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==Story Synopsis==
  
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"Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria", or "The Empty Boxes and The Zeroth Maria", tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly dependent on his everyday life, and his antagonist who suddenly appears as a transfer student in his class—for the 13118th time. Aya Otonashi. She majestically announces to "break" him, without paying heed to any other being around her.
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It was March when the new transfer student Aya Otonashi arrived at the classroom 1-6. The entire class was stunned by her beauty and curious about the reason she transferred in the middle of the term.<br />
  
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Her "self-introduction", however, ended with a blunt mention of her name, upon which the classroom turned dead silent.
  
   
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This is but the start of a dark rollercoaster ride that leads the two through different kinds of obstacles, imposed on them by a not-so-likable higher being. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and some of their values are broken just to save others.
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That is, until -
  
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"Kazuki Hoshino"
  
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- she called out my name.
  
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<b>"I'm here to break you."</b>
  
   
 
==Character Introduction==
  
==Character Introduction==

Revision as of 10:12, 7 June 2011

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Volume 4 Cover

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (空ろの箱と零のマリア) is a light novel series written by Eiji Mikage and illustrated by Tetsuo (formerly known as 415).

Story Synopsis

"Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria", or "The Empty Boxes and The Zeroth Maria", tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly dependent on his everyday life, and his antagonist who suddenly appears as a transfer student in his class—for the 13118th time. Aya Otonashi. She majestically announces to "break" him, without paying heed to any other being around her.

This is but the start of a dark rollercoaster ride that leads the two through different kinds of obstacles, imposed on them by a not-so-likable higher being. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and some of their values are broken just to save others.

Character Introduction

Kazuki Hoshino

UtsuroNoHako Kazuki.jpg

A completely ordinary high school student who loves idle chatter with his friends and Umaibos, a Japanese snack. One day, he is suddenly antagonized by Aya Otonashi - although he has never met her before. She threatens to "break" him.

Aya Otonashi

UtsuroNoHako Aya.jpg

A beautiful but unsociable girl with a resolute personality. She transferred into Kazuki's class on March 2nd - almost at the end of the school year. Right after her arrival she announces to "break" Kazuki.


Daiya Oomine

UtsuroNoHako Daiya.jpg

A self-centered and arrogant student who dyes his hair silver and wears three piercings in his right ear. He is also the class president and a shrewd friend of Kazuki's.

Haruaki Usui

UtsuroNoHako Haruaki.jpg

A cheerful but frivolous baseball fan. He often hangs out with Kazuki and Daiya.


Kokone Kirino

UtsuroNoHako Kokone.jpg

A bright and beautiful girl who cares a lot for her friends, but is meddlesome at times.
Daiya and her have known each other since childhood, but their mutual verbal abuse has become legendary among their classmates ever since.

Kasumi Mogi

UtsuroNoHako Kasumi.jpg

The girl that has won Kazuki's heart. She is docile, silent and expressionless.


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Updates

  • Currently, there are no more novels that could be translated
  • 2nd August 2010 - Volume 4 completed
  • 25th July 2010 - Volume 4 Chapter 1 completed
  • 02nd July 2010 - Volume 4 Game Explanation and Prologue completed

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Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria by Eiji Mikage

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Volume 3 (Full Text)

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Series Overview

  • Volume 1 - 空ろの箱と零のマリア1 (January 07, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-867461-4)
  • Volume 2 - 空ろの箱と零のマリア2 (September 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-868012-7)
  • Volume 3 - 空ろの箱と零のマリア3 (January 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-424115-5)
  • Volume 4 - 空ろの箱と零のマリア4 (June 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-868595-5)
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