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[[caption-width:398:"Young teacher, the subject\\
Of schoolgirl fantasy..."]]
-->"''Our Magic is not omnipotent... a little bit of courage is the real magic.''"

If you were wondering about ''that'' show that [[TropeOverdosed pops up in nearly every single article on this Wiki]], here you go...

Ten-year-old Negi Springfield has just graduated from a magic academy in Wales, and finds that his assignment for earning his full magic license is a job as a teacher -- in a private all-girls school in Japan. Worse than that, though, is that it's a junior high class -- most of the girls are four or five years older than him, and almost all of them think he's the cutest thing in the world since Hello Kitty.

Earning his license by getting through a semester or two of teaching his hyperactive and over-affectionate students is only one of Negi's goals, though. He's also looking for his long-absent father -- Nagi Springfield, the mysterious "Thousand Master" who appeared once, gave Negi his staff, and then vanished again. The Thousand Master is said to be dead, but Negi isn't so sure. The fact that one of the girls in his class is secretly an old enemy of his father's and still holds a grudge doesn't help, either...

And life doesn't get any easier. Although he's supposed to keep his magic secret, he's having control problems, and blows his cover in front of some of the girls almost immediately. Also, he can't get properly licensed until he finds a partner. His style of magic requires a "defender" who handles physical threats while he casts his spells; the contract between mage and partner is sealed with a kiss and empowers the partner to near-superhuman levels. It soon becomes obvious that, by the ''sheerest'' coincidence, almost ''all'' of Negi's students are excellent candidates for partnership. And now that you mention it, the school itself isn't quite as "normal" as it appears at first glance...

Created by KenAkamatsu, this series has been simply summed up (with hotly contested accuracy) as "''HarryPotter'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''LoveHina''". Rumor has it that when planning out ''Negima!'', Akamatsu wanted to do a {{Shonen}} fighting manga. However, his publisher (wanting to cash in on the success of ''LoveHina'', Akamatsu's previous work) insisted on another romantic [[TheUnwantedHarem harem comedy]]. So Akamatsu created a fighting story that ''looked'' superficially like a harem comedy in order to fool the publisher. The story has since changed into a action comedy/drama with a huge cast (30+ "regulars") and an expanding BackStory.

As of this writing (May 2009), the ''Negima!'' manga has reached at least 250 instalments and 25 published tankoubon volumes -- and according to the author, the story is only just over ''halfway done'', with apparent plans of ending around 400 chapters, give or take. However, the anime concluded in late 2005 after only 26 episodes. Understandably, the plot was tremendously telescoped -- the anime parallels the volumes one through six of the manga in its first 20 episodes or so, and then hurtles into a sudden and somewhat hasty GrandFinale [[StoryArc arc]], in the process skipping over a vast landscape of storyline and character development and abandoning several plot threads just set in motion. It would appear that the studio had planned for more than one season to tell the full manga story, and then were disabused of that notion with less than a third of season left to tie things up. The result is a conclusion that, while dramatic and fulfilling the promise of the show's premise, is [[GeckoEnding abrupt and seems to come out of left field with no warning]] -- especially the shocking event that sets the concluding action in motion.

In Autumn of 2006, a new series was released called merely ''Negima!?'' It is a {{Reboot}} of the storyline, with a earlier time slot (leaving the FanService packed off to the {{OVA}}s), a more obvious {{shounen}} bent, and a distinct flavor of humor courtesy of StudioShaft, the production company that made ''PaniPoniDash''. A manga adaptation loosely based on this reboot, titled ''Negima!? Neo'', began running in late 2006, taking plot points from both the original manga and the ''Negima!?'' anime and running through both in very different ways than its predecessors.

In October 2007, a LiveActionAdaptation called ''[[http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/ Negima!!]]'' (note the different punctuation) was aired. Like ''Negima!?'' before it, the plot is a {{Reboot}} of the basic storyline. And like most {{Live Action Adaptation}}s of anime, it tries to pull off the same kind of manic visual humour (and {{Fanservice}}) that its animated counterparts have, which sometimes succeeds but often comes off as awkward.

It seems the fourth time's the charm, though: a three-episode {{OVA}} called ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: White Wing/Ala Alba'', covering the brief [[BreatherEpisode breather arc]] between the Mahora Festival and the trip to the Magic World, was released alongside manga volumes 23-25 and stuck as closely as possible to the storyline of the chapters it adapted. It will be followed up by a four-episode {{OVA}} titled ''Mahou Sensei Negima!: Another World'', covering the beginning of the Magic World arc. [[StudioShaft The same studio]] that handled ''Negima!?'' is also in charge of this adaptation; so far, though, it feels like the manga itself, with added sound, color and movement. Things are looking up for ''Negima!''...

An anime movie has also been announced. Details are not yet available, but it is expected to continue from after the ''Another World'' OVA.

Manga {{Story Arc}}s:
* Evangeline arc (vol. 3) -- Negi discovers that things won't be as easy as he thought when one of his students turns out to be a powerful dark mage... with an axe to grind against his father.
* Kyoto arc (vol. 4-6) -- Looking for more information on his father, Negi takes his class on a field trip to Kyoto. Unfortunately, another of his students happens to be the daughter of the Kyoto Magic Association, and finds herself targeted by renegades.
* Demon arc (vol. 8) -- Negi opens up to Asuna about his past, as two old enemies come to Mahora looking for him.
* Festival Day 1 (vol. 9-10) -- Mahora Academy is gearing up for its massive SchoolFestival, an event famous around the world. Negi has his hands full with the activities of his students, plus having to deal with a secret involving TheWorldTree. Fortunately, one of his students has a means for him to easily take care of all his obligations...
* TournamentArc (vol. 11-13) -- A Fighting Tournament in the School Festival? Mahora's just that kind of place. Negi wants to win this tournament, just like his father did years before. But some of the strongest fighters in the school also want in on the action, and somebody threatens to expose TheMasquerade to the entire world.
* Festival Day 2 (vol. 14-15) -- Negi continues to see the sights of the festival, while taking care to help his students along the way. But the threat to his secret still remains, and the battle lines are drawn right through his class.
* Battle of Mahora (vol. 16-18) -- How does one stop a giant robot army? With the most hyperactive students on the planet! Mages battle mechanoids, while Negi finds himself facing one of his girls once again with the fate of the world in the balance.
* Summer arc (vol. 18-20) -- Negi plans to go back to Wales to continue searching for his father, but first, a much-needed rest. Too bad Negi's friend Anya has come all the way to Japan to come get him. (This is the source material for the ''Ala Alba'' {{OVA}}.)
* Magic World arc (vol. 20-ongoing) -- Negi and his {{Nakama}} go to Wales, and from there to the Magic World. Unfortunately, the sudden appearance of an old enemy leaves the group, as well as a few stowaways, scattered all over the planet.
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[[folder: While this entry was originally written for the first TV series, be aware that the trope listing below now includes many entries that are specific to the ongoing manga, as it has since become much more Trope Overdosed than aforementioned series. ]]
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This show provides examples of:

* AbortedArc (The Nightmare Circus, which might have finally given Zazie some character development, was cut due to the Chao arc taking more time than Akamatsu expected.)
* AbsurdlySharpBlade (Setsuna slices a ball of iron in half with her sword and doesn't even notice.)
* AcademyOfAdventure ([[ElaborateUniversityHigh Mahora]]. And ''how''.)
* AccidentalKiss (How Nodoka got her pactio card. Though it certainly wasn't accidental on the part of the person who tripped her.)
* AdaptationDecay (The manga storyline was dramatically telescoped for the first anime, and many important plotlines and character details were dropped. Whether or not ''Negima!?'' is Decay as well is up for debate, but fans expecting a faithful adaptation of the storylines the first anime missed were sorely disappointed. We don't talk about the live-action one.)
* AdaptationDyeJob (Go ahead, try and find ONE member of class 3-A (besides Asuna) whose hair color has stayed consistent between the manga's occasional color illustrations, the first anime, and ''Negima!?''. Go on. We're waiting.)
** Even Asuna isn't spared as in ''Negima!?'' She has two blue eyes instead of her BoatLights
* {{Adjective Noun Fred}}ma
* AirJousting (A frequent element of the series' often high-flying magical battles.)
* [[SpaceWhale Air Whales]] (The standard aircraft of the Mundus Magicus, probably because [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld blimps]] were too mundane. They also come in various other fish-like shapes.)
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Ku Fei, apparently, was never interested in men who couldn't match her in a fight, and seems to have been waiting for one who could actually beat her. There are probably UnfortunateImplications in that.
* AllPartOfTheShow (The Mahora festival, when several thousand of {{Muggles}} were roped into fighting an army of demon-powered robots and [[HumongousMecha mechas]] under the pretence of a giant role-playing game. Of course, the weapons used were [[ClothingDamage only harmful to modesty]]. Also, the fight at Cinema Village. The comment "Is this for a movie?" was commonly seen in the background.)
** Sometimes used hilariously in the Magic Worlds as well, especially during the fight with Fate's minions in Ostia. The comment "Are they doing a movie?" is often seen in the background, said by various demons, anthropomorphic animals, and other magical creatures.
