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* Ch. 299 reveals that Ayaka is going to play a huge part in Negi's plan, which suggests that the "Mundanes" are gonna be involved big time.
* Given that the Magic World is located on Mars (though "out of phase" in an alternate dimension), you'd figure the gravity would be significantly lower (about 3/8ths of Earth's gravity) and Negi & company would immediately notice it. Unless, of course, gravity just happens to be normal because A Wizard Did It (as is usually the case with other works that take place on Mars, like Doom).]]
* Gravity magic is specifically mentioned to exist; Albireo uses it. Its only to be expected that The Lifemaker would think to include a gravity spell or two to bring it up to G.
* What happened to Kristin and Lynn? We know that Craig and Aisha got vaporized by Dynamis, but Kristin and Lynn never appear at all. One would think that Nodoka would at least want to tell them what happened.
* Those two are alive and well (with them making an appearance in chapter 292 during the shots of the various Magic World citizens looking towards the ruins of Ostia). More than likely, those two were supposed to meet up with their fellow treasure hunter comrades, Nodoka, and Asakura. However, that plan went downhill when Dynamis entered the picture, and given how Nodoka had to use the key to warp herself and Asakura to the planned meeting place, there was no chance for Nodoka to inform Kristin and Lynn about what happened.
* Two problems, both dealing with Mahora's school system. First, how does their homeroom system work at all? In volume 3, one of the girls changes the sign from '2-A' to '3-A' so it's the exact same class. I know Negi has to be with them because it's a special class, but what do they do? Do they switch a third-year teacher with him? Do they simply get new teachers each year for the freshmen? And about St. Ursula's High School, are they a completely separate school that shares the grounds or are they Mahora's high school section with a different name?
* 1. Negi is their homeroom teacher and English language teacher. That's all. All other subjects are taught by different teachers. If you're ask about him being their homeroom teacher - they either change class each year... and not in "every year I teach class 2C", but they can be homeroom teach for 1st year, then for 2nd year, then again for 3rd year - etc; actually in many Japanese schools classes are formed anew every new year. Or they teach same class from start to end like in this case.
* 2. Mahora Academy Campus is an agglomeration of a number of different schools with Mahora Junior High Girls School being only one of them, and actually not the most important one. There is Mahora Elementary (where Asuna and Ayaka met), there is Mahora Junior High Boys School (Ako is their soccer team manager) and there is at least one girls' and one boys' high schools + college/research university. St. Ursula's High School is a girls high school on campus. I don't know if the elevator system would make current 3A those school's students in the future or if there is a different high school on campus called something like Mahora High (Girls) School, but it's still a different school from Mahora Girls Jr. High School.
* This troper counts at least two different male uniforms; the traditional black-with-high collar uniform common in anime, and the blazer-with-tie combo. There also appears to be at least four different female uniforms; the simple elementary school one-piece dress; the blazer-skirt combination the heroines wear; a seifuku style; and what's later identified as the St. Ursula's uniform. A fifth might be considered the nun outfit, but that might be related to St. Ursula's. So judging that all of those uniforms are shown in a crowd scene at the train station in Volume 3 (Del Rey release), it can be inferred that there are other schools around; probably separated by co-ed/non-co-ed status.
* If Negi used his artifact to 'borrow' Setsuna's Sika Shishikushiro while Setsuna herself was using Takemikazuchi (the artifact from her pactio with Konoka) what would happen per the above 'can't use the powers of two pactios at once' rule?
* A moot point; Word of God says Negi's Pactio with Theodora was cancelled after the tournament.
* My best guess is that, for the purposes of the rules of magic, Negi's artifact was a completely different thing with coincidently similar effects to his harems' artifacts. So he could probably have, say, used the healing fans while Konoka was using hers.
