History Manga / UQHolder

[[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Six decades ago]], the existence of magic was disclosed upon Earthlings, though few are able to use it well. Touta Konoe, a teenage boy living in a small village, has heard of it, but cannot cast spells. When it becomes clear that his teacher Yukihime is quite familiar with magic, he tries to learn it from her, but is rebuffed. He and his friends then meet another teacher who passes along a surefire way to beat Yukihime with the use of a magic bracelet and a few binding spells. However, he turns out to be a bounty hunter after Yukihime -- who is secretly Evangeline Athanasia Katherine [=McDowell=], an infamous vampire sorceress with a massive bounty on her head, but also one of the people instrumental in the disclosure of magic, as well as an ally of the late Negi Springfield. After he nearly kills both her and Touta, [[EmergencyTransformation Touta drinks the blood of Yukihime/Evangeline and becomes an immortal like her]] in order to gain the power to stop the assassin. Though she apologizes to Touta, he refuses to believe that she has done anything wrong, or that immortality is a curse, and together they set out into the future.

->''"Immortality isn't as good as it sounds. It can be quite harsh on you, you know. [...] What kind of fate... is this? This is a story of such people, who ended up being so trivial."''

Following the end of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', the existence of magic eventually becomes widely known in the world, though few are able to use it well. Touta Konoe, a young teen living in a small out of the way village, has heard of it, but cannot cast spells himself. When it becomes clear that his teacher Yukihime is quite familiar with magic, he tries to learn it from her, but is rebuffed. He and his friends then meet another teacher who passes along a surefire way to beat Yukihime with the use of a magic bracelet and a few binding spells. However, he turns out to be a bounty hunter after Yukihime, who is secretly Evangeline A.K. [=McDowell=], an infamous vampire sorceress with a massive bounty on her head. After he nearly kills both her and Touta, [[EmergencyTransformation Touta drinks the blood of Yukihime and becomes an immortal like her]] in order to gain the power to stop the assassin. Though Yukihime apologizes to Touta, he refuses to believe that she has done anything wrong or that immortality is a curse and together they set out into the future.

* ALightInTheDistance: See [[http://i.imgur.com/cl0snkM.jpg this picture here]]. Eva enjoyed her time with Class 3-A, but time passes, she slowly outlives everyone else and grows tired of life, as the panels get darker and darker. However, as she walks on, she sees [[http://i.imgur.com/3ADozj1.jpg a light in the distance]] and [[HopeSpot new people waiting for her]].

* HotTeacher: Yukihime's first appearance is a shot of her rear, with her students mentioning that they never get tired of seeing it.

* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Touta doesn't put much stock in the 'living forever sucks' line of thought.
* {{Magitek}}: It's stated that {{Muggles}} who can't use magic on their own can purchase what are basically magical iphone apps that allow the use of simple spells.
* MeaningfulName:

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi]] is apparently dead, and the rest of Ala Alba is implied to be the same. Whether this is relevant to the backstory or is simply a byproduct of the series being set so far in the future is unknown.
* TimeSkip: The series takes place in the 2060's some 50-60 years after ''Negima''
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The series is set in the 2060's.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: Magic was finally revealed to the world at large ten years before the beginning of the series.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: According to Yukihime, immortality eventually becomes a curse. She appears to have outlived most of the original Negima cast, leaving her alone once again. She's even left ''Chachazero'' behind.

* ALightInTheDistance: See [[http://i.imgur.com/cl0snkM.jpg this picture here]]. Eva enjoyed her time with class 3-A, but time passes, she slowly outlives everyone else and grows tired of life, as the panels get darker and darker. However, as she walks on, she sees [[http://i.imgur.com/3ADozj1.jpg a light in the distance]] and [[HopeSpot new people waiting for her]].

* Timeskip: The series takes place in the 2060's some 50-60 years after ''Negima''

* {{Immortality}}: An important theme as early as the first few pages. A clear line is drawn between immortality and ''[[NighInvulnerable invulnerability]]''. The implication is that there are immortal beings that can still be ''killed''.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: According to Yukihime, immortality eventually becomes a curse. She appears to have outlived most of the original Negima cast, leaving her alone once again.

* {{Immortality}}: An important theme as early as the first few pages. Vampires are TheAgeless with a really good HealingFactor, but a clear line is still drawn between their form of immortality and ''[[NighInvulnerable invulnerability]]''. They can still be killed, as apparently happened to Negi in the backstory.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Negi is dead, and the rest of Ala Alba is implied to be the same. Whether this is relevant to the backstory or is simply a byproduct of the series being set so far in the future is unknown.

