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"body": "\n\nIn the series _Ronin Warriors_ (or, _Yoroiden Samurai Troopers_ ), the main\ncharacter and red ~~Power Ranger~~ armored team lead, Ryo, eventually gets an\narmor upgrade.\n\nIn similar Sentai team shows like Sailor Moon, the supporting teammates also\n... | [] | 342 | null | null |
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"body": "\n\nI can kind of handwave or fanwank the origin of things like the exasperated\nfaceplant or the vein popping out when a character is comedic-angry, and even\nthe trope of Japanese flag fans coming out when people want to cheer on their\ncomrades, but how... | [
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"body": "\n\nThere doesn't seem to be any \"official\" announcement for that, but I think\nit's safe to say that since Manga and Anime make heavy use of symbols to re-\ncreate a concept or a situation, the sweatdrop functions the same way. In\nother words **sweatdrop** (see image below) is a reference to the ... | 343 | null | 360 |
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"body": "\n\nIn the second season of _Darker than Black_ ( _Darker than Black: Ryuusei no\nGemini_ ), Hei mysteriously...\n\n> ...loses his contractor powers somewhere in the middle of the season.\n\nIn the beginning of the anime we can clearly see that...\n\n> ..... | [
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"body": "\n\nIf you notice that at the beginning of \"Gemini of the Meteor\" season BK-201's\nstar vanishes, and he loses his powers. At the end of the season,\n\n> BK-201's star lighting up in the sky.\n\nEach \"False Star\" has a corresponding Contractor, and they resonate when their\nContractor's power is ... | 355 | 359 | 359 |
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"body": "\n\nEven though I haven't read the end of the manga very carefully, I did notice\nthat a lot of the details were changed, or even omitted completely, in the end\nof the anime.\n\nI don't understand why the end was changed in the anime. What is the reason\n... | [
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"body": "\n\nAs a few people said in the comments, it appears to be artistic license.\n\nI'll mention first that, like [@Deidara-\nsenpai](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/99/deidara-senpai) pointed out,\nthere are some [general reasons](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/2643/274)\nwhy an anime can diffe... | 356 | null | 2788 |
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"body": "\n\nI always had this doubt about whether Dragon Ball GT was an official,\ncanonical sequel of Dragon Ball Z or not. I know that Akira Toriyama helped in\nthe development, but did he write any of it?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nDragon Ball GT was produced by [Toei\nAnimation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toei_Animation), one of the anime\ncompanies used to produce Dragon Ball Z.\n\nAkira Toriyama did not write any of the episodes though, that's true. They're\nall fillers.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhat actually happened in the last episode of the _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ TV\nseries? It is episode 26, entitled [\"Take care of\nyourself\"](http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/Episode:26)?\n\nI have read different wikis about the plot of the episode,... | [
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"body": "\n\nIt's a little disguised, but the overall meaning is not too complicated.\n\n> Thought the whole series, Shinji was struggling, because he has made a shell\n> to cover himself, not to expose his feelings and fears. Shinji had (as we\n> all do, probably) a lot of things that were bothering him insi... | 366 | 369 | 369 |
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"body": "\n\nI have read the manga and I know that the Baskervilles are the supporters of\nGlen Baskerville, but what is their real job? Is it to protect the abyss or to\nmake the abyss come to the earth and destroy it so they can find the core of\nthe abyss?\n\n"... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe Baskervilles hold chains and one of the doors to the Abyss. According to\nthe Pandora Hearts wikia:\n\n> It is implied that the Abyss surrounds the world, as if the chains holding\n> the world together are destroyed, the world will fall into the Abyss.\n\nAdditionally:\n\n> Chains can leave t... | 367 | 852 | 852 |
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"body": "\n\nI've seen the second season so let's start from there. That's when it gets\ncomplicated.\n\nWhich episode came before which, and when?\n\nI know there is a OVA called _xxxHolic Shunmuki_ but it didn't interest me in\nparticular. I also saw that there ... | [
