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TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." }, { "units": "v15", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "high", "sources": [ "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797399011.html" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-15", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-15", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Editorial arc is this published main-story book. TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." }, { "units": "v16", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "high", "sources": [ "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4815602444.html" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-16", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-16", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Editorial arc is this published main-story book. TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." }, { "units": "v17", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "high", "sources": [ "https://www.sbcr.jp/product/4815603823/" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-17", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-17", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Editorial arc is this published main-story book. TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." }, { "units": "v18", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "high", "sources": [ "https://www.sbcr.jp/product/4815606435/" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-18", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-18", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Editorial arc is this published main-story book. TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." }, { "units": "v19", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "high", "sources": [ "https://ga.sbcr.jp/product/9784815621674/" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-19", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-19", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Editorial arc is this published main-story book. TODO(verify): complete story TOC; whole-volume unit retained." } ] }, "notes": "Collected publication order, including side collection 0 between 6 and 7. Volume 3 opens with a prologue (Shizuku’s Challenge). TODO(verify): complete TOCs for 0 and 5–19 and primary confirmation of early chapter labels (volumes 1–4 labels come from a fan index and the matching manga chapter titles, not a printed table of contents). Those later books use whole-volume units; digital serial parts are not chapters. The discontinued Sol Press edition (volumes 1–3 on 2019-11-16, volume 4 on 2020-07-06 and volume 5 on 2020-12-28, per Wikipedia and a fan wiki) is omitted from the buying choices; J-Novel Club dates were checked against its API on 2026-10-17." }, { "id": "manga", "format": "manga", "origin": false, "order": "linear", "unitKind": "chapter", "parts": [], "editions": [ { "id": "manga-ja", "lang": "ja", "official": true, "asOf": "2026-10-04", "volumes": [ { "n": "1", "status": "released", "units": "c001..c004", "side": false, "released": "2014-12-12", "chapters": "Chapters 1–4", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757544932/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "2", "status": "released", "units": "c005..c008", "side": false, "released": "2015-03-13", "chapters": "Chapters 5–8", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757546059/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "3", "status": "released", "units": "c009..c013", "side": false, "released": "2015-05-13", "chapters": "Chapters 9–13", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757546370/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "4", "status": "released", "units": "c014..c016", "side": false, "released": "2015-10-14", "chapters": "Chapters 14–16", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757547551/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "5", "status": "released", "units": "c017..v05extra", "side": false, "released": "2015-12-11", "chapters": "Chapters 17–20", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757548244/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "6", "status": "released", "units": "c021..c024", "side": false, "released": "2016-04-13", "chapters": "Chapters 21–24", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757549449/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "7", "status": "released", "units": "c025..c028", "side": false, "released": "2016-10-13", "chapters": "Chapters 25–28", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757550919/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "8", "status": "released", "units": "c029..c032", "side": false, "released": "2017-01-12", "chapters": "Chapters 29–32", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757552166/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "9", "status": "released", "units": "c033..c037", "side": false, "released": "2017-06-13", "chapters": "Chapters 33–37", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757553408/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "10", "status": "released", "units": "c038..c041", "side": false, "released": "2017-10-11", "chapters": "Chapters 38–41", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757554962/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "end" } } }, { "n": "11", "status": "released", "units": "c042..v11omake", "side": false, "released": "2018-04-12", "chapters": "Chapters 42–45", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757556515/", "reach": { "from": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "end" } } } ], "publisher": "Square Enix", "latest": "11" } ], "coverage": { "slots": [ { "arc": "arc-1", "status": "covered", "units": "c001..c010" }, { "arc": "arc-2", "status": "covered", "units": "c011..c020" }, { "arc": "arc-3", "status": "covered", "units": "c021..c032" }, { "arc": "arc-4", "status": "covered", "units": "c033..c045" }, { "arc": "arc-5", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-6", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-7", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-8", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-9", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-10", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-11", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-12", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-13", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-14", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-15", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-16", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-17", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-18", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-19", "status": "none" } ], "cuts": [], "entries": [ { "units": "c001..c010", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_1", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_10", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757546370/", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797374681.html" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Opening and Kirihara match envelope. TODO(verify): exact scene cuts and omissions." }, { "units": "c011..c020", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_11", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_19", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry_of_a_Failed_Knight", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757548244/", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797375480.html" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Ayase and Kuraudo envelope; chapter 20 matches the second novel’s epilogue. TODO(verify): exact cuts and completeness." }, { "units": "c021..c032", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_21", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_31", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_32", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry_of_a_Failed_Knight", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757549449/", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757552166/", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797376418.html" ], "unverified": true, "from": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Touka selection-final envelope. Chapter 21 (Shizuku’s Challenge) is the novel 3 prologue and chapter 1, chapter 31 (Crownless Sword King) is the Ikki and Touka final and chapter 32 (Entrusted Feelings) is the epilogue. TODO(verify): exact