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2014/07/10
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<issue_start>username_0: In Death Note, I am not aware of whether Light actually truly loved or cared about anyone although at the beginning of the series you could say he loved his parents perhaps. But it seems that he was at least shown to be as an intellectual person who just so happened to be bored or well tired wi...
2014/07/10
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<issue_start>username_0: So I was browsing around, finding a new anime to watch. And came along, *Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru OVA* and found it to be a very long name. Is this the longest anime name or is there an anime with a longer name out there?<issue_comment>userna...
2014/07/10
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<issue_start>username_0: I noticed she was able to do this after drinking <NAME>'s freely-offered blood. when she was about to die from not wanting to drink blood. after she drinks it her left arm is replaced by a mass of chaotic black and orange shadow matter that usually manifests as a whip-like tendril. When in th...
2014/07/10
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<issue_start>username_0: In the latest episode (filler, obviously...) of <NAME>, episode 368 the expression > > "to show your guts" > > > was flying all over the place. I've tried Googling around, but didn't manage to find what it meant. --- I think it means something along the lines of *showing your most inne...
2014/07/11
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<issue_start>username_0: In the manga / Brotherhood, we learn that the reason human transmutation is forbidden is because it would otherwise allow people to create their own private armies (at least according to the man who talks to General Armstrong after she's transferred to Central). Right after that, we're shown th...
2014/07/11
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<issue_start>username_0: Okay, first read [this rule](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_LVII): > > In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the victim’s original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death Note beyond his/her original life span, the ...
2014/07/12
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<issue_start>username_0: It's about a kid that looks and sounds around about 10 years old. He is special for some reason, and has to go through challenges or something. Also he has this long lost childhood friend that loves him. She is pale with white hair and wears like a white jump suit and like red mitts on her hand...
2014/07/12
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<issue_start>username_0: In the beginning of Tokyo ESP, Kagura is waiting for Yomi somewhere. Is Tokyo ESP a continuation to Ga-Rei? [![Kagura and Yomi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XQe9Vl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XQe9V.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: The comment by josephting got it mostly right. Ga-Rei and Tok...
2014/07/13
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<issue_start>username_0: When Yato named Yukine, he gave him three names - Yuki, Yukine, and Setsuki. What's the point of the different names?<issue_comment>username_1: Each name is for a facet of the Shinki. The Shinki as a tool. The Shinki as a "person". In the specific case of Yukine, the names are: ``` Yuki ...
2014/07/13
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<issue_start>username_0: I've watched just the 2006 Fate/Stay Night anime series. I know there are other series in the franchise (Fate/Zero, Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Ilya), as well as the Unlimited Blade Works movie, and the manga. I don't intend to read the visual novel since it's hundreds of dollars to import it, plu...
2014/07/13
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<issue_start>username_0: Madoka has a character song titled "See You Tomorrow" (またあした, Mata Ashita) while Sayaka and Kyoko have a duet song titled "And I'm Home". I just found out that Homura and Mami don't have a character song (from this [Puella Magi wiki page](http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Magica_Music)) like ...
2014/07/13
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<issue_start>username_0: Just a curious thought I had recently. Naruto has been in an awful lot of fights but I can't recall if he ever actually killed another person.<issue_comment>username_1: Technically speaking, Naruto never landed the killing blow on anyone. * Haku, even though beaten by Naruto, jumped in front o...
2014/07/15
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<issue_start>username_0: Do the Death Note rules permit the user to state "death by gunfire" as a cause of death?<issue_comment>username_1: It doesn't break any rules to write that someone dies of shooting. In the Live Action film, Light writes that Naomi shoots Shiori and then shoots herself. Ill Ratt from the SPK sh...
2014/07/16
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<issue_start>username_0: In the Pokémon games, when Payday is used, you can gain a small amount of money. The amount is however pitiful, so it's never used as an infinite money trick or effective money grinding strategy. In the anime however, during the Johto League Arc, in one episode Jessie, James, and Meowth are co...
