|
I think the going theory on why Eva doesn't have the traditional weaknesses she ought to have is because of Magia Erebea redefining certain parts of her supernatural makeup.
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 00:51
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 23:13 |
|
|
Silver2195 posted:Checking the Negima wiki, it seems that's 3.22 kids for every harem member who isn't a robot, a close blood relative of Negi, or Evangeline/Yukihime herself (who stated that she has no other family). Busy guy, that Negi.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 01:17
|
|
|
international owl day posted:CH2 reveals that Negi had 87 children Man, those Springfield genes
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 03:47
|
|
|
veekie posted:Man, those Springfield genes Maybe it will turn out he died of terminal muscle strain. Edit: Come to think of it, Didn't alternate-history Evangeline say he died happy? Bremen fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Aug 28, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:25
|
|
|
international owl day posted:CH2 reveals that Negi had 87 children Are all of Touto's friends his half-brothers?
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:28
|
|
|
Bremen posted:Edit: Come to think of it, Didn't alternate-history Evangeline say he died happy? Negi Springfield Cause of death: Sexual exhaustion.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:30
|
|
|
JosephWongKS posted:Are all of Touto's friends his half-brothers? He said Negi was his grandfather, not his father. I guess they could be cousins.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:30
|
|
|
Bremen posted:Maybe it will turn out he died of terminal muscle strain. It'll turn out that there will be a plaque somewhere saying that he "died laughing on this spot of explosive scrotal failure while simultaneously making love to eighteen porn starlets, all of whom later committed suicide in grief."  Edit: wait a second, didn't they outright say that he wasn't going to age past 10 due to the vampire thing? Now I feel bad for making this reference.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:31
|
|
|
I don't think his aging was ever mentioned. The nature of his transformation was pretty unprecedented, since the only other serious practitioner of Magic Erebea was already a vampire.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:37
|
|
|
chami posted:Edit: wait a second, didn't they outright say that he wasn't going to age past 10 due to the vampire thing? Now I feel bad for making this reference. No, they said he'd likely reach 20 before he stopped aging. From the epilogue, he probably did.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:37
|
|
|
chami posted:Edit: wait a second, didn't they outright say that he wasn't going to age past 10 due to the vampire thing? Now I feel bad for making this reference. I think it was mentioned that no one knew if he'd age, but in the pictures from the alternate future he was an adult. It could have been due to a spell effect like Evangeline, though.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:38
|
|
|
But he was shown at ages older than that in images Asuna found in that time capsule. It never really got explained, but I think they said they weren't sure how his aging was going to work, that was just one thing that might happen.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:39
|
|
|
Because I'm bored and have too much time on my hands, I decided to do some more or less baseless speculation on what looks like it will be the main cast, judging from the splash page. Assuming inherited traits, whether by being direct descendants or not, we have from left to right, excluding Touta and Eva: Pretty obviously the Chachamaru replacement, with maybe a bit of Hakase as well. Looks like a guy to me. Likely the main girl. As others have said she's probably a descendant of Setsuna or Konoka, since she looks like a mix of the two. Mop Nagi has the ponytail kind of like Kaede, so I suppose he's a ninja janitor. With a tie. I suppose cleaning would be easy if you can make clones of yourself. I have no idea who the little girl with the braided red(?) hair is supposed to be. Black haired guy has two swords and glasses, so I'm guessing a descendant of the crazy girl with two swords and glasses. She was fun. Mallet girl I'm guessing has something to do with Yue, since they have similar facial expressions. The blond woman (I think) gives me a feeling similar to Ayaka. Not sure why she'd have a sword other than because swords. The dark skinned guy probably is a replacement for Mana, since there is only ever one dark skinned person in any manga, and judging by the type of sword is probably the mandatory shinmeiryuu person. No clue on the hooded boy/girl. Obviously Not Fate is Obviously Not Fate, but with an awesome coat. Of course all of this could be totally wrong and the similar appearances to characters in Negima could just be a red herring. God dammit it needs to be next week already. chumbler fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Aug 28, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 04:46
|
|
|
The hooded boy reminds me of Nagi's master. Can't remember his name, but he hasn't shown up to be important yet, and I'm about 100% sure he never died.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 05:52
|
|
|
Sonata Mused posted:The hooded boy reminds me of Nagi's master. Can't remember his name, but he hasn't shown up to be important yet, and I'm about 100% sure he never died. Zech
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 06:01
|
|
|
I think Zect was just another form of the Lifemaker but I guess we'll never know, nor are we liable to learn what the deal with the Gravekeeper lady is.
