Asuna Kagurazaka

Asuna Kagurazaka (神楽坂 明日菜, Kagurazaka Asuna?), also known by her original identity, Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofushia, was one of the main protagonists of Negima! Magister Negi Magi. She is the grandmother of Touta Konoe and one of Negi Springfield's former students of Mahora Academy's Class 3-A ! to reappear in UQ Holder! series who was Negi's first pactio partner and the once long lost twilight princess of Inverse Mars.

Asuna met the The Thousand Master as a child when he saved her life during a battle, and she traveled with the members of his group both before and after his disappearance. Asuna retains no memories from this period in her life but has begun to re-experience them in dreams since Negi arrived. Later on, Albireo opened up her past memories and unleashed the sleeping powers within her. When her powers were awakened in her fight with Setsuna, she turned her fan into the stone cleaver sword during the fight. The chances of her victory seemed high due to Setsuna underestimating her, but because of the tournament rules prohibiting bladed weapons and Setsuna’s use of a Shinmeryuu throwing technique, she was disqualified and lost the match.

As the first to find out about Negi’s secret, Asuna saw him using magic to save Nodoka from falling down some steps. Initially, Asuna merely was one of the only ones who knew the secret and assisted Negi with adjustment to this new environment. During his battle with Evangeline, she became Negi’s first probationary contract.

Asuna is often in conflict with other people, especially Ayaka. Asuna has a crush on her former homeroom teacher, Takahata, whom Negi replaces. Asuna is an orphan who was enrolled into the school for free by the school dean, yet she still tries to pay towards her schooling with her wages earned delivering newspapers. Much to her chagrin, she is “Baka Red” of the Baka Rangers (or Dummy Force in the FUNimation Dub) and has the lowest test score average in the class, especially in English. Akamatsu, in reply to a fan question, stated that Asuna's problems with her grades are because of the memory erase she underwent when she was younger.

Negi’s and Asuna’s relationship starts on very shaky ground but quickly improves as they get to know one another. Asuna tends to act like an older sister towards Negi and is very protective of him. Many times, she intervenes to save him from enemies, her crazy and overly-affectionate classmates and even from himself when she notices he’s pushing himself too hard. She is almost indisputably has the strongest bond with Negi amongst his students and is the closest individual to being an actual “partner” to him. Her closeness to Negi causes many of the other people around her to believe that there might be romantic feelings forming between them, but Asuna arrogantly responds that he’s “just a kid.” But Shori has stated that Asuna has very strong feelings for Negi, that could be love. Asuna also blushed when asked by Anya if she loved Negi

Asuna is a young girl with thigh-length orange hair that is tied twin tails by two bell ribbons and she has a condition called heterochromia iridum: a left blue eye and a right sea-green eye.

She is seen wearing her school uniform.

Pactio: Bellatrix Sauciata (literally, “Wounded Warrior”): Ensis Exorcizans is the name of Asuna’s artifact. She can summon either a harisen or a sword, both of which are large, powerful weapons. Despite the large size, she can wield the weapons with no difficulty. The harisen exorcises demons with a single swipe, and the sword is strong enough to cleave through rock. However, the harisen has little to no effect against opponents that possess no magic, such as robots and non-magical beings. On the pactio card, Asuna is shown with a giant sword. The Ensis Exorcizans first appeared when Asuna tried to save Negi from the “sharks” in Chapter 61, later during the tournament and on her date with Takahata. At first, summoning the Ensis Exorcizans was dependent on her emotional state, but that seem to change when she learned to use kankahō.

Kankahō (also, xiánguàfǎ): While traveling with the Crimson Wing, Asuna learned the abilities of Kankahō from Gateau Vandenberg. Forgotten alongside her lost memories of her time with Nagi’s group, it slowly came back to her after witnessing Takamichi-sensei perform it in a battle against Negi, then awakened within her memories from an encounter with Albireo Imma. Combining the forces of magical energies and ki, she is able to fight with some magical skill both even with her own immunity from magic and even alongside her Pactio abilities. She is currently one of the few people in the world who can do this. It is sometimes called the perfect technique, although it uses up more power than ki or magic alone it has a lot of uses depending on the way the technique is used.