* AlternateCharacterReading (Spell names are written in kanji, while their Latin/Greek/whatever pronunciation is shown in furigana.)
* AlternateContinuity (''Negima!?'', ''[[LiveActionAdaptation Negima!!]]'', and the ''Negima Neo'' manga.)
* AlternativeCalendar (The Magical World has a separate calendar, probably due to the fact that it's [[spoiler:Mars]].)
* AmplifierArtifact (The Pactio artifacts, in addition to their individual capabilities.)
* AmusingInjuries (This is the guy who wrote ''LoveHina'', after all, although it's a bit less prevalent here due to the vastly increased likelihood of not-so-amusing injuries post-GenreShift.)
* AnimeAnatomy (They call it "Akamatsu nipples" for a reason.)
* [[spoiler:AnotherDimension (Mundus Magicus is technically an alternate plane of reality anchored to and templated on Mars.)]]
* ArcNumber: Prime numbers seem to be very important to magic, especially when it comes to the "arrows of whatever." Those are ''always'' cast as prime numbers.
* ArcWords: "[[IAmYourOpponent I shall be your opponent]]," and "That little bit of courage" (referencing the page quote) to a lesser extent.
** "You could... save the world."
* ArrowCam (In an early episode of the first anime, we have an ArrowCam without an arrow as Negi mentally homes in on his lost wizard's staff.)
* ArtEvolution (To some extent within the series itself, but especially when compared with ''LoveHina''.)
* ArtShift (Humorous -- Makie in the infirmary after her "vampire attack".)
* {{Asspull}} (Any new pactio formed has a good chance of being exactly what the gang needs at that very instant.)
** This is averted and lampshaded in an episode of Negima!? [[spoiler:Negi and his group are looking for Yue who ran away upon finding out that she'll have to kiss Negi. Haruna had just gotten her pactio and goes "hey, maybe my power will help!" Negi spends about a minute activating the pactio and Haruna's power is that things she draws comes to life....not at all useful in this situation.]]
*** Later, Negi demonstrates a spell specifically designed to find the right partner for a given task.
* AssShove (Chizuru's repeated attempts to test out a folk remedy involving shoving a spring onion up a sick person's rear.)
* AuthorAppeal (Especially apparent lately. Why is Chisame still in loli form? Why do those fake [[CatGirl cat ears]] now seem permanently grafted to Setsuna's head, even appearing on her [[spoiler:new Pactio card]]? '''Because Akamatsu says so.''')
** In-story, Chisame admits (albeit begrudgingly) that she likes the "Chibi-Chiu" form. Why ''that'' is (again, in-story, since the real reason is obvious) has yet to be explained.
** Also, keep in mind [[spoiler: for the pactio card that Asuna's has her with a good number of bandages. Clearly, its a self-image thing.]] Of course, Setsuna HAS that self-image because Akamatsu hasn't had her take off the cat ears for a hundred chapters or so...
* AuthorAvatar (Briefly, in the first anime.)
* AwesomeButImpractical: The pactio cards allow telepathy between users -- but in addition to a limited range, it can be blocked very easily. As Negi puts it, "Isn't a cell phone easier?"
* BadassNormal: surprisingly enough Negi's father could qualify. Saving your girl from a ravine full of giant ravenous monsters, where neither magic nor spiritual powers work? No problem. It seems that Nagi's title as Invincible is completely justified, seeing as he doesn't even need his magic to be unbelievably Badass.
* BadFuture (The ''Eight Days Later'' arc. Whether or not [[spoiler:Chao]]'s future also counts is left rather vague -- she eventually claims that the tragedy she's trying to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong set right]] is no worse than any of the little tragedies that happen every day, but there are definite signs to the contrary.)
* BadNewsInAGoodWay (Frequently in ''Negima!?'', courtesy of Motsu.)
* BalloonBelly (The result of Makie "helping" Negi prepare for Evangeline's training.)
* BattleAura (Have started appearing around various characters since the GenreShift.)
* BattleCouple (This is what most Mage-Partner relationships turn into after forming a permanent contract. Unless it's between two guys, in which case you get BashBrothers.)
* BattleInTheRain (Negi vs. Evangeline.)
* BeachEpisode (The Haru OVA.)
* BeamOWar (Negi vs. Eva; later Negi vs. [[spoiler:Chao]] as well.)
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Fate's partner, the girl that replaced Asuna, combines this with ShipTease; her imitation of Asuna is so perfect that even she herself has a hard time remembering that she's TheMole and she states that Asuna's feelings for Negi will overwhelm her if she goes on for too long. However, she cannot imitate Asuna's rare [[AntiMagic Magic Cancel]] ability.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible (Negi vs. [[spoiler:Rakan]]. Negi reveals that [[IAmNotLeftHanded he isn't left-handed]] at least ''five times'' before the match is over, culminating in a spell that definitely deserves the name "Titan Slayer".)
** And [[spoiler:Rakan]] still stands up like nothing happened. The man is the embodient of BeyondTheImpossible.
*** Negi's most recent adventure explores another angle of BeyondTheImpossible: he forces [[spoiler:''the PowersThatBe to acknowledge Chachamaru's status as a soul-bearing being'']]. Boy's got some serious leverage ''somewhere'' to be able to pull that off.
**** One of the recent chapters suggests that he really has a '''lot ''' of leverage as far as Pactios are concerned since [[spoiler:it seems that Negi is the descendant of the mage that created the whole Pactio system!!! Talk about useful conections.]]
**** It should be noted that he did this in a BeyondTheImpossible, [[spoiler:[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c263/15.html shounen make-out session, complete with burning eyes, partial transformation into his dark form, and a massive explosion of magical energy]]. Chachamaru was so [[TheImmodestOrgasm distracted]] by his efforts that she seemed to forget her despair over her apparent soullessness and just sat there with a drooling smile until Negi showed her her card, much to her further delight.]]
***** Well, if she can feel magic the way she does when charging, and given how much magic was Negi leaking, I'd say that makeout was not entirely unlike the windup sessions...
* {{BFS}} (Asuna has one, Setsuna has one, Kaede has a shuriken but Rakan takes the title with his Ship Slicing Sword. No prizes for guessing what he uses it for.)
** But in weapon-to-wielder ratio, nothing beats the sword that Evangeline's puppet Chachazero uses, mostly in ''Negima!?''. Not an unrealistically large sword, but not one that would be easy to wield one-handed. Chachazero does it just fine, though... and she's less than a foot tall, making the sword seem absolutely gigantic.
** Not true. Rakan's {{BFS}} is at least 50 feet long. ''And'' he can throw it at mach 3.
* BigCreepyCrawlies (The Magic World's wildlife is unusual, to say the least.)
* BigDamnHeroes (Happened once in the Kyoto arc. Has happened ''many'' times in the Magic World.)
* BigDamnVillains (Evangeline saves the gang's collective ass in Kyoto, demonstrating her true power in the process by [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] both a recently-summoned demon god ''and'' a later arc's BigBad in quick succession.)
* BigFancyHouse (Ayaka, though Konoka's Big Fancy ''Temple Complex'' dwarfs it).
** There's also one stored in [[spoiler:Kaede's Pactio-created ''[[ClownCarBase cape]]'']].
** How about Eva's resort? Or her ''castle''?
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment (The now famous furo scene of the magic world arc. A particularly good demonstration of the genre shift, since the scene matches the tone of the early chapters perfectly but qualifies as a BLAM in the arc in which it was set.)
** The note at the beginning of said chapter suggests it was meant as more of a BreatherEpisode.
* {{Bishonen}}: Negi in his teenage form (even [[LampshadeHanging specifically stated]] at the beginning of his first chapter) as well as a number of the members of Ala Rubra, including Nagi and Konoka's dad.
* BlackMagic (There's a DeadlyUpgrade explicitly called "black magic" in the manga, mostly because it's fueled by dark emotions. It's perfect for mopey worry wart Negi.)
* BlandNameProduct (Starbooks Coffee, among many others.)
* BlankWhiteEyes
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands (There is a spell specifically designed to do this, roughly equivalent to ''HarryPotter'''s "Expelliarmus". However, it also blasts [[ClothingDamage clothing off of their bodies]], for added fanservice!)
** And Negi [[CrowningMomentOfFunny combines it with his black magic]]. WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome?
* BlatantLies (It's all CGI. Honest.)
* BlessedWithSuck (The pactio system in ''Negima!?'', which has a decent chance of rendering the partner useless instead of powering them up.)
* BloodlessCarnage (There have been small amounts of bloodshed in every battle... but the beginning of Volume 21 throws this out the window with [[spoiler:Negi being impaled by a stone spear, complete with enormous blood loss and the obligatory BloodFromTheMouth]])
* BloodOath (Implied[[hottip:*:Directly stated in the English translation, but it's unknown if this is canon]] to be the preferred way of forming pactios when kissing would be...unpleasant.)
* BlueWithShock
* BoardingSchool (Mahora.)
* BookOfShadows (Yue's Pactio Artifact.)
