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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSaid around 21:36 of the directors cut, nearby to the iconic scene:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AogID.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-10T09:40:03.150", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68041", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-11T08:18:25.090", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-11T08:18:25.090", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "65184", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "neon-genesis-evangelion" ], "title": "Why does Kaworu tell Shinji that Shinji'd be killed, if Shinji doesn't kill Kaworu?", "view_count": 52 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68046", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\n[Chidori](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chidori) was invented by Kakashi\nHatake and the only users of Chidori apart from Kakashi are Sasuke and Sarada.\nNow, [Lightning release\ntechnique](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Lightning_Release) are primarily\nused by ninjas in [Kumogakure](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Kumogakure) and\nthey are the best in the business when it comes to lightning related Ninjutsu.\nSo, why didn't they adopt Chidori? Is it so inefficient that they can not be\nbothered to use it or is it that they have other jutsu in their belt so that\nthey don't require Chidori or is it that they have a strict rule of not using\njutsus invented from a different region?\n\nCome to think of it, if they are that proficient in lightning release\ntechnique, they could have invented Chidori a long time ago. How is that\nKakashi was the one to invent it?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-12T03:31:59.343", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68043", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-27T11:44:23.567", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-12T15:13:57.880", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "48011", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "naruto", "boruto" ], "title": "Why didn't the ninjas in Kumogakure adopt Chidori?", "view_count": 158 }

[ { "body": "\n\n> Chidori was invented by Kakashi Hatake and the only users of Chidori apart\n> from Kakashi are Sasuke and Sarada.\n\nSomething that these three ninjas have in common is that they possess a\nSharingan, which is a requirement to use this technique to its fullest\npotential.\n\n> The speed at which the Chidori is performed, despite being one of its\n> greatest assets, also represents one of its biggest drawbacks: users move at\n> their target so fast that its causes a tunnel vision-like effect for them.\n> Because they charge in a straight line it is easy for opponents to attack\n> them, and because of the tunnel vision it is difficult for the user to see\n> these attacks, much less react to them. **For this reason, most ninja cannot\n> use the Chidori safely. However, a user of the Sharingan can overcome these\n> drawbacks due to its heightened visual perception preventing the tunnel\n> vision from occurring and its predictive capabilities making it easier for\n> the user to avoid counterattacks.**\n\n[Wiki](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chidori#Overview)\n\nThe average Kumo ninja doesn't have a Sharingan, which makes this technique\nunsuitable to them. That is not to say that they don't possess similar jutsus.\n\nFor instance, the Third Raikage's [Hell\nStab](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_Stab) technique bears similarities\nto the Chidori and Raikiri. Sasuke's technique, the [Sword of Kusanagi:\nChidori\nKatana](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_of_Kusanagi:_Chidori_Katana),\nwhere he channels the Chidori through his sword, closely resembles Killer B's\n[Supervibrato Lightning Release\nSwords](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Supervibrato_Lightning_Release_Swords).\n[Darui](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Darui?so=search#Kenjutsu) is also able\nto channel his lightning chakra through his sword.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-12T17:24:09.700", "id": "68046", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-12T17:24:09.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "68043", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68053", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI finished watching _The Irregular at Magic High School_ and I really liked\nits story, so I would like to read the novels, but first I would like to know\nhow many are available in English, and how many there are in total.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-12T15:53:16.967", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68045", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-24T07:00:30.467", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-12T15:57:07.957", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "72032", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "the-irregular-at-magic-high-school" ], "title": "How many volumes does The Irregular at Magic High School currently have?", "view_count": 122 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThere are so-far 20 volumes released in the English language the US publisher\nYen Press for the \"High School\" series.\n\nIn totality, in its original Japanese release, as of this post, there are 32\ncompiled and released novel volumes for the \"High School\" series with two\nappendix novels (which are collection of the short stories of the \"High\nSchool\" series, including the IF short story chapters (in Appendix 2) which\nhappen between Vol. 19 and 20).\n\nThere are 9 spin-off volumes ( _Plan to Assassinate Tatsuya Shiba_ (4 volumes)\nand _Cygnus Maidens_ (5 volumes)) of web novels.\n\nThere are also 6 volumes of the sequel series _Magian Company_ which is set\npost-\"High School\" series.\n\nThere is an [additional Japanese-language web\nnovel](https://dengekibunko.jp/title/mahouka/novels/) released to accompany\nthe \"Girl Who Summons the Stars\" anime movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-15T17:48:24.590", "id": "68053", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-15T17:53:32.417", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-15T17:53:32.417", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68045", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68068", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIf I read correctly, Black Clover Mahou Tei no Ken was produced by Netflix,\nwhile the anime series was produced by japanese company Pierrot. Does this\nmean it's a sort of adaptation loosely based on the manga, or is it canon and\npart of the Black Clover manga/anime continuity?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-18T16:57:16.043", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68059", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-22T12:34:28.697", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-20T01:11:22.907", "last_editor_user_id": "3028", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "black-clover" ], "title": "Is Black Clover Mahou Tei no Ken canon?", "view_count": 203 }

[ { "body": "\n\n _Black Clover Mahou Tei no Ken_ isn't canon, but an OVA, since its events\nweren't adapted from manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-22T12:34:28.697", "id": "68068", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-22T12:34:28.697", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "68059", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nAt the start of the Thirtieth Enigma in Volume 7 of the manga Phantom Tales of\nthe Night, owner talks to a manuscript writer who is said to have been to the\ninn multiple times before. He looks a bit like Karibara, the guest that fell\nin love with Owner, but I don't think its the same person.\n\nIs the manuscript writer that owner talks to in Volume 7 someone I should\nrecognize from earlier in the story?\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8VCpo.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-19T06:26:36.307", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68060", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-19T06:36:04.397", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-19T06:36:04.397", "last_editor_user_id": "31618", "owner_user_id": "31618", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "phantom-tales-of-the-night" ], "title": "Has the manuscript writer at the start of Volume 7 appeared before?", "view_count": 22 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nUnlike Light Yagami, Minoru Tanaka seemed to have a very different motive,\nwhat was his true goal?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-22T18:23:30.450", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68070", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-23T02:19:38.927", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-22T20:21:19.480", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "72482", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "death-note" ], "title": "What was Minoru Tanaka's (from Death Note One Shot) goal?", "view_count": 76 }

[ { "body": "\n\nMinoru was opposed to using the Death Note himself and his actions in the end\nboosted Japan's economy as a likely result of everyone under 60 getting 100\nbillion yen. while these might seem like him being virtuous and possibly\naltruistic, i believe Minoru's motivation was just to make himself money off\nthe Death Note\n\nthis is evident in how he did not care in how the Death Note would be used by\na buyer but rather how much they would pay for it, and the money going to the\njapanese people was just to hide his connection to the auction as Near had\ncorrectly deduced that the Auction-Kira would need to collect the money. being\nunder 60 himself, Minoru would still get away with 100 billion yen from the\nsale but it being impossible to spot his account out of the millions that all\nreceived the same amount.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-23T02:19:38.927", "id": "68074", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-23T02:19:38.927", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "68070", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68088", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI know that this is a question leading to subjective answers, but I am hoping\nto find out if there is some wider consent.\n\nMy 13yo daughter is a great fan of different mangas, and she is really a great\ndrawing artist. Apart from drawing manga characters as stand-alone pictures,\nshe also began writing her own mangas. She invented manga-style characters and\nis now writing and sketching a story with them. In style, she has been\ninspired by _Spy Family_ , _Demon Slayer_ , _Pokémon_ and the like. Since she\ndoesn't speak Japanese, she writes her own mangas in her mother tongue, which\nis German, which unlike Japanese is a left-to-right (LTR) language.\n\nSince I do not have any overview of how many and which non-Japanese mangas\nthere are, I wonder how non-Japanese mangas are arranged, especially regarding\nthe images and the speech bubbles. Cluelessly searching around with DDG/Google\ndid not give me a definite answer.\n\nI can think of three possible answers:\n\n * If the original language is LTR, then the manga should be arranged LTR.\n * A manga is only a true manga if it is arranged RTL, independent from the original language.\n * A manga has to be written in Japanese, originally. Otherwise, it is not a manga but a comic, even if the drawings are manga-style. As a comic in an LTR language, it should be arranged LTR.\n\n### Edit:\n\nTo the comment of @sundowner: I did not know the term _bande dessinée_. By\nGoogling it and taking a look at the drawing style, I don't count bandes\ndessinées as mangas. Although some come close, most of them remind me on the\nstyle of _Asterix_ or _Les aventures de Tintin_ (in German _Tim und Struppi_\n), which is just different.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T07:53:58.340", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68079", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-30T06:50:05.357", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T05:48:02.307", "last_editor_user_id": "72526", "owner_user_id": "72526", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "manga-production" ], "title": "Reading direction for non-Japanese manga", "view_count": 115 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis seems to be a \"define manga\" question, with the points about your\ndaughter as a pretext. The answer is that reading direction is entirely\ndetermined by the conventions of the language. Manga (very generally defined\nby purists as created in Japanese for a Japanese audience) is printed RTL\nbecause traditionally Japanese is read RTL, though, that is changing over\ntime. If the content is being written in German, it should be LTR following\nthe conventions of the language; whether it's really a \"manga\" or not is\nentirely irrelevant. Manga are not printed RTL because they're manga, they're\nprinted RTL because they're printed in Japanese. Translations usually follow\nthat pattern out of operational expediency, not conformance to any specific\nproperties of manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T18:34:56.697", "id": "68088", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-28T23:24:44.037", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T23:24:44.037", "last_editor_user_id": "25508", "owner_user_id": "25508", "parent_id": "68079", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nManga is just an inherent style of manga, the reason certain works read in a\ncertain direction is based on the language it's written for (it applies to\ntheir non-illustrated literature as well). In Japanese (and other Asian\ncountries) they read in one direction, while in the west they read another\nway. There really is no inherent rule one must follow, so don't think too hard\nabout it. There is no \"true\" manga. Manga and comics are just a form and style\nof expression, much like how the work of Hokusai had an influence on Western\nImpressionist artist such as Monet, Manet, Renoir, and Van Gogh. Don't confine\nyourselves to arbitrary rules, encourage exploration and expression, let her\nfind her own style. Manga is a good stating point if she's taken to it, but it\nshouldn't be a stopping point if she is an inspiring artist. Manga, comics,\nmanhwa, manhua, bande dessine, fumetti, etc are all are different names and\nexpressions comics. It's a big world out there, so take some time to explore\nit. Manga isn't everything...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-30T06:50:05.357", "id": "68190", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-30T06:50:05.357", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68079", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68084", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn _Demon Slayer_ anime until the Entertainment District arc, I believed that\nonly Tanjiro can have marks, but in the Swordsmith Village anime arc, it is\nshown that both Muichiro and Mitsuri get demon slayer marks. However, in\nanime, it's not explained about the marks.\n\nSo, in which arc the marks will be explained?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T09:08:47.990", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68081", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-27T14:00:45.220", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-27T11:45:44.253", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "70382", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "demon-slayer" ], "title": "In which Demon Slayer arc the slayer corps mark is explained?", "view_count": 222 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the manga, the mark is explained more in detailed in chapters\n\n> [128](https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_128) and\n> [129](https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_129), which fall\n> during the \"Hashira training arc\". For the anime adaptation, the Hashira\n> training arc has confirmed to be the next arc (released date TBA)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T14:00:45.220", "id": "68084", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-27T14:00:45.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "68081", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSimple question:\n\nIf Golden Armors are the strongest ones, why does Phoenix Armor have more\npowers than they do?\n\nLet's think together:\n\nThe Phoenix Saint will always return from dead while the Gold Saints would die\nonly once.\n\nAlso, in the last Saint Seiya anime, we can see they colored Phoenix Armor\nwith so much bright gold. Is there any relationship, like some history or\npurpose of that armor's existence?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T15:47:19.217", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68085", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-28T01:09:20.243", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T01:09:20.243", "last_editor_user_id": "57843", "owner_user_id": "60240", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "saint-seiya" ], "title": "Why is Phoenix Armor on Saint Seiya so overpowered?", "view_count": 50 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68089", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI come across the term \"Rasetsu\" in Japanese games and anime, but I can't find\na specific kanji or translation of term.\n\nAccording to [Google\nTranslator](https://translate.google.com.br/?sl=ja&tl=en&text=Rasetsu&op=translate),\n\"Rasetsu\" in Japanese means \"Rasetsu\" in English. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCfkm.png)\n\nI know it has to do with undead, zoombies and vampires, but I don't have a\nclear and precise concept.\n\nSo, for example, currently, I am watching Hakuouki, which has a Rasetsu Squad.\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gzI6Y.png)\n\nSome animes where the term \"rasetsu\" appear:\n\n * Rurouni Kenshin: In this anime, there is a character named Makoto Shishio who is often associated with the term \"rasetsu\".\n * Tokyo Ravens: Onmyouji has the ability to summon and control spirits, including Rasetsu.\n * Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales: Includes a Rasetsu as a vengeful spirit.\n\nSome games where the term \"rasetsu\" appear:\n\n * Muramasa: The Demon Blade: Rasetsu as challenging boss characters that the player encounters throughout the game.\n * Toukiden series: This action RPG features various types of demonic creatures, including rasetsu.\n * Nioh: Includes rasetsu as dangerous enemies that players must confront.\n\nSo the question is, in anime, manga, and games, what or who is Rasetsu?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T16:52:41.157", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68086", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-07T20:52:05.817", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56635", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "japanese-language", "anime-history" ], "title": "What is \"Rasetsu\"?", "view_count": 1308 }

[ { "body": "\n\nRasetsu (羅刹) is the Japanese Buddhist term for Rākshasas.\n\nFrom [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa):\n\n> Rākshasas ... are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured\n> in Hindu mythology. They reside on Earth but possess supernatural powers,\n> which they usually use for evil acts such as disrupting Vedic sacrifices or\n> eating humans\n>\n> Many Rakshasas appear in various Buddhist Scriptures. In Chinese tradition\n> rakshasa are known as luocha (羅刹/罗刹).[18] In Japan, they are known as\n> rasetsu (羅刹).\n\nI am not Buddhist so I may be lacking some cultural context, but they tend to\nappear in fiction as demons who consume the flesh of humans or those who are\nsent to hell.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T18:58:33.050", "id": "68089", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-27T18:58:33.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61046", "parent_id": "68086", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nFrom what I saw in the anime, Shanks didn't even let Uta see the treasure box\nwhich has a Mythical Zoan: Sun God Nika Devil Fruit, but I also think he knows\nthat Zoan DF has their will of their own. So that means, Zoan DF choose their\nown user, so that's why he let Luffy eat Gomu Gomu no Mi (Zoan Sun God Nika\nDevil Fruit). Also, he lost his arm just to motivate Luffy to be worthy of\nusing this legendary fruit.\n\nAlso, when Luffy awakens his DF in Wano, Shanks appears outside of Wano\nbecause he knows without the user dying, it will not be awakened. So in the\nworst case, if Luffy actually dies and can't awaken this fruit, he will come\nto retrieve the Sun God Nika DF again.\n\nWhat are your thoughts?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T18:15:13.827", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68087", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-28T21:16:52.927", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T08:42:02.880", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72528", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Did Shanks know about Luffy's Sun God Nika Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit?", "view_count": 812 }

[ { "body": "\n\n**In manga up to chapter 1086** , the only people that have been stated to be\naware, prior to the discovery of Gear 5th, of the true nature of Gomu Gomu no\nMi are the Five Elders and, implicitly, Imu. After the awakening of the Devil\nFruit, Kaido seems to have figured out that Gear 5th is a zoan ability and\nVegapunk seems to have made 2+2 with Gear 5th looking like Nika and Gomu Gomu\nno Mi not being on old records.\n\nIn chapter 1 Shanks and his crew refer to the fruit as Gum Gum, and more\ngenerally the entire One Piece manga is completely consistent with Gum Gum\nbeing the fruit of rubber up until Who's Who starts telling his backstory to\nJinbe in chapter 1017 (personally I would say until the actual awakening and\nexplanation in chapters 1043-1044, but let's say that the first hint was\nthere). So the reasonable guess should be that Shank's crew did not know, all\nthe more because they did not keep it for themselves.\n\nThe only argument towards Shanks having knowledge of the Gum Gum fruit being\nimportant (which doesn't necessarily imply that he knew that it's a mythical\nzoan, or that it was somewhat related to a world-shaping force) could come\nfrom Shanks' flashback in chapter 1054, where he recalls the assault to the WG\nship that was carrying the fruit. In that flashback, young Who's Who is\nsurprised that a pirate would go to all that trouble to assault a ship that\nwas carrying a rather unremarkable devil fruit. However, in that memory Shanks\njust says that he does not care if the ship is guarded by a CP9 agent. He does\nnot say anything remotely close to \"It is paramount that we seize that special\nfruit\". It's still consistent with them just being in a regular raid for\nplunder. Even Who's Who claim that the DF shouldn't be worth the trouble is\nsomewhat inconsistent with Devil's Fruit being per se rare and precious items:\nfor comparison, it is claimed in chapter 19 that Buggy's Bara Bara no Mi could\nbe sold for 100 million Belly.\n\nAs for your claim that Shanks has been protective of _Luffy's fruit_ rather\nthan Luffy as a person... Well anything can be retconned, and Shanks will be\nbe expanded upon in the last arc. However, so far Shanks has been depicted as\nprotective towards Luffy because of personal affinity and because he has\nalways seen potential in him. More generally Shanks has always been friendly\ntowards anybody who had \"good alignment\". The most notable example would be\nWhitebeard and his crew, when:\n\n 1. he foresees that Ace fighting Blackbeard may lead to the death of Ace and Whitebeard, and he meets with the latter to warn him;\n 2. he steps in to end the battle of Marineford and save Whitebeard's crew and Luffy.\n\nAs for:\n\n> Also he [Shanks] lost his Arm just to motivate the luffy to be worthy of use\n> this legendary fruit.\n\nIt seems far-fetched: it's quite clear from chapter 1 that Shanks lost his arm\nto save Luffy's life, after he was put in mortal danger by a sequence of\nunexpected events.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-28T08:34:35.997", "id": "68091", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-28T21:16:52.927", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T21:16:52.927", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68087", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nDoes this piece of clothing have a specific name? I mean the scarf (?) that is\nlinked to her cuffs.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xGO2kl.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-27T23:41:51.977", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68090", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-29T20:29:26.680", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-28T01:12:31.117", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "67106", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "culture" ], "title": "Does this piece of clothing have a specific name?", "view_count": 129 }

