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''UQ Holder!'' (aka ユーキューホルダー!, or "Eternity Holder!") is the sequel of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' by Creator/KenAkamatsu. Set 75 years after the end of ''Negima!'', in an AlternateTimeline, it explores a number of ambiguous or unexplored details left at the end of that series, such as the space elevator and the adoption of magic on earth. The story began serialization in late August of 2013. In November 2016, the manga would be retitled ''UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi 2'', more or less confirming its sequel connection to ''Negima!''In February 2022, the manga officially concluded with its 192nd chapter.

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''UQ Holder!'' (aka ユーキューホルダー!, or "Eternity Holder!") is the sequel of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' by Creator/KenAkamatsu. Set 75 years after the end of ''Negima!'', in an AlternateTimeline, it explores a number of ambiguous or unexplored details left at the end of that series, such as the space elevator and the adoption of magic on earth. The story began serialization in late August of 2013. In November 2016, the manga would be retitled ''UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi 2'', more or less confirming its sequel connection to ''Negima!''In ''Negima!'' In February 2022, the manga officially concluded with its 192nd chapter.
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* MarryThemAll: [[spoiler:While it's not explicitly stated in the finale if Negi marries anyone, he does still have children with Asuna, Yue, Nodoka, Chisame, Konoka and Setsuna]].

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''UQ Holder!'' (aka ユーキューホルダー!, or "Eternity Holder!") is the sequel of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' by Creator/KenAkamatsu. Set 75 years after the end of ''Negima!'', in an AlternateTimeline, it explores a number of ambiguous or unexplored details left at the end of that series, such as the space elevator and the adoption of magic on earth. The story began serialization in late August of 2013. In November 2016, the manga would be retitled ''UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi 2'', more or less confirming its sequel connection to ''Negima!''

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''UQ Holder!'' (aka ユーキューホルダー!, or "Eternity Holder!") is the sequel of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' by Creator/KenAkamatsu. Set 75 years after the end of ''Negima!'', in an AlternateTimeline, it explores a number of ambiguous or unexplored details left at the end of that series, such as the space elevator and the adoption of magic on earth. The story began serialization in late August of 2013. In November 2016, the manga would be retitled ''UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi 2'', more or less confirming its sequel connection to ''Negima!''
''Negima!''In February 2022, the manga officially concluded with its 192nd chapter.


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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The manga ends this way. [[spoiler:While the threat of Ialda is completely removed and the universe is prospering, there's still problems to solve and injustices to fight. Because of that, Touta continues to fight for the protection of mortals.]]


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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, it's revealed that Negi had fathered children with his surviving haremettes. A son with Asuna, and daughters with Chisame, Nodoka, and Yue. Konoka and Setsuna appear to have two daughters of their own.]]
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* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: The final chapter takes place 12 thousand years after the FinalBattle.]]
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* AvengersAssemble: [[spoiler: In chapter 191, UQ Holder and the newly freed Ala Alba and Ala Rubra, all gather and charge into the FinalBattle against Ialda and her army]].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The series is set in the 2086, 76 years after ''Negima'''s ending, but 50 years before [[spoiler:the world Asuna's wakes up in]] in the same series.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The series is set in the 2086, 76 years after ''Negima'''s ending, but 50 years before [[spoiler:the world Asuna's wakes up in]] in within the same series.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: As standard for Creator/KenAkamatsu, even though you see the characters naked often, their bodies have the anatomical detail of Barbie dolls. After the series shifts to monthly, the female characters start having visible nipples, even if they are only outlines and not drawn in detail.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: As standard for Creator/KenAkamatsu, a Creator/KenAkamatsu manga, even though you see the characters naked often, their bodies have the anatomical detail of Barbie dolls. After the series shifts to monthly, the female characters start having visible nipples, nipples and cases of MaleFrontalNudity, even if they are only outlines and not drawn in detail.



** Karin also grabs Touta's male member [[spoiler:when they're all alone in space and she's trying to, um, "persuade" him to show her he's real with his body]]. She not-so-subtly says she might rip off what she has in her hand if Touta doesn't give in, although both know he can grow another one.

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** Karin also grabs Touta's male member [[spoiler:when they're all alone in space and she's trying to, um, "persuade" him to show her he's real with his body]]. She not-so-subtly says she might rip off what she has in her hand if Touta doesn't give in, although both know he can grow another one.

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* BalancedHarem: Touta cares about and affirms to love all the female Numbers. Each immortal girl gets chapters of interactions with Touta after the GenreShift to HaremGenre, although there was [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too much focus]] on [[{{Tsundere}} Kirie]] for a while. There's also two mortal girls crushing on Touta who are around for gags.

