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2014/04/04 | 501 | 1,624 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that in the Seireitei there are many different kinds of bankais and was wondering if Ichigo is the only one that full on transforms when he activates his bankai.<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, so far Ichigo is the only one that has a **full-transform** Bankai. With the [list of currently known achieved Bankai](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Zanpakut%C5%8D#Bankai) we can conclude that there are no other **Bankai** that include a full transformation.
We do know there are some that partially transform such as [Daiguren Hyōrinmaru](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Daiguren_Hy%C5%8Drinmaru#Zanpakut.C5.8D), which causes wings and a tail to sprout. And so there are a few more Bankai that either overlap quite a piece of body or add parts such as with Daiguren Hyōrinmaru.
There is yet another known full body transformation. But it is not directly a Bankai, and it would be the [Resurrección](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Resurrecci%C3%B3n).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I found [Sode no Shirayuki (袖白雪) / Hakka no Togame (白霞罸)](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Hakka_no_Togame#Zanpakut.C5.8D) to be worthy of being called a full-transformation Bankai.
Depending on argumentation, you could also classify the newly revealed Bankai of Zaraki Kenpachi as a full-transformation Bankai. Even though the specifics are unclear as of now, the artwork suggests it has a similar mechanism like Ichigo's and Rukia's Bankais.
Additionally, there are a few that partly transform the user, as mentioned in [Dimitri's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/8488/1751).
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2014/04/04 | 913 | 3,301 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand that Sasuke learns Itachi was motivated by his desire to protect the village. Itachi only slaughtered his clan because they were plotting a rebellion. And thus Sasuke's motivation for killing Itachi was slightly misguided. Since Tobi told him about Itachi, why does he want to destroy Konoha? Itachi died protecting it so why does Sasuke wants to destroy it?<issue_comment>username_1: He wants to destroy the village that put his beloved brother in the position to choose between his family and his village.
Sasuke can legitimately be thinking that if given a command to kill all of your relatives, the people who gave that command are evil and should be destroyed.
Don't forget that when it comes to family, very strong feelings can easily be affecting Sasuke.
Really, Itachi choosing the village over his family was the abnormal decision.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Both times, it was revenge.
Initially, he wanted to avenge his clan's murder from his brother Itachi and later, on knowing that the attack was ordered by the Leaf Village elders and, in order to protect Sasuke, Itachi had to kill the entire clan by his own hands, his revenge spirit was against the entire Leaf village as a whole.
In the manga, the Second Hokage has mentioned that the Uchihas love their family more than any other any ninja. In fact their Sharingan evolves when they fight for their loved ones and also have this tendency to go evil and on an irrational blood feud when their loved ones are harmed or killed. The same happened with Madara Uchiha when his brother was killed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: sasuke undersand that danzo force itachi
to kill his clan becase there is no one is stronger itachi so the use him say wepone and kill whole uchiha clan but he could kill his own brother and sasuke hate him before he dnot know turth but toib told him all turth he lies so that why he tries to destroy leaf but itachi told him and now try toprotect leaf
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Its Revenge for his family and his Clan.
& He call him self avenger for same.
He chose to leave village and become student of Orochimaru because he wanted to become stronger than his brother and then Kill him(Itachi). & In order to Kill Itachi he have to be powerful enough so he joined Orochimaru to gain power and learn new jutsu. So he can take revenge to Itachi.
When Tobi(Obito) tell him false tale of How leaf village commanded Itachi to murder whole Uchiha clan which turn Sasuke's feeling to avenge Whole Village for forcing his Brother to do this cruel act. & decided to destroy leaf village.
I think these two things make Sasuke Evil because
first he was wanted to revenge his brother for sake of his Clan & Family in any cost.
& then Secound when he come to know about Itachi's sacrifice of whole Clan & family for sake of Village.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: From the first show Naruto in season 1, episode 29, the snake that bit sasuke in the neck made a mark of evil, soon he was gonna release or seal the snake power.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Sasuke wanted to get revenge on itachi and restore his clan and family,in order to gain new Justu, he had to leave the village and team 7.
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2014/04/05 | 1,219 | 5,145 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been thinking about this for a while, but I haven't really been watching enough just-released anime to form a picture of what type of series are broadcast when.
I'm interested to know if publishers pick certain seasons for a show to be published? Or do they release it as soon as they have the idea, in the nearest season?
I'm sure there could be lots of reasons for a show to be published in a particular season instead of another one:
* Scheduled Christmas Episodes, Valentines Day/White Day
* School Holidays / School Year
* Seasonal trends for particular genres
* Publishers know a similar title / popular title will be coming out
I don't really see any trends with this though.
The answer could be very publisher-dependent, but is there any evidence that any companies knowingly wait until a preferred season?<issue_comment>username_1: I think most Publishers dont, since most anime are aired for 3 months and contain a timespan of way more Tome(like in most School Anime they contain a whole school Year), but I think there are trends of Genres over the seasons, for example, most 'Harem' Anime are started in winter/spring and most sport anime are aired in summer.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, producers do time their productions but for a variety of reasons.
First of all, anime are released quarterly. This means you have a seasonal release beginning with winter in January, spring in April, and fall in October.
To resume it, I would say that usually the biggest blockbusters are released either in summer or fall, since after a big investment, producers would need to sell a lot or get big audiences, which is accomplished by releasing the material during vacations when there would be more people available to consume the product, as it's usually everywhere. However, this rule is not set in stone and there are many other factors that influence when exactly producers decide to broadcast an anime or to release a light novel or a manga.
Right off the bat, if a certain anime season takes place within a specific season, then the producers will time the release of the production to the season in question. For example, the second season of *Suzumiya Haruhi* begins with a summer festival episode about Tanabata. The next 8 episodes called Endless Eight are all about the main character being trapped in an endless summer. The first episode of Endless Eight was broadcasted on June 19 all the way through August. Since the plot of the episodes revolves around the protagonist being caught in a time loop because he hasn't done his summer vacation homework, the 8 endless summer episodes were broadcasted during the 8 weeks of summer vacation.
On the other hand, an anime like *Yuri on Ice* began broadcasting in the fall so that the climax of the season would be around Christmas which seems like something logical for an ice skating show.
Many anime about high school will begin with the school term, that is in April with spring since this is also the beginning of the Japanese school term. Almost all high school animes are about club activities (like *Suzumiya Haruhi*). In this way, the first episode of spring coincides with the beginning of school terms for kids in Japan when they will also, most probably, join a sport or cultural club. Examples of this are *Hyoka* (Classics Club) or *Euphonium* (Band). Spring anime is thus slanted toward SOL anime or school anime. This gives it in my opinion a more comfy vibe since you get more comedies.
Likewise, sports anime will be broadcasted in the season when they are played. Baseball shows will tend to begin in spring or summer. But if you have a very long story arc like in *Major*, the show might begin in the fall, so the last episodes are broadcasted around April when you will have the big tournament. It makes sense to want to match your "Koshien" episode with the real Koshien.
Since an anime, like a school anime, can span more than one year, the producers will usually use either the first or last episode to time the release. Also, it depends on the motives. Beginning a show in spring is usually adequate to introduce new stories and new characters. Whereas beginning broadcast in the fall means that the last episode will be broadcasted during the end of the year, which is a good time to wrap up or finish a story.
So if an anime covers a long time span but the last episode is set in Christmas or new year, it's very likely that for this reason alone it will be broadcasted in fall, rather than spring or summer when you would expect bigger audiences, since you can still make use of the end of the year holiday.
So in conclusion, there are an infinite number of reasons why producers decide to release their content in any given season. This doesn't mean that there are fixed rules as to when an anime of a certain genre has to be released. In reality, it depends mostly on the story. However, you can see that animators are really careful to try to time their releases at the best possible time, so as to cause the best possible impression with the audience and thus drive higher sales.
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2014/04/05 | 5,199 | 18,500 | <issue_start>username_0: Okay, so I read a bit of the manga, and I know a good amount of spoilers. But why are most of the titan-shifters trying to destroy humanity? Eren and Ymir are good, right? Why do some titan-shifters want to destroy humanity, and what are Annie's, the Colossal Titan's, and the Armored Titan's backstories and motives?<issue_comment>username_1: I heard a theory that Annie, Riener, and Bertoldt were trying to free the Titan Shifters inside Wall Maria, possibly other shifters from their homeland. Also this would explain how surprised Riener was when Eren flipped out and attacked them when it was revealed they were also Titans, and thought it'd be okay for Eren to come with them. They may have known what the government wanted to do with a Titan Shifter's power. For example, switching Eren's coordinate power to another Titan. So, they were saving the shifters from the people.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: All of us know who are the titan shifters, which are Eren, Reiner, Bertoldt, Annie, and Ymir. We already know what is Eren movtiation is saving humanity, have a taste of the outside world and having his revenge on th titans after what happen to his mother. Annie her movtiation was getting Eren and take him back to Reiner and Bertoldt. Reiner and Berholdt are emotionally and physically damage because they saw their friend get eaten. If Reiner and Bertoldt wanted to free the people they shouldn't break the walls because 20% percent of the population died in Wall Maria it has to be something else. I was doing research it said they destory the walls to get Eren but they failed many times because it said that Eren is the coordinater but I don't know their true motivation on destoring the walls. Also they want to know what is in the basment that Eren's dad was hiding. I dont spoil this for the fans of Attack on Titan because I am a fan too. I hope this help a little.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Since there isn't much revealed in the manga, this answer is going to be a speculative one.
It's known that the royal family has been trying to wipe out the titans. They prepare someone to become the "Carrier" of the **Coordinate**, but each time a new titan gets the power, they accede to the demands of the 1st king, that is to allow the titans to dominate human, i.e. Titan rule.
The primary motive of the Titan Shifters is to recover the Coordinate, unknown to the fact that only someone from the royal family can use it's powers optimally.
This leads me to think that
* The ape titan, is somehow related to the royal family and wants to fulfill the 1st king's wish.
* Or, he just wants to convert all humans to titans, thus creating an only titan nation and annihilating humanity.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I thought I would update this question with information leading up to, and including, Chapter 94 of the Attack on Titan manga. I realize that these questions are broad, and the answer will be long, but it’s worth having it all in a single place.
***Warning, severe spoilers take place in the answer below. I have done my best to indicate where the spoilers come from, but read at your own risk.***
I will address the questions in this format so that you can skip ahead if you need to:
* Why are the titan shifters trying to destroy humanity?
* What are Ymir's, Annie's, Bertholdt's, Reiner's and Eren's backstories and motives?
First, it is super important to talk about the regions involved in this conflict. From Chapter 93, page 6, we see a geographic representation of the world at this time:
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Now, let’s talk about the historical conflict between the regions specified above, specifically the blue and red regions. Each side has their own perspective, and we see some truth in both. We’ll start with the Marleyan perspective, because that’s what we’re presented with in Volume 21, Chapter 86, Pages 160-162 when Grisha’s father is having a conversation with Grisha about the history of the conflict between Marley and Eldia. In this Marleyan perspective we discover that
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In Chapter 87, pages 38-40, we see a deep-rooted cultural divide emerge during a conversation between Grisha and high-level Marleyan soldier when the soldier
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In Chapter 87, pages 38-40, we also see that the original portrayal of historical events was not accurate when Grisha states
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Of course, we eventually see this is also not an accurate historical representation of the creation of the titans, and the events that occurred afterwards. In Chapter 89, pages 28-31, the OWL tells Grisha that
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Now that we’ve covered our historical conflicts, and the players involved in the current conflict, the only thing left to discuss on the first question is the current conflict. The reason some of the titan-shifters are “trying to destroy humanity” is because
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Okay, so we’ve got all that background story out of the way, let’s talk about the titan-shifters and their backstories, allegiances, and motives. Some will be shorter than others and this is because there’s very little remarkable information about their backstory, motives, and allegiances.
First, let's talk a little about Ymir. Although her origin story was fleshed out previously, I will reference Chapter 89 because it presents her backstory in chronological order which is most helpful for us to keep things simple. In Chapter 89, pages 8-18, we discover that
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In Chapter 94, pages 22-27, we see Reiner at a family dinner. He is asked by members of his family about the “devils on Island Paradis” and without a second thought, Reiner portrays the Eldians there, especially those in the 104th Training Corp as
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* Due to the existing feud between the Marleyans and Eldians, established 1,700 years ago. The first attempt to take the Island of Paradis by the Marleyans was to secure the natural resources on the Island. The second attempt to take the Island of Paradis will be for the unification of titan power under the Marleyan government.
The following titan-shifters have these allegiances:
* Ymir, allegiance to Krista
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil but appears to be recently questioning his allegiance in Chapter 94
* E<NAME>, allegiance to Island of Paradis, or the Eldians under Historia Reiss and the Survey Corps
***Please note: I will update this answer as things change.***
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/04/05 | 5,408 | 18,877 | <issue_start>username_0: The *The Genius Bakabon* has jokes like (after Bakabon is mistaken for a bear by a nearsighted hunter)
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Is *Bakabon* written in English and translated to Japanese?<issue_comment>username_1: I heard a theory that Annie, Riener, and Bertoldt were trying to free the Titan Shifters inside Wall Maria, possibly other shifters from their homeland. Also this would explain how surprised Riener was when Eren flipped out and attacked them when it was revealed they were also Titans, and thought it'd be okay for Eren to come with them. They may have known what the government wanted to do with a Titan Shifter's power. For example, switching Eren's coordinate power to another Titan. So, they were saving the shifters from the people.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: All of us know who are the titan shifters, which are Eren, Reiner, Bertoldt, Annie, and Ymir. We already know what is Eren movtiation is saving humanity, have a taste of the outside world and having his revenge on th titans after what happen to his mother. Annie her movtiation was getting Eren and take him back to Reiner and Bertoldt. Reiner and Berholdt are emotionally and physically damage because they saw their friend get eaten. If Reiner and Bertoldt wanted to free the people they shouldn't break the walls because 20% percent of the population died in Wall Maria it has to be something else. I was doing research it said they destory the walls to get Eren but they failed many times because it said that Eren is the coordinater but I don't know their true motivation on destoring the walls. Also they want to know what is in the basment that Eren's dad was hiding. I dont spoil this for the fans of Attack on Titan because I am a fan too. I hope this help a little.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Since there isn't much revealed in the manga, this answer is going to be a speculative one.
It's known that the royal family has been trying to wipe out the titans. They prepare someone to become the "Carrier" of the **Coordinate**, but each time a new titan gets the power, they accede to the demands of the 1st king, that is to allow the titans to dominate human, i.e. Titan rule.
The primary motive of the Titan Shifters is to recover the Coordinate, unknown to the fact that only someone from the royal family can use it's powers optimally.
This leads me to think that
* The ape titan, is somehow related to the royal family and wants to fulfill the 1st king's wish.
* Or, he just wants to convert all humans to titans, thus creating an only titan nation and annihilating humanity.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I thought I would update this question with information leading up to, and including, Chapter 94 of the Attack on Titan manga. I realize that these questions are broad, and the answer will be long, but it’s worth having it all in a single place.
***Warning, severe spoilers take place in the answer below. I have done my best to indicate where the spoilers come from, but read at your own risk.***
I will address the questions in this format so that you can skip ahead if you need to:
* Why are the titan shifters trying to destroy humanity?
* What are Ymir's, Annie's, Bertholdt's, Reiner's and Eren's backstories and motives?
First, it is super important to talk about the regions involved in this conflict. From Chapter 93, page 6, we see a geographic representation of the world at this time:
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Now, let’s talk about the historical conflict between the regions specified above, specifically the blue and red regions. Each side has their own perspective, and we see some truth in both. We’ll start with the Marleyan perspective, because that’s what we’re presented with in Volume 21, Chapter 86, Pages 160-162 when Grisha’s father is having a conversation with Grisha about the history of the conflict between Marley and Eldia. In this Marleyan perspective we discover that
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> 1,820 years ago, the Eldians' ancestor <NAME> made a contract with the earth devil in exchange for the power of the titans. When Ymir died, her soul was split nine ways into nine separate titans. Using the power of the titans, Eldia conquered the nation of Marley, and started a phase described by the Marleyan government as an ethnic cleansing that lasted 1,700 years. But, the previously conquered nation of Marley was able to bring 7 of the 9 titans under their control, thus leading them to victory in the Great Titan War against Eldia. <NAME> escaped to the Island of Paradis, built the three walls - Maria, Rose, and Sina - and took refuge there with some of his people. Unfortunately, not all Eldians escaped with <NAME> and some were left behind; they lived in the internment zone for Eldians on the mainland. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPyso.jpg)
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In Chapter 87, page 10, and also later in Chapter 89, our understanding of the Island of Paradis is shattered when we discover that it is
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In Chapter 87, pages 38-40, we see a deep-rooted cultural divide emerge during a conversation between Grisha and high-level Marleyan soldier when the soldier
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In Chapter 87, pages 38-40, we also see that the original portrayal of historical events was not accurate when Grisha states
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Of course, we eventually see this is also not an accurate historical representation of the creation of the titans, and the events that occurred afterwards. In Chapter 89, pages 28-31, the OWL tells Grisha that
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Now that we’ve covered our historical conflicts, and the players involved in the current conflict, the only thing left to discuss on the first question is the current conflict. The reason some of the titan-shifters are “trying to destroy humanity” is because
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Okay, so we’ve got all that background story out of the way, let’s talk about the titan-shifters and their backstories, allegiances, and motives. Some will be shorter than others and this is because there’s very little remarkable information about their backstory, motives, and allegiances.
First, let's talk a little about Ymir. Although her origin story was fleshed out previously, I will reference Chapter 89 because it presents her backstory in chronological order which is most helpful for us to keep things simple. In Chapter 89, pages 8-18, we discover that
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Warning, severe spoiler ahead. In Chapter 93, page 97, our worst fears are confirmed when
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This sets the stage for a different Reiner, and influences his actions and allegiances as we see at the very end of Chapter 93, Page 47
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In Chapter 94, pages 22-27, we see Reiner at a family dinner. He is asked by members of his family about the “devils on Island Paradis” and without a second thought, Reiner portrays the Eldians there, especially those in the 104th Training Corp as
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Alright, to sum it all up the conflict happening in Attack on Titan is
* Due to the existing feud between the Marleyans and Eldians, established 1,700 years ago. The first attempt to take the Island of Paradis by the Marleyans was to secure the natural resources on the Island. The second attempt to take the Island of Paradis will be for the unification of titan power under the Marleyan government.
The following titan-shifters have these allegiances:
* Ymir, allegiance to Krista
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil
* <NAME>, allegiance to Marley, made to believe Eldians on the Island were evil but appears to be recently questioning his allegiance in Chapter 94
* <NAME>, allegiance to Island of Paradis, or the Eldians under Historia Reiss and the Survey Corps
***Please note: I will update this answer as things change.***
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2014/04/06 | 650 | 2,457 | <issue_start>username_0: I watched the first two episodes, and the anime was really interesting. Why are people who have a high number on the psycho-pass shot? In episode one, the victim was shot because she had a huge number on the psycho-pass. It doesn't make any sense to me.<issue_comment>username_1: When a person's criminal rating reaches a certain point (a high number, somewhere in the range 200~400) and they are not yet considered criminal, it's still counted as "dangerous" or "very likely to become criminal soon", and so they are taken away for hospitalization and psychological treatment.
In the first episodes, a woman suffers a trauma caused by criminal actions around her. Her criminal rating spikes to a dangerously high value, at some point she even holds a weapon in her hands, which is as close to becoming a criminal as it gets. Naturally, she would fall into "dangerous, but not yet criminal" category.
Sometimes people are shot on place if the risk is too high. Sometimes a detective makes a different decision, like apprehend such a person and take them into custody, or just leave them. You should see the rest of the series to find out more on that.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Crime Coefficient is a measure of a target's probability/propensity to commit a crime. The MWPSB uses it as a measurement to determine if a target is a latent criminal or otherwise.
It is calculated and determined by the stress level (Hue), and other biological readings of a person via cymatic scan through the Sibyl System.
Level of Crime Coefficient
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* Under 100 - Suspect is not a target for enforcement action. The trigger of Dominator will be locked.
* 100 to 300 - Suspect is classified as a latent criminal and is a target for enforcement action. Dominator is set to Non-lethal Paralyzer mode. Suspect can then be knocked out using the Dominator.
* Over 300 - Suspect poses a serious threat to the society. Lethal force is authorized. Dominator will automatically switch to Lethal Eliminator. Suspect that is hit by Lethal Eliminator will bloat and explode.
[Source](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Crime_Coefficient_%28Index%29)
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[Make sure to check your crime coefficient!](http://en.shindanmaker.com/a/330490)
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Unhappily my coefficient is of 420 so I no longer belong to this world.
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2014/04/06 | 214 | 755 | <issue_start>username_0: Title says it all: why does Yukio sacrifice Rin? It was in the last couple episodes, when Yukio became the Paladin.<issue_comment>username_1: Because Okumura was told by his grandpa that if they destroy "the other world", he and his brother can turn back to human. And to open the gate, they need a lot of blood of the devil, so he sacrifice Rin. This is revealed in episode 22.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yukio didn't know that Rin was going to be sacrificed. As you can see in the second last episode of Season 1, Yukio was surprised that Rin's blood was going and he had said yes because he wanted to protect Rin by turning him back into a human, but when he saw that Rin was going to die, he stepped in.
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2014/04/07 | 530 | 1,896 | <issue_start>username_0: Just wondering on this, but is this some type of new vocab in Fairy Tail or something, Long story short: I have seen a lot of comments on Facebook and YouTube like "Do you ship Nalu" and "I ship Nalu". What does this mean though?
<issue_comment>username_1: Wait, I know what it is now based on Oded's comment. NaLu is the term fans use for wanting Lucy + Natsu to get together and based off Wikipedia it is safe to say that this is a Portmanteau.
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Thanks, Oded. :)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: "To ship" or "shipping," in fan communities is the act or pairing characters within a series together, in a romantic relationship. It's a fairly commonly used term through-out the internet, especially on fan-sites.
Often times, a "ship" (fan-based pairing) is usually called by a combination of their names. Some communities even use a term, "shipper", to refer to people who consistently "ship" a certain type of pairing ("fujoshi-shippers" being those who always ship male homosexual pairings and so one)
As has already been pointed out, "NaLu" would be the name of the "ship" of Natsu and Lucy, and people who say "I ship NaLu" basically are the part of the fandom that supports the idea of a relationship between the two.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: A ship is a couple that you want to be together. Ships like Jerza, (Jellal and Erza), Gruvia, (Gray and Juvia), and Nalu (Natsu and Lucy), are all fictitious couples that fans choose. Shipping is like to make a couple out of two people, and you can make a name. Jerza, Nalu, are all ship names. Therefore, shipping Nalu basically means that you want Natsu and Lucy to be together.
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2014/04/07 | 1,439 | 4,744 | <issue_start>username_0: I started reading the manga Magi recently and can't help but get the feeling that it is based on Islam.
I couldn't find anything online, and neither do I have enough knowledge about the religion to really confirm this either.
So is the story of Magi based on Islam? Or does it use certain key points from this religion?<issue_comment>username_1: The short answer is no. It is not based on the Islamic religion. It is based on a several middle eastern originating stories and historical characters.
The main characters names such as <NAME> and Cassim are from [1001 Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights) also known as the Arabian nights. [Sinbad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad) is also a character from a series of arabian stories. Solomon was a real king back in 970BC.
Basically what they have done is pulled in several popular names from Arab stories and literature and Middle Eastern history and mixed it in with their story. I'm too new to link more references, but you get the idea.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Precaution: The following may contain spoilers from Magi
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This was too long to be posted in comments so I had to make it here and since it serves the purpose too, why not.
So I did a bit of research after the few pointers given out by Dimitri.
On the reference manga page given by Dimitri, I found this:
After looking up the two names **David** and **Solomon**, I found the interesting:
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> Solomōn), also called Jedidiah (Hebrew יְדִידְיָהּ), was, according to
> the Book of Kings, the Book of Chronicles, Hidden Words and the
> Qur'an[2] a king of Israel and the son of **David**. [1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NxtB2.png)
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Book of Chronicles are the final books of the Hebrew Bible.
When you search about Solomon in Islam, the first line you see in wikipedia:
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Solomon in Islam is more usually called as *Sulaymān* and David as *Daud or Dawud*.
The name **Jehoahaz** also seems to have a reference in the [Bible](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II%20Kings%2023:31-25:30), but not the Quran. So judging from the names used in the anime, they might be relating it more to Christianity.
More information about the names [here](http://magi.wikia.com/wiki/David_Jehoahaz_Abraham#Trivia)
And about the **Ilah**:
ʾIlāh (Arabic: إله; plural: آلهة ʾālihah) is an Arabic term meaning "deity". , it simply means **deity** in Arabic. So you might be confusing it with Allah who is the God of Muslims.
Summing it up, we can say that Solomon's identity and his Father, David's identity has been taken from religion (more like Christianity) but most part of Magi is derived from fictional characters.
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### References
1 [Solomon reference from Bible](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon)
2 [Solomon reference from Quran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_in_Islam)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I am Muslim and my answer is, no it's not based on Islam. The culture in Magi was based on the Middle East before Islam.
Jenn, magic, and harem were very common at that time and thousand of stories talked about jennies talking and serve people, and some people were practicing real magic.
There are some events that have been taken from Qur'an as Solomon story and how Allah gave him the power to control jennies and animals.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Magi take place in the Middle East before Islam when the Middle Eastern countries were either Christian countries or countries of Judaism.
I'm guessing *Magi* takes place in Iraq which used to be a Christian country.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: * First of all, Sinbad was a real Muslim explorer
* <NAME>: Dunya is the Arabic word for "worldliness"
* Solomon and David are the main prophets in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
* Jinn are found in the Islam's Qur'an
* Even Satan is a jinn in the Qur'an
* Some say the three wise men of the bible were three Muslim (magi) scholars
* They all take a pilgrimage during their adventures
* A pillar and requirement in Islam if one can afford the trip
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: *Magi* takes place in Iraq.
Balbadd is based on Baghdad, if it wasn't obvious enough. Sinbad, Morgiana, Alibaba, and Aladdin are all from Iraq according to the Arabian Nights story. Also, the architecture is just like Iraq and what the background characters wear are based on traditional Iraqi clothes.
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2014/04/07 | 888 | 2,825 | <issue_start>username_0: Kyros appears to have killed Doflamingo in chapter 743. Is he really dead? I want Doflamingo to die, but he can't just die so quickly. There should be a fight between Doflamingo and Luffy.<issue_comment>username_1: 
People have come up with many theories of how Doflamingo was not killed by this attack. Here are the theories from Youtube. Some of them say that either Law used "Room", or maybe Doflamingo somehow reattached himself because of the Ito Ito no Mi's power. But as your question asks "Is Doflamingo really dead?", I will try to answer that.
Whenever a person is killed or dealt a severe blow, Oda always shows blood in that panel. In this case, we can clearly see that no blood has been spilled. Looking at the expression of Doflamingo's expression on the bottom panel, it doesn't look like he is dead. So we can assume that he is not dead.
On a sidenote, it would be very anti-climatic if Doflamingo died in just a single blow.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It is now absolutely confirmed this attack didn't kill him, his head gives orders to his subordinates in the next chapter while Luffy shouts in surprise "Ah, Mingo is still alive!"
No explanation as to how he's alive though, should find out eventually.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It's because his devil fruit [Ito Ito no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ito_Ito_no_Mi) can be used as a Marionette where he can create an exact clone of himself. I have just read the recent chapters, man, I love Oda!
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In **chapter 744**, we can see his head saying
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While in **chapter 745**, we can see that there are in fact two Doflamingos. The left one is the headless Doflamingo whose head Kyros severed, while the right one is (probably) the real Doflamingo.
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Basically, since Doflamingo ate the [String Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ito_Ito_no_Mi), he has become a string human. He can manipulate strings to the extent that he can create a marionette duplicate of himself and move it around as if it were him. It was this marionette that Kyros had severed the head of, not Doflamingo's real head. **Therefore, he is still very much alive and completely unharmed**
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2014/04/08 | 1,026 | 3,297 | <issue_start>username_0: Each of the arcs of the *Monogatari* series through the end of *Second Season* (Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, ..., Hitagi End) has had an OP theme sung by the arc's heroine1, save for Shinobu Time (i.e. Onimonogatari), which did not have an OP theme at all.
What gives? Shinobu's voice actress is <NAME>, who is probably the most talented singer out of the entire Monogatari cast! Why didn't she sing an OP for Shinobu's arc?
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1 Well, the OP for Hitagi End (Koimonogatari) was sung by both Kaiki and Senjougahara, but I think we can agree that they were both the heroines of that arc.<issue_comment>username_1: Well, it turns out that <NAME> doesn't like mixing her career as a singer with her career as a voice actress, as she pointed out in [an interview with director <NAME>](http://osumi.air-nifty.com/blog/2008/02/vol3_b9ea.html)1:
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Of course, all the OP songs for the *Monogatari* series are character songs in the usual sense (e.g. Nadeko, rather than Kana Hanazawa, is [listed as the singer for "Mousou Express"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/22e5s.jpg)), and so it makes sense that <NAME>amoto wouldn't sing an OP for Shinobu's arc.
Note that there *are* shows for which Maaya Sakamoto has both sung an OP/ED and voice-acted a character, e.g. *RahXephon* - but in these cases, it appears that she is credited as herself, rather than as her character. (This is certainly the case for *RahXephon*'s OP "Hemisphere"; I imagine it is also the case for the other anime in which this occurs, but I haven't checked.)
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All that said, the Blu-ray version of *Second Season* does, in fact, have a minute-long opening segment for Shinobu Time. But it's set to the song ["white lies"](http://vgmdb.net/album/42417), which is not sung by Maaya Sakamoto - it's a non-vocal piece, aside from some choral chanting. (Though I should like to mention that it's an incredible song in its own right, especially if you listen to the full 3'23" version.)
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1 To find the bit I've translated here, Ctrl+F for *私も古い考え方*.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: In kizumonogatari we got a french song (Etoile Et Toi) at the end credits which was sung by an adult and later on by a child (3rd movie), which gives us the overall journey of Kiss-shot (shinobu) from shrinking into a child and growing back into a fully grown adult (especially the melons).
Also, it is said that she came from a foreign country (but was not stated which country it was), and I guess that explains why her hair is blond in the first place. She also loves eating donuts-- I mean french people love pastries, but dunno lol.
Overall, even though we didn't get a song sung by her VA, it is still nice that we got a wonderful french song that made kizumonogatari so beautiful. I guess shinobu herself can't sing japanese that's why she sung in french. ;-;
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2014/04/09 | 792 | 2,900 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 672 The Sage of the Six Paths engraves one symbol into Naruto and Sasuke:
 
Is there any symbolic link to these symbols?
To me it appears as though the symbols are sun and moon, light and darkness.
Also, does it have any connection to Naruto and Sasuke's chakra nature? Naruto's wind element chakra is the promoter for Sasuke's fire element, just like the sun's light makes the moon shine.
Another aspect that hit my eye, is Naruto's symbol is in his right hand, while Sasuke's in his left. The right and left make a perfect set.
So, my question is, is there a link in the symbols given to Naruto and Sasuke. And are these links intentional or unintentional?<issue_comment>username_1: I went back and saw this, check out the palms. 
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Assuming that the symbols are **Moon and Sun**, it is very much related to the Symbol Yin Yang.
The first character yin means: overcast weather; feminine; ***moon***; cloudy; negative electrical charge; shady.
The second character yáng means: positive electrical charge; ***sun***.
The simplified characters clearly show the moon/sun symbolism, since they can be deconstructed to their elements moon and sun. The element is a variant of the radical which means "abundant". So Yin Yang could represent the contrast between the moon and the sun.
But Yin Yang is much more than just a pair of opposites. It conveys the idea that each of the opposites is dependent on the other, and how they continuously transform from one into the other.
Another thing, according to [First Principles: Symbolism of the Sun and Moon](http://www.snowcrest.net/sunrise/apolar1.htm):
Sun can be translated as fixidity, steadiness, firmness, and strength of purpose. The Sun rises day after day regardless of weather conditions, the behavior of humanity or the placement of planets in the sky. It traverses its set path, always giving light and heat and asking nothing for itself in return. Very much like Naruto.
Moon is said to rule the senses and emotions. Moon is said to be fickle and changeable. Emotions change and fluctuate as our thoughts and attitudes change. Synonymous to Sasuke.
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Naruto and Sasuke (Reincarnation of Indra and Asura) is described to be opposite or contrary with each other but they are interconnected and interdependent naturally; and they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.
As per the chakra, well, I think it is also connected (Naruto is Bright Yellow/Light while Sasuke is Dark Violet?/Dark). The nature (wind and fire) is different.
