Mahou Sensei Negima! 244

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[Insert text: When Rakan gets serious, all Negi's planning is rendered useless...!]
Rakan: Still standing, huh? // Still, that was a purely physical attack made through direct contact... barriers are only going to get you so far in that area.

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Negi: (He annihilated me!! And with such speed!! // But how?! // Speeds of 150 km/s should be beyond anything even Rakan-san is capable of!!)
Rakan: I'll hand it to ya - you seriously are incredible, coming up with a beast of a technique like that. / But new techniques are always a risky deal. // It has weaknesses. // Weakness #1. / It may give you lightning speed, but only during that brief instant while you activate the technique. // It's not like it speeds up your mental reactions. / In other words, the simplest way to combat it is not to give you a chance to use it. / [aside]same deal as with Lil' Miss Cat-Ears back then.[/aside]
Negi: ...! // Ngh... // (It's one thing saying that, but to actually put it into practice...!)

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Rakan: Weakness #2. / When you use that technique, you become lightning itself; it looks like you're using wind magic to manipulate the potential difference in the surrounding atmosphere and determine your trajectory...
Negi: (He's blocking me!!)
Raakn: ...but an old hand like me can feel it in the air, and predict where the lightning's going to strike. / [aside]'s long as I pay attention.[/aside] / What's more, just like the real thing, you produce positive streamers at your destination point...
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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 244: Negi Defeated?!
[Insert text: These legendary fists crush all hope!!]
Rakan: ...leaving you wide open for a counter!!!

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Rakan: Your speed really is phenomenal; like nothing I've ever seen... // ...but from where I'm standing, it may as well be what you'd call a "telephone punch".
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Diagram!Negi: Hello? I'm going to be releasing an insanely fast punch towards your face in just a moment! / You got that? Okay. Take care, now!
Diagram!Rakan: Thanks for the info! / (Guess I'll put my elbow there, then...)
Rakan: (Eternal...) // NEGI... / FEVER~~~!!!
Negi: ...!

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People: Aaaahhhh!! // Negi-ku~~n! / No, wait - look! // He's all right!
Negi: Ngh...
Rakan: 'Fraid not~!♪

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[no text just negi getting his ass well and truly owned]

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Announcer: It... it looks like... // He's down! He's gone down!
Shiori!Asuna: Negi!
Chamo: Not good! / [aside]he really got him![/aside]
Makie: Negi-kun!
Announcer: Nagi has gone down!!!

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Announcer: It all happened in an instant!! It seemed as though Nagi was making short work of Rakan with his technique granting unprecedented speed... but it looks like the legendary hero really is just that invincible!! He turns the whole match around in a single counterattack!! // Nagi has just taken a direct hit from the legendary punch that is said to have defeated dragons! Surely he won't be getting up after that!
Zaytsev?: Frankly, I'd be more worried about whether he's still alive!
Announcer: I will now begin the count!
Kagetarou: That werewolf boy exceeded my expectations, as well. // Things actually looked rather dangerous for a moment there.
[TN: Oh, Kotarou. Always relegated to a sidenote next to Negi's battles =p]
Announcer: One! // Two!
Rakan: Yeah... it may only have been for a moment, but that kid actually made me get serious. / [aside]I'd've been in real trouble there if not for that one time when I fought the ultimate spirit of lightning in the Noctis Labyrinthus dungeon...[/aside] // Now, then...
Shiori!Asuna: Negi~~~~~! / What do you think you're doing?! Get a hold of yourself! Stand up~~! // Negi~~~~~~~!
Negi: (Ungh... // He beat me...)
Announcer: Three!
Negi: (Utterly...)

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Negi: (Maybe it really was impossible after all... // Rakan-san... really is incredible.)
Announcer: Four!
Negi: (...I guess I really can't... // ...reach the same level as Rakan-san... // Asuna-san... // Master... // A hero like my father...)
Announcer: Five!
Negi: (Those kinds of incredible people are just plain beyond me... // Ako-san... // I'm...)
Ako: Ahhh... // (Is it really no good...? // No, it can't be... Negi-kun... you promised...!)

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[Text: Two days ago]
Flashback!Negi: What is it, Tosaka-san?
Flashback!Tosaka: Don't you play dumb with me. / I know all about who you really are. To think, you were a wanted man, with a bounty on that head of yours all along...
Flashback!Negi: I don't know what you're talking about.
Flashback!Tosaka: I said don't play dumb, all right? // I've been tracking you these past five days, doing a bit of investigating, see? And I've got all the proof I need. / Take a look at this.

