History Characters / NegimaAlaRubra

Negi's DisappearedDad, the epitome of the IdiotHero, 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.\\

* ChivalrousPervert: He liked to compliment Arika's [[BuxomBeautyStandard breasts]], but never did anything more indecent than that to her.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Nagi and Negi share a lot of physical traits, but that's really where the similarities between them end besides being massive {{Chick Magnet}}s. Personality-wise, they're complete opposites.

* {{Tsundere}}: In his younger days, he called Arika a "scary, cold-hearted princess" and denied feeling attracted to her. When he drinks [[TruthSerums water of truth]], he admitted that he thought Arika was cute when she didn't say or do anything mean.

She is in love with Nagi, even though [[{{Tsundere}} she only expresses her feelings for him by slapping him in the face]]. It's been confirmed that she is Negi's mother.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: While she's confirmed to be Negi's mother, it's never explained why Arika couldn't raise Negi or if she's even still alive. What became of her isn't officially confirmed, but she's almost certainly dead since no one mentions her whereabouts in the present, not even in the epilogue.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Whenever she and Nagi talk, he says something rude or perverted and Arika slaps him. It's still obvious they like each other.

* BitchSlap: A RunningGag with Arika is her leaving a slap mark on Nagi's face whenever he said or did something that offended her.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: At the end of the war, Arika needs to sacrifice her own kingdom as the price to save the Magic World from being erased. With her leadership, the Ostian population successfully evacuates with a miraculously low percentage of casualties. That still isn't enough to bring Arika any consolation for her sacrifice.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: During the collapse of Ostia, Arika gives absolute orders to save every last civilian and evacuate them to safety. She also personally goes protect the people of the slums from the falling rocks.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: On the day of her execution, Arika solemnly [[WalkThePlank walks the plank]] and quietly accepts her death as she jumps into a canyon to be devoured by monsters. Her only regret is that she wants to see her beloved Nagi again. Luckily for her, Nagi arrives and manages to rescue her.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Despite her heroic intentions and succeeding to evacuate the majority of civilians from Ostia, Arika still hates herself for letting her kingdom be destroyed and leaving her subjects homeless. By the time of her execution, Arika believes that dying is the only good thing she can do, but Nagi convinces otherwise.

* HumanizingTears: After Nagi saves from her execution and kisses her, Arika can no longer repress the sadness bottled up throughout two years in prison and her stoic façade breaks as she starts shedding tears.
* IUhYouToo: After Nagi confesses his love for her, Arika can only respond with "I do not dislike you". He gets a proper answer after a little more prodding.

* InformedKindness: The Ostian people who personally knew her like Tosaka describe Arika as a kind person, even comparing her to an angel. However, her interactions with Nagi and other Ala Rubra members depict her as a heroic, but cold and violent {{Tsundere}}.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's rude and unfriendly to the members of Ala Rubra, especially Nagi. Despite her harshness and [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]], Arika is a good person who wants to save her world and its people.

* NoSell: She claims to be able to use her magic even when magic is nullified in the entire area of Ostia.

* PosthumousCharacter: She's all but outright stated to be dead. Everything known about her comes from flashbacks and statements made by people who knew her.

* PrincessesPreferPink: On the two occasions we see Nagi rescuing her, she's wearing a pink dress as a captive princess normally would.

* SixthRanger: She allies herself with Ala Rubra in the middle of the war. After her fake execution, she officially joins them to deal with the remaining members of Cosmo Entelecheia.

* UnwantedRescue: When Nagi arrives to rescue her from her execution, she demands him to leave her to die. Nagi refuses because he has come to save her whether she likes it or not.

* UptownGirl: She's a princess who is in love with her knight, Nagi. However, they marry ''after'' she isn't royalty anymore.
* TheUsurper: A heroic example. She assassinates her father, who was a PuppetKing under the control of Cosmo Entelechia, in order to seize control of the government of Ostia and point them in the proper direction. Unfortunately, the Megalomesembria senate use her actions against her and frame her as a criminal.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Most of her interactions with Nagi in flashbacks have her chiding him for being an idiot and bossing him around because being royalty gives her the authority to do so. If he tries to talk back to her, he gets a BitchSlap from her.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed what happened to her after Negi's birth, although it's safe to assume that she has either disappeared or died under unknown circumstances.

* WhiteSheep: Apparently, all the royalty of Vespertatia were either corrupted or manipulated by Cosmo Entelecheia. Arika was the one exception, seeking to save her world from being destroyed by Cosmo Entelecheia's machinations.

* FireForgedFriends: In his first meeting with Arika, Nagi thinks she's a scary and bossy woman. They seem to get friendlier with each other after they take out an enemy base together [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-panel]].

