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空ろの箱と零のマリア (1)
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria Vol. 1
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Kazuki Hoshino values his everyday life above all else. He spends the days carefree with his friends at school, until the uneventful bliss suddenly comes to a halt with the transfer of the aloof beauty Aya Otonashi into his class and her cold, dramatic statement to him immediately upon arrival:
"I'm here to break you. This is the 13,118th time I've transferred. After so many occasions, I have to say that this is all starting to grate on me, which is why this time I'm spicing things up with a pr...
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(3.11/5)空ろの箱と零のマリア is one of the most highly rated LN series on both MAL and AniList. From those ratings, and a premise that caught my interest, I was very excited to read this series. Sadly, after reading the first book, it does not live up to expectations.
From a content perspective, there are just no payoffs. The "mystery" central to the plot isn't that interesting. The twists feel arbitrary, without any reasonable amount of foreshadowing or explanation. And the conclusion is unsatisfying. There's n


This one just feel aggressively "Light Novel" in the worst way possible. Honesty, if you told me that this was some 14-year-old's first web novel, I'd believe you.
The language is pretty easy, but don't force yourself to get through this piece of garbage for the sake of learning. How this is so highly rated on MAL/Anilist is beyond me...