2014/07/16
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<issue_start>username_0: Throughout almost the entire series, all characters in the Dragon Ball series keep on talking about sensing each other's powers from great distances and all. They even compare each other's power levels just by observing each other. So my questions are: 1. What is the unit of power level? For ...
2014/07/16
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<issue_start>username_0: All shadow clones have the same memories as the original (from birth until the Jutsu cast time). Which means all the shadow clones also should think of themselves as the original. If an action needs to be done by only the original, all the shadow clones also would try to do the same. Because ...
2014/07/16
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<issue_start>username_0: So, the Monogatari series has four season, and soon will be five, and if we look at the production order, [based on this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4727/what-is-the-production-order-of-monogatari-series), and [this Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mo...
2014/07/16
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<issue_start>username_0: In the manga, Light begs Ryuk, to kill everyone in that room. So let's say, Ryuk would have killed the Japanese Task Force and the SPK. Would Ryuk die after he killed them?<issue_comment>username_1: Doubt it. Ryuk did not love light (which is the requirement for dying). Ryuk was just hanging ar...
2014/07/17
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<issue_start>username_0: Everyone who watched Death Note knows that L was raised in a orphanage called Wammy's House. So, L's Name was <NAME>. Near's is Nate River, and Mello's was <NAME>. Does every child of Wammy's House have a codename? If every child has a codename, is the first letter from the codename the first ...
2014/07/17
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<issue_start>username_0: After war, the number of pure blood devil number decreased and almost went extinct except for 3 clan who did survive. So they are taking humans to increase their numbers in the form of chess pieces. I have only watched the anime and information about **Raiser Phoenix**'s chess pieces was very l...
2014/07/17
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<issue_start>username_0: According to the latest episode 653 of One Piece, Joker says to Trafalgar Law that the creators of world government were 20 families which are called **Celestial Dragons**. One of the 20 families was from Alabasta and its name is Nefertari Family. One person who comes to mind when we talk about...
2014/07/19
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<issue_start>username_0: I am looking for an anime that I had watched fairly around a week ago on a school computer. Here's the details I remember. It started off with an opening song. There was a little girl who had wanted to be a cook for the king. Her mother used to always love it when people enjoyed her food. Sadl...
2014/07/19
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<issue_start>username_0: Despite being a transfer student, Marika should have been given a uniform. But why didn't they give her one? Chitoge wpre the same uniform since her first day. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OsMmdl.jpg)![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kwIPHl....
2014/07/20
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<issue_start>username_0: It was in a modern day world with guns and wars, there was some kind of armed conflict going on. The story was about seven powerful crystals or gems or rounded stones, each carried by a different person wielding it in a way that suits his fighting: * One of them had it embedded in his shield,...
2014/07/20
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<issue_start>username_0: There's a crossover work for Fairy Tail and Rave Master called Fairy Tail X Rave. Do these two series share the same world or is it just for the sake of crossover? They even have Dark Bring (Rave) and Magic (Fairy Tail) together. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WsxAF....
2014/07/20
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<issue_start>username_0: Whenever the commander is in the battle room, her face is always covered by a white mask. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gGFI3m.jpg) I thought it might be some unexplained atmosphere thing, but when Yuhata is in the command center, she is perfectly fine without one...
2014/07/21
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<issue_start>username_0: In Kyoukai no Kanata, the hunters make a living out of selling Youmu stones, allegedly the souls of the defeated youmu. It goes even to the extent of a school teacher taking a leave to hunt during a particular event. What is the use for those youmu stones after they are sold? Why are they valu...
2014/07/21
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<issue_start>username_0: So let's say, <NAME> changes his name to <NAME>. Would a person with shinigami eyes see Duckface's original name, or the name that is currently used?<issue_comment>username_1: Why would Gods of Death be concerned about a human institution of name registry? Within the TV series and manga, people...
2014/07/21
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<issue_start>username_0: I am looking for an anime, where a guy with long blonde hair dresses as a girl to frequent an all girls school. It was his father's last wish, his father or grand father not sure, in order to get his inheritance. His childhood friend also frequented the same place and helps him cross-dress. ...
