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“Failed F-rank Blazer Ikki duels princess Stella; loser becomes slave, aiming to prove his true strength.”
Chivalry of a Failed Knight
落第騎士の英雄譚《キャバルリィ》
7.41
2,515 rank · 1,029,140 viewers · 9,033 favorites
Action
Fantasy
Romance
Ecchi
School
Urban Fantasy
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Synopsis
Failed F-rank Blazer Ikki duels princess Stella; loser becomes slave, aiming to prove his true strength.
There exist few humans in this world with the ability to manipulate their souls to form powerful weapons. Dubbed "Blazers," these people study and train at the prestigious Hagun Academy to become Mage-Knights; among the students is so-called failure Ikki Kurogane, the sole F-rated Blazer. However, when the worst student in the academy sees Stella Vermillion, an A-ranked Blazer who also happens to be a princess, naked, she challenges him to a duel with dire stakes—the loser becomes the slave of the winner. There's no possible way that Stella can lose, right? As he tries to prove his strength to a world that believes him to be the weakest, Ikki gains new friends, wisdom, and experience.
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Community consensus
Derived from 225 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 225 viewers settled on.
87%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.09
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.09 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.50
Running avg · Dec 2015 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “It teach us that even we are at the bottom, we can always reach the top if we put effort and training. Don't always judge a person by rank or level, even if we don't have any talent or luck, we can...”
- 10 “This is now my favorite ecchi anime! Most of this genre take the harem route, but this one was a nice surprise and went with romance and actually delivered a solid story! There are no "filler"...”
- 10 “It was a really good anime with good story. i have watched it almost 3 years have passed still there is no season 2(all i want to know is why his father hate him so mush). i really want to see a...”
Verbosity
Short · 28%
Medium · 40%
Long · 32%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2015 – Dec 2015 Fall 2015
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-10409 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Media Factory Producer
- AT-X Producer
- flying DOG Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures Producer
- Animatic Producer
- SB Creative Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor