| The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 失格紋の最強賢者 〜世界最強の賢者が更に強くなるために転生しました〜 (Shikkakumon no Saikyō Kenja ~Sekai Saikyō no Kenja ga Sara ni Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita~) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, fantasy[1] |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Shinkoshoto |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Original run | December 2016 – April 2020 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Shinkoshoto |
| Illustrated by | Huuka Kazabana |
| Published by | SB Creative |
| Imprint | GA Novel |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | May 14, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 18 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shinkoshoto |
| Illustrated by | LIVER JAM&POPO |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Magazine | Manga Up! |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | June 27, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Senmetsu Madō no Saikyō Kenja: Musai no Kenja, Madō wo Kiwame Saikyō e Itaru | |
| Written by | Shinkoshoto |
| Illustrated by | Huuka Kazabana |
| Published by | SB Creative |
| Imprint | GA Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | September 11, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Senmetsu Madō no Saikyō Kenja: Musai no Kenja, Madō wo Kiwame Saikyō e Itaru | |
| Written by | Shinkoshoto |
| Illustrated by |
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| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Manga Up! |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 15, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Noriaki Akitaya |
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| Written by | Hiroki Uchida |
| Music by |
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| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, AT-X |
| Original run | January 8, 2022 – March 26, 2022 |
| Episodes | 12 |
The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest (失格紋の最強賢者 〜世界最強の賢者が更に強くなるために転生しました〜, Shikkakumon no Saikyō Kenja ~Sekai Saikyō no Kenja ga Sara ni Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita~), also known as Shikkakumon no Saikyō Kenja (失格紋の最強賢者) or simply Shikkakumon (失格紋), is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shinkoshoto and illustrated by Huuka Kazabana. It was serialized online from December 2016 to April 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by SB Creative, who have published seventeen volumes since May 2017 under their GA Novel imprint. A manga adaptation with art by LIVER JAM&POPO has been serialized online since June 2017 via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga Up!. It has been collected in twenty-two tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from January to March 2022.
A side story light novel series titled Senmetsu Madō no Saikyō Kenja: Musai no Kenja, Madō wo Kiwame Saikyō e Itaru (殲滅魔導の最強賢者 無才の賢者、魔導を極め最強へ至る, "The Strongest Sage of Annihilation Magic: The Unskilled Sage, Mastering Magic and Becoming the Strongest") has been published by SB Creative since September 2020 under their GA Bunko imprint with two volumes as of December 2020.[2] A manga adaptation of the side story by Yue Ling and Ponjea was also launched at the same time on Manga UP!. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes as of March 2022.[3]
- ^ "THE STRONGEST SAGE WITH THE WEAKEST CREST". Square Enix Manga & Books. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "殲滅魔導の最強賢者2 無才の賢者、魔導を極め最強へ至る" [The Strongest Sage of Annihilation Magic 2 The Unskilled Sage, the Strongest of Magic]. GA Bunko (in Japanese). SB Creative. December 24, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "殲滅魔導の最強賢者 無才の賢者、魔導を極め最強へ至る" [The Strongest Sage of Annihilation Magic: The Untalented Sage, the Strongest of Magic] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 4, 2022.