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2014/05/22 | 742 | 2,685 | <issue_start>username_0: The weakness of Zombie of Thriller Bark is salt.
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If Brook nullified Moriah's Devil Fruit power with salt, does this mean no Devil Fruit user can eat salt?<issue_comment>username_1: No, this is just the special weakness of that particular Devil Fruit.
I mean, Luffy eats everything, nearly everywhere. And in the most dishes there is salt, or how do you cook you spaghetti?
Another instance to prove my opinion is that Luffy had gone underwater several times and had nearly drowned. In the process, he also "ate" salt, but it had no effect, like losing his Devil Fruit power.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I don't remember which episode it was, but Sanji especially collected salt for the ship kitchen. So I don't think it is the issue. Salt harm is zombie specific, not devil-fruit eaters. Not everything connected to the sea is bad :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: If it were to be true then Luffy would also be unable to eat fish and I think they would contain a fair amount of salt. So yeah, salt should be fine in a Devil Fruit user's diet
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The curse will only take effect on sea water, not on something taken/extracted from the sea (which naturally includes salt). Remember in Water 7 episode, where Sanji was challenged by an old man to find the secret ingredient of his *fried rice*? And the secret spice is actually the SALT, which was visible remain after the cataclysm of Aqua Laguna.
And so it was, Sanji applied the *new SALT* to his cooking, and all Luffy's crew were astonished by the new flavour.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Note: Salt is generally used to symbolize purification so it was used to express the release of the curse of this Devil Fruit.
1.Luffy loves fun and the meat doesn't spoil.
They would need salt to preserve there meat as pirates especially on the first less developed ship.
2. Ace and Luffy would have died by food.
What better way to killed two famous pirates who love food than by poisoning their food?
3. Somebody would have warned Luffy in chapter 1 like about swimming.
4. Each fruit has it's own individual weakness and strengths. Like fire < water, fire > smoke
5. Luffy touched a Seastone that had to have salt on it.
6. Luffy has fallen in water and most likely seawater at least once.
So I conclude that salt does not effect all Devil Fruit users.
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2014/05/22 | 417 | 1,468 | <issue_start>username_0: Does anybody know why Sabo ate the Mera Mera fruit?
I thought Luffy really wanted this fruit because it was the devil's fruit that his brother Ace ate.
Sabo took Luffy's spot in the Colosseum to get the fruit for him.<issue_comment>username_1: Sabo never intended to get the fruit for Luffy. When he showed up in this arc, his first words were
"I'm not letting you have the Mera Mera fruit, Strawhat Luffy!"
Sabo always intended to eat it, and Luffy was fine with that. Luffy obviously can't eat it himself, he just wanted someone he liked to have it. He left the colosseum very happy, fully understanding that Sabo was going to eat it. It didn't come out of nowhere at all.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Short story: Sabo wanted to eat the Mera Mera fruit because he, as Luffy's and Ace's "brother", to inherit his will(have his spirit live on).
Long story: He ate it because, before the final, he was doing it, because he said. wanted to inherit Ace's will. Well, him and Luffy, according to this statement : "We are the ones who will inherit his will!" Besides, Luffy can't obviously eat it, and who better to come along to eat Ace's fruit, then his second brother Sabo!? Seriously, once Luffy fully realized that Sabo wasn't killed, he would obviously let him have the fruit, since he is Luffy and Ace's best friend/"brother".
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2014/05/23 | 437 | 1,587 | <issue_start>username_0: The tailed beasts are forced to serve shinobi, and in the four tails talk with Naruto, they obviously hate doing it. Son Goku asks Naruto what he would do, and he says he would want them to be partners with their jinchuuriku like bee and the hachibi. My question is, if Naruto really wants the solution best for the biju, shouldn't they be allowed to exist outside of the jinchuuriki? Even partnering with jinchuuriki is implying that the beasts cannot be trusted to themselves, which is a shinobi quality kurama hates. Granted, they will probably be used and may even run a rampage, but part of the deal is to get them to be "kinder," like the gyuuki now. In such a case, the humane thing is to ensure that they are "tamed" and then to let them be free, not restricted to a jinchuuriki, even if they are friends with that jinchuuriki.<issue_comment>username_1: You don't have to be a Jinchuuriki to befriend a Bijuu. According to Naruto, he wants to partner up with all the Bijuu, even though not all of them are sealed inside of him.
He can't really change his situation with Kurama since extracting Kurama from him will mean the he would die, however Naruto means that Shinobi and Bijuu can be allies/friends like Shinobi and other Shinobi.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Wouldn't that require all nations to be cooperative and friendly and not send shinobi to go after and capture the tailed beasts?
It would be possible after the Great War, but certainly wouldn't be likely since people fear these beasts. (From a realistic perspective)
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2014/05/23 | 1,512 | 5,760 | <issue_start>username_0: Ikuhara had said it would be better if we didn't know, but I want to know. What is the meaning behind Nanami's egg? Especially when she wakes up from an apparent dream, and finds a smashed egg in her bedsheets.<issue_comment>username_1: That episode was . . . weird, as weird as when Nanami became a cow.
Anyway, my interpretation of it was based on the fact that the episode "Nanami's Egg" falls into the Akio Ohtori Saga. This is roughly two thirds of the Apocalypse Saga. The content is more sexually suggestive in this saga: scenes involving Akio's car seemed to always be sexually suggestive, with his, Touga's and Kyouichi's shirts opening partway through the ride or when posing for photos, and Kozue's first sexual experience was in the back of that car with Ruka Tsuchiya.
Because of this I got the impression that the episode represented Nanami entering puberty as we know that women to begin produce eggs during puberty. She begins to fret over the discovery of an egg in her bed probably because she hasn't been taught about puberty. When she accepts it and raises the egg, I took this as the transition of Nanami growing up from a girl to a woman/mother.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Nanami's egg is the sign both literally and figuratively of her becoming a woman. Her egg is her period.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Touga says to Nanami, towards the end of the episode:
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So it can't be that the egg is *simply* an indication of the beginning of Nanami's menstrual cycles: there's nothing socially unacceptable per se about girls having periods. Rather, Touga's comments suggest "deviant" behaviour. Presumably this is something sexual: Nanami produces an *egg*, and Anthy "wonders who the father is", after she says that Nanami might have laid an egg.
Thus, it's *possible* that the egg takes on the meaning of an undesirable pregnancy: Nanami feels forced to abandon it, and the egg is found shattered one morning.
However, the concerns Nanami picks up *before* she talks to Touga *can* evoke anxiety over puberty.
* She wakes up in bed one day and notices an egg---similar to how a girl might notice her menstrual blood out of the blue. (This could perhaps be similar to the discovery of a pregnancy, but it wasn't an immediate connection for me.)
* Nanami also doesn't know what is going on and is as a result scared. I'm not sure if ignorance about menstruation was common in the 1990's though.
* Nanami becomes convinced that it's *normal* for girls to produce eggs. She then worries that she'll be mocked for not laying an egg earlier. When Nanami mishears Juri's words and believes Juri has produced eggs since the age of seven, she thinks Juri is very "mature". This parallels the linkage of puberty to a desirable sort of maturity and anxieties about the normalcy of one's body.
However, this could just as easily be about sex (rather than puberty). (Having sex can be associated with maturity; one might feel abnormal for not having had any.)
**I would avoid trying to impart too much meaning to the egg (since there's nothing that entirely fits), but we can thus at least safely say that it is *linked* to sex (and being initiated into it) and *possibly* puberty. (Note that sex and puberty can be linked. For instance, one is "mature" not just for having a developed body, but also for having sex.)**
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Nanami's Egg isnt any single thing but is instead a representation of the difficult nature that a growing woman experiences.
**In a sense her egg is her menstruation starting.**
No one talked to her about it, so when it happened her first reaction was panic. "Is there something wrong with me?"
She does not want to talk to others about it because what if it isnt normal? She later does not want to talk to her friends about it because what if it IS normal and it was supposed to happen sooner?
**In a sense her egg is pregnancy**
Her brother mentions they can live their life well because "she isn't the kind of girl to lay an egg"
Shame on a girl who lays an egg! The scrambling of eggs here can be interpreted as getting an abortion. "If juri has eggs then..." and then the egg scrambles by men.
**The egg is her virginity/sexuality**
This is best illustrated by the scenes where men are provocatively eating eggs. While in some ways this can be interpreted as aborting unplanned pregnancy, the method in which it is depicted is also suggestive. Miki looks embarrassed by talking of eggs earlier, and these could indicate that that its the loss of virginity.
**The Egg is Masturbation**
She runs into Saionji out in the woods "making his eggs" because it was such a nice night. <NAME> is talking about bowling balls, she talks about how fun it is and how she has tons of different weights and sizes at home.
**Ultimately the Egg represents Taboo Topics and how it feels to be a woman**
Combining the above concepts and imagry along with the scene in the woods where she finds her egg and its massive with spotlights, it indicates that the egg can mean a lot of things and that when you are young and dont understand whats happening, these feel like huge problems looming over you. Its a massive egg everyone can see.
**Finally the egg that is broken is her loss of innocence**
Which is a common theme rolled in with things like this. The understanding that life is complicated and there are these struggles against society that maybe shouldn't even be there is impactful. This broken egg is her coming to terms with this.
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2014/05/24 | 272 | 1,004 | <issue_start>username_0: Seems like libido is the energy source for mechas in various series such as Star Driver, and Captain Earth. Exactly what is this libido it speaks of? Lust? Why is it that the world will supposedly end if something consumes all libido?<issue_comment>username_1: In simple terms, libido is another word used to describe life force, or orgone energy. You can think of it like mana.
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To answer your second question (paraphrasing from the source article):
Libido generates orgone energy, so:
No libido -> no orgone energy -> no life.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: However the real definition for libido is "sexual desire" which most anime refer to when mentioning the term. So yes lust, so the anime is probably referencing sexual desire or libido as power for their machines.
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2014/05/25 | 304 | 1,042 | <issue_start>username_0: In Bakemonogatari, there are two different openings for Nadeko - the one with a hat and the one without it.
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Is there any specific reason why that is?<issue_comment>username_1: In simple terms, libido is another word used to describe life force, or orgone energy. You can think of it like mana.
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To answer your second question (paraphrasing from the source article):
Libido generates orgone energy, so:
No libido -> no orgone energy -> no life.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: However the real definition for libido is "sexual desire" which most anime refer to when mentioning the term. So yes lust, so the anime is probably referencing sexual desire or libido as power for their machines.
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2014/05/26 | 1,952 | 7,116 | <issue_start>username_0: We know of the several forms of Haki, the Kenbunshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki and the Haoshoku Haki. I've been wondering, are those Haki visible to other characters in the One Piece universe, or only visible for the reader?
And I am mainly interested in the Busoshoku Haki, as this seems to harden the body and makes the skin look metal like. Can people in the One Piece universe also see this metal like change? Or is this just for the viewer to differentiate between normal fighting and Haki fighting?<issue_comment>username_1: Both Kenbunshoku and Haoshoku are not visible at all, since, well it was not made as something that is visually needed to the reader, since they're basically perception and sheer will power respectively.
Busoshoku, however, can be seen both by the user and others alike, though not all the time, since it acts like an "invisible armor" or coating, in a sense. At that point, it is not seen, which could be demonstrated by someone like Zoro, for example. But, when in is concentrated heavily on certain areas of the users body (i/e: Luffy or Vergo) or to a weapon of theirs (i/e: Vergo or Smoker), it hardens said part (or extension of the users body) and turns it black, making it "denser".
(As for Vergo's extension for to his bamboo: Chapter 672, page 4 Smoker: Chapter 690, page 8.
For a use of Buso, without demonstrating it physically: Chapter 512, page 12, among many others. Zoro vs Monet for instance.)
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Any type of Haki is not visible. There is just a time when a user of Busoshoku changes the color of their body/weapon just to show that they are using something. It is just an indicator that it is not an ordinary punch or kick.
It's just my idea because Haki is the will of someone or his/her eagerness to hit a devil fruit user. It's like you really want to hit a smoke man (like Smoker), and because you focus and set in your mind that you really want to hit him, it became possible, and it will be more possible because of training.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: As stated in [One Piece Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki), Haki are invisible. As stated in **Anime and Manga Differences**, Haki are made visible so that viewers can understand that Haki is being used.
* In the manga, those hit with Haoshoku Haki foam at the mouth after or while losing consciousness, whereas in the anime, they simply faint.
* In the anime, the use of Haoshoku and Busoshoku Haki creates a rippling or shockwave-like effect, similar to the [Gura Gura no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gura_Gura_no_Mi), while in the manga, it is completely invisible. Also, in recent episodes, the use of Haoshoku Haki causes the affected area, excluding the user, to gain a dark blue tint. However, this could just be for dramatic effect. In the [One Piece Film: Z](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/One_Piece_Film:_Z), the Haoshoku Haki's use creates a circular purple wave.
* In the last anime episode before the time-skip, the use of Busoshoku Haki as "invisible armor" was shown as a swift percussion forming a light-blue beam, similar to lightning, while in the manga, it is shown simply as an amplified impact, nothing else visible is shown.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: From the moment Rayleigh explained to Luffy (and to us) what Haki really is, I believe that every single time Busoshoku Haki is used, Oda draws visual cues for the reader to know it has been used, but it doesn't actually change color in the OP universe. Mainly to prevent too much speculation from our point of view.
The [Busoshoku Haki wiki page](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Busoshoku_Haki) in a way confirms this by explaining Busoshoku Haki as an *invisible* armor.
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Therefore I believe that when Busoshoku Haki is used, the object does not really change colors in the OP world. Not much real proof could be found to the visual changes of Busoshoku Haki except for maybe the fight between Zoro and Monet. When Zoro slashed Monet, both Monet and Tashigi thought the slash was coated in Haki, which it wasn't in the end. So to me that means that the characters can't distinguish Busoshoku Haki usage with visual cues as we can. They can only distinguish it from the after-effect.
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Actually after thinking about it some more, the fact that Oda didn't draw Busoshoku as black before the time-skip would proof that it doesn't actually turn black in the One Piece universe. **If it would, wouldn't he have drawn it from the beginning**? One could argue that the Koju tribe's Haki wasn't as powerful enough to be turned black, but I doubt someone would disagree on this with *Dark King* Rayleigh. The moment he blocked Kizaru he must have needed some powerful Haki to block that kick and yet it still didn't turn black. Other examples can be seen during the Marineford arc with Marco, Whitebeard, Shanks, etc.
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Contra to what I have said earlier and I'm not sure whether this would be considered canon, but I'll mention it anyway. In [Volume 1000](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/One_Piece_Volume_1000), [Zephyr](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Zephyr) is nicknamed "Black Arm" for his superior B. Haki usage. Nicknames are usually something you obtain within the OP world as an OP character, so if you would consider Volume 1000, which is a free volume distributed to One Piece Film Z's attendees, canon, then the answer would be that the black color is indeed visible to people in the OP universe.
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*PS: I don't speak Japanese and I think this is the picture the wiki referred to, but could someone confirm what is written there?*
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: I like to think Armament Haki is only visible when you’re using Observation Haki, but it’s invisible if you aren’t using Observation Haki.
But, another plausible scenario is that the New World (including Fishman Island) has a certain thing about its environment that causes Armament Haki to become darker the stronger it is, which is why we couldn’t see Armament Haki become dark when being used during pre-timeskip and return to Sabody arc because Haki only gains the ability to darken once you enter Fishman Island. "The stronger, the darker" idea also explains why we only see darkened Haki when it’s a strong amount, even when it’s in the New World where Haki is theoretically visible.
(tl;dr - theoretically, Fishman Island and New World has an environment that makes haki appear darker the stronger it is, but it stays invisible if it isn’t that strong or if it is used outside of the New World)
Personally, I like my first theory better.
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2014/05/26 | 396 | 1,558 | <issue_start>username_0: Note: This question contains spoilers from the Manga! Anime viewers are advised not to read it!
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Madara uses invisible clones from [Limbo](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Limbo:_Border_Jail). Can those clones use all of Madara's techniques themselves?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. The clones have rinnegan and have same chakra as the owner (not the quantity here but the quality).
Each one if desires can activate a susano. It seems from the manga, sharingan techniques have been concluded to be weaker than what madara is using now.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It is actually unclear. The Limbo clones can apparently fly and block physical attacks, and they also have the same Rinnegan as the original (they are, after all, clones).
But we haven't seen any evidence of the clones being able to use any sort of technique aside from basic taijutsu.
Since the manga is over and the databook doesn't provide any new data on this subject, the final answer would be **No**. Limbo clones cannot use ninjutsu by the original.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Limbo clones can attack. there was a part where sasuke dealt with limbo and naruto had to deal with the original. Then naruto had to fight a limbo, he looked like an idiot to kakashi and sakura at that time. Finnaly he pinned one of the limbo. If I'm not wrong. could not recall which chapter but it does proves that a limbo can use all madara techniques.
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2014/05/27 | 661 | 2,640 | <issue_start>username_0: In the question [Has an anime ever come out before the manga was published?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2351/has-an-anime-ever-come-out-before-the-manga-was-published) it became quite obvious that there are indeed several animes that air before their manga has been made.
But this also made me wonder about the following:
**Does this imply that all anime that air before a manga of it exist should be considered fillers?**
Fillers are non-canonical material, which usually implies it did not happen in the manga. Or as Urban Dictionary stated it
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* **Fillers** == **Not canon**
* **Canon** == Original material from the original author.
There are episodes in Naruto for example, (like Naruto episode 101) which are **canon but were not in the manga**.
So the question of whether content being filler or not has nothing to do with it being in one medium or another (although there's usually a correlation). It's about **who made it**.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I take "filler episodes" to be episodes that are side-stories that actively avoid making any significant changes to the overall story, in order to extend the length of the series.
There are anime series which opted to instead finish the overall story their own way, rather than use what I would call filler episodes to wait for the manga series to get ahead. Though this is not the canon the original author made up, I would not consider these filler episodes, but rather an alternate canon.
Two series I know of that have done this are Full Metal Alchemist (not Brotherhood), and Full Moon wo Sagashite.
It seems to me a silly definition to call anything non-canon according to the original manga author "filler", since most people talk about filler episodes in the context of those episodes that may be skipped, or are less interesting because they are obviously avoiding advancing the overall plot. Plus, the original definition of the word seems to imply to me that the fandom definition has this meaning.
I might even consider an episode that is canon even in the original manga to be filler, if it seems that it's being used to extend the length of the series without really accomplishing anything meaningful.
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2014/05/27 | 484 | 1,797 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been watching the Initial D anime, but still haven't read the manga. How far does the anime cover, in respect to the manga? Are there any manga or anime exclusive content?<issue_comment>username_1: Altough the series stays pretty loyal to the story as told in the manga, there are a few exceptions. But these don't influence the story that much. One of the biggest factors affecting this is that a lot of the story in the manga got cut out.
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With this said, there is a ton of manga-exclusive content: like I said, a lot has been cut-out in the anime. There is also some unique anime content (fillers) in the series. A few I remember would be Initial D Episode's 13, 22, and 23.
There might be some more but I couldn't find a source to confirm this.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: In the manga that was translated by Tokyo Pop, Itsuki did not crash by Shingo but after Takumi drove Iketani's S13 Shingo challenge Takumi to a Gum tape death match all at the same night in the manga.
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2014/05/28 | 871 | 3,069 | <issue_start>username_0: 
Can Blackbeard consume more than just one Devil Fruit? If yes, then what is the upper limit?
When he reaches the maximum number of Devil Fruits, can he change them, i.e. can he lose one of the Devil Fruits to consume a new one?<issue_comment>username_1: There is still no answer for this, we just know that for an 'abnormality' of his body (Marco refers to this during Marineford). He can eat more than 1 fruit (even if I think that 2 is the limit). We still don't know if he can change or "absorb" other fruits.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: From [Mythbusters](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mythbusters/Misunderstandings_and_Mistranslations#Eating_two_Devil_Fruits) article on One Piece Wiki:
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So it seems that normally no human being can eat 2 Devil Fruits. Until now, Blackbeard is the only one with this ability, though I don't know how. Maybe it's related to the "D." in his name.
Looking forward to see more!
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I think he used the same technique that Dr. Vegapunk used to create (Lasso and Frankfurt). He must have placed the fruit in his rings somehow to be able to use 2 devil fruits. With that being said, Blackbeard technically only has one devil fruit in his body, and he places the other one in his rings on his hands.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: I think Blackbeard can absorb power like it shows when he fights Ace and Luffy. When he absorbs the power when the person dies, he can use their ability. But at Dressrosa, when the person dies, it tells that the devil fruit comes back into the world after the user dies because that's how Sabo obtains Ace's devil fruit.
But I think Blackbeard's power can remove the user's devil fruit permanently from their body because darkness consumes everything as he says.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Based on what I read from other forums, I think Blackbeard have multiple personality that is the reason he's able to get 2 DF without problems. And he might get another one or already have based on his 3 skull flag.
Chapter 225:
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2014/05/28 | 769 | 2,420 | <issue_start>username_0: In Yaoi I have fairly noticed a highly recurring thing which is **Bears**. In particular I am aiming this at Yaoi's such as Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica.
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So my question is **what is the relationship between the re-occurring bears seen in Yaoi's such as Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica** and **are bears related to homosexuals in yaoi?** and where did the idea of **bears** come from? **Why bears?**<issue_comment>username_1: I'm no expert, but sometimes a member of a gay couple can be called a [Bear](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_%28gay_culture%29). This man is usually rugged and macho, and usually hairy.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Well I was surprised that my question didn't really get that much interest really, but I think I may know why bears appear in Yaoi's and quite frequently. I think this is in relation to [gay culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_%28gay_culture%29).....
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Also see [here](https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130911103627AAVwei7).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: It may be because the mangaka, <NAME>, likes to show link between her two works, Junjou Romantica and Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. In Junjou Romantica, bears have debuted the work as "Suzuki-san" and hence maybe she likes to show links using the bear and bunny mascots
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2014/05/29 | 828 | 2,909 | <issue_start>username_0: How can CP9 members and Sanji(post-timeskip) run and stand in the air? Do they use something like Haki? If not, what kind of techniques do they use? If it is Haki, can Luffy and Zoro run and stand like they do?<issue_comment>username_1: Actually this technique that Sanji uses is called
**Sky Walk** it doe not use any haki, he just learned it by training while running everyday increasing his speed making him run in the air.
[Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Leg_Style) states:
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As you can see he developed and learned this technique because of his ordeal during the time skip while training in **Kamabakka Kingdom**. giving him immense speed.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: They are using one of the **Rokushiki** techniques.
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As far as I remember, nothing has ever mention about how can Sanji and CP9 do this technique, but it's not haki. None of CP9 members are haki user.
One possible way to do this is they running so fast until they reaching considerable speed that they can put a step mid air, it first happen to Sanji when he was trying to run away from okama every day while training in Kamabakka Kingdom that he reach at a speed when he can do the "Sky Walk".
One other theory is it has the same principal with "Soru". This is one of the six techniques of "Rokushiki" that allows the users to move at extremely high speeds so people can't see with normal eye. It was revealed that the principle of this move was to kick off the ground at least ten times in the blink of an eye.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: The technique was actually explained when luffy said he saw the kicking the air ten times at immense speed to compress the air under their feet and make it as hard as the ground
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2014/05/29 | 1,102 | 4,011 | <issue_start>username_0: Madara and Obito could control Kurama with their Sharingans. My question is how exactly did they do it? What is required to control this beast? Is the Sharingan enough to do that? Can they control any other beast with the same technique?
I remember Kurama once said Madara's chakra could summon it, but how was Obito able to summon and control it on his very first attempt? There's no way he could've practiced it because it was sealed inside Jinchuriki since Madara's defeat against Hashirama.
So how exactly were Madara and Obito able to control Kurama?<issue_comment>username_1: To control nine tails, First hokage's wood style justsu or powerful sharingan will need. Madara has Magekyo sharingan and First hokage's cell, so he absoulutely can control nine tails and also Obito.Even nine tails can be controlled, another tails beasts'll be easy to control.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Sharingan has the ability for Hypnotism**. From [naruto wikia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sharingan#Abilities) site
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So using this ability both Madara and Obito controlled Kurama.
As for as the summoning concerned... (This my speculation only and I don't have any source to backup)
The tailed beasts are not living things and they are almost mere tools. They don't need blood contract to be summoned.
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Okay, in order to understand the answer, you need to understand the links between the Tailed Beasts, the Uchihas and the Senjus.
The Sage of Six Paths was powerful enough to subdue the Ten-Tails, store it within himself and even split it into the nine Tailed Beasts. His two sons, Indra (whose descendants formed the Uchiha clan) and Asura (whose descendants formed the Senju clan), inherited his powerful chakra and also his power to control the Tailed Beasts.
Therefore, members of these clans who had evolved to a certain upper level like the Mangekyo Sharingan (Madara and Obito) and the Sage Mode (Hashirama Senju with his wooden dragon) also inherited the Tailed-Beast-controlling abilities which originally belonged to the Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo and was later passed on to his descendants.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Sharingan user can cast a genjustu or protect against one. This has been said since chapter 003 (First Team 7 mission against Zabusa).
There are no limits on whether it is people or bijuu. In no chapter, the limits are stated so why assume there are limits. Limits depend on user's proficiency of sharingan.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: The Sharingan specifically the mangekyo has the ability to put any being into genjustsu, that includes even tailed beasts, as it is inherited from the sage of six paths,the one who created them.
As for obito he even had hashirama’s cells so a genjutsu to control even the quibe wasn’t an issue.
The summoning contract is more or less to transport kurama and is not something that requires a formal contract like with toads,it is like shinobi summoning tools from scrolls,like ten ten.
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2014/05/29 | 704 | 2,580 | <issue_start>username_0: The Muse song "Knights of Cydonia" is awfully similar in title to the anime series "Knights of Sidonia".
This seems like a very unlikely coincidence as I haven't ever come across the name Sidonia in a normal context and it seems a made-up name for a location.
Is there more to this seemingly coincidental similarity of names?<issue_comment>username_1: [Cydonia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_%28region_of_Mars%29) is actually a region on Mars - the name derives from here and is not actually made up. Sidonia seems to be an alternative spelling for this.
As for the "knights" bit, the region is best known for the face-shaped landmarks that were discovered by the Viking Orbitors, It is very likely the "Knights" refer to these faces, which strike a resemblance to tapestry and stained glass depictions of medieval knights:
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The region has been featured in more than these two mediums and in fact has inspired episodes of the X-Files, Final Fantasy IV, Invader Zim and more.
There doesn't appear to be a connection to the two works apart from the names, which may have differing spelling to avoid lawyer conflicts, for search engine & catalogue uniqueness, because of mistranslation, or a variety of other reasons.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: One thing to consider is that the original Japanese title is "Sidonia no Kishi" (シドニアの騎士), which doesn't suggest a connection so clearly.
Nihei's past series have had English titles (Blame!, BioMega), so I think if he wanted to reference the song he'd use English for the original title. I think it's just a coincidence that it's so similar to the song's name, once translated into English.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: While I do not believe that the reference to the Muse song is apparent, as a former poster had already stated, it is very likely that the name for the series is a reference to the sector of Mars rather than the ancient Cretan city-state by which the sector was named after. Due to the transliteration of Cydonia in Japanese as シドンイア and then transliterating it back into English as "Sidonia," the apparent similarities become lost.
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2014/05/29 | 1,337 | 5,239 | <issue_start>username_0: So throughout my viewing of Code Geass (both seasons) I was under the impression that the people shown [here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LHAuU.jpg) were an alien or ancient civilization that lived on Jupiter and were the source of the Geass powers that had been passed down to certain people on Earth.
Now I went to the wiki and started to read all these things about C's World and collective unconsciousness and the crazy plan by Charles and Marianne, which I previously assumed was just a plan to make everyone obey and have no free will. What is the collective unconsciousness (I read Jung and it doesn't seem to relate)? I'm really interested in what that all means and what does this have to do with people's souls and the Code Geass universe's take on life after death and the like. I don't really understand any of this, somehow I slept through it all. Also, what was the guarantee that it would succeed? Is the World of C a product of an ancient civilization or is it a mechanism of the Code Geass universe?
So can anyone fill me in? Any official writings about this or explanations?<issue_comment>username_1: There's not too much information on C's World (World of C) or the imagery used in connection to it. It hasn't been officially explained so until a new canon Code Geass series is released (R3, a canon prequel like Jet Black Renya) the only information we have will come from the series and interpretations on what isn't fully explained.
What information there is all seems to point to how C's world is the "collective human unconsciousness" which is the source of the individual identities for all humans. Charles plan was to kill this so that everyone became a single identity (thus removing one of the main reason wars start) by using the Sword of Akasha, a temple-like structure which Charles refereed to as a "weapon" which was built by someone else as Britannia (particular Charles) only found it.
C's world is connected to both the living and the dead as when C.C shoots Mao she says
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There's a Theory that C's World may be one of Jupiter's Moons or Jupiter itself as when the characters are at the Sword of Akasha and in the visions Lelouch sees we keep seeing Jupiter. However we can only assume that this planet is Jupiter because it looks like it. It should be noted that the times we see C's world is when the Sword of Akasha comes into play.
C's World also seems to be deeply connected to Geass as entry to it could only be done by/with the help of someone with Geass (Contractee or Code Bearer) as Suzaku is only brought to the sword by Charles or C.C. When Lelouch receives his Contract for C.C we keep seeing the same imagery involving Jupiter, the Sword of Akasha, and the Geass People.
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My own theory is that the Code made Charles untouchable as to activate Ragnarok originally required 2 Codes. (However after Lelouch saves C.C before Ragnarok is activated Charles is still able to activate it). Whoever built the Sword first probably knew that what happened to Charles and Marianne would happen to them so made it that the Code was required as well. While Marianne could have been killed at any time doing so would have done little to stop it so as long as one collaborator had the Code the plan would in some way succeed. Of course this relies on the fact that Lelouch's second sigil is a result of him obtaining Charles Code and that the Code can't be destroyed (thus why the Code Bearer who C.C got her code from said she had tricked C.C and forced the Code onto her).
At the current time C's World and the imagery used in connection to it hasn't been officially explained so until a new canon Code Geass series is released (R3, a canon prequel like Jet Black Renya) we won't have too much information to go by.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Its basically the universal consciousness of all beings. Individuality is born from there and returned to there, and the combination of everyone's consciousness constituting "God". Very similar to principles of many eastern religions like Hinduism/Buddhism or philosophies like Omega Point or Consciousness Singularity. The movie Avatar also has something very similar to this. The Na'vi's follow a God called Eywa. Eywa was their world's universal consciousness where all the planets creatures memories/experiences returned to a central planetary neutral network which can be tapped into by future generations and contributed by future generations. Eywa in turn contributes to the shaping events on the planet. Sorry for the avatar seg-way but figured that was the easiest way to grasp it other than to read up on eastern philosophies.
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2014/05/30 | 747 | 3,023 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't think it should concern me, but I am still curious as to how legal anime streaming sites are. A popular site being AnimeUltima, I've watched probably 300+ different anime just from there. However, when asked if the site I use is legal, I usually respond with, "yes," despite not knowing the answer; this is sort of annoying in itself.
AnimeUltima as an example, is this site legally subbing and uploading anime?<issue_comment>username_1: The main legal anime streaming site I am aware of is [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/), a pay for service. If not the only legal one, it certainly is the largest.
They actually work with the broadcasters in Japan in order to bring the shows to people across the globe, pretty much at the same time they are being broadcast in Japan.