* Considering that the pactio case fits Negi's personality perfectly, I don't think it's a moot point: If he becomes the partner in another contract, he'll likely get the same artifact. On that note, I'm guessing that Setsuna (or whoever) would lose access to their artifact while Negi is using it. Again, it fits his personality perfectly, and would allow him to borrow his friends' power without actually putting them in danger. At least, that's how I think he'd see it. On the other hand, its implied that each artifact has a real, physical equivilant somewhere, and the cards just summon magical copies, in which case it would be perfectly possible for Negi and his partner to both use the same artifact at the same time.
* This "law" doesn't apply in this case. Negi is NOT using Setsuna's artifact. His artifact is a notebook that can transform into the artifact of whoever's card he puts into it. He is simply using his own artifact, only in a transformed state. Setsuna is not affected at all.
* This has been bugging me for a while... Why does a kid who grew up in england address his friends and family with japanese honorifics? And for that matter how does he seem to speak near perfect japanese upon arriving? I don't think there's enough time before getting the assignment and heading to japan to actually learn much? is that some kind of language spell or something?
* Same reason everyone speaks fluent English in American works. Having him speak without honorifics would seem bizarre by in-universe logic, but is neccesary by out-of-universe logic to ensure that the proper impression and represetation of his character is given to the readers, as his character does not fit the impression given by the type who doesn't use honorifics. As for why he speaks Japanese with relatives and friends in the first place... so the Japanese-speaking target audience can understand it, of course. The only language spell involved in Translation Convention and a two-planet version of Aliens Speaking English.
* I believe also that they mentioned that Negi learned Japanese in about a short period of time before he left for Japan. I think it was when Negi was tutoring the Baka Rangers.
* Ah, but don't forget that the Magic World is split into Japanese-speaking and Latin-speaking groups--and Negi's cousin is somehow related to the Japanese-speaking royal family. This troper assumes Negi was raised on English, but his cousin peppered her speech with Japanese honorifics, and he picked them up. Then somewhere along the line he asked her to teach him the language (and he mastered it in two weeks), which is probably when Anya learned it too. This also explains why he sent his cousin a letter in Japanese, and possibly even why he speaks to Anya in Japanese even when they're alone.
* Exactly why is Negi so powerful? Its not just 'training hard' because he goes up against professional elite soldiers, experienced bounty hunters, and other people with presumably years of training and practical experiance. And he beats them, with basically no effort at all. The only explaination I can think of is if its just him being born lucky or something. Which just bothers me even more.
* Most professional elite soldiers don't train hard since age four. Maybe there is something about magic training working better for children (who are still growing up) than for a full-grown person... Also, they don't have Dark Evangel as their personal coach, nor access to her Dark Magic technique.
* If thats true, then: Slavery is legal in the Magic World, so why doesnt someone just get a slave at age 2~3ish, and train them up? Sounds like something the military should be doing unless they always want to rely on random super powerful heroes showing up. Rakan is a result of something basically like that, so why not start getting those kids trained up.
* 1. Because slavery as you think about that term is NOT legal in MW. What legal is something close to indentured servitude (or some forms of slavery in traditional cultures), slaves have rights and nobody born slave. As result something like that is illegal. Not that it would stop anybody...
* 2. Rakan. Why so rare? Genetics. Magical powerhouses like Rakan, Nagi, Negi, Konoka, etc are rare and mostly born in families with heavy magical background... which actually results in things exactly like that in many cases - despite being dropout Nagi is also magical powerhouse in age of ten.
* Something about Negi being a fast learner, his powerful magic inherited by his father and mother, him being a genius technique builder, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. Typical action shonen stuff. As for slave TykeBombs, I think it's something about personal talent and ambition (which I think Rakan had). Really, it's clear this series is on the far idealistic side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism, so I guess it's about who they are. Plus, I doubt EVERYONE in the Magical World are super-powerful. Otherwise our main heroes won't stand out much, neh?
* Idealistic? Meh. What with Negi learning at the age of 10 (or 11) that you can never tell you're not the bad guy.
