Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

On the surface, Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a utopia. The students enjoy an unparalleled amount of freedom, and it is ranked highly in Japan. However, the reality is less than ideal. Four classes, A through D, are ranked in order of merit, and only the top classes receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of Class D, where the school dumps its worst. There he meets the unsociable Suzune Horikita, who believes she was placed in Class D by mistake and desires to climb all the way to Class A, and the seemingly amicable class idol Kikyou Kushida, whose aim is to make as many friends as possible.

While class hip is permanent, class rankings are not; students in lower ranked classes can rise in rankings if they score better than those in the top ones. Additionally, in Class D, there are no bars on what methods can be used to get ahead. In this cutthroat school, can they prevail against the odds and reach the top?

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Ayanokouji, Kiyotaka Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Horikita, Suzune Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Karuizawa, Kei ing

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Sakayanagi, Arisu ing

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ichinose, Honami ing

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Sakura, Airi ing

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Ryuuen, Kakeru ing

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Kouenji, Rokusuke ing

Iwasawa, Toshiki Japanese

Kushida, Kikyou ing

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Chabashira, Sae ing

Satou, Rina Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

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May 15, 2025

Avengers007

Recommended

📅 Watched: 8.–10. May 2025

I kept this anime on the watchlist for some time... and now that I finally have, I can say only one thing—TOTALLY WORTH IT! 🔥

At first sight, it looks like your new typical high school drama—but no! It is a full-throttle psychological thriller under the disguise of a school anime. 🧠🎭 Every scene, every conversation, every little bit in the background matters. One of those rare anime where if you blink, you miss something very important. 👀

No superpowers. No aliens. No over-the-top fantasy. It's just plain old mind games, manipulation, strategy, and wily social power plays. 😮‍💨 The kind of anime ... that makes you question everyone's real intentions around you—even those of the protagonist. 👤

The show gives you a little tease in the early parts of Season 1 by saying that all the students are "special" and believe me, finding out why is half the fun. If you savor end twists, agonizing suspense and a deadpan, silent main character—that's your show.

I'd give Season 1 an 8 out of 10; now I'm stoked to see what awaits Season 2. 🎓🔥

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 12, 2025

Narxiss

Mixed Feelings

The entire season felt like a prologue or an exposition for the anime. Certain episodes like those that happen on the island were not really relevant to the plot. They just introduce more characters. There were in my opinion only two plot twists throughout the story, which is fine although surprising since I expected this anime to have more. But again, the season may have served as an exposition.

Despite that, it was an easy watch. The last scene of this first season is possibly the only reason I am choosing to continue watching it. I hope the second season will be as easy to watch ... as this one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 30, 2025

BernieWu0812

Not Recommended

42/100

Sigma Ayanokoji.

Just because you have a sigma male doesn’t mean your show is good. Classroom of the Elite parades itself as some intellectual battle royale, but once you strip away the edgy monologues, it's just another shonen anime trying to act smarter than it is, I said shonen because this is a show made for toddlers. The mind games? Surface-level at best. The so called social commentary? Doesn’t even exist. What you get instead is a power fantasy where Ayanokoji just steamrolls through everything with zero effort, making the entire plot feel predictable and hollow.

It wants you to think it’s deep, but it never actually ... says anything. The school system itself is a decent idea, but the show devolves into generic anime drama, complete with unnecessary fanservice that just clutters things up.

Not every anime with a deadpan genius needs to exist.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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