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2014/04/11 | 954 | 3,454 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished episode 8 of the Bakemonogatari series, and I'm slightly confused about how Kanbaru was saved. If I'm not mistaken, Oshino states that there are two ways to save Kanbaru:
* Cutting off her arm
* Somehow making the contract with the rainy devil unachievable and void
Clearly the second option was taken, but I'm not sure how the appearance of Senjougahara and her subsequent actions made the contract void. It seems clear to me that the "voidness" of the contract stems from the fact that Kanbaru wasn't able to actually permanently kill Araragi. However, I'm not quite sure how doing so would violate the terms of her contract in light of Senjouhara's comment to the effect of "I would kill you if you killed Araragi". Is this simply because there are also some other "terms" to the contract (e.g. Kanbaru has to be alive) or is this perhaps because both her "conscious" (to be with Senjougahara) and "unconscious" (to kill Araragi) wishes have to be taken into account?<issue_comment>username_1: One way to explain this would be that it's impossible for the Rainy Devil (possessed Kanbaru) to kill Araragi, and so the contract is automatically impossible to complete. Had the Rainy Devil known that, it wouldn't've agreed with such condition. But because it seems too simple and there are many things hinting that this wasn't the deal breaker, here's another way to explain this:
The whole deal with the Rainy Devil is that it's a devious creature and will try to fulfill its owner's wish as deviously as possible. Remember how the first time Kanbaru wished to be faster than her classmates? Rainy Devil beat 'em up so they couldn't compete. Now guess what Kanbaru wished for concerning Senjougahara.
Because Kanbaru wished to be close friends with Hitagi and then suddenly Araragi appeared on the horizon, becoming Hitagi's boyfriend, the Rainy Devil decided that in order to gain Senjougahara's love (and let's not forget exactly how much Kanbaru prefers girls over boys), Araragi would have to be removed from the picture. By death, of course, because it's Rainy *Devil*.
So after Senjougahara waltzed in on Rainy Devil and Araragi's one-sided battle and explained that if Koyomi were to die, she'd never stop until Kanbaru, who caused all this, was dead, which would make **Kanbaru's wish to become close friends with Senjougahara impossible to be fullfilled by killing Koyomi**.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: After watching the episode, what I get is that there were 2 wishes:
* Conscious one : Be with Senjougahara
* Unconscious one : Kill Araragi
The plan was to make it such that the contract becomes void (meaning both of the wishes cannot be fulfilled). They did it by making sure that,
* unconscious wish doesn't come true by letting Araragi to be bitten by [Shinobu Oshino](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Shinobu_Oshino). Shinobu sucks some of Araragi's blood, allowing him to make use of his vampire powers within a limited period of time. Her contribution barely helped him in subduing the Rainy Devil, but it was enough for him to survive for the entire ordeal before Senjougahara's intervention.
* Senjougahara is involved in the act. After scolding Araragi for dealing with things without her knowledge, she confronts Kanbaru, telling her that she will not forgive anyone who would kill Araragi, making it impossible for the conscious wish too.
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2014/04/11 | 1,976 | 7,423 | <issue_start>username_0: We know that Haki is a mysterious power present inside every individual. But only few people are able to awaken and use it. It is very closely related to the willpower of a human being. So the question which arises here is: Does the use of Haki affect the user (physically or mentally) in any way? Does excessive use of Haki take a toll on the user?
* If it is so, how exactly does it affect the user, since Haki isn't something like a physical energy?
* If it isn't so, why don't the Haki users use it all the time? Why do they use it only in specific cases like a battle, or entering enemy territories, etc?<issue_comment>username_1: Haki can be of three type. Conqueror's Haki, Color of Armament, Color of Observation.
Haki is basically used during fights to one up the opponent where some opponents are powerful enough to avoid one's sight or are able to attack faster.So there is no reason why it should be used at every time.Normally one's other senses are enough for fight.
Conqueror's Haki- It cannot be used repeatedly (IMO). It is kind of mentally exhaustive.Also till now there have been only 4 character to be shown using this type. Rayleigh, Luffy , Chinjao and Doflamingo. Of these only Rayleigh can use it to affect selected targets as he did at auction house. Luffy is till now unable to use this to its full potential. Maybe it can be used continuously but luffy can't use it continuous till now.
Color of Observation- It can be used regularly as shown by Enel. He used it to spy on people's conversation. No other character till now have any situation to use it continuously.
Color of Armament- It gives the user an external protective covering to minimize effects of physical attacks.But it does affect the person who is using and also the person on whom it is used. Chinjao used it to counter luffy's punch but his was no match for luffy. so his physical appearance changed. Also Vergo wasn't able to match up to Law. And sanji's leg cracked while attacking Vergo.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Does it affect the user (physically or mentally) who is using the Haki in any way?**
* No. I encourage anyone to point out otherwise, but my memory says Haki isn't proven to be exhausting. The conclusion I draw from that is that it's not a **powerup** (i.e. energy drawn from an inner pool of life force/chakra/ki/Namekian-hand-holding).
**Does excessive usage of Haki take a toll on the user?**
* N-- but yes. By nature, excessive activity will generate stress but in accordance with my above answer, *this is just an unlikely result*.
**If it is so, how exactly does it affect the user since Haki isn't something like a physical energy?**
* Haki is akin to concentration to activate, which also makes it task-orientated. Things like Observation are always on, because these are your most basic senses. As long as the user is conscious, there will be a heightened sense of plot convenience—I mean, the ability to detect hostile presences like the "wild beast" in Fishmen Kingdom's Palace. For Armament, this is used only for strengthening, i.e. intensifying the muscles. This is like getting in the zone, turning on that killer instinct, you know what you're about to do and you're gonna do it. So while the user can turn it on at the tip of a hat, there's no point to stay amped up and flexed. That's like walking around with a balled up fist all the time. Haki isn't going anywhere else. Nor is it a get-out-of-Death-Flag card that activates when your enemy has gone too OP or you're a pummeled mess.
My train of thought: Haki users are just flexing and intensifying their basic characteristics of observation, density, and intimidation. So it is physical energy if you take all the potential energy and turn it into kinetic energy for battle. Since it's not a powerup but more of a concentrated assault mindset, the training makes more sense. It wasn't for the purpose of controlling the uncontrollable, but for developing this state that allows you to demonstrate more strength like knowing how to brace your forehead with hardening for a headbutt or tighten a fist to punch. Not to undersell it, I'm sure the power behind one Haki-shrouded punch will make the difference versus another eventually, but it's never been the deciding climax to a fight.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Haki requires a certain amount of energy to use. Since Haki refers to the will power of the user, **it uses mainly mental power**. Though we all know that thinking too much for a long period or intensively thinking about things, makes you tired and thus drains your energy.
It seems that **Observation Haki** cannot be turned off and is the odd one of the three in that sense (Eg: Enel knows what everybody says at any time, Aisa and Cobi kept hearing people's, driving them insane at first). Here, it does not costs you energy to turn the ability on, but rather to keep yourself sane hearing so much voices at the same time for all time. It must have been so intense, that it would have been impossible for Whitebeard (due to his illness) to concentrate on everybody around him during the Marineford War, giving Squard the opening to stab him. As mentioned by Crocodile and Marco, he should have been able to sense and avoid that attack.
Releasing **Conqueror's Haki** requires concentration, making it a bad move to use excessively. It would only drain precious energy and wouldn't really effect stronger opponent anyway, so unless you want to intimidate or maintain a badass image like Shanks it wouldn't make much sense to continuously release it.
Finally, **Armanent Haki** requires the most concentration and energy of all forms of Haki. Coating for a long time or coating large surfaces takes a major toll on the mind and body. The user might get used to using such amounts of Haki over a long time, but it would drain their energy pretty rapidly.
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2014/04/12 | 1,605 | 4,769 | <issue_start>username_0: I've seen the hour and a half movie called Kara no Kyoukai: <NAME> and the story seemed very incomplete. Later I discovered that it was a compilation of longer episodes of a series. I'm not sure how I can fix my experience and in what order to watch the other animes with this title.<issue_comment>username_1: Seems like only the first 4 movies are out of chronological order.
To watch it in chronological order you would have to watch it like this:
* Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 1) (1995-1996)
* Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou (June 1998)
* Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu (July 1998)
* Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei (September 1998)
* Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen (November 1998)
* Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon (January 1999)
* Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2)
* Kara no Kyoukai - Epilogue
Al tough personally I enjoyed the story more watching it in release order instead. I don't think watching it in chronological order will fix your experience to much as said on [MaL](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=484111#heTjBH1AFyY3RkvM.99)
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1. Fukan Fuukei - released May 21, 2008
2. <NAME> - released June 25, 2008
3. <NAME> - released July 23, 2008
4. <NAME> - released December 17, 2008
5. <NAME> - released January 28, 2009
6. <NAME> - released July 29, 2009
7. <NAME> - released December 9, 2009
Source: [Wikipedia - Kara no Kyoukai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_no_Ky%C5%8Dkai)
But if we're to order the movie based on **actual timeline of events** happening in Kara no Kyoukai's it will be:
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Source: [Wikipedia - List of kara no Kyoukai Films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kara_no_Ky%C5%8Dkai_films)
I strongly suggest just watch it in order of its release to get the full experience :)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Since the other answers don't appear to address <NAME>, I will do that here.
First, you **must** watch Kara no Kyoukai in release order. That is, 1 through 7 in numerical order, then the epilogue, followed by Mirai Fukuin, and finally Mirai Fukuin: Extra Chorus (a half-hour bonus episode included with the BD/DVD release of Mirai Fukuin). To do otherwise is downright ridiculous - this isn't one of those cases like Haruhi where both release and chronological order have their merits.
Since Mirai Fukuin assumes knowledge of the rest of the series, it obviously doesn't make any sense as a standalone anime. Luckily for you, the sort-of disjointed, vignettish nature of Mirai Fukuin is such that you haven't really had the rest of the series spoiled for you. If you knew what you were looking for, perhaps, but the KnK storyline is sufficiently convoluted that you probably weren't able to pick up on any of the aspects of Mirai Fukuin that spoil the earlier movies. Go ahead and pick up the first movie (Fukan Fuukei / Overlooking View) and start from there.
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Note that there *is* a compilation movie for KnK, titled "[Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of Seventh Heaven](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6624/Kara_no_Kyoukai_Remix%3a_Gate_of_Seventh_Heaven)", but that's neither here nor there. If, after watching movies 1-6, you find yourself confused about how everything plays out chronologically, watch Remix, which contains short recaps of each episode, in chronological order.
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2014/04/12 | 367 | 1,282 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been wondering, since I can't find an exact age... While watching these filler episodes, he appears as the ANBU Kakashi, who was leading his team. Being the Senpai of Itachi he looks exactly (maybe for me) like he does in the present day... Is this a coincidence? Or couldn't the animators be bother to add additional "lines" to his face? Note that we've seen the newborn Naruto, that would mean that Kakashi looks the same as he did 17-18 years ago..<issue_comment>username_1: Using [this timeline](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/User%3aTimeel39/Timeline) and the following data
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September 15 Birth day Kakashi
Academy Grad. Age 5
Chūnin Prom. Age 6
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We can tell that Kakashi was born 14 years before the 9-tails attack. Using the information that the Akatsuki dead line was 18 years after the 9-tails attack. we can tell that Kakashi should be roughly 32 years old.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: at the time of pain he was 30 so one year has passed in the forth great ninja war so he is 31. mr.dimitri mx you were so so close by one year. and also have we considered that kakashi died by pain and was revived so technically he restarted his life when pain revived him so isnt he really one years old.
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2014/04/13 | 1,009 | 3,715 | <issue_start>username_0: I read the manga and am currently watching the anime.
Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that Ryuk wrote/spoke.)
This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami. If so, why does Light not continue the work he began on Earth? Does L (who also touched the Death Note) become a Shinigami as well, somehow preventing Light from doing his deeds?<issue_comment>username_1: Those are mere speculations. There were only two things that Ryuk said about the usage of the Death Note by humans:
1. All of them die while being unhappy, in despair.
2. Their soul doesn't go to either hell or heaven.
This was said in both, the manga and the anime and none of the other Shinigami said about the matter.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Shinigamis are not in heaven nor hell.
They are all bored and unhappy and do not lead fulfilling lives. Cased closed. Light is the unnamed Shinigami. Remember Light's tie or the bag he carried with him in the beginning? Think of all the Shinigamis that were introduced. Even though Ryuk said all Shinigamis love apples, he was the only one we saw eating any. The unnamed Shinigami in the 5 minute clip continuation threw him an apple as Light did when living, and he did not stay for the rest of Ryuk's story as if he already knew how it ended.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Light Yagami ultimately died as Ryuk himself took his life by writing his name in his Death Note just before Light suffered from a bullet wound. Ryuk had promised Light that if such a situation ever happened, he would set Light free by writing his name in his Death Note.
`Update:` You can read about it in the first episode of Death Note where Ryuk talks about killing Light using his death note at 14:50 into the episode.
And regarding what happens to Light after he dies is probably the Shinigami realm where his life span becomes equal to the number of lives he has taken using the death note. You can read about it here <http://bit.ly/1xFOBns>
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I have done a ton of research and my conclusion is, how are shinigami created in the first place, then I thought something, maybe shinigamis are human who died in possession of the death note but with no shinigami to take it from them (they also don't remember being human). But light as we all know is one of the smartest beings alive so maybe he might've become a shinigami but found a loop hole to be able to remember a bit of his previous life. Maybe he goes back down there to find out about everything or to continue his previous goal.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: I believe I remember in the end of the manga, Ryuk said that Light would go to MU(Nothingness). This was immediately after Light died.
I took that to mean that he simply ceased to exist.
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2014/04/13 | 1,384 | 4,201 | <issue_start>username_0: "Chuunibyou" or "eighth-grade syndrome" is a condition where people believe they have super powers. The first time I heard this term is in the anime [Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!](http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/chuunibyou-demo-koi-ga-shitai) Is this syndrome real? Is there any medical term or at least more common term for this?
<issue_comment>username_1: ***Chuunibyou*** describes teenagers around the age of fourteen that try to look cool to impress people around their age and are *self-important* trying to be unique.
This way of thinking, however, may continue even after the teen reaches adulthood, but it does not actually relate to any medical condition or mental disorder.
It's more like a growth phase for some teenagers.
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Based on "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by <NAME>, there are 3 types of chuunibyou.
1. DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior (gang fights/crime).
2. Subculture-type/Hipster prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. (obsessed with imitating idols/fictional characters)
3. Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.1
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1 [Animanga Wikia: "Chuunibyou"](http://animanga.wikia.com/wiki/Chuunibyou)
2 [Urban Dictionary: "Chuunibyou"](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chuunibyou)
3 [The Free Dictionary Language Forums: "Japanese Slang--Chuunibyou"](http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst29720_Japanese-Slang--Chuunibyou.aspx)
4 *Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!* :)
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As for medical term or more common term for chuunibyou, they actually show it on first episode.
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In reality, **Chuunibyou is way more common than we usually think.** That’s because it isn’t just about pretending to have superpowers, but rather about **pretending** in general. And its categorized into 3 types by how people tend to pretend.
Hope I answered your question. If you’re still curious, try:
* <https://godanimereviews.com/what-is-chuunibyou-is-it-real/>
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2014/04/14 | 358 | 1,364 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fairy Tail when Mirajane isn't in her Satans Soul form and she looks like this in the picture below-
I notice that she wears some type of necklace around her neck. What/is there a sentimental reason/value behind why she carries around this necklace on her neck?
Here are some other examples...
and another here...
Answers are appreciated. :)<issue_comment>username_1: I was unable to find any in canon references from official sources but based on general opinion here it appears to be used for general decoration and serves no exact purpose.
There are no exact references on the necklace, so this would be the most likely answer at this time, since no new information has been released yet.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I read somewhere that it represented her tears (after Lisanna "died") so that she would be able to smile again as her sort of "crutch", and that it was given to her by Makarov. You'll also notice that Mira stops wearing it after Lisanna comes back from Edolas, so I would say that's a pretty decent theory especially given the particular shape of this accessory.
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2014/04/15 | 2,022 | 7,909 | <issue_start>username_0: So, to my understanding, the idea of alchemy is equivalent exchange, in which you get in return as much as you gave.
This doesn't make sense to me, as in the beginning when they tried to transmute their mother back, Alphonse lost everything, and Edward lost his leg. They didn't get anything in return, or at least anything worth of a soul and a body. After this Edward transmuted his arm to get Alphonse back.
So, put in a calculation:
Things lost
* Random piled ingredients which were supposed to compose the average human
* Alphonse's body
* Alphonse's soul
* Edward's arm
* Edward's leg
Things gained
* A blob of purple stuff with Alphonse's soul affixed to it ( for a while )
* Alphonse's soul
So, where the hell did the rest of the stuff go? And more importantly, why could they not just have transmuted everything back?<issue_comment>username_1: Here's an analogy for you
Suppose you are cooking, and you're making a dish that uses a lot of expensive ingredients.
Suppose you royally screw up, and make something completely inedible.
The ingredients are still gone. Even though you've ended up with something unusable, the things that you've put into it don't come back.
That's what happened here. Just because they didn't end up with anything useful didn't mean that it would cost them any less.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: ***Unmarked spoilers for both* Brotherhood *and the 2003 series follow.***
You're missing a key bit of information: they *did* gain something for their loss[1], just as Izumi did.
The boys gained the knowledge of what was beyond the gate. Unparalleled truths of alchemy reside beyond the gate, and no mortals are ever allowed access to it—unless they commit the taboo.[2]
Both Edward and Alphonse were shoved through the gate and absorbed as much material as they could from it, Edward even wanting to go back to get more. In the 2003 series, Alphonse never recalls this, though in *Brotherhood*, he recalls it after having blood spilled on his seal. Ed remembers it from the beginning, and this knowledge is what allows him (and later, Alphonse) to transmute without a circle.
The reason they couldn't just transmute everything back is because they had already committed the sin. If you steal something, and are caught, but then give it back, do the police let you go? No; and this is also the way of The Truth. Performing the sin is the punishable act; transmuting it back would be futile.
**1** Keep in mind that by the end of the series (at least in *Brotherhood*'s case, original *FMA* was not as forgiving), much of what was lost is regained through further equivalent exchanges.
**2** It's a bit more complicated than this, but it will suffice for this explanation.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I think Ed was able to get Al's soul back because it was never taken by the gate. The gate took Al's body but not his mind and soul. Those where left standing in front of the gate or the void. Ed learned from the gate that if he acted quick enough he could get them back. So he used his right arm as material to summon the gate. At witch time he got Al's mind and soul back and affixed it to the aromor via the blood seal. Had the gate taken his soul Ed wouldn't have been able to get it back because there is nothing you can trade for a soul not even another soul. Thats why you cant bring dead people back to life. 2003 anime.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Let me try to explain this better. Think of the gate as god. When you die the gate reclaimes your mind, body and soul.
Since the mind and soul are completely unique, there's nothing you can trade for them. So you can't bring someone who has died back to life.
When Ed and Al tried to bring their mom back, they preformed human transmutation which automatically summons the "gate of god". Since the human body is composed of simple elements they got their mom's body back via the pile of stuff they poured in the bowl, but it was a soulless and mindless body so it didn't take a human form.
That is, until Dante feeds it pieces of incomplete philosophers stone which contain souls.
The gate also gave them knowledge of alchemy. Ed got a little for his left leg, and Al got a lot for his whole body. Al just can't remember any of it until much later. But the gate didn't take Al's soul or mind, it left those sitting in front of the gate.
Ed used the knowledge he got from the gate and his right arm "human transmutation" as material to summon the gate, where for his arm he got a little more knowledge and since Al's mind and soul were not in the gate he got those back for free in the process. Where he affixed it the the armour via the blood seal.
On a side note, Ed will never get his limbs back because the homunculus Wrath took them for himself and left the gate with them. So unless Ed can get wrath to give them back to the gate, Ed will never get his true arm and leg back.
This is going off of the 2003 anime. Just my personal theory
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: They did gain something, though it cost them a bit more. See while the materials were enough in theory to remake a human body, it might not have been enough to construct it. So it took their bodies to help with the construction.
What you gotta remember is they did get what they wanted. Their mother, at least in the 2003 version. In Brotherhood, it's never revealed who it was they really brought back. So in either case, they did gain the body they tried to revive. In the '03 version, Alphonse did not gain anything because he lost his body, so Edward was the one to gain from the transmutation, and when he transmutated his leg, he gained back Al's soul, since it was still being taken by the gate. Maybe souls take longer to breakdown, so he was able to pull it back, and anchor it to the armor. So, that's what Ed gained for that transmutation.
In Brotherhood, it's the same, the boys did get something from the human transmutation, but in this case, they got two things each. The creature from the chemicals they'd used, and the Truth. But what they learned, probably can't be measured in what they gave up. Since Alphonse was so young and eager to grow up, that could be why he lost his body. And since Edward was so proud of his Alchemy that he'd stand against life to gain back his mother, he lost his leg, and maybe to be ironic, the truth took the last of his family since he opposed Trisha's death so much. (those were just my thoughts there) In the end, both boys received the Truth as recompense for their bodies being lost, but it's hard to say if Al gained more or not, since you can't really measure what he lost in measure to what he gained, which he didn't really get until later on.
Or maybe everything I said sounds like nonsense, either way, hoped this helped.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: In Brotherhood, it's alluded to in Episode 14 that Alphonse's soul was within the body that he and Edward had created in an attempt to bring back their mother. Essentially, Alphonse lost his body to properly construct a new body (which was deformed because it didn't really have all the elements that make up a human) and Edward lost his leg in order to transmute Alphonse's soul into that new body... and then Edward lost his arm to transmute Alphonse's soul before the deformed new body completely died, transferring it over to a suit of armor.
None of this is explained properly because you're meant to come to your own conclusions via context clues and theorycrafting. It's the mark of a good story when people actually care so much about the protagonists' backstory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: They did gain something. The fact remains the thing they get it was not in the exact form they wanted. "Sometimes not everything is in our hands", that is what the author's main idea was.
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2014/04/16 | 610 | 2,042 | <issue_start>username_0: If been re-watching some Gintama episodes and noticed the parasitic mushrooms in some episode. Which started to grow on their head and slowly take them over.
I also came across the pokemon Paras to which something pretty similar happens:
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So now my question: where does the parasitic mushroom come from? Is this made up in anime, or like allot of other anime components based on some kind of folk lore?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think that Gintama, Pokemon and trope head mushrooms are related.
The reasons for each seem to be entirely different. Parasitic mushrooms exist in real world and that's where most of Pokemon character design inspiration comes from. Gintama is an adventure where a "parasite infection" would be a nice plot point for a story to evolve around, and the "sad mushroom" trope doesn't seem to be involved in either.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The parasitic mushroom comes from real life. [Cordyceps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps)
From <http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/3/1336047375506/Zombie-ant-infected-with--001.jpg>
This fungus infects insect and uses them to breed. This is where Game Freak got its inspiration for Parasect.
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2014/04/16 | 881 | 1,959 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [this news article on ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-16/my-teen-romantic-comedy-snafu-anime-gets-2nd-season), *Oregairu* is going to get a second anime season.
How many volumes have been covered by the first season? And which volumes will be animated in the second season?<issue_comment>username_1: Season 1 adapts volumes 1-6 while heavily omitting a lot of details, interactions, and important scenes. Volume 6.5, bonus track excluded, is condensed in episode 13. Presumably season 2 will adapt volumes 7-9.
From: <https://kyakka.wordpress.com/>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The first season covers the first 6 volumes, and the second season will adapt volumes 7-11.
Source:
<https://kyakka.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/oregairu-zoku-episode-12-and-13-synopses/>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: According to [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%84%E3%81%AF%E3%82%8A%E4%BF%BA%E3%81%AE%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%81%AF%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B%E3%80%82&oldid=74913452#%E5%90%84%E8%A9%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88), **season 1 covers volume 1-6 + 6.5 + 7.5** and **season 2 covers 7-11 + 10.5**. Note that the light novel has already passed over volume 12.
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> * Episode 4-5: Volume 2
> * Episode 6: Volume 3
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> * Episode 6-10: Volume 9
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Also, consider reading [Did OreGairu anime adapt the Light Novel closely?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/28489) for further information regarding the anime adaptation.
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2014/04/17 | 1,220 | 4,446 | <issue_start>username_0: I just found a doodle about how [Charmander and Squirtle were getting high, and Squirtle accidentally extinguishes Charmander's flame, and Charmander dies.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mMqLC.jpg) Is this true? And why does Charmander die if his flame goes out? Is there any explanation about this in the anime?
I did find a [Bulbapedia page](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Charmander_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29#Biology) that said:
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But it didn't explain any further.<issue_comment>username_1: Now it was a long time ago from when I watched the series but from what I remember, in the first episode Charmander appears in, Ash finds him injured (or at least very sick) in the middle of the road. Ash and his party then rescue him. After taking Charmander to Nurse Joy (I think, they take him to someone at least), they explain that the fire on Charmander's tale represents his health. The stronger the flame, the more healthy and strong he is and vice-versa. And yes, I do remember that he does indeed die once the flame went out completely, which was explained in that episode as well.
I'm sorry if the answer isn't 100% accurate but it has been about 15 years since I seen this episode.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's the other way around. Charmander is likely to be dead soon if his flame is about to go out on itself. As you may know already, the strength of the flame on his tail represents his health level.
I've read about this subject many times before on the net, and I think there was a bit about if you were to extinguish Charmander's tail fire while he's healthy, it would simply light up again shortly afterwards. So his tail fire's kinda like a trick candle that doesn't go out (if you remember those from your childhood).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It's possible that as a Fire type Pokemon, Charmander is cold blooded and needs a high core temperature to live. As a result, if the flame goes out and isn't rekindled, its body cools at a rapid rate, eventually stopping its heart.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: According to [Charmander](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Charmander_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29) article on Bulbapedia:
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> A fire burns at the tip of this Pokémon’s slender tail, and has blazed there since Charmander’s birth. The flame can be used as an indication of Charmander's health and mood, burning brightly when the Pokémon is strong, weakly when it is exhausted, wavering when it is happy, and blazing when it is enraged. It is said that Charmander dies if its flame goes out.
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**Charmander's flame is an indicator to his remaining life force.**
So, saying "Charmander dies if its flame goes out" would be like saying "A human dies if he blows his last breath". Dying and having no flame would basically be equivalent statements. So even if Squirtle gets high, squirts all over Charmander's tail and the flame goes out for a second, Charmander wouldn't die and the flame would come out again if he was still healthy.
Having water on his tail will probably cause him a lot of pain and continuously being exposed to this torture could make him faint or die, but it would be because his health would drop and thus the flame would become smaller. Vice-versa, if you could somehow bind a lighter to its tail with infinite gas, Charmander wouldn't become invincible, even though his flame would never die out.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: According to "The Science of Pokemon" on Tumblr, a charizard's tail flame keeps it warm. Without the flame, the charizard will basically freeze to death, because it has no other way to generate enough body heat to keep it alive. It's because the flame isn't just at the tip of charizard's tail. It burns inside of it's body, because of a stream of gas that passes through him. It seem like the tail flame is the flame that keeps the rest of the gas lit, so if it goes out, the rest of the fire inside goes out, too. It does indicate the health and emotions of charizard, too, but I think that's more of a side effect than something really important.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: Generation one Pokedex entry.
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So unless it's dying, it can lose its tail flame temporarily, which will later come back.
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2014/04/17 | 1,096 | 3,907 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently watched the *Chuunin exam arc* and saw how Jiraiya taught the summoning technique to Naruto.
Jiraiya showed the toad contract scroll to Naruto and wrote his name next to Jiraiya's.
In the flashback that shows how Minato fought with the Kyuubi, Minato entered the scene with Gamabunta, which means that he had signed the contract too.
If the other names written on the scroll include Minato's name, why is his name written first before Jiraiya's?
<issue_comment>username_1: I've been searching for this, all I could find was:
It's true: "username_2, who took a special interest in Minato and took him on as an apprentice, amongst other things teaching him the Summoning Technique and senjutsu."
As more: "In his youth, username_2 taught Minato how to use the Summoning Technique to summon toads. He was able to summon Gamabunta, showing considerably proficiency in this technique as he was one of the few people that Gamabunta would willingly cooperate without hesitation."
We also know that: "Before an animal summoning can be performed, a prospective summoner must first sign a contract with a given species."
Plus: "Not much is known about Minato's relationship with the toads but apparently he was well-respected among them. His only known summons were Gamabunta and Gerotora."
From all of this I can deduce that, or it's something tricky, and since there's no need for a contract (at the willingly cooperate part/well respected thing, or maybe just because Minato was a prodigy), or is a plot-hole, and the animators or Kishi put an accent on username_2 and Naruto at the scroll scene and maybe forgetting about Minato.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I would recommend you to refer to this [**site**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Team_username_2).It explains that Minato was username_2's student and username_2 took special interest in him.
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From this I can speculate that username_2 taught him Frog summoning technique
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes, Jiraya taught the Summoning Jutsu to Minato Namikaze.
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Jiraya was the sensei of Minato, and its observed in some episodes of the anime that Jiraya taught him many jutsu including the the Summoning Jutsu, though the training is not directly shown .
Jiraya was used to be the carrier of the Scroll of Blood Contract, after he earned the
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Since, Jiraya took special interest in his student, so he entrusted the Summoning Jutsu technique with minato to make him more powerful in combat.
Also, the toads especially Fukusaku respect both Jiraya and Minato and once was quoted saying " Naruto has surpassed both of 'em the Student(Minato) and his Master(Jiraya) ".
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So maybe in training with toads, Jiraya may have helped Minato @Mount Miyoboku.
Hence, he must've taught minato the technique.
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Also, the order in which their names appear on the script may not be known or quoted anywhere in the anime. Maybe that is due to the fact that if someone dies beyond the scope of reanimation jutsu, his( toad or human) name vanishes from the script
(Ref- Anime episode when Pain attack Hidden Leaf Village, and Danzo kills the Messenger Frog. Other frog inform Ma Frog that the name of the Messenger frog has vanished from the scroll.)
Hence, Minato's name would have been written in the blank space created so....
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2014/04/17 | 501 | 1,663 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm confused as to why Luffy rung the bell 16 times. A navy member said it's a declaration of war whereas a pirate said it's about the change of an era. Can someone please explain what exactly is the reason behind it??<issue_comment>username_1: The bell is called the [Ox-Bell](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ox_Bell).
What does the ringing of the bell signify?
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> The ringing of the bell signifies the end of one year and the beginning of another. It is rung eight times to give thanks for the old year, and another eight times to welcome the new year. If it is rung twice, it signifies some sort of disaster or distress.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 16 bells, rung on a ships bell by the youngest crew member at midnight on the 31st December, ring out the old, ring in the new, as 8 bells signify the end of a watch and the beginning of another one, so it is with the years end/ beginning.
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2014/04/18 | 1,512 | 4,970 | <issue_start>username_0: How many total countries are present in the *Naruto* universe, including small or less significant ones? Are there only the five nations which participated in the war?<issue_comment>username_1: There is definitvely more than 5 countries. You can find all the countries on this site:
**([from Waybackmachine](http://web.archive.org/web/20130710000331/http://narutoraikiri.webs.com/narutocountries.htm))**
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: First there are the 5 villages:
* Leaf
* Sand
* Stone
* Mist
* Cloud
Then the hidden villages:
* Waterfall (Kakuzu)
* Steam (Hidan)
* Rain (Pain and Konan)
Don't forget hidden Sound and Grass. Then the Uzumaki village and hidden Frost village.
Also in the Naruto manga (I forgot what book but the one with Edo Haku and and Edo Sasori), it says that the main hidden villages asked hidden Frost and Steam to move to a safer place, so it was somewhat involving them. Then when Sasuke revived Orochimaru they went to the battle field with Karin Jugo and Suigetsu (and the past hokages), this doesn't count as hidden Sound.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: There are for sure more than the big five nations. I never watched a single episode of Naruto, but I will try to provide an answer here. You only ask for the nations, but I will add a list of the villages too.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VPF6k.jpg)
This [map is made by xShadowRebirthx](http://www.deviantart.com/#/art/Elemental-Nations-Geographical-Map-317422439?hf=1). **This is not a official map and also some places could be differ from the original!** Click on the image to enlarge the map.
The countries in Naruto operate as separate political entities and are presumably all monarchies, ruled by feudal lords who stand equally in rank with the hidden villages' leaders.
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Five of the countries are considered to be the most powerful and influential of them all.
* Land of Earth
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> The country is mostly comprised of desolate, rocky areas. The border
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* Land of Lightning
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So there are all countries listed, here are four more of the bigger ones
* Land of Iron
* Land of Snow
* Land of Sound
* Land of Sky
Minor countries
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I also found some other wich I could not assign to a catagory. These are the *Land of Grass*, *Land of Rain*, *Land of Read Beans*, *Land of Rice Fields*, *Land of the Waterfall*, *Land of Udon* and *Land of Waves*.
