Disclaimer: This is a nonprofit fictional story, a FanFiction based on Ken Akamatsu's Negima. I do not own Negima, or most of the other characters included in this work, excepting where it is stated in the author's notes. It is not intended or presented for any commercial profit or personal gain; it is simply a story written for personal fulfillment and presented for public enjoyment, and as an honest homage to the fine story conceived and written by Ken Akamatsu, as well as all the other (innumerable) works that find place herein (and their authors).

Chapter Five: The Great Library Debacle, Part I

Weeks went by. Kain settled into his routine, got to know his class, became adjusted to life at the Academy.

He had many 'adventures' with his crazed class, although he (mostly) managed to avoid putting magic into any of them. For instance, there was Hinagiku's birthday during the Hinamatsuri festival, March 3rd. Hina told everyone she wanted a quiet little dinner with her family and closest friends. So, naturally, Miki, Izumi and Riza threw her a massive party in the main hall of the girls' middle school building that had half the Academy present. Such was life at Mahora.

Finally it neared the ides of March, which would mark the year's final exams.

"It seems Kain-kun is doing a fine job," the principal murmured as he read Kain's latest report. "It is, perhaps, a little early, but I think we should give him his final task, eh, Shizuna-san?"

"I'll go and fetch him, Higurashi-dono," Shizuna replied.

Kain was surprised to see Shizuna waiting for him as he left his class that Friday morning. "Shizuna-san…is there something I can do for you?"

"Yes. The principal would like to speak with you, concerning your final task."

Kain's heart thumped a bit quicker. The Final Task should be capitalized, because it would be the end of this step on his path towards becoming an Archmage. "Of course! I'll go right away."

He had often dreamed of his Final Task, of several Final Tasks, when he was planning out his life back at the University. He had imagined himself fighting a dragon, vanquishing a team of slavers, doing some Great Thing. Considering that he had spent the last few weeks doing nothing more dangerous than keeping his class in line, he doubted that his task would be something as great as he'd once wished for and tried to temper expectations. Well, there was still plenty of time….

The principal greeted Kain cheerfully as he entered. "So, how are you faring thus far, Kain-kun?"

Kain retained his patience and answered the small talk. "It's been a different experience, but I find myself able to handle it. They're good girls, and they work hard for the most part. It's…well, it's been fun."

The principal nodded. "Good. Glad to hear it. Well, Kain-sensei, as your first task on your postgraduate program was to teach at my school, we assigned you a teacher-in-training status, and it is appropriate that you move forward having earned the full title of teacher. To that end, your test, the final task we've assigned you, is this: the final exams are coming up for your class, and to succeed, your class must not take last place amongst the 2nd grade girls' middle school classes."

Kain stared. He had been expecting something teaching related, but this took him by surprise. "Not last? In other words, out of the twenty-five classes, my class must take 24th place or higher? That sounds rather easy…."

"Ho," the old man chuckled. "Do you think so? Well then, I guess you don't have anything to worry about. Which is good, because if you fail, you won't be able to teach here any more, and then my cousin will have to decide what to do about your status."

The principal moved on to talk to Kain about other matters, and it was about lunch time when Kain left the building. He mulled over the principal's assigned task, and his reasons. Apparently he believed that not finishing last was a difficult task for 2-A. That didn't seem to make sense. After all, while 2-A had the infamous 'Baka Rangers', it also had geniuses; five of the top six girls in the grade were in his class.

"I don't see how we could ever take last," Kain murmured.

"Ah, Kain-sensei's talking to himself!"

"It seems he's cracked."

"The stress of dealing with us has aged him beyond his time."

Kain started and turned to find the lead Baka Rangers confronting him—Izumi, Miki, and Riza. "Oh…good afternoon. Sorry, I was just…considering…."

"What's on your mind, Kain-sensei?" Izumi asked cheerfully.

There would be no harm in sharing the basic facts. He explained that the class' final exam would determine his status—official teacher, or disgraced former teacher.

"Ah, so you were talking about whether we would take last or not," Riza chuckled. "It seems Kain-sensei underestimates the stupidity of our class."

"Eh?"

"Have you ever looked at our class' overall grades over the past two years?" Miki queried.

"Er…no…."

"Since we became a class at the beginning of first year middle school, we've taken last every single time!" Izumi announced. Kain was beginning to wonder if it was possible for the bubble-headed girl to not be cheerful.

