Characters of Negima (1-15)

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This is a listing of the students in Mahora Academy Girls' Junior High Class 3-A (formerly 2-A), as taught by Negi Springfield in 2003 in the manga Negima!: Magister Negi Magi and associated anime series.

NOTE: The following Character descriptions are drawn primarily from the original manga. Any notable differences in the anime series will be noted. Also, the student numbers are based on the ordering of surnames according to the gojūon.

Contents 1 Sayo Aisaka 2 Yuna Akashi 3 Kazumi Asakura 4 Yue Ayase 5 Ako Izumi 6 Akira Okochi 7 Misa Kakizaki 8 Asuna Kagurazaka 9 Misora Kasuga 10 Chachamaru Karakuri 11 Madoka Kugimiya 12 Kū Fei 13 Konoka Konoe 14 Haruna Saotome 15 Setsuna Sakurazaki 16 References

[edit] Sayo Aisaka

Student Number 1: Sayo Aisaka (相坂 さよ, Aisaka Sayo^?), the hapless and meek yūrei (ghost). More often frightened than frightening, she is invisible to virtually everyone, and her presence goes mostly unnoticed (Takahata had her included in Negi's class registry, however, with a note not to change her seat) until Negi absentmindedly counts her during a class vote. She still wears the school uniform of Mahora from over half a century ago, (standard fuku, Sailor Moon type). Presumably, Evangeline is the first one able to see her. At times, she looks down upon her own worth as a ghost (such as tripping when she doesn't have feet, and her feeble attempts at scaring using "Boo!"). Sayo has been friendless and lonely for around 60 years since her death, which made her very desperate for a friend. Her attempts to talk to the rest of the class led a series of hilarious events during the preparations for the School Festival as everyone mistook her for an evil spirit. She nearly ended up being exorcised by Mana and Setsuna, but Negi and Kazumi, having caught a photo of her crying and realized what was really happening, came to the rescue and offered to be her friends. She thanked them, then faded away, leading the others to think she had crossed over, until she showed up later to ask Negi to spend some time at the festival with her. She currently hangs around (haunts) Kazumi, who sits beside her in class, and is currently able to see her. A pair of hitodama occasionally accompanies her. Like several other girls she seems to have developed a slight crush on Negi.

According to the character notes at the end of Volume 9, Sayo's past was supposed to take a darker turn as it is stated that Sayo was one of the victims of a series of murders taking place around the founding of the school. However, having been dead for so long she has lost her recollection of the events surrounding her murder. Because of this, the idea seems to be scrapped, as Sayo has no interest in recalling the events regarding her death.

In the manga Negima?!, the class seems to know about Sayo before Negi's arrival. They know she's friendly, but she seems to creep out the other girls all the same. She also shows an ability to appear in monitors and other screens, and Kazumi usually carries a camcorder around so others can see her. Later, she became Kazumi's helper as she can't be detected like exposing Asuna wearing a Chupabara suit.

• Negima!: Sayo died protecting her little sister's flowers from a storm, but it is not any more specific then that. Her flashback self bears a small resemblance to Konoka. She is invisible to all except Kazumi who became able to see her while researching her history. Evangeline cast a spell to allow her to interact with the rest of the class. The school dean seems to have known her as well, as he recited a poem she wrote when she was alive: "Tsuwabuki planting small hand of hers, looking forward to when time gets filled..." In the anime, she attacks with her pactio fire of hitodama that she throws rather lazily at the opponent, (mostly due to the fact that she's been out of shape for 60 years (65 in the English Version script)). It is also speculated that Principal Konoemon had known Sayo when he was younger. Not actually saying her name, but referring her as to a girl whom he liked long ago through her poem, possibly signifying he had a crush on her back then. It's also an interesting point to notice that in the anime she has feet, unlike in the manga where she doesn't.

• Negima!?: In this anime, Negi decides to cast a spell so he can see her. Yet she gone a bit too far after enjoying herself in the girls apartment and nearly scared most of the girls. Fortunately, Negi manage to save her from being shot by Mana. She also shows an ability to appear in monitors and other screens, and thanks to Evageline's spell (who secretly cast a spell onto Kazumi's camcorder) everyone manage to see Sayo's face in Kazumi's camcorder after she gets caught. Later, Sayo becomes permanently visible after joining in on the mass pactio with Negi, while even using one of these abilities to assist him later.

(Seiyū: Yuri Shiratori, English VA: Kate Bristol, Spanish VA: Maru Guerrero)

[edit] Yuna Akashi

Student Number 2: Yuna Akashi (明石 裕奈, Akashi Yūna^?) Birthday: 1 June 1988. She is an athletic girl who plays basketball and is often seen together with Makie, Ako, and Akira (i.e. the sports clubs group). Her father is Professor Akashi, who teaches at the Mahora Academy. She is the most mischievous one amongst the sports girls. She has a weakness for strange products from a TV shopping channel (the show is on during class time, but since she can't stand to miss it, she tapes it). During the Final Day Event of the Mahora Festival, Yuna has shown a surprising amount of skill with a pair of magic guns. Though she is unaware of the truth of the "game" she is playing, she has become one of the top "scorers" in the game, and has helped hold the last remaining magic point: the World Tree Plaza, standing up to one of the unsealed giant demons until Negi arrived to take it down. After taking fourth place in the "Mages vs. Mars" game, she ends up winning 300 free meals and giving herself the nickname "The Kid" (leading to the other girls trying to force her to share the prize). She also becomes popular with the martial artists in the academy due to her fighting abilities in the battle.