* BrandX
* BreakTheHaughty (Several times -- Eva/Nagi, Kotaro/Negi (first meeting), Fate/Negi&[[spoiler:Eva]] (the fight on the dock), etc)
* BreastExpansion: A breast inflation spell has been used ''twice'', [[HilarityEnsues the results are hilarious]].
* BreastPlate: Both played straight and interestingly subverted. While within the manga canon, Asuna is occasionally given armor that fits this trope, some of the side artwork includes her in very fetching, but still perfectly normal, armor.
* BreatherEpisode
* BucketBoobyTrap (In the very first chapter of the manga).
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull (The magic activation keys, as well as the artifact-summoning "adeat!")
** Anya Cocolova: Fortis La Tius Lilith Lilioth
** Chao Lingshen: Last Tale My Magic Scir Magister (it's possible that it's actually a deformation of Negi's, even an unintentional one)
** Collet Farandole: Anétte Ti Net Garnet
** Emily Sevensheep: Tarot Carrot Charlotte
** Evangeline Athanasia Katherine "Kitty" [=McDowell=]: Lic Lac La Lac Lilac
** Fate Averruncus: Visju Tal Li Sjutal Vangeit
** Mei Sakura: Maple Naple à la Mode
** Megumi "Nutmeg" Natsume: Rap Tjap La Tjap Ragpur
** Negi Springfield: Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister
** Yue Ayase: Vor So Kratika Socratica
* CallingYourAttacks (Parodied by [[spoiler:Rakan]], including using an attack, named Negi Fever, on Negi)
** Also of note in that many of the fighters use "silent incantations," so they aren't actually ''saying'' anything, but the name of the attack still appears so that the readers know what's going on.
* CallOnMe
* TheCameo (The Mahora Budokai Arc has quite a few fighting game characters show up in the crowd, such as Athena Asamiya, Terry Bogard, Akuma, Yashiro Nanase, Chris, Hugo, and M. Bison)
** Also, take a look at [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/89/08/ this page]]. Top right panel, lower right corner, in front of the gorilla. [[LoveHina Look familiar?]] Unfortunately the extreme right side of the page is cut off, so you'll have to check a print copy to see for yourself that the person next to Seta is actually ''Naru''...
* CanNotSpitItOut (Everyone to Negi's "Is this my mother?" question. It's finally revealed in a extremely off-hand comment)
* CensorSteam
* CerebusSyndrome (Intentionally, as a WriterRevolt. It works quite well.)
* ChainOfCommand (Slaver collars go "zap")
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: Jack Rakan, ''full stop''. He was originally a normal-sized slave fighting in the gladiatorial matches. Now he is an 8-foot tall mountain of raw muscle who can, among other things:
--> Shatter mountains.
--> Survive a magical technique that is supposed to kill anyone stupid enough to use it.
--> [[spoiler:Track someone 30 KM by the scent of their ''panties''.]]
--> [[spoiler:Surf on a giant sword at speeds in excess of Mach 3.]]
--> [[spoiler:Destroy alternate dimensions with raw willpower.]]
**Emphasis on the ''among other things''. As one character so aptly puts it, he's GameBreaker powerful. This is in spite of him only casting low-level spells (most of his spells are weak, personal buffs, and he has no offensive magic outside of his Pactio). He still manages to make people think his daily warm-up is a terrorist attack.
*** It's not that he ''can't'' use offensive spells in combat. He just doesn't, because they're not his strong point. [[{{Hellfire}} Incendium Gehennae]] + [[spoiler:[[BlackMagic Magia Erebea]]]], anyone? "Practe Bigi Nar", indeed... Which brings to mind the [[spoiler:Zanmaken Ni No Tachi]], another example of Rakan showing someone else a technique he himself shouldn't have been able to do...
*** It's not that [[spoiler:Zanmaken Ni No Tachi]] isn't useable, it's that it' just not supposed to be used by those below a certain station of [[spoiler:Shinmeiryu practitioners.]]
* ChefOfIron (Chao owns a restaurant, yet can still pummel people with TechFu.)
** Also [[MasterSwordsman Eishun]], Ala Rubra's "[[TeamChef Nabe Shogun]]". Wasting his food is apparently his BerserkButton.
* CherryBlossoms (Even though it's not a cherry tree...; similarly, rose blossom petals are used for a similar effect in an imaginary moment)
* ChristmasCake (Subverted (maybe) in a... rather surprising way by [[spoiler:Asuna]], of all people.)
* ChunkySalsaRule
* ChunkyUpdraft
* {{Chupacabra}} (A recurring joke from the anime)
* ClarkKenting (Justified, as they use ''magic'' glasses)
* ClassTrip (Kyoto Arc)
* ClearMyName (Magical World Arc)
* ClothingDamage (Happens [[{{Understatement}} quite often]])
** One of the only two weapons used by the robot army after the Tournament arc is a laser that only destroys clothing.
** The accompanying unsealed demons are bound by "scientific devices" that restrict their powers to the same.
** A clothing eating [[NaughtyTentacles octopus]] appears briefly to sexually harass the poor [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]].
** A spell exists solely for the purpose of clothing destruction. Negi casts it by accident whenever he [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes]], and a magical all-girls school that features later uses it in an athletic broom contest. Technically its effect is to 'blow away weapons and turn light objects into flower petals'.
** This editor's favorite totally-ridiculous-excuse-for-clothing-damage-that-is-actually-justified-somehow-by-the-plot is when Fate attempts to petrify Asuna during the Kyoto arc. Her magic cancel renders her immune to its effects. Her ''clothes'', however, were ''not'' protected, and promptly shatter like a [[{{Gargoyles}} Gargoyle's skin]] when she moves.
*** It is ''easily'' the most plausible excuse Akamatsu's come up with...
*** The fact that Asuna's line as she breaks through her petrified clothes for the second time fits both the intended serious context ''and'' her predicament seems rather suspiciously coincidental...
---->'''Asuna''': Kids who are naughty... need to be punished!
* CloudCuckooLander: Negima?!Nekane.
* ColorFailure: Makie, several times.
* CombatTentacles
* ComingOfAgeStory
* CompressedAdaptation
* ConceptArtGallery (A few pages at the end of each tankoubon)
* {{Confessional}} (The girls and Negi spend two chapters going to a confessional, manned by a disguised [[ChurchMilitant Misora]]. They unload their anguish, from GenkiGirl Makie's worry about having no worries to Negi's deep existential angst, in passing by Setsuna's questions about kissing girls (this is for her to have a pactio and not sexual in nature... [[BodyguardCrush probably.]]). None of it sounded like a true confessional session, of course)
** Made deliciously ironic or a horrible case of DidNotDoTheResearch considering the historical relationship between the Church and witchcraft.
*** 1. There was period of differentiation between "good" and "bad" magic. 2. It's also competition for power thing. In result church patronized mages loyal to church seems plausible.
*** The 'magic' forbidden by the church specifically involves [[DealWithTheDevil consorting with devils]] in order to [[BlackMagic have them do stuff for you]]. Simply having/using unusual powers isn't forbidden, so if it were possible to reliably do magic without devils being involved (and in Negima it apparently is), there'd be no reason to forbid it.
**** Necromancy is also prohibited. (Still not a problem for most of the mages.)
** Could be KenAkamatsu [[TheyJustDidntCare just didn't care]] at all and wanted to have a nun to fill out the chart of FetishFuel he probably had up on his wall when coming up with the series.
* ContinuityCameo (Chizuru's Apron in Natsu OVA)
* ConvenientlySeated
* CookingDuel
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment (The typical punishment for mages who break the masquerade? They turn them into ermines and make them spend a few years in the ermine camp.)
* CovertPervert (Nodoka, the adorable bookworm. So much so that whenever she uses her artifact (a magic book ''with pictures'') to read her own mind, it's practically a guaranteed CrowningMomentOfFunny.)
* CranialEruption
* CrazyAwesome (Once again, Jack Rakan. Look at the CharlesAtlasSuperPower entry and you'll get the idea.)
* CreepyDoll (Chachazero, who doubles as a sort of evil [[GreekChorus peanut gallery]].)
* {{Crossdresser}} (Negi at one point. [[{{Bifauxnen}} Setsuna at another]].)
* CrossDressingVoices (Rina Satou; subverted with Greg Ayres)
* CrossPoppingVeins: Asuna's ExpressiveHair forms into one at one point.
* CrossOver (references to ''LoveHina'' and ''AI Love You'')
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome ([[CrowningMoment/MahouSenseiNegima has its own page]])
* CrowningMomentOfFunny ([[Funny/MahouSenseiNegima same as above]])
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (Easily Negi and Chachamaru when [[spoiler:Negi refuses to take "no" for an answer regarding whether or not Chachamaru has a soul -- and just might have ''made one for her'' by sheer force of will.]])
** Again in ''spades'' in the flashback when we see [[spoiler:Nagi save Arika from execution by horde of monsters in a valley where magic doesn't work]].
--->You really aren't going to get it unless I spell it out for you, are you, you damn sheltered princess! Why am I doing this?! Dammit, I'm doing it '''because I love you'''! Why the hell else?!!
