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Japanese manga series by Ken Akamatsu

UQ Holder!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kurōmaru Tokisaka (left), Tōta Konoe (center) and Yukihime (right)
Genre	Activity, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written past	Ken Akamatsu
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Kodansha Comics
Mag	Weekly Shōnen Mag (August 28, 2013–June 22, 2016) Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (October 8, 2016–February ix, 2022)
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 28, 2013 – February nine, 2022
Volumes	27 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Youhei Suzuki
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Sentai Filmworks Uk MVM Films
Released	September 8, 2017 – June 8, 2018
Runtime	25 minutes
Episodes	iii
Anime television set series
UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2
Directed by	Youhei Suzuki
Produced by	Makoto Furukawa Yoko Tanaka Gouta Aijima Ryūtarō Kawakami
Written by	Ken Akamatsu Shogo Yasukawa
Music by	Kei Haneoka Shunpei Ishige
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Amusement NA Sentai Filmworks U.k. MVM Films
Original network	Tokyo MX, Dominicus Television set, KBS, BS11, AT-X, tvk
English language network	Bounding main Animax Asia
Original run	October ii, 2017 – December 18, 2017
Episodes	12 (Listing of episodes)
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UQ Holder! ^[a] is a Japanese manga serial written and illustrated past Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha'south Weekly Shōnen Mag from 2013 to 2016 and later transferred to Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, where it was serialized from 2016 to 2022. Ready several generations subsequently in the globe of his previous work Negima! Magister Negi Magi, it follows the adventures of Tōta Konoe, a young boy who is transformed into a vampire, and joins a secret society composed of immortal beings.

Plot [edit]

Tōta Konoe, the grandson of Negi Springfield, aspires to leave his village and live life in the metropolis of Shin-Tokyo, which has a tower construction rising into infinite. When he is mortally wounded past a bounty hunter coming later his guardian Yukihime's life, he discovers that he has been fabricated into an immortal vampire by Yukihime, a 700-year-former vampire mage Evangeline A.Grand. McDowell. Picking up another boy named Kuromaru along the way, they become to a place outside Shin-Tokyo where Yukihime leads a secret society of immortals chosen UQ Holder.

Characters [edit]

UQ Holder [edit]

UQ Holder is a secret system of immortals and yokai led by Yukihime. Its members reside at the Senkyokan (trans. "Fairyland Manor") estate, 10 km from the Shin-Tokyo declension, which fronts every bit a hot springs resort. Its principal members are known as Numbers. Its goals are to protect other immortals living on the Earth,^{Ch. 7, 11} as well as helping the outcasts of society.^{Vol. 2, 4} It is besides interested in protecting humans from the immortals that are intent on destroying club.^{Vol. 5}

Tōta Konoe ( 近衛 刀太 , Konoe Tōta )

Voiced by: Yuka Takakura^[3] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski^[four] (English)

Tōta is a 14-yr-old male child raised by Yukihime after his parents died two years prior in a machine blow. His granddad was assumed to exist the legendary magician Negi Springfield,^{Ch. ane} At the start of the series when he is mortally wounded by an assassinator while protecting Yukihime, he discovers he had been transformed by her into a vampire and then drinks her claret to affirm his immortality.^{Ch. one} His dream is to be worthy to arise Amanomihashira, the tower in Shin-Tokyo which leads into outer infinite. He would like to be a singer to support his friend in a band, simply has a horrible singing vox and is disillusioned that he won't be able to develop a deeper voice or grow taller now that he is immortal.^{Ch. two} Although immortal, he cannot regenerate severed limbs if the limb still has some life in it.^{Ch. 8} Within the UQ Holder group, he is member number 7.^{Ch. 11} Tōta uses a gravity blade, a sword that can adjust its weight grand-times fold or more.^{Ch. 9} He also has the power of "Magia Erebea", assuasive him to absorb magic into his own body, bonding it to his soul.^{Ch. 22-24} In Volume seven, it is revealed that he was not a descendant of Negi's just a clone of him.^{Vol. 7} Information technology is later revealed that his Deoxyribonucleic acid was made of Negi's and Asuna Kagurazaka.^{[ volume & result needed ]} :