"But, that can't be right!" Kain insisted. "We have so many good students…."

"That's right," Riza agreed. "We have natural super women like Sakura, Erika and Hina. We have geniuses like Ami and Caria. But we also have us, the Baka Rangers!"

"Really, there are so many smart people at this school, the top two hundred scores are all within a few percentage points of each other," Miki added. "We have the very best, but few classes have as many idiots as our class does."

Kain was really beginning to wish that they wouldn't sound so proud of their status as incompetents.

He thanked them out of cultural requirement and headed for his dorm to think upon this matter.

The three watched him go. "Maybe we shouldn't have told Kain-sensei that," Izumi remarked. "He seemed kind of depressed."

"Well, I can't blame him," Riza mused. "He has his work cut out for him."

"I do feel sorry for him," Miki agreed. "I think he's a better teacher for us than others. Maybe we should do something about this."

Kain paced about in his room, thinking. Apparently this assignment would be more difficult than he had thought. He certainly had plenty of students he could rely on, but….

How could he go about raising their scores? That was the most important point….

He could always use magic. He knew a half-dozen spells that could lead his students to get better grades. As an aspiring Archmage, a few quick enchantments would be proper, even expected….

Kain shook his head. What was he thinking? He had been careful to restrict his magic use after his first few days, so that there would be no chance of any more 'accidents'. Perhaps he was suffering from withdrawal. He couldn't come up with many other reasons as to why he had such a crazy thought. In a normal school, he could probably get away with it. It was unlikely, however, that such an action would escape the principal's notice. Furthermore, regardless of how unrelated to his mission this assignment seemed, he would never forgive himself for taking the easy way out of the situation.

He couldn't let his passion—honestly, his obsession—run rampant over his common sense.

The tests would be Monday. It was now Friday. He had an option to prevent him from going crazy and making mistakes—he could seal his own magic, turning him into an ordinary person, but only for three days. If he cast the seal now, he wouldn't regain his magic until Monday morning. At first thought, that would be the day to use magic to interfere, but Kain wouldn't see his students until after the tests were over. On the other hand, if he had his magic over the weekend, he might be tempted to give the Baka Rangers some sort of improper boost.

He was decided. If he was going to do this, he was going to do this right.

He pulled up his left sleeve and chanted the spell. Three tattoo-like bars coalesced into existence on his arm, and the feel of magic left him. Not completely; he still had a sense of the magic around him (minimal in this place, unless he was near the tree) but he wasn't able to draw in any of it. The feeling of impotence was somewhat frightening, but Kain was prepared. He likely wouldn't have much of a need for his magic here, especially only for three days….

Now he just had to come up with a way to get his students to study enough over the weekend to escape the bottom slot….

The students were chattering away before classes resumed, blissfully unaware of the dangers inherent in the coming test…until Izumi, Miki and Riza came bursting into the room. "We've got news!" Izumi announced first.

The class fell to silence as they turned to stare at the trio. "Kain-sensei is going to be graded on our final exams this year. He'll be promoted to full teacher after the exam…provided we don't finish last again."

"Eh?" The class fell back to chattering excitedly with this news. But Yue put forth the voice of reason: "And what happens if we do finish last?"

"Well, in that case Kain-sensei will be sent back home in disgrace," Miki explained.

The class cried out in despair almost at once. One voice cut through the mass of sound, however. "Oh, dear," murmured Alyssa from her seat in the back corner. "Poor Kain-sensei. His tenure among us was short-lived. I guess we'll be having Katsura-sensei back for the next year."

"D-don't make assumptions like that!" Hinagiku retorted. "There's still plenty we can do…."

The rest of the class didn't seem to meet this statement with much enthusiasm. "Yeah…maybe…" Kaoru murmured. "I mean, I don't want Kain-sensei to go, sure, but we're always last. What are we supposed to do?"

"Study? We could use a novel concept," Kiami put in levelly.

"Well, we better come up with something, because that's not the worst of it!" Riza interrupted. As everyone turned to stare at her, she continued, "In fact, if we finish last again, we won't be moving on to the 3rd grade as a class. The class will be disbanded! And we'll all be sent to redo school from the kindergarten level!"

This caused a brand new uproar. "What?! There's no way that would happen!" Hinagiku insisted.

