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2014/02/26 | 848 | 2,718 | <issue_start>username_0: Enel, God of Thunder, or of anything, usually has multiple copies of a thing behind his back.
What is that thing? Did he transplant it inside his body?<issue_comment>username_1: If you have a look at the [Appearance section of Enel's wiki page](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Enel#Appearance), you can see that (emphasis mine)
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> Enel is a tall, muscular man who has white/blond hair which was, in ancient South American civilizations, considered godly..
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So they are basically just external features of his attire and not really something which he has transplanted to his body.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I don't watch One Piece, so this may be completely off-base, but.
Given that Enel is a god of thunder, and given that he has that thing around his head, it is plausible that his appearance is an allusion to some depictions of [Taishakuten](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%9D%E9%87%88%E5%A4%A9 "in Japanese") (a.k.a. [Shakra/Sakka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Aakra_%28Buddhism%29), a.k.a. [Indra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra)). As Indra, he is a god of thunder in Hinduism (and in pre-Trimurti Vedic religion, the chief god of the pantheon), and he was later loosely adopted into Buddhism as Shakra. As Shakra, he is sometimes (not sure how often) depicted with a wheel behind his head that looks similar to the thing behind Enel's head:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pQEld.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uZoWr.jpg)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: They're taiko drums, explicitly called such in the manga. Nami shouts in chapter 276 (first chapter of volume 30), "The taiko drum is turning into a bird?!" (Haha, that sounds silly without context.)
They appear to be transplanted into his body. There are some points where you can see his back, and they just go into his back. The first frame of 276 is a good reference, coincidentally.
\*Since the wiki pages are made by fans, I don't use them as hard reference, just starting points and a "maybe this is correct" guideline. The "tomoe" appears to be the design on the drums.
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2014/02/26 | 493 | 1,845 | <issue_start>username_0: All the students have a nickname, and it always begin with "Super Duper".
Why do they use this as a nickname? Also, is this the correct translation for what it says in Japanese?<issue_comment>username_1: I could not find a specific reason for them to use nicknames, guess it is just for plot reasons. Or even just cause they can.
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There have been quite some discussion on how accurate this translation is, but it is said that even though Super Duper sounds really stupid, it is the closest to the original translation.
A pretty nice article about this can be [read here](http://legendsoflocalization.com/qa-dangan-ronpa-fan-translations/)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The reason they had these nicknames is to emphasize that Hope's Peak Academy is *really* hard to get into. Hence the students there are extraordinarily talented. It would seem that it's a requirement to have one outstanding feature to qualify for enrolment in the school. Apart from Naegi, who gained entrance through a lottery (and is the Super Duper Highschool Luckster)
Some liberties were taken in the translation much like other releases - for example the directly translated "Super High School Class Good Luck" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as "Super Duper Highschool Luckster". It conveys the same message, but is perhaps not *exact*
A couple of the other changes to the titles and the rationale behind them in the fan translation are outlined here, similar reasons would apply to the official releases:
<http://danganronpa.wordpress.com/dr1/tl-notes/general/>
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2014/02/26 | 412 | 1,283 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime, Tomoya ended with one girl. But there's two ova's where he got a different ending, with two different girl.
I tried to play the visual novel once, and was able to get a good ending with Sakagami Tomoyo and Fujibayashi Kyou, but I never reach a good ending with Sagara Misae (manager of Sunohara's dorm) and Fujibayashi Ryou. How many ending are they in Visual Novel?<issue_comment>username_1: The regular routes in the Visual Novel are with:
* Fujibayashi Kyou
* Fujibayashi Ryou
* Furukawa Nagisa
* <NAME>
* <NAME>
* I<NAME>
* Miyazawa Yukine
* <NAME>
* Sakagami Tomoyo
* Sunohara Mei
* <NAME>
There are three additional endings for the after story of the original game (therefore, routes opening up after continuing to the after story of Furukawa Nagisa). Another spin-off game is available that includes an after story for Sakagami Tomoyo, and is called "Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life".
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: <NAME>'s answer is pretty accurate. However concerning Fujibayashi Ryou.
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I also found this a useful site: <http://soukyuu.emevas.net/CLANNAD_guide.html>
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2014/02/26 | 1,176 | 3,925 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been trying to figure out how far Naruto's heritage can be traced back. We know his parents, but seeing as we've met other Uzumakis, I figured that there might be at least some other idea of his heritage past is parents. How far/out can his family tree be traced?<issue_comment>username_1: There actually is somebody who try'd to get all the main characters a place in one big family tree on [deviant art](http://ninawh94.deviantart.com/art/Naruto-quot-family-team-tree-quot-202765636) it is a bit outdated thou as it last updated in 2011.
I advice on downloading the picture as its really hard to read otherwise
Due to some quotes through out the manga there is also a theory floating around that Naruto has some blood ties with the senju clan.
We know that the first Hokage's wife is <NAME>aki so this does make some sense. Some of those theorys can be read on [narutobase](http://narutobase.net/forums/showthread.php?t=149212)
And one of the most commonly accept of them would be that all descend from the Uzumaki clan to begin with.
Although there are loads of theory's and tons of rumors going about, we cannot provide a definite family tree of the people beyond Naruto's parents. As most of the theory's are still only based on small quotes such as above
For a proper time line to be set up we most likely need the parental details from either Karin or Nagatos parents, as they all descend from the Uzumaki clan
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Warning contains content shown in the manga up to chapter 670. Read with care as you might be spoiled**
Breaking news on the family tree of naruto, in chapter 670 at page 11 the sage of the six says
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With this and the up following pages we can confirm that Naruto is a descendant of Ashura, which is the younger brother. The creator of the Senju clan. So Naruto is in fact of the senju blood line.
And to be even more accurate, He is the reincarnation of Ashura.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: This is just my interpretation but from the Sage of Six Paths, the Uchiha and Senju were born. And from the Senju, the Uzumaki split off. I would suggest that the split happened very early on in the two clans' history because they share many similar traits and the manga also states that, during the present, the Uzumaki and Senju are very distantly related, meaning that the clans would have had to split early in history. This would also support why the Uzumaki express similar if not the same traits of the Senju.
The First Hokage married Mito Uzumaki. Though it is not known who the First Hokage's child is, it is clear that they (the First's child and her/his spouse) had another child, Tsunade.
If I had to guess, I would say that Kushina was no more than a cousin to Mito Uzumaki but simply received Kurama from her. And Minato came from a different family altogether.
All of this would make the first distantly related to Naruto and would make Naruto very distantly related to the Sage of Six Paths.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: * Hagoromo (Senju and Uchiha)
* Hamura (Uzumaki and Hyuga)
* Ashura (Senju)
* Amaterasu (Uchiha)
* Youngest son of Hamura (Uzumaki)
* Oldest son of Hamura (Hyuga)
* Naruto
Possibility grandfather mother-side
* Uzumaki (???)
* Senju (???)
Father-side
* Namikaze
* Senju
Grandmother possibility
* Uzumaki
* Senju
* Namikaze
* Senju
For me, it is like Hashirama; Tobirama for grand-grandfather or grand-grand-uncle because Naruto and Hashirama haves some similarities.
Each other passes Hokage without being sensei.
They are both reincarnations of Ashura.
They like taking care of plants.
Tobirama said he feels his brother when Naruto team up with him.
Naruto's nature chakra is not determined because of Kurama.
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2014/02/26 | 1,794 | 6,833 | <issue_start>username_0: OK so the other day I got to a discussion with my mate about the Remake of Evangelion and Evangelion in general. And he seams to be under the impression that the new Evangelion movies are not actually a remake but a sequel. And he does have good arguments backing it.
The idea being that the "Evengelion 1.0 You are not alone" world is the world that Shinji created at the end of "The End of Evangelion". If you think about it it does fit. One of the biggest hints for this is the same red sea seen with what the "The End of Evangelion" ends and "Evangelion 1.0" begins. More to the point, if you remember the original series, then there the sea was blue and in the remake it's red and if you think about the big differences than it does make seance.
But I just do not know, I kinda am convinced, but at the same time... are they really trolling with us? Kinda hard to believe, I would love to give counter arguments, but can't really think of any, because he is claiming that the world that was created by Shinji was almost identical but with some minor differences.<issue_comment>username_1: This is just from what I read but it may be a Sequel as I read that Evangelion is about cycles and that Rebuild takes place after End of Evangelion where Shinji and Asuka somehow reverse everything to a new cycle. From what I read the evidence to support this is that the red sea is actually all the LCL that was seen at the end of End of Evangelion and that there are outlines of where the Mass Produced Eva's fell
/ End of Evangelion with the red LCL Sea and Mass Produced Eva's
/ Evangellion 1.x where we see a red sea and a giant's outline
However, as Eric said there seems to be no canon statement to this, and I read this on the Madman Australia Forums (though I can't remember the exact post).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's interpretation.
There's nothing official whether there is a sequel or not. Aside from Kaworu saying weird stuff about "next time" or "this time" (and a weird translation of Kaworu's voice actor mentioning something about "looping" in an interview), all of the other instances (including the large chalk outline) of possible "time looping" or "rebooting the universe" have been explained in-universe or through story-boards in a way unrelated to any sort of sequel, "time looping" or "rebooting". This is not to say such images aren't *meant* to make people think that, or at the very least, as a reference or a nod to the original series.
* The seas are red as a result of second impact.
* The chalk outline is from an accident before second impact.
* The blood stain on the moon, also from second impact
* Second impact in this universe occurs chronologically as the same Second impact in the original series (Antarctica expedition, Misato's dad dies, releases of Adam(s))
* Kaworu saying stuff about "next time" and "this time", unexplained
Kaworu has always been saying weird stuff, even in the original series, or, perhaps he's the time-travelling wizard in this version of Evangelion. It's up to your interpretation, and there's a lot of ways to interpret things, especially since we've been given such all encompassing world changing events like Instrumentality, of which we know next to nothing when it comes to the details or mechanics.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: One of the reasons that make audiences believe it is a sequel and not a remake are the [giant stains on the moon made by collapsing Lilith/Rei](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrpVutiqfiY) in End of Evangelion and present in the first Rebuild movie.
I think you can find main other arguments in the evageeks's [counter-argument page](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Theory_and_Analysis:Sequel_Theory_Counter-Evidence) about a "literal" sequel theory.
Personally I believe to be large space to interpretation being many things in NGE really ill-defined and not so clearly explained.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I’m very late to this but the answer to the question ultimately is it’s a remake... i read that it’s just a different version of what happens in the show.... think about it in this instance:
The end of evangelion( show) ended with merging with Lilith and giving Shinji the opportunity to choose the way that the world will continue instead of his father because of that conclusion although he decided that he want everyone to die even decided that he wanted things to stay as they were and I just ended up with Asuka and him in the end
With that being said
A sequel would not make sense because if all of this is after Shinji saves the world or whatever you wanna call it in the first place everything literally happens again And they fight damn near the same angels just with a few new people it wouldn’t make sense for it to be a continuation just for them to have to do everything all over again
I also have a understanding that the movies are for those who didn’t watch the series because it came out so long ago (1996 i think) and it’s just a better adaptation of the story
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I've been hanging around the wiki.evageeks.org page, specially pages that talk about the new four 'Adams' seen on the Second Impact flashback, and I'm starting to let go of the idea that it is a sequel.
The chalk outline could be one of the Adams that died during Second Impact; as the Key of Nebuchadnezzar that Kaji gives Gendo in the 2.22 takes the place of the Adam Embryo from the Original Series, and Evangelion 13 (just '13', not 'Unit-13') is called an 'Adams' Survivor' by Mari in one scene in 3.33, implying that it was made from one of the four that appeared on during Second Impact. Same with Unit-01 (as opposed to being grown from Lilith) and Mark.06.
What I'm trying to get to, is that the red seas might have been caused by the Adams during the Rebuilds' Second Impact, and the chalk outline by one of the Adams. The red line on the moon is not explained yet.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: It's clearly a sequel. The red sea, the stain on the moon, and what Kaworu said are not just coincidence.
After *End of Evangelion*, a second chance was given to Shinji by Lilith and he chose that everyone should keep their separate form, therefore the AT field was given back to every person to keep their souls and bodies apart. The story repeats so that they can prevent what already happened.
This isn't my opinion, it's literally what happened.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I’m only on the second movie rn but I think Asuka knows it’s a time loop because even she said something along the lines of “They’re all the same as last time. Nothing’s changed” so I’m saying it’s a sequel
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2014/02/27 | 1,076 | 4,085 | <issue_start>username_0: In the opening of Fullmetal Alchemist, it says...
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But why did the Elric brothers believe this to be the one and only law of alchemy? If this was explained in one of the episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood, please list it too, thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: Alchemy in the real world is recognized as a protoscience that contributed to the development of modern chemistry and medicine.
Both Ed and Al say that Alchemy is a science and that the input must be equal to their output, equivalent exchange is this because for what you give up (your input) you will recive something of equal value (your equal output)
There are 2 parts to Equivalent Exchange which can be read up on the [Wikia page](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alchemy#Equivalent_Exchange), The Law of Conservation of Mass and The Law of Natural Providence. I should point out that Scar is still following The Law of Conservation of Mass as what is he doing is breaking objects apart but not reforming, when Ed goes to repair Al after getting his arm back he checks that they did pick up every tiny fragment hinting at this.
Now one can say that the Red Stones or Incomplete Philosopher's Stone can bypass however in a sense they don't, the Red Stones are created by combining materials and get used up over time thus they don't have a Rebound. the Incomplete Philosopher's Stones have the rebound because they are used to bypass Equivalent Exchange however it's unpredictable when the alchemical forces begin stabilize themselves, Marcoh and the State Alchemists during Ishval War were just lucky it never occurred during the war and after it Marcoh seemed to reduce it's usage.
The Philosopher's Stone on the other hand may be the only exception, using it one can bypass Equivalent Exchange however one needs to follow Equivalent Exchange to make one in the first place by sacrificing lives. In Brotherhood, because the first known Philosopher's Stone came from knowledge from [Dwarf](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf) the Philosopher's Stone may be keeping the alchemical process balanced by doing something that is beyond the realm of human understanding which only [Truth](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Truth) understands
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Okay, so, there's a couple things in play here you need to be aware of. Keep in mind that some of this is slightly speculative.
First, it is *only in the dub* that Alphonse states it to be the "one and only" truth. The original commentary states,
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Second, though, I think there is an important reason that Alphonse brings this up. Starting at episode 43, the pre-OP commentary changes to the following:
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In their adventure, Ed and Al basically learned that human lives are given an alchemical value; since they both believe human life to be invaluable, this shakes the foundation of the principle of Equivalent Exchange that they grew up learning.
This seems to be the only reason that Alphonse used the past tense with "believed"; the Philosopher's Stone shattered what they believed Equivalent Exchange truly meant. To him, Equivalent Exchange can no longer be the "one and only" truth.
This idea also holds true in *Brotherhood*. The Philosopher's Stone is essentially identical, and the brothers learn the same terrible details of it.
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2014/02/27 | 995 | 3,533 | <issue_start>username_0: I know why Itachi went rogue, and why he left the village and joined the organization, and I know from other questions and answers why and how the members arrived to the Akatsuki, but I'd like to know why did the Hidden Villages and the Five Great Nation let these kinds of shinobi's to be excluded from their homes, nations, and eventually life?
Just think about it, since almost every member of the Akatsuki once belonged somewhere, and you should be a fool to mistreat and let go of fighters like: Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, etc. All of them are powerful warriors, immortals, owning a chakra level like a tailed beast, prodigies of the century, possessors of Kinjutsu's, etc. How come that a Kage isn't able to understand the importance of these kinds of men, especially when "a nation is reflected by the military power it has" and let them go wild, resulting in their exile from their own native villages?<issue_comment>username_1: Missing-nins are not shinobi that got exiled from home. That does not happen.
Missing-nins always are shinobi who went rouge and left their villages willingly.
No village would want a shinobi of theirs going away and possibly to some other village spilling all their secrets? Especially not very powerful shinobi who were probably high in the ranks in their respective villages.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: -Pain and Konan aren't missing ninja(They were rebels that became leaders of Rain)
-Zetsu isn't a missing ninja either, he's a creature of made matter.
-Obito/Madara/Tobi aren't really missing ninja either, he's KIA (Kill in Action)
Sure all four of them are S-Rank and in the Bingo Book(I Assume)
-Deidara became a missing ninja because he stole a kinjutsu(Forbiddin)
-Hidan ended up being blamed for a slaughter of a clan that had gone to the Valley of Hell, he believed that living there you were meant to kill(??) so he slaughtered his neighbours and joined the cult, Jashin.
-<NAME>(Really? Everyone knows how he became a missing ninja) He slaughtered his clan(Even if he was ordered/manipulated into doing it)
-Kakuzu failed in his mission of killing Hashirama Senju(The First Hokage) when he got back to his village he ended up being treated horribly (Kinda like what happened with Sakumo Hatake) he began to hate his village for being ungrateful for all he has done, he killed the elders, stole their hearts and fled with some kinjutsu.
-<NAME> has a lot of background, his comrades were selling information and he killed the, the Mizukage praised him for his loyalties to the village, he became disillusioned and in that time Madara(Obito) convinced him to work for him. Kisame became known as a missing ninja mainly became of all the assassinations he did, (The Daimyo being one of them)
-Sasori lost his parents young and when the puppets couldn't mimic the love he wanted/needed he became cold and aloof of human life.he begun to experiment about human puppets and guess just walked from the village.
-Orochimaru...human experiments, got busted, and fled.
-<NAME>(No idea who he is, had to look him up)He is/was one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. He is/was especially known for his brutality. It doesn't say anything on why he left, only that after the Third Great Shonbi War he became a missing ninja.
There hope that's a bit helpful.
Most of my research came from Fandom Wiki...really just google the character, click on the fandom wiki and oh...look at all that information.
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2014/02/28 | 712 | 2,696 | <issue_start>username_0: In Full Metal Alchemist, Greed was imprisoned for 140 years (I think, please correct if wrong). My question is:
**Who sealed Greed? How was he sealed/what type of transmutation/technique was used, and why was he sealed away for so long?**
I am pretty sure I'm missing something, but I don't understand what.<issue_comment>username_1: I'm not sure if all your questions can be answered, but...
[The wiki](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Greed) states that Envy sealed him in the bowels of the Fifth Laboratory, and the [lab's page](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Fifth_Laboratory) states that it "served as an alchemical prison and stasis field." This implies that something was used to limit his movement or abilities, although we may never know exactly what may have done that. I'm guessing it is technical alchemical knowledge that we did not need to know, and so none of it was shown.
Or perhaps the walls there were just too much for Greed to dig through, so he could have simply been locked inside a room for 130+ years until Barry sets off the explosives that finally free him. It's an anime mystery that gives us fans a topic of conversation!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Greed was sealed by Evny under Dante's orders because of his namesake, he got too greedy and rebelled against her.
How he was sealed was that a Transmutation Array was drawn on the walls of his cell and the skull from the body of the human he once was is centered on one of the walls, i think the array is different to the one Dante uses to drain Greed of the Red Stones and more of an amplifier for the paralysis inducing effects of a Homonculi's remains has.
When the array shuts down because of the damage to the lab (seen when the array isn't lit up) Greed is able to move around more freely and even takes his skull with him so while me may have still been weakened from having his remains nearby he's not as weak as he was when the array was active.
However that's speculation on my account of the array in the room, we do know in the 2003 anime Homonculi are weakened when they are in the presence of their remains (or in Wrath's case a reminder of when he died), Greed's skull is used to keep him trapped and that the array made him weaker when it was active than what just the skull did.
We also know the array in lab 5 doesn't work in the same way as the one in Dante's residence when Greed visits her as when it activates he vomits up the Red Stones, considering how long he was trapped he would have been near death if he had kept vomiting Red Stones as we see just how bad of a shape he is in when he was in Dante's trap for even a few minutes.
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2014/02/28 | 955 | 2,691 | <issue_start>username_0: I love the look of the "Ver. Ka" Master Grade model kits. I know he was the lead designer for V and Endless Waltz. He also worked on 0083, Wing, and G among others. I would like to know which specific Mobile Suits he designed from the Gundam anime franchises.<issue_comment>username_1: <NAME> done a boat load of Mecha design's for a ton of different series. You should check out his wiki page [<NAME>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Katoki) where I believe all of his credited works are listed, and the series for which he made them.
Just to list a few he worked on
* Master Grade
+ RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.Ka
+ XXXG-01W Wing Gundam Ver.Ka
+ RB-79 Ball Ver.Ka
+ XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Ver.Ka
+ RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka
+ MSN-06S Sinanju Ver. Ka
+ LM312V04 Victory Gundam Ver. Ka
+ RX-93 Nu Gundam Ver. Ka
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Assume you're looking for original designs and no redesigns.
He worked on the Gundam 0083 OVA series, where he designed the famous [RX-78 GP03 Dendrobium Orchis](http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0083/rx-78gp03.htm) mobile weapon.
He also did a lot of work in V Gundam, where he was the main mechanical designer, creating the main mobile suits:
* [Victory Gundam](http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/lm312v04.htm)
* [V2 Gundam](http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/lm314v21.htm)
* [V2 Assault Buster Gundam](http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/lm314v23-24.htm)
After that, he worked on G Gundam, designing the evil mobile suits.
He also worked on *Gundam Wing*, doing some some minor mobile suits, but his mostnotable contrtibution is to *Gundam Wing Endless Waltz*, where he designed all of the mobile suits, and re-designed the Gundams in a more fantastic style, the most famous of which is the [XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero Custom](http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/endlesswaltz/xxxg-00w0.htm)
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2014/02/28 | 650 | 2,530 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently started watching One Piece, and noticed as I reached episode 590 that the animation quality seems to have changed quite a bit since episode 1.
Now I was wondering, are there any other big changes they made since episode one besides quality changes? And how did they do those quality changes? I did not notice any changes until quite a bit in. Is there some particular technique they used?
So, summed up, this is my question.
* What are the big changes in quality/animation they have made since the start?
* Are there any other big changes they made besides quality?
* How did they do the quality changes?<issue_comment>username_1: A big change is related to openings and endings. There is no more endings, only big openings with about 2 minutes. The animation canvas are bigger too: before it was in 4:3, now its widescreen
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The anime moved to Bandai Entertainment since Episode 205, and then it started to run in widescreen and not 4:3.
Quality changes are just because this anime exists for about 15 years, so it's only natural for the video quality itself to improve over time.
Edit: In the anime, the change between old One Piece and new One Piece is alot more clear than in the manga. The quality of the animation started being alot better after One Piece moved to Bandai Entertainment.
Yes there are big changes.
Episodes 517+ happen in a time called "post-timeskip" and in "the new world".
Episodes 1-516 are referred as "pre-timeskip", because after episode 400 alot of big things happen, and they change the whole world of One Piece, but I'm not going to spoil your experience, I can just tell you this: enjoy the East Blue saga, expect big things and surprises, and have fun.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The One Piece anime started in 2002. For episode 1–204, screen size ratio = 4:3. From episode 205 onward, it's widescreen 16:9. These points have already been mentioned in other answers. However, I'll add the following which might have affected quality (my speculation):
1. Improved technology.
2. HD quality came much later, maybe around 2005.
3. Although the episode length is the same (23 minutes), the size has increased (60 MB and more), though it is because of HD quality.
4. Improved encoding of audio and video, again related to HD.
5. More processing capacity of screens.
Mostly, the quality improved because of technological advancement. For more details, maybe ask the Bandai team. ;)
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2014/02/28 | 624 | 2,112 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, we saw that the core of a homunculus is a philosopher's stone, but ironically, they still can't perform any alchemy.
Why is it like that?<issue_comment>username_1: In *Brotherhood* (this does not totally hold true for the 2003 anime, so the reason is somewhat different), in order to perform alchemy, one must have a personal Gate of Truth. This is shown to be evident at the end of the series, when:
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*✝✝ It is possible that Wrath and the reborn Greed, having been born human and later becoming homunculi, could perform alchemy if they sought to do so. However, neither of them have any desire to learn it, and there is no official word one way or another.*
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The reason why Homunculi cannot perform alchemy is because they do not have their own individual soul. They are all a part of Father's soul, they are his 7 deadly sins (Wrath, Envy, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, and Pride) and are a part of him. Because only human souls have gates (even if they are not alchemists) and Homunculi do not have their own souls, they cannot perform alchemy. However, at the end of FMA:B:
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2014/03/01 | 770 | 2,726 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 anime series) <NAME>/<NAME> is a homunculus and is head of the military in Central. They say the Homunculi are created when an alchemist attempts human transmutation, which always fails and from those failures, a homunculus is created and is born to look like whoever they were suppose to be bought back as.
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I can't remember how I know that Homunculi are suppose to look like what they were supposed to be resurrected as but what was <NAME> supposed to be?<issue_comment>username_1: I'll take my shot at an answer. In the 2003 continuity, homunculi are created when alchemists attempt human transmutation, as you stated earlier. This more or less explains the origins of:
* Wrath, who was created by Izumi
* Sloth, who, as you stated, was created by the Elric brothers
* Envy, who was Hohenheim's son
* Lust, who was created by Scar's brother
Given this "rule" and the examples in the anime, it's at the very least implied that the resulting homunculus from a human transmutation will resemble, at least to a degree, the original intended result of the transmutation.
I don't recall the series explaining the origins of Gluttony, Greed, or Pride, though according to the fan-made Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki, they were all created by Dante. In [the case of Gluttony](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gluttony), this seems to have been done for the purpose of creating philosopher's stones, at least according to the FMA Wiki (which may or may not be a reliable source). In the case of Pride, it would make sense to a degree for the homunculus to have been created as a means to control the government for Dante's purposes, but it seems that neither the purpose of creating Pride nor his origins are ever explicitly stated in the 2003 series.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: From what I know is.....
* Wrath was Izumi's child
* Sloth was Ed and Al's mom
* Envy was Hohenheim's son
* Greed from what I can tell was Dante's second lover after Hohenheim
* Lust was Scar's brother's wife
As far as Gluttony and Pride, I think Dante made them just to help her to obtain the philosophers stone.
Gluttony can create red stones (incomplete philosophers stones) which are needed to make a complete philosophers stone and to keep the homunculi alive.
Pride infiltrates the military and start wars, which helps with the collecting of mass amounts of souls, and in pushing people to create a philosophers stones in self defense.
Answer was based off of the 2003 anime.
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2014/03/01 | 867 | 3,333 | <issue_start>username_0: In one of the episodes of *Fullmetal Alchemist* (the original 2003 anime), Hohenheim of Light is sent to a parallel universe of some sort smaller than the world he once knew by Dante, using a baby as she did some research on The Gate. He says something along the lines off:
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I know it's not exactly what he told his son Ed (although I do not remember why), but why does this other world exist? Does it just exist to serve the purpose of alchemy?<issue_comment>username_1: The answer to this is hard to give, as the anime you are referring to did not follow the source material. However, I believe based on the fact that it was a "parallel" world that one cannot exist without the other.
If no one transmutated in the alchemy world, then no one would die in the other world, if no one died in that world then the people would eventually starve and suffer.
This is just speculation though.
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The explanation, as it is given to the viewer, isn't so much that this world exists for the purpose of alchemy. Rather, the other world is being "tapped into". Alchemists think they are following the principle of Equivalent Exchange; but there is a hidden cost that they are not aware of. This hidden cost is "stolen" from the other world.
