Classroom of the Elite

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Classroom of the Elite
First light novel volume cover, featuring Suzune Horikita (left) and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji (right)
ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ
(Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijōshugi no Kyōshitsu e)
GenrePsychological thriller[1]
Light novel
Written byShōgo Kinugasa
Illustrated byShunsaku Tomose
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
ImprintMF Bunko J
DemographicMale
Original runMay 25, 2015September 25, 2019
Volumes11[a]
Manga
Written byShōgo Kinugasa
Illustrated byYuyu Ichino
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 27, 2016 – present
Volumes12
Manga
Classroom of the Elite: Horikita
Written byShōgo Kinugasa
Illustrated bySakagaki
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 27, 2017May 26, 2018
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
List
    • Aya Iizuka
    • Akihito Ikemoto
    • Ashitate Harutaka (S1)
    • Hideo Itō (S1)
    • Mieko Tsuruta (S1)
    • Yūta Kashiwabara (S1)
    • Shō Tanaka (S1–S2)
    • Mitsuhiro Ogata (S1, S3)
    • Masakatsu Umeda (S2)
    • Nobuhiko Kurosu (S2–S3)
    • Yūki Muramatsu (S2–S3)
    • Akihiro Sotokawa (S2–S3)
    • Kenichi Tokumura (S2–S3)
    • Terushige Yoshie (S2–S3)
    • Yūka Nemoto (S3)
Written by
  • Aoi Akashiro (S1)
  • Hayato Kazano (S2–S3)
  • Yasushi Shigenobu (S3)
Music by
StudioLerche
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X
English network
Original run July 12, 2017 March 27, 2024
Episodes38 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
Written byShōgo Kinugasa
Illustrated byShunsaku Tomose
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
ImprintMF Bunko J
Original runJanuary 24, 2020 – present
Volumes11[c]
Manga
Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
Written byShōgo Kinugasa
Illustrated byShia Sasane
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 25, 2021 – present
Volumes3
icon Anime and manga portal

Classroom of the Elite (Japanese: ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ, Hepburn: Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijōshugi no Kyōshitsu e, lit.'Welcome to the Classroom of Real Ability Supremacism'), abbreviated as Yōjitsu (よう実) in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Shōgo Kinugasa, with illustration by Shunsaku Tomose. The novel published from May 2015 to September 2019 under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint, a sequel Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編, Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijōshugi no Kyōshitsu e Ninensei-hen, lit.'Welcome to the Classroom of Real Ability Supremacism Second-Year Students Edition') began publishing in January 2020. A manga adaptation by Yuyu Ichino began its serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive on January 27, 2016. A manga adaptation of the sequel light novel series illustrated by Shia Sasane began serialization in the same magazine in December 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lerche aired with the first season in 2017. A second season aired from July to September 2022, and a third season aired from January 3, 2024 to March 27, 2024.

Set in the prestigious national high school 'Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School' established by the Japanese government, the story is about a dispute over 'Class A' whose members are destined to achieve any desired success after their graduation.

Plot[edit]

The Japanese government has established the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School, dedicated to instruct and foster the generation of people that will support the country in the future. The students are given a high degree of freedom in order to closely mimic real life. The story follows the perspective of Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, a quiet and modest boy, who is bad at making friends and would rather keep his distance, but possesses unrivaled intelligence and incredible physical ability. He is a student of Class-D, which is where the school dumps its inferior students, widely considered "defective". After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, the situation begins to change, and he gets involved in many affairs and his thought of an ideal normal high school life begins to get scattered, taking a toll on his sanity.

Media[edit]

Light novels[edit]

Classroom of the Elite[edit]