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* BalancedHarem: Touta cares about and affirms to love all the female Numbers. Each immortal girl gets chapters of interactions with Touta after After the GenreShift to HaremGenre, although the main three immortal girls get the same number of ShipTease chapters with Touta, usually one right after another. Although, there was [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too much focus]] on [[{{Tsundere}} Kirie]] for a while. There's also two mortal girls crushing on Touta who are around for gags.



* BurnTheWitch: According to Xingzai Chao, Karin was burned at the stake once in the Middle Ages when she was captured by some villagers who accused her of being a witch.



* BustContrastDuo: In the female Numbers, we have Kirie, the flat-chested {{Tsundere}} with ACupAngst and Karin, the MsFanservice with big boobs.



** [[spoiler:Happens again the chapter after the above when Karin admits her feelings for Touta after he rescues her from the vaccum of space.]]

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** [[spoiler:Happens again the chapter after the above when Karin admits her feelings for Touta after he rescues her from the vaccum vacuum of space.]]



* CooldownHug:
** In Chapter 155, after Karin recounts to Touta her history with Yukihime, she brings up the failed pactio with Yukihime from earlier that day, and cries in despair, taking it as a sign that Yukihime isn't deserving of salvation. Touta, seeing her distress, hugs her. Karin accepts the embrace and calms down soon after.
** In Chapter 181, Kuroumaru has an emotional breakdown over [[spoiler:doing nothing but fight without Touta for 45 years]] and in her moment of vulnerability, indirectly asks Touta for sex. Realizing the implications of what she said, Kuroumaru freaks out and tries to run away from Touta. Touta grabs Kuroumaru and holds her in his arms to calm her down.
** In Chapter 182, Karin, having broken down completely when faced with [[spoiler:the reality of everlasting torment of being drawn into in a sun sized star]], suddenly sees Touta again after so long, once she confirms him to be the real deal, she begins to weep profusely in joy and relief. Touta pulls her into a hug and reassures her it's going to be okay, he's come to save her.



* DeliberateInjuryGambit:
** Kuroumaru assumes that decapitation will kill Touta while Touta assumes it won't. Touta is right and uses the opportunity to slam Kuroumaru into the ground and end the fight.
** During his fight against [[spoiler:berserk sword god Kuroumaru]], Touta lets himself be stabbed through the chest so he can trap his opponent by grabbing the sword with his bare hand. [[spoiler:Instead of attacking, he takes the chance to restore Kuroumaru's sanity with a kiss.]]



* FriendVersusLover: In a single person. Kuroumaru insists they want to be Touta's {{Bash Brother|s}}, but Karin and Kirie know Kuroumaru has a crush on Touta and pressure Kuroumaru into pursuing a romantic relationship with him as a girl.



* AGlassInTheHand: Karin breaks two glasses before she can actually deliver them to Yukihime when Yukihime mentions Touta lived with her and he might end up as the only immortal on the world after Karin.



* GroinAttack:
** Karin delivers one to the immortal hunter who assaulted her in the shower, kicking him in the nuts, after which she proceeds to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown kick his ass]].
** Karin also grabs Touta's male member [[spoiler:when they're all alone in space and she's trying to, um, "persuade" him to show her he's real with his body]]. She not-so-subtly says she might rip off what she has in her hand if Touta doesn't give in, although both know he can grow another one.



