Mahou Sensei Negima! 221

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[insert text: The greatest festival in all of history kicks off!!]
Sayo: Ahhhh! // Aaa~~hh!
[TN: Okay, frame three just single-handedly doubled my Sayo-love. And I had quite a bit of that already. SO. CUTE.]

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 221: The Festival Begins!♡
[insert text: Club Negima's true battle begins here!!]
Someone: Ariadne Battle Maiden Knight Squad! // Praesentate! // Armas!!!
Collet: (Hey, hey, Yue... why is it that we're on guard duty at a festival celebrating world peace, anyway?)
Yue: (Well, we of Ariadne belong to a powerful armed neutral state. // We serve the vital role of mediators between the newer "Mesembrina Alliance" to the north and the ancient "Heras Empire" to the south. // They may speak of peace, but the two factions are ready to take any opportunity to set upon one another. Besides which, taking on this role of maintaining the peace also allows us to reinforce our own influence...)
Collet: (Ohhh?)
Yue: Well, whatever. It's not like you need to understand the details to do the job.
Collet: Ah - Yue, look, look!

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Collet: It's the Megalo-Mesembria main fleet's flagship... // The Svanhvit!!
[TN: I swear I want to kill Akamatsu sometimes. How many languages can the guy draw from?!]
Collet: It's an incredible battleship that played a major role in the Great War, and remains in active service to this day!! Its firepower is stunning - in the Great Bridge Recovery Operation, it took out seven enemy craft in a single attack...
Yue: I see when it comes to military affairs, you're quite the expert...
Collet: Aaahhh! // Divine Warriors!! / [aside]they're huge...![/aside]
Yue: Wow... I've never seen those before! [aside]probably...[/aside]

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Beatrix: Should they even be allowed to bring those to the festival...?
Emily: Take a good look at the giants' equipment. They're trying to make it quite clear that, giant though they may be, those are a guard of honour; nothing more.
Collet: Ahh... // Just look over there! // That's the Heras Imperial Ship!! / And look behind it...! // That's one of the Sacred Guardian Beasts of the Imperial Capital... // ...The Ancient Dragon, Vrixas Nagasha!!! // Woooow!
[TN: Okay, I can't find any kind of source for that name. Katakana "Vurikusasu Naagasha". Any ideas?]
Yue: That certainly is quite a sight...
Collet: They're not planning on starting a war or anything, right...?!
Catgirl1: Don't be silly - there's not gonna be any fighting.
Catgirl2: They're just competing to see who can bring the biggest, flashiest guard, that's all.
Collet: Ahhh...! Is that...?!
Someone: BE QUIET~!
Collet: [aside]okay...![/aside]

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Reporter: And so in celebration of these twenty years of peace, representatives from each of these mighty states exchange a stiff handshake! / It has actually been ten years since a member of the Heras Imperial Family last attended the Ostia Festival...
Makie: Whoooo~a! This is all just amazing~! // [aside]I mean, dragons, and giants... and they're not even CG...![/aside]
Yuuna: [aside]Wait... didn't we see something like those back at the Mahora festival...?[/aside]

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Yuuna: I guess those must be some pretty damn important people, but it's all kind of over my head...
Makie: The guy with the beard on the right is a Senator from Megalo-Mesembria, and head of their Diplomatic Corps. / And the dark-skinned woman on the left is the Third Imperial Princess of the Heras Empire - she's come to the festival to serve as a special peace ambassador.
Yuuna: Say wha?!
Makie: Megalo-Mesembria, by the way, is the leader state of the northern alliance. / That's where we had our accident - it's the biggest city in the world. // The north is where most of the normal sort of human people live, and the south is all the cat-ear people, beast-people, demon-people, all the so-called "sub-races".
[Top label: Southern Empire]
[bottom label: Northern Alliance]
[star label: Megalo-Mesembria]
[Castle label: Ostia]
[Crown label: Heras Imperial Capital]
[Pen label: City of Magical Academia, Ariadne]
Makie: Apparently the peoples of the south were the original native residents of this world, whereas the people in the north originally came here from the real world - that is, the Earth that we all come from. // So basically, the people in the north and the people in the south have never really got on too well with one another... / ...but twenty years ago, there was this big way, and Negi-kun's father managed to get the two of them to make up! // [aside]that's Negi-kun's dad for you!♪[/aside]
Yuuna: Wh - Wh - What's going on here?! I thought you always flunked Geography and History big time...! // [aside]was it something you ate...?![/aside]
Makie: Oh, well, you know, the guys at the shop are always talking about this stuff, so I just kind of pick it up! // But now you mention it, I guess it is pretty impressive... maybe if we manage to get home, I should actually try working a bit at my Geography and History...? // [aside]I feel like I may have uncovered a hidden talent...[/aside]

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Yuuna: ...Nah, that's never gonna happen. I mean, come on, Makie, when we were travelling before, you didn't even know where Germany or France were... // [aside]only place you could just about place was Britain...[/aside]
[Map (left-to-right, top-to-bottom): Britain // Switzerland? // France? // Germany? // Australi[cut off] // Italy?]
Yuuna: [aside]you're an idiot, through and through...[/aside]
Makie: Well, I'm sorry if I'm such an idiot...!!
Yuuna: Anyway, come on, we have to get over to the fighting tournament!
Makie: Ahhh, yeah - we don't want to miss Nagi-san's first match!
Yuuna: Wow, so many people just to see the preliminaries... this thing is huge!
Makie: It sure is a good thing we got sent advance tickets!

