Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

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Japanese: ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 14

Chapters: 110

Status: Finished

Published: May 25, 2015 to Sep 25, 2019

Genre: Drama

Themes: Psychological, School

Serialization: None

Authors: Tomose, Shunsaku (Art), Kinugasa, Shougo (Story)

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Score: 8.80¹ (scored by 35,246 users)

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Ranked: #43²

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Popularity: #177

Members: 90,706

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Light NovelTomose, Shunsaku (Art), Kinugasa, Shougo (Story)

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Receiving funding from the government to nurture the next generation's hopefuls, Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School brings together the brightest youth of Japan onto a single campus. At this seemingly perfect institution, the reserved Kiyotaka Ayanokouji arrives as an incoming member of class 1-D, where he befriends one of his classmates, the antisocial Suzune Horikita.

At first, his peers revel in the academy's leisurely lifestyle, taking advantage of all of its state-of-the-art facilities. Soon enough, however, the facade of Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School gives way to its true nature—only the top scoring classes can fully utilize the school's offerings, and Class D is the furthest from such a status. Standing at the bottom of the hierarchy, Class D houses all of the school's "worst" students.

Following this rude awakening, Ayanokouji, Horikita, and the rest of Class D must overcome their differences and clash against other classes in order to climb to the coveted position of Class A by any means necessary.

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Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e ranked fourth in the 2020 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! in the Light Novels category.

The series was published digitally in English as Classroom of the Elite by Seven Seas Entertainment from February 7, 2019, to May 12, 2022, and in print from May 7, 2019, to June 28, 2022.

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Ayanokouji, Kiyotaka

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Horikita, Suzune

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Karuizawa, Kei

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Sakayanagi, Arisu

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Ichinose, Honami

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Sakura, Airi

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Ryuuen, Kakeru

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Kouenji, Rokusuke

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Kushida, Kikyou

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Chabashira, Sae

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Feb 1, 2025

KingVcg

Recommended

About a week ago, I finished "reading" Classroom of the elite, mostly via autiobook from spotify but it still counts. This isn't so much a critiqueing every bit and pieces about the story and how this SOOO much better than the anime. Which, im sorry to say but it is and I can say that since i watched all 3 season, both in dub and sub. I guess you can call this a yap session. Also, I will be spoiling some parts of the story and certain things that the anime changed or skipped (or even including stuff that wasn't necessary) so, be warned. Here ... we gooooo-

1. Initial Thoughts:
I have watched the anime first and only started the light novel because it was available on spotify. I would usually listen to it during work so,it was nice listening to this story unfold. What surprised me the most when listening through this series is how much the mc (kiyopon) was significantly more different than his anime counterpart. You see, there is a weird phenomenon that is going on about the main character and how he is a quote "sigma male master manipulator". Through edits, tiktoks, reddit, and even yt shorts, you cannot associate kiyopon without him being an alpha sigma male. To which, the anime making him as such. Getting on topic, The light novels better display this series writing in not only in story telling but also in characters too. And that's especially true for characters like Sudo, Suzune, Ryuuen, and Kiyopon. The way the author carefully constructed each individual characters to slowly develop throughout the series was the most captivating part. I like Horikitas interaction with Sudo and her devastating reaction to seeing her Older Brother go, trying to find a place to cry and let her emotions out. Or with Ryuuen, having a boogeyman type aura about him, never really knowing to what he's going to do, conniving his way throughout this, it was really engaging. I actually think his arc and his face off with kiyopon was the most interesting and entertaining part of the whole series. He is the best big bad in the series, don't really care about Sakayangi. She was boring and in the grand scheme of things, didn't really do much. And also, I find it hilarious how Katsuragi is even more irrelevant here than in the anime. Seriously, like you could've done something with him, maybe even expanded upon him or have him do something. Ig we'll see in year 2, lol. Anyhow, really great listen, would recommend.
2. The Anime (uh oh)
After reading/listening to this, i can confidently say that this is way better than the anime and it's not even close. First off, I would like to say that the anime, in terms of production and cinematography, its disappointing and generic. Emphasis on generic too, like omg, shit just looks so....blah. everything to the art style, the animation, and even the soundtrack, it's just so generic. And I can't even say the writing saves it because IT DOESNT. They either skips scenes, change something that wasn't necessary, and even include scenes that aren't necessary to what they're going for. I'm not gonna list all of the changes/shit they didnt add but to name some..the location and events involving Hashimoto, Ryuuen, and Kanzaki, most of Nagamos appearances, some essential Koeji scenes, the aftermath of Horikitas brother leaving/Horikitas outburst, ect. Like why you, why. Season 4 of the anime is coming out so, hopefully it'll be better since it's Yesr 2. I'll still watch it tho, lol. I feel like this series would be so much popular if they actually put some effort into making the anime into a psychological, drama, with a bunch of school stuff. And even though they did put some of the .5 volumes in the anime, please don't do it again. They're basically filler, don't lie, you know it's true okay guys.
3. Idk uhhhh
Overall, I enjoyed this series. I saw potential for year 1 and from what I've read on the first volume of year 2, it's showing. I'm glad I picked this series back up.

