the empty box and zeroth maria vol 1 light novel

1 is hands down the best entry among the 6 so far. Coincidentally, ‘O’ is the main antagonist of the series and continues to appear throughout the 7 volumes. The ‘box’, which is also the MacGuffin of the series is an item that’s able to grant somebody’s ‘wish’, handed out by a mysterious entity called ‘O’ (or zero). This strange phenomenon is apparently caused by the existence of someone using a ‘box’. In the story, Maria is the only being that’s able to retain his memory through every instance of the ‘Rejecting Classroom’, whereas Kazuki is only able to do so occasionally. Kazuki, the hero of the story is Maria’s prime suspect, based on her findings around the 6000th loop or so. Maria, our heroine, is a foreign existence that slips into this ‘Rejecting Classroom’ in order to find and eliminate its cause. Basically, the protagonists found themselves trapped inside a classroom where the day March 2nd repeats itself infinitely. The first volume of HakoMari, as fans lovingly called it, revolves around the idea of a time loop. Also, while I’m at it, I’ll also write a short review of each volume to hopĮfully attract new people to this amazing yet less-than-popular series. Written by Eiji Mikage, the final (7th) volume will be published soon and in anticipation of the release, I decided to reread volume 1-6. Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (lit: The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria) is one of the best if not the best light novel series I’ve ever read.

The empty box and zeroth maria vol 1 light novel