Imagine running a cable from your neighbour's house to your house, so you can steal their electricity. Every time you use an electrical device, you steal some of your neighbour's electricity. That's basically what it is for alchemy too.
You put two slices of bread in your toaster. Two pieces of toast come out. That's equivalent exchange, right? To you, living in your house, it may **seem** that way. But you're simply not aware of the additional cost (the electricity bill) because you're not the one paying for it (your neighbor is paying the cost)
This does not mean that I *forced* my neighbour to come live next to me so that I could steal his electricity (which is what your question boils down to). Alchemy was simply constructed in a way that it takes the additional cost from another (pre-existing) world.
As far as I'm aware, **why** the other world exists is never discussed, because then you must also ask yourself **why** the original (alchemist) world exists, and ponder what existence truly means.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: From what I can tell, it's because the series is based heavily on *The Divine Comedy* by real-world Dante who the show comments on through its antagonist. In *The Divine Comedy*, there is a pathway which goes through the Earth and comes out the other end (Inferno and Purgatorio).
The reason the show focuses on this is that in 2003, the main theme is about the dangers of blind belief. In real life, Dante's works pretty much make up the foundation of modern-day Christianity as the church used his depictions of hell for the control of people. The same way *FMA* Dante manipulates the people of Liore through religion.
[This YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShQ2rrKACg&t=713s) is where I got the information and expanded upon it:
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2014/03/01 | 555 | 1,738 | <issue_start>username_0: My brother and I were talking about the symbolism behind the location of the Homunculi's tattoo's location (i.e. Greed's is on his hand because he wants to get a hold of everything, Gluttony's is on his tongue because he wants to eat everything, etc.) and after reading all of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga three times over, neither of us could remember the location of Pride's Homunculus tattoo.<issue_comment>username_1: In the manga and *Brotherhood*, Pride does not have an Ouroboros tattoo. He instead has only a small circular mark on his true form's body.
Below is an image of said mark, but definitely contains spoilers for anyone not finished episode 37 of *Brotherhood* (and perhaps could be considered spoiler material for anyone who has finished episode 64).
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More information can be obtained [here](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Pride) and [here](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Ouroboros).
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2014/03/01 | 2,082 | 7,102 | <issue_start>username_0: Mewtwo is the clone of Mew. This means that Mew existed before Mewtwo.
So why is Mew numbed 151 in the Pokedex and Mewtwo 150?<issue_comment>username_1: Because Mew wasn't intended to be one of the 150 pokemon you can acquire through normal gameplay. It was the "mystery" Pokemon, no one was supposed to know its existence. It was only attainable by
* Nintendo events
* Gameshark
* Game glitch
So yeah it makes no sense, but, if Mewtwo had been #151, your Pokedex in Red and Blue would have a gaping hole in it at #150.
Mew was considered extinct when the Pokedex was made. But as Mewtwo was alive and known, he was placed first. Later, Mew's resurrection of his species in Emerald by a scientist meant they could now get his info for the Pokedex. Mew's original form in the Pokedex was actually just "???" Pokemon, who could learn any move.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Let us be reminded that the Pokemon franchise started off from video game, and its initial release was [Pokemon Red and Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue) in Japan in 1996. So Mew's very first appearance can only be in Japanese Pokemon Red and Green.
According to Bulbapedia, in the [Trivia section of Mew](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mew_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29#Trivia):
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The interview hinted at the fact that Mew was added after the debug process had ended, so swapping the number of Mewtwo and Mew at that point would have been disastrous, since Mewtwo had an event in the Cerulean Cave, and its stats, move set, flavor text, ... record would have to be swapped with Mew's. Appending a record at the end was safer, especially when the record was not supposed to be used at all during the normal game play.
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_3: Mew was a Pokemon long forgotten (10,000 years ago in the series). So in this sense, when a Pokemon is found or discovered that is not in the records, it will be added after its discovery. Mewtwo was created using Mew DNA, thus Mewtwo came before Mew in the records
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Ok aside from the what is stated in the video games, if I remember correctly, Mew was more of a myth and thought to be at the very most extinct. Dr. Fugi, who had already been working on cloning, went in search for any remains of Mew. After having found what he thought to be fossilized Mew remains he began to clone it for the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni (having to tweak the DNA a bit). The name Mewtwo comes from the way Dr. Fugi named all his clones (Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, etc) although Mewtwo was the only one to survive. It was only after Mewtwo escaped that the original Mew was discovered to not be extinct.
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*Editor's note: I had to do some digging to get something more solid than my own and similar vague souvenir. I know the answer is a bit old but I figured I'd share my findings since the comment inquiries for sources.*
The information above comes from comes from the first 2-3 minutes of the 10-minutes long short *Myutsuu To Ai* / *Mewtwo and Amber* (Ai in Japanese), more commonly known in English as ***The Birth of Mewtwo***, which was shown on Japanese television the first time **Mewtwo Strikes Back** aired.
The whole short (specifically the last 7 minutes) was rated **PG-13** due to the somewhat troubling/controversial topic(s) for children and thus, 4Kids Entertainment decided not to include more than the G-rated first 3 minutes intro (under the title **Mewtwo's Origin**) in the theaters and DVD releases of **Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back**, which was enough to grossly explain to the Western public about the origins of Mewtwo.
The full ten-minute short is now available in the DVD release of **Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns**.
The entire short's transcript is available at multiple locations online, the specific website that sent me on the right track was: <http://www.lchr.org/a/23/et/amberkins.html>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I would say that Mewtwo is number 150 instead of 151 because Mew was said to be extinct and forgotten, but that's just my answer. Plz don't sue me.
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2014/03/02 | 446 | 1,414 | <issue_start>username_0: In the episode 12 of the first Bakemonogatari season, there's a fence with an interesting pattern which seemingly has the word "KAWAK" in it:
In the first episode of the second Monogatari season we see the same place:
And another angle:
Looks like the words "CHICO" and "KAWAKITA"!
With the whole show stuffed with symbolism, subtle references and hidden messages, could this mean something?<issue_comment>username_1: Hunch:
Could of been a sponsor who wanted to utilize subliminal messaging: <http://kawakaviation.com/>
An animator (or maybe I should say setting designer) got drunk and wanted to incorporate his Mayan horoscope somehow: <http://weeklyhoroscope.com/features/asst/Mayan/Caunac.php?Haab=Mac>
Or it could mean absolutely nothing and it was a design element that wasn't totally intentional.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: [Japanese boards](http://n8chan.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-51.html) read instead IICHIKO KAWAKITA and are not sure either, but the only trail they got that quotes both words is Kawakita Hideya (河北秀也), an art director out of the Tokyo University of Arts known for making beautiful art designs for a design company called "iichiko".
Another source: <http://www.logsoku.com/r/2ch.net/anime/1254234423/>
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2014/03/03 | 497 | 1,904 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I know, <NAME> is the only State Alchemist who doesn't wear a uniform. Why was he treated differently? Did he have a special rank or something?
This is Edward current 'Uniform'
These are some state alchemist, all of them wearing a uniform.<issue_comment>username_1: It appears that in the Fullmetal Alchemist universe, those who are state alchemists are not necessarily in the military hierarchy per se, even if they have a rank equivalent to major.
Yes, there are alchemists such as Mustang, Basque Gran, Armstrong, etc. who are active members of the military, but there are also other state alchemists who, while involved in the military state alchemist program, are not involved in the military full-time as those I mentioned earlier are.
An example of this would be <NAME>, who we never see wearing a uniform, but is a state alchemist. Given that Edward similarly seems to not be involved in the military as a soldier on a daily basis, it makes sense that he doesn't wear a uniform.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Three theories:
1. The two alchemists in the picture, Mustang and Armstrong, were in the military when they became state alchemists during the war in Ishval as is the case with the vast majority of state alchemists we see in the series. it could be the case that after the war, state alchemist became a more broad term.
2. For some state alchemists, like Ed, not wearing a military uniform helps with more clandestine activities as there are many places Ed and Al go where the military is disliked.
3. It could also be the fact that Ed doesn't like the fact that he's beholden to the government and doesn't want to wear a reminder of that everywhere he goes.
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2014/03/03 | 1,343 | 5,098 | <issue_start>username_0: When Mustang performs his flame alchemy, he doesn't clap his hands to create it, did he? He's only snapping his fingers:
The others seem to always clap when performing alchemy:
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How does Mustang do this?<issue_comment>username_1: It's his Ignition Claws. As explained in the 2003 Anime Episode "Fullmetal VS Flame", they create a spark when he snaps his fingers and he uses alchemy to manipulate the other elements to make explosions or fire. The claws have the transmutation circle on them, so if it's removed he can't use it, which is demonstrated during the fight and also later in the 2003 series when he fought Pride.
Ed on the other hand claps his hands because he's been to the Gate of Truth and creates a full array with his own body, thus requiring no circles. It is something only those who have been to the Gate of Truth can do, like Izumi.
While I refer to the 2003 anime, the fundamentals of Mustang's alchemy would be the same as how alchemy works is the same.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The clapping is only necessary if one does not use a transmutation circle. As stated by Scar, it is necessary to create a ring using the palms (in order to create the flow of energy properly). This is the case for Izumi Curtis and <NAME> initially, being the only ones to recall their time within the Gate of Truth. Later (spoilers up to episode 60 or so),
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You will notice that other alchemists who have transmutation circles need not clap: Major Armstrong, Basque Grand, and Giolio Comanche if I remember correctly. Even Al, after drawing a circle, does not clap:
Roy Mustang's flame alchemy is done by the transmutation of air (compressing it very densely), then creating a spark with his gloves to ignite it.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Edward claps to perform transmutations because he has seen the Gate when he attempted human transmutation. As a result, this, as explained by <NAME> (at least in the manga and the Brotherhood anime) means that his body becomes an array, and so he can perform alchemy without a circle.
Mustang, as explained in the manga and 2003 anime, uses gloves that will create a spark when he snaps his fingers. Since the transmutation circle required is on the gloves he wears, he can perform the transmutation without drawing out the array. There are also other alchemists in the series that don't clap to perform alchemy: e.g. Armstrong, Kimblee, or Basque Gran (at least in the manga), so Mustang isn't the only character who does this.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: The Ignition Claw theory cannot be true, for during the fight with Lust in Brotherhood, Roy didn't have his gloves on. Rather, he snapped with his bare hands while sporting a Transformation Circle on his opisthenar.
What it could be is the constant construction of H2O and deconstruction of H2O using the oxygen and hydrogen already present in the air. By continuously reconstructing and deconstructing the hydrogen and oxygen withing the air, you create combustion within an initial energy source to start it. If you are interested, please take a look at Oxygen and Hydrogen combustion.
We also note that he has difficulty using his ability during the rain, and it can be said the humidity within the air may affect his proficiency at the construction and destruction of H2O; considering that the combustion involves the CONSTRUCTION of H2O rather than the destruction of it, it would be considerably harder to get a response in wet environments.
EDIT: Ah. Okay. I haven't finished the series, and I haven't picked up on an explanation yet. I was Googling around for one but wasn't satisfied, so made one up.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Mustangs ignition glove is made from a material that produces a spark when rubbed together
His glove also has the Transmutation circle on it
If I remember correctly or have correct knowledge it has something to do with breaking down of H2O in the air to make pure forms of hydrogen to ignite a line of flame and oxygen to keep the flame Alive long enough to reach his target
My theory on It but it may be different
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Roy's gloves are made of a special material called ignition cloth, when he snaps it makes a spark. Then using the transmutation circle on the back of the glove,he uses alchemy to change oxygen density within the air molecules, then rapidly expands and contracts then by combusting hydrogen and then using the spark to ignite it.
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2014/03/03 | 1,002 | 3,268 | <issue_start>username_0: I guess the question is as detailed as it can get:
I'm looking for a legal mobile app where you can read manga as well as watch anime from.
Looking forward for your answers.<issue_comment>username_1: You can read manga and watch anime with Crunchyroll on Android. The anime app can be used by free members ad-supported, or by paid members ad-free. The manga app however is exclusively for paid members
[CR Manga App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchyroll.crmanga) ,
[CR Anime/Drama App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchyroll.crunchyroid&hl=en)
Similarly for iOS:
[CR Manga App](https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/manga-by-crunchyroll/id617048063?mt=8) ,
[CR Anime/Drama App](https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/crunchyroll-watch-anime-drama/id329913454?mt=8)
Windows Phone:
(No Manga App) , [CR Anime/Drama App](http://www.windowsphone.com/en-ie/store/app/crunchyroll/8ce587a5-3277-4e1f-a120-58eb220297d1)
Most apps have anime and manga separate, presumably for development purposes (It's arguably easier to have them separate). I don't think there are any apps (for Android at least) that combine the two in one app.
As far as news apps for anime go, Crunchyroll have [one](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchyroll.crnews). But I came across [Daily Anime News](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=florian.baierl.daily_anime_news&hl=en), which compiles several different news sites in one place. (Both Android)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Legality is the key issue. You can find many legal anime-hosting sites: VizAnime, Crunchyroll, etc., but manga? Much of the time it is meant for print or through subscription-based digital viewing, not for free. That being said, there are multitudes of manga reading apps, illegal though.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Crunchyroll has a number of apps available for streaming anime and reading manga. It is legal, though you may have to be a "Premium Member" (monthly subscription) to access content on the mobile apps. There are also some region restrictions, but most of their catalog is available to users in the US.
Here is a of platforms they have apps for.
<http://www.crunchyroll.com/devices>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: According to [this piece of news](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/03/05/new-online-manga-service-features-200-titles-three-selectable-languages-and-no-fees/), there will be a new service starting from March 22nd 2014 called [ComicWalker](http://comic-walker.com/).
It'll be completely free of charge, and will have around 200 manga titles initially available, of which about 40 will be translated into English.
The full and official list will be available on the same day the service is launched.
The first link provides some more details about the availability of the content, as well as the languages available.
### Update
As of April 29th 2014, the site features 163 titles in Japanese, 33 in English and 35 in Chinese. See the full list [here](http://comic-walker.com/contents/list/) (switch between languages at the top right).
Also, besides the iOS and Android apps, you can also view the content on your PC browser.
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2014/03/03 | 649 | 1,983 | <issue_start>username_0: This is set on one of the tables in episode 9/10 and seems to burn inwards, pieces falling off as it goes - creating the spiraled chunks on the plate.
I've never seen anything like this before, is it something that exists outside of the show and what is its purpose?
<issue_comment>username_1: This is a kind of burning incense. Its spiral form is a nice design decision, because it is both cool-looking and takes up much less space on the table than the more common stick form.
This form is also used for alletrine burning insecticides and repellents [1](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cIom8yBBku0/UhHfgef_uXI/AAAAAAAAAFM/ibGvDvkhgO4/s1600/R0026774.jpg), [2](http://luchudachi.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/spiral_ot_komarov_iz_tesco_lotus-1293257453.jpg).
Also, because the characters of this series often use various magical tricks to affect apparitions, this spiral incense might be designed to repel them.
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha also shows one of these spirals:
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This is what is commonly known as a "[mosquito coil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_coil)." These are mosquito-repelling incense, in spiral-shaped (this particular shape was popularized in Japan) and made up of a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
I japan it's called "katori senkou" and it's usually green-ish swirly incense-like item, that you set on light and burn slowly. The smoke/smell that comes from it keeps the mosquito away.
As you may or may not know, just about all chemical repellents and insecticides contain [pyrethroid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethroid), which is a chemical imitation of [Pyrethrin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin), found in [pyrethrum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrum#Insecticides).
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2014/03/03 | 328 | 1,131 | <issue_start>username_0: During the punk hazard arc we can see one of the apples in the sleigh transform into a devil fruit just before smiley turns every thing in to a deadly gaseous goo. 
What happened to this devil fruit afterwards, and which devil fruit is it to begin with. Is it ever shown?<issue_comment>username_1: I can only answer this question partially because of the information we currently have on One Piece.
The name of the Devil Fruit is: [Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sara_Sara_no_Mi,_Model:_Axolotl).
If you wanna look up the name, it can be found in chapter 673, page 12.
As for what happened to the Devil Fruit, I have no clue since neither the manga nor the anime have shown/hinted at it being transported afterwards. So it might as well still be on Punk Hazard.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Because Smiley died the fruit was re-circulated,
you know how vegapunk was able to give inanimate objects the powers of a devil fruit, Caesar Clown did the same for smiley
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2014/03/04 | 469 | 1,878 | <issue_start>username_0: Team Rocket usually uses some weird vehicle or machine. Where do they get them? Do they build them themselves or do they buy them somewhere?
<issue_comment>username_1: Even though Jessie and James are pretty stupid, they are still a part of the larger organization [Team Rocket](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket) where they obtain their funds. I believe that in the 1st season with the original 150 Pokemon they are also shown once meeting the boss for more funds, who gets pretty mad but in the end still grants it to them. (I can't recall the exact episode; it is too long ago.)
How does the organization Team Rocket obtain money? Well, if it was not quite obvious yet, by Jessie and James trying to steal each and every Pokemon quoting "they will make a nice buck" once in a while.
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I have been using Jessie and James as an example due to your picture. There are more reliable Team Rocket members within their ranks which do manage to obtain Pokemon also managing to cover the failure of a member's cost.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think they build it themselves, because they explain how the robots work and they have a lot of mechanical equipment. I think Meowth builds most of the robots because 1, a lot of them look like him, 2, he drives most of them, and 3, he has the controls for the robots.
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2014/03/04 | 1,819 | 6,617 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime, Homura is only seen using her shield to reset or rewind time until the first time she met Madoka.
Can't she rewind time for a minute, or an hour? If she could do it, I think it would be easier for her to fight against Walpurgisnacht.
And how far is its area of effect? When she was chasing a car, she couldn't stop time, but only a few parts were stopped and she still had to run to catch up to it (if she could stop time, she wouldn't need to hurry).
<issue_comment>username_1: According to <NAME> from his interview in Otona Anime Vol. 20:
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* Homura cannot rewind time until one month of time has passed after March 16th, the start of her time loop.
* Before then, Homura can only stop time and the sand in her sand timer from falling.
* Homura cannot rewind short periods of time or go forward in time at all.
Besides time, her shield serves the purpose as a probably infinitely spacious storage for all of her artillery. It should also be noted that her shield is quite fragile and clearly not a defensive tool. It can be broken as seen in Rebellion Story when Sayaka stabs the gear mechanism and renders it unusable. (Then again, this is debatable, as the universe Homura created in her witch world bended many laws of magic from the normal universe.)
To explain her constant time-stopping when she was chasing the truck in Ep. 6, one could speculate that she was trying to conserve her magic by periodically stopping and starting time. Perhaps the truck was moving too quickly for the small (fixed?) period of time Homura had to move after stopping time. Note that the average running speed of a human is 8 mph and the truck was probably moving at about 60 mph, just at the speed limit for trucks on highways in Japan.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I personally love this question, since I've thought about it myself! The gradually evolving personality of Homura throughout the story(who becomes more stoic and condescending at each timeline) complements the strangeness of the time manipulating "shield".
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Homura's shield is undoubtedly the most mysterious "weapon" of all magical girls. The shield allows Homura to travel through time repeatedly to relive her first meeting with Madoka. The nature of temporal manipulation or it's range have not been clearly explained in the anime/Rebellion movie. However, it seems that it can be used only after a month of time has passed(as described in @username_1 's answer, derived from Urobuchi's interview).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BWeRW.png)
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Homura's uses her "shield" in multiple situations to stop time. This certainly implies that the whole universe is at a stand-still(without which a lot of anomalies would surface at possible boundaries of time manipulation).
"It's powerful" would be an **understatement** for such a device. Notice the airplane in the background!
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/clJXB.png)
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A detailed observation of the instances of Homura's usage of the shield would prove that it can do much more than just time manipulation(either reversing or stopping). Homura uses it as an (infinitely large?) storage space and brings out armaments when necessary.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VcnHl.png)
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Further, during her fight against the Walpurgisnacht, Homura controls and uses a large truck in combat, which was enveloped in a purple gleam. As time and space are connected, I think that this scene suggests **space-time manipulation**.
Another similar space manipulation scene occurs when Homura blocks off **Walpurgisnacht's** flames with her shield. She protects herself by deflecting the flames in a defensive move.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x5kQL.png)
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Also, in *episode 1 of Madoka Magica*(at 19 minutes 8 seconds), Homura clears off the fire extinguisher fumes by a blast of air using her shield...(*maybe she set off an explosive charge to disperse the fumes, but this seems unlikely since she stays in the same spot throughout the scene*)
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I really love the `Madoka Magica` series. I hope I've covered all the unique instances of Homura using her shield!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. I think you can say that the world split up and became parallel worlds there." In episode 11, we see Homura's sand run out in the middle of her fight with Walpurgisnacht, verifying this limitation of her time stop powers.
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2014/03/04 | 646 | 2,196 | <issue_start>username_0: Does it have anything to do with Lelouch and what happens after R2? I need to know whether or not they continue his story or did he become immortal from his father's code?<issue_comment>username_1: In a sense, it does relate to the 2 seasons but not as a continuation of R2, Akito of the Exiled is set between the 2 seasons of Lelouch of the Rebellion during the 1 year gap, in it Britannia is putting pressure on it's EU Front.
Now I haven't watched the series yet however from screenshots we see C.C in this wearing a white hood and a man who looks like Lelouch with Suzaku (having been made a Knight of the Round) going by a different name with one of his eyes covered. In episode 3 of the OVA series it's revealed that <NAME> is infact a brainwashed Lelouch. The brainwashing however is somewhat unstable as "Lelouch" reappears briefly, also his Geass has yet to be sealed.
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The first part of your question was answered by username_1. "Akito the Exiled" is an intermission between the two seasons of the main show.
The second part?
[The canon is that Lelouch is dead the end of R2](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2438/2808), period.
There is some speculation that he was the cart driver, that he became immortal, etc, but having [Word of God](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfGod) that he is dead, all the rest is speculation even if they changed their minds after leaving lelouch's smiling at the cart bench in the cutting room's floor.
So,
1. Yes, Akito the Exiled is in the same world as Code Geass, happens in Europe, chronologically between the two seasons of the main show.
2. No, he (Lelouch) did not inherit his father's code.
3. No, Lelouch did not survive being stabbed by Suzaku.
4. No, he (Lelouch) is not the cart driver, even though many of us wished for that.
5. No, they did not continue the main storyline after the end of R2.
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2014/03/04 | 404 | 1,535 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't read the LN so I don't really know what she really is. She seems to have great power. She can make things happen just by thinking about it. She even create a parallel world. And she seems very dangerous even when she's unconscious. So, what exactly is Haruhi? What is her power? Did they explain it on light novel?<issue_comment>username_1: As described in [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhi_Suzumiya_%28character%29), **Haruhi possesses unconscious god-like abilities to change, destroy, and reshape reality to her desires.** In an interview, Tanigawa stated that the idea for the character came during a sleepless night at the beginning of the 21st century.
I think Koizumi also mentioned that Haruhi has a God-like power. I just don't remember what specific episode did he mention it. Along with Koizumi, Yuki and Mikuru revealed to Kyon that that was the reason why they were sent to earth, to watch over Haruhi since she is unaware of her God-like powers.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You're not meant to "know" what Haruhi's power is, but instead you're meant to draw your own conclusion about what Haruhi "is"; which is one of greatest charms of this show. Koizumi, Mikuru, and Yuki all have different conflicting views on Haruhi, and the viewer is meant to have one of their own; whether they can draw their own original view on Haruhi or side with God/TimeParadox/SuperHumanEvolution theories the show offers is up to the viewer themselves.
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2014/03/05 | 775 | 2,728 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai*, almost all the girls confessed their feelings to Kyousuke, and
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: IIRC, in the light novel, Saori never confessed to Kyousuke, nor in the anime. Saori did insisted that she's the best to take care of Kyousuke like you mentioned. But this seems more like she did that so that she stays true to her Saori Bajeena character, rather than a real romantic feelings towards Kyousuke.
The possible reason for this is that at that time, all the other girls insisted on taking care of Kyousuke. It fits Saori Bajeena's cheerful persona more if she were to also join the fray rather than staying quiet.
Another possibility for her behavior was that at that time there were Kuroneko and Kanako competing for the position. Saori surely knows who they are to Kirino. Were Kirino to choose either one, the other is surely to be hurt. Saori proposed herself so that Kirino won't be troubled choosing between the two (three if you count Manami, but Kirino won't choose her anyway).
It should be noted that in the end Kirino chose Ayase instead of Saori. Possibly because Kiririn felt that Saori is also attracted to Kyousuke. This is not likely though, since Ayase actually has a feeling towards Kyousuke and she still chose her.
Source: I read the novel.
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2014/03/06 | 377 | 1,317 | <issue_start>username_0: Does anybody know how or where I can watch the anime "Heidi: Girl of the Alps" *legally*? I remember watching this as a kid, and loving it, but I am unable to find any links to it now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!<issue_comment>username_1: As of right now there is no legal online source where you can watch Heidi girl of the alps.
Your best bet would be to buy [the dvd box](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B003WJD9XQ) like Alex-sama mentioned in his comment.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Unfortunately, this is such a classic, old-school anime that my mother adored and could not find any legal streaming sites that broadcasts it, as far as the ones that I know of.
There's a brief mention of a VHS English dub release on Wikipedia and ANN database, but I haven't came across it or heard of a current DVD distribution.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: It's currently available with the Filmbox addon for Amazon Prime. Though, I'm not sure which countries it's available in, as I can only check for the United States. I'm also not sure if it's available in via Filmbox separatly from Amazon Prime. Here is the Amazon Prime page for it: <https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.8b3a9fa8-e146-42cf-afbb-c239775b83a4>
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2014/03/06 | 911 | 2,778 | <issue_start>username_0: The series producers decided to move the more "spicy" manga chapters into the OVAs, and because of this, they are chronologically spread between the anime episodes.
What should be a chronologically correct viewing order of the OVAs + anime episodes?<issue_comment>username_1: After rereading and rewatching it, I conclude that the animators just took a random chapter of the manga and put it on anime anywhere they like, there is no chronological sequence of the anime, you can watch it from the anime randomly and will not lose the plot, unless for the last three episodes.
However, there is some important event that can be sorted chronologically based on manga chapter:
1. Manga chapter one and anime episode one when they're still kids and show how Ako and Riko save Keita from a dog.
2. Manga chapter five and the beginning of anime episode four (4 years ago) when Ako and Riko start to falling in love with Keita
3. End of anime episode nine when Ako and Riko made Keita a good luck charm
4. Anime episode 10 when Keita take an exam and after the exam
5. OVA episode four when Keita, Ako, and Riko go on a trip after the exam
6. Anime episode 11 when he receives an acceptance letter from the school from [Mikuni](http://www.anime-planet.com/images/characters/miharu_mikuni_8667.jpg) (unlike in anime, this is Keita's first meeting with her on manga)
7. Anime episode 12 when Keita get to the same school with Ako and Riko
And from here, it only happens in manga and hasn't been told in anime, **BEWARE SPOILER**
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So, with that being said, this anime doesn't really care about the plot and focus only on the ecchi-almost-hentai theme. You can watch it however you like and just enjoy the show.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Well there's a lot of debate about that. I found that there's 'somewhat' of an order as it follows below, and by the way, that order is how the OVA's and anime's episodes were released as well:
1. Ova 00
2. Ova 01
3. Ova 02
4. Ep 01
5. Ep 02
6. Ep 03
7. Ep 04
8. Ep 05
9. Ep 06
10. Ep 07
11. Ep 08
12. Ep 09
13. Ova 03
14. Ep 10
15. Ova 04
16. Ep 11
17. Ep 12
18. Ova 05
19. Ova 06
20. Ova 07
21. Ova 08
22. Ova 09
23. Ova 10
24. Ova 11
Note that the OVA's list starts with '00'. It isn't a typo, it's how it was released, and is counted as that in the official list of released content of the series overall. This list is for BD released / translated content.
