Negima had several adaptations each with their own version of Pactio cards...This also included ANOTHER manga called Negima?! Neo, by Takuya Fujima.
The manga was roughly based off of the Negima?! anime, but with less stupid humor and a few nods to Akamatsu's Manga. Unlike the original manga, this one updated monthly instead of weekly. It also expanded itself after the Star Crystal storyline. Unfortunately, it spent too much time showing off the other girls. Furthermore, it only ran for 34 chapters (Akamatsu's Negima is almost at 300 chapters). Which pretty much means that all they had time for was...
Once again with feeling:
THAT'S IT?!
The Neo Pactio cards, generally follow the same rule as in the anime. With Negi drawing one of three cards randomly, only Fujima was too lazy to design 93 Pactio Cards and decided to only go with armor cards. At the height of the battle against Anya's final fairy, Negi suddenly discovers he is able to invoke a NEO Pactio with Asuna, giving her the SUPER Armor Card.
Super Armor Card - The ultimate Pactio Card! Stronger than a normal Armor Card! YAY!
Afterwords, Anya becomes Student #32 (BOO!), Kotaro joins (Kewl!), Filler ensues (Yawn), Tsukuyomi appears only to fuck with Setsuna + Konoka's date (Aww...) And then...Fate appears. Bishonen Fate.
He's here to take Asuna back to the Magic World where he has come to claim her as his bride. He instantly Pactio's with her and we get...this.
Oooooookaaaaay. And this does...what exactly?
This is the penultimate chapter by the way. One chapter later, Negi and his students storm the Magic World, crash the wedding, kick Bishonen Fate's ass and then...this happens.
Okay, that's it. This is just fucking stupid! Fuck you Fujima! FUCK YOU!!
Jesus wept! All this investment and THIS is how you end it?! Goddammit! This is Negima! This is LONG HAUL material. You cannot go through and develop 31+ characters in a mere 34 chapters! You could've made this the next Fullmetal Alchemist, instead you cop out and drop us at some random spot and call it an ending. GRRR!!
But while all of the spinoffs have ended, the Negima manga still continues...
Next time, the pendulum swings back to place!
what chapter is that? is that neo? is that true...that fate made a pactio with asuna?
ReplyDeleteWhat chapter is when Fate pactio with Asuna?
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