(L) UQ Holder!

[Sian]

Originally Posted by Ultragunner

the girl with short hair in uniform, despite looking quite slender, seems stacked af

from the OP, the girls are either busty or pettanko
Where is the in-between?

Eh, I'd say that Shinobu is fairly inbetween

Mizore (blonde twintails) is, IIRC, by some distance the youngest in the cast, while Kirie (meganekko) have 'stalled' her growth at 13, and she's reasonbly sized in the manga (and the preferred fanservice girl), and for Kuroumaru (dark twintails) the androgynous figure is somewhat of a plot point

[BassGSnewtype]

Originally Posted by Gingermash

Any other manga reader's fanboying over this being animated as much as me?

I certainly am, looking forward to seeing a good number of fights animated.

[Twi]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

If you don't actually know why Asuna isn't affected by magic like everyone else, we shouldn't spoil it for you.

I know why in-universe, but should it have stopped him from stripping her entirely than just down to the panties while the other girls get the awkward censorship. There are some acceptable breaks from the formula.

[Sian]

Originally Posted by Gingermash

Any other manga reader's fanboying over this being animated as much as me?

Well, going from which characters that are in the OP/ED (and which characters that are conspicuous by their absence), I suspect that they're going to condense and perhaps shuffle the plot quite a bit ...
*mod snip*

[LKK]

I want to remind all the manga readers that manga-based discussions are only allowed if you're comparing how something happened in the anime versus how it happened in the manga. (Don't forget to put such discussion in a spoiler box!)

Discussions of what may or may not happen in the anime based on manga information is not allowed. Ever. Not even if you put it in a spoiler box.

[nicky.]

Wait so.. this is a sequel to an anime from 11 years ago?

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by nicky.

Wait so.. this is a sequel to an anime from 11 years ago?

No. It's a sequel to a manga that ended five years ago. There are no anime adaptations of that manga: the animes that carry it's name are not adaptations of the manga. If you try to watch them as a prequel to this you will become much more confused.

[4th Dimension]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

No. It's a sequel to a manga that ended five years ago. There are no anime adaptations of that manga: the animes that carry it's name are not adaptations of the manga. If you try to watch them as a prequel to this you will become much more confused.

I would go as far as to say that there have been ZERO adaptations of the Negima manga. There are just couple of OVAs. Yup certainly no butchered anime adaptations were made. No sireee.

Anyway, this got me to finally give the UQ Holder manga a try. I'll reserve my thoughts on that for the manga thread.
But so far it seems like a pretty fine adaptation that is sticking close to the original material.

Spoiler for Differences:

The biggest differences that I could spot (other than cutting some things?) is the flashback to Negi and 3-A that happens a LOT later in the manga,
and the insertion of those Negi apparitions that Toka sees. I guess those were added to clarify why he wants to climb the elevator?

[Twi]

Most likely it was to stress the connection to Negi for the.... uh... let's call it future power.

[NapoleonDeCheese]

Originally Posted by Twi

I know why in-universe, but should it have stopped him from stripping her entirely than just down to the panties while the other girls get the awkward censorship. There are some acceptable breaks from the formula.

Spoiler for Is this even spoiler marks-worthy? Eh, better to be on the safe side, I guess?:

Early in Negima, Negi's stripping sneezes blew all clothes off Asuna, much like with everybody else. Later on, as we see in this flashback and in Negima's chapter 353, Asuna has developed her anti-magic enough she keeps the underwear on. So I guess she just has to master more and more of it, especially since the clothes aren't actually part of her body.

My best guess is the Future Asuna who showed up to rescue Touta should be completely immune to stripping magic by now.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by 4th Dimension

I would go as far as to say that there have been ZERO adaptations of the Negima manga. There are just couple of OVAs. Yup certainly no butchered anime adaptations were made. No sireee.

Anyway, this got me to finally give the UQ Holder manga a try. I'll reserve my thoughts on that for the manga thread.
But so far it seems like a pretty fine adaptation that is sticking close to the original material.

Spoiler for Differences:

The biggest differences that I could spot (other than cutting some things?) is the flashback to Negi and 3-A that happens a LOT later in the manga,
and the insertion of those Negi apparitions that Toka sees. I guess those were added to clarify why he wants to climb the elevator?

