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** And [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly Good Foreign Languages]], at that. Read the furigana pronunciation guides during incantation to see just how good.
** Though you have to question why in the world the [[spoiler:Magic World]] decided that "Nagi Springfield" should be written "Nagius Springfieldes," as seen on Negi's room door at [[spoiler:Ostia arena]]
** Though you have to question why in the world the [[spoiler:Magic World]] decided that "Nagi Springfield" should be written "Nagius Springfieldes," as seen on Negi's room door at [[spoiler:Ostia arena]]
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* GagBoobs: Many of Negi's students have proportionately massive boobs that they [[MarshmallowHell sandwich Negi's head in between]] whenever they tightly hug him.
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* HiddenEyes: After [[spoiler:Asuna's tragically unexpected and sudden death]] at the [[GeckoEnding end]] of the first animated adaption, Konoka is shown sitting alone, her bangs obscuring her eyes and the rest of her face a near-blank.
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* InnocentCohabitation:
** Negi moves in with Konoka and Asuna at the beginning of the manga. He's a kid, so they don't mind once Asuna drops the 'I hate little kids' thing.
** Kotaro lives with Chizuru, Natsumi and Ayaka mostly because at least Chizuru (and maybe even Natsumi) won't let him go. He rather likes having a family for once.
** Negi moves in with Konoka and Asuna at the beginning of the manga. He's a kid, so they don't mind once Asuna drops the 'I hate little kids' thing.
** Kotaro lives with Chizuru, Natsumi and Ayaka mostly because at least Chizuru (and maybe even Natsumi) won't let him go. He rather likes having a family for once.
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* GroupHug: During an early chapter, several of Negi's students hug him simultaneously and sandwich his head in between their boobs again as they do so, also providing the TropeNamer moment for MarshmallowHell.
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* GagBoobs: Many of Negi's students have proportionately massive boobs that they [[MarshmallowHell sandwich Negi's head in between]] whenever they tightly hug him.
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* GreenLanternRing: Four examples:
** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[ArtInitiatesLife generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[TimeMachine time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the OneHitKill TimeTravel bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The series operates on this trope, as none of the villains (save perhaps [[PsychoLesbian Tsukuyomi]]) are outright evil and often have understandable justifications for their motives, even if their actions might say otherwise. The main crux around Negi's growth as a character is that the concepts of good and evil aren't set in stone, and sometimes the person you're opposing might actually have very good reasons for doing what they do. For example, he hesitates when fighting Chao because the goal she's ultimately striving is for noble, even if her methods are not. Negi eventually decides to declare ''himself'' the villain in order to shed his hesitation in fighting her. When he defeats Chao and later [[spoiler:Fate]] he devises his own methods into achieving their goals without the collateral damage their plans would've incurred.
** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[ArtInitiatesLife generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[TimeMachine time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the OneHitKill TimeTravel bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The series operates on this trope, as none of the villains (save perhaps [[PsychoLesbian Tsukuyomi]]) are outright evil and often have understandable justifications for their motives, even if their actions might say otherwise. The main crux around Negi's growth as a character is that the concepts of good and evil aren't set in stone, and sometimes the person you're opposing might actually have very good reasons for doing what they do. For example, he hesitates when fighting Chao because the goal she's ultimately striving is for noble, even if her methods are not. Negi eventually decides to declare ''himself'' the villain in order to shed his hesitation in fighting her. When he defeats Chao and later [[spoiler:Fate]] he devises his own methods into achieving their goals without the collateral damage their plans would've incurred.
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** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[ArtInitiatesLife generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[TimeMachine time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the OneHitKill TimeTravel bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
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* HumiliatingWager: At the SchoolFestival's TournamentArc, Albireo makes a bet with Evangeline where he'll give up valuable information about Asuna and Nagi if Setsuna wins against Asuna, but if Setsuna loses, he'll force Evangeline to go into her next match while wearing an embarrassing CatGirl cosplay that comes with glasses and a SchoolSwimsuit. After Eva wins the bet, Albireo tells her he was going to give her the information even if Setsuna lost; [[{{Troll}} he just wanted to see her freaking out at the chance of losing and being publicly humiliated.]]
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* GenreShift: Trope picture. The later chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as ''Manga/LoveHina'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. After the Magical World arc, it goes back to the old hijinks and then skips all the supposed action to tell a DistantFinale.
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* GenreShift: Trope picture. The later chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as ''Manga/LoveHina'' [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. After the Magical World arc, it goes back to the old hijinks and then skips all the supposed action to tell a DistantFinale.
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* HadakaApron: Setsuna's [[SchoolgirlLesbians yuritastic]] 'Cosmo Entelechia' dreamworld features Konoka in this.
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* IWillFindYou: Negi wants to find his father someday.
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* IWillFindYou: Negi wants to find his father someday.someday.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: A non-lethal example. Yue offers to let Negi go on ahead to defeat Chao on his own since she's not particularly useful to him in this scenario. He wants her to stay to listen to her reasoning on how to deal with Chao and after he does, he leaves her behind.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: A non-lethal example. Yue offers to let Negi go on ahead to defeat Chao on his own since she's not particularly useful to him in this scenario. He wants her to stay to listen to her reasoning on how to deal with Chao and after he does, he leaves her behind.
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* {{Imageboards}}: During the Tournament arc, magical and scientific spam/rumor-bots compete with each other on 2ch(an?) over {{masquerade}}-breaking combat footage.
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* GiantMedicalSyringe: Ako's Artifact is a massive syringe (the needle alone is noted to be ''1.8 cm wide'') that can bestow effects like boosting her allies abilities or messing with an enemy's sense of direction. [[AssShove Oh, and it has to be injected through the butt.]]
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Chachamaru's mana refueling gives her physical pleasure, so when Negi goes overboard [[spoiler:she clearly has the robot equivalent of an orgasm.]] Much later, Evangeline walks in on her refueling herself [[spoiler:while fantasizing about Negi. Gee, [[ADateWithRosiePalms wonder what that's supposed to be.]]]]
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* GainaxEnding: Sort of, in the manga. The manga concluded with a rushed sequence that felt more like a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue than an ending. Many dangling threads were indeed tied up, but far from satisfactorily, and the central driver for much of the action -- Negi's search for his father -- is ''resolved off-screen, between chapters and never explained.'' Also, several things offhandedly mentioned in the girls' epilogue paragraphs are definitely going to raise some eyebrows, like an offscreen future war against Mars.
* GambitPileup: We still don't see it yet but from the looks of things, there's a ton of key players that are in here. Ala Alba (Negi's group) may turn out to be {{Unwitting Pawn}}s or the SpannerInTheWorks.
** [[spoiler: They turn out to be neither, and go about their own agenda, despite attempts by multiple groups.]]
* GatlingGood: Haruna took the liberty of tricking out the [[spoiler:MobileSuitHuman she created for Sayo]] with, among other things, chest-mounted gatling guns. Later on, she gets the privilege of manning a minigun mounted on Haruna's airship.
%% * GeckoEnding: The sudden and MoodWhiplash-laden ending to the original anime.
* GeniusBookClub: Yue's often seen with rather advanced books, often dealing with philosophy.
* GenreSavvy:
** Chisame and Haruna both fit this trope, though Chisame expresses it more, predicting the paths of various other characters in regards to love with Negi.
** A lot of characters dabble in this on occasion whenever there's talk of their roles as main and side characters.
* GenreShift: Trope picture. The later chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as ''Manga/LoveHina'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. After the Magical World arc, it goes back to the old hijinks and then skips all the supposed action to tell a DistantFinale.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
** Asuna delivers one to Setsuna during the Kyoto trip.
** Yue to Negi during the Mahora Festival trouble when he's empathizing too much with Chao and risking hesitation at a critical moment.
** When Yue gets outed about liking Negi to Nodoka, she starts panicking, babbling and humiliating herself so that Nodoka won't hate her. She gets slapped and told to calm down: If love triangles are difficult, then Nodoka doesn't want to have to lose a friend on top of all the other heartache.
