Mahou Sensei Negima/Awesome

"Yue:I just intellectually browbeat a kid in short-pants!"
 * For everything in this manga to be made possible, we have to acknowledge the fact that Ken Akamatsu himself gets THE MOST AWESOME moment in creating this manga. If you can fake out your publishers by having at first an Unwanted Harem due to his success with Love Hina to create Mahou Sensei Negima, you deserve it.
 * Negi gets one when he uses his magic to throw a dodgeball hard enough to cause Clothing Damage for the entire opposing team.
 * Nodoka gets her first in chapter 33 for doing what few other Unwanted Harem characters can do.
 * This is even more awesome when you consider that out of everybody in the cast, she's the person who would have the hardest time confessing.
 * Nodoka's confession (and subsequent accidental pactio come in handy later. In chapters 40 and 41, when Kotaro traps Negi and Asuna in a warped reality bubble, Nodoka, who merely followed out of curiosity, quickly puts together what she needs to do: when she meets Kotaro again, she gets him to reveal his name. When Kotaro disappears from Negi's sight to attack, she reads off his moves, allowing Negi to dodge with ease. And to cap it off, she asks Kotaro how to break the bubble trap, giving the three of them the means to escape. This is not merely cool. This is the same basic strategy Nodoka would use in all her later battles. And to make it more awesome? She knew absolutely nothing about magic before this event. She had just discovered Diarium Ejus, the mind-reading book, that morning, and she starts putting it to good use despite learning about it only a few hours before. Awesome.
 * Then, soon afterwards, the head temple in Kyoto is attacked by Fate, who petrifies everyone, including Nodoka. The awesome part is that while everyone else was frozen while trying to run away; Nodoka was petrified in the process of getting her pactio card out. Even under attack from a far more powerful enemy, her first instinct is not "run the hell away", but "get my artifact out and do some good". This is her response whenever she's confronted with an enemy. And it eventually pays off, in an enormous way.
 * Just pulling out her artifact doesn't mean that she was going to fight Fate. She had absolutely no means of doing so. More likely, she was going to try and escape or something, and find Negi, Setsuna, or someone else more competent. OF course, since
 * Negi's first encounter with nigh-invulnerable Fate in chapter 51, Fate manages to petrify Negi's arm. Negi's next offensive action is to punch him in the face with his stone fist... right after Asuna dispels his magic barrier. Ouch!
 * Evangeline gets hers at the end of the Kyoto arc in chapter 51 when she . See this, and the page after it.
 * Chapter 61. Asuna splits the sea.
 * Nagi's Neck Snap on a demon during the flashback in chapter 66.
 * Yue gets a more minor one during the Festival Arc in chapter 87 when she reduces Kotaro to a quivering heap with philosophy.

" Mana: There are no weak distances for me. (fires a coin right under Ku Fei's chin, sending her flying)"
 * Kotaro gets his due in the first tournament battle in chapter 93, by defeating his female opponent (Kotaro Wouldn't Hit a Girl) by launching her out of the arena with the air pressure from his punch.
 * He then caps it off by acting to save her from drowning (he'd launched her into a lake by accident), winning the crowd's approval.
 * Mana gets one in chapter, with her battle against Ku Fei. Ku Fei manages to close the distance between the two of them, figuring that her martial arts will have a far better chance at close range against the gunner's rapid-fire coin flicks. Then she suddenly found herself face to face with Mana's stack of coins.

"Takahata: The problem with that technique is that it can't be used consecutively. *BOOM*"
 * Ku Fei gets her own moment in chapter 95, at the end of that battle, when she manages to win the fight (with a broken arm) by hitting Mana with a Ki Attack, something she had never been able to do before.
 * The fight between Negi and Takahata from chapters 96 to 99. Negi's final blow. 'nuff said.
 * Takahata got his own great moment after blocking Negi's first superpowered blow.

