the main showing. We tried to make genres as relevant as possible, e.g. the week of Halloween would be Horror, and Valentine's day would be romance.
+ Whenever possible, we got permission from the relevant licensing organization for our showings ahead of time. In most cases this can be done via their website.
+ There was also a break between the two, where we allowed random members to show videos, sold pizza for a small profit, and handled any voting and announcements.
+ After the meeting, some of the members would gather in the student union and play video games or board games or just chat. This usually continued at least until 1 a.m., but sometimes as late as 6 a.m.
+ During the summer, when fewer people were present (less than 20), we typically had the same meeting style but it was more open. There was no preshowing, and people were free to bring in their own collections for showings.
* Fighting game tournaments: Our club made a lot of money by hosting tournaments of various fighting games like [Super Smash Bros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._%28series%29) and [Street Fighter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter), sometimes together with local gaming groups. I wasn't really a part of this, so I don't know any of the specifics other than that we had a dozen or so CRT TVs in our club's storage for this purpose.
* Premier events: We often held parties when large premiers occurred in Japan, usually for big game releases. We had one for the release of [Pokemon Black and White](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_and_White), and another for [Final Fantasy XIII](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIII). The president or one of the other members would give a presentation about the history of the game series, and if any existed we'd watch a few episodes of the relevant anime. We'd also have game consoles hooked up available to play any older games in the series.
* Random presentations: Occasionally our president would decide that they wanted to do something like a premier event except that there wasn't any premier going on. So we'd have a presentation about some aspect of Japanese otaku culture, e.g. visual novels, and watch some anime or a bit of a visual novel or something like that, and usually have some food.
* Anime Conventions: We had a lot of people interested in anime conventions; in fact one officer's job was almost solely announcing and coordinating conventions. In order to save money we bought rooms in bulk and organized rides.
* Marathons: Once a month or so, on a weekend, we'd meet for 6-12 hours and watch an entire show (13-26 episodes) in one sitting. This obviously had lower attendance, but we typically had at least a dozen or so people at these. We'd usually aim for shows that people had not watched before but were still good. Occasionally we'd also host marathons of western animation.
* Holiday Parties: On various holidays or near them, we'd host parties with that theme. Halloween was by far the biggest, and we typically had at least 50 people at the Halloween parties. Many of us stayed in town during Spring break (Easter) or Thanksgiving break, or even winter break (Christmas) so we'd have parties for those two. These were not as well planned out as the Halloween party and had lower attendance. Oftentimes we'd just end up marathoning a short show with that theme. We also had parties at the end of finals week where we spent the rest of our money for the semester on food or whatever and had karaoke and video games and anime and board games and pretty much anything else people wanted to bring. All of the parties were alcohol-free and we never had any trouble enforcing that.
* In conjunction with the Japanese language club, we attempted to do showings of unsubtitled (raw) Japanese anime, and we'd pause every few lines to discuss what was said. I'm not sure these were unqualified successes, since only a few members from the anime club went, but it was fun for those of us who did go.
* Promotional events: My school had club fairs and cultural fairs regularly, and we'd have a table at all of them showing off our various anime memorabilia and whatnot. This was the primary way we brought in new members. We also rented out tables in the student union for the same purpose. These required quite a bit of preparation, as we needed to make sure in advance that someone trustworthy would be present at all times to make sure nothing got stolen (typically we had 3 or 4 people including at least one officer at the table at any time). We also needed to make sure we had enough business cards and people who were knowledgeable about a fairly wide range of anime to talk to anyone interested.
* RPG groups: Our club was large enough that it spawned several (I know of at least 3) groups of people playing D&D and other paper and pencil RPGs. There are some anime-themed RPGs, like the [Maid RPG](http://www.maidrpg.com/).
* Mahjong: [Japanese mahjong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Mahjong) is really nothing like the game on your computer called "mahjong". After showing either [Saki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_%28manga%29) or [Akagi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akagi_%28manga%29) (I forget which) there was enough interest in the game to start up a weekly mahjong group. We had around 10 people who played regularly, and probably a few more who knew the rules.
* Cosplay: We had a dedicated group of cosplayers who would meet roughly once a month to hold workshops and other things. I never went to one so I don't know how many people were in that group, but I'm guessing it was at least 10. We usually had a group of cosplayers at Japan night, an annual event put on by all of the Japanese-themed clubs on campus.
* Collaborating with local business: One of our members started an anime store in town, and she would occasionally make announcements about new products and things. We also had membership discounts at several local stores which sold anime.
* Other stuff: We were generally very flexible and open to members' suggestions and ideas. If someone had a cool idea and wanted to promote it, we'd let them make an announcement at the meetings. More than half of our events were initiated by non-officers.
Managing a club of that size is not easy, and we had over 10 officers with various roles. My guess is that you aren't aiming on expanding to a group of that size, so I'd suggest taking a few of the ideas above and adapting them to your needs.
My feeling is that for a high-school club, you should focus more on Japanese culture and less on anime specifically. Traditional Japanese culture events were mostly handled by the other Japanese culture clubs on campus (of which there were at least 3). They did things at their events like [tea ceremonies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony), [flower arrangement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_arranging), [Karuta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta), and Japanese language practice. If the people know some Japanese, you could also try [Calligraphy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy) and [Poetry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_poetry). You could also read some short Japanese novels. Japanese literature tends to be much shorter than western literature and is traditionally a lot darker. It can be appealing to high school students. Some examples are [Kokoro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro), [I am a Cat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_a_cat), and [No Longer Human](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Longer_Human).
I wouldn't discount anime entirely, though. There are some very good anime which explore different aspects of Japanese culture. I suspect a lot of them will be [Josei genre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josei). Some examples might be [Chihayafuru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihayafuru), [Sazae-san](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae-san), and [Honey and Clover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_and_Clover). If you're willing to include some slightly questionable series morally (PG-13 rating or so) then [Aoi Bungaku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoi_Bungaku), [Akagi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akagi_%28manga%29), and some other [seinen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen_manga) works might also be a good fit. I'd also include the works of [Miyazaki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki) as culturally significant on their own, especially some of the more symbolic ones like [Nausicaä](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_%28film%29) and [Totoro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro).
Unfortunately, our website isn't very useful for anyone other than our members. However, the [MIT anime club](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/) has a very good website for those interested in starting/expanding their own anime clubs. I know a couple of their members and I've often used suggestions on their page or from them. They know what they're talking about. Of particular interest are their [resources page](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/resources/) and their page about [starting](http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/resources/start.php) clubs (which has a section dedicated to high school clubs).
Upvotes: 6 <issue_comment>username_2: I started up and ran my own anime club in high school and could say that the club itself was pretty successful. In order to maintain the anime "essence" of the club, we had to be creative in order to implement anime related activities that could incorporate the entire club and not having to resort to watching animes every meeting. Some ideas that definitely got the crowd excited was:
"What's that anime?!" - The club would be separated into several teams. For this activity, anime OP's and ED's would be played in the background and the teams would rush to see who could name the anime that this song came from. They could then state the name of the song or the OP number (if there are multiple) of the it came from. The winning team would earn pocky or some other Japanese sweets.
"Who is this?!" - Similar to the other activity in separating the club to teams and gifting sweets to winners. Key anime characters from different animes would be presented on a powerpoint to the audience. The catch is that only a portion of the character's body would be shown. This would have to be a significant portion of the character (ie the arm of Edward from FMA). The first team to state the character's name and the anime that the character comes from would win the points. We used a powerpoint to display the pictures.
Hold a competition of who can create the best original character. The winner could have their character placed on the club's shirt or poster. We did the shirt so that we may raise some funds for more anime and to create a sense of community and unity.
Those were some of my favorite activities. They definitely united the club and made everyone excited for the next meeting.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I am currently making an Otaku Culture club in my school. This club will have everything from anime, manga, gaming, cosplay, cons, music, culture and more. Some of the things you can do are ordering things like JBox items or OtakuUSA/Neo magazines to help find new anime to talk about.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I personally have an anime club at my school that I am the president of and it has around 20 people, and it is very successful. The activities we do in the club are doing games, watching anime, learning some Japanese, and show our favorite gifs for different anime.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/03/10 | 1,052 | 4,169 | <issue_start>username_0: In Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), humans with Cantus powers are prevented from attacking each other by:
* **Mental Restraints:** It prevents humans from intentionally attacking other humans.
* **Death Feedback:** If a human kills another human, the attacker dies as well.
This is what keeps humans with Cantus powers from destroying each other.
Akkis (translated as: fiends (UTW subs), ogres (Crunchyroll)) are mentally unstable and are able to break the mental restraints. So they have no problem attacking other humans. But what about the death feedback?
How are they immune to death feedback? What makes them different from normal humans?<issue_comment>username_1: The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.