Yukihime ( 雪姫 )

Voiced by: Yuki Matsuoka^[five] (Japanese); Heidi Hinkel (Yukihime), Shanae'a Moore (Evangeline A.K. McDowell)^[iv] (English)

Evangeline A.K. McDowell is a 700-year-old vampire who, after parting ways with her friends from the Mahora University, adopted the alias "Yukihime" and established the secret "UQ Holder" club for immortal beings. She appears as a tall and bonny woman with white-blonde hair and blueish eyes, although she can assume her true grade of a 10-year-quondam girl on occasion.^{Ch. ane-3, thirty} She becomes Tōta's guardian after she was allegedly involved in a car accident that killed his nativity parents. Still, their dying wish was to accept Tota survive, and she transformed him into a vampire. At the start of the series, she is a instructor in a pocket-sized village school, but later takes Tōta into the city and on their adventures.^{Ch. 1} Later, information technology is revealed that Yukihime had met Tōta centuries earlier becoming his guardian due to a temporal paradox and bonded with him at that time, implying that she as well fell in love with him at the occasion.^{[ volume & issue needed ]} She likewise notwithstanding harbors feelings for Negi but claims that she intends to uphold her promise to him of ending his life should the Lifemaker succeed in taking over his body.^{[ volume & result needed ]} Later, it is revealed past Dana through a flick that in the original dimension from Negima, Evangeline married Nagi Springfield after he was freed from Ialda's control by Negi.^{Ch. 141} Yukihime becomes Ialda's newest host after Tōta sacrifices himself for 47 years to salvage the Earth. ^{Ch. 183}

Kurōmaru Tokisaka ( 時坂 九郎丸 , Tokisaka Kurōmaru )

Voiced by: Yūki Hirose^[v] (Japanese); Kalin Coates^[4] (English language)

A member of the fushigari (immortal hunters) clan, Kurōmaru has been immortal for near 4 1/2 years before meeting Tōta.^{Ch. ix} He has black hair styled in black twin tails, and his bangs typically embrace over his left eye. Kuromaru's mission was to slay Yukihime or never return. All the same, after losing to Tōta, he joined him and Yukihime on their adventures. Despite claiming to be a boy, Kurōmaru has shy mannerisms such every bit roofing his breast that Tōta and others often confuse him to be a daughter.^{Ch. three-half dozen} Kurōmaru afterward reveals that he comes from a tribe of demi-humans called yata ga karasu (crow in Japanese mythology) who are born genderless merely can choose their gender at historic period 16 or naturally settle into one.^{Ch. 16} Although Kurōmaru wants to be Tōta's blood brother-in-arms, Kurōmaru develops romantic feelings towards Tōta. Kurōmaru'due south body slowly transforms toward the feminine side despite not being age sixteen notwithstanding.^{Ch. 101} Kurōmaru is an adept of the Kyoto Shinmei-ryū sword style and other Eastern battle techniques^{Ch. 3} and later on becomes the outset to class a pactio with Tōta.

Gengorō Makabe ( 真壁 源五郎 , Makabe Gengorō )

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (Japanese); Houston Hayes^[4] (English language)

Gengorō Makabe is member number half-dozen in UQ Holder; he has brusque hair and wears glasses.^{Ch. 28} Gengorō Makabe originates from an alternate reality in the year 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was transported to the UQ Holder! world when he was hitting by a truck and gained video game-like powers. ^{Ch. 186} He has a limited number of actress lives that allow him to revive instantly afterwards dying and which he refills past doing practiced deeds. He can also summon several weapons instantly and evaluate his opponents like a game character'southward stats. He ends up using all his extra lives to help the rest of UQ Holder to stop a terrorist set on, thus losing his immortality temporarily, only catastrophe up surviving past getting an extra life by having saved mortals from the bombing.^{Ch. 146} During an attack past Ialda and Negi'due south corrupted comrades, Makabe's powers are nullified. He is returned to his home dimension, though he likewise brings Tōta and Jūzō with him unintentionally.^{Ch. 186} In order to return to the UQ Holder! globe, Makabe, Tōta, and Jūzō leap off a roof and are transported to the moment that Makabe's powers were neutralised.^{Ch. 187}

