zero no tsukaima 11
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Louise 2, Siesta zero.
Saito is bummed that he got toasted by Ward, Louise is bummed that Saito isn’t man enough for her, and I’m bummed that Jessica isn’t getting more screentime. With as much denial of true feelings going around, it’s hard for me to say if Saito is crying because (1) he loves Louise and can’t stand seeing her with Ward-o-sama (2) he served no other purpose in this world other than being Louise’s protector and even now Ward-o-sama is usurping that job from him or (3) he realized that by passing up a light Louise snack and not being able to stand up to Ward, he has relinquished the last ounce of his manhood. Or maybe all three. Or maybe some regret from passing up a seven course Siesta meal.
Anyway, to toss salt in Saito’s wounds, the Pink Haired Zero Magic Mage tells him that she is going to marry Ward-o-sama.
After Louise leaves, Fouquet summons yet another golem thingie and attacks Saito. This time around, though, Saito is much more coordinated but still can’t do any real damage to the golem. This begs the question: couldn’t Guiche, who is standing next to Saito, unsummon the golem? Instead, Guiche summons his own crappy golems, and they get owned. Figures. When it looks like Fouquet is going to win, Saito and Guiche are summarily saved by… Tabitha and Kirche. They couldn’t even nick the golem back in episode 6!
Anyway, deux ex machina powers aside, it’s Fouquet’s goal to delay Guiche and Saito enough for Ward-o-sama to wisk off with Louise… which is fantastic because Fouquet tells Saito this. Why? Dumb thing for a villian to do, even if it was dropped in a haphazard, arrogent manner… making it seem like there’s a connection between Fouquet and Ward could have ruined their big plan. (But it didn’t matter in the end. I’ll explain later. Keep this in mind for now.)
Ward and Louise take off in their Final Fantasy-styled airship to Albion, leaving Saito and the gang behind. Louise tells Ward that she accepts his proposal… and Ward asks for the position of the Prince of Wales. A-ha! His true colors… beyond his pedophilistic qualities.
Upon arriving in Albion, Louise takes Ward to the Prince’s secret lair, and she delivers to the Prince the letter from Henrietta and receives a reply letter back from him. The Prince reveals to Louise that some sinister organization called “ZAFT” “Soldats” “Chronos” “The Third” “Onimaru Ramen” “Reconquista” is behind the uprising.
So, of course, the next scene has Ward telling Shana Louise that he’s from Reconquista and wants her to marry him now and join him… when Louise refuses with a “muri,” Ward’s deus ex machina friend shows up and puts Louise under an enslavement spell going, “Descendant of the Void!”
So, of course, the next scene has Ward and Louise at the alter with the Prince presiding over them. Right before Louise can finish her, “I do!” Saito barges in and exclaims, “LOUISE!!!” Remember, at this point, Saito knows that Ward and Fouquet are connected by Reconquista and most likely their target is the Prince. So what does Saito do? He continuously yells “LOUISE!!!” while taking a break to exclaim how he found the place. No where does he exclaim, “Hey! Ward is a bad guy!” Instead, because he’s screaming “LOUISE!!!” so much, the Prince thinks he’s the bad guy and when he’s trying to get to Saito subdued, Ward stabs the Prince during the confusion. Fan-fucking-tastic. I’m not sure which group has the lower IQ… the cast of Zero no Tsukaima or the Detroit Lions’ front office.
Saito then goes emo, turns into ten times the swordsman that he was before, and still doesn’t finish off Ward. Instead, he gives Ward the chance to flee, taking with him the letter that was supposed to be bound for Henrietta as well as the Prince’s life. Ward even tries to blow Louise and Saito up before he leaves, and Saito and Louise are only saved by Kirche and Tabitha once again… in the nick of time. I felt like I was watching Mai Otome with so much “being saved at the last second by the character who hasn’t said two lines yet otherwise” going on.
