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* [[Adventure Rebuff]]: Usually targeted at his students as he's feeling responsible for their well-being. It ''never'' works.
* [[Adventure Rebuff]]: Usually targeted at his students as he's feeling responsible for their well-being. It ''never'' works.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]
* {{spoiler|[[All Your Powers Combined]]: Mile Vincula, his Pactio artifact from Theodora, is a notebook that lets him [[Morph Weapon|summon and use the artifacts]] of his Ministra Magi, such as Asuna's [[Anti Magic|Ensis Exorcizans]]. [[Loads and Loads of Characters|The bigger his harem, the more powerful it becomes]] -- [[Story Breaker Power|so powerful he ultimately cancels his Pactio after his match with Rakan]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[All Your Powers Combined]]: Mile Vincula, his Pactio artifact from Theodora, is a notebook that lets him [[Morph Weapon|summon and use the artifacts]] of his Ministra Magi, such as Asuna's [[Anti-Magic|Ensis Exorcizans]]. [[Loads and Loads of Characters|The bigger his harem, the more powerful it becomes]] -- [[Story Breaker Power|so powerful he ultimately cancels his Pactio after his match with Rakan]].}}
* [[Always Need What You Gave Up]]
* [[Always Need What You Gave Up]]
* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Negi's [[Simple Staff|staff]] was [[Tragic Keepsake|left to him by his father]]. He started by using it a lot in combat as [[Magic Wand|a focus for his spells]], but nowadays it's mostly used for [[Flight|airborne transportation]], and to look [[Rule of Cool|cool]] while [[Sticks to The Back|inexplicably sticking to his back]].
* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Negi's [[Simple Staff|staff]] was [[Tragic Keepsake|left to him by his father]]. He started by using it a lot in combat as [[Magic Wand|a focus for his spells]], but nowadays it's mostly used for [[Flight|airborne transportation]], and to look [[Rule of Cool|cool]] while [[Sticks to The Back|inexplicably sticking to his back]].
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: With [[Gratuitous English]] no less. And he's an English teacher, even.
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: With [[Gratuitous English]] no less. And he's an English teacher, even.
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Fate Averruncus, who has ties to the demon that [[Taken for Granite|petrified]] Negi's hometown and to the town where Nagi disappeared. He also endangered several of Negi's students during the [[Class Trip|Kyoto trip]] and attacked his party, blew a hole through his chest, scattered his students across Mundus Magicus and [[Clear My Name|framed him for a crime Fate himself committed]]. As for Fate, he wants Negi's skin because he's the only one to have punched him (twice) and now [[Its Personal|it's personal]].
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Fate Averruncus, who has ties to the demon that [[Taken for Granite|petrified]] Negi's hometown and to the town where Nagi disappeared. He also endangered several of Negi's students during the [[Class Trip|Kyoto trip]] and attacked his party, blew a hole through his chest, scattered his students across Mundus Magicus and [[Clear My Name|framed him for a crime Fate himself committed]]. As for Fate, he wants Negi's skin because he's the only one to have punched him (twice) and now [[It's Personal|it's personal]].
** {{spoiler|Eventually, Negi and Fate set aside their differences while Fate watched Negi save both the real and constructed denizens of Mundus Magicus.}}
** {{spoiler|Eventually, Negi and Fate set aside their differences while Fate watched Negi save both the real and constructed denizens of Mundus Magicus.}}
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: During his fight with {{spoiler|Jack, even Evangeline is ''stunned'' by the fact that he had developed a way to absorb his enemy's power with Magia Erebea, succeeding in a few days in completing a spell she had worked on for ''centuries''}}.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: During his fight with {{spoiler|Jack, even Evangeline is ''stunned'' by the fact that he had developed a way to absorb his enemy's power with Magia Erebea, succeeding in a few days in completing a spell she had worked on for ''centuries''}}.
* '''[[Badass]]''': He may not look like it, but he's gone so far as to {{spoiler|take down Jack Rakan in a fistfight}}.
* '''[[Badass]]''': He may not look like it, but he's gone so far as to {{spoiler|take down Jack Rakan in a fistfight}}.
** [[Back to Back Badasses]]: With Kotaro at first, then in Chapter 294 with Setsuna.
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Kotaro at first, then in Chapter 294 with Setsuna.
** [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: After his fight with Jack, both he and Evangeline observe that Negi's real strength isn't raw power, but his skill at developing new forms of magical theory and application. At one point, Jack states that his degree of genius is such that the magic he has developed at age ten (or eleven) is superior to that of those who've been studying the same thing for decades, even centuries.
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: After his fight with Jack, both he and Evangeline observe that Negi's real strength isn't raw power, but his skill at developing new forms of magical theory and application. At one point, Jack states that his degree of genius is such that the magic he has developed at age ten (or eleven) is superior to that of those who've been studying the same thing for decades, even centuries.
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* [[Black Magic]]: Magia Erebea
* [[Black Magic]]: Magia Erebea
** [[Achilles Heel]]: {{spoiler|Under Magia Erebea, he becomes so similar to high-level demons he's just as vulnerable as them to [[Demon Slayer]] techniques... such as the [[Love Hina|Shinmeiryuu]] school's [[Ki Attacks|Zanmaken]] (and its Ni-no-Tachi variation), which even his [[Made of Air]] defense is completely negated by. That would be bad enough, but then Zanmaken Ni-no-Tachi has the trait of bypassing '''any''' obstacle on the way to its target, including [[Deflector Shields]] used by most, if not all, of the series' mages. And he has to face off against Kurt, who is became a Shinmeiryuu ''[[Master Swordsman|master]]'' by merely '''watching''' Eishun, himself a master... [[Oh Crap|and he can spam Zanmaken Ni-no-Tachi like there's no tomorrow]].}}
** [[Achilles Heel]]: {{spoiler|Under Magia Erebea, he becomes so similar to high-level demons he's just as vulnerable as them to [[Demon Slayer]] techniques... such as the [[Love Hina|Shinmeiryuu]] school's [[Ki Attacks|Zanmaken]] (and its Ni-no-Tachi variation), which even his [[Made of Air]] defense is completely negated by. That would be bad enough, but then Zanmaken Ni-no-Tachi has the trait of bypassing '''any''' obstacle on the way to its target, including [[Deflector Shields]] used by most, if not all, of the series' mages. And he has to face off against Kurt, who is became a Shinmeiryuu ''[[Master Swordsman|master]]'' by merely '''watching''' Eishun, himself a master... [[Oh Crap|and he can spam Zanmaken Ni-no-Tachi like there's no tomorrow]].}}
** [[Bad Powers Good People]]: Negi is definitely a [[Nice Guy]], but Magia Erebea isn't exactly powered by rainbows and sunshine.
** [[Bad Powers, Good People]]: Negi is definitely a [[Nice Guy]], but Magia Erebea isn't exactly powered by rainbows and sunshine.
** [[Bishonen Line]]: Upon using Magia Erebea he looked less and less human for many reasons, most notably {{spoiler|its encroachment}}. Eventually he began {{spoiler|mutating into a rampaging demon}}. However, while powerful, this form is not clever enough be able to match him as he is now after {{spoiler|''mastering'' Magia Erebea and becoming fundamentally nonhuman. So [[Irony|it is when he stops being human that he finally looks like one again]]}}.
** [[Bishonen Line]]: Upon using Magia Erebea he looked less and less human for many reasons, most notably {{spoiler|its encroachment}}. Eventually he began {{spoiler|mutating into a rampaging demon}}. However, while powerful, this form is not clever enough be able to match him as he is now after {{spoiler|''mastering'' Magia Erebea and becoming fundamentally nonhuman. So [[Irony|it is when he stops being human that he finally looks like one again]]}}.
** [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: {{spoiler|It initially doesn't seem to do anything, then it causes lots of pain, then magical poisoning due to dark magic overdose (compounded by Negi's rampage at the moment), and finally ''petrifies'' him for what should've been a metamorphosis into full integration with the spell, which he hurried up. End result: [[Subverted Trope|it's under control and he's stronger than ever even without Perpetual Lightning Form while remaining emotionally stable]]... but he's no longer human due to Magic Erebea fully merging with his body.}}
** [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: {{spoiler|It initially doesn't seem to do anything, then it causes lots of pain, then magical poisoning due to dark magic overdose (compounded by Negi's rampage at the moment), and finally ''petrifies'' him for what should've been a metamorphosis into full integration with the spell, which he hurried up. End result: [[Subverted Trope|it's under control and he's stronger than ever even without Perpetual Lightning Form while remaining emotionally stable]]... but he's no longer human due to Magic Erebea fully merging with his body.}}
** [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Played with -- a basic principle of Magia Erebea is accepting oneself, including (or particularly) one's worst emotions. In Negi's case, his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|explicitly murderous thirst for revenge]]. While not necessarily "evil", it's still balancing precariously [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|on the edge of the proverbial slope]] due to the effects it can have on one's psyche in the long term.
** [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Played with -- a basic principle of Magia Erebea is accepting oneself, including (or particularly) one's worst emotions. In Negi's case, his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|explicitly murderous thirst for revenge]]. While not necessarily "evil", it's still balancing precariously [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|on the edge of the proverbial slope]] due to the effects it can have on one's psyche in the long term.
** [[Deadly Upgrade]]: In order to beat Fate -- because done the natural way (the "path of light"), [[Evil Is Easy|it'd be impossible]] -- Negi chose the "path of darkness" -- Magia Erebea -- working well with his inherently loneliness. The "deadly" aspect comes in the form of {{spoiler|a demonic [[Super Powered Evil Side]] that takes over whenever his dark emotions get too strong. Many times it took over, and each time he came close to actually ''killing'' someone. Unless he manages to tame it, he'll apparently turn into such a being permanently. Ultimately subverted, now that Negi ''does'' tame it and became a human/demon hybrid akin to Evangeline}}.
** [[Deadly Upgrade]]: In order to beat Fate -- because done the natural way (the "path of light"), [[Evil Is Easy|it'd be impossible]] -- Negi chose the "path of darkness" -- Magia Erebea -- working well with his inherently loneliness. The "deadly" aspect comes in the form of {{spoiler|a demonic [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] that takes over whenever his dark emotions get too strong. Many times it took over, and each time he came close to actually ''killing'' someone. Unless he manages to tame it, he'll apparently turn into such a being permanently. Ultimately subverted, now that Negi ''does'' tame it and became a human/demon hybrid akin to Evangeline}}.
** [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: His {{spoiler|Raiten Taisou}} Form, and the advanced {{spoiler|Raiten Sousou}}. For this to activate, {{spoiler|he has to absorb "[[Shock and Awe|Kilipl Astrape (Thousand Bolts)]]" (once for Raiten Taisou, twice for Raiten Sousou), giving him "Lightning Form" and "Permanent Lightning Form", respectively}}.
** [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: His {{spoiler|Raiten Taisou}} Form, and the advanced {{spoiler|Raiten Sousou}}. For this to activate, {{spoiler|he has to absorb "[[Shock and Awe|Kilipl Astrape (Thousand Bolts)]]" (once for Raiten Taisou, twice for Raiten Sousou), giving him "Lightning Form" and "Permanent Lightning Form", respectively}}.
*** {{spoiler|[[Detachment Combat]]: As Tsukuyomi found out -- the hard way -- in Chapter 293 via a [[Ride the Lightning|lightning-charged]] [[Rocket Punch]]. Negi has put a whole new meaning to "within my hands' reach"!}}
*** {{spoiler|[[Detachment Combat]]: As Tsukuyomi found out -- the hard way -- in Chapter 293 via a [[Ride the Lightning|lightning-charged]] [[Rocket Punch]]. Negi has put a whole new meaning to "within my hands' reach"!}}
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** [[Heroic RROD]]: It finally happened. After realizing he just stabbed {{spoiler|Shiori}}, he goes wild then has to be restrained by Chisame and four other girls. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, this doesn't bring him back and falls into a coma while Konoka tries to heal him to no avail even as he is turning into stone. Fortunately [[Averted Trope|he comes back]] [[Came Back Strong|stronger than ever and now with control over Magia Erebea]]!}}
** [[Heroic RROD]]: It finally happened. After realizing he just stabbed {{spoiler|Shiori}}, he goes wild then has to be restrained by Chisame and four other girls. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, this doesn't bring him back and falls into a coma while Konoka tries to heal him to no avail even as he is turning into stone. Fortunately [[Averted Trope|he comes back]] [[Came Back Strong|stronger than ever and now with control over Magia Erebea]]!}}
** [[Marked Change]]
** [[Marked Change]]
** {{spoiler|[[One Winged Angel]]: The end result of a combination of out-of-control Magia Erebea and pure, unrestrained [[Unstoppable Rage|fury]] is '''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/8.html this]'''.}}
** {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: The end result of a combination of out-of-control Magia Erebea and pure, unrestrained [[Unstoppable Rage|fury]] is '''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/8.html this]'''.}}
** [[Super Mode]]: Merely activating the basic "Form of Dark Night" gives him a 50% power boost. And he ''still'' has upgraded forms.
** [[Super Mode]]: Merely activating the basic "Form of Dark Night" gives him a 50% power boost. And he ''still'' has upgraded forms.
** [[Swiss Army Hero]]: He can go between a [[Mighty Glacier]] with [[Technicolor Fire|Blackened]] [[Hellfire]] that [[Mana Drain|drains mana]] to a [[Fragile Speedster]] with [[Blow You Away|wind]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] spells. {{spoiler|Then there's his [[Lightning Bruiser]] [[Super Powered Evil Side]] -- which he seems to have [[Split Personality Merge|gotten completely under control]] come Chapter 314, with spectacular results.}}
** [[Swiss Army Hero]]: He can go between a [[Mighty Glacier]] with [[Technicolor Fire|Blackened]] [[Hellfire]] that [[Mana Drain|drains mana]] to a [[Fragile Speedster]] with [[Blow You Away|wind]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] spells. {{spoiler|Then there's his [[Lightning Bruiser]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] -- which he seems to have [[Split Personality Merge|gotten completely under control]] come Chapter 314, with spectacular results.}}
** [[Yin Yang Bomb]]: Magia Erebea is, quoth Evangeline, "the power to accept good and evil, strength and weakness, exactly as it is, and consume it all"; as described in [[All There in the Manual|supplemental materials]], it relies upon a long stream of ([[Shown Their Work|cited and footnoted]]) psychobabble that essentially says that, unlike the diametrically opposed Yin-Yang power of Kanka, the darkness of Magia Erebea is all-encompassing, and even includes the powers of light (including some references to Erebos and Aether from [[Greek Mythology]]). By embracing this darkness, he can still control light, since they do not oppose, but the danger of the spell comes from the way he stretches his sense of self so thin he can lose control. And as of Chapter 314, {{spoiler|Evangeline refers to Negi's way of doing things (not necessarily his magic) as the "gray path", subtly implied to be combining both the paths of "[[Power of Friendship|light]]" and "[[I Work Alone|darkness]]"}}.
** [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Magia Erebea is, quoth Evangeline, "the power to accept good and evil, strength and weakness, exactly as it is, and consume it all"; as described in [[All There in the Manual|supplemental materials]], it relies upon a long stream of ([[Shown Their Work|cited and footnoted]]) psychobabble that essentially says that, unlike the diametrically opposed Yin-Yang power of Kanka, the darkness of Magia Erebea is all-encompassing, and even includes the powers of light (including some references to Erebos and Aether from [[Greek Mythology]]). By embracing this darkness, he can still control light, since they do not oppose, but the danger of the spell comes from the way he stretches his sense of self so thin he can lose control. And as of Chapter 314, {{spoiler|Evangeline refers to Negi's way of doing things (not necessarily his magic) as the "gray path", subtly implied to be combining both the paths of "[[Power of Friendship|light]]" and "[[I Work Alone|darkness]]"}}.
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]
* [[Blow You Away]] and [[Shock and Awe]]: His primary [[Elemental Powers|elemental]] affinities.
* [[Blow You Away]] and [[Shock and Awe]]: His primary [[Elemental Powers|elemental]] affinities.
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* [[Doppleganger Attack]]: {{spoiler|His strategy to beat Kurt involves swarming him with waves of lightning clones so the latter has no idea which to attack, relying on his reserves of magical energy to overwhelm Kurt. Thus, while they do have some ability to do damage, it mostly functions as a [[Doppleganger Spin]].}}
* [[Doppleganger Attack]]: {{spoiler|His strategy to beat Kurt involves swarming him with waves of lightning clones so the latter has no idea which to attack, relying on his reserves of magical energy to overwhelm Kurt. Thus, while they do have some ability to do damage, it mostly functions as a [[Doppleganger Spin]].}}
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: The kid [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]; he accidentally takes one sip of sake and crashes. Then there's the fact that sake is high-proof.
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: The kid [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]; he accidentally takes one sip of sake and crashes. Then there's the fact that sake is high-proof.
* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma|Gal, He's Like, In A Coma!]]
* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|Gal, He's Like, In A Coma!]]
* [[Emergency Transformation]]: {{spoiler|Done to himself, oddly enough.}}
* [[Emergency Transformation]]: {{spoiler|Done to himself, oddly enough.}}
* [[Evil Is Easy]]
* [[Evil Is Easy]]
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* {{spoiler|[[The Final Temptation]]: Is given this by the real Zazie when the fake Zazie puts him into a [[Lotus Eater Machine]]. Negi chooses reality pretty quickly, knowing that spending too much time in there will cloud his judgment.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Final Temptation]]: Is given this by the real Zazie when the fake Zazie puts him into a [[Lotus Eater Machine]]. Negi chooses reality pretty quickly, knowing that spending too much time in there will cloud his judgment.}}
* [[Finger Poke of Doom]]: What he did to {{spoiler|Sextum.}}
* [[Finger Poke of Doom]]: What he did to {{spoiler|Sextum.}}
* [[Fire Forged Friends]]: With Kotaro.
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: With Kotaro.
* [[First Kiss]]: With Asuna in Chapter 25.
* [[First Kiss]]: With Asuna in Chapter 25.
* [[Flash Step]]
* [[Flash Step]]
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* [[Glass Cannon]]: Early in the series.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Early in the series.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Negi values his minuscule pince-nez glasses as they are a present from [[Like Brother and Sister|Nekane]], but they do not seem to serve any purpose regarding his eyesight or anything else beyond [[Nerd Glasses|marking him as bookish]]. Or they're just reading glasses.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Negi values his minuscule pince-nez glasses as they are a present from [[Like Brother and Sister|Nekane]], but they do not seem to serve any purpose regarding his eyesight or anything else beyond [[Nerd Glasses|marking him as bookish]]. Or they're just reading glasses.
* [[Hand Behind Head]]/[[Shy Finger Twiddling]]: Often seen doing one (or both) of these whenever he's nervous. Particularly when he has to say something he doesn't want to, like "confessing"...
* [[Hand Behind Head]]/[[Shy Finger-Twiddling]]: Often seen doing one (or both) of these whenever he's nervous. Particularly when he has to say something he doesn't want to, like "confessing"...
* [[Harmful to Minors]]
* [[Harmful to Minors]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: When Graf makes him [[Pensieve Flashback|flashback]] to the destruction of his [[Doomed Hometown|hometown]]. A second occurs when he sees a replay of his hometown being petrified, and a third [[Played for Laughs|when realizing he has more haremettes than originally thought]].
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: When Graf makes him [[Pensieve Flashback|flashback]] to the destruction of his [[Doomed Hometown|hometown]]. A second occurs when he sees a replay of his hometown being petrified, and a third [[Played for Laughs|when realizing he has more haremettes than originally thought]].
* [[Heroic Resolve]]: Sometimes [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now|to the point of absurdity]].
* [[Heroic Resolve]]: Sometimes [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now|to the point of absurdity]].
* [[Heroic Self Deprecation]]
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]
* [[High Pressure Blood]]: With [[Blood From the Mouth]] and outright [[Tears of Blood|tears]] from the beating.
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: With [[Blood From the Mouth]] and outright [[Tears of Blood|tears]] from the beating.
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: {{spoiler|With Fate via in universe [[Ho Yay]]. The girls (namely, Makie, Yue and Nodoka) even wonder whether they should treat him as a rival!}}
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: {{spoiler|With Fate via in universe [[Ho Yay]]. The girls (namely, Makie, Yue and Nodoka) even wonder whether they should treat him as a rival!}}
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He really would win his battles a ''lot'' quicker if he didn't pull his punches against even the most black-hearted villains so much.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He really would win his battles a ''lot'' quicker if he didn't pull his punches against even the most black-hearted villains so much.
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* [[Idiot Hair]]: Negi has one, but it's only when to comes to matters of the female heart and how to be a child. Otherwise he's a genius.
* [[Idiot Hair]]: Negi has one, but it's only when to comes to matters of the female heart and how to be a child. Otherwise he's a genius.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Averted, he's intelligent and thoughtful. Aversion lampshaded, it becomes obvious that he thinks ''too'' much about things. Invoked, he tries to find out a way to act with more thoughtless confidence. Averted again. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be a good thing: Idiot heroes have their strengths, but they can't think of a way to save the Magic World view magic/tech synthesis which includes the construction of a space elevator, terraforming Mars and an elaborate ritual to stabilize the Magic World using Asuna.}}
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Averted, he's intelligent and thoughtful. Aversion lampshaded, it becomes obvious that he thinks ''too'' much about things. Invoked, he tries to find out a way to act with more thoughtless confidence. Averted again. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be a good thing: Idiot heroes have their strengths, but they can't think of a way to save the Magic World view magic/tech synthesis which includes the construction of a space elevator, terraforming Mars and an elaborate ritual to stabilize the Magic World using Asuna.}}
* [[If Its You Its Okay]]: A few of Negi's harem have [[Les Yay]] tendencies; but it's openly acknowledged by ''everyone'' that attraction to Negi is perfectly acceptable.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: A few of Negi's harem have [[Les Yay]] tendencies; but it's openly acknowledged by ''everyone'' that attraction to Negi is perfectly acceptable.
* [[If I Wanted You Dead]]
* [[If I Wanted You Dead]]
* [[Ignored Enemy]]
* [[Ignored Enemy]]
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* [[Innocent Prodigy]]
* [[Innocent Prodigy]]
* [[Instant Expert]]: Perhaps not instant ''per se'', but possessing [[The Gift]], Negi learns things like martial arts and magic techniques quite fast, something that's sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|commented on]]. Sometimes has to [[Look What I Can Do Now|leave in order to pull this off]], [[Shonen Upgrade|re-appearing even stronger]].
* [[Instant Expert]]: Perhaps not instant ''per se'', but possessing [[The Gift]], Negi learns things like martial arts and magic techniques quite fast, something that's sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|commented on]]. Sometimes has to [[Look What I Can Do Now|leave in order to pull this off]], [[Shonen Upgrade|re-appearing even stronger]].
* [[Its All My Fault]]: Initially blames himself for the destruction of his hometown, because he tried to get himself in trouble believing Nagi would come to save him. When the demons did attack, he thinks it's his punishment, and it doesn't help that [[Be Careful What You Wish For|Nagi did come]]. Asuna tries to convince him it's not necessarily his fault. Then it is revealed that {{spoiler|[[The Call Knows Where You Live|his very presence alone doomed his hometown]]}}.
* [[It's All My Fault]]: Initially blames himself for the destruction of his hometown, because he tried to get himself in trouble believing Nagi would come to save him. When the demons did attack, he thinks it's his punishment, and it doesn't help that [[Be Careful What You Wish For|Nagi did come]]. Asuna tries to convince him it's not necessarily his fault. Then it is revealed that {{spoiler|[[The Call Knows Where You Live|his very presence alone doomed his hometown]]}}.
* [[Keigo]]: Negi converses with this to mostly anyone he doesn't consider as really close friends or family. When this is pointed out, the girls with crushes on him become worried that there is an emotional wall between them and Negi.
* [[Keigo]]: Negi converses with this to mostly anyone he doesn't consider as really close friends or family. When this is pointed out, the girls with crushes on him become worried that there is an emotional wall between them and Negi.
** Somewhat justified -- Nekane told him that [[Teacher Student Romance]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c034/2.html is forbidden].
** Somewhat justified -- Nekane told him that [[Teacher-Student Romance]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c034/2.html is forbidden].
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Kirk Summation]]
* [[Kirk Summation]]
* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: Became an [[Implacable Man]] under this incident.
* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: Became an [[Implacable Man]] under this incident.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]/[[Kung Fu Kid]]: Started out as a [[Squishy Wizard]], but chose to become a [[Magic Knight|Magic Swordsman]] when the drawbacks of being [[One Hit Point Wonder|easily dispatchable]] became evident. Despite what the name implies, he almost never fights with a sword, preferring [[Fragile Speedster|quick]], [[Supernatural Martial Arts|unarmed attacks]] instead. Tends towards [[Full Contact Magic]] when casting.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]/[[Kung Fu Kid]]: Started out as a [[Squishy Wizard]], but chose to become a [[Magic Knight|Magic Swordsman]] when the drawbacks of being [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|easily dispatchable]] became evident. Despite what the name implies, he almost never fights with a sword, preferring [[Fragile Speedster|quick]], [[Supernatural Martial Arts|unarmed attacks]] instead. Tends towards [[Full Contact Magic]] when casting.
** Also, he actually did learn a form of Kung-Fu from his student/"master" [[Chinese Girl|Ku Fei]].
** Also, he actually did learn a form of Kung-Fu from his student/"master" [[Chinese Girl|Ku Fei]].
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Quite literally.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Quite literally.
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* [[Love You and Everybody]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c288/10.html Seen here.] Akira gives him a [[Love Confession]] on behalf of Ako and Makie. The only thing he figures out on his own is that Ako still has a bit of a thing for "Nagi". Earlier, he says something to Asuna along these lines twice.
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c288/10.html Seen here.] Akira gives him a [[Love Confession]] on behalf of Ako and Makie. The only thing he figures out on his own is that Ako still has a bit of a thing for "Nagi". Earlier, he says something to Asuna along these lines twice.
* [[Malfunction Malady]]
* [[Malfunction Malady]]
* [[Martyr Without a Cause]]: Occasionally [[Heroic Self Deprecation|self-deprecates]] as well.
* [[Martyr Without a Cause]]: Occasionally [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|self-deprecates]] as well.
* [[Mask Power]]: The little round glasses version.
* [[Mask Power]]: The little round glasses version.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Negi" means "spring onion" in Japanese, which is a reference to how the leek is the national symbol of Wales. Negi-''Bozu'' is slang for newbie.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Negi" means "spring onion" in Japanese, which is a reference to how the leek is the national symbol of Wales. Negi-''Bozu'' is slang for newbie.
* {{spoiler|[[Mega Manning]]: As seen in Chapter 241, Mile Vincula gives him the power to [[Swiss Army Weapon|copy the artifact of anyone he has a Pactio with]], and his arsenal would improve with each new Pactio. Admittedly [[Story Breaker Power|it was so powerful]] Negi ultimately cancels his Pactio with Theodora (from which he gained said artifact) after his fight with Rakan.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mega Manning]]: As seen in Chapter 241, Mile Vincula gives him the power to [[Swiss Army Weapon|copy the artifact of anyone he has a Pactio with]], and his arsenal would improve with each new Pactio. Admittedly [[Story Breaker Power|it was so powerful]] Negi ultimately cancels his Pactio with Theodora (from which he gained said artifact) after his fight with Rakan.}}
* [[Mental World]]: A [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]] of the [[Your Mind Makes It Real]] type.
* [[Mental World]]: A [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]] of the [[Your Mind Makes It Real]] type.
* [[Mes a Crowd]]
* [[Me's a Crowd]]
* [[The Messiah]]: Negi has to be the single sweetest, kindest and most ''forgiving'' [[Shonen Genre]] hero since [[Dragonball|Son Goku]]. Until someone [[Berserk Button|threatens]] [[Badass Teacher|his students]].
* [[The Messiah]]: Negi has to be the single sweetest, kindest and most ''forgiving'' [[Shonen Genre]] hero since [[Dragonball|Son Goku]]. Until someone [[Berserk Button|threatens]] [[Badass Teacher|his students]].
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: His ''Incendium Gehennae'' mode, as opposed to the [[Lightning Bruiser]] ''Jovis Tempestus Fulguriens''.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: His ''Incendium Gehennae'' mode, as opposed to the [[Lightning Bruiser]] ''Jovis Tempestus Fulguriens''.
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* [[New Transfer Student|New Transfer Teacher]]
* [[New Transfer Student|New Transfer Teacher]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: {{spoiler|Gives one to Quartum after he sees [[Half the Man He Used To Be|Chachamaru's body]] and then he [[Laser Guided Karma|cuts him in half]]. Negi's line implies that this isn't a lethal blow but... bets if he'll be seen again to confirm it?}}
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: {{spoiler|Gives one to Quartum after he sees [[Half the Man He Used To Be|Chachamaru's body]] and then he [[Laser-Guided Karma|cuts him in half]]. Negi's line implies that this isn't a lethal blow but... bets if he'll be seen again to confirm it?}}
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: First tournament fight in the Mundus Magicus arc. He and Kotaro dodge a ''really'' big attack combo... only to appear leaning on the big guy talking about how much that would have hurt.
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: First tournament fight in the Mundus Magicus arc. He and Kotaro dodge a ''really'' big attack combo... only to appear leaning on the big guy talking about how much that would have hurt.
* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: Rock spear to the chest. It ''would'' have been fatal were [[The Medic|Konoka]] not around.
* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: Rock spear to the chest. It ''would'' have been fatal were [[The Medic|Konoka]] not around.
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* [[Not Right in The Bed]]
* [[Not Right in The Bed]]
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: The only way he ever learns if a girl has feelings for him is if she straight-out tells him.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: The only way he ever learns if a girl has feelings for him is if she straight-out tells him.
* [[One Dialogue Two Conversations]]
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]
* [[Opera Gloves]]
* [[Opera Gloves]]
* [[Outdoor Bath Peeping]]
* [[Outdoor Bath Peeping]]
* [[Out of Clothes Experience]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c288/4.html Negi gets to meet] his [[One Winged Angel]] form in person this way. He is guided by Evangeline's avatar, who is also naked. Not that she ever cares.
* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c288/4.html Negi gets to meet] his [[One-Winged Angel]] form in person this way. He is guided by Evangeline's avatar, who is also naked. Not that she ever cares.
* [[Pajama Clad Hero]]
* [[Pajama Clad Hero]]
* [[Pensieve Flashback]]
* [[Pensieve Flashback]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: ''Do not'' mess with his students. The best example is when Fate attacks the group at the gateport in the Magic World, impaling Negi in the chest with a stone spear. When he threatens the students, Negi ''pulls the spear out and sucker-punches Fate with it''.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: ''Do not'' mess with his students. The best example is when Fate attacks the group at the gateport in the Magic World, impaling Negi in the chest with a stone spear. When he threatens the students, Negi ''pulls the spear out and sucker-punches Fate with it''.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: ''The Thousand Bolts'' is an anti-''army'' spell.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: ''The Thousand Bolts'' is an anti-''army'' spell.
* [[Post Kiss Catatonia]]
* [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]
* [[The Pornomancer]]: And a [[Chaste Hero|chaste]] one, at that.
* [[The Pornomancer]]: And a [[Chaste Hero|chaste]] one, at that.
* [[Power At a Price]]: By taking the "Path of Darkness" through Magia Erebea, Negi can ''never'' go back to tread the "Path of Light" ''ever'' again. {{spoiler|He can however, [[Take a Third Option|go down the grey path]], combing Light and Darkness.}}
* [[Power At a Price]]: By taking the "Path of Darkness" through Magia Erebea, Negi can ''never'' go back to tread the "Path of Light" ''ever'' again. {{spoiler|He can however, [[Take a Third Option|go down the grey path]], combing Light and Darkness.}}
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* [[Right Man in The Wrong Place]]
* [[Right Man in The Wrong Place]]
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: With Kotaro, against Graf.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: With Kotaro, against Graf.
* {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Complete with a [[Super Powered Evil Side]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Complete with a [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].}}
* [[Rocket Punch]]: [[Shock and Awe|It's based on lightning magic.]]
* [[Rocket Punch]]: [[Shock and Awe|It's based on lightning magic.]]
* [[Rubber Face]]
* [[Rubber Face]]
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[The Short Guy With Glasses]]
* [[The Short Guy With Glasses]]
* [[Shut UP Hannibal]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]
* [[Skilled but Naive]]
* [[Skilled but Naive]]
* [[Sky Surfing]]
* [[Sky Surfing]]
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* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious]]
* [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious]]
* {{spoiler|[[Super Powered Evil Side]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]}}
* [[Survivor Guilt]]
* [[Survivor Guilt]]
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: "Nothing's wrong! No one confessed to me or anything!"
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: "Nothing's wrong! No one confessed to me or anything!"
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* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Does the collection of powerful girls crushing on him strike you with [[Blessed With Suck|pity]], [[Cursed With Awesome|envy]], or fear for the day he hits puberty?
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Does the collection of powerful girls crushing on him strike you with [[Blessed With Suck|pity]], [[Cursed With Awesome|envy]], or fear for the day he hits puberty?
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Everyone was expecting that [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] was going to play as adult!Negi but unfortunately, when the 3rd OAD came out, his adult self is still voiced by [[Rina Sato]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Everyone was expecting that [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] was going to play as adult!Negi but unfortunately, when the 3rd OAD came out, his adult self is still voiced by [[Rina Sato]].
* {{spoiler|[[Who Wants to Live Forever]]: Two sides are presented when it's revealed that at best he only has a few more years of aging before maturation ceases. Godel thinks [[Living Forever Is Awesome]] because one can't be killed and can become an eternal king. Since Negi obviously cares not one bit for that, the downsides of "having kids is going to be difficult, you'll never look any older, any future lovers are going to be inconvenienced and you'll outlive everyone" are emphasized. Though Negi's not the only one who won't grow old.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Two sides are presented when it's revealed that at best he only has a few more years of aging before maturation ceases. Godel thinks [[Living Forever Is Awesome]] because one can't be killed and can become an eternal king. Since Negi obviously cares not one bit for that, the downsides of "having kids is going to be difficult, you'll never look any older, any future lovers are going to be inconvenienced and you'll outlive everyone" are emphasized. Though Negi's not the only one who won't grow old.}}
* [[Willfully Weak]]
* [[Willfully Weak]]
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Wise Beyond His Years]]
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Wise Beyond His Years]]
* {{spoiler|1=[[Warrior Prince]]/[[Wise Prince]]}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Warrior Prince]]/[[Wise Prince]]}}
* [[Well Done Son Guy]]: To a father he has not even properly met. And no, the holographic recording at the tournament does ''not'' count.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: To a father he has not even properly met. And no, the holographic recording at the tournament does ''not'' count.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: While at age ten he's a top-tier battle mage, going up against ridiculously strong fighters, and his ''real'' talent is said to be ''off'' the battlefield, in spell theory and languages, consider this:
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: While at age ten he's a top-tier battle mage, going up against ridiculously strong fighters, and his ''real'' talent is said to be ''off'' the battlefield, in spell theory and languages, consider this:
** Fighting an evil vampire-mage with a robot bodyguard? Kiss [[Anti Magic|Asuna]].
** Fighting an evil vampire-mage with a robot bodyguard? Kiss [[Anti-Magic|Asuna]].
** Fighting an army of demons? Kiss [[Lady of War|Setsuna]].
** Fighting an army of demons? Kiss [[Lady of War|Setsuna]].
** Beginning to [[Taken for Granite|petrify]]? Kiss [[The Medic|Konoka]].
** Beginning to [[Taken for Granite|petrify]]? Kiss [[The Medic|Konoka]].
** Fighting a computer-virus/database attack/online war from the future? Get kissed by [[Playful Hacker|Chisame]].
** Fighting a computer-virus/database attack/online war from the future? Get kissed by [[Playful Hacker|Chisame]].
** Allies scattered across the world? {{spoiler|Kiss [[Hot Scoop|Asakura]].}}
** Allies scattered across the world? {{spoiler|Kiss [[Hot Scoop|Asakura]].}}
** Fighting the [[Worlds Strongest Man]]? {{spoiler|Have Theodora kiss you.}}
** Fighting the [[World's Strongest Man]]? {{spoiler|Have Theodora kiss you.}}
** [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] worries {{spoiler|she may not have a soul?}} Kiss her.
** [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] worries {{spoiler|she may not have a soul?}} Kiss her.
*** It doesn't work? {{spoiler|Kiss her ''harder!''}}
*** It doesn't work? {{spoiler|Kiss her ''harder!''}}
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** Your being chased by the entire school? {{spoiler|Kiss [[Teleporters and Transporters|Akira]].}}
** Your being chased by the entire school? {{spoiler|Kiss [[Teleporters and Transporters|Akira]].}}
** If you ever find yourself asking "What will Negi do now?", just consult [http://a.imageshack.us/img810/7335/problemsolving.png this handy flowchart]. And to conclude this [[Overly Long Gag|lengthy tangent]], it must be pointed out that overcoming every obstacle you face by taking the nearest girl and unleashing her powers constitutes [[Whoring]] [[This Is Wrong On So Many Levels|on at least two levels]].
** If you ever find yourself asking "What will Negi do now?", just consult [http://a.imageshack.us/img810/7335/problemsolving.png this handy flowchart]. And to conclude this [[Overly Long Gag|lengthy tangent]], it must be pointed out that overcoming every obstacle you face by taking the nearest girl and unleashing her powers constitutes [[Whoring]] [[This Is Wrong On So Many Levels|on at least two levels]].
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: When using {{spoiler|Raiten Taisou}}.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: When using {{spoiler|Raiten Taisou}}.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Forced to wear a [http://www.mangareader.net/209-14923-8/mahou-sensei-negima/chapter-90.html miniskirt-style fox-girl kimono] during the Mahora Festival. And again, due to Chamo's [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-sensei-negima/340/9 suggestion], wears a [[Sailor Fuku]] when asking for a favor from Ayaka. He looks like a younger Asuna in the latter.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Forced to wear a [http://www.mangareader.net/209-14923-8/mahou-sensei-negima/chapter-90.html miniskirt-style fox-girl kimono] during the Mahora Festival. And again, due to Chamo's [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-sensei-negima/340/9 suggestion], wears a [[Sailor Fuku]] when asking for a favor from Ayaka. He looks like a younger Asuna in the latter.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Despite being an "English gentleman", he doesn't hesitate to fight Takane. Asuna does not approve; Setsuna and Evangeline do.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Despite being an "English gentleman", he doesn't hesitate to fight Takane. Asuna does not approve; Setsuna and Evangeline do.
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The [[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary]] [[Tsundere]] roommate of Negi and Konoka. She's the first to discover his secret life as a mage, becomes his first Ministra Magi, and serves as [[The Lancer|his closest comrade-in-arms]] and [[Cool Big Sis|surrogate older sister of sorts]].
The [[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary]] [[Tsundere]] roommate of Negi and Konoka. She's the first to discover his secret life as a mage, becomes his first Ministra Magi, and serves as [[The Lancer|his closest comrade-in-arms]] and [[Cool Big Sis|surrogate older sister of sorts]].


