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Yeah, the only way that the Pact system is remotely European is in that it's still used, mainly, by the European mages. And everyone on Mundus Magicus.
Did anyone spot the reference in a recent chapter to the idea that the various Pact relics have an existence beyond the Pact System? (Fate makes another comment about Nodoka's Diary of the Mind.)
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Yeah. It caused great discussion on the Tvtropes Negima Fanfic thread. Well, at least the Aetifacts aren't the materialized souls of the Puell—er, MINISTRA Magi.
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I thought that was implied a long time back?
We've already seen Nodoka's basically get destroyed, and then be just fine the next time she called for it. But actually, that's been my working assumption since the first time the pactio system was explained...
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Chapter 324
Humorous romance laughs for the most part. Poor Negi is just plain doomed when it comes to that probl-
....wait what.
Eva is....
He is...
....oh son of a bitch.
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Okay, I think I missed whatever implication you saw, Ops. Care to clue me in?
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Bob Schroeck Wrote:Okay, I think I missed whatever implication you saw, Ops. Care to clue me in? Evangeline was turned into a True Vampire by the Lifemaker. This means that everything, up to and including Magia Ereba might be a part of a much larger and much longer played plan than previously thought. - Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
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So..is Eva a prototype? Or did the Lifemaker (if he was the creator of the magical system) decided to do a "do-over"?
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Well, Ku:Nel said something about 'Eternal Life' not being the goal of the experiment the Lifemaker did on her. This is actually very consistent with what we've already seen, Magia Ereba (derived from the Lifemaker's own techniques) regenerates the user so long as there is magical energy there to work with, making her condition more like 'Eternal Recurrence.'
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ordnance11 Wrote:So..is Eva a prototype? Does that mean Mundus Magicus is populated by mass-production Evas?
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Gah. I had a flash of insight at page 7 about something... but I didn't stop to write it down, and by the time I finished the chapter, I'd forgotten what I'd realized. Argh.
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I assume it was more important than commenting on the protagonist trying to befriend somebody named Fate in the middle of a battle...
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No, not a Nanoha joke/ref, no.
Still can't remember. Argh.
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( Chapter 326 is up)
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I remembered what it was. (I am typing this before reading the new chapter in case I've hit on something that's revealed there.)
Bear with me as this is still half-formed, but... the baddies' argument is that most of the people of the magical world aren't "real", they are soulless simulations.
But...
We've seen Negi essentially make or give a soul to Chachamaru, who worried that she wasn't "real" before. Perhaps that's the heart of Negi's plan -- knowing he'd done it once before for one person, it's just a matter of will and raw power to do it for an entire world's population.
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I'm going to be rather intrigued if this is leading to a First Girl Wins situation between Fate and Shiori. It would explain why she's been the one most willing to contradict her own orders for what she sees as Fate's own good.
Also, Secundum is hilarious to watch.
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327 is out!
That was the quickest introduction-to-death-in-X-pages I've ever seen in this manga...
Ugh... and now I can't even hate Fate's coffee-drinking ways... DAMN YOU AND YOUR SYMPATHETIC CHARACTERS AT ALL LEVELS, AKAMATSU!
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And now we're back with Chapter 328
Akamatsu is a teasing bastard, really. Still, it took him long enough to get to this point.
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About... Freaking... Time!
(I was starting to think this was DragonBall...)
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And here's Chapter 329.
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330's up
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About freaking time you showed up...
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Is that Libera Me From Hell I hear?
I think I just heard Libera Me From Hell start up...
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