Three Girls in an Anime Trivia Quiz

Answer: Future Diary

'Future Diary' is about a 'Battle Royale' style game involving a group of people who possess diaries that can predict the future and tell them when they are going to die. Each of them is named after a Greco-Roman god. The main character, Yukiteru Amano, has an imaginary friend called Deus ex Machina, who turns out to be real and announces that the diary holders must compete against each other to become the new God.

Yuno Gasai is the holder of the second diary, and has a massive obsession with Yukiteru, constantly stalking him and violently attacking anyone who she sees as a threat. Her diary solely revolves around him. She won the Survival Game in a previous world, moved to another timeline and killed the Yuno there in order to be with Yukiteru. She is named after the goddess Juno (Hera), who had a reputation for extreme jealousy.

Minene Uryuu is the holder of the ninth diary. She is a nihilistic terrorist with a hatred of religion, after her parents were killed in a crossfire in the Middle East. Her diary enables her to plot the best escape routes in dangerous situations. She tries to commit suicide by blowing up a bank vault, but survives when Deus gives her half his power. She is named after the goddess Minerva (Athena).

Tsubaki Kasugano is the holder of the sixth diary. She is the figurehead for the Omaketa cult, and was gang-raped by cult members after they murdered her parents. Her diary enables her to record what all the cult members see, and Yuki distracts the cult by tossing Tsubaki's handball in the air before destroying her diary with a dart. She is associated with the goddess Proserpina (Persephone).

Answer: Naruto

'Naruto' is one of 'Weekly Shounen Jump's most popular manga of the 2000s, both in Japan and in the US, and has spawned a sequel called 'Boruto', featuring the adventures of the orange-clad ninja's son. Naruto Uzumaki's trademark features are his orange tracksuit, whiskers and habit of saying 'dattebayo' (or 'believe it!' in the American dub). The original manga covers his experiences growing up, making friends and discovering the truth about his past.

Ino Yamanaka is a member of Team 10 and a frenemy of Sakura Haruno, Naruto's team mate. Her clan have the ability to hijack people's bodies and cause illusions, and she is academic and a skilled tracker. She and Sakura draw in their fight in the Chuunin Exams arc. She later marries Sai, another of Naruto's team mates.

Hanabi Hyuuga is the younger sister of Team 8's Hinata Hyuuga and the heir to the clan, as Hinata's father considers her too weak. The Hyuuga clan have a magic eye called the Byakugan, which enables them to see eople's chakra networks and gives them an extended visual field. They also have a technique called the Gentle Fist. Hanabi is kidnapped by enemy ninja for her eyes in the sequel movie 'The Last'. She later becomes Naruto's sister-in-law.

Konan is a founding member of Akatsuki, a group of rogue ninja who once had ambitions of peace. She comes from Amegakure, the Village Hidden in the Rain, and has the power to manipulate paper. She is the lover of Nagato aka Pein, the group's leader and sees him as a god and herself as his angel. She changes sides after Naruto and Nagato have a discussion and Nagato sacrifices himself, but is killed soon after by the main villain, Obito 'Tobi' Uchiha.

Answer: Black Lagoon

'Black Lagoon' is set in the fictional Thai city of Roanapur, which is best described as a 'wretched hive of scum and villainy'. The city is controlled by various crime factions, the most prominent of which are the Chinese Triads and the Russian mafia. The Russian mafia make use of the Lagoon Delivery Company, a group of mercenaries for hire, one of which is Rokuro, a Japanese salaryman who joins them after they kidnap him and take him hostage.

Revy, real name Rebecca Lee, is a hot-tempered Chinese-American pirate and gun nut who often wields guns in both hands, earning her the nickname of 'Two Hands'. She is a former sex worker and prisoner, with several outstanding warrants in New York, and is deeply cynical, though she thaws out a little when getting to know Rock. As a teenager, she was raped by police officers and shot her abusive alcoholic father for his callous treatment of her afterwards. Both she and Rock are heavy drinkers and smokers. She occasionally goes into a state known as 'Whitman fever', where she guns down everyone in her path.

Eda is an American CIA agent disguised as a nun, who operates in a church known as the 'Church of Violence'. She is far more intelligent and ruthless than she lets on and is implied to be one of the most powerful people in Roanapur. Eda and Revy have a love-hate relationship, but Eda is also Revy's closest friend.

