Title: 魔法先生ネギま！　１１月：武道四天王 (Magic Teacher Negima! November: The Big Four Martial Artists)
Original Creator: 赤松健 (Ken Akamatsu)
Vocals: 小林ゆう (Yuu Kobayashi), 白石涼子 (Ryoko Shiraishi), 田中菜月 (Hatsuki Tanaka), 佐久間未帆 (Miho Sakuma)
Release Date: 8/25/04
Catalog No.: KICM-3056
Rating: 1/4

This CD features the four martial artists, as it says, but in fact, it's only three. Setsuna is the swordswoman, much akin to Motoko. Kaede is the ninja, Kufei is the Chinese student (with blonde hair) who specializes in Kung Fu. However, Mana is a sharpshooter. It should be 3 martial artists and a riflewoman. To be honest, I really don't have much feelings for Mana, Kufei, and Kaede. Setsuna should have had a larger role as she's had a large part in the manga and it's a shame that she doesn't.

Anyhow, that aside, the original mix of the image song sounds very much like the song for the athletes a few months back. Solemn and tries to convey a sense of seriousness and has serious bass to drive some impact. I'm ambivalent about it. The standout, in a very bad way, is the remixed version. They tried to mix some traditional Chinese sounds in there, took some cues from techno, and produced pure cacophony. It sounds terrible. Someone should be shot (by way of Mana) for releasing this.

The mini-drama included is okay. Setsuna is searching for the underwear thief who she thinks has stole Konoka's underwear. Along the way in her pursuit, she meets Miho and Kaede. Meanwhile, Kufei is playing around with the training robot created in the last CD. She tries to power it up, but the button she presses makes it run away. It runs into the forest where Setsuna and Miho are and Setsuna destroys the machine thinking it's the pervert. She finds out that it's not and tries fix it. Kufei comes to find a half destroyed robot.

The cast free talk has the four seiyuu talking about the martial arts like whether they learned it as children and if they like those kinds of movies. Ho-hum.

First edition comes with a Setsuna tarot card.

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