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2013/08/22 | 2,215 | 7,989 | <issue_start>username_0: In *The World God Only Knows*, games in which you conquer girls are defined as *dating sims*. But in *Oreimo*, it is called *eroge*. Some forums seem to use the term *visual novel* a lot, even though I thought they're all similar.
What is the actual difference between each of these?<issue_comm... |
2013/08/23 | 598 | 2,196 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Sh<NAME>*, there are kiss scenes between two men (Shun and Satoru, I think).
Are that scenes also described in the original novel? Why does it have these scenes since it is unusual for typical anime, and it isn't in the *yaoi* or *shounen ai* genres?<issue_comment>username_1: This behavior... |
2013/08/24 | 413 | 1,372 | <issue_start>username_0: A portion of Orochimaru's consciousness was in Anko's curse mark, so he could see what she saw, but is this linked with his other consciousness? So that if the real Orochimaru thinks he learns a jutsu, does the Orochimaru in Anko learn it too? Is there any canon explanation?<issue_comment>usern... |
2013/08/24 | 941 | 3,757 | <issue_start>username_0: In FMA and FMA: Brotherhood, the Gate of Truth is shown to have an eye and a bunch of arms inside of it. The arms drag people into the gate during human transformation. I know that the creature sitting in front of the Gate is Truth, but what is inside of the gate (i.e. the arms and the eye)?<is... |
2013/08/24 | 1,425 | 5,595 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if anime are more popular than Western cartoons - **in terms of viewership and revenue** - as I couldn't find any information on this.
I don't think there has been any significantly large survey on this. What about manga vs comics?<issue_comment>username_1: No. Up until now Ja... |
2013/08/24 | 1,720 | 4,263 | <issue_start>username_0: In the last episode of Azumanga Daioh, Yomi relates `3661` with `samurai` word.
I know is a mnemonic technique to remember things, so things should be something like:
```
3 ~> sa ~> san
6 ~> mu ~> ??? (maybe shape of hiraga... |
2013/08/24 | 1,226 | 4,646 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it ever explained how a Poké Ball works? I know that you throw it a Pokémon, and if it is weak enough, you catch it. But is the process ever explained? Does it work on humans? Do most Pokémon like being held in a Poké Ball?<issue_comment>username_1: A pretty clear answer is given [here](http... |
2013/08/25 | 283 | 899 | <issue_start>username_0: Kabuto had Orochimaru's DNA and a sacrifice, so why did he not use the Edo Tensei? Or couldn't he have used Anko, like Sasuke did?<issue_comment>username_1: Because Orochimaru was never dead. He was just sealed. Well, maybe "sealed" is not the right term. Every curse mark holds some a part of O... |
2013/08/26 | 645 | 2,550 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a lot of blond-haired characters in anime, especially the old ones, like super saiyans, naruto, gundam series, fma, etc.<issue_comment>username_1: It depends on the culture, status of life (family) and the flow of the story. For example, the anime series of "Ikoku Meiro No Croisee" is... |
2013/08/26 | 403 | 1,309 | <issue_start>username_0: The start of *Robotech: The Next Generation* explains what happened when the Invid invaded. The Army of the Southern Cross was apparently wiped out, but was Dana Sterling and the 15th Armored Battalion also wiped out?<issue_comment>username_1: Dana appears in the comics *Robotech: Love and War*... |
2013/08/27 | 1,673 | 5,834 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Shingeki no Kyojin*, the soldiers use the 3D maneuver gear to attack the Titans and cut the back of their necks. In the last episodes, I have seen that they use a balloon of gas as the power to release the chains to climb the walls and trees. How does this exactly work? Is the gas the only ... |
2013/08/27 | 616 | 2,137 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Inuyasha series Kagome goes through a portal to get to the Sengoku period of Japan. Is it ever explained how the portal works?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. It was mentioned briefly in a set of episodes. Though it's not consolidated though.
My take on this:
Kagome is the reincarnated k... |
2013/08/28 | 841 | 3,256 | <issue_start>username_0: It's been a long time since I have read Crows, but from what I understand, Bouya Harumichi pretty much did the exact same thing as Hana Tsukishima, and arguably even better than Hana.
