Zero no Tsukaima F

[ I said that this is a review on the anime Zero no Tsukaima , all seasons included ! I just thought it was better to do this review on the page of last season , here ]
[ I also want to apologize for my bad English but I am French and this is my first review]
First, I do not seem to realize that I watched four whole seasons ! I found it a lot, so you have to have time to spend . The positive point is that the characters and their feelings change over time, new characters arrive , the plot extends again, ... and again ...
It is very difficult to give an opinion on the entire 4 seasons of this anime, because I totally do not remember any of the episodes. If I had to give an overall opinion, I enjoyed this series, even if the theme and the characters were a little too " medieval " for my taste.

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I must confess that the first season, I really did not like the character of Louise ( I saw it as a kid a little capricious, still typing on his familiar ) . But the seasons , she became one of my favorite characters . Many times, she wanted to be nice to Saito, but she always found to fricoter with other girls (but sometimes there was a bit forced ) . I admired the attitude towards the Princess Louise Henrietta , she was extremely modest and very committed to his country. Like what, finally , she is a good person, who knows how to respect . After each of his personality .
For me, Saito 's still obsessed . Always watching chest girls, without even listening to what they have to say sometimes! I understand he is a normal boy from Japan , not having had an education aristocrat , but still. I did not understand either why all the main girls fall completely in love with him ... ( Tabitha fell in my opinion ) I guess it is because it is Gandalf and he saved the country and beat all the bad guys. The good thing about this character is that it has a determination and an outstanding courage, who rarely lose .
For other characters, I have almost every popular , I think ( at the tall blonde sister Louise , it irritates me one! Always make moral lessons ... )
After that, the love between the two main characters is real, despite the stories and deceptions. I found even more cute sometimes. The scenes in which they declared their love and everything, it was very romantic (even if it just after shouting at each ) . I must admit that, despite everything , I really loved the episode 12 of season 2 ... I found it sad ... and super exciting to the end! (even if it goes unfortunately twist) . This episod remain my favorite.
For the end of this anime ( episode 12 , season 4), it was not really to my taste ... coincidentally, this is the day of solar eclipse. And then a plane with missiles, it does not fly like that is a snap! I found it a bit surreal .
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To conclude , I think Zero no Tsukaima (globally) is a kind of fairy tale version of manga, a little futuristic, with lots of fan service. In fact it is a bit like the story of a prince who must protect a princess (unless it is a familiar and often beaten up because he is cheating ) . Frankly, I do not regret watching this anime . The 4 seasons of Zero no Tsukaima , I give 7.5 (This note does not appear on this site, it's a personal note). Yes , this is exactly the note should . In this season , I give 8 ( this is the note that appears at the top because I 'm still on page Zero no Tsukaima F).
I have great hesitation to write this review . I just wanted to express my opinion because I 've seen a lot of people did. In the end , I just think a long comment. Sorry if you find me boring or dull , but I do not like magazines too serious . If you read it , thank you , if you have not read , I do not want you at all!

Zero no Tsukiama is a harem with lots of ecchi.

That is probably the deciding factor on whether people will watch this series.

For those of you that enjoy watching a guy win the hearts of the ladies and get some fan service in the process..Zero no Tsukaima is a light-hearted journey of consistent humor that never really changes.


As for the entire series. S1 and S2 are both good. S3 was terrible (it honestly felt like a waste of time and without purpose). S4 goes back to being as good as S1 and S2.

S4 (F) Wraps up our plot. Ends our journey and overall will leave you ... likely satisfied and if you've watched the previous seasons the ending is fairly guessable, but good.

Why does this anime get a 9 overall from me?

It was a fun anime to watch. I loved the plot in S1 and despite a bunch of overused humor throughout the series it was a decent watch.

Characters were the best in S1 and S2, S3 and S4 leaves only small changes and is more about the plot and humor.

Sound. Average. Nothing really to remember, but not terrible.

Art. A fun and light style that works well and looks good.

Story. Ok lets face it. The story in S4 is complete crap. I gave it a mediocre to be nice. Its not really the reason we watch this anime though.

Overall Zero is a unique journey that many viewers will enjoy.