Trivia:

• A note written by Akamatsu reads "huge chest" by her picture in Volume 16's character notes. This is followed up after the festival, where Yuna is shown worrying about her breasts growing larger.
• Negima!: Her pactio items are basketballs and a pair of shoes allowing her to jump very high. She also has blonde hair.
• Negima!?: Due to more recent manga events, Yuna became a military buff as opposed to a mere basketball player. During the "Suka incident", she turned into an otter. Asuna also claims that she is a member of the Chupacabra club, but Yuna states she only goes there when she's bored. (one of those times being during an omake)

(Seiyū: Madoka Kimura, English VA: Amber Cotton, Spanish VA: Diana Perez)

[edit] Kazumi Asakura

Student Number 3: Kazumi Asakura (朝倉 和美, Asakura Kazumi^?). Birthday: 10 January 1989. She is the resident class reporter with a camera always on hand. She likes to get the inside scoop on everything that goes on, and is part of the Mahora Paparazzi. She was one of the first girls in the class to learn Negi's secret, which she discovered accidentally in Kyoto while investigating the rumor that someone had proclaimed her love to Negi. Though initially she intended to reveal Negi's secret to the world, she was persuaded to keep quiet about it, and is occasionally seen plotting with Chamo. She had been promised a Probationary Contract in exchange for keeping the secret, though it has yet to be fulfilled. She frequently elects herself as Negi's manager when it comes to scheduling time with him, (even though Chamo is actually the one pulling the strings). Both she and Chamo were the instigators of the Kiss Negi game during the Kyoto Field trip. Asakura sports the fourth largest breasts in the class. She signed on with Chao's plan, acting as the lead announcer and referee at the Mahora Fighting Tournament, where she often deliberately pointed out the more fantastic feats performed by her teacher and classmates, drawing the attention of the audience towards them. However, she later reveals she had completed her contract with Chao and helped Negi to stop Chao's plan to reveal magic. She became the announcer for the Mars Attacks Vs Mage Order game. Sayo is currently following (or haunting) Kazumi. She is friends with Sayo and is one of the few people who can see her, having sat next to her for so long. In Negima Workshop, she is noted to be similar to Mitsune Konno of Love Hina.

• Negima!: Her artifact is a scope camera that allows her to record, capture, and focus in on anything.
• Negima!?: Although one never to turn down a scoop, her main focus in this series is on her relationship with the ghostly Sayo, whom she sits next to and consistently checks on through her camera after Negi reveals her to the class. During the "Suka incident", she turns into a canary who keeps running up to Negi telling him of the latest dangers the other Suka girls are causing.

(Seiyū: Ayana Sasagawa English VA: Monica Rial Spanish VA: Ana Lucia Ramos)

[edit] Yue Ayase

Student Number 4: Yue Ayase (綾瀬 夕映, Ayase Yūe^?). Birthday: 16 November 1988. She is the cool slacker. She is often seen drinking unusual beverages from juice boxes, unfortunately her constant drinking of these juices often leads to her using the restroom quite frequently. Despite being a talented bibliophile, she hates studying and is amongst those with the lowest grades in the class, and hence is a member of the "Baka Rangers" study group (A play on the Power Rangers series and the Super Sentai genre they came from) - she is "Baka Black", and considered the team's leader. It was revealed in Volume 14, that after the death of her beloved grandfather, Yue had lost interest in the world in general and considered everything, especially studying, as pointless. She was initially disinterested in making friends, though Nodoka was the first to make an impression on her, by saying that anyone who likes books can not be a bad person.

Yue is also a member of the Library Exploration Group, often hanging around with Nodoka and Haruna (who calls her "Yuecchi" ゆえっち). After the Kyoto trip, having witnessed the attack on the Kansai Magic Association headquarters, and helping out Negi figure out the clues left by his father, Yue had deduced Negi's secret about being a mage, and also about Mahora Academy's connection with mages. In Volume 7, she helps Negi in figuring out a clue to his father's whereabouts, (even though the clue was ridiculously obvious). Another trip into the depths of the Mahora Library is thwarted by the dragon that lives there, though Yue swears revenge on the beast for drooling on her. She and Nodoka later ask Negi to teach them how to use magic, and Yue even suggested forming a pactio with him, (though she immediately changed her mind once she learned about what was involved in making a contract from Chamo and Kazumi).

Nevertheless, Yue has learned a bit of magic by the time of the Mahora Festival. She also forms an odd friendship with Kotarō in Kyoto after his fight with Kaede. Unlike her regular schoolwork, Yue studies the subject of magic with dedication, (she spends over 3 hours a day practicing). She is a strong supporter of Nodoka's feelings for Negi and encourages her to develop a relationship with him. However, she also begins to develop feelings for Negi herself, a fact she manages to keep a secret from Nodoka until the school festival. Nodoka forgave her, and with her approval (although not with Yue's or Negi's consent), Yue became the fifth person to form a probationary contract with the child teacher. Her artifact is a set consisting of a book, cloak, and a witch's hat and broom, which is practically a Beginner's Set for all Mage trainees. Its power is gradually being revealed. The beginner set contained a book, which was recently revealed to be a magical encyclopedia that updated itself.

After the Mahora Festival, Yue and the rest of the Library Exploration Club has been invited to join Negi on his trip to Wales during the summer break.

Trivia:

• As a footnote on the early character design profile in manga book 5, Ken Akamatsu commented that she does have the feeling of ROD when he first saw the settings by his helper.
• One line in the Del Rey translation implied that she may be Konoka's cousin, but this was a misprint (the wording on the bubble that was directed at her was supposed to be for Konoka). In Volume 10, she says that her grandfather was Taizo Ayase, a philosopher.

• Negima!: Yue uses the broom to cast thunder spells on the enemies. Yue's feelings for Negi were also showcased much sooner and faster than in the manga, and came to a head when she kissed Negi in front of Nodoka after questioning her friend's own feelings for him. Later, Nodoka accepted Yue's feelings and said she was glad to have her as a romantic rival.
• Negima!?: Yue's romantic feelings towards Negi are more developed in this series with two episodes focusing on her dilemma both personally and with her relationship to Nodoka. The first episode, similar to the manga, focuses on her feelings in having to kiss Negi for a Pactio contract. However, while she does finally succumb to these feelings, her kiss leads to the remainder of the class to learn of magic and many of the events for the remainder of the series. Later, Yue continues to ponder her feelings as well as how it relates her to Nodoka, both as a friend and romantic rival. Although the last to gain a Pactio on an individual basis, her only activation was during the "Suka incident" where she turned into an owl, yet was still able to gain Negi's assistance in buying her weird drinks.

