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Classroom of the Elite (2017)

Animation · Drama · Thriller

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.

IMDb rating
7.7 (24,282 votes)
Seasons
4
Streaming (US)
Crunchyroll · Amazon Prime Video
Language
JA
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

7.45 avg 12 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 24 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.4 · 1,240 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 1,109 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,120 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 1,046 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 1,028 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 1,044 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 1,092 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 999 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 990 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 994 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 1,049 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 2,088 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1What Is Evil? Whatever Springs from Weakness.7.41,240
2It Takes a Great Talent and Skill to Conceal One's Talent and Skill.7.31,109
3Man Is an Animal That Makes Bargains: No Other Animal Does This - No Dog Exchanges Bones with Another.7.81,120
4We Should Not Be Upset That Others Hide the Truth from Us, When We Hide It So Often from Ourselves.7.01,046
5Hell Is Other People.7.31,028
6There Are Two Kinds of Lies; One Concerns an Accomplished Fact, the Other Concerns a Future Duty.7.71,044
7Nothing Is as Dangerous as an Ignorant Friend; a Wise Enemy Is to Be Preferred.6.41,092
8Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here.7.2999
9Man Is Condemned to Be Free.7.3990
10Every Man Has in Himself the Most Dangerous Traitor of All.7.1994
11What People Commonly Call Fate is Mostly Their Own Stupidity.7.81,049
12Genius Lives Only One Story Above Madness.9.12,088

Season 2 (2022)

7.98 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 8.3 23 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.2 · 994 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 971 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 1,040 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 901 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 908 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,149 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 896 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 949 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 985 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 975 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 1,095 votesEp 12: 9.6 · 2,981 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 943 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.7.2994
2There Are Two Main Human Sins from Which All the Others Derive: Impatience and Indolence7.0971
3The Greatest Souls Are Capable of the Greatest Vices as Well as of the Greatest Virtues8.11,040
4The Material has to be Created7.3901
5Every Failure Is a Step to Success.7.2908
6Adversity Is the First Path to Truth.8.51,149
7To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions, both dispense with the necessity of reflection.7.6896
8The wound is at her heart.8.1949
9If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.8.3985
10People, often deceived by an illusive good, desire their own ruin8.2975
11A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave8.31,095
12Force without wisdom falls of its own weight9.62,981
13The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself8.3943

Season 3 (2024)

7.98 avg 13 episodes 7.4 → 8.7 23 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.4 · 896 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 787 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 762 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 723 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 802 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 719 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 763 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 1,193 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 722 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 749 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 957 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 734 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 933 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.7.4896
2Man is wolf to man.7.6787
3We never forget what we endeavor to forget.7.4762
4To work you have the right, but not to the fruits thereof.7.5723
5Fortune favors the bold.8.0802
6It is better to receive an injury than to inflict one.7.6719
7People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls8.0763
8Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.9.01,193
9Extreme justice is extreme injustice.7.8722
10The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.8.1749
11There is only one rule in love: bring happiness to those you love.8.7957
12Change your desires rather than the order of the world.7.9734
13Love is the best teacher.8.7933

Season 4 (2026)

8.19 avg 10 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 24 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Mid-peak
  • saved-best-for-last
Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,045 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 1,027 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 998 votesEp 4: 9.4 · 1,602 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 880 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 623 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 486 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 464 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 324 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 225 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Assassin From the White Room8.11,045
2Contract and Payment7.91,027
3Determination of a Leader8.2998
4To Whom the Blade Turns9.41,602
5The Twenty-Million Man8.1880
6A Tumultuous Scramble7.6623
7Plotting7.8486
8The Subject of the Dragons' Gaze8.1464
9A Disquieting Beginning8.2324
10Love Uncommunicated8.5225

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