Anime 51096 Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi No Kyoushitsu E 2nd Season Reviews Filter Check 1

Now, Classroom of Elite has got be one of my most favorite anime that I have watched. Right after I finished the first season, I read rest of the light novels released, even those that were machine translated.

Story & Character: (10 & 9) The storyline and development of the main characters is superb. The main character (Ayanokoji) is very dark and mysterious, with a very intriguing backstory, and continues to surprise you during the show. Other main characters like Horikita or the Class leaders, continue to change, giving life to the show giving them dynamic life. My main criticism would be the inclusion of ... side characters, that see little to no change in how they act or how they influence the story, and disappoints me that such potential is going to waste. The story is fantastic, with games and challenges that are faced at almost any turn providing Ayanokoji to show off his prowess and capabilities. While the story is fantastic, the pacing is horrible. While I understand they want to use a limited amount of material from the light novel, they exclude the life and slow down the main events.

Animation (Art: 6): The studio has failed to put an impression of effort into animating the scenes. The characters look janky, and often seem like they were cut out by a child and moved around instead of being animated.

Sound (Sound: 10): I have got to admit, the intro and outro songs are beautiful. I am very excited to watch the episode just from hearing the close to perfect intro.

Classroom of the Elite is a fantastic story, and please do not judge it too harshly based on this season. If you have enjoyed season one, read the light novels and then watch this. Ayanokoji still is one of my favorite characters with his mysterious backstory. Overall rating: 9.

TL:DR:

Great story, bad animation, read light novel.

BYE

There are only a few shows that make me feel the thrill, and genuine impatience when waiting for a new episode. The Classroom of the Elite is one of them.

After a rather mediocre first season, with an unnecessary amount of fanservice and a bit too slow-paced action, 2nd season started really strong. The story isn't that repetitive anymore. There's significantly more action than before. The story is getting straight to the point.

[Story - 8]
With the new season, we get to know better few characters, such as Karuizawa and Kushida. Especially interesting, and important for the first few episodes is Karuizawa's story plot. Like with Kushida, ... we get to know a bit of her backstory, and what is driving her, when making certain decisions. Ayanokouji is gaining more allies, or I should say tools, that are helping him reach his goals. While gaining "tools", also his enemies counter is going up, but they, apparently, can't even compete with MC at any point, in literally anything, which makes the story quite predictive. As mentioned above, the story is paced faster, than it used to be in the first season. It's a good change since some viewers could find the first season boring. There are no unnecessary beach arcs, or pool arcs, which in my opinion were done ridiculously in the first season, and turned "psychological" anime into ecchi comedy. The show is slightly less focused on points/currency things, which is good, since viewers are usually not really eager to analyze all those numbers floating on the screen, and sometimes this can become overwhelming.

[Art - 7]
Art is really a disappointment in this season. As far as I liked it in the first one, here we got a visible downhill. The animation feels weird at times, and colours are not as vibrant and detailed as before.

[Sound - 9]
Not much to complain about. Opening deserves special attention - it is absolutely great.

[Characters - 9]
Ayanokouji has to be one of my favourite anime characters of all time. His whole appearance, actions, behaviour - everything adds up perfectly, creating the MC that viewers really want to see. His personality is something that makes people love this anime so much. He's smart, good at sports, and martial arts (piano and calligraphy too). During the show, viewers can acknowledge his thinking process, and how he is constantly analyzing his surroundings. Ayanokouji's character is basically the powerhouse of the whole series since I can't think of any other character being that interesting in this anime. He may be seen as an overpowered character though, and that point alone discards any mystery in this show since viewers are already used to the scheme where MC is always in a winning position.

Horikita was the main heroine of the first season, and the thing is supposedly the same now. However Karuizawa is getting much more screen time, and the overall focus of the show is more on her than Horikita. Her character isn't getting developed really well, since she's still doing similar mistakes, as in the first season, and basically is only a tool for Ayanokouji. Viewers may have mixed feelings about her. Personality-wise she acts like a tsundere, but at the same time, she doesn't appear to be one. She's kind of inconsistent with how she feels, and it makes her cold, and blunt.