Shinobi Villages/Hidden Villages
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Shinobi villages, or also called hidden villages, are ninja villages that serve as the military force for their country.
In summary, there are the 5 big nations, the 4 smaller one which make 9 nations. There are 28 minor countries (or 7 more if you count the not categorized countries) and 31 hidden villages.
Most of the information are from the [Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Geography). Other information from the frozen site [narutoarikiri](http://narutoraikiri.webs.com/narutocountries.htm). A cached version is available [here](http://web.archive.org/web/20130710000331/http://narutoraikiri.webs.com/narutocountries.htm).
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2014/04/19 | 3,493 | 12,311 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to start watching Naruto as I have never attempted or tried to get into watching Naruto. The main problem I have is that I don't want to watch all 300+ episodes in Naruto or read the dozens of Mangas to understand what Naruto is about and the many plots that are involved.
I know this might be a really silly question for someone who watches anime and this may sound very far fetched but I havent watched Naruto before. I do not want to read through pages and pages of information from Naruto's Wikia and do not want to go watching through episode through episode of about 300+ to understand Naruto.
Are there any episodes in Naruto that will help me understand the story and key terms/terminology without doing this? In other words I am looking for a short cut.
**Think of this scenario:** Death Note created two **special episodes** for those who have **not** watched it before so they wouldn't have to go through all the episodes to understand the plot. Did Naruto do this? If so that would be extremely helpful.
Please note: I have not watched ever Naruto or Naruto Shippuden and as such have no actual knowledge of anything Naruto.<issue_comment>username_1: Well let's see what I can do....
The story starts off with a fox demon attacking the fire village. The 4th hokage (which, in other words, is the leader of the village) sealed this demon inside of a newborn baby. When you watch the series you find out that the baby's name was Naruto and the 4th hokage was Naruto's dad. Now through the series you see that Naruto gets stronger with his teammates: Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi (the team leader). Later down the road Naruto and his team enter the chuunin exams, which is a set of tests to go up to the next level.
A lot of things happened though the chuunin exams. After that, a few episodes later, Naruto fights Sasuke to try to get him to stay in the village, but Naruto lost that fight even though Naruto used the demon fox's chakra. After 3 years of training with the toad sage (Jiraiya), Naruto comes back to the village. Naruto goes on a mission to save Gaara (who also had a demon inside of him). Gaara did die but was brought back from the dead by the sand village elder Chiyo (the puppet master of 10 puppets), who died to bring Gaara back from the dead. Naruto gets a new teammate (Sai) and a new squad leader (Yamato).
Now, way down the road, Sasuke kills his older brother (Itachi) for killing his whole clan. Sasuke then comes to find out that his brother didn't do it of his own free will. He was ordered to do it by the 4 elders of the hidden village of fire. Sasuke then goes on a hunt to get revenge for his brother and his clan. Sasuke then kills Danzou (one of the 4 elders that ordered Itachi to kill his clan) but ends up finding out that he needs to destroy the village to get revenge.
Naruto and Sasuke fight again after both Kakashi and Sakura run into and try to kill Sasuke. Later, Naruto unlocks the powers of the fox demon inside of him and Sasuke gets his brother's eyes. So things happened during the time Sasuke was trying to kill Danzou, which leads to the 4th great ninja war. Now I'm just going to skip a lot and I mean a lot now. Uchiha Madara (the real one) is brought back from the dead and destroys the ninja alliance between the 5 great nations. Now in the manga where it's at now, Naruto and Sasuke unlock new powers that are close to the sage of the 6 paths (the first person to be born with chakra). And now, both Naruto and Sasuke are fighting Madara to try to end this war.
P.S. Sorry if it's not talking about everything that happened, but there was so much that happened that it's hard to explain so fast. In other news you should try to catch up either by the books or by the shows, because the next chapters that are coming out for the manga are going to be epic.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Although I strongly advise against not watching/reading them, there are some shortcuts to take.
1. **You could read episode summaries.**
As one of your main options it gives a good insight on the story, though not specifically into the terms used in the story. But those aren't too hard to catch onto when watching the second season.
2. **Watch the Naruto abridged series.**
Shortens a ton of episodes to just a mere 5 minutes, but still covering a bunch of key points. But there is a lot of parody involved, causing it not to be 100% accurate. It also does not cover the key terminology in the series.
3. **Watch the anime without the anime-only arcs.**
Just go watch the season without watching all the anime-only arcs. Greatly reducing the episode count, as you can skip the following episodes, which reduces the original 220 episodes with roughly 80 episodes. On the provided site they also have a list for the Shippuuden series, also reducing the non-canon content in there.
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> * Episodes 136—141: Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraiya, while investigating Orochimaru's whereabouts, encounters the Fūma clan.
> * Episodes 142—147: Naruto helps Iruka catch the escaped convict, Mizuki.
> * Episodes 148—151: Naruto and Team 8 look for the bikōchū beetle in the hopes that it will lead them to Sasuke Uchiha.
> * Episodes 152—157: Naruto and Team Guy deal with <NAME> and his Kurosuki family.
> * Episodes 159—160: Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata help Sazanami clear his name.
> * Episodes 162—167: Naruto, Neji, and Tenten go to the Land of Birds to deal with a mysterious ghost.
> * Episodes 169—173: <NAME> takes Naruto, Ino, and Shino to the Land of the Sea to find information on Orochimaru.
> * Episodes 175—176: Naruto is again paired up with Kiba and Hinata in order to improve their teamwork.
> * Episodes 178—183: Naruto and Team Guy go to Hoshigakure to help the villagers protect their sacred star.
> * Episodes 187—191: Naruto, Hinata, and Chōji go to the Land of Vegetables to protect some peddlers from the Criminal Brothers.
> * Episodes 195—196: Guy is forced to deal with Yagura's apparent attempts at revenge.
> * Episodes 197—201: The Konoha 11 stop Gennō from destroying Konoha.
> * Episodes 203—207: Kurenai temporarily leaves Team 8 to take care of some old business with Yakumo Kurama.
> * Episodes 209—212: Naruto, Lee, and Sakura help transfer a member of the Shinobazu to prison.
> * Episodes 213—215: Naruto helps Menma regain his memory.
> * Episodes 216—220: The Konoha 11 go to Sunagakure to help rescue Matsuri from the Four Celestial Symbols Men.
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Although this most definitely will take longer then just taking your time and read the manga. you could give [Full Naruto Episode Summaries](http://naruto.neoseeker.com/wiki/Naruto%3a_Episode_Summaries) a shot. They describe the episode in details, and also include the key information of the episodes.
I personally think that it would be the best shortcut to just read the manga if you want to have a proper start in the series. The original Naruto is covered in a mere 238 chapters, after all, which for me only took about a week and a half to read, while the episodes took me roughly a year to watch through. Or, you could just go ahead and take the risk and jump in mid-series, just Google or take for granted the terms you do not know yet, and try to get into the story that way. Either way, its all up to you.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It's a good story and worth reading. I don't understand why you want to be involved, but are too lazy to read the story. Being too lazy or uninterested to pay attention to a story is absolutely fine, there are far too many books/manga/tv shows for any one person to read even a tiny fraction of them.
But Naruto is not factual, you won't learn anything by finding out what's going on in the current arc. It isn't based on current events, so the older episodes aren't dated or irrelevant. I just don't know why you're in such a hurry, there are more than 300 episodes out but they aren't going anywhere. You can watch a few, then leave them for a few months and watch some more, there isn't any pressure.
You see the knowledge you get by watching Naruto as a goal, rather than a side effect of enjoying the story. The only possible reason I can think for this is that you want to discuss Naruto with your friends, or you're just insane and think it might be true. But either way, there just isn't a way to get all the knowledge without watching the show, your friends have each spent hundreds of hours getting to know Naruto and the story, you can't spend a few hours reading and get all the knowledge they have. And even if you could read descriptions of all the events, you wouldn't remember any of it, without context it's just a bunch of weird Japanese names fighting each other at random.
I realise I haven't answered your question at all, but I hope you read this and reconsider, there's nothing wrong with not caring/knowing about Naruto, and there's nothing wrong with watching a bit of Naruto every now and then, but all you're gonna guarantee is that if you do enjoy the story you'll completely ruin it for yourself with all these half remembered facts you accumulate, and if you don't like it you've just wasted your time trying to understand it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: First off what is your purpose? I mean, do you just want to jump in to Shippuuden where its at now and just see Naruto at his full power? Ill tell you this, since you haven't watched any Naruto. It won't be something boring or a hassle. You won't have any idea how Naruto will progress. In other words, it would be worth watching it from scratch. Since you get to know all the characters way better if you watch everything. You get a much better understanding of the Naruto Universe as a whole. There is only benefits to start from the beginning. Look at it like this, Naruto was made to be watched from episode one, or be read from Manga Volume one. So you will find out new things about the Naruto Universe through each episodes that passes and you won't get bored. Sure it will take you a while to watch it all, but you won't think of it that way when you are watching it, its hard to explain. But I recommend you to start from the beginning.
This is how I got caught up in Naruto. A friend in School was talking day in and day out about Naruto and I wasn't sure what it real was. I didn't even know it involved Ninjas. So I just thought to myself "why don't I just watch like 10 episodes, just so I understand what this guy is talking about". it took me about 3 days to watch 50 episodes. I got caught up so quickly, and it didn't even bother me that I still had over 600 episodes left (including Shippuuden). I was just happy that I had that much left of the show. Cause I liked it so much. And I started loving the Anime when they went on their first mission, thats when I really began to love it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: There is very strong character development in this series. The plot is extremely involved. I'm not sure that any summary could do the show justice. For example, watching 300+ episodes of sasuke trying to avenge his clan only to find out that he has a massive misconception about the entire thing is not nearly as impactful as it would be if you watched the anime or read the manga. You grow to hate the murderer of his clan as much as he does, and feel almost the same emotions he does when he realizes there is more behind their slaughter than previously imagined. Watching Naruto meet his parents would not affect you in the slightest if you didn't experience the pain he went through as a child in their absence. Watching Naruto repeatedly recieve the approval of his peers wouldn't affect you in any way if you hadn't seen him struggle to do it. You should set aside the time. It's very good. Don't watch the filler though... I repeat: DO NOT WATCH THE FILLER.
Animefillerlist.com... I'm very serious haha. You'll get the feels by probably 20 episodes in and if you don't, you're probably made of cardboard.
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2014/04/21 | 396 | 1,494 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading through the CP9/Enies Lobby arc, Sanji reveals that he has the ability to heat up his legs to the point that anything he touches with the spontaneously combusts. How is it that he got this ability?<issue_comment>username_1: Sanji was Red Leg Zeff's disciple. Red Leg Zeff was famous, as his name suggests, because of his red leg. He was known to kill all his enemies using his leg, which used to be smeared with their blood.
Imitating his master, Sanji created his own set of skills. He created the Diable Jambe, in which he rapidly spins and focuses all his energy into his leg, heating it up and forming a red leg which is so hot that anything in makes contact with, spontaneously combusts. After the time skip, he can use Diable Jambe without spinning to make his leg heat up.
How and when he created this technique has not been revealed and is less likely to be revealed. So as @AbhilashK mentioned in comments, he just didn't meet anyone who is strong enough (and/or made him angry enough) to use it till the Enies Lobby arc.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think it’s because when he was a child, he was enhanced to have elemental powers like his siblings but they lose most of their humanity. Unlike his siblings, Sanji isn’t robotic and has true human emotions due to the pill his mother took. I guess Sanji only used Diable Jambe on Enies Lobby because I think he just mastered his power at that time skip.
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2014/04/21 | 1,164 | 4,202 | <issue_start>username_0: In **"Episode 359 : The Night of the Tragedy"**, it was revealed that Itachi sought the help of Tobi to massacre the Uchiha clan. So the following questions arise out of this situation:
* Did he know Tobi's real identity?
* Why did he take his help to eliminate the clan (irrespective of whether his identity was known or not)?
* Why did he help Tobi by not revealing that he was the village infiltrator as Itachi was always working for the Village?
* Why did Tobi agree to help Itachi eliminate his own clan?
Ideally, each question here should be a separate question, but in this scenario all these are closely inter-related and thus have been posted as a single question.<issue_comment>username_1: 1. The things he told Sasuke during their battle suggests that he thought that Tobi was Madara.
2. Either because eliminating the entire clan on his own was too tough a mission for him, or because he wanted to infiltrate the Akatsuki to gather information. Also, he had Tobi promise to not hurt the Hidden Leaf or Sasuke.
3. Because that would blow his cover. He was still protecting Sasuke and the Leaf and revealing his position would make him lose all the things he could have gotten due to #2.
4. Because, as Madara, Tobi too had a grudge against the Uchiha. Also, he could use someone like Itachi in Akatsuki.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Tobi aka "Obito" was just doing his mission what Madara gave to him to do , Since Obito didn't really cared about their village or his clan anymore because of Rin's death, He hates everybody for not helping Rin. He chose Itachi to join the Akatsuki because he wanted to use him in case Nagato betray him to revive Madara back to life. He was going to put the Senju cell inside of Itachi to create the Rinnegan so Madara can come back for exchange of Itachi life, But Itachi was very too smart for that and that's also why Tobi help Sasuke for the same reason.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: These questions were mostly answered, or subtly hinted at, in the episode, *Kakashi: Shadow of the Anbu Black Ops: Night of the Tragedy*. username_1 mostly answers accurately, though I have to contend with point 4, as some others have.
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If I'm not mistaken, it was stated by Sasuke late on that skilled as Itachi was, he couldn't possibly have wiped out their clan by himself. Thus, he needed help. Additionally, Itachi needed to secure a place for himself in the outside world. After killing the Uchiha, he was put in the bingo book. Itachi would have been aware this would happen, and thus it makes sense to team up with Tobi now. Infiltrating the Akatsuki served a lot of purposes. Keeping himself safe meant he was keeping Sasuke safe as well, as his threat to Danzo wouldn't hold a lot of credence if he was dead. I'll note that Itachi needing a place *was* hinted at in the episode mentioned, and I'm not just speculating wildly. I don't remember the conversation exactly, but Tobi offered him a place in the Akatsuki and I think he says something to the effect that Itachi will need a place to go afterwards.
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In the episode I mentioned, one of Danzo's subordinates notes that some Uchiha bodies are gone, as though they just disappeared. With Tobi's power allowing him to suck things into his alternate dimension, this is obviously his work. Thus, we can conclude that Tobi's objective was gathering Sharingan. We see him with these collected Sharingan in jars, for instance, here:
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2014/04/22 | 1,242 | 4,137 | <issue_start>username_0: So, in *Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei* (i.e. *The Irregular at Magic High School*), the girls' school uniform incorporates this strange translucent cape-like feature. See, for example:
That translucent cape-thing is very unusual as far as school uniforms go - I've never seen anything like it. Does it serve any particular purpose in the context of the show (like, it makes you better at magic or something), or is it just ornamental?<issue_comment>username_1: So far from the light novels that have been published, nothing has been explained nor been mentioned about that piece of translucent garment. The first time I saw that, I was also asking like you are, because as far as I remembered, nothing about it was mentioned in the LN. I confirmed with others who have read the LN, and they said the same thing. So, for now IMHO, it's just like you said: "ornamental". Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Since there seems to be no word of god, let's go:
The gown has to do with the type of magic the girl uses.
So we have
* The blue snowflakes for elemental magic
* the green faeries (dots, whatever) for spirit, body and mind magic
* The orange flowers for earth and physical, physics magic
The girls:
* <NAME> - elemental magic. Uses snowflakes.
* <NAME> - movement, projectiles and matter summoning. Orange flowers.
* <NAME> - body and mind manipulation. Green fairy.
* <NAME> - Light manipulation. Orange
* <NAME> - mind manipulation via aromas. Green
* <NAME> - spirit and magic sight. Green.
The list is not exaustive. Feel free to add more examples.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I, too, thought the capes would be explained further, as it does seem to correspond to the owner's magic. I wish they had been, since the audience would be able to then identify approximate magic types on sight, or be intrigued by a new, previously unseen color. Prime storytelling opportunities have been missed there.
There is only one girl I've seen who doesn't wear it, and that's Erika. There are multiple reasons to explain why she would not wear it.
1. She's the only Course 2 (Weed) girl character we've seen, so it may be a Course 1 (Bloom) exclusive uniform piece.
2. If it's truly based on magic, which does seem to play a part in the colors, Erika's style is sword and weapon-based where the other girls use a different type of non-weapon magic.
3. If it's completely optional, Erika has exactly the kind of personality that would forego the cape by choice.
As far as the texture goes, it's always looked like a sheer fabric attachment to me rather than lace. If it's supposed to be lace, they didn't do very well in animating it. Looks closer to tulle, maybe? Or, actually, my vote is for chiffon. Chiffon flows the same way as they portray in the anime.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: For a moment I thought that the women's capes represented the grade they were in (something like the Mahoutokoro capes, in the Harry Potter Universe).
But it is not like that, Miyuki, Honoka, Mizuki, and other first year characters wear other "ornaments".
I think it's about the type of magic the wielder wields.
But if that's the case, why is Lina's (Angelina Kudou Shields) camisole so different?
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2014/04/22 | 1,031 | 3,865 | <issue_start>username_0: In Mahouka Koukou it seems apparent that magic seems to take the form of Guns or Snipers for some reason.
Does magic actually have a form or is this yet to come further on in the series since so far the latest episode which was number 3 only came out a couple days ago.
Also how was it that they turned/synthesised magic into an actual form of technology?<issue_comment>username_1: Let's go over this for some closure:
In Mahouka Koukou, magic doesn't take the form of weapons or of the like. Magic is processed through these "weapons" which actually come in a variation of designs based on magic user preferences. These devices are actually called CAD or Casting Assistance Device. The CAD act as a pass through for processing magic operations that would otherwise be physically intensive on the human body.
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As for how they got it to work with technology, we can assume that for the Mahouka Koukou universe, psions are a natural form of energy much like electrons in real world computing. If this is the case, they developed technology that relies on psions rather than electrons and this resulted in allowing them to use/alter psions as you would electrons, just on a larger, fancier magic scale...
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: username_1's answer is right in saying that magic doesn't take the form of weapons, and is just thought particles called Psions. Magic sequences are only *processed* through [CADs](http://mahouka-koukou-no-rettousei.wikia.com/wiki/Casting_Assistant_Device_%28CAD%29) shaped like weapons. Why they are that shape is covered below:
First, it's important to understand the difference between a general and specialised CAD. This excerpt from the light novel covers it nicely:
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This is why it's some combat specialised CADs that take the form of guns - the majority of spells will be cast towards an opponent, which requires precise aiming. Such examples would be Tatsuya's Silverhorn Trident, Ichijou Masaki's CAD, and the CAD used by Saegusa Mayumi (below) in the Speed Shooting tournament at the NSC.
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2014/04/22 | 589 | 2,138 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Bleach*, while Ichigo and the gang invading Hueco Mundo, they keep cutting away to Rurichiyo Kasumioji and her story:
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However, I think it's safe to say that it occurs in the tiny window between Ichigo's training and Orihime's kidnapping, as Ichigo uses his hollow abilites, and Orihime hasn't been kidnapped yet.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I believe it occurs after Hueco Mundo because Chad gains his other arm's ability there and he uses it in the filer arc when he is helping to protect Rurichiyo.
This tells me that it either occurred after the Hueco Mundo arc, or it happened parallel with it and was not canon.
I choose to believe it is canon despite what other people say because Rurichiyo and Kenryu are some of my favorite characters from Bleach.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: This arc is what is called "filler." It is, as the name states, an arc or story line created by the animation team to "fill" time whilst waiting for the manga to progress further into the story so that the animation team can continue to produce the story. It is not canon.
However, to answer the question that you posed, the arc takes place, chronologically speaking, after the Sousuke Aisen arc, but before the Fullbringer arc.
Additionally, the "replacements" arc, in which a treasonous member of the research and development squad (12) creates mod-soul copies of the shinigami, is also a filler arc, and is non-canon.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: It has to happen while they are in Hueco Mundo because Chad can use del Diablo and Ichigo still has his soul reaper powers. Thinking on that, it’s impossible for this to be after Hueco Mundo because Aizen is done with.
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2014/04/22 | 4,934 | 17,604 | <issue_start>username_0: In Bleach Ulquiorra is the only Espada with a second release, and he admits he has not shown Aizen. So I have come to a few questions:
1. Why would he not show Aizen how powerful he is?
2. Why is he the only Espada with a second release?
3. If Aizen knew about his second release, where would he be in the Espada rankings?
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Source: ["Why does Ulquiorra keep his second release secret?" on bleachlists.tumblr.com](http://bleachlists.tumblr.com/post/48837765884/why-does-ulquiorra-keep-his-second-release-secret)
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I came across an answer while scavenging the net (and I think it's pretty good):
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Source: ["Why does Ulquiorra keep his second release secret?" on bleachlists.tumblr.com](http://bleachlists.tumblr.com/post/48837765884/why-does-ulquiorra-keep-his-second-release-secret)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: He had no motivation to show Aizen his true power, he was never shown to have any aspirations to become stronger or be recognised as the most powerful like some other characters, he always spoke about his and other's strengths as if they were just facts.
He was annoyed because he was so clearly stronger than Ichigo that it seemed stupid to him that Ichigo wouldn't give up, that's why he showed him his second release. He was already absolutely trouncing him in his initial release, it wasn't like Goku going Super Saiyan to defeat Frieza out of necessity, it would have been like Goku then going Super Saiyan 2 and ripping Frieza's limbs off one at a time.
He's the only one with a second release because he's the only one who figured out how to go further, again becoming stronger in your first release is probably completely separate to working out how to go to second release. There's no reason to think it's unique to him, although it is possible, it's more likely that he was just the first to figure it out.
I'd love to say that if Aizen knew about his second release he would have been the top Espada, as to me he seemed the most powerful and the coolest. Considering the ridiculous extent to which he was smashing Ichigo it's hard to believe he wouldn't have been at least above Harribel, who never really did anything overly impressive.
Personally, I think Ulquiorra in his second release was the most powerful thing we've seen so far other than Aizen and Ichigo post-Dangai, but I'm sure many people and probably even the author would disagree with me. The rankings were always a little dubious anyway, again, Harribel was pathetic, and it was absolutely bizarre when Yammy claimed to be the top Espada, and then was killed by Kenpachi and Byakuya, offscreen, without any apparent effort.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If aizen new about gin's betrayal then I am pretty sure he new about ulqiuorra second release state and the reason why he has that is because he is an arrancar and arrancar are soul reaper/hollow hybrids like the visoreds but in this case arrancar are 60% hollow and 40% soulreaper. And since this is the case ressurccion is similar to a bankai so basically is first release is like shikai and the second works like a bankai. Not only that the espada are closet to a soul reaper than any other arrancar also the 7th espada his ressurccion stated by byakuya is similar to kido
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: My personal opinion on why he never showed Aizen his true form is because he was being calculated. Remember, he was easily the most calculated Espada member, in my opinion, easily able to match wits with anyone. Thinking that way, he could also match wits with Aizen, given his powers, intelligence, patience and lack of feelings towards others. He and Aizen were a lot alike. He may have had the same thinking that Shinji had: keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer. I believe he kept it as a trump card just in case he and Aizen faced off.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Saying he never showed Aizen his second release, does not mean that Aizen did not only know about it, but most likely talked to Ulquiorra about it at some point, we have seen that while at times Aizen can get very arrogant at times, like in his final fight with Ichigo, he is a genius.
He would have figured out that while soul reapers have their skikai and bankai, arrancars would most likely be able to have their own version of bankai, just as their first release is similar to a soul reapers shikai. The way Ulquiorra spoke when he said he never showed Aizen his 2nd release was vague, as he didn't exactly have to show Aizen his power, but he might have told him and made a plan with Aizen to keep it hidden from Gin, Tosen, and the other espada in case they rebelled, much like how Nel regained her power as an espada and starting to fight, and how Grimmjow went against orders to fight Ichigo, except to a more extreme level like a full scale rebellion. Aizen had rarely fought, at first having his espada fight for him.
If most of the espada went into full scale rebellion and if he knew about Ulquiorra's second release before hand, he would be able to send Ulquiorra out to deal with the treasonous espada and end them. It would not be that far fetched, considering the fact that Aizen seemed to hold a special trust in Ulquiorra that he didn't have for the other espada, sending Ulquiorra with Yammy to the world of the living, sending Ulquiorra to get Orihime after letting him trick the treasonous arrancars to steal a fake hogyoku only to get killed in the world of the living, entrusting care of Orihime to Ulquiorra, and lastly ensuring the safety of Los Noches to Ulquiorra.
It's possible that he would have also used Ulquiorra to kill Tosen or Gin if they rebelled, sense Ulquiorra's second resurrection was powerful enough to completely stomp Ichigo when he was using bankai and hollowfication. And as several others have said, it is most likely that Ulquiorra was just the first espada to discover and use the second release, Aizen not revealing to other arrancars, or even just the other espada, that it is possible for them to do this as they all seemed to be more loyal to their fraccion or to more loyal to themselves, unlike Ulquiorra who seemed to not only have no faccion, but never wavered in his loyalty to lord Aizen, you could say that in comparison that Ulquiorra is like the perfect soldier.
Not to mention IF Ulquiorra did aspire to rebel against Aizen and take his place, he most likely could have done so before Aizen was able to finally use the hogyoku. Not only is Ulquiorra already an expert in sonido and extremely fast without any form of release, in his second release he got faster, more agile, stronger. If he truly wished to rebel against Aizen, sense as far as we know Aizen actually never showed the espada his zanpakto, he could have completely blind-sided Aizen when ever he pleased, releasing his second release and using a grand rey cero while in his second release.
If he did this quick enough he would have been able to completely destroy Aizen, as we saw how powerful Grimmjows ceros were when he was just using the standard at point blank range and without his first release, Grimmjow not being as strong as Ulquiorra and with Ulquiorras power being enhanced with the second release, a grand rey cero at point blank range in his second release and if Ulquiorra put everything he has into it, if Ulquiorra was able to do this and blindside Aizen, well Aizen would have had no chance to survive it. And the fact is, Ulquiorra is very intelligent and would most likely realize that if he wanted, he could kill Aizen if he did blind-side him. But he didn't and was trusted with many responsibilities that the other espada weren't.
In conclusion, yes, Aizen more then likely knew about it and talked to Ulquiorra about it, deciding to keep it between themselves, yet would keep Ulquiorra at number 4 sense it would seem strange if the 5th best espada, I say fifth because while Ulquiorra was numbered at 4 the numbering system for espada was 0-9. Even the image above "Aizen-sama has not **seen me** in this form", the wording meaning that while Aizen has literally not been shown the second release Ulquiorra most likely talked to him about it, its possible that Aizen is even the reason that Ulquiorra got his second release before the other espada and another reason why Ulquiorra could be so loyal to him. Sorry for the very long answer.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: 1. He is smart as devil, so he decided not to show his full potential to others (including Aizen)
2. You cant find it in the anime or manga, but just like Shinigamis only a few with a great potential can release their true power.
3. Definitely #1. His power, speed and intelligence would definitely placed him above the Starrk and Yammy.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: Ulquiorra is indeed the strongest espada. We all knew how Aizen had everything planned from the start- with the help of hogyoku, he'd transcend into a higher being and when he does, he'd want to test it against someone who had already transcended into a higher being. That being is ichigo kurosaki. But as aizen is already about to trascend into higher being, he had to give ichigo the time to be able to unleash the higher being within him which turns out to be the vasto lorde form then ultimately the final getsuga form. This is the reason why aizen had ulquiorra guard las noches so he could ultimately battle ichigo. Aizen might not have seen ulquiorra's segunda etapa but he must have known that he is far more powerful than number 4 suggests. The proof to this is when Aizen told ichigo "the fact you are here means you have defeated ulquiorra". Now deriving from aizen's judgement that is guided by the hogyoku, i can say that ulquiorra is the strongest among the espada and so strong that he was the one chosen by Aizen to bring out the higher being within ichigo.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_8: 1: Ulquiorra is intelligent. I believe he knew that in the final battle the stronger soul reapers would fight the stronger Espada Arrancars. That is why he didn't want to be higher ranked because then he'd have a lower chance of surviving.
2: Like I said before, Ulquiorra is smart so he is more likely to catch on to a second release/Bankai than others who were lazy or not as smart as Ulquiorra. I also believe Ulquiorra's cold and calculating personality had a part in it, as soul reapers' Zanpakutos are meant to be similar in personalities. If this applies to the Arrancars then his Zanpakuto will be more willing to show him his Bankai.
3: He would be number one, because for soul reapers the difference between Shikai and Bankai is extreme, this will definitely apply to Arrancars as well.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_9: although he is very smart, fast, and powerful, I don't think that he could win the number 2 spot from Barragan. to be honest, I don't even know how Barragan didn't get the number 0 spot from Yammy, considering that he could neutralize all of his attacks. although I am praising Barragan, I really think that Ulquiorra should have been sent to the world of the living, because of the fact that he could use his lightning lance and completely obliterate all four of the pillars within seconds. There is actually a Japanese comic written about Ulquiorra's backstory, and in it, he is actually a natural-born Arrancar just like Stark. With this in consideration, he must have been one of the original Espadas so he would have time to search his powers. The reason he said Aizon doesn't care, in my opinion, is because Uliquiorra's form of death he governs is nihilism. this means not caring about life, so I think that he just doesn't care if Aizon cares so he just doesn't tell him or show him. The reason that he is so loyal to Aizon is that he doesn't care about people or subjects so he is completely fine with stepping out of the way and letting someone take over as long as they are smart and powerful. if Soske was weak then Ulquiorra wouldn't let him take over. Back to his backstory, Soske found Ulquiorra in a big quarts tree in Hueco Mundo (like all other trees but way way bigger) they don't exactly say that Aizon found him there but after Ulquiorra claws his way into the middle of the tree which was tearing off his mask and making him an Arrancar (after recognizing that it was like him in that it was grown from nothingness) he found peace. I assume that Aizon built his palace around the tree making it like a masterpiece or felt his massive spiritual pressure inside of the tree, so he destroyed it. back to the point, when he was sitting inside of the center of that tree he probably started meditating ( like Ichigo in the Dangai ) and learned how he came to be and about himself and his power after this Aizon probably found him and took him out of the tree somehow. if he was in the tree for say 1 year, he would be older then any of the Arrancars, assuming that he was only there for 1 year, when in reality he could be their from anywhere from 50 to 100 years and maybe even more
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2014/04/22 | 556 | 2,144 | <issue_start>username_0: In Nichijou, characters sometimes make this kind of face when something frustrating or very stupid happens:
Is this a reference to some other popular animated character, or is it a unique way of expressing an emotion in Nichijou?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it's just Nichijou's art style and how it expresses the fact the characters are gone past surprise at strange happenings and have come to accept it, the glazed over eyes and straight-line emotionless mouth indicate this quite well.
In cases where it's something stupid, it gives the impression that the characters can't even justify a response, because the joke or suggestion was just so stupid that it's not even worth the effort. So they give blank expressions and try to move the conversations on. This is usually accompanied by an awkward silence. This is common outside of anime as a ['tumbleweed moment'](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/122986/whats-a-word-that-means-the-same-as-tumbleweed-in-a-desert-symbolizes)
I'm pretty sure that it isn't a reference to any other animated characters and is just Nichijou doing its own thing :)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_1: Another possibility, although slight - is that it could be a reference to the series Initial D.
I don't have much information to back this up, but I noticed a distinct similarity between the faces that Yuko and the other characters make, and some screen captures and manga sections of Initial D.
The vacant neutral stares of the characters in Initial D seem to reflect a similar sense of 'not getting it' or being unsure of what to make of a situation, which is pretty similar to the reaction of the girls.
That being said, I haven't watched the show in its entirety, so it might be a baseless speculation. There are also better examples of this, I just couldn't find them again
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2014/04/22 | 645 | 2,403 | <issue_start>username_0: When Homura's Soul gem becomes tainted it fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Homura then says shortly after while reality is being recreated that what transformed her wasn't despair but love.
Why did Nagisa think Love is worse than a normal curse?<issue_comment>username_1: **Answer:**
Nagisa never said nor thought love is worse than curses. Both Nagisa and Sayaka couldn't explain why Homura's soul gem had those colors. Homura bore way more negative energy within her then ever seen before. Way more than a curse ever had borne.
