Ten-year-old wizard Negi Springfield arrives in Japan to complete his mage training as the homeroom teacher of an all-girls academy class of thirty-one teenage girls. He quickly grows close to hotheaded student Asuna Kagurazaka and grows attached to classmates like Nodoka Miyazaki and Konoka Konoe while keeping his magic hidden. This manga retells the story from the Negima!? anime continuity in monthly chapters, running alongside the show rather than adapting Ken Akamatsu's original series.