Negima: The Abridged Series
Negima: The Abridged Series (MSNTAS for short) is an Abridged Series created by BlasterMaster1942, xXNeokaXx, and TheJesterking. It takes the 20 minute episodes of the first Mahou Sensei Negima anime and turns them into 10 minutes of reference humor, internet memes, and Lampshade Hanging.
A notable part of the series is the Asakura Hour, a Fourth Wall Mail Slot where Kazumi Asakura interviews members of the main cast. Questions are submitted by YouTube commentors and chosen based on which ones can be made funny.
Originally hosted on BlasterMaster's channel, the series is now hosted on the series-devoted KazumiSexyChannel, which can be accessed here.
- Abridged Series
- AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle: Several character names are mispronounced because of this, although it's somewhat inconsistent. Most notorious is Zazie, whose name is pronounced with an unneeded syllable (ZaziE, instead of the proper ZAzie).
- Alpha Bitch: Konoka shows elements of this.
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Konoka: I told you nerd, you'll have my beauty secrets when you pry them from my cold, dead hands! |
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- Art Shift: Even though the story follows the first anime, the series repeatedly uses clips from both the second anime and the OVAs.
- Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word: Done by Asakura.
- Blatant Lies: In Episode 5, Chamo tries to explain being in Japan with a convoluted tale involving his Evil Twin, a framed murder, and ermine ninjas (told enitrely with live-action puppets). Negi, being Negi, totally buys it.
- Character Development: Just ask Asuna!
- Character Title: Enforced in-series by Kazumi, with the Asakura Hour segments.
- Chekhov's Gag: Negi draws a Shoop da Whoop over Asuna's face in his roster in Episode 1. It shows back up in Episode 2. And makes a triumphant return in Asakura Hour 5, interupting Konoka before she can tell the audience how Asuna's eyes are two different colors.
- The Ditz: Takahata. When Negi reads his mind, his thoughts can be easily summed up in 4 words: DO YOU LIKE WAFFLES?
- Konoka and Sakurako also seem to have elements of this.
- Foreshadowing: The best kind.
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Asuna: You need to help me get into Takamichi's pants... I mean, you need to hook me up with Takahata-sensei! |
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Takahata (to Asuna): Going commando again, I see. |
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- Hollywood Tone Deaf: The opening is very badly sung by the makers of the series.
- Humanoid Abomination: Zazie
- Insane Troll Logic: The justification for the boob contest in Episode 4 qualifies.
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Haruna: Okay, and the girl with the biggest boobs gets to keep Negi-sensei. |
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- It's All About Me: Kazumi
- Keet: Makie, to the point that she sounds like one of the Chipmunks sped up.
- Mood Whiplash: In Hour 6, the final question to Nodoka asks if she's ever written names into her Artifact, and tells her to give it a try. The resulting casualties are... traumatizing.
- Name's the Same: Yoh Asakura frequently appeared during the Asakura hour trying to steal the show, at least until Kazumi sent Zazie after him.
- Noodle Incident:
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Asuna: And that's the story of why my eyes are two different colors. Now let's never speak of this ever again! |
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- Also serves as a Take That to the first anime, which indeed never mentioned it again.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: One gag involves Negi losing his British accent in a flower bed, revealing that he has a very deep voice. Same goes with Eva, who normally speaks with a very thick Romanian accent. Getting kicked by Asuna causes her to slip into a very thick British Accent.
- Puny Earthlings: Chao seems to consider everyone else to be this.
- Running Gag: "THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PLOT POINT!"
- Character development!
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Episode 5, Kazumi storms off in a huff when the Asakura Hour stops being shown at the end of episodes, only to come right back when she learns that it's now a Spin-Off.
- Shout-Out: Par for the course, but notably, Chachamaru's voice is a very well-done mockup of GLaDOS.
- All of Setsuna's Internal Monologues are Shout Outs to Max Payne. Mana's been doing it too, in the style of Metal Gear Solid.
- Asuna's practically a gold mine for this. She's been accused several times of being Sailor Moon in disguise, she goes into Phoenix Wright mode when she accuses people, and has labelled two of her kicks as "FALCON KICK!!" and "BOOT TO THE HEAD!!".
- Asuna and Ayaka's constant bickering about who's best between Edward and Jacob.
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Asuna: What you say! |
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- Asuna and Negi re-enact the beginning of the first Pokémon opening in episode 4.
- Setsuna contemplates fleeing like a blue hedgehog in front of Konoka. Also, this is how she concludes her first monologue:
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- Takahata has a picture of Negi represented by Hatsune Miku holding her leek.
- Every single one of Negi's spells is now Wingardium Leviosa.
- To Death Note:
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Natsumi: I will take this rose... AND EAT IT! |
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- Kaede's voice is a Shout Out to Ask a Ninja.
- One episode opens with a parody of Power Rangers.
- Sliding doors sound like they're borrowed from the Enterprise.
- Batman, complete with TV Land logo.
- Spin-Off: The Asakura Hour started off as an end segment to the main episodes. Starting in Episode 5, it has now become a supplementary series that releases videos alongside the main series.
- Tsundere: Asuna, purposefully turned up to eleven.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Usually from Negi.
- The Unintelligible: Makie, thanks to her chipmunk-sounding voice.
- Doubles with Refuge in Audacity when you manage to make out what she's saying.
- Also, British Eva, who doesn't so much speak English as she speaks a mishmash of British slang.
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Eva: You're a bloody nancy-basket whose pater left when you were a buption. You're a bobbins teacher and likely a back-tickler. |
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- Vocal Dissonance: Konoka, who sounds exactly like Cartman.
- The Voiceless: Zazie, who actually stays in character.
- Yaoi Fangirl: Haruna was already this, but has been taken Up to Eleven. Nodoka also qualifies, although she's a bit more secretive.