Chivalry of a Failed Knight

Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Cover of volume 1 (light novel), featuring Stella Vermillion
落第騎士の英雄譚(キャバルリィ) (Rakudai Kishi no Kyabarurii)
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Romance
Light novel
Written by	Riku Misora
Illustrated by	Won
Published by	SB Creative
Demographic	Male
Imprint	GA Bunko
Original run	July 15, 2013 – present
Volumes	11
Manga
Written by	Riku Misora
Illustrated by	Megumi Soramichi
Published by	Square Enix
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Gangan Online
Original run	April 2014 – present
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Shin Ōnuma Jin Tamamura
Written by	Shogo Yasukawa
Music by	Kōtarō Nakagawa
Studio	Silver Link, Nexus
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, SUN, BS11
Original run	October 4, 2015 – December 19, 2015
Episodes	12(List of episodes)

Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Japanese: 落第騎士の英雄譚(キャバルリィ), Hepburn: Rakudai Kishi no Kyabarurii^?, lit. The Heroic Tales of the Failure Knight) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won. The story is set in a fantasy world where Ikki Kurogane, who is considered a failure meets Stella Vermillion who is considered a genius. The two make up for each other's weaknesses and form a relationship while training to become great knights. The first volume was released on July 15, 2013. An anime adaptation aired from October 3 to December 19, 2015.

The series has been well-received. Since 2015, the light novels is one of the top selling series in Japan with 1.8 million copies sold as of February 2017. English reviewers had mixed to positive reviews for the anime adaptation.

The story is set in an Alternate Earth world where humans called "Blazers" have supernatural abilities. These Blazers can materialize weapons known as "Device" which are made through a person's soul. Ikki Kurogane is arranged to share a dorm room with Stella Vermillion, a foreign princess and a once-in-a-decade genius student. Ikki though is considered a Failure Knight and is having to repeat a grade. Offended that Ikki saw her half-dressed, Stella challenges Ikki to a duel where the loser has to be obedient to the winner for life. She ends up losing the duel, but they agree to become roommates. The series follows their adventures as they train to qualify as the school's representatives for the Seven Star Sword Art Festival, an annual tournament event held by the seven Mage Knight Academies in Japan to determine the strongest Apprentice Knight.

After winning an award for his previous light novel series Danzai no Exceed, Riku Misora decided to write a sport-related novel in the vein of Akamitsu Awamura's Mugen no Linkage.

The original release of the series was in light novel format which was written by Riku Misora, and illustrated by Won. Chivalry of a Failed Knight has been published by SB Creative's GA Bunko imprint since July 16, 2013, eleven volumes have been released. The series was later adapted into a serial which was illustrated by Megumu Soramichi, and appeared in the monthly manga magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan starting in 2014. Eight volumes have been collected into tankōbon format which have been released from December 12, 2014 to the present. So far thirty-five chapters have been serialized in the magazine.