Story starts when our newest contender of the plot device "I'm secretly very strong" character archetype Kurogane Ikki becomes roommates with the eccentric himedere heroine Stella Vermillion. Now that an anime adaptation is currently airing, first three volumes which it will cover calls for a review! Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan is a slightly mediocre light novel that actually manages to be a more enjoyable read than most of the other similar LNs with a "Magical High School" setting that has been written more than enough. Anyone who enjoyed Absolute Duo or Gakusen Toshi, this novel is right up your alley. The main reason that I hate other LN's like this one is that they all have "dodgy harem ending". Yeah, even though the story is incredibly generic, this is still a great Light Novel. Stella is your typical princess heroine, but this time hates being labeled as a "prodigy".Īlso a cast of side characters, but I wont go into them, Even after that's said, the delving into dealings with his family is more than enough to make up for it. Kurogane Ikki, the protagonist is your typical "people look down on me even though im stronger than them" character. The MC acts weak, but is actually stupidly strong, etc.Ĭharacters: 8. There's a battle school where people fight with their supernatural "powers"/a manifestation of their soul.
Honestly, this type of story is getting annoyingly common.
This is only the second review ive ever written, so bear with me. The punishment for the losing side is Eternal Submission to the winning side.įorced to live the same room and practice magic together throughout all their school years, how will Stella and Ikki's relationship evolve?
When Ikki walked in on her while she was changing her clothes, it caused a huge misunderstanding, which eventually ended up in a duel between the two of them. Stella is a Rank A knight: the type of genius in magic who only appears once a decade. Ikki's roommate, Stella Vermillion, turns out to be a princess of another foreign country. It is a rule to implement the absolute verdict of ability. But with the arrival of a new head of the institution, a new rule was created: knights whose abilities are compatible, as decided by the board, must share rooms and attend practice and training together throughout their school years to bring up their abilities to the max. Although Kurogane Ikki is a student at an institution that trains Mage-Knights, he has no particular talent in magic and is labeled the "Failure Knight" or "Worst One." Getting way less than average marks in the scorings, he was forced to repeat a year. EditSynopsis In a time and place where one's soul can be morphed into a weapon, there are modern-day magicians called Mage-Knights.