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2013/10/27 | 633 | 2,494 | <issue_start>username_0: Somewhat trivial, but here goes: in Fullmetal Alchemist, we see Mustang's hands get pinned down by Bradley's swords when Wrath and Pride are trying to force him to do human transmutation and open the gate. Given this, how does he manage to participate in the fight against Father later (probably in chapter 107 or a slightly earlier chapter) given that his "attack" requires use of his hands (and that he doesn't seem to start using circleless transmutation until he has to fend off a counterattack)?<issue_comment>username_1: This is just a scenario of the *shounen* genre doing whatever it feels like. Biologically, he would have taken serious damage to bones, nerves, muscles, etc. when his hands were stabbed through. But in anime, particularly in the *shounen* genre, characters can often overcome this type of thing with relative ease.
Take, for example, a scene from *Shingeki no Kyojin* (*Attack on Titan*) wherein one of the characters literally has a plank stabbed through a lung, and still manages to somehow sit up—dragging the plank through their body—while spurting blood everywhere.
In Mustang's case, there is no evidence that he was healed in any fashion (such as by <NAME>), nor that he is impervious to hand pain in any way. He is simply able to do this because the mangaka decided it was necessary to the story. That's the power of *shounen*!
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This may not make any sense or be true, but assuming that immediately following Wrath removing the swords from Mustang's hands he was forced by Pride to transmute, it is possible that during the deconstruction and reconstruction, the injuries were at least sealed up, or possibly healed altogether, seeing as he was alchemically torn apart and pieced back together.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I get your question. Irl, there's no way. There are just too many bones, ligaments and tendons in the hand (not to mention the tremendous amount of pain an injury like that would incur) to be able to do that. BUT, FMAB is fiction, so OF COURSE HE CAN. FWIW, the FMA fandom wiki says this about the actual sound of snapping when Roy does his thing: The 'snap' sound heard at the start of these transmutations is caused by the instantaneous speed at which the highly concentrated gases and sparks react together and pop (and not Mustang's fingers actually 'snapping', to common belief.) I don't think it could be done irl, but ymmv.
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2013/10/28 | 3,261 | 11,567 | <issue_start>username_0: After rewatching most of FMA: Brotherhood, I'm a bit confused.
In Episode 40, <NAME> explained that he's a humanoid form of the Philosopher's Stone. What difference does it make from the main Homunculi (Pride, Wrath, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and the others) who use it only as an energy source?
For example, Wrath was a regular human being before he got the Stone, compared to Hohenheim who is the Stone itself. What are they different in?
Also, is Father the same? Since he was a Homunculus too (or whatever, I'm not even sure...), but he got the same "reward" in Xerxes as Hohenheim.
So, what's the difference between Father, Van Hohenheim, and the Homunculi?<issue_comment>username_1: Hohenheim was a human once; he was originally a slave in Xerxes and as per slaves was never taught how to read or write. However, he met the "Dwarf in the Flask" who taught him Alchemy and tricked the rulers of Xerxes to create a Philosopher's Stone. Since Dwarf couldn't leave his flask he had Hohenheim act in his stead and the two were the center point of the nation-wide array.
Hohenheim was turned into a living stone while Dwarf was able to get a body similar to Hohenheim's (Hohenheim however describes it as a "Leather Bag" that Dwarf can't live outside of just like his flask).
The Homunculi Dwarf AKA Father created are born from his Stone and one of the 7 deadly sins to not only carry out his will but to make him different from humans (In the end Hohenheim confirms this by asking if Dwarf though by extracting the 7 sins would that make him any less human), the personalities of the Homunculi themes from these sins however most were just experiments like Gluttony being an attempt to create a Gate, Wrath being the first human to be infused with the Stone (later we see it happen with Greed) and I think Pride was an attempt to create a new body and I think Envy was an entirely different form of life.
The Homunculi are different as they were creates of the stone inside Dwarf's body, the different between Wrath and Hohenheim who were both human is that Wrath (and to an extent Greed 2) is still in a way human. Hohenheim however no longer was human when he became the stone, Dwarf and Hohenheim are different as Hohenheim is a Stone, Drawf just as a Stone inside his "Leather Bag".
All of this is just what I've picked up on watching the series so it may be speculation in some places.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: ***Warning:** Unmarked spoilers follow.*
It seems there are four different components you're addressing here, so I'll make the differences for each one clear.
Van Hohenheim
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uuR3B.jpg)
**<NAME>**, also known as **slave #23**, was a citizen of Xerxes and a regular human being who was employed by King Xerxes' alchemist. This alchemist was an experimenter, and managed to create a being, the Dwarf in the Flask, as a result of alchemy.
The Dwarf gave the slave a name, <NAME>, before allying with him in order to turn the citizens of Xerxes into a philosopher's stone. Once this was successful, Hohenheim, as a human, had over 500,000 souls within his blood, giving him great power. So, while he is a real human being, he is also a philosopher's stone.
Homunculus (in the Flask)
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sUyGg.jpg)
**Homunculus**, better known as **Dwarf in the Flask**, was created by the King's alchemist (as briefly mentioned above). This alchemist (who is not named) was experimenting with [the Gate](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4942/274), and [brought forth some of the essence of "God"](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5186/274) to create the *Dwarf in the Flask*, the first true homunculus. He has no physical form, and [can only reside within the glass flask](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/812/274) he was created in.
Father
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I3OMr.jpg)
**Father** is the result of mixing the Dwarf with the Xerxes transmutation circle: The Dwarf in the Flask used some of the power from the resulting Xerxes transmutation to give himself a false human body (based on Hohenheim's). As Hohenheim states, Father started out as nothing more than the same Dwarf, contained inside a human "flask" (rather than a glass one).
As you see in the series, he later evolves quite substantially; he is the one who swallows God, and becomes the ultimate being. However, he *is not a real human*; he remains a homunculus (a *manufactured* human).
The Homunculi
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SDD5e.jpg)
**The homunculi** are beings (false humans) created from Father's blood, which is essentially a philosopher's stone in liquid form. Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Sloth, and Pride are all created by manufacturing the human bodies in which they reside, and fueling their bodies with souls from Father's philosopher's stone.
Greed (at least, the second one) and Wrath are both already human, and have souls put into them. In fact, Hohenheim and Greed-Ling do not differ in their abilities, essentially. They both have life extended by their philosopher's stones, and both have true, human bodies. Wrath is no different, except that he [only has one soul within his stone](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4397/274), and so cannot regenerate, and also gets older with time.
Summary
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<NAME>, a human, unknowingly assisted Homunculus (the Dwarf in the Flask), in using the population of Xerxes to fill his own body with thousands of souls, while giving The Dwarf the false human body we see as Father. Father later uses his stone's powers to create the homunculi, the seven sins that we see. Greed-Ling and Wrath are just like Hohenheim, just having their own weaknesses.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Hohenheim, formally known as Slave 23, was the assistant to an alchemist living in Xerxses. His blood was used to create the Dwarf in the Flask and thus they already had a natural bond. The Dwarf in the Flask was in fact so thankful for being given life that he actually gave <NAME> his name. The Dwarf told Hohenheim alchemical secrets and eventually Xerxses alchemist taught Hohenheim the art of alchemy. Over time the two became friends but this was not to last. The Dwarf in the Flask convinced the king of Xerxses that by creating the Nationwide Transmutation Circle (NWT) he would become immortal. However the Dwarf in the Flask ensured that he and Hohenheim would be the ones to become immortal.
Before I continue you need to understand something: As most of us know, in the FMABH universe a Philosopher's Stone is created using human souls. Though it isn't exactly specified it is hinted that it takes hundreds of human souls to create even a single 'false stone' such as the one used by the Ice Alchemist (in the first episode of FMABH) or the first one used by Kimbly in Isval. These stones are no larger then the size of a pebble and contain immense power to the point that they are capable of giving power to the Homunculi.
Now the purpose of the NWT is to sacrifice everyone over an extended area, such as Amestris or Xerxses, in order to make a Philosopher Stone. Now we do some math. As I said it is hinted that it takes hundreds to create a stone. Now lets just say that it takes three hundred for the sake of this equation.
p-people
s-stone
300p=1s
Now Amestris has a hefty population of fifty million at the time of FMABH. So lets do that math.
50,000,000/300=166,667 (rounded up)
Now since this was used on both Hohenheim and the Dwarf in the Flask that means it needs to be divided by two.
166,667/2=83,334 (rounded up)
That means that if it really was split equally, Hohenheim and the Dwarf in the Flask (now referred to as Father) both have eighty three thousand three hundred and thirty four Philosopher Stone's inside of them.
Father spared Hohenheim due to the fact that he saw Hohenheim as a good friend. The two parted ways for obvious reasons and went on there ways. Let it be noted that neither are human at this point. Even Hohenheim is now a living breath Philosopher Stone meaning he is not a human.
Now in regards to Wrath (King Bradley) he was a human. However when given the Philosopher Stone he became kind of a Homunculi.
Think of it this way. True Homunculi=Robot while Wrath=Cyborg. Both are similar but obviously are different such as Wrath's aging.
That should answer all of your questions except the last one which cannot be answered. It actually says in the anime that Hohenheim and Father each have half of the souls Xerxses and this is where it gets confusing. While Father spent the next hundreds of years making Homunculi, using his powers, and ruling a nation Hohenheim made a family. This honestly even confuses me since it seems that in the battle between Hohenheim and Father that Father would've won easily. Also how is it that when in the tunnels below Risenbol that Pride is capable of nearly defeating Father? These things make little sense to me but I have a small theory.
Father create Hohenheim's body as a 'gift' since the two were 'friends'. However I don't see somebody as evil as Father giving Hohenheim a fair trade. I believe that Father kept more souls and the anime simply doesn't explain that for some reason. This would also explain how Hohenheim is capable of talking to and coordinating with the souls within his body since he would have less souls. So basically I don't believe they are the same since I believe that Father has like eighty percent of the souls instead of splitting them fifty/fifty with Hohenheim.
I hope this helped!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I think it should be noted that Van Hohenheim was at the center of the transmutation circle, so in my theory he became a philosopher stone that's based on a human body with one dominant soul, whereas Greed-Ling and Wrath had their stones injected into them, which is similar but kinda a cheap knock off of Van Hohenheim.
I think it's also worth noting that maybe not all homunculi have equal souls since each one has different powers. Take Envy for example. He can absorb more and more humans and add to his soul count. It could be said that he might need to constantly add souls over and over again because his transformations use up a lot of souls.
I also have another little, unrelated theory: what if Ed and Al have larger souls than normal human beings? Like what if when Van Hohenheim reproduces it's like filtering a portion of the souls into a single being? Then Ed would have an abnormally large soul for a human being, and when Al was born he would have a larger soul than a human but not as big a soul as Ed's. Because of their larger souls, they age at different rates than other people. Since Ed ages slower than Al, he would be shorter than his younger brother because he's aging slower,
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Father most likely got more powerful because he kept making more Philosopher's Stones over the years with his experiments while Hohenheim had obviously no interest in that.
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2013/10/29 | 1,520 | 5,946 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of the manga, it was left unclear whether the main character had married Kurumi as she had blossomed into a woman, or whether he had married somebody else. Is that her, or did she die from her earlier illness?
I know it was meant to be left as "up to the reader", but I would like to reach a consensus.
Personally, I like to think it is Kurumi, but I could understand any naysayers.<issue_comment>username_1: It *is* left up to the reader, but I think we can draw a conclusive answer from the hints given to us.
Theory #1: She doesn't die
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* The woman we see him with at the end could be Kurumi grown up. She is of the same build and may just have longer hair:
* Even if it's not her, she could still be around - just not with the main character
Theory #2: She does die
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* Towards the end of the manga, she is very ill, more than we have seen in the previous chapters. There's also a lot of dialogue alluding to the fact that death may be near:
* As you pointed out, the woman he is with at the end of the manga has a different personality from Kurumi, laughing at the Roman Club and the main character's request, as if she hadn't been around them in that time period:
* The title of the manga, Sundome means [stopping the moment before](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundome). This is significant as in the final few chapters, Kurumi admits to having a dream where she had sex with the main character - the one thing that the main character so desired, but was not allowed. It would be fitting if the manga 'stopped just before' they could do so.
* When with the woman in the final chapters, the main characters says "You still exist", but, it sounds more like that character is remembering Kurumi as a fond memory. The orbs of light and the character's expression in the panel before the statement seem to indicate this.
Other information:
* He is shown as becoming a resident doctor. He told Kurumi in earlier chapters that he would become one so that he could take care of her always. This doesn't indicate much either way about what happened, but it's interesting to take into consideration.
Anyway, there's no concrete proof either way, unless the mangaka reveals it. So everyone can believe what they want to believe :)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Does nobody remember the scene where the narration goes something like "Little did I know, that was the last summer that we would ever spend together." (not word-for-word)
This points to her death.. I was already prepared for heartbreak of that nature when I read that way back. I think the lights at the end are to symbolise him slipping into a dream; as was characteristic of him, to fulfil certain fantasies. This time, a dream in which the mystery girl is the still-living Kurumi and not some other boring full-breasted creep.
God I hate that ending. Great manga otherwise.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: In the panels where we first see this woman, she asks if the main character want to try some stuff that her and him have **never done before**. He suggests a "golden shower" and she shoots him down saying it's gross. That right there is a good indicator that she isn't Kurumi. They've done a lot of different acts involving pee.
It's a sad moment reading through the ending and thinking she's alive, getting that feeling that everything worked out for the best, then rereading it moments later and realizing that woman isn't Kurumi...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Since the ending means 'stopping the moment before', I'm gonna assume she died before she came when they were having sex at the end. Especially because when they're looking off into the sky and stuff you can't see her eyes and she appears quite lifeless, especially when he climaxes and he's grabbing her hand and she doesn't hold his firm back.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: She has leukaemia which is Cancer and not AIDs... Also all of her symptoms also indicate that it is leukaemia. Not to mention that the doctors mentions it too. The disease Symptoms may include bleeding and bruising problems, feeling very tired, fever and an increased risk of infections. These symptoms occur due to a lack of normal blood cells. Having sex would kill her and in this case I am pretty sure that's what happen. Still really sad about the fact that the woman at the end isn't her.. ''You Still Exist'' means what you carved into my heart/body is still there. (explaining why he can't have a boner like a normal person anymore.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: What happened towards the last couple of episodes: there was a girl going to a house with two kids and a lady, I think it was the orphanage she was raised at.
She said she had sisters so it could be her twin sister, because when she was going into the house as the train was going by when the main characters stole the girl from the hospital, the train was going by.
She said "I smell Kurumi" which was the sick girl he broke out of the hospital so after they did what they did and then had sex later on down the line, the main character girl ends up dying and the girl with the mole in the long hair and the big boobs I didn't know nothing about the OB club her twin sister went to visit in.
They could have worked it out for her dying wish to marry the guy that she loves so he will always be happy and you know and she dies without him knowing then they end up getting married. That's why she has the ring on her finger and she doesn't remember anything about before the golden shower and other stuff, because remember she did say she lives in an orphanage with her kids brothers and sisters, he could have had a twin sister.
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2013/10/30 | 662 | 2,253 | <issue_start>username_0: As per my understanding, Izanagi permanently blinds the Sharingan's vision once used. Tobi (Obito) donated one eye to Kakashi, and used Izanagi with the other eye to escape from Konan's paper bombs. This means he should only have a Rinnegan now, but why does he still have a Sharingan with Kamui ability?
Note: I do not read manga.<issue_comment>username_1: Tobi has a [laboratory](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Obito%27s_Laboratory) containing collection of sharingans, hence he could have implanted sharingan of someone else to himself.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Tobi assisted Itachi in the Uchiha clan massacre, and collected several Sharingan eyes of the dead Uchiha clan members. He must have implanted one of these Sharingan eyes in his left eye socket.
During the battle with Konan, he has two Sharingan eyes. He did not use his original right eye for the Izanagi, but the left eye, which can be seen "losing its light" (closing) as he is talking to Konan. See images below (taken from Chapter 510).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I don't read manga, but here is my theory.
We know, as mentioned above, that Tobi/Obito didn't use his original sharingan for Izanagi but instead he used the Sharingan of the left eye. This may have been the Sharingan of Shisui.
I conclude this, because after Saskuke defeted Danzo, Tobi used Kamui and kept Danzo's body with him, saying he has something to do with.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: @Happy Sorry, but I have to disagree with your answer.
Izanagi is an ability that will blind the caster.
However, those who posses the senju DNA can cast is again and again and again.
Source: When danzo was fighting sasuke, he used Izanagi. The eyes in his arm were shutting down one by one.
Yes those eyes were getting blinded, but not permanently.
If you posses the senju DNA you would be able to reuse Izanagi within a day time, i.e. the sharingan eyes will open again in a day time.
*I am not confusing with the koto amatsukami.*
I guess that partly answers your question.
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2013/10/30 | 738 | 2,811 | <issue_start>username_0: I always forget what this special hairstyle is called, which is shared by some characters. I'll give some examples, I think it should be clear what I mean.
<NAME> also has this wisp(?), but I can't find a good image of it.
What is it called? What does it stand for?<issue_comment>username_1: TV Tropes lists it under the name of "[idiot hair](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotHair)", which apparently has an equivalent term in Japanese judging from the TV Tropes entry and by some Googling. "[hair antennae](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HairAntennae)" is also similar to that.
As for actual meanings, it probably depends on the specific work - for instance, in Fullmetal Alchemist, the wisp doesn't seem to mean anything in particular, beyond acting as some sort of identity marker in some cases (e.g. the characteristic curled strand of the Armstrongs) or as some sort of personal idiosyncrasy with regards to appearance (in the case of Edward, judging from, for instance, an episode where he intentionally makes a strand of hair stick up like that). Other series I can't answer for as much for lack of having noticed this detail as much, but given this I'd suspect that whether this "stands for" anything depends a lot on the context and on the specific work in question.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The other answer is technically correct, but I don't think the term "idiot hair" is actually common in the English-speaking anime community apart from on TVTropes. The Japanese term for this is *ahoge*, which literally translates to "idiot hair", but that translated term isn't particularly frequently used. A search 'Ahoge anime' gets around 700k Google hits for me, while '"Idiot Hair" anime' only has around 10k hits. Among the translated anime I've seen, some more liberal translators will keep the term "ahoge", while others translate it to other English phrases such as "cowlick". I can't think of any cases where the term "idiot hair" itself was used.
The hair style and the use of the term were both popularized by the gag anime/manga Pani Poni Dash, specifically by the character <NAME>. Given her personality, the term "idiot hair" is justified in that case. The anime for this aired in 2005, but characters with similar hairstyles have existed for a lot longer.
However, while the hairstyle can signify a childish or idiotic personality, it does not always do so. There is no single correct meaning for it, and it's quite common nowadays for it to be used only for stylistic reasons, similar to the strange colors often used for hair in anime.
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2013/10/30 | 995 | 3,452 | <issue_start>username_0: Right now in Naruto universe, <NAME> and <NAME> are members of Konoha Council.
They joined the council after Hiruzen becomes The Third Hokage. According to naruto [Wiki:](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki)
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> When Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, Homura and Koharu became his
> councillors. With their years of experience and knowledge and their
> unending effort to make Konohagakure a better place, they eventually
> gained similar respect and social status as the Hokage himself.
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But it is known that before that, they're member of [Team Tobirama](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Tobirama), that also included <NAME> and Tobirama himself. They fought together during the First Shinobi War. So in this time their power could be compared to Hiruzen?
So, How strong are they now? Have they ever fought again after team Tobirama was dissolved?<issue_comment>username_1: Both of them were trained along with Hiruzen (the third hokage) by the first and second Hokage (Hashirama and Tobirama) so we can assume them to be quite powerful considering that they participated in the First Shinobi War as well. As of now, they weren't shown in combat at all, not when Kyubi attacked the village or not when Pain eradicated the village. I believe it'll be safe to assume that they have technical skill and experience that they have gained over the years but since unlike lady Chiyo, they don't use puppets or any other tool to help them in combat, they're pretty much off the floor.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: They're probably reasonably powerful, but it seems unlikely that they'd even be as powerful as Danzo was, and right now compared to the god-like power of Naruto, Sasuke, the Hokages, the Sage and his mum, their power is most likely basically insignificant.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Years and years later...
Well, in my humble opinion they must be quite powerful. But, they must be "old school" shinobi. Some elemental jutsu, shurikenjutsu and overall ninja field skills. Danzo himself was, not taking his implants.
They being Councilors doesn't make them inoperable in field, actually. By their old age, maybe. But in their younger years, not probably. You see, by the series standards shinobi at their 50ies are still in "action". Orochi, Tsuna, Jiraiya are Databook recordists, stronger even than Kakashi at his 30ies, at least in their "total". Also, in the series, shinobi starts getting crampled in their physical stats at 65+. Like Chiyo and Hiruzen. Yet, both of them remained very skilled technicaly.
In my view, at their prime, Homura and Koharu must have been Top-level Jonin from Konohagakure, while Danzo and Hiruzen were Kage-material - actually Hiruzen had unprecedent talent and is a powerhouse shinobi even today. Also, they were elected by the Second Hokage to partake in his Escort Unite, said to be comprised only by Elite Ninja. Also, at the Nine-Tails attack, they were combat ready in the frontlines along Hiruzen and survived the ordeal, while many younger Jonin died at the claws of the fox.
Kagami Uchiha, said to be an exceptionally strong shinobi from the Uchiha clan died in the First Shinobi World War, with 25 years... not long after the mission we saw in Danzo's flashback.
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2013/10/31 | 455 | 1,700 | <issue_start>username_0: Edo Tensei render a Shinobi immortal with *endless* supply of chakra, but can Edo Tensei Chiyo use her Reincarnation Technique to someone and do it many times (since she is immortal)?
<issue_comment>username_1: The answer to your title question is yes, Chiyo can use her reincarnation technique.
I am not sure if she can do it infinitely, because she is supposed to give up all her life and energy for it. However, you can find an alternate way to infinitely revive people: she resurrects one person, and then repeatedly Edo Tensei Chiyo again.
In regards to your comment on the other post, we can compare Chiyo's technique with Pain's. Pain has never actually mastered the outerpath, which is why he has to give up his life to use it and revive people. In this case, Chiyo is the same; she has give up her life to revive one person. Since Edo Tensei Pain was expected to use his outerpath to revive people, we can also expect Chiyo to be able to do the same with her technique.
From Kishimoto's perspective, this is a really inefficient way to bring back people. That is why there are two other methods, Edo Tensei and the Rinnegan's outerpath. In case masses of people die, he can bring them back in masses. Or in other words, in case Kishimoto kills off too many Shinobi, then realizes he made a mistake by killing them, he can easily undo his error with one skill.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The answer is yes. she can't do it infinitely due to chakra it takes some time to recover chakra and reanimated.. i believe her body is still in Hidden Sand Graveyard
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2013/10/31 | 231 | 878 | <issue_start>username_0: This chapter came to me as a real shocker. I always thought Shigure was an only child. As the title says, were there any references or perhaps even hints or foreshadowing that Shigure had a brother?<issue_comment>username_1: Since he knows Kosaka style, I want to say he's the biological son of her adoptive father, <NAME>. Pretty sure he alluded to his son being dead.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: There was a reference when Akisame dropped off Shigure at the Kousaka household.
It was confusing, however, because at the time, we learned of her so called "brother" as Kousaka's number 1 apprentice. Therefore he is not actually her brother by family register.
Chapter 545 has Shigure calling him Nii-san (for the first time), which made me think he was actually the son of Kousaka when he really wasn't.
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2013/11/01 | 447 | 1,592 | <issue_start>username_0: When using Santoryu (Three Swords style), Zoro holds a sword in his mouth. How is he able to speak normally, without the sword falling?
<issue_comment>username_1: The official explanation given by the author, <NAME>, in his SBS1 column, is that it is Zoro's *heart* speaking. This may not sound any more convincing than [Artistic License](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_license), but One Piece regularly relies on such unusual logic, so it is not entirely out of place.
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1 SBS (Shitsumon wo Boshū Suru, roughly meaning "I'm Taking Questions") is a Q&A column in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: You know those techinique things? Zoro's "three sword style" technique require him to have a third sword, enableing him to perform that technique
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I hate how people always ask this question...
Okay, put a pen in your mouth, try speaking
You will be able to speak, despite the pen being in your mouth. Sure, your voice sounds muffled, but Zoro's voice is also muffled when he speaks with a sword in his mouth
You don't need to move your teeth in order to talk, just your tongue, which I'm pretty sure isn't wrapped around Zoro's sword.
I hope I answered your question.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I guess yes, it can be done. You know the words won't behaving so much clarity but yes, if you hold the sword hilt with your teeth, you are able to speak out.
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2013/11/01 | 1,390 | 4,549 | <issue_start>username_0: As we all know that *Kurama's chakra* is of the **healing nature type**. This is known from many mentions about it in the wiki page of [Naruto Uzumaki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki).
My question is, what is the nature type of the chakra of the other Tailed beasts?
*Note: This is my thinking why there should have been a nature type to each of the tailed beasts.*
As we all know that when *Rikudō Sennin* was about to die, he split his powers among his two sons (the older son inherited his powerful chakra and spiritual energy, and the younger son inherited his powerful life force and physical energy). Similarly, when creating the nine tailed beasts from the *Shinju*, he must have split the chakra based on their nature so that each tailed beast had a unique natured chakra.
Any insight on this would be very much welcomed.<issue_comment>username_1: A few facts first:
* Kurama's chakra isn't healing type. Minato sealed Yang-Kurama in Naruto, which resulted in the chakra Kurama gave him to be Yang oriented. This adds the healing properties to that chakra.
* Not all tailed beasts have a known nature, but some do.
So the natures:
* **Shukaku** - Wind, evident by the [Drilling Air Bullet](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Release%3a_Drilling_Air_Bullet) he fired at Gamabunta.
* **Matatabi** - Fire, evident by the [fireball](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110118223552/naruto/images/6/62/Two-Tail_Fire_Blast.JPG) she fired at Hidan and Kakuzu when they battled her.
* **Isobu** - Water, obvious.
* **Son Goku** - Lava (Earth and Fire), evident by multiple lava techniques reanimated Roshi used while in Jinchuuriki form.
* **Kokuo** - Not revealed. His Jinchuuriki was said to use the Steam element (Fire and Water)
* **Saiken** - Not revealed. His Jinchuuriki uses Water element and specializes in bubbles. Saiken himself was shown to be able to spit acid.
* **Chomei** - Not revealed. Not much was revealed about its Jinchuuriki too.
* **Gyuuki** - Not revealed, but presumed Lightning. His Jinchuuriki uses Lightning.
* **Kurama** - Not revealed, but presumed Yin-Yang. His Jinchuuriki was shown to have remarkable stamina and healing properties, which suggest Yang nature which is compatible with the half of Kurama he had. The other half's chakra was not explained thoroughly.
* Last but not least
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: * Shukaku: wind and earth via magnet style.
* Matatabi: signature blue fire style.
* Isobu: water style / coral production
* Son Goku: earth and fire via lava style
* Kokuo: fire and water via vapor style
* Saiken: alkali acid secretion
* Chomei: most likely wind style and scale production
* Gyuki: ink production
* Kurama: negative emotion sensing, rapid healing rate, and possibly fire and wind style
* Shinju: all 5 chakra natures along with yin and yang style, all elemental kekkei genkai, wood style, Rinne Sharingan, and comprised of nature energy
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Kurama Might actually have Lightning, Fire and Wind...
I don't really remember some of the other tailed beast names...
One tail: Magnet, since it uses sand,which I am thinking is a combination between wind and crystal/earth style
Two Tails: Blue Fire, her body looks like it's made of fire and she uses fire when attacking
Three tails: Water, he is from the Mist village, and is a giant turtle... that's kind of obvious xD
Four Tails(Son Goku): Lava Style,
Five Tails:Boil, or Steam style, Water and Fire
Six Tails:Water style, he(I think it's a he) uses bubble style
Seven Tails(Chomei): All I really know is that he looks like a Beetle with seven wings attached to his rear end >.>
Eight Tails(Gyuki): Ink, and since he's an octopus, I am thinking possibly water as well
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Naruto is able to make different types of Rasengans using the other Tailed Beast's chakra inside of him. But when he does this technique against Kaguya, the Rasenshuriken he uses from Kuruma is just wind style. I think it's safe to say Kuruma possesses a strong wind style based chakra, which is why Naruto also is able to use strong wind style. The healing powers Naruto possesses comes from Kuruma's yang half, simply because his yang half possesses so much life force, that it heals Naruto at a faster rate.