(Seiyū: Natsuko Kuwatani, English VA: Brina Palencia, Spanish VA: Cristina Camargo)

[edit] Ako Izumi

Student Number 5: Ako Izumi (和泉 亜子, Izumi Ako^?). Birthday: 21 November 1988. She is a shy athletic girl who works as a school nurse's assistant. One interesting point is that she has a fear of seeing blood, which makes her position as a nurse's assistant seem odd. She has a large scar across her back, which she makes every effort to hide from others and is the source of her low self-confidence, as she believes that the mark makes her ugly and unwanted. The scar may also be connected to her fear of blood, as seen in Chapter 123. She is usually seen with Makie (her roommate), Yuna, and Akira. She is also the manager of the boy's middle school soccer club, and in charge of 2-A's sanitation department. She does not consider herself anyone special and is one of the better-behaved members of the class, quite a contrast to the more mischievous Yuna. She has some talent with a bass guitar. She had once confessed her love to an older boy but was rejected. Ako, who never really showed much interest in the 10-year-old Negi, develops a huge crush on the older, teenage version of him (after taking Age Deceiving Pills), whom she believes is his cousin Nagi. She was so infatuated with him that she immediately invites him to her festival's activity, even though she said it was nothing at all. Some of the other girls also have shown attraction toward Negi's older form, though Ako is by far the most interested. Recently, Negi, in his older form, took Ako out on a date in order to help her relax before the Mahora Festival's live concert. They take part in the Mahora Best Couple Contest and win 2nd place. During this date, Negi encourages Ako to think of herself more as the main character, rather than just part of the supporting cast. This helps her build more confidence in herself, to the point where she almost confesses her love toward the handsome 'Nagi' twice. The first time she chickened out by asking him if he liked Japanese Squid, (rather than saying that she really loves him), and the second time during the Mahora Live Concert. She narrowly avoided getting shot by Mana, who was watching out for love confessions during the festival. Luckily, she ended up only asking for 'Nagi's' e-mail address. With the end of the Mahora Festival, she assumes that Nagi has already left for England and is now pining away at his absence.

She also mentioned that she likes to collect cute band-aids.

Note : In the Del Rey translation of Vol.9, her name 'Izumi' was misspelled 'Waizumi' during the ghost incident.

• Negima!: Her pactio weapon is a huge injection needle complete with a nurse outfit.
• Negima!?: Although the first anime only revealed it pronouncedly with her Pactio, Ako's nursing skills are further emphasized in this series: she is consistently healing other members of the class and even comes up with strange medicines and needles to help them out. During one incident, she tries to inject Negi with a giant needle filled with a energy formula, but instead hits Chamo making him literally become super-powerful! During the "Suka incident", she becomes a chick.

(Seiyū: Kotomi Yamakawa, English VA: Avery Rice-Williams, Spanish VA: Circe Luna)

[edit] Akira Okochi

Student Number 6: Akira Okochi (大河内 アキラ, Ōkōchi Akira^?). Birthday: 26 May 1988. She is a tall, athletic, and very quiet girl in the swimming club. She is so good at swimming that the Mahora High School swimming club is already looking to recruit her. She is a friend of Makie, Ako, and Yuna. She is not always comfortable with Yuna's stunts (For example, being forced to dress as a bunny-girl). She is noted to be similar to Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina, though in looks only. After Chao completes her plot to reveal magic to the world, Akira is one of the very few girls in the class to stay calm when Negi "reappears". Of course, her knowledge of magic's existence along with everyone else's is erased when Negi and the group return to the third day of the Mahora Festival. Akira also participates in the "Mars vs. Mages" battle, fighting alongside her friends using a staff. After the festival, she assists Negi in getting back a ring after he loses it in the bathing area and nearly embarrasses himself in front of the other girls to get it back, making him note of her "strong yet kind" nature in his class guide.

Trivia:

• While the manga writes "Akira" in hiragana, without kanji, the Chinese version gives it the pinyin "Jīng" (the kanji of "Okochi" converted to Dàhénèi). The only "Akira"-kanji with this pinyin is that of Akira Watase, Japanese adult film actress.
• Negima!: Her pactio attack is "water thrust". She also has blue hair.
• Negima!?: The omake reveals that she keeps a pet arowana named Yamamoto that originally was meant to teach her to swim, but she has adopted as a family member, much to the chagrin of the other sports girls. During the "Suka incident", she was turned into a frog...where she had a slight battle with Motsu the "frog" as part of an experiment.

(Seiyū: Azumi Yamamoto English VA: Jenny Phagan Spanish VA: Isabel Martiñon)

[edit] Misa Kakizaki

Student Number 7: Misa Kakizaki (柿崎 美砂, Kakizaki Misa^?) Birthday: 15 May 1988. She is the leader of the class's cheerleaders, Madoka and Sakurako, and a member of the chorus club. She loves shopping and hates carbonated drinks. She also has a fondness for karaoke. Misa also has some "adult" tendencies, far more than any of the other girls in the class (see also chapter 120, where she thinks to "educate" Negi as her future "hot" boyfriend... in 5 years time, although it is believed that noticing how Negi's 'father' looked like in the festival, a red-haired super-hottie, instigated her "reverse Hikaru Genji" plan). She also uses the term "onee-san" when she talks about herself, if Negi is around. She is the only girl in the class to have a steady boyfriend. Along with her fellow cheerleaders, she takes part in the Mars Vs Mages game and is stripped to her underwear when she is hit by the robots' beam weapons. Recently, she has started considering the implications of falling for a ten-year old, leading to suspicions she could be a closet shotacon like Ayaka.