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2014/03/06 | 600 | 1,757 | <issue_start>username_0: I feel stupid not knowing, but I can't quite put my finger on where ["See you space cowboy"](http://www.seeyouspacecowboy.com) is from. I know it's from an anime (that I think was made in the 90s?), but what anime specifically is it from?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it resembles a lot of [Cowboy Bebop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop).
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> composer <NAME>. The twenty-six episodes (sessions) of the series
> are set in the year 2071. It follows the adventures, misadventures and
> tragedies of a bounty hunter crew travelling on the Bebop, their
> starship. Cowboy Bebop explores philosophical concepts including
> existentialism, existential ennui, loneliness, and the past's
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's definitely Cowboy Bebop.
The background character is Spike Spiegel:
The phrase is taken from one of the ending credits:
However, the song on that website doesn't match the song entitled ["See you Space Cowboy"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWkHeQy1WRAg) on the Original Soundtrack, but is in fact ["Space Lion"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxPFRHwjcI).
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Cowboy Bebop! at the end of every episode it says "See you space Cowboy" then goes to the ending.
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2014/03/07 | 1,940 | 6,783 | <issue_start>username_0: On Wiki it state that *"Archery"*
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Gilgamesh didn't use any bow or arrow at all, he basically just throw lots of sword or spear. (Wouldn't this make him a sword thrower?)
This is Archer from Fate/Zero
And this is Archer from Fate/Stay Night
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Another example is [Archer](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/EMIYA#Close_combat) in the 5th Holy Grail War. The weapon he mainly uses in fact a pair of swords [Kanshou and Bakuya](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Kanshou_and_Bakuya), which we see him use for the first time during the first night as he fought Lancer. This annoys Lancer because he figured out Archer's Class but he was skilled with sword. Archer’s Bow is mainly just a normal Bow he projects and uses weapons like [Caladbolg II](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Caladbolg_II) as ammunition.
Though with that said, after the 3rd Holy Grail War and Avenger's corruption of the Great Holy Grail - the main engine to the ritual, the system for assigning classes to heroes may have been damaged. Both the 4th and 5th War's Archers didn't clearly fit the Archer Class, and normally only the Hassan-i-Sabbah should have been summoned as [Assassin](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin) in the Fuyuki System, however Caster was able to summon [Sasaki Kojiro](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin_%28Fate/stay_night%29).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You're being too literal. Archer as a label for a Servant class does not mean "This guy was badass with bows". It means "this guy is versatile and has potent long distance attacks." Several of the other Servant classes aren't particularly literal, either.
* Saber just means they have potent close range melee weapons (usually swords) and great skill with them. None of the Sabers actually uses a Saber. They use longswords, greatswords, bastard swords, etc. A saber is a curved blade used by cavalry.
* Lancer is potency in melee weapons with reach. None of the Lancers actually uses a lance. Mostly they use spears. And don't have horses with which to use a lance.
* Casters are not required to literally cast anything. They simply have great facility in some fashion of magic. 5th war caster casts; 4th war caster uses a magical tome to summon; Cu Chulainn could have been a Caster thanks to his runes; Apocrypha Caster of Black fashions golems exclusively; Apocrypha Caster of Red writes stories in a book which makes them come true...
* Assassin is normally very literal, though by system fiat rather than anything else. The grail was designed to only ever summon a Hassan of the Mountain, the head of the prototypical assassin's organization. But with sufficient manipulation of the grail anyone capable of stealthy or fast kills can be an Assassin. Fake Assassin is a Japanese Swordsman, summoned by a Caster whose magical talents were so great she could bend the rules of the grail to her will. In Apocrypha this restriction was lifted entirely. Apocrypha Assassin of Black was a serial killer that could summon an obscuring (and deadly) fog. Apocrypha Assassin of Red was typed as an Assassin because her history includes poisoning powerful people (and is a very bizarre Servant, in the technical sense of what the system usually does, for other reasons).
* Rider need not have actually ridden the mounts they get as a Servant. They just need a strong connection to something that *could* be ridden. 5th War Rider's legend doesn't normally include her actually riding Pegasus, just that it was spawned from her corpse's neck. It was Bellerophon and Perseus whose legends are associated with actually riding the Pegasus. But that's her mount all the same (and is summoned by stabbing herself in the neck). And she had a skill that let her ride most anything short of dragons, despite an absence of riding anything at all in life. Riders also don't have to have animals involved in what qualifies them for "Rider". One of the PSP games let a ship captain qualify as a Rider, with their ship as the "mount".
* Berserker's reasonably literal in the sense that what you get pretty solidly embodies the emotion of "berserk". But it's not literally the Nordic berserker the word comes from. And it's also a fairly simple requirement: the hero must have "gone berserk" at least once in life. Lots of great heroes are said to have flown into a fit of rage over something or another; often the death of a loved one. Hercules qualified because the Gods forcefully afflicted him with an insane, murderous rage at one point, not because he usually fought with near mindless rage and passion. Hercules was normally considered a very intelligent and cunning warrior. At various points in the FSN LN it is remarked that Berserker is probably Hercules' worst class to be summoned as, as he loses access to most of his greatest Noble Phantasms and abilities, and he probably would have been at his most powerful as an Archer. One can also intentionally summon a hero as a Berserker (as was done in both the 4th and 5th wars), even if this moment of rage was a fairly minor part of their history.
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2014/03/07 | 1,132 | 3,860 | <issue_start>username_0: It occurred to me that in the whole anime, there is never any reason mentioned for why she falls in love with Yuki. I mean, the first Yuno from the first dimension loved him as much as the Yuno from the second dimension and so on the third (probably). But there was never any explanation for why that made her like him so much. Is there anything that explain that in the manga? or somewhere else?<issue_comment>username_1: The reason is simple and a little bit ridiculous. It explain on chapter 5:
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> Because Yuki said he want to stargaze with his family, but his parent broke that promise to buy him a telescope because they got divorce. And then Yuno said that she will become his bride (so she can become his family) to watch a star with him. And Yuki (jokingly) answer that she have to wait until they're grown up, and Yuno accept that statement seriously.
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these are pages on chapter 5, click to enlarge picture, page order: left to right
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It's Yuno, she's yandere and crazy stalker. So I think it's reasonable for her to fall in love with Yuki because of such a reason like that
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: username_1's [answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/7886) is right about the things that made Yuno falls for Yuki, but as far as I remember, there's deeper truth behind that:
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> Yuki wanted to go stargazing with his family, but his parent got divorced. So Yuno answered that she will be his bride, his family, so that Yuki's wish might come true. And to Yuno's answer, Yuki replied that they had to become adult first. The important thing was, later it was told that, at that time, Yuno's parents HAD already dies. She might seem OK, but she had actually fallen deep into despair, thinking that there's no future for her. And that was where the stargazing conversation happened, in which Yuki (kinda) promised to take her as his bride. Thus, that event gave her a new hope, a future as Yuki's wife.
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So, without Yuki himself realizing, at that time, he saved Yuno with his words, and that event became a life support for Yuno.
I forgot the chapter of manga where that complete reason is revealed, but for sure it's not an early chapters, since a big, big secret
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> The story about how Yuno's parents death
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has to be revealed first. Though I remember that when it was revealed, Yuki himself realized that
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> "So I've became her only moral support..." or something along that line
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: There's also the fact that we're dealing with 1st world Yuno here. That is, the untold story of the 1st World Survival Game. The 1st world Yuki might have been "cooler" than the 2nd world as he might have not relied on Yuno that much. Her feelings from that stargazing even might me reinforced more by the events of the 1st world Survival Game. And when she came to the Second World resulted to a "crazed Yandere Queen" Yuno for killing her beloved 1st world Yuki and not being able to resurrect him with the godly powers she acquired. (The key is to know that we're dealing with a mentally unstable girl who killed her adoptive parents and her lover.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Wouldn't it be her mental illness called stockholm syndrome that she has,definition-feelings of trust or affection felt in certain cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor.
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2014/03/07 | 345 | 1,184 | <issue_start>username_0: When <NAME> dies, who will take his position? I haven't found references for the Noblesse before Rai nor who will be his successor. Isn't there any information available?<issue_comment>username_1: So I think this might answer a lot of questions. I guess its only one being and after his death will be the end of Noblesse. No one can take his place
"The True Noblesse is a title given to only one person and not the entire race as a whole."
[Source Noblesse:wikia](http://noblesse.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Nobles)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: As mentioned by Frankenstein before, there is only one Noblesse. Also during the entire manga up till today (2016-04-15), Noblesse is always mentioned as "the" Noblesse, never "a" Noblesse like is the case with Lord. For example, in chapter 389 where Raskreia was mentioned as "a Lord". This means that there is and was only one Noblesse, and that would be Rai.
Therefore, we can't possibly tell who will be called as "the Noblesse" suppose that Rai dies, since we currently has no information on the succession pattern of the "Noblesse" title like we had on the "Lord" title.
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2014/03/07 | 1,625 | 6,176 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Sword Art Online anime, we see Kirito enter Alfheim Online first in episode 16. Although he is supposed to enter the Spriggan base when he first arrives, he instead encounters something like a glitch and ends up in a forest. Is there any explanation in the anime or light novels for why this happened? I don't recall it being mentioned in any of the later anime episodes.
Note: from a plot point of view it's somewhat necessary that this happens since it gives him a way to meet Leafa, but this still doesn't really explain why this happens purely within the context of the SAO continuity.
In case it isn't clear from my wording and the inclusion of the first image, I am asking why Kirito ends up in the forest *after* some sort of glitch appears while he is travelling to the Spriggan base (where he was supposed to go initially). The accepted answer here gives the best explanation for why that's the case.<issue_comment>username_1: From *Sword Art Online Volume 3 - Fairy Dance, Chapter 2* (emphasis mine):
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> "[...]. Yggdrasil...she seems to be there. That place, you know
> it?"
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> "Ah, this I know. Eh, eh, it's generally to the northeast, but quite a
> ways from here. If I were to convert it into real distance, it would be
> about fifty kilometers away."
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> "Wow, that really is a long distance. That’s what, five times the
> diameter of Aincrad. Actually, why was I brought to this forest anyway?"
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> Yui lowered her head for a moment at my question.
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> "I think that **your positional data was either damaged or confused with a nearby player**, resulting in you ending up here. That’s just a guess, though."
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In the screenshot, the pyramid like structure is the signature building of the Spriggan hometown. The blocky void above it is the glitch that "teleports" Kirito to the forest.
Yui raised two possibilities for the glitch:
1. **Kirito's positional data was damaged**
Since Kirito and Asuna was teleported to the sky outside Aincrad in SAO moments before the game shut down, and Kirito's character data from SAO was loaded in ALO, chances are that the positional data was also loaded, which sent him on a free fall nosediving trip into the forest 50 kilometers away from Yggdrasil.
While this matches the fact that ALO's map is much bigger than SAO (as seen in the above quote), it was quite a miracle that Kirito dropped right at the forest where Leafa was. As the map in ALO is much bigger, he might as well had ended up elsewhere in ALO.
2. **Kirito's positional data was confused with a nearby player**
Since Kirito and Suguha were accessing the game from the same IP address (which is quite common for IPv4 in real world), Kirito's positional data got glitched up and he was dropped in the forest where Suguha (Leafa) was, instead of the hometown of the Spriggan. The fact that he fell from the sky matches the fact that Leafa was having a mid-air fight.
I admit this is a bit stretching, but this is the closest I could relate a real life concept with the theory above to explain the proximity of Kirito and Leafa's position in the game and the timing when the glitch happened.
(Either way, I take it as an excuse for the story instead of general knowledge).
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There was never an explanation in the novel, as far as I could remember. However, everything about SAO indicates that player data is saved locally (like how Kirito said he saved Yui to his NerveGear's storage, which somehow put her in his inventory when he got into ALO). Additionally, the fact that ALO used SAO's source would explain why ALO might become confused, and load in Kirito's previous data from SAO.
To some extent, this makes sense in the context of SAO. Saving the data on a remote database would possibly allow "others" to tamper with it, and possibly alter player stats, one way or another. My guess is, this means ALO's player data is also saved client-side. You could reason that this is because ALO's programmers were stupid (Look at how ALO makes use of "GM Pass cards" and 12 digit (wut?) number pads, for things that are supposedly very important). However, I doubt Kawahara really thought that far ahead.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: The worlds work basically the same. So where he was in that SOA technically his location mapped over to that worlds map location. that is why he dropped out of the sky that way and retained all his data. His local x,y position was where he started. He has special data since he has Yui's data written into his local. So that data overwrote the starting default for users.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Speculation:
Yui's item was in Asuna's sotrage, in that she was wearing it on her person in the final fight with 'Heathcliff'. We know that the storage between married characters is shared, so when her avatar dies in SAO Kirito would gain all her storage and inventory items (also a possible reason why he uses her sword to fight with when his second breaks, it was in his inventory).
Since we know that neither Kirito or Asuna die (IRL) and ALO's data was a merger of SAO's client I think it would be possible that the data link between them was having an effect on Kirito's inital spawn location, in that he was being spawned in her area, the Tree of Life. However, due to the admin rights and lock downs by RECT the system overrode this link and force spawned him out of the Tree of Life. Since the IP was linked with two VR devices (Leafa and Kirito) his new spawn area was generated from her world position.
(Sorry for the lack of references, my comptuer's restricted on some sites right now)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: What I think happened is that since ALO is made off of SAO, and the place you log off in ALO is the place you stay unless in a safe spot or a hut, and the SAO game ended with him in the boss room that maybe the place he got moved to is the same spot he was last in at SAO.
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2014/03/07 | 2,031 | 5,968 | <issue_start>username_0: When **Pain** appears in *Naruto Shippuden*, there is always a good background music named *Girei* that is played.
I wanted to know the lyrics, so I looked it up on the net and found a few results that state that the lyrics are in English. Here are the results I found:
Version 1:
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> As we forgive for love
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> but we can not pull through
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> if we can not forgive
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> we all tribute to love
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Version 2:
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> As we forgive for love
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> but we can not pull through
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> if we can not forgive
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> for our tribute true love
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And Version 3 (the phonetic one):
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> meh-shea-fu-ni coo-ma
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> mah-ni-kay-nah-bow-coo
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> ee-ee-kay-nah for-gee
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> kor-ah-tay-boo troo- la or bah or ma
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But I'm still convinced that the song is definitely Japanese.
Can anyone who is/knows Japanese confirm this?<issue_comment>username_1: After some research myself I found there might be some Japanese in there. Take note
1. I ain't natively Japanese so there might be some mistakes.
2. There have been no official lyric releases. Its current label stands on Ambient, this might be the reason for that.
3. As it is stated that it is chanting, it might even be a non-existent language or a combination of several, as is more often used in different forms of chanting. Example: repeating of the word "*om*" during meditation.
4. The composer [Toshio Masuda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Masuda_%28composer%29) composed and synthesized the song, so it can also just be synthesized English.
Besides those 4 points, I tried to get a Japanese lyrics out of it based on the phonetic version you gave and some parts by ear using [this version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzDgZDQgcM) of the song and got to something along those lines
```
meh-shea-fu-ni coo-ma
Me-ichi-fu-ni-ko-ma : 目 市 府 に 子 ま
The top eye city office
```
As this seemed most similar to the original phonetic I found this to be most matching.
I also found the translation to be very fitting to Pain
Had a bit more issues with the next part as I found several possibilities
```
mah-ni-kay-nah-bow-coo
Nani-kai boku : 何 会 僕 : What I Association
Nan-kai boku : (placeholder) : How many times I
Nan-i- kaina boku- : なん-位-会 な 僕 : What - position - a meeting I :
```
I myself found the second one most fitting, but it felt as if some part was missing.
```
ee-ee-kay-nah for-gee
Īe kata-nori : いいえ肩乗り
No shoulder ride
```
Also the most fitting in context one I found
```
kor-ah-tay-boo troo- la or bah or ma
Kore wa-bu Tsu ~a : これ 和 部 津 ァ
This sum section §
```
So the lyrics would end up something along the lines of
```
The top eye city office
What position I meet
It is no shoulder ride
This sum section
```
This is the best I could make of it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Long shot, guys, but don't you think that if it's a chant it can be in Chinese?
For example like this:
```
没师傅你哭吗 Méi shīfù nǐ kū ma
那你可那波苦 Nà nǐ kě nàbō kǔ
```
First two lines can be then read as such:
```
Master didn't cry for you
You can wave of that pain
```
Then I'd go with Japanese/English line:
```
いけない FORGIVE Ikenai FORGIVE
```
And that one means simply:
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Don't forgive
```
The only thing I can't possibly get is the last line... It sounds Latin-ish, but it can't be as there are no words fitting phonetically to these syllables...
It sounds between Japanese and some ancient European language...
What do you think, guys?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I heard it as being poetic Japanese. Of course, I could be wrong.
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> "Pein no Rikudo - OR - Me sei no Rikudo
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> Aniki no boku
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> Girei te no ronri
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> Kono te boku wa"
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Loosely translated:
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> "Pain of the six paths - OR - Logical eye of the six paths
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> Elder brother student to me
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> The crying god's hand of logic
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> This hand mine."
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Remember, in poetry, typical sentence structure and word use does not always apply.
My translation fits well with the story of Naruto in the Pein arc. Pein had it all figured out supposedly, and Naruto, who had no answer to that logic yet knew that it was wrong, stood against him anyway.
Pein literally referred to himself as Naruto's "Aniki", and later on, Naruto refers to him as such.
In any case, I hope that my take on this is helpful. I know that a lot of people have wanted an alternative to the other interpretations out there.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: >
> But I'm still convinced that the song is definitely Japanese.
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Contrary to the premise of the question, I'm doubting that the lyric is in Japanese.
Googling for combinations of 儀礼+歌詞 (*Girei*+*Lyric*) with ペイン, ナルト, and/or 疾風伝 (*Pain*, *Naruto*, and/or *Shippuden*) didn't return any convincing result that the lyric is in Japanese.
One of the top results was [Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q14160604139) asking the same question, which was answered with a link to [Yamura Life's FC2 Blog (Japanese)](http://yamuralife.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-629.html) with the same lyric mentioned on the question.
[NicoNicoDouga (Japanese)](http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11831799) video also doesn't contain commenter's lyric (not even 空耳/"misheard lyric" which is usually popular with song with unintelligible lyric)
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence", but seeing that Japanese people didn't even notice if the lyric is in Japanese (in addition to it being poetic, or even archaic) could be a strong evidence that the lyric is not in Japanese.
As for the "lyric" itself... probably the only one who knows is the composer, <NAME>. Considering the song is like a chant/hymn, an unintelligible lyric is a possibility, or maybe it's actually a puzzle like [Final Fantasy 10's Hymn of the Fayth](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Hymn_of_the_Fayth_(song)#Lyrics).
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2014/03/08 | 277 | 979 | <issue_start>username_0: I was watching FMA Brotherhood, and I was wondering if any of the episodes in the original FMA Anime revealed Scar's brother's name. Now that I think about it, it really didn't really address it. Did they leave it out as it was not important? So far I haven't had any luck finding his name in any of the FMA or FMA Brotherhood episodes.
Does anyone know his name?<issue_comment>username_1: Scar's brother's name is never revealed in the 2003 series, *Brotherhood*, or the manga. I remember reading somewhere that the creator had given names to both Scar and his brother, but they were never revealed in any interview or through official media.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: That is because there is no known name for him. Scar and his brother also don't have a family name, as Scar himself never revealed his name:
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> Scar's brother (real name unknown) [source](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Scar%27s_brother)
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2014/03/10 | 565 | 1,951 | <issue_start>username_0: In 2013, they announced there would be a 3rd season for Heaven's Lost Property. Not too long after, they also announced the production crew, and a bit after that an on-hold notice. After that, I haven't been able to find any information about it.
Is it still on hold? Has it been canceled? Or something different altogether?<issue_comment>username_1: I saw this picture on latest manga
and based on this [wiki page](http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/Heaven%27s_Lost_Property_Final:_Eternal_My_Master), it should be airing on 26th April 2014 in Japanese theaters.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The third season has indeed been cancelled; instead it was replaced with a movie that has just recently come out. [This is described by this ANN news article.](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-24/sora-no-otoshimono/heaven-lost-property-new-anime-to-play-in-theaters-in-2014)
**Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Maser**
**Quick Plot Summary / Overview:** The scene opens with the Zeus' destruction above Synapse, Tomoki calls for Nymph to return immediately; unfortunately Ikaros responds that Nymph isn't coming. Tomoki commands Ikaros to take him straight to Synapse as the Earth's surface deliberately vanishes. While flying towards Synapse, Ikaros tells Tomoki a story how long ago due to malfunction she was once ordered by a "boy" to attack Synapse out of desperation. Remarking a dying Sugata, Ikaros' body begins burning away because of a device installed within her whenever she approaches Synapse without permission. Having second thoughts, Tomoki orders Ikaros to go back but cannot since there is nowhere else to go to.
(Source: <http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/Heaven%27s_Lost_Property_Final:_Eternal_My_Master>)
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2014/03/10 | 663 | 2,688 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed recently that most animes from 2002 to recent use different art styles during their OP and ED when compared to the main story. From a non-artistic standpoint I can understand that since the same OP or ED is used for a large number of episodes that they can put more details into them and other aspects without having to spend a lot of time on it. It's done once and used from then on. I also understand that some use Retro styles just because they can and it makes you laugh. This question is for the in between styles. They look similar, but it is obvious that it was done 'Differently'.
BUT the difference is sometimes so drastic that you can't even tell they belong together. Characters end up with such different looks that it takes you a moment to comprehend what is going on. While I do not find it a bad thing I feel that the work and detail put into the ED and OP could have also been placed into the story and made a world of difference.
My most current example: Chocotto Sister and its ED. It is a 2006 show, but the ED animation would have put it in the 2010 or 2011 category in my mind. It has that much of a difference.
(This question refers to OP and EDs with movement, not static images.)
(Be aware, Chocotto Sister has topless scenes. Please be wary if reviewing an episode. NSFW)<issue_comment>username_1: I can't speak for every anime in the 00s, but the storyboard artist for the OP and the ED for Chocotto specifically are different, according to ANN: <http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6674> - So that may have influenced the end result.
And oftentimes you'll have studios working together, sometimes one influencing the entire episode of a series or its opening and ending. ( Shaft does this a lot and Mad House has done some work with Ghibli: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhouse_(company)#Collaborations> )
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Opening and Ending animation sequences are supposed to attract viewers and so the producers put more money into their making than in the same time length of the main anime.
Usually it's a minute and a half of lots of visual effects and alluring action packed together with cool music and you see that every episode. Imagine how quickly you'd be bored if it was animated in the same simpler technique as the main part. Or how much less would be the probability of you staying for the main part if you saw such OP or ED.
It has to take more human resources than drawing main part of the anime, so it's often done by more people and they may be different from those who do the main animation. So it's natural the visual style is different.
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2014/03/11 | 476 | 1,722 | <issue_start>username_0: Index's full name is "Index Librorum Prohibitorum", based on a real book with the same name. It's a list of publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious, and banned by the Catholic Church. [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum)
Does this book also exist in Index's world, and was she named that by the Church deliberately? Or did the author just get the name because it sounds cool?<issue_comment>username_1: Taken from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A_Certain_Magical_Index_characters#Index)
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> Her mind has been implanted with the 103,000 magical texts of the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum as she possesses Photographic memory, which makes magicians wonder if she really is human because just one grimoire is poisonous to the mind, and one is more than enough to kill a person without the proper preparative.
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: It's based of the real life list, "[Index Librorum Prohibitorum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum)," which in
English is literally a "list of prohibited books." Index herself is, in other words, a literal embodiment of these books prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Paul IV.
The list was created to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by preventing people from reading of immoral books or works there church thought was heretical. Some of the works even included scientific works by leading astronomers, like <NAME>, whose ideas were controversial at the time. The list basically contained the rules set by the Roman Catholic Church relating to the reading, selling, and censorship of books.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/11 | 1,063 | 3,994 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fairy Tail, Natsu is prone to getting sick whilst on modern transport. I am asking this question because it kind of annoys me when he gets motion sickness while fighting someone on board train or other forms of transport. These are the known forms of transport that he gets sick on such as...
1. Cars
2. Trains
3. Vehicles
4. ... And many and all forms of transport that moves.
I think an exception to his motion sickness is when he is flying on Happy, but can't really think of anything else that he doesn't get motion sickness on.
5. And waves, just discovered in Episode 133 (quite strange).
Generally, he gets motion sickness from all non organic transportation. He also gets motion sickness when riding on other people. He is also known to get sick from looking or thinking about all different forms of transport, e.g. looking or thinking about trains.
Was it ever explained in the anime or manga why Natsu suffered from motion sickness? And why did Wendy's motion sickness spell not work at all? Did something happen to Natsu in his life that made him suffer from motion sickness? If *yes*, please include it in the answer! Also, please refrain from using the reason **"Natsu built up immunity to Wendy's motion sickness spell"** in your answer, unless that's all you can possibly give me.
Answers are kindly appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: Not only Natsu, but every wizard having Dragon Slayer Magic is prone to motion sickness. During the Grand Magic Tournament, all four Dragon Slayers suffered from motion sickness, i.e. Natsu, Gajeel, Rouge, and Sting. It is also confirmed in the anime that, Laxus suffers from motion sickness as well. The only exception is Wendy, but considering that she has Magic to counter motion sickness, it might not be affecting her.
It has not been explained, but it is likely due to a side effect of the Dragon Slayer Magic.
Wendy's Magic does not affect Natsu because he built up immunity. This was specifically stated by Wendy herself.
Also, Happy doesn't affect Natsu because Natsu doesn't consider Happy as a vehicle. This was also specifically mentioned by Natsu.
**Edit as per the latest chapter:** The motion sickness is caused due to inability of dragon slayer magic holder to adjust with the dragon's enhanced visual acuity which affects their semicircular canals.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As an addition to [Sp0T's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7959/is-there-a-explanation-for-natsus-motion-sickness/7960#7960), it seems like they have to be in a more advanced level of Dragon Slayer Magic to experience motion sickness. Just like Gajeel in Phantom Lord arc with their moving guild, and in Tenrou Island arc when they get to the Island by ship, he doesn't seems to have problem with motion sickness. However, just after his three month training for Grand Magic Tournament, he gets motion sickness.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Sting said that when you become a real dragon slayer, you start to suffer the motion sickness. Maybe Wendy doesn't have it because she's not at that level yet, which means that Natsu has been a strong dragon slayer since the beginning and was stronger than Gajeel up until the episode 161 *Chariot*.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In real life, motion sickness is caused by mixed signals from your senses, i.e. your eyes tell you the train isn't moving, as you are moving with it, however, your sense of balance feels all the bumps and swaying and tells you that you are moving. The result is confusion leading to nausea.