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2013/11/02 | 2,454 | 7,463 | <issue_start>username_0: I have noticed that most anime characters are drawn without lips. Is there a specific reason for doing this?
<issue_comment>username_1: The reason seems to be more historical and technological than some kind of art or costumes. **Realistic lips are hard to draw**. The lips has certain singularities that prevent creatives from trying to imitate them. In cases where they need a close up (focus on) the lips, the quality/relistic could be increased (this depends greatly on the production) but in most of case whereas there is another more important elements in the scene, some realistic details are just dropped.
Of course, some technology could allow producers to pimp up all realistic features (lips included) so they picture more realistic lips.
In a single line, the answers is: if they are not pictured, is because it results a pain to produce them; if they are pictured is because all other details are also realistic, why not lips.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Animes are hard to make and the majority reason for creating Animations is to express imagination, creativity, ideas etc and not how good you are at drawing real pictures.
If you draw real lips, would have to show teeth as well when the characters smile, which further adds to the complexity without substantial visual benefit for the viewers.
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: A lot of traditions in anime design come from manga. This makes sense: many anime are adaptations of manga, and so the makers of the anime usually want it to resemble the manga that's being adapted.
In the case of manga, this tradition comes largely from the fact that drawing lips requires intricate detail in a very small space. Aside from being more difficult to draw than a simple mouth line, lips also take a lot longer to draw, and manga is often drawn on a very tight schedule. As a result, they're generally not considered worth doing for *most* characters: specific situations or designs might call for them, but if that doesn't happen, the default is to leave them out.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: This sort of lack of defined lips is **stylistic** within the **art form** of anime (and some manga do this as well). This isn't something that the artists can't be bothered to draw due to lack of talent, skill, or time. Even though that style exists, **many anime character designers and mangaka have drawn lips in their character designs, from the earliest anime up through today.** So we can be sure that **it is not that lips are just too darn difficult**, or that **only the early artists could handle it but that newer generations just aren't cut out for drawing lips**. Those who do not incorporate well-defined lips into their character designs **desire for their designs to look that way**; it's not a case of refusing to learn how to draw a face accurately. In the same way, we can note that some anime characters have barely-there nose design, but this is because some artists think this looks better than drawing out a large nose or detailing nostrils, rather than because they couldn't draw a more robustly-shaded nose if they wanted to (and likewise, some character designers and mangaka do choose to draw very defined noses compared to what other artists prefer).
Furthermore, one **might even be hard-pressed to prove that anime characters are "usually drawn" without lips.** Two out of the four images you posted as examples actually are drawn with lips (the *Full-Metal Alchemist* image does not look like it comes from an anime cel... but it does have a lower lip in the illustration). So this may not be the most popular answer to your question -- certainly a lack of visible lips is true of many series -- but **whether it is true of the majority** of series (in other words, "usually" the case) is debatable.
**Historically, both *shounen* and *shoujo* anime have featured lips on a regular basis** in the character designs for both male and female characters:
<http://www.new-anime.com/images/black-jack_3.jpg>
Yet **recent series** have also featured a good deal of defined lips...
<http://animemvc.com/Content/animes/nana/nana_hachi_komatsu_nana.jpg>
Some series have characters who wear lipstick as part of their personality...
... or as a plot element:
In series in which characters' lips are not usually emphasized, the shape of lips is often seen in **side views**...
... **but even in such series, at times the characters' lips *are* drawn in detail**, in order to emphasize that the other character in the scene is noticing their lips (worrying about getting kissed, thinking the other person looks alluring) or to contrast a female character as young and demure against other characters.
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2013/11/02 | 845 | 3,108 | <issue_start>username_0: The term life force is used a number of times during the series. Does life force simply mean chakra? If so, then do non-ninjas (such as Teuchi, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen) not have life force? Is there a canonical definition for this term?<issue_comment>username_1: Here are my thoughts:
1. "...chakra is a form of life energy all living individuals naturally
produce to some degree"-[Naruto
wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra#Normal_Chakra)
2. Every living thing has charkra. You need to have good chakra control to use ninjustu/genjustu. For example, Lee has charkra, which is why he can walk on water and up trees, but he can't use it "externally as ninjutsu or genjutsu" -[Naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Lee#Taijutsu).
3. I don't believe the term "life force" is defined specifically in the
series. Charkra is the only form of life energy I think is mentioned, and running out of charkra kills you. So, I would think charkra is life energy, but that disagrees with the definition.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The way I see it, Life Force is a **completely different energy** from chakra.
* Chakra can be depleted and restored (even though if you deplete it too much, you die). When Life Force gets used in a technique, the user's vitality usually takes a hit, as well as his life-span. (Nagato was left completely drained, and never recovered from using the Gedo Mazo in battle).
* Life Force was seen to be transferred and infused in other individuals to revive them. Both "super healing" and actual bringing back from the dead was seen. Mere "chakra" does not have this property.
* Life Force seem to have some sort of connection with the Yang (or physical) energy your body produces, and mixed with Yin to form chakra.
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The term is very hazy, it wasn't explicitly explained or discussed in the series, but from what I get, it's a completely different energy, closely related to the Yang energy, and it determines your vitality and life-span.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The term life force applies to everyone in the naruto world and the real world. It simply applies to energy that gives a person vitality and strength. So when the word is used in terms if asura, the senju or uzimaki it simply means that they are naturally resilient people/ clans.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Chakra is created by taking the energy from ones cells and controlling it with ones will,And Yang chakra is the chakra of the body which governs Vitality(life force).Madara stated that the only thing remaing if hashirama was the life force in his cells and since he had his cells if made him stronger and he could use wood style. So life force/energy(from the cells)chakra is the same since all they do is bring it to their stomach with their minds and manipulate it
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2013/11/03 | 681 | 2,320 | <issue_start>username_0: In the hospital where Sakakibara was having his checkups and where Sanae worked, the elevator had no 4th floor.
Now, I know in Japanese culture the numbers 4 (四 *shi*) and 7 (七 *shichi*) have "shi" in them which is "death" (死 *shi*) and the Japanese are very superstitious, so they have alternate names for 4 and 7 (*yon* and *nana*).
So I'm wondering, is it just in *Another*, where the theme is death, that the 4th floor (and possibly the 7th floor, never really noticed) is missing, or is it a cultural thing in Japan to label the 4th floor as the 5th floor?<issue_comment>username_1: This is true for many East Asian cultures, because, as you pointed out, 4 sounds like "Death". You can read about it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia). It's the same as the idea that many western hotels skip the 13th floor and instead label it the 14th floor because 13 is a superstitious number.
Japanese hotels sometimes also skip the 13th floor.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [@username_1's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5698/1908) is essentially correct.
I'd just like to add that I've never heard of the 7th floor being excluded from a building. The major numerical superstitions in Japanese (and probably Chinese, etc.) surround the numbers 4 (四 *yon* or *shi*) and 9 (九 *ku* or *kyuu*), since they sound like "death" (死, *shi*) and "suffering" (苦 *ku*). To the best of my knowledge, there are no similar superstitions surrounding the number 7 (despite the fact that, as you correctly point out, 7 can be read *shichi*).
Also, just to make this clear - the presence of "alternate" readings like *yon* and *nana* (for 4 and 7 respectively) isn't purely because of superstition. Rather, it's because there are two parallel schemes for counting in Japanese, one of which uses native Japanese words (*hito*, *futa*, *mi*, *yo*, *itsu*, ...), and one of which uses Chinese imports (*itsu* / *ichi*, *ni* / *ji*, *san*, *shi*, *go*, ...). This is vaguely similar to how English has native words (one, two, three, four, five...) and Greek/Latin imports (mono / uni, di / bi, tri, tetra / quad, pent / quint, ...). If you're interested in learning more, consider asking a question on [**Japanese.SE**](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/)
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2013/11/03 | 693 | 2,556 | <issue_start>username_0: The calamity is caused when someone who has died is added to class 3, everyone's memories and records regarding the extra are altered by some unseen force and the extra has a physical body allowing the rest of the class to interact with him/her.
However, when describing what may have caused the calamity to exists, when class 3, 26 years prior refused to accept the girl's death and started to act as if she still existed leading to her being in the graduation photo, it starts off with one student refusing to accept her death and was at first thought to be seeing things until later more students confirmed and the teacher allowed the dead girl to remain in the class.
Did the girl who died 26 years prior obtain a physical existence like how the extra does or did the class just see her ghost?<issue_comment>username_1: This is true for many East Asian cultures, because, as you pointed out, 4 sounds like "Death". You can read about it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia). It's the same as the idea that many western hotels skip the 13th floor and instead label it the 14th floor because 13 is a superstitious number.
Japanese hotels sometimes also skip the 13th floor.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [@username_1's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5698/1908) is essentially correct.
I'd just like to add that I've never heard of the 7th floor being excluded from a building. The major numerical superstitions in Japanese (and probably Chinese, etc.) surround the numbers 4 (四 *yon* or *shi*) and 9 (九 *ku* or *kyuu*), since they sound like "death" (死, *shi*) and "suffering" (苦 *ku*). To the best of my knowledge, there are no similar superstitions surrounding the number 7 (despite the fact that, as you correctly point out, 7 can be read *shichi*).
Also, just to make this clear - the presence of "alternate" readings like *yon* and *nana* (for 4 and 7 respectively) isn't purely because of superstition. Rather, it's because there are two parallel schemes for counting in Japanese, one of which uses native Japanese words (*hito*, *futa*, *mi*, *yo*, *itsu*, ...), and one of which uses Chinese imports (*itsu* / *ichi*, *ni* / *ji*, *san*, *shi*, *go*, ...). This is vaguely similar to how English has native words (one, two, three, four, five...) and Greek/Latin imports (mono / uni, di / bi, tri, tetra / quad, pent / quint, ...). If you're interested in learning more, consider asking a question on [**Japanese.SE**](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/)
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2013/11/04 | 1,054 | 3,601 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that there are multiple Code Geass manga, but it's been a long time since I've read them. I was wondering if they covered different timelines or physical areas or if they were different perspectives of the same thing going on.<issue_comment>username_1: **Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion** is almost the same as the anime however there are no Knightmares and it's a lot more shorter
**Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack** is based off the anime but in Suzaku's point of view
**Code Geass: Jet Black Renya** is a prequel to the anime set during Japan's Edo Period
**Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally** is a different story where Lelouch disappears after making a contract with C.C and Nunnally makes a Geass Contract herself
so in answer to your question, Suzaku of the Counter Attack is a different perspective to the anime, Jet Black Renya is set in Japan but in a different time, Nightmare of Nunnally is totally different
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: [**Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/1528/Code_Geass%3a_Hangyaku_no_Lelouch) is a retelling of the anime. It's been ages since I read this, but I don't recall there being any major differences in terms of plot. (It wasn't a shot-for-shot adaptation, though; there were minor changes here and there.
[**Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/1530/Code_Geass%3a_Hankou_no_Suzaku) starts out as a retelling of the anime from Suzaku's perspective, but diverges fairly quickly into an alternate-universe story. Suzaku and Lelouch end up joining forces to fight Schneizel
[**Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/1547/Code_Geass%3a_Nightmare_of_Nunnally) is an alternate-universe story featuring mostly the same characters and some of the same historical background but otherwise wildly different. As the title suggests, Nunnally is the main character, and Lelouch is mostly out of the picture. Nunnally makes a contract with a being called Nemo, which allows her to control an unusual Knightmare, things unfold from there.
[**Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate**](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Code_Geass%3a_Tales_of_an_Alternate_Shogunate) is an alternate-universe story featuring alternate versions of many of the characters, back in the year 1853. In this story, "Geass" is actually the power to summon and control Knightmares. The characters use this power to fend off Perry's Black Ships (except that this time, Perry is Brittanian, not American). Stuff happens thereafter.
[**Code Geass: Renya of the Darkness**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/17311/Code_Geass%3a_Shikkoku_no_Renya) is supposedly set in the main continuity (back in the 1800s), but is basically an alternate-universe story. I've only read part of this, but basically none of the main characters from the main story appear besides C.C., and the name "Knightmare" is given to weird human-sized beings that cause trouble for the main characters.
[**Code Geass: Oz, the Reflection**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/42381/Code_Geass%3a_Soubou_no_Oz) is an alternate-universe story supposedly set between the two seasons of the anime. I haven't read this, so I don't know much about it.
There is also apparently a 4koma manga called [**Barcode Geass: Lelouch of the Sales**](http://myanimelist.net/manga/25854/Barcode_Geass%3a_Hanbai_no_Lelouch). I haven't read it, but it appears to be a parody manga about Lelouch working as a store clerk, and as such is clearly an alternate-universe story.
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2013/11/04 | 551 | 1,950 | <issue_start>username_0: I saw a post on the anime Facebook page that season 2 was confirmed. However, I can't remember how long ago that was. (The post was really just an image with white text saying Season 2 Confirmed).
I know that sometimes anime seasons go for 20+ episode and sometimes they go for half that yet have a second season that goes up to episode 20+. And since the 25 episodes of Sword Art Online have covers 2 games, I am wondering, is season 1 all 25 episodes or is the 25 episode actually 2 seasons (each season being a different game)?<issue_comment>username_1: Season 1 of *Sword Art Online* involved two arcs.
There is the Aincrad arc, which spans the first 14 episodes and then there is the Alfheim Online which follows and makes up the remaining episodes to 25. These all aired sequentially, with no real "break" from the studio.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: ACTUALLY, in order to properly answer the posters question, it goes like this:
the JAP version of SAO had 2 seasons containing exactly 55 episodes (25 in season 1 and 30 in season 2), but for the NA dubbed version, all 55 eps were condensed down to 25 only for North American audiences.
THEN, there is "Sword Art Online 2", which, in Japan, also ran for 1 season containing 24 episodes...and this, too has been dubbed for NA and, somehow, is 25 dubbed episodes for North American audiences. (1 more than Japan this time)
ALSO, there was a "special" episode that aired xmas of 2013 titled "Sword Art Online Extra Edition", which is 101 mins long so is actually more of a movie than an episode
ALSO, there is a "Sword Art Online Offline 1 & 2", which were companion series developed for the special edition Blu-Ray versions of SAO
and last, but definitely not least we have the movie that came out in 2017, "Sword Art Online The Movie Ordinal Scale"...and if you're a fan like myself, trust me, you NEED to see that movie!!
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2013/11/04 | 2,327 | 8,758 | <issue_start>username_0: It is said that the Kairoseki is just a solid form of the sea and have the same effect as the sea.
But why does Kairoseki weaken and negate devil fruit's power, like when a DF user is handcuffed or touched by it, it drains their energy and they lose their ability (Logias can't transform when handcuffed).
In case of sea water, I think it just drains their energy but never negates their ability (e.g. Luffy can still stretch to use elephant gun to knock out Kraken).
And is it ever shown or explained where the Kairoseki came from?<issue_comment>username_1: Firstly Kairoseki is not solid form of sea
"It was stated by Vice Admiral Smoker that Seastone "gives off a wavelength that is the same as the sea itself" making him refer to it as a solid form of the sea".
Smoker was just referring kairoseki as solid form of the sea
It is a naturally occurring substance in the sea which was modified by Vega Punk and was used to make the handcuffs and other materials. (As per the wiki).
Something more from the wiki -
Weakness of devil fruit users
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: To begin with. Kairoseki is a natural existent stone in the one piece world Although it is pretty rare quiet allot has been used in the form of handcuffs.
Kairoseki has been said to have the same effect as the sea but this is a bit dependent. Unlike the sea kairoseki is known to come in different desitys and compositions there for the effect of the handcufs might or might not be stronger then the say depending on the composition.
Just like the sea Kairoseki does not totaly negate a devil fruit user. It drains their energy slowly but surely they will be unable to do anything. There for it is possible for a devil fruit user to use his powers underwater aslong as he has some strenght remaining in his body and willpower might also have a bit of a effect on this. Although it still is a bit questionable there where some other exceptions where the user was still able to use powers in some situation.
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Hope this covers most of your questions. Source [Onepiece wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kairoseki)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Kairoseki, as stated, "gives off a wavelength that is the same as the sea itself" (not the solid form of sea) and is used to somehow disable the devil fruit powers of the users (only when it is in direct contact with them). As for the story, it only stated that the devil fruit uses are completely rejected by the sea and just drown, nothing is mentioned about cancelling out the devil fruit powers.
Simply put, devil fruit users are afraid of the sea (immobilizes them), and kairoseki (cancels out their powers), and they emit almost same wavelengths.
As for the origin, nothing is mentioned in the story. Same is the case is with the Devil Fruits. They just exist in the One Piece's world like a natural thing.
As asked in the question, the effect only seems more effective because the user becomes incapable of using devil fruit powers, making the user completely normal human.
This however raises another question whether the devil fruit user will drown in sea while in contact with kairoseki, to which I would like to know myself.
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When comparing two different things, the comparisons should be based on the **same terms**.
For example, you mentioned that Logia users can't transform when they are handcuffed with Kairoseki, but then, *they can't transform when they are in sea either*. So this example does not prove that Kairoseki is more powerful than sea.
Next, coming to the Luffy example *(Paramecia type)*.
We know that both Kairoseki and sea weaken Luffy's strength, but we have seen that they do not cancel off his power, i.e. Luffy doesn't have enough strength to use his powers on his own. That is why the strength of his punch weakens when he uses the Elephant gun on Kraken as it goes out of the bubble and makes contact with the sea.
To make it even more clear, I'll give a better example.
When in Arlong park, as Luffy was about to drown in the water, *Nojiko* had to stretch Luffy's head out in the surface, to try to get him to breathe again. From this it is clear that a DF user (Paramecia type at least) only loses his strength and not his abilities even when under water.
The same way, when handcuffed with Kairoseki, Luffy loses all his strength and is unable to use his abilities by himself. We have not seen any case where someone tried to pull Luffy and was unable to because he was tied to Kairoseki. Thus, there is still a chance that even with the Kairoseki in direct contact with the user, their abilities can be made use of, but by somebody else, and not by the user themselves as they are totally drained out of energy.
**Conclusion:** This answer doesn't answer the question *Why is Kairoseki's effect more powerful than the sea?* directly, but rather provides some evidence to show why Kairoseki's effect wouldn't exactly be greater than the effect of sea on a DF user. I used two examples, that of a Logia and a Paramecia type DF user to compare and show the same. Thus the answer would have to be, **No**, *Kairoseki's effect is not more powerful than the sea* as we do not have any proper evidence to support such a claim. They both emit the same wavelength and thus, quite fittingly, have the same effect on the DF users.
*Update:* To support my answer even further, I found an interesting piece of information on the wiki page of [Yami Yami no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yami_Yami_no_Mi). You can see that (emphasis mine)
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2013/11/04 | 997 | 3,452 | <issue_start>username_0: I find this question interesting here: [Chakra nature of Tailed Beasts](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5671/chakra-nature-of-tailed-beasts).
And I saw the comment: *Does a Jinchuuriki gain the nature of his/her tailed beast? And if so, does the tailed beast gain the nature of its Jinchuuriki?*
So to confirm this, I ask a different question.<issue_comment>username_1: No, I don't think that has ever occurred or will occur in future.
Tailed beast are dependent on the Jinchuuriki for existence and lend Jinchuuriki's chakra whenever required, Its never the other way around.
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I believe it has some sort of influence, but is not absolute:
Example pro:
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* Roshi, Son Goku's Jinchuuriki, uses lava similarly to the bijuu.
* Gaara, Shukaku's Jinchuuriki uses sand much like Shukaku himself (although it was later revealed to be Gaara's mother).
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* Naruto, Kurama's Jinchuuriki, has Wind as his main element, but Kurama has not shown using Wind at all.
I do believe the bijuu has some sort of influence on the Jinchuuriki's chakra development, especially if they're sealed in them when they are very young. (Naruto's chakra alone was said to be at least 4 times in amount that of Kakashi).
As for whether the Jinchuuriki's chakra is the same the bijuu, I don't think so. It's more dependant on genes, etc.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The answer should be plain and simple : Yes, the jinchuuriki gains the nature of his or her bijuu. It doesn't change the jinchuuriki's nature, instead it just adds another affinity. If you had the water affinity, and you have a fire bijuu, then now you can use water and fire as well as the combination of water+fire together in a technique.
Naruto is naturally a wind element shinobi. With the kyuubi inside of him, he can use kyuubi attacks (yin/yang).
It seems like a general rule that once you have something (chakra or body part) of a different nature inside your body, you are able to use attacks of that different nature too. Take Kakuzu as an example. He has multiple affinities due to the fact he stole other people's hearts and stuffed them in his own body.
Having multiple affinities does not necessarily mean they will mix and you can't use them separately. Take Yamato for example, as his affinity is water and earth, which also turns into wood. He can use wood techniques (the combination of the 2), but then also use them individually as he once demonstrated by raising the earth and then creating a waterfall.
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2013/11/04 | 795 | 2,596 | <issue_start>username_0: After reading this question about [Chakra nature of Tailed Beasts](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5671/chakra-nature-of-tailed-beasts). It came across my mind what is the relationship of the Yin-yang to the 5 Chakra nature elements? And how come you can classify a Chakra nature as Yin-Yang? Does it has something to do with the Chinese Zodiac or principles of Taoism?<issue_comment>username_1: For **What is the relationship of the Yin-yang to the 5 Chakra nature elements?**
Base from [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yin%E2%80%93Yang_Release):
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So in relation to 5 nature elements, I think it is the 6th type, having the techniques classified in this type as non-elemental techniques.
And about **Does it has something to do with the Chinese Zodiac or principles of Taoism?**
It is stated [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nature_Transformation) that:
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yin relates to one's spiritual energy and Yang relates to one's physical energy.
Mixing some yin and yang gives you chakra,
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2013/11/04 | 561 | 2,038 | <issue_start>username_0: What kind of creatures are these Tailed Beasts?
I know they are the summation of huge amount of chakra and a body.
If they are just chakra, can't the chakra itself be the body?
What do Tailed Beasts need the body for?<issue_comment>username_1: Bijuu are living beings, same as humans and animals. They were *created* by the Sage of Six Paths, using the Creation of All Things technique.
The sage created the vessels with Yin, breathed life into them with Yang, then poured the Ten Tails' chakra into them.
Chakra is merely energy. It cannot take complex physical form (With the exception of the Creation of All Things, which uses chakra to create form).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As per what has been revealed.
Juubi (Shinju) was initially a Tree before taking the beast form.
This tree produced one single fruit every 1000 years. And it was considered as a forbidden fruit and should not be consumed by anyone.
However, this law was broken by a princess name <NAME> and she gained unbelievable amount of power, which she used to end all the wars and clear lands.
Then, Kaguya gave birth to the first human with chakra. He was called Hagoromo.
Then came the awakening of the Ten Tails due to the mistake made by Kaguya.
The Ten Tails went on rampage and started destroying everything.
Hagoromo somehow managed to defeat it and sealed it within himself. This made him the Sage of Six Paths.
Hagoromo separated the monster's chakra from its body before using Chibaku Tensei to seal the husk in what would become the moon.
Then he used his Creation of All Things ability to divide the chakra into the nine Tailed Beasts.
So in short, this is basically chakra which is stored in a vessel. Here the Tailed Beasts are just vessels.
You can even consider it as 9 different beasts which were originally normal animals, but they got their powers when the Sage gave them chakra. That can be a reason why every Tailed Beast resembles a particular animal.
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2013/11/05 | 1,513 | 5,293 | <issue_start>username_0: Until the 4th ninja war, a Mangekyou Sharingan user had been showcased as a formidable enemy, with Genjutsu being one of their many powerful techniques. Itachi was adept with Tsukuyomi. Sasuke suppressed the Nine Tails' power with his Sharingan when Naruto faced him in Orochimaru's hideout.
It would be fair to consider that both Tobi and Madara are equally adept, if not better, with the Genjutsu abilities of the Mangekyou Sharingan. However, in the 4th Ninja War, they do not use Genjutsu much.
It could be argued that a Sharingan user may be able to cancel out Sharingan's Genjutsu, but Genjutsu could still be effective against a non-Sharingan user, such as Naruto or Bee.
Tobi could easily put them under Genjutsu and take over their tailed beasts, but he has not done it. He did not use it on Guy either when they fought.
Is there a reason why the Sharigan users did not use Genjutsu in the 4th Ninja War?<issue_comment>username_1: If you look at the wiki on how to combat a genjutsu, you can see the very first method which explains it:
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> apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's
> chakra; this is called Genjutsu Dissipation (幻術解, Genjutsu Kai). This
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> chakra into the affected person. **In addition, tailed beasts can
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If you look at the bold part of it, you get your answer. Bee's relation with the Eight Tails is very good and thus, the Eight Tails will help him out anyways. In case of Naruto, we've seen the recent episodes, that he's formed a bond with Naruto and even otherwise, Kurama would have helped him out (like so many times before, as always).
As far as Kakashi is concerned, he's a highly skilled shinobi, with a Sharingan (and he has even activated the Mangekyo Sharingan), which, as you mentioned in your question, may cancel out each other. As for Guy is concerned, since another person can inject a chakra flow in your body to break the genjutsu, Kakashi could have helped out Guy in that case.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Using genjutsu on an enemy is futile, if they have allies nearby, who can infuse chakra to take them out of it. Genjutsu would not work on Bee, since his bijuu Gyuki would easily bring him out of it, as he did when Bee was momentarily trapped in Sasuke's genjutsu.
If Tobi were to use it on Naruto, Bee would easily bring him out of it. Moreover, during the Kazekage Rescue arc, Naruto already demonstrated that he knows how to cancel genjutsu (although it didn't work). Now he was much stronger, having learned Sage Mode and Bijuu Mode. In short, the chances of a Genjutsu on Naruto succeeding are very small.
Moreover, Tobi now had a Rinnegan, which he considered much more powerful, and wanted to try it out in battle, which he did with the so-called "Jinchuriki of Six Paths" technique.
As for Madara, his reincarnation did not go according to his plan. He wasn't meant to capture the tailed beasts, but even if he did, he did not have the Gedo Mazo to seal them in.
Further, ever since he had been reincarnated, Madara has spent more time showing off his powers, and complaining that the current generation of ninja is so weak compared to Hashirama and him than actually fighting. Casting a Genjutsu on "weak" ninja is probably not as satisfying for his pride as dropping meteors, using Mokuton techniques, Susanoo, and the like. :)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Well casting a genjutsu does depend on the ability of the enemy, if you recall Raikage was under a genjutsu when he fought Madara. But genjutsu against the likes of Madara and other Kage's would be futile. They are just too strong for anyone to cast a genjutsu on them.
The level of the fights was high that's why even Itachi never used his Genjutsu yet he had to use Izanagi. One can get the idea why Genjutsu wasn't an option in this battle royal.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The argument of why Genjutsu was not used on Guy is an easy one to talk about. In short, guy was the perfect fighter against Genjutsu. He did not look at his enemies eyes nor hands while he fought, the two ways to activate the Genjutsu. He was arguably the most perfect fighter against the Uchiha.
Naruto never once tries to evade Genjutsu and as he advances and builds a stronger relationship with his tailed beast, he doesn't have to. Plus, he was considerable chakra levels possibly surpassing all shinobi so canceling it becomes easier for him.
Kakashi to be such a formidable user of the sharigan has proven to be the worst to stop it taking it head on. Obviously they do cancel each other out but one eye does not cancel two.
This part is totally my opinion, but I do believe a Genjutsu takes a lot of effort. It is almost like a ceremony where the caster has to be extremely focussed. It's probably impossible to fight a fight while also keeping a person under your spell. Genjutsu is a good one on one tactic possibly one on two. But it's probably not best for more.
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2013/11/06 | 1,147 | 4,251 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that the villagers of Konoha were afraid of the Kyuubi because of its rampage on the village, and that the Fourth Hokage saved the village by sealing it inside Naruto. Based on this [answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/574/1677), the Third Hokage hid his identity to protect him.
Did the Third Hokage hide only Naruto's relation with the Fourth, or also him being the Kyuubi jinchuriki? If so, did the villagers find out because Naruto went out of control with the Kyuubi's chakra?
**Edit:**
To make clear what I am exactly curious about.
Why didn't they also hide Naruto's identity as a jinchuriki so the villagers will not hate him?<issue_comment>username_1: They know Naruto is the Jinchuuriki. What the Third Hokage hid from the rest of the villagers is his relation to Minato and the fact that the village was attacked by Tobi. Many people did not know the kyuubi disaster was because Tobi had attacked and caused it. Instead, they thought the kyuubi had just gone loose.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: This might not really satisfy you.
But when naruto was trying to get control of kurama's charka kushina popped out.
That time kushina told naruto what had happened during the sealing.
Minato had made a barrier like structure which blocked others from entering it.
