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Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:33 am
by Nekomata-sensei
And the big reveal! I'd been suspecting something like this since I found out the magical world is a sub-plane magical space based on Mars.

The question I have now is why they can't re-charge the magical world's power-source so that it stays around...

I have to say, I really like Mahou Sensei Negima! It's a great series. The world is surprisingly coherent, much more than the likes of the Ranmaverse, Harry Potterverse or Sailor Moonverse, to the point that I half-wish they'd base some fanfiction re-writes of those series based off of the ki and magick systems in Mahou Sensei Negima! Most of the fan-fiction I read is Naruto, Harry Potter, Ranma, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, of which, only Harry Potter and Ranma I could see being better with the MSNegima systems. Naruto would need a heavier plot re-write to translate over, and is getting pretty ridiculous at this point, and I have a hard time seeing it translate properly over, but it is actually relatively coherent on it's own, if over the top. BtVS is has too different of levels going on and is a bit too multiplanar for MSNegima systems to translate well with it, especially with it's darker origins and wider power gaps. I think HP and Ranma would benefit a lot from Negima-like systems, as would a re-written Sailor Moonverse which is a bit more shounen style and a bit less cosmic.

I also like Akamatsu's unique blend of ecchi and action, and his ability to handle so well such a huge cast of lovable characters, and develop so many great and memorable ones, like Rakan, Evangeline, Asuna, Setsuna, Konoka, and Chao Lingshen.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:50 am
by APN
My current favorite part was the unveiling of Chachamaru's pactio artifact
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A personal orbital neko killsat
in chapter 281. :twisted:

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:03 am
by Nekomata-sensei
No, that was something Chao built. We still haven't seen her pactio.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:42 am
by APN
Chachamaru's Pactio name straight from the translation:
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Type-2130 Chao Bao Zi Satellite Support System... / Al-Iskandariya!
(Translator Note: The Japanese gloss for the Pactio name is "flying cat")


Also from this site: http://vetus.wordpress.com/wip/
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Al-Iskandariyah
空とび猫 soratobi neko

Type-2130 Chao Bao Zi Satellite Support System: “Catwing”, personal artifact of Karakuri Chachamaru, attendant of Negi Springfield.


So yes Chao may have originally built it, It's just that whatever is involved in matching up artifacts with users chose to assign the satellite system to Chacha as her pactio artifact.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:18 pm
by Comartemis
Best shonen action series since Rurouni Kenshin.

I wish I could pick a favorite moment out of all the awesomeness that's come out of this series, but it simply isn't possible, there's too many to choose from. Negi socking Fate in the face with a stone spike, pretty much everything Yue's been doing recently, Negi kissing Chachamaru hard enough to break the laws of magic, Setsuna FINALLY getting her pactio with Konoka, Negi facing Albireo in the Mahorafest Finals, everything Jack Rakan has ever done, and Nodoka hijacking the Code of the Lifemaker and running away with it are all unspeakably awesome, and I'm willing to bet we'll be seeing a lot more incredible moments before this series is over.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:13 pm
by Quickshot0
It does seem likely, I'm still wondering how much of this he had planned beforehand as well. Chao's comments on Mars so far back seem pretty thought out by now for instance. I'm just left wondering if Chachamaru was meant to go this way from the very beginning now.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima!

PostPosted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:52 am
by APN
There will be a major development in chapter 294 according to the spoilers on AstroNerdBoy's blog.

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Zazie shows up on magic world in their path just as Negi and gang are heading up to the final battle of the current story arc.