** Later, when [[spoiler:Magea Erebea is running out of control]] there comes a conga line of people slapping Negi to make him regain his senses. Rakan does it [[spoiler:after briefly willing his body back into existence]] and Chisame does it twice, once when [[spoiler:he's about to kill Godel]] and later after he thinks [[spoiler:he killed Shiori.]]
** When [[spoiler:Princess Arika]] started getting too emotional and suggesting [[spoiler:Nagi leave her in a pit of monsters to atone for her crimes]], he headbutted her and asked her to elope instead.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: As an expression of gratitude for saving Negi and his students at the end of Volume 8, Kotaro is formally freed and is now free to hang around with Negi. It also helps that he has already performed a HeelFaceTurn.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Chachamaru's mana refueling gives her physical pleasure, so when Negi goes overboard [[spoiler:she clearly has the robot equivalent of an orgasm.]] Much later, Evangeline walks in on her refueling herself [[spoiler:while fantasizing about Negi. Gee, [[ADateWithRosiePalms wonder what that's supposed to be.]]]]
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* GiantFlyer: One of the most effective uses of Haruna's power is to create a flying manta ray thing.
* GiantSpider: Kotaro rides one for his fight against Negi and Asuna, but the latter quickly unsummons it with her artifact.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In the early-chapters, Negi ventures to the lair of Evangeline, an ancient Vampire and infamous 1000 year old mass-murderer (with the appearance of a 10 year old little girl) at the request of her servant Chachamaru, to look after her after she caught the flu. To his surprise, instead of a cobweb covered catacomb littered with skulls, he finds a brightly beautiful room filled with adorable toy animals and glowring with warm innocence. This is a glimpse into the psyche of Evangeline (who was turned into an immortal at ''ten''), hinting that she ''still'' wants to be an innocent and happy little girl again in spite of living ten centuries of blood, violence, cynicism and hate.
* GiveHerANormalLife: [[spoiler:Asuna - Ala Rubra rescued her and had her travel around with them for awhile so that she could have a somewhat more normal life. After the death of Gateau Vandenburg, Takamichi wiped her memory somehow and enrolled her in Mahora to complete the process. She succeeded to have a normal life from then on, but then Fate ruined things.]]
* GiveHimANormalLife: Turns out that this is part of the reason that Negi ended up living with his cousin. [[spoiler:As a war hero, his father made enemies that still hold a grudge on him for foiling their plans. And when your mother gets wrongfully accused for starting a war, then escapes her execution by [[FakingTheDead faking her death]], it's probably best for you that you don't hang around her. Or live in [[MagicWorld her home world]].]] Just look at [[DoomedHometown his hometown]] [[AncientConspiracy when they]] [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive found where he lives]]...
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: When Nodoka activates ''Comptina Daemonia'' to find out [[IKnowYourTrueName the names of her adversaries]]. Something awesome usually occurs immediately after.
* GivingUpTheGhost: When Negi is training with Rakan, Rakan tells him to use his strongest attack on him so he can estimate how tough he is. When Negi does and it hurts more than he expected, Rakan hits him back so hard that this ends up happening.
* GladiatorGames: Negi and Kotaro enter several gladiator tournaments in the Magic World.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Chisame takes off her glasses whenever she becomes her CosplayOtakuGirl alter ego Chiu. They also have a tendency to come off when she tries to make a serious point.
* TheGlomp: More examples than you could possibly list.
* GodivaHair: Most of the female characters, [[BarbieDollAnatomy Akamatsu-sensei being who he is]].
* GogglesDoNothing: Negi's pince-nez glasses, too small to work, sometimes absent, never commented on ever.
* GoGoEnslavement: Captured girls tend to end up in skimpy fetish outfits, especially Asuna. With Wilhelm he says he wanted to set the mood properly for Negi's heroic rescue while [[spoiler:with Fate Averruncus]] he probably didn't even realize how weird the clothing is [[spoiler:since it seems to be just a grown up version of the formal attire she wore when used as a weapon before.]]
* GoingCommando: During the Kyoto arc, Asuna has to find new clothes after the ones she wore were turned to stone and shattered (she herself was immune to the effect). She is midway through a fight with a massive army of demons when one of them remark on her boldness, and she realizes in panic that she forgot one particular article.
* GoldfishScoopingGame: Negi and Asuna play it during their Chapter 77 date. Asuna isn't too good at this so Negi tries to help her... but this being ''Negima'', he grabs her where he shouldn't and they end up in a position strangely resembling a certain infamous two-digit number.
* GoodVersusGood: Most arcs end up being this in some form or another, as almost every antagonist turns out to have a rather justifiably heroic motivation, although their methods are usually uncomfortably pragmatic. The exception is PsychoForHire [[CombatSadomasochist Tsukuyomi]], who's just a mercenary hired by a group who have great qualms about her but can't afford to turn down her service.
* GrandFinale:
** The GeckoEnding of ''Negima!'', that is. According to Akamatsu-sensei at that time, he was only about halfway through the manga story line.
** The manga also qualifies, for the same reason.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Not just [[GratuitousEnglish English]], but [[GratuitousLatin Latin]]... and [[GratuitousGreek Greek]]... and ''Sanskrit''...
** And [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly Good Foreign Languages]], at that. Read the furigana pronunciation guides during incantation to see just how good.
** Though you have to question why in the world the [[spoiler:Magic World]] decided that "Nagi Springfield" should be written "Nagius Springfieldes," as seen on Negi's room door at [[spoiler:Ostia arena]]
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Yue's artifact, Orbis Sensualium Pictus, is a book containing all information on magic, including spells, items, beasts, and even artifacts. The fact that it's a magic artifact conveniently removes the Great Big part of trope, condensing it into a small book. It also has access to classified information, which is quite valuable.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: The school library; both lampshaded and played straight. It's a city-sized underground library so massive that Mahora actually has a school club dedicated to exploring it.
* GreatOffscreenWar: Twenty years before the start of the series, the three big nations of the Magic World went into a global conflict known as the Great Mage War. Negi's father and his group participated in it, but the flashbacks only show glimpses of their battles and the aftermath of the war when the FloatingContinent of Ostia collapsed.
* {{Greed}}: Every time Chamo makes a successful pactio, he gets fifty thousand ermine dollars. No wonder he keeps pushing Negi towards making more.
* GreenLanternRing: Four examples:
** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[ArtInitiatesLife generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[TimeMachine time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the OneHitKill TimeTravel bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The series operates on this trope, as none of the villains (save perhaps [[PsychoLesbian Tsukuyomi]]) are outright evil and often have understandable justifications for their motives, even if their actions might say otherwise. The main crux around Negi's growth as a character is that the concepts of good and evil aren't set in stone, and sometimes the person you're opposing might actually have very good reasons for doing what they do. For example, he hesitates when fighting Chao because the goal she's ultimately striving is for noble, even if her methods are not. Negi eventually decides to declare ''himself'' the villain in order to shed his hesitation in fighting her. When he defeats Chao and later [[spoiler:Fate]] he devises his own methods into achieving their goals without the collateral damage their plans would've incurred.
* GroinAttack: When Setsuna stumbles across an 'enemy' (Negi) in the bath, she instantly goes for the groin attack. This becomes a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when she realises who it actually is.
* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: Hakase is impressed that Chachamaru not only punched her out, but started developing emotions and feelings such as love.
* GunFu: Do ''not'' mess with Mana.
* HackerCave: Chisame's {{Magitek}} pactio item can create a perfect hacking space for her inside a Tron-like area complete with surrounding screens, numerous floating keyboards and seven electronic helpers. Her own room surrounded by monitors probably also counts.
* HadakaApron: Setsuna's [[SchoolgirlLesbians yuritastic]] 'Cosmo Entelechia' dreamworld features Konoka in this.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: When [[spoiler:Quartum awoke after Fate was knocked unconscious]] he instantly headed for the attacker's position [[spoiler:cut Chachamaru in half and stabbed her with a flaming spear, the latter of which nearly hit her AI core and killed her.]] Right before things get even worse [[spoiler:Negi awakens, bursts into the scene and stomps all over him,]] cutting ''him'' in half as a bit of karmic punishment [[spoiler:though this is no more fatal than what happened to Chachamaru.]]
