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TnAdct1 · 2010-12-28, 16:52

On the whole Chachamaru situation: you guys do know that Satomi has built some additional bodies for Chachamaru, right (with her using one of those bodies during the training/Anya's visit to Mahora portion of the summer break while Satomi was updating her regular body)?

My best guest is that once Negi's crew returns to Mahora, Chachamaru will have her "soul" moved to the temporary body she was using before the trip to the Magic World, thus ensuring that she'll have a body while her regular one is "at the shop".

OverMaster · 2010-12-28, 17:38

The problem being it'll take a while, since beating at least three Fates (assuming Tertium doesn't come back for more), plus possibly the Master of the Graves, a rematch with the Fatettes and even Dynamis if the contract doesn't apply to the students who weren't there when it was done (like Setsuna and Mana), not to mention the two collateral fights, will most likely take an annoying amount of extra time.

Do you think we can honestly be over with this before Volume 35?

Edit: I meant volume 36, since volume 34 will finish with Chapter 314, apparently.

shiroi mahotsukai · 2010-12-28, 17:59

No, no I honestly don't. I do believe however that Akamatsu can find some way to make it all so inteeresting that time flies so fast we're over it before anyone notices... am I being too optimistic?

JapaneseTeeth · 2010-12-28, 19:26

That would work better if not for all the breaks he's been taking. The number of chapters he's using to tell the story is more noticeable when there's a huge wait between them all.

OverMaster · 2010-12-28, 20:15

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Originally Posted by shiroi mahotsukai

No, no I honestly don't. I do believe however that Akamatsu can find some way to make it all so inteeresting that time flies so fast we're over it before anyone notices... am I being too optimistic?

Yeah, I think so, since I don't find curbstomps to be too interesting, and that's all we're having lately.

Tiresias · 2010-12-28, 23:50

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Originally Posted by shiroi mahotsukai

No, no I honestly don't. I do believe however that Akamatsu can find some way to make it all so inteeresting that time flies so fast we're over it before anyone notices... am I being too optimistic?

Nah, I'm with you there. besides, we've only saw the first five pages of spoilers; who knows what happened afterwards...

shiroi mahotsukai · 2010-12-29, 00:10

Yeah, anything could be in those remaining pages... anything.

Kurush · 2010-12-29, 03:55

But how can we be certain it's the first five pages? They could be in any order whatsoever.

quigonkenny · 2010-12-29, 11:33

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But how can we be certain it's the first five pages? They could be in any order whatsoever.

First page is clearly first due to the "'Negima' box" ([ネギま]) found on every first page in every chapter of Negima. Fourth and fifth pages are clearly such in relation to first page due to the page number visible in the overlapping area of both pictures compared to the page number visible in picture one. Events on the second page clearly tie it back to the first, as events on the fourth page tie it back to the third. The overlap between the second and third pictures shows those pages to be sequential, even though no page number is visible.

They're 1-5 in order. No mistaking it.

AlphaDragoon · 2010-12-29, 23:32

Wow, Ken's setting Negi up for quite possibly the greatest "Big Damn Heroes" moment in shounen history.

But it's painful watching the poor girls get the curbstomping of a lifetime in the interim. Jesus.

Dark Wing · 2010-12-31, 16:18

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Originally Posted by AlphaDragoon

Wow, Ken's setting Negi up for quite possibly the greatest "Big Damn Heroes" moment in shounen history.

But it's painful watching the poor girls get the curbstomping of a lifetime in the interim. Jesus.

Well you know the rules bigger the curb stomp is the bigger the comeback is going to be...

marconii2002 · 2011-01-01, 12:19

chapter 313 raw is out

Kurush · 2011-01-01, 15:52

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chapter 313 raw is out

Watch it. The manga's licensed, so it's not a good idea to announce that.

OverMaster · 2011-01-01, 15:59

I never understood the big deal of saying a raw is out when you don't say where it's out, and you can debate the events happening in that raw anyway. But whatever.

Hopefully Negi's current situation won't involve three or more chapters of navel-gazing while everyone around him has the crap kicked outta them.

nines · 2011-01-01, 16:00

=.= Who predicted the negi being uplifted by his dad scenario again?

Blank-Mage · 2011-01-01, 16:21

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Hopefully Negi's current situation won't involve three or more chapters of navel-gazing while everyone around him has the crap kicked outta them.

I had a lovely mental image of Negi snapping out of it, going all super-mode, only to discover that everyone's dead and the Fates left 40 minutes ago. Bad end!

Moczo · 2011-01-01, 16:39

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I had a lovely mental image of Negi snapping out of it, going all super-mode, only to discover that everyone's dead and the Fates left 40 minutes ago. Bad end!

Negi: Finally... I have truly come to comprehend the Darkness inside me and tame it, coming to terms with all the pain and trauma in my heart. Now, Fate... I am finally ready to do battle wi- ... ... where did the Mundus Magicus go?

