Ken Akamatsu thread (A.I. Love You, Love Hina, Negima, UQ Holder)

Malintex_Terek

@Daisuke:

Well, from what I hear Chao sometimes spars with Ku Fei from time to time so she might also be a martial arts expert…

That's actually interesting to know.

@Daisuke:

Though it will be difficult to track her down in the third day, I mean her plan was so well organized. From recruiting Kazumi in volume 10, Hakase, a tech expert in her side, and a device whereyou can travel in time, it will be such a challenge. Plus some call her a genius for the fact, she's good at lots of things and she has the TOP test scores in Negi's class.

I thought her dialogue (before time jumping) a couple chapters ago implied she would be seen again by the characters on the third day. I mean, remember when she said "We should recruit Negi" or something along those lines? She did, technically…by giving him the Cassioppea, he was able to occupy the attention of virtually his whole class while Chao initiated her plans. What better way to finish an arc without the central antagonstic presence giving a lengthy dissertation upon the nature of her motives?

@Daisuke:

Though when she said, "relative" I'm thinking half sister or a close cousin. Not sure but who knows.

I ruled that out when I heard Nekane Springfield was Negi's cousin, rather than sister. Such makes sense because Nagi was in his twenties when Nekane was a teen, so their age difference cannot be huge. Furthermore, for a "lone wolf" mage who apparently hasn't forged a single practio card with anyone (even Negi's mother), I don't see Nagi as the type to go flirting with people. Chamo's "Thousand Practio Card" boast is almost certainly a lie; in my own view, Negi's personal charisma is all his own, not derivative of his Welsh background or distinguished heritage.

Furthermore, when Akamatsu introduced Mei (Naru's sister) in Love Hina, he never specified that her last name was Narusegawa, and since Mei reappeared in Negima with a different surname, it's possible that she's a step-sister and not a half-sister. Chao claims to be blood related to Negi, though.

Meh, maybe I'm just predisposed against the half-sibling issue. I guess I just don't see a comedic, light-hearted manga like this having "serious" themes outside of young romance.

I have a new update here.

It seems the website forthe 3rd Mahou Sensei Negima PS2 game is out now.

Its coming on March this year. The anime sucked, but the PS2 games Konami are very well done. Plus, no bad character desgin.
Here's the link: Konami's official websitefor the 3rd game.

Oh, and here's the image cover for the 3rd one, exept it is larger.

I'm hoping to see Misora in combat again. I mean when I first started reading the series, I kept wondering "who is she?" Untill I saw her Mahora Tourney working as a mage in training. Plus, she has her own pactio card.Also,from what I heard from sourses, it looks like she'sdoing this because she is trying to fullfill a wish from her parrents before they passed away…

As for the 2 remaining comrades of the Thousand Master, I'm mostly wondering who's the white-haired kid in the picture? Since it was years ago, he'll probably be about 20-25 when Negi encounters him. The huge guy with the sword in the pic...Not sure about him

Malintex_Terek

Misora's parents are dead? I assumed her mage training mirrored the average wizarding family of Harry Potter; magic is a tradition, and as a representative of the next generation, it falls upon that individual to uphold family honor!

…still, I have forgotten most of what I had read prior to the Kyoto trip. I will need to brush up on some things.

Oh, and do not rule out the possibility of another Negima series premiering after the manga has progressed passed a certain point. It will be guaranteed to be of a higher quality (especially because of Negima's popularity!) and I've heard a simmilar situation applies to Inu-Yasha (source: here).

Now, how about Zazie Ranyday?

She truely is a mysterious character. In fact the only time she spoke directly to Negi was volume 9. She's a good circus performer and I hear the rest of her family are also trained acrobats…

As for Takane, she really has a huge phobia against Takana, a droid she fought in the Mahora Tourney and in the Underground canals they went to save Takamichi. Though in the second time there was an army of them. Who could blame her. I mean that droid did rip her clothes out in front of everybody. And in the canals, they blasted both Mei and Takane's clothes away. Lets not forget what happened in the end of her match with Negi.

