The Best Episodes Directed by Nobuyoshi Habara
#1 - Love and a Cough are Not Kept Secret (Amor tussisque non celantur)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 16
To celebrate the end of the summer break, several of Negi's students hold a pillow fight in Mahora's old elementary school building, with Negi in the middle of everything.
9.95 
#2 - Not For Me, Not For You, But For Us (Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 26
Negi forms a Probationary Contract with the rest of Class 2-A so they will help him fight the demons and break the contract between Asuna and the Demon King.
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#3 - Words Fly Away, Those Written Remain (Verba volant, scriptamanent)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 19
Kazumi starts investigating about a classmate named Sayo Aisaka, whom everybody seems to not notice she is present, not even Kazumi herself. It turns out Sayo was a student of Mahora Academy during the 1940s — and is now a ghost.
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#4 - A Reliable Friend is Perceived in an Uncertain Situation (Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 15
Home in the family estate for the summer break, Ayaka gets a visit, to her delight, from Negi and, to her horror, the rest of the class. Ayaka's childhood memories with Asuna are also brought up, mentioning how Asuna made Ayaka smile and laugh again after she was saddened by her little brother's death.
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#5 - Nothing is Difficult for a Lover (Nihil difficile amanti)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 17
To help Nodoka confess her feelings to Negi, Yue gives amusement park tickets to the pair so they can have a date. Yue and Asuna follow to support the two of them.
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#6 - It Must Not At All Be Despaired (Nil desperandum)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 21
With Konoka's safety already in danger, Negi, Asuna, and Setsuna, along with several other students, do all they can to save her.
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#7 - Unless You Have Believed, You Will Not Understand (Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 20
Class 2-A finally make their trip to Kyoto, but a sinister group of mages sets its sights on Konoka.
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#8 - Death is Certain, the Time is Uncertain (Mors certa, mora incerta)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 25
With the help of Chao and Satomi's time machine, Negi transports himself and Chamo to 1993 Germany to know more about Asuna's magic cancelling power and discover ways to bring her back in the present. In the process, he unknowingly takes along the rest of 2-A.
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#9 - I Hope the Memory of Our Friendship Will Be Eternal (Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 14
Konoka causes a ruckus with Negi, in the process making a mess and breaking Asuna's alarm clock. Negi and Konoka venture to Harajuku to buy a new clock for Asuna, not knowing they are being stalked by the Cheerleaders (Misa, Sakurako, and Madoka).
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#10 - Both Weapons and Words Wound (Et arma et verba vulnerant)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 24
Negi and the rest of Class 2-A are saddened by Asuna's death.
8.86 
#11 - Love Does Not Recognize Rank (Amor ordinem nescit)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 18
Stunned by Nodoka's confession at the amusement park, Negi ponders on how to answer it. Meanwhile, inspired by Nodoka, Asuna bakes a cake for Takamichi's birthday.
8.52 
#12 - It is Difficult to Make a Joke with a Sad Mind (Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 22
Asuna is saddened when she saw Takahata together with Mahora's counselor.
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#13 - When They are Silent, They are Shouting (Cum tacent clamant)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 11
Negi receives a laptop computer from the Academy, but neither he nor most of the class know what to do with it. Upon Chamo's suggestion, he urges the class to help him build a homepage. The class's new site then competes against that of a net idol who turns out to be one of their own.
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#14 - Either Learn or Leave (Aut disce aut discede)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 12
With his stint in Mahora on the line, Negi and the Baka Rangers (Asuna, Yue, Kaede, Kū Fei, and Makie) explore Library Island's basements for a magical book that will make his five class dunces smarter for the exams.
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#15 - The Appearances of Things are Deceptive (Fallaces sunt rerum species)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 7
Negi learns ninja skills from Kaede. Upon his return, he forms a Probationary Contract with Asuna and the two set off to stalk and face Chachamaru.
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#16 - One Night Befalls All of Us (Omnes una manet nox)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 8
Negi finally faces Evangline using his newfound skills.
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#17 - Rumors Fly (Fama volat)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 5
Chamo arrives at Mahora Academy to personally bring a letter to Negi. But this ermine's visit is for more than an errand. Chamo's real intention was to find Negi a Pactio partner.
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#18 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place (A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 6
Evangeline starts her rampage against Negi as she victimizes several of her classmates.
