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Jun 3 2010 06:46 PM
I enjoyed it, but I'm kind of dissapointed that they decided to time skip between episodes like that. Yeah, they cut out some boring setup eps, but it makes it impossible to watch unless you've read the manga first. I understand that they come with mangas, but it doesn't have the continuity and can only really be watched as a remembrance for manga readers.

Its a real shame that this was never given a full anime adaptation. I think this could have easily been a long and successful series if they didn't tack an anime original ending on the first one.

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Jun 3 2010 11:51 AM
Yea, they decided to skip a LOT and breeze through stuff with only minor mentions so they could get to training with Rakan. Unfortunately doing that made this the weakest of the 3 OADs so far cause the pacing was all sorts of screwed up. I really thought that I had just missed a lot of the 2nd OAD when in the very beginning we see Negi announcing to everyone where to meet in the tournament.

But considering that these OADs ship with the actual manga volumes in Japan, it isn't surprising that they assume you have actually been reading the manga.

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Jun 3 2010 08:43 AM

whew that's a relief. For a minute there I thought they strayed from Negima! to Negima!?

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Jun 3 2010 05:25 AM

It's a magic pill they got from Evangeline somewhere aroung Festival Arc..

Don't think they used it in the anime yet ^^

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Jun 3 2010 03:26 AM
I just finished watching the third one for the second time and this one really confuses me... Perhaps it's something that's covered in the manga that they skipped over since they assume you've been keeping up with them (though I also read they were being bundled with various manga volume release too.)

How is Negi switching his appearance in this one? He appears as a teenage/young adult version of himself through half of this episode then towards the end he's back to his original appearance. The same with Chachamaru and Chisame except they start off as chibi versions of themselves. Didn't they leave the small version of Chachamaru in the real world and transfer herself into that... um... more mature  body?

Again, maybe it's something covered in the manga and I just haven't reached that far into the story arc seeing as I'm just now starting it, however OAD #3 really confused me with the above statement along with the rapid progress they made after they left off from OAD #2.

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Dec 16 2009 04:46 PM

The Mahora Festival arc has never been animated so far, which is a gigantic shame. Would still love to see it all animated.

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Sep 22 2009 09:39 AM
Julez, the Magical World arc starts roughly around chapter 170-180 or so. Your still a little ways away if you haven't reached the school festival yet.

And I still don't get what shinobu means by SHAFT screwing up Negima. Sure you can say they screwed up with the reimagining of Negima?!, which wasn't that good even if you weren't looking for a manga adaptation. But this OVA was pretty dam faithful to the manga. Maybe skipped a few parts to get to the gate faster, but still faithful.

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Sep 22 2009 07:09 AM
This is pretty much around after the summer vacation chapters, and the trainning of the members from Negi's group that planned on going to the magical world to find out info about his father.

So they did keep true to the manga with this first OVA they just did. Besides I think they got enough complaints about them needing to be closer to the manga this time around. Especially since this arc is action baised up to the current chapter of course.

*edit*

Oh and yeah I meant to say movie since I had a dyslexic moment on my part when it came to the info. They will do a movie adaptation of the story arc, that's what I mean to say.

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Sep 22 2009 06:06 AM
I just started to read the manga this past summer, and I was wondering, how far in do I have to read in order to understand whats happening in this OAD? I haven't reached the school festival part yet, which Barbo mentioned to me earlier, thats when it gets real good.... does the story in this OAD come after that?

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Sep 22 2009 01:56 AM
When with this Shaft Shi..... travesty ever end!? Damn i HATE How Shaft keeps screwing up the Negima story and characters. WHEN WILL IT EVER END!? I've been in anime hell becasue of Their work with Negima since 2006!

Akamatsu STOP from making more of these horrific OVA/OADs already!