Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 3rd Season

Classroom of the Elite review.

Plot:
(=) Although off to a slow and confusing start, after season 2 started it picked up pace and we saw the rise and developments of not only Ayanokōji the MC but many “villains” and other geniuses in the school. The plot was really interesting to watch, consisting of many different classes battling in such genius ways and many different special tests. This plot was really unique and certainly very interesting. Surprisingly brilliant storyline for a school based anime. However, some may still find the plot confusing and it is arguable that the plot had no overall progression but just the classes ... fighting.

Characters:
(+) This one is obvious. Not only do we have the coldest main character Ayanokoji, but many really intriguing characters. They all developed and learned and even the perfect human Ayanokoji learns things throughout the anime. All the characters are very interesting and fight in their own genius ways, but their personality isn’t exaggerated so much and are realistic. Either way all the characters brought their own unique personality and were all interesting to watch.

Sound:
(=) Since it’s not an action packed anime, there weren’t many places for possible cool sounds. Just normal sounds you would expect to hear from something based around a school, like the sounds of people speaking at a canteen, sounds of footsteps, papers, e.t.c. However, the voice actors were good, great voice acting from all of them which really added and fit to each of their characters. Ayanokoji had a particularly notable voice which really suits him.

Art:
(+) The art was stunning. All of the school, nature, and characters looked amazing throughout the anime. However, a noticeable quality drop appeared in the art after the second half of S2, but everything still looked fine. It is also necessary to consider the fact that Lelerch are under pressure from many fans urging the production to go faster. Overall, the art throughout the anime was fairly consistent and really nice to look at. Also, in the manga the art was absolutely beautiful. I hope they will have art like those in the mangas.

Animation:
(=) Again, there isn’t much potential in cool animations for an anime which isn’t revolving around fighting and any action. The animation was smooth, clean, and looked pleasing to the eye. Apart from that there is not much else to say about the animation. It was good.

Overall:
I think COTE was a really interesting and awesome anime to watch. By season 2 I was hooked and it was really fascinating to see just how smart some of the students were (obviously Ayanokoji) and the different ways in which he manipulated everything left me intrigued and shocked. The anime rounded off nicely in S3 and I look forward to a bright future for COTE with upcoming seasons, they still need to finish Y2 and Y3 for the anime!

2(+) 3(=)

9/10.

The third season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e left me feeling pretty underwhelmed, despite the hope I had that things would improve. Honestly, the anime has been quite average so far. It's incredibly frustrating to watch something where, for three episodes, you get generic build-up, and then in the fourth episode, they reveal, "it was all part of the plan" followed by a long explanation of said plan. This formula has never really been great, and now it's becoming overused and predictable.

That said, this season was still better than the previous ones. It gave more focus to other characters and explored their ... more human sides, which was a refreshing change from the over-focus on Ayanokoji's apathetic personality. Plus, the ending left a good hint for what’s to come, suggesting that the challenges ahead might be genuinely difficult, which gives me some hope for the next season.

Despite the repetitive formula, there’s potential for improvement, but it’s been a slow journey getting there so far.

Classroom of the elite is an absolutely disappointing dog pile that trample everything it trying to build up.This show is the definition of stupidity diguse as intelligent.It has a very interesting storyline about a school set up as an environment for students to compete each other,which it made to promise about a psychological thriller with high stake battle between people with people but this is where the problem start.
The show supposed to show the intelligence of the students but all the strategy it use are really simple and one dimensional with no back up or consequence that make the intelligence not very convincing and ... also make the show has no stakes because we know the main character will never lose.
And a lot of things the students do just explain as "they predict it" and no more explanation as if the author can't really explain it and just make it to be a cool moment.
The show itself is very shallow in the fan service that express through how the camera angle work and the degine of the female character.
The character is very poorly-written too
The protagonist, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, is painfully dull. He’s portrayed as an emotionless genius, but his lack of personality makes him more of a plot device than a character. He doesn't grow, doesn't change, and worst of all, doesn't seem to care about anything, making it hard for viewers to invest in his story. His aloof attitude may be intended to create mystery, but it ends up making him unrelatable and flat.

The supporting cast isn’t much better. Most of them are one-dimensional stereotypes: the cold, ambitious Suzune Horikita is just your typical "smart but distant" girl, while characters like Kikyou Kushida are written with such exaggerated duality that they come off as cartoonish rather than complex and some character that have no meaning to tehe storyline like Sukura who just make to be the main character crush that slowly build up a slow-burning harem which has in the most morderm romcom has.The power competing between the students are reduced to shallow manipulations that lack real stakes or depth, and the show tries too hard to seem edgy but in reality it know well what it is about not a psychological battle show with many learning about human nature and the harshly reallife but rather an slice of life romcom show that offer no meaning to the things that it trying to set up from the first episode.

Visually, the show is competent but nothing special. The character designs are generic, and while the animation is clean, it’s not enough to save a series that’s weighed down by its uninspired writing and overreliance on cheap psychological tricks.

The environment is very bad too,a school with point system and a city that have anything you need in real life.That is a cool idea but the author never truly explored the deeper the nature and mechanism of this school to create more strategic potential.This is what the low-skill writer would do, instead of putting the characters straight in real world,they optimised it to be a small world because they don't have enough experience to comprehend how harsh the real world is.
Conclusion,this show is just a mediocre psychological show that trying to be something deep with many layers of meaning but turn out to be no more than a guilty pleasure show.