Balalaika, real name Sofiya Pavlovna, is the head of Hotel Moscow, the local Russian mafia. She is a former Olympic markswoman and sniper, with a loyal band of fellow soldiers who joined her in a life of crime after the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. She rarely loses her composure or gets angry, and is extremely ruthless, not hesitating to shoot Revy in the leg or pull a gun on Rock. Her men are like family to her, and when two of them are tortured to death by the terrifying twins Hansel and Gretel, she wastes no time in seeking revenge.

Answer: Overlord

'Overlord' is an 'isekai' anime, i.e. an anime where an ordinary person is sucked into a video game world. In this instance, the ordinary person is a salaryman, Satoru Suzuki, who plays an online MMORPG known as YGGDRASIL. When the server resets at midnight one night, he finds himself in the body of his own character, Einz Ooal Gown, a lich who becomes the supreme ruler of the dungeon of Nazarick. With an army of monsters at his command, he seeks the other players, conquering various lands on the way.

Shalltear Bloodfallen is a vampire with the appearance of a young girl, though her true appearance is more monstrous, with teeth like a lamprey and a long tongue. She was created by the player Peroroncino. She competes with the succubus Albedo for Ainz's attention. She commands three floors of Nazarick and is a powerful all-round fighter and spellcaster.

Tuareninya Veyron, Tuare for short, is a maid and former sex slave rescued from a brothel by Sebas Tian, a dragon man with the appearance of an old butler. He takes her under his wing, much to the disgust of other denizens of Nazarick, who hate humans; in fact, she is one of the very few humans allowed there. She was abused so badly by clients that she has several injuries and diseases. She has a younger sister, Ninya, who is murdered by the assassin Clementine.

Solution Epsilon is one of the Pleiades ,a group of female monsters dressed as maids who serve under Sebas Tian, though she poses as his boss in public. She looks like a pretty blonde woman with ringlets, but is actually a slime in human shape. She can use her abilities to heal - as she does with Tuare, albeit reluctantly - but also eats people, as a man who tries to cop a feel finds out the hard way. She also has the ability to store various objects inside her body.

Answer: Claymore

'Claymore' is a dark fantasy set in a medieval-type world where monsters known as youma prey on humans. Claymores, named after the huge swords they carry, are (predominantly) female warriors infused with the flesh of youma and tasked with hunting and killing them. They are numbered from 1 to 48, with 1 being the strongest and 48 - the number of Clare, the protagonist - being the weakest, although she becomes stronger by incorporating the parts of other Claymores into her body.

Ophelia is the fourth-ranked Claymore in Part 1, is extremely violent and cruel, and has a hatred of youma because they killed her family. She is able to create waves with her sword by shaking her arm rapidly, a technique she calls the 'Ripple Sword'. If a Claymore overdoes it and uses too much youkai, or youma energy, she turns into an Awakened Being. This is what happens to Ophelia, and she turns into a snake-like monster. Clare puts her out of her misery.

Jean is ranked ninth, and almost awakens when she is captured by enemies, but Clare synchronises her youkai with Jean's to bring her back and make her normal again. As a result, Jean becomes incredibly loyal to Clare, despite being higher up the ranks. When a large number of Claymores are sent on a suicide mission to the northern lands, Jean is one of the leaders, and she sacrifices herself to stop Clare awakening. She has the ability to use her sword as a drill by twisting her arm and then letting it unwind.

Undine is ranked eleventh and is one of the leaders on the suicide mission. She is extremely arrogant, with a tendency to overcompensate, and carries two swords, one of which belonged to a dead comrade. She uses youkai to make herself look muscular, but is actually thin and waifish. She is killed in battle and Deneve, one of Clare's allies, takes up Undine's sword in her memory.

Answer: Magical Girl Site

'Magical Girl Site' is a dark magical girl anime where girls who are bullied, abused, terminally ill or traumatised in some other way are able to become magical girls. They get their powers via a website, which gives them a weapon known as a 'Stick', which they can use at the cost of their own lifespan. Men are also able to use the Sticks, but only girls can be selected by the site. The site is run by grotesque humanoid beings called Moderators, who were once magical girls themselves. Of note, there are no transformation sequences and the girls do not get new outfits; however, their hair changes colour and their pupils turn into a certain symbol. They have the same symbols on their bodies, as a gauge of how much lifespan they have left.