Many sources of streaming anime (including AnimeUltima) are actually rips of Crunchyroll and other legitimate sources.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There are a number of legal streaming sites: [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/), [Funimation](http://www.funimation.com/), [Manga Entertainment](http://www.manga.com/), [Daisuki](https://www.daisuki.net/) (which is relatively new), and some Youtube channels associated with legal sites (such as Funimation or Manga Entertainment), possibly among some other sites that I haven't heard of yet or am not completely sure about. Some of these are very region-specific (e.g. a lot of Funimation videos on Youtube can't be accessed outside of North America (I think)).
Most other streaming sites (including some pretty popular ones, it seems) are actually not legal (using, as stated by @username_1, rips of videos from elsewhere, illegal fansubs, etc.).
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: I think where all forgetting one which is [Hulu](http://hulu.com/). Not only is it free but it is legal too and provides a service called Hulu Plus (Which provides an ad-free experience) and allows you to watch several animes (Plus TV shows) without ads.
Just thought this would be interesting to bring up.
Also another interesting fact is that most of the videos that are hosted on sites such as animeultima are actually hosted on other sites such as auengine.com which is a file uploading service and then are just embedded into the site. So it all becomes a bit of a gray area here whether the site is legal or illegal.
This is just my opinion though.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: If you are worried about legal trouble for your own person, you need not worry. Accessing streaming sites is not a crime. The crime lies with those hosting said illegal site. Also there is probably some really fun legal deal where the sites are being hosted in countries that don't have laws against it.
The morality of using such sites is another thing entirely. I actually buy series I like, but only after I watch them. So I justify my use of such sites. I also don't want to increase the numbers for a show I think is horrid.
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2014/05/30 | 991 | 2,430 | <issue_start>username_0: The first animated segments seem to go back all the way to 1907, and most of those older segments only got broadcast in cinemas and the likes. Even after those, most animated segments on TV consisted of short animations of roughly a few seconds.
So with that my question: Which anime *series* was the first to be aired on Japanese television? And I am asking about multi-episode series, or multi-segment series.<issue_comment>username_1: I assumed you mean first TV series anime.
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Source:
[Y!A: What was the first anime ever aired in Japan?](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090529063100AANnoCt)
[Anime and Manga: Brought to You by WikiProject Anime and Manga](http://books.google.co.id/books?id=E2jHAhPXxgEC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=Mighty%20Atom%20became%20the%20first%20popular%20anime%20television%20series%20in%201963.%20Contrary%20to%20popular%20belief,%20Atom%20was%20not%20the%20first%20anime%20series%20broadcast%20in%20Japan;%20that%20honor%20falls%20to%20Otogi%20Manga%20Calendar,%20which%20began%20broadcasting%20in%201962.%20The%20first%20non-series%20anime%20broadcasted%20was%20Three%20Tales&source=bl&ots=6u-PjFliz6&sig=mjOei314wQVaAWeC70IuuYt0I4k&hl=id&sa=X&ei=eHyIU5T9LdK58gWgoYFY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Mighty%20Atom%20became%20the%20first%20popular%20anime%20television%20series%20in%201963.%20Contrary%20to%20popular%20belief,%20Atom%20was%20not%20the%20first%20anime%20series%20broadcast%20in%20Japan;%20that%20honor%20falls%20to%20Otogi%20Manga%20Calendar,%20which%20began%20broadcasting%20in%201962.%20The%20first%20non-series%20anime%20broadcasted%20was%20Three%20Tales&f=false)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: According to the imdb page of "Future Boy Conan" in the trivia section, it sais it was the first. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077013/>
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2014/05/30 | 1,753 | 6,580 | <issue_start>username_0: In the latest series, an experimenter told Eren that titans are very light despite their size. Why, then, does the ground shake when they walk?<issue_comment>username_1: The whole weight thing is rather unexplained. On the one hand, they said titans are incredibly light, on the other hand, they can dish out destruction on the level you'd expect from a humanoid this size.
Were the weight thing consistent, Titans wouldn't be able to destroy buildings or make the earth shake.
So far, it wasn't entirely explained, it's possible that they weigh enough to cause the ground shake or destroy things, but light enough for the head to be easily kicked around after it was severed.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It's probably not so much that the titans are very light eventhough they are really large, but that they are light for their size. Meaning that they're still really heavy, but not nearly as heavy as their size would make it seem.
Anime vs Real physics aside, if something really large was light enough not to make the ground shake, at least a little, they're probably not heavy enough to generate the needed friction to run, or if they were to move their body really quickly they'd leave their feet, or if they jumped they'd be in the air for much longer, or if they stomped the ground hard, they'd launch themselves into the air, etc.
All the interactions of the titans make them seem like they weigh enough to interact normally with their surroundings, just that for their size, they actually weigh a lot less than expected.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: That’s a question I’ve asked myself a lot. I’ve come to the conclusion that we shouldn’t consider titans as larger human beings as their structure is fundamentally different from ours. It has been proven that when an animal’s size increases by 10 times, the strength increases by 100 times and the weight by 1000 times. For example, I’m about 1 meter 70 tall and roughly 60 kg. If I were to be ten time bigger, I’d be a 17 meters class and have a hundred times my actual strength, but my body would weight 60 tons!
So Titans are light (as revealed by <NAME>), but I also think they have abnormally high strength for their size. At the end of the Trost arc, Mikasa said when she saw Eren lifting the boulder that a human that size couldn’t lift it.
Let’s try to calculate (roughly) the weight of the boulder. Eren (15 meter class) is taller than the boulder, and it seemed bigger than the hole that it is supposed to sealed, which was mentioned to be 8 meters high. So I would say it has a diameter of about 10 meters, and so a volume of approximately 525 m3. That makes it more or less 1.4 million kilograms! So of course a human that size couldn’t lift that, unless you can lift 14 tons, plus ten times your own weight with your natural size. So at that point, I understand why the earth was rumbling under Eren’s footsteps.
But I’m getting away from the subject. I’d like you note the fact that after the colossal titan’s appearance in front of the Trost gate, once Eren made him disappear, you can see step marks on the ground, which would lead you to think of an immense weight (I don’t know if you can see it in the manga).
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Titans are both abnormally light and strong for their size. The shaking of the ground is just an effect in the anime to emphasize their size and the danger they represent.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Their weight comes from what they are powered by. Thinking about it, they secrete clouds of heat and "Burn out" when too much energy has been expanded (the hybrid humans after using their titan form). And being as impossibly strong, fast, quick motioned as they are (erin lifting a boulder about 50 tons heavier than his titan weights) the best possibility that they run on adrenaline more than blood. Adrenaline is the only reason fighting, sprinting, moving large objects is possible. The titans, abnormal or not, sprint instead of run, crush instead of grab, can THROW another titan, and obliterate both the section of the opponents body and the hand or limb they used. Adrenaline. The titans lack a digest system, which questions what else they have besides bone and muscle. This can give way to a major adrenal system instead of gland, and since adrenaline is activated by the components of blood, thier constant need is both give the adrenaline a power source and cool them down to avoid "burning out", adrenaline works like an acid, and a heat source in desperate times. To explain thier weight is the fact that they lack the organs that weight us down.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: The simplest thing I can think of is when Hanji tells Eren about the titans being light, the examples she uses are:
1-A dismembered titan head.
2-A dismembered titan arm.
We also know that titans bodies quickly (or at least semi-quickly) evaporate after being killed. Considering that, we can assume that Henji's data was incorrect due to a large portion of the parts she tested with having evaporated. So the titans may possibly be heavy still, thus, the ground shakes when they move.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: The point is: density. Titans are not light, they're just not dense. That is to say, they're light for their size or relative volume.
They still probably have a mass of thousands or tens of thousands of kilograms, but they're much lighter than normal biomechanical physics would dictate for an organism that size.
Typical flesh generally has a density of around 1000kg/m^3, where whatever a titan is made out of might have something closer to 400kg/m^3 or 300/m^3.
This does not mean titans are light, it means an equal volume piece of human would be heavier than that equal volume of a titan.
But, titans are huge. An average human male weight around has a mass of around 80kg, so we'll call that a volume of 0.08m^3 (assuming the 1000kg/m^3 density)
Now, a 15-meter titan might have a volume of (lazy guess) 8m^3
Which even with a much lower density like 400kg/m^3 that's 3,200 kilograms, or about 3 and a half US tons.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: I probably think that Titans produce alot of energy, and some of that energy goes into the surface, creating a small quake. Objects don't need size to create large forces of energy to create a shake on the ground. You could just drop a 1 ton coin I guess and it will shake the ground. You can even drop a building around 100 meters tall constructed out of aerogel and it will create NO force at all.
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2014/05/30 | 326 | 1,248 | <issue_start>username_0: From what I understand, When two opposite individuals (one from the human world and one from the demon world) touch each other, they are fused together to create one new individual that is made of the two of them.
So if Fuyumi and Hydra Bell are both the daughters of Nyen (Nene), why they didn't fuse when they touched each other?<issue_comment>username_1: The straightforward answer to your question is that Fuyumi and Bell aren't doppelgangers ("opposites") for each other, and so there's no reason one should expect that they would fuse with each other.
Sure, their *mothers* were doppelgangers, but that doesn't mean that their children - Fuyumi and Bell - should also be. For one thing, they don't look very much like one another, whereas their mothers (pre-fusion) totally did:
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: maybe the reason they didn't fuse when they were kids was because they were in the presence of another doppelganger fusion causing a energy thing.....
and why they don't fuse now is because fuyumi is a demon now so here and bell are not complete oposites anymore.... but if fuyumi is resurrected and bells in the rum they might fuse then.
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2014/06/01 | 969 | 3,275 | <issue_start>username_0: There are three Kamui in the show: **Senketsu**, **Junketsu** and **Shinra-Kōketsu** (Omnisilk Kōketsu).
**Shinra-Kōketsu** is on another level compared to other Kamui. However, **Junketsu** is the same as **Senketsu**, but he never talks. Is **Senketsu** different from other Kamui?<issue_comment>username_1: There might be many reasons:
First, Senketsu was created specially for Ryuuko. This might have created link, that allows them to understand each other. It is clear that Senketsu doesn't really "talk" using his mouth. It is more like telepathy. This telepathic link might have been created either intentionally or accidentaly when Senketsu was made.
Second, there is question of relationships. Ryuuko and Senketsu are partners or friends. For them, it is symbiotic relationship. Satsuki on the other hand uses her willpower to dominate Junketsu so it can be used as a tool. And as such, there was no reason for her to listen to it, so even if Junketsu did talk, Satsuki would simply make it shut up, because Junketsu talking isn't what she need. Ryuuko and Senketsu were partners so it was obvious they would talk to each other.
And last is simply about production: The creators simply didn't think of Junketsu as character. And as such, they didn't give it any voice. Senketsu was individual character from early start and as such it made sense to make him talk. And as such, he helped character development of Ryuuko. Junketsu on the other side was just something used by Satsuki.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Senketsu is the only one Kamui that can talk or communicate. Senketsu can communicate only with Ryuuko. This is because Senketu was made by Dr. Matoi with some modification, i.e Dr. Matoi used Ryuuko's Central Nervous System's DNA with Senketu's life fibers, which is why Ryuuko only can communicate with Senketsu and wear it.
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A is <NAME>, R is <NAME>. The exact phrasing might depend on the subtitle set.
Ryuuko's Central Nervous System's DNA is the main reason why Senketsu can talk but other Kamui cannot.
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But Satsuki was able to wear it and use it. The reason may be that they are siblings. Satsuki can hear and communicate with Senketsu. They are siblings so their DNA match to some extent, and Senketsu contains Ryuuko's DNA. This may be the reason but this is more what I think than a confirmation of existing information.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: In my opinion, Senketsu is the only one that can talk because it was specially made for Ryuko and probably only people like Ryuko and Ragyo who are part of Life-Fibers can wear them because they are in sync.
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2014/06/01 | 1,089 | 3,994 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 17 when they're about to welcome Satsuki's mother, they're having a toast and slam their cups to the ground. Why did they do it? Does this have anything to do with Japanese culture?
<issue_comment>username_1: It's from a Russian tradition that went back to Peter the Great and now it's done after important toasts.
From the [Table-glass Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faceted_glass&direction=prev&oldid=625044655) (bold emphasis added):
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Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I'm sure username_1 is correct about the background, but here is a more in-universe answer:
As user1306322 stated in a comment, it's likely based on a ritual done before going into a battle you don't expect to return from. In episode 23,
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This leads to the assumption that when they toasted in this episode, they did not expect to return.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Another potential source, in addition to the already-mentioned sources and possibly influences by them, is earlier anime. *Kill la Kill* makes frequent direct and indirect references to earlier works, and [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJDJ-ooENU) from a prominent 80's sci-fi anime *Legend of Galactic Heroes* could have been what they are referring to by breaking glasses.
Admittedly, this is hardly the first instance of Germanophilia or Semitophilia in anime or Japanese culture in general and its sources could be earlier.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: This is based upon many light novels that I have read. Typically the breaking of the glass after a toast denotes a finality to whatever you are toasting. If you toast before parting you don't expect to see each other again, if you post welcoming someone into your family it implies a permanence to that acceptance.
I have also read in some that it is implied that "until this toast is undone (repair of the cups) this is permanent." So in this one story they break the cups at the beginning of a journey and repair them when them come home to toast again.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Breaking of glasses occurs twice in the yakuza film Tokyo Drifter (Suzuki, 1966), once in the formal introductory ritual between Tetsu’s and the northern boss (actually a dish of sake); and in the final scene where
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Neither is a formal toast, and each involves only one party. However this (particularly the first ritual) is an example of breaking a drinking vessel in ritual fashion.
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2014/06/01 | 592 | 1,831 | <issue_start>username_0: While watching episode 114 (Erza vs Azuma) I noticed a little green (pig samurai?) guy in the background. Any idea who or what this is?
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIRSp.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: The person (Well technically not people) you spotted are called "easter eggs".
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[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7wX-DY2XIo) is a YouTube video of all the easter eggs that appear in fairy tail. If you want to see the scene that you referred to, just skip to 3:26.
Different types that appear (Sometimes multiple times are)
* Green one's with a white square with arms and legs
* An Exceed
* A little pink mouse
And some others too like these:
Oh yeah, and look, I found the green "easter egg" from the photo you provided too. ^^
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: one of the members of the spriggan 12 has a thing sitting on their sholder that is about the same size but i don't know if it would be him.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kKIGK.jpg)
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2014/06/02 | 401 | 1,405 | <issue_start>username_0: First I have been surprised to see another Tobi (Obito with a mask) fighting with Kages then after he revealed himself we just discover that it was
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So my question is: in which chapter was he captured (or used) for Madara's purpose? I am a bit lost.<issue_comment>username_1: Not sure of the exact chapter, but Yamato was captured when Yamato, Aoba, and Motoi go outside to investigate during Naruto's training. They come across Kabuto as he is captured by Kurotsuchi. Yamato creates a wooden beam that Aoba can walk on to approach Kabuto and read his mind like he did with Kisame, but Kabuto sheds his body to free himself. He goes after Yamato and, before being captured, Yamato pushes Motoi out of the way.
Kabuto escapes to the Mountains' Graveyard where he and Tobi gather information from Yamato about the Allied Shinobi Forces. Kabuto also studies Hashirama's DNA within Yamato to strengthen the White Zetsu Army. Rather than kill Yamato when he has fulfiled his usefulness, they suspend him opposite Hashirama's clone for future use.
There are no given details of when Yamato changed his side, so I would assume he was forced to serve Kabuto/Madara/Obito/Zetsu while he was captured.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yamato may be under the influence of a strong genjutsu and is being controlled by Madara/Obito.
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2014/06/04 | 875 | 3,036 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the [wiki trivia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tailed_Beasts):
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But how can this possible? Controlling a tailed beast doesn't mean that it can be subject to Summoning Technique. Did Madara sign a contract (form of a scroll) with Kurama?<issue_comment>username_1: Excerpts taken from Naruto Manga Chapter 501-503
Lets look at the following images from the manga,
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From image **1>** We see Madara\* (Who was later shown to be Obito) extracting the kyubi from Kushina's body.
**2>** This is where he summons the kyubi into the village
**3>** In the conversation between Madara and Minato, Madara says, `A contract seal...`
**4>** Finishes off the fight between the two.
Now, based on these images we can deduce that it is not always a scroll that is needed to create a summoning contract. A scroll may be one of the ways in which such a contract be created. The sign that is done in the scroll is a "seal" that seals the contract.
So, considering what Madara said about Minato trying to place a contract seal we can deduce that there are other ways to seal a contract. Now when did Madara do it? That must have been done after Madara had the kyubi under genjutsu and before Minato came back for the final showdown between the two.
Now coming back to your question, there are two stages to controlling a beast or summoning animal. The first is where you put the target under genjutsu and manipulate them, the other is to put them under a contract. It seems that Madara has first put the kyubi under genjutsu and then he sealed a contract with the kyubi using some sort of contract seal.
\*I am referring to Obito as Madara here because at that point of the manga the character was known to be Madara himself. Which was changed as the plot progressed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Madara, the REAL Madara, put Kurama under a genjutsu before fighting Hashirama.
Due to Kurama being under a genjutsu, somehow, someway, the sharingan allowed him to sign a contract with Kurama. Each time Kurama is summoned, Madara has to quickly put him under genjutsu or it could mean Madara's certain and untimely death.
I would imagine that any large animal like a tailed beast or summoning animal doesn't require blood for summoning if you have the sharingan and bound them under a contract through genjutsu. Meaning that maybe Sasuke's summoning (Hawk) is a result of Genjutsu considering his summoning can't even speak. And neither could Kurama speak when he was under genjutsu. That's my only explanation.
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2014/06/04 | 1,233 | 4,290 | <issue_start>username_0: I was just re-watching the anime and it seems like Kyon is only a nickname. Are we ever told what his real name is? Maybe from the light novel? And how come Kyon has such a nickname? Does it have any meaning?<issue_comment>username_1: No, we don't.
From quick googling, it seems that it has not been revealed yet, even in the light novel. But it seems some hints exist.
From "[Kyon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyon)" on Wikipedia:
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His sister's name also hasn't been revealed yet.
[Thread in MyAnimeList discussing this](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=205191) - there are many hints and guesses being discussed there.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a theory that <NAME> is his real name, but I don't think it really is. Yes, his name is not mentioned anywhere yet. Kyon's sister is also "Kyon's sister" for now ^*\_*^.
Not revealing name also may hint that he plays a more important role in universe than we think. He must be some kind of Kami or something <\_<
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, I will provide some information for ya...
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1. I saw [someone's comment](http://www.haruhisuzumiya.net/2011/08/03/fan-translation-of-surprise-of-haruhi-suzumiya-released/#comment-45688) at haruhisuzumiya.net about this...
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Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: There are a lot of conversations and speculation about what his name actually is, and the reason being... we are never told what it is. The nickname Kyon came from his aunt, and his sister caused for the nickname to spread to everyone else, much to his chagrin.
If I remember correctly, logical deduction leads us to know that his last name starts with an "S", based upon where he sits at the beginning of their freshman year of high school. However, everything else beyond that is speculation.
The only other place his name gets mentioned in any detail is the spot you mentioned in your original question: when Sasaki makes a comment about it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: * All we KNOW about his name is that it's majestic/noble. As stated before, Sasaki, someone who knew Kyon before, stated this, but still referred to him as Kyon.
* As well, based off what was said before, his last name could start with "Sa," or "Shi," assuming the second mora of his family name is after "Ka" so that he is seated behind Sakanaka Yoshimi. Based off Haruhi's last name "Su"zumiya, it's safe to assume that his last name also begins with "S"
* On those two points, anything we conclude must fit under those two points. Though John Smith fits under the second, meaning his name in Japan would be <NAME>, it does not 'fit' the first one.
* Haruhi, also wouldn't know what his name is right away, as EVERYONE including the teachers refer to him as "Kyon", this means that "Kyon" must in some way be related to his actual name.
* A quick look up on Bing, says Kyon is a ancient Greek word, meaning 'Dog', which certainly fits his dog-like demeanor towards Haruhi.
* ***Speculation*** Based off all this info, as his name must be related to "Kyon", his name must be majestic/noble, and his family name begins with "S" it's possible his family may be Shimazu, or a similar Sengoku-era family name.
* ***Speclation*** As well, his given name might simply be Kyo.
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2014/06/05 | 1,583 | 5,653 | <issue_start>username_0: In [Ixrec's Guide to Japanese](https://web.archive.org/web/20171105092420/https://amaterasu.tindabox.net/guide/), I have been looking at learning to read Japanese. It says that after learning the alphabet, I should get a dictionary, some kind of source material, and a translation for it.
While the guide included source material dissections, I want to start getting source material myself for when I run out of what's in the guide. One of the points about getting source material is that
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and below that suggest series serialized in the *Shonen Jump* magazines. Since of course, I want to avoid scanlations which could be inaccurate, I figured I should aim for series I know have been officially released in English. Three series that come to mind are *Naruto*, *One Piece*, and *Bleach*.
All I know of *Shonen Jump*, apart from the target demographic, is that weekly issues have 1 chapter of a series serialized in them while tankōbon compiles these chapters (though I could be wrong).
I am wondering if there is a site where I can look up what chapters were serialized in what issue of *Shonen Jump* to then match magazine issues to English tankōbon.
NOTE: the reason why I want to get *Shonen Jump* magazines instead of Japanese tankōbon is because at first, I may only be on 1 or 2 chapters and I'm sure the magazines take less space than a book. Also, it'll be a good test with the rest of the magazine as to how much of it I can understand without needing a translation to confirm.<issue_comment>username_1: No, we don't.
From quick googling, it seems that it has not been revealed yet, even in the light novel. But it seems some hints exist.
From "[Kyon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyon)" on Wikipedia:
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[Thread in MyAnimeList discussing this](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=205191) - there are many hints and guesses being discussed there.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a theory that <NAME> is his real name, but I don't think it really is. Yes, his name is not mentioned anywhere yet. Kyon's sister is also "Kyon's sister" for now ^*\_*^.
Not revealing name also may hint that he plays a more important role in universe than we think. He must be some kind of Kami or something <\_<
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Well, I will provide some information for ya...
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1. I saw [someone's comment](http://www.haruhisuzumiya.net/2011/08/03/fan-translation-of-surprise-of-haruhi-suzumiya-released/#comment-45688) at haruhisuzumiya.net about this...
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Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: There are a lot of conversations and speculation about what his name actually is, and the reason being... we are never told what it is. The nickname Kyon came from his aunt, and his sister caused for the nickname to spread to everyone else, much to his chagrin.
If I remember correctly, logical deduction leads us to know that his last name starts with an "S", based upon where he sits at the beginning of their freshman year of high school. However, everything else beyond that is speculation.
The only other place his name gets mentioned in any detail is the spot you mentioned in your original question: when Sasaki makes a comment about it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: * All we KNOW about his name is that it's majestic/noble. As stated before, Sasaki, someone who knew Kyon before, stated this, but still referred to him as Kyon.
* As well, based off what was said before, his last name could start with "Sa," or "Shi," assuming the second mora of his family name is after "Ka" so that he is seated behind Sakanaka Yoshimi. Based off Haruhi's last name "Su"zumiya, it's safe to assume that his last name also begins with "S"
* On those two points, anything we conclude must fit under those two points. Though <NAME> fits under the second, meaning his name in Japan would be <NAME>, it does not 'fit' the first one.
* Haruhi, also wouldn't know what his name is right away, as EVERYONE including the teachers refer to him as "Kyon", this means that "Kyon" must in some way be related to his actual name.
* A quick look up on Bing, says Kyon is a ancient Greek word, meaning 'Dog', which certainly fits his dog-like demeanor towards Haruhi.
* ***Speculation*** Based off all this info, as his name must be related to "Kyon", his name must be majestic/noble, and his family name begins with "S" it's possible his family may be Shimazu, or a similar Sengoku-era family name.
* ***Speclation*** As well, his given name might simply be Kyo.
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2014/06/07 | 575 | 1,835 | <issue_start>username_0: In [11:25 of episode 6](http://www.crunchyroll.com/no-game-no-life/episode-6-interesting-653173), there is a bleep sound, but I don't know why is it being censored. Jibril and Steph are surprised by it, so would it be a dirty joke or something else?
<issue_comment>username_1: There is a reason why Jibril and Steph are surprised in this situation. As you should know Steph and Jibril are girls, so the question would be "what is a girl's nether region?". It is obvious that a girl's nether region would be their:
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From [otaku - Censorship](http://otaku.wikispaces.com/Censorship):
As this is considered as a dirty joke, it is censored because `ま☆こ` in direct translation does mean "Nether Regions". If there is no censorship in this scene, it would violate "Japanese Censorship Law". When it is uncensored the word would be `まんこ` (romanized as
"manko") which directly means vagina.
Hence, the censorship in episode 6 of No Game No Life.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The Japanese text there is ま★こ *ma\*ko*, which (to someone who knows Japanese) is obviously a censored form of まんこ *manko*, which does refer to the female genitalia, as username_1 points out.
The key insight here is that *manko* is in fact **vulgar** slang for the female genitalia, which is why you will see it censored. The translation "nether regions" fails to capture this vulgarity, I suppose because it's constrained by the rules of word chain (can you think of a vulgar term for the female genitalia that begins with "n" and ends with "s"? I can't...). If a technical/medical term for the female genitalia were used instead (e.g. 女性器 *joseiki* lit. "female sex organ"), it would probably not have been censored.
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2014/06/07 | 605 | 1,943 | <issue_start>username_0: Massive, massive spoilers. Do not read the answers that may pop up!!!!
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In Fairy Tail (2014), Episode 10, Kagura unsheathes her sword and it apparently looks like she killed Erza. I have not been reading the manga lately and haven't read the latest chapter of fairy tail.
So does Erza die?
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If you didn't understand from the screenshots, Kagura finds out that Simon died because of Erza's weakness. Kagura draws her sword, Erza says "sorry", and we hear her slash her sword and see the next scene where there is blood.<issue_comment>username_1: No, she still alive, it's Erza after all
I'll try to keep the spoiler to minimum so if you really want to now what happen next you can read it on your own, or wait for next episode, this is a next chapter from manga after that episode
**Chapter 315: Rosemary**
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As a fairy tail mage, she will make sure hatred will never win and Kagura will come to her senses on the matter of Jellal.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: After watching **Fairy Tail (2014), Episode 11**.
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2014/06/09 | 621 | 2,123 | <issue_start>username_0: Was Black Zetsu made by Kaguya this whole time? Or did Madara (being her reincarnation) accidentally create her will, which once fused with Madara became Kaguya again?<issue_comment>username_1: Black Zetsu was created by <NAME>tsutsuki shortly before she was sealed as the Ten-Tails by her sons. Black Zetsu was created from the will of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. With the goal of reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu manipulated Indra and his descendants, the Uchiha clan, along with Asura's descendants, the Senju clan, in an attempt to get one of them to awaken the Rinnegan. Madara Uchiha eventually succeeded in doing so, and Black Zetsu began secretly manipulating events to have Kaguya resurrected. He succeded when he had the rennigan and enough chakra to do so.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Black Zetsu was created by Madara but it is the manifestation of Kaguya's will. Its aim was always to revive Kaguya and hence it manipulated the Uchiha clan by making changes to the hidden stone tablet. Think of it as Kaguya's will to return while she was being sealed in by her sons which took up a humanoid form as over two generations.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: [Black Zetsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Zetsu) was created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki before she was sealed as the Ten-Tails by her sons, Hagoromo and Hamura.
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2014/06/10 | 240 | 795 | <issue_start>username_0: Gaara has a symbol that reads "WMW" on his Sand gourd. What does this symbol mean? Is it kanji or just some random symbol?
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Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: there is likely no meaning to the presence of the symbol aside from looks but it is one japanese "letter" from Katakana written system, not Kanji. It is ヨ . which is pronounced yo
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2014/06/10 | 529 | 2,011 | <issue_start>username_0: *One Piece* is near in reaching 1000 episodes, but never in a single episode where the origin of the so called **Devil Fruits** is elaborated. Is there any creator of the Devil Fruits or their existence are merely phenomenal?
I remember one episode when Blackbeard killed one of his comrades just to gain the Dark-Dark fruit, he was sure that based on its appearance, it was definitely the Yami Yami no Mi because he read it in the book about the cursed fruits.
How was the book written, does it imply that the author of the book is also the one who cursed the Devil Fruits?<issue_comment>username_1: Oda mentioned in SBS vol 48, that it will be revealed in the end by someone who knows how the Devil Fruit mechanism works. Quoting from the wikia:
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: We have seen several examples of Devil Fruits that have re-emerged after its original owner died. It is known at this point that Devil Fruits don't simply disappear when the owner dies, but rather shows up somewhere in the world.
Therefore it is not far-fetched of an idea to say that someone or more likely a group of people began categorizing the fruits anytime they came across them. Over the course of hundreds of years, it should be easy enough to compile information such as what they look like, what they do, and other useful information about the various fruits.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: When Shanks is talking to Buggy about Devil Fruits (in epsiode 8), he says that he heard that they were incarnations of the Sea Devil. I may be wrong but I think they're cursed because the Sea Devil itself is cursed. And it also may be that the Sea Devil is the creator of the <NAME>.
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2014/06/10 | 5,370 | 20,382 | <issue_start>username_0: I've watched both the Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night anime (including the Unlimited Blade Works movie), but none of the visual novels, so no spoilers from that unless they are light spoilers. One thing that bothered me was that despite the fact that heroic spirits are defined by the public opinion/view of them, some heroes had qualities that were in direct opposition of what the public thought.
We know that heroic spirits, being sealed on their Throne of Heroes, are meant to be completely unchanged. This is the entire point of the Throne of Heroes. But this seems to be in opposition of the previous fact that heroic spirits are defined by what others think they are. Then there are Counter Guardians who are completely different, I believe, in that they are not sealed on their Throne of Heroes.
One particularly important Counter Guardian of the series is Arturia, or Saber. Arturia is female, despite the fact that she was treated by even her contemporaries as male, and has gone done in history as male. In fact, there isn't even any small hint as to Arturia's gender being anything other than male in our history, or the history of the Nasuverse (I believe). This being true, shouldn't Arturia be male?
This not being the case shouldn't Arturia be erased, or else create instability in the World? Same with Iskander. In history he is known for being pretty short, even for a Macedonian. That he is very tall means there is an incongruity with human knowledge and true fact.
Furthermore, in the Unlimited Blade Works movie Archer is revealed to be Heroic Spirit Emiya. If Heroic Spirit Emiya is summoned before he is even a hero, or acquired his gift from the World, etc., then how is it that Heroic Spirit Emiya is even strong at all? The power of a Servant being based on their popularity at the time of their summoning, Emiya should be weaker than pretty much every other Servant, and then some.
Maybe I'm just over-analyzing things, or I have some misconception. In any case, answers are appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: Firstly, Altria. what we see in Fate/Stay Night is not originally what <NAME> first wrote, the original version was called Old Fate (旧Fate) or Fate Origin which was re-imagined into [Fate/Prototype](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype), in this Altria's character would have been a man (Arthur) and Shirou's character would be female (Ayaka Sajyou). Of course, this is no longer part of the Canon that is the Nasuverse but I thought I point out that originally Altria would have been a man.
As for Altria herself being a woman, Merlin's prophecy never indicated the gender of the future king, it was just a common view that a King would be a man; the inscription on Excalibur (or Caliburn, I can't remember which it was) also didn't indicate that a man had to be the one to pull the sword out.