Hana's team lost to Manji and Hana lost to the strongest Manji guy, Bisuko. Whereas Bouya was able to defeat ... |
2013/08/28 | 1,532 | 4,159 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Joshiraku*, Marii enters the room dressed as a [Yankee](http://yanki.urbanup.com/2909634), proclaiming that she's gonna break a load of windows since it's a full moon. Tetora responds with:
What... |
2013/08/28 | 777 | 2,936 | <issue_start>username_0: In the beginning of *Avatar: The Legend of Korra*, we see Korra, as a child, bending water, earth and fire, without training to do that. She was born in the Water Tribe, so isn't she supposed to know only how to bend water? Like Aang, who knew only wind and trained a lot to master the other thr... |
2013/08/28 | 863 | 2,778 | <issue_start>username_0: From my understanding, there are three SDFs:
* The SDF-1 which was the major focus of the first season.
* The SDF-3 which is the flagship of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF), where <NAME> is.
* The SDF-2 I wasn't too sure about, as at first I thought it was a separate ship built, but it ... |
2013/08/28 | 633 | 2,131 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of the anime where Homura is in a wasteland, she grows wings. The texture is almost the same as the art style that is used for witches and their lairs, so I'm wondering - at the end of the anime, was Homura becoming something of a witch/magical girl hybrid?
Pictures of Homura's wing... |
2013/08/28 | 1,968 | 7,009 | <issue_start>username_0: Since witches are actually magical girls who, when their soul gems are fully tainted, become witches, that means that Walpurgisnacht was a magical girl. Since Madoka in two realities became a witch that could destroy the world/universe, that would mean there was a magical girl who was, at the t... |
2013/08/29 | 354 | 966 | <issue_start>username_0: 
I have been wondering for a long time which anime this is from.<issue_comment>username_1: (All below links are possibly NSFW.)
A larger version of this image can be [found on Danbooru](http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1450053... |
2013/08/30 | 402 | 1,260 | <issue_start>username_0: I think the animals are supposed to represent some kind of virtue, but I'm not sure what.
Is there any explanation on why those specific animals were chosen?
![Mizukage](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... |
2013/08/30 | 957 | 3,391 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just curious whether if only Madara possesses the Rinnegan and if not how many are there?
What are the chances that Sasuke can awaken his Rinnegan?<issue_comment>username_1: So far as the manga goes, only Madara was seen to activate the Rinnegan. Even Nagato's rinnegan was given to him by M... |
2013/08/30 | 1,566 | 5,322 | <issue_start>username_0: Since Rinnegan is an "upgrade" of Sharingan, then it should be possible that all the techniques of Sharingan will be carried away to Rinnegan like the Mangekyou.
If not, then why?<issue_comment>username_1: It is, since during Madara and 5 kages fight, Madara is able to cast genjutsu to raikage... |
2013/08/30 | 841 | 2,810 | <issue_start>username_0: When Naruto was asked by <NAME>: "What is the sealing technique use to contain the Nine-Tails?", Naruto said that it is the "Four Element Seal". In return, Killer Bee said that the sealing technique used to contain the Eight-Tails is the "Iron Fist Seal". Now I want to know what are the other s... |
2013/08/30 | 2,683 | 9,983 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it intentionally ambiguous as in they didn't want to commit to a true ending or are they both alive?<issue_comment>username_1: Well, Hei is alive, that's for certain; however, what happens to Yin isn't entirely mentioned.
One thing that could prove that Yin is dead is because on near the en... |
2013/08/30 | 1,042 | 3,661 | <issue_start>username_0: If all Devil Fruit users in *One Piece* anime are not capable of swimming, what about a Devil Fruit user whose ability is to control water? Can such a person able to swim or evade the Devil Fruit's curse?<issue_comment>username_1: Most of this answer is speculation as there is currently no answ... |
2013/08/30 | 1,369 | 3,305 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 19 of *Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S*, Saten is shown reading a book to Febri, presumably as a bedtime story.