""I must not judge her by her appearance. She did make it through the preliminaries. I must be careful here.""
 * And then there's Asuna's fight with Setsuna in the Tournament Arc in chapter 102, when causes her to go into a trance mid-battle, changes her harisen over to her sword, and proceeds to try and kill Setsuna in a blind rage.
 * Albireo gets a moment during the Tournament in chapters 101 and 102 with the wagers he makes with Evangeline during Asuna and Setsuna's fight: Setsuna wins, Eva gets information about the Thousand master. Asuna wins, and Eva has to enter her next battle wearing a school swimsuit, the top of a schoolgirl uniform, and cat ears. Cue a long sequence of Evangeline utterly freaking out as Albireo telepathically tells Asuna everything she needs to do to win. Pity that
 * Evangeline gets another during the Mahora Budokai in chapter 103. her "fight" against the hapless Keiichi, which ended half a second after the match started, with her closing a ten-foot gap instantly and felling him with a solid gut punch (with the apology, "Oh, I'm sorry. I was lost in thought.").
 * Probably the best part about the scene was that Keiichi did what absolutely no other person would do when confronted by a 10 year old Goth Loli girl, which made his ass kicking even more awesome in comparison.

"Negi: I still have my left!!"
 * Albireo’s utter manhandling of Kotaro in chapter 104.
 * Evangeline gets another one in chapter 107, with her utter manhandling of Setsuna through most of their fight. The kicker: she's completely unmagical at the time. Just a normal ten year-old girl... who's been studying Aikijiujitsu for the past hundred or so years.
 * Setsuna gets a lot of these, but the best one was during the Tournament Arc in chapters 108 and 109, when she actually
 * Not to deflate Setsuna's CMOA but
 * Nagase Kaede gets her first crowning moment of awesome in chapter 111 with her fight against
 * Actually, she had one right before that when the fight started. Albireo tries to stomp her even faster than he did Kotaro, but when he hits her with a full-power gravity smash, he finds himself surrounded by four Kaedes, all critiquing his attack!
 * To top it all off,
 * gets a moment in chapter 138, when
 * In Chapter 162, . Could also count as a Crowning Moment of Funny.
 * "Negi party self destructs!! Record time 57 seconds." Funny. Definitely Funny.
 * Negi's ultimate Crowning Moment of Awesome comes in chapter 187 when Fate launches a surprise attack on Negi's party right after they arrive in the magic world by . But just as Fate prepares to start permanently petrifying Negi's students, vowing not to let Fate hurt them. ...Wow.
 * In chapter 188, Kotaro finally breaks his Wouldn't Hit a Girl policy, to stop Tsukuyomi from stabbing Asuna in the back.
 * Also his fight with Kagetarou starting in chapter 198. First genuinely to-the-death fight for Negi against a opponent who can kill him if he makes one false step but Negi doesn't break under pressure, instead he shivers with excitement. Later in the course of the fight Negi right arm is cut off (fortunately, it gets reattached by magical surgery later). His response?
 * In chapter 188, Kotaro finally breaks his Wouldn't Hit a Girl policy, to stop Tsukuyomi from stabbing Asuna in the back.
 * Also his fight with Kagetarou starting in chapter 198. First genuinely to-the-death fight for Negi against a opponent who can kill him if he makes one false step but Negi doesn't break under pressure, instead he shivers with excitement. Later in the course of the fight Negi right arm is cut off (fortunately, it gets reattached by magical surgery later). His response?

