Classroom of the Elite season 2

Classroom of the Elite
Season 2
Logo of the second season
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	AT-X
Original release	July 4 (2022-07-04) – September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)
Season chronology

Classroom of the Elite is an anime television series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose. The second season was announced on February 21, 2022, with Lerche returning to animate the series. The season is directed by Yoshihito Nishōji, with Kishi and Hashimoto returning as chief directors, Hayato Kazano replacing Akashiro as the scriptwriter, and Morita as the character designer. Masaru Yokoyama and Kana Hashiguchi are composing the music, replacing Takahashi. The opening theme song is "Dance in the Game," performed by ZAQ, while the ending theme song is "Hito Shibai" (人芝居), performed by Mai Fuchigami. The season aired from July 4 to September 26, 2022.

Episodes

See also: List of Classroom of the Elite episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
13	1	"Remember to Keep a Clear Head in Difficult Times." Transliteration: "Kon'nan no Naka de Koso, Heiseina Kokoro o Tamotaneba Naranai." (Japanese: 困難の中でこそ、平静な心を保たねばならない。)	Masaru Kanamori, Sō Kendai	Hayato Kazano	Yoshihito Nishōji, Seiji Kishi	July 4, 2022 (2022-07-04)
Akane Tachibana reports the first year's first Special Test results to Manabu Horikita. Back on the cruise, Kiyotaka refuses to accompany Yosuke Hirata after mentioning Kei Karuizawa. The first years are informed of a second Special Test -- each student is to meet at a rendezvous point at a certain time. Including himself, Kiyotaka's rendezvous consists of Kei and classmates Hideo Sotomura and Teruhiko Yukimura. There, an instructor explains the Special Test. The students are split into eight groups of 14, with three students from Classes A and B and four from Classes C and D, and each group under the name of a planet. The test is three days long, and at 8:00 am on the first day, the school declares a member of the group a "VIP," and the group discusses who the VIP is twice a day. After 30 minutes of the final day, everyone but the VIP sends a guess to the school. There are four cases of the test. Case 1: if everyone but the VIP's classmates sends the correct answer, each student will receive 500,000 private points and the VIP an extra 500,000. Case 2: if at least one person -- excluding the VIP's classmates -- sends a wrong answer, the VIP receives 500,000 private points. The remaining two cases apply if the VIP is exposed before the end of the test. Case 3: if a student sends the correct answer, they will receive 500,000 private points, their class will earn 50 class points, and the testing period is over for the group. Additionally, if the VIP's classmate sends the correct answer, it will be deemed invalid, and the test will continue. Case 4: if a student sends a wrong answer, their class will lose 50 class points, the VIP will receive 500,000 private points, and their class will receive 50 class points, and the testing period is concluded. Additionally, if the VIP's classmate sends a wrong answer, it will be deemed invalid, and the test will continue. On the day of the exam, neither Kiyotaka nor Suzune are VIPs. They discuss the formalities of the test, when Class-C's Kakeru Ryuen inquires Suzune if she is a VIP and has the outcome of the first test. She denies both claims, and Ryuen threatens both her and Class-D. At the first discussion, Kiyotaka's Mars group does introductions. Afterwards, Class-B's Honami Ichinose suggests going for Case 1, and while everyone agrees, Koji Machida and his Class-A classmates abstain from all discussions. Machida explains that those will lead to a student identifying the VIP and betraying everyone else, thus resulting in Case 3. Honami rebuttals that Machida's approach ruins a student's chance for redemption and notes that Case 1 allows classes of an equal number of students to receive an extra 500,000 private points. After the discussion, Shiho Manabe and the Class-C girls from the Mars group approach Kei, claiming that she bullied one of their classmates--Rika, but Machida comes to her aid. During the second discussion, the group is at a deadlock, and Honami suggests just chatting and going with the flow for now. At the end of day 1, Kei breaks down for an unknown reason.