Transcribed:
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> 国の中央部には、立派すぎる建物が並んでいました。
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> 豪華な化粧石をふんだんに使った、どっしりとした石の建築物です。必ず尖った屋根や、装飾でついている変な生き物の石... |
2013/09/01 | 862 | 2,834 | <issue_start>username_0: When Nagato reanimated everyone who died in the village, Katsuyu was with him.
Couldn't Naruto use Katsuyu to help Nagato, or is it for some other reason?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> When Naruto returned to Konoha, Tsunade ordered one of its smaller
> clones to stay in Naruto's pocket and ... |
2013/09/02 | 701 | 2,592 | <issue_start>username_0: In the parts of FMA when they are at Fort Briggs, they say that Fort Briggs defends against the country of Drachma. As far as I remember, though, that is the only time that Drachma is mentioned. Is it relevant to any other parts of the series, or is it only important as a reason for Fort Briggs... |
2013/09/03 | 2,014 | 7,410 | <issue_start>username_0: In the first Shingeki no Kyojin opening, I've seen some scenes with lower contrast or brightness, something like this:
And later, in the same sequence, a scene appears without that contrast change:
 which shows the similarities between both characters. I suppose it must be a kind of tribute, or maybe is just a vile copy (I don't think so). Anyone knows the reason?<issue_comment>username_1: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipe... |
2013/09/10 | 1,056 | 3,756 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I know, pokémon can evolve when they gain enough experience or while using a specific item.
There are also some rare cases that involve specific emotions/weather.
However, I'm sure none of these was the case.
So in episode 22 in season 1, how was it possible for Abra to evolve... |
2013/09/10 | 1,048 | 3,886 | <issue_start>username_0: Since Chapter 646 is currently the latest chapter, the question will be in spoilers.
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> My question specifically pertains to whether or not all shinobi descended from the Sage of Six Paths. Is this what Madara is implying in the last panel of this picture: "[...] in effect, taught us all ch... |
2013/09/11 | 1,232 | 4,484 | <issue_start>username_0: Since the beginning, we see Yoroichi does not wield a Zanpakuto, but isn't it strange? Isn't she a Shinigami and the Zanpakuto is so important for them?
It's true that she has her own fighting style, but like Soi Fon, she has the same fighting style, but uses a Zanpakuto.
There was some flash... |
2013/09/12 | 397 | 1,240 | <issue_start>username_0: It's supernatural and the main protagonist has white hair. He's a guy, wearing traditional clothes, and the setting is old. He solves mysteries in towns - mostly spirits. In one episode they went to a doll maker's house.
What anime is this?<issue_comment>username_1: I think the anime is [Inu... |
2013/09/14 | 1,015 | 3,633 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME> seems to know about the sisters before the Sister's-arc, as she says both in the prologue of the first LN and the Railgun-manga:
>
> Have you heard how my DNA map was supposedly analyzed and military Sisters were created based on it?
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>
>
How did Mikoto know about the Sisters back... |
2013/09/14 | 1,288 | 4,803 | <issue_start>username_0: In a similar spirit to my [previous question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/343/how-did-the-sweatdrop-originate), I wonder who was the first artist to feature a nose-bleed when thinking, shall we say, "provocative thoughts"? Did it become popularized in anime/manga because of the po... |
2013/09/15 | 673 | 2,272 | <issue_start>username_0: After she killed the Levi squad, Eren transformed to fight the Female Titan. In Chapter 29, *Hammer*, it looked like Eren was having the upper hand, but then the Female Titan turned around, and with one horizontal motion, cut Eren's titan form's head in half.
How did that happen? That part was... |
2013/09/18 | 638 | 2,396 | <issue_start>username_0: In the case of many anime where the manga came first, things that are included in the anime but not the manga (such as filler arcs) seem to be not considered totally canon to the series, indicating that manga is generally what is considered to set canon. One example of this is the Quincy arc in... |
2013/09/18 | 2,886 | 11,221 | <issue_start>username_0: Pretty much as my question states itself. **Why are the seven deadly sins used so often**?