[ { "body": "\n\nMost likely a normal dance shawl, though they are more common with an Arabian\nclothing style and for dancing without a partner.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QRINVm.png)\n\nSomething similar to - but not quite like - this, is a hagomoro. \nBut those float on their own.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W8nGYm.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-29T20:29:26.680", "id": "68097", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-29T20:29:26.680", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "68090", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68096", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nLeaving power levels aside, is Goku if not worst, one of the worst anime\ncharacters?\n\nTo support this question, I have several examples:\n\n * He has put everyone in danger many times, just to have fun fighting.\n * He spared Piccolo, who was the manifestation of Kami's malice (later he turned out to be a good character), but that was a huge risk comparing Piccolo's power to humans.\n * He let go of Raditz and Vegeta in their fight, who could've destroyed the planet, as it's Saiyans' job.\n * He gave his energy to Frieza, who later came to destroy the earth, which would've been destroyed if not for Trunks.\n * In Cell Saga, he gives Cell a Senzu-Bean, as if fair fighting is more important than the survival of the planet.\n * He wasn't seriously fighting with Beerus when all of the Z-fighters were requesting him to save the planet.\n * He messes around Beerus and Zeno who can destroy planets or universes in a jiffy.\n * He kickstarted the _Tournament of Power_ , putting the entire multiverse's existence at stake, just because he wanted to fight someone.\n\nOther than putting other's life at risk.\n\n * He didn't care about his own family, he spent most of his life training rather than spending it with his family.\n\nEDIT: Changed the question title (Villain -> Irresponsible) to better relay my\nquestion.\n\n", "comment_count": 20, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-28T21:35:27.693", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68095", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-29T10:38:38.587", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-29T10:38:38.587", "last_editor_user_id": "72478", "owner_user_id": "72478", "post_type": "question", "score": -2, "tags": [ "dragon-ball-series", "dragon-ball-super", "dragon-ball-z", "dragon-ball" ], "title": "Is Goku an irresponsible person, who always puts other's lives in danger?", "view_count": 194 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIf we're talking about fiction, acting irresponsible and stupid does not\ndisqualify one from being a hero, nor does it make one a villain. Being\nincredibly monstrous or neglectful to your own family does not automatically\nmake a character a villain either. Just consider the story of the Greek hero\nHeracles. As we all know, he killed his whole family. He spends the rest of\nthe story doing crazy tasks for a selfish king as penance. Heracles was\nconsidered a hero by the Greeks and he's still considered a hero\n[now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_\\(1997_film\\)). Where parenting\nis concerned, Goku seems pretty harmless by comparison. He may have gotten his\nsons and wife killed, but he never killed them himself (not in the current\ntimeline anyway, though the whole Zamasu thing is actually quite analogous to\nHera sending madness down on Heracles).\n\nWhether a character is hero or villain all depends on the framing of the\nstory, as well as the heroic traits that are valued in the culture the story\ncomes from.\n\nOftentimes in fiction, the terms hero and villain are synonymous with\nprotagonist and antagonist (not always, but often). In _Dragon Ball_ , _Dragon\nBall Z_ , and _Dragon Ball Super_ , I think it's pretty clear Goku is the hero\nand our protagonist. The story does not portray him as a villain - just a\ncareless idiot who sometimes gets carried away wanting to fight strong\nopponents.\n\nAs to addressing your specific matters in your bulleted list:\n\n 1. Goku is a warrior and he likes fighting. These are not inherently villainous traits. Look at all the heroic warrior stories we have: Beowulf, Heracles, Achilles, etc. Achilles's selfishness gets his friend killed, but he's still considered a hero in spite of having this negative trait.\n 2. 3. 4. Mercy and forgiveness are not considered a villainous trait. They are considered heroic traits. The consequences of the forgiveness don't really matter for determining a hero. Batman is still considered a hero even though he keeps showing Joker mercy, which results in more people dying.\n 3. Giving Cell a Senzu Bean was idiotic and irresponsible. Those traits don't make Goku a villain. 6. and 7. are just Goku being stupid and/or irreverent too. Doesn't make him a villain.\n 4. I have more to say about the Tournament of Power below.\n 5. \"He didn't care about his own family.\" This is not true. You could say he is neglectful, though there are some who would contend this too. I won't, though. It doesn't matter whether he's a good father and husband or not, as I've already explained.\n\n## Definitions\n\nLet's look at some definitions of hero and villain from Merriam Webster.\n\n[Hero](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hero):\n\n> a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with\n> great strength or ability\n>\n> an illustrious warrior\n>\n> a person admired for achievements and noble qualities\n>\n> one who shows great courage.\n>\n> the principal character in a literary or dramatic work\n\nNowhere in there does it say Goku has to take only good actions, or that he is\nnot allowed to take evil actions. And note that with how ambiguous the world\nis, it would take a philosopher to figure out what is good and evil anyway.\nFor instance, is it really evil to give Frieza a second chance? We have the\nhindsight of knowing he won't reform, but Goku doesn't.\n\n[Villain](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain):\n\n> 1 : a character in a story or play who opposes the hero\n>\n> 2 : a deliberate scoundrel or criminal\n>\n> 3 : one blamed for a particular evil\n>\n> 4 : villein\n>\n> 5 : an uncouth person : boor\n\nThese ones are worth going through, which is why I've kept the numbers in.\nGoku definitely is not 1, because he is the hero of the story. He is not 2\neither, because none of the evil he does is deliberate. But for 3-5, there is\nactually a case for each one that Goku is a villain.\n\n 3. Many of the other universes blame Goku for the Tournament of Power.\n 4. We've seen Goku do some farming in _Dragon Ball Super_ , so go ahead and call him a villain. He most likely does not actually have a lord though. Or maybe the land he lives on actually belongs to the Ox King.\n 5. Goku has been shown to have poor manners at times.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nIs Goku a villain? It depends on what you mean. There are some who considered\nhim a villain for a time, namely those from the other universes forced to\nparticipate in the Tournament of Power. As you say you believe Goku is \"the\nworst\", however, I do not think this is what you mean by villain, in which\ncase, I think we have to conclude that he is not one. We can reasonably\nconclude he is a hero though, as he fits most of the definitions provided.\n\nIf the question is whether Goku is a boorish peasant though, then the answer\nis yeah, kind of. Though he probably doesn't fit the literal definition of a\npeasant, he fits the bill enough that it makes sense to use that as an insult\nagainst him.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-28T23:40:08.723", "id": "68096", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-28T23:40:08.723", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68095", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nMoka was always cited as being stronger than Kokoa who easily lifts the\nTransformer Bat Kou despite weighing 200 lbs. In one of the _Capu2_ chapters,\nOUTER Moka is turned into a kid and swings Kou around easily. But in a\nflashback of Moka's eleventh birthday, Moka can’t lift Kou and indirectly\ntells Kokoa she’s stronger than her. What?\n\nActually, Moka's strength tends to fluctuate at different points also.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-06-30T13:03:11.717", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68098", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-30T13:57:11.887", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-30T13:57:11.887", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72554", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "rosario-vampire" ], "title": "Why was Kou too heavy for Moka at age 11?", "view_count": 25 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThere may be spoilers from Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War.\n\nIn Bleach, we see that Ichigo has the powers of a Shinigami (Soul Reaper), a\nHollow, a Quincy, and a Fullbringer, where the first three of these were\ninherited. Due to his mother, Masaki, being a Quincy, who also absorbed a\nHollow, and his father, Isshin (Shinigami) sealing the hollow inside Masaki.\n\nThen why were these inherited by only Ichigo?\n\nIt could've stayed with Masaki or would've been transferred to his siblings as\nwell.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-04T15:00:23.987", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68107", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-05T17:56:56.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "bleach" ], "title": "Why did only Ichigo inherited the Shinigami, Quincy and Hollow powers, not his siblings?", "view_count": 211 }

[ { "body": "\n\nSome of this is speculation, but it does help make sense of things.\n\n 1. Ichigo was the firstborn. It's likely he got the lion's share of any inherited abilities. We already know he has the most spiritual pressure of any of his family. That doesn't mean he got all the powers. Karin can see spirits and Yuzu can sense them.\n 2. Ichigo was directly converted into a Soul Reaper by Rukia. That clearly awakened something within him. It's possible Karin and Yuzu could awaken additional powers if they underwent that same process.\n 3. Ichigo continues to train and evolve. That training has, in turn, evolved the people around him (like Orihime). Ichigo has fought to keep his family out of the battles that would have made them stronger.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-05T17:56:56.127", "id": "68116", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-05T17:56:56.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48808", "parent_id": "68107", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68117", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThe MC is called Himura Kenshin. And Kenshin is a name given to him (meaning\n\"heart of the sword\", or something similar). But I can't remember \"rurouni\"\never being mentioned whatsoever in the series? I know \"rurounin\" means\nwanderer, and \"rurou\" has a similar meaning (e.g. vagrant). But looking it up\nto confirm it, the title is literally \"rurouni\" kenshin. So what the hell is\n\"rurouni\"? Why is it named that way?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-05T02:59:46.523", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68110", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-07T20:40:40.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49992", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "japanese-language", "rurouni-kenshin" ], "title": "Why is it called \"Rurouni\" Kenshin? What is \"Rurouni\"?", "view_count": 1230 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [Rurouni Kenshin Fandom\nwiki](https://kenshin.fandom.com/wiki/Rurouni) page:\n\n> Rurouni (るろうに), while being a word invented by Rurouni Kenshin author\n> Nobuhiro Watsuki, has a meaning similar or identical to that of the word\n> rōnin (浪人), which refers to wandering, masterless samurai.\n\n\"Rurouni\" is often being seen translated into \"wanderer\", which is not a real\nJapanese word. The show is also often dubbed as \"Wandering Samurai\" or\n\"Wandering Swordsman.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-06T22:51:14.423", "id": "68117", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-06T22:51:14.423", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2809", "parent_id": "68110", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nMost of the time, Lord El Melloi II just addresses his apprentice, Gray, by\nher name, but there are occasions where he refers to her as \"Lady\", similar to\nhow Svin speaks of Gray as \"Milady\". When and why does Lord El Melloi II\naddress Gray as \"Lady\"?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-05T06:38:13.333", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68111", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-05T06:38:13.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8486", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "lord-el-melloi-ii-case-files" ], "title": "Why does Lord El Melloi II, at times, address his apprentice not by her name, Gray, but as Lady?", "view_count": 34 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nFor example, in episode 5 of _No Game No Life_ , there is a scene from the\n_Castle in the Sky_ ; and in episode 7, there is a scene from the movie\n_Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind_.\n\nCould it be that the creator himself was a fan of Studio Ghibli? I haven't\nseen the entire series but I'm sure there are many more scenes from this\nstudio\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-05T10:59:55.913", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68112", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-14T03:28:52.197", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-14T03:28:52.197", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "72606", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "no-game-no-life", "studio-ghibli" ], "title": "Why do the No Game No Life anime show different scenes from the Studio Ghibli movies?", "view_count": 131 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNo Game No Life references a whole lot of anime and games, but you likely are\nonly familiar with Ghibli, so you didn't recognize all the others.\n\nEp03: Gyakuten Saiban\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4ujD7s.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jblvcs.jpg)\n\nEp05: Akiba Trip, Steins;Gate, Persona 4\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XFddRm.jpg)\n\nEp07: Doraemon, Yuugi-ou and Shin Seiki Evangelion\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9hHXvs.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KMngGs.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YHO5cs.jpg)\n\nEp08: Meitantei Conan\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jqdEqs.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fo908s.jpg)\n\nEp12: Jojo na Kimyou na Bouken\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d5aJjm.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T19:16:54.460", "id": "68140", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-10T19:16:54.460", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "68112", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68133", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn episode 7th of the second season of Mushoku Tensei, Rudeus decides to look\nfor the rest of his family with his group, instead of looking for them with\nhis father? Why did he do so? Why didn't he join his father's group in the\nsearch?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-09T18:14:12.043", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68130", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-10T08:59:29.513", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-09T23:11:07.620", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "mushoku-tensei" ], "title": "Why did Rudeus decide to look for the rest of his family with his group instead of looking for them with his father?", "view_count": 123 }

[ { "body": "\n\nRudeus promised to take Eris home, and ruijerd promised to look after them\nboth until they made it home. If rudeus had gone with his father there would\nhave been a lot of arguing and fighting between them due to their strained\nrelationship. Plus, having a separate group is better as you can search\nmultiple places/regions at the same time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T08:59:29.513", "id": "68133", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-10T08:59:29.513", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66443", "parent_id": "68130", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nOne of the recurring questions in the original Dragon Ball Z manga was if\nFuture Trunks's future could have been restored somehow.\n\nObviously the story was carefully made to remove the Earth Dragon Balls from\nthe picture, but that would still leaves the New Namek version as an option.\n\"Lucky\" since Goku is dead that also removes the possibility for Trunks to\nknow that New Namek exists in the first place.\n\nBut then Trunks comes to the present timeline. And everyone in that timeline\nknows that Namek still exist, with its set of Dragon Balls.\n\nThis in turn creates a question: is there any reason Trunks couldn't just get\nthe information about Namek new location from the present timeline, get a\nspaceship from present day Bulma and get present Piccolo or even Dende to come\nwith him to the future Namek and ask them for help?\n\nNotice that this becomes even weirder if you consider that in Super Trunks has\nsomehow made contact with the Kai but he still hasn't tried using the Namek\nDragon Balls to resurrect everyone.\n\nDragon Ball once implied some weird time limit for resurrection, but that\nseems to apply only to evil people (because after a while their soul is\ncleansed and reincarnated).\n\nIs there any other reason I am missing or is this a case of \"we don't care,\nthe cursed timeline is an useful plot device so it stays that way\"? (which is\nkinda odd since thanks to Xenoverse 2 even Akira should be aware that \"most\ntime patrolers want to keep the happy future timeline going\").\n\nAlso worth noticing that Team Four Star _**did**_ reference this in the\narbriged version: Bulma tries to find the new Namek but fails. Why she\ncouldn't just ask to the _past_ Z Fighters is still an open question.\n\nTherefore, to summarize: _**is there any actual reason Future Trunks could not\nhave learnt the position of new Namek from the present timeline Z-Fighters and\nthen used a spaceship from present Bulma to reach the planet (maybe with some\nof the present timeline characters tagging along to be recognized) and ask the\nNamekian for help, either to restore the planet or resurrect the people killed\nby the androids?**_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T08:52:22.087", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68132", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-01T16:02:05.223", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-11T08:01:28.593", "last_editor_user_id": "70838", "owner_user_id": "70838", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "dragon-ball-z" ], "title": "Could Future Trunks's future be saved?", "view_count": 159 }

