Zero no Tsukaima Novels Discussion Thread

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by MitsubishiZero

I just hope history won't repeat itself 6000 years ago, or else Saito is going for a BAD END........let's hope ZnT is going to have a so called "happily ever after" ending.....

I wouldn't mind a sacrifice to save the world ending as well. Maybe it's that sacrifice is needed to break that cycle of fate.

[Hyakimaru]

Originally Posted by blitz1/2

I wouldn't mind a sacrifice to save the world ending as well. Maybe it's that sacrifice is needed to break that cycle of fate.

Considering what Louise and Saito promised each other in vol 18 I'm guessing that the idea of a sacrifice it's at least going to be played with at some point, whether or not it'll lead to that kind of ending is another story.

[Flere821]

Alright, part 5 is out:

Spoiler for Ch5 - Elves' thoughts:

The rhyme dragon at Dragon's Nest shows Saito and co the stash of Earth weaponry over there, the dragon just thought those were just trash that the elves or humans threw in the ocean. Vitartial's niece objected, saying the elves don't dump trash in the ocean. The number of weaponry there far surpassed what Romalia have gathered, though most have rusted.

Saito found a few grenades, smoke bombs, sub-machine guns and a scout ship from the US navy. Then after listening the the rhyme dragon there that 'Dragon's Nest' is only a series of islands 1000 years ago, and before that it was on land, Saito figured out they've actually reached 'Shaitan's Gate', aka the Holy Land.

The elven navy then arrived to capture Saito and co. The elves have rapid-firing cannons, something that the humans also can make, but due to the nobles refusing to produce them in case peasants revolt the Helkeginia navy constantly loses to the elves.

Saito is planning to lure the elven navy away using the scout boat, and Tifa wants to come along to help. After some discussion Saito told Tifa she's a burden and should go to a safe place. Derflinger calls Saito out on being too harsh.

Saito launched a missile at the elves, who had 4 Whale Dragons after them. Apparantly only the high-level elven mages can use 'Reflect'.

The elves anticipated Saito is only bait, and sent another force to where Tifa and Vitartial's neice is. The commander shot Vitartials' niece, and then saw Tifa's ring that Tifa's mother left her. It turns out due to Tifa's mother went with a human their clan was ridiculed and trod down upon in elven society. The commander then shot Tifa's right foot and left thigh, and says she (the commander) will enjoy killing Tifa slowly.

As Tifa endured gunshot after gunshot, she casted the familiar summoning spell. Tifa feels that not even her mother's own people would accept her, so she wanted someone that can save her. She wanted Saito to come, being the only one that cares for her and is now the only thing left in her mind apart from the pain. Things like there are countless other people out there that might be her familair or Saito is already Louise's familiar didn't come to Tifa's mind.

All of a sudden Saito appeared above them. Saito went and defeated the entire team (Tifa once told him to not kill the elves, since otherwise they'll truly become the 'demons' that the elves make the Void out to be - so he didn't kill a single one of the team), and the force fled, leaving the commander on her own.

The commander tried to take Tifa hostage, but Saito knew that commander would just kill Tifa either way. Saito knocked her out and broke her shoulder in the process.

Saito held Tifa in his arms, and cursed himself to be able to do nothing but watch Tifa bleed. As Tifa finished the incantation and tried to kiss Saito, Saito returned the kiss, thinking it's the least he can do for Tifa before she dies.

After that, Tifa closed her eyes and Saito fell unconscious from a pain on his chest that's just like when he got branded by the Gandalfr runes...

[azziz]

what a cliffhanger!
i can't wait to see what saito new power will be and how tiffa(and her elf ally?) will be saved.
but judging from the illustration,we won't have our answear until the last chapter.
the elf commander is cute;cruel,but cute.will saito,as a worthy harem lead, be able to "convert" her or just leave her behind?

[MitsubishiZero]

Spoiler for :

Well, Tiffa finally did it, after being shot at. It's rather surprising Saito found that U.S. Navy patrol boat, as well as some other still useable weapons. I am very interested in what Tiffa's Tsukaima (Saito) can do, in other words, what powers/abilities have Saito gained......I won't say that Tiffa is dead for sure though


Meanwhile, Louise and the others are converging on the border line and are making the final stop for replenishments and repairs, before making the charge into Elven Land......Their plan is to fly straight to the capital, kidnapp someone big in the "Council" and demand for Tiffa. Sadly, I don't think that's gonna work out


P.S. I think I know what Saito's powers will be. I seem to see a Madoka coming up......

