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The Worst Episodes of Classroom of the Elite

Every episode of Classroom of the Elite ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Classroom of the Elite!

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has just enrolled at Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Senior High School, where it's said that 100% of students go on to college or find...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred." is the worst rated episode of "Classroom of the Elite". It scored 6.4/10 based on 546 votes. Directed by Yoshinari Suzuki and written by Aoi Akashiro, it aired on 8/23/2017. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence.".

  • Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
    6.4/10546 votes
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    #1 - Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/23/2017

    Even during summer vacation, lone wolf Horikita would rather remain locked in her room studying than interacting with others. One day, Ayanokouji invites her to visit the pool with some of the others.

    Director: Yoshinari Suzuki

    Writer: Aoi Akashiro

  • There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence.
    6.9/10533 votes
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    #2 - There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence.

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2022

    With Day 1 of the "thinking" test over, Ayanokoji is talking to Hirata and the others about a way to break out of the stalemate when he receives a message on his phone from an irritated Horikita. Meanwhile, noticing something strange about Karuizawa's behavior, he seeks information from Horikita, but...

    Director: Kentaro Iino

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
    7.0/10524 votes
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    #3 - We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2017

    Classrooms analyze their and others test results. Points distribution is late. Three students from 1-C reported Sudo for attacking them.

    Director: Yohei Fukui

    Writer: Aoi Akashiro

  • Every man has in himself the most dangerous traitor of all.
    7.1/10507 votes
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    #4 - Every man has in himself the most dangerous traitor of all.

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2017

    Class D has achieved a degree of unity in facing the special test, so Ayanokouji and Horikita head out to see how the other classes are getting along. Class B is working together to make a comfortable life for themselves, while Class A remains secretive.

    Director: Yohei Fukui

    Writer: Ohine Ezaki

  • Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.
    7.1/10548 votes
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    #5 - Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2022

    With the island test over, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and the others are enjoying their summer vacation on a luxury liner. Suddenly, they're interrupted by a new special test. Ayanokoji is called into the same room as Karuizawa Kei and others, where they learn that this test isn't strictly along class lines...

    Director: Masaru Kanamori, Song Hyeon-dae

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
    7.2/10508 votes
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    #6 - Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/30/2017

    All students go to the cruise. Chabashira informs Kiyotaka that somebody requested his expulsion. If he don't help others to promote to A class she will use first opportunity to expel him.

    Director: Yusuke Kamata

    Writer: Ohine Ezaki

  • The material has to be created.
    7.2/10488 votes
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    #7 - The material has to be created.

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/2022

    At the start of the second term, preparations for the sports festival begin. The students are nervous about the fact that performance in the events will affect their written tests, and even more pressure is added by the unique team breakdowns and freedom given to the students to decide who takes part in what event.

    Director: Yusuke Kamata

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • Every failure is a step to success.
    7.2/10495 votes
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    #8 - Every failure is a step to success.

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/2022

    Ayanokoji brings Kushida, whom he suspects of being a traitor, to observe the other classes alongside Horikita. When the day of the festival arrives, Team Red pulls into the lead with great performances by Horikita and Sudo, but Ayanokoji merely watches with disinterest...

    Director: Taro Kubo, Hideki Takayama

    Writer: Kou Shigenobu

  • What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness.
    7.3/10631 votes
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    #9 - What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness.

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2017

    Melancholy, unmotivated Kiyotaka Ayanokouji attends his first day at Tokyo Metropoiltan Advanced Nurturing High School, a government-established institution for training a generation of Japan's best and brightest. In this school, it is said, everything is decided based on merit, which includes the generous monthly "point" allowance students can spend at local shops. As Ayanokouji begins navigating this system, he also nurtures curious relationships with aloof fellow outsider Suzune Horikita and the terminally gregarious Kikyou Kushida.

    Director: Yuu Kinome

    Writer: Aoi Akashiro

  • It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.
    7.3/10557 votes
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    #10 - It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2017

    1-D learn more about point system. They need to change their habits if they want to score some. But few students don't want to change even if they are facing expulsion.

    Director: Yoshinari Suzuki

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • Hell is other people.
    7.3/10519 votes
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    #11 - Hell is other people.

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2017

    Kiyotaka and Kushida go with Sakura to he mall where Sakura will try to repair her camera. After that Kiyotaka talk to Sakura about Sado's situation and should she talk about what she saw.

    Director: Yoshifumi Sasahara

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • Man is condemned to be free.
    7.3/10501 votes
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    #12 - Man is condemned to be free.

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2017

    As part of a special test, the school has brought the students to an uninhabited tropical island where they must now live for a week. Their performance on the test can have an enormous impact on the point standings of the four classes.