**Side note:** Homura claims that all this negative energy comes from her love for Madoka due to several events:
* Being unable to save Madoka the way she wanted: by preventing Madoka from becoming a Puella Magi
* Losing Madoka (again): Madoka vanished from visibility when she became the creator of the new universe, a.k.a. Madokami
* The desire to bring Madoka back (as a plain human)
* The idea of being able to meet Madoka(mi) again when Homura's soul gem becomes completely black
* The selfish act of taking Madoka(mi) for herself and thereby breaking the universe
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In light of the events of Wraith Arc, it's likely that what happened isn't that a new and worse form of corruption manifested ex nihilo but that **the wraith born of Madoka and Homura's mutual love, who is integrated into Homura post-Wraith Arc, became a pseudo-witch.**
The manga demonstrates that prolonged contact with old universe magic can cause wraiths to evolve into witch-like entities, including a copy of Walpurgisnacht itself. Specifically, the inciting magic was Homura's discarded shield of time manipulation -- which, in Homulilly's labyrinth, *Homura had been using in place of the bow of memory manipulation*. So, instead of becoming a regular witch that Madoka could freeze in the soul vault, the wraith part of her became a pseudo-witch. But since Madoka was already in the process of soul-conducting, Homura was able to interact with her, and by utilizing her anomalous power she could divide Madoka's divine powers apart from her physical body. Thus, Madoka gets to live a human life alongside her loved ones, the Law of Cycles gets to prevent witches, and everybody wins. Except Homura, who continues to be sad, and Kyubey, who gets mercilessly dunked on.
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2014/04/23 | 576 | 1,893 | <issue_start>username_0: In the latest chapters of the Naruto manga (673 and 674), why does Sasuke possess only one Rinnegan and not both?<issue_comment>username_1: My opinion is that he chose not to use the other one. With the Rinnegan not able to use Sharingan's abilities, it's probably better to use both at the same time. Madara was seen switching back and forth between the Rinnegan and Sharingan, so it should be something that Sasuke can do as well.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Maybe the other eye is only for Sharingan, or he can't have two Rinnegans because it might replace his Sharingan permanently. However, one thing is for sure: he might use Sharingan and Rinnegan at the same time in the future.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Sasuke's Rinnegan is exactly the same Rinnegan of Kaguya's 3rd eye and Madara's 3rd eye. Since, Madara's 3rd eye and Kaguya's 3rd eye are one and the same, this means that there is only one such eye.
This Rinnegan with Sharingan tomoe has always been a one eye case from the beginning. It is very different from Madara's Rinnegan, which is same as Hagoromo's pair of eyes.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: For starters: Sasuke's Rinnegan is **not** the same as Kaguya's/Madara's Rinne Sharingan (not to be confused with Madara's Rinnegan, I'm talking about the one in the middle of the forehead of both of them).
* Sasuke's Rinnegan has 6 tomoe, Rinne Sharingan has (at least) 9.
* Sasuke's Rinnegan is blue, Rinne Sharingan is red.
The reason Sasuke only has the Rinnegan in one eye was not mentioned or explained in either the series or the data book. So we can only speculate.
In no particular order, here are my speculations:
* Hagoromo only gave Sasuke enough chakra to awaken the Rinnegan in one eye.
* That's the best Sasuke can do without fusing Asura's chakra.
* It's the cool factor.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2014/04/23 | 649 | 2,421 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 674 page 9, Madara says that Sasuke is the only one who awakened a Sharingan with straight commas, just like his. After that, he says that there might be a connection between them, something beyond blood.
Does this mean that an Uchiha can be distinguished by their Sharingan? Does this also mean that the power of their eye is decided by the type of commas (tomoe) they have?<issue_comment>username_1: I believe what Madara means by "straight commas" is that Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan just like he did. No one in the Naruto series has been shown to possess Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan(s) besides these two, so that must be what he meant.
As for the average Sharingan, 3 commas is the mastered form. However, Kakashi, Obito, Itachi, Sasuke and a handful of other Uchihas have been shown to have those 3 commas in their regular Sharingan. Also, all the Sharingan(s) embedded in Danzo's arm had three commas. So for Madara to say that Sasuke is the only one who awakened a Sharingan with straight commas like him, he couldn't be pertaining to the regular Sharingan, but the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think the statement does have something to do with the Eternal Mangekyo, but it's not the only reason. If you look at Sasuke and Madara's Eternal Mangekyo, they are the only ones with straight lines (straight commas) within them. I think that is what they are talking about, as their normal Sharingan has normal commas.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Could be because they're both the reincarnations of the Sage's son of this and the previous generations why their Sharingan have straight lines. Itachi and Sasuke are brothers and their Mangekyo looked nothing alike
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The straight tomoe that they are referring to is the straight whole lines concept and pattern that sasuke and madara had after awakening their regular mangekyou. The black in the red of their sharingan shows their advanced range of perception or (power) compared to a normal eyed person. In a sense every black part is their pupil,red is their iris. The red is What allows them to see chakra since it would shade the pupil or the black tomoe differently and allow them to see things the way they do.
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2014/04/23 | 812 | 2,629 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Dragon Ball series, we see tons of people dying and being revived by the dragon balls.
This triggered my curiosity to know which character has the most deaths to his/her name in the whole Dragon Ball series. Who is it, and how many times did he/she die?<issue_comment>username_1: Not so surprisingly the answer is [Krillin](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Krillin). While this page shows he died 3 times in total in the short summery and trivia part, but I found him dying a total of 5 times including everything. [Goku](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Goku) seems to have died only twice.
[Total List of all character deaths can be found here.](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_deaths_in_the_Dragon_Ball_series).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Krillin died the most number of times.** xD
Here's [the list](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_deaths_in_the_Dragon_Ball_series) (Krillin vs Goku):
**Krillin:**
<NAME> Saga (Dragon Ball)
* Krillin: Killed by Tambourine. After the Tournament, he is killed by Tambourine, who was out to kill all of the greatest martial artists so that King Piccolo would go unchallenged.
Saiyan Saga
* Krillin: Killed by Frieza. Frieza lifted him into the air with his mind and blew him up, inducing Goku's first Super Saiyan transformation. He was later revived with the Namekian Dragon Balls. (Note: This was Krillin's second time dying, as he was killed by Tambourine in Dragon Ball). Ep.95
Fusion Saga
* Krillin: Turned into chocolate and eaten by Super Buu. Was later revived with the Namekian Dragon Balls.
Super 17 Saga
* Krillin: Killed by Android 17, who was brainwashed by his clone created from the depths of Hell. After Krillin tried to help 17 remember how much he hated Dr. Gero, Android 17 shot a Photon Flash through Krillin's chest.
In alternate timeline
* Future Krillin: Killed by the androids.
In second alternate timeline
* Presumably killed by Goku Black
**Goku:**
Saiyan Saga
* Goku: Killed by Piccolo, though he sacrificed himself. He held Raditz in place so he could not escape, and Piccolo shot a Special Beam Cannon through both of them. Goku was later revived with the Dragon Balls. Ep.5
Cell Games Saga
* Goku: Killed when Cell self destructs, after Goku took him to King Kai's planet. He is revived several years later when Old Kai gives him his life.
In alternate timeline
* Future Goku: Died of a heart virus.
Hit Arc
* Killed by Hit (Dragon Ball Super episode 71)
Second alternate timeline
* Killed by Goku Black when he and Zamasu switch bodies.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2014/04/23 | 1,470 | 5,241 | <issue_start>username_0: Don't take me for a fool, I know the situation, but I've been watching the fight between Itachi and Sasuke, where he said something like this from the old times: "Come after me, when you will obtain the same eyes as mine, being the third to hold a MS."
He already had the Mangekyo Sharingan, so we can safely assume that he knew the story about his "elders", hence knowing not just about Madara, but Izuna and of course Shisui too. Obviously, he didn't know about Obito/Kakashi, but is this a plot hole, or did Itachi really not know that along with Madara and himself, two others already possessed that kind of Sharingan, making his statement false, since Sasuke would've been at least the fifth person?
(I've written Shisui for purpose in the title, but we don't just have to talk about him.)<issue_comment>username_1: It is not a plot hole. And he isn't necessarily wrong. He just meant the third person *alive*. Of course he knew about Shisui, he had his eye. Of course he knew about Izuna and Madara too since he introduced their story to Sasuke. And he probably knew about other unnamed Uchihas too, if there were any, because as he said the Uchihas were killing their best friends for decades to achieve it. So I can't find any other logical explanation.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I believe I understood your question a bit. I will try to elaborate on that.
If you check out the episode of the Nine Tails attacking the Leaf Village, you must have noticed different age groups of various characters. Kakashi, Gai, and Asuma were depicted as teenagers. There is even a clip where Itachi was holding the infant Sasuke on his lap, assuring him that he would always protect him. Itachi was around 10-11 years old. By this, I can conclude that **Kakashi was an elder to Itachi**.
In your question you stated that:-"Obviously, he[Itachi] didn't know about Obito/Kakashi",I would like to highlight something which could contradict with your statement. Itachi **did know** about Kakashi as he was a prodigy in his age. Getting Sharingan after Obito's death made him **a source of attraction**.
**By then, Obito was out of the picture completely [since everyone assumed him to be dead]**. At the beginning of the Shippuuden episodes, Itachi called Kakashi, "**Copy Ninja**", while he fought against him. Now, coming to your question, Itachi couldn't figure out the man behind Tobi's mask. **Because of his boastful nature and strong power**, Obito made Itachi believe that he was Madara. Obito's calling himself Madara depicts his deceptional and boastful behavior.
With this, I can say that there is no plot hole anywhere.
EDIT
As [**debal**](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2077/debal) said, both Kakashi and Itachi were in ANBU group.By this we can conclude that both knew each other.
**EDIT II**
To make it clearer we can list all current know Mangenkyo users and how they have or might have obtained it.
Itachi - It is thought he killed Shisui but did not. Very likely he witnessed Shisui's death. I can think of one scenario but it's just a speculation.
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Shisui - Unknown. But seems unlikely he murdered anyone as he showed a great deal of self sacrifice do kill himself rather than have his eyes fall into the wrong hands.
Sasuke - Did kill Itachi and he witnessed his death.
Kakashi - Got his MS after killing Rin;although he came to know about his Mangekyou at later stages
Obito - Saw Kakashi killing Rin;which triggered his MS
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I myself think that the third person could have been **Madara**. Now Itachi had met Madara once or twice and Itachi was very wise. He paid attention to the things the others rarely did, said by the third Hokage when he was revived by Orochimaru. Also, he knew that Madara was the first one to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan Izuna. He told that to Sasuke in Naruto Shippuden episode 136 or 137.
Note: now we know that masked man was Obito and the real Madara was dead but *Itachi* *didn't at that time*. Wise as Itachi was as a planner, **Madara** was better than him and Madara told Obito that he has to live with the alias 'Madara Uchiha'. As for the people who are saying he knew about Kakashi having the Mangekyo, Kakashi rarely showed his Sharingan. Itachi and Kakashi were also not that close to each other. If I remember correctly, he said you will be the third one alive to have it. Shisui and Izuna were dead and he didn't know about Kakashi's so it would have been Madara.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: This is false. What Itachi says because in The Itachi Story Arc we learn that Fugaku Uchiha, his father, possesses the mangekyou sharing and shows Itachi. Also Itachi tells Sasuke the story of the Izanami when he is reanimated and mentions the existence of many other Uchihas who possessed the mangekyou. Therefore, it must be a plot hole.
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2014/04/23 | 493 | 1,563 | <issue_start>username_0: I never really figured this out. Is Sakurai-sensei always super-uncomfortable around people? Or is she nervous? Usually sweat drops jumping off someone is a vfx for surprise, but I don't think this is the case.
 
What's up with those crazy sweat drop novas all the time?<issue_comment>username_1: No matter who Sakurai-sensei is talking to (other teachers, students, etc) she has those panic bubbles/sweat drops around her.
I took this to mean she's just a naturally nervous person instead of being uncomfortable around people. I can't think of anything in the show that implied she was uncomfortable around others since she was always willing to help and talk.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's probably just an exaggeration of her being nervous and/or shy. As her personality bio on the [Nichijou Wikia](http://nichijou.wikia.com/wiki/Izumi_Sakurai) says, "Izumi is a very nice young woman, but she is usually very shy, flustered, and easily frightened."
This is similar to the [Overly Nervous Flop Sweat](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNervousFlopSweat) trope, though that page doesn't have a section for anime or manga.
Some other instances of this:
Danganronpa:
Chii:
Kero:
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2014/04/24 | 1,017 | 3,591 | <issue_start>username_0: **Genre:** Probably Shoujo/Fantasy or magic
**Type of media:** TV show/OVA?
**Characters:** Mostly girls with one main heroine and a male protagonist living in modern times (school attendance was probably involved)
**Plot:** The story revolves around girls with "spirits" they use to fight. The main heroine was using a "fire spirit" but only after she accepted it in one of the episodes. There also was a smaller girl, which was firstly her rival but they became friends after some time. The little girl was using a huge sword and in one scene in park lot she cut a car in half. Apart from the girls there is also a love story involved with the main heroine and a boy. In the end they have to fight some evil villain.
**Time range:** I watched it around year 2006?
I know this is as vague as it can get, but if someone could recognize it - it would be much appreciated!<issue_comment>username_1: Sounds kind of like [Kaze no Stigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_no_Stigma) (Stigma of the Wind). A 24 episode series that aired back in 2007.
Here's [ANN's synopsis](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7473):
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Actually, the first title that appeared in my mind when reading your description were these three animes called....
**Magic Knight Rayeart** [(MAL Page)](http://myanimelist.net/anime/435/Magic_Knight_Rayearth)
But then it only fits "The main heroine was using a "fire spirit" but only after she accepted it in one of the episodes ...The little girl was using a huge sword... In the end they have to fight some evil villain." and it won't fit "living in modern times"
But then, when I tried googling, I also found....
**Shakugan no Shana** [(MAL Page)](http://myanimelist.net/anime/355/Shakugan_no_Shana)
It fits "The main heroine was using a "fire spirit"..., ...firstly her rival but they became friends after some time. The little girl was using a huge sword too. Apart from the girls there is also a love story involved with the main heroine and a boy. In the end they have to fight some evil villain." and are "living in modern times".
But after searching more thoroughly, I found....
**Mai-HiMe** [(MAL Page)](http://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME) [Wikipedia Page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My-HiME)
It seems to fit most of your description.
Sorry for this kind of random guess, but well even if none of them is the answer, at least it makes the possibility getting narrower...
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: First thing that popped into my mind was date a live because u said "the story revolves around girls with "spirits" they use to fight." And
using a "fire spirit" but only after she accepted it in one of the episodes. There also was a smaller girl, which was firstly her rival but they became friends after some time.
The one who was the heroine didn't use a fire spirit but there was a female who did and accepted it in the series and there is also a girl spirit who uses a huge sword and the main heroine is a boy. I hope this helped
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2014/04/24 | 437 | 1,421 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 674 of the Naruto manga, Madara uses a techinique called *Senpou: Inton Raiha*.
Is this technique related to the black lightning attack of the Third Raikage?<issue_comment>username_1: [Senpou: Inton Raiha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Art%3a_Yin_Release_Lightning_Dispatch) - Raiton and Inton mixed together to form a branched dangerous lightning network . The flashes can be fired from both hands simultaneously. Senpou: Inton Raiha uses Sage of Six Path's chakra. And till now there have been only 4 characters to use Sage of Six Path's chakra - Obito, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke. It is highly unlikely that Third raikage knew/believed in Rikudou Senin let alone had his chakra.
Also Third raikage's [black lightening](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Lightning) was unique to him and later used by Darui too and it is shown that it can be used at a single target at a time. It covers the whole body of the user while Senpou: Inton Raiha comes out from hands of user.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: From the Naruto wiki:
[Senpou: Inton Raiha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Art%3a_Yin_Release_Lightning_Dispatch) is a combination of senjutsu, Yin Release and Lightning Release.
[Black Lightning](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Lightning) is a typical lightning release jutsu.
Hence Inton Raiha and Black Lightning are not related to each other.
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2014/04/26 | 782 | 2,892 | <issue_start>username_0: Which philosophers have influenced Death Note? What is the name (or category) of their philosophies? I want to read deeper.<issue_comment>username_1: It doesn't seem to have been spun from an actual person in history or a piece of writing. From an interview with the creator of Death Note <NAME> he says this:
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> There was nothing in particular. I started thinking of some ideas and
> while these ideas were still floating in the back of my mind, I got
> more ideas to fill up detailed plots like the rules and the god of
> death and so on. Eventually, I thought there was enough material for a
> good story to tell.
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Since Death Note is centered around Gods of Death or Shinigami and since there are many urban legends on Shinigami in Japan and lets not mention that Shinigamis are very commonly known about in Japan, it is safe to assume that these may have influenced or helped influence the creation of Death Note, although if there were any actual people in history or a piece of writing that influenced Death Note, then these origins are yet unknown.
and also
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> No, there was nothing that I strongly wished to express.
> The basic underlying idea was that **“Humans are not immortals and once they are dead, they do not come back alive again”. This is to indirectly say that we should all treasure the present and live our lives to the fullest**.
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From the text above, this gives some more of an insight as to what also helped influence Death Note (which would have been his own personal thoughts). Refer to sentence highlighted in bold.
In conclusion Death Note was not inspired by any philosophers (people or a writing), since in the comment that was what you were looking for.
Bibliography for reference
1. <http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=21396363>
This should help if you want to review my answer, compare it with other sources or to verify that information is correct.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: *Note: this answer does not answer the question in title. Instead, it attempts to broaden the ideas the manga presents for those who are interested*
The YouTube channel Wisecrack has a good video on this topic: [The Philosophy of Death Note – What Is Justice?](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-ymYjG0SU0jUWnWh9ZzEQ)
From the video, I understand that these characters represent these ideologies:
* Light/Kira: the end justifies the mean (i.e. [consequentialism](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/)). If one has to sacrifice oneself and be a criminal for a greater good, then let it be.
* L: it's better and more productive to find study about what injustice is, rather than the high-in-the-sky concept of justice
* M, N: everything is just a logic game
* Matsuda: [Socratic questioning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_questioning)
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2014/04/27 | 628 | 2,354 | <issue_start>username_0: So in episode 642 there is a call between navy HQ and the new guy (sorry forgot his rank/name) and Saka says the following
Who exactly are the five elders, and how much power do they hold? As they managed to fool navy HQ.<issue_comment>username_1: The new guy is Fujitora or [Issho](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Issho) and is an admiral.
The 5 elders appear to be the [gorosei](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gorosei) who are the heads of the world government. They pretty much are the world government and pick the admirals, warlords, and everyone at navy HQ. That is why they could deceive them as needed. They probably only did that, however, by orders of the celestial dragons who are (essentially) the royal/noble class of the world government.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The five elders are the Gorosei, Japanese for "five elder stars" (go means five) who form the council that run the world government. Below them is the commander-in-chief of the world government, and below him is the fleet admiral of the marines. They have pretty much unlimited power over the world government.
Very little information has been given, but many speculate (based on nothing) that they are five of the direct descendants of the 20 kings who formed the world government (making them celestial dragons). If they are just normal citizens, they may in theory have to answer to the celestial dragons, if they are celestial dragons themselves then they answer to no-one.
It isn't really that they fooled Marine HQ, it's more that they withheld information, as Marine HQ follows their orders anyway. If Sakazuki had found out, he probably wouldn't have had a choice but to go along with them anyway, as when Sengoku wanted to get the wanted posters out for the escaped Impel Down prisoners as soon as possible, but was overruled and told that it was being kept secret. All he could do was resign, they can overrule literally anyone in the world government whenever they want.
Update:
At the time of this answer, the above was true. Since then, we've now seen Im, the man who sits on the Empty Throne in Mary Geoise and who stands above the five elders.
It seems that they are the second highest authority in the world government.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/04/27 | 819 | 2,867 | <issue_start>username_0: I started reading *<NAME>*, and came across this scene:
Is it possible to perform such a clean cut, or is this just some made up anime fiction? If so, what is the name of this style/trope? (I don't particularly dislike seeing it. It has its charm.)
**Edit:**
As it seems materials seem to play a large role in the possibility, the tools used in this particular setup are:
* A [daikon radish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon)
* A kitchen knife in the 11th year of Meiji (1878) made by a legendary swordsmith's son.<issue_comment>username_1: I'm not sure if the [Sceptics](https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/) site would be a better fit for the "is this possible" portion of the question, but I'll give my attempt at an answer.
As stated by my comment, TV Tropes calls this [*Clean Cut*](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CleanCut) (which it argues is sometimes related to [*Absurdly Sharp Blade*](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsurdlySharpBlade)). Given that their naming for this is very "straightforward" (i.e. this trope describes making very clean cuts with blades) compared to others (e.g. "idiot hair" or "ahoge") it seems reasonable to conclude that this trope is generally referred to as "Clean Cut".
It's not very clear whether or not this is possible in real life - this would most certainly depend on the sharpness of the blade, the thickness of the material in question, and the exact material being cut, among other things. For example, in my experience, it's much easier to cleanly chop reasonably sized vegetable segments (at least with carrots, onions, turnips, etc - vegetables that aren't of the leafy type) than to cut meat that way.
As per the now edited question: the vegetable here is a daikon, which is used in a lot of East Asian cooking. I'll need to look further to check the possibility of cutting daikon very neatly in that form. With this specific vegetable, a relatively clean cut (assuming good technique) seems possible, as per videos such as [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Byhrzu2p0) and [this](http://www.monkeysee.com/play/18321-how-to-cut-daikon-radish), but I'm not really sure.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: No. The sharpest blades ever made are composed of obsidian and artificial crystals, as they can fracture down to an edge mere molecule thick Even under magnification they retain an edge that are sharper than metal. Even so they are incapable of producing such a cut. Cells adhere to each other through cell-surface proteins called cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), they bond cells together and bond on the molecular level, far smaller than any blade edge.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OqePK.png)
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2014/04/27 | 1,214 | 4,492 | <issue_start>username_0: In Code Geass, when we see C.C mainly topless we see that she has [a scar](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xz1m3.jpg) on her left breast.
The first time we see this is when Lelouch tried to get C.C to move away from the Lancelot when she's feeding Suzaku shock images to destabilize him. when Lelouch touches her he sees her memories and there is a scene where C.C is naked in a river and there is a close shot of her scar.
However in the scenes were we see when C.C obtained the Code I can't really see the scar on her when she's in the church naked talking to the nun who gave her Geass. After C.C is covered in blood from killing the Nun who gave her Geass i still don't see the scar.
The scar itself kinda looks like a trident and not the Geass Sigil which questions if it's even linked to Geass itself. So i am wondering, when and how did C.C get this scar? also given how she been shot in the head and stabbed with shrapnel and healed completely how come the scar hasn't healed as well?<issue_comment>username_1: It was revealed in the Nightmare Of Nunnally that during the Hundred Years War C.C. was the rival of Joan of Arc. Joan was known as the Witch of Orleans, where as C.C. was the Witch of Britannia and she served under Henry VI. In a meeting between C.C. and Joan she received her scar.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Firstly, C.C. did not kill the Nun. The Nun's intent was to force C.C. to take her Code, and once C.C.'s Geass matured, attacked her to make her do so, and then killed herself. C.C. receives her scar from the Nun, during that altercation.
Presumably, the Nun tried to draw a Geass symbol, but it was done imperfectly.
Presumably, the scar persists because it was one of C.C.'s features before her death, so it doesn't go away completely.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I know this is an old question, but I wanted to give my interpretation of what happened since it doesn't seem to be one that I've heard elsewhere.
I believe that the scar appeared after she had obtained the Code from the nun, and she was subject to torture because of the belief that she was a witch. As we know, those with the Code can still be wounded and "killed", but their injuries heal very quickly and they come back to life. It's possible that this particular injury was just fresh enough to remain visible at this time. What's more - this injury is right over her heart. Maybe it isn't supposed to be a Geass sigil at all, and is actually a deep wound caused by someone cutting her heart out (this would also explain why it is taking longer to heal). Of course, it could just as easily be a step in some sort of cultist method that the witch hunters came up with to try and kill her based on the sigil on her forehead.
Regardless, this cause and reasoning would answer the question regarding why her other injuries healed, but this one hadn't seemed to. Additionally, there is a scene during the sequence where C.C. has amnesia in which she mistakenly believes that Lelouch wants to have sex, and begins to remove her top. In this scene, her top is easily high enough that the scar should be visible, but no scar can be seen.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The Nun attacked her and caused that wound forcing C.C. to defend herself and kill the Nun instead. Which is what the Nun wanted anyways. The damaged the Nun did, did not get healed, because it's at that moment when the Nun dies, that C.C. gets the Code from her and is now the Code user. So because the wound occurred before and not after C.C. became a Code user, it must of only healed naturally. I believe a Geass user who obtains a Code doesn't necessarily mean they activated it right then and there. C.C. must of activated the Code at a later date, probably after the wound had healed naturally. Perhaps after killing the Nun in self defense and thus obtaining the Code, C.C. fled the scene and eventually healed, only to be captured and blamed for the Nuns death and accused of being a witch and ultimately murdered by a mob in retaliation of the death of the Nun. Then upon death her Code activates and she resurrects as the immortal Geass distributor that the Nun was before her with that scar. As becoming immortal is basically freezing the person at the current state they are at when activating the Code. If LeLouch resurrects, he will probably either have a scar in his chest or a hole. One or the other, assuming his Code activated upon his death.
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2014/04/28 | 1,795 | 7,112 | <issue_start>username_0: Why do fansubbed animes have a reminder to not sell their fansubbed product? Sometimes they have the following reminder during the show:
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> This is a free fansub: not for sale, rent, or auction
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I was wondering why that was necessary. Is it so that they do not get into legal problems? What is the purpose of that reminder?<issue_comment>username_1: Even though in some countries, translations of original works are considered original works themselves, the copyright laws are still pretty vague, and so to avoid getting in trouble, fansub groups add such reminders that could be interpreted as "we did not intend to infringe any rights" if they get sued.
So if some shady guy tries to sell some dvds, and they contain very explicit markings of a certain fansub group, that group has some protection by stating that they did not intend for that to happen.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I think it's a combination of a few factors.
First, there's a sort of ethical code among some fansubbers that dictates that they fansub for "the love of anime" or something to that effect, and that it's improprietous to profit off of fansubbing. I'm not sure how effective a reminder of this sort would be to people who don't subscribe to the same ethical code (i.e. the people at whom this message would be targeted), but there you have it. Sticking a reminder on your fansubs is pretty much a no-cost endeavor, so it's not like it can hurt.
Then, there's the belief that explicitly stating that you do not intend to profit off of your fansubs makes you less liable for copyright infringement. I doubt this has been tested (I don't know of any litigation against fansubbers), but I rather doubt this would be of much value as a legal defense - statutory damages (as opposed to actual damages) are available in USA copyright infringement cases under federal law (and, I imagine, in other jurisdictions as well).
I suspect (but have no evidence) that this is a holdover from the pre-Internet days of fansub distribution when you actually needed to pass around video tapes to get your anime fix. Exchanging physical materials is likely to get you more scrutiny from law enforcement than exchanging digital information, and this relates to my previous point: infringing copyright is bad, but profiting off of infringed copyrights is probably worse, or at least that's the general perception. [username_4's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/9169/1908) to this question contains an interesting view on the matter, from the perspective of someone who consumed fansubs in pre-internet times.
[<NAME> also brought up in a comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/9123/why-do-fansubbed-animes-have-a-reminder-to-not-sell-their-fansubbed-product#comment11192_9123) another point I meant to address - fansubbers don't want *other* people profiting off of their work - it's kind of a slap in the face. So what's one way to do that? Stick a big "this is not for sale" warning on it, kind of like how a lot of free (gratis) software comes with a notice saying something like "if you paid for this, you should ask for your money back because this is free software".
So here's the problem: basically all fansubbing these days is done with "softsubs" - that is, the subtitles are [basically a text file](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ass#Advanced_SubStation_Alpha) that accompanies a video. It's dead easy to edit these things (particularly using software like [Aegisub](http://www.aegisub.org/)), so this is probably another reason that you don't see these disclaimers anymore: they're easy to remove. In the pre-softsub days (maybe before 2008~2010 or so? I don't have my chronology down for this very well), subtitling was done by re-encoding the video to have the subtitles ("hardsubs") baked into the video file. Since this is *much* more difficult to alter, disclaimers would have been more permanent (and hence, useful) back then.
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Anyway, I haven't seen a disclaimer of this sort on any fansubs from at least the past five years or so - it's gone the way of the dinosaurs. In the modern fansubbing world, where all exchange of fansubs is electronic and hardsubs are obsolete, these disclaimers serve no actual purpose.
(I have seen this sort of thing on recent manga scanlations, though - but that's a topic for another question. The key difference here, I suspect, is that scanlations are still "hardsubbed", so to speak.)
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_3: I think this is largely to do with Copyright issues. You see those who distribute or offer the file are usually in the wrong and violate Japanese copyright laws. But because copyright highly relies on where you are in the world (speaking geographically) fan operated groups who do these fansubs often get away from this and find a way to "turn the other corner".
Even though it is possible to find loopholes such as this, these warnings are often meant to redirect blame if they are sued for infringing on copyright.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I was a *consumer* of fansubs in the early-mid 90's. This statement has no bearing on my answer, however, I was pointing it out because someone thought it would be interesting to hear from a pre-Internet fansub consumer.
All of these answers are valid. Ultimately, the fan sub groups need legal authorities to know that profit is not expected or accepted. It's a gray area, because the two "products" that we're discussing are the original work (included in a fan sub), and then the translation itself. The translation can probably be distributed freely, as it is not the same as the original dialogue -- and on its own is an interpretation of a story by a translator.
The iffy part is about the original work being distributed. In most countries, it is illegal to distribute (user-made) copies of copyrighted work without express written consent of the copyright holder. It robs the copyright holder of earnings, blah blah blah. I'm not a legal zealot, and I'm not here to defend any particular side. However, in this day and age, the copyright protections are expected to be upheld in the international community, and enforced by local government or at a higher level -- Interpol. We don't normally hear about busts like this, because a fansubber usually has a small audience, and many studios secretly find this type of behavior beneficial to increasing their products popularity, and with any luck, profitability.
*Footnote about the pre-Internet days: We would mail our brand new blank VHS cassettes to fansub groups in postage-paid envelopes so that no money would exchange hands whatsoever. It might take a month or two to get your tapes, but for foreign video that was unreleased domestically, it's what you had to do.*
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_5: I have seen notices that warn that if you have paid money for this fansub you have been ripped off leading me to believe that there have been cases of other parties trying to make money by selling free fansubs and these notices are attempts to stop that.
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2014/04/28 | 647 | 2,487 | <issue_start>username_0: In the monologue (at the beginning of episode 1) you may have remembered a world map being displayed. The funny thing was that they got East and West Europe wrong as seen in the images below. How accurate are the borders?
Did anyone notice this?<issue_comment>username_1: The map definitely isn't accurate (at least in that it doesn't depict quite a number of current borders correctly). For one thing, as you noted, Europe hasn't been depicted well, though it does seem that the part west of Germany is alright. However, the Czech Republic's border with Slovakia is gone, and it seems that the border with Austria is also missing. The Romania-Hungary border is also gone
When you look at South Asia though, the borders are also wrong. While the India-Pakistan border seems ok, the borders with Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan aren't there. There are a couple smaller issues with Central Asia.
I initially thought that this might be a 1900's map because of the European borders, but the North-South Korea division still seems to be there (which didn't exist at the time of Austria-Hungary), and the India-Pakistan border shouldn't have existed at the time - so as far as I can tell, this isn't supposed to be a replica of a map at some point in time in actual history.
**Summary:** a number of borders here and there have been omitted. I'm not as familiar with the geography of Africa and South/Latin America, but for starters, the Algerian-Tunisian border has also disappeared in this map. But there are definitely a number of noticeable errors with Central/South Asia and with Europe. So this map really isn't that accurate, even if for a lot of the "unaffected" countries it's drawn reasonably well.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This takes place in the year 2030 so anything could have happened to those countries. They could have been taken over or just wiped out.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: They didn't get east and west wrong, as the world is round and you are just used to looking at the world with the americas on the left and europe/asia/africa on the right. Also the map is a mercator projection meaning that it is distorted making areas of low population bigger because due to the earth being round it cant be represented by a flat rectangular object
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2014/04/28 | 2,318 | 7,929 | <issue_start>username_0: Whilst looking around the Fairy Tail tag, I was looking again at a question [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7620/why-cant-natsu-and-gajeel-go-through-freeds-runes) asked by Shinobu, I finally decided to pop the question "How old is Natsu". I thought it would have been revealed further on in the series, but from the looks of it they haven't although the ages of Lucy, Erza and Gray have been revealed which is as follows
1. Lucy- 17yrs
2. Erza- 19yrs
3. Gray- 18yrs
Has an age ever been given in the mangas to how old Natsu is?<issue_comment>username_1: I've never seen it mentioned, specifically, but we can get close to a minimum age.
July 7, X777 is when the dragons disappeared. Since Natsu was trained by Igneel, he must have been born before this date, presumably several years before to allow time for training and such. If Natsu had been born the day before, he would be about 14.
