Classroom of the Elite
A school psychological drama about Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who enters the strictly meritocratic Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School and navigates special exams and class rivalry while concealing his abilities and past.
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- 学園 / 心理戦 / 群像劇 / サスペンス
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- Light novel / Manga / Anime
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Classroom of the Elite — Timeline12 events
Class 1-D learns the truth of the school's point system
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji enters Advanced Nurturing High School and is placed in the troubled Class 1-D, which learns one month later that the school's freedoms and monthly points depend on its evaluation system.
Vol.TVアニメ第1期 第1話 第1話Ch. — Official season 1 episode 1 story data; one month after enrollment is explicit. ↗
An inter-class special exam begins on a deserted island
The summer trip to a southern island is revealed as a week-long deserted-island special exam in which classes compete through supplies, occupied spots, and identifying rival leaders.
Vol.TVアニメ第1期 第9話 第9話Ch. — Official season 1 episode 9 story data; summer vacation and the one-week exam are explicit. ↗
Ayanokoji withdraws Horikita as the island exam reaches its final day
After Horikita's condition reaches its limit in a fight with Ibuki over the stolen key card, Ayanokoji forces her to withdraw and Class D reaches the final day expecting heavy point losses.
Vol.TVアニメ第1期 第12話 第12話Ch. — Official season 1 episode 12 story data; the exam's final day is explicit. ↗
A new cross-class special exam begins aboard the cruise ship
As Class D rests aboard a cruise ship after the island exam, another special exam is announced, and Ayanokoji is summoned with Kei Karuizawa and others to hear rules that cross class boundaries.
Vol.TVアニメ第2期 第1話 第1話Ch. — Official season 2 episode 1 synopsis; placement immediately after the island exam is explicit. ↗
Horikita confronts Sudo after he leaves the sports festival
After an angry conflict with Class D drives Sudo away from the sports festival, Horikita follows him and persists in talking despite his resistance.
Vol.TVアニメ第2期 第6話 第6話Ch. — Official season 2 episode 6 synopsis; Sudo's departure from the sports festival places it on the event day. ↗
Ryuen detains Karuizawa to expose the mastermind
Seeking Class D's hidden mastermind, Ryuen detains Kei and exploits her memories of bullying, but she still refuses to reveal Ayanokoji's identity.
Vol.TVアニメ第2期 第12話 第12話Ch. — Official season 2 episode 12 synopsis; the school-term placement is estimated from the season's progression. ↗
Ayanokoji's newly promoted Class C heads to the mixed training camp
In the third term, Ayanokoji's class, promoted from D to C, enters the all-grade mixed training camp, where mixed-class groups falling below the cutoff will lose a student to expulsion.
Vol.TVアニメ第3期 第1話 第1話Ch. — Official season 3 episode 1 synopsis; the third term and promotion to Class C are explicit. ↗
The class poll over an expulsion destabilizes Class C
The additional class-poll exam spreads suspicion through Class C, and Ayanokoji is asked by Hirata how everyone might be saved while also learning of developments surrounding Ichinose.
Vol.TVアニメ第3期 第7話 第7話Ch. — Official season 3 episode 7 synopsis; the third-term placement is estimated from season continuity. ↗
Ayanokoji's class loses to Class A and falls back to Class D
After narrowly losing the first-year final special exam to Class A, Ayanokoji's class drops back to D, while Horikita shows growth as a leader by listening to classmates' views.
Vol.TVアニメ第3期 第12話 第12話Ch. — Official season 3 episode 12 synopsis; the post-exam demotion to Class D is explicit. ↗
Second-year Ayanokoji's class receives a partnered written exam with freshmen
Ayanokoji's class begins its second year back in Class D as the school introduces OAA and announces a first special exam pairing first- and second-year students for a written test.
Vol.TVアニメ第4期 第1話 第1話 ホワイトルームからの刺客Ch. — Official season 4 episode 1 synopsis; progression to the second year and the first exam of the new year are explicit. ↗
The all-grade deserted-island survival exam begins
The all-grade deserted-island survival exam begins, with students monitored by wristwatches and earning group points by reaching designated areas and completing tasks across the island.
Vol.TVアニメ第4期 第9話 第9話 不穏なる開幕Ch. — Official season 4 episode 9 synopsis; the exam's start and scoring methods are explicit. ↗
Ayanokoji confronts Tsukishiro and Shiba's attempt to remove him
After parting from Ichinose and Nagumo, Ayanokoji finds Acting Director Tsukishiro and Shiba waiting at area I2, where they attempt to subdue him because he refuses to leave the school.
Vol.TVアニメ第4期 第16話 第16話 ある未来のためにCh. — Official season 4 episode 16 synopsis; the confrontation at I2 is explicit, while late-exam placement follows the episode order. ↗
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