2014/07/22
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<issue_start>username_0: We know four trainers started in Pallet town. Three with one of the three original starters and Ash with his Pikachu. Apart from Gary, were the other two trainers ever revealed in the anime? And was it ever revealed who got which specific starter Pokemon?<issue_comment>username_1: **First, the ...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: In the anime *Devil May Cry*, in one episode, Trish and Lady encounter one another and both already know Dante (who has to stop them from killing one another). Trish first met Dante in Devil May Cry and Lady in Devil May Cry 3. In Devil May Cry 4, both seem to be in it from what I have read, b...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: I was rewatching Sword Art Online and I notice that Heathcliff KILLS him and yet, he is able to come back and finish off Heathcliff, how is this so?<issue_comment>username_1: Logically, there is a delay in between the death flag being detected and the NerveGear frying the brain, which is explai...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: All throughout episode 8 of *Paranoia Agent*, "Happy Family Planning", we see the main characters for that episode trying to kill themselves and failing in slapstick-y fashion, over and over. Then the oldest of the three, Fuyubachi, starts to take a pill, suddenly seems to be having an attack o...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: I've always liked Lego, and I don't think I have the patience or painting skill for Gunpla, so I've been looking around for anime-themed lego. The only lego sets I can find are unofficial ones that people have made themselves. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V1A5Nm.j...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: I am confused. Could someone please take a look at [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNhyzoq4mxo) purportedly showing the English and Japanese versions of the Code Geass Ending and tell if it is real or fake?<issue_comment>username_1: This is fake. Unless someone can point me to the ...
2014/07/24
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<issue_start>username_0: It is stated that Alluka made 3 wishes, but I counted 4 of them. Which of the ones I counted is discarded? What are the 3 wishes exactly? 1) "Die." ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fWcnI.png) 2) "Wake up." ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRkGo.png) 3) "Play Shiritori with me." ![](https://i.st...
2014/07/25
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<issue_start>username_0: I recently started watching Kuroko no Basuke and have watched it up to episode 5. The skills shown up till now are ridiculous. Can those skills be achieved by people in real life? I'm taking about physical abilities like speed, jump, agility, etc., not stuff like the Phantom Pass.<issue_comment...
2014/07/26
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<issue_start>username_0: Water has the ability to heal, earth can bend metals, and fire has lightning. I am not sure if I missed what air had if it has any sub skills.<issue_comment>username_1: Each sub-skill is a relatively rare skill compared to the population of that type of bending that requires special training (w...
2014/07/26
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<issue_start>username_0: An awkward picture so I hid it below. I found it on Facebook. When Google searching, I couldn't find any specifics. > > ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JXiFR.jpg) > > > From which manga is this from with that specific quote? I would love to find out what it is an...
2014/07/27
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<issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that a lot of Western fans seem to associate the genocide / war in Ishval with the Holocaust (or alternatively, the Middle East). However, from somewhat secondary sources, I've heard that Arakawa was inspired by the plight of the Burakumin or Ainu. (The first I don't remember the r...
2014/07/27
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<issue_start>username_0: I have been following **High School DxD**'s anime and manga. However, there has been no explanation of what **DxD** in the title means so far. Does anyone know what it stands for?<issue_comment>username_1: As revealed in **Volume 16** of the light novel, DxD is the name of an anti-terrorism or...
2014/07/27
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<issue_start>username_0: Lots of manga get an anime adaption, and pretty often the anime's story deviates partly or a lot from the story told in the manga. This usually leads to different endings lacking information, or even giving surplus information as compared to the manga with the same name. But this also made me ...
2014/07/27
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<issue_start>username_0: Around 1910, I believe Japan started to experiment with animations and over a span of several decades anime became as we know it now. With hundreds of anime that became quite popular even outside of Japan, including off course the big shots such as One Piece and Naruto. But which anime/ Japane...