* Judging by Asuna's quick learning (I don't mean the remembering old techniques, I mean the original training), it might have something to do with Royal Blood and all that. Throw in the above...
* I believe Dynamis has summed it up very nicely in Chapter 306. And I quote "The blood of the final descendant of the line of Vespertatia... the magical force of your hero father... a sheer talent all your own... and finally, a technique descended from the works of my own great master..."
* This series really got me thinking about the whole What Measure Is a Non-Human? thing. We're supposed to see the citizens Magic World citizens as real in the MSN world, and with inherent value, right? Even though they are just constructs of the Lifemaker, which is why they can be dissolved at will. So if fictional characters from the Magic World with personalities have a right to the "real" life of MSN... then do characters in fiction have the same rights to the real life of earth? Is abandoning them murder? Are we fictional characters in a story, to be killed because a higher entity does not think we have real life, all for the purpose of entertainment? (Ok, that last one is a bit tangential.)
* Fictional characters lack true free will; they speak only when their Creator desires them to, and so on. Whereas, as Rakan's fighting of Fate shows, the inhabitants of the Magical World do have true free will and act independently of the mind of the Lifemaker, although he can override that will- but it still exists, unlike for fictional characters.
* This argument about fictional characters (and its associated effects on tropes like Author Avatar, as in Bob and George) has always, always bugged me. Speaking as a writer, I can say with conviction that good writers do not have complete control over their characters. Sure, it's possible to forcibly exert that kind of control, but there's a name for that.
* This analogy doesn't really work. In the Negima universe, Mundus Magicus is a real world in an Alternate Dimension. Sure, the world and its inhabitants are artificial (created by magic), but they are real because they truly exist. In Real Life, fictional characters are also artificial (created by man's imagination), but they are not real because they do not really exist outside of their source materials. It also helps that the inhabitants of Mundus Magicus all possess free will and sentience, 2 things that fictional characters don't possess.
* It's implied that the inhabitants of Mundus Magicus don't normally exist in the Old World without some sort of complicated spell or whatever. That's why the senate was only trying to save the humans, and that might have something to do with Cocone's status as an "experimental immigration subject;" the Hellans were trying to see if there was a realistic way to move all the non-humans over to the Old World. It's unclear what the answer is.
* Yes, but people from Mundus Verus can travel bodily to Magicus Mundus, which is a real world in terms of being composed of people living everyday lives with free will and sentience of their own, rather than authorial puppets consisting of faceless blobs and a few dozen named characters in a world we can only read about like in fiction.
* But we're not sure if they can. We've seen Cocone, of course, but her subtitle makes it clear that she's in the minority. And Kurt Godel seemed to be implying that they were only trying to save the humans because they couldnt save the Hellans, which implies that getting them over to Mundus Verus is a little bit more difficult than just going to a gateport. Poyo states nearly states outright that when Mundus Magicus collapses, the non-humans will simply be erased from existence, while the humans will be stranded on Mars.
* People from Magicus Mundus cannot go to Mundus Verus without ceasing to exist, correct, and I never disputed that. But people from Mundus Verus can go physically to Magicus Mundus (which is what I said), and find a complete world of genuine people rather than faceless minor characters and a protagonist or twelve. Its not a matter of the residents of Magicus Mundus being as real relative to Negi as Negi is to us, its a matter of the residents of Magicus Mundus being the magical equivalent of sapient AI- fully alive in their own complete-but-transient-and-constructed world, but largely unable to manifest in the world of the average human.
* Was it ever actually stated that Poyo and Zazie are twins? Yes they look identical, obviously, but they're demons. There appearances aren't as limited as a humans. Plus Bizarre Alien Biology could be in play too; its possible that all females in their family look identical.
* No, but it's the most logical conclusion until we get other information.
* What was Fate's plan, anyway? Yes, take everyone into Cosmo Entelecchia to save them--but he needs Asuna for that. Except he was originally planning to sever the old world from the magic world while Asuna was still in the old world. I know its not a plot hole--Akamatsu doesn't do those--but I just can't wrap my head around it.