Hey, the ONAs are alright. They're at least better than the rest.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by dniv

Hey, the ONAs are alright. They're at least better than the rest.

Sure, the more recent OVAs were fine (more recent... bloody hell, those were nine years ago!), but they can't be watched in a vacuum. They assume the people watching them have knowledge of the manga up until those points, which is nearly 200 chapters in.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Sure, the more recent OVAs were fine (more recent... bloody hell, those were nine years ago!), but they can't be watched in a vacuum. They assume the people watching them have knowledge of the manga up until those points, which is nearly 200 chapters in.

Yeah, that's why I said alright. Also, 9 years ago, jeeze.

[chaos_animagic]

UQ Holder is literally a series that was made to bring an actual closure to Negima manga.

Because Negima manga actually got an early end due to Publisher Issues.

That's why a lot of things in UQ Holder simply assume you know about Negiima manga and what happened in there.

Basically, be ready to assume you understand certain things, such as Eva and her past history.

___ ___ ___

And yea... all the other "anime" of Negima are basically "kids mode" of the actual series, even the adaptation of the adaptation is an alternative universe.

There was only a few OVA series that was from Negima manga, and only because they were bundled with the manga itself.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by chaos_animagic

UQ Holder is literally a series that was made to being an actual closure to Negima manga.

Because Negima manga actually got an early end due to Publisher Issues.

That's why a lot of things in UQ Holder simply assume you know about Negiima manga and what happened in there.

Basically, be ready to assume you understand certain things, such as Eva and her past history.

Wait I didn't know about that. Interesting. I always just assumed he ended it where he wanted to. Damn, that makes me even madder lol.

[4th Dimension]

Oh the OVAs are pretty darn great! They are great because they pretty much stick 100% to the source material. But as other say they can not be watched in vacum really, any more than the chapters they adapt can be read as standalone things.

Yeah, the writter and the publisher got in a spat, writter threatened and then went through with the threat of ending the manga RIGHT now if things were not resolved satisfactorily. Lesson is I guess don't call Ken's bluffs.

Yeah UQ Holder is the writter wanting to play in the same verse with some old of the old characters again. BUT I don't think you NEED to know the source to enjoy it. Since we are seeing things through the POV of a country bumpkin so they tend to explain things one might know from Negima since the MC doesn't know them.
Expirience is of course better if you know the characters and understand why some caracter just casually walking into public area is a MONUMENTALLY BAD NEWS.

Also if nothing else the manga itself did show the actual resolution of the Negima in the latest 3.5 chapters.
But that's getting off toppic.

[FlameSparkZ]

Wow...that OP was quite the surprise nostalgia

I've been following the manga for a while, so to me, it's looking good...although, I kinda imagined Kirie having light brown hair instead of blonde

If I were to nitpick on something, it'd be...

Spoiler for possible minor spoilers, so just in case:

The scene with Negi and the 3-A girls, not because it was shown earlier than in the manga, but because a certain character didn't have a scar on her back. Something Akamatsu remembered to draw when doing that scene.

It's nothing serious.

So yea, looking forward to see how the adaptation goes

[RDNexus]

I didn't even remember this OP had been recycled from one of the Negima! series (I don't consider them as adaptations, only the last OVA series, and it was only a bad attempt at a taste of a full-blown adaptation)

[4th Dimension]

Ah yes. I have also found the decision to make Kirie a blonde strange. I mean it seems that the convention was for blondes like Eva to have WHITE hair in manga. And in manga Kirie's hair is not blonde but gray. So I too pictured it as pink or something darker.
I wonder if it was allways blonde.

[Tenzen12]

Originally Posted by chaos_animagic

UQ Holder is literally a series that was made to being an actual closure to Negima manga.

Because Negima manga actually got an early end due to Publisher Issues.

That's why a lot of things in UQ Holder simply assume you know about Negiima manga and what happened in there.

Basically, be ready to assume you understand certain things, such as Eva and her past history.

___ ___ ___

And yea... all the other "anime" of Negima are basically "kids mode" of the actual series, even the adaptation of the adaptation is an alternative universe.

There was only a few OVA series that was from Negima manga, and only because they were bundled with the manga itself.

That's bull, UQ is story about Eva, life and immortality. Negima closure is just side benefit and PR stunt. It's not really necessary to know as it reintroduce all important elements if whenever needed.