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"body": "\n\n 1. 1st Season, 24 episodes\n 2. 2nd Season (Kei), 13 episodes \n * Movie \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\", This probably takes place somewhere during the 2nd season (60 minutes, essentially a long episode)\n 3. OVA Shunmuki, 2 episodes, also crossover with Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE\n 4. O... | 368 | 402 | 402 |
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"body": "\n\nWhen I watched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on DVD, the episodes were\nshown out of order. It was somewhat funny, since in the previews, Haruhi and\nKyon argue about which episode number comes next, but other than that, I\ndidn't see the point of... | [
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"body": "\n\nAs far as I can tell (and admittedly this is a bit speculative), the reason\nwas to spread out the plot to avoid having the second half be entirely\nepisodic. The creators knew that the main plot (episodes 1-6 in chronological\norder) would not take a full season (14 episodes), but the next major... | 370 | 371 | 371 |
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"body": "\n\nThe title really says it all. The basset hound is almost always there in\nOshii's signature long musical interludes (Ghost in the Shell I & II, Patlabor\nII ... etc). Does the basset hound have a special meaning to Oshii?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn a [\"Japanorama\" interview with Jonathan\nRoss](http://www.animeuknews.net/news/832/jonathan-ross-tv-interview-with-\nmamoru-oshii) he mentions that he thinks that he's a reincarnated basset\nhound. He's got an affinity for that particular breed of dog so he uses it a\nlot in his movies.\n\n"... | 392 | 396 | 396 |
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"body": "\n\nIn the final episode of _Nadia of the Blue Water_ , Captain Nemo reveals to\nGargoyle that there are no more Atlanteans, and that he (Nemo) is the last\none. But Nemo has a daughter; Nadia, and he may or may not have made Electra\npregnant. So how ca... | [
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"body": "\n\nFrom what I can tell, you are correct in saying that Nemo is technically not\nthe last of the Atlantians. The most logical reason that I can think of for\nhim saying it is that he was the last person to grow up and experience the\nAtlantian traditions and society. Because Nadia grew up as an orph... | 393 | 2531 | 2531 |
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"body": "\n\nWell, the question says it all. I'm really interested in the idea of cross-\novers in anime. I want to know which particular company or manga group artists\nstarted the idea of cross-overs and what particular anime(s) showed cross-\novers (in anime hi... | [
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"body": "\n\nIt's probably as early as those old Go Nagai shows. There's a couple of movies\nwhere several of his franchises were together. To name a few:\n\n * Mazinger Z Vs. Devilman (1973)\n * Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo (1975)\n * Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G (1975)\n * Grendizer - Getter Robo ... | 399 | 408 | 408 |
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"body": "\n\nThe _Rebuild of Evangelion_ series of films (3 of which have been released\nhere in the USA) are a sort of reboot/retelling of the _Neon Genesis\nEvangelion_ story. As films, they have less time to tell the story and a\nhigher budget, so the style of ... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe 3rd movie is so radically different than the original series that there's\nprobably nothing from it that can be applied to the original series. There are\na lot of in-world mechanics that seemed to have changed, for example:\n\n * Angels all explode into blood\n * Souls of the pilot's mothe... | 400 | 401 | 401 |
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"body": "\n\nWith regards to the rest of the anime series, when does Badlands Rumble take\nplace? Does it happen before the show? After? In the middle some time?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt's probably in the middle somewhere, because in the anime Vash doesn't meet\nWolfwood for the first time until episode 9.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMy all time favorite anime is without doubt [Rahxephon](http://anidb.net/perl-\nbin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=14). I've watched both the series and the movie.\nAs I recall correctly the movie can be considered a summary of the series\nexcept for the e... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe storylines are different.\n\nFrom [Nirai Kanai Online](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/about.html)'s\n[FAQ](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/faq3.html#37):\n\n> the movie is an alternate re-telling of the story. ... In other words, the\n> movie and TV series are not in the same timeline, each one tells it... | 407 | 436 | 436 |