"Evil Chancellor: Seize the rebels!
 * Subverted, in my opinion, by the fact that had Rakan not stepped in, Negi would have ran himself right into Kagetarou's blade, killing himself.
 * Then again, he wouldve put a sizable hole through kagetarou (the attack he was using hurt Rakan of all people, so you can imagine what it would do to anyone else), so Rakan probably saved both of them by stepping in
 * Nagase Kaede gets another moment in chapter 206, where she takes down a dragon of the caliber that Negi himself (admittedly before several power-ups) wouldn't think of facing, with one attack. While blindfolded.
 * Yue gets one in chapter 213 when she takes on a Griffin Dragon, issues orders to her companions, dodging all manner of magical attacks, and jumping into the dragon's face armed only with a dagger and her wits. And this is without her memories and having only gotten her true power back moments before. Talk about Taking A Level In Badass...
 * Asuna gets one in chapter 218 when she stops a powerful spell supposed to beat Kaede and Setsuna within an inch of their lives, simply by waving her sword around... just as the one who cast the spell keeps describing it as being unstoppable.
 * It probably would be unstoppable, except for Asuna's game breaking Magic Cancel ability. The Thousand Master himself would have probably been seriously hurt if he got caught in that.
 * Negi looks pretty badass anytime he uses starting in chapter 219. He takes out  with an uninterrupted series of devastating blows, impaling the last with a giant magical blade. One of them starts to get back up, muttering about revealing his true form, but one glare from Negi sends him cowering back on the ground, fearing for his life. Negi is a ten-year-old boy. Bear that in mind.
 * Asuna gets another one in chapter 225, when she punches Negi out of promising to leave Fate alone, smacks Fate in the face, gives an epic "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Negi, and threatens Fate with her big ass sword. Awesome.
 * In Chapter 225
 * Kotaro’s fight against Shirabe in chapter 227 is pretty awesome as well.
 * Nodoka gets another one in chapters 227 and 228, when she puts herself at enormous risk to attempt to read Fate's mind, despite Chisame's attempts to talk her out of it. And . Go Nodoka.
 * Jack Rakan's introduction. The man
 * It gets better, in chapter 226 he, which just one page earlier was said to be impossible. Oh, and he does so with a "just named" spell. Which seems to be more or less how he does everything. And by the way, earlier, in chapter 201, - and comments along the line of "I didn't think it would make such a big blast".
 * Rakan's strategy can be summarized in one line, said by the enemies after he : "He just ignores the laws of magic..."
 * Rakan get bonus points for defeating his enemies by Crazy Awesome.
 * It's not even that Rakan merely "ignores the laws of magic" -- he hints indirectly that there's an actual exploitable flaw in barrier dimensions like that, but he covered it up by pretending to be just violating the laws of magic. That he can trick people that thoroughly, while doing something that difficult, is even more impressive than just being a rule-breaker, since it requires even more skill.
 * Bah. All he did was embarrass the master of the dimension to weaken her control, and then generate a micro black hole with his mind. Nothin' to it...
 * At chapter 256 he And he even gave it a new name, so Setsuna can use it without worry about its status:
 * What makes that even better is his attitude concerning the whole ordeal, he pretty much just goes "I've seen Eishun do that a thousand times! I'll just do what he does!" And he does. In a spectacular fashion.
 * Forgetting when he defeated two enemies by stealing their panties and flipping their skirts up? Later on he does it to all of Fate's minions simultaneously.
 * Not that he was worse off in the time of Ala Rubra. In Chapter 269,

Jack Rakan: You really think you've got the forces for that?

Chancellor: Do I have the necessary forces? You Fool. The guards for this event are more numerous than those you see here. There are two entire fleets stationed over a surrounding area of tens of kilometres, not to mention elite troops numbering over three thousand. You may be powerful, but even you cannot...

Jack Rakan: Like I said. Are you seriously telling me you think that's gonna be enough?

Chancellor: Wh... What?!"

"Screw that crap!!"
 * Then, in Chapter 272, he demonstrates why he is called "Invincible". His response:

