Zero no Tsukaima

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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

I hope this review can be useful. English is not my nacional language so It will probably has some mistakes.

Story: The plot occurs in a Cademy of Magic, where Louise studies with her familiar Hiraga Saito. The story's beginning is very similar to a slice of life, introducing you to that world slowly. Then the big war starts and both Saito and Louise are "forced" to participate on it. The main characters have theirs own goals; Saito doesn't want to stay on this world anymore he wants to go back to Japan (his homeland). Louise is called "Zero Louise", because of her inability to use ... any of the four common magical elements. The power of a magician is determined by the number of elements he can use, ranging from a single element (magician "point") to four elements ("square" magician). So, Louise wants to prove that she is capable to become a good mage even if she is not able to use any of the four elements (fire, water, earth and wind).

Characters: The protagonists are Louise and Saito. Louise is a noble and her pride always comes first than everything. In the beginning, she appears to be an arrogant, envious and stubborn person. However, in reality she is very soft and gentle and always do what is possible to help her friends or her country. Because of her incapability to use magic of the four elements (fire, water, earth and wind) she started to be bullied by hers classmates and her family started to see her as a disgrace. Making she became someone lonely and sad. With the story's progress is revealed that Louise are able to use a different element of magic, which hide a power beyond the others four elements. Hiraga Saito is a student, who was summoned by Louise to a parallel world. He's a curious boy, hate wars and he would die protecting the ones he love without thinking twice. Saito is very emotional, when he kills someone (even if it is a globin) his hands starts shaking (not shaking, because he is afraid. He is against murder), if his friends die, this would destroy his heart. He is against wars and doesn't want to kill anything. He only fights to defende himself or someone. When Saito was summoned by Louise, he got the power of Gandálfr and with this power he is capable to use any type of weapon just touching it. Both Saito and Louise also have cliches caracteristics, for example, Saito is very perverted sometimes (as all others ecchi story characters) and Louise is a tsundere. Despite of this, I liked they very much.

Art: The art is cute and pretty. Unfortunately, It is simple.

Enjoyment: When I was reading this novel I laughted a lot and found a ton of enterteniment and fun.

Overall: Zero No Tsukaima is a good novel with good characters and an interesting story. The characters' relationship development is great and the romance is sweet. I would recommend this novel if you want to read a good fantasy romance with comedy.

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.