Karin Yuuki ( 結城夏凛 , Yūki Karin )

Voiced by: Yui Ogura^[five] (Japanese); Molly Searcy^[4] (English)

Member number 4 in UQ Holder and nicknamed the Saintess of Steel, ^{Vol. three contour, Ch. 20} Karin is a quiet daughter around the same appearance in age as Tōta and Kurōmaru, Karin Yuuki is very devoted to Yukihime later having been saved by her in the past and is immediately jealous of Tōta's close relationship with her.^{Ch. 10} She often wears a schoolgirl uniform from Amano-Mihashira Academy after having infiltrated the school during a mission.^{Ch. 43, 44} She bears a tattoo on her back of the roman numeral XIII.^{Ch. 14} Her immortality is said to come up from divine origin, as all her wounds heal instantly without scars.^{Ch. 14} Centuries ago, she was branded every bit a witch and hunted when she was a small kid. Her name was Yseut Karin Orte^{Ch. 20}, her character being inspired on the biblical Judas Iscariot. She later becomes the second person to grade a pactio with Tōta.^{Ch. 155}

Ikkū Ameya ( 飴屋 一空 , Ameya Ikkū )

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara^[6] (Japanese); Adam Gibbs^[four] (English)

Contrary to the other members who achieved immortality through magical means, Ikkū Ameya obtained his by replacing almost all of his torso with cybernetic implants,^{Ch. 32} which non but give him enhanced strength and speed, but several types of weaponry at his disposal, including the "Al-Iskandariya Orbital Cannon" which used to be Chachamaru Karakuri'due south pactio weapon in Negima!.^{[ book & issue needed ]} He tin can also change his appearance by simply transferring himself to a different cybernetic body with other physical features.^{Vol. v} He appears equally a 24-year-old and claims to behave like a teenager, having entered a coma when he was thirteen and existence crippled for 72 years before existence given a cybernetic body. He is member number 10.^{Ch. 28, 32}

Jinbei Shishido ( 宍戸 甚兵衛 , Shishido Jinbei )

Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya^[6] (Japanese); Jay Hickman^[4] (English)

Member number 2 of UQ Holder, Jinbei Shishido, is introduced equally having dwelled in the tunnels under the facility for two years, after being sent there for having drunkard Yukihime's wine stash then inadvertently forgotten. He advises Tōta and Kurōmaru in dealing with the monsters.^{Ch. 7, viii} 1400 years ago, he achieved immortality by eating the mankind of a mermaid. Even so, he has weak regenerative powers, resulting in numerous body scars. He is susceptible to being killed past crushing his head.^{Ch. 142} Despite his power and condition within the system, he's more often than not laid-back and has a reputation for existence a slacker.

Kirië Sakurame ( 桜雨キリヱ , Sakurame Kirie )

Voiced by: Ai Kayano^[5] (Japanese); Amanda Lee^[iv] (English)

Member number 9, Kirië Sakurame is the leading patron of UQ Holder, residing in the penthouse suite of the bounds. Although she appears as a 12-year-old girl with orangish blonde braided hair and glasses, she has lived much longer. Her ability is Reset and Restart, which allows her to rewind time, averting agin events like her own death by returning to a specific instant in a fourth dimension marked by save points.^{Vol. four} She has also used this power to make a fortune in the stock market.^{[ volume & issue needed ]} She can also bring along a person she touches, either merely their mind or their trunk too.^{Ch. 36} Kirië badmouths Tōta due to their bad first on their first mission together, merely becomes more friendly with him later.^{Vol. 4} During an ambush by Ialda'due south forces, Kirie'due south ability is permanently sealed. ^{Ch. 176} To evade permanent decease, Kirie moves into an alternate reality but eventually finds Dana and trades her agelessness for a way back to her homeworld. ^{Ch. 184} As she is now mortal, she ages into an adult past the time she meets Tōta once more. Despite trying to avert him, Tōta catches upwards to her and the pair have sexual intercourse after confessing their love for one another. She later reunites with her erstwhile UQ Holder comrades. ^{Ch. 185}

Santa Sasaki ( 佐々木 三太 , Sasaki Santa )

Santa Sasaki is a pupil at Amano-Mihashira Academy Urban center who lives as a hikkikomori (shut-in) in his dorm room, living off of real-coin transactions in video games. He is aware of the UQ Holder members that infiltrated the school only is surprised that Tōta and Kurōmaru accept go his roommates. As a Psion, Santa has several abilities that the UQ Holder members telephone call "unique skills," including intangibility (going through walls and putting people through walls), telekinesis, flying, and possession. Having been bullied equally a pupil, he had died. Nonetheless, he was turned into a revenant, a powerful vengeful spirit, past his friend, a necromancer named Sayoko. Assisted past Tōta and his friends, Santa stops Sayoko'due south plan and restores her to her original cocky, but she passes away soon afterwards. Santa and so joins UQ Holder as member number 12.^{Ch. 43-56}

Vasago ( バサゴ , Basago )

Voiced past: Tsubasa Yonaga^[7] (Japanese); Bryson Baugus^[four] (English language)

A UQ Holder executive that Tōta and Kurōmaru meet.^{Ch. 7}

Negima characters [edit]

Some of the characters from the Negima serial brand appearances.

Fate Averruncus ( フェイト・アーウェルンクス )

Voiced past: Akira Ishida^[eight] (Japanese); Daman Mills^[four] (English language)

Negi Springfield's master rival and comrade in the Negima series and is currently heralded equally the greatest wizard in the Solar System. He leads "Ala Alba", the brigade Negi founded with his students. He opposes UQ Holder, claiming that Yukihime was responsible for Negi'due south disappearance, while UQ Holder regards him as its greatest enemy.^{Vol. 4} Fate claims that there is a way to save Negi and the entire Solar Organization by using Tōta,^{Vol. four} just that he was also responsible for the death of Tōta's parents.^{Vol. 5}

Negi Springfield ( ネギ・スプリングフィールド , Negi Supuringufīrudo )

Voiced past: Rina Satō^[5] (Japanese); Greg Ayres^[4] (English language)

Tōta's grandfather. After his adventures in Negima, Negi helped his former teacher, Yukihime, form UQ Holder and made a proper noun for himself in the magical world where he is known as "The Greatest Mage." At starting time, believed to be deceased, Fate later on reveals that Negi is yet alive though his whereabouts are unknown. Dissimilar his former master and grandson, Negi possesses a complete version of Magia Erebea. He is eventually revealed to have been possessed by the Mage of the Showtime, slowly locking away his soul and gaining command of his body. After Ialda takes command of Yukihime and subjects Tōta to the memories of her past, Tōta is given the ability to rescue one of Ialda's prisoners, and he chooses Negi. ^{Ch. 189} Negi and Tōta bring together forces to face Ialda and a corrupted Nagi. ^{Ch. 190}

In an alternate reality, Negi defeats Ialda without killing his father, thus preventing her from taking over his torso. Seven years later, he marries Chisame Hasegawa, to whom he confessed his love during her graduation.

Mana Tatsumiya ( 龍宮 真名 , Tatsumiya Mana )

Voiced by: Miho Sakuma^[8] (Japanese); Katelyn Barr^[4] (English)

I of Negi Springfield's former students, acting director of the Amano-Mihashira University, filling up for some "quondam friend of hers". She has nighttime peel and uses magic pistols to fight, able to defeat Tōta when they outset meet. She appears fairly young equally she ages much slower than a normal human being.^{Vol. 7}

Nagi Springfield ( ナギ・スプリングフィールド , Nagi Supuringufīrudo )

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu^[9] (Japanese); Alan Brincks^[iv] (English)

Negi's father and Tōta'southward bully-grandfather. A legendary mage known as "The G Master," he led the group "Ala Rubra" during the Great War a hundred years ago that was started by the Mage of the Kickoff. He reappears in an illusion alongside his son, Negi, before UQ Holder members and Fate. It was later revealed that he was possessed by the Lifemaker, forcing his son, Negi, to defeat him and in plow become possessed himself, unlike what happened in the original dimension from Negima! in which Negi managed to defeat the Lifemaker while saving him in the procedure with Ala Alba'due south help, and he married Evangeline afterwards.