The end? Of course not. Asuna gets a pretty impressive [[Chekhov's Armoury]] (see below) and, later on, frequent [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|dreams]] hints to her [[Mysterious Past]]. Turns out Asuna is neither [[Older Than They Look|fifteen]] nor ordinary, but the [[Laser Guided Amnesia|amnesiac]] {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden|container of the power that created]] [[Magical Land|Mundus Magicus]] who can be used to completely erase or rewrite it -- something several villains already attempted to do during a magical World War. She was rescued from this bleak fate by Nagi, whom she accompanied until his apparently traumatic disappearance. She is also, apparently, a [[Long Lost Relative]] of Negi himself}}.
The end? Of course not. Asuna gets a pretty impressive [[Chekhov's Armoury]] (see below) and, later on, frequent [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|dreams]] hints to her [[Mysterious Past]]. Turns out Asuna is neither [[Older Than They Look|fifteen]] nor ordinary, but the [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|amnesiac]] {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden|container of the power that created]] [[Magical Land|Mundus Magicus]] who can be used to completely erase or rewrite it -- something several villains already attempted to do during a magical World War. She was rescued from this bleak fate by Nagi, whom she accompanied until his apparently traumatic disappearance. She is also, apparently, a [[Long-Lost Relative]] of Negi himself}}.


