Ship Tease/Anime and Manga/Mahou Sensei Negima

One boy and Thirty girls? Oh, you better believe there's some teasing going on in !

"Chamo: I Get it. A prince and a princess... There was no other choice~"
 * Ship tease more or less makes up Konoka and Setsuna's entire relationship. Setsuna obviously has an attraction to Konoka, but it's impossible to tell if all of Konoka's flirting is because she's too innocent to notice, or whether she's trying to seduce Setsuna and Setsuna just isn't catching on.
 * By far the most aggravating instance was the Almost Kiss between Setsuna and Konoka, when Asuna interrupted them while they were about to perform a Pactio. Ken Akamatsu is cruel.
 * Negima!? NEO. Lesson 29. The focus? Konoka and Setsuna. The apparent plot? Very condensed version of the Kyoto Arc, except with Konoka and Setsuna travelling alone. Setsuna is of course, blushing a lot since the two are alone together. The actual plot? . The sound you just heard was the combined Squee of KonoSetsu shippers.
 * Hell, it was scanlated ahead by ten chapters for a reason.
 * Chapter 252 of the original manga is even worse (or better). They're pretty much as close as possible to being an Official Couple without actually being one.
 * The last chapter stated that they were both married in the same year, but specifically does not say to whom. (They are, however, wearing wedding kimonos, and Setsuna is doing a bridal carry of Konoka.
 * There's also the Pactio (aka, kiss) between Albireo and Nagi brought up by Konoka. Yep, even Akamatsu is willing to stick a bit of Yaoi-teasing in the series (Eishun (Konoka's father) was once seen wielding a Pactio as well). The uber-manly Jack Rakan also has a Pactio.
 * Of course, the manga states early on that an open-vein blood swap is another way to make a Pactio. It seems far more likely that one war buddy would give another a transfusion and decide to up their power at the same time, but the Ho Yay fans tend to ignore that...
 * One of Akamatsu's translated notes in the back of volume 27 is a response to the question about possible Rakan/Nagi lip-lockage. His answer? Paraphrased, it's "there are other ways to form a pactio besides kissing, so I'm not saying they did, but then again, I'm not saying they didn't." So... yeah.
 * The whole quote is: "It’s too early to say that Rakan and Nagi kissed. But there’s no proof that they didn’t, either. (laugh)", this means it was a joke, it doesn't imply anything.
 * Just about every interaction Negi has with any female within ten years of his age (or seven hundred years, in Eva's case) could qualify as a ship tease. This is due to Akamatsu avoiding a mistake many shows involving Unwanted Harems make and actually letting nearly every girl with an interest in Negi have a clear shot at him (Except Makie, it seems).
 * His "practice date" with Asuna hits this so hard that even the other characters comment on it.
 * Chapter 251 is one big tease between Negi and Yue.
 * 253 is a rather big one between Natsumi and Kotaro.
 * Chapter 255 is gigantic one for Negi and Asuna. In short Asuna's feelings for Negi.
 * Chapter 258 shows us that relationship between Negi and Asuna is exactly the same as the one between Nagi and Princess Arika ... and considering the latter pair apparently ended up with a baby it really seems that Ken just decided to give up on subtlety and make things pretty obvious.
 * Chapter 260 has even more Negi/Asuna and Kotaro/Natsumi. It takes place at the Governor's Ball. There's dancing. Guess who dances with who.

"Chisame : "I can understand you taking them, but why me? I don't want to end up in the centre of all this fantasy stuff."
 * Things are settled in chapter 262,
 * Maybe not. Kotaro seemed to get awfully jealous when Chizuru got a Pactio with Negi (instead of him?).
 * To play on Chachamaru's one-sided crush on Negi,
 * It's a kiss that breaks the laws of the Pactio System. Negi's taking after Rakan, it seems.
 * No Negi and Ku Fei? When they, Ku Fei teasingly mentions that because Negi  . Of course, naturally, Negi is alarmed and freaking out because of them. Only for her to quickly say that she was just kidding. Then Chamo just has to comment what Negi's   looks like ...
 * And now, there's even a moment for Negi and Chisame, after Rakan tells her that she's the one closest to Negi at the moment. Granted, it helps that she was the one who.
 * Which was its own moment. Rakan definitely seems to be a Chisame/Negi Shipper on Deck.
 * Speaking of Negi/Chisame, don't forget this little exchange a few chapters before:

Negi : "...? I just wanted to have you by my side all the time, that's all..."

Chisame : "...don't say stuff like that with a straight face. You'll get yourself stabbed by a girl one of this days.""


