Kurogane Shizuku's close friend and roomate. Alice likes to give Ikki advice from time to time, and is very interested in how he is developing over time. Alice identifies as a woman, and prefers the name Alice to "Nagi". Her friends call her Alice as well. 

Alice's Device is Darkness Hermit and her Noble Art is Shadow Bind. Her device allows Alice to create shadow portals that enable her to travel from one place to another. It also immobilizes opponents by pinning them down by their shadow.

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life." 
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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Shintarou Asanuma is a voice actor, dramatist, producer, copywriter, and designer. He was formerly affiliated with Office Osawa and is now part of Dandelion and is best known for voicing [Watashi](https://anilist.co/character/30579/) on [The Tatami Galaxy](https://anilist.co/anime/7785/), [Takatoshi Tsuda](https://anilist.co/character/32770/) on [Seitokai Yakuindomo](https://anilist.co/anime/8675/) and [Yousuke Kirie](https://anilist.co/character/2713/) on [Bokurano](https://anilist.co/anime/1690/).

**Non-anime roles:**
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- Alex in "Street Fighter V" (VG) (Japanese)
- Avatar (Male) in "Xenoblade Chronicles X" (VG) (Japanese)
- Azai Nagamasa in "Hana Oboro ~Sengoku-den Ranki~" (VG) (Japanese)
- Clay Kaczmarek/Subject 16 in "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" (VG) (Japanese)
- Darnell Sellers in "Hospital.: 6-nin no Ishi" (VG) (Japanese)
- Juran in "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" (tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Keiji Sendai in "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay Hajimemashita" (VG) (Japanese)
- Kou Tokisaka in "Tokyo Xanadu" (PS Vita ARPG) (Japanese)
- Kusuo Saiki in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lorenzo De' Medici in "Assassin's Creed II" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lu Xun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nakigitsune in "Touken Ranbu" (browser game) (Japanese)
- Ryan in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)
- Ryōta Kawara in "Hatoful Boyfriend" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
- Shulk in "Xenoblade" (VG) (Japanese)
- Sambaba in "Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger" (Tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Kyouran Moratorium-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Sakuran Paranoia-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Zed in "Lollipop Chainsaw" (VG) (Japanese) 

(Source: Anime News Network) !~

He claims to enjoy playing crazy or insane characters; Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) and Asura (Soul Eater) being some of his favorites.

In a time and place where one's soul can be morphed into a weapon, there are modern-day magicians called Mage-Knights. 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. 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. It is a rule to implement the absolute verdict of ability.
 
Ikki's roommate, Stella Vermillion, turns out to be a princess of another foreign country. Stella is a Rank A knight: the type of genius in magic who only appears once a decade. 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. The punishment for the losing side is Eternal Submission to the winning side.
 
Forced to live the same room and practice magic together throughout all their school years, how will Stella and Ikki's relationship evolve?
 
Note: Includes the epilogue and 2 extra chapters.

In a world where people with supernatural powers, called Blazers, manifest their souls as weapons, Kurogane Ikki dreams of becoming a Mage-Knight. It’s too bad he has no natural talent for it. The whole school ridicules him as the worst Blazer, so color everyone surprised when he suddenly defeats Stella Vermillion, a Rank A Blazer, in a duel. And so begins his fight to the top!
 
(Source: J-Novel Club)

This side story volume brings you six exciting new shorts not seen in the main series! Stella tries an otome game, a drunk Shizuku tells Alice her hidden fears and worries, and Stella and Shizuku fight to see who’s truly worthy of Ikki’s love! We also learn some of Toutokubara Kanata’s secrets, see a bit of what Stella’s training with Saikyou Nene was like, and even witness the legendary moment that got Ikki accepted into Hagun Academy in the first place!
 
(Source: J-Novel Club)

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