Karuizawa seems to have a much higher impact on the plot than anyone could expect after the first season. The first episodes already suggest that the action will be now more focused on her. Viewers get to know her personality, and past better. She's starting to play a more important role, in the whole of Ayanokouji's plan. Her character development is noticeable. She's way more confident and determined to reach her goals, with Ayanokouji's help.

Kushida after playing a significant role in the first season, now getting revealed to be a traitor to the whole D class. Viewers get to know her dark personality since she shows it to Ayanokouji and Horikita. This side of Kushida can rarely be seen in the anime since she's still playing an innocent, helpful girl in front of others.

[Enjoyment - 9]
Personally, I really liked the 2nd season of COTE. The story finally picked up some pace, and as a viewer, I'm impatiently waiting for new episodes. The biggest downsides were probably poor animation, and my personal remark about the Ayanokouji character - as far as I understand the whole show is based on how perfect and infallible the MC is, it often feels unnatural. Dialogues, and interactions of Ayankouji with others, on the other hand, are just hilarious. I absolutely love his cold responses, without any sign of emotion. It really makes up his whole appearance and personality.

The Classroom of the Elite season 2 didn't disappoint me. I'm really glad I discovered this series recently since this show is really worth a watch. Very good plot, as well as characters. Decent art and sound. COTE 2nd season gets deserved 8 out of 10 from me.

First of all this season has been doomed by being hyped and because of that the general public started to judge the show. This anime is not about romance, action, leveling up etc. its about the development of horikita and revealing of ayanokoji (true self). And by development I mean exactly what any of who understands this show is thinking while watching it - what does it take to meet your life goals and ambitions while retaining your humane side. Horikita a complete solo player is starting to open up and is showing us the supposed "right" way by uniting the class and acting as ... a smart , confident leader while ayanokoji by the end of S1 is the dark side of ambitions and represents the hard and brutal way of obtaining your goals. So its funny to read reviews about S2 where people admit that their english is bad, that the show is boring, nothing is happeing, its static well guess what sadly that is what this anime is all about - dialogue, outsmarting, guessing, questioning ourselves of the "right" way to succeed. Is ayanokoji the prototype of how you must be nowadays to be at the top or can you go the "new horikita" way. This anime is a fresh break from all the fan service, action, game becomes real, i got transfered to another world animes floating around. Chill, make yourself comfy and enjoy if you like mind bending and thinking if not just dont watch there is no point.
Aslo this dude not gettign the quotes at the start is hilarious... thats like admitting im watching something i barely understand the point of but my opinion is that it is bad?! guess what you cant have an opinion thats relevant if you dont understand it. You can say it aint your kind of anime to like but dont drop reviews like you know anything relevant about the show.
And it is nothing ground breaking I admit it too but this anime gets a high score from me because its different is portraying a real life struggle how to make it in todays society.

His games and manipulations are very clear throughout the show, which doesn't leave me confused. And I was glued to the screen for every episode.

Especially when Kushida's lore started, that was an 11/10 episode. Kushida is a monster created by the expectations everyone had towards her. She went insane trying to be perfect and liked. But in reality, it made her a bipolar toxic individual.
Hooked on attention and praise, she poisoned herself. And once it became too much and crushed her completely, she revealed it to everyone. Turning her 'fake' friends into weapons against her.

Ryuen was very close to identifying the mastermind, which was absolutely ... terrifying as a viewer.
But, you know, the goat is always five steps ahead. Kei sacrificing herself and breaking down was a heartbreaking moment.
But her trust in Kyotaka has kept her in check.

And so, the curtain rises on the mastermind: Ayanokoji Kyotaka,
the "perfect human" with no connection or emotions towards others.

After defeating Ryuen, he met him. And if I understand correctly, he even played with him.
This guy is a remarkable beast. "Can I change? When can I look at people without using them as tools?"

