It only took eight years. While in Japan the manga ended in 2014, over here in the USA we get to see the ending today. Still faster than Aiyoku no Eustia's translation so I guess we should count our blessings.
To make the matter all the more frustrating, the only chapters we needed translated were 42-65. The anime covered the rest. So it took eight years to translate 24 chapters. Or three chapters a year. *sigh*
Well, the important thing is with the translation in hand we can see the true end of the series the anime only began. But it wasn't a big reveal or anything. The final chapter was another funny joke like all the previous ones and then we were suddenly informed it was over. I guess that's sort of how it goes in a gag manga, it's not like there was ever a plot to begin with. At least this way I have closure, I don't have to regret not seeing the rest of Kitakubu anymore, because now I've seen it. Unlike Lucky Star, also a gag manga, also with no plot progression, but I'm still dying to see the 9th and 10th volumes that were never translated. I know there's only more jokes to be found in those volumes, but I want to see them!
Meanwhile the translation of the final volume of Hataraku Maou-sama! (The Devil is a Part-timer) has been delayed a month to 3/22/22. I was looking forward to one ending and didn't get it, but was surprised by a different series ending and finally got it. Plus minus 0.
March Madness begins March 15th. Triangle Strategy releases on the 4th, but I haven't really begun on Bravely Default II yet, so piling up additional games I'll never play isn't much use. I guess the next few weeks will have to be devoted purely to Negima.
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