14	2	"There Are Two Main Human Sins from Which All the Others Derive: Impatience and Indolence." Transliteration: "Arayuru Tsumi no Minamoto Taru, Futatsu no Taizai ga Aru. Aseri to Taida da." (Japanese: あらゆる罪の源たる、ふたつの大罪がある。焦りと怠惰だ。)	Kentarō Iino	Hayato Kazano	Takahiro Tanaka	July 11, 2022 (2022-07-11)
Hirata receives information from someone that Kikyo Kushida is a VIP, which he tells to Yukimura and Kiyotaka. Rokusuke Koenji presumably discovers the true VIP, and as a result, the Jupiter group's test has ended. Suzune is upset that Koenji made a reckless move, and she and Kiyotaka decide to unite Class-D to get the most class points. To do that, they decide to use Kei as a primary player since she has a powerful presence amongst the Class-D girls. Still, Kiyotaka notes that Kei has been unusually passive compared to her normal arrogant attitude. Ryuen once again shows up and declares his intent to win the test. He convinced his classmates to give in their phones, so he will receive the results. He left after proposing that Classes B, C, and D should unite to take down Class-A, which Suzune refused. Elsewhere, Kei recovers from her breakdown and refers to herself a "parasite" as she is codependent on others. Kiyotaka and Kikyo find each other, and she leaves after abashedly hugging him. Chie Hoshinomiya, the Class-B teacher, asks Sae Chabashira, the Class-D teacher, how Kiyotaka became the leader as the Island test ended, to which Sae does not answer. Kiyotaka watches as Kei begs Hirata for protection from Shiho, to which he agrees but states that he and Kei aren't dating; she dumps him after he suggests that she should apologize to Shiho and her crew. Kiyotaka comes out and deduces Kei's real personality, and Hirata says that she agreed to be her boyfriend just for protection, given that she was severely bullied. Before the third discussion, Kei asks Kiyotaka if he is the VIP, saying no. After both discussions, the Mars group is still at a deadlock, but Kiyotaka and Yukimura notice that Shiho and her crew are eyeing down Kei. After the fourth discussion, the girls follow Kei, and the boys trail closely behind. Shiho and the girls confront Kei once again, and Kei implies she did bully Rika. Upon hearing that, the girls physically attack Kei and push her to tears, and while Yukimura tries to intervene, Kiyotaka stops him to continue observing the situation.
15	3	"The Greatest Souls Are Capable of the Greatest Vices as Well as of the Greatest Virtues." Transliteration: "Saikō no Tamashī wa, Kono Uenai Akutoku to Kyokugen no Bitoku o Hakki Dekiru." (Japanese: 最高の魂は、この上ない悪徳と極限の美徳を発揮できる。)	Takahiro Tanaka	Kō Shigenobu	Shinichiro Kimura, Takahiro Tanaka	July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18)
Yukimura and Kiyotaka finally intervene in the situation, but Kei chides them. On the third day, the Venus group's test has concluded; thinking that Class-C is trying to exploit the test, Kiyotaka sends an email to Shiho. Kei is lured to a secluded part of the ship when Shiho and her girls, along with their classmate Rika, show up. Shiho infers that Kei was bullied before, confirmed when Kei had a panic attack. Shiho coerces Rika into relentlessly slapping Kei while Kiyotaka watches-- revealing that his email to Shiho was about Kei. After the girls leave, Kiyotaka approaches the crying Kei and berates her current self. Kei talks about the experience of abuse. Kiyotaka finds a wound on her chest, upon seeing that he vows to protect her in exchange for working with him to unite Class-D to win the test. Afterwards, Kiyotaka goes to Sae to buy something with his points. Before the final discussion, Honami and Kiyotaka talk about reaching Class-A, despite being in different classes but affirms that it's possible to reach Class-A with 20,000,000 private points; Kiyotaka admits that he saw her allocated points from before. During the final discussion, Tetsuya Hamaguchi from Class-B proposes that everyone show their assignations to reach Case 1. Even with the risk of someone exposing the VIP first, everyone complies one by one until Yukimura hesitates to show the email, shocking everyone when he reveals that he is the VIP and implores everyone to protect his identity until the end of the test. Kiyotaka created a ploy by trading his and Yukimura's cellphones --meaning that Kiyotaka is the VIP, but Honami exposed it after calling the former's phone. Kei and Kiyotaka talk about the real ploy: after deducing that she's the VIP, he proposes that not only they had switch phones but also SIM Cards-- which he went to Sae for, and Kiyotaka trades Kei's phone to Yukimura. Honami reveals that she knew about the plan but decided not to expose it due to their alliance with Class-D. Class-C wins the test; Ryuen shows up and explains a Class-D student sold that Kikyo was one of the VIPs, and he leaves after threatening Suzune and Class-D.
