# Classroom of the Elite season 3

Classroom of the Elite is an anime television series based on the light novel series of the same name written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose. The third season of the series was announced in March 2022, with Lerche returning to produce from the previous two seasons. The season is directed by Yoshihito Nishōji, with Kishi and Hashimoto returning as chief directors, and Morita as the character designer. Yasushi Shigenobu and Hayato Kazano served as screenwriters. Masaru Yokoyama and Kana Hashiguchi are composing the music. The season was adapted from the remaining volumes of the first-year arc, and was scheduled to be released in 2023, but was delayed to January 2024. The third season aired from January 3 to March 27, 2024. The opening theme song is "Minor Piece", performed by ZAQ, while the ending theme is "Konsei Dai Kakumei" (今世大革命, "The Great Revolution of this World"), and FIXER, performed by Yui Ninomiya.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
| 26 | 1 | "The Strongest Principle of Growth Lies in the Human Choice." Transliteration: "Nanika o Erabu Koto Koso ga, Seichō no Saidai no Kate to Naru." (Japanese: 何かを選ぶことこそが、成長の最大の糧となる。) | Masaru Kanamori | Yasushi Shigenobu | Yoshiaki Okumura, Masaki Kitamura | January 3, 2024 (2024-01-03) |
| On a field trip to the mixed training camp for the third semester, Ryūen's group move to Class D for demotion, and Ayanokōji's group on Class C for promotion. Nagumo replaces Manabu as the school council president. While all students are staying separately at the inn, they take miscellaneous activities. Haruki Yamauchi inadvertently trips Arisu on the walking stick, before she leaves him. That night, Karuizawa tells Ayanokōji that he left a note for her. Ayanokōji meets the student council vice president Ikuto Kiriyama, whom Manabu is accompanying. |||||||
| 27 | 2 | "Man Is Wolf to Man." Transliteration: "Hito ni Totte, Hoka no Ningen wa Dōmōna Ōkami no Yōna Monoda." (Japanese: 人にとって、他の人間は獰猛な狼のようなものだ。) | Susumu Yamamoto | Yasushi Shigenobu | Yusuke Saito, Yuichi Itou | January 10, 2024 (2024-01-10) |
| Ayanokōji returns the amulet to Nazuna Asahina when she inadvertently drops it. After the discussion, Ayanokōji discovers Manabu, Nagumo and Ryūen conversing about the plan. After the fourth test for the marathon, Nagumo and Momoko Ikari put the blame on Akane for not helping the group, but Manabu sacrifices the points to save Akane from expulsion. Some time later, Ayanokōji and Karuizawa discuss about Nagumo and Akane. |||||||
| 28 | 3 | "We Never Forget What We Endeavor to Forget." Transliteration: "Wasuretai Koto Hodo, Wasureru Koto wa Dekinai." (Japanese: 忘れたいことほど、忘れることはできない。) | Yuki Nagasawa | Ukyō Kodachi | Yusuke Saito, Shūichirō Semura | January 17, 2024 (2024-01-17) |
| After all students and teachers return to school near Tokyo, Arisu discusses with Nagumo. Ayanokōji and Suzune discuss the truth about Hirata and Karuizawa ending their relationship. Yamauchi leaves the class and follows Arisu visiting the rest of all Class C students. After spending time with Mei-Yu Wang, Hiyori Shiina, Suzune and Ichinose, Ayanokōji receives a phone call from an unknown person. The next day, Ichinose receives a note about her past, and Ayanokōji learns from Masumi Kamuro that she has been in trouble for shoplifting before Arisu followed her. Ayanokōji receives a phone call from Manabu, and he tells him that Kushida has made contact with Nagumo. |||||||
| 29 | 4 | "To Work You Have the Right, But Not to the Fruits Thereof." Transliteration: "Anata ni Dekiru no wa Jibun no Mokuteki no Tame ni Kōdō Suru Koto Made de, Sono Kekka o Nozomu yō ni Suru Koto wa Dekinai." (Japanese: あなたにできるのは自分の目的のために行動することまでで、その結果を望むようにすることはできない。) | Hideki Tonokatsu | Kyōko Katsuya | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24) |
| On Valentine's Day, all students buy, receive and trade packages of chocolate as gifts. Masayoshi Hashimoto eavesdrop on Ayanokōji and Karuizawa spending time together near the library. Ayanokōji receives a contact from Hashimoto, and delivers a package to Ichinose, while she catches a cold. The next day, all students receive the following messages about misinformation: Ayanokōji and Karuizawa are in a relationship, Ryotaro Hondo has been dating with girls, Satsuki Shinohara being a prostitute, and Maya Sato disliking Kayano Onodera. Yamauchi allegedly attempts to recommend the evidence for the students of Class C. |||||||
| 30 | 5 | "Fortune Favors the Bold." Transliteration: "Unmei wa Yūkiaru Mono wo Tasukeru." (Japanese: 運命は勇気ある者を助ける。) | Masaru Kanemori | Ukyō Kodachi | Haruki Nekusu | January 31, 2024 (2024-01-31) |