The fourth and final season of The Familiar of Zero, where to begin! Im one of those audiences that can really get into an anime, and the fourth season did a very good job in hauling me back in, after the second season let down and the third season sort of comeback, i had my disbelief's but I am more than glad I stuck with it!

For those who are questioning if you should stick and watch the final season I am telling, no, I am begging you to continue and enjoy it. Yes, the previous seasons had their ups and downs but after recently ... finishing the last season, let me say i can't find anything I did not truly enjoy about it. No stupid moments, no let downs, happy endings, the whole works, they delivered and I am so happy!

I am going to be biased a little, as I am a big fan of harems and rom coms', I don't know why but they just click with me, I am just saying that as I might get more than a little carried away here. I was definitely not expecting all of the various relationships through the series. With most harems, yes all of the characters have one or so episode about background story and how they fall in love with the main character, but I love how through all four seasons of The Familiar of Zero, everyone develops continuously, they aren't shoved to the side. Yes this does not have anything about the final season, so why talk about it? I want to comment about how all the characters, and how they all end up happy with only one of the characters being paired up with the main character. In most harems, I find that all of the girls who are "not chosen" are left on the spot, with only an episode about how they are let down and not really touched on anymore. The final season did more than a wonderful job at concluding the romances through the various characters, and they are not left on the spot all alone just being a "third wheel" to the couple. Its hard to explain without getting into detail so I suggest watching and learn what the heck I am talking about!

The final thing I want to comment on is the second final episode, I am not going to spoil it but something happens. It angers me very much the writers made it out to be the way it was, however, I also praise them on the wonderful work they did at how they did it and how they finished it with the final episode, I am very happy they made me jump my seat screaming at the computer, and I hope that future anime's that I watch draw me in, in such a peculiar manner that the Familiar of Zero F did.

Overall well done, you have my thanks for another great anime!

I am going to make this a review about all four seasons of Zero no Tsukaima (while mainly focusing on this one) and I am going to try doing this without giving away any spoilers if possible.
Zero no Tsukaima is an anime with incredible potential. What I mean by that is, if it dropped all the nonsense (fan service and repetition for instance) and focused on the story and such, it could have been amazing. It has some moments of clarity where it focuses on the story and the characters and when it does that, it is brilliant. (But it usually lasts just for ... a few minutes and that's a shame.)

Story:

Long story short, the story is basically about a boy who finds himself in another world, in this place no one speaks his language and he has no idea what's going on or how the got there. An accident gives him the ability to understand this strange language and he learns he has been summoned as a familiar to a mage and since most familiars are animals of some kind and a human familiar is (almost) unheard of, he is being threaded like an animal. By another accident he finds out being a familiar gives him special abilities. Basically an ability to use all weapons. So far so good right? Wrong, creators of the anime doesn't know a thing about storytelling. So usually the show is riddled by moments what a 10 year old would consider kinky and funny. This usually happens on every episode, several times. On top of that, this usually ruins whats supposed to be emotional moments. An act of heroism, an act of sacrifice, and boom, same nonsense about being funny and kinky. This is one of the rare shows that would benefit from a fan recut. Take out all the nonsense, rearrange some scenes and focus on the story a bit more. But I digress. As far as I understand, if the anime fallowed the original material properly, most of these issues would be resolved, but alas it didn't go that way.

Art:

Art is usually good overall. Colors can get a bit too bright or too dull at times, but thats to be expected. Not much bad, nothing groundbreaking, just fine.

Sound:

I wasn't able to find anything wrong with the sound other than some characters sounding annoying, so moving on.

Character:

How do I put this... Characters are fine but incredibly inconsistent. They seem to forget all about their past, their motivation and their abilities all the time. Also, there are many moments where character development gets abandoned simply to put forward the harem side of the anime. Which is especially stupid since the protagonist has already picked the main girl. Also, there is an issue with characters appearing once and being forgotten by the next episode. From what I gather, this is mostly do to anime not truly fallowing the original material where most of these issues not present.

Enjoyment:

You can actually enjoy this anime if you skip some of the terrible and annoying repetitive stuff. I tried watching it that way for the second time around and it really improved my enjoyment of it.

Overall:

This anime has great potential but fails to deliver because after a while it becomes incredibly repetitive. But if you have time to waste, it is a good enough anime to watch.