As a fighter Asuna specializes in melee combat courtesy of ''Ensis Exorcizans'' ("Hama no Tsurugi" in Japanese), her artifact which can shift between a [[Paper Fan of Doom|harisen]] and a [[BFS|greatsword]] with a natural [[Anti Magic|magic-cancelling ability]]. While initially she can only summon one form of the artifact at a time, she later learns to [[Dual Wield]] both forms at once. She also knows Kanka, a powerful style which combines magic and ki to enhance her physical abilities.
As a fighter Asuna specializes in melee combat courtesy of ''Ensis Exorcizans'' ("Hama no Tsurugi" in Japanese), her artifact which can shift between a [[Paper Fan of Doom|harisen]] and a [[BFS|greatsword]] with a natural [[Anti-Magic|magic-cancelling ability]]. While initially she can only summon one form of the artifact at a time, she later learns to [[Dual Wield]] both forms at once. She also knows Kanka, a powerful style which combines magic and ki to enhance her physical abilities.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti Magic]]
* [[Anti-Magic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]}}
* [[Armor Piercing Slap]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Back to Back Badasses]]
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]
** {{spoiler|[[Badass in Distress]]: After meeting Fate's team, she gets surrounded and captured by one of Fate's partners, who assumes Asuna's form and joins the group pretending to be her. Asuna was held captive by Fate, with Fate successfully undoing her [[Laser Guided Amnesia]], to cause her to remember her past and go into a week-long [[Heroic BSOD]].}}
** {{spoiler|[[Badass in Distress]]: After meeting Fate's team, she gets surrounded and captured by one of Fate's partners, who assumes Asuna's form and joins the group pretending to be her. Asuna was held captive by Fate, with Fate successfully undoing her [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]], to cause her to remember her past and go into a week-long [[Heroic BSOD]].}}
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess]]}}
** [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Picking up Kanka was a minor one. A slightly better example is her going to Mundus Magicus. Setsuna notes that her rate of progress after this is absolutely staggering and that she's nearly caught up to Setsuna, herself one of the best fighters in Mahora -- Asuna in comparison was a mere schoolgirl a few months before.
** [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Picking up Kanka was a minor one. A slightly better example is her going to Mundus Magicus. Setsuna notes that her rate of progress after this is absolutely staggering and that she's nearly caught up to Setsuna, herself one of the best fighters in Mahora -- Asuna in comparison was a mere schoolgirl a few months before.
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* [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]]: To Setsuna.
* [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]]: To Setsuna.
* [[Can't Stay Normal]]
* [[Can't Stay Normal]]
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]: Ever since Chapter 1, her athletic skill, sight and hearing are shown to be off the charts; she can punch through Evangeline's [[Deflector Shields|barrier]] and seal any demon with a whack of her sword; she also has no pubic hair (not that she's [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|drawn differently from everyone else]], but characters can tell the difference), as befits a {{spoiler|possibly [[Artificial Human|artificial]] [[Anti Magic]] superweapon that took a few decades too many before hitting puberty}}. Her academic difficulties (stemming from ''memory'' troubles) and her close relationship with Takamichi, a famous mage, probably counts too. The astral sign of her pactio card is ''Mars''.
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]: Ever since Chapter 1, her athletic skill, sight and hearing are shown to be off the charts; she can punch through Evangeline's [[Deflector Shields|barrier]] and seal any demon with a whack of her sword; she also has no pubic hair (not that she's [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|drawn differently from everyone else]], but characters can tell the difference), as befits a {{spoiler|possibly [[Artificial Human|artificial]] [[Anti-Magic]] superweapon that took a few decades too many before hitting puberty}}. Her academic difficulties (stemming from ''memory'' troubles) and her close relationship with Takamichi, a famous mage, probably counts too. The astral sign of her pactio card is ''Mars''.
* [[Combination Attack]]: She does one with Negi during Magic World arc final. It's powerful enough to destroy {{spoiler|the projection of Lifemaker}} in one hit.
* [[Combination Attack]]: She does one with Negi during Magic World arc final. It's powerful enough to destroy {{spoiler|the projection of Lifemaker}} in one hit.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: For Negi, or so she claims.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: For Negi, or so she claims.
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Bells", because of her trademark... bells.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Bells", because of her trademark... bells.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Redheaded Hero|Heroic type]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Redheaded Hero|Heroic type]].
* [[First Name Basis]]
* [[First-Name Basis]]
* [[First Kiss]]: Her kiss with Negi in Chapter 25; she even complains that she was saving it for Takamichi.
* [[First Kiss]]: Her kiss with Negi in Chapter 25; she even complains that she was saving it for Takamichi.
* [[Flash Step]]
* [[Flash Step]]
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* [[Gag Boobs]]: ''Aer aer amplificet mammas''.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: ''Aer aer amplificet mammas''.
* [[Generic Cuteness]]: See [[She Cleans Up Nicely]].
* [[Generic Cuteness]]: See [[She Cleans Up Nicely]].
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man|Get A Hold Of Yourself Woman]]
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|Get A Hold Of Yourself Woman]]
* {{spoiler|[[Give Him a Normal Life|Give Her A Normal Life]]: What Ala Rubra tried to do for her. Unfortunately, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Fate]] wouldn't let her otherwise.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Give Him a Normal Life|Give Her A Normal Life]]: What Ala Rubra tried to do for her. Unfortunately, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Fate]] wouldn't let her otherwise.}}
* [[Godiva Hair]]
* [[Godiva Hair]]
* [[Go Go Enslavement]]: After being captured by Hermann {{spoiler|and again after being captured by Fate}}.
* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: After being captured by Hermann {{spoiler|and again after being captured by Fate}}.
** [[Absolute Cleavage]]
** [[Absolute Cleavage]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: A... bear?
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: A... bear?
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* [[Harmful to Minors]]
* [[Harmful to Minors]]
* [[Harmless Freezing]]
* [[Harmless Freezing]]
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] in ''Negima!?''. {{spoiler|Then the manga reveals that she slept for thirty more years to wake up to a world where the otherwise immortal Negi inexplicably died, only for Eva and Chao to return her to 130 years past, mere seconds after her departure. The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] reveals that her extended sleep was partially caused by a war on Mars in the 22nd century, of which Mana was a participant.}}
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] in ''Negima!?''. {{spoiler|Then the manga reveals that she slept for thirty more years to wake up to a world where the otherwise immortal Negi inexplicably died, only for Eva and Chao to return her to 130 years past, mere seconds after her departure. The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that her extended sleep was partially caused by a war on Mars in the 22nd century, of which Mana was a participant.}}
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Gets teased often about her relationship with Negi.
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Gets teased often about her relationship with Negi.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: {{spoiler|Chapter 284 showed the tail end of a week-long one. Fate didn't expect her to come out of it at all}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: {{spoiler|Chapter 284 showed the tail end of a week-long one. Fate didn't expect her to come out of it at all}}.
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* [[Instant Expert]]: Justified since she actually recalls things she already learned before.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Justified since she actually recalls things she already learned before.
* [[Kick Chick]]
* [[Kick Chick]]
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: There are some early hints at this. Later {{spoiler|it was undone by Fate. She had a [[Heroic BSOD]] and Cosmo Entelechia reacquired her ability to cast Rewrite}}.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: There are some early hints at this. Later {{spoiler|it was undone by Fate. She had a [[Heroic BSOD]] and Cosmo Entelechia reacquired her ability to cast Rewrite}}.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Briefly, in the anime; looked like an [[Alien Lunch]]. ''Negima!?'' also gave us a glimpse of her cooking. {{spoiler|She burned down the kitchen.}}
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Briefly, in the anime; looked like an [[Alien Lunch]]. ''Negima!?'' also gave us a glimpse of her cooking. {{spoiler|She burned down the kitchen.}}
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: After the "Kissing Terminator" incident.
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: After the "Kissing Terminator" incident.
* [[Lightning Glare]]
* [[Lightning Glare]]
* [[Lingerie Scene]]
* [[Lingerie Scene]]
* {{spoiler|[[Long Lost Relative]]: An ''extremely'' distant one of Negi's; specifically, they happen to be linked to the [[One Degree of Separation|Lifemaker]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Long-Lost Relative]]: An ''extremely'' distant one of Negi's; specifically, they happen to be linked to the [[One Degree of Separation|Lifemaker]].}}
* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]
* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]
* [[Megaton Punch]]: ''[[Love Hina]]'' homage.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: ''[[Love Hina]]'' homage.
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* [[Older Sidekick]]
* [[Older Sidekick]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Really. The first (chronologically) time she and Takamichi are shown in the same area, and they look to be about the same age! {{spoiler|Apparently, she's at least 130 years old.}}
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Really. The first (chronologically) time she and Takamichi are shown in the same area, and they look to be about the same age! {{spoiler|Apparently, she's at least 130 years old.}}
* [[One Dialogue Two Conversations]]
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]
* [[One Head Taller]]
* [[One Head Taller]]
* [[Out With a Bang]]: PG version, after a [[World Tree]]-controlled Negi catches her in a deep kiss that ends after she's passed out from lack of oxygen.
* [[Out With a Bang]]: PG version, after a [[World Tree]]-controlled Negi catches her in a deep kiss that ends after she's passed out from lack of oxygen.
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* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Fighting alongside Negi, trying to save the world and cutting God-like beings to ribbons probably qualify. In her own words...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Fighting alongside Negi, trying to save the world and cutting God-like beings to ribbons probably qualify. In her own words...}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"I am after all a genuine Legendary Princess from Country of Magic!"}}}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"I am after all a genuine Legendary Princess from Country of Magic!"}}}}
** {{spoiler|The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] reveals that she already began work on bringing peace to both worlds, and has presumably resumed her rightful place as Queen of Ostia.}}
** {{spoiler|The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that she already began work on bringing peace to both worlds, and has presumably resumed her rightful place as Queen of Ostia.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: At least a hundred and thirty years old, possibly older.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: At least a hundred and thirty years old, possibly older.}}
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: Initially reluctant to make a Pactio for this reason. Later she claims it doesn't count because it was a Pactio, not a ''real'' kiss. Judging by the way everyone else in the story views Pactios the only one she's fooling is herself.
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: Initially reluctant to make a Pactio for this reason. Later she claims it doesn't count because it was a Pactio, not a ''real'' kiss. Judging by the way everyone else in the story views Pactios the only one she's fooling is herself.
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* [[Stay in The Kitchen]]: [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] -- she ''hates'' being told that, but has tried to force this on Negi several times.
* [[Stay in The Kitchen]]: [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] -- she ''hates'' being told that, but has tried to force this on Negi several times.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Looks quite a bit like {{spoiler|Negi's mother}}.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Looks quite a bit like {{spoiler|Negi's mother}}.
* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Her [[Anti Magic|Magic Cancel]] [[No Sell|negates]] any magic/ki attacks, expands an energy sphere that only negates ''hostile'' magic, breaks seals and goes through any magic barriers like they weren't there (destroying them in the process). Ensis Exorcizans also has anti-magic capabilities and allows her to send back and/or destroy things/beings summoned by magic (not even on contact -- waving it in its general direction will suffice). She's also a [[Yin Yang Bomb|Kanka]] user which, besides of being literally "the ultimate art" of magic combat with a dozen enhancements, allows her to fight without draining Negi. Given that a Ministra is to serve as support, it's practically impossible to find someone better suited for the job. And that's without even mentioning her {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper|true power]]}}...
* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Her [[Anti-Magic|Magic Cancel]] [[No Sell|negates]] any magic/ki attacks, expands an energy sphere that only negates ''hostile'' magic, breaks seals and goes through any magic barriers like they weren't there (destroying them in the process). Ensis Exorcizans also has anti-magic capabilities and allows her to send back and/or destroy things/beings summoned by magic (not even on contact -- waving it in its general direction will suffice). She's also a [[Yin-Yang Bomb|Kanka]] user which, besides of being literally "the ultimate art" of magic combat with a dozen enhancements, allows her to fight without draining Negi. Given that a Ministra is to serve as support, it's practically impossible to find someone better suited for the job. And that's without even mentioning her {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper|true power]]}}...
* [[Super Senses]]
* [[Super Senses]]
* [[Super Speed]]
* [[Super Speed]]
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* [[V Sign]]
* [[V Sign]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Ayaka, ever since they're children.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Ayaka, ever since they're children.
* [[Yin Yang Bomb]]: Kanka allows the user to combine magic and ki, which isn't normally possible.
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Kanka allows the user to combine magic and ki, which isn't normally possible.