And so, the curtain rises again on a new tale.

How does the principal's daughter know about the white room?
And how does she think she can challenge and defeat the one in control?

Final thoughts:
This season was much more complex, entertaining, and interesting than before. The mind games are more visible, making it accessible even for those who may not be as sharp. However, there are some elements that remain in the shadows until the end. Definitely better than the first season, for sure. Even though it's a bit more "in your face," there were still secrets kept until the end of the season. And the reveals in the last three episodes were mind-bending. One of my favorite moments, other than the ending, was how Ayanokoji played with Kushida. When Suzune set up a game to defeat her, Kushida thought she had the upper hand. The twist with the exam papers left me speechless. Kushida believed she could outsmart the one in control.

Conclusion: I will definitely read the novel; I've heard they butchered it in the anime.
If the anime was this good, I can't even imagine how great the novel must be.

I am eagerly awaiting Season 3.

You-Zitsu season 1 was probably one of the most disappointing anime adaptations in recent memory. While anime only casual fans largely enjoyed it, those of us who have been with this franchise from the start were very disappointed by seemingly unnecessary plot changes, omissions and the lack of depth that the anime gave to one of the best written LN series of all time. While not perfect, season 2 is certainly an improvement and did many of the most hype scenes of Year 1 the justice they deserved.

The pacing of You-Zitsu season 1 was probably the biggest complaint among fans of the course material. Very ... important parts of the story were rushed through and not properly explained, while insignificant moments given too much time. Season 2’s first few episodes started out somewhat the same, but by the 3rd or 4th episode the pacing improved considerably. I was quite pleased with how they handled the zodiac game in the first quarter or so of the season and while changes were made, they were consistent with changes that had been introduced in season 1. Such as class sizes and group sizes, etc. The next two arcs which make up episodes 5-13 or so were amazing. Lerche really took their time and did justice to some of the hypest scenes in year one. Episode 12 , the climax of this season, for instance may have even surpassed the LN with the animation, voice acting and direction.

Unfortunately, large parts of the season were outsourced to smaller animation studios and there are quite a few shockingly poor animated and drawn scenes. Like legitimately some scenes look like my little nephews drew them. That aside, at its peak, the production values were pretty good this time around. I’m sure there’s no correlation, but it really did feel like the more people tweeted about the bad episodes, the better the next ones started to get.

In addition to better direction, this season also just benefits from having better source material to work with. Volume 2 which was apart of season 1’s story is considered one of, if not the worst books in the series whereas the novels covered this season are some of the best. A perfect storm for any sequel. I mean we hadn’t even met the main heroine of the series when the first season ended. Not only do we get best girl introduced, but the character arcs for so many people start to really take shape. One of the biggest strengths of this series is the diversity of its cast and seeing what they all bring to the table. Yes, you’ve obviously got the best MC in the medium at the helm of everything, but even somewhat minor characters are interesting and bring something to the story. The constant mind games and social gymnastics are what makes this franchise tick.

I still maintain that the best way to consume You-Zitsu is the Light Novel, as will most other source readers, but I can honestly say this is a decent adaptation. It’s not great, but its peaks are, and as a whole it’s a serviceable depiction of the most exciting moments in the story. Certainly better than season 1, let’s hope this trend continues in the future seasons.

You-Zitsu season 2 gets 8 out of 10.

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Plot :
The Japanese government has established the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School, dedicated to instruct and foster the generation of people that will support the country in the future. The students are given a high degree of freedom in order to closely mimic real life.

The story follows the perspective of Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, a quiet and unassuming boy, who is not good at making friends and would rather keep his distance, but possesses unrivaled intelligence. He is a student of Class-D, which is where the school dumps its inferior students. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, the situation begins to change and he starts to get involved in many affairs, and his thought of an ideal normal high school life begins to get scattered.

Overall:
I give this show a 10/10. This show definitely worth your time, watch it.