[ { "body": "\n\n**For the Cell Saga**\n\nFuture trunks could've traveled to Namek, using Vegeta's spaceship. Since\nTrunks was born and raised on Earth implies Vegeta came on Earth, and he\ncould've easily used his spaceship or Bulma could've repaired it if needed\nsince she's depicted as a brilliant person when it comes to technology, to\ntravel to Namek, if Kami wasn't there on Earth for some reason. Trunks\ncould've easily gotten Namek's location from Picollo or others from the\npresent day.\n\n**For Zamasu's erasure as well**\n\nZ-fighters could gather Super Dragon Balls from their timeline and revive\nTrunk's universe. As Super Dragon Balls have been shown to revive universes,\nnot sure about Earth's Shenron's power regarding this.\n\nHe could've used present-day's Shenron as well, to recreate the same, as\nreviving the planets and dead is within reach of Shenron's powers.\n\nOne more thing is that the concept of timelines isn't straight in Dragon Ball,\nas changing the past, just creates a new timeline, which doesn't follow the\nspace-time continuum.\n\nI think Future is left as is, just in case new arcs are required (like they\ncreated Cell Saga in Z and Goku Black in Super), as having a similar timeline\nwould remove that possibility, like which Goku to shine in that case.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T11:42:02.127", "id": "68135", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-10T11:42:02.127", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "68132", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThis interview from volume 4 indicates how the authors view Trunks's timeline.\nMainly, they do not view it as possible to revive anyone who dies, since the\nearth's Dragon Balls are gone, and they view it as a point to make the story\nmore tense:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MbH1h.png)\n\n## _Would_ Trunks \"Save\" His Future?\n\nThe answer is most likely no. Too much time has passed. Both those who died\nand those who survived have grown to accept the deaths. This is not a foreign\ntheme to _Dragon Ball_. Think, for instance, of when Goku tells everyone not\nto revive him after his death in the Cell Games. Interestingly, he does this\npartly because he believes his presence attracts trouble to earth. He may be\nonto something, because Trunks's timeline has minimal problems with Buu, and\nZamasu is actually caused by Goku in the present timeline. At any rate, Future\nTrunks and Future Bulma decide to accept what has happened--all the\ndestruction and the deaths of their friends. They endeavor to move on with\nlife and rebuild from there.\n\nAnother very important thing to note is that the time machine serves a\nfunction very similar to the Dragon Balls, and thus their wish has already\nbeen granted. Namely, a timeline now exists where the Androids were defeated\nand the dystopian future did not come. They can rest easy knowing there is a\ntimeline where their friends and family are living peacefully. This is enough\nfor them.\n\n## _Can_ Trunks \"Save\" His Future?\n\nThere are some key problems in the Future Timeline.\n\n 1. There are no Earth Dragon Balls in the Future Timeline due to Piccolo dying.\n 2. It's possible the Namekian Dragon Balls may be unreachable due to infrastructure problems (there's reason to believe spaceship fuel may not be available in high enough quantities). The situation with the Super Dragon Balls is much worse since they're so big, and I do not see any way Trunks could gather them.\n 3. Wish limitations on the Namekian and Earth Dragon Balls mean that Trunks probably could not fully revive his world. There is a rule that mass revivals cannot be done if more than a year has passed. Due to Frieza's revival in _Dragon Ball Super_ , however, it seems highly likely that Trunks could still revive individual friends as long as they haven't already been reincarnated or anything like that.\n 4. A lack of knowledge is also a problem. Trunks likely doesn't know of the lifted limitations on the Namekian Dragon Balls (since they weren't able to do mass revivals before). He also probably doesn't know where New Namek is. And Trunks also likely does not know about the existence of the Super Dragon Balls (before his time traveling in _Dragon Ball Super_ ).\n\n## Infrastructure Problems\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zTRk8.png)\n\nIn _Dragon Ball Super_ , it is shown that Trunks and his mother struggle to\nget enough fuel for their time machine, and only make enough for a one way\ntrip. In the present timeline, Bulma has only just invented the fuel for the\ntime machine, but is able to more easily make enough fuel for Trunks to use.\nMost likely this is due to the androids decimating the infrastructure of the\nwhole world back in the future timeline.\n\nExtrapolating from this, I would think it likely that the remaining\ninfrastructure would not be able to accommodate space voyages. In their blind\nrampage, the androids may have destroyed all the space ships. Even if not, the\nfuel would be a problem. Bulma decided to put all their efforts into the time\nmachine, and they barely scraped by with that. Even after the androids are\ngone, they struggle getting enough fuel, suggesting the infrastructure problem\nis not solved. They probably do not have the ability to make a spaceship and\nthe fuel it would require. This is an especially daunting task if they do not\nknow where New Namek is.\n\nThe Super Dragon Balls are not really an option for Trunks, given how big they\nare. He could ask the gods to help him, but the Destroyers are unlikely to do\nso, and the Supreme Kais have not been shown to be able to collect them (as\nfar as I can recall). Post Zamasu (post here refers to the time period after\nZamasu begins his plot, where he is active, and before Zeno kills him and\neverything else), all the gods in the multiverse are dead, including the\nDestroyers. It seems a safe bet that the angels and Zeno would not help Trunks\nhere due to their neutrality stance and the lack of a personal relationship\nTrunks has with Whis. So though the Super Dragon Balls are the best shot\nTrunks has at fixing everything, he doesn't really have any chance of being\nable to use them. I think we need to rule them out.\n\nPost Zeno, the whole multiverse is destroyed. There's a chance that the Super\nDragon Balls are gone too, ~~though they might be indestructible, so who\nknows~~ (It is stated that Zamasu destroyed the Super Dragon Balls after\nmaking his wishes). At that point, the only option Trunks has is to get help\nfrom the other timeline. Beerus and Whis might be _able_ to collect the Super\nDragon Balls for him, but they _don't_. Whis instead offers a different\nsolution which puts Trunks back into the Zamasu phase. Though there's no rule\nstated as far as I'm aware, I doubt the other Dragon Balls would be strong\nenough to affect a different timeline. I believe we can infer this from the\ninterview from volume 4 (see beginning of this answer), where the authors\nstate that no one who dies in Trunks's timeline (mainly referring to Vegeta\nand Goku) can be revived.\n\n## Help From the Present\n\nEven establishing these problems, there are obvious workarounds for Trunks.\nFor getting a spaceship, he could simply ask for one from his mother in the\npast, where that's no problem. And with capsule technology, the limited space\nin his time machine is no problem, so he can easily take them back. He can\nalso ask Goku where New Namek is.\n\nSo, Trunks should be set. But only if he can even think to ask. It's actually\na bit doubtful as to whether he could conceive of this plan, for reasons\nexplained in the next section.\n\n## Lack of Knowledge\n\nAt the point in the story where we first meet Future Trunks, nobody knows\nabout the lifted limitations on the Namekian Dragon Balls. This is not\nrevealed until after the Buu saga. Thus, Goku and Future Trunks would both be\nlimited to thinking that these Dragon Balls cannot restore everyone killed by\nthe androids.\n\nIf we move to _Dragon Ball Super_ , Trunks still has no reason to inquire\nabout the Namekian Dragon Balls. Thus, someone from the present would have to\nsuggest it. It's very plausible they'd just not even think about it, and thus\nnot mention it. Particularly as they and the story tone often don't seem to\ntake Future Trunks's problems as seriously as he does:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DsBd0.png)\n\n(This is more of a _Dragon Ball Super_ thing than _Dragon Ball Z_ thing)\n\nAnd given that even more years have passed, there's a great chance that it's\nimpossible to revive everyone due to the limitations on the Dragon Balls, as\nexplained in the next section.\n\n## Limitations on the Dragon Balls\n\nNot really a source, but I was using this to verify two rules I remembered.\n<https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-shenron-wish-rules-change-explained/>\n\nI think it's true that it's been stated that people cannot be revived if too\nmuch time has passed (one year). Given that Frieza was still revived even\nthough more time than that has passed, it probably has to do with souls being\npurified in the afterlife or something. In Frieza's case, his stubbornness\nprevented him from being purified. Given that this limitation rule is stated\nas a general rule, and not directed solely towards evil characters, I think it\nlikely that ordinary people's souls are also purified and reincarnated, thus\nmaking them unavailable for revival. If this is the case, then Trunks cannot\nrevive his world at the point in the story where he is introduced or any point\nafterwards since too much time has passed.\n\nJust going solely off my memory of the series, I'm not entirely confident on\nthose previous points on that limitation, simply because I don't remember it\nbeing stated in canon (the linked article states \"In a conversation with King\nKai in the Frieza saga, Kami claims that the Dragon Balls can only perform\nmass resurrections when the subjects have been deceased for under a year,\ndrawing another red line under Shenron's abilities.\"). What I'm quite\nconfident on, however, is the limitation on being unable to revive someone who\ndied of natural causes. I recall King Kai contemplating this while considering\nresurrecting the Grand Elder Guru, so this is definitely a rule. Thus, at the\nvery least, resurrecting Goku would be impossible since he died of natural\ncauses (a disease).\n\n## Conclusions\n\nPost Zeno, the only shot Trunks has is the Super Dragon Balls. But even in the\nother cases, it's doubtful the Namekian Dragon Balls would be enough, given\nthe one year limitation on mass revivals. Trunks could potentially revive\nindividual friends and family members one by one (excluding Goku), but a mass\nrevival couldn't happen without the Super Dragon Balls.\n\nSince Trunks has no hope of collecting the Super Dragon Balls in his timeline,\ngoing to the present timeline would be his best chance. He could ask Beerus\nand Champa to help him, but they are unlikely to do so, especially since Whis\nalready gave him a solution which the gods thought was already too generous\nand too much time tampering.\n\nProbably the best chance Trunks had for a mass revival was to have\nparticipated in the Tournament of Power in the present timeline and taken the\nwish granted to the winner. In that case, he probably could have even fully\nresurrected the multiverse in the timeline Zeno destroyed (as long as it is\nreally true that the Super Dragon Balls have no limits).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-10T20:47:04.433", "id": "68227", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-01T15:11:31.910", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-01T15:11:31.910", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68132", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nI know that many Devil Fruit in the One Piece manga have been documented and\ncatalogued in universe. For example Law's fruit abilities were already know\nbefore he ate the fruit (and the very reason Flamingo was searching for that\nfruit in the first place).\n\nAt the same time I am wondering if the fruits are somehow attracted to a\nspecific person since in many cases the fruit seems a good match for the user\npersonality, even to the point it would be far less effective or useless in\nthe hands of anyone else (Boa).\n\nSome examples that come to mind:\n\n * Luffy's Gum Gum Fruit or Nika Fruit, gives him flexibility/freedom which is Luffy's desire and will.\n * DoFlamingo's String String Fruit, as he liked to puppet/control others.\n * Boa Hancock's Love Love Fruit would probably be useless or at least far less effective for anyone else\n * While Alvida undergo a radical change due to her fruit, it is strongly implied that she saw herself as beautiful even before (or at least she wanted to). It is possible that this is also true for Ivan (we don't know if the hormone based powers of their fruit was something they wished for before)\n * Big Mom's Soul Soul Fruit, because she wanted the company of people/souls who'd also obey her. Considering how she found herself alone this also matches the theme of consuming other persons life.\n * Whitebeard's Tremor Tremor Fruit, because of his will to be strong enough to protect his family.\n * Marco Bird Bird Fruit (Phoenix), gives him both offensive and healing abilities considering his need to be the protector of his fellows being first commander and doctor.\n * Blackbeard's Dark Dark Fruit because of his evil nature.\n * Sakazuki's Magma Magma Fruit, for his extremely fiery behavior and will to burn away evil.\n * Buggy's Chop Chop Fruit, he likely wished for Shanks to be a strong swordsman (as they were best friends at that time, probably now as well).\n\nand a lot more.\n\nWhile this can easily be justified as a plot device (having some user be a\nmatch for his power helps to write a better character) I was wondering if it\ncould be an hint at something more.\n\nI am therefore asking if there is any proof in the manga/show that some fruits\nare attracted to specific individuals based on some sort of compatibility or\nwill power.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-10T14:14:02.560", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68136", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-10T17:14:03.063", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-10T16:57:38.100", "last_editor_user_id": "70838", "owner_user_id": "72478", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Are Devil Fruits attracted to a specific user's will?", "view_count": 134 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nSomeone in SciFi exchange [Which was the first isekai tensei\nstory](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/277169/which-was-the-first-\nisekai-tensei-reincarnated-into-another-world-story) mentioned Yojo Senki\ncould be the first Isekai Tensei _anime_ (not counting non anime stories,\nwhere the first \"reincarnated into another world\" story could be the american\nBarsoom books). Is this really the case?\n\nWhich was the first isekai tensei anime?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-12T12:15:26.503", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68142", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-14T01:32:51.210", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-13T23:59:49.180", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "anime-history" ], "title": "Which was the first isekai tensei anime?", "view_count": 145 }

[ { "body": "\n\nExcluding anime about people being trapped in video games (not really\nreincarnation), the following titles predating Youjo Senki come to mind.\n\n**2002, Haibane Renmei** \nThe previous life of the characters is a bit fuzzy, though.\n\n**2007, Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan** \nIt's fairly similar to Youjo Senki in that adult men reincarnate into the\nbodies of little girls, but the world they arrive in is ours and they come\nfrom the past. Probably the warring states period.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-13T21:22:02.427", "id": "68146", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-13T21:22:02.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "68142", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nBy matters of technicality, [Legend of Heavenly Sphere\nShurato](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Heavenly_Sphere_Shurato),\nfrom 1989, could be considered the first isekai reincarnation (転生) anime (in\nterms of Japanese anime). While the series starts out as a transmigration (転移)\nseries, the protagonist finds out that he is a reincarnation of an ancient\nking (of the same name first name) that ruled this otherworld.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-14T01:32:51.210", "id": "68148", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-14T01:32:51.210", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68142", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn episode 1068 of One Piece, a member of **CP-0** was seen talking to\n**Izou** , where the former mentioned that Whitebeard pirates have committed a\nhistorical crime.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jLa97.png)\n\nIn both anime and manga, the biggest battles Whitebeard pirates fought were\nthe Marineford War for Ace and the Payback War against Blackbeard, both of\nwhich weren't related to World Government.\n\nThen what exactly could it be?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-12T19:34:14.660", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68143", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-13T12:00:08.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "What historical crime did Whitebeard Pirates commit?", "view_count": 382 }

[ { "body": "\n\n**The Marines are part of World Government** , and arguably they're its most\nactive branch. Therefore assaulting their headquarters and laying waste to\nthem is already a crime against WG of historic proportion.\n\n* * *\n\nI don't know if your subtitles are an official translation. The English\ntranslation of chapter 1038 I am familiar with (it would be interesting to\nknow what the original Japanese says) speaks of _historic crimes_ of\nWhitebeard's crew, which may just refer to the total of their criminal\nactivities.\n\nOf those we aren't shown much (in point of fact, in chapter 965 we see the\nMoby Dick fleeing from Marine warships because Whitebeard thought that\nfighting them was pointless), but it stands to reason that while conquering\nand mantaining their infamous _turf_ , the Whitebeard Pirates would evict WG\nofficers, on occasion. It also stands to reason that plundering WG cargos\nwould be part of their income.\n\nI'll leave aside the issue of whether or not they were helping a world-class\nterrorist - which Whitebeard techincally was because of his previous\naffiliation with Rocks - escape capture, because a large portion of Rocks'\nstory has been classified by the WG.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-13T08:34:26.370", "id": "68145", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-13T12:00:08.377", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-13T12:00:08.377", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68143", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nSeveral anime, and s couple this season, have a trope where the protagonist\nlives in an apartment full of literal trash. Trash bags, bottles, cans, etc.\nSometimes the trope only shows up during a move or as part of a cleaning\nmontage, and sometimes it's not the protagonist, but a plot device for an\nancillary character or structure.\n\nWhat is the name of this trope, and why is this a trope? Does this reflect\nreality in Japan for some reason? Or is it an urban myth?\n\nDoes it have anything to do with the strange and strict trash pickup schedule\nin Japanese cities? Several anime have touched on this, where certain things\nneed to be processed a certain way, and will only be picked up on certain\ndays, and landlords get very fussy about breaking those rules.\n\nI did a few DDG searches, but search has been declining for years, and all I\ngot was commentary/opinion on how all anime was trash. Searching this stack\nexchange also yielded no results.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-16T14:20:05.913", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68149", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-17T10:18:12.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13647", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "tropes" ], "title": "What and why is there a trope about apartments being full of trash?", "view_count": 172 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a real thing called\n[汚部屋](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E6%B1%9A%E9%83%A8%E5%B1%8B&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)\n( _obeya_ , literally _dirty room_ ). I guess the reason it appears in anime\nis that it is mildly associated with _hikikomori_ (those who never go out of\ntheir room), which is again mildly associated with _otaku_.\n\nThe following contains a list of related anime characters:\n\n * [汚部屋](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%B1%9A%E9%83%A8%E5%B1%8B#h3_1)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-17T10:18:12.560", "id": "68151", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-17T10:18:12.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "68149", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nAt 20:18 of episode 3 of Undead Murder Farce, Aya interrogates a man about\nHugo, a hunter that tried to kill the vampire Lord Goddard.\n\n> **Aya** : By the way, Josef, did you know that Hugo had a silver stake?\n>\n> **Josef** : Silver?\n>\n> **Aya** : You didn't know it was silver?\n>\n> **Josef** : Well, he always kept it in a leather case. No wonder he never\n> showed it to me, even when I asked.\n\nTraditionally silver stakes can be used to kill vampires. Hugo had already\ntold Josef about his plans to kill the vampire Lord Goddard, so why wouldn't\nHugo want to show Josef about his silver stake?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-19T20:07:46.020", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68159", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-19T20:07:46.020", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31618", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "undead-girl-murder-farce" ], "title": "Why wouldn't Hugo show Josef his silver stake?", "view_count": 17 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nThroughout the series he's called a traitor, in episode 9 around the 16min\nmark Yuri internalizes \"how can he be so at peace knowing he betrayed us and\nbecame a coward\" So is he considered a traitor for leaving their ranks?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-24T04:22:41.570", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68167", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-24T04:22:41.570", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72831", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "sky-wizards-academy" ], "title": "Why is Kanata Age considered a traitor?", "view_count": 15 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn chapter 222/episode 127 of _Black Clover_ , when Noelle was fighting\nVanica, she outright mentioned her mother's Curse. And in an earlier turn,\nDorothy went into Dorothy's Glamour World just so that the curse would not\naffect them so they could talk about it.\n\nMy only guess that I can have for an answer is that it might just be in the\ndub I haven't checked, but I want to see what anybody else thinks.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-26T01:38:56.500", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68170", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-26T06:03:39.867", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-26T06:03:39.867", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72852", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "black-clover" ], "title": "Why couldn't Noelle get cursed and her fight with Vanica", "view_count": 29 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn western TV programs, the show ends with a closing logo, usually one or two\nclosing logos. In anime, they end the show with a preview and no closing\nlogos. Why don't anime have closing logos at the end of a show?\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-27T17:47:13.243", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68176", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-30T06:28:50.913", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-29T02:09:36.853", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": -2, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "Why do anime don't have closing logos at the end of the series?", "view_count": 81 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThey do (for similar purposes, but not in the same way), they are called \"End\nCards\" and are typically used to adjust the timing of each episode to make\nsure they fit a certain amount of time. It's usually for television broadcasts\nand some streaming services might omit them (or at least used to). It's\ntypically a commissioned pie of art by a (typically) well-known 3rd party\nartist/illustrator, artist associated with the production, or artist of the\noriginal work. Not all anime productions have them and it's said that SHAFT\npopularized the use of it, when they did _Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tYkVx.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-30T06:28:50.913", "id": "68188", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-30T06:28:50.913", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68176", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nI was reading the manga [**Shijou Saikyou Orc-San No Tanoshii Tanetsuke Harem\nZukuri**](https://myanimelist.net/manga/125660/Shijou_Saikyou_Orc-\nsan_no_Tanoshii_Isekai_Harem-zukuri) and it was just so good. It has a harem\nbut really serious about that and the MC is quite funny. I am reading the\n_English scanlated version_ and there, the latest chapter was _**Chapter 112\n[END]**_... but the ending felt quite abrupt.\n\nSo the actual question: Did it get axed?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-27T20:21:43.353", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68177", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-28T01:48:50.663", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-28T01:48:50.663", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72878", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "manga-production" ], "title": "Did \"Shijou Saikyou Orc-San No Tanoshii Tanetsuke Harem Zukuri\" got axed?", "view_count": 529 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68179", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI can't remember the episode, but the storyline went as follows:\n\nSuneo went to Holland on a tour, and boasted to everyone about it. He also\nunfortunately lost his camera there. Nobita goes to Doraemon and says that he\nwants a Holland tour too. Doraemon comes up with a gadget that shows them\nscenes of any place in the world live, and he invites all his friends to his\nhome. As Doraemon shows them the scenes in Holland (Madurodam, canals etc),\nSuniyo sulks while Nobita is very happy. Soon, they come across a bench with a\ncamcorder on it and they zoom in, and it turns out it's Suneo's camcorder.\nSuneo leaps at the camcorder, only to punch a hole through Nobita's sliding\ndoor and break the gadget, and not get his camcorder back.\n\nA link to the episode if available online would be helpful.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T13:07:37.937", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68178", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-28T13:34:41.307", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-28T13:14:16.813", "last_editor_user_id": "52401", "owner_user_id": "52401", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "doraemon" ], "title": "Doraemon - Episode where Suneo goes to Holland on Tour", "view_count": 52 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is **episode 778, \"The Sight Seeing Window\" (かんこうりょこう窓),** which was\nfirst broadcast on August 24, 1984 in Japan.\n\n* * *\n\nReference:\n\n * [Reddit - r/Doraemon - Whats this episode?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Doraemon/comments/1532jmf/whats_this_episode/)\n * [Pixiv Encyclopedia - 観光旅行まど](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%89%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A9) (Japanese)\n * [Wikipedia - List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doraemon_\\(1979_TV_series\\)_episodes)\n * [Simkl - Doraemon Episode 778](https://simkl.com/anime/38799/doraemon/episode-778/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T13:34:41.307", "id": "68179", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-28T13:34:41.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "68178", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nI am looking for the last anime episode to be aired in 4:3 as part of regular\nprogramming that is not a gimmick.\n\n**Last episode aired in 4:3**\n\nYear | Ep | Anime \n---|---|--- \n2010-03-25 | 201 | Gintama \n2009-03-26 | 120 | Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl \n2009-02-13 | 53 | Naruto Shippuuden \n2008-04-09 | 166 | Bleach \n2006-11-13 | 456 | Meitantei Conan \n2004-10-10 | 206 | One Piece\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T16:43:13.083", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68180", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-07T14:33:26.123", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-07T14:33:26.123", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "22562", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "Which was the last anime (episode) to be aired in 4:3 that doesn't have a widescreen version?", "view_count": 92 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI once read the following tidbit about the development of _Mahou Shoujo Madoka\nMagica_ , but I cannot recall the other anime involved, and I cannot find a\nsource mentioning this.\n\nAs I recall, one of the writers or producers of _Madoka_ was watching a\ncertain anime as it was being broadcast, and it influenced them when they\neither wrote the script for _Madoka_ or just got a certain key idea between\ntwo episodes. This person later remarked that, had they finished watching the\nanime before writing anything, the plot of _Madoka_ would have been much\ndifferent (possibly less dark?).\n\nIs this true, and, if so, what was that other anime?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T18:17:04.297", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68182", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-29T07:07:30.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "26177", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "madoka-magica" ], "title": "Was a/the writer of Madoka Magica influenced by a specific anime that was broadcasting at the time?", "view_count": 74 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you're talking about the lead writer, Gen Orobuchi, then yes. He was\n[influenced](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-01-29/madoka-\nmagica-writer-inspired-by-stephen-king-hidamari-sketch-nanoha-cossette) by the\nworks of American author Stephen King and Japanese director Akiyuki Shinbo (in\nparticular _Hidamari Sketch, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha_ , and _Le Portrait\nde Petite Cossette_ ).\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-30T06:36:48.797", "id": "68189", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-30T06:36:48.797", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68182", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI'm watching NieR:Automata. At first I thought the resistance members were\nhumans, but they are also androids like the ones from YoRHA but not exactly of\nthe same type apparently. So I've searched some info in internet and found\nthis is supposed to be a sequel of a videogame where Androids created by\nhumans fight Machines created by aliens.\n\nSo, do humans still exist at all in this anime? What about the bosses who sent\nthe androids to contact the resistance on Earth? What are they, humans or\nandroids?\n\nAre there humans at all in NieR: Automata?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T21:42:06.087", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68183", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-29T13:50:54.400", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-29T13:50:54.400", "last_editor_user_id": "3028", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "nier-automata" ], "title": "Are there humans at all in NieR: Automata?", "view_count": 166 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe bosses are androids, the same as 2B and 9S.\n\nI haven't watched the anime, so I don't know whether the situation is any\ndifferent there, but in the video game,\n\n> it's revealed at the end of Route B that humanity has already gone extinct.\n> So no, there are no humans in _NieR: Automata_ , or at least, not in the\n> video game.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-28T22:01:35.610", "id": "68184", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-28T22:01:35.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "68183", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68199", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn \"The Fourteenth Target\" movie, Ran was being held hostage by Kohei Sawaki,\nConan picked up the gun and shot Ran, then he was forced to leave Ran (The\nsame scene also happened when Jo Murakami held Eri Kisaki hostage and Mouri\nshot her).\n\nI still don't understand why he was forced to stop holding her hostage.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wdRIm.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-01T13:21:48.723", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68194", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-02T11:54:17.150", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72924", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "detective-conan" ], "title": "Why was Kohei Sawaki forced to leave Ran when Conan shot her in the second movie? (The Fourteenth Target)", "view_count": 49 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is because a wounded person is harder to carry even as a hostage. Conan\nshot Ran in the leg or knee so that she wouldn't be able to walk if Sawaki\nforces her to. Which leaves her with a bruise, and spares her from being a\nhostage with a death threat.\n\nThere's also a similar flashback of Kogoro shooting Eri at the beginning of\nthe movie, noting that Kogoro is one of the finest and most precise shooters\nin the story who graduated with unprecedented marks in the Police Academy.\nConan also explains that scene here, that wounded hostages are harder to\ncarry, so they're abandoned by the criminal in most cases.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-02T11:54:17.150", "id": "68199", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-02T11:54:17.150", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "68194", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI am confused what exactly is the treasure One Piece. Is it some sort of\njewels, blessings, legendary Devil Fruits or something like that? Or is it\nreally just ONE PIECE OF SOMETHING?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-02T10:45:04.887", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68197", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-21T07:38:11.990", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": -3, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "What exactly is the legendary treasure One Piece ? Have there been any references to its nature: such as jewels, wishes, devil fruits etc.?", "view_count": 180 }

