Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

On the surface, Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a utopia. The students enjoy an unparalleled amount of freedom, and it is ranked highly in Japan. However, the reality is less than ideal. Four classes, A through D, are ranked in order of merit, and only the top classes receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of Class D, where the school dumps its worst. There he meets the unsociable Suzune Horikita, who believes she was placed in Class D by mistake and desires to climb all the way to Class A, and the seemingly amicable class idol Kikyou Kushida, whose aim is to make as many friends as possible.

While class membership is permanent, class rankings are not; students in lower ranked classes can rise in rankings if they score better than those in the top ones. Additionally, in Class D, there are no bars on what methods can be used to get ahead. In this cutthroat school, can they prevail against the odds and reach the top?

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Ayanokouji, Kiyotaka Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Horikita, Suzune Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Karuizawa, Kei Supporting

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Sakayanagi, Arisu Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ichinose, Honami Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Sakura, Airi Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Ryuuen, Kakeru Supporting

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Kouenji, Rokusuke Supporting

Iwasawa, Toshiki Japanese

Chabashira, Sae Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

Kushida, Kikyou Supporting

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

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Apr 8, 2024

robert788

Recommended

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (2017)

Saw this show ages ago and thought to add it to the list, then 2024 came about and it was like damn season 3! Let's go it must be good! I was not disappointed, it is a great show.

The story is a great take on a classroom with a lot of competitiveness and things that matter. Teachers praise you for being good and are awful when you are not, what a great idea. I love the point system and I love how the show is a battle to the top. The school is portrayed as the place ... to be but also seemingly a place with mystery behind its students.

The artwork looks great, the PV from 2015 is a bit harsher than this and less polished so by comparison it has come a long way. The show for 2017 looks great and is something that will remain. I like that no one is outrageous whether it is body sizing or facial expressions or hearts in their eyes. The show just gives everyone a really deep set of eyes which is kind of dull and intimidating but also they just look like students with some unusual but not outrageous haircuts.

The voices are matched up perfectly, everyone has their place Kikyo especially has a great voice. Ayanokouji has the perfect voice for the character. I think if his voice was wrong it could have derailed the show. The general sound is fitting and well done.

The characters are all pretty dark as the show goes, everyone has a past and you understand the school has a reason behind its selection. This is a place of personal growth as well as a great learning school. I would love a real school to have this level of competitiveness behind it.

Ultimately, this was a great show to come back to, and I am glad I finally got on board with this show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 5, 2024

LiseranThistle

Mixed Feelings

I first started watching this show because I had just randomly remembered it and the newest season started airing. I needed a new anime to watch that would fit in between my other weeklies and this was it. And I am kind of disappointed. The show isn't AWFUL at first anyways, it's a pretty standard "mind games" show about a bunch of kids in a super smart high school all using one another to get to the top.

However, I think the show for all its efforts really fails at this because the Main Character, while he is smart, only appears to be smart because ... the other characters are really, really stupid. The plans that the MC comes up with are not as impressive as I was hoping they'd be because it doesn't take a lot to outsmart the people he's around at all. I also find that the MC is a bit boring because while he does have a mysterious backstory, the anime drags out the mystery of him to focus on more mundane things that aren't really interesting.

There's fanservice in this and while it's not very egregious it is distracting because they keep flashing you with some highschool girls boobs while talking about important info in the plot every 5 seconds. And it's not as if the MC even really shows emotion or likes having all of this female attention anyways, so I really feel like the anime just did this so that the male viewers can live through him vicariously as some "chad" who doesn't care about girls or whatever lol. But it totally sucks and takes away from the actual show and just ruins the experience of watching it.

His other classmates outside of like 5 are very underdeveloped and are basically just background characters. This is touted as a special school meant to nurture the future of society, and while that is an interesting premise, nobody outside of the MC is really all that intriguing. All in all, it's not a bad show but it is quite boring.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 22, 2024

Ace_964

Not Recommended

the MC's character development is just awful. guy does smirk for 3 seasons and doesn't give a damn about anyone. i mean this had to change at some point in his supposed character development. events are few overall.and they are mostly awful and full of fan service. the art is great. but it doesn't salvage the anime as a whole. the show itself is boring. the only good moments are the MC's checkmate moments where his plans fall into place. but that is approximately 3 times in 3 seasons . boring indeed. could've been one of the greats if it was executed properly. ... wouldn't recommend.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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