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by MitsubishiZero

Spoiler for :

Well, Tiffa finally did it, after being shot at. It's rather surprising Saito found that U.S. Navy patrol boat, as well as some other still useable weapons. I am very interested in what Tiffa's Tsukaima (Saito) can do, in other words, what powers/abilities have Saito gained......I won't say that Tiffa is dead for sure though


Meanwhile, Louise and the others are converging on the border line and are making the final stop for replenishments and repairs, before making the charge into Elven Land......Their plan is to fly straight to the capital, kidnapp someone big in the "Council" and demand for Tiffa. Sadly, I don't think that's gonna work out


P.S. I think I know what Saito's powers will be. I seem to see a Madoka coming up......

That's basically Ch7 in a nutshell. But I'll just add that Louise is on the verge of breakdown, and everyone is worried that Louise might not make it. If she loses it, they won't even hve a 1/10,000 chance against the elves they had by taking someone in the senate hostage.

To add to that:

Spoiler for Ch6 - 'The Holy Land Recovery United Conference:

-Tabitha's twin sister has a explosion spell stronger even that what Louise can do.

-The various monarchs of Helkeginia there decided to invade the Sahara to distract them while they try to rescue Saito and Tiffania.

-There is TWO possible reasons why a Void Familiar is summoned. One is 'Destiny', and the other is 'Love'. When Brimir tried to summon a fourth familiar, at that time he fell in love with Sasha and ended up having 'resummoned' Sasha as the 'Heart of God', when she was already Gandalfr. Supposedly it only takes a strong feeling from just the summoner (and not also the familiar) to be able to drag the other person through the gate.

-Tabitha's twin sister wants to summon Julio as her familiar, and declared if her love isn't as deep as she swore it is to be when she first met Julio she would kill herself with that gun. Julio brought out a knife and promised her that if she didn't summon him, he would kill himself as well. When Tabitha's twin sister said he doesn't have to go that far, Julio replied that if he wasn't summoned there would be no point to him continue to live either.

-Julio did get summoned, and he now has Windalfr and Myozitirn's powers as he got branded on the head. This proved a hypothesis that the four nations left by Brimir have fixed familiars: Tristain will get Gandalfr, Gallia would get Myozitirn, Romalia would get Windalfr and Albion would get 'Heart of God'.

-Pope Vittorio planned on Julio being the 'Heart of God' since at least the most crucial piece would be under their control. Since that didn't work they're planning on forcing Saito to become the 'Heart of God'. Seeing as Saito have proven to be willing to die for the person he loves, as demonstrated back at the Battle of Saxe-Gotha fighting the 70,000 army, the same thing that happened with Brimir and Sasha won't happen this time.

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by Flere821

That's basically Ch7 in a nutshell. But I'll just add that Louise is on the verge of breakdown, and everyone is worried that Louise might not make it. If she loses it, they won't even hve a 1/10,000 chance against the elves they had by taking someone in the senate hostage.

To add to that:

Spoiler for Ch6 - 'The Holy Land Recovery United Conference:

-Tabitha's twin sister has a explosion spell stronger even that what Louise can do.

-The various monarchs of Helkeginia there decided to invade the Sahara to distract them while they try to rescue Saito and Tiffania.

-There is TWO possible reasons why a Void Familiar is summoned. One is 'Destiny', and the other is 'Love'. When Brimir tried to summon a fourth familiar, at that time he fell in love with Sasha and ended up having 'resummoned' Sasha as the 'Heart of God', when she was already Gandalfr. Supposedly it only takes a strong feeling from just the summoner (and not also the familiar) to be able to drag the other person through the gate.

-Tabitha's twin sister wants to summon Julio as her familiar, and declared if her love isn't as deep as she swore it is to be when she first met Julio she would kill herself with that gun. Julio brought out a knife and promised her that if she didn't summon him, he would kill himself as well. When Tabitha's twin sister said he doesn't have to go that far, Julio replied that if he wasn't summoned there would be no point to him continue to live either.

