The cards have been laid down in such a way that is… so… grand… yet all so sudden. Some random government official comes in, asks you to aid him in his conquest for world domination, we suddenly get a smorgasbord of the past, present and future in a matter of minutes, all while said random government official gets all the goddamn fucking attention. Relevance? I don’t think so.

大ピーンチ！！！

So another wild card enters the scene: the government. People have been eyeing any possible conflicts between the nations ever since the Ostia festivities began. We expected it all the more when key officials of different factions like Seras and Theo were added into the mix. And the diminishing sands of time make everything seem to want to explode at our little Negi any moment, and it did. Not to mention this is only the beginning.

From Akamatsu to Negi, the cards seem to summarize everything that Megalomesembria has to offer:

1. PRESENT: THE ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO DESTROY THE NEW WORLD – In order to return all of his students safely back to the Old World, Negi needs to venture through the old ruins of old Ostia in order to secure the remaining Return Gate. To do so, he must fight the said “organization”: Fate Averruncus and his cohorts, the “enemy” seeking to destroy the New World and everything associated in it, Negi and company included. This “enemy” states its threat in the “present”; the priority that takes utmost attention.
2. FUTURE: ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR NAGI’S DISAPPEARANCE – An objective that may have been long lost in obscurity because of the different crises that surround Negi and his students, Nagi’s disappearance forces him to the point where he chose to go to the New World with reckless abandon, much to the chagrin and curiosity of his students. But the “enemies” linked to his father, be it political, magical, or megalomaniacal, are still mysteries yet to present themselves; a threat that will be tackled in the near “future”.
3. PAST: THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAGEDY AT THE VILLAGE – A personal vendetta against the long-considered “enemies” that put him at odds, ultimately, with himself. A possible link to his father presents, but the unforgettable trauma that the event caused him gives Negi enough volition to even act without accordance to his father. An old ghost of the past that continues to haunt the young lad, the events and the people responsible from the “past” will make a comeback.

Going back to our random government official, there’s also the fact that Curtius Godel here is an apprentice to Eishun, which is made clear by Rakan on the lastest chapter. But think: Setsuna said the Zanmaken Nino Tachi is a technique that comes from the “central line”, meaning the main family, the Aoyamas members, and possibly their students, are the only ones capable of mastering them. Kurogane has also made clear that Eishun DOES NOT use his original surname. It may be some time before Eishun will reveal himself as an Aoyama.

Furthermore, I’d simply like to state (especially to that Kurogiku) that Zanmaken is just a regular slash with differing properties in accordance to a target, nothing else. Previous instances from other references state that critical attacks ignore defense, and even possibly evasion, the latter changing depending on instance. It just all boils down to aim. Enough said.

And lastly, Asuna, or should I say “Asuna”, is starting to have her cover blown. Negi’s sharp eyes didn’t fail to notice that she failed to nullify Godel’s attack during their confrontation with the governor-general. Well, I’d like to see if she turns coat, which makes things much more interesting. We’ll just have to see about that.

Jack “The Fucking Missing Link” Rakan: OHAIGAIS! HOW WAS TEH PWNTNAGE?

RAEGPOSTS will resume by the last chapter for this batch. WOO!

No, it’s not an Ah! My Goddess or Hayate no Gotoku episode or chapter title, so leave me alone in my oh-so-pitiful state or else I’ll wham you on your chin…

I was almost out for a week, and it felt like a month. No twits for my status, no new posts, no new animu episodes for me to watch, no new manga chapters for me to read (thank God there wasn’t any new Negima yes, or else Kurogane would’ve laughed at me for being late about some WOULD-BE AUSUM NEWS), no new h-animu, no torrents to get, no eroge to download, no whatever goes when I surf. COLD TURKEY. No shit!

The reason, you ask? I got my room renovated. Out of my own whim, I asked my apartment manager, and told her “Can I somehow get my room fixed?” and went to do it when she nodded with permission. No, no pics for you. The kitchen and toilet (door), I still need to figure out. Besides, I got short on budget. And just when you’re busy with the carpentry, your net gets cut off while downloading Saki, Tayutama, A!MG! OVAs, the latest A!MG! manga chaps, Tenshin Ranman, and the final two episodes of Chobits.

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FUCK…

So what to do when you’re on your so-called forced self-exile? The withdrawal’s being quick enough, telling me: “Find an e-cafe or e-shop! Go back to the office and leech some nets! Ask your female neighbor! FUCKING DO SOMETHING!!!” or something of the sort, but I somehow managed to find a way to pass the time till the room’s finished. A list of what I did during the week, which may apply if this happens to you:

• Marathon Chobits (incomplete, missing 2 final episodes), Midori no Hibi, Hand Maid May, Love Hina, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Nagasarette Airantou, Kara no Kyokai, Ai Yori Aoshi, and I My Me Strawberry Eggs, all on a day, for three days.
• Read Love Hina, Negima, Chobits, Angelic Layer, Saki, and some Touhou doujin, for four days.
• Finish Tayutama and Tayutama: It’s Happy Days for three days.
• Draw Touhou doujin, for four days (still far from halfway, though).
• Regret your pitiful self for not getting Katawa Shoujo demo and Tenshin Ranman before your net got cut off, for three hours straight, for N days.
• Do Art Requests, and hope the unnamed nasty server op doesn’t get mad with the delays, for four days.
• Call the local hotline of your ISP and bug them about your Internet, for a week.
• General cleaning, for three days.
• Thinking of how to put all your stuff back to your room, for two days.

So much for that, it’s enough to make me cope up with the spare time I have left after I do work with the room starting from the morning till sundown. Not that you would mind me griping, but yeah, it’s fine enough. And now that the net is back up, I can work on my Melty Blood scanlation, post some artwork, and continue the damned downloads for all I care… until work comes picking me up on the pace on Monday next week…

Back to regular programming now, guys.