![]() Characteristic of his works beginning with Negima, Akamatsu includes a heavy use of CG elements together with his traditional hand drawn art. Stick through its rougher patches however and you will be surprised as to just how much the series will continue to evolve over the course of 300 chapters and the world truly comes into its own, one that rivals even the biggest hits in Shonen Jump.Īccompanying you throughout this read will be Akamatsu's very distinct artstyle, with his think & clean lines, soft tones, and a frankly ludicrous amount of attention to detail. People who dislike the ecchi content will have a particularly difficult time making it through Negima's admittedly fairly generic and bland initial volumes with their heavy romcom content. These scenes become increasingly rare as Negima transitions more into a shonen action series, but still pops up from time to time, mostly for laughs. ![]() Many of the usual romcom "awkward scenes" are thus played for laughs and diffused rather quickly. Mostly due to his age, Negi himself is often treated as completely non-threatenig by the many much older characters around him and treat him as their playmate (or plaything). As Ken Akamatsu's first work after the runaway success of his last work, Love Hina, he may or may not have been pressured to emulate his previous success by initially crafting it as a romcom filled with wacky school-life hijinks and lots of ecchi fan-service. The road to get to the really good bits however is quite a bumpy one. Watching Negi grow from a insecure nerd into the hero he wants to be as the series itself evolves is a real treat to see as a reader. It does however eventually expand greatly beyond its rather generic comedy-harem beginnings into a dizzying and action-packed fantasy action-adventure featuring time-travel, multiple timelines and different worlds. ![]() The plot initially details his life in Japan, gaining the trust and respect of his students and various allies, training and improving himself, and facing various magical threats in and out of Mahora Academy. Graduating early from his school in Wales, he is tasked to be the homeroom teacher for a class of 31 middle-school students in the fictional Mahora Academy. The story revolves around the 10-year old boy wizard Negi Springfield who aspires to locate his long-lost father and follow in his footsteps to become a great magus. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine with 355 chapters in 38 tankobon volumes (years 2003-2012), Negima is easily Ken Akamatsu's longest running series to date.
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