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 Go read Negima. It's not necessary, but it's recommended. It gets better in Volume 2/3, and even better shortly afterward, and turns into 200 chapters of awesome.  http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-17/uq-holder-fantasy-manga-by-negima-ken-akamatsu-revealed Relevant bits posted:This year's 38th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is previewing the new manga series UQ Holder! by Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina, Negima! Magister Negi Magi) on Wednesday. The "near-future battle fantasy" series will debut in the following issue on August 28 with an 82-page chapter and a color opening page. If you're just now joining us (and who can blame you?), you might not be aware that Akamatsu's coming out with his next comic. Or that Negima ended, for that matter. Here's a quick overview. As it does mention Negima's ending, I'll leave it in spoilertags to be safe. You should be fine, though, if you care to preserve the experience of reading Negima or something. After Love Hina's smashing success (despite being, well, Love Hina), Ken decided he wanted to do a battle manga. Unfortunately, Love Hina was too popular; his "friends" at the magazines wanted another harem series to capitalize on the popularity. Thus, Negima was born. The first two volumes of Negima were essentially Love Hina 2.0, but starting with volume three Akamatsu began to stealthily switch over to a battle manga with harem traits. By the time Negi gets visited by more and more characters from his past, Negima's firmly in battle territory. The series goes about, exploring a rich world (no doubt "helped" by the 30+ characters he introduced right off the bat, half of which belong to Negi's side of the world) and hinting at a multitude of plot threads. However, the series got cut short over an impending copyright dispute between Akamatsu and his publishers. The series quickly jumped ahead and resolved the remaining major plot off screen, ending with an epilogue that left many fans rather ticked. Oh well. And now we're here. As best we can tell, this series takes place about ten years after the last major events of Negima. Evangeline has been spotted in this series and may end up being a major character. I've heard rumors that Negi is thought dead, and there's a lot of speculation going on about the characters that have been revealed and what's to come. If you're looking for more Love Hina antics, though, you might want to look elsewhere: common consensus is that this will be the battle manga Ken wanted to make.   I guess Ken likes that kind of pants Will update with more info when the series hits, and if it gets translated. hahahahaha, more like when I can be bothered to redo it. PerrineClostermann fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Feb 23, 2014 |
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Silento posted:I posted this in the Misc. Shounen thread because I didn't see this one, but look at this: People said that about that one kid in the Ala Rubra picture, too. I think it's just Ken's sameface coming through. Or it could be another Fate series, who knows? Someone posted a picture that looked like MC and Eva were fighting. Blood was involved.
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Aug 23, 2013 22:55
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It wouldn't be the first thing we missed out on from Ken.
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Aug 23, 2013 23:15
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Yeah. New laws were being pushed and the situation was basically...if he didn't finish Negima quickly, he would no longer own the rights to it. They'd belong to the publisher.
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Aug 24, 2013 16:40
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international owl day posted:Akamatsu will surely draw another Naru into this manga, sameface aside, Akamatsu draws Naru no matter what. I don't think Naru was in AI Love You 
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Aug 24, 2013 23:45
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Silento posted:But if I'm not remembering incorrectly, then she had Chachazero for many, many years. Why abandon her when she's your only companion left? Poor Eva. Well, you could always look at the kata to give you a clue. I believe it's Ee-van-je-leen.
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Aug 27, 2013 00:44
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Huh. Pretty good first chapter. Glad to see Ken not doing a harem story. Evangeline's new form is growing on me, too. I kinda like it. Sure can't wait for questions to be answered; all he's done so far is raise several more in this universe. Dammit, Ken, you better not blueball us again.
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Aug 27, 2013 01:16
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We also should remember that, despite being a super powerful being and extremely competent at even depowered combat, Eva got trapped in a middle school for years and was bested by a (gifted, but still inexperienced and combat-weak) ten year old mage. She might be strong, but she's not invincible. Plus, who knows what her motivations are at this point?
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Aug 27, 2013 04:53
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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!
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Aug 28, 2013 16:18
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This just popped up: Looks like Ken hasn't forgotten what Eva looks like. I do wonder why she's using the candy instead of her own magic, though. PerrineClostermann fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Aug 31, 2013 |
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Aug 31, 2013 01:47
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Oh, forgot about that. Didn't she abandon them, though, since she didn't need them anymore? Like she did with Magia Erebea.
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Aug 31, 2013 02:13
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Nate RFB posted:Soooo... Akamatsu wants in on that hot K-ON! action? Can't say I saw that coming. That implies that they play music in K-ON!
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Sep 6, 2013 02:39
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Rodyle posted:So the shounen goal de jure is: Not becoming the new Louis Armstrong in and of itself, but growing old and reminiscing about it while drinking with friends "like cool cats." Isn't that what all adventurers want?
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Sep 6, 2013 05:13
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Wait, so is NewSetsuna a boy or a girl?
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Sep 7, 2013 22:29
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chumbler posted:This series has already established that it does not gently caress around, so it's not all that surprising. I'm curious how the new character is going to survive this, though. Maybe we'll have another vampire in the crew shortly if Touta can pass it on. I thought that was great, a real shift in tone for the series. 'Course, I like poo poo getting real in stories.
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Sep 8, 2013 07:23
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JosephWongKS posted:Setsuna's kid probably ends up being vampirized by Eva too. UQ Holder is actually the story of how Eva fights the loneliness of being an immortal monster by killing other people or putting them into life-threatening situations so that she can turn them into immortal monsters too. I could get behind this.
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Sep 8, 2013 16:15
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I always find it funny that people like the school festival these days. When it was coming out, there was nothing but complaining and moaning that it was dragging too long, not interesting, and that Ken should finish it up so we could do something else. And now all those complaints are said about the arc afterwards. Or were while Negima was still running.
