38 Volumes (Complete)
19 Volumes (Shinsouban)

Search for series of same genre(s)
I really liked a lot this manga.It´s very funny and always make me laugh.
If you read this one you will like very much
the ecchi scenes are not very ecchi, slightly typical. the reason why i find the plot weird is because the base storyline is negi becoming a teacher to pass a test to get closer to his lost father. along the way the story just becomes weird, having a few filler volumes.
the romance here isn't as strong as love hina. it's MORE often than not, one sided (the students liking Negi) but it cant be helped cuz Negi's only 10. so there isn't any mutual love love scenes although i know deep within us, we all want Asuna to get it on with Negi already.
This manga doesn't have the 'hook' of Love Hina but it gives a really fresh/new/exciting idea that I haven't seen in other manga. When I read the early volumes of this series I thought it would be something like a reversed Harry Potter and Love Hina mix together. but later on that changes completely. AKAMATSU Ken threw in robots (include giants ones), dolls, east/west magic and RPG final fantasy (series) combat into the manga. Then he push all of them into extremes and let them go nuts with ecchi scenes.
This is my first manga collection in my life. It reminds me when i need to get out of stock volumes (12, 14 and 16) that i found either on bookstore's floor or barely empty-return-list book where i had to ask the information center to find it and wait (by going here there to look it out). It is all collected with dramatic feelings, granted prayers, and luck efforts. T_T
So it is always red with meaningful mind, heart, soul, and spirit. What a fulfilling dreams, that mahou sensei negima really is.
Update June-2020:
This series has been released again in a newly-fresh edition, ongoing 19 shinsouban volumes since December 2016. That is four (4) years since the final 38th volume on May17th 2012 (in its origin, Japan's digital records).
The art is good, story is good but the girls are irritating. All the girls are pedophile wanting love from a 10 year old. Now come on .... 10 year old!!!. Plus too much fan service.....Before 150th chapter almost 75 chapters are unnecessary fan service. Now who would like to see boobs and panties of a 14 yr old. Give me some life. Overall I will rate it 7/10. If there was no fan service and irritating girls then it would have been 10+.
NOTE: The magic land arc is 10/10. No damn fan service
there was a time this sucked then became godlike and now. . .I think ken is now rushing it. . too much new info. . mind is over loading!!!! from zero to super dark hero. . negi's dark form is like a mix of ichigo's hollow form and naruto's kyubi form. . ken should have waited for negi to grow up before he overpowered him. . its now becoming a typical shonen. . and i don't like that. minus 2 points for cliche super power upgrade and minus 1 point for rushing the story. . i'm not happy about this but its the truth. . =c
i just love everything about it.
you won't a manga with this much comedy, action and such an awesome story again! i espacially like the development of the characters. negi started off as douchy little (somewhat stupid) kid and now he's like the personification of coolness.
and each character is interesting.
and FUCK YEAH! it's the first manga which has GOOD flashbacks! normally i hate those tricky bastards who hide themselves between the actually story but the flasbacks in MSN are actually quite interesting.
oh btw,
i wouldn't dare to compare this to harry potter since MSN is like 100 times better any comparison is unneeded.
I admit, this manga was truely a master piece, until after vol 17 or so. Akamatsu-sensei seems to be pointlessly dragging the story on and on and on and on...
Negi isn't any closer to finding his dad than he was in vol 14. and that was probably a year of so ago...its vol 22 or something already...
Girls, fanservices, it's all there.. but hey that's not all folks. Ken has brought up such great story line.. worthy of a Hall of Fame