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"body": "\n\n_Durarara!!_ Episode 2 tells us about a girl named Kamichika. Near the end of\nthe episode, after...\n\n> ...Celty brings her to the roof to meet Izaya, he lets Kamichika to the roof\n> edge. He tells her that a lot of people have jumped there, trying... | [
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"body": "\n\nI think you're over-thinking this.\n\nIzaya, for lack of a better word, is a troll. Period.\n\n> One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message\n> board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument. (taken\n> from [Urban\n> Dictionary](http://www.urban... | 409 | 410 | 410 |
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"body": "\n\nOn Afro Samurai, who is Ninja Ninja?\n\nPeople in the series sometimes refer to him as \"Afro's imaginary friend\",\nhowever, I remember times where people other than Afro could see him! (Via a\nscoped rifle, or binoculars).\n\nAlso, there are times w... | [
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"body": "\n\nNinja Ninja is the result of conscience and the subconscious of AFRO. \nWhen other people saw him together with AFRO it does not necessarily mean that\nthey actually saw **him** and it was not only AFRO (and you) have seen it. \nAnd of course there is Justice, When he mentioned his imaginary fr... | 411 | 417 | 417 |
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"body": "\n\nIn Pokémon, we have two main characters:\n\n * Red, who is the main protagonist on the manga and the first Pokémon games (Red, Blue and Yellow)\n * Ash, who is the main protagonist on the anime.\n\nWhat are the differences between the two?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThere are **lots**!\n\n\n\nFor starters, Red is character who just starred in manga/games, and manga\ncreated only after a TV series aired.\n\nAs a result, they decided to release two types of manga, one based on the show\nand on... | 412 | 418 | 418 |
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"body": "\n\nThe Philosopher's Stone is said to be an alchemical amplifier, allowing an\nalchemist to perform perfect transmutations, bypassing the laws of equivalent\nexchange.\n\nHow does that work? Isn't the point of alchemy that you can only get as much\nas yo... | [
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"body": "\n\n> Isn't the point of alchemy is that you can only get as much as you give?\n\nYes it is. The law of Equivalent Exchange states something like: **\"In order\nto obtain or create something, something of equal value must be lost or\ndestroyed.\"** \nAccording to the [FMA wiki](http://fma.wikia.com/... | 413 | 415 | 415 |
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"body": "\n\nMost Saiyan (Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, etc.) who evolved into Super Saiyan had\ntrouble fulfilling one of the requirements to evolve: Their rage or other\nemotions had to be extreme.\n\nHowever, there are two exceptions: Goten and Trunks (not the Trunks fr... | [
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"body": "\n\nThere doesn't seem to be an official reference, but I suppose there are three\npossible explanations (well, except the \"the author wanted it this way\" one):\n\n 1. **Heritage** : When they had them, their fathers already had managed to reach the SSJ stage. So they sort of passed the ability on... | 422 | 431 | 431 |
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"body": "\n\nDuring the story arc with Raditz they make it out as though it's the first\ntime Piccolo and Goku team up. With Goku dying in the Raditz fight and not\nshowing up again until Vegeta, it couldn't have happened after that fight.\nWhere does it fit into ... | [
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"body": "\n\nThis [Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z%3a_Dead_Zone)\nexplains it pretty well:\n\n> Dead Zone is the only film that takes place after the end of Dragon Ball and\n> before the beginning of Dragon Ball Z. The events of this movie can be\n> placed into the series timeline between... | 430 | 432 | 432 |
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"body": "\n\nThe Pokémon Special manga series, the \"main\" Pokémon manga adaptation, has\nabout 40 volumes and take place along all the Pokémon \"generations\" but how\nare they related to each other?\n\nI mean, the main characters in each saga changes, so I don'... | [