Zero no Tsukaima was a series I started on a whim. I really didn't have too many expectations for it.

My love for this series has grown since watching the first episode. Since then, I've finished the rest of the seasons and anxiously awaited each episode of the Final season as it came out. In my honest opinion, this was the best season out of all of them, mainly because it just met and exceeded every single one of my expectations.

Story: 9/10
Zero no Tsukaima F starts off where Princess no Rondo left off, but with a few new twists thrown in. First off was how ... Saito managed to become the familiar of both Tiffa and Louise, due to an accident. This newfound power come in handy, as discovered when Louise uses her newest void power. However, it comes at a heavy price. Near the end of the series, Louise does something that, I'm sure, made just about everyone scream out in frustration. She sends Saito back to his world.
Overall, I thought the storyline was pretty good, but there was definitively places where it seemed rather rushed, especially in the last episode. (I really can't see Siesta, Tiffa, Tabitha, and Henrietta getting over Saito choosing Louise THAT easily.)

Art: 9/10
If you've seen any other season of Zero no Tsukaima (Which I will assume you have), the art is the same. Nothing new, nothing old.

Sound: 10/10
The music in Zero no Tsukaima F is perfect in every way. The music itself, as well as the places where it's played, adds to the effect of the scenes very well. There is nothing at all to complain about here.

Character: 9/10
Being the last season, I really didn't think there would be any form of character development. I didn't know how wrong I would be. Louise decides, against her own feelings, and sends Saito back to his world. Saito, upon his return, actually (finally) conveys his true feelings for Louise, and asks for her hand in marriage (Cmon... we ALL saw that coming! :D). The only real complaint I have is in the end. I can see how the other girls after Saito would accept his choice, but not as easily as they did... (I'm not really complaining though, since Saito has to be with Louise. No exceptions.)

Enjoyment: 10/10
However sad I might be that this is the last season, I enjoyed Zero no Tsukaima F greatly. The mixture of fast-paced action, along with the new plot twists thrown in made the story extremely enjoyable. But, the part I loved the most was, you guessed it, the very end. Louise uses her void powers to bring them back to Tokyo! A happy ending for an amazing series.

Even though I anticipated what would happen at the last episode, I still can't help but just go D'AWWWWWW in the final 5-6 minutes. I loved it, it was amazing, and there's nothing else I can say but this. GO WATCH IT!

Because series has Ended, i can do my Homework.
Best Ending, that could be maded.
Saito is Able to return his world any time he want, thanks to Louise's Spell.
At least he got merried with Louise, a real merried. (not like in Futatsuki no Kishi)
So everything has Ended.
There's No chance for any more series, meaby OVA about Saito and Louise days in Saito's World or Visit Saito's Parrents, but its only my speculations. Thats All

This review is of the entire series of Zero no Tsukaima, so i will be taking into account the series as a whole.

Zero No Tsukaima F is the final season in the series, and to start off, the story was fairly intriguing, though the male kead getting sent to another world isn't anything new, throughout the series you can see the main characters see their flaws, which in other anime of this type, they pretty much don't have.
overall it was enjoyable, though roughly half of the first season felt like a slog, after that, it was all smooth sailing. because this is the ... fourth season of the series there is a lot of development between all of the characters, and their environment, thought sometimes there can be a little bit of deus ex machina, the plot is interesting if you enjoy seeing the characters grow together, though one thing that this series gets wrong is they use Louise's tsundere tendencies as comic relief a little too often, though in some cases it's completely warranted
This show is best experienced blind rather than knowing anything about the characters, world, or plot, as, if you gp into it while knowing too much of those things, it will feel a lot more boring than it is, simply because they beat around the bush a lot when it comes to the characters finding anything out. If you enjoy this kind of thing, and don't mind marathoning a show, it will be enjoyable.

This review will be covering all 4 seasons of the show and might include some spoilers:

I went into this show having no idea what to expect, with most animes I had watched at least a few clips on YouTube so I kind of knew what to expect and what would happen story wise. This anime was an exception, I saw someone on a forum say that this was a really good romance/comedy anime (I'm a big fan of this genre) so I was bored one day and decided to watch the first few episodes.