During the Fighting Festival arc, [the Battle of Fairy Tail](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fighting_Festival_arc#Battle_of_Fairy_Tail) specifically, Natsu, Gajeel, and Makarov are trapped by Freed's enchantment, suggesting that Natsu must be older than 80 at this point.
The [Edolas arc](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Edolas_arc) sees the return of Gildarts after 3 year absence, suggesting the Battle of Fairy Tail was less than 3 years prior to this. Since there is no minimum time that passed, there is not much help to us here.
In the [X971 arc](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/X791_arc) we know 7 years have passed, so **Natsu must be at least 87** by this point.
Beyond that, I'm not sure how much time is passing between each event.
**Speculation**
I do have a theory that would make sense of why Natsu is so old when physically he looks young:
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> Natsu and the other Dragon Slayers are actually their respective dragons. For example, Natsu is actually Igneel.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: * July 7, x777 The Dragons disappeared
* Natsu joined Fairy Tail in x777
* Currently it is x791 in Fairy Tail world
From this it can be concluded that Natsu is **at least** 14 years old. **That is the only thing we can know for sure**. But as to how old he really is, there is no definite answer. The Battle of Fairy Tail suggest that he might be older than 80 years old, but it was never mentioned explicitly that he is.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It is safe to assume that something inseparable from Natsu (his magic, a sealed dragon, previous sealling like the 7 years thing) could have also kept him from passing through the enchantment. Ergo, the 80 years seal cannot nessesarily be used to develop a lower bound for his age. In addition, he doesn't truely age when sealed away for 7 years. (Lucy was far too... developed... to be 10 when she joined Fairy Tail).
For a lower bound of his body's age, we have to note that he remembers Ingeel. Most first memories a child has are from 5 to 10 years of age (i'm the latter). Their first clear memories are definitly around 10 years old. Assuming Natsu must have been at least that old when Igneel disappeared, means that in year X784 (when the series starts) Natsu would be roughly 17 years old by this specific means of estimating his age. This puts him around the same age as the others which makes sense. If he lived much longer than that, (living time) he would remember having lived much longer than that and would likely look like he had lived much longer than that.
I don't, however, believe his timeline is that simple. Zeref seem to remember him which means he should be several hundred years old. The dragon slayers all seem to have indeterminate ages that may be easily over 80 years old (as shown by the previously mentioned enchantment).
So define living time as time he is conscious and sealed time as time he did not age. Total age is living age+sealed age.
We do not know his age (living or sealled) as it is not yet revealled. **His *living* age is roughly 17-19 years old close to other main characters.** This seems to be the measure used to define Lucy and the other's ages in the question. His total age is at least 24 as he was sealled for at least 7 years. His total age, however, as no upper bound and there is evidence that he (or part of him) could be several hundred years old. The discrepency between living and total age, however, all seems to be time sealled away by some yet undefined means.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I would assume that Natsu is around the age of 17-18, because when he was fighting Gray and when he joined Fairy Tail, he looked about the same age, as I don't think that all the time travel with Eclipse would have affected it, however, if they had the 7 year gap, so technically Lucy would be about 24, but I think that we can say he is around the same age.
Also, it wouldn't make sense that he is 70 something, because, yes, the age of dragons was around 400 years ago, but when the training is shown, he is the only one there, not to mention the fact that Dragon slaying is a lost magic, and is quite rare. Before the phantom lord incident, he didn't know that other dragon slayers existed, and as a boy he didn't know how to read and write, so he was quite clueless, surely in 70 years, he would have learn things!
In conclusion, if Guildarts left when he was 70/80 in a child form, and returned 3 years later, he was in the state we see him now, considering that Erza and the others grew at the same rate.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Natsu couldn't be 14 because he didn't meet Igneel when he was born. When Igneel found Natsu alone in the woods, Natsu was able to walk properly, which means that he had to be around 7. Igneel left when Natsu was around 12 and spent around 5/6 years in Fairy Tail, not counting the years he skipped in the Eclipse. Hence, Natsu is currently around 17 or 18.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Gildarts returned from "Century quest". That means he was gone for 100 years, but he was with Natsu when he was little... so I think that in their time 100 years are maybe 3-5 years in real life. So... They are maybe several hundred years old but they just don't age as quickly as in real life...
It would make sense - the age of dragons was 400 years ago so if 100 years = ~4 years then Natsu is around 16 + time before he met Igneel so around 17-20 years old in our world. Or like 500 years old in Fairy Tail universe!
Or... maybe they just count years in different way. Maybe "one year" is for example 50 days long. So 365 days are 7 years not 1 or something... that's why they put for example X780 year. That X is a number that changes not in 1000 years but faster.
Hope you liked my theory :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: All the current Dragon Slayers who were raised by Dragons have there parent Dragon inside them. That's why it seems like they are more than 80 years old.
Natsu is older than Wendy, but younger than Erza, so his age would range from 14-17. I'm leaning more towards the older side.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_9: Well it is hard determine the age as the dragon slayers have come from 400 years in the past.Technically Natsu is about 417-419 years old
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2014/04/28 | 359 | 1,307 | <issue_start>username_0: 
What is this image from? I am desperate to find out.<issue_comment>username_1: I did Google Image Search. Maybe this is **Ghost in the shell** (1995).
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[Ghost in the Shell - Movie 1995](http://myanimelist.net/anime/43/Ghost_in_the_Shell)
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To be exact, that frame is from the original Ghost in the Shell movie, and depicts the creation of the cyborg body of the Major. It is part of the opening title sequence - which for being 20 years ago still thrills.
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2014/04/29 | 587 | 2,061 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of anime are based off of the plot of a manga and/or light novels. Sometimes an anime is an original work that gets a manga story afterwards, but that isn't always the case.
I remember watching Amagami, where you could obviously notice that it was based on a game, and some are even named after the games such as Final Fantasy.
So how common is it for a anime to be based of a game? I have only seen it once or twice but is it really that uncommon? Or are they just animated in a way that you won't directly notice that it comes from a game unless you already know so?<issue_comment>username_1: Just like in [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/8240/1908), let's take a look at [/u/homu](http://www.reddit.com/user/homu)'s [data](http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1wr94h/tv_anime_adaption_source_by_year/).
This basically answers your question right here: between 8% and 15% (avg. 10%) of anime in each year from 2000-2013 were based on a video game of some variety. Games are a minor but not insignificant source for anime.
Now, if you're asking "what percentage of video games get turned into an anime", the answer almost certainly rounds to 0%. There are a *lot* of video games out there (probably in the high hundreds per year, at least), but less than 200 anime per year, only a fraction of which are based on video games.
This data set only covers TV anime (thus excluding ONAs, OVAs, and films), but I see no reason to expect that an unusually large percentage of any of those media would be based on games.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Indeed. I've seen a few anime based on video games, and while they aren't that common, they aren't uncommon, either. Some anime are literally used to promote games, but these are usually card games like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Duel Masters. One of my favorite anime, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, or Bridge to the Starry Skies, is based off of a visual novel!
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2014/04/29 | 1,712 | 5,528 | <issue_start>username_0: Generally speaking, hairstyle in anime represent the character personality, like short hair girl should become tomboyish or ponytail make a girl seems sporty, etc. But what about the others? Like long straight hair, or idiot hair, twintail, etc.
What is common hair style for girls and guys in anime and what are the character represent?
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There's a really fine blog about [anime hair colors](http://annesanimeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/anime-hair-colors-what-do-they-mean-an-all-in-one-personality-guide/) here thanks to @user1306322 comment below, I want an answer like that, but it's about hair style<issue_comment>username_1: Absolutely there is, when speaking generally, though this is not utilized in every single anime. The easiest way to familiarize yourself with the standard hair/personality types is to look at unapologetically harem (bishoujo) and reverse-harem (bishounen) anime and video games, because they heighten the main stereotypes with the aim of every viewer/player finding at least one type that is their ideal girl/guy. However, older anime from the 80s and earlier have a fairly different (though not completely different) set of standard types than more modern anime do.
For bishoujo, check out: ToHeart, Ai Yori Aoshi, Love Hina, Tokimeki Memorial, Kakyuusei, Debut, etc. For bishounen, check out: Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yuugi, Haruka naru Toki no Naka de, Hakuouki ~Shinsengumi Kitan ~, Ouran Koukou Hosuto-bu, La Corda D'oro, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, Starry Sky, Brothers Conflict, Free!!, Kamigami no Asobi, etc. You will recognize the same basic character/hair types repeated amongst these series. For 80s and older anime, check out: anything by Tezuka Osamu, Versailles no Bara, Glass no Kamen, Ace wo Nerae, Attack No. 1!, Ashita no Joe, Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman, Ginga Tetsudou 999, Candy Candy, early Gundam and Macross, etc. Recent moe series have recurring types as well.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, there can be some common traits that similarly haired characters share. Of course this is not a definitive guide to a character's personality and there will be many counterexamples.
Here are a couple of hairstyles and their common personalities:
**Short hair** is often seen on tomboys or alternativly 'average' characters. This is presumably so that they seem boyish or have a hairstyle that is not very exciting.
* <NAME> , Monogatari Series - a sporty fujioshi who is perhaps more boyish than the main , male, lead
* <NAME>, Binbougami ga! - a female delinquent who was brought up in a dojo like a male
* Yuki Nagato , The Melancholy off Haruhi Suzimiya - emotionless
* <NAME> - Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! - a member of the club who naps a lot.. And not much else
**Twintails** are often childlike or are childhood friends, this is because twintails are uncommon among older women, but more popular with young girls and society has associated the two:
* <NAME> - Infinite Stratos, a childish childhood friend
* <NAME> - K-on! , a new (childish) member of the light music club
* <NAME>, Future diary, a childhood friend of the main character with simple motivations.
**Drill hair** is usually a sign that a character is either wealthy or refined. This is probably because rich characters tend to be braggarts.
* <NAME> - ladies vs butlers - from a rich family
* <NAME> - Puella Madoka Magi Magicka - an experienced magical girl with refined taste
* <NAME> - Lucky Star - drills?
* <NAME> - Dangan Ronpa - from a prestigious family
And let's not forget the dudes. If you see this delinquent hairstyle, you can almost certainly categorise that character:
* <NAME> - Dangan Ronpa, Member of a biker gang
* Kazu, Redline - a rebel race driver
* <NAME>, <NAME>
I could go on and on, There are quite a number of examples
[including the somewhat well-known hair antennae linked earlier](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5650/what-is-this-hairstyle-called)
But I think this should answer your question - Yes there can be a relationship between a character and their hairstyle, but its not a solid rule.
Also you should bear in mind that hairstyle trends will have changed throughout time - what was once *in* is now *out* and visa versa.
You don't see many girls like this in anime today:
<NAME> - Video Girl Ai -
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2014/04/29 | 1,287 | 4,883 | <issue_start>username_0: I believe almost all of the people watching anime or reading manga get them from various sites like watchop.com, Crunchyroll, anime44, etc., and similarly for manga there are various sites. But are these episodes/chapters really free of cost for the audience? I know that these companies have their major source of income from merchandise and all other stuff but the episodes/chapters are available on net so easily that too for free. Aren't there any copyright violations? If there are why don't these anime/manga companies do something about it?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, there are some legitimate websites on which you can read manga and watch anime for free. [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/) is one of them. While Crunchyroll [started out](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-11/video-site-with-unauthorized-anime-gets-us$4m-venture) as a site that streamed anime without licenses (i.e. illegally), they are now fully legitimate and above-board.
Of course, Crunchyroll has to pay for licenses for the anime they stream - the producers over in Japan aren't just going to give it away for free. So how does Crunchyroll make money? I don't claim to know Crunchyroll's business model, but (as [this article](http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/crunchyroll-expands-its-revenue-stream-by-selling-anime-related-merch/) points out), they have venture funding, and they sell [premium memberships](http://www.crunchyroll.com/premium_comparison), as well as [anime-related merchandise](http://www.crunchyroll.com/store). They also show ads to non-members. Lots of websites follow a business model in which users get lots of functionality for free - for example, this one!
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What this means is that the licensors don't care *how many* times the anime is streamed or sold or whatever - they've already got their share, and if piracy reduces the number of people outside Japan that watch the anime on Crunchyroll or whatever, oh well! It's not their problem at that point.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Sometimes anime streaming is free, but mostly it is usually geographically monitored. E.g. Hulu uses geographical blocking to stop people from other countries and regions outside of the USA from streaming content.
The reason they have this is due to probably copyright issues. Sites like anime44 are usually considered illegal sites, but because copyright varies of many factors including location it is usually hard to shut down sites like anime44.
As said in the comments they are usually free because sites such as Crunchyrolls often get income from Premium Membership Users and products/merchandise that they sell on there site including Koruko No Basket figurines and much, much more. It is also most likely that they earn money from clicks on ads, or on how many people view ads in between the animes that you see for free. It is also likely that they might have sponsors too.
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2014/04/29 | 663 | 2,425 | <issue_start>username_0: So one of the goals of Tartaros was
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Actually even if the demons are created by Zeref's magic, they will not die as they are not magic objects but actual living beings. He created these living beings using his Living Magic (Seikatsu Mahou), thus breathing life into them which means they no longer need his magic to continue living. Thus, when all magic will disappear, they will continue to live and their curses won't be affected.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: As we saw in the manga, what FACE does is to absorb magic power. It's not a dispell or a counter of any type of magic, but instead its ability is to absorb magic power in a radius around each face head.
Now the demons of Zeref are all created by the Living Magic spell, or so it seems, but with the latter addition of the known as Curse Power, which doesn't have a magical nature and it's instead related to something else (humans emotions).
In short, **Zeref's demons may have been created using magic power, but they do not have any magic power inside of them and thus are inmune to FACE effects.**
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2014/04/30 | 648 | 2,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I was looking for one specific quote from <NAME> but I was not able to find it, I googled it and watch some of the scenes that I believe he says it but didn't really find it.
If I recall correctly I believe he says it to Ukitake and I think it goes something like this:
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You might be thinking of a scene near the end of the Soul Society arc, where Aizen and his cohorts are escaping through a Garganta. He looks down on the Shinigami from inside his Negacion and says something like:
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2014/05/01 | 297 | 1,025 | <issue_start>username_0: I just checked out the new chapter of the Fairy Tail manga. In page 10 of chapter 372, after Erza was freed from the dungeon by Natsu, when that demon bird woman came back to check up on her, Erza shows up in front of her, and equips this new armor that I never seen before in the anime.
Did Erza just unlock a brand new suit of magic armor on page 10 in fairy tail chapter 372?<issue_comment>username_1: Erza uses [Requip:The Knight](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/The_Knight) armor as mentioned [here](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_372) in the magic used section. This type of armor has various type. So this particular one used by erza might be another variant of it which was not mentioned.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: It is called the Piercing Armor. It allows her to pierce through substances and leave an hole within them. That was actually the first time she used it within manga/anima.
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2014/05/02 | 1,441 | 3,413 | <issue_start>username_0: In anime, character eyes usually have highlights that are usually white. They seem like a light reflection or something.
Do the highlights have a name? What are they supposed to be?<issue_comment>username_1: For illustrative purposes, I have taken the first four images off a Google search for `eyes` (note: you may not want to perform this search yourself, as there is at least one disturbing image on the front page).
   
As you can see, all of these images contain a similar "white space" / highlight. That's because if you're taking a photo, you need a light source - and the eyes, being reflective, are going to reflect that light source.
These "white spaces" are called [**catchlights**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_light), and are naturally found in film and in photography. It is unsurprising that animators and artists would imitate this for added realism - Disney's been doing it since forever.
 
Of course, catchlights are somewhat more pronounced in anime simply because characters drawn in an "anime style" tend to have large eyes - and hence, correspondingly large catchlights.
For more information about catchlights in photography, see the question [In portrait photography, what is a “catchlight”?](https://photo.stackexchange.com/q/11657/21775) at Photography.SE.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The Japanese term for ["specular highlight"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specular_highlight) or ["catchlight"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_light) is [「鏡面ハイライト」](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8F%A1%E9%9D%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88) (*kyoumen hairaito*), meaning "mirrored surface highlight" or "specular surface highlight." 「鏡」 can be pronounced "*kagami*," "*kyou*," or "kei" and means "mirror,"「面」 is pronounced "*men*," "*omote*," or "*tsura*" and means "mask" (as in the word 「仮面」[*kamen*]), "face," or "surface."
The sort that appear in human eyes are called 「人物のハイライト」 (*"jinbutsu no hairaito"* = person's highlight), [「眼球のハイライト」](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E7%9C%BC%E7%90%83%E3%81%AE%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88&rlz=1C5CHFA_enJP509JP509&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7QBtVZnEJOTKmwXqk4DQCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1274&bih=740&dpr=0.9) (*"gankyuu no hairaito"* = eyeball highlight) or [「眼球ハイライト」](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E7%9C%BC%E7%90%83%E3%81%AE%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88&rlz=1C5CHFA_enJP509JP509&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7QBtVZnEJOTKmwXqk4DQCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1274&bih=740&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=%E7%9C%BC%E7%90%83%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88) (*"gankyuu hairaito"* = eyeball highlight). A specifically manga-style specular highlight can be referred to as [「漫画的に描いたハイライト」](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8F%A1%E9%9D%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88#.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9.E3.81.AE.E3.83.8F.E3.82.A4.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.E3.83.88) (*"manga-teki ni kaita hairaito"* = highlight drawn in manga-style).
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2014/05/02 | 1,141 | 3,888 | <issue_start>username_0: We've all heard of *Fate/stay night*, the much-beloved visual novel by Type-Moon that taught us that people die when they're killed.
**But what does the title "Fate/stay night" actually *mean*?** We can assume for the moment that "Fate" is just a designator for the series (hence *Fate/Zero*, *Fate/Extra*, etc.), but I'm still somewhat baffled as to what "stay night" could possibly be.
(Nobody on the internet seems to know, and I figure the ultimate answer is probably "it sounds cool", but I thought I'd put this out there anyway.)<issue_comment>username_1: When <NAME> first wrote *Fate/stay night* in college, it was called *Old Fate* (旧Fate) and *Fate Origin* and was reimagined later to be [Fate/Prototype](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype#Development). Nasu only wrote what would become the game's Fate Route.
There is speculation on what meaning there is behind the name, i.e.
* "Fate" may refer to the fate of the servants like Saber accepting her fate in her life or the Fate of the magi that battle each other in the war.
* "Stay" may refer to the desire to keep the servants like with Shirou and Saber, it may refer to making something remain or *stay* like the reason why Shiro enters the war in both *Fate/stay night* and *Fate/hollow ataraxia* was to keep the peace in the town, or in Heaven's Feel Route which is like the ultimate climax to the game how Zouken wanted Heaven's Feel to become Immorality but without his body rotting. In *Fate/Extra*, <NAME> had changed the Moon Cell's selection process to be a war believing humanity requires war to advance and evolve, he wanted <NAME> and every other Master who appeared at the Moon Cell's core to wish for the perpetuation of war (stay in war)
* "Night" could refer to how the battles mainly occurred during the night or the darkness behind the war (In *Prototype*, the Heaven's Feel system was meant to materialize Beast; or in *Fate/stay night*, Angra Mainyu's corruption of the grail)
Another theory is that the "Fate" part was taken from his original work, "/stay night" was just added to sound cool like with *Kara no Kyoukai* (空の境界, lit. Boundary of Emptiness) - *The Garden of Sinners* or *Tsukihime* (月姫, lit. Moon Princess).
Ref: [Anime News Network Forum - So why is Fate/Stay Night called...Fate/Stay Night?](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59048&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This answer is just mainly based off of ***speculation***.
Although the creators intention aren't actually really know well that much, here are some common theories that were put together as to what the Stay/Night might mean.
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: It's probably related to the different routes of the game.
Shirou at some point in time asks either Rin or Sakura to stay at his house that night to keep them safe. Hence the "stay night" in the name.
The "Fate" part may mean how Shirou's decision on asking one of them to stay at his house affects his fate/destiny. So it's like, "fate" is decided by whom you ask to "stay night" with. But that's just my theory.
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2014/05/02 | 764 | 2,903 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the instances that there is no manga (like Naruto, Bleach and One Peace) release? Are there certain events that prevent them from releasing? Then what are these events (aside from taking a break)? Is there some sort of calendar of events for this?.<issue_comment>username_1: Here is what I found out, something called a "[Golden week](https://web.archive.org/web/20140906005410/http://sleepinggeeks.com/2014/05/01/fairy-tail-383-naruto-675-one-piece-746-bleach-579/)".
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You have to understand that the manga industry is in fact an industry and normal industry situations happen.
The reasons behind a manga not coming out can be the same reasons some shop or company does not work at certain periods of time, but more specifically I've seen the following:
* There is a public holiday for that period in the country of the publishing (e.g. Golden Week).
* The author of the manga is taking a break after a two-chapter release. (Which basically means that the author already did this weeks job last week)
* The author is on vacation.
* The author is on an unpaid leave due to reasons of his concern.
* The author is sick and cannot work due to that. (Pretty much calling in sick, in layman terms).
Any other reasons a normal person may not be able to work at a job all also apply here. If by chance there is a public holiday but a chapter still comes out, chances are the author prepared the chapter beforehand, and is enjoying the holiday like everyone else, although it appears that he was "working" that week.
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As pointed out by Miharu in the comments below, there also might be a rare situation where a manga which is based on a currently airing anime has caught up to the anime and therefore might take a break to let the anime progress a little further. (Personally I haven't seen this phenomenon though.)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The most typical reason is a scheduled vacation. Out of four weeks the year, Japan celebrates major holidays and festivities. Many schools take the week off as a holiday.
At the time of you question is the holiday called "Golden Week." These are the only times that the mangaka can take a scheduled break without taking a hiatus (e.g., taking off the next issue). They called preceding issue (before the break) is a "double issue." Now you may think that a double issue means that since the magazine is meant for a 2-week period, the contents are doubles. That's not the case here. What's implied is that there will be no Weekly Shonen Jump issue in the following week.
There is no Weekly Shonen Jump the last week of December (end of the year; Christmas), 2nd week of January (New Years holiday), first week of May ("Golden Week," a [series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_%28Japan%29) of holidays), second week of August (Obon).
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2014/05/02 | 1,068 | 4,016 | <issue_start>username_0: Early in the anime, Lucy asked Natsu if he could eat his own fire. Natsu explained that it would be like Lucy eating one of her Celestial Spirits. While this tells us that Natsu won't do it, it leaves the possibility open.
Given how Angel treated her spirits, I could imagine a more evil wizard being willing to eat their spirit if desperate enough. So, could a more evil dragon slayer eat their own magic? Would it make them more powerful or just back to the state they were in prior to casting the spell?<issue_comment>username_1: I think they can, but they just wouldn't gain any energy like they would from other sources, so it's just completely pointless. There have been points with dragonslayers in pretty tight pinches, and I'm pretty sure one of them would have at some point eaten their own magic if there were any point in doing so/ if it's even possible.
I think Natsu was just making a bit of a stupid analogy when he said it was like Lucy eating celestial spirits, at no point has there been any suggestion that a dragonslayer's element is in some way alive, and he's more than happy to fire off bursts of fire that presumably must burn out eventually, I don't think ethics come into it at all, just practicality.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I might get a bit technical here, forgive.
My claim is that they can but will not consume their own magic because it is pointless.
Consider the mage as an entity of energy. With the dragon slayers, when they consume their element, they get a boost in energy which they use to fight (Gajeel consuming steel, Wendy consuming air, ...and so on). I presume they are using these elementals to top up on their depleted energy of to give them a boost.
If they were to eat their own magic, it will give them a boost but it would only return them to the level of energy they had before they produced that bit of magic. They see no gain in doing such. To produce magic, they have to use some energy. This energy has been converted from them into the elemental. When they consume it, it goes back into them. Arithmetically, `x - 1 = x'` where `x` is the amount of energy they originally have and `x'` is the amount of energy they have after producing the magic. Consuming the magic they produce will be `x' + 1 = x` which merely returns them to the starting point.
In the case of consuming their element which they did not produce, arithmetically, that would be `x + 1 = x*`, where `x` remains as above and `x*` is the augmented energy level. This augmentation is made possible because this energy did not originally reside in them.
So yes, they can eat their own magic but it would be pointless
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Well he can but he just chooses not to because he is uncomfortable doing it but if it's absolutely necessary he will.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: **They can't eat their own magic.** It was only recent (in chapter 391) that Silver reminded us of this during his fight with Gray.
We saw a flashback of Natsu saying he can't eat his own flames.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DKUG9.png)
Then two panels later, Silver confirmed this by blocking Gray's attack, using Silver's magic, instead of eating the ice as he did before. As Natsu has, Silver then mentioned he can not eat his own magic.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1wkyA.png)
To be honest it doesn't make sense that they are physically incapable of eating their magic, but if they could Silver would have been able to eat Gray's attack instead of having to block. I guess Natsu being Natsu made an incorrect analogy, back in chapter 5.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2uAbU.png)
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2014/05/02 | 761 | 2,930 | <issue_start>username_0: Gym masters are dedicated to train their Pokemon and and are very familiar with their environment. They should have a vast advantage over trainers, especially younger ones.
If that is the case, why don't they defeat more trainers? Shouldnt only trainers with comparable experience defeat them? Ash can defeat much older masters who have been training for decades. Is it just to advance the story or is there a rational explanation?<issue_comment>username_1: They are not easy to beat, Ash isn't just your average trainer. He might seem stupid/have really weak pokemon sometimes, but he is kind of world class when you look at some of his greatest accomplishments. And many gym leaders do beat him, and he eventually comes back to win. Gym masters do beat most challengers, just beating all of a region's gyms is qualification enough to take on the Elite four.
Also, gym masters are normally trainers who work within the rules of the gym, a fighting master tends to mainly have fighting pokemon, so will always be at a disadvantage to a trainer who wanders in with a bunch of psychic/flying pokemon. They are never portrayed as invincible or easy, just a bunch of tough trainers, well above the average guy wandering around with a bunch of pokemon.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's a really good question, but hey, in the anime and in the games, we are not talking about normal trainers - we are talking about passionate and strong trainers. They are that elite which groups like Team Rocket etc fear.
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They do have an advantage - they are, as you said, trainers, which are familiar with their environment. But that doesn't mean they are impossible to beat.
Also, their age shouldn't play a big role in winning or loosing a battle. I believe that battling with Pokemon is like playing a video game - when you start with it you can be good or bad. The more you do it, the more experience you get, but even a guy who plays a game for 5 years can be beaten by a rookie, simply because he feels how to do it right.
To come to a conclusion:
I believe that gym leaders are strong trainers but the trainers we know are on another level than the gym leaders.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: In Pokemon Origins, it is strongly implied that gym leaders own several pokemons of varying strength.
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So basically, gym leaders handicap themselves to get down to the trainers' level, depending on the number of badges the trainer has.
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2014/05/03 | 1,157 | 3,969 | <issue_start>username_0: In FMA, the back of Edward's coat shows this symbol:
I can't figure out what it would be a reference to in-universe, because the symbology seems Judeo-Christian (a cross and what looks like it could be a serpent), and the show doesn't really have any Christian symbology in it. Is this some symbol in real life? What is it supposed to mean?<issue_comment>username_1: Its a [Flamel](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Flamel)
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The Flamel is named after [<NAME>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel) Whom After his death developed a reputation as an alchemist. However, these legendary accounts only appeared in the seventeenth century.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's called the Flamel (yes, named after [<NAME>amel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel), purported to be an alchemist who sought the Philosopher's Stone).
It is most noticeably similar to the [symbol of Hermes, a god of alchemy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus), and also the [Rod of Asclepius](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius), which you may recognize from ambulances as the [EMS symbol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Life).
 
It is not a religious symbol, nor is it ever explained to have a relevance in the *FMA* universe. However, given its real life links to alchemy and medicine, it's safe to say that the author intended to bring forth real-world alchemical symbols into her universe.
Further reading: [*FMA* Wiki entry on the Flamel](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Flamel)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Well as everybody on here has said, it's a flamel which is a symbol created by the alchemist Nicholas Flamel.
After looking into it a bit more, I learned that Flamel often used this symbol when he talked about the Elixir of Life in his books.
So that makes it a fitting symbol for Dante, as she thought she had discovered immortality.
As far as the wings and crown, I'm not sure what those represent, as those are not part of the original Flamel symbol. I'm guessing its something Dante added to it, to make it her own. But like I said, I'm not sure what it represents.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I found a bible verse similar to this in Numbers 21:8, stating
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Another interpretation is "to be pure, to be purified". I say this because in FMA, alchemy is what the world revolves around. Even in our reality, alchemy was fabled to transmute any metal into gold. Since gold is considered to be the purest of all metals, we can also transcribe that context to the purest (or purified) form of expression, ideas, self, etc.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Though I know where you were going with the Christian symbolism. The snake on the rod (also a root that the medical symbols came from because People were healed by looking at the snake on the rod)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: It is also said to be the crucifixion of the serpent(AKA the natural man) which sort of happens to Ed as the series progresses.
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2014/05/03 | 850 | 2,919 | <issue_start>username_0: In Digimon Adventure (in both seasons), we meet Digitamamon, a profoundly evil, greedy digimon who looks like a giant egg with dinosaur legs and a crack in the shell where two yellow eyes stare out.
Digimon (which preceded Pokemon) is based off a toy for boys that competed with the Tamagotchi toy. Tamagotchi is a egg-shaped toy featuring an egg that quickly hatches into an alien being.
Tama-gotchi literally means egg-watch (with the second half being a transliteration of the English word 'watch')
Digi-tama-mon breaks down to digital-egg-monster (with digi and mon being borrowed from English).
Digitamamon is one of the few digimon with the word 'digi' in its name, suggesting something digital, but it doesn't look digital at all. That's why I wonder if it's related to the Tamagotchi, the first 'digital egg'.<issue_comment>username_1: That's an interesting hypothesis, but I don't think it's right.
As the Digimon enthusiast will recall, the eggs from which Digimon hatch are called "Digi-Eggs" in English. However, in Japanese, they are called "Digi-Tama" (デジタマ), from which the English is basically directly translated, since *tama* means "egg", as you pointed out.
It seems rather more likely that the name "Digitamamon" derives from "monster that is a Digi-Tama/Digi-Egg", rather than "digital monster that is a *tama*/egg". The latter interpretation might suggest a connection to Tamagotchi, but is unlikely, since (as you pointed out) it doesn't look particularly digital at all. However, it *does* look a lot like a Digi-Tama/Digi-Egg - see below.
That said, I think there still is a connection to the Tamagotchi in a different way: it's widely acknowledged that the Digimon product line is basically "Tamagotchi plus battles".
Recall that both Digimon and Tamagotchi are Bandai products. It's thought that the Tamagotchi sold well among girls but not boys, leading Bandai to introduce Digimon to capture the other half of the market. As such, even if Digimon and Tamagotchi aren't explicitly referencing one another, it shouldn't be too surprising that they will have some features in common, being produced by the same company and all.
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Not quite. The chronology here is as follows:
* Feb 1996: Nintendo releases Pokémon Red and Green
* Nov 1996: Bandai releases the first Tamagotchi
* Jun 1997: Bandai releases the first Digimon virtual pet device
The Pokémon anime (Apr 1997) also preceded the Digimon anime (Mar 1999).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Digimon didn't complete with Tamagotchi at all. They WERE Tamagotchis and by the same company, Bandai. Just a newer version or sideline that took on a life of its own. With that in mind, Digitamamom wouldn't be a parody but more likely a homage to its own other brand.
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2014/05/04 | 1,242 | 4,617 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for an anime that had recently came out maybe in the middle of last month. I watched this maybe around that time, but I cannot find it again and had accidentally cleared my history on Firefox.
The synopsis of the story goes like this-
A young girl with perhaps maybe long hear, probably really noticeable eyes is carrying a large coffin which contains a magical weapon/gun presumably similar to perhaps weapons in the RWBY universe. This girl is the daughter of a emperor who ruled the world in fear or tyranny or both.
In episode one from what I remember, she runs into this boy who uses some type of hunter magic. He has a sister who also uses this same type of magic. From what I remember this girl runs into him as she was crawling around behind bushes trying to make her way to a town. When this boy decides to help her, they are attacked by a deer antelope which she eventually kills. Later on she buys this boy that helped her lunch. It so happened to be owned by his own sister who destroys some tables in an attempt to maybe hurt him seriously for not helping out. The girl with the coffin eventually hires them soon after for a job, but doesn't reveal what it is she is looking for.
Later on in the episode she raids a general or very powerful adversary who was there during the battle which defeated her father. I also remember that the boy she runs into comes along with her including his sister. Eventually both brother and sister encounter this man who has the ability to control anything inside his mansion at will and maybe has physic powers too.
