Yeah it is primarly a comedy, and I was likeing it too, but Akane made a pest out of herself. But I might give the manga a shot though (manga usually is better in most cases).
True enough with R+V and I really don't expect it to be much better, I actually looked into the later episodes befor completely dropping it, then placed my final judgment on it.
zero no tsukaima = zero no louise, oh yeah I learned of that befor, but I forgotten about it. Also, no actually I watched it up to the last episode of season 1 (I admit that isn't much better), but I also forgot to add I was actually left with high hopes for the series at the end of seaon 1, but I heard Saito and Lousie's relationship resets, so that's when I dropped it. But I'm actually considering picking it back up since I still have some likeing for it, and gotten more tolerable of slap stick since I last watched it.