(L) Negima Manga Discussion

[Wargumm1i]

That would be a bit lame, im suspecting they will still be viewed as criminals and have too flee back too the human world, and then another arc starts, where there are bounty hunters hunting them down in the real world.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by KaneDragon

plus MIA Mana/Takamichi.

Actually, after this long I'm rather expecting those two to simply vanish into a plot hole. When the class gets back to school both of them will simply be there, with no sign they ever left or had any involvement in things (nor will there EVER be any such sign). Their part of the magic world plot line will simply be abandoned.

Kind of like what happened to the part Zazie was supposed to have during the festival arc. No, I'm not bitter.

And just in case you don't think I already have enough cynicism in this post...

It will be eventually, just like with Ala Rubra. They were framed by Fate -> became wanted criminals -> saved the world -> turned into heros.

Hmmm... I'm seeing a similar pattern happening to Negi and gang.

I'm thinking it will go more like "framed -> became criminals -> saved world -> nobody else ever realized the world was in danger so it didn't change a thing -> still criminals."

[Iromaru]

Originally Posted by Flyvedelta

What I'm scared is that there is a possibility that someone will op that op artefact in the future >.>

Well with all this "Negi is super, mega, ultra, turbo, etc. genius" I wouldn't be at all surprised if in few days he found out new ways to use all those artifacts that the girls couldn't come up with despite months of training...

Eh I want Negima to return to being a bishojo manga with shonen elements, and not some DBZ fightan with sweaty men punching each other for a whole volume.

[KimmyChan]

I've only read the first volume so far but thoroughly enjoyed it & has left me wanting to read the rest of the series

[Iromaru]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

I've only read the first volume so far but thoroughly enjoyed it & has left me wanting to read the rest of the series

Go for it It's awesome until volume 20, and still very good after that.

[KimmyChan]

I shall invest in more volumes of it very soon then As it's still 20+ volumes and ongoing at the minute

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Iromaru

Go for it It's awesome until volume 20, and still very good after that.

The official English translations could use some work, though. One of the worst examples is actually in the recently released volume 21, Chapter 193. Kotaru's little 'get a hold of yourself, man' speech to Negi goes from being something decently profound: "Isn't a comrade someone you can believe in without any basis at all?" (and deserving of the shocked look on Negi's face, the smile from Chisame, and of being stored in Chachamaru's "words of wisdom" folder) to "I believe it because I know. I'm your friend and I'm telling you for a reason."

What, in Heaven's name, is that supposed to mean? That doesn't even make SENSE, let alone deserve the sort of reaction the original comment got. I don't read Japanese, but the scanlated version sure suited the reaction better than the official. And that's just one example. There are plenty of cases where the mood is killed due to translation choices.

So... yeah. I buy the manga to soothe my sense of ethics, but I think everyone is better off actually READING the scanlations.

[KimmyChan]

I'm hoping that all of the volumes are fairly easy to get hold of here in the UK to buy

[Pong]

I've been rereading some of the more interesting parts of the manga and stumbled upon something interesting. In chapter 53 when Eshuin, Negi and Evangeline are discussing about Fate why does Chief acts like he don't know anything. I mean c'mon he must remember him. He even using the same fricking name. He proly was for some reason trying to keep Negi in the dark but why?

Also one more thing. How it possible that Ayaka was able to find that Nagi was last seen in the Istanbul and Eshuin wasn't?

I think that theres more to Nagi disappearance thatn meets the eye... something they dont want Negi to find out.

[Xacual]

I think the whole Nagi disappearance is obvious that there is more to it, about Ayaka finding stuff out about Nagi though it could always just be information forged by the magic world to hide something.

[Wargumm1i]

I know its crazy, it may just be one of my wild theories, but what if Nagi found third world?

I mean okei there is the magic world and there is the real world or atleast Earth, so whats stopping from there being a third one? all im saying that what if Nagi found this third world and well got caught up in its mess and etc etc.

I say this yet again its just one of my theories nothing more.

[Pong]

That's.... actually pretty good theory

[BerryDoyle]

That is a very good theory, and sort of reminds me of Digimon, what with the real world, the Digital world, and a bunch of other worlds that we get glimpses of. Maybe a similar thing will happen in Negima?

Although, I think that the fact that Nagi disappeared in Istanbul is important, because in volume 6, when Negi is speaking with Eishun, Eishun mentions that Fate came from the Istanbul Magic association. There must be a connection between the two, but everything I come up with sounds stupid when I say it out loud. I just don't have enough info to come up with good theories.

One theory that doesn't sound as stupid: Fate wants to cause problems in both the real and magic worlds, right? So maybe he's from said third world, and the portal to that world is in Istanbul. Or something similar.

[KimmyChan]

One thing I do love about this series is all of the detail Ken Akamatsu puts into his work

[Wargumm1i]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

One thing I do love about this series is all of the detail Ken Akamatsu puts into his work

Indeed thats also something he pulls of by taking more breaks or material gathering.

[KimmyChan]

Every page is full of illustrativve delight, especially in this series, and it's very enjoyable

[Sin Ansem]

Yep. Aside from all the fanservice, what I dig is all the background lore, attention to details, and yes, I love the fights.

I do wish he'd remember real!Asuna, Takamichi and Mana...

[Xacual]

Its not really remembering characters so much as waiting for the moment to bring them back into the story. I'm betting we'll see Takamichi and Mana soon. Asuna and Anya depends on when/if Negi figure out Fate's hideout or starts looking for Anya in earnest since she and Yue are the only unaccountable members of the group now right?

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Xacual

I'm betting we'll see Takamichi and Mana soon.

Haven't people been saying that for the last 50 chapters?

[Xacual]

Well I just mean that since the whole Rakan / slave / arena arc finished, I'd think that now would be a good time to get an update on them. I'm just guessing though!