December 21st, 2013 
AstroNerdBoy Here is the first SPOILER image from the upcoming UQ Holder chapter 16, courtesy of the VERY gracious Southrop.
The chapter 16 sweetness begins.^_^
Apparently, a lack of footwear is important in performing shundo. Yeah, don’t recall that element being an item in Negima! ^_^;
That’s it for the moment. If there are more, I’ll make an update. ^_^
Update #1: Kuroumaru.
Update #2: Kuroumaru is apparently without gender as a member of the crow tribe until 16.
As an aside, while I had thought Kuroumaru might be karasu-tengu based on the whole “I look female, Karin says I’m female, but I’m actually male,” having Kuroumaru actually be gender neutral (sexless) was an earlier thought of mine.
If more UQ Holder chapter 16 spoiler images come up, I’ll make additional update(s).
Update #3: These should be the last of the chapter 16 spoilers.
Thanks again to Southrop, who just lost his beard, for providing these. He has spoiler notes for UQ Holder 16 for those interested.
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Black and white feathers… Ach so, Kuromaru is daughter of Urd! 😀
*lol* Only without the sadistic aspect. ^_~
Oh, that’s interesting! So, I suppose he/she…it never reached 16, due to the curse?
That’s an interesting idea. Without having read the chapter, I’d think that maybe Kuroumaru hasn’t reached the chronological age of 16 yet, but then would the immortality mean that Kuroumaru couldn’t adopt a gender?
That thing with Kuroumaru was kinda surprising…although, does that mean that Setsuna was officially an ‘it’ at the time of Negima? She was 14 at the start of Negima if I remember correctly. Although, she was outcast from her clan…was it even the same clan to begin with?
Zae LuminousiaDecember 23, 2013 at 4:41 AM
” Setsuna is a winged hanyō: the daughter of a human and a Crow Demon (Karasu-Tengu Yōkai). She has white wings, even though the wings of the crow tribe (Del Rey mistakenly calls this the “bird tribe” because the Kanji for bird and crow/raven are very similar) are black. ”
From what i`ve research , I think Kuromarou and Setsuna`s clan are related or maybe the same. (?)
I think they’ll end up being the same tribe, thus allowing Akamatsu-sensei to explore them some, something he didn’t get a chance to do in Negima!
Zae LuminousiaDecember 24, 2013 at 4:50 AM
Yes ! That is it ! That`s what we need to see !
And by the way , Astro , Going a little bit off-topic here , But during chapter 355 of Negima , It was said that Tatsumiya took part for independence on mars at the beginning of 22nd Century due to Asuna`s delay awakening , But of course that`s the timeline where Asuna was still sleeping , But could it be possible that Tatsumiya or even Fate could still be alive in this current timeline and appear in UQ Holder ?
Setsuna never had any gender issues, and no one in Mahora ever noted that something was off with Setsuna. If Akamatsu is setting this up so he can retcon Setsuna into a male to appeal to the moral high ground of Japan, I’ll be a little disappointed in him.
I don’t think that he’s trying to retcon Setsuna. I do think he’s trying to explore Setsuna’s isolation, but without making a clone of Setsuna. Kuroumaru comes from the same tribe, but instead of being hanyou with white wings in a crow tribe, Kuroumaru has a cursed body and immortality.