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A excellent swordswoman and childhood friend of Konoka, she served as her bodyguard from the shadows until the events of the Kyoto [[Class Trip]] forced her to reveal herself to Negi and Asuna, and to get closer to Konoka.
A excellent swordswoman and childhood friend of Konoka, she served as her bodyguard from the shadows until the events of the Kyoto [[Class Trip]] forced her to reveal herself to Negi and Asuna, and to get closer to Konoka.


Subsequent events revealed her to be a [[Half Human Hybrid|Half]]-[[Youkai]] of the [[Ravens and Crows|Tengu]] Tribe, allowing her to [[Winged Humanoid|grow wings at will]], but this also gives her lots of misgivings about her bloodline, compounded by the fact that she was an outcast on account of her white wings (heavily implied to be a case of [[Heroic Albino|albinism]] based on Evangeline's statements that she uses hair dye and colored contacts) -- which, according to Tengus, is a harbinger of misfortune -- and was schooled in a fighting style designed for [[Hunter of His Own Kind|demon extermination]].
Subsequent events revealed her to be a [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half]]-[[Youkai]] of the [[Ravens and Crows|Tengu]] Tribe, allowing her to [[Winged Humanoid|grow wings at will]], but this also gives her lots of misgivings about her bloodline, compounded by the fact that she was an outcast on account of her white wings (heavily implied to be a case of [[Heroic Albino|albinism]] based on Evangeline's statements that she uses hair dye and colored contacts) -- which, according to Tengus, is a harbinger of misfortune -- and was schooled in a fighting style designed for [[Hunter of His Own Kind|demon extermination]].


