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Negi
Springfield is an English teacher
at the all girls Mahora School District Middle School in Japan even
though he is only 10 years old.
After learning that his new contract
with Asuna has created a Tarot Card, Negi informs Evangeline that his
father, the wizard that put a curse on her, otherwise known as the
Southern Master, is still alive. She informs Negi that his father used
to live somewhere around Kyoto so he comes up with the idea of his class
should take a 4 day field trip to that city (mostly so he can secretly
hunt down the Southern Master).
A few days later, Negi and his students
hop on the bullet train to Kyoto and begin a field trip they will never
forget. On the train, a bird steals Negi's letter and he tracks it down
to Setsuna Sakurazaki, a young swordswoman. At first, Negi believes her
to be another enemy, but she turns out to be an ally and help both Negi
and Asuna when Konoka is kidnapped by a giant monkey. Well, not really a
giant monkey, but someone dressed up as a giant monkey. Go figure.
Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
- Volume 4 is
a manga book written and drawn by Ken Akamatsu. This collection of eight
periods (chapters 26 - 34) was translated by Douglas Varenas and adapted
by Peter David (one of my favorite comic book writers) and Kathleen
O'Shea David. This book contains the following periods:
26th
Period: Proof of a Contract!?
27th Period: A Secret Date!?
Cheerleaders Attack!
28th Period: Ribbit Ribbit -- Panic on
the Bullet Train!?
29th Period: The Spy and the Thorough
Thumping!?
30th Period: Konoka and Setsuna's Secret
31st - 32nd Period: Weird! Kyoto and the
Cardmaster!!
33rd Period: A Favor of the Large
Buddha!? (In Nara)
34th Period: Shocking Kyoto Video Proves
Existence of a Wizard!?
There is
also some special extras in the following sections: A Word from the
Author, Honorifics, Fan Art, Character Sketches, Lexicon Negimarium de
Cantu, Class Roster, About the Creator, Translation Notes, and a Preview of Volume
5,
although the preview is in Japanese. The book reads from right to left
and back to front, just like a book from Japan. This manga book is
intended for readers ages 16 and up.
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