This is possibly why the monster rats can raise a human child as one of their own species, and the child will grow up not recognizing humans as his/her own species so the child would be able to kill humans (but not the rats). It's also mentioned that the ogres are genetic mutations, possibly without the Death Feedback genome, but that wouldn't account for the rats stealing human infants since there's no guarantee that the infants have the mutation.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: There are **悪鬼** (Akki, lit. "evil spirit", translated as "fiend" or "ogre") and **業魔** (Gouma, lit. "karma demon"). The former, a.k.a. **Raman-Klogius Syndrome**, or the "fox-in-a-henhouse syndrome," is genetic. They are PK users with mental instability caused by stress, seeing the world as the source of their problems, becoming one that kills with no sense of guilt or remorse, like a serial killer. The latter, a.k.a. **Hashimoto-Appelbaum Syndrome**, are PK users who subconsciously lose control of their powers due to stress and distorts everything around them, due to a genetic defect, like depression.
In short, those who kill with Cantus purposefully, are called "evil spirits" (translated as "fiends" or "ogres") and those who corrupt with Cantus subconsciously, are called "karma demons." The former externalize their stress & blame the world for their problems & actively turning their Canti against the world (like having homicidal tendencies). The latter internalize their stress, making them apart of themselves and try to cope or adapt and function in spite of it. They focus so much on the stress that they slowly lose track of other things (like depression), resulting in the leaking of their Cantus.
The minds of both are broken by stress, but how they deal with it ultimately determine what they become.
"Evil spirits" rid themselves of the morals and duties of society, don't see humans are human, but rather problems that need to be fixed ("Screw everyone!"). Kinda like a car being used to run over animals on the road, because the driver think it's fun or they hate animals.
"Karma demons" still hold on to the morals and duties of society, and see human as humans, but cause unintentional harm to them as they try to cope with their internal issues ("I cause problems for everyone"). Kinda like a car emitting poisonous fumes or leaking oil (and causing fires), due to some mechanical problem.
Shun does not hurt people because he wants to, so he becomes a "karma demon," but the "Messiah" freely wills to harm people, thus becoming a "evil spirit."
All humans have the disposition to become either, but how they handle the stress ultimately determines what they become. Saki is able to balance the internal and external conflicts with stress and use it for the good of the people.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/03/11 | 958 | 3,782 | <issue_start>username_0: There are two ways to enter mount Myōboku:
1. A secret path from Konohagakure
2. Reverse summoning
So there is no way (as known so far) that you are traveling somewhere and by mistake end up landing on mount Myōboku. Neither is it shown on any map in any episode.
I assumed that it's a different space or world. (Than the shinobi's)<issue_comment>username_1: The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.
This is possibly why the monster rats can raise a human child as one of their own species, and the child will grow up not recognizing humans as his/her own species so the child would be able to kill humans (but not the rats). It's also mentioned that the ogres are genetic mutations, possibly without the Death Feedback genome, but that wouldn't account for the rats stealing human infants since there's no guarantee that the infants have the mutation.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: There are **悪鬼** (Akki, lit. "evil spirit", translated as "fiend" or "ogre") and **業魔** (Gouma, lit. "karma demon"). The former, a.k.a. **Raman-Klogius Syndrome**, or the "fox-in-a-henhouse syndrome," is genetic. They are PK users with mental instability caused by stress, seeing the world as the source of their problems, becoming one that kills with no sense of guilt or remorse, like a serial killer. The latter, a.k.a. **Hashimoto-Appelbaum Syndrome**, are PK users who subconsciously lose control of their powers due to stress and distorts everything around them, due to a genetic defect, like depression.
In short, those who kill with Cantus purposefully, are called "evil spirits" (translated as "fiends" or "ogres") and those who corrupt with Cantus subconsciously, are called "karma demons." The former externalize their stress & blame the world for their problems & actively turning their Canti against the world (like having homicidal tendencies). The latter internalize their stress, making them apart of themselves and try to cope or adapt and function in spite of it. They focus so much on the stress that they slowly lose track of other things (like depression), resulting in the leaking of their Cantus.
The minds of both are broken by stress, but how they deal with it ultimately determine what they become.
"Evil spirits" rid themselves of the morals and duties of society, don't see humans are human, but rather problems that need to be fixed ("Screw everyone!"). Kinda like a car being used to run over animals on the road, because the driver think it's fun or they hate animals.
"Karma demons" still hold on to the morals and duties of society, and see human as humans, but cause unintentional harm to them as they try to cope with their internal issues ("I cause problems for everyone"). Kinda like a car emitting poisonous fumes or leaking oil (and causing fires), due to some mechanical problem.
Shun does not hurt people because he wants to, so he becomes a "karma demon," but the "Messiah" freely wills to harm people, thus becoming a "evil spirit."
All humans have the disposition to become either, but how they handle the stress ultimately determines what they become. Saki is able to balance the internal and external conflicts with stress and use it for the good of the people.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/03/11 | 7,647 | 25,894 | <issue_start>username_0: It's fairly common that anime characters tend to have "wilder" hair than most people we see in real life. This can be seen as far back as [*Neon Genesis Evangelion*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_(anime)) (though somewhat mild) from the 90s (though some older anime, like [*Akira*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)), do not have this characteristic).
The "wilder" hairstyles tend to have [interesting colors](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xkTubO9nehY/T_29QvnXstI/AAAAAAAAATQ/cWs2zw7eVdg/s1600/Sailor+Moon+characters.jpg) from throughout the rainbow (pink, blue, green, etc.) that are only seen in real life with dyes or highlights. They also tend to be [spikier](http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/1/17/Kamina_with_sword.jpg), another trait not seen in real life (probably because gelling one's hair that way *every day* is quite tedious).
Why do anime and manga characters tend to have this spiky, colorful hairstyle? What is the cultural origin of such a style? (And did the growing trend of [Japanese teenagers spiking their hair in a similar style](http://www.hairstyles123.com/hairstylepics/japanese/japanese_hairstyle_36.jpg) originate from this?)<issue_comment>username_1: Most likely it happens because it looks cool and unique. Here's what TvTropes says, or at least said, about [anime hair](https://tvtropes.org/Main/AnimeHair):
>
> Usually, the most important characters of the story will have wild
> spikes or a cool-looking hairdo in order to stand out among the crowd.
> It may be one or more different colors that don't appear naturally in
> real humans (blue is a popular choice). Sometimes the hair appears
> semi-transparent, with the character's eyes visible through it,
> although this presumably represents hair fine enough that it isn't
> completely obscuring, rather than anything outré. Anime Hair is very
> common among protagonists of anime/manga for the Shonen (Demographic),
> although the trend seems to be headed to more plausible styles:
> compare Son Goku's hair to Ichigo's. If there's a White-Haired Pretty
> Boy in the cast, there's a good chance that white hair will also be
> Anime Hair.
>
>
>
Now, compare this Vash picture:
with this one:
and ask yourself, which hairstyle is more bad-ass?
Some of the characters need to stand out among the crowd, and weird hairstyle/hair-color is a very easy way to achieve that (weird clothes are popular too). Also, it's not uncommon for the hairstyle to somehow reflect the character's personality, e.g. spiky hair for characters that need to look wild/cool, adding ahoge for some more naive/funny characters, and so on.
Hair colors can also be somehow used in the plot, e.g. Ichigo being bullied because of his uncommon hair color. Sometimes, the color is also used to indicate some of the character's personality, [here's](http://annesanimeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/anime-hair-colors-what-do-they-mean-an-all-in-one-personality-guide/) an interesting link.
Finally, as @Tacroy mentioned in his comment, the same face may be used for different characters, and changing the hair is the easiest way to make them look different.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: This is more of an art question. The reason why character tend to have crazy hair colors and styles is to make them different from the rest of the characters. Not just in that particular anime or manga, but in the real world too.
If you take a silhouette of Goku, you can tell its Goku due to his hair style. Some characters have different colors such as Piccolo and Nail. This is to prevent the main or major characters looking like the background characters.
Main characters are suppose the be distinguished from background and unimportant characters, so the character design is an important factor.
About trends, I can't answer that. Perhaps it was because the way they drew the hair made it look like it was spiky and since most Japanese people have straight hair. Drawing it would have made it spiky.(or have a pointy end)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Most anime characters have spikey hair because it's a trademark in anime. And not all anime characters have spikey hair, for example, Lee, Orochimaru, Katara, and many others.
Many say that most anime characters have bangs because if they don't they'll have a big forehead. Vegeta. Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, and others don't have big foreheads.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Besides the fact that most haircuts/colors look pretty cool, they also have a purpose.
Most of the time the hair color is also a form of symbolism, used to describe the character (in most cases).
For example:
>
> Black:
>
>
> Mysterious, refined, traditional, cerebral, capable, powerful,
> independent, sad, cruel, macabre
>
>
> As opposed to their bright-colored friends, black hair can define a
> character as being more traditional. Black is a neutral color that is
> associated with positive personal traits. These characters tend to be
> deep thinkers that can see the “big picture”, and seldom need advice.
>
>
>
[This link](http://annesanimeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/anime-hair-colors-what-do-they-mean-an-all-in-one-personality-guide/) has some more indepth information on the different hair colors and their effects.
Almost the same counts for the hairstyles. A lot of the hairstyles are symbolism for either origin or personality.
An example for this would be:
>
> Female Styles Odango: 'Buns' to English speakers. When an anime
> character has this hairstyle, it usually implies that she's Chinese.