Aya Asagiri is the heroine. She is bullied at school and physically abused at home by her brother. Her Stick is a gun which enables her to transport both objects and intangible things, such as lifespan and memories, to other places. Her symbol is a heart. She accidentally kills a group of bullies by transporting two of them under a train. She and several other girls are killed fighting against the Moderators, but are resurrected by Alice, a magical girl with time manipulation powers. She later gains the ability to travel back in time and fix the other girls' problems with her transportation powers.

Kosame Amagai is the leader of a group of girls who team up with Aya and her group. She is partially blind and dying of cancer and because of this, she is not bothered about using up her lifespan. Her Stick is a stanley knife, which she uses to cut herself; she can heal people with her blood. Her symbol is the letter Q. She has mental health problems and needs to take medication to cope daily, but self-harms as an outlet.

Kiyoharu Suirenji is a transgender girl and Kosame's best friend. She is bullied by both teachers and pupils. Her Stick is a ring which gives her telepathic powers and enables her to read the mind of anyone she touches, and her symbol is the letter S. When Aya temporarily stops speaking after the death of her girlfriend, fellow magical girl Tsuyuno Yatsumura, Kiyoharu acts as an interpreter for her by reading her thoughts and voicing them.

Answer: Re:Zero

'Re:Zero' is another 'isekai' anime, in which Subaru Natsuki, a nerdy teenage boy, finds himself in a fantasy world. No sooner has he helped Satella, a half-elf, retrieve a locket than the two of them are murdered, and Subaru wakes up again in the same place. He soon finds out that, in a similar manner to a video game, he will be resurrected at certain places whenever he dies (and he dies a lot!) Subaru is only able to move on to the next checkpoint when he has solved the problem at the current one.

Rem is an oni maid who works at the mansion of Count Roswaal Mathers and has a twin sister, Ram. Rem has blue hair and a horn, while Ram has pink hair and is lacking a horn, and both were shunned by their village for only having one horn instead of two (Ram later had hers cut off). When Rem's horn is activated, she turns into a berserker. She initially hates Subaru but grows to fall in love with him, and he is devastated when she is killed in front of him by having her neck broken. She ends up in a coma after Ley Batenkaitos, the Archbishop of Gluttony, eats her memories and erases her from the world.

Emilia is a half-elf princess and one of the candidates to become the next ruler of the country. Subaru works for her as a butler and falls in love with her. She talks in an old-fashioned manner due to having spent a century frozen in a forest. She has the power to contract with several spirits, including a cat-like creature called Puck who acts as a mentor figure. She can also manipulate ice.

Elsa Granhiert is a beautiful assassin from the land of Gusteko, and the first person to kill Subaru and trigger his ability to come back to life. She is after Emilia's insignia, and likes to kill her victims by disemboweling them. She is under a curse which makes her immortal for a certain period, meaning she can be killed a certain number of times before dying for good. She is last seen escaping from a burning tavern after the knight Reinhard van Astrea defeats her.

Answer: My Hero Academia

'My Hero Academia' is set in a world where the vast majority of people have magical powers known as 'Quirks'. This has caused a rise in crime, and people who want to use their Quirks to fight crime train as superheroes. The protagonist, Izuku Midoriya - aka Deku - is one of the few people to be born without a Quirk, but still aspires to become a hero. He later receives the Quirk One For All from the legendary superhero All Might, which gives him superhuman strength.

Ochaco Uraraka is one of Deku's classmates, and becomes friends with him after he saves her during the entrance exam. Her nickname is Uravity, and her Quirk is Zero Gravity, which does what it says on the tin. She comes from a poor family and wants to become a superheroine so that she can earn money to help her parents. She is also a talented martial artist.

Tsuyu Asui is in Deku's class, and is a large-eyed, green-haired girl who slightly resembles a frog. Her nickname is Froppy, and her Quirk is Frog, which gives her frog-like powers such as the ability to jump and swim long distances, and an extendable tongue. She is very calm and plain-spoken, and says 'ribbit' a lot. She can also camouflage herself.