[ { "body": "\n\nObviously, the nature of the treasure is so far unknown. The only actual\ninformation based on some quote attributed to Oda himself is that it should\n**NOT** be something like \"friendship\" or \"the journey\".\n\n> Oda(2019): One Piece is not a _bond of Straw Hats_. I hate that kind of\n> thing. When I was a kid, I was not happy with the ending of The Wizard of\n> Oz, that the adventure is itself a treasure. That story was unacceptable.\n> Luffy has a great journey, so give him a proper treasure.\n\nsource: <https://twitter.com/sandman_AP/status/1653374993328394246>\n\nThat said, I don't trust much of that other being a red herring since **imho**\nOda shoved to love quite a bit throwing misleading elements at the fans. For\nexample, nothing in the above message implies that it is a) anything actually\nvaluable, b) anything that can be moved from the island, c) in a way anything\nphysical (for example, would \"the Dawn and freedom from the lies of the\nDragons\" be considered a treasure? Remember that the Straw Hats consider\nthings like tangerines, an old flag, a sword and a promise to a dead girl, an\nstraw hat, some burnt plans etc as treasures), d) anything that is STILL there\n(Roger said he was not the one Joy Boy was waiting for. But some think Joy Boy\nleft **that** fruit there, and the reason Roger didn't took it was his\nterminal illness. This would also mean that Shanks was fully aware of what\nthat fruit really was, and attacked the ship carrying it on purpose, not just\nas a random coincidence) .\n\nIt is also worth noticing that when Roger reached Laugh Tale, something was\nalready there. And that is the reason the name Laugh Tale was chosen in the\nfirst place.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iUZa5.png)\n\nYet, \"One Piece\" is the name give to what people believe to be Roger's\ntreasure. Something that **they** believe was left there.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uvxgi.jpg)\n\nNotice Roger's reaction: \"And they have no idea\". \n\"No idea\" about what? About the fact that he didn't leave anything there and\nthe only treasure is what Joy Boy already left? About the fact that the\ntreasure has no monetary value at all, being instead something like\n\"knowledge\" or \"a way to bring on the Dawn\"? The real throne to the world and\nthe proof the Dragons are in fact usurpers from another land?\n\nConsider this: Buggy was with Roger's crew. Conveniently, he had some\n\"illness\" that prevented him to go on Laugh Tale.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tKSAl.png)\n\nThe nature of this illness hasn't been further elaborated (some fan\ntranslations of the page call it \"Can't Go to this Island\", the same name\nUsopp uses as an excuse multiple times, but that is not correct). Anyway, it\nseems like a way to distract the watcher from a specific question:\n\"considering that Buggy is depicted as someone who loves treasures why did he\nnever try to find a way to get the One Piece for himself if it was so precious\nand he already knew its location? Why he didn't ask Shank to bring back even a\nsingle coin? Why aiming for a different treasure altogether if he knew what\nRoger left there?\"\n\nAlso... Why the World Government should be afraid about something finding a\nvery large sum of money? Whitebeard seemed to imply that finding the One Piece\nwould trigger some world-level crisis and Sengoku reaction seems to confirm\nthat. What do they really fear? Some large treasure called One Piece or\nsomething else left there before? Is the One Piece a treasure at all? It is\npretty evident Roger planted the idea of a treasure as a deliberate way to get\npeople trying to reach that same final line so that they would find something\nelse there, but it is not clear if there is an actual treasure too or just\nthat \"something else\". He just seemed to want for someone else to reach that\npoint in the journey.\n\nAnd perhaps, do something there he couldn't or didn't want to do at the time.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ipwLA.png)\n\nIt is also worth noticing that there have been some hints about Luffy\ndestroying Fish-Man island. The world of One Piece is spit in 4 quadrants so\nright now it is basically Four Pieces. Something huge happened in the past,\nand the Throne is found on the Red Line, and Fish-Man island is somewhere\nunder that. \nWas the answer under our nose all along? Is \"One Piece\" nothing else that the\nworld once again awakened and restored to the one single land it once was? Is\nthat why the \"All Blue\" is so rarely mentioned in the plot and the reason no\none could find it? Because it no longer exist?\n\nPS: At least we should be pretty confident it is not a giant pearl...\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/euCkv.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-02T11:18:31.320", "id": "68198", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-21T07:38:11.990", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-21T07:38:11.990", "last_editor_user_id": "70838", "owner_user_id": "70838", "parent_id": "68197", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThe One Piece is the end goal of the story. Since you are asking about that, I\nassume you have no problem with any and all spoilers.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ue9bml.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eqqj9l.jpg)\n\nThough it is impossible to say with any certainty what the One Piece is at\nthis point in the story, we are far from clueless about what is waiting on\nLaugh Tale. In the first place, this island is connected heavily to the\nPoneglyphs. Finding the path to Laugh Tale requires deciphering the four Red\nPoneglyphs. It is highly likely that the Poneglyph detailing the Void Century\nwill be there, but whether or not this itself is the One Piece, or part of the\nOne Piece, is unknown.\n\nThe One Piece has been implied to be something that will turn the world upside\ndown. At times, some characters' dialogue has even implied that the One Piece\nmight be one of the Ancient Weapons, or something related to the ancient\nweapons. Given the Poneglyphs relation to these weapons, this is not a far-\nfetched assumption. However, I suspect this might not actually be the case\neven though some characters seem convinced of this, and just the history from\nthe Void Century could be enough to turn the world upside down, so a weapon is\nnot necessary.\n\nGold Roger's final words also offer a clue:\n\n> \"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered\n> together in one place. Now you just have to find it.\"\n\nThis implies it was something he gathered together, rather than something he\nfound on the island. It could be that the One Piece is an amalgamation of some\ntreasure Roger found on his journey, as well as some things he found on Laugh\nTale.\n\nThere are some more clues. Whitebeard said to Blackbeard that Blackbeard\nwasn't the one Roger was waiting for. And in the movie _One Piece: Stampede_ ,\nRoger himself gets angry about the Eternal Log Pose to Laugh Tale being made,\nand says that the treasure is beyond anyone who would use such a thing.\n\nI haven't actually gotten to this part of the story myself, so I can't say\nmuch, but I've heard the One Piece has something to do with Joy Boy.\n\nThe name Laugh Tale may also be an important hint as to what the One Piece is,\nsince Gold Roger named the island that in response to what he found there.\n\nWhat is very clear though, is that there is an expectation that whoever gets\nthe One Piece will be the person who ends the current era and starts a new\none.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-02T17:04:07.700", "id": "68201", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-02T21:50:07.193", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-02T21:50:07.193", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68197", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68208", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the future, couldn't anyone just travel through time to steal valuable\nthings from the past, like dinosaur bones to sell them in the future? Then why\nis time travel allowed?\n\nNow if you say about Time Patrol who prevent wrong use of time travel,\nwouldn't it mean they always keep a watch on everyone in any time period, thus\nviolating privacy rules?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-03T06:58:49.633", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68207", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-03T10:49:17.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "doraemon" ], "title": "Once Doraemon stated that old things get valuable in the future. Couldn't anyone time travel to steal things from the past and sell them in the future", "view_count": 35 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBasically, you guessed the plot of [Doraemon: Nobita's\nDinosaur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon:_Nobita%27s_Dinosaur) and its\n2006 remake.\n\nCriminals that abuse Time Travel do indeed exist and there is a special Time\nPolice that works to prevent abuse. That same sentiment is shown in multiple\nother episodes where some form of \"Time Police\" appears (for example when they\nshow a park with robot replicas of endangered animals).\n\nWhy not prevent Time travel? Well... ask yourself. Now that the technology is\nknow, do you think any force in the world would be able to stop anyone from\nmaking an atom bomb? Especially when they are already criminal outlaws in the\nfirst place? Best you can do is minimize damage.\n\nThat said, it is not like Doraemon's gadgets aren't know for being weapons of\nmass destruction disguised as toys.\n\nYou had things like\n\n * pills or other items that give Superman like powers\n * items that can create multidimensional spaces\n * tons of brainwashing devices that can go from putting you in an egg shaped machine so that you will fall in love with the first person you see or go out at night in your underwear because someone summoned you to a cherry blossom party and not remember anything afterward\n * multiple ways to impersonate other persons\n * city destruction level weapons, including anime style super robots\n * buttons that can erase people from reality, including other's memories of them ever existing\n * devices that can be used to **summon the DEVIL**\n\nIt is scary to think some of those even exist in the first place. I wouldn't\ntry to rationalize what they do in the show.\n\nOtherwise poor Shizuka should already have moved to a different country after\nall the damage Nobita and Doraemon caused her (from the repeated bath joke to\nthinks like brainwashing her on multiple occasions, selling her dolls without\nasking first, writing on her diary, impersonating her, etc etc etc)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-03T10:49:17.287", "id": "68208", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-03T10:49:17.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70838", "parent_id": "68207", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI just wanna read _Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai_ even though it is written in\nJapanese, Chinese, or any language at all, no need to be translated.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-03T12:20:22.127", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68209", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-02T14:00:00.040", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-03T13:19:57.823", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "72948", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "resources" ], "title": "Where can I find \"Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai\" manga?", "view_count": 181 }

[ { "body": "\n\nA quick search of its Japanese title 「銀河戦国群雄伝ライ」returned [Sukima\n(Japanese)](https://www.sukima.me/book/title/gomabooks0000652/) that allows\nthe visitors to read all chapters for free and without registration (it's a\nlegal site based on its [ABJ\nmark](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/56615/2516) on the footer).\n\nOther than that, various Japanese bookstores like [Amazon\nKindle](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07DP8Q78P) and\n[Bookwalker](https://bookwalker.jp/series/164105/) also sell them in digital.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-03T13:33:02.193", "id": "68210", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-03T13:33:02.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "68209", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68213", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn _Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan_ episode 5, they mention people\nfought to end the 4 social classes that existed in Japan, so all people would\nbe equal. This is apparently a re-make of the 90's series; also there was a\nmanga, OVAs, an animated movie, live action movies, etc. so I suppose anywhere\nit was mentioned. Also this might be what historically happened in Japan or\nnot, since certain ideas are historically accurate, and others aren't or are\nloosely based. I suppose 2 of the social classes were farmer and samurai, but\nnot sure which would be the others.\n\nWhich were the 4 social classes mentioned in Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku\nRomantan episode 5?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-03T21:48:49.367", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68211", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-04T11:57:06.087", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-04T11:57:06.087", "last_editor_user_id": "57843", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "rurouni-kenshin", "japan" ], "title": "Which were the 4 social classes mentioned in Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan episode 5?", "view_count": 92 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe four classes in feudal Japan were:\n\n 1. samurai\n 2. farmers\n 3. artisans\n 4. merchants\n\nThese were legal classifications; the emperor and his court were above them,\nand the _burakumin_ , including professions such as actor or butcher, were\nbelow it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-04T00:08:15.457", "id": "68213", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-04T00:08:15.457", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57843", "parent_id": "68211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSo like I watched season 1 and 2 of konosuba and after I watched the movie so\nI'm wondering where to continue from cause of the OVAS and specials.\n\nAnd please where to start reading in manga .\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-13T15:52:44.900", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68231", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-13T17:55:26.337", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-13T17:55:26.337", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "73049", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "konosuba" ], "title": "Where to start watching konosuba after watching only season 1, 2 and movie", "view_count": 30 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68252", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nWhy is the bounty of Chopper so low compared to his crew-mates ? After the\nEnies Lobby Arc, all of the Straw Hats received bounties over atleast 1\nmillion, except Chopper. Doesn't the Navy have the common sense that someone\nworth 100 Berries couldn't have beat up a member of CP9 ( Kumadori ) ?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-14T08:52:46.040", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68232", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T12:42:45.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Why is Chopper's bounty so low?", "view_count": 288 }

[ { "body": "\n\nLong story short, the Navy doesn't realize that the big buff hairy man that\nfought CP9 alongside the Straw Hats is Chopper, so they just treat him as a\nmascot.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T12:42:45.453", "id": "68252", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T12:42:45.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33307", "parent_id": "68232", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nWhen Luffy used Conqueror's Haki at Marineford, not all the people there fell\ndown. I noticed that only the powerful ones like Whitebeard, Sengoku, Garp,\nAce etc. were left standing. While the weaker soldiers as well as pirates fell\ndown.\n\nWhy were only the weaker people affected ?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-14T15:31:54.310", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68233", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-14T16:52:55.007", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-14T16:52:55.007", "last_editor_user_id": "72891", "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Why does Luffy's Conqueror Haki at Marineford not work on everyone?", "view_count": 20 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68236", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nThe Devil Fruit eaters lose their ability to swim, but it's not been said that\nthey would also lose their ability to breathe under water.\n\nLike if a Fish-Man eats a Devil Fruit, he would lose his ability to swim, but\nwouldn't he be able to breathe under water due to being a Fish-Man?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-14T17:56:47.570", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68234", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-14T20:35:48.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Can a Devil Fruit user survive under water?", "view_count": 110 }