As if that wasn't enough, she is ''really'' [[Bodyguard Crush|gay for her charge]]. This causes her considerable amounts of angst, as she's a traditionalist that considers a commoner such as herself unworthy to be ''friends'' with a blue-blood like Konoka. She's deeply closeted too.
As if that wasn't enough, she is ''really'' [[Bodyguard Crush|gay for her charge]]. This causes her considerable amounts of angst, as she's a traditionalist that considers a commoner such as herself unworthy to be ''friends'' with a blue-blood like Konoka. She's deeply closeted too.
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Back to Back Badasses]]
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]
** [[Hot Chick in A Badass Suit]]
** [[Hot Chick in A Badass Suit]]
* [[Battle Butler]]
* [[Battle Butler]]
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* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: ''Sakura''zaki's attacks are sometime accompanied by cherry blossoms.
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: ''Sakura''zaki's attacks are sometime accompanied by cherry blossoms.
* [[The Comically Serious]]
* [[The Comically Serious]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cool Airship]]: The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] reveals that she managed to save up for a high-speed space cruiser.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Cool Airship]]: The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that she managed to save up for a high-speed space cruiser.}}
* [[Covert Pervert]]: While detailing Asuna's abilities on a diagram (featuring a naked Asuna), she mentions her [[Anti Magic]] and her [[Super Speed]]... and then notes "Bust: Not bad", as well as a partially-blocked (by Setsuna's speech bubble) reference to Asuna's lack of hair anywhere aside from her scalp.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: While detailing Asuna's abilities on a diagram (featuring a naked Asuna), she mentions her [[Anti-Magic]] and her [[Super Speed]]... and then notes "Bust: Not bad", as well as a partially-blocked (by Setsuna's speech bubble) reference to Asuna's lack of hair anywhere aside from her scalp.
** {{spoiler|According to the [[Lotus Eater Machine]], her dream is Konoka making her breakfast... [[Naked Apron|while wearing only an apron]].}}
** {{spoiler|According to the [[Lotus Eater Machine]], her dream is Konoka making her breakfast... [[Naked Apron|while wearing only an apron]].}}
** In Chapter 341, Setsuna concludes that the best future for her is {{spoiler|finally having sex with Konoka}}.
** In Chapter 341, Setsuna concludes that the best future for her is {{spoiler|finally having sex with Konoka}}.
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* [[Diagonal Cut]]
* [[Diagonal Cut]]
* [[Dish Dash]]
* [[Dish Dash]]
* [[Dual Wielding]]: She occasionally uses Yuunagi -- a very long sword -- in one hand and either its scabbard or Sica Shishikushiro (a short sword from her Pactio with Negi) on the other.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: She occasionally uses Yuunagi -- a very long sword -- in one hand and either its scabbard or Sica Shishikushiro (a short sword from her Pactio with Negi) on the other.
** And now she can (and did at least once) wield Yuunagi in one hand and {{spoiler|[[BFS|Takemikazuchi]]}} in the other.
** And now she can (and did at least once) wield Yuunagi in one hand and {{spoiler|[[BFS|Takemikazuchi]]}} in the other.
* [[Dye or Die]]
* [[Dye or Die]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Tsukuyomi, the [[Psycho Lesbian|bloodthirsty]] swordswoman [[Psycho for Hire|for hire]] [[Stalker With a Crush|with a crush]] on her "[[Sempai Kohai|Setsuna-sempai]]".
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Tsukuyomi, the [[Psycho Lesbian|bloodthirsty]] swordswoman [[Psycho for Hire|for hire]] [[Stalker With a Crush|with a crush]] on her "[[Sempai-Kohai|Setsuna-sempai]]".
* [[Expy]]: Has shades of Matoko from [[Love Hina]], even using the same sword style. However, this only really applies to her skills and appearance, as personalitywise they are completely different.
* [[Expy]]: Has shades of Matoko from [[Love Hina]], even using the same sword style. However, this only really applies to her skills and appearance, as personalitywise they are completely different.
* [[Failure Knight]]: All Konoka wants is a friend...
* [[Failure Knight]]: All Konoka wants is a friend...
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* [[Functional Magic]]: Her training includes [[Onmyodo]].
* [[Functional Magic]]: Her training includes [[Onmyodo]].
* [[Groin Attack]]: Setsuna [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c029/16.html takes prisoners]... poor Negi.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Setsuna [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c029/16.html takes prisoners]... poor Negi.
* [[Half Human Hybrid]]
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]
* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: {{spoiler|The [[Where Are They Now]] epilogue states that both she and Konoka get married in 2017. And we see a picture of them both wearing wedding kimonos, and Setsuna is holding Konoka bridal-style. It's pretty clear what's happening, but it's still stately indirectly as opposed to other marriages.}}
* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: {{spoiler|The [[Where Are They Now]] epilogue states that both she and Konoka get married in 2017. And we see a picture of them both wearing wedding kimonos, and Setsuna is holding Konoka bridal-style. It's pretty clear what's happening, but it's still stately indirectly as opposed to other marriages.}}
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]
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* [[In a Single Bound]]
* [[In a Single Bound]]
* [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]]
* [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]]
* [[If Its You Its Okay]]: Sort of. Admits to feeling some attraction towards teenaged Negi, but is quite clearly [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|paired off with Konoka]] from the get-go.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: Sort of. Admits to feeling some attraction towards teenaged Negi, but is quite clearly [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|paired off with Konoka]] from the get-go.
* [[I Will Protect Her]]
* [[I Will Protect Her]]
* [[Lady of War]]: At her best.
* [[Lady of War]]: At her best.
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* [[Paper Talisman]]: Setsuna is known to use ''[[Ofuda]]'', once used them protect the hotel from shikigami during the Kyoto arc.
* [[Paper Talisman]]: Setsuna is known to use ''[[Ofuda]]'', once used them protect the hotel from shikigami during the Kyoto arc.
* [[Perpetual Molt]]
* [[Perpetual Molt]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Pioneer]]: According to the [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]], she became one of the most famous first-generation pilots of the space age.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Pioneer]]: According to the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]], she became one of the most famous first-generation pilots of the space age.}}
* [[Playboy Bunny]]
* [[Playboy Bunny]]
* [[Razor Wind]]
* [[Razor Wind]]
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Her Pactio with Negi produced the ''Orbis Sensualium Pictus'', comprised of a witch's cloak, hat and broom. Its main component, however, is a book which gives her complete information on anything related to magic, such as spells, items, beasts and even other artifacts.
Her Pactio with Negi produced the ''Orbis Sensualium Pictus'', comprised of a witch's cloak, hat and broom. Its main component, however, is a book which gives her complete information on anything related to magic, such as spells, items, beasts and even other artifacts.
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* [[A Cup Angst]]: At times. {{spoiler|And as of the [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]], her chest still hasn't grown an inch (unlike Nodoka).}}
* [[A Cup Angst]]: At times. {{spoiler|And as of the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]], her chest still hasn't grown an inch (unlike Nodoka).}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Black Mage]]: Outfit and all.
* [[Black Mage]]: Outfit and all.
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* [[Dynamic Entry]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Actually a subversion. Although the accident is a common cause for the trope, there was a [[Laser Guided Amnesia|memory-loss spell]] involved that actually did it.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Actually a subversion. Although the accident is a common cause for the trope, there was a [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|memory-loss spell]] involved that actually did it.
* [[Expy]]: Very likely inspired by [[Touhou|Patchouli Knowledge]].
* [[Expy]]: Very likely inspired by [[Touhou|Patchouli Knowledge]].
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded by Haruna of all people.]]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded by Haruna of all people.]]
* [[Forehead of Doom]]: Since [[My Brain Is Big|Her Brain Is Big]].
* [[Forehead of Doom]]: Since [[My Brain Is Big|Her Brain Is Big]].
* [[Genius Book Club]]
* [[Genius Book Club]]
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]]: To Negi.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: To Negi.
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: Orbis Sensualium Pictus is a book containing all information on magic, including spells, items, beasts, and even artifacts. The fact that it's a magic artifact conveniently removes the Great Big part of trope, condensing it into a small book.
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: Orbis Sensualium Pictus is a book containing all information on magic, including spells, items, beasts, and even artifacts. The fact that it's a magic artifact conveniently removes the Great Big part of trope, condensing it into a small book.
* [[High Pressure Emotion]]: Twice in [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c251/14.html rapid] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c251/15.html succession], though one could say it's just one continuous moment. Doesn't mean it's not ridiculously cute and funny, especially given Collet and Emily's reactions.
* [[High Pressure Emotion]]: Twice in [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c251/14.html rapid] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c251/15.html succession], though one could say it's just one continuous moment. Doesn't mean it's not ridiculously cute and funny, especially given Collet and Emily's reactions.
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* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Often combined with [[Badass Long Robe]] after she [[Took a Level In Badass]].
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Often combined with [[Badass Long Robe]] after she [[Took a Level In Badass]].
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v38/c354/8.html Chapter 354] shows Yue grows up quite nicely.
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v38/c354/8.html Chapter 354] shows Yue grows up quite nicely.
* [[Shorter Means Smarter]]: The only ones shorter than she is are the [[Token Mini Moe|Token Mini Moes]], one of which is pretty damn smart himself.
* [[Shorter Means Smarter]]: The only ones shorter than she is are the [[Token Mini-Moe|Token Mini Moes]], one of which is pretty damn smart himself.
* [[Shy Blue Haired Girl]]
* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]
* [[The Snark Knight]]: Initially a textbook example, complete with frequent thoughts of being "[[Surrounded By Idiots]]". These wanes later on, as she became part of the main group and developed a crush on Negi, though she's still quick to dissociate herself from the group whenever the insanity becomes overwhelming. Due to her height, she often comes across as more of a [[Little Miss Snarker]].
* [[The Snark Knight]]: Initially a textbook example, complete with frequent thoughts of being "[[Surrounded By Idiots]]". These wanes later on, as she became part of the main group and developed a crush on Negi, though she's still quick to dissociate herself from the group whenever the insanity becomes overwhelming. Due to her height, she often comes across as more of a [[Little Miss Snarker]].
* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Straight Man]]
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{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Marina Inoue]] (Japanese)}}
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Marina Inoue]] (Japanese)}}


Negi's [[Fire Forged Friends|best friend]] and [[The Rival|rival]] ever since he got [[Defeat Means Friendship|pummelled by him]] during the Kyoto [[Class Trip]]. In many ways, he's a textbook [[Shonen]] action protagonist, and often contrasted to Negi, to whom he often tries teaching how to act like a [[Idiot Hero|brash and overconfident]] hero rather than a meek and [[Keigo|polite]] [[Badass Bookworm]]. It doesn't work very well.
Negi's [[Fire-Forged Friends|best friend]] and [[The Rival|rival]] ever since he got [[Defeat Means Friendship|pummelled by him]] during the Kyoto [[Class Trip]]. In many ways, he's a textbook [[Shonen]] action protagonist, and often contrasted to Negi, to whom he often tries teaching how to act like a [[Idiot Hero|brash and overconfident]] hero rather than a meek and [[Keigo|polite]] [[Badass Bookworm]]. It doesn't work very well.


As he's [[Half Human Hybrid|Half]]-[[Obake|Dog Demon]], he can [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|change shape]]. Usually, he looks human, except for [[Little Bit Beastly|his ears and tail]], but can transform into a [[Big Badass Wolf|giant wolf-like dog]] or [[Wolf Man|something in between]]. ({{spoiler|In chapter 262 he made a pactio with Natsumi.}})
As he's [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half]]-[[Obake|Dog Demon]], he can [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|change shape]]. Usually, he looks human, except for [[Little Bit Beastly|his ears and tail]], but can transform into a [[Big Badass Wolf|giant wolf-like dog]] or [[Wolf Man|something in between]]. ({{spoiler|In chapter 262 he made a pactio with Natsumi.}})
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* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]
* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]
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* [[Animorphism]]: Puppy when powers sealed, [[Big Badass Wolf|giant wolf]] when fully released.
* [[Animorphism]]: Puppy when powers sealed, [[Big Badass Wolf|giant wolf]] when fully released.
* [[Attack Hello]]
* [[Attack Hello]]
* [[Back to Back Badasses]]: With Negi.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Negi.
* [[Battle Aura]]
* [[Battle Aura]]
* {{spoiler|[[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Natsumi.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Natsumi.}}
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* [[Expy]]: Of [[Inuyasha]]. [[Word of God]] says so. Early character designs in Volume 5 also say that his "personality is a [[Naruto|Fox boy ninja]]". How much of these got to the actual character is debatable.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Inuyasha]]. [[Word of God]] says so. Early character designs in Volume 5 also say that his "personality is a [[Naruto|Fox boy ninja]]". How much of these got to the actual character is debatable.
* [[Fan Service]]: Possibly, as in chapters following the Mundus Magicus arc (and even several chapters during it) he spent a whole lot of time in his teenage form for apparently no reason at all.
* [[Fan Service]]: Possibly, as in chapters following the Mundus Magicus arc (and even several chapters during it) he spent a whole lot of time in his teenage form for apparently no reason at all.
* [[Fire Forged Friends]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]
* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma|Dude, He's Like, In A Coma!]]
* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|Dude, He's Like, In A Coma!]]
* [[Get Out of Jail Free Card]]: As an expression of gratitude for saving Negi and his students at the end of Volume 8, Kotaro is formally freed and is now free to hang around with Negi. It also helps that he has already performed a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Get Out of Jail Free Card]]: As an expression of gratitude for saving Negi and his students at the end of Volume 8, Kotaro is formally freed and is now free to hang around with Negi. It also helps that he has already performed a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Harbinger of Impending Doom]]
* [[Harbinger of Impending Doom]]
* [[Healing Factor]]: He explains it as an "ability of the [[Big Badass Wolf|Inugami]] clan". It's not Wolverine-class, but he's taken multiple swords to the chest and recovered.
* [[Healing Factor]]: He explains it as an "ability of the [[Big Badass Wolf|Inugami]] clan". It's not Wolverine-class, but he's taken multiple swords to the chest and recovered.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He first appeared as one of [[Starter Villain|Chigusa's lackeys]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He first appeared as one of [[Starter Villain|Chigusa's lackeys]].
* [[Highly Visible Ninja]]: He has the sense to [[Naruto|wear black]], but that doesn't mean he isn't a [[Hot Blooded]] melee fighter who likes to solve problems head-on with his fists. Averted after he learns [[Mes a Crowd|Kaede's ninja-style shadow clone technique]]; that [[Highly Visible Ninja|highly-visible ninja-in-training]] in front of you is almost certainly [[Doppleganger Attack|a fake]].
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: He has the sense to [[Naruto|wear black]], but that doesn't mean he isn't a [[Hot Blooded]] melee fighter who likes to solve problems head-on with his fists. Averted after he learns [[Me's a Crowd|Kaede's ninja-style shadow clone technique]]; that [[Highly-Visible Ninja|highly-visible ninja-in-training]] in front of you is almost certainly [[Doppleganger Attack|a fake]].
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[How Much More Can He Take]]
* [[How Much More Can He Take]]
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* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Magic Pants]]
* [[Magic Pants]]
* [[Mes a Crowd]]
* [[Me's a Crowd]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Inugami" means "dog spirit".
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Inugami" means "dog spirit".
* [[Monster Roommate]]: To Chizuru and Natsumi
* [[Monster Roommate]]: To Chizuru and Natsumi
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* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: First tournament fight in Mundus Magicus arc. He and Negi dodge a ''really'' big attack combo... only to appear leaning on the big guy talking about how much that would have hurt. He does it later on to one of Fate's Ministras when she tries to crush him to death... and it's only a clone.
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: First tournament fight in Mundus Magicus arc. He and Negi dodge a ''really'' big attack combo... only to appear leaning on the big guy talking about how much that would have hurt. He does it later on to one of Fate's Ministras when she tries to crush him to death... and it's only a clone.
* [[Not Quite Flight]]
* [[Not Quite Flight]]
* [[One Winged Angel]]
* [[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]
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* [[Walk On Water]]
* [[Walk On Water]]
* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: At least seven years after Class 3-A's graduation, he simply ran off for some "ninja training". Natsumi would follow suit, and after years of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], they finally marry.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: At least seven years after Class 3-A's graduation, he simply ran off for some "ninja training". Natsumi would follow suit, and after years of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], they finally marry.}}
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love]]/[[Is It Something You Eat]]: Although judging by Chapter 262 he gotten over these... {{spoiler|and apparently all thanks to Natsumi}}.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]/[[Is It Something You Eat]]: Although judging by Chapter 262 he gotten over these... {{spoiler|and apparently all thanks to Natsumi}}.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Strongly implied against Fate in Chapter 303. [[Genre Savvy|It doesn't happen]] and actually shows quite a bit of [[Character Development]] on his part: the old Kotaro would have [[Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh|attacked and endangered the whole group]].
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Strongly implied against Fate in Chapter 303. [[Genre Savvy|It doesn't happen]] and actually shows quite a bit of [[Character Development]] on his part: the old Kotaro would have [[Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh|attacked and endangered the whole group]].
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: It's actually presented as a '''deeply''' stupid comportment, and several of the [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] (like Kaede and Asuna) have tried to ''literally'' beat it out of him.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: It's actually presented as a '''deeply''' stupid comportment, and several of the [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] (like Kaede and Asuna) have tried to ''literally'' beat it out of him.
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* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Sessha".
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Sessha".
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Mes a Crowd]]
* [[Me's a Crowd]]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: A rare example of this trope applying to a character. Kaede had some pretty heated battles during the festival... and never once removed her Tanuki ears and tail.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: A rare example of this trope applying to a character. Kaede had some pretty heated battles during the festival... and never once removed her Tanuki ears and tail.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Using a body duplication technique to scavenge for food, fishing with kunai, etc.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Using a body duplication technique to scavenge for food, fishing with kunai, etc.
* [[Ninja]]
* [[Ninja]]
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: Against Sanders for epic, and against the Narutakis for a laugh.
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: Against Sanders for epic, and against the Narutakis for a laugh.
* [[Onee Sama]]: In ''[[Continuity Reboot|Negima?! Neo]]'', once referred to as this by Anya. Kaede shyly replied that she felt uncomfortable being addressed with so respectful a title.
* [[Onee-Sama]]: In ''[[Continuity Reboot|Negima?! Neo]]'', once referred to as this by Anya. Kaede shyly replied that she felt uncomfortable being addressed with so respectful a title.
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Schoolgirl Rival]]: Mana, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c183/13.html ever since their stalemate during the Mahora War].
* [[Schoolgirl Rival]]: Mana, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c183/13.html ever since their stalemate during the Mahora War].
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: Speaks like an ancient [[Samurai]] and thus overuses ''de gozaru'' (instead of ''da'' or ''desu''), as well as using the archaic first-person pronoun ''sessha'', both of which are humbling phrases.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Speaks like an ancient [[Samurai]] and thus overuses ''de gozaru'' (instead of ''da'' or ''desu''), as well as using the archaic first-person pronoun ''sessha'', both of which are humbling phrases.
* [[Walk On Water]]
* [[Walk On Water]]
* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] reveals that she has since become a wanderer helping her friends along the way when not training on Earth with Ku Fei.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that she has since become a wanderer helping her friends along the way when not training on Earth with Ku Fei.}}
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Frogs?]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Frogs?]]
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Played with when neither she nor Mana can get their student discount when trying to get into the movies. So she uses a ninja technique to make her look ''much'' younger, becoming [[Older Than They Look]].
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Played with when neither she nor Mana can get their student discount when trying to get into the movies. So she uses a ninja technique to make her look ''much'' younger, becoming [[Older Than They Look]].


