The Familiar of Zero
TV anime2006–20124 seasons49 episodesOriginal: light novelNoboru Yamaguchi
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière’s name is so long and her spell-casting skills are so poor that everyone at the Tristain Academy of Magic just calls her “Louise the Zero.” Louise’s humiliation only increases during an important second-year test, she inexplicably summons Saito Hiraga, a totally normal teenager from Tokyo. Now she’s stuck with him and Saito’s stuck with the lousy life of being a familiar.
After Season 3, continue with Vol. 13
Where Season 3 leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed, so this starting point is an estimate.
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 13
- Read next
- Vol. 4?light novel · Japanese · Kadokawa
The first season also borrows the tavern story from novel 5 and scenes from novel 4.
Provisional start: ゼロの使い魔 4 誓約の水精霊
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Where it stops:
Season 2
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
- Read next
- Vol. 8?light novel · Japanese · Kadokawa
The second season rearranges material from novels 4–8 and adds original episodes.
Provisional start: ゼロの使い魔 8 望郷の小夜曲
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Where it stops:
Season 3
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
- Read next
- Vol. 13?light novel · Japanese · Kadokawa
The third season moves novel 12 material ahead of the Tabitha rescue story in novels 10–11.
Provisional start: ゼロの使い魔 13 聖国の世界扉
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All 10 books from Vol. 13 to Vol. 22
- Vol. 13ゼロの使い魔 13 聖国の世界扉Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 14ゼロの使い魔 14 水都市の聖女Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 15ゼロの使い魔 15 忘却の夢迷宮Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 16ゼロの使い魔 16 ド・オルニエールの安穏Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 17ゼロの使い魔 17 黎明の修道女Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 18ゼロの使い魔 18 滅亡の精霊石Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 19ゼロの使い魔 19 始祖の円鏡Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 20ゼロの使い魔20 古深淵の聖地Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 21ゼロの使い魔21 六千年の真実Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 22ゼロの使い魔22 ゼロの神話Buy on Amazon
Where it stops:
2 side entriesOVASPreading notes
- The Familiar of Zero: "Rondo" of Princesses - Seductive BeachOVASeductive Beach is an original beach episode included with the third season’s fourth DVD.
- Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture DramaSPThese seven DVD picture dramas stage Louise and Saito in comic roles rather than continuing the novel plot.
Season 4
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
F ends with an anime-original resolution, five years before the final novel appeared; the novels cannot be read as a direct sequel to that ending.
- BackfillOptionalVol. 1 · ゼロの使い魔Read from the beginning for the omitted arcs and character development.Buy on Amazon
Where it stops:
Original · Light novel
The Familiar of Zero
ゼロの使い魔
Noboru YamaguchiKadokawaCompleted22 volumes
- JapaneseKadokawa22 volumesJun 2004 – Feb 2017
All volumes
Before you read
Suggested reading (Japanese · Kadokawa): Where Season 1 leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed. Reports point to Vol. 4. Reading notes: The first season also borrows the tavern story from novel 5 and scenes from novel 4.
Suggested reading (Japanese · Kadokawa): Where Season 2 leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed. Reports point to Vol. 8. Reading notes: The second season rearranges material from novels 4–8 and adds original episodes.
Suggested reading (Japanese · Kadokawa): Where Season 3 leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed. Reports point to Vol. 13. Reading notes: The third season moves novel 12 material ahead of the Tabitha rescue story in novels 10–11.
The original light novel is complete in 22 volumes, according to Kadokawa.
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