Honestly after season 1 of this anime, CoTE comes back with a season 2 and I really think it deserves more attention. Since season 1 was pretty much boring most of the time because there barely was any action and more psychological thinking season 2 only gets more exciting after almost every episode. Even though there are some "budget Ayanokouji scenes" I honestly just find it funny and I laugh everytime I see the poor animation on his face.

(OST & VActing) - I really love the opening and ending of this season compared to season 1 which was honestly trash and not exciting to ... listen to unlike Dance in the Game and Hito shibai which really I can't skip when watching the episodes, the music has it's own uniqueness and the voice acting is in good quality with amazing effort for the emotions built into it (except for Ayanokouji, mans basically never shows emotions) disregarding that the music is definitely enjoyable. (10/10)

[Characters & story] - I feel like the story is more interesting and unpredictable which makes it extremely exciting. Many people dislike the fact that the main protagonist is "lifeless, emotionless character" I honestly don't mind because you don't really see any other main protagonists who are over dramatic and emotional making Ayanokouji quite unique. The other side characters are fine as they are enjoyable enough to watch. (9/10)

[Animation] - Although there are a bunch of shit scenes of Ayanokouji and other characters I really don't mind it since it just makes it more funny to see when it pops up, thinking holy sh*t what the f*** is that? While laughing my ass off and all the other parts you can tell the animation for the characters is really detailed and it doesn't make my eyes hurt from just looking at. (9/10)

[Spoilers (Episode 12)] - This was the episode that the studio mainly put most of their budget into and I have to say this episode was so fu***** good, however the adaptation to the light novel wasn't perfect, seeing Ayanokouji doing what he does without expressing emotions is just cold, it's the first time we actually see Ayanokouji engage in fighting, the animation put into it was amazing and definitely worth the build-up and hype.

[Overall] - I definitely recommend season 2 of this anime as it was much more entertaining than season 1 in my opinion, although season 1 definitely has better animation season 2 was just more fun to watch and more enjoyable than many other Anime. Please watch CoTE it's amazing in it's own way 👍👍👍👍👍 (10/10)

Classroom of the Elite is back with its unexpected return, and while production as a whole went down, it came back to provide us more big-brain action like the first season backed by its entertaining characters and a really good climax. There are a couple of issues with this adaptation that I would like to point out, but it has nothing to do with the source material as I’m strictly reviewing this as the anime, not the light novel because I understand that there are some changes. Now as good as this anime is, it struggled from pacing issues toward the beginning and kind of ... just had a rough start to the season in general, also animation dropped as a whole.
Art: 7
I can’t lie this rating would be a lot lower if it wasn’t for the quality of the last few episodes, but even then most of the season struggled from subpar animation. What I will say is that the music still continues to be great. From the op to the ost, was a pretty solid soundtrack.
Characters: 8
Kiyopon is a cool mc. His ability to not give a damn about anything(at times) always makes him enjoyable to watch. Also, Ryuen is a good antagonist as well, however, his motives to his actions aren’t explained the best. Other than that the side characters have a surprising amount of depth to them. Kei is fire.
Story: 8
The Story is a tale of two halves. I liked what they did with Ryuen, but as I said before it starts off pretty slow and felt a little rushed early to really close in on the final couple of events of the season, but at the end of the day what is important is enjoyment, and this series is always a fun watch. Overall I give it an 8/10

Very dissapointing tbh. Episodes getting outsorced and looking wank as hell. Sometimes it feels like watching a slideshow. A lot of content is getting skipped from the LN. That should be fine and all but I feel like they are skipping and rushing way too much and that makes the whole school feel dead. Not enough interactions and dialogue between the characters, it's like here you go, this happened, the end move on.
Just a decently animated, with somewhat of an effort would have been great but this feels like a rushed ass cashgrab. I am still very biased cuz I am a big fan but ... they could and should have done much better.
Also Horkita just seems stupid and the whole Class C getting away with cheating thing makes zero sense .