* CrystalBall
* CulturalCrossReference ("Ku:nel [[strike:Sanders]]")
* CurbStompBattle (Rakan vs. pretty much anyone. There was the gladiator match, where he took out two high-ranking fighters with a massive punch that left a giant indentation of his fist in the ground. And, most recently, [[spoiler:when Fate's partners all came at him at once at full power... [[GilliganCut it was all over in one panel]] that started with the words "Five minutes later."]])
* {{Cyberspace}} (Chisame's Artifact, anyone?)
* CycleOfRevenge ([[spoiler:The motivation for most of the villains in the series so far, and for Negi to a degree as well.]])
*DanceOfRomance (Chapter 260 has two of them actually: One by Negi and [[supersecretspoiler:[[hottip:*:faux ]]]]Asuna and the other one by Kotaro and Natsumi.
* DarkerAndEdgier (The manga is rapidly moving into this in the recent chapters)
** Except for the periodic {{Fanservice}} interludes.
*** You know the series is already getting darker the more chapters, but try Chapter 268. That's REAL HEAVY STUFF!
* DawsonCasting (most people in the Live Action Adaptation seem far from their supposed age)
* DayInTheLimelight (Every girl generally gets her own chapter, or even entire arc, devoted to her, especially if she hasn't had much "screen time" yet.)
* [[DeathOfAThousandCuts Death By A Thousand Cats]] (Used humorously to illustrate Negi's confusion over a PowerLevel chart.)
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse (Doesn't actually occur, but Haruna points out that this is how love triangles usually end, causing the two girls involved to freak out considerably.)
* DefeatMeansFriendship (Mostly subverted (in that the people fighting are already friends, and are in a tournament or whatnot), but played straight with [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eva, to a lesser extent.]])
* DemonSlaying (The Shinmeiryu's speciality)
* DeusExMachina (During the GeckoEnding of the first anime, the [[spoiler:TimeMachine]] used to fix the [[DiabolusExMachina disaster]] that kicked off the final arc)
** Of course, the existence of [[spoiler:a TimeMachine]] in the Negiverse is not ''that'' farfetched...
*** True; as a matter of fact [[spoiler:they lifted it straight from the manga]]. But [[spoiler:in the anime]] it ''does'' come out of nowhere, and is immediately used to solve what had been an [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal apparently]] [[ReallyDeadMontage unsolvable]] [[AllDeathsFinal problem]]]], thus being pretty much a textbook example.
* DidNotDoTheResearch (Averted ''big time''. [[ShownTheirWork Just see]] [[spoiler:Chisame's battle against a TCP tuna swarm; she repels it setting up a '''bucket filter''', even using the correct sentence to implement it in [[http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/other/iptables.html iptables]]!]])
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu (The first couple times Asuna attacks Eva (literally with a punch), [[spoiler:before anyone understands her anti-magic abilities,]] results in this.)
** Also, [[spoiler:what Negi was prepared to do to whomever was in charge of Pactio Cards if Chachamaru's card didn't show up]] in chapter 263.
** Also, [[spoiler:Chisame to Magia Erebea-fueled UnstoppableRage Negi, coupled with ArmorPiercingSlap and GetAHoldOfYourselfMan]] in chapter 265.
* DirtyBusiness (Negi wonders if [[spoiler:defeating Chao's plan to reveal TheMasquerade was the right thing to do throughout the Festival Arc.]] He's reassured [[spoiler:by Chao herself, no less]] that there are no hard feelings, though.)
* DisContinuity (The first two anime adaptations to some fans, though ''Negima!?'' is more of an AlternateUniverse. The live-action adaptation, however...)
* DittoFighter ([[spoiler:Albireo Imma]] [[SummonMagic collects life stories.]] Normally, he can simply tap the knowledge therein, but if he chooses, he can actually ''become'' a person he recorded. However, such "replays" [[HourOfPower only last ten minutes]], and each one [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only works once]], turning the life story that created it into a regular biographic text.)
** If I remember correctly, the only ones with the one-use-ten-minute-limit are those stronger than him, and he can utilize anyone else's without such a limit, but since those he can use limitlessly are weaker than him, it's almost useless in that regard.
** The time limit and "one time use" thing apply whenever he uses the "replay" power to completely copy someone personality in addition to their power. If he's only copying their abilities he can use it limitlessly (if their weaker than him), or for a few minutes (if they're stronger).
* DivingSave (Negi and cat)
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything (All over the place. A noteworthy example in the fifth panel of [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c018/16.html this page]].)
* DoingItForTheArt
* DoItYourselfThemeTune (every song to date)
* DoomedHometown (Negi's [[TakenForGranite petrified]] hometown)
* DramaticWind
* DudeShesLikeInAComa (Played straight mostly, normally on poor Negi, but inverted every once in a while with the ''sleeper'' doing the kissing.)
* DungeonCrawling (Library Island at first, then Nodoka's adventuring party).
* DynamicEntry (Everyone, and not just in combat either. Sometimes it seems that a kick to the face is just how the ladies of Mahora say "hello".)
* ElaborateUniversityHigh (and how!)
* ElementalBaggage
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom (Poor Negi...)
* ElevatorSchool (Mahora Academy)
* EndingTheme
* EnvironmentalSymbolism
* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper (It's developed into an action series to rival ''OnePiece'' or ''{{Naruto}}'', yet try explaining that to a new reader when a chapter ends with two stark-naked girls hugging in the bath)
** Also played straight within the series itself: Whenever Takane introduces herself, everyone just says "Ohh...the stripper."
* EveryoneIsASuper (At least, in the magic world, magic is, understandably, very common, and nobody bats an eye at its use.)
* EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* EverythingsCuterWithKittens
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods
* EverythingsWorseWithBears
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima%21/30/03/ for this page of the manga]]
* TheEvilArmy
* [[spoiler:EvilChancellor (A group of them has been manipulating the Megalomesembria Senate and is responsible for every major event that has happened in the story so far, starting with the war. Even the events of the Festival Arc may have been a result of their actions.)]]
* ExecutiveMeddling (Perhaps almost a good example. The executives wanted another Harem Comedy, while Akamatsu wanted to make a shounen manga. Thus, the end result is ''LoveHina'' meets ''HarryPotter'' meets ''DragonballZ'', and perhaps one of the most awesome works ever.)
* ExplodingCalendar
* ExtranormalInstitute
* ExtraStrengthMasquerade (After a while, characters' attempts to maintain the {{Masquerade}} start to seem kinda half-assed, but everyone still falls for it anyway)
* EyeCatch
* {{Facefault}}
* FalseCameraEffects (FishEyeLens)
* {{Fanservice}} (Any excuse to get the characters naked, up to [[ClothingDamage clothes-destroying]] [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes]], lasers, and [[NaughtyTentacles octopodes]].)
** FanServicePack
** And FanDisservice
* FantasticNuke
* FantasticRacism
* FantasyKitchenSink ([[{{Ninja}} ninjas]], [[RobotGirl robots]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[ChurchMilitant nuns]], [[{{Miko}} priestesses]], [[HumanAliens aliens]], [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demons]], [[MadScientist mad scientists]], [[EverythingIsOnline hackers]]...)
* FetishFuel: The girls are ''fourteen,'' although they're drawn more like petite seventeen year-olds. (Has [[FetishFuel/MahouSenseiNegima its own page]], by the way.)
** Who are we kidding? This is a case of TasteTheRainbow at work. The girls' looks run the gamut from [[{{Lolicon}} loli-style]] (Eva, the twins) to GagBoobs (Chizuru) and girls who [[YoungerThanTheyLook look old enough to be in college]] (Kaede, Mana). And everything in between. The entire series is crammed with just about every type of FetishFuel imaginable.
** Note also that with all the time-manipulation going on, along with certain individuals who are or might be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, and god knows what else, many of the girls might well actually ''be'' physically seventeen. Or older. (Or, in the case of Chachamaru, much younger.)
* FightingAShadow
* FirstGirlWins (Exactly ''who'' was first is definitely a problem though)
* FirstKiss (A few of them, though not the entire class, nor all eleven of the girls Negi pactioed with)
* FirstNameBasis
* FissionMailed ([[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c140/5.html OH YES!!!]] Complete with a real full sized picture in fact. And the obligatory bleep at TheEnd button.)
* FlashBack (Aisaka's memories in episode 19, Konoka's in episode 21. In the manga, Asuna also gets many flashbacks related to her mysterious past with Ala Rubra)
* FlashStep (Including in thin air, somehow)
* FlexibleTourneyRules (averted, with Asuna disqualified instantly when she broke a rule)
* {{Flight}}
* FloatingContinent (Ostia, though most of it has crashed)
* FoeYay (Anything involving [[PsychoLesbian Tsukuyomi]] and Setsuna.)
* FountainOfYouth (The Age Changing Pills)
* FreudianExcuse: Played with in Eva's case: After recounting the tale of her life, including how she became a vampire and killed her way through the centuries, Asuna's response is immediately "So...it's not your fault, right? Because you didn't choose to be bad?" Eva takes this as more evidence that Asuna is an idiot.
* FriendOrIdolDecision
* FrogsAndToads
* FunbagAirbag
* FunctionalMagic
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A throw away joke in chapter 82 suddenly takes on a new meaning later on in the series.