Rody One Half fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Aug 28, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 06:12
|
|
|
Zect (Zech?) became the vessel of the Lifemaker when the Lifemaker was first defeated by Nagi. Judging from the fact that Nagi told Negi to kill him, recovering from being possessed by the Lifemaker was thought to be impossible. ^^^ Kinda.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 06:14
|
|
|
It's been a while and I only skimmed Negima as an obligation after the Rakan portion got excessive, so can someone remind me what the alternative timeline is and when alt-versions of the negima cast showed up? Also where is Kaede?
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 08:20
|
|
|
I see that Negi never overcame his natural tendency to act like a gigolo.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 10:09
|
|
|
Serious Frolicking posted:I see that Negi never overcame his natural tendency to act like a gigolo. Being a lady killer is in his genes!
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 16:18
|
|
|
Jesus how loving weird did Negima get? I stopped reading around the Magic Tournament arc.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 16:28
|
|
|
Negi is a descendant of the Thousand Master. "He was called that because he had 1,000 pactios." - Chamo
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 17:29
|
|
|
I'm just shocked at how little fanservice there was in UQ. There was only one panel of outright fanservice and nobody's clothes got blown off.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 17:43
|
|
|
pinegala posted:It's been a while and I only skimmed Negima as an obligation after the Rakan portion got excessive, so can someone remind me what the alternative timeline is and when alt-versions of the negima cast showed up? Also where is Kaede? Hum, I can take a stab at a summary. Though I guess technically it's not an alternate timeline but the main one. Very near the end of the series, it's revealed that as part of Negi's plan to save the Magic World Asuna will have to be sealed away for a hundred years while her suppressed personality of the Twilight Imperial Princess orchestrates the magic involved. She eventually wakes up 130 years later, having "overslept", to find a high tech world where magic is openly practiced and a vast tower stretches into space. She searches, but all her friends are gone and the places they used to hang out have fallen into decay; she eventually finds a gravestone for Negi which lists him as having lived for 63 years. She excavates a time capsule that the others had known about and finds pictures and letters; after she goes to sleep, Konoka takes and passes the Magister exam and returns Negi's village to life, Honya and Yue go on to work in space, and Negi's plan progresses smoothly, and Ayaka outlives everyone to 115 to meet with Asuna but misses her because of the oversleeping. Asuna breaks down and then Evangeline and Chao come to see her, and Chao uses the time travel device to return Asuna to seconds after she was sealed away for a hundred years, creating an alternate timeline where things may not happen the same way. Asuna asks Eva how Negi died only to be told that he was content at the end, and she mentions that Asuna may be able to change what happens. She also tells Negi that he was eventually regarded as a true Magister of old, a hero like his father. The last two chapters of the manga then takes place in another future, seven years later, where Magic is starting to be accepted and Nagi has been rescued. It ends with a short summary of what all the students are doing in that period.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 17:53
|
|
|
Dexo posted:Jesus how loving weird did Negima get? I stopped reading around the Magic Tournament arc. Why would you stop reading when it turned really good?  Sonata Mused posted:Negi is a descendant of the Thousand Master. "He was called that because he had 1,000 pactios." - Chamo Funnily enough, Nagi still had more pactios with guys than Negi does. Presumably Nagi had only pactios with guys. I think he actually envies Negi at some point.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 18:18
|
|
|
Mordaedil posted:Why would you stop reading when it turned really good? I dunno really I didn't hate it or anything, but I just stopped reading it.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 18:34
|
|
|
Mordaedil posted:Why would you stop reading when it turned really good? Hey, if you could pactio with THE Jack Rakan, I think you'd do it too. Also,
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2013 18:40
|
|
|
Bremen posted:The last two chapters of the manga then takes place in another future, seven years later, where Magic is starting to be accepted and Nagi has been rescued. It ends with a short summary of what all the students are doing in that period. I'm now remembering Chisame's ending summary and I'm mad all over again. Especially given how her future was totally different in the first timeline so Asuna essentially ruined her life.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 00:03