2014/07/28
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<issue_start>username_0: Mirai's body vanished/consumed/disintegrated during the battle vs Kyoukai no Kanata, then there is this version of her in Akihito's "dream world" that dissolves on-screen, then months(?) later she is alive in flesh *and blood* (pun intended). So, what happened? Was her blood control so high th...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: Usually we would treat the manga as canon for most works, but as most people usually only have watched the animation or played the video games, would in this case the manga still be considered canon over the anime? Or would it be the videogame and manga based on it?<issue_comment>username_1: Ca...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: At the start of noitaminA animes, there is a loading screen with lots of text appearing onscreen. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dDzNN.jpg) Looking closer, I noticed mentions of Eden of the East , Monokoe and Tales of Agriculture - so I reckon there are some Easter ...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: Obviously in SAO anyone who was in the game on the first day was trapped inside. My question is, could someone on the outside a day (or whenever) later join in? I would imagine it would be tempting for someone who had a significant other, child, someone, in the game or maybe they were depresse...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: <NAME>, writer of Death Note, said that Near "becomes less likeable" as the story advances, citing Near's plan to take the notebook at a later point in the story. Ohba said that a negative reaction originated from "the difference in their attitudes" and that people may have viewed Near as "a ch...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: The second season of *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion* is suffixed with *R2*. C.C's and V.V's names, while written with the dot between them they are pronounced as C2 and V2. So I am wondering what the R2 in the title means: is it similar to how C.C's and V.V's names are writen and pronou...
2014/07/29
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<issue_start>username_0: *Disclaimer: I am not asking about speculation on C.C's (or V.V's) real names* In Code Geass, C.C implies that she abandoned her real name and has since forgotten it > > Lelouch, do you know why Snow is white? it's because it has forgotten it's name > > > When talking to Lelouch about if...
2014/07/30
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<issue_start>username_0: We know, that if a human makes the Shinigami eye deal, he will lose half of his remaining lifespan. But, let's say Light made the shinigami deal. He might have killed L earlier, thus prolonging his life again. So here is my questions: Would Light have lived longer, if he would have had the Shi...
2014/08/02
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<issue_start>username_0: In episode 21, it was shown that Romdeau was in a state of disarray. Many opted to leave the city instead of staying inside. However, what I noticed is that emigrants seem to be able to leave their home cities without gas masks or any protective gear. The same applied to Vincent and emigrants f...
2014/08/03
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<issue_start>username_0: In Episode 8 - *Black and White Sword Dance*, after Kirito got Asuna to agree to cook the Ragout Rabbit, Asuna dismissed Kuradeel and got refused: > > **Kuradeel:** I can not leave you alone with a shady character like this > > **Asuna:** While I can't say anything about his shadiness, he ...
2014/08/04
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<issue_start>username_0: I've been a fan of anime since Star Blazers in my childhood, but... I wonder about an overused cliche in anime action-adventure series: teenage prodigy heroes. For example, the most popular action-based anime (as opposed to comedy or relationship-based) currently on Netflix and Hulu (as well a...
2014/08/05
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<issue_start>username_0: This meme has been prevalent in English-speaking part of the internet, but so far no one really knows its true origins. I've searched for something similar in the Japanese sphere of the internet and I haven't really found anything either. So far as I know, it seems to be made up and not really ...
2014/08/05
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<issue_start>username_0: What is a characteristic attribute relating to the visual aspect for a manga, differential to western comics like from DC or Marvel? For example the way they draw the eyes. In mangas they are much more complex and they look not even real. ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VxFdSl.jpg) Are there ot...
2014/08/05
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<issue_start>username_0: In *Gintama the Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya (Yorozuya yo Eien Nare)*, why did Gin need to go to the future first? He was infected by the White Plague during the Joui war, so why did the future Gin call him to the future to kill the plagued future Gin instead of just sending him to the past and...
2014/08/05
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<issue_start>username_0: In the manga Oibore in the fallen district (slums) ends up revealing who he is when asked why he helped Kenshin by telling the people there its his daughters husband who was there when she died. But how did he know? Kenshin was a top secret assassin and his identity was kept secret to most of t...
