Unequally Rational and Emotional

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

A Mahou Sensei Negima fanfiction story with several Mega Crossover elements, written by OverMaster and proofreaded and polished by Shadow Crystal Mage. The story retells the events of the original Negima manga (with a few added elements from the animated adaptations), while adding a notable number of characters and plot points from several other series.

The main noticeable divergence from canon at the beginning is the fact Negi is assigned to live with Chisame and Hakase instead of Asuna and Konoka.

The story can be found here. A nearly identical version of the earlier chapters, but somewhat rougher and less edited, can be found at this forum Thirty four chapters (including a Prologue and three Omake episodes) have been written so far.

Tropes used in Unequally Rational and Emotional include:

Nekane: "Porn bullets?"
Deadpool: "Don't ask."

Matoi: "You cannot stand in the way of love! Love might be patient, love might be kind, love might not envy, boast, or be proud, it might not dishonor others, be self-seeking, easily angered, keep no record of wrongs, it might not delight in evil but rejoice with the truth, but it always protects! Always trusts! Always hopes! Always perseveres! Love never fails! When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure! Faith! Hope! And Love! And the greatest of these is Love!"

    • Tsukuyomi later says the same speech almost exactly word for word.
  • Badass Normal: From a purely mage-rating of 'normal', Nekane. She kept up with Deadpool! Then again, she IS a Springfield...
  • Barbie Doll Anatomy: Seen when Negi, Chisame and Hakase walk into Evangeline's memories.
  • Batman Gambit: Haruna's father sent her to an all girl school when he found out she was homosexual. He did this in hopes of making her straight or at the very least bi. She laughed at his weird logic. Haruna now has a boyfriend
  • Bedlam House: Arkham Asylum, as usual.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Itoshiki Nozomu. Seriously. It has to be seen to be disbelieved...
  • Biggus Dickus: Haruna defeats Yami with a giant phallus. It Makes Sense in Context.
  • Bilingual Bonus: All the Spanish in the story actually makes sense. Justified, in that the primary writer is from Venezuela (allegedly).
    • The Joker also speaks a variety of languages, such as German and Filipino.
  • Bi the Way: Satomi and Chisame, judging by the former's sleep-mumblings and some of our peeks into the latter's thoughts.
  • Blatant Lies: "This won't be a fully fledged crossover at all." (Though possibly unintentional)
    • Word of God: It wasn't intended to be that way at first.
  • Bodyguard Crush: Setsuna's crush on Konoka lives on.
    • Matoi has shades of this with Chisame as of chapter 38, though she might also count as an inversion: she got the crush first, then started acting like a bodyguard after.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: Usually content with merely leaning on it, but the scene at the movie theater definitely falls into this.
    • Other characters will also comment about how they are no longer the protagonists, and complain about the protagonists getting all the attention.
    • Fuuka at one point comments how the fic has too many characters.
  • Breast Expansion: Used by Negi to defeat Takane. It Makes Sense in Context.
  • Brick Joke: At the end of Chapter 22, Negi realizes very belatedly he's the only teacher who didn't get an end-of-term bonus. Chisame tells him to go back to sleep.
  • Butt Monkey: Chamo, although Chisame also has her moments. Itoshiki too.
  • Cardboard Prison: Again, Arkham, lampshaded in the Christmas Special.
  • Calling Your Attacks: spoofed by Akira, who goes throug a whole string of water-sounding magical attacks before getting the right one.

Akira: "MERCURY WAVE! HEAVY RAIN! VERY BIG STORM! FORM OF A WATER BUCKET! TSUNAMI! HYDRO-PUMP! DROWN, YOU EVIL THING! Ummm... BUBBLES! DEADLY BUBBLES! ROLLING BUBBLES! MERCURY BUBBLES!" (finally gets it right)

    • Harley Quinn fails at it repeatedly, possibly because the one she's trying to use isn't hers.
  • Casual Danger Dialogue: happens all the time. Culminates in the battle against Eva, where Misa takes the time to comment about how every other thing Eva says is a sexual innuendo... while being chased.
  • Catch Phrase: Nozomu, of course, has his "Despair! X has left me in despair!", but lately everyone has been using some variation of it.