The series is written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose. Media Factory published eleven volumes, along with three short story volumes from May 25, 2015 to September 25, 2019, under their MF Bunko J imprint.[3] Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series.[4] On February 17, 2021, Seven Seas announced it released a new version of volume seven due to the localization decisions in the original omitting several paragraphs.[5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 May 25, 2015[6]978-4-04-067657-9February 7, 2019 (Digital)
May 7, 2019 (Physical)[7]
978-1-64-275137-6
  • Chapter 1: The Structure of Japanese Society
  • Chapter 2: Welcome to the School Life of Your Dreams
  • Chapter 3: The Students of Class D
  • Chapter 4: Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank You for Waiting
  • Chapter 5: Friends
  • Chapter 6: The End of Everyday Life
  • Chapter 7: Classroom of the Elite
  • Chapter 8: The Association of Failures
  • Chapter 9: The Failures Mobilize Once Again
  • Chapter 10: Midterm Exam
  • Chapter 11: The Beginning
  • Chapter 12: Victory Celebration
2 September 25, 2015[8]978-4-04-067778-1May 16, 2019 (Digital)
August 13, 2019 (Physical)[9]
978-1-64-275139-0
  • Chapter 1: Sakura Airi’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Sudden Beginning of Our Tumultuous Troubles
  • Chapter 3: Weak Point
  • Chapter 4: An Unexpected Witness
  • Chapter 5: Each and Every Prediction
  • Chapter 6: Truth and Lies
  • Chapter 7: Only One Solution
3 January 25, 2016[10]978-4-04-068008-8July 18, 2019 (Digital)
November 19, 2019 (Physical)[11]
978-1-64-275723-1
  • Chapter 1: Chabashira Sae’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Boundary Between Heaven and Hell
  • Chapter 3: Rivals on the Move
  • Chapter 4: The Meaning of Freedom
  • Chapter 5: The Quiet Outbreak of War
  • Chapter 6: False Teamwork
  • Chapter 7: The Curtain Rises
4 May 25, 2016[12]978-4-04-068338-6November 21, 2019 (Digital)
February 25, 2020 (Physical)[13]
978-1-64-505197-8
  • Chapter 1: Karuizawa Kei’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Gentle Days…
  • Chapter 3: An Infinite Variety of Wishes
  • Chapter 4: Double Question
  • Chapter 5: Each and Every Difference
4.5 September 23, 2016[14]978-4-04-068629-5February 6, 2020 (Digital)
June 16, 2020 (Physical)[15]
978-1-64-505437-5
  • Chapter 1: Summer Vacation is Nearly Over
  • Chapter 2: Ibuki Mio has Surprisingly Good Sense
  • Chapter 3: Katsuragi Kouhei is Surprisingly Troubled
  • Chapter 4: Dangers Lurk in Everyday Life
  • Chapter 5: A Day of Girl Troubles and Disaster: A Devil Smiles Like an Angel
  • Chapter 6: A Gathering Between Classes
  • Chapter 7: Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudou’s Summer Vacation (Extra Stories)
5 January 25, 2017[16]978-4-04-069017-9May 14, 2020 (Digital)
July 21, 2020 (Physical)[17]
978-1-64-505486-3
  • Chapter 1: Sudou Ken's Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The School Sports Festival Begins
  • Chapter 3: Class D's Objective
  • Chapter 4: Everyone's Calculations
  • Chapter 5: There's a Reason for Their Relationship
  • Chapter 6: The Curtains Rise
  • Chapter 7: For Whose Sake?
  • Chapter 8: What You and I Lack
  • Chapter 9: The Turning Point
6 May 25, 2017[18]978-4-04-069231-9July 23, 2020 (Digital)
October 13, 2020 (Physical)[19]
978-1-64-505751-2
