A spin-off manga illustrated by Sakagaki and centered around the character Suzune Horikita was serialized in Monthly Comic Alive from June 2017 to May 2018. Its chapters were collected in two tankōbon volumes. [79] At Anime Expo 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the spin-off for English publication. [80] No.

The day before the midterm, Kushida hands out the old midterm exams to the class, much to everyone's delight. Horikita thanks Kushida for her efforts, but asks if Kushida hated her, to which Kushida confirms. Horikita isn't surprised and plans to continue working with her. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 27, 2018). "Classroom of the Elite Spinoff Manga Focusing on Suzune Ends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023 . Retrieved February 4, 2023. Apart from bad characters, the story itself takes forever to get going and once it does, it takes a single step forward and the book’s over. Seriously, the plot doesn’t start until the literal midpoint. And once it does, it doesn’t become all that more interesting, although it does focus up and drop most of the anime school life cliches, like boys ogling the girls during swim class. The actual plot basically boils down to convincing trouble students to study while navigating a host of incredibly unpleasant personalities. While that unpleasantness was intentional, it kept me from connecting with their plight—and an aloof main character didn’t help. And that’s to say nothing of how under-utilized the premise was. Class warfare based on class standing sounds like a fascinating premise for a series, but in book one, it only boiled down to studying more to be able to afford food. Not all that interesting. Baka and Test did it much better. During lunch, Kiyotaka joins with Sudō, Ike, and Yamauchi as they talk about which girls they liked. They prod Kiyotaka about his relationship with Horikita, to which Kiyotaka denies being in one. They continue speaking about relationships for a while until the conversation turns to their monthly point balances. The majority of the group have already blown through most of their points and are excited to get a refill for the next month. Kiyotaka goes to a vending machine and noticed the selection option for free water, which causes Yamauchi to remark that the cafeteria had free meal options. Kiyotaka recalls seeing many upperclassmen partaking in the free meals, to which Yamauchi replies that it was probably due to having no money at the end of the month. Once again, Kiyotaka thinks that there is something amiss about the school, but is distracted away from thinking further once again.Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 6". Seven Seas Entertainment . Retrieved February 16, 2022. in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021 . Retrieved June 25, 2021.

Classroom of the Elite ( Japanese: ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ, Hepburn: Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e, lit. 'Welcome to Classroom of the Real Ability Supremacy') is a Japanese light novel series written by Shōgo Kinugasa, with illustrated 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 ( Japanese: ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編, Hepburn: Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e Ninensē Hen, lit. 'Welcome to Classroom of the Real Ability Supremacy 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 is set to premiere in January 2024. I don’t see the hype around the series. Maybe it gets better in the following books, but right now I feel like it peaked in chapter one.in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022 . Retrieved September 25, 2018. The series has been published under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint since 2015; as of July 2021, 19 volumes (including 4 short story collections) have been released.

in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022 . Retrieved January 25, 2020. Behaviour in Class D slowly begins improving, with the exception of Sudō's. Hirata decides to create a study group to help the class prepare for the upcoming midterm exams. He invites everyone, but Sudō, Ike, and Yamauchi show no interest in joining. Sometime later, Horikita invites Kiyotaka to lunch. Using a free meal as bait, she gets him to hear her out. She had noticed that the Idiot Trio refused to join the study group created by Hirata, and wants Kiyotaka to get them to join a study group created by her instead so that Class D could pass the midterm exams and potentially raise their class points. Because she is unable to take no for an answer, Kiyotaka dejectedly agrees to get them to join.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. [56] No. Later on, the group chat that Kiyotaka was in started discussing the topic of Horikita, with antagonistic feelings towards her being shared among most of its members. Tired of the situation, Kiyotaka ignores his phone and recalls the situation leading up to that point. At night, after being unable to sleep, Kiyotaka heads down to the lobby of the dorms to get something to drink from a vending machine. He notices on the CCTV of the elevator, after he's done, that Horikita is heading down to lobby as well. He hides and tails her out of the building where he finds her meeting with an older student. After listening for a little, the older student turns out to be Manabu Horikita, who is confirmed to be her older brother. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 21, 2022). "Classroom of the Elite TV Anime Gets Sequel". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022 . Retrieved February 21, 2022.

in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021 . Retrieved May 25, 2019. Classroom of the Elite (Manga) Vol. 6". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022 . Retrieved October 1, 2022. A week before the midterm exams begin, Kiyotaka and Horikita begin brainstorming on how to get the Idiot Trio to study for the midterms once again. Kiyotaka invites Kushida to join them for lunch so that the three can discuss things. At Pallet, they once again request for Kushida's assistance with helping them, to which Kushida happily agrees once again. She invites the Idiot Trio to join her at Pallet. After they arrive, Horikita asks them if they would join her study group once more. They all show their distaste for studying and plan on cramming, especially Sudō, who wants to prioritize basketball. Horikita explains the plan that they made to get them to study while also not using their free time, which consists of spending their time during class to memorize and study questions, and then to use the time in between the periods to personally teach them whatever they had issues understanding. They only agree to the plan after Kiyotaka gets Kushida to offer the person who gets the highest score the permission to take her out on a date. In the middle of class, Ike and Yamauchi invite Kiyotaka to go hang out with them after class, indicating that Kushida and a few others would also be coming. The three of them leave after class to meet up with Kushida. She shows up and admits that she had invited Hirata, Karuizawa, Nene Mori, and Chiaki Matsushita to join them. The group leaves to go look around campus. They talk a bit about relationships before visiting a clothing shop. After the brief stop, they visit a cafe where the group's conversation turns into one about the monthly point balances. As everyone expresses their opinions about the school's point balances, Kiyotaka begins wondering about how the school determines which students have merit as it didn't appear to be based on passing or failing through test scores. Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4.5". Seven Seas Entertainment . Retrieved February 16, 2022.

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However, even though I really liked the premise, the nature of the school actually isn’t revealed right away. The book begins with Ayanokouji meeting Horikita on the first day of school. After that, it accounts his daily life during the first month of school, as he adjusts to the new school and tries to make friends with his classmates since his friendship with Horikita is unsuccessful at first.