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Mahou Sensei Negima!
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Description
From Del Rey:
Ten-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield, has just graduated from magic academy. He dreams of becoming a master wizard. Instead he's sent to Japan to teach English…at an all-girls high school! All the students are delighted with their cute new teacher - except for Asuna, who resents Negi for replacing the teacher she secretly has a crush on.
Although he is forbidden to display his magical powers, sometimes Negi can't resist. And when Asuna discovers Negi's secret, she vows to make his life as difficult as possible - just the thing to prepare Negi for the challenges of life as a master wizard!
Type
Manga
Related Series
Associated Names
ネギま!
魔法先生
魔法先生ネギま！
魔法老师
Magic Teacher Negima!
Magister Negi Magi
Mahou Sensei Negima
Negima!
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Latest Release(s)
c. 276 by Enigma! (19d ago)c. 275v2 by Enigma! (34d ago)c. 275 by Enigma! (39d ago)Search for all releases of this series
Status in Country of Origin
29 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Chapter 1 Volume 1
Ends at spin off after Chapter 38
User Reviews
User Rating
Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (999 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.57 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 5th 2010, 9:58pm PST
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Year
2003
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Del Rey (24 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 227  (+40) Monthly Pos # 164  (-81) 3 Month Pos # 62 (-9) 6 Month Pos # 53 (-24)
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On 3201 reading lists On 434 wish lists On 188 unfinished lists On 86 custom lists
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| LoL by U-Jin on December 17th, 2009, 4:55pm |
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Please check genre next time you read manga and decide to rate it publicly, because Negima is one of the top manga in ecchi/harem/shounen genre. One of the comments makes me want to ask someone skilled to write me a script that gives 1/10 rating to all shoujo, josei, yaoi, shounen-ai, etc. manga. Because when i know its not something i would be interested in i just dont read it.
Negima is a great manga, Akamatsu did a great job drawing action based story like he wanted, even when his publisher wanted it to be some random ecchi/fanservice shit. First volumes are just to introduce characters (with a lot of fanservice), but after that, when popularity increased, Akamatsu got green light and the real story begins 
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Changed my opinion as i read further... by Faukner on December 4th, 2009, 8:37pm |
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When I first started out reading MSN it didn't appeal to me much and I dropped it after about 40 something chapters. Reading about the later chapters on blogs made me interested again so I picked it up again and boy was it worth it. I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed reading through all the chapter especially after the first major arc ends. Lets just say a whole new world opens up and really gives new meaning to the word adventure.
There are many iffy parts about the manga of course one being the blatantly silly ecchi situations. But as the manga went on I didn't mind them at all, since the story actually goes somewhere I don't really care about the pantsu... ok maybe I didn't really mind them at all later on
MSN ought to be judged by being read further and not on its face value. This manga really grew one me and now I eagerly anticipate the weekly releases. A pleasure reading it!
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on December 10th, 2009, 8:47am |
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| hate at first sight by PoshSam on December 4th, 2009, 1:22pm |
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is there such a thing as hate at first sight? for me, there is, from first sight i hated it, then I tried the manga out and found it was the easiest way to cure any insomniacs around! seriously, this manga made me fall asleep twice in a space of an hour, i didn't even finish the ending of this and just gave it back to my local library without a second glance. i couldn't believe how lame all the characters were and how all the girls were dumb bimbo manga cliches. Oh, and the plot? wait...there was a plot?...
edit: thanks to all you people bashing me for my supposed 'blindness' but I'll have you know I DO enjoy Shounen,Harem and Ecchi but I was Promised a plot in this one and I didn't receieve it AT ALL - this was the reason why I hated it, well done for showing exactly how sexist and prejudiced you all are, I guess girls should stay away from these genres and stick to their shoujos, right?
@faukner, that is rude.
Rating: 1 / 10.0
... Last updated on February 6th, 2010, 7:29pm |
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| Negima by Princess_Asuna on November 30th, 2009, 11:05am |
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| I absolutely love Negima (its probably obvious by my name) and think Akamatsu-Sensi as he was called in another comment, is a Genious. The Anime and Manga have so many wonderful and colorful characters that make the anime and manga a wondeful treat. I perosnally cannot wait to learn some of the other girls pasts like zazy for example. When it comes to the dub version though i watched exactly 5 minutes of it on youtube and prompty turned it off, the voices were terrible and did not do the characters justice.. But i am getting side trackked lol Anyways point i am making is this Anime slash Manga is Awesome and most likely in my opnion with just keep getting better |
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| Negi > Love Hina by hamburgers on June 1st, 2009, 1:49pm |
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A great mix of comedy (baka rangers anyone?), drama, romance, and emotive storytelling; there's something here for most everybody (including you damn loli/shotacons). This is the 'best' take on the world of magic that I have yet encountered, and definitely one of the best shounen works I've read yet.
