The Familiar of Zero (2006)

Name: The Familiar of Zero
Released: 2006
Rating: 7
Cast: Rie Kugimiya, Satoshi Hino, Nanako Inoue, Yuka Inokuchi, Yui Horie

TV-14 23m 7.0/10 IMDb

Animation Comedy Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière’s name is so long and her spell-casting skills are so poor that everyone at the Tristain Academy of Magic just calls her “Louise the Zero.” Louise’s humiliation only increases during an important second-year test, she inexplicably summons Saito Hiraga, a totally normal teenager from Tokyo. Now she’s stuck with him and Saito’s stuck with the lousy life of being a familiar.

Cast: Rie Kugimiya, Satoshi Hino, Nanako Inoue, Yuka Inokuchi, Yui Horie

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Mental Health & Emotional

Grief / bereavement (major focus)

Other

Infidelity Kidnapping / abduction War / combat

Sexual Content

Age-gap relationships (predatory) Explicit sexual content / nudity Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations

Violence & Physical Harm

Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence Slavery / forced labor

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Worse Content intensity increases in later seasons.

5 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.3)

InfidelityKidnapping / abductionWar / combatExplicit sexual content / nuditySexual coercion / non-consensual situationsDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 2 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.4)

Season 3 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.6)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)InfidelityWar / combatExplicit sexual content / nuditySexual coercion / non-consensual situationsDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 4 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.9)