Familiar of Zero is an action-comedy about a teenage boy, Saito, who is summoned as the familiar of a young mage girl from another world, Louise.
Louise is voiced by Rie Kugimiya. If you don’t know who that is, that’s fine; I myself am not usually one to follow actors or voice actors; I’d rather see/hear the character. She is, however, very prolific and very talented. I first heard her work (though I didn’t know there was any significance to it at the time) as Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, but she is perhaps best known for her Tsundere voice roles. And more than that, her short, flat-chested, loud-mouthed Tsunderes with firecracker tempers. Louise is exactly one of those roles. That is, in fact, how and why I found this show. I liked Shana (Shakugan no Shana) and Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!) and was in the mood for another enjoyable character in the same vein.
What I got was Familiar of Zero. What does that mean? Allow me to explain.
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