Back to Chao. You think she is stronger than Ku Fei, I mean she is a bit mysterious and she migt be holding back against Ku in sparring.

Also, about Mana Tatsumiya, I noticed her surname is different in her pactio card.. Maybe that's what it translates into English.
Not to mention she gave Negi a different impression on volume 10 LOL.

About Fate Avveruncus.I'm thinking he might return. Eva didn't exactly finish him off. She intended to but he ran away using an illusion. But I'm sure he'll be easy for Negi to take down. He received many training from Ku and Eva. So if it does happen, it will be a snap. Regardless he didn't get stronger over time.

Oh and any comments about the game?

Malintex_Terek

Wait a second…Ako and 'Nagi' are on campus! If she confesses, the World Tree's gonna make the affair real! Trouble, trouble, trouble. :wacko:

@Malintex_Terek:

Wait a second…Ako and 'Nagi' are on campus! If she confesses, the World Tree's gonna make the affair real! Trouble, trouble, trouble. :wacko:

Oh crap! :wacko:

Somebody, even the Mage teachers better stop them or things will go very bad.

Plus, Negi could be in serius trouble for not abiding his duty to prevent confesions…

Oh man...Negi's screwed :mellow: .

Worst of all, if a Mahou Sensei (Mage Teacher) sees both of them, they'll surely attack and they have know idea 'Nagi' is actually Negi.

What do you tink might happen?

Malintex_Terek

I dunno; this is a tight spot, and although the people at Aquastar think Akamatsu's "predictable", I think there's a huge number of ways this could end nicely.

Methinks, though, that if Negi gets cursed, the curse would mostly likely keep him in his adult form. That wouldn't be too bad, though, because he could simply take a blue pill to masquerade as a child again…I mean, he's obviously mature enough to act fifteen, why can't he simply look it? :D

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Remember that dream Ako had? Asuna seems to have prophetic dreams; why can't Ako? If not, something like this could happen:

Ako's starting to utter "I..l..lo...", and Negi puts a finger over her lips, winks, and says "I know". Hah, that solves everything quite nicely!

Personally, though, I think it would suck if 'Nagi' were not at the concert like in the dream. Bleh, that would be sucky; hopefully it doesn't happen.

Paulie

Ha! I just reread volume one of Negima; there's a part where they're getting dressed and I could just notice the end of Ako's scar. Awesome.

But I hope this arc introduces Ako as more of a main character, permanently. I hope this isn't the only arc where she plays a "main character." She'd better not go back to a "support role" after all of this is over.

Malintex_Terek

@Paulie:

But I hope this arc introduces Ako as more of a main character, permanently. I hope this isn't the only arc where she plays a "main character." She'd better not go back to a "support role" after all of this is over.

I doubt she'll be among the "we know Negi's a magi" group, of whom could be classified as "main characters". However, Ako mentioned something that might hint of a secret she's hiding.

Earlier, Evangeline mentioned that Setsuna probably dyes her hair and wears coloured contacts. Since coloured contacts make eye shade darker, it's safe to assume Setsuna might have light hair and light eyes.

…so does Ako (Chapter 122). I also notice she has a large scar across her back. Don't Setsuna's wings come out in about the same place?

..."=D"

Paulie

Out of curiosity, when does Evangeline mention that about Setsuna? I don't recall that part.

And about her being a main character or not… well..... I never saw Chisame as being part of that crowd, either, but there she is.

But I really, really like Ako, so I hope she gets more screen time from now on.

I also wanna see some more Zazie. She's intigued me since the first time I saw her. There's gotta be more to her than meets the eye.

Malintex_Terek

@Paulie:

Out of curiosity, when does Evangeline mention that about Setsuna? I don't recall that part.

It was during Setsuna and Evangeline's fight in the quarter finals of the Mahora Tourney. Evangeline wanted to piss of Setsuna enough for her to transform.