An episode with zero fanservice concludes with Saito giving Louise a passionate kiss. My count? Louise 2, Siesta zero.
(The funniest part has to be that Tabitha and Kirche acting like they’re not seeing them. Does this mean Kirche has given up on Saito?)
Zero no Tsukaima Character Power Rankings™
I can’t think of another character that I’d rank higher for this episode. Dude may just start turning it around.
(BTW, it really bugged me that Saito reminded me of another anime character, and I couldn’t remember who exactly. Well, finally figured it out. Gainax’s finest panty washer.)
Anytime a villain mixes in “marry his lolitastic love” with “assassination plot,” it’s an accomplishment.
(BTW, didn’t Ward’s walk-off into the flames remind you of Sephiroth in FF7?)
The way the sword keeps getting powered up with each new nemesis, I thought I was watching Bleach. Ichigo gets owned -> powers up -> sword gets larger -> owns bad guy who owned him. Rinse. Repeat.
Cool character. Calm. Knows what he’s doing. So they definitely needed to kill him off. It’s like introducing Ginko into the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ecosystem… just wouldn’t work. I’m not happy that a guy who lives for only four minutes managed to get into the OP and Jessica, who Saito has already felt up, isn’t in there.
Very little dialogue from all of them. Zero no Tsukaima excels when it goes into its harem mode and is carried by the likes of Siesta and Jessica… I really haven’t been impressed with JC Staff’s attempts at action or epic anime, and the blandness of the conflict of Zero no Tsukaima anime’s action aspects are much to be desired. Everything just happens so fast, and there’s no subtlety… characters just flow from a to b like they’re in a rush without a chance for the story to organically develop. Only this is an anime where they spent screentime showing nothing but Saito washing panties, so it’s like they can’t get the screentime.
(Yes, I’m perfectly aware that 12 goes back to panty washing mechanics of this series. But still no tavern wench.)
For being absolute dead weight this episode. Didn’t contribute much… no fanservice, no emo, no Saito beatdowns, just lots of angst and being used. She reminds me of any generic female teen character from any generic WB drama… if the WB were still around and all.
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All I have to say is… Fouquet is a hotty.
>>> I’m not sure which group has the lower IQ… the cast of Zero no Tsukaima or the Detroit Lions’ front office.
That is too hardh on Zero no Tsukaima’s casts.
Ward’s walk off seemed more like a Sesshoumaru thing. His hair flicks behind him. Maybe that’s just me >.>
Great episode and the next one is even better I think. YOu knows theres gotta to be a 2nd season.
Er? Prince of Wales? His name is Wales Tudor, and he is the Crown Prince of Albion. (I’m not sure on the Crown Prince part since he seems to be the only one left) XD
i had to drag myself through this episode. horrible
>>>Instead, because he’s screaming “LOUISE!!!†so much, the Prince thinks he’s the bad guy and when he’s trying to get to Saito subdued, Ward stabs the Prince during the confusion.
Well of course, It is a rule of Harem : No male character shall be more handsome, cooler or more popular then the hero. If such male character exists, he will either be a villain, a big jerk or will be killed.
or the uncomfortably close male friend.
incidentally, louise sure goes through a lot of panties. for saito to be spending so much time washing them, you’d think she changes every ten minutes or something.
>>>(BTW, it really bugged me that Saito reminded me of another anime character, and I couldn’t remember who exactly. Well, finally figured it out. Gainax’s finest panty washer.)
Ebichu FTW.
From the screenshots, Fouquet looks like an angry Tsuruya. Oh, dear.
>>(The funniest part has to be that Tabitha and Kirche acting like they’re not seeing them. Does this mean Kirche has given up on Saito?)
Well, Kirche seems to have transferred her affections to Tabitha, so…
Ep 12 is on youtube (raw), altho quality sucks, its worth a peek. Louise does seem to change pantys alot. i dont think its her period yet.