> It may be drawn with or without bangs. The buns themselves are
> sometimes decorated or encased by hair accesories. In China this
> hairstyle is traditional for young, unmarried girls. In anime, if a
> japanese girl dresses up in a chinese dress, she will almost always
> put her hair in this style.
>
>
> Examples: Tenten (Naruto), <NAME> (Tekken), Kagura (Gintama)
>
>
> 
>
>
> Hime: Meaning 'princess'; 'hime' is a traditional Japanese hairstyle that is the epitome of traditional beauty (comparable to golden curls in the west). This style is usually comprised of dark blue, shiny hair, very neatly cut. It is very long hair (usually to the waist or beyond) and may or may not have a tuft of shoulder length hair framing each side of the face. To add a little variety, many manga and anime creators will use a different color or different length but keep their character's hair reminiscent of the hime cut.
>
>
> Examples: Hinata (Naruto), Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead), Chichi (Dragon Ball)
>
>
>
[This](http://www.squidoo.com/japanese-anime-hair-styles) link provides you with more info on hairstyles (also has a part about the colors).
And the closest thing I could find to a official information roster would be [TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeHair), which is a site dedicated to tropes.
Another reason for weird hairdo's is as <NAME> said, to keep your attention on them. The weirder the hair, the more likely you are to pay more attention to it. Same counts for the eyes (one of the reasons they have such a big eyes).
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_5: The most obvious reasons are:
* It's way cooler than common haircuts you see on real people;
* Character will [definitely](https://i.stack.imgur.com/05d5W.jpg) stand out in a crowd;
The less obvious reasons are:
* It's easier to remember characters of a [show with lots of them](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters/AnimeAndManga) by their hair style and color. Especially useful for shows that aren't likely to sustain a constant viewer base, so that passing viewers wouldn't become confused too quickly and drop the show thinking: *"jeez, they all look alike, I can't even follow the story anymore"*.
* In some anime, one of the only ways to distinguish characters is by their hair color and style, but sometimes even that is not enough!
example: (*this is why I'm not watching* ***Clannad***)
example 2: ***Angel Beats!*** (*less severe than Clannad, still kinda hard to tell guys apart*)
* A character's hair style and color usually (not always though) hints at their personality
example: *Soul Eater Not!*'s **Kana Altair** and *Non Non Biyori*'s **Miyauchi Renge**:
 
(if you see them both in anime, you'll know what I mean)
example 2: *Toradora!*'s **Taiga Aisaka** and *Minami-ke*'s youngest sister **Chiaki Minami**:
example 3: *Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo*'s **Mashiro Shiina** and *Angel Beats!*'s **Kanade Tachibana**:
You can just google "anime character types" to see how their appearance matches their behavior. But remember that characters that look like each other don't necessarily behave in the same way.
---
For some more look-alike characters consult google with corresponding image search queries. Refine results by searching specific sites, such as [MAL, for example](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=353299&show=40).
example search query: `site:myanimelist.net characters look alike`
Simply insert your favorite anime community and see what the forum users have come up with.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: Question #1: Why do many characters tend to have crazy hair colors? What is the *cultural origin* of such a style?
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**The origin** of this practice is the **primarily black and white medium of manga.**
Manga pages are printed in black and white, so almost all of the art that *mangaka* (manga artists) draw is black and white (this is much cheaper for the publishers than if they had to print all the pages in color). Only series that are popular get a precious 1, 2, or 3-page color spread in the manga magazine from time to time or get the full-color magazine cover (virtually no series get a color illustration in every single issue).
Because the *mangaka* had **so few opportunities to draw their characters in full color, they were "starved" for color. In the 1970s**, they experimented with using all the possible colors in their infrequent color illustrations. On the other hand, for series that ran on and on for decades, *mangaka* were likely to experiment with colors in order to make their colored-page spreads of the same characters again and again fresh and differentiated (probably for their own entertainment as artists, as well as for the entertainment of their readers). A single character would be drawn **one month with blonde hair, in another month with pink hair, in another month with blue hair,** etc.
This was **never intended to depict the character's hair color in canon**. Rather, the *mangaka* **trusted the intelligence of the readers to recognize the character without the hair color needing to match from illustration to illustration**, based on the character's consistent hair style, face, body shape, and/or clothing (in the same way, *mangaka* have felt free to alternate their screen tone patterns on a single outfit within a chapter, without worrying that a different pattern from frame to frame will cause the readers to not be able to recognize that the same character is wearing the same dress).
As an example, here you can see Kitajima Maya of *Glass no Kamen* with 2 different hair colors (pink and black) within a **single** illustration:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oq1Gyt.jpg)
The readers were expected to understand that the character's canon hair color was 1) the hair color used most frequently, 2) the hair color used in the first chapters, and/or 3) the hair color mentioned in the dialogue. The readers of such series **never assumed that characters drawn with green or purple hair actually *had* green or purple hair**. This is a uniquely creative part of Japanese manga culture. (An exception, of course, is non-human characters who were magic fairies, alien races, or otherwise perfectly likely to have non-human hair colors.)
However, over time, *mangaka* and readers **became accustomed to seeing a rainbow of hair colors in these non-canon color page spreads, and *mangaka* realized** that rather that limiting these colors to non-canon illustrations, they could actually assign such a **non-realistic color as a canon character design**.
Thus, **to identify a character by their hair color is a newer phase** in the history of the medium. In contrast to username_1, username_5, and username_2's claims that the reason characters tend to have crazy hair colors is to be cool, unique, paid more attention to, and easier to remember/differentiate, **"crazy" colors were *not* invented *in order to* distinguish characters from each other**. They **originated *without* any intention of differentiating characters by hair color**.
Only afterwards, **as a result** of the "crazy" colors becoming viewed as possible canon colors, **artists have *reduced* the more historical practice of alternating hair colors for a single character from one illustration to the next.**
*Glass no Kamen* (ガラスの仮面, a.k.a. *Glass Mask*), which has been running straight from 1976 to the present, is **a prime example of the historical practice** of mixing up hair colors in a single character from one illustration to the next.
The canon hair colors *seem* to be: Kitajima Maya: reddish-brown, Himekawa Ayumi: blonde, Hayami Masumi: light purple.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qmrhut.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GNhaJt.jpg)
Maya, Ayumi, and Masumi illustrated with every hair color under the sun, not intended to be interpreted by the readers as their actual hair colors:
However, because the *mangaka* Miuchi Suzue used so many different hair colors for the color-page spreads over a 40-year period, many readers were not sure of which hair colors were canon. As a result, each of the anime adaptions used different hair colors in attempts to match Miuchi-sensei's intended canon colors. Despite the differing hair colors, no one was ever confused about who was who, in either the manga or in the anime incarnations. In other words, **hair colors have never been how fans distinguished the characters from one another**.
1984 TV anime: Maya (light brown), Ayumi (blonde), Masumi (blonde):
1998 OAV anime: Maya (dark brown), Ayumi (pale brown), Masumi (black):
2005 TV anime: Maya (light brown), Ayumi (dark blonde), Masumi (brown):
2013 *Glass no Kamen desu ga* parody TV anime: Maya (black), Ayumi (light blonde), Masumi (light brown):
2016 *3-nen D-gumi Glass no Kamen* parody TV anime: Maya (pink), Ayumi (blonde-orange), Masumi (lavender):
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The same historical practice is found in shounen manga.
An example is <NAME>'s *Ranma ½* dating from 1987–1996. Canon hair colors: male Ranma: black, female Ranma: red.
Male and female Ranma illustrated with alternate hair colors, not intended to be interpreted by the readers as their actual hair colors:
Question #2: They also tend to be spikier, another trait not seen in real life. Did the growing trend of Japanese teenagers spiking their hair in a similar style originate from this?
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**Japanese young people do not spike their hair *as a result of* manga/anime character designs.** As I have explained [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22861/8134), the average Japanese person does not respect or pay attention to these art forms and those who are involved in subculture are generally viewed negatively by the general populace. Shoujo manga is published in manga magazines which regularly advertise hair accessories and offer hair styling advice; the hair styles of the characters **[reflect fashion trends](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22507/8134) rather than set them**.
Spiky hair is a common character design in anime and manga (though there are many series in which this is not featured). Although I do not have data on the origin of this practice, my guess is that it ***is*** derived from real life. Today's Japanese are primarily descended from the Yamato ethnicity but many also include roots from other ethnicities native to Japan ([such as](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tribes_of_ancient_Japan) Emishi, Hayato, Kumaso, Ainu, Ryukyuan, etc.). I am half-white, half-Japanese and was born with hair texture from my English/Scottish roots, whereas my mother has the standard coarser, thicker Japanese hair. In my observation, when styled, Japanese hair is more **prone to hold its shape** for longer periods of time than that of some other ethnicities (my hair cannot hold curls, even with copious amounts of styling products. Though even amongst white ethnicities, some people wake up with spiky "bed head"). My understanding is that Japanese hair styles are optimized for the features of their hair texture, as this is practical for individuals' daily routines and for stylists. Producing small, soft spikes like those in the linked photo you provided are simply an extension of working with textures which are naturally conducive to sculpting.