I think I am lucky I did not read the novel!
The work, in my opinion, is great, especially now it is getting better. I admit some details were unclear until we heard about them from the novel readers.
I guess the animation could be better, but it is good enough as there are no fights and action.
The novel reader should stop comparing it with the novel and start looking at it as a different work; they may like it!
Logically: the story is different, and it is unique 10/10
Art can be improved, but still, I will give it 8/10
The characters are amazing so far; ... Ayanokogi is so liked, and the amount of hate Koshida receives from the fans shows how successful the character is. in addition, there are a lot of mysterious characters waiting to know
The characters' reactions make a lot of sense, taking into account the background of these characters
I am sure anyone who did not read the novel will like this series, and even those who read it already just consider this work a different one and you will like it

Just to pinpoint a couple of my opinions.

1) The anime is a showcase of VA's ability, due to the sharp contrast in character. In S2 we have Karuizawa, Kikyou and Kouenji, in S3 I'm expecting Arisu (class A)
2) Due to poor choice of cramming 4 books' content in 12 eps, it is expected that details are cut. It is way better to treat this as an "Ad, a taste of what the series is about" rather than an isolated, well-produced anime series. Read the LN to fill in the gaps
3) This series stands out from the ordinary "school" genre, regardless of whether the anime is ... well-produced, I think it is fair to give this a high score due to the "potential" of its settings
4) This series fails to deliver deep, complex mind games at the beginning (esp. S1), but this is JUSTIFIED as its aim is to layout the settings, and how the system works. Expect more developed, well-planned plots in the future as the author improves and leaders of each class starts to shine
5) This series needs more cosplay

thanks for reading

How are people manipulated in society, and why do people manipulate? The answer isn't as complicated as it seems, and Classroom of the Elite is one of the few Anime out there to admit this. People are shallow, and people are selfish. Watching this show it presents itself as an elaborate mind game of manipulation with several layers of nuance, but in all reality, there is no complexity and everyone's plans have holes that can be found and exploited. This show doesn't treat the audience like it's dumb and lay out all the details, but rather gives them bits and pieces of the story and ... trusts them to figure it out on their own, the only problem is that there are people out there who can't put everything together, or at least don't understand that no matter what goes on in the show, every one of the characters are dancing in the palm of one character's hand, that characters being Ayanokoji.
Let's talk about the major reveal at the end of Season 1, that being that Ayanokoji uses everyone as tools and isn't afraid to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. Only this wasn't a major reveal, at least not to me. What I took it was, was that it was rather a confirmation of things I had already picked up and put together myself. This is a major problem people have with the show for some reason. Things are revealed and plans fall through and somehow it's underwhelming to them or poorly conceived and not at all clever in any way. Guys relax. This isn't that kind of show. This is a show about Ayonokoji, and if you missed that the show is about the main character, I don't know what to tell you. Naturally things are always going to work out for the main protagonist, and the main protagonist is going to be in the most control throughout the story. This is how protagonists are supposed to work, but we're so used to passive protagonists that when we're given one that actually has full control of his surroundings it's met with a reaction of confused/angry faces.
That leads to another potential problem people have with the show, and that being the fact that not only is Ayanokoji the most intelligent character in the show, but also the strongest. This would make him a Mary Sue (Gary Stu) right? If you missed the point I made in the beginning of this review it show just how much attention you actually pay to details. Ayanokoji is not doing everything he does with pure intentions. If you missed the fact that the show is about Ayanokoji, then you probably also missed the fact that Ayanokoji actually double as both the protagonist and the real antagonist of the show. Everyone is trying to get their own way in the show, and the one thing getting in their way, that they all have in common, is Ayanokoji. You see, Ayanokoji isn't trying to do the right thing, and he isn't trying to help people from the goodness of his heart, those all are just accidents that occur from his desire to control his own environment.
It may seem like Ayanokoji is gaining the affection of the girls in his class so that the show can go full on harem mode, but what is actually going on is that Ayanokoji himself is a black hole that people keep getting sucked into, and because the girls can see just how much control he has, they are naturally drawn to him without realizing that they're becoming tools for him to use in his quest to control his own surroundings. What do you do when you have useful tools? You take care of them. If someone breaks your tools you react and retaliate. What they perceive as genuine affection is something much more demeaning than they realize.
This show is completely built on nuance and subtlety. If you don't understand all the inner workings going on in the show, that's a you problem, not a show problem. I myself looked forward to each episode that dropped each week, but being the uncultured American that I am, chose to watch the entirety of the show dubbed rather than subbed. This show may not be for you, but if you want to rack your brain to take brilliant clues around around you and figure out the details, and see what a protagonist who controls his environment looks like, then this is the show for you.

