The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 1 by Eiji Mikage

The only thing she knows is that sometimes he remembers her as “Maria”, a remnant of a loop long-passed. It is also her reasoning that the person behind the loops is Hoshino himself. His entire class has been reliving March 2, with only one person remembering it all-mysterious transfer student Aya Otonashi.

Again and again and again.įor what Hoshino doesn’t realize (but sometimes does) is that his daily life has been caught in a time loop. Everything is totally normal in his every day life, until the accident. Aside from her oddball behavior, the rest of the day goes pretty much as normal: Daiya and Kokone bicker Haruaki confesses to, and is swiftly rejected by, the beautiful new transfer student and Hoshino has the amazing opportunity to rest his head on his crush Mogi’s lap during PE. As there is only a few weeks before the end of the school year, the girl, Aya Otonashi, draws everyone’s curiosity-especially when she shares her intent to wage war with Hoshino in her introduction to the class. Kazuki Hoshino is having a regular morning in class before his friend and class president, Daiya Oomine, tells him about a new transfer student.

As a long awaited and beloved title for fans, I can only expect the English license was an expected one. Immensely popular within the light novel community, the story is lauded as one of the best within the medium. Zeroth Maria is a title where it’s reputation proceeds it.

The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 1 by Eiji Mikage