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Darkshaunz farewells our beloved Pink Thunder
Score: 8.7/10

Its finally here folks, the finale to the series we know and love as Zero no Tsukaima. We shared in their tears, smiles, magic hijinx, mischief and adventures. Alas, it is time we bid farewell to an enjoyable series, when viewed with a clear head and with expectations of fun and humour. Thirteen is my favourite number, so this episode doubled in significance for me. Ever since I decided to pick this up from the Fourth Episode, I had come to expect big things from this series…thankfully it went out with an acceptable bang.

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Darkshaunz flies a Zero
Score: 8.0/10

Good Evening ladies and gentlemen, we are at the stage where I am sure you have probrably already downloaded and possibly watched Zero no Tsukaima 12 and 13 (Finale). But no matter! I will cover them both separately, even though they are continuous/linked episodes to form some kind of Super Episode. For now I will be looking at the Prelude to the finale, the second last act in what has been a very enjoyable, lolicious journey with our pink thunder. Without further ado, let us begin… Read the rest of this entry �

Darkshaunz Shreds some Baddies.
Score: 9.0/10

We’re back on track after some delays from Kuroneko, folks. Our friends over at Kuro subs delayed and retracted an earlier release of ZnT 11 to rectify some grammatical and editing errors, so that they may present us, Zero fans with a higher quality fansub. I take my hat off to them for their hard work and dedication, without them, we’d be without our daily dose of the Pink Thunder. This latest installment is definitely a positive step up from the previous episode. To put it simply, In this episode, Shit Happens. Read the rest of this entry �

Darkshaunz gets Frustrated with the Brick Wall Progress
Score: 6.7/10

The Episode was released slightly late this week. I was only able to view it on Monday, and I am currently playing Stormtrooper in a Assessment Heavy Star Wars week in University. Hence the reason why this entry is slightly late this week. But lets get on with it, this week’s episode was not as quickly paced as I have hoped. Its already Episode 10 out of 13 episodes, things need to start moving quickly. But this episode managed to pull through with some important Saitou x Louise moments and some action to boot.

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Darkshaunz’s knees go weak
Score: 8.8/10

Its Tsundere Tuesday, and that means Zero no Tsukaima. This week, we take a look at how our hot little number deals with her Love Potion situation. As you can tell from the Screenshot above, Louise goes hardcore on the Moe-Barrier and absolutely floors audiences with her Lovesick attitude. Some pretty heavy plot movement as well in this week’s installment, as we follow the gang on their road to saving Louise (and Saito) from eternal lovesickness! Not as much action as I had hoped in this one, but Louise all but made up for it.

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Darkshaunz conjures a Love Potion…
Score: 8.0/10

Hey guys, thanks for joining me this week as I cover the latest installment of Zero. It’s Summer Break in Hogwarts Academy it seems, and in this episode we follow the trials and tribulations of our favourite Master-Minion duo as they stay back at the academy during the holidays. We are also given more insight about quiet Tabitha’s quite shocking personal life, as Zerbst follows the Quiet, Blue-Haired Genius back to her estate. The theme of this episode is “Love Potion”, and so we are presented with some interesting events this week.

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Darkshaunz says, “Tres Bien!”
Score: 8.7/10

Its time of that week again, where everyone’s favourite Pink Thunder graces our Computer Screens.This week, Louise and Saito get their a special call from Her Royal Moeness, Henrietta-sama. After the sizzling action of last week’s episode, this latest instalment takes a light breather and focuses our attention to Saito and Louise. As hinted in last week’s preview there are Maids ahoy! Louise in a Maid Uniform! A new character being introduced to Saito’s harem! So there is much to cover in this episode with a French Twist. Let’s get started, Hajime!

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Darkshaunz Approves of the Mid-Series Episode!
Score: 9.0/10

Well, Zero no Tsukaima 6 is officially the best episode thus far in this series. This episode focuses on Louise and gang’s mission to scout out the nearly woodlands to try and apprehend Fouche the thief. Fouche being the Green-haired beauty which ran off with a certain “Staff of Destruction”, Chaos theory suggest that Powerful weapons in the hands of Evil people can’t be good for mankind (I am inclined to agree on this one). But there was so much win in this episode, my mind started from neutral and was on full hype’d power by the end of it. It is good to see that the writers have started to inject some plot fuel, character relationship building and no-nonsense action into this one!

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