* HammerSpace: Used constantly, especially because the pactios allow the partners to summon "artifacts" out of nowhere. Also used for {{Hyperspace Arsenal}}s such as Mana's, and Setsuna's wings.
* HammerspaceHideaway: Kaede's Artifact is a cloak (essentially a flat piece of tattered cloth) that can hide several people inside... it does have a fully furnished house in there after all.
* HandBehindHead: Many characters do this when they become embarrassed.
* HandsOnApproach: During Negi's and Asuna's practice date, Kamo [[DatePeepers spies on them]] to make sure all goes "well". After a rocky start, it finally looks like they're having some harmless fun with the GoldfishScoopingGame until Kamo decides that he's having none of that and telepathically tells Negi to invoke this. A very hesitant Negi reluctantly does so, causing [[LuminescentBlush awkwardness for both parties]].
* HarmfulToMinors:
** When Negi was a little, he indulged in self destructive behavior, believing that if he was in enough danger his father would come save him. Nothing happened and he eventually gave up, after which his entire village was burned and the inhabitants petrified by a demon.
** Asuna's example is perhaps more psychologically devastating [[spoiler:since she was used as a human weapon for over a century when she was still mentally and physically a little girl, burning out all her emotions. She was forced to make an entire country fall from the sky and of the people that finally rescued her, one died in front of her and another vanished.]]
* HarmlessFreezing: Asuna gets encased in a block of ice and recovers within minutes. Even Eva is impressed.
* HarshWordImpact: When Chisame tries to cling to [[spoiler:Yuuna being normal]] Takane contradicts her with ''It's the truth!'', a statement which seems to impale her.
* HealingHands: Since magic is usually distributed from the hands, this is a given. Konoka uses these whenever she uses her healing magic.
* {{Heaven}}: According to the Cosmo Entelecheia wielders of the Code of the Lifemaker, those dissolved by it go to a garden where they meet all their loved ones. Also, humans (or those not born of the Magic World) leave a body behind. For some reason, this reassurance makes him all the more creepier.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Asuna gets teased often about her relationship with Negi and nobody is convinced by her denials.
* HermeticMagic: And traditional Japanese magic, too -- an almost unheard-of combination at the time the series first appeared.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Negi, after he almost killed Shiori]].
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Evangeline at her best. At her worst she is a bloodsucker or SociopathicHero.
* HeroicWillpower: Although Negi certainly qualifies, Rakan takes the cake. The man willed himself into ''existing.'' [[spoiler: '''TWICE!''']]
** This seems to be the secret behind Rakan's power: Every once in a while (such as [[spoiler:when he takes Negi's point-blank Thunder Tempest and Nagi's Thousand Bolts]]) he uses the silent incantation "Willpower Defense" to survive things he really should ''not'' be able to survive. [[spoiler:The reason Negi's Titan Slayer attack is able to stun him even briefly is that it was delivered at the end of a brutal series of attacks, so he didn't have time to muster his Willpower Defense.]] At least some of his endurance is due to [[spoiler:decades of combat experience]].
* HeroInsurance: Despite all the damage caused to Mahora Academy, nobody ever seems to pay for it. Taken even further in the Magic World, where Negi's fight with Kagetoro levels several buildings.
* HeroUnit: Lampshaded in the Battle of Mahora [[spoiler:with Chao's robots]]; referenced by name, even.
* HesBack: At one point in the Eva arc, he flies away believing the others, especially Asuna, are in danger because of his presence. He comes back after meeting Kaede, however.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: After Sayo joins the cast, she's rarely seen apart from Asakura since the two have become partners. They apparently form a close relationship easily since Asakura was seated next to her unknowingly all along.
* HeyYou:
** A lot of characters don't refer to Chamo by name. Evangeline more or less calls him "a thing" and Chisame called him "small animal".
** Kotaro never calls Yue by her name unless it's sarcastically. This gets turned around on him when Evangeline refers to him as a dog instead of his name.
* HideYourLesbians: Setsuna and Konoka are ''heavily'' implied to be lesbians, but it is never stated outright. [[spoiler:The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue states that both Setsuna and Konoka get married in 2017 and we see a picture of Setsuna holding Konoka [[BridalCarry bridal-style]], but it doesn't directly say that they married each other.]]
* HighAltitudeBattle: The climax of the [[SchoolFestival MahoraFest]] arc takes place a few thousand meters above the school.
* HighPressureBlood: With BloodFromTheMouth and outright TearsOfBlood from the beating.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Chisame was already a bit of a shut-in, but [[spoiler:the epilogue says she became a full-on hikikomori after graduation]].
* HiredHelpAsFamily: Setsuna was brought on as Konoka's bodyguard while they were young, but they quickly became good friends. However, when Konoka got into an accident and Setsuna was unable to save her, Setsuna decided that she couldn't properly protect her if she was treating her as an equal; Konoka, however, just wanted her friend back. Ultimately over the course of the manga they manage to regain their friendship and eventually get married.
* HitMeDammit: When the false Takahata engages in a fight with Asuna and Yue backing her up, the latter dares him to hit her if he has the stones to since she's his former student. He's more than happy to oblige. As Yue recovers from the hit, she surmises that the Takahata they're fighting is a fake since [[BluffTheImpostor he would never do that]].
* HitodamaLight: The ghost Aisaka Sayo usually ''isn't'' wreathed in hitodama, but can produce them if needed.
* HollywoodHacking: Averted -- however [[ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation flashy]] Sceptrum Virtuale may be, Chisame never does something a real-life hacker wouldn't do. She still does [[RapidFireTyping type unreasonably quickly]] and on two keyboards at once, though.
* HomoeroticSubtext:
** The story really plays up the Negi/Fate subtext during the Magic World finale [[spoiler:and after.]]
** Yue has a lot of subtext with Emily Sevensheep and Colette, which makes her uncomfortable at one point, though Emily doesn't seem to notice what her concern is. Volume 0 has a lot of fun with this one and Haruna seems awfully amused as well. There are also hints of this with Nodoka as well, who is more than happy to share Negi with Yue.
* HomosexualReproduction: Implied. [[spoiler:Asuna sees in the future two children who look like small copies of Konoka and Setsuna.]]
* HopeSpot:
** Chapter 311. The team's plan goes off with barely any trouble and they were able to [[spoiler: get Asuna and the Grand Master Key away from Fate in the middle of his ritual, only to find out Fate isn't the only averruncus Dynamis revived.]] Shit quickly hits the fan.
** Also Chapter 329. [[spoiler: Negi has finally defeated Fate and they are about to join forces, until the Lifemaker shoots both of them. Of course, [[BigDamnHero all the powerful characters that weren't present show up over the course of the next two chapters.]]]]
** Indeed ever since entering the Gravekeeper's Palace it's been pretty constant hope spots: [[spoiler: Even before most of the team could even get off the ship almost [[DiabolusExMachina everyone is wiped out by Poyo Rainyday's artifact]], [[DeusExMachina with a little help]] Negi manages get himself and his class out of Poyo's enchantment and starts tearing apart everything Cosmo Entelechia throws at him. After a protracted battle Al Alba gains enough of an [[HopeSpot advantage to have Negi continue onwards]], only for [[DiabolusExMachina him to get hit]], getting consumed by darkness, then TakenforGranite. Despite losing their leader, Al Alba decides to continue without Negi, and actually [[HopeSpot manages to accomplish their objectives]], only for things to fall apart when Al Alba gets [[DiabolusExMachina overwhelmed by extra Averuncuses]], luckily Negi revives with a MidSeasonUpgrade to boot, and with the help of a HeelFaceTurn and Fate's wanting to defeat Al Alba on his own terms, the [[HopeSpot new Averuncuses get quickly taken out]], but Fate quickly reverses any gains Al Alba had made without its leader. Now Negi finally gets to fight Fate on top of the tower and [[HopeSpot manages to befriend him]], who wants to bet that Diabolus is on it's way?]]