"Chisame:"
 * Fate essentially brought the Death Star to a fistfight. Rakan's response?  Not content with that level of awesomeness, The Thousand Blades  What was his objective for doing such thing, you might be asking?
 * Negi's father, crowned "The Thousand Master" and generally agreed by everyone to be the single most powerful man on the face of the earth gets a chance to prove it in chapter 233.
 * Knowing Ken Akamatsu's constant shout outs to fighting games, the was probably intentional.
 * Chapter 241 is one for both Negi and Rakan.
 * Rakan:
 * Negi:
 * Rakan's Response:
 * Negi's Response: Never was a ten-year old boy more Badass.
 * Don't say 'never' -- the fight's just begun. Give him time.
 * Chapter 242:
 * However, just before, this would be a little cheap to end the fight ... which brings up the question just how far this fight will go in 244.
 * Not quite correct. Rakan can't keep up with Negi Instead, he either hits Negi before he can activate it, or
 * Chapter 246 answers this: Pretty freaking far. Every dog has his day, indeed.
 * Chapter 247 takes this chain of awesome and bumps it up to fifteen or so. Just... Awesome
 * Chapter 248: BEST. ENDING. FOR A TOURNAMENT FIGHT. EVER! Manly Tears are a guarantee from reading it (yes, even if you're a girl; it's just that awesome).
 * In this other Troper's opinion, the entire fight is nothing less than a giant Crowning Moment of Awesome for the series; we get one CMoA surpassing another, then wraps it all up with a Crowning Moment of Funny by lampshading (look at the quote) and completes with an ending like that. If the manga gets any better, it might be able to use its Beard as a robe. Hopefully this gets animated soon.
 * Chapter 247 takes this chain of awesome and bumps it up to fifteen or so. Just... Awesome
 * Chapter 248: BEST. ENDING. FOR A TOURNAMENT FIGHT. EVER! Manly Tears are a guarantee from reading it (yes, even if you're a girl; it's just that awesome).
 * In this other Troper's opinion, the entire fight is nothing less than a giant Crowning Moment of Awesome for the series; we get one CMoA surpassing another, then wraps it all up with a Crowning Moment of Funny by lampshading (look at the quote) and completes with an ending like that. If the manga gets any better, it might be able to use its Beard as a robe. Hopefully this gets animated soon.

"Negi: Ah, yes. Kurt-san. Would you mind if I asked you one very basic question at this point?"
 * In case you can't be bothered to read the manga (and why not?) Negi . Overkill, manly fisticuffs and a CMOH? Best shonen fight ever.
 * Let's put this in perspective: This is a series that started out as just another Ken Akamatsu harem manga and went that way for the first few volumes. Then in 200 or so chapters it gave us a fight that pretty much distilled everything good about shonen and turned it up to eleven. CMOA indeed.
 * Ako. Chapter 245. Proving that even a supposed "side character" Woobie can be awesome.
 * And furthermore, proving that you can be awesome without throwing a punch, firing a shot, or uttering a single badass line.
 * Although one can argue she DID use a Badass line when you consider what she said implies...
 * The same scene can also be a crowning moment of awesome/heartwarming for Tosaka, because he turns her down, proving just how much of a real man he is... and probably causing more than a few shippers to go Squee!
 * Chapter 252 and 254: The new character Kurt Godel marks his entry by being both awesome and infuriating at the same time. And probably helped discover Asuna's problem.
 * Chapter 272: But before he signs:

"Negi:"
 * He then recites, word for word, what both Godel and Fate are talking about when they say they are trying to "save" the world, something only a handful of people in both worlds knew about, and then explains exactly why Godel is full of crap, promptly wiping that smirk off of Godel's face that he's had ever since his introduction.
 * Also in Chapter 252, Setsuna performs an Offhand Backhand by splitting a steel ball that was flying at Konoka and a couple of children (they were a few meters behind her and its trajectory was within her reach) in half with her artifact... without even knowing she did it. She was busy worrying. About how she thinks she's getting WEAKER, no less. Um...
 * Natsumi finally got one in a recent chapter: After her pactio kiss with Kotaro, she admits her feelings for him... and then hides her embarrassment by grabbing Chamo and stuffing him in Kotaro's mouth.
 * Chapter 263 further solidifies Negi's status as a Memetic Sex God. He will always get his girl! Full explanation:

"Takamichi: What's the matter, Kurt? These youngsters seem to be beating you senseless."
 * It seems it was justified in chapter 270, since it turns out that Negi through his mothers side is the descendant of the mage who created the whole Pactio system! So basically, as far as Pactios are concerned what Negi says goes.
 * Chapter 233.
 * As of chapter 264, it seems that Negi is following in his father's footsteps. (HUGE SPOILERS)
 * 265 has  Dayum.
 * The best part of that is the fact that
 * From the same chapter,
 * From earlier on, Chachazero defeats the Smug Snake Big Bad of the Kyoto Arc
 * Chapter 269: Nagi
 * Rest of the team does not do too shabbily either.  Hell, the entire chapter is basically one big Crowning Moment of Awesome for Ala Rubra.
 * Also such a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming that it qualifies as awesome. Why is he
 * In 271, more of a Crowning Moment of Shocking:
 * And 272, after getting his limbs blown off  Jack summons forth a set of armored replacement limbs and gets ready for Round Two Three.
 * Even better because of the response it gets from Fate: "Ridiculous". Yes he is.
 * Also from the same chapter, Negi completely blows Godel out of the water, reminding everyone that he's still got a brain behind the cute face and fighting ability. Remember, he's the Boy Genius Mage.
 * Chapter 273 had several:
 * Negi creates two thousand lightning clones to fight Godel.
 * Godel gets his when he wipes out all of the clones with a single technique. And before that, he was keeping up with Lightning!Negi.
 * Chisame uses her artifact to hack and crash Godel's illusionary space barrier and the room's government security systems.
 * Asakura reveals to Godel that the entire meeting was covertly broadcasted to the rest of the Ala Alba.
 * Asakura directs Ku Fei's attack through use of her artifact.
 * Ku Fei smashes Godel into a wall using her staff artifact grown large. As in "freight train" large. Through a wall.
 * Takamichi follows up Ku Fei's attack with his "Silent Fist" technique, nailing Kurt right in the face.
 * Just before they escape, Nodoka asks Godel for the last secret the magical world contains, reading his mind and gaining the final piece of the puzzle.

"Fate: "This too is meaningless, Jack Rakan... The outcome is already predetermined."
 * Chapter 274 continues the trend.
 * As does Chapter 275:
 * Yue once again kicks large amounts of (Demon) ass.
 * makes an awesome reappearance.
 * Takane pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment, without getting her clothes blown off.
 * Chapter 276... Mana. Gun Kata. Unorthodox Reload. Victoria's Secret Compartment. BFG. Also, this chapter ends with a really nasty Mood Whiplash!
 * Damnit, Akamatsu, you've made a bet with Eiichiro Oda who will make the longest CMOA entry on this wiki, haven't you!?
 * Chapter 278: Rakan's Obi-Wan Moment.
 * Takane pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment, without getting her clothes blown off.
 * Chapter 276... Mana. Gun Kata. Unorthodox Reload. Victoria's Secret Compartment. BFG. Also, this chapter ends with a really nasty Mood Whiplash!
 * Damnit, Akamatsu, you've made a bet with Eiichiro Oda who will make the longest CMOA entry on this wiki, haven't you!?
 * Chapter 278: Rakan's Obi-Wan Moment.

Rakan: "Still... it was fun, wasn't it? You should enjoy these things a little more. Fate." *BAMM*"

""I am Miyazaki Nodoka, Treasure Hunter and member of Ala Alba. My counterattack starts here.""
 * And then he dies...
 * To clarify:.
 * And let's not forget a little big detail...  That's gonna be important from now on, I'm sure!
 * Oh, and his speech above... It leaves in doubt about his own motives!
 * Nodoka is now the queen of this trope. Everything has gone to hell for everyone, all her most powerful allies are totally outclassed,, the guy who did it is about to kill her, and she has no combat ability whatsoever. Her response? Rather than go into a psychotic breakdown like pretty much everyone else has (understandably) gone through, she gets up, and calmly explains to him that she's not as helpless as he thinks she is.

"Yuuna: Hold on a minute! You're saying what... we're just going to leave things like this? We're... we're just gonna run home like cowards with the enemy still on top? After we're just gonna turn tail and run?""
 * To follow it up,  There's a damn good reason that the attribute listed on her pactio card is "courage".
 * Just to clarify:, who up to then was one of the least capable of fighting characters, showed in half a chapter that she can easily keep up with an over 9000 level (by Rakan's measure) caster and have much more in-battle learning and adaptability than even Negi - she doesn't even need to have the techniques used on her to learn them! Wait... this sounds unbelievably badass...
 * Because it is. Also note that she actually stole the Big Bad's Reality Warper powers and used them to facilitate her escape.
 * Setsuna deserves props, too, for.
 * Yuuna Akashi has some things to say about the subject.