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, fish-men retain their ability to breathe underwater, even if they have a\ndevil fruit. \nAs an example, we have [Jack the\nDrought](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Jack) of the Beasts Pirates. He is a\ngiant grouper fish-man and ate the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth.\n\n> Since he is a Devil Fruit user, he has lost the ability to swim, but because\n> he is a fish-man, he can breathe underwater. Though, he still would not be\n> able to move if he falls into the water.\n\nWe see him in [Chapter 824](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_824) of\nthe manga underwater being conscious but unable to move.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-14T20:35:48.647", "id": "68236", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-14T20:35:48.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "68234", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI've seen various female One Piece characters having the skinny hourglass\nfigure as Eiichiro Oda's art progressed, What is the reason of why these\ncharacters have the same skinny hourglass figure?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-15T22:40:35.833", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68240", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-16T23:15:56.413", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-16T19:17:06.920", "last_editor_user_id": "58010", "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "one-piece", "mangaka" ], "title": "Why do the female characters from One Piece have the same skinny hourglass figure?", "view_count": 623 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you read the SBS segments of the manga, you can get an understanding of\nwhy.\n\nIt is Eiichiro Oda's preference to draw women with an hourglass figure. Oda\nhas repeatedly dismissed/ignored criticism from female fans for the way he\ndraws women. Oda pretty much demonstrates no understanding of the concerns\nbehind these criticisms and has stated vehemently that he will continue\ndrawing women with the hourglass figure. He often tries to justify his\nposition by saying stuff about the dreams of young boys, as here in volume 78:\n\n> D: We realized that Robin has huge breasts. We checked from the side, and\n> Nami also has huge breasts. Why do they both have such huge breasts? And\n> could it be Oda-san's preference?\n>\n> That was a question from us two 10-year-olds. P.N. Sakucchan & Yuzu-chan\n>\n> O: I keep saying this, but I'm just bringing the young boys' dreams to life!\n> All of humanity on earth! I command your breasts to grow~!\n\nIn volume 79, we get this regarding hourglass figures from Oda:\n\n> (I only draw this kind of body, so I get a lot of complaint postcards from\n> my female audience. Let's all stay strong and keep on living life.)\n\nSee also these SBS segments:\n\n<https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_57>\n\n<https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_78>\n\n<https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_79>\n\nSlightly related SBS segments:\n\n<https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_41>\n\nFurther reading:\n\n<https://www.animefeminist.com/choosing-toremain-strong-against-female-\ncriticism-the-vindictive-storytelling-of-oda-eiichiro/>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-16T23:10:36.310", "id": "68243", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-16T23:15:56.413", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-16T23:15:56.413", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68240", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn the 32nd enigma of Phantom Tales of the Night, there's a scene where a doll\nseller suggests to Butterfly that perhaps people that can't stand change are\nmonsters. Afterwards, Butterfly pictures the face of a crying person before\ngoing on to destroy several dolls.\n\nWho is this crying person that Butterfly pictures? How do they relate to what\nthe doll seller said?\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uIXKO.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-16T16:21:55.277", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68241", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-16T16:21:55.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31618", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "phantom-tales-of-the-night" ], "title": "Who is the crying person Butterfly thinks of in the 32nd enigma?", "view_count": 21 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68248", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn chapter 30 of the manga, Light threatened to kill Misa, but both of them\nare death note owners. So, was it even possible for Light to kill Misa even if\nhe wanted to kill her?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-17T18:14:17.227", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68245", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T23:49:21.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65440", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "death-note" ], "title": "Was Light's threat fake?", "view_count": 93 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNothing prevents Death Note owners from being victim of a Death Note. Light\nwas entirely willing and able to kill Misa when he threatened her, he stopped\nnot because a rule was preventing it but because Rem threatened to kill Light\nif he kills Misa (Ch 30).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/niZ62.jpg)\n\n> If you kill this girl then I'll write your name in my Death Note and kill\n> you. I can see her remaining lifespan. If she dies before that, then I will\n> assume you killed her. And of course, if I see you're about to kill her,\n> then I'll kill you before you can do it.\n\nWith regards to Death Note owners killing each other, at least two examples\ncome to mind, Light killing [Kyosuke \"the Yotsuba Kira\"\nHiguchi](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Kyosuke_Higuchi) at the climax of\nthe Third Kira arc and Light puppeteering [Jack\nNeylon](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Neylon) to help him wipe out\nMello's mafia buddies. In both cases, nothing in particular prevents Light\nfrom writing their names in the Death Note.\n\nThe Death Note has a rather extensive [list of\nrules](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note/Manga_Chapter_Rules)\ngradually revealed to the reader with each chapter. Poring over the entire\nruleset some rules pertain to who can and cannot be killed by the Death Note,\nE.G. \"If a Death Note owner accidentally misspells a name four times, that\nperson will be free from being killed by the Death Note. However, if they\nintentionally misspell the name four times, the Death Note owner will die.\"\n(Ch49) or \"You cannot kill humans at the age of 124 or over with the Death\nNote.\" (Ch41). But none of the rules say anything in particular about killing\nDeath Note owners the only rule of relevance is the first one \"The human whose\nname is written in this note shall die.\" (Ch1).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T00:36:03.500", "id": "68248", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T23:49:21.080", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-18T23:49:21.080", "last_editor_user_id": "50617", "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "68245", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68254", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nBefore the time-skip Chopper always used to wear the pink hat with an X mark\nwhich was given to him by Hiriluk. But after the time-skip he doesn't wear the\nsame hat. As we know, his hat was as precious to him as Luffy's straw hat is\nto him. I don't think he would let anything happen to the hat, also I don't\nthink he would abandon the only memory of Hiriluk.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T15:43:26.097", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68253", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T15:50:56.437", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "What happened to Chopper's hat after the time-skip?", "view_count": 264 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the SBS from vol 63 (chapter 616), The pink one (original) is\nunder the blue one (new).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UeeKi.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T15:50:56.437", "id": "68254", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T15:50:56.437", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68253", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nI know there's normally a specific answer for each show they're in and\nexplanations but what do they originate from culturally? I've seen them quite\na few times and I don't think it's just a design coincidence\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-21T05:39:28.713", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68266", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-21T05:39:28.713", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73132", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "tropes" ], "title": "What are the floating orbs in a circle that float behind powerful characters?", "view_count": 95 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nCaesar ate the Gas-Gas Fruit which allows him to control gas. He can also\nremove oxygen gas in a certain area. And Ace ate the Flare-Flare Fruit which\nallows him to control fire. Since Fire requires oxygen to burn, then Caesar's\nremoval of oxygen from the air could have defeated Ace's fire power.\n\nSo we conclude that Caesar could have easily defeated Ace?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-21T17:37:19.637", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68267", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-28T07:44:47.080", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72891", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Could Caesar Clown defeat Ace?", "view_count": 135 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you are thinking of a mere rock-paper-scissor, it would indeed look like\nCaesar fruit has an advantage, similar to how Luffy \"Gum\" fruit had an\nadvantage against Eneru \"Lighting\" or how Akainu claimed that his \"Magma\"\npower was stronger than Ace \"Fire\". \nOn the other hand it is not like a \"weaker\" fruit hasn't beat a \"stronger\" one\nbefore, even with some elemental advantage involved. Also, it is not clear how\nfar Caesar powers could reach. He doesn't seem the type to have trained that\nmuch and instead seems to rely on the base advantage of a Logia. I also doubt\nhe has any decent level of Haki, while technically Ace was shown at least once\nto use the Conqueror variant (that said, it appears only in the flashback and\nnever again).\n\nBut let's keep it simple - **can Caesar douse Ace flames?**\n\nThe real issue is that we are talking about speculations. It has never been\nspecified **how** Logia fruits create things out of nowhere. Do they consume\nstamina/willpower/ki/mana? How can someone conjure a giant fist made of magma\nup in the sky? Where did that molten rock come from?\n\nIt is a common misconception that fire requires oxygen.\n\n> The two main components of fire are fuel and an oxidizing agent or oxidizer.\n> Fuel is a substance that loses electrons or accepts oxygen atoms, whereas an\n> oxidizer is a material that provides those oxygen atoms or accepts the\n> electrons. This process of transferring electrons from the oxidizing agent\n> to the fuel is known as oxidation, which basically constitutes combustion \n> Source: <https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/can-fire-occur-non-oxygenated-\n> reaction.html>\n\nThis brings quite a bit of questions...\n\n * do Ace flames require any combustion in the first place? You seem quite sure they need oxygen as the oxidizing agent, but then please tell me also what is the fuel that gets combusted.\n * if they require combustion, do they use oxygen? If the Logia can create the \"fuel\" then it should be able to create the oxidizing agent too?\n * if Ace powers are a form of combustion that can use any oxidizing agent, can Caesar remove oxygen at atomic level too so that there are no oxygen atoms left? Just to point out the absurdity, this means that Caesar should be able to turn water into hydrogen? \netc etc etc.\n\nSeems we won't get anywhere this way, so let's try to compare Ace with someone\nsimilar instead.\n\nThe Human Torch maybe? This scene from a comic is quite similar to what you\nseem to expect: a foe removes oxygen from the area and the Human Torch flames\nare affected.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cLmD4.jpg)\n\nBut in another panel form a different comic he can fly thru space despite the\nlack of air...\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3JoX9.png)\n\n... or at least he can until he can not in yet another issue.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oUujr.png)\n\n... and don't get me even started on \"Power Cosmic\" Human Torch.\n\nLet's look elsewhere. In Fire Force the (basic) Infernals seems to be subject\nto dousing like any flame would - Akitaru Ōbi even uses dousing grenades. At\nthe same time there are scenes where the acutal Adolla flame is shown to be\ndemonic in the real meaning of the term and it does not seem to douse in any\nway. \nIn Ben10 Heatblast can't breath in space and is weak to water, oxygen\ndeprivation and anything you would expect to douse a flame. \nThen you have Jaganshi Hiei from YuYu Hakusho dark flame, which isn't\nconventional by any mean and is probably more of a demonic flame too.\n\nand so on, I think you get the point: every show has its set of rules, even\nwhen we are talking of the same base trope...\n\nAt the end of the day only Oda could decide how the fight would go. You\nimagine Caesar dousing Ace fire, but Oda could as well decide to go for a not-\neven-worth-my-time scenario with \"Caesar explodes as soon as he tries to turn\nto gas because gas+fire=boom\". Considering that the Ace is dead and many\nexpect Sabo to face Akainu for revenge at some point, I would not be surprised\nby a \"I'll mop the floor with you\" battle with the Flame Flame fruit revealed\nto be not physical fire but the very idea of burning and awake to spontaneous\ncombustion of anything near, including Akainu's magma. After all, it is not\nlike other fruits weren't presented for what they actually were in the first\nplace... so maybe suddenly the Mera Mera will actually be Hito Hito No Mi,\nModel: Kitsune.\n\nThat said, again, this is just speculation and unless Caesar does try this\nagainst Sabo now we will probably never know if that would have worked unless\nsomeone asks Oda directly in the SBS corner.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-22T11:12:44.337", "id": "68270", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-28T07:44:47.080", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-28T07:44:47.080", "last_editor_user_id": "70838", "owner_user_id": "70838", "parent_id": "68267", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't disagree with the crux of [SPArcheon's\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/68270/19307), but there are two\nspecific points made that I think need correcting.\n\n> Also, it is not clear how far Caesar powers could reach.\n\nStaying out of Caesar's reach while fighting was the crux of Luffy's strategy\nin his second fight, so I think it's likely we could estimate Caesar's range\nwere we inclined to do so.\n\n> You imagine Caesar dousing Ace's fire, but we can't exclude something like\n> \"Caesar explodes as soon as he tries to turn to gas because gas+fire=boom\".\n\nUsopp shot a fire attack at Caesar with exactly this mentality, and it was\nproven wrong. Caesar's control is over gas, not exclusively poison gas or\nexplosive gas. The whole point of this exchange is to show us that the\nviewers' understanding of \"gas plus fire equals explosion\" is comically\nincorrect, and to remind us that oxygen is a gas.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ft2Pu.png)\n\nAce would most likely struggle against Caesar for the same reasons he\nultimately lost to Teech. Mainly, the negation of his fire powers. Considering\nthat Caesar's ability to manipulate oxygen would be devastating whether Ace\nwas fire or human, Ace would most likely lose if he got within range of\nCaesar. Oxygen deprivation was enough to take down Luffy, after all, so\nsuperhuman strength really doesn't factor in here.\n\nIt would ultimately depend on Oda's perspective, as said in the other answer.\nYet, he has shown to think these match-ups through though, as with Luffy being\nimpervious to lightning (though it is technically not actually scientifically\naccurate that rubber would be okay being hit by lightning according to answers\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/22763/is-it-logical-that-\nenels-power-is-ineffective-against-luffy/61369#61369)), and with Ace and\nSmoker's fight being an a futile effort. Crocodile being weak against water\nalso makes sense, since sand sticks together when it gets wet. The whole thing\nof lava being hotter than fire was a bit odd (my initial gut reaction was that\nit made sense, but I guess that hardly matters, and I think it's fair to\ncriticize it), but it does still show that Oda is using logic and reasoning\nfor these match-ups. Just note that logically consistent does not necessarily\nequal scientifically accurate.\n\nSince Oda has already explicitly written about the relationship between oxygen\nand fire in the battle between Usopp and Caesar, I think we can conclude that\nhe definitely would've taken it into account in a fight between Ace and\nCaesar. But there are still unknown factors that Oda would have to decide on,\nso any answer to the question of this match-up is going to be mostly\nspeculation. That could change if for some reason we see Marco or Sabo fight\nCaesar.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-22T19:20:12.213", "id": "68271", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-23T01:17:10.833", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-23T01:17:10.833", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68267", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSpeaking specifically about the original Japanese franchise(s), rather than\n_Robotech_...\n\nI have seen various online sources saying that the Protoculture were the\nprogenitor species for many of the races followed in the franchise. That they\nhad a mighty empire when the galaxy was young and that it fell after the\nProtoculture tried to tap into a new energy source that brought them into\nconflict with another race made of energy.\n\nWhere in the franchise is this detailed?\n\nFor example, if I wanted to see or read about it, which manga volumes,\nepisodes, novels, or video games would I need to buy?\n\nIf there is more than one conflicting source from a different continuity, then\nwhich one is canon to the original animated series of _Macross_?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-21T19:08:50.767", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68268", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-21T20:18:54.753", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-21T20:18:54.753", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "70080", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "macross" ], "title": "Where in the Macross franchise was the fall of the Protoculture detailed?", "view_count": 28 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68273", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the final two episodes of _Gundam: Witch From Mercury_ S1, the Plant Quetta\nspace station is attacked by the Earthian terrorist group Fold of Dawn, who\nhave somehow obtained Gundams. Furthermore, in S2 Ep.7 (which is where I'm up\nto), Prospera Mercury comes across a whole stash of Gundams that apparently\nbelong to Fold of Dawn.\n\nI don't understand where they got all these Gundams from. My naive\nunderstanding is that all the Gundams were destroyed in the attack on Ochs\nEarth during the Prologue, and that Aerial is the only one left. I know that\nFold of Dawn were secretly being backed by Shaddiq Zenelli, but again, I don't\nunderstand how _he_ could have gotten hold of Gundams to give them to Fold of\nDawn in the first place.\n\nI think this may have been explained at some point, but there are so many\ndifferent factions at play that it went completely over my head. So I'll ask\nsimply: **how did Fold of Dawn get their hands on Gundams?** Or - assuming\nthey got them from Shaddiq - how did _he_ get his hands on Gundams?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-22T22:02:27.710", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68272", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-25T21:05:11.643", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-25T21:05:11.643", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "35679", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "gundam-witch-from-mercury" ], "title": "How did Fold of Dawn get hold of Gundams?", "view_count": 196 }

[ { "body": "\n\nit's because while Ochs Earth was thought to have been disbanded, it was still\noperating developing Gundams for the Space Assembly League\n\n> Ochs Earth was believed to have been disbanded by this time. However, they\n> actually continued to operate in secret by building new Gundams, being the\n> developers of the EDM-GA-01 Gundam Lfrith Ur and EDM-GA-02 Gundam Lfrith\n> Thorn. They were funded in these endeavors by the Space Assembly League, who\n> intended to use the Gundams to crack down on the Benerit Group for their\n> continued administrative overreach. Prospera Mercury learned of their\n> intentions and destroyed Ochs Earth's facilities at Quinharbor using the\n> XVX-016RN Gundam Aerial Rebuild\n\nSource: [Ochs Earth Corporation > History > A.S.\n122](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Ochs_Earth_Corporation#A.S._122)\n\nBut then how did Fold of Dawn get hold of them?\n\n(SPOILERS OF THE FINAL EPISODE)\n\n> it was likely through Shaddiq, to quote\n> [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_The_Witch_from_Mercury_episodes&oldid=1163009269#Season_2_\\(2023\\))\n\n> _\"... while Miorine announces that she has formally dissolved the Benerit\n> Group and sold off its assets to Earth, so the Space Assembly League has no\n> more legal authority to act. [Miorine] also threatens to publicly release\n> **Shaddiq's confession about his secret dealings with the Space Assembly\n> League**.\"_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-22T23:43:12.707", "id": "68273", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-22T23:43:12.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "68272", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Dragon Ball Heroes episode 50,\n\n> Future Gohan, Goku and Bardock are fighting Demigra I believe and counter an\n> attack of him with kamehamehas. Then, Goku which was fighting as super\n> saiyan blue kaioken turns into Ultra Instict, Bardock which was transformed\n> in Super Saiyan 3 turns into Super Saiyan 4, and Future Gohan who was\n> fighting as super saiyan power ups, and apparently there is some light blue\n> flashes in the aura. Did he turn Super Saiyan Rage or any other\n> transformation?\n\nWhich transformation did Future Gohan use in Dragon Ball Heroes episode 50?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-29T21:37:27.507", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68282", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-05T03:06:45.803", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-05T02:28:24.260", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "dragon-ball-heroes" ], "title": "Which transformation did Future Gohan use in Dragon Ball Heroes episode 50?", "view_count": 63 }

[ { "body": "\n\nFuture Gohan powered up to Super Saiyan 2.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-01T15:33:12.317", "id": "68284", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-01T15:33:12.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45593", "parent_id": "68282", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nExample:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NQGzp.png)\n\nI get that they're asides, thoughts, implications, feelings, etc., but what is\nthe actual visual device/convention called?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-02T07:51:26.207", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68285", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-02T13:44:40.753", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-02T13:44:40.753", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "29204", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "terminology" ], "title": "Is there a name for text that's attributed to a character but without a speech bubble/thought bubble/pointer line/other indicator?", "view_count": 50 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn the Wikia of _Dark Gathering_ , it is explained that Yayoi developed a very\nhigh IQ of 160 after an accident, but it isn't explained how she learnt to\nhunt ghosts.\n\nWhere did Yayoi learn how to hunt ghosts?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-04T23:17:58.993", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68286", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-05T03:20:11.253", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-05T03:20:11.253", "last_editor_user_id": "57843", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "dark-gathering" ], "title": "Where did Yayoi learn how to hunt ghosts?", "view_count": 22 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIs there a shop or site you can buy a _Hunter x Hunter_ license from? I have\nlooked on Amazon, but I could not find one close to the one in anime or manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-07T22:17:27.040", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68298", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-08T07:49:01.673", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-08T01:15:57.347", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73333", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "hunter-x-hunter", "merchandise" ], "title": "Where can I buy a hunter's license?", "view_count": 74 }

[ { "body": "\n\nUsing the search term `hxh hunter license prop` I've managed to find multiple\nwebsites selling it, including Amazon, which seem to closely match the card as\nshown in the series.\n\n * [Amazon](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B0BC6NNK4H)\n * [Joom](https://www.joom.com/en/products/609def52bac86e01fb22baa2)\n * [Ali Express](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001566430803.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2nld)\n * [Ebay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/134483791077)\n\nAs I don't have any personal experience with these particular sellers I cannot\nvouch for any quality. So be sure to apply some scrutiny before purchasing any\nof these products.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-08T07:49:01.673", "id": "68299", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-08T07:49:01.673", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "68298", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nYoriichi mentioned to Tanjiro, in his narrative on his fight against Muzan,\nthat he discovered the 13th form of the Hinokami Kagura while fighting Muzan\n(which scared Muzan pretty bad). However, it didn't seem like this 13th form\nwas ever revealed afterwards, not even when it came to Tanjiro's turn to fight\nthe demon boss. Does anyone know what this 13th form might be?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-08T09:26:03.320", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68300", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-08T09:26:03.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73336", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "demon-slayer" ], "title": "13th form of Hinokami Kagura", "view_count": 25 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68313", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nKakegurui episode 3 (Slit-Eyed Woman) calculations seem to be wrong. In the\nsecond round Yumeko put 40 chips (40 million yen) on 24th house and she says\nif the sword falls in the 24th hole, it would be **2 billion and 170 million\nyen**. How is this possible?\n\n[code]\n\n 40,000,000 x 30 = 1,200,000,000 = 1.2 billion ≠ 2.17 billion\n \n[/code]\n\nMoreover, when she lost, Yuriko won because she put 5 chips (5 million yen) on\n7th house. Yumeko had to pay **310 million yen**.\n\nYumeko debt should be:\n\n[code]\n\n (5 x 30) - 40 = 150 - 40 = 110 chips = 110 million yen ≠ 310 million yen\n △ △\n | |\n Yuriko bet |\n Yumeko chips\n \n[/code]\n\nOR\n\n[code]\n\n (5 x 30) - 40 + 40 = 150 chips = 150 million yen ≠ 310 million yen\n △ △ △\n | | |\n Yuriko bet | Yumeko game entry\n Yumeko chips\n \n[/code]\n\nDid I forget something? I mean there are lots of editors and proofreaders\nbefore printing a manga, let alone anime production. I think there is\nsomething about it that I don't know, because this mistake is too obvious.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-08T18:09:48.010", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68302", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-13T16:49:44.593", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-10T21:54:07.443", "last_editor_user_id": "70363", "owner_user_id": "70363", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "compulsive-gambler" ], "title": "Are Kakegurui (Compulsive Gambler) episode 3 calculations correct?", "view_count": 143 }