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** [[Cute Kitten]]: When she is introduced by herself and as an enemy, [[Pet the Dog|she is shown feeding kittens]].
** [[Cute Kitten]]: When she is introduced by herself and as an enemy, [[Pet the Dog|she is shown feeding kittens]].
** [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]
** [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]
* [[Arm Cannon]]: Part of her new [[Swiss Army Appendage|Swiss Army Appendages]] from her [[Mid Season Upgrade]].
* [[Arm Cannon]]: Part of her new [[Swiss Army Appendage|Swiss Army Appendages]] from her [[Mid-Season Upgrade]].
* [[Badass Adorable]]: This [[Robot Girl]] can make {{spoiler|a [[Kill Sat]]}} [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c281/15.html look really cute].
* [[Badass Adorable]]: This [[Robot Girl]] can make {{spoiler|a [[Kill Sat]]}} [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c281/15.html look really cute].
* [[Badass Automaton]]
* [[Badass Automaton]]
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* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: After a fashion, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v35/c315/3.html as seen here].
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: After a fashion, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v35/c315/3.html as seen here].
* [[BFG]]: During the Evangeline arc, and now she has a gigantic [[Arm Cannon]]. Though even that pales in comparison {{spoiler|to her [[Kill Sat]] as part of the Al-Iskandariya}}.
* [[BFG]]: During the Evangeline arc, and now she has a gigantic [[Arm Cannon]]. Though even that pales in comparison {{spoiler|to her [[Kill Sat]] as part of the Al-Iskandariya}}.
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Part of her new [[Swiss Army Appendage|Swiss Army Appendages]] from her [[Mid Season Upgrade]].
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Part of her new [[Swiss Army Appendage|Swiss Army Appendages]] from her [[Mid-Season Upgrade]].
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Her [[Unusual Ears]] and the note below her name ("Call engineering in case of emergency") make her stand out on the class roster.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Her [[Unusual Ears]] and the note below her name ("Call engineering in case of emergency") make her stand out on the class roster.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: She ''tried'' to [[Defied Trope|defy]] this, but as of Chapter 337 Chachamaru has fallen into this trope pretty hard.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: She ''tried'' to [[Defied Trope|defy]] this, but as of Chapter 337 Chachamaru has fallen into this trope pretty hard.
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After losing to Chisame; another variant comes into play with Negi, who she develops feelings for after he defeats Evangeline and rescues her from the river.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After losing to Chisame; another variant comes into play with Negi, who she develops feelings for after he defeats Evangeline and rescues her from the river.
* [[Do Androids Dream]]: {{spoiler|Apparently they do if you kiss them hard enough.}}
* [[Do Androids Dream]]: {{spoiler|Apparently they do if you kiss them hard enough.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On|Negi “winding her up”]]... and [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v21/c190/17.html It’s not subtle either].
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On|Negi “winding her up”]]... and [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v21/c190/17.html It’s not subtle either].
** [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c263/1.html The second time] Negi is shown winding her takes the cake though. In the first panel the [[Wind Up Key]] and a portion of Chachamaru’s head are completely “whited out” in a similar fashion to some customary censoring of ''genitals/penetration'' in manga. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Very clever Akamatsu]], ''very'' clever indeed...
** [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c263/1.html The second time] Negi is shown winding her takes the cake though. In the first panel the [[Wind Up Key]] and a portion of Chachamaru’s head are completely “whited out” in a similar fashion to some customary censoring of ''genitals/penetration'' in manga. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Very clever Akamatsu]], ''very'' clever indeed...
*** This gag censoring happens again, this time when Chachamaru is winding ''[[A Date With Rosie Palms|herself]]'' up. She is using "magic in a can" to do it, with the can being what is "whited out", resulting in her appearing to be [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-sensei-negima/337/2 holding something rather... phallic].
*** This gag censoring happens again, this time when Chachamaru is winding ''[[A Date With Rosie Palms|herself]]'' up. She is using "magic in a can" to do it, with the can being what is "whited out", resulting in her appearing to be [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-sensei-negima/337/2 holding something rather... phallic].
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* [[Glass Cannon]]: {{spoiler|Al-Iskandariya is quite possibly Ala Alba's most powerful weapon but it does nothing for her defenses. So with a full power blast, she not only knocked out Fate's shields, she knocked him out for a good ten minutes. In a single blow. And was immediately hit with a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] from Quartum.}}
* [[Glass Cannon]]: {{spoiler|Al-Iskandariya is quite possibly Ala Alba's most powerful weapon but it does nothing for her defenses. So with a full power blast, she not only knocked out Fate's shields, she knocked him out for a good ten minutes. In a single blow. And was immediately hit with a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] from Quartum.}}
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Has Two Mommies]]: Well, she can be considered [[Mad Scientist|Hakase]] and [[Time Traveler|Chao's]] [[Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter|daughter]].
* [[Has Two Mommies]]: Well, she can be considered [[Mad Scientist|Hakase]] and [[Time Traveler|Chao's]] [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|daughter]].
* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half the Woman She Used to Be]]}}: {{spoiler|Got cut completely in half by Quartum}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half the Woman She Used to Be]]}}: {{spoiler|Got cut completely in half by Quartum}}.
* [[Hime Cut]]
* [[Hime Cut]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Lethal Joke Weapon]]: Al-Iskandariya}}
* {{spoiler|[[Lethal Joke Weapon]]: Al-Iskandariya}}
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
* [[Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter]]: Two Mad Scientists mothers? Check. Stunning beauty? Check. The only difference is that she was built and not given birth to.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Two Mad Scientists mothers? Check. Stunning beauty? Check. The only difference is that she was built and not given birth to.
* [[Magitek]]
* [[Magitek]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Cha" is a common pronunciation of the Japanese character for "tea"; "karakuri" literally translates into "mechanism".
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Cha" is a common pronunciation of the Japanese character for "tea"; "karakuri" literally translates into "mechanism".
** {{spoiler|Doubly so with her Pactio: her title, translating to "Dreaming Doll", alludes to her previous fears that [[What Measure Is a Non Human|her subjective existence as an individual is merely "a dream generated by [Hakase's] computers"]]. Like that's gonna stop Negi from getting her a pactio...}}
** {{spoiler|Doubly so with her Pactio: her title, translating to "Dreaming Doll", alludes to her previous fears that [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|her subjective existence as an individual is merely "a dream generated by [Hakase's] computers"]]. Like that's gonna stop Negi from getting her a pactio...}}
* [[Mid Season Upgrade]]
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]
* [[Morality Pet]]: Evangeline's treatment of her is one of the many signs that [[Noble Demon|she's not as evil as she says]].
* [[Morality Pet]]: Evangeline's treatment of her is one of the many signs that [[Noble Demon|she's not as evil as she says]].
* [[My Master Right or Wrong]]: The reason she was at odds with Negi from time to time, despite her personal wishes. {{spoiler|Now that Negi is her Pactio Master, this is no longer a problem.}}
* [[My Master Right or Wrong]]: The reason she was at odds with Negi from time to time, despite her personal wishes. {{spoiler|Now that Negi is her Pactio Master, this is no longer a problem.}}
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* [[Pick Your Human Half]]
* [[Pick Your Human Half]]
* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Not of the usual variety; she wore a stuffed bunny costume.
* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Not of the usual variety; she wore a stuffed bunny costume.
* {{spoiler|[[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Thanks to [[Kill Sat|Al-Iskandariya]], which is powerful enough that it can [[One Hit Kill]] something that took on one of those [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|ancient guardian]] [[Olympus Mons|beasts]], and killed it in a single blow due to its [[Reality Warper]] power. Her own quote sums it up quite well:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Thanks to [[Kill Sat|Al-Iskandariya]], which is powerful enough that it can [[One-Hit Kill]] something that took on one of those [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|ancient guardian]] [[Olympus Mons|beasts]], and killed it in a single blow due to its [[Reality Warper]] power. Her own quote sums it up quite well:}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"The power of this weapon is so great that I was worried it would be difficult to find any practical use for it... but [[Eldritch Abomination|this opponent]] should make a perfect trial target. ...Captain! Please maintain a safe distance from the enemy."}}}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"The power of this weapon is so great that I was worried it would be difficult to find any practical use for it... but [[Eldritch Abomination|this opponent]] should make a perfect trial target. ...Captain! Please maintain a safe distance from the enemy."}}}}
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Justified -- her hair acts as heat dissipator; thus the longer her hair, the greater the exposed surface area and thus increased efficiency in heat dissipation.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Justified -- her hair acts as heat dissipator; thus the longer her hair, the greater the exposed surface area and thus increased efficiency in heat dissipation.
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: She wasn't ''supposed'' to be one, [[Instant AI Just Add Water|but she is]]. Hakase programmed her with rudimentary emotions and can mimic human activities she cannot perform otherwise (like drinking tea), but she was ''not'' supposed to develop subjectivity, which is the basis of the majority of her [[Character Development]].
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: She wasn't ''supposed'' to be one, [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|but she is]]. Hakase programmed her with rudimentary emotions and can mimic human activities she cannot perform otherwise (like drinking tea), but she was ''not'' supposed to develop subjectivity, which is the basis of the majority of her [[Character Development]].
** She actually becomes more and more "human" as the series goes on -- Eva even remarks at how much Chachamaru has "grown" at one point.
** She actually becomes more and more "human" as the series goes on -- Eva even remarks at how much Chachamaru has "grown" at one point.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Chachamaru started to have interest in Negi after he [[Taking the Bullet|took the bullet]] from his ''own attack'' after he couldn’t bring himself to hurt her.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Chachamaru started to have interest in Negi after he [[Taking the Bullet|took the bullet]] from his ''own attack'' after he couldn’t bring himself to hurt her.
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* [[Tinman Typist]]
* [[Tinman Typist]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]: Her ears are actually antennae. Chisame is frustrated that she's the [[Meta Guy|only one who seems to notice this]].
* [[Unusual Ears]]: Her ears are actually antennae. Chisame is frustrated that she's the [[Meta Guy|only one who seems to notice this]].
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love]]
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]
* [[What Measure Is a Non Human]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Even if (and probably because) she is just a robot, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v34/c311/9.html her bisection by Quartum] is rather graphic by the series’ standards; what with her insides being seen clearly (she apparently has a spine) and all the [[Symbolic Blood]] spurting about. She could, and did get better, but still...}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Even if (and probably because) she is just a robot, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v34/c311/9.html her bisection by Quartum] is rather graphic by the series’ standards; what with her insides being seen clearly (she apparently has a spine) and all the [[Symbolic Blood]] spurting about. She could, and did get better, but still...}}
** She also had trouble with this [[Do Androids Dream|on a more philosophical level]] {{spoiler|until she got her Pactio}}.
** She also had trouble with this [[Do Androids Dream|on a more philosophical level]] {{spoiler|until she got her Pactio}}.
* [[Wild Card]]: Because of the whole "[[My Master Right or Wrong]]" thing. Were it her choice, she'd most likely place her loyalties to Negi. {{spoiler|Now that Negi is her Pactio master, this may no longer be an issue.}}
* [[Wild Card]]: Because of the whole "[[My Master Right or Wrong]]" thing. Were it her choice, she'd most likely place her loyalties to Negi. {{spoiler|Now that Negi is her Pactio master, this may no longer be an issue.}}
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{{quote| '''Chisame:''' "She's just close enough to human that we can tell how ridiculously good she is."}}
{{quote| '''Chisame:''' "She's just close enough to human that we can tell how ridiculously good she is."}}
* [[Baka]] [[Sentai|Ranger]]: Baka Yellow
* [[Baka]] [[Sentai|Ranger]]: Baka Yellow
* [[Bare Fisted Monk]]
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
* {{spoiler|[[Best Her to Bed Her]]: Played with. She made a rule for herself that she would only marry a man stronger than her; though she concedes to Negi's strength, his lack of age means she isn't (yet) attracted to him romantically. And when they made a Pactio, Chamo picked that exact moment to wonder why Chao looked so Chinese with a Welsh great-grandfather.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Best Her to Bed Her]]: Played with. She made a rule for herself that she would only marry a man stronger than her; though she concedes to Negi's strength, his lack of age means she isn't (yet) attracted to him romantically. And when they made a Pactio, Chamo picked that exact moment to wonder why Chao looked so Chinese with a Welsh great-grandfather.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bigger Stick]]: See [[Simple Staff]] below for ''how much '' bigger.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bigger Stick]]: See [[Simple Staff]] below for ''how much '' bigger.}}
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* [[Chinese Girl]]
* [[Chinese Girl]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Every morning.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Every morning.
* [[Dark Skinned Blond]]: A bit ditzy, but not out-and-out crazy.
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: A bit ditzy, but not out-and-out crazy.
* [[Flash Step]]: Against Mana, during the ''MahoraFest Tournament''.
* [[Flash Step]]: Against Mana, during the ''MahoraFest Tournament''.
* [[Heir to The Dojo]]: In Chapter 253, it is revealed that she is the successor to the Ku warrior clan. {{spoiler|And as of the [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]], she has since set up a dojo to accommodate challengers and future followers alike.}}
* [[Heir to The Dojo]]: In Chapter 253, it is revealed that she is the successor to the Ku warrior clan. {{spoiler|And as of the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]], she has since set up a dojo to accommodate challengers and future followers alike.}}
* [[Hulk Speak]]: In the official translations.
* [[Hulk Speak]]: In the official translations.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Weaponized cloth.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Weaponized cloth.
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* [[Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight]]: The only fistfighter among the girls of the group, and faces off against enemies with weapons many times.
* [[Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight]]: The only fistfighter among the girls of the group, and faces off against enemies with weapons many times.
* [[Odango]]
* [[Odango]]
* {{spoiler|[[Shut UP Hannibal]]: [[Played for Laughs]], when she made Dynamis shut up with a poke from her staff.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: [[Played for Laughs]], when she made Dynamis shut up with a poke from her staff.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Simple Staff]]: The Shintetsu Jizaikon. Like the [[Journey to The West|Monkey King]]'s staff, it can grow and shrink at will. Her first use of it is as ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v30/c273/13.html artillery]''}})
* {{spoiler|[[Simple Staff]]: The Shintetsu Jizaikon. Like the [[Journey to The West|Monkey King]]'s staff, it can grow and shrink at will. Her first use of it is as ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v30/c273/13.html artillery]''}})
* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]
* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]
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Of the entire class, Yuna is probably most qualified for the title of "[[Genki Girl]]" -- mischievous and enthusiastic, her charisma translates into her constant role as ringleader of the class's hijinks. Her first notable action was during the [[School Festival]], when she led an army of schoolmates against Chao's robots, proving herself quite adept with magical weapons and eventually placing fourth in a contest of 2500 participants. She also has a very close relationship with her father, himself a teacher in Mahora (who turns out to be a magic teacher -- a fact she seems completely unaware of). Unsurprisingly, she seems to have been the one who convinced the others to sneak out and follow Negi to Mundus Magicus. After being separated from the rest, she met up with Makie and they found work as barmaids, eventually saving up enough money to meet up with Negi at the Ostia Tournament.
Of the entire class, Yuna is probably most qualified for the title of "[[Genki Girl]]" -- mischievous and enthusiastic, her charisma translates into her constant role as ringleader of the class's hijinks. Her first notable action was during the [[School Festival]], when she led an army of schoolmates against Chao's robots, proving herself quite adept with magical weapons and eventually placing fourth in a contest of 2500 participants. She also has a very close relationship with her father, himself a teacher in Mahora (who turns out to be a magic teacher -- a fact she seems completely unaware of). Unsurprisingly, she seems to have been the one who convinced the others to sneak out and follow Negi to Mundus Magicus. After being separated from the rest, she met up with Makie and they found work as barmaids, eventually saving up enough money to meet up with Negi at the Ostia Tournament.


