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[ { "body": "\n\n * Lelouch's power is \"the power of absolute obedience\"\n\n * Mao can hear the thoughts of anyone within 500 meters which is refereed to as \"the seal of absolute sound\"\n\n * Rolo can create a sphere which freezes people known as \"the seal of absolute suspension\"\n\nwhile these are the only ones where their powers are actually named we can\nassume that the power of Geass is Absolute, it's not explained how a Geass\npower is absolute over one another, as all Geass Uses used a different power\nand when we see them used on Lelouch they affect different parts of him\n(Rolo's affected one's sense of time, Mao could read his mind, Charles seemed\nto be able to manipulate his memories)\n\nRai from Lost Colours had an non optical version of Lelouch's power however he\nnever (to my knowledge) uses it on Lelouch, Shin Hyuga Shing's Geass seems\nlike Lelouch's however it seems to more relate to people dying and we see him\nuse it during Akito of the Exiled, when Lelouch's Geass was sealed (so even if\nthe 2 met we wouldn't know how Lelouch's Geass would react due to it's sealed\nstate)\n\nGiven in most cases Geass seems absolute apart from some weakness like Lelouch\nand Rai can't using it on people a second time or Rolo's heart stopping, the\nGeass Code which is what C.C and Charles has would be absolute aswell, since\nall Geass Powers come from a Code barer and a contractors powers have no\neffect on them (we see Lelouch try and command C.C and Charles) it could be\nthat they are absolute over contractors, Lelouch even argues with C.C she\ncould have terminated her contract with Mao but he may have been referring to\nkilling Mao rather than stripping him of his power.\n\nSomething which may be able to back this up is Jeremiah Gottwald's Geass\nCanceler which was developed by the Geass Order. C.C was it's previous\nDirector followed by V.V before finally Charles, Charles's Code came from V.V\nso all Directors of the Order had the Code, Bartley also mentions at one stage\nthat they captured C.C some time after she left to study her which could\nindicate that the Geass Canceler may have been an application of their studies\nof the Code given the order would research the Code first in order to\nduplicate Geass Contracts\n\ni should point out this is mainly just speculation from what i've seen in the\nseries, there are a lot of mysteries to Geass which have yet to be revealed.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T01:10:17.050", "id": "8013", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-13T05:45:22.390", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-13T05:45:22.390", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "8008", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nGood question and a bit difficult to answer. I think the following things\nmight have influenced White Beard to not save Ace in Impel Down:\n\n 1. The whole Whitebeard crew, including alliance partners, are said to be in New World, not in Grandline. And to come to Marineford, the only way is through Fishmen Island, and mobilizing such large pirate group does take time.\n 2. As we now know, the weather of New World is too unpredictable to travel quickly. Although it is not known whether Whitebeard was far away, but weather must have affected his travel time significantly.\n 3. Ace was 2 division commander of Whitebeard pirates. So if such a strong character can be captured, then I don't think Whitebeard would risk any more of his family to intercept/rescue Ace in Impel Down or Enies Lobby.\n 4. Reaching Impel Down/ Enies Lobby is considered to be difficult as it has natural protection in the form of circular waves which are used exclusively by marine only. Marineford is the remaining area where one can reach easily without going through the circular waves.\n 5. Also it is not known but as Kaido tried to block movement of Shanks, a marines tried to stop Whitebeard, so there must be other factors which tried to stop Whitebeard from moving, which stalled Whitebeard from coming quickly.\n 6. If he would have been able to save Ace earlier, then there won't be any fight and Ace would be alive right now. And that's not how Oda imagined it to be. ;)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T05:45:36.033", "id": "8016", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T14:09:00.127", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T14:09:00.127", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "8014", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nMy reasons would be,\n\n * Impel Down is surrounded by Sea Kings, they may deal with them easily but they still will pose a distraction. Their ships are not layered with [Kairoseki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Kairoseki), hence the sea kings will attack them. Someone has to wait outside to protect the ships against their countless numbers.\n\n * Straw Hat Luffy's physical strength is comparable to an average Division Commander (if not more), and he had to use Second Gear for the 4 [Demon Guards](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Demon_Guards) (Awakened Zoan). If I were Whitebeard, I wouldn't attack such powerful Devil fruit users under such extreme conditions.\n\n * Imper Down's chief warden [Magellan](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Magellan) is [Doku Doku no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Doku_Doku_no_Mi) Devil fruit user, a powerful fruit in any's hands. Obviously, no one would want to fight someone who can produce a,\n\n * mixture of poisons [whose antidote hasn't been created](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_536).\n\n * more powerful version of poison, \"Kinjite\", which forms the \"[Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_547)\".\n\n * [Impel Down](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Impel_Down) is the Great Underwater Prison in the middle of the Calm Belt, build to keep most dangerous criminals and pirates. No one in their right mind would try to take chances with this place (my opinion: Straw Hat Luffy doesn't have a right mind).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-15T04:04:05.657", "id": "8066", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-11T09:06:31.700", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-11T09:06:31.700", "last_editor_user_id": "3009", "owner_user_id": "3009", "parent_id": "8014", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI haven't watched the anime, but I read the manga. What 'D' stands for has not\nbeen explained explicity, but in the last chapter, Ryosuke Takahashi mentions\nthree words that start with the letter 'D' when he prays to his girl friend.\n(mouse over to see the spoiler):\n\n> dream, driver, diamond (in the rough).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T11:31:44.063", "id": "8025", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-13T11:57:23.803", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-13T11:57:23.803", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "4017", "parent_id": "8017", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nD stands for dreams and also for diamonds. Project D leader's dream was to\ntrain and uncover young, talented drivers and shape them into incredible\ndrivers: like diamonds in the rough.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-11T01:33:38.703", "id": "8588", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-11T01:33:38.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4452", "parent_id": "8017", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt could be the straight line in the D is the straightaway and the semicircle\nis the drift. That's what I always thought. It could represent the repetition\nof drifting.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-22T00:20:36.843", "id": "42430", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-22T02:59:43.100", "last_edit_date": "2017-09-22T02:59:43.100", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "35765", "parent_id": "8017", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOne needs to possess the Demon Factor to use Satan Soul. Mira said it herself:\n\n\n\nIt hasn't been explained if she already has it since birth or not.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-14T00:46:29.927", "id": "8042", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-26T06:05:56.727", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-26T06:05:56.727", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "8018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nI heard that Mirajane beat a demon (Satan) and she get this power and Elfman\nand lisanna study this magic because Mira was lonely\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-25T13:01:07.310", "id": "20331", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-25T13:01:07.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13421", "parent_id": "8018", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nOh. Um, during a battle with Seilah she remembers a time when her, Elfman, and\nLisanna were kids. Mirajane saved her town and defeated the demon at church,\nsomehow, she managed to capture its power (her arm was a different form) and\nthe town forced them to leave. Mirajane later bumps into Markarov in Fairytail\nand explains her takeover power and he convinces her to join the guild, and\nElfman and Lisanna learn take over (beast and animal) so she won't feel\nlonely.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-20T01:46:07.723", "id": "28162", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-20T01:46:07.723", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19836", "parent_id": "8018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Mirijane was born with it but not Elfman and Lisanna because in the\nanime they said that the people in Fairy tale helped them learn magic\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-23T02:15:30.170", "id": "61992", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-23T02:15:30.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59020", "parent_id": "8018", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs I haven't read the light novel, it still very vague whether she is an\nantagonist or not. As in Nisemonogatari, Kaiki is an antagonist, but in the\nSecond Season, he's become somewhat of a protagonist.\n\nFor now in _Monogatari Series: Second Season_ , I believe she's antagonist\nfrom the fact that she lied and said that she is Meme Oshino's niece. (She\npretend to be a good guy)\n\nWhen she almost crashes into Nadeko, she said something like \"I'm not supposed\nto meet you yet\" and tells Nadeko to stop playing the victim. This implies\nthat she's related to Nadeko becoming a snake god.\n\n> On very last episode when Kaiki gets attacked by someone. That someone\n> mentions about Ougi, implying that she is the one behind Kaiki's attack. And\n> when Kaiki about to pass out, he remember that name (Ougi), but he couldn't\n> recall who is that. This means that Kaiki is telling the truth about Ougi\n> not being Meme Oshino's niece.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T23:57:28.000", "id": "8041", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-06T22:09:17.120", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-06T22:09:17.120", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "8019", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nOugi’s true identity is Araragi Koyomi himself. From the Bakemonogatari\n[Wikia's](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Owarimonogatari) section on\n\"Ougi Dark\":\n\n> Gaen reveals that Ougi’s true identity is Araragi Koyomi himself. She is an\n> Oddity that Araragi created, similarly to how Hanekawa’s stress created\n> Black Hanekawa, and Sengoku’s hallucinations created the white snake\n> Kuchinawa. Ougi represents Araragi’s self-criticism. When Araragi saw\n> \"Darkness\" for the first time in Shinobu Time, he realized that there is a\n> law dictating over the world of Oddity. Araragi knows that he is too weak,\n> too hesitant, too emotional to make harsh decisions, and he subconsciously\n> wished for a being that can judge him, and \"correct\" everything wrong in\n> this world. His desire came true as Oshino Ougi.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-06T21:56:06.177", "id": "17345", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-04T21:01:10.963", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-04T21:01:10.963", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "11056", "parent_id": "8019", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIn short, yes she is the main antagonist of the series, as you as for most\nparts of the series Araragi solved the problems of the other girls, in Kizu it\nwas for Shinobu, in Neko it was for Hanekawa, Bakamonogatari - Senjogahara and\nthe other girls etc.\n\nSo Ougi is \"Araragis problem\", or it's manifestation.\n\nIt is a big spoiler, I mean her identity\n\n> she is Araragi, or rather Araragi's dark side.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-03-19T03:20:23.253", "id": "39474", "last_activity_date": "2017-03-19T03:20:23.253", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31516", "parent_id": "8019", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhen Cell was killed by Gohan, he was just that, _killed._ He was actually\ndead this time, and was sent to King Yama to be judged. Once you're dead, you\ncan't just teleport back to Earth. You have to either be revived or given\ntemporary rights to be in the physical world. As Cell met neither of these\nrequirements, he had no way to go back to Earth, using Instant Transmission or\notherwise, since there is concept of Heaven and Hell in the Otherworld: once a\nperson is sent to Hell, he cannot just come out unless he is purified or the\nboundaries of Hell itself are broken by other means. Which is why Goku was\nable to bend the rules of Otherworld but the evil characters could not.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T10:31:22.063", "id": "8023", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-28T09:26:54.820", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-28T09:26:54.820", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "4096", "parent_id": "8022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nI'd quote a few excerpts from the relevant episodes to clear your doubt.\n\nFirst, to explain how Cell was able to come back after being teleported by\nGoku to King Kai's planet. [Episode 189 : Cell\nReturns](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Cell_Returns!)(emphasis mine)\n\n> After killing Future Trunks, **Cell explains how he survived after the\n> explosion of King Kai's planet. Cell explains that his central nucleus had\n> survived, allowing him to regenerate, and that his cells had retained the\n> knowledge of his perfect power. Being of Saiyan genetics, Cell also reveals\n> to have received a Zenkai, a power up for recovering from a near fatal\n> injury.** After hearing about how Cell survived, Gohan powers up to his\n> maximum, and is ready to avenge his father's death.\n\nNext to explain why he wasn't able to re-generate when Gohan and Goku killed\nhim with their Kamehamehas. [Episode 191: Save the\nWorld](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Save_the_World)(emphasis mine)\n\n> With Goku saying \"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!\" to his son, Gohan screams and releases\n> all of his energy at Cell. **Cell then screams as he is destroyed by the\n> attack. The energy wave is strong enough to vaporize every cell in his body,\n> preventing Cell's regeneration. Cell is finally destroyed once and for all,\n> and the Earth is safe again.**\n\nSo as you can see, the first time when Cell self-destructed, his central\nnucleus had survived that blow and he was able to regenerate and come back,\nbut the second time, the Kamehamehas of Goku and Gohan combined was so great\nthat every single cell of Cell was destroyed and he was gone for good. Thus,\nhe couldn't regenerate and come back.\n\nNote that, if instant transmission was all that was required for a dead man to\nreturn back to Earth, Goku could have done that almost always. After anybody\ndies, they go to the [Other\nWorld](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Other_World) and to come back from\nthere, you either need to be brought back to life by using the Dragon balls or\nbe granted _Temporal revival energy_. Since Cell was neither brought back to\nlife nor was granted any temporal revival energy, he stayed in the Other World\npost his death.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T11:17:35.797", "id": "8024", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-13T11:27:59.433", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-13T11:27:59.433", "last_editor_user_id": "1604", "owner_user_id": "1604", "parent_id": "8022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reason why Cell could not return back to earth after Gohan destroyed his\nbody is that hell has a barrier around it that makes it so no one can leave.\nWhen Goku is dead, he is in the spirit world and can use instant transmission\nto go back and forth.\n\nCell was able to use the instant transmission technique when Goku grabbed him\nand used it to get him away from earth. The explosion from Cell didn't\ncompletely destroy him, so he could rebuild himself into perfect form.\n\nOnce Gohan used his full power to destroy Cell, no part of him was left in the\nliving world for him to regenerate back to. Cell was actually was dead. Cell\nwas instantly transferred to hell once he died. He didn't go to the spirit\nworld and see king Yema or anything; he just went straight there.\n\nOnce he is in there, he cannot leave due to the fact that the barrier around\nhell made it so no one could leave. For someone to leave hell, someone has to\nmake a hole in the barrier like in the movie Super Android 17.\n\nWhen Goku is in hell trying to get out in the movie he cannot since the\nbarrier is up. Goku tried multiple times to get out without the help of\nPiccolo. When he created the bridge with Piccolo, it caused a hole in the\nbarrier and he was able to use instant transmission out of hell and back to\nearth.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-10T18:48:25.357", "id": "13914", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-10T19:01:28.590", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-10T19:01:28.590", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "6515", "parent_id": "8022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think you are looking for [**Mad Love\nChase**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Love_Chase \"Mad Love Chase\")\n(Japanese title: _Harlem Beat wa Yoake made_ ). That's one heck of a plot.\n\nSynopsis from Wikipedia:\n\n> A supernatural comedy about the Prince of Hell, Kaito, and his cat, Levun,\n> who decide to run away together to escape an arranged marriage the Prince\n> wants no part of. Somehow upon entering the human world, the Prince's\n> appearances changes from tall, dark, and handsome to short, light and\n> skinny, and his cat becomes a tall, busty female. Now the Prince is living\n> life as a regular high school student and his cat is the school's nurse.\n> Meanwhile, the King of Hell sends a womanizing vampire, a short tempered\n> werewolf, and a kind hearted zombie to retrieve his son. Not to mention, the\n> Prince's fiancée is not going to just wait around forever.\n\nThe main character also has the tattoo you had mentioned:\n\n> He has a distinctive, black tattoo on the whole of his back, which\n> identifies him as the Prince of Hell.\n\nThe original Tokyopop page cited there has a dead link for it's reference.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-13T20:58:28.967", "id": "8033", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-11T05:40:16.077", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-11T05:40:16.077", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3002", "parent_id": "8028", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThese following episodes list the content which are only present in the anime\nof Fairy Tail, not in the manga. This is a list of episodes defined as **anime\nexclusive** in the [Fairy Tail\nWikia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Episodes)\n\nCompactly, it gives episodes: **19, 69-72, 74-75, 125-150, 204-218, 221,\n223-225**\n\n## Galuna Island Arc\n\n * **Episode 19** \\- Challenging!\n\n## Daphne Arc\n\n * **Episode 69** \\- Call of the Dragon\n * **Episode 70** \\- Natsu Vs. Gray!!\n * **Episode 71** \\- Friendship Will Overcome the Dead\n * **Episode 72** \\- Fairy Tail Wizards\n * **Episode 74** \\- Wendy's First Big Mission?!\n * **Episode 75** \\- The 24-Hours Endurance Road Race\n\n## Key of the Starry Sky Arc\n\n * **Episodes 125-150** \\- This whole arc is anime exclusive\n\n## Eclipse Celestial Spirits Arc\n\n * **Episodes 204-218** \\- Stake My Life on Hospitality - Believe\n * **Episode 221** \\- The White Silver Labyrinth\n * **Episode 223** \\- Kemokemo Arrived!\n * **Episode 224** \\- The Place You Came Before\n * **Episode 225** \\- The Thunder Man\n\n* * *\n\nThe series _currently_ ends with Episode 235\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-14T13:07:12.277", "id": "8056", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-26T10:45:47.047", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-26T10:45:47.047", "last_editor_user_id": "2413", "owner_user_id": "2413", "parent_id": "8055", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe [DBZ movies](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Dragon_Ball_films)\nare usually a little odd in terms of the overall continuity. They can usually\nbe stretched to fit, but most don't fit very comfortably in the series as a\nwhole (with the exception of History of Trunks, which is pure continuity) and\nend up between episodes, in odd parts in the series (like this one), or just\ndon't make a lot of references to timeline.\n\nThat said, most of the movies have a \"consensus\" placement from the fan base,\nor at least enough to put it in the right location. For this movie, here's\nwhat the DBZ wiki has to say on the matter:\n\n> The movies' events occur during the Majin Buu Saga, roughly before the Majin\n> Buu conflict reaches its climax with the advent of Super Buu. When Goku\n> transforms into a Super Saiyan 3, he says the fight with Majin Buu was the\n> only time he had ever been pushed so far. This suggests that the Majin Buu\n> Saga happens within this film's background. The fat Majin Buu is not seen\n> anywhere, but if Kid Buu has been defeated, then both Goku and Vegeta should\n> be alive again. This, along with the ability of Goten and Trunks to fuse as\n> Super Saiyans, suggest that Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn is set around\n> episode 253, where Goten and Trunks successfully use the Fusion technique as\n> Super Saiyans for the first time. Additionally, Mr. Satan is not at Majin\n> Buu's house in the movie, which is consistent with the fact that he left the\n> Majin's house in episode 253 to get dog food for Bee. As shown on Videl's\n> watch, the movie takes place on a Saturday, the 16th; which is 9 days after\n> the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament (which took place on May 7 of Age\n> 774).\n>\n>\n> [[Source]](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z%3a_Fusion_Reborn#Timeline_placement)\n\nBasically, this movie is placed _within_ the Buu saga, while Goku is dead, but\nafter his SSJ3 transformation. As you can see, it \"fits\" in cannon, but very\noddly (in my opinion).\n\nSo, why does Goku have a halo? Because he is, temporarily, dead. But he seems\nto be off and on dead throughout the series, and still manages to save the\nuniverse, so it shouldn't be that surprising.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-17T00:36:37.657", "id": "8088", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-17T00:36:37.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "118", "parent_id": "8071", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Plue of Rave Master** is a stout, white creature, reminiscent of a snowman,\nthat only comes up to three feet in height. Plue was born in the Kingdom of\nSymphonia, signifying he is a creature of some sort. [(Source: Rave Master\nWiki)](http://ravemaster.wikia.com/wiki/Plue)\n\nIn contrast, **Plue aka Nikora** , \"The Canis Minor\" (ニコラ Nikora) is a Silver\nKey Celestial Spirit that has no obvious combat abilities. It is stated to\nusually be kept as a pet for low-powered Mages who is in contract with Lucy\nHeartfilia. [(Source: Fairy Tail Wiki)](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Plue)\n\nSince both series have the same author, Mashima must've decided to use his own\ndesign again. But they are different, as one of them is a creature, while the\nother is a celestial spirit.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-16T20:23:43.487", "id": "8086", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-26T14:02:58.457", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-26T14:02:58.457", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "8074", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the manga 'Monster Soul', it is mentioned that Plue appears in almost ALL\nof Hiro Mashima's mangas as camios.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-26T13:53:54.467", "id": "18872", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-26T13:53:54.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11388", "parent_id": "8074", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, transmuting gold is possible (at least in the manga). The reason why it's\nforbidden is stated later in the series: It's forbidden so nobody can destroy\nthe economy by making the gold worthless.\n\nThe mass is also conserved, I see no problem there. A ton of coal makes a ton\nof gold. Equal mass :).\n\nNote: In the first adaption, Ed did not transmutate gold but instead coated\nthe coal in gold. Either it's not possible in the 2003 anime or he didn't want\nto violate the law. (Thanks to キルア)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-16T16:07:19.033", "id": "8079", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-05T16:22:19.597", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-05T16:22:19.597", "last_editor_user_id": "122", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8075", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen the Elric brothers go to Youswell in the beginning of the 2003 series.\nThey don't actually transmute coal into gold, but rather Edward uses the gold\ncoins that Yoki bribed him with to cover the coal.\n\nThis was not the case in the manga though. As you can see he says that \"by\nlogic\" he should be able to transmute the same amount of coal into the same\namount of gold.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EHqju.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MSnS4.jpg)\n\n_Click for enlarged image._\n\nAnd then here he really does transmute coal into gold, which he later gives to\nYoki (and performs a reverse transmutation...)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-07T03:21:20.097", "id": "11683", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-07T04:22:12.900", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "6509", "parent_id": "8075", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nYo, guys. I'll try to clear some of this up. In the manga(and as I see it, the\ntrue canon, being that it was made first) Ed turns Sludge(coal dust in ViZ\nversion) in to Gold. As stated earlier, Sludge has trace amounts of metals in\nit, being that it comes from mining coal, and being that coal is under ground,\nwhere we find metal, it is possible to convert coal sludge in to gold. More\ndifficult than just straight up metal, since you can never tell how much metal\nis in the sludge without a proper examination, which Ed never did. Again, this\nis all based on the manga, being that it was the original story and ultimate\nsource if you can't consult the author. I hope this cleared it up at least a\nbit, thanks for reading.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-20T13:54:58.157", "id": "18700", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-20T13:54:58.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11293", "parent_id": "8075", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nGold on the periodic table is Au.\n\nAlchemy is the science of deconstructing and reconstructing matter.\n\nSimply put so long as we are talking about taking apart and rebuilding\ncompounds one would only need to separate gold from any existing compounds.\nThis is suggested in several episodes, yet still, it is never made explicit.