It may help but they refer to this adversary as a real mage which would indicate that they may not be actual mages at all but use some type of borrowed magic. At the end of the episode it is revealed that what she was after was her fathers body parts so she could give him a proper burial. The part of her father they obtained in question was the left or right hand of her father. Before they leave the raided mansion, the man insists that it is a source of great power, assumes that they want to sell it and in desperation is willing to pay anything to get it back. Please note that this desperate adversary was soundly defeated after the hand/item was taken out of this vault. After this happened he could not call upon his physic powers. It also was apparent that the hand powered the mansion and his magic potentially.
Finally all I can remember is that after the successful heist on the mansion, they are encountered by a group that wants to prevent the worlds destruction. They are then tailed by them in a truck and eventually escape in mist.<issue_comment>username_1: I can't believe I found the answer in just 14mins. This is better than expected. Thanks username_2.
The anime I was looking for was indeed Chaika The Coffin Princess. Plot synopsis from animenewsnetworks.com.au:
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This most definitely is it.
I also found the girl with the coffin. Her name is Chaika. Credits to username_2.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Yep, upon further research this sounds like [*Chaika the Coffin Princess*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaika_-_The_Coffin_Princess). The anime came out a month ago in Japan, so it's relatively new (so I'm not completely sure, but [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/08-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-chaika-the-coffin-princess-anime) did for starters also start broadcasting it online at around the same time.)
The eponymous Chaika is the daughter of [<NAME>](http://hitsugimenochaika.wikia.com/wiki/Arthur_Gaz), who apparently was the former ruler of the Gaz Empire, according to the fan-made wiki. I haven't seen the anime or read the light novels, so I'm not sure, but judging from the list of names he has it seems reasonable to conclude that he was a bit of a tyrant.
Moreover, as might be suggested by the title, Chaika carries a coffin around most of the time. In the first episode, she runs into <NAME> and his sister Akari, which is consistent with your description.
[Here's](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=15524) the Anime News Network link.
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2014/05/06 | 2,447 | 8,760 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Monogatari Series, there are a lot apparitions. The ones that can easily recognized as corresponding to actual stories in real life are the phoenix (Araragi Tsuhiki) and vampire (Araragi Koyomi, Oshino Shinobu). What about the others? Here's a list of apparition that appear so far in anime
1. Crab God (Senjougahara Hitagi)
2. Lost Cow/Snail (Hachikuji Mayoi)
3. Monkey Paw/Rainy Devil (Kanbaru Suruga)
4. Snake God (Sengoku Nadeko)
5. Flame-Wreath Bee (Araragi Karen)
6. Black-Hanekawa (Hanekawa Tsubasa)
In the case of Hanekawa, they said that it's a new kind of apparition. Are all of them based on apparitions in "real-life" stories?<issue_comment>username_1: While it's difficult to prove a negative, and there's no telling where <NAME> got his inspiration from, I would be willing to claim that that most of the apparitions appearing in the Monogatari series aren't quite based on real-life stories.
Broadly, one point in favor of this position is that other people on the internet (in Japan) have also tried to find origins for the various apparitions and failed. Given the popularity of Monogatari, this strongly suggests that there indeed aren't any real-life bases for most of the apparitions, though, of course, this doesn't amount to conclusive proof.
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Hitagi's crab is a difficult case to handle. Crabs are a semi-frequent feature of Japanese folklore - see, for example, [the tale of the Crab and the Monkey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crab_and_the_Monkey) (which Meme mentions), or the legends surrounding the [Heike crabs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikegani), so we can't discard out-of-hand the possibility that the "Weight Crab" (*omoshikani*) has basis in actual legend. Nonetheless, it seems improbable.
Meme claims that legends of the "Weight Crab" originated from peoples living in the mountains of Kyushu. However, he goes on to point out that the areas from which these legends originated - the mountainous parts of Oita and Miyazaki - are not actually places where you will find any crabs. Meme brushes this off, explaining that it's easier to concoct grand legends about crabs when you don't have any actual crabs at hand.
I'm not convinced that this really makes sense in a real-world context, though - do people tend to feature in their legends creatures that they have little contact with? I'm no anthropologist, but it seems unlikely. Someone familiar with the folklore of Kyushu would know more, I'm sure.
There are also some things about Hitagi's crab that just seem too convenient. For example, its name is incredibly punnable in ways relevant to the plot - 思い *omoi* "thoughts" vs. 想い *omoi* "feelings" vs. 重い *omoi* "heavy". The resolution of this arc is strongly related to the realization that the crab took not both Hitagi's weight, but also her feelings from her. It would be a damn surprise if there was an existing legend out there that matched up with this. Far more likely is that Nisio Isin thought that this would be an amusing pun and invented a legend to go along with it.
The points I've made in this section also generally apply to Mayoi's Snail and Nadeko's Constrictor.
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Again, it's difficult to make a strong claim that Mayoi's snail has no basis in actual legend. Snails are not prominent features in Japanese legend, though.
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The "Monkey's Paw" *does* have a basis in real-life - a [short story by <NAME>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw) titled as such. And that's the problem - Kanbaru's apparition *wasn't* a Monkey's Paw, but rather a Rainy Devil, which is an apparition possessing only superficial similarities to the Monkey's Paw of Jacobs's story.
It's pretty clear here that Nisio Isin was deliberately playing with the reader's expectations by having the characters themselves incorrectly identify the arm as a Monkey's Paw - and then they go to visit Meme, who pulls the rug out from under them, revealing that it was something else altogether. This strongly suggests that the Rainy Devil is a creation of Nisio Isin's.
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To a certain extent, it's very difficult to show that the Constrictor (*jagirinawa*) has no basis in legend, since there's nothing terribly unique about it - it's a snake that possesses people. That's basically all there is to it. Snakes are certainly common features of legend throughout the world (as Meme points out), and I wouldn't be surprised if some group of people somewhere in the world did believe in a constrictor snake that possessed people.
Like with the crab, though, this is most likely a case of the author taking a motif well-established in folklore and putting an original spin on it.
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* Hanekawa's cat is certainly an invention of the author, as you point out.
* Shinobu explicitly identifies Tsukihi's phoenix (the *shidenodori*) as having some unusual features that don't match up to the conventional conception of a phoenix.
* Given that Karen's bee is a fabrication even in the context of the story, I'd imagine legends of it don't exist out here in the real world either.
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In a short awnser no they are not.
Nisio isin did take inspiration from some other works of literature but in reality the appereritions are not real.
In actuality the apperitions that are haunting the girls are foils for their characters
Hitagi gets a crab because she portrays a strong outershell that pushes others away yet hides a soft interior. Like many Tsunderes.
Mayoi was a foil for araragi's sisters so she was a snail or a cow because in japan cows usually block roads when one is trying to get home slowing them down in the process, just like araragi didn't want to go home so he ended up meeting Mayoi. Also she is called a snail because the kanji for cow is also in the kanji for snail.
Suruga gets a monkey because in japanese and many eastern cultures monkeys are said to be full of jelousy which is why people portray the phrase "see no evil, do no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil" with a monkey as their representatives. That phrase contributed a lot to suruga's spirit. As she was jelous because she had heard that Hitagi was in a relationship, confronted araragi in her own way with puns and innuendos due to the author and destroyed araragi all because of her jealousy
Sengoku gets a snake because she is portrayed as a victim character. She is wrapped in snakes to make her look moe which is the point to her character too. She is the only one to not be cursed trough her own doing in bakemono. She is given snakes so that she would be placed in bondage positions for the viewer and she kinda liked it also because as a victim she had to either act or be crushed like a mouse and so she did act making her develop further in otorimonogatari.
Hanekawa is tricky because she was given a cat due to her pure nature as a person and as a lustful one in her black hanekawa form.
Also to get her other tiger form you should read the story "a beast under the moonlight" which is about a man that turns into a white tiger to reak havoc in japan and is the influence behind her spirit in Nekomonogatari white
Karen's spirit isnt given much tought due to the orgin of Nisemonogatari. <NAME>in wrote this one as a fanficfion for himself. Nisemono means fake making the title fake story. So these stories both karen bee and Taukihi phoenix were not really given much thought like the others.
And araragi being a vampire was just to give him a way to deconstuct the harem genre. Araragi is made imortal so that he can risk his life to help the girls and is tought by shinobu that because he wants to help that makes him hurt others without his intention. Just like how he went against black hanekawa and suruga without saying something to Hitagi. This is why shinobu is conected by pain to him. He is a deconstruction of the male lead and is given an actual representatios as how horrible going out of your way to help others can really be
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2014/05/06 | 601 | 2,312 | <issue_start>username_0: In the first episode of *To Aru Majutsu no Index*, Misaka attacks Touma with her Railgun, but she deliberately misses him. After that she attacks him with her usual lighting attack but he nullifies it with his power. But why did Mikoto attack him? It's so unlike her to attack somebody that innocent. (Yes, she does always attack some people, but they usually pick a fight with her first.)<issue_comment>username_1: The two have met before Index, in *Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan (A Certain Scientific Railgun)* Misaka encountered Touma and his ability to nullify her attack with his Imagine Breaker in his right hand. When Misaka asked how Touma did it he says he doesn't know yet Misaka doesn't believe him.
This annoyed Misaka because she's one of the strongest Espers in the city (one of only a handful of Level 5's) and she's proud of it, Touma is a "Level 0" so he shouldn't be any match for Misaka however she can't win against thanks to Touma's Imagine Breaker and without knowing how it works Misaka can't accept that she is bested by him.
In Index they already know one another, it's just that after Episode 6 of the Index Anime Touma acts as if he doesn't know her because his memory was wiped out from a feather that remained after the effects of St. George's Sanctuary when Index was in Johann's Pen Mode.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The actual reason behind Misaka's attacks is quite simple. It is played for pure comedic purposes. Tsunderes act out of character near their crushes - a common trope found in anime.
Basically, Misaka was worried about how a level 0 like Touma could deflect her attacks. She thought that she must be missing something, and the same tactic might be used against her by criminals. Attacking Touma again and again would probably help her realise her probable 'weakness' and whatever strategy he is using (since he never disclosed the truth initially).
Since they became closer, Touma became one upon whom Misaka would vent her emotional frustration, and ends up fighting him. It does not help very much then, when Touma teases her in the process, making her feel more insecure.
The last reason, from Touma's perspective, is bad luck. To Aru Majutsu no Index confirmed that he was BORN to be misunderstood.
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2014/05/06 | 541 | 1,816 | <issue_start>username_0: I was watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and the first episode that shows up for season 1 on Crunchyroll is episode 0. Because the show was played totally out of order, I couldn't figure out where it fit chronologically. I know it can't be before episode 1, so where does it fit?<issue_comment>username_1: Episode 0 is technically the last episode in the season. The chronological order of the episodes can be found here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_episodes>
Under the E tab, you can order it by descending or ascending. Using Crunchyroll's ordering, episode 2 should be the first episode to watch.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The continuity is very slightly more clear in the novels. Episode 0 is the movie that the SOS Brigade films to show at the school festival during "Live Alive". In the novels, the Brigade makes the movie during *The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya*, the second novel in the series, which is adapted to anime in the last four episodes of Series 2.
The novels *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya* and *The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya* both take place before *The Sigh*, so the episodes based on those novels--"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" parts 1-6, "The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya", "Mysterique Sign", and "Remote Island Syndrome", all take place before Episode 0. As senshin mentions, "Live Alive", "Day of Sagittarius", and "Someday in the Rain" take place after Episode 0. "The Day of Sagittarius" was in the fifth novel, *The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya*, and "Live Alive" and "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" (our Episode 0) were in the sixth novel, *The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya*. Both of these novels are random collections of shorts that cover different time periods.
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2014/05/07 | 453 | 1,507 | <issue_start>username_0: On the Kuroko no Basuke Wikia [here](http://kurokonobasuke.wikia.com/wiki/Taiga_Kagami#Personality) under personality it says this about why Kagami Taiga is afraid of dogs which is as follows...
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> When Kuroko brought Tetsuya #2 (The Dog) to training, it is revealed that Kagami is scared of dogs. This fear originates from his time in America, where he was once bitten by a dog.
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However I am not sure if this information is accurate or just made up. Does anyone know what episode in Kuroko no Basuke mentions where this fear originates from?<issue_comment>username_1: The Kuroko no Basuke wikia (unlike most wikias) is actually pretty good about citing its sources. The statement you quote includes a reference to chapter 74 (found in volume 9), page 9:
The left-hand speech bubble reads:
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> When I was a kid back in the U.S., I got bitten by a giant dog, so [I seriously can't deal with them]...!
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I don't believe this was mentioned in the anime, though. At minimum, Kagami doesn't say anything about it in episode 14, which is when the dog is introduced in the anime.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It is said in the anime, I haven't read the manga either but I did got that from the anime. The reason why he is so scared of dogs is because when he was young he was teasing a dog, the dog got mad and bit him. so technically it was his own fault.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/07 | 847 | 2,987 | <issue_start>username_0: Looking back on `Bakemonogatari` and `Nisemonogatari`, it seems that
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> Koyomi is really weak compared to all of the oddities he faces. Suruga's monkey form easily defeats him (even though his power was temporarily boosted). The snakes in Nadeko snake would have killed him had Kanbaru not intervened, he needed to be saved from Black Hanekawa by Shinobu. In the latest episode he would probably have died if Yozuru had decided to prolong the fight. This is in spite of him getting the largest power-up yet from Shinobu.
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Considering that he once told his sisters that
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> The first requirement of being a hero is to be strong, and the they're fakes given their lack of strength, it seems odd that Koyomi is so underpowered compared to the oddities he faces.
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Does he ever get stronger in later episodes or in the Light Novels?<issue_comment>username_1: You are wondering how can he can
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I can't recall that he did. Thus, there is no discrepancy in his words and the story he sees in himself is not invalid.
His sisters, however
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On a meta level: Not every story needs a strong hero - many great pieces (commonly for adults) rather tell about the weaknesses of a person rather than their strengths. I would consider Monogatari well fitting in this light.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: In prequel, Kizumonogatari, when Araragi meets Kiss-shot for the first time:
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> Araragi becomes a vampire whose power comes from Kiss-shot. Then when he fights one of the vampire hunters that are after her, he notes that Araragi is second strongest oddity in the world right after Kiss-shot, even if he has no clue how to use his power to his full potential. This strength comes primarily from his and Kiss-shot's regenerative abilities making them practically immortal so they can continue to fight no matter the damage opponent does to them. This power went away as he reduced Kiss-shot into Shinobu, but he still retains bits of it. He could easily get that power back by having Shinobu regain her powers by drinking his blood, but then he would become full vampire who need to kill and eat people for sustenance. Something Araragi would never do.
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I think Araragi was quite strong in Kizumonogatari, I mean he beat all of them 3 exorcist guys to get Shinobu's arms and legs back, but then he kinda downgraded that told because he wanted to be human again. I really think that if Araragi had his full powers like in Kizu, Kanbaru wouldn't stand a chance like people say Kanbaru would beat him even in his full vampire form, but i don't think that's true.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/07 | 1,486 | 5,734 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering, in the anime on the 4th episode "Bloody History", they refer to some period of time called the "Dark Age". I was wondering (maybe the people that can read the original Japanese Novel can respond this better) what exactly was meant by the "Dark Age"?
I tried to figure what the Dark age was and while searching for that answer, I approximately transcribed (from the subbed english version) when the False Minoshiro talks about that. In that scene he approximately says:
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> The turning point for Japan was when "Boy A" committed a series of crimes.
> He realized he could use his PK powers and open the most difficult of
> locks. “A” broke into the bedrooms of 19 sleeping women, assaulted
> them and eventually killed them. At this point Saki and her friends
> couldn’t comprehend how a human was capable of killing other humans.
> Even after his arrest people continued to use PK to commit crimes. It
> became a weapon for terrorists. It split society into a complex mix of
> opposing political, humanitarian, and ideological factions… ...and the
> world entered an era of war, unlike any known before. Ironically, the
> constant threat to the lives of PK users led to a dramatic evolution
> of their abilities. **Meanwhile, the human population plummeted
> worldwide, until it was less than 2% of what it it’d been at its
> height. These events serve as an overview of the Dark Ages that lasted
> five centuries**.
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From that, I concluded that around 2011 A.D. society was something very similar to what we have now (with cars, iPhones, airplanes and normal technology). Then people with PK caused a war and for that reason, human population suffered a terrible decrease to 2%. Then this era lead to a war and then to an era where northeastern Asia divided itself into four distinct and irreconcilable units:
* 1st, Slave Dynasties, Where PK users controlled those without PK capabilities.
* 2nd, non-PK users who escaped the Dynasties and lived as hunter-gatherers.
* 3rd, Bandits who used PK to attack other settlements.
* 4th, a group of those who managed to preserve some remnants of the technological age.
Then we have the present time where Saki and the others live.
My question is, which time period does the "Dark Age" correspond to?
Is the following time scale correct?
Or is the Dark age before the dynasties/division of asia age? Also, what is known about the dark age?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> My question is, which time period does the "Dark Age" correspond to?
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> Is the following time scale correct?
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Your timeline is correct. The Dark Ages correspond to the period following the PK wars during which the slave dynasties held power (in northeastern Asia, anyway). In more detail:
* Ismailov conducts his experiments in 2011, leading to the creation of the first psychokinetiker.
* Psychokinetikers and ordinary people coexist peacefully, if uneasily, for a short time - perhaps a year or so? The exact duration isn't made explicit.
* Boy A and people like him start using PK to commit severe crimes, prompting the formation of powerful anti-PK movements worldwide. In response, PK users band together. Some of the groups of psychokinetikers become heavily radicalized and commit acts of terrorism.
* The PK wars begin. The war effort is particularly effective in the US, which almost manages to wipe out all the psychokinetikers within its borders (PK users decline from 0.3% of the population to a mere 0.0004% of the population - a few thousand people at most).
* Faced with this grave threat to their existence, the few remaining PK users develop tremendously strong PK in a short period of time. Using their newfound strength, the psychokinetikers topple every standing government on the planet.
The collapse of all governmental structure marked the beginning of the Dark Ages, so named because - like the "original" Dark Ages that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire - little was known about it. The "new" Dark Ages lasted roughly 500 years. During this time, global communication networks collapsed, and so little was known about what was going on elsewhere in the world. The slave dynasties rose and fell, eventually leading to the rise of Saki's society.
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> Also, what is known about the dark age?
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Unfortunately, there isn't much known, what with it being a Dark Age, and all. In the novel, the false minoshiro does go into more detail about the four groups (and I can update this answer to include that information if you'd like).
That said, our knowledge of the Dark Ages begins and ends with the false minoshiro. The Dark Ages were hundreds of years out of living memory by Saki's time (even for telomere-manipulators like Tomiko), and it seems that all record-keeping was effectively delegated to the libraries - that is, the false minoshiros. It seems very likely that if you were to ask the people of Kamisu 66 about the Dark Ages, they would know virtually nothing about it - perhaps not even that the Dark Ages *happened* at all.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Something I would note, some of the initial PKers were also just literally going crazy from having their perceptions unlocked and opened. Imagine no filters, and suddenly your aware of every other human beings thoughts and can hear radio frequencies in your head, I believe they were literally just snapping and lacked any sort of control until the time they learned to come up with self imposed limitations and control elements for raising children to be to live with abilities that can alter reality without causing as much problems.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/08 | 1,046 | 4,104 | <issue_start>username_0: In sixth volume, in last chapter it shows that
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> Doraemon goes to the future and didn't come back again. The chapter shows how Nobita trying his best to do anything without Doraemon, he got beaten with Giant and still refuse to call Doraemon. Doraemon find him still fighting Giant and help him to get home. It end with Nobita looking at his desk, where Doraemon come at the first time through his drawer. His drawer become a regular drawer without Doraemon's Time Machine.
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This is the picture of that chapter
With that, it looks like Doraemon is supposed to end at volume 6. But we know that it didn't happen because it still continue and they didn't make an ending for Doraemon.
So, is Doraemon manga series are suppose to end at sixth volume or it just another story from Doraemon?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> My question is, which time period does the "Dark Age" correspond to?
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> Is the following time scale correct?
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Your timeline is correct. The Dark Ages correspond to the period following the PK wars during which the slave dynasties held power (in northeastern Asia, anyway). In more detail:
* Ismailov conducts his experiments in 2011, leading to the creation of the first psychokinetiker.
* Psychokinetikers and ordinary people coexist peacefully, if uneasily, for a short time - perhaps a year or so? The exact duration isn't made explicit.
* Boy A and people like him start using PK to commit severe crimes, prompting the formation of powerful anti-PK movements worldwide. In response, PK users band together. Some of the groups of psychokinetikers become heavily radicalized and commit acts of terrorism.
* The PK wars begin. The war effort is particularly effective in the US, which almost manages to wipe out all the psychokinetikers within its borders (PK users decline from 0.3% of the population to a mere 0.0004% of the population - a few thousand people at most).
* Faced with this grave threat to their existence, the few remaining PK users develop tremendously strong PK in a short period of time. Using their newfound strength, the psychokinetikers topple every standing government on the planet.
The collapse of all governmental structure marked the beginning of the Dark Ages, so named because - like the "original" Dark Ages that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire - little was known about it. The "new" Dark Ages lasted roughly 500 years. During this time, global communication networks collapsed, and so little was known about what was going on elsewhere in the world. The slave dynasties rose and fell, eventually leading to the rise of Saki's society.
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> Also, what is known about the dark age?
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Unfortunately, there isn't much known, what with it being a Dark Age, and all. In the novel, the false minoshiro does go into more detail about the four groups (and I can update this answer to include that information if you'd like).
That said, our knowledge of the Dark Ages begins and ends with the false minoshiro. The Dark Ages were hundreds of years out of living memory by Saki's time (even for telomere-manipulators like Tomiko), and it seems that all record-keeping was effectively delegated to the libraries - that is, the false minoshiros. It seems very likely that if you were to ask the people of Kamisu 66 about the Dark Ages, they would know virtually nothing about it - perhaps not even that the Dark Ages *happened* at all.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Something I would note, some of the initial PKers were also just literally going crazy from having their perceptions unlocked and opened. Imagine no filters, and suddenly your aware of every other human beings thoughts and can hear radio frequencies in your head, I believe they were literally just snapping and lacked any sort of control until the time they learned to come up with self imposed limitations and control elements for raising children to be to live with abilities that can alter reality without causing as much problems.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/08 | 1,211 | 4,618 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 8 of Nisemonogatari, we briefly see <NAME> drawn like this:
This looked a lot like some anime (or possibly a character from an anime or manga) I'd seen within the last ten years or so while in Asia, so I have the feeling this drawing style was supposed to allude to something. (Possibly [Dr. Slump](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Slump)? I'm not sure since I don't think I ever saw the anime, and I could easily have mixed it up with something else.)
That said, this also looks "generic" enough that's possible that this is only a shift in drawing style. But then right before this image, there's a drawing of Karen that looked like (to me anyway: I have a feeling I'm wrong about this) an imitation of the titular character of [Chibi Maruko-chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_Maruko-chan), so I'm not sure:
Moreover, I remember seeing something that looked very much like a parody of [Peko-chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiya_Co.) in an earlier episode, though unfortunately I don't remember which one it was:
Is this (the first image, I mean) supposed to be an allusion to some other anime series, and if so, what is it referring to?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> My question is, which time period does the "Dark Age" correspond to?
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> Is the following time scale correct?
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Your timeline is correct. The Dark Ages correspond to the period following the PK wars during which the slave dynasties held power (in northeastern Asia, anyway). In more detail:
* Ismailov conducts his experiments in 2011, leading to the creation of the first psychokinetiker.
* Psychokinetikers and ordinary people coexist peacefully, if uneasily, for a short time - perhaps a year or so? The exact duration isn't made explicit.
* Boy A and people like him start using PK to commit severe crimes, prompting the formation of powerful anti-PK movements worldwide. In response, PK users band together. Some of the groups of psychokinetikers become heavily radicalized and commit acts of terrorism.
* The PK wars begin. The war effort is particularly effective in the US, which almost manages to wipe out all the psychokinetikers within its borders (PK users decline from 0.3% of the population to a mere 0.0004% of the population - a few thousand people at most).
* Faced with this grave threat to their existence, the few remaining PK users develop tremendously strong PK in a short period of time. Using their newfound strength, the psychokinetikers topple every standing government on the planet.
The collapse of all governmental structure marked the beginning of the Dark Ages, so named because - like the "original" Dark Ages that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire - little was known about it. The "new" Dark Ages lasted roughly 500 years. During this time, global communication networks collapsed, and so little was known about what was going on elsewhere in the world. The slave dynasties rose and fell, eventually leading to the rise of Saki's society.
>
> Also, what is known about the dark age?
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>
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Unfortunately, there isn't much known, what with it being a Dark Age, and all. In the novel, the false minoshiro does go into more detail about the four groups (and I can update this answer to include that information if you'd like).
That said, our knowledge of the Dark Ages begins and ends with the false minoshiro. The Dark Ages were hundreds of years out of living memory by Saki's time (even for telomere-manipulators like Tomiko), and it seems that all record-keeping was effectively delegated to the libraries - that is, the false minoshiros. It seems very likely that if you were to ask the people of Kamisu 66 about the Dark Ages, they would know virtually nothing about it - perhaps not even that the Dark Ages *happened* at all.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Something I would note, some of the initial PKers were also just literally going crazy from having their perceptions unlocked and opened. Imagine no filters, and suddenly your aware of every other human beings thoughts and can hear radio frequencies in your head, I believe they were literally just snapping and lacked any sort of control until the time they learned to come up with self imposed limitations and control elements for raising children to be to live with abilities that can alter reality without causing as much problems.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/08 | 2,023 | 6,586 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been wondering, between Fate/Zero, Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua, Fate/Stay Night (anime), Unlimited Blade Works (movie), Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC and Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA (and to an extent Carnival Phantasm), have the same Japanese voice actors been employed for returning characters (e.g. Saber-Arturia, Gilgamesh, Rin, Ilya, EMIYA)?
Also, if they have remained the same, is there any confirmation that Fate/Hollow Ataraxia on the PS Vita will follow the same trend?<issue_comment>username_1: This will only be a partial answer addressing some of the major characters, because there's too many characters in the Fate universe for me to be bothered tracking all of them down. Broadly, though, with the exception of male characters like Shirou and Kiritsugu who are played by women when children and by men when adults, I know of only one case in which different VAs have played the same character in different entries in the Fate-universe.
This one case is that of Sapphire in Prisma Illya. The unfortunate passing of Matsuki Miyu after the airing of 2wei Herz led to her being replaced by Kakazu Yumi in 3rei.
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Re: Fate/stay night - the casts of the 2006 anime, the UBW movie, Realta Nua, and the 2014 anime are all the same, at least for the major characters, so I haven't specifically made a note of that in the list below.
* Saber (Arturia)
+ voiced by <NAME> in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
+ does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm
* Gilgamesh
+ voiced by Tomokazu Seki in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra CCC
+ in Prisma Illya, his child form is voiced by Endo Aya, but the guttural yelling of his black form in the last few episodes of 2wei Herz are also by <NAME>
+ does not appear in Fate/Extra
* Rin
+ voiced by K<NAME> in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
* Illya
+ voiced by <NAME> in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
+ does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC
* Archer (EMIYA)
+ voiced by <NAME> in Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm
+ does not appear in Fate/Zero, Prisma Illya
[This Crunchyroll article](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/08-1/fatehollow-ataraxia-ps-vita-port-to-feature-tower-defense-game) lists some of the voice actors for the Vita port of F/HA; all the ones that are listed are the same people that played those characters in earlier Fate entries. The [Japanese Wikipedia article for F/HA](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/hollow_ataraxia) also lists some more VAs for F/HA, citing *Type-Moon ACE* Vol. 9; all of these match up correctly too.
Besides, I don't think it would be in Type-Moon's best interest to change VAs for any of the major characters - imagine what a fit fans would throw if their waifu/husbando got a new VA!
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You didn't ask about Tsukihime, but do note that the voice actors for Tsukihime in the 2003 anime all differ from their voice actors in Carnival Phantasm. If the Tsukihime remake ever happens, I suspect that they'll stick with the Carnival Phantasm VAs rather than the 2003 anime VAs.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: (Very late answer, I know, but I wanted to say this anyways)
Well, this might take a while, so get ready:
As far as Fate is concerned, it's voice cast has surprisingly consistent ever since the 2006 anime... with the shining exception of Bediviere. The guy has gone through (I kid you not) 4 different voice actors. The first was <NAME> in the 2006 anime, then in the PS2 version of Realta Nua Shinichiro Miki (Assassin's VA) took up the role, then in the PS Vita version of Realta Nua, the role was passed on to Mitsuaki Madono (Issei's VA) and finally, in Fate Grand Order the role was passed once again, this time to Mamoru Miyano, and it'll hopefully stay consistent from now on.
There are only two other characters who have changed VAs as far as I can tell. The first is Kuzuki, who is... a bit harder to explain. Basically, for all of the Studio DEEN productions, the PS2 Version of Realta Nua and Carnival Phantasm he was definitely voiced by Kazuhiro Nakata. I also know for a fact that in the second UBW adaptation, the PS Vita version of Hollow Ataraxia and the Heaven's Feel movies he was voiced by Masaki Terasoma instead. Finally, I am also aware of the fact that the late great Unsho Ishizuka voiced him in Unlimited Codes and the Tiger Colisseum series. However I have no idea on whether Nakata or Terasoma voiced him in Emiya-San or the PS Vita version of Realta Nua. I'm gonna throw a gamble and say it was Terasoma for the sake of consistency, but don't quote me on that.
Finally is the matter of Luvia. She's voiced by Yukari Tamura in Realta Nua and Shizuka Ito in everything else. I know, surprisingly easy to explain, right?
Aside from that, Fate's cast has actually stayed very consistent thought.
As for Tsukihime, well, I don't think I even need to mention the mass recast that was done for the Melty Blood games and how we're now stuck with them. The only character to note is Hisui. As a result of Miyu Matsuki's passing, the role has returned to Yumi Kakazu, who had previously voiced her in the anime that does not exist.
I do however wonder what they'll do with Capslock-Kun. He hasn't had a voiced apparence in a while, so I don't know if they'll recast him or they actually decide to bring Hiroyuki Yoshino back (Which woudln't be that bad of an idea. I mean, Yoshino flat out sucked as Roa, but I actually think he could pull Capslock-Kun off). The former is far more likely, but who knows (And if they do recast him, they better bring in Nobuhiko Okamoto).
Finally is the Kara No Kyoukai cast, which is thankfully easy to explain. From what I've been able to gatter, all of the cast used in Drama CDs previous to the movies' release was different. It was more along the lines of this:
The late great Tomoko Kawakami as Shiki (Passed on to Maaya Sakamoto).
Kentaro Ito as Mikiya (Passed on to Kenichi Suzumura).
Kikuko Inoue as Touko (Passed on to Takako Honda).
Yukari Tamura as Azaka (Passed on to Ayumi Fujiwara).
And finally, Miki Ito as Fujou Kirie (Passed on to Rie Tanaka).
Aside from that, Type-Moon has actually managed to get a rather consistent cast. It's not to the extreme of, say, Square-Enix, but I'm actually surprised it has stayed so consistent over the years (Without mentioning the anime that does not exist).
Upvotes: 1 |
2014/05/09 | 671 | 2,507 | <issue_start>username_0: Both Kakashi and Obito awaken their Mangekyou at the same time as told in this question [When did Kakashi and Obito awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4484/when-did-kakashi-and-obito-awaken-their-mangekyou-sharingan) The sharingan Kakashi owns originally came from Obito, so is it due to Obito also being there at the moment Rin died that Kakashi's Mangekyou also awakend? Or asked in a different way. Would Kakashi have been able to awaken the Mangekyou without Obito being there?<issue_comment>username_1: Interesting question with no definite answer, so I'll post my 2c here.
The Mangekyou Sharingan is activated by the immense grief caused by killing the person closest to you. However, it seems like you don't actually have to kill him, but witnessing his death is enough.
For example, Itachi did not actually kill Shisui, rather, he watched him commit suicide (filler).
I believe that both of them awakened their Mangekyou Sharingans separately, and because they were both at the scene when it happened, it happened simultaneously.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The Sharingan was stated to be the result of special chakra inside a Uchiha's brain altering their optic nerve when they lose those they love as Kakashi is not a Uchiha he is unlikely to be able to produce the special chakra required to gain the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Obito could still see through Kakashi's Sharingan when in close proximity had showing he is still connected to the Sharingan he gave Kakashi so I believe that through that connection the special chakra produced in Obito brain evolving his Sharingan into the Mangekyou Sharingan was trasfered to Kakashi's Sharingan causing it to evolve into the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Both awoke mangekyou at the same time but only obito is aware of it and can use it. It took kakashi much longer to recognise its existence and convert it to a usable ninjutsu.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The visual prowess of the eye does not depend on the will of the person using it but on the one to whom it originally belongs to (because of Madara using his brother's visual prowess and even Sasuke using Itachi's visual prowess without originally having the abilities. Also, Itachi used Shisui's visual prowess without having Kotoamatsukami originally). Therefore, Kakashi did not awaken the Mangekyou. It was Obito who awakened it in both eyes.