*** [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina It is.]] [[OhCrap ENTER THE LIFEMAKER!]] [[ArmyOfTheAges Plus everyone he has ever created.]]]]
* HotSpringsEpisode: Mostly ''sento'' episodes, though Negi and Kotaro did create one for Asuna once. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, this was during her training with Eva. Eva was so furious she threw her back out into the polar blizzard she'd just escaped, wet and naked.]]
** There's also one for the Ala Rubra Drama CD. It also involves Eishun's glasses.
* HumongousMecha: The sealed demons under Mahora Academy certain resemble these. One even gets compared to a [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundam]].
* HundredPercentCompletion: [[spoiler:Negi making contracts with everyone in his class in both ''Negima!'' and ''Negima!?'', sometimes called the "Mass Pactio" by fans.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind:
** Setsuna is a half-demon who specializes in anti-demonic arts.
** Also [[spoiler:Mana]], who occasionally does exterminations with her, is also a half-demon.
* HybridMonster: Some of the demons summoned in the Kyoto Arc are hybrids, as well as some denizens of the Mundus Magicus.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Referenced almost by name in chapter 276, when [[spoiler: Mana uses an unincanted spell to reload her [[GunsAkimbo Desert Eagles]]]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Negi for a long time. He believes that,"Our Magic is not omnipotent... a little bit of courage is the real magic", and yet throughout the series he keeps trying to get more and more magical power because unless he thinks he's stronger than his opponent he won't show any courage and/or confidence. Made even worse when you realize that he doesn't seem to think that the courage that his students and TrueCompanions show isn't worth much unless they have pactios or unless he's around to fight all their fights. Thankfully, right before [[spoiler: the final battle]] he finally learns to trust his comrades and take into account their courage and determination.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Haruna has a list, though we only hear one of the lines.
-->"I'm gonna say it!!! Number 8 on the list of "Lines I Want To Shout At Least Once In My Life"! [[spoiler:'''Fire Main Cannon!!!'''"]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Used by [[spoiler:Chao in the Battle of Mahora arc, when Negi negates her power, she reveals she actually ''can'' use magic.]] Also, in the final tournament battle in the Magic World arc, done by Negi no less than ''five times''.
* IAmYourOpponent:
** During a [[CookingDuel dramatic pillow fight]] Yue distracts others from pursuing Nodoka by declaring herself their opponent. Later and more seriously, [[spoiler:she pulls the line on a ''low level dragon'' and actually successfully knocks it unconscious briefly.]]
** Kaede intercepts Dynamis when he's after Nodoka and Setsuna backs her up, forcing him to retreat.
** Early in the magic world, Negi is sick from having too much mana in his body after Konoka flooded his system with it to heal his stab wound. Since he can't defend himself, Chachamaru steps up when a tiger dragon attacks. He passes out and when he wakes up she's scuffed and her clothing is damaged, but she's the winner.
* IdenticalPanelGag: Used a few times, like in chapter 200, when Setsuna is dead worried and suddenly switches from "OJOU-SAMA!!!" to "KONO-CHAN!!!".
** Or when [[spoiler:Ako Izumi]] reveals her artifact: a giant syringe that must be applied in the butt.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Fūka is the one with the GirlishPigtails, Fumika has the OdangoHair. Chances are, you'll mix them up anyway.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Chachamaru feels sexual pleasure when her magic is being recharged. It's normally not a big deal since Evangeline normally does it and is pretty stingy. Negi doesn't understand, so he isn't.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: "By Asuna".
* IdiotCrows: With Ayaka, of course.
** Rakan also gets them.
* IdiotHero: {{Invoked|Trope}} and subverted all to hell. Negi is notably ''not'' an idiot by any stretch of the word (well, except for his [[ChasteHero chastity]], but he's [[JustifiedTrope ten]]), and it is made perfectly clear throughout the series that he is a bona-fide genius. However, by thinking too much, he has time to worry and despair. TheRival, Kotaro, is very much an IdiotHero, explaining that Negi needs to learn how to act without thinking. In other words, he needs "[[ArcWords that little bit of courage]]." Or, in Negi's own words, "learn to be an idiot".
* IgnoredEnemy: When working with Kotaro, the pair tend to get distracted by their rivalry and ignore their opponents.
* IGotYouCovered:
** Setsuna With Negi during the Kyoto trip and later with [[spoiler:Konoka]].
** During Mahorafest Negi is on his way to the final battle with Chao when [[spoiler:mass produced Chachamaru lookalikes assault him with time delay bullets.]] Kotaro finally makes his appearance and takes over this particular battle.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Haruna Saotome.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: During Mahorafest, when Negi becomes the Kissing Terminator; played deadly straight in Ch. 285, when it's really more of a [[spoiler:We're Going To Beat The Crap Out Of You While Evangeline Helps You Seal Your Evil Side Fight]].
* IKnowYourTrueName: ''Comptina Daemonia'', an artifact Nodoka acquired during her stay in Mundus Magicus, was designed for this purpose. It will tell the true name of any person so long as she asks them for it.
* ILikeThoseOdds: As part of the big flashback, The hero is saving the princess; meanwhile, the rest of Ala Rubra has to hold off the forces overseeing the execution, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Head Mook''': Do I have the necessary forces? You Fool!. The guards for this event are more numerous than those you see here. There are two entire fleets stationed over a surrounding area of tens of kilometers, not to mention elite troops numbering around 3,000. You may be powerful, but even you cannot...\\
'''Jack Rakan''': Like I said. Are you seriously telling me you think that's gonna be enough?!
* IllKillYou: Done [[NightmareFuel terrifyingly]] during Godel's Ostian Ball, by someone you wouldn't really expect.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Shiori's sister, the ImpliedLoveInterest of [[AntiVillain Fate/Tertium]]. He does not take [[PsychoElectro Secundum]]'s erasure of her [[OffWithHisHead well]].]]
* {{Imageboards}}: During the Tournament arc, magical and scientific spam/rumor-bots compete with each other on 2ch(an?) over {{masquerade}}-breaking combat footage.
* ImageSong: Every song to date.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Imperium Graphices allows her to give life to any drawing -- just about ''anything''.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Chachamaru's mana recharging apparently 'feels good.' Negi is not one to be stingy or catch the subtext in what he's doing. End result? One very embarrassed (and apparently loud) robot.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: All immortal characters seem quite young. Evangeline is a kid, [[spoiler:the Lifemaker]] looks like a beautiful young adult of indeterminate gender and [[spoiler:Negi himself seems to stop aging at about fifteen]]. Godel is the only one who seems to look on the bright side of the latter, thinking about how awesome it would be to [[spoiler:be an immortal king.]]
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Well, Mahora ''is'' an all-girl school (at least the part of Mahora Negi is teaching in).
* InASingleBound: True flight is apparently pretty difficult, leaving characters like Asuna to use leaping techniques. Kotaro and Setsuna ''are'' capable of flight, but often still prefer jumps.
* InconvenientSummons: Early on, Negi summons Asuna to apologize to her... but she was in the shower at the time. And then Takamichi wandered by.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Fate's girls are, indubitably, for the most part, characters worth the sympathy of the reader, even if they are unflinchingly devoted to Fate… and yet it seems that they can never win any fight they participate in, even if Rakan isn't the opponent.
* InfoDrop: It has what appears to be a joke from one of the characters (later revealed as the arc's BigBad) when she [[spoiler:claims to be from Mars]]. Yeah, turns out that it wasn't a joke.
* InnocentCohabitation:
** Negi moves in with Konoka and Asuna at the beginning of the manga. He's a kid, so they don't mind once Asuna drops the 'I hate little kids' thing.
** Kotaro lives with Chizuru, Natsumi and Ayaka mostly because at least Chizuru (and maybe even Natsumi) won't let him go. He rather likes having a family for once.