Within the first 2 or 3 I was hooked on the ... show, it has a really good sense of humour, the art style is really pleasant, each of the characters are really unique and interesting. In the first season there isn't a massive focus on the romance between the characters but there are a lot of nice, sweet scenes that give you enough to look forward to how it will go in the next few seasons. The first season's story is relatively the same, its not over the top with action and instead acts as nice introduction to all of the characters.

The story picks up a lot in the following seasons, there is a lot of character development and universe expansion, you start to see a lot of the countries you only heard mentioned in previous seasons and it carries a lot of story over from the previous seasons.

Seasons 1-3 were excellent yet somehow season 4 managed to be even better, you see some major character development from both Louise and Saito, their relationship advances leaps and bounds and even the story somehow gets better than it already was. I don't say this lightly, but the ending of season 4 is the closest thing to perfection I have ever seen in an anime so far.

"The Familiar Of Zero" is a truly excellent show that I would recommend to anyone.
Overall I give the entire series a 9/10

Going to change it since the original review I wrote was cringe and written when I just started watching anime.

I'm way too biased to write an objective review for this series but this review was never really meant to objective in any ways. I watched all of Zero no Tsukaima during the second half of 2017. It was the only thing I looked forward to watching after getting home from work. I re-watched it again not too long ago and was surprised by how much I still enjoyed it. I did think some of the jokes were cheesy but still enough to muster up ... smirk.

If you enjoyed the series so far, just keep watching. Also the ending was, in my opinion phenomenal. The music that they played too fit what was happening so perfectly. Hands down one of my favorite endings in anime for sure.

Zero no Tsukaima F is just MORE than any other season of the series. MORE harem, MORE ecchi, MORE cute scenes, MORE wholesome scenes. Zero no Tsukaima F feels just better than any other previous season, however not in every aspect.

The plot makes much less sense than before. Fights seem to be forced, as creators didn't really have much idea, what can be done in this season. There are fewer fights overall and fight scenes are kind of more in the background than before. The story with the elves and dragon are absolutely from nowhere, making the whole story even more nonsense. A number of ... miracles and lucky coincidences during the story have gone up to the ceiling, even for an anime. Don't get me wrong, I like how often anime story is "too perfect" or "too good to be true", but here it is done to the unhealthy level. As I'm usually saying, I'm watching anime to have a good time, not to point out every mistake in the story, so I didn't attach much importance to this fact.

The whole story has its happy, cute ending, however, it feels a little bit rushed, while the middle episodes of the season are just fillers and give nothing to the plot. I feel like the last episode could be split in two, which would be much better for the overall story. The story is also way too much predictable (still!), but I think I am used to it now.

The characters development in the last season is great. Louise is finally a "healthy" tsundere (if that's even a thing) and isn't anymore annoying, as in the previous seasons. They, with Saito, finally realize and show their feelings (as they should), which makes the whole thing much more cute and enjoyable.

Art and sound quality are high. We see some changes in the art compared to the 3 previous seasons, but they are really minor, sometimes hard to notice (I still like the old art a little bit more than the new one). The sound was great throughout the whole series and there's no exception in Zero no Tsukaima F. It builds up the tension correctly, it makes the whole anime much more attractive. Nothing to add here.

Overall enjoyment is high (surprisingly after 3rd season). In some ways I liked the fourth season the most from the series, but also I have this kind of melancholic feeling for the first one. Both have some flaws, both are good in many ways. If you are not a fan of the series, you wouldn't probably find this season interesting too. I liked Zero no Tsukaima from the very first episode and I don't regret any minute spent watching this series.

Another fine anime to my "rewatch" list.

*WARNING: Will Contain Spoilers*
This is my review for the final episode of Zero No Tsukaima.

So, the final episode of the entire series of Zero No Tsukaima, it made me sad that it was ending, I really loved the series from season 1. The relationship that was built between Louise and Saito, the troubleshot Louise has in showing her love for Saito. Saito's love for her and his friends which Louise takes both the right and wrong ways.