2014/08/07
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<issue_start>username_0: The Sharingan makes the user able to follow the target better, which shortens the reaction time of the user. Does the Sharingan make your mind think faster as well? If it doesn't, the users mind should not be able to keep up with what the Sharingan is able to see. If the mind becomes faster,...
2014/08/07
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<issue_start>username_0: When Tenshinhan prepares to launch the shin kikoho, he puts his hands in the form of a triangle. ![Oh snap~](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gLi8N.jpg) However, the attack ends up in the form of a square according to the destroyed area. ![OOOOOH SCHANP!!!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EQ4ON.jpg) D...
2014/08/07
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<issue_start>username_0: I am only familiar with this term when I know about the anime. * Is this term only used in Japan? Sometimes I read light novels on the internet but I never see the book myself. How is a light novel different from a regular novel? Except for light novels being... light, are there any other dif...
2014/08/07
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<issue_start>username_0: Remember when Zoro learned to cut steel in Alabasta and he heard the breath in all things? Was this swordsmanship or was this his first encounter with Haki? ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NbxeX.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: It's not Haki, but it's similar to Haki. W...
2014/08/07
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<issue_start>username_0: When Naruto, Kakashi and Guy had a battle with Obito. Obito was able to phase through Naruto's attacks, But Kakashi found a weakness, since his own and Obito's Sharingans were connected. If Kakashi's Sharingan wasn't connected to Obito's. Would Obito have been invincible?<issue_comment>usernam...
2014/08/08
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<issue_start>username_0: Knowledge: ---------- --- **Busoushoku Haki:** This Haki can be used as armor against strong attacks or devil powers. > > This type of Haki also has the ability to bypass the powers of a Devil > Fruit user, touching the "substantial body" beneath whatever > protection the fruit provides,...
2014/08/09
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<issue_start>username_0: I wasn't exactly sure how to phrase the title but in yaoi animes, why does the uke refer to their love I guess as senpai? For example, wouldn't it make more sense to say 'I love you Takano' rather than 'I love you senpai'? Is this a Japanese language thing or is it better to just say senpai r...
2014/08/09
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<issue_start>username_0: There are two reasons I have this query (spoiler alert!): > > Firstly, Obito didn't have Susanoo. Considering you need to awaken both Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, while Obito never used even one of them, how was Kakashi able to use Obito's eyes to produce Susanoo? If he copied Susanoo, then how ...
2014/08/09
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<issue_start>username_0: In Episode 29, the NPA tries to capture/kill Mello. Soichiro Yagami gets the Shinigami Eyes and tells Light that Mello's real name is <NAME>. So, Mello escapes because Soichiro Yagami couldn't kill him. But didn't Light know Mello's face? It's mentioned that no matter how exact the drawings ar...
2014/08/11
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<issue_start>username_0: In episode of 6 of Sword Art Online (season 2), Kirito reveals that during the events of SAO, he and the front-liners confronted the Laughing Coffin guild at their headquarters. The result was that 20+ members of Laughing Coffin were killed along with 10+ of their own. We also learned that Kir...
2014/08/11
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<issue_start>username_0: It feels like the common thread is "I'm a major bad guy in Naruto, I lose/die, then I have a change of heart and want to help Naruto once bigger baddy shows up". When does a bad guy remain a bad guy? (e.g. - Zabuza, Gaara, Itachi, Nagato, Orochimaru, Kabuto, Sasuke, Obito, and the demon fox who...
2014/08/12
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<issue_start>username_0: In *The Wind Rises*, certain elements of the story are personified. From the beginning, we see an earthquake and fire, both of which are given very humanlike sounds, as well as being shown very artistically (like the ground moving in waves instead of just shaking). Later, the planes in the movi...
2014/08/12
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<issue_start>username_0: I'm on episode 5 of Black Lagoon, and I noticed this symbol being used by the Nazis on a flag and on a red arm band worn by one of the leaders of the group. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1G8Ee.png) ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rfNQw.png...
