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Originally Posted by Pong

I honestly have feeling that Nodoka chances are slim. She basically shoot herself in the foot by conffesing so early. If Negi choose her it would come off really undramatic. Not to mention that since the conffesion there wasn't really all that much development between them. Sure they went on a date once but they don't seem to be much closer now than they were say before School Festival arc.

(sigh)

There's so things that I have to say in response to it:

First, Nodoka pretty much confessed her love to Negi a second time during the Mahora Festival, and it's obvious that this confession is on Negi's mind, as I'll get to during my third counterpoint.

Second, there's two main reasons why you haven't seen any development:

1. Nodoka is not the only girl here, as there's other girls in Negima that are interested in Negi, with most of them nowhere as close to where Nodoka is in terms of her connection with Negi (which could also explain why we haven't seen her in the Sports Festival event yet).

2. Negi doesn't have to give her response to Nodoka's second love confession until graduation. Thus, there's plenty of time for this to develop.

Finally, just because we haven't seen any "development" in the Negi/Nodoka pairing doesn't mean there's hints about it. The following is some examples from the post-Tournament portion of the Mahora Festival arc to the end of the Magic World arc:

Spoiler:

• Negi thinking about his kiss with Nodoka as he prepares for the Library Island Tour
• Nodoka taking a time bullet that was targetted at Negi
• Negi's reaction after Nodoka decides to go three hours into future rather than have Negi save her from the effects of the time bullet
• Negi's reacting to his memory of Nodoka's second love confession after Misora asked him if he loved anyone
• Negi's reaction after Rakan showed Nodoka's Pactio card and asked if she was the one that Negi has feelings for
• The scene after Negi saves Nodoka from the bounty hunters (and Negi gets a good look at Nodoka's chest)
• Negi telling Fate that he'll not let him do any harm to Nodoka after she was almost petrified permenantly
• Negi confronting Nodoka after she risked her life to get the information about Fate's plan
• Negi, after getting corrupted by ME and almost killing Godel, regaining control of himself after Nodoka reminds him of her feelings for him
• Negi's talk to Nodoka after he discovered that she was able to encounter Dynamis and learn about the secrets of the Grand Master Keys
• Negi attacking Tsukuyomi after she tried to take Nodoka as a hostage
• Nodoka tackling Homura just as she was about to use a fire attack on Negi

Need I say anymore?