Continuing on to the final episode, The Dragon is on its way to the Magic Academy to eat the two Void Mages (Tiffa and Louise). Saito; ... however, is trapped in the Human realm because Louise sent him back in order to save him! "Sacrifices For Love" which is a recurring theme throughout the whole series. Saito is down in the dumps and wants to go back and save Louise and his new "home". Luckily for Saito, there's a LUNAR ECLIPSE! Who would've guessed! Using the logic from the past series, if there's a Solar Eclipse he go back to the human world from the Magic world, if there's a Lunar eclipse he can go back to the magic world from the human world.

They never showed how Saito got that Fighter Jet besides him getting dropped off at the air base, so we can assume he got passed all the security peoples. So he flies towards the Lunar eclipse and VOILA he's back in the magic world, hooray! Louise is almost about to die, blah, blah, blah, Saito saves her, they kill the dragon, they get married, the end... Close cut ending nothing else happens. BUT WAIT! Louise takes them back to the human world and they explore and have fun, finally they go to where Saito used to live, Saito rings the gate bell, the end.

I think it ended abruptly, I wish they really showed the interaction between Saito, his wife (Louise), and his family. Hopefully they'll make a OVA showing this. I didn't really like the ending but one can hope that Saito gets lucky with all the girls, if you catch my drift ;) Forever Otaku...

Meh, so if you're reading this you've probably watched the other 3 seasons of Louise and chums, and if you haven't, watch those first. Firstly as you'll understand what's going on and second, as this show gets progressively worse with every season.

I can only rate it as mediocre at best and somewhat dissapointing. It may have been a while since I watched the previous seasons but I'm sure this season relied more heavily on fan-service. Which isn't always a bad thing, especially if you enjoy boob comedy (or lack of) and tsunderes, but if it's in lieu of a decent story ... then it can get a bit weak over 12 episodes. They probably shouldn't have bothered.

So yeah, watch it if you like Louise, Tifa or Siesta, or their seiyuus but other than that, it's a bit poor and really, as a swan-song, it could/should have been better.

I've given it 6/10; was probably being kind.

Hmm, this season is far better than the 2nd and 3rd ones, at least no more breast stuff. The story is just ok, but it's really successful as a comedy :)

First, i have to say i have just finished watching the 4th season of Zero no Tsukaima and i thought this anime was amazing! I did not watch the first 3 seasons but i totally got the plot and all the characters. It was the first series i really felt like i could watch coming in at the end and still understand everything thats going on in the whole 4 seasons of this show. I really enjoyed watching this show. If you haven't seen it i would defiantly check this anime series out! The reason why i gave the story a 9 was only because ... it didn't have originality through the whole show. There was of course love triangles and the damsel in distress moments most of the time. But i do believe they handled those moments pretty well. The art i thought could have been a little better but for the most part it was pretty well done. I gave everything else a 10 cause i really thought everything was put together very nicely. The plot had romance, drama, action, adventure, and comedy all in one. I will defiantly miss this show now that it has ended. Fighting Zero no Tsukaima!! :)

Until the saga of '' THE FAMILIAR OF ZERO '' is legal, you can not have a good plot, but has fun characters. The anime to try to be a little more serious, but it really is in the middle term, abusing the clichés and a lot of times tests your patience, reaching even be repetitive and annoying as in previous seasons, and softens the middle to the end. The end result is '' Zero no Tsukaima: F '' is legal for those who require little it may seem ridiculous but that's right, a fun and kinda cool anime.

This season had a bad start and a good end. I really liked the first two seasons of this anime, but I really didn't like the third one. This season has a little of both. The start of the season the mc cheats on Louise like 19 times and has no remorse, which sucks. However, the last few episodes of this season are by far the best in the series by a whole lot. The ending is really good, by far the best part of the entire series, but it was weird that *spoiler* they killed off his sword, had it come back, and then ... killed it again. I guess it just lives in his hand but that's a bit odd. Idk, this anime in general kinda sucked, but I liked it. The harem elements definitely made it worse, and they made me want to drop the show, but other than that it was actually pretty good and entertaining. It's just really hard to like the mc's when one is a serial cheater and the other is a sadist.

