| Chivalry of a Failed Knight | |
 Cover of the light novel volume 1, featuring Stella Vermillion | |
| 落第騎士の英雄譚 (Rakudai Kishi no Kyabaruryi) | |
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| Genre | Action, fantasy, romance[1] |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Riku Misora |
| Illustrated by | Won |
| Published by | SB Creative |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | GA Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | July 15, 2013 – December 15, 2023 |
| Volumes | 19[a] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Riku Misora |
| Illustrated by | Megumi Soramichi |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Gangan Online |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 4, 2014 – December 7, 2017 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Chivalry of a Failed Knight Anthology feat. Stella | |
| Written by | Various artists |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | GA Bunko Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | December 13, 2014 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Shogo Yasukawa |
| Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
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| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, Sun TV, BS11 |
| Original run | October 3, 2015 – December 19, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Japanese: 落第騎士の英雄譚, Hepburn: Rakudai Kishi no Kyabaruryi, lit. "The Heroic Tales of the Failure Knight", also known by the English title A Tale of Worst One in the anime version) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won. It was published in nineteen volumes released from July 2013 to December 2023. The story is set in a fantasy world where the titular "failed knight" Ikki Kurogane meets Stella Vermillion, who is considered a prodigy. The two make up for each other's weaknesses and form a relationship while training to become great knights. A manga adaptation was published from March 2014 to December 2017. An anime adaptation aired from October to December 2015.
The light novels have sold 1.5 million print copies by February 2017.
- ^ "Chivalry of a Failed Knight". Sol Press. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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