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ANIME DramaYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 3rd Season
NOVEL DramaYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen
MANGA DramaYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen
ANIME DramaYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 5th Season
MANGA DramaYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen - 2nd Stage

REVIEWS

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  Zeichen

  77/100
  Shitfest Of The Asspull (Full-Potentials, Half-Baked Execution)

  DISCLAIMER: Review contains a lot of spoilers

  So, I don't like wasting my time with this bullshit so let's get to reveal what ever the fuck we have with this new season. As for the context, the previous 3 seasons were below par even for casual anime watchers so people would expect at least something better for this one. While yes, there were minor improvements many things were ruined immediately. But what are they? Let's find out.

  Plot - The Transition (8)

  For once more, or precisely for four times in a row, they have failed to capitalize what was big in the Light Novel. For the Y2, the objective was even much more simple than before: To expel Ayanokouji. And of course, they raised stakes! I'm not gonna talk how and why (that's gonna ruin this review and spoil the whole thing) they even do that because of all of a sudden, there is a mystery! Guess what? Who's gonna be the one who expels him? No, not even close? More like who's gonna turn into a fodder in every episode and I feel like hate-watching this is already more than enough time to waste. So no, thanks. Overall, the plot is decent but definitely not better than what is promised earlier and in fact was a total shitfest with so many ruined potentials even more in the anime. Basically, it's all asspull for the hype.

  Okay, next.

  Pace - The Tempo (8)

  Objectively-speaking, it definitely could have been better. In here it almost feels like an endless roundabout of playing the game of waiting for x turn during a tic-tac-toe game or just a monopoly with the twist being it becomes a snake and ladder. You know what I mean, it's a turn-based anime show with most of conversations almost feel like waiting for someone to end their speech without any interruption. For example, the rendezvous scene shouldn't have spent so much time and could have been fast-forwarded a bit too fast. They didn't need to pull out of this waiting every single time someone started talking. However, for some reason this direction was changed during the Island exam, as if they finally figured how to do dialogues and pacing correctly, but that wasn't enough.

  Portrayal - The Characters (8.5)

  Credit where it's due. At least there are no 'objectively' boring characters (with the sole exception of our NPC protagonist) this time, with the new appearance made up the whole portion of this season, not to mention so many new personalities. From Ichika stealing the show with the way she introduced herself, appearing to have this main heroine energy for the whole season, to Nanase's cruel backstory was well done. Even Fuka Kiryuuin stole the show despite only appearing for effectively ~12 minutes this whole season. The other main casts turn out to be as dazzling as ever, though Kiyotaka Ayanokouji... as usual, has never changed since the first time he entered ANHS so who knows at this point. Meh.

  Animation & Voices - The Actors & Visual (9)

  Okay, let's get a bit quicker since I decided to merge both categories just for this shitfest because it's getting a bit too boring. Yes, voices are great as usual but the animation should take more notice this time: Compared to other seasons, it's indubitably the best, especially given the way each character moved. Not robotic unlike previous seasons (except you are Kiyotaka Ayanokouji) with a little to barely non-existent animations. But in S4, even the hair movement was done properly. There was also this scene where Kushida and Sudou got startled over Suzune Horikita's new haircut for the sake of comedic effect. So yeah, overall it was good.

  Art Style - The Drawing (8)

  To be fair, many things could have been better, especially for the lighting and colour composition but meh, this is Lerche. What are you going to expect? They even managed to hide this lack of colour composition throughout lighting effects, especially during the fight scene between Kiyo and Housen, for example.

  Soundtracks - The Music (9)

  As usual, ZAQ never disappointed even when it's now put as the ED. It has peak symbolism with "Liar Veil" describing Kiyo's perpetual struggles against his father and of course, edgelord behaviors. But the OP was just all flashy and no actual significiance. While sure, "Monster" definitely is not a bad song at all (in-fact it is really decent) I wouldn't associate this OP with COTE especially when it failed to capture the essence of COTE. So, another petition to put ZAQ as OP for the next season. Anyway, apart from songs, the sound effects were really good as usual, or mostly it's expected especially during comedic scenes or action scenes. Though the most typical one was when Class A Arisu played...

  It just gives me chills as usual. So yeah, well done.

  Enjoyment - Spoilers vs Verdict (5)

  Yep, this is the section where I'm gonna full all out with details for Y2 then compared this to the anime, because the anime once again pulled the greatest asspull move of all-times with this one.

  First of all, let's talk about the first four episodes. While yes, there were suspense elements here and there not to mention mystery or perhaps... idk what ever, it failed to capture my interests at all. I was just here for hype and what ever bad about this show and I couldn't say it was that bad because first of all, Ichika's plan was well-explained despite the lack of details showed. Second, the WR student who wanted to expel Kiyo should've been obvious by the time you reached Episode 10 or so (not gonna spoil who but you just need a sharp mind), and Tsubaki's ahhh asspull masterplan wasn't well-explained and it almost went like "Yeah, let's just stop Ayanokouji by turning the whole generation into full brawling mode." No thought, mindless just a total asspull. Even Nagumo's plan wasn't well-explained. Was it to save his class or was it just to win? Idk, idk. I just know Koenji is gonna win it anyway no matter what.

  Alright, that's all and...

  I hope you enjoy reading this shit fest.

  8/10. I would never recommend even when it's S1.

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  aryanwatches

  85/100
  With small changes it could have been perfect

  Summary of S4
  there new first years entering ANHS.there is a special exam for certain first years,Ichika,Nanase,Yagami,Utomiya and Tsubaki they all have to expel Ayanokoji but one of the first years is from the white room.can Ayanokoji avoid getting expelled and getting sent to the white room?

  1. The good of COTE s4!!!!:)

  As a reader of the original light novel,classroom of the elite:year 2,I thought this season was the most accurate to the light novel,giving 4 episodes for each volume (1-4).The change of art style was bad for a lot of people but I thought it was a very nice change,making characters look more accurate to their light novels illustrations.The fights scenes were very well choreographed and animated (ep 4,12 and 16).The opening and ending songs were REALLY catchy and ZAQ returned once again to do the ending song this time.The voice acting fit really well with the new first years and I think Kiriyuen's introduction was nicely done and the setting was well planned out,in a park with roses covering pillars.

             2.    the bad :(

  there isn't much bad I felt like the lining was really bad it made some shots look incomplete or rushed,idk if it was a "artistic choice" but it didn't sit well with me,I hope for 5th season they change this problem.I feel like Ayanokoji getting a perfect score should have been more surprising for their classmates (ep 5) it felt unsettling that only a couple students in class to witness him getting a hundred,because Chabashira did say that no one got a 100 besides ayanokoji.ichika's hair colour had no shadows too it so it made it look weird or unfinished.

            4. New characters

  I feel like the new art style made characters look almost identical to their light novel counter part
  I think all the new characters voices were exactly what I would have imagined aside from Kiriyuen,since she has a kouenji-like vibe I thought her voice would be a little rough and not as high as she is in the anime,well I'm a dub watcher so it might have been different for sub.The trailer really threw me off when I saw Kiriyuen with her hair covering her eye.My personal favourite is Nanase and Ichika.

          3.  End card

  All In all this was a great season of classroom of the elite it was nice to have 16 eps unlike the usual 12,If you want the full experience I suggest reading the light novel or if you want to continuo from the end of s4 start with volume 5 of COTE year 2.If they made some minor changes I think this season would have been perfect,but it was still a enjoyable watch!!!!

  I'm also really excited for season 5 I hope it comes out some time next year but if the quality improves im willing to wait till 2028,the stakes will get way higher next semester...

  so I rate this a...

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