Goodbye To Another Childhood Fantasy

(near the last part of this short journal entry will definitely have meaning to you as it does to me, so please read it, it's content is brief but informative)

The last chapter of Negima! was recently posted on Mangafox the other day, and when I read it I found myself a little unnerved.

I've been a fan of that series for several years now, and looking back on all that has happened I can't believe that it's all over.

Alongside titles like Rurouni Kenshin, CLAMP's Card Captor Sakura and Tsubasa Chronicles, Pokemon and so many other wonderful series; Negima is among my favorite works of contemporary literature because of it's beautifully crafted story and ridiculously long list of main characters.

I could write hundred more so reasons as to why I love it despite it tipping precariously in between the genres of ecchi and shounen. But when I think about it, there is no need for that since I myself am content with knowing that the author has done his best.

It's just like with Harry Potter, I'll feel sad about it for a while then accept it a little while later and eventually move on.

Of course that doesn't mean I'm going to forget Negi, Kotaro, Evangeline, Fate Averruncus, Asuna, Setsuna, Konoka, Rakkan, Chao Lingshen and the rest of the wonderful cast of characters that made it so much fun to read and watch.

And yet I suppose that is the thing about adventure stories like these.

Even if we want the fantasy to last forever, there is no way it can remain there for long.

At some point they have to end.

At some point we have to move on.

It's like in real life, there are things that we love that we eventually have to leave behind for the sake of moving to a brighter future.

Only by looking at ourselves, do we begin to see truth.

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Goodbye Negima!and thank you Ken Akamatsu for maiking such a wonderful series.

"True magic results from courage of the heart.
Boys and girls, be ambitious.
One step can change the world."
-Ken Akamatsu, Negima! Chapter 355