Mahou Sensei Negima 256

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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Setsuna/Negi/Nodoka: !
Rakan: Hahahah... Hey there, kid. / So I hear you got your ass kicked by Eishun's apprentice?
Negi: Rakan-san!
[Insert text: Negi, taken aback by this invitation from Gödel. There's only one man to turn to in a situation like this!!]
Craig: J... Jack Rakan of the Thousand Blades... i... in the flesh...!
Tosaka: Wh... Wh - Wh - Wh - Why, h - hello there, R - Rakan-san...! I - I must apologise for making you come all the way out to a cheap hotel like this...! / [aside]you see, ah, this is, um, a place where I've stayed quite a few... ah, I mean... *cough* *cough*[/aside] // Th - Th - There isn't much to offer here, but please, take a seat! / [aside]ahh, it's dusty...! I'm s - so sorry![/aside]
Rakan: Hey, don't sweat it.
Tosaka: Really? Well, that's, uh, well... COULD I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?!!!
Rakan: Sure thing.
Tosaka: Really?!
Craig: O - Oh, well, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like one too...
Setsuna: Hmmm...? That's an impressive reception...
Konoka: He really is an amazing guy, huh...?

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 256: Invitation From the Darkness
[Insert text: What secrets does superhero Rakan know about Gödel?]
Tosaka: Thank you! Really, thank you so much!
Rakan: Oh, it's nothing. Heck, I hear you helped my little apprentice get his act together, didn't you?
Tosaka: Oh, no, I really didn't do anything...!
Rakan: A~nd... there ya go!
Tosaka: Aaaahhhhh~~~~! I'll display it as a family treasure until my dying day!!!
Craig: You're a good artist!
Rakan: I have no weak points.
Negi: You certainly seem very happy, Tosaka-san... / [aside]I've never seen you like this before...[/aside]
Tosaka: Damn right I am! What are you, stupid?! / To gladiators like me, Rakan is like a freakin' God, you know?! Like a goddamn deity walking the Earth!
Rakan: [aside]really?[/aside]
Negi: ...I see...

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Negi: So you caught sight of us back then and got in contact with everyone...
Konoka: [aside]It was Chamo-kun who called Rakan-han, though...[/aside]
Chamo: [aside]damn right![/aside]
Negi: You really are a good person, aren't you, Tosaka-san... / [aside]thank you very much.[/aside]
Tosaka: Wha...? Sh - Shaddup...! // Truth is, that video... y'know, the one I used to blackmail you with... well, I had a back-up of it, but it looks like the government big-shots nabbed it... / [aside]I had a guy lookin' after it for me, you see...[/aside] / So that stuff back there was probably my fault... // I could hardly just sit around and let you get captured with that on my conscience, could I?!
Negi: Oh... Ah...
Rakan: Don't you worry yourself, Tosaka. It wasn't your fault. // I'm pretty sure that Governor-General has known who the fake Nagi was for quite a while.
Setsuna: What do you mean by that?
Tosaka: [aside]R - Rakan-san... he remembered my name...[/aside]
Setsuna: ...Come to think about it, you were just saying something about the Governor-General being Eishun-sama's apprentice...?
Rakan: Here's an idea. // Why don't you go ahead and try opening up... // ...that invitation our Governor-General pal slipped into your pocket, eh?

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Gödel: Why, hello there, Negi Springfield-kun! // If you're reading this letter, I suppose that means... / ...our little discussion didn't go too well, now, did it? // ......Still, I feel confident that you will want to see me. / You personally, at least. Am I wrong? // That's why I thought I would do you the favour of inviting you to the ball... // ...that is to be held at the Government-General tonight! This is an honour, you know? // Naturally, I extend this invitation to your lovely little lady friends as well. / I will prepare dresses myself. Please contact me with regards to measurements and means of collection.
Tosaka: Whoa, whoa... No matter how you look at it, this is...
Craig: Shh... just be quiet and listen.

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Gödel: So won't you come along? // ...No, I suppose not. You do have a duty to protect your friends, after all. / Perhaps I should throw in a little incentive, then. // I swear that I will not lay a finger on any one of the female students under your care. / Furthermore, using my special powers as Governor-General during this festival, I will issue a public pardon... // ...and officially remove your names from the Wanted lists. You will all be free once more! / [aside]incidentally, this particular action is beyond the authority of even President Seras, Her Highness the Imperial Princess, and Senator Ricardo.[aside]
Setsuna/Negi: !!
Gödel: I swear upon the gods and upon my own honour that I will fulfil this promise. // ...Hmm. Still not convinced? / Dear me... how about this, then? // If you plan on descending to the surface, then I will do you a little favour and provide you with a personal guard. / All eighteen ships of the defence fleet currently stationed in Ostia under my command... will that be sufficient? // Not forgetting... / ...that if you refuse my invitation, they will of course instead all be pursuing you as the wanted men you are.