@Paulie:

And about her being a main character or not… well..... I never saw Chisame as being part of that crowd, either, but there she is.

I agree, Chisame is unusual…but, naw, I take everything back. Anything goes in Negima!

@Paulie:

But I really, really like Ako, so I hope she gets more screen time from now on.

I didn't think too much of her until this development started; I guess the same goes for Setsuna. Who knows? Maybe Ako will snatch the number one slot in the polls!

Paulie

@Malintex_Terek:

I didn't think too much of her until this development started; I guess the same goes for Setsuna. Who knows? Maybe Ako will snatch the number one slot in the polls!

Isn't that how Makie got a big part? She was popular in the early polls and Akamatsu decided to make more use of her? I remember reading that somewhere.

I always thought Ako looked awesome, though, unlike most of the other characters… if I picked the characters I thought looked the best/most interesting, Ako would probably be number one (followed by Zazie, then Setsuna.) It's just that her character was never really developed or, at least, given spotlight until now.

And now that it's happening, I'm reveling in it.

Malintex_Terek

@Paulie:

Isn't that how Makie got a big part? She was popular in the early polls and Akamatsu decided to make more use of her? I remember reading that somewhere.

I've always wondered why Makie was at the top of the polls; I was certain Asuna or Nodoka would dominate earlier, but apparently something happened during the Library Excursion that made her popular.

@Paulie:

I always thought Ako looked awesome, though, unlike most of the other characters… if I picked the characters I thought looked the best/most interesting, Ako would probably be number one (followed by Zazie, then Setsuna.) It's just that her character was never really developed or, at least, given spotlight until now.

Initially, I was just glad Akamatsu was focusing on a "minor" character for a change, instead of developing one of the other "main" group characters; now I see Ako's special in her own way, too. :)

@Paulie:

And now that it's happening, I'm reveling in it.

Heck yeah. This stuff's really, really good; like OP, there's periods of romantic downtime (though, in OP, it's times of discovery) and periods of intensive fighting. Really, all this character development is really good stuff; hard to imagine that the Anime could have fouled up so badly.

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And let's not forget Ayaka's lolita complex! I wonder if that will get developed a little later? XD

Paulie

@Malintex_Terek:

I've always wondered why Makie was at the top of the polls; I was certain Asuna or Nodoka would dominate earlier, but apparently something happened during the Library Excursion that made her popular.

It's her looks and personality… they're just popular. More appealing than the others. Simple as that. I hope Ako-chan can keep up... XD

@Malintex_Terek:

Initially, I was just glad Akamatsu was focusing on a "minor" character for a change, instead of developing one of the other "main" group characters; now I see Ako's special in her own way, too. :)

She IS special… to be totally honest, I dig the scar. I hope there's a sufficiently awesome explanation for it.

@Malintex_Terek:

Heck yeah. This stuff's really, really good; like OP, there's periods of romantic downtime (though, in OP, it's times of discovery) and periods of intensive fighting. Really, all this character development is really good stuff; hard to imagine that the Anime could have fouled up so badly.

The anime is something we try to forget. Except the opening theme. That was really, really catchy.

But yeah, MSN is my second favorite manga… right after One Piece. XD It actually managed to beat out Ranma, which has been one of my favorites ever since I got into anime/manga (As that was my first of both.)

@Malintex_Terek:

And let's not forget Ayaka's lolita complex! I wonder if that will get developed a little later? XD

Her… lolita complex? Is there something I'm forgetting? Or are you just referring to her usual "I luffles little Negi" attitude?

@Paulie:

It's her looks and personality… they're just popular. More appealing than the others. Simple as that. I hope Ako-chan can keep up... XD

She IS special... to be totally honest, I dig the scar. I hope there's a sufficiently awesome explanation for it.

The anime is something we try to forget. Except the opening theme. That was really, really catchy.