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2014/05/10 | 1,464 | 5,306 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for a list of sites that are legal of course where I can buy and download digital copy for personal use of Anime soundtracks. One that would be good is a legal site where I can actually filter through many different anime soundtracks quickly.
Example: I am currently looking for the Uta no Prince Sama soundtrack to download/buy but I cannot find any legal sites to actually buy it from [and I don't really like the idea of pirating or just getting it for free]. I prefer to buy.
Are there any legals sites where I can purchase the soundtracks of different animes?<issue_comment>username_1: There's a Japanese website, [CDJapan](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/), from where you can order CDs. However, here's the catch: they focus more on offbeat and non-mainstream-anime related things.
For some miscellaneous and also filterable (like in English, Bestsellers, Great Deals, New Releases), I recommend [YESASIA](http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/english-anime.html). I'm giving you the link that points to its English anime page.
[PLAY-ASIA](http://www.play-asia.com/music/soundtracks/14/71cy) is epic. Trust me. It is. I buy things from there as it accepts my currency too (INR). Here you can find exclusive and good amount of foundational soundtracks. If you feel adventurous, there's more! Like Frozen's Japanese (or was that Korean) version and K-pop songs, etc. But that's not what you asked for, so sorry.
If you can read Japanese, [HMV Online](http://www.hmv.co.jp/) is a Japanese website that gives good deals but may be limited in offers and variety of payment.
If you're a resident of Japan, check the comment by another user. Also, it may be that the above mentioned HMV only lets Japanese people buy.
If you're American, you should know about [Right Stuf Anime](http://www.rightstufanime.com/) and [The Anime Corner Store](http://www.animecornerstore.com).
Finally, I recommended you try the mighty [Jungle](http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/). The prices can sometimes be very well placed.
I've picked the links that will land you at appropriate places. Most websites will accept PayPal too.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Note: I only mention iTunes/Amazon MP3 because they are the largest distributors of digital music for purchase. I don't refer to others distributors because whatever they offer will likely be available in either, or both, iTunes or Amazon MP3.
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If you live in Japan, then you can find pretty much any anime soundtrack OST/opening/ending/insert song in the Amazon MP3 *JAPAN* store or if not there, the iTunes *JAPAN* store for purchase.
Note that I emphasize the *JAPAN*; you will likely NOT be able to find what you're looking for in an Amazon MP3 or iTunes store for a different country.
Although it pertains to the United States in particular, this [link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-the-US) more or less explains the gist of why that is so.
However, there is a small amount of anime music you can find in a non-Japan iTunes/Amazon MP3 store. Here are couple examples that I have found in either, or both the U.S. Amazon MP3/iTunes Stores (but the trend seems to be that there is mainly J-Pop opening/ending songs, and very little instrumental OSTs):
* Yui's "Again" from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
* LiSA's "Crossing Field", "Shirushi", Eir Aoi's "Innocence", "Ignite" and a couple of other opening/ending songs from Sword Art Online 1 / 2
* Most of Fairy Tail's opening/ending songs (*NOT the OST though, unfortunately*)
* Hiroyuki Sawano's OST for Attack on Titan (*nothing for Aldnoah Zero though*) and Linked Horizon's "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa"
* <NAME>'s complete OSTs for a couple of Miyazaki films including Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke (iTunes only)
---
If you don't live in Japan, as the above [link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-the-US) alludes to, then it is very difficult to truly legally obtain anime music via download.
Other than legally purchasing from the small library of anime songs available in your own country digitally from iTunes/Amazon MP3, (I know this defeats the purpose of your question of *digitally* obtaining anime music, but) unfortunately the only other option is to purchase physical CD's from various vendors like Amazon, CDJapan or some other CD distributor.
I will leave this [link](http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/23/how-to-get-japanese-music-outside-of-japan/) for you to read. It tells you ways to obtain Japanese music outside of Japan both physically and digitally.
You will notice that there is a trick involving buying Japanese gift cards from a middle-man like Japan Codes and then creating an iTunes Japan or Amazon Japan account, BOTH OF WHICH ARE *ILLEGAL* if you don't live in Japan because they require that you have a valid address in Japan.
I mention the gift cards because anybody looking into purchasing music from digital stores from countries that they don't live in will likely consider buying foreign gift cards, but since the question is about LEGAL methods, I wanted to make the point that it is technically illegal to do so if you don't live in the country that the gift card in question is for.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/05/10 | 1,346 | 4,787 | <issue_start>username_0: Is the manga romantic? Does it even have a female character?<issue_comment>username_1: There's a Japanese website, [CDJapan](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/), from where you can order CDs. However, here's the catch: they focus more on offbeat and non-mainstream-anime related things.
For some miscellaneous and also filterable (like in English, Bestsellers, Great Deals, New Releases), I recommend [YESASIA](http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/english-anime.html). I'm giving you the link that points to its English anime page.
[PLAY-ASIA](http://www.play-asia.com/music/soundtracks/14/71cy) is epic. Trust me. It is. I buy things from there as it accepts my currency too (INR). Here you can find exclusive and good amount of foundational soundtracks. If you feel adventurous, there's more! Like Frozen's Japanese (or was that Korean) version and K-pop songs, etc. But that's not what you asked for, so sorry.
If you can read Japanese, [HMV Online](http://www.hmv.co.jp/) is a Japanese website that gives good deals but may be limited in offers and variety of payment.
If you're a resident of Japan, check the comment by another user. Also, it may be that the above mentioned HMV only lets Japanese people buy.
If you're American, you should know about [Right Stuf Anime](http://www.rightstufanime.com/) and [The Anime Corner Store](http://www.animecornerstore.com).
Finally, I recommended you try the mighty [Jungle](http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/). The prices can sometimes be very well placed.
I've picked the links that will land you at appropriate places. Most websites will accept PayPal too.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Note: I only mention iTunes/Amazon MP3 because they are the largest distributors of digital music for purchase. I don't refer to others distributors because whatever they offer will likely be available in either, or both, iTunes or Amazon MP3.
---
If you live in Japan, then you can find pretty much any anime soundtrack OST/opening/ending/insert song in the Amazon MP3 *JAPAN* store or if not there, the iTunes *JAPAN* store for purchase.
Note that I emphasize the *JAPAN*; you will likely NOT be able to find what you're looking for in an Amazon MP3 or iTunes store for a different country.
Although it pertains to the United States in particular, this [link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-the-US) more or less explains the gist of why that is so.
However, there is a small amount of anime music you can find in a non-Japan iTunes/Amazon MP3 store. Here are couple examples that I have found in either, or both the U.S. Amazon MP3/iTunes Stores (but the trend seems to be that there is mainly J-Pop opening/ending songs, and very little instrumental OSTs):
* Yui's "Again" from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
* LiSA's "Crossing Field", "Shirushi", Eir Aoi's "Innocence", "Ignite" and a couple of other opening/ending songs from Sword Art Online 1 / 2
* Most of Fairy Tail's opening/ending songs (*NOT the OST though, unfortunately*)
* Hiroyuki Sawano's OST for Attack on Titan (*nothing for Aldnoah Zero though*) and Linked Horizon's "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa"
* Joe Hisaishi's complete OSTs for a couple of Miyazaki films including Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke (iTunes only)
---
If you don't live in Japan, as the above [link](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-buy-Japanese-music-in-the-US) alludes to, then it is very difficult to truly legally obtain anime music via download.
Other than legally purchasing from the small library of anime songs available in your own country digitally from iTunes/Amazon MP3, (I know this defeats the purpose of your question of *digitally* obtaining anime music, but) unfortunately the only other option is to purchase physical CD's from various vendors like Amazon, CDJapan or some other CD distributor.
I will leave this [link](http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/23/how-to-get-japanese-music-outside-of-japan/) for you to read. It tells you ways to obtain Japanese music outside of Japan both physically and digitally.
You will notice that there is a trick involving buying Japanese gift cards from a middle-man like Japan Codes and then creating an iTunes Japan or Amazon Japan account, BOTH OF WHICH ARE *ILLEGAL* if you don't live in Japan because they require that you have a valid address in Japan.
I mention the gift cards because anybody looking into purchasing music from digital stores from countries that they don't live in will likely consider buying foreign gift cards, but since the question is about LEGAL methods, I wanted to make the point that it is technically illegal to do so if you don't live in the country that the gift card in question is for.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/05/10 | 215 | 603 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to know the name of the music that was playing in episode 10 of the anime Yosuga no Sora.
I mean the music that started at the 19:10 mark or the music that started when Haru saw Sora masturbating.<issue_comment>username_1: I believe it's ["Tomadoi no Naka"](https://soundcloud.com/soniko-strange/yosuga-no-sora-tomadoi-no-naka) (戸惑いの中), from the *Yosuga No Sora Original Soundtrack -New-* (ヨスガノソラ オリジナルサウンドトラック－New－).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: its from the Yosuga no Sora OST -New-, in english its called, "in the midst of bewilderment" I believe
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/05/11 | 680 | 2,587 | <issue_start>username_0: Why didn't Robin tell Luffy what had happened during her training since she met Dragon, Luffy's dad.
Also meeting,
>
> Sabo
>
>
>
In the Dressrosa arc.
It seems odd that no one else in the crew shared their stories with each other.<issue_comment>username_1: It's probably because Oda wanted the appearance of Sabo to be more of a "surprise" to the reader (not that it was particularly surprising in the first place).
If Robin had mentioned anything before that, then the payoff would have been lessened.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Since the strawhat Pirates reunited, they have been on a rollercoaster ride of events. In the One Piece universe, not much more than a few days or maybe a week has passed and they just did not have time to "catch up". They always have had bigger things to worry about. The thing is, suppose they would have had the time, it actually makes a lot of sense for Robin to keep quiet about her whereabouts and it quite fits her character as well. **The following list are reasons why Robin should clearly not have told Luffy about Sabo.**
* Robin did not know about the relationship Sabo, Ace and Luffy shared. She only knew Ace and Luffy were brothers.
* Even if Sabo did tell Robin, she did not know Luffy considered Sabo to be death.
* Even if Robin did know about all of this (which seems very unlikely), Sabo was to be considered death for the rest of the world too. So if anything, he probably wanted to keep it that way for the time being.
* Sabo might even have asked Robin to keep it a secret, to not spoil the surprise. He probably wanted to tell Luffy himself, similar to how Shanks did not want to meet Luffy during the Marineford War.
* Robin has been hiding her activities since she was just a child, so it was just natural for her, not to talk about it anyway.
* Even if Robin wanted to share her whereabouts, she was probably told not to do so by Dragon himself, because being associated with the Revolutionary Army has major consequences. The World Government might want to interrogate her about the Revolutionary Army as lots is still unknown about them as of chapter 787. They want to keep a low profile as long as possible.
**Edit** as per [Masked Man](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/99/masked-man)'s comment:
>
> * Robin doesn't really "socialize" much, she is serious most of the time and doesn't get into "personal discussions" too much, so it would be totally out of character for her to talk for hours about what she did during the timeskip.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/05/11 | 786 | 3,156 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to watch anime (legally) with French subtitles (while not in a French-speaking region), since I'm trying to improve my French. How can I easily see anime that has French subtitles available legally? Some sites (namely Crunchyroll) have non-English subtitles, but it's impossible to see whether or not a specific series has those non-English subtitles available until I get to the episode page (or possibly a page for the series - I'm not completely sure).
I would like to be able to have sort of list to see whether or not I can watch anime X in language Y (or possibly at least have some way to know this without looking at specific entries for each series). How can this be done? With some languages such as English or Chinese it's generally pretty simple, but with others it doesn't seem as clear.<issue_comment>username_1: It's probably because Oda wanted the appearance of Sabo to be more of a "surprise" to the reader (not that it was particularly surprising in the first place).
If Robin had mentioned anything before that, then the payoff would have been lessened.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Since the strawhat Pirates reunited, they have been on a rollercoaster ride of events. In the One Piece universe, not much more than a few days or maybe a week has passed and they just did not have time to "catch up". They always have had bigger things to worry about. The thing is, suppose they would have had the time, it actually makes a lot of sense for Robin to keep quiet about her whereabouts and it quite fits her character as well. **The following list are reasons why Robin should clearly not have told Luffy about Sabo.**
* Robin did not know about the relationship Sabo, Ace and Luffy shared. She only knew Ace and Luffy were brothers.
* Even if Sabo did tell Robin, she did not know Luffy considered Sabo to be death.
* Even if Robin did know about all of this (which seems very unlikely), Sabo was to be considered death for the rest of the world too. So if anything, he probably wanted to keep it that way for the time being.
* Sabo might even have asked Robin to keep it a secret, to not spoil the surprise. He probably wanted to tell Luffy himself, similar to how Shanks did not want to meet Luffy during the Marineford War.
* Robin has been hiding her activities since she was just a child, so it was just natural for her, not to talk about it anyway.
* Even if Robin wanted to share her whereabouts, she was probably told not to do so by Dragon himself, because being associated with the Revolutionary Army has major consequences. The World Government might want to interrogate her about the Revolutionary Army as lots is still unknown about them as of chapter 787. They want to keep a low profile as long as possible.
**Edit** as per [Masked Man](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/99/masked-man)'s comment:
>
> * Robin doesn't really "socialize" much, she is serious most of the time and doesn't get into "personal discussions" too much, so it would be totally out of character for her to talk for hours about what she did during the timeskip.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/05/11 | 866 | 2,448 | <issue_start>username_0: I ran into this picture while on the internet. This was referred to as a fictional character, and judging from the art style it's probably from an anime or manga.
Where is this character from? I tried running a Google Image Search but for some reason nothing useful came up for me. Or is this just some fan-made original character?<issue_comment>username_1: This image is of (spoiler warning in links) [Solne](http://vndb.org/c6132) and [Koma](http://vndb.org/c6141) from the 2005 visual novel/eroge [Ouka](http://vndb.org/v5319) by Carriere. As far as I know, there's no anime or manga adaptation. They also appear in the original game [Shinkirou](http://vndb.org/v2100) (which Ouka was an expanded remake of), but the character design in the image matches Ouka's. As you can probably guess from the image, Solne is one of the main characters in the game, while Koma is the cute mascot animal (she's not actually a cat).
The plot from vndb:
>
> The last descendant of a line of mystical protectors, Yuuya Furusaka has received the twin blessing of Life and Death, and now his touch has the power to save lifes or destroy them, although at the price of, respectively, his own life or his own soul.
> But maybe the key for his salvation is hidden in one of the girls around him...
>
>
>
In case you're unsure it's the same character, if you look at the full version of this image, you can see the Carriere logo in the lower left corner. Modified versions of this image have been used for some of their merchandise, e.g. [this ZIPPO lighter](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%ABZIPPO%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%80%8C%E6%A1%9C%E8%8F%AF%E3%80%8D%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D-%E3%81%82%E3%82%84/dp/B000LVNNJS).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Mine is more of a vague guess for an answer, but I was actually kind of thinking the image looked kind of like Sorune for some reason from Ouka (A game).
I am glad you found what you were looking for though. I thought it would be interesting to post this though. The picture above looks kind of similar in a way.
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/05/11 | 3,258 | 7,307 | <issue_start>username_0: So far on the series, every time a student is transferred out from Black class, different flowers are put on that student's desk the next morning.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pcyBr.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VqJ2h.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Hjlq.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WR9Uq.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a0ai2.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RS65e.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mG0Z7.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wDFrN.jpg)
Are these all flowers that really exist?
If so, what are their names and their significance?
And if not, what are they supposed to imply about each character?
**What is the significance of each different kind of flower for each of the girls?**<issue_comment>username_1: It's a sign that the girl is 'gone' and not just absent.
The flowers on a desk usually means that the student is dead. However in the anime, it could mean that they were kicked out or worse, executed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, they are actual flowers. And according to [this tweet](https://twitter.com/akuma_riddle/status/457892343354765312) from the anime's
official Twitter account, the *hanakotoba* ([花言葉](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89), literally "flower
words") that are hidden behind each flower have some relevance to each
character.
>
> **See also:**
> [What is the relation between the flowers and the heroines in ED sequence of Photokano?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/4132)
>
>
>
So far, the names of the flowers and their implied meanings have been stated
in the manga or by the anime staff in response to viewer questions.
---
### Otoya Takechi
* [ヤマユリ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A6%E3%83%AA) (*[yamayuri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_auratum)*, lit. "mountain lily") / 「人生の楽しみ」
(*pleasure of life*) 1
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sIDDX.jpg)
[Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lilium_auratum1.jpg) by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
### <NAME>
* [彼岸花](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%8A)1 2 ([red spider lily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_radiata))
+ 「また会う日を楽しみに」1 2 (*looking forward to
seeing you again*)
+ 「悲しい思い出」2 (*sad memories*)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qXnP.jpg)
[Photo](https://secure.flickr.com/photos/89747904@N00/499897) by Flickr user kenji mori / [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
### <NAME>
* [バーベナ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%8A) ([verbena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena)) / 「家族の愛」 (*family's love*) 3
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQlUn.jpg)
[Photo](https://secure.flickr.com/photos/tanaka_juuyoh/2589452958/) by Flickr user T<NAME> / [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
### <NAME>
* [アザミ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B6%E3%83%9F) ([thistle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle)) / 「復讐」 (*revenge*) 4
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qQsuU.jpg)
[Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirsium_japonicum_3.JPG) by Wikimedia Commons user Qwert1234 /
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
### <NAME>
* 赤[バラ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9) (red [rose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose)) / 「愛情」 (*love*) 4
### Hitsugi Kirigaya
* 白バラ (white rose) / 「無邪気」 (*innocent [childlike]*) 4
### <NAME>
* 赤い[チューリップ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97) (red [tulip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip)) / 「恋の宣言」 (*declaration of love*)
5
### Mahiru/Shinya Banba
* [ヒルガオ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%AA) (*hirugao*, Japanese [bindweed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia)) / 「[絆](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizuna)」 (*bond
[human ties]*) 6
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/A1NV7.jpg)
[Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calystegia_pubescens2.jpg) by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
* [ヨルガオ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%AA) (*yorugao*, [moonflower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_alba)) / 「妖艶」 (*seductive*) 6
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1K3nN.jpg)
[Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ipomoea_alba1.jpg) by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
### <NAME>
* 赤い[カーネーション](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3) (red [carnation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_caryophyllus)) / 「愛を信じる」 (*believe in
love*) 6
### <NAME>
* [アイスランドポピー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%92%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B7) ([Iceland poppy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_nudicaule)) / 「慰め」 (*comfort
[consolation]*) 7
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nhor2.jpg)
[Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaver_nudicaule_dsc00913.jpg) by Wikimedia Commons user David.Monniaux /
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
---
**References**
1. [悪魔のリドル (2)](http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321310000132/), ISBN 978-4-04-121056-7
2. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/460430373109788672> from
[the Q&A after episode 4](http://togetter.com/li/660159)
3. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/462962907437735936> from
[the Q&A after episode 5](http://togetter.com/li/662989)
4. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/468363714454773761> from
[the Q&A after episode 7](http://togetter.com/li/669431)
5. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/470574398374551552> from
[the Q&A after episode 8](http://togetter.com/li/671908)
6. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/475654677640384512> from
[the Q&A after episode 10](http://togetter.com/li/677839)
7. <https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/478499435496747008> from
[the Q&A after episode 11](http://togetter.com/li/681073)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2014/05/11 | 1,121 | 3,893 | <issue_start>username_0: It's pretty common knowledge that Cubone wields the skull of it's deceased mother. But how does the mother die? Do Cubone's kill their mother at birth, or do they just die after giving birth?
<issue_comment>username_1: Can't say for sure but, if Cubones do kill their mothers at birth, I would think it is not intentional—at least from the sad tone of its Pokédex entries.
>
> * Always wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and never shows its face. It cries mournfully in the moonlight.
> * It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries.
> * When it thinks of its dead mother, it cries.
>
>
> [*Source: Bulbapedia - Cubone*](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cubone_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2)
>
>
>
This particular entry seems to have the most detail about the mother's death, but I don't think it is very clear (Generation I):
>
> It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother's skull, never revealing its true face.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: One theory is that Pokedex entries are based mostly on folklore that trainers have collated over the years. Which would account for many entries which seem exaggerated. For example:
>
> Shedinja: Shedinja's hard body doesn't move - not even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back.
>
>
>
The pokemon Arceus is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world.
The later series seem to specify information that are not fact or proven more reliably than the earlier series.
So potentially, the information about Cubone wearing its mother skull is nothing more than a rumour.
Supporting this theory, any Cubone that produces an egg in the day care center in the video games do not die afterwards.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: There is a fan theory that fits your question but is, of course, a theory. Cubone is the child of a Kangaskhan whose mother deceased but it has not aged enough to become a Kangaskhan. The mother's skull is, therefore, fitting as the Pokemon would only appear if the mother was dead. The only way to explain how a species could exist if every birth yields 1 child with 100% mortality rate for the mother is to say that it isn't really a different species but a special evolution that occurs under some very depressing circumstances.
There are several viable counterarguments to this theory based on color differences, breeding, and evolutions. This theory only really worked during the generation 1 games, but it was the answer which I thought to be most believable and striking at the time.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I know it's kinda late, but in [Pokemon Origins : File 2](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/PO02), The stories set in Lavender Tower and told about Marowak, Cubone's mother, is killed by Team Rocket when she protected Cubone from team rocket.
>
> She explains Cubone's story to Red: A trio of Team Rocket Grunts was
> poaching Pokémon near town, and captured a Mankey, a Raticate, a
> Sandshrew, and a Sandslash. One Grunt noticed Cubone attempting to run
> away, and the others almost netted it, in hopes of selling it for a
> high price; however, an unknown Pokémon tackled them to protect it.
> The Pokémon was soon revealed to be Cubone's mother, a Marowak, who
> told her child to run. Cubone was hesitant at first, but soon ran off.
> **One of the Grunts, infuriated by Marowak's intervention, pulled out a
> stun baton and beat her to death.** The orphaned Cubone was found by Mr.
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2014/05/12 | 1,836 | 5,908 | <issue_start>username_0: Some anime used their seiyuu (voice actor/actress) for their opening or ending song, I know there's some anime that used their seiyuu to sing OP/ED like The World God Only Knows, Monogatari Series, or Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
Is it common for them to sing OP/ED?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, it is common for most of anime to user their seiyu to sing the opening and/or ending theme.
*Why?*
According to this [link which explains why Anime Theme Songs are created](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeThemeSong):
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Depends what kind of anime you normally watch. There are anime that use professional bands songs as OP/ED (case point Black★Rock Shooter and FMA) with modifications but original singers, others reuse a pre-existing song for the Seiyuu to sing, and others more where the singer/producer of the song is also the Seiyuu. Is the industry. They are trying to maximize profit. So, it's common? Yes, it is. It applies to all cases? No, there are exceptions.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The simplest way to answer this question is to take a look at a sample of anime and see how many of them have OPs/EDs sung by the show's voice actors.
For the sake of argument, I will look at all shows with at least 10 episodes that began airing in winter 2014, excluding children's shows. I will only examine those OPs and EDs that were aired at some point between January and March 2014.
* **Buddy Complex** - neither
* **Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren** - ED by VAs
* **D-Frag** - ED by VAs
* **Go! Go! 575** - OP by VAs; no ED
* **Hamatora** - neither
* **Hoozuki no Reitetsu** - OP and ED3 ("Caramel Peach Jam") by VAs; ED2 ("Parallax View") features a VA
* **ImoCho** - OP and ED by VAs
* **Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha.** - episode 9 ED by a VA
* **<NAME>** - neither
* **Maken-ki! Two** - OP by idol group that includes some of the VAs
* **Mikakunin de Shinkoukei** - OP and ED by VAs
* **<NAME>! Falcom Gakuen** - [note: no ED]
* **Nisekoi** - ED1 ("Heart Pattern"), ED2 ("Recover Decoration") by VAs
* **Nobunaga the Fool** - OP by a VA
* **Nobunagun** - ED by VAs
* **Noragami** - neither
* **No-Rin** - all OPs/EDs by VAs
* **Onee-chan ga Kita** - no OP; ED by a VA
* **Pupa** - OP by VAs
* **Pupipo!** - [note: no ED]
* **Robot Girls Z** - OP and ED by VAs
* **Saki: Zenkoku-hen** - ED3, ED4, ED5 ("Kono Te ga Kiseki..."; eps 3-6, 8) by VAs
* **Sakura Trick** - OP and ED by VAs
* **Seitokai Yakuindomo 2** - OP and ED by VAs
* **Silver Spoon (2014)** - neither
* **SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation** - all OPs and EDs by VAs
* **Space Dandy** - neither
* **Strange+** - OP by a VA; no ED
* **To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta** - OP by VAs
* **Tonari no Seki-kun** - OP by a VA
* **Wake Up, Girls!** - both OPs and ED by VAs
* **Witch Craft Works** - ED by VAs
* **Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil** - ED by a VA
* **Wooser no Sono Higurashi 2** - [note: no OP]
* **World Conquest Zvezda Plot** - OP by a VA
* **Z/X: Ignition** - OP and ED by a VA
Counting episodes with both an OP and an ED as worth 2 theme songs and episodes with only one of them as worth 1 theme song (and giving full-length episodes and short episodes equal weight), we find that ***roughly* 50% (±5-10%, say)** of all theme songs for winter 2014 shows were sung by one or more voice actors of the same show. My sense is that this is more or less what you would expect if you picked a random season from the past 3-4 years.
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However, it is important not to be misled by these data, which don't tell the whole story. A number of these theme songs are sung by voice actors who *also* have an independent musical career. The best example is Sakamoto Maaya (*Zvezda* OP), but there's a few others in there, too, e.g. "petit milady", which is a new idol unit consisting of Aoi Yuuki and Taketatsu Ayana, initially formed to do the OP for *Koiuta* (in which they both voice-acted), but which now does other things as well.
What I'm getting at here is that there's a qualitative difference between Sakamoto Maaya's OP for *Zvezda* on the one hand, and the ED for *Chuunibyou Ren* on the other, which is sung by the four female leads of the show, only one of whom (Maaya Uchida) has an independent musical career.
I basically don't know anything about how anime producers arrange for theme songs to be sung, but I strongly suspect that there are factors that suggest the use of a proper singer from the VA cast (a la Sakamoto Maaya) in some cases, and just glomming all the lead VAs together and having them crank out a song (a la *Chuunibyou*) in other cases. (And of course, there are still other cases in which you'll bring in an otherwise-uninvolved band or artist, but that goes without saying.)
I haven't gone back and collected any numbers, but in my experience, I have found that shows with primarily-female casts that are targeted at men (e.g. moe shows like *Kiniro Mosaic* and harem shows like *Infinite Stratos*) and shows with primarily-male casts that are targeted at women (e.g. otome game adaptations like *Diabolik Lovers*) are far more likely to follow the glom-all-the-VAs-together-and-have-them-sing model than other shows.
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2014/05/13 | 1,268 | 4,867 | <issue_start>username_0: In Haruhi second season, there was 8 episodes that have been the same. The series of "Endless Eight" episodes are literally doing the same things over and over again. But it's not really the same thing, they re-animating and re-dubbing whole episode, they didn't being lazy and use the same source.
Here's the same sequence of different episodes when Haruhi called Kyon to ask him to swim with others at the pool:
As you can see they give different tones, angles, outfits, etc. That's too much effort for same situation all over the episode for eight episodes straight. So why did they doing it? Did they also did it in light novel? What is the point of "Endless Eight"?<issue_comment>username_1: The characters seem to do "the same things over and over again" because they are trapped in what TV-Tropes call a [*"Groundhog Day" loop*](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop). The Wikipedia [article on time loops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_loop) explains it very short and crisp:
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The episodes initially aired between 19.06.2009 and 07.08.2009, which may be why these episodes have such a bad reputation: the audience may have already suffered from the [silly season](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season) and these episodes added more frustration on top.
It might be a bit far fetched, but I think this is also a play on how cool an endless summer break initially looks to pupils and students for as long as they don't know what to do with all their time until they realize that they are right in the middle of the silly season and that an endless summer break could also mean an endless silly season.
As *senshin* already pointed out in his comment, the reason why they choose to make this story arc span accross eight epsiodes is probably because 8 looks like the sign for infinity: ∞ ( which surely is another trope or meme they choose to play with but that cannot find right now).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: No one knows why director did it or what purpose it served. In the novels themselves, only last "loop" was recorded and the whole thing spanned not even 100 pages. If I were to speculate, then only reason why they did what they did was because number of coincidences during airing of the episodes were so high it was too good to pass on the opportunity. Also, if they didn't waste 8 episodes of it, then they would need to adapt some other material, which by the time of the show was just "Dissapearance" arc, something that later got much better movie adaptation.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Most likely [the last arc of the show was originally planned to adapt *The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi*](http://web.archive.org/web/20141101050001/http://ultimatemegax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tanigawa-ishihara-shimo-roundtable.pdf), but the producers changed their mind well into production, and decided to make it into a movie instead. As a result they had to fill in a seven episodes gap that they already bought the timeslot for, thus this gimmick was born.
They *Endless Eight* chapter in the novel is only about the very last iteration where Kyon figures out the solution.
The point of *Endless Eight* was to provide a reason for Nagato to do what she did in *Disappearance*, being the only one to remember the over 15000 iterations.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I know an awful lot of people who were terribly annoyed by the Endless Eight sequence (if only because it meant losing seven episodes of potential new content), and even now that you can just marathon all eight episodes without having to wait a week inbetween, it's quite a slog. I can see and admire all the work they put into each episode, and even I still think it was a dicey move. ...But I've got to say, if you do watch all eight episodes, the rush you get when they finally figure things out and escape the loop is on a whole different level than it would have been if they'd solved it on the first try. That *may* have been what the director was trying for. (By the time work began on Season 2, there were two more volumes of unadapted short stories - "Rampage" and "Wavering" - in the series, so even if they'd originally planned to use "Disappearance" and decided against it, there technically were other options.)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Trying to catch lightning in a bottle twice.
They trolled everyone by airing the episodes out of order for the first season and the anime became really popular, so likely someone insisted to also have some kind of gimmick for the second season.
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2014/05/14 | 2,238 | 8,309 | <issue_start>username_0: I've always wondered this, but why do anime series titles change so often whenever it gets a new "season"?
I mean, I understand that the title stays the same for long running series, like *Bleach* or *One Piece*, but why do new "seasons" for one or two cour anime have slightly different names? For example...
* *To Aru Kagaku no Railgun*, *To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S*
* *Zero no Tsukaima*, *Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi*, *Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo*, *Zero no Tsukaima F*
* *Medaka Box*, *Medaka Box Abnormal*
* *Sword Art Online*, *Sword Art Online II*
* *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai*, *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai.*
* *K-On!*, *K-On!!*
I'm particularly interested in the last two, where the only noticeable difference in the title is a punctuation mark. They're all direct sequels, so why not just give it the same name as the first season, like in American television? The source material keeps its name throughout its entire life (e.g. there was never a *Naruto: Shippuuden* manga or a *Shakugan no Shana III* light novel), so why do their anime adaptations get different titles?
Is there a legal thing in Japan which disallows a production for one "season" to have the same name as another, for clarification purposes? Or do the producers/whoever chooses the names just want to attract more fans by making a distinction between different "seasons"?
Some insight into how the airing of anime works would be much appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: *Bellow is from my observations, i have no credible sources for this*
Some of the title changes are a meaning to their new season, ie.
* **Naruto Shippuuden**: Shippuuden means hurricane and Naruto in it is becoming for of a wind style Chakra User.
* **Maria Watches Over Us**: the second season is subtitled Printemps which means Spring in french which symbolizes not only the time the season is set but the "blooming" of new relationships after the Lady Roses graduate and the further blossoming relationship between Yumi and Sachiko
* **Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha**: the second season is A's but it is pronounced as Ēsu which could a lot like Ace. it was the Book of Darkness incident which saw Nanoha, Fate and Hayate be seen by lower TSAB agents as Aces at their young age.
the use of a number (or in Sword Art Online roman numerals II) is more indicative of a new season since it just omits the word season in there (ie. Sword Art Online Season II, Shakugan no Shana Season III). i more or less think K-On is doing the same with the ! since if you flip it it's a lowercase I which when capitalized would be the roman numeral.
A different name can also be used to show a distinction between 2 series such as story (Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood), being a re-release (Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai) or having a new writer (Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT). for uses like S or F these could actually be words Second and Further
name changes can normally be a result of long "hiatus" periods between seasons as alot of anime is adapted from manga and light novels, as such a manga or light novel which would continue on long after the anime has stopped wouldn't have a name change but the anime would choose to adopt a subtitle when it resumes (if it resumes)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Okay, based on what I've learned [here](https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/19370/5764), I think I understand why you're asking this question - it looks like it boils down to the fact American television and anime use the word "season" differently.
