130 – An Anticipated Date Becomes an Unexpected Date
Asuna’s date with Takahata, there was some crazy things
happening in this chapter, which was funny, so it wasn't bad. It did feel kind of weird to be honest. Anyway, wished we could get to the main part
where the mystery around Asuna actually clears.
131 – Finale of the Older Man Complex!!
The chapter started off well, and it ended well. It was funny in the beginning with the
encounter with Ayaka, and I was surprised that Asuna actually confessed by the
end of the chapter. She got rejected,
which was to be expected, but don't know the reason why, hopefully we’ll find
out.
132 – Before Saying Goodbye
Everything is getting so mysterious, especially Chao, who,
apparently, is going to quit the school to return to her homeland. It’s some place unique I guess, since if she
misses her window this time, she can't go until 22 years later.
133 – Super Battle Guidance Counselling!!
Wow, it seems that a lot of the class can fight pretty well,
and Chao’s quite powerful, or I guess her techniques are good. She even got the upper hand against Negi, who
is supposedly quite powerful himself.
Its frustrating that her reasons aren't revealed, the suspense is hard
to bear.
134 – Full Throttle!
Robotic Martial Arts!!
I completely did not expect the ending, especially when
Setsuna and Kaede turned up to fight as well.
I thought there was going to be an ambush when they led Chao away, and
there was, of a sort, a good twist. It
completely slipped me of the class’s party, pretty cool.
135 – If Chao Lingshen Won’t Cry, We’ll Make Her Cry
I don't know whether to believe Chao’s back story or
not. It feels plausible, that she is a
time traveler from the future (and explains her genius), but on the other hand,
it feels a bit far fetched (especially the bit about a descendent of Negi). She does leave Negi with a tough choice, the
power to change the past.
136 – Team Negi-bozu
Pretty much a chapter where the cast brainstorms (and it
seems like Asuna has gotten over the rejection), not terrible, and better than
what you would expect. Nothing much
really happened, except we got to see Negi’s team (i.e. all his allies). There were various places where the humour
was good, but an average chapter overall.
137 – Mature Discussion of Combat
Finally, Eva lists out all the weaknesses and what Negi has
been thinking about through the whole of the series. She was right on the spot (and that was the
annoying thing about Negi, so at least he knows it now), and there were a lot
of surprising moments in the chapter.
138 – An Unusual Day for Negi’s Party
Well, the turnout of events was surely a surprise. Magic exposed and it’s been a week since Negi
came back, wow, how is he going to fix this up now? This chapter really spiced things up a bit
and now I’m very eager to see what is going to happen (especially since Negi is
held responsible for this by the other mages).
139 – The Girl Genius Wins!
So, the whole thing escalates, and we get to see Chao’s plan
revealed… somewhat. It’s still a bit too
mysterious on the actual way it worked, and Chao’s real background (although
what she said in the previous chapter is probably true). It is fairly hard to see how this situation
can be reversed, hopefully something awesome happens and not some crappy forced
idea.
Overall
Guess the volume focuses on the actions of Chao, but I think
things really escalate and gets good in the last two chapters or so. Everything else is a bit ‘meh’.
