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Classroom of the Elite
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QUICK FACTS

PREMISE

Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School is an elite high school where all students' actions are graded and assigned points and monetary value, determining their standing in the school. This causes a cutthroat competition between all classes and grades. Classroom of the Elite follows the story of the worst-performing class, Class D, its flawed and duplicitous members, and main character Ayanokoji's mysterious prodigal past.

LIKED!

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some episodes have good plot twists and flashback storytelling

DISLIKED...

inconsistent animation quality
slow pacing—plot developed slowly. I wish the characters’ backstories were given sooner, so we could get to know them faster
most female main characters had absurdly large boobs, which is uninspired and undifferentiated character design

OTHER THOUGHTS

based on a light novel, and it definitely feels like it
OP is fun, ED less so, but neither are memorable

CLOSING REMARKS

A good premise and decent intrigue, but neither the plot nor characters develop enough to excuse the show's slow pacing and low-budget animation.

Classroom of the Elite – 4/10

reviewed 2022-11-11 by Alan

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