2014/08/13
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<issue_start>username_0: After reading [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13345/when-exactly-did-madara-came-alive-after-his-defeat-against-hashirama), I realized that the time Madara acquired Izanagi, was the same time he got the DNA of Senju Clan from Hashirama. However, after an extensive revi...
2014/08/13
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<issue_start>username_0: Waiting and waiting for the next chapter to come out, I was thinking that if anything would go wrong, Doflamingo would have an easy way out of all of his problems. He could ask Sugar to turn him into a toy and nobody would even remember why they were fighting in the first place. The world gove...
2014/08/13
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<issue_start>username_0: Follow me here for a minute. The state is controlled by the homunculi/Father who wants people to use alchemy to do dangerous research especially human transmutation to make philosopher stones. Why would they have laws that forbid it in their country? Seems counter productive to their goals.<i...
2014/08/14
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<issue_start>username_0: Tobi was well aware of Itachi's true motive for joining Akatsuki. He knew that Itachi massacred his entire clan only for the village's sake. > > Then why did he let Itachi join the Akatsuki? > > > He was also aware that Itachi was trying to protect the leaf village from Akatsuki. So my n...
2014/08/15
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<issue_start>username_0: I have only seen the anime and haven't read the manga, but a question came to me: **Can the titans swim?** We know that they are abnormally light and strong for their size. However, the fact that they evaporate after dying kind of suggests that they are formed of some sort of compact water va...
2014/08/16
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<issue_start>username_0: I was reading [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11515/death-note-old-age-as-cause-of-death) and it got me thinking about what a person's "original lifespan" really was. Does the original lifespan mean the amount of time a person has from birth to death, ultimately cause...
2014/08/16
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<issue_start>username_0: I don't quite understand it - the manga is popular, ongoing and their are plenty of fans, and yet - from what I've researched - there was never a North American licence and never an English dub. Why was there never a Skip Beat dub?<issue_comment>username_1: The anime of Skip Beat was in 2008/0...
2014/08/16
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<issue_start>username_0: A third of the way through the Rebellion film. Homura appears to shoot herself in the head after being unable to persuade Mami about what's going on. After the event, it seems that we see the exiting bullet, and we also see blood around the left side of Homura's face. If this is the case, why ...
2014/08/17
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<issue_start>username_0: The following anime share the use of the semicolon as part of their names: 1. *Steins;Gate* 2. *Chaos;Head* 3. *Robotics;Notes* 4. *Occultic;Nine* What is the reason for using the semicolon within the titles of these anime?<issue_comment>username_1: The best answer that I could make out mysel...
2014/08/17
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<issue_start>username_0: I know that yaoi is famous for its fangirls, but I was wondering what the case was for yuri. I have only occasionally seen yuri fangirls being referenced in anime, and these shows have a cast that is fully female. ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LFWOf.png) *Inspirat...
2014/08/17
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<issue_start>username_0: While I went through the first 7-8 episodes of the original Sailor Moon, I noticed a few episodes that didn't really advance the plot much. (An example of this would be the episode where Jadeite poses as a radio announcer and sucks the energy out of women who receive fake declarations of love.)...
2014/08/17
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<issue_start>username_0: In the first episode of the first season, we see a Whispered woman being taken away from a Russian facility. Mithril turns up and secures the area before Sousuke injects a sedative into her and takes her away. We know that Teletha "*Tessa*" Testarossa is a Whispered and works as the Captain of...
2014/08/18
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<issue_start>username_0: Initially they referred to Kakashi's move as Lighting Cutter (Raikiri), but then they stopped calling it that and called it Chidori from then on. Any specific reason for this? Seems really odd to change a move's name after establishing it as something else.<issue_comment>username_1: The magic o...
2014/08/19
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<issue_start>username_0: I've been watching Psycho-Pass. Makishima has been working as an art professor at a women academy. During an investigation, an audio clip is retrieved where a girl (this particular case's culprit) speaks with him, mentioning his name. So now the investigators know that there is some guy called ...