Trivia:

• Misa's hair color was originally brown (as used in the Introduction OAV and the cheerleader CD of the monthly collection), but changed to purple when she became one of the infamous "hair color changes" in the original Negima anime, leading to Akamatsu to admit that she had purple hair all this time. (however, Misa's hair was purple in the initial colorspread of the series, showing that the color change to brown was wrong in the first place)

• Negima!:: Her Pactio is a team cheer attack with Madoka and Sakurako, energizing those who hear it.
• Negima!?: In a controversial move, Misa and the other cheerleaders seem to become one character, either speaking at the same time or completing each other's sentences. During the "Suka incident", she becomes a goat.

(Seiyū: Shizuka Itou, English VA: Gwendolyn Lau, Spanish VA: Cristina Hernández)

[edit] Asuna Kagurazaka

Student Number 8: Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofushia, listed as Asuna Kagurazaka (神楽坂 明日菜, Kagurazaka Asuna^?) on the seating chart. Birthday: 21 April 1988 (in anime 23 October 1988) [Although, in the anime it shows that her 14th birthday is on 23 October 2003, so some believe her birthday may be in the year 1989]. She is the irascible dunce, incredible runner and physically powerful lead female heroine. She is often in conflict with other people, especially Ayaka. Asuna has a crush on her former homeroom teacher, Takahata, whom Negi replaces. Asuna is an orphan who was allowed into the school free by the school dean, yet still tries to pay towards her schooling with her wages earned delivering newspapers. Much to her chagrin, she is "Baka Red" of the Baka Rangers and has the lowest test score average in the class, especially in English. She has heterochromia (one of her eyes is blue and the other is slightly greenish-blue).

Negi and Asuna's relationship starts on very shaky ground, but quickly improves as they get to know one another. It should be noted that Asuna is one of the few characters who addresses Negi without using any honorifics whatsoever. Asuna tends to act like an older sister towards Negi, and is fiercely protective of him, whether from enemies, the overly-affectionate (and perverted, in her opinion) schemes and actions of her classmates, or even Negi's own drive and ambition. Asuna has also openly expressed a desire to be Negi's permanent pactio partner, but just as frankly denies the usual romantic overtones that have developed with partnerships. Even so, there are moments which hint that their relationship could develop into a less platonic one.

Asuna was the first to find out about Negi's secret when she saw him saving Nodoka from falling down some steps and was the first person that Negi made a probationary contract with. Her artifact is the Ensis Exorcizans, the demon banishing sword, a giant sword that usually manifests as a large metal harisen (fan); despite its appearance it still keeps its demon banishing ability. The Ensis Exorcizans first appeared when Asuna tried to save Negi from the "sharks" in Chapter 61, and later during the tournament, and on her date with Takamichi. At first, summoning the Ensis Exorcizans was dependent on her emotional state, but that seem to change when she learned to use Kanka. Despite its size, Asuna wields the large sword with no known difficulty.

She has partial immunity to most magic used against her, such as love potions or petrification spells. When she forced Negi to take a love potion he'd made for her, it affected every girl except for her. When she accidentally ate one of the love candies Negi had purchased, it made her somewhat attracted to him - unlike Konoka who took one and went crazy over Setsuna. She also, after Alberio jogged her of her past memories and unleashed the sleeping powers within her, has the ability to use "Kanka," an ability that combines ki and magic to infuse the wielder with great strength and speed. Because she is under experienced, she is unable to use this ability with the same effectiveness as Takamichi, but her "kanka" is almost equally fierce as his when it comes to sheer power.

Asuna met the Thousand Master as a child when he saved her life during a battle, and traveled with the members of his group both before and after his disappearance. Asuna retains no memories from this period in her life, but has begun to re-experience them in dreams since Negi arrived. She has demonstrated a fetish for older men, based on her crush on Takahata, her reaction to meeting Konoka's father (although this may be related to her dormant memories of them from the past). She also expressed interest in going back in time to the Prohibition-era United States after learning about Cassiopeia. This is because she believes that many well-dressed older men (such as Al Capone and other gangsters) existed then.

Recently, she went to tour the Mahora Festival with Takahata, (as close as a date with him as she could possibly get), which predictably ends in heartbreak for Asuna, as her former teacher gently turns down her admission of love. She spends four days inside of Evangeline's Resort moping about it, but is cheered up by her friends and is informed about Negi's latest Probationary Contracts with Yue and Haruna. Upon leaving the resort, she, Negi, and a few other girls are trapped in the future where Chao had already revealed the existence of magic to the world and Negi was arrested by the school board. After reuniting with Negi, they successfully traveled back to the third day of the School Festival. With their new knowledge of Chao's plans, they implemented a plan by Negi to stage a "mock-battle" against Chao's robot army. Asuna and Setsuna became 'Hero Units,' aiding all other participants in the 'Mars Vs Mages' event, and helped Negi fight his way to Chao's airship. After the festival, Negi has asked Asuna to come with him back to Wales to help him find his father, and if he doesn't come back to Mahora, to be his permanent Partner, (though considering that Negi still only 10 and Chamo previously stated that he's too young to make a Permanent Contract, this may not be possible at this time).

Currently, she is now undergoing battle training inside of Evangeline's resort, when it is revealed that Negi is ahead of her in terms of combat skills, (after getting her posterior handed to her during a sparring match with him).

• Negima!: Her magic cancelling ability was the result of a contract with a demon king. Asuna agreed to the contract to lose or at least suppress a natural magical ability she possessed since early childhood: the power to summon demons. This ability caused destruction and carnage wherever she went, causing Asuna great heartache. Her demon-given ability was the indirect cause of Nagi's disappearance, as she inadvertently nullified his magic barrier during a fight with a demon. The price of the contract was that Asuna was to die at 12:00 midnight on her 14th birthday.

Just before her death, it is possible that Asuna was about to tell Negi that she liked him, as she had been turned down by Takahata, but the Clock struck Midnight before she could get the words out.

After Asuna's death, Negi desperately searches for a way to bring her back. Eventually, he uses Chao's Time Machine watch to go back in time. However, due to using too much magic, he is instead transported back to nine years ago, also unintentionally dragging the entire class with him. During his stay in the past, he meets his father Nagi and learns about Asuna's contract with the demon king.