Chisame to Negi after fighting Eva: "What if you had died?-! We'd have been in despair! Your death would have left us in despair!"
Itoshiki: "And those are my catchphrases..."

    • Played with at the end of the dodgeball game, where he actually praises his class for losing, resulting in him for once NOT being in despair...

"DESPAIR! LACK OF DESPAIR WOULD DRIVE ME TO DESPAIR!"

Nagato: "Unfortunately, it is equipped with high-level moe anti-destruction countermeasures that I have been unable to overcome, so I have not been able to fully delete her yet."

Negi: "Chisame, come back! I need to give you some anatomy lessons..."

"No, wait, it happened there too, he told himself, remembering the incident with Anya, the dishwasher, and the garden hose. Not to mention the infamous event involving him, Anya, Nekane, that toaster, and a huge jar of butter. It had taken them one week to explain it to everyone, and three more to get Chamo to stop laughing."

It didn't feel right at all. It was like someone had stuck the 110 volt universe into the 220 volt socket. He looked around nervously, afraid he'd suddenly start sexually attracting geriatrics.

"DAMN YOU! WHY?! WHAT DID I EVER DO! I WAS TEN! I'D DONE NOTHING, NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS! ANY OF THIS! You and your hacks kept saying if we believed in you, if we paid up with the church, if we sucked up to you, you'd protect us! That was the deal, right? If we joined your little protection racket, then you'd let the crops grow, protect us from demons, and we'd have a cushy place to go when we croaked! You said we'd be happy! THAT WAS THE FUCKING DEAL! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO ME?! WHERE WERE YOU FOR MY CLAN WHEN THE BLOOD OVERCAME ME? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I BEGGED FOR YOUR HELP TO CHANGE ME BACK? WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP ME FROM KILLING ALL THOSE PEOPLE? WHY WEREN'T YOU THERE TO PROTECT THEM, YOU BASTARD?! WHERE'S THEIR HAPPINESS? WHERE'S MY HAPPINESS?!" She screamed a child's scream of betrayal, of anger, wishing she had her power, wishing she could raze this place, bury its lies in her ice. Tears streamed down her face as she roared and asked the questions mankind has been asking, of itself, of other gods, of the universe, since time before memory.

  • Relationship Upgrade: Hakase and Sakurako are finally working on being a couple! The fic being what this is, it's not that simple...
  • Running Gag: The girls will sometimes come up with surprising information about fields they traditionally aren't good at, e.g. Hakase bringing up Shakespeare, and mentioning that 'They listen in class'.
    • Heads being chomped off, "OM NOM NOM NOM!" and Mami keep being referenced together.
    • Since his first appearance, Itoshiki Nozomu has appeared at least once an episode, even if only because he gets a funny feeling someone is using his catchphrases or stealing schnicht. He usually lampshades this.

"I'm in despair! The fact that this is my only appearance this chapter has left me in despair!"