"Dynamis:"
 * Which helps Nodoka to have her next CMOA,
 * The whole series' of Nodoka's awesomeness is capped by the fact that a few chapters later, even the other characters are gushing about how awesome she was. Even Negi.
 * And it's not like there's no precedent for that sort of thing either; going all the way back to chapter 41, one of very first things she does with her artifact after recieving it is to save Negi's ass from Kotaro, and then uses it to find the way out of the trap that Negi and Asuna were caught in. Even though she technically hasn't even been let in on The Masquerade and has no idea what's actually going on.
 * Chapter 281: Yue kicks yet more enemy ass., Haruna also proves to be an awesome pilot.
 * ! That's way beyond normal "kickass".
 * We all thought 282 was a Breather Episode but 283 cut it short!
 * Inbound heel face turn, anyone?
 * When All You Have Is A Kiss...
 * I think it's time we promote Negi to the Sex Pantheon...
 * Agreed! ...There's a Sex Pantheon?
 * There's a Love Pantheon. Guess who's there...
 * In Chapter 285 have to face  Super-Powered Evil Side. This is less a CMOA than more like a CMOOh Crap, especially when they found out, that  despite his appearance still can use his new signature moves, which includes a Flash Step as fast as lightning and a Big Freaking Lightning Spear, called Titanslayer
 * Chapter 285: He's told his Super-Powered Evil Side is turning him into a demon, and there's no known way to stop it. He'll get more power as a higher level of being, but he'll be a beast, no longer human. Rather than fearfully trying to figure out a way cure it or slow it down, he immediately, without hesitation decides to do it now and get it over with. Not even a single question about keeping his mind or emotions, or a pause to think about it or anything. Damn.
 * The true CMOA of this chapter? blocks the last one without even sweating...
 * Oh, and she isn't even the least bit serious. After all, she developed her own  Super Mode, and she has never used it, no matter how much her current opponent kicked everyone else's ass before.
 * How has no one mentioned when Negi learned to use the He's a tough little sonuvagun.
 * Chapter 290: After pestering Fate to make him admit his Foe Yay for Negi, Tsukuyomi teases him that she will steal his fight with Negi; Fate retaliates by totally wrecking shit and telling her that no such thing will happen, basically admitting that she hit a nerve.
 * Also a crowning moment for Tsukuyomi, given that Negi's powerups haven't been able to give him the upper hand against Fate, but she handled his attacks even after the wrecking of shit and left without a scratch. Oh, and during the fight, she surprises Fate by cutting his arm off. It doesn't really slow him down at all, but he was downright shocked that she landed a hit.
 * Chapter 291: Negi actually hits Eva like Fate did way back
 * Another, more subtle Crowning Moment in that chapter is that
 * Chapter 292
 * Note:
 * Bonus Points for application of Generation Xerox. Explanation:
 * Chapter 293 continues the awesomeness: Negi´s answer:
 * What, no mention of the
 * The fact that  managed to use the   arguably makes this a CMOA for   too. Holy crap,   has become a terrifyingly good antagonist.
 * Chapter freaking 294!  Fans shat brix.
 * Why should they surprise? They should already know was never meant to be a small side character. Since when? Well, if you would take a look at this pic FROM THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER and examine the middle of it... Yeah, another CMOA for the author itself!
 * Considering that he seems to have sent his entire fanbase on fire with this, he deserves it.
 * It's the fact that we know  will play a role in the final arc is why the fans are going nuts about it now. Everyone already knows about that Foreshadowing picture, and everyone was thinking "  probably won't appear, I mean she's with Evangeline and the rest back from home right?" All of a sudden, wham! She's here!!!
 * What, nobody's gonna mention
 * Specifically,.
 * How is it that no one has mentioned 's utter incapacitation of Setsuna, Kaede and Mana in Chapter 295?!
 * Chapter 298: Negi delivers a Reason You Suck Speech to Fate. And if you compare Fate's facial expression here with this one here you can see, it was quite effective.
 * The chapter was already awesome BEFORE Negi gave that speech to Fate. explains that the collapse of Mundus Magicus will begin in less than ten years, and Chisame starts freaking out about how little time that is. Negi, on the other hand, announces that it should be plenty of time, before
 * Let's not forget that
 * And before that, in 297... Negi Considering that, it overlaps with Crowning Moment of Sadness.
 * Which is followed by a CMOA and a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for, who takes all of this very gracefully and shows it by
 * Chapter 299 and Negi is officially an Inhuman monster no matter how we look at it., he also Is there anything he is incapable of doing?
 * From the same chapter,
 * Which in turn antagonizes
 * And then
 * Allright, it's decided, . That's the only possible explanation.
 * From Chapter 301, it's hard to not see Dynamis as the beginnings of a Badass. A man who has had very little dialogue since his debut, and one of the most mysterious characters still in the manga, has one awesome speech, including some of the greatest announcements of battle in the series.
 * Chapter 299 and Negi is officially an Inhuman monster no matter how we look at it., he also Is there anything he is incapable of doing?
 * From the same chapter,
 * Which in turn antagonizes
 * And then
 * Allright, it's decided, . That's the only possible explanation.
 * From Chapter 301, it's hard to not see Dynamis as the beginnings of a Badass. A man who has had very little dialogue since his debut, and one of the most mysterious characters still in the manga, has one awesome speech, including some of the greatest announcements of battle in the series.
 * From Chapter 301, it's hard to not see Dynamis as the beginnings of a Badass. A man who has had very little dialogue since his debut, and one of the most mysterious characters still in the manga, has one awesome speech, including some of the greatest announcements of battle in the series.


