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Characters: Negima Ala Rubra

That's right, Mahou Sensei Negima! is so overstuffed that it broke the folder system. Again. And it's still growing. So we decided to split the page. Again. This page is for everyone who's a member of Ala Rubra or was a close ally. Feel free to munch on some chips as you read.

This page is full of spoilers, naturally. You have been warned.

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    Nagi Springfield 

The Thousand Master

Negi's Disappeared Dad, the epitome of the Idiot Hero, and quite possibly the most powerful combat mage ever to live. Unlike his son, he is straight forward, child-like, laid back and disrespectful. He hates respectful titles and prefers to be called by his name without honorifics and such. He has a strong affinity for lightning and has mastered the element's strongest spells. Though his skill in battle is beyond question, he actually isn't all that good at remembering his magic, and often has to read his spell incantations off of a notebook.

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Negima!), Miyuki Sawashiro (Negima!?) (Japanese), Troy Baker (Negima!), J Michael Tatum (Negima!?) (English)
  • Friendly Rivalry: With Jack.
  • Grand Theft Me: Possessed by the Lifemaker sometime after the war.
  • Happily Married: Presumably to Arika after he rescued her. We never get to see them married, but it's implied that they lived happily together until the Lifemaker possessed him.
  • Hates Baths: He dislikes taking baths.
  • Hot Dad: Negi's.
  • I Cannot Self-Terminate: Asks Negi to come find and kill him, although considering that he's the Lifemaker's current meat-puppet, it's unclear who's really saying it.
  • Idiot Hair: Fits since he's an Idiot Hero.
  • Idiot Hero: Deconstructed. An idiot hero is great when all you need to do is beat your opponent. But then what happens after that? What happens when you're not smart enough to fix the situation because all you know how to do is fight? What happens when you can't kill your opponent just by blowing him up?
  • Improbable Age: He won the last Mahora Tournament when he was ten, gathered a team of badasses and became a war hero at thirteen and received the title of Thousand Master at age fifteen.
  • In the Hood: During the flashback to Negi's past where he's first introduced.
  • Invincible Hero: Explicitly stated to be completely invincible. Which makes it all the more worrying what could possibly have happened to him to make him disappear...
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As shown in the flashbacks.
  • Kung-Fu Wizard/Magic Knight: Dives head-first into an Anti-Magic pit at one point. Comes back out totally unscathed, and is able to match blows with Jack Rakan.
  • Lady and Knight: He's the knight, Arika is the lady.
  • Likes Older Women: Probably for Arika. Her age hasn't been confirmed, but she sure looks older than he is.
  • Magic Staff: Nagi is the former owner of Negi's staff.
  • Multicolored Hair: Just like Negi, he has red hair on the top and black hair in the back.
  • Mundane Solution: After some suitably epic banter between him and Evangeline, Nagi ends the battle before it even begins by catching Eva in a pit trap filled with onions and garlic. Game over.
  • Mysterious Parent: See Disappeared Dad.
  • Mysterious Protector: When Negi was younger, he viewed Nagi like this, to the point of getting himself in trouble so that his father would come save him.
  • Neck Lift: A favorite move of his, having done it against Fate during a Flash Back and when Albireo copied him in his match against Kaede during a tournament. Also a scene where the real Nagi used this on the last Mook Demon of an army he'd just torn through. He finished it in a Neck Snap.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: How he was saved from the Lifemaker and brought back. You'd be forgiven if the final chapter's Hand Wave explanation leaves you happy but confused.
  • Papa Wolf: He saved Negi from receiving a fatal punch from the demon when his hometown was attacked.
  • Parental Abandonment: Not by choice, though.
  • Person of Mass Destruction

    Arika 

Princess Arika Anarkhia Entheofushia of Vespertatia

Queen of Calamity

The Princess (and later Queen) of the kingdom of Ostia and one of Ala Rubra's allies during the war. At the war's end, she was instrumental in preventing the destruction of the Magic World, but at the cost of the destruction of her kingdom. Despite making every effort to evacuate as many as possible, she was falsely accused of genocide and nearly executed for it before being saved by Ala Rubra. Afterwards, she hooked up with Nagi, and was eventually revealed to be Negi's mother. Her current status and whereabouts are unknown. And unfortunately, never will be.

