History of Pactio Cards Part 7: The Pink Generation

Just when you thought that Negima was done with the television medium, out comes a LIVE ACTION series. A show which basically featured:

A class of 31 Middle School girls

A 12-year old Japanese Girl (And Asuna),

A badly toonshaded cartoon on a patch...inside Negi's jacket,

A monkey,

A Pornstar and of course, Takamichi

(Really, what is there to say about him?)

As through the usual formula, the plot revolved around the 31 girls rather than Negi trying to find his dad. And since this was live action and had to be realistic, all the Japanese girls couldn't have their anime hair colors (Chachamaru's a robot so she's cool). This also meant that most of the girls looked the same and were hard to discern from one another at times. For the minor characters like Zazie (clown), Satsuki (cook), Ako (nurse) etc. they'd have to wear funny hats or deviate from the school uniform just so you could tell who's who.

Another big thing about this show was their way of dealing with the minor characters...by making them disappear! Literally, they'd make them experience an emotion (Sakurako, Misa, Madoka = Sadness for instance) and then POOF! Gone from the show. About a third of the cast was already "clocked out" before this really became an issue within the show itself. You'll understand why this is important in a few minutes...in the meantime I'll show you what you came here for...the Pactio Cards!

Two words for you guys: That's IT?!

Yes it is. For a 25 episode series (26 if you count that concert at the very end). As you can see, the cards are exactly like Akamatsu's but with live action characters instead of manga characters. The differences mainly stem from the fact that this is a short series with not much time to delve into its powers.

ASUNA: Asuna's artifact is a fan. She uses it to fight Chachamaru during the iconic Negi vs. Evangeline episode. Then we never see it again. And no, she never uses the sword EVER.

NODOKA: It's a book. This one functions radically different...sorta. From what I see it can monitor someone off in the distance and reveal what they're doing at the time. This one gets used a lot for a short series.

KONOKA: When Konoka discovers she's got magic in her, she forms a Pactio with Negi. She receives the two fans which allow her to...CAST a healing spell and save Fumika from dying. Like Asuna's artifact, it's only used once.

But the true purpose of the Pactios in this show lie not with the artifacts...What the Pactios are REALLY used for is THIS:

Ah the sweet taste of Evangeline's lips!

That's right...it's so Asuna can kiss EACH AND EVERY ONE of the 2-A girls in this show (except Sayo, cuz she's a ghost and Chao because she's an evil venomcunt). This is how it works: eventually everyone in the school gets clocked out and crystalized in stasis...it looks EXACTLY like the Opening of the show which makes it very very creepy. And since Anya and her Star Crystal went on vacation this time, it's Chao Lingshen's turn to be the main villain. Chao isn't able to get Asuna because she has a memory equally painful to hers. Asuna then discovers that Chao didn't get Sayo either (Screw the rules, Imma ghost!). Basically Sayo tells Asuna that she can use her magic to unfreeze everyone in the class. Where did Asuna GET this magic from? Her Pactio with Negi of course! And how is she supposed to use it? By kissing everyone on the lips...starting with Evangeline.

So yeah...Pactios...Cool, huh?

But even that doesn't make the tip of the iceberg. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING that will make me rage harder...than what they did in Negima?! Neo

DUN dun DUUUUUN

And now...Robot Boobs! Clang! Clang!

Enjoy it, it's the only boobs you'll see in THIS series.