{{spoiler|Throughout her stay in Mundus Magicus, the truth about her parents is revealed to her. She takes it rather well, since she already had suspicions beforehand. She even performs a simple magic spell she recalled from childhood. Shortly afterward, she forms a Pactio with Negi, though more for the [[Power Up|powers she'd gain]] than romantic feelings. With a new artifact -- ''Iris Tulmentum'' -- suited for her [[The Gunslinger|affinity with guns]] and a showdown looming with the organization that may have been involved with her mother Yuuko's death, the future certainly looks interesting for Yuna.}}
{{spoiler|Throughout her stay in Mundus Magicus, the truth about her parents is revealed to her. She takes it rather well, since she already had suspicions beforehand. She even performs a simple magic spell she recalled from childhood. Shortly afterward, she forms a Pactio with Negi, though more for the [[Power-Up|powers she'd gain]] than romantic feelings. With a new artifact -- ''Iris Tulmentum'' -- suited for her [[The Gunslinger|affinity with guns]] and a showdown looming with the organization that may have been involved with her mother Yuuko's death, the future certainly looks interesting for Yuna.}}
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: After {{spoiler|getting her Pactio card}}, she's starting to become this.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: After {{spoiler|getting her Pactio card}}, she's starting to become this.
* [[Clark Kenting]]: A failed attempt when she tried to trick Yue and Nodoka into giving up their badges.
* [[Clark Kenting]]: A failed attempt when she tried to trick Yue and Nodoka into giving up their badges.
* [[Daddys Girl]]
* [[Daddy's Girl]]
* [[Oedipus Complex|Electra Complex]]: Mostly [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Oedipus Complex|Electra Complex]]: Mostly [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Expy]]: It's (semi-)official -- {{spoiler|her Pactio card gives her a pair of handguns. She just doesn't have [[Final Fantasy X|Yuna's clothes, though]].}}
* [[Expy]]: It's (semi-)official -- {{spoiler|her Pactio card gives her a pair of handguns. She just doesn't have [[Final Fantasy X|Yuna's clothes, though]].}}
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* [[Hot Mom]]: Yuuko was also pleasing to the eyes. Especially with that [[Rapunzel Hair]] of hers.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Yuuko was also pleasing to the eyes. Especially with that [[Rapunzel Hair]] of hers.
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Great basketball skills equals great dodgeball skills? Who knew?
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Great basketball skills equals great dodgeball skills? Who knew?
* [[In Series Nickname]]: "Yuna * Kid" or just "The Kid." Likely to come off a little more smoothly in Japanese.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Yuna * Kid" or just "The Kid." Likely to come off a little more smoothly in Japanese.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: In [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v19/c174/2.html Chapter 174] just before and right after sleeping. It actually looks just as good on her let down as when she ties it up.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: In [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v19/c174/2.html Chapter 174] just before and right after sleeping. It actually looks just as good on her let down as when she ties it up.
* [[Father I Want to Marry My Brother|Mother I Want To Marry My Father]]: You'd think she'd have grown out of this by now, {{spoiler|and for a while it seemed that she had. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/11.html Then Chapter 253 came along]}}. It is possible, however, that Yuna is simply quite innocent about the, uh, "mechanics" of a romantic relationship.
* [[Father, I Want to Marry My Brother|Mother I Want To Marry My Father]]: You'd think she'd have grown out of this by now, {{spoiler|and for a while it seemed that she had. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/11.html Then Chapter 253 came along]}}. It is possible, however, that Yuna is simply quite innocent about the, uh, "mechanics" of a romantic relationship.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Yuuko died when Yuna was just five old. {{spoiler|According to Takane, she was born and raised in Mundus Magicus, and was a [[Action Mom|goverment agent]] sent to Megalomesembira on an operation related to the current crisis, which was where and how she died.}}
* [[Missing Mom]]: Yuuko died when Yuna was just five old. {{spoiler|According to Takane, she was born and raised in Mundus Magicus, and was a [[Action Mom|goverment agent]] sent to Megalomesembira on an operation related to the current crisis, which was where and how she died.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Pursuing Parental Perils]]: The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] reveals that she has since followed her late mother's profession as an agent of Megalomesembria.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Pursuing Parental Perils]]: The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that she has since followed her late mother's profession as an agent of Megalomesembria.}}
* [[Stripperific]]: Her {{spoiler|Pactio outfit}}. See her card up there? Even more so when the [[The Coats Are Off|coat comes off]].
* [[Stripperific]]: Her {{spoiler|Pactio outfit}}. See her card up there? Even more so when the [[The Coats Are Off|coat comes off]].
* [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]: To the picture of her mother.
* [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]: To the picture of her mother.

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Ala Alba

Meaning the White Wing, in the series' Surprisingly Good Latin. This school club is Negi's True Companions and Badass Crew, dedicated to finding his Disappeared Dad, having fun while doing so and training a lot. This page is dedicated to the combat members of Ala Alba and those who have joined the group in all but name. Better go and make yourself a sandwich or something, because this is gonna take a while.


Negi Springfield

Son Of The Hero, 3-A Homeroom Teacher, Staff Consultant for Ala Alba

 Voiced by: Rina Satou (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)

Negi is our ten year old protagonist, a precocious Welsh mage assigned as homeroom teacher of an all-female Japanese middle school class as his on-the-job magic training. Just in case your Willing Suspension of Disbelief isn't sobbing and cutting itself in a dark corner of your mind yet, he's also developed into a pretty Badass Shonen protagonist, as well as the object of several of his students' crushes.

Negi's principal goal is to find his father Nagi, a legendary mage and hero of a recent magical war, long presumed to be dead for a decade or so. With good reason, the boy thinks otherwise and devotes a lot of his energy, with the help of his friends, toward unveiling the secrets of his disappearance. Sadly, but predictably, the Ala Alba is often sidetracked by one or more of the Muggle students being endangered by the various hazards of the magic underworld.

As a fighter Negi specializes in basic magic, particularly wind, light and lightning spells. He also trains in martial arts under Ku Fei (one of his own students) and later Jack, an old ally of his father. Eventually he makes a deal with Evangeline to take the "path of darkness" and learn Magia Erebea, a Dangerous Forbidden Technique (which he ultimately masters such that it ceases to be life-threatening). He also temporarily makes a Pactio with Theodora and gains Mile Vincula, a passport holder-like book with which he can use his Ministras' artifacts.

 Setsuna: "I only have feelings for Konoka-ojousama!"

Negi: "Ah, so it's like that..."

Setsuna" "No, it's not like that!"

Negi: *Laughs* "So it was Konoe-san!"


Kagurazaka Asuna

Head of Ala Alba, Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofusia

 Voiced by: Akemi Kanda (Japanese) and Luci Christian (English)

The ordinary Tsundere roommate of Negi and Konoka. She's the first to discover his secret life as a mage, becomes his first Ministra Magi, and serves as his closest comrade-in-arms and surrogate older sister of sorts.

The end? Of course not. Asuna gets a pretty impressive Chekhov's Armoury (see below) and, later on, frequent dreams hints to her Mysterious Past. Turns out Asuna is neither fifteen nor ordinary, but the amnesiac container of the power that created Mundus Magicus who can be used to completely erase or rewrite it -- something several villains already attempted to do during a magical World War. She was rescued from this bleak fate by Nagi, whom she accompanied until his apparently traumatic disappearance. She is also, apparently, a Long-Lost Relative of Negi himself.

As a fighter Asuna specializes in melee combat courtesy of Ensis Exorcizans ("Hama no Tsurugi" in Japanese), her artifact which can shift between a harisen and a greatsword with a natural magic-cancelling ability. While initially she can only summon one form of the artifact at a time, she later learns to Dual Wield both forms at once. She also knows Kanka, a powerful style which combines magic and ki to enhance her physical abilities.

 "Like I care!"

 "I am, after all, a genuine, legendary princess from a country of magic!"

 "I am after all a genuine Legendary Princess from Country of Magic!"

    • The Where Are They Now? Epilogue reveals that she already began work on bringing peace to both worlds, and has presumably resumed her rightful place as Queen of Ostia.
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old: At least a hundred and thirty years old, possibly older.
  • Sacred First Kiss: Initially reluctant to make a Pactio for this reason. Later she claims it doesn't count because it was a Pactio, not a real kiss. Judging by the way everyone else in the story views Pactios the only one she's fooling is herself.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: Judging from the reactions of her classmates seeing her actually taking care of her appearance such as at the ball, she's a case of Generic Cuteness.
  • Ship Tease: Of course there's quite a bit, but notable because even when it's no longer Asuna, she's still getting ship tease because of Luna.
  • Shipper On Deck: Like Negi, she's a Konoka/Setsuna fangirl, as well as supportive of Negi/Nodoka.
    • As of Chapter 350, she's given up on her feelings for Takahata-sensei and tells him he should be with Shizuna-sensei. Of course, she's going to be gone for a hundred years...and outright tells him that he needs to marry and have kids so that when she returns in a hundred years, she can get with one of his descendants.
  • Shorttank
  • Stay in The Kitchen: Gender Flipped -- she hates being told that, but has tried to force this on Negi several times.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: Looks quite a bit like Negi's mother.
  • Superpower Lottery: Her Magic Cancel negates any magic/ki attacks, expands an energy sphere that only negates hostile magic, breaks seals and goes through any magic barriers like they weren't there (destroying them in the process). Ensis Exorcizans also has anti-magic capabilities and allows her to send back and/or destroy things/beings summoned by magic (not even on contact -- waving it in its general direction will suffice). She's also a Kanka user which, besides of being literally "the ultimate art" of magic combat with a dozen enhancements, allows her to fight without draining Negi. Given that a Ministra is to serve as support, it's practically impossible to find someone better suited for the job. And that's without even mentioning her true power...
  • Super Senses
  • Super Speed
  • Super Strength
  • Tomato in The Mirror
  • Tsundere: Type A, though not as exaggerated as Naru.
  • Unskilled but Strong: In sheer specs, she's both quite powerful and fast, but isn't a trained fighter like Kaede or Setsuna. Thus, by the early parts of the Magic World, she appears to be almost on par with Setsuna, supposedly the strongest of Negi's ministra and a skilled shinmeiryu swordsman, simply by virtue of sheer speed and power. By the end of the Magic World arc, she appears to be strong enough to actually work as Negi's partner while again showing no real sign of technique. Anti magic, of course, adds a great deal of utility to certain possible fights.
  • V Sign
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ayaka, ever since they're children.
  • Yin-Yang Bomb: Kanka allows the user to combine magic and ki, which isn't normally possible.