After Nagi's disappearance, the demon king absorbed young Asuna and planned to use her as a barrier. After some convincing by Negi and his students, young Asuna assists them in destroying the demon king. However, even with the demon king's demise the contract could not be terminated.

After returning to the present day, Chao Lingshen, Satomi Hakase, and Evangeline invented a special device that, working right under the World Tree, combined with all the special powers of Negi's students, successfully terminated the contract for good.

• Negima!?: Although Asuna keeps her well intentioned, Negi-assisting ways, this version has made her slightly daffier in her means. She is a slacker and not quite as smart as she appears, keeping her as a true member of the "Baka Rangers". She is also obsessed with chupacabra in this version, at first believing it as the assaulter on Mahora campus (instead of Evangeline) and founding a club to discuss and even try to capture the creature. (which would eventually evolve into a magic club for Negi and his Magistra) While once again the first to gain Pactio in this series, the means of power are slightly different: her main manga Pactio ability is split in two (harisen in Cosplay form, sword in Armor form) and she also gains a Suka form that turns her into a wild boar. Towards the end of the series, she is turned evil by the power of the Star Crystal infecting Evangeline...but only lasts until her vampiric host is defeated in battle.

(Seiyū: Akemi Kanda, English VA: Luci Christian, Spanish VA: Rosy Aguirre)

[edit] Misora Kasuga

Student Number 9: Misora Kasuga (春日 美空, Kasuga Misora^?). Birthday: 4 April 1988. A hyperactive tomboy in the track and field club, who had rivaled Asuna in the class sprint runs. She always wears a crucifix and is sometimes seen wearing a nun's habit. Later in the manga, she is revealed as a mage-in-training (a member of the Mahora "mahō shōjo team") as well as a Ministra Magi. Her artifact is a pair of sneakers that allow her to run and jump with superhuman ability. She has also been seen wielding a cross as a weapon, but it has yet to be seen how it is used. She seems to be self-conscious about her abilities, and tries to hide it from friends and acquaintances, even when it is obvious. During Chao's attempt to reveal magic to the world, she is reluctant about becoming involved, seeing her own possible magical background. However, she does use her Pactio item to help Asuna and Setsuna escape from a situation and helps them assist Negi to get past Chao's robot forces.

After the end of the festival, Misora begins to have suspicions about Negi and several of the classmates seen consistently around him. After Asuna, Yue & Nodoka mistake her for a priest while she and Cocone were cleaning at the church, she inadvertently listens to their concerns. Later, after Nodoka's turns, Nodoka tells everyone in the class about it and most of the 3-A students (as well as Negi and Takane) confess their concerns. During this incident, she overhears, among other things, Negi concerns after Chao's departure, Asuna's attempt to hold back her feelings towards Negi, and the love triangle between Negi, Nodoka, and Yue.

Trivia:

• If looked at very carefully, in chapter 156 on page 11 in the second panel of the page, the broom that Misora is flying on, for that one panel becomes Negi's staff.
• Most depictions of Misora since the start of the series has made her a redhead. However, a recent coloring in an official publication has changed her hair color to gray, similar to her "Negima!?" rendition.^[1]

• Negima!: Her weapon is an Iron Cross allowing her to commune with God and use His powers.
• Negima!?: Misora is a yoga enthusiast in this series, where she is paired with the other sports girls as a replacement for Makie. Like the first series (and unlike the manga), she Pactio with Negi, yet her only released card turned her into a pig during the "Suka incident".

(Seiyū: Ai Bandou, English VA: Wendy Powell, Spanish VA: Monica Manjarrez)

[edit] Chachamaru Karakuri

Student Number 10: Chachamaru Karakuri (絡繰 茶々丸, Karakuri Chachamaru^?) Manufactured 3 January 2001, activated 1 April 2001. A robot created by Satomi and Chao for Evangeline, and is powered both mechanically and by magic. She is essentially a technological golem. "Karakuri" is the Japanese word for "machine" or "mechanical parts". Despite her robotic parts showing very clearly, only a select few in her class actually seem to have noticed, or ascribe her appearance to mere cosmetics; to date, only Chamo and Chisame Hasegawa seem to have realized without having it pointed out to them. As well as being Evangeline's Ministra Magi, she performs maid duties at the cottage they share on the Mahora campus. While Chachamaru displays few outward emotions, she spends most of her free time helping people and rescuing stray animals, including regularly taking care of stray cats, and is very popular with young children, who seem to know that she is a robot. She is also in the Go and Tea Ceremony clubs, but only because Evangeline is in those clubs as well. Perhaps because of the magic used in her creation, Chachamaru begins to show human-like functions and emotions she was not programmed for, such as her internal gears increasing in speed during moments where a human's heart would beat faster, and even leaking lens-cleaning fluid from her eyes when she's upset. The most likely trigger for this seems to be that she started developing feelings for Negi after he stopped an attack on her when she was unable to defend herself, turning his own Sagitta Magica spell back on himself rather than hurt his own student. Chachamaru eventually rocket-punched Hakase, her own creator, out of embarrassment when she was about to tell everyone about her crush on Negi, and nearly resulted in a complete breakdown of her cognitive abilities.

Despite her assisting Negi in Kyoto, Graf Herrmann declined to go after her, lest he risk drawing the attention of Evangeline, whom he wanted to avoid. Even so, she, Evangeline, and Kaede, who avoided being kidnapped, did discover his presence, but held back, preferring to see if Negi and Kotaro could handle the situation themselves. She attended the Mahora Fighting Tournament, where she performed match commentary with Kaoru Goutokuji (providing useful exposition for readers), and performed a Tea Ceremony for Negi afterwards. She supported Chao Rinshen's plot to reveal magic to the world, perhaps because of her affiliation with Hakase. She often asks for forgiveness from Negi whenever there is a confrontation between their sides. On the third day of the Mahora Festival, she engaged in a cyberspace battle against Chisame and her Pactio artifact, along with Ayaka and Makie playing as magical girl characters. Once Chao was defeated, she unconditionally surrendered to Chisame, much to her classmate's dismay after fighting so hard to get the magical barrier back online.

