Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja - Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sara ni Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita

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From LHtranslation :
In a certain world, there was someone who excelled in magic combat, people called him "Sage". Seeking the strongest combat art, he devoted himself to research every magic and combat arts in existence.　
And the conclusion he arrived at was very cruel:
"My body is not fit for magic combat". Yet he didn't give up. He sealed his own soul with a magic art, to be reborn in a far-off future. And in the completely-changed world he saw in his new life, the magic theory was of unbelievably low level.

Original Manga

Type

Manga

Senmetsu Madou no Saikyou Kenja - Musai no Kenja, Madou o Kiwame Saikyou e Itaru (Prequel)

Associated Names

Der stärkste Held mit dem Mal der Schwäche

Le sage le plus fort avec la plus faible des marques ~ Le sage le plus fort du monde s'est réincarné pour devenir encore plus puissant ~

Marked for Failure, the World's Strongest Sage Reincarnates for a Do-Over!

Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja

Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja - Saikyou no Kenja ga Sara ni Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita

Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja - Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sara ni Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita

Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja

The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest

Сиккакумон но сайкё: кэндзя ~Сэкай сайкё: но кэндзя нга сара ни цуёку нару тамэ ни тэнсэйсимасита~

Сильнейший мудрец со слабейшей меткой

أقوى حكيم مع أضعف قمة

ปราชญ์หนึ่งในใต้หล้ากับตราสุดอัปยศ-จอมปราชญ์โคตรแกร่ง

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~

失格紋的最強賢者 - 世界最強的賢者為了變得更強而轉生了

失格纹的最强贤者～世界最强的贤者为了变得更强而转生了

실격문장의 최강 현자 ~세계 최강의 현자가 더욱 강해지기 위해 환생했습니다~

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Latest Release(s)

v.20 c.63 by Nerissa's Barely Competent Jailbird Scans 4 months ago

v.20 c.62b by Nerissa's Barely Competent Jailbird Scans 5 months ago

v.20 c.62a by Nerissa's Barely Competent Jailbird Scans 5 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

30 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Ends at Vol 13, Chap 40, Pg. 40/51

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Average: 6.3 / 10.0 (180 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.3 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 24th, 2025 10:13am PDT - 1 month ago

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Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Romance School Life Shounen
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Original Publisher

Square Enix

Serialized In (magazine)

Manga Up! (Square Enix)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Manga Up! Global (80 Chapters; Ongoing)

Square Enix USA (23 Volumes; Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #533

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Monthly Pos #1104

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3 Month Pos #2220

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6 Month Pos #2138

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Year Pos #2514

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Misses the point a little

by Ajaifel
1 year ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

So the premise being [Doesn't like crest, wants new crest] is all well and good.

However, every few chapters it seems to draw attention that with his old crest the current problem would've been much more easily solved. So that begs the question on why he really wanted the new one in the first place when it seems he solved all of the one ones downsides.

It lines up a decent premise and instead of showing how much better his new crest is, it continually brings up how good the old one was. Missing the point of the whole thing.

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Solid Jump-esque Story

by LazyReviewer
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Having read as far as the current latest translation (Ch. 59) I've discovered something remarkable about this story that's been lacking from so many newer stories: an author who can write a plot without resorting to gimmicks that break the lore.

The main plot, while not apparent for a while, even revolves around why the world is so much weaker than the MC (main character) remembers in a way that makes sense.

The fight scenes are a visual treat, though they are almost always a page or two too short. But honestly, the fight progression is solid, with fights getting harder and harder for the MC in believable ways and the MC getting stronger in believable ways.

The 3 girls that travel with the MC all have their own personality, goals and reason to be with the MC outside of romance, which is nice.

Not that romance isn't there, however... or the possibility of it. The one girl likes the MC (and he likes her back), and the dragon girl seems to not be the biggest fan of the occasional romantic atmosphere, breaking it up... but only once as the third girl seems to distract her in later chapters whenever there is a moment.

The plot is a solid Shonen Jump style plot, akin to something between One Piece and Dragon Ball, where there's an overarching plot, but it's expressed in a small adventure/investigation that ends with a demon of the day fight. Though it all wraps up quickly, with these mini-arcs lasting around 5 chapters instead of taking it's time... which is probably a good thing because medieval fantasy worlds don't have the visual variety of One Piece and this story takes its "power levels" a little more seriously and tries to be consistent and add variety in the form of weaker powered enemies being more difficult on occasion because of their skill, numbers, or other advantages.

The author ties up loose ends, too, which is nice.

Now I want to talk about one other thing this manga gets very right, and that's Iris the dragon who becomes a girl through magic (and can change to either form at will). She doesn't act like a human with human concerns, and that's constantly and consistently used to great effect instead of as a cheap gimmick.

She's constantly doing something in the background (usually involving, but not exclusively, eating massive amounts of food because dragons are large creatures) which makes for great comedy, world building and immersion.

For example (not really a spoiler), there's a point where you'll see her scold a baker in their home city, which is hilarious if you've been paying attention because before the last mini-arc where they went to another city, there's a small bachground panel showing Iris in shock for being banned from the bakery (for constantly buying them out, which makes sense when you realize the moment she leaves town he has no customers who expect there to be food).

But Iris has important things she does, and she and the other girls are important to the fights the MC gets into. He's also actively training them at the same time, and amazingly, they don't remain the same as their increasing strength begins to skew their own views on what's possible, which leads to others beginning to treat them they way they used to treat the MC in terms of reacting to the impossible things they do.

My biggest complaint is that the MC, after the most recent romantic moment, should have realized his feelings were reciprocated and began dating the girl. But otherwise, I don't think there's much to dislike if you haven't been burned out by the other significantly worse stories with a similar flavor.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Started fun, got boring.

by EmpressWinter
3 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

This manga was pretty fun at the start and stayed that way for a good 35 chapters or so. After that point, it rapidly declined into just a whole lot of nothing as with many action mangas. It felt incredibly generic and so I stopped reading at about 50 chapters in.

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Yep, generic

by PZcolo
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

As MasterSang says, not much to add, OP kid with kids harem, the only interesting thing is how he instructs his peers and creates a class filled with powerful kids.

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Very generic and boring

by MasterSang
5 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Typical reincarnation story with an OP MC whose actions defy all logic and common sense of the world. If you've read other series of this kind such as Kenja no Mago then you have also read this one.
At some point I got so bored of it I just skipped through most of the dialogs because none of them were ever interesting. In fact the main plot itself is not interesting because it doesn't even exist. We haven't seen anything that could be considered a threat to the MC yet, let alone a villain despite getting up to 30 chapters at the time of this review.
Characters are completely one-dimensional and lack any kind of development except getting stronger, but in the end it's still the MC who does most of the work. All the enemies so far die in 1 or 2 chapters and all of them are basically copy paste of each other with slightly different looks, most of them aren't even named.
There's nothing new to see here. This series is just another product of the manga/novel mass production factories in Japan.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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