f6ae2c4e   
   From: removeantispam*pkuo@earthlink.net   
      
   In article <11flqegdmtu1u74@news.supernews.com>,   
    "Rob Maxwell"  wrote:   
      
   > Includes post chapter 100 spoilers.   
   >   
   > Just a wild guess but....   
   >   
   > S   
   >   
   > P   
   >   
   > O   
   >   
   > I   
   >   
   > L   
   >   
   > E   
   >   
   > R   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > S   
   >   
   > P   
   >   
   > A   
   >   
   > C   
   >   
   > E   
   >   
   > .... could Asuna be Negi's older (half-)sister? Could Akamatsu be playing   
   > the Luke and Leia angle, in which the obvious future lovers turn out to be   
   > long lost relatives?   
      
   > + In the first chapter, Negi mentions that Asuna, with her hair let down   
   > (not wearing the bells), looks like his older sister does. [Sisters, even   
   > half-sisters would usually resemble each other.]   
      
   > + Although, Kono-chan says her fortune says that 'a new couple will meet   
   > today' on the day Negi arrives at the school, he meets Nodoka, Asuna's main   
   > rival, for the first time that day, too.   
      
   > + Why would Negi's father allow a little girl (Asuna) be around his team   
   > unless she was the child of one of them. Add Asuna's resemblance to Negi's   
   > onee-chan, and it points to her being the Thousand Master's daughter, rather   
   > than the child of one of his helpers.   
      
   IMO, yes, Akamatsu definitely left that open as a possibility, remember,   
   he said that he will adjust the story depend on the returns from the   
   fan's polls, so if some characters beside Asuna (Nodoka) became   
   extremely popular, the only way for her to be together with Negi in the   
   end, short of killing Asuna off, (done that in anime, will NEVER happen   
   in manga.) is for Asuna and Negi being sister and brother, (or convert   
   to Mormon or Islam, but that is another story...)   
      
   in fact, the biggest tip off for me, which I had asked in this group for   
   confirmation before, is when in the flashback, after Negi jumped into   
   the lake, and his sister running into the room and call the man taking   
   care of Negi "father", (otosan), while Negi calls him uncle, (ojisan),   
   that means they may not really be sister and brother, he might just call   
   her sister because they live together and she takes care of him, in   
   fact, it was hinted the whole village was assembled together for the   
   sole purpose of raising and protecting Nagi's son, whom they admired.   
   as Nagi probably had saved her (and others) before.   
      
   as to her having a similar face with Asuna?  in a series with so many   
   characters, there bound to be similiarity, a mangaka can only come out   
   so many character designs, especially when you consider most of them   
   only have ONE hero or heroine face, but just make alternation by   
   different the hair, eyes, nose, etc.   
      
   also on the train return from the school trip, when Negi and Asuna fall   
   asleep against each other, they were being called "like brother and   
   sister."   
      
   another similiar moment was in the school bath after practice, etc.   
      
   but if I have to bet REAL money right now, I will still peg Negi w/   
   Asuna, even thought I like Konoka, Yue and Setsuna better.   
      
   the other possoble SW similiarity, when you think about it, is Nagi   
   being Darth Vader to Negi' Luke.   
      
   the more interesting angle, right now for me, is Chou.   
      
   consider.   
      
   Chou has a time machine, but she can not operate it.   
      
   the TM had been activated twice, the last time 3 years ago.   
      
   Chou appeared out of no where 3 years ago with no past history.   
      
   Chou has many talents, includes advance sciences.   
      
   Chou says she is related to Negi.   
      
   Chou is Chinese   
      
   Gu Fei is Chinese, (nah, probably takes it too far... :)   
      
   you need a certain amount of magic to operate TM for it to move one day,   
   there are no saying w/ more massive amount of magic you can't move more   
   time in one setting.   
      
   When Nagi shows up in the flashback, he can only stay for a limit amount   
   of time in the village, then he "fades" out and disappear into space.   
      
   you can draw your own conclusion, but just remember Akamatsu comes out   
   of all those ideas in the design/planning stage long before he did the   
   first chapter, and all the CG works for the environments, and all the   
   research on Latin words and martial art moves (real one), that is a lot   
   of works for a brainless harem fanservice comedy.   
      
   other foreshadow that I noticed?  Misora being a magic user as the nun   
   in training, in fact, the whole class is pretty similiar to Eva's Shinji   
   homeroom, when they assemble all the possible pilot canadites in one   
   classroom.  (Mana actually drop grades to be in that class.)   
      
   also, counter argument for above, is among the design notes, of all the   
   characters, Akamatsu did listed one as "alien".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)