2009-04-07, 21:39 | Link #3201 | |
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Even if he wins against Rakan, I doubt he could beat Fate. But if Negi wins we will at least get some answers, because Rakan promised to give him some infos about his mother if he wins. I guess Rakan never imagined that the current Negi could win against him. |
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2009-04-07, 21:54 | Link #3203 | |
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I like Negima! because the girls, not Negi. Although, Negi is the main character. But we spend 6+ chapters for two (actually four) guys battle, with me, it's boring... Compare with Negi vs Fate chapters, when they switched every girls' matchs, a ton of funny and ecchi stuff... That's Negima! for you
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2009-04-07, 21:55 | Link #3204 | |
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As for the answers... maybe. Rakan being Rakan, I'm sure he could always pull out an excuse if he really didn't want to say. Or just charge Negi up the ass, again.
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2009-04-07, 22:06 | Link #3205 | |
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2009-04-07, 22:07 | Link #3206 |
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It's interesting how KA set up this fight. I saw some people complaing that after defeating Rakan Negi could easily defeat Fate... but even if you don't consider a lot of help he needed to set up his plan most of these techs won't work easily with Fate because he know abou them now... he knows Negi can absorbs others attack.
Edit: Took to long to write this and some already beat me to it.:P
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2009-04-07, 22:11 | Link #3207 | |
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2009-04-07, 23:03 | Link #3208 |
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I think my main concern is mostly , how do they plan on getting back Asuna , when they'll realize she's missing. If the real Asuna was with Negi , I somehow ( not sure why , just a feeling I get ) wouldn't have doubted his chances of defeating fate , but now that she's not here with him , I can see that as a major inconvenient.
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2009-04-08, 01:26 | Link #3209 |
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I get the feeling that Rakan already knows Asuna is missing just wants Negi too figure it out.
Also If Negi wins against Rakan, it would be out of intelligence and tactics plus team work. Indeed he used alot of high-level powers on close terms with Rakan but he won him with brains not brawns..... Thats only if. |
2009-04-08, 08:36 | Link #3210 | |
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His just not at the top tier. Keep in mind that his fighting Rakan a man who can take on the Thousand Master himself. I really liked this chapter as it does emphasize using brains over just getting a new powerup to win the match. Negima uses 4 different Trumps before revealing his final trump which was to use Rakan's power against him. |
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2009-04-08, 16:09 | Link #3212 |
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I'm thinking the fight will end up as a tie, Negi collapsing along with Rakan after using ME to absorb his power even for a small time. Koutarou would then be the only one left up right, still leading to the needed win.
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2009-04-08, 16:43 | Link #3213 |
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Re: power levels.
Even with a plan, Negi needed to be this strong to have the opportunity to put his in motion, as opposed to being KOed in an instant. He needed enough power to goad Rakan, too. As for how he'd do against Fate - power wasn't the issue before, and it's not the issue now. Even pre-power-up, Negi was strong enough to hurt Fate... if he connected. But Fate's unlikely to mess around as much as Rakan, and he's the small, hard to hit guy type. Still, Negi's new speed may come in handy. As well the one-hit-KO attacks he's acquired. |
2009-04-08, 18:05 | Link #3215 |
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When it comes down to Negi fighting Fate, he has the power to hurt him, just not the skill or speed to continue to do the damage to defeat Fate. Rakan went into his fight with Negi thinking that he would not need to use his full strength to win. I think that Negi's new speed will be the a great asset when he fights Fate.
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2009-04-09, 02:26 | Link #3216 | |
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At the beginning of the current arc Negi was still much weaker than some Ala Alba girls, and suddenly he's many times stronger than Setsuna or Kaede. If it goes on like that they will be reduced to some background weaklings who would die in one hit. Even Kotarou seems to have surpassed all the girls... I really hope Negima won't become another typical shonen manga where all singificant fighting is done by guys, and girls only cheer for them from the back lines while fighting small fries. |
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2009-04-09, 20:07 | Link #3218 | ||
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Fate actually didn't overwhelm Negi in that fight he simply waited until Negi tired himself in unsuccessful attacks. Quote:
Well from a one point of view it actually makes sense. And that point of view is looking at the structure of the story. Despite what it looked like in the beginning MSN isn't a romantic comedy of any sort, far from it . It isn't like Love Hina where the central issue of he story was "Who is gonna end up with he main character?" . In Negima it isn't even that important of a question (Though fandom gets heated up over it as much as everywhere ). And thats because Negima is completely different type of story altogether. Because when you go right down to it Negima is a coming of age story. Its story of negi who grows from a kid into a true successor of his father greatness. Everything else is just add t make the story more interesting but the coming of age is it core. You are probably wondering what it have to do with Negi becoming one man army? Well just think of Negi at the beginning of the story and how much he'd grown. He was very unsure of himself -now he is growing more and more confident. He was rather clumsy- now he is very capable He was very much alone and in his heart there wasn't almost no one beside his father- Now he has a true partner in Asuna, he has Kotarou who is practically like a brother to him, he has his own Nakama in the Members of Ala Alba and even gained not one but two mentors (Eva & Rakan). He was also weak- true he was strong enough to fend for himself but he could not do everything alone. He had to often ask the girls for help. Heck that the entire point of having partners! That's all good and all and allows for more focus on other characters but just compare that to Nagi Springfield legendary "Thousand Master" who was invincible and was said to never use the helps from partners. If Negi ever was to surpass or even match his father he must also do it i strength. This means that he must become strongest in the world - and strong enough to fight is battles without help. So I believe that Negi surpassing all the girls isn't just effect of akamatsu forgetting to develop them in the rush but a conscious decision that makes sens in the context of the story and keeps to its theme. Of course it doesn't mean we have to like it but it is at least reassuring that Ken do it for a reason and not because he is losing his touch. Last edited by Pong; 2009-04-09 at 20:39. |
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