Putting that into the context of Fairy Tail, Dragon Slayers are shown to have heightened senses, Natsu more so than the others, probably because he is strong. So my guess is, stronger senses means stronger mixed signals and stronger motion sickness.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/11 | 648 | 2,177 | <issue_start>username_0: In opening 10 of Fairy Tail at 1:15 we see Mavis and Zeref walking towards each other. When their lines of vision meet, a look of deja vu appears on their faces, indicating that they have meet before. Do they know each other and what is their connection? Did they once love each other? (That's the speculation on my part.)
Please watch the **opening of Fairy Tail, Number 10** [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3sdm2CEhW7A#t=75) first **before** answering my question so you have a better understanding on what I am asking in my question.
Answers are appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: ~~Until now there's still no flash back about their relationship.~~
From chapter 450 'The One And Only This World' it was confirmed that
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think Zeref and Mavis had a thing. You know how Zeref said one day, that he realized the meaning of life and stopped all of his bad ways? Well, I think that day was the day Mavis died. Possibly killed by Zeref himself. He may have felt terrible and realized that he needed to be stopped. So as he awaits Natsu to get stronger, he stays near Mavis, enjoying her presences till the day comes.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes. They know each other. In *Fairy Tail Zero* chapter 7, they met at a lake in the forest.
Zeref taught Mavis, Zeira, Precht, Warrod, and <NAME> their magic. The two were friends and Zeref hinted that it was because of him (directly or indirectly) that Mavis died.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: In the latest chapter, number 448:
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I think that's a quite clear hint on their relationship.
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2014/03/12 | 1,055 | 3,801 | <issue_start>username_0: He was trusted to guard the World Government's maximum-security prison from the most dangerous criminals and pirates from all over the world, he must be extremely strong. The main reason for the mass breakout success was because he was tricked but not defeated.
Is he at par with the Admiral? Or maybe somewhere lower than that?<issue_comment>username_1: Considering that his devil fruit is of Paramecia type, he cannot be on par with admirals. Also it is unknown whether he can change his poison's composition like Coco from Toriko. If he can change then he can be considered somewhat dangerous. If he cannot change then he seems pretty useless as Iva-san had antidote for his poison. He could guard the prison because the prison had many other supporting features to trap the convicts. But that also failed. So he cannot be on same league as Admirals but much lower than them.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: You cannot go by status alone to indicate someone's actual power.
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In the One Piece power system, it is actually hard to say who is stronger in general, since it depends on lots of factors, like who you are up against. For example, Crocodile was much stronger than Luffy, but Luffy still beat him by using the water trick. In my opinion I think he wouldn't be far off the admiral's level, since he beat Blackbeard's crew with just one hydro attack. Actually Magellan's power and ability makes him the perfect guy for the job and wouldn't be a good admiral. He would have a hard time arresting someone without mortally poisoning him.
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Possibly around the levels of Vice admirals but then again some of the Vice admirals are extremely strong like [Issho](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Issho); now an Admiral.
Again like @PeterRaeves mentioned, position alone doesn't determine the strength. Its relative.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: There is no way to know as One Piece is relative, however there are a few facts that help determine this better. Also here's a related post: [Haki vs.Venom Venom Fruit](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13315/haki-vs-venom-venom-fruit/13350#13350)
No real way to train against being poisoned at Magellan's level of poisons, while some people like Mr. 3 and Ivankov seem to have counter measures. Even <NAME> died from disease which indicates Haki/fortitude doesn't help against physiological changes.
He jailed and kept in line the world's worst criminals:
* Many of Blackbeard's crew including Shiryu, Logia users, and strong Haki users.
* Blackbeard (Yonkou) and crew were completely defeated by him. It is also worth noting that Shank's scar was given by Blackbeard before he even got the Yami Yami fruit. 1 Yonkou = Marines + Piratelords per Government's assessment.
* Positions are also based on intelligence, career drive and politics.
* He spent most of the day in the bathroom as he ends up poisoning his own food which his stomach can't handle. This can be argued as a negative for a position like admiral which is publicly visible.
* It was never established whether or not he can use Haki. A lot of fruit users, especially powerful ones, tend to rely more on their fruits like Ace and Kizaru.
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2014/03/12 | 275 | 889 | <issue_start>username_0: >
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Everyone who watched *Code Geass* heard this phrase, in both the dubbed version and original Japanese version.
My question is: Why, in the original Japanese version of *Code Geass*, does Lelouch speak in English when he uses his Geass?<issue_comment>username_1: Your question is why does he speak English in the Japanese version? Well, he does not.
The key sentence he says is
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> Lelouch Vi Britannia ga meijiru: [senshin's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7994/why-does-lelouch-speak-english#comment9728_7994) states it's "ga" and not "ha"
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Which means "Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you", in Japanese.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: He's Britannian thats why he speaks in english
and i think coz its more catchy to use the english version . just an opinion.
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2014/03/12 | 306 | 979 | <issue_start>username_0: Spoilers
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During the story arc where Laxus is putting on his "entertainment" for the festival, it is revealed that...
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After this Natsu and others seem to be more worried about him. Maybe it is just me, but it seemed similar to Goku going Super Saiyan or something.
Why does being a Dragon Slayer seem to make the situation worse?<issue_comment>username_1: Your question is why does he speak English in the Japanese version? Well, he does not.
The key sentence he says is
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> Lelouch Vi Britannia ga meijiru: [senshin's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7994/why-does-lelouch-speak-english#comment9728_7994) states it's "ga" and not "ha"
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Which means "Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you", in Japanese.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: He's Britannian thats why he speaks in english
and i think coz its more catchy to use the english version . just an opinion.
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2014/03/12 | 844 | 2,466 | <issue_start>username_0: In One Piece anime, there are many instances where Nami has beaten Luffy to a horrible state,
| Episode # | Screenshot |
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and maybe many more.
How is she able to do it? Does she know how to use Haki?<issue_comment>username_1: It's a combination of cartoonish silliness and the fact that Luffy's really not defending against them.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's most likely some kind of "Fist of Love" like when Luffy's crew met Garp for the first time. Garp suddenly punch Luffy, and he's not using Haki, base on [this SBS question](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_62)
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: In manga chapter 1058, we can see Nami is using Conqueror Haki while punishing Luffy.
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I think that Luffy's Devil Fruit is full of imagination. Whatever he imagines, he can do it, because the Sun God Nika DF's ability is the most ridiculous power in One Piece.
So, what I am telling is that if Luffy wants to imagine that Garp and Nami's fist hurts, so it hurts Luffy. And in the next panel in chapter 1058, Luffy imagines Nami using Conqueror Haki, so that's why she can even use Conqueror Haki even though Jimbei mentioned that's a king's Haki.
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2014/03/12 | 1,231 | 4,084 | <issue_start>username_0: When Kirito fights The Gleam Eyes this is the first time he uses his Dual Wield ability which was the reason why he had a second sword commissioned by Liz, after he killed the boss his HP was quite low.
Before he uses it he's hesitant in using it, was this because Dual Wielding drains HP when active or was his hesitation more to do with the ability becoming more widely known?<issue_comment>username_1: It was clear that Kirito was keeping his dual-wield ability a complete secret. Nobody knew about it - not even Asuna. This was evidenced by the fact that Asuna questioned Kirito about why he isn't using Liz's sword and suggested that he was "hiding something" from her.
So Kirito hesitated because be knew that using his dual wield in front of everyone would blow that secret wide open. But he had no choice. It was do or die.
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Getting back to the question, there is no evidence in the anime to suggest that dual wielding drains HP. But you could infer other drawbacks such as tying up both hands thus preventing the use of a shield.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: **In the novel, there is no mention about life stealing or something like that.**
Here is all mentions about the Dual Blade skill
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**During the fight with the 74th floor Boss - The Gleam Eyes**
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> These two were most likely limited to only one person, so they should
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2014/03/12 | 728 | 2,851 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that the death notes have certain, almost magical, attributes to them (unlimited pages, the fact that you can kill someone by envisioning their face and writing their name down, etc). Given that, I was wondering if these properties apply to their destructibility too and if that was the case, whether Light's plan to burn the Death Note if someone opened his desk incorrectly would even have worked in the first place.<issue_comment>username_1: I remember in [Episode 2 - Confrontation](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Confrontation), Light and Ryuk are in a secluded area where Light explains to Ryuk how he will devise a way to prevent others from touching the death note, pouring flammable liquid on a book and lighting it on fire.
The purpose of the experiment was for creating a trap for the Death Note because Ryuk warns Light that if Saya were to touch the Death Note when she came in to get help on her homework, she would be able to see him. this blows Lights original plan to claim to have been taking notes as practice for becoming a detective should someone discover the death note.
Later in the Episode light is explaining to Ryuk back in his room about how he has hidden the Death Note, i can't be for sure what light says but he does say the explosion from his booby trap will "destroy the evidence" so he may be hinting that the Death Note would be destroyed aswell.
In the [Rules](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note) it makes references to the Death Note being destroyed, in How to use LXII, it says
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Finally the second live action film of Death Note "The Last Name" however, when Rem dies from killing Watabi, to prevent Light getting his hands on another Death Note Rem destroys it aswell, however since the live action movies play out differently to the anime i'm not sure how close they are to the canon on how the Death Note works.
With all of this, it seems like the death note can be destroyed, however i'm unsure if How to Use: XXXI is still in effect if a page is ripped out before the note is destroyed, it is after Light creates this booby trap he starts to rip out pages and use them instead like when he was being watched
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In ep35 of the anime, it is clearly shown that a paper from the Death Note held by Takada is burned in the flames when she and her body got burned by Light actions earlier. and every page of the Death Note is known to have the powers of the Death Note.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5BYuw.png)
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2014/03/13 | 922 | 3,332 | <issue_start>username_0: The news of Ace capture is quite long time before the execution. And surely it will be much easier to save Ace when he was still in Impel Down (or maybe Enies Lobby). Is it because Shirohige is to far away? Can't he ask one of his subordinate or his alliance to save Ace? Where exactly was he at that moment?<issue_comment>username_1: Good question and a bit difficult to answer. I think the following things might have influenced White Beard to not save Ace in Impel Down:
1. The whole Whitebeard crew, including alliance partners, are said to be in New World, not in Grandline. And to come to Marineford, the only way is through Fishmen Island, and mobilizing such large pirate group does take time.
2. As we now know, the weather of New World is too unpredictable to travel quickly. Although it is not known whether Whitebeard was far away, but weather must have affected his travel time significantly.
3. Ace was 2 division commander of Whitebeard pirates. So if such a strong character can be captured, then I don't think Whitebeard would risk any more of his family to intercept/rescue Ace in Impel Down or Enies Lobby.
4. Reaching Impel Down/ Enies Lobby is considered to be difficult as it has natural protection in the form of circular waves which are used exclusively by marine only. Marineford is the remaining area where one can reach easily without going through the circular waves.
5. Also it is not known but as Kaido tried to block movement of Shanks, a marines tried to stop Whitebeard, so there must be other factors which tried to stop Whitebeard from moving, which stalled Whitebeard from coming quickly.
6. If he would have been able to save Ace earlier, then there won't be any fight and Ace would be alive right now. And that's not how Oda imagined it to be. ;)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: My reasons would be,
* Impel Down is surrounded by Sea Kings, they may deal with them easily but they still will pose a distraction. Their ships are not layered with [Kairoseki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kairoseki), hence the sea kings will attack them. Someone has to wait outside to protect the ships against their countless numbers.
* Straw Hat Luffy's physical strength is comparable to an average Division Commander (if not more), and he had to use Second Gear for the 4 [Demon Guards](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Demon_Guards) (Awakened Zoan). If I were Whitebeard, I wouldn't attack such powerful Devil fruit users under such extreme conditions.
* Imper Down's chief warden [Magellan](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Magellan) is [Doku Doku no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Doku_Doku_no_Mi) Devil fruit user, a powerful fruit in any's hands. Obviously, no one would want to fight someone who can produce a,
+ mixture of poisons [whose antidote hasn't been created](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_536).
+ more powerful version of poison, "Kinjite", which forms the "[Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_547)".
* [Impel Down](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Impel_Down) is the Great Underwater Prison in the middle of the Calm Belt, build to keep most dangerous criminals and pirates. No one in their right mind would try to take chances with this place (my opinion: Straw Hat Luffy doesn't have a right mind).
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2014/03/13 | 360 | 1,362 | <issue_start>username_0: On Initial D at around third to fourth stage, they finally form the group Project D (or get the left members into it) and somewhere along it Ryosuke mentions that "D" also stands for something else that he would reveal when the project is completed.
What does the "D" stand for?
I know it's not "Drifting" (or so I think, since they name it a lot of times with different meaning along the episodes, but I haven't watched it all yet) so I was thinking on something along the lines of "Driver" but wouldn't make much sense I guess.<issue_comment>username_1: I haven't watched the anime, but I read the manga. What 'D' stands for has not been explained explicity, but in the last chapter, <NAME> mentions three words that start with the letter 'D' when he prays to his girl friend. (mouse over to see the spoiler):
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: D stands for dreams and also for diamonds. Project D leader's dream was to train and uncover young, talented drivers and shape them into incredible drivers: like diamonds in the rough.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It could be the straight line in the D is the straightaway and the semicircle is the drift. That's what I always thought. It could represent the repetition of drifting.
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2014/03/13 | 500 | 1,727 | <issue_start>username_0: Just wondering on this but, was Mirajane born with the certain Take Over ability Satan Soul and how did she learn to master it? Also was Elf-Man and Lisanna born with their abilities too? I was wondering this when I noticed that she can change into not one but two other different forms of Satan's Soul including...
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I would like to know if this is revealed in any of the Anime's or Mangas
Answers are appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: One needs to possess the Demon Factor to use Satan Soul. Mira said it herself:
It hasn't been explained if she already has it since birth or not.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I heard that Mirajane beat a demon (Satan) and she get this power and Elfman and lisanna study this magic because Mira was lonely
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Oh. Um, during a battle with Seilah she remembers a time when her, Elfman, and Lisanna were kids. Mirajane saved her town and defeated the demon at church, somehow, she managed to capture its power (her arm was a different form) and the town forced them to leave. Mirajane later bumps into Markarov in Fairytail and explains her takeover power and he convinces her to join the guild, and Elfman and Lisanna learn take over (beast and animal) so she won't feel lonely.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I think Mirijane was born with it but not Elfman and Lisanna because in the anime they said that the people in Fairy tale helped them learn magic
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2014/03/13 | 903 | 2,920 | <issue_start>username_0: This question contains spoilers for the second season of the Monogatari series.
<NAME> refers to herself as the niece of Oshino Meme. But Kaiki mentions in Koimonogatari/Hitagi End that Meme has no family at all and it's not possible that he has a niece.
Also, [this news-article at ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-12/owarimonogatari-final-novel-promo-streamed) suggests that she ([or he?](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Ougi_Oshino#Trivia)) fights with Koyomi in the latest novels and it seems to me that she is responsible for Nadeko becoming a god. Is she actually an antagonist?<issue_comment>username_1: As I haven't read the light novel, it still very vague whether she is an antagonist or not. As in Nisemonogatari, Kaiki is an antagonist, but in the Second Season, he's become somewhat of a protagonist.
For now in *Monogatari Series: Second Season*, I believe she's antagonist from the fact that she lied and said that she is Meme Oshino's niece. (She pretend to be a good guy)
When she almost crashes into Nadeko, she said something like "I'm not supposed to meet you yet" and tells Nadeko to stop playing the victim. This implies that she's related to Nadeko becoming a snake god.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Ougi’s true identity is <NAME> himself. From the Bakemonogatari [Wikia's](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Owarimonogatari) section on "Ougi Dark":
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> Gaen reveals that Ougi’s true identity is <NAME> himself. She is an Oddity that Araragi created, similarly to how Hanekawa’s stress created Black Hanekawa, and Sengoku’s hallucinations created the white snake Kuchinawa. Ougi represents Araragi’s self-criticism. When Araragi saw "Darkness" for the first time in Shinobu Time, he realized that there is a law dictating over the world of Oddity. Araragi knows that he is too weak, too hesitant, too emotional to make harsh decisions, and he subconsciously wished for a being that can judge him, and "correct" everything wrong in this world. His desire came true as Oshino Ougi.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: In short, yes she is the main antagonist of the series, as you as for most parts of the series Araragi solved the problems of the other girls, in Kizu it was for Shinobu, in Neko it was for Hanekawa, Bakamonogatari - Senjogahara and the other girls etc.
So Ougi is "Araragis problem", or it's manifestation.
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2014/03/13 | 1,153 | 4,544 | <issue_start>username_0: After Cell blew up, he said he learned the instant transmission technique from Goku, using which he teleported back to Earth from the King Kai's planet
So once he's killed by Gohan he still could have came back right???
Why didn't he come back???<issue_comment>username_1: When Cell was killed by Gohan, he was just that, *killed.* He was actually dead this time, and was sent to King Yama to be judged. Once you're dead, you can't just teleport back to Earth. You have to either be revived or given temporary rights to be in the physical world. As Cell met neither of these requirements, he had no way to go back to Earth, using Instant Transmission or otherwise, since there is concept of Heaven and Hell in the Otherworld: once a person is sent to Hell, he cannot just come out unless he is purified or the boundaries of Hell itself are broken by other means. Which is why Goku was able to bend the rules of Otherworld but the evil characters could not.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I'd quote a few excerpts from the relevant episodes to clear your doubt.
First, to explain how Cell was able to come back after being teleported by Goku to King Kai's planet. [Episode 189 : Cell Returns](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Cell_Returns!)(emphasis mine)
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> After killing Future Trunks, **Cell explains how he survived after the explosion of King Kai's planet. Cell explains that his central nucleus had survived, allowing him to regenerate, and that his cells had retained the knowledge of his perfect power. Being of Saiyan genetics, Cell also reveals to have received a Zenkai, a power up for recovering from a near fatal injury.** After hearing about how Cell survived, Gohan powers up to his maximum, and is ready to avenge his father's death.
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> With Goku saying "NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!" to his son, Gohan screams and releases all of his energy at Cell. **Cell then screams as he is destroyed by the attack. The energy wave is strong enough to vaporize every cell in his body, preventing Cell's regeneration. Cell is finally destroyed once and for all, and the Earth is safe again.**
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So as you can see, the first time when Cell self-destructed, his central nucleus had survived that blow and he was able to regenerate and come back, but the second time, the Kamehamehas of Goku and Gohan combined was so great that every single cell of Cell was destroyed and he was gone for good. Thus, he couldn't regenerate and come back.
Note that, if instant transmission was all that was required for a dead man to return back to Earth, Goku could have done that almost always. After anybody dies, they go to the [Other World](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Other_World) and to come back from there, you either need to be brought back to life by using the Dragon balls or be granted *Temporal revival energy*. Since Cell was neither brought back to life nor was granted any temporal revival energy, he stayed in the Other World post his death.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: The reason why Cell could not return back to earth after Gohan destroyed his body is that hell has a barrier around it that makes it so no one can leave. When Goku is dead, he is in the spirit world and can use instant transmission to go back and forth.
Cell was able to use the instant transmission technique when Goku grabbed him and used it to get him away from earth. The explosion from Cell didn't completely destroy him, so he could rebuild himself into perfect form.
Once Gohan used his full power to destroy Cell, no part of him was left in the living world for him to regenerate back to. Cell was actually was dead. Cell was instantly transferred to hell once he died. He didn't go to the spirit world and see king Yema or anything; he just went straight there.
Once he is in there, he cannot leave due to the fact that the barrier around hell made it so no one could leave. For someone to leave hell, someone has to make a hole in the barrier like in the movie Super Android 17.
When Goku is in hell trying to get out in the movie he cannot since the barrier is up. Goku tried multiple times to get out without the help of Piccolo. When he created the bridge with Piccolo, it caused a hole in the barrier and he was able to use instant transmission out of hell and back to earth.
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2014/03/16 | 393 | 1,279 | <issue_start>username_0: Plue exists on both Hiro Mashima's manga *Rave Master* and *Fairy Tail*. Is Plue the same in Fairy Tail & Rave?
Plue in Rave:
Plue in FT:
<issue_comment>username_1: **Plue of Rave Master** is a stout, white creature, reminiscent of a snowman, that only comes up to three feet in height. Plue was born in the Kingdom of Symphonia, signifying he is a creature of some sort. [(Source: Rave Master Wiki)](http://ravemaster.wikia.com/wiki/Plue)
In contrast, **Plue aka Nikora**, "The Canis Minor" (ニコラ Nikora) is a Silver Key Celestial Spirit that has no obvious combat abilities. It is stated to usually be kept as a pet for low-powered Mages who is in contract with Lucy Heartfilia. [(Source: Fairy Tail Wiki)](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Plue)
Since both series have the same author, Mashima must've decided to use his own design again. But they are different, as one of them is a creature, while the other is a celestial spirit.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In the manga 'Monster Soul', it is mentioned that Plue appears in almost ALL of Hiro Mashima's mangas as camios.
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2014/03/16 | 1,481 | 5,706 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Fullmetal Alchemist manga/2009 anime, we learn that alchemists must obey three rules:
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Moreover, at one point in the early manga (probably chapter 3, according to Wikipedia), we see Ed transmute what appears to be gold from rocks, when he is duping Yoki into selling him rights to Youswell. (However, in the context of my question below, this might also be attributed to [early-installment weirdness](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness), since in the corresponding episode in the 2003 anime - episode 9 - I think we see Ed giving Yoki rocks that have been coated with gold from coins Ed got from Yoki.)
Both of the above seem to imply that transmuting gold is possible in the FMA universe, yet this seems to be contradictory given some other manga details. [In the first chapter, we learn from Al that with alchemy, one can only transmute like from like.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6cCgk.jpg) Being me, I read this to imply that the sort of conservation of mass alluded to when chemical equations are balanced *generally* applies in terms of what alchemy can do the FMA universe (at least in the more practical, mundane examples we see in the manga). (On a second read, I'm really not sure if that's a "correct" interpretation.)
Thus: is transmuting gold actually taken to be something possible in the FMA universe (or is it even possible to come to a conclusion about this)?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, transmuting gold is possible (at least in the manga). The reason why it's forbidden is stated later in the series: It's forbidden so nobody can destroy the economy by making the gold worthless.
The mass is also conserved, I see no problem there. A ton of coal makes a ton of gold. Equal mass :).
Note: In the first adaption, Ed did not transmutate gold but instead coated the coal in gold. Either it's not possible in the 2003 anime or he didn't want to violate the law. (Thanks to キルア)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: When the Elric brothers go to Youswell in the beginning of the 2003 series. They don't actually transmute coal into gold, but rather Edward uses the gold coins that Yoki bribed him with to cover the coal.
This was not the case in the manga though. As you can see he says that "by logic" he should be able to transmute the same amount of coal into the same amount of gold.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EHqju.jpg)
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*Click for enlarged image.*
And then here he really does transmute coal into gold, which he later gives to Yoki (and performs a reverse transmutation...)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Yo, guys. I'll try to clear some of this up. In the manga(and as I see it, the true canon, being that it was made first) Ed turns Sludge(coal dust in ViZ version) in to Gold. As stated earlier, Sludge has trace amounts of metals in it, being that it comes from mining coal, and being that coal is under ground, where we find metal, it is possible to convert coal sludge in to gold. More difficult than just straight up metal, since you can never tell how much metal is in the sludge without a proper examination, which Ed never did. Again, this is all based on the manga, being that it was the original story and ultimate source if you can't consult the author. I hope this cleared it up at least a bit, thanks for reading.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Gold on the periodic table is Au.
Alchemy is the science of deconstructing and reconstructing matter.
Simply put so long as we are talking about taking apart and rebuilding compounds one would only need to separate gold from any existing compounds. This is suggested in several episodes, yet still, it is never made explicit. This would mean that no. It is not possible to create gold from compounds not containing Au.
Au is actually kinda rare in everyday items. Seawater contains a small amount of it, yet most things that use gold use gold in it's purest form to conduct electricity.
If it is deconstructing atoms to base protons, electrons and neutrons and reordering them to have the properties of AU then yes it is possible and easy. It is suggested that this isn't the case but the existence the "law of equivalent exchange". No alchemist would need any specific ingredients because they can create pretty much anything out of anything else.
The former is suggested in several episodes, yet the possibility to create gold is suggested in the law that state alchemists can not create gold.
So the correct answer. *Shrug* Full metal alchemist doesn't let real science get in the way if it's fun. Which is a good thing.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: It's important to remember that alchemy in FMA follows the Law of Equivalent exchange... Essentially a more lenient version of the 2nd law of thermal Dynamics.
Mass is not the only ingredient conserved, energy must be conserved as well. Transmutation of rocks into differently shaped rocks can be accomplished with the geothermal energy available in the environment or Philosopher's Stones but changing the composition of elements would take orders of magnitude more energy.
Perhaps why such exact ingredients are required for human transmutation is to avoid a rebound... Or make them less likely.
Of course any mining castoff should contain a large enough amount of Iron and Sulphur to produce loads of Pyrite, if that energy wasn't available.
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2014/03/18 | 600 | 2,099 | <issue_start>username_0: In the One Piece world, you can give a devil fruit power to weapons (things) by destroying it with that weapon. It seems one can also give haki to weapon, how can they do that? Kuja tribe member Marguerite is the first to be seen doing that. (Chapter 516)
<issue_comment>username_1: Only Color of Armaments can be given to a weapon. Since weapon is non-living, Color of Observation and Conqueror's Haki cannot be provided. Weapons can be thought of like an extension of one's limbs (although not mentioned in OP, this is usually the case in most manga). Color of Armaments provides an extra layer of hard protection from external injury to one's body. With sufficient practice, it can be used as weapon to attack. Since weapons are an extension of one's body, weapons are given armament protection to make them more lethal.
Also, Rayleigh did mention that Color of Armaments can be imbued with a weapon for more impact. But how it is done has not been explained properly.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's not much more than SpOT's answer, but I'll added the sources.
It's never clearly explained. Rayleigh and Mihawk only mention the overall concept of extending reinforcement Haki to weapons to Luffy and Zorry respectively (Chapter 597 and 779):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DKdbA.png)
After his fight with Pica, Zorry remembers a conversion with Mihawk:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/opEd2.png)
However this idea in manga is not new, and it reminds of how in hunterXhunter Nen can be extended to a weapon if you think about that weapon being an extension of your body (notice Killua mentions "reinforcement"; Chapter 140):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kdSu1.png)
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2014/03/18 | 446 | 1,548 | <issue_start>username_0: Ivankof and the others also didn't wear a uniform, but they're part of some kind of underworld society, so they're basically running away; but Jinbe and Ace are prisoners, so why they didn't wear uniforms?
**Jinbe**
**Ace**
<issue_comment>username_1: Jimbei was officially a Shichibukai until he verbally told to Sengoku at Marineford that he is resigning. He was imprisoned just because he didn't follow World Government orders. So there is no reason why he should be wearing prison uniform as he was not a convict.
As for Ace, I think [kaine](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8126/why-didnt-jinbe-and-ace-wear-prisoner-uniforms/8133#comment9929_8126) must be right. It must be like when <NAME> was not in uniform when executed. A likely minor courtesy afforded those waiting execution could be the right to wear their own clothes for their final hours.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The reason for this is may be they were new in the prison and were supposed to be there for a short amount of time.
Ace : he was going to be executed. So there was no reason to give him a proper uniform.
Jimbei : he was opposing the war but his decision was not final until he said so to sengoku at marin ford. I mean to say is there was a chance that he would support the government.
