Mahou Sensei Negima! 291

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 291: Obtaining the Darkness!!
[Insert text: It's time to settle things with the darkness!!]
Eva: We're down to the final six hours! There's not a moment to lose - got that, boy?!
Negi: Yes, Master!
Eva: If you don't pull it off this time around, you'll have to give up on Magia Erebea, and leave the fighting to the others! Understood?
Negi: Y - Yes, Master!

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Makie: Hyaaahh~!
[Text: Sasaki Makie, Artifact No. 1: Liberum Lemniscus!]
[TN: "Free(ly manipulatable) Ribbon"]
Makie: Oh, wow~~~! // This thing just goes on stretching!
Ako: ...Why am I stuck with this...? // [aside]what even is it?[/aside] // Because I'm the class medical rep...?
Makie: Ahhh, this is so useful~~~!♪
[Text: Akashi Yuuna Artifact: Iris Tormentum!]
[TN: "Rainbow Gun"]

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Yuuna: Yaahhhh~!! // Whe~~~w, this is great! There's just something about these things that feels perfect, y'know~?
Mei: Onee-sama, could those magical guns be...?
Takane: I think it is not our place to tell her that.
Ako: Akira~!
Makie: Akira, aren't you gonna form a Pactio with Negi too?
Akira: W - Well, I suppose... // B - But, ah... Negi has a lot to deal with at the moment, with his training in its final stages and everything, so I don't think I ought to be distracting him...
Ako: But Akira, you've got to be quick! You remember what Paru was saying - if you don't have a card, it could be difficult to save you if things get dangerous!
Akira: I - I do know that, but... / Ahh?!

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Negi: Armatione: Raiten Taisou!
Eva: Raiten Taisou, eh? Heheheh... Listen, boy. // I can't praise you enough when it comes to that new technique of yours...
Negi: Raisoku Shundou!!
Eva: ...but... // ...even that incredible power is meaningless if all you can do is wield it like an animal.

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Negi: Rgghhhh...! // TITANOKTONON!! // (Power... // Power that I gained... // ...to fight against him...! // I want... // ...to defeat him!! // ...Or do I?)

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Girls: Wh - What's that?! An eruption?! // Is that Negi-kun?! / [aside]it looks like a military bombardment![/aside] // Should he be allowed to go changing the terrain of this resort we're borrowing from the Princess...?
Eva: Dear me... // Looks like your time's up. // I guess you weren't up to the task after all. That's a real pity... boy.
Negi: (No... that alone isn't enough...) // Rrghhhh...! // (The power to defeat my enemies and bend them to my will... / ...that is the "power of darkness"!)

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Negi: (I know that that alone isn't enough. // I'm missing something... there's something else I need... // ...but what?!!)
Eva: Hm? // (Shifting to my blind spot again... such an irritating technique!)

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Negi: ...!
Eva: Give it up, boy. // If you go any further than this without finding the answer, then you'll be gone for good. / You'll either die, or become a monster. // Nobody's going to blame you. Just let your girls protect you, and get your ass back to your own peaceful country, where you have no enemies.
Negi: (Enemies... // What are "enemies", really? // What was Fate trying to accomplish? // I... // I...)

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Flashback!Asuna: (It'll be fine!!)
[TN: From Chapter 225 (thanks, commenters ^^)]
Negi: (...Of course.)
Eva: Hm? // (Hngh... // He managed to shift without letting me see what he was doing?!) // Hahh!

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Flashback!Chisame: Honestly! // You little baby!
[TN: From Chapter 265]
Eva: (?!) // Tch...! // (Right into my blind spot again...!)

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Eva: Nghh...!
Flashback!Satsuki: It is all... // ...your own strength.
[TN: From all the way back in Chapter 73 >_<]
Flashback!Eva: Be the kind of man who forges on ahead... / ...even if he ends up covered in dirt in the process.
[TN: From Chapter 137]
Flashback!Rakan: Don't look back... // Keep on moving forward.
[TN: From Chapter 279, of course ^^]
Eva: Why, you...!

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Negi: Hngghhhh...!
Eva: (Slowly but surely, both his speed and power are rising...!)
Flashback!Ako: It'll be fine! // Because I know, the "you" that I've always admired... // ...without ever really even changing... // ...can do anything!
[TN: From Chapter 246]
Eva: (It's still going up? // This is...!)
Negi: (That's right. // It was so simple.)
Flashback!Makie: Why don't you just become that kind of person? // Right now!
[TN: From Chapter 289, natch]

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Flashback!Nagi: You should become... // ...who you really are.
[TN: From Chapter 119]
Negi: (I... // I knew the answer... // ...all along...!!)

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Girls: Aaahhh~~?! // Waaaahhhh~! / Negi-ku~~n?!
Eva: ...Heh. // Excellent.

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Eva: Even if it was only a copy, many times weaker than the original... you managed to land a hit on me, and that's really something. / *cough*...
Negi: M... Master!!
Eva: You may have brought your rampage under control, but only for the moment. // It's still imperfect... far from complete. // There's no telling when the darkness might return and try to consume you again.
Negi: I know that. It looks like controlling this isn't something I can do on my own. That's why I'm going to keep on moving forward. // *pant* // *pant* // *pant*
Eva: What?

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Negi: If the darkness threatens to consume me again, we'll have to deal with that when the time comes. // I'll just have to leave things to my friends and companions. / I'm sure the members of Ala Alba will be able to handle it!
Chamo: Wha...?!
Chisame: ...!
Eva: Heh...
Chamo: That's called passing the buck, Aniki...
Eva: Pfft...
Chisame: ...
Eva: Ahahahahahahah!! / That's not half bad coming from you, boy!
Negi: And besides... even if I am consumed by Magia Erebea...
Eva: Hm?
Negi: I'll either die... / ...or become a monster, isn't that right? // All things considered, I don't think the death option is particularly likely. / [aside]if my calculations are correct.[/aside] / And even if I do become a monster...
Eva: Mm...?
Negi: That would just mean I'd be the same as you, wouldn't it, Master? // So I guess it might not be so bad!

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Negi: After all... I really like you!
Eva: Mmnh... // ......
Negi: Hm? Master? Is something wrong?
Eva: You're four hundred years too early... // ...to be spouting lines like that, brat~~~~~~!!
Negi: Aaaaahhhhh~~?!
Eva: I forbid you from ever repeating that to my original self!! Under pain of death!!
Negi: Waaahhhhh~~~!!
Girls: Hm? They seem to be... having fun? / Uh, they seem awfully close to killing each other...
Eva: Hah... // Very well. I'll consider this a successful completion of your training. // Now let me ask you one last thing. What was the answer that you found?
Negi: I...

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Negi: I want to become friends with him.
[TN: Negi = genderswapped Nanoha confirmed]
[Insert text: Gazing earnestly onward, ever onward... Negi is ready for the final battle!!!]
[Bottom text: Next issue, Negima will be taking a break so that the author can collect data. See you in Shonen Magazine Issue 29, on sale Wednesday 16th June!]