They showed that sarutobi and some other shinobi from the leaf were there, watching minato die :(
Now as you can see that there had been many other people who witnessed the scene of sealing the kyuubi.
There can be a possibility that someone else could have leaked the information that the kyuubi was sealed in naruto.
It could also have been that sarutobi himself told them to do so, to protect naruto in some way.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: The villagers know that Naruto is the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki because <NAME> told them!
Here's why: In one of the earliest chapters, Hiruzen tells Iruka that the Fourth Hokage had died hoping the villagers would see Naruto as a hero, who sealed the Kyuubi. The only way Hiruzen could make it happen is by telling the villagers that Naruto was the kid that the Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into.
However, he decided not to reveal Naruto's relation to the Fourth Hokage. Note also that Kushina's pregnancy was a highly classified information, known only to Hiruzen, Biwako, Minato, a few ANBU members and some others. Hiruzen could have made up a story that Naruto was a random kid that Minato picked to seal the Kyuubi (or something like that), and few would have suspected or questioned him.
PS: A little plot hole there is that on growing up, Naruto's close resemblance to Minato, along with the Kyuubi story, should have raised a few eyebrows, but Kishimoto probably decided it was not important enough for the "plot" to require an explanation.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: The reason to y narutos parentage was hidden was so that the fourth hokages ememies wouldn't target him, as he is his child. They didn't hide the part where he was a jinchuriki was so that, Naruto would be more protected while he was sent on missions and given more importance. Every hidden village in the five great nations has a tailed beast which holds a lot of power. Since every tailed beast is an important part in their villages military they have to be protected and given more importance at times. When Naruto goes on missions, he has to be given more importance , if a situation where someone has to be left behind to let the others escape. Now they can't let an important part of their villages military strength sacrificed or let it get captured by the other villages shinobi. A jinchuriki might face a lot of ill treatment but is given more protection and importance in matters of military purposes
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: From what I've seen from a video discussing the Itachi novels, there was a retcon where Naruto actually had a normal life at first, but his Jinchuriki status was leaked by Danzo. The reason why Naruto can't recall this, is because he was too young to the remember that there was a time that he wasn't hated.
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2013/11/06 | 1,488 | 4,923 | <issue_start>username_0: In Luffy's backstory, we saw that when Luffy was drowning and a Sea King attacks him, Shanks jumps in to save him and scares away the Sea King using Haki, losing an arm in the process. Why did he not use Haki to start with to chase away the Sea King, and thus, avoid losing his arm?<issue_comment>username_1: Okay, so as you know that Shanks was once a crew mate of <NAME> mentioned by Rayleigh himself when Luffy meets him. According to what was shown in flashback, Shanks tells Rayleigh about Luffy when he accidentally meets him on the Sabondy Archipelago.
Shanks had great respect towards <NAME>, and hearing the same words from Luffy and with the same enthusiasm, he could see a part of Roger in Luffy. The feeling what Shanks would have got can be proved by what was shown in Loguetown where Luffy said the same thing sitting in the bar. Even Raoul (the man who owns the bar) thought that <NAME> was back when he heard those words from Luffy. That could be one of the reasons.
Another reason is that he considered Luffy as a friend and he always said this:
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So he could not withstand Luffy getting killed in front of his eyes.
This was the answer for your question in the heading.
Now the reason for not using haki was that Luffy is a hammer, hence cannot swim in water. Luffy was already drowning and it would be late if he went and used haki to send the sea king away and then go and save Luffy!
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Source: [/u/FailosoRaptor](http://www.reddit.com/user/FailosoRaptor) comments on [Why shanks lost his arm against that weak sea-monster?](http://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1dsqki/why_shanks_lost_his_arm_against_that_weak/c9ti5v8) (emphasis added)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: If you think about it Luffy acts the same way before he headed off to sky island. When in the bar or restauraunt I dont recall. He was recieving the same treatment and Nami acted the same way that luffy did as he witnessed shanks being treated the same way by the bandits. My point is that shanks desires to make Luffy the pirate king and "bet on the new era." But he wont allow him to accomplish all this that easily. I'm bearly on the episode where Luffy defeats CP9's Leader, Lucci a.k.a. the pidgeon guy. But i have witnessed battles involving Kizaro, fugitor, black beard, do flamengo and the list goes on. The point is one piece needs to be seen by all viewers of manga, anime etc. By the way Sanji is a character I like, romantic, funny, pervy yet intellegent. He always shows the character of a strategist yet releases a perverted side that is funny and dillusional at times but he is who he is.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: He sacrificed his arm because a sea monster was going to eat luffy. Then it was scared of him, so it slunk back into the sea like a coward. Eating higuma satisfied him any way, I guess.
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2013/11/06 | 191 | 686 | <issue_start>username_0: It's revealed in the last episode that:
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But, I don't understand why they don't share the same last name. There must be a particular reason for this.<issue_comment>username_1: Most probably it's because otherwise his name would raise too much suspicion and intervene with his life. Many people in real life carry their mother's maiden name for similar reasons, so it's not surprising.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Because his father was demoted and became an enforcer, Nobuchika was ashamed, so he picked his mother's last name instead. His mother is <NAME>.
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2013/11/06 | 286 | 1,181 | <issue_start>username_0: So I guess that the remaining human survivors formed a nation, but what form of government exists in this nation? Who is the leader?<issue_comment>username_1: Seeing as there are mentions of a royal family being inside Wall Sina, it's safe to assume that the government is monarchical in nature. However, I am leaning towards a monarchical-parliamentary style, rather than just pure monarchical or parliament. Reason being, even with hints at a king being the head, the actions alone of the various commanders belie an amazing level of independence. In addition, it's been seen a couple of times that they can be summoned and tried in a public court, a trait that is definitely not purely monarchical in nature (as kings alone judge in that event). The voting system to approve a course of action mirrors a parliamentary set-up as well.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It is monarchy because they are protecting not only the citizens (by its level) but also the current king of each designated wall. You can see it as Commander Pixis is used to play with the king but generally leave after he heard the attacked of titans in their region.
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2013/11/06 | 337 | 1,329 | <issue_start>username_0: So I've been watching *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*, and I didn't understand why Edward didn't use Alchemy every time he encountered enemies?
Like the fight with Number 48 in Research Lab 5, and the first fight with Scar, and etc. He just uses his right automail arm like a short sword, and we all know its not very effective to fight long ranged enemies. Alchemy definitely seems stronger, but why doesn't he use it?<issue_comment>username_1: He's trained in martial art by his master, <NAME>. So he's definitely confident in his close combat ability. As to why he uses it over alchemy, you don't think he's just going to rely on alchemy all the time do you? He can adapt to different combat situation, and be more unpredictable if he can switch fighting style. Also his automail blade looks cool.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Ed uses his martial abilities to create openings for him to use alchemy. If he outright use alchemy, the enemy would have already known what to do with him. Besides, alchemy is a really loud fighting style when used straight offensively and Ed, most of the time, don't want wanton destruction as much as possible. Ed uses alchemy discretely in some cases too (brittling Greed's armor) but even then alchemy still creates those flashy lights.
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2013/11/06 | 676 | 2,308 | <issue_start>username_0: It's about a boy and a girl, and the only scene I remember is one in which they are in a fighting robot, facing off against a bad guy in a robot with a penis cannon. The robot fires a huge shot and an old lady says "quick! After it fires a huge load it needs time to recharge" and someone else says "sadly that's true about most men".
Another line in that same scene: the girl and boy are very cramped in the robot, the boy is rubbing up against the girls back, and she asks "what is that poking me?" He says something like "it's the growing tree of the puberty forest". I don't remember the exact line, it was years ago and it made me laugh.<issue_comment>username_1: I think it might be[Cannon God Exaxxion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_God_Exaxxion)
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: It may be the [Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Neo_Armstrong_Cyclone_Jet_Armstrong_Cannon) from [Gintama](http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=918).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It could also be the "Kaien" robot from Gintama, here is a picture of it firing from episode 235, and the dirty humor definitely fits the series, although I didn't hear that exact quote in the episode.
and here is the same scene from the manga
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2013/11/06 | 1,056 | 2,789 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of ranks are mentioned in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist (such as <NAME>, Major <NAME>, etc.) but I've never known, what do these mean compared to themselves.
Can I find a descending order of all the character who's appearing in Fullmetal Alchemist (both in 2003 and 2009 series) with an order according to the rank in the army?<issue_comment>username_1: This is compiled/arranged from [here](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/State_Alchemist) and [here](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Military_Ranks).
* Fuehrer General
+ Bradley
+ Grumman (Chapter 108)
* General
+ <NAME> - Flame Alchemist (epilogue)
* Lieutenant General
+ Grumman
+ Raven
+ Gardner
* Major General
+ <NAME>
+ Hakuro
* Brigadier General
+ <NAME> - Iron-Blood Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Flame Alchemist (ep. 45 2003 anime, chapter 108)
+ <NAME> (posthumous)
+ Clemin
+ Edison
+ Fessler
* Colonel
+ <NAME> - Flame Alchemist
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME>
* <NAME>
+ <NAME> - Strong Arm Alchemist (2003 anime)
+ <NAME> - Crimson Alchemist/Red Lotus Alchemist (2003 anime)
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME> - Flame Alchemist (2003 anime)
* Major (automatic rank given to a State Alchemist)
+ <NAME> - Strong Arm Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Silver Alchemist
+ Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Crimson Alchemist/Red Lotus Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Crystal Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Freezing Alchemist
+ <NAME> - Sewing-Life Alchemist
+ Miles
+ <NAME> (before ep. 13 2003 anime)
+ <NAME> (during war in Ishval)
* Captain
+ <NAME>
+ Fokker
+ Buccaneer
+ <NAME> (Chapter 108)
+ <NAME> (during the war in Ishval)
* First Lieutenant
+ <NAME>
+ Yoki
* Second Lieutenant
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME> (Chapter 65)
+ Henschel
+ <NAME>
+ Darius
+ Heinkel
+ Jerso
+ Zampano
+ <NAME> (at Eastern Headquarters)
* Warrant Officer
+ <NAME>
+ <NAME> (after the war)
* Sergeant Major
+ <NAME>
* Sergeant
+ <NAME>
* Corporal (no named characters)
* Lance Corporal (no named characters)
* Private
+ Sheska
* Military Police (no named characters)
At the end of the 2003 anime, the rank of Fuhrer was removed, and in the Viz Manga version, the title used was President instead of Fuhrer.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [This link](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Military_Ranks) is to the same wiki but to a page with all the ranks and people of those ranks including outside the state alchemists, it is noted that State Alchemists are an equivalent rank to Major, also the highest rank (Führer) is at the top.
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2013/11/07 | 969 | 3,935 | <issue_start>username_0: In the show, <NAME> hasn't caught any legendary Pokémon and he loses a lot of battles and people say that he is a pathetic trainer. Why does he not catch legendary Pokémon to expand his arsenal?<issue_comment>username_1: There are several reasons to that:
* It's a TV show, you wouldn't watch a TV show where the hero is absolutely the strongest and no one has a chance of defeating him, right? Think of what would happen should Ash have caught Dialga, Palkia or Arceus.
* It disrupts "the balance", it was portrayed in the anime that most legendary pokemon serve a role as some sort of "god" of a force of nature, (Kyogre of the Rain, Palkia of space, etc). If you capture them, you might disrupt the balance by "not letting them do their jobs".
Those are the two excuses I know.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Look what happens in the movies when a legendary leaves its post. Mass chaos and destruction would happen (though I suppose that is debatable. I've counted two legend trainers that I can remember, so it might just be the ORIGINAL legends and their young are safe to catch).
Though I do agree somewhat: it would be nice if Ash could at least capture them and call on their aid while generally leaving them alone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Moral quandries aside,
He has yet to get a lasting grip on a master ball, and except in the Safari zone, you'll notice he's never been good at capturing pokemon (his pokemon-per-badge ratio is pretty low). He also very rarely buys or gets anything better than the most basic pokeballs if you notice. And if you've ever played the games, you'll know how important those better balls are for better captures.
So, in short... shoddy equipment.
Also, second reason... if you notice, he rarely captures, period (again, with the exception of the safari zone). He's more like the coach that focuses on training his team rather than the coach who trades for better players. (Also, remember his experience with Charizard... he knows too powerful pokemon types can be hard for him to handle, and later on he just kept in the habit as far as I can tell. I mean, think how often he had to get skin grafts.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I'm going to answer this question with a bit more respect for the show and Ash as a character than most people give it credit for. I think there are some reasons Ash doesn't catch legendary pokemon.
Ash only obtains a pokemon when it is natural - it's never forced
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Ash's pokemon are not an "arsenal". Ash's stated goal is indeed to become the best pokemon trainer of all time. There is an implication that this means catching "them all", but in the context of the show, and Ash's character, this is considered to a long-term goal. There is no panic of missed opportunity when an encounter with a legendary pokemon does not lead to a capture.
To Ash, being a "master Pokemon trainer" means, first and foremost, treating his captured pokemon with respect and maintaining a friendship with them. He always does what he thinks is best for them. As such, any time he obtains a pokemon, it it's a natural thing; not forced. If it doesn't happen, then it doesn't happen.
Lastly, the anime often contrasts Ash's personality against those who would weigh and measure a pokemon's stats. Ash is no scientist - I think we would all agree he isn't very smart. He bases almost all his decisions on instinct - he cares not for statistics and min/maxing, which would realistically be required to become a Pokemon Master. The show does this on purpose - it considers getting out there to experience life a superior way of learning than sitting at home reading stats (this is probably most exemplified by May's brother Max). For this reason, Ash will never freak out about the potential lost by failing to capture a legendary pokemon.
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2013/11/07 | 1,371 | 4,399 | <issue_start>username_0: We all know that the following people are capable of entering Sage Mode:
* Naruto
* Jiraiya
* Orochimaru (learnt but couldn't use because of his body, or rather his vessels)
* Kabuto
* Hashirama
*Naruto and Jiraiya* learnt it from the Toads (at *Mount Myōboku*), hence they go into the **Toad-style Sage Mode**. *Orochimaru and Kabuto* learnt it from the Snakes (at *Ryūchi Cave*), hence they go into the **Snake-style Sage Mode**. But what type of Sage Mode does Hashirama enter? I read a lot about the Sage Mode and Senjutsu, but couldn't find any info about Hashirama's Sage Mode.<issue_comment>username_1: Hashirama Senju has the Forest Sage Mode. It says in the wikia, that his Sage Mode is a special type that only he can use. Thats fitting since he would need the Forest Style to increase the effect of his Wood Style.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I Think Hashirama enters into "Bull Sage Mode", as the Bull Sage was one of the original 5 Sages which were
1. The Eagle-Owl Sage,
2. The Scorpion Sage,
3. The Bull Sage,
4. The Salamander Sage
5. The Toad Sage
And it happens the Bull Sage specialises at Wood release which was Hashirama's specialty
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Before I deliver my answer, we must ask ourselves what **Sage Mode** is.
What is Sage Mode?
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From [Sage Mode article](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode):
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> Sage Mode is the **empowered** state humans enter when they **learn to draw** natural energy inside them and blending it with their chakra. By doing so, the human creates **new senjutsu chakra** that allows them to enter Sage Mode.
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The next question is: Where do shinobi learn it from?
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The articles clearly states that Sage Mode is achieved when the user **learns** to draw natural energy and mixes it with their chakra, **and** Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave are two known places where they can **learn to do so**.
Now, the requirements for learning Sage Mode:
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Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode
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Let us move onto [Hashirama Senju](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hashirama_Senju).
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If we look at his [abilities section](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hashirama_Senju#Abilities):
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Taking into consideration the aforementioned details, **in conclusion**, it is *possible* that Hashirama learned Sage Mode by himself. Since it is self-taught, it is not animal-influenced. Hence it would be something-like a "Normal-Without-Animal-Influence-Sage-Mode".
What led me to this conclusion?
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That is the explanation for the toad/snake techniques used by Jiraiya/Naruto and Orochimaru/Kabuto.
However, Hashirama's Sage Mode hasn't shown what animal-influence it possesses so far. Therefore, he couldn't have learned his Sage Mode from Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave.
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His **Sage Mode** strengthens his Wood-Release techniques and his overall performance drastically.
From Naruto manga, Chapter 657, Page 08:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EbBFp.jpg)
Madara-sama's line: "**Only this much power... This will be easy to handle.**", shows that an experienced and powerful [shinobi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha) can use Senjutsu within mere moments.
Wrapping up
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Since there is no official details about what Sage Mode Hashirama uses, my conclusion is classified as a possibility.
Another possible conclusion is detailed in this answer: [Is there a slug based Sage Mode?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11736/sage-mode-for-slugs/11746#11746)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/11/07 | 569 | 1,964 | <issue_start>username_0: Since Kakashi has the left eye of Obito, and Obito has his right eye intact, after awakening the *Mangekyō Sharingan*, they both gain the ability of *Kamui* in their eyes.
Using *Kamui*, both are able to teleport things to the other dimension, though Obito does it far more easily than Kakashi, initially. My question is, since they are the same pair of eyes, which once belonged to a single person, do they share the same dimension?
Say, Obito captures someone and keeps them in the other dimension, can Kakashi bring them back, as they may share the same other dimension?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, they are somewhat connected. As you can see in these pages in [Naruto Manga Episode 597](http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/597/12):
Then they realized that he is Uchiha Obito when they prove that their eyes (from Kakashi and *The username_2* that time) are really connected.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The Kamui's alternate dimension is one and the same for both Kakashi and Obito. This has been seen a number of times during their fight in the 4th Ninja War.
* Kakashi teleported Gedo Mazo's neck using Kamui, only for Obito to promptly bring it back using *his* Kamui
* Kakashi got a clue to Tobi's identity because a kunai he teleported left a scratch on Tobi's mask who had teleported himself at the same time to avoid Naruto's Rasengan.
* Kakashi then teleports Naruto's Rasengan so that it can hit Tobi in the alternate dimension where he just teleported his arm.
However, the first clue to this fact was given much earlier when Tobi came to talk to Naruto. Kakashi tried to use Kamui on him, only for Tobi to remark, "Don't bother with that Kakashi. It won't work on me."
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/11/07 | 794 | 2,525 | <issue_start>username_0: We all know that Itachi had the left eye of *Shisui* which had the *Kotoamatsukami*. This was planted as the eye of one the crows of Itachi and the crow was planted inside Naruto, to counter Sasuke's *Mangekyō*, if ever, he turned against the village.
My question is, when did Itachi plant his crow inside Naruto and how did he do that?! Did he inject it inside Naruto, or planted it using Genjutsu, or something like that?<issue_comment>username_1: Itachi gave Shisui's eye to Naruto during the Itachi Pursuit arc. This eye was stuffed in the form of a crow, when Naruto was under Itachi's genjutsu.
See below image from Chapter 403, when Naruto is sitting in his room and having a flashback about his encounter with Itachi.
**Background**
Eight Konoha shinobi went on a mission to find, and if possible capture, Itachi, since they hoped it would give some clues to Sasuke's whereabouts. At the same time, Sasuke with his Team Taka started moving to Itachi's hideout because he wanted to kill Itachi. Itachi knew his end was near, and it was part of his plan to die at Sasuke's hands.
Before he died, he wanted to talk to Naruto, presumably because he was still worried about what Sasuke would do after his death. He sent a shadow clone to talk to Naruto. This clone encountered one of the thousands of shadow clones that Naruto previously created to search for Sasuke.
Naruto was angered on seeing Itachi and unwilling to listen to anything Itachi had to say, so Itachi was forced to cast a genjutsu to make him listen. On hearing Naruto's determination to save Sasuke at all costs, Itachi decided to give him Shisui's eye, which would help him in case he had to take Sasuke back by force.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Itachi stores the crow inside Naruto in chapter 403, during the Itachi Pursuit arc.
Itachi used a shadow clone to talk to Naruto, who wasn't willing to listen. As such, Itachi was forced to use a Genjutsu in order to make him listen.
He uses a Genjutsu as a distraction:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/osTVT.jpg)
And then the crow is stored (physically, I think) inside of Naruto:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5IpiX.jpg)
This is corroborated by [this Naruto Wiki page](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Itachi%27s_Crow).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2013/11/08 | 454 | 1,699 | <issue_start>username_0: The manga has the drawing of the Rasengan on one of the colors yellow, and the games says it is blue. I think it's yellow because I believe the manga is canon. What is the actual canon color of the Rasengan?<issue_comment>username_1: Strictly speaking, the canonical color of the Rasengan should be yellow, because Naruto's chakra is yellow in the manga. (Chapter 91)
The anime changed the chakra color to blue for some reason, probably because they felt blue looked better in the animation. Games are often made to resemble the anime, not the manga, so that could be the reason they picked blue.
The yellow image in the anime that you mention is an inconsistency. They may have used the color from the manga for that image because it wasn't important for the plot.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The rasengan is blue because pure chakra appears blue to the human eye. Despite naruto's nine tail chakra being orange he does not utilize this chakra when using the jutsu hence the rasengan takes the form of a blue rotating orb.
However it has taken multiple colors before in the anime and manga and this is because of what chakra is used to create the jutsu.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Everyone's chakra is meant to be a different colour and it only depends on how thick it is. Naruto's is meant to be yellow, Sakura's green and Sasuke's black, but they decided to make all of them blue.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Its supposed to be yellow/orange like we see in the last,like it was previously stated everyone was meant to have a unique color chakra
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2013/11/08 | 245 | 903 | <issue_start>username_0: Why are scissors starting to displace swords as the cool weapon of choice for main heroines to wield? (*Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou*, *Kill la Kill*)<issue_comment>username_1: Not really.
It is part of the clothes theme in Kill la Kill (even the school building is a school uniform!). So the scissors alone are not following some trend.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Not necessarily a trend, perhaps, but it's worth noting that there's more than enough anime with swords (<http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KatanasAreJustBetter>), even guns, that when a unique, less-frequent choice of weaponry comes around, it may catch the attention of a frequent anime viewer.
Example: Would Bakemonogatari episode 1 would have been more interesting if Senjougahara used a sword instead of a stapler? *Probably* not, unless you had some philia regarding swords.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/11/09 | 334 | 1,119 | <issue_start>username_0: In Chapter 629, when Obito and Kakashi fought in Kamui's dimension, Obito revealed a hole in his chest and told Kakashi that the hole was opened by the hell of this world. It didn't seem to be a *literal* hole in his chest (like the Hollows in *Bleach*), because it wasn't present in the later part of the battle.
Was this hole used figuratively to indicate that Obito's heart was void of emotions, or did he teleport that part of his chest just before Kakashi stabbed him with Raikiri?<issue_comment>username_1: There was never any real hole in Obito's chest. It was a genjutsu, as shown in Chapter 636.
The genjutsu was activated right from the moment Obito pierced himself into Kakashi's Raikiri. Kakashi realises the genjutsu after a while, asks Obito to drop the act and fight for real.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It was actually a genjutsu but after the "real fight", he got a real wound on his chest(a deliberate attempt by Obito to undo Madara's Seal and become the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/11/09 | 631 | 2,044 | <issue_start>username_0: In the manga Chapter 554, Naruto notices a prominent scar on the Third Raikage, which leads him to think that if the Hachibi managed to inflict damage, there's no reason why Kurama's chakra can't. But it turned out that it was the Raikage's weakness that hurt him. Using this information, Naruto managed to defeat him.
Could someone explain the nuts and bolts?<issue_comment>username_1: This might explain the sequence of events:
On [Naruto Manga Chapter 555:"Contradiction"](http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/555/14), Naruto used the Sage Mode to defeat the third Raikage. After talking to the Eight Tails, **Naruto realized that the pierce in his chest was made by his own technique ([The Hell Stab](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hell_Stab)) thus making his weapon more powerful than his armor.**
See picture below:
Naruto on sage mode can react on split seconds and he was aiming for his arm to redirect the attack towards himself.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: After talking to Gyuki (Hachibi), Naruto guessed that the scar on the Third Raikage chest may have been made by his own Jigokuzuki (Hell Stab). Based on that, he prepared a plan to make the Raikage stab his own chest.
He went into Sage Mode, prepared a Rasengan, and ran towards the Raikage as if to hit him head on with the Rasengan. The Raikage too ran towards Naruto aiming to stab him with his One-Finger Nukite.
Naruto's Sage Mode allows him to better sense the enemy, so he could dodge the Raikage's finger at the last moment. It also give him better speed, so he could quickly redirect his Rasengan to aim at the Raikage's elbow, before the Raikage could dodge it. This impact bent his elbow causing his attack to pierce his own chest.
Upvotes: 3 |
2013/11/12 | 734 | 2,614 | <issue_start>username_0: As you know, Sanji has a move called <NAME>, where he somehow manages to generate fire on his leg by rotating with great speed.
We have seen this move first when he was fighting CP9.
According to science, fire can be generated by friction, but it should be spontaneous. This explains as to how he was able to generate while he was fighting CP9 at Enies Lobby.
But after the timeskip, when the Straw Hat Pirates were on their way to Fishman Island, they encountered a Kraken. How did Sanji generate fire in water?
In water, there is no rough material via which, fire can be generated.
And even if it is somehow achieved, how can the fire not get extinguished by the water!?
<issue_comment>username_1: As usual, Oda Eiichiro has a "creative" explanation for that too! Oda blatantly disobeys the Laws of our world in One Piece.
In SBS Volume 44, when asked how Sanji could beat Jabra by heating his leg, without burning it, Oda's response was:
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If asked your question, he would *probably* say something like:
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> Learning Haki, spending 2 years chased by Okamas, and being separated from ladies, especially Nami-san and Robin-chan, has made his heart burn much hotter!!! Even water cannot extinguish his burning heart!!!
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I know, it doesn't feel satisfying, but this is how Oda-sensei's "explanations" usually are!
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Well I feel like Sanji uses Haki to incinerate his leg just like Luffy used Haki to use the Red Hawk attack. If you remember Luffy's fight vs Hordy, Luffy uses the Red Hawk attack (which uses Armorment Haki to make his arms catch on fire) under water. Maybe Sanji uses that on his leg to attack. Just a theory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: As we all know, Sanji has acquired Haki and Sky Walk. If Sky Walk (also Blue Walk, but underwater) can serve as a foundation for friction, and Haki as an incinerator, then we get fire underwater. We know that Luffy can generate fire thanks to this logic... Haki and speed.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: This is my own theory but his flames could be from the power he was supposed to get at birth. All his siblings had powers but he was considered a dud. If I am wrong he could get powers later on or he might never get them.
Just realized no one has commented in over a year and you guys didn't have this info, that I am basing my theory off of, when it was originally posted.
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2013/11/12 | 932 | 3,521 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of series these days have either some sort of ecchi scene or is made entirely of fan service.
While some use this for comedic moments and others for story purposes. But if I look at the *Freezing*, I don't see the ecchi bringing any added value.
What do ecchi scenes add to a series, if not for comedic or story purposes?<issue_comment>username_1: While it's conceivable that ecchi can be used to drive the story in a way, It almost never does add to the story.
The reason it's added is to draw people manga/anime, and some people do like the ecchi itself.
I find that ecchi doesn't really harm the story either. A good series with ecchi added is still a good series, and a bad series with ecchi is still a bad series.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: (Note: I don't have any evidence or sources to back up these claims.)
The most straight-forward reason there is ecchi in some shows is simply because the animators like to draw scantily clad (or naked) girls. You see this in a lot of fan-art or random sketches by some directors, who were once animators (for example: Imaishi).
But a possible added value for ecchi scenes is sort of two fold. These are shows that are usually in the late-late-night time slots and are sometimes on satellite stations, where they can get away with a bit more. This is usually the time slot for some of the more "enthusiastic" fans of anime, the ones who spend lots of money on merchandise and physical media (DVD/BD).
Having this kind of customer base, although much smaller than some of the non-late-night popular shows, means studios are likely to hit certain sales minimums just by pandering to this demographic. Figures (often scantily clad, or with explicit nudity) are sold and the DVD/BD's with promised uncensoring (or even *more* graphic nudity) are bought up. So it's more or less "Sex Sells".
The added value to the viewer is probably more a matter of taste. If you don't like that kind of stuff, you're probably not going to watch these kinds of shows. Some of these kinds of shows is pure fan service, with none of the ecchi actually playing any role at all in the story or plot (e.g. "Najica", "Agent Aika", "Green Green", etc), and more recently, eventhough it can be argued whether the ecchi really does have to do with story or not, it's tied more closely to the show, where removing it actually devalues the show itself (e.g. "Queen's Blade").
