User blog:Neotuhel/Hayate no Gotoku / Mahou Sensei Negima! : Common points

If you read or watch Hayate no Gotoku! and Mahou Sensei Negima!, you would think there are lots of similarities. Here is a list of them, with additional informations.

They will be listed as above : Information (HnG! reference/MSN! reference).

Authors
- They are friends. Also, their first names are similar. (Kenjiro Hata / Ken Akamatsu)

Manga
- They are both harem and shonen.

Characters
Hayate Ayasaki / Negi Springfield

- Gentlemen (Butler / English)

- They are caught in a love triangle, and even more. (Hinagiku - Ayumu, Kotetsu, Nagi, ... / Nodoka - Yue, Makie, Ayaka, ...)

- Live without parents. (They flee / They disappeared)

- They are rarely angry. (2nd battle against Gilbert / Fate)

- No experience with girls. (Always working / 10 years old)

- Their strength comes from magic power. (Athena's power / Mage)

- They have a special move. (Like a Hurricane / Magia Erebea)

- They have an older brother / sister or cousin. (Ikusa / Nekane)

Klaus / Takamichi T. Takahata

- They always wear a costume. (Butler / Like his master, Gatô)

- They are strong. (Butler / Powerful mage ranked AA+)

Maria / Chizuru Naba

- They take care of "children". (Nagi / Kotaro)

- Good at cooking. (Maid / ??)

- Scary side.

Nagi Sanzenin / Asuna Kagurazaka

- They are close to the main character.

- They have quite the same hair style.

- They love older boys (Hayate / Takahata)

- They sometimes bully the main character. (Jealousy / Little brat)

- They live without parents. (Both died ? / Unknown ?)

Baka Rangers (Red - Blue - Black / Red - Blue - Yellow - Black - Pink)

Similar characters : Izumi Segawa / Makie Sasaki - Miki Hanabishi / Yue Ayase - Risa Asakaze / Kaede Nagase.

They have also bad marks at school.

Risa Asakaze / Mana Tatsumiya

- Live in a temple.

- They can use guns.

Linn Regiostar / Sayo Aisaka

- Ghosts.

Eight / Chachamaru Karakuri

- Robots with feelings. (Shiori Makimura / Negi)

Isumi Saginomiya / Konoka Konoe

- Oriental + Healing magic.

- Wear kimonos. (Always / Chapter 15)

Chiharu Harukaze / Chisame Hasegawa

- Same initials : C.H.

- Hidden identity. (Maid Haru / Idol Chiu)

- Wear glasses.

Hinagiku Katsura / Setsuna Sakurazaki

- Kendo.

- They are not very feminine.

Hinagiku Katsura / Ayase Yue

-Promise to support their friend in their love but end up falling in love with the same person. (Ayumu Nishizawa / Miyazaki Nodoka)

Athena Tennousu / Evangeline McDowell

- Blond hair.

- They know the main character before the story. (End of the world arc / Nagi's son)

Same first names :

Kaede Nonohara / Kaede Nagase

Nagi Sanzenin / Nagi Springfield

Kôtarô Azumamiya / Kôtarô Inugami

Places
- Hakuô / Mahora

- Greece references. (Mykonos / Fate)

Story Arcs
- School trip (Mt.Takao / Kanto)

- Main Character vs Strong person he knows (Hayate - Athena / Negi - Evangeline, Negi - Fate)

- Enemy attempt (On the boat / Gateport)

References / Jokes
- Laputa (Hayate's King's Jewel / Ostia)

- "Sefuku / Seifuku" joke (Maya / Jack Rakan)

Anime
- Two seasons.

- The first ED from HnG! - Season 1 and MSN! - Season 1 are quite similar.

- Fan service OVA. (Episode 00 / Haru - Natsu)

Same seiyu :

- Nagi Sanzenin / Tsukuyomi (Mô Hitotsu no Sekai OVA) : Rie Kugimiya

- Hayate Ayasaki / Kaede Nagase : Ryoko Shiraishi

- Wataru Tachibana / Kôtarô Inugami (Ala Alba + Mô Hitotsu no Sekai OVA) : Marina Inoue

- Hinagiku Katsura / Misa Kakisaki : Shizuka Itou

- Eight - Kôtarô Azumamiya - Shiori Makimura / Negi Springfield : Rina Satou

- Sonia Shaflnarz / Makie Sasaki : Yui Horie

Mahou Sensei Negima! references in Hayate no Gotoku!
- Class book (Chapter 148)

- "Mahô-Sensei" : Negi Springfield (Chapter 148)

- "Nagi Springfield"