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Flashback!Tosaka: And just so you know... // ...this is the real deal. No magically-edited footage here. This evidence'll hold up just fine in the Imperial courts. // Now, that's some high-level transformation magic you've got, and it looks like you've been being pretty damn careful...
Flashback!Negi: ...
Flashback!Tosaka: ...but to a guy like me, who's been earning money for his perceptive abilities in underground circles... well, it was only a matter of time before your little act was up. // Hahahah... to think, the number one earner on my fighting team turns out to be a bounty head... / And it ain't just you... Kojirou, and even the girls are wanted, to boot! Why, if I were to hand the lot of you in... I could live easy on that kind of cash for the next ten years. // Hey, what's this? Y - You wanna fight or summat? In a place like this? // Hold it, hold it, don't get hasty, now... // Just you listen, yeah? If I scream right now, the Ariadne guards'll come speeding this way. Once they get investigating, you won't be able to cover it up. // And I've sorted it so that if anything happens to me, a copy of this movie will be sent to the guards immediately. / You can't get out of this with force, okay?
Flashback!Negi: Ngh...

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Flashback!Tosaka: But man, was I shocked when I found out... // You, the son of the Thousand Master himself! // You, Negi freakin' Springfield!
Flashback!Ako: ...!
Flashback!Tosaka: But what's the son of a hero playin' at, being a terrorist, hm? // Masqueradin' as a kid an' everything...
Flashback!Negi: ...Was the age of that hero's son not included in your investigations, then?
Flashback!Tosaka: What? // Huh...? What's that... / Eh? You're not telling me... // That kid's actually your REAL form?! // [aside]whaaaaaat?![/aside] // You're kiddin' me! I mean, you looked about ten years old! With that strength...?! // A - And besides, what about you an' Ako... Huhhhh...?! // Gah! / Forget that! It doesn't matter one way or another how old you are!

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Flashback!Tosaka: We're pals, you and me, right? We're eatin' from the same pot. So how's about this: I won't report you. // But in return... let's have you become my servant, do what I tell you to from now on, hm? / Do that, and I'll forget this ever happened. // But you'll have to wear this, as proof. // You get it, yeah? This is a slave's collar. // Fully equipped with explosive protection against any attempts to run away. // You can just tell everyone else that you worked up some gambling debts, and I'm shouldering 'em for you. / Or do you want your lovely lady pals to wind up in jail, hm? Come on... let's hear it! What's your choice, O Son of the Hero?! // Not that you've really got much of one! Hahahahahahahahah! Man, this is sweet! The son of Nagi himself, at my beck and call!
Flashback!Negi: (Ngh... I can't possibly put the others in a dangerous situation like that... // We may be able to run from our pursuers if it comes to that... // ...but if we do, then how are we ever going to free Ako-san and the others? // Ako-san and the others come first right now. I'll just have to earn enough money to free myself, no matter how many years that may take.) // I suppose I have no choice, Tosaka-sa -
Flashback!Ako: Aaahhhhhh!! I'm so sorry~~~!

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Flashback!Ako: All of tonight's curry~~~~~~~!
Flashback!Tosaka: GUAAAAAHHHHHH?! // Owowowowow!! What the hell is this?!
Flashback!Ako: Oh, I really am sorry! I'm just such a klutz sometimes...
Flashback!Tosaka: Why, you...! // ?! // ...What's with that face...? Don't tell me you were listening in on... // ...Tch... // You think about what I said, Nagi!! // I'll be wanting an answer from you tomorrow!! I'm serious about this!!
Flashback!Negi: ? // ... // Are you all right, Ako-san?
Flashback!Ako: Sure!

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[no text just ako not being all right]

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Flashback!Akira: So this is where you were, Ako! // I've been looking for you. // ...Look... Ako, I... there's something I really have to tell you... // I've been meaning to tell you so many times, but... well... look, I'll just say it now. // The truth is...

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Flashback!Akira: Ne- ...?!
Flashback!Ako: I know... / I just found out...
Flashback!Akira: Ako...! // I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, Ako...
Flashback!Ako: No... I'm the one who should say sorry... / It must've been hard on you, too...
[Insert text: The love that could never be realised finally meets its bitter end. But even so, Ako still believes in Negi...]