There has even been quite a bit of backlash for these late-night time slot ecchi shows because a lot of them aren't very popular and it can seem that a lot of studios (at least between 2000-2010) sacrificed quality and writing to simply have ecchi and pander toward a small demographic who happens to spend a lot of money.
Just to be clear ["fan service"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_service) doesn't necessarily have to be ecchi, and it's almost always inconsequential to the story or plot. It's just there to please the viewer (assuming the viewer is into the show). It doesn't add much value to the story/plot and isn't necessarily supposed to.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Guess I was beating around the bush, so here comes the straight answer:
It's so viewers can engage in acts of onanism, treat their bodies like an amusement park, crown the king, play pocket pool, do arm aerobics, strum the banjo, stir the yogurt, charm the cobra, walk the dog, be lord of your manor, king of the castle, the master of your domain.
There.
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2013/11/13 | 2,844 | 11,211 | <issue_start>username_0: TIL Super Saiyan 2 Goku's hair is the same length of his normal hair, but when he transforms into SSJ3, his hair starts growing and becomes pretty long.
Even if the hair grows while in SSJ3, it should not shrink back when he's returns to normal. The growth could be the result of the pressure exerted from his body, but shouldn't shrink back when he's normal.
Is there an explanation for that or is it just the way it is?<issue_comment>username_1: **Before we begin an answer:**
I prefer honestly saying that there is no answer for this (or I personally never saw something that answers that on the web), but we can use some deductions from what we know and experienced from the long series of the anime.
As we already know from Dragon Ball, the trademark characteristic of the transformation is the user's hair, it goes golden yellow at the Super Saiyan 2 level as a representation of achieving a higher level of energy.
**I guess you could also ask:**
why does his hair goes golden yellow at the first place ?
For me I know no reason of getting hair color changed when rising the energetic level, but by assuming that saiyans are a different race than humans, we could explain it as a result of the rise in Ki consumption, for example in SS3 :
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[Source](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_3#Appearance)
**So as a personal explanation:**
I can say that just like when you eat a lot you get fat (as a human), when you open your body for a perfect Ki consumption (as in SS3 level) your hair will grow as long golden yellow (as a Saiyan).
**And as a remark:**
The body must change the morphological shape to achieve a higher efficiency in using the current level of energy for combat (for example largest muscles in SS3, tallest in SS4 .. etc), and as one can deduce: hair has no effect on the combat course, but personally again, I think the complete opposite: the hair style may cause more effect than muscles, it have an impact on the moral and psychic state of the enemy, to make it even clear:
Just like the lion is scary with large hair, so is the saiyan in SS3, he looks stronger sometimes more than what he really is. Unlike what was the small evil Boo, his physical appearance didn't show his strength therefore it had no impact on his enemies (Goku and Vegeta).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have to say that the bulleted answer that I just read was incredible, and a lot can be taken away from that to understand the Saiyan race.
In my eyes, the Saiyan's hair is a very key part of their ki control, their physical stature, and their own understanding of themselves. I believe it was Vegeta who said to Bulma that a Saiyan's hair never grows, it never changes (to paraphrase, of course).
**Saiyan's hairstyles and strengths**
It does not seem that the length of a Saiyan's hair is immediately related to the base power of the Saiyan. The Saiyan saga made it quite clear that Raditz is weaker than Nappa is weaker than Vegeta, and the lengths of hair do not grow shorter or longer in that sequence, as Nappa is bald and is stronger than Raditz (according to Team Four Star, Nappa is 5Raditz, lol). It's possible that I'm wrong, and Raditz had unrealized potential to be unrelentingly strong but was too mentally weak to achieve it. However, I don't believe this to be the case.
**Supers and their hair**
Now onto the relationship between the hairstyle and Super Saiyan abilities. To make a note, all the Saiyans we know to have achieved a true Super Saiyan form, had hair. This is minor, but makes the analysis a whole lot easier. Goku and Bardock were the first two Saiyans in known history to transform and they had the same fairly short, spiky hairstyle. Vegeta's early SS form was a bit invalid in my opinion, as he forced his way in, like achieving full meditation with help from drugs. However, his hairstyle is in many ways very similar to Goku's, which I will comment on in my next point. Goten, same hairstyle as Bardock and Goku, and as far as Trunks, that's just a different story, I'll make a side point in the end for that.
**Goku vs. Vegeta**
So what is the difference between Goku's hairstyle and Vegeta's (in base form)? If you look closely, their hairs are actually quite identical. I've never counted the spikes, however. If Goku's hair was forced upward I feel that they would be the same length and style. This opens up to my real idea of what the hair represents. On Earth, martial artists have the ability to suppress their power, not hide, but suppress. Vegeta learns this, proving he never had this ability before coming to Earth. So while Goku spent his life only bursting his power at the moment he needs it, Vegeta has always pushed himself to the limits at all time. I believe their hairstyles resemble this. Goku is always at peace and relaxed, so I believe his hair is relaxed and does not flow as much ki. When Goku uses the Kaio-ken, his hair rushes up for just a moment.
**A channel for ki**
So all in all, my theory is that a Saiyan's hair has no cosmetic value, and is a direct representation of their average ki consumption. When Goku and Vegeta transform, their hair is passing far more ki than normal, and this causes it to stand up and resemble their aura. For all known Super Saiyans, there is a gold aura, however we do not know that this is always the case. Perhaps the SS of legends, thousands of years ago, had a green or red aura. However, Goku and Bardock have a golden spirit aura and Vegeta learned to transform by watching Goku, resembling his technique and passing it to his son Trunks (again, not getting into that little bastard). Broly's final transformation had more of a green aura as well, but I'm not an expert on the movies.
**SSJ1-SSJ2-SSJ3**
The typical first transformation involves the hair turning from black to gold, and the eyes turning bluish-green. The next transformation involves the hair to flow even more forcefully upward, the aura to grow sometimes with lightning, and muscle growth. Then the transformation to SSJ3, which I have only seen done by Goku in the greatest scene ever, involves the obvious growth of hair, more muscle growth, and some major facial changes.
**SSJ3 analysis**
Now I think I'll get to my opinion on the question that was asked. In the SSJ3 form, not only do the eyebrows disappear, but the entire forehead grows severely. It seems to me that the top of the head and base of the hair is the last biological point in the body which passes ki, and the growth of his cranium is no doubt to accommodate the intense flow of ki. The eyebrows may serve as an auxiliary port for key to enhance vision and the senses, or even just to project ki in different directions. However, when the body must focus enough energy to reach such a high level, such accessories are pointless, therefore they vanish into the flow of ki. When I watch Goku transform for the first time on Earth, I see him not only intensify his own energy, but taking it in from the world, like a slowly expanding spirit bomb in a way. The clouds fly towards him, the grasses bend his way and all the trees shake immensely. His body is at that point holding far too much energy to handle and he must adapt his physical body to survive and use that energy. This is where the hair reacts and becomes much larger to allow him to hold the energy a little longer and direct his power much more finely. *This doesn't answer the question how hair could just grow and shrink, but the idea is, maybe instead of calcium and proteins, a Saiyan's hair is made of raw ki.*
**Trunks**
I promised to make a side note on how Trunks' hair works, so here it is. Trunks can go screw because I don't want to think about the one hole in my entire theory. Bulma is ruining it YET AGAIN and I'm sick of her s\*\*t. SICK OF IT!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Maybe it is because a saiyan's eyebrows disappear due to the increase of muscle around the eyes, there for increasing their sight ability furthermore.
The hair length though. I'd say it's half cosmetic just for intimidating purposes but also because it has a deeper meaning. The hair styles with saiyan's personally, going off human hair, means nothing. But the increase of hair length of a Saiyan hair being that it increases in length through base form - SSJ3 (yes it does increase slightly). This maybe a way of cooling the body down or an outlet for excess energy that the body needs to exile or does naturally. I don't believe it to be an energy channeler as there isn't any evidence and it make no sense, but that's clearly my opinion.
As to the original question as to why the hair increases and why this change is not permanent maybe due to the fact that the body undergoes mass physical changes to adapt to the physical and physiological needs to the present form, or even just a simple side effect of the transformation in which the changing of the hair could all just be a coincidence and an unintentional argumentation.
When the user "retreats" (and I use that term loosely) the side effects or the augmentations due to the transformation are reversed due to the transformation "retreating" and no longer in effect.
I.e. Like when a smoker starts after a while their lungs get worse but as they start to quit, their lungs become better. Same theory applies. Not being in that state returns the body back to its original form.
Hope that solves your question and others as well, I hope someone finds my theory to be interesting.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: This isn't an answer, but rather a theory:
Just like when your hair becomes charged from static buildup and begins to rise, when a Saiyan goes Super Saiyan, their hair becomes super charged with Ki energy to such an extent that it literally begins to glow, resulting in a blond appearance.
As this charge is pushed to greater extents, the focused charge pulsing from root to tip not only glows outward from the shaft, but also fires a visible laser like beam of light from the tip, resulting in the apparent lengthening of the hair.
As this charge is pushed to EVEN greater extents, the visible distance of this light is amplified, and the space around the hair begins to distort, further "lengthening" the hair, as well as amplifying it's volume.
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2013/11/14 | 792 | 2,642 | <issue_start>username_0: I have all three seasons of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and the two movies. I am wondering where the movies occur chronologically within in the series. So I can watch them in the proper order.<issue_comment>username_1: The first two Nanoha movies are retellings of the first and second seasons of the anime respectively. That is to say that "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st" covers the same story as the original "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha" and "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's" covers the same part of the story as "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's". The not-yet-aired third movie is supposedly going to be an original story which will be set between A's and StrikerS on the timeline.
There are some minor differences between the anime and the movies. Technically, the movies form their own continuity. However, these differences are all minor as far as I remember. With that in mind, there are many possible orders to watch the series, and so long as you respect the internal chronology any viewing order seems reasonable. If you want to watch all the anime in chronological order by release date (which is what I'd personally recommend), it would be:
1. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
2. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's
3. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
4. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st
5. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In addition to the excellent response provided by username_1, these are the anime and manga series in a chronological order. The *Vivid* and *Force* manga series continue the story from the anime, while the other manga entries are nothing more than additional background content for the die-hard fan
* **Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha** or **Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st**
* *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha MOVIE 1st THE COMICS (Manga)*
* **Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's** or **Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd**
* *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (Manga)*
* **Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS**
* *Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS THE COMICS (Manga)*
* *Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid (Manga)*
* *Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Force (Manga)*
Please do note that the movies are alternate retellings that are not 100% story-wise compatible with the original series. In **StrikerS** there are a number of background references to story from A's which has been scrapped in the movie retelling. I would recommend going through the original series (Nanoha, A's and StrikerS) prior to watching the movie retelling and/or reading the manga.
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2013/11/14 | 369 | 1,275 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been watching *Kingdom* and *Kingdom: Season 2* for a while now and I can't help but be a bit distracted by how differently it is animated compared to most anime these days.
Which animation style is used to achieve this more 3D-like feeling? And why did they pick this over the usual animation style?
<issue_comment>username_1: That looks to be cel shading which is "designed to make 3-D computer graphics appear to be flat". - [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel_shading)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The series uses CGI, notably a combination of 3d objects with 2d illustrations (more so in the Second season then in the first). This has been common practice in the industry for a while (both to improve quality and save on labor). Most production use cel shaders or rotoscoping the model to mask the disconnect between the two dimensions.
A notable examples with less distinctions in recent anime are Berserker from Fate/Zero:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7OYPb3fTP0>
and the new Code Geass series:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOYerOT_Wpc#t=48>
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2013/11/15 | 679 | 2,363 | <issue_start>username_0: Why didn't Kabuto bring back the entire Uchiha clan? It was one of the four noble clans of Konohagakure, and was also reputed to be the village's most powerful clan, producing shinobi that were exceptionally talented and battle-oriented. -[Naruto wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_Clan)
Sasuke and Obito were still alive and only Itachi and Madara were brought back. I don't see a reason why Kabuto did not bring back the entire clan. I know these four are exceptionally strong, but there were other promising member like [Shisui Uchiha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shisui_Uchiha).<issue_comment>username_1: Edo Tensei needs the DNA of the person to be reincarnated. (Chapter 520)
Kabuto could not bring back the Uchiha clan because he could not get their DNA.
Danzo, who commissioned the Uchiha clan massacre, must have had their bodies thoroughly destroyed to prevent enemies from misusing the Sharingan. Given Danzo's character and principles, we can be certain he would take such measures. For instance, he was very upset on knowing that Kirigakure's Ao had taken Konoha's Byakugan.
Kakashi also makes a mention of this rule in Chapter 16.
Madara's death was independent of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and Konoha thought he was dead anyway, so the possibility of Danzo destroying his body does not arise at all.
After Madara's death, Tobi must have taken great efforts to make his body inaccessible, because otherwise it would ruin the plan of him falsely assuming Madara's identity. However, he probably did not destroy it completely, and Kabuto (or Orochimaru) may have found the body or its parts somehow. Tobi was understandably shocked when Kabuto showed him the Edo Tensei Madara in the sixth coffin, since it meant his plan was ruined.
Itachi's dead body was easier to obtain, since he died just a few weeks before in his own hideout.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think the uchiha would have brought great strength in battle...how ever sauske would not have the courage to kill his fellow clans men it's better than the gedo statue,but sauske did not plan on turning on obito at the time so it would have been a "just in case plan"
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2013/11/15 | 685 | 2,553 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Dragon Ball Z*, after fusion, who controls the mind and the body? Is it both or a single person?<issue_comment>username_1: There are *several* types of fusion. For the majority of these, the more dominant/stronger individual controls the mind and body.
For Piccolo and Nail, they did the *Namekian Fusion*, Piccolo was the more dominant. There was also Cell and the Androids. Cell fused with them by a type of fusion called [*Absorption*](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Absorption). There was also the permanent fusion of Supreme Kai and his servant Kibito by using *The Potara Earrings*. Supreme Kai's personality was the one that stood out after that. For Dragon Ball Super we also see Kale and Caulifla fuse into Kefla who actually only seems to inherit Caulifla's personality.
In the normal fusion, the one you are more than likely asking about, the one that comes after initiating the [*Fusion Dance*](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Fusion_Dance). A new being is created from both individuals. [This being will..](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Fusion)
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So, none of the fusees control the mind after the normal fusion. The being created after is a combination of both of their individual attributes and as such can think for itself.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's a totally different person, e.g. x + y = z.
So it's not either one. Once they are fused, a new superpower being is formed.
If you remember what Trunks says to Pam when Goku and Vegeta are fused, he'll say that they both are not two different entity. They are one being :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Fusion dance = an entirely new being. And as far as the earrings go, it depends.
If one person is far more dominant in power and personality, then they remain who they are and are in complete control of the new form (old Kai and Kabito Kai), but if both fusee's are equal in power and dominance of personality, then similar to the dance, a new being completely will be created. You can tell if this occurs if you can hear both fusee's voices (Vegito).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: No one, once fused. He or she is an *entirely* different person, with a brand new personality and everything.
An exception *would* be the Namekian fusion.
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2013/11/15 | 1,033 | 3,044 | <issue_start>username_0: In Pokemon: The Movie 2000, part of the legend that tells of the balance of nature being wrecked goes "The World Will turn to Ash".
This is the sort of pun-legend I'd expect from Japanese writing...yet this is Ash's given name, and the original legend must be in Japanese.
So what, exactly, did the legend say about Ash being the "chosen hero" at that point in the story?<issue_comment>username_1: What I found from [here](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Myths_and_legends_involving_legendary_Pok%C3%A9mon) is:
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> 火の神、雷の神、氷の神に触れずべからず。
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> されば、天地怒り世界は破滅に向かう。
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If this is accurate, then there is no mention of Ash, but instead just that of a trainer in general.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's a fortunate play on words made possible by the English translation, since Ash's name in Japanese is Satoshi.
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In my translation for the audio Japanese the legend at the start says:
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> The flame god, The lightning god, and the ice gold must not be
> disturb. should you do so, nature shall be angered, and the world
> shall face destruction. the ocean god shall arise try to stop the
> disaster but will fail to prevent the world's devastation. A great
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this is the dialogue you referring to in the Japanese ver.:
Slowking: "Unless we find the great controller the god's anger won't be calmed."
Furuura: "The great controller?"
Slowking (speaking to ash): "We only have two treasures"
Furuura: "If the great controller appears, can the world be saved?"
Misty: "Wait, that means... no way! Satoshi?"
Tracy: "I see, so that what's about"
Ash: "Me? it is really me?"
Pikachu: "Pikachu" (nodding for yes)
In other words, since ash considered in the festival "the great controller," he considered being the real one, as Ash mentioned: "But wasn't that festival thing supposed to be really easy?".
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TfyAe.png)
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So while in the Eng dub ver. the chosen is Ash as written in the legend "Turn to ash" in the Jap dub ver. it is based on the festival.
It fits with Japan conception about festivals and such. While they changed it in the DUB version so it will be more realisable with out-of-Japan people.
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2013/11/16 | 571 | 2,062 | <issue_start>username_0: Why didn't Boa Hancocks attack convert Luffy to stone?
It didn't look like he used Haki or something which would nullify the effect!
Is there any possible explanation for it?
<issue_comment>username_1: From the One Piece wiki page on [Mero Mero no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mero_Mero_no_Mi) (Hancock's Devil's Fruit):
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Luffy did not have any lustful feelings towards Hancock, so her Mero Mero Mellow attack had no effect on him.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The way Boa Hancock's powers work is by turning those who feel lust in their heart to stone. This works pretty well for her, as the most beautiful woman in the world, so her classic attack is to strike a pose which inspires lust, then use her powers. This fruit only has an effect on anyone because they lust for Hancock, if Lola, or some other less attractive character had eaten this fruit it would be far less effective.
In theory, Luffy was immune because he felt no lust in his heart, so the Mero Mero Mellow attack which turns the lustful to stone simply passed through him without any effect. Although it gets pretty dodgy when you consider that she can turn other women, Pacifistas and even cannon balls to stone, so apparently Luffy actually feels less lust than a typical inanimate object.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: It's very simple. Actually, Luffy is innocent-minded, so he has no interest in falling in love or getting married. In my opinion it's because it would slow him down.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Though Oda did mention in an SBS that Luffy is interested in her looks (though Usopp is a bad influence on his part), the real reason Luffy is immune is that he has a pure heart. With a pure heart, he has no evil or vile thoughts inside him.
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2013/11/16 | 393 | 1,312 | <issue_start>username_0: I've heard from varying sources that Roronoa's name is pronounced two different ways and I was wondering what is the correct way to say it. I have heard it pronounced 'Zoro' in the manga but my bilingual (Japanese and English) friend says that it is pronounced 'Zolo.' So what is the correct way to pronounce his name?
What I'm trying to ask is, is his name Zoro or Zolo?
Also is Roronoa his first or last name?<issue_comment>username_1: The pronunciation of the hiragana character ろ is the correct way to pronounce the `ro` in Roronoa Zoro's name. This pronunciation lies somewhere in between the English pronunciations of `Ro` and `Lo` (though closer to `Ro`). You can find an audio file with the pronunciation on [this page](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/hiragana) at guidetojapanese.org.
The canonical Roman spelling for his name is `<NAME>`, since this is the spelling used on his bounty poster. In the English dub, 4kids changed his name to `Zolo` for some reason.
His first name is Zoro, and last name is Roronoa. The Japanese place their family name before their first name.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Roar-oh-know-ah is the pronunciation of Roronoa
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2013/11/17 | 500 | 1,695 | <issue_start>username_0: Smoker is a smoke man. He can "create, control, and transform into smoke at will" – [One Piece wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Moku_Moku_no_Mi)
Caesar is a gas man. He can "create, manipulate, and transform into gas at will." – [One Piece wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gasu_Gasu_no_Mi)
Since smoke is a gas, could Caesar control Smoker when he turns into smoke?<issue_comment>username_1: The powers of Gasu Gasu no Mi would certainly allow Caesar Clown to control Smoker when he transforms into smoke using Moku Moku no Mi's powers, provided the smoke is within Caesar's range.
However, Smoker would not be totally helpless if they fought one-on-one since he can fight without using his Moku Moku no Mi powers at all. He can use Haki, and carries the Kairoseki Jitte, both of which would be effective against Caesar.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Smoke is **not** just a gas.
What is smoke?
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Before this question can be answered we need to know more about both devil fruit abilities. Like what kind of gas(es) can Caesar (originally) transform into.
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> chemical expertise, adding many of its offensive abilities, thus, the
> original abilities of the Gasu Gasu no Mi remain uncertain -One Piece Wikia
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Unfortunately we don't know enough for example about the types of smoke and gases they can use to really answer the question.
They both can also make there element have a high density to do things like grabbing objects.
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2013/11/17 | 516 | 1,870 | <issue_start>username_0: Since there is just one Devil Fruit for a specific ability, how does one know about what ability it holds?
For example, Buggy and Teach knew about the powers their Devil Fruits would have provided them.
It is mentioned that they had read about it.
But if the fruit occurs only once till the user dies, how did they find out about the fruits' powers?<issue_comment>username_1: There are a number of ways to know the abilities of a Devil's Fruit.
* There's a Devil's Fruit book in the Grand Line, which lists several Devil's Fruits. Sanji mentions this book in Chapter 464. Spandam and Teach also make a mention of it.
* For Devil's Fruits whose ability is not known before, it can only be found out after actually eating it. In Chapter 385, when Kalifa and Kaku eat unknown Devil's Fruits, Lucci tells them that they will begin to sense the changes in due time.
* When a Devil's Fruit user dies, their Devil's Fruit will respawn, and hence its abilities would be known.
In SBS Volume 48, the author <NAME> promises that a certain professor will *eventually* appear in the story, and explain what Devil's Fruits really are. We can expect to know more about identification of Devil's Fruits when that happens.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's simple, the Punk Hazard Arc explains it all. Devil Fruits respawn, otherwise there is no way of telling which fruit has which power without eating it.
For eg :- If you were to eat a banana shaped Devil Fruit and die, the fruit would regenerate into the nearest banana, like the Salamander Devil Fruit regenerated into an apple.
Overtime, people have noted down these fruit types, and that's how they know.
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2013/11/17 | 565 | 1,913 | <issue_start>username_0: Could someone transplant the Rinnegan from one of Pain's paths?
For example, from the male Chikoshodo (summoning) Pain that the Leaf had in their possession.<issue_comment>username_1: I have to say NO.
My reasoning is based on the time when Tobi is hunting for the Rinnegan after the death of Nagato. After he kills Konan, he finds the corpses of Yahiko (who was also the Tendo's body) and Nagato, and pulls only the body of Nagato to his dimension and leaves the body of Yahiko in the same place. If he would have been able to use Yahiko's eyes, I reckon Tobi would've picked that body as well. Seeing how he chooses to ignore Yahiko's body would suggest that only Nagato's eye truly matters and it's the real Rinnegan.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: **NO**, transplantation of the Rinnegan eyes from one of Pain's paths would not work. As soon as the eyes are detached from the corpse, they lose contact with the chakra receiver rods, and turn back into ordinary eyes that the corpse originally had. In Chapter 565, Naruto and Bee discuss this when they are fighting against Tobi's Six Paths of Pain.
The Chikoshodo Pain's corpse in Konoha's possession still had the Rinnegan activated, but it also had about 20 chakra rods when Shizune is shown examining it in Chapter 406.1 We were never shown the corpse's eyes with all the chakra rods removed.
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1 We have to make an assumption that although the chakra reception weakens over distance, it will not completely die down. Without this, the corpse still having the Rinnegan activated becomes a plot inconsistency, if not a plot hole.
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2013/11/18 | 3,003 | 11,604 | <issue_start>username_0: I just watched the third movie (*Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion*) and I have a doubt about the fact that although Madoka wish in the second movie, which prevented the birth of any witch, both in the past and in the future. Why then Homura becomes a Witch?
I get an idea, but I'm not pretty sure about it. In the ending we see Homura feeding QB with her soul gem. Does this mean that all the curses of the universe are now contained in Homura's soul gem? And that feeding QB with them is a way to stop entropy?
When Homura says to Sayaka and Madoka that one day they will be enemies, is she referring to the fact that without suffering sooner or later the universe will run out of energy and Madoka and Sayaka will have to stop her?<issue_comment>username_1: After watching Rebellion on the weekend i've edited my answer account for the new knowledge i have.
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Magical girls still turn into Witches even with the Law of Cycles however Madoka would appear before the Soul Gem became a Grief Seed. the Incubators captured Homura and put her tainted Soul Gem in an isolation field which would prevent it from being affected by the law of Cycles.
The Isolation Field was one way allowing people to enter but not escape so when Madoka along with Sayaka and Bebe came for Homura they became trapped as well and Madoka's memories were altered as well, it wasn't until after the field was destroyed could Madoka escape and treat Homura's Soul Gem.
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The result of Madoka's Wish prevents the creation of Witches however the curses on Earth still existed and became Wraiths, also what Homura is feeding Quebe is Cubes left behind by Wraiths when they die, just like what Grief Seeds were, however Soul Gems still become darkened with despair and in time will turn a Magical Girl into a Witch however Madoka's Wish allows the Soul Gem to be purified and allow the Magical Girl to die without becoming a Witch, Mami notes this by saying how no one knows why Soul Gems shatter like they do, ofcause Homura knows as she's the only one to know Madoka and her Wish.
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These cubes seems to have the same effect but somewhat limited as Quebe does note that the current system with the Wraiths doesn't prevent entropy but slows it down considerably.
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Homura only actually says this to Madoka as Homura asked Madoka if she valued order and Madoka replied that it was wrong to break the rules. Homura broke the Law of Cycles making herself exempt from it by becoming something else. there's also the matter about Madoka who doesn't remember that she's a Goddess which could mean that the Law of Cycles will not be upheld. Homura *believes* that if Madoka regains her memories they may end up becoming enemies. Also Homura didn't give back Madoka's ribbon because they could one day be enemies, Homura says that it looked better on Madoka and to Homura the ribbon was a reminder Madoka existed.
For Sayaka, after she was taken by the Law of Cycles in the previous universe she was made into Madoka's Secretary and existed the same as Madoka however having control over her witch form. Sayaka knows of the implications Homura's new Law of Cycles and thinks it's going to spell tragedy for the rest of the universe however when asked if Homura was out to destroy it all Homura replied "maybe, once all the Wraiths' have been destroyed".
As for the universe running out of energy, that was going to happen in the previous universe as well because before the countermeasure for entropy was to harvest the energy from when Magical Girls became Witches which thanks to the Law of Cycles could not be done anymore.
Should be noted however that "counteracting entropy" was the Incubators goal, apart from Homura the other Magical Girls were mostly unaware of this in the original universe as Madoka was told this when she was in her room after Sayaka was killed. only Madoka and Homura would remember this system and the Incubators would have deduced the effects from talking with Homura.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Ok, let me try to answer this the best I can. I've watched the movie twice: in a theatre in Paris and the subbed camrip that's been going around.
**although Madoka wish in the second movie, which prevented the birth of any witch, both in the past and in the future. Why then Homura becomes a Witch?**
Madoka's wish wasn't **exactly** that. She wished to erase all the witches, past, present and future **with her own hands**. The bolded part being the interesting one. Not only did it mean the wish couldn't have any unfortunate fulfilling that wasn't what she wanted, it meant she would have to do the work herself. Which is also the only reason it invokes a paradox that forces her existence into a concept. Either way, the point is, Madoka takes the despair out of the Soul Gems of Magical Girls as they are about to become witches. The natural tainting process of the Soul Gem still exists and the girls would still become witches if she wasn't there to take their souls to wherever and let them have a dignified death.
Only in Homura's case this time, she wasn't there. To expand upon it, what the Incubators do is use their super advanced alien science to freeze Homura's Soul Gem at a borderline state. She's about to become a witch, but she's still a magical girl. Let's say for the sake of an analogy that her Soul Gem was 99.99% tainted. That's where they froze her at. Because that's the point at which Madoka would come in and save her from becoming a witch as she did to everyone throughout the series and they wanted to capture Madoka. So, frozen at this state, the Soul Gem couldn't break and impose a witch barrier over some part of this world (which is still a separate dimension of its own), so it created a barrier of sorts inside itself. Basically, the first part of the movie was spent inside Homura's Soul Gem. Note that at this point, the world they're in may be akin to a witch barrier, but Homura **isn't** a witch, as the barrier was created by what is still her Soul Gem.