-Julio did get summoned, and he now has Windalfr and Myozitirn's powers as he got branded on the head. This proved a hypothesis that the four nations left by Brimir have fixed familiars: Tristain will get Gandalfr, Gallia would get Myozitirn, Romalia would get Windalfr and Albion would get 'Heart of God'.

-Pope Vittorio planned on Julio being the 'Heart of God' since at least the most crucial piece would be under their control. Since that didn't work they're planning on forcing Saito to become the 'Heart of God'. Seeing as Saito have proven to be willing to die for the person he loves, as demonstrated back at the Battle of Saxe-Gotha fighting the 70,000 army, the same thing that happened with Brimir and Sasha won't happen this time.

Final battle = Saito vs. Julio?

Well, for some funny reason. Even though I know that in the anime, Louise's explosions are used for comedic effect, it makes me smile seeing that Josette can make a bigger one. xD

[Flere821]

Ch 8 spoilers:

Spoiler for Ch8 - Breakthrough:

-The elven air force also uses Windstones for their ships, but it's also pulled by wind dragons. The speed of elven aircrafts is 1.5x that of the ships Helkeginia have.

-There are trade between human merchants and elves, even if the human's monarchs are at war with the elves. Due to trade there are also pirates, and at times the elves may get outnumbered.

-The ship that Colbert has outspeeds even the elves and manages to get by the elves' patrol. The elves send 5 dragon knights after them, but all 5 was taken down eventually. 2 of the knights was taken down by Colbert's invention, homing magic missiles.

-The elven air force predicted where Colbert and co would head to, and assembled the majority of the airforce to fight them there. Due to Colbert able to outspeed the elves' cannonfire, their airship flew above the elves' fleet and dropped multiple barrels of gunpowder, resulting in the elves' cannons being burned away, even if the ships are not taken down.

[M.A.D]

Thanks for the spoilers XD

By the way, how many chapters in total are there in volume 20?

[azziz]

to me colbert is more badass than any of the four void users;good to see him teach a lesson to the elves.

[Hyakimaru]

Originally Posted by M.A.D

how many chapters in total are there in volume 20?

There are 9 chapters plus the epilogue.

[M.A.D]

Alright~ Thanks

Colbert is also the most badass in my book ^^ But my favourite is Cattleya!!! <3

[Flere821]

Ch9 spoilers:

Spoiler:

-The elven air force looks down on the elven navy in general, and the remaining 40 airships of the elves are gathered to stop the ship Louise and co are on. The air force have just received word that the navy failed to capture Saito and others.

-After much puffing up of Louise's self-esteem by Siesta for a whole night, Louise used her 'Explosion' and did a repeat of what happened to Albion's invading force, blasting down the elves from around 40 leagues away. The elves took the opponent lightly, seeing no visible cannons and greatly underestimated the power of the Void as they charged, and was all defeated.

-Windstones, being crystallized magic of the nature, seems to have a opposing force when come into contact with the Void; after coming into contact the Windstones in the elves' aircrafts vanished, despite Louise's spell was Explosion and not Dispel.

-Having taken down the air force, Louise fell asleep from over-using her willpower. The rest of them head towards the elven capital and its senate.

[azziz]

Originally Posted by M.A.D

Alright~ Thanks

Colbert is also the most badass in my book ^^ But my favourite is Cattleya!!! <3

i used to like her too,but forgot about her because we didn't see her for so long;hope someone,be it elf or void user,will bring her back to health.
no kyubei,though.

[M.A.D]

Thanks Flere for another awesome spoiler!! ^^

And yeah, I know~ Her type of character is too good to be a main character because there aren't much room for character development without breaking the initial design, which is why she's a minor character and therefore not allowed much screen time. Pity~

Ah, by the way, Colbert is my seconf favourite XD

Say, anyone know if Noboru Yamaguchi (the author) survived the recent earthquake? I hope he's alright...

[Flere821]

The Chinese translation have finally finished, I'll post the rest of it up now.

Oh, and the title of Ch9 is 'Devil's Work (Void)'.

Spoiler for Vol20 Ending chapter:

Saito and the rest was rescued by Vitartial's neice's fiancee (too long to type... the name is 'Eli' or something, I'll just call him that for now even if it might not be entirely accurate). The elves also have submarines of a sort, but it's pulled by dragons as well.