 * Chapter 302 is pretty much a long string of CMOAs for everyone involved:
 * Negi
 * Dynamis
 * Fate's minions
 * Nodoka
 * Yuna
 * Makie
 * Ku Fei
 * Kaede
 * And quite a few other things.
 * Including a retroactive one for Rakan, who beat Fate's subordinates without taking any damage back in chapter 260.
 * Chapter 305 gives an awesome one by
 * Not to mention, Kaede is actually being tested enough to . This may not seem major, because she has done it in the past, but the important thing is, I would be so afraid of her.
 * No mention of Takamichi!? He uses Hokuto Shinken AS A RANGED ATTACK!!!
 * Chapter 306 gives us a Nice Job Fixing It, Villain when
 * Still, Dynamis thinks of this as his victory . Clue for Homura and to throw theirselves between Negi and Dynamis.
 * And then we have episode 307...
 * Doubly awesome for
 * was already awesome the last episode, but she doubles it by
 * And then, It even sneaks in a Crowning Moment of Funny when
 * For 309: This is my chance to shine!" Awww,, you've come such a long way, and it's even more awesome since
 * Chapter 310 is another long string of CMOAs for everyone involved. Keep in mind that all of this happened in a span of several seconds.:
 * Chachamaru, then Fate
 * Kotarou
 * Yue and Beatrix, with Yuuna
 * Beatrix, Yuuna and Sayo
 * And finally, and  at almost the same time.
 * Chapter 311. All objective complete! Fate got blasted with Al- Iskandaria! The Cosmic Keystone in our hand! Asuna and the petrified persons are secured under Kaede's protection! Time to regroup and go hom-
 * Chapter 312:
 * The real impressive thing is how she does it: she goes toe to toe with Quintum for a few minutes, while one of her doppelgangers steals the key right off of him and carries it back to Makie.
 * Let's be fair to the rest, too. 313, even with all the clusterfuck, had:
 * Kazumi
 * Also,
 * Kotarou
 * Makie and Yue
 * Chapter 314: after the hell that is 313,
 * Chapter 315 has Negi
 * Note that while he did this:
 * CHACHAMARU! IS! NOT! A DOLL!!!
 * And don't forget how he dealt with - Impaled With Extreme Prejudice with a spear made of lightning. That was also a drill.
 * Chapter 316, Quintum totally outclasses Tertium, and finally ready to put a Gungnir to him... Awesomely cool.
 * Fate really was channeling the spirit of, as the fight shares more than one odd similarity with
 * And in chapter 317, Nodoka once again proves her courage by . He gets angry and slaps her,
 * Chapter 318, Negi walks to meet Fate face-to-face. While walking, he pulls out a hair band and ties his hair back in it's familiar tail. Without using his hands.
 * That's nothing Negi deactivates Magia Erebea and faces Fate in his normal form. After some talk Fate punches him in the face... which does nothing, and Negi counter sends Fate flying. Negi becme a whole lot stronger since
 * Chapter 319 is contains a number of awesome moments:
 * Negi
 * Fate
 * Fate
 * Negi
 * Fate
 * Negi
 * Nodoka and Natsumi
 * Lets face it, if the beginning of this fight is any indication, this page is about to double in length.
 * Chapter 320.
 * Fate gives Negi a Hannibal Lecture, saying that Negi is too soft, and asks him if he intends to shoulder the weight of the magical world with that softness. Negi's reply is simple and to the point: "Yes, I do."
 * AS A HEADBUTT
 * Chapter 321.
 * Also Ayaka, as she first . Then in all seriousness, she promises to keep her secret. And then? In an awesomely hilarious way, she It has to be seen to be believed.
 * Chapter 322. People who knew about magic were impressed.
 * While riding one of the Martian Spider Tanks accompanied by Evangeline Big Damn Heroes style. Ayaka sure is grinding levels in awesome
 * Chapter 323.
 * Chapter 324.
 * Chapter 325.
 * Chapter 326.
 * Chapter 327.
 * Chapter 328.
 * Chapter 329. Damn, Akamatsu, Damn.
 * Chapter 330.
 * The chapter is called "Resurrection of a Nightmare", right?
 * Compare this page, this one. Anything familiar?
 * If that didn't look familiar enough, the chapter afterward treats us to the follow-through.
 * Chapter 331.
 * Bringing Nagi, alive 'n' kickin', to the scene?
 * You Just Had to Say It, didn't you?
 * Ladies and Gentlemen, Tropers of all ages, Ken Akamatsu proudly presents The Biggest Damn Heroes Moment Ever Seen.
 * Chapter 332.
 * Chapter 331.
 * Bringing Nagi, alive 'n' kickin', to the scene?
 * You Just Had to Say It, didn't you?
 * Ladies and Gentlemen, Tropers of all ages, Ken Akamatsu proudly presents The Biggest Damn Heroes Moment Ever Seen.
 * Chapter 332.