In a lot of anime I have watched/re-watched, lately I notice either a reference to the 7 deadly sins or their use. For example, in anime like *Full Metal Alchemist* and *Soul Eater*, these 7 sins are ref... |
2013/09/19 | 448 | 1,680 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Shinsekai Yori* (*From the New World*), the Robber Fly colony uses the Akki (Fiend) to disarm the Giant Hornet soldiers.
However, in the 18th episode of the anime, it is also revealed that the Giant Hornet soldiers were reduced to nothing but lumps of flesh.
How is that possible? I unde... |
2013/09/19 | 497 | 1,804 | <issue_start>username_0: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" is an important song in Evangelion.
The song is also important to the Read Or Die OVA.
And in the 13th episode of Gunslinger Girl, the girls start watching a meteor shower and want to listen to this particular as background music.
Why is this particular song so preva... |
2013/09/19 | 448 | 1,811 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of Quincy objects look crosses, and a number of their attacks reference holy things. For example, there is an attack called "Quincy Vollstandig" which, at least according to the translation I was reading, translated to "Complete Holy Form". Are Quincy as a group Christian (or some other r... |
2013/09/19 | 2,934 | 9,411 | <issue_start>username_0: I discovered some other titles in the Puella Magi series today, Kazumi Magica and Oriko Magica:
 
Are these completely separate stories, or is there ... |
2013/09/19 | 564 | 2,198 | <issue_start>username_0: At the second season of Sword Art Online we can see Kirito and his sister practicing Kendo:
In this scene, he used a similar fighting style that he used in the game. Is it possible to say that practicing Kendo or other figh... |
2013/09/19 | 3,971 | 13,210 | <issue_start>username_0: *Rurouni Kenshin* is an anime based on several historical facts. How accurately are the events in the series portrayed?
I don't mean just historical events used in the series, such as the Shinsengumi, but how accurate is their real life portrayal of the art of swordsmanship. Is it really possi... |
2013/09/20 | 386 | 1,516 | <issue_start>username_0: Madara said that finding out the history of shinobi is the reason he felt hopeless and left the village. And he learned it from the Uchiha's stone tablet.
But it was said before that the Rinnegan is also needed to read what is written on the Uchiha's stone tablet. So, if Madara only awakened t... |
2013/09/20 | 600 | 2,044 | <issue_start>username_0: I wonder why Minato is categorized as a Jinchuuriki, considering the following:
1. Madara couldn't be Ten-Tails' host because he's re-animated, and he has to force Obito to revive him
2. Minato is re-animated, just like Madara, and yet he has half the Kurama inside
1. It's possible that he s... |
2013/09/20 | 620 | 2,132 | <issue_start>username_0: Deciphering the Uchiha's stone tablet, located in the Naka Shrine, requires the Mangekyou Sharingan or Rinnegan. However does the creation of the tablet require a Mangekyou and Rinnegan?
Rikudou Sennin had the Rinnegan and one of his sons who inherited his eye-techniques as the Mangekyou Shari... |
2013/09/20 | 1,325 | 4,394 | <issue_start>username_0: Each of Akatsuki's members wear unique rings.
I guess Itachi's one can use genjutsu.
But how about others? Can it be used as ninjutsu or genjutsu abilities?
And why does Zetsu always collect those rings after each one... |
2013/09/21 | 379 | 1,390 | <issue_start>username_0: Well, I picked this manga when I saw that its publication ended, but after few chapters I noticed that Chrona gender changed! (No, not the litteral) So, is this intended of the author, or I just missed some translator note somewhere?<issue_comment>username_1: Chrona's gender was never revealed ... |
2013/09/22 | 928 | 3,582 | <issue_start>username_0: Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi (神さまのいない日曜日) ended with more questions than answers:
* If Alice died instead of Dee, then why was Dee the one as a ghost in the real world?
Furthermore, Dee has her body (in the outside world) in the final scene.
* How does Ai managed to "save" Alice? Yet at the ... |
2013/09/22 | 1,744 | 5,963 | <issue_start>username_0: It is shown that the Sage of the Six paths was the first to have the Rinnegan.
