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The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (2026)

Name: The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Takeo Otsuka, Shion Wakayama, Natsuko Abe, Kentaro Tone, Katsumi Fukuhara

★ 8.2 Animation · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy Latest: S1 E18

Born into a prestigious family of master swordsmen, Elymas Edvaughn's future shatters when he awakens the so-called "defective" Heavy Knight class. Disowned and cast out, he regains memories of another life—and realizes this world mirrors a VR game he once mastered. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, he sets out to rewrite his fate and prove the strength of the "weakest" class.

Cast: Takeo Otsuka, Shion Wakayama, Natsuko Abe, Kentaro Tone, Katsumi Fukuhara, Miyuri Shimabukuro
Country: Japan / Taiwan
First aired: July 3, 2026

Seasons

Season 1 · 26 episodes

Season 1 Episodes

1. I'm Elymas the Heavy Knight
Elymas Edvaughn is disowned by his father for becoming a Heavy Knight.
2. Menacing Foul Eight-Legged Beast
Elymas uses his wits and game knowledge to defeat a much more powerful monster.
3. The Raid Quest
Elymas finds himself surrounded by fearful newbies and an arrogant veteran on his first Raid Quest.
4. Existence Evolution
With Gowtan paralyzed, Elymas must survive against the Mad Headder until he can get back in the fight.
5. Fang of Smoldering Insanity
Elymas goes shopping for a skillbook only to discover they're prohibitively expensive.
6. Ruche the Pierrot
Elymas begs Ruche to join his party so he can use her skills to find the item he needs.
7. Golden Raana Farming
Elymas uses his game knowledge to exploit the weaknesses of the elusive Golden Raana.
8. Wandering
Elymas and Ruche's celebration is interrupted by a wandering dungeon boss.
9. Dreamlord
Ruche returns to save Elymas from a desperate situation, and they make one last gamble to beat the Dreamlord.
10. Negotiation
Elymas and Ruche celebrate their payout and promotion and return to the shady shop for a Skill Book.
11. Inescapable Past
Elymas' father hears about his success and visits the guild with Malice, who has a twisted attachment to him.
12. Malice the Master Swordsman
Elymas activates the true power of the Heavy Knight to make a comeback against Malice.
13. Lacoryna, City of Adventurers
After defeating Malice and saying goodbye to his father, Elymas visits Lacoryna, the holy land of adventurers.
14. Mythril Giant
Elymas and Ruche take on an overpowering foe in hopes of acquiring powerful materials.
15. Dreamlord of the Dreamhole
With their new skills gained on level up, Elymas and Ruche decide to take on the Rock Centipede.
16. No Defense Spared
The Rock Centipede Existence Evolves into a Death Amude, trapping Elymas and Ruche in a desperate situation.
17. Guildmaster Hailenn
Elymas is unsettled by the Dreamlord’s Existence Evolution, so he asks to meet with the guildmaster.
18. Blacksmith Veruga
In order to process the mythril they acquired, Elymas and Ruche visit a skilled blacksmith.
19. Empress of the Angler Clan
20. Episode 20
21. Episode 21
22. Episode 22
23. Episode 23
24. Episode 24
25. Episode 25
26. Episode 26