But yeah, MSN is my second favorite manga... right after One Piece. XD It actually managed to beat out Ranma, which has been one of my favorites ever since I got into anime/manga (As that was my first of both.)

Her... lolita complex? Is there something I'm forgetting? Or are you just referring to her usual "I luffles little Negi" attitude?

Well, from what Akamatsu's message wrote in vol 1, he says all of them are major characters have a unique personality of their own.

True the anime sucked, but the character maxisingles and the music was actually good in my opinion.

Oh, and yes, he was reffering to Ayaka's obsession with Negi.

Oh and about the Negima PS2 games from Konami, they're even better than the anime XD ! The character desgin sticks to the manga as you noticed in the image I posted in the previous page about the 3rd game. If you want to learn more of how good these PS2 games from Konami are, I highly suggest you check the links to the official game sites I posted a couple of pages back. The first and second game officialwebsite link is in the 1st or 2ndpage I think. The one for the 3rd game is in the previous page. Also if your looking for game images, check on page 2. You'll love em'. For character singles and music, check page 2. That's all for now.

Malintex_Terek

When was Misora Kasuga first introduces and had a side story? I'm interested to know if she realized Negi was a magi before the Mahora Tourney, but I cannot find anything.

@Malintex_Terek:

When was Misora Kasuga first introduces and had a side story? I'm interested to know if she realized Negi was a magi before the Mahora Tourney, but I cannot find anything.

She does realize that. In volume 9, when all the Mage teachers and students were gathered by Headmaster Konoe, Misora was also there (In her Nun suit.) and it looks like she saw Negi there. She knows but don't worry. She's also a mage and mages never rat on other mages on their secrets.

Asuna, Setsuna, Konoka, Mei, and Takane have found out about Misora being a mage in training. It was in volume 13 in the chapter before Negi fought Setsuna, Asuna caught a glimpse of her Pactio Card and it spelled Misora. When she accused Kasuga of her claim, she tries to deny the fact but Asuna makes her argument to her by telling her the fact she has seen Misora's pactio card.

Malintex_Terek

Oh, that was it, then? I was expecting a sort of "what the…my teacher is a mage and no one told me?!" kind of thing, but I guess Misora's not that kind of person.

I have some new info on the PS2 games.

The game will take place in a beachside resort and it looks like there will be more mini games, more tasks to be done and most of all, beachside game equals huge beach ecchi fan service and more akward peverted sutuations on Negi's toll.

The game comes out March 28. I think I'll import it. I really want to try it out.

Malintex, what did the guy in LA times say about the series. I know he bashed it, but what exactly did he say about it?

Malintex_Terek

Urm, let me take a look. The article might be missing.

@Charles:

Ken Akamatsu scored a big hit in 1998 with "Love Hina," which exemplified the "harem comedy": A geeky guy is surrounded by beautiful girls who initially dislike him but come to love him. His new series, "Negima!," continues the genre. Ten-year-old Welsh sorcerer Negi Springfield receives the improbable assignment of teaching English in an all-girl junior high in Japan. The girls initially refuse to respect him, then decide he's cute. Most of the students have magical powers, and soon the class is casting spells, fighting vampires and subduing demons.

"Negima!" is an example of a "fan service" story: one that offers gratuitous cheesecake shots to titillate male readers. Panels are composed so the reader looks up the girls' skirts, important discussions take place in the bathtub and various spells blow the girls' clothes off. The maladroit romance between two college applicants in "Love Hina" has plenty of embarrassing moments but feels believable. However, a pack of nubile females pursuing a prepubescent boy may not play as well in the U.S., where some might consider these images slightly suggestive of child molestation.

In contrast to the clarity of the artwork in "Fullmetal Alchemist," Akamatsu's drawings overflow with fussy details that often make them hard to read. The 31 girls in Negi's class look alike except for their hairdos, so the reader sometimes has trouble determining who's saying what to whom.

