Hmm? Cause the ending to Negima was rushed?
That I know, Ken Akamatsu had to rush the ending because new policies being implemented by his publisher would have started to wrestle control of his own work and into their hands. It's a very bad situation and truly unfortunate that it ended like that, but I can understand why Ken couldn't continue his work to give it the ending he liked.
And that still doesn't change that Negima was an incredible manga, one I still cherish greatly to this day.
So yup, I'm exited to see what Akamatsu comes up with now.
I haven't gone anywhere near the Negima thread since it ended because I expected it to get buried in bitterness over the ending.
That and I was sick of the Who's Anya? jokes. I don't even like her myself, but this sites love of mocking certain characters endlessly (something I fully admit to being guilty of myself) can really wear away at my desire to be indifferent to characters I don't explicitly like.
As for what this one is about... No damn clue. I wonder if it will take place in the same world the way Mahou Sensei Negima and Love Hina did?
edited 15th Aug '13 5:15:44 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!Man, Negima's ending was so terrible to me I can't even be excited for this. =/ Which sucks, because I used to be a huge fan of Akamatsu. I loved both Negima and Love Hina.
I will read, of course, but I just can't bring myself to be exited. I hope this work can make myself a fan of him again.
PS:I understand the circumstances of Negima's ending and don't blame Akamatsu for doing what he did. Still, the rushed ending hurt me deeply as I was a big fan. I understand this doesn't make Akamatsu any less of a writer, but I just can't bring myself to be overexcited as I originally was when Negima was first announced.
edited 23rd Aug '13 9:22:06 AM by Heatth
I don't think that the fact that the ending was rushed is what upset people, (well once we found out why), but the content of the ending itself which didn't resolve several factors is what hurt people. Basically the ending could of shown things like where Arika is and who Negi ends up with, but its the fact that Akamatsu chose not to reveal these which incurred the fan's wrath.
edited 16th Aug '13 10:59:08 AM by Archivist10
Okay so the name is actually "UQ Holder"
and after looking at that plot description I am pretty sure that this is secretly a sequel to Negima...
Can someone update that title for this thread?
edited 17th Aug '13 11:20:42 AM by dmysta3000
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Considering how this basically seems like "Negima 2.0", I wouldn't be surprised. One of my consistent talking points from the Negima thread was how Akamatsu left a lot of hints to ideas he clearly wanted to implement (my main example being the whole love story with the Narutakis).
Consider my interest piqued.

First chapter in two weeks.
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