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Only in the Ala Rubra Drama CD)
  • Maternally Challenged: Inside Negi's Lotus-Eater Machine we get to see how Arika would have been like if she had raised Negi and she acts really awkward and challenged during her interactions with her son.
  • Megaton Punch: On Nagi, when he gropes her after rescuing her.
  • Mismatched Eyes: Her left eye is green while her right eye is blue. Hinting at her relation to Asuna.
  • Missing Mom: Negi didn't even know she was his mother. And we never find out why she went missing.
  • Mysterious Parent: Justified in that she was unjustly accused of a crime, and they didn't want Negi going off half-cocked to defend her reputation, so they didn't tell him about her at all.
  • Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Queen of Calamity
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: By taking the blame for Asuna, she has enabled the Cosmo Entelecheia to continue their plans and has caused the Senate to view Negi as an enemy.
  • No Social Skills: As a result of spending her whole life confined in the royal palace of Ostia, her social development was somewhat stunted, turning her into a stoic who has a really hard time expressing her emotions. She didn't even know what a date is.
  • Oblivious to Love: She was unable to tell Nagi had feelings for her until he flat-out stated it to her. Well, now we know where Negi gets it from.
  • Overly-Long Name: Her full name seen above.
  • Princesses Prefer Pink: She wears a pink dress during her execution.
  • Rapunzel Hair: It reaches her waist.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: She fought at least once.
  • Self-Made Orphan: She assassinated her father, who was a Cosmo Entelechia puppet, in order to seize control of the government of Ostia and point them in the proper direction.
  • Sheltered Aristocrat: Lampshaded by Nagi. She spent her whole life confined in the royal palace of Ostia. She didn't even know what ice cream was until Nagi showed her.
  • The Stoic: She is cold, serious and aloof and rarely expresses emotions openly.
    • Not So Stoic: Her normally aloof/serious demeanor pretty much shatters in Ch. 269 when Nagi confesses his love to her, giving way to lots of blushing, stuttering/stammering, and emotional outburst. Also, when he headbutted her to shut her up, we see a shocked Chibi!Arika.
  • Sugar and Ice Personality: Driven by The Chains of Commanding, she doesn't allow herself to show much emotion, but she is actually a very emotional person.
  • That Man Is Dead: Invoked by Nagi who claims that Queen Arika died and the Arika Nagi is with is just plain ol' Arika.
  • Tsundere: Complete with very violent reactions (though she still keeps a straight face) whenever Nagi pisses her off.
  • Tsurime Eyes: Her sharp eyes.
  • Unusual Eyebrows: They're kinked at the beginning.
  • Unwanted Rescue: When Nagi arrives to save her, she tells him to leave her because she is now a criminal and her execution is the only way to give herself any use. Nagi then headbutts her to make her shut up and tells her he will save her whether she likes it or not, because he loves her.
  • Uptown Girl: A princess who fell in love with the commoner Nagi. However, they hooked up after she wasn't a princess anymore.
  • Walk the Plank: Her execution. At least, that was the idea.
  • Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: To Nagi.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: We never find out what happened to her. Her last chronological appearance or mention was twelve years before the story began.
  • Woman in White: Her first dress was white.
  • The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask: She refuses to express her true emotions and believes she is not allowed to have them in the first place because of her royal status and being raised in an environment filled to the brim with plotting politicians and insidious royalty.
  • Zero Approval Gambit: She lets herself be accused and executed as the instigator of the great war. Thankfully, they only succeed in the first one.

    Jack Rakan 

Jacobus 'Jack' Rakan

The Thousand Blades

An extremely powerful warrior who's every bit as invincible as Nagi (the one time we saw them fight, it was a draw). He is a very laid-back and seemingly carefree person, loving nothing more in life than cute girls and powerful opponents. He primarily works as a mercenary, charging hilariously overpriced fees for his help, but ended up joining the Ala Rubra and fighting alongside them to save the world.

Though he can use magic, it really isn't his style; he prefers to use swords, fists, and Ki Attacks. His decades of experience in battle leave him with few to no weaknesses as a fighter, a fact he tries to hide with his goofy attitude and lack of (apparent) strategy.

In keeping with Kurt Godel, his name may be a reference to Jacques Lacan, psychoanalyst and philosopher. The two names would be identical in katakana.