* Well, he didn't completely sever the two worlds. He is currently sitting on top of the remaining gate, which(and I can't remember if this is fanon or canon, but I think the later) brings you out right in the Asuna's stomping ground.
* It was later confirmed that there is a Gateport under The World Tree, so it's entirely possible that the Gateport could take him right there. Chances are that blowing up the other Gateports was to prevent Old World interference.
* Where's Shirabe/Brigitte (one of Fate's girls) during the battle? If I recall correctly, she's on monitor-duty. If so, why doesn't she join in?
* She's overseeing the world-ending spell. Fate could probably do that himself, true, but he's expecting Negi to show up and try to stop him, and if that's the case, Shirabe doesn't have a prayer of defeating Negi. Therefore Fate gets guard duty while Shirabe handles the actual spellwork.
* Minor issue, but still annoying: Asuna's eyes. Some works portray her left eye as being the green one, while others show it to be blue. Which one is "official"?
* Asuna's supposed to officially have Mismatched Eyes (one green and one blue). It's probably meant to signify her Magic Cancel and her relationship with Arika, who's been confirmed to have the same condition. Studio Shaft decided to give her 2 blue eyes in the second anime and first OVA for reasons unknown.
* The Averruncus Series. Specifically, Tertium's place in it. At first, I thought that the first Averruncus was the one Ala Rubra fought in the war, and the second Averruncus was the one that "struck down" Nagi ten years ago (the way Tertium phrased it made it sound like a mutual defeat), making Tertium the third, as his name indicates. However, Tertium acts like he's the one who fought Nagi, and the Averruncus that Ala Rubra fought used stone magic (in case anyone forgot, Tertium is identified as the "Averruncus of Earth"). Then Chapter 311 reveals three more of the series. Quartum, Averruncus of Fire; Quintum, Averruncus of Wind; and Sextum, Averruncus of Water. This seems to indicate that they all mainly stick to one element. Also, the fact that they are all activated at once seems to indicate separate existences and consciousnesses. And Sextum's a girl, for crying out loud! So, my question is: were the Averrunci that Ala Rubra fought the first and second, with Tertium inheriting their memories (the spoilered bits above seem to contradict this)? Or was that all Tertium from the start, with him regenerating somehow after each fight, and the first and second Averrunci were killed off long before this story takes place in undisclosed circumstances (several lines by Rakan to Tertium seem to contradict this)?
* In the same chapter of the above spoiler, Dynamis said it was he who revived Fate. So, yeah, I would assume it was Tertium all along. Make wonder what happened to 'Primum' and 'Secundum'
* While it isn't quite clear whether or not Tertium really is the same Averruncus resurrected twice or not... to the above point about the Averruncus that Ala Rubra fought using stone magic; just because they are designated "Averruncus of *insert element*" doesn't necessarily mean they are limited to that element. After all, Tertium used a water-based spell back in Kyoto, and Quintum used what appears to be a lightning spell to knock out Nodoka, despite being the "Averruncus of Wind" when the manga seems to portray wind and lightning as two elements.
* I think what happened is that Tertium is a sort of "reincarnation" of the previous two Fates, created or revived by Dynamis (the exact relationship to the earlier "models" is unclear, but it appears that he's a revived and upgraded version of Secundum). Dynamis then created three more Averruncuses (Averrunci?) and named them so that they followed the Theme Naming. The fact that Sextum is female could simply be Dynamis experimenting with the process, or trying to make the Averruncuses more distinct from each other.
* Chapter 326 seems to answer this question: Primum was the original Averruncus that Ala Rubra fought in the war. Secundum was activated six years later, and Tertium four years after that, just in time for CE's second showdown with Ala Rubra (presumably the one in which Nagi was "struck down"). So Fate is not a reincarnation of the original two Averrunci; Dynamis reviving him must have happened after the gigantic battle with Nagi.
