Negima: Hour 200

[Bob Schroeck]

Oh, my god. Ku Fei is a Chinese Amazon.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Now we just need to come up with a reason why Nerima and Qinghai are exempt from the Masquerade...

--Sam

"No more splainin'!"

[robkelk]

Now we just need to come up with a reason why Nerima and Qinghai are exempt from the Masquerade...

Are you going to tell that many combat-trained mages "no", even if they are still unAwakened?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Do you think it's a deliberate shout-out to Ranma?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

I wouldn't put it past Akamatsu...

--Sam

"SPOON!"

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

This guy's been in like two panels and I already want to punch all his teeth down his throat.

And it only gets worse from there. GAAAAH. >.

[ordnance11]

Why do I see elements of a Xanatos gambit being played out ?
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[robkelk]

Why do I see elements of a Xanatos gambit being played out ?

I don't believe Negi's that devious...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Okay, who was supposed to be keeping track of the http://www.aquastar-anime.net/]AquaStar releases?

Their takes on 231, 232, 233, 234, and 235 are up, and nobody thought to go check for them...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

*raises hand sheepishly* In my defense, 233-235 were all posted today.

While we're going over such things, I should note that the Del Rey translation is up to volume 22. I was very disappointed by 20 and 21, which were made
by a new team that could not even transliterate the Latin correctly -- I'm sorry, Negi's signature spell is NOT "Sagita Magita Seris Lukis!"
-- but 22 has picked up the slack nicely.

--Sam

"How the hell did I do that?"

[ordnance11]

robkelk wrote:

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Why do I see elements of a Xanatos gambit being played out ?

I don't believe Negi's that devious...

Did I say it was him?

Besides, his fight with Rakham showed he can match Lelouch if he puts his mind to it.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[NotDavies]

Another week, another chapter ...

[ordnance11]

Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:

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Well, my point is that every one of Albireo's 12+ "dead" Pactio cards had the exact same picture as his "live" contract with Nagi,
and Word Of Ken has said (IIRC) that any Pactio with a given Minister would produce the same artifact and you can only activate one contract at a time in any
case.




So this is a touch odd here. We'll have to see what it actually does.




And I'm really hoping they're just wrong about Negi's mom... my money is still on the amnesiac-infantized-Nagi theory.




--Sam


"This is graveness."

Rackham's backstory makes it more that Nagi has become Anakin Skywalker and Negi is Luke (heck ,the intro of his movies is a shoutout to 20th
Century Fox)...or should it be the other way around?
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Rackham?

I'll grant you, it's an interesting take on his name. "Jack Rackham" does sound better than "Jack Rakan," but is it correct?

--Sam

"How the hell did I do that?"

[ordnance11]

Eh, it is Rakan.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

C'mon,
revelations! Don't hold out on us, Jack!

...Eishun's apprentice?! That's one.

"The founding Aoyama clan"! Hee.

...Oh holy CRAP. The little kid was HIM. No, wait, this is a third little kid? Lurker confused.

This is getting interesting. Interestinger. More... you know!

--Sam

"How the hell did I do that?"

[robkelk]

"The founding Aoyama clan"! Hee.

Have to justify the crossover doujinshi somehow...

...Oh holy CRAP. The little kid was HIM. No, wait, this is a third little kid? Lurker confused.

Of course we need a third little kid! Somebody has to be Negi's opponent after he defeats his current opposition.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Invited to
a ball! Nothing could possibly go wrong there.

"Truly, the world is unfair..." Truer words were never spoken. Anyone remember the most wanted harem anime stars poster?

...Arika was... wha? Guh? Gaaaaah.

Negi's mom or not, someone needs to die HORRIBLY for that one.

And a blatant inconsistency noted! Yeah, something ain't kosher here.

AND FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICES THE DAMN WORLD MAP. I was really expecting it to be Yue, but she's still offsides...

Another skip week coming. >.

[NotDavies]

Relax. It's explicitly stated that, if she was Negi's mom -- and people who seem to know the score are at least implying that she was -- then she
couldn't have been ... well, you know.

So my new theory, that Arika became Nekane, is starting to look up.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Well, yeah, that was the blatant inconsistency. But even the frame alone, execution or no, is just nasty.

--Sam

"Blood covers The City like a big red afghan."

[al103]

>Well, yeah, that was the blatant inconsistency.

And the fact that Nagi died 10 years ago and saved Negi 6 years ago is not? Heh.

[ordnance11]

page nine...Nodoka's all grown up!. If you compare her at the start of the manga.

So..Chao was telling the truth?..what is then? Not a John Carter Mars definitely.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

My guess is that Mundus Magicus is Mars, heavily cloaked to make it appear a lifeless desert from orbit (and, presumably, all the probes that actually managed
to land have been enchanted to back up that claim). If Fate's crew succeeds in stripping all the magic from the world (and that seems to be what they want
Asuna for), Mars will be revealed as its true self... and there'll be one hell of a new space race, with Terran governments easily subduing the now
powerless locals. Leading to Chao's future.

Exactly why Cosmoentelechia would want this remains to be seen.

--Sam

"Water. People swim... in water!"

[Berk]

Magic, like any other energy, has to go somewhere.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead

[ordnance11]

Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:

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My guess is that Mundus Magicus is Mars, heavily cloaked to make it appear a lifeless desert from orbit (and, presumably, all the probes that actually
managed to land have been enchanted to back up that claim). If Fate's crew succeeds in stripping all the magic from the world (and that seems to be what
they want Asuna for), Mars will be revealed as its true self... and there'll be one hell of a new space race, with Terran governments easily subduing the
now powerless locals. Leading to Chao's future.




Exactly why Cosmoentelechia would want this remains to be seen.




--Sam


"Water. People swim... in water!"

Okay..A full Martian year (revolution around the sun) is the equivalent of 687 earth days..roughly a ratio of 1.88. Call it roughly 2 years.
Now..that would explain some of the time anamolies. If the Nagi went over to the Magical world when either the A-bomb deployed or H-bomb was tested (I'd
say the 50's when the H-bomb was tested). Arika was supposedly executed 18 years ago (Martian or Terran?). If its Martian, that would had been 9-10
terrestial years ago. Around the time that Negi was born. So, Arika's death was faked and the Nagi and her relocated to earth. So what would Asuna's
true age be?
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell