Be careful! I've seen quests in which write in consistent write in votes early on completely changed the genre away from what the QM planned, forcing them to write by the seat of their pants.
Kaleidoscope Swordswoman, Sasaki Koujirou Quest (Nasuverse/Yuki Yuna is a Hero Crossover)
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Hyp3rB14d3
Gotta catch 'em all!
That's okay, the anime adaptation is terrible. It was made back when everyone was under the impression that Negima was going to be a harem series, and deliberately cut down on the action sequences to avoid driving off harem fans. And when it became clear that Akamatsu did not, in fact, intend for Negima to become a harem series, the series split off from the manga, had a few bland episodes that drew references from older chapters of the manga, then gave itself a sub-par filler ending that made a half-assed attempt to tie up what threads of plot they had actually put into the anime.
On the other hand, the original manga is definitely worth reading. It set itself up like a parody of the harem genre, then spun off and did it's own thing. Negima took and subverted many tropes associated with both harem and shounen genres, and prided itself on the belief "everyone is the main character of their own story." As a result, there are many well developed characters in the cast, and the manga takes the time to explore their stories. Despite the rushed ending, it's a very good series
The second adaptation is better than the original, but also has a plot only vaguely related to the manga. The characters are distinct from their manga counterparts, having had their backstories and personalities changed, and the magic system has been reworked to make it generally less useful. More emphasis is placed on the importance of keeping magic secret, while everyone's competence at doing so (and at pretty much everything else) has been drastically reduced.
The spin-off manga is based off of the second anime adaptation, but retains many features of the original manga. It contains fewer action sequences and comedy sequences than the original manga, and made a much shorter run. I would recommend reading it if you liked the second animated adaptation, but not otherwise.
Avoid UQ Holder at all costs.
There's also a handful of anime adaptations of brief segments of the Negima manga. Unfortunately, you have to have already been following the manga for them to make any sense, since they pick up in the middle of the series and assume one is already familiar with it.
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troyamonga
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That's fine too! Well-written write ins are, personally, my favorite part of being a QM. An active playerbase that makes cool writes ins helps me come up with story posts much more easily.
What I was talking about wasn't like that. The particular instance I was thinking of involved the players noticing Fridge Horror that was completely unintentional on the part of the QM and then becoming hyperfocused on fighting that Fridge Horror.
troyamonga
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Story time? Story time! Or at least a link to the offending post in said quest.
That's what I meant by consistent write ins, it happened gradually over multiple story posts. It changed a quest that was intended to be a fluffy dating sim into a quest about trying to escape from being trapped in a dating sim, because serious morality issues caused the thread to refuse to pursue any of the waifus.
It's actually still active, but not on a consistent update schedule.
MGLN: Yuuno's Record! [MGLN]
Hyp3rB14d3
Gotta catch 'em all!
I think he's talking about Magical Game Lyrical Notes: Yuuno's Record, which was intended to be a harem quest involving Nanoha characters. It quickly turned into a horror genre when one of the players (me) pointed out the ethical implications of dating someone who has essentially been brainwashing into liking you and got the other players obsessing over it.
Edit: Ninja'd.
Edit: Ninja'd.
TheRuisu
I think that I'm the Dragon
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- Best Location, of course. Keijoverse
Skarmory
Girl from the Black Lizard Planet
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- Case Western Reserve University
[x] Accept the offer of lodging.
Ando Owen
Yandere Illya is watching you.
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- Montpellier
[X] Accept the offer of lodging.
YuYuYuverse. First time I read a quest there. I loved the first episode and watched the rest of the anime, but I think it suffered of some problem in the animation. It was still very nice to see Madoka's reconstruction.
YuYuYuverse. First time I read a quest there. I loved the first episode and watched the rest of the anime, but I think it suffered of some problem in the animation. It was still very nice to see Madoka's reconstruction.
troyamonga
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It's one of my favorite shows, and incredibly underrated, IMO.
EDIT: It also has some of my favorite magical girl costume designs.
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Feng Lengshun
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Seconding the recommendation on Negima. If nothing else, it would be a good reference. Here is a reconstruction fic of it (that is still in progress): Negima - Tales of the White Wing (Negima Rewrite)
But for the essentials:
Yue Ayase was a pretty silent girl in the story. She used to be a very driven girl, but the death of her grandparents (I think?) made her lost all her motivations. She went from a well-performing student to one of the five worst in the class with below average and some students with very very poor academical performance. But she's not an idiot - in fact, most of the time she talks about philosophy and some obscure theories that flies through everyone else's head. She's smart - so much that given an almost total amnesia, forgetting her old dismotivation, she managed to become the top student in a magical university in spite of starting with zero knowledge. This is in a universe where magic is a combination of lots of mythological, cultural, and some scientific theories, like some sort of jigsaw puzzle - done in more than one language (usually Latin, but some stronger spells use Greek, and once I think there was Indian).
I think it would be very heartbreaking for a "friend" of her to see her from the formerly driven girl, to unmotivated, to full amnesia. But at the same time, she'd probably want to keep her closer more than ever (which could be a reasoning for her not going to Mahora Academy).
Sanskrit, for eastern spells. Ancient Greek for western. Lower spells invoke the (generic) elemental spirits, higher invoke the gods.
Could also be from Fuu and Itsuki. Also, we don't know where we are in the timeline. This could be during the prequel.
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
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- The Land of Memes
[X] Accept the offer of lodging.
Eeeeeeeeee- I got recommended! This is officially a good day now. Time to put my nose to the grindstone to make sure I deserve it! Also, watching this quest - Yuuki Yuuna is great.
Question: Is Yuuki Yuuna good enough that you'd recommend watching it first, and then participating in the quest so as to avoid spoilers?
Sinsystems
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It is a good show.
Yes. Very much so. Especially as this is one of those series were, in my opinion at least, spoilers utterly ruin it.