* FuroScene (A Furo the size of a swimming pool, but a furo nonetheless)
* GagSeries (Negima!?)
* GeckoEnding (The first anime series)
* GenreShift (The current chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as LoveHina [[RecycledInSpace WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of {{Naruto}} and {{Bleach}}.)
** {{Naruto}} and {{One Piece}}, rather. Bleach has pretty much been neutered for the last hundred or so chapters.
* GeometricMagic (Required for ''pactio'')
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''Loads'', and from a certain point of view the first two volumes could be seen as a grand scheme to get the rest of the series past the executives. But, on a more traditional note, a good example is an early chapter where the girls are giving Negi a bath to cheer him up (everyone's wearing swimsuits) and someone shouts "Negi is so small and cute! Let's watch him grow!" "He's only ten, I don't think there will be much "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean growing...]]"
* GiantEnemyCrab
* GiantSpider
* GladiatorGames
* TheGlomp
* GodivaHair
* GoldilocksAndTheMinesOfMoria
* GoldfishScoopingGame (Negi and Asuna play it during their date. Asuna isn't too good at this so Negi tries to help her... but this being ''Negima'' that doesn't go so well (or does it?) and he grabs her where he shouldn't and then they end up in a position strangely resembling one two digit number. To cut it short, we are not sure if his nose bleeds from the hit or... other reasons.)
* GrandFinale
* GratuitousForeignLanguage (Not just [[GratuitousEnglish English]], but Latin... and Greek... and ''Sanskrit''...)
** And [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly Good Foreign Languages]], at that. Read the furigana pronunciation guides during incantation to see just how good.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress
* GraysSportsAlmanac
* GreenLanternRing (three 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. Interesting in that it's not a "kill," in the traditional sense, but in this situation the combatants tactically may as well be dead.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
* GrowingTheBeard
* GunFu (Do ''not'' mess with Mana.)
** Let's not forget one of her best crowning moments of awesome: Ku-Fei spends half a duel dodging ''coins'' being flicked at her like bullets, and when she finally manages to get within melee range, Mana [[spoiler:just says "I don't have any weak distances" and gets her right on the chin.]]
* HammerSpace: Used constantly, especially because the pactios allow the partners to summon "artifacts" out of nowhere. However, there is also the more traditional version, when people without access to magic pull out guns or what have you out of who knows where. In the latter instances, it is typically lampshaded with a small "Where did those come from?"
* HandBehindHead
* HealingHands
* HermeticMagic (and traditional Japanese magic, too -- an almost unheard-of combination at the time the series first appeared)
* HeroInsurance
* HeroUnit
* HikaruGenjiPlan (The rationale of at least one of Negi's "admirers")
* HighAltitudeBattle
* {{Honorifics}} (Many of the girls call Negi "Negi-bozu", which in addition to its literal meaning is a pun on "negibozu", a variety of onion and a slang term for an inexperienced youth; also, Negi uses ''yobisute'' with Takamichi and Kotarou, as well as Anya, indicating their close friendship)
* HotSpringsEpisode (presumed, based on manga)
* HolyShitQuotient (has been rising steadily as of late, taking an especially tremendous leap in Chapter 265)
* HumongousMecha
** Including one that looks, I swear, like [[NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA-01]] [[XMeetsY fused with]] [[FullMetalAlchemist Alphonse's armor]]. AWESOME.
* HundredPercentCompletion (Negi making contracts with everyone in his class in ''Negima!?'' is required to defeat the Star Crystal.)
* HybridMonster
* 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''. And every one of them is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]]
* IAmNotShazam (why the "Ma"?)
** May be a reference to a Japanese spring onion dish.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming ("By Asuna")
* IdiotCrows
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* {{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)
* TheImmodestOrgasm ([[spoiler:A near equivalent, when Negi overwinds Chachamaru in chapter 190]])
**Taken to the extreme again in chapter 263 as the opening three pages of the chapter
* ImprobableFoodBudget
* IndirectKiss
* InertiaIsACruelMistress
* InnocentInnuendo ("Whip it out, boy!")
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha
* InstantBandages
* InstantCosplaySurprise
* InstantRunes
* InstantWebHit
* InTheHood (Akamatsu loves this one)
* {{Introdump}} (A very necessary one, in the form of Negi's class roster, which is reused in the tankôbon 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
* ISeeLondon
* {{Jerkass}} (Chamo, Negi's "pet" ermine, readily qualifies for this in his dealings with the girls)
* KabukiSounds
* KiAttacks
* {{Kimodameshi}}
* KissingCousins (Confirmed between [[spoiler:Negi and Asuna]], though it isn't romantic (possibly). Don't think he realizes it yet, either.)
* LanguageOfMagic
* LaserGuidedAmnesia (Some memory altering spells help protect the {{Masquerade}})
* LateForSchool ([[LampshadeHanging noted]] by Setsuna on one of the few days they weren't late and [[StatusQuoIsGod "Yet they run"]])
* LawyerFriendlyCameo (Ku:nel Sanders)
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall
* LeftHanging (Kansai mages plot and others, at the beginning of the GrandFinale GeckoEnding of the first anime)
* LesYay ([[spoiler:[[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/252/17/ When Konoka finally makes a pactio with Setsuna]]; she holds the kiss longer than any other seen previously]] -- Chamo ''timed it''. [[{{Squee}} It's still damn cute]].)
* TheLibraryOfBabel
* LightningGlare
* LiveActionAdaptation ([[DisContinuity ...we don't talk about this one much]])
* LivingShadow
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (The series started off with thirty-one students, one teacher, one principal, and two advisors. It has since expanded with new characters coming in from the magical community.)
* {{Lolicon}} (Ken Akamatsu, maybe...)
** Akamatsu has stated in interviews that despite popular belief, he likes older women. The TokenLoli characters throughout his series' are mostly for diversity in the cast.
*** Wait. Would that mean Negi is actually an Expy of Akamatsu?
**** Only if he's a foot and a half shorter than his pictures indicate, is dying his hair, and hiding deep-seated daddy issues.
* LostInTranslation (The Del Rey English adaptation of the original manga is distressingly spotty. In particular, the first volume (and to a lesser extent the next three) seems to have been a [[{{Macekre}} misguided attempt]] at a GagDub. Volume 5 reads like too much effort was spent on making it sound colloquial and not enough on making sure the translation [[BlindIdiotTranslation made sense]], and volumes 20 and 21 are [[TheyJustDidntCare just lazy]] -- even the Latin got ruined. Things are looking up, though, with the [[FruitsBasket Nibley sisters]] translating from volume 22 onwards...)
* LoveChart
* LoveDodecahedron (Chamo describes it as something of a web)
* LoveIsInTheAir
* LovePotion (twice, for mainly comedic reasons)
* LoveTriangle
* MacrossMissileMassacre (a common spell, with {{Roboteching}} for good measure)
* MagicAIsMagicA
* MagicalIncantation
* MagicallyBindingContract
* MagicLand
* MagicMissile
* MagicWand
* {{Magitek}} (Chao's DeadlyUpgrade and PoweredArmor, as well as Chachamaru's very existence. Oh, and a magic gun)
* MagnificentSeven
* TheMagocracy
* MaleGaze
* {{Mana}}
* MarilynManeuver (Every single eligible female on panel, every single time Negi sneezes.)
* MarshmallowHell ([[TropeNamers/AnimeAndManga trope namer]])
* {{Masquerade}} (Mages are not supposed to reveal themselves to {{Muggles}}. Doing so puts them in danger of severe punishment, and LaserGuidedAmnesia for all involved if discovered.)
* MassTeleportation
* MeasuringDay
* MediumAwareness (The characters comment several times on the images that appear in the back of the panel to illustrate one of their thoughts or a flashback)
**Konoka hastily readies the RelaxOVision card used some chapters back when Rakan's taunting of the AmazonBrigade that's trapped them edges too close to {{Hentai}} for comfort.
* {{Meido}}
* MinMaxing (Nodoka's magic item combo)
* MobileShrubbery
* ModestyTowel (sometimes...)
* MoeMoe
* MonsterMash
* MoodWhiplash (the first anime's left-field ending, the gateport incident in Vol. 21)
* MultipleEndings
* MundaneUtility - Heavily averted. On-panel, magic is used almost exclusively for combat. It's implied by one of the PettingZooPeople that magic is employed in things like cleaning, but we rarely get to ''see'' it a few times, with Negi levitating groceries or buffing his athletic ability, and with healing magic.
** How about that one cook with magic wand in Granicus tournament? Or all that flying ships used for transportation? Or magical analog of TV and Internet? Or... I think averted is wrong term. Do not shown because unimportant - yes, averted - no.
* MusclesAreMeaningless
* MutuallyExclusiveMagic
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: ''Averted'' (for now): "It would have suited my purposes if you had killed me here..."