As Altria acted the part of the king, she dressed and acted much like one, even to the point that Merlin made her into a pseudo-male and [Mordred's](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Mordred) identity was concealed, so because of that, their genders are normally concealed and were thought to be men. There is also ambiguity with the Arthurian Legend as in the Visual Novel, Shirou says that some legends portrayed "Arthur" as a woman or a group of people, which is why he wasn't surprised that "Arthur" was a woman (more so that he summoned her).
Also, "King Arthur" became more of a symbol than anything else. Merlin was clearly aware of this when he warned Altria before she pulled the sword from the stone that if she did she wouldn't be human anymore.
One thing you may have missed is that Altria isn't in the Throne of Heroes like most heroic spirits. Those who are in the Throne of Heroes are in there because they made a contract with the world to receive the strength to be a hero so it's their price. Altria became a hero on her own, but *on her death*. She desired the Holy Grail to redo the sword-drawing Ceremony and find someone whom she believed to be more capable of being a king than her. She made a contract with the world *to become a heroic spirit if she got it*. Therefore, while Servants like Iskander or Gilgamesh who are copies with their original still at the Throne of Heroes, Altria is always herself. This is why she can remember the events between wars when normally even if a heroic spirit is summoned again they won't remember any other wars they were in.
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Now, let us move on to Heroic Spirit EMIYA, who is a Counter Guardian. Before I begin, I should point out Altria is not a Counter Guardian. [Counter Guardians](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Counter_Guardian) are a special group within Heroic Spirits who made a contract with [Alaya](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Alaya) and as such they are incorporated as part of humanity’s Counter Force summoned whenever a factor in the extinction of mankind is detected.
Regarding EMIYA's summoning, he is summoned from another reality which is entirely possible for the Holy Grail. One of the key things in the Nasuverse is that there are alternate timelines which are all still Canon because of the [Second Magic](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Magic) which is the Operation of Parallel Worlds. The 5th Magic's Domain is unknown but it's abilities are related to Time Travel. However, Touko Aozaki claims there should be more to it because time travel is also governed by the Second Magic. <NAME> who wields the 2nd Magic was actually present when the Holy Grail System was first created, so being able to get Heroes and the such from other times and realities would then be possible if it incorporated principles of the 2nd Magic (which I would do in order to crystallizes a Servant's feats in the from of the Nobel Phantasm).
Now in EMIYA's timeline, the 5th Holy Grail war was a disaster:
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If EMIYA came from the same reality that Fate/Stay Night was in, then he would have known that he would have not been able to kill himself and by killing himself he may have caused more destruction. Practically, Fate/Stay Night occurs in a separate timeline/reality to the one EMIYA existed and the Grail summoned him because of Rin's Pendent which he still kept. So if EMIYA's strength comes from how popular his legend is, then it will be unaffected because his Legend is from a separate reality which will still be known.
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Now I haven't read all too much into Iskander so I can't vouch for the difference with his legend. However, this could be explained because the Holy Grail System is damaged. Rather that rehashing what caused it because it could be spoilers, you can read the 3rd and 4th Paragraphs [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/7433/1587) to read up on the discrepancies with the Servant Summons or look up on the wiki on how the system was originally created. However, since Mordred's legend is unaltered in Fate/Apocrypha, and in that timeline the Einzbern's summoned Ruler rather than Avenger, we can safely say that Altria wasn't altered when being summoned.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: The original author <NAME> mentioned that having a female protagonist with a male Servant wouldn't be very interesting. The male version (mistakenly romanized as "Saver" [セーバー] in Character Material, as opposed to "Saber" [セイバー]) from his original draft depicted him as being cocky and arrogant, still having the same sense of duty of the female Saber.
When you think about it, Nasu uses the gender bender plot device in an interesting way by making [(female) Saber, aka Altria,](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZDMn3.jpg) out as a character that's not influenced by preconceived notions of the mythologies behind her character.
When you break everything down, Servants and their Noble Phantasms are a little more than "historical figures" and "magical artifacts," which make them out to be incarnate legends. These so-called "legends" are seen as a whole by everyone. So there exists certain exaggerations that probably never happened to the figures themselves that get seen when they are summoned as Servants. Some notable examples from *Fate/Stay Night* are:
1. Heracles' (abnormal) size
2. Gilgamesh's blonde hair
3. Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon possessing of all the Noble Phantasms in history (anachronistic, the regions and times don't line up appropriately)
4. Heracles' twelve lives (this is more or less a reworking of the [12 labors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles#Labours_of_Heracles))
5. Assassin's very existence (note that this version of Sasaki Kojirou [summoned by Caster] never actually existed)
The Grail isn't as omnipotent as many believe. It's rather incomplete and merely makes the soul and puts it into raw energy. How the Grail gathers the information and how the Third Magic and it tie everything together is not explicitly mentioned. It's possible that being incomplete, the Grail gathers the soul and then creates the body and abilities from contemporary knowledge of the time of the war. Assassin, though never having actually existed (he himself even admits this), is realized by the Grail. So it's possible for the Grail to create a soul and body from a fictitious literature/accounts.
The story attempts to provide unique plot with unique scenarios, all while drawing from familiar mythos. It's possible that all these changes were a plot device or a creative license by the author to keep this interesting.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Since no one seems to have touched on the King of Conquerors: they explained that in the book shop, that the wording of his legacy was wrong and he was always that huge, just the throne that has been known to depict him as small was even more massive than he is now. Similarly, you should just give lean for creative differences. Alexander was actually known in life to be clean-shaven, pale and dark haired, nothing like the Fate/Zero depiction.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Rules are made to be broken
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This is the mantra to always keep in mind when engaging the Fate series.
By default—the "rule"—servants are summoned with their body as in their prime (physical prime normally, though servants renowned for more mental deeds would be in their mental prime, which could be quite a good deal older). Except when they aren't.
[<NAME>](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci) could be summoned in the appearance of the Mona Lisa, both because that is the mental image people most often immediately associate with Da Vinci (even though they know they're distinct people), and because Da Vinci himself *wanted* to.
[Penthesilea](https://www.gamepress.gg/grandorder/servant/berserker-el-dorado) may have died so incensed by Achilles seeing her as a woman rather than a warrior even on the battlefield that she intentionally manifests as a child version of herself, hoping to make it impossible to suffer such an indignity again.
[Napoleon can be summoned as a tall, manly bro](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on) if he is summoned more for the concepts he represents (achieving the impossible, responding to the wishes of the people, etc.) than anything else.
So the rule can be subverted by legends and history providing many alternatives for what their appearance and prime are, as well as the very will of the spirit itself. The spirits are enticed there with the promise of a wish on the grail, but the spirit ultimately influences how they manifest in order to best pursue their goal (whether it's the wish on the grail, or simply a chance to fight honorably against other heroes, or whatever else).
Heroes are not (always) one-dimensional
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Any servant is just a distilled interpretation of the sum total of their history and legends. The servant Classes are just limited vessels the spirit is shoehorned into.
While Hercules may have legends about his archery skills (including arrows dipped in Hydra blood/poison), when summoned as a Berserker the archery aspects do/can get filtered out as irrelevant. And Cu Chulainn may have some limited rune capabilities as a lancer, but their full capacity is drawn out only if he is summoned as a [Caster](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Caster_(Fate/Grand_Order_-_C%C3%BA_Chulainn)).
As the last example points out, the form and nature of a servant is also influenced by the class they are summoned into, which is in turn related to the summoner. With no catalyst, the grail attempts (another rule, here) to summon a hero that is similar to its summoner, in order to assist their cooperation. With a catalyst, it attempts to pick a version of the hero that is, again, similar to its summoner, though this may be harder to achieve.
The latter is the case with the Saber and her summoner from [Fate/Zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/Zero). The summoner would have infinitely preferred an Assassin, as that suited his personality and style better, but his catalyst pretty much forced a Saber that was intensely dedicated to open and honorable combat.
<NAME> might also be a [soldier, as when he served Jean<NAME>'Arc](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais_(Saber)) or [a horrifying occultist](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais). His history and legends include both tales of a competent solider and strategist, as well as that of a child-sacrificing occultist driven mad by Jeanne's death. Which one you get depends on the situation and the summoner (if any).
History can be inaccurate or ambiguous
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When a gender swap (from our perspective) happens with a character, a common explanation is that the historical record simply got it wrong. <NAME> is a guy, right? [Nope, she's actually a beautiful woman with giant bazongas; we just remember it wrong](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Francis_Drake). Other heroes may have ambiguous gender (and/or sexuality) in their histories, which may allow them to be summoned in a seeming gender-swap. Just try to figure out what [Astolfo](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Astolfo) or [Chevalier d'Eon](https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Chevalier_d%27Eon) are without cheating.
As women frequently occupied a notably inferior position in the social order for much of history throughout much of the world, this creates a strong incentive for ambitious and adventurous women to mask themselves as men in order to realize their goals and dreams. [Assassins](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Assassin_(Fate/Grand_Order_-_Jing_Ke)) may have benefited from a certain amount of gender fluidity, as being able to pass for men or women would make it easier to slip through vulnerabilities to reach their targets. [Even some historical generals and warriors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin) have records drawing into question their gender. Did they never have children or much interest in women because they just weren't that sexual, and were singularly focused on their duties? Or perhaps they were actually a woman?
In the case of King Arthur (the Fate version of which was originally known as Artoria, but has more recently been changed to be named Altria), in the FSN story/explanation her true identity was masked and known only to a few. She was kept at a distance or in a heavily masking helm when visible to the public. Other public appearances were often done by Gawain or another Knight-in-the-know, borrowing Excalibur if necessary to really sell it. The average citizen would have few to no opportunities to see the King anyway. And in this setting Arthur is noted (and at times criticized) for being an extremely distant, removed, and unemotional ruler: this was the behavior of the ideal King that she envisioned. The King's aging was also stopped the moment she pulled out the sword in the stone, permanently leaving her as an androgynous/tomboyish 14 year old (I think materials may now be saying 16, instead).
King Arthur herself was so dedicated to maintaining the deception and being the ideal King that she developed body image issues, supposing herself to be muscled and un-woman like when the protagonist actually succeeds in developing a romantic connection, despite her obviously waif-like appearance and porcelain skin. She had the heart of the dragon and superhuman strength as a result, which may have encouraged herself to see herself this way. And the conflicts caused by her true gender motivates many other story points in Arthurian legend: why there is a faction of rebels that Mordred can join (not everyone likes a cold and distant king, but she must be so to maintain the ruse, or so she thinks), why Mordred even wants to rebel, why Guinevere and Lancelot hook up (Guinevere was not a lesbian or bisexual, and she had needs; Arthur intentionally overlooks their relationship, until it becomes public knowledge, out of guilt for how difficult their marriage was for Guinevere, and punishes Lancelot only out of a sense of Kingly necessity rather than any actual feelings of betrayal), etc.
Iskandar also falls into this, as Iskandar himself explains the basis for supposing he was short is because he was compared to even more gigantic figures. In particular he says the historical accounts say he was dwarfed by the throne of Darius because Darius himself was a giant among men, who truly did make the beefy Iskandar look short and puny in comparison.
It's a multiverse (and then some)
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The Fate universe, or more broadly the Nasuverse, is a multiverse setting in rather the most expansive sense. Multiple universes, alternative histories, time travel shenanigans, etc. are all available. [One story in the Nasuverse](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Tsukihime) [may be incompatible with others](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/stay_night) for any number of reasons; a character in one may simply not exist in the other. In particular, every single storyline that occurs in a game like Fate/Stay night—including bad endings, not just the normal/true endings—are canonically true and all happened, just across a variety of timelines/worlds.
Moreover, the Throne of Heroes, where the Heroic spirits reside and are summoned from, sits outside of time and the world, and has access to all of these alternative timelines etc. So heroes have a multitude of possibilities available to them, not all of which need to have been realized within the world and timeline their spirit is summoned into.
The prototypical example is [a certain FSN servant](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Archer_(Fate/stay_night)) who comes from the future of a timeline that is not covered by any of the routes or endings of the FSN game itself (and has never been fully detailed).
Out of universe rationales
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The out of universe rationale for gender swaps and appearance changes is the same one as usual: making money. It was determined that a Female main character with a Male Servant wouldn't sell as well as a Male main character with a Female Servant. So once that was settled on the easiest thing to do was to just swap the genders, and so bam, female King Arthur is born. Other characters had their appearances changed to fit modern perceptions of what an archetype should look like. The vainglorious, obscenely wealthy, painfully arrogant king should be more of a pretty-boy, with golden hair to reflect his wealth (gold); not the rough-and-tumble manly warrior that Gilgamesh perhaps ought to have really looked like. The ultimately in manly, world-conquering, modern bro-dom should be huge and muscled and gruff, his intrinsically intimidating physique contrasted with how amiable and bro-like he behaves; not the rather more effeminate physique that Alexander the Great should have had.
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2014/06/10 | 744 | 2,490 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been watching the anime since yesterday and couldn't help but wonder why it was called *Gokukoku no Brynhildr* or *Brynhildr in the Darkness*. So far I have yet to see any mention of Brynhildr; is this some person later on in the story? Or another name for the protagonist?<issue_comment>username_1: Brynhildr (also spelled Brunhild, Brünnhilde, Brynhild) is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Germanic mythology.
Best answer I could find.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynhildr>
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Spoiler alert!
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: **Brynhildr** in this series is **Kuroha Neko**. [Brynhildr](http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Brynhildr) is mighty female warrior of Germanic mythology and the chief of the [Valkyries](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Valkyrie).
Neko's character almost portray the character of Brynhildr as mentioned in German myth. She is powerful than Valkyrie. She does not have any past memory. She gained her memory and became very powerful at the end in series.
*Brynhildr in the Darkness* trying to show the Neko in darkness or loss of memory. She only does not have past memory but also lose memory when she keep using her power.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: As confusing as the explanation was by "MirrorOfTruth" given on 09-12-2014, I think shklim or shkler was trying to say the following: The refrence to Brynhildr, from the anime series "Brynhilder In The Darkness", refers to the female character <NAME>. Brynhildr is a mighty female warrior and chief of the "Valkyries", which comes from German Mythology.
Neko's character almost portrays "Brynhildr" from said myth where as she is powerful like the Valkyrie, has no past memories, and as she regains her memories she becomes much more powerful, like in the end of the series.
(I'm going to leave the last part out because it is the definition of the word "Spoiler") but lacking basic grammar skills.
Having said that, it is almost as damaging to the information given, as it is to the person lacking said skills.
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2014/06/10 | 671 | 2,431 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose a person takes two Devil Fruits and extracts the juice from them, and then mixes the juices and then drinks. What will happen?<issue_comment>username_1: According to the [Devil Fruit wikipedia page](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit):
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**In my opinion** this means that only when the fruit is **completely** consumed, that the Sea Devil is incarnated in the consumer's body and not any sooner. We can also see that the Sea Devil is not yet present in the Devil Fruit at Enies Lobby, where two Devil Fruits were near each other and nothing happened. Therefore if a person would drink the juice made of two devil fruits, he would only be wasting two Devil Fruits and make them useless. After he dies two half Devil Fruits would be incarnated somewhere.
I don't think M<NAME>da ever mentioned what would happen if only part of a Devil fruit was eaten. Therefore this is just **my opinion** on this.
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2014/06/10 | 1,414 | 5,292 | <issue_start>username_0: If a Devil Fruit user goes to a bathtub full of water or gets into a spa, will he drown?<issue_comment>username_1: From what we have seen previously it doesn't seem so.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: A very nice description is given on the One Piece wikia , it says it depends on the level of water, they don't completely immobilize if the water is only knee deep . But their powers are affected that is they can't use their powers in any form of water . Obviously if the bath tub is deep enough they can drown .
Their powers when in water can be manipulated by outside forces as in we saw during Arlong Park arc that Nojiko and Genzo pull Luffy by stretching his neck .
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Like some of the other answers said: no. Small amounts of water are fine.
If you think about the sea stone and the similar effect it has on devil fruit users, I think it's safe to assume that the water itself is not the problem, but rather the sea element of the water. Rivers, oceans. etc are deadly for this reason, but other water sources like drinking water, rain, etc are fine.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: No they won't drown because its not "sea water". Sea power basically sucks all their devil fruit power away and considering the amount of water in a bathtub, they won't drown even if it is full of sea water.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Coming into contact with sea water (or seastone) renders devil fruit users unable to use their power, and also they are unable to swim at all. Hence why they will sink if thrown into the sea - cannot either swim or use any powers to escape.
But as for bath tubs or spa, its not like normal users go swimming in them either. Someone could probably knock out Luffy easily when he's standing in a spa (since his rubber nature is negated) and then he'd die when his body slipped into the water due to drowning. But otherwise I believe devil fruit users could use spa normally even if it was salty water, so long as they are able to breathe normally.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: So, straight from the [wikia on Devil Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit) :
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_7: Any type of water will affect a Devil Fruit users if they're submerged in it, including the cloud sea. But you need to be submerged in it for it to have an effect. So something like Luffy standing in waist-high water (like when he crashes in on Boa Hancock) isn't a problem. But if it gets higher than that, then it starts to effect them and drains their powers and keeps them from moving. And since you can't move, you can't swim.
So as long as you're careful about it, you won't drown. *But* if they fall in and nobody's around to help you, then you're screwed unless you're a fishman like <NAME>. Then, you'd be able to breathe underwater until eventually someone hopefully stumbled onto you and pulled you out. You still wouldn't be able to swim, but you at least won't drown if you're a fishman, so that's something.
Anyways, it's a risk. Which is why Oda mentioned in an SBS that most Devil Fruit users just take showers since, unlike standing bodies of water, showers or rain don't affect Devil Fruit users and there's no chance of you drowning.
TLDR: They won't drown unless they're at least submerged up to their chest and there's nobody around to pull them back out.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_8: I have always thought it referred to the Bible verse Luke 17:2 "It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble." The millstone is sometimes restated as an anchor and isn't the devil fruit supposedly giving super powers because of a demon inside them? The devil fruits weakness would be better viewed as an anchor that is pulling the user down and that is why it makes them feel weak and unable to swim. That's why it normally only effects the user when it is in more than knee deep of water versus rain, it is literally trying to drown the user. Just my thought on the matter.
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2014/06/10 | 1,234 | 4,842 | <issue_start>username_0: PS: Warning, not sure whether parts should be considered spoiler.
It is said that Logia typed Devil Fruit Users cannot be hit without Haki. Yet while re-watching the Alabasta Arc, Ace was touched twice by Luffy. The first time when he flew inside the restaurant, Luffy hit Smoker and threw him up against Ace, both making a huge hole in the next couple of buildings. The second time was when Luffy was arm wrestling Ace, although this scene might not be canon though. So my question is, how was Luffy able to push back both Smoker and Ace when flying inside the restaurant, since he shouldn't be able to. Does this mean Logia users can "solidify" themselves or maybe only parts of themselves, kind of like coating with Haki? Also what would be the default form for a Logia user?<issue_comment>username_1: Logia users can transform themselves into their elements at their own will. I think when Logia users are casually doing their work or just sitting around they tend to be in their normal form and so they can be hit by normal attacks. But even if they are hit they can be shattered and dispersed but come back together. So the only way to really hurt them would be with Haki, Kairoseki, or under a special circumstance like Luffy's rubber disabling Enel's electricity.
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So it is clear that default form is human state and change according to requirement. And can be hit without using Haki.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Logia users have full control over which state they are in, and have been shown to be able to have parts of their body in different states.
There are some activities where literally being fire is very impractical, such as when eating or drinking. Logia users spend the majority of their time in their human forms of flesh and blood, but many have trained to the point where when something or someone unexpectedly makes contact with them they reflexively turn the point of contact and surrounding area into their element. For more powerful users, this is augmented by Kenbonshoku haki.
But logia users are still just humans. When Luffy hit both Ace and Smoker by mistake, Ace was eating, and I think Smoker was caught off guard because he was concentrating on Ace as the only threat at the time. It's also worth mentioning that despite Smoker being very strong, he is one of the weaker logias shown thus far and at that time did not appear to posess haki.
I think the default form for any human with a devil fruit is their original form, from what we have seen of all Logias and Zoans, with the exception of Chopper, but he throws up all kinds of exceptions, and is also not human.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Well topic a bit exhausted, but i will give one addiction, we dont really know much logia types, we know the 'strong' ones, but they all(?) can use observation haki, so they know when to use it (so they can't be killed in distraction). Maybe Ace and Smoker couldn't use it... We don't really know 'weak ones' to try understanding logia type (if they were unhittable, it would be overpowered)!
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2014/06/10 | 704 | 2,676 | <issue_start>username_0: In one of the early chapters of Fullmetal Alchemist (chapter 8 I believe), when Edward and Alphonse go with Armstrong back to Resembool for repairs, we see Lust on the same train.
Here, her tattoo isn't covered up, unlike later in chapter 34 when she meets with Havoc on a date.
The second image is from the end of chapter 34. This is after Hawkeye runs into Barry the Chopper, and after Mustang has started his investigation into the higher ups (which is shown in the same chapter). Envy is also shown tracking down Mustang's activities in that chapter, but this is *before* Edward tells Breda about what he knows from Laboratory 5.
This seems to imply that she covers up her tattoo to look more "normal" in public, but if that's the case, why wouldn't she be covering up the tattoo earlier? Or is the assumption that she covers up in public not correct? (Thinking back on it, it alos might be relevant that the tattoo isn't *that* large - which isn't a detail I currently remember - and therefore suspicious-looking to someone who doesn't know).
EDIT: I don't think Mustang's team knows about the homunculi specifically at this point in this. Although they have detained Barry the Chopper and so know *something* is up with the philosopher's stones, I remember Alphonse mentioning the homunculi's existence right before the section where Lust is killed, and Mustang being shocked by the revelation (at least in Brotherhood, where he proceeded to lose control of his driving).<issue_comment>username_1: I've only seen the original anime, so I might have a wrong idea about her personality (and thus motives). My first guess is that on the train, she's just in the general public and has no reason to cover it up (not to mention the outfit looks like it shows some cleavage, which might be helpful and seems to be in line with her personality) while for the date she covers up to hide the mark from the military who may or may not know about it. Even if they don't, it's definitely an interesting mark that would draw attention.
My second guess is simply that she covers up on the date to look more modest and less "slutty".
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Because in chapter 8 nobody know her and her job was just "follow" at distance. She's not showing her self to anybody. In chapter 34 she must talk face to face to Havoc, who is part of the investigation about homunculi. It's too risky let him see her tattoo. Two totally diferent situation with absolutely diferent kind of risk.
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2014/06/12 | 1,217 | 4,328 | <issue_start>username_0: While fighting Orochimaru, <NAME> stated that a person killed by Death Soul Reaper Jutsu will have his soul imprisoned in the Soul Reaper's body for eternity and will be restless there. How can they be reanimated then? And in the event that they are reanimated, what will happen when they are released from reanimation? Will they go back to the Soul Reaper or will they rest in peace?<issue_comment>username_1: *Q. <NAME> stated that a person killed by Death Soul Reaper Jutsu will have his soul imprisoned in the Soul Reaper's body for eternity and will be restless there. How can they be reanimated then?*
A. They **CAN'T** be reanimated because their soul is not residing in the Pure World.
It is clearly stated in the wiki page of [Impure World Reincarnation](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation)(emphasis mine),
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A. Since they cannot be reanimated, they can't be released from it either. Their souls stay in the Death Reaper stomach forever (or) or until they're released by someone by cutting open the Death Reaper's stomach.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes and no!
The Death Soul Reaper Jutsu (aka Dead Demon Consuming Seal) (aka Shiki Fūjin) is a sealing technique. While the soul is sealed with the Death Gods belly, it can not be resurrected using Impure World Resurrection.
However, like most sealing jutsu shown in the series, there is a way to release the seal. This is done by the using the using the releasing jutsu along with a particular mask from the Uzumaki clan. After the soul is released, it is possible to revive them using Impure World Resurection as shown by Orochimaru when he revived all the previous Hokage and his arms after the Third Hokage had sealed them using Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
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[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead\_Demon\_Consuming\_Seal:\_Release](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal%3a_Release)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: It is true that the caster and the target that is the victim of the death reaper seal cannot be reanimated. We get to know this when Kabuto explains the mechanism of the Death Reaper seal.
[Please refer to this question for more information](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4245/werent-the-1st-and-2nd-hokage-sealed-forever?lq=1)
So the only event on which a person sealed using the Death Reaper can be reanimated is if and only if the person has been released from the belly of the death reaper.
Now, what happens if they are released from the reanimation? Well they simply go back to the world of the dead where the soul of the dead resides. Since after the belly of the death reaper is cut and the souls trapped there released, the souls must go back to the world of the dead and only then can it be summoned for reanimation.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Reanimation is done by using person cells and bringing back their soul. Reapers Death seal locks away the soul within reapers belly so soul cannot escape. So Souls sealed by using reaper death seal cannot be reanimated. But if the reapers belly is cut the souls sealed inside escapes and then they can be reanimated as they are not locked up. It is clearly explained in the narutos 'episode 365 : those who dance in the shadows'
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Yes because you need the Shinigami Mask to undo the dead demon consuming seal.
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2014/06/13 | 1,369 | 4,162 | <issue_start>username_0: I am wondering what the correct order in which to watch the Yu-Gi-Oh! seasons is.<issue_comment>username_1: As <NAME> points out in the comments, a useful listing is available at Wikipedia's [List of Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_episodes) article. In brief:
1. Watch [Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_episodes#Yu-Gi-Oh.21_Duel_Monsters_episode_list) (the first series, not the "zeroth" series), which is 224 episodes / 5 seasons in length. At any point after episode 144, you can, if you'd like, watch the [Pyramid of Light](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_The_Movie:_Pyramid_of_Light) movie.
2. If you'd like, watch [Capsule Monsters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_Capsule_Monsters_episodes), which is 12 episodes in length. This mini-series was created exclusively for US release (so I guess it's "non-canon" if you care about that), but it's pretty enjoyable nonetheless. It is best to watch it after episode 198 of Duel Monsters as it takes places between 198 and 199. Also since this comment was written another Yu-Gi-Oh! movie Dark Side of Dimensions has been released which takes place 6 months after the end of Duel Monsters. So be sure to watch that before starting GX.
3. Watch [Yu-Gi-Oh! GX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_GX_episodes), which is 180 episodes / 4 seasons in length. Note that you'll have to hunt for subtitled episodes if you want to watch the fourth (and final) season of GX - it was never dubbed.
4. Watch [Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_5D%27s_episodes), which is 154 episodes / 5 seasons in length. At any point after episode 86, you can, if you'd like, watch the [Bonds Beyond Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!:_Bonds_Beyond_Time) movie. Note that large segment of seasons 4 and 5 were never dubbed. Again, you'll have to hunt for subtitled episodes if you want to watch these in their entirety. There is also a special ("Shinka suru Kettou! Stardust VS Red Demons") that was never dubbed.
5. Watch [Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (series 1)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_Zexal_episodes), which is 73 episodes / 3 seasons in length. There is also a special (the one featuring Kouhei Uchimura) that was never dubbed.
6. Watch [Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (series 2)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_Zexal_II_episodes), which is 73 episodes / 3 seasons in length. Since this series only just ended in Japan (Mar 2014), dubbing is still in progress. As of this writing (13 Jun 2014), it looks like the first 40 episodes have been dubbed, with more coming out at a rate of one per week. Once you've caught up with this, you'll be up-to-date with the dubs.
7. If you don't mind watching subs, start watching [Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_Arc-V_episodes), which is ongoing as of Apr 2014. Konami has licensed it for dubbing, but the dubs presumably won't start until the dubs for ZEXAL series 2 are complete.
I didn't mention [the "zeroth" series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_%281998%29_episodes) (the one released in 1998) anywhere in there because it's sort of orthogonal to the rest of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime franchise. As such, you can watch it at any point, though I would recommend watching it just before or after you watch the first series (just to see the contrasting ways in which the two series evolved). The "zeroth" series is 27 episodes in length, and was never dubbed, so you'll have to hunt down subtitles. Note also that [a short film (titled just "Yu-Gi-Oh!")](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_%28film%29) was produced, which you might want to watch after you've finished the "zeroth" series.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As the answer above me stated, watch it in that order, but there is also Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 (or just Yu-Gi-Oh in Japan) that to my knowledge wasn't released outside of Japan. The show is less yu-gi-oh than the rest, with the very few duels, but it's kinda a prequel to the first season, Duel Monsters.
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2014/06/13 | 690 | 2,479 | <issue_start>username_0: I read everywhere that Orochimaru tried to reanimate the 4th Hokage during the Chunin exams, but he was unable to reanimate him because he was sealed inside Soul Reaper's belly. But if he can't reanimate him, what was the point of the coffin? To perform reanimation, he needs a host first. He must have reanimated him earlier on a host if it was possible. So what was the point of summoning that coffin?
According to the Naruto wikia's page on [Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation) ([specific revision](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation?oldid=885518)),
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As far as needing a host, what you copied only says that a sacrifice is needed, which was probably arranged off-screen. I'm not sure what that has to do with being able to summon the fourth hokage.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Remember the Orochimaru did not know of the Shiki Fuujin, he didn't know about not being able to summon the fourth. The Shiki Fuujin was kept highly confidential and was only ever used twice throughout the series.
Now for a more practical explanation, the author likely didn't think that far ahead, and caused The Third to be able to "cancel" the third summon. The Shiki Fuujin explanation was later applied an implied by certain events taking place.
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2014/06/14 | 1,226 | 4,859 | <issue_start>username_0: I am referring to when he has trouble turning into full-sized Titan after he underwent intelligence and endurance testing. It happened in chapter 53 of the series, during the Uprising Arc.
This is a quote from the [Attack on Titan Wiki](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Eren_Yeager):
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm pretty sure this is due to the fact that turning into a titan requires energy. Serially turning into one like that was wearing him down, such that he couldn't turn into the normal full-sized titan of normal titan intelligence. If he burned enough energy as a titan or through regeneration, he would not be able to turn into a titan at all for a while, as established much later in the manga.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The reason why Eren can't sometimes turn into a titan because he doesn't have a objective to focus on, unlike his first transformation which he focus of not dying and the vision of his mother, sometimes his anger trigger his tranformation. For example, Annie's tranformation was easlier for her because she had to be cold blooded when getting Eren. Before the last espiode Armin told Eren to leave his humanity and became a monster to able to fight Annie. I haven't read the manga but I do my research on Attack on Titan and I will read the manga.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The reason why he can't turn into a Titan at will is because he can only do so if there is a set goal in mind. Which is also why he could not turn in to a Titan when he was in the well, but later on when he was sitting at the table with the rest of his squad and he dropped his spoon and then proceeded to pick it up, he grew a Titan arm.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Eren cannot transform, for purpose. Because it's is possibility that's transform into titan will need sunlight and energy. I'm certain sure Eren need sun light/energy and bite his finger at same time. In episode 23-24, Annie avoided to go dark underground. If she went into and bite finger, she wouldn't be able to transform. That's why Annie and others titan shifter alway on outside in order to transform.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I think eren didn't have enough energy and sunlight so he was not able to transform into full titan. So thats why annie and zeke if always outside to transform.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_7: The reason is the plot :D He had to be captured by Kenny's goons so the story could happen :D
Ok, but with all seriousness, Eren needs to be strong, both mentally and physically. After dozens of test he was probably. He didnt knew his limits back then and before test he managed to fully transform only 3 times - all of them very randomly.