The way anime is produced nowadays is that the production of a second season is almost always strongly contingent on the commercial success of the first season. As such, production will typically halt completely in between seasons - different seasons are **different productions**. What this means is that what anime watchers call "seasons" are what American TV watchers call "series".1
And this, I think, is the important insight. It is rare for American television to feature shows that have multiple *series* (separated by halts in production) set in the same continuity, since American television production functions differently. American shows typically semi-continuously churn out new content (a la *The Simpsons*) until they get cancelled.
In the specific cases you used as examples (Railgun, Zero no Tsukaima, Medaka, SAO, OreImo, K-ON), it looks like all of them experienced halts in production between each season.
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Right, and the key factor here is that *Bleach* and *One Piece* are each one continuous production - because there was never a halt in production, they never got a new title.2
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So again, this boils down to the fact that the *Naruto* manga and the *Shakugan no Shana* light novels were each one continuous production (as basically all manga series and light novels are). There's no logical breaking point at which to change titles in these cases.
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The practice of using a punctuation mark rather than a subtitle or other designation to identify a new season is a stupid practice that has been "trendy" recently, and should (with any luck) die out eventually. Still, the idea is basically the same - *K-On!!* could just as well have been called *K-On! 2* or *K-On!: This Time It's Cuter* or whatever - anything to indicate that it's a separate production from the original series *K-On!*.
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I'm no expert on Japanese law, but I would be astounded if this were the case.
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Addendum: the case of *Fairy Tail* is interesting - it ran from Oct 2009 to Mar 2013, then stopped for a while, and picked back up again in Apr 2014. Despite this, the name of the series did not change - it was called *Fairy Tail* both before and after the break in airing.3
My *suspicion* here is that the break in airing had been planned in advance, and that the producers had planned to resume airing once the manga had had some time to get ahead.
If this is in fact the case, there would have been no reason to halt production during the break in airing - it was already known at the time airing stopped that they *would* be making more episodes. Contrast this with e.g. *Railgun* - when the first season finished in 2010, they didn't know (for sure) that they'd be making a second season (which didn't end up happening until 2013).
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1 In most cases, anime has no notion that is equivalent to what American TV watchers call "seasons"; the major exception would probably be long-running children's anime (think *Doraemon*, *Sazae-san*, etc.).
2 This explanation doesn't really work for *Naruto* vs. *Naruto Shippuden*, though, and I'm not familiar enough with that show to posit an explanation. You might like to ask about that particular case separately if it interests you.
3 Regarding which, see [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/8649/1908).
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It's simply a way of indicating to the viewer that the episodes are new. TV ratings wars are extremely ferece in Japan, as are DVD sales wars. The producers want even the show's title to scream "new!" at you.
To give you an idea of how bad it has become, TV channels often start their programming at weird times like 3 minutes to the hour or 7 minutes past the hour. The reason for this is to discourage people from changing channel. At 3 minutes to the hour everyone else is still showing adverts, so you start watching what they have. At 7 minutes past the programme you were just watching overran the start of other channel's shows. They will do pretty much anything to get viewers it seems.
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2014/05/14 | 1,385 | 5,388 | <issue_start>username_0: The new Sailor Moon seems to be showing on Niconico exclusively. Why would it not air on TV, or both?<issue_comment>username_1: Like **senshin** mentioned, nobody really knows for sure. One possible speculation floating around is if Toei has another series on TV in July (Say, **Precure** or **Dragon Ball Kai**) they wouldn't want it to compete with **Sailor Moon Crystal**...but even that explanation doesn't make much sense.
Most likely, streaming **Crystal** on an online service such as NicoNico is the easiest way of reaching an international market, since NicoNico *will* be streaming **SMC** with 10 different subtitled languages available. Online streaming *could* be the easiest way for Toei to keep track of how well **Crystal** does (internationally and in Japan), either before creating more seasons or airing it on Japanese TV.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I think this is the main reason for online streaming only: Sailor Moon Crystal is ***not*** expected to make money among the Japanese, so its *only* hope to turn a profit is to make it available to viewers ***outside*** of Japan.
The classic anime series aired on Japanese television and garnered many fans inside of Japan, so tons of merchandise was sold to little girls. The reboot is not airing on Japanese TV; it is streaming on a website called NicoNico Douga.
In Western countries, streaming technology like Hulu and Netflix is hugely popular. In spite of the rest of the world’s image of Japan as technologically-savvy, a large number of Japanese young adults are virtually computer and internet illiterate, only accustomed to using mobile-friendly websites on smartphones. Among all of my college friends here in Japan, I have only met one who had heard of NicoNico, and none who have heard of Hulu even though it exists in Japan. If not even the college crowd knows about NicoNico, I can guarantee you that the older generation and the shrinking birthrate’s Japanese kids aren’t aware that the reboot exists, nor would know how to access it even if they did. The average Japanese family won’t huddle around the TV set on a Saturday morning to watch the next episode of the reboot, like they did for the classic series in the 90s. This means that the entire Japanese viewership for the reboot will be the middle-aged otaku who’ve stayed fans for 20 years. Director <NAME> specifically said, “We want grown women who watched the original anime to watch this!” Well, I am a grown woman who watched the original anime and who is living in the Japan, but I really don't want to fork out to buy a monthly subscription to NicoNico just to watch 1 show that only airs 1 episode every 2 weeks. If they had wanted to attempt something of a substantial Japanese viewership without airing it on TV, they should have at least put it in the Japanese Hulu (hulu.jp), but they didn't.
The chance that the reboot will draw in new Japanese fans is unlikely. And the chance that the legions of Japanese young adults who avidly tuned in to BSSM as kindergarteners back in the day will even realize there’s a reboot is unlikely.
Consequently, the reboot is not very marketable in Japan. Some new merchandise is being produced, but the sales numbers will be nothing like the boom in the 90s when thousands of elementary school girls across Japan were buying the costumes, transformation toys, dolls, stationary items, picture books, paper dolls, coloring books, etc.
The Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon live-action TV series did air on Japanese TV and did produce a collection of merchandise marketed to little girls. Even so, it only ran for one season: the Dark Kingdom arc.
When I first heard news of the reboot, I wondered if BSSM might possibly come back out of the woodwork and give the Pretty Cure franchise a run for its money (this would be a considerable challenge, since Japanese kids may have heard of BSSM but haven’t watched it at all, whereas they’ve grown up on Pretty Cure, and PreCure is able to switch in and out the character types in each incarnation of the series, keeping things fresh yet familiar. In contrast, BSSM is one long tale with the same core characters throughout, less up-to-date, and less child-friendly. But soundly thrashing PreCure wasn’t a total impossibility). However, I can safely say that Pretty Cure is firmly holding its ground on the airwaves and on the shelves of the toy stores, electronics stores, 100 yen shops, everywhere in town. I’ve only come across 20th anniversary BSSM merchandise in a clearance bin in *one* store. Not even Animate, the main anime merchandise store, has *any* Sailor Moon Crystal merchandise in stock.
The reboot anime is 26 episodes long, period. Those 26 episodes are scheduled to be released over the span of a year, one every other week. The series would need to be renewed in order to run past the first story arc (Dark Kingdom) in or after 2015. It’s possible that it could get approval to be extended, BUT the situation is very different from the classic anime series’ run.
If the reboot gets extended, it will need to be based on the marketability abroad: the international BSSM fan community. How many of you are planning to import reboot merchandise from Japan within the next few months? If you aren't, then I'd warn against expecting to see further seasons produced.
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2014/05/15 | 558 | 2,231 | <issue_start>username_0: Why do people in Shin Sekai Yori die if they kill other humans?
I remember that during the anime they go through some ritual, but why does that ritual work? What is that ritual exactly? Is it something religious or is it just portrayed religiously but has scientific reasons it works? Do they psychologically affect the subconscious of humans? Is it a religious "magic" that does the trick? What gets triggered in the human brain after when people try to kill other humans? By what mechanism do they die?
Why is the ritual needed?
Also, what was the name of this thing? Was it death of shame? Why is that the name?
NOTE: I have watched (not recently) the whole show, so no risk of spoilers. Sorry the story is not very fresh on my mind.<issue_comment>username_1: This is all spoilers if you haven't seen the entire show.
The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.
(Taken from part of my answer to [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2858/how-are-akkis-fiends-ogres-immune-to-death-feedback) which is also related.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The rituals performed on the children when they first gain Cantus powers do not have to do with death feedback - the rituals put in place a safeguard which allows some members of the community to effectively turn on and off the children's powers - this is what happens during the camping trip when they are discovered by the priest.
Death Feedback is a physical genetic safeguard bred into humans, and members of the community are conditioned from a young age to view killing another human as abhorrent. It isn't a part of the coming-of-age ritual the children go through before attending school.
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2014/05/16 | 702 | 2,555 | <issue_start>username_0: In Gankutsuou, the art style is pretty weird. Instead of having normal coloring/shading, different pieces (such as hair or a shirt) have their own pattern that doesn't move with the piece. You can see it in the Count's hair and in the shirt below. Is there a name for this type of art, and is this something that is unique to Gankutsuou or to anime?
<issue_comment>username_1: There doesn't seem to be a technical name for this animation style. TVTropes calls it [Unmoving Plaid](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnmovingPlaid), while it's also referred to as "plaid animation" and "static pattern animation".
Outside of animation, this is also lumped in with, for example, a pattern such as plaid or polka dots not changing orientation on a shirt as the character moves. This shows up in manga and comics as a way to avoid having to reorient a pattern every time the character moves.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: According to [an interview](http://www.yozone.fr/spip.php?article1798) (in French) with the series creator series creator, <NAME>, the art style of the anime combines western Impressionism with Ukiyo-e, a 19th century Japanese woodblock printed art style that strongly influenced the Impressionism movement around the same time.
One of the particularly notable mini-movements within impressional is the [Art Nouveau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau) style, particularly the influence from the Austrian artist [<NAME>mt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt), likely best known for his work *The Kiss*. Klimt was mentioned to be one of Maeda's most favorite artists and his works gave way to [inspire the blocks of strong primary colors](https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2018/03/21/Interview-de-Mahiro-Maeda-fondateur-du-studio-Gonzo) seen in the series.
Klimt's style applies a tension of naturalism and stylization, bridged together by turns through fairly intricate multiform and multi-patterned surfaces and bold contrasts of color with highlights of gold, silver, coral, and gems. This is all wrapped around a pervasively mystical and alluring aura brought about the the spiraling and intertwining lines juxtaposed with stark square and triangular shapes. All of this is reminiscent of a ghostly mosaic aesthetic.
For more information on the visual style, I recommend picking up the illustration art book on the series *Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Complete*.
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2014/05/17 | 1,035 | 3,686 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading over Deus on the Mirai Nikki wiki. I was reading the following sentence [here](http://futurediary.wikia.com/wiki/Deus_Ex_Machina) but I do not understand what it is meant by "cause and effect". Heres an extract of that sentence:
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However I do not understand what the *laws* of cause and effect are? What does this mean? Does it mean that he can influence others destinys or lives? Change the outcome?
What are the laws of cause and effect? I cannot remember them being mentioned before. So to summarise I am asking....
1. What ***is*** the laws of cause and effect. E.g. they are....
2. What ***are*** they. E.g. One cannot do this.... you can do that....
Does anyone know?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it's just refer to the general **Causality** concept.
From [Causality's Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality)
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There's also **Causation** [Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causation_%28disambiguation%29)
From [God and the Laws of Science: The Law of Causality](http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=12&article=3716)
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> * “the principle that nothing can happen without being caused” (“Causality,” 2009).
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and [The Principle of Causality](https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/spirkin/works/dialectical-materialism/ch02-s06.html#AEN418)
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And according to the link you gave, even the room where Deus located is called **Cathedral of Causality**
Hope those above answer the first question.
For the second question, I guess you refer to the content of the law? As far as I know and understand, it's simply the same as its definition:
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Hope this helps, and sorry if I'm out of topic or get your question wrongly.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As I understand it, he made this statement to describe his creation of the future diaries. That said, whatever the original laws of cause and effect were, and whatever his alterations to the were, we know that the result is that people are now able to know events that will take place in the future.
So at the very least, it can be concluded that the law of cause and effect that was changed is the law that it is impossible for a person to know future events, but the changing of this law has several loose ends that must be addressed as well:
1. Is the diary holder's mere knowledge of the event enough to alter the future? In the anime, the answer is no. A player must take action contrary or antithetical to the predicted event.
2. Is a diary holder's propensity or volition to take actions contrary to a prediction enough to change it? This isn't made entirely clear in the anime, as sometimes a character's volition to take different actions changes the prediction, while other times it doesn't.
So the two above items most likely constitute the "changes to the laws of time and space" that Deus made.
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2014/05/17 | 1,370 | 4,668 | <issue_start>username_0: Who is the main character of Fairy Tail? Would it be Natsu or Lucy? Natsu is like the hero of the whole anime, but I think the main story revolves around Lucy, how she met Natsu and how she joined Fairy Tail etc. I read the description of Fairy Tail and it says:
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Preferably if we could draw an in a canon answer (e.g. interviews with the authors etc.), who would be the main character of Fairy Tail? Natsu or Lucy?<issue_comment>username_1: Introduction in first chapter
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Usually the main purpose of a manga is explained in the first chapter, being the introduction to the complete story. In that sense both Natsu and Lucy would be the main protagonists. Both Natsu, Lucy (and Happy) are introduced in the first chapter. Natsu, who is searching for Igneel, while Lucy wants to join Fairytail and become a great Celestial mage.
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On the other hand, the title usually points towards the main story too, like with *One Piece*, where Luffy is searching for the One Piece. In that sense Lucy should be more considered as being the main character as her story actually revolves around Fairytail, since she doesn't just want to be just any mage, she wants to be a `FairyTail` mage. Natsu just happens to be in Fairytail, but his story doesn't really revolve around his guild. He just wants to find his father.
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The Wikipedia page on Fairy Tail agrees on this, saying:
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There are 5 main protagonists: ***Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza and Lucy.***
I feel the story revolves around them more than just one of them.
They are all important to the plot of Fairy Tail, as if one were removed, the story probably wouldn't be as intriguing as it is now.
So I say that there is no main character, but a bunch of main characters altogether.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Lucy would be the main protagonist, seeing as the story is mainly revolves around her. Though Natsu is the main male protagonist and Lucy the main female protagonist - sorta like *Rave Master* (or simply *Rave*), another work by <NAME>, with Haru as the main protagonist/main male protagonist and Elie as the main female protagonist.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: In my opinion Natsu is the main character, because at the root he is the one that everyone in fairy tail relies on. It can be clearly seen that all important fights include Natsu at the core. Even though Erza, Laxus and Gray and all others are powerful, still Natsu is the one that always fights hardest and finishes the battle.
In the episode where everyone is on Tenrou island, Zeref's magic was unable to kill Natsu because of his scarf. Also Zeref said that Natsu was still not ready to kill him and Zeref and demons from his book are the evil mages.
So IMHO Natsu is the Protagonist
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2014/05/17 | 1,066 | 3,952 | <issue_start>username_0: Having read a few manga/watched some anime, I have seen that many characters can use attacks where they gather their "ki" or, according to wikipedia, "Life force", and release it in a fireball like manner. The most widely known examples of these are the "Hadouken", and the "Kamehameha". Where does the idea for this kind of attack come from? Did one person think of it and everyone copy them, or is there like a old teaching or story about this?
Thanks in advance :)<issue_comment>username_1: In karate there's a breathing excersise that uses that hand form and you can bet it's in Kung Fu as well since karate came from Kung fu. Anyway, it's a martial arts breathing form typically.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm going to talk about the Kamehameha here if I talk about either one of them specifically, because I know more about Dragon Ball than I do about Street Fighter.
The Kamehameha is supposed to be the ultimate attack, in which the user gathers all of their Ki into one point and releases it at once.
Ki, also spelled Chi or Qi, is "life-force" as you mentioned. The idea of ki is one that is pervasive throughout East Asian mythology. It originates from [tai-chi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi). Tai-chi is not just a martial art in the sense that someone brought up in the West like myself might think of it -- that is to say, it doesn't exist just so that you can learn to defend yourself from an assailant. It is a practice that was birthed from Taoism, also spelled as Daoism, which is a very spiritual set of beliefs.
Taoism, as you may know, has as one of its core principles the balance of internal and external force -- *yin* versus *yang*. Yin represents the internal force, and yang the external.
In tai-chi, one does learn self-defensive techniques and weapon drills, it's true. However, one also learns to cultivate the *yin* in one's body. This may be an oversimplification but I believe that defensive and weapons training is considered the cultivation of *yang*.
To cultivate yin, one learns completely passive techniques, such as breathing and meditation. These are designed to promote overall health and wellness of one's own body. To someone unfamiliar with tai-chi, the exercises might look like aerobics or even just stretching exercises. In mythology, it is believed that masters of such artistry can live for well over a hundred years, or even forever. (hint hint, Master Roshi, although it's explained in the show as him drinking from "The Fountain of Youth" -- that part is a parody of the "eternal martial artist" trope in Asian stories). The breathing and movement techniques are said to keep one's ki in balance, and cultivate untapped potential ki which has not begun to flow in the body yet.
In other words, although a show like Dragon Ball is fantasy, to explain it in real world mythology: Master Roshi became such a master of tai-chi that he can manipulate his ki into an external force directly.
The same principle applies to Ryu. He is supposed to be a master martial artist. To someone familiar with East Asian mythology and tropes, this means that he knows how to manipulate his life energy to make fireballs, to put it simply.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Original Kamehameha wave was used by Master Roshi in Manga Volume 2 original released in japan in 1986, Street fighter only came out a year later in 1987. since Capcom is Japanese based company its a safe bet that SF's Hadouken was a copy of the Kamehameha in Japan. yet Americans were first introduced to the Hadouken since mangas were not big back in the late 80's.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The "Hadouken" is translated as “WAVE MOTION FIST” and is inspired by the move “WAVE MOTION GUN” as seen in *Space Battleship Yamato* from the 70s. The creator also made 2 games predating *Dragon Ball* back in 1982 and 1 of them was *Kung Fu Master*.
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2014/05/18 | 781 | 2,979 | <issue_start>username_0: Being a Wizard Saint means that you not only hold great power, but are also highly respected and well known, like Makarov. Also you get a cool looking badge too as seen below:
But what factors does the chairman of the magic council take into account when deciding whether one is "worthy" to become part of the Ten Wizard Saints?<issue_comment>username_1: As far as we know it's not (or not necessarily) the chairman of the Magic Council who decides who becomes a Wizard Saint. In Erza's vision about her funeral it was stated that the vote of the entire council decided that she should be a Wizard Saint. Later Jura also states that it is the Council who appoints the members.
With that in mind, I'm pretty sure that the Council takes whatever factors they want to take into consideration when pointing out Wizard Saints. Which means there is not a single score sheet, and if you score 5 points in magical power and 4 points in teamwork then you can become a Wizard Saint.
Strength however is one factor that they definitely consider, but that' not an ultimate factor for the decision as Jellal, for example, being a Wizard Saint was defeated by Natsu and that didn't make Natsu a Wizard Saint.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Makarov was defeated by Purehito who was no wizard saint. IMO, wizard saints are madoushi who have at one time, done something worthy of note for the good of the mage universe.
Strength definitely does go a long way in determining the Wizard Saints.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Power is definitely a factor. But other than that, other factors might come into play. Here's what I am guessing.
Factors:
1. Power (obviously)
2. Magical knowledge
3. Magical exploits (ie. if you have saved many lives or led a great journey)
4. Deeds that benefited mankind (for instance, Warrod has used his magic to stop the desertification)
5. How well known you are, etc.
But the ranking among the Wizard Saints is also not important. For instance, Jura is currently the 5th Wizard Saint and there is no way he is more powerful than Makarov.
And yes, Natsu defeated Jellal. But you have to consider that Jellal was:
A) weakened by the fact he had recently recovered his full power because he had been using a thought projection for years and
B) Natsu was in Dragon Force as well as fueled by Etherion.
In reality, Jellal is among the most powerful of Wizard Saints, for he was a member of the 10 Wizard Saints at a fraction of his power because it took most of his power to simply maintain the thought projection. He was also a prodigy as a child, to the point that as a child he blew up a small mountain with a wave of his hand while using self-destruction magic.
All in all, power is a major factor.
Also, with the recent exploits of Natsu (the avatar fight specifically Ikusa Tsunagi fight) should land him on the wizard saints.
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2014/05/18 | 214 | 793 | <issue_start>username_0: What happens to a tailed beast if it's Jinkiurichi is killed while he still has the tailed beast inside of him/her?<issue_comment>username_1: It was stated that the Bijuu will disappear from the world for a while, and then reappear at some later time.
This was first said by Kushina on the day of the Nine-tails' attack that "I'll drag him down with me to death, that will buy us some time until it revives".
It was then later reinforced on several occasions that killing a Jinchuuriki without extracting the Bijuu will make it reappear at a later time in an apparently random place.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If the Jinchuriki is killed then the chakra of the tailed beast disperses and after a while reforms somewhere else.
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2014/05/18 | 435 | 1,660 | <issue_start>username_0: I have read the [wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Tells_No_Lies#Fullbring) on his power but it still does not make sense to me. I would argue that the way Giriko's Fullbring works is very inconsistent, but am hoping for a decent explanation. The first time we see his power, he attaches a timer to a box while training Ichigo. The next time we see it, he shoots projectiles at Ginjo. The third time, he uses a dial on his shoulder to get massive (big and green like hulk it seemed to reference).
**Question**: How does his power *actually* work? Is there some link to each of this uses that I missed? Can you give me an answer that is not full of loopholes?<issue_comment>username_1: Judging by the way he states it, he can create "contracts" with set time limits.
The contracts seem to extend to anything and everything with a spirit.
as the fullbringers state "Everything has a soul". he makes a contract with the box to trap ichigo inside, the next is the energy, he makes a contract with the air to fire it at rapid speeds (energy) at ginjo, then finally after he is wearing his fullbring he makes a contract with his own body to become "invincible" as he states...
"Time tells no lies"
ie, within this set time period everything I say is true.
I don't have much to back this up with, it's just as logical as I could think of.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I think that his fullbring gives him the ability to make contracts about anything which makes him extremly strong. However, if he breaks or changes it, he will lose a body part. It is like a strong sword with double edges, at least logically.
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2014/05/19 | 978 | 3,533 | <issue_start>username_0: What is Shanks' power? If "Haoshoku Haki" then is it different from other users?
This question came to my mind after rewatching all episodes of One Piece.
Shank's Haki seemed to be different from that of others. When Shanks was going to meet White Beard before the Ace's death, he cracked the wood even though he wasn't using Haki.
Like Luffy, he too needs to use his Haki to effect someone but Shanks didn't use it and yet everybody on board the ship was affected.<issue_comment>username_1: First of all, you need to know what [Haoshoku Haki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shanks) is. It is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training. Only one in a million people have this ability. Though it cannot be attained via training but one who possesses can master it by undergoing rigorous training.
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**Superiority of Haki** - Shanks has a highly superior Haki than Luffy and thus the effect/impact of his Haki would be far greater than that of Luffy's.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It seems that the highest level of control of Conqueror's Haki allows the wielder to "wear" it as an aura much like Armament Haki (or maybe it involves a combination of both kinds of Haki.)
It's entirely possible that different uses for Haki exist that are bolstered by being strong in multiple types. A Conqueror who's skilled in Observation Haki could brush an opponent's mind with his aura to determine that opponent's level of willpower, for instance.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Well you're missing a third. You forget reyleigh used his to rescue those prisoners from the bomb shackles around their neck, and even his too. Haoshoku haki, if anything, can "touch" as well. Imagine what experts would be able to use it to accomplish. Could even wreck pirate fleets or cause shattering earthquakes depending on the strength of the user. Shanks already showed a little of that on whitebeard' ship, and I reckon there'd be nothing left of that ship if he were serious. Makes sense why whitebeard had to yell at him "I'm not afraid of you, shanks!"
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2014/05/21 | 1,739 | 5,895 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any possibility of Brook dying?
I mean, you can't really kill him, because his soul always comes back.
Do you have to destroy his bones? But if I remember right, the Samurai on Thriller Bark broke a part of his skull. But now it healed, so is there no way that Brook can die?<issue_comment>username_1: Brook can be killed, but it's not overly easy. Busoshoku haki lets you strike the true body of a devil fruit user, which would allow you to hit whatever he's possessing with a haki-infused axe and strike his soul.
So yeah, he is killable, but only if you have sufficient haki and strength.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: According to the [Wiki for the Yomi-Yomi no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi), the person who eats it revives *once*. So Brook can still just as easily be killed, as he will not revive again.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It was mentioned in the anime that if you smash his spine really good he will die. Can't look for prooflink right now. At fishmen island as far as I remember, during the fight...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: You made a mistake in thinking his soul could come back as many times as it pleases. A Yomi Yomi no Mi user can only be resurrected once. He does seem immortal as we have seen him be beheaded and damaged several times, from which he had healed back by drinking calcium rich drinks such as milk. The only two possibilities there are to killing him is by either submerging him into water or by crushing his entire body forcing the soul to leave the body. This would indeed make him quite immortal.
**How many times does the Yomi Yomi no Mi resurrect the soul?**
[The wiki page on the Yomi Yomi no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) states:
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: If you want to degenerate his bones, acid is your best bet, especially HCl as it attacks calcium, you can try on a piece of chalk or some chicken bone.
And don't let him touch any milk in the process as it may regenerate him.
So, maybe any kind of food that is not calcium friendly can help, such as cassava or some very sour fruits.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Killing brook might be nearly impossible. The methods normally used for killing devil fruit users might not apply to him because,
1. He's too light to drown and he has no lungs. So even if someone submerges him into the sea, he'll just lie there but wont die as he doesn't suffocate.
2. His soul returned to him after his body decomposes completely and the only thing left of his body are bones. So you'll need to completely destroy his body until nothing is left.
Had his soul returned to him when he still had his body and organs, It would be possible to kill him. Even submerging him underwater might had killed him as he would have lungs and lose his breath(The soul would attach to his living body which can be killed).
But now his soul is attached to his bones and will stay within them until they are completely obliterated.
You can think of him as darth nihilius of one piece.
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2014/05/21 | 380 | 1,300 | <issue_start>username_0: Manga Spoiler Alert
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In the latest manga chapter (677), Madara successfully initiated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
However, Tobirama Senju seems to be unaffected by this. Why is that?
See reference image below:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0RaTI.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: Given the fact that none of the Edo Tensei'd Hokages were affected, I'm guessing that Edo Tensei reanimated people are not affected by it.
There wasn't much said about it anyway, but that's the option that makes most sense.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I agree with Madara Uchicha's answer, the dead (Edo Tensei'd) characters don't have original chakra for the God Tree, so the the tree does not attempt to absorb them?
Maybe the Hokages will help Naruto and Sasuke attack Madara.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It seems to me the God Tree and Infinite Tsukuyomi targets bodies with life force and chakra. Edo Tensei shinobi posseses infinite chakra, but not any life force, which is insufficient to fall under the genjutsu.
Beyond this, Kishimoto has never shown any Edo Tensei falling under genjutsu or any shinobi trying to put Edo Tensei into a genjutsu.
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2014/05/21 | 370 | 1,320 | <issue_start>username_0: When reanimated Itachi fought against Naruto, he asked him what happened to Sasuke. Naruto proceeded to tell him about what Obito (at the time, Madara) said, and tells him the convince Sasuke to join the Akatsuki while taking revenge on Konoha for betraying his brother.
Itachi then looks surprised and says "Damn Madara, he knew about my secret mission after all".
However, given the fact that Itachi asked for his help in massacring the Uchiha, why is he so surprised? After all, he told him enough about it.<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe in the anime they made Itachi act surprised to not give away the plot.
Or maybe he could be referring to another secret mission, in which it was Itachi's plan to help lead Sasuke to the right path, and yet Obito figured this out and used the darkness in Sasuke's heart to control him.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Itachi may have asked Madara's help but it was never explicitly said that he revealed the true reason behind his actions.
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2014/05/21 | 230 | 826 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto Chapter 677, Yamato reappears again after posing as fighting against the Great Shinobi Alliance and the Kages.
Which side is he on now currently? If he is on Madara's side, why? Was he brainwashed?<issue_comment>username_1: It looks like Yamato was unconscious thus his body was being used as a tool by Zetsu like how Obito corpse is being used by black Zetsu.
So Yamato is on the side of the shinobi alliance.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yamato is part of the shinobi alliance but currently being controlled by madara using genjutsu or probably something related to Hashirama's cells.
Remember that madara greatly desired to use Hashirama's cells in battle he definitely came up with a working idea to use Yamato who is compatible with Hashirama's chakra as a tool.
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2014/05/21 | 1,519 | 4,702 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm somewhat interested in buying cel sheets for some of my favourite shows, but it seems to be very hard to find somewhere that stocks them.
I have had the opportunity at a convention once, but I'm pretty sure they were counterfeit, so I decided against it. I unfortunately don't remember the retailer's name to look them up.
I have been looking for a while, but almost every website I come across has been shut down.
Looking on [Cels.org](http://www.cels.org), all the websites are down. The ones that aren't, have a live website, but with a closure notice:
Are there any companies (preferably based in the West) that sell cel sheets?<issue_comment>username_1: Have a look at my gallery on <http://www.kochigallery.com/#!comics-japan/c1r18>. I offer hundreds of original anime cel and sketches from anime such as Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Captain Harlock, Akira, Sailor Moon, Galaxy Express 999, City Hunter and many others! You may find something you like there!
**Edit**
we have updated our website, which now comprises more than 200 anime celluloids and sketches!
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: We are a London based retailer selling authentic anime cels via our online store [www.cel-ga.com](http://www.cel-ga.com) As we purchase Cels either directly from the production companies or certified dealers, we can guarantee the authenticity of the items we sell. Our stock includes including some rare items from Studio Ghibli, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and others.
Sorry this is a bit of a late reply but hopefully this will be useful for anyone looking at this later on.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. By "cel sheets" do you mean **hand-painted animation cels**? In Japanese, these are called *seru-ga* (セル画). When searching, "anime cel" will give you more search results than "cel sheets" (which is not a common phrase). The line drawing that corresponds to the *seru-ga* is called a *douga*. When purchasing, ascertain whether your purchase includes the *douga* and/or the background. Some do, some don't. If you get all three as a set, that is more valuable.
2. Instead of searching for online shops that sell only cels, search for online **retailers that sell a variety** of anime merchandise, especially used. Anime produced from the late 1990s to the present are computer-animated, so hardly any animation cels have been produced since then (which is why cel-only shops disappear: not enough stock available to flow in). Thus, you are generally looking for **pre-owned** cels that a previous collector has re-sold to a **used goods shop**.
3. There are licensed anime cels produced by the production company but which are not from the anime series itself, and which greatly vary in value (or lack thereof), such as these: [*hanken-seru*](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E7%94%BB#.E3.82.BB.E3.83.AB.E7.94.BB.E3.81.AE.E5.88.86.E9.A1.9E) (版権セル) a.k.a *hansoku-seru* (販促セル) which are cels hand-painted for promotional artwork such as posters and toys, [sericel](http://www.ebay.com/gds/Difference-between-cel-sericel-original-production-/10000000000016731/g.html) (セリセル), *fukusei-ga* (複製画) a.k.a. *rirezu-seru*（リレイズセル), and [chroma-cel](http://www.animanga.com/cels/info/cels.html) a.k.a. *ripuro-seru-ga* (リプロ・セル画).
4. Doujin cels (同人セル画) are fanart cels made by Japanese *doujinshika* (doujin artists) and look just as real as the original ones, so take note of the word 同人.
Some places to buy authentic anime cels are:
* [Mandarake](http://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/listPage/list?categoryCode=0701&target=00) (stores in the U.S. as well as in Japan, ships internationally)
* [Yahoo! Japan Auctions](http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?auccat=&p=%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E7%94%BB&tab_ex=commerce&ei=utf-8) in Japan, but you can use a proxy service to bid and ship internationally, such as [Celga](http://www.celga.com/index.php?page=aboutus) (which has staff in the U.S. as well as in Japan and specializes in proxy bidding for cels)
* [Cel-Ga](http://www.cel-ga.com/12-anime-series) (U.K., ships internationally)
* [Entertainment Hobby Shop JUNGLE](http://www.animejungle.net/user/scripts/user/product_search.php) a.k.a. Anime Jungle (shop in U.S. as well as in Japan, international shipping <--- they sometimes show up at conventions; if you see Jungle's booth, rest assured that they're selling authentic pre-owned anime cels)
* [Asylum Anime](http://www.asylum-anime.com)
* [Animegame.com](http://www.animegame.com) (which is now selling on eBay)
* [Takamura-Store](http://www.takamura-store.com) (exporting from Japan)
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