This is just my speculation don't know if it makes sense
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2014/03/18 | 431 | 1,559 | <issue_start>username_0: (Preface: I have not read or watched Naruto.)
In the context of a discussion of some other anime, there was a reference to a thing called the "Talk no Jutsu" in Naruto. Upon looking this thing up, I came across [this wikia page](http://konohalibrary.wikia.com/wiki/Talk_No_Jutsu), which describes the nature of this technique. This looks like a joke on its face (I mean, we make jokes about Touma doing this sort of thing in Index all the time), but the page was written with nothing to suggest that it was a joke, so I'm a bit confused. I checked out a couple other discussions on the internet and am still having difficulty figuring out whether or not they're joking.
So - is "Talk no Jutsu" actually a technique of Naruto's?<issue_comment>username_1: It's a joke, a glance at the home page of the Konoha Libraries site you provided says:
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Talk no Jutsu refers to the ability of Naruto (and many main characters from many anime series) to talk the antagonists out of their evil ways, and "show them the light".
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: "Talk no Jutsu" is one *of* Naruto's abilities. It is not an actual Jutsu. It is basically a joke on how Naruto can talk people out of their evil ways and make them join his side.
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2014/03/18 | 237 | 861 | <issue_start>username_0: How can Tobias in Sinnoh League Champions ep.658 own Latios? Latios, as a legendary Pokemon, appears only once in the whole Pokémon world and, for we all know, he is dead since the *Pokemon Heroes* movie?<issue_comment>username_1: Although they are called "legendary", these Pokémon are not necessarily unique in the anime (or in the games). A good example is [Silver](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Silver_%28Johto%29), which is a younger Lugia. Tobias most likely has a second Latios.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's my understanding that Pokemon Heroes mentions that they come with their father and HE became the first soul dew. Not only that, but at the end, a Latias can be seen flying with two Latios, one her size and one larger. They could be another family, or perhaps the entire family reunited.
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2014/03/19 | 997 | 2,796 | <issue_start>username_0: Zoro always (almost always) carries 3 swords with him. So the question is, what are the names and the grades of those 3 swords he is currently carrying?<issue_comment>username_1: The following are the names and grades of the 3 swords currently (as of 16-April-2020) carried by Zoro.
* [Wado Ichimonji](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Wado_Ichimonji)
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> The Wado Ichimonji is a sword of great personal importance to Roronoa Zoro, and it was once Kuina's and her family's sword. It is also one of the [**21 O Wazamono grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#21_O_Wazamono_Grade_Swords) swords.
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* [Sandai Kitetsu](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sandai_Kitetsu)
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> The Sandai Kitetsu is one of the [**Wazamono grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#Wazamono_Grade_Swords) swords, a "Sharp Sword". Like all of its predecessor Kitetsu swords, this one is said to be cursed.
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* [Enma](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Enma) (exchanged with the Shusui)
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> Enma is one of the [**21 O Wazamono grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#21_O_Wazamono_Grade_Swords) swords. It was once wielded by Kozuki Oden alongside his other sword, Ame no Habakiri, and is one of the two only weapons known to have ever injured Kaido.
> After Oden's death, Enma was inherited by his daughter, <NAME>. Hiyori would later gift the sword to Roronoa Zoro in exchange for the latter allowing Shusui, a national treasure, to remain in Wano.
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* [Yubashiri](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yubashiri) (now destroyed and replaced by Shusui)
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> Yubashiri was one of the fifty [**Ryo Wazamono grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#50_Ryo_Wazamono_Grade_Swords) sword. Roronoa Zoro obtained this sword for free from a sword shop owner.
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* [Shusui](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shusui) (exchanged for Enma)
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Enma is zoro's new sword, he got it at wano. Enma was Komurasaki's sword whom also gave the sword to Zoro for his Shisui.Since Shisui is Wano's legendary sword. Enma was one of Oden's sword; the only man who dealt damage to Kaido. (Which is why Kaido has that huge X on his chest, kinda like Luffy.)
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2014/03/20 | 568 | 2,194 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just wondering about the Void Century in One Piece. What happened during those years? The World Government came to be by taking down the mysterious KINGDOM. I really want to know the name of that kingdom.
Can anybody guess or give me something that would put me at ease?<issue_comment>username_1: They didn't actually reveal anything yet, but there have been hints in the arcs of Skypiea, Robin's flashback arc, and fishman island.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The events during the Void Century has not yet been revealed, so for everyone it still remains a mystery, except for the Roger Pirates who have read the Poneglyphs and discovered the true history which the study is forbidden by the World Government.
As for the name of the Ancient Kingdom, its true name is a mystery, as the Gorosei ordered that Professor Clover be shot before he could speak its name.
The only details revealed so far are:
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> The **Void Century** is a century-long gap in recorded and archaeological history, the study of which is forbidden by the World Government. These events occurred 800 to 900 years before the current storyline. It was hinted at during the Skypiea arc; the dates were seen in Robin's flashback.
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> The three Ancient Weapons are three weapons of mass destruction that are powerful enough to bring ruin to the entire world. They are known as **Pluton**, an ancient ship capable of massive destruction, **Poseidon**, a Mermaid with the ability to communicate with and control Sea Kings, and **Uranus**, the properties of which remain unknown. The Ancient Weapons are the argument used by the World Government to forbid the research of the missing years.
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You can read more about it [here](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Century).
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2014/03/20 | 922 | 2,969 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME> is a famous director of anime movies such as "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro".
But has he ever made any anime series or manga besides movies? If so, what are they?<issue_comment>username_1: Miyazaki is surprisingly prolific as a creator of manga. His best-known work in the medium is, of course, *Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind*, on which his movie of the same name was based (for an interesting comparison of the different versions, see [here](http://www.utdallas.edu/research/spacesciences/hairston/nausicaamanga_film.html)). In a similar vein, he created a short manga for *The Wind Rises* a few years ago, in the leadup to the film. You can check out his [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Manga_career) for more details. [Reports suggest](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-09/ghibli-suzuki/hayao-miyazaki-is-drawing-samurai-manga) that Miyazaki is currently working on another manga, which will apparently be about samurai.
Miyazaki has never been the sole director of a television anime, but prior to his work on *Nausicaä*, he did extensive work on a number of television anime series (animation at first, and later, episode direction and co-direction), first at Toei, and later at A Pro and Nippon Animation (after that, of course, he founded Ghibli, and the rest is history). Prominent works in his oeuvre includes the first *Lupin III* anime and *Heidi: Girl of the Alps* (both co-directed with long-time collaborator and Ghibli co-founder <NAME>). Since *Nausicaä*, however, Miyazaki has done no further work on television anime.
Note: I forgot about [*Future Boy Conan*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan), which is basically a Miyazaki show, technicalities of crediting notwithstanding (thanks, @JonathanVanMatre). For more details, take a look at @username_2's answer.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Regarding anime series (manga answered by username_1):
Miyazaki has a single anime series of his own: [Conan, the boy of the future](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=899) ("Mirai Shōnen Konan" - "Future Boy Conan"). It's a TV series, from 1979, in 26 episodes. Miyazaki is not credited as the sole director (Takahata and Hayakawa directed some episodes), but he not only lead the direction but also the script and the characters. Sadly, it was not released in the US/UK, but it was seen on TV (dubbed) in several foreign countries, such as Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia....
He also directed some chapters of the Lupin III anime series (before he directed the movie "Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro"), and six of [<NAME>](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/holmes/). And he worked as a relevant collaborator (mainly layout) with Tahakata's series [Heidi](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2225/Alps_no_Shoujo_Heidi) and [Marco](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074002/fullcredits).
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2014/03/20 | 782 | 2,872 | <issue_start>username_0: Dragons are assumed to be myth or somewhat a legend in someway in Fairy Tail. They also disappeared in Fairy Tail. But what was the reason behind them disappearing. We have seen in an episode that Grandeeney and Igneel are still very much alive, but seem to look as though they are in hiding. Also what's up with all dragons disappearing on the same day and the same year?
Answers are appreciated :). If there's anything from the manga, please include in answer. I do not think they have covered it in the anime.<issue_comment>username_1: So far, little has been revealed.
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Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As far as I know, all the dragons left there foster children (Gajeel, <NAME>u) because they didnt want them to turn into dragons. it explains later in the show that if a dragon slayer becomes powerful enough, he/she can actually turn into a dragon. They didn't want this to happen, so they went into hiding.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: There were several reasons why the Dragons disappeared at that time and it was revealed in chapter 415.
In the end, the dragons were indeed still *alive*. They hid themselves inside the dragon slayers' bodies. The reasons behind this were threefold:
* The dragons were afraid a new human would become so powerful that he would transform into a dragon, just like Acnologia. To prevent this from happening they went inside their bodies to slow down their power increase.
* The second reason was that the dragons were waiting for the right time to defeat Acnologia. Despite this reason clearly being stated by Grandeeney, I have a hard time believing it. Especially since the dragons did not fight Acnologia at all. They just watched Igneel get defeated. If they had attacked together, they might have been able to do more damage I believe.
* The third and probably main reason why the dragons all disappeared was that Acnologia used his magic to extract their souls from their bodies. In order to prolong their lives, they retreated their souls (and apparently their bodies too) inside the dragon slayers they had once raised.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jcte5.jpg)
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2014/03/20 | 503 | 1,902 | <issue_start>username_0: So I just watched the One Piece Movie - The Battle of Z and it left me wondering who it was that killed Zephyr's crew (while he was in the Navy) and then became a warlord? It says he was a devil fruit user and that is why he acquired that weapon on/as his arm to take out all the devil fruit users he could.
Does it get explained anywhere in the manga? Any helpful information would be appreciated!<issue_comment>username_1: The Warlord who killed Zephyr's crew is not named even in the current chapter of the manga.
Nevertheless, it was stated that the pirate who killed Zephyr's crew became a warlord during the timeskip. Therefore, there are only three possibilities: **Trafalgar Law**, **Buggy** and the currently **unnamed warlord**. However, it it also not yet revealed whether the unnamed warlord is a devil fruit user.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: That pirate who killed Zephyr's crew is not Law, Buggy, Doflamingo or any of the current warlords. First, you must consider Zephyr's age. I think it was 20 years ago when the accident happened to his crew; then, that pirate became a warlord. So it's not during the 2-year timeskip. Also, the film Z movie is non-canon, meaning it is just a filler and not related to the real story.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I'm pretty certain it was either Doflamanco, Jimbei, or Crocodile because all the warlords at the time who could have done it would either not have or they wouldn't have used a cutting weapon. Kuma wouldn't have because he was a double agent for Dragon and he is trying to keep his cover. Boa didn't because they would've been turned to stone not murdered. The zombie guy who is dead now would've abducted the dead crew. Mihawk who does use a cutting weapon wouldn't have because he seems to obey orders without much argument. Buggy and trafalgar weren't warlords at the time.
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2014/03/21 | 2,531 | 9,371 | <issue_start>username_0: Might just be me missing an explanation part in the manga, or just not properly understanding at the time. But how does Luffy's Gear 2nd and 3rd attacks work?
<issue_comment>username_1: It's explained right there in the manga, and it's due to Luffy's rubber body
Gear 2nd
* Luffy uses his rubber body like a pump, to pump the blood through his system quicker. This strengthens his abilities. It's also not healthy for his body.
Gear 3rd
* Luffy bites a hole in himself, and then blows up a part of his body like a balloon. He is able to increase the size of his body this way (and since air actually does have mass, he increases the effective mass of his blows too). The first few times Luffy had done this, it has left him small briefly after using it, but apparently, this has stopped happening. He probably learned to do it without becoming small during the time skip.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: **Gear 2nd:**
He circulates more blood in his veins by using his legs (or arms) as a pump. This fast blood stream would shatter blood veins of a normal human. But since Luffy's body acts like "gomu", his veins stretch and make this possible.
**Gear 3rd:**
He bites a part of his body (usually his finger) to open a hole there. Next he inhales huge amounts of air into his lungs by stretching them. Then he blows this wind through the hole he opened to bloat up his body. So that his body looks bigger.
Of course, by doing this his body mass wouldn't increase very much, so he shouldn't be able to throw enormously powerful punches in real world dynamics as animated.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: To add to the other answers here, it's important to note one of the reasons why Gear Second works - one of Luffy's [Required Secondary Powers](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RequiredSecondaryPowers) is to generate excess blood as he needs it. (This is how he can expand his limbs without oxygen starving any tissue/drastically changing his blood pressure/etc.) From TVTropes:
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> Luffy can bleed so much without dying because one of his secondary
> powers is a circulatory system that can make extra blood
> instantaneously to pump into his stretched out limbs. In fact, his
> rubberized organs, bones, and indeed every single vital part of his
> anatomy is the only reason he is able to withstand the stresses
> inherent in his Gear Second Super Mode. According to <NAME>, if
> anyone but Luffy were to use something like Gear Second, their heart
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: [Gear Second](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Second_Techniques)
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With gear second, Luffy increases his blood circulation by pumping his blood through his body at higher speeds than normal. A normal human wouldn't be able to withstand this kind of pressure on its veins' walls. If Luffy wasn't a rubber boy, they would burst. The increase in blood flow results in a higher discharge of red blood cells, which provide the human body with oxygen and nutrients. The additional oxygen and nutrients would make the muscles work more efficiently and thus result in higher speed and power. In sports this process is called **[blood doping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_doping)**. In blood doping, the discharge is increased by adding additional red blood cells, which were extracted at an earlier time, instead of letting them flow faster.
Gear second also comes with **side affects**. The extreme oxygen usage would result in an acceleration of his breathing and the increase in his metabolism causes him to be hungrier than usual or even have a paralysis type effect after prolonged use of it, like in the second fight with <NAME>. Due to the acceleration and thus friction inside his body, he turns quite hot, which results in his sweat evaporating right off his body. This explains the smoke and redness of his skin.
Luffy obviously needs to keep pumping or the effect wears off. As it would deplete his energy storage quite rapidly, he doesn't use gear second constantly during fights. The increase in metabolism might also affect his life expectancy as mentioned by <NAME>.
[Gear Third](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Third_Techniques)
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With gear third, Luffy bites into his thumb joint, making a small opening, and blows very hard into it, which inflates his arm. He blows the **air inside his bones** and since our skeleton fully connects all our joints, he can then rearrange the amounts of air as he pleases through his body, without releasing it accidentally. Luffy basically pushes the air towards his hands, stretching his body, but also increasing the air-pressure. This would result in Luffy having a larger area of attack (eg: the size of a giant's hand), and an increased hardness due to the air pressure.
After the time-skip we can see how Luffy decreased the size of his arms, but focused solely on the point of contact. He pushed all the air in his hands, increasing the **air pressure and thus hardness** of his attacks. The air in his arms would be wasted otherwise anyway. Also since it is air he is carrying, it doesn't cost him much additional strength to move those large hands, but the additional damage done due to the vast increase in area of attack is well worth it.
Gear third also comes with **side affects**. Before the time-skip, we could see Luffy become tiny after using this attack. After attacking, Luffy blows out all additional air, resulting in a rapid decrease of body size. The rapid decrease and massive amounts of energy needed to inflate and keep the air where he likes it, makes him unable to retain his original size. I think it is mainly due to the energy he needs to position the air where he wants and keep it there, since Luffy didn't shrink after using his balloon attack. After the timeskip and training with Rayleigh, Luffy became strong enough to keep his body intact after using the 3rd Gear.
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2014/03/21 | 1,645 | 5,120 | <issue_start>username_0: After reading [rave-master](/questions/tagged/rave-master "show questions tagged 'rave-master'") and [fairy-tail](/questions/tagged/fairy-tail "show questions tagged 'fairy-tail'") I noticed the high similarity in their characters. Some even being identical copies of the characters out of the other series.
So how common is it for a mangaka to maintain the same character design through out several of their manga's? Or is this just something Hiro Mashima does ?<issue_comment>username_1: It's definitely not something that just Hiro Mashima does; in fact, it's very common. <NAME> mentions <NAME> in the comments. Sp0T mentions <NAME>. If you look back at Akamatsu's work, he almost always creates spiritual successors for his characters that have very similar appearances and personalities, e.g. AI Love You's Cindy became Love Hina's Naru who became Negima's Asuna; AI's Forty-chan became Love Hina's Kaolla Su who somewhat became Negima's Ku Fei; Love Hina's Shinobu became Negima's Nodoka Miyazaki; Love Hina's Kitsune became Negima's Kazumi Asakura. In the early sketches for Negima that are given as bonus material in the US manga release, you can see that the original design for Negi looked a lot like AI's Forty-kun with glasses. There are many other examples in Akamatsu.
As another example, in Kozue Amano's Amanchu, the character of Hikari is very similar in appearance, personality, and name to the character of Akari in Aria. (Both names mean "light".) There are various similar-looking characters across the CLAMP works, e.g. <NAME>'s older brother Touya resembles Subaru Sumeragi from X, and both somewhat resemble Shizuka Doumeki from xxxHolic and Rikuo from Legal Drug.
I think user2435 has a point that artists develop certain habits and tendencies that express themselves in the character design. But it could also be about staying recognizable; when I see the Negima volumes in the store, I know right away that it's by <NAME>, because Naru's twin-tailed little sister is staring at me from the front cover. Even if an artist is capable of drawing in a very different style, it isn't necessarily advantageous to do so. It may also be relevant that manga-ka tend to write the same kinds of stories for each work, and so might draw in the same style to make sure the art and story match. By the time we get to UQ Holder, Akamatsu has switched from love comedy to adventure, and there are subtle differences in the art as a result (Yukihime looks much more mature than any major heroine in his previous work.) CLAMP uses a slightly different style between xxxHolic and Chobits, even though the two works came out around the same time, because the stories are different.
In short, it's very common for manga-ka to reuse character designs, or to slightly tweak existing character designs.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: In Japanese it's called [Star system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_system_(filmmaking))
Earliest manga author who uses star system is [Osamu Tezuka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka). See [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka%27s_Star_System) for details of his star system.
Japanese version of wikipedia has a page for [Star system of manga/anime](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A0_(%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BB%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB)#.E6.BC.AB.E7.94.BB.E3.83.BB.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1.E3.83.BC.E3.82.B7.E3.83.A7.E3.83.B3_.28.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.29)
Manga/anime section describe 3 categories.
1. Clearly defined same name character.
<NAME>, [<NAME>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiko_Fujio), [<NAME>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotaro_Ishinomori), etc.
2. Different character, Different world.
[rave-master](/questions/tagged/rave-master "show questions tagged 'rave-master'") and [fairy-tail](/questions/tagged/fairy-tail "show questions tagged 'fairy-tail'") are categorized to this.
Other example is heal team in [Time Bokan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Bokan).
This contains [Team rocket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_anime_series#Team_Rocket) in pokemon.
3. Same character, Same world.
Negima, UQ Holder and CLAMP's manga are categorized to this.
Each story is happen in same world, but focus to different time or character.
Outside of this, there are spin off story.
[Magical Project S](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Project_S) from [Tenchi Muyo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo!), [Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Girl_Lyrical_Nanoha) from [Triangle Heart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Heart) and [Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/kaleid_liner_Prisma_Illya) from [Fate/stay night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/stay_night).
That Wikipedia page also mentioned about game.
For example, In addition to 2d action, Mario is protagonist of cart game, tennis game and other.
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2014/03/23 | 784 | 2,755 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, when Jiraiya fights Pain, he goes out of the barrier to confirm his suspicion about Pain (that all the 7 pains are dead) but he could have used a shadow clone instead. Shadow clones can transfer knowledge and experience (as told by Kakashi) and if Jiraiya had the chakra to maintain the barrier, swim when he is badly injured and then be alive just to write a message on the back of the toad (apparently I forgot the toad's name), he could have had the chakra to create a shadow clone. Why didn't he do so? [Why did he have die? I feel so sad about him :'( ]<issue_comment>username_1: Jiraiya once said: "In the ninja world, it's not how you live. Rather, it's how you die." So I think he applied this quote in his final seconds.
First, we can assume that he hadn't had enough chakra to escape from Pein (don't forget, he was stabbed a lot of times with Pein's chakra absorbing rods), so his last efforts were to send a message to Konoha.
Second, I'm quite sure he knew that this would boost Naruto, so practically Jiraiya sacrificed himself to make Naruto (maybe) the strongest shinobi in the world.
Third, maybe he even knew that his body could be resurrected or used by Nagato as a host body, so he didn't even try to escape. Rather, he realized the seal of his body.
So Kishi had some reasons why to "kill" Jiraiya, but in my opinion, he had to go to make the later story happen.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Another reason to why Jiraiya didn't use Kage Bunshin is because the nature of the jutsu itself. [Kage Bunshin no Jutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Clone_Technique#Overview) splits the chakra of the user equally. This is a risky move for him to perform considering that he is in the enemy territory, no backup and has no idea of the extend of Pain's powers. Suppose that after using Bunshin no Jutsu, Pain found not the Kage Bunshin, but the real him, he would be so screwed having to fight Pain with only half chakra. Having only half of his chakra would prevent him from using some of his jutsus.
Another possible reason is that there is a chakra link between the real and the Kage Bunshin as explained by Tobirama. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vd0I.png)
It is possible that at that time, Jiraiya has a feeling that the Pain he fought are all dead bodies and that there is someone controlling them remotely. He opted not to use Kage Bunshin for he was afraid that were he to use it, Pain would be able to detect his whereabouts based on the chakra link. Also note that other than the experience the chakra from the Kage Bunshin is also transferred back to the user.
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2014/03/23 | 3,245 | 8,983 | <issue_start>username_0: After watching a few series I realised that some of them use different opening/ending songs in each episode (e.g. [Oreimo](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8769/Ore_no_Imouto_ga_Konnani_Kawaii_Wake_ga_Nai)). I noticed that it must've been quite expensive to do this, and some other animes like [Love Live](http://myanimelist.net/anime/15051/Love_Live!_School_Idol_Project) use the same song sang by different people every episode.
What was the first anime that has done this, and can you list the animes that has done this?
**Clarification**: If the anime has 12 episodes, there has to be **12 different endings**, not less than that.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know what is the first anime to have done this, but I can name one anime older than both *Oreimo* and *Love Live* that has done this: [**Neon Genesis Evangelion**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion) (2003 Renewal DVD1). According to [Wikia](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon):
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1 Thanks to **username_2** for the correction. Detailed information about all the ED versions in the different releases of *Neon Genesis Evangelion* can be found [here](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **tl;dr** [<NAME>](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=731), an OAV from 1986 with 12 episodes and 12 endings (ended only in 1999).
### Intro
I took up username_<NAME>'s suggestion and used ANN's [API](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/api.php) to create a duplicate of their database and then search for all titles that have as many OPs/EDs as they have episodes. If anyone is interested in the code for this (it's not nice :P) and all results, go [here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a).
### Assumptions
I restricted the analysis to titles that have at least 6 episodes. ANN's episode field sometimes contains additional information such as '10 (+2 Specials)' in such a case I only take the first number and ignore the rest. There are no checks for the title or anything like that, if ANN lists an ending twice or if the same ending appears multiple times with different artists, those all count as separate. Most importantly, the relevant date is the start date (because that is less parsing work and because often there is no end date given).
### Result for EDs
Below are the results. With the above restrictions, ANN has 30 animes that fit the bill and the oldest of them is Shōnan Bakusōzoku. Note though, that the final episode is from 1999! Among the first few, *Iczer Reborn* ended in 1991-02-25 already, so maybe that's your winner? See [here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-ed_list_absolute_urls-markdown) for the full table.
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║ Vintage ║ Type ║ #EP ║ #OP ║ #ED ║ Name ║
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║ 1986-09-10 ║ OAV ║ 12 ║ 3 ║ 12 ║ [Shōnan Bakusōzoku](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=731) ║
║ 1987-02-25 ║ OAV ║ 8 ║ 6 ║ 8 ║ [Bubblegum Crisis](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=201) ║
║ 1990-09-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 1 ║ 6 ║ [Iczer Reborn](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=682) ║
║ 1992-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 0 ║ 6 ║ [Blue Girl](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=473) ║
║ 1997-11-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 2 ║ 6 ║ [Saber Marionette J Again](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=211) ║
║ 1999-07-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 3 ║ 9 ║ [Ten Tokyo Warriors](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1600) ║
║ 1999-10-06 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 1 ║ 12 ║ [Seraphim Call](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=850) ║
║ 1999-12-18 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 7 ║ 7 ║ [Sakura Wars 2](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1015) ║
║ 2002-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 8 ║ 8 ║ 8 ║ [Angelique: Twin Collection](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4469) ║
║ 2002-10-02 ║ TV ║ 13 ║ 1 ║ 13 ║ [Sister Princess: Re Pure](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1824) ║
║ 2003-05-08 ║ TV ║ 6 ║ 1 ║ 6 ║ [Saint Beast](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=81) ║
║ 2005-10-21 ║ TV ║ 26 ║ 1 ║ 26 ║ [Mushi-Shi](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5923) ║
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**Huh, more endings than episodes?**
You may have noticed, there are titles with more endings than episodes: They can all be considered to have as many endings as episodes. For *Ten Tokyo Warriors*, *Sakura Wars 2* and *Heaven's Lost Property* those are caused by some kind of inconsistent annotation in ANN. For *Akikan!* they list an extra ending for a special but don't count the special towards the episodes. *Katanagatari* got an extra ending for the [noitaminA rebroadcast](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6594/Katanagatari). For *Highschool of the Dead* and *Maken-Ki! Battling Venus* they count the OAV ending towards the anime.
**Almost made it**
I thought it would be interesting to also check which ones cut it very close. Here's an addtitional list sorted by `#EPs/#EDs` and then sorted by vintage. I left out all that have a quotient of 1 or less, since we already know those from above. The full list can be found [here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-ed_list_quotient_urls-markdown).
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║ 1.04 ║ 2007-04-08 ║ TV ║ 24 ║ 23 ║ [Lucky Star](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
║ 1.09 ║ 2010-07-07 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 11 ║ [Strike Witches 2](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
║ 1.09 ║ 2010-10-01 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 11 ║ [Heaven's Lost Property Forte](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
║ 1.11 ║ 2006-02-10 ║ OAV ║ 10 ║ 9 ║ [Hellsing Ultimate](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
║ 1.17 ║ 1990-01-26 ║ OAV ║ 7 ║ 6 ║ [Be-Bop-Highschool](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
║ 1.2 ║ 1990-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 5 ║ [Devil Hunter Yohko](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║
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```
As ʞɹɐzǝɹ already mentioned *Lucky Star* should qualify for the previous list, having 24 episodes and endings, but ANN is missing the ED for ep22. And so on, you can already see, this DB isn't perfect either ;)
**Overview**
Finally, here's a barplot showing the distribution of the number of endings among all animes that fit the assumptions described initially.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IFTXx.png)
### Result for OPs
There are only two result for `#EPs = #OPs`, and those are already shown in the list above (*Sakura Wars 2* and *Angelique: Twin Collection*). The results for `#EPs / #OPs` are [here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-op_list_quotient_urls-markdown). OPs are generally not as diverse:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T1m5M.png)
### More OPs than EDs and vice versa
As per username_1 WeiWei's suggestion: There are 221 animes with `#OP > #ED`, among those 115 have no endings listed in ANN at all, which is probably a mix of the truth and missing annotations ([full list](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-more_ops_than_ed_urls-markdown)). The other way around, there are 781 animes with `#ED > #OP`, 82 with no openings at all ([full list](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-more_eds_than_op_urls-markdown)).