* InnocentInnuendo:
** After being informed of a coming physical, Negi asks his students to take off their clothes.
** "Whip it out, boy!"
* InsistentTerminology: Kotaro insists that he's a lone wolf, not a dog demon.
* InstantArmor: Post Ariadne Yue can instantly summon some magic armor.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A dragon guards Ku:Nel's sanctuary beneath the school, and naturally there are several in the Magic World.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Chao and Hakase specialize in making these, and there's an entire department on campus dedicated to mecha.
* InstantBandages: Negi tends to produce these after he's been comically injured.
* InstantCosplaySurprise: During the Mahorafest Budokai, Asuna and Setsuna get dressed while distracted. They notice they're wearing PantyFighter gear.
* InstantRunes: Happens almost any time a fairly powerful spell is cast.
* InstantWebHit: The class page the girls create.
* InsufferableGenius: Nagi definitely counts, if "possibly the strongest man in existence" counts as genius. After all, he once told his son: "I can understand your feelings of admiration for this young, accomplished, yet super cool genius and undefeatable father who was also a hero..."
* InterClassRomance: Konoka is basically a princess. Setsuna is adopted from a clan that threw her out and works as a bodyguard.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Konoka and Setsuna are clearly paired off. One is a human, the other is half tengu.
** Kotaro views her mostly as a sister, but Natsumi is obviously crushing on him [[spoiler:and they eventually get married after Natsumi stalks him for years.]]
* InternalReveal: The audience knows all along that the boy Ako falls in love with is really Negi [[OvernightAgeUp magically aged up]], but she doesn't find out until over 100 chapters later. Cue ShowerOfAngst.
* InTheHood: Akamatsu loves this one.
* IntimateHealing: Flabellum Euri allows Konoka to heal any injuries someone sustained in the last three minutes. While she works her magic, she disembodies, [[OutOfClothesExperience and her naked astral form]] hugs the patient in a decidedly languorous way.
* {{Introdump}}: A very necessary one, in the form of Negi's class roster, which is reused in the tankobon as a sort of DramatisPersonae
* InvisibleToNormals: There exist spells that act like a powerful WeirdnessCensor, stopping the {{muggles}} from noticing, say, the young English teacher flying around on his staff.
* InvokedTrope: For example, Yue invokes an AccidentalKiss.
* InvoluntaryGroupSplit: Almost a figurative "Rocks Fall, Party Splits" scenario as well, with a falling stone spell used to smash a teleporter, scattering its victims all across the magical world.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Flashbacks show that some of the people who [[spoiler:used Asuna as a weapon]] referred to her as an "it."
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The conclusion of the Library Island arc has Headmaster Konoemon explain to the Baka Rangers that they always had the potential to be smarter and they never needed a magic book.
-->'''Konoemon''': If you could use something like this to get smarter, life wouldn't be hard. What happened today was all thanks to your own abilities.
* IWillFindYou: Negi wants to find his father someday.
* GainaxEnding: Sort of, in the manga. The manga concluded with a rushed sequence that felt more like a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue than an ending. Many dangling threads were indeed tied up, but far from satisfactorily, and the central driver for much of the action -- Negi's search for his father -- is ''resolved off-screen, between chapters and never explained.'' Also, several things offhandedly mentioned in the girls' epilogue paragraphs are definitely going to raise some eyebrows, like an offscreen future war against Mars.
* GambitPileup: We still don't see it yet but from the looks of things, there's a ton of key players that are in here. Ala Alba (Negi's group) may turn out to be {{Unwitting Pawn}}s or the SpannerInTheWorks.
** [[spoiler: They turn out to be neither, and go about their own agenda, despite attempts by multiple groups.]]
* GatlingGood: Haruna took the liberty of tricking out the [[spoiler:MobileSuitHuman she created for Sayo]] with, among other things, chest-mounted gatling guns. Later on, she gets the privilege of manning a minigun mounted on Haruna's airship.
%% * GeckoEnding: The sudden and MoodWhiplash-laden ending to the original anime.
* GeniusBookClub: Yue's often seen with rather advanced books, often dealing with philosophy.
* GenreSavvy:
** Chisame and Haruna both fit this trope, though Chisame expresses it more, predicting the paths of various other characters in regards to love with Negi.
** A lot of characters dabble in this on occasion whenever there's talk of their roles as main and side characters.
* GenreShift: Trope picture. The later chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as ''Manga/LoveHina'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. After the Magical World arc, it goes back to the old hijinks and then skips all the supposed action to tell a DistantFinale.
%% * GeometricMagic: Required for ''pactio''.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
** Asuna delivers one to Setsuna during the Kyoto trip.
** Yue to Negi during the Mahora Festival trouble when he's empathizing too much with Chao and risking hesitation at a critical moment.
** When Yue gets outed about liking Negi to Nodoka, she starts panicking, babbling and humiliating herself so that Nodoka won't hate her. She gets slapped and told to calm down: If love triangles are difficult, then Nodoka doesn't want to have to lose a friend on top of all the other heartache.
** Later, when [[spoiler:Magea Erebea is running out of control]] there comes a conga line of people slapping Negi to make him regain his senses. Rakan does it [[spoiler:after briefly willing his body back into existence]] and Chisame does it twice, once when [[spoiler:he's about to kill Godel]] and later after he thinks [[spoiler:he killed Shiori.]]
** When [[spoiler:Princess Arika]] started getting too emotional and suggesting [[spoiler:Nagi leave her in a pit of monsters to atone for her crimes]], he headbutted her and asked her to elope instead.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: As an expression of gratitude for saving Negi and his students at the end of Volume 8, Kotaro is formally freed and is now free to hang around with Negi. It also helps that he has already performed a HeelFaceTurn.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Chachamaru's mana refueling gives her physical pleasure, so when Negi goes overboard [[spoiler:she clearly has the robot equivalent of an orgasm.]] Much later, Evangeline walks in on her refueling herself [[spoiler:while fantasizing about Negi. Gee, [[ADateWithRosiePalms wonder what that's supposed to be.]]]]
%% * GiantEnemyCrab
* GiantFlyer: One of the most effective uses of Haruna's power is to create a flying manta ray thing.
* GiantSpider: Kotaro rides one for his fight against Negi and Asuna, but the latter quickly unsummons it with her artifact.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In the early-chapters, Negi ventures to the lair of Evangeline, an ancient Vampire and infamous 1000 year old mass-murderer (with the appearance of a 10 year old little girl) at the request of her servant Chachamaru, to look after her after she caught the flu. To his surprise, instead of a cobweb covered catacomb littered with skulls, he finds a brightly beautiful room filled with adorable toy animals and glowring with warm innocence. This is a glimpse into the psyche of Evangeline (who was turned into an immortal at ''ten''), hinting that she ''still'' wants to be an innocent and happy little girl again in spite of living ten centuries of blood, violence, cynicism and hate.
* GiveHerANormalLife: [[spoiler:Asuna - Ala Rubra rescued her and had her travel around with them for awhile so that she could have a somewhat more normal life. After the death of Gateau Vandenburg, Takamichi wiped her memory somehow and enrolled her in Mahora to complete the process. She succeeded to have a normal life from then on, but then Fate ruined things.]]
* GiveHimANormalLife: Turns out that this is part of the reason that Negi ended up living with his cousin. [[spoiler:As a war hero, his father made enemies that still hold a grudge on him for foiling their plans. And when your mother gets wrongfully accused for starting a war, then escapes her execution by [[FakingTheDead faking her death]], it's probably best for you that you don't hang around her. Or live in [[MagicWorld her home world]].]] Just look at [[DoomedHometown his hometown]] [[AncientConspiracy when they]] [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive found where he lives]]...
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: When Nodoka activates ''Comptina Daemonia'' to find out [[IKnowYourTrueName the names of her adversaries]]. Something awesome usually occurs immediately after.