\nThis would mean that no. It is not possible to create gold from compounds not\ncontaining Au.\n\nAu is actually kinda rare in everyday items. Seawater contains a small amount\nof it, yet most things that use gold use gold in it's purest form to conduct\nelectricity.\n\nIf it is deconstructing atoms to base protons, electrons and neutrons and\nreordering them to have the properties of AU then yes it is possible and easy.\nIt is suggested that this isn't the case but the existence the \"law of\nequivalent exchange\". No alchemist would need any specific ingredients because\nthey can create pretty much anything out of anything else.\n\nThe former is suggested in several episodes, yet the possibility to create\ngold is suggested in the law that state alchemists can not create gold.\n\nSo the correct answer. _Shrug_ Full metal alchemist doesn't let real science\nget in the way if it's fun. Which is a good thing.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-20T17:15:01.730", "id": "18704", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-20T17:15:01.730", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11297", "parent_id": "8075", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's important to remember that alchemy in FMA follows the Law of Equivalent\nexchange... Essentially a more lenient version of the 2nd law of thermal\nDynamics.\n\nMass is not the only ingredient conserved, energy must be conserved as well.\nTransmutation of rocks into differently shaped rocks can be accomplished with\nthe geothermal energy available in the environment or Philosopher's Stones but\nchanging the composition of elements would take orders of magnitude more\nenergy.\n\nPerhaps why such exact ingredients are required for human transmutation is to\navoid a rebound... Or make them less likely.\n\nOf course any mining castoff should contain a large enough amount of Iron and\nSulphur to produce loads of Pyrite, if that energy wasn't available.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-03-18T13:39:32.380", "id": "46129", "last_activity_date": "2018-03-18T13:39:32.380", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39663", "parent_id": "8075", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell after looking through various useless websites which did not bother to\nadd tags, describe who the ladies were cosplaying in the picture or say\nanything new about it besides saying numerous times \"2010 ChinaJoy Business\nCooperation Launched\" and \"Chinajoy Cosplay Carnival 2009 in Beijing\" whilst\nusing [imageraider](http://www.imageraider.com/), which proved far more useful\nthan Google Image Search but useless at the same time I found out from a\nparticular site that is linked\n[here](http://www.canarias7.es/multimedia/galeria.cfm?id=3122&n=6) which has a\ndiscription under the same image saying this:\n\n> A young disguised as cartoon characters pose for photographers during the\n> celebration of Carnival \"Chinajoy Cosplay 2009\" in Beijing, China. The\n> \"cosplay\" phenomenon, whose name consists of the English words \"costume\"\n> (\"costume\") and \"play\" (\"game\"), has its origin in the comics \"manga\"\n> Japanese and became popular in the 90s. **In this particular \"costume play\",\n> participants not only** **dress up as their favorite characters (real or\n> imagined), but try to act like them**. This hobby is growing significantly\n> in China, as evidenced by the \"China Cosplay\", which this year celebrates\n> its sixth edition.\n\nFrom sourcing through lots of websites that I found using this reverse image\ntool + Google Image Search (again) I don't think this is from an actual anime,\nbut rather made up. If it was from an actual anime I think it would have been\ntagged/added or mentioned in the description of the image at least on one\nsite. Also I think at least even Google would have found a match too.\n\nAlso judging from the description, it seems that you can cos-play as anything.\nIt is also good to note that this is a chinese thing and I am not sure whether\nanime cosplaying or Japanese anime cosplaying is common in China although I\nhave heard that cosplaying did originate possibly from them.\n\nAnother thing is if you just google search \"china joy carnival\" and watch some\nYouTube videos it seems they cos-play in almost anything leading to the\nlikelyhood that this cosplay could actually just be imaginative rather than\nfrom an actual cosplay of an Japanese anime series.\n\nFinally it says \"in this particular costume play\". I am pretty sure the\ntranslation is correct since the website was in another language (Spanish) and\nthen I translated it with Google Chrome and then double checked with Bing\nTranslator which I think it is pretty accurate as well.\n\nHere is the untranslated text just if you want to check yourself on another\ntranslation website. The only translation thats a bit different is google\ntranslates the first couple words as they are a bit differently to Bing\nthough.\n\n> Unas jóvenes disfrazadas de personajes de dibujos animados posan para los\n> fotógrafos durante la celebración del carnaval \"Chinajoy Cosplay 2009\" en\n> Pekín, China. El fenómeno \"cosplay\", cuyo nombre está formado por los\n> vocablos ingleses \"costume\" (\"disfraz\") y \"play\" (\"juego\"), tiene su origen\n> en los cómic \"manga\" japoneses y se popularizó en los años 90. En este\n> particular \"juego de disfraces\", los participantes no sólo se disfrazan como\n> sus personajes favoritos (reales o imaginarios), sino que intentan actuar\n> como ellos. Esta afición está creciendo de manera significativa en China,\n> como lo demuestra el \"China Cosplay\", que este año celebra su sexta edición.\n\nI am fairly, 100% certain that this is not a cosplay of an anime based on my\nscouring of useless websites. xD\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-01T13:24:42.347", "id": "11586", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-01T13:24:42.347", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3650", "parent_id": "8076", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIs the OST From Movie 7: Karakuri's Castle's Mecha Giant Soldier the Duel of\nZoro VS General Maji. Here's the YouTube Link: [Movie 7 OST\n](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuN2RfKlyiw)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-28T14:42:02.937", "id": "9963", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-28T14:42:02.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5036", "parent_id": "8078", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is purely a matter of different translators translating a word in\ndifferent ways.\n\nThe Japanese word in question is バケネズミ（化鼠） _bakenezumi_. This can be taken as\n\"monster rat1\" (化物の鼠) or as \"transformed rat\" (化けた鼠). It is quite reasonable\nto translate _bakenezumi_ as \"Monster Rat\", but it is also easy to see how a\ntranslator wishing to be a bit more flashy might choose the term \"Queerrat\"\n(with \"queer\" in the classical sense of \"weird, peculiar\", not the modern\nsense of \"homosexual\").\n\nThis latter choice makes some sense insofar as _bakenezumi_ is (I believe) an\noriginal coining for _From the New World_ , and so it is not a bad idea to\ncoin an original English word to correspond to it.\n\nIt seems unlikely to me that the translators who chose \"Queerrat\" did so as a\nform of social commentary.\n\n* * *\n\n1 Technically, Japanese _nezumi_ can refer to mice, rats, and a number of\nrelated rodenty organisms. If you've watched the entire show, you will\nunderstand why \"rat\" is the correct choice here.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-16T18:58:21.583", "id": "8081", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-16T18:58:21.583", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8080", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, the English version doesn't have a 5.1 Surround track. This is probably\nbecause the original Japanese was released as only Dolby Stereo and the wasn't\na way to create a 5.1 mix from the source (I have no source to back up that\nclaim), and the show is pretty long so it's unlikely there will be a rework of\nthe audio unless there's significant interest.\n\nI've also looked at the HK release of Monster and that is also Dolby Stereo.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-18T00:35:27.113", "id": "8108", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-18T00:35:27.113", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "8082", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere isn't any deep meaning to Kuriyama's _fuyukai desu_ / \"How unpleasant!\"\nin the light novel. It's just a thing she says frequently - a catchphrase.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-17T19:40:39.820", "id": "8100", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-17T19:40:39.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8095", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDue to long answer on duplicate question on [How is it possible that Kanade\nhas Otonashi's heart?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/206/how-is-\nit-possible-that-kanade-has-otonashis-heart) and this question is only part of\nit, I decide to answer this separately.\n\nOn that question this is what happen on Angel Beats epilog:\n\n> The Alternate World Timeline\n>\n> * Yuzuru gets reincarnated/reborn in the same universe that contains the\n> main world timeline, but on an alternate and better timeline.\n> * Kanade gets reincartated/reborn in the same universe that contains the\n> main world timeline, but on an alternate and better timeline.\n> * Yuzuru finally meets up with Kanade and they live happily ever after.\n>\n\nHowever, this is only theory and speculative answer, but from the fact that on\nthis epilog\n\n> Kanade is humming Iwasawa's song titled \"My Song\"\n\n\"My Song\" is created on afterlife by Iwasawa herself. So it means that this\nreally happen after they met on afterlife, because there's no way she know\nthat song if she didn't met Iwasawa before.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-17T23:41:23.037", "id": "8103", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-17T23:41:23.037", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "8096", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe so-called \"episode 13.5,\" titled \"Another Epilogue\" was released as an\nextra on the BD/DVD exclusive. Depicted is an short **alternate ending** where\nOtonashi remains in the school and becomes the new student council president,\nin order to help other students (like how Tenshi did) to pass on. It's really\na \"what-if\" scenario rather than an actual epilogue.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-17T14:14:44.953", "id": "8099", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-17T18:15:53.550", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-17T18:15:53.550", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "8097", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe OVA is actually set between episodes 4 and 5 of the series. It's part of\nthe main timeline, but it doesn't really have any effect on the overarching\nplot.\n\n<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Angel_Beats!_episodes>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-07T21:34:07.213", "id": "8541", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-07T21:34:07.213", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4419", "parent_id": "8098", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you see episode 9 between 9:54 - 10:03, Kurahashi Miyo says, \"Take this. It\nis the Tsuchimikado family familiar, Yukikaze. Nastsume's father sent it\".\n\nThis explain why Yukikaze did not vanish\n\n> but Hokuto vanishes after death of Natsume.\n\n[Here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RFz6Y.gif) is the gif:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-05T18:00:35.710", "id": "13839", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-16T15:01:01.510", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-16T15:01:01.510", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "6345", "parent_id": "8101", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI haven't read the _Koiuta_ light novels, but according to [this guy on\nChiebukuro](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q11120081821)\nand [the Wikipedia article for\n_Koiuta_](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B%E9%A3%9B%E7%A9%BA%E5%A3%AB%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE%E6%81%8B%E6%AD%8C#.E7.A5.9E.E8.81.96.E3.83.AC.E3.83.B4.E3.82.A1.E3.83.BC.E3.83.A0.E7.9A.87.E5.9B.BD),\nthere are strong indications that the pilot of the seagull plane is, in fact,\nCharles KARINO from _The Princess and the Pilot_. However, this is never made\nexplicit. There is apparently a scene in the fourth volume where he and Kal-el\nhave a conversation, but despite this, his name is never revealed.\n\nThe _Koiuta_ light novels are complete (no further volumes are expected to be\npublished), so this is probably as good an answer as you're going to get.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-01T23:46:36.667", "id": "8418", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-01T23:46:36.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8104", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe manga you're looking for is named [_Tanabata no\nKumi_](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=19859). You're not mixing\nany mangas together, all what you've said is in that one.\n\nHere is the synopsis:\n\n> Basically, some humans have the ability to negate a sphere of reality,\n> neatly removing it from existence. This gradually alters their appearance\n> until they become a hideous alien, with a giant eye in their forehead.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-13T13:06:08.433", "id": "9693", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-13T13:47:25.740", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-13T13:47:25.740", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "2041", "parent_id": "8109", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Piano](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Piano) was the first son of King\nPiccolo. A Mutated Namek Piccolo created by spitting an egg.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T13:28:53.603", "id": "8139", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-19T13:28:53.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2138", "parent_id": "8113", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOkay, per \"Madara's\" request, due to speculation and interpretation of how\nthings have gone in Naruto so far. It really feels as so that Lee is really\nreliant to Gai to the point of seeing him as a guardian, or even a father.\nNotice how even his own parents did not help to comfort him after his failure\nat genjutsu and ninjutsu broke him down in tears. Maybe they're just really\nnegligent towards him, but on the other hand, there was a war 12(Naruto part\n1) - 17(Shippuuden) years ago, involving the Kyuubi. Now we know there were\nmany casualties, such as Minato, Iruka's parents, etc. So therefore, it is\npossible, if not overall probable that his parents were in the war as well.\nThis was different from most of the other wars, as it was on the home front,\nrather than invading another country. Therefore, the entire village would be\nin a total war situation, where every capable villager would be drafted to\nfight; knowledge of ninja skills irrelevant. For all we know, they could've\nbeen basic villagers who just sell fish for a living and they just so happened\nto get killed by the Kyuubi on its rampage. And then Lee being at most 1 years\nold, could've taken an oath to avenge his parents' deaths by learning jutsu\n(see how well that turned out...). But of course no information has ever been\ngiven about his family, so this is pure speculation.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T11:21:42.763", "id": "8137", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-19T11:46:16.470", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-19T11:46:16.470", "last_editor_user_id": "3590", "owner_user_id": "3590", "parent_id": "8114", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLooks like Atsune Hirata who turn out to be a spy for the Twin Horn Syndicate.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-18T08:05:52.543", "id": "8120", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-18T08:05:52.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4162", "parent_id": "8117", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOnly Color of Armaments can be given to a weapon. Since weapon is non-living,\nColor of Observation and Conqueror's Haki cannot be provided. Weapons can be\nthought of like an extension of one's limbs (although not mentioned in OP,\nthis is usually the case in most manga). Color of Armaments provides an extra\nlayer of hard protection from external injury to one's body. With sufficient\npractice, it can be used as weapon to attack. Since weapons are an extension\nof one's body, weapons are given armament protection to make them more lethal.\n\nAlso, Rayleigh did mention that Color of Armaments can be imbued with a weapon\nfor more impact. But how it is done has not been explained properly.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T04:37:44.003", "id": "8132", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T14:17:27.773", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T14:17:27.773", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "8123", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's not much more than SpOT's answer, but I'll added the sources.\n\nIt's never clearly explained. Rayleigh and Mihawk only mention the overall\nconcept of extending reinforcement Haki to weapons to Luffy and Zorry\nrespectively (Chapter 597 and 779):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DKdbA.png)\n\nAfter his fight with Pica, Zorry remembers a conversion with Mihawk:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/opEd2.png)\n\nHowever this idea in manga is not new, and it reminds of how in hunterXhunter\nNen can be extended to a weapon if you think about that weapon being an\nextension of your body (notice Killua mentions \"reinforcement\"; Chapter 140):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kdSu1.png)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TjW4l.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-07T16:16:17.317", "id": "37744", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-08T07:55:16.017", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-08T07:55:16.017", "last_editor_user_id": "18850", "owner_user_id": "18850", "parent_id": "8123", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJimbei was officially a Shichibukai until he verbally told to Sengoku at\nMarineford that he is resigning. He was imprisoned just because he didn't\nfollow World Government orders. So there is no reason why he should be wearing\nprison uniform as he was not a convict.\n\nAs for Ace, I think\n[kaine](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8126/why-didnt-jinbe-and-\nace-wear-prisoner-uniforms/8133#comment9929_8126) must be right. It must be\nlike when Gol. D Rodger was not in uniform when executed. A likely minor\ncourtesy afforded those waiting execution could be the right to wear their own\nclothes for their final hours.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T04:46:46.460", "id": "8133", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T12:59:44.617", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T12:59:44.617", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "8126", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reason for this is may be they were new in the prison and were supposed to\nbe there for a short amount of time.\n\nAce : he was going to be executed. So there was no reason to give him a proper\nuniform. Jimbei : he was opposing the war but his decision was not final until\nhe said so to sengoku at marin ford. I mean to say is there was a chance that\nhe would support the government.\n\nThis is just my speculation don't know if it makes sense\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T06:53:48.560", "id": "8166", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-21T06:53:48.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4198", "parent_id": "8126", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a joke, a glance at the home page of the Konoha Libraries site you\nprovided says:\n\n> Remember, there's plenty of serious information banks on Naruto already. We\n> will never be as big as any one of them so just have fun with your articles.\n> Go nuts. Reference people from the forum or threads you love. Just remember\n> to keep it in good spirits.\n\nTalk no Jutsu refers to the ability of Naruto (and many main characters from\nmany anime series) to talk the antagonists out of their evil ways, and \"show\nthem the light\".\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-18T14:44:05.890", "id": "8128", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-18T14:44:05.890", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "8127", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\n\"Talk no Jutsu\" is one _of_ Naruto's abilities. It is not an actual Jutsu. It\nis basically a joke on how Naruto can talk people out of their evil ways and\nmake them join his side.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-12-17T22:14:48.813", "id": "43826", "last_activity_date": "2017-12-18T02:03:55.623", "last_edit_date": "2017-12-18T02:03:55.623", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37211", "parent_id": "8127", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlthough they are called \"legendary\", these Pokémon are not necessarily unique\nin the anime (or in the games). A good example is\n[Silver](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Silver_%28Johto%29), which is\na younger Lugia. Tobias most likely has a second Latios.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T16:36:56.467", "id": "8140", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-19T16:36:56.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8130", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's my understanding that Pokemon Heroes mentions that they come with their\nfather and HE became the first soul dew. Not only that, but at the end, a\nLatias can be seen flying with two Latios, one her size and one larger. They\ncould be another family, or perhaps the entire family reunited.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-16T22:27:51.740", "id": "9761", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-09T11:52:19.203", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-09T11:52:19.203", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4919", "parent_id": "8130", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe following are the names and grades of the 3 swords currently (as of\n16-April-2020) carried by Zoro.\n\n * [Wado Ichimonji](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Wado_Ichimonji)\n\n> The Wado Ichimonji is a sword of great personal importance to Roronoa Zoro,\n> and it was once Kuina's and her family's sword. It is also one of the [**21\n> O Wazamono\n> grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#21_O_Wazamono_Grade_Swords)\n> swords.\n\n * [Sandai Kitetsu](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sandai_Kitetsu)\n\n> The Sandai Kitetsu is one of the [**Wazamono\n> grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#Wazamono_Grade_Swords) swords,\n> a \"Sharp Sword\". Like all of its predecessor Kitetsu swords, this one is\n> said to be cursed.\n\n * [Enma](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Enma) (exchanged with the Shusui)\n\n> Enma is one of the [**21 O Wazamono\n> grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#21_O_Wazamono_Grade_Swords)\n> swords. It was once wielded by Kozuki Oden alongside his other sword, Ame no\n> Habakiri, and is one of the two only weapons known to have ever injured\n> Kaido. After Oden's death, Enma was inherited by his daughter, Kozuki\n> Hiyori. Hiyori would later gift the sword to Roronoa Zoro in exchange for\n> the latter allowing Shusui, a national treasure, to remain in Wano.\n\n**Past Swords:**\n\n * [Yubashiri](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yubashiri) (now destroyed and replaced by Shusui)\n\n> Yubashiri was one of the fifty [**Ryo Wazamono\n> grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#50_Ryo_Wazamono_Grade_Swords)\n> sword. Roronoa Zoro obtained this sword for free from a sword shop owner.\n\n * [Shusui](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shusui) (exchanged for Enma)\n\n> Shusui is one of the [**21 O Wazamono\n> grade**](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Meito#21_O_Wazamono_Grade_Swords)\n> swords and was once wielded by the legendary samurai Ryuma. It is considered\n> the national treasure of the Wano Country. After his death, the katana was\n> buried with Ryuma, until his grave was robbed by Moriah's crew. Ryuma\n> appeared as a zombie on Thriller Bark, who had been given Brook's shadow.\n> After his defeat, Ryuma bequeathed the sword to Roronoa Zoro and said he was\n> satisfied with Zoro as the sword's master.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T08:59:32.797", "id": "8135", "last_activity_date": "2020-04-16T09:28:40.310", "last_edit_date": "2020-04-16T09:28:40.310", "last_editor_user_id": "1604", "owner_user_id": "1604", "parent_id": "8134", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nEnma is zoro's new sword, he got it at wano. Enma was Komurasaki's sword whom\nalso gave the sword to Zoro for his Shisui.Since Shisui is Wano's legendary\nsword. Enma was one of Oden's sword; the only man who dealt damage to Kaido.\n(Which is why Kaido has that huge X on his chest, kinda like Luffy.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-04-14T18:00:37.830", "id": "57271", "last_activity_date": "2020-04-14T18:00:37.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52780", "parent_id": "8134", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNaruto did not need to mention his name to Jiraya.\n\nDuring the training of walking over water, naruto had removed his clothes, and\nat that time the seal appeared on his belly.\n\n\n\nNow, Jiraya was the keeper to the key to the seal. The 4th Hokage sealed the\nnine tails inside his son, Minato also named his son Naruto based on the novel\nthat Jiraya had written. So using these threads, Jiraya would not need Naruto\nto mention his name, its just comes.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T05:41:29.213", "id": "8147", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-20T05:41:29.213", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8143", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey didn't actually reveal anything yet, but there have been hints in the\narcs of Skypiea, Robin's flashback arc, and fishman island.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T05:21:53.433", "id": "8145", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-20T05:21:53.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4164", "parent_id": "8144", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe events during the Void Century has not yet been revealed, so for everyone\nit still remains a mystery, except for the Roger Pirates who have read the\nPoneglyphs and discovered the true history which the study is forbidden by the\nWorld Government.\n\nAs for the name of the Ancient Kingdom, its true name is a mystery, as the\nGorosei ordered that Professor Clover be shot before he could speak its name.\n\nThe only details revealed so far are:\n\n> The **Void Century** is a century-long gap in recorded and archaeological\n> history, the study of which is forbidden by the World Government. These\n> events occurred 800 to 900 years before the current storyline. It was hinted\n> at during the Skypiea arc; the dates were seen in Robin's flashback.\n>\n> **Birth of the World Government** 800 years ago, at the end of the Void\n> Century, the World Government was born and took political control of the\n> entire world, uniting all countries and forming the Council of Kings. For\n> the World Government, the events of the Void Century were better left\n> unknown as information linked to it is considered far too dangerous.\n>\n> **Ancient Weapons** The three Ancient Weapons are three weapons of mass\n> destruction that are powerful enough to bring ruin to the entire world. They\n> are known as **Pluton** , an ancient ship capable of massive destruction,\n> **Poseidon** , a Mermaid with the ability to communicate with and control\n> Sea Kings, and **Uranus** , the properties of which remain unknown. The\n> Ancient Weapons are the argument used by the World Government to forbid the\n> research of the missing years.