After the whole ordeal that culminates with her realizing she's the one who created the barrier, Homura is confronted by Kyubey, who tells her about what exactly had happened with her and what their plans for Madoka were. There, she decides to become a witch inside the barrier so she can be killed by Mami and Kyouko there and ensuring Madoka will never come for her. Note that this Homura inside the Soul Gem is basically her soul, so being killed inside it is the same as destroying her Soul Gem. Now she purposely brings upon her more despair and suffering by accepting she won't be able to meet Madoka again and successfully becomes a witch **inside** the Soul Gem. This is a separate world of its own, one that Madoka can't see nor reach (which is still kinda of a moot point anyway since Madoka is trapped inside it without any memories of who she even is), which is why it was possible for that to happen. The Homura in the outside world, her physical body, is not yet a witch, since any developments in the inside won't affect the outside thanks to Kyubey's filter.
TL;DR - Homura doesn't become a witch in the outside world, she becomes one inside her own Soul Gem, which is a separate dimension from the one Madoka can see and interact with.
**I get an idea, but I'm not pretty sure about it. In the ending we see Homura feeding QB with her soul gem.**
We do? I'm pretty sure that's not what happens so... By ending, are you referring to the post-ending credits? Since that's the only thing I think could have been mistaken by that. But we never see that. All we see is Kyubey appearing, Homura bringing up her Soul Gem, *perspective change*, her legs doing some sort of dance, *perspective change*, her dancing with a beaten-up Kyubey in the background. If what you're saying does happen at any point, please specify.
**When Homura says to Sayaka and Madoka that one day they will be enemies, is she referring to the fact that without suffering sooner or later the universe will run out of energy and Madoka and Sayaka will have to stop her?**
That point is pretty much up in the air, specially her words toward Sayaka. What she says to Madoka is easier to interpret, though. She asks her about her ideals, if she thinks the world is more important than the happiness of one people. Basically "selflessness vs selfishness". And Madoka answers with the former. What this conversation shows is that Homura is fully aware her actions were selfish ones, but won't back down on them since it's what she's always wished for. Madoka's answer, though, goes against the very thing she won't back down from, which means their ideals at the moment are complete opposites, so if Madoka ever understands the situation and comes to want to realize her ideal, it'd only be natural they would become enemies. Which will eventually happen, since it's very doubtful Homura will be able to keep the world as is without either Madoka or Sayaka getting at least part of their memories back. Heck, things were already turning out that way with Madoka and would have if Homura didn't hug her into submission.
*Before proceeding, please have in mind that while everything before this paragraph are things I'm nearly certain of having interpreted correctly, this isn't but a theory of mine:*
Back to the Sayaka conversation, that's one of the issues I have with this movie, in that Sayaka's question regarding destroying the world came out of absolute nowhere and Homura's answer made no sense at all, considering she says "Once all wraiths are defeated". And since we know from the series the wraiths are the new embodiment of grief and despair in a witch-less world, and that hope and despair can never triumph over one another since the Madoka world is a zero sum game, that makes absolutely no sense at all. So I've thought a lot about that until now and I think a possible (even if not obvious as the one for the Madoka conversation) interpretation is that Homura implying the wraiths will eventually be eliminated means she is, herself, trying to become the embodiment of despair. That way, she'd become a true counterpart to Madoka, who's the embodiment of hope, and the balance would be restored.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I agree with rezark except for the end Houmura became a demon thru Madoka's power as a god therefore when Houmura took Madoka's power she then gained the power to rewrite the world as she seen fit which then refers back to the conversation with Sayaka. When Sayaka asked her question and Houmura responded with "when all wraiths are defeated" she gained the power to throw them back into the world and use them as a source occupation for all the magical girls such as Sayaka Mami BeBe and so on in the time of occupation giving Houmura the time to know there attacks and then keep the world at a stasis with just her and Madoka
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2013/11/18 | 642 | 2,098 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that there has been many cross-over episodes involving One Piece and Toriko.
In fact, Toriko's first episode has One Piece characters in it.
Is there any kind of connection between both of the two series?<issue_comment>username_1: For celebrating the start of Toriko anime, a Special Collaboration with One Piece was made. A 1 hour special serving as [Episode 1](http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_1) of Toriko and [Episode 492](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_492) for One Piece.
Year later at the 1st anniversary of Toriko and because of the success of the first collaboration, a second Toriko x One Piece Collaboration Special was announced. A 1 hour special serving as [Episode 51](http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_51) of Toriko and [Episode 542](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_542) of One Piece.
A third collaboration special crossover was aired on April 7th, 2013, titled Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special. A 1 hour special featuring characters from Toriko, [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) and [Dragon Ball Z](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) and serving as [Episode 99](http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_99) of Toriko and [Episode 590](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_590) of One Piece.
Source: [Here](http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Toriko_Collaboration_Specials)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Some possible reasons:
* The manga each is based on are run in the same magazine.
* The anime are aired on the same TV channel in Japan on the same day.
* The anime are made by the same company.
Sources:
anime info: <http://www.mahou.org/Showtime/?o=ET>
manga info: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Shounen_Jump#Series>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: There are so many collaborations between Toriko and One Piece because both manga-ka, Eechiro Oda and <NAME> are very good friends and rivals and they decided to make a crossover seens both manga are serialized on the Shonen Jump :D
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2013/11/18 | 295 | 877 | <issue_start>username_0: I came across [this page](http://www.stewpig.com/funny/the-weirdest-things-happen-on-anime-shows-19-pics/2013/05/29/) while stumbling through the internet and would like to know what show this is from.
<issue_comment>username_1: The anime is [*Shirokuma Cafe*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirokuma_Cafe), about animals and humans in a cafe run by a polar bear named Shirokuma (シロクマ); this penguin character is aptly named "Penguin".
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This is "Penguin" from *Shirokuma Cafe*, episode 9.
Penguin has an obvious crush on a female penguin named "Penko,"Shirokuma usually tries to helps him prepare for encounters with her... but Penguin always seems to chicken out at the very last moment.
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2013/11/19 | 632 | 2,643 | <issue_start>username_0: As we know, Digimons are digital monsters made of Data in the Computer.
So in Digimon Adventure 01 and 02, all the Digimons come to the real world for a mission. But if they are just a piece of data, then how can they actually come out of the computer and take form?
Data needs a medium to compile and take form and the real world does not provide that medium, it only happens in devices that understand the data.<issue_comment>username_1: I remember in Digimon Adventure 2 there being a gate between the Digital World and the Real World which has a "corridor" where anything is possible.
BlackWarGreymon sacrificed himself to protect the Gate which when Mytoismon tried to break though it from the Real World ended up getting trapped in this corridor because of the seal BlackWarGreymon made, this is were we see the Digidestined able to have their partners assume every evolution form at the same time, as the battle continued Mytoismon was pushed back into the Digital World and the multiple forms disappear when they enter the Digital World probably because of Data Limits in the Digital World.
I would assume all travel between the 2 worlds is done though this Gate and "corridor" where the "corridor" is used to make digimon real and turn people into data and some objects into digimon (as seen in Frontier with the trains), the Gate itself probably doesn't have a fixed point.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Well there is no telling for sure how they can because in Digimon Adventures or Digital Monsters season 2, there is a gate to enter into the digital world and back. And in Digimon Tamers, the Digimon monster that you see Growlmon fight with comes through a vortex somehow, so they probably have many ways. But we will never know for sure if Digimon are real so we do not know if they can come or not.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It is explained in Digimon Tamers:
When a digimon materializes in the real world, it creates protein and other components from the air and nearby matter (exactly how, if it involves nuclear fusion or not, is unclear) to create a body using energy and data from the digital world.
The same is true when humans travel to the digital world. Their bodies are converted to digital "energy" and this energy is recombined into real bodies. As seen in s2, the clothing can be changed by the mindset of the children.
There is some effort to cross to and from, so usually digimon and children only use gates, places where the boundaries are thinner. Only special digimon like Grani can freely move to and from the digial world.
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2013/11/19 | 618 | 2,062 | <issue_start>username_0: After the death of Pain, the fake Madara fights Konan to know the location of Pain's body...During this he mentions that the Rinnegan is his and he wants it back...I couldn't understand this..
Was Pain born with Rinnegan or was it implanted by fake Madara?<issue_comment>username_1: Nagato was not born with the Rinnegan. It was implanted into him by the *real* Uchiha Madara before his (Madara's) death.
Uchiha Madara activated his Rinnegan at an old age, so he made a plan by which he could be revived using the Rinnegan's Rinne Tensei jutsu after Akatsuki captured all the Bijuu into the Gedo Mazo. He could then proceed with the Moon's Eye Plan.
He implanted his Rinnegan into Nagato, without Nagato realising it, and then made Uchiha Obito assume his identity as the fake Madara, so that Obito could both collect the Bijuus using the Akatsuki, and control Nagato to use the Rinne Tensei to revive Madara.
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**Source:** Naruto Manga Chapter 606. I don't want to paste screenshots here, since the entire story is described fully in that single chapter.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: No, he wasn't born with the Rinnegan. According to the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nagato)(emphasis mine),
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2013/11/19 | 1,975 | 6,870 | <issue_start>username_0: So we have [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/412/1651) about the character [Red](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28game%29) vs [Ash](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum).
It made me start wondering if your rival in the game (red/blue), or if he appears in the manga, is different from Gary. So are Gary and Blue the same? If not, what are the major differences?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, they are the same character. You get the same name suggestions for them in the red/blue games themselves.
Nintendo Power use to refer to your rival as "Gary", and it would probably have referred to you as "Ash" if it ever talked about "you" in the third person, and it did so as long as I've owned the magazine (late 90s early 2000s).
Both "Blue" and "Gary" were the grandson of professor Oak, too, so they definitely are the same character, and to that point, their rivals (Red/Ash) are the same character too.
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\*One point of interest: if you played the "cold" version of the game (Blue), then your character would be suggested as "Gary", and your rival would be suggested as "Ash".
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The different versions of Pokemon (anime, manga, games) are mostly inconsistent with each other, and aren't directly comparable. Here are the versions of this character:
* [Blue Oak from the games](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue_%28game%29) is the rival of [Red](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28game%29) in Generation I (as well as [Leaf](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Leaf_%28game%29) in the Generation III remakes), and is the gym leader of the Viridian Gym in Generation II and the Generation IV remake. In the games in which he is the rival, you have the choice of his name, and "Gary" is one prerecorded choice that you could make. His Japanese name is "<NAME>" (オーキド・グリーン).
* [Blue Oak from the Pokemon Adventures Manga](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue_%28Adventures%29) is a main character and [Red](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_%28Adventures%29)'s rival. He is based on Blue from the game. Being a manga, he obviously isn't nameable. His Japanese name is "<NAME>" (オーキド・グリーン).
* [<NAME> from the original anime](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gary) is one of [Ash](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum)'s rivals for the first few seasons of the anime. He is also based on Blue from the game. Again, since it's an anime he isn't nameable. His Japanese name is "<NAME>" (オーキド・シゲル)
There are definite similarities between all three of these characters. For instance, all of them are the grandsons of the respective Professor Oaks. All three are the rivals to the protagonist. All three are respectable trainers, and in many cases they have some of the same pokemon.
However, there are quite a few differences as well. For instance, Gary competes in the Pokemon League in 3 regions before going to work as a researcher. Blue from the game becomes the League champion, only to lose to Red, after which he becomes a Gym Leader. Blue from the manga doesn't even collect gym badges; he's only acquired one. The Bulbapedia pages above contain much more detail, but the point is that these three characters are quite different in personality, style, and story, so you really have to regard all of them as different characters who just all happen to have similar design and occupy similar positions in the stories.
Incidentally, there are other characters named Blue as well (taken from [this Bulbapedia disambiguation page](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue)):
* [Blue from the Pokemon Origins Anime](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue_%28Origins%29) is based off of Blue from the original games. This series seems to be following the game story reasonably closely and the characters are quite similar. His Japanese name (at least so far) is just "Green" (グリーン).
* [Blue from the Pokemon Pocket Monsters Manga](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue_%28Pocket_Monsters%29) is again a rival of Red, but clearly a different character, as evidenced by the fact that his Japanese name "Blue" (ブルー) doesn't match the others. The character based on Blue in this version is [Green](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Green_%28Pocket_Monsters%29) (グリーン), whose full name is "<NAME>" (緑川 開)
* [Blue from the Pocket Monsters Ruby-Sapphire Manga](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blue_%28Ruby-Sapphire%29) is based on Leaf, not Blue. She is still a rival of Red. She doesn't seem to have any relation to the original Blue, and her Japanese name Midori (みどり) is different from the other characters, though it could be translated as "Green".
* [Green from the Pokemon Adventures manga](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Green_%28Adventures%29) is based on an unused female character design from the first game, which was also the basis for Leaf in the remakes. I've included her only because her Japanese name is "Blue" (ブルー); she and Blue switched names in the English version of the manga.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: No, considering that one would be talking about Blue from either Pokémon Special, the games, or Pokémon Origin.
Gary is also a name you can choose for your rival in the games, making the gameverse Blue/Gary comparison irrelevant, due to the fact that it is one's own choice.
Gary is mainly known from originating from the anime as Ash's arrogant rival, accompanied by fangirls and cheerleaders.
Blue, or Green in Japan, from Pokémon Special/Adventures is the more mature, and serious counterpart to Gary and Blue from the anime and games respectfully. He is Red's rival in the manga, and is considered by Red himself to be a rather powerful trainer.
Blue from Pokémon Origins would also be rather irrelevant, since Pokémon Origins is based strictly off of the events in the games.
Basically, there are three arrogant rivals (One maturing a little in their respective series((Gary)), and a serious one.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Blue is another guy who received Squirtle as starter and Gary another guy who received Eevee and baby Squirtle from Vermilion city. Ash has a rival called Gary and Red has a rival named Blue, but the thing is both are grandsons of Oak. That means the two of them are from different anime stories.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: This is not true. It has been confirmed that Blue is Gary's father, and Red is Ash's uncle.
Note that Gary is trying to become a Pokémon Professor. That means Blue could be training to become a Pokémon professor and take Oak's place, then Gary takes Blue's place, because Professor Oak could not be the same person as Blue and then as Gary.
In conclusion, there is a lot more than you think.
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2013/11/20 | 526 | 1,907 | <issue_start>username_0: There's some novels like "From the New World" which are excellent novels and award winner, but never make it over here. They still fall into the "otaku" subculture but appeal to broader audiences, too.
As consumers, has some sort of crowd-funding or the like ever been attempted to get these materials translated? How can consumers express their desire to bring this material overseas?<issue_comment>username_1: The best way to do convince distributors this works reliably is to make sure that it does by backing similar projects whenever you see them. As noted above there are a number of projects that have been successful like LWA2 and kick-heart. If someone like Trigger keeps running kickstarters and making upwards of half a million dollars, well, the rest of them will catch on.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As of now, yes! Some **Visual Novels** (these count as novels in my book) have been successfully crowd funded out here. A few examples of that are mostly done by the *Sekai Project*.
For example, **World End Economica** was already funded and has been translated and released. [The original KickStarter can be found here.](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/world-end-economica-complete) Sekai Project is working on a few others, too. These include:
* [Clannad (already funded)](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/world-end-economica-complete)
* [Grisaia](http://prefundia.com/projects/view/lets-bring-the-grisaia-trilogy-to-the-west/2814/)
* [WAS](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/bring-was-the-hourglass-of-lepidoptera-to-the-west)
* [fault Milestone One](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/fault-milestone-one-directors-cut)
So, the answer is a resounding YES now! With Clannad on the horizon, we might see even more of these reach out into the English tongue.
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2013/11/21 | 2,182 | 7,954 | <issue_start>username_0: All Orochimaru's people are wearing a purple color rope belt. What is the purpose of it? Why Sasuke is wearing it even after killing Orochimaru? Does it offer any power?
<issue_comment>username_1: No, it doesn't really offer him great power.
He just uses it as a holder for his sword. Normally all the swordsmen have a rope around their waist to keep their swords.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: The purple rope is like an [Obi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_%28sash%29), a garment worn with the traditional Japanese kimono. Besides that, and holding his clothes together, the only real purpose it serves is to hold his sword. You don't want to be always carrying a sword in one hand, especially during fights. Sasuke started carrying a sword after the timeskip, so that might explain why he changed his attire to include that purple rope.
Orochimaru used to carry the Kusanagi sword, and the other characters might be doing it to show their loyalty to Orochimaru.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: While the belt maybe refered to as an "obi," (sash) the style of the belt holds a greater significance in Shinto culture. The particular style of obi is probably what's referred to as a [obijime](http://www.immortalgeisha.com/wiki/index.php?title=Obijime), which basically is a decorated rope sash in order to tie an obi firmly. The braided rope is what you would call a [shimenawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimenawa).
Much like how trees are considered sacred have a shimenawa tied around their trunk. The Yokozuna (grand champions in sumo) wear a shimenawa around their waist, designating them to be of special quality (if they have a [gohei](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohei) attached, there is a sacred bearing to it).
Perhaps the idea of the author wanted to give for Sasuke with his clothes was that he's special and or someone to be revered. The rope sash is probably there to keep that skirt/kilt/cloak thing he has over his pants in place.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The purple "rope" is called an obi (type of sash/belt for kimonos). I think they just wear it just to represent that they are all in clan, or as a symbol to represent Orochimaru. Just like how all the Akatsuki wear black coats, but it really doesn't offer any power and one thing is that orochimaru's followers are usually swordsmen.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: Okay. the other answers offer good info except ONE thing: the Buddhist tale of the snake and the rope. It is an analogy about the fear you have before learning you have no set or stone "self" that the "self" is everchanging. Letting go of the concept of "self" is to become enlightened. Almost all people in Japan are Shinto Buddhists (predominantly Zen ). So they would have been raised knowing the famous story.
When you think of this story applied to the characters <NAME> and his shisho Orichimaru it becomes a brilliant addition as an obi. Orichimaru wanted to find immortality and remain in his current incarnation then of course Orochimaru abd snakes are intertwined both visually and litteraly. I am glad that the anime did show that snakes are not seen as evil and in fact they are a good sign outside christianity. Sasuke wore it when he was much to full of himself and was stuck seeing himself only one way as one part of who he actually is which led him to darkness: an advenger. Plus they are both aloof and can be thought selfish though that is not necessarily the truth.
For them and for the others wearing a rope obi one more noticeable symbolism connection to the snake and the rope story is that they are always caught in the fear the instant you glance at a rope in the woods by your feet and think it a snake. When you realize it's just a rope that is the same as the feeling of being free of self- laughing at the fact we were so scared for that second: enlightened. All except Sasuke wore it so it stuck up behind them which would cause these glimpses of it. And it was AWAYS with them which is why I think it doesn't just symbolize a snake (because of Orichimaru). The story itself was written not by any Buddha but The Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha (originally Sidartha Guatama) and is found in one of Buddhism's sacred scrolls or Sutras.
I'm a symbolist painter as well as a Buddhist and I instantly made this connection when watching the Naruto series's and movies. It got me thinking that Western watchers of Anime (me included) should read more of the common knowledge stories and mythology that far eastern kids grow up with because Anime is rife with symbolism and motifs derived from them. In fact, Japanese culture is incredibly full of visual symbolism. The western world has nothing I know like it.
One other (among many) examples of the symbolism in anime is The Third Hokage's summoning animal which is a monkey with an amazing growing staff. This is based directly on one of the most well known myths in the Far East: Journey to the west. The anime Saiyuki is based entirely on it and I believe that "saiyuki" is the actual or similar title of the HUGE myth. On a side note check out the book "Monkey" which takes excerpts from Journey to the west and combines them into a wonderful and easily accessible book that gives you a good understanding of what the whole thing is all about and tells some of the stories the author and/or editor and/or translator (name to be added) thought most poignant. I'm actually very tired right now and will come back and edit this so that it has more info and the name of the author. The book itself is about the same thing as the full version: the story of a journey to bring Sacred Scrolls (Sutras) like the one with The Snake and The Rope in it back from India (to China where the myth originated). Monkey is not long and has a red cover with spirals on it I believe which, along with the sutra reference, brings me full circle back to Naruto (you know what that name means... At least I hope you do!)
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: Firstly, the size of the belt means that the author wants the viewers to notice it.don't quote me on this but I think that in Japanese martial arts, it is said to control or rather 'subdue' the strength of its user If you ever played street fighter,you will notice that akuma who wields great strength wears the same belt(much thinner).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: I know that Red is a color that can repel bad stuff(like magic and evil forces)
''Vermilion red is considered an amulet against evil forces, and is used in many ancient palaces, shrines and temples.'' (source: <http://inari.jp/en/faq/> )
So I thought I just googled if the color Purple had any meaning behind it. And when I googled it this is what I found:
Purple, the color of the upper class, ruling people
Apparently the color purple was kinda rare during the Nara era(710-784)and only the important people like high-level officials and the Imperial family could wear purple clothing and back then they made it so that purple clothing was really expensive and only rich people were able to afford it. (source: <http://tadaimajp.com/2015/05/purple/> )
Sorry that I replied on a very old thread, but I was curious about this topic and when I found the answer I thought I should share it with you guys ;P
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2013/11/22 | 439 | 1,510 | <issue_start>username_0: In page 12 of chapter 11, Touta and Kuroumaru are officially accepted in UQ Holder. They are, respectively, attributed the numbers 7 and 11:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g0it5.png)
**Do these numbers mean anything in particular** and correspond to something in terms of hierarchy (of power or ranking)? If so, how powerful/ranked are Touta and Kuroumaru?
**Or are they just randomly chosen?**<issue_comment>username_1: Not sure if this is considered canon, as I stopped reading the manga and am not sure if further details were revealed, but...
On episode 3 of the anime, when Touta and Kuromaru meet Jinbei Shishido, he tells 'em he's number 2, and Kuromaru says:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpgk6.jpg)
Again, not sure if this is canon. Also not sure if Kuromaru is just making an assumption, or if this is a given in the anime — there are some different things in the adaptation, and I don't remember this bit of conversation from the manga. But, if this is not an assumption, then the numbers are attributed according to how powerful the characters are.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think it‘s related to their potential, and not to their power, because when they are ranked, Kuroumaru is even with Touta, and Ikuu (the current number 10) is definitely stronger than Touta (at least I think so).
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2013/11/23 | 1,995 | 7,741 | <issue_start>username_0: It is kind of intriguing the Death Note never runs out of pages...
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Since it's made of an unknown matter it's not really that difficult to believe, but we didn't really see the effects of this rule in the anime, which I guess could be more important than most of the rules (unless you show me some other point of view in the answers), by analyzing:
**The thickness of the Note should increase:**
By assuming that the number of pages will increase every time you use the Note pages to make it endless, we would clearly see that the Death Note will get thicker, since the number of pages is rising, and we would clearly see that the Note of Light would be too thick after his long years using it.
**The already written pages remains:**
We could also deduce that the pages that are already filled do not disappear since both L and Near did analyze the names written on the Notes and the names of the dead victims as another evidence of the conviction.
**Now as a question:**
We know that the user can rip some pages from the Note to use them later, *now what would happen if the user rips all the pages from the last one filled to the end cover of the Note for using them later? :*
1. Will it be judged as destroying the Note?
2. Will it be judged as ripping some pages?
If 1), the Note will be rendered useless.
If 2), would other pages appear in the Note? In case they appear, could the user keep ripping off pages and giving them to hundreds of people making Kira everywhere? Why didn't Yagami Light do such a thing as becoming the master of the page users and the only one knowing their names in case they disobey him, and as a result, creating an army for himself made of the Kira fans?
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Check also: [Why is there an entire Death Note if only one page is enough?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/6113)<issue_comment>username_1: Since there are multiple questions, I will divide the answer also into multiple sections.
**Why doesn't the thickness of the Death Note increase?**
The rule quoted in the question seems to contradict a statement that Sidoh makes in one manga chapter. He says that to get his Death Note back, he has to wait until the current owner dies or **till the all the pages are filled up**. Since both the manga and the *How to Read* sections are canon, I would call this an author mistake. However, an interpretation is possible wherein both statements could be correct, without causing contradiction. Let us consider the three cases.
* *How to Read* version of the rule is correct.
If the pages in the Death Note never run out, we can assume that new pages will grow somehow once all pages have been used up. The most plausible explanation for why the book doesn't become thick is that Light tore away and destroyed some or all old pages after the new pages grew.
L or Near only verified that the people whose names were then present in the Death Note had indeed been killed. They did not, and could not, verify that there were *other* people killed whose names are *not* in the Death Note.
* Sidoh's statement in manga is correct.
In the manga pilot, the Death Note consisted of 60 pages with 38 lines per page. Once you ran out of space, you could ask your Shinigami for a new one.1 The pilot chapter is usually considered non-canon, but it is possible that the authors planned for the Death Note in the manga to behave similarly and simply forgot about it when they wrote the *How to Read*.
* Both versions are correct.
We could interpret the statements as the following. When Sidoh said that the Death Note's pages are filled up, he was referring to the *physical* Death Note. The *How to Read* section refers to the *logical* or *conceptual* Death Note. The new notebook that the Shinigami gives could be seen as the "continuation" of the earlier book. Since there's no limit to the number of times you can ask the Shinigami for a new book, the pages never run out logically.
**How is tearing the last page interpreted?**
This is an easy one, since a torn page from the Death Note is still technically a part of the same Death Note. This can be seen from the following canon events, both of which Light puts to good use for his plan.
* Someone touching the torn piece will see the Shinigami associated with that Death Note.
* Someone who has lost memories of the Death Note, will remember them, after touching that torn piece.
This implies that until that last page is filled up, the book is still considered to be not filled up.
**Could Light rip-off pages and distribute them to create a Kira army?**
Technically, he could do it, but there are a number of reasons this would not be a good idea.
* From the explanations in the first two sections, it follows that unless all pages are used up, Light won't be getting any more pages. (Until all pages are filled up, new pages won't grow, or the Shinigami won't give you a new book, depending on which version is correct.)
* Distributing the Death Note pages increases Kira's chances of getting caught. Even if he chooses people with a "high sense of justice" as he wants, not many would be as smart or careful as him in covering their tracks. There's a good chance someone would spill the beans, over a glass of alcohol, for example. Moreover, if the pages fall into the hands of Police, they could serve as evidence, which would eventually be backtracked to him.
Even if Light has their names and faces, he cannot possibly keep track on their every activity, and killing them after they have committed a mistake would not help him much. In particular, note that:
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Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: While it's definitely vague, it could be assumed that the Death Note rule about Infinite pages only applies to Death notes in Possession of a Death God (i.e., full pages simply disappear and are replaced with new at the end of the book, since Death God's have no real reason why they need to keep the pages), where as Death Notes in possession of Humans have a finite number of pages (as is specifically stated by a Death God), but can be erased and reused as needed (If they think to do so before the pages are all used up).
Which is really the only way IMO that Near's trick could've worked.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Some rules have been changed in How to Read from what was mentioned in the manga. For instance, Sidoh states in the manga that for him to get his notebook back, he would have to wait for the owner to die or use up all of the pages, whereas in How to Read, it is stated that there are an unlimited amount of pages in the Death Note. In contrast, the rules listed in the manga pilot chapter, included in How to Read, state that the notebook has 60 pages with 38 lines per page, and that when the owner runs out of space to write in the notebook, they "may ask the original Shinigami owner for another."
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Well in the pilot manga, it states,
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Meaning eventually it would run out. But! It also says you can ask the shinigami for a new Death Note. However, this doesn't happen in the anime, meaning the pages must regenerate, somehow.
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2013/11/25 | 287 | 932 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to start reading Berserk, but it seems like Dark Horse doesn't have the digital rights for the manga. Anybody know if there's another distributor that has the digital rights for this manga?<issue_comment>username_1: (I know you asked for digital, but at least it's available in some form...)
RightStuf started re-printing Berserk: [Berserk Manga Gets Reprinting](http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/news/individual/?ForumThreadName=FT0000005631).
You can now buy it form their website: [Browse All Berserk Graphic Novels](http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/facetedSearch/?search=berserk%20graphic%20novel#/?s=berserk%20graphic%20novel).
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: As of July 18, 2017, Dark Horse released the manga digitally!
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2013/11/26 | 2,835 | 10,852 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I know Ogres and Karmic demons are regular humans who (explained in conventional terms) have suffered and become full blown Sociopaths and heavily depressed individuals, respectively, who use all their might in throwing and restraining, again respectively, all their power at those surrounding them, but one way (consciously) or another (unconsciously) it goes out and hurts others.
My first question is: Does this affect anybody or just a few?
The Second question is more a set of questions than anything:
If just a few, then who? Talented/powerful people?
If everybody, then does that mean that the world was filled with Ogres and Karmic Demons before the current order came in to place? If so, when why did the false Minoshiro (whatever that means) forgot to mention it? Or did I forget to watch it in the 3 times I watched the episode?
But the one thing that bothers me the most, which is basically based off all the previous questions is my third and last question: Why the hell are Ogres so goddamn powerful?