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"body": "\n\nThey're set in the same universe. Stories sometimes span chapters\n(Bulbapedia's name for \"sagas\"), and main characters from earlier chapters\nmake appearances in later ones.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI really loved the live-action version of _Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi na Henge!_\n(or, _Perfect Girl Evolution!_ / _The Wallflower_ ) and I'm considering\npicking up the manga or anime because of how much I liked it. However, I'm\ncurious: **what are the ... | [
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"body": "\n\nI've seen almost all of the _Bleach_ anime (at least what's been released\ndubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga\nclosely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly.\nThus, I'd want to pick... | [
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"body": "\n\nI only watched the anime, but I know it stopped in March 2012, when they\ncaught up with the manga. It was the 'Lost Agent arc'.\n\nSo I suppose you best bet is to start reading the manga that was written from\naround that time. Volume 49 of the manga is also called 'The Lost Agent', so\nthat see... | 440 | 448 | 448 |
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"body": "\n\nAlthough I have not watched the _Fate/Zero_ TV series, I have watched the\n_Fate/stay night_ series and the _Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works_\nmovie. At the end of the movie I found out that:\n\n> Archer is actually Shirō. Even before the endi... | [
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"body": "\n\nI sometimes watch this anime called [Crayon Shin-\nchan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan) in Portuguese (in which\nit is simply called Shin-chan). Flirty as he is, Shinnosuke (its main\ncharacter) is often inconveniently messing around w... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe progression of the phrase goes like this:\n\n> ピーマン好き (Do you like [green] peppers)？ ニンジン食べれる (Do you like to eat carrots)？\n> 納豆にはネギ入れる方？ ( ~~The method of sticking negi [spring onion] into natto\n> [fermented soybeans]~~ \"Are you the type who puts spring onions in their\n> natto?\")?\n\nTh... | 445 | 447 | 447 |
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"body": "\n\nI know the title probably needs to be changed, but I wasn't sure how to put it\nspoiler-free. \nThe question follows as a block, for its 'spoilery' nature for anyone who\nhasn't seen Naruto Shippuden up to episode 290.\n\n> In this episode Kabuto sum... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe episode you cite is the first one of a saga filler, which means it's\noriginal material, present in the Anime only. So there's no Manga canon to\nanswer it, because it doesn't come from there.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe Human Instrumentality Project is one of the main plotlines in the Neon\nGenesis Evangelion original series. However, other than a few speculative\nmentions, there isn't concrete information as to what purpose it serves.\n\nWhat purpose does the Hu... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe ultimate goal is to unite all the individual souls of mankind into one\nsingular being.\n\nThis would create an existence where nobody existed individually, but as part\nof a whole.\n\nThis way, the flaws in every living being would be complemented by the\nstrengths in others, thus erasing th... | 454 | 457 | 457 |
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"body": "\n\nIn the series, a number of different styles are shown among the different\ncharacters. Some fight using their Zanpakutō, others use Kidō. Do all of these\nderived from a similar source? Are there other fighting styles? Can they be\ncombine?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI'm pretty sure that people have [tried](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qt23R.jpg)\n[every](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jfUyh.png)\n[way](https://i.stack.imgur.com/u9hPn.png)\n[possible](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jfUyh.png)\n[to](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4... | [
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"body": "\n\n[This wiki ](http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Alucard#Powers_and_abilities)has\nthe following note about Alucard's immortality (may contain some spoilers):\n\n> Immortality: This ability is rather ambiguous, as Alucard, himself has\n> stated that immortality is a myth. However, what it most likely ... | 456 | 5861 | 5861 |