Also i think it depends on how strong Titan Power is.
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Carting Titan is probably the weakest, but can stay in titan form for the longest.
Colossal Titan is huge, so he is very concious about to when to transform into one - Ww can see Nertholdt transformin io Collosal's upper body in season 3, but then day later h is carried by Reiner. He never rly fights back when he and Reiner are attacked by mindless titans even if they both almost get eaten, so he probably needs a lot of energy to transform.
Eren has 2 titan powers. His transformation is probably more demending than armored or female titans.
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2014/06/14 | 1,196 | 4,004 | <issue_start>username_0: The live action movie for *Shingeki No Kyojin* is coming out in 2015 or 2016 if I am not mistaken. Does anyone know what arcs of the anime and manga the movie will cover?<issue_comment>username_1: With the second trailer of the first movie released on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0i4gnbBOA), and based on below synopses, it seems like the first movie will feature the first chapters of the manga. The wall will fall by the Colossal Titan, Eren will join the Survey Corpse and will have to transform to defend mankind. It is also confirmed that Levi will not feature in the movie, but an additional character and additional content will be created instead.
From [Wikia](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_on_Titan_%28Live-Action_Movie%29):
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[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan#Live-action_films), [Asianwiki](http://asianwiki.com/Attack_on_Titan_%28live-action%29), [Finalreel](http://www.finalreel.co.uk/attack-on-titan-movie-trailer-part-two-end-of-the-world/) or their [Official website](http://www.shingeki-seyo.com/).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: First off, there are a number of minor departures from the source material, such as Mikasa's general personality and the setting of the world, but this is to be expected - all adaptions have a degree of director's license, and the main bones of the series are still easily visible.
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The first movie begins at the same point as the anime series, with the breach of the outer wall, and covers the majority of the main points up to and including the first battle in the Trost District:
* Eren, Mikasa and Armin's friendship and discussing what is outside the walls
* Eren falling out with the Garrison soldiers in his home city
* The Colossal Titan appearing and kicking a hole in the wall of the Shiganshina District (Monzen in the movie)
* Signing up to the Survey Corps. with the ideals of revenge
* Travelling to and fighting in the Trost District with the other graduated recruits from Eren's training squad (Omotemachi in the movie)
* Eren saving Armin, but being swallowed and having his arm bitten off in the process
* Eren shifting into a titan from inside the one he was eaten by, and emerging in front of Mikasa
* Eren (in Titan form) fighting the Titans inside the city
* An unconscious but fully healed Eren emerges from his defeated Titan form, signifying the end of the first movie
Additionally, a more detailed plot summary can be read [**here,**](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_on_Titan,_The_Movie:_Part_1) along with other information on the film.
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Therefore, the following arcs are covered in the first film:
* The 'Fall of Shiganshina' arc
* The '104th Trainees Squad' arc
* And approximately half of the 'Battle for Trost' arc
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2014/06/14 | 750 | 2,569 | <issue_start>username_0: When Kizaru attacked Supernovas at Sabaody Archipelago, he beat some of them badly like X Drake, Basil Hawkins, Urouge and Scratchmen Appo. My question is: how did they manage to escape from Kizaru? In episodes, the scene ends with the (temporary) annihilation of the Straw Hats. But how did they manage to escape? Is it because of the Navy's carelessness?<issue_comment>username_1: Lets first see what happens on Sabaody Archipelago.
**Chapter 508**
Kizaru arrives on the island, searching for Sentoumaru. Since he couldn't find Sentoumaru straight away, he gets bored and when Kizaru is bored, he
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**Chapter 510**
Kizaru finally contacts Sentoumaru and goes after the Strawhats.
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**Chapter 511**
Kizaru finally meets with the Straw Hats, but is kept busy by Rayleigh.
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So to summarize. They got away, because Kizaru never told the Marines about the supernova's presence. The Marines didn't know about their presence so **they never ordered Kizaru to arrest them**. He only attacked them, because he was bored anyway. I think he really only does what he is ordered to. He and Kuzan are the lazy type like that. Secondly, **Rayleigh kept him busy** for some time, giving them time to escape.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Simply put, Kizaru wasn't there to arrest the supernovas. He was there to execute or arrest the Strawhats, or more precisely, Luffy, since he broke the law and assaulted a Celestrial dragon. That was his primary objective. He could have arrested them but that would have wasted time and the Strawhats would have escaped. That's why he concentrated more on them.
The reason he attacked the supernovas was because he was bored and it did not take much effort, while arresting them would.
You could say that the other marines should have arrested them as they were injured anyway, but the low rank marines are still no good against the supernovas. And hence, the supernovas were able to escape.
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2014/06/15 | 531 | 1,698 | <issue_start>username_0: We know that all of them have a nickname, but I don't understand Poppo's nickname.
* Yadomi **Jinta** = Jintan
* Ho**nma Me**iko = Menma
* **An**jou **Naru**ko = Anaru
* Matsu**yuki Atsu**mu = Yukiatsu
* **Tsuru**mi Chiri**ko** = Tsuruko
* Hisakawa Tetsudou = Poppo??
Does it have something to do with his name in Japanese characters?<issue_comment>username_1: After a bit of searching on the Japanese internet, I found an explanation that makes so much sense that it almost *must* be right. That said, I haven't found official material to back this up,1 so this may yet be incorrect.
Here's the deal: "Tetsudou", written 鉄道, [means "railway"](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E9%89%84%E9%81%93). "Poppo" (ぽっぽ) is a childish/onomatopoetic word for a steam train (see e.g. [the zokugo-dict entry](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/jn/%E6%B1%BD%E8%BB%8A/m0u/), usage 3 [in Japanese]). So I suppose what would have happened is that the kids would've gone along some sort of chain of word associations and ended up deciding to call the guy "Poppo" because that's related to "Tetsudou".
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Poppo is the Japanese equivalent of the English "Choo-choo" both which are onomatopoetic words for a steam locomotive, derived from the sound it makes. It is pronounced Poe-poe, not Pop-oh. I know this because I have visited a railway and museum for tourists in Japan named "Poppo Town".
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2014/06/15 | 379 | 1,407 | <issue_start>username_0: Okay, So I haven't played the latest otome game of Amnesia yet because it hasn't come out which is Amnesia- World yet and I am not sure whether I will be able to get a PC version of it and the anime stopped with the heroine actually returning back to her own world, so it didn't quite cover as much as it did in the game.
There is however one element throughout the anime and the games so far that remained the same, her name.
So what is her name? Is she known as anything else other than "heroine"?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think she has any name other than HEROINE in the anime and the Game.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: She is only known as "Heroine." Now, if you look at Wikipedia or any other source and check the dates, you'll see that the anime is released after the game.
If the developers of the game never named her, e.g. implying the "Heroine" is whomever plays as her in the game, they didn't need to name her. This would allow the players to insert themselves into the game as the game's "Heroine."
So the fact that she isn't named could be entirely intentional in the game and the decision was carried over to the anime. If she didn't need a name in the game, I guess she didn't need it in the anime.
Wikipedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia_(visual_novel)>
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2014/06/15 | 1,534 | 5,395 | <issue_start>username_0: As we see in the series, all Dragon Slayers (not God Slayers) who are trained by Dragons have Exceeds as partners.
Specifically there are 5 of them: Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting and Rogue. Now, Laxus is also a Dragon Slayer, but he was not trained by a Dragon and became a Dragon Slayer by Lacrima. Is this a coincidence? Or is there a reason behind it?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> One-hundred Exceed eggs, including Happy and Carla, were taken from
> their parents and sent to Earth Land on a mission to obliterate the
> Dragon Slayers. When Faust began using Anima to steal Magic Power from
> Earth Land, Queen Shagotte gave the Exceed in the field new orders: To
> capture the Dragon Slayers and bring them to Edolas. The Dragon
> Slayers would then be used to create a special type of Lacrima filled
> with Dragon Magic.
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> Carla decides to abandon her mission to kill Wendy and brought her to
> Edolas without knowing that her mission had been changed to simply
> lure Wendy to Edolas. She becomes very distressed by the fact that she
> unknowingly betrayed Wendy and fulfilled her mission. Happy is
> unable to recall the details of his mission but refuses to be a puppet
> of the Exceed, making it clear that he and Carla are members of Fairy
> Tail first and Exceed second. After this, they escape and are
> declared outlaws.
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> This mission was later revealed to be a lie, due to the Queen's power
> she could see the events of the Edolas arc, and as such, she saw
> Extalia destroyed. So in order to keep the species alive, she sent 100
> eggs to Earth Land to protect them, and lied about the mission to kill
> the Dragon Slayers to the other Exceed.
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Source : <http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Exceed> ([specific revision](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Exceed?oldid=650711))
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There are no connections between Exceeds and Dragon Slayers. Hiro seems to always pair them up without any reason.
Remember, Gajeel did not want an exceed initially, but after seeing Wendy and Natsu with one he wondered why he didn't have one. He then became jealous of Natsu and Wendy and wanted Lilly as his comrade.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If we follow the story of Fairy Tail from the beginning, I think it goes like this. At first, Happy was the only Exceed. Mashima-sensei created Happy to be some-kind of sidekick to Natsu. And then there's Gajeel. At that time Mashima-sensei still has no idea about the Edolas Arc, so Gajeel was on his own, even when he revealed that Laxus' thunder magic was in fact a dragon slayer magic. Then there's Wendy, another dragon slayer. Wendy is the first female dragon slayer, and since Happy was the only flying cat (the term Exceed was not revealed at that time), he decided to make another flying cat, named Charle to accompany her.
It was during this that Mashima-sensei got the idea to make Exceed as the official sidekick of Dragon Slayers. That's why he then make Gajeel wonder why he is the only Dragon Slayer without a cat. And after that, Exceed is the official sidekick of Dragon Slayers. So when he created Sting and Rogue, he created Frosche and Lector too.
Edit: The Exceed is sidekick of dragon slayers that was raised by dragons, that is, a real dragon slayer, not the one made by embedding lacrima such as Laxus (Thunder Dragon Slayer) and Cobra (Poison Dragon Slayer).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Second gen dragon slayer don't get exceeds because there not connected to dragons a lacrima was put inside them to give that magic
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I think it's just a coincidence that all of the First Gen Dragon Slayers have Exceed partners. After all, we find out that the whole "Kill/Bring the Dragon Slayers to Edolas" thing was made up by the queen.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: All the First and Third generation dragon slayers have exceeds because they are basically true dragon slayers because they are or were raised by a dragon. The queen of extalia which is now no more created a fake mission to capture and kill the dragon slayers so the future for the exceeds could be safe, including her daughter, Carla. The only exceed that later became a sidekick of an dragon slayer that didn't get sent to earthland is <NAME>, which Gajeel made his sidekick because he was jealous of Natsu and Wendy with Happy and Carla.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: **I agree with <NAME> answer**.
However i like to add some of my own points based on the episodes which shows other Exceeds after Edolas Arc.
Mashima didn't have any original plan regarding to have Exceeds with Dragon slayer, he only created Happy as a sidekick for Natsu. Later he decided to assign Carla to Wendy so that he can create Edolas Arc. After Edolas Arc he decide to Make Exceed as official side kick for Dragon Slayer and made Lily as Gajeel partner, but i don't think there was any specific reason to assign Exceed with Dragon slayer other than creating Edolas Arc, because in later episodes Nichiya(Exceed) join Blue Pegasus guild which does not have any Dragon Slayer. Also i think people want to see an Exceed with Dragon slayer that why when he created Sting and Rogue, he created Frosche and Lector too.
<http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Exceed>
<http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Nichiya>
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2014/06/15 | 1,068 | 4,279 | <issue_start>username_0: When Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla went to Edolas, they couldn't use magic at first. Later, Natsu and Wendy were given the X-balls to regain their magic usage. Yet, even without the X-balls, Exceeds could use their magic. This is according to [the wiki](https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Exceed) because they have their Magic located inside of their bodies **just like the Mages of Earth Land**.
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If both have their magic located within their bodies, then why are only the Exceeds able to use their magic, but Mages need those X-Balls?
Also related to this question, I was wondering why the Exceeds even lost their magic usage, to begin with. It was said that they need to have the right mindset to be able to use their magic, but when they entered Edolas for the first time, they didn't know magic was limited, so they were supposed to have the "right mindset" at that time right? So why did they lose their magic usage when they arrived?<issue_comment>username_1: To answer your first question: because it's said so. (Possible explanation could be that Exceeds were laid there, so their bodies has some mechanism that they just needed to awaken but mages needed the X-balls for that. But this is just a speculation as we only know as much as it's said: mages needed the X-balls, Exceeds didn't.)
To answer your second question: they were not supposed to have the right mindset. They were pretty much in doubt about everything, especially about themselves. What are they, what are they for... what they knew so far changed quite drastically in a few hours of time. While it's not stated explicitly in Fairy Tail, in most of the other universes (including RPGs), using magic needs quite some concentration, so that "right mindset" thing can be more crucial than you think.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I only have an answer to your second question:
It seems like the "right mind" was all about knowing who you are as a person. The only real evidence I have for this theory is the fact that when Happy and Carla jumped off of Lucky's island, Happy was talking about them not being Exceeds sent to capture the dragon slayers but they were Fairy Tail wizards who were going to do everything they could to save their friends. Right after that, they got their magic back.
My only other option would be that they couldn't doubt themselves in any way. They had to be confident in what they were doing because right after they got to Edolas, they could obviously be doubting themselves as to what they were doing and why various things, then they got confident again and regained magic.
I don't know if either of these is right, but they are my theories.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Earthland mages both generate and absorb magic from the surrounding area, but in Edolas, it is rare to find Ethernano there as there is a limited supply. Think of it like this, gold nowadays is not found like in the movies in large chunks. But instead, it is a massive amount of dirt dug up and refined into gold. It is the same there in Edolas, the Exceeds evolved to generate their own magic, but since it was in limited supply, humans did not learn to absorb it or generate it, so they have no magic of their own. On the other side, Earthland mages generate and consume the magic of their own, making it so that they need both to use magic. The X-balls allowed them to just generate their own to use magic. So it is like H2O, but the X-balls let them just use O.
For Happy and Carla, it is because they thought they used magic the same way and thus learn how to as they used magic. Since they believed they need to absorb magic from the surrounding, they did. But once there was no magic to draw on, they had no idea how to use magic. But once they found out the truth, they could use magic without absorbing it. It was mostly psychological as in like Superman. He believed he needed to eat, sleep, and breathe, so he did. But once he found out he did not need to be worried about it, sure he would do those things, but that does not mean he had to.
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2014/06/15 | 1,938 | 6,999 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the [wiki](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Shinigami), when a Shinigami dies, their remaining lifespan is given to the human they saved.
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> Shinigami who die are reduced to dust, and their remaining lifespan is given to the human they saved.
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Since Rem killed *L* and Watari, she gained their remaining lifespans. Additionally she probably still had some lifespan left. On top of that Misa was already given a lot of lifespan from Gelus (from which she lost 75% again). So does this mean all of this lifespan is transferred to Misa Amane?!
Yet according to her [wiki page](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Misa_Amane), she dies in 2011 at the age of 26, only seven years after Rem died.
Does this mean that humans are also capable of reducing their own lifespans? Or would the author have made a mistake by letting Misa die as early as she has? I know she lost 75% of her remaining lifespan through the two eye deals, but you'd think that the cumulation of L, Watari and Rem's remaining lifespans would be greater than just one year, wouldn't you?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think we're told how many years Gelus or Rem had. Ryuk said that Shinigami were lazy and only write names now to extend their life, and doing more than that would be seen as "working too hard".
If we think about it, Shinigami might be *sooo* lazy that they might only extend their own life when they have very little time left, then find some young person to steal a few decades off from, that said it's possible that Gelus and/or Rem only had a few years left.
Also keep in mind that Rem died preventing Misa's death which L and/or Watari would have been the cause of, one could assume before Rem killed them Misa had little time left given L apparently had hard evidence to convict Misa, L probably could undeniably prove Misa was the second username_2 in a week of so and see her incarcerated (possibly solitary confinement), from there she may have been executed or took her own life from being separated from Light, I wouldn't be surprised if that was in the space of a year or 2.
This is on the basis that a Shinigami *does not gain any life* when preventing someone's death, so L's lifespan was never taken by Rem to then be passed onto Misa. Watari, who I remember dying first, was old so he probably didn't have much time left anyway.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: If you look when Misa sees L's lifespan, it is roughly 57 years by the equation on switching from shinigami time to human days/years so she would gain 57 years from L alone. Watari had about a year or two left.
When Rem sees Misa's life span after making the second eye deal it reads 56873.
You divide that by 3556 and that's how many days she has left (just over 15.)
So by the theory that L and Watari's lifespan do *not* go to Rem, the author would be correct on the timeline.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It isn't a plothole. There's a rule in the Death Note that specifically covers this.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsogP.jpg)
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> The use of the Death Note in the human world sometimes affects other human's lives or shortens their original life-span, even though their names are not actually written in the Death Note itself. In these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the original life-span and not the shortened life-span.
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*(Source: Volume 8 of the manga)*
**Short Answer:** It doesn't matter how much time Misa gained from the shinigami, or how much she lost from halving her lifespan. Every time someone relevant to your fate is killed by the Death Note, the future changes and your lifespan is recalculated.
Misa was living for the sake of Light. Light was killed by the Death Note. It would have been strange if her recalculated lifespan hadn't been dramatically shorter than before.
The fact she died on Valentine's Day in the year following Light's death strongly suggests she committed suicide because he was dead. This is also shown at the end of the anime.
**Longer Answer:** The same way killing a murderer with the Death Note can extend the lives of their future victims, killing someone with the Death Note can shorten the lives of their loved ones.
We see both of these examples take place with Misa. Her life had ended with the mugging, but she was indirectly allowed to keep living by the Death Note. Later, she had a long life ahead of her, but the Death Note indirectly gave her a premature death.
The best part of this rule is the last sentence: "In these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the original lifespan and not the shortened lifespan."
So basically, the lifespans that shinigami see aren't reliably accurate. They can only see the person's original lifespan. If the Death Note indirectly decreases someone's lifespan, that person's visible lifespan won't change.
This rule was most likely created by the author just to help ensure there wouldn't be any plotholes.
**Note:** This only holds true for the Death Note indirectly *shortening* people's lives. The user's original lifespan will still visibly decrease if they trade half their lifespan for shinigami eyes (as shown when Rem is reunited with Misa, as she is able to tell that Misa traded half her lifespan again).
The user's lifespan will also visibly increase if the Death Note indirectly lengthens someone's lifespan. Rule LIX states:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NEDl3.jpg)
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> A human death caused by the Death Note will indirectly lengthen some other human’s original length of life even without a specific intention to lengthen a particular person’s original life span in the human world.
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*(Source: Volume 10 of the manga)*
The rule about shortened lifespans, rule XLII, is the only rule which states that "in these cases" the shinigami can't see the correct lifespan. There is never any mention of this regarding lengthened lifespans.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: Tbh I think it is kind of a plot hole because Rem actually specifies that from Gelus saving Misa her lifespan was extended far beyond a normal human.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I believe Near(N) used the Death note to kill MisaMisa. MisMisa had no knowledge that Light had died, and she doesn't seem like a person that would commit suicide. Near probable wanted to eliminate Misa for just in case, or as a punishment for being the second username_2.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: Has no one considered the possibility that suicide is not a natural cause of death and therefore remaining lifespan is not affected by it? For example, a person that is supposed to die at 60 dies at 20 because of suicide, but at the time of death, their lifespan still reads that they have 40 years left. Or is there a rule in the Death Note pertaining to suicides?
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2014/06/16 | 191 | 535 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a song stuck in my head and I THINK it's from Naruto or Bleach but I am not sure. I am sure it's from an anime though.
<http://vocaroo.com/i/s0su2gQh82mV>
Any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: I hummed the song in Soundhound and it recognized it thanks a lot guys! It's
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> Aqua Times - ALONES
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It's the 6th Bleach opening theme song.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This tune is from Bleach, Opening 6 [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHIgXwqXGk).
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2014/06/17 | 404 | 1,501 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been rereading and rewatching DNAngel, and on thing that I can't remember is where the two of the came from. Did they just appear one day, or did someone create them?<issue_comment>username_1: The Hikari family created an artwork and they became the two halves of it. They are the soul of it. So they were probably created by the Hikari with the artwork. It is in the anime.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Dark and Krad are two halves of the Hikari work ["The Black Wings."](http://dnangel.wikia.com/wiki/The_Black_Wings_(Artwork)).
As for how and why they come to manifest, it was never elaborated upon in the manga or anime.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0faAM.jpg)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In the anime they are the two halves of Blackwings without much information to it. In the manga: actually Blackwings was its own artwork and Hikari was about to give it life when Niwa attempted to take it, interrupting the ritual. This had a side effect that the magic ended up on both men, but not for giving, but for taking life (both Dark and Krad are cursed to stop both lineages: Dark by making it difficult for the person to show or be overflown by affection and love, which can make being in a relationship difficult; Krad makes near impossible needing or caring for others and actively used method to destroy the cursed person). All this is in the Argentine Qualia arc of the manga.
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2014/06/18 | 679 | 2,447 | <issue_start>username_0: We discussed a lot about drowning devil fruit users in a bath - see this question: [Can a Devil Fruit user drown in a bathtub?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/11206/1908).
So now I remembered the fight between Luffy and Crocodile. To have a chance, Luffy drank a lot of water and was like a water ballon. But why didn't this affect his strength?
Does he have to be surrounded by water?
<issue_comment>username_1: My guess is that it was sweet water. Whereas sea water takes away powers, not just any water. He must be ok with swimming pools too.
P.S. There was a question about salt too. But I don't think we should seek deep logic here. Sea and seastone annihilates devil fruits power. simple as that. :) Unless Oda sensei decides that some other staff being dangerous will help the plot rolling.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think he isn't affected, because technically at that time, he isn't **submerged** in water, but the water is rather submerged within him. According to the rule, this should be fine. If it wasn't, Devil Fruit Users would always die of thirst or even die from the water within their own body. This type of water could also be considered **"moving" water**, as it moves constantly with every move you make. The same goes for when Luffy defended Whitebeard against Crocodile at Marineford. At that time he covered himself with water and was still able to move freely, since it would be considered moving water. So unless they are submerged into it, Devil Fruit users can touch water without weakening.
From the [Devil Fruit wiki page](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit).
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> With this new power comes a weakness: the sea rejects the new Devil Fruit user and they become helpless while **submerged in water** (or "become a hammer," in Japanese parlance).[2] Oda stated in SBS that Devil Fruit users are susceptible to all types of water, not just seawater. This includes the white sea surrounding Skypiea. He elaborated on this, saying that **"moving" water**, like rain or waves, **does not weaken** Devil Fruit users, while standing water does.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I had the notion that devil fruit users have to be weary sea water, not just any water. That's why Luffy's power didn't work when an enemy put him into a prison made of sea stone.
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2014/06/18 | 1,610 | 5,641 | <issue_start>username_0: ### On what basis were the clans formed in naruto?
The blood siblings Indra and Ashura are from different clans (Uchiha & Senju respectively)., whereas other siblings, e.g. Itachi and Sasuke are from the same clan (Uchiha).
The first shinobi who got chakra was Kaguya. So, technically whoever posesses chakra should've inherited it from her. In that case, all should be from the same clan.
Now, here's my long time doubt. How is it decided that Naruto is from the Uzumaki clan when his father is from the Namikaze family and has no clan?
Is a person's clan decided based on the abilities of the person? If yes, how is their ability evaluated right after they are born?<issue_comment>username_1: All humans came from the same ancestor ("Adam"), does that make us all family? Technically it does. Realistically, so much time had passed that no one looks at it that way.
This is the same. Based on the latest chapter, it indeed seems as though Hagoromo was the ancestor of the Uchiha and Senju clans, while Hamura (at least based on his eyes in the picture) was the ancestor of the Hyuuga clan.
That makes them all one big happy family, except that this history is long forgotten, and no one views it like that anymore.
As for clan ownership, Naruto belongs to the Uzumaki clan because his mother was from the Uzumaki clan. The Uzumaki is a subclan of the Senju, which is related to the Uchiha. Does that make Naruto an Uchiha? Not really.
Clan ownership is determined by birth, not ability.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As a competing answer to the one of [@MadaraUchiha](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/11336/1751), here's my take.
The clan belonging is solved quite easily. The clan-belonging is given through the generations maternally.
This means what decides the clan is not the father, but the **mother**. In Naruto's case that is <NAME>
Other than that, the [naruto-wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Clans) gives some nice information:
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> A clan (一族, Ichizoku; **Literally meaning "family"**), in the loosest
> sense of the term, refers to a family or group of shinobi who form a
> basic unit of a shinobi village. Majority of these clans were **mercenary military forces** even before the First Shinobi World War. [...] Membership in a clan is usually determined by **blood relations and genetics**, which is vital in the usage of kekkei genkai and secret techniques. [...] While clans **may be composed of many individuals** and extended families, many clans mentioned and seen in the series were somewhat **limited to a nuclear family.**
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It seems that the most clans seen, are just the mentioned nuclear families. This leads to the assumption, that one line of family that somewhen declared itself a clan **is** a clan. Some family lines had more offspring, and some had less. for example the Hyuuga-clan has multiple branch families, who are subordinate to the main family. The Uchiha clan on the other hand seems to just be loosely organized.
Some clans seem to have a definitive familiy head (Hyuuga, Akimichi, Nara). Other clans are not organized (Uchiha, Uzumaki, Inuzuka, [...]).
Clans mostly differ in chakra affinity and Kekkei Genkai, as well as battle style. In fact that seems to be the only thing shared in a clan. This Chakra affinity seems to be genetic, so that you are rather born into a clan than "join" it. It seems that not every person has his / her own clan, most prominent examples are probably [<NAME>](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi) and [<NAME>](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Gai).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: All humans are not descendants of Kaguya.
Only a small amount are and they are all most all extinct i.e Uchiha, Uzumaki, Senju, Hyuga, Kaguya clans.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: IIRC, it is not explicitly stated if you get your clan name based off the father and mother. But typically the wife would take the husbands name, for instance <NAME>aki.
If you go by the principle that the wife will take the husbands name, which does not happen on a few rare occasions, it is just common sense that you'd get the fathers name, as the mother married into the clan. However, Minato is of Namikaze and Kushina is of Uzumaki, yet Naruto is named Uzumaki. Kushina never took Minato's last name because Minato had tons of enemies that sought his life and if Naruto was named Namikaze, it'd make those same people go after Naruto. Naruto wasn't named Namikaze because that would have put him in danger.
Now, for your second question.
It is correct that all chakra started from Kaguya Otsutsuki, but that does not mean that everyone should be related to her. Remember, when Kaguya had Hagoromo and Hamura, the chakra was accidentally inherited into them. Kaguya tried taking it back which eventually lead to her being sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura. Hagoromo saw chakra as not a weapon, but a power that can link everyone's soul and hearts, leading all to love each other.
Hagoromo saw chakra as a power that would bring people together, and did so by giving others chakra that did not directly inherit it from his mother, Kaguya. Because of this, clans like the Aburame and Inuzuka are most likely descendants of those Hagoromo passed chakra onto. Remember that once Hagoromo passed chakra onto others it would now become an inherited power.
Uzumaki, Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, and Kaguya clan are all descendants of the Otsutsuki, more specifically Kaguya, and other clans such as the Inuzuka are most likely descendants of those Hagoromo passed chakra onto.
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2014/06/18 | 620 | 2,449 | <issue_start>username_0: We've established that chakra element is hereditary (I.e. Sasuke got fire from his parents, etc.). Is there any precedent for what happens when parents with different elements have a kid? Does one element "win" and become the one that the child has, or does the child get both?<issue_comment>username_1: Let's first off state bloodline limits.
Bloodline limits come with perks like Wood and Ice elements (Yamato and Haku). This suggests that there is indeed a chance (Since it's not for *everyone*, just like the sharingan and byakugan) they will inherit it from their parents.
It doesn't seem like anyone outside the clans have the blood limit abilities, so we will assume that even when someone does not posses for example, Wood elements, they might still be carriers and carry the ability on to their children.
However, they do seem to pass on elements within clans. The Uchiha specializes in Fire, Uzumaki in Wind, and so on.
It is quite safe to assume that you inherit the talent for your chakra element type.
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Anyone can learn any chakra element type given enough practice. Even though this won't easily become better than their main chakra element type, it could still be passed on to their children more naturally.
Furthermore, it's probably a lot like bloodtypes in real life. Tho there are technically rules, every human can get a random blood type instead of what their parents got. if not, we would all have the same blood types in the end! I believe this is also how the elements work. It's a game of chance between which parent has the stronger genes.
Sources:
1. I've been a proper fan for 10 years now and am rewatching + reading it for the 9th time or so.
2. <http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra> This webpage explains how ninjas can learn chakra types besides their natural affinity.
Other than that, this is all speculation. There is no proof of what I said and there is no explanation from Kishimoto relating to this. All my speculation is based on how I have learned the anime and manga.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Uchiha are already affiliated with fire and can learn other elements by practice to help answer this even more it is more or less possiable Naruto character's are more likely born with elements though birthday's like Naruto Oct 10 1996 he has wind and he is a Libra but it also goes by one's clan blood line also so bit can be by both ways.
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2014/06/19 | 1,580 | 5,455 | <issue_start>username_0: Law's *Ope-Ope No Mi* gives him the ability to switch the hearts between 2 bodies. This is actually transferring the mind of a person to the other and vice versa.
So the question here is, which of the below abilities of the person are transferred along with the mind to the target body?
* Strength (Physical and Mental)
* Devil Fruit Power
* Haki using Ability
It'd be nice if specific incidents/instances can citied along with each of the pointers for reference as it would be easy to visualize and co-relate them with the answer.<issue_comment>username_1: **Devil Fruit Power**
It can't change. For example, Chopper and Franky were changed their hearts. In that case, Franky (in Chopper's body) can use all of Chopper's Devil Fruit abilities and Chopper (in Sanji's body) can't use his power at all.
**Haki using ability**
It will change because Haki means willpower (power of heart).
**Strength (physical and mental)**
I think it can't change. My example is Sanji (in Nami's body). He can't use his legs as well as in his own body and he can't run too fast for a long time because Nami's lungs can't bear.
They're only my views.
I try my best to get some references from wiki.
In following case, Tashigi (in Smoker's body) can use Smoke Smoke ability and her Haki is not very well and Luffy easily beats with Haki.
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A body's physical strength is not defined by its heart, but by the actual body. Therefore it is not switched, as we can see when Nami (in Franky's body) wants to beat Sanji (in Nami's body) again. Nami should not be able to even tickle Sanji, but if she would have hit him again in chapter 663, Nami's body might have been severely injured.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h1vmG.jpg)
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Mental strength on the other hand, does come from the heart as we can see Sanji do extraordinary things with Nami's body. Things she would physically be capable of, but not mentally. Like when Sanji blue walks his way to safety after rescuing Kin'emon's torso in chapter 672.
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Devil Fruit Powers become part of the body after eaten, so the same can be said as with actual physical strength. For example, it was Luffy's complete body that became rubber and not his mind. Which was proven on multiple occasions. Oars couldn't use any rubber attacks on his own after he obtained Luffy's shadow. Tashigi could turn her body into smoke after her mind got switched with smoker's and Franky could still change Chopper's animal forms. With the last example, I would also like to point out that this is also a good example where mental strength is not switched, since Franky could not control Chopper's final form, while Chopper could, as seen on Fishman Island. I'm not saying Chopper is stronger than Franky perse, I'm saying that if mental strength and thus experience would have been transferred he would have been able to control the monster.