Now for an Uchiha these are the stages of their eyes:
1. Normal eyes
2. Sharingan (activated after facing life threatening situation)
3. Mangekyo Sharingan (activated after a very close person dies)
4. Eternal Mang... |
2013/09/22 | 1,143 | 4,342 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Hunter x Hunter*, episode 97, Feitan activates his nen ability.
What language is the vertical text on the right?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BNZGT.png)[... |
2013/09/25 | 938 | 3,730 | <issue_start>username_0: The man with the village chief's voice is only seen twice in both seasons. In the first instance, he was protecting Arakawa by stopping Rec's father's plan to develop the area by influencing a senator. The second time is when he sneaked up on Shimazaki while she was digging up info on Nino, whe... |
2013/09/26 | 683 | 2,687 | <issue_start>username_0: I stumbled over this question on Facebook. I was wondering how <NAME> got out of the academy and why did they let him leave?<issue_comment>username_1: One does not need to use Henge no Jutsu in order to graduate the ninja academy. Promotion throughout the entire series is never dependent upon a... |
2013/09/27 | 3,566 | 11,549 | <issue_start>username_0: In Bakemonogatari, it often happens that suddenly, a red screen with "Red Scene (Aka)" or a black screen with "Black Scene (Kuro)" appears for a short time. (At least these are written in my sub.)
What do they mean? Is there any difference between "Red Scene" and "Black Scene" and why are they... |
2013/09/27 | 436 | 1,574 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of the last episode:
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> She called her mother to tell her that no matter what happens, "I'm just me". Then after the credits, Hajime was tapping her chest and was having a conversation with someone with another voice. Who was she talking to? Was that supposed to be Katze?
>
>
>... |
2013/09/28 | 1,985 | 7,417 | <issue_start>username_0: Oreki is a usually lazy and energy-saving kind of guy. After meeting Chitanda, Oreki is unable to refuse her requests. Why can't he refuse it? Is this because he is in love with her or is it a form of hypnosis?
<issue_comment>username_1: First things fir... |
2013/09/30 | 666 | 1,740 | <issue_start>username_0: Where do you think she is at? The place there had an orange gang chair and gray vending machine. The background scene is like a mountain view.
<issue_comment>username_1: That's from Episode 15 of the second sea... |
2013/10/01 | 355 | 1,338 | <issue_start>username_0: In the manga/anime, it appears as if teleportation is very rare. The few we know that gets a little bit explained are, for example, Minato (4th Hokage) and Obito (Tobi).
Despite of this, a lot of characters (mainly in the anime) "disappear" with a flashy exit when they wish. Orochimaru does th... |
2013/10/01 | 915 | 3,277 | <issue_start>username_0: In a lot of production drawings for anime (and I've also seen them in plots), particularly of characters as opposed to backgrounds, the detailed sketches/drawings have lines in different colors. Is there a purpose for this other than maybe to differentiate between lines? Are they used for color... |
2013/10/03 | 490 | 1,718 | <issue_start>username_0: In the first season at episode 8, before Grand-Fisher leaves for the world of the living one of the rocks casts a large shadows before 4 other shadows shoot out and take form on rocks around Grand-Fisher, they apparently speak to him as he replies that he'll go and deal with Ichigo himself
I a... |
2013/10/03 | 606 | 2,415 | <issue_start>username_0: When Ichigo is being trained by Kisuke his second lesson involves Ichigo's Chain of Fate being cut, and in order for him to avoid becoming a Hollow he has to become a Soul Reaper.
After he gets out of the pit he was stuck in now with his own Soul Reaper Powers, Kisuke then begins his third les... |
2013/10/05 | 842 | 3,158 | <issue_start>username_0: We could see plenty of times in both Fullmetal Alchemist anime series (at least twice in the 2003 series and at least once in the 2009 series, according to my memories) that connecting the automails seriously hurts for Ed. What's the reason?