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Sep 9, 2013 07:08
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I'm thoroughly convinced now that Setsuna is a girl. Akamatsu would never put that much detail on a male character. That is a pretty defined butt for a male. Dear God what am I saying?
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Sep 13, 2013 00:06
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What are the odds of this ending up being about a bunch of immortals and a pair or two of normals that tag along? We're up to three now, right? Only Shinobu was a "main character" with potential recurrence without immortality.
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Sep 13, 2013 16:35
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chami posted:I think it was pointed out earlier in this thread that "UQ" was a pun for "yuukyuu" or something like that which meant "eternity". So the title can be "Holders of Eternity" which is fitting a story about a bunch of immortals. Well, I guess that answers both of our questions.
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Sep 13, 2013 18:39
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Huh, that's the same fire spell Setsuna used.
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Oct 17, 2013 03:52
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ChronoReverse posted:Even if he didn't, he should still be alive as long as he wasn't killed. His race is more long-lived than humans. I don't think Jack would die even if you killed him
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Oct 23, 2013 01:31
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Spats? Well, it's classier than a panty shot, I suppose. Though not by much, the way that was drawn. Also, nice job with the sword. No one can pull it out! Except I just did. I'm kind of liking the generic "DBZ" vibe from this sword. It's like training at x times gravity! That shows you're strong! PerrineClostermann fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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Nov 6, 2013 15:13
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Silento posted:Wow, Crunchyroll's web reader is terrible. Manipulate gravity More seriously, does the gravity thing change its mass? Or just the downward pull of gravity?
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Nov 6, 2013 21:58
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MadHat posted:Science!Those are not two separate things! Not in our non magical world, no. But if it just uses a multiplier on the downward pull without otherwise messing with its inertia...
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Nov 7, 2013 00:23
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Hell, that nun is probably the quiet brown girl that followed Misora around in Negima. Kuroumaru is totally a girl, right?
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Nov 18, 2013 05:01
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Robviously posted:If not, it seems we're gonna be seeing a bunch of the kids of Negi's class. Hell, Touta seems to be related to both Negi and Konoka what with his last name. Just making sure I didn't somehow miss something. I wonder why she's so set on saying she's a boy, though. Think it has to do with her immortality?
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Nov 18, 2013 05:10
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Well now, that's pretty interesting. Looks like we're gearing up for a little bit of action here. I'm not sure how I feel about Touta embracing the "dumb shounen protagonist" archetype so fully, though. I mean, Akamatsu's almost certainly knowing what he's doing by writing Touta like that, but still.
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Dec 24, 2013 20:08
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Mikl posted:Just something I'm wondering, was it mentioned if Kuromaru's type of immortality also make him ageless (like Kouta's)? Because if so, he will never turn 16. That...would be hilarious in a way. And I wouldn't put it past Akamatsu to do something like that.
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Dec 26, 2013 19:38
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On the other hand, a good garlic soup was all it took for Nagi to seal her off.
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Bremen posted:To be fair, even Love Hina got a little shonen battle manga-y towards the end. Didn't he get his start drawing porn or something? That's probably the easy way to get started, and now his transformation is nearly complete. Akamatsu used to do doujins. There's one floating around with horrible quality and translation with the ladies of FF7. That said... chumbler posted:Love Hina of all things (which is still a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine and is better than most harem manga because it has actual character development) Don't get me started on this. I have an issue with the "character development" of Love Hina. Also he ended up with the wrong girl Oh Motoko, one day your love will be fulfilled...
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Feb 3, 2014 06:47
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Shinjobi posted:Fun fact: I believe he even did one for obscure Squaresoft action RPG "Threads of Fate." Akamatsu was just a Square guy, I guess. Really? I just started playing through that on my Vita. Neat. Man, Akamatsu's gone from straight up porn to not being sure how to draw a nipple. Being a manga author must be hell.
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Feb 3, 2014 14:08
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I think Negima started hitting its stride when Kotarou showed up again and that Wilhelm guy appeared. By then I think Ken had a good grasp of both what balance he wanted to strike and how to do it.
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Feb 9, 2014 22:24
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Yeah, he leaves behind the Love Hina 2.0 his publishers wanted, but it's not like he did Love Hina begrudgingly. He enjoys his wacky hijinks and fanservice, he just happens to enjoy fights a lot too. You know, I think a few AI Love You characters were mentioned or shown in Negima. I guess all his work "might be" in the same Kenverse?
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Feb 12, 2014 16:22
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AI love you might have been mentioned in the love hina anniversary chapter, actually.
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Feb 12, 2014 20:24
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Shinjobi posted:Considering I can enjoy Love Hina due to rose glassed nostalgia, Negima for its bizarre transition from rom-com to DBZ, and UQ Holder for being balls to walls crazy with action, I'm quite happy to admit I've yet to be disappointed by Akamatsu. The best girl lost, anyway.
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Feb 19, 2014 07:11
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Dammit Akamatsu, stop teasing. Looks like Negi stopped aging at about the same age as he used to disguise himself as, or is using the same old age pills. And he worked with what became UQ Holder? drat, this just raises more questions.
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Feb 22, 2014 00:22
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Silento posted:I'm not sure about not partners. What's stopping Negi from having a pactio with Mana, Zazie, or Fate during the 60 odd years between Negima and this flashback? We just gotta wait for the nightmare circus arc!
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Feb 22, 2014 01:56
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MadHat posted:I find it interesting that Negi's variant of Magia Erebea was White [or maybe yellow] while Touta is decidedly Black, did we ever see Eva's version? I can't remember quite clearly, but I think Negi's was black until he got it under control near the end. I could be completely wrong though.
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IF this is the original timeline. Which would be pretty interesting and help explain some of the differences between UQ Holder's timeline and the last chapter of Negima
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