Hello, Nitsuj here welcome to the side blog the blogs between the blogs. Well, seeing as how I’ve reviewed the first half of Mahou Sensei Negima and pointed out the number of screw-ups the anime made I felt it was only right to tell you how they really happen in the manga. So for this side blog I’ll tell you what really happen in the manga and how the anime screwed-up.
Screw-up #1: The scene with Asuna doing that ritual in the bath never happened. In the manga the first scene we see is Negi graduating from the magic academy, getting his assignment to be a teacher at Mahora Academy, and then arriving at the academy where we meet Asuna and Konoka as their running to school and Negi catching up with them.
Screw-up #2: When Asuna was roughing Negi up for his comment about love Takahata saw him from the window and came down to greet him. At that time Negi also told Asuna and Konoka that he was going to be their homeroom teacher for the year instead of them finding out in the class like the others.
Screw-up #3: Takahata didn’t accompany Negi to the class instead it was the school nurse Shizuna.
Screw-up #4: In the anime Negi sneezes and blows away Asuna’s clothes in class. This never happened. This event happened when Negi first arrived at Mahora Academy when he was greeted by Takahata. A strain of Asuna’s hair brushes pass Negi’s nose, he sneezes and he blows off Asuna’s clothes in that process revealing her bear panties.
Screw-up #5: Almost all of the hair colors of the students are wrong.
Screw-up #6: This one is a personal nitpick but it seems like the faces are all similar on some characters. It just seems like they just copied and paste the face on a different body and just change the eye color.
Screw-up #7: The seat arrangement is all wrong all the girls are sitting in the wrong seat. Now to be fair they fix this by the next episode so while not a big screw-up it’s still a screw-up.
Screw-up #8: While it’s true the girls plan a welcome party for Negi we don’t see them planning it. We just cut to Negi recounting the events in class.
Screw-up #9: Negi got the class roster before he met his class not after.
Screw-up #10: Okay this does happen in the manga but I just wanted to point out the editing mistake made in this scene. When Asuna grabs Negi and starts to run off we see that he has a staff in his hand and another staff left on the ground. That’s just poor editing on their part.
Screw-up #11: We never see any of the girls show-off their club activities. All we see is Ayaka giving Negi a bronze statue of himself and Asuna insulting her and them getting into a fight.
Screw-up #12: Asuna doesn’t come to the conclusion of relying on magic to confess her feelings by herself. After she ran out crying Negi catches up to her and tells her that she should have more courage and not rely on magic for things like love. This scene shows that Negi is a smart child and that he can act and say things like a real teacher would.
Screw-up #13: Asuna and Konoka knew that Negi was going to stay with them. After meeting with Takahata he goes to meet the principal and asks them if Negi could stay with them in which Konoka says yes. It is also during this scene that the principal tries to get Negi to check out Konoka.
Screw-up #14: The scene of Negi leaving, going to Takahata’s house never happened.
Screw-up #15: The scene of Asuna saying she did want the love potion never happened and Negi didn’t use 4 leaf-clovers to create the love potion he just uses these powerful pills to create it.
Screw-up #16: Once again, never happened. While it’s true that Asuna practices her confession on Negi she practices it in the school hallway after she left the welcome party and the rest of class walked-in on the confession and a misunderstanding ensues.
Screw-up #17: While Asuna does run out of the school we never see the various club activities the girls take part in.
Screw-up #18: We never see Asuna pass the test in the manga. The chapter just ends with her constantly failing.
Screw-up #19: The scene with Konoka rubbing Neosporin on Asuna’s chest never happened. Her chest was perfectly fine.
Screw-up #20: He never rescued Nodoka a second time.
Screw-up #21-29: the events in each episode happen out of order. The correct order is episode 10, 12-13, 11, 9, 6, 5, 7, and 8
Screw-up #30: In the manga when the girls mistake Negi for a prince they just chase him around the school where he eventually runs into Konoka who is running away from the principal’s marriage candidates. Also, while it’s true the girls get in the bath with him in truth they kidnap him, throw him into the bath and instead of trying to seduce him they are trying to cheer him up because he was feeling sad that he lost to Eva.
Screw-up #31: Asuna showed up after Negi deflected Eva’s attack and Konoka was there as well.
Screw-up #32: Eva never bit her tongue she just decides to retreat when Asuna shows up.
Screw-up #33: He didn’t run away after the battle. He just ran to Asuna crying in fear like a child. He didn’t run away until a few chapters later in the manga.
Screw-up #34: Kaede was actually naked when she got in the bath with Negi.