** Evangeline's alias, Yukihime, means "Snow Princess". Fitting, given [[DefrostingIceQueen how Evangeline acts.]]

* MeaningfulName: 悠久 is written inside UQ in the title. Both UQ and 悠久 are pronounced Yūkyū. 悠久 is the Japanese word for ''Eternity''. Eva's monologue at the beginning suggests that this is a story about people who achieved immortality and now live forever.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Negi is dead, and the rest of Ala Alba is implied to be the same.

* MeaningfulName: In the title, 悠久 is written inside UQ and is pronounced Yūkyū. ''Yūkyū'' is the Japanese word for ''Eternity''. Eva's monologue at the beginning suggests that this is a story about people who achieved immortality and now live forever.

* ArcWords: "Keep moving forward" and "a little bit of courage is the real magic," the ArcWords from ''Negima'', show up here as well.

* MeaningfulName: UQ can be pronounced Yūkyū. ''Yūkyū'' is the Japanese word for ''eternal''. Eva's monologue at the beginning suggests that this is a story about people who achieved immortality and now live forever.

''UQ Holder'' is a sequel to the popular canceled manga series ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' by Ken Akamatsu taking place after the resolution of the former story. The story began serialization in late August of 2013.

->''"Immortality isn't as good as it sounds. It can be quite harsh, you know. [...] What kind of fate... is this? This is a story of such people, who ended up being so trivial."''

Following the end of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', the existence of magic eventually becomes widely known in the world, though few are able to use it well. Touta Konoe, a young teen living in a small out of the way village, has heard of it but cannot cast spells himself. When it becomes clear that his teacher Yukihime is quite familiar with magic, he tries to learn it from her but is rebuffed. He and his friends then meet another teacher who passes along a surefire way to beat Yukihime with the use of a magic bracelet and a few binding spells. However, he turns out to be a bounty hunter after Yukihime, who is secretly Evangeline A.K. [=McDowell=], an infamous vampire sorceress with a massive bounty on her head. After he nearly kills both her and Touta, [[EmergencyTransformation Touta drinks the blood of Yukihime and becomes an immortal like her]] in order to gain the power to stop the assassin. Though Yukihime apologizes to Touta, he refuses to believe that she has done anything wrong or that immortality is a curse and together they set out into the future.

* RRatedOpening: The first chapter involves Yukihime/Evangeline being rather graphically chopped to pieces by a bounty hunter. Needless to say, Akamatsu is making it clear from the start that this isn't a LoveHina clone.

->''"Immortality isn't as good as it sounds. It can be quite harsh, you know. [...] What kind of fate... is this? This is a story of such people, who ended up being trivial."''

Following the end of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', the existence of magic eventually become widely known in the world, though few are able to use it well. Touta Konoe, a young teen living in a small out of the way village, has heard of it but cannot cast spells himself. When it becomes clear that his teacher Yukihime is quite familiar with magic, he tries to learn it from her but is rebuffed. He and his friends then meet another teacher who passes along a surefire way to beat Yukihime with the use of a magic bracelet and a few binding spells. However, he turns out to be a bounty hunter after Yukihime, who is secretly Evangeline A.K. [=McDowell=], an infamous vampire sorceress with a massive bounty on her head. After he nearly kills both her and Touta, [[EmergencyTransformation Touta drinks the blood of Yukihime and becomes an immortal like her]] in order to gain the power to stop the assassin. Though Yukihime apologizes to Touta, he refuses to believe that she has done anything wrong or that immortality is a curse and together they set out into the future.

* CoolBigSis: Yukihime/Evangeline is this to Touta

* MeaningfulName: "UQ" can be pronounced ''Yūkyū''. Yūkyū is the Japanese word for ''eternal''. Eva's monologue at the beginning suggests that this is a story about people who achieved immortality and now live forever.

* DeathByOriginStory: Both of Touta's parents are dead from a car accident two years before the start of the series. They were apparently members of the Konoe family, but it's not clear what their precise relationship to Konoka (children, cousins, adopted children, etc) was.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Both of Touta's parents are dead from a car accident two years before the start of the series. They were apparently members of the Konoe family, but it's not clear what their precise relationship to Konoka (children, cousins, adopted children, etc) was.

* EmergencyTransformation: Touta is forced to drink the blood of Evangeline in order to save her, himself and his four friends in the first chapter.