* HotterAndSexier: The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys.
** More nudity for characters both genders this time around [[note]] In the weeklys, much like in Negima before, male characters usually avoid ClothingDamage, and when they do they tend to keep their underwear, unlike the women who are stripped bare. The monthlys, by contrast, are more equal opportunity in the depiction of nudity. This shift is best shown through Touta, who before, was rarely shown fully nude. Ever since the first monthly chapter, he can spend sequences or even entire chapters in the nude. [[/note]] and increasingly risque situations characters get themselves in.
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* LoveConfession:
** Kuroumaru tries to confesses to Touta in Chapter 99, who completely [[LoveYouAndEverybody misinterprets it]]. Kuroumaru tries to confess again in Chapter 151, only for Touta to not get it again until Kuroumaru admitting they have NoBiologicalSex gets it through Touta's thick head.
** Kirie's infatuation with Touta is of the EveryoneCanSeeIt variety, but she consistently denies it...until it gets brought up during a life-or-death struggle with the remnants of Ala Alba, who helpfully read her mind in order to confirm it. She finally admits it to Touta during the struggle, but afterwards tries to deny it by claiming it was part of a scheme to trick Ala Alba into wasting time [[note]]Also counts as TalkingIsAFreeAction since the entire exchange which results in the confession is part of a plan to stall for exactly 37 seconds, but it doesn't seem to actually consume any of the time since the dialogue alone would require far more than 37 seconds. [[/note]]. To his credit, although Touta skeptically accepts her attempt at a take-back, he quickly figures out the take-back is a lie, and kisses her on the cheek in appreciation.
** In chapter 181, [[spoiler:Touta pulls in a nervous Kuroumaru to a CooldownHug, after the latter tried to run away in shame for asking "a reward" in the heat of the moment. Touta tells her it's all fine because he loves her.]]
** In chapter 182, [[spoiler:Karin reunites with Touta after 45 years of isolation in space. She opens up to Touta and confesses that she has fallen for him. Touta has a hard time believing it because he thought Karin hated him, but admits he does like her back.]]
* LoveConfessor:
** In Chapter 73, Touta confesses to Kuroumaru that he loves Yukihime. Though he's quick to deny that it's romantic love -- [[WellDoneSonGuy he just wants her to acknowledge him]].
** In Chapter 110, Yukihime confesses to Touta that she's still in love with Negi and that's why she can't reciprocate Touta's feelings, at least not until Negi is freed from the Lifemaker.
** In Chapter 135, Touta admits to Yukihime that he likes Kirie and wants to protect her. Kirie, who had passed out from getting trapped with Touta in a sauna, wakes up right on time to hear him say this.



* MarryThemAll: [[spoiler:Touta confesses and has sex with Kuroumaru, Karin, and Kirie once he reunites with each of them after not seeing them for 45 years.]]



* MentalWorld: Like in ''Negima'', this series has "Phantasmagorias" which are alternate dimensions outside of time and space undistinguishable from the real deal. They're used to transport the spell's targets' minds inside. [[spoiler:The Lifemaker uses the mental dimension to trap Touta in their confrontations.]]



* NeverSuicide: The official report of Santa's death is that he committed suicide after [[BulliedIntoDepression growing sick of all the bullying he had to put up with]]. [[spoiler:The truth is he was murdered by some rich kids that pushed him off a building because he made things hard for them and they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections used their connections to cover it up as suicide]].]]



* OutfitRipSexCheck: Unconvinced that Kuroumaru is a guy, Touta pulls down Kuroumaru's pants while the latter is knocked out from Yukihime's attack in chapter 4. Kuroumaru wakes up to punch him before he can check anything, though.
* PerspectiveFlip: The first OVA adapts Yukihime's past self's meetings with Touta, but told from her point-of-view while in the manga it all happened from Touta's perspective.



** [[spoiler:After Touta turned into a World Tree to save the world, the female Numbers of UQ Holder made an agreement that they all would have sex with him after he came back and no one is allowed to monopolize him.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Kuroumaru is transformed into a sword. Touta calls out Kuroumaru's name, making his feelings reach Kuroumaru and this causes Kuroumaru to return to humanoid form, now with the power of a sword god.]]

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** [[spoiler:After Touta turned into a World Tree to save the world, the female Numbers of UQ Holder made an agreement that they all would have sex with him after he came back and no one is allowed to monopolize him. Touta goes along with the agreement, having sex with the three when he finds them, one after another.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Kuroumaru is transformed into a sword. Touta calls out Kuroumaru's name, making his feelings reach Kuroumaru and this causes Kuroumaru to return to humanoid form, now with the power of a sword god. However, Kuroumaru goes berserk because she hasn't regained her mind yet. Touta kisses her, with the intention of accepting all of Kuroumaru, to bring her back to sanity and he succeeds.]]
* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler:Touta has sex with Kuroumaru, Karin and Kirie in Volume 26, right before the final battle begins in the next volume.
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* RescueSex: In chapter 182, [[spoiler:Karin has sex with Touta when he travels to the Alpha Centauri system to rescue her after she was floating aimlessly in space for decades.]]

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** [[spoiler:Touta and Kuroumaru]] have TheirFirstTime soon after she arrives with the other Numbers to rescue him [[spoiler:from a trap set up by the Demon Barons]] and also protects him from a horde of monsters [[spoiler:while he's busy releasing Santa from a Jizo statue]].
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* SupervillainLair: The BigBad builds herself one in the planetoids she assimilates, with a distinct fondness for vaguely Roman-like ruins, with stairs surrounded by broken columns leading to her throne.


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* TemporalMutability: {{Discussed|Trope}}. Kirie's MentalTimeTravel power allows her to turn back time and change the course of events without repercussions, but she isn't entirely sure of what she's doing to the timeline. Ikkuu and Touta bring up the possibility that Kirie's SavePoint doesn't actually send her back in time, but to an alternate timeline/dimension, that when she dies her memories are sent to alternate Kirie, while the original timeline continues but with Kirie being dead. The extradimensional witch Dana denies this theory; Kirie's reset power is so perfect that it overwrites the timeline she's in.