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"body": "\n\nIn Bleach, Soul Society represents this sort of Heaven where souls are sent by\nShinigamis (mostly from Earth?). However, once in Soul Society, is a soul\nimmortal? Can they die? And if so, what happens? Is one sent to... _Hueco\nMundo_?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIf someone had seen it before you'd think it would have been eaten.\n\nAnd I also thought I remember a segment about no one knowing their fruit\nbefore they ate it. (I think it was with the CP9 arc)\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI can't recall exactly when this was said during the series, but as the\n[WIKI](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit) says here, when the user\ndies, the fruit he ate simply regenerates inside the closest appropriate fruit\nthe same place where the user died and their ability is reborn into... | 464 | 466 | 466 |
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"body": "\n\nSky Island is a myth or a legend to many people including the pirates form\nJaya, who laugh at Luffy because he thinks that Sky Island exists.\n\nDoes the World Government know about Sky Island or is it just a myth to them?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\n**Edit:** It's just my assumption but Enel pursued by the government and he\ncame to this island after it was thrown out to the sky. \nHis bounty was at that time\n500,000,000 and of course before\nthat, \nGol D. Roger was there. \nSo it seems like t... | 467 | null | 875 |
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"body": "\n\nAs the title states, why can't Pan go to Super Saiyan Mode?\n\nWe see in the last episode of Pan's grandson turning Super Saiyan while he\nfights a descendant of Vegeta. Are female Saiyans not able to turn Super\nSaiyan?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWell, according to this [Pan's trivia\nsection](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Pan#Trivia), the **in-real-world\nreason** seems to be that Akira Toriyama couldn't figure out how to draw a\nfemale SSJ.\n\nOne of the possible reasons, **in the DB universe** , is that Pan never really\ntrained to ... | 468 | 472 | 472 |
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"body": "\n\nWhy were many stages and levels skipped in Sword Art Online. You see that they\nstart at level one in the first episode but then later they skip to higher\nlevels.\n\nWhy did the makers skip levels? Was it because it would take too long?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIt has many reasons. First, in the original novels they are a little more\nexplained, but not much, so even in that original script it was skipped.\nPerhaps in first place all that happens in-between was less interesting.\n\nHowever, starting this year Reki Kawahara (the novel's author) has begun... | 469 | null | 482 |
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"body": "\n\nAsuna died near the end of Sword Art Online. However, judging by the rules,\nwhy didn't she die in real life? Did Kayaba Akihiko lie about dying in the\ngame?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nNot quite.\n\n> It's an issue of timing. She died _before_ the game was cleared, but her\n> death timer didn't expire beforehand. So, she was eligible to be logged out\n> of the game, much like Kazuto would be. Her mind was taken to a compatible\n> server in ALFOnline, which is where she's trappe... | 470 | 548 | 548 |
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"body": "\n\nThe rich background of Holo: being a minor deity of harvest, her forms,\nshapeshifting, powers and limitations, likes and dislikes, traits character\netc - how is it grounded in Japanese beliefs, myths, traditions, and legends?\n\nIs her lore entirely... | [
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"body": "\n\nI wasn't able to find any references that state that _the exact_ background\nthat Horo has originates from some _exact_ legend or myth. However, it is\ndefinitely not entirely made-up. Animals play a significant role in Japanese\nfolktales. Two of them are also widely known to be able to transfor... | 474 | 477 | 477 |
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"body": "\n\nI still don't understand why Harry killed Brandon. He was Harry's best friend\nand the most loyal member he had.\n\nIs it because he was jealous of him because he was Maria's boyfriend, or was\nit for another reason?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nHarry wanted to take leadership of the syndicate, and the only way to do that\nwas to assassinate Big Daddy, a way that Brandon does not approve with as he\nwas still very loyal to Millennion's founder and leader. Brandon even left\nMaria when her dad, Big Daddy, disagreed with their relationship... | 481 | 526 | 526 |