* GivingUpTheGhost: When Negi is training with Rakan, Rakan tells him to use his strongest attack on him so he can estimate how tough he is. When Negi does and it hurts more than he expected, Rakan hits him back so hard that this ends up happening.
* GladiatorGames: Negi and Kotaro enter several gladiator tournaments in the Magic World.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Chisame takes off her glasses whenever she becomes her CosplayOtakuGirl alter ego Chiu. They also have a tendency to come off when she tries to make a serious point.
* TheGlomp: More examples than you could possibly list.
* GodivaHair: Most of the female characters, [[BarbieDollAnatomy Akamatsu-sensei being who he is]].
* GogglesDoNothing: Negi's pince-nez glasses, too small to work, sometimes absent, never commented on ever.
* GoGoEnslavement: Captured girls tend to end up in skimpy fetish outfits, especially Asuna. With Wilhelm he says he wanted to set the mood properly for Negi's heroic rescue while [[spoiler:with Fate Averruncus]] he probably didn't even realize how weird the clothing is [[spoiler:since it seems to be just a grown up version of the formal attire she wore when used as a weapon before.]]
* GoingCommando: During the Kyoto arc, Asuna has to find new clothes after the ones she wore were turned to stone and shattered (she herself was immune to the effect). She is midway through a fight with a massive army of demons when one of them remark on her boldness, and she realizes in panic that she forgot one particular article.
* GoldfishScoopingGame: Negi and Asuna play it during their Chapter 77 date. Asuna isn't too good at this so Negi tries to help her... but this being ''Negima'', he grabs her where he shouldn't and they end up in a position strangely resembling a certain infamous two-digit number.
* GoodVersusGood: Most arcs end up being this in some form or another, as almost every antagonist turns out to have a rather justifiably heroic motivation, although their methods are usually uncomfortably pragmatic. The exception is PsychoForHire [[CombatSadomasochist Tsukuyomi]], who's just a mercenary hired by a group who have great qualms about her but can't afford to turn down her service.
* GrandFinale:
** The GeckoEnding of ''Negima!'', that is. According to Akamatsu-sensei at that time, he was only about halfway through the manga story line.
** The manga also qualifies, for the same reason.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Not just [[GratuitousEnglish English]], but [[GratuitousLatin Latin]]... and [[GratuitousGreek Greek]]... and ''Sanskrit''...
** And [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly Good Foreign Languages]], at that. Read the furigana pronunciation guides during incantation to see just how good.
** Though you have to question why in the world the [[spoiler:Magic World]] decided that "Nagi Springfield" should be written "Nagius Springfieldes," as seen on Negi's room door at [[spoiler:Ostia arena]]
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Yue's artifact, Orbis Sensualium Pictus, is a book containing all information on magic, including spells, items, beasts, and even artifacts. The fact that it's a magic artifact conveniently removes the Great Big part of trope, condensing it into a small book. It also has access to classified information, which is quite valuable.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: The school library; both lampshaded and played straight. It's a city-sized underground library so massive that Mahora actually has a school club dedicated to exploring it.
* GreatOffscreenWar: Twenty years before the start of the series, the three big nations of the Magic World went into a global conflict known as the Great Mage War. Negi's father and his group participated in it, but the flashbacks only show glimpses of their battles and the aftermath of the war when the FloatingContinent of Ostia collapsed.
* {{Greed}}: Every time Chamo makes a successful pactio, he gets fifty thousand ermine dollars. No wonder he keeps pushing Negi towards making more.
* GreenLanternRing: Four examples:
** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[ArtInitiatesLife generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[TimeMachine time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the OneHitKill TimeTravel bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The series operates on this trope, as none of the villains (save perhaps [[PsychoLesbian Tsukuyomi]]) are outright evil and often have understandable justifications for their motives, even if their actions might say otherwise. The main crux around Negi's growth as a character is that the concepts of good and evil aren't set in stone, and sometimes the person you're opposing might actually have very good reasons for doing what they do. For example, he hesitates when fighting Chao because the goal she's ultimately striving is for noble, even if her methods are not. Negi eventually decides to declare ''himself'' the villain in order to shed his hesitation in fighting her. When he defeats Chao and later [[spoiler:Fate]] he devises his own methods into achieving their goals without the collateral damage their plans would've incurred.
* GroinAttack: When Setsuna stumbles across an 'enemy' (Negi) in the bath, she instantly goes for the groin attack. This becomes a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when she realises who it actually is.
* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: Hakase is impressed that Chachamaru not only punched her out, but started developing emotions and feelings such as love.
* GunFu: Do ''not'' mess with Mana.
* HackerCave: Chisame's {{Magitek}} pactio item can create a perfect hacking space for her inside a Tron-like area complete with surrounding screens, numerous floating keyboards and seven electronic helpers. Her own room surrounded by monitors probably also counts.
* HadakaApron: Setsuna's [[SchoolgirlLesbians yuritastic]] 'Cosmo Entelechia' dreamworld features Konoka in this.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: When [[spoiler:Quartum awoke after Fate was knocked unconscious]] he instantly headed for the attacker's position [[spoiler:cut Chachamaru in half and stabbed her with a flaming spear, the latter of which nearly hit her AI core and killed her.]] Right before things get even worse [[spoiler:Negi awakens, bursts into the scene and stomps all over him,]] cutting ''him'' in half as a bit of karmic punishment [[spoiler:though this is no more fatal than what happened to Chachamaru.]]
* HammerSpace: Used constantly, especially because the pactios allow the partners to summon "artifacts" out of nowhere. Also used for {{Hyperspace Arsenal}}s such as Mana's, and Setsuna's wings.
* HammerspaceHideaway: Kaede's Artifact is a cloak (essentially a flat piece of tattered cloth) that can hide several people inside... it does have a fully furnished house in there after all.
* HandBehindHead: Many characters do this when they become embarrassed.
* HandsOnApproach: During Negi's and Asuna's practice date, Kamo [[DatePeepers spies on them]] to make sure all goes "well". After a rocky start, it finally looks like they're having some harmless fun with the GoldfishScoopingGame until Kamo decides that he's having none of that and telepathically tells Negi to invoke this. A very hesitant Negi reluctantly does so, causing [[LuminescentBlush awkwardness for both parties]].
* HarmfulToMinors:
** When Negi was a little, he indulged in self destructive behavior, believing that if he was in enough danger his father would come save him. Nothing happened and he eventually gave up, after which his entire village was burned and the inhabitants petrified by a demon.
** Asuna's example is perhaps more psychologically devastating [[spoiler:since she was used as a human weapon for over a century when she was still mentally and physically a little girl, burning out all her emotions. She was forced to make an entire country fall from the sky and of the people that finally rescued her, one died in front of her and another vanished.]]
* HarmlessFreezing: Asuna gets encased in a block of ice and recovers within minutes. Even Eva is impressed.
* HarshWordImpact: When Chisame tries to cling to [[spoiler:Yuuna being normal]] Takane contradicts her with ''It's the truth!'', a statement which seems to impale her.
* HealingHands: Since magic is usually distributed from the hands, this is a given. Konoka uses these whenever she uses her healing magic.
* {{Heaven}}: According to the Cosmo Entelecheia wielders of the Code of the Lifemaker, those dissolved by it go to a garden where they meet all their loved ones. Also, humans (or those not born of the Magic World) leave a body behind. For some reason, this reassurance makes him all the more creepier.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Asuna gets teased often about her relationship with Negi and nobody is convinced by her denials.
* HermeticMagic: And traditional Japanese magic, too -- an almost unheard-of combination at the time the series first appeared.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Negi, after he almost killed Shiori]].
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Evangeline at her best. At her worst she is a bloodsucker or SociopathicHero.
* HeroicWillpower: Although Negi certainly qualifies, Rakan takes the cake. The man willed himself into ''existing.'' [[spoiler: '''TWICE!''']]