Magic-canceling: A natural ability held within Asuna even from the moment she met Negi, Asuna was born with the abilities to cancel out spells that are cast upon her, preventing her from being affected by magic, although this doesn’t seem to be the case with illusions (as shown in chapter 144). This ability blocks all spells from simple love potions to the most powerful and near-omnipotent abilities used by the mage such as the Lifemaker (Mage of Beginning). Her usage in the previous mage war is connected to this ability locked within her. Though mostly it blocks magic from the outside, it seems to be a little weaker from blocking magic from the inside such as from when she ate some magical candies. Although the full effects of the candies never manifested themselves, some limited amount of the effects were felt. Also, on a lighter side, she was able to hit Evangeline in her “average school girl” state more than once with Evangeline shouting “How dare you ignore my magical barrier like that!” Chachamaru has commented that Asuna is the only person who's ever been able to engage in a physical fight with Eva. The ability is also exclusive to her as Shiori can't copy it with her pactio.

Ensis Exorcizans (破魔の剣, Hama no Tsurugi; Demon-breaking Sword): The personal artifact of Kagurazaka Asuna, attendant of Negi Springfield. A greatsword, initially manifesting as a harisen (giant paper fan), with the same unique ability as Asuna herself, which can dispel any magic or chi on contact. Due to this, it can also banish summoned creatures and dispel various types of magic in a single blow – effective against impregnable shields, highly dangerous capturing spells, and even other Artifacts. Physically, the sword is also powerful enough to ‘split the sea’ when wielded by Asuna.

Se Dissolvant Circumstantia Falsa (ほどけよ、偽りの世界, Hodoke yo, Itsuwari no Sekai; Come apart, fabricated world): The incantation used by Yue to break down the ‘illusionary world’ trap, using Ensis Exorcizans as a catalyst and borrowing its power.

Tome Alkes Kai Analkias (無極而太極斬, Mukyoku Ji Taikyoku Zan; Slash of the Opposing): A technique which allows Asuna to utilise Magic Cancel as a ranged attack ‘launched’ from Ensis Exorcizans.

Demon-Sealing Sword (封魔の剣, Houma no Tsurugi): The form that the Artifact takes when the sword is touched by Negi using Magia Erebea. The sword grows in size and the mark of Magia Erebea grew out from the back of it.

Known in the West as Suntaxis Antikeimenoin (the union of the opposing), it's considered to be the ultimate art. By combining the opposing forces of mana and ki, the user gains incredible physical and spiritual power. Simply activating the skill enhances physical strength and agility, protection against physical and magical attacks, fighting spirit, and a variety of other effects including resistance to heat, cold, and poisons

Enhanced Strength: Even without her Pactio powers, Asuna has shown herself to be deceptively strong, as shown from her ability to throwing things at Evangeline. When she is in her Pactio form, Asuna's already impressive strength is greatly enhanced. Her overall abilities are great enough that she was able to fend off Chachamaru’s attack. Her strength is also great enough to Knock out the door by a single leg or slash just about anything.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: According to Setsuna, her kicks are mainly strong enough to fight someone.

Master Sword Skills Specialist: In terms of fighting style while in her Pactio form, Asuna relies mainly on swordplay, and thus would be considered a sword skills specialist. Aside from her initial training with Setsuna, she is basically on a “learn as you go” training regimen thus her skill has developed by fighting rather than formal instruction, becoming even more capable with every fight. Her overall skill has been shown capable of competing on equal grounds against Chachamaru Karakuri and Evangeline A.K. McDowell. While usually performing right-handed, Asuna appears to be ambidextrous as she has shown proficient skill wielding her sword in her left.

Mukyo Ji Taikyoku Zan-First

Shundō (瞬動; Instant Movement): By focusing ki or mana into the feet, the practitioner can cross distances in a burst of extreme speed (enough to appear almost instantaneous). However, unlike true teleportation, the movement itself can be intercepted, and the exit point calculated; once began, the technique cannot be stopped. It must also be performed on some sort of foothold or surface.

Kokū Shundō (虚空瞬動; Void Instant Movement): Instead of using a fixed surface, the practitioner simply uses air as a foothold. As this can be performed in mid-air, movement in any direction is possible, eliminating the base weaknesses of Shundō.