### Outro
This is not *the* definite answer either of course, ANN doens't provide an XML schema, so I might have overlooked something, and even if everything went well in my parsing, we already know they have a different opinion on the number of EDs e.g. for NGE (see username_1Weiwei's answer for that discussion), and there are several errors mentioned above. Answering a [different question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/17003/has-there-been-a-anime-that-used-its-op-as-ed-and-or-vice-versa) I realized I should have probably made sure the endings are unique, that doesn't affect the main result here though.
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2014/03/23 | 584 | 2,104 | <issue_start>username_0: In Zetsuen No Tempest the Tree of Beginnings/Genesis was actually responsible behind the Black Iron Sickness which involved turning people into iron/black iron. On the wikia it says this...
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: When I watched Zetsuen no Tempest, the whole time I was working off the idea that it was a form of 'defense mechanism'.
It should be somewhat obvious, that turning them into Iron / Black Iron was just it's unique form of an attack (just as people with guns can fire bullets, and people with swords can swing them). That appeared to be it's power for killing / disabling them.
As we can observe, the tree has a certain favoritism for Hakaze Kusaribe. The tree would've been doing what it thought was 'beneficial for Hakaze', and innocent people being caught up could just been result of the tree **freaking out**. After saving Hakaze from the Time Prison, it no longer cared *that much* about others. Just who to protect, and what to prevent.
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2014/03/23 | 1,108 | 3,865 | <issue_start>username_0: So there is a virtual reality device, the Nerve Gear, popularly used for MMOs.
As far as I'm concerned, we never see SAO or Alfheim using any sort of login screen.
Now, it makes sense for SAO to lack a login screen, since you can't log out. But what about Alfheim? How do normal, sane games authenticate their players?
* Do MMO Nerve Gear games use username/password credentials?
+ Is it implied ***anywhere*** in the series? If I recall correctly, Kirito would just put on his Nerve Gear and instantly enter Alfheim without any sort of password screen.
* Maybe the device serves as the credential itself?
+ But if I steal your device, I could impersonate you in all games...
+ Besides, using a device ID is not secure at all. If I figure out your device's ID, I could hack mine to use such ID and then login as yourself.
* Perhaps they do some complex biological scan on your body to create an unique ID...
+ That doesn't sound very reliable. Or healthy.<issue_comment>username_1: Your question can pretty much be answered by watching episode 1 of *Sword Art Online*.
The Nerve Gear uses a username and password identification system as shown at 01:37 of episode 1.
But as you mentioned, this does not occur in *Alfheim Online*. This is where we can consider the Nerve Gear to be the authentication factor, being a device that stores the save data.
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This would indeed be true, but doesn't the same count for login credentials? If you steal somebody's username and password, you can also impersonate that person in game. And don't forget, it's harder to steal physical objects all around the world than to steal some username and password from your home computer.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Extract from the light novel - Volume 3 Fairy Dance (ALfheim arc), p67-68
>
> With that in mind, I put the NERvGear on my head and buckled the
> chin strap. With the frame in place and the goggles down, I closed my
> eyes.
>
>
> Anxiety and excitement caused my heart to beat rapidly, as I tried to
> slow my racing heart beat, I said, “LINK START!”
>
>
> The light passing through my closed eyelids suddenly disappeared.
> The transmission from my optic nerves was suddenly severed, and my
> eyes were enveloped by darkness.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> At last, the final OK appeared, and the next instant brought me falling
> through the darkness into the colors of a rainbow, an illusion of the
> world. After passing through this series of rings, I had arrived in a
> different world.
>
>
> -- Actually, it's still a little early to say that. Out of the darkness
> emerged an account registration interface. The main ALfheim Online
> LOGO gradually appeared, accompanied by a soft female voice.
>
>
> Following the instructions given, I began creating my account and
> character. At chest height was a pale and shiny virtual keyboard and I
> entered a User ID and password as prompted. I had many years of
> experience before beginning SAO, so this process was of some
> familiarity to me. Since this is a downloadable MMO game, I would
> normally need to select the payment method, but I had bought this
> game and it came with a one month free trial.
>
>
> Next I chose the nickname for my character. I didn’t put much thought
> into it, but entered the name «Kirito».
>
>
>
The ALfheim Arc in the anime doesn't show all the details.
Since Kazuto used the same login in both games - as you may know, ALfheim's database is a clone of SAO's one - he kept the same account.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/03/23 | 482 | 1,841 | <issue_start>username_0: As I'm watching these filler episodes, I am wondering, why was Danzo still alive, after doing all the things he did to The Third? He hid a Wood style user, he tried to assassinate Sarutobi (not even once), he tried to lure the Anbu forces to join the Federation, he tried to manipulate the Hokage election after the death of Minato, and so on (just from these couple of episodes, without mentioning the whole "rivalry" between them).
The Third was aware of the situations, since he warned Danzo a lot of times. So even if he was a member of the Hokage's council, why did Sarutobi endure the disrespect and danger that came from Danzo? I would've been pleased even with a ban from the Village, but given what he had done, Sarutobi could've eliminated Danzo without any efforts.<issue_comment>username_1: Danzo was, in his own way, protecting the Hidden Leaf.
Danzo would normally do the "dirty work" and handle with that "black ops" of the Hidden Leaf, thus keeping the village officials clean.
They had their disagreements, and yes Danzo did act in order to dispose of the Third and have control over the Hidden Leaf, but Hiruzen always believed that all he's doing was for the best of the village, so he let it slide.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Danzo had Shisui's Kotoamatsukami. He also had Hashirama's cells, which enabled him to use the jutsu to his advantage with regeneration. So there is a possibility that even if Hiruzen wanted to kill him, Danzo could have used Kotoamatsukami to manipulate the Third's thoughts about him.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Sarutobi is a very uderstanding man, he probably just figured he'd give Danzo the benifit of a doubt, thinking that age would give him wisdom and he'd see that he was wrong,
too bad that never happened
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/24 | 1,000 | 3,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been seeing *One Piece* for a long time. I came to notice that during any funny scene, <NAME> is never seen to make any kind of funny or weird face while all the other Straw Hat crew members do.
Did Oda at some time mention this specifically?<issue_comment>username_1: I didn't read anything official. But I think it's just part of its cold personality, as you should know, she is always thinking the worst possibility when some danger is coming (scaring Usopp and Chopper in the process, maybe intentionally xD).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: <NAME> had a lonely childhood. Her mother was out on her expedition to uncover the secrets of the Void Century. Her only friends during her childhood days were the scholars of Ohara, and Saul for sometime.
During her time with Saul she was shown to smile and laugh in a funny manner.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dWCrn.png)
But soon, at the age of 8, after the extermination of Ohara along with her friends and mother, she was on the run with a bounty of 79 million beri.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2gFA1.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kh4V8.png)
She was always targeted by anyone who found out about her true identity. This is a very harsh childhood for a kid. Enough to make a kid a "serious" type and steal their humor.
Also, during the Enis Lobby arc, she mentions her fear:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vcmKS.png)
It is evident from this that she was always over thinking things, and putting a lot of burden on herself. She kept her sadness and worries to herself, and in such a situation it is very rare for a person to make funny expressions, rather they have a cold look.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Robin never over-reacts to things. She is a very mature character, taking things calmly and in a genuine manner. Her humour is mostly dry, which does not lend itself to silly faces either.
I do not believe that Oda would mention this directly, as he would probably think it evident from her character.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Though considered motherly figure & often laughing of watching others' stupidity, she did do some weird stuff, including:
* Sanji's Docking suggestion, while in Thriller Bark.
* Oars' getting stuck in ground & helpless scene.
* Coat scene in Punk Hazard.
* Tontatta Headquarter's scene in Dressrosa.
* Post Birdcage scenes.
Although they are few, they actually do exist. Therefore, it makes them even more special, because, they are so rare.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Now she does. In chapter 924, she finally puts on a face.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y5zZo.png)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: Here are 2 other instances where Robin makes weird faces. It's very rare, but it makes me happy to know that she is no longer invulnerable to them.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z3auP.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/A3brQ.png)
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/24 | 365 | 1,245 | <issue_start>username_0: Why do so many anime (e.g. *Code Geass, Steins; Gate, Ano Hana*) have cicadas in the background?<issue_comment>username_1: In Japan, cicadas are symbolic of summer, and possibly symbolize reincarnation as well, based on summer being the time when the cicada comes out to sing.[[1]](http://thelife-animal.blogspot.ca/2012/10/cicada.html)
As per their role in anime, according to Wikipedia,
>
> The songs of the cicada are often used in Japanese film and television to indicate the scene is taking place in the summer.
>
>
> — [*Cicada, Wikipedia*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Japan)
>
>
>
I do not remember when exactly they appeared in *Steins;Gate* (nor the other anime), but I would assume that this is simply a reference to a summertime setting.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I grew up in an area that was close to sea level (a bit further south than Japan) and in the Spring and Summer I recall hearing cicadas just about every time I went outside. I suspect the effect in anime is to improve immersion or accurately reflect the reality of the situation that the anime is trying to portray.
Upvotes: 4 |
2014/03/25 | 407 | 1,518 | <issue_start>username_0: On the Full Metal Alchemist Wiki under the Category Alchemy. It says this...
>
> The circle itself is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of
> power, tapping into the energies that already exist within the earth
> and matter. It represents the cyclical flow of the world's energies
> and phenomena and turns that power to manipulable ends.
>
>
>
But does this energy not come from a parallel world on the other side of the gate where alchemy took a different form of science? Did it not come from the lives of those who died in that world? Or is this different in FMA Brotherhood, because I am certain this is what Hohenhiem told Edward in the FMA Anime (2003).
Answers are appreciated. :)<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, It's different. The original FMA anime didn't wait around for the manga to catch up (like DBZ did), so it diverged instead.
What you ended up with was 2 completely different endings, and 2 different explanations for why alchemy works:
* In the original anime, the explanation was that It came from the other side of the gate.
* In the manga and in brotherhood, it came from energy that was already in the earth.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I believe Alkahestry (the other form of alchemy from a different country called Xing) was powered by this thing called the 'Dragons pulse' (essentially tectonic movement) and the Father's philosopher's stone powered alchemy in Amestris, at least in *Brotherhood* it did.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/25 | 750 | 2,696 | <issue_start>username_0: Well, I've really been thinking for this for a long time now and still I can't understand what Naruto means when he said that Sasuke is the one that accepted him and his existence more than anyone.<issue_comment>username_1: The quote you are talking about, most likely is this one used in Shippuuden
>
> Way back, I used to hate Sasuke... But once I got used to being with him I realized he's really a lot of fun... to be around...**he's the person that, more than anyone else accepted me and my existence.** Sasuke is my friend... and he represents bonds that I waited so long to receive, so that's why... [- Uzumaki Naruto](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Naruto%3a_Shipp%C5%ABden)
>
>
>
By this point in the story you should already know how hated Naruto was in town, and how nobody would acknowledge him as he was the scary nine-tails. But then Sasuke came along, which in Naruto's eyes was similar to him as they where both *'alone'*. They started to build up a rival like relationship, pretty much the same as Kakashi and Gai have a rivalship. At this point Sasuke did no longer see him as the "dangerous 9 tailed", and slowly started to acknowledge Naruto as an equal, a rival, and as a friend.
>
> In episode 132 just after Sasuke says that skilled shinobi can read each others minds during combat, without even saying a word. There is a insight on how Naruto looks at Sasuke from 13:07 ~ 18:28 . Something similar happens in Shippuuden as well, just after the battle with Danzo.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Well we know that from the start people of Konoha hated Naruto and were afraid of him because of him being the nine-tails Jinchuriki.
But when he met Sasuke he felt that Sasuke was also alone, just like him. That Sasuke didn't hate him and wasn't afraid of him. And in time he developed a bond with him, A bond of understanding. Naruto felt that Sasuke is just like him.
In the Zabuza incident Sasuke was ready to sacrifice himself to save Naruto, this had a great effect on him. From that day he developed an inexplicable bond with him.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I guess accepting someone means really acknowledging that person and Naruto always acknowledged Sasuke when it comes to competing. Naruto never cared as to what others are doing. He was pin pointed at Sasuke as Sasuke was getting a lot of attention and Naruto always wanted to be acknowledged and known like Sasuke.
Sasuke never acknowledged much people in his life but he always acknowledged Naruto more than anyone as he always competed with him all the time.Both were catching up with each other. Both wanted to become stronger than other.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/25 | 170 | 654 | <issue_start>username_0: Are the powers demonstrated by Luffy's replacement as Lucy based on a Devil Fruit or Haki?
It might be haki because the way he blocked Jesus Burgess' attack, but he didn't say armament haki, instead used some kind of technique.<issue_comment>username_1: Lucy uses haki ;since later on he acquires the mera mera no mi and according to the previous episodes one cannot have more than one devil fruit though blackbeard is an exception
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: He was just using martial arts and haki, many characters fight using haki without saying it. You can tell he's using haki as his hands turn black.
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/25 | 1,078 | 4,238 | <issue_start>username_0: When Kirito enters Alfheim Online and notices his stats are from SAO, he quickly scrolls through the list of bugged items looking for Yui's Heart. He found it but it was renamed to something else, and when he used it, Yui appeared.
Yui's Heart was a very unique item in SAO as it was created from what Kirito could save of Yui after she was deleted. Since REC Progress made Alfheim Online based off of SAO, it would explain how all of Kirito's SAO items were bugged but Yui's heart remained and was renamed.
Why was Yui's Heart, the most unique item in SAO, the only SAO item in Kirito's inventory which wasn't bugged?<issue_comment>username_1: This may be an hypothesis of mine, but the core of Alfheim Online, is the one of SAO. Yui was part of the core of SAO, or rather an auxiliary program of the core. That's why Yui was able to be restored in Alfheim. The other items probably were items from SAO only, which means are more than records than components of the core, and that's why they don't work.
Besides, plot-wise is much better that for a new adventure, you have to start from 0. It is not the level, or the items that makes the player, but the player's skill as a gamer. (Kirito's is very high, as it's seemed)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The ALO system categorized her ("MHCP001" in the menu) as a Navigation Pixie, a pseudo-character program for user support, which is similar to her function in SAO, as a "Mental Health - Counseling Program." Since ALO is based of SAO as a base, it's more then likely it recognizes Yui as a valid program type like a program recognizes if it can open valid file types.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I don't think there's any way to confirm exactly why Yui's Heart is the only item to work in Alfhiem but what I believe is the reason is that Yui's Heart is an Item which holds information to give information to and initialize a program, now since Alfhiem is more or less created from SAO the program is likely to be carried over.
Whereas the rest of the item's in Kirito's inv simply don't match the variables etc of the item's in Alfhiem.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I'm going to answer this from a programmer's perspective.
When writing a video game, everything is built in layers, starting with simple IO (mouse, keyboard, sound, video), then a physics engine is integrated, and then base game mechanics added.
Finally, the game itself is written on top of all this software.
All of Kirito's items would be part of the SAO game itself, and would be unrecognized item codes in another game.
However, Yui is a more integral part of the game engine, her program would exist in a earlier layer of the game. When the game was stripped down from SAO in order to make ALfheim, Yui's layer would have been left intact, allowing her to exist.
It is the same with Kirito's stats, they are more integral than the game items, and are programmed first.
(The fact that his stats transferred actually shows how sloppy & lazy of a rewrite ALfheim was)
Side note: In a game as advanced as SAO or ALfheim, it is possible that items are created as needed by the engine (the Cardinal), every game would have its own set of items, with unique IDs.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_5: I think it's because the ALO was a copy of SAO but with some different function. As you know all the basics of the game were same like movement id creation but with more races than SAO. The level upgrading and loot system were same too but that doesn't prove why Kirito's other skill were bugged so here's why SAO was a game that was not related to reality and but ALO it was mentioned that your game physical ability would depend on your real ability so kirito didn't got his other skills because he didn't have that ability in reality but in battle of ALO we've seen kirito use his duel weild skill. Kirito was able to use that skill because he practised it once with his sister [causin].
Now back to the topic why Yui wasn't bugged its because she was a part of SAO's basic programming code but she was just modified just like the monsters they didn't rewrite the programming code of monster's or Yui because that would require lot of time.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/25 | 1,004 | 3,663 | <issue_start>username_0: Yui told Kirito that it would be a good idea for him to clear out his inventory as all the items were bugged and he could be detected by the system if they remained. As he was about to, he was hesitant in doing so. I can assume one of the 2 reasons:
1. All the items were a record of his 2 years in SAO and had a personal connection to them.
2. Yui's Heart was in the inventory and he was being careful not to delete it.
However, in the anime, it didn't show any sort of filter was applied and his entire inventory was cleared. So I am wondering what happened to Yui's Heart - was it not in his inventory because Yui was right beside him or was Yui protecting it in some way from the system so that it wouldn't appear in his inventory.<issue_comment>username_1: Like your previous question, I don't think there's a way to confirm exactly what happened here, but I have 3 possible explanations.
1. *Yui's Heart* was marked as a special item and couldn't be deleted (e.g. Quest item, etc.), but I think this is the least likely, since as you said, the anime showed his inventory being empty and there was no filter on it.
2. It could simply just have been consumed when Yui was summoned, so it was already gone when he deleted everything.
3. It was simply deleted. Since Yui was already initialized in the world, it didn't matter if he had it in his inventory or not.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Kirito saved Yui's data inside his NervGear local memory. The program is usable in Alfheim Online, and it didn't get wiped out, maybe because it wasn't data from SAO's save data (like his items). If ALO is based on SAO, then many interface programs are just the same. This is shown when Kirito starts at ALO and first checks the Logout button (which is there, unlike SAO).
Maybe the inventory showed both the items from SAO and *Yui's Heart* from the local memory. When he wiped out the inventory, *Yui's Heart* remained because it was not a cached item.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: From the point of view of programming and my experience (regarding MMO mechanics), I think the *Yui's Heart* item is like an object who grants a passive skill in ALO.
When Kirito activated it, Yui became bound to Kirito's character so all data from *Yui's Heart* were also transferred.
From *Sword Art Online Volume 3 – Fairy Dance - Chapter 2*:
>
> “So…wait a second”
>
>
> I suddenly thought of a possibility.
>
>
> If these are the items from Aincrad, - then «that» should be here too.
> I touch the item window, and scroll down the menu with my fingertip.
>
>
> “Please, please, please be there.”
>
>
> I quickly scroll down the list, ignoring all of the gibberish. My
> heart started beating faster and a feeling like ringing bells resounds
> through my body.
>
>
> “!”
>
>
> My fingers unconsciously stopped. Below my finger was a line of
> letters like all of the others save it was emitting a warm green
> color. «**MHCP001**».
>
>
> Almost forgetting to breathe, I touched the name with trembling
> fingers. After selecting the item, the color reversed. Moving my
> fingers I pressed the button labeled “**Use Item.**”
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: One other explanation from a developer perspective is that when Kirito supposedly saved Yui's Heart to his NervGear, it would have been stored in a different physical location from his inventory (which would typically be stored server side).
The persistence of one's SAO inventory would make sense if SAO and ALO used the same infrastructure, I have a feeling they may have been the same but could not say so with certainty.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/26 | 735 | 2,725 | <issue_start>username_0: I just got to the part where Luffy arrived to Amazon Lily.
I started wondering, how do the women multiply in Amazon Lily as there are no men?
There were kids, so they must've some method.
Maybe you could explain?<issue_comment>username_1: This is just my hunch, but it's said in anime that if anyone from Amazon Lily fell in love with a man, they have to leave the island. So it might have been the case that some women fell in love with men, had kids and then they brought their daughters with them to the island and left their husbands. Or it might also be possible that many women were adopted or allowed to live on the island by the Kuja Pirates.
You can see Nyan-ba staying on the island even though she fell in love with a man and was forced to leave the island before. Also it's explained that she brought Hancock and her sisters with her to the island.
This is just a hunch but I am satisfied with this. Hope you also agree.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: **The Amazons (women who could fight like men)** are warrior race from Greek mythology.
In One Piece, the Amazons are depicted as they are in the myth so they must be following the same methodologies to reproduce.
Here are some of the accepted ways of their reproduction.
* Amazons met with men from nearby societies and chose suitable partners, would take them into the darkness of the forest and couple with. If they gave birth to a male, they were said to kill, blind or cripple the infant. If they kept them alive, they would then use them when they grew into young men (if they were suitable) as a supply of male seed. They also took men prisoners in battle. After choosing the most handsome, they then used them for their sexual pleasure, and would either kill them or use them as slaves once their usefulness had been expended.
* Amazons reproduce by going into a nearby village and seducing the males one night every few months. If they had male babies they would send them downriver to the men and keep the females.
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Some of the resident leave Amazon Lily and sometimes, they come back pregnant.
They didn't bring their husband, because it's forbidden for men to enter Amazon Lily, but they still keep the baby and raise them inside the island. However, they always give birth to females. There's still no answer, but from a question about [why all Kuja tribe born as a woman?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7668/why-all-kuja-tribe-born-as-a-woman) and also from the picture above, it just happens mysteriously.
Upvotes: 4 |
2014/03/26 | 1,738 | 5,704 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to watch *Captain Tsubasa* online but there is a big mess between the Japanese way of calling the series and the American way.
I can't figure out, for example, why *Captain Tsubasa J* starts from episode 13 on every website I see, or if that is even a series.
Is there a map of how the series and the episodes were really created in Japan and how they are supposed to be watched in sequence?<issue_comment>username_1: It is best to watch the [captain-tsubasa](/questions/tagged/captain-tsubasa "show questions tagged 'captain-tsubasa'") series in the order they where released. Which would be
* 1983 ~ 1986: *Captain Tsubasa* (TV Series)
* \*1985/07/13: *Captain Tsubasa: Europa Daikessen* (Movie)
* \*1985/12/21: *Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nippon Jr.* (Movie)
* \*1986/03/15: *Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!* (Movie)
* \*1986/07/12: *Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup* (Movie)
* \*1989 ~ 1990: *Shin Captain Tsubasa* (OVA Series)
* \*1994: *Captain Tsubasa: Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth* (OVA)
* 1994 ~ 1995: *Captain Tsubasa J* (TV Series)
* 2001 ~ 2002: *Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002* (TV Series: officially known as simply *Captain Tsubasa* and *Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream*)
If you want to watch the series alone without the movies and OVAs, the order would be
* *Captain Tsubasa* (1983-1986)
* *<NAME>*
* *Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002* (also known as *Captain Tsubasa* and *Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream*)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Most movies are set in the continuity of the first anime. I'd watch *Europe Daikessen* after the end of the Kids' Dream Arc. You can watch the others at the end of the series since they're all set in the Boys' Fight Arc (when they're in middle school).
After that, you can watch *<NAME>*, which closes the 3 arcs of the first manga.
*<NAME>* is 1994 abridged remake of the first arc until episode 33, in which instead of adapting the middle school arc, they went to the *Battle of World Youth* manga, adapting until the match between Japan vs Uzbekistan. The series got canceled and there's no actual ending for this version.
*<NAME>* (2002) is another abridged remake of the first arc (Kids' Dream), a slightly different version of the OVA series/3rd part of the manga) and finally some elements from the *Road to 2002* manga. Yeah, it is a crazy quilt but it works somehow. It's just not as good as the others since this version was made to promote the 2002 World Cup which was held by Korea and Japan. On the other hand, the soundtrack is superb and even Adidas sponsored the show, so some elements (like Genzo/Benji's Adidas cap) were kept.
After that, we have ***<NAME>* (2018)**, the most faithful adaptation until now, made by the same studio who's adapting *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* since 2011. The animation is great, and they're making it 1:1 with the manga, the only differences being that the story is set on the present day, so there are elements like smartphones, tablets and other gadgets that change some not so important plots devices (like Tsubasa's father keeping in contact with his family instead of sending letters not so often to Tsubasa and his mother).
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My experience with the show was watching *<NAME>* dubbed in Portuguese back when I was a kid and I have some fond memories of it. Six years late they brought the 2002 series, which took me a while to notice it was a different version.
As an adult, I started watching both 2018 and the original anime at the same time, while reading the original manga often just for comparison. It is a great experience for longtime fans and I'd recommend EVERYBODY to watch the original anime and the new one.
While the new is 1:1 with the manga, the original show had its own pace, and nothing added to it felt like filler material. Matches felt more like real games instead of a traditional battle shonen, and more time was spent developing characters. This is a flaw in the other versions, where everybody seems to talk about football 24/7. The animation of the original show isn't perfect BUT it never disappoints.
So, wrapping up, my recommendation order is:
1. *<NAME>* (1983) / *Captain Tsubasa* (2018)
* Watch them at the same time, it's a good experience, seriously
* After the end of the national tournament (before the three-year time skip), you can watch the first 4 movies if you want
2. *<NAME>*
* the third and final arc of the original manga (not counting the sequels)
* as of September 2018, I'm not sure if they'll adapt this arc on the 2018 anime
3. *Optional*:
* *<NAME>*: only if you want to see a 90's take on the show or are nostalgic about this version
* *<NAME> 2002*: the same from the above, but I'd keep away from this version because it feels really bland in comparison with every other version. Watch all its opening and endings on YouTube, though. The OST is also really good, especially track 34 of the first CD.
* **Manga**
I put this as an option because it's really not for everybody. Takahashi's art feels outdated on the first arc and he can't get the proportions right even on more recent chapters. Also, the way Jump re-released the volumes (blending chapters from the same matches) makes the reading tiresome, with some chapters being 90 pages long (!)
On the other hand, it's the only way to see Tsubasa's evolution until adulthood since most anime adaptations never get to the point where he starts to play professionally. English translations are scarce, good luck finding them with acceptable quality.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/26 | 961 | 3,913 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been noticing that CG in anime has becoming more popular. Recently, I've watched several shows that have almost fully 3D animation.
**Arpeggio of Blue Steel** and **Knights of Sidonia**:
I've also noticed it appearing to smaller effect in parts of other shows, such as Girls Und Panzer, when the focus is not directly on the characters:
It seems that primarily mechanical objects are done with 3D technologies as the measurements are exact. This doesn't surprise me, but human characters are notoriously hard to do with computer graphics - see the [Uncanny Valley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley) . For this reason I would have thought making 3d anime characters (who don't even have normal human proportions) would be expensive to do right.
Is the reason anime companies are starting to use this technique more for characters, that it has become cheaper to implement? Or is there another reason for this slowly increasing popularity?<issue_comment>username_1: 3D modelling and rendering is often faster than drawing each frame, since all the 3D models can be reused and the 2D animation frames must be redrawn from various angles. Unless you're a cheapskate show that reuses the same poses and facial expressions over and over. This isn't a problem with 3D animation, since most of what it takes to do a different look is to change camera angle and rotate model's limbs.
It's supposed to be faster than 2D, but it may actually be more expensive, in theory. Can't say for sure, as I haven't seen the actual cost comparison.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 3D Rendered Models can be more expensive as you have to render the models, this can take time depending on which Shading and Lighting Algorithms you use, by adding more computers you can get more work done however the upkeep starts to increase aswell.
The advantage to using 3d in an entire series is that you can reuse models to remain consistency, and also you can make the animation look more impressive using particle effects, shadows and lighting in a way you can do with 2d.
However with 3D is that the more real it looks, the more out of place thing can be when you try and add the common Anime Tropes like facial expressions of even the proportions used. alot of the time i tend to notice variations of Cell-Shading used in anime because Cell-Shading tends to create a more "cartoon-y" look which separates the animation from realism.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I don't know if 3DCG is cheaper, but we can compare differences in 2D and 3D process to identify possible savings.
