How do UQ Holder! and Mahou Sensei Negima! relate?


I've been reading UQ Holder! since it started coming out. So far (14 chapters
into the series) I've understood everything, and (I think) I have not missed
any reference or anything similar.

However, just today I realised that MAL lists [UQ
Holder!](http://myanimelist.net/manga/57765/UQ_Holder!) as [Mahou Sensei
Negima!](http://myanimelist.net/manga/15/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!)'s sequel.  
How exactly are the two related, and how much do I miss if I haven't read the
latter?  
Or is it just meant to be a spiritual sequel, and nothing in the story is
related?




**My post primarily answers the titled question such that the answer works for
people that have read and have not read Mahou Sensei Negima (MSN).**

**Part 1 (For people who have read MSN. If you have not read MSN, skip to part
2)**

Remember [Eva](http://negima.wikia.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell) from
MSN? She is the same person as Yukihime-sensei. Over the years, Eva figured
out a way to change her appearance so she could live life more normally - as
an adult. Basically, everyone from MSN presumably died (since ~100 years have
passed) except for Eva since she is an immortal vampire.

Chapter 1:

  * Page 1 - Eva gives her introduction 
  * Page 2 - She shows how the people from MSN are gone now 
  * Page 5 - Shows her current UQ team 
  * Page 70 - Eva reveals her true identity to Touta 

Chapter 2:

  * Page 16 - Eva reverts back to her 10 year old true form. She stays this way until page 38, where she returns back to her older fabricated form.

**Part 2**

Both UQ and MSN are related through Eva, although MSN followed Negi's journey
(main character of MSN). UQ's story is being told by Eva, who is reflecting on
the past. Eva plays an important character in both series, as her role is to
train the main characters, Negi and Touta.

Also note that Touta Konoe is Negi Springfield's grandson (Ch 1 Pg 18). Given
that his surname is Konoe, we can also assume he is related to Konoka Konoe
from MSN as well.

While UQ Holder is the sequel to MSN, there is nothing critical that you have
missed. In other words, you can read and understand UQ Holder perfectly fine
without reading its prequel. There are the occasional references to MSN
though, but they do not affect the plot in any way.

A good analogy for this would be the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon
Ball Z. You can pick up Dragon Ball Z and fully understand everything without
watching Dragon Ball. And in this case, UQ Holder and MSN have a time skip of
3 generations later, so every character except Yukihime is presumed dead now.