"No, it's true!" Miki rejoined. "We spoke with Kain-sensei himself right after he spoke with the principal. They're tired of our class performing so poorly. If we don't improve ourselves, we're doomed!"

"Eh?" Izumi asked, confused at this recent turn of events.

The class didn't notice Izumi, however, and instead collapsed into a new roar of fright. There was sorrow at the news that Kain might be lost to them as a teacher, but now there was genuine terror attached to the prospects of the upcoming exam.

"We can't let this happen!" Kanade finally enthused, taking command in the chaos. "Well, we know where we stand. Baka Rangers, this is all on you!" She pointed at the trio, and the rest of the Rangers were within convenient camera range of them so all seven fell within the snapshot. "You've got to find a way to improve your grades before the test next week!"

Riza and Miki's small smiles of triumph froze. "Oh, I almost forgot," Riza muttered. "We are the weak link here, aren't we?"

"But asking us to improve our grades enough to save Kain-sensei…oh, and the class of course…doing it in one weekend is impossible," Miki added.

"Not necessarily," replied Yue. She was contemplating something.

"Do you have something in mind, Yue-chan?" Izumi asked her.

"Yes, there may be something we can use…."

That night, announce the narration subtitles….

With only a few lights illuminating their path, a group of individuals gathered in front of Library Island.

Kain yawned. "What's this about, anyway?"

Yue made a sweeping gesture towards the building. "We can't allow tragedy to befall our class because of the upcoming exams, so we're here to do something about it."

"Tragedy?" Kain wondered, blinking sleepily. Then his eyes widened. "Wait, you don't mean…."

"That's right, Sensei," Miki said quickly. "We've told the class all about the circumstances, and we aren't going to let it happen. We will surpass our previous scores and take 24th place."

"I see we're setting the bar pretty high," Kaoru muttered.

"Great," Mai sighed. "But what are we doing here, exactly? And why'd you drag me out here?"

The assembled group consisted of the Baka Rangers: Yue, Riza, Miki, Izumi, Kaoru, Kiami and Akari. They had dragged both Kain and Mai out of bed to join them. Also present were the library officials of the class: Nodoka, Kazumi, Matake, and Ami.

Yue turned to the assembled group and began to lecture them. "As you are all aware, this is Library Island. This is where our Library Exploration Club goes to explore. In the depths of this library is a magic book that will make the reader smarter. We must retrieve this book to give our class any chance of raising our score. Of course, if we are successful, 24th place would be nothing. It would be easy for us to take first if even the Baka Rangers score highly."

"Okay," Mai sighed. "So the Baka Rangers are here to use the book to get smarter. The librarians are here to help your exploration, right? But what about me? Why'd you drag me out here?"

"Because you're the only person in the class with any grades worse than the Baka Rangers," Riza informed her.

"What are you talking about?"

Miki showed Mai her cell phone. Everyone gathered around and saw the photo of Mai's last history test score and its remarkably low number. "Your grades are generally acceptable," Miki explained as Mai reddened. "But your history scores are really terrible. Just in case, we need all the edge we can get. Congratulations, Mai. Today you're an honorary Baka Ranger. You can be Baka Ranger Pink."

Mai muttered darkly to herself as the girl closed her cell phone. Kain recalled that Miki was the daughter of a prominent politician and had a bad habit of finding secrets and investigating where she shouldn't. It was a testament to the skill of the magicians at Mahora Academy that their secret hadn't been exposed yet.

He put that thought aside and instead turned his attention towards this venture. The class had roused him and, without fear, brought him with them as they prepared to, quite frankly, begin an illegal invasion of the library. He was, quite honestly, in a bit of a pickle. He could attempt to shut the little venture down, but with the Baka Rangers as determined as they were, this seemed impossible. Also, he was naturally curious about both this supposed magic book and the dungeon-like depths of Library Island. He had mixed feelings about the ethics of looking for a magic book to get them to pass the exams when he had sealed his own magic so he wouldn't use it to help them. With so much confusion, the easiest thing to do was nothing. He somehow felt that everything would work out as long as he kept an eye on things.

And, well, he was touched that the class was so concerned about losing him that they'd gathered together to explore an unknown and dangerous area to find a mythical book because it was the only chance they felt they had of saving him.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Kaoru demanded. "Let's get going already."

