Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells (Japanese: ハズレ枠の【状態異常スキル】で最強になった俺がすべてを蹂躙するまで, Hepburn: Hazure Waku no “Jōtai Ijō Sukiru” de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaoru Shinozaki. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2017, before Overlap acquired and published it in print with illustrations by KWKM in July 2018. A manga adaptation with composition by Keyaki Uchi-Uchi and illustrations by Shō Uyoshi began serialization on the Comic Gardo website in July 2019.

Plot

Mimori Touka and his classmates are suddenly summoned to a fantasy world by a goddess to act as heroes. While most of them are shown to have exceptional skills, Mimori has an E-rank. Deeming him to be useless, the goddess decides to banish Mimori to a dungeon where nobody has ever returned. However, it turns out that his skills are more abnormal than it seems. As such, he vows to have his revenge.

Light novel

Written by Kaoru Shinozaki, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 24, 2017. The series was later acquired by Overlap, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by KWKM on July 25, 2018. As of December 2022, ten volumes have been released. In July 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

Manga

A manga adaptation, with composition by Keyaki Uchi-Uchi and illustrations by Shō Uyoshi, began serialization on the Comic Gardo manga website on July 26, 2019. As of December 2022, the series individual chapters have been collected into seven tankōbon volumes.

In July 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

Reception

Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the character development and high school politics, though she also felt it relied on tropes too much.

In BookWalker‘s Next Big Light Novel Hit poll, the series ranked ninth in the bunkobon category.

The series has 1.1 million copies in circulation between its digital and print releases.

Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
Cover of the first light novel volume, featuring Seras Ashrain
ハズレ枠の【状態異常スキル】で最強になった俺がすべてを蹂躙するまで (Hazure Waku no “Jōtai Ijō Sukiru” de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made)
Genre	Dark fantasy Isekai
Novel series
Written by	Kaoru Shinozaki
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	November 24, 2017 – present
Light novel
Written by	Kaoru Shinozaki
Illustrated by	KWKM
Published by	Overlap
English publisher	NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Overlap Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	July 25, 2018 – present
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Kaoru Shinozaki Keyaki Uchi-Uchi (composition)
Illustrated by	Shō Uyoshi
Published by	Overlap
English publisher	NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Comic Gardo
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 26, 2019 – present
Volumes	7 (List of volumes)