I mean, look at the Messiah, child of Maria and Mamoru, taken off them by Yakomaru.
The first and only human kid the rats get in their hands on, breed to adolescence (which is when they get their powers) and turns out to be a killing sociopath with powers as immense as the most powerful dude in the village. This case essentially brings up all the previous questions I asked, which if you didn't notice, is driving me mad.
So, does anyone have any answers?<issue_comment>username_1: There's a few subtleties that aren't easy to pick up. Which is normal. From the New World is a very deep show and it isn't easy to get everything - even after rewatching it multiple times.
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> As far as I know Ogres and Karmic demons are regular humans who
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It's fair to say that everybody could become an Ogre. The determining factor seems to be the person's mental and psychological state of the person.
Power is not a factor. But depending on how you define "talent", it can be. For example, if you can't control your Canti, then you may turn into a Karma Demon.
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It wasn't filled with them. Ogres were rare. It was mentioned at one point that there only like 20 recorded events of them over several hundred years.
It's only in case where a person is going through extreme stress and or innate desire to hurt do that have any chance of becoming an Ogre.
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See my answer to this question: [Where do "fiends" get their abnormal strength?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/3097/17)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This is my understanding of it.
All humans in the world of Shinsekai Yori are strong. Their power itself is unimaginably strong, but serves only as an offense, not a defense.
Thus because of this an Ogre is someone who is unaffected by the genetic imprint that makes humans in SSY die after they murder. That's why Ogres are so dangerous. They aren't especially strong, but they can use their power to kill, and there is no way to defend against it. Humans can't try to kill an Ogre because then they'd die.
A Karmic Demon is very different. A Karmic Demon is a perfectly normal person psychologically, but their power leaks into the world and harms the world. Basically, it is someone who can no longer control their power, but they are still sane.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: **Contains spoilers**
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> As far as I know Ogres and Karmic demons are regular humans who
> (explained in conventional terms) have suffered and become full blown
> Sociopaths and heavily depressed individuals, respectively, who use
> all their might in throwing and restraining, again respectively, all
> their power at those surrounding them, but one way (consciously) or
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> My first question is: Does this affect anybody or just a few? The
> Second question is more a set of questions than anything: If just a
> few, then who? Talented/powerful people? If everybody, then does that
> mean that the world was filled with Ogres and Karmic Demons before the
> current order came in to place? If so, when why did the false
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Before the current order, power users had no in-built restraints on their power. So ordinary people could, and did, cause tremendous damage. Basically every time someone lost their temper there was a risk of nuclear war....
To prevent this, humanity re-engineered themselves and their society with heavy constraints on power. They put in place a multi-layered defense against using power against other humans:
**Genetic engineering:**
* Attack Control from wolves - A strong aversion to hurting their own species
* Sex and affection from bonobos - An inclination to resolve stress and conflict with sex rather than violence
* Death feedback - The ultimate control. A physiological response to the guilt of hurting people which would kill the perpetrator. My understanding is that the death feedback kicks in, at a modest level, even when contemplating hurting someone. Therefore it actually prevents attacks. If for some reason you accidentally or unwittingly hurt someone, the consequent guilt is lethal. So it also punishes harm.
Taken together these mechanisms mean that a human CANNOT volunatarily harm another. In particular it is not possible even to decide to suicide-attack another person - you just can't bring yourself to attack in the first place at all.
**Social conditioning:**
From birth the people are raised with stories, conditioning, and hypnotism to control their behaviour. The biological controls are strenghthened with this process. In addition there is a huge emphasis on obedience and harmony. Because it is impossible to control people with violence in the new society, you can't have normal policing and punishment. Instead the control is psychological.
**Selection:**
Children are closely monitored as they develop. If they don't develop properly they are weeded out. The show portrays the selection as very heavy handed, because they would rather kill many innocents than let one failure slip through.
Ogres and karmic demons occur when these methods fail.
Karmic demons lose conscious control of their power. Shun says that in fact a little power leaks out of everyone, but in most cases it does little harm. Karmic demons leak a lot of power from their unconscious. They are potentially extremely dangerous as a consequence. However they near no malice. The karmic demons we see retain their human morality and voluntarily kill themselves to prevent harm to the world around them. They are dangerous, but not excessively so, for this reason.
Ogres/Fiends are a nightmare. They are humans for whom the safeguards have utterly failed. They are psychopaths. The Death feedback relies on guilt emotions to function. Psychopaths lack such guilt, and the other emphathetic emotions that control Power. They are able and willing to use their Power against other humans.
Precisely because of the various safeguards, other humans are unable to counter-attack, making ogres capable of causing essentially unlimited harm. A single ogre could destroy the entire planet. Hence the excessive selection above: you can't afford to run any risks.
Ogres Power is no stronger than anyone else's. Although there are degrees of control over Power, the idea is that any normal adult has almost unlimited power. They can do almost anything. There is no practical upper limit to what they can do. So even a weak person, if they become an ogre, has civilization ending capabilities. Normal folks around them may have equivalent or even materially stronger Power, but their self-imposed constraints prevent them from deploying it.
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> off all the previous questions is my third and last question: Why the
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> by Yakomaru. The first and only human kid the rats get in their hands
> on, breed to adolescence (which is when they get their powers) and
> turns out to be a killing sociopath with powers as immense as the most
> powerful dude in the village. This case essentially brings up all the
> previous questions I asked, which if you didn't notice, is driving me
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The Messiah is not an ogre. All the constraint mechanisms work great in them. But the constraints work for monster rats, not humans, because they believe they are a monster rat.
They are not a sociopath. They kill humans as lightly as humans kill monster rats, because they don't see them as fellow creatures.
The Messiah is probably a rather weak human, because they wouldn't have had the sophisticated education in manipulating their Power. But they can deploy 100% of their (relatively) weak power, whereas others cannot deploy any of their far stronger power.
The reason the Messiah whips the most powerful guy (Shisei) is due to an additional piece of information we are given:
You can't make two Powers interact. If they come into contact, space time is warped and you get a rainbow iridescence effect.
This makes it very hard to use Power defensively.
Basically, the Messiah attacks Shisei directly. If he does nothing, he dies. If he tries to counteract the Power with his own, they interact. This is what we see: we see the rainbow and he gets warped as space-time bends. This kills him.
Power is useless defensively.
In the last arc, Saki figures out that the Ogre is no ogre. She and Satoru try to show it that it is really a human, using Satoru's mirror skill. This doesn't work - the Messiah just seems confused. They defeat it by using Kiroumaru. Once Saki understands they are not really dealing with an Ogre, it becomes rather easy to defeat.
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2013/11/26 | 508 | 1,834 | <issue_start>username_0: As I understand, any physical part of a reanimated person cannot be destroyed. It will be regenerated automatically within a short time. Then, why did Itachi lose his eyesight after using Izanami? He should've got the eye back quickly as he was a reanimated person. Or, he could've damaged his own eye with a kunai, so that he would get a fresh Mangekyo Sharingan.<issue_comment>username_1: The effect of using Izanami is that you lose **use** of an eye - that is, the user becomes blind.
The eye is there - it has not been lost. Itachi is simply now blind in that eye.
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The light of the eye was already lost. Even if Itachi were to destroy it with his own kunai, the regenerated eye would still have been the one without its light.
Also, it should be noted that Itachi did not want to stay in the living world anymore, as he had no more attachments with the living (after telling the truth to Sasuke). Therefore, Itachi would never have tried it at all in the first place.
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2013/11/26 | 1,145 | 3,881 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, it was said that you need both Senju and Uchiha DNA to achieve Rinnegan, right? So why didn't Danzo get Rinnegan? He had Senju DNA holding Uchiha DNA.<issue_comment>username_1: Well, that's becasue you also need to be competent enough to master both these powers.
Madara was strong enough, and was able to awaken it. Danzo however, was not.
Danzo's DNA originates from experiments and body modifications. He wasn't a "Natural", while Madara had natural mastery over the Uchiha powers, and after being defeated by Hashirama, mastery over the Senju powers.
It was also implied that you need to be very close to the end of your lifespan to awaken the Rinnegan.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Danzo was not able to awaken the rinnegan because he had senju DNA and Uchiha eyes but had neither enough chakra to effectively utilize either ability (hashirama' s wood style or the sharingan in his arms). While madara was an Uchiha who implanted hashirama's DNA throughout his whole body he did not awaken the rinnegan until he was near death. It would not be expected for someone like Danzo to be capable of manifesting the rinnegan, at least at the point in time that he was living.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Like many said, you kinda need the "blood" or "chakra" of the Uchiha and Senju to awakened, which many stated to be implied at the end of one's life. Danzo doesn't have any, only body modifications. Danzo had the Sharingan because he STOLE them, he ripped them out of the Uchiha who had them, therefore he will never awaken the Rinnegan. That's why he was bandaged, so it doesn't drain his chakra. It's not that Madara was strong enough, he basically had the requirements to do so, just at the end of his life did it awakened.
Nagato was implanted the Rinnegan at a early age by Madara before he died, and Nagato is of the Uzumaki, hence how he could easily handle the Rinnegan (I am sure if he had both Rinnegan or just the one).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Danzo didn't awaken a Rinnegan because he is not a reincarnation of Indra. Even if he did, he only has the chakra reserves for like one or two moves. The manga and anime state that in order to awaken the Rinnegan without means of transplantation, one must possess a Sharingan, be Indra's reincarnate, take chakra from Ashura's reincarnate (**these are Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths two sons)** thus reforming Hagoromo's chakra, leading to the Rinnegan awakening. If a non-Indra reincarnate does what Danzo did, all he would get is Izanagi-spam, lesser cooldown on Kotoamatsukami wait, and Mokuton (wood style.)
Put simply, Danzo didn't awaken a Rinnegan because he isn't an Indra reincarnate.
Just in case you still don't understand, here's an image from the manga when **Hagoromo himself** explains how Madara awakened the Rinnegan.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuHsW.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Also, you need an EMS to evolve into the rinnegan unless you were born with it, which hagoromo was.We all know that even if you have senju and uchiha blood, you need the EMS to evolve into rinnegan. If hashirama wanted the rinnegan, he would have to transplant madara's sharingan to get it. If someone was the descendant of an incarnate of indra and also an incarnate of asura, he would be able to awaken the Sharingan, just the sharingan unless he was an incarnate of Asura.
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2013/11/27 | 373 | 1,368 | <issue_start>username_0: While searching for the reason why Danzo didn't get the Rinnegan, I want to ask if he actually knew the Rinnegan existed before the attack in Konoha? What are the evidences that support this fact?<issue_comment>username_1: Its probably never mentioned that Danzo knew about the existence of rinnegan.
But, if he knew, there are various reasons why he didn't have it on his arms.
One reason could be -
According to the wiki:
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That means there was least chance of Danzo knowing about Nagato.
This is not a perfect answer but I guess this is the only detail revealed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: He should have known before the Konoha-attack. Years before, he worked together with Hanzo, who was attacked by Nagato using his Rinnegan. Back then, Danzo most likely came to know about the reason why his men got killed.
Source: Chapter 447
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2013/11/28 | 1,029 | 3,271 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime(*Episode 338*, not sure though), I feel as if I saw an Uchiha member use *Izanagi* to revive a bunch of other Uchiha members. Is that even possible?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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No, Izanagi cannot be used/casted on others. It's a *genjutsu* which is cast upon themselves by the users. It is stated in the wiki page of [Izanagi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izanagi).
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After referring to [Happy](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/6064/1604)'s answer, the answer is **Yes**, it is *possible*.
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But then, as for your doubt regarding an Uchiha member saving/reviving many other Uchiha members by using Izanagi, it is *Wrong* and it is also mentioned in the 3rd bullet point of the [`Trivia`](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izanagi) section of Izanagi (emphasis mine).
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: In general, **YES**, Izanagi can be used on others. In Chapter 510, while explaining the history of Izanagi to Konan, Tobi himself states that the Sage of Six Paths used it to create things, such as the nine Bijuu.
*However*, is it possible for a random filler flashback Uchiha to use Izanagi on others? Probably not, because he did not have the Senju bloodline and is certainly not comparable to the Sage of Six Paths.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I would say it can twist one point in reality to fit your needs. danzo only used it for himself cause he is selfish lol.
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2013/11/29 | 732 | 2,589 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime of *Kuroshitsuji* (*Black Butler*) season 2, Sebastian was at some point not able to consume Ciel's soul, because Claude had a part of it.
When did Claude manage to get it and how?<issue_comment>username_1: I'm not positive exactly what part you're talking about because it's been a while since I watched that part of the show, and your question is a bit vague.
Here's what happens:
Sebastian doesn't want to consume Ciel's soul as it is (as of the start of *Kuroshitsuji II*) because he doesn't remember taking his revenge, so his soul is incomplete. As such, Sebastian and Claude make a bargain to allow Ciel to take a second revenge, this time on Alois. Both think that, after the second revenge will happen, they will be able to get Ciel and consume his soul.
Claude then kills Alois and puts his soul in a ring.
Following that, from [this](http://kuroshitsuji.wikia.com/wiki/Claude_Faustus):
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It's just my theory after re-watching *Kuroshitsuji*.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Sebatian's contract with Ciel are cut-off because Sebastian lost his arm with the contract on, I think The contract are lost during the battle between Sebastian and Ash/Angela. So since the contract are lost, I guess other demons can steal Ciel's soul, and eat it.
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2013/12/01 | 452 | 1,487 | <issue_start>username_0: If the [Gedo Mazo](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Demonic_Statue_of_the_Outer_Path) is the emptied body of the Ten-Tails, then why don't any of its forms look like that?
I have a theory as to why it doesn't have tails, maybe because its chakra was split into the Tailed Beasts and hence it lost its tails. But it still doesn't explain why none of the forms look like that considering that the Gedo Mazo is the way the body looked when [Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hagoromo_%C5%8Ctsutsuki), the Sage of the Six Paths, sealed its empty body inside the moon with [Chibaku Tensei (Planetary Devastation)](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chibaku_Tensei).
Any ideas as to why this might be?<issue_comment>username_1: The Gedo Mazo is just a recipient.
The body of Ten Tails is on the moon, Rikudou sent his body there.
I think Madara and Obito plans to take the chakra of the Juubi in the Gedo Mazo, the recipient, and put it back into the real body of Ten tails.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The gedo statue doesn't possess any tails because it serves as a "husk" or vessel for all the tailed beasts to reform into their original entity: the Ten Tails. Instead of tails, the gedo statue possesses 9 featureless white eyes that gain pupils for each tailed beast the statue reassimilates. This would make sense since the ten tails eye possesses 9 tomoe that could symbolize each tailed beast assimilated in its base form's eyes.
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2013/12/01 | 516 | 1,832 | <issue_start>username_0: After watching Season 2 (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A) i went to watch the 3rd season (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS), at the end of season 2 during the credit roll Nanoha, Fate and Hayate are older and Reinforce has been reborn into a small girl and in season 3 Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Reinforce all look the same as they did at the very end of season 2 i would assume not too much time has passed since that final scene however the world seems more futuristic and the Space-Time Administration seems to operate in public.
so i am wondering, is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS set in a different world/universe to the one Nanoha and Hayate were born in<issue_comment>username_1: It's the same universe - just some 10 years later.
* Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate are all grown up. (teenagers as opposed to kids)
* Signum, Vita, Zafira, and Shamal don't age at all because they are bound to the Book of Darkness (they're not human).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To clarify, it is the same universe, the same continuity. But *StrikerS* does take place (mostly) on a different **planet**.
Nanoha and Hayate were born on Earth, which the Administration calls Non-Administered World #97. The setting of *StrikerS* (and *Vivid*) is mostly the capital of the Space-Time Administration, Midchilda, which is where Fate and Yuuno are originally from. The epilogue of *A's* was in the last year of the girls' middle school education, on Earth; as seen in the *A's to Strikers* chapters of the *StrikerS* manga, after the end of their compulsory education, the girls all intended to move to full-time service with the Administration, and the three spent the next four years pursuing their careers there, before they were reunited under Hayate's command in Riot Force 6.
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2013/12/05 | 260 | 1,029 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Sundome*, was Kurumi a transsexual boy before? I remember reading that in an early chapter Kurumi revealed that she used to be a boy before to the main character. Also she claimed to have the same father as him, kind of curious don't you think?<issue_comment>username_1: Kurumi is a girl, she told the main character that she used to be a boy, but it turned out she was just messing with him.
We can be fairly certain that there was no more to the joke as whilst the main character was stressing out and trying to judge his feelings on the matter, Kurumi had forgotten all about it by the time he approached her again about it.
The claim about sharing a father was similarly false
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Those were just jokes to prevent him from cumming/masterbating. Even if you did not understand her jokes, there is other evidence.
Both the doctor and her wife regarded her as a female. She was an actual little girl on the swing set when the doctor first found her.
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2013/12/05 | 723 | 2,522 | <issue_start>username_0: **SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read Chapter 657 of the manga, read further at your own risk.**
In Chapter 657, the reborn Uchiha Madara asks Sasuke to join his side, remarking that they are the last of the Uchiha. However, he died before the Uchiha clan massacre, and was reincarnated with Edo Tensei only during the fourth World War. He fought with the five Kages, and then headed to the battlefield where Obito was fighting Naruto's team. Obito didn't have a chance to tell him the story of what happened after his death.
How come he knows that Sasuke is the last surviving Uchiha?
<issue_comment>username_1: I figure two possible solutions:
1. Zetsu told him
2. When absorbing Hashirama's chakra and gaining access to Sage Mode, he can identify people's chakras further allowing him to determine if any of the shinobi in the vicinity are Uchiha
Keep in mind, Madara basically made Sage Mode look like a joke in almost every aspect possible :)
EDIT : Or perhaps we can call this a plothole :S
I should also add that maybe Madara doesn't know about the Uchiha massacre, but rather just knows that he and Sasuke are the only Uchiha alive (excluding Obito because of his situation).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: In pages 11, 12 and 13 of chapter 657, it is clear that Madara and Black Zetsu (Madara's will) are able to communicate with each other:
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Black Zetsu adds (in page 11) that both him and Madara were underestimated. And in the two pages that follow, he 'shows us' flashbacks in which him and Madara have been communicating during the war.
Given this, **I'd say it's safe to assume that Madara got the information from Black Zetsu**:
Either because he told him everything directly; or Madara may have gotten the information 'instantly' as soon as he was revived, since Madara and Black Zetsu share a deeper bond, since the latter is the former's will.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Madara is a sensory type. He can feel a person's chakra from a continent away even before sage mode. The second was able to tell Karin's clan not only by her red hair but also by her chakra type. So Madara being a sensory type, once revived, came to his own conclusion of why he couldn't sense his clan's energy/chakra and like most of the time was right about their untimely demise.
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2013/12/05 | 695 | 2,405 | <issue_start>username_0: If Black Zetsu was commanded to be with Obito while Madara was fighting the 5 kages,
How come, Naruto was not able to sense Black Zetsu in his Kyuubi mode while fighting with Obito??<issue_comment>username_1: As we now know Black Zetsu had the will of Kaguya in him. Just as Naruto wasn't able to sense the Ten Tails (episode 363 of the anime) , Kaguya's powers are even greater than the Ten Tails - she stopped the Infinite Tsukuyomi easily. So sensing Kaguya (or Black Zetsu) is out of the question.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I think Naruto could sense BZ evil intent, but maybe not his physical body because the Zetsu army and BZ are as close to nature as beings can be. White Zetsu was able to sneak into the Kage summit ffs, even with the Raikage's senser-nin (C) with him. The Zetsu's are all made from the Juubi/Tree, the origins of chakra so I'm assuming they'd be overlooked even if Naruto was in Sage mode because they're purely artificial/organic humanoids.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: One might be able to look at it from the philosophical point of view that there was no evil to sense.
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2013/12/05 | 910 | 3,240 | <issue_start>username_0: It has been mentioned that Rock Lee can't use them, but I don't remember Gai using them either. I haven't read the manga.<issue_comment>username_1: [From Naruto-wiki:](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Might_Guy)
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I've seen Gai using the Summoning technique in both manga and anime:
1. Rock Lee Vs Sasuke fight
2. Gai Vs. Kisame fight
3. in Voyage to the Turtle island
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I did a little bit of digging through multiple posts, official and not so much; to see if this was true for Guy. Sure enough, he has mastered two nature types. These two are made clear to be fire and lightning release.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Early in the series we see him do turtle summons and dispel genjutsu, and no one makes any explicit or implicit suggestions that taijutsu is the only thing he has competence in. His most powerful abilities were certainly in taijutsu, the gate releases in particular. After approximately the Chunin exams (excluding movies, which are typically non-canon and I'm not familiar with) Gai uses exclusively taijutsu (which is probably why you were thinking he'd never used anything else before), and the only skill any of his opponents ever exhibit caution about is his taijutsu.
Possibly Kishimoto regretted giving Gai other skills. The sudden disappearance of his other skills seems to be a silent, implicit retcon to make the Lee-Guy relationship deeper and more meaningful, or to at least stop said skills from driving a wedge between them in the reader's mind.
Note that we end up seeing Guy's father, aka The Eternal Gennin (not to be confused with a similarly named filler character), and he also has no skills at all beyond the gate releases. We are also shown, during his first meeting with Kakashi, that Guy failed the ninja school entrance exams because he could only do taijutsu. Guy does not become aware of his father's one amazing technique until later, and watches his father sacrifice his life to hold off the entire cadre of the swordsmen of the village hidden in the mists using it. He is thus made into a very strong mirror of Lee—intensely dedicated to perfection of the one ninja skill they can naturally use—deepening their connection.
So while Guy officially has non-taijutsu abilities, they seem to be low-tier, mostly functional abilities that we don't see outside of the early parts of the story.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: As shown in Naruto Shippuden episode 418, he can‘t use ninjutsu as a child, but as shown in different episodes, he can summon a turtle.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vvqx6.jpg)
I‘m not sure, if he can use other ninjutsus than the summoning jutsu.
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2013/12/05 | 247 | 834 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Might_Guy), Gai is able to use ninjutsu and genjutsu, so why doesn't he use it?<issue_comment>username_1: I'd say because they aren't his strengths - clearly **Taijutsu** is so why should he use something that he isn't great at?
It could also be that he has used them in the past and it, unfortunately, got him into some difficulty so he had to fall back on the tried and tested techniques of his **Taijutsu** :)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Gai is based off of <NAME>, and Bruce Lee was known for his extraordinary fighting skills (taijutsu in this case). Furthermore, Gai is known as the best taijutsu shinobi in Konoha.
Thus, it would only make sense to accentuate Gai's physical prowess and focus less on genjutsu / ninjutsu.
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2013/12/05 | 1,119 | 4,071 | <issue_start>username_0: Most of the animes I've seen repeat a limited set of soundtracks over and over. It gets annoying after a while. With soundtracks I refer to the music that is played in the anime, not the opening and ending theme. I think this is a weak spot of animes. Here are some examples:
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
* Death Note
* Dragon Ball Z
Why is this?<issue_comment>username_1: This is from my understanding with music for game development. However, most are practically the same with anime as they are both mediums that use music to help engage the audience.
Each track costs so much and the price varies due to the length of a track and the number of revisions of that track. It would cost a while lot to create new tracks every time
Like with video games, music can help identify situations. As such, if one first sees some romantic scene where two characters go to kiss but don't, when one hears that same score again when the two characters are just talking, one can start to think "oh my god, they might confess to each other this time." Likewise in a fight, some anime have different tracks for fighting music based on how intense the battle will be so, when you start to hear that same music you can expect how epic a battle might be (just like with boss music in video games).
Music can set the mood to make you feel for the characters and what they are feeling, e.g.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Different tracks evoke themes, you have a sad track, a we're in deep trouble track, a "The Main character is starting to win track" it helps with emotional engagement, and builds emotion.
Much in the same way that the Final Fantasy Fanfare at the end of a battle evokes a sense of "HELL YEAH I WON" regardless of whether you beat a slime or a Boss. And the distinctive boss music from a game evokes stress that might not be there, it doesn't matter how hard the boss is, that music makes you stressed. The same applies for anime.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: @username_1 and @username_2 tell you why this exist.
This is my two cents:
Most of the time, this is intentional, and it is not exclusive of *Anime series*.
This is know as **Leitmotif** or **musical motif** and it is a musical tool used in audiovisual media mostly characterized by short/repetitive/catchies melodies in certain situations in a media (which can be a movie, game or tv-serie, etc.) with the solely propose of let audience recognize, familiarize and empathize with an specific event.
There are tons of examples, like the [*Imperial March*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8) which is easy related to Darth Vader, or the [*Sound of The Shire*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chLZQtCold8) to Frodo, Sam or the Fellowship in general, or a [*battle in Dragon Ball Z*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG8YdwCVZSc).
And even when is used the same theme, most of the time it'll have sublime changes in order to fit the situation.
I can't think in a anime example, but [here, in the introduction song](https://youtu.be/zAf-Kfq5UlA?t=1m7s) of the Disney's Movie *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* you can see how the theme for Quasimodo is being sung by Frollo in the middle of another song pointing the future misfortune of the baby and the omnipresence of Notre Dame. A moment after, you can see how [this same melody/song](https://youtu.be/ZxFD7Tk8Kps?t=1m14s) is being sung again by Quasimodo inside Notre Dame in full emotion; you can easily see how this both situations share how `cruel life threat Quasi` or how `this church bind this two characters` just by one simple melody.
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2013/12/05 | 614 | 2,435 | <issue_start>username_0: How does the anime for Excel Saga differ from the manga? More specifically, does the plot in the Excel Saga anime depart significantly from that in the manga?
I've read that some characters only appear in the anime. What are notable differences between the characters who appear in the manga and those who appear in the anime? Are there any other differences? Is the structure of the anime (i.e. one episode spoofs of different genres) different from that of the manga or are there similarities?<issue_comment>username_1: Sometimes production houses tend to adapt the story line a bit or go in a completely other direction. Why? I don't know exactly, there could be multiple reasons.
but fr instance Hellsing made it's TV adaptation, which wasn't all that bad. However the readers of the manga found a lot of differences, and were not happy about the animated version. Later a new version labeled as an OVA (Official Video Animation) was produced, which had it's story based and continued like it went in the manga.
A pretty much similar thing happened with Full Metal Alchemist, where the story very deviated from the original manga concept( which was later reproduced as Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood).
Reason mostly vary but it's mostly because production houses do stuff on their own and then mutate the storyline.
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Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I've only read a bit of the manga, but as far as I can tell, the manga was more of a focused satire on the state of Japan's economy and politics in the '90s and early 2000s (a bit more like the later, similar series *Nerima Daikon Brothers*). It didn't have as much genre parody as the anime did. It also had the character of Elgala, a third ACROSS agent who works alongside Excel and Hyatt.
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2013/12/06 | 871 | 3,197 | <issue_start>username_0: There are songs from OSTs, or even full albums by bands or singers in the anime, that I have never heard in the anime. Some music albums for which this is true:
* [*Neon Genesis Evangelion: S² Works*](http://vgmdb.net/album/22436) — [many unused songs and alternate mixes or arrangements of existing songs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion#Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_S.C2.B2_Works).
* [*Le Portrait de Petit Cossette Original Soundtrack*](http://vgmdb.net/album/26163) — the song *my love, so sweet* is never used in the OVA.
* [*Keep the Beats!*](http://vgmdb.net/album/20060) by GirlDeMo.
* [*God only knows -Secrets of the Goddess-*](http://vgmdb.net/album/39531) — the full version that is **11 minutes** longer than the one used in the OP of *The World God Only Knows: Goddesses*!
Why do they do this? For fan service? To make us feel like the bands or singers are real artists? Or to get more profits from CD sales? In which case, couldn't they have just picked the cheaper alternative of selecting some existing songs that are good fits for the anime?<issue_comment>username_1: The Opening and Ending tracks are normally shorter for anime, as the songs were usually originals developed before the anime and the artist was paid for a portion of it to be used in the anime, not to mention that the songs also need to fit in broadcast time. On the other hand, there are also Opening and Ending tracks which were purposely made for the anime (or the other way around like the case of *Black Rock Shooter*).
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Certain BGMs are sometimes actually a number of BGMs from an anime which were split, which is why sometimes there seems to be some songs missing.
There are also *Character CDs*, which have audio dramas of a character who had an identifiable theme in the anime, plus extra songs. These can normally be identified with the album art focusing on the characters alone.