Firstly i not read classroom of the elite Light novel, so it's just my opinion to comparing season 1 and season 2.
*no spoiler

Ok, i have plan to waiting for 7 episodes released, and before i watch until 7 episodes, before of that, i had watched season 1 again, to comparing season 1 and season 2, and i see many thing make me dissapointed from season 2 animation, there is Incorrect placement of image layers, the graphic quality is decreasing from season 1 to season 2, we can see from the shadows and student eyes is maked perfunctory, i mean not as good as season 1.

For ... the story, until now i still enjoying season 2 story ,and i didn't see any fan service yet, is not like season 1 is has many fan services for each episodes.

And my rating season 1 vs season 2 from graphic quality
Season 1: *8
Season 2: *5

sorry about my english, i hope you guys understand.

i have waited for high school of the elite season 2 for years i loved season 1 so much it is my favorite anime for it's season

but imagine when i heard that season 1 didn't do so well and they were never going to make season 2 i felt awful to have something i enjoyed so much not continuing it was for your my most awaited anime ever

BUT IT'S HERE!!!!! HOW SHIT I CANT BELIEVE IT GOT A SECOND SEASON AND IT'S SOOOOOO GOOD I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T LIVE UP TO MY HYPE BUT MY GOD IT IS LOVED IT AS MUCH AS ... THE FIRST SEASON

10 OTU 10 IGN

Classroom of the elite 2 isn’t a show that will change your life, but it is a show that will provide a lot of entertainment if you approach it with the right mindset.

The thing about this show it feels like a very direct continuation of the first season. If you didn’t enjoy the first season, then this sequel will most likely not change your mind. However, if you enjoyed the first season, or haven’t watched it yet, I highly encourage you to give this a shot.

Your enjoyment of this show will drastically change on what you think about the character writing and direction. ... Almost every character has a manipulative and/or darker side. This leads to very different story then you will find in most school anime. Although some, there isn’t as much teamwork and friendly banter, but rather frequent backstabbing and high-stakes competition. There is a constant game of cat and mouse between the classes, with key members pushing the rules to their limits to gain an upper hand. Personally, I find the style of writing refreshing and very entertaining.

If I were to pick one part of the show that is the strongest overall, it would definitely be the soundtrack. The intro and outro are pretty good, but the best part by far is the in-episode music. It consistently adds emotion and excitement to key scenes and makes them significantly more entertaining. There is nothing bad to say about the soundtrack.

On the other hand, if I were to pick the most mediocre part of the show, it would be the animation. This doesn’t mean I think the animation is bad, in fact I think its pretty good, but its far from revolutionary. It doesn’t need to be, but it definitely isn’t the selling point of this show. Some of the earlier episodes had noticeably bad animation quality, but it improved fast enough to not be a serious issue.

This show is incredibly entertaining. However, you have to approach it with the right mindset. It (probably) won’t change your life or make you cry. It is a fast-paced show with a very overpowered main character who rarely shows any emotion. Even with the mc, the show still does a great job at making you guess how key events will turn out, and even if you can predict the end result, the question of “how?” keeps it enjoyable.

Overall, if you want to watch the next masterpiece, then don’t watch this show. However if you are looking for a “darker” show that provides heaps of entertainment without being too hard to watch, then I can’t recommend this series enough.