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Sep 8, 2024

Cloughy04

Mixed Feelings

This review is for people who saw the show and are intrigued about the light novel, and/or people who have read the light novel and have similar feelings. I'm not gonna describe the plot or go over general things, in a pronounced order, I'm just gonna start yapping about what I'm conflicted about.

So, for context, Classroom of the elite was the second light novel I've ever read. Even though I've never hated reading, I've never really fell into doing it much. Recently, I've been really enjoying reading, and classroom of the elite is the biggest cause of that.

I have very weird feelings towards this series. ...

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May 2, 2022

ToumaDragons

Not Recommended

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This novel does not really deserve the score that I decided to give. However the amount of people that consider this a masterpiece is unreal so I'm trying to do my thing to make it more balanced. Normally I would give it a 4/10.

I got into this novel because of the pretentious quotes in the anime. Well the anime turned out to be nothing more than a clickbait. However that doesn't make the novel any better. Right in the first volume, our main character has a monologue in which he talks about society and equality. He also mentions a quote from the Japanese author Yukichi ... Fukuzawa regarding equality, and begins to elaborate on the meaning behind that quote. That's the most philosophical monologue in the entire series. Many volumes after we begin to understand more about Ayanokoji as a character, and it seems that the author is not really trying to make a point by using different works of literature, rather he's trying to bend these works so they can fit into his completely unrealistic narrative.

The story gets old quickly because it's extremely repetitive. Our class has to deal with exams, but since Ayanokoji is on their side they have nothing to worry about. Most of the volumes just go like that. Not only Japan is investing a fortune in this school, the students themselves are anything but elite. Each class is controlled by an individual who is able to take decisions for the rest of the ignorant students in the class. It appears that most of the students in this school are just your typical dumb fucks that you can find in any school with a low reputation and you don't even have to go as far as taking Japan as an example. So the bad students are really bad. But what about the good ones? Well the very good students do not simply excel in sciences or liberal arts, they are also professional MMA fighters. No kidding, it appears that aside from our main character(who's apparently trained like a soldier), there are many other students who excel in combat.

The characters are one dimensional and bland. Not only that but since our class D students are defective, each one of them has some sort of trait that makes them abnormal. This is nothing but a try hard attempt to show that the novel involves psychology. Kushida is a girl who puts on a mask whenever she communicates with other people. The mask consists of her being nice and outgoing. Her true nature consists of her expressing her hate on those that know about her past, and how she's going to get them expelled. In other words she's a very disturbed individual. Kei, is a girl who's been bullied in elementary to the point that she developed trauma. Her character consists of her trying to "defend" herself by clinging into hosts as a parasite. Another disturbed individual. Koenji is someone with a very inflated sense of self almost narcissistic in nature. He only cares about himself and most of his moments consist of him expressing his selfish intentions. Another person that you wouldn't want to make friends with. Our main character has been raised in a harsh environment so he's also messed up. His intentions are rarely made clear throughout the story and his monologues get very boring when he's normal. I understand that Class D is a class about people with defects, but when many of these students are so deeply disturbed it sounds more like some sort of mental health facility rather than the best school in Japan.

But there are also students from the other classes. One of these guys is very important in the story. His name is Ryuuen and he's bored because he hasn't met his match. That's his main motivation in the beginning. He has a monologue in which he states that he killed a snake by hitting it with a rock as a kid, and that for the rest of his life he's never lost a single fight. Sounds like Beerus who was desperately trying to turn Goku into a worthy fighter so he could have the time of his life. His motivation might sound cool for whatever reason, but I personally find it unrealistic and Ryuuen as a character unrelatable. Ichinose, is the leader of Class C and is characterized by her nice personality. Do you know what makes her different from the rest of the students? She's not just nice, she's super duper nice. The characters are so bland that the author is really trying hard on emphasizing that one single trait they have, in order to make it easier identifying them.

In the latter volumes, Ayanokoji has a discussion with his father in which they debate about education. It appears that the premise here is that Ayanokoji believes that you don't need to undergo his training in order to become better than others while his father doesn't think so. His father believes that only by training in the white room, people can be superior to the rest of the population. And by white room I'm not talking about 511 Kinderheim or anything of the sort. This white room is a magical room( just like the room of spirit and time) in which you can become a genius in every field in existence bar anime. It's a plot device that serves to convince the audience that someone raised in there is even better than geniuses who don't have that "education". Unless you're raised in that room, you can't rule Japan as that's the main motivation of Ayanokoji's father. He wants his son to rule over Japan. Ayanokoji once again wants to prove that you don't need that sort of education to be considered superior. He's right but at the same time the fact that he needs to make his point clear is ridiculous. The white room as a concept would be completely non sensical in real life for his dad to even make an argument. But it works in this novel because that's how ridiculous the setting is.

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