Why do YOU guys like this anime?

sloth848 said:
No, this is not a rhetoric question nor rage bait (though if you wanna argue go ahead) i genuinely want to know why people like this. For me, i started this in middle school and loved it solely because the mc is cool. but then i grew up and realized how uninteresting ayanokoji is as a character, seriously he just does the perfect thing always at all times and the only stakes are when the side characters are involved (which he doesnt even care about so even the 'stakes' are phony). characters like ichinose,horikita and hirata are all more interesting than ayanokoji but all the fanbase ever does is glaze their glorious king? Seriously is that the only reason this series is so popular??

ktg said:

If I replace the names in your "critique" with names from Death Note, it will still be true.
So the question is, why do you like Death Note? If you can answer that, then the same answer will be true for CotE.

sloth848 said:

well tbh, i dont think this works because in deaths note’s case 1. lights plan doesn’t always go perfectly and infact fucks him up in the end 2. light is the most interesting character he is not just smart, he has his other qualities like his twisted sense of justice and god complex 3. death note ‘stakes’ are actually heavy . light responds with fear and anxiety and in turn makes us feel like even he can get cornered unlike in cote where ayanokoji faces challenges with “idgaf” he knows hes gonna win and we know hes gonna win so what the fuck am i even watching for at this point

sloth848 said:
No, this is not a rhetoric question nor rage bait (though if you wanna argue go ahead) i genuinely want to know why people like this. For me, i started this in middle school and loved it solely because the mc is cool. but then i grew up and realized how uninteresting ayanokoji is as a character, seriously he just does the perfect thing always at all times and the only stakes are when the side characters are involved (which he doesnt even care about so even the 'stakes' are phony). characters like ichinose,horikita and hirata are all more interesting than ayanokoji but all the fanbase ever does is glaze their glorious king? Seriously is that the only reason this series is so popular??

ftv_mark said:
Honestly I watch it because I think there’s actually a really good show underneath its flaws. I’ve heard the LN is so much better and it actually makes me curious to read it, cause I like the concept of a school hierarchy with students manipulating and deceiving other students. Sometimes those concepts shine through and sometimes it doesn’t.

ftv_mark said:
@MKIkawa I’ve heard that a lot. Usually I can tell through a okay to bad Adaptation that the source material might actually be better. CotE definitely gave me that vibe.

dS0_ said:
I don't. Read the LN

luisfunes99 said:
Why is it good? becuase the story is actually good and interesting. Im not saying is the best piece of written media in animanga however its interesting. I would say the grand majority that watches the anime are ln readers or have become ln readers. Ayanokouji is actually a complex character to a certain degree, mainly due to his upbringing. The characters do develop nicely, they actually are better flesh out in the ln. The climaxes are def more interesting in the ln since you actually can read the thought process, and understand the context of the scenes behind it. The stake of the story to him are pretty clear tbh, although i would say they grow even more on the second year at least what i have read so far. I think thats why the series is good.

Why the series is popular, i would say cuz of the already establish ln fandom and mainly kids seeing the mc as an edgelord who see everyone as tools.

Plus just an opinion of mine, but if you were never sold with the setting of the story, you will never like this anime or ln

sloth848 said:
No, this is not a rhetoric question nor rage bait (though if you wanna argue go ahead) i genuinely want to know why people like this. For me, i started this in middle school and loved it solely because the mc is cool. but then i grew up and realized how uninteresting ayanokoji is as a character, seriously he just does the perfect thing always at all times and the only stakes are when the side characters are involved (which he doesnt even care about so even the 'stakes' are phony). characters like ichinose,horikita and hirata are all more interesting than ayanokoji but all the fanbase ever does is glaze their glorious king? Seriously is that the only reason this series is so popular??

MKIkawa said:

There are so many problems and cut scenes in the anime that the only fun part of watching Classroom of the Elite are the fights and tension momens. The soundtrack is also pretty nice, no complaints about it, but the rest is just messy and not well made.

sloth848 said:

well tbh, i dont think this works because in deaths note’s case 1. lights plan doesn’t always go perfectly and infact fucks him up in the end 2. light is the most interesting character he is not just smart, he has his other qualities like his twisted sense of justice and god complex 3. death note ‘stakes’ are actually heavy . light responds with fear and anxiety and in turn makes us feel like even he can get cornered unlike in cote where ayanokoji faces challenges with “idgaf” he knows hes gonna win and we know hes gonna win so what the fuck am i even watching for at this point

sloth848 said:

Dont get me wrong,i never said this anime was apalling or anything thats why i’ve watched up until season 3 yknow? thats why i asked this question, because as flawed this anime i actually do think the premise is quite fun. its just endless high school drama lmao it just bugs me that ayanokoji is the only thing they talk about when he is essentially a blank page

sloth848 said:
No, this is not a rhetoric question nor rage bait (though if you wanna argue go ahead) i genuinely want to know why people like this. For me, i started this in middle school and loved it solely because the mc is cool. but then i grew up and realized how uninteresting ayanokoji is as a character, seriously he just does the perfect thing always at all times and the only stakes are when the side characters are involved (which he doesnt even care about so even the 'stakes' are phony). characters like ichinose,horikita and hirata are all more interesting than ayanokoji but all the fanbase ever does is glaze their glorious king? Seriously is that the only reason this series is so popular??

_otaku_man00 said:

i think you didn't understand code or you just ignored ayanokojis character, i find his character more appealing then deaths note mc, I can find death note MC's every where ,like broken villains but ayanokoji is different, just remember how he grew and why he is just blank( his emotions) , and i think you don't even know what white room is??? white room will kill your emotions,you will die just by living there.

i love him with every aspect, I want him to become perfect,he is not perfect at all. i wanna see him change and become a better person and live a happy life like other childrens lived . his own family used him as lab rat ,did you even consider that???in death note just because author said he is talented everyone believes that ,i think light born with 200+iq is the biggest joke. ayanokoji was trained in White room by most talented persons and most successful persons like his father and many more,,
you just didn't understand ayanokojis character, I know death note is a very good anime but i will never support light before he doesn't have humanity,here ayanokoji doesn't know what humanity and feelings are , he doesn't even know love??
i consider,like Goku he was pure from the beginning because he was raised by his grandpa and he doesn't know how cruel the world is that's why he is innocent, I will say Goku is an average human, ,do you know how our personality is created,?? do you know how you became the person you are now?? that all due to the way you lived, and the things you experienced,

for me ayanokoji is a broken characters and he deserves to be happy, he had many hard ships in childhood,
i hope he experiences every emotion and finds his love and dies happily,

he is talented and wins every thing because he was born in a battlefield, i think you know what battle iq is right, from the day he was born he faced challenges like killing other ,how do you expect him to lose and loves his friends just by spending few day or years???
this is not Naruto verse where you can use talk no justu.
i suggest you to understand or search about white room and see ayanokojis background,then you will understand about his character, he is far better then light.

Shindaa said:

we are only talking about anime here