Two more hair styles in manga and anime that may at first strike a non-Japanese viewer as unrealistic are 1) horizontally-protruding wisps of hair in front of the ears and 2) stray strands of hair that defy gravity by curving upward from the top of the head into the air. I had assumed these were not realistic natural formations for hair, and was very surprised to look in the mirror one day and see my hair doing exactly each of them.
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Clarification: Hair Color and Style as Symbol
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username_4's answer to this question notes that hair color can be utilized in symbolism, which is true. According to [this website](http://idolmink.tripod.com/),
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**However**, expressing symbolism is not an answer as to *why* characters have "crazy" hair colors or the cultural origin of it. Symbolism in hair colors is a byproduct that only developed ***after*** the shift from colored hair in non-canon illustrations to colored hair for canon character designs.
The main characters of *Magic Knight Rayearth* have symbol colors of red (fire), blue (water), and green (wind), but Hououji Fuu's symbolic color is only in her eyes and clothing, not in her hair color. In other words, achieving symbolism through color does not need to make use of hair. The reason *why* Ryuuzaki Umi can have blue hair is the history of shift from non-canon "crazy" hair color illustration to viable canon hair colors.
The *odango* style applied to characters of Chinese ethnicity or association is **not symbolic** so much as it is a form of racial stereotyping.
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If it were indeed a symbol, characters not related to China and not wearing cheongsam but who have *odango* would be associated with some commonly-understood meaning. This is not the case. Although Sailor Moon's *odango* hair style is so infamous that 3 different characters (Mamoru, Haruka, and Seiya) call her "Odango atama" (お団子頭) or ["Odango" as a nickname](http://sailorfailures.tumblr.com/post/54272248387/what-are-odango-anyway), she has no connections to Chinese culture and the individual characters' *usage* of the nickname differs. Mamoru likens Usagi’s hair to *nikuman* (肉まん, a.k.a. Chinese *baozi*, or pork buns), whereas Seiya specifically has mochi (餅, rice cakes) in mind, because when Usagi tells him that her name is <NAME>, he replies with, “Ahh, *Tsukimi Dango*” (「ああ、月見団子」). *Tsukimi dango* are small orbs of glutinous white rice eaten to celebrate Tsukimi (Moon-Viewing), a harvest moon holiday. Seiya and Usagi ate the most common kind of *odango*, which is called *mitarashi dango* (みたらし団子), together during their date in episode 181 (soy sauce-covered balls on a stick). Other characters in the series also sport *odango* in their hairstyles but are not all associated with any shared meaning (for example: Sailor Pluto, Sailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Chibichibimoon, Luna and Diana in human form, Tellu, Cyprine and Ptilol).
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The *hime* or *ojousama* hair style of long, straight hair with either a set of strands or tufts in front of each ear is simply the default Japanese woman's hairstyle common in Heian period, not only for princesses but all women above the peasant class. [Scholars are divided on when the history of manga began](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_manga) (some saying it originated from 12th century scrolls, others pointing to the 18th century) but at any rate, this basic women's hair style in manga/anime dates from early manga. However, the hair style itself is still sported by many young Japanese women today, using their natural hair color, in order to give off a conservative image (it is not common to do this style with dyed/bleached hair). Reflecting real life, in manga and anime it remains almost always dark in color (such as black, grey, blue, or purple) to match the natural hair color of people who choose this style. More than symbolizing a princess per se, it is the image that Japanese people associate with a conservative, self-restrained, serious, intelligent, cultured young woman and what girls who want to be thought of as such may go for. On the other hand, this very basic hair style is arguably also often used for frightening characters in Japanese horror, and it is also very common in manga/anime to use buoyant blonde curls for princess personality characters.
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2013/03/12 | 1,740 | 6,158 | <issue_start>username_0: While I was browsing for different anime in different genre, I came across with [Yuri genre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29) and then found a [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29#Yuri_series) where anime that contain yuri genre. I was shocked to see [Cardcaptor Sakura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardcaptor_Sakura) on the list as anime with yuri as an additional element. I have watched Cardcaptor Sakura a lot of times but I haven't read it's manga. The only thing that comes on mind that *could* be the yuri element was Sakura and Tomoyo's relationship as best friends (and their mothers'). If I'm not mistaken, since I've watched Cardcaptor Sakura a lot of times when I was still a kid, there were no solid implications that Tomoyo had romantic feelings towards Sakura, meaning you can only sense friendship in their relationship (or it was something I overlooked or I didn't give deep meaning to it). Though, I'm not really sure in the manga since I've never read it. So, is there any truth to this and if it has (in anime or manga), please show reference to justify it (in any episode or chapter).<issue_comment>username_1: On the TV Tropes page, Tomoyo is listed as a [Token Yuri Girl](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TokenYuriGirls):
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So it seems that it's toned down in the anime (I didn't seem like anything other than best friends and maybe borderline infatuation in the anime), but blatant in the manga. Also noted [in the CSS wiki](http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Tomoyo_Daid%C5%8Dji):
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According to [this blog post (contains lots of other instances)](http://tomoyo.c-minor.org/5/a/i), it happened in Volume 2, Chapter 2:
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I can't remember what episode of the anime it was but it was toward the end of the Clow Card saga. I remember it was when Sakura and Li was over at Tomoyo's house. Sakura was in the bathroom changing into one of Tomoyo's latest costumes. While Li was shyly looking towards the area where Sakura was, Tomoyo said something to li. Then, while looking into her cup she said something on the lines of, "It's better to keep some things in the heart."
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: At the teddy bear shop with Eriol and Li, Tomoyo told Sakura that all she wants is for the person she loves to be happy, so the person she loves doesn't have to love her back. Sakura told her that she was sure Tomoyo's beloved was very happy.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I also would say yes, but I am digging this out of the past to add some insight that it is portrayed (especially in the manga) as being a far more complex emotion than a typical "in love with" scenario.
One of the predominant themes of Clamp's works is that love has many different forms and is not limited to typical boundaries. Reflect on how many other extra-ordinary relationships and love-type affections exist in the story: Rika x her sensei (age), Touya and Yuki (gender), Mizuki x Eriol (age), Sonomi x Nadeshiko (gender, family), Fujitaka x Nadeshiko (age), Mei-lin x Syaoran (family)...
If you read other Clamp works, you will see this is one of their most common themes:
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It is apparent that all have some rather extraordinary love stories, and explore some pretty deep topics on the nature of love and the spectrum of its manifestations. Furthermore, if you look into historic Japanese literature, the theme of different kinds of love has deep roots in the cultural literature - consider Samurai/battlefield love, for example.
I would not categorize Tomoyo as a typical yuri girl, however, as was said above. Are her feelings romantic for Sakura? Certainly. Do her love feelings also incorporate strong elements of hero admiration, deep friendship, and a family bond? Absolutely. Are we given the impression that there is an element of sexual attraction? Not really. We don't see her blushing when Sakura is changing in front of her, long lingering touches, or heart pounding with physical proximity - like we *do* see with several other love attractions within the same series.
Granted, at their age, sexuality might be barely nascent. But typical "yuri girls" are almost invariably associated with sexual attraction regardless of age, frequently exhibiting signs of physical attraction, or even overt sexual overtures of one type or another. Is it within the yuri spectrum? I would say yes, but it's not what I would consider typical.
Also note that Tomoyo's mother Sonomi had a very similar adoration for her own cousin Nadeshiko (although hers was to the point of extreme jealousy!) and then quite obviously eventually did have a sexual relationship with Tomoyo's father (whom we never see). It is not all that uncommon for an early "crush" of a later-heterosexual female to be another female, while they are figuring out how to process these budding complex emotions.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Yes, Tomoyo loves Sakura. She said it herself. She had costumes made for Sakura, filmed Sakura constantly (not just during showdowns, but also a ton of casual moments where Sakura was just talking to Tomoyo), and was always by her side. I think it proves a point that she didn't need to film her, dress her up, and tag along everywhere Sakura went, to show her love/infatuation for her - but she did.
Tomoyo loves Sakura - and there is nothing anyone can do to convince me otherwise.
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2013/03/12 | 896 | 3,215 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5671/Saki) (see Producers section), [AnimeNewsNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=10302), [CrunchyRoll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/saki/more), and a number of less reputable sites, an organization called "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" took part in the production of the Saki anime. For anyone not familiar with Saki, it follows the Mahjong club from Kiyosumi high school as they compete to be the best in the nation. The websites listed all included "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" under production, which is unusual for in-universe organizations.
First, can anyone confirm that this is legitimate and not just an elaborate trolling attempt (e.g. by screencapping the credits)? And if so, what does the organization do? Is it a real high school mahjong club which was used as inspiration for Saki, or were they involved in some aspect of the production process, or were they just thrown in as a sort of shout-out, or something else?<issue_comment>username_1: "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" is the name on the production committee (製作, seisaku) for the series:
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's not too uncommon for anime production committees to be named after something in the show. In Saki's case, it is named after the high school where the show takes place. This does not mean that a real life group from the school (if it even is a real school or club at said school) has anything to do with the creation of the show.