    Director: Yoshihide Yuuzumi

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
    7.4/10454 votes
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    #13 - The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2024

    Ayanokoji's class embarks on their first trial as the ascended Class C, the mixed training camp.

    Director: Masaru Kanamori

    Writer: Kou Shigenobu

  • Man never forgets what he wants to forget.
    7.4/10354 votes
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    #14 - Man never forgets what he wants to forget.

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2024

    While Class C are discussing Karuizawa and Hirata's break up Yamauchi is approached by Sakayanagi from Class A. Horikita warns that it's a trap, but Yamauchi pays it no heed. Meanwhile, Horikita tells Ayanokoji that rumors are swirling around Ichinose.

    Director: Yuki Nagasawa

    Writer: Ukyo Kodachi

  • Man is wolf to man.
    7.5/10376 votes
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    #15 - Man is wolf to man.

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2024

    Yukimura injures his leg while the group is training for the upcoming tests. He later devises a plan for how the group should handle the marathon and then the day of the four tests arrives.

    Director: Tatsu Yamamoto

    Writer: Kou Shigenobu

  • To work you have the right, but not to the fruits thereof.
    7.5/10316 votes
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    #16 - To work you have the right, but not to the fruits thereof.

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2024

    It's Valentine's Day and the boys of Class C are excited about whether or not they will receive chocolates. Meanwhile, Karuizawa seems uneasy over Ayanokoji's request to meet up and while doing so an unexpected person appears...

    Director: Hideki Tonokatsu

    Writer: Kyōko Katsuya

  • It is better to receive an injury than to inflict one.
    7.5/10315 votes
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    #17 - It is better to receive an injury than to inflict one.

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2024

    Everyone in Class C has passed their year-end exam. While relief flows through the classroom, Chabashira announces a special exam. It will be a class vote to choose three people worthy of praise and three worthy of censure.

    Director: Takuma Suzuki

    Writer: Kyōko Katsuya

  • To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
    7.6/10481 votes
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    #18 - To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/15/2022

    Class D prepares to face their next major challenge, a test called "Paper Shuffle" where the price of failure is expulsion.

    Director: Yasunori Goto

    Writer: Kou Shigenobu

  • There are two kinds of lies; one concerns an accomplished fact, the other concerns a future duty.
    7.7/10530 votes
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    #19 - There are two kinds of lies; one concerns an accomplished fact, the other concerns a future duty.

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2017

    Sakura received some weird messages on her portal, than some pictures of herself. Kiyotaka and Suzune are trying to find evidence that would set Sudo free.

    Director: Fumio Itou

    Writer: Ohine Ezaki

  • What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
    7.7/10538 votes
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    #20 - What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/2017

    With the panty thief incident already eroding Class D's trust, Horikita finds her leader key card stolen. While they try to figure out who did it, the base camp is thrown into chaos with a new incident of arson.

    Director: Takahiro Majima

    Writer: Hayato Kazano

  • Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
    7.7/10307 votes
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    #21 - Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2024

    The class vote has seen the first student expelled from Class C. Sakayanagi meets up with Ayanokoji and they're approached by a man named Tsukishiro sent by Ayanokoji's father. Afterward Ayanokoji challenges Sakayanagi to compete on their next exam.

    Director: Haruki Nekun

    Writer: Ukyo Kodachi

  • Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
    7.8/10581 votes
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    #22 - Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2017

    Kiyotaka explains to Suzune what he did last three days before test. And why everybody get such good scores on tests. But Sudo failed tests anyway and is going to be expelled.

    Director: Yusuke Kamata

    Writer: Ohine Ezaki

  • Change your desires rather than the order of the world.
    7.8/10286 votes
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    #23 - Change your desires rather than the order of the world.

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2024

    The class narrowly lost to Class A in the final exam, and were demoted back to Class D. However, the students showed growth throughout the year. Horikita, in particular, having grown as leader requests to dissolve the alliance with Class B.

    Director: Masaru Kanamori, Yuki Nagasawa

    Writer: Kyōko Katsuya

  • The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
    8.0/10580 votes
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    #24 - The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2022

    Karuizawa is pushed to her breaking point by the girls of Class C. Ayanokoji watches impassively, but Yukimura flies to her aid, unable to bear it. Noticing Karuizawa's abnormal levels of fear, Ayanokoji seems to get an idea...

    Director: Takahiro Tanaka

    Writer: Kou Shigenobu

  • The wound is at her heart.
    8.0/10515 votes
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    #25 - The wound is at her heart.

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2022

    Horikita decides to use Paper Shuffle to settle matters with Kushida, and Ayanokoji finds himself caught in the middle.

    Director: Masaru Kanamori

    Writer: Hayato Kazano