\n\nYou can read more about it\n[here](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Century).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T05:32:25.360", "id": "8146", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-20T05:32:25.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "8144", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMiyazaki is surprisingly prolific as a creator of manga. His best-known work\nin the medium is, of course, _Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind_ , on which\nhis movie of the same name was based (for an interesting comparison of the\ndifferent versions, see\n[here](http://www.utdallas.edu/research/spacesciences/hairston/nausicaamanga_film.html)).\nIn a similar vein, he created a short manga for _The Wind Rises_ a few years\nago, in the leadup to the film. You can check out his [Wikipedia\narticle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Manga_career) for more\ndetails. [Reports\nsuggest](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-09/ghibli-suzuki/hayao-\nmiyazaki-is-drawing-samurai-manga) that Miyazaki is currently working on\nanother manga, which will apparently be about samurai.\n\nMiyazaki has never been the sole director of a television anime, but prior to\nhis work on _Nausicaä_ , he did extensive work on a number of television anime\nseries (animation at first, and later, episode direction and co-direction),\nfirst at Toei, and later at A Pro and Nippon Animation (after that, of course,\nhe founded Ghibli, and the rest is history). Prominent works in his oeuvre\nincludes the first _Lupin III_ anime and _Heidi: Girl of the Alps_ (both co-\ndirected with long-time collaborator and Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata).\nSince _Nausicaä_ , however, Miyazaki has done no further work on television\nanime.\n\nNote: I forgot about [_Future Boy\nConan_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan), which is basically a\nMiyazaki show, technicalities of crediting notwithstanding (thanks,\n@JonathanVanMatre). For more details, take a look at @leonbloy's answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T07:16:54.617", "id": "8150", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-20T17:17:16.443", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-20T17:17:16.443", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8148", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nRegarding anime series (manga answered by senshin):\n\nMiyazaki has a single anime series of his own: [Conan, the boy of the\nfuture](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=899) (\"Mirai\nShōnen Konan\" - \"Future Boy Conan\"). It's a TV series, from 1979, in 26\nepisodes. Miyazaki is not credited as the sole director (Takahata and Hayakawa\ndirected some episodes), but he not only lead the direction but also the\nscript and the characters. Sadly, it was not released in the US/UK, but it was\nseen on TV (dubbed) in several foreign countries, such as Spain, Italy, Saudi\nArabia....\n\nHe also directed some chapters of the Lupin III anime series (before he\ndirected the movie \"Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro\"), and six of [Sherlock\nHound](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/holmes/). And he worked as a relevant\ncollaborator (mainly layout) with Tahakata's series\n[Heidi](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2225/Alps_no_Shoujo_Heidi) and\n[Marco](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074002/fullcredits).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T16:48:16.630", "id": "8156", "last_activity_date": "2020-03-16T20:05:26.837", "last_edit_date": "2020-03-16T20:05:26.837", "last_editor_user_id": "4193", "owner_user_id": "4193", "parent_id": "8148", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSo far, little has been revealed.\n\n> On July 7, X777, all the Dragons, except Acnologia, seemingly vanished, most\n> notably, Igneel, Metalicana, and Grandeeney, who each abandoned their young\n> foster children, leaving the species to be remembered as little more than a\n> myth.\n>\n> To the events of the year X784, society does not believe in the existence of\n> Dragons. However, the destruction of Tenrou Island caused by one of them,\n> called Acnologia, changed society's view on this issue.\n\n<http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Dragons>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T11:23:38.487", "id": "8170", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-21T11:23:38.487", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "3590", "parent_id": "8152", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAs far as I know, all the dragons left there foster children (Gajeel, Wendy\nNatsu) because they didnt want them to turn into dragons. it explains later in\nthe show that if a dragon slayer becomes powerful enough, he/she can actually\nturn into a dragon. They didn't want this to happen, so they went into hiding.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-02T14:10:20.633", "id": "20569", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-02T14:10:20.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13699", "parent_id": "8152", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere were several reasons why the Dragons disappeared at that time and it was\nrevealed in chapter 415.\n\nIn the end, the dragons were indeed still _alive_. They hid themselves inside\nthe dragon slayers' bodies. The reasons behind this were threefold:\n\n * The dragons were afraid a new human would become so powerful that he would transform into a dragon, just like Acnologia. To prevent this from happening they went inside their bodies to slow down their power increase. \n * The second reason was that the dragons were waiting for the right time to defeat Acnologia. Despite this reason clearly being stated by Grandeeney, I have a hard time believing it. Especially since the dragons did not fight Acnologia at all. They just watched Igneel get defeated. If they had attacked together, they might have been able to do more damage I believe.\n * The third and probably main reason why the dragons all disappeared was that Acnologia used his magic to extract their souls from their bodies. In order to prolong their lives, they retreated their souls (and apparently their bodies too) inside the dragon slayers they had once raised. \n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jcte5.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5FsxJ.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-02T15:24:55.340", "id": "20572", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-26T11:06:39.593", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-26T11:06:39.593", "last_editor_user_id": "6166", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "8152", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNone of those games have any official translation or has been localized to\nEnglish. There is a fan-translated version of the first Girlfriend of Steel\nthat was ported to Flash. I don't know how accurate it is or where you'd go to\nfind it these days.\n\nAlong with the list that you have, there's a couple of more [listed in this\nwiki Category](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Category%3aVideo_Games), which isn't\ncomplete by a long shot.\n\nOutside of official translations, you can look through faqs at places like\n[Game Faqs](http://www.gamefaqs.com/psp/930008-neon-genesis-evangelion-\ntsukurareshi-sekai-another/faqs/45735) which includes translations of the UI\nand game text. It's not nearly as convenient but it's really all there is.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-20T21:07:02.267", "id": "8161", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-20T21:07:02.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "8153", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI did not watch this Series, nor could I find a official source stating this.\nThis is just a theory I deduced.\n\nConsidering he said \"see, because it's harder to drink soda.\" He most likely\nfigured: If you drink, you hold your breath. If you drink soda it's\nharder/takes longer. So I can hold my breath longer. Looking at the response\nof him and the people he says it to I find this to be one of the best\nexplanations.\n\nThen the actual physics behind it for him to actually manage to last longer\ndue to this :\n\n> The air we breath is 21% oxygen. By inhaling 100% oxygen for a couple of\n> minutes (enough to washout the nitrogen from the functional residual\n> capacity in your lungs), you can pretty much hold your breath about 4-5\n> times longer than normal. Anesthesiologists routinely do this before putting\n> patients out as a safety thing (hence the mask when you \"go off to sleep\")\n> because in an emergency the patient can usually \"hold\" his or her breath for\n> 5-10 minutes after breathing 100% oxygen. And this works because the patient\n> is already unconscious and **can't feel his/her CO2 level rising.**\n>\n> Doing this awake, however, is very difficult as you can feel that CO2 rise\n> and even though your lungs are still full of oxygen your brain will be\n> freaking out and demanding that you take a breath. It is possible to\n> overcome that breath instinct, however, with some training or serious\n> dedication. This is part of the reason that hyperventilation (really rapid\n> deep breathing) before breath holding helps you hold your breath - you drive\n> your CO2 level way down and it takes longer for your brain to reach the\n> freakout point while you're breath-holding. This is also why it's dangerous\n> to do so: while that CO2 level is rising again you may well burn through\n> your oxygen reserve (and since your brain still feels fine with regards to\n> CO2) you can lose consciousness from hypoxia. Fun, right?\n> [Source](http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1ph0df/)\n\nShort Summary:\n\nDue to him getting used to the CO2 level Rising, his brain does not panic him\nto take a breath. So due to training in CO2 he most likely reduced the point\nof forcefully needing to breath to 4 minutes. Which is also about the max we\ncan hold in with 21% oxygen.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-22T19:33:37.263", "id": "8188", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-22T19:33:37.263", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8154", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Warlord who killed Zephyr's crew is not named even in the current chapter\nof the manga.\n\nNevertheless, it was stated that the pirate who killed Zephyr's crew became a\nwarlord during the timeskip. Therefore, there are only three possibilities:\n**Trafalgar Law** , **Buggy** and the currently **unnamed warlord**. However,\nit it also not yet revealed whether the unnamed warlord is a devil fruit user.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T07:32:07.383", "id": "8167", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-03T16:14:21.603", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-03T16:14:21.603", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "8155", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThat pirate who killed Zephyr's crew is not Law, Buggy, Doflamingo or any of\nthe current warlords. First, you must consider Zephyr's age. I think it was 20\nyears ago when the accident happened to his crew; then, that pirate became a\nwarlord. So it's not during the 2-year timeskip. Also, the film Z movie is\nnon-canon, meaning it is just a filler and not related to the real story.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-03T13:39:39.727", "id": "10085", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-03T14:12:31.317", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-03T14:12:31.317", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "5104", "parent_id": "8155", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm pretty certain it was either Doflamanco, Jimbei, or Crocodile because all\nthe warlords at the time who could have done it would either not have or they\nwouldn't have used a cutting weapon. Kuma wouldn't have because he was a\ndouble agent for Dragon and he is trying to keep his cover. Boa didn't because\nthey would've been turned to stone not murdered. The zombie guy who is dead\nnow would've abducted the dead crew. Mihawk who does use a cutting weapon\nwouldn't have because he seems to obey orders without much argument. Buggy and\ntrafalgar weren't warlords at the time.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-24T22:40:20.717", "id": "18820", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-24T22:40:20.717", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11361", "parent_id": "8155", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI can't validate the genuineness of the link contents, but this is what I\ncould find: [Character Inspirations for\nOda](http://orojackson.com/threads/odas-inspiration-for-various-one-piece-\nelements.1425/).\n\n> **Aokiji/Kuzan** \n> Kuzan has been confirmed to be based on the late actor Yasaku Matsuda. One\n> of the characters the actor played even had similar hairstyle, clothing and\n> sleep mask design. Kuzan's birthday is also based on Matsuda's. Kuzan's\n> nick-name (Aokiji) is taken from the Momotaro Legends.\n>\n> **Akainu/Sakazuki** \n> Akainu has been confirmed to be based on the famous Japanese actor, Bunta\n> Sugawara. Akainu's real name, Sakazuki is apparently based on the three\n> movies of Bunta Sugawara with \"Sakazuki\" in the title. Akainu's birthday is\n> also based on Sugawara's. The name \"Akainu\" is taken from the Momotaro\n> Legends.\n>\n> **Basil Hawkins** \n> It has been confirmed that Hawkins' name is derived from a real life pirate\n> and a navigator. His given name came from Basil Ringrose, while his surname\n> came from John Hawkins.\n>\n> **Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold** \n> The three sisters are based on the Gorgon Sisters from Greek Mythology.\n>\n> **Capone Bege** \n> It has been confirmed that Capone Bege is named after the real life 1920's\n> gangster, Alphonse \"Al\" Capone. His inspiration is both from Capone as well\n> as the English privateer, William le Sauvage. He also shares his birthday\n> with Al Capone.\n>\n> **Emporio Ivankov** \n> Is confirmed to be inspired from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.\n> Specifically, Ivankov's look is based on Tim Curry's Dr. Frank-N-Furter\n> role. His tendency to call people \"candies\" could be a reference to a line\n> from the Rocky Horror song 'Sweet Transvestite', \"...he thought you were the\n> candy man.\" Another similarity the two have is the fact that they can both\n> turn men into transvestites.\n>\n> **Enel** \n> Is based on a Japanese mythological \"thunder god\" known as Raijin.\n>\n> **Eustass Kid** \n> It has been confirmed that Kid is named after a real life pirate, William\n> Kidd, who was also nicknamed \"Captain\". His surname is taken from Eustace\n> the Monk, another real life pirate.\n>\n> **Fujitora/Issho** \n> Fujitora has been confirmed to be based on the Japanese actor Shintaro\n> Katsu, more specifically his role as Zatoichi, the blind swordsman.\n>\n> **Hannyabal** \n> Although not confirmed, many believe Hannyabal is based on the the Hannya\n> mask.\n>\n> **Jewelry Bonney** \n> It has been confirmed and Bonney is named after the real-life 18th century\n> Irish female pirate Anne Bonny, a noble turned pirate, who operated in the\n> Caribbean.\n>\n> **Kizaru/Borasalino** \n> Kizaru has been confirmed to be based on the Japanese Actor Kunie Tanaka,\n> Kizaru's clothes, real name (Borsalino) and birthday, are apparently based\n> on a movie character that Kunie Tanaka played in his youth. His nick-name\n> \"Kizaru\" is taken from the Momotaro Legends.\n>\n> **Sabo** \n> Is possibly inspired by Artful Dodger, a character in Oliver Twist by\n> Charles Dickens. The characters share similar style's of clothing (top hat,\n> sleeves, etc) and they are both of \"mischievous\" group of children.\n>\n> **Sanjuan Wolf** \n> Known as the \"Colossal Battleship\" is possibly based on the Spanish\n> Battleship/Warship San Juan Nepomuceno. The warship also participated in the\n> \"Battle Of Trafalgar\".\n>\n> **Scratchmen Apoo** \n> It has been confirmed that Apoo's name is derived from real life Chinese\n> pirate, Chui A-poo.\n>\n> **Sentomaru** \n> Is possibly based on the Japanese folklore hero Kintarō (also known as\n> samurai Sakata no Kintoki), who was notable for wearing nothing but a bib,\n> carrying a massive axe, and sumo wrestling with bears. Additionally, his\n> attack, Ashigara Dokkoi, is a pun on Mt. Ashigara, the place where Kintaro\n> was raised.\n>\n> **Shiliew** \n> Is possibly inspired by Yasunori Kato, a fictional character.\n>\n> **Trafalgar Law** \n> It has been confirmed that Law's name is derived from real life pirate\n> Edward Low. Law's apparently infamous cruelty echoes Edward Low's own\n> reputation for violently torturing victims before killing them.\n>\n> **Vander Decken IX** \n> Not officially confirmed, but Vander Decken IX is inspired by the Flying\n> Dutchman legend. He is the captain of the ship \"Flying Dutchman\" and as a\n> Fishman, Vander Decken is a devil fruit user making him unable to swim,\n> where as most other adaptations portray the captain in a human form who\n> cannot step onto land.\n>\n> **Whitebeard and Blackbeard** \n> Both are inspired by real life pirate known as Edward Teach. Whitebeard's\n> character design and traits are also confirmed to be based on the owner of\n> the pub Oda liked going to. The owner often sat down in the store with\n> medical equipment hooked up to his nose and drank, calling sake \"medicine\"\n> while telling war stories.\n>\n> Whitebeard's own line in his first appearance, \"I'm not talking to any snot-\n> nosed airheads.\" was in fact an exact phrase the owner often said to\n> customers. Unfortunately, the pub owner passed away by the time Oda revealed\n> this fact.\n>\n> **Urouge** \n> It has been confirmed that Urouge's name comes from the real life 16th\n> century Turkish pirate, Oruc, one of the Barbarossa brothers.\n>\n> **X Drake** \n> It has been confirmed that Drake's name is based on real life privateer,\n> Sir Francis Drake.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T10:05:10.390", "id": "8169", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:08:46.707", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:08:46.707", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8168", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's explained right there in the manga, and it's due to Luffy's rubber body\n\nGear 2nd\n\n * Luffy uses his rubber body like a pump, to pump the blood through his system quicker. This strengthens his abilities. It's also not healthy for his body.\n\nGear 3rd\n\n * Luffy bites a hole in himself, and then blows up a part of his body like a balloon. He is able to increase the size of his body this way (and since air actually does have mass, he increases the effective mass of his blows too). The first few times Luffy had done this, it has left him small briefly after using it, but apparently, this has stopped happening. He probably learned to do it without becoming small during the time skip.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T21:48:23.973", "id": "8179", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-11T12:13:58.307", "last_edit_date": "2015-05-11T12:13:58.307", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "8177", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\n**Gear 2nd:** \nHe circulates more blood in his veins by using his legs (or arms) as a pump.\nThis fast blood stream would shatter blood veins of a normal human. But since\nLuffy's body acts like \"gomu\", his veins stretch and make this possible.\n\n**Gear 3rd:** \nHe bites a part of his body (usually his finger) to open a hole there. Next he\ninhales huge amounts of air into his lungs by stretching them. Then he blows\nthis wind through the hole he opened to bloat up his body. So that his body\nlooks bigger. \nOf course, by doing this his body mass wouldn't increase very much, so he\nshouldn't be able to throw enormously powerful punches in real world dynamics\nas animated.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T21:51:16.710", "id": "8180", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-21T21:51:16.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18", "parent_id": "8177", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nTo add to the other answers here, it's important to note one of the reasons\nwhy Gear Second works - one of Luffy's [Required Secondary\nPowers](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RequiredSecondaryPowers) is\nto generate excess blood as he needs it. (This is how he can expand his limbs\nwithout oxygen starving any tissue/drastically changing his blood\npressure/etc.) From TVTropes:\n\n> Luffy can bleed so much without dying because one of his secondary powers is\n> a circulatory system that can make extra blood instantaneously to pump into\n> his stretched out limbs. In fact, his rubberized organs, bones, and indeed\n> every single vital part of his anatomy is the only reason he is able to\n> withstand the stresses inherent in his Gear Second Super Mode. According to\n> Rob Lucci, if anyone but Luffy were to use something like Gear Second, their\n> heart would explode.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T16:01:56.627", "id": "8220", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T16:01:56.627", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4232", "parent_id": "8177", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n# [Gear\nSecond](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Second_Techniques)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h114P.jpg)\n\nWith gear second, Luffy increases his blood circulation by pumping his blood\nthrough his body at higher speeds than normal. A normal human wouldn't be able\nto withstand this kind of pressure on its veins' walls. If Luffy wasn't a\nrubber boy, they would burst. The increase in blood flow results in a higher\ndischarge of red blood cells, which provide the human body with oxygen and\nnutrients. The additional oxygen and nutrients would make the muscles work\nmore efficiently and thus result in higher speed and power. In sports this\nprocess is called **[blood\ndoping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_doping)**. In blood doping, the\ndischarge is increased by adding additional red blood cells, which were\nextracted at an earlier time, instead of letting them flow faster.\n\nGear second also comes with **side affects**. The extreme oxygen usage would\nresult in an acceleration of his breathing and the increase in his metabolism\ncauses him to be hungrier than usual or even have a paralysis type effect\nafter prolonged use of it, like in the second fight with Rob Lucci. Due to the\nacceleration and thus friction inside his body, he turns quite hot, which\nresults in his sweat evaporating right off his body. This explains the smoke\nand redness of his skin.\n\nLuffy obviously needs to keep pumping or the effect wears off. As it would\ndeplete his energy storage quite rapidly, he doesn't use gear second\nconstantly during fights. The increase in metabolism might also affect his\nlife expectancy as mentioned by Rob Lucci.\n\n# [Gear\nThird](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Third_Techniques)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qx25L.jpg)\n\nWith gear third, Luffy bites into his thumb joint, making a small opening, and\nblows very hard into it, which inflates his arm. He blows the **air inside his\nbones** and since our skeleton fully connects all our joints, he can then\nrearrange the amounts of air as he pleases through his body, without releasing\nit accidentally. Luffy basically pushes the air towards his hands, stretching\nhis body, but also increasing the air-pressure. This would result in Luffy\nhaving a larger area of attack (eg: the size of a giant's hand), and an\nincreased hardness due to the air pressure.\n\nAfter the time-skip we can see how Luffy decreased the size of his arms, but\nfocused solely on the point of contact. He pushed all the air in his hands,\nincreasing the **air pressure and thus hardness** of his attacks. The air in\nhis arms would be wasted otherwise anyway. Also since it is air he is\ncarrying, it doesn't cost him much additional strength to move those large\nhands, but the additional damage done due to the vast increase in area of\nattack is well worth it.\n\nGear third also comes with **side affects**. Before the time-skip, we could\nsee Luffy become tiny after using this attack. After attacking, Luffy blows\nout all additional air, resulting in a rapid decrease of body size. The rapid\ndecrease and massive amounts of energy needed to inflate and keep the air\nwhere he likes it, makes him unable to retain his original size. I think it is\nmainly due to the energy he needs to position the air where he wants and keep\nit there, since Luffy didn't shrink after using his balloon attack. After the\ntimeskip and training with Rayleigh, Luffy became strong enough to keep his\nbody intact after using the 3rd Gear.\n\n> # [Gear\n> Fourth](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Fourth_Techniques)\n>\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HtlEy.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JGkp9.png) \n> \n> With gear fourth, Luffy, similarly to gear third, bites down on his body\n> and blows air inside. The difference this time is that he bites down on his\n> forearm and **blows air into his muscles** instead of his bones. By having\n> air inside his muscles he can control their expansion and contraction and\n> can thus control his muscles by displacing the air inside of them. People's\n> muscles aren't as strong as their bones though, so if a normal person or\n> even a normal rubber man would blow such amounts of air inside his muscles,\n> they will explode due to the massive amount of pressure. That's why Luffy\n> can only use gear fourth when coated in [Busoshoku\n> Haki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Busoshoku_Haki). \n> \n> He then uses his Haki coated body, to further increase his manipulation\n> over his body. **By changing the amounts of Haki he manipulates the\n> elasticity of his rubber**. As a child you might have played around with\n> rubber bands, and you might have noticed that the harder the elasticity, the\n> harder the rebound will be. This is exactly what Luffy uses with his\n> attacks. Before Gear Fourth, Luffy would throw his arm back to increase\n> tensing, but now similar to Bellamy's [Spring\n> Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_Bane_no_Mi), he pushes his arm\n> inside creating tensing, letting it hit the opponent much harder and faster. \n> \n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zBUSv.png) \n> \n> Having such great control over his Haki and his rubberiness, Gear Fourth\n> has another advantage. **Luffy can now bypass other people's Busoshoku\n> Haki** as mentioned [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/11504/6166).\n> Luffy was hit by Doflamingo, yet Doflamingo's attack bounced right off. By\n> _fusing_ Haki with rubber, he is now freely controlling the expansion and\n> contraction of his rubber despite what the other person throws at him. \n> \n> Gear fourth also comes with **side affects**. The usage of such amounts of\n> Haki comes at a price (as can be read\n> [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/11164/6166)). Therefore, at the\n> time of writing (chapter 787), there is a time limit to using Gear Fourth.\n> Luffy can only use _Boundman_ for 20 minutes and after that he is rendered\n> unable to use any Haki for 10 more minutes. Another problem with having\n> inflated muscles is that they become bouncier and thus making Luffy\n> incapable of just standing still on the ground. Although this might change\n> in the future, similar to the other gears. Luffy has overcome his other\n> side-effects so he might overcome these ones too.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-14T19:47:11.120", "id": "12848", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-23T19:44:36.847", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "8177", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt's definitely not something that just Hiro Mashima does; in fact, it's very\ncommon. Roel van Uden mentions Milk Morinaga in the comments. Sp0T mentions\nKen Akamatsu. If you look back at Akamatsu's work, he almost always creates\nspiritual successors for his characters that have very similar appearances and\npersonalities, e.g. AI Love You's Cindy became Love Hina's Naru who became\nNegima's Asuna; AI's Forty-chan became Love Hina's Kaolla Su who somewhat\nbecame Negima's Ku Fei; Love Hina's Shinobu became Negima's Nodoka Miyazaki;\nLove Hina's Kitsune became Negima's Kazumi Asakura. In the early sketches for\nNegima that are given as bonus material in the US manga release, you can see\nthat the original design for Negi looked a lot like AI's Forty-kun with\nglasses. There are many other examples in Akamatsu.