>>192939171>Because everything UQ Holder did/is doing, Negima did better.My gripe is that I like when UQ isn't trying to be like Negima. And that's what it was like at first, people didn't like it for that reason, but I personally really did (I love Negima, but I liked the fresh start of UQ). I think Negima's influence hurts it too much. I was so disappointed when they teased Touta doing a pactio with Kuroumaru but as the minister, it would have been different and interesting, but then Touta just ends up being everyone's master. It's Negi's pactio fest 2.0, only this time no one's even used their pactio cards yet despite a huge fight happening.
It's like Ken is just putting in aspects of Negima UQ doesn't even need for the sake of it. Those loli Konoka and Setsuna clones are a good example, too. What do they contribute? Absolutely nothing.
But it was doomed from the start because Ken always intended it to be a sequel. I think that ended up influencing the direction of the writing too much even early on, so the UQ characters never got a good chance to stand on their own, since everything was the lead-up to the Negima stuff. I actually really like the UQ cast too personally, so it's frustrating.