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#19 - I'll Get You, Wascally Rabbit! (Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 9
On an errand towards the Tatsumiya Shrine, Negi is guided by the Narutaki twins (Walking Club).
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#20 - Where There is Harmony, There is Victory(Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 10
Class 2-A battles in a dodgeball match against some high school girls who are also smitten by Negi's looks.
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#21 - We Live and Learn (Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 13
Stuck for three days in one of Library Island's basements, Negi and the Baka Rangers manage to escape. When Negi was about to leave the school, it turns out that 2-A got the second-highest score in the exams.
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#22 - Not Bad: Ceasefire Negotiation
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 3
Zesu Warukiuresu corps to lead approached to castle town binon ten steadily. Rye gut believing that surprise attack is not the real intention of zesu makes a sortie for negotiations alone in derufingu. Two who met as deadhead confront younger brother of the chief secretary in battlefield in military academy after time of four years. Negotiations not to hand over when partner should retire from soldier arrive at unexpected fate before long…
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#23 - Every Beginning is Difficult (Omne initium est difficile)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 2
While the rest of 2-A welcome Negi to their class, Asuna and Negi try to put up with one another now that she knows that Negi is a mage in training.
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#24 - Remember you will die (Memento Mori)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 23
Asuna starts to recall her past, seeing flames in her dream, and remembering the 10 year contract with the demon. Asuna dies.
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#25 - Cross Combat: Close Quarters Battle
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 4
Negotiations broke down, and battle was reopened. Both militaries were rye GATT which barely left mixed and confused confused fight, but meet with subordinate, rii of zesu. We are forced to single combat. rii which becomes rash for the loyalty and military exploit to zesu, and corners rye gut by severe attack. It was reality of too severe 〝 war 〟 that rye gut saw while movable limit of derufingu approached.
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#26 - Counter Attack: Violent Retaliation
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 5
Rye GATT which did harshness of battlefield in one of eyes, and decided return once. But we know determination of hozuru which does not hesitate to conduct surrender for people either and choose way becoming soldier by oneself. Genius 〟 borukyusu general of 〝 war that begins to move in Athene's while the Krishna military gets powerful power called derufingu. And attack third wave of Creo warukiuresu corps which lost rii flocks in binon ten.
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#27 - Un Sorceror: One without Power
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 1
"Deadhead" Rye who does not have magical power is summoned to Krishna King Hozuru and Queen Sigyn who are friend of the military academy era and is informed of fact of within the territory invasion by neighboring country Athens federation. As for the front commander being close friend, Zesu of three people. When we marched into Kodaiohei [under Gouremu] 1,000 years before estimate excavated in castle town accidentally, fate of Rye begins to greatly move…
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#28 - Under Golem: The Ancient Giant Soldier
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 2
Kodaiohei [under Gouremu] awakened to from sleep of 1,000 years by boarding of Rye gut crushes Quartz by overwhelming power; at last; appear. Fierce attack corps of Zesu standing in the way before confused Rye. Ex-close friends who assume fate of the mother country in the middle of intense battle, and meet again. Rye which had huge power that only he can change in its hand is swallowed without mercy to whirlpool of war.
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#29 - World Wind: Storm and Stress
Broken Blade Season 1 - Episode 6
Multiplex armor and derufingu equipped with wide end crush Aruga's machine and crush body pit of Zesu machine. Creo overwhelmed enemy force by desperate charge, and oneself became the body of prisoner although we achieved zesu rescue. Rye gut which is merely collapsed for first campaign that might kill ex-close friend. And, as boarding person of erutemisu which we requisitioned, mysterious man, jirugu is chosen….
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#30 - Lovers, Lunatics (Amantes, amentes)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 3
Realizing how little Asuna gets in respect, Negi creates a love potion that goes horribly wrong, while Nodoka begins to start feeling for her new teacher. When Nodoka was about to kiss Negi, Asuna barges in by kicking the locked door with her brute force.
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#31 - There's No Place like Home (Nullus locus est instar domus)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 4
Negi's continues to attempt (and fail) to help Asuna get higher grades, first by tutoring her as part of a study group, then attempting to "improve her physique" during a stand-off in the bath.
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#32 - The Blockhead in the Professor's Chair (Asinus in cathedra)
Negima! Season 1 - Episode 1
Class 2-A meets its new homeroom teacher, who turns out the be a 10-year-old boy from Wales.
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