Mangaka Akamatsu Ken has been preparing his new serialization for some time now, and it turns out his newest project will be strongly related to his previous manga – Negima.
The manga is described as a near-future battle fantasy and bears the title
UQ Holder! Pronounced in Japanese, UQ gives us Yuu-Kyuu (悠久), or eternity, making Holder of Eternity! an alternative English title.
True to the title, the story begins with a greeting from Negima’s resident shinsou vampire Evangeline A.K. McDowell, who describes the manga to come as a story of those who achieved the troublesome state called immortality.
While many fans question the reason for the sudden ending of the Negima manga considering this quasi-continuation, I am looking forward to Akamatsu’s newest offering. What direction will the manga take? Will UQ Holder! answer some of the questions left from its predecessor? I am keeping my fingers crossed.
3 dollar that this will be full of fanservice!
but kind of glad to see a new work from this guy,dude create some nice battle scene.a bit lacking on the story side though…
I liked the story of Negima – with continued focus on the core issues from start to finish, at least it didn’t feel like the author was making everything up along the way :).
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Yay!
I only care about Setsuna-Konoka in the original…
Well, their story is the only reason I marathon Negima when the story around school festival (the Chinese girl not the last one)…
And I only save chapter directly about Setsuna-Konoka story…
So…
While it is a good news, if it doesn’t have Setsuna-Konoka (or other yuri relationship… 😛 ) I won’t follow this series…
Though hopefully there are…
Well, it shouldn’t be THAT much related to Negima aside from few characters. The ending was too conclusive to try and do a sequel…right? *shivers*