* Just how did the girls happen to be able to communicate in Mundus Magicus, where the official language is clearly some form of Latin? It is understandable for Negi and Anya to know it (they are mages after all), while people like Setsuna and Kotaro are most probably native to the world. We still have a huge group (the hitchhikers notwithstanding) for whom it would be gibberish.
* According to Akamatsu, there's Translator Microbes magic in effect for them. He describes it as "extremely basic" magic, so it stands to reason most Magical citizens would know how to cast it (some of the girls might have even learned it themselves).
* Also, it is mentioned somewhere that "Japonese" is another major language in Mundus Magicus. It makes some sense: Eastern-style magic (talismans and ki usage) is present in that world, and Eastern mages in Mundus Magicus could easily have selected Japanese as their lingua franca. Not to mention all the mages that have Japanese names for some odd reason (Nagi, Negi, and Nekane Springfield; Arika and Asuna; Tosaka, Shiori, etc).
* I really hate pointing out Fridge Logic for Negima, but what happened to Anya? Kotaro's group rescued her, I know, but what happened to her afterward? She wasn't with them when they went to rescue Asuna and get the Great Grandmaster Key.
* She's in Kaede's cloak so that Ala Alba won't risk losing her again; she's just been rescued, so she's probably not in the shape to fight (and she's likely not strong enough to face CE anyway).
* I thought of that too, but Kaede wasn't with Kotaro's group when they rescued Anya, and Anya wasn't with Kotaro's group when Kaede showed up to meet with them.
* Not only that, but she made no effort whatsoever when the other Fates appeared, specifically Quintum, who attacked the group she's (presumably) with. Couldn't she even attempt to make a last stand with Yue and Makie? Would she really just sit aside while every one of her friends and rescuers are falling around her? Can we at least see her looks of distress within Kaede's cloak?
* Looking again, she doesn't seem to be with Kotaro's group when they reach the altar, even before Kaede's arrival. I don't know how smart of a move that would be, but maybe she was left someplace behind to avoid getting her in danger again? They did know for sure the only enemies left were at the altar, and the important thing was to get her out of confinement; maybe Kotaro's group planned to make a quick stop using the GGMK to get her back (or heck, maybe Nodoka could even relocate her from wherever she is). Alternate theory: she's actually on a mission by herself to retrieve something only she knows of from the palace (due to living there for a while) and absolute Unspoken Plan Guarantee will let her succeed.
* Turns out I was right about them leaving her behind, duh.
* Kaede claims that, until she saw Negi flying on his staff, she didn't know that wizards and magic actually existed. If that's the case, how the hell did she create over a dozen shadow clones earlier in the chapter? If that's not magic, then I can't think of a good name for it. Or did she not even realize she was using magic and thought creating clones of yourself was a natural bodily function?
* Ki. Especially as it's supposed to be an opposite of sorts of Magic (being able to wield both is a rare trait).
* It appears to have been lampshaded since right after she says that she mentions that someone like her shouldn't be surprised.
* She's a ninja, so she can do the split body technique (and some more). This does not mean mages have to exist, unless you think if ninjas then mages.
* How does Quintum know lightning shundo? Think about it for a second: lightning shundo works by transforming yourself into lightning. The only known way to do that is by absorbing two "Thousand Thunderbolts" spells through Magia Erebea, binding the lightning spells to the user's body and soul. Negi also has to use some subtle wind magic to control himself in lightning form, so this is a fairly complex and advanced technique that not just anyone could pick up. On top of that, the only people who should know Magia Erebea are Evangeline (who invented it), Rakan (who is... well, Rakan), and Negi (who learned it from Eva's scroll). So... how the heck does Quintum know how to do it? Yeah, he's supposed to be the Lightning elemental Averruncus, but that ability should still be beyond him, as far as I can tell.