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* YouAreTooLate: Chapter 171 has Touta storm into Tougen to rescue Kuroumaru before the immortal hunters finish the ritual that will take away Kuroumaru's immortality. [[spoiler:When Touta finds his partner, the ritual is already over and Kuroumaru has been turned into the Hina Blade. Luckily for him, Kuroumaru soon turns back to human form.]]
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** In chapter 2, the race in the remenber ''Videogame/FZero'' and ships in the race is likely of many ships of ''Franchise/StarWars''

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** In chapter 185, Touta asks Gengorou how many lives he's accumulated. He responds with [[{{Cap}} 65535]]. Touta wonders how many times you could beat ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' with that stock of lives. Gengorou later remarks that his life events heavily resembled the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series.
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** Played straight when the Lifemaker-possessed-Negi and his minions pause a dramatic moment in a fight to tease Kirie about her crush on Touta, pressuring her into admitting to Touta how she feels about him. [[RealityEnsues Cutlass has enough of the misplaced romcom scene and stabs Kirie to shut her up.]]

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** Played straight when the Lifemaker-possessed-Negi and his minions pause a dramatic moment in a fight to tease Kirie about her crush on Touta, pressuring her into admitting to Touta how she feels about him. [[RealityEnsues [[OffingTheAnnoyance Cutlass has enough of the misplaced romcom scene and stabs Kirie to shut her up.]]
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* AdaptationalCurves: In the anime, many of the girls in 3-A are curvier than they are normally, it's especially noticeable when Negi blows their clothes off and a number of the more flat-chested girls (Natsumi, Konoka, etc) are considerably bigger.
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** More nudity for characters both genders this time around [[note]] In the weeklys, much like in Negima before, male characters usually avoid ClothingDamage, and when they do they tend to keep their underwear, unlike the women who are stripped bare. The monthlys, by contrast, are more equal opportunity n the depiction of nudity. This shift is best shown through Touta, who before, was rarely shown fully nude. Ever since the first monthly chapter, he can spend sequences or even entire chapters in the nude. [[/note]] and increasingly risque situations characters get themselves in.

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** More nudity for characters both genders this time around [[note]] In the weeklys, much like in Negima before, male characters usually avoid ClothingDamage, and when they do they tend to keep their underwear, unlike the women who are stripped bare. The monthlys, by contrast, are more equal opportunity n in the depiction of nudity. This shift is best shown through Touta, who before, was rarely shown fully nude. Ever since the first monthly chapter, he can spend sequences or even entire chapters in the nude. [[/note]] and increasingly risque situations characters get themselves in.



* RescueSex: In chapter 182, [[spoiler:Karin has sex with Touta when he travels to Alpha Centauri to rescue her after she was floating aimlessly in space for decades.]]

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** At the end of their "date" in chapter 136, Kirie invites Touta to join her in the bathtub.
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* HotterAndSexier: The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys. More nudity for characters both genders this time around [[note]] The weeklys, much like in Negima before, male characters usually avoid ClothingDamage, and when they do they tend to keep their underwear, unlike the women who are stripped bare. The monthlys, by contrast, are more equal opportunity n the depiction of nudity. This shift is best shown through Touta, who before, was rarely shown fully nude. Ever since the first monthly chapter, he can spend sequences or even entire chapters in the nude. [[/note]] and increasingly risque situations characters get themselves in. Later chapters even show [[spoiler: onscreen sex between Touta and the female Numbers]].

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: As standard for Creator/KenAkamatsu, even though you see the characters naked often, their bodies have the anatomical detail of Barbie dolls.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: As standard for Creator/KenAkamatsu, even though you see the characters naked often, their bodies have the anatomical detail of Barbie dolls. After the series shifts to monthly, the female characters start having visible nipples, even if they are only outlines and not drawn in detail.
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* AlternateUniverse: In Chapter 184, [[spoiler:Kirie]] mentions that she was sent to an alternate universe. [[spoiler:It's all but directly stated to be the universe that we currently live in, being the year 2021 and how there's a virus currently plauging the world]].