\n\nAs another example, in Kozue Amano's Amanchu, the character of Hikari is very\nsimilar in appearance, personality, and name to the character of Akari in\nAria. (Both names mean \"light\".) There are various similar-looking characters\nacross the CLAMP works, e.g. Sakura Kinomoto's older brother Touya resembles\nSubaru Sumeragi from X, and both somewhat resemble Shizuka Doumeki from\nxxxHolic and Rikuo from Legal Drug.\n\nI think user2435 has a point that artists develop certain habits and\ntendencies that express themselves in the character design. But it could also\nbe about staying recognizable; when I see the Negima volumes in the store, I\nknow right away that it's by Ken Akamatsu, because Naru's twin-tailed little\nsister is staring at me from the front cover. Even if an artist is capable of\ndrawing in a very different style, it isn't necessarily advantageous to do so.\nIt may also be relevant that manga-ka tend to write the same kinds of stories\nfor each work, and so might draw in the same style to make sure the art and\nstory match. By the time we get to UQ Holder, Akamatsu has switched from love\ncomedy to adventure, and there are subtle differences in the art as a result\n(Yukihime looks much more mature than any major heroine in his previous work.)\nCLAMP uses a slightly different style between xxxHolic and Chobits, even\nthough the two works came out around the same time, because the stories are\ndifferent.\n\nIn short, it's very common for manga-ka to reuse character designs, or to\nslightly tweak existing character designs.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-27T22:13:29.520", "id": "13671", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-27T22:13:29.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7579", "parent_id": "8181", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIn Japanese it's called [Star\nsystem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_system_\\(filmmaking\\))\n\nEarliest manga author who uses star system is [Osamu\nTezuka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka). See\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka%27s_Star_System) for\ndetails of his star system.\n\nJapanese version of wikipedia has a page for [Star system of\nmanga/anime](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A0_\\(%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BB%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB\\)#.E6.BC.AB.E7.94.BB.E3.83.BB.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1.E3.83.BC.E3.82.B7.E3.83.A7.E3.83.B3_.28.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.29)\n\nManga/anime section describe 3 categories.\n\n 1. Clearly defined same name character. Osamu Tezuka, [Fujiko Fujio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiko_Fujio), [Shotaro Ishinomori](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotaro_Ishinomori), etc.\n\n 2. Different character, Different world. [rave-master](/questions/tagged/rave-master \"show questions tagged 'rave-master'\") and [fairy-tail](/questions/tagged/fairy-tail \"show questions tagged 'fairy-tail'\") are categorized to this. Other example is heal team in [Time Bokan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Bokan). This contains [Team rocket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_anime_series#Team_Rocket) in pokemon.\n\n 3. Same character, Same world. Negima, UQ Holder and CLAMP's manga are categorized to this. Each story is happen in same world, but focus to different time or character.\n\nOutside of this, there are spin off story. [Magical Project\nS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Project_S) from [Tenchi\nMuyo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo!), [Magical Girl Lyrical\nNanoha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Girl_Lyrical_Nanoha) from\n[Triangle Heart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Heart) and [Fate/kaleid\nliner Prisma\nIllya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/kaleid_liner_Prisma_Illya) from\n[Fate/stay night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/stay_night).\n\nThat Wikipedia page also mentioned about game. For example, In addition to 2d\naction, Mario is protagonist of cart game, tennis game and other.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-28T04:54:50.363", "id": "13676", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-28T04:54:50.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3557", "parent_id": "8181", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, most and maybe even all the events in Kingdom are based on historical\nevents during the Warring States Period of ancient China (475-221 BCE). As for\naccurateness, of course there are some exaggerations and more spectacularity\ndue to it being a manga/anime. But it tends to be pretty close to the\nhistorical facts we know of that time.\n\nOne of the most accurate fact list I could find can be seen on [this\nforum](https://web.archive.org/web/20170720120838/http://forums.mangafox.me/threads/477476-The-\nUltimate-Facts-Thread-on-Kingdom-Characters).\n\n> we are making a thread on historical facts about characters and events in\n> Kingdom. We will be comparing characters and events in the Kingdom manga\n> with what was recorded in the history books(as much as we know). This thread\n> will contain mainly information on characters, both real and fictitious, in\n> Kingdom while we will (hopefully) make another thread on events. This will\n> hopefully answer questions that you guys might have, bust some myths, and\n> increase your overall interest in this manga. Since we are merely history\n> enthusiasts and not a history professor or anything, do feel free to\n> contribute and/or point out any mistakes here. I will be using the\n> character's pinyin names as I am more familiar with them but their Japanese\n> names will be there under the character's \"Name\" section for easy reference.\n\nAs for your last question, some basic information and history can be read on\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_period) and there are\nalso plenty of books out there as mentioned in the comments.\n\nFunny side note: this manga will go down in history itself as well, as it is a\nworld record holder recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for\n[manga written by most\npeople](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-21/kingdom-earns-\nguinness-record-for-manga-written-by-most-people).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-22T03:57:29.907", "id": "8184", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-08T08:19:34.090", "last_edit_date": "2019-01-08T08:19:34.090", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8183", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey are provided by the creators, often together with artworks of the\ncharacters. Fans like them, so these infos can be used to advertise for the\nanime.\n\nHere is an example (from Free!):\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-22T15:05:25.473", "id": "8187", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-22T15:05:25.473", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8185", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom your description, I'm quite sure it is [**Buster\nKeel**](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=36335). Its serialization\nbegan in 2008 in Japan and completed with 12 volumes.\n\n\n\nHere is the description from Baka-Updates:\n\n> Keel, the hero of our story, is looking desperately for Siva the so called\n> \"best monster fighter\" to retrieve something precious that he took away from\n> him, on his search he joins a beginner monster fighter girl, along with her\n> flying pig monster and goes for an adventure to find Siva who for some\n> reason has been missing for two years.\n\nThe girl in the description, named\n[Lavie](http://busterkeel.wikia.com/wiki/Lavie_Heartful), is a monster hunter.\nShe has a Devil Pig named Mippy as a monster partner, and she can enhance the\npower of the monster partner by playing her guitar. This works by having the\nmonster partner wear a _contract ring_ , which allows her _contract melody_ to\nwork.\n\nDuring the fight with King Lizard in chapter 1,\n[Keel](http://busterkeel.wikia.com/wiki/Keel) wears a _contract ring_ and tell\nLavie to play her music. The result is that Keel's arm is restored to that of\nhis original form (Dragon Ape).\n\n\n\nIt is shown in the same chapter that the collar on Keel's neck maintains him\nin human form and it was unsealed by Lavie's magic during the battle. Keel's\ngoal is to find Siva (the person who defeated him and turn him into human\nform) and change back to his original form of Dragon Ape.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-23T22:13:45.037", "id": "8209", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-23T22:13:45.037", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1398", "parent_id": "8192", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJiraiya once said: \"In the ninja world, it's not how you live. Rather, it's\nhow you die.\" So I think he applied this quote in his final seconds.\n\nFirst, we can assume that he hadn't had enough chakra to escape from Pein\n(don't forget, he was stabbed a lot of times with Pein's chakra absorbing\nrods), so his last efforts were to send a message to Konoha.\n\nSecond, I'm quite sure he knew that this would boost Naruto, so practically\nJiraiya sacrificed himself to make Naruto (maybe) the strongest shinobi in the\nworld.\n\nThird, maybe he even knew that his body could be resurrected or used by Nagato\nas a host body, so he didn't even try to escape. Rather, he realized the seal\nof his body.\n\nSo Kishi had some reasons why to \"kill\" Jiraiya, but in my opinion, he had to\ngo to make the later story happen.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T15:34:42.320", "id": "8250", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:58:50.497", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:58:50.497", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "3187", "parent_id": "8193", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nAnother reason to why Jiraiya didn't use Kage Bunshin is because the nature of\nthe jutsu itself. [Kage Bunshin no\nJutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Clone_Technique#Overview) splits\nthe chakra of the user equally. This is a risky move for him to perform\nconsidering that he is in the enemy territory, no backup and has no idea of\nthe extend of Pain's powers. Suppose that after using Bunshin no Jutsu, Pain\nfound not the Kage Bunshin, but the real him, he would be so screwed having to\nfight Pain with only half chakra. Having only half of his chakra would prevent\nhim from using some of his jutsus.\n\nAnother possible reason is that there is a chakra link between the real and\nthe Kage Bunshin as explained by Tobirama. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vd0I.png)\n\nIt is possible that at that time, Jiraiya has a feeling that the Pain he\nfought are all dead bodies and that there is someone controlling them\nremotely. He opted not to use Kage Bunshin for he was afraid that were he to\nuse it, Pain would be able to detect his whereabouts based on the chakra link.\nAlso note that other than the experience the chakra from the Kage Bunshin is\nalso transferred back to the user.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-19T05:21:56.973", "id": "29901", "last_activity_date": "2016-02-19T05:21:56.973", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7866", "parent_id": "8193", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't know what is the first anime to have done this, but I can name one\nanime older than both _Oreimo_ and _Love Live_ that has done this: [**Neon\nGenesis Evangelion**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion)\n(2003 Renewal DVD1). According to\n[Wikia](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon):\n\n> Every episode has a different \"Fly Me To The Moon.\"\n\nLet's see if anyone can beat me to the Moon.\n\n* * *\n\n1 Thanks to **mivilar** for the correction. Detailed information about all the\nED versions in the different releases of _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ can be\nfound [here](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon).\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-05T14:52:53.687", "id": "17324", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-06T14:10:19.500", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-06T14:10:19.500", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "8486", "parent_id": "8194", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n**tl;dr** [Shōnan\nBakusōzoku](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=731), an\nOAV from 1986 with 12 episodes and 12 endings (ended only in 1999).\n\n### Intro\n\nI took up Gao WeiWei's suggestion and used ANN's\n[API](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/api.php) to create a\nduplicate of their database and then search for all titles that have as many\nOPs/EDs as they have episodes. If anyone is interested in the code for this\n(it's not nice :P) and all results, go\n[here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a).\n\n### Assumptions\n\nI restricted the analysis to titles that have at least 6 episodes. ANN's\nepisode field sometimes contains additional information such as '10 (+2\nSpecials)' in such a case I only take the first number and ignore the rest.\nThere are no checks for the title or anything like that, if ANN lists an\nending twice or if the same ending appears multiple times with different\nartists, those all count as separate. Most importantly, the relevant date is\nthe start date (because that is less parsing work and because often there is\nno end date given).\n\n### Result for EDs\n\nBelow are the results. With the above restrictions, ANN has 30 animes that fit\nthe bill and the oldest of them is Shōnan Bakusōzoku. Note though, that the\nfinal episode is from 1999! Among the first few, _Iczer Reborn_ ended in\n1991-02-25 already, so maybe that's your winner? See\n[here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-\ned_list_absolute_urls-markdown) for the full table.\n\n[code]\n\n ╔════════════╦══════╦═════╦═════╦═════╦════════════════════════════╗\n ║ Vintage ║ Type ║ #EP ║ #OP ║ #ED ║ Name ║\n ╠════════════╬══════╬═════╬═════╬═════╬════════════════════════════╣\n ║ 1986-09-10 ║ OAV ║ 12 ║ 3 ║ 12 ║ [Shōnan Bakusōzoku](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=731) ║\n ║ 1987-02-25 ║ OAV ║ 8 ║ 6 ║ 8 ║ [Bubblegum Crisis](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=201) ║\n ║ 1990-09-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 1 ║ 6 ║ [Iczer Reborn](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=682) ║\n ║ 1992-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 0 ║ 6 ║ [Blue Girl](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=473) ║\n ║ 1997-11-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 2 ║ 6 ║ [Saber Marionette J Again](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=211) ║\n ║ 1999-07-25 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 3 ║ 9 ║ [Ten Tokyo Warriors](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1600) ║\n ║ 1999-10-06 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 1 ║ 12 ║ [Seraphim Call](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=850) ║\n ║ 1999-12-18 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 7 ║ 7 ║ [Sakura Wars 2](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1015) ║\n ║ 2002-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 8 ║ 8 ║ 8 ║ [Angelique: Twin Collection](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4469) ║\n ║ 2002-10-02 ║ TV ║ 13 ║ 1 ║ 13 ║ [Sister Princess: Re Pure](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1824) ║\n ║ 2003-05-08 ║ TV ║ 6 ║ 1 ║ 6 ║ [Saint Beast](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=81) ║\n ║ 2005-10-21 ║ TV ║ 26 ║ 1 ║ 26 ║ [Mushi-Shi](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5923) ║\n ...\n[/code]\n\n**Huh, more endings than episodes?** You may have noticed, there are titles\nwith more endings than episodes: They can all be considered to have as many\nendings as episodes. For _Ten Tokyo Warriors_ , _Sakura Wars 2_ and _Heaven's\nLost Property_ those are caused by some kind of inconsistent annotation in\nANN. For _Akikan!_ they list an extra ending for a special but don't count the\nspecial towards the episodes. _Katanagatari_ got an extra ending for the\n[noitaminA rebroadcast](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6594/Katanagatari). For\n_Highschool of the Dead_ and _Maken-Ki! Battling Venus_ they count the OAV\nending towards the anime.\n\n**Almost made it** I thought it would be interesting to also check which ones\ncut it very close. Here's an addtitional list sorted by `#EPs/#EDs` and then\nsorted by vintage. I left out all that have a quotient of 1 or less, since we\nalready know those from above. The full list can be found\n[here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-\ned_list_quotient_urls-markdown).\n\n[code]\n\n ╔═══════╦════════════╦══════╦═════╦═════╦══════════════════════════════╗\n ║ EP/ED ║ Vintage ║ Type ║ #EP ║ #ED ║ Name ║\n ╠═══════╬════════════╬══════╬═════╬═════╬══════════════════════════════╣\n ║ ... ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║\n ║ 1.04 ║ 2007-04-08 ║ TV ║ 24 ║ 23 ║ [Lucky Star](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ║ 1.09 ║ 2010-07-07 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 11 ║ [Strike Witches 2](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ║ 1.09 ║ 2010-10-01 ║ TV ║ 12 ║ 11 ║ [Heaven's Lost Property Forte](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ║ 1.11 ║ 2006-02-10 ║ OAV ║ 10 ║ 9 ║ [Hellsing Ultimate](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ║ 1.17 ║ 1990-01-26 ║ OAV ║ 7 ║ 6 ║ [Be-Bop-Highschool](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ║ 1.2 ║ 1990-06-15 ║ OAV ║ 6 ║ 5 ║ [Devil Hunter Yohko](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4443) ║\n ...\n[/code]\n\nAs ʞɹɐzǝɹ already mentioned _Lucky Star_ should qualify for the previous list,\nhaving 24 episodes and endings, but ANN is missing the ED for ep22. And so on,\nyou can already see, this DB isn't perfect either ;)\n\n**Overview** Finally, here's a barplot showing the distribution of the number\nof endings among all animes that fit the assumptions described initially.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IFTXx.png)\n\n### Result for OPs\n\nThere are only two result for `#EPs = #OPs`, and those are already shown in\nthe list above ( _Sakura Wars 2_ and _Angelique: Twin Collection_ ). The\nresults for `#EPs / #OPs` are\n[here](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-\nop_list_quotient_urls-markdown). OPs are generally not as diverse:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T1m5M.png)\n\n### More OPs than EDs and vice versa\n\nAs per Gao WeiWei's suggestion: There are 221 animes with `#OP > #ED`, among\nthose 115 have no endings listed in ANN at all, which is probably a mix of the\ntruth and missing annotations ([full\nlist](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-\nmore_ops_than_ed_urls-markdown)). The other way around, there are 781 animes\nwith `#ED > #OP`, 82 with no openings at all ([full\nlist](https://gist.github.com/JonasR/613b4d3f9d1918f48e5a#file-\nmore_eds_than_op_urls-markdown)).\n\n### Outro\n\nThis is not _the_ definite answer either of course, ANN doens't provide an XML\nschema, so I might have overlooked something, and even if everything went well\nin my parsing, we already know they have a different opinion on the number of\nEDs e.g. for NGE (see GaoWeiwei's answer for that discussion), and there are\nseveral errors mentioned above. Answering a [different\nquestion](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/17003/has-there-been-a-\nanime-that-used-its-op-as-ed-and-or-vice-versa) I realized I should have\nprobably made sure the endings are unique, that doesn't affect the main result\nhere though.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-25T02:38:12.247", "id": "18823", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-27T14:45:30.927", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-27T14:45:30.927", "last_editor_user_id": "34", "owner_user_id": "34", "parent_id": "8194", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Ryo Fui's ranked biography in _Shiji_ , both the Queen Mother and\nEi Sei were returned to Qin by Zhao even before Sei's father became king,\nthough I think conflicting accounts were given in other biographies in _Shiji_\nas to when and how they got back to Qin, let alone other historical records.\nThe mangaka didn't follow the canonical history closely (who the hell is this\nHou Ken dude?) nor present the stories as logically, so the story of the manga\n_Kingdom_ shouldn't be taken seriously.\n\nRegardless of proper history,\n\n> Remember that the Queen Mother is a Zhao woman and that after the escape of\n> Ei Sei, an heir to the throne, there really is no point in keeping her as a\n> hostage, and Ruo Fui could have bribed or persuaded the Zhao officials to\n> send his lover the Queen Mother back anyways. In any case, Sei would still\n> have rescued her because it would be against the norm and bad for his\n> reputation to ditch the Queen Mother in poverty in Zhao*. By killing the\n> Queen Mother, Zhao would gain nothing but give Qin a moral high ground in\n> invading Zhao. If the explanation in this paragraph is confusing or\n> misleading, forget about it and just take my words in the first paragraph\n> for it. \n> \n> * I think the mangaka screwed up here, because the [Queen\n> Mother](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Zhao) was a daughter of a\n> prominent family, thus was unlikely to have lived in that condition.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-27T07:02:35.750", "id": "15324", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-01T08:49:58.273", "last_edit_date": "2014-12-01T08:49:58.273", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "8486", "parent_id": "8195", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo prevent people who desire to revive the tree of zetsuen from retrieving the\nfruit. But the tree of beginning did not expect the kusaribe clan(immune to\nthe magic) to be the one reviving the tree of zetsuen.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-09T18:19:04.410", "id": "13332", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-09T18:19:04.410", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7925", "parent_id": "8197", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen I watched Zetsuen no Tempest, the whole time I was working off the idea\nthat it was a form of 'defense mechanism'.\n\nIt should be somewhat obvious, that turning them into Iron / Black Iron was\njust it's unique form of an attack (just as people with guns can fire bullets,\nand people with swords can swing them). That appeared to be it's power for\nkilling / disabling them.\n\nAs we can observe, the tree has a certain favoritism for Hakaze Kusaribe. The\ntree would've been doing what it thought was 'beneficial for Hakaze', and\ninnocent people being caught up could just been result of the tree **freaking\nout**. After saving Hakaze from the Time Prison, it no longer cared _that\nmuch_ about others. Just who to protect, and what to prevent.\n\n> ...Tree of Beginnings devours civilizations and attempts to dispose Fuwa\n> Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino because the Tree of Beginnings had accomplished\n> its goal by using Fuwa Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino to save Hakaze from the\n> time prison.\n\nAs for 'how it prevented the Tree of Zetsuen / Exodus's revival', having the\ninnocent people caught up did not have anything to do with it. As long as it\ncaught **one** of Samon's allies in every **100** innocent, it'd be\nsuccessful.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-08T22:44:59.123", "id": "13895", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-08T23:40:43.200", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-08T23:40:43.200", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "8197", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYour question can pretty much be answered by watching episode 1 of _Sword Art\nOnline_.\n\nThe Nerve Gear uses a username and password identification system as shown at\n01:37 of episode 1.\n\n\n\nBut as you mentioned, this does not occur in _Alfheim Online_. This is where\nwe can consider the Nerve Gear to be the authentication factor, being a device\nthat stores the save data.\n\n> We know it can save data Yui's data was saved to his Nerve Gear and was\n> transferred to _Alfheim Online_ as a result.\n\n* * *\n\n> But if I steal your device, I could impersonate you in all games...\n\nThis would indeed be true, but doesn't the same count for login credentials?\nIf you steal somebody's username and password, you can also impersonate that\nperson in game. And don't forget, it's harder to steal physical objects all\naround the world than to steal some username and password from your home\ncomputer.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-23T19:49:31.147", "id": "8207", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T00:39:11.793", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-24T00:39:11.793", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8201", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nExtract from the light novel - Volume 3 Fairy Dance (ALfheim arc), p67-68\n\n> With that in mind, I put the NERvGear on my head and buckled the chin strap.\n> With the frame in place and the goggles down, I closed my eyes.\n>\n> Anxiety and excitement caused my heart to beat rapidly, as I tried to slow\n> my racing heart beat, I said, “LINK START!”\n>\n> The light passing through my closed eyelids suddenly disappeared. The\n> transmission from my optic nerves was suddenly severed, and my eyes were\n> enveloped by darkness.\n>\n> [...]\n>\n> At last, the final OK appeared, and the next instant brought me falling\n> through the darkness into the colors of a rainbow, an illusion of the world.\n> After passing through this series of rings, I had arrived in a different\n> world.\n>\n> \\-- Actually, it's still a little early to say that. Out of the darkness\n> emerged an account registration interface. The main ALfheim Online LOGO\n> gradually appeared, accompanied by a soft female voice.\n>\n> Following the instructions given, I began creating my account and character.\n> At chest height was a pale and shiny virtual keyboard and I entered a User\n> ID and password as prompted. I had many years of experience before beginning\n> SAO, so this process was of some familiarity to me. Since this is a\n> downloadable MMO game, I would normally need to select the payment method,\n> but I had bought this game and it came with a one month free trial.\n>\n> Next I chose the nickname for my character. I didn’t put much thought into\n> it, but entered the name «Kirito».\n\nThe ALfheim Arc in the anime doesn't show all the details.\n\nSince Kazuto used the same login in both games - as you may know, ALfheim's\ndatabase is a clone of SAO's one - he kept the same account.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T16:24:41.913", "id": "8223", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-11T09:31:04.423", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-11T09:31:04.423", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4233", "parent_id": "8201", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDanzo was, in his own way, protecting the Hidden Leaf.\n\nDanzo would normally do the \"dirty work\" and handle with that \"black ops\" of\nthe Hidden Leaf, thus keeping the village officials clean.\n\nThey had their disagreements, and yes Danzo did act in order to dispose of the\nThird and have control over the Hidden Leaf, but Hiruzen always believed that\nall he's doing was for the best of the village, so he let it slide.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-23T14:26:44.987", "id": "8203", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-23T14:26:44.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "8202", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nDanzo had Shisui's Kotoamatsukami. He also had Hashirama's cells, which\nenabled him to use the jutsu to his advantage with regeneration. So there is a\npossibility that even if Hiruzen wanted to kill him, Danzo could have used\nKotoamatsukami to manipulate the Third's thoughts about him.