Thursday, March 22, 2012

Negima! Magister Negi Magi Volume 21


VOL. 21
187 – Fate Causes a Catastrophe

This chapter was… a shocking turn of events.  It is really surprising that Negi’s team got wasted so easily, especially after all that training (and I wonder how they managed to end up beating the same group during the Kyoto events of Volume 5 and 6).  It’s unbelievable (in the good sense) how powerful the enemy is right now (even able to isolate the gate so no one else can get in, that’s something right there).

188 – Power Up, Negi Party!

This is pretty much one of the best chapter in a long long time.  The white haired boy (forgot his name) is as cool as ever (in terms of personality), but it’s not even revealed why he’s here.  Apparently it’s for something different, yet they attacked Negi which does not make any sense (he explains that Negi detected him, hence why he attacked but… that doesn't feel quite right).  The fighting moves were excellent.

189 – Destruction!  Negi Party!!

Everyone is scattered, and Negi wakes up with Chachamaru.  It seems that Negi’s next quest is to locate all the Mahora students that were scattered by that spell.  Conveniently scattered all over the magic world, just like a typical adventure quest.  I don't really look forward to it since it doesn’t excite me much.

190 – Energy Recovered, 120%

So Negi displays his usual traits of always trying too hard (annoyingly at times) and heading off before he’s ready and relying on someone else to save his sorry back.  In the second half of the chapter where Negi winds Chachamaru, hmph, there are a lot of innuendoes there, such that it makes it quite funny.  Sadly, Negi is as clueless as ever with what he is saying (and saying all the wrong stuff too).

191 – Promise from the Past

What’s up with the sudden things happening to the characters?  There’s an octopus that spits stuff which conveniently only melts clothing.  So Negi finds Chisame, and irritatingly, although expected, she misses Negi and cries out for him.  In a way, this was an interesting chapter.

192 – Hero’s Duty

Worry, worry, worry, and putting the blame all to himself, Negi does that once again, even though he’s on the brink of death.  Thankfully Kotarou comes and sorts it out, and in the process, heals Negi.  A bit of a contrived chapter with the things Kotarou was speaking about, since it was really obvious he was just edging Negi on, and Negi fell for it, hook, line and sinker.

193 – Wanted!!

This chapter is a lot more interesting than the last few ones combined.  Thankfully, Negi has gotten over his bout of depression (but I’m sure it’ll come back soon), and the whole chapter was quite funny.

194 – Made in a Magical World

While this chapter overall is pretty mediocre, the ending was good, where Negi comes in as the gallant prince and saves the day.  For some reason, I always find any arc with Ako in it, to be really interesting and much easier to read.

195 – 1,000,000 Dorakuma Repayment Plan

A fairly good chapter, I loved the part where Negi and Kotarou signed up as prize fighters and was taking the enrolment test, only to find out their opponent was something they had beat the trash out of before.  The ending was good as well with the appearance of Takamichi.

Overall
I had my doubts about this volume and series and was about to give up.  However, the sudden turn of events caught my interest right back, and I find myself looking forward to the next volume.  Most of the chapters here are pretty good, except for the ones starring Negi with his obligatory self pity scenes.
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