* Dynamis stated Negi's Magia Erebea is actually one of his master's techniques (despite fake Eva stating she was the one who developed it, but this could either be false or they developed it independently from one another), which means Quintum could know how to use it. That, or he has another way we aren't aware of.
* Also, maybe there is other was to archive the same/similar effect. He is the Averruncus of Lightning, after all. It is not strange for him to know a few overpowered lightning tricks.
* Rakan mentioned that the reason he was able to beat Negi's lightning instant movement was because he fought the "ultimate incarnation of lightning" in the nocturns labyrinth. So this isn't a completely original move; other people have realized that turning into lightning would be a Game Breaker.
* Or they could have looked at the recording of the Negi vs. Rakan battle, thought "hey, that looks really useful," and reverse engineered the spells for their own use.
* So about that vending machine with all the strange drinks in the mid-levels of Library Island... did Yue have that put there for personal convenience, or was it always there, thus introducing her to the hobby?
* Albireo's dragon has the same weird taste as Yue.
* Now that Evangeline has brought it up herself, what exactly is hidden underneath The Mahora World Tree?
* 1.A dragon. 2. Albireo's house. 3. A disused Gateport. 4.... uh, something else?
* More importantly, why is she only asking this now when demons are marching towards it, after ten plus years of living next to the giant glowy arboreal energy nexus? Did it never occur to her that the abnormally large tree with unimaginably large quantities of magical power flowing through it might be indicative of something out of the ordinary?
* Not necessarily. She knew the World Tree acts as a giant mana syphoon and that it releases its energy every once in a while. Only now that really weird things are going on because of it, plus the fact that the demons are going straight for it, are making her question what it could be hiding. Like the way she didn't even try to figure out the way the school's magical barrier works for 15 years until she had someone (Chachamaru) who could help her with it.
* Chapter 325 revealed it: nothing less than the Lifemaker himself is sealed under the Tree. No, he's apparently not dead, just sealed.
* I was looking over Poyo's demon form, and I realized the human body and the.........floaty body aren't connected by anything physical. At first I dismissed it as nothing out of the ordinary for demonfolk, but then fridge logic kicked in; assuming they are the same being and not some summon monster, how do they stay together? I mean, can they move away from each other? Is she just magically locked in? One would think she is, but then I realized her human body had wings along with her demon body; if her human body was magically connected to her other body, why does it also need wings, unless it can detach? That doesn't bother me too badly, I can dismiss it pretty easily as she just is connected to it through magic instead of flesh, and the wings on the human form aren't really needed and is just design, but then I realized this; what would happen if you forced one away from the other, similar to tearing her in half? Would there be any actual damage? Would it just disappear, the demon body, and reappear behind her again? Gah. Someone needs to email him about this.
* It's magic, don't question it... okay, seriously: I assumed that the "floaty body" was some form of Shadow magic, like what Takane uses, not necessarily part of Poyo herself. And if that isn't the case, and the demonic part is physically a part of her body, then removing the two of them would probably cause damage, yes.
* This troper here also believes that the "floaty body" might be similar to the shadow being that appears behind Takane. It doesn't seperate because it's meant to serve as a weapon/armor, and removing it would be the equivalent of disarming or stripping armor. Damage to it might reciprocate back to Poyo, similar to Haruna's golems, but it is unclear. Then again, maybe "Akamatsu was going for Eldritch Abomination and doesn't care that much" is a vaild excuse.
* As in chapter 329, Mana timewarps the Eldritch Abomination away, and Poyo stays unharmed. So I'd say it's similar to Takane's Nocturna Nigredinis.
* On the pactio cards we've seen, every character's given name has been in large letters. Fei, Asuna, Negi, etc. But why is Rakan written in large letters on Jack Rakan's card?
* He's referred to as Rakan more often than Jack. Maybe he thinks of himself more as Rackan than Jack.