Essentially, the production committee is the rightholder to the series rather than a person or group who had a hand in creating the series (Source: [a JETRO pdf about the anime industry](http://www.jetro.org/trends/market_info_anime.pdf), specifically page 4). It can consist of all the companies involved in an anime - the animation studio, TV channel, merchandise creators - who want to see the show succeed because it will benefit them (Source: [an ANN feature about the anime industry](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05)).
Rather than list all of these companies, it is easier to give them one name, and arguably more entertaining to the viewers if it references something in the series. When the production committee isn't named after something in the series, it is usually just called "Series Name Production Committee" - in your case, it would've been called "Saki Production Committee".
Here are examples from a few other shows:
Seitokai Yakuindomo: Ousai Academy Student Council Room
(the show is about Ousai Academy's student council)
Steins;Gate: Future Gadget Lab
(the show is about a some eccentrics and scientists who are part of a group called Future Gadget Lab)
Tamako Market: Usagiyama Shopping District
(the show is about the people working and living in Usagiyama Shopping District)
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2013/03/13 | 660 | 2,383 | <issue_start>username_0: Can a Pokeball be used for things other than storing pokemon?
Like a "[Hoi-Poi Capsules](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Capsule)" from Dragon Ball or even to imprison humans?<issue_comment>username_1: They were made for storing pokémon, only. It can be seen, that some trainers play with them (at least in the games, there are jugglers and some psychics who make the balls float in the air). It can happen, that there are different things than a Pokémon in it, like when Ash found a riceball (?) in his Pokéball after the tries to catch a Mankey, which throws the riceball at the Pokéball, but besides from that, Pokéballs aren't used for anything else than catching and storing Pokémon.
In the anime, it was also shown that a Pokéball can't catch trainers, the beam that would transform the Pokémon to energy (to store it in the ball) just doesn't have any effect.
In the games, however, items which can be found in the world are shown as a red Pokéball. Whether it's for the sake of simplicity or whether they are really stored in Pokéballs is unclear (but you don't get a Pokéball with every item you find).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In the game *Pokémon Legends: Arceus*, Professor Laventon says at the beginning that the development of the Poké Ball revolves around the idea that every Pokémon is capable of making itself small (which may be referring to the move Minimize), and so the Poké Ball takes advantage of this to shrink the Pokémon and store it inside.
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In an early page of the *Adventure* manga, it can clearly be seen that Nidorino is shrunk inside the Poké Ball, following the logic of the first games that the authors understood.
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Following that game material, canonically the Poké Ball is used only for the sake of minimizing and capturing Pokémon. (It's important to note that due to the Arceus game clarifying that use of the Poké Ball, many have been saying that the anime didn't follow that at all, mainly due to the rice-ball catching Poké Ball in the anime.)
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2013/03/13 | 3,450 | 12,592 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems to me that in a lot of anime (*Naruto*, *Dragon Ball*, *G<NAME>ann*, and *Digimon* are four that come to mind), characters or creatures who perform an attack tend to shout its name, almost as if necessary to perform such an attack. This seems very counterintuitive—telling your opponent that you're about to use a fireball would open you up to being blocked very easily.
Why do anime characters tend to shout the names of their attacks? (Bonus points: Has this spread into Western animation?)<issue_comment>username_1: The 1st anime I saw this in was [Slayers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayers) and it was always cool to see what happens next.
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It makes them focus on the attack making the attack work (or work more efficient). The general idea is that such an attack is unavoidable. The attack is of such power that the opponent, even informed about the incoming attack, is never going to be able to stop it. Of course if they do stop it it also means that character is bound to find a new better, improved attack that does overpower the opponent.
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* Huntik.
* Legion Of Super Heroes.
* Inspector Gadget.
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Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_2: The major reason they do it for the benefit of the audience. It helps the audience know what the character is doing.
It's more dramatic if the viewer knows that the character is using the "gumgum superduper pistol", than if Luffy just punches someone.
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_3: The shouting seems to be related to what in Martial Arts is called *[kiai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai)* (shout). Here an excerpt from martialarts SE about what *kiai* is for:
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TvTropes [list some relevant kiai in anime and manga](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kiai) and relate its relevance in the West to the martial arts movie sub-genre. All the titles asked by the OP are present in this list.
Since I cannot find any academical study about the *kiai* in Japanese pop culture, for what I can see this can be more generally be interpreted as a [speech act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_act) and particularly an explicit [performative utterance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_utterance), where:
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So, using a basic philosophy of language knowledge and what we had know about *kiai*, the shouting is as important as the physical action of the character. In manga and anime it doesn't simply describe the act itself but it's a part of it. We identify instantly its importance because we are used to know performative utterances in our social life.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: Otherwise you (being an audience) will never know what's on their mind..
Take an example: Naruto, except few jutsus like Rasengan, Multi-shadow-clone which are very familiar, we may not understand the jutsu moves and their names, unless we have them by-hat..
And we are used to it and it sounds good to **roar** the name of jutsu :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: According to [this forum post](http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?p=214285#p214285):
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Usually it's hinted at that the characters are only calling out the attacks in order to channel energy (much like how the characters in ***Harry Potter*** have to say the incantation for a spell in order to cast it), because if the attack names are removed then it will just be a bunch of grunts.. which seems pretty boring. ;)
Upvotes: 6 <issue_comment>username_6: It goes back to into Japanese culture. They're very heavily influenced by bushidō, various martial arts, even their religions (Shintō). The names of things are very important, im assuming it's just the way of the Japanese. *Also it is common knowledge that shouting intimidates one's opponent.*
It's known as the [Kiai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai) (a battle cry), it's to channel your energy at the enemy through your attack in Japansese martial arts. You'll see this a lot in anime, from the naming and personification of swords to mechs to spirit energy, internal strength (spirit energy) is channelled through these weapons.
[Here is an article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingYourAttacks) on it (Calling your attacks)..
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*ps. BANKAI!*
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_7: I can't find any official sources for how this started, but at this point, shouting your attack name is expected of battle manga/anime which is probably why it continues to be a popular practice.
[According to an interview with <NAME>](http://ssjsean.stormpages.com/ati.htm) (creator of <NAME>), his editor insisted that he include attack names even though Toriyama himself finds them rather silly:
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* Words are powerful
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That is a possible origin of anime characters yelling out their attack.
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2013/03/14 | 783 | 2,828 | <issue_start>username_0: What's the difference between these two *shikai*; Rangiku's **Haineko** and Byakuya's **Senbonzakura**? They both seem to have the same abilities.<issue_comment>username_1: For Matsumoto Rangiku's shikai:
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* Byakuya can control the blades of his with his mind, while Matsumoto needs to move the hilt.
* The ash can be used as a shield while Senbonzakura cannot.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Senbonzakura can be used as a shield as proven in Byakuya's first fight with Ichigo in season 3. Though at the time Byakuya was using bankai, he made a shield by gathering all the fragments in front of him so he probably can do the same thing in shikai.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: A lot of people on various forums like to nit pick at the details, but in essence they are very similar. Both Shikai transform the blade of the sword into smaller substances that are used for offense and defense. While Byakuya is able to control Senbonzakura telepathically, Matsumoto controls Haineko with the hilt of her sword. However, in Matsumoto's fight against Apache, SunSun, and Mila Rose, she changes Haineko's form from a dispersed cloud of ash to an ash tornado with her empty hand. The fact that Byakuya controls senbonzakura with his mind might just be due to the fact that he is a stronger and more experienced shinigami and partner to his zanpakuto. Just for the sake of the viewer/reader I wish would release a list or booklet or username_2 along those lines of the zanpakuto and their abilities. I'd love it if he would say what their Bankai would be if they ever reached that level. I really wanna know what Urahara's Bankai is and especially Yoruichi's.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: It is likely that rangiku 's bankai may be the same as sebonsakura's bankai and she might be able to control the ashes with her mind , although we haven't seen her bankai yet.
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2013/03/14 | 751 | 2,625 | <issue_start>username_0: From what I remember, no character in Pokemon is shown going to any sort of religious house of worship, and there doesn't seem to be much if any mention of religion/religious beliefs until Sinnoh, where there is lore following Arceus's creation of the world. Are there any organized religions in the world, worshiping either Arceus or some other deity/pantheon?<issue_comment>username_1: Neither in the Anime, nor in the Games or the Manga is ever mentioned something about religions. Religious aspects can be seen sometimes (like your example of Arceus, but also the wise men in the Sprout Tower or the Slowpoke-temple in the anime), but they aren't a real topic.
Either in the anime or in one of the games, it's mentioned that most of the people at least in Lavender Town are religious. But besides of that, nothing was mentioned in the anime/manga/games.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Well, I don't know if this would work, but there was that big crystal flower tractor beam hidden underground under Geosenge Town in X and Y, and the long living AZ used it to kill off dozens of Pokémon to bring back his floette, correct? I think that Lysandre, for the sake of his 'beautiful' world, sought to unleash that crystal flower tractor beam and eradicate all Pokémon as his duty, so I guess he believed religiously in a world without Pokémon. (That's also a little rich from Lysandre, cause he would be seen using Pokémon, jk) Otherwise, I dunno. It in some aspects depends on how you view the games itself, and how it relates to real life beliefs, places, and all sorts. It was basically Lysandre's religion that, 'let's say there is a god, and he came to me and told me to try making a Pokemon free world, and I agreed, cause I liked the idea, and I want to achieve that.' Sorta like that. He sorta is following that 'God' that wanted him to do it. (Even though the god wasn't mentioned at all, that's still what I think)
I don't know, but hope this helped!
