Hi dear people, I actually wanted to write a very detailed meta thingy about Magi 320 but I don’t have the time. So, I’m just gonna focus on 2 things.

First is this detail here:

I like the panel showing the night sky….I guess it’s to show us it’s late. Ja’far’s comment also confirms it.
….So, The implied info here (according to me) are the following points: 

• Sinbad’s office is probably connected to his bedroom: Since apparently Ja’far didn’t expect him to be getting dressed in the middle of the night (well it would be uncommon for everyone to find someone getting dressed when the working hours are over), maybe Sin works in his office with night clothing when he has to or more probably, Ja’far expected to find him in his bedroom, in bed, since it’s the same day Sinbad fainted at the International Alliance meeting.  Instead he found him getting dressed in his office.
  Also, who finishes getting dressed in their office? Maybe his bedroom is in the next room and he just finished getting dressed in there as he walked towards it.
  
  
• Ja’far goes into Sinbad’s room/office in the middle of the night like it’s nothing: Even tho last arc has proved us several times that sinja’s intimacy has suffered a great blow, the fact that Ja’far can come into Sin’s office without being announced and that he actually didn’t expected him to be dressed up or probably even there, shows that Ja’far is used to find Sinbad in his office or in his room late at night  ……. Yes, Ikr? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Also maybe Ja’far doesn’t usually find Sinbad in his uniform when it’s that late………… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

These 2 panels are probably the ones that made me most happy about Magi 320 tbh, for those 2 reasons. I’m happy Sinbad didn’t reject Ja’far as much as to not allow him to come into his room late at night ♥. Or the fact that it isn’t awkward at all, but as common as always.

Relationship types:

Now let’s focus on the second important point of this silly post:

Three relationships that describe sinja’s relationship are mentioned briefly or come into discussion in an indirect way during this chapter. This may mean nothing to the chapter overall but it matters to me as someone who headcanons sinja as a relationship that engloves different and variated love types.
The first one actually includes all generals:

Let’s remember that this is the last chapter in which Sin is convinced he’s doing this to save everyone. In this panel he’s moved by the thought of his own family, which also was a lesson he learnt from his father long ago. Sinbad doesn’t have a family anymore tho, only the one he has formed through friendship and not through blood connections. Those family members are the 8 generals. 

It is a given that the 8 gens are his family and that he deeply cares about them but seeing it here, confirmed, has a total different impact than only assuming it.
Ja’far is included there ofc, so it means family love is included in sinja’s multiple relationship types (I’m not gonna use words like agape, eros and those because I don’t have time to actually inform myself about them in a deeper level, so I’m just gonna give general definitions we all should be capable to understand). 

So let’s go to the second one:

Ja’far calls him “my lord” here. And thus I’ll be addressing their master-servant relationship. 

Probably the most unrelatable relationship, at least in our present. A master-servant relationship in anime and manga is usually represented by the following sentiments: loyalty, trust and gratitude. Loyalty (+admiration) being the feeling that moves a servant, gratitude (which leads to rewards) the one that moves the master and trust which exists between the two of them. We are talking about a positive relationship ofc.

Ja’far’s loyalty is strong as it’s constantly mentioned in Magi’s encyclopedia and in every piece of information about him. His loyalty is actually moved by great love towards his master. It is funny tho that in the panel above he’s using it to manipulate Sinbad a little, which is uncommon for Ja’far.
Just before they started talking he was calling him “president” since that’s the new title sinbad holds, but as soon as Sinbad confesses to Ja’far what his actual plans are, Ja’far is so disappointed he switches to call him “my lord”, however he adds that he is pathetic and weak. As in: I can’t believe “MY LORD” who is someone amazing to me was actually this pathetic. The phrase itself is made so it hurts Sinbad’s pride as a good master, especially since it comes from his closest servant. Very manipulative, since after all Ja’far’s opinion matters a lot to Sinbad.
There’s however another point about this which also makes sinja’s master-servant relationship a weird one.
Even tho those types of relationships have some distance in between, brought by respect, in their case, respect is broken several times. Since they insult each other or hit each other, when they lose composture, like in this case. Ja’far loses it, he even drops the “president” title, but he calls him his lord , then says he’s weak and pathetic and an idiot. He starts also getting red. He will soon start to scream with watery eyes, so much he’ll become tired. Sinbad’s reaction shows surprise, tho he manages to not lose composture unlike Ja’far.
A very emotional and intimate moment if you ask me, very uncommon for people who are only  master and a servant, but well sinja are obviously much more.

To sum up what I mean by this is, there’s a canon master-servant in sinja’s relationship that brings several good sentiments between them. However the distance brought by the respect that comes with this type of relaitonship, is broken whenever the farse of their titles is broken, which happens every time any of the two of them make a big mistake or make each other angry. And when respect is broken they can’t help showing how intimate they actually are by insulting each other, like family and friends.

Before I finish this point I want to add, that more than a servant, Ja’far is a right hand man. 
There is a small difference imo. A normal servant is a little more detached from his master’s cause and the rewards they get are whatever is most convenient to them. 

But since Ja’far is someone who lacks personal ambitions (like Ohtaka pointed out in a BS) he’s more compromised with Sinbad’s dream, which he actually made his own. 

His reward is making the dream become a reality, because he is as involved as his master is. The metaphor of being a right-hand-man comes from the idea of the right hand being people’s main tool which helps achieving pretty much everything, it’s also a part of the body, not a separated entity. 

The right hand man motive it’s all over Magi, but I think Sinbad and Ja’far make it justice the most. 

And well this last one plus the extra commentary is an obvious one: Their friendship. I’m especially really happy about the “deep bonds” part :3c.
Deep bonds………………….deep bonds……… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

To be frank I have nothing to say about their friendship. When there’s mutual respect, trust and intimacy, there’s also friendship. And when a friend becomes family, they are still a friend. We all know what a friend is so I’m not gonna go on details on that one. The only thing I want to say is that their friendship is a fact.

So, Sinbad listens and is moved by Ja’far but he realizes he still wants to go to the sacred palace (even tho he finds it weird himself), so he decides to lie and pretend he agrees…heartbreaking.
But then again, even that annoying commentator is surprised Sinbad goes against Ja’far’s wishes. 

As I love to point out all the time Ja’far is Sinbad’s closest family member/friend/vasaal. Ja’far matters a lot to him. So after finding himself still going to the sacred palace, even after having talked to Ja’far, he had to think things over (thinking that is done in the following chapter).
Even tho this was too little for my hungry self, the fact Ja’far was the last one Sinbad had to confront to realize he was not doing it for his family, already means a lot. He was the last one he said goodbye to too. 

I dare to say as well that in the most heterosexual way possible cause we can’t have canon sinja, Ohtaka may be implying Ja’far is Sinbad’s most important person and therefore he’s the last one he faces before quiting his old life and self. At least I take it this way.

And that should be it.
Magi 320 was wonderful and it can be read in so many ways!!!
Even tho we didn’t have the conclusion of this important subplot, there are several details mentioned here that suggest interesting facts. Therefore I’m somewhat satisfied…..

Still there is hope that we find out more in Sinbad no Bouken and in the extra material that will come after Magi. Hopefully Ohtaka will also use her wordpress soon.