"We're waiting for our other helpers," Matake explained. "We don't have all the keys to get all the way into the deepest part of the library's dungeon."

"Helpers?" Akari asked. "What helpers?"

"Ahahaha! What helpers indeed! Here we are!"

Standing dramatically now at the edge of the light were eleven somewhat familiar faces. The collected middle schoolers stared at them for several moments before Kaoru started. "Hey! The old volleyball ladies! What are you doing here?"

"Don't call us old ladies!" they yelled, and then recovered. "Yes, we lost that epic volleyball battle to your class. And, as was agreed, we are now Kain-sensei's slaves."

The eleven were suddenly surrounding Kain, falling over him. "Your slaves are here, Kain-sensei! We won't let you get removed from your position! Our lives are yours!"

Several of Kain's class rallied to clear space for their embarrassed, beleaguered teacher. "I thought I said there was no point in you becoming my slaves," Kain hissed.

"Ah, but we agreed to it, so we are forced to deal with the consequences," the leader replied, cupping her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Liar!" Kaoru yelled. "You old ladies are just using excuses to cling to Kain-sensei!"

"In any case," she continued, ignoring the younger girl, "even the Library Exploration Club, since its most senior members are middle schoolers, only have keys to the first few sub-levels of the library. Only high-schoolers and college studentw get keys to the lower levels." She held up the key, showing it to them all. Then she dropped it into Kain's hand. "And now, we've accomplished our mission, and we're off. If you brats let anything happen to our master, you'll have to answer to us!"

The 2-A girls glared after them or made faces for a few moments as they departed. Then they turned back towards the library.

The Baka Rangers (including the honorary member), Kain, and Nodoka ventured into the library, while Kazumi, Matake and Ami remained above ground to provide directions and communication. Nodoka accompanied her Baka Ranger best friend and, as one of the most experienced explorers among them, served as guide for the upper levels.

And she worked with Yue to find and disable the traps.

Yes, traps. The library seemed normal at first, although it was unusual for a library to have a basement, but then the basement had a set of stairs, and it went down for a ways before arriving at a new level. And the new level was…well, to call it a book storage was a kindness. It was indeed a chamber that stored books. However, the entire level practically seemed constructed out of books. There were, not just shelves, but walls of stacked books, with little tunnels inside them. And Kain, running ahead to investigate, was nearly perforated by a hail of arrows.

"What kind of place is this?" he muttered.

"We did warn you about the traps, Sensei," Yue replied.

Izumi laughed nervously. "I'm not sure about this," she said. "This place seems awful dangerous. Should we be doing this?"

"Ah, not to worry," Mai soothed her. "I'm sure we'll be all right."

She sidled over the Kain. "And," she whispered, "if anything gets really bad, you can use your magic to save us…discretely, of course, right?"

Kain glanced at her askew. "No, I can't," he replied flatly. Mai leaned back, nonplussed, and Kain continued, "You're the one who warned me I shouldn't rely on my magic so much, that I should keep it under wraps, right?" He pulled down his sleeve to show Mai the markings of his seal. "I sealed my magic for the next three days so I wouldn't be tempted to use it to help you cheat. Right now, I'm as normal as you are."

"Eh…you picked a lousy time to go cold turkey."

"Anything the matter, Mai?" Miki asked.

"No, nothing! Let's continue on!"

The best way to think of the dungeon under the library is…a dungeon from a role-playing video game, but with a great deal more books. There were passages and rooms that had no real rhyme or reason, and, of course, more traps, which Nodoka and Yue found and bypassed or disarmed. Throughout the journey, Yue also explained the history and purpose behind Library Island and its dungeon: supposedly, during the last great war (World War II), Mahora Academy's library, already among the largest of its kind in all the world, swelled as books from all over the world were brought to it for safe keeping. It had its huge amounts of underground storage prepared ages ago, and the librarians in charge kept collecting more and digging deeper…and, of course, building traps to deal with book thieves. Apparently they didn't care for any honest knowledge-seeking students, either, as the traps were lethally dangerous to all equally. In any case, the Library Exploration Club had been formed years ago to explore, catalog and organize (as possible) the multiple (multiple!) levels of stored books.

