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Why does Gai look like Rock Lee?
Why does Gai-sensei and Rock Lee look almost exactly the same? Are they from the same clan or are they blood-related? Hinata and Neiji look the same and they're cousins, same with Sasori and Gaara, Sasuke and Itachi, so they're probably…
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Why couldn't Chiaki go to the future to get more time leaps?
In the 2006 film "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" by Hosoda Mamoru, the protagonist Makoto accidentally uses up all of the time-leaps her friend Chiaki, who is actually a time traveler from the future. He used his remaining time leap to prevent an…
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Is it possible to combine all five chakra elements?
The title says it all... but I'll elaborate:
Initially we see techniques derived from a single chakra element (Katon, Doton, Suiton, Fuuton and Raiton). These are the most common, since usually a ninja can master only one chakra nature (since…
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Does Saitama still continue his training?
Saitama mentioned that he got this strong through daily training, which consisted of 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups and 100 squats along with running 10 km every single day. Also, he ate three meals a day, but only a banana as breakfast and also didn't…
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How accurate is the cooking in Food Wars?
I'm familiar with some other cooking shows, but not all of them are nearly as experimental as Food Wars. With something like "Yakitate!", being a baker, there's a lot of truth behind the recipes and some of the crazy things Azuma and some of the…
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Why are the shounen lead protagonists usually shown to be stupid?
One Piece's Luffy,
Naruto's Naruto,
Fairy Tail's Natsu,
Reborn's Tsuna,
Dragon Ball's Goku
All of the above are shown to be simple-minded and foolish.
Why is it so common to depict the lead protagonist to be so stupid?
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Why do lots of anime titles have ☆ in them?
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Why do some shows have the star ☆ in them? I understand it makes it look cool, but it seems to be the only non-standard character that's used in titles?
For example - you don't see Christmas…
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Why does Himura Kenshin say ～ござる (~gozaru) at end of every sentence?
Why does Himura always end almost every sentence with gozaru in this show? Is this normal for people in that time period?
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What should a university-level course about manga and anime culture cover as part of its curriculum?
This question is not asking about a course that teaches how to create manga or anime, but a curriculum of a course similar to English literature. Such course would teach the history and culture of anime and manga by studying representative works of…
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Is chuunibyou syndrome real?
"Chuunibyou" or "eighth-grade syndrome" is a condition where people believe they have super powers. The first time I heard this term is in the anime Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Is this syndrome real? Is there any medical term or at least more…
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Has Hayao Miyazaki ever made an anime series or manga?
Hayao Miyazaki is a famous director of anime movies such as "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro".
But has he ever made any anime series or manga besides movies? If so, what are they?
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Do Pokemon age and die?
There are old people in Pokemon but I have never seen any old Pokemon. Do Pokemon age and die? Also, if they get hurt too much, will they die of wounds? Have there been any deaths so far?
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Is there any specific reason why female voice actors act for male roles in anime?
I've always been wondering: why do female voice actors act for male characters in anime?
For example: Mayumi Tanaka for Luffy, Takeuchi Junko for Naruto, even Goku's voice actor (Nozawa Masako), etc.
When there are such good male voice actors (for…
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What are the legality rules in terms of manga translations?
I know that fan-translated scans and scanned official pages are illegal when a manga is released in English, but I was never sure what the rules were if the manga hasn't been released in English. What are the general rules about legality of…
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What type of Sage Mode does Hashirama enter?
We all know that the following people are capable of entering Sage Mode:
Naruto
Jiraiya
Orochimaru (learnt but couldn't use because of his body, or rather his vessels)
Kabuto
Hashirama
Naruto and Jiraiya learnt it from the Toads (at Mount…
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