| The students argue about false rumors. Ike informs all students of Class C about Arisu's group of Class A visiting the students of Class B. Ichinose reveals the truth that she was a shoplifter four years ago, while living with her mother and sister. Ichinose visited her mother at the hospital. After failing to get any part time jobs, Ichinose stole a hairpin as a birthday gift requested by her sister. However, Ichinose got berated by her mother and they returned the hairpin to the store. She spent six months rebuking herself and read an encouragement note from her mother. Determined to restore her trust to her family, Ichinose arrived at the high school and started studying there. The students of Class B plan to save Ichinose from expulsion. After a meeting with Arisu, Ayanokōji tells Kushida that he had a discussion with Kiriyama about Nagumo. The next day, Ichinose receives a gift from Ayanokōji. |||||||
| 31 | 6 | "It Is Better to Receive an Injury than to Inflict One." Transliteration: "Aku wo Okonau Yori mo, Sono Aku ni Kizutsuke Rareru Hou ga Ii." (Japanese: 悪を行うよりも、その悪に傷つけられる方が良い。) | Takuma Suzuki | Kyōko Katsuya | Yusuke Saito, Shūichirō Semura | February 7, 2024 (2024-02-07) |
| Chabashira announces a special exam to all students of Class C about class poll: In four days, a student can evaluate other classmates, and vote for three most of deserving praise or criticism. The student with positive votes will receive a protection point. Before any student will be expelled from school, he or she must reverse a decision. The lowest scoring student with negative votes will be expelled. The goal of the exam determines for any students between negative or positive votes. Any student with the protection point cannot be transferred to another one. The expulsion does not have a penalty. The voting will be repeated until a failed student gets expelled from the school. A positive vote from the student outside of class can be added, but it does not control the outcome. The school will overturn the expulsion if the student spends 200,000 private points. None of the students can abstain or vote anonymously more than once. The vote will held for four days. After class, Suzune talks to Ryūen, and Ayanokōji discusses with Karuizawa about the upcoming exam leading to the expulsion of a single student with negative votes. The next day, Ayanokōji consults with Arisu, and Ichinose talks to Nagumo, while hoping to stay at school with Class B. |||||||
| 32 | 7 | "People Will Do Anything, No Matter How Absurd, In Order to Avoid Facing Their Own Souls." Transliteration: "Hito wa Mizukara no Honshitsu to Mukiau no o Yokeru Tamenara, Don'na Orokana Okonai Nimote o Somete Shimau." (Japanese: 人は自らの本質と向き合うのを避けるためなら、 どんな愚かな行いにも手を染めてしまう。) | Nana Fujiwara | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14) |
| After spending time with other students, Ayanokōji talks to Hirata, Ichinose, Karuizawa and Kushida about the voting exam. The next day, Suzune consults with Manabu on the school roof. Before the supplemental exam can occur tomorrow, Suzune deduces the truth that Yamauchi is the real culprit. |||||||
| 33 | 8 | "Those Who Cannot Remember the Past are Condemned to Repeat It." Transliteration: "Kako o Kaeriminu Mono wa Sore o Kurikaeshi, Sabakareru." (Japanese: 過去を顧みぬ者はそれを繰り返し、裁かれる。) | Takuma Suzuki | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hirokazu Hisayuki, Yuusuke Saito | February 21, 2024 (2024-02-21) |
| Before the Special Exam, Horikita gave a speech on why voting Yamauchi was the best plan for the class going forward. Before the results are revealed, Yamauchi stands up and tells the class that he will not be expelled. He reveals that Class A will give him positive votes, so the number of negative votes that Class C gives will be negated. Then Shiho Manabe, Yahiko Totsuka and Yamauchi suffer a nervous breakdown and are expelled from the school after receiving negative votes for Class A, C, and D. Ayanokōji is also revealed to be the highest-voted student in the Special Exam. However, Class B does not expel Ichinose. A few days before the expulsion occurred, Ayanokōji gave advice for Ishizaki and Mio to save Ryūen and Ichinose. After Ryūen confirms the final results at the end of the day, Ayanokōji receives a message from Arisu. |||||||
| 34 | 9 | "Extreme Justice Is Extreme Injustice." Transliteration: "Saikō no hō wa, Saidai no Fusei o Umidasu." (Japanese: 最高の法は、最大の不正を生み出す。) | Haruki Nekusu | Ukyō Kodachi | Haruki Nekusu | February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28) |