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours (Oh boy, do they use that one. Negi started training obsessively at age ''four'' and never ceased intensifying his training ever since. The rest of the Ala Alba adopted the same attitude rather quickly too, spending months training in [[YearInsideHourOutside Eva's resort]] during their school break. Of course, the same seems to go for most of the particularly powerful people: [[ChildSoldiers Mana, who's lived most of her life on the battlefield]] [[HiredGuns as a merc]] [[ZenSurvivor till now]], Kaede, [[HeirTotheDojo who's left to continue the tradition of her dying art]], [[FailureKnight Setsuna, who refuses to allow herself to be weak after a past mistake]] [[BodyguardCrush in protecting Konoka]], [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Evangeline who's been forced to carry on for hundreds of years]] battling for her existence until now [[PowerLimiter after her curse]], and Takamichi, [[CantCatchUp who's devoted most of his life to being worthy of fighting alongside the Ala Rubra]], apparently [[TrainingFromHell nearly killing himself trying]]. Negi feels weaker than all of these people for good reason.)
* MysteriousParent
* MythArc
* NarmCharm (The official English translation of the Manga)
** Specifically, Ku Fei's semi-HulkSpeak dialect. It's a spotty means of translating her tendency to stick '-aru' where it shouldn't be, but it grows on you after a while.
* NaughtyTentacles (upon landing in Magicus Mundus, Chisame is attacked by a clothes-eating-octopus that seems to exist solely for putting in tentacle-rape-esque scenes)
** Also, that one boob-obsessed merc had some sandworms handy, each of which had tentacles.
** Back in the Kyoto arc, Fate subdues Asuna by turning a bath into a bunch of watery hands that ''tickle her until she can't move''. And this is after he [[ClothingDamage accidentally destroys all her clothes.]]
*** Don't forget the cyberspace jellyfish in the Battle of Mahora.
* NearMisses (stronger character vs. anyone using the time-warping bullets)
* NewspaperDating (a short-term version)
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHerod]] ([[spoiler:The attack on [[DoomedHometown Negi's hometown]] was done by the Megalomesembrian Senate in a specific attempt to kill Toddler!Negi. It, obviously, failed, and now Negi knows, and boy is he ''pissed''.]])
* NighInvulnerable: Rakan. There is a ''reason'' that prize fighters are about two steps away from worshiping him as a living god.
* NippleAndDimed
* [[NoDialogueEpisode No Dialogue Chapter]] (Number 166, if you want to know)
* NonFatalExplosions
* NonLethalWarfare
* NoodleIncident (There're actually quite a few. One including "[[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/165/12/ Chizuru and a large number of spring onions]]", and another about Chisame's "[[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima%21/203/17/ First time on the net]]")
** Chizuru believes that many ailments can be cured by shoving onions up the afflicted person's butt. Kotarou is terrified of her ''for a very good reason.''
*** Chizuru Naba. Artifact: Dual Negi. Powers: Butt Piercing. Benefits: May cure colds, may not. PowerLevel: [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/262/13/ 400.]] (For comparison, Kaede ranks 120 points.)
* {{Nosebleed}}
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou
* NotWhatItLooksLike
* TheNudifier (Negi essentially ''is'' TheNudifier. Also, just go read the ClothingDamage entry.)
* {{Obake}}
* OcularGushers
* {{Odango}}
* OddlyVisibleEyebrows
* OfCorsetsSexy
* {{Offhand Backhand}} (Setsuna, without even knowing that she was doing it... while worrying about getting ''weaker'', no less.)
** Evangeline while contemplating new information about [[spoiler:Negi's father]]. The poor guy never saw it coming.
* OffModel (fixed in DVD release)
* OhCrap (regular occurrence)
* OminousMultipleScreens (used often during important scenes in Negima!?)
* OneHitKill (Time-displacement bullets)
* OneWingedAngel: Played straight with Inugami Kotarou-kun. [[spoiler:BigBadassWolf indeed.]]
** Subverted later on; after Negi single-handedly wipes out a gang of bounty hunters, the leader starts muttering about revealing his true form. Negi gives him a [[DeathGlare mean look]], and he goes back to cowering on the ground.
** Used again when four of Fate's minions all [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c260/3.html revealed more powerful forms]] to fight Jack Rakan. [[spoiler:Not that it helped any.]]
** Later it turns out that [[spoiler:Negi can pull this off if he cranks [[BlackMagic Magia Erebea]] up high enough.]]
* OnlySixFaces
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass
* OnTheMoney ([[spoiler:Buying out slaves]] = one martial arts tournament)
** Actually an inversion: [[spoiler:It makes perfect sense for a martial arts tournament to have a round million as a reward, but not so much for that to be the exact price of the slaves' debt.]]
*** [[spoiler:It's unlikely that there's any sort of fixed price on slaves; the determining factor was probably the cost of the medicine; everybody else was just trying to avoid losing money in the process.]] Still, a nice coincidence.
* OnTheNext
* TheOjou (Ayaka)
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent
* OutOfClothesExperience (everyone when they use magic to wander into the mind of another character)
* OverAndUnderTheTop
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank
* OverlyPrepreparedGag
* OvertookTheManga
* PantyFighter (How exactly did Setsuna and Asuna get roped into wearing [[OfCorsetsSexy the clothes they did]] during the Mahora TournamentArc, again?)
** Konoka strongarmed Setsuna into wearing hers, maybe? As for Asuna... well, who knows?
**I believe it's said that they were required to wear the porn-maid outfits for the audience's viewing pleasure, due to the fact that the person in charge has a really evil sense of humor. As for the Sexy Ghost-Fighting clothes, I have no idea.
* PantyShot (Hoo boy...)
* PapaWolf (''Don't'' attack Negi's students. Just don't.)
* PaperFanOfDoom (Asuna's weapon in cosplay mode.)
* ParentalAbandonment (Beside the obvious examples of Negi and Asuna, both orphaned, nearly all the characters live alone in a boarding school with no parents in sight. The two dads that showed up were extremely plot relevant)
* {{Parental Incest}} (No actual incest occurs, but Yuuna ''really'' loves her dad. If he reciprocated, now then, ''that'' would be incest. As it is, it is merely incest in-potentia.)
** A recent chapter even has her saying that [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/253/11/ she wouldn't mind giving a "deep, passionate kiss" to her dad]], which elicits a {{squick}}ed "NoJustNo" from Ako.
* PeekABoo (In an attack [[spoiler:and subsequent BigDamnHeroes moment,]] [[spoiler:Nodoka]] gets stripped to the waist. Negi gets a full-frontal eyeful [[spoiler:when she forgets (!) and clasps his hand in gratitude for the save]])
* PensieveFlashback (Negi and Asuna use a spell to get an OutOfClothesExperience inside Negi's memories of the destruction of his DoomedHometown.)
* PersonOfMassDestruction (If you hear someone starting an incantation with "''To Sumbolaion Diakoneto Moi''", ''RUN''.)
* PetalPower
* PillarOfLight
* PillowFight (During their Kyoto vacation/[[ClassTrip school field trip]], several of the girls of 3-A had an [[CookingDuel epic pillow fight]] with their [[{{Shotacon}} boy]] [[ChickMagnet teacher]]'s kiss as the prize. Despite what you may assume from the previous sentence, very little of it was used as FetishFuel. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pillow_Fight.jpg Also take note that the girls will indulge in the occasional pillow fight given the opportunity]].)
* PinkBishoujoGhetto
* {{Pixellation}}
* PlaceOfPower (twelve of them, including Mahora itself)
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn (right after Ala Alba gets spread out across the Magic World, Negi comes to and finds a bathing [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]]. Interestingly enough, she's still wearing long FingerlessGloves and [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-high socks.]] Wait, [[FridgeLogic is it still Zettai Ryouiki if the "skirt" component is]] ''[[FridgeLogic completely absent?]]'')
** I'm assuming that the socks and gloves were actually built into Chachamaru when she underwent her upgrade.
** To answer the original: ''yes''.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp (The pills everyone's favourite Ermine orders in. The author of the manga has a ''lot'' of fun playing with these)
* PoolScene
* PornStash (subverted, it's merely used as a distraction)
* PostEpisodeTrailer
* PostKissCatatonia (After [[spoiler:Chachamaru]] gets her artefact in a ravishing Pactio kiss that goes on for ''four pages'')
* PowerLevels (In the manga's Magic World arc, Jack Rakan, with his own ''personal ranking chart'', puts a major villain's power in context with an oddball list that includes: a cat (0.5), a normal human teen girl (1), a tank (200), a magic teacher (300), Negi (500), a dragon (650), an Aegis Battleship (1500), and the villain (3000). [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]] Chisame doesn't even know where to begin in pointing out all the problems with such an arbitrary list (which probably shouldn't be taken very seriously).)
** Spoofed shortly after with Negi sinking into despair after getting nowhere in Rakan's "crash course" in [[TheDarkSide darkness lesson]], which made him experience delusions about his low ranking, being intimidated and defeated by the blitz rush of a thousand cats (0.5 x 1000). Of course, said one thousand cats formed into one.
*** We later discover that Rakan places ''himself'' at ''[[OverNineThousand 12,000]]'' on this list.
**** Which is interesting [[FridgeLogic when considering]] he put himself as being roughly on par with Fate earlier.
**** ''[[ObfuscatingStupidity Never trust Rakan.]]''
**** There's also the matter that Rakan later remarked he could have been wrong about [[BigBad Fate]], replacing his score with a question mark. Above 8000.
