Just read the initial chapter released by Mangastream and it had very much the same vibe as Negima!, minus the stripped girls, but it really made me go "wtf?" quite a few times.

Hmm.. Spoilers about Negima! and the first chapter of this one, so I guess I'll hide it just in case. Go read the first chapter and then come back, yeah.



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@imercenary

Nope, I'm not overthinking the number of timelines. I know only the timelines 2 and 3 are *really* relevant here, but the potential differences between those two are kind of a big deal.

A few noteworthy things (I'm sure there are plenty more):


Edit 3:

Whatever your opinion on the issues might be, AquarianDemocrat's comment below pokes a bunch of deserved holes in the narrative.

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I'm happy Akamatsu finally gets to do the shonen manga he always wanted.

Also

You're over-thinking things.



Only timelines 1-3 matter and they're all variants of one another.

Has Ken Akamatsu gone completely insane? I'm worried about his mental health after reading this chapter.

Negima is dead (pun not intended.) I understand he had big plans for the series, and it wasn't his fault it ended the way it did, but the last couple chapters barely qualified as outlines, they weren't even story boards, let alone a coherent plot. He needs to stop beating a dead horse and quit whatever vendetta he's pursuing against his old editor and go write something new.



I guess it's OK though considering none of the future in this chapter is even remotely logically consistent with the original series (whether or not it's conceivably possible to work out some inane twisty-turvy plot that keeps everything consistent.) He's basically completely retroactively rewriting Negima from chapter one, told from the point of view of a bunch of generic characters no one cares about. Not just the plot of the original series, but the characters. This series is not even treating the original series like canon. That makes me angry because I know a lot of people liked Negima (I thought it was OK, for my part) and a lot of his old fans loyally stuck with Ken Akamatsu as he dipped his toes into the Action-Adventure waters, and I feel like this chapter spits on the entire cast of Negima and is a huge disservice to all of its fans. He should have started a new series, not retroactively tried to rewrite Negima.

If Ken Akamatsu wants to write a Shounen action, more power to him! He could write a great Shounen action series, with great characters and action! He should go do that instead of beating a dead horse by trying to reopen and rewrite Negima. This is a confused mess. What a huge waste of time.

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Yes. This. Hopefully it becomes a long runner.

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It's more like

Ah, that makes sense. For a moment there I thought Akamatsu had gone back on his character development, let's say. I'm leaving it at that because I don't want to bother using the spolier tags.

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its not a sequel, its more like a spin-off.

What he said.

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Pretty much.

Uh no. If all you're going to say is claim "alternative timelines", then no one is right cause Ken Akamatsu could simply say "fuck all, this is a brand new series; same names, same appearances, same behavior, same powers, but different people therefore you're all wrong."

True, it is actually classified as a Spin-off, but it's not all that far off from a sequel either way. But yes, Spin-off it is.



Given how well Akamatsu held the things together in Negima, this kind of inaccuracy feels very sloppy and off-putting.

@legowaffles

Heh, I actually entertained your crack-theory as well. Not likely considering Eva's flashback, but an entertaining though to be sure. And yes, the "merely assumed dead" is possible and quite pausible since the theme is quite a cliche in these kind of stories.

@aagcnet

You say that like "pulling a Kubo" would be a good thing? I have a massive love/hate relationship with Bleach and the hate is due to Kubo's inability of keeping his shit straight and consistent. Standard, muggle-logic has no place in shounen in general, but consistency does.

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Honestly I am of the opinion that

Also, even if Word of God says otherwise, I refuse to believe he is truly dead at this time.

Call me a stubborn fan. More importantly, I'm interested in seeing where things go from here.

Oh, crack theory:

He will just pull a Kubo or Kishimoto and everything will be fine after that... stop worrying... It feels weird when people try to get logic out of a work of fiction....



if this does happen and he have an active role in the manga... then u can qualify it as sequel.