Louise

« Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. » Haha this proverb could not have been better to introduce this new figure of another great voiced-by-Rie-Kugimiya tsundere character : the noble Louise from Zero no Tsukaima!
I am saying that since I mentioned her in previous Shana figure review. But it was because of the zettai ryouiki topic. Well, even if what Louise’s wearing for this figure is not her usual magic academy uniform,she still fits that subject, definitely. See next pictures to figure this out by yourself ^^;

This is funny to realise how things turned out rather identically for Shana and Louise figures. Indeed, I grabbed the first kit that came out from Kotobukiya for both of them, even if there was not really transcendent. But you know, this cannot be helped when you are fan. And then Max Factory released its Shana figure, and now ALTER arrives with a « so Louise » figure, if I may re-use this expression.
I am not telling it was not predictable though. Quite the contrary in fact.

As you may know, her full name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière, like the real mistress of King of France Louis XIV, during 1661 to 1667. Another side of Zero Tsukaima I love is all those very thoughtful references to Europe History during XVII century through characters’ names, and other geographical references, like Siesta home town Tarbes, which is a real city near where I live.
And I love when Louise is saying her name. That is so funny to hear Japanese speaking French ^^
But well, Henrietta’s and Siesta’s eyes come first, obviously.

A simple but lovely figure, like ALTER is accustoming us more and more. And this outfit remembers me such a great scene in the anime hehe.
I assume the dress is “cast-offable” but did not try to remove it.

I will not risk my life going further “exploring” Louise secrets. But spa from foo-bar-baz - I assume this is his nickname according to otaku.fm, correct me if I am wrong dude ^^ - managed to catch those nice views.

As an additionnal information, this figure was sculpted by Otoyama Houjun who also realised the Blanc Neige figure for Kotobukiya. See pictures of it at Valiant’s ToysWorkz.

Product Information

• Manufactured by ALTER
• 1/8 scale completed pvc figure
• First released in January 2008 in Japan
• List Price of 5,040 JPY