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The Familiar of Zero

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The Familiar of Zero is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Noboru Yamaguchi with illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka. Media Factory published 20 volumes between June 2004 and February 2011, following the second year class of a magic academy in a fictional magical world, with the story centered on the inept mage Louise and her familiar summoned from Earth, Saito Hiraga. The series was left unfinished after Yamaguchi's death in 2013, but was later completed in two further volumes released in February 2016 and February 2017 by a different author working from Yamaguchi's own notes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Start Year
2004 1
Country
Japan 1
Franchise Status
Concluded 1
Sources
1. The Familiar of Zero (Wikipedia)
  • Body, Light novels
    Media Factory published 20 volumes in Japan between June 25, 2004, and February 25, 2011.
  • The Familiar of Zero, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), franchise-status
    The series was left unfinished due to the author's death in 2013, but was later concluded in two volumes released in February 2016 and February 2017 with a different author, making use of notes left behind by Yamaguchi.
  • Article lead sentence
    The Familiar of Zero (Japanese: ゼロの使い魔, Hepburn: Zero no Tsukaima) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Noboru Yamaguchi, with illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka.
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