scene cuts and omissions." }, { "units": "c033..c045", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757552166/", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757553408/", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_32", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_33", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_34", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_45", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757556515/", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797377200.html" ], "unverified": false, "from": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Akatsuki and Edelweiss envelope, from the training camp at Kyomon Academy to the volume 4 epilogue. Chapter 32 (Entrusted Feelings) is the novel 3 epilogue and closes volume 8, whose Square Enix text ends on the Touka final; volume 9’s text opens the festival arc, so chapter 33 is the first chapter past the anime. The fan wiki labels chapter 33 as novel 4 chapter 2 and chapter 34 as chapter 1, probably a labelling slip since chapter 33 is titled Training Camp. Unresolved and not needed for the answer: exact omissions and the finale scene that sets up novel 5." } ] }, "adapts": "ln", "notes": "45 numbered main chapters plus two named collected extras. Volume 8 (c029–c032) closes the school selection with the Touka final and volume 9 opens the festival arc at c033 (Square Enix product text). TODO(verify): extras placement, other unindexed bonus content and the finale’s novel-5 setup. No English edition found (Wikipedia’s volume table has no licensed dates)." }, { "id": "anime", "format": "anime", "origin": false, "order": "linear", "unitKind": "episode", "parts": [ { "id": "s1", "kind": "season", "label": "Season 1", "aired": { "from": "2015-10-03", "to": "2015-12-19" }, "units": "s1e01..s1e12" } ], "editions": [], "coverage": { "slots": [ { "arc": "arc-1", "status": "covered", "units": "s1e01..s1e04" }, { "arc": "arc-2", "status": "covered", "units": "s1e05..s1e08" }, { "arc": "arc-3", "status": "covered", "units": "s1e09..s1e12" }, { "arc": "arc-4", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-5", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-6", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-7", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-8", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-9", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-10", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-11", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-12", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-13", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-14", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-15", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-16", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-17", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-18", "status": "none" }, { "arc": "arc-19", "status": "none" } ], "cuts": [], "entries": [ { "units": "s1e01..s1e04", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chivalry_of_a_Failed_Knight_episodes", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797374681.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode1.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode4.html" ], "unverified": false, "from": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-1", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Episodes 1–4 adapt novel 1 (Stella duel, Shizuku’s arrival, the mall hostage episode, the Kirihara match and the moonlight vow). Official episode 4 text ends on the Kirihara match; the vow is in the Wikipedia synopsis. Scene-level omissions not audited." }, { "units": "s1e05..s1e08", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chivalry_of_a_Failed_Knight_episodes", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797375480.html", "https://rakudai-kishi.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_5", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode5.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode8.html" ], "unverified": false, "from": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-2", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Episodes 5–8 adapt novel 2, except episode 5, which draws on chapter 1 of side collection 0: its title (皇女の体験) matches that story, and the mentoring, the two drinks and the pool trip are in its text. Episodes 6–8 run the Ayase and Kuraudo chapters through the dojo duel and Ayase’s confession, which is the novel 2 epilogue (manga chapter 20). Scene-level omissions not audited." }, { "units": "s1e09..s1e12", "original": false, "recap": false, "omits": [], "confidence": "medium", "sources": [ "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode9.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode10.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/epsode11.html", "https://www.ittoshura.com/story/index.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chivalry_of_a_Failed_Knight_episodes", "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797376418.html", "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757552166/" ], "unverified": false, "from": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" }, "notes": "Episodes 9–12 cover all of novel 3. Episode 9 is the Okutama chapter, which the anime moves ahead of the Shizuku and Touka match (episode 10: prologue and chapter 1); episode 11 is the Ethics Committee chapter and episode 12 is the Ikki and Touka final (chapter 4) plus the epilogue, where Touka names Ikki captain of the six representatives. The official site gives the start of each episode only; the final scene is from the Wikipedia and fan-wiki synopses, and the manga puts the same scene in chapter 32, the last chapter of volume 8. Nothing from novel 4 appears: its prologue (Nagi’s past) opens manga chapter 33." } ] }, "adapts": "ln", "notes": "Season 1 is the only anime: 12 episodes, 2015-10-03 to 2015-12-19, and no later season, film or OVA had aired or been announced by 2026-10-17. Episodes 1–4 adapt novel 1, 5–8 novel 2 and 9–12 novel 3. Episode 5 draws on side collection 0 (its chapter 1 shares the episode’s title), and episode 9 places the novel 3 Okutama chapter ahead of Shizuku’s match with Touka, which opens that book." } ], "afterSeason": { "asOf": "2026-10-04", "columns": [ { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "ja" }, { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "en" }, { "format": "manga", "lang": "ja" } ], "rows": [ { "part": { "id": "s1", "work": "anime", "kind": "season", "label": "Season 1", "aired": { "from": "2015-10-03", "to": "2015-12-19" }, "upcoming": false }, "lastUnit": "s1e12", "skipped": [], "cells": [ { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "ja", "status": "start", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "start": { "work": "ln", "unit": "v04prologue", "partway": false, "entry": "v04prologue..v04epilogue", "position": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "ln-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "4", "available": true, "released": "2014-04-15", "purchaseUrl": "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797377200.html", "other": { "id": "ln-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "4", "available": true, "released": "2025-01-24" } } }, { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "en", "status": "start", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "start": { "work": "ln", "unit": "v04prologue", "partway": false, "entry": "v04prologue..v04epilogue", "position": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "ln-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "4", "available": true, "released": "2025-01-24", "other": { "id": "ln-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "4", "available": true, "released": "2014-04-15", "purchaseUrl": "https://www.sbcr.jp/products/4797377200.html" } } }, { "format": "manga", "lang": "ja", "status": "start", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "start": { "work": "manga", "unit": "c033", "partway": false, "entry": "c033..c045", "position": { "arc": "arc-4", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "manga-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "9", "available": true, "released": "2017-06-13", "purchaseUrl": "https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757553408/", "chapters": "Chapters 33–37" } } ], "stop": { "arc": "arc-3", "point": "end" } } ] }, "notes": "Editorial spine follows the main novel books. Side collection 0 remains outside the spine until its stories receive sourced placements." }