* Okay, this is really nitpicky, but... if Quintum is/was the Averruncus of "Wind", why does he seem to rely entirely on lightning spells? After all, wind and lightning were established (or at least, implied) to be separate in chapter 204, when Negi mentions to Rakan that they've always been more his specialty. Given that Quintum seems capable of using perpetual lightning form (or something like it), it also seems kind of like a lost opportunity that we only see it used with lightning, as opposed to air (don't deny that wouldn't be cool). Maybe Averruncus of Wind was a translation error, or wind and lightning are the same after all?
* Same goes for Secundum. I think wind just doesn't pack as much punch as lightning and that, while they have separate lines of spells, mastery of lightning still depends on mastery of wind (as is the case with Negi too).
* Scratch my above post, I've got a much more rational explanation. Isn't he supposed to be the Averruncus of "air", rather than "wind"? You know, since the element is air. Wind and lightning are two lines of air spells, so they can still be air users without wind spells.
* Im gonna go with lightning being a specialization of wind magic, during Negis fight with Rakan, Rakan points out that Negi's lightning movement ability relies on manipulating air, which leads me to believe that lightning spells revolve around a similar principal, with air manipulation creating the lightning, lightning is probably the more destructive line of air spells
* I have been scratching my head for some time about the whole Master/Magia Erebea situation surrounding Dynamis. Not only recognized he Magia Erebea but also called it his master's technique. So does that make him a former student of Eva (I doubt Negi is the first, she's centurys old) or did the Lifemaker create Magie Erebea (too). It's even said that Dynamis magic is a mix between Shadow users and Doll masters (and Eva-chin is definitely the later). Does anybody know if the Japanese term was Master as in Shishou or something similar?
* It's very recently been revealed that there is a connection between the Lifemaker and Evangeline (one that even she was unaware of), but I also doubt that he learned it from her. The Lifemaker is older and very likely more powerful than Eva. I think what happened is that Evangeline managed to develop Magia Erebea independently of the Lifemaker: he invented it first, but didn't pass it on to anyone but his own secret organization, while Evangeline's kept it to herself as well (Rakan only got the scroll because Eva lost a bet against him). Negi's the first person she's ever taught it to. After all, it was a kind of magic meant to be used by demons, not humans (hence the encroachment and demon transformations Negi's been suffering).
* Okay, it's really stupid that I don't know this considering how long I've been into this series, but... how are Ku Fei and Chao Lingshen's names written? Like, are their first names "Ku" and "Chao", or "Fei" and "Lingshen"?
* Fei and Lingshen
* Yeah, that's due to their Chinese motif.
* The ending to Chapter 331. Rakan is back. One very, teeny, tiny question: HOW!? I did not catch an explanation to this.
* Pure force of will plus Asuna-based realityhax, made possible by Asuna still being hooked up to the spell matrix and having been awoken by Ala Alba.
* If your asking HOW rakan does what he does, you clearly havent learned from his previous exploits
* Original Poster: Memetic Badass-ness aside, his return more or less absorbed all tension from the story by bringing the dead back/reality warped to life.
* Bringing the dead/reality warped back to life. You mean that thing Nodoka said they could do literally the chapter after it happened to Craig and Aisha?
* YES! An idea that took out almost all the tension in the story!
* Why is Chamo so partial toward human girls? Shouldn't he be more attracted to female ermines?
* Chamo has the ermine equivalent of a bestiality fetish.
* Or it's further evidence toward the "Chamo is a transformed human" theory.
* Fate and his co. stated that the collapse of the Magical World would begin in 10 years time. Negi proposed a plan that would stop the collapse. But he says in chapter 338 that the plan would come into effect in 30 years. What.
* The collapse would take place in ten years if nothing was done about it. Since Negi's plan involves terraforming Mars to create a mana source, it would push back the time of the collapse as soon as life shows up (the more life there is on Mars, the more time they gain). The 30 years are just how long it would take to complete the terraforming, thus averting the crisis.
* A minor one. What is Negi's age now as of chapter 338?
* 12 at the oldest. More likely 11.