I actually think Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the most poorly drawn manga in a mainstream book. The character designs are good, but they are drawn serial; the Anime corrected those mistakes quite nicely.

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Funnily enough, Negima is quite the opposite!

Paulie

…The Negima girls look the same?

WTF?

igalsfy

yes they look alike. and yes, negima is just full fanservice for me.

Malintex_Terek

@igalsfy:

yes they look alike. and yes, negima is just full fanservice for me.

"Oh, SO many panty shots. I absolutely abhor seeing so much female underwear!" :unsure:

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Yes, the fanservice is excessive, but the whole matter is cultural; I don't see female panties distributed out of vending machines, even in the graduate studies building of UCD. I mean, really; I started to ignore the fanservice within volume one; I rarely notice it until someone outside the manga or a character points something out relating to it.

In regard to the characters...many resemble Love Hina gals, but aside from the many incarnations of Motoko (of whom Akamatsu personally favours), most of the characters look different. Heck, Asuna and Chisame are both based on Naru, and they look very different, even when Chisame takes off her glasses.

@Malintex_Terek:

"Oh, SO many panty shots. I absolutely abhor seeing so much female underwear!" :unsure:

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Yes, the fanservice is excessive, but the whole matter is cultural; I don't see female panties distributed out of vending machines, even in the graduate studies building of UCD. I mean, really; I started to ignore the fanservice within volume one; I rarely notice it until someone outside the manga or a character points something out relating to it.

In regard to the characters...many resemble Love Hina gals, but aside from the many incarnations of Motoko (of whom Akamatsu personally favours), most of the characters look different. Heck, Asuna and Chisame are both based on Naru, and they look very different, even when Chisame takes off her glasses.

If I had to pick the arc with a lot of fan service, it would be the Mahora Festival.

I mean it has cute cosplaying, more crazy secenes (like when Negi frenched kissed Asuna in vol 10.), and lots more of what you just mentioned.

BTW, I have a source for good Negima sprites.

Here's the link: Negima sprite.

If your wondering what I mean by sprite, look at my ava and sig.

There's also a huge forum all dedicated to the faandom.I'm a member there.

Its called Mahora Academy and you should try checking it out.

Here's a link: http://www.mahoraacademy.org

Oh and my username there is…

! Magister Renji

Malintex_Terek

The cosplaying counts as fanservice, too? I thought only panty shots were fanservice. :wacko:

@Malintex_Terek:

The cosplaying counts as fanservice, too? I thought only panty shots were fanservice. :wacko:

Yes, that and the panty shots and some peverted situations.

If you want a sprite ava or sig like mine, check the 1st link I gave you.

Oh and once you sign up in Mahora Academy (The second link I gave you), expect lots of things. (By things I mean good and twisted..)

Plus, in there you can get customized sprites though they have their own currency system.

Don't worry, its far from being like Gaia.

Though most mods and everyone in the fandom take the KonoSetsu pairing eriously.

One guy posted a Negi and Setsuna pairing and he got banned :XD:

But the place is still fun.

Malintex_Terek

I might in the future, but I'm fairly busy now.

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Ehh...are those sprites custom? Because I can't seem to recall ever seeing Eva without clothes. o_O;

@Malintex_Terek:

I might in the future, but I'm fairly busy now.

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Ehh...are those sprites custom? Because I can't seem to recall ever seeing Eva without clothes. o_O;

Actually, she did. It was durring her fight with Negi in vol 3 when she fell from the bridge and Negi caught her. Oh and they aren't customized.

To get those types you have to request VIA sprite shops the mods hold and run those forums.

One member got a customized one with 3 characters in snow boarding gear.

Though they cost tokens (Or Lunch tickets. You get 2 every post you make.)

The customized ones, you can choose your own desgin.

When I get enogh tokens to get a customized one (I currently have 144 and it costs 250 tokens) I'll request Nagi wearing a CP9 uniform.

They can do that and trust me, the mods sprite customizing kicks ass.