My theory is that during connecting, it "turns on" a... |
2013/10/06 | 315 | 949 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 269 of Naruto, while fighting Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Daru got sucked into the Benihisago. I thought you could only be sucked in if you said your most said word or if you remained silent. Darui did neither, but was sucked in after he said "I'm the Boss' right arm. I'm no imitation!" Doe... |
2013/10/07 | 600 | 2,393 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fairy Tail chapter 269 during the Grand Magic Games arc, there is an event called *Hidden*.
The participants are transported to different locations inside a giant city.
They have to find an attack each other using either a physical or magical attack.
The participant who successfully lands... |
2013/10/07 | 708 | 2,594 | <issue_start>username_0: Before the time skip, characters like Garp and the Priest of Sky Island, used Haki to deal damage to Luffy via a blunt attack, which would have been impossible otherwise. Also, Haki was used by both sides during the Summit War. None of these people turned black.
But after the time skip, when ... |
2013/10/07 | 1,184 | 4,073 | <issue_start>username_0: Considering the three types of Devil Fruits that have been explained are:
1. Paramecia Type - where the user can get superhuman abilities and change their body parts into weapons, etc.
2. Zoan type - where the user can turn into a particular animal and inherit its abilities
3. Logia Type - whe... |
2013/10/07 | 604 | 1,901 | <issue_start>username_0: We see a flashback to when Kagami lived in the US in episode 1 of season 2 (26Q).
Judging from all the palm trees, I'd hazard a guess that he was probably in California. California also seems like the most likely option on... |
2013/10/08 | 815 | 2,784 | <issue_start>username_0: In most closing credits sequences of Danganronpa, a picture of some characters in a classroom appears.
These pictures always feature Naegi, along with the characters that die along the show.
[ (or sometimes **K Project**). Does the title mean anything in the context of the anime?
(cf. [**C**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28anime%29), which was titled for the word "Control", and [**X**](http://... |
2013/10/11 | 543 | 2,004 | <issue_start>username_0: Throughout the opening theme, various text moves across the screen.
Is this an extract from something, or just placeholder text?
<issue_comment>username_1: It seems to be a blurb of some sorts
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> Once upon a time, in New Y... |
2013/10/11 | 1,608 | 6,212 | <issue_start>username_0: During the Cell games, Goku knew he wouldn't be able to defeat Cell. But it's unlike a Saiyan to ever give up. Goku didn't give up when he fought Vegeta, or Freiza, or anyone else for that matter. But why does he give up against Cell? This isn't consistent with Goku's character.<issue_comment>u... |
2013/10/14 | 1,111 | 3,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I was always confused with something in the original (2003) Fullmetal Alchemist anime.
When Elric brothers have helped the Hughes' when Alicia was born, that happened around the same time when Edward have become a State Alchemist. If I know well, he was 12 in that time. It was in episode 6.
M... |
2013/10/14 | 754 | 2,699 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that in the opening sequence, and the big climactic moment at the very end of the season, Lucy has her hands on the figure's back with the ring/middle fingers together and the other two fingers separated in a 'w' sort of shape.
Is this a symbol of love, a reference to <NAME> (like... |
2013/10/14 | 354 | 1,056 | <issue_start>username_0: I only watched *Crows Zero* and *Crows Zero 2* (both are live-action) and I found there are the related manga *Crows* and *Worst*.
I want to know which of these manga takes place first, and what the chronological order of these three is.<issue_comment>username_1: As far as story progression go... |
2013/10/16 | 975 | 2,689 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been thinking about whether or not I should start getting the Spice and Wolf manga, or to wait to see if there is a season 3 to the anime. So I am wondering, does the anime closely follow the events in the manga or does it diverge at some point and become more original?
EDIT: Logan M has ... |
2013/10/16 | 1,775 | 6,269 | <issue_start>username_0: This anime is about a world inhabited by apes and there are two kinds of them : the civilized apes living by the sacred sea/lake and uncivilized apes living in the mountain.
The apes cannot travel to the distant city at the other side of the lake/sea since their God will get angry if they get ... |
2013/10/17 | 1,542 | 5,408 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a few questions regarding this sword recently seen in Naruto manga (Chapter 651).