  • Chapter 1: Kushida Kikyou’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Changing Class D
  • Chapter 3: The Paper Shuffle
  • Chapter 4: Class C Makes Its Move
  • Chapter 5: A Means of Escape
  • Chapter 6: The Ayanokouji Group’s Formation
  • Chapter 7: A Difference in Determination
7 October 25, 2017[20]978-4-04-069458-0October 29, 2020 (Digital)
January 19, 2021 (Physical)[21]
978-1-64-505820-5
  • Chapter 1: Ryuuen Kakeru’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Sound of Footsteps in the Middle of Winter
  • Chapter 3: Reunions and Farewells
  • Chapter 4: Insanity
  • Chapter 5: Time to Settle Things
  • Chapter 6: Intersecting Thoughts
  • Chapter 7: What Ryuuen Wins and Loses
7.5 January 25, 2018[22]978-4-04-069675-1February 4, 2021 (Digital)
March 23, 2021 (Physical)[23]
978-1-64-505975-2
  • Chapter 1: First Winter
  • Chapter 2: Love’s Arrow
  • Chapter 3: Ibuki Mio’s Disastrous Day
  • Chapter 4: How We Spend Our Time
  • Chapter 5: The Turbulent Double Date
  • Chapter 6: Where the Arrow Landed
8 May 25, 2018[24]978-4-04-069861-8May 27, 2021 (Digital)
June 22, 2021 (Physical)[25]
978-1-64-827223-3
  • Chapter 1: Horikita Manabu’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: A New Special Exam: Mixed Training Camp
  • Chapter 3: Human Nature Put to the Test
  • Chapter 4: A Premonition of Defeat
  • Chapter 5: The First Half of the Girls’ Battle: Ichinose Honami
  • Chapter 6: Ubiquitous Things
  • Chapter 7: What Is Lost, What Isn’t
  • Chapter 8: The Second Half of the Girls’ Battle: Horikita Suzune
  • Chapter 9: Blind Spot
9 September 25, 2018[26]978-4-04-065157-6August 26, 2021 (Digital)
September 28, 2021 (Physical)[27]
978-1-64-827261-5
  • Chapter 1: Ichinose Honami’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Student Council President’s Inclination
  • Chapter 3: Changing Relationships
  • Chapter 4: Unchanging Intent
  • Chapter 5: Ichinose’s Secret, Kamuro’s Secret
  • Chapter 6: Rumors Running Rampant
  • Chapter 7: Ambiguous Things
  • Chapter 8: All the Tricks
  • Chapter 9: Return
10 January 25, 2019[28]978-4-04-065506-2February 17, 2022 (Digital)
March 15, 2022 (Physical)[29]
978-1-64-827321-6
  • Chapter 1: Hirata Yousuke's Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Calm Before the Storm
  • Chapter 3: In-Class Voting
  • Chapter 4: The Difficulty of Saving
  • Chapter 5: Older Brother and Younger Sister
  • Chapter 6: Good and Evil
  • Chapter 7: Other Classes' Ideas
  • Chapter 8: The Expelled Students
11 May 25, 2019[30]978-4-04-065739-4April 7, 2022 (Digital)
May 10, 2022 (Physical)[31]
978-1-64-827361-2
  • Chapter 1: Sakayanagi Arisu’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: The Teachers’ Battle
  • Chapter 3: The Final Battle of The First Year
  • Chapter 4: Opponents
  • Chapter 5: What the Class is Lacking
  • Chapter 6: Good and Evil
  • Chapter 7: A Man’s Tears
  • Chapter 8: Ayanokouji VS. Sakayanagi
  • Chapter 9: Class B VS. Class D
  • Chapter 10: The Line Between Winner and Loser
11.5 September 25, 2019[32]978-4-04-064007-5May 12, 2022 (Digital)
June 28, 2022 (Physical)[33]
978-1-63858-102-4
  • Chapter 1: A Girl Peering at Herself in the Mirror
  • Chapter 2: Graduation Ceremony
  • Chapter 3: Hiyori Date
  • Chapter 4: Lost Lamb
  • Chapter 5: From Older Brother to Younger Sister
  • Chapter 6: Matsushita’s Suspicions
  • Chapter 7: Adolescence About to Begin

