A note before getting started: I absolutely can't stand watching pan & scan conversions of widescreen originals, especially when things are cut off as much as they are with Negima!?, so I'm going to be watching the widescreen version which airs on BS-Japan on Fridays.       Areeee? Did The SoulTaker or Tsukuyomi start or something? Right from the start, it's obvious this is the work of director Akiyuki Shinbou. High contrast, usage of shadow, so on. Anyways, we start off with a stylish battle between the Thousand Master, Nagi, and Evangeline (ChachaZero was in there, too, though crushed....), then move to the present where someone is in need of blood, and a victim is running nearby... Negi Springfield gets his assignment from the magic school -- teach at a girls' high school in Japan. Older sister Nekane is very supportive of him, but Anya@Chiwa Saitou doesn't want him to go. Seems she's been made more of a tsundere character ;) Too bad we probably won't be seeing much of her again... oh well :s       Negi arrives at Mahora Academy, with Kamo-kun tagging along from the beginning for this time. Unfortunately for them, they get crushed under the rush of students running to make it to school on time. After an explanation of Mahora from our narrator (Mugihito, a regular in Shaft shows) we move to Asuna and Konoka's room. Asuna is in no hurry to get up, asking for more and more time (the time shown by her hair), when Setsuna comes in. Seems that she and Konoka are already pretty friendly with each other. After Asuna asks for 20 minutes more Setsuna's ready to wake her up by more forceful means (^^;;) Meanwhile, Negi and Kamo-kun are rather battered after getting run over by the rush of students. Poor Kamo-kun's lost his front tooth.. it's over for him.. but Negi decides to use magic to fix it, and with some very Nanoha-ish effects, it's back to normal. One problem -- Asuna, in a very odd getup (you a tono or something?) saw it all. Ooops (^^;;) Fortunately for them, Asuna still seems to be rather tired as Setsuna and Konoka take her away. The very much dandy (even moreso than the... was there a previous Negima anime?) Takamichi shows up soon after... Evangeline watches from a nearby tree...
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