Momo Yaoyozoru is another of Deku's classmates and is the vice president of the class. She comes from a wealthy background and is very academic. Her nickname is Creati and her Quirk is Creation, which enables her to create objects from her skin, but she has to know how said objects are made first. Because of this, her superhero outfit reveals a lot of skin. She uses fat cells to create the objects, so she has to eat a lot.

Answer: Hellsing Ultimate

'Hellsing Ultimate' is one of two series based on Kouta Hirano's vampire manga 'Hellsing', and is closer to the manga than the previous series, which diverged from canon early on. The Hellsing Organisation, led by Sir Integra Hellsing (who's a woman), are a secret English vampire hunting organisation and have a very deadly weapon in their arsenal: Count Dracula himself, although he prefers to be known as Alucard. Alucard is Integra's loyal servant and is more than happy to kill on demand. He can also obtain his victims' memories and souls by drinking their blood.

Seras Victoria is a young policewoman who is shot and then bitten by Alucard when a vampire priest tries to use her as a hostage. She grew up in care after her parents were killed by burglars. As she is a virgin, she becomes a fledgling vampire rather than a ghoul, and it takes her some time to come to terms with her loss of humanity. She falls in love with Pip Bernadotte, the leader of a band of mercenaries called the Wild Geese, and when he is murdered by one of Nazi organisation Millennium's officers, she drinks his blood and becomes a full vampire. Her superhuman strength enables her to wield giant cannons.

Rip van Winkle is one of Millennium's officers, and is a magical sharpshooter and a member of a Werewolf special forces group. She likes to sing opera while working, and is a huge fan of 'Der Freischutz'. Millennium assign her to capture a ship as a distraction for Alucard; the ship's captain betrays his crew and hands them over to Millennium, only for Rip to kill him and paint a swastika on the deck in blood. Alucard impales her to death with her own rifle.

Yumie is a Japanese nun (although she has a Welsh accent in the dub!) who is a member of the Catholic organisation Iscariot. Iscariot fight supernatural enemies and heretics, and view Hellsing as rivals due to their affiliation with the Church of England. Yumie is partnered by Heinkel Wolfe, a German woman who crossdresses as a priest, and fights with a katana. She is killed by Walter Dornez, Sir Integra's former butler turned vampire, who cuts her to pieces with razor wire.

Answer: Fairy Tail

'Fairy Tail' is a shounen manga about the mages' guild Fairy Tail and the adventures of its members. The most prominent members are Natsu Dragneel, a Dragon Slayer who uses fire magic, and Lucy Heartfilia, who has the power to summon various Celestial Spirits based on constellations by acquiring keys. The members often fight among themselves, but also view themselves as one big family, though the guild is momentarily disbanded at one point. Some of the guild members are reformed antagonists, and Fairy Tail also encounter plenty of rival guilds.

Erza Scarletis one of the most powerful members of Fairy Tail, with the ability to summon various armours and weapons with different powers. This ability is known as 'the Knight'. As a child, she was forced into slavery by the cult of the dark mage Zeref and forced to help build the Tower of Heaven. She led a slave rebellion, but was tortured and lost one of her eyes. She is rather serious at first, but lightens up over the series. She is later revealed to be the daughter of Irene Belserion, an evil mage who invented Dragon Slayer magic.

Mirajane Strauss is Erza's best friend, the bartender at Fairy Tail's base and the oldest of three siblings with the 'Take Over' ability, which enables them to shapeshift into monsters or animals. In Mirajane's case, she transforms into demons she has fought. Her brother Elfman is also a member of Fairy Tail. Their little sister Lisanna was thought to be dead, but was revealed to be alive and living in the parallel world of Edolas. The Strauss children joined Fairy Tail after they were banished from their village, due to the people being scared of Mirajane's powers.

Wendy Marvell is a Sky Dragon Slayer, who was raised by the dragon Grandeeney and has the ability to manipulate winds and heal people. Like all Dragon Slayers, she suffers from motion sickness. She is one of the youngest members of Fairy Tail and is accompanied by Carla, an Exceed (a winged cat-like creature). After her mother disappears, she is taken in by the Cait Shelter guild; however, the guild are later revealed to be an illusion, and she joins Fairy Tail. When Fairy Tail disband, she joins Lamia Scale, the guild of her friend Cherria Blendy.