First, lots of the anime creation process is same. Directing, writing, character design, screenplay, dubbing, marketing are all same. So there are no savings there.
Second, 3DCG has bigger up-front cost, because you have to create the 3D models. This is especially problematic for characters, if it is main focus of the show. It is less a problem for mechanical stuff and backgrounds, because they are easier to model and many shows already use 3D for those.
Third, the animation. Animating mechanical things is easy because you have low number of moving parts and their order of freedom is low. Humanoids on the other hand are hard to animate and even harder if you want the movement to seem natural. And the complexity goes up as character interact between each other and environment.
So if the show is primarily animating mechanical things moving around then there is big chance of saving some money. If the show is about characters and their interaction, then I guess there is no much saving and the primary purpose of using 3DCG is to maintain consistency.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/03/26 | 724 | 3,007 | <issue_start>username_0: Uka gave Inari a part of her divine power because she couldn't transform Inari back after she wished to look like Sumizome. However, after Inari gave the power back to Uka, Inari didn't turn back to Sumizome. How could she stay "Inari" without the divine power?<issue_comment>username_1: 3D modelling and rendering is often faster than drawing each frame, since all the 3D models can be reused and the 2D animation frames must be redrawn from various angles. Unless you're a cheapskate show that reuses the same poses and facial expressions over and over. This isn't a problem with 3D animation, since most of what it takes to do a different look is to change camera angle and rotate model's limbs.
It's supposed to be faster than 2D, but it may actually be more expensive, in theory. Can't say for sure, as I haven't seen the actual cost comparison.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 3D Rendered Models can be more expensive as you have to render the models, this can take time depending on which Shading and Lighting Algorithms you use, by adding more computers you can get more work done however the upkeep starts to increase aswell.
The advantage to using 3d in an entire series is that you can reuse models to remain consistency, and also you can make the animation look more impressive using particle effects, shadows and lighting in a way you can do with 2d.
However with 3D is that the more real it looks, the more out of place thing can be when you try and add the common Anime Tropes like facial expressions of even the proportions used. alot of the time i tend to notice variations of Cell-Shading used in anime because Cell-Shading tends to create a more "cartoon-y" look which separates the animation from realism.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I don't know if 3DCG is cheaper, but we can compare differences in 2D and 3D process to identify possible savings.
First, lots of the anime creation process is same. Directing, writing, character design, screenplay, dubbing, marketing are all same. So there are no savings there.
Second, 3DCG has bigger up-front cost, because you have to create the 3D models. This is especially problematic for characters, if it is main focus of the show. It is less a problem for mechanical stuff and backgrounds, because they are easier to model and many shows already use 3D for those.
Third, the animation. Animating mechanical things is easy because you have low number of moving parts and their order of freedom is low. Humanoids on the other hand are hard to animate and even harder if you want the movement to seem natural. And the complexity goes up as character interact between each other and environment.
So if the show is primarily animating mechanical things moving around then there is big chance of saving some money. If the show is about characters and their interaction, then I guess there is no much saving and the primary purpose of using 3DCG is to maintain consistency.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/03/26 | 257 | 953 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime it's not mentioned why Inari's brother Touka can see the gods, and even they seem to be surprised that he can see them without having divine powers. Is there any explanation why he can see the gods in the manga?<issue_comment>username_1: In the anime, there is a flashback scene where Touka gets lost on the Inari mountain and Uka-sama transforms into a human so as not to scare him and guides him home.
You could assume that's when Touka became aware of Uka's existence, remembered her divine aura and could see her ever since. Or she granted him the vision of divine creatures, since he can not only see her, but other gods.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There is no explanation in the manga (yet) either. However, Touka is not the only one who can see Gods, some people living in the shrines can see them, too. It just seems to be a coincidence that Touka can see Gods, too.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2014/03/27 | 1,164 | 4,530 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> After failing to win, Yukino faces the anger of Sabertooth's Guild Master, Jiemma. Displeased by the failure of Team Sabertooth on the second day, Jiemma throws grapes at Yukino's head and forces her to strip, telling her to erase her guild mark,
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How exactly does a person remove a guild mark? Is there a special magic for this?<issue_comment>username_1: We really don't know how the guild mark is removed, but Yukino do it with her own magic.
Sabertooth's Guild Master order her to remove it by her own magic and she do it.
We know that guild marks are given by stamping someone with the rubber seal like thingy. **When Lucy entered the guild, Mira used this device on Lucy to give her the mark**.
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> In the battle Lucy vs. Flare, Flare tried to burn the guild mark. {So I think any magic can remove it}.
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> Future Lucy didn't had a guild mark. {Maybe because the guild was destroyed and the guild mark also vanished or someone removed it from her}
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This answer is only based on the anime :)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Menaka gave a good answer but I want to add on:
1. No special magic is needed to remove a guild mark. Mainly because the mark and the guild are most likely connected. We can see this from how Future Lucy teared up after seeing the guild mark on Present Lucy's hand (as mentioned in username_1's answer).
2. Flare actually wanted to use her magic to engrave Raven Tail's mark on her
3. The mark can only be removed by the person themselves, I would assume. Or else, anyone with magic could easily remove another's guild mark which to some are their pride and joy like Lucy is with Fairy Tail's mark. This can also be seen from how Yukino has to remove the Mark herself in front of her guild at the time.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The guild mark will not really disappear unless the person is banished from the guild.
However, it's true about future Lucy not having one because Fairy Tail didn't exist, like when Wendy found out about her guild Cait Shelter didn't really exist, her guild mark disappeared.
On the other hand, Laxus was banished from the guild but still had his guild mark when he was allowed back, so it doesn't make sense.
In the end, I say it's really only something the master can do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: A person's mark is something that symbolises their part in a team or guild. This mark can't be wiped off easily because it's like a permanent marker stamp. We know this because we can see times when Lucy showers and her mark is still clearly visible.
However, a mark **can** be removed as shown when Wendy's mark was removed from Cait Shelter because the guild was not real or exist but also, the guild then disconnected. Powerful dark magic also is strong enough to do this. If the guild is no longer existing or 'standing', then the mark disappears as the seal is broken as the magic from the stamp is no longer valid. But nobody really knows how to remove a mark.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: No one's mentioned this, so I thought I would. When Fairy Tail disbanded after the Tartorous Ordeal, we can still clearly see that Lucy has her guild mark. Gray, Natsu, and Erza are also seen having the Fairy Tail Guild Mark in X792. If the Master had the power to remove guild marks, then I assume that Makarov would've taken away everyone's guild marks to make sure that they didn't have their heart still set upon Fairy Tail.
Because of this, then it's safe to say that it's not the Master who removes guild marks but the person. It seems like removing a guild mark is often traumatizing, based upon Yukino's experience with removing the mark. Of course, she was banished from the guild and in the story with Laxus and the Thunder Legion, we don't see the four showing much remorse about changing their guild marks.
Because of this, I'd go to say that you need to have the magic tool that places guild marks in order for the magic to work. Keeping this in mind, we can assume that a second party would remove the guild mark. I don't know if this is true or not seeing as Minerva also removed and changed her guild mark. So we don't really know a lot about it except that the guild marks can be removed and changed. It might have something to do with how a person identifies themselves? We just don't know a lot. But I just thought to point that out.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 566 | 1,841 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Tenrou Tree Arc, Gildarts told everyone who was moaning and groaning that he had to face the same thing as well when everyone was told that you had to face Erza and Mirajane which was...
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> Fighting a S-Class Mage
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So who was the S-Class mage that Mirajane, Gildarts, and Erza faced. Was it ever revealed in the manga or anime?<issue_comment>username_1: No, it hasn't been revealed in manga or anime. But maybe someday they will have long flashbacks like in Naruto (which I hope they don't) and give more details of Mirajane's, Gildarts' and Erza's previous years.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Looking at the past results on the [S Class Mage Promotion Trial wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/S-Class_Mage_Promotion_Trial), I would likely say that they had to fight the S-class mages present at that time (Eg: Erza had to fight either Laxus or Gildarts). It is not clear when and who Gildarts fought. It could have been Makarov, it could have been previous guild members or he could have shown his competence through other ways. It isn't really known how the previous tournaments went down. Remember that they don't have to win the fight to be promoted, like when Gildarts let Natsu continue the game or they might even get lucky like Gajeel. So the competition is not a power ranking.
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> Past Results
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> * X??? Gildarts Clive
> * X778 <NAME> (Age 17)
> * X779 No Successful Candidate
> * X780 <NAME> (Age 15)
> * X781 <NAME> (Age 16)
> * X782 Mystogan
> * X783 No Successful Candidate
> * X784 Trial Suspended
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: each exam is different. when gildharts said he had to go through the same thing he wasn't necessarily saying he had to fight an S class wizard. he was just saying that he took the exam
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2014/03/28 | 1,466 | 5,150 | <issue_start>username_0: I think I will poke a plot inconsistency here.
Since the first chapter, you can see Naruto using what seems to be plastic googles, his clothes are made of seems to be synthetic fiber clothes. You can see that the village have video tapes (which also suggest the knowledge of electricity) and radios. They know the internal combustion engine, going by the mission to protect the bridge designer, in which they prefer not using the engine because it makes noise.
But later, or more like in all the plot, there seems to be instances where this technology could be used, like sending messages between villages/members, or setting up vigilance, but are not used.
Why is that?<issue_comment>username_1: Here's an extract of Kishimoto's interview
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> *Konohagakure no Sato* Guns and vehicles shouldn't be drawn.
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> A: Well, well, we reach the final keyword. The main stage of "Naruto", "Konohagakure no Sato". To you, what image do you have of this
> place? For example, was it modeled on the scenery around your parents'
> home in Okayama?
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>
> <NAME>: That's right. To be honest, I didn't think much about this, and got
> a lot on my inspiration there. Maybe it was subconsciously modeled on
> Okayama's scenery.
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> A: What kind of time period did you set it in? If it was in the distant past, then covenience stores wouldn't be there...
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> <NAME>: It's not really any different to present-time. Though possibly a
> little in the past, maybe?
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> A: What kind of place is it? Is it Japan? If so, what prefecture...?
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> <NAME>: It's a completely original place. I didn't set it anywhere. A place
> inside my own head... If anything, the climate and topography resemble
> that around Kyoto. As I've never been to Kyoto, it's my own image of
> it. (laugh)
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> A: What material did you use for it?
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> <NAME>: I like Japanese culture, and since I studied it, I used a lot of
> material from that. Crests and folding fans... I often look at
> Japanese-style gardens and watch Kabuki.
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>
> A: Do you have any rules about what is definitely not allowed to be drawn in the "Naruto" world?
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>
> <NAME>: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed. (The one
> exception is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja. Gunpowder
> is used in the anime, though I don't think it should be there. And,
> vehicles such as aeroplanes are not allowed. I try to restrain
> technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were
> in it, it'd be the end. (laughs)
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>
> A: Well, thank you very much for everything today.
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>
> <NAME>: Thank you very much!
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And from <NAME>
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> Shonen Jump:Your work seems to have a science fiction influence.
> Approximately speaking what is the technology level in the world of
> Naruto?
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>
> <NAME>: **Actually, the world of Naruto doesn’t differ very
> much from our present time.** TV, refrigerators and air conditioners
> exist in the world. **The only exceptions are weapons and explosives,
> which I’ve decided to set in a much earlier era.** That’s why you don’t
> see firearms.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: For sending messages between villages, they will be needing a satellite for communication, but this level of technology doesn't exist in their world.
From how much I have read and watched Naruto, their technology is somewhere around 1940s of our world. Short range radio devices, basic combustion engine, but not that advanced.
It is because there is a difference in their world and ours. In our world when wars (World War I and II) happened, we concentrated on developing science and technology, whereas they developed ninja manpower and ninjutsu for the war.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Given they have walkie talkies and motion pictures and the level of engineering to build relatively modern bridges, as well as the tools Orichimaru uses I would argue they have a level of technology equivalent to the early 1900s roughly before the space race.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I believe that the Naruto series is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where nuclear weapons and the influence of a re-created Soviet Union destroyed the world's economy and led to World War 3. That's why the Hidden Rain looks like a destroyed version of an American city (actually, it is all that remains of New York).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I feel like we can’t really judge it from our standards. They’re a completely different universe with different needs and knowledge. Something we think is necessary in our world, they might not need. Things like bridges and transportation might be necessary, but things like phones might not if there are other ways to communicate (trained birds, or using different kinds of abilities that don’t exist in our world.) We also don’t really see the daily lives of normal civilians, mostly ninjas who are all about tradition and heritage, so what they have in their houses might not be what common people have.
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2014/03/28 | 618 | 2,137 | <issue_start>username_0: With respect to the recent questions about guild marks, there seems to be an important piece of information missing.
A main purpose of a guild mark should be to identify who is part of a guild. When Mest infiltrated fairy tail, did he have a guild mark? Could he have faked a guild mark?
My impression is that he merely had to cover enough of his skin with cloths so they assume his mark is hidden as no one would think to check.<issue_comment>username_1: No, <NAME> did not have a Fairy Tail Guild mark. And neither did he need one. As his ability which allowed him to infiltrate to begin with can also cover for the lack of a guild mark. Allowing him to be a Fairy Tail member, without a Fairy Tail mark.
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> Doranbolt, a member of the Magic councel, used Memory Control to deceive everyone in Fairy Tail into believing he was a member of their guild named <NAME>.
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**Edit**
Is it a speculation? Mainly yes but do consider the following. His power allows him to make everybody think he is a guild member. To obtain a real guild emblem he would need to go to Makarov and ask for one. Which at that time already should think that he is a member of fairy tail. Which would make it weird for him to ask for a guild mark.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Do to recent reveals in the manga, it was revealed that he was a member of fairy tail and has a mark on his shoulder, he erased his own memories of fairy tail so he could infiltrate the council, so at the time he was infiltrating for the council he was actually acting as a double spy without him knowing
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h0rtA.jpg)
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Yes he have guild mark, as per [Wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Mest_Gryder)
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> After Tartaros' defeat, Fairy Tail's guild mark is given back to him
> by Makarov; it rests on his right shoulder.
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And here's his guild mark
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TFXUn.png)
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/03/28 | 713 | 2,664 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Fate/Zero* Lancer is using a fighting style with 2 spears, one in each hand. After doing some research, I couldn't find any similar fighting style in real life.
Is there such a fighting style using a spear in each hand in real life, or did the creators of *Fate/Zero* make that up?<issue_comment>username_1: There is no such thing as dual wielding spears in the world of martial arts. This is mainly due to the reason that it is plain impractical. Swords already have their disadvantages when dual wielded. But with spears, it would be close to impossible to have a proper fighting style unless you would only fight against other dual spear wielders.
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> Dual wielding is the technique of utilizing two weapons, one in each hand, during combat. It is not a common combat practice, since it does not offer much advantage. Although historical records of dual wielding in war is limited, there are numerous weapon-based martial arts that involve the use of a pair of weapons. - *[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_wield)*
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Even though it is unpractical in real life situations, it is commonly used in anime and the likes, as stated on [TvTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DualWielding):
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> Dual wielding appears in various Real Life cultures and combat styles, but it tends to be over-represented in fiction because it's... well... cool.
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: There is in fact a style of fighting which utilizes two spears. The Irish used to use single-handed spear combat. This style of fighting was used only by those who already had great skill in double-handed spear combat due to the requirement for greater control and strength.
In this style of fighting, one would carry a one-handed spear in their strong hand, and either a large shield or a small shield and spare spear in their right. While the combat style wasn't specifically designed for fighting with both spears at once, this is clearly where the inspiration for the movements of the character are derived. Some of the ways he strikes in the show even have great visual resemblance to this fighting style.
Add that to the fact that his character is of Irish legend, one of the most famous knights of Fiana, and that within those legends, he does have two spears among his collection of mythical weapons, it leaves little doubt that our Irish, spear wielding combatant would be using Irish single-handed spear combat.
### Reference
* [Irish Single Handed Spear Fighting Combat Guide on livinghistory.ie](http://tutorials.livinghistory.ie/Home/irish-single-handed-spear-fighting-combat-guide)
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/03/29 | 1,332 | 4,471 | <issue_start>username_0: I totally understand what the Curse Mark is about, but I never knew that Danzo uses them like Orochimaru does. Not until some of the more recent episodes. I didn't even know The Foundation had access to such jutsu.
I always thought that the Curse Mark was something that only Orochimaru uses, and that Danzo used a "Sealing Jutsu" on Foundation Members. So who actually created the Curse Mark?<issue_comment>username_1: The curse mark is Made by Orochimaru, it is also known as Orochimaru's Juinjutsu.
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> Not having a body strong enough to handle this art, Orochimaru was unable to use Sage Mode and thus had to create an alternative way to make use of senjutsu. Orochumaru thus used Jūgo, whose body naturally produces an enzyme that triggers bodily transformations, and created a brand of cursed seals that would feed off the wielder's chakra and give them Orochimaru's senjutsu chakra
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As you most likely have or will noticed, as is revealed in the story later on that orochimaru and Danzo work pretty close together.
**Edit:**
*the cursed seal used by Danzo is not the one that was created by Orochimaru, in fact he uses his own version.*
You pretty much answered to your own question here partially *in fact he uses his own version.* The root paralysis Juinjutsu is most likely a derived jutsu from the original curse mark made by Orochimaru. Now why would it most likely be a derived jutsu instead of a original created jutsu?
Almost all, if not all of the [Juinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special%3aSearchByProperty/Jutsu-20classification/Juinjutsu) are [Kinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kinjutsu), Altough there is no direct punishment for using. The research on it has been banned due to the vile nature of the techniques. As Orochimaru wants to learn all the jutsu that exist he also learned and created tons of kinjutsu. And off course his experiments where not always flawless. There for the Root Paralysis is either a adapted failure or even a failure to begin with.
Altough as of right now it the origins have not been confirmed. But this is one of the highest plausible scenario's. We can almost 100% certain say that most Juinjutsu would not exist without Orochimaru to begin with, and this one most likely is not exception to that rule.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The curse mark that you are referring to in context to Danzo is the [Root Paralysis Juinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Danz%C5%8D%27s_Juinjutsu) which members of the root term it as "curse mark". It does not refer to the same curse mark that Orochimaru uses.
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> This cursed seal is given to all members of the Anbu subgroup Root by
> <NAME>, to ensure no information about Danzō or the
> organisation falls into the wrong hands. After Danzō died, the seals
> disappeared from all the Root members.
>
>
> When the wearer of this cursed seal speaks about anything
> incriminating related to Danzō or Root, their entire body will be
> paralysed, taking away their ability to speak or move. It is applied
> to the tongue and takes the shape of three solid lines and two broken
> lines from the back of the tongue to the tip.
>
>
> The seal can also be applied during combat, and can secretly be placed
> on the opponent's body. When the user activates it, the curse seal's
> marks spread around the opponent's body, paralysing them. However, one
> can break free from the seal with a strong enough release of chakra.
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>
>
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Sai had mentioned about it,
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> Sai said that he could not, as the cursed seal Danzō had placed on
> his tongue prevented him from revealing anything about Root. Sakura
> remarked it was cruel, but Sai explained that it was for the best
> since Root had done a number of questionable things to protect the
> village.
>
>
>
[Source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sai)
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The curse mark that Orochimaru uses is called [Orochimaru's Juinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Orochimaru%27s_Juinjutsu).
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> Orochimaru's Juinjutsu are the cursed seals that were an often-used
> technique of Orochimaru in the series.
>
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>
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So as to the question `Does Danzo use a curse mark` the answer is yes, its called the Root Paralysis Jutsu.
And to the question `who actually created the cursed mark` the answer is, both Orochimaru and Danzo created their own cursed seals.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/03/29 | 537 | 1,988 | <issue_start>username_0: I remember watching a anime not to long ago. I don't remember anything but about what happed in the first episode. So I hope that is enough info.
What I remember of the first episode is it starting of with a girl laying in bed with extremely long hair. And I believe her brother came to the room to tell her not to go out of her room as he had just cleaned.
She decided to go outside for once. She was walking in the town looking for a barber, and she met some random guy here which takes her to a park and cuts her hair there. After which she went home without paying. After telling this to her brother he got pretty mad, saying she shouldn't trust people so easily and that she should go back to pay him for the hair cut.
and I believe her brother said something that pretty much stated you are mine, and mine alone in the end of the first episode.
Hope this is enough been looking around allot to find it again :)<issue_comment>username_1: Like <NAME> said, it seems to be Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge/The Severing Crime Edge.
It is a story about a short girl with extremely long hair that can be cut only by the hero. The hero decivde to come cut her hair everyday because it grows extremely fast.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: By googling *anime hair cut in park* I got this:
[**Kuro to Kin no Hirakanai Kagi**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/16023/Kuro_to_Kin_no_Hirakanai_Kagi.)
The synopsis seems to match quite well with your description:
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> <NAME> is a hikikomori who spent her days lazing off in her room. Her specialty is her broad imagination which often leads to various wild delusions. One night a weird cowboy guy appeared in her dream, saying that he's her heart's hero. Due to his encouragement, Kanade decided to try and go have a haircut the next day. It was then when she met a mysterious guy who cut her hair in the park, giving her courage to resume her school days.
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2014/03/30 | 866 | 3,152 | <issue_start>username_0: Bartholomew Kuma is always seen holding this book (a bible)
What is this book?
**EDIT**
What type of bible is this? Just a regular bible, a bible from the One Piece world, or what? Is he some kind of priest? His shirt has same pattern as the bible.<issue_comment>username_1: As the cover mentions, it is a [Bible](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible)
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> The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a
> canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism and
> Christianity. There is no single "Bible" and many Bibles with varying
> contents exist.[1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible) The term Bible is shared between Judaism and
> Christianity, although the contents of each of their collections of
> canonical texts is not the same. Different religious groups include
> different books within their Biblical canons, in different orders, and
> sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material
> into canonical books.
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: It's clear from the pic that it's The Bible. And I believe that there is only one Bible (content-wise). About different versions - they're all translated from the original Bible. You can get a clearer view about the different versions of Bible [here](http://www.bible.ca/b-many-versions.htm).
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Source: [Bartholomew Kuma - The One Piece Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bartholomew_Kuma) (emphasis added)
Here's a pic depicting the name of the book much more clearly.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Assuming the Bible to Kuma is a religous text or historical account, the one he carries cannot rationally be any complete version of the Christian Bible that exists in our world without adding extreme plot elements that do not exist in universe yet or having the Bible be fiction in-universe. These changes are not merely a sudo-Christian faith which we can infer already exists somewhere in universe and is not (alone) a major change.
Any version of the Bible makes reference to specific places and historical details (such as the Roman empire) that are undeniably real. These places do not exist in the One Piece Universe. I can only come up with the following ways to have his version be an exact duplicate of a real version: a sea identical to our world, accessible parrellel universes, the book from another planet, or OP world is a post apocalyptic version of our own.
Any of these would be large changes to the One Piece universe and, therefore, should be considered unlikely at this point in time. The assumption should, therefore, be that Bartholomew Kuma's Bible is a version that does not exist in our universe. The core concepts of the Bible do not need to be changed.
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2014/03/31 | 362 | 1,310 | <issue_start>username_0: When the Calamity begin, relatives to a student in class 3-3 are also at risk of dying due to the Calamity.
I am wondering, if a student died as a result of the Calamity would their relatives be spared?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not sure but, by logic, when a student dies, he is no more a student in class 3-3, so their relatives are safe.
In fact, in the anime, nothing happens to any relative of a dead student.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: TL.DR: they can and did die!
The rules for someone die of the calamity are:
* Be a student, teacher or up to second degree relative of a 3-3 class' student.
* Be alive. (The calamity would not kill the dead member of the class)
* Be inside the city limits. Junta died at the beach, but he had already fatal injuries priorvto leaving the city.
So, if a student transfers schools or leaves the city for good, the link to the class ends and the person's family would be safe.
Also, Koichi's father, being in another country, is totally safe.
Being dead is no protection to a student's family. *Takabayashi dies of heart attack in June* (DN reference not intended... >.>), but his grandparents die as part of the calamity in August.
Being a relative of the ignored student is no protection, as Mei sister shows.
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2014/03/31 | 799 | 2,765 | <issue_start>username_0: One-shot manga usually only consist of one chapter, so what is their purpose? Is it mainly for promotion, filler or contest? And do they have their own media (like a magazine that only consists of one-shot or something)?<issue_comment>username_1: A lot of larger series start off as one-shots - like Naruto, Death Note & Dragon Ball. In this case, it's similar to pilot episodes of TV Shows which are used to test the waters before expanding the story out any more.
Oneshots can be for more than the viewers, and can be created to give publishers a feel of what they'd be getting.
Mangakas often use them also to experiment with a story or art-style without having to be tied down with it for several chapters.
Oneshots are also often used for manga competitions, such as TOKYOPOP's [Rising Stars of Manga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Stars_of_Manga)
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> Manga magazines usually have many series running concurrently with
> approximately 20–40 pages allocated to each series per issue. Other
> magazines such as the anime fandom magazine Newtype featured single
> chapters within their monthly periodicals. Other magazines like
> Nakayoshi feature many stories written by many different artists;
> these magazines, or "anthology magazines", as they are also known
> (colloquially "phone books"), are usually printed on low-quality
> newsprint and can be anywhere from 200 to more than 850 pages thick.
> Manga magazines also contain one-shot comics and various four-panel
> yonkoma (equivalent to comic strips). Manga series can run for many
> years if they are successful. **Manga artists sometimes start out with a
> few "one-shot" manga projects just to try to get their name out. If
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> Magazines often have a short life.[50]**
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> One-shot manga tells its entire story in 15-60 pages, usually written
> for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length manga
> series (much like a television pilot). Many popular manga series began
> as one-shot stories, including Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star,
> Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Berserk, Kinnikuman and Death Note, among
> others. Some noted manga authors, such as <NAME> and Rumiko
> Takahashi, have worked on numerous one-shot stories in addition to
> their serialized works. Rising Stars of Manga was an annual
> competition for original English-language one-shot manga, many of
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[Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-shot_%28comics%29)
Note: Emphasis mine.
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2014/03/31 | 1,558 | 5,401 | <issue_start>username_0: I was talking with a friend about Death Note and he said that he could't understand one thing:
When Light's father died, he saw Light's lifespan with his Shinigami eyes, so he could "confirm" that Light was not Kira. However, at the end of the story, Mikami looked at Light with his Shinigami eyes and recognized him, because he could not see his lifespan.
Is this actually a slight mistake in the story, or have I missed anything? (It's probably the second one)<issue_comment>username_1: Note: I don't remember the specifics of Death Note too well, so while the general idea of my answer should be correct, I'm not sure about the specifics. I used a couple of sites (mostly [this one](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48148) - see the second arc) as references.
At some point (probably somewhere in episodes 27-29) before the attempt to kill Mello and the attempt to recover one of the death notes, Light gave up ownership of his death note, but manages to prevent himself from losing his memories of it. (The forum I used to cross-check with my memory states that he strapped one of the other death notes to his body, though I don't remember whether or not this happened, at least in the anime.)
Since people who own death notes will not have their lifespan seen by those with shinigami eyes (and since those who don't will have a visible lifespan), this prevented Light from being seen by his father as a death note user. (When I watched Death Note, this struck me as possibly an anti-detection measure taken by Light, but again it's been a while since I've watched Death Note.) After his father is out of the way, however, and none of the other task force members are death note users, this isn't necessary, and Light regains ownership of his death note by taking the one his father was supposed to use.