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Haki obviously also gets switched, since this literally means willpower. So if the will gets switched, so will it's power. This can be seen when Sanji activaly uses Kenbunshoku Haki to locate Kin'emon's torso.
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It should be noted that Law only switches the mind and not their actual physical hearts. This can be seen when he switches Tashigi and Smoke's mind, while holding Smoker's physical heart in his hand in chapter 663.
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2014/06/19 | 1,040 | 3,088 | <issue_start>username_0: In Akuma No Riddle, each episode contains one riddle - Usually In the episode title or texted to Azuma.
Haru and Azuma figure some out, but as far as I know, not all the questions are answered.
I might have just overlooked them though...
1. What is the World is Full of? (Haru answers" forgiveness")
2. What's in your heart? (Azuma answers "Blood")
3. What's Red, But Isn't Red?
4. What Comes Suddenly and Never Leaves?
5. What do you need in order to let a caged bird free?
6. Beautiful Flowers Have Their \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
7. What Can Never Be Caught Up To?
8. Which Gatekeeper is the Liar?
9. What Dwells In Your Heart? (Make-up Test)
10. Who Is The Queen?
11. How to Distinguish a Congratulation from a Curse?
12. Therefore, the World is Full of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
What are the answers to the riddles?<issue_comment>username_1: >
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[Reference](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1164381#sHY5XYTHcvzJ2MkF.99)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: To avoid spoilers. As Prix mentioned, there are no definitive answers to the riddles. The answers that Haru and Tokaku come up with are simply "their own answers." The riddles are presented to Tokaku in situations where she fills in the Riddles with answers that have been decided based on her current situation and mental state.
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1. What is the World Full of? (Haru answers" forgiveness")
11. Therefore, the World is Full of ______?
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One might answer "lies" for the second, while Haru answers "forgiveness" for the first. However both Haru and Tokaku's situation and mental state are drastically different. 1. being a sort of happy/mellow situation with her class mates, 11. being dramatic and sad due to the prior events.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Not putting questions just what I think should be the answers to this.
1. The world is full of "lies."
2. regret.
3. blood.
4. a curse.
5. open the cage door.
6. Every pretty flower has its "end."
7. death.
8. the one who speaks of everything but the truth.
9. (make-up test) love
10. Haru
11. a curse is as spell that's like Carma and a felicitation is a congratulation.
12. Therefore, the world is full of "hate."
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2014/06/19 | 427 | 1,640 | <issue_start>username_0: **Spoiler Alert: For those who haven't seen episode 366 of Naruto Shippuuden.**
As shown in episode 366 of Naruto Shippuuden, Orochimaru was able to restrict the movements of nidaime hokage Tobirama. But he mentions that Hashirama could have undone his binding at any time.
My question is why didn't Hashirama undo the binding during his reanimation at Chunnin exams?<issue_comment>username_1: You will note that Tobirama, in the same scene tells Orochimaru that achieving better fidelity/accuracy/efficacy with edo tensei will be the cause of his downfall, since **this time** they have been revived with nearly their full power.
This strongly suggests that Orochimaru did not perfect edo tensei at the time of the Chunnin exams and that Hashirama was not at full strength and capacity.
Which explains why he did undo the binding at the time of the Chunnin exams - he couldn't.
You will also note that Hashirama doesn't seem to recall Orochimaru, further suggesting that he was not fully revived at the time, though that could simply be his personality...
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Suppressing their personalities weakens their abilities.
Un-suppressing their personalities makes them more accurate and more powerful due to their near-infinite chakra.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The reason has been explained both in the anime and the manga. The earlier versions of reanimation were far weaker then the perfected ones used now. Simply put, the old reanimations were simply weaker in everything compared to the originals or the newer versions of Edo Tensei.
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2014/06/19 | 1,933 | 6,962 | <issue_start>username_0: The direct English translation of 進撃の巨人 ("Shingeki no Kyojin") isn't actually "Attack on Titan", and the name seems like an odd translation because it implies either an attack on a person/thing named "Titan" or an attack on or taking place on a planet/place called "Titan," neither of which are the case here. Have there been any official announcements on the translation/English naming of "Attack on Titan" regarding why they gave it that name?<issue_comment>username_1: With the lack of a good answer i'll flesh my comment out.
Google Translate translates 進撃の巨人 ("Shingeki no Kyojin") to [Giants Advance](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA). now Google Translate is machine translation so not good with sentances but it does does help with single words as guidelines, so the 2 main parts of the titles are
* Shingeki (進撃) = [Advance](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83)
* Kyojin (巨人) = [Giant](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA)
Now の (no) gets translated to [of](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E3%81%AE) so putting all together we get **Advance of Giant**.
Now why did the title then become **Attack on Titan**, well without any explanation of the translators we can assume the words was changed to make the title sound cooler as per Eric's (Listed as キルア) said in the comments to the question
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so how did they do that? well we can assume that *Advance* and *Giant* were changed to *Attack* and *Titan* but why changed *Of* to *On*, the only reason i can think of is in the original title *Shingeki no Kyojin*, if you did a partial translation it could be **Advance no Giant**, someone proably went and reversed *no* to *on* so we get ***Advance on Giant***, do the same word replacement as mentioned above and we get ***Attack on Titan***
Now this answer relies heavy on Google Translate, however this answer also applies logic, you can find better explanation of Japanese Language [here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12658/function-of-%E3%81%AE-particle-in-the-title-%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA), while it properly translates the original title and explains the use of の in it, it does to explain how Attack on Titan came about so this answer serves to add assumed logic behind such a decision.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: To answer your questions, one must note one important thing:
* The original English "subtitle" for 進撃の巨人 ("Shingeki no Kyojin") is in fact "Attack on Titan." (See the [volume one cover](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YIp8w.jpg) for reference.)
Semantically there is very little meaning that would connect the two titles, and is likely to be attributed to an error, on the part of the author or his editor/publicists.
The biggest notable change is the use of "titan" as a translation for "kyojin."
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, [titan](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titan) is defined as:
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In terms of simplicity, titan might be an very good choice of words, but in terms of conveying the actual meaning, it falls a bit short.
"Kyojin" is a very simple word, consisting of two kanji which translate as "gigantic" and "human" or "person" respectively. Naturally a more correct translation of this word would be "giant", because it's simplest way in English that we can to refer people are like humans, but are significantly bigger.
"Attack" seems like a broad and simplistic choice of "attack" for "shingeki." both share similarities to one another, the semantic connotations are a bit different. "[Shingeki](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83)" is a very specific term for akin to a (swift) military advance/charge on the enemy. Using "attack" oversimplifies this, and in combination with the preposition "on" and the noun "titan" (which can also refer to one of Saturn's moon by the same name), leads to an error in interpretation. Shingeki can also be used to refer to a vanguard rally/charge, much like what the Survey Corps are.
But let's take a deeper look at the title itself and see what we can get from it. It we directly translate and take it's meaning literally, the title would be something like "Advancing Giant." This doesn't work well as a title and probably isn't what I think the author intended on convey to his readers.
If we read the English titles as it is, "Attack on Titan," grammatically one would infer that "Titan" is some sort of location rather than a person or group. E.g., "Attack on Normandy." For this we have the preposition "on" to blame. Initiating an attack "on" usually implies that whatever "on" refers to is the thing being attacked, not doing the attacking. So the combination of "attack" and "on" as a passive proposition, implies in the act of inciting an act of aggression upon the following noun, "titan."
The Japanese particle "no" (in "Shingeki no Kyojin") is often seen translated as either the preposition "of" or the possessive (-'s), as a marker of possession.
In the case of the title, "kyojin" would be something possessed by "shingeki". Therefore we can assume that the giant is something that belongs to the advance/charge, in other words a giant pertains to a military advance/charge of a vanguard.
Now what does all this mean? Is it referring to the Titans as a whole or singling out on in particular? One can imply that the title is referring to <NAME>, as he is the one and only giant who fights on the side of the humans, thus the giant who leads the way for their armies to finally make a dent in the enemy forces, representing hope for the humans. So something like "The Advancing/Charging Giant," or more appropriately something "The Giant of the Vanguard." Essentially referring to the giant that would lead people towards victory/salvation.
The original title was most likely intended to convey a great deal emotional value, especially when the circumstances involved in the story. However, this might not be as easily conveyed in English so they often to go with something short and to the point for the English subtitle (which is typically only there for the "cool" factor) and never intended to be used as the localized name.
For better SEO, sometimes localizers like to include the romanized Japanese name or w/e the "engrish" subtitle might be, like in the case of Oreimo, this way they can bring already associating links from the original source material to their localized version, without needing to break the bank with advertising.
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2014/06/22 | 738 | 2,362 | <issue_start>username_0: During Nagato's last fight with Itachi, Bee, and Naruto, Itachi pierced him with his Totsuka sword.
As per the Naruto wikia page on [Totsuka](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sword_of_Totsuka),
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My question is, can those who were sealed by the Totsuka sword be brought back by Edo-Tensei?
Does it seal the soul permanantly like [Shinigami](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal)?
The same question goes for [Benihisago](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Benihisago) as well.<issue_comment>username_1: Good question. So far, the Totsuka no Tsurugi's seal has a better record than the Shiki Fuujin. So it's hard to tell.
Given that when Edo Tensei was released, even though who were sealed got released, I would *guess* that yet. Nagato's soul has returned to the pure world, and can be revived with Edo or Rinne Tensei.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: My theory:
Sealing 'someone' doesn't mean that they are going to seal the soul of that 'someone'. It is not explicitly mentioned that the Totsuka Sword includes the soul up to the extent like the Shinigami.
The body can be remained in the "world of drunken dreams" but the soul *can be* released. Edo-tensei only requires a body of a living person as a vessel, then a deceased person's soul and bound to it. So it is possible that a person struck by the Totsuka Sword *can be* brought back by Edo-Tensei.
Update:
As per <NAME> about Benihisago, It seals the soul as well. Once sucked in, releasing Edo-Tensei won't release the person. Its mentioned here [Benihisago](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Benihisago).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: To answer this, no, they are permanently sealed.
1. Edo tensei needs a soul
2. Nagato's soul was sealed
3. Itachi is deceased and his weapon hasn't been said to release souls.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: As someone metioned in comments Orochimaru was successfully "reanimated" by Sasuke so that means his soul wasn't sealed away. Totsuka probably seals only body of a person so the answer is **Yes - it should be possible to bring Nagato back**
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2014/06/23 | 450 | 1,580 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME> in Kill la Kill anime has a number of scars along her back, that are shown in such a way it would make me think they are important.
By the end of the anime, the scars are not shown to be important to the story. Does the anime miss something the manga has in regards to those scars? Is there something I missed?<issue_comment>username_1: Her [wikia page](http://kill-la-kill.wikia.com/wiki/Ragy%C5%8D_Kiry%C5%ABin) says:
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The scars are almost exactly the same style as the stars that indicate a Goku uniform's rank. Remember what the stars actually mean? It's the percentage of the thread that's made of life fibers: a 1-star has 10%, 2-star has 20%, and a 3-star has 30%. The presence of the star scars on Ragyo is likely foreshadowing that she's a life fiber being. I only count 7 in the full shot, so either that specifically means that she's only 70% life fiber (having been corrupted by them when she was older rather than as a child like Ryuko or Satsuki), or the specific number is unimportant and the idea is that she herself contains life fibers, and at a higher percentage than any Goku uniform.
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2014/06/24 | 771 | 3,022 | <issue_start>username_0: In Episode 2 of *Sword Art Online*, Kirito obtains the *Coat of Midnight* having obtained the Last Attack Bonus. This would be a rare item, if not unique, because it was dropped by a Floor Boss.
In Episode 3 after Sachi dies, during Christmas Kirito plans to solo the event to get the rumored resurrection item to bring Sachi back to life. While he is preparing he changes his coat to one that seems warmer.
I am wondering - can armor be customized for different climates or did Kirito get a second *Coat of Midnight* and if so where?<issue_comment>username_1: The layout of the anime is extremely non-linear, and in one episode, the whole storyline jumps 2 years into the future. This was intentional by the producers (obviously), but it does make it very hard to follow. There are always enough subtle references made by the characters in order for us to work out the timeframe of the episode.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Considering that Kirito maintains the same attire throughout the entire show, even when he joins the guild, Knights of the Blood Oath, we can see that Kirito keeps similar or the same armor/armor set. If this is the case, we can infer that he keeps upgrading Cloak of Midnight and is altering it's visuals to fit his current situation.
So the fact that it looks different on Christmas is most likely to keep him warm during this season.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Actually Kirito received 3 coats before receiving the Coat of Midnight. It was his 4th coat received after defeating the first floor boss, and yeah Coat of Midnight's also named as Blackwyrm Coat and made by Ashley. In between the 2 years gap, he may have received some coats or purchased them from virtual shops.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: It is believed that The Coat of Midnight was the first coat he got, from the first floor boss, and had a couple coats afterwards (Probably the weird polka-dot one and the winter one.) before he got The Blackwyrm Coat, which is presumably another Boss Drop from a higher floor, or perhaps a player made one, we do not know which.
References, the whole first season and second season, however if it was said in some sort of developer commentary I would not know.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: In some sense the coat is maybe telling that the time is now Christmas. In game aspect, maybe a limited time item with a strong buff or it is the mission requirement to get the resurrect item with that coat. Moreover just like username_1 said it is not linear and the timeline is somewhat empty after the first floor until he met with Sachi.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: From what I understand, he changed to the Blackwyrm coat (the one that was black) because the Coat of Midnight was too recognizable and, having announced he was a Beta tester, he marked himself as a target, and the Coat of Midnight became associated with "the Floor 1 Beater." (cheater/Beta tester). When it became a nuisance, he changed it.
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2014/06/24 | 899 | 3,557 | <issue_start>username_0: In the *Sword Art Online* anime, after getting the Resurrection Item Kirito gives it to Klein, as Kirito wanted it to bring Sachi back to life, but for it to work it had to be administered within 10 seconds.
Do they ever explain what happened to the item after that; the anime doesn't show if Klein ever used it or not?<issue_comment>username_1: This item was not mentioned after it's introduction.
During that introduction Klein was given it with the instruction to use it on the next teammate who dies in front of him.
During the final battle he has every motivation and opportunity to use it as the wife of the man who gave it to him has died right in front of him! He does not use it here. It is unreasonable to think he would not use it under that circumstance.
An object like that would not be disposed of carelessly.
This yields two possible answers: he followed the instructions given to him (Very possible) or he gave/sold it to someone else and they used it, sold it again, or retained it until it did not matter anymore.
In either case, this is neither a plot hole nor a deep mystery as it was a relatively minor plot element, we were told exactly how he should use this consummable, and, if he did so properly, it would not have been a large enough plot point to warrent it being shown. I doubt it would retain its value by the later stories so it doesn't even matter if it wasn't used by a purchaser by the end of SAO.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: After giving the item to Klein, it's never explained what became of the item. The reason for this is because of the way SAO was written. I would go into details, but I'll try to make it simple.
SAO was originally a Web Novel, written from 2002 to 2008, before the author was asked to publish it in 2009. Most of the side-stories that took place in the "Aincrad Arc", were written around 2002-2004 (After the first "Volume" was already written), between the other major arc, Fairy Dance and Phantom Bullet. "Red Nosed-Reindeer" (the story that Episode 3 is adapted from) is different. Kawahara didn't write this story until after 2005, when he had already began writing the final arc of SAO (which isn't even in the anime yet)
Effectively, when he first wrote SAO, the Stone was not a concept he had in mind. When he began publishing, he never bothered to write the stone into any other story either (even though he included "Red-Nosed Reindeer" as a side-story in the second book)
I would have to assume that the stone was used to save one of Klein's Guildmates, considering that in the novel it was said that his Guild never suffered a single casualty.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: In my opinion, that stone was something that could have been brought back in a major way. A previous poster mentioned the stone would have been perfect to resurrect Kirito in that final battle, but his will to overcome the system after witnessing his true love fall for him would've been less meaningful to the whole story, and stories ahead. Or it could have been used in any of the floors skipped in the amine. To me I it just seems like Klein followed Kirito's instructions and just used it on the next person he saw die; which was probably a lot considering the rate of deaths that likely would have happened in his presence. This is this only thing to go off based on actual fact of the Anime.
I've never read the light novels, because I wonder if they have more content from the floors that they majorly skipped in the show.
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2014/06/24 | 1,166 | 4,628 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm reading *Koe no Katachi* and have been hoping for it to be animated. It looks like it's getting more popular. However, it makes me wonder what requirements should be fulfilled before they decide to create an anime based on a certain manga **in general**.<issue_comment>username_1: There is no written path, but there are several factors and steps that must happen for that:
1. **Fanbase**
* The overall reaction to the manga, the volume of internet traffic it generates (fan-art, forums, discussions, fan pages, fan fiction, even porn of the main characters).
* Are fans cosplaying as the characters even before anime?
2. **Connections and reputation**
* The reputation of the mangaka. For example, I doubt any new manga by Rumiko Takahashi (for example) is NOT going to become an anime.
* Who the mangaka and the manga producers/managers know. Sometimes the hardest part is to put your work in front of the right eyes. It's all in the pitch.
3. **Possible merchandising and target audience**
* Can the manga become a toy line? Can you sell costumes of the main characters?
* The target audience (gender, age, genre) spending power.
4. **Series health and controversy**
* Is the manga series long enough? Are the arcs and plots interesting? Are the characters well developed and of enough depth?
* Is there any group that will get grossly offended if the manga becomes an anime? Remember that printed media is pulled by the reader (you have to actively persuse the media) while audiovisual media is PUSHED into the viewer.
5. **Competition and market mood**
* Is the manga a mecha manga, and it's on its peak during a new Gundam season and yet another Evangelion Retcon?
* What was the reaction of fans to the animes of the same genre that aired in the previous seasons? Are they craving for more of the genre or had they have enough?
6. **Releases and versions**
* Is the series already compiled into tankobon? Is it on Crunchyroll? Was it already translated (by fans or officially)?
* Also, check if the manga is being pirated. It is a sad fact, but popular manga that will become anime is widely pirated, translated, fansubbed, etc.
* Do some specialized Google searches for the manga series, its main characters and villains. Check the result count, and compare to other popular manga that already became anime.
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After all of those factors, there are some things you can look for in specialized media to see if your favorite manga is really going to become anime:
**Option:** Did some studio or media company purchase the option for the IP? Options are commonplace in the Western media world, but it's becoming very popular around the world. Check the media and news for the option signing.
**Rumors:** Check some blogs (mostly in Japanese) for the titles they think will make next season `(Dear Reader: suggest some blogs in the comments)`.
**Wikipedia:** The folks at the [WikiProject Anime and Manga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anime_and_manga) work really hard to keep their corner of the wiki fresh. If your manga series already have a Wikipedia page, chances are high.
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As for your particular manga, I would say it certainly will become anime.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I'm in in the process of getting my own Manga, *Seeds of Arcadia*, funded. Aside from creating a fanbase, which may not lead to much, you really want to focus on a detailed portfolio for investors and production companies to decide if your story is worthwhile. You'll mainy need (give or take):
1. Complete script of first season
2. Character illustrations, descriptions, and backstories (if necessary)
3. Illustrated chapters (at least some, if not all)
4. Illustrated action pages
5. Sketches
6. Promotional posters (the more the better)
7. Possible overview of any continuing season
8. Any free printouts for viewers
Of course most if not all of this stuff may have to come out of your own pocketbook. I suggest getting family or friends to help with the initial startup so that you can hire help with the illustrations, or else you'll be doing a lot of drawing and digital enhancements.
The important thing is to have hard substance which is both professional in appearance, unique, and intriguing. The fans will NOT fund your project, but with a professional looking portfolio you can present it to investors, or sell your story. If you do plan on keeping the rights to your story, never hand the complete script to anyone, only segments. You should still have the completed script ready with digital backups.
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2014/06/25 | 1,058 | 4,061 | <issue_start>username_0: Is he an ancestor of Ging and Gon? What is probably his story aside from being the author of the Book which talked about the Dark Continent?<issue_comment>username_1: I guess <NAME> (grandfather of Gon) is someone who possessed Gon while he is in his fight against Pitou. Remember Gon was innocent and calm, and yet he become stubborn and fast temper. Maybe the author expresss the similar version of his another series like the *Yu Yu Hakushou*, when Yusuke being possessed by his father who were the most powerful person in the series in his prime.
Another hint that I can contribute is the gap between Gon and Don. Don somehow mention that he was 300 years (impossible) of age, close enough to like of the father of Yusuke in his another series. There is also other part of the world (Dark Continent) similar to his other series.
Don maybe the strongest character in HxH, who knows, he lives in a secret side of the world.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: My guess is that <NAME> is the great grandfather of Gon or later since over 300 years, many generations could've passed.
Now the question is, who is <NAME>?
<NAME> is a novel writer.
I don't think he is involved in Gon's transformation. Why? If he was involved in it, then the transformation could have been a power passed over generations and generations and the Freecs family could've been the most powerful nen users.
<NAME> was a nen user, but we can't confirm if all parts of this anime are related to Yu Yu Hakusho. That would be a crime. Don Freecss carries the characteristics of Ging Freecss, if you compare them. For example, Don travels a lot to discover new things like Ging does.
<NAME> is probably an Enhancer. Why? The Zoldyck family has similarities in Nen. They are usually Transmuters or Manipulators. The only (rare) Enhancer in the family is the great great grandfather of Killua. Ging would be an Enhancer or Transmuter. I took the information by personality by Hisoka; I have not read it well yet, but Ging posseses the characteristics of an Enhancer and Transmuter.
<NAME>'s appearance is not yet revealed but my guess is that he looks slightly like Ging.
I agree with the theory that he may still be alive somewhere farther than the Dark Continent.
I believe he is immortal since Freecsses are amazing.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: An ancestor of Ging, who obtained the immortality "curse" from the dark continent, or is still alive by some other means.
This is shown when Ging stated that he(Don) was still alive after 300 years. As such, Don is still alive by some means.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: <NAME> is a character mentioned to have written a guide to the dark continent in two parts: East and West. The association has had a copy of East. West has not been seen. Ging claimed that is because Don is still writing West, and thus is still alive. East was written 300 years ago.
If Ging is correct, then these are valid assumptions:
1. Don must be over 300 years old making him the oldest known character.
2. The Dark Continent is notoriously dangerous so Don must be strong or well protected to reside there.
3. Freecss is the last name of Ging and Gon so Don is likely related to them through Ging's father.
4. As Nen slows aging and is the major source of combat power in the series, Don is likely a very power Nen user.
5. As the Dark Continent is noted for having new/strange fauna and flora including powerful medicial plants, it is possible that his environment could greatly impact who the character is and provide a cause for his long lifespan.
That is all we know and can safely infer from the manga. There are fan theories surrounding him but at this point we don't know anything else.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: I have a feeling that Don is an ancestor to both Gon and Ging. But I have a feeling that he is going to help Gon restore the ability to use nen and it could be possible that he could have been part of Gon's Transformation.
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2014/06/25 | 221 | 815 | <issue_start>username_0: Pretty much every character in Naruto seems to have his/her own theme song. But I can't seem to find a theme song for [Konan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konan). Does she just not have one? or is it just hard to find/ not released yet ?<issue_comment>username_1: Konan - as far as I know - doesn't have an official soundtrack. She's usually seen with Pain in which Pain's soundtrack plays.
I'd say that Konan shares a soundtrack with Pain which is called Girei.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Theres a song in the storm revolution game thats starts when konan talks to sasori i think thats here theme
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: there is one called the angelic herald of death which is associated usually with konan it is an unreleased OST
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2014/06/25 | 2,309 | 8,946 | <issue_start>username_0: in *Yu-Gi-Oh GX*, Duel Academy has 3 dormitories, named after the 3 Egyptian God Cards, *Slifer*, *Ra* and *Obelisk* with Slifer having very basic facilities and seen as the underdogs (weakest) while students at Obelisk are more privileged and seen as aces and elites (strongest).
However, out of the 3 Gods, in terms of functionality this isn't right.
* Obelisk is the weakest because its ATK and DEF are set at 4000 which we have seen reached by other monsters apart from Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and requires sacrifices to destroy all monsters on the field.
* Slifer is the next strongest with its HP fluctuating based on the number of cards in your hand. However, when a monster is summoned, it has an instant attack which drops the opponent's summoned monster's stats by 2000 with the chance of destroying it.
* Ra is considered the strongest with its ATK and DEF able to come from the player's Life Points and also its initial ATK and DEF come from the monsters sacrificed to summon it.
So I am wondering, how did the dorms get assigned their names, and would it make more sense that the elite's dorm gets the name of the strongest god card?
NOTE: I am referring to the god cards' functionality in the anime.<issue_comment>username_1: The academy was created by Seto Kaiba who first owned Obelisk while Yugi owned Slifer. We can infer from Kaiba's personality that Kaiba always wants to be better than Yugi, so he placed the rank of Obelisk the highest and Slifer the lowest.
For Ra, the card was originally owned by Marik, and the only spot left the rank could be placed is in the between the ranks of Obelisk and Slifer.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Kaiba was the person who was directly responsible for the creation of facilities like Duel Academy. And I can understand and explain his viewpoint of putting Obelisk at the top.
This is a school, and in every school, the more points you score, the higher the grade you get. Keeping that in mind, let's look at the 3 god cards.
First let's look at Obelisk the tormentor.
It is a monster with **4000** points of atk and def. Meaning no matter what, this monster starts off with a solid atk and def power. HOWEVER, it also has an ability to tribute 2 monsters to gain infinite attack. Meaning that from Kaiba's point of view, Obelisk was the monster that had **limitless potential** in terms of RAW power. This is the exact reason why Kaiba decided that the strongest dorm should be called Obelisk Blue. Which is why most students who where in this dorm, had monsters with high attack power to deal battle damage. <NAME> is the best example of an Obelisk blue player who used a cyber dragon power deck to overwhelm his opponents with attack power.
Now let's look at the winged dragon of ra which is the strongest god from all of the 3.
It is a monster with **unknown** ATK and DEF. Soo the **potential** of this monster in terms of ATK power is **unknown** from the get go. It's ATK and DEF depends on the monsters you sacrifice for it to increase it's power, meaning that unlike Obelisk who starts off with 4000 attack and has the potential to unleash an infinite ATK power, Ra depends too much on the monsters used for it, to gain ATK . And that would not be enough to surpass Obelisk in RAW power.
However what RA lacks in terms of ATK power, it exceeds in **special abilities**. Ra has the ability to destroy any monster it wants, even if that monster is another god. Soo Ra Yellow was the second strongest dorm in the academy in the eyes of Kaiba. Because it had **hidden potential**.
<NAME> is the best example of what a Ra Yellow student represent, since he used strategies and tactics that overwhelm his opponents with card effects, more than he does with attacks. Bastion managed to defeat an Obelisk blue students like <NAME>. Which shows that even tho Obelisk represents RAW power that surpasses any other RAW power, Ra can overcome that RAW power with it's **hidden abilities**.
And last but not least, let's look at Slifer The Sky dragon. The weakest out of the 3.
It is also a monster with **unknown potential** in terms of ATK and DEf but not in a good way. Even tho slifer's attack can be multiplied be the amount of cards the controller holds in his hands by x1000, at the end of the turn, that player can only hold 6 cards in their hand. Meaning that slifer's attack can remain at 6000 points at best. No matter how many cards a player gets in his hands, at the end of the turn, he has to discard them so he will remain with 6 cards. And if you want slifer to become more powerful, you need to use cards that allow you to draw. From Kaiba's point of view, slifer was weak because it's attack depends too much on the cards that the player holds in his hand. And the only special ability slifer had, was to strike the opponent's monsters to weaken their ATK or DEF. Meaning that the god couldn't save itself if it lacked in raw power against a monster who could survive that ability. Making Slifer the Sky dragon, the one that is **dependent** too much on other cards to remain powerful. While Obelisk is not depended on other cards to keep his 4000 points of ATk. And Ra will keep the ATK it gains from the monsters that where sacrificed for it and will continue to grow without losing any power.
Ofcourse, when a slifer student improves his deck and he proves his power by wining against a Ra Yellow student or an Obelisk blue student, he will be given the opportunity to join one of the higher dorms, depending on how well he performs and which traits of the two higher dorms he display during his game.
Jaden started in the red dorm because he played with weak elemental hero monsters that where too dependent on other cards to become strong. However he improved a lot during his years in the academy and was given multiple opportunities to move out from the red dorm and become a Ra Yellow or an Obelisk blue student. When <NAME> locked Jaden's polymerization with the trap *Cursed Seal of the Forbidden spell*, Jaden showed that his deck had the **hidden potential** to overcome it's dependency on the polymerization card and find ways to win without it. This proved that Jaden was ready to become a Ra Yellow Student. However he simply refused because he felt that he wanted to stay in the red dorm since that is where he felt more comfortable. Jaden could've easly become an Obelisk Blue student as well, since he was able to show RAW power with **limitless potential** that was on par with that of <NAME>, who was the top Obelisk blue student at the time. During their duel, Jaden managed to increase the attack of his Shining Flare Wingman to 20900, while Zane countered that by increasing his Cyber End Dragon's attack to 36900. Forcing Jaden to use the card **Final Fusion** to inflict damage to both players equal to the combined ATK of their battling monsters. Ending the game in a draw.
<NAME> is actually the best example of a Slifer Red student, who started as a weak player with weak monsters, uncertain of his abilities and potential. He gradually became more confident and strong, and started to play with stronger combos and stronger monsters as time progressed. This allowed him to ascend into Ra Yellow and later he became an Obelisk Blue.
Soo let's go over it one more time.
Obelisk is for **limitless potential**
Ra is for **hidden abilities**
Slifer is for **Dependency**
You now understand the logic behind the hierarchy behind the dorms and why Kaiba made them the way they are.
You can also understand why teachers like <NAME> hated the Red Dorm and didn't want it to exist. From his point of view, the weakest students that show no potential go there.
Crowler only wanted students that showed promise right from the get go. If they didn't use RAW power or smart strategies, they where not worth the time. OFC, what Crowler couldn't understand is that the Slifer dorm was neccesary to be there, soo that students who didn't show any promise from the get go, would have the chance and opportunity to prove themselves. Which is what <NAME> and
<NAME> did.
Chumley was forced to retake his freshman year after he failed his first time around. <NAME> offers Chumley a job at Industrial Illusions as a card designer nearing the end of the first year after he wins a card-design contest by creating "Ayers Rock Sunrise". In order to determine whether or not he will be permitted to leave the school, Crowler Duels with him in one final test. Although Chumley manages to hold his own, even getting the chance to play the first card of his own creation, "Ayers Rock Sunrise", he is again defeated. Crowler, however, lets him move on regardless, impressed by how far in his studies he has come. And also pleased that Chumley expressed both RAW power and hidden potential.
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2014/06/26 | 484 | 1,658 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 134, when Meruem asks about Pouf's secret to Welfin, Welfin thinks so hard, harder than his brain is capable of. And the result is that he says "Komugi".