** This seems to be the secret behind Rakan's power: Every once in a while (such as [[spoiler:when he takes Negi's point-blank Thunder Tempest and Nagi's Thousand Bolts]]) he uses the silent incantation "Willpower Defense" to survive things he really should ''not'' be able to survive. [[spoiler:The reason Negi's Titan Slayer attack is able to stun him even briefly is that it was delivered at the end of a brutal series of attacks, so he didn't have time to muster his Willpower Defense.]] At least some of his endurance is due to [[spoiler:decades of combat experience]].
* HeroInsurance: Despite all the damage caused to Mahora Academy, nobody ever seems to pay for it. Taken even further in the Magic World, where Negi's fight with Kagetoro levels several buildings.
* HeroUnit: Lampshaded in the Battle of Mahora [[spoiler:with Chao's robots]]; referenced by name, even.
* HesBack: At one point in the Eva arc, he flies away believing the others, especially Asuna, are in danger because of his presence. He comes back after meeting Kaede, however.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: After Sayo joins the cast, she's rarely seen apart from Asakura since the two have become partners. They apparently form a close relationship easily since Asakura was seated next to her unknowingly all along.
* HeyYou:
** A lot of characters don't refer to Chamo by name. Evangeline more or less calls him "a thing" and Chisame called him "small animal".
** Kotaro never calls Yue by her name unless it's sarcastically. This gets turned around on him when Evangeline refers to him as a dog instead of his name.
* HideYourLesbians: Setsuna and Konoka are ''heavily'' implied to be lesbians, but it is never stated outright. [[spoiler:The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue states that both Setsuna and Konoka get married in 2017 and we see a picture of Setsuna holding Konoka [[BridalCarry bridal-style]], but it doesn't directly say that they married each other.]]
* HighAltitudeBattle: The climax of the [[SchoolFestival MahoraFest]] arc takes place a few thousand meters above the school.
* HighPressureBlood: With BloodFromTheMouth and outright TearsOfBlood from the beating.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Chisame was already a bit of a shut-in, but [[spoiler:the epilogue says she became a full-on hikikomori after graduation]].
* HiredHelpAsFamily: Setsuna was brought on as Konoka's bodyguard while they were young, but they quickly became good friends. However, when Konoka got into an accident and Setsuna was unable to save her, Setsuna decided that she couldn't properly protect her if she was treating her as an equal; Konoka, however, just wanted her friend back. Ultimately over the course of the manga they manage to regain their friendship and eventually get married.
* HitMeDammit: When the false Takahata engages in a fight with Asuna and Yue backing her up, the latter dares him to hit her if he has the stones to since she's his former student. He's more than happy to oblige. As Yue recovers from the hit, she surmises that the Takahata they're fighting is a fake since [[BluffTheImpostor he would never do that]].
* HitodamaLight: The ghost Aisaka Sayo usually ''isn't'' wreathed in hitodama, but can produce them if needed.
* HollywoodHacking: Averted -- however [[ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation flashy]] Sceptrum Virtuale may be, Chisame never does something a real-life hacker wouldn't do. She still does [[RapidFireTyping type unreasonably quickly]] and on two keyboards at once, though.
* HomoeroticSubtext:
** The story really plays up the Negi/Fate subtext during the Magic World finale [[spoiler:and after.]]
** Yue has a lot of subtext with Emily Sevensheep and Colette, which makes her uncomfortable at one point, though Emily doesn't seem to notice what her concern is. Volume 0 has a lot of fun with this one and Haruna seems awfully amused as well. There are also hints of this with Nodoka as well, who is more than happy to share Negi with Yue.
* HomosexualReproduction: Implied. [[spoiler:Asuna sees in the future two children who look like small copies of Konoka and Setsuna.]]
* HopeSpot:
** Chapter 311. The team's plan goes off with barely any trouble and they were able to [[spoiler: get Asuna and the Grand Master Key away from Fate in the middle of his ritual, only to find out Fate isn't the only averruncus Dynamis revived.]] Shit quickly hits the fan.
** Also Chapter 329. [[spoiler: Negi has finally defeated Fate and they are about to join forces, until the Lifemaker shoots both of them. Of course, [[BigDamnHero all the powerful characters that weren't present show up over the course of the next two chapters.]]]]
** Indeed ever since entering the Gravekeeper's Palace it's been pretty constant hope spots: [[spoiler: Even before most of the team could even get off the ship almost [[DiabolusExMachina everyone is wiped out by Poyo Rainyday's artifact]], [[DeusExMachina with a little help]] Negi manages get himself and his class out of Poyo's enchantment and starts tearing apart everything Cosmo Entelechia throws at him. After a protracted battle Al Alba gains enough of an [[HopeSpot advantage to have Negi continue onwards]], only for [[DiabolusExMachina him to get hit]], getting consumed by darkness, then TakenforGranite. Despite losing their leader, Al Alba decides to continue without Negi, and actually [[HopeSpot manages to accomplish their objectives]], only for things to fall apart when Al Alba gets [[DiabolusExMachina overwhelmed by extra Averuncuses]], luckily Negi revives with a MidSeasonUpgrade to boot, and with the help of a HeelFaceTurn and Fate's wanting to defeat Al Alba on his own terms, the [[HopeSpot new Averuncuses get quickly taken out]], but Fate quickly reverses any gains Al Alba had made without its leader. Now Negi finally gets to fight Fate on top of the tower and [[HopeSpot manages to befriend him]], who wants to bet that Diabolus is on it's way?]]
*** [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina It is.]] [[OhCrap ENTER THE LIFEMAKER!]] [[ArmyOfTheAges Plus everyone he has ever created.]]]]
* HotSpringsEpisode: Mostly ''sento'' episodes, though Negi and Kotaro did create one for Asuna once. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, this was during her training with Eva. Eva was so furious she threw her back out into the polar blizzard she'd just escaped, wet and naked.]]
** There's also one for the Ala Rubra Drama CD. It also involves Eishun's glasses.
* HumongousMecha: The sealed demons under Mahora Academy certain resemble these. One even gets compared to a [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundam]].
* HundredPercentCompletion: [[spoiler:Negi making contracts with everyone in his class in both ''Negima!'' and ''Negima!?'', sometimes called the "Mass Pactio" by fans.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind:
** Setsuna is a half-demon who specializes in anti-demonic arts.
** Also [[spoiler:Mana]], who occasionally does exterminations with her, is also a half-demon.
* HybridMonster: Some of the demons summoned in the Kyoto Arc are hybrids, as well as some denizens of the Mundus Magicus.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Referenced almost by name in chapter 276, when [[spoiler: Mana uses an unincanted spell to reload her [[GunsAkimbo Desert Eagles]]]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Negi for a long time. He believes that,"Our Magic is not omnipotent... a little bit of courage is the real magic", and yet throughout the series he keeps trying to get more and more magical power because unless he thinks he's stronger than his opponent he won't show any courage and/or confidence. Made even worse when you realize that he doesn't seem to think that the courage that his students and TrueCompanions show isn't worth much unless they have pactios or unless he's around to fight all their fights. Thankfully, right before [[spoiler: the final battle]] he finally learns to trust his comrades and take into account their courage and determination.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Haruna has a list, though we only hear one of the lines.
-->"I'm gonna say it!!! Number 8 on the list of "Lines I Want To Shout At Least Once In My Life"! [[spoiler:'''Fire Main Cannon!!!'''"]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Used by [[spoiler:Chao in the Battle of Mahora arc, when Negi negates her power, she reveals she actually ''can'' use magic.]] Also, in the final tournament battle in the Magic World arc, done by Negi no less than ''five times''.
* IAmYourOpponent:
** During a [[CookingDuel dramatic pillow fight]] Yue distracts others from pursuing Nodoka by declaring herself their opponent. Later and more seriously, [[spoiler:she pulls the line on a ''low level dragon'' and actually successfully knocks it unconscious briefly.]]
** Kaede intercepts Dynamis when he's after Nodoka and Setsuna backs her up, forcing him to retreat.
** Early in the magic world, Negi is sick from having too much mana in his body after Konoka flooded his system with it to heal his stab wound. Since he can't defend himself, Chachamaru steps up when a tiger dragon attacks. He passes out and when he wakes up she's scuffed and her clothing is damaged, but she's the winner.