 * One for Akamatsu himself: There have been consecutive chapters on this page since 309!
 * Chapter 333.
 * A smaller one for
 * Chapter 334. ASUNA IS BACK! She saves Negi from the Lifemaker's Neck Lift, and then they team up to defeat the Lifemaker, who turned out to have Nagi's body all along. When it seems that Negi will enter a Heroic BSOD, which the poor guy has quite the right to after that... he quickly slaps himself back into reality and Asuna proceeds to use her sword and the Code of the Lifemaker to restore everyone erased by KE. And then the chapter ends with the words "At long last, the bond between Negi and his comrades... HAS SAVED THE WORLD!!!". Damn, Akamatsu, damn.
 * Just Asuna alone proved to be able to kick ass Up to Eleven at this point. Aside from saving Negi by lopping the Lifemaker's arm off with her BFS, she just blocks a HUGE beam fired by the Lifemaker at them with ease with the same sword. And as mentioned earler, she saves the world and restores everyone.
 * In an example of how powerful Negi has really gotten over the course of the manga, Negi has
 * 340: As shown in these pages "The Power of Love", indeed.
 * After that flashback we see Negi, Fate, and FREAKING KOTAROU talk about FREAKING POLITICS.
 * 342. Negi. Evangeline. Magia Erebea. Holy. Friggin'. Shit.
 * 343 adds Asuna, and more Awesomness.
 * A very subtle one (and awesome because of said subtleness). Negi lets loose with one of his trademark sneezes, and Asuna stops it cold.
 * First time Negi has ever sneezed on panel without anyone getting stripped
 * One of Negi's most intense scenes... is his argument with Fate over which is better, tea or coffee. As this troper is staunchy British, I did start humming 'God Save The Queen' at this point.
 * Chapter 347: Negi manages to not die to Ku Fei going all-out, with his magic power cut off.
 * Chapter 349: Yotsuba, of all people, stood up against Evangeline telling her why they should stop looking at Negi's secrets.
 * And let's not forget
 * Chapter 352:
 * It's also awesome since it shows that.
 * Negi gets slapped around a lot by girls but he doesn't always let girls slap him. At one point, he actually blocks Anya's punch.
 * Chapter 354 has Magical Detective Yue's performance against.