Ms. Suave Debonair

haha, cheers for the link to that sprite page..got myself a new sig!:ninja:

This post is deleted!

@Bad-Beat:

haha, cheers for the link to that sprite page..got myself a new sig!:ninja:

Wow. Nice sig.

If I were in the Rating Ava/Sig thread, I give it a 10/10.

Anyway, I found some things out…

Akamatsu states in his blog at Ailove.net that Negima wont be wraping up so quick. He says it will take another 20 volumes to end it. I'm expecting a good series for a very long time.

Malintex_Terek

Thank god. I don't mind Negima being long…I mean, OP's marvelous with no end in sight and it's already at, what, chapter 400? I don't have figures, but Negima appears to be selling well in America; as it should. Nice, nice work.

I was just watching ep 24 of the anime and one thing I can say..is sniff…sob

The anime's sad events is way more emotional and way more sad...

Asuna's "death" made me really cry.....Though she comes back alive after the end...:bawling:

sniff Jeez...Why must Xebex do a lousy job and make more sad events in Negima's anime adaption.

They did better on DN Angel's adaption.

Enough about that. wipes tears

I truely agree with your opinion. Negima going 20 more volumes is brilliant.

Ater all, the story has more to cover and it redeems the anime's horrible job.

Plus, its selling good in the USA.

I propose a toast for Mahou Sensei Negima and let us hope it continues its great work.

Keep up the awsome work Akamatsu sensei!

Kanpai!!!
:party: :party:

Join in Malintex nee-san and everyone!

Lets all wish Mahou Sensei Negima a good future to come!

toasts his drink

Paulie

I was sad….

I went to buy the 8th volume of Negima from the stores, but realized I didn't have enough money.

My friend was like, "You have it all on your computer, right? So why buy it?"

He doesn't understand... with good manga, you want to own a physical copy! And besides, Negima is done well enough (the translations, I mean) that the company deserves my support.

....Oh, and I signed up for that forum, Daisuke. This is the only forum I've ever stayed with for a while; maybe this other forum will keep my interest as well, though.

Cool.

So, what's your username over there?

If your looking for me for help around that place while your there, look for a user named Magister Renji.

That's me.

I posted in your into thread and fired off a PM.

Malintex_Terek

Passing note; I also registered, though as "Terek".

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Aqua-Star is a bit slow on the scanslation this week, but it's worth the wait...

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Oh, Akamatsu seems to have spoken. Looks like 125 will have a happy ending...nice. I couldn't stand it if Negi broke Ako's heart, which was very likely. This is also the end of the Ako-mini arc. Starting next week, it appears we'll either have Zazie or Chao featured.

TakinawaTonfa

I found this a while ago on the Answerman column in ANN…

On the Wikipedia article about Mahou Sensei Negima, I read that there were going to be several revisions in the anime, because it was noticed that there were many protests about discrepancies and mistakes on the storyline and animation. Some episodes will be chaged, while some other completely redone! Some time ago, it was announced the licensing of Negima in the US. Will the American version include this revisions?

**The short answer is "yes".

The long answer is that the Negima anime turned out to be pretty polarizing and controversial in Japan; when it originally aired on TV, the fans pitched a fit. The animation was cheap, the character designs didn't look right, the show didn't really follow the manga as closely as it could, and the show exhibited a whole slew of other problems that could very well have been avoided.

Lucky for the fans, the creators felt the same way and decided that for the DVD release, Negima would be touched-up. In many places (and yeah, sometimes entire episodes), the show would be re-animated completely, with a few story revisions as well. As far as I know, the original TV airings were never released on DVD in Japan; the only version you can get are the touched-up editions that meet the creators' personal stamp of approval. There's no reason to believe that FUNimation's release will contain the inferior TV version.**

I guess this means that we'll be getting a decent version of the show?

@TakinawaTonfa:

I found this a while ago on the Answerman column in ANN…

I guess this means that we'll be getting a decent version of the show?

