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SkormSnow-Strider Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#72001: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:07:49 AM

[up]That's okay by me.

[up][up][up] Impossible to say. If the Lifemaker had the power to lift MM to CE alone, she would have done it a long, long time ago. We really have no idea what makes Asuna the odd man out here. She supposedly born with the same power that brought the world into being, and its sort of implied that no one in the royal family was born with anything comparable. The Lifemaker already should have complete access so to speak, since the Keys are more or less a way to do it without her being there directly.

Basically, we know jack about what their relationship is, and what makes them what they are.

edited 2nd Oct '16 5:10:06 AM by SkormSnow-Strider

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#72002: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:51:36 AM

I'm okay with using spoiler tags. Odds are we'll have to use them soon anyway, what with the upcoming UQ Negima flashback.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72003: Oct 2nd 2016 at 10:58:08 AM

Yeah he knows the ending is bad, just not why.

Anyway I'll let him know.

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#72004: Oct 2nd 2016 at 1:03:53 PM

So, how far in the manga is he by now, anyway?

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72005: Oct 2nd 2016 at 1:06:08 PM

Last I heard he was calling the class a bunch of shotacons for seriously trying to kiss a 9-10 year old on the lips, so at least early-mid Kyoto arc, I suppose.

Archivist10 Oh for God's sake! Since: Jan, 2013
Oh for God's sake!
#72007: Oct 2nd 2016 at 1:48:22 PM

To be fair, he's not wrong.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72008: Oct 2nd 2016 at 2:38:36 PM

I defended Chisame there since she got dragged in against her will.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#72009: Oct 2nd 2016 at 2:41:35 PM

Also to be fair, they're teenaged girls. They're supposta be dumb and not think of the consequences.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#72010: Oct 2nd 2016 at 2:52:02 PM

Oh yeah, something like that happened during Kyoto. That was stupid.

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#72011: Oct 2nd 2016 at 2:52:28 PM

[up][up]Furtherwise, mostly it seems like mentally the Narutaki twins are their apparent biological age rather than their chronological age.

[up]Eh, back then it was far more tolerable since around that time the story was supposed to be a silly comedy for the most part. It's only later that kind of stuff becomes jarring and out of place, without spoiling too much.

edited 2nd Oct '16 2:54:09 PM by NapoleonDeCheese

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#72012: Oct 2nd 2016 at 2:57:36 PM

It was funny-stupid, that's for sure. It wasn't irritating back then.

Was it before or after the Kyoto arc plot actually started?

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72013: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:00:18 PM

I'd say the plot got started with Kyoto. Eva doesn't really count.

Wait, is that what you were asking? That sentence is a little awkward.

edited 2nd Oct '16 3:01:15 PM by Arha

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#72014: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:03:29 PM

No I mean, it was obviously during Kyoto arc, but had the actual serious portion of the arc already started at this point?

Archivist10 Oh for God's sake! Since: Jan, 2013
Oh for God's sake!
#72015: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:04:25 PM

IANCE: I think its less of an issue of them doing stupid teenage things and more an issue of how creepy that very few object to trying to kiss a 9-10 year old.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72016: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:07:27 PM

Yeah. They'd been in Kyoto for a bit and I think there had been a fight or two at that point? It's just before Kotaro shows up, I believe, because Nodoka gets her pactio and she helps Negi during that fight.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#72017: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:11:18 PM

Oh yeah, it went like that. This series always did mix the serious with the funny.

Oh yeah, Nodoka got her pactio then, didn't she. I think it was after she tripped and fell lips first on Negi, or something. Funny, how quickly making a pactio started going from an important even to a joke.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#72018: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:12:19 PM

Have you met a teenage girl?

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Archivist10 Oh for God's sake! Since: Jan, 2013
Oh for God's sake!
#72019: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:14:48 PM

Yes. And they never did something like that.

[up][up]When there's 31 girls and its one of the series gimicks, its inevitable

edited 2nd Oct '16 3:16:43 PM by Archivist10

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#72020: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:42:40 PM

I assure you, they did many things on the same level of stupidity. You just didn't notice.

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Archivist10 Oh for God's sake! Since: Jan, 2013
Oh for God's sake!
#72021: Oct 2nd 2016 at 3:48:59 PM

Stupidity? Maybe. Creepiness/paedophilia? Nope.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#72022: Oct 2nd 2016 at 4:05:43 PM

You are aware that they're not adult men, right?

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
SkormSnow-Strider Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#72023: Oct 2nd 2016 at 4:15:11 PM

Strictly speaking, the ones that actually want to be in a relationship with Negi can be counted on one hand, and this is still further off after Kyoto. As for the rest...yeah, I can actually see it happening. Maybe more in the vein of "Let's torment the poor ten year old" variety then what 3-A went for, but there ya have it. He's lucky the girls are mostly well behaved, if hyperactive.

edited 2nd Oct '16 4:19:14 PM by SkormSnow-Strider

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72024: Oct 2nd 2016 at 4:46:37 PM

Kissing him on the lips was where I thought "yeah, this is definitely not just how they'd treat a cute ten-year-old, or tease him". That was where things got a lot less believable for me.

I have finished Kyoto now. I appreciate using spoiler tags for me, I should be able to advance pretty quickly given that I only started yesterday afternoon.

The first few chapters had some good comedy, but it looks like Kyoto is where things really start to get serious. I like the explanations we're getting for ki, mana and contract magic so far.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72025: Oct 2nd 2016 at 4:59:38 PM

The story does a pretty good job of explaining how various types of magic and abilities work with just a few exceptions. I always liked that.


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