16	4	"The Material Has to Be Created." Transliteration: "Jinzai wa Tsukuridasu Hitsuyō ga Aru." (Japanese: 人材は作り出す必要がある。)	Yūsuke Kamata	Hayato Kazano	Yūsuke Kamata	July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
The VIPs were chosen based on their name's position in the Hiragana scripture and the corresponding planet group of said VIP. Class-D talks about how Class-C is not fully united. The school will hold a 13-event Sports Festival with the theme of Team Red vs Team White -- Team Red consists of Classes A and D, and Team White consists of Classes B and C. The Sports Festival has several merits (the top three placements have a choice between 1,000 private points or bonuses on their written exam) and demerits (the bottom ten placements lose bonuses on their written exam), and classes can decide participants for the events. Kiyotaka and Suzune discuss that strict preparation separates the Sports Festival from the previous two special tests; Suzune wants to win by "unfair" methods, but Kiyotaka believes they can win by "normal" methods. Later, the class decides on choosing participants through skill or volunteering; Suzune suggests that they should pair stronger and weaker students to win the events, at the risk of the weaker students losing out on merits. Kei disagrees with Suzune's proposal. Kei refutes that personal choice for events is better and notes that Suzune looks down on everyone and can't unite the class with that attitude. Kei asks for Kikyo's opinion, who says to combine both ideas, and the class agrees. Kei and a few students are against Suzune's view, then Suzune gains the class' ire by calling them incompetent. Hirata reconciles by getting the class' votes on whose idea, and the majority chose Suzune's. Later, Kei and Kiyotaka discuss how he ordered her to refute Suzune's idea and get Kikyo's opinion; Kiyotaka predicts that there'll be a traitor amongst Class-D, then stops after Kei demands more. The class extensively trains for the Festival. After witnessing Suzune argue with a student, Kiyotaka wonders why she can't compromise; she believes that weaker people are to match the stronger people's rhythm to win. After a three-legged race, he surmises that she ignores her allies. Kiyotaka proposes that he, Suzune, and Kikyo go surveilling Team White, believing that Kikyo sold out her VIP information.
17	5	"Every Failure Is a Step to Success." Transliteration: "Subete no Shippai wa Seikō e no Katei ni Suginai." (Japanese: すべての失敗は成功への過程に過ぎない。)	Tarō Kubo, Hideki Takayama	Kō Shigenobu	Hiroshi Matsuzono	August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01)
Kiyotaka and Suzune speculate that Kikyo is betraying the class because she receives private points from other classes. The three of them go surveilling Team White, much to Kikyo's chagrin that Suzune is present. Suzune blatantly asks if Kikyo did sell her VIP information, to which Kikyo denies and asks to trust her. The Sports Festival begins. Ken Sudo motivates Class-D, while Arisu Sakayanagi of Class-A observes the Festival. When Koenji drops out, Sudo lowers the class morale. Team Red loses the "Topple the Pole" event when Ryuen beats down Sudo. Things get worse when Suzune gets injured after colliding with Class-C's Saki Kinoshita. After failing to convince Koenji to rejoin, Suzune wishes that she had Kikyo's natural charisma and admits she liked her at some point. Team White continues targeting Sudo and Suzune, continuing to lower the Class-D morale. Kei and Kiyotaka believe that the Class-D traitor leaked the participation list to Ryuen to target Sudo and Suzune. Kiyotaka continues that he never wanted the class to win the Festival and that doing nothing is best for now. Sudo is enraged at being targeted, so much so that he punches Hirata and leaves, drastically lowering class morale. Kiyotaka tells Suzune to be useful to convince Sudo to rejoin and use him as her personal "weapon," just as she is for Kiyotaka. During a short break, Kei and Hirata ask Kiyotaka who the traitor to which he does not answer and bluffs that it was Suzune's idea to submit the leaked list. Kikyo takes Suzune to the medical office, where Ryuen is waiting. He believes that Suzune injured Saki on purpose and demands 1 million private points or he will tell the school of the incident. Suzune thinks it is a bluff, but Ryuen demands the points and for Suzune to submit to him, to which he will wait for her answer at the end of the festival. After seeing her brother in the hallway, Suzune implores that she knows her incompetence and will not trouble him anymore. She affirms that she has one last thing to do for the festival.
18	6	"Adversity Is the First Path to Truth." Transliteration: "Gyakkyō wa Shinjitsu e to Itaru Saisho no Michisuji de Aru." (Japanese: 逆境は真実へと至る最初の道筋である。)	Sō Kendai, Hayato Kazano	Hayato Kazano	Toshihiko Masuda, Seiji Kishi	August 8, 2022 (2022-08-08)
Suzune tries to convince Sudo to rejoin but ends up scolding him after he refuses to. Sudo admits that he joined the Festival for attention and to get back at those talking bad about him. Suzune affirms that he must not give up and keep fighting, or he will be worthless and will await his return. Before the break ends, Kiyotaka confronts Kikyo about her being the traitor. She initially denies the accusation but poses a notion as to why Kiyotaka didn't change the list if he knew she leaked the participation list, which she deduces would've caused inter-class confusion. She finally reveals that she is the traitor for leaking the list and selling her VIP information to Ryuen for her desire to see Suzune and Kiyotaka expelled. Suzune tries to convince Sudo one more time, talking about how they are the same in seeking acknowledgment from others. She talks about how she has always been seeking acknowledgment from her brother, outcasting herself from others to reach it; after going through her experiences with Class-D, she realizes that she can't fight alone and needs allies, which Sudo gives in after being moved by her words. Sudo rejoins the Festival and apologizes for his actions earlier. Suzune and a male student drops out of the final event, so Kikyo and Kiyotaka step in for them. For the final event -- a relay race -- Manabu and Kiyotaka talk about the statuses and future of Class-D, and the latter indulges the former in a race to learn more about him. As soon as Kiyotaka receives his baton, the two laps all the runners and run at dead heat, leaving the school in awe. At the end of the festival, Class-D ends up coming in last but praises Kiyotaka for his performance. Suzune talks about how she has personally grown and affirms her belief in helping Class-D become strong, which shocks Kiyotaka. Suzune meets with Ryuen to give her answer with Kikyo present. Suzune confronts her about her being the traitor and remarks to drop the fake appearance; Kikyo obliges and then reveals her intention to expel Suzune by any means necessary and "remove" those who know her true personality. Ryuen reveals that he had Kikyo give the participation list and instructed Saki to hurt Suzune and pretend to be seriously injured. Suzune has been recording for her protection, to which Ryuen has been for his innocence should the matter reach the student council. Ryuen then receives an email from an anonymous user, a recording of him instructing Saki to injure Suzune. He praises the "mastermind" of Suzune and Class-D for anticipating everything, and he backs off for now.