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-11T05:47:47.443", "id": "18446", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-11T10:17:51.783", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-11T10:17:51.783", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "11083", "parent_id": "8202", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nSarutobi is a very uderstanding man, he probably just figured he'd give Danzo\nthe benifit of a doubt, thinking that age would give him wisdom and he'd see\nthat he was wrong,\n\ntoo bad that never happened\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-16T11:11:56.040", "id": "35834", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-16T11:11:56.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27774", "parent_id": "8202", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> 「——ｙｊｒｐ悪ｑｗ」\n\nVolume 15 (Old Testament), chapter _Dark_Matter_ , section 4 (p. 320).\n\n[悪 (あく / _aku_ ) means \"evil\"](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%82%AA). The\nsurrounding letters don't appear to gain any additional meaning in Japanese -\nthey're probably just gibberish.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T00:35:15.540", "id": "8210", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T00:35:15.540", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8204", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it is [**Oukoku\nGame**](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95782).\n\n\n\nSynopsis from mangaupdates (emphasis mine):\n\n> At the end of Meiji Restoration, a girl saint was crucified and burnt alive\n> under persecution.\n>\n> A century later, Katori and six childhood friends are summoned to her world\n> beyond the nirvana, where they receive the Great Commission: Build a\n> kingdom, and make disciples of all nations.\n>\n> **At every midnight, each of them are randomly given a role out of\n> King/Queen, Noble, and Peasants**. As the lowly must obey a higher-up in the\n> hierarchy, can they fight and defeat other nations to conquer the world--\n> before infighting brought up by their own hidden desires breaks them apart?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T02:42:31.250", "id": "8230", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T13:44:05.187", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "4244", "parent_id": "8205", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI didn't read anything official. But I think it's just part of its cold\npersonality, as you should know, she is always thinking the worst possibility\nwhen some danger is coming (scaring Usopp and Chopper in the process, maybe\nintentionally xD).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T13:17:54.913", "id": "8216", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T13:17:54.913", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2999", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nNico Robin had a lonely childhood. Her mother was out on her expedition to\nuncover the secrets of the Void Century. Her only friends during her childhood\ndays were the scholars of Ohara, and Saul for sometime.\n\nDuring her time with Saul she was shown to smile and laugh in a funny manner.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dWCrn.png)\n\nBut soon, at the age of 8, after the extermination of Ohara along with her\nfriends and mother, she was on the run with a bounty of 79 million beri.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2gFA1.png) \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kh4V8.png)\n\nShe was always targeted by anyone who found out about her true identity. This\nis a very harsh childhood for a kid. Enough to make a kid a \"serious\" type and\nsteal their humor.\n\nAlso, during the Enis Lobby arc, she mentions her fear:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vcmKS.png)\n\nIt is evident from this that she was always over thinking things, and putting\na lot of burden on herself. She kept her sadness and worries to herself, and\nin such a situation it is very rare for a person to make funny expressions,\nrather they have a cold look.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T13:30:14.083", "id": "8217", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-10T20:48:18.030", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-10T20:48:18.030", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nRobin never over-reacts to things. She is a very mature character, taking\nthings calmly and in a genuine manner. Her humour is mostly dry, which does\nnot lend itself to silly faces either.\n\nI do not believe that Oda would mention this directly, as he would probably\nthink it evident from her character.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T08:36:34.467", "id": "8241", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T08:36:34.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4247", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThough considered motherly figure & often laughing of watching others'\nstupidity, she did do some weird stuff, including:\n\n * Sanji's Docking suggestion, while in Thriller Bark.\n * Oars' getting stuck in ground & helpless scene.\n * Coat scene in Punk Hazard.\n * Tontatta Headquarter's scene in Dressrosa.\n * Post Birdcage scenes.\n\nAlthough they are few, they actually do exist. Therefore, it makes them even\nmore special, because, they are so rare.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-08-03T15:49:32.893", "id": "41687", "last_activity_date": "2017-08-03T16:12:17.043", "last_edit_date": "2017-08-03T16:12:17.043", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "34962", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNow she does. In chapter 924, she finally puts on a face.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y5zZo.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-10T00:48:18.260", "id": "49579", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-10T23:10:34.983", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-10T23:10:34.983", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "43340", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHere are 2 other instances where Robin makes weird faces. It's very rare, but\nit makes me happy to know that she is no longer invulnerable to them. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z3auP.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/A3brQ.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-08-14T09:52:11.313", "id": "53972", "last_activity_date": "2019-08-14T13:33:45.477", "last_edit_date": "2019-08-14T13:33:45.477", "last_editor_user_id": "14883", "owner_user_id": "48529", "parent_id": "8213", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe OP is not a parody of one series per say, but reminiscent the stereotypes\nof 80s/90s anime themes in general.\n\n_Kindaichi Case Files_\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjIXE-YWMHM>\n\n_Cardcaptor Sakura_\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQjCFvaNwJQ>\n\n_Escaflowne_\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbhcChdCAUk>\n\nOne of the most notable parts (with the hat flying off) somewhat resembles\n_Kimagure Orange Road_ and/or the _Ranma 1/2_ OAV OP \"Love Panic\" (Koi da!\nPanikku):\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777YtDfbnYI>\n\nSome sequences are a bit reminiscent of the _Golden Boy_ OP:\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Hg0QIo1x8>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T15:08:25.743", "id": "8219", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T19:46:45.220", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-25T19:46:45.220", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "8218", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Japan, cicadas are symbolic of summer, and possibly symbolize reincarnation\nas well, based on summer being the time when the cicada comes out to\nsing.[[1]](http://thelife-animal.blogspot.ca/2012/10/cicada.html)\n\n\n\nAs per their role in anime, according to Wikipedia,\n\n> The songs of the cicada are often used in Japanese film and television to\n> indicate the scene is taking place in the summer.\n>\n> — [_Cicada, Wikipedia_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Japan)\n\nI do not remember when exactly they appeared in _Steins;Gate_ (nor the other\nanime), but I would assume that this is simply a reference to a summertime\nsetting.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-24T21:20:11.167", "id": "8226", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T21:28:44.527", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "8225", "post_type": "answer", "score": 43 }, { "body": "\n\nI grew up in an area that was close to sea level (a bit further south than\nJapan) and in the Spring and Summer I recall hearing cicadas just about every\ntime I went outside. I suspect the effect in anime is to improve immersion or\naccurately reflect the reality of the situation that the anime is trying to\nportray.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T04:07:40.780", "id": "8232", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T04:27:31.907", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-25T04:27:31.907", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "4245", "parent_id": "8225", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSounds like you're looking for [Roujin\nZ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roujin_Z):\n\n> Roujin Z is set in early 21st century Japan. A group of scientists and\n> hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public\n> Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic\n> features. The Z-001 takes complete care of the patient: it can dispense food\n> and medicine, remove excretory waste, bathe and exercise the patient lying\n> within its frame. The bed is driven by its own built-in nuclear power\n> reactor — and in the event of an atomic meltdown, the bed (including the\n> patient lying within) would become automatically sealed in concrete. The\n> first patient to be \"volunteered\" to test the bed is a dying widower named\n> Kiyuro Takazawa. He is an invalid who is cared for by a young nursing\n> student named Haruko. The electronic elements within the Z-001 somehow\n> manage to transcribe Takazawa's thoughts through Haruko's office computer,\n> and he uses the communication to cry for help.\n\n\n\n<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4K3OkRqL8>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T00:47:35.023", "id": "8229", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T00:47:35.023", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "8228", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, It's different. The original FMA anime didn't wait around for the manga\nto catch up (like DBZ did), so it diverged instead.\n\nWhat you ended up with was 2 completely different endings, and 2 different\nexplanations for why alchemy works:\n\n * In the original anime, the explanation was that It came from the other side of the gate.\n\n * In the manga and in brotherhood, it came from energy that was already in the earth.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T20:22:51.303", "id": "8258", "last_activity_date": "2015-11-30T10:48:01.430", "last_edit_date": "2015-11-30T10:48:01.430", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "8233", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe Alkahestry (the other form of alchemy from a different country\ncalled Xing) was powered by this thing called the 'Dragons pulse' (essentially\ntectonic movement) and the Father's philosopher's stone powered alchemy in\nAmestris, at least in _Brotherhood_ it did.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-02-17T22:21:25.060", "id": "50875", "last_activity_date": "2019-02-18T03:20:31.970", "last_edit_date": "2019-02-18T03:20:31.970", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "45029", "parent_id": "8233", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhat you have heard is not a rumour, this reason is mentioned in Fairy Tail\nmanga volume 6 Q&A.\n\n> Mirajane has an extra copy of her house key which she gives to the other\n> members so that they can enter Lucy's house.\n\nI don't have a copy of this volume now so I cannot confirm it myself, but it\nhas been posted on the Fairy Tail wiki, and a number of other sites.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-05-03T16:53:31.077", "id": "21324", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-03T16:53:31.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "99", "parent_id": "8236", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLet's take a quick sample of full-length non-children's anime that began\nairing during the current season (Winter 2014) and see which are based on\nmanga.\n\n * **Based on a manga:** D-Frag; Engaged to the Unidentified; Hoozuki no Reitetsu; Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha; Maken-ki 2; Nisekoi; Nobunagun; Noragami; Saki Zenkoku-hen; Sakura Trick; Seitokai Yakuindomo 2; Silver Spoon 2; Witch Craft Works\n * **Based on a light novel:** Chuunibyou 2; Mahou Sensou; Nourin; ImoCho; Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta\n * **Based on something else:** Falcom Gakuen (a video game series); SoniAni (a mascot character)\n * **Not based on anything:** Buddy Complex; Hamatora (simultaneous mixed-media); Nobunaga the Fool; Sekai Seifuku; Space Dandy; Wake Up, Girls!; Wizard Barristers\n\nAs we can see, roughly half of the series this season are based on a manga,\nand roughly half are based either on a work in some other medium or are wholly\noriginal.\n\n* * *\n\nTo make a broader point, we can take a look at some data collected by user\n[/u/homu](http://www.reddit.com/user/homu) on Reddit\n([link](http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1wr94h/tv_anime_adaption_source_by_year/)).\n\n\n\nAs we can see from this graph, manga has historically been the source for at\nleast a plurality of anime adaptations (though never a majority, at least\nsince 2000). However, other sources are by no means negligible. In particular,\nthe rise of light novels starting circa 2005 appears to have eaten into the\nmarket share of manga adaptations, and shows no sign of slowing down as of\nyet.\n\nAll said and done, **yes** \\- anime that aren't based on manga are pretty\ncommon.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T07:30:05.053", "id": "8240", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T08:34:54.153", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-25T08:34:54.153", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8237", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe quote you are talking about, most likely is this one used in Shippuuden\n\n> Way back, I used to hate Sasuke... But once I got used to being with him I\n> realized he's really a lot of fun... to be around... **he's the person that,\n> more than anyone else accepted me and my existence.** Sasuke is my friend...\n> and he represents bonds that I waited so long to receive, so that's why...\n> [\\- Uzumaki Naruto](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Naruto%3a_Shipp%C5%ABden)\n\nBy this point in the story you should already know how hated Naruto was in\ntown, and how nobody would acknowledge him as he was the scary nine-tails. But\nthen Sasuke came along, which in Naruto's eyes was similar to him as they\nwhere both _'alone'_. They started to build up a rival like relationship,\npretty much the same as Kakashi and Gai have a rivalship. At this point Sasuke\ndid no longer see him as the \"dangerous 9 tailed\", and slowly started to\nacknowledge Naruto as an equal, a rival, and as a friend.\n\n> In episode 132 just after Sasuke says that skilled shinobi can read each\n> others minds during combat, without even saying a word. There is a insight\n> on how Naruto looks at Sasuke from 13:07 ~ 18:28 . Something similar happens\n> in Shippuuden as well, just after the battle with Danzo.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T14:17:00.743", "id": "8247", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T19:06:20.847", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-25T19:06:20.847", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nWell we know that from the start people of Konoha hated Naruto and were afraid\nof him because of him being the nine-tails Jinchuriki. But when he met Sasuke\nhe felt that Sasuke was also alone, just like him. That Sasuke didn't hate him\nand wasn't afraid of him. And in time he developed a bond with him, A bond of\nunderstanding. Naruto felt that Sasuke is just like him. In the Zabuza\nincident Sasuke was ready to sacrifice himself to save Naruto, this had a\ngreat effect on him. From that day he developed an inexplicable bond with him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T14:31:25.297", "id": "8249", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T15:15:11.130", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-25T15:15:11.130", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "4250", "parent_id": "8239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI guess accepting someone means really acknowledging that person and Naruto\nalways acknowledged Sasuke when it comes to competing. Naruto never cared as\nto what others are doing. He was pin pointed at Sasuke as Sasuke was getting a\nlot of attention and Naruto always wanted to be acknowledged and known like\nSasuke. Sasuke never acknowledged much people in his life but he always\nacknowledged Naruto more than anyone as he always competed with him all the\ntime.Both were catching up with each other. Both wanted to become stronger\nthan other.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-05-16T04:59:30.117", "id": "47052", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-16T04:59:30.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "37870", "parent_id": "8239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Shingon Buddhism, there is a concept known as _shuji_ (種字・種子; Sanskrit\n_bīja_ or _bījākṣara_ ), which means \"seed syllable\". These are monosyllabic\nSanskrit-derived incantations (i.e. mantras) which are taken to hold mystical\npower in and of themselves, and which symbolize a particular revered figure\n(e.g. a Buddha or bodhisattva).\n\nThe symbol that Kagami is shown uttering appears to be a stylized version of\nthe seed syllable \"हुं\", transliterated as \"hum\", which finds its way into\nJapanese as \"un\". This particular one symbolizes Kundali (軍荼利明王 _gundari\nmyouou_ ), who is one of the five Wisdom Kings.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T11:39:39.193", "id": "8244", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T11:39:39.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8243", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAt the beginning of episode 12 of R2, when Rollo is castigating Sayoko for\ndoing a poor job as Lelouch's double, the following conversation occurs:\n\n> **Rollo:** それでもくノ一ですか。 \n> **Rollo:** And you call yourself a ninja?\n>\n> **Sayoko:** 正確には **ＳＰ** です。篠崎流３７代目の― \n> **Sayoko:** To be precise, I'm an **SP** , the 37th of the Shinozaki line―\n\nSo what's an **SP**?\n\nI don't think this is any sort of Code Geass-specific lingo. Given that it's\nan acronym, there's a lot of things it could stand for, but by far the most\nlikely is **security police** (yes, Japanese has borrowed the phrase from\nEnglish: セキュリティポリス _sekyuriti porisu_ ). The Japanese \"security police\" are\nsort of like the US's Secret Service - they're bodyguards for important people\n(cf. [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Police_%28Japan%29)).\n\nGiven that the Ashfords are (or at least were) an important family of nobles,\nit isn't too surprising that they might have a bodyguard on staff, especially\ngiven that they're harboring an exiled prince and princess.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T18:02:19.780", "id": "8253", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T18:02:19.780", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "8252", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLucy uses haki ;since later on he acquires the mera mera no mi and according\nto the previous episodes one cannot have more than one devil fruit though\nblackbeard is an exception\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-15T08:43:48.330", "id": "18541", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-15T08:43:48.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11187", "parent_id": "8254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nHe was just using martial arts and haki, many characters fight using haki\nwithout saying it. You can tell he's using haki as his hands turn black.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-16T10:16:02.200", "id": "18570", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-16T10:16:02.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4515", "parent_id": "8254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's the Reiji Maigo.\n\nIt's a tool that was created between the two lovers (Johann and Pheles) to\ngrant eternal life to those that are not Flame Haze. This is because:\n\n> Johann is a Mystes, while his lover is not. They wanted their life to last\n> forever together, so this was created to allow Johann to live forever.\n> However, this backfires a bit later as you will discover in the series. In\n> the end, after the defeat of Sabrac and the ending of Shakugan no Shana,\n> this resolves itself a bit, though.\n\nThe Silver and Reiji Maigo is a powerful entity that the Ball Masque want.\nThey attempt to use it later in Season 3 to create a gateway to another world\nfor all the \"Guze no Tomogara\" (Crimson Denizens). There is nothing\nparticularly special about Yuji having this except that he was randomly\nendowed with it when it was sealed away from Johann.\n\n> This is due to Sabrac, who is later found part of Ball Masque and killed.\n\nAll in all, the keeper is a source of infinite existence that the Ball Masque\nwant to create Xanadu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-07T16:40:26.070", "id": "8536", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-28T13:42:51.260", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-28T13:42:51.260", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "2751", "parent_id": "8257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis may be an hypothesis of mine, but the core of Alfheim Online, is the one\nof SAO. Yui was part of the core of SAO, or rather an auxiliary program of the\ncore. That's why Yui was able to be restored in Alfheim. The other items\nprobably were items from SAO only, which means are more than records than\ncomponents of the core, and that's why they don't work.\n\nBesides, plot-wise is much better that for a new adventure, you have to start\nfrom 0. It is not the level, or the items that makes the player, but the\nplayer's skill as a gamer. (Kirito's is very high, as it's seemed)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T22:57:44.370", "id": "8262", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T22:57:44.370", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4091", "parent_id": "8260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe ALO system categorized her (\"MHCP001\" in the menu) as a Navigation Pixie,\na pseudo-character program for user support, which is similar to her function\nin SAO, as a \"Mental Health - Counseling Program.\" Since ALO is based of SAO\nas a base, it's more then likely it recognizes Yui as a valid program type\nlike a program recognizes if it can open valid file types.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-25T23:20:50.160", "id": "8264", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T23:20:50.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "8260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't think there's any way to confirm exactly why Yui's Heart is the only\nitem to work in Alfhiem but what I believe is the reason is that Yui's Heart\nis an Item which holds information to give information to and initialize a\nprogram, now since Alfhiem is more or less created from SAO the program is\nlikely to be carried over. Whereas the rest of the item's in Kirito's inv\nsimply don't match the variables etc of the item's in Alfhiem.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T09:37:24.503", "id": "8270", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-26T09:37:24.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4186", "parent_id": "8260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm going to answer this from a programmer's perspective.\n\nWhen writing a video game, everything is built in layers, starting with simple\nIO (mouse, keyboard, sound, video), then a physics engine is integrated, and\nthen base game mechanics added.\n\nFinally, the game itself is written on top of all this software.\n\nAll of Kirito's items would be part of the SAO game itself, and would be\nunrecognized item codes in another game.\n\nHowever, Yui is a more integral part of the game engine, her program would\nexist in a earlier layer of the game. When the game was stripped down from SAO\nin order to make ALfheim, Yui's layer would have been left intact, allowing\nher to exist.\n\nIt is the same with Kirito's stats, they are more integral than the game\nitems, and are programmed first. \n(The fact that his stats transferred actually shows how sloppy & lazy of a\nrewrite ALfheim was)\n\nSide note: In a game as advanced as SAO or ALfheim, it is possible that items\nare created as needed by the engine (the Cardinal), every game would have its\nown set of items, with unique IDs.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-29T20:03:02.123", "id": "10005", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-31T07:01:00.487", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-31T07:01:00.487", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3713", "parent_id": "8260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it's because the ALO was a copy of SAO but with some different\nfunction. As you know all the basics of the game were same like movement id\ncreation but with more races than SAO. The level upgrading and loot system\nwere same too but that doesn't prove why Kirito's other skill were bugged so\nhere's why SAO was a game that was not related to reality and but ALO it was\nmentioned that your game physical ability would depend on your real ability so\nkirito didn't got his other skills because he didn't have that ability in\nreality but in battle of ALO we've seen kirito use his duel weild skill.\nKirito was able to use that skill because he practised it once with his sister\n[causin]. Now back to the topic why Yui wasn't bugged its because she was a\npart of SAO's basic programming code but she was just modified just like the\nmonsters they didn't rewrite the programming code of monster's or Yui because\nthat would require lot of time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-20T12:00:42.703", "id": "49770", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-20T12:00:42.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43456", "parent_id": "8260", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLike your previous question, I don't think there's a way to confirm exactly\nwhat happened here, but I have 3 possible explanations.\n\n 1. _Yui's Heart_ was marked as a special item and couldn't be deleted (e.g. Quest item, etc.), but I think this is the least likely, since as you said, the anime showed his inventory being empty and there was no filter on it.\n\n 2. It could simply just have been consumed when Yui was summoned, so it was already gone when he deleted everything.\n\n 3. It was simply deleted. Since Yui was already initialized in the world, it didn't matter if he had it in his inventory or not.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T14:14:12.177", "id": "8281", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-04T07:36:28.200", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-04T07:36:28.200", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4186", "parent_id": "8263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nKirito saved Yui's data inside his NervGear local memory. The program is\nusable in Alfheim Online, and it didn't get wiped out, maybe because it wasn't\ndata from SAO's save data (like his items). If ALO is based on SAO, then many\ninterface programs are just the same. This is shown when Kirito starts at ALO\nand first checks the Logout button (which is there, unlike SAO).\n\nMaybe the inventory showed both the items from SAO and _Yui's Heart_ from the\nlocal memory. When he wiped out the inventory, _Yui's Heart_ remained because\nit was not a cached item.