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"body": "\n\nI've been told that Kenshin, at least partially, is based on a real life\nassassin. Who was he based on, and what pieces of his story are inspired by\nthis person?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nWhen Meroko and Takuto first appear to Mitsuki, they're extremely surprised\nthat Mitsuki can see them since humans aren't supposed to be able to see\nShinigami.\n\nIs it ever explained why Mitsuki can see them?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nIn Chapter 594, Tobi says, \"There lies truth in a single consciousness that\nhas abandoned all individuality.\"\n\nWhat is the context of this statement? Is there something specific he is\nreferring to?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThe question is easy: At which age are people, when they are revived using\nEdo-Tensei? Are they exactly of that age they died? Or can the user of Edo-\nTensei decide, how old the ninjas are?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nI didn't understand the scenario where Yagami Light relinquishes ownership of\nhis Death Note for the first time.\n\nHe trusted Rem to give it to such a person who would have traits like that of\nKyosuke Higuchi.\n\nWhat if that plan had not worked? D... | [
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"body": "\n\nWas it ever explained why Jiraiya wasn't brought back via Edo Tensei when just\nabout every other powerful ninja in history was?\n\nFrom my understanding, the summoner only needs a good bit of genetic material\nto bring someone back and Jiraiya's body... | [
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"body": "\n\nIn chapter 420, Kakashi summoned the wall of dogs (Doton: Doryūheki).\n\n> \n\nIt looks just like an ordinary earth element wall, except that it has bulldog\nsculptures on it. \nIt's... | [
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"body": "\n\nWhen Nagato used the [Outer\nPath](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Outer_Path%3a_Samsara_of_Heavenly_Life_Technique)\ntechnique to revive the citizens of Konoha killed in the attack, why wasn't\nJiraiya revived as well?\n\nIt was revealed that the origin... | [
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"body": "\n\nWhen Naruto is talking to the Kyuubi is his mind or his spirit inside the\nKyuubi?\n\nWhat happens while he is running? Does he have something like an autopilot?\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nAlthough [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/356/why-\nare-there-ending-of-the-series-death-note-so-different-in-manga-and-anime) was\nclosed, it was actually through it that I came to realize that the anime and\nmanga versions o... | [
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"body": "\n\nWhy/how is Yoruichi Shihōin able to transform into a cat? Was she always able\nto or did she learn it somehow? Does she have some object that allows here to?\n\nAs far as I can remember she seems the only one to be able to transform (into\nan animal).... | [
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"body": "\n\nIchigo (obviously) has them, like his father. But it does not seem something\nthat someone just inherits from their parent(s)? One of Ichigos his sisters\nhas little and the other none.\n\nDoes one need to (accidentally) come into contact in order to ... | [
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"body": "\n\nI've watched _Lupin III: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna_ (\"A Woman Named Mine Fujiko\")\nand some scattered episodes of the original _Lupin III_ TV series. One thing\nthat isn't clear to me is how the two series are related.\n\nDepending on who I ask, some s... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe wiki says that Hashirama died shortly after the creation of Konohagakure.\nDo we know how he died? I mean, he was powerful enough to stand up to Madara,\nso I feels like it would be no small thing that could kill him.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nThis contains spoilers up to chapter 112 (not much of a spoiler, but still).\n\n> White Ichigo (a.k.a. Hollow Ichigo) appeared in the Hollowfication process,\n> when Urahara had cruelly thrown Ichigo into a pit, and he is the Hollow part\n> of Ichigo'... | [
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"body": "\n\nIn addition to his bankai, Byakuya is observed using three techniques:\n\n * Gokei \n\n> I think it was in battle with Hitsugaya's Reigai, though I'm not sure\n\n * Senkei \n\n> while fighting Ichigo at Rukia's execution\n\n * Shūkei \n\n> in the s... | [
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"body": "\n\nCensorship is usually seen as an act against the author's will. Talking with\nan editor in my country (Italy) working for a publishing house in the erotic\nmanga market, he tells me that censorship for erotic manga is done in two\nverses: removing [ce... | [
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"body": "\n\n> Kabuto summoned Deidara during the fourth world war, but only used him to\n> keep the Tsuchikage busy while he (Kabuto) kidnapped Yamato. He then\n> unsummoned Deidara and has never summoned him since then. \n> \n> Edo Tensei makes Deidara immorta... | [