Ayaka Yukihiro ( 雪広 あやか , Yukihiro Ayaka )

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa^[8] (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black, True cat Thomas (Young)^[iv] (English)

One of Negi Springfield'due south former students and leader of the Yukihiro Conglomerate, she reappears now every bit an aged woman with her not bad-granddaughter, Mizore equally guests of Yukihime. She meets with and becomes fond of Tōta due him being Negi's grandson. Ayaka also withal possesses her pactio card that she fabricated with Negi decades ago.

Chachamaru Karakuri ( 絡繰 茶々丸 , Karakuri Chachamaru )

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe^[8] (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso^[4] (English)

1 of Negi Springfield'south former students and partners who was one time Yukihime's servant. She reappears alongside Ayaka, whom she is now in service of.

Sayo Aisaka ( 相坂 さよ , Aisaka Sayo )

Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori^[8] (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis^[4] (English language)

One of Negi Springfield's former students and a ghost. Being a ghost, her appearance has remained unchanged in the following decades after the events of Negima. She reappears alongside Ayaka and Zazie to greet Tōta.

Zazie Rainyday ( ザジ・レイニーデイ , Zaji Reinīdei )

One of Negi Springfield's former students and the princess of the Demon Kind. Like Mana, she ages much slower than a normal human and has non changed much in terms of advent. She appears earlier Tōta with Sayo and Ayaka to greet him.

Yue Ayase ( 綾瀬 夕映 , Ayase Yue )

Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani^[8] (Japanese); Elissa Cuellar^[4] (English language)

Ane of Negi Springfield's former students and partners known as Yue "The All-Knowing" and "The Magical Detective". Believed to have been killed in the previous war along with her best friend, Nodoka, Jack, and Albireo, the 4 reappear with Negi in front of UQ Holder to take Tōta abroad.

Nodoka Miyazaki ( 宮崎 のどか , Miyazaki Nodoka )

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto^[8] (Japanese); Sasha Paysinger^[four] (English)

One of Negi Springfield's former students and partners who was the most romantically involved with him of her grade 70 years ago. Known in the magical earth as Nodoka "The All-Perceiving" and "The Mind Reader". Believed to have been killed in the previous war forth with her best friend, Yue, Jack, and Albireo, the 4 reappear with Negi in front end of UQ Holder to take Tōta abroad.

Albireo Imma ( アルビレオ・イマ , Arubireo Ima )

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono^[viii] (Japanese); David Wald^[4] (English)

Likewise known as the "Librarian of a Chiliad Faces, he was a former member of Ala Rubra with a high proficiency for gravity magic who took on the pseudonym "Ku:nel Sanders". It is said that his magical prowess is equal to that of Yukihime'southward. Believed to have been killed in the previous war along with Nodoka, Yue, and Jack, the four reappear with Negi in forepart of UQ Holder to take Tōta away.^{Ch. 127} Tota is using Imma'southward gravity blade.^{Ch. 38}

Jack Rakan ( ジャック・ラカン , Jakku Rakan )

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama^[6] (Japanese); John Swasey^[iv] (English)

Also known as "Rakan of the Thousand Blades" and a former member of Ala Rubra was once considered a rival to Nagi Springfield. Believed to have been killed in the previous state of war along with Yue, Albireo, and Nodoka, the four reappear with Negi in front of UQ Holder to take Tōta away.

Asuna Kagurazaka ( 神楽坂 明日菜 , Kagurazaka Asuna )

Voiced by: Akemi Kanda^[viii] (Japanese); Luci Christian^[4] (English)

Ane of Negi's former students and his very first partner. She had a natural ability to cancel any magic, a trait transferred to Tōta, a clone created non only with Negi'south abilities simply too hers. Information technology is said that she is already dead, but she appears in a flashback created by Albireo for Tōta to know all the truth and finally choose a side to support. She introduces herself to Tōta as his grandmother and ultimately helps him observe the resolve to fight the Lifemaker-possessed Negi.

Albert Chamomile ( カモミール・アルベール , Kamomīru Arubēru ) / Chamo ( カモ , Kamo )

An one-time, talking ermine and Negi's longtime friend, Negi entrusted him to watch over one of his workshops in Kyoto. He can transform into a man with high fighting prowess just still retains his perverted demeanor from his immature days.