    • Scenes, no matter how serious or humorous, always cut away to another character if that scene even remotely references something that other character does. The cutaway usually involves at least a sneeze.
  • Screw Yourself: Misa fantasizes about a foursome with both Negis and her alternate self. The Negis also almost kiss each other while asleep, to 2814!Asuna’s amusement.
    • In the same chapter, both Evangelines actually do have off-screen sex.
    • Recently, both Harunas have taken to fondling each other.
  • Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: From Hakase, naturally, though it's been cut back in recent chapters due to character development, and her actually trying to communicate with her sorta-kinda-maybe-finally girlfriend Sakurako.
  • Shadow Crystal Mage: a part of the creative process, and also part of his unceasing efforts to be on as many pages here as possible...
  • Ship Tease: By the bucketloads. Some are actually developed.
    • Called as such by some of the more Genre Savvy characters, like Haruna and the recently Joker-influenced Quartum.
  • Shipper on Deck: 2814!Haruna for Unequally Negi and Misora, and Chisame and Hakase. Also, Sister Shakti for Negi and Misora.
  • Shout-Out: Chapter 22 is chock full of them, from everything from Animaniacs to La Blue Girl...
    • Haruna uses the Subaru-edition of Divine Buster to knock out Kaere...
    • The chess game between Joker and Ra's al Ghul is an almost line-by-line reference to a highly obscure Batman storyline called The Demon Laughs.
    • Many of the subtitles of the omake segments reference other fics, usually Negima fics or more (in)famous fics in other fandoms, though the content of the segment never really matches the content of the fic whose title it references. The 'Agony in Pink' segment, for example, is a fic about Makie's painfully horrible musical talent.
    • During the crossover segment, 2814!Negi keeps calling Unequally!Negi "mou hitori no boku".
  • Fanwork Within A Fanwork: Haruna is seen working on various doujin by OverMaster and Shadow Crystal Mage, and the visit to the Nerima universe mentioned doujin by OverMistress, Zephyria, and The Ansem Woman.
  • Skinship Grope: Haruna to Chisame. Also, Ayaka, Evangeline and Suzumiya Haruhi to Chisame, while under a Love Potion's influence.
  • Sneezing: At nearly every opportunity.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: Washimine Yukio, Soryu Kyoko Zeppelin and Ikari Yui.
  • Stalker with a Crush: Tsunetsuki Matoi.
  • Take That: Several of them aimed at Twilight.
  • Taking a Third Option: The Dodgeball games has two possible outcomes as Itoshiki-sensei sees it: either his class wins, in which case they will be boasting for weeks; or it loses, and they'll be angry for weeks. When the possibility of a draw is mentioned...
    • It doesn't.
  • Teacher-Student Romance: It's Negima, though we have yet to see if it actually happens.
    • In a flashback, it did happen between Itoshiki and Asakura Ryoko.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: The Cinema Village fights in the Kyoto Arc end with both Konokas getting kidnapped by the enemy.
  • The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: Urahara's, natch. Home to such lovely items such as Joker fish, Death Notes, and much much more!
  • The Virus: One of the "Orphans" has shades of this. Negi's semi-ghoulification also counts.
  • This Is Sparta: Kurosaki Ichigo uses a parody variation in the first Bleach crossover chapter.
    • Also 2814!Asuna's attack on the Witch Gertrud.
  • Timey-Wimey Ball: the end result of Chao going back to first year every time she fails during the school festival, resulting in the world as it currently is. One would think she'd learn the definition of insanity...
  • Training from Hell
  • Transformation Is a Free Action: played straight so far, but only because everyone is either too busy watching the resultant nudity of a Magical Girl (usually Chisame) transforming or can't believe their eyes and ask her if she knows she's providing a strip show.
  • Twin Threesome Fantasy: Misa has one of these when she sees the two Negis. Implied to be what's going through Matoi's head regarding the two Chisames.
  • Two-Teacher School: Massively averted. Other teachers from others series are shamelessly stolen to populate the staffroom.
  • Under the Mistletoe: played with to humorous effect. Itoshiki Nozomu is so traumatized from kissing Misora, he has divine visions...
  • Viewers Are Geniuses: A lot of the gags, cameos, puns and references are rather obscure and demand a good knowledge of manga, anime, comics and American animation and Television to be fully understood.
  • What If/ Elseworlds: The entirety of Chapter 37.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: A lot of the early 'cameos' and subplots haven't been followed up on. Justified in that the story isn't about them.
    • Word of God says every subplot will be picked up at some point or another.
  • Wholesome Crossdresser: 2814!Negi, against his will. He's starting to find girls' clothes comfortable, though; this worries him.
  • Winds of Destiny Change: With those same exact words.
  • World Half Full
  • World of Badass: Ooh, definitely!
  • Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Scarecrow pretends being Joker's hostage during an escape attempt, only to help him kill the Arkham guards surrounding them.
  • Yakuza Princess: Washimine Yukio. Ayaka is technically this, only without the Yakuza, due to her calling up mercenaries for every emergency her money can fix...
  • You Shall Not Pass: Arika in her Heroic Sacrifice.