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Oct 26, 2017
Now, its no secret that the Japanese people love their high school anime. This can be easily seen in the fact that every season, more than 40% of the shows are related to high schools. This is also a fact that school has been one of the most cliched genres. However its also true that every once in a while, we do receive shows that have something out of the ordinary and can be described as interesting and fortunately enough for us, this show too falls in the later category.

The Classroom of Elites is an anime produced by studio Lerche and is based off the light novel of the same name. At first this show had the vibe of orgairu , with a loner protagonist and an antisocial female lead , However ,as the story progresses ,one will realize that the show is skillfully hiding its true colors and is rather dark and has many hidden themes and unique characters which makes it different that most other shows. Also the show skillfully completely shatters the idea of the normal education system seen in many other high school shows, and shows a completely new system where rather than grades, you need other skills to survive and also how you need to play dirty with others to reach to the top. It is actually a representation of the true face of today's society .

As I already said, The characters here are actually the key element of the show and most of them have more than one dimension . Many characters seem to have a different personality than what they show to everyone. The protagonist on the surface might seem like a average guy with average grades and he doesn't stand out much. But watching the show will make you realize that there is a lot more to him than meets the eyes. He is extremely strong, both academically and physically and has an unexplained dark past but he tries to hide all of his skills in order to not stand out and lead a peaceful life. Horikita, The female lead has a more linear personality, She doesn't have friends and nor is interested in having one .She is also determined to get promote to class A , tho she has realized that it would be impossible without aynokoji's help .The side characters also have very diverse personalities and no two people have same personality. Like kushida ,who tho seems to be friendly and kind ,actually has a very dark and sadistic personality which not many are aware of. The characters here represent the dual faced nature of the society and how people misguide other for their benifits. For example ayanokyoji's character clearly represents the type of people who use others as tools and manipulate them.

The show is also more of a unique take on the genre and the system of schools and it also covers many dark themes , like discrimination and inequality in the society and also things like social hierarchy which is not many anime, especially ones like this cover . The different characters also represent different types of people and personalities in the society .The pace of progression of the story is somewhat irregular as the things were going very smoothly during the first half, tho during the second half , the show seemed to have slowed down a bit with little interesting or major events . The order of the events and pace of character development and also character relationships had been altered and were really different from the source material. The Music of the show is great. The op is really well done and it creates a hype for the episode and the ed is nice and slow paced which smoothly ends the entire episode. The animation is also pretty fine and the art style is great (especially those eyes).

The D class is full of characters with great potential but were still thrown in garbage due to their defectiveness. Almost everyone has a certain element of defect which holds them from getting a better class. They are shown to have a normal face on the cover, but deep inside many of them have a twisted personality which they don't want anyone to find out, Ayanokyoji for instance, perhaps has the most twisted personality as he views people as tools and is ready to sacrifice anything for his gain, and is good at manipulating others. People like Hirata and Kushida also have a dark personality which is rarely seen and is not known by anyone.

One of the major plus points is the treatment of the characters. The show actually treats the characters well and they also have certain level of sensibility in them, which is sadly not seen in most other shows. On many occasions we can see people actually putting their brains to analyse the situations and not just go with the flow ,And this actually stops various moments from becoming cliches . best example is when ayanokoji was asked to pretend to be ichinose's boyfriend. Tho one major problem is that there are there are too many characters and most focus is given to only a few ones and others are not given enough time, so all this prevents many of them to get the screen time they deserve. But there are various ones who easily caught my eye , without even having been shown more than once or twice. Also the show still has various plot holes and mysteries and there is a lot of potential for a season 2, however we can't really be sure about such things.

Overall, This show is not for everyone. There are many like me who would enjoy it but also this new concept is not suited for everyone. To me this show feels fresh and is seems different from most of the other high school anime. The characters are truly remarkable and the story is good enough to keep the viewers interested. All characters are memorable and interesting, especially the protagonist. The show also covers various themes about the society and shows the dual faced nature of the people. And for everyone who are not bothered by the feel of this anime, All of these things combined together makes for a great 12 episode watch, and makes you crave for even more.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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