Ialda Baoth ( ヨルダ・バオト , Yoruda Baoto )

Voiced past: Yuko Kaida^[9] (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso^[4] (English)

An immortal mage responsible for transforming Evangeline into a vampire 700 years ago and the instigator of the war on Changed Mars a hundred years agone. Most famously, known equally The Mage of the Beginning and The Lifemaker, she appears to have an interest in Touta. Information technology's said that she is currently possessing Negi'southward body, just like she once possessed Nagi'southward body earlier he was destroyed by his son. Thus Fate looks desperately for a way to remove her from his body without killing him since then. At the same time, Yukihime seeks to uphold her hope to kill him should she always obtain control of his trunk.

Other groups and characters [edit]

Shinobu Yuuki ( 結城 忍 , Yūki Shinobu )

Voiced by: Sayaka Harada^[10] (Japanese); Tia Ballard^[four] (English language)

A immature girl Tōta befriends during his travels, Shinobu dreams of competing in the Neo Olympics equally a racer.^{Ch. ii} Shinobu subsequently reunites with Tōta at the UQ Holder Headquarters where she starts working every bit part of the staff.^{[ volume & consequence needed ]} She is similar in name and appearance with Shinobu Maehara, a graphic symbol from Akamatsu'south work Love Hina.^{[ original research? ] [ citation needed ]}

Powerful Hand

Powerful Hand is a group of immortal hunter mercenaries working for the Private Military & Security Company (PMSCS). They include: Shion Nagumo ( 南雲士音 , Nagumo Shion ), a blind swordsman; Kaito ( 灰斗 ), a martial artist werewolf who taught Tota the shundo technique; and Chao Xinxai ( 超星仔 ),^{Vol. iii profiles} a wizard specialist in shadow puppets.^{Ch. 20}

Sayoko

A schoolmate at Amano-Mihashira Academy, she was bullied past students and had died, turning into an onryō, a vengeful spirit. She is the cause of the murders on the campus, including the ones eight years earlier Santa and Tota'due south meeting. She is also the necromancer who turned her friend Santa into a revenant and gave him the Psion abilities. Hoping to become rid of the bullies and scum of society, she takes Santa'south wishes past concocting a virus that leads to a worldwide zombie apocalypse.^{Ch. 48-56}

Dana Ananga Jagannatha ( ダーナ・アナンガ・ジャガンナータ , Dāna Ananga Jagannāta )

Also known as the Witch of the Rift ( 狭間の魔女 , Hazama no Majo ), she is a true, natural-born vampire, unlike Evangeline and Tōta, who obtained their vampiric traits by magic. Thus her powers are far greater, capable of instantly regenerating herself from any damage. Her powers allow her to perform higher feats, such as opening rifts in the space-time continuum. She was the chief of a younger Evangeline, and they are not particularly on expert terms. Later, she takes Tōta, Kirie, and Santa to railroad train nether her for a while.

Honoka Konoe ( 近衛 帆乃香 , Konoe Honoka ) and Isana Konoe ( 近衛 勇魚 , Konoe Isana )

The granddaughters of Negi's one-time students Konoka Konoe and Setsuna Sakurazaki. They are part of Fate's new Ala Alba. They announced before Tōta, intending to convince him to join their ranks.

Mizore Yukihiro ( 雪広 みぞれ , Yukihiro Mizore )

Voiced past: Akari Kitō^[ten] (Japanese); Juliet Simmons^[4] (English language)

Bully-granddaughter of Ayaka Yukihiro and heir to the Yukihiro Conglomerate who wishes to marry Tōta. Like Ayaka, Mizore has a very proud personality but is also kind at eye.