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Drama CD and OAD.) and Patrick Seitz (English, OAD)
  • Bystander Syndrome: He's completely unconcerned about the reappearance of Cosmo Entelechia and just leaves it all to Negi. Doesn't really affect him, right? Later steps forward and tries to take on Fate on his own. Doesn't go very well.
  • Calling Your Attacks: Most of them he makes up on the spot.
  • Chivalrous Pervert: He actually fights on several occasions by stealing his opponents panties and flipping their skirts. His mind also appears to be eternally in the gutter.
    • After the timeskip; he's apparently mentoring Paio... in panty-stealing techniques.
  • Chunky Updraft: He does that the first time he gets anything close to serious.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: If he's involved in a fight and the opponent isn't also absurdly powerful, chances are it'll end up being this.
  • Dark-Skinned Blond: The anime adaptation does highlight this
  • Defeat by Modesty: His modus operandi when dealing with cute girls.
  • Determinator: After being erased from existence, he willed himself back. Repeat: he was erased from existence, and he temporarily forced himself back through sheer force of will. Twice! To Rakan, being erased from existence is like being Put on a Bus.
  • Dirty Old Man: Remember, he created a couple of techniques for rapid-stealing panites and forcing Marilyn Maneuvers on his female opponents. AND he mentored Paio II, too..
    Rakan: Creating a tempest whirling at speeds of a hundred kilometers per hour around the target, whilst the target herself feels nothing but the soft touch of a gentle breeze! Truly the ultimate wind technique for granting the dreams of men!!
  • Ditzy Genius: He's an experienced fighter, a master of magical theory, learns new techniques instantly, can use magic he's not suited for at a price, is a fairly good tactician and is also a genuine airhead. He's smart and powerful and doesn't need to bother acting tough anymore.
  • Finishing Move: Parodied. Negi and Rakan discuss the necessity of having a good finishing move and even creates several ones for absolutely no reason than style. Mocked... or would been if they weren't so terrifying efective.
  • Friendly Rivalry: With Nagi.
  • Game Breaker: An in-universe example. Jack Rakan is so ridiculously powerful, some of the older characters even say he's a "broken game character".
    • A short and hard to read (due to small speech balloons) exchange between Rakan and Chamo illustrates the point perfectly.
    Chamo: This isn't physically possible...
    Rakan: Make up for it with guts.
  • Genius Bruiser: In his own words, he's more experienced than smart. Any sufficiently advanced knowledge is indistinguishable from intelligence.
  • The Giant: Arguably the tallest in the Ala Rubra; Eishun is only as high as his shoulders.
  • Gladiator Games: He started out as a slave gladiator, and worked his way up.
  • Hard Work Hardly Works: An explicit aversion. While it certainly took him longer and he had to work harder to get there, he's still a fighter on par with Nagi.
  • The Rival: Nagi's.
  • Rule Of Cool: It is portrayed at first as though this is how he operates entirely, but it actually turns out to be a subversion. He's extreme knowledgeable thanks to a life of battling the strongest beings in existence for over 60 years and it's in fact a master if lazy tactician. The rest of the time it's either Rule of Funny or him being so strong that, like the other top 5, the normal rules just doesn't apply anymore.
  • Screw Destiny: When told it is physically impossible to win a fight against someone weilding the same power as the god who created him.
    Heh. "Illusions"? "Puppets"? Heheh, screw that crap!!
  • Self-Made Man: He was a war slave and fought his way up.
  • Shipper on Deck: Like everyone else, he ships Konoka/Setsuna and makes a special move in honor of their first kiss. He also ships Negi/Chisame and shipped Nagi/Arika 20 years ago.
  • Shower of Awkward: With Chisame. AND with some conveniently-placed mosaic. He laughs it off.
  • Showy Invincible Hero: And he's loving it.
  • Sky Surfing: On a giant sword flying at Mach 2.
  • Take Our Word for It: His account of the war is rather... lacking in detail.
    "And, well, a whole bunch of things happened after that—before we knew it, we all became friends. And then, well...a whole buncha stuff happened after that. The war ended, and here we are now...and, uh...the end."
  • Testosterone Poisoning: The manly in Negima was saved up for him.
  • Unexplained Recovery: He gets written out of existence and comes back... TWICE! How? Because he wanted to, that's why.
  • When All You Have Is a Hammer: His solution to almost any problem is to hit it with a big enough sword. Or dozens of them. Or flexing his muscles and being awesome. And when everything else fail, PUNCH IT REALLY HARD.
  • World's Strongest Man: As Nagi's rival, when Nagi vanished the title more or less passed to him. Technically, though, there are at least two fighters better than him (Evangeline and the Lifemaker) and several who are his equal like Eishun or Albireo. By the end of the story he says that at the very least he couldn't kill Negi due to his immense healing factor.

    Albireo Imma 

A powerful mage who is proficient with both gravity and healing magic in addition to his being a skilled unarmed combatant. At some point, he becomes a Minister Magi to Nagi and is revealed to have several more contracts in the past, all of which are dead. The fact that his pactio with Nagi remains active serves as a proof that the Thousand Master is indeed still alive, though Albireo himself doesn't know where he is.

Albireo visibly takes delight in tormenting and playing mindgames with Evangeline and is labeled as one of the two of the vampire's natural enemies, the other being Nagi. He's even bold enough to call the Dark Evangel 'Kitty'. His actual age is unknown, but he himself alludes to the fact that he is Older Than He Looks. He is currently living underneath Library Island at Mahora.

