From what I can presume, UQ Holder is some sort of sequel to Negima, that ridiculous ecchi harem manga with lots of distasteful stripping and panty shots and all kinds of fanservice. Which made me avoid it even until now, because I couldn't stand supposedly great manga that can't help but ruin their stories with terrible ecchi.
Couple of weeks ago, I discovered UQ Holder, recommended to me (didn't know about that whole Negima relation thing for a time). It was pretty nice. I would rate it an 8/10 a couple of days ago. A tale of dreams, adventure, and friendship. A standard shounen and a
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Yuukyuu Holder, Eternal Holder, UQ Holder!: Mahou Sensei Negima! 2 Japanese: UQ HOLDER! More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 28
Chapters: 193
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 28, 2013 to Feb 9, 2022
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Shounen
Serialization:
Bessatsu Shounen Magazine Authors:
Akamatsu, Ken (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #32002 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #313
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Apr 17, 2015
This manga is one of the best I've read. The fact that Ken Akamatsu has made another great manga doesn't surprise me. I was sad when I read the last chapter of Negima, it left a empty hole in my heart. I cried silently when I finished it in a public place then when I got home I cried for literally 20 minutes, going back and forth to get tissues. When I heard of UQ Holder, that empty hole was once filled again. The fact that UQ Holder has more characters, returning characters, and it continues the story of Mahou Sensei Negima just makes me
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Jul 12, 2014
I dont usually read manga so when a friend recommended uq holder, i was very hesitant to read it. But when I did read it, I regretted not reading this earlier.
The review is based on the first two arcs of the story, untill chapter 30. STORY-8 Similar to fairy tail, uq holder is an organisation that helps those in need in exchange for money. I like such a plot because it can give a variety of different arcs; darker, sinister ones and light funny ones.However, uq holder also has a lot of unanswered questions such as Totua's parents death. Even though it apparently seems that the ... 
Jul 12, 2023 Not Recommended Informative 
If you all haven't heard, Ken Akamatsu finally won a senate seat not too long ago. Akamatsu-sensei has been a part of my life since more than a decade back, and seeing that he was holding firm on this copyright thing even back then, it just opened my eyes to how passionate this guy has been about all of this all along. It also saddens me that Negima got axed early for this very reason, squashing what could've been an all-time great shonen before it ever had its time in the limelight. But if nothing else, we should all pay some respect to the fact
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Feb 2, 2016
UQ Holder- One thing I can say is it is a beautiful manga written.
To be honest, I would be happy if it stayed as a manga only because I don't want people who love ecchi fan service to down it for not having a lot of fan service. The story is beautiful that to a comparison of other mangas that. I read, it being 80 years in the future to present day( as of when I've typed this). It is also brilliant to the ties between the characters and how the bond strengthens as the story plot moves on. The main character Touta Konoe, flows with ... 
May 20, 2022
Although the story has some ups and downs, it was a nice ride.
Art was always great, story was always full of surprises and it delivered a lot of good moments towards the end. While it goes way apart from Negima to validate a new name, it's nice to see a lot of the previous series material be present in this one since it's in the same universe/storyline. Of course, there are flaws, plot holes and such, but, in my opinion, not nearly as much to dim all the shining moments this manga has. I'd not recommend it to those who are jumping directly into it, there a lot ... 
Nov 8, 2021
In recent years, people have been saying "don't bother reading this unless you're a Negima fan", "the main characters hardly are supporting characters anymore", "it's all been overtaken by Negima". Well, I'm a long-term Negima fan and I had been avoiding UQ Holder because it didn't look interesting to me, but these reviews made me think that I could as well give it a try if it really was gonna be a Negima sequel, cause I sure would have liked to read some sort of epilogue to it, where I could see what happened to the cast after the end of the series.
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Feb 19, 2022
I read this after reading Negima because they said it was a sequel (albeit a loose one) and I'm writing this review as I have just finished reading the last chapter.
As I read through, the first half of the entire story had fair pacing but direction was kinda not clear. Then during the second half it became a mess of timeskips, power level BS, deus ex machina, more plot holes which added to the already existing lots of them, asspulls, whatever. I swear, reading those chapters from the second half were not an entirely enjoyable experience because I need to imagine explanations on "Why and/or ... 
Dec 18, 2016
There is a difference between misdirection and plot holes. I am not sure if the author was trying for the former, or he forget what he wrote earlier. If I go in detail, if will spoil the story. One of the driving forces of the MC to fight against one of the antagonist loses its meaning after finding out about the MC's origins, but no one brings up this point. However, if you ignore the plot holes, the manga is actually good. The beginning had some small plot holes, but not enough to put me off, until much later.
Not a ...
Aug 10, 2017
If you want a cool story set in the Negima universe but follows a different MC and group then THIS STORY IS FOR YOU up until all those character from Negima not only join this one but take over.
