Overview Negima! Magister Negi Magi

the pactio (latin contract ) system in series enables magician casting spell, magister magi, transfer of his/her magic power other person involved in pactio, minister magi (latin servant wizard), improving ministra s natural capabilities, , providing magical barrier against physical attacks. minister receives special magical item called artifact , reflects minister s abilities , personality. minister, in turn, has protect magister dangers , assist him/her in way possible. since western mages vulnerable while chanting spells, minister primary duty protect mage in combat situations. although not necessary magister , minister of different sexes, far common setup, , pactio partners end marrying each other.

when pactio established, card (charta ministralis) created proof of contract, depicting minister artifact, surrounded several magic signs , title related his/her personality. magister keeps original card him/herself, though copies can made minister. card allows magister communicate telepathically his/her minister (by touching card 1 s forehead , chanting telephatia) , summon him/her across great distances, within limit of 10 km. additionally, card may used minister words adeat (latin let come forth ), , abeat (latin let return ) summon , recall artifact respectively. additional function allows partner store different costumes within it, later use.

while there many ways form pactio, common having both participants enter magic circle , share mouth-to-mouth kiss. known form of pactio formation through exchange of blood, referred blood contract. mishaps result in mistake pactio , grants badly drawn card. if 1 of participant s not want commit lifelong partnership, or young make permanent pactio , probationary pactio created. probationary pactio work permanent ones, except there s time limit activation of contract , contract can broken @ will. permanent pactio, on other hand lifelong, active, , number of contracts limited magisters power.

as of now, main character negi springfield has formed nineteen pactios. in order, asuna kagurazaka, nodoka miyazaki, setsuna sakurazaki, konoka konoe, yue ayase, haruna saotome, chisame hasegawa, kazumi asakura, kaede nagase, theodora, ku fei, chachamaru karakuri, shiori (real name luna), ako izumi, yūna akashi, makie sasaki, ayaka yukihiro, chizuru naba, , akira okochi .