- Matt
Hope I don't get down rated.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: It's not a religion from the present Pokemon World, but in the manga series *[The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Dengeki Pikachu)](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Electric_Tale_of_Pikachu)*, in the fourth chapter ([Haunting my Dreams](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ET04)), Brock says to Ash that in "ancient times" the people who lived near the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town worshipped Pokemon as gods:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dRh8F.png)
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2013/03/14 | 366 | 1,171 | <issue_start>username_0: His *shikai*, **Tachikaze**, is a wind-based zanpakutou that can launch long-range, string-like, blades that slices enemies. But what special abilities does **Tekken Tachikaze**, Kensei Muguruma's *bankai*, possess?<issue_comment>username_1: According to Wikipedia:
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2013/03/14 | 305 | 1,001 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto series, there are what we called ninja ranks: genin, chuunin, and jounin. To be promoted to a higher ninja rank, you need to passed at least an exam, like in the academy, if you were able to graduate from the academy, you'll be promoted to genin, to be a chuunin ninja, you need to pass the chuunin exam. How about being promoted to Jounin, is there a Jounin exam too? :)<issue_comment>username_1: I think this link might help
[naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%8Dnin).
Here it is said that it is yet unclear if there is an exam.
There is a mention of a Jounin Exam in Kurama Clan Arc (episodes 203 to 207),
and that they are apointed.
This info only counts for Naruto anime btw.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's not clear yet. Maybe there are exams or maybe they are promoted because of their abilities. Sometimes, there are "special-Jounins", which have some special abilities like Anko, Ibiki or Ebisu.
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2013/03/14 | 2,021 | 7,515 | <issue_start>username_0: What were they fighting over about? Was it land or power?
Why didn't the feudal lords decide who becomes leader, instead of fighting to the brink of death? Since, the feudal lords chooses who becomes the Hokage, why can't they decide on an overall leader?<issue_comment>username_1: Why did the First World War, and Second World War take place on Earth? (I mean our real Earth... not the shinobi world)
Why don't we fight now?
I guess you know the answer.
Coming back to the shinobi world:
There was a hunger for power and wealth OR just difference in opinion. It took lots of time for people to understand the consequences and impact of war on civilization. They came to a good understanding. Though there are still misconceptions and differences in opinion between two random villages leading to minor fights, they aren't extreme.
We could see that when the allied shinobi force was formed and till Gaara addressed them all, most of the shinobis from different villages weren't happy to be with each other.
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The ending of this Era is marked by the founding of Konoha by the Uchiha and Senju clans. The heads of each of these clans shared the vision that peace was possible, as long as one could reach out to the other. The example of Konoha was followed in other countries, thus creating the Five Great Shinobi Countries.
As a means to help settle the peace between these five new-born villages, Hashirama Senju (then First Hokage), who was able to control Bijuu with his Wood Release techniques, distributed said beasts between the other countries. This was done with the intention of distributing the power equally between the countries. However, at least according to [this page](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/First_Shinobi_World_War), this may have actually have increased hostilities. This may have been due to the First Hokage's death, which made Bijuu control harder, and which in turn lead to the 'storing' of Bijuu inside people (Jinchuuriki).
* The above seems to be the reason for the start of the First Shinobi War, meaning that the fighting was due to rights (meaning some states/villages were displeased with the power distribution) or to the already said 'cycle of hatred' (meaning villagers and Kage were displeased by the fact that their people had been lost, possibly because of Bijuu going berserk or having to be stored inside loved ones). This war was settled with a peace treaty, but not before all five countries had suffered serious damage. During this war the Second Hokage (Tobirama Senju) died, but appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as Third Hokage first.
* After about twenty years after the peace treaty, the economic disparity between countries was a serious problem, and the countries started to use their military forces to expand their territories under the pretext of expending fair rights. This lead to the start of the [Second Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Shinobi_World_War), which took place mostly in smaller countries like Amegakure, leaving the main countries mostly unarmed. This was the war in which Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru fought. This was also the war that marked the foundation of Akatsuki, since it left Nagato, Yahiko and Konan orphans, and most of the bloodshed took place in their own country. Although the exact events that led to the start of the war are uncertain, Nagato said that the war was started by Konoha.1 What settled this war is not stated.
* The [Third Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Shinobi_World_War) was caused by a decline in the power of the Five Great Nations. This led to continuous fights along the borders with smaller nations, which in turn led to a war that ended up involving all Five Great Nations. This was the hardest of the first three wars, since all five nations were faced with war shortage. This was began to turn in Konoha's favour after the incident in Kannabi Bridge (shown in the Kakashi Gaiden). In this war Sasori gained reputation and made a name for himself, <NAME>aze fought with the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, and it was the war in which Kakashi and Obito fought. This was also the war that lead to the dying of Yahiko, leading to a change in the direction of Akatsuki. How this war was settled is not stated.
* The [Fourth Shinobi War](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Fourth_Shinobi_World_War) was caused by the Five Kage's refusal to surrender the Bijuu that remained to be captured (Hachibi and Kyuubi) over to the Akatsuki, leading to a declaration of war from Tobi's part. Tobi's need for the Bijuu rests in his [Eye of the Moon plan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_the_Moon_Plan), which intends to cast the whole world into a genjutsu, thus bringing the illusion of peace. As the Five Kage refused to give in to this plan, a declaration of war was made. Faced with this, the Five Kage and Land of Iron's Samurai leader Mifune agreed to fight side by side, thus creating the first ever Shinobi Alliance. This war is still ongoing.
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As a side note, it is important to notice that despite whatever reasons spawned these wars, the 'cycle of hatred' is always the main factor for these wars. Peace always tends to be temporary, until some country or someone 'snaps' and brings about a new war. However they try to settle things and bring about peace, many people are never satisfied with this, since loved ones and comrades were lost to other nations. This always brings about tensions, and as time goes by and peace 'wears out' the smallest things can spawn new wars.
Regarding why Feudal Lords do not choose an overall leader, besides and adding to all that was stated above: they'd have to gather (the Five of them) and come to a conclusion as to who to choose. However, they'd then need the approval of all the Jounin from all the villages. Given the 'cycle of hatred' (that I've stressed a lot here) it would be very hard to have an overall Kage, similarly to the choosing of the First Hokage: this lead to displeasing from Madara's part, as he did not like it that a Senju was chosen for the position. However, never fear for Naruto intends to break the cycle. :P
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1Naruto, chapter 445, page 3
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2013/03/14 | 999 | 3,692 | <issue_start>username_0: Can somebody explain the timeline of Naruto?
Apparently everything started off with the Sage of the Six Paths creating jutsus (with no info on society before it), and then a couple generations later Konoha is founded. Then about two generations later Naruto becomes this savior of the world.
Judging from this, people forgot even though the span of their history could only be about 1000 years.
Let's say the Six Paths was 1000 years ago and the Konoha as well as the other major hidden villages were founded around 300 years ago. What happened in those 700 years?
How did the people forget their own history, in such a short time? Did **everybody** just forget to tell their children stories about the strong people of their time? Was there no form of writing or stories passed down generation to generation?
**Note:** I'm not saying that the history was only 1000 years, it might have been longer or even shorter. There was no evidence to it so I estimated it by generation. Each new generation every 60-80 years.<issue_comment>username_1: Naruto/Naruto Shippuden is mainly focused on the tale of the gutsy, unpredictable, strong willed protagonist ninja Naruto. Everything that relates to him is shown in the story.
Of course, the sage of Six Paths taught people the Jutsu. An art of fighting to protect themselves or the weak to retain humanity on earth. The human race were then able to use Justsu to at least fight against beasts/animals (for example, the ten-tails which attacked)
People later started to misuse Jutsu, stemming from their hunger for power and wealth.
The history prior to Rikudō Sennin is not important to Naruto's story so it is not mentioned anywhere. That doesn't mean that the people have forgotten everything.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: First about your thinking about the timeline, then about the question itself:
It's simple theory, but I'd say: the First founded the village, he was reigning as Hokage almost at the same time as his brother, the Second. The Second's student would become the Third, and the Third's student's pupil would become the Fourth, and the Fourth Hokage's son is Naruto. I don't know exactly the lifespan of a Shinobi, but if we think, and according to the pictures of each Hokage on the narutopedia, we could assume that:
* The First was roughly 40+, his brother was younger (prior to their deaths).
* The Second had in his team the Third when he died. I'd say that Sarutobi was 16.
* That would mean that Hashirama was around 25 when Hiruzen was born and when he battled THAT battle against Madara after founding the Leaf Village.
* Hiruzen died at 60 maybe 70.