2014/08/19
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<issue_start>username_0: **Warning: Spoilers Ahead!** I just finished Berserk, and I'm left sitting here in confusion. I tried finding the answers on the wiki and forums, but had no luck. Came here in hopes of finding a Berserk fan online. --- Griffith dream was to become a ruler of a kingdom, but at what point did ...
2014/08/19
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<issue_start>username_0: Are there any places that regularly publish anime or manga related academic papers? I'd be interested in reading them and possibly submitting one myself.<issue_comment>username_1: [Mechademia](http://mechademia.net/) is an annual publication published by Minnesota Press. It also covers fan pr...
2014/08/19
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<issue_start>username_0: Quick question, if you trade half of your life for shinigami eyes and it happens to save your life, would you lose only half of the time you would have lived, or would you somehow lose half of the life that you would actually live since the eyes saved your life? Bad example: 1. 1 and 2 in a ...
2014/08/20
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<issue_start>username_0: I'm currently on episode 10 of *Revolutionary Girl Utena*, and I've noticed that at certain points someone (most likely Miki, if I'm not mistaken) will pull out something that looks like a stopwatch or a counter. (This happens in the beginning of episode 10 when the Student Council is discussin...
2014/08/20
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<issue_start>username_0: In *One Piece*, Law's ROOM ability is a very strong technique, and he can use it to slice whatever he wants. Why didn't he use it when fighting against Doflamingo to slice him to pieces?<issue_comment>username_1: Law did use his Ope Ope no Mi. In chapter 729, Law has his room up and tries to s...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: In **Attack on Titan**, how did humans learn the Titans' weak spot? How was it that they learned how to kill Titans? * Was it through experiments with live, captured Titans? The only example I could think of where humans successfully captured live Titans and managed to get them within the wal...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: I can't believe I missed this three times. I went back to the beginning of AoT in episode 1 and noticed these scenes that occurred at the beginning of the episode. Eren is having some type of daydream or nightmare before waking suddenly with Mikasa leaning over him. Here are the still shots of ...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: How many chapters or volumes of manga is required at minimum for a manga to get anime adaptation once the decision is made? I mean some animes start airing while their manga is still being released and sometimes the amount of material only suffices for a 12-13 episode season only. Others wait...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: After having watched <NAME>, something is still bugging me. From what I understood, the council received Maria and Mamoru's bones from Squealer/Yakomaru after they had gone alone in the wilds, behind the Holy Barrier. To me, that would mean that the bones were received only a short time after ...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: I wondered if Hisoka knew if Gon is related to Gin. Also if it contributes to his rating of Gon? Do the Zoldycks know who he exactly is?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, in the Hunter Chairman Election arc, it is clear that basically everyone who is a licensed hunter knows that <NAME> is Gon's da...
2014/08/21
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<issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a short anime (don't remember if it was a single or a few series). It was about an American student, obsessed with martial arts, who gets an invitation from his Japanese friend to visit her family in Japan. He got a sword from her (I think it was symbol of marriage or something...
2014/08/22
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<issue_start>username_0: In Attack on Titans, how exactly was everything paid for? Not once in AoT so far did I ever see any exchanging of currency. For example the Markets: ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PbaMU.png) How do businesses make money then? Is there a type of currency in AoT that ...
2014/08/22
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<issue_start>username_0: Why doesn't <NAME> tell about his problem to Ran in Detective Conan, when he completely understands how much the girl loves him and suffers from pain due to him? While the truth is many times she was almost certain that Conan was Shinichi himself. The series now has so many episodes. Come on! ...
2014/08/23
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<issue_start>username_0: I was watching *Attack on Titan* and was wondering if this walled-off part of the land is the only one in existence? Like, if people were ever to go out past Wall Maria into the rest of the world, would they come across other Humans inside other walled-off communities? Or is the one in the se...
2014/08/23
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<issue_start>username_0: In the last episode of Hanamonogatari, near the end of the episode where Araragi prepares to cut Kanbaru's hair, he said "You are the third girl whose hair I'm cutting". Who was the other two girls that got their hair cut by Araragi?<issue_comment>username_1: One of the two girls is <NAME>. Re...