Sakurazaki Setsuna

Shinmei-ryu Swordswoman

 Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi (Japanese), Dana Schultes (English, Mahou Sensei Negima!), and Cherami Leigh (English, Negima!?)

A excellent swordswoman and childhood friend of Konoka, she served as her bodyguard from the shadows until the events of the Kyoto Class Trip forced her to reveal herself to Negi and Asuna, and to get closer to Konoka.

Subsequent events revealed her to be a Half-Youkai of the Tengu Tribe, allowing her to grow wings at will, but this also gives her lots of misgivings about her bloodline, compounded by the fact that she was an outcast on account of her white wings (heavily implied to be a case of albinism based on Evangeline's statements that she uses hair dye and colored contacts) -- which, according to Tengus, is a harbinger of misfortune -- and was schooled in a fighting style designed for demon extermination.

As if that wasn't enough, she is really gay for her charge. This causes her considerable amounts of angst, as she's a traditionalist that considers a commoner such as herself unworthy to be friends with a blue-blood like Konoka. She's deeply closeted too.

Most of this angst has been resolved by now after Konoka told her that her wings are beautiful, except for her crush on Konoka, which seemed to forever devolve into a Running Gag -- one ultimately solved when they forge a Pactio.

Setsuna wields the Yuunagi, a nodachi (long sword) given by Eishun, as her primary weapon, and uses shikigami (paper dolls) to create doppelgangers. Her Pactio artifact with Negi is Sica Shishikushiro, a wakizashi (short sword) that can have up to 16 duplicates using her mental power, and with Konoka, Tsurugi no Kami: Takemikazuchi, a BFS that grows in size and strength as Konoka infuses her with power.

 Setsuna: "This is my true form. I'm a monster, just like them. Don't misunderstand, my desire to protect Oujo-sama is real! I've just kept this a secret... because I was afraid she would hate me in this ugly form..."

Asuna: "What are you talking about? I think they're cool!"

    • Later...

 Konoka: "Secchan... your back..."

Setsuna: "Ah! Th-these are-!"

Konoka: "Beautiful wings. Just like an angel."

  Setsuna: (while beating herself up for thinking that) This isn't a future!! This is just a delusion!! What's wrong with me!? This isn't right! I'm bad! I'm perverted!


Ayase Yue

Ariadne Battle Maiden Knight Squad Cadet

 Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese) and Brina Palencia (English)

Yue is an extremely intelligent girl with cynicism and extreme demotivation for school issues stemming from the death of her beloved grandfather. The discovery of magic and getting into a Love Triangle with her best friend and their kid teacher have finally given her something to occupy that enormous intellect.

Yue has since been rendered amnesiac while on a trip in the Mundus Magicus, gotten enrolled in a magical military academy, where she studied and trained for a month, and became a scarily competent mage, tactician and broom handler.

Her Pactio with Negi produced the Orbis Sensualium Pictus, comprised of a witch's cloak, hat and broom. Its main component, however, is a book which gives her complete information on anything related to magic, such as spells, items, beasts and even other artifacts.

  • A Cup Angst: At times. And as of the Where Are They Now? Epilogue, her chest still hasn't grown an inch (unlike Nodoka).
  • Action Girl
  • Black Mage: Outfit and all.
  • Black Magician Girl
  • Badass
    • Badass Bookworm: Especially since she has taken up magic, but she was already Indiana Jones-in-training when she was introduced during the Library Island arc.
    • Little Miss Badass
    • Took a Level In Badass: Yue shows some of the most obvious growth of any character in the series short of Asuna and Negi.
      • She started as an underpowered Muggle with an unspecified amount of magical potential. When she got the Orbis Sensualium Pictus, it initially appeared to be a Useless Useful Spell, until she used it to break an illusion that pretty much had the whole group in its clutches (see Spotting the Thread). Later, she coordinates a handful of trainees and takes out an actual dragon, then uses the same Ariadne training to show she's an effective Magic Knight.
      • And as of the seven-year Time Skip, she has invented a completely safe, liquid-based Magia Erebea-like spell storage and release system. While she doesn't seem to get the physical benefits Negi does, Yue also doesn't seem to get any of the physical detriments. All she needs to do is take a swig of a potion, and she has a bunch of spells for instant cast whenever the hell she wants. Damn Yue.
        • Unfortunately, this has its own detriment...namely the detriment that is the natural outcome one imbibing a large quantity of liquid. Yue even states outright that she has a time limit before she has to go to the bathroom.
  • Baka Ranger: Baka Black. Also considered to be the "leader", likely because she's the smartest of the five.
  • Beam Spam: Has become quite adept with magical arrows after her latest power upgrade.
  • Book Dumb: For a Teen Genius, Yue is also extremely unmotivated.
  • Brilliant but Lazy
  • Cannot Spit It Out: Her feelings toward Negi. It's gotten to the point where her rivals in love want her to confess and are planning to help her out. Naturally she's against it.
  • Crazy Prepared: She predicted that Quintum would leave her paralyzed and cast a paralysis release spell in herself. Furthermore, she had sixteen predictions of how Quintum would take them down, and it's highly possible that she had prepared countermeasures for each outcome.
  • Cute Witch/Dark Magical Girl
  • Death of the Hypotenuse: She freaks out when she realizes that she's in a Love Triangle with Nodoka and Negi, and that these things do not usually end well. Although Nodoka did come up with an alternate solution to the problem.
  • Dull Surprise: In Negima!?, in one of the early omake segments with the Baka Rangers, while the Bakas make ready to fight their enemies, with Yue wanting to call their "giant robot", Makie is complaining that she never got to do her introduction properly. The Baka Rangers agree to let her go first (she had been last every time). She tries to do so, and the giant robot foot comes down on Makie, interrupting her.

 Yue: Hey guys, the robot's here.


Inugami Kotaro

Ku-on Shadow Master

 Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese)

Negi's best friend and rival ever since he got pummelled by him during the Kyoto Class Trip. In many ways, he's a textbook Shonen action protagonist, and often contrasted to Negi, to whom he often tries teaching how to act like a brash and overconfident hero rather than a meek and polite Badass Bookworm. It doesn't work very well.

As he's Half-Dog Demon, he can change shape. Usually, he looks human, except for his ears and tail, but can transform into a giant wolf-like dog or something in between. (In chapter 262 he made a pactio with Natsumi.)


Nagase Kaede

Kouga Chuunin (Koga Journeyman Ninja)

 Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese), and Clarine Harp (English)

A Ninja of considerable skill (reputedly a chuunin of the Koga Clan), Kaede acts as a wise mentor figure to the group when she's not serving as its muscle. She is portrayed as quite possibly more powerful than Negi himself in the early stages of the story (despite initially not knowing about magic at all), and is still a competent warrior and is shown to be on equal footing with gunslinger Mana. She has given Kotaro some training and joined up with the core of Ala Alba in Ostia. She eventually makes a Pactio with Negi, from whom she receives the Tengu no Kakuremino, a cloak which serves as the portal to another dimension.


Karakuri Chachamaru

The Lovestruck, Invincible Gun Platform

 Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese) and Caitlin Glass (English)

While technically a member of Ala Alba, Chachamaru is primarily Evangeline's servant, having been created by Hakase two years ago as a fully-functional, fully-emotional magic robot. While Evangeline has many "dolls", Chachamaru is the only one created jointly as a product of magic and technology, which goes a long way toward explaining her very much human traits. She has a substantial crush on Negi, and apparently also brews very good tea.

In combat Chachamaru relies both on her many weapons hidden within her body, as well as more overt ones (such as her fists and guns). Once she made a Pactio with Negi (in order to give her confidence regarding her humanity), she receives the Al-Iskandariya, a full armor set complete with cat-ear headgear and a cat-shaped handheld remote control for an orbital laser cannon array implied to have been created by Chao.

 Negi: "Please, put some clothes on!"

Chachamaru: "Why?"

 "The power of this weapon is so great that I was worried it would be difficult to find any practical use for it... but this opponent should make a perfect trial target. ...Captain! Please maintain a safe distance from the enemy."


Ku Fei

Bodyguard Who Seeks the Path

 Voiced by: Hazuki Tanaka (Japanese, Mahou Sensei Negima! and Negima!?), Kana Asumi (Japanese, Mou Hitotsu no Sekai onwards) and Cynthia Cranz (English)

A Chinese martial artist of incredible skill who can fight demons, robots, and assorted monsters with little more than her fists. All while being a hyperactive academic underachiever. She taught Negi his martial arts style. She may be the least-seen of Ala Alba's frontliners, lacking Asuna and Setsuna's greater plot relevance and Kaede's various skills, but she's not to be underestimated. After Ala Alba got split up in Mundus Magicus, she is one of the last to be found, courtesy of Sayo demonstrating some of her own ridiculously powerful abilities. She is also one of the last Ala Alba fighters to make a Pactio with Negi -- for reasons of her own -- resulting in Shintetsu Jizaikon, a staff which can change size and length according to the user's will.

 Chisame: "She's just close enough to human that we can tell how ridiculously good she is."

  • Baka Ranger: Baka Yellow
  • Bare-Fisted Monk
  • Best Her to Bed Her: Played with. She made a rule for herself that she would only marry a man stronger than her; though she concedes to Negi's strength, his lack of age means she isn't (yet) attracted to him romantically. And when they made a Pactio, Chamo picked that exact moment to wonder why Chao looked so Chinese with a Welsh great-grandfather.
  • Bigger Stick: See Simple Staff below for how much bigger.
  • Book Dumb: By her own admission, Ku Fei is good at "everything but studying", to the point where, when it becomes a concern of the other girls that Negi might be developing a crush on her, they initially dismiss it because...

 "Ku Fei is an idiot, right?"

  • Brick Break
  • Cat Smile
  • Chinese Girl
  • Curb Stomp Battle: Every morning.
  • Dark-Skinned Blond: A bit ditzy, but not out-and-out crazy.
  • Flash Step: Against Mana, during the MahoraFest Tournament.
  • Heir to The Dojo: In Chapter 253, it is revealed that she is the successor to the Ku warrior clan. And as of the Where Are They Now? Epilogue, she has since set up a dojo to accommodate challengers and future followers alike.
  • Hulk Speak: In the official translations.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Weaponized cloth.
  • Ki Attacks: She exhibited damage enhancement early in the series, damaging a stone golem with a punch, used a Flash Step in her finishing strike against Mana in the MahoraFest Tournament, and can hit monsters, shadow minions and spider-tanks hard enough to toss them around. After summer training she's advanced to ranged attacks, not to mention being able to shatter a cliff.
  • Kung Fu Kid
  • Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight: The only fistfighter among the girls of the group, and faces off against enemies with weapons many times.
  • Odango
  • Shut UP, Hannibal: Played for Laughs, when she made Dynamis shut up with a poke from her staff.
  • Simple Staff: The Shintetsu Jizaikon. Like the Monkey King's staff, it can grow and shrink at will. Her first use of it is as artillery)
  • Supernatural Martial Arts
  • Training From Hell: Subverted -- she tries to train Negi like this, and fails miserably because she took all the training techniques from movies and manga. When she starts teaching him normally, he picks it up quickly.
  • Verbal Tic: "Aru" ("To be" as in "to be located") instead of the copula "da", to show her imperfect grasp of Japanese. This usually gets left in in fan-translations, but in the official ones it comes across as Hulk Speak.
    • Actually, "-aru" is code for "I am an anime character with a chinese accent".
  • Waif Fu: Though averted when her physique is given more detail, such as in arm wrestling.
  • Zettai Ryouiki: Starting in Chapter 55, when she is first seen in a non-school outfit. The formal qipao she wore when she got her Pactio also counts, even though it is quite long, but the cut is also quite high so it shows off her legs and socks nicely.


Akashi Yuna

Akashi Yuna

Cheery Waitress of the Oasis

 Voiced by: Madoka Kimura (Japanese) and Amber Cotton (English)

Of the entire class, Yuna is probably most qualified for the title of "Genki Girl" -- mischievous and enthusiastic, her charisma translates into her constant role as ringleader of the class's hijinks. Her first notable action was during the School Festival, when she led an army of schoolmates against Chao's robots, proving herself quite adept with magical weapons and eventually placing fourth in a contest of 2500 participants. She also has a very close relationship with her father, himself a teacher in Mahora (who turns out to be a magic teacher -- a fact she seems completely unaware of). Unsurprisingly, she seems to have been the one who convinced the others to sneak out and follow Negi to Mundus Magicus. After being separated from the rest, she met up with Makie and they found work as barmaids, eventually saving up enough money to meet up with Negi at the Ostia Tournament.

Throughout her stay in Mundus Magicus, the truth about her parents is revealed to her. She takes it rather well, since she already had suspicions beforehand. She even performs a simple magic spell she recalled from childhood. Shortly afterward, she forms a Pactio with Negi, though more for the powers she'd gain than romantic feelings. With a new artifact -- Iris Tulmentum -- suited for her affinity with guns and a showdown looming with the organization that may have been involved with her mother Yuuko's death, the future certainly looks interesting for Yuna.


Anna "Anya" Yurievna Cocolova

Negi’s Childhood Friend, Анна "Аня" Юрьевна Коколова

 Voiced by: Ryou Hirohashi (Japanese, Mahou Sensei Negima!), Chiwa Saitou (Japanese, Negima?! onwards), Kate Bristol (English, Mahou Sensei Negima!) and Brittney Karbowski (English, Negima!? onwards)

Negi's childhood friend and fellow graduate from Merdiana Magic Academy. Since she's known Negi longer than any of his students, he doesn't use Keigo when speaking to her. She, Negi and Nekane are the only survivors from the destruction of their hometown. Anya's mom wasn't so lucky -- she was among those petrified.

Anya made her first major appearance attempting to take Negi back with her to Wales. She was heavily distraught by his company of girls, specifically those with large breasts. It Got Worse when she discovers that he'd formed Pactios with several of them -- a fact purposefully hidden from her by the girls in prediction of her likely frenzied reaction. She failed in her attempt to take Negi back, ultimately joining Ala Alba once she came to accept his many Pactios. After being scattered throughout the Mundus Magicus upon arrival, she was held captive by Fate's group, unknown to Ala Alba.

Specializing in fire magic, she's essentially trained in the same magical arts as Negi, but is heavily stricken with a case of "Can't Catch Up". Known for being quick to anger and a bit snarky, there's occasional hints at a deeper warmth in her personality. Likely has a crush on Negi, to obsessively protective levels.

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