As someone who loved the novel and is now up to date with it, I am seemingly one of the only LN readers that does not hate this season or the anime in general. Why? I'm not sure, maybe it's because I love the original so much that I still am able to enjoy a worse version, just because it's an adaptation and a new way of viewing something that I dearly love. The OP main character trope is one of my favourite and the psychological genre is one of the most original and entertaining in my eyes. A combination of the too is great, ... but to have it done in such a way is simply put incredible. Even though I enjoyed the LN more, I can easily say that this season lived up to my hypes. The start seemed flunky but the pacing felt smooth and the cut content they made I in general agreed with. The story is one that is never before seen and the action scenes are really well done. The VA's do a great job and the music is nice to listen to. In my eyes people just want to hate because thay want to hate, since you can't say that this is bad if you are able to understand the story and if the tags that I just mentioned even kind of fall into your lanes. With hype moments, slow moments and good character building this story will always be a favourite of mine!

Classroom of the Elite. A show, where students in an elite school fight for their classes to stand above all the other classes. Pretty simple story, but that doesn't have to mean anything. The Light Novel is pretty good, although in my opinion the community should calm down a bit, because I don't think it is that good to be hype-worthy. Still, fantastic character writings, detailled class-exams and unexpected plot-twists. A nice change from the usual highschool romance or whatever.

However, keep in mind, I did enjoy the Light Novel, but I don't think the anime adaptation hits the right mark.

Sound: 8/10
I think the opening ... is very good. Nice visuals, the song is absolutely fire (ZAQ doesn't miss) and the ending is pretty good, music-wise but also message-wise. Nothing wrong with the sound.

Animation: 6/10
Background is really nice and detailled, I really like that. However, the character designs, I think are... let me say you have to get used to them. The designs look kinda cheap and not really that much detailled. Faces tend to be asymmetrical sometimes and overall I don't really like the character designs at all.

Okay, to be honest until now, it really depends on the taste. However, I think the Anime adapation has a serious issue with adapting details from the Light Novel, which is also where I see the major problem.

This problem doesn't start at season 2, it already starts at season 1. Character-personalities are somehow different, exams are shortened and different, important details about certain key-scenes are missing and so on. It probably doesn't matter for an anime-only watcher, because I do think the series is enjoyable, but I do expect, that the Light Novel fans, who really enjoy COTE, deserve a good anime adaptation. I do understand that you can't put every single detail into the anime adaptation, but if whole characters are written differently or exams being different, it's a whole new story.

Overall I would say 6-7/10. It's good, but read the Light Novel for the full experience and please, COTE hardcore fans. Yes, it is good, but please be open-minded for other opinions. Don't just stay in your own bubble, where you won't accept any opinions. Please be open minded about Light Novels, about Animes and especially, about characters. Thank you.

Classroom of the Elite 2 Review (9.4)

The story got better and the flow of the story became more exiting every episode.The animation is different because it got a little ugly because there are scenes that are ugly to watch.The MC who can control everything,he can manipulate anyone.And the music is so good and great

STORY:10/10
It was even more daring here because he manipulated the traitor,he made him follow his plans,his tool became more loyal. And he showed how strong he is in 3v1 and he was the winner.

ANIMATION:7.5/10
I feel that the animation is a little bit different, there are scenes where the animation looks ugly and ... the animation of the fighting scene is quite ok.

CHARACTERS:10/10
There are many scenes of being beaten and bullied who will do everything to embarrass you and for their pride. It is also difficult to trust each other because even your friends/classmates can betray you.

SOUND:10/10
It never dissapoint me bacause all the op and ending song is so great.

‟Read the goddamn Light Novel” -Literally everyone

Ah yes, Classroom of the Elite, back at it after 5 years, but going 5 years backwards in terms of animation. There are a lot of reasons why someone would hate this anime, the animation was very shit for most of the episodes, they did a lot of outsourcing and it seems they only put effort in the most important part of this anime. Moreover, they did literally changed the story and characters adapted from the LN, which means that they made it worse, right ? I would say it mostly depends, as for myself, it was still great ... and a pleasure to watch.

