December 23rd, 2011 
AstroNerdBoy Negima! 348 SPOILER Image
魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 348 (Image)
Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek SPOILER images for Mahou Sensei Negima! Chapter 348 (click pic to make bigger, y’all).
If this actually happens, its about time. ^_^
Thanks to CurtLe for the share. ^_^
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Pactio time? Pactio time!
Yay, mermaid Akira.
FINALLY! Akira will finally take the leap.
Akira is finally getting a pactio!
If she is the one Negi likes I can honestly say I did not saw it coming.
Finally Akira gets a pactio!
If she is the one Negi likes I can honestly say I did not saw that coming.
Go Akira! Possible one of my most favourite characters in Negima ^_^.
ARRGH Why does it have to be the last page? >_< I hope it actually does happen.
Why end the chapter while the pactio circle is being drawn? This may not be as cut and dry as we think. There has to be some complication in the works.
I just do not see how she can be the other one that Negi likes. If that is the case, though, I would love to see how Akamatsu pulls it off.
OMG FINALLY AKIRA <3 <3 <3
It’s out! =D
http://mangahead.com/index.php/Manga-English-Scan/Mahou-Sensei-Negima/Mahou-Sensei-Negima-348-English-Scan/01.jpg?action=big&size=original&fromthumbnail=true
Oh dang…that didn’t come out right XD
Out of respect for Kodansha, I’m not posting a review of the chapter until January 3, 2012, when it is published in Japan.
After seeing the scanlation, I have to say that the class IS taking it too far.
Since the review’s not going to be out until next week, I’m just going to put my thoughts here.
It’s nice to see Asuna was pretty much invincible to most of the class’ attacks and taking her out with Haruna’s golem of Takamichi was a good strategy (cheap, but effective). Seeing Setsuna on the class’ side is pretty expected considering all of the tears she’s shed back when she learned about Asuna leaving.
It’s great to see Nodoka and Yue caring about Negi enough to turn against the rest of the girls to save him.
I find it disheartening that Negi has very few allies in this “battle.” Nodoka, Yue, Asuna, Akira and Chachamaru are pretty much it. Seriously, ganging up on Negi and irrevocably forcing him to confess is taking it too far. Although to the girls that bringing in Chizuru and Zazie is “evening the odds,” I can’t help but feel really sorry for Negi.
It was one thing if the girls were trying to even the playing field just to show Negi that he’s the “enemy of womankind.” But downright torturing him with a leek up his butt while paralyzing him with a syringe is just physically abusive.
Here’s how I would envision what will happen:
Negi makes the Pactio with Akira. Those who’ve seen the scan of Volume 0 know that it’s some mermaid form with gauntlets. Zazie had told Negi to start fighting seriously.
Negi’s reminded that his partners are abusing the contracts he made with them and in a way, betraying his trust.
Although the girls think they have the advantage, Negi knows more about the Pactios than they do at this point.
Using his lightning form, he zips to an out of the way location. He uses his master Pactio cards and strategically summons his partners, effectively splitting them up. They think they’ve got him cornered, but see that Negi’s expression has become hardened and serious.
As the girls get ready to seemingly take him down, Negi pulls out his ultimate trump card: he whispers “Abeat” and all of his partners’ artifacts (Yuna, Ako, Haruna, Kaede, Kazumi, Makie, Chizuru) return to their card forms. Before they can summon them back, he uses Flans Exarmatio to disarm and strip them. While he’s at it, he releases a time-delayed sleep spell to knock them out temporarily before he zips back into the fray.
Those are some of the few advantages he has. He has the master Pactio cards and should be able to teleport his partners away and return the artifacts back to their card forms.
He’s been able to master time-delay spells and silent incantations, so why can’t he be able to load some sleep and disarming spells for when he faces his class?
I’m sorry, but it just seems like the girls are bullying him at this point when they made this too personal and deserve the comeuppance when the time comes. 🙂
Seeing Setsuna on the class’ side is pretty expected considering all of the tears she’s shed back when she learned about Asuna leaving.
Payback’s a bitch. ^_~