You know that main character Touta we started out with? The MC? Yeah, he because a side character. Or not even in it. Instead his not dad and not grandpa become the leads. YAY! You know how this was all about a boy getting to the top of a tower because reasons while he traveled with a sexy vampire and a swords....person? NOPE! It's now about ... 
Oct 28, 2017
Manga started out well and then it went absolute downhill after the 100th chapter. Had a good plot but then when the harem thing came along, the story went deep into the trash bin. I initially shipped Touta and Kuroumaru but now other girls are liking him which made their relationship seem nonexistent. If I were the manga artist, I would throw away the other half of the manga and start out fresh again. My enjoyment was first a 9 in the first half but went to a 1 in the latter so I averaged this to about a 5. This would've been quite a
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Jul 9, 2019
First time writing a review
Oh boy what a ride this has been. 140 whole chapters and nearly 6 years of reading this monthly. At first this manga was enjoyable and i'd come back every month to read the next chapter, however this has changed after 100 chapters. What was fairly good character development was literally tossed into the bin just to have a harem. A couple of characters had actual development into a romantic relationship, that was good yes. However all of a sudden, we toss in a couple of chapters to have some fairly irrelevant characters at that point, to join a harem, ... 
Feb 10, 2022
First and foremost, ignore any review before Chapter 175. Chapter 175 is a gamechanger, and for the worse. I'll go into why later.
First thing you need to know is that this is basically 3 different mangas, and they aren't connected very well. At the beginning, this is an action manga with hints of ecchi here and there. At the midpoint, this is Mahou Sensei Negima 2.0, in that it's all ecchi and harem. At the end, it turns into a dragonball-like manga. As far as stories go, the beginning is quite good all around. The middle is less story focused, but still well written. If ...
Aug 21, 2018
A quick warning: If you haven't read Negima, do not read this. This is a direct sequel to Negima and the author will reference and mention the details and plot of Negima. Go and read Negima then come back later. Don't worry though, Negima is very good and easy to read (the infamous fan service is only the first part, the good part shall be there for you). It'll be done in a flash.
I just wanted to make a quick note since there are a lot of people having problem reading this, either understanding jack sh*t about the plot, or find them not very appealing. That's ...
Mar 14, 2023
I knew what I was getting myself into, and still decided to start reading it. I only have myself to blame.
This is a manga about fan service, loli characters with frail clothes, and an MC that flops between being an idiot, and being an experienced gigolo. Oh, they also talk about magic and immortals, which feels to be more of an afterthought when they wrote the story. It starts out ok, but it quickly goes down the drain as you can see that the adventure/magic storyline takes a back seat to the whole love/harem scenario. There are even parts adventure/magic story that feel like they were ... 
Jan 8, 2022
At the end of the day, this just doesn't feel like a Negima sequel. Yea it's got Negi and crew in it (eventually), but Negima was a ecchi comedy with some action later in series. UQ Holder is an attempt at action... with nothing else.
The store feels like Touta was created just to be able to make a sequel without Negi being the main character. I feel like Ken's thought process went something like this, "I want to finish Negi's story, but I can't because of licensing issues. So I need to make another character that will encounter Negi and then finish his story." Which ... 
Apr 21, 2021
Okay, I don't give a macaroni about what you have in mind about the manga. The relationship happening between different girls like Kirie and Touta is amazing, no other mangaka that I know even take a lovey-dovey momentt till that point of where they standing at. let me count for you how many times they have surpass over the point of a normal love relationship: yes there are so many that I'm being lazy to even count now (go watch it yourself)!!!! Ok, I admit that beside that, this manga doesn't really that many bad things in it, watch it and if you complain (don't
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Feb 11, 2022
Huh. Well, it was enjoyable in the beginning.
Negima is one of my favorite manga. Why? For me, it's how shounen should be: decent plot, good characters with some development, simple but beautiful art, and of course fights! Akamatsu drawing a really great action with excellent choreography, which excite me for my entire core. And yeah, ecchi there is fine. News about some sort of sequel was pleased. And it was good. Not that great, but after some chapters, we'll find about entire group of immortals, and it became really interesting. Fights were worse than in original, but still pleased, characters more or less on ... 
May 11, 2018
Spoiler-free (but this review is very long(but I put all my heart in it))
All of it began when I was 7 years old, my grand-mother for some reasons, ended up buying the first volume of Love Hina for my sister. And even now, we both ended up loving the manga. We loved it so much that we even had all the CDs of the anime. Love hina was the first manga that introduced me to the manga world as well as the anime world, even before naruto. And this fresh air from the generic looking cartoons I had back there, it was the first time ...
Jan 26, 2017
to be honest this was my very first manga i have read, when i picked this book up i was like, 'time to dive into this story' but after reading the first couple of pages, seeing all the action and blood and gore, i started to like it! when i got to the spa scenes i enjoyed it even more, and the fact that there are immortals, scary creatures and new characters, i haven't read or seen Negima, but i can that Evangeline, Fate, Negima and others from it are great characters. i can also relate to a couple characters, like evangeline, no i didn't
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