Tena Vita ( テナ・ヴィタ , Vuīta Tena )

Voiced past: Rena Maeda^[nine] (Japanese); Margaret McDonald^[4] (English)

Also known as Cutlass ( カトラス , Katorasu ), a mysterious daughter who heralds herself as Tōta'due south sister but harbors a potent hatred towards him. She is armed with Ensis Exorcizans, the pactio weapon used by Asuna in Negima!, with the power to bewitch demons and dispel magic, and in Cutlass' case, summon lightning magic, implying that she is an Asuna/Negi hybrid clone just like Tōta, albeit with incomplete powers. In Affiliate 141, information technology was revealed that her birth proper name is Amater Magic Laboratory Immortal Experiment 17.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

UQ Holder! is written and illustrated past Ken Akamatsu. Information technology was first serialized in Kodansha'southward Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 28, 2013 to June 22, 2016.^{[11] [12] [xiii]} It was and so transferred to Bessatsu Shōnen Mag, starting on October eight, 2016, and was renamed UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi! 2.^{[2] [14]} The series concluded on February nine, 2022.^[fifteen] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The commencement volume was released on December 17, 2013.^[xvi] Every bit of November 9, 2021, 20-7 volumes have been released.^[17]

As the series is published in Japan, it is also released simultaneously in English digitally by Crunchyroll. The series is licensed for English language release in North America past Kodansha Comics, who published the kickoff volume on March 18, 2014.

Anime [edit]

An anime accommodation of the manga was appear in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in June 2016,^[18] afterwards revealed to be a television series and an Original Animation DVD (OAD).^[19] Youhei Suzuki directed the anime at J.C.Staff, with Akamatsu treatment the series composition alongside Shogo Yasukawa. Egg Firm produced the series and the main cast from the original Negima! anime returned.^[twenty] The OAD was released on September 8, 2017, while the tv set series premiered on October two, 2017.^[6] Two more OADs were released with the manga's 16th and 17th volumes.^[21] The series ran for 12 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and simulcast the anime on Amazon'due south Anime Strike streaming aqueduct in the U.Due south. and in other selected digital services elsewhere.^[22] MVM Films caused the series for home video release in the United kingdom.^[23] Madman Amusement caused the serial for distribution in Australia and New Zealand,^[24] and simulcasted the series on AnimeLab.^[25]

Episode listing [edit]

No.	Title	Original air engagement
1	"Beauty and the Boy" "Bijo to Shōnen" ( 美女と少年 )	Oct 2, 2017 (2017-ten-02)
80 years after the events of Negima!, Tōta Konoe dreams of one mean solar day leaving the boondocks where he lives in search of adventure. Nevertheless, his flagman, Yukihime, forbids him to, until one day, when he learns the truth backside his origins and must give upwardly his humanity to save Yukihime from a dangerous assailant.
2	"You Can't Hate Someone You Meet Naked" "Hadaka de deaeba Dachi ni naru" ( 裸で出会えば友達 ( ダチ ) になる )	Oct ix, 2017 (2017-x-09)
Tōta and Yukihime meet Kurōmaru Tokisaka, another immortal sent later them and convince him to join their side.
3	"Palace of the Immortals" "Fu shinin tachi no shiro" ( 不死人たちの城 )	October 16, 2017 (2017-x-16)
Tōta and Kurōmaru are taken to the headquarters of UQ Holder, a society of immortal beings created by Yukihime. However, they must undergo a special test commencement in order to join their ranks.
4	"Invasion of the Assassins" "Shikaku shūrai" ( 刺客襲来 )	Oct 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)
Tōta and Kurōmaru back-trail Karin in their showtime mission every bit members of UQ Holder to protect the citizens from the nearby slums. While training a new power, Tōta befriends a young man who lends him a paw, unaware that he is an enemy.
v	"Magia Erebea" "Magia Erebea" ( 闇の魔法 ( マギア・エレベア ) )	October 30, 2017 (2017-10-xxx)
Tōta and his friends have a hard time against the Immortal Hunters. Just when Tōta is nigh to be defeated, a mysterious, dark power awakens, assuasive him to fight back.
6	"Kurōmaru's Dark Days" "Kurōmaru wa kurō suru" ( 九郎丸は苦労する )	November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06)
To finally confirm their feelings for Tōta, Kurōmaru disguises as a daughter and invites him for a date, where they end up attacked past one of the enemies they previously faced.
7	"Reset and Restart" "Risetto & Risutāto" ( リセット＆リスタート )	November thirteen, 2017 (2017-11-13)
Tōta meets Kirie Sakurame, another fellow member of UQ Holder with the power to turn back fourth dimension, and enlists his aid to capture one of their enemies, Fate Averruncus, who once were a comrade of his grandad.
8	"Functioning: Capture Fate" "Feito hokaku sakusen" ( フェイト捕獲作戦 )	Nov twenty, 2017 (2017-xi-20)
After a long boxing, Tōta and the others manage to capture Fate. As they inquire about what he knows, Negi appears before them, much to their surprise.
9	"Love, Baths, and Vigorous Practice" "Koi to o furo no hanpuku undō" ( 恋とお風呂の反復運動 )	November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)
Following his encounter with Fate and Negi, Tōta meets Mizore Yukihiro, a descendant of Ayaka'southward who decides to take him as her husband by any means necessary.
10	"Welcome to Mahora Academy" "Mahora Gakuen eastward Yōkoso" ( 麻帆良学園へようこそ )	December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)
Nonetheless worried about Yukihime's revelations about his by, Tōta decides to enter the Mahora Fighting Tournament, where he is attacked by powerful enemies led by no other than Negi himself.
xi	"Her Honey Story" "Kanojo no Koi no Monogatari" ( 彼女の恋の物語 )	December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)
Tōta and his friends are attacked by Ialda Baoth, an evil, powerful mage possessing Negi's body until Asuna appears to aid them ready a plan to fight back.
12	"Adeat! Everlasting Dearest" "Adeatto! Tsuki Senu Omoi" ( 来れ ( アデアット ) ! 尽きせぬ想い )	December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)
Tōta and his friends hold Negi and his companions long plenty for Asuna's program to work, forcing Ialda Baoth to retreat. Afterward the battle, Tōta swears to save his grandfather in their next encounter and declares his love for Yukihime, much to anybody else'due south astonishment.