Classroom of the Elite: Year 2[edit]

A sequel light novel series titled Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編, Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijōshugi no Kyōshitsu e Ninensei-hen, lit. "Welcome to the Classroom of Merito-Supremacism: Second-Year Students Edition") has been published under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint since January 2020.[34] As of February 2024, eleven volumes and two short story volumes have been released. Seven Seas Entertainment has also licensed Year 2.[35]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 24, 2020[36]978-4-04-064329-8June 9, 2022 (Digital)
July 19, 2022 (Physical)[37]
978-1-63858-182-6
  • Chapter 1: Operating Behind the Scenes
  • Chapter 2: True Ability
  • Chapter 3: A New Stage
  • Chapter 4: These New First-Years are Nothing But Troublemakers
  • Chapter 5: Ichika’s Test
  • Chapter 6: Class D and Class D
  • Chapter 7: Expulsion Approaches
  • Chapter 8: A Deepening Mystery
2 June 25, 2020[38]978-4-04-064664-0July 21, 2022 (Digital)
August 30, 2022 (Physical)[39]
978-1-63858-337-0
  • Chapter 1: The White Room Student's Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Changing School Life
  • Chapter 3: Days Passing By
  • Chapter 4: Approaching Summer, Premonition of a Fierce Battle
  • Chapter 5: Battle of the First-Years and Third-Years
  • Chapter 6: Invitation
  • Chapter 7: The Calm Before the Storm
3 October 24, 2020[40]978-4-04-065942-8September 8, 2022 (Digital)
November 22, 2022 (Physical)[41]
978-1-63858-642-5
  • Chapter 1: Nanase Tsubasa's Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Everyone Has Their Own Strategies
  • Chapter 3: The Curtain Rises on the Uninhabited Island Exam
  • Chapter 4: Traveling Companion
  • Chapter 5: What It Means to Like Someone
  • Chapter 6: Unseen Enemy
  • Chapter 7: The Aloof Child Prodigy of Class 2-D
  • Chapter 8: The First-Years on the Move
  • Chapter 9: Identity Revealed
  • Chapter 10: Seeds of Unrest
4 February 25, 2021[42]978-4-04-680166-1December 29, 2022 (Digital)
February 7, 2023 (Physical)[43]
978-1-63858-817-7
  • Chapter 1: Amasawa Ichika's Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Secret Maneuvers
  • Chapter 3: Just Keep Going and Keep Quiet
  • Chapter 4: Fighting Against Solitude
  • Chapter 5: Under Siege: Kouenji VS. The Free Groups
  • Chapter 6: Each and Every Calculation
  • Chapter 7: The Man Called Tsukishiro
  • Chapter 8: Announcement of the Results
4.5 June 25, 2021[44]978-4-04-680516-4March 30, 2023 (Digital)
May 9, 2023 (Physical)[45]
978-1-68579-639-6
  • Chapter 1: The Curtain Rises on a Fun Summer Vacation
  • Chapter 2: Ike and Komiya and…
  • Chapter 3: The Beginning of a Short-Lived Vacation
  • Chapter 4: Everyone’s Holiday
  • Chapter 5: Everyone’s Growth
  • Chapter 6: A Treasure Hunt of Girl Troubles
  • Chapter 7: A Connection to the Past
  • Chapter 8: When Hearts Touch
5 October 25, 2021[46]978-4-04-680846-2May 18, 2023 (Digital)
July 11, 2023 (Physical)[47]
978-1-68579-653-2
  • Chapter 1: Chabashira Sae’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Signs of an Approaching Storm
  • Chapter 3: Two Teachers and A Fated Special Exam
  • Chapter 4: Dark Clouds
  • Chapter 5: Ichinose Honami’s Choice
  • Chapter 6: Ryuuen Kakeru’s Choice
  • Chapter 7: Sakayanagi Arisu’s Choice
  • Chapter 8: Horikita Suzune’s Choice
  • Chapter 9: Farewell to the Past
6 February 25, 2022[48]978-4-04-681185-1June 15, 2023 (Digital)
October 3, 2023 (Physical)[49]
978-1-63858-816-0
  • Chapter 1: Akito Miyake’s SoliloquySigns of an Approaching Storm
  • Chapter 2: Signs of an Approaching Storm
  • Chapter 3: An Unavoidable Path
  • Chapter 4: Still, We Gotta Do It!
  • Chapter 5: An Arrangement
  • Chapter 6: The Second Sports Festival
  • Chapter 7: The Guest
  • Chapter 8: The Arrival Of Autumn
7 June 24, 2022[50]978-4-04-681477-7September 14, 2023 (Digital)
December 5, 2023 (Physical)[51]
978-1-68579-947-2
  • Chapter 1: Hasebe Haruka’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Getting Ready for the Cultural Festival
  • Chapter 3: The Signal Fire of Rebellion
  • Chapter 4: A Love Letter
  • Chapter 5: Meeting the Day Before the Cultural Festival
  • Chapter 6: The Cultural Festival
  • Chapter 7: What Airi Left Behind
  • Chapter 8: Unseen Characters
  • Chapter 9: Those Working Behind the Scenes
8 October 25, 2022[52]978-4-04-681833-1March 21, 2024 (Digital)
April 16, 2024 (Physical)[53]
979-8-88843-430-7
  • Chapter 1: Kanzaki Ryuuji’s Soliloquy
  • Chapter 2: Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and You Need Not Fear a Hundred Battles
  • Chapter 3: Self-Explanatory School Trip
  • Chapter 4: School Trip Day Two
  • Chapter 5: School Trip Day Three
  • Chapter 6: School Trip Day Four
  • Chapter 7: A Light Shining at the End of the Darkness
9 February 25, 2023[54]978-4-04-682213-0August 6, 2024 (Physical)[55]979-8-88843-871-8
9.5 June 23, 2023[56]978-4-04-682566-7
10 October 25, 2023[57]978-4-04-682985-6
11 February 24, 2024[58]978-4-04-683349-5