Then there are *Audio Episodes*, I haven't heard to many (and I only know of the Code Geass ones). They use some tracks from the anime, but they also use music unique to the audio episode.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It turns out that the song *<NAME>* from **<NAME>** are in episode 1 and 2 on the Bluray version which I don't have. I only have the regular version, so I haven't heard that song in the anime. After doing some research, I discovered that the other songs are also like that. They are used in the extra episode, or Bluray version, etc.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: In some franchises they have insert songs which are generally originals which are shortened and can be bought separately. Some like *Love Live* are based around CD singles and the anime comes afterward.
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2013/12/06 | 1,170 | 4,118 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been reading UQ Holder! since it started coming out. So far (14 chapters into the series) I've understood everything, and (I think) I have not missed any reference or anything similar.
However, just today I realised that MAL lists [UQ Holder!](http://myanimelist.net/manga/57765/UQ_Holder!) as [Mahou Sensei Negima!](http://myanimelist.net/manga/15/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!)'s sequel.
How exactly are the two related, and how much do I miss if I haven't read the latter?
Or is it just meant to be a spiritual sequel, and nothing in the story is related?<issue_comment>username_1: **My post primarily answers the titled question such that the answer works for people that have read and have not read Mahou Sensei Negima (MSN).**
**Part 1 (For people who have read MSN. If you have not read MSN, skip to part 2)**
Remember [Eva](http://negima.wikia.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell) from MSN? She is the same person as Yukihime-sensei. Over the years, Eva figured out a way to change her appearance so she could live life more normally - as an adult.
Basically, everyone from MSN presumably died (since ~100 years have passed) except for Eva since she is an immortal vampire.
Chapter 1:
* Page 1 - Eva gives her introduction
* Page 2 - She shows how the people from MSN are gone now
* Page 5 - Shows her current UQ team
* Page 70 - Eva reveals her true identity to Touta
Chapter 2:
* Page 16 - Eva reverts back to her 10 year old true form. She stays this way until page 38, where she returns back to her older fabricated form.
**Part 2**
Both UQ and MSN are related through Eva, although MSN followed Negi's journey (main character of MSN). UQ's story is being told by Eva, who is reflecting on the past. Eva plays an important character in both series, as her role is to train the main characters, Negi and Touta.
Also note that <NAME> is Negi Springfield's grandson (Ch 1 Pg 18). Given that his surname is Konoe, we can also assume he is related to Konoka Konoe from MSN as well.
While UQ Holder is the sequel to MSN, there is nothing critical that you have missed. In other words, you can read and understand UQ Holder perfectly fine without reading its prequel. There are the occasional references to MSN though, but they do not affect the plot in any way.
A good analogy for this would be the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. You can pick up Dragon Ball Z and fully understand everything without watching Dragon Ball. And in this case, UQ Holder and MSN have a time skip of 3 generations later, so every character except Yukihime is presumed dead now.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: There is another more more more obvious link:
Chapter 1 pg 19: <NAME>, the main hero, is the grand-son of Negi Springfield, somehow related to Konoka Konoe (his surname is Konoe).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: First not all of the characters are dead and like said above they relate through Eva(who is Yuki). Personally I would read negima because characters from it reaqure in UQ Holder. Plus you need to know most of the background in the manga to experience a more exciting storyline. Especially when previous characters return in this manga.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The good thing about UQ Holder is that even if you didn't read MSN, you will still understand the story. Yes there are some MSN references which UQ Holder dialogues explain thoroughly especially Negi's "Thunder in Heaven, Great Vigor" was explained in the latter chapters.
As for the other characters, some are not yet dead since not all of them are human like Mana, Eva, and Fate. There are also characters claiming to know and met Negi such as the Demon with many arms (i forgot the name) Touta fought in the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament, <NAME>umo a blind swordsman that stated Negi's superhuman magic <NAME>bea fighting the demons of the Lifemaker, and <NAME>.
Basically, go read UQ Holder and you'll still understand everything but it is an advantage if you have a bit background (most especially on the characterns) in MSN.
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2013/12/06 | 653 | 2,304 | <issue_start>username_0: Precisely the question is about fights like:
[Portgas D. Ace](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Portgas_D._Ace) VS [Enel](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Enel) or VS [Smoker](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smoker).
This question isn't about who is stronger, it's rather about how can they fight each other if they meet? How can fire fight electricity or smoke?
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*I'm still at episode 338 so maybe I'm not aware of some information available in future episodes, but still, I'm getting too curious to wait for the episodes to reveal that for me.*<issue_comment>username_1: Besides using Haki, some elements seem weak or inferior to other elements, as shown when Ace fought against Smoker and when Ace fought against Akainu.
**When Ace fought against Smoker**
**When Ace fought against Akainu**
This fact is also mentioned on [One Piece Wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit#About):
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> A Devil Fruit user who normally dominates all other powers can sometimes be brought down by a power considered "weak" in comparison; one such example is the Gomu Gomu no Mi unexpectedly withstanding the Goro Goro no Mi's powers, the Doru Doru no Mi unexpectedly holding back the Doku Doku no Mi's powers and Akainu's Magu Magu no Mi dealing a fatal blow to Ace despite his Mera Mera no Mi due to an order of superiority. Another surprise also came when the Mera Mera no Mi clashed against the Moku Moku no Mi, equalizing with each other, and then later against the Hie Hie no Mi with the same results.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The accepted answer describes well the effects of haki and the difference in power between some DF, but there are other ways :
* use a weapon with kairoseki (sea stone) in order to neutralise the opponent logia ;
* use material which is strong against your opponent logia, e.g. against Eneru you can prepare lots of rubber and use it to your advantage. This require careful planning of course ;
* destroy the boat your opponent is using from far away with your biggest attack, hopefully while he is asleep. By the time he wakes up, you will hopefully be far away enough and he won't be able to survive in the sea.
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2013/12/07 | 1,728 | 6,441 | <issue_start>username_0: So I decided to rewatch Death Note. In the first episode, there's a motorcyclist called <NAME> - Light's second victim. In the scene where he is about to kill him, according to my subtitles, he writes:
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> <NAME>: car accident
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And we see this:
I don't know Japanese, but it seems to me that all the lines are the same, except for the two last ones.
Since that guy is just his second victim, what exactly happened in that scene? What do these lines say, and why did Light several of them, over and over?<issue_comment>username_1: From what I remember (although I don't know enough Japanese to confirm this), he was trying every possible different spelling for the name of the victim.
The [Death Note wiki page on the first episode](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rebirth) also states this as a fact (in the sixth paragraph in the synopsis.
Now, if you've already watched the series and are currently re-watching it, you're already familiarised with the [rules](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_I). The one that is significant in this particular case is rule #2 (highlight by me):
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> This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person’s face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, **people sharing the same name will not be affected**.
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This means that Light was trying every possible spelling of the name, because at least one of them would match with the face pictured when he wrote the names. This also means that no collateral casualties would occur, as that particular person's face was being pictured in his mind.
If I'm correct on this, **the first column are different spellings for Shibuimaru, the second for Takuo, and the third column refers to the death** ("accidental death" (事故死) is what it says).
He did not have to try this out with his first victim because he got both his face and name from TV.
Long story short, **he was trying to match a name for that face by going through every possible spelling**.
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**Editing in some info from the below comments:**
This does not appear to violate the rule on rendering the Death Note void if the user misspells a person's name more than 4 times, if one of the first four spellings was correct (which seems to be the case).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [JNat's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/6188/1908) is correct. Just to add a bit of info:
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The variants of "Shibuimaru" that he tries are:
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渋井丸
渋伊丸
```
Note the differences in the middle character.
The variants of "Takuo" that he tries are:
```
拓男
拓夫
拓雄
卓男
```
I think we encounter another minor plot hole here (at least as shown in the anime) - Light stops writing after iterating over all 8 combinations of those names (the first of which, `渋井丸 拓男`, turns out to be correct), when there are actually *at least* 2 more spellings of "Takuo" (`卓夫` and `卓雄`) that should've been possible.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: He wrote down the man's name 8 times, the first of which was correct. The next 7 attempts were other guesses at the spelling of Takuo.
There is, however, a rule in the death note stating that if a person intentionally writes a name incorrectly four times, that person will die.
However, just like in "Death Note Onison", the intent to misspell is a key factor. In "Onison," L has Misa write his and his companions name's down four times. They do not die, however, because L knew Misa was illiterate, (at least in this version of Death Note) and she tried her best to spell the names correctly. Because she tried with intent to spell correctly, she did not die; Light Yagami did not die for the exact same reason.
Light Yagami has found the perfect murder weapon, and unknowing almost killed himself in the process of trying it out. Had Takuo's name been written incorrectly over 4 times first by Light, and then one of the next four spelling been correct, Light may have been killed first, then Takuo. Light would die since he got the spelling wrong 4 times in a row before getting it right. Takuo would die because Light still got it right once, and a name written in a Death Note can never be prevented.
Even though I have already stated that intent is required for the Death Note to be effective, evidence is only seen for this in "Onison," which was only a skit, and the word "intent" in the rule on the Death Note page describing that the person would die if it was written incorrectly four times.
Even though Light did truely intend to spell it correctly, he did know he would potentially misspell it as well. As we see in the Manga and the Series, the rules of the Death Note can be somewhat loose. If you figure out a particular rule by testing it, you can utilize it how Light did. However, we never see somebody incorrecly spell a name 4 times in a row to see what would happen to them, since Light got his very first guess right.
The truth is, nobody knows what would have happened had Light been wrong more than 4 times before getting it right, since we never see what the Death Note would do in a situation like that. How the Shinigami killings occur is a very interesting speculation, but impossible to comprehend.
Luckily Light did not intend to misspell the names, and he also spelled the very first one correct. This means that one of these factors prevented Light from dying, and continuing to utilize the power of the Death Note. Unlocking this secret could have cost Light his life, (if that sounds melodramatic, an early death) but his spelling abilities allowed him to almost rule the entire world.
*skit*
Boy handed death note and bored Shinigami encounter.
Boy: "What's that?"
Shinigami: "It's a Death Note. You just write a person you know's name in it."
Boy: "I can't spell yet."
Shinigami: "That's fine." *smirks*
Note: The previous skit at the end is based on the assumption that the result of writing a name 4 times consecutively with the intent of being correct will not prevent the death of the Death Note user. However, this is not proven in the series and is merely speciation at this point.
Credit: The line, "If that sounds melodramatic, an early death" is taken from the light novel "L Change The World," which features an alternative ending that L defeats Light.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/12/07 | 790 | 2,291 | <issue_start>username_0: From what I have read, Kizumonogatari is a prequel for Bakemonogatari, and the movie is reported to be scheduled for fall 2013.
However, *Monogatari Series: Second Season* was just released this summer (2013), and is still ongoing, so I thought this movie might not be released (again) this fall.
Have they delayed it again?<issue_comment>username_1: **This answer is outdated. See [Senshins answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/26405/122).**
There is currently no release date for Kizumonogatari. It was listed for Fall 2013, but was removed, so there's no official release date yet.
Source: [ANN - Kizumonogatari Film Briefly Listed for Fall](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-30/kizumonogatari-film-briefly-listed-for-fall) (dated 2013-07-31)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: [It's #happening!](http://www.kizumonogatari-movie.com/)
On October 4, 2015, [Shaft announced](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-03/kizumonogatari-confirmed-as-3-films-starting-on-january-8/.93757) that Kizumonogatari will be released - not as a single film, but as a 3-film series: *Tekketsu*, *Nekketsu*, and *Reiketsu*. These are the three adjectives that Koyomi uses to describe Kiss-Shot, meaning "iron and blood" (as in [Bismarck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Iron_(speech))), "hot-blooded" (emotional, impassioned), and "cold-blooded" (cold, calculating), respectively.
The first movie, *Tekketsu*, premieres on January 8, 2016. There's [a new PV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRdtWrE9bF8) out for it, distinct from [the old PV from back in 2011](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT0uCAwLnjA). Premiere dates for the second and third parts are as yet unknown.
There is actually [a list of theaters in Japan](http://www.toho.co.jp/theater/ve/kizumonogatari/) that will be airing *Tekketsu*, so I think we can rest assured that this is not an elaborate Shaftian trolling effort.
At the time *Tekketsu* was announced, no information about outside-Japan airings of the film was made available. However, Aniplex, which is the producer for the *Monogatari* series, has been fairly good about securing outside-Japan airings for its past films, most notably the three *Madoka* movies. So there is hope.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2013/12/07 | 283 | 1,000 | <issue_start>username_0: When people die inside Elder Tale they respawn in the Cathedral.
In the first episode a penalty for dying was mentioned. However, no specifics were given.
Does the light novel or the manga shed some light on what the penalty (or penalties) might be?<issue_comment>username_1: This is covered later in the LNs (which are being translated and are available [here](http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Log_Horizon)):
* Adventurers lose EXP while NPCs die for real.
* However, there is an additional penalty that is not obvious: when an adventurer dies they lose some of their memories.
Major spoiler:
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> If the cathedral is destroyed, adventurers cannot respawn and die for real.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The newest episode states: resurrection will cause a loss of EXP.
My guess for dying:
* (the same)
* people can take your stuff
* takes time to "come back to life"
* you lose part of your equipment
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/12/07 | 1,233 | 4,777 | <issue_start>username_0: [The "Anime" called "Torkaizer" which will be created in Alter Ego Productions animation studio in Abu Dhabi](http://thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/meet-an-anime-hero-who-speaks-arabic) is created outside Japan but is called Anime officially, can a cartoonic show created outside Japan be called anime?
[This is](http://youtube.com/watch?v=I9AyVYTqZC0) the official trailer by the official account of the studio on YouTube,
in the description it officially states that it is an Anime.<issue_comment>username_1: Anime is a Japanese loanword used to refer to any sort of animation. Outside of Japan, in other countries, anime is generally considered to be a type of a cartoon.
You can make a cartoon in a style similar to anime, but it can't truly be considered an anime. Why not, you ask? Animation differs by region. This can be because of the different techniques used, ideologies present, and resources available to each production or studio.
Sure, anime can have various different styles and also emulate styles of other countries, and lines might sometimes be blurred when there are collaborations between studios from different countries. What makes them unique is the efforts of people, the people that come together to make them. Anime is what it is today thanks to the efforts made in Japan for the sake of the genre.
It's just like having your ethnic food in a foreign country. Some times it gets close but most of the time it'll have to acknowledge that it's not the same as if you had it in your home country. This may be due to a variety of reasons, like the availability of ingredients, skill of the chef, or even the recipe. While you can say it's ethnic food, it's just not the same.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To the Japanese, it's still considered anime. This is because, for Japanese, [anime refers to any work that is animated.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Definition_and_usage)
To anyone outside of Japan, it gets murkier. Americans specifically use the noun to mean "animation created within Japan". So, since it wasn't created in Japan, it's not an anime as Americans would recognize it.
There are certainly [other schools of thought](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#cite_note-ae-7) on it being more an art form than a genre, but that's a different matter.
Ultimately, the answer depends on what dictionary you're looking at, but if separate the actual meaning of the word from the use, then yes, a work can be called anime even if it wasn't made in Japan.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Strictly speaking, 'anime' is just animations produced within Japan, as it's the Japanese word for cartoons/animations, but their distinctive style sometimes dictates how people define them term 'anime'.
For example, Avatar:The Last Airbender is produced in America, but takes on a lot of the distinctive characteristics of anime:
Conversely, Panty & Stocking looks a lot like some western animation and is produced in Japan.
The definition of anime is a topic that is frequently debated, so there seems to be no finalized answer. It's probably best to describe shows outside Japan as 'anime-styled' rather than as 'anime'.
Also, this question might be of interest: [What differentiates anime from regular cartoons?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/69/what-differentiates-anime-from-regular-cartoons)
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: "Anime" was actually ORIGINALLY meant to describe animation, but that used a particular number of frames per second, before becoming a term just for animations in general. Anime doesn't HAVE to be strictly Japanese, but some rules have to be followed for this (the same applies to "manga," the comic book version of anime).
If an anime is made in Japan (especially if the original language of creation is Japanese) then it is free to be called anime. Same goes for manga. However, if it has the same or a similar enough style to anime or manga but is made OUTSIDE of Japan (for a good example, see the Korean-made "[March Story](http://myanimelist.net/manga/13387/March_Story)" series) then two actions could be taken; calling it either a "cartoon" or "graphic novel" depending on the medium, to differentiate it; OR, you may call it anime or manga, if the country or origin/main release is SPECIFIED (so March Story would be Korean Manga, and Avatar would be American Anime). This implies that it looks like anime, maybe even has similar themes or stereotypes as anime, or manga, but that it ISN'T because of the country of origin. This appeases everybody, and makes sense.
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2013/12/09 | 620 | 2,199 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of episode 6 she appears next to her tomb and both main characters seem to see her.
So either there really are ghosts in SAO or she was alive, and if she was alive, why didn't she appear anywhere else later, etc? The story was left open so ambiguously that now my brain is bleeding.<issue_comment>username_1: Quote from the 8th volume of the Sword Art Online Light Novel (translation from baka-tsuki):
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> Shocked, I turn to look behind, and what was in front of my eyes——
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> [...] it's impossible for supernatural phenomenon to happen.
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> So is this a bug in the server I see? Or is it an illusion in my breath?
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> Not far away, [...] there...was a translucent female player giving off a slightly golden light.
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> [...] However, after a while, she extends her right hand over to us to seemingly hand something over.
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> Asuna and I reached our right hands out, and as we felt the warmth, we clasped onto it tightly. This warmth entered our bodies, lighting the fire within our chest. We opened our mouths and said out the words the form within us.
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> Asuna's words rode through the night wind and reached the female swordsman. The transparent face showed a large smile——
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> And in that instant, nobody was there.
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> We put our hands down and remained spaced out over there for quite some time.
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It was described pretty clear that Grimlock killed Griselda. Why she was still visible wasn't explained, but because she disappeared without a trace, it was most likely just an illusion or some kind of hidden feature. She's definitively dead ;).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's something similar to when Kirito died against Kayaba and came back to life. It's the incarnate system, something that was added into the game but nobody was aware of it, only becoming more of a common knowledge in Accel World. Even then, only a few people know of it.
In the novels of *SAO*, it's being mentioned, since it's a soul dive that's being used, not the mind. It's the manifestation of the will, to make them stronger. Kayaba's idea, that was fully completed later on.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/12/09 | 1,463 | 4,424 | <issue_start>username_0: The final OP for *Monogatari Series Second Season* (the Koimonogatari OP) is sort of an 80s-throwback sort of deal, with all the hallmarks of old anime styling - funky "lens flares", those old-school clouds, a song reminiscent of 80s-era pop, captioned lyrics - the works.
One particularly interesting feature of the OP is that it credits <NAME> and <NAME> as the voice actors of Koyomi and Hitagi, respectively.
No TV anime from the past two or three years that I have watched has (to the best of my recollection) credited a voice actor in the opening credits. The opening credits typically seem to be reserved for producers, directors, original creators, and people like that. Voice actors are, of course, credited in the ending credits, usually towards the beginning.
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And so, the question: Was it more common back in, say, the 80s or thereabouts for voice actors to be credited in anime opening credits (in place of *or* in addition to the ending credits)?
(Or, alternatively, is this aspect of the presentation of the Koimonogatari OP just idiosyncratic / anachronistic / otherwise not in keeping with common practice from a few decades ago?)<issue_comment>username_1: According to Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan>
The Term **Character Voice(CV)** has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as Animec and Newtype, for a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character.
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> actors to be credited in anime opening credits"
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May be true. But I didn't found anything to confirm it.
But in the particular case of that opening I think that it was just some kind of joke, if I remember well on that opening the main characters that appeared were Hitagi and Kaiki, but not Koyomi. Also the opening itself just don't fit with the anime style.
I hope my answer was useful to you.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: **It's uncommon, but it's not that rare.**
According to the [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB):
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> It's often to have 2 credits scene for movies, TV programs, etc.: opening & ending. The general rule is, opening credits the studio, main performers, producer, supervisor, writer, etc., and ending credits all of the staffs.
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> In Japanese TV dramas, it's common to have the opening shown all the credit and omitted the ending in the 60's. However, in 70's and 80's, the credits started to split to opening with important credits, and ending with the rest. In 90's and later, it became common for the opening to only show the title, and the ending plays the theme song while listing all the credits.
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However, most of [60's & 70's anime OPs](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUGG2ThXypqJGUSdQ-ZX47Eus76jipHSp) didn't even list any credit, only showing animation & song, sometimes with lyric (unless I was apparently watching the non-telop version...). Even if they list the credit, it's similar to the current trend (production-related credits), but there were some which included the voice actors (out of around 25 anime OPs that I watched):
* ビッグX (*Big X*, 1964): [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/UNa_cJA7wN8?t=27s)
* 夕やけ番長 (*Yuuyake Bancho*, 1968): [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/Bm581sbjqdQ?t=41s)
* もーれつア太郎 (*Moretsu Ataro*, 1969): [B/W OP (YouTube video)](https://youtu.be/aRuIUOAzekY?t=33s), [Color OP (YouTube video](https://youtu.be/gPnqi9_3JMA?t=32s)
 
* 男一匹 ガキ大将 (*Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou*, 1969): [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/NDmdhYZ6yTc?t=45s)
*Note: 声の出演 is the same as CV (Character Voice).*
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2013/12/10 | 473 | 1,627 | <issue_start>username_0: I came across this manga by accident and I can't remember what it was called.
The main character is a teenage girl, who lost her memories from when she was young. I'm not sure but I think her last name was Mochizuki, though it might have been one of her friends who had that name.
* I think she has a male friend who carries a sword with him.
* She makes friends with a blonde girl in her class who kisses her in class, apparently thinking that it might bring back some of the black haired girl's memories.
* The blonde girl has a twin brother who also kissed the black haired girl for the same reason, hoping that she will regain some of her memories.
I know it's not very detailed but anything you can think of that matches this description would be helpful.<issue_comment>username_1: I believe it is called [Otome x Ranbu](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=61836)
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> She is your stereotypical airhead school girl, with one exception, she
> has amnesia. She recently transferred into a new school where things
> work different, mainly magic. She is <NAME>, and she
> doesn’t remember anything before she transferred. Enter yet another
> transfer student – the beautiful yet arrogant bishojo, <NAME>.
> She’s after Tsubomi, but why? What does Yukiji want? What mystery does
> Tsubomi hold?
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I've been looking for this exact story as well.Well some of what you said was like the one I was looking for. It's called Tail of the moon. Check it out.
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2013/12/10 | 530 | 1,767 | <issue_start>username_0: How is it that only Goku and Vegeta ended up on Earth? What happened to the other Saiyans?
Planet Vegeta was destroyed by Frieza, but which planet did Goku come from?<issue_comment>username_1: At the same time Planet Plant (AKA Planet Vegeta) was being destroyed, Goku was being sent to a planet called Earth in order to kill all of it's inhabitants and then sell it to Frieza.
Vegeta and Nappa were on another planet and Frieza told them that a huge meteor fell on their planet and destroyed it. That's how Goku and Vegeta survived.
So that's make the survivors
* Goku
* Vegeta
* Nappa
* Raditz, Goku's older brother. It wasn't revealed how he survived.
And from the movies:
* Broly
* Paragus
* Turles
* Tarble, Vegeta's younger brother.
For more information read this page on Dragon Ball Wiki: [Genicode of the Saiyans](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Genocide_of_the_Saiyans)
How they ended up in Earth
1. Raditz goes to Earth to make Goku join them.
2. Goku disagrees but Raditz enforces him by taking his son, Gohan as a hostage
3. Goku and Piccolo kill Raditz
4. Vegeta hear about the dragon balls
5. Vegeta goes to Earth to find the Dragon Balls and then to destroy the Earth, he ends up fighting Goku
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Planet Vegeta was destroyed by Frieza, yes. Goku and Vegeta are from the same planet, Goku was sent to earth as a child to destroy it. When Planet Vegeta was destroyed, Vegeta wasn't on the planet, he was away on an assignment at the time and Vegeta comes to Earth when he receives Raditz's dying report of seven magic objects known as the Dragon Balls which will grant wishes.
Other saiyans who made it to earth were Nappa and Raditz who were both killed.
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2013/12/10 | 728 | 1,990 | <issue_start>username_0: 
I'm sure most of you know this phrase, what does it mean? Does it represent stupidity cutey thing that they do? What makes this phrase so popular?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think that it is of japanese origin though.
*Teehee* is just a cute giggle, pretty common internet slang. More on it can be found at the [Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Teehee&defid=788143), mainly
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> The sound of a giggle. Used by (1) schoolgirls and (2) old geezers
> pretending to be schoolgirls.
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> Defintion: 1)The act of joyful giggling. 2)A noise made to convey
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The head punching and tongue sticking out makes me think the "teehee" is a translation of てへぺろ ("tehepero"), which has a literal meaning of "teehee tongue-sticking-out". It actually has a recent history as a word in its own right: [this blog post](http://bangin.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/%E3%81%A6%E3%81%B8%E3%81%BA%E3%82%8D-tehepero%E0%B9%91%E2%89%A7%E0%B1%AA%E2%89%A6%E3%81%A6%E3%81%B8%E3%81%BA%E3%82%8D/) and [this crunchyroll news article](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/03-1/vocab-lesson-strange-yet-cute-tehepero-teaser-website-appears) have some information about it.
Basically, it's the word that goes with teehee+punching head+tongue sticking out, and the meaning is primarily focused on definition 3) that Omega posted - it sweeps under the rug a mistake or ignorance of the speaker with a playful gesture. A Japanese source for this meaning is [this scan of an article about tehepero being Japanese neologism of the year](http://blog.livedoor.jp/seiyumemo/archives/7022095.html), although the expression is likely related to peko-chan (see [What is the origin of this facial expression with one's tongue sticking out?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2995/)).
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2013/12/11 | 1,176 | 4,457 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 402, page 8, Zoro and Usopp got cuffed together with a Seastone cuff, but Zoro didn't cut it, and instead he suggested to cut one of their hands.
At first I thought that maybe it's impossible to cut Seastone, but then I read chapter 677 page 9, where Law can easily cut another person's Seastone cuff (he is the only one that get caught by normal cuff). So why didn't Zoro cut his, was it because he not strong enough?
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<issue_comment>username_1: Kairoseki is as hard as diamond, as stated in Chapter 400 p 11, so it is unlikely for Law to have cut it. However, it is a chain and nobody said that the chain consists just of Kairoseki. It is highly likely that at most every second chain link is effectively Kairoseki, since it is as hard as Diamond, you could barely made it into a chain without any other material and after all it is a rare material.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Law can control everything in his *room*. He can even extract toxins from someone's blood, so I guess he can also break chains with his mind/power even without actually having to cut them. Law and admiral Fujitora just use their swords for show anyway. They don't really need to cut something to activate their powers as can be seen when he removed his own cuffs or when admiral Fujitora was sending a meteor towards the straw hats while eating noodles.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Any answer to this question would be pure speculation:
If it were that the entire chain is not made of seastone, any rational being would make the cuffs portion of the chains seastone and, therefore, he would not be able to cut the chains off without cutting seastone. This answer, though already accepted, could be rationally excluded.
Whether it makes sense that his devil fruit power could have been used to cut the chains is dependant on whether non-contact devil fruit abilities can manipulate seastone. I don't believe they can but the way to determine that is to look at smoker. Can smoker-san turn his entire jutte into smoke? If he can, then this is how the chains were removed. If he cannot, he must have done it by his own skill.
If a swordsman (combined with the strength of his sword/swords) is rated by what he is able to cut, Law may have been able to cut the chains by his own strength. His blade would touch the stones, not him. The seastone being as hard as diamond does not mean it cannot be broken; hardness is not the same as toughness. In other placed I would give better examples but for an anime site: the blades used in Attack on Titan are a super hard metal yet fracture/dull easily. Almost all very hard materials (especially stones and ceramics) have fracture planes between grain boundaries along which the material can be shattered or split with sufficient force. How did you think diamonds are cut? Why could Law do this and not Zoro? Law at that point in the story was a better swordsman by this rating criteria then Zoro was at the time when he considered cutting his hand (or his leg, or his chest, or throwing himself into a floating paw of pain... what is up with this guy?)
Finally please note that none of these explanations matter. One Piece is (and I love this) governed by the "rule of awesome" and the "rule of funny". What is possible and what the chains are made of is all what is fun for the audience. Both referenced scenes were badass and awesome. Why could Law cut the seastone and Zoro couldn't? Because it was a better show that way!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: None of the other answers actually answer the question. OP asked
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If it really is just as hard as diamond, then Zoro should be able to cut the seastone. He has cut metal before and clearly stated that diamond wouldn't be any different.
But for this technique, he needs free hands. He has to slice in the right angle, with the right amount of power to do it. The seastone on his arms is simply to close to exercise any technique. But cutting flesh and bone on the other hand, is an relatively easy task with a sharp sword. Besides what some people may think, One Piece doesn't open plot holes for the Rule of Cool.