* ThePowerOfBlood
* PowerPerversionPotential
** Isn't it only "potential" if they're not all already making use of it in exactly that fashion?
** They're not. At least, not fully; not on panel at least... Case in point: [[ArtInitiatesLife Haruna]]. Sure, she's done some pretty [[NotRightInTheBed crazy things]], but it could be [[YaoiFangirl much worse.]]
* ProductPlacement
* PsychicLink
* PsychicNosebleed: [[spoiler:Haruna experiences a form of this when she summons her ultimate defense golem to stop a massive attack, the amount of damage the golem defends is so great that the fraction of damage it transfers to Haruna gives her a head injury and knocks her out.]]
* PublicDomainArtifact
* PuppyDogEyes
* QuiveringEyes
* RainAura
* [[RainOfArrows Rain of (Magical) Arrows]] (there doesn't seem to be a limit to how many Magic Arrows you can shoot off, as long as it's a prime number)
* RapeAsComedy
** Although, normally the funny thing is that the BigDamnHeroes are talking about "avenging her honor," and whatever poor naked girl they're rescuing is just sitting in the back saying "But it wasn't ''that''..." (She was actually [[spoiler:tickled into submission]]). There are also the several ForcefulKiss incidents, such the whole deal with TheWorldTree, and Haruna's "Nugi" golem going on a deep-kiss rampage.
***Actual rapists are noticiably pretty much nonexistent in this series, the sole exception being the PsychoLesbian who seemingly [[AttemptedRape tried to rape]] Setsuna. That particular incident is ''not'' played for comedy.
* RazorWind
* TheRedPlanet (Went from what at first seemed like a joke from Chao to being [[spoiler:the real location of Mundus Magicus. [[AnotherDimension Sort of]].]])
* TheRedSonja (Ku Fei has imposed this policy on herself)
* RedStringOfFate
* ReedRichardsIsUseless
* RelationshipVoiceActor
* TheRemnant (Fate Averruncus in the manga)
* RescueArc
* ReverseFunnyAneurysm
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction
* RobeAndWizardHat
* RobotMaid (several owned by Evangeline)
* RoleCalled
* RoofHopping
* RousseauWasRight
* RPGEpisode
* RubberFace
* RuleOfCool (A good chunk of the manga runs on this and...)
* RuleOfFunny (Anything that isn't totally logical or [[RuleOfCool awesome]] is going to be this.)
* RunningGag
* SaintlyChurch
* SayItWithHearts
* SceneryPorn
* ScoobyDoobyDoors
* SchematizedProp (Logistifying Chiu's artifact)
* SchoolFestival (Quite possibly the largest one in fiction. It runs for about a week and takes in several million dollars)
* SealedEvilInACan (Waking up a legendary demon was the motivation for the villains during the Kansai arc. Also, Eva technically qualifies; although she was sealed less for her evil (which was, if you believe her, considerable) and more because Nagi couldn't get her to [[StalkerWithACrush leave him alone]]. Ironically, the protagonists defeat the first abovementioned Sealed Evil by temporarily breaking the seal on the other one. )
* {{Sentai}}
* SeriousBusiness (A tense meeting between Fate and Negi derails for one page into a heated argument over coffee and tea -- Negi ''is'' [[SpotOfTea British]], after all. Negi prefers milk tea [[KickTheDog and refers to coffee as "muddy water"]]. Fate drinks seven cups of black coffee every day, and occasionally lemon tea.)
* SeizaSquirm
* ShapeshifterWeapon
* ShipperOnDeck (''Every''one Ships Konoka and Setsuna.)
* {{Shipping}} ([[spoiler:Chamo kickstarts an in-character Negi/Ku Fei ship after their pactio in 261]])
* ShipTease (So much that it is impossible make any truly defninitive declarations as to which girl will "win" until one of them actually does.)
* ShirtlessScene (In-universe, on the poster advertising [[spoiler:Negi's and Rakan's fight,and in the fight itself]].)
* ShootTheMedicFirst
* {{Shotacon}} (Poor Negi is such a ChickMagnet that half of his fourteen-year-old class is outright discussing how to confess their love for him within days of his arrival. It's made somewhat less {{squick}}y by the fact that at least a few of them are more concerned with how badass he's going to be in a few years, but at least one girl is ''very'' happy to have herself a yummy little ten year old -- although to be fair it's less about sex and more about replacing a baby brother who died at birth.)
* ShoutOut (A "mission failed" screen like those seen in ''ExcelSaga''; the five "Baka Rangers" reference ''Super Sentai/Power Rangers'')
**The Mahora-Budokai Martial Arts Tournament is an AffectionateParody of the Tenkaichi Budokai of ''Dragonball'', right down to the shape and design of its arena.
*** Cosplay or cameo, Goku, Piccolo, and Buu can be seen within the crowd during the opening start of the Tournament.
*** In keeping with the fighting game character [[TheCameo cameos]], Kaede's outfit during her fights in the budokai rather closely resembles that of [[KingOfFighters King]].
** Also, Evangeline's training resort is a clear allusion to the Room Of Spirit and Time in ''Dragonball Z'', except that one hour in here equals one day as opposed to [[YearInsideHourOutside one-day-equals-one-year.]])
** Yue is seen drinking a [[FinalFantasyVII Last Elixir]] in one chapter.
**Mei Sakura's artifact is a broom. When it flies it [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c156/12.html gains wings near the back]] like [[CardCaptorSakura another Sakura's]] fly card.
** On more than one occasion, we see garb suspiciously familiar to classic Final Fantasy White Mage wear.
** After discovering that he's got a time machine in a watch, Negi thinks of the [[BackToTheFuture DeLorean]], the {{Terminator}}, the 2002 adaptation of Wells' TheTimeMachine and {{Doraemon}}.
** Kotaro Inugami is effectively a shout-out to [[RumikoTakahashi Takahashi's]] ''InuYasha''.
** A chapter titled "Rakan at 120%", a shout-out to Younger Toguro from ''YuYuHakusho'', who infamously stated he would use a certain percentage of his power, but his ''true'' true power was 120%. Another possible allusion is with the match between Negi and Rakan which rather resembles Yusuke and Toguro's final engagement and more...
*** Then when [[spoiler:Negi pulls out the Duplex Complexio]] his hair [[DragonBallZ inexplicably grows longer]].
---->'''Negi:'''[[spoiler:Let's just call this [[strike:Super Saiyan 3]] Raiten Taisou 2, shall we?]]
** Chisame. Look at her theme, her infatuation with computer stuff, her pactio, all of it [[spoiler:screams CorrectorYui]].
** When discussing something which grants wishes, it is mentioned that it could not [[DragonballZ summon a pair of panties]].
*** There's even a silhouette of Oolong visible in the background.
** When Nodoka uses [[MindProbe her artifact]] on Mei in Chapter 141, the diary entry read "Eeeek! C-C-Could that be the Legendary [[DeathNote Death No--]]!? I mean that artifact that reads"
** The interior of Ala Alba's "goldfish ship" looks nearly identical to the [[CowboyBebop Bebop]]
** Chapter 261: [[spoiler:Negi and Ku-Fei's arm wrestling match shouts out to a Sylvester Stallone movie named ''Over the Top.'' Especially Negi shifting his grip.]]
*** Not to mention that during the whole thing, Ku Fei is dressed almost identically to [[StreetFighter Chun Li]].
** ChineseGirl Ku Fei's family requirement that only a man who is stronger than she can kiss (or marry) her echoes the cultural imperatives of the Joketsuzoku from ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' (and RedSonja, for that matter). Some fans are claiming that she ''is'' a Joketsuzoku, and that ''Negima'' and ''Ranma'' take place in the same universe.
** The manner in which cards are drawn from the girls in Negima!? often looks simmilar to scenes in which swords are drawn from people in RevolutionaryGirlUtena
** Yue is dressed like [[{{Touhou}} Patchouli Knowledge]] [[http://mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c087/11.html during part of the school festival]].
** Also during the tournament arc, there are several panels of online discussion concerning the techniques being used by the combatants. One of the comments is "We have a [[JojosBizarreAdventure STAND USER]]!"
** A minor character, the mage teacher Seruhiko, was created specifically as a {{Homage}} to ''[[{{Berserk}} Serpico]]'', of all people. Kentaro Miura even approved the character.
** [[FindingNemo "The sea monkeys have my money...Yes, I'm natural green..."]]
*** What part of Negima is that from?
*** Motsu uses it in the ''Negima?!'' anime.
** [[spoiler:New character Kurt Godel is named after an Austrian mathematician/philosopher most famous for his incompleteness theorems, which state that there is no consistent formal theory in which all arithmetic truths can be proven.]]
* ShowgirlSkirt
* ShownTheirWork (Shown mainly in the compiled volume extras and magazines, which give descriptions on both in-universe physics and real world data, such as the use of surprisingly good [[CanisLatinicus Latin]]... [[GratuitousForeignLanguage And Greek. And Sanskrit.]] Other examples are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajiquan Hakkyokuken]], Negi and Ku-Fei's martial arts style and the physics behind Negi's [[FlashStep Raisoku Shundo]]. And [[spoiler:the geography of Mundus Magicus, which appears to be Mars+Oceans -- which is finally pointed out by one of the characters in a July 2009 installment]].