Chachamaru is equipped with several devices, which include a Magic-Canceller (to undo Binding Circles), laser emitters in her eyes, magic-powered thrusters on her legs and back, retractable rocket fists, and whatever else her creator Hakase can come up with. In the anime, she was also equipped with an aquatic mode, which allows her to swim on the surface of water like a speedboat. Furthermore, she can launch mini-missiles and other kinds of ordinance. Though Hakase is constantly upgrading and improving on Chachamaru's systems, some of her upgrades leave much to be desired (such as having an umbrella-like heat plate so she can wear her hair up without overheating).

Chachamaru is the latest in a series of androids. A number of other androids, previous models in the series, work for Eva as maids, and refer to Chachamaru as their little sister. During the final battle of the Mahorafest war, a number of other female-styled androids, as well as an advance combat body designed for her fitted with a basic combat AI were sent out to slow down Negi and his group as they tried to reach Chao.

In the manga, she seems a bit more feminine and helps Eva whenever she hurts herself through accident.

• Negima!: She seems a bit more robotic and for the first few episodes only says "Yes, Master" when speaking to Eva. Also, in episode 9 of the original anime, a Battle Model android with the same style head as Chachamaru and a tank-like body is shown being worked on by the Robotics club. It is shown to have missile launcher. The tank-like body is very similar to that of the RX-75-4 Guntank from the Mobile Suit Gundam series.
• Negima!?: Chachamaru spends most of the series by the side of Evangeline, assisting her both in battle and in the preparation of tea or noodles alongside Takamichi. She ends up fighting Asuna twice in this series: the first time in a situation similar to the manga where she fights alongside her master, the second after both Evangeline and Asuna had become possessed by the true evil of the series. Though Chachamaru is knocked down at one point, repairs by Satomi makes her more battle ready for combat in her rematch with the redhead. After victory, Chachamaru becomes the final Pactio of the series, stealing a kiss from Negi without warning.

(Seiyū: Akeno Watanabe English VA: Caitlin Glass, Spanish VA: Pilar Escandon)

[edit] Madoka Kugimiya

Student Number 11: Madoka Kugimiya (釘宮 円, Kugimiya Madoka^?) Birthday: 3 March 1989. She is the serious one of the three cheerleaders in the class. She makes sure that the other cheerleaders (especially Sakurako) do not get into any trouble. She likes Gyudon noodles and silver accessories and generally into Western music (currently is a fan of Avril Lavigne from notes), but hates playboys and is mildly obsessed with her husky voice. Her surname is usually the target of nickname making (which Madoka does not like) from her classmates.

During the school festival, she develops a small crush on the teenage form of Kotaro Inugami. She has been shown to be very protective of her friends, and especially for Ako Izumi, whom she encourages to be more confident. Ironically, she almost got Ako shot when she pressed the shy girl to confess her love for 'Nagi' in front of an audience during the Live Mahora Concert. Luckily for Ako, and much to Madoka's consternation, she only asked for Nagi's e-mail address. Madoka also takes part in the Mars Vs Mages game and is among the first 'casualties,' (meaning her clothes were blasted off), when she is hit by the robots' strip beams.

Her nicknames usually start with 'Kugi-', which is similar in fashion with Kurogane from Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (whose nicknames by Mokona starts with 'Kuro-').

• Negima!: Her Pactio is an energizing cheer power alongside Misa and Sakurako.
• Negima!?: Like the other cheerleaders, Madoka is consistently saying and doing the same actions as the others. During the "Suka incident", she turns into a panther.

(Seiyū: Mami Deguchi, English VA: Lucy Small, Spanish VA: Belinda Martinez)

[edit] Kū Fei

Student Number 12: Kū Fei (古 菲, Kana: クーフェイ, Pinyin: Gǔ Fēi) Birthday: 16 March 1989. She is the energetic and joyful kung fu fighting Chinese girl. She is "Baka Yellow" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, her excuse being that she can't concentrate much on her English studies as she is still learning Japanese, an excuse supported by her pronounced Chinese accent. (In later volumes of the English manga, Ku Fei's Chinese accent is rendered as "pidgin" English, a source of controversy for many fans^{[citation needed]} of the series. This decision was made by Negima's adaptor Trish Ledoux,^[2] who used this technique for the character of Shampoo in adapting English scripts for Viz's Ranma 1/2 anime series. Another take on Ranma 1/2 is her addressing him as making a good "Son-in-law"-a reference to Shampoo's great-grandmother, Cologne.

She hates being used as a test subject for Chao's and Satomi's inventions. She learns of Negi's secret when she, Mana and Kaede helped Negi, Asuna and Setsuna rescue Konoka at Kyoto. During that trip, she took part in the "Kiss Negi" game, in which a Botched Pactio Card of her was created, though she may or may not be aware of it. After the Kyoto arc, she becomes Negi's martial arts instructor at the latter's request. Ku Fei works at Chao's nikuman (meat bun) shop and is respected and idolized by the members of the school's many fighting clubs. She managed to barely defeat Mana in the Mahora Fighting Tournament, but had to drop out of the tournament due to the injuries she received. Her arm was later healed by Colonel Sanders and currently; she and some other girls were trapped with Negi in the future after Chao had succeeded in revealing magic to the world. They eventually get back to the third day of the Mahora Festival, and she is now part of the group battling Chao's robots. Along with Haruna, she stays behind to fight the Chachamaru clone and two other robots as Negi keeps moving towards Chao.

• Negima!: Her Pactio item is a magic tonfa that emits waves.
• Negima!?: Although Ku Fei is one of the few girls that attempts a Pactio from the mass group, her only attempt is messed up when she kicks Negi during the ceremony, leading to him accidentally pulling her Suka form: a tiger. Although a notable martial artist herself, her stupidity is more pronounced as a member of the Baka Rangers who fights before thinking. She also occasionally takes the guise of the "wise teacher" Ku Laozi (used by her in the manga when training Negi in martial arts).