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* AlternateUniverse: In Chapter 184, [[spoiler:Kirie]] mentions that she was sent to an alternate universe. [[spoiler:It's all but directly stated to be the universe that we currently live in, being the year 2021 and how there's a virus currently plauging plaguing the world]].
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:As Kirie explains her adventures in the parallel world, she helpfully mentions that, were it to be put to manga, it'd be a five volume series.]]
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* RescueSex: In chapter 182, [[spoiler:Karin has sex with Touta when he travels to the ends of the solar system to rescue her after she was floating aimlessly in space for years.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: In Chapter 184, [[spoiler:Kirie]] mentions that she was sent to an alternate universe. [[spoiler:It's all but directly stated to be the universe that we currently live in, being the year 2021 and how there's a virus currently plauging the world]].
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** Chapter 127: [[spoiler: Touta is actually a hybrid clone of Negi and Asuna(IOW, he's effectively ''their child'', genetically speaking), and the only one among 72 experiments to inherit the powers of both perfectly.]]

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** Chapter 127: [[spoiler: Touta is actually a hybrid clone of Negi and Asuna(IOW, Asuna (IOW, he's effectively ''their child'', genetically speaking), and the only one among 72 experiments to inherit the powers of both perfectly.]]
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* FlamesOfLove: In Chapter 182 [[spoiler: Touta and Karin make love as the Sun-like star, Alpha-Centauri, burns brightly behind them.]]

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* FlamesOfLove: In Chapter 182 [[spoiler: Touta and Karin make love as the Sun-like star, Alpha-Centauri, Rigil Kentaurus, burns brightly behind them.]]



* HotterAndSexier: The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys. More nudity for characters both genders this time around and increasingly risque situations characters get in. Later chapters even show [[spoiler: onscreen sex between Touta and the female Numbers]].

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* HotterAndSexier: The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys. More nudity for characters both genders this time around [[note]] The weeklys, much like in Negima before, male characters usually avoid ClothingDamage, and when they do they tend to keep their underwear, unlike the women who are stripped bare. The monthlys, by contrast, are more equal opportunity n the depiction of nudity. This shift is best shown through Touta, who before, was rarely shown fully nude. Ever since the first monthly chapter, he can spend sequences or even entire chapters in the nude. [[/note]] and increasingly risque situations characters get themselves in. Later chapters even show [[spoiler: onscreen sex between Touta and the female Numbers]].

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** Cutlass makes a brief appearence in Episode 8 while Touta and company wait for Fate to show up.

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** Cutlass makes a brief appearence appearance in Episode 8 while Touta and company wait for Fate to show up.



* BalancedHarem: Touta cares about and affirms to love all the female Numbers. Each one gets chapters dedicated to their interactions with Touta after the GenreShift to HaremGenre, although there was [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too much focus]] on [[{{Tsundere}} Kirie]] for a while. There's also two mortal girls crushing on Touta who are around for gags.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In chapter 136, the other members of UQ Holder send Touta and Kirie out on a date in Kyoto, with Karin prodding Kirie to use the chance and go all the way with Touta. At the end of the day, Touta and Kirie go into the bathtub together, Touta says they're going all the way... And just kisses her because he ''doesn't even know what sex is''. Kirie spends the rest of the night giving him TheTalk.
* BalancedHarem: Touta cares about and affirms to love all the female Numbers. Each one immortal girl gets chapters dedicated to their of interactions with Touta after the GenreShift to HaremGenre, although there was [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too much focus]] on [[{{Tsundere}} Kirie]] for a while. There's also two mortal girls crushing on Touta who are around for gags.



* BareHandedBladeBlock: In chapter 3, Yukihime stops Kuroumaru's blade with only her fingers.



* CoitusEnsues: In the TimeSkip arc before the FinalBattle, the plot pauses itself for a few chapters as the manga goes to more gratuitous {{Fanservice}} levels than ever before by showing [[spoiler:Touta having sex with the female Numbers as he reunites with them after 45 years]].
* ColorMotif: The Pactio cards, like in ''Negima'', give a color to represent the Ministra. In the cards seen here there's violet for Yukihime, white and black for Kuroumaru, yellow for Karin, purple for Kirie, white for Ikkuu, black for Santa, and gold for Mizore.



* CoolAirship: The Akashic Skywheel is an airship left behind by the lost civilization of Venus. After the Numbers find it hidden at rift between dimensions, it serves as the Numbers' base of operations in the 45-year TimeSkip. As it's said to be capable of space travel, it also doubles as a CoolStarship.
* CosmicMotifs: Like in ''Negima'', the Pactio cards give a cosmic symbol for each Ministra. Here we get: Pluto for Yukihime, Uranus for Kuroumaru, Venus for Karin and Mizore, and Saturn for Kirie.



* EmbodimentOfVirtue: Same as in ''Negima'', those who make a Pactio get a card that list a virtue that they embody most: Fides (Faith/Loyalty) for Yukihime, Karin, and Santa, Temperantia (Temperance) for Kuroumaru, Sapientia (Wisdom) for Kirie, Spes (Hope/Expectation) for Ikkuu, Audacia (Courage) for Shinobu, and Caritas (Charity) for Mizore.



* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: There's a bit of this motif going on with Touta and some of his Ministra Magi. Touta tends to take a demonic form when using Magia Erebea. Among his Ministra Magi, there's Kuroumaru who eventually can grow feathered wings due to being a bird demihuman and Karin who uses holy magic that can make her take an angelic form with wings and a halo.



** Yukihime's speech about the different kinds of immortality in Chapter 6 is accompanied with images of various characters. Since then, not only have a couple of these characters made appearances, but what makes them immortal matches what they were "labeled" with in this chapter.



** The pactios of Kuroumaru, Karin, and Kirie with Touta were made in an overtly sexual manner. [[spoiler:They each have sex with him upon reuniting after 45 years of separation.]]
** When Agali Arept tries to break Touta by [[spoiler:showing him the inactive cards of his pactio partners, something that makes Touta's worst fears that they are dead to be confirmed,]] he suspiciously leaves out Ikkuu. Sure enough, later chapters show Ikkuu [[spoiler:alive, albeit brainwashed to be on their side. This omission is likely because showing an active card would give Touta hope, which would defeat the purpose of BreakThemByTalking.]]



* GrayRainOfDepression: As revealed in chapter 148, in a timeline without Asuna present, [[spoiler:Negi cannot win against [[BigBad Nagi Ialda]] in 2025. Yue, Nodoka, Rakan and Albireo Imma all become the Lifemaker's marionettes and [[TakingTheBullet Chisame blocks an attack]] for Negi. The next scene shows Negi slowly walking with his head low towards Eva's cottage, not caring whether he is soaking wet in the rain that initially masks that he's crying.]]

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* GrayRainOfDepression: GrayRainOfDepression:
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As revealed in chapter 148, in a timeline without Asuna present, [[spoiler:Negi cannot win against [[BigBad Nagi Ialda]] in 2025. Yue, Nodoka, Rakan and Albireo Imma all become the Lifemaker's marionettes and [[TakingTheBullet Chisame blocks an attack]] for Negi. The next scene shows Negi slowly walking with his head low towards Eva's cottage, not caring whether he is soaking wet in the rain that initially masks that he's crying.]]



* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: The CoolAirship Akashic Skywheel is comprised of library upon library, to the point that its captain and UQ Holder's resident {{Bookworm}}, Nikitis barely went through 0.1 percent of its contents even after 20 years of reading.



* HotterAndSexier:
** Since she's no longer bound to Mahora, Evangeline's free to use her magic as she pleases and uses age changing pills to make herself look about twenty years older. It looks quite a bit different from her previous established "older" form, likely because she's trying to blend in rather than look like TheVamp.
** Several of the members of Class 3-A have much more improved designs which are designed to invoke this trope.
** The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys. More nudity for characters both genders this time around and increasingly risque situations characters get in. Later chapters even show [[spoiler: onscreen sex between Touta and his lovers]].

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* HotterAndSexier:
** Since she's no longer bound to Mahora, Evangeline's free to use her magic as she pleases and uses age changing pills to make herself look about twenty years older. It looks quite a bit different from her previous established "older" form, likely because she's trying to blend in rather than look like TheVamp.
** Several of the members of Class 3-A have much more improved designs which are designed to invoke this trope.
**
HotterAndSexier: The monthly chapters manage to up the ante when compared to the weeklys. More nudity for characters both genders this time around and increasingly risque situations characters get in. Later chapters even show [[spoiler: onscreen sex between Touta and his lovers]].the female Numbers]].



* LotusEaterMachine: Chapter 183 reveals [[spoiler:Yukihime]]'s mind is trapped in an illusionary world made of her happiest memories [[spoiler:of her days with Class 3-A. Meanwhile, her body is now controlled by the Lifemaker.]]



* MeaningfulName:
** The first part of Evangeline's middle name is 'Athanasia', which means "{{immortality}}".
** Evangeline's alias ''Yukihime'' means "Snow Princess", referencing her status as a [[AnIcePerson master ice mage]].

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* MeaningfulName:
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MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: In the first part arcs, the main trio of Evangeline's middle name immortals is 'Athanasia', which means "{{immortality}}".
** Evangeline's alias ''Yukihime'' means "Snow Princess", referencing her status as
made of a [[AnIcePerson master ice mage]].guy (Touta), a girl (Yukihime/Karin) and someone who isn't male or female (Kuroumaru).
* MesACrowd: Kirie, Shinobu, and Mizore all want to drive in a speeder race with Touta. Honoka casts a spell on Touta to split him into three so each girl can run with their own Touta.



