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Death Note: Old age as cause of death?
If you would write something like: "Bob Hyrule dies of old age", would this work?
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What arcs of Shingeki No Kyojin will the live-action movie cover?
The live action movie for Shingeki No Kyojin is coming out in 2015 or 2016 if I am not mistaken. Does anyone know what arcs of the anime and manga the movie will cover?
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How does the equivalent exchange of alchemy work?
Alchemy, in Full Metal Alchemist, is based on the concept of 'one needs to provide materials of equal value compared to the thing one want to create' (equivalent exchange).
But, how does it exactly work.
Can this amount of required materials be…
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Can Blackbeard consume more than one Devil Fruit?
Can Blackbeard consume more than just one Devil Fruit? If yes, then what is the upper limit?
When he reaches the maximum number of Devil Fruits, can he change them, i.e. can he lose one of the Devil Fruits to consume a new one?
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Does anime really account for 60% of the world’s animation-based entertainment?
I see some variation of this self-proclaimed unattributed fact on the web:
Anime accounts for 60% of the world's animation-based entertainment. So successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the…
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Can Dragonslayers eat their own magic?
Early in the anime, Lucy asked Natsu if he could eat his own fire. Natsu explained that it would be like Lucy eating one of her Celestial Spirits. While this tells us that Natsu won't do it, it leaves the possibility open.
Given how Angel treated…
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Does Natsu have an known actual age?
Whilst looking around the Fairy Tail tag, I was looking again at a question here asked by Shinobu, I finally decided to pop the question "How old is Natsu". I thought it would have been revealed further on in the series, but from the looks of it…
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Why is Sakurai-sensei always sweating like a sprinkler?
I never really figured this out. Is Sakurai-sensei always super-uncomfortable around people? Or is she nervous? Usually sweat drops jumping off someone is a vfx for surprise, but I don't think this is the case.
What's up with those crazy sweat…
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Why does Charmander die if his flame goes out?
I just found a doodle about how Charmander and Squirtle were getting high, and Squirtle accidentally extinguishes Charmander's flame, and Charmander dies. Is this true? And why does Charmander die if his flame goes out? Is there any explanation…
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When Edward and Alphonse try to transmute their mother, how come they didn't gain anything?
So, to my understanding, the idea of alchemy is equivalent exchange, in which you get in return as much as you gave.
This doesn't make sense to me, as in the beginning when they tried to transmute their mother back, Alphonse lost everything, and…
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What's with this up-tilted head posture?
In Bakemonogatari, we see Araragi (and possibly some other characters) at quite a number of times in the series with his head tilted upwards, in what would in real life be a somewhat uncomfortable angle. While this in a number of cases could just be…
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Who is the old man at the end of Nijigahara Holograph?
At the end of Nijigahara Holograph (Rainbow Field Holograph), Amahiko meets an old man at the hospital who gives him the box he carried around for the whole manga containing "a spell". The old man then asks Amahiko what his name is and tells him he…
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Why wasn't there an OP for Shinobu Time?
Each of the arcs of the Monogatari series through the end of Second Season (Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, ..., Hitagi End) has had an OP theme sung by the arc's heroine1, save for Shinobu Time (i.e. Onimonogatari), which did not have an OP theme at…
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Why was it that Light's father could see Light's lifespan, while Mikami couldn't see it (which allowed him to deduce that Light was Kira)?
I was talking with a friend about Death Note and he said that he could't understand one thing:
When Light's father died, he saw Light's lifespan with his Shinigami eyes, so he could "confirm" that Light was not Kira. However, at the end of the…
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Why did Jiraiya have to die?
In Naruto, when Jiraiya fights Pain, he goes out of the barrier to confirm his suspicion about Pain (that all the 7 pains are dead) but he could have used a shadow clone instead. Shadow clones can transfer knowledge and experience (as told by…
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