Negima! Magister Negi Magi

Plot

Negi Springfield becomes the English and homeroom teacher for Mahora Academy Class 2A while searching for his missing father Nagi. He soon befriends students including his roommates Asuna Kagurazaka and Konoka Konoe. His first major challenge comes from Evangeline A.K. McDowell, an immortal vampiress and enemy of his father.

Asuna agrees to become Negi's temporary partner through a Pactio, a magical contract sealed with a kiss. After dealing with Evangeline, Negi takes the class to Kyoto to investigate his father's whereabouts but must fight Eastern mages attempting to kidnap Konoka, aided by students including Nodoka Miyazaki, Setsuna Sakurazaki, and Konoka herself. The arc introduces Fate Averruncus, a mage around Negi's age who proves far stronger. Recognizing his weakness, Negi trains with several students while Kotaro Inugami, a former foe, joins him against Wilheim, an old evil seemingly pawned by a stronger enemy.

During Mahora's cultural festival, Negi uses student Chao Lingshen's time machine Casseopeia to participate in simultaneous events, including the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament. Chao later reveals herself as a time-traveler seeking to change the present to avert a future catastrophe. Negi and his allies stop her, and Chao returns to her own time.

Media

The manga was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 26, 2003, to March 14, 2012, with 355 individual chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes released from July 16, 2003, to May 17, 2012. In North America, Del Rey Manga licensed the series, initially planning censorship but later releasing it uncensored with a shrink-wrap label stating 'Contains Explicit Content, Ages 16+' for early volumes; from volume 13 onward the shrink-wrap was dropped. Del Rey published the first 28 volumes from April 27, 2004, to October 26, 2010.

Kodansha USA took over and released volumes 29–38 from May 17, 2011, to April 23, 2013, and republished the first 27 volumes in nine omnibus editions from June 14, 2011, to February 11, 2014. In the United Kingdom, Tanoshimi published the first 16 volumes from August 3, 2006, to December 6, 2007. Three original video animations were produced before the series: the first re-enacts the first chapter and introduces the Baka Rangers and Ayaka; the second covers the love potion incident of chapter 2; the third re-enacts chapter 13 with Negi's Mahora tour guided by the Narutaki twins, showing various students and ending with a scene introducing Setsuna and Mana.