Why did Welfin know about Komugi? Did he meet her before?<issue_comment>username_1: He knew because Ikalgo and Palm told him about her and asked him to relay it to meruem.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: In chapter 309 of the manga, Ikalgo and Palm had Welfin hidden in the back of the truck, Ikalgo never mentioned Komugi, because that was the 'secret' the narrator was talking about. And the 'secret' was to exchanging Komugi with Knuckle and Meleoron, and that was the plan.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Just recently re-saw the arc so it's pretty fresh. He knew because Pouf had him call Pitou to tell her that Killua killed her. It struck him as a weird request at the time, but when he was racking his brain for the right answer, he started connecting all the dots and realized she was the keyword in all of it.
He most likely figured out Komugi was the right name because he put the following things together:
1. The King is looking for something.
2. King wants to know what Pouf is hiding.
3. Pouf used Welkin to lie to another Royal guard.
4. Pouf lied about the enemy killing a person named Komugi who was in the enemies' possession
5. Royal guards are incapable of being un-loyal to the King.
6. Ikalgo/Palm believes they have something the King will definitely trade for.
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2014/06/27 | 1,545 | 5,230 | <issue_start>username_0: Why are Haki attacks not effective on Marine admirals?
In the Marineford war, we see countless instances where Haki-imbued attacks don't affect Marine admirals. When Marco and Vista attack Sakazuki, he even acknowledges that they are Haki-imbued, but nothing apparently happens:
Another case is when Whitebeard attacks Aokiji:
What's with the admirals? Their Logia powers don't seem to be easily affected by Haki attacks. I mean we have many instances where Haki has *touched* their body, but still there are many instances where attacks on their body don't result in damage. What's the deal with Marine admirals?<issue_comment>username_1: I think the only possible answer is that the Marine admirals' Haki is stronger. If their **Kenbunshoku Haki** and **Busoshoku Haki** are stronger, they can easy foresee or block Marco's or Vista's attacks.
And as you can see, Sakazuki got a scratch, so they aren't immortal at all.
I think this just shows **how strong** they really are
(or how weak Marco and Vista are :P).
**Another possibility** is that maybe they don't use Haki. I can't recognize anything that looks similar to when Luffy is using Haki.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think you are wrong in saying that they weren't affected. They clearly were affected as you can see from the wound on Sakazuki's shoulder. Since both questions have a different answer, I'll reply one by one.
Whitebeard vs. Kuzan
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TObJY.jpg)
From [Kuzan](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kuzan#Marineford_Arc) article:
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> He then got stabbed by Whitebeard's bisento, to which pirates are seen wondering if Aokiji was stabbed with Haki and if he was dead. Aokiji told them not to spout nonsense before grabbing the bisento and using his Ice Block Partisan attack. All of a sudden, Jozu attacks him and Aokiji is caught off-guard, even bleeding from his mouth.
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As you can see, Aokiji was not hit by the Partisan, which was most likely imbued by Haki. This is, because **he opened up a hole, where the partisan would have hit, just before it would hit**. If he hadn't he probably would have been stabbed to the heart. Marine admirals use their power smart and efficiently, but it doesn't mean they can't be harmed. This can be seen just a moment after, when Jozu attacked him with his diamond arm and he was seen bleeding from his mouth.
Marco and Vista vs. Sakazuki
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sJI5S.jpg)
From [Busoshoku Haki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Busoshoku_Haki#Drawbacks) article:
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> Devil Fruit users who can use Haki can resist the effects of Haki-imbued attacks, Akainu was able to take Haki-imbued attacks while maintaining his intangibility by extending his Haki through his body in order to nullify his opponents bypass. This however depends on their level of mastery over Haki when compared to their opponent as can be seen when Akainu was in contrast harmed when attacked by Whitebeard's superior Haki and bled.
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In chapter 784, it was confirmed that **Haki can be bypassed**. We can see how Doflamingo hits Luffy with a Haki-imbued attack, yet Luffy kept his elasticity during the whole event, bouncing Doflamingo's attack right back. The same must have happened with Sakazuki. It looks like Vista and Marco did hit Sakazuki, and he was affected, because he noticed the attack was different from that of non-Haki users. Though, despite being hit with a Haki-imbued attack, he wasn't harmed and could just reform his neck, because his Haki was superior. I guess Haki is a bit like armor. If the level of an attack is lower than the toughness of an armor, it will be unable to penetrate the armor, and unable to touch the body hiding within the armor.
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*The answer was updated due to wiki updates. Check the edit revision history for the old answer.*
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The admirals were also using Haki, so it was Sakazuki's Haki vs Marco and Vista's Haki. That's why Akianu was also bleeding, but it did not hurt much because both of them were using Haki.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I think because Sakazuki's Haki is probably superior to Marco and Vista's Haki, it appears as if he is not affected by their attacks.
To confirm whether the admirals are affected by Haki or not, let's take a look at some cases where a **Haki of same or higher level** is used against the admirals:
1. [Aokiji was thrown away by Marco while attacking Luffy at Marineford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoTNFcm5dY).
2. [Kizaru vs. Rayleigh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmdWxPzOn9A) (probably same level Haki)
3. [Sakazuki vs. Shanks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xjr1iqoSM) (same level Haki, or I think Shanks was on the defensive while using it).
So these cases prove that Haki does work on the admirals even though they are Logia users, but the **level of Haki** is what makes the difference!
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2014/06/27 | 1,102 | 4,292 | <issue_start>username_0: Why is Son Gohan always so strong?
I mean Son Goku trains all day long, but Gohan studies all day long. So how did he manage to be so strong when Cell or Buu arrived? I mean, both started training when they were kids?
Is it same with Son Goten? I mean Fusion SS3 at this young age, this is quite strong.<issue_comment>username_1: If you had seen the seasons completely, there is an episode (I think it was in the Namek saga) where Vegeta looks at Goku and thinks to himself that the reason to Goku's true inner strength is due to an Earthling family. I think it is implied that such children are also far stronger than pure Saiyans.
I am relating these bits of information and would say that children born with Earthling side are able to access their powers without much effort.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Not sure which episodes, but it is explained a few times that each generation of saiyans grows stronger than the previous generation. This is the reason why Frieza feared them as they will eventually get stronger than him. This means if both Goku and Gohan didn't train and were the same age, Gohan would be naturally stronger. It's the reason Gohan tends to catch up quicker in power levels since he is more naturally gifted.
It is also interesting to note Vegeta is from a more genetically gifted line (royalty was the strongest saiyans) so he would be naturally more powerful than Goku if all conditions were same. Vegeta also points out to Gohan in buu saga that he has been neglecting his training so he was able to catch up to Gohan's power level when he defeated cell. Goku like you pointed out just trains like a beast even when he is dead so he tends to eventually surpass everyone.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Goku is the main character in the anime, he dies many times be he is brought back because where would the franchise be without him? Take this as an example, the episode of dragon ball when he leaned kamehamheha his first try. He always was the strongest and his children are because they train with their already stronger parents who face stronger opponents later on. This makes it all relevant.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Gohan's hidden power was talked about from almost the very first episode of Dragon Ball Z until nearly the very end. As far as he goes, his strength comes from the fact that he was thrown into fighting life and death battles when he was just 4 with the arrival of Raditz and his training under Piccolo. Just look at his resume: Raditz, the Saiyans, Frieza and all his minions, and then Cell. I stop at Cell because that was the last time he seriously trained for any sustained amount of time. But even after that, he stopped training for 7 years and his power decreased to the point where he was "only" a little stronger than Perfect Cell. During the Buu saga, the Old Kaioshin just unlocked the rest of his dormant power. So with all he experienced when he was a kid, it's only natural that he'd be a formidable fighter regardless of how much he's let himself go.
As far as Goten goes, he was being trained by Chichi. She might not be very powerful herself compared to the Z fighters, but she's certainly the strongest female in the world aside from 18. Her training methods were never really discussed but from the one flashback of her sparring with Goten, we can see that she was going pretty hard on him so it wouldn't be too far fetched to think that she'd be able to make him powerful. Like Gohan, he has the hidden power, so it's just a matter of training. The main difference is that Chichi allows Goten to train whereas Gohan had to either sneak off for that or there had to be something threatening Earth.
Sorry for the long explanation but I hope that helps.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: According to Vegita, it probably is because mixing saiyan and human blood makes stronger hybrids
```
Vegeta: “At any rate, the battle power of Kakarot’s son is unusually high,
even by the standards of Saiyan children.”
Nappa: “Maybe his reading was wrong.”
Vegeta: “No, it wasn’t wrong. Raditz really took a large amount of damage from that brat’s
attack. It seems that mixing Saiyan and Earthling blood begets a powerful hybrid.”
```
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2014/06/27 | 1,215 | 4,663 | <issue_start>username_0: So you can't use the Death Note to kill someone else. If you write something like:
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John would simply die of a heart attack so he couldn't kill his boss. But if you would write:
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That could work. After 6 minutes and 40 seconds, John would take out his gun and try to shoot his boss. And because there's a chance his boss could survive, it could possibly work. So what do you think? Could this work?<issue_comment>username_1: No, the Death Note is precisely for killing someone else. Using a method like "<NAME> burns himself to death after killing his boss." could work since it's within the realm of possibility that <NAME> could kill his boss and that <NAME> could burn himself to death afterwards.
The 6:40 rule applies to if you've begun to write someone's name down in the Death Note, but have not specified how or when they will die. If you don't specify the details within 6:40 the person who's name you have written down will die of a heart attack after 40 seconds.
There aren't any rules against using someone to kill someone else in the Death Note. So this is an entirely possible scenario. If you go into specifics, e.g. John kills his boss with a gun, but it's not possible for John to obtain a gun, John will simply die of a heart attack.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: >
> Even though only one name is written in the Death Note, if it
> influences and causes other humans that are not written in it to die,
> the victim’s cause of death will be a heart attack
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There are three possibilities and chosing between them is speculation. None kill the boss. As Madara said, you could merely include the name of the Boss to skirt this. Lets say the boss, therefore, goes by the identifier B to avoid this. Lets say <NAME> is his bodyguard so his ability to obtain a gun or find B is trivial.
If you say "<NAME> dies of burns after killing B by shooting him" then John will just die of a heart attack.
If you say "<NAME> dies of burns after shooting B" then either John will just die of a heart attack or he will non-fatally shoot B before burning to death. I believe it is the former.
If you say "<NAME> dies of burns after trying to kill B by shooting him" then either John will just die of a heart attack, he will non-fatally shoot B, or he will attempt to shoot B but will inevitably miss every shot (or won't get any off). Of course he burns to death after either of the last two options. I believe it is the first again but this is speculation.
The only thing I know is that any of these options result in <NAME> dying and B living. I include here the possibility that B could be maimed but this can be logically excluded by assuming Kira is smarter than you. If he could mentally disable L by having a soldier non-fatally shooting him in the head, he would have. He would not have missed this possibility and, therefore, it does not exist. We can extend this to assume that extreme phyisical harm is prevented.
Note that this all must mean the universe of Death Note is either deterministic to some degree or the death note is intellegently moderated. The book/death itself knows if action A will result in someone else's immediate death or someone makes that call each time looking at the situation.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Rule X (I think) specific says
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> Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or
> accident, if the death leads to the death of more than the intended,
> the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that
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So if written in the Deah Note "<NAME> burns himself to death after he killed his boss" it won't be possible.
However, the second example you gave "<NAME> dies after a heart attack after **he tried** to shoot his boss" might be possible since a [gunshot don't necessarily kill people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshot_wound) so if he has a gun (because if he can't get one he will die of a heart attack) the DN will make <NAME> shot his boss in a way he won't be killed, but if it's not possible to the boss the got shot and not get killed like he have bad health and will be dead the DN will prevent John to shoot his boss and will die of a heart attack.
And this only for the difference since it is not written that he shot his boss **to kill him** just shot *to shoot* him, the DN talked about other deaths, *not injures.*
Upvotes: 2 |
2014/06/27 | 1,085 | 3,692 | <issue_start>username_0: If you would write something like: "<NAME> dies of old age", would this work?<issue_comment>username_1: Per "[Can I increase my lifespan](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/907/can-i-increase-my-lifespan-by-killing-myself-using-the-death-note)" question: NO!.
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> In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the
> victim’s original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the
> Death Note beyond his/her original life span, the victim will die
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The only reasonable way for him to die of old age would be if you want him to die of old age within 23 days. This requires him to be very old already.
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If that is the case, I'm not sure how idiopathic death from old age would present but there doesn't seem to be anything to prevent that "cause".
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: No, for two reasons:
1) "Old age" is not a cause of death. "Dying of old age" indicates *when* a person dies from some natural cause.
2) Following #1, you can only specify when a person will die if it's within 23 days.
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> **Rule XXVII**
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> If you write, "die of disease" for the cause of death, but only write a specific time of death without the actual name of disease, the human will die from an adequate disease. But the Death Note can only operate within 23 days (in the human calendar).
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However, the very next rule makes it clear that it's possible to write a cause of death which allows the victim to live much longer than 23 days.
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> **Rule XXVIII**
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Therefore, you could write someone's name in the Death Note, with the cause of death being a disease that takes decades to develop. This would essentially make the victim immune to the Death Note, while still allowing them to live out a long life (assuming they would have lived a long life anyways).
Keep in mind that this cannot be used to extend someone's life, as the victim will still die at the end of their original lifespan.
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Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I just realized a way Light could've guaranteed his safety with this rule, or at least his safety from other death notes and Ryuk. Suppose Light ordered Mikami to write his cause of death to be "rickets" or "huntington's disease" which both take decades upon decades to kill their victims and can even last into people's elderly years in his notebook. This means he would've have an immunity from death of notebook users and shinagamies. this also meant light would know is approximate time he had before death. This could've lead him to secure life (assuming he beat Near in the final showdown) for a very long time and even outsmarting Ryuk, because would never be able to kill him. even if he felt that he needed to die.
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2014/06/27 | 590 | 2,155 | <issue_start>username_0: Both are based off mangas right? Do I have to read the mangas for either series or can I just watch the OVA and animes and not have to read the mangas?<issue_comment>username_1: You can watch any anime and its OVA(s) without reading the manga. However, usually manga do contain extra content that aren't covered in the anime and OVA(s). So while you don't need to read the manga to watch the anime, you can for an extra bit of info/story.
So you could read the manga on top of watching the anime and OVA(s) for Read or Die, but it's not **necessary** to go through both. It could be fun though.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_or_Die):
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> [The OVA is] based on the Read or Die manga series... [It] is a continuation of the Read or Die storyline, taking place a few years after the events of the manga.
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Incidentally, R.O.D. started as light novels and manga published at the same time.
As with all OVAs I've seen, while you may be able to watch them and get some understanding of what's going on without reading the original source material, they are usually short and made on the assumption that people who already like the source will be the audience. Therefore, they tend to rush through exposition, and even skip over details that they assume the audience is already aware of. As I remember (it has been a while since I watched) it seems that in the case of the R.O.D. OVA, this meant they had very little explanation of the events that happened a few years before. So probably you would get more out of it if you went back and read the manga or light novels.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It should be borne in mind that the *Read or Dream* manga is not in the
same canon as *R.O.D the TV*. The sisters meet and adopt each other in a
different way. Hisa has a different history and meets the sisters under
different circumstances.
On the other hand, I'm not aware of any contradictions between the *Read
or Die* manga and either of the anime series.
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2014/06/27 | 1,671 | 6,295 | <issue_start>username_0: Chopper can transform into 7 different things (not including monster point) with the rumble ball and after the timeskip he can transform into 7 more. But why are there no other Zoan types that have more than three transformations!<issue_comment>username_1: >
> Chopper can transform into 7 different things (not including monster point) **with the rumble ball**.
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You answered your own question right there. He's completely reliant on a drug that he developed in order to make the additional transformations. Before the timeskip he was able to do the original 3 transformations without the rumble ball, and an additional 4 with the rumble ball.
After the timeskip he no longer needs the rumble ball for all 7 original transformations. There is nothing canon that explains why. However with the fact that he is able to transform into Monster Point with only 1 rumble ball now hints that he has developed a permanent effect of some degree that allows this.
It is assumed at this point that Chopper *could* theoretically develop something for other Zoan-class users assuming the rumble ball didn't already work for them. Suffice to say that at this point no other *known* scientists have developed anything similar.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Zoan Devil Fruits allows the user to transform into another species. **This type of fruit provides three basic forms** ([Source](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Zoan#Effects)):
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> * Human Form (人型 Hito-gata?): The user's natural form.
> * Human-Beast Form (人獣型 Jinjū-gata?): A hybrid form, combining both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form (usually in a bizarre way where the size is greatly exaggerated).
> * Beast Form (獣型 Kemono-gata?): A fully transformed type.
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This is not different from any Zoan user we have seen so far. The thing where Zoan users can get creative is within their Human-Beast form. The Human-Beast form combines both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form, but it does not specify which parts are of which species. Zoan users can be creative as to which parts they turn into which species', but **it seems that great control over your Devil Fruit and/or muscles is needed** before you can attempt such feats.
That is why Chopper has been able to discover much of his combinations much sooner on, because **Chopper had been on drugs the whole time**. The rumble ball enhances his control over his Devil Fruit, making him able to experiment more with his different combinations of his Human-Beast hybrid form. He is not the only one that has been able to transform into more than three transformations though.
While most Zoan Devil Fruits normally allow three forms of transformations under normal circumstances, **Lucci is able to access a fourth form using [Life Return](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Life_Return)** ([Source](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Neko_Neko_no_Mi,_Model:_Leopard#Usage)). Rob Lucci was seen as one of the strongest Zoan users we have encountered so far, thus it makes sense for him to also be able to manipulate his body further, without the need for drugs.
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> Another example we have seen of Zoan users that had transformed further, were the [Jailer Beasts](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Jailer_Beasts). Those five Zoan users, were confirmed to be awakened Zoan users by Crocodile. Assuming Chopper's monster point is his [Awakened](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Zoan#Awakening) form, it is again shown, that **Chopper could access his awakened transformation earlier on than other users due to him being on drugs**.
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Therefore, at this point it seems that username_1 is correct in saying that Chopper can transform into different forms prematurely due to his Rumble ball. Though, **I do not agree on the fact that the rumble would supposedly be necessary in order to gain different transformation. It just greatly enhanced it progression.**
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: From [Wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Awakened_Zoan#Effects):
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> Zoan Devil Fruits allows the user to transform into another species. This type of fruit provides three basic forms:
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> * **Human Form** (人型 Hito-gata): The user's natural form.
> * **Human-Beast Form** (人獣型 Jinjū-gata): A hybrid form, combining both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form (usually in a bizarre way where the size is greatly exaggerated).
> * **Beast Form** (獣型 Kemono-gata): A fully transformed type.
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This is not different from any Zoan user we have seen so far. The thing where Zoan users can get creative is within their Human-Beast form. The Human-Beast form combines both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form, but it does not specify which parts are of which species. Zoan users can be creative as to which parts they turn into which species', but it seems that great control over your Devil Fruit and/or muscles is needed before you can attempt such feats.
That is why Chopper has been able to discover much of his combinations much sooner on because Chopper had been on drugs the whole time. The rumble ball enhances his control over his Devil Fruit, making him able to experiment more with the different combinations of his Human-Beast hybrid form. He is not the only one that has been able to transform into more than three transformations
though.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: After the time skip Chopper is able to access all the transformations without the rumble ball. The Monster Chopper transformation he unlocks when he eats three can be done with one now, though he is still incapacitated after using it. Not only that. He can control himself while in Monster Chopper form.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Actually, Luffy's devil fruit, the "Hito Hito no Mi Model: Nika" is a mythical zoan fruit that allows him to transform into 5 gears. Luffy's Gear 4 has three subforms, Boundman, Snakeman, and Tankman. Counting all his gears apart from gear 4, he has 4 transformations. If we add the three subforms, we get 7 total transformations. So, Chopper and Luffy have the same amount of transformations.
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2014/06/28 | 687 | 2,880 | <issue_start>username_0: In FMA: Brotherhood, Alphonse recover the memories he lost after going through the Gate, by having Martel's blood spattered over his own blood seal (the one that binds his soul to his armor), and is, henceworth, able to use the knowledge inherent to it, such as using alchemy without transmutation circles.
Is there a reason for which *blood should have been splattered* over his seal for him to recover his memories?
Or was it only coincidence/traumatic?<issue_comment>username_1: The blood acted like a charge and amped up the signal of the seal binding him in the armor and his body by the gate this is the only thing that makes since
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Personally, I think it's just the blood splatter itself that "jogged his memory" so to speak in a similar way as to how the blood splattered from the transmuted body Al's soul failed to latch onto.
Usually selective amnesia like Al's memory of everything involving the trauma itself can be brought back into one's conscious memories using a trigger which is usually something similar to something happening in the lost memory in the first place (I.e. saying an otherwise insignificant word in the right context that would explicitly be tied to that 1 memory or catching a smell similar to the environment that the event took place)
In this case, the trigger that would affect Al and tie his mind only to that incident is the death that HE experienced when his soul had been so violently and near immediately rejected from the body. (Which I'm pretty sure would be the trauma which caused his mind to suppress the whole memory in the first place. Who wouldn't be traumatized by actually dying?)
Also, the reason it happened when it splashed on his seal and not say...any other time they might have been fighting and gotten blood on his armor is because he can't feel it. The blood seal is a direct link to his soul, is the only thing grounding him to earth. Since his rejection occurred in a different body he's no longer attached to, it would stand to reason that such a trigger could only be felt directly by his soul or the body he harbors. The blood seal acts as that direct touch to his soul. And this is because blood is ones 'life fluid' and often thought to hold the soul and its direct energy within it (like our unique DNA and Mei's explanation of the dragon's pulse flowing in our bodies). But Al's seal is made with Edward's blood, not his own.
As such the defining reason it even managed to latch onto Al's specific soul and hold it so well and for so long is because their souls were mixed during the transmutation as Ed explains later. In brotherhood this is even easier to see with the brief flashback to Al inside the body they made when it bleeds out rather similarly under an outstretched hand.
That's my take on it anyways.
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2014/06/29 | 908 | 2,897 | <issue_start>username_0: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MRikV.png)
On the bottom left paragraph, it reads:
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This page is taken from [the pilot chapter of Death Note](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Manga_Pilot). Would the manga pilot be considered canon? And thus, would I be able to kill myself with the Death Note or not?<issue_comment>username_1: As mentioned by [Maroon](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2604/maroon), OP's question would possibly contradict the answer at [Can a person shorten their own life by using the Death Note?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7412/can-a-person-shorten-his-her-own-life-by-using-the-note)
So before answering OP's question, lets first see what we know about the effect of writing your own name in the Death Note.
1. [In the manga pilot](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Manga_Pilot), there is a rule that says:
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2. [In the movie The Last Name](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note:_The_Last_Name), we see L die from writing his own name in the Death Note:
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Looking at the available evidence, it would indeed seem like a possible contradiction (although Miura-kun was about to try and commit suicide in the manga pilot and there is no evidence he wouldn't have died). Therefore, in order to correctly reply to OP's question I checked what should be considered [canon according to the Death Note wiki](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Guide_to_Canon). Since the only three sources considered as canon are [the twelve original manga volumes](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Death_Note_Chapters), [Death Note 13: How to Read](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_13:_How_to_Read), and the [Death Note One-Shot-Special](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_One-Shot_Special), it would seem that **you can indeed commit suicide by using the Death Note** as seen in the One-Shot-Special, when the C-killer couldn't handle the pressure and committed suicide.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: From Death Note 13: How to Read, How to Use V:
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So, you may indeed shorten your own life.
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2014/06/29 | 532 | 1,733 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 318, Gajeel mentions Rogue's real name, R(e)yos.
So what's the deal between them? I thought Rogue only adored/feared Gajeel from the shadows (pun not intended). So how did he know his real name?<issue_comment>username_1: In episode 13 of Fairy Tail (2014) Gajeel implies that he was a mentor to Rogue. The fact that he knew the name Reyos proves that Gajeel knew about him while in Phantom Lord. Gajeel says that Rogue was his disciple. According to the Fairy Tail wiki, Rogue is also Gajeels sworn younger brother but the wiki doesn't say how it got this info about the brother.
From the [wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Gajeel_Redfox#History):
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> At some point in time, Gajeel joined Phantom Lord. During his time in Phantom Lord, a young man named **<NAME>**, **known as Ryos, was Gajeel's sworn younger brother**.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This could possibly be so due to Gajeels ability to absorb Rouge's shadows. If Rouge was his disciple/brother, he was around he for an amount of time where he adapted to his magic.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I think Rouge is Gajeel's younger brother since there is no other explanation I can think of. As we all know, when Gajeel was in Phantom Lord, he was feared so much. Therefore, he is respected but never admired.
It seems that Gajeel knows Rouge's real name since they were brothers and this would explain why Rouge respects Gajeel so much. Even Gajeel says that he is his disciple since they were brothers but with Gajeel as the older sibling and with Rouge as the younger sibling in the family.
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2014/06/29 | 984 | 3,292 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 27, Misa says
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Does anybody know how Ryuk tricked the king of Gods and got his Death Note?
<issue_comment>username_1: Pretty sure he pretended to have lost his Death Note and got a new one off the king. However, I'm not 100% sure.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It looks like Ryuk tricked the king of Gods by pretending he had lost his Death Note.
Chapter 60
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Sidoh appears for the first time. Sidoh says that he thinks it is about time to kill a human or two. This happens in 2009, 6 years after Ryuk had dropped his/Sidoh's Death Note on earth. From this we can see that Sidoh is a lazy and clumsy Death God, who did not realize he was missing his Death Note for at least 6 years. Which explains how Ryuk became the owner of this Death note. According to [How to Use: XII](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_XII), you lose ownership when the Death Note is stolen, unless it is retrieved within 490 days, which it wasn't.
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Sidoh appears again. This time he realized he had lost his Death Note and had asked the King of Gods, whether he had seen his Death Note. At which the King replies that Ryuk had already taken that Death Note, pretending it to be his.
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Ryuk was bored and didn't feel alive in the Death God world. But according to [How to Use: XXIV](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_XXIV), Death Gods are not allowed to stay in the human world for long periods of time. Therefore when Ryuk found Sidoh's Death Note, he saw a once in a lifetime opportunity to have some fun. He pretended to the Death God that the Death Note was his, so he could obtain ownership after 490 days and at that time the story starts.
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Well, there is another theory, Ryuk might be the shinigami king himself therefore as access to infinite number of notes, since the shinigami world is in ruins there isn't any actual proof that it has any particular authority structure, the shinigami sidoh talked to might have pretended to be the king of the death gods to protect ryuk's identity, and since we never saw the king of the shinigami in the manga it might have being ryuk all along, also the bag ryuk is keeping is death note has a strange design and we never saw another shinigami in the manga keeping is death note in a bag, which means ryuk might have a sort of bag to keep his death note because he is the actual king.
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2014/06/30 | 617 | 2,380 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime Tom is the best shipwright there is, but how did he get the blue prints to the Pluton. Did he write them himself, and if so how did he get the information needed to do so?<issue_comment>username_1: Franky explains this, before destroying the blueprints. According to him, the best shipwrights of the world created Pluton to counter the ancient weapon "Poseidon".
I don't think any names have been mentioned, but it is safe to assume that the blueprints were handed down to Tom from his master.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The blueprints for the ancient weapon [Pluton](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Pluton) were not made by Tom, but passed on to him according to [the Wiki on Ancient Weapons](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ancient_Weapons):
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> While Pluton has yet to appear in the story proper, it has been referred to as an ancient ship capable of massive damage and destruction. It was built on the island of Water 7 sometime during the Void Century, and the shipwrights kept the blueprints as a safety measure, in the event that Pluton fell into the wrong hands; fortunately, the ship was lost to history before that could happen. **The blueprints were passed down through the generations**, and ten years prior to the main storyline were held by the Fishman carpenter, Tom, of Tom's Workers.
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Therefore the blueprints were created during the [Void century](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Century) about 800 to 900 years ago and passed down through generations. Tom was the best shipwright of his generation, but when he was younger, there was probably another shipwright as good or maybe even better than Tom, from whom Tom had inherit the blueprints from. The blueprints, could be a real danger for society and should have been destroyed earlier, but as Tom mentioned, it is not the ship that does the wrongdoing, it's its captain. Shipwrights just build the ship. So they kept the blueprints around, to be able to defend themselves, if the original ship ever fell into the wrong hands or to defend themselves against any of the other ancient weapons. In Enies Lobby, Franky destroyed the blueprints, although it is not clear whether he had made a copy or whether he had memorized the blueprints. He is a robot after all. So it might still not be the end of Pluton as we speak.
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2014/06/30 | 1,948 | 4,939 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering how was Gohan so much **stronger as a normal Saiyan than Goku was as SS3** when he fought Buu. Is there not like a power level to reach the next SSJ form?
Power level example:
* **10,000 to reach SS1**
* **100,000 to reach SS2**
* etc.
Why couldn't Gohan reach SS3 already?
Or he could fight as SS2 at least?
*Maybe I have to rewrite my question again:*
If you read the list below,
* SS1 is always at about 25,000,000
* SS2 is always at about 49,000,000
**If Gohan with the Mystic Sword is as strong as Goku was as SS3, there wouldn't be any difference in their strength when he would transform into SS3?**<issue_comment>username_1: [Saiyan Power Levels](http://www.danjco.com/power.htm) - check this link out.
It states the power level every character have during a specific battle.
**Majin Buu Saga**
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> Fat Buu: 45,000,000
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> Majin Buu: 80,000,000
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> Good Buu: 55,000,000
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> Bad Buu: 65,000,000
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> Super Buu: 70,000,000
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> Ultimate Buu: 50,000,000
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> Majin Gotenks Buu: 90,000,000
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> Majin Vegito Buu: 100,000,000
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> Goku: 5,000,000
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> Goku (Super Saiyan): 27,000,000
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> Goku (Super Saiyan 2): 49,500,000
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> Goku (Super Saiyan 3): 79,999,999
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> Goku (Genki-dama): 100,000,000
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> Piccolo: 26,000,000
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> Gohan: 3,000,000
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> Gohan (Super Saiyan): 25,000,000
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> Gohan (with the Z sword): 53,000,000
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> Goten: 1,500,000
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> Goten (Super Saiyan): 10,000,000
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> Trunks: 1,500,000
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> Trunks (Super Saiyan): 10,000,000
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> Gotenks: 3,000,000
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> Gotenks (Super Saiyan): 20,000,000
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> Gotenks (Super saiyan 3): 75,000,000
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> Vegeta: 5,000,000
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> Vegeta (Super Saiyan): 26,500,000
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> Vegeta (Super Saiyan 2): 49,000,000
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> Vegito: 10,000,000
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> Vegito (Super Saiyan): 53,000,000
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> Vegito (Super Saiyan 2): 99,500,000
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> The first Super Saiyan transformation occurs when a Saiyan who has
> reached a very high level of power loses himself in a fit of rage.[22]
> However, the transformation must be triggered in response to a great
> need, an example being in Goku's case to defeat Frieza. While physical
> change is not too drastic apart from a slight increase in muscle
> mass,[23][24] the power output increase is colossal; the form is said
> to multiply the Saiyan's power by 50x times its normal amount[22] (in
> the Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game, the multiplier for the
> form is 2.5x the user's normal amount of power). When Goku utilises
> the Super Saiyan form against General Rilldo in Dragon Ball GT, Rilldo
> states that Goku's power has increased a hundredfold.
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Source: <http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan>
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I think i found a possible answer:
I found this in the [DB Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Gohan) .