[ { "body": "\n\nYumeko received 35 (losing) chips from Yuriko and paid 150 chips to Yuriko's\nLife win (5 chips x 30) for a net total of -115 million yen.\n\nYuriko received 40 of Yumeko's (losing) chips + 150 chips for her Life win (5\nchips x 30) + kept her 5 (winning) chips for a net total of 195 million yen.\n\nYumeko went below 0 chips and the game ended, with her net total being her\ndebt (115 million yen), so 310 million yen (195 + 115) was paid to Yuriko.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-13T02:01:58.447", "id": "68313", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-13T16:49:44.593", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-13T16:49:44.593", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI'm currently watching the 16th episode of _Death Note_ , and this question is\nbothering me a lot about how the story is going. Why didn't Rem kill L when\nMisa was under police custody and instead chose to erase her memories? Even\nLight chose to go by Rem's choice. In the 15th episode, Light chose to kill L\nusing Rem's help. I wonder why they didn't do this.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-08T18:42:59.243", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68303", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-13T21:35:08.030", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-22T23:00:45.090", "last_editor_user_id": "310", "owner_user_id": "73346", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "death-note" ], "title": "Why didn't Rem kill L?", "view_count": 135 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause Rem agreed with Light that Misa should feel happy and safe. Once Rem\ntrusted Light with that promise, he would do it. Else, Rem would kill Light\ninstead.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-31T14:07:23.757", "id": "68406", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-31T15:56:51.077", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-31T15:56:51.077", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73803", "parent_id": "68303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nTo put this shortly without spoilers, Rem knew Misa isn't gonna die because\nshe's seeing her life span. The only reason she made Misa forfeiting the Death\nNote and lose all her memories, is because she couldn't see her suffering and\ntrusted Light to help. Misa would never say anything about the Death Note or\nLight anyway.\n\nFor more detailed answer with spoilers (beware if you haven't watched episode\n26):\n\n> To answer this, there's need to remember 2 important points about Shinigami:\n> 1. That Shinigami can know each person life span. 2. That if Shinigami helps\n> human to extend his life span, he dies. Following that, we can surely assume\n> that Rem knew that Misa lifespan wasn't in danger when she was in jail, or\n> she would Kill L as you said. If it wasn't like that, we can assume\n> otherwise that she would kill L and die in the process, as it happens on\n> ep26. What changes the situation between when Misa was arrested and after\n> then Yotsuba arc, is Misa's life span. Misa life span got shortened twice,\n> one when she got the Death Note, she had done the deal of the Shinigami\n> eyes. Second, after regaining memories of the Death Note and made the eye\n> deal again (following Light's order to make that happen). This made Misa's\n> life span shortened to quarter of what she had before gaining the Death Note\n> in the first place. Rem seeing that, she understood she's gonna die very\n> soon, and that what made her to kill L in that moment. Unlike when Misa had\n> been arrested, when she wasn't at her end.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-13T21:35:08.030", "id": "68431", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-13T21:35:08.030", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "68303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nWe have seen this jutsu performed three times during OG Naruto and Shippuden.\n\n * Orochimaru used Tobirama and Hashirama vs Hiruzen\n * Kabuto uses an army of Edo Tensei\n * Orochimaru Edo Tensei 4 hokages\n\nWhy the first edo tensei done by Orochimaru was considered weak? Also, he used\nWhite Zetsu for 4 hokages while it is said it needs a living sacrifice.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-08T22:13:23.920", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68304", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-08T22:13:23.920", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53161", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "What is the difference between 3 times Edo Tensei have been used?", "view_count": 61 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn _Jujutsu Kaisen_ , Yuta has the ability to copy cursed techniques. Can he\ncopy Mahito's Idle Transfiguration?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-09T17:20:37.050", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68305", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-22T17:16:21.160", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-10T03:06:47.273", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73356", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "jujutsu-kaisen" ], "title": "Can Yuta copy Mahito's Idle Transfiguration?", "view_count": 163 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nYayoi uses stuffed animals to trap spirits. Then, when they fought among them,\nher room was splashed with a lot of blood. But they are spirits, so they arent\nsupposed to have blood. Does the stuffed animals she uses have something else\ninside that makes them explode with blood, or is it that in that story,\nspirits when devoured by other spirits explode with blood somehow?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-11T21:20:42.653", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68309", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-11T21:20:42.653", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "dark-gathering" ], "title": "Why the stuffed animals used by Yayoi to contain spirits, explode with blood when they are devoured by others spirits, if they are spirits?", "view_count": 26 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nHow do I find official or reliable first-hand sources for which companies\nproduce an anime series? I usually refer to MyAnimeList and Anime News\nNetwork, but I cannot find official or company corroboration for some of their\narticles. Studios usually list their works on their official web page. Is\nthere a similar website for licensors and production companies? Do I need to\ncheck the Japanese equivalent of the SEC? The best I could find are third-\nparty non-affiliated sources like independent websites:\n\n[Natalie](https://natalie.mu/comic/news/244019) \\- Comic/manga discussion\nsite. \n[AllCinema](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/359503) \\- Blu-ray and listing or\nschedules. \n\nI want to know which companies pay for and get profit from the show in any\nway, from streaming to merchandise. I don't think an anime's official website\nis enough. For example, the website of Zom100 lists the studios and\n\"production company\", Shuo Shuisha Production. However, I am not sure if the\n\"production company\" refers to a member of the \"Zom 100 Production Committee\"\nor just the production assistance company, i.e. the company that handles some\nadministrative jobs.\n\nI want to do research as if I were checking \"responsible sourcing.\" Kyoto\nAnimation Studios is a profitable powerhouse that supposedly avoids\n[underpaying staff](https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2019/07/19/the-\nimpact-of-kyoto-animation-5-things-you-need-to-know/?sh=75beda5360d6). Do they\nalso avoid working with \"black companies\" that don't share their good\npractices? I don't know, because I can't find reliable sources on which\ncompanies pay Kyoto Animation.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-12T05:24:54.020", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68310", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-13T03:56:52.140", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-13T03:56:52.140", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "73378", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "anime-production", "resources" ], "title": "How do I find reliable sources listing anime producers?", "view_count": 39 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn episode 5 of the _Monster_ anime, when Dr. Tenma investigates Johan, and\njust before meeting the old blind man, he is talking with the apartment lady\nand asks her “So, Mr. and Ms. Heinemann who died, fostering a child”.\n\nDoes he mean Heinemann as in Eva Heinemann and her father, because they were\nalso Heinemann?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-13T01:25:29.167", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68312", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-13T04:28:04.683", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-13T04:28:04.683", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73386", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "monster" ], "title": "In Monster episode 5, why did Tenma tell the apartment lady that Mr. and Ms. Heinemann was fostering a child?", "view_count": 47 }

[ { "body": "\n\nNeither. It was probably a mistake in the subs you were watching. She's\nreferring to the Heinau (spelled Haynau in some translatios) couple. Johan\nstayed with them in a small flat in Munich from March '87 to April '88.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZgELF.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-13T03:44:43.843", "id": "68314", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-13T03:44:43.843", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "68312", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn 2007 Epic released a song entitled [Crimson Bow and\nArrow](https://genius.com/Epica-crimson-bow-and-arrow-lyrics) as part of their\nEP [Epic Vs Attack on Titan](https://genius.com/albums/Epica/Epica-vs-attack-\non-titan-songs-ep)\n\nThe tracks on the EP all relate to, or are inspired by, different aspects of\nthe Attack on Titan Anime\\Manga, this particular song included the line:\n\n> The boy will pick up the black sword\n\nThe song relates to Erin and his attitude to fighting the Titans, but I'm\nunaware of there being a literal Black Sword in canon. does this refer to the\nswords used by the scouts, or is it something figurative, or did I just lose\nsomething in translation?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-17T11:26:49.880", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68318", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-17T11:26:49.880", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70080", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "attack-on-titan" ], "title": "Are there any references to A\\The \"Black Sword\" in official Attack on Titan source material?", "view_count": 33 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the whole Cake Island arc, Big Mom has a feast with the Vinsmoke family.\n(Episode 809 is when the Vinsmokes first meet with Big Mom to discuss the\nwedding.) All of the food were homies during the scene.\n\nMy question is, do the homies feel pain, and why do they not display it if so?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-21T03:19:45.323", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68325", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-26T01:11:31.930", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-22T22:59:56.087", "last_editor_user_id": "310", "owner_user_id": "73466", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Do Big Mom's homies feel pain?", "view_count": 200 }

[ { "body": "\n\nHomies have displayed pain, or some signs that might suggest it, in several\noccasions. Covering as many cases as I can think of, but with no pretense of\nlisting everything:\n\n * chapter 846: Kingbaum, while being slowly cleaved in half by Amande, describes his situation as unbearable pain and begs for death.\n * chapter 849: a few animal-based homies scream in pain when they are hit in a fight (a somewhat obvious case).\n * chapter 853: Prometheus laments that a seemingly minor injury received from Brook keeps hurting.\n * chapter 890: Prometheus screams right before and right after being hit with water, and Zeus screams after he's been cut in half by Brook.\n * chapter 1001: Prometheus screams after being cut in half by Zoro.\n\nHomies in chapter 845/episode 809 do not seem to feel pain, so it's debatable\nwhether they don't altogether or they do but don't show. They might be sharing\nwith the croquembouche homies from chapter 826 a psychological mechanism that\nhas them crave so strongly being eaten by a person who would praise their\nflavour, that it overrides their self-preservation instinct.\n\nAs for the reason why either of these options might be, it's the rabbit hole\nof how the Soru Soru no Mi works. It's apparent that some homies - chiefly the\nones based on animals, the special homies made using Big Mom's soul and some\nstrong regular ones like Kingbaum - have a deeper psychology, while most of\nthe others have the bare minimum amount of sentience that enables them to\nperform their task. I find it obvious that much of it should depend on how Big\nMom _designs_ the homie upon its creation, although I can't rule out the\npossibility that limitations in the raw material play a role. I am unaware of\na conclusive, detailed description of this mechanic, and I would refer you to\nfandom wiki <https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Homies> for a few reasonable\nsuggestions that may or may not agree with my opinion.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-24T00:50:02.090", "id": "68330", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-26T01:11:31.930", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-26T01:11:31.930", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68325", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68331", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nMosquito girl was one of the first monsters we saw Saitama apparently killed.\nLater in the manga, she reappears. How did she survive that Saitama punch\nwhich apparently completely smashed her, and converted her in a large splash\nof blood over a building?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-23T02:52:05.707", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68328", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-24T02:23:00.517", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "one-punch-man" ], "title": "How did Mosquito girl survive?", "view_count": 148 }

[ { "body": "\n\nWhen Saitama slaps her it seems he actually sent her blasting off Team Rocket\nstyle rather than killing her outright. This is the relevant panel in the\nmanga (Ch6),\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HNQMv.jpg)\n\nI've circled the person shaped speck (which is easy to overlook among the\nrubble of the building Saitama bisected using Mosquito Girl as a projectile).\n\nThe anime version is similar (S1 Ep2),\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/t1K7e.jpg)\n\nbut instead of launching Mosquito Girl through the building he launches her\npast it (I've also circled the person shaped speck here) and instead there's a\nmassive blood splatter as though he splattered her against the building. The\nblood splatter is anime-only and I'm pretty sure its her blood sac getting\nsplattered rather than her.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/46xIi.jpg)\n\nNote the giant red blood sack in her anime design and how it got bigger after\nher mosquitos came back to her with a bunch of blood. It would explain how a\nperson shaped speck can get launched past the building while also creating\nthat wicked blood splatter.\n\nThe webcomic is actually a lot more clear about what happened (Ch6),\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JGUr9.png)\n\nWith the simpler art (i.e. lack of rubble / blood) its clear Saitama launches\nher through the building, whether or not that's meant to be survivable is\nanyone's guess but its (probably) better than getting obliterated.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-24T02:23:00.517", "id": "68331", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-24T02:23:00.517", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "68328", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\n[The Wikipedia page for Paradise\nKiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Kiss#Production) says (highlight\nfrom me):\n\n> In many instances, Yazawa was concerned that taking the original material\n> straight would distract casual viewers or worse drive them away. **Chief\n> among these concerns was the handling of George's bisexual nature and\n> interest in sadomasochism.** Yazawa agreed that the dialogue should reflect\n> this, but that actual onscreen depictions (as can be found in the original\n> manga) were to be avoided. However, Kobayashi felt this was not being\n> entirely true to the character, so he **included a few hints of this side of\n> George in the final episode.**\n\nThe fact that George was bisexual was stated in the very first episode, by\nGeorge himself, after someone comments that they thought he was gay. However,\nI didn't catch any specific references to sadomasochism, neither in the last\nepisode nor at any other point in the show.\n\nWhat references is the Wikipedia page referring to?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-25T09:06:39.757", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68332", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-25T09:06:39.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "post_type": "question", "score": 4, "tags": [ "paradise-kiss" ], "title": "What references to sadomasochism were there in Paradise Kiss?", "view_count": 61 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68337", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nWhen Anzu meets Kaoru in that tunnel, she tells him it's been 8 years since\nthey last met. But when they leave the tunnel together, after sharing a kiss,\nit has been 13 years and 102 days since he entered the cave. This should mean\nthat Anzu has also spent 5 years in the tunnel searching for Kaoru. Since 1\nhour in it equals 100 days outside, she spent 18 hours searching for him. So,\nKaoru should have collapsed very far from the entrance of the tunnel.\n\nDid I understand that correctly? From what I've read on the Internet, some say\nthere's an age gap of 8 years, and some say 13 years. Someone even claims\nthere's no age gap at all as, apparently, you also age in that tunnel. I don't\nthink that's the case, though, as Kaoru looks no different before and after\nentering the tunnel (and 13 years should make a notable difference).\n\nMaybe it should also be said that I've only watched the fan translation. And\nit doesn't seem to be entirely accurate.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-27T11:11:08.300", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68333", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-30T04:16:02.800", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15475", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "the-tunnel-to-summer" ], "title": "How much older is Anzu compared to Kaoru at the end of the movie \"Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi\"?", "view_count": 675 }

[ { "body": "\n\n8 years difference is correct, Touno was in the tunnel for 13 years while\nHanashiro has been inside for 5.\n\nTouno enters the tunnel on August 2, 2005 in order to get his little sister\nback. Note the date on his final text message to Hanashiro,\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WHNzl.png)\n\nWhile living in the tunnel's conjured reality where his sister is still alive,\nTouno continuously receives text messages from Hanashiro who never forgets\nabout him which eventually causes him to accept his sister's death and return\nto the outside to be with Hanashiro. He texts her that he loves her from\ninside the tunnel and starts running back before tripping and passing out.\nHanashiro receives Touno's text on May 1, 2013,\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ja7f2.png)\n\nwhich causes her to go into the tunnel to look for him. She presumably has to\nrun pretty deep into the tunnel to find him and then waits until he awakens\nbefore they reconcile and head back out together.\n\nIn the end when the two of them leave the tunnel they state its been 13 years\nand 102 days (since Touno went into the tunnel), the exact date isn't given\nbut that should be November 12, 2018.\n\nEDIT: I just read the manga, haven't read the light novel but I assume it and\nthe manga are similar and overall the movie cut a lot of content. Regarding\nthe idea that there's no age gap and both Touno and Hanashiro are 30 in the\nend (they were both 17 at the start). They did some experiments with the\ntunnel to see how it worked and confirmed the tunnel causes time dilation\n(i.e. time actually passes slower inside the tunnel compared to outside)\nrather than accelerating the perception time (i.e. time passes at the same\nspeed inside or outside the tunnel it just feels faster inside). Hanashiro\nspells out their actual ages in the end over drinks with Kawasaki and Kaga\n(this is past the ending of the movie),\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6W6SC.png)\n\nHanashiro says Touno is physically 17 (13 years in the tunnel) and she is 22\n(8 years in the tunnel). You'll notice the age gap is 5 years not 8 here but\nthat's because the manga flips the intervals, Touno still goes to the tunnel\nAugust 2, 2005 and leaves 13 years later but Hanashiro runs in after him 5\nyears later rather than 8. 8 years (as per the dates on the text messages) is\nstill correct for the movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-28T02:15:51.110", "id": "68337", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-30T04:16:02.800", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-30T04:16:02.800", "last_editor_user_id": "51043", "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "68333", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nHere is Karen from _Code Geass_ and Akiza from _Yugioh_.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V3qua.jpg)\n\nWhy do these two have the exact same design? Is there any background story\nabout the character designer?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-27T19:20:08.573", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68335", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-01T18:46:16.530", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-01T18:46:16.530", "last_editor_user_id": "73518", "owner_user_id": "73518", "post_type": "question", "score": -1, "tags": [ "code-geass", "yu-gi-oh" ], "title": "Why do Karen from Yu-Gi-Oh! and Akiza from Code Geass look alike?", "view_count": 254 }

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause nothing under the sun is original, they're just unique in their own\nways.\n\nIt was probably either a coincidence or an inspiration.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-28T01:00:47.247", "id": "68336", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-28T03:54:19.243", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-28T03:54:19.243", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "71621", "parent_id": "68335", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's nothing really beyond the similar appearance which which isn't a new\nthing as various series have done this, One Piece & Fairy Tail, Parasyte &\nYuri!!! On Ice, Hunter X Hunter & One Punch Man\n([Source](https://www.cbr.com/anime-characters-who-look-disturbingly-\nalike/#shanks-amp-gildarts-clive-one-piece-amp-fairy-tail))\n\nneither the [Yu-Gi-Oh Wikia on\nAkiza](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Akiza_Izinski#Trivia) (Last Dot Point)\nor [The Code Geass Wikia on\nKallen](https://codegeass.fandom.com/wiki/Kallen_K%C5%8Dzuki#Trivia) (7th Dot\nPoint) says anything beyond how similar they are\n\nAkiza's\n\n> Akiza bears a striking resemblance to Kallen Kōzuki from Code Geass both\n> sport a crimson theme as well as a similar hairstyle. Personality-wise they\n> are not exact, but similar since they try to isolate themselves from the\n> present society during the story and are hostile to the people they perceive\n> as enemies. They also have possible romantic feelings for the main\n> protagonists of their respective series.\n\nKallen's\n\n> Aki Izayoi from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's bears a striking resemblance to Kallen; both\n> sport a crimson theme as well as a similar hairstyle. Personality-wise they\n> are not exact, but similar since they try to isolate themselves from the\n> present society during the story and are hostile to the people they perceive\n> as enemies. They also have romantic feelings for the main protagonists of\n> their respective series.\n\nIf one was inspired by the other, it would be that Akiza was inspired from\nKallen as\n\n * _Code Geass_ came out in 2006 by Sunrise\n\nwhile\n\n * _Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's_ came out 2008 by Gallop\n\nbut without any further information, i'd say it's just coincidence\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-28T07:03:39.263", "id": "68338", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-28T07:03:39.263", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "68335", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI was reading by accident that manga sales now are like 4 times american comic\nsales.\n\n> Manga reached record sales numbers in 2020, earning an estimated $5.6\n> billion in Japan alone, according to Megan Peters. Meanwhile, that same year\n> American comics earned $1.28 billion in North America, according to a joint\n> survey by ICv2 and Comichron.\n\n[Japanese manga dominating American\ncomics](https://thenewsfeednrv.com/2023/02/09/japanese-manga-is-dominating-\namerican-\ncomics/#:%7E:text=Manga%20reached%20record%20sales%20numbers,survey%20by%20ICv2%20and%20Comichron.)\n\nI also saw manga sale figures for 1995 in Japan compared to the oldest I could\nfind of american comics (2012 if I recall correctly) and the difference was\neven larger. What about the golden era of american comics (which I believe it\nwas in the 60's or before ) .\n\nDid manga sales always outperform comic sales?\n\nFurther info:\n\n[Japan-manga-unit-sales\n1990-2017](https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/)\n\n[1960 (american) Comic book sales\n](https://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/postaldata/1960.html)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-28T11:26:57.887", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68340", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-04T13:56:13.310", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-04T13:56:13.310", "last_editor_user_id": "3028", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "merchandise" ], "title": "Did manga sales always outperform comic sales?", "view_count": 164 }

[ { "body": "\n\nManga as an industry only started around the 1970s. There were manga published\nbefore that, but not more than a few each year.\n\nComics on the other hand started out way earlier, so there necessarily was a\ntime when comics sold more than manga. They also used to come with the stigma\nof being for children and manga didn't.\n\nThen again the USA has over twice the population of Japan and it wasn't common\nfor Japanese media to leave Japan, while the USA has always been eager to\nexport their entertainment.\n\nAccording to NPD BookScan (article to be found\n[here](https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-graphic-novel-sales-were-\nup-65-in-2021/)) in the USA alone Manga made up 76% of the graphic novel\nmarket in 2021, which is actually a very heavy damnation for comics.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-04T12:17:36.490", "id": "68356", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-04T12:25:01.747", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-04T12:25:01.747", "last_editor_user_id": "22562", "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "68340", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIf yes, did Issei beat Vali as well in their last duel in the canon?\n\nWhy I ask this question: Issei learned Vali's dividing trick, which seems to\nbe a great boost to his superpower kit. I wonder if he's stronger than Vali\nlater.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-09-30T19:05:56.760", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68347", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-02T05:24:51.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71072", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "high-school-dxd" ], "title": "Did Issei ever get to beat Vali?", "view_count": 109 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Volume 10, Issei and Vali duel to determine who will be the next heir to\nthe throne of the Devil Kings. Issei is initially at a disadvantage, as Vali\nis much more experienced and powerful. However, Issei is able to turn the tide\nof the battle with the help of his friends and allies. In the end, Issei\ndefeats Vali by using his newfound power, the Juggernaut Drive.\n\nIt is important to note that the anime adaptation of High School DxD does not\nfollow the canon of the light novels. In the anime, Issei and Vali have a\nrematch in Season 3, and Issei is able to defeat Vali again. However, this is\nnot considered to be canon, as it does not happen in the light novels.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-02T05:24:51.187", "id": "68349", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-02T05:24:51.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73560", "parent_id": "68347", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pKAyX.png)\n\nI'd like to know what's this type of hair highlight called?\n\nIn the application Koikatsu, it is called \"lighting\" highlight. I am wondering\nif this is the correct name?\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-01T18:40:41.940", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68348", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-01T18:40:41.940", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73518", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "anime-production", "anime-history" ], "title": "What is this kind of Highlight for the hair called?", "view_count": 72 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI see this art style in certain frames of animes when a character is consumed\nby rage or when an action like a fire occurs. This is common in manga and\nanime like _Fire Force_ , or Gon's rage scene.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2bcFg.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aMMre.png)\n\nI would like to look at more works like this as a reference, but I can't seem\nto find the name of the art style.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-03T03:52:27.977", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68351", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-04T10:49:53.270", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-03T03:57:38.230", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73566", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "hunter-x-hunter", "fire-force" ], "title": "What is the name of the artstyle used in so many anime portraying certain emotions/actions of rage?", "view_count": 111 }

