Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Episode 1) – The Worst One I
Ikki lives in a world where you’re either born with power or you aren’t, however, that’s not about to stop him from following his dreams to become a Magical Knight. Sharing a room with a Princess may though!
Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Episode 1) – The Worst One I
What happened?
After an early training session, Ikki returns to his student apartment and finds a girl standing in his room, in her underwear. She’s flustered so he tries to make it right by removing his shirt. That didn’t really help. Anyhow, it turns out that she’s the princess that has just transferred to the school and isn’t too happy about what happened. Of course, it turns out it’s all an accident and that they are to share a room together…
That’s not good enough for Stella Vermillion and so she challenges Ikki to a duel to decide the rules of the room. As if that wasn’t enough, she ups the stakes by saying that whoever loses will become a servant to the victor for all their life… Ikki doesn’t seem too fazed by the challenge, which is confusing to Stella as he’s a rank F and she’s a rank A.
They duel and it appears that Stella has the upper hand, but that’s just because Ikki has been analysing her attacks. Now that he has worked out her style he turns the tables and should have won, if not for Stella’s ability to create magical armour. She’d wanted to avoid using her full power, but Ikki left her with no choice. Will it be enough to win? Who will become the master and who will be forced into a life of servitude?
What did you think?
I’d not heard much about this series so I’m going in completely blind which is how I like it. No preconceptions or expectations. And so far, so good. It was a fairly low-key event in ecchi terms, but I feel like it’s just setting things up for the series. The situation Ikki and Stella now find themselves in lend itself to lots of awkward and accidental ecchi moments. I’m going to be watching to see how the master-servant thing works out, especially as there isn’t any sort of compulsion beyond honour keeping Stella bound to Ikki. It was a nice start and I have high hopes for the rest of the series.
I also find the workings of this world to be fascinating, especially the limitations that are holding Ikki back. It’s quite clear from the principal’s thoughts on Ikki and the way she tried to appease Stella, almost warning her from fighting Ikki. This is far more than just another magical school environment with outrageous battles and cute girls… Even if that was the case, I’m fully on board after the first episode.
Episode Highlights
Other posts in the series
- Season One
- Episode 1 – The Worst One I
- Episode 2 – The Worst One II
- Episode 3 – The Worst One III
- Episode 4 – The Worst One IV
- Episode 5 – The Experience of the Princess
- Episode 6 – Sword Eater I
- Episode 7 – Sword Eater II
- Episode 8 – Sword Eater III
- Episode 9 – Princess’ Vacation
- Episode 10 – Witch of the Deep Ocean V.S. Raikiri
- Episode 11 – Another One: The Uncrowned Sword King I
- Episode 12 – Another One: The Uncrowned Sword King II
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Nice
I enjoyed this series but it left me hanging. Needs another season.
Absolutely. From what I’ve read up online, this season was just the beginning of the story. I’d love another season or two.
Glad to see you’re reviewing this — I had a lot of fun watching it! Like you said, the world-building is one of this show’s strong points. No spoilers in the comment, but the relationship that develops between Stella and Ikki was another of the show’s strong points!
Absolutely. This seems to get thrown in the standard harem category when that couldn’t be further from the truth.