Grimoire of Zero
Grimoire of Zero is a Japanese light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The light novel won the Grand Prize at the 20th annual Dengeki Novel Awards. ASCII Media Works has published it in eleven volumes from February 2014 to December 10, 2017. The series has received a manga adaptation illustrated by Takashi Iwasaki. A spin-off manga series, Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho Nano! has also been published and illustrated by Yasuoka. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired between April 10, 2017, and June 26, 2017.
Plot
It is the year 526 of the Liturgical calendar. Witches and their sorcery are notorious throughout the land, though knowledge of the existence of magic remains elusive. A half-man, half-beast mercenary, his kind scorned by the populace, dreams day and night of becoming a human. However, his fateful encounter one day with a witch by the name of Zero turns his dreams into reality. She offers to turn him human if he will escort her as her guard on her search for a magical tome, one that possessed powerful knowledge which could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. The two begin their travels with this agreement binding them together, with the mercenary serving as Zero's protector, though he despises her kind.Media
Light novels
The light novels were written by Kakeru Kobashiri and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series won the grand prize at the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards in 2013. ASCII Media Works published the series in eleven volumes under its Dengeki Bunko imprint from February 8, 2014, to December 9, 2017.Manga
A manga adaptation by Takeshi Iwasaki was serialized in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Maoh from December 27, 2014, to December 10, 2017, and was collected into six volumes.Yasutake launched a spin-off manga, titled Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho nano!, in Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2015. It finished on March 27, 2017, and was collected into two volumes.