* MusclesAreMeaningless: The bulky Kaito is beaten by the scrawny Touta.



* NumerologicalMotif: The Pactio cards here once again include a Roman number to represent the Ministra. In the cases of the Numbers, they get the same Number they were given in the UQ Holder's ranks.



* OneSidedArmWrestling: The bulky Kaito is beaten by the scrawny Touta.

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* OneSidedArmWrestling: The bulky Kaito Kuroumaru and Karin effortlessly beat Touta in arm wrestling. Touta getting frustrated about it is beaten by the scrawny Touta.what motivates him try and learn KiManipulation.



* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:In the aftermath of the Orbital Ring attack, UQ Holder managed to beat Baal and drive off the Demon Barons, but the orbital ring is still destroyed and is set to release a virus that would annihilate humanity. To prevent this from happening, Touta performed a HeroicSacrifice by becoming a WorldTree to save the world, separating himself from his comrades. Costing their TrumpCard against Ialda as a result.]]



** [[spoiler:Touta eventually makes all the female Numbers of UQ Holder his lovers.]]

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** [[spoiler:Touta eventually makes all [[spoiler:After Touta turned into a World Tree to save the world, the female Numbers of UQ Holder made an agreement that they all would have sex with him after he came back and no one is allowed to monopolize him.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Kuroumaru is transformed into a sword. Touta calls out Kuroumaru's name, making
his lovers.feelings reach Kuroumaru and this causes Kuroumaru to return to humanoid form, now with the power of a sword god.]]



* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:In the aftermath of the Orbital Ring attack, UQ Holder managed to beat Baal and drive off the Demon Barons, but the orbital ring is still destroyed and is set to release a virus that would annihilate humanity. To prevent this from happening, Touta performed a HeroicSacrifice by becoming a WorldTree to save the world, separating himself from his comrades. Costing their TrumpCard against Ialda as a result.]]



* RedBaron: Like in ''Negima'', the pactio cards have an epithet that describes traits or skills of the ministra. Here are some found in the cards put on sale for the anime:
** Yukihime's ministra epithet, Regina Glacialis, meaning "Ice Queen", refers to her [[AnIcePerson powerful ice magic]].
** Kuroumaru's ministra epithet, Gladiarium Neutrale, meaning "Neutral Swordwielder", is a reference to Kuroumaru's affinity with swords and NoBiologicalSex. "Kuryuu's" ministra epithet, Gladiaria Splendida, means "Spendid Swordswoman", continues the sword affinity and is a CallBack to when Karin said Kuroumaru would make a "lovely girl".
** Karin's ministra epithet, Sanctus Lucifer, meaning "Holy Light Bringer or Holy Morning Star". The former translation is a reference to her Holy Magic powers. Lucifer is the Latin word for Lightbringer. Morning Star, despite being used as a byword for the devil nowadays, was originally a reference to the King of Babylon, "falling from heaven". Morning star is also a title used to refer to both the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, ironically or appropriately enough. Lastly, Morning Star is also used to describe the planet Venus, which happens to be her planet on her pactio card.
** Kirie's ministra epithet, Viator Temporis, meaning "Time Traveller", is a reference to her SavePoint MentalTimeTravel ability.



* SomethingElseAlsoRises: In chapter 170, [[KissOfTheVampire Touta bites Kuroumaru's neck to suck blood]], causing wings to grow from Kuroumaru's back in what looks like Kuroumaru getting TheImmodestOrgasm.



* StargazingScene: Chapter 151 opens with a flashback to Kuroumaru's older brother holding a child Kuroumaru as they watch the night sky together. Later in the same chapter, Kuroumaru does the same with Touta before Touta tells Kuroumaru they should do as Kuroumaru's brother said and go on a journey to space after the Lifemaker is dealt with.



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted in Touta's fight against the bounty hunter. After his first attack is blocked Touta tries to throw your standard Shonen protagonist speech at the villain. Except the villain doesn't cooperate, gets behind Touta and lobs his arm off mid-sentence.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: TalkingIsAFreeAction:
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Averted in Touta's fight against the bounty hunter. After his first attack is blocked Touta tries to throw your standard Shonen protagonist speech at the villain. Except the villain doesn't cooperate, gets behind Touta and lobs his arm off mid-sentence.mid-sentence.
** Played straight when the Lifemaker-possessed-Negi and his minions pause a dramatic moment in a fight to tease Kirie about her crush on Touta, pressuring her into admitting to Touta how she feels about him. [[RealityEnsues Cutlass has enough of the misplaced romcom scene and stabs Kirie to shut her up.]]