OverMaster · 2011-01-01, 17:16

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I had a lovely mental image of Negi snapping out of it, going all super-mode, only to discover that everyone's dead and the Fates left 40 minutes ago. Bad end!

The scariest part is a tiny side of me actually can see it happening to some degree.

At least, it's doubtful he can snap back before someone else next to him is taken out, since I doubt Sextum is just going to stand there and talk and talk while giving him time to recover.

Arrrrghhh, the pacing issues are so evident again... Really, if Sextum just blasted them all at once instead of wasting time she'd already have won. Right now the only thing that's saved Negi is she's acting like an overconfident idiot instead of just striking at him already.

nines · 2011-01-01, 17:26

>> I feel negi is going to come out of his comatose state with a new technique probably something from the thousand master or a way to defeat them.

Tempester · 2011-01-01, 19:47

So Negima is no longer being published by Del Rey but now by Kodansha. Does this mean that the earlier volumes will be re-released with a better and more consistent translation? As an English-language manga customer, I'm wary about buying Del Rey's manga from this point on since they might be dated and out of print. Oh, and hopefully Kodansha's releases are uncensored. That was one of the strengths of Del Rey's release.

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TnAdct1 Honya-kun Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clinton, Maryland	On the whole Chachamaru situation: you guys do know that Satomi has built some additional bodies for Chachamaru, right (with her using one of those bodies during the training/Anya's visit to Mahora portion of the summer break while Satomi was updating her regular body)? My best guest is that once Negi's crew returns to Mahora, Chachamaru will have her "soul" moved to the temporary body she was using before the trip to the Magic World, thus ensuring that she'll have a body while her regular one is "at the shop". __________________ Joseph Klemm My banners at animemusicvideos.org

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OverMaster Zok, Biff, Pow, Wham. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Valencia, Venezuela	The problem being it'll take a while, since beating at least three Fates (assuming Tertium doesn't come back for more), plus possibly the Master of the Graves, a rematch with the Fatettes and even Dynamis if the contract doesn't apply to the students who weren't there when it was done (like Setsuna and Mana), not to mention the two collateral fights, will most likely take an annoying amount of extra time. Do you think we can honestly be over with this before Volume 35? Edit: I meant volume 36, since volume 34 will finish with Chapter 314, apparently. Last edited by OverMaster; 2010-12-28 at 20:14.

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shiroi mahotsukai Under Death by College Author Join Date: May 2010 Location: Where you least expect me Age: 30	No, no I honestly don't. I do believe however that Akamatsu can find some way to make it all so inteeresting that time flies so fast we're over it before anyone notices... am I being too optimistic? __________________ "The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul" "When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge" "There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."

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JapaneseTeeth You don't want to know Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: At home	That would work better if not for all the breaks he's been taking. The number of chapters he's using to tell the story is more noticeable when there's a huge wait between them all. __________________ "Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result." -- C.S.Lewis.

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shiroi mahotsukai Under Death by College Author Join Date: May 2010 Location: Where you least expect me Age: 30	Yeah, anything could be in those remaining pages... anything. __________________ "The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul" "When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge" "There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."

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Kurush Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Astral Plane of Sweden Age: 33	But how can we be certain it's the first five pages? They could be in any order whatsoever. __________________ Here, read this if interested. "The objective is not to win. It is to eliminate every option for the enemy except the one to lose." Knowledge is power. It should be shared.

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AlphaDragoon Flame of the Dragonslayer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 39	Wow, Ken's setting Negi up for quite possibly the greatest "Big Damn Heroes" moment in shounen history. But it's painful watching the poor girls get the curbstomping of a lifetime in the interim. Jesus.

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marconii2002 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008	chapter 313 raw is out

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OverMaster Zok, Biff, Pow, Wham. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Valencia, Venezuela	I never understood the big deal of saying a raw is out when you don't say where it's out, and you can debate the events happening in that raw anyway. But whatever. Hopefully Negi's current situation won't involve three or more chapters of navel-gazing while everyone around him has the crap kicked outta them.

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nines I much prefer the 2d Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frontier Age: 31	=.= Who predicted the negi being uplifted by his dad scenario again? __________________

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nines I much prefer the 2d Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frontier Age: 31	>> I feel negi is going to come out of his comatose state with a new technique probably something from the thousand master or a way to defeat them. __________________

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Tempester Japanese Culture Fan Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Planet Earth Age: 33	So Negima is no longer being published by Del Rey but now by Kodansha. Does this mean that the earlier volumes will be re-released with a better and more consistent translation? As an English-language manga customer, I'm wary about buying Del Rey's manga from this point on since they might be dated and out of print. Oh, and hopefully Kodansha's releases are uncensored. That was one of the strengths of Del Rey's release.