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T14:59:54.627", "id": "8284", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-04T04:40:10.937", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-04T04:40:10.937", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4091", "parent_id": "8263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom the point of view of programming and my experience (regarding MMO\nmechanics), I think the _Yui's Heart_ item is like an object who grants a\npassive skill in ALO.\n\nWhen Kirito activated it, Yui became bound to Kirito's character so all data\nfrom _Yui's Heart_ were also transferred.\n\nFrom _Sword Art Online Volume 3 – Fairy Dance - Chapter 2_ :\n\n> “So…wait a second”\n>\n> I suddenly thought of a possibility.\n>\n> If these are the items from Aincrad, - then «that» should be here too. I\n> touch the item window, and scroll down the menu with my fingertip.\n>\n> “Please, please, please be there.”\n>\n> I quickly scroll down the list, ignoring all of the gibberish. My heart\n> started beating faster and a feeling like ringing bells resounds through my\n> body.\n>\n> “!”\n>\n> My fingers unconsciously stopped. Below my finger was a line of letters like\n> all of the others save it was emitting a warm green color. « **MHCP001** ».\n>\n> Almost forgetting to breathe, I touched the name with trembling fingers.\n> After selecting the item, the color reversed. Moving my fingers I pressed\n> the button labeled “ **Use Item.** ”\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T10:14:36.050", "id": "8325", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-04T04:41:11.867", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-04T04:41:11.867", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4233", "parent_id": "8263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nOne other explanation from a developer perspective is that when Kirito\nsupposedly saved Yui's Heart to his NervGear, it would have been stored in a\ndifferent physical location from his inventory (which would typically be\nstored server side).\n\nThe persistence of one's SAO inventory would make sense if SAO and ALO used\nthe same infrastructure, I have a feeling they may have been the same but\ncould not say so with certainty.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T13:48:44.567", "id": "8328", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-04T04:43:36.180", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-04T04:43:36.180", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "8263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is just my hunch, but it's said in anime that if anyone from Amazon Lily\nfell in love with a man, they have to leave the island. So it might have been\nthe case that some women fell in love with men, had kids and then they brought\ntheir daughters with them to the island and left their husbands. Or it might\nalso be possible that many women were adopted or allowed to live on the island\nby the Kuja Pirates.\n\nYou can see Nyan-ba staying on the island even though she fell in love with a\nman and was forced to leave the island before. Also it's explained that she\nbrought Hancock and her sisters with her to the island.\n\nThis is just a hunch but I am satisfied with this. Hope you also agree.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T13:25:44.507", "id": "8278", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-08T13:35:11.903", "last_edit_date": "2014-10-08T13:35:11.903", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4271", "parent_id": "8266", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n**The Amazons (women who could fight like men)** are warrior race from Greek\nmythology.\n\nIn One Piece, the Amazons are depicted as they are in the myth so they must be\nfollowing the same methodologies to reproduce.\n\nHere are some of the accepted ways of their reproduction.\n\n * Amazons met with men from nearby societies and chose suitable partners, would take them into the darkness of the forest and couple with. If they gave birth to a male, they were said to kill, blind or cripple the infant. If they kept them alive, they would then use them when they grew into young men (if they were suitable) as a supply of male seed. They also took men prisoners in battle. After choosing the most handsome, they then used them for their sexual pleasure, and would either kill them or use them as slaves once their usefulness had been expended.\n\n * Amazons reproduce by going into a nearby village and seducing the males one night every few months. If they had male babies they would send them downriver to the men and keep the females.\n\nHope this helps.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T18:13:32.237", "id": "8285", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:14:06.137", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:14:06.137", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "4250", "parent_id": "8266", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nSome of the resident leave Amazon Lily and sometimes, they come back pregnant.\n\n\nThey didn't bring their husband, because it's forbidden for men to enter\nAmazon Lily, but they still keep the baby and raise them inside the island.\nHowever, they always give birth to females. There's still no answer, but from\na question about [why all Kuja tribe born as a\nwoman?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7668/why-all-kuja-tribe-\nborn-as-a-woman) and also from the picture above, it just happens\nmysteriously.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T03:02:33.550", "id": "8298", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-22T00:58:33.933", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2869", "parent_id": "8266", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is best to watch the [captain-tsubasa](/questions/tagged/captain-tsubasa\n\"show questions tagged 'captain-tsubasa'\") series in the order they where\nreleased. Which would be\n\n * 1983 ~ 1986: _Captain Tsubasa_ (TV Series)\n * *1985/07/13: _Captain Tsubasa: Europa Daikessen_ (Movie)\n * *1985/12/21: _Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nippon Jr._ (Movie)\n * *1986/03/15: _Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!_ (Movie)\n * *1986/07/12: _Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup_ (Movie)\n * *1989 ~ 1990: _Shin Captain Tsubasa_ (OVA Series)\n * *1994: _Captain Tsubasa: Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth_ (OVA)\n * 1994 ~ 1995: _Captain Tsubasa J_ (TV Series)\n * 2001 ~ 2002: _Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002_ (TV Series: officially known as simply _Captain Tsubasa_ and _Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream_ )\n\nIf you want to watch the series alone without the movies and OVAs, the order\nwould be\n\n * _Captain Tsubasa_ (1983-1986)\n * _Captain Tsubasa J_\n * _Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002_ (also known as _Captain Tsubasa_ and _Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream_ )\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T14:29:04.960", "id": "8283", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-29T02:15:59.670", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-29T02:15:59.670", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8268", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nMost movies are set in the continuity of the first anime. I'd watch _Europe\nDaikessen_ after the end of the Kids' Dream Arc. You can watch the others at\nthe end of the series since they're all set in the Boys' Fight Arc (when\nthey're in middle school).\n\nAfter that, you can watch _Shin Captain Tsubasa_ , which closes the 3 arcs of\nthe first manga.\n\n_Captain Tsubasa J_ is 1994 abridged remake of the first arc until episode 33,\nin which instead of adapting the middle school arc, they went to the _Battle\nof World Youth_ manga, adapting until the match between Japan vs Uzbekistan.\nThe series got canceled and there's no actual ending for this version.\n\n_Captain Tsubasa_ (2002) is another abridged remake of the first arc (Kids'\nDream), a slightly different version of the OVA series/3rd part of the manga)\nand finally some elements from the _Road to 2002_ manga. Yeah, it is a crazy\nquilt but it works somehow. It's just not as good as the others since this\nversion was made to promote the 2002 World Cup which was held by Korea and\nJapan. On the other hand, the soundtrack is superb and even Adidas sponsored\nthe show, so some elements (like Genzo/Benji's Adidas cap) were kept.\n\nAfter that, we have **_Captain Tsubasa_ (2018)**, the most faithful adaptation\nuntil now, made by the same studio who's adapting _JoJo's Bizarre Adventure_\nsince 2011. The animation is great, and they're making it 1:1 with the manga,\nthe only differences being that the story is set on the present day, so there\nare elements like smartphones, tablets and other gadgets that change some not\nso important plots devices (like Tsubasa's father keeping in contact with his\nfamily instead of sending letters not so often to Tsubasa and his mother).\n\n* * *\n\nMy experience with the show was watching _Captain Tsubasa J_ dubbed in\nPortuguese back when I was a kid and I have some fond memories of it. Six\nyears late they brought the 2002 series, which took me a while to notice it\nwas a different version.\n\nAs an adult, I started watching both 2018 and the original anime at the same\ntime, while reading the original manga often just for comparison. It is a\ngreat experience for longtime fans and I'd recommend EVERYBODY to watch the\noriginal anime and the new one.\n\nWhile the new is 1:1 with the manga, the original show had its own pace, and\nnothing added to it felt like filler material. Matches felt more like real\ngames instead of a traditional battle shonen, and more time was spent\ndeveloping characters. This is a flaw in the other versions, where everybody\nseems to talk about football 24/7. The animation of the original show isn't\nperfect BUT it never disappoints.\n\nSo, wrapping up, my recommendation order is:\n\n 1. _Captain Tsubasa_ (1983) / _Captain Tsubasa_ (2018)\n\n * Watch them at the same time, it's a good experience, seriously\n * After the end of the national tournament (before the three-year time skip), you can watch the first 4 movies if you want\n 2. _Shin Captain Tsubasa_\n\n * the third and final arc of the original manga (not counting the sequels)\n * as of September 2018, I'm not sure if they'll adapt this arc on the 2018 anime\n 3. _Optional_ :\n\n * _Captain Tsubasa J_ : only if you want to see a 90's take on the show or are nostalgic about this version\n\n * _Captain Tsubasa 2002_ : the same from the above, but I'd keep away from this version because it feels really bland in comparison with every other version. Watch all its opening and endings on YouTube, though. The OST is also really good, especially track 34 of the first CD.\n\n * **Manga**\n\nI put this as an option because it's really not for everybody. Takahashi's art\nfeels outdated on the first arc and he can't get the proportions right even on\nmore recent chapters. Also, the way Jump re-released the volumes (blending\nchapters from the same matches) makes the reading tiresome, with some chapters\nbeing 90 pages long (!)\n\nOn the other hand, it's the only way to see Tsubasa's evolution until\nadulthood since most anime adaptations never get to the point where he starts\nto play professionally. English translations are scarce, good luck finding\nthem with acceptable quality.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-09-28T13:41:56.517", "id": "48960", "last_activity_date": "2018-09-29T02:16:01.993", "last_edit_date": "2018-09-29T02:16:01.993", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42676", "parent_id": "8268", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIzaya's ambition knows no limit. He's a normal human (unlike several other\ncharacters), but he's smart and cunning. He also has tons of information\nsources and some power over people, so much it makes him think he could become\nas powerful as a god. Izaya loves manipulating people, and that's kinda what\ngods do, so this is why he said that.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T11:37:08.183", "id": "8274", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-26T11:37:08.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "8272", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n3D modelling and rendering is often faster than drawing each frame, since all\nthe 3D models can be reused and the 2D animation frames must be redrawn from\nvarious angles. Unless you're a cheapskate show that reuses the same poses and\nfacial expressions over and over. This isn't a problem with 3D animation,\nsince most of what it takes to do a different look is to change camera angle\nand rotate model's limbs.\n\nIt's supposed to be faster than 2D, but it may actually be more expensive, in\ntheory. Can't say for sure, as I haven't seen the actual cost comparison.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-26T11:42:05.370", "id": "8275", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-26T11:42:05.370", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "8273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\n3D Rendered Models can be more expensive as you have to render the models,\nthis can take time depending on which Shading and Lighting Algorithms you use,\nby adding more computers you can get more work done however the upkeep starts\nto increase aswell.\n\nThe advantage to using 3d in an entire series is that you can reuse models to\nremain consistency, and also you can make the animation look more impressive\nusing particle effects, shadows and lighting in a way you can do with 2d.\n\nHowever with 3D is that the more real it looks, the more out of place thing\ncan be when you try and add the common Anime Tropes like facial expressions of\neven the proportions used. alot of the time i tend to notice variations of\nCell-Shading used in anime because Cell-Shading tends to create a more\n\"cartoon-y\" look which separates the animation from realism.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T01:03:28.917", "id": "8296", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-27T01:03:28.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "8273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't know if 3DCG is cheaper, but we can compare differences in 2D and 3D\nprocess to identify possible savings.\n\nFirst, lots of the anime creation process is same. Directing, writing,\ncharacter design, screenplay, dubbing, marketing are all same. So there are no\nsavings there.\n\nSecond, 3DCG has bigger up-front cost, because you have to create the 3D\nmodels. This is especially problematic for characters, if it is main focus of\nthe show. It is less a problem for mechanical stuff and backgrounds, because\nthey are easier to model and many shows already use 3D for those.\n\nThird, the animation. Animating mechanical things is easy because you have low\nnumber of moving parts and their order of freedom is low. Humanoids on the\nother hand are hard to animate and even harder if you want the movement to\nseem natural. And the complexity goes up as character interact between each\nother and environment.\n\nSo if the show is primarily animating mechanical things moving around then\nthere is big chance of saving some money. If the show is about characters and\ntheir interaction, then I guess there is no much saving and the primary\npurpose of using 3DCG is to maintain consistency.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T15:24:25.583", "id": "8314", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-27T15:24:25.583", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "115", "parent_id": "8273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe rules of the god world are not very strict, as we see it proven throughout\nthe series by Amaterasu-sama's careless acts and rash decisions.\n\nJust like the gods didn't lock Inari out of human world for violating the\ntrial rules (not to transform into another human) because that wasn't\nconsidered a harmful violation, Inari's \"one-time only granted wish\" effect of\ntransformation probably wasn't so \"one-time\".\n\nOr, if you will, it was just the mathematical result of all previous\ntransformations. Because Inari last transformed back into her original form,\nno more transformations happened after she returned the divine power to Uka-\nsama. If anything, she would've been transformed back for free, as a gift from\nAmaterasu-sama for teaching Uka and others a valuable lesson, and to avoid\nconfusion in the human world.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-06T14:17:23.463", "id": "8519", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-06T14:17:23.463", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "8279", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAs it turns out, Inari hasn't _really_ lost her powers after giving them back\nto Uka. Shortly after the point where the anime ends, Inari can see gods again\nand can use the divine powers again.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-08T10:31:50.000", "id": "10153", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-08T10:31:50.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8279", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the anime, there is a flashback scene where Touka gets lost on the Inari\nmountain and Uka-sama transforms into a human so as not to scare him and\nguides him home.\n\nYou could assume that's when Touka became aware of Uka's existence, remembered\nher divine aura and could see her ever since. Or she granted him the vision of\ndivine creatures, since he can not only see her, but other gods.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-06T14:22:42.580", "id": "8520", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-06T14:22:42.580", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "191", "parent_id": "8280", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is no explanation in the manga (yet) either. However, Touka is not the\nonly one who can see Gods, some people living in the shrines can see them,\ntoo. It just seems to be a coincidence that Touka can see Gods, too.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-08T10:18:32.500", "id": "10152", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-08T10:18:32.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8280", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe anime stops at Michi Random, so the ones that are left over are: (mostly\ntaken from [The Kokoro Connect\nWikia](http://kokoroconnect.wikia.com/wiki/Phenomenons)\n\n_The question obviously can't be answered without any spoilers, so just a\nsmall warning_\n\n * Illusion Projection (Nise Random)\n\n> Grants the user the ability to take on the appearance of anyone. The\n> illusion is just that, a superficial projection rather than a biological\n> change, and the image projected is only seen by the five original members of\n> the StuCS and can only be used on them.\n\n * Forced Termination (Nise Random)\n\n> Automatically activates in response to two or more people experiencing a\n> paradox as a result of a phenomenon, for example, if two or more people\n> observe the same Illusion Projection at the same time. The ensuing paradox\n> will cause the observers to have their memories reset to before ever\n> encountering Heartseed. Another trigger for this phenomenon is if there is a\n> risk in deteriorating mental state or injury,\n\n * Dream Perception (Yume Random)\n\n> Allows the club members to perceive the desires, thoughts, and hopes of\n> others which can be summed up as a \"dream\". The members can only see the\n> \"dreams\" of people outside of the StuCS and only of people associated with\n> Yamaboshi High; This power activates randomly and somewhat relative to the\n> physical distance between them\n\n * Record Deletion (Asu Random I)\n\n> Automatically activates during the aftermath of a phenomenon that has ended.\n> All people involved, including Heartseeds, will have all their memories\n> regarding the phenomenon wiped clean. The Cultural Research Club is the only\n> known group to resist this phenomenon, having managed to retain their\n> memories for almost two years. Record Deletion typically kicks in a few\n> weeks after a phenomenon has ended.\n\n * Isolation Dimension (Asu Random I)\n\n> As its name implies, is an alternate dimension that isolates certain\n> individuals from the normal world. Physically, the dimension looks no\n> different from the norm, but the people in the dimension are completely cut\n> off from those outside of it. In the Isolation Dimension, the Heartseeds can\n> cause their phenomenons without worrying about any detrimental effects on\n> the outside world. As described in Asu Random, it is similar to a laboratory\n> for the Heartseeds to do experimentation\n\n * Several Unnamed Phenomenons (Asu Random II)\n\n * A Group of Girls From Inaba's Class: One member of the group is randomly made invisible to the other members. The victim cannot be detected by any of the other members' five senses. However, people outside of the group can still acknowledge the target.\n * Gym Group: While the phenomenon is in effect, one member suddenly perceives the other members as frightful, hostile enemies. \n * Ishikawa Daisuke, Watase Shingo, Setouchi Kaoru, Nakayama Mariko: This phenomenon forces each member's likes and dislikes to change in unpredictable ways. For example, Mariko suddenly liked Watase and became affectionate towards him despite being in a relationship with Ishikawa. The emotions that are forced onto them are so strong that it can change their behaviour and even make them do things they normally wouldn't do. \n * Jazz Band Club: At random times, this phenomenon will force a member to tell a lie even if they don't want to.\n * Student Council Executives: Fujishima and the rest of the council experienced a random change in \"roles\". For example, Fujishima is leader of the Executives, but, when the phenomenon is occurring, she might become the subordinate, following whatever someone else is saying and not voicing an opinion at all.\n * Parallel World (Asu Random II)\n\n> Similar to the Isolation Dimension , all Phenomena have been erased from the\n> StuCS's memories and everyone continued living as if those events never\n> transpired. Things that happen during this phenomen and its results are\n> remembered after it is over and remain. This phenomenon is a \"what if\"\n> scenario Heartseed wanted to see.\n\nThere's also a non-canon phenomenon - Future Predictions that featured in the\nPSP game:\n\n> given the power to foresee a prediction of that will happen to a fellow\n> member of the group. They will only see an image and must use the clues in\n> the image to decipher the meaning of the prediction. When the phenomenon\n> activates and which member the prediction is about is completely random. How\n> far into the future the prediction is is also random.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-13T11:20:16.293", "id": "8637", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-13T11:20:16.293", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "8282", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is unique in this opening\n\nThere hasn't been any opening before with text between two characters. I've\nseen every opening and haven't seen it in earlier openings, that being said I\ndon't know every ending of OP so I don't know if it was used in those before.\n\nThe piece of dialogue is just flavor, nothing more nothing less. It isn't\nshown anywhere in the anime or the manga. This is probably just to spice up\nthe opening and set a premice for the opening battle that follows suit.\n\nIf any other anime did this please let me know or correct me but I haven't\nseen it anywhere before, but I haven't seen every anime so I can't say\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-17T12:16:40.823", "id": "22516", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-17T12:16:40.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "14599", "parent_id": "8287", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nGuild Mark is a kind of magic contract which is printed magically on each\nguild member. It helps in identifying a mage's guild.\n\nSometimes it can be used to perform group magic, for e.g., during the Tenrou\nIsland Arc the members of Fairy Tail combined their power against Acnologia to\ndefend against its attack.\n\nAlso, during the Grand Magic Tournament Mavis says only those having the Fairy\nTail guild mark are able to see her.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T09:47:52.747", "id": "8309", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-27T11:02:02.070", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-27T11:02:02.070", "last_editor_user_id": "2077", "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "8308", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhether it's possible or not is currently unknown. It has not been revealed in\nthe manga or the anime yet however other guilds will not let any wizard have 2\nguild marks at the same time. This will question their devotion to the guild\nand it will be meaningless to stay in either of them. A guild is a family and\nyou can only have one family.\n\nIt is arguable that the guild marks can be hidden under their clothes and\nnobody would notice. However some guild marks, like Fairy Tail's, is more than\njust a mark, it is a magic contract too as stated in the link you have given.\nIt has not been shown that other guilds have them but it is possible to\ncorrupt a wizard's magic with 2 different magic contract on their body. Just\nimagine 2 different natures of magic going on in a wizard's body.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-29T03:43:49.317", "id": "13696", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-29T06:19:44.147", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-29T06:19:44.147", "last_editor_user_id": "3650", "owner_user_id": "8179", "parent_id": "8315", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Gajeel](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Gajeel_Redfox), a former Phantom Lord\nmember, joined Fairy Tail after the defeat of his former guild. Also,\n\n> Moved by Makarov's mercy and compassion, Gajeel accepts his offer.\n\n[Juvia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Juvia_Lockser), like Gajeel, was a\nformer Phantom Lord member. She joined Fairy Tail after the defeat of her\nformer guild.\n\n> Juvia goes to the newly renovated Fairy Tail guildhall to meet with the\n> guild's master, Makarov Dreyar, now prepared to ask him for guild\n> membership.\n\n[Lucy](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Lucy_Heartfilia) Also joins the guild\non her own accord.\n\nFrom the above examples, we can see that each character of the story joins the\nguild upon the mutual agreement of the Guild Master and him/herself.\n\n[Yukino](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Yukino_Aguria), upon her loss she was\nforced to strip and asked to erase her guild mark, thus banishing her from the\nguild. She was very disappointed with this.\n\n> After failing to win, Yukino faces the anger of Sabertooth's Guild Master,\n> Jiemma. Displeased by the failure of Team Sabertooth on the second day,\n> Jiemma throws grapes at Yukino's head and forces her to strip, telling her\n> to erase her guild mark, thus banishing her from the guild. She is later\n> seen standing outside Honeybone Lodge, the current lodging of the Fairy Tail\n> Guild for the duration of the games.\n\n[Laxus](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Laxus_Dreyar):\n\n> As he informs the Thunder God Tribe of his expulsion, Bickslow tries to\n> convince him otherwise, but Laxus tells him not to take action. Laxus\n> watches the Fantasia parade before he leaves and realizes that everyone,\n> including his grandfather whom he despised, is still looking out for him.\n> Laxus leaves the parade realizing what a fool he was, smiling but shedding\n> tears of regret.\n\nA member is excommunicated from the guild at the discretion of the Guild\nMaster as we can see in case of Laxus and Yukino.\n\nAlso, as [Sp0t](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8316/can-a-guild-\nmark-be-forcefully-applied#comment10200_8316) mentions, no guild would\nforcefully apply on anyone their guild emblem to reveal their magic. When\nsomeone joins the guild, he/she is privy to the working of the guild and also\nsome secrets. Why would a guild master force someone to join and out these\ncritical information at risk? As we have seen that Gajeel was used to counter\nspy on [Ivan](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Ivan_Dreyar) which was\ndevastating to the Raven Tail Guild.