Zero no Tsukaima

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If you as an author manage to create a character that explodes the popularity of an archetype, then you deserve kudos regardless of everything else (well, the rest can be evaluated separately). The tsundere archetype became all the hype at the time with Louise being the one to blame. Whether it's her trademark 'b-b-b-baka' or her quirky stuttering, Louise is a character with a strong recognisable personality that became iconic in the anime community. I guess that's also due to the voice actress' great work with Louise which cannot be understated.

Story 8/10
Original at its time (at least for animes), Zero no Tsukaima's story can ... pretty much be summed up as anime hogwarts on a much lesser scale. It doesn't have the depth nor the intricacies of hogwarts and it doesn't try to but for what it's worth, they did a decent job creating an anime school of magic whilst maintaining its own identity and incorporating traditional anime ideas into its story. I have issues with the later seasons but that's another review.

Characters 8/10
Like I said, even if you hate the characters, you have to give props to the author for creating such an iconic character that became the face of tsundere. Louise is proud, spoiled from a high upbringing and one that viewers may initially dislike, but the author dives into the character to explain why it is she is the way she is as well as giving her development throughout the show to somewhat improve on her negative qualities. Though many will say that she never gets there in the end, Louise at the very least remains true to the essence of her character throughout the show and maintains the attributes that makes her character so iconic.

Artstyle 8/10
Nothing to complain about here. Good for its times.

Music 8/10
The OPs of the show are a guilty pleasure of mine. Kind of like the anime itself.

Before i start this review, i would like to say. this is my first review pleas help me improve.

Review.

The story is held on an academy of magic, in another world from ours.
Within the academy, the students well me taught in the four elements.
( Fire, Water, Earth, Air ) only noble can use magic, not common people like me.
You will be following Louise AKA ( also known as )
Louise the zero, since she can't control any of the elements.
In the second school year, the Students will get to summon one Familiar.
Louise by accident summons a human boy from our world, ... Saito.
Louise wants to "change" her familiar. but the teacher won't let her.
So now she is forced to live with him.

Story : 9 points
i like the idea, that a human is summon into another world.
way to many time, i have seen it the other way around.
The story makes sense.
All ways something happening, perverted, action, balls, Saito in pain.

Art : 8 points
The summoning of Saito is quite nice.
The stuff from our world is also quite nice.
The dresses in the balls.
The fact draw a little min-me of one of the Characters very new Chapter.
but other then that, it doesn't stand out from any other manga

Character : 8 points
All the impotent Characters is met one at the time.
Saito is the one that stand out the most since he is SPOILER
The princess seems kinda deep.
other then that it's the same.
A violent F-chest ( Flat chested ) girl witch is not true to her feelings.
A calm Maid, that helps the Main male forget about the pain & helps him.
A big chested girl, that is head over heels at the main male.
A silent, smart girl with glasses. that has a big secret
A other Male that's making it more fun by being stupid and helping main male doing perverted things or helping doing their quests and takes all the glory.

Enjoyment : 9 points

Really liked the idea of a girl having control of a guys life. that was "new" to me, at the time. Random violates doing perverted things or not. A lot of sword fights, magic, cool animals Fx. dragons. awkward moments. Action

Overall : 9 points

It's fun for almost every body, i would say. If you like comedy, Action and Fantasy.
This is the manga you should be reading. Keep in mind there are some few Ecchi moments & positions. but nothing 18+ so it's child friendly.
I THINK that even so feminist may NOT be offended by this even do it's a
Girl Harem Manga.


So if you like what you read so far!
you should read the real thing!
to see if Louise & saito's life will end up.
and can they save Louise world from the evil that lays within it ?
ONLY 1 WAY 2 FIND OUT

This was a way to painful to read...

Story- 4/10
We've all seen these troupes and cliches before, perverted boy gets summoned to a magical world, tsundere, the main heroine sucks at everything but is secretly the chosen one, and a magical school. And let's not forget that our main character has the most powerful ability of all....he somehow gets every girl to gravitate around him.
This, of course, causes jealousy to arise literally everywhere and this is one of the biggest and most worse aspects of the novel. Louise and Saito get jealous and angry over the smallest thing, I can't root for this ship ... because they are constantly fighting and obviously for a functional relationship, you need to be more tolerant and put more trust in your loved one, but they never, EVER, seem to understand this simple concept and are always fighting, to the point that it looks like an abusive and toxic relationship.
The idea of a human being the familiar of a magical girl does draw some interest and I like the idea, but then they start shoving so many troupes down your throat, that this ends up another cliched story. I can't help but compare it to Re: Zero that despite looking cliched at first, it quickly becomes it's own unique story and I had hoped Zero no Tsukaima would do the same but I was sorely mistaken.
But that's not where the biggest problems arise.

Art: 6/10
The art is fine though I feel like it's not consistent, like Louise seems to change the design in every novel, just look up the Light Novel's covers and you'll see.

Character: 3/10
The charatcers are absolute trash. None have any depth to them and are simple 2-dimensional characters. Let's get into explaining the harem.
Cliched Tsundere- Let's start out with Louise. The pink hair, small, flat chested, Tsundere. And you can already see where this is headed. This little ***** gets jealous so often it gets old, if Saito were to pay attention to a plant, Louise would get jealous and burn the plant. She is an annoying tsundere brat who gets jealous over everything and it was a pain to have her an MC. And she puts saito on such a tight leash, i'm pretty sure she would dig out his eye if he were to look at another girl.
Big Boobed and kind maid- Their's, of course, the maid with big boobs who like Saito and of course, Saito some romantic moment with her since she got them big jugs, thus getting Louise all jealous and their goes the cycle again with Louise and Saito getting into a fight about ANOTHER misunderstanding, you would think they would know by then, they only love each other and they need to trust each other.
Big Boobed and kind Elf- It's the exact same thing as the maid, except for the fact its an elf, but who cares right? She got big boobs and that's all that matters, lets not even develop or care about her actual character development.
Princess- I can't even say anything here, this character is so boring and simple it's beyond help, the only aspect about her is that she loves her country and Saito.
Saito- This guy is a perverted boy and since he is a pervert he likes them big boobs, sadly Louise ain't got those so here goes the jealousy and misunderstanding. Don't forget, I'm pretty sure he wants to bang Louise, this guy is soooooooo boooorrrriiiinnngggg. I'm not even sure what his motive is to help Tristian (The country the novel takes place in) but that fact he is the MC and has a hero complex.

Enjoyment- 1/10
In the end, if you see this Light Novel, burn it. It's horrible. I had wasted my life on half of this novels, hoping it would get better, but I soon realized they had dug their grave to dig and they would never be able to become better.

Overall- .5/10