[ { "body": "\n\nTsumi-e in negative (whites appear blacks, and darks to lights) for impact\nframes. Maybe I'm stating the obvious here.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-03T10:52:19.737", "id": "68352", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-03T10:52:19.737", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73518", "parent_id": "68351", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68354", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the last episode of Code Geass, why is Lelouch’s plan called the \"Zero\nRequiem\"?\n\nAre there any reasons why the plan is given that name?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-03T19:06:46.070", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68353", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-04T09:39:23.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71621", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "code-geass" ], "title": "In Code Geass, why is the plan called the \"Zero Requiem\"?", "view_count": 138 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the last episode of Code Geass, Lelouch's plan is called the \"Zero Requiem\"\nfor several significant reasons:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hykeo.png)\n\n**Symbolism** : Lelouch takes on the persona of \"Zero\" throughout the series,\nwhich represents his quest for justice and his rebellion against Britannia.\nThe name \"Zero Requiem\" reflects his plan to bring about a final resolution to\nhis struggle and the world's conflicts.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qvRaI.png)\n\n**Requiem** : A requiem is a musical composition or a mass for the dead.\nLelouch's plan involves sacrificing himself as part of a grand scheme to bring\nabout peace. The use of \"requiem\" suggests that Lelouch's death will be a key\nelement in his plan.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rgH5C.png)\n\n**Zero's Sacrifice** : Lelouch intends to become the symbol of hatred and evil\nin the eyes of the world, in order to unite humanity against a common enemy.\nBy doing so, he aims to end the cycle of war and violence that has plagued the\nworld. The name \"Zero Requiem\" signifies that his sacrifice is an essential\npart of his plan to bring about peace.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cpvpQ.png)\n\n**Redemption** : Lelouch's plan is also a form of redemption for the many\nquestionable actions he has taken throughout the series. By sacrificing\nhimself and taking on the role of the world's greatest villain, he hopes to\natone for his past deeds and create a better world for future generations.\n\nOverall, the name \"Zero Requiem\" encapsulates the themes of sacrifice,\nredemption, and the desire for a better world that are central to Lelouch's\ncharacter and his ultimate plan to bring about peace in the Code Geass\nuniverse.\n\nPic source: google.com\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-04T09:39:23.910", "id": "68354", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-04T09:39:23.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73574", "parent_id": "68353", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nDespite 2D animation being sequential still drawings and being a drawn medium\nsuch as illustration and comics, it uses the fundamentals of drawing such as\nline, form, and shape. It also uses drawing techniques like shading,\nperspective, and foreshortening, and line weight such as thin and thick lines.\nHatching has been used in various art forms since, but why do 70s anime use\nhatching so much? Is there a reason behind it?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-06T14:57:49.693", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68360", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-08T02:37:46.127", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-06T15:42:50.973", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "Why do 70s anime use hatching so much?", "view_count": 146 }

[ { "body": "\n\nHmmmm.... maybe because it's just the Japanese artists' style.\n\nIn Japan, it's called \"Kakeami\".\n\n> In manga, kakeami カケアミ is a cross-hatching pattern used to shade objects and\n> backgrounds using lines that form \"webs,\" \"nets,\" ami 網, which are \"thrown\n> over\" each other, kake 掛け.\n\nResource: <https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2020/03/kakeami.html?m=1>\n\n> Hatching, you either love it or hate it as an artist. For some people, it\n> can serve as a soothing doodle technique or become their secret weapon to a\n> beautiful comic or manga page. What exactly is hatching?\n\n> Hatching is a drawing technique using lines or linear strokes to create\n> value and texture throughout an image. They don't always have to be straight\n> lines, and they don't always have to be neat and consistent either. There\n> are multiple types of hatching, each providing their own texture that you\n> can add. In comics and manga, it is used both as a shading technique and a\n> texturing one. It's really very versatile!\n\nResource: <https://globalcomix.com/news/details/277/creator-tips-and-\ntricks-12-hatching-and-cross-hatching>\n\nIf this doesn't answer your question, then I'm sorry. I'm only just trying to\nhelp.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-07T18:11:27.383", "id": "68362", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-08T02:37:46.127", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-08T02:37:46.127", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "71621", "parent_id": "68360", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nWouldn't film gold be cannon i don't see anyone ever mentioning that we saw\nTesoro ship in episode 750 of one piece during the end of silver miner arch\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-10T04:34:25.070", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68367", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-10T04:34:25.070", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73634", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "one-piece" ], "title": "Would one piece film gold be cannon", "view_count": 25 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nI'm interested to look up the Japanese age ratings for various anime, but\ncouldn't find a source, other than general information about their system.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ROevYm.png)\n\nIs this information not freely available for anyone to look at? \nIf it is freely available, where can I check the rating of each anime in\nexistence?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-10T12:13:00.557", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68369", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-12T07:12:07.047", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "japan" ], "title": "Is the Japanese age rating of anime public information?", "view_count": 339 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThose marks are from Eirin, or the Film Classification and Rating\nOrganization; they only rate movies (and OVAs that have screenings). So\nnaturally, only anime movies will have ratings. Unfortunately there is no\n_complete_ database, but you can look up titles individually through [Eirin's\ndatabase](https://www.eirin.jp/list/), which has all ratings from August 2009\nand onward. Of course, you will need to be able to enter the title's name, so\nJapanese will be needed for many titles.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-10T18:44:18.380", "id": "68371", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-10T18:44:18.380", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23565", "parent_id": "68369", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\n**[NeoApo](https://neoapo.com/animes/tag/R-15/1) (Japanese) has an \"R-15\" tag\nfor their anime database**. However, it's not that straightforward for anime\nin general.\n\n* * *\n\nAt the very least, anime shows can be categorized into:\n\n * TV broadcast\n * Premium channel\n * BD/DVD\n * Movie\n * OVA\n\nFor works that are screened in the cinema, Eirin is the one that is\nresponsible for the rating, and it has its own database (as already explained\nin [Jimmy's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/68371/2516)).\n\nFor the other, Japanese Wikipedia has [a non-exhaustive list of age-restricted\nanime](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%B6%E9%99%90%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7).\nIt is stated that only R15+ and R18+ is given in most case, while G and PG12+\nis given only for anime movies. It is also mentioned that TV broadcasts and\nOVA are generally unrated. Also, since mostly only adult anime (i.e.\npornography/hentai) is rated R18+, violence, and graphics anime are not rated\nas R18+.\n\nSome notable examples:\n\n * _Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma_ (G-rated)\n * _Angel Beats!_ (G-rated for TV broadcasts, PG12 for Special non-broadcast episodes)\n * _Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade_ (First movie to be rated PG12)\n * _Detroit Metal City_ (First OVA to be rated PG12)\n * _Senran Kagura_ (PG12)\n * _Mardock Scramble The First Compression_ (PG12 for original movie, R18+ for the full version)\n * _Mardock Scramble The Second Combustion_ (G-rated for original movie, R15+ for BD)\n * _Seitokai Yakuindomo_ (PG12 for movie, R15+ on AT-X)\n * _The Island of Giant Insects_ (PG12 for movie, R15+ for OVA, R15+ on AT-X)\n * _Strike Witches_ series (R15+ for BD)\n * _Interspecies Reviewers_ (unrated but censored for TV broadcast, R15+ on AT-X)\n * _VALKYRIE DRIVE -MERMAID-_ (unrated for TV broadcast, R15+ on AT-X)\n * _Tsugumomo_ (unrated for TV broadcast, R15+ for BD)\n * _Higurashi When They Cry_ (unrated for TV broadcast, R15+ on AT-X)\n * AnimeFesta series (unrated/censored for TV broadcast, R18+ for premium version)\n\n* * *\n\nAs can be observed, sometimes AT-X rerates some series as R15+ while\nbroadcasting the uncensored version. Their official website also posts\n[news](https://www.at-x.com/whats_new) (rarely) and [broadcast\ninformation](https://www.at-x.com/news/viewer) (mainly) about age-restricted\nworks on AT-X:\n\n * [【今秋放送】視聴年齢制限付きアニメ作品ラインナップ！](https://www.at-x.com/whats_new/detail/7246?category=anonymous)\n * [視聴年齢制限(ペアレンタルロック)番組【11月放送分】](https://www.at-x.com/news/detail/3057?category=viewer)\n * [視聴年齢制限(ペアレンタルロック)番組【10月放送分】](https://www.at-x.com/news/detail/3050?category=viewer)\n * [視聴年齢制限(ペアレンタルロック)番組【9月放送分】](https://www.at-x.com/news/detail/3020?category=viewer)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-11T14:58:00.853", "id": "68376", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-12T07:12:07.047", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-12T07:12:07.047", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "68369", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn _Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury_ , the title refers to Suletta\nMercury, who is indeed referred to as a \"witch\" on numerous occasions. Sophie\nand Norea also specifically refer to themselves as \"witches\" during the attack\non Plant Quetta.\n\nAt no point is it ever explained what a \"witch\" actually _is_ within the\ncontext of the series. I can infer that it refers to\n\n> artificial humans created for the purpose of piloting Gundams, as Suletta,\n> Sophie, and Norea all are IIRC,\n\nbut it's possible I've misunderstood or am missing something. So what exactly\n_is_ a \"witch\"?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-11T22:30:47.363", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68377", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-11T22:30:47.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "gundam-witch-from-mercury" ], "title": "What exactly is a \"witch\"?", "view_count": 52 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68385", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nI've watched the first episode of Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi.\nThey didn't show, and as far as I could tell they didn't mention, any of the\nseven Deadly Sins.\n\nWhat happened to them or where are they ?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-12T11:52:45.730", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68380", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-16T21:59:54.487", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-16T21:59:54.487", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "seven-deadly-sins" ], "title": "What happened or where are the seven Deadly sins in Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi?", "view_count": 356 }

[ { "body": "\n\n_The Four Knights of the Apocalypse_ (4KOA) takes place 16 years after the\nDemon King's defeat, i.e. roughly 6 years after _The Seven Deadly Sins_ (7DS)\nchapter 346 and Special Chapter 6.\n\nAs of chapter 124 only two members of the former Seven Deadly Sins have been\nshown in 4KOA and one more has been mentioned without appearing in person. In\nshort:\n\n 1. Gowther has gone incognito while protecting a village of Demon stragglers in the human world (chapter 39).\n 2. Melodias still rules as King of Liones (chapter 51 and after).\n 3. Merlin seems to have had a falling out with King Arthur; her whereabouts are unknown (chapter 91).\n 4. Bam: no update, therefore we must assume that he is still ruling the Kingdom of Benwick (7DS Special Chapter 6).\n 5. King: no update, therefore we must assume that he's ruling the Kingdom of Fairies and Giants with Diane (7DS chapter 344).\n 6. Diane: no update, therefore we must assume that she's ruling the Kingdom of Fairies and Giants with King (7DS chapter 344).\n 7. Escanor: no update, therefore we must assume that he's dead (7DS chapter 333).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-14T16:28:45.857", "id": "68385", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-14T20:54:39.580", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-14T20:54:39.580", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nUnlike CGI or stop-motion, hand-drawn animation allows the artist to do a lot\nof drawings, although characters will be drawn differently on the next shots\nwhich the animation is either made by one animator or different animators.\n\nIn _Hakushon Daimaou_ , the characters are drawn differently constantly in\nevery shot. For example, Daimaou's face would be drawn differently in various\nshots, Akubi's eyes would be bigger than usual in various shots, and Kan-Chan\nsometimes looks thick or thin in some shots. In episode 14a, Yuriko is drawn\nin great detail which looks good when I first saw when I watched it in\nItalian.\n\nWhy are the characters in the show drawn differently? Is there a reason for\nthis?\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-14T09:47:08.383", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68382", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-14T11:15:53.170", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-14T11:15:53.170", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "anime-production", "the-genie-family" ], "title": "Why are characters drawn differently in every shot in Hakushon Daimaou?", "view_count": 38 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn season 2 episode 2 of Saihate no Paladin, Meneldor mentions half elves have\nto decide if they live a short life like humans or a long one like elves. How\ndo they decide this?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-14T16:07:53.283", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68383", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-17T20:59:06.093", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-17T20:59:06.093", "last_editor_user_id": "50617", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "saihate-no-paladin" ], "title": "How do half-elves decide if they live a short life like humans or a long one like elves?", "view_count": 42 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nSeason 3 of the Dr Stone manga started, and I'm trying to spoil myself with\ndetails of the manga by starting to read the next chapter of the last anime\nepisode they've shown. So I wanted to know where to read the manga season 3 of\nthe anime follows.\n\nWhich chapter of the manga does Season 3 of Dr Stone anime starts?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-14T16:15:35.357", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68384", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-17T23:24:47.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "dr.stone" ], "title": "Which chapter of the manga does Season 3 of Dr Stone anime starts?", "view_count": 246 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe beginning of Dr. Stone Season 3 shows them building something and the same\nframe exists in Chapter 84.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-17T23:24:47.883", "id": "68390", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-17T23:24:47.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2280", "parent_id": "68384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn the original Nanatsu no Taizai anime series, featuring the Nanatsu no\nTaizai members, they sometimes mentioned the fighters power levels, they were\nread by Hawk with a (magical?) device he had in the ear. Nanatsu no Taizai:\nMokushiroku no Yonkishi just started and they aired 2 episodes, featuring a\nvery powerful Percival. I was wondering if Percival power level is mentioned\nin the manga or something.\n\nAre there power levels mentioned in Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no\nYonkishi?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-16T19:32:27.103", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68388", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-16T19:32:27.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "seven-deadly-sins" ], "title": "Are there power levels mentioned in Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi?", "view_count": 51 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn _The Eminence in Shadow_ episode 2, Cid is \"training\" with Claire and when\nClaire is about to slash him, he moves so fast that he's able to side-step,\nslash his sword 4 times, go back to his original position, and pretend that he\ngot hit. After the fact, Claire acts as if nothing abnormal happened, as if\nCid had never done anything, but she feels a small chill on her neck (where\nCid almost slashed).\n\nThe human eye can't see things moving faster than 550 mph (which would be ~1.6\nthe speed of sound).\n\nBut is moving at Mach 2 speed enough to replicate what Cid did? Or would it\nhave to be a whole other scale like the speed of light?\n\nI'm looking more for a ballpark rather than an exact number, just so I can\nunderstand what is Cid's speed.\n\n[Cid slashes Claire 4 times and pretends nothing\nhappened](https://youtu.be/wpvEu_HwlyM?si=7bZg2JUNmnhaptTh&t=23)\n\n**At what speed does he move? Sound? Light?**\n\n* * *\n\nOther instances of his insane speed:\n\n * [Shadow (Cid) disappears from a \"War Goddess\" sight and appears behind her, she can't focus on him like she can't focus on every single rain drop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NtYF-FhtyM)\n * [Mundane Man (Cid) is fast enough to create after images](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrWRMXHFQrg)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-17T23:18:31.270", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68389", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-18T00:52:52.293", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-18T00:52:52.293", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2280", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "the-eminence-in-shadow" ], "title": "How fast does one have to be to move several times in front of another human and be unnoticed?", "view_count": 61 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68449", "answer_count": 2, "body": "\n\nHow could MagnaAngemon be strong enough to defeat one Mega Level Digimon when\nhe's at the Ultimate Level?\n\nAs Angemon, he was able to defeat an Ultimate Level Digimon like Phantomon.\n\nAs MagnaAngemon, he was able to defeat a Mega Level Digimon like Piedmon and\nhe has proven that he's strong enough to defeat BlackWarGreymon.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-19T14:14:31.317", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68392", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-18T05:58:29.790", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71621", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "digimon" ], "title": "In Digimon, how could MagnaAngemon take down one Mega Level Digimon?", "view_count": 117 }