Looks like it my freind. Looks like it :laugh: .

I got a PS2 game update.

Here are some new screenshots I found. Enjoy.

The girls are looking good.

Ako-chan at her best.

Misa Kakizaki. :laugh:

The lovable Paparazzi girl Kazumi Asakura.

I let you guys know when more updates come.

Paulie

Holy crap Ako-chwaaaaaaan~!!!

Malintex_Terek

I was just re-reading comics on the MSN website; I didn't get a good feel of them beforehand because the print is so small.

I read Chapter 90…and nearly died. Ayaka got a nosebleed from Negi in a female costume?! XD

@Malintex_Terek:

I was just re-reading comics on the MSN website; I didn't get a good feel of them beforehand because the print is so small.

I read Chapter 90…and nearly died. Ayaka got a nosebleed from Negi in a female costume?! XD

Well, what can you expect from her?

She's obsessed with Negi-kun and when he's in something that's cute, I guess that happens.

Malintex_Terek

It's utterly hillarious!

Ayaka's the most overtly fond of Negi; she started hitting on him four seconds after he entered the (then) 2-A classroom. Her obsession is even close to a lolita complex.

…but, blood? Nosebleeds usually come around when someone is embarassed about seeing something they find erotically stimulating. Notice Takamichi and Negi don't get nosebleeds, but the "perverts" in Naruto do.

Therefore, Ayaka was turned on by that costume. What makes it funny is that she's apparently totally straight; I guess we don't really know the depths of her issues. :laugh:

Paulie

Shota (or shouta) complex would work better. Lolita usual refers to girls, while shota is strictly boys.

Malintex_Terek

Cool, I learned something. I always thought lolita applied to all pedophillia, since "loli" is part of the word-candy "loli-pop".

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I read up on "shotacon" and what is the first example on the article? Ten points to whomever gets this right.

One funny thing is she's usually a Shota-kun, but when it comes to Kotaro, it looks different.

I guess the impression he gave her in volume 8 by crashing into her at the door and calling her an oba-san (In AQS fan scans) really must have made her dislike him.

Chizuru…She's scary at times...Especially when she keeps trying to do a folk remedy on Kotaro which is....Ummm, sticking a green onion in his..You know..Despite all that, she eally has a good motherly instinct among others and mainly Kotaro. Plus, she voulenteersin the Mahora day Care center from time to time. That's what I call motherly.

As for speculations of the Nightmare Circus, a show Zazie invited Negi into in the beggining of volume 9, almost everyone in Mahora Academy and AQS forums is desperate and hoping for that to happen next after the Ako affair is over. Also, some say she might be the one next to find out about Negi's mage powers. After all, in the class roster, her club activities mainly involve magic stuff but not real serious mage stuff.

Malintex_Terek

Aye, Zazie has been hyped through the roof; people are going nuts trying to figure her out. Are not her friends in the Nightmare Circus a bit…beastly, though? Didn't she tell them they couldn't eat Negi or his students?

Paulie

Zazie~!!

I've been waiting for stuff about her.

Depending on how she's handled, I can see her joining Nodoka, Sayo, Ako, and Eva-chan in my "favorite Negima girls" list.

I coudn't agree more Paulie.

When Nightmare Circus somes, Zazie is definetly going in my favorites.

Oh, speaking of which, this Asuna scan was posted in a group pics thread at Mahora forums. Its from a guide book owned by a member named Spirits Having Flown.

I know its posted in Mahora Academy but it wouldn't hurt showing it here.

I also hear that he'll be posting more pics from his game guide for each character if time allows.

For now, here's the first guide scan he posted. Enjoy.

Paulie

But… that's Asuna!

I don't care about Asuna!

Sorry about that.

As soon as Spirits nee-sama posts a Ako scan from his game guide I'll post it right away.

Oh, here's a good Ako scan from another game guide I found, Paulie nee-san.

How's that Paulie?

EDIT-Here's another good one:Cute Ako scan.