Here's the relevant portions of text from the link I gave:
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **In chapter 71**, Light was setting up a plan that would prove himself to be innocent of being the killer (Kira); would give the NPA (National Police Agency of Japan) the advantage over Mello; and would keep him safe if Mello would ever get hold of his picture.
In order to kill Mello, he made preparations for a raid to take place at November 10 at 23:59. Almost everybody in Mello's organization would die, but in order to kill Mello himself he needed the help of the NPA. He sent them the Death Note together with Ryuku, making it possibly for one of the NPA members to bargain for the Death Eyes. He had expected <NAME> to do the deal, since it went with his character, but in the end it was his father, <NAME>, who made the deal with Ryuku. With his father having the Death Eyes, it would be impossible for him to be owner of any Death Note, and therefore, he had relinquished ownership himself, instead of making Misa relinquish ownership over hers. Also he knew it would be dangerous to be the owner of any Death Note, since he knew <NAME> aka Kal Snyder had the Death Eyes and it would be as easy for Mello to kill him as it would be for Light to find and kill Kal Snyder. Of course, he was not going to stop being the killer (Kira) soon, so to retain his memories he strapped Misa's Death Note to his body. By doing so, he thought he would be able to kill Mello and prove himself innocent once again for the NPA. He failed to kill Mello through this raid, though.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fj4qM.jpg)
**In chapter 72**, you can see that in addition to what I said above, Light also needed Ryuku to be there at the raid, to stop Sidoh from helping the "mafia". He knew Ryuku would be so kind as to harass Sidoh a bit ^^.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PEUA2.jpg)
**In chapter 74**, you can see Light holding the Death Note when his father dies. After an owner dies, the ownership will go to the first person that picks up or touches the Death Note, and therefore Light becomes the owner again.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WHEAd.jpg)
**In chapter 81**, Misa is ordered to relinquish her ownership to Teru Mikami. At this point there are two human Death Note owners and they are Light and Mikami, and Misa becomes an ordinary housewife. Therefore, Mikami is able to identify Light as the owner of the Death Note and the real "Killer".
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k2CvP.png)
For a summary of the Notes' owners the website provided by username_1 is really useful. See [here](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48148).
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2014/04/01 | 486 | 1,511 | <issue_start>username_0: Episode 12, the story about Otorimonogatari, contains the story Nadeko Medusa. Nadeko said this:
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You can check out [this page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics) for a full list of Japanese honorifics.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The difference emphasizes the extent of her love towards Araragi: she loves Araragi as a big brother figure **as much as** she loves Araragi as a man.
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This is the love of a sister for her big brother. *Sibling love*.
The honorific *onii-chan* shows that she holds Araragi very dear and sees him as if he were her real big brother.
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This is the love of a girl for a boy. *Boy-girl love*.
The absence of honorific, which is a stark contrast to the previous line, shows that she loves Araragi as a member of opposite sex, not just love between sibling.
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2014/04/03 | 703 | 2,421 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 671 of *Naruto*, "Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths...!!", The Sage of Six paths told Naruto that he was the reincarnation of Ashura and Sasuke was the reincarnation of Indra. But then, he also mentioned that the previous reincarnations were Hashirama and Madara.
Because Indra's soul is inside Sasuke, and now that Madara is alive, whose soul does he have? Is there something that I've missed?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, it isn't their "soul" which is reincarnated, it's their *chakra*.
As for how it splits between the two, it wasn't stated (and I doubt it will). Madara's current power is the power of the Sage of Six Paths, not Indra's or Ashura's alone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: From what I understand, Indra and Ashura were transmigrated into Madara and Hashirama respectively during their lifetime. After both Madara and Hashirama died, their souls/chakra started looking for other hosts. We can say so because of what the Sage said,
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Now that the new hosts are Sasuke and Naruto respectively, Indra need not be present in Madara (since he has come back to life). Madara had already attained the chakra of The Sage of the Six Paths before he died, and since he was brought back to life using the Edo Tensei, he retained the chakra of The Sage of the Six Paths.
Also from the other things that were said in the chapter,
It is safe to consider that the souls of Indra and Ashura were not controlling the host, rather used it as a container and helping the host. So we can say that both the souls of the host and Indra/Ashura existed in the same body. After the death of the host, the soul/chakra of Indra/Ashura moved on to find another host.
Now that Madara is back to life, he has his own soul in him and lacks the soul of Indra as that is present within Sasuke.
So basically, Madara's soul is his own.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It says in the anime, that Madara, having stolen the first Hokage's cells, and gaining both chakras, he's more like The Sage of Six Paths than the two sons.
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2014/04/03 | 819 | 2,892 | <issue_start>username_0: From the current chapters of Naruto, it is revealed, that <NAME> has a brother who also sealed the juubi in himself. That means there are two juubis in the world. If Madara has/had control of one of them, where could the other be hidden? His presence in the world for now is speculation. But as the Rabbit Goddess had Byakugan, this could mean that this brother may have been the Hyuuga's ancestor, which would mean Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuuga are indeed related, but Hyuuga and Uchiha could never be able to use the other's doujutsu, because of difference in ancestor.
So in essence, I'm asking, where could the second Juubi presumably be, is it not possible that the brother is the Hyuuga ancestor? For now this is all speculation, but I have a feeling that Kishimoto will end this series with a few plot holes, so I want to see other users' ideas on these questions.<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, it isn't their "soul" which is reincarnated, it's their *chakra*.
As for how it splits between the two, it wasn't stated (and I doubt it will). Madara's current power is the power of the Sage of Six Paths, not Indra's or Ashura's alone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: From what I understand, Indra and Ashura were transmigrated into Madara and Hashirama respectively during their lifetime. After both Madara and Hashirama died, their souls/chakra started looking for other hosts. We can say so because of what the Sage said,
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Now that the new hosts are Sasuke and Naruto respectively, Indra need not be present in Madara (since he has come back to life). Madara had already attained the chakra of The Sage of the Six Paths before he died, and since he was brought back to life using the Edo Tensei, he retained the chakra of The Sage of the Six Paths.
Also from the other things that were said in the chapter,
It is safe to consider that the souls of Indra and Ashura were not controlling the host, rather used it as a container and helping the host. So we can say that both the souls of the host and Indra/Ashura existed in the same body. After the death of the host, the soul/chakra of Indra/Ashura moved on to find another host.
Now that Madara is back to life, he has his own soul in him and lacks the soul of Indra as that is present within Sasuke.
So basically, Madara's soul is his own.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It says in the anime, that Madara, having stolen the first Hokage's cells, and gaining both chakras, he's more like The Sage of Six Paths than the two sons.
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2014/04/03 | 416 | 1,427 | <issue_start>username_0: Sabo has been shown to use Dragon type attacks in the latest episodes of One Piece. But does it have something to do with the Dragon Style of fighting (from Dragon Claw on Burgees), or has he eaten Ancient Zoan Type Dragon fruit (Dragon's breath on the Colosseum's fight ring)?<issue_comment>username_1: Based on Manga Chapter 744:
Sabo is shown to have eaten the Mera Mera No Mi, and now has the Mera Mera logia-class power that can control fire.
Thus until chapter 744, Sabo did not have devil fruit powers.
Since he is a part of the Revolutionary Army that is lead by Monkey D. Dragon, who also happens to have saved Sabo from the evils of Goa Kingdom, so Sabo could have named his attacks based on his training under Monkey D. Dragon.
As @Sp0t pointed out, Sabo has a strong haki that can be determined by the color of his body just before the attack that destroyed the arena ring in the Dressrosa arc.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Sabo ate the Mera Mera Fruit.
Furthermore, you see his arms darken when he uses his "dragons"-style. This implies that his fighting style is based on Haki. We now could guess that he uses elements of the fishmen Kumite or something else (I have this "everything has a core, Rebecca" clause in mind).
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2014/04/04 | 453 | 1,609 | <issue_start>username_0: When Azuma took over Tenrou Islands Magic and destroyed the tree he broke the divine protection that is usually granted to those who bear the Fairy Tail Emblem/Guild Mark and stole there magic and energy. So why did Carla and Happy's magic get drained by Azuma even though they did not bear the emblem?
If they do have an emblem could you please show me a picture as I cannot find one with them bearing the Fairy Tail Guild Mark.
Answers are appreciated. :)<issue_comment>username_1: Based on Manga Chapter 744:
Sabo is shown to have eaten the Mera Mera No Mi, and now has the Mera Mera logia-class power that can control fire.
Thus until chapter 744, Sabo did not have devil fruit powers.
Since he is a part of the Revolutionary Army that is lead by Monkey D. Dragon, who also happens to have saved Sabo from the evils of Goa Kingdom, so Sabo could have named his attacks based on his training under Monkey D. Dragon.
As @Sp0t pointed out, Sabo has a strong haki that can be determined by the color of his body just before the attack that destroyed the arena ring in the Dressrosa arc.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Sabo ate the Mera Mera Fruit.
Furthermore, you see his arms darken when he uses his "dragons"-style. This implies that his fighting style is based on Haki. We now could guess that he uses elements of the fishmen Kumite or something else (I have this "everything has a core, Rebecca" clause in mind).
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2014/04/04 | 2,757 | 10,409 | <issue_start>username_0: Harutora's attempt to resurrect Natsume supposedly succeeded, but <NAME>, who had helped to perform the ritual, told the other characters over the phone that it *technically* was a success.
In the end, we see how Natsume is resting in a bed inside a brightly sunlit room with a window open. Harutora says he'll be looking forward to see her and disappears. It's not clear whether he was real or not, and whether the whole room is some metaphor of sorts, considering the "astrology" stuff in the previous episode.
What's really going on in the end of the anime?<issue_comment>username_1: This is still unclear in the anime. As of the time of writing, there are 11 volumes of light novel and the anime adaptation has covered up to volume 9 (titled *to The DarkSky*).
From [volume 9 chapter 5](http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Tokyo_Ravens:Volume9_Chapter5) (emphasis mine):
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The *technical* success Suzu was talking about is explained more clearly in [volume 10 chapter 3](http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Tokyo_Ravens:Volume10_Chapter3):
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: What I personally think has happened... Since Harutora has now full control of the raven cape and also knows that Kon has transformed into Hishamaru, and when she did transform into her, Harutora knew her name. This shows that he regained his memories of being Yakou.
As Yakou was a genius omnyoji and visionary, he was able to create the ritual of Taizan Fukun. He was able to reincarnate himself into Harutora, this is proven in the premise of the first paragraph. We can then conclude that when Harutora was in the white room with Natsume and he said "I hope to see you again", in addition to Suzu Saotome's response of the ritual being "technically successful", we can infer that Natsume will be reincarnated. Since Harutora's memories of Yakou developed so have his skills and memories of his own Taizan Fukun ritual. Yakou is the only person capable of performing this ritual, and it succeeds. The last season of episode 24 was Harutora and his shikigami's walking away from the ritual after it has succeeded. Harutora will meet Natsume again, her reincarnation that is.
*Just a theory*. I really enjoyed this series and I hope to see a second season, with proof of my assumption.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, it seems like Natsume has been reincarnated, but for some reason, Harutora had to leave her behind, right? The obvious answer is, he did something taboo, forbidden, and there seems to be some unfinished business with the Taizan Fukun ritual, which makes it logical that he make his escape so that he could finish what he started.
Also, it seems logical for Natsume to be left behind like that...I mean if you think about it, Harutora must have sacrificed something bigger than life to dabble on something as taboo as resurrecting the dead--which in any other anime I've seen--is more seriously labeled as evil magic.
Given Natsume's character, she wouldn't have allowed Harutora to do something like that--in fact, she had already voiced her objections back when Suzuka attempted to use the same ritual. This reason alone puts Harutora in a precarious situation where he must resurrect Natsume against her consent. Her objecting to the process might only complicate things and distract him from his--should we call it romantic or obsessive--goal of prolonging her life or resurrecting her completely as a normal human being.
If I were Harutora, it would be too frightening to face someone you love only to tell her that her life depends on certain `uncertainties' including the help of other-worldly gods, demons, or what-have-you and doing all that for what reason? For love that is pure and true? I don't think Harutora even has the slightest understanding of what he truly feels for Natsume, though the fact that he does feel something profoundly and frighteningly deep is itself beyond doubt...
Having said that, I'd probably put on my best sneakers and prepare to run, if only to save myself from the embarrassingly disturbing explanations--and confessions--I'd have to make to satisfy Natsume's excruciatingly probing curiosity..
Finally, if Harutora had to sacrifice himself eventually, as that could be the only possibility left to complete the ritual, I'm sure he wouldn't want to do it right in front of her. He knew what that felt like, having witnessed Natsume's death first-hand, and being the cause of it too. I think he wouldn't hesitate to give up everything for her, but just so he didn't have to feel so bad about it, he could do that on his own, like some supreme, heroic sacrifice that nobody should interfere with, especially Natsume, who might reject that offering--a rejection that to Harutora would be even more tragic because as is surprisingly obvious, he's just that kind of guy who doesn't know when to give up. Or maybe it's just the case of stubborn true love?
What's clear is that he is unwilling to go on with his own existence without Natsume, as is obvious when he touched the missing pentagram on his upper left cheek right after the death incident and mourned her loss crying out her name repeatedly--something he was only able to do when he was imprisoned by Kurahashi/Yashimaru in the Onmyou Agency headquarters.
The feeling that somebody has to die somewhere down the road towards Natsume's final resurrection depresses me as this seems ominous from the very start... That Harutora might have to figuratively die to give way to Yakou's complete awakening as a means to perfecting the forbidden ritual is a strong possibility, then there's the more poignant possibility of Natsume giving up her life to free Harutora from the obligation he had set upon himself to resurrect her, especially when she realizes eventually the depth of his sacrifice... I don't know which way the story might go, but there's bound to be something romantically tragic in the end... and it almost makes me reluctant to know how everything might really turn out... huh, talk about 50 shades of reincarnation, right?
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: According to the light novel, Natsume is revived through the ritual but there was a problem - she had to be fused with her dragon, Hokuto, or else she will die. Her current situation is just like Toji (half ogre). The onmoyo agency declared Harutora as a most wanted criminal & he also acts like one. Harutora suffers from memory conflicts from both his lives. Sometimes it's Harutora dominant & he cares about Natsume & others, while most of time its Yakou dominant......
I can't wait for season 2.... Hope they release it soon...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: As of now more has been translated for us since to work with. Because of that I had to disagree on Senshin's statement that Harutora had to sacrifice something to save her.
Because from what I read and how I understood it the ritual was a success. But it was not the exact results they were trying for.
Remember it was pointed out that the name of the ritual is actually the system the ritual is based off of. It was also pointed out that there are many different things this system is capable of.
We also know that Suzuka was forced to study the ritual further to either verify what all was known about it or to try and learn more about it. I'm leaning more towards the possibility that it was both.
Either way we now know for sure that not everything is known about this ritual. Soi would say when he revived Natsume he did the same thing the omniyo agency did when they performed it. Which means he revived her as a familiar. But she doesn't have a master thus making her a rogue familiar and not a living spirit like it is explained.
Now before anyone says she is one and they say she is in the story let's remember a few things. Hokuto was a familiar. Hokuto was used to bind Natsume's spirit. Logically that would mean Natsume is now a familiar.
Following this vein of thought I have the belief that because she is a familiar without a master her spirit is unstable and will be until she A. dies B.gets a master or C. Harutora finds a way to separate hokuto from Natsume's without destroying the bond that is keeping her alive.
That is what I came up with to explain how the ritual could "kinda work" when Natsume is now alive but having trouble staying stable enough to live.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I think a hint was shown in the blonde-haired girl's star reading (I forgot her name). Being that there are many universes.... What if Harutora had to sacrifice his place in the current universe he is in (so he sacrificed his place in the world for Natsume)? So to sum that up, the ritual "kind of" worked as Natsume has been placed into the universe she left, but Harutora sacrificed his position. Also, when she got kissed it was somewhat real? Like, being Yakou, he managed to travel to her universe for a period of time. When you see him walk off with his familiars he is in another universe. When he says "I hope to see you again" I'm guessing he meant "hope to see you again in another universe," like see her other self in another universe.
I have no idea where this popped out from but this is my theory.
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2014/04/04 | 903 | 2,627 | <issue_start>username_0: 
Why does Ace's right arm have "ASCE" written with the "S" crossed over?<issue_comment>username_1: 
It's Sabo's Jolly Roger.
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(Source: [*Portgas D. Ace* on One Piece Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Portgas_D._Ace))
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The S is a tribute to Sabo. For a cover, once Oda drew Ace, Sabo, and Luffy in their late teens, if the ship incident had never happened, and Ace's tattoo read ACE.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: * The "A" stands for "Ace"
* The "S (with a cross over it)" stands for "Sabo"
* The "C" stands for "Crybaby" A.K.A Luffy
* The "E" stands for "Edward Newgate" A.K.A. "Whitebeard"
Dressrosa Arc spoiler:
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Ace has the S crossed out because it is a tribute to Sabo.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I'm answering this because, while the other answers are compelling, I don't see any sources being used here *definitively* connecting the tattoo with the answer. My answer is basically the same as the others: The crossed out S is a reference to Sabo.
Ace has a conversation with Thatch that confirms the S is a reference to Sabo. From the second volume of the light novel *Ace's Story*, chapter 5, page 155:
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This seems to indicate that there is an X through the S because it is Sabo's symbol, rather than because Sabo died. Though the reason Ace has the symbol is because Sabo died, as a little homage ([Rowan](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/30130/19307) and [username_1's](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/8471/19307) answers showcase where the symbol is used in a couple of places, and their answers are correct, so check them out). This seems to be confirmed on the what-if cover image of Chapter 596, where Sabo is still alive and Ace does not have the S (as [Qiri](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/8685/19307) mentions in their answer, and as is mentioned on the wiki). See below:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FIoT5.png)
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2014/04/04 | 3,195 | 12,391 | <issue_start>username_0: So lately I have been noticing that a lot of people on fora tend to mistake manga and manhwa. And of course, I know that manga stands for comics made in Japan, and manhwa for comics made in Korea.
But what is the reason for the different naming? Or is there even a reason besides them coming from different lands to begin with?
In the end they are both comics with usually (a bit dependent on the artist/writer of course) same art/story building and the like.<issue_comment>username_1: Briefly: *manhwa* is the Korean reading of the word 漫画, while *manga* is the Japanese reading.1 In their respective languages, both words basically mean the same thing - "comics". In English, we use the Korean reading *manhwa* to refer to Korean comics, and the Japanese reading *manga* to refer to Japanese comics.
Why do we have different words for these things? **Because manhwa and manga are *not* the same thing.**
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To explain what I mean, let me backtrack a bit and talk about why we don't just call manga "comics". I know that these days there's something of a backlash against the idea that "manga" is a distinct thing from "comics", presumably a reaction against '90s-era weeabooism and orientalism that identifies Japanese art as some sort of elevated form that is beyond comparison with the art of the West.
There is a kernel of truth in this backlash, but it's been taken too far. Reasonable people today will probably agree that there isn't anything about manga that makes them inherently *superior* to Western comics - but it is certainly the case that manga and Western comics are *different*. In fact, aside from being of the same medium, manga and Western comics (for the most part) have essentially nothing in common! Art styles, typical plots / subject matter, character archetypes, form factors, publication methodologies, etc. all differ between manga and Western comics.
Now, manhwa and manga are more closely related than manga and Western comics, but the same principle still applies - there are salient differences between the two forms, which is why we often talk about them using two different words. Foremost among the differences is the fact that they're largely written by two different groups of people, and thus tend to reflect the interests of two different cultures. (Try telling a Korean person that their culture is basically Japanese, or vice versa - they probably won't be happy!)
In closing, I will reply to this claim of yours:
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There's more to art than just medium. Medium matters, but so does content, and it would be a gross oversimplification to claim that content of manga and manhwa are essentially the same.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As [username_1's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/8485/2516) said: though the medium might be the same, many things like processes, styles, story writing, country, etc. are different.
**Conveying different art/writing styles**
In my opinion, it's not even just a matter of X artwork/writer coming from Y country, but about how to convey the styles when introducing it to different people that may/may not know the works. It is because calling all of them "comics" would cause half the people to only get a vague idea about it if they don't know the style & name of the works called in English & not Japanese/Korean even if they accept that all works can be called "comics" in English, just like comics are called "manhwa", etc. in their language.
But if you use the word "manga"/"manhwa"/"manhua", people are more likely to be instantly conveyed of what style it is. So, the precision of words can give either instant recognition or confusion. So, not calling everything (manga, manhwa, manhua, chitra katha (Indian comics), webcomics/webtoons (webcomics on Line webtoons/other apps)) as "comics" may reduce some confusion.
**Confusion due to generalization of comics**
Half people are going to be confused as to what people are talking about.
**Personal experience**: I know a person who I had to handle really carefully because they thought I was talking about Marvel/DC (because they thought webcomics = American comics (DC/Marvel) whose art styles they disliked.
*Generalization process*: In America, those styles were more popular because a lot of people preferred a ratio of more action & less depth/psychological emotions back then, compared to mangas/manhwas.
So, the same was more popularized & distributed around the world too, sadly generalizing its format.
It took me a good amount of explaining & showing the photos carefully to make them understand that no, it might be the comics as a medium, but comics as American comics & manhuwas/manhwas are very different things. So, they don't get totally averse to checking it out.
While even if they didn't know what manhwas were, they wouldn't have automatically presumed I was talking about comics & might have shown a bit of curiosity as long as I didn't use the word comics.
**Difference in contexts & perspectives**
So, we need to understand that the same word might mean something totally different according to context & person's social conditioning.
**Alternatives**
The other alternative is to call them "American comics", "Korean comics", "Japanese comics", "Indian comics", etc. But that's long & it's ok if you want to introduce it to different people that don't know the words manhuas/manhwas/mangas. Otherwise, just using their original countries' names is easier even if you speak English.
*Global bending in of writers*.
Works' names are not about the writer's origin anymore as writers ―regardless of the country― make works of each other country's style, e.g. Japanese writers may make manhwa-style webtoons & American writers may make Korean-style webtoons & vice versa.
We can convey hybrid blend styles by just saying it's a mix of manhwa & manhua (e.g. *The God of High School* has a manhwa style artwork & anime/manga style writing). That too doesn't need to be stated as much unless the work is too different.
*What each main/subcategory term instantly signifies*.
Anyway, just know that when people say:
* **Comics**, they think of DC/Marvel (with exception of webcomics/webtoon readers).
* **Manga** reminds them of greyscale Japanese mangas.
* **Manhwas** reminds them of older physical Korean manhwas (if speaking to Koreans) + webtoons/webcomics (for people that read them).
* **Manhuas** reminds people of ancient Chinese historical kinds of webtoons/webcomics (literally historical Chinese drama turned into comics).
* **Graphic novels** which are a bit different from comics as well.
* **Light novels** in Japan are different from just novels in the west.
*Other causes of fuss: misnaming*.
Many make a fuss because that's what they're used to hearing & acknowledging it as. So, it feels like misnaming something important they like/generalizing something unique.
*Imagine human misnaming that feels similar*: like when people are annoyed a bit when someone calls your name differently & that name is similar to someone else's name once, then super annoyed when they keep hearing it as if that's your real name.
It feels like misidentification/attack on your identity when another person has no such intentions (usually unless someone's doing it deliberately for teasing purposes).
*Generalized/over-simplified presumptions made about a work based on types of works*.
Imagine this conversation:
A: Hey, wanna read manhwas/webtoons?
B: (doesn't know what it is via experience/imagery so they presume) Oh, it's just comics, right? So, nah.
It hurts to hear that because American comics & mangas/hwas/huas may offer 4 completely different experiences. For many, manga/manhwas have been life-changing experiences. So, it hurts them to see people presume it's something they know & not a big deal without giving it a chance, even if it's nothing personal.
E.g. people thinking some shounen anime is just superhero cartoons & if they've already watched too many superhero movies/works, etc. they're tired of that genre & ignoring it. When genre-wise they might be similar, *Bleach*/*Naruto*/*One Piece*/*My Hero Academia* are different from *Superman*/*Batman*/*Spiderman*/*Green Arrow*. Some may like one more than the other, but they can be substituted easily, though maybe some prefer *My Hero Academia* that's closest to superhero works.
*Comparison of superiority (sometimes unfair), another reason for fuss*.
Because though now American comics are online webtoons too & offer a lot more than just DC/Marvel like comics, sadly they aren't as popular.
As many like/prefer/consider manhwa/manga styles better & though sometimes it's true that manga/hwa/huas have better art style & diverse writing, it's not always the case, and though unlike some people, I didn't look down on/totally dislike American comics.
I used to wonder if American comics only have generic superhero stuff in it with similar storylines & I wished for something different in art styles/storylines. Though I knew that maybe there's a minority of different works that, I don't know. That is until I read some chapters of many underrated comics like *Sithrah*/*Space Boy*, *The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn*, *Brothers Bond*, etc. on Line Webtoon. They may still have that original American messy, edgy styles which do suit them & make them unique even if I still like manga/hwa/hua styles better.
*Diverse context-wise reasonings*.
The point is, without context & asking the person's reasoning for their beliefs/unless we know which of circumstances they fit in, we can't fully presume just one reason as to know why they make a fuss about it. We can only guess a bit according to the circumstances I gave (whichever fits them better) & then ask their reasons.
*Online aggresion*.
Some people getting excessively hyper about it & getting too aggressive about it isn't ok.
*Middle ground/nuances*: because I'm stating the reasons, both sides understand each other's reasons & both change their approaches/find a middle ground than insisting that they're right. People that want to call subcategories by names have practical reasons apart from just misnaming/respect/habit though. So, I personally prefer mentioning subcategories. But it doesn't mean I'm going to be as fuming as some people if someone missed it. Just that it'd cause me to type extra sentences & ask them what kind of work they're talking about & it can be a confusing conversation if someone calls every subcategory "comic"/"manga" due to misnaming. I hope that people that get extremely angry when it's misnamed can understand why other people say it too so they can strike a communication & explain why proper naming may reduce confusion.
*Manga/anime are generalized too*: yes, some people have a habit of calling everything "picture story"/"animation related" a "manga"/"anime" because similar to comics, that's a generalized word & because they don't know another word for it. And when they're introduced, they aren't habitual to it enough, so they forget.
e.g. animation style of/in:
* America = cartoon
* Japan = anime
* Korea = aeini
* China = donghua
But since only anime is worldwide popular today, succeeding cartoons people use the word "anime" for aeini/donghuas too (which aren't as different as cartoon & anime)
Hope I covered some other points other than which username_1 made.
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*Similar example of cartoon & anime*
***Avatar the Last Airbender* debate**
E.g. How there was a lot of debate over if *Avatar the Last Airbender* is a cartoon or an anime when it's a mix of both style-wise, like a cartoon-anime hybrid, but there is no word for the blend, hence the confusion.
*Word for anime & cartoon hybrid blends*.
I too was confused about what to call it, cartoonime/animetoon/carnime... none, except "animetoon" came naturally because maybe I've heard that word before somewhere. But calling it a blend/hybrid of both suffices to explain what it is too. But most people lean towards anime due to its style being so similar to anime. And I try to add that it's a blend when I can so I don't discredit the cartoon side.
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