Negima! Magister Negi Magi Volume 5 (New Edition) was released in Japan on February 9, 2017 by Kodansha for ¥880. This is the fifth volume of a series of re-releases of 19 books in total about the challenges of Negi, a child wizard who is tasked with teaching a class of junior-high girls all while searching for clues to lead to his missing father. It was written by author, Ken Akamatsu.
In 2016, Negima's original manga began to hit stores once more as a series of unique re-releases to commemorate the sequel series, UQ Holder!, which head been green-lit for an anime series. The new releases would be released in an omnibus-form and would contain two volumes of the manga instead of releasing all 38, dividing the total number of books in half. In addition, these releases featured new art of select characters in the artist's modern style on the cover and each was splashed with sparkly star effects.
赤松 健最新作「UQ HOLDER!」アニメ化を記念して「ネギま!」新装版登場! 新書サイズからB6判にサイズアップしてワイドに読めるように! 新装版5巻は「麻帆良祭編」突入! 学園生活にも慣れてきたネギ。次なるイベントは学園祭! しかも、魔帆良学園の学祭は規模が大きく、気合いの入り方も半端じゃない!? 3-Aの気になるあのコたちも、準備に大活躍☆
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