* ShowWithinAShow (''Mahou Shojou Biblion'', a MagicWarrior series)
* ShrinesAndTemples
* SingleStrokeBattle
* SkinshipGrope
* SleepCute (happened to Ako & Makie, Konoka & Setsuna, and Negi & Asuna. Kazumi & Ayaka, and Haruna & Yue were close...)
** The credits of the anime. (Awww...)
* SmokeShield
* {{Sneezing}} (Negi used to be affected by frequent bouts of [[ClothingDamage clothing shredding]] sneezes in the early volumes of the manga. The sneezing disappeared when the story grew more serious, the {{Fanservice}} didn't).
* SnotBubble
* SnowMeansDeath
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
* SparklingStreamOfTears
* SpecialEditionTitle (episode 24; also, in honor of the halfway point in the manga, the logo is changed for that one chapter)
* SpellConstruction
* SpiderTank
* SpitTake
* SpottingTheThread: The Takamichi illusion.
* SqueakyEyes
* StableTimeLoop
* StripPoker
* SummoningRitual
* SummonMagic
* SuperDeformed (Infrequently, and usually only when characters are under stress)
* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide (What happens when Negi's BlackMagic gets out of his control)]]
* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids
* SuperpowerLottery
* SuperSpeed
* TheSweatDrop
* SwirlingDust
* Synchronization [[spoiler:Haruna's golems have a slight version of this since when one is used to defend from an actual attack, it gives her a PsychicNosebleed and knocks her out but doesn't pass on the full damage from the attack.]]
* TakenForGranite (Adds to the horror feel of the series, without too much {{Squick}})
* TakingTheBullet (Several times, including a 'defendee-tossing-would-be-defender-out-of-the-way-to-take-the-hit' subversion)
* TalkingToHimself
* TasteTheRainbow
* [[{{TearJerker/Anime}} Tear Jerker]] (Multiple)
* TeleFrag
* {{Telepathy}}
* TeleportersAndTransporters
* TemptingFate (Ayaka [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/185/12/ claims]] that she has a bad feeling about going to the Magic World and Asuna claims that Ayaka's claims are usually wrong. Guess what happens to Ala Alba)
* ThatDidntHappen
* ThereAreNoTherapists
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed
* ThirteenGoingOnThirty (Forward and reversed with the Age-disguising pills)
* ThirtySecondBlackout
* ThirtyXanatosPileUp: 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 XanatosSuckers or the SpannerInTheWorks.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself
* TheyJustDidntCare
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Averted! Do you remember, that Chao said she was from Mars? [[spoiler:Guess where the magical world is hidden!]]
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs (''Negima!?'' is Negima on... well, whatever {{Studio SHAFT}} is usually on.)
* ThunderingHerd
* TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace
* TimeMachine
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel (StableTimeLoop as Negi starts running into earlier versions of himself...)
* TimeyWimeyBall (...until the part where he has to change the future after being sent ahead)
* TitleDrop (The White Wing initially call themselves the Negima Club until the better name is suggested)
* TitleMontage (episode 26)
* ToBeAMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Pretty much automatic if someone gets an artifact. This includes [[spoiler:Negi, though overshadowed by the fact that he had just gained about ''eight others''.]]
* TooMuchInformation
* TooPowerfulToLive
* TournamentArc
* TransformationTrinket (The pactio cards)
* TranslationConvention (Scenes that take place in Britain are spoken in Japanese. The girls, even the ordinary ones, also have no trouble in the magical world -- averted though, in that it was colonized from Earth (Mundus Vetus, "the Old World"), and two of its major languages are "Anglicum" and "Japonense." Interestingly, though, the writing dotted around the Mundus Magicus suggest that the ''lingua franca'' is actually Latin.)
* TranslationStyleChoices
* TrappedInAnotherWorld (The entire plot of the current arc)
* TrainingFromHell
* TriangRelations
* {{Troperiffic}} ({{Understatement}}), so naturally this leads to...
* TropeOverdosed
* TugLoverWar (Poor Negi)
* TwoTeacherSchool
* TheUnmasquedWorld
* UnsoundEffect
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
* TheUnwantedHarem (DoubleSubversion: The professor surrounded by 31 female students sure looks like a set up for one of these, but, while the students may find Negi cute, they don't want to go out with him. Except, of course, that several of them do develop romantic feelings for Negi, though nowhere near as much as the premise would lead you to believe.)
* UpgradeArtifact
* UrbanFantasy
* VancianMagic
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon (Lampshaded by Rakan.)
* VillainBall
* VillainDecay (Notably subverted and twisted with Evangeline: Although after her first defeat, she is no longer really an enemy, she later reveals (several times) that she is far, far, ''far'' more powerful than she let on at first, making her absolutely terrifying. Among other things, she uses her ice magic to ''shatter'' a demon several hundred meters tall, she {{KO}}s an extremely skilled martial artist in one hit without her magic while she was distracted by thoughts of Negi's father, and draws a character into an alternate dimension (well, an illusion of it anyways) and proceeds to nuke said character multiple times. MotiveDecay? Maybe. VillainDecay? Not even a little bit.)
** Is it even Motive Decay. Did she really HAVE a motive, excluding getting out of the Academy, prior to her fight with Negi?
* VisibleSilence
* TheVoiceless: Zazie. Also played for laughs when she gets a call from the class president, asking what's going on. [[SilentBob It seems to be an entirely one-sided conversation, until Ayaka hangs up the phone, cheerily announcing things she could have only learned from Zazie]]. The other characters don't understand any more than the audience.
** Not the first time, either. Ayaka seems to be the one person who can instantly understand her.
* WackyHomeroom ([[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs On Steroids and/or Crack]])
* WalkOnWater
* WalkThePlank ([[spoiler:Arika's execution]] in chapter 268)
* WallOfText
* TheWatson (usually the normal or inexperienced girls. The trained warriors are usually the ones explaining)
* WaveMotionGun
* WeaponsThatSuck
* WeAreAsMayflies
* WellIntentionedExtremist [[spoiler:Chao and her future-changing plan, and now both Fate (who said that he wants to save the world) and Kurt Godel (who wants to defeat Fate) seem to be like this. At this point those last two are not confirmed. ]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome (from the recent [=OVAs=]: Zazie. Chachamaru. ''PING-PONG.'')
** And in Chapter 261, epic arm wrestling between Ku Fei and Negi. In formal attire.
*** Note the damage they do to the floor.
* [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway?]]
* WhipItGood: Ayaka's weapon in Rare form.
* WhiteMagic
* WingdingEyes
* WingedHumanoid: Setsuna, when they're not hidden. Invoked in her Rare form.
* WitchSpecies
* WizardDuel
* WizardingSchool
* TheWorfEffect: Takane, the girl with the shadow puppets. She's supposed to be at ''least'' reasonably competent, but has a tendency to go up against stronger enemies (that is, Negi and friends), [[CurbStompBattle get her ass handed to her]], and have all her [[ClothingDamage clothes blown off]].
** Any dragons that appear are likely going to be defeated in a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome spectacular manner]].
* TheWorldIsNotReady
* TheWorldTree
* WriterRevolt (Akamatsu wanted to do an action series all along)
* {{Wuxia}} (Euro-centric magic and fantastic-setting aside, the manga is increasingly gravitating towards this genre. Ku Fei's, and therefore by extension Negi's fighting style is emblematic of those found in the Classic Shaw Brothers Kung Fu films and Jet Li films of the 1990s.)
* XMeetsY (Described somewhat deprecatingly as "''HarryPotter'' meets ''LoveHina''" when it first appeared. But mid-early way through, it shifted more to "''HunterXHunter'' meets ''LoveHina'' with magic". Since the start of the Magic World arc, it gradually became a bit more like "''HarryPotter'' meets ''FinalFantasyTactics'' with Bonus FanService" -- only later to have some ''DragonBall'' thrown into the mix.)
* XanatosGambit: If the fandom's [[WildMassGuessing theories are correct]], [[spoiler:Chao Lingshen]] ''defines'' this trope. Basically, she's trying to avert some disaster in the future. The best way to do this is to reveal magic to the world. But if Negi is able to stop her, then that means he will also be able to avert the future disaster...well done, my dear. Well done.
* YearInsideHourOutside (Eva's "resort-in-a-bottle" (24:1 ratio), Theodora's similar training ground (10:1), and Eva's scroll (max of '''72''':1).)
* YearsTooEarly
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn
* YouCantFightFate (Both straight and subverted, for the same event. Not to be confused with the ''character'' named Fate, though fights against him ''are'' rather {{unwinnable}}.)
** Although recent events imply that he might not be as much trouble as previously thought.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* {{Youkai}}
* YoungGun (Yuna)
* YourDoorWasOpen (Negi wanders into [[CosplayOtakuGirl Chisame's]] apartment while she's dressed as her alter-ego "Chiu-chan".)
* YouRemindMEOfX: ''Everyone'' tells Negi about how he reminds them of his father.
* YourVampiresSuck
* YouWannaGetSued
* ZettaiRyouiki
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