Manga[edit]

Classroom of the Elite[edit]

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yuyu Ichino began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine on January 27, 2016. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of February 22, 2022. Seven Seas Entertainment has also licensed the manga and the first volume was released in February 2022.[59]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 23, 2016[60]978-4-04-068550-2February 22, 2022[61]978-1-63858-130-7
2 January 23, 2017[62]978-4-04-069039-1May 10, 2022[63]978-1-63858-242-7
3 March 23, 2017[64]978-4-04-069120-6August 16, 2022[65]978-1-63858-599-2
4 July 22, 2017[66]978-4-04-069303-3November 1, 2022[67]978-1-63858-772-9
5 November 22, 2017[68]978-4-04-069532-7February 21, 2023[69]978-1-63858-964-8
6 April 23, 2018[70]978-4-04-069747-5May 23, 2023[71]978-1-68579-511-5
7 November 21, 2018[72]978-4-04-065321-1August 22, 2023[73]978-1-68579-548-1
8 June 22, 2019[74]978-4-04-065704-2November 7, 2023[75]979-8-88843-038-5
9 January 23, 2020[76]978-4-04-064297-0February 6, 2024[77]979-8-88843-210-5
10 August 20, 2020[78]978-4-04-064789-0April 30, 2024[79]979-8-88843-344-7
11 June 23, 2021[80]978-4-04-680382-5August 13, 2024[81]979-8-88843-847-3
12 February 22, 2022[82]978-4-04-681125-7

Classroom of the Elite: Horikita[edit]

A spin-off manga illustrated by Sakagaki and centered around Suzune Horikita was serialized in Monthly Comic Alive from June 2017 to May 2018. Its chapters were collected in two tankōbon volumes.[83] At Anime Expo 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the spin-off for English publication.[84]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 22, 2017[85]978-4-04-069642-3July 4, 2023[86]978-1-63858-850-4
2 June 23, 2018[87]978-4-04-069825-0October 10, 2023[88]978-1-68579-934-2

Classroom of the Elite: Year 2[edit]

A manga adaptation of the sequel light novel series illustrated by Shia Sasane began serialization in the Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine on December 25, 2021.[89] It has been collected in three tankōbon volumes as of February 2024.

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 June 22, 2022[90]978-4-04-681438-8
2 April 21, 2023[91]978-4-04-682455-4
3 February 22, 2024[92]978-4-04-683297-9

Anime[edit]

The English logo of the anime series.

An anime television series adaptation was announced and aired from July 12 to September 27, 2017, on AT-X and other channels.[93][94] Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuki Hashimoto directed the anime at Lerche. Aoi Akashiro handled the series composition, Kazuaki Morita designed the characters, and Ryo Takahashi composed the music.[95][96] The opening theme song is "Caste Room", performed by ZAQ, and the ending theme song is "Beautiful Soldier", performed by Minami.[94][97] Crunchyroll streamed the series with subtitles[98] and Funimation streamed the English dub.[99] iQIYI added the series onto its platform in 2022, Q3, and Thai dub of the series is available as well.[100]

On February 21, 2022, it was announced that a sequel was in production.[101] The series was later revealed to be two additional seasons, with Lerche returning as the studio. The second season is directed by Yoshihito Nishōji, with Kishi and Hashimoto returning as chief directors, Hayato Kazano replacing Akashiro as the screenwriter, and Morita returning as the character designer. Masaru Yokoyama and Kana Hashiguchi are composing the music, replacing Takahashi. The second season aired from July 4 to September 26, 2022. The opening theme song is "Dance in the Game", performed by ZAQ, and the ending theme song is "Hito Shibai" (人芝居), performed by Mai Fuchigami.[96][102] The third season was originally scheduled for 2023,[96] but was later delayed due to "various circumstances" to January 2024,[103] which eventually aired from January 3 to March 27, 2024.[104] The third season's opening theme song is "Minor Piece", performed by ZAQ, while the ending theme song is "Konsei Dai Kakumei" (今世大革命, "The Great Revolution of this World"), performed by Yui Ninomiya.[105]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Fourteen light novels in total have been released including three short story collections.
  2. ^ a b Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku) for the second and third season.
  3. ^ Twelve light novels in total have been released including two short story collections.

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