Although they had never been seen as athletic or sporty, Yue and Nodoka were actually well-conditioned from their library explorations. They stayed in the lead, taking care of the nuisances. Kaoru was athletic, being a track member, and Kiami and Akari were dominant martial artists, so they were fine. Things were a bit tougher for the trio of Miki, Riza, and Izumi, who avoided working hard at anything when they could help it, and they complained the entire way. Mai wasn't in any clubs, but she was actually fairly fit, and she had no real problems. And Kain, of course, was no little child. Even without his magic, he was a capable young man in peak physical condition, and the going was easy for him.

Farther down, they found a pair of heavy doors blocking the way to a further stairwell. The key provided by the high schoolers opened it.

Yue, who seemed listless and uninterested in class, and Nodoka, who was almost terminally shy, proved to be excellent guides. They happily entertained (more or less) their wards with yet more tales of the library, its history, architecture, and every thing else they knew about it.

And, after 100 hours of game play and many side quests, our intrepid heroes….

Ah, sorry, wrong narrative.

Finally the group emerged into a larger chamber, a royal library, if you will. It was large and impressive, with regular shelves (but exquisitely made, fashioned of gold-enameled rare wood and other precious materials), marbled pillars, and, at the other end of it, a marvelous silver stand upon which sat a jewel-encrusted book.

"Ah…there it is! We made it!"

"No! Wait!"

The majority of the party charged forward, despite the protests of the more sensible members, who then charged after them in an attempt to stop them. As Kaoru neared the dais, the ground suddenly sunk underneath them, dropping them all into a small pit.

"Oh…ow…."

As the children picked themselves up and tried to make sense of what had happened, they suddenly looked up as a shadow loomed over them. Some sort of giant armored figure was leaning over the pit above them. "HO," it boomed. "SEEKERS OF THE TREASURED BOOK, YOU MUST FACE THIS CHALLENGE TO PROVE YOURSELF WORTHY OF IT!"

"Challenge?" Kain murmured. "And what 'challenge' would that that be?" And why does that hollow, empty voice sound familiar?

The class looked around and noticed that the ground they were standing on was filled with Japanese characters. They were arranged in small circles, slightly larger than hand-sized, on a slightly elevated stage. "Is this…like a Twi**er stage?" Izumi asked.

"TO PROVE YOUR WORTHINESS, YOU MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BY POSITIONING YOURSELVES ON THE CORRECT CHARACTERS!" boomed the figure above. "THIS IS CALLED…LANGUAGE TWISTER!"

Body Boggle, Kain mentally corrected the figure. It's based on the Twister game, but it also comes from the English word game Boggle. He had seen this game before, although it was very rare. There probably weren't any people in Japan who had actually seen it, or knew it existed. The creator of this 'Language Twister' likely thought it was their unique invention.

"Eh…." The class stared at the board, examining its options.

"QUESTION 1: WHAT IS THE JAPANESE WORD FOR: TO CUT?"

And this is where telling a mainly Japanese story in English somewhat fails, because the odd referee announced most of his phrase in Japanese save for the final two words, actually stating 'to cut' in English. It is important to note this because, for the most part, the party members glanced at each other, confused. Considering they consisted mostly of Baka Rangers, they didn't have much chance of translating the English phrase.

Kain, however, was naturally a native English speaker. "Ah, to cut is kiri!" he told his class. "Who's near the characters for 'ki' and 'ri'?"

Nodoka tentatively reached out her hand to ki while Izumi put a foot on ri.

"REMEMBER!" boomed the voice. "ONCE YOU'VE CORRECTLY TOUCHED A CHARACTER, YOU CAN'T MOVE YOUR BODY FROM TOUCHING IT UNTIL THE CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE!"

"What!" Izumi cried, aghast. "You didn't mention that when we started this stupid game!"

"NOW, QUESTION 2!" insisted the referee, ignoring the complaint.

With help from Kain, the class began to spread themselves around the board. Naturally, because of the strange anime legal requirement that Japanese schoolgirls go on adventures in their school uniforms, they put themselves in rather compromising positions. Kain was eventually forced to join in as the number of questions rose above ten and the number of free limbs began to diminish, and he had the hardest time trying to position himself in a manner that did not, as it were, take advantage of the situation.

"How much more of this is there?" Izumi wailed.

"FINAL QUESTION: WHAT IS THE JAPANESE WORD FOR: DISH?"

"Finally, the last one," Mai moaned.