* Minato was still young when he was made Hokage, maybe 20 at least 25, the date almost to coincide with the day when Naruto was born, around 17 years before the Fourth Shinobi War.
That being said, the foundation of Konoha was around 85 years ago, but anyway, at least 100.
As for the question, just think about it: in those 100 years, they had four great Shinobi Wars, before that, on the war-torn era. They practically had massacre over massacre, so since the beginning of the Narutoverse, we can talk just about blood and hatred and killing (as it was said by Pain). So I think they didn't forget their history, they just don't want to remember those times, and tell these kinds of stories to their own children.
Plus, I can't imagine an Uchiha telling stories about the Hyuuga clan. That would mean that he would be able to pass only their own history, but not all clans were direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, so they don't have or have only a short history. That would be another reason, too.
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2013/03/14 | 614 | 2,214 | <issue_start>username_0: In Chapter 409, it's said that they were people who failed Sage Mode training and were turned into toads and eventually into stone. But there don't seem to be many people that signed the summoning contract, so they can't all be from people who failed Sage Mode training.
Why are there so many toad statues? So where did they all come from?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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To address the other part of your question, Minato (the Fourth Hokage) is also known to have been able to summon toads, which shows that it isn't just Naruto and Jiraiya who can summon them.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: When you see the toad contract in chapter 92 page 18 you don't see the full scroll. You only see six signatures. There are most likely more people who signed farther into the scroll and then failed the sage training.
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2013/03/14 | 332 | 1,243 | <issue_start>username_0: How did the summoning begin in Naruto?
Summoning was a jutsu that not only required lots of jutsus, but also required a blood contract (probably from a village of animals since all of the summoning animals are sentient).
How was this accomplished when the animals were far away?<issue_comment>username_1: According to naruto.wikia.com:
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It was probably created by <NAME> (Sage of Six Paths). We all know he created Ninshuu and was a monk who travelled and explored.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Its possible that the animals where the ones who invented summoning jutsu. We can see that they are capable of using summoning jutsu
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2013/03/15 | 1,251 | 4,722 | <issue_start>username_0: Since his childhood as depicted in manga/anime, Kakashi always wore a cloth mask covering his face, making only eye(s) and a portion of forehead visible.
What was the reason for this?<issue_comment>username_1: I have collected a few reasons, which are actually assumptions..
* Because he was an ANBU. All the members of ANBU wear masks for various reasons. (hiding their identity, their feelings, expression, and so on, making them merely fighting robots)
* Since his childhood days, he always was looked down on by the villagers because his father sacrificed a mission in order to save his comrades. This resulted in a huge loss to the village (maybe in terms of reputation and economy). He wanted to hide himself.
* Moreover, people could easily mistake him for his father since they look similar (one example: <NAME> attacking <NAME> because she mistook him for his father Sakumo). He tried to hide himself with his mask, though people vaguely remember it since a generation has been passed.
Though all the above reasons aren't really valid now (in both the anime and manga), Kakashi still wears mask, for which the reason is unknown.
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Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In the Rock Lee spinoff manga and anime, Kakashi says he wears a mask because when he reads ecchi ecchi paradise, he has nose bleeds :)
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: I've been wondering this myself, and I've watched enough Naruto to make formulate a pretty well-thought out guess.
Kakashi has always worn the mask, before even joining the ANBU and all the tragedy in his life. I believe that his father wanted him to be in the ANBU and started fundamental training for it at a young age, like hiding your emotions with a mask.
At first it was probably nothing to serious, just a regular mask. But he didn't start to wear it "religiously" until his father's death, maybe it is the only thing left to remember his father, or possibly to just honor him by wearing the mask he gave him. Or I could be totally wrong.
I speculate that the mask has a connection to his father because he would have had no reason to wear it in the first place. it would make sense if he had started to wear the mask in his teenage years after the death of his father, Minato, Obito and Rin to mask his pain and emotions, and to represent his stone cold stature. **But he wore the mask since a young child before any pain entered his life, so it leads me to believe the mask could only have to do with something between him and his father, perhaps because of influences of the ANBU , or history of Sakumo (kakashi's father), or out of sheer honor, or maybe something completely different, that's just my observation**.
Only time will really tell.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: I think Kakashi wore a mask as a little boy because his dad, Sakumo, made him. What I mean by this is that Sakumo was pretty famous as a ninja and almost everyone knew him, as a result of that he was afraid someone was going to hurt his kid to get revenge or something. So he wanted to protect Kakashi by making him wear a mask every time they got out of their house like that no one would know how his face looked like. Also he trained him like that he would be strong incase he was not going to be there to protect him.
I think this because we already know Kakashi never had his mom as a little kid nor he remembers seeing her. That means she had to die when he was born or when he was just months of being born (or maybe she just left, but that is not my point). Since she died, Sakumo did not want to loose another person he loved, so he made Kakashi wear a mask.
Than after Sakumo died Kakashi felt ashamed of his father, so he decided to keep wearing the mask like that noone would know he was Sakumo's kid. But still some people knew because of his hair. Than latter on Lady Chio mistook him for his dad, somehow.
Also he is pretty handsome (shown in the picture below), so I don't think he wore a mask to hide his face because he was soo ugly. Because he's not.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9iAZA.jpg)
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2013/03/15 | 759 | 2,853 | <issue_start>username_0: In a number of shows, "I won't forgive you" or some variation is used as a threat. Rukia uses it when she is trying to keep Ichigo to follow her into the Soul Society, saying, "If you follow me, I will never forgive you." It is used similarly in other shows. In Vampire Knight, Kaien Cross says to Kaname that, if he makes Yuuki cry, he will never forgive him.
This doesn't seem to be used in Western television, or at least not to the same amount as it is in anime. Is this a part of Japanese culture or is this something that originated in anime/manga? If it did originate in anime/manga, where did it first appear?<issue_comment>username_1: It's a culture thing, and it's kinda like a fixed phrase, which is not translated accurately into English. If you can understand a little Chinese, its true meaning is 我饶不了你, in which 我(means *I*) 饶不了(means *won't forgive*) 你(means *you*), and the meaning is perfectly translated.
Its true meaning in English is more like this: *I will not absolve you from guilt* or *I will not remit your punishment*! (but these are too strong)
For your better understanding, this phrase suggests that *if you do anything unpleasant to me, I will remember that one and find a way to make you pay.*
PS: Even so it's supposed to be a threat, but this phrase is used between "*frienemies*" in many cases. For a instance, *A* doesn't want his partner-like rival *B* risks his(*B*'s) life to save him(*A*), then *A* may say *I will never forgive you if you risk your own life to save mine*.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It really comes down to awkward translation.
許さない (*yurusanai*) is the word being used. This is the negative form of the Japanese verb for "to forgive", which also has other nuances and can mean to permit or accept something. Despite it seeming odd this is a natural enough expression in Japanese; however, it presents a bit of a dilemma for translators. Some will try and translate literally despite the awkwardness, while others might try and come up with a more natural phrase for the situation.
Other possible translation styles could be things like
* I won't stand for...
* ...is unacceptable.
* This time it's personal! (a bit of a stretch but in the context of a prelude to a fight it pretty much serves the same function)
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: My interpretation of the phrase "I'll never forgive you" isn't nearly as analytical as the others. As you know a lot of Japanese phases are said differently in English(can't think of an example). Anyway even after the more precise translation I still didn't get it until I read a fanmade Manga then I was like "okay so them saying that is the equivalent of this." That being "I'll never forgive you." This being "I hate you" or "I'll kill you." That's what I think it is.
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2013/03/15 | 966 | 3,811 | <issue_start>username_0: Majin Buu has a beam where he can turn people into chocolate or assortments of candy. In one episode he turns an old man into a *carton* of milk. In another he turns a village of people into a white clay? like substance to make a house. Does this mean he is able to turn people into physically anything, say for example.. a gun or money?
<issue_comment>username_1: It's not clearly explained in neither manga nor anime, but my understanding of this ability is that he can turn anything (remember he turning rocks into candies?) into lifeless stuff, so turning people into monkeys might be too much for him.
I mistook monkey for money. Since gun and money are lifeless stuff, I would say yes.
PS. People turned into lifeless stuff may still be conscious depending on how strong they are, for example, the fusion of Goku and Vegeta was turned into a candy yet still can fight, and Uub was turned into a chocolate by his own beam yet still can turn himself back.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It seems at first that the technique is simply a magic trick with no limit or explanation. But I think it's much deeper than that.
**What is ki?**
Ki is the raw essence of energy in a body, and when a body has exactly no ki left, the body dies and the soul, essence, mind, whatever you want to call it, is sent to otherworld. All attacks require ki, heck even raising your arm requires a slight amount of ki. "Ki attacks" are attacks in which damage is not physical, but energy is shot from the body at an opponent or obstacle. Majin Buu's "magic transform beam" is no more mystical than any other attack, it's what he does with this ki that matters.
**Ki control outside the body**
Goku showed in many, many instances that he can control a ki attack long after it has left his body, and this is what Majin Buu does in this attack. Instead of the Kamehameha or other ki attack which is designed to deal a powerful impact, Majin Buu is clever enough to attack the opponent's ki directly, and ultimately drain their body of all ki, rendering them lifeless. He can at this point shape the remaining matter however he wants, but I don't believe it has any flavor, just an appearance.