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Gödel: Negi-kun... I hold almost all the information you desire. / Yes... I think I will answer whatever questions you may want to ask. // About your father and mother... and about the secrets of this world. // If you wish to find the answers, then come to me. // Oh, one more thing! // If you do decide to attend... / ...I would ask that you come as the gladiator, Nagi. // I am sure everybody would be pleased to see you, after all.

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People: Whoa, whoa, whoa... this has gotta be a trap, no matter how you look at it! // That defense fleet... it's a nasty little bit of blackmail. // This certainly is a dangerous proposal...
Setsuna: We head for the Gateport tomorrow. Sensei, would it not be most prudent to simply ignore this? // ...Sensei?
Negi: ...No. // I have made up my mind. I will go and see him, alone. // The rest of you, please proceed to the surface ahead of me.
Nodoka/Konoka/Shiori!Asuna: ?!!

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Girls: Whaaaaa~~~~~~?! On your own~?!!
Nodoka: You can't! You mustn't, Negi-sensei!
Konoka: You can't do that, Negi-kun!
Rakan: That's pretty reckless talk, kid!
Chamo: Damn right it is... you're the one he's after, Aniki!
Negi: This is my own problem. I cannot allow all of you to be caught up in it. / Besides which... I had already made my decision. / If I do this alone, I can buy time for all of - // - yooougghahhhh?! // ?! / ?!
Shiori!Asuna: You little idiot, Negi! // On your own?! Are you kidding?! / How many times do I have to beat this into you...?! // Honestly... How on Earth could any of us... / ...possibly allow you... // ...to do a ridiculous thing like this all on your own?! // If you're going... / ...then I'm going with you!!
[TN: Aw, Shiori. You're so cute. You should defect to Negi's side already. [aside]...just-forget-about-the-real-Asuna...[/aside]]

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Negi: B... / But...
Rakan: ...Looks like things have got pretty damn interesting. // I'll go along with you, an' all. / [aside]free food, after all.[/aside] / Will that help the girlies feel a little safer?
Negi: Rakan-san!
Asuna: That settles it! // What did I tell you?! / I'd go to the depths of hell to haul you out!
Nodoka: [aside]that's Asuna-san for you![/aside]
Konoka: [aside]uh-huh![/aside]
Chamo: [aside]yeah![/aside]
Negi: Asuna... / ...san...
Kaede: I see...

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Kaede: The Governor-General of Ostia... so he is our new enemy. // Truly the situation here in the Magical World is deeply complex...
Negi: Setsuna-san?
Setsuna: Yes. // Regarding that Zanmaken Ni no Tachi attack... // Shinmeiryuu Hidden Technique, "Zanmaken: Ni no Tachi"... // It was originally created as a technique to strike down the spirits and demons possessing a person without harming the person himself.
[Labels: Evil Spirit // Patient // Shinmeiryuu Swordsman
Swordsman: Ni no Tachi!
Setsuna: Truly the ultimate "exorcising technique"...
Negi: I see... Setsuna-san, can you...?
Setsuna: I - I am afraid not. One of my position would never be permitted to learn a technique of that level... // [aside]I am a lowly servant...[/aside] // That technique is permitted only to those with a direct connection to the founding Aoyama Clan...
Setsuna: [aside]huh...?[/aside]
Konoka: [aside]Secchan... // you can't talk about yourself that way! One day, I'll...[/aside]
Rakan: Right! Setsuna, pass me that sword of yours a moment.
Setsuna: Eh...?
Rakan: I'll do a little demonstration.
Setsuna: D - D - Demonstration?! That's not possible, surely!
Rakan: Ah, come off it! I've seen old Eishun do that move... I can just copy what he did!
Setsuna: "Copy what he"...?! That's just not...!

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Rakan: Right! You stand right there, kid. / Watch closely, and familiarise yourself with it. / [aside]don't forget your magical barrier.[/aside]
Konoka: [aside]why did he strip...?[/aside]
Setsuna: [aside]who knows...[/aside]
Negi: Huh...? // R - Right!
Setsuna: Incredible... How can he wield a sword he has never used like that...? // B - But if he truly does perform it, that would make him as good as a Shinmeiryuu initiate... that's just not...
Rakan: Ahh...
Setsuna: Wha~~~~?! Rakan-san~!
Rakan: What're you going on about, Setsuna? I'm sure you could do it too if you tried. / If it's the status of the technique that's got you all worried, I'll give it a brand new name just for you!
Setsuna: Wha - You can't just...
Rakan: I call this technique the "In Celebration Of My First Kiss With Ojou-sama Strike"! ...How about it?
Setsuna: Whaaaaaat?!! / [aside]you were watching - ?![/aside]
Rakan: Hmmm... // Right.