I have watched all four seasons of "Zero no Tsukaima" multiple times since I was a teenager, and it always stuck out in my mind as the first anime story I watched where the side characters are actually well-written and have their own conflicts and character development. My rating was a 9/10, but had to lower it to just 7/10 after recently binge-watching the entire series. DO NOT LET THIS REVIEW DISCOURAGE YOU FROM WATCHING THE OTHER 3 SEASONS! In fact, "Familiar of Zero: F" is actually pretty good until the 4th episode, so I would suggest to any first-time viewer: just watch until the ... 3rd episode! My favorite thing about the entire "Familiar of Zero" story is how well the side-characters (Kirche, Jean Colbert, Tabitha) are written and how every character goes through some growth, and any fan of good storytelling will appreciate the soft magic system and the worldbuilding in this show.

My ONLY complaint is how the show couldn't quite stick the landing with a good ending. Part of this might have been that the author of the light novel, Nobura Yamagutchi, was struggling with cancer and eventually passing away in 2013. (The manga ran from 2004 to 2011.) I thoroughly enjoyed the show and absolutely devoured the episodes leading up to this final season, despite some of the flaws with the two main characters (Louise and Saito) in the story, but after the 3rd episode it felt like the story itself was meandering and couldn't find a good place to end. But maybe that's a metaphor for life sometimes...

Zero no Tsukaima F in the final season of this anime series and to me, personally, it had worn out its welcome.

Solid sound and animation across the board, with some of the best fighting/action scenes in the series. However having to watch the same fickle relationship with the same tsundere girl for the 4th season in a row started to get on my nerves.

I get it that it's the core of the show, but come on. There's a limit as to how unbelievable you can make it and still get away with it. 4 seasons of romance, and Louise is still embarrassed over a kiss ... despite almost marrying Saito a few seasons prior while sleeping with him every night? Still not sure Saito actually loves him despite being told so a hundred times, saved by him a hundred times, having been chosen over other girls a hundred times? Come on. That goes beyond comedic effect, that's just annoying at this point.

I feel like they should have switched that tsundere bullshit off in S3 and focused on actually maturing their relationship instead of that excessive childish bullshit.

Honestly, the last 2 seasons felt like they were all about keeping the tsundere effect for comedic purposes and to give more excuses to widen Saito's harem. Which I guess I can understand, but still. Not a fan of this "true love story, but she breaks up with him every 5 minutes while he goes to fondle every boob around him."

Still, I guess it was a fun enough of a ride. Worth a watch.

TL;DR: If you already watched the first 3 seasons, don't stop now!

I won't write a super long review on this, as you most likely already have seen the first 3 seasons when checking out reviews here.

Season 4 is in my opinion the best of them all. The story is well done, the relationship between Louise and Saito breaks its partially repetitive pattern and finally advances, and with some major tragedy in between comes to a truly beautiful happy end.

The ending is so well-rounded that I'd say that is the optimal ending the series could've had, no need for more seasons whatsoever.

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

If you want ... to be spoiled what happens in their relationship (very shortly); Saito gets another power which allows him to increase void magic (e.g. of Louise) at the cost of his own life energy. Louise confesses her love to him right before they part ways (she tricked him so he wouldn't risk his own life), but Saito manages to get back and after winning, proposes to Louise. They get married, and Saito shows her his world.

This series is bad, i did not enjoy nothing while watching it.
But, i don't know how to express myself.
I knew i was watching garbage since season one, but...

Story: 5
Can't say too much about it, simple medieval fantasy with elfs, nothing new.

Art: 9
Animation get really criticied over the years, but this art was amazing for the series.
I'd give it a 10 if it wasn't THIS exact anime.
...
Sound: 6
Meh, this wasn't a strong point, nothing to sasy about it.

Characters: 7
I.HATE.TSUNDERES. i said by the start of this review that this anime was thrash.
But, over all the seasons, all characters get to fit in.

Enjoyment: 1
I HATE ECCHIS, FFS JUST STOP GETTING CLICHE-CHAN TO STOP EVERY ENJOYABLE SCENE.

Overall: 10
This anime was a "droug" for me, i couldn't stop watching even if it was 9:00AM.
I literally ended up watching all 4 seasons in less than 4 days, and jesus, i don't regret anything.
I HAVE to give this series a 10 overall.
Just watch it, it is pathetic. but i loved it.