1st: How was this sword formed? I can see that it doesn't belong to the *[Treasured Tools of the Sage of the Six Paths](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Treasured_Tools_of_the_Sage_of_the_Six_Paths)*. Is this ... |
2013/10/17 | 701 | 2,260 | <issue_start>username_0: Oda-sensei likes to create important characters that are based off real-life people and/or folklore. The three old Admirals are based off characters from [tale of Momotaro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D).
I'm curious to know if there is any in Japanese folklore on the two new Admi... |
2013/10/18 | 1,556 | 6,157 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [this](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4143/what-are-archers-twin-swords-based-off-of), Archer's weapon is based from a real weapon.
In the Holy Grail War, Shiro Emiya saw the servant Archer use those weapons. Then he traced them and used them himself. In the future, he ... |
2013/10/19 | 410 | 1,504 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for an anime that involves a teenage boy who enters a virtual reality world, like the rest of Tokyo. The virtual realty world entered did not have pain, so players could be hurt and not feel anything.
In the story, first he is on a bike that gets into a car accident and the bike is... |
2013/10/21 | 391 | 1,422 | <issue_start>username_0: I know Minato (the fourth Hokage) is of the Namikaze clan, but I have never heard of anyone other than him belonging to the same clan. What is the Namikaze clan's history? Is it part of the Senju clan?<issue_comment>username_1: Namikaze isn't a descendant of Senju. I think it would have been me... |
2013/10/21 | 1,051 | 3,748 | <issue_start>username_0: The majority of characters in Attack on Titan have German names. Does this mean they are Europeans? We know Mikasa Ackerman is Oriental. Did the writers avoid describing her as Asian because in the universe they have created, Asia doesn't exist? (The use of word Oriental may be a direct transla... |
2013/10/21 | 1,083 | 3,972 | <issue_start>username_0: I watched Naruto's fight with Pain the other day, and I don't quite understand how Naruto managed to land a Rasengan on the Deva Path in that sequence of attacks which started with 2 Rasenshurikens.
This is what I have understood so far: Pain deflected first shuriken, then he jumped to dodge t... |
2013/10/22 | 661 | 1,703 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been searching for the (Japanese) release date of the Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) Blu-ray.
As U.S. cinema release is in February 2014, so me being in the Netherlands means it might arrive in 2016.
So, when is the Japanese Blu-ray release?<issue_comment>username_1: As near as I can te... |
2013/10/23 | 303 | 979 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been arguing with my friend for a while about this.
But is Beedrill classified as a wasp or a bee Pokemon?
Its name is indeed "Bee"drill, but its shape is one of a wasps'.
, Kirito says something in the presence of Leafa, Yui, and Asuna.
 
Despite being shown his lips moving, there i... |
2013/10/23 | 582 | 2,031 | <issue_start>username_0: In the first arc of *Sword Art Online* (episode 14, ~9:40), the boss whom Kirito fights activates something in a system console, and then a notice is displayed: "Chaged[sic] into Immortal Object".
However, this message does not seem to make sense. Desp... |
2013/10/24 | 267 | 906 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm on episode 5. So they avoid her to not run into bad luck and stuff... but that means they see her (even though Misaki said they couldn't) so does that mean she's alive? Or is she dead?<issue_comment>username_1: Can't post this as a comment, since spoilers. Big spoilers.
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2013/10/24 | 734 | 2,534 | <issue_start>username_0: **Alert: This post contains spoilers. If you are not up-to-date to Naruto's manga, don't read it.**
At chapter 651 of Naruto's manga, during the fight against Obito, Naruto called Shikamaru, Lee, Ino, Kiba and the others to join the fight and help him:
The following events depicted in this gif are contradicting:
* *First, Jet rather slowly floats down from the ladd... |
2013/10/26 | 270 | 980 | <issue_start>username_0: I have heard different theories like her mother was a cat demon, she has a kudo no one else has, or the cat is a really advanced gigai. I would really like to know if any of these are true and if not what is the real explanation for it?<issue_comment>username_1: There is no definitive answer to... |