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Negima Timeline Corrections and Explanations
Thanks goes to MrTerrorist of Wikipedia.com for writing this article, as in the translation of the original chapters to the English version by Del Rey, there are some discrepancies which could cause some confusion as to the approximate time that certain events occur in the story, and the ages of our characters.
After reviewing unofficial translations of Negima from volume 1 to 8
& the clues within chapter 1 to 71 & other sources, a ‘proper’
& ‘accurate’ timeline of Negima has been made. The so
call mistakes mention earlier will be corrected in the text below.
First, many fans first assume that Negi started teaching at July of 2002
by looking at his diploma. However that was a mistake. The date on the
diploma was actually the date he graduated. Negi couldn’t immediately
go to Japan as he had to prepared himself for his trip like packing his
things & learning Japanese. When did Negi came to japan & began
teaching left many wondering but thanks to 3 clues, a date has been finally
confirmed. Negi actually came to Japan around October 2002. To know how
this date is the real date, you have to know the 3 clues. The first 2
clues are from chapter 38 & Evangeline comments in chapter 17. In
chapter 38, Nodoka magic diary reveals that the 3 rd day of the school
fieldtrip is on the 24 of April 2003. With this date we can calculate
the days of Chapter 38 all the way to Chapter 17 where our second clue
is found in Chapter 17 that is Eva’s comments. In the Del Ray version,
Eva said that she had waited 6 months for a chance to attack Negi. Many
asuumed the information to be false, most likely a typo or translation
error from the early data but in fact it’s actually correct. As
mention above, as we calculated the date of Chapter 38 to the days
till Chapter 17, the date in Chapter 17 is the 7 th of April 2003. Now
we minus 6 months and the date is now October 2002. Since Negi graduated
in July 2002, and was preparing for his trip & taking 3 weeks to learn
Japanese, it’s clear he came to Japan at October 2002. The third
& final clue is in fact the students themselves. While most might
not notice the clues at first, those with sharp eyes & some closer
examinations might find the clues. The clues are not what the girls are
saying but in fact what they are wearing. You might have notice that the
students are wearing their jackets from Chapter 1 to 12 but are not wearing
them in Chapter 13 and onwards. The reason for this is the change of seasons.
In Chapter1-12 the season is autumn & Chapter 13-71 the season is
spring. Using common sense you might know why. The autumn season is cold
so the students are wearing jackets & even coats & the spring
season is not that cold so the students are not wearing their jackets.
When Negi first arrives he is seen wearing a trench coat in Chapter1-12
& he doesn’t wear it again from Chapter 13 to onwards. With
these clues, Negi did in fact arrive in October 2002. Of course you might
also realized that 3 months have pass from Chapter 12 to 13. It might
be because Ken Akamatsu decided to skip the winter season to progress
the story quickly to spring of 2003.
(After this explanation you might be already be surprised of the Mahora
Academy’s school year. You might be puzzled by the fact the exams
are around October-November & the new school year is at April. Here
is an explanation. Schools in the US & UK start the beginning of the
school year after summer & ends during the end of spring. However,
some schools in Asia like Brunei start the school year after New Years
& ends at the end of November. Mahora Academy might actually follow
the Asian version of the school year but since Japan follow the US version
of the school year (If they do since I’m not sure when Japan school
year starts & end.) Mahora Academy might actually be a private
school that follow it’s own school year. (It’s still confusing
since due to the lack of knowledge of Japan’s school year, so if
anyone has any information please add it here.))
Anyway, another mistake mention before is that Negi recevies a letter
from the headmaster with a date; April 2, 2003. It was thought that the
date actually refers to the date that Negi will start teaching his second
year of school but it was wrong. The date is in fact when Negi becomes
an official teacher. When Negi came to teach at Mahora at first, it’s
was as an intern because the principal was testing him wheter he was qualify
to become a teacher. Negi actually started teaching in the new term
at the 7 th of April, 2003. In the Del Ray version of volume 1, Makie
mention’s that Negi has been teaching them nearly a week. But actually
the sentence was actually changed from the original, which stated it had
been 5 days since Negi’s arrival.
Because of the confusion & lack of knowledge of how long the time
of each volume is, a proper explanation is made. The following is the
correct & accurate timeline of Negima from volume 1 to 8.
Volume 1
Chapter 1-Negi’s 1st day around October 2002.
Chapter 2-Negi’s 2nd day around October 2002.
Chapter 3-Negi’s 2 nd night around October 2002.
Chapter 4-Negi’s 3 rd day & later night around October 2002.
Chapter 5-Negi’s 5 th day around October 2002.
Chapter 6-Negi’s 5 th & later 6 th day around October 2002.
Volume 2
Chapter 7-Fews days after Chapter 6 around Thursday of late October/early
November 2002.
Chapter 8-The same day on chapter 7 expect it’s night.
Chapter 9-Friday & Saturday.
Chapter 10-Same day as last chapter (Saturday) & later Sunday late
afternoon.
Chapter 11-Monday and later a week (Or more or less depending on how long
the results of all the classes were mark & calculated.)
Chapter 12-Sometime around the end of November 2002.
Chapter 13-Sometime in March 2003 as its spring break.
Chapter 14-Sometime around March or early April 2003 as its still spring
break..
Chapter 15-6 th April 2003.
Volume 3
Chapter 16-Night of 6 th April & later 7 th April 2003.
Chapter 17-Night of 7 th April 2003.
Chapter 18-8 th April 2003.
Chapter 19-Same day as last chapter, 8 th April and later 9 th April 2003
Chapter 20-10 th April 2003.
Chapter 21-11 th & later 12 th April 2003.
Chapter 22-13 th April 2003.
Chapter 23-14 th April 2003.
Chapter 24-Night of 14 th April 2003.
Chapter 25-Night of 14 th April 2003.
Volume 4
Chapter 26-15 th April 2003.
Chapter 27-20 th April 2003.
Chapter 28-22 nd April 2003.
Chapter 29-22 nd April 2003.
Chapter 30-Night of 22 nd April 2003.
Chapter 31-Late night of 22 nd April 2003.
Chapter 32-Late night of 22 nd April 2003.
Chapter 33-23 rd April 2003.
Chapter 34-Afternoon of 23 rd April 2003.
Volume 5
Chapter 35-Night of 23 rd April 2003.
Chapter 36-Night of 23 rd April 2003.
Chapter 37-Night of 23 rd April 2003.
Chapter 38-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 39-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 40-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 41-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 42-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 43-24 th of April 2003.
Volume 6
Chapter 44-24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 45-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 46-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 47-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 48-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 49-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 50-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 51-Night of 24 th of April 2003.
Chapter 52-Night of 24 th & 25 th of April 2003.
Chapter 53-25 th & 26 th of April 2003.
Volume 7
Chapter 54-4 th May 2003.
Chapter 55-5 th May 2003.
Chapter 56-7 th & 8 th May 2003.
Chapter 57-9 th & 10 th May 2003.
Chapter 58-11 th May 2003.
Chapter 59-12 th & 13 th May 2003.
Chapter 60-14 th May 2003.
Chapter 61-17 th May 2003.
Chapter 62-17 th & 18 th May 2003.
Volume 8
Chapter 63-Night & next day, sometime around late May 2003.
Chapter 64-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 65-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 66-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 67-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 68-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 69-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 70-Same day as last chapter.
Chapter 71-Same day as last chapter & later the next day.
Note: Note: You may have realized that in volume 3 that chapter 22 is
Sunday, 13 April 2003. It’s not a mistake even though there is class
in chapter 22. The reason is because they are having class on Sunday.
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