OVAs [edit]

No.	Championship	Release engagement
OVA–i	"Amor Primus〜Showtime Dearest〜" "amor primus〜Hatsukoi〜" ( amor primus〜初恋〜 )	September eight, 2017 (2017-09-08)
OVA–2	"Eternal Start Kiss in a Moment" "Setsuna de Eien no First Kiss"	March ix, 2018 (2018-03-09)
OVA–three	"Karin Senpai'southward Secret That Can't Be Spoken" "Karin-Senpai no Ienai Himitsu"	June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)

Notes [edit]

1. ^ UQ ( ユーキュー , Yūkyū ) derives from the give-and-take yūkyū ( 悠久 , "eternity"), whose kanji entwines within the UQ logo, which alludes to the immortal nature of the characters. During the broadcast catamenia of its anime accommodation, it was titled UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi! 2 .^[ii]

• ^ "Ch." is an abbreviation of "chapter" and refers to a affiliate number of the collected UQ Holder! manga
• ^ "Ep." is an abbreviation of "episode" and refers to an episode number of the UQ Holder! anime

References [edit]

1. ^ "UQ Holder". Kodansha Comics. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved Oct 24, 2017. Witness the dramatic first of a futuristic battle fantasy
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9. ^ ^{a b c} "Her Honey Story". UQ Holder. Episode xi. December 11, 2017. Event occurs at Ending credits. Tokyo MX.
10. ^ ^{a b} "UQ Holder Anime Reveals Teaser Video, More Bandage, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. August 4, 2017. Retrieved Baronial four, 2017.
11. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (August 15, 2013). "Negima'due south Ken Akamatsu Listed with New Manga in August". Anime News Network . Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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18. ^ "Negima Spinoff Manga UQ Holder! Gets Anime". Anime News Network. June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
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22. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses UQ Holder! Anime For Anime Strike Simulcast". Anime News Network. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
23. ^ "Here's the last of our announcements. Confirming we are releasing No Game, No Life: Zero movie. As well UQ Holder and Vatican Miracle Examiner". Twitter.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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25. ^ Bortignon, Tegan (October one, 2017). "AnimeLab Fall Simulcast Lineup 2017". Retrieved October 29, 2018.

External links [edit]

• UQ Holder! official manga website at Pocket Shōnen Magazine (in Japanese)
• UQ Holder official manga website at Kodansha Comics
• UQ Holder! official anime website (in Japanese)
• UQ Holder! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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