Screw-up #35: He doesn’t meet Asuna Chamo back at the academy. In the manga they saw Negi fly to the mountains, chase after him but got lost in the forest for one night. As he’s flying back to the academy they spot him and call for his help.
Screw-up #36: In the manga Negi actually sees the flashback of Eva and Nagi while taking care of Eva who has the flu. In the manga after returning from the mountains he goes to deliver a letter of challenge to Eva at her cottage in the academy. When he arrives he and Eva are about to fight but Eva collapses from her flu and while Chachamaru goes to get medicine for her, Negi watches over her and she mutters Nagi’s name in her sleep so Negi uses a spell to take a look at what she’s dreaming about.
Screw-up #37: Eva didn’t cause the blackout. In the manga the power just went out for maintenance purpose on the school. Eva just takes advantage of the blackout.
Screw-up #38: In the manga after Eva escapes Negi’s ropes and Chachamaru tosses his staff from the bridge he goes into spoiled boy mode and complains how it was unfair that she escaped and demands a do over. But Eva slaps him and tells him to stop acting spoiled and man up.
Screw-up #39: Takamichi was never there.
Screw-up #40: Negi wasn’t going to deliver anything to a shrine. Asuna and Konoka just wanted to give Negi a tour of the campus but the twins came along and took him on a tour of the school instead.
Screw-up #41: The only clubs we see in the manga are the basketball, swimming, and cheerleading club.
Screw-up #42: Episode 10 is mostly done right except the field that they were playing Dodgeball was actually on a rooftop of a school building. Dangerous place to have a field if you ask me. Also, during the game the high schoolers injure Asuna which gets Negi upset that he’s about to release a magic spell but Asuna stops him and tells him to play fairly. There was a scene in the anime where one of the girls uses a machine to throw the ball, which never happens. At the end of the game in the anime Ayaka and the high schooler never exchange pictures of Negi and never become friends. In the manga after Negi’s class is declared the winner the leader of the high schoolers takes a shot at Asuna with the ball but Negi deflects it back at the high schoolers which destroys their clothes and the chapter ends with the high schoolers asking Negi to join their dodgeball team.
Screw-up #43: In the manga Negi never got a laptop. When Chisame was walking back to her dorm room which is on campus not off, he follows her to see if she’s alright, walks in on her Chiu show, and invites her to join the class party that they’re holding for Negi. When she arrives at the party Negi sneezes and blows away her costume that she wore to the party. The cosplaying competition and the war between the class and Chisame for the number one website never happened and was all made up for the anime.
Screw-up #44: Asuna never learns that Negi will leave the academy if they fail until later.
Screw-up #45: Konoka actually joins Negi and the Baka Rangers in the manga and Nodoka and Haruna are guiding the group from their dorm and not from outside the building.
Screw-up #46: Negi doesn’t keep triggering the traps they just happen by themselves in the manga.
Screw-up #47:The twins didn’t tell everyone that Negi would leave if they failed. In the manga it was actually one of the cheerleaders of the class.
Screw-up #48: They don’t study non-stop they take breaks and bathe in the water while poking fun at Negi who walks in on some of them bathing.
Screw-up #49: The class actually came in first place for exams.
Do you see the number of screw-ups that are so dumb and unneeded? The changes the anime makes aren’t making the show better if anything it makes the show dumber and passes over character development and funny moments. I’m not trying to be an asshole here I just don’t why they changed it up so much. What was wrong with the original, were they afraid it wasn’t going to go over well or something? They can’t use the their wasn’t enough source material excuse like Omamari Himari and I give that show a pass because in the manga they are still fighting the fox and the animators were unsure if the show was going to get a second so they wanted to give it a solid ending which to their credit was a good ending. For this anime there’s no excuse, by the time the anime had started airing the manga at already released 8 volumes, 9 volumes by the time of the 13th episode, the series was releasing a new chapter weekly at this point (it became a monthly series later on) and for the most part all the episodes in the first half of the anime only cover the first 3 volumes (25 chapters) of a manga that had at least 80 chapters if not more by the 13th episode with plenty of story and events that could easily make about 20 if not 30 episodes. I can understand the animators wanting to add their own spin on the story because some animes do that with filler episodes but if you are going to add your own spin make sure it’s not disrespecting the author, downplaying the characters, or skipping over important events that are essential to the story. We’re only in the first half and let me tell that this half is the best have half, the second half is worst so much worst. But, they’ll have to wait until next, if you’ll excuse me I’m due in court today for destruction of private and public property. Thanks for reading and tune in next week when I review the second half of Mahou Sensei Negima. . . hopefully.
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