[ { "body": "\n\nThe \"levels\" of Digimon are not directly related to their power. \nThis makes more sense in the Japanese version.\n\nJapanese | Kanji | English \n---|---|--- \nBaby | 幼年期 (Younenki) | Baby \nChild | 成長期 (Seichouki) | Rookie \nAdult | 成熟期 (Seijukuki) | Champion \nPerfect | 完全体 (Kanzentai) | Ultimate \nUltimate | 究極体 (Kyuukyokutai) | Mega \n \nAs you can see, a Digimon evolving is \"growing up\", not \"getting stronger\". Of\ncourse, the latter often comes hand in hand with the former.\n\nBut there are also different paths, as we saw in the anime with Skullgreymon. \nHere's a reminder, both of these are level Adult:\n\nNumemon | Togemon \n---|--- \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sxPR7m.jpg)\n| [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dddCLm.jpg) \n \nThe level is not describing strength, but age. The game Digimon is based on is\na raising sim. In a raising sim the goal is to get your character to a certain\npoint before a time limit is up. When you do bad the character will age, but\nbe weak and if you do good it will be a lot stronger before it reaches a\ncertain age.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-30T19:41:24.553", "id": "68405", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-30T20:06:45.920", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-30T20:06:45.920", "last_editor_user_id": "22562", "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "68392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\n## Level is not the only deciding factor in a fight.\n\nAlthough Digimon of the same level can be considered to be on par with each\nother in a general sense, there are exceptions. For example,\n[Lucemon](https://wikimon.net/Lucemon) is described as a Child (Rookie)\nDigimon with power greater than a Perfect (Ultimate) Digimon, while [Lucemon:\nFalldown Mode](https://wikimon.net/Lucemon:_Falldown_Mode) is an Ultimate\nDigimon with power exceeding Mega Digimon.\n\nAlthough neither [Angemon](https://wikimon.net/Angemon) nor\n[MagnaAngemon](https://wikimon.net/Holy_Angemon) state in their Digimon\nReference Book bios that they're particularly strong for their level, the\ndescriptions do imply that their natures are oriented towards fighting evil.\n\nFurthermore, the primary three [attributes](https://wikimon.net/Attribute) or\ntypes into which Digimon are classified are Data, Virus, and Vaccine. In the\nvirtual pets, this is used as a sort of rock-paper-scissors mechanic, with\nVaccine having an advantage over Virus. As one might infer, Angemon is\nVaccine-attribute while [Phantomon](https://wikimon.net/Fantomon) and\n[Piedmon](https://wikimon.net/Piemon) are both Virus-attribute.\n\nIn conclusion, we can infer that Angemon/MagnaAngemon is intended to be more\npowerful than other Digimon of the same level, at least when fighting\n\"evil\"-natured Digimon.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-18T05:58:29.790", "id": "68449", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-18T05:58:29.790", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73965", "parent_id": "68392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nMy friend said, that when Geto took Itadori's mom's body, he has fused her\nbaby (Itadori) with one of Sukuna's fingers.\n\nDoes it mean Itadori himself is the last finger of Sukuna?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-19T16:14:46.067", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68393", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-20T06:52:05.283", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-20T06:52:05.283", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73721", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "jujutsu-kaisen" ], "title": "Where is Sukuna's last finger?", "view_count": 177 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nHatching is rarely used in hand-drawn animation as a whole, but in Western\nanimation in the Americas and Western Europe, it's often done to look like an\nold illustration.\n\nBut when I saw the first two pilots of _Tomorrow's Joe_ , it has constant use\nof hatching, whether regular hatching, rough hatching or crosshatching, it's\nalmost all over the place.\n\nWhat's with the pilots of the anime having constant hatching?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-21T06:21:10.397", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68395", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-21T07:38:49.303", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-21T07:38:49.303", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "tomorrows-joe" ], "title": "What's with Tomorrow's Joe and the constant amount of hatching?", "view_count": 38 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nI've recently heard a rumor suggesting that Yoshihiro Togashi has some form of\nagreement that, in the event of his passing, nobody else would be allowed to\ncomplete 'Hunter x Hunter.'\n\nHas anyone else come across this claim? Additionally, I've been curious about\nTogashi's intentions for the continuation of 'Hunter x Hunter' if he were\nunable to finish it. Does anyone have credible sources or official statements\nfrom Togashi or his publishers regarding the future of the series?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-23T09:31:11.117", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68397", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-23T09:39:45.793", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-23T09:39:45.793", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73739", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "hunter-x-hunter" ], "title": "Did Yoshihiro Togashi make an agreement that in the event of his passing, nobody would be allowed to complete Hunter x Hunter?", "view_count": 68 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSo, in the series, several character power levels are stated. Both Helck and\nCless are hero class, but when Helck's power level is easy to find, his\nbrother's isn't.\n\nWhat's Cless's power level?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-10-25T12:58:58.963", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68399", "last_activity_date": "2023-10-27T14:04:20.263", "last_edit_date": "2023-10-27T14:04:20.263", "last_editor_user_id": "57843", "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "helck" ], "title": "What's Cless power level?", "view_count": 43 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn volume 7 is the story of Anis and Sherine and them becoming \"avowed\nsisters\", which the author describes in the omake as a (Persian) custom around\nthe 17-19 century, where two wives would have a marriage ceremony, go on a\nhoneymoon, and be buried together, which is no different from an ordinary\nmarriage between a man and a woman.\n\nOf course I heavily doubt the authenticity of the author's words, as I can't\nfind any information on the internet and find the idea implausible that I\nthink it's just an excuse to draw boobs and yuri. What is the truth?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-02T08:39:41.487", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68409", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-04T11:58:03.413", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-04T11:58:03.413", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "8486", "post_type": "question", "score": 5, "tags": [ "culture", "a-brides-story" ], "title": "Are \"avowed sisters\" pseudohistory or a real/semi-real Persian custom in the past?", "view_count": 93 }

[ { "body": "\n\nGiven that the author is an enthusiast for the area (as can be seen in the\nextras of volumes), it is unlikely that everything is fictious. So I googled\nand stumbled below. This may not fully answer your question, but hopefully\nwill be a starter.\n\nThere was a custom called ハーハル・ハーンデ (in romanization from JP to Latin\nalphabet: hahal hande) in up-to-19th-century Persia, on which 姉妹妻 (apparently\ntranslated to _avowed sisters_ from your question) is based. The custom is\ndescribed in [ペルシア民俗誌](https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023052341-00),\nwhose original title is _Aqayid al-nisā_ , googling which leads to [this\narticle](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362454760_The_book_of_women%27s_rituals_the_Central_Asian_adaptation_of_the_Aqaid_al-\nnisa), which cites [_Customs and manners of the women of Persia, and their\ndomestic\nsuperstitions_](https://archive.org/details/b29287157/page/88/mode/2up) as an\nEnglish translation.\n\nOn the page I linked, there is the following passage:\n\n> if [the woman who receives a puppet] has little or no regard for the party,\n> the puppet is dressed in black and returned.\n\nwhich seems to match the description in the manga. I haven't read the whole\nthing, but it seems there did exist the custom of _avowed sisters_.\n\n* * *\n\nNote: The above is a result of searching in Japanese first then in English.\nSome Japanese sites mention the custom in connection with the manga, but I\ncannot really find anything about the custom in English.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-03T02:21:48.097", "id": "68412", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-03T03:35:02.283", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-03T03:35:02.283", "last_editor_user_id": "61507", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "68409", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nWhy do 2D hand-drawn frames of anime always have black line art? anime rarely\nhas different colored line art like anime having blue line art? Why do drawn\nframes of anime always have black line art?\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-02T18:35:48.433", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68411", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-02T18:35:48.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58010", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "anime-production" ], "title": "Why do 2D drawn frames of anime always have line art and rarely line art in different colors?", "view_count": 60 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nGawain is said to have inherited Sunshine. Does this make her as strong as\nEscanor, or doesnt Sunshine work at the same level in different persons?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-05T18:40:38.477", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68415", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-05T18:40:38.477", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "seven-deadly-sins" ], "title": "Is Gawain as strong as Escanor, since she inherited Sunshine?", "view_count": 20 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn the original Nanatsu no Taizai anime series, Arthur Pendragon was a good\nguy. But in Mokushiroku no Yonkishi, he's the main antagonist. What happened\nin the middle? Why did Arthur Pendragon turn evil?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-06T22:26:47.870", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68419", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-07T13:17:41.440", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "seven-deadly-sins" ], "title": "Why did Arthur Pendragon turn evil?", "view_count": 110 }

[ { "body": "\n\nIn chapter 77 (Four Knights of the Apocalypse) Arthur states that he has come\nto the conclusion that historically humans have been puppets or collateral\ndamage in wars between other races, and that, in light of this fact, true,\nlasting peace for humanity can only be achieved through an ethnic cleansing of\nall other races.\n\nAnother matter of conflict is that, in order to build his Eternal Kingdom, he\nis literally stealing portions of land from the existing nations and moving\nthem to Camelot.\n\nArthur is shown to alternate semi-voluntarily between two personalities: one\nbeing serene and jolly, and the other being disturbing, ominous and ruthless.\nA visual queue for the switch are his sclerae being white or black\nrespectively (as well as his demeanour and magic changing accordingly). It's\nclear that this is bound to the dual, highly polarized nature of chaos as was\nbriefly described at the end of The Seven Deadly Sins. It's implied that this\nmight be influencing Arthur's judgment, but the extent and nature of this\ninfluence has not been described fully as of chapter 127. It's worth noting\nthat, despite visible changes in behaviour, Arthur appears to be of one mind\nin either state and, if indeed some magically induced personality disorder is\nat work, he has not shown signs of distress towards his psychological\nsituation yet.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-07T09:22:46.270", "id": "68420", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-07T13:17:41.440", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-07T13:17:41.440", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68419", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": "68422", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nDuring the Tournament of Power, Vegeta did overpower Toppo, who had\ndestruction power. Beerus is similar to him, so maybe Vegeta is stronger than\nhim too?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-07T20:20:16.313", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68421", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-08T19:48:41.870", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-08T01:52:11.090", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71044", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "dragon-ball-series", "dragon-ball-super" ], "title": "Is Vegeta stronger than Beerus?", "view_count": 63 }

[ { "body": "\n\nAs of Cell Max Arc, that is definitely not the case. Beerus was still able to\ntoy with Vegeta as late as their last recorded clash in DBS Manga chapter 69.\nVegeta powers up during Granolah Arc, but it would be far-fetched to claim a\nmajor breakthrough.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-07T21:48:02.090", "id": "68422", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-08T19:48:41.870", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-08T19:48:41.870", "last_editor_user_id": "71302", "owner_user_id": "71302", "parent_id": "68421", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nThe source of all living matter existed before merging with Ymir and creating\nthe Titans, then, Why did the source of all living matter die when all Titans\ndied, if it existed before Titan existed?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-11T20:14:55.447", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68427", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-11T20:14:55.447", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "attack-on-titan" ], "title": "Why did the source of all living matter die when all Titans died, if it existed before Titan existed?", "view_count": 108 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nSo i was at my grandfathers house when i was 10 and he left me alone for like\n30 minutes to go mow his lawn. And i saw this clip of a anime that started\nwith two paramedics driving a ambulance. There was a young-ish person in the\nback, unconscious. then the person twitches, mechanical claws come out of\ntheir fingers and they kill both paramedics. I don't remember anything other\nthen that because my grandfather came back after and switched it to clarence\nor something because it had blood in it. Its not ghost in the shell though, i\nalready checked that.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-12T03:34:32.723", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68428", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-12T03:34:32.723", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73903", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "ghost-in-the-shell" ], "title": "What is this anime i saw from when i was 10?", "view_count": 9 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nIn Season 1 Episode 5 of Oshi no Ko, around 2 minutes in Aqua and Ruby have a\nconversation about asking Kana to join an idol group\n\n> **Aqua** : If it seems she'll be popular, it's all good. Why not at least\n> try asking her?\n>\n> **Ruby** : Well, I get your point... But, you know, Loli-senpai and I have a\n> rather unusual relationship, right?\n\nKana looks about the same age as her fellow students, so why did Ruby call her\n\"Loli-senpai\"? Is it meant to be an insult?\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WQJW1.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-12T07:18:32.410", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68429", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-13T00:24:53.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31618", "post_type": "question", "score": 3, "tags": [ "terminology", "oshi-no-ko" ], "title": "Why did Ruby call Kana \"Loli-senpai\"?", "view_count": 83 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't know the series well, but from\n[here](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E5%85%88%E8%BC%A9) (mostly\nliterally translating)\n\n> _Loli-senpai_ is a nickname for Kana Arima. It suits her because of her\n> image as a genius child actress and her height being small (150cm=4.9ft).\n\n* * *\n\nFrom the Japanese language perspective, I'd guess it is made from the (kind\nof) opposite ばばあ先輩 (babaa senpai), which is an internet slang meaning\ngenerally older women co-workers who is senior to you. _Babaa_ is a\ndisrespectful way of calling (grand)mother, but used to call women in general\n(you'll be slapped in the face if you use it in reality).\n\n'Loli' comes obviously from _lolita_ , but here it does not necessarily\ncontain disrespect, it should simply refer to the character's physical\nfeatures/appearances being like a little girl (at least to the character who\ngave the name to her). Also, her attire in the link above is similar to\ntypical primary school uniform (not exactly the same though).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-13T00:24:53.850", "id": "68430", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-13T00:24:53.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "68429", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nWhy In anime Indra Otsotsuki have the same mangekyo sharingan as like Sasuke\nuchiha and the if the answer is Sasuke is reincarnation of Indira but did all\nof you forgotten those eyes which Sasuke is welded were of Itachi Uchiha?\nAfter the death of Itachi Obito Implanted Itachi eyes to Sasuke's eyes. It's\nbit confusing let consider tomoe pattern depends on in what user heart so why\nit's not happennd with kakashi and obito they got the same ability although\nkakashi don't have same stamina as uchiha clan that he could it as Obito.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-14T20:36:19.453", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68433", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-14T20:36:19.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73926", "post_type": "question", "score": -1, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Indira and Sasuke Manekyo Sharingan?", "view_count": 31 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nHow can Kakuzu use Chakra after he's reanimated if his Chakra network was\npermanently destroyed by Naruto's Rasenshuriken?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-15T04:06:06.557", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68435", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-15T13:13:52.047", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-15T13:13:52.047", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73931", "post_type": "question", "score": 1, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "How does reanimated Kakuzu use chakra?", "view_count": 43 }

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{ "accepted_answer_id": "68438", "answer_count": 1, "body": "\n\nYou'd imagine that killing the most important Uchiha would be enough to stop\nthe coup. Why did he need to kill all of them?\n\nOne could argue that he killed them all because even leaving some alive (say,\nall the weaker male shinobi, and all the women and children) would only\npostpone a coup until they had regained their strength again.\n\nOkay, sure, but first of all, he doesn't know that for sure yet, and secondly,\nthis means his motivation for killing the Uchiha is not \"to stop the coup\",\nhe's killing them because he thinks they're inherently evil and will always be\na threat to Konoha. But that explanation is inconsistent with him leaving\nSasuke alive to restore the clan. So this motivation does not make sense as\nits inconsistent with his own actions.\n\nIn short: If Itachi wanted to just stop the coup, he didn't need to kill the\nwomen and children. If Itachi wanted to end the Uchiha threat forever, he\nwouldn't have let Sasuke live to restore the clan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-15T13:17:52.310", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68436", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-16T17:59:21.070", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-15T13:21:55.410", "last_editor_user_id": "73925", "owner_user_id": "73925", "post_type": "question", "score": 2, "tags": [ "naruto" ], "title": "Why did Itachi need to kill every Uchiha to stop the coup?", "view_count": 77 }

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think you're wrong to question details of the Uchiha Massacre as iffy.\nIn the first place, it's retold so many times and details change, with some\nversions making more sense than others. To name a few: the _Kakashi: Shadow of\nthe Anbu Black Ops_ arc, the Itachi light novels, the anime adaptation of the\nItachi light novels, etc (and for an example of inconsistency, Itachi killed\nhis \"lover\" Izumi Uchiha in the light novels, but Tobi killed her in the anime\nadaptation).\n\nI believe I can answer this particular query regarding why Itachi has to kill\neveryone, but first, here are some of the problems I found with the Uchiha\nMassacre which you may also enjoy mulling over.\n\n 1. Itachi's parents saying they're proud of him as he kills them. His father says something like, \"You may have chosen a different path, but you're sure of your convictions, so I'm proud of you.\"\n\nThis is gross. I can believe his father not wanting to fight him, but this\ngoes way too far, and it just beggars belief because I don't believe _anyone_\nwould react this way to their child massacring their own clan (but\nparticularly as Fugaku likely treasures his clan greatly).\n\n 2. Itachi being regarded as a hero for protecting the village.\n\nAfter the truth comes out, the narrative really tries to sell us on Itachi\nbeing a hero. It's repeated again and again. But as you've already noted,\nItachi killed non-combatants. He perpetrated an atrocity.\n\n 3. Why doesn't the Third Hokage just meet with Fugaku to try and calm things down?\n\nThough I have done my best to justify this point in [this question and\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66551/why-did-hiruzen-not-\nmeet-with-fugaku), it still remains a question we should ask.\n\n## To Answer the Question\n\nSo the question: Why Itachi had to kill everyone instead of just the\ncombatants.\n\nI will be referencing my answer\n[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/66212/19307), and I will be using the\nevents in the light novels because I think this version of events makes the\nmost sense.\n\nThe first thing we should know is that Itachi is not the only actor in play\nhere. The main players we have to consider are Danzo and Tobi. Especially\nDanzo though.\n\nThe light novels make it very clear that for years Danzo has been salivating\nat the thought of having an Uchiha wipe out their own clan, and that he's been\nworking to make it happen. After the Nine-Tails attacks the village, he works\nin the shadows to spread rumors that the Uchiha were to blame, which further\nincreases resentment towards them. And he is responsible for relocating them\nto the edge of the village and he just generally makes the Uchiha feel like\nthe village doesn't trust them. And in Itachi, Danzo sees just the ninja who\ncan bring his long held dream of wiping out the Uchiha to fruition, and he\ndoes everything in his power to maneuver Itachi into a position where he has\nno choice but to kill all the Uchiha to save the village.\n\nAs a sidenote, Tobi has also been instigating unrest, by meeting with Yashiro\nUchiha and his group of hotblooded youth and riling them up.\n\nNow, onto why Itachi has to kill everyone, not just the combatants. It comes\nback to a couple of things. First off, the village wiping out the Uchiha would\ncause major unrest amongst the other clans, as they would wonder if they were\nnext. That's why Danzo wants Itachi to be the one to wipe out the Uchiha. That\nway it'll look like a lone Uchiha went crazy and that it had nothing to do\nwith the village. So what happens if Itachi starts sparing people and only\nattacks combatants? It looks like he's not crazy, but rather that the whole\nthing was a tactical military operation. That's pretty undesirable. Plus, what\nDanzo really wants is for the whole clan to be wiped out. In order for things\nto work out, **Itachi has to become the villain, and that means he has to act\nout the part by perpetrating something truly atrocious.**\n\nStill, we might wonder why Itachi agrees to this. And that comes down to\nseveral factors. First of all, he agrees that there's no other way to stop the\ncoup except by killing the Uchiha. He also realizes that if the Uchiha attack\nthe village, they'll be wiped out anyway, plus they'll take down the whole\nvillage with them since it'll be softened up for outside forces. He\nrationalizes in this manner by saying the Uchiha are done for anyway, so he\nneeds to save the village.\n\nBut importantly, there's also the matter of using Sasuke as a bargaining chip.\nIn order to protect Sasuke, Itachi makes an agreement with Danzo and the Third\nHokage that Sasuke alone will be spared and that he'll be protected\nafterwards. With all the Uchiha being marked for execution for their coup,\n**the whole situation puts Itachi at a disadvantage, and that means in order\nto protect Sasuke, he has to give up on everyone else and do what Danzo\nwants**.\n\nThat's the answer. But additionally, there is actual evidence that Itachi\ndespised his clan. We see it in his thoughts when he gets mad at the Uchiha\nfor having no foresight and for coming up with such a stupid coup plan; we\nalso also see it when he throws shuriken at the Uchiha symbol after he's\naccused of killing Shisui. In that moment, he was fully prepared to fight his\naccusers, and only stopped because Sasuke showed up. We also see his hate when\nhe deliberately gives Yashiro Uchiha (one of the primary instigators) a\npainful death.\n\nI don't mean to say Itachi killed everyone _because_ he hated them, but I do\nbelieve this internalized hate goes a long way in explaining how Itachi could\nbring himself to kill all the Uchiha.\n\n## Additional Info\n\nThe light novels also explains why it wouldn't be effective to just take out\nthe leader of the coup (Fugaku), because that's exactly what Shisui tries to\ndo, but Danzo says it wouldn't work. And that's because the unrest and the\ncoup extends beyond just him. There are a group of hot-headed young hardliners\nwho want the coup to happen (led by Yashiro Uchiha). The whole situation goes\nfar beyond just one person, and manipulating Fugaku (who is actually kind of a\nmoderate, if you can believe it) to keep them in line won't work indefinitely.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-15T17:59:39.753", "id": "68438", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-16T17:59:21.070", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-16T17:59:21.070", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "68436", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

{ "accepted_answer_id": null, "answer_count": 0, "body": "\n\nIn November 2023, Netflix began streaming Blue Eye Samurai. What software was\nused to make it, how many people did it, and how long did it take to produce\nit?\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wanCT.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-16T11:58:59.343", "favorite_count": 0, "id": "68440", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-24T11:36:53.427", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-24T11:36:53.427", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "73954", "post_type": "question", "score": 0, "tags": [ "anime-production", "blue-eye-samurai" ], "title": "In the making of Blue Eye Samurai, what software was used, how many people participated, and how long did it take?", "view_count": 360 }

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