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I believe that episode thoroughly ruined the series for me. Everything up til that point was wonderful but now the rest of the story and plot seems so transparent and meaningless especially since a thousand things happened in that one episode. I’m kinda glad I watched it on youtube so that it actually seemed that Fouquet ‘delaying’ Saito and then Saito trying to kill Ward was actually two different episodes otherwise *shakes head…waaaay too much rushing of the plot.
as corny as this ep felt i have to say nice job on not making into the 3 eps it would have been in “series that shall remain unnamed”.
well, i blame it on the novel ; ;
which is entertaining in a dumb way
ZnT is prob 1 of the worst light novel turned anime (which consist scrapped princess, FMP series, Trinity Blood, SHnY on top of my head, i think Planet ES too), though the novel popularity is probably highest out of all
weird
Wow, “Reconquista.” I wonder if that name was actually in the novels, and if it was, if the author knew what it’s connotations were.
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Of course it doesn’t matter much in Japan, but I thought it was the most amusing part of this episode.
I suppose the next step in Ward-o-sama’s plan was to open a portal the Arizona desert and flood the US with illegal alien mages.
>>>incidentally, louise sure goes through a lot of panties. for saito to be spending so much time washing them, you’d think she changes every ten minutes or something.
Come to think of it, we haven’t seen the effects of Saito’s snapping of her panties yet.
Any movie/TV show that features someone busting in on a wedding and objecting is not worth watching…except for The Graduate. This episode was a real buzz kill — no trashy sexual tension at all. Even the kiss at the end was pretty cold. I want my soap opera!
Booo!
The series was giving SnS a beatdown in entertainment, but now I believe that JC Staff is on vacation, with interns at the lead.
Also, Saito doesn’t seem to be the type to steal a kiss of a sleeping/unconscious girl (heck, he can’t even get a kiss from the very willing). They better explain this one in the next ep.
Doesn’t anyoneelse find it funny how the sword looks alot like the katana weapon in Fable? Coincedentally, the worlds/contients are both called Albion…
Where do I BEGIN?!
Right, right, right…
So true!! That sword transformation.. Sooooo Ichigo from Bleach! YIKES!
It’s all too fast. I mean, the first thing the prince thinks of is the ring as he’s Dieing?! Come on people! Then there’s his name. Prince of Wales? Prince Wales? Eek! :S It’s like everybodie’s trying to kill one another. (Oh wait, they are ‘:|)
How do they fit it all into a 20 minute episode? I was a-leetle upset because I saw a spoiler on another site, so I already knew that Saito and Louise would kiss (and the power boost thingy! *Hysterics*).
So then we come to Ward. We find out he’s really a bad guy in, like, 2 episodes! And the fact he’s going to MARRY Louise *Shock, Horror!* Him being a good guy = Too good to be true (You people are SO predictable!) It’s like, ep 10, how do you NOT guess that it’s ward behind the mask and the Fouquet lady? It’s his hair fgs!
And, for all your’s sake, so true! It’s De Ja Vu of Sephiroth blah-de-blah walking in the flames. Well I never :)
P.s: You’re SO right! The seisshomaru from InuYasha hair flicky thingy is RIGHT ON! :P Lol.
I took a little peek at episode 12 RAW. Saito’s back to cleaning the tiny panties again. Louise goes through unbelievable amounts of knickers! (:o Think it’s a rare case of permanent periods, or does she just enjoy the smell of Saito on her underwear? :P) Hard to tell.
I wanna know more about this Gandalfyr thing or whatsymacallit (
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Episode was meh. Kinda dragged myself through it just for the sake of finishing it.
Nixi Says:
So true!! That sword transformation.. Sooooo Ichigo from Bleach! YIKES!
Saito: “BANKAI!!!!”
And he even held it out straight ahead. All that’s missing is the spontaneous wardrobe change and the circle-strafe pan.
And now Derflinger absorbs magic. Deus ex Convenient New Sword Ability? When did Rumiko Takahashi start writing this show?