* TheirFirstTime:
** Subverted between Touta and Kirie in chapter 136. After Kirie accidentally confesses her feelings for Touta, the other members of UQ Holder send them out on a date in Kyoto, with Karin prodding Kirie to use the chance and go all the way with Touta. At the end of the day, Touta and Kirie go into the bathtub together, Touta says they're going all the way... And just kisses her because he doesn't even know what sex is, so Kirie spends the rest of the night giving him TheTalk.
** In the TimeSkip arc, [[spoiler:Touta loses his virginity with Kuroumaru. He soon goes on to have sex with Karin and Kirie too.]]

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* TheirFirstTime:
** Subverted between Touta and Kirie in chapter 136. After Kirie accidentally confesses her feelings for Touta, the other members of UQ Holder send them out on a date in Kyoto, with Karin prodding Kirie to use the chance and go all the way with Touta. At the end of the day, Touta and Kirie go into the bathtub together, Touta says they're going all the way... And just kisses her because he doesn't even know what sex is, so Kirie spends the rest of the night giving him TheTalk.
** In the TimeSkip arc,
TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler:Touta loses his virginity with Kuroumaru. He soon goes on to have sex with Karin and Kirie too.Kuroumaru in chapter 181.]]



* WeHelpTheHelpless: As Karin put it:
-->''"We, UQ Holder, as a faction of humans who are not bound by the ways of humans, have always been protecting those who have been ejected, trampled on and forgotten by the world of humans."''


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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Two of them.
** The recording projected by Chachazero shows Yukihime and Negi planning the organization, buying the island that serves as its base, with Chachazero suggesting the name UQ Holder. It doubles as OriginsEpisode.
** Karin's flashback recounts how she, Yukihime and Jinbei, essentially formed a precursor version of UQ Holder, by teaming up to fight invaders from Inverse Mars.
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* MysticalPlague: [[spoiler:The Net Bug is revealed to be a Baal's own recreation of Ialda's perfect word spell mixed with Sayoko's virus. Using Sayoko's methods, it is transmitted like a disease. Unlike the true version which quickly and peacefully turns people into flower petals, the Net Bug slowly affects its victims, reducing them to dust at different rates. Due to it being a knockoff, it is also irreversible.]]

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* MysticalPlague: [[spoiler:The Net Bug is revealed to be a Baal's own recreation of Ialda's perfect word spell mixed with Sayoko's virus. Using Sayoko's methods, it is transmitted like a disease. Unlike the true version which quickly and peacefully turns people into flower petals, the Net Bug slowly affects its victims, reducing them to dust at different rates. Due to it being a knockoff, it is also irreversible.]]

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** In chapter 2,the race in the remenber ''Videogame/FZero'' and ships in the race is likely of many ships of ''Franchise/StarWars''
** In the fists chapters Touta mentioned ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''

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** In chapter 2,the 2, the race in the remenber ''Videogame/FZero'' and ships in the race is likely of many ships of ''Franchise/StarWars''
** In the fists chapters first chapter Touta mentioned ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''



** Ikku use many [[Franchise/StarWars lightsabers]].

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** Ikku use uses many [[Franchise/StarWars lightsabers]].lightsabers]].
** In chapter 183, the heroines of the previous series discuss playing ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
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* FlamesOfLove: In Chapter 182 [[spoiler: Touta and Karin make love in front of the Sun-like star, Alpha-Centauri.]]

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* FlamesOfLove: In Chapter 182 [[spoiler: Touta and Karin make love in front of as the Sun-like star, Alpha-Centauri.Alpha-Centauri, burns brightly behind them.]]

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** [[spoiler:Touta has sex with Kuroumaru and then Karin right after they confess their mutual feelings for each other.]]

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** And again in chapter 176 [[spoiler: where Touta comes to grips with the fact he outlived his human friends, Shinobu and Mizore]].


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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:In the aftermath of the Orbital Ring attack, UQ Holder managed to beat Baal and drive off the Demon Barons, but the orbital ring is still destroyed and is set to release a virus that would annihilate humanity. To prevent this from happening, Touta performed a HeroicSacrifice by becoming a WorldTree to save the world, separating himself from his comrades. Costing their TrumpCard against Ialda as a result.]]

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* ConfessionTriggersConsummation: [[spoiler:Touta has sex with Kuroumaru and then Karin right after they confess their mutual feelings for each other.]]

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[[spoiler:Touta has sex with Kuroumaru and then Karin right after they confess their mutual feelings for each other.]]
** [[spoiler:Happens again the chapter after the above when Karin admits her feelings for Touta after he rescues her from the vaccum of space.
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