"Ah…dish…osara!" Kain translated.

"Osara…." Yue stretched out a foot to land 'o'.

Akari easily handed 'sa'.

And Mai and Kaoru stretched out a leg each….

And put it on 'ru'.

Not 'ra'.

"Osaru?" Kain muttered. Its translation was 'monkey'.

"WRONG!" The giant brought a huge hammer down on the board, shattering it and revealing a massive hole underneath.

"Mai, Kaoru, you monkeys!" shrieked Riza as the class fell, screaming, into darkness.

Author's Note: Character Introduction: Kaoru Konoe

The Great Library Adventure is the first major Negima story arc, and one that is fun to replicate. Most of the points behind this little story I'm keeping, but some of the points have loopholes that I've tried to make a reason for—for instance, Negi (who has caused a lot (lot) more unintentional mischief with his magic than Kain up to this point) decides to seal his magic for three days so he won't be tempted to use it to help the class (which would probably just disrobe them all, if it imitates the results of Negi's magic thus far). I've had Kain imitate his action, even though he has much better control of his magic. The plot hole is that Negi seals his magic for three days, and the final seal releases the day of the test. In other words, he should technically have plenty of opportunity to use his magic once his seal is gone. However, the timing of the final seal releasing is important for story purposes. So I've done my best to clean up the reasonings behind it so it makes a modicum of sense, at least.

Also, I have made mention to events with no real details: the first meeting between Erika and Kain. Hinagiku's birthday. Those who have seen these anime or manga may be familiar with the events and, as shown, I intended to have them…but here, I wanted to get the main Negima story underway and blow past the fluff in order to reach the good parts. Later on I will go back to these interesting but not super-necessary moments in a kind of 'Side Stories' mini-Act.

And I didn't intend originally to keep the Twister game, as it is just an obvious fan service plot device, and one that would be excruciatingly stupid to relate in detail any more than I did here (in a written story, at least), but it is one with a purpose (not a necessary one, but still, a purpose) and, as stated, doesn't matter much in prose. The main reason I kept it is simply so I can do the shout out to the Body Boggle game, the actual word version of Twister that my family has. And a shout out from a Hay*te the Combat But*** character, a series that frequently makes reference to pop culture (Japanese pop culture, anyway) but always censors it to (supposedly) avoid lawsuits. This is a one-shot joke I'm not going to bother continuing. At least, not all the time, like they do in Hayate.

Changing gears…one of the more vocal Baka Rangers present this time is Kaoru Konoe, who I kidnapped from the far past (1960s) from a show called Gatekeepers. I'll save the picture for a more meaningful place for her down the road. Kaoru is a dedicated track athlete who wants to compete in the Olympics, but gains the power of the Gate and is recruited by the superhero team of Gatekeepers called A.E.G.I.S. She is my favorite character from that series. Although initially a proud and stubborn brat when they first attempt to recruit her, she is quickly swayed by the hero's determination and develops a big crush on him, and decides to actively compete for his hand against his childhood friend. Because Shun and Ruriko (the hero and aforementioned childhood friend) are clueless and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge their feelings, they have no idea what Kaoru is talking about when she declares that she will not lose to Ruriko and they have no idea what she's so competitive about. This is one of my all-time favorite Anime Confessions….

Anyway, Kaoru is brought in partly to replace Makie Sasaki, the gymnast of Mahora class 2-A. I really like Makie too, but she just doesn't have quite enough presence for me to keep, so I put in a suitable athletic replacement. Kaoru wasn't noted as a particularly bad student, but since Makie was Baka Ranger Pink and I needed more Baka Rangers to balance the geniuses, I went ahead and gave her bad grades in this incarnation (but changed the color, because Kaoru is a bit too tomboyish for pink). Kaoru's determined devotion is similar to Makie's, and with no crazy iinchô constantly trying to seduce him, she is going to become the most helplessly forward and angst-ridden suitor of Kain in the future. Other aspects of her original personality will also work well towards filling in Makie subplots later on….

As you've probably realized, while this series tones down the ecchi humor quite a bit, it is still largely a comedy story, in some ways more so than Negima because of the comedy characters I've added, and so the narration frequently has ridiculous jokes and anime and/or camera references in it. Tired of it yet? Even though the action portion will start soon, there's a whole lot more coming….