Meet the New Class – Introduction
Negi sat comfortably at a table in one of the buildings in Eva's resort, going over his class roster and making notes here and there. It was a hard job, being a teacher; every year there were new faces and names to memorize, and many students got lost in the shuffle. He had always done his best to know all of the students he taught by name and face, but it wasn't easy at times.
"Aniki! I've got my report!"
Negi smiled as he looked up at Kamo, who scurried up onto the table, waving a notebook. "Thank you, Kamo-kun," he said as he took the notebook and flipped through a few pages. He paused after a moment, frowning. "The format's different this year...will you explain it?"
Kamo smirked and crossed his arms. "Fufufu, but of course! This one is based more on my original version, back when you first arrived in Japan. As you can see, I've done away with all that interaction-with-other-students nonsense and cut it back to the bare essentials for easier reading! As you can see, there are six types of love, each with rankings from zero to twenty! Zero means no feelings of that sort, twenty means overwhelming feelings! Yes, I've really done my research this time, haven't I? I think it's high time I got a raise, in fact-"
Negi politely ignored the talking ermine as he all but patted himself on the back in favor of scanning through the notebook. Some of the numbers were definitely surprising; he had only been in charge of this class for a short time, and yet some of them already had feelings so deep...! He sighed and rubbed his forehead. He had a feeling this class was going to be almost as bad as his first one.
"Hey aniki, are you even listening to me? Hey!"
"Negi-kun~!" Haruna called out as she bounced into the room, holding a thick stack of folders to her chest. "Negi-kun! I got the reports you wanted~ Oh, hi Kamocchi! Beat me here, didn't you?"
Kamo smirked at her and started to speak, but Negi interrupted before the two of them could get in a contest of one-upping each other like they usually did at the start of a new school year. "Hello Haruna-san. How did it go? It wasn't too much trouble, was it?"
Haruna smirked as she dropped the heavy stack of reports on Negi's desk. "Trouble? For me? Ha! No, it wasn't any trouble at all, not for someone of my skills~"
Negi smiled at his ex-student's antics. Haruna had become so joyful now that she was out of high school...
"Anyway," Kamo said as he flipped open the first folder and began scanning through the information it contained. "You added some parameters this year, didn't you?"
Haruna grinned in a superior manner. "Indeed I have! I have included stats from the mental realm to the physical, and even gave them unique measuring methods! Would you like a quick explanation?"
"Looks like the usual," Negi said, leafing through the pages in one of the folders. "I see Friendliness, Courage, Attractiveness, Intelli—wait, attractiveness?"
"Huhuhu," Haruna said, adjusting her glasses so the light reflected from them. "I have taken such vital information as their measurements, body type, skin condition, facial structure, and even eye shape and used my vast resources to calculate their true beauty and reduce it into a number ranging from one to twenty...! Of course, being beauty, and your usual sort of students, it's more like Zero or One is plain and Twenty is drop dead gorgeous, so yeah...but anyway!" she said, pointing up at the sky. "In general for the different stats, Zero is bad, Ten is average, and Twenty is perfect! Just..." she said, trailing off. "...well, most of the time. Sometimes. A couple times, maybe? I had a small reference pool to work from, so average is actually just average within the few hundred people I got stats from. Or something."
"Or something, yes," Negi said dryly. "So what you're saying is that these numbers are useless?"
"No, they're not useless! They give you a vital understanding of your students' personalities and physical capabilities! Maybe. Possibly." She slumped a little. "I spent all night on this and I'm on a caffeine high right now...I feel like I could crash at any moment."
"...so they're useless," Kamo said.
Haruna slumped further. "Yeah, pretty much."
Kamo sighed and patted her on the arm. "There there, it's okay, I'm sure you'll do better next time."
"I know! I tried so hard to make them relevant, but I just couldn't do it! I'm sorry!" Haruna paused, frozen in the act of tearing her hair out as she stared up at the ceiling. She held that pose for a long five count, then abruptly let go and looked at Negi and Kamo. "Okay, was that as weird as I thought it was? Because if it was, I think I need to go and lie down now."
Negi and Kamo looked at each other and nodded.
Haruna nodded in return and straightened her glasses. "I thought so." She walked over to the couch on the other side of the room and collapsed into it bonelessly, already snoring.
