Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria review

Volume 1 cover

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria or The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria is a light novel series written by Eiji Mikage and illustrated by Tetsuo (formerly known as 415).

Genre : mystery, psychological, Supernatural

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, or The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria, tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly attached to his everyday life, and his antagonist Aya Otonashi, who suddenly transfers into his class—for the 13,118^th time. She majestically announces her intent to “break” him, without paying heed to anyone else around them.

This is but the start of a dark roller coaster ride that turns the two against themselves, the people around them and the one who may be god. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and they have to go against their most basic values in their struggle against the world itself. (source baka-tsuki)

Usturo no Hako to Zero Maria aka Hakomaria is one of the promising light novel right now, it is said to be written by a newcomer but form what i see he is not, the novel is skillful written and i'm amaze how good  the volume 1, i enjoy his tricky way of writing, he writes the volume 1 out of order making it like a zig-saw  puzzle some part quite misleading. but like a puzzle you can only see the picture once all the part is assemble and all the mystery solve. i did enjoy reading it all its mystery, some comedy, and drama,  currently i'm on volume 3 of the series, it is certainly one of the novel that you should not miss