Story arcs haven't dragged along for an infinite amount of time like in other manga (though I may be getting ahead of myself), and you see a great deal of character development in many of the characters as the story progresses. Also, the storyline becomes MORE interesting as the series progresses (unlike others), and each arc has several expository mini-arcs, meaning no '8-chapter flashback' arcs that can be found elsewhere.
Since everyone's comparing this series to Love Hina, its time for me to climb on the boat as well. I like this series far more than Love Hina, but I appreciated the mangaka's homage and references to other works, throughout the series. Unlike Love Hina, I don't find the main characters to be excruciatingly annoying. The slapstick humor is very similar, but the eccentricity of some characters in Negi make it much more enjoyable for a person like me.
This review may not make a lot of sense, and is in no way objective. But you should most certainly have a look. It was worth my while.
Rating: 8 / 10.0 |
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| Its awesome!! by ShinaDark on May 27th, 2009, 12:40am |
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Ken's art has improved a lot since Love Hina .This manga makes Harry Potter and any other magic based story look gay.
I bow to its Awesomeness! |
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| I'm impressed by leefan on May 18th, 2009, 9:24pm |
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Wow, akamatsu really does an amazing job with this - a very nice balance of comedy and action. Especially the recent chapters - that kind of action is not very common in manga, and I am very happy with it. And in response to the previous comment, Nodoka is currently topping his affection chart FYI. However, I'm pretty sure Negima is going to end without any pairing for Negi - perhaps, at most a sibling kind of bond.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| You've just been akumetsu'ed! by Jack_T on May 13th, 2009, 2:34am |
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Alright, I've read a few of Ken Akumetsu's works and its always obvious and apparent right off the bat who the protagonist is going to be with at the end. If Negi ends up with anyone but the Female protagonist, Asuna, I will litterally be shocked. Plus Asuna is a lot like Naru the female protagonist from love hina so the actual real love story is not really going to come as a shock to anyone.
If you havent read love hina yet then I would reccomend Negima to you but if you have well... instead of a few girls its now an entire classroom and then some so be prepared for a really long on-going series.
I mean the goal is to eventually acquaint the protagonist Negi to the entire classroom and throughout the story not only has the author yet to achieve that but he's also added even more characters, tons!
I guess if you're really in it for the magic action shonen aspect of the manga then you might not be dissappointed but personally I've seen better action scenes else where.
I guess this is what you might call a shonen-shoujo hybrid and that is pretty much all I find interesting about this series.
I also find it hard to relate to the ten year old protagonist being mixed into love situations with women significantly older than him. I also find it hard to believe that besides his young friend at home that anyone above his age finds him attractive outside of the supposed cuteness factor the series focuses so hard on.
I guess all in all what I'm saying is This is an improvement on AI Love You but to consider it an improvement on Love Hina would be venturing too far since it seems to have too many similar characters and situations (its also quite common to find traits of a single character in Love Hina spread out to three people in this series).
Rating: 5 / 10.0 |
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| It Cool... by kirabook on December 31st, 2008, 6:49pm |
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Frankly, I love this series, comedy, drama, magic, & cute boys a few of its many great quailities. But as a girl (straight), I have to say you can tell he draws h-manga on the side... so much ecchi DX
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| Humbaba by Thethhron on December 8th, 2008, 7:37pm |
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Akamatsu does not disappoint with his most recent work, which starts out as an almost too cliche harem manga that quickly turns into something entirely different. As I said, It does start out in a setting that looks immediately like another harem manga: a ten-year-old mage boy that starts teaching at an all girls high school for training. 31 students are in his class. Sounds like a harem, yes? WRONG. there starts out with zero romance or any such thing. The teacher is not weak or unreliable at all, nor is he greatly powerful (initially) with some dark-past problems. as the story progresses there is a greater romance factor, as discussed by the perv-ermine Chamo-kun. However, this is mainly used for character development and comedy (and also as a kind of plot device.) Also, this manga is even longer than Akamatsu's previous mangas. Once again, I say it is not the BEST of mangas but no manga really IS the best, simply because "best" is all judged by opinion. I would definitely recommend this manga to those looking for laughs with a lighthearted overtone. While it's not overly complicated it is not very simplistic either. There is some occasional fanservice and (unfortunately) an entire chapter devoted to it. However, if you don't look at it and only watch the speech bubbles, it is very easy to ignore (except in the one chapter; it takes place all in a bathhouse, so it's kinda hard to not look. However, nothing important actually happens in this chapter; regarding the story it could be skipped.) anyway, before I go into spoilers, I'll just say that, once again, I definitely recommend this manga.
EDIT: In response to someone else's comment, no, Ken Akamatsu does NOT draw h-manga on the side.
EDIT2: In response to someone else's comment, the characters ARE PARTIALLY BASED ON characters from Love Hina. He did that on purpose. Also, you aren't supposed to be able to relate to him. Not only is he a child, he's a GENIUS child. Were you ever a genius child? I think not.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on May 19th, 2009, 7:35am |
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