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2013/12/11 | 679 | 2,259 | <issue_start>username_0: In the last episode of *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* TV anime, Homura seems to have Madoka's bow. In earlier episodes, she only use guns and bombs, when and how did she get this weapon?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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This is a question for [Gen Urobuchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi) (Puella Magi Madoka Magica writer) at a [Nitro+ Q&A Panel](http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Nitro+_Q&A_Panels_at_Animagic_2013)
Q: Did Homura get her weapon from Madoka?
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Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: I think it's because in the new universe, Homura didn't have to use her wish for the sake of saving Madoka. She had no need for time manipulation, so instead of that device, she now has a bow. In the Q&A answer section (as cited in the other answer), it's said the bow was to fill in the hole, being that there is no cause that would have Homura gain the Time Manipulation ability in the new universe.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: By searching about this it makes me think, She probably didn't get this from Madoka or whoever it is, She got the bow through her wish as she said "Those are my feelings towards Madoka! That's why, once more, lend me power! Not as the shield that protects Madoka but as the power that smites anyone who threatens her!" since her shield was obtained by wraith.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: This is resolved by *<NAME>*: She arrived in the new universe with her old powers intact, however due to the same miracle that allowed her to retain memories of the old universe (her mutual love for Madoka), she was able to obtain a second wish:
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As such, she was given an appropriate weapon, the bow of memory manipulation.
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Is there any official explanation for this?<issue_comment>username_1: First of all. Nunnally most likely did not see Lelouch memories.
One of the abilities Nunnaly has is her extreme perceptiveness and intelligence
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Therefore it is more plausible that Nunnally grasped Lelouch's intentions at the moment of his death, instead of finding out what actually happened through a direct memory transfer.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I am not that sure if there is any official explanation about this. But from what I understand and have answered [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/116/was-lelouch-the-person-driving-the-cart-in-the-last-scene-of-code-geass-r2/147#147),
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> the World of C to lend him its powers, and he took Charles's code
> before Charles passed on. The reason why Lelouch still has his Geass
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> Lelouch's hand he transferred his memories to her. CC also did it when
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Since Lelouch had activated the Code, Nunnally could see his memories when she touched him, exactly like what would happen if you touch C.C. **Lelouch is alive**. In fact, he is now *immortal*
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Nunnally is able to see a person's intentions by touching their hand. This is stated early on in the show, and she is shown using it on Alicia Lohmeyer when they were discussing the plans for redeveloping the ghettos. Alicia said that it wouldn't be a big deal for the Japanese citizens, but Nunnally asked Alice to touch her hand and saw that she was lying, which prompted her to demand that the plans be rewritten so as not to hurt the Japanese anymore. (Season 2 Episode 8, I believe)
The flashback could have been for the viewers rather than something Nunnally actually saw directly.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Nunnally did **NOT** see any memories or code visions, this was explicitly denied by the creators of the show.
(The following is taken from the [compilation post](https://www.reddit.com/user/GeassedbyLelouch/comments/8hklfr/evaluating_code_theory_main_body_index/) which gathers all of the official statements regarding Code Geass and
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For a full overview, follow the link.
In [Mook Animedia](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-65848) (28 January 2009, p.89-90) there was an interview (see 2 pictures below) which explicitly denied that Nunnally was seeing visions or that those images had anything to do with codes or geasses.
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The anime itself also makes it clear that Nunnally did not see anything:
In [R1 episode 11](https://codegeassepisodetranscripts.wordpress.com/11-battle-for-narita/), when C.C. is feeding shock images to Suzaku she says:
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In [R2 episode 21](https://codegeassepisodetranscripts.wordpress.com/21-the-ragnarok-connection/) C.C. and Suzaku have the following conversation:
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Thus, the anime tells us twice that C.C. had no idea what Suzaku was seeing. That means she did not choose the images she was sending. If code bearers can't choose what the recipient of their visions is seeing, than neither can Lelouch, thus Nunnally seeing exactly THOSE images is highly suspicious.
But the real nail in the coffin of this argument is what exactly is shown during these visions: the recipient's own memories mixed with random shock images.
Not only do the images which Nunnally allegedly sees not contain any shock images and is the tone and stability of her images entirely different from what Suzaku sees (no [bright lights](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GR76O.jpg), no [nerves tunnel vision](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Qh8d.jpg)), but the images which she allegedly sees are NOT her memories because she was not present during the shown scenes. Therefore it is entirely impossible for those images to be code visions.
C.C.'s words are confirmed when Lelouch touches her when she's feeding visions to Suzaku, she loses control and shortcircuits, making all three people recipients and as a result all three see a mix of shock images and memories of Suzaku, Lelouch and C.C. This is evidenced by the following images: we see [Lelouch inside the vision](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vpYaB.jpg), and a fraction of a second later we see both [Lelouch and Suzaku together inside the same vision](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FRUKA.jpg). Lelouch is right there, with Suzaku in a shared vision. Fortunately for Lelouch, Suzaku is too busy having the freak out of his life to be aware of anything. (Or maybe this was Suzaku's first clue on Zero's identity? Who knows?)
On top of C.C.'s words we also have audio and visual cues. Nunnally's alleged vision doesn't sound at all like the visions C.C. gave to her targets, and the animation style is completely different too.
Lastly, the chronology of the events just doesn't allow the images to be a vision she reacts to. Putting the events in chronological order we get: Nunnally touches a dying Lelouch, Nunnally acts shocked and gasps audibly, images are shown, Nunnally starts crying. It is clear that Nunnally's reaction started BEFORE the images are shown. How can she react to something she hasn't seen yet? Obviously she can't. And if she saw the images before her shocked reaction and her gasp, then why did they put the images after it? It's fully within the animators' power to show the images first, but they CHOSE not to. The only conclusion we can draw is that Nunnally's realization and shock do not stem from the images.
So, what does Nunnally see when she touches Lelouch?
The answer is simple, she sees nothing. If she truly would suddenly begin hallucinating because someone gave her visions, she'd freak out (like people did when C.C. gave them visions), but she didn't react AT ALL. If characters don't react to information, that means the information is non-diegetic.
To quote [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis): *"Diegetic elements are part of the fictional world ("part of the story"), as opposed to non-diegetic elements which are stylistic elements of how the narrator tells the story ("part of the storytelling").*
Simply put, non-diegetic information is information for the audience only, it does not exist in the fictional universe. All fiction make liberal use of this technique, the examples are legio. Non-diegetic information can be auditive (e.g. background music which tells the audience when a scene is sad/romantic/...) or visual (e.g. people's excessive grinning when they lie so that the audience knows it's a lie, but the victim doesn't)
Code Geass, too, uses loads of non-diegetic information. Examples are the red rings around people's eyes when they are geassed, Rolo's locket swinging which symbolically shows he is using his geass, the red sphere in which Rolo "stops time", etc.
Likewise is Nunnally's "vision" non-diegetic. She sees nothing, the creators want to make clear we understand that she finally understood her brother's intentions.
It is no coincidence that they show this "vision" when Nunnally touches his hand, it fits thematically with Nunnally's ability to know when people are lying by touching their hand. She does this several times in the show, for example with Suzaku and Alicia Lohmeyer. Here are screenshots of these scenes from R2 episode 7, R2 episode 15 (2 screenshots), and R2 episode 15 again.
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We can even add the commentary track from the actors themselves. They were talking about Nunnally understanding her brother, but they never mentioned any form of vision or memory transfer.
In short, the anime itself fully contradicts the interpretation that Lelouch was sending his sister code visions, because it violates everything the show has told us about these visions.
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2013/12/11 | 1,302 | 4,665 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been wondering for a while are all the martial arts and martial art techniques in this series real? I used to be a former karate student, so I do know that the karate techniques used in the beginning 200~ chapters are legit.
As the series progressed, however, the karate techniques started to become a lot more complex and I have never even heard of them before.
Then they also started deviating from the standard martial arts and introduced some like pencak silat (which I never knew existed before).
If there are some fake styles or techniques, which ones are there\*?
\*Please don't use unreal fights to disprove. For example, when Akisame fought against that other master and they proceeded to counter-throw each others counter-throw, ultimately leaving them suspended in midair for half the chapter. The technique of a counter throw is real, but the manga just used it unrealistically.<issue_comment>username_1: Check [this](http://kenichi.wikia.com/wiki/Martial_Arts_Styles) for a list of the martial arts used in Kenichi.
Some of the martial arts are of course just fictional **or** adapted, like *Nyakwondo* (a combination of cat moves and *Tae Kwon Do*) and even Furinji's own style. However, majority of the martial arts in the manga/anime is still legitimate and--based on personal experience as a former wrestling competitor in university days--relatively accurate.
Also, I won't rightly consider "fake" some of the variations, as martial arts in real life are mostly just variation of one another. *Kung Fu* alone is credited for inspiring at least a couple of major styles, and die-hard practitioners and fans alike will call fake on these other inspired arts. However, I must admit that Kenichi deserves an amazing suspension of disbelief with some of them.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have only read a little into the manga, but finished the anime, and I'd say ballpark 80%-90% of it is a legit martial art. My background includes karate, muay thai, krav maga, and gracie jiu jitsu.
It just occasionally hollywoods the living hell out of it - like the saikuken (in the anime, the 1st fist uses it) being some magical wall of defense. The real equivalent in probably just knowing your range and understanding just how little you have to move to dodge sometimes - a boxer/kickboxer's slip of a punch is a good example of real "saikuken". You only have to move your head 4 inches to dodge a straight punch to the face.
The whole Ki-attack thing and Siegfried just using an innate, musical understanding of rhythm as an un-trained fighting method are ridiculous.
The 2nd fist and some long haired dude who worked for Kisara and whose name I don't remember are also legit, but pretty out there - for a fighter to perform well from pure talent (2nd Fist) or to only learn by getting in fights frequently over and over again (forgotten name) are both possible but extraordinarily unlikely.
In short, most of it, at least where the anime covers is legit, and the portion that isn't legit is usually vaguely based on something real, and just hollywooded up for aesthetics or variety.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: <NAME> is real, I believe they use it in the Middle East. Penetration and command sumo are real styles too, I believe. Lucha libre obviously is real, but some of the moves are somewhat unrealistic, but that's just like their personal fighting style or adaptation.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: <NAME> is a Malaysian martial art (Featured in the The Raid movie). Lucha Libre is Mexican wrestling (best reference is Rey Mysterio IRL).
As to the anime, I have to agree that 80-90% of it is based on real life martial arts. Judging how Kenichi performed and trained, he is equivalent to our MMA fighters following the rule of Krav Maga (survival)
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2013/12/11 | 538 | 1,925 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just finished the Another manga and I don't really understand the final 2 pages.
What are the clanging noises, and who is the mysterious figure in the hallway?
<issue_comment>username_1: Well from my understanding of the anime, the Calamity is only stopped for that year. It will occur again, so the figure could be who will become the next Extra in the class.
Apart from that, my only other basis is the top left frame, if the seating positions are the same in the manga then figure where is sitting in Mei's seat which the class uses as a counter measure to make someone non existent and, I think it is also the same seat of the first student who died, but was allowed to graduate which caused the Calamity to begin the year after.
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It could also be **Misaki, the student who was forever stuck in Yomiyama.**
*From the [Wiki](http://another.wikia.com/wiki/Misaki_Yomiyama#Manga):*
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Actually there's a prequel to this in manga.
Before dying, Ritsuko (Kouichi's mother) saw the same shadow as this one and calls out 'Misaki-kun'.
So the shadow is in fact MISAKI.
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2013/12/12 | 473 | 1,603 | <issue_start>username_0: 
It's mentioned in chapter 602 page 17 that Madara gave away his eye to someone... But it's not mentioned whom. He also says that his eyes aren't his own (he could be referring to his brother's eyes). Most of the Q&A discussions I came across on Google say that it's donated to Nagato! It's mentioned in Wiki too, but I haven't come across any anime episode or manga chapter stating it. Has it ever been mentioned anywhere else, to whom did he donate his eyes (or at least his right eye)?<issue_comment>username_1: Madara did in fact give his eyes to Nagato. (Chapter 606 Page 16 ~)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In chapter 658, it's said that "Right eye returns to rightful owner". Which proves it was transplanted to nagato. Although doesn't specify when/how.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Yup, Sort of, U see, Nagato is an Uzumaki, and they are connected to Senju, and Madara has Uchiha blood circulated to his Rinnegan Which he got from implanting Hashirama cells) and then, he gave his right eye (Which had Uchiha blood) to Nagato, who had Senju blood, thus awakening 2 Rinnegans for Nagato and Madara is left with his left Sharingan/Rinnegan. U may be wondering, how does Obito have his right eye, that's because he unconsciously transported the right side of his face to Kamui, then unconsciously got it back, also, Obito's left face is scarred bcz of the amateur eye transplanting by Rin (DUH SHE LIKE 12 YRS OLD)
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2013/12/12 | 1,720 | 6,580 | <issue_start>username_0: In the final episodes of Code Geass R2, Lelouch gave orders like "be my slave" or "obey me". This way, unlike when using the Geass, he can give them orders an unlimited number of times.
([Code Geass Wikia](http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Lelouch%27s_Orders))
So why didn't he use these orders on everyone from the beginning? This way he could've given them orders whenever he wanted!<issue_comment>username_1: At the *very* beginning, right after he got his powers, Lelouch may not have been sure that it was possible to give such powerful orders. This is why, for example, Lelouch ordered a female student from the academy to engrave a cross-mark on a wall every day forever: to determine how long a geass would last. Presumably, he was performing similar experiments that weren't shown to the viewer.
In some cases, Lelouch could be morally conflicted about geassing people. In the last episode of R2, we see him wavering on whether or not to use a geass to command Nunnally to give him the FLEIJA control device. It's possible that he felt the same way about using his geass on other people as well. (Then again, that might just be a special thing for Nunnally.)
Recall now that people are able to reject a geass (at least temporarily) if it is in strong conflict with their morals. Guilford, for example, would probably have found the idea of obeying Zero to be utterly repugnant, and may have resisted the geass to a degree, which could have thrown a wrench in Lelouch's plans. This could be why Lelouch instead geassed Guilford to view him as if he were Cornelia - to circumvent that issue.
There are probably a few other reasons, too, which hopefully other people will be able to come up with in their answers.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I like to think of them as purely moral choices, not at ALL for practicality.
In the beginning of R2, Kallen asked if she was geassed into obeying Zero, or something to that effect. Lelouch makes it clear that she followed under her own will, which presumably, he wanted for all of the Black Knights.
Note that he only ordered "Obey Me!!!" after the Black Knights betray him\*, leaving him with no troops to command.
The others I see as lack of choices. For example, he didn't geass Suzaku the moment he realized he was working for the enemy (he could have very well said "Follow Zero" at that point on, and C.C. even chastises him for **not doing** it) but he only geasses him in a very precarious situation (when both of them were about to get killed).
\*EDIT: Actually, there's another reason: (Lelouch thinks) **NUNNALY's DEAD!**. Remember he did everything for Nunnaly. With Nunnaly, Shirley, Rolo, and the Black knights gone, he has nothing left basically. So this point is pretty much a "Well, Fuck My Moral Compass", And does things more pragmatically.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Production-wise, it would probably be because of addition to drama. I think the production thought (and I believe us as well) would be boring to have Lelouch command "Obey me" everytime. And of course, to add limitation to the order, thus, adding an opening for conflicts in the stories. If the order "Obey me" will always be used, then Lelouch will mostly be invincible and that will prevent twists on the stories - which makes the anime more enjoyable.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I agree with the [answer posed by username_2](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/6344/2516). But there's another addition/modification I would like to make to it.
His initial motives were in line to end Charles' Hegemony and he had people in support for it, that's how he gained the support of the Black Knights.
But after the incidents in the thought chamber when he stopped Charles and Marianne, he had made a different plan with Suzaku and CC. In order to execute this plan he required an army which he could gain neither by motivating them by his motives nor by the virtue of his emperor post(since he was a usurper). Hence the Geass.
In summary: He had a moral compass which he later compromised for the greater good (Instead of his morality being lost after Nunnaly's death)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Lelouch's geass power increased over time. Perhaps it was not powerful enough make someone his full-time slave until his power got to full strength. Lelouch did experiments in the beginning to test the limitations and capabilities of his geass. Surely he must have wondered what would happen if he tried the command "obey me".
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I think the reason is much easier than what all you guys have just said. It is likely that the obey order could not be issued because all the other people not affected by geass would have started to suspect something weird going on and they would have investigated on geass. However, this conclusion cannot be possible if the order issued was like "from now onward obey me but never tell or make any reference to who is giving you orders".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: [username_4's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22614/2516) was the best answer. His Geass wasn't yet powerful enough to do so as the Geass grow more powerful with each usage. Remember, that Lelouch thinks that other people aside from the ones he knows personally are mere pawns; he thinks that the world revolves around him and the people he wants to protect that's why he'll forsake an entire army just for Nunnally which he did both seasons. For him, who cares if all of my soldiers die, I must save Nunnally. Japan's freedom was just an excuse for him to create his ideal world. Another sign of his Narcism is thinking that he could take down Britannia even before he got Geass, and also the fact he was born royalty.
The clearest evidence why it's not because of his moral standards is when he made a gang at the alley act like animals for eternity just because he is sad. So that argument is refuted. The reason is that his Geass is still not yet in both of his eyes unlike after he defeated Charles. After he defeated Charles, his geass is in both of his eyes so he was able to simply say "follow me" by then to become emperor.
Notice how his commands become more complicated as the story progresses. But the most complicated was only "do this when this happens" before his Geass spread to both eyes. However, the whole dealing with Suzaku is something I can't relate to, I don't do bromance, ask Naruto instead.
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2013/12/13 | 1,083 | 4,007 | <issue_start>username_0: In Bleach, Aizen's sword is claimed to be one of the most powerful, as it can control the human senses. As I remember, it was said that if you have seen it once, you've already lost to it. Can someone explain to me exactly what it does?<issue_comment>username_1: I haven't seen the entire series or read the manga, but from what he said before he fleed the Soul Society, it was apparently absolute hypnosis. Take this as an example:
When Ichigo attacked Aizen, he had already seen Aizen's sword, so Aizen's Zanpakuto could use the hypnosis "Aizen blocks Ichigo's attack instantly with one finger, and no one sees Aizen's counter attack"
As for how he could use hypnosis like that, maybe Aizen's Zanpakuto warped space (like how Touzen's Zanpakuto did when he was fighting Kenpachi) and created a space that robbed all senses, but because of the hypnosis, no one actually saw it, as Ohana even commented that Aizen previously showed everyone that his Zanpakuto was a water-based one, and she was shocked when Aizen revealed that he did it on purpose to fool everyone and to make them victims of his Zanpakuto.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: First off, Aizen is a genius of nearly unmatched brilliance for most of his entire plan. One can say that he made some bad choices later in his plan concerning his treatment of underlings, the showdown with the Soul Society, and giving Ichigo a chance. However, that's more of an issue of character flaws than him not being a genius.
The ability that Aizen uses is not his Bankai, but rather his Shikai, all according to him of course. One falls under the hypnosis when one sees his sword as he releases its Shikai by speaking its name. The hypnosis apparently lasts forever after you have seen it once, given the fact that it lasted 100 years on several other Soul Reapers.
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It controls the five senses to the point where it can make the target misinterpret another person's form, shape, mass, feel, and smell to be an enemy's. The initiation condition for the hypnosis is to show the enemy the release of Kyōka Suigetsu. After seeing it just once, this person will completely succumb to the hypnosis. Afterwards, every time it is released, this person will fall under the thrall of the hypnosis. The hypnosis is long lasting; the Visored are still affected by Kyōka Suigetsu even though they were hypnotized at least 110 years ago. Because the spell works when one see the ritual, those who cannot see are consequently immune to the hypnosis.
When Aizen turns off the hypnosis by force of will, the image shown melts away or shatters. The complete hypnosis of Kyōka Suigetsu is absolutely flawless; even if the target is aware of being under the hypnosis, they cannot resist its influence. The hypnotic abilities of Kyōka Suigetsu make it a highly useful tool in combat, for Aizen can create simple or complex illusions to deceive his opponents.
For example, by creating a decoy of himself, or other illusions to distract his opponents, Aizen can hide his own movements and attack with impunity. His opponent will remain focused on the illusion until it is too late to react.While the illusions Kyōka Suigetsu creates are quite powerful, those with considerable power and skill themselves may be able to note slight differences in the illusions compared to the real thing, even if they are not able to determine what exactly is different.
4th Division Captain Retsu Unohana detected something was amiss with Aizen's fake corpse, even though she did not realize what it was until seeing Aizen alive.The Reiatsu of Kyōka Suigetsu gives it away to those keen enough to sense its actual presence past the illusions created by its complete hypnosis.The sole way to escape the ability of Kyōka Suigetsu is to touch the blade itself before complete hypnosis is activated.
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2013/12/13 | 749 | 2,639 | <issue_start>username_0: Something that I am confused about Madara's powers.
When Madara used the Rinne Tensei to bring himself back to life, he did not have his eyes, but he had the First Hokage's face embedded into himself.
Even though he did not have his Sharingan or Rinnegan, he was able to use Susanoo.
Is there any explanation for these two anomalies?
His both eyes were closed at all times, and he had Rinnegan in both his eyes when he was brought back using Edo Tensei. Since his left eye had been destroyed when he was brought back to life using the Rinne Tensei, it is only natural that his right eye too was destroyed.
<issue_comment>username_1: While there isn't an explanation in Naruto for why a person is able to use Susanoo without his MS or Rinnegan, it has been done in the past.
The only logical conclusion is that after someone uses Susanoo, they can use it again without the Mangekyou Sharingan. The manga never explicitly stated that Susanoo required the *usage* of the MS. Rather it stated that Susanoo is the third technique MS users obtain after Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu.
When incorporating Japanese Mythology into the equation, we can reason that Susanoo does not require any eye techniques (and the below picture was not an accident). This is taken directly from the [Susanoo Wikipedia Page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanoo):
*All three were born from Izanagi, when he washed his face clean of the pollutants of Yomi, the underworld. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed out his left eye, Tsukuyomi was born from the washing of the right eye, and Susanoo from the washing of the nose.*
**Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu comes from the eyes, whereas Susanoo comes from the nose, so one does not need eyes to use Susanoo.**
Source: Ch 577
Note: Itachi doesn't have MS activated. In the Chapter 578, Itachi activates MS when he needs to use it. Thus MS isn't required to use Susanoo. Also, when Madara fights the five Kages and has both Rinnegan, he is also able to use Susanoo.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It clearly states in the manga and anime that both Mangekyou Sharingan eyes are needed to use Susanoo (where the left and right eye when activated together produce Susanoo). Madara had no eyes at all and used Susanoo (just because he is Madara??). Oh come on that's because they need to cut it out already (stay true to the manga and not this crap).
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2013/12/13 | 241 | 808 | <issue_start>username_0: Which came out first Fullmetal Alchemist the manga, Fullmetal Alchemist the anime or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood?<issue_comment>username_1: The manga is the original production. The anime equivalent was loosely based on that manga, until the production caught up with the manga. At that point, the anime took its own initiative and came up with a story. Brotherhood is a re-make of the entire completed manga, and is pretty much the same as the manga is.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: * 2001 to 2010 - the manga is published.
* Fall 2003 to Fall 2004 - the first anime is aired.
* Spring 2009 to Summer 2010 - the second anime (Brotherhood) is aired.
As you can see, the ending of the manga was timed to coincide with the end of Brotherhood.
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2013/12/13 | 1,149 | 2,738 | <issue_start>username_0: So I was wondering if there is a Sword Art Online manga, and if so which is the original, the manga or the anime?<issue_comment>username_1: *Sword Art Online* started as a [light novel series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Light_novels) (in 2009), and spawned [five manga adaptations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Manga) (starting in 2010) and [an anime](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Anime) (in 2012). However, to my knowledge, the anime is based entirely on the first four volumes of the light novels and does not borrow from the manga material at all.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: At the time of writing (July 2014), there are currently [8 manga adaptations](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3#.E6.BC.AB.E7.94.BB) of the series, all written by [<NAME>](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=107067), the original author of [Sword Art Online](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online) light novel series.
* *Sword Art Online: Aincrad* 『ソードアート・オンライン アインクラッド』
Illustrated by [中村]{Nakamura} [貯子]{Tamako}. Serialized from September 2010 to May 2012.
Adapt the Aincrad arc (volume 1 and 2 of the light novel series).
* *Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance* 『ソードアート・オンライン フェアリィ・ダンス』
Illustrated by [葉月]{Hazuki} [翼]{Tsubasa}. Serialized from May 2012 to May 2014.
Adapt Fairy Dance arc (volume 3 and 4 of the light novel series).
* *Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet* 『ソードアート・オンライン ファントム・バレット』
Illustrated by [山田]{Yamada} [孝太郎]{Koutarou}. Serialize from May 2014.
Adapt the Phantom Bullet arc (volume 5 and 6 of the light novel series).
* *Sword Art Online: Caliber* 『ソードアート・オンライン キャリバー』
Illustrated by [木谷]{Kiya} [椎]{Shii}. Serialize from September 2014.
Adapt the Caliber arc, a chapter from volume 8 *Sword Art Online: Early and Late* of the light novel series.
* *Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario* 『ソードアート・オンライン マザーズ・ロザリオ』
Illustrated by [葉月]{Hazuki} [翼]{Tsubasa}. Serialize from July 2014.
Adapt the Mother's Rosario arc (volume 7 of the light novel series).
* *Sword Art Online: Girls Ops* 『ソードアート・オンライン ガールズ・オプス』
Illustrated by [猫猫]{Nekobyou} [猫]{Neko}. Serialize from July 2013.
An original story starring Leafa, Silica, Lizbeth with ALO as the stage.
* *Sword Art Online: Progressive* 『ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ』
Illustrated by [比村]{Himura} [奇石]{Kiseki}. Serialize from August 2013.
Adapt *Sword Art Online: Progressive* light novels, but from Asuna's point of view.
* *Sword Art☆Online* 『そーどあーと☆おんらいん。』
Illustrated by 南十字星. Serialize from September 2010.
A comedy 4-panel manga.
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2013/12/14 | 314 | 1,140 | <issue_start>username_0: When is the *Blue Exorcist* movie set, chronologically?
I'm sure there were cues in the movie to indicate where the movie falls relative to the TV series, but it's been ages since I watched the series, so I didn't really pick up on anything.<issue_comment>username_1: ### Short version
It probably takes place between episode 19 and 20.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It can't be after the series as Yukio isn't like he was at the end like how Rin is but Rin is known as the son of Satan now so I say anywhere from 19-20
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2013/12/14 | 664 | 2,521 | <issue_start>username_0: We can identify Super Saiyans by the change in the colour of their hair.
With Nappa being bald, how could we identify he has become a Super Saiyan? Is it only by the increase in power?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not only by hair.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hwQPK.jpg)
As you can see, the eyebrows and eye color changes as well. So you'll be able to tell.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Well if you remember what Freiza comments on seeing Trunk is not about the hair but its those saiyan eyes.
Apparently the pupil becomes green on the transformation.
Cheers!!!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: By looking at his eye brows and mustache if it is gold or if u see yellow super saiyn energy flair around nappa.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: By that time, there was no ''yellow hair'' yet so it probably wasn't a wild thought. Nappa has a small role in the DBZ series compared to Vegeta who is his companion but hey maybe Nappa has hair on other places. E.g. eyebrows.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: As anime watchers, it's difficult for us to fully grasp how a character sees another character, and we have to understand how some react to others. When Freiza returns with his father and faces Trunks, he watches him become a Super Saiyan and shouts, "Those eyes! They have the same eyes!". This leads me to believe that the intensity of Ki energy seen through a transformed Saiyan's eyes is much more incredible than the solid blue-green circles that we see.
There is also the matter of aura, which is difficult to consider. We see a yellow, 2D arc over the character, but I can only imagine that to see one's aura intensify to a visible level, must be like watching them enveloped by fast moving, controlled flames.
These characteristics would surely be noticeable enough to see that he has transformed, but there is the playful idea that he could grow hair, much like Goku's SSJ3 form. However, I don't believe that with those gigantic muscles, Nappa could ever flow enough Ki through his entire body, without losing it at every nerve, to force his body to grow more hair. I see the Saiyan's hair serve only one purpose as a direct channel of Ki, and it grows when there is too much Ki for it to contain. With that said, I think Nappa's body doesn't allow efficient enough usage of Ki for him to need such a channel of Ki, nonetheless transform into the ultimate warrior form.
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