* Between 12 and 13 really. It's been about 1 year since the start of the story in real terms, plus the extended time in the magic world [as the synchornization broke], plus all the training in Year Inside, Hour Outside places.
* Chacharmaru has been going around in an upgraded body with no visible joints since before the Magic World arc. So why is it that by Chapter 337 her body is all puppet-like again? And I don't remember her having that little headband thing going from one ear to the other around the back of the head, nor the little mic thingy attached to it.
* Her upgraded body got trashed by Quartum. She's probably switched to an older model while the upgraded one is being repaired.
* What was up with Akira disappearing in Chapter 345?
* Pre-emptive rebuttal: Fate didn't do it (or at least, that's what he says). Also Professors Takahata and Akashi have disappeared in the same manner.
* Negi theorize it's a cooperation of Kaede and Natsumi.
* Negi turns out to be correct.
* This one's been nagging me far more than it should. Since Chachamaru's realistic skin upgrade, SHE HAS BOOBS LOL. Do these serve any functional purpose or are they just decorative? Okay, fine, the odds are that they are almost certainly just to make her look human (or more attractive to Negi, since Chachamaru's secret got out to her creator), but if they are functional, what possible purpose could they have? Coolant tanks? Battery cells? Airbags?
* Storage space.
* Poyo Rainyday and Tamaki both have "artifacts" that take effect the moment they say "Adeat!" Is there an actual item involved, or do their cards automatically turn into the pseudo-Cosmo Entelecheia and Tamaki's pocket dimension? What about Homura and her fire spirit abilities? Is that connected to an artifact as well? Not only that, but Ayaka doesn't even have a visible artifact in her card, unless it's the dress or the flowers. However, considering her ability seems to be some sort of teleportation(?) it might just be the dress.
* Ever since it's been revealed in chapter 343, most of the drama is focused on the fact that Asuna will have to sleep for a hundred years in the Gravekeeper's Palace, essentially outliving nearly everyone she knows. But wait... It's been established that time travel will be invented some time in the future. Assuming that it does indeed get invented (and Negi'll probably figure to do that or at least make sure that it does), then they can simply have Asuna travel back in time as soon as she wakes up. No chance of a paradox since her past self will be sleeping. Everyone's happy, right?
* That's a possibility, but remember that outliving everyone is only part of the problem. The bigger one is that her "Asuna Kagazaki" personality is technically an artificial construct, and probably won't survive a hundred years. Hell, it barely survived a couple days of Fate's plan. It was only all her classmates calling to her that brought her back and, oh, that's right, the vast majority of them won't be there this time.
* Well, Asuna's awake now, and a hundred years of sleep apparently did nothing to her personality or her memories. And better yet, she's greeted at the end of ch.352 by Evageline and Chao. Hopefully they'll send her back now?
* a Real Life headscratcher related to the series: There have been several attempts to do an anime series, but none have made it past one season, usually due to how much the anime diverts from the original manga. As of March 2012, the manga will end, so things like needing filler will no longer be an issue. So why doesn't an anime studio just do a straight-up adaption of the manga?!
* Maybe they will. But things are a little complicated because the OVA's are good adaptations of the manga, so there's some stuff that's already been animated. Personally, I think the series will end with "Also, we're getting another anime."
* Okay, now that the series has ended... there's still a few questions in my mind: WTF happened to Arika? And how was the Lifemaker defeated? Who did Negi end up with?!
* As for who Negi ended up with, I'm pretty sure one panel in 355 showed Asuna and Ayaka in wedding dresses, with Negi and Fate in white tuxedos, so its probable Negi ended up with ONE of them and Fate with the other, lord knows which. Hopefully Negi-Asuna and Fate-Ayaka, but you never know.
* We saw a wedding with Natsumi and Kotaro the previous page. Asuna and Class-rep have no veil's or the like, so its probably just a political event of some sort. As for who he ended up with, maybe nobody and he's married to his work? Though that leaves who he was going to confess to in 353....
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