(Seiyū: Hazuki Tanaka, English VA: Cynthia Cranz, Spanish VA: Mónica Villaseñor)

[edit] Konoka Konoe

Student Number 13: Konoka Konoe (近衛 木乃香, Konoe Konoka^?) Birthday: 18 March 1989. She is a cheerful and caring girl who lives with Asuna and Negi. If anything, she is the mediator of the group, being both Asuna's best friend and Negi's biggest supporter. Her test scores are top-notch. She is also the school headmaster's granddaughter, and occasionally endures his attempts to arrange an omiai (Japanese arranged marriage) for her. A fan of fortune telling, she has tremendous magical potential, having come from a family of powerful mages. Her father is the chief of the Kansai Magic Association, who married her mother, the school headmaster's daughter, in an arranged marriage in order to ease tension between the Kansai and Kantō (where Mahora Academy is located) Magic Associations. She is a member of the Konoe family of the Fujiwara clan, the source for all imperial brides from the 8th through 19th centuries. Konoka was not informed by her father of her magical potential or of her family's mystic history, as he wanted her to live a normal life. Before learning of Negi's magical background, she was very interested, (and still is), in fortune-telling and anything pertaining to the occult. She is the President of Mahora's Fortune-Telling Club. As soon as Konoka saw Asuna's Pactio Card, she wanted one of her own. Chamo was all for it, (so he could get 50,000 Ermine Dollars), though Negi was initially against it. This led to a Botched Card and caused the magic in her blood to awaken.

Konoka's magic ability first manifested on the tip of her finger during a shopping trip with Negi, and was briefly released when she healed Setsuna's arrow wound during a fight in Kyoto. When Negi was caught in the effect of a petrification spell, Konoka formed a full temporary pactio with him in order to reverse the petrification. The pactio process had also reversed the petrification spell on those affected at her home at the same time. Her artifact is an outfit with fans that allow her to heal any injury within 3 minutes. She is beginning to learn magic from Negi and Evangeline, and is able to cast a few simple spells like Yue. She has strong affection for Setsuna, and this often makes their friendship seem more akin to a romantic relationship (although this mostly is from Setsuna's side, as Konoka has admitted in vol. 2 that she isn't ready for any serious relationship with anybody, and has occasionally shown interest in Negi Springfield, (especially when he was magically altered by the Age-Deceiving Pills). She is sometimes shown in the manga dressed similar to White mages from Final Fantasy.

Recently, she along with Negi and some of the other girls had become trapped in the future where Chao had succeeded in revealing magic to the world. After a series of battles and narrow escapes, the group had returned to the past to stop Chao's plan. During the "Mage vs. Martian" battle, she worked in the infirmary, using her powers openly to heal those who manage to get injured in the mostly bloodless fighting.

At present, she and Setsuna are invited to join Negi in his trip to Wales.

According to the Class Register in Volumes 7+, and Chapter 128, Konoka is also a member of the Library Exploration Club.

• Negima!: It was mentioned in the anime series that Konoka's powers are comparable to those of the Thousand Master, while in the manga, it said that she has the magic potential so even surpass that of the Thousand Master's. She potentially has enough power that she can heal those who were petrified by the high-class demon Wilhelm during his attack on the village where Negi and Nekane grew up.
• Negima!?: Although she is a major member of Negi's team and an early Pactio in this series, none of her abilities are connected in any way to her massive healing potential like in the manga or the first anime. Her Armor card involves a set of magical chopsticks she can manipulate like a whip, her Cosplay card lets her manipulate water parlor tricks, and her Suka card turns her into a koala. Konoka is also consistently emphasized with her connection to Setsuna in this series.

(Seiyū: Ai Nonaka, English VA: Monica Rial, Spanish VA: Xochtil Ugarte)

[edit] Haruna Saotome

Student Number 14: Haruna Saotome (早乙女 ハルナ, Saotome Haruna^?) Birthday: 18 August 1988. During the 'Big Breast Competition' it's noted that her breasts are larger than Ayaka's. Like the other members of the Library Exploration Club, (except for Yue), Haruna does well on school tests. She is the local rumormonger manga artist and a frequent companion of Yue Ayase and Nodoka Miyazaki. If there is a rumor going around in the class, she is usually at the root of it all. It is said that her rumor-spreading abilities are so well developed that she can spread them to the other end of the school in 2 hours. She eventually figured out Negi's secret at the tournament, as well as the fact that her friends Yue, Nodoka, and Konoka already knew about it. Subsequently, she interrogated them until they told her everything. As a member of the Library Exploration Club, she seems to have made it her mission to get Nodoka together with Negi, whether Nodoka wants her help or not. She also draws manga and goes by the nickname "Haru" or "Paru". She occasionally uses illustrations to express ideas or feelings. She draws the "Mahou Shoujo" manga series, which is very popular in Mahora. She loves the idea of magical artifacts and such (due to her hobby with manga and the idea of magical girls), and even tried immediately to do a pactio with Negi as soon as she found out (by kissing him the next moment she saw him). Like Asakura, Chamo has taken a liking toward Haruna and she played a part in getting Yue to make a Probationary Contract with Negi. Then with Konoka's help, she promptly took advantage of the opportunity to get a Pactio for herself. Her artifact is a set that consists of a sketchbook, hat, apron, and a feather quill that has the ability to make anything she sketches come to life. The clothing from her artifact materializes over the clothes she is already wearing. Her artifact most likely relies alot upon her imagination as well as her sketch as the 2-D drawing needs more then just that to become a 3-D object.

During the trip into the future, Haruna becomes more adept in using her artifact and has proven quite useful, both in combat and in diverting the enemy with her lifelike creations. As of now, she and the rest of the group have returned to the past to stop Chao from revealing magic to the world. When Chisame agreed to make a Pactio with Negi, Haruna managed to push Ayaka and Makie out of the room and prevented them from learning about magic. Accompanying Negi to confront Chao, she stayed behind to help Ku Fei battle a trio of combat androids, including a prototype combat body for Chachamaru.