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Rakan: HERE I GO~~!! // ZAN!! // MA!! // KE~~~~~~~N!!
Negi: Wait a - !

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Rakan: NI NO TACHI - ah!! // IN CELEBRATION OF My FIRST KISS WITH OJOU-SAMA... SPECIAL~~~!!
Kaede: (It went right through him!! // [aside]...de gozaru.[/aside])

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Negi: ?! // ?!
People: What the...?! / Terrorists? // Some kind of event~?
Rakan: Hah!

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Negi: Wh - Wh - Wh - What do you think you're doing, Rakan-san~~~?!
Konoka: The Guards will find us~~!
Rakan: Hahahah... I guess I just overdid it a little.
Asuna: [aside]That is not what you call "a little'![/aside]
Negi: Seriously, Rakan-san! I thought I was going to die for a moment there! // Aahhh...
Kaede: Negi-bouzu~~?!!
Nodoka: Negi-sensei~~~~~~?!
Konoka: Ahhhhhh~~! Hang in there, Negi-kun, I'll heal you right up~~~!
Rakan: Hahahah...
Asuna: "Hahahah", my ass, you muscle-monster!!
Rakan: So how was it? Pick up anything useful?
Negi: T - To be honest, it was so incredible I completely lost track...
Rakan: [aside]hahahahahah[/aside] // Well, let's just be glad you got off with a scratch, yeah?
Negi: ...I don't think I've ever come quite so close to death before... / [aside]a few more centimetres, and my head would have been sliced open like a tomato...[/aside]
Rakan: Kurt Gödel, Governor-General of Ostia... // There was a time when he worked together with Ala Rubra.
Negi: !

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Rakan: Like Takamichi, he was one of the war-orphans we picked up over the course of the Great War. // While Takamichi always had the handicap of being unable to use magic, Kurt was a little bundle of skill, with a real talent for pretty much everything. // Eishun was against it at first... // ...but Kurt was dead set on learning Shinmeiryuu from him. // Eishun rejected him, but he just started learning the guy's techniques through imitation. // The kid was what you'd call a genius. // In the end, Eishun got caught up in his enthusiasm and started teaching him properly. // After the war, he parted ways with Ala Rubra. "Your methods are not sufficient to save this world," he told us. // I knew he'd gone to Megalomesembria, earned himself a number of supporters, and started a career as a politician... // But who'da thought he'd've climbed all the way to Governor-General of Ostia... // I haven't spoken to the guy in over ten years. // I don't know what's going through his head right now.
Negi: I see...

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Rakan: Well... / Having a little chat with him might not be such a bad idea, to be honest. // Guy seems to know an awful lotta stuff that even I don't.
Konoka: That guy really can do just about anything, huh?
Setsuna: Performing the Zamnaken Ni no Tachi like that... I simply don't know what to say.
Konoka: And you managed to fight him to a draw, Negi-kun~~!♡ // [aside]go you!♡[/aside]
Negi: Frankly, even I'm starting to wonder how on Earth I ever managed to pull that off...
Setsuna: Anyway, Negi-sensei... was there something you wanted with the two of us? / [aside]bringing us out here...[/aside]
Negi: ...... // ...I feel something from that man, Kurt, that I'm not sure what to make of. / This situation has become so complex that we can hardly predict that may happen in the immediate future. We must take every precaution...
Setsuna: Of course!
Konoka: Uh-huh.
Negi: That's why... before we go to the ball, there's something I wanted to tell the two of you, and Chamo-kun, about. / [aside]it's something I found out since coming to this world...[/aside]
Chamo: Ohh...?

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Negi: It may be that I ought to tell this to Chisame-san and the others as well... / ...but I am still not sure whether or not to tell them... // But I feel the two of you at least, as her closest friends, have a right to know... so, ah...
Chamo: Hmm? // What's this, Aniki? You're stumbling over your words!
Negi: The truth is... // It's about Asuna-san.
Setsuna/Konoka: Huh...?
Konoka: Wh... What about Asuna...?
Negi: ...... // ...Asuna-san is not originally from the same world as you and I. // She originally comes from this world... / She was a Princess of the fallen country of Ostia.
Setsuna/Konoka: Wha...?
[Insert text: As new revelations draw ever closer... Negi reveals another hidden truth!]