\n\nSo I would say that a member joins a guild with the mutual agreement of the\nGuild Master and him/herself.\n\nP.S: there is always a possibility where a character is blackmailed to join a\nguild, but if we blind side the \"blackmail\" part we can say that he agreed to\njoin the guild. The agreement may not be completely mutual, but nevertheless\nit's mutual (ugh... I know it's complex). But I doubt that such an agreement\ncan be beneficial to the guild.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-27T16:48:51.557", "id": "8318", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:41:43.533", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:41:43.533", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8316", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWe really don't know how the guild mark is removed, but Yukino do it with her\nown magic. Sabertooth's Guild Master order her to remove it by her own magic\nand she do it.\n\nWe know that guild marks are given by stamping someone with the rubber seal\nlike thingy. **When Lucy entered the guild, Mira used this device on Lucy to\ngive her the mark**.\n\n> In the battle Lucy vs. Flare, Flare tried to burn the guild mark. {So I\n> think any magic can remove it}. \n> Future Lucy didn't had a guild mark. {Maybe because the guild was destroyed\n> and the guild mark also vanished or someone removed it from her}\n\nThis answer is only based on the anime :)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-16T13:29:15.357", "id": "14009", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-16T14:46:18.913", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-16T14:46:18.913", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "8350", "parent_id": "8319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nMenaka gave a good answer but I want to add on:\n\n 1. No special magic is needed to remove a guild mark. Mainly because the mark and the guild are most likely connected. We can see this from how Future Lucy teared up after seeing the guild mark on Present Lucy's hand (as mentioned in menaka's answer).\n\n 2. Flare actually wanted to use her magic to engrave Raven Tail's mark on her\n\n\n\n 3. The mark can only be removed by the person themselves, I would assume. Or else, anyone with magic could easily remove another's guild mark which to some are their pride and joy like Lucy is with Fairy Tail's mark. This can also be seen from how Yukino has to remove the Mark herself in front of her guild at the time.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-16T15:44:45.867", "id": "14011", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-16T15:51:13.447", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "8018", "parent_id": "8319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe guild mark will not really disappear unless the person is banished from\nthe guild.\n\nHowever, it's true about future Lucy not having one because Fairy Tail didn't\nexist, like when Wendy found out about her guild Cait Shelter didn't really\nexist, her guild mark disappeared.\n\nOn the other hand, Laxus was banished from the guild but still had his guild\nmark when he was allowed back, so it doesn't make sense.\n\nIn the end, I say it's really only something the master can do.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-04T02:55:22.200", "id": "44067", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-04T03:23:54.517", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-04T03:23:54.517", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37458", "parent_id": "8319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nA person's mark is something that symbolises their part in a team or guild.\nThis mark can't be wiped off easily because it's like a permanent marker\nstamp. We know this because we can see times when Lucy showers and her mark is\nstill clearly visible.\n\nHowever, a mark **can** be removed as shown when Wendy's mark was removed from\nCait Shelter because the guild was not real or exist but also, the guild then\ndisconnected. Powerful dark magic also is strong enough to do this. If the\nguild is no longer existing or 'standing', then the mark disappears as the\nseal is broken as the magic from the stamp is no longer valid. But nobody\nreally knows how to remove a mark.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-03-26T19:19:48.230", "id": "46247", "last_activity_date": "2018-03-27T01:40:51.160", "last_edit_date": "2018-03-27T01:40:51.160", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "39808", "parent_id": "8319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNo one's mentioned this, so I thought I would. When Fairy Tail disbanded after\nthe Tartorous Ordeal, we can still clearly see that Lucy has her guild mark.\nGray, Natsu, and Erza are also seen having the Fairy Tail Guild Mark in X792.\nIf the Master had the power to remove guild marks, then I assume that Makarov\nwould've taken away everyone's guild marks to make sure that they didn't have\ntheir heart still set upon Fairy Tail. Because of this, then it's safe to say\nthat it's not the Master who removes guild marks but the person. It seems like\nremoving a guild mark is often traumatizing, based upon Yukino's experience\nwith removing the mark. Of course, she was banished from the guild and in the\nstory with Laxus and the Thunder Legion, we don't see the four showing much\nremorse about changing their guild marks. Because of this, I'd go to say that\nyou need to have the magic tool that places guild marks in order for the magic\nto work. Keeping this in mind, we can assume that a second party would remove\nthe guild mark. I don't know if this is true or not seeing as Minerva also\nremoved and changed her guild mark. So we don't really know a lot about it\nexcept that the guild marks can be removed and changed. It might have\nsomething to do with how a person identifies themselves? We just don't know a\nlot. But I just thought to point that out.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-17T21:58:52.947", "id": "56172", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-17T21:58:52.947", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51202", "parent_id": "8319", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, it hasn't been revealed in manga or anime. But maybe someday they will\nhave long flashbacks like in Naruto (which I hope they don't) and give more\ndetails of Mirajane's, Gildarts' and Erza's previous years.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T16:48:32.373", "id": "8331", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:29:56.970", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:29:56.970", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1876", "parent_id": "8321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nLooking at the past results on the [S Class Mage Promotion Trial\nwiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/S-Class_Mage_Promotion_Trial), I would\nlikely say that they had to fight the S-class mages present at that time (Eg:\nErza had to fight either Laxus or Gildarts). It is not clear when and who\nGildarts fought. It could have been Makarov, it could have been previous guild\nmembers or he could have shown his competence through other ways. It isn't\nreally known how the previous tournaments went down. Remember that they don't\nhave to win the fight to be promoted, like when Gildarts let Natsu continue\nthe game or they might even get lucky like Gajeel. So the competition is not a\npower ranking.\n\n> Past Results\n>\n> * X??? Gildarts Clive\n> * X778 Laxus Dreyar (Age 17)\n> * X779 No Successful Candidate\n> * X780 Erza Scarlet (Age 15)\n> * X781 Mirajane Strauss (Age 16)\n> * X782 Mystogan\n> * X783 No Successful Candidate\n> * X784 Trial Suspended\n>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-24T10:50:25.603", "id": "11445", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-21T09:06:39.073", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "8321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\neach exam is different. when gildharts said he had to go through the same\nthing he wasn't necessarily saying he had to fight an S class wizard. he was\njust saying that he took the exam\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-21T07:12:42.943", "id": "31573", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-21T07:12:42.943", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4902", "parent_id": "8321", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHere's an extract of Kishimoto's interview\n\n> _Konohagakure no Sato_ Guns and vehicles shouldn't be drawn.\n>\n> A: Well, well, we reach the final keyword. The main stage of \"Naruto\",\n> \"Konohagakure no Sato\". To you, what image do you have of this place? For\n> example, was it modeled on the scenery around your parents' home in Okayama?\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: That's right. To be honest, I didn't think much about\n> this, and got a lot on my inspiration there. Maybe it was subconsciously\n> modeled on Okayama's scenery.\n>\n> A: What kind of time period did you set it in? If it was in the distant\n> past, then covenience stores wouldn't be there...\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: It's not really any different to present-time. Though\n> possibly a little in the past, maybe?\n>\n> A: What kind of place is it? Is it Japan? If so, what prefecture...?\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: It's a completely original place. I didn't set it\n> anywhere. A place inside my own head... If anything, the climate and\n> topography resemble that around Kyoto. As I've never been to Kyoto, it's my\n> own image of it. (laugh)\n>\n> A: What material did you use for it?\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: I like Japanese culture, and since I studied it, I used a\n> lot of material from that. Crests and folding fans... I often look at\n> Japanese-style gardens and watch Kabuki.\n>\n> A: Do you have any rules about what is definitely not allowed to be drawn in\n> the \"Naruto\" world?\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed.\n> (The one exception is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja.\n> Gunpowder is used in the anime, though I don't think it should be there.\n> And, vehicles such as aeroplanes are not allowed. I try to restrain\n> technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were in it,\n> it'd be the end. (laughs)\n>\n> A: Well, thank you very much for everything today.\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: Thank you very much!\n\nAnd from Shonen Jump\n\n> Shonen Jump:Your work seems to have a science fiction influence.\n> Approximately speaking what is the technology level in the world of Naruto?\n>\n> Masashi Kishimoto: **Actually, the world of Naruto doesn’t differ very much\n> from our present time.** TV, refrigerators and air conditioners exist in the\n> world. **The only exceptions are weapons and explosives, which I’ve decided\n> to set in a much earlier era.** That’s why you don’t see firearms.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T12:56:57.573", "id": "8327", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-28T12:56:57.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4233", "parent_id": "8326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nFor sending messages between villages, they will be needing a satellite for\ncommunication, but this level of technology doesn't exist in their world. From\nhow much I have read and watched Naruto, their technology is somewhere around\n1940s of our world. Short range radio devices, basic combustion engine, but\nnot that advanced.\n\nIt is because there is a difference in their world and ours. In our world when\nwars (World War I and II) happened, we concentrated on developing science and\ntechnology, whereas they developed ninja manpower and ninjutsu for the war.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T16:45:34.543", "id": "8330", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-07T13:33:53.773", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-07T13:33:53.773", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1876", "parent_id": "8326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nGiven they have walkie talkies and motion pictures and the level of\nengineering to build relatively modern bridges, as well as the tools\nOrichimaru uses I would argue they have a level of technology equivalent to\nthe early 1900s roughly before the space race.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-29T16:10:17.560", "id": "8351", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T16:10:17.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4320", "parent_id": "8326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that the Naruto series is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where\nnuclear weapons and the influence of a re-created Soviet Union destroyed the\nworld's economy and led to World War 3. That's why the Hidden Rain looks like\na destroyed version of an American city (actually, it is all that remains of\nNew York).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-26T23:41:36.300", "id": "22792", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-27T00:18:51.683", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-27T00:18:51.683", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "15310", "parent_id": "8326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI feel like we can’t really judge it from our standards. They’re a completely\ndifferent universe with different needs and knowledge. Something we think is\nnecessary in our world, they might not need. Things like bridges and\ntransportation might be necessary, but things like phones might not if there\nare other ways to communicate (trained birds, or using different kinds of\nabilities that don’t exist in our world.) We also don’t really see the daily\nlives of normal civilians, mostly ninjas who are all about tradition and\nheritage, so what they have in their houses might not be what common people\nhave.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-28T17:12:00.850", "id": "59685", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-28T17:12:00.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56447", "parent_id": "8326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, Mest Gryder did not have a Fairy Tail Guild mark. And neither did he need\none. As his ability which allowed him to infiltrate to begin with can also\ncover for the lack of a guild mark. Allowing him to be a Fairy Tail member,\nwithout a Fairy Tail mark.\n\n> Doranbolt, a member of the Magic councel, used Memory Control to deceive\n> everyone in Fairy Tail into believing he was a member of their guild named\n> Mest Gryder.\n\n**Edit**\n\nIs it a speculation? Mainly yes but do consider the following. His power\nallows him to make everybody think he is a guild member. To obtain a real\nguild emblem he would need to go to Makarov and ask for one. Which at that\ntime already should think that he is a member of fairy tail. Which would make\nit weird for him to ask for a guild mark.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T20:27:33.733", "id": "8333", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T13:59:41.490", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-31T13:59:41.490", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8329", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nDo to recent reveals in the manga, it was revealed that he was a member of\nfairy tail and has a mark on his shoulder, he erased his own memories of fairy\ntail so he could infiltrate the council, so at the time he was infiltrating\nfor the council he was actually acting as a double spy without him knowing\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h0rtA.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-14T18:57:24.127", "id": "28022", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-22T08:13:46.673", "last_edit_date": "2016-04-22T08:13:46.673", "last_editor_user_id": "14599", "owner_user_id": "14599", "parent_id": "8329", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYes he have guild mark, as per\n[Wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Mest_Gryder)\n\n> After Tartaros' defeat, Fairy Tail's guild mark is given back to him by\n> Makarov; it rests on his right shoulder.\n\nAnd here's his guild mark\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TFXUn.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-20T01:55:42.330", "id": "31542", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-20T01:55:42.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "17975", "parent_id": "8329", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is no such thing as dual wielding spears in the world of martial arts.\nThis is mainly due to the reason that it is plain impractical. Swords already\nhave their disadvantages when dual wielded. But with spears, it would be close\nto impossible to have a proper fighting style unless you would only fight\nagainst other dual spear wielders.\n\n> Dual wielding is the technique of utilizing two weapons, one in each hand,\n> during combat. It is not a common combat practice, since it does not offer\n> much advantage. Although historical records of dual wielding in war is\n> limited, there are numerous weapon-based martial arts that involve the use\n> of a pair of weapons. -\n> _[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_wield)_\n\nEven though it is unpractical in real life situations, it is commonly used in\nanime and the likes, as stated on\n[TvTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DualWielding):\n\n> Dual wielding appears in various Real Life cultures and combat styles, but\n> it tends to be over-represented in fiction because it's... well... cool.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T00:47:14.627", "id": "8362", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-19T15:25:07.597", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8334", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is in fact a style of fighting which utilizes two spears. The Irish used\nto use single-handed spear combat. This style of fighting was used only by\nthose who already had great skill in double-handed spear combat due to the\nrequirement for greater control and strength.\n\nIn this style of fighting, one would carry a one-handed spear in their strong\nhand, and either a large shield or a small shield and spare spear in their\nright. While the combat style wasn't specifically designed for fighting with\nboth spears at once, this is clearly where the inspiration for the movements\nof the character are derived. Some of the ways he strikes in the show even\nhave great visual resemblance to this fighting style.\n\nAdd that to the fact that his character is of Irish legend, one of the most\nfamous knights of Fiana, and that within those legends, he does have two\nspears among his collection of mythical weapons, it leaves little doubt that\nour Irish, spear wielding combatant would be using Irish single-handed spear\ncombat.\n\n### Reference\n\n * [Irish Single Handed Spear Fighting Combat Guide on livinghistory.ie](http://tutorials.livinghistory.ie/Home/irish-single-handed-spear-fighting-combat-guide)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-01-19T13:46:06.693", "id": "18672", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-20T17:33:33.197", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-20T17:33:33.197", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "11261", "parent_id": "8334", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first 2 images appear to be the main characters:\n\n * [Mikasa Ackerman](http://myanimelist.net/character/40881/Mikasa_Ackerman)\n * [Eren Yeager](http://myanimelist.net/character/40882/Eren_Yeager)\n\nfrom [Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on\nTitan)](http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498/Shingeki_no_Kyojin).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-28T23:56:55.793", "id": "8338", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T00:03:26.100", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-29T00:03:26.100", "last_editor_user_id": "17", "owner_user_id": "17", "parent_id": "8337", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe curse mark is Made by Orochimaru, it is also known as Orochimaru's\nJuinjutsu.\n\n> Not having a body strong enough to handle this art, Orochimaru was unable to\n> use Sage Mode and thus had to create an alternative way to make use of\n> senjutsu. Orochumaru thus used Jūgo, whose body naturally produces an enzyme\n> that triggers bodily transformations, and created a brand of cursed seals\n> that would feed off the wielder's chakra and give them Orochimaru's senjutsu\n> chakra\n\nAs you most likely have or will noticed, as is revealed in the story later on\nthat orochimaru and Danzo work pretty close together.\n\n**Edit:** _the cursed seal used by Danzo is not the one that was created by\nOrochimaru, in fact he uses his own version._\n\nYou pretty much answered to your own question here partially _in fact he uses\nhis own version._ The root paralysis Juinjutsu is most likely a derived jutsu\nfrom the original curse mark made by Orochimaru. Now why would it most likely\nbe a derived jutsu instead of a original created jutsu?\n\nAlmost all, if not all of the\n[Juinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special%3aSearchByProperty/Jutsu-20classification/Juinjutsu)\nare [Kinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kinjutsu), Altough there is no\ndirect punishment for using. The research on it has been banned due to the\nvile nature of the techniques. As Orochimaru wants to learn all the jutsu that\nexist he also learned and created tons of kinjutsu. And off course his\nexperiments where not always flawless. There for the Root Paralysis is either\na adapted failure or even a failure to begin with.\n\nAltough as of right now it the origins have not been confirmed. But this is\none of the highest plausible scenario's. We can almost 100% certain say that\nmost Juinjutsu would not exist without Orochimaru to begin with, and this one\nmost likely is not exception to that rule.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-29T03:20:31.600", "id": "8343", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T14:22:19.320", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-29T14:22:19.320", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8339", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe curse mark that you are referring to in context to Danzo is the [Root\nParalysis Juinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Danz%C5%8D%27s_Juinjutsu)\nwhich members of the root term it as \"curse mark\". It does not refer to the\nsame curse mark that Orochimaru uses.\n\n> This cursed seal is given to all members of the Anbu subgroup Root by Danzō\n> Shimura, to ensure no information about Danzō or the organisation falls into\n> the wrong hands. After Danzō died, the seals disappeared from all the Root\n> members.\n>\n> When the wearer of this cursed seal speaks about anything incriminating\n> related to Danzō or Root, their entire body will be paralysed, taking away\n> their ability to speak or move. It is applied to the tongue and takes the\n> shape of three solid lines and two broken lines from the back of the tongue\n> to the tip.\n>\n> The seal can also be applied during combat, and can secretly be placed on\n> the opponent's body. When the user activates it, the curse seal's marks\n> spread around the opponent's body, paralysing them. However, one can break\n> free from the seal with a strong enough release of chakra.\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nSai had mentioned about it,\n\n> Sai said that he could not, as the cursed seal Danzō had placed on his\n> tongue prevented him from revealing anything about Root. Sakura remarked it\n> was cruel, but Sai explained that it was for the best since Root had done a\n> number of questionable things to protect the village.\n\n[Source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sai)\n\n* * *\n\nThe curse mark that Orochimaru uses is called [Orochimaru's\nJuinjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Orochimaru%27s_Juinjutsu).\n\n> Orochimaru's Juinjutsu are the cursed seals that were an often-used\n> technique of Orochimaru in the series.\n\n* * *\n\nSo as to the question `Does Danzo use a curse mark` the answer is yes, its\ncalled the Root Paralysis Jutsu.\n\nAnd to the question `who actually created the cursed mark` the answer is, both\nOrochimaru and Danzo created their own cursed seals.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-29T06:06:07.110", "id": "8345", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-29T06:15:54.853", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8339", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYes, the entire squadron of Magnus is made up of the oragans of Nadeshiko. It\nwas mentioned in volume 10 of the light novel, but I don't remember if it was\nmentioned much earlier in the novel. This is the line in volume 10: _\" The\ndoll of my enemy. She even had some of Nadeshiko’s organs inside her body\"\n(仇の人形。まして、体内に撫子の部品を格納しているのだ。)_. It was stated in volume 1 that Nadeshiko's\nbody was empty because Tenzen took the organs to create the Squadron.\n\n> In volume 16, it was revealed that Hotaru has Nadeshiko's brain, Tamamushi\n> has Nadeshiko's digestive organ, Kamakiri has Nadeshiko's sense organ,\n> Kagerou has Nadeshiko's muscle fibre, Mitsubashi has Nadeshiko's heart and\n> Himegumo has Nadeshiko's nervous system. Nadeshiko's organs were used to\n> revive her (one of the two keys to her resurrection) and to keep her off the\n> radar of the Izanagi clan's prophecy.\n\nYou can check out this [Fandom site](https://unbreakable-machine-\ndoll.fandom.com/wiki/Unbreakable_Machine-Doll_Wiki).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-01T16:21:39.243", "id": "68408", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-02T07:30:31.223", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-02T07:30:31.223", "last_editor_user_id": "73811", "owner_user_id": "73811", "parent_id": "8342", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLike Shinobu Oshino said, it seems to be Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge/The\nSevering Crime Edge.\n\nIt is a story about a short girl with extremely long hair that can be cut only\nby the hero. The hero decivde to come cut her hair everyday because it grows\nextremely fast.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-18T17:00:31.220", "id": "9792", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-18T17:00:31.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2630", "parent_id": "8360", "post_type": "answer", "score": -6 }, { "body": "\n\nBy googling _anime hair cut in park_ I got this:\n\n[**Kuro to Kin no Hirakanai\nKagi**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/16023/Kuro_to_Kin_no_Hirakanai_Kagi.)\n\nThe synopsis seems to match quite well with your description:\n\n> Katagiri Kanade is a hikikomori who spent her days lazing off in her room.\n> Her specialty is her broad imagination which often leads to various wild\n> delusions. One night a weird cowboy guy appeared in her dream, saying that\n> he's her heart's hero. Due to his encouragement, Kanade decided to try and\n> go have a haircut the next day. It was then when she met a mysterious guy\n> who cut her hair in the park, giving her courage to resume her school days.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-17T15:20:42.393", "id": "16815", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-17T15:20:42.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10644", "parent_id": "8360", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSounds like [Crisis in the\nNorth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWVoHVzhxg&list=PLE36689FDB43CE335) of\nthe second OST album of FMA brotherhood which is number 19 in the 2nd ost\nseries composed by Masafumi Mima\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T04:48:01.690", "id": "8364", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-30T06:47:08.453", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-30T06:47:08.453", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "8363", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost psychic powers are created by science. Normally, an Esper doesn't have a\nspecial ability and only gains it by experiments, special drugs etc. See\n[Power Curriculum\nProgram](http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Curriculum_Program)\nfor more information.