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[no text just negi and koji pwning stuff]

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Announcer: And the Nagi/Kojirou duo that everybody's talking about take out one of the favourites to win the tournament!! // I think they've firmly brushed away all the critics' doubts about them at this point! Could this be the real deal...?!
Makie: Nagi-san, you're incredible~~~!!
Yuuna: They did it!! // And I'm the richer for it!♡
Makie: When did you...?!
Yuuna: But ma~n, Nagi-Koji are really tough~! I mean, I've become something of a fighting fan since we ended up here, but they're the real deal!
Makie: I wonder what Negi-kun could be doing... / Wouldn't it be great if he could enter, too? He can really fight too, you know...

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Makie: Ahhhh, I still can't believe we went and caused Negi-kun all this trouble, though...... // I want to see him and apologise as soon as I can...... // You don't think he hates me now, do you~~~~~?!
Yuuna: I really can't see Negi-kun hating us over a thing like that... // Anyway, the issue here is how we're going to get in contact with Nagi-san!
Makie: Mm... // Y - Yeah, you're right...
Yuuna: I mean, I never expected him to be such a gigantic star... / [aside]a real celebrity...[/aside] / It's not going to be easy to get near him like that... / [aside]this needs some thought...[/aside] // I mean, we could try sneaking into his dressing room, but they'd think we were crazy fans or something...
Makie: Mmm...
Ako: Excuse me, would you like any refills...?
Yuuna: Ehh...?
Ako: Ahh...

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Ako: Maki...e... // Yuu...na...
Makie: Ako!
Akira: Makie and Yuuna?!
Furry: Yes, it certainly seems to be them.
Ako: I've missed you so much~~~!!
Akira: !
Ako: I was so... so... so worried...! // So worried about you guys...! / Aaaahhhh... it's so good to see you...! / Makie...! Yuuna...!!
Akira: Ahh...
Yuuna: Akira!

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Akira: ...Thank goodness. // We're together again...
Ako: Waaaahhhh...! *hic* I'm sorry... For some reason I just can't... / ...seem to stop crying... *sniff*...
Yuuna: No, no, that's fine, you cry all you want, you hear?!
Makie: You must've worked so hard, Ako...
Furry: Hehe...
Yuuna: All ri~~~ght! We have to have a special reunion party!
Makie: Oh, yeah~!♪
Yuuna: Teddybear lady, we need a whole ton of food, pronto~!♡
Ako: Huh? W - Wait, Yuuna, we're still working - / I have to get Murakami and...
Furry: Who're you calling a teddybear, huh...?!!

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Negi: ...... // So peaceful... // This must be... the peace that my father worked to protect...
Flashback!Racan: How about you... // ...try and protect her next time?
Negi: I wonder why Racan-san suddenly decided to tell me all that yesterday...? // And for free, too... // (Asuna-san...)

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Negi: (So Asuna-san was originally from this world... // A citizen of the magical world...)
Flashback!Asuna: Hm? What was that...? // I told you, I don't have any parents...
Negi: (Takamichi... // The school principal... // Eishun-san... // Colonel-san... // Did they all know the truth...?) // The Twilight Imperial Princess... // The Princess of the country my father failed to protect... The orphan he left behind... // (Asuna-san...)
Flashback!Asuna: Oi, you. // What d'you think you're doing, Negi-bouzu?
Negi: [aside]no...[/aside]

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[TN: Really can't be bothered to go back and find all those quotes ~_~]
Negi: ...... / That's right. // Either way... // Asuna-san is still Asuna-san. // She may be a little short-tempered, rough and kind of stupid sometimes...

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Negi: But she's still always the strong, straightforward, cool onee-san. // And my precious partner. // Mmmmm... / All right!! // I'll protect her!! // I'll protect Asuna-san... / ...and everyone...! / I'm sure that's what not only Racan-san, but my father too, would want me to do! // I may have not found out where my father is, on this journey... / But what I have found out is more than enough... // What was that...?!

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[insert text: As Negi sets his resolve firm, his ultimate rival appears before him! Will he be able to protect those he holds dear?!]
[TN: Screw Fate. LOOK AT THE KITTY-LOLI NEXT TO HIM!♡♡♡]