Tifa is barely alive, Eli and two others managed to get Tifa hooked up to elven healing devices that according to Saito looks like Earth's oxygen masks and various other medical equipment.

Eli told them that they are going to escape to Gallia, since the navy failed to kill them. When Saito asked why the navy came after them when at first they were told if Void Users died it would be troublesome, Eli merely replied the elves aren't united as one - just like the humans.

Tifa is sleep-talking, and asking for Saito not leave her. Saito agreed and Tifa calmed down.

Saito then found out he has another set of runes on his chest. He held onto Derflinger, and found the Gandalfr runes is still working, and that this is a second set of contract made. Derflinger refused to say anything when asked about the development by Saito.

The novel ends by Saito looking out the window of the ship into the darkness that's stretched out far into the depths, wondering what will happen to him and worrying about his now darkening destiny.

[Exxorcista]

Originally Posted by Flere821

The Chinese translation have finally finished, I'll post the rest of it up now.

Oh, and the title of Ch9 is 'Devil's Work (Void)'.

Spoiler for Vol20 Ending chapter:

Saito and the rest was rescued by Vitartial's neice's fiancee (too long to type... the name is 'Eli' or something, I'll just call him that for now even if it might not be entirely accurate). The elves also have submarines of a sort, but it's pulled by dragons as well.

Tifa is barely alive, Eli and two others managed to get Tifa hooked up to elven healing devices that according to Saito looks like Earth's oxygen masks and various other medical equipment.

Eli told them that they are going to escape to Gallia, since the navy failed to kill them. When Saito asked why the navy came after them when at first they were told if Void Users died it would be troublesome, Eli merely replied the elves aren't united as one - just like the humans.

Tifa is sleep-talking, and asking for Saito not leave her. Saito agreed and Tifa calmed down.

Saito then found out he has another set of runes on his chest. He held onto Derflinger, and found the Gandalfr runes is still working, and that this is a second set of contract made. Derflinger refused to say anything when asked about the development by Saito.

The novel ends by Saito looking out the window of the ship into the darkness that's stretched out far into the depths, wondering what will happen to him and worrying about his now darkening destiny.

thanks for the last part Flere

[Hyakimaru]

Originally Posted by M.A.D

Say, anyone know if Noboru Yamaguchi (the author) survived the recent earthquake? I hope he's alright...

I believe this: http://twitter.com/#!/hexagonzero is his twitter account, since his last post was about 15 hours ago it's seems he's alive and well enough to post on twitter, thank god

Originally Posted by Flere821

The Chinese translation have finally finished, I'll post the rest of it up now.

Oh, and the title of Ch9 is 'Devil's Work (Void)'.

Spoiler for Vol20 Ending chapter:

Saito and the rest was rescued by Vitartial's neice's fiancee (too long to type... the name is 'Eli' or something, I'll just call him that for now even if it might not be entirely accurate). The elves also have submarines of a sort, but it's pulled by dragons as well.

Tifa is barely alive, Eli and two others managed to get Tifa hooked up to elven healing devices that according to Saito looks like Earth's oxygen masks and various other medical equipment.

Eli told them that they are going to escape to Gallia, since the navy failed to kill them. When Saito asked why the navy came after them when at first they were told if Void Users died it would be troublesome, Eli merely replied the elves aren't united as one - just like the humans.

Tifa is sleep-talking, and asking for Saito not leave her. Saito agreed and Tifa calmed down.

Saito then found out he has another set of runes on his chest. He held onto Derflinger, and found the Gandalfr runes is still working, and that this is a second set of contract made. Derflinger refused to say anything when asked about the development by Saito.

The novel ends by Saito looking out the window of the ship into the darkness that's stretched out far into the depths, wondering what will happen to him and worrying about his now darkening destiny.

Thanks a lot for the spoilers Flere, it seems things are going to get real serious next volume.

[tsunade666]

okay I finally caught up on the whole another contract thing. Just to ended up with a cliffhanger.... nice.

I can't wait to see what the new contract can do.

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

okay I finally caught up on the whole another contract thing. Just to ended up with a cliffhanger.... nice.

I can't wait to see what the new contract can do.

(prays that it would make Saito SUPER-Gar) xD