After the festival, she and the other Library Club members end up in the middle of Negi offering Asuna a chance to go to Wales and be his partner. After binding down Nodoka and Yue from getting away, she ends up coaxing Negi to taking her and the other two (even with their feelings for Negi nearly ruined with their interpretation of Negi's offer as a confession to Asuna) to Wales for their summer break. Forced into a corner, he accepts, allowing Paru and the Library Club to come on his new, dangerous journey.

Though she was the 6th provisional contract Negi has made, the actual pactio card has yet to be seen.

• Negima!: her artifact is a marker that can draw anything out of thin air. Her hair is also more green than brown.
• Negima!?: Due to more recent manga events, Haruna became more prominent in this anime interpretation. She gains a Pactio with Negi during the first half of the series, and invokes a Cosplay card that, like her manga Pactio, animates her sketches to life. The only other Pactio ability used is during the "Suka incident", where she turns into a penguin. She is also infamous for drawing the forms by which Shichimi and Motsu take during their investigations at Mahora Academy. Finally, she is one of the most active members of the Chupacabra club outside Asuna, consistently drawing the creature and attending meetings even if her red-headed leader makes little sense with some of their activities.

(Seiyū: Sawa Ishige, English VA: Jamie Marchi, Spanish VA: Irma Carmona)

[edit] Setsuna Sakurazaki

Student Number 15: Setsuna Sakurazaki (桜咲 刹那, Sakurazaki Setsuna^?) Birthday: 17 January 1989. She is a kendo expert of the Kyoto Shinmei-ryū (京都 神鳴流, Kyōto Shinmei-ryū^?, literally "God's-Cry Style") of fighting and has some knowledge of onmyō-jutsu (陰陽術, onmyō-jutsu^?). She wields a nodachi named "Yūnagi" (夕凪, "Yūnagi"^? literally "evening calm"). A native of Kyoto, she is a childhood friend of Konoka and serves as her guardian. Some of the characters believe that she has romantic feelings for Konoka because of various hints, but this is mostly subtext (this is much more overt in the OVA, however), while Yue herself thinks of it as nothing more than a mere misunderstanding by everyone. Although extremely devoted to Konoka, Setsuna feels unworthy of protecting her, and tries to maintain an atmosphere of impersonality.

Setsuna is also a winged hanyō: the daughter of a human and a crow yōkai. A form of albinism compounds her mixed heritage. She has white wings, even though crows are black; also, Evangeline has alluded to Setsuna using colored contacts and hair dye. Viewed as an omen of ill luck because of the white colour of her wings, Setsuna was forced into exile from her tribe.

During the battle against Great Demon God "Ryoumen Sukuna no Kami" she was forced to transform into her hanyō self to be able to rescue Konoka from Chigusa Amagasaki. Forced is the word used because of the fact that she tried to keep it a secret from Konoka since childhood (Setsuna was afraid that she might be rejected by the person that she wishes to protect). However, the law of her clan also states that when their hanyō form has been seen by others, they are mandated to leave those who have seen their true form. It is only thanks to Negi Springfield's insistence that Setsuna stay around that she was prevented from running away right before the end of the Kyoto Field Trip Arc. This resulted in a further blossoming of her relationship with Konoka, and a friendship with Asuna and Negi, as well as her continued growth in the series (akin to Motoko Aoyama's change throughout the Love Hina series). Setsuna was almost forced to transform into her hanyō form again during the Mahora Festival's final day, when they were falling from high up the sky after traveling back from the alternate future that Chao made. Before she is forced to bring about her wings, Negi stopped her so that the other girls, excluding Asuna and Konoka, would not know of Setsuna's true nature.

She was the third person to form a probationary contract with Negi, in order to give her and Asuna a better chance at fighting off a horde of Demons while Negi rescued Konoka. Her artifact manifests as a tantō, and her pactio can create sixteen identical blades, which she can use to seal opponents. Setsuna is reserved and loyal, and holds the title of most skilled fighter in Mahora Academy.

Besides her fighting skills, Setsuna also has some ability to manipulate magic as part of her combat training; for example, she can use paper dolls to create doppelgangers of other people. She can also transfer part of her ki or life force into a paper doll, resulting in a super-deformed version of herself called Mini-Setsuna.

Towards the end of the Festival arc, she and several other girls became trapped with Negi in the future after Chao had revealed the existence of magic to the world. After a long and hard battle, they finally manage to escape that future and head back to the past. Setsuna "performed" in the Mahora Mars vs. Mages battle as a "Hero Unit", allowing her to use her full abilities openly in fighting Chao's robot army.

Currently, she plans to accompany Konoka as she will be traveling with Negi to Wales.

Trivia: Setsuna's fighting style, Shinmei-Ryū, is the same as Motoko Aoyama from Love Hina, and she can execute techniques familiar to those who read LH, like Zanganken, Zankūsen and Hyakka Ryōran.

• Negima!: Although she remains in the background for most of the series, Setsuna has a similar role to her manga counterpart in the Kyoto arc and gains the same Pactio ability.
• Negima!?: Because of her popularity and further manga events, Setsuna has a much greater role in this series. Consistently by the side of Konoka, she is seen both as her protector as well as holding thoughts of desiring something more between the two of them. (which is played more for laughs) Becoming the fourth Pactio in this series, she is one of the few to use all three forms: her hanyo form with floral powers in Armor form, a naganita in Cosplay, and a transformation into a crane in Suka form. Also, the bad drawing style of her VA is joked about, even to the point of a badly drawn Setsuna (done by Yu Kobayashi) appears on screen to compliment Konoka.

(Seiyū: Yu Kobayashi, English VA: Dana Schultes, Spanish VA: Sylvia Garcel)

[edit] References

Negima!
Series: Negima!: Magister Negi Magi | Negima!?
Characters: Negi Springfield | Students 1–15 | Students 16–31 | Other characters
Other: Episode list | Magic | Items and artifacts | Music | Pactios | Shinmei-Ryū