 * Not to mention how she took care of Negi's wounded body for three straight days without sleep during his Magic Erebea admission test, how she reacts to the (somewhat) Sadistic Choice, and her reaction when she found out that he succeeds. Rakan's not shipping them without a reason, you know...
 * In one of the more surprising example, what seemed to be a Negi/Asuna moment turns out to be a one instead. . Thousand Pimp indeed...
 * No Nodoka on this page yet? The entire Kyoto arc should be considered one giant Negi/Nodoka ship tease. She has so far been the only one to confess to Negi, go on a real date with him, and give him his first real kiss. So much that when asked in the confessional about who he likes and he starts imagining all the girls in his life, the one person that he had an embarrassed reaction about was Nodoka.
 * Also let us not forget that in the first few issues Negi describes Nodoka as 'very cute'.
 * Don't forget this instance and this one. Negi/Nodoka? More likely than you think.
 * No, by far the most blatant Nodoka nod is this. He's never had that reaction to anyone else.
 * Chapter 288 gives us a short but nice one from . Let's see, accidentally blurting out a LoveConfession-esque statement to the boy? An innocent yet flirtatious question from Negi? A LoveHina-esque "accident"? ? Oh, yeah!
 * And then there's reaction to the whole scene, especially to his "Natural Gigolo Talk". Let's not forget that her scene played out like a wife that has just caught her husband flirting with another woman (again).
 * The  sub-arc cranks up many of the previously mentioned ones as well as adding some new ones.
 * Even happens with the self-proclaimed side characters. Once Tohsaka revealed his Hidden Heart of Gold, especially after he rejects Ako's Take Me Instead! offer to give up her slave rights to him and his cronies, the manga threw in hints that he might've started developing feelings for the girl. Going as far as him.
 * In chapter 300 Anya flat out points to Asuna that everything Negi does, he does for her sake. Everything else (including saving the world) is something he does while he's at it.
 * Well, more like a side effect...
 * Chapter 308: Chamo states the reason Nodoka's and Natsumi's artifacts are so powerful could be their especially strong compatibility with their respective magistri.
 * Does this mean we should all start shipping Negi/Theodora considering Negi's Game Breaker artifact?
 * Nah. That artifact is useless without the user having any ministra with artifacts of their own. Put another way: There could be no Negi/Theodora without Negi/Somebody/Anybody/Everybody Else. Again for emphasis: If Negi didn't have his relationships with all of his girls, the artifact he gets from Theodora would be powerless. (Also, someone should really point out to him that his own artifact is pointing to the fact that he should probably stop traveling down the "Dark" Path of risky personal power, trying to do everything by himself, and instead start walking the "Light" Path of relying on his friends more and letting them help him as much as he helps them. His double-standard is going to get him martyred at this rate.
 * So rather than a perfect match, she's the perfect Harem Nanny.
 * On a similar note, Ayaka's Pactio kiss nearly took over the system. Wonder what that says about her...
 * Chapter 309: Looks like Chisame's love level for Negi has gone up way more than even Chamo anticipated.
 * Way back in chapter 82 there was a nice little Negi/Setsuna moment only fueled more by Kamo that ends up turning it into a Konoka/Setsuna moment
 * Anya+Negi anyone? They're Childhood Friends, and
 * Chapter 334
 * Also interesting to note that while
 * Oh god, the Yaoi Fangirls get their in Ch 336.
 * Hilariously, the ship doesn't really have any less support than a lot of the other Negi ships, and the other girls are treating it as seriously as any other. At the end of this chapter the narration reveals 'The strongest love rival?!', Evangeline refers to him as a legitimate threat a little later on, and in chapter 349 Haruna reveals that the reason she was so intent on forcing Negi to reveal his crush was because she's afraid that Negi is 'shaking off the feelings of the majority of the girls and flying off to the distant lands of masculine romance!'
 * It looks like Chapter 337 was a good day for  as it looks like she's going to be  . Yes, it seems like it'll be really difficult for her. It even came complete with a hilarious daydream and a touching bit at the end where  . Note that the daydream moved into the two of them using first names, with no honorifics, and being quite casual with each other.
 * Chapter 93 and 94 have a Kotaro/Mei moment, after he saves her from drowning.
 * Chapter 338 seems to have been solely devoted to the purpose of helping  fans jump. From   Sadly foiled by his own sneeze.
 * Also as a side note, the entire chapter felt like  had become the embodiement, both pyshically and mentally of.
 * In all fairness, there was a tiny bit of ship tease for.
 * 339 gives us (in the form of a 3x3 date)  and something completely new:.
 * Even Takane "the stripper" Goodman gets teased with Negi. During the Mahorafest battle she has with Negi, Chachazero jokingly asks if Takane likes him "that way." Then Takane performs a Luminescent Blush over Negi while they're still fighting.
 * Chapter 349 inspires just three words. DAMN YOU AKAMATSU!!!
 * Chapter 351 shows the class roster with Negi's scribblings of his thoughts on each of the girls. His written thoughts on Nodoka? "Very cute." Then there's Asuna spontaneously deciding to kiss Negi.
 * On the same roster, an "About Valentine's" note is on both Chisame and Akira, another one is between Makie and Ku Fei, and a final one is near Nodoka. But the one near Nodoka also has the word "Done!" by it, like Negi was checking off things to ask the girls about...
 * Chapter 355 went for with Negi, showing this instead. To wit, he's shown in one panel of the last chapter wearing a tuxedo, alongside The Rival wearing the same, with  wearing dresses, but that could just as easily be a royal court function. Another panel reshuffles the people around him to show a close up of him,, three of the biggest contenders in his harem (and it's mentioned that all three have frequent contact with him). Then there's Akira's panel noting that she often sees Negi at her job, not to mention  panel saying that her time
 * Chapter 355 went for with Negi, showing this instead. To wit, he's shown in one panel of the last chapter wearing a tuxedo, alongside The Rival wearing the same, with  wearing dresses, but that could just as easily be a royal court function. Another panel reshuffles the people around him to show a close up of him,, three of the biggest contenders in his harem (and it's mentioned that all three have frequent contact with him). Then there's Akira's panel noting that she often sees Negi at her job, not to mention  panel saying that her time