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How did Toru and Koji pass the entrance exam in My Hero Academia?
I have seen some comments and speculations about the robot having an off switch or whatever. But I want to know if there is any source material or comment from the author on how they managed to pass the exam.
I have only seen the actual author's…
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Are there any relations between the different "sagas" in Pokémon Special/Pokémon Adventures manga?
The Pokémon Special manga series, the "main" Pokémon manga adaptation, has about 40 volumes and take place along all the Pokémon "generations" but how are they related to each other?
I mean, the main characters in each saga changes, so I don't…
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How can I check that a given anime is really over?
I have been frustrated recently when I watch the last existing episode of a given anime only to find out that the story is not over yet, and I will have to wait for another season (and who knows when that would be). Examples:
No Game No Life
Ao no…
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Why is pornographic anime and manga referred to as "hentai" by non-Japanese sources? And when did it start?
If you try to google "hentai definition" most result would define hentai as a Japanese genres of manga and anime with sexually explicit images and plots. But Wikipedia explains it otherwise:
In Japanese, the term describes any type of perverse or…
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Can a mangaka continue another mangaka's manga?
There are plenty of manga that never had an ending for many reasons. For example, High School of the Dead's mangaka, Daisuke Satou, has passed away. Some mangaka also cannot continue their work because of health problems, as well as other reasons.…
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What exactly is the technique Madara uses to control Obito?
Recently in the manga version of Naruto (Chapter 637), Obito tried and successfully blocked the technique Madara used on him. But what exactly is this technique?
I tried to search anything but found technically nothing. Though Hashirama gave a…
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What anime is this winking girl from?
I've been searching for quite a long time...I'm guessing it's from an Anime.
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Is the art made for anime openings made first or are the created vocals done first?
Sometimes the song matches perfectly with the opening like the beginning of Little Witch Academia, so I was wondering if the art for the opening was done then the song was made to match the art, or if the song was created, and the artists made the…
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Why didn't Mello see Shinigami after touching the Death Note in Episode 29?
I asked this question on Movies & TV SE, but was requested to ask here.
In the 29th episode of Death Note (Father), a third Shinigami (Sidoh) arrived at Los Angeles to get his notebook back.
He needed the current owner (which was one of the Mello's…
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The audience scene in End Of Evangelion
There are clips in EoE that look like this. I wonder where these clips come from. What are they watching/listening to?
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In Death Note, how far could "sexual" interaction go with a shinigami before it broke rule XXXVI?
As the internet knows, in "How To Use" XXXVI, the following rule is stated:
"There are male and female gods of death, but it is neither permitted, nor possible for them to have sexual relations with humans. The gods of death also cannot have sex…
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Is every human wizard a female?
In both LWA series and OVA, I only saw female wizards. The most likely to be a male wizard are Lotte's dad and the magical shop owner but I never actually see them perform any magic. There are also several non-human male character like the Dragon…
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Why didn't they take Asuna's NerveGear off?
I've recently gone through Sword Art Online and I must say it is by far
one of the greatest anime I've seen.
But there's one thing that bugs me.
After SAO was cleared by Kirito and Asuna was found in ALO, why didn't they just take her NerveGear off?…
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Was the Scouting Legion's patch or the character's Military affiliation changed?
In the Military, there are three units, each with its own patch: Scouting Legion, Military Police and Stationary Guard.
Left to Right: Scouting Legion, Military Police and Stationary Guard
So far in the anime (up to episode 12), from these three…
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Is there a superstition about good anime series having character(s) that run in the ED?
At the end of the Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special, Kohaku (Koha-Ace ver.) mentions that there is a superstition where good anime all have people running in the ending animation.
Does this superstition actually exist? If so, how true is this…
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