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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^
But because he is LEAVING HIS PUBLISHER.
What is so hard to understand that Akamatsu is leaving his publisher which is why all the important stuff got skip?
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Let's say that he's leaving his publisher. What does that have to do with giving a shitty ending that resolves a lot of plot point off-screen? He could have just, you now,
not resolve them, paving a proper path for a sequel, should he ever want to resume.
Let's say that he's obliged to keep drawing Negima 'till chapter 355. Thing is, there are
several useless chapters that could have been allocated to resolving the story:
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Chapter 341-343: They wasted three chapters talking and fighting about how great Negi and Asuna's sacrifice and yada yada and
for what? Asuna got a Deus ex Machina that practically made all the surrounding drama meaningless and Negi wasn't shown with any side-effect in the ending.
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Chapter 344-349: Six chapters of teenage girls trying to pry on the private life of a freakin' ten-year old, with character derailment on several people just for good measure. What did we get out of that? Only Akira's
pactio, which
never got used in a serious story.
What's the point of giving new powers when he's already planning on abandoning this story?
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Chapter 350-353: Oh noes, Asuna's going to stasis for more than a century and now she's alone. My gawd, that's so sad....wait, here's Chao to the rescue with a time travel machine to give her a super happy ending! Never mind that there's
two Asuna now, and
the other one still won't get lucky when it's her time to wake up in the future.
Thirteen chapters. Shoehorn those to the Mundus Magicus Arc to resolve the question of Nagi and Arika and there wouldn't have been a
major loose end (it's inevitable that the minor things would be abandoned). Or make it thirteen chapters of people finding hints beneath the Gravekeepers Palace resulting in them finding Nagi, whatever. The resolution may end up rushed compared to the rest of the arcs, but that would still be much better than having it resolved
off-screen Instead, he made... the above.
You know what's even more sad? Anya didn't even got mentioned and Chisame became a hikkikomori. They got luckier on the supposedly Bad End