When I say great, of course it's difficult to follow and be on point with the peak of LN (or almost) in terms of story. They did the same formula as season 1, you have a base to follow on, but you just remodel a lot of things to make something new. It's the same thing that they did previously, but better imo, let me explain : Ayanokouji is still a bigbrainer, that's mostly what this show is about, plus how any highschool student can be an asshole. The story gradually evolves, we see the strings that he's controling evolving, being multiplied, etc. If you watched season 1 and liked how he was doing, then season 2 is atleast 5 times that, if not more, that's what I mainly like about this anime. The story can be called generic but would still be intense to watch. Let me contextualise this : I rated a 8 the season one because the premise was quite interesting, that school where all low blow are allowed, in which the people that are better gets on top, a very big experiment in a big cage where they cannot get out. It was great, but it was missing more big brain moment by Ayanokouji and the pacing was slow. These two incoveniences were fixed in season 2 to my enjoyment. It's way more packed with interesting things happening (while still skipping entire volumes and half of others lol) which made it cool to watch, ence my rating of 9. As for the characters outside of the MC, they are alright, atleast they get developped over the 12 episodes, new faces that got skipped in season one for no reasons are introduced, which is quite nice, and the rivalry between the classes are tougher than ever. And just to comeback to the animation, they did obviously not put a lot of effort in it, they revived the series without putting time and money into the visuals, only the story it seems (since they REALLY wanted to differenciate from the source material), a lot of images are very drafted and movement is lackluster or very jerky. All of that sounds very bad, and it kinda is, the only thing they did to make it look better was to have a sunset for half of the season so the colors are nice to watch. It can be a sign that this anime isn't getting a great treatment when the animation was better 5 years ago and that it's far from the current standart, which can be seen alarming comming from a studio like Lerche (which it's still not a nobody, it's not at the top but it has made good thing), if it was a random studio, it could be seen as an alright error to make, but not really with this. So yeah, that's probably the least good part about it.

So why are you fucking saying it was garbage to the eyes but still gave it a 9 ? Well first because i'm stupid and puts a high rating for everything, but mainly because I don't think animation is everything, especially not when it's focused on story and storytelling, and on this point, it was very great. It did what season one did in 2017, but better, which I am fully happy with. If you've found season one good, go watch the second one, if you'd think there was something missing in season one, maybe I would advise you in having a try at it, maybe you wil change your mind about this series.

For now, i'll be waiting for season 3 in a year, the ending of season 2 makes it seems like it could be great. Maybe i'll make time to read the Light Novel until then, to see what's the deal with this insanely good work of art that I will probably put a rating of 10 on.

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 2nd Season (2022)

Okay, loved season 1, kind of glad I didn't wait for this as it's a few years down the line of anticipation. For the record, I watched season 1 and immediately moved on to season 2.

In season 2 the story progresses further with much deeper interactions and side characters getting much more action. The action of side characters is great because instead of just getting a, 'Oh that character went through some stuff' or maybe a 5-second flashback you get to see them progress. You realise everyone here is pretty messed up and the school ... has much more meaning than a normal high school. It is a school of reform in the harshest way possible.

The artwork has moved on and looks even better than the 2015 PV, and the 2017 season 1. It is a very similar style of anime which is great, too many shows change so dramatically between seasons. This is a fantastic effort by not just Studio Lerche but also the fact that they were able to keep the series so far 3 out of the 3 parts (PV included all by the same studio). The show is going to age well, I will be able to come back to this in years to come.

The sound still has fantastic voices, perfectly set with the same actors taking on their roles.

The characters like I say develop, we have some enemies understood more deeply, we have allies ruined, we have people that are trying to survive. This school is a brutal environment which makes for great entertainment. I love the development of the class and the fact everyone understands they are in a precarious position. It's class A or nothing.

Season 2 ends and I am hyped to carry on my journey with this franchise.