**How to defend against Buu's attack**
When Buu uses this attack on common humans, he only needs to use a small amount of ki to wipe them out. For a whole crowd of people, I don't suspect that Buu even feels the energy usage. However, when he does this against a more powerful opponent, he must put more ki into the attack than the fighter has in total. This is still no real problem for Buu, as nobody can contest his ki... until Vegito comes to "PLAY, PLAY, PLAAAY!". Vegito's unimaginable ki was strong enough so that when Buu used his attack, it only drained a significant amount of ki from Vegito, leaving him very much alive if only a bit...compromised. He has enough energy leftover, plus Goku's ability to work around any disadvantage, to put up a strong fight even as a piece of candy, forcing Buu to reverse the effects.
**How'd he do that?**
Now, Buu clearly underestimated Vegito and didn't put even half of his energy into that attack. Maybe with full power he could have succeeded in leaving both Goku and Vegeta lifeless and edible. But my question is, did he have to use the same amount of energy to revert Vegito to human, or did he get the original energy back, like performing the technique backwards? I don't fully understand this, and if he actually gave energy to Vegito, I don't get why he would do that as a response to getting his ass whooped by candy. This is a hole in my logic, and I can't defend it. This is just my best theory. Hope it inspired creative analysis, and hail Son-Goku.
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2013/03/16 | 1,797 | 6,000 | <issue_start>username_0: The *Ghost in the Shell* series is comprised of several movies and animated TV series.
TV series:
* [*Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_S.A.C._2nd_GIG)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: Arise*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Arise)
Movies:
* [*Ghost in the Shell*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(film))
* [*Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2:_Innocence)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – The Laughing Man*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex#OVA)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024214/)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex:_Solid_State_Society)
* [*Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_The_New_Movie)
For someone completely new to the series, what order should these be watched in? (Are the movies even important to the animated series?)<issue_comment>username_1: Chronological order in this case is perfect. Ghost in the Shell (movie, 1995) will introduce you to the Masamune Shirow's cyberpunk world and to the director <NAME>ii. Innocence (2004) will actualize the 1995 contents with the same director and then SAC (2005) will develop single relevant social and political aspects (e.g. the episode Automated Capitalism) deeply, describing a vivid world you can only partially understand without seeing previous works.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Here's the order:
* *Ghost in the Shell* (set in 2029) from 1995 or its 2008 remake *Ghost in the Shell 2.0*
* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* (set in 2030)
- *The Laughing Man*, a feature-length OVA summary of S.A.C.
* *Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG* (set in 2032)
- *Individual Eleven*, a feature-length OVA which retells the events of S.A.C. 2nd GIG, altered to focus on both the Individual Eleven investigation and the relationship between <NAME> and <NAME>
* *Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence* (set in 2032)
* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society* (set in 2034) from 2006 or 2011 in 3D
* *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* OVA series (set in 2027). It's a prequel telling the origin story of Section 9
- *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture* is a recompilation for television of *Ghost in the Shell: Arise*.
* *Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie* is a movie set after *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* that is a continuation of the plot of the *Pyrophoric Cult* episode. The original movie's plot follows directly after this movie.
* *Ghost in the Shell: SAC\_2045* is the next and latest anime and follows all the other seirse for this anime series
The only unclear part is about where S.A.C. 2nd GIG and Innocence go in relation to each other, because they are both set in 2032. 2nd GIG is the second season of S.A.C. and should probably be watched directly after it.
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The GitS movies, SAC-series and Arise OVA are all different interpretations of the source material/manga.
Ghost in the Shell/2.0 and Innocence are set in the same universe, and I would recommend to watch them first as they have the strongest story and production values.
The SAC-series has it's own separate universe and is more of a crime series where the movies are more philosophical.
The Arise OVA-series is also completely separate from both the movies and series, but somewhat serve as a spiritual prequel to both.
Upvotes: 8 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: There are actually two completely different continuities that aren't strictly compatible with each other, considering what happens with the Major.
*Ghost in the Shell* and *Ghost in the Shell: Innocence* are in a separate continuity. Watch these two first if you like movies better.
*SAC* and *SAC 2nd Gig* are basically season 1 and 2 of the TV series. Watch these two first if you like TV shows better. *Solid State Society* is a movie in the same continuity as the TV series set after both seasons. *Laughing Man* and *Individual Eleven* are actually just compilations of the "complex" episodes of *SAC* and *SAC 2nd Gig*, respectively. You don't need to watch it if you watch the entire seasons.
*Arise* is a prequel story to all of the above. It doesn't quite fit either existing continuity. It's a similar set of themes, but told in more of a miniseries approach that doesn't maintain a status quo between episodes. Watch this first if you like binge-ready streaming shows better.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: Watch the original movie first. Arise if you are young and need backstory and canonical chronological OCD. S.A.C is really great and if someone was on a time budget, watching this alone would justify the series and world that truly exposes corruption, future technology and potential criminal activity along with deep socio-political introspective. If you like The Newsroom and the fmv's of Metal Gear Solid, you will like S.A.C. 2nd gig was good too. Nothing beats the original. And Arise is a good modern adaption of the world. Plus sheds some light on Major's past.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Personally, I think the following chronological timeline works best for story purposes and character arcs, but only if you ignore a few specific points, such as the dates specified in the films.
To me, it makes more sense as:
* Ghost In The Shell: Arise
* Ghost In The Shell (original or 2.0)
* Ghost In The Shell: SAC - The Laughing Man
* Ghost In The Shell: SAC, 2nd Gig - Individual Eleven
* Ghost In The Shell: Innocence
* Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society
Yes, they're in 3 separate continuities, but they can basically work this way.
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2013/03/17 | 1,331 | 4,735 | <issue_start>username_0: When people in Naruto begin using high levels of chakra--such as when Naruto's Kyuubi chakra comes out, rocks or other pieces of the terrain begin levitating, as shown in this picture:
Some of the rocks are circled to make them clear.
Why does this happen?<issue_comment>username_1: Though I don't recommend to *reason* such things since most of them are just pseudo-science, in this case of levitating rocks, I think it's because the strong streams of chakra sent out from the character caused strong twists of wind, which crack the floor, then the chakra flows upwards (positive energy in anime all tend to flow upwards), drawing the air and rocks up with it.
Despite the *reasoning* I made, I tend to believe it's just a kind of visual effect that commomly used in animes to make a better visual impact and emphasize on how strong the power of this character/technique is.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: *Using basic real world physics and a force I would assume.*
Basing this answer on comments above, if you notice power usually surges upwards or in strong bursts be it controlled *(calm)* or wildy *(in rage etc)*, be it in the form of chakra, reiatsu or [ki](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2782/what-is-the-formal-term-for-energy-in-dragonball-z). It is more than likely that the ground is not as stable or firm as harder ground or not able to handle the force of the energy *or* there are loose bits around, thus it breaks up and goes upward *(or flying madly away)*.
Drifting a bit from anime, on several occasions when [Superman was about to fly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-DaPBBOHfsA#t=85s), as he crouches on the ground, you can see the energy being exerted from him as small rocks slowly begin to rise and streams of air being pushed away, so it doesn't just apply to anime or Naruto and Dragon Ball Z as you said you saw it in Astro Boy.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The nerd in me says:
Specifically, in the case Naruto, the anime goes out of their way to explain the chakras of the body. They even go as far to explain the flow of energy through the chakras. As such, as they draw energy into their chakras (both from inside and outside their body), debris (rocks in this particular case) also have that "draw" motion upwards.
Furthermore, since the movement of energy creates heat (evident in what happens later in the series when Naruto generates too much energy and he burns himself - trying not to spoil here), it stands to reason that the air around him would also heat up - so debris again would already with the added chakra pull + the hot air above it + color air below it, would help to lift it off the ground. Similar to a hot air balloon ([hot air balloons explained](http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/hot-air-balloon-physics.html))
The adult in me says:
Dramatic visual effects. There is no rationale behind it, just a common theme you see in animes. But it's fun to make up reasons why!
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: What I feel is that all these concepts have been created by keeping Chakra and the concept of Aura in mind.
What is an Aura?
According to the Wiki
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> object (like the halo or aureola in religious art).
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The size of an aura could be increased or decreased and it totally depends on the life force of the person.
What is chakra?
According to the wiki
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Now if we consider that in Naruto when he increases his chakra, i.e. his life force increases which indirectly increases his aura dramatically (because of the immense chakra of kurama).
So what we can say is that, natural substances like rocks and stones that come into the influence of the aura, react to the life force of the user (here its Naruto).
As we've seen in many anime's (for example DBZ) [In DBZ we can call chakra as their energy]
Here you can see the aura of Goku clearly, its direction is pointing north (upwards).
So what we can conclude is that, the aura (at least in anime) moves upwards.
With this theory, I can say that whatever natural object that comes under the influence of an aura with strong life force, MOVES UPWARDS!
So the greater the aura and force, the more heavier objects would levitate.
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