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> As Goku, Supreme Kai, and Kibito observe what is happening down on
> Earth, Gohan grows increasingly impatient as Old Kai reads and laughs
> at comics instead of unlocking his power. Gohan soon loses his
> patience and angrily powers up, displaying an amazing power that
> illuminates the Supreme Kai planet. However, amazed at realizing that
> some of his power really was unlocked, Gohan apologizes to Old Kai,
> and resumes the ritual. **After some time, the ritual is finally
> completed and Gohan is told to power up like he does for the Super
> Saiyan transformation; however, when he does, his appearance does not
> change, but his power and strength gain an awesome increase.** Gohan
> says goodbye to Supreme Kai, Old Kai, and his father Goku and is
> transported back to Earth by Kibito. Before Kibito transports back to
> the Supreme Kai planet, Gohan asks for the clothes reminiscent of his
> father's, to which Kibito happily complies. Kibito wishes Gohan good
> luck and transports back to the Supreme Kai planet. With his power
> finally released and the fate of the world now in his hands, Gohan
> flies off to confront the new Majin Buu: Super Buu.
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*So it seems when Gohan get "Mystic Gohan", even though he increased his Power his appearance didn't change. So he coulnd't transform in any other Saiyan form than the normal form, but still getting stronger.*
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: As we saw more recently in Dragon Ball Super, Gohan in mystic form isnt the same as Gohan in base form. Once he got rusty, to reach mystic form he had to power up to super saiyan and super saiyan 2 first, to finally reach the mystic form transformation, which looks very similar to base form with the sole difference that he has a bang and more spiky hair.
[Gohan turns mystic again - Dragon Ball Super](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MGSd7-46E)
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2014/06/30 | 1,352 | 4,811 | <issue_start>username_0: In DBZ, we see that the Elder Kai fully awakens the dormant power of Gohan. In this state Gohan can match Buu in his unfused form. But after Buu absorbs Piccolo and Gotenks, why doesn't Gohan go Super?
Is there any reason that Gohan couldn't transform to Super Saiyan form after the awakening?
Edit 1: Removed the transformation in GT from consideration because DBZ and GT are seperate canons.
Edit 2: Dragon Ball Super has canon continuity to DBZ and I've heard talks of Ultimate Gohan in it. Has more information been provided on Gohan's transformation in DBS? Please Note: Yet to see DBS beyond the intial movies.<issue_comment>username_1: The answer is yes. His power was fully awaken and so he had no need to transform into super Saiyan. He could go super but he didn't know that Buu could absorb people and their power level.
When he is in mystic form his full power was awaken and he had the same power as he did as super Saiyan. so his base power was risen. He can still transform into a SS or SS2 at any point he wants to. Its just the fact that he has the same power level and so he doesn't see the point to.
A good sight for you to look at the goes more in detail is [Dragonball wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Why_can't_Ultimate_Gohan_go_ssj%3F)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think I found a possible answer, because I had a similar question.
In [Gohan](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Gohan) article on Dragon Ball Wiki.
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> However, amazed at realizing that
> some of his power really was unlocked, Gohan apologizes to Old Kai,
> and resumes the ritual. **After some time, the ritual is finally
> completed and Gohan is told to power up like he does for the Super
> Saiyan transformation; however, when he does, his appearance does not
> change, but his power and strength gain an awesome increase.**
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So it seems when Gohan got "Mystic Gohan", even though he increased his power, his appearance didn't change. So he couldn't transform in any other Saiyan form than the normal form, but he was still getting stronger.
I'm not sure if he is able to change, but the fact is, there would be no difference. He already got all his power in his normal form, without a change.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: The answer is actually no. Gohan's Mystic Powerup IS his Super Saiyan transformation which is why elder Kai tells him to powerup as if he were transforming.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: According to Dragon Ball Wiki, Daizenshuu 2 commented on the possibility of [Gohan](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Gohan#Power) becoming a Super Saiyan:
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> Daizenshuu 2 states that Ultimate Gohan is still capable of becoming a Super Saiyan, but even without utilising the form he surpasses Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks in power, if Ultimate Gohan was to become a Super Saiyan his power would likely rise to levels above even Super Buu (Gohan, Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks absorbed).
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Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Actually, Gohan's Mystic Power-Up actually made it so his ki transformed to that of a Kai, but doing so made it so that his appearance doesn't change when he goes Super Saiyan.
When he fought Super Buu, he was actually a Super Saiyan 2 charged by Kai energy, but the Kai powers he got from his Mystic training made his Super Saiyan lose the aura and hair and eye color.
Apparently that Kai training has worn off by the events of Battle of the Gods, Resurrection F and Dragon Ball Super because he went back to not training.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: It makes perfect sense that Ultimate Gohan (the official name for the "form") can go Super Saiyan. Whenever Gohan had sudden outburst of rage and power he utilized and unleashed very small portions of his full power, the greatest example of this was him transforming into and SSJ2 against Perfect Cell.
The Super Saiyan forms are only multipliers, and are NOT set levels of power. Ultimate Gohan is just Gohan with his potential unlocked, he can't get stronger than that naturally, but utilizing forms and skills like the Kaio-ken, and Super Saiyan forms would multiply his power.
For further proof, the Daizenshuu 2 clearly states that Ultimate Gohan can go Super Saiyan, and doing that would make him even stronger that Buuhan.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: In Dragon Ball Super when training with Piccolo Gohan powered up to super saiyan 2, and then he made a final effort and transformed into mystic form , passing from super saiyan 2 to mystic form in a gradual change, as a next stage, so no, now with Dragon Ball Super the answer is clear, he can't transform into super saiyan when in mystic form because it's another stage of power. You can see it here:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G4shXF9bo0>
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2014/06/30 | 1,470 | 4,653 | <issue_start>username_0: Christina decides a keyword which will make her believe Hououin Kyouma's story in the next time-line. That password is:
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> 私が今一番欲しい物はMy-Forkであり。
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> The thing I most want at the moment is "my fork".
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She blushes as soon as she says it. And when Kyouma repeats her this password in the following time-lines, she feels strongly ashamed (especially for the "spoon" thing) of it everytime.
What is the reason behind Christina's intense embarrassment?
<issue_comment>username_1: According to the [Tv Tropes page](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/SteinsGAte), the explanation for the "fork" and "spoon" is an inside joke from 2chan for "lover" and "friend":
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But no source was provided.
Though the [Steins Gate wiki](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_Glossary) has a different explanation for it:
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> As a way for <NAME> to understand that Okabe time-leaped back a few hours prior to Mayuri's death, she tells Okabe that she needs a "My Fork" to go with her "My Spoon" in the present, so that when he time-leaps back, she'll believe that Okabe came back from the future to save Mayuri.
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But I still think it's just slang.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: In addition to Jon's answer:
In Japan, people usually have their personal set of dishes, which they may call my+something. e.g マイ箸 for chopsticks...
It is also trendy to prepend this "my" prefix for many personal objects that are seen as an achievement : house (マイホーム), car (マイカー)...
Combine those 2 hints for better understanding of the joke :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: According to an interview with the scenario writer, <NAME>, featured in Dengeki Games Magazine about the heroines of anime/game that weren’t explained in the main story:
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> Ever since Kurisu came back to Japan she couldn’t get enough of instant ramen. At first she tried using chopsticks to eat her ramen but never could get used to them, so she gave up and used a fork instead. This is why she wanted her own personal fork to eat her ramen at the lab.
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This is probably the actual meaning she implies. Her comment about how Okabe shouldn't take an interest (i.e., ask more about it) in that, is probably something to hide he embarrassment of not being able to use chopsticks.
Note that she [brought her own spoon for pudding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=965605ajxaQ), but she doesn't have a fork (for ramen).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: This answer will not provide you with any deeper meaning on what it would mean to own your personal spoon and/or fork, but it will tell you **how Makise got her spoon** and why she wanted a matching fork.
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In Steins;Gate: **Aishin Meizu no Babel** (The story from Makise Kurisu's POV) you can see how Makise gets her personal spoon for her tenth birthday from her father and was supposed to get her personal fork from him a year after that on her eleventh birthday.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QLbDa.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vXGWu.png)
Then on her eleventh birthday, she gave her father proof that time machines should be impossible to build. He became outraged over this and instead of giving her anything, he told her he would prove her wrong and erase her from this earth.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/f8elb.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vvckj.png)
So I guess her wanting her personal fork, would mean that she wanted to patch things up with her father and become wanted again by him. Which can be seen when Ferris lets her listen to the tape both their fathers had made 16 years earlier, when she called him after all these years.
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2014/07/01 | 1,025 | 3,359 | <issue_start>username_0: In [How to Use: XIII](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_XIII), in the second point it says
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indicating that a Shinigami will remain with the owner of their Death Note, Light learns this and gathers a group of friends to try and hide himself with Ryuk following him when Misa is trying to find him (she finds him because of her Eyes)
However, the Death Note Light had in the beginning isn't Ryuk's but Sidoh's which Ryuk stole, and unlike Gelus who died and Rem probably obtained ownership of Gelus's Death Note afterwards, Sidoh was still alive so even if Light became the owner after Ryuk dropped it in the human world, the Shinigami who was supposed to be with like was Sidoh.
Also in [How to Use 2](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_II), the second point says
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So is there an explanation as to how Ryuk was tied with Light's Death Note having stolen it from Sidoh?<issue_comment>username_1: According to [How to use II](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_II):
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Therefore the only explanation for Light being able to see Ryuk would be, that **Ryuk is the original owner**. But how did Ryuk become the owner of Sidoh's Death Note? As I explained at [How did Ryuk trick the King of Death Gods?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11541/how-did-ryuk-trick-the-king-of-death-gods/11602#11602), it is because of [How to Use XII](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use%3a_XII):
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> If you lose the Death Note or have it stolen, you will lose its ownership unless you retrieve it within 490 days.
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Ryuk became owner of Sidoh's Death Note because of this rule. It wasn't until chapter 65 that Sidoh realized that he had lost his Death Note, which is 6 years after Ryuk first dropped the Death Note down to earth. If it took him at least 6 years to realize he had lost his Death Note, it would be safe to assume that Ryuk had already found the Death Note 490 days before he dropped it down to earth, claiming ownership and becoming tied to that particular Death Note.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Actually a shinigami or god of death is mortal(rem,the shinigami attach with miss and one more shinigami died)..to increase their age,they used to steal age from the human world So here Ryuk the most brilliant shinigami tricked light from the beginning.he actually steal the light life. This is the most interesting theory I come up with.
So my theory is:
1. if shinigami write a person death ,he also convert into the sand.so they only can reduce life of a human but can’t kill.(rem told to miss how shinigami use their more book)
2. to kill a person by shinigami ,by writing name is only possible when human life span is completely finish.in that case shinigami will not die. Also as shinigami can see a person life span so it’s easy for them also.(at the end ryuk named lighat name in his death note) and he did not died
3. many more
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2014/07/02 | 939 | 3,413 | <issue_start>username_0: Referring to the 2003 anime FMA, what is the exact process to creating an Homunculus? I haven't watched the anime in a little while but if this makes sense I am looking for the ingredients that are put together to make an Homunculus in the 2003 anime.
I do remember that Edward used the composition of what the human body was made of but other than that I can't remember exactly what the ingredients (if this makes sense) on what Homunculi are created from.
For some reason I remember that you need the persons flesh that you are trying to bring back for human transmutation but cannot remember where I heard this from and I am pretty sure Edward didn't do this when he tried to bring back his mother.
If you don't get the question think about how a salad is made and think of it as if I am asking what ingredients go into it to make it a salad if this makes sense.
Answers are appreciated. :)<issue_comment>username_1: I'd assume it be mostly the same with every homunculus since they are created from failed attempts at Human Transmutation which in most cases is bring someone back to life, that being said the Human Composition that can be brought with a child's allowance is probably the collection of ingredients that are used.
We can from the series confrim what was used as material for 2 of them, they are
* **Sloth** (Ed's and Al's mother) - the human composition Ed and Al read up on which during the process we hear Ed rep.
* **Wrath** (Izumi's child) - Izumi used her child's body as material and it was reborn as a homunculus (it was still wrapped in the sheets Izumi had it in)
as for the rest, i can only make these assumptions.
Gluttony was purposely created by Dante to use the Philosopher's Stone so he may have been created differently using different materials which would be compatible with the stone, in the movie he also shoots out Red Stones so *Red Water* may have been used.
Not sure about Pride or Greed on how they were made so it's not entirely sure what their Material was.
Lust was the lover of Scar's Brother and since he was a heretic already for doing Alchemy in the first place so he may have exhumed her body though it's never clear if he studied the same line of Alchemy Ed and Al used (Ishbal seems to have a similar thing to Alchemy which developed the Grand Arcanum to transmute a Philosopher's stone).
Envy was Dante's and Hohenhiem's son so we could assume the material for him was either his own remains or the same composition Ed and Al used for Sloth though there might have been something else in Envy which caused his transformation into a dragon when he passed though the gate (though this could have been because of his powers which he was using to try and get the game to take him to Hohenhiem)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: The human body composition you were looking for is detailed in a quote on a Wikipedia page.
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> Water: 35 l. Carbon: 20 kg. Ammonia: 4 l. Lime: 1.5 kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100 g. Sulfur: 80 g. Fluorine 7.5 g. Iron 5 g. Silicon 3 g. and trace amounts of 15 other elements.
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However, this excludes the part of the alchemist that is creating the homunculus.
[Click here](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist_(anime)#To_Challenge_the_Sun_.28One_who_Challenges_the_Sun.29_.5B1.01.5D)
to see the full conversation between Edward and Rose.
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2014/07/02 | 1,615 | 6,137 | <issue_start>username_0: In Episode 37, Light dies. Soon after that, Misa commits suicide. But I'm a little confused now, because of this rule:
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Now, everyone knows that Misa will commit suicide if Light dies. But the death of a person whose name is written in the book can't lead to anyone else's death. So basically, Ryuk shouldn't have been able to kill Light, because if Light is dead, that will indirectly lead to Misa's death. So, have I missed something in Death Note, or am I right?<issue_comment>username_1: *Note: It's been a while since I watched Death Note, and it's not a series I've followed much afterwards, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I have also only seen the anime.*
There are two points to address here:
* Is the fact that Misa will commit suicide if Light is dead completely certain?
* What exactly constitutes "leading to the death of another person"?
In Death Note, we see that Misa is fairly devoted to Light, in almost an obsessive way, but it's not *completely* clear if she's obsessed to the point where life would be completely pointless without him. We do see that she's fairly dependent on him, and to be honest arguing about whether or not she's *that* devoted to Light is slightly difficult, so it's easier to come to some conclusion by looking at the exact mechanics of the death note.
The "leading to the death of someone else" bit is usually interpreted as
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An example of something that wouldn't work would be:
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In Misa's case, her suicide is somewhat indirect, so one could say that this rule doesn't quite apply here - I get the impression that driving the bereaved to suicide as a result of someone's death doesn't really count. (We should note that the influence that the Death Note rules talk about seem to be more "physical" and direct.) As stated by [user1306322](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/191/user1306322), Misa commits suicide of her own will here, which is also important here.
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1. Realistically speaking, the idea that something will occur as a result of an earlier event can't really be said to ever be completely certain (in the same way one might say that there's a chance the sun might not rise today). [But *given how we see the death notes work*](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/7415/2604), I don't think this should be an issue per se as long as the causality is reasonably direct.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The title of this question is misleading, because "another flaw" assumes there was a first flaw. Death Note avoids plot holes more rigorously than perhaps any other series in existence. Whenever someone misunderstands or forgets some element of the storyline, they tend to think their misunderstanding must be a flaw in the story.
The rule you're thinking of is Rule XXVI.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kPndg.jpg)
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> Even though only one name is written in the Death Note, if it influences and causes other humans that are not written in it to die, the victim's cause of death will be a heart attack.
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Things to note:
1. It doesn't say that the Death Note is incapable of killing people who aren't written in it. It only says that, in these cases, the victim's cause of death must be a heart attack.
2. This rule only specifically refers to *directly* causing the immediate death of other people. This is made clear in the story, and it's also clarified in the rules, with Rule XLII.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lhiHR.jpg)
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> The use of the Death Note in the human world sometimes affects other human's lives or shortens their original life-span, even though their names are not actually written in the Death Note itself. In these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the original life-span and not the shortened life-span.
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It spells it out here that killing a human with the Death Note can shorten the lifespan of other humans, "even though their names are not actually written in the Death Note".
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Technically, the death of Misa would make sense. Obviously, the writer thought of some possible loopholes in what he wrote which resulted in the line which may have either been said by Ryuk or Rem, that not even the shinigamis themselves know all the true potential/rules of the Death Note. I believe what the rule actually meant was that someone couldn't write a chain effect of death, it would be too much for the notebook to possibly handle and would make it too easy for people to wipe out a mass amount of others and make it seem like an 'accident'.
Obviously, there would be loopholes in the Death Note due to the fact that if you watch the series, shinigamis actually aren't aware of how humans act and are often bored without anything to do and sit around doing absolutely for years upon years, which is the reason why Ryuk 'drops his Death Note' (which didn't even belong to him.) If you really think about it, Misa's death makes perfect sense.
The action was hers and hers alone and she was *not* controlled. We often see throughout the series Misa being often mistreated by others and disregarded. She also went through an immense amount of trauma that was disregarded by everyone else and was kidnapped and blindfolded for days, so it would make sense if she has had symptoms of depression way before Light's tragic death.
Also, Light later in the series had fake rules written, so what's to say that there was once a tragic issue where many people were killed in a chain event and the rule was made up added to prevent it to happen again. And, technically from what we saw, Misa's name was never written so the rule would *not* count against her death to prevent it.
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2014/07/02 | 796 | 2,627 | <issue_start>username_0: In chapter 398 we can see how Robin has enough energy to stand straight, walk around, tell a long story and shout across the ravine, despite being handcuffed with Seastone handcuffs.
While in chapter 730 we can see how Luffy becomes completely immobilized after touching the bars of the Colosseum.
Where does Robin get all this energy from? How come her energy isn't completely drained as it was with Luffy's?<issue_comment>username_1: Many Devil Fruits give powers that have to be activated consciously,
ie. they can be "switched on and off" completely. Luffy is a different case,
his body is rubber all the times. He can´t make his body temporarily normal again,
he's deformable while sleeping, etc.
Seastone doesn't affect energy, health and so on, it affects *only* Devil Fruit powers.
As long as Robin doesn't try to use them, nothing would change because of the Seastone handcuffs (well, except for being handcuffs).
Luffy can't get rid of his rubber state, so...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Read that chapter (169) more carefully then...
Here, Luffy *stands* in Crocodile's Kairoseki cage.
Then he states that he has no power. Well, of course, since the cage is made of Seastone.
Then Smoker kicks his ass and nails him down. And I think regardless of Seastone any of us would have problems standing if Smoker *pushed* his weapon to our chest.
So to answer the question: Robin was in a weak state because of the Seastone handcuffs back then, but she could stand because nobody pushed her down.
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> Kairoseki(Seastone) is a naturally occurring (though apparently rare) substance that can drain the energy of Devil Fruit Users to the point where they can't consciously control their powers. Dr. Vegapunk has invented revolutionary ways to use this rare substance. The Marines appear to have vast quantities of it, using it for jail cells, handcuffs, weapons, and the bottoms of battleships.
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2014/07/02 | 1,673 | 5,730 | <issue_start>username_0: I only saw the last part of this Anime. A few minutes. So, I cannot give many details.
I think it was a movie and I think it was around the 2nd half of the 1990s. Because it was on a weekend program where they showed Anime movies and once "*X (1999)*" was one of them.
What I remember from that short scene:
* The Anime is about people, who can transform themselves into giant robots with the help of a device/talisman (?). However, the transformation rips their clothes apart and when hey change back, they are totally naked.
* The protagonist is a girl. She has straight, shoulder-lenght, brown(ish) hair and she wears it in pigtails maybe. Anyway, her hair is tied up somehow. Either she cannot transform till the end of the movie or she has problems with fighting... but in the end she transforms and fights well.
* There is and older guy (not old!), who may be her "teacher", who teaches her how to transform(?) He has brown hair and glasses I guess. In that end scene he came to help the girl out but she did well on her own, so he just watches and changes back. Being experienced, he brought spare clothes with him, but there is a giant dog (I think it is his) that takes them. So the guy ends up chasing the dog naked. They were under a bridge that time.
* The art was great and detailed.
This is **ALL** I remember.<issue_comment>username_1: You might be looking for [Android Kikaider: The Animation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Kikaider_%28anime%29) [[ANN]](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=964)
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Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The series that OP was looking for is [**Moldiver**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldiver), a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cQVEt.jpg)
The female protagonist is **Mirai**, the brown-haired girl in the middle. And the glasses guy on the lower right corner is **Hiroshi**, her brother and inventor of the *Mol Unit* - the transformation device.
Plot summary by [ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=699):
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> <NAME> invents the Mol Unit, a device that makes its user invincible. His plans of becoming a super hero are short lived however when his sister, Mirai, accidently modifies the suit configuration. Now she is forced to save Tokyo by herself from the evil Machinegal and his gang of all-female androids.
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Below is the screenshot 18 minutes into episode 2 showing Mirai getting her clothes ripped off when transforming with her clothes still on.
Below is a series of screenshot of Hiroshi getting naked inside the tunnel of the stadium to prepare for the transformation but failed (17 minutes into episode 2), after which he contacted Mirai and asked her to transform (above). When he was instructing Mirai (21 minutes into episode 2), **a dog came and took his clothes away behind him**.
There wasn't any scene of him chasing the dog, though.
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When I first tried to identify the anime in question, I checked through the list of anime and manga in [Clothing Damage](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage) trope, and [Moldiver](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/Moldiver)'s screenshot kind of matches the description for the female protagonist.
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2014/07/03 | 3,038 | 8,308 | <issue_start>username_0: There are lots of series out there called "Hidamari Sketch" -something and I'm not sure in which order to watch them. Can you help me out with that?<issue_comment>username_1: You might as well watch them in production/publishing order:
1. Hidamari Sketch
2. Hidamari Sketch (special)
3. Hidamari Sketch × 365 (TV)
4. Hidamari Sketch × 365 (special)
5. Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (TV)
6. Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (special)
7. Hidamari Sketch × SP (special)
8. Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb (TV) (sequel)
9. Hidamari Sketch: Sae/Hiro Sotsugyō-hen (OAV)
(listing from [ANN's page](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6811). Everything except the last OAV is [on Hulu](http://www.hulu.com/search?q=Hidamari+Sketch) - the specials are part of the previous main season)
The problem is that *episodes* aren't completely in chronological order. There're two groups:
* Hidamari Sketch + Hidamari Sketch × 365 (Yuno & Miyako year 1)
* × Hoshimittsu + × SP + × Honeycomb + Sae/Hiro Sotsugyō-hen (Yuno & Miyako year 2)
Episodes in the first groups are less ordered. Episodes in the second group are more in order, but also have some episodes that chronologically take place during the first group.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I completely agree with @username_1' suggestion that, if you're a first time watcher, release order is definitely the way to go.
The show was made in that order and cues in later episodes (even if set in the past) will have no effect if you haven't seen what they're referencing from a previous ep.
However, for everyone else that, like me, rocked up at this question because you're generally curious about what the actual order might be (instead of just being ushered away with *`don't you worry about that`*), I'm writing this for you.
This is no Haruhi, but I don't doubt that it'd be cool to go chronological for a rewatch of the show, get a new perspective and watch the characters grow together.
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║ Season │ Episode ║ Year │ Date ║
╠════════════════════════════════╪═════════╬══════╪══════════╣
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 9 A ║ 0 │ 22nd Nov ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 1 ║ 1 │ 10th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 7 ║ 1 │ 7th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 11 ║ 1 │ 28th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 4 ║ 1 │ 18th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 3 ║ 1 │ 27th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ SP 2 ║ 1 │ 6th Jun ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 10 ║ 1 │ 8th Jun ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 3 ║ 1 │ 17th Jun ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 12 ║ 1 │ 8th Jul ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 6 ║ 1 │ 14th Jul ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 6 A ║ 1 │ 30th Jul ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 9 A ║ 1 │ 5th Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ SP 1 ║ 1 │ 11th Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 2 ║ 1 │ 21st Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ SP 3 ║ 1 │ 26th Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 9 ║ 1 │ 4th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 8 B ║ 1 │ 26th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 11 ║ 1 │ 28th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 7 ║ 1 │ 12th Oct ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 8 ║ 1 │ 13th Oct ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 4 B ║ 1 │ 31st Oct ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 10 ║ 1 │ 3rd Nov ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 6 B ║ 1 │ 11th Nov ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ SP 2 ║ 1 │ 27th Nov ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 9 B ║ 1 │ 3rd Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 3 B ║ 1 │ 10th Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 12 ║ 1 │ 25th Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 13 ║ 2 │ 10th Jan ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 1 ║ 2 │ 11th Jan ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 5 B ║ 2 │ 31th Jan ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 2 ║ 2 │ 6th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ SP 1 ║ 2 │ 10th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 5 ║ 2 │ 13th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 11 B ║ 2 │ 16th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 OVA/EX │ ║ 2 │ 24th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 1 A ║ 2 │ 27th Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch │ 8 ║ 2 │ 13th Mar ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 4 A ║ 2 │ 16th Mar ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x365 │ 5 ║ 2 │ 25th Mar ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 1 B ║ 2 │ 1st Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 2 ║ 2 │ 6th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 3 A ║ 2 │ 8th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 4 ║ 2 │ 15th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 5 A ║ 2 │ 20th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 6 ║ 2 │ 26th Apr ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 7 ║ 2 │ 3rd May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x SP │ 2 A ║ 2 │ 9th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 8 A ║ 2 │ 13th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 1 ║ 2 │ 6th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 2 ║ 2 │ 18th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 9 B ║ 2 │ 21st May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x SP │ 2 B ║ 2 │ 25th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 10 ║ 2 │ 28th May ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 11 A ║ 2 │ 5th Jun ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x SP │ 1 A ║ 2 │ 15th Jul ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ 12 ║ 2 │ 12th Jul ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi │ SP 1 ║ 2 │ 11th Jun ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x SP │ 1 B ║ 2 │ 28th Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 3 ║ 2 │ 31st Aug ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 4 ║ 2 │ 15th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 5 A ║ 2 │ 17th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 6 A ║ 2 │ 25th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 5 B ║ 2 │ 28th sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 6 B ║ 2 │ 29th Sep ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 7 ║ 2 │ 5th Oct ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 8 ║ 2 │ 11th Oct ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 9 ║ 2 │ 10th Nov ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 10 ║ 2 │ 2nd Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 11 A ║ 2 │ 22nd Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 11 B ║ 2 │ 24th Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Honey │ 12 ║ 2 │ 31st Dec ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Sae and Hiro │ 1 ║ 3 │ 1st Feb ║
║ Hidamari Sketch x Sae and Hiro │ 2 ║ 3 │ 28th Feb ║
╚════════════════════════════════╧═════════╩══════╧══════════╝
```
**Year** refers to the year of Yuno being at Hidamari. The first entry predates this. If **Episode** contains the *SP* prefix it means it is of the specials associated with that season, and if it has an *A* or *B* suffix it means it is only talking about the first/second half of that episode respectively!
I found [this thread](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1337297) where `Viteracf` has listed the order of the ep's for all four seasons! I tidied up his table [a lot] but you're gonna wanna consult his version if you want his notes on specific entries in the table (like why he put X before Y, or to see an uncovered anachronistic mistake).
`Centent` [also made a list](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=301911) before that shows things in a slightly differing order, but doesn't regard all the seasons and could be at odds due to concerns already explained in the notes I mentioned earlier. Check them out if you feel the need
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I want to fix the answers from the person above me a little
1. **Hidamari sketch x Hoshi Sp1B** Year 0 7th Apr (**the first chronological eps**)
2. **Hidamari sketch x Hoshi 2B** Year 1 19th Jul (**after Hidasketch eps 6**)
3. **Hidamari sketch x Hoshi Sp2A** Year 2 23rd Jun (**after x Hoshi Sp1A**)
4. **Hidamari sketch x Hoshi Sp2B** Year 2 30th Jul (**after x Hoshi eps 12**)
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/07/04 | 1,169 | 4,578 | <issue_start>username_0: In FMA, transmuting gold is against the law. However, I don't get this - **How does the state know when people transmute something (e.g. bread into gold)?**.
There's nothing to stop someone from transmuting bread into a gold coin, walking into a store and then going on their merry way out as if nothing happened, because there's absolutely no way to know that it was bread to start off with. (Please correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't been watching the anime in a while and have only started re-watching again).
So, **how will/how does** the state know when someone **has** transmuted something into gold? How do they deal with this? e.g. imprisonment, fines etc.<issue_comment>username_1: In the 2003 anime, it seems impossible to transmutate something to gold (without the philosophers stone of course), because Ed coats gold on the coal instead of transmuting the coal directly.
If the alchemist is good enough, it's impossible to find out whether the gold was transmuted from something else. If he tries to make "perfect" gold, he will be noticed because there's no pure gold, so he just needs to think about the correct composition.
In the case that there are any marks on the gold, he can simply melt it (although I believe that a skilled alchemist can avoid that because not all transmutations in the anime show such marks).
The only way to notice is when the alchemist tries to circulate the gold. If the market is flooded by cheap gold, you *will* notice it. Also, there is no "alarm" when someone transmutes gold, or otherwise Ed would have serious problems :D.
As to how the alchemist are punished: All I know is that they will be tried in Central City (Source: It was mentioned that Shou Tucker will be sent there for transmuting humans). Or they will be ignored if it was too minor or is helpful (look at the Elric-Brothers: It's known that they tried to revive their mother but they are still state-alchemists).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Short Answer**
Becoming rich isn't exactly subtle, and [Locard's exchange principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locard%27s_exchange_principle) suggests that there's always *some* way to get to the truth in matters like this.
**Long answer**
Let's be clear about something: This isn't Harry Potter, the state doesn't know when a transmutation is performed.\* Mustang was sent to find Edward because they had heard about his abilities by word of mouth.
There is no surefire way to know whether or not an alchemist has created gold. While it is possible for them to do so, you'd find that any mechanism they had for catching said alchemists would be similar to the real-world practice of [insider trading](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading) or counterfeiting.
In counterfeiting, there are telltale signs of illegal bills. In alchemy, transmutation marks are often left by alchemists as the science is not really a perfect one. As @username_1 mentioned, you could melt the gold, but then you'd still need equipment to put it back into bars or some tradable form. Alchemists aren't blacksmiths.
That said, there's exceptions. Consider Major Armstrong, whose alchemy is one of the most refined around, such that he leaves no transmutation marks on his average transmutation. Say he manufactures a few gold bars and sells them to pay for some under-the-table deals he made. The state would have no way of catching him—there is nothing that sets his gold apart from real gold, and they probably wouldn't even know about the deal to begin with.
However, say he starts doing it regularly. He upgrades his car, his house (even though he already has a mansion, go figure), wears a brand new watch, and so on. This is likely the point when the state would start to question where he acquired such funds (especially knowing his salary). In this case, he could be "audited" (assuming such a practice exists in-universe) and he'd likely be caught.
\*Now, there is a point I have not addressed:
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> Because, in *Brotherhood*, Father regulates all alchemical exchanges in Amestris, it's possible he'd have some way to look in on this. However, I highly doubt that, even though he essentially owns the state military and thusly all of Amestris, he'd care whatsoever about gold entering the country's economy illegally.
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This answer probably got a bit more "real" than you expected, but I think that's just the truth. It's the same with their "creating humans" rule; they'd have no way to know you did it until you did something to make it clear.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/07/04 | 1,067 | 4,197 | <issue_start>username_0: I have watched quite a lot of anime over the last several years. And I noticed that I haven't seen a single anime which lacked both an opening and an ending song. There are some anime that don't have ED songs or don't have OP songs.
