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6/22/2025, 1:25:19 PM
>>713331040
I got done reading UQ Holder a couple weeks ago after finishing Negima earlier this year.
Negima's great, but like the other guy said, it devolves into a rather mindless battle manga halfway into its run. It has some brilliant art and world building, but it openly flaunts its power level bullshit (going as far as posting RPG stats of characters in-chapter), and the fights towards the end are incomprehensible due to the ridiculous power level inflation it goes through. The final fight is basically a contest between gods of destruction, each one more than a match for all the combined arms of both the magic and the real world. It also abuses time travel to force a happy ending after working itself into a position where one isn't really feasible for all characters.
Even so, Negima's highs are stupid high; the first half is pure dumb fun, and the introduction of the magic world is a chain of absolute kino chapters. I'd say it's overall worth a read.
UQ Holder starts off as a non-sequel to Negima with a shockingly (and intentionally) one-dimensional main character, who ultimately never really gains any depth. The power level inflation starts off early and goes full retard, with some of the aforementioned gods of destruction from Negima jobbing hard when they show up. Halfway into its run it gives up being its own thing and starts trying to set up an alternative, less-happy ending to Negima. It alternates constantly between battle storylines, harem silliness (for the entirely undeserving main character) and bona fide Negima chapters, and the story just goes nowhere for volumes on end. When it does finally start moving, the pacing is very off, and the ending (which Negima needed a full volume for) is rushed through in a couple of chapters.
It has some good moments and nice concepts, but overall UQ Holder is pretty bullshit. Read only if you get super invested in Negima and need a different take on the original ending.
I got done reading UQ Holder a couple weeks ago after finishing Negima earlier this year.
Negima's great, but like the other guy said, it devolves into a rather mindless battle manga halfway into its run. It has some brilliant art and world building, but it openly flaunts its power level bullshit (going as far as posting RPG stats of characters in-chapter), and the fights towards the end are incomprehensible due to the ridiculous power level inflation it goes through. The final fight is basically a contest between gods of destruction, each one more than a match for all the combined arms of both the magic and the real world. It also abuses time travel to force a happy ending after working itself into a position where one isn't really feasible for all characters.
Even so, Negima's highs are stupid high; the first half is pure dumb fun, and the introduction of the magic world is a chain of absolute kino chapters. I'd say it's overall worth a read.
UQ Holder starts off as a non-sequel to Negima with a shockingly (and intentionally) one-dimensional main character, who ultimately never really gains any depth. The power level inflation starts off early and goes full retard, with some of the aforementioned gods of destruction from Negima jobbing hard when they show up. Halfway into its run it gives up being its own thing and starts trying to set up an alternative, less-happy ending to Negima. It alternates constantly between battle storylines, harem silliness (for the entirely undeserving main character) and bona fide Negima chapters, and the story just goes nowhere for volumes on end. When it does finally start moving, the pacing is very off, and the ending (which Negima needed a full volume for) is rushed through in a couple of chapters.
It has some good moments and nice concepts, but overall UQ Holder is pretty bullshit. Read only if you get super invested in Negima and need a different take on the original ending.
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