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese) and John Burgmeier (English)
  • Apologetic Attacker: "Colonel Sanders" in the Tournament Arc apologizes for using overpowered tactics and cheap tricks (that would be downright cheating if there were any rules) in battle. He's sorry for beating you up, but he just has to reach the final match.
  • Badass Bookworm: He was The Smart Guy for Ala Rubra.
  • Badass Long Robe: Nigh-constantly.
  • Lovable Sex Maniac: Always ready with a plaster smile and eyes closed to hide his true intentions, he is able to spout an irritatingly bad joke even while being strangled. And like the trope dictates, he's not shy about outright lechery.
  • Meaningful Name: Albireo is the name of a binary star; which is two stars held in a constant orbit by their gravity. This alludes both to the character's use of gravity magic, as well as his ability to create a 2nd physical projection of himself.
  • The Medic: His combat abilities are quite high, but he seems to have played this role for Ala Rubra. And in a group shot comparing Ala Rubra and Ala Alba, he appears to have occupied the same position as Konoka.
  • The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: His Shapeshifter Weapon allows him to become the person he transforms into: all the memories, actions, personality traits and instincts he observes of them are recorded into his many books (he has one for every person he's met). While he's subconsciously aware of his own presence, his body acts completely as the person would, so much that the person themself is essentially speaking. He's able to take over when he needs to, but for the most part the consciousness he imitates is in the driver's seat.
  • Morph Weapon: He uses a special book mark thanks to the sheer size of his library of names.
  • Older Than He Looks: Implied early on. He later stated that he was "the oldest one present"... at a gathering that included Headmaster Konoe, Evangeline, and the Lifemaker.
    • Time Abyss: Being older than the Lifemaker (and by extension all of Mundus Magicus) certainly qualifies.
  • Red Mage: He does both healing magic and gravity magic which makes him basically the only character in the series so far apart from Anya and Sextum who can do both.
  • Sarcasm Failure: The man with the perpetual Cheshire Cat Grin who never stopped acting with a strong whimsey reached a point of utter horror as the Magic world was about to come to an end. Telepathically, Princess Arika made sure to tell him to stop being a defeatist fool. This was the only time he ever seemed without his usual joking demeanor (and with his eyes widened).
  • Shapeshifter Weapon: Judging from his ability to mimic other people exactly, Albireo can likely use his pactio item on his larynx.
  • Shipper on Deck: For Negi/Eva, although this may be just to toy with her.
  • The Smart Guy: Played with role to Nagi for Ala Rubra.
  • Stellar Name: See Meaningful Name.
  • Too Awesome to Use: His pactio can briefly make him as powerful as the Thousand Master or any other person that he's met, but if the person is stronger than him it only lasts ten minutes and can never be used again.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With Eva, from which he derives endless entertainment over.
    • With Rakan as well, it looks like.

    Konoe Eishun 

Formerly Aoyama Eishun

A master of the Shinmeiryuu style, Eishun is currently head of the Kansai Magic Association. He is also Konoka's father. Before marrying into Konoe family was part of Aoyama clan (relation to Motoko and Tsuruko is unknown).

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (anime, Japanese), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Drama CD, Japanese), and Chuck Huber (English)

  • The Maiden Name Debate: He's from the Aoyama clan, but takes up his wife's surname upon marrying into the Konoe family.
  • Meaningful Name: His name written in Kanji is a direct Japanese pronounciation of the Chinese Kung Fu Style Wing Chung, in spite of not yet showing any expertise in said martial-art.
  • Scars Are Forever: Upper body, presumably from his Ala Rubra days.
  • Stupid Sexy Flanders: Nagi and Rakan apparently could not take a look at Eishun's face in the hot springs due to the fact that they have described him as attractive.
  • Team Chef: handled the cooking for Nagi and Alberio.

    Gateau Kagura Vanderburg 

Takamichi's master. Deceased.

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Only in the Ala Rubra Drama CD.)
  • One Last Smoke: He asked his student for one last cigarette before he passed away from a still unexplained injury.
  • Yin Yang Bomb: The kanka technique combines magic with ki, which normally isn't possible.

    Takahata Takamichi 

Death Glasses/The Eternal Wind

Voiced by: Tetsuya Iwanaga (Only in the Ala Rubra Drama CD.)

  • Brick Joke: When discussing Takahata's popularity, Mei mentions the rumor that he had destoryed an entire evil secret organization by himself. Almost half the manga later, we meet a survivor of that organization who's holding a bit of a grudge.
  • Broken Hero: The precise reasons are still unclear, but he's got some pretty big self-esteem issues.
    I don't deserve to be loved by anyone.
  • Dark and Troubled Past

    Zect Filius 

A calm, collected and skilled warrior excelling in unarmed combat and counter magic. Nagi addresses Zect as "Oshisou", which means the same as "sensei" (i.e. teacher, master in the master/journeyman sense), but is more old-fashioned.

Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama: Only in the Drama CD.

  • Grand Theft Me: Body snatched by the Lifemaker twenty years ago.
  • Posthumous Character: Dissolved into nothing after the fight with the Lifemaker ended and was credited as a hero killed in action.

    Kurt Godel 

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