| Ayanokōji and Arisu meet up with the school chairman Tsukishiro. Tsukishiro tells Ayanokōji to leave the school, but he does not comply. Ayanokōji asks Arisu to have a battle for the next exam. The next day, Chabashira discusses with the students of Class C about twenty events: They cannot take duplicated ones, and neither using equipment, class sizes or time of year. The school staff provides questions and the rules will be for a student to continue for the draw during the event. For each round, the school randomly selects the proposing event. No student can join for the second time, until the previous one finishes the first one. The leading student may not complete in events, but can interfere in any of them and win bonus points if the class wins. However, the leader will be expelled if the class loses. After school, the leader can select an opponent class by lottery. Ayanokōji becomes one of the school leaders for the event, alongside Arisu, Ichinose and Satoru Kaneda. When Hirata breaks down and leaves the classroom, Ayanokōji talks to Karuizawa about the event for students in each group chosen by their leaders, then accompanying Manabu and Akane. The students prep for the upcoming school event. |||||||
| 35 | 10 | "The First Cause of Absurd Conclusions I Ascribe to the Want of Method." Transliteration: "Fujōrina Ketsuron ni Itaru Daiichi no Gen'in wa, Kaiketsu no Shudan ga Fusoku Shite Iru Kotoda." (Japanese: 不条理な結論に至る第一の原因は、 解決の手段が不足していることだ。) | Yuki Nagasawa | Kyōko Katsuya | Hiroyuki Shimazu | March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06) |
| While Hirata gets isolated from all students, Yukimura tells Ayanokōji and Suzune about the condition that the students will spend 20 million points in order to move to Class A and have Katsuragi get demoted to Class C. However, Katsuragi refuses but only if he agrees after the event. Mei and Kōenji fail to persuade Hirata, but Ayanokōji asks him to overcome his negative emotion. Hirata tells Ayanokōji that his close friend had a suicide attempt and was sent to the hospital. Ayanokōji replies to Hirata that he made Yamauchi expelled from school. Hirata reconciles with the students of Class C, while Ayanokōji and Suzune play an online game of chess. The next day on the final special exam, Ryūen talks to Ayanokōji, Arisu and Ichinose. |||||||
| 36 | 11 | "There Is Only One Rule in Love: Bring Happiness to Those You Love." Transliteration: "Ai ni wa Tatta Hitotsu no Kimari Shika Nai. Sore wa Aisuru Mono o Kōfuku ni Michibiku Kotoda." (Japanese: 愛にはたったひとつの決まりしかない。それは愛する者を幸福に導くことだ。) | Masaru Kanamori | Yasushi Shigenobu | Goichi Iwahata, Hiroyuki Shimazu, Hiromitsu Kanazawa, Hideki Okamoto | March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13) |
| In a past flashback, Arisu watches Ayanokōji winning the game of chess. Back in the present day, Ayanokōji and Arisu compete while selecting separated students on each events. Sudo wins the basketball game, other students compete on other tests, Katsuragi and Emi Tamiya defeat Kōenji and Chiaki Matsushita in Mental Arithmetic, and Hashimoto defeats Suzune in the game of chess. After the final exam ended, Tsukishiro reveals the truth that he has interfered it, causing Ayanokōji to forfeit with the protection point and Arisu wins the exam. Ayanokōji accompanies Arisu and discuss about the exam. |||||||
| 37 | 12 | "Change Your Desires Rather than the Order of the World." Transliteration: "Yokubō no Tame ni Sekai o Kaeru Node wa Naku, Mazu Onore o Kae yo." (Japanese: 欲望のために世界を変えるのではなく、まず己を変えよ。) | Masaru Kanamori, Yuuki Nagasawa | Kyōko Katsuya | Yusuke Saito | March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20) |
| After Manabu tells the students and staff at the graduation ceremony that on his last day that he will leave the school, Chabashira tells the students of Class C that they have succeeded the test. Ayanokōji recalls his memory about calling Arisu's father on the phone. Ayanokōji attends the meeting with Arisu, Chabashira and Tomonari Mashima. After the celebration party, Suzune cuts her hair short and impresses Manabu, before parting ways. |||||||
| 38 | 13 | "Love Is the Best Teacher." Transliteration: "Ai wa Mottomo Yoi Kyōshide Aru." (Japanese: 愛は最も良い教師である。) | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27) |
| While the rest of all students spend their time off from studying at school, Ichinose promises Ayanokōji that she will reach Class A someday. After telling Tsukishiro that he will not return to the White Room, Ayanokōji talks to Matsushita in person and Suzune on the phone. Some time later, Ayanokōji asks Karuizawa to go on a date. |||||||