\n\nThere are some (at the moment 4 known of which only 3 occur in the original\nworks) people who have esper-abilities without being part of the Power\nCurriculum Program, called\n[Gemstones](http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Gemstone). The only one\nthat occurred in the anime yet is Himegami Aisa (appeared in Index Episode 7\n(Deep Blood Arc)).\n\nTouma himself has no psychic power, his power is of unknown source.\n\nThanks to Krazer for mentioning the Gemstones in the comments.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T14:40:22.060", "id": "8373", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-30T14:40:22.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "8366", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAs the cover mentions, it is a [Bible](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible)\n\n> The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, \"the books\") is a\n> canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism and Christianity.\n> There is no single \"Bible\" and many Bibles with varying contents\n> exist.[1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible) The term Bible is shared\n> between Judaism and Christianity, although the contents of each of their\n> collections of canonical texts is not the same. Different religious groups\n> include different books within their Biblical canons, in different orders,\n> and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material\n> into canonical books.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T13:27:44.543", "id": "8371", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-30T13:27:44.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8370", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's clear from the pic that it's The Bible. And I believe that there is only\none Bible (content-wise). About different versions - they're all translated\nfrom the original Bible. You can get a clearer view about the different\nversions of Bible [here](http://www.bible.ca/b-many-versions.htm).\n\n> [Kuma](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bartholomew_Kuma) is an enormous man,\n> (22'6\" feet tall). He is the tallest remaining Shichibukai (being one inch\n> shorter than former member Gekko Moriah) and **is usually seen carrying a\n> Bible.**\n\nSource: [Bartholomew Kuma - The One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bartholomew_Kuma) (emphasis added)\n\nHere's a pic depicting the name of the book much more clearly.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T13:44:30.830", "id": "8372", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-24T23:36:57.387", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-24T23:36:57.387", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "4250", "parent_id": "8370", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nAssuming the Bible to Kuma is a religous text or historical account, the one\nhe carries cannot rationally be any complete version of the Christian Bible\nthat exists in our world without adding extreme plot elements that do not\nexist in universe yet or having the Bible be fiction in-universe. These\nchanges are not merely a sudo-Christian faith which we can infer already\nexists somewhere in universe and is not (alone) a major change.\n\nAny version of the Bible makes reference to specific places and historical\ndetails (such as the Roman empire) that are undeniably real. These places do\nnot exist in the One Piece Universe. I can only come up with the following\nways to have his version be an exact duplicate of a real version: a sea\nidentical to our world, accessible parrellel universes, the book from another\nplanet, or OP world is a post apocalyptic version of our own.\n\nAny of these would be large changes to the One Piece universe and, therefore,\nshould be considered unlikely at this point in time. The assumption should,\ntherefore, be that Bartholomew Kuma's Bible is a version that does not exist\nin our universe. The core concepts of the Bible do not need to be changed.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-04T14:52:56.530", "id": "28666", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-04T14:52:56.530", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3561", "parent_id": "8370", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's Snake.\n\n> Sage Mode can be learned in two places, Mount Myōboku of the toads and\n> [Ryūchi Cave](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ry%C5%ABchi_Cave) of the\n> [snakes](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Snakes). Learning Sage Mode at Mount\n> Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave grants the user with a toad and snake style of Sage\n\nSource: [Sage Mode - Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode)\n\n\n\n> After Orochimaru's sealing, Kabuto travelled across the world and ultimately\n> discovered the location of the Ryūchi Cave. There, he was taught senjutsu by\n> the White Snake Sage and gained access to Sage Mode. Physically, Kabuto\n> undergoes little alteration in this form, with the only visible changes\n> being the markings around his eyes extending onto his back and the growth of\n> four horns on the back of his head, as well as darkened sclerae.\n>\n> [...] Kabuto also gains access to further snake anatomy, such as their\n> brille, which allows him to severely impair his opponents through the use of\n> intense light whilst remaining completely unaffected himself. [...]\n>\n> Due to his research and self-modifications based on Jūgo's clan's abilities,\n> Kabuto's body can passively and continuously absorb natural energy without\n> aid even when moving, allowing him to potentially maintain his Sage Mode\n> indefinitely. According to Kabuto, this meant that he was no longer a snake,\n> **but had instead transcended into a dragon**\n\nSource: [Kabuto Yakushi -\nNarutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kabuto_Yakushi) (emphasis added)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T15:05:24.353", "id": "8375", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-24T23:34:12.180", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-24T23:34:12.180", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "4250", "parent_id": "8374", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's important because it's said that it contains information about One Piece\nhistory including the **Void Century**.\n\n> The Rio Poneglyph (真の歴史の本文, literally translated as \"True Text of History\")\n> is the message carried by all the poneglyphs along the Grand Line. It\n> contains the true history of the One Piece world (including the \"Void\n> Century\" of which research is forbidden). In order to find it, one must take\n> all other passages from the other Poneglyphs with them on their travels, and\n> it is only completed upon reaching the end of the world; in other words, the\n> island Raftel. Gol D. Roger seemed to have accomplished this task, according\n> to Rayleigh, though it is uncertain if the other members of the Roger\n> Pirates (i.e. Shanks, Buggy) know the world's history.\n\nSource: [Poneglyph - The One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Poneglyph)\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nWhy is it important to Robin?\n\n> Nico Robin was born on the island of Ohara , and came from a family of\n> archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia, went out to sea to find the True\n> History. But she along with the archaeologists of Ohara were killed by the\n> World Government through a buster call.\n\nSource: [Nico Robin/History - The One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Nico_Robin/History)\n\nSo naturally, Robin became an archaeologist to finish the work started by her\npeople and to know the true events of history, thus exposing the World\nGovernment.\n\n* * *\n\nWhy is the Void Century important? Let's take a look at few events that\noccurred during the Void Century:\n\n * Birth of the World Government\n\n> 800 years ago, at the end of the Void Century, the World Government was born\n> and took political control of the entire world, uniting all countries and\n> forming the Council of Kings. For the World Government, the events of the\n> Void Century were better left unknown as information linked to it is\n> considered far too dangerous.\n\n * The Great War\n\n> The most important event during the Void Century seems to be the Great War.\n> It ended with the fall of **Shandora** **[City of Gold]**\n\nSource for blockquotes: [Void Century - The One Piece\nWiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Century) (emphasis added)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T19:58:23.787", "id": "8379", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-24T23:30:54.137", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-24T23:30:54.137", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "4250", "parent_id": "8378", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt could be because of how close they were to the center of the array, not\njust being in Central but being close to the actual point where the array was\nbeing activated from.\n\nRemember in Xerxes Von Hohenheim didn't collapse when the nation wide array\nwas activated because he was at the center of the array, not to mention the\nAmestris array must have been much larger than the Xerxes array so the \"dead\nzone\" of sorts was much larger.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-31T04:10:23.657", "id": "8385", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T04:10:23.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "8384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not sure but, by logic, when a student dies, he is no more a student in\nclass 3-3, so their relatives are safe.\n\nIn fact, in the anime, nothing happens to any relative of a dead student.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-10T09:49:25.110", "id": "9613", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-12T12:35:06.670", "last_edit_date": "2014-12-12T12:35:06.670", "last_editor_user_id": "3891", "owner_user_id": "3891", "parent_id": "8386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nTL.DR: they can and did die!\n\nThe rules for someone die of the calamity are:\n\n * Be a student, teacher or up to second degree relative of a 3-3 class' student.\n * Be alive. (The calamity would not kill the dead member of the class)\n * Be inside the city limits. Junta died at the beach, but he had already fatal injuries priorvto leaving the city.\n\nSo, if a student transfers schools or leaves the city for good, the link to\nthe class ends and the person's family would be safe.\n\nAlso, Koichi's father, being in another country, is totally safe.\n\nBeing dead is no protection to a student's family. _Takabayashi dies of heart\nattack in June_ (DN reference not intended... >.>), but his grandparents die\nas part of the calamity in August.\n\nBeing a relative of the ignored student is no protection, as Mei sister shows.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-11T01:13:37.413", "id": "15634", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-11T01:20:06.653", "last_edit_date": "2014-12-11T01:20:06.653", "last_editor_user_id": "2808", "owner_user_id": "2808", "parent_id": "8386", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou are correct: **Comiket is the world's largest convention for\nselling/buying _doujinshi_** , and includes cosplayers. However, it is **not\nan anime/manga convention** and as an experience is **pretty much nothing like\nComic Con** or similar conventions to Comic Con such as Anime Expo.\n\nYes, Comiket only exists in Japan, as [over\n550,000](http://www.comiket.co.jp/index_e.html) Japanese _doujinshika_ (a.k.a.\ndoujin artists) gather to sell their self-published works. It is held at Tokyo\nBig Site (in Tokyo) twice a year, in summer (called _Natsucomi_ ) and winter (\n_Fuyucomi_ ).\n\n## What Happens at Comiket\n\nComiket is almost entirely comprised of Japanese _doujinshi_ circles (a circle\nis a group of artists) and individual _doujinshika_ selling their _doujinshi_\ncomics, light novels (in other words, fanfiction), and some \"merchandise\" of\ntheir artwork such as laminated cards and posters. Some of their works are\nbased on real anime/manga series, whereas others are completely original self-\npublished content. **About 90% of these are explicit _hentai_**. Only about\n10% are non-graphic; of these, a fair percentage are _doujinshi_ created by\nstudent clubs at Japanese universities (the quality of the art varies, but is\ngenerally well below that of what you may be used to seeing produced by\nprominent _doujinshika_ ).\n\nWhat the rooms look like:\n\n\n\n\n\nAside from shopping for doujin works, there is **not much else to see/do**.\n\nAlthough you can see cosplayers walking around doing their own shopping, many\nJapanese are shy, photo averse, and/or concerned about privacy, so there is a\n**rule that you should not take any cosplayers' photo outside of the\ndesignated cosplay arena**. Only when cosplayers are within the boundaries of\nthis area are you allowed to photograph them. Even within this area, they mill\nabout and do not necessarily pose for you to have their photos taken. This is\na big difference from cosplayers at conventions outside of Japan who are often\ndelighted to be stopped and asked for a photo. There may be a cosplay\ncompetition but I don't recall one being heavily promoted.\n\nThe line to get to the cosplayers area (in sweltering Tokyo August humidity):\n\n\n\nThere is only **one room of vendors promoting licensed anime/manga/gaming\ntitles** , but 1) it is not very big, 2) **almost all of the titles\nrepresented are niche** (not well-known outside of Japan), 3) **not much is\navailable to purchase** , since most of these booths are run by the production\ncompany or publisher to generate interest in an upcoming title (last year,\nmost were _bishoujo_ or _bishounen_ titles. You will not see any _Naruto, One\nPiece, Pretty Cure, Pokemon_ , or other mainstream stuff here, and definitely\nnothing of series that have already ended), 4) **extremely few freebies are\nhanded out** at the vendor booths, and 5) **none of the booths are retail**\nstores/online shops. You can't find figures, trading cards, t-shirts, and that\nsort of stuff for sale here.\n\nAlthough I had heard Comiket (inaccurately) described as the largest\nanime/manga convention in the world, in reality, the licensed anime/manga\ncontent constitutes less than 5% of the entire convention. You could go to\n[Animefest](http://www.animefest.cz/en) in the Czech Republic to find more to\ndo and buy of actual anime/manga than you'd find at Comiket.\n\nThe vendor room:\n\n\n\nInterestingly, there is one hall that features about **20 booths of handicraft\nsellers** who sell all manner of handmade stationery items and decorations.\nMost of their merchandise has no connect to _doujinshi_ /anime/manga. I bought\na squirrel clothespin magnet.\n\nThe handicraft booths:\n\n\n\n## Differences from Comic Con\n\nComiket differs dramatically from Comic Con in the following ways:\n\n * If you're into hardcore _hentai_ , Comiket is your ideal convention, but if not, you will likely be quite disappointed, as there is very little else there.\n * Comic Con features many celebrity guests of honor, whereas Comiket celebrates doujin works, which are **not technically legal** according to Japanese law in terms of copyright, so although some professionals in the manga industry attend Comiket to go shopping themselves, they don't attend as advertised attractions and do not participate in events, as they **shouldn't publicly condone** the _doujinshi_ market. If you spot your favorite _mangaka_ while you're there, you shouldn't necessarily go up to talk to him/her, ask for an autograph, etc. since he/she is there as an individual in his/her own spare time.\n * Comiket doesn't have much in the way of planned events or competitions. Some of the vendors hold unscheduled mini-events like a talk show where interested consumers can listen to a spiel about the new product and then get a chance to win a promotional item as a sweepstakes prize. In contrast, Comic Con features\n\n> [a massive programming schedule](http://www.comic-con.org/about) (close to\n> 700 separate events in 2014), [...] hands-on workshops and educational and\n> academic programming such as the Comics Arts Conference; anime and film\n> screenings (including a separate film festival); games; the Will Eisner\n> Comic Industry Awards, the “Oscars” of the comics industry; a Masquerade\n> costume competition with prizes and trophies; an Autograph Area; an Art\n> Show; and Portfolio Reviews [...]\n\n * Comiket's vendors room differs in nature from, and is very small in comparison to, the exhibit halls (a.k.a. dealer's room) at Comic Con or AnimeExpo.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-06-29T07:02:36.913", "id": "22858", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-30T17:25:24.610", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-30T17:25:24.610", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "8389", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA lot of larger series start off as one-shots - like Naruto, Death Note &\nDragon Ball. In this case, it's similar to pilot episodes of TV Shows which\nare used to test the waters before expanding the story out any more.\n\nOneshots can be for more than the viewers, and can be created to give\npublishers a feel of what they'd be getting.\n\nMangakas often use them also to experiment with a story or art-style without\nhaving to be tied down with it for several chapters.\n\nOneshots are also often used for manga competitions, such as TOKYOPOP's\n[Rising Stars of Manga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Stars_of_Manga)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-31T10:50:32.663", "id": "8391", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T12:19:22.533", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-31T12:19:22.533", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "8390", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\n> Manga magazines usually have many series running concurrently with\n> approximately 20–40 pages allocated to each series per issue. Other\n> magazines such as the anime fandom magazine Newtype featured single chapters\n> within their monthly periodicals. Other magazines like Nakayoshi feature\n> many stories written by many different artists; these magazines, or\n> \"anthology magazines\", as they are also known (colloquially \"phone books\"),\n> are usually printed on low-quality newsprint and can be anywhere from 200 to\n> more than 850 pages thick. Manga magazines also contain one-shot comics and\n> various four-panel yonkoma (equivalent to comic strips). Manga series can\n> run for many years if they are successful. **Manga artists sometimes start\n> out with a few \"one-shot\" manga projects just to try to get their name out.\n> If these are successful and receive good reviews, they are continued.\n> Magazines often have a short life.[50]**\n\n[Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga)\n\n* * *\n\n> One-shot manga tells its entire story in 15-60 pages, usually written for\n> contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length manga series\n> (much like a television pilot). Many popular manga series began as one-shot\n> stories, including Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Naruto, Bleach, One\n> Piece, Berserk, Kinnikuman and Death Note, among others. Some noted manga\n> authors, such as Akira Toriyama and Rumiko Takahashi, have worked on\n> numerous one-shot stories in addition to their serialized works. Rising\n> Stars of Manga was an annual competition for original English-language one-\n> shot manga, many of which have gone on to become full-length manga series.\n\n[Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-shot_%28comics%29)\n\nNote: Emphasis mine.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-31T10:54:28.793", "id": "8392", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T10:54:28.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "8390", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNote: I don't remember the specifics of Death Note too well, so while the\ngeneral idea of my answer should be correct, I'm not sure about the specifics.\nI used a couple of sites (mostly [this\none](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48148) \\- see the second\narc) as references.\n\nAt some point (probably somewhere in episodes 27-29) before the attempt to\nkill Mello and the attempt to recover one of the death notes, Light gave up\nownership of his death note, but manages to prevent himself from losing his\nmemories of it. (The forum I used to cross-check with my memory states that he\nstrapped one of the other death notes to his body, though I don't remember\nwhether or not this happened, at least in the anime.)\n\nSince people who own death notes will not have their lifespan seen by those\nwith shinigami eyes (and since those who don't will have a visible lifespan),\nthis prevented Light from being seen by his father as a death note user. (When\nI watched Death Note, this struck me as possibly an anti-detection measure\ntaken by Light, but again it's been a while since I've watched Death Note.)\nAfter his father is out of the way, however, and none of the other task force\nmembers are death note users, this isn't necessary, and Light regains\nownership of his death note by taking the one his father was supposed to use.\n\nHere's the relevant portions of text from the link I gave:\n\n> Shidou decides he wants his DN back, so he comes to the human world looking\n> for it and comes across Mello.\n>\n> At the same time, Light has Ryuk possess DN3, relinquishes control of DN3\n> and then sends him and DN3 to the Japan HQ in the name of Kira. Souichirou\n> volunteers to become its new owner and possess the Shinigami eyes.\n>\n> To make sure he doesn't lose his memories, Light has DN2 secretly strapped\n> to his body.\n\nAfter his father's death:\n\n> DN1 was recovered, but at the cost of Souichirou's life. Light regains\n> ownership of DN3. As DN1 is of no use to him, he returns it to Shidou, and\n> DN1 is no longer relevant to this story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-31T16:07:32.563", "id": "8394", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T16:07:32.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "8393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n**In chapter 71** , Light was setting up a plan that would prove himself to be\ninnocent of being the killer (Kira); would give the NPA (National Police\nAgency of Japan) the advantage over Mello; and would keep him safe if Mello\nwould ever get hold of his picture.\n\nIn order to kill Mello, he made preparations for a raid to take place at\nNovember 10 at 23:59. Almost everybody in Mello's organization would die, but\nin order to kill Mello himself he needed the help of the NPA. He sent them the\nDeath Note together with Ryuku, making it possibly for one of the NPA members\nto bargain for the Death Eyes. He had expected Matsuda Touta to do the deal,\nsince it went with his character, but in the end it was his father, Soichiro\nYagami, who made the deal with Ryuku. With his father having the Death Eyes,\nit would be impossible for him to be owner of any Death Note, and therefore,\nhe had relinquished ownership himself, instead of making Misa relinquish\nownership over hers. Also he knew it would be dangerous to be the owner of any\nDeath Note, since he knew Jack Neylon aka Kal Snyder had the Death Eyes and it\nwould be as easy for Mello to kill him as it would be for Light to find and\nkill Kal Snyder. Of course, he was not going to stop being the killer (Kira)\nsoon, so to retain his memories he strapped Misa's Death Note to his body. By\ndoing so, he thought he would be able to kill Mello and prove himself innocent\nonce again for the NPA. He failed to kill Mello through this raid, though.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fj4qM.jpg)\n\n**In chapter 72** , you can see that in addition to what I said above, Light\nalso needed Ryuku to be there at the raid, to stop Sidoh from helping the\n\"mafia\". He knew Ryuku would be so kind as to harass Sidoh a bit ^^.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PEUA2.jpg)\n\n**In chapter 74** , you can see Light holding the Death Note when his father\ndies. After an owner dies, the ownership will go to the first person that\npicks up or touches the Death Note, and therefore Light becomes the owner\nagain.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WHEAd.jpg)\n\n**In chapter 81** , Misa is ordered to relinquish her ownership to Teru\nMikami. At this point there are two human Death Note owners and they are Light\nand Mikami, and Misa becomes an ordinary housewife. Therefore, Mikami is able\nto identify Light as the owner of the Death Note and the real \"Killer\".\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k2CvP.png)\n\nFor a summary of the Notes' owners the website provided by Maroon is really\nuseful. See [here](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48148).\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-06-09T14:13:00.783", "id": "11176", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-10T14:20:16.600", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-10T14:20:16.600", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "6166", "parent_id": "8393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Wikipedia article you linked to is **NOT** the same Benjamin Anderson who\nworked on the Kill la Kill soundtrack. They were born in different countries,\nin different years, and have absolutely nothing else in common.\n\nThe correct Benjamin Anderson was born in London, UK and currently resides in\nJapan.\n\n * **Facebook profile:** <https://www.facebook.com/benjamin.anderson.121>\n\n * **Fandalism profile:** <http://fandalism.com/benefactor>\n\n * **ReverbNation profile:** <http://www.reverbnation.com/musician/benjaminanderson>\n\nAs it mentions on his profile, he is the singer and songwriter for CODE.\n\n * **CODE Blog:** <http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_blogs/artist_2894523>\n\nDecember 11, 2013 entry:\n\n> _Recently Easy T (Jun Tatami) and I (Benjamin Anderson under the moniker\n> 'mpi' have been writing lyrics and providing vocals for tracks on the Kill\n> La Kill original soundtrack CD being released on christmas day this year!\n> The tracks are 'Suck your blood' and 'I want to know'. Check them out on\n> release! 最近僕 (Benjamin Anderson)とEasy T (Jun\n> Tatatmi)はキルラキルのアニメのサウンドトラックCDの為にボーカルと歌詞を作ってあげた。 Suck your bloodとI want to\n> knowは ２５日１２月２０１３年 リリース！ 我々の仮名はmpiです！ 皆さんチェックして楽しんで下さい！ 宜しくお願いします！_\n\nKeep in mind that they did not contribute any music, only lyrics and vocals.\n\nYou also asked about other vocal work he's done, so here are pages for his\nmain band, CODE:\n\n * **CODE Homepage:** <http://code2010est.jimdo.com>\n\n * **CODE @ReverbNation:** <http://www.reverbnation.com/odeinc>\n\nAnd here are his personal pages at other sites, using various aliases:\n\n * **YouTube:** <https://www.youtube.com/user/barracudacocacola/videos>\n\n * **ReverbNation:** <http://www.reverbnation.com/steviebarracuda>\n\n * **SoundCloud:** <https://soundcloud.com/dj-phoney>\n\nHe also did keyboards for a group called \"Split Works\" in 2006:\n\n<http://www.discogs.com/Split-Works-Wide-Open/release/4735590>\n\nAdditionally, you can find all the comments he's made on YouTube videos here:\n\n<https://plus.google.com/104914344750776651199/posts>\n\nIn _Kill la Kill_ , he was the singer for \"I want to know\", and he provided\nvocals for \"Suck your blood\" along with Jun Tatami. The comments shown in the\nabove link make it clear which vocals are his: the segment of \"Suck your\nblood\" which played during episode 10 (starting at 21:37) was entirely sung by\nJun Tatami.\n\n* * *\n\nOn a side note, I should point out that \"Jun Tatami\" (the bassist and backup\nvocalist for CODE) is not the name listed on the credits as the second\nvocalist for \"Suck your blood\". Instead, the infamously anonymous vocalist\n\"mpi\" was listed.\n\nTaking that into consideration, and comparing Jun Tatami's voice to mpi's,\nit's clear that they're the same person.\n\nThis is the vocalist for \"Call your name\" and \"The Reluctant Heroes\" from\n_Attack on Titan_ , and \"friends\" and \"Hill Of Sorrow\" from _Guilty Crown_.\n\n* * *\n\nI hope that's enough information for you to be able to keep enjoying the\nvocals of Benjamin Anderson. His YouTube channel in particular seems to have\nquite a lot of music on it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-10T01:54:05.557", "id": "8572", "last_activity_date": "2017-11-29T21:35:16.840", "last_edit_date": "2017-11-29T21:35:16.840", "last_editor_user_id": "3387", "owner_user_id": "3387", "parent_id": "8402", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 } ]