English Title: The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria
Japanese Title: 空ã‚ã®ç®±ã¨é›¶ã®ãƒžãƒªã‚¢ — Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria — “Hakomari”
Author: Eiji Mikage — 御影 瑛路
Illustrator: 415 (Tetsuo — 鉄雄)
Translator: Luke Baker
Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Original Run: January 2009 – June 2015
English Run: October 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Dengeki Bunko (ASCII Media Works)
English Publisher: Yen On (Yen Press)
Volumes in Japanese: 7 (Completed)
Volumes in English: 7 (Completed)
Average Price Per Volume: Paperback $13 — Kindle $8 — Nook $8
Synopsis: Kazuki Hoshino treasures nothing more than his ordinary life, and March 2 should have been an ordinary day. The arrival of a transfer student, the mysterious Aya Otonashi, shouldn’t have shattered the world he knows. He’s never seen this girl before in his life, but she says she’s met him thousands of times–and declares war on him for a crime he can’t even remember… As the truth begins to unravel, nothing is as it seems, and at the heart of it all is a wish powerful enough to change everything…
Volume 1
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Released October 31, 2017 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561105
Volume 2
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Released February 27, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561112
Volume 3
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Released July 3, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561136
Volume 4
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Released October 30, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561143
Volume 5
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Released February 19, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561174
Volume 6
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Released June 18, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561198
Volume 7
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Released November 5, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-0316561211
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