But are there any anime that have neither of these?<issue_comment>username_1: In the 2003 anime, it seems impossible to transmutate something to gold (without the philosophers stone of course), because Ed coats gold on the coal instead of transmuting the coal directly.
If the alchemist is good enough, it's impossible to find out whether the gold was transmuted from something else. If he tries to make "perfect" gold, he will be noticed because there's no pure gold, so he just needs to think about the correct composition.
In the case that there are any marks on the gold, he can simply melt it (although I believe that a skilled alchemist can avoid that because not all transmutations in the anime show such marks).
The only way to notice is when the alchemist tries to circulate the gold. If the market is flooded by cheap gold, you *will* notice it. Also, there is no "alarm" when someone transmutes gold, or otherwise Ed would have serious problems :D.
As to how the alchemist are punished: All I know is that they will be tried in Central City (Source: It was mentioned that Shou Tucker will be sent there for transmuting humans). Or they will be ignored if it was too minor or is helpful (look at the Elric-Brothers: It's known that they tried to revive their mother but they are still state-alchemists).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: **Short Answer**
Becoming rich isn't exactly subtle, and [Locard's exchange principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locard%27s_exchange_principle) suggests that there's always *some* way to get to the truth in matters like this.
**Long answer**
Let's be clear about something: This isn't Harry Potter, the state doesn't know when a transmutation is performed.\* Mustang was sent to find Edward because they had heard about his abilities by word of mouth.
There is no surefire way to know whether or not an alchemist has created gold. While it is possible for them to do so, you'd find that any mechanism they had for catching said alchemists would be similar to the real-world practice of [insider trading](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading) or counterfeiting.
In counterfeiting, there are telltale signs of illegal bills. In alchemy, transmutation marks are often left by alchemists as the science is not really a perfect one. As @username_1 mentioned, you could melt the gold, but then you'd still need equipment to put it back into bars or some tradable form. Alchemists aren't blacksmiths.
That said, there's exceptions. Consider Major Armstrong, whose alchemy is one of the most refined around, such that he leaves no transmutation marks on his average transmutation. Say he manufactures a few gold bars and sells them to pay for some under-the-table deals he made. The state would have no way of catching him—there is nothing that sets his gold apart from real gold, and they probably wouldn't even know about the deal to begin with.
However, say he starts doing it regularly. He upgrades his car, his house (even though he already has a mansion, go figure), wears a brand new watch, and so on. This is likely the point when the state would start to question where he acquired such funds (especially knowing his salary). In this case, he could be "audited" (assuming such a practice exists in-universe) and he'd likely be caught.
\*Now, there is a point I have not addressed:
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> Because, in *Brotherhood*, Father regulates all alchemical exchanges in Amestris, it's possible he'd have some way to look in on this. However, I highly doubt that, even though he essentially owns the state military and thusly all of Amestris, he'd care whatsoever about gold entering the country's economy illegally.
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This answer probably got a bit more "real" than you expected, but I think that's just the truth. It's the same with their "creating humans" rule; they'd have no way to know you did it until you did something to make it clear.
Upvotes: 3 |
2014/07/04 | 1,864 | 4,264 | <issue_start>username_0: I ended up reading Steins;Gate, but after I had finished it, I wasn't sure which one I should read next. When searching for Steins;Gate cartoons, I found all these different parts and I started reading Bokan no Rellion and it looks like it's the same story, but from a different character's perspective. So what about the other parts? Are they the same story too or are they sequels and is there a specific order I should use to get the most out of the story?
* Steins;Gate
* Steins;Gate: Bōkan no Rebellion
* Steins;Gate: Onshu no Braunian Motion
* Steins;Gate: Shijō Saikyō no Slight Fever
* Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Sweets Honey
* Steins;Gate: Aishin Meizu no Babel
* Steins;Gate!<issue_comment>username_1: I've only watched the anime so I can't 100% confirm, but:
Wikipedia says all of those mangas are side-stories. Most of them are the story from a certain character's point of view, and I believe one is material from a fandisc. Steins;Gate! is a spinoff comedy.
So pretty much, whatever order you feel like.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: if you read them in order of publication date, you should be fine.
All of the manga to date (excluding the multi-artist anthologies), listed in order of publication date:
『STEINS; GATE』11/2010~9/2013 (the main storyline)
[『STEINS;GATE 亡環のリベリオン』](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Rebellion_of_the_Missing_Ring)(*Rebellion of the Missing Ring*) 2/2010~9/2011 (side story, focused on Suzuha in the 0.000000, 0.337187, and 0.409431% World Lines)
[『STEINS;GATE 史上最強のスライトフィーバー』](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/History%27s_Strongest_Slight_Fever) (*The World's Strongest Slight Fever*) 2/2011~10/2011 (the main storyline, focused on Kurisu)
『しゅたいんず・げーと!』(*Steins・Gate!*) 3/2011~5/2012 (parody of the main storyline)
『STEINS;GATE DROPS』8/2011~3/2012 (a 4-panel gag comic, the storyline of the comedic Xbox360 fandisc game『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のだーりん』[*Loving Vows' Darling*], set in the 3% World Line)
『STEINS;GATE 星屑のデュプレット』(*Stardust Duplet*) 8/2011~3/2012 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Mayuri)
[『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のスイーツはにー』](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Steins;Gate_-_Darling_of_Loving_Vows) (*Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey*) 10/2011~3/2012 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Kurisu)
[『STEINS;GATE 恩讐のブラウニアンモーション』](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Braunian_Motion_of_Love_and_Hate)(*Braunian Motion of Love and Hate*) 4/2012~7/2012 (side story, focused on the past of Mr. Braun)
『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のフューチャーはにー』(*Loving Vows’ Future Honey*) 5/2012~? (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Suzuha)
『STEINS;GATE もっと比翼恋理のスイーツはにー』(*Even More Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey*) 6/2012~12/2012 (spin-off from the storyline of the fandisc, about Lab Members going to school)
『STEINS;GATE 変移空間のオクテット』(*Variant Space Octet*) 6/2012~1/2013 (the storyline of the game of the same name, which is a non-canon crossover with *Chaos;Head*)
『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理の+ニャン2 くらいしす☆』(*Loving Vows + Meow2 Crisis*) 6/2012~1/2013 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Feris)
『STEINS;GATE -哀心迷図のバベル-』(*Babel of the Grieved Maze*) 6/2012~2/2014 (the storyline of the CD drama[『STEINS;GATEドラマCDα「哀心迷図のバベル」ダイバージェンス0.571046%』](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=305040), which is the main storyline focused on Kurisu)
『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のスイーツはにーふぁいなる』(*Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey Final*) 1/2013~6/2013 (sequel to the fandisc storyline manga)
[『STEINS;GATE 閉時曲線のエピグラフ』](http://steins-gate.wikia.com/wiki/Epigraph_of_the_Closed_Curve)(*Epigraph of the Closed Curve*) 2/2013~12/2013 (side story, the storyline of the light novel of the same name, set in winter 2010 in the Beta Attractor Field around the 1.129848 and 1.130205% World Lines)
『劇場版STEINS;GATE 負荷領域のデジャヴ』(*Loading Area of Déjà Vu*) 5/2013~12/2013 (the storyline of the movie of the same name, set one year after the events of the TV series)
『STEINS;GATE -無限遠点のアークライト-』(*Arc Light of the Point of Infinity*) 3/2014~present (the storyline of the CD drama 『STEINS;GATEドラマCDβ「無限遠点のアークライト」ダイバージェンス1.130205%』, focused on Mayuri)
『STEINS;GATE 永劫回帰のパンドラ』(*Pandora of Eternal Recurrence*) 5/2014~present (side story, continuation of *Epigraph of the Closed Curve*, set in the Beta Attractor Field in 2010)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2014/07/04 | 577 | 2,244 | <issue_start>username_0: During each advertisment break, they display a graph for a stand-user. Unfortunately, some sub-groups don't translate it, and I can't understand what is written there except for the "speed" that is written with Katakana.
Can you please translate it?
And, what do the big capital letters (D, E, D, A, D and C) stand for?
<issue_comment>username_1: As my original comment suggested it is indeed a chart of power levels in certain points. The red marking stands for the power division, and it is graded accordingly with a A = Best E= lowest and anything in between.
After a short search I managed to find this image which includes the same stats system on the [jojo wiki page](http://jojo.wikia.com/wiki/Sun), including the translation which is as following (The power levels included are for this card and not for the one you shown in your picture)
Stats are listed clockwise starting from the top
**Stats**
* Destructive Power A
* Speed E
* Range A
* Durability A
* Precision E
* Developmental Potential E
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: According to Dimitri's answer, the translations go as I added them to the image below.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I can't comment on the other answers so here is my piece to the other answers:
The letters are the way it grades the Stand according to the stat. The translated text is what determined what the stat is.
The stat at the bottom is the Stands ability. Abilities are something like; Magician Red's fire, Hierophant Greens possession, and (spoiler alert!) Star Platinum's time stop. Hermit Purple's stat in that category is high because of its *ability* to reveal other stand users and make superhuman observations.
Attacking a Stand just hurts the user. Durability is never really brought up as something that a Stand can have since the durability is simply based on the user. I have no idea if there is a Stand with armor so basing a stat on that instead of ability just seems like a mistranslation to me.
Upvotes: 0 |
2014/07/06 | 1,601 | 5,163 | <issue_start>username_0: I am slowly coming to the end of watching "Toaru Majutsu no Index" anime. There are a few anime series related to that world:
* Toaru Majutsu no Index
* Toaru Majutsu no Index II
* Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
* Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S
and some movies. But I am not sure in what order I should watch them. Someone told me that "Railgun" came after "Majutsu no Index" - should I watch "Railgun" first then, or the second season of "Index"? Are there some things that I can miss if I watch them in the wrong order, like not knowing characters that were already introduced?
And if it is Railgun I should watch second, should I watch "Toaru Majutsu no Index II" afterwards, or "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S"?
Or is it that it really doesn't matter and I can watch both of the "Toaru Majutsu no Index" series before the two "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun" series?<issue_comment>username_1: Having just watched them out of order (accidentally), I highly recommend watching them by order of release date, including the movie.
The original and spin-off series were produced by the same company. (The same team as well I believe) and never aired at the same time.
This makes the recommended order:
1. Index season 1
2. Railgun season 1
3. Index season 2
4. Index movie
5. Railgun season 2 (S)
6. Index season 3
7. Accelerator season 1
8. Railgun season 3
Enjoy!
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The "canonical" order in which to watch Raildex (i.e. production order) is correctly given in [Builder\_K's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/11675/1908).
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However, there are alternate viewing orders that are also feasible, since Index and Railgun are only loosely coupled to one another. Persons who enjoy Railgun but not Index might wish to watch in the following order:
1. Index season 1 (episodes 1-9, i.e. to the end of the Deep Blood arc)
2. Railgun season 1 (all episodes)
3. Railgun season 2 (all episodes)
Index season 1 up through the Deep Blood arc has almost nothing to do with what happens in Railgun through the end of season 2, aside from
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but I would suggest watching it anyway to get a feel for the Raildex universe. If you find Index too abominable to bear with, just drop it and start at episode 1 of Railgun season 1 - you won't have missed out on much.
If after finishing Railgun season 2, you want to continue with Index, pick Index season 1 back up wherever you left off; and then watch Index season 2 and the Index movie.
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If you like Index but not Railgun, do the following:
1. Index season 1 (all episodes)
2. Index season 2 (all episodes)
3. Index movie
The Index side of things is not dependent on Railgun in any significant way (Saten's first appearance outside Railgun is, I believe, in the movie, but nothing else comes to mind), so you don't need to watch any of Railgun for things to make sense.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: [User /u/urban287 on reddit proposes an interesting non-conventional viewing order for watching the entire Raildex series](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/2mf5hg/meta_i_need_help_with_a_wiki_page_im_setting_up/cm3rir5):
1. Railgun season 1
2. Railgun season 2
3. Index season 1
4. Index season 2
5. Index movie
His reasoning is rather compelling:
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> Watching the Sister's Arc first in Index absolutely ruins the emotional impact you get from seeing it from Misaka's perspective while providing absolutely no gain. The Sister's Arc is 4 episodes in Index and 14 in Railgun S as such the Railgun S version's enjoyment should *clearly* take priority, especially considering the fact that it is the *primary* arc of the entire Railgun series (and arguably the best arc of the *entire* show).
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If you do watch the series in this order, note that episodes 10-14 of Index season 1 are basically a condensed, crappier version of episodes 2-16 of Railgun season 2. It'll be a bit of a slog to get through, but you should do it anyway, because the Index version shows events from a different character's perspective (Touma's).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: This is how i came up with the watch order for "Toaru Majutsu no Index" whole seires:
**Index Season 1** Oct 5, 2008 to Mar 19, 2009
Index tan 2009
**Railgun Season 1** Oct 3, 2009 to Mar 20, 2010
MMR + 2 OVA
**Index Season 2**. Oct 8, 2010 to Apr 1, 2011
Index tan s2 2011
Index Movie Feb 2013 + OVA
**Railgun Season 2** Apr 12, 2013 to Sep 27, 2013
MMR S2 + 1 OVA
**Index Season 3** Oct 5, 2018 to Apr 5, 2019
Index tan s3 2018 to 2019
**Upcoming** Railgun Season 3 and Accelerator Series
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2014/07/07 | 2,989 | 10,517 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure whether this question will make sense or not but what is the symbolism or meaning behind the logos or symbols that are associated with the walls of Maria, Rose & Sina?
 
Are they suppose to represent the current King or are they some sort of recognizement of some past Kings and Queens in AOT in the last 100 years? What are the logos suppose to mean? Who is in them? If its not a person, is it suppose to represent or show how humans have managed to survive from titans in 100 years?
I haven't watched the anime in a while so whether it was revealed or not (I am not sure) however I am pretty sure they didn't address it. Does anyone know?<issue_comment>username_1: As stated in the first chapter, they (humanity) built those walls over a century and have lived in them during that time. At this point in the series, there hasn't been any declaration about the wall's symbols (to my knowledge). We can only speculate, but keep in mind the fact that the walls are *old* and the people depicted in their emblems quite possibly have the same antiquity.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Until chapter 69, there has not been any mention yet of who Maria, Rose and Sina are in-universe. Neither has there been any explanation from the author as to who they supposedly represent. Though I have found this interesting interpretation as to what they might mean by *kcwhitmore* and *gettingfitandstayingthere* written on the *snkconspiracytheories* tumbler page. You can read it [here](http://snkconspiracytheories.tumblr.com/post/73695111903/behind-the-names-of-the-wall) or below.
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That's what I think anyway, I'm looking forward to finding out what the writers came up with
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There is a [theory](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/64pa3t/anime_spoilers_the_children_in_season_2s_ending/) by [yshabash](https://www.reddit.com/user/yshabash) on Reddit that seems to be less and less of a theory as more information is considered. At the end of Season 2 of the Attack on Titan anime, there is a scene featured in the ending credits. Here are two images featuring the scene, only separated because the camera pans down from top to bottom but both are the same scene.
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2014/07/07 | 423 | 1,386 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME> keeps on calling the main character a Junon Boy. He seems to take this as insulting.
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Given Junon super boy contest is a beauty contest I would guess, "Junon Boy" basically means "pretty boy".
The magazine hope page can be found at: <http://www.junon-boy.jp/>
I am basing my answer on research so perhaps some one else can confirm this, also I could not find any information of the meaning of maganize name alone, so again I am basing on the circumstances.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Someone replied about Junon Boy on [Yahoo! Answers](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090317184028AA8Jyd9) 5 years ago. Hope this helps a little bit.
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2014/07/08 | 690 | 2,392 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of the Aincrad arc, Kirito faced Skull Reaper (boss of the floor) and found out that the Guild Master of the Knights of the Blood was the GM himself. After beating him, Aincrad was destroyed and floors 76-100 were still untouched.
At the end of the Fairy Dance arc, Kirito restores Aincrad so the people can explore it again.
I waiting for the story about floors 76-100, as well as the Ruby Palace (100th floor), but there has been nothing so far. Now that Kirito has begun exploring GGO (Gun Gale Online), are floors 76-100 still untouched?<issue_comment>username_1: There is no formal reference to this in manga/anime as far as I'm aware of, but chances are that it probably got cleared or in process of. Aincrad was revived and others are playing in it including Kirito (he commented how he would like to restart from level 1 and beat it properly this time). Unless he got bored, I'm sure he would only move on from the game after someone beats it properly.
The other probability is SAO II happens while he's still in pursuit of that goal.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I was only implied in the light novel and anime, that Kirito would like to clear Aincrad. It was not told in detail about it as after ALO (Alfheim Online), the story moved to GGO (Gun Gale Online). Too bad the online reference in Baka-Tsuki is no longer available.
Source: I read the book from volume 1 to 6, that is from SAO (vol 1-2) to GGO (vol 5-6).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Still untouched in canon. In the non-canon games Infinity Moment/Hollow Fragment, Kirito and the others had to continue through the upper floors and the Ruby Palace.
It was established within canon that the floors of New Aincrad are being released 10 floors at a time. The Mother's Rosario story arc begins with the update that opened floors 21-30 to begin clearing, notable because Kirito and Asuna wanted to reclaim their cabin on floor 22. Since nothing has been said beyond Mother's Rosario, it is safe to say the upper floors still have not been released.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: In the last scene of *Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale* ...
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2014/07/08 | 864 | 2,915 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I recall, the only locks mentioned during the [Dressrosa Arc](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Dressrosa_Arc) are:
* The lock to the [SMILE factory](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SMILE_Factory)
* The lock of Law's handcuffs
Though, in **chapter 747** Doflamingo destroys the key to the factory.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F8NHh.png)
And in **chapter 750**, we can see Viola holding the key to Law's handcuffs.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/K9wzq.png)
So what is the key, Doflamingo is holding in **chapter 752**, for?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eYNei.png)<issue_comment>username_1: I think as far as we know, you can't tell for sure if it's one of these two possibilities.
But if I compare the key to the SMILE Factory with the last one you can't see anything similar. So I think it's **not another key to the Factory.**
Even though the other is much smaller on the picture, if you zoom in, you can see that the **key for Law's chain is round.** On the other side **Doflamingo's key has the shape of a heart.**
Another point is, that the **left one has a little hook...**
So I think this is just speculation, but I think even if it's one of these two options it would be the key to Law's chain.
In my opinion, it's a key to something new, maybe even more important.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I know it's a month ago you asked this, but it hasn't really been made clear in the manga yet, sort of, so I'll drop my opinion. I think it's just another key to Law's handcuffs, because Doflamingo said he had something to deliver, but wasn't able to accomplish the job. Seems pretty obvious to me he's referring to the key he's holding in the next panel.
I don't think he just went there to kill them, he even said so himself, he came to "save" them. Also it's just logical for him or at least his 'family' to hold on to a key for the cuffs, seeing as Law was his prisoner and Doflamingo's got personal business with him. Even if that means there is more than one key.
On the other hand.. It being heart shaped and all, and the whole heart theme regarding Corazon.. And although he wanted to bring Law the key it doesn't really have to be for his cuffs.. I do think so but you're right. Maybe it does have another purpose. xD If there is any more meaning to that key I think we'll find out when they finally face each other again, probably the next chapter! ^^
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2014/07/09 | 844 | 2,866 | <issue_start>username_0: As we know, Naruto (Jiraiya's apprentice) has mastered the Sage Mode of toads. Also, Kabuto (Orochimaru's apprentice) has mastered the Sage Mode of snakes. So, my question is, is there a Sage Mode of slugs (related to Tsunade)?<issue_comment>username_1: The Sage Mode of the slugs is *somewhat related* to the Sage Mode of Hashirama Senju (First Hokage). He learnt Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Woods/Forest, a legendary place that is equally famous as Mount Myōboku (toad) and Ryūchi Cave (snake). It is the home of the slug Katsuyu, parts of which are summoned by Tsunade and one of her disciples, Sakura Haruno.
Evidence:
In Hashirama's fight with Madara, it appears that he enters a *Sage Mode* (bottom right corner) similar to Tsunade's, with a diamond shape tatoo-like symbol in her forehead.
Though it is not explicitly said neither in the manga nor in the anime that Tsunade enters Sage Mode, it is clear that Hashirama did.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I also assume that Hashirama used the Slugs-based Sage Mode. I noticed the name Shikkotsu Forest/Wood, "wood" is in the name of the jutsu Hashirama used - the Wood style. This observation makes me conclude that Hashirama is a Slug Sage. I also noticed that Hashirama got a healing jutsu which the slugs used. The jutsu was also inherited by his granddaughter (Tsunade-sama), who also passed the power to her apprentice (Sakura-chan).
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Sages use nature energy. Tsunades "100 healings technique" uses her own stored chakra.
Also, Hashirama does not use the same healing technique. His is called "Mitotic Regeneration" in his sage mode and it works by increasing the speed at which his cells replicate through mitosis which replaces the damaged or dead cells.
I'm too lazy to find the exact episode, I just watch/read a lot of Naruto..
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I think hashirama does use slug sage, and I think that his wife <NAME> tried to imitate him, but with out the risks that sage training has sense she os the nine tails jinjuriki, and developed an jutsu, seal (being and uzumaki which is a clan known for their seals) , to imitate what her husband learned and created the hundred healings jutsu. I also think this because madara stated that tsunade’s 100 healings jutsu was the same as hashirama’s, but he didn’t use the hundred healings like his wife, or else he would have had the mark, so you can say that these two jutsu are based around the same thing. Slug sage. I also think the 100 healings seal is on the fore heal and spreads all over when activated because Mito most likely tried to imitate the forehead circle as well. So you can basically say the 100 healings technique is an off brand slug sage.
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2014/07/09 | 2,609 | 9,455 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the reason for which the (*Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*'s) homunculi look the way they do? I know they mean to represent the sins from which they were created, but is there a common image in Japanese folklore for them?
Lust is represented as a beautiful, desirable (take Havoc's opionions on this) woman. (And that's the only directly-represented sin I can find amongst the homunculi.)
Gluttony is represented as a fat, all-eating beast. (*?*)
Greed... ? I mean, the first Greed was an apparently normal human with abilities to cover his skin with diamond-hard layers. (Apart from the "diamond", I can't see how he is "greedy" at all. Not as his appearance, at least.)
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so he has the desire to be as good as other individuals
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### Lust
Beautiful, desirable and a b\*\*\*\*. The kind of woman that every man wants to get, but when they are in there, they soon realize that they don't want to be with her.
### Gluttony
Fat, lazy, always hungry and quite stupid. Wants the girl but most likely won't get her because of his appearance, which is also why he always hangs around Lust and goes crazy when she is killed by Mustang.
### Envy
Her actual form is very ugly. She envies everyone because they look better than her. This is the reason why she can change her appearance at will, as she wants to look better than others.
### Greed
Wants everything, has possessions not friends. His ultimate shield is a variation of carbon (diamond). Teeth are jagged like that of a demon.
### Wrath
Another word for anger. Uses his rage to fuel his determination and fighting ability, thus making him the ultimate warrior and leader.
### Sloth
Large, strong, slow. However, easily bored and would rather not do anything physically taxing. He is also easily agitated hence the battle at the wall.
### Pride
Feels he is superior in everything, appearance, abilities. Has a huge ego and will most likely try to kill anybody that makes him feel small. Hence why he is bound to a vessel of a 7-9 year old. Children of about that age are extremely prideful in personality, causing him to be slightly immature and think he is the best.
This is however my own interpretation of why they are like they are physically and personality wise.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: * Lust's body inspires lust. She penetrates victims to kill them. Stabbing killing for pleasure is often cited as having a sexy motivation.
* Gluttony's body is fat from overeating and has a giant mouth (actually a portal) when opened.
* Wrath's body is just a man because he as much man as homunculi. Wrath doesn't just mean anger. He here doles out judgements, vengeance, and punishments which is more what it means. I suspect we may never have seen his true form.
* Greed frankly looks mostly human because it is what he needs to have to do his job and be independent. I suspect we may never have seen his true form. Idk for ultimate shield. Before he died, all homunculi just looked humanoid.
* Sloth is strong and fast for the irony.
* Envy's true form is a pathetic worm. Of course it wants to be big and strong which is its first hidden form. Of course it wants to be human and be able to steal other's lives. It's powers gives it what it wants.
* Pride is the most complicated because it has three less obvious forms. First, the child is for convenience; it is a disguise but looks like true form as it takes pride in it's own creation. Second, the arms and defenses are meant to look like the dwarf in the flask as father takes pride in his himself. Finally, his true form is a true small human. Pride is oldest the homunculus and that is exactly what Father was attempting to create. He is truly playing god by making a human and that is very prideful.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Some of the designs of the homunculi seem fairly obvious and others not so much. I'll try to weigh in with some of my own thoughts and I'll also reference the trivia sections from the wiki pages for each homunculus when there is something relevant there.
**Envy**
Envy's appearance as a giant green monster seems to be a reference to the idioms "green with envy" and "green-eyed monster" (I've also heard this as just "green monster" or "little green monster", which are more appropriate for Envy). Envy's ability to transform into other people seems fitting since an envious person would want to be the person they are envious of.
**Lust**
This one seems fairly obvious. Her appearance is that of a voluptuous woman with wide hips and slender waist, usually immodestly garbed. She's an embodiment of lust.
**Gluttony**
This is another obvious one. Gluttony's obesity is a result of engaging in gluttony. His large mouths facilitate his gluttonous eating habits.
**Pride**
Since he's very proud to be the first of Father's homunculus, it makes sense that he takes a form similar to Father's first form. His wiki page also suggests that the many eyes on his shadow may be reminiscent of a peacock's tail and a peacock is a symbol of pride. The wiki page also notes that his humanoid container being a child may be a reference to the word homunculus literally meaning "little human". In this sense, he is sort of the closest to being a true homunculus (looking separately at the Fullmetal Alchemist definition for his shadow form and the real world definition for his humanoid container) and he's proud of it.
**Wrath**
Wrath's appearance is that of a middle-aged man with an eye-patch. It's a little difficult to determine the connection to wrath. Wrath does often have a fierce scowl and perhaps his role as dictator and military attire help him personify wrath.
**Sloth**
Sloth's appearance is perhaps the most difficult to explain. He's large and muscular, which seems to be at odds with his slothful nature. I don't have an explanation for it. His big nose does remind me a little of the animal sloth.
**Greed**
His appearance is that of a typical human both in his first and second bodies. According to his wiki page, Greed sharing a human body with Ling could be a reference to Dante's Inferno, where the greedy are always having their bodies stolen from them by lizards and they have to steal a human form from another sinner (Interestingly, all the homunculi have some connection to Dante's Inferno. None of the other points are relevant here, but you can look through the trivia sections on their wiki pages if interested). This also accounts for why Greed just has a normal human form. I have no explanation for his appearance when using his ultimate shield.
In your question, you ask whether there might be common image for these characters in Japanese folklore. I don't know much about Japanese folklore other than what little information I've gleamed from anime and manga, but I think it is probably unlikely. This is because the seven deadly sins come from Christian theology (see Wikipedia for details).
**References**
Wiki pages for [Wrath](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Wrath), [Lust](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Lust), [Gluttony](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gluttony), [Greed](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Greed), [Sloth](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Sloth), [Envy](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Envy), and [Pride](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Pride) on <http://fma.wikia.com/>
[Seven Deadly Sins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins) on wikipedia.org
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2014/07/09 | 869 | 3,232 | <issue_start>username_0: In the series Shura no Toki it shows the different generations of the mutsu enmei and their battles. I have watch the series and think that is great and recomend it to friends. I like the way that they have done this compared to different animes.
But I am a little confused on why the writers decided to do different generations instead of like a lot of the other animes out there keep with one generation and follow them tell the end of the series.<issue_comment>username_1: There's a bit of history here which puts this in perspective. In 1987, mangaka Kawahara Masatoshi first published [Shura no Mon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_no_Mon). This is a pretty standard martial arts manga in terms of setting and characters. It primarily follows a single character, Mutsu Tsukumoto. He practices a martial art Mutsu Enmei Ryuu. This martial arts style has apparently never been defeated in its 1000 year history. Shura no Mon ran for 31 volumes and finished publication in 1996. It does have a sequel which began in 2010. It was never adapted as an anime.
In 1989, Kawahara began publishing a prequel manga [Shura no Toki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_no_Toki). This details the thousand-year history of Mutsu Enmei Ryuu and the Mutsu family. It has arcs for each of the major periods in Japanese history, each with different characters. This was published at a slower pace. In total, there were 15 volumes. The series ended in 2005.
The anime adaptation of Shura no Toki occurred in 2004. They chose to adapt Shura no Toki rather than Shura no Mon, and covered 3 story arcs. Given the timing, this made more sense. Shura no Mon hadn't been released for 8 years, but Shura no Toki was still publishing and nearing its end, which is a good time for an anime adaptation. Of course, given the nature of the work, they adapted it in arcs rather than just doing a single one.
It's a bit of a historical accident that Shura no Toki got an anime adaptation, while Shura no Mon didn't. I don't think there's a single really convincing reason why it happened. Partially, the timing wasn't great. Martial arts was big in the 1980s, but by the mid-90s (when an anime might have started) it had died down in popularity. Shura no Toki was better timed in that respect and also had the benefit of being more historically themed (and hence appealing to a larger group than just martial arts enthusiasts). There's plenty of other speculation as to why the prequel was the only part to be adapted as an anime, but in any event that's the fact of the matter.
So the reason why Shura no Toki took that approach is because it was always designed and intended as a prequel to Shura no Mon, which has the more traditional single protagonist. However, in English, the Shura no Toki anime is the only one with a sizable following since neither manga is well known. Without that context, the style of the anime seems somewhat strange.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The story focused on the martial art style, not the person. And I guess the writer wanted the reader to understand why this mutsu enmeiryuu style is "the strongest martial art" and "undefeated for a thousand year"
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2014/07/09 | 854 | 3,091 | <issue_start>username_0: What would happen if Doflamingo's Fakes touches water? Are they proofed against water?
In the Chapter 752, Doflamingo appears as a "Fake" Doflamingo
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* **Would Doflamingo lose his power?**
* **Would the fake Doflamingo lose his power or is he immune against water?**<issue_comment>username_1: We see in the manga Devil's Fruit powers emanations that falls in the see, have effect and then disappear much or less slowly.
The string clone'd encounter the same end in the water.
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So as long as Doflamingo's not in the water himself his powers or extension thereof shouldnt be affected.
@username_1 What is the basis for this? His clone could have ended due to the attack it sustained from the other revolters.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: **They are waterproof.**
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There are three different types of [Paramecia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Paramecia), and Doflamingo seems to be the third type. He can produce strings, rather than his body being made of strings. We have clearly see him get hurt and bleed and additionally have we seen strings separated from his body, still being intact (eg: birdcage). The strings that he produces come out of his body and are thus not part of it any more. He can manipulate their shape and structure, and he can use his parasite technique to make them move, but they are just strings and nothing more.
Proof that they are indeed separate and do not affect him, has been given in chapter 787.
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On a sidenote, it seems that this effect happens with every paramecia that produces things, except for Robin. I think, Robin **would** be affected if her hands touch the sea(stone). I'm basing this on the fact that she could be turned into a doll, by touching one of her *limbs*, while similarly it does not seem like Doflamgino would be turned into a doll if his cage or clone was touched.
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