Kamo shook his head. "Poor Paru-nee-san; she's always overworking herself."
Negi nodded as he stood up and walked over to a nearby cupboard. "What do you think of her reports, Kamo-kun?" he asked as he opened it and pulled out a blanket.
Kamo riffled through the first report. "Hmm...they are pretty useless in this format, but I guess they're good for comparing the students to each other and your old classes, at least."
Negi grunted in response as he spread the blanket over Haruna, careful to stay as far out of her reach as he could; Haruna had a well-earned reputation for being grabby in her sleep, as all of her former roommates and several unfortunate bus and train passengers could attest.
"She did her best, though. Come on, let's move to another room and let her rest; I want to look at these as soon as I can."
"Sure thing, aniki," Kamo said as he gathered the folders together.
Author's Note: Okay, you guys have asked for it, and here it is: a chance to get to know the new class better. Or at least well enough to tell them apart, in any case.
Each chapter will consist of a short story of some type, illustrating some aspect of that particular character. Most are only a few pages long, with a few being only a page or two and a few more reaching five or six pages in length. Genres range from slice of life to action to horror and almost everything in between, but most are just snapshots of a part of that character's life. At the end of most chapters, you will find some basic information about the character, as well as two charts, one being Kamo's Negi Love Chart, and the other Haruna's Stat Chart.
Kamo's Negi Love chart is much like the one seen several times in the manga, with stats for Motherly, Sisterly, Friendship, Crush, Love, and H.
Motherly - Refers to protective, motherly feelings the character may have for Negi
Sisterly - Refers to good natured playful/antagonistic, sisterly feelings the character may have for Negi
Friendship - Refers to how much the character wants to be friends with Negi
Crush - Refers to the typical raging teenage crush
Love - Refers to the slow building but tremendously powerful ~True Love~
H - Refers to, well, 'ecchi thoughts'...take that as you will. It measures more a girl's propensity for dirty thoughts than dirty thoughts about Negi in particular. A 20 in this is someone who's constantly thinking such things, though what a girl actually considers to be dirty thoughts must be taken into account too.
At the end of Kamo's chart will be Kamo's advice to Negi about dealing with the character. Of course, what with Kamo being Kamo...
Haruna's Stat Chart includes stats for:
Friendliness – how friendly the character is with people they know
Courage – How brave a character is. 0 is someone who will run screaming at the slightest sound, 10 is someone who is scared but will generally not run away and hide, and 20 is someone who will stand up to a dragon unarmed if necessary. This stat is more of an Average type of thing and should not be considered a hard statement of what a character will do, since someone capable of standing up to a dragon might be terrified of standing up in front of a crowd to make a speech
Attractiveness – a conglomeration of all aspects of beauty/cuteness/physical appearance. Childish cuteness, moe-ness, classical beauty, sexiness, it's all mashed together into this stat.
Intelligence – 0 is flat out stupid, 20 is someone who gets all A's regularly and works on scientific advancements for fun.
Athleticism – 0 is typical student who acts lazy in P.E., 10 is someone who is in pretty good shape and doesn't have much of a problem with P.E. things, 20 is someone who is on par with a professional athlete at the very least.
Instincts – a person's first instincts when something happens; someone who locks up and stares blankly at a car speeding toward them is low, while someone who takes a different path before they even reach the area and stays far away is high. Of course it's not as easy as that, this is only a guide.
Anger - how bad of a temper someone has; 0 is someone who never gets angry, 10 is someone who's usually calm but has their moments of anger, 20 is someone who has to hold their temper back almost constantly
Loner – how much time the person prefers to spend alone as opposed to in a crowd—as it is only the character's preference, it may not reflect actual time spent alone
Outgoing – how talkative the character is with people in general
Popularity – how popular a character is, obviously. 0 is someone who no one knows, recognizes, cares about, or whom everyone dislikes, 10 is someone who's generally recognized and considered friendly, and 20 is someone that people constantly greet by name and has a ton of friends
In addition to these stats, there is also a section labeled Attributes, where some basic aspects of the character are listed, as well as Haruna's opinion of the character in question.
In addition to the charts, you will find comments about the character from others the character has interacted with in the past. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to review or send a pm!