* {{Tsundere}}: In his younger days, he calls Arika a "scary, cold-hearted princess" and denies feeling attracted to her. When he drinks [[TruthSerums water of truth]], he admits Arika can be cute if she doesn't say or do anything mean.

* ButtMonkey: His teammates never listen to him and Rakan defeats him embarrassingly easily by exploiting his weakness to seduction. Even his own daughter calls him pathetic.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (Only in the Drama CD)

* MentorArchetype: He's Nagi's mentor.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara (Only in the Ala Rubra Drama CD)

* FireForgedFriends: She and Nagi don't like each other at all until they work together to destroy an enemy headquarters, which makes them develop a thing for each other.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Only in the Ala Rubra Drama CD)

* MultiEthnicName: Like his son, he has a Japanese given name and an English surname.

* MultiEthnicName: He had a French first name, a Japanese middle name, and a Dutch surname.

* TheAce: Has this reputation as a world-saving hero and is the implication of his Thousand Master and Magister Magi titles. Subverted because he's actually a total idiot, a magic school drop-out, and knows like 5-6 spells tops. Still completely invincible in battle though.

* EmotionallyTongueTied: When Nagi pushed her to admit her love for him, she struggled to say something deeper than "I do not dislike". {{Justified|Trope}} because her cold upbringing left her unable to communicate her deelings openly.

* PyrrhicVictory: They defeated the constructs of Cosmo Entelecheia, Nagi destroyed the body of the Lifemaker, and the ritual to erase the Magic World was stopped thanks to Arika ordering her fleet to seal the power of Magic Cancel. However, Arika's FloatingContinent fell from the sky as a side effect of Asuna's sealing ritual and although almost all civilians were evacuated, they ended up as refugees or slaves in other nations. Arika was thrown in jail for two years and only barely saved by Nagi at her execution. The worst part is Ala Rubra failed to truly stop Cosmo Entelecheia at all because the Lifemaker possessed Zect and went on to create more minions to eventually try and erase the Magic World again. In the end, Ala Rubra only managed to delay their enemies' plans for a couple of decades.

* BattleCouple: After marrying Arika, she joins him in the fight against the minions of Cosmo Entelecheia.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Arika in his younger days. They're always bickering even when confessing their love for each other.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: Likely one of the reasons he prefers the ample-chested Arika over the miniscule Evangeline.

* CripplingOverspecialization: He was unbeatable in battle, but he was also too stupid to be useful at anything but fighting. He failed to properly resolve the conflict with Cosmo Entelecheia precisely because the only solution he could bring to the table was beating the crap out of them and beheading their leader. His son has to clean up the mess he left behind by actually addressing the problem of the Magic World being destined to collapse.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of IdiotHero. Nagi is good at defeating anything in front of him. Unfortunately that's ''all'' he's good at. Turns out that Cosmo Entelecheia ultimately has a noble goal (if not so noble means to achieve said goal), and Nagi never considers that there's a compromise to be made and a reason (namely [[spoiler:the impending collapse of the Magic World]]) they do what they do.

* FatalFlaw: Nagi does not think things through and prefers to solve his problems with his extreme magical power. That's all well and good in some situations, but what if the problem at hand cannot be solved by simply defeating someone?

* YoureNotMyType:

* BuxomBeautyStandard: Nagi likes to compliment Arika's breasts, to her dismay.

* EmotionallyTongueTied: She has a hard time saying "I love you" back to Nagi. Nagi has to basically force a confession out of her because she's so emotionally stunted.

* PrincessesPreferPink: On the two occasions we see Nagi rescuing her, she's wearing a pink dress as a stereotypical captive princess would.

* {{Tsundere}}: Harsh type. Arika is aloof, no-nonsense and violent. Although she loves Nagi, she can't bring herself to openly admit her feelings for him. When Nagi professes his love for her, all Arika can say to him at first is "I do not dislike you" while [[LuminescentBlush blushing a lot]].

* {{Bishonen}}: He's the prettiest man in the entire series.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's as good-looking as Nagi.

* {{Keigo}}: He always speaks in formal Japanese.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: In the end, it's never explained why Arika couldn't raise Negi. What became of her isn't officially confirmed, but she's probably dead since no one even mentions her in the epilogue in contrast to Negi's father who is shown to be alive and well.

* {{Tsundere}}: Harsh type. Arika is aloof, no-nonsense and violent. Although she loves Nagi, she can't bring herself to openly admit her feelings for him. When Nagi professes his love for her, what's the best she could say in return? "I do not dislike you" with a LuminescentBlush.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Arika is beloved by the people of Ostia. Only a handful of them resent her for the destruction of their country.
-->'''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tosaka]]:''' Back when she was a princess before the war, Arika-sama used to associate with the common people without any regard for her position. And everyone loved her for it. I was lucky enough to see her up close myself, just the once. I remember wondering if this is what angels are like.