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"body": "\n\nIn the Fate universe, is there a reason why the Servants summoned in each Holy\nGrail War belong to different classes?\n\nUsing relics and additional incantations during the summoning ritual, Masters\nhave some degree of control over the Class (e.g. M... | [
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"body": "\n\nI read somewhere that the mangaka made footnotes at the end of each volume\nexplaining what inspired each story. I've only seen the anime so I would like\nto know which mythologies or folktales, if any, inspired the stories in\nMushishi.\n\n",
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"body": "\n\nMadhouse's recent OVA, \"Arata Naru Sekai\" is a one-shot 30 minute OVA without\nmuch background. I can gather that:\n\n * time-travel is prevalent in this world\n * the 4 girls seemed to have traveled far into the future\n * there was perhaps som... | [
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"body": "\n\nAs we know, Sasori has\n\n> turned his body into a puppet, with a small \"core of living flesh\" being the\n> only living part of it: \n\n[This question](https://anime.stackexchang... | [
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"body": "\n\nWas there ever a reason given for the name change? I thought at first that it\nwas possibly a mistranslation in the initial episodes. However, in LogueTown\nLuffy visits a bar named \"Gold Roger\" and considering the owner knew Gold\nRoger you'd think... | [
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"body": "\n\nThere hasn't been any change, I think.\n\nThe real and first name is ゴール・D・ ロジャー (Gōru D. Rojā, _Gol D. Roger_ ), but he\nis also known by the name of Gold Roger. I think it's just an in-universe\nthing.\n\nThat said, his real name carries the D. which in the story is being described\nas \"more t... | 721 | 722 | 722 |
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"body": "\n\nThere are a lot of characters with the middle initial \"D\". Is this an\nindication of something, or do they really all just have middle initials of\nthe letter D? If they are initials, do we know what they stand for?\n\nExamples of names:\n\n> Monkey... | [
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"body": "\n\n## Update\n\nWe start to see the meaning behind the D. In the episode 703 of the Anime...\n\n> ...Corazon talks to Trafalgar D. Law, telling him how young kids in Marie\n> Jois are instructed to see D. as a sort of boogeyman: \n> \n> _\"Badly behaving children will be eaten by the D.\"_ \n> ... | 724 | 725 | 725 |
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"body": "\n\nI know that the actual characters who are the homunculi differ between the FMA\nmanga and original anime. For instance, Sloth is a different person between\nthe manga and the anime. However, do they differ in how they are created? If\nso, how do they ... | [
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"body": "\n\nJuuni Kokuki / The Twelve Kingdoms is based on a series of light novels by Ono\nFuyumi. Considering the rather abrupt end to the anime, I'm wondering how\ncomplete it is when compared to the novels. Also, if it isn't in keeping with\nthem, why was it a... | [
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"body": "\n\n_**I'm wondering how complete it is when compared to the novels_**\n\nYouko Nakajima is the main character in the anime, while in the manga she is\nonly one of many main characters and her story is focused upon in only two\nnovels. \nMost of the main characters are the same, although some were a... | 728 | null | 742 |
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"body": "\n\nThere are many transliterations of the currency: Berry, Beli, Berri. Which one\nis the official one?\n\nThe Navy just give large bounties for pirates, Buggy has a 15 million bounty\nand Luffy has a 30 million. Would Luffy's bounty be an equivalent to ... | [
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"body": "\n\nI know that the nine-tails exists in many anime series (The notables are\nNaruto and Pokemon), as well as\n\n> His name, Kurama, relating to fox demons across different animes, such as Yu\n> Yu Hakusho.\n\nI also know that the two-tails is adapted fro... | [
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"body": "\n\nThe one-tail is based on a [Tanuki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki) \\-\nHowever, I don't know anything about a background in mythology.\n\nAs you said, the two-tails is based on\n[Nekomata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomata).\n\nThe three-tails is based on [Isonade](http://en.wikipedi... | 748 | 795 | 795 |
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"body": "\n\nHow popular are Korean _manhwa_ and Chinese _manhua_ in Japan?\n\nIs there a market for them as localized manga?\n\n",
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