|
|
|
Just read the first chapter, and I am glad to see that Ken has dropped most of the harem shenanigans here to go straight for the action instead. Hopefully, that trend continues in this series, since I think everyone here can say that the harem shenanigans were pretty much the worst part of Negima. Liked Eva's new form, and the main character being a grandson of Negi and related to the Konoe family is an interesting plot lead. Cannot wait for the next chapter to come out.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 03:35
|
|
|
Only problem I really have with Eva's new form is that she looks way too much like one of the teachers from Negima who was mostly a background character except in a short side-story involving Yuna and her daddy issues and does not really resemble her "adult form" we saw in early Negima. I guess it's a workable disguise though, but it looks a bit off from what I expected.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 07:49
|
|
|
It might be to help emphasize that she's changed her overall outlook a lot from the old days and is conveying herself in a more wholesome manner.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 07:56
|
|
|
Besides, her adult form is basically transformation magic. No biggie to tweak the layout.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 08:04
|
|
|
veekie posted:Besides, her adult form is basically transformation magic. No biggie to tweak the layout. Is it still magic, or did Negi lend her a hand and make it more permanent? Being an eternal kid was one of her biggest annoyances, after all.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 12:28
|
|
|
Doubt it was that easy, it's part and parcel of her immortality. She routinely went around in an adult form before being sealed in Mahora though, to the point that most people would more readily identify the Dark Evangel as the big chested witch rather than the kid.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 12:41
|
|
|
Eva was, more or less, a member of Nagi's team and even he didn't know about her real form until he put the whammy on her.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 15:08
|
|
|
Considering she's no longer confined to Mahora and is no longer restricted in her magic use, I think it's safe to say she's just free to do whatever.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 16:35
|
|
|
I won't lie, I'm loving pumped. It's a bummer to know most of Negima's cast is probably dead, but I guess it was to assert this won't be Negima 2.0. Hopefully, Akamatsu will make the new cast as likeable the the old (also Rakan is supposed to have a very long lifespan, so he might appear, which is all everyone should need). And Eva without her curse? Things are gonna get badass fast. I hope the main character won't get too strong too fast, though. Seeing Negi getting gradually stronger was one of the best parts of Negima. Generally speaking, I hope the manga will take its time and not be just fighting all the time. All the bullshit chapters in Negima worked in the way that, as bad as they might have been, they made you know and care about all the characters. I don't think I would have liked the good parts as much if the terrible part didn't exist. Also the mop guy in the group pic has the distinctive Springfield hair color. Manga genetics tell me he's got to be somehow related. ActionZero posted:I'm now remembering Chisame's ending summary and I'm mad all over again. Especially given how her future was totally different in the first timeline so Asuna essentially ruined her life. Edsger W. Dijkstra fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Aug 29, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 20:51
|
|
|
I'd honestly be baffled if Akamatsu was legitimately satisfied skipping the entire final arc of Negima and doesn't just revisit it here through time travel hijinks which were pretty much all over the place in Negima.
|
|
#
?
Aug 29, 2013 21:51
|
|
|
Probably not if he has any sense, time travel shenanigans in the front seat rapidly takes over the plot and makes a giant mangled snarl out of it. More likely we'd see the EFFECTS of time manipulation from a second party rather than engage in it directly.
|
|
#
?
Aug 30, 2013 05:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 23:13 |
|
|
Angry Grimace posted:I'd honestly be baffled if Akamatsu was legitimately satisfied skipping the entire final arc of Negima and doesn't just revisit it here through time travel hijinks which were pretty much all over the place in Negima. Or maybe the next couple hundred chapters will just consist entirely of Eva filling in Touta about his family history as they walk the hundreds of miles to Tokyo, "How I Met Your Mother"-style. And, conveniently enough, let's say she already told him all the events of the Negima manga, so she can just pick up the story from there. XboxPants fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Aug 30, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 30, 2013 06:09
|
|
