Classroom of the Elite Year 1 Official Guidebook Reveals Cover, Details and Release Date
Classroom of the Elite Year 1 Official Guidebook has been announced, sharing the cover, details about the content, and its release date. The book will be a guide for the first year, and it will introduce over 120 characters in total, including first-year leaders and classmates, as well as the second- and third-year seniors and faculty members. It will release on November 25, the same day as the final Year 2 volume.
Besides following the story of Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and his days at the Advanced Nurturing High School, this guide will also offer a detailed explanation of the special exams, including everything from the rules to the results in the battle for class points. There will also be color pages summarizing the class point progressions and annual events for each class.
Another feature will be the short stories which were previously exclusive and given as special bonuses. Some of the confirmed ones include The First Phone Call and Honami Ichinose’s Spring Vacation: The Final Day.
Shogo Kinugasa writes the Classroom of the Elite light novels, which feature illustrations by Shunsaku Tomose. The original novel was published from May 2015 to September 2019, while, the Classroom of the Elite Year 2 began in January 2020 and will end on November 25, 2024. There is an ongoing manga adaptation of Year 1 by Yuyu Ichino, while Shia Sasane draws the manga adaptation of the Year 2 sequel. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novel and manga adaptations in English.
The anime adaptation by Lerche has released 3 seasons between 2017 and March 2024. Season 4 is currently in production, with the studio not yet confirmed. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
The story follows the genius Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who enrolled at a prestigious highschool that has a 100% rate of its students going on to become successful. He aims to be as average as possible in the problematic Class 1-D, which is full of the school’s problem children. However, that’s not going to go as he planned, as his talents slowly become noticed and his history will not leave him alone.
Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)
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