* IdenticalPanelGag: Used a few times, like in chapter 200, when Setsuna is dead worried and suddenly switches from "OJOU-SAMA!!!" to "KONO-CHAN!!!".
** Or when [[spoiler:Ako Izumi]] reveals her artifact: a giant syringe that must be applied in the butt.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Fūka is the one with the GirlishPigtails, Fumika has the OdangoHair. Chances are, you'll mix them up anyway.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Chachamaru feels sexual pleasure when her magic is being recharged. It's normally not a big deal since Evangeline normally does it and is pretty stingy. Negi doesn't understand, so he isn't.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: "By Asuna".
* IdiotCrows: With Ayaka, of course.
** Rakan also gets them.
* IdiotHero: {{Invoked|Trope}} and subverted all to hell. Negi is notably ''not'' an idiot by any stretch of the word (well, except for his [[ChasteHero chastity]], but he's [[JustifiedTrope ten]]), and it is made perfectly clear throughout the series that he is a bona-fide genius. However, by thinking too much, he has time to worry and despair. TheRival, Kotaro, is very much an IdiotHero, explaining that Negi needs to learn how to act without thinking. In other words, he needs "[[ArcWords that little bit of courage]]." Or, in Negi's own words, "learn to be an idiot".
* IgnoredEnemy: When working with Kotaro, the pair tend to get distracted by their rivalry and ignore their opponents.
* IGotYouCovered:
** Setsuna With Negi during the Kyoto trip and later with [[spoiler:Konoka]].
** During Mahorafest Negi is on his way to the final battle with Chao when [[spoiler:mass produced Chachamaru lookalikes assault him with time delay bullets.]] Kotaro finally makes his appearance and takes over this particular battle.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Haruna Saotome.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: During Mahorafest, when Negi becomes the Kissing Terminator; played deadly straight in Ch. 285, when it's really more of a [[spoiler:We're Going To Beat The Crap Out Of You While Evangeline Helps You Seal Your Evil Side Fight]].
* IKnowYourTrueName: ''Comptina Daemonia'', an artifact Nodoka acquired during her stay in Mundus Magicus, was designed for this purpose. It will tell the true name of any person so long as she asks them for it.
* ILikeThoseOdds: As part of the big flashback, The hero is saving the princess; meanwhile, the rest of Ala Rubra has to hold off the forces overseeing the execution, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Head Mook''': Do I have the necessary forces? You Fool!. The guards for this event are more numerous than those you see here. There are two entire fleets stationed over a surrounding area of tens of kilometers, not to mention elite troops numbering around 3,000. You may be powerful, but even you cannot...\\
'''Jack Rakan''': Like I said. Are you seriously telling me you think that's gonna be enough?!
* IllKillYou: Done [[NightmareFuel terrifyingly]] during Godel's Ostian Ball, by someone you wouldn't really expect.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Shiori's sister, the ImpliedLoveInterest of [[AntiVillain Fate/Tertium]]. He does not take [[PsychoElectro Secundum]]'s erasure of her [[OffWithHisHead well]].]]
* {{Imageboards}}: During the Tournament arc, magical and scientific spam/rumor-bots compete with each other on 2ch(an?) over {{masquerade}}-breaking combat footage.
* ImageSong: Every song to date.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Imperium Graphices allows her to give life to any drawing -- just about ''anything''.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Chachamaru's mana recharging apparently 'feels good.' Negi is not one to be stingy or catch the subtext in what he's doing. End result? One very embarrassed (and apparently loud) robot.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: All immortal characters seem quite young. Evangeline is a kid, [[spoiler:the Lifemaker]] looks like a beautiful young adult of indeterminate gender and [[spoiler:Negi himself seems to stop aging at about fifteen]]. Godel is the only one who seems to look on the bright side of the latter, thinking about how awesome it would be to [[spoiler:be an immortal king.]]
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Well, Mahora ''is'' an all-girl school (at least the part of Mahora Negi is teaching in).
* InASingleBound: True flight is apparently pretty difficult, leaving characters like Asuna to use leaping techniques. Kotaro and Setsuna ''are'' capable of flight, but often still prefer jumps.
* InconvenientSummons: Early on, Negi summons Asuna to apologize to her... but she was in the shower at the time. And then Takamichi wandered by.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Fate's girls are, indubitably, for the most part, characters worth the sympathy of the reader, even if they are unflinchingly devoted to Fate… and yet it seems that they can never win any fight they participate in, even if Rakan isn't the opponent.
* InfoDrop: It has what appears to be a joke from one of the characters (later revealed as the arc's BigBad) when she [[spoiler:claims to be from Mars]]. Yeah, turns out that it wasn't a joke.
* InnocentCohabitation:
** Negi moves in with Konoka and Asuna at the beginning of the manga. He's a kid, so they don't mind once Asuna drops the 'I hate little kids' thing.
** Kotaro lives with Chizuru, Natsumi and Ayaka mostly because at least Chizuru (and maybe even Natsumi) won't let him go. He rather likes having a family for once.
* InnocentInnuendo:
** After being informed of a coming physical, Negi asks his students to take off their clothes.
** "Whip it out, boy!"
* InsistentTerminology: Kotaro insists that he's a lone wolf, not a dog demon.
* InstantArmor: Post Ariadne Yue can instantly summon some magic armor.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A dragon guards Ku:Nel's sanctuary beneath the school, and naturally there are several in the Magic World.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Chao and Hakase specialize in making these, and there's an entire department on campus dedicated to mecha.
* InstantBandages: Negi tends to produce these after he's been comically injured.
* InstantCosplaySurprise: During the Mahorafest Budokai, Asuna and Setsuna get dressed while distracted. They notice they're wearing PantyFighter gear.
* InstantRunes: Happens almost any time a fairly powerful spell is cast.
* InstantWebHit: The class page the girls create.
* InsufferableGenius: Nagi definitely counts, if "possibly the strongest man in existence" counts as genius. After all, he once told his son: "I can understand your feelings of admiration for this young, accomplished, yet super cool genius and undefeatable father who was also a hero..."
* InterClassRomance: Konoka is basically a princess. Setsuna is adopted from a clan that threw her out and works as a bodyguard.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Konoka and Setsuna are clearly paired off. One is a human, the other is half tengu.
** Kotaro views her mostly as a sister, but Natsumi is obviously crushing on him [[spoiler:and they eventually get married after Natsumi stalks him for years.]]
* InternalReveal: The audience knows all along that the boy Ako falls in love with is really Negi [[OvernightAgeUp magically aged up]], but she doesn't find out until over 100 chapters later. Cue ShowerOfAngst.
* InTheHood: Akamatsu loves this one.
* IntimateHealing: Flabellum Euri allows Konoka to heal any injuries someone sustained in the last three minutes. While she works her magic, she disembodies, [[OutOfClothesExperience and her naked astral form]] hugs the patient in a decidedly languorous way.
* {{Introdump}}: A very necessary one, in the form of Negi's class roster, which is reused in the tankobon as a sort of DramatisPersonae
* InvisibleToNormals: There exist spells that act like a powerful WeirdnessCensor, stopping the {{muggles}} from noticing, say, the young English teacher flying around on his staff.
* InvokedTrope: For example, Yue invokes an AccidentalKiss.
* InvoluntaryGroupSplit: Almost a figurative "Rocks Fall, Party Splits" scenario as well, with a falling stone spell used to smash a teleporter, scattering its victims all across the magical world.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Flashbacks show that some of the people who [[spoiler:used Asuna as a weapon]] referred to her as an "it."
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The conclusion of the Library Island arc has Headmaster Konoemon explain to the Baka Rangers that they always had the potential to be smarter and they never needed a magic book.
-->'''Konoemon''': If you could use something like this to get smarter, life wouldn't be hard. What happened today was all thanks to your own abilities.
* IWillFindYou: Negi wants to find his father someday.
