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Nodoka *Sigh*
I saw this poll thing while I was surfing the net. When I saw what people said I registered on this site just to post a reply.
I see that a lot of people are saying that Asuna will likely be the one but I have gone to lots of other forums and other people like me say that if he ends up with Asuna the manga will end up being too much like Love Hina and that is not a good thing. It would look like a recycled plot.
I also see that some people here have a problem with relationships that have too large an age gap or one that involves student and teacher. I have always been a believer of love is blind. I hate society's unwritten rules. To me age is not a problem. Today we think couples with different race, religion or nationality are fine, so why not couples with an age gap?
Look at it this way:
83 year old man + 88 year old woman
Not weird right?
How about...
10 year old boy + 15 year old girl
Weird?...
Why do people think the second one is weird? Both situations involve a 5 year age gap. It is the same banana.
As for the student-teacher thing, why should it be wrong if the student truly loves the teacher and is not doing it to raise his/her grades and the teacher isn't doing it to take advantage of the student.
I hate conservatives.
One major difference between your two examples. It's a 10 YEAR OLD BOY. It is not the same banana. A 10 year old has such an undeveloped mind, that it does not even compare to a 15 year old. I do agree that love is blind, and that age is just a number... at a certain point. Want proof? Meet an 18 year old still in high school. Get to know them, blah blah blah. Now keep in touch with them after a semester in college. They would be different.
You learn things as you get older. So many things that a change in environment such as high school and college (or elementary and high school to fit your example) would change a person significantly. I completely changed from elementary to middle school, and the same things for middle to high school. Of course, the same thing happened in college although it wasn't that big a change.
See, I agree, there's nothing wrong if a man is 25 and he has a 30-35 year old partner (or the other way around). If they really love each other, there's no problem. But if you tell me that a 10 year old is going out with a 15-20 year old, then that's a big difference. I would be slightly more open to a 15 and a 20 year old since a 15 year old is MUCH more mature than a 10 year old, but I would still find it a little unsettling since in all likelihood the 15 year old is still growing and does not know who he/she really is yet.
Also, society has never had a problem with age. Look at history, you had 15, or even younger, girls being married off to much older men. And even now, you'll be hard pressed to find couples who don't have an age gap. My step mom has about 4 years on my dad. Same for my grandfather. And my brother has a girlfriend 3 years older than him. If that's not enough, my old friend's dad is about 15 years older than his wife. So you see, age is not a big deal in society, if the youngest in the relationship is at a reasonable age. Also, I would bet that couples of different race, religion, or nationality have a tougher time than those with an age gap. Just look around you and you'll see.
Also, it's not a conservative thing. You'll find people from both extremes who would disagree with you.
As for the manga itself. If Negi ends up with Asuna, it won't be the same as Love Hina. Whatever similarities are already present, that's about as similar as it'll get. They are two completely different stories. Like someone pointed out, there's no childhood promise between Negi and Asuna.