19	7	"To Doubt Everything or to Believe Everything Are Two Equally Convenient Solutions; Both Dispense with the Necessity of Reflection." Transliteration: "Subete o Utagau Koto mo Subete o Shinjiru Koto mo Tomoni Ani de, Shikō o Hōki Suru ni Hitoshii." (Japanese: すべてを疑うこともすべてを信じることも共に安易で、思考を放棄するに等しい。)	Yasunori Gotō	Kō Shigenobu	Tomohiro Matsukawa, Yūsuke Kamata	August 15, 2022 (2022-08-15)
Manabu Horikita announces his resignation as the Student Council president. In his place will be Miyabi Nagumo from Class 2-A, who plans to change the school into a meritocracy. After the assembly, Kohei Katsuragi from 1-A advises Kiyotaka, Suzune, and Class-D to be wary of Ryuen. After he leaves, Maya Sato from 1-D bashfully asks Kiyotaka to exchange their numbers and implies she has a crush on him. Despite Class-D coming last for the Festival, none of the students were expelled, much to Chabashira's surprise and content. She then lets the class know about the next Special Test, which will serve as their final exam: Paper Shuffle. Two students will be paired up and must score above 60 points as a pair -- even if X student scores 0 and Y student scores 60 -- or both students will be expelled. The pairs will be determined through a mini-test, and there is a threshold for the total points from all subjects. Each class will make questions for the exam, which will be answered by one of the other three classes; the class that made the questions can request other classes to do the test, and there will be a lottery in the event of a double request. The requestee and the requestor will go head-to-head, and whichever class scores higher will steal 50 class points from the other. Cheating will result in immediate expulsion. Suzune and Kiyotaka suggest preparing the class for Paper Shuffle. Kei and Kiyotaka exchange emails about her witnessing Maya's confession; Kei, Hirata, and Sudo join Suzune and Kiyotaka to prep for the exam. Kikyo asks to join in, much to Kiyotaka's suspicion; he and Suzune plan to rejoin the others as they leave to prep, as she prepares to tell him about Kikyo's past. Suzune explains that she and Kikyo went to the same middle school. Sometime before graduation, an incident imploded a class and rumour had it that a single female student was the catalyst, whom Suzune believes is Kikyo. Kiyotaka suggests she gets Kikyo expelled, but Suzune believes she can make Kikyo an ally. Meanwhile, Ryuen threatens his class to flush out the spy assisting the "mastermind" of Class-D, who is revealed to be Shiho Manabe. Ryuen hypothesizes that the mastermind is Kiyotaka or Yukimura, based on their witnesses to Shiho bullying Kei. Kiyotaka and Suzune rejoin the others to devise a plan to have some students purposefully flunk the mini-test so that the highest scorers get paired with the lowest scorers to create an average threshold. Later that night, Kei and Kiyotaka have a conversation about the circumstances of Maya asking him out, and then he vows to protect Kei no matter what. The next day, the class agreed to Suzune's plan for the mini-test; Kiyotaka gets paired with Maya for Paper Shuffle.
20	8	"The Wound Is at Her Heart." Transliteration: "Mune no Soko de, Kizu wa Shizuka ni Ikite Iru." (Japanese: 胸の底で、傷は静かに生きている。)	Masaru Kanamori	Hayato Kazano	Hiroshi Matsuzono	August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22)
Kikyo reminisces her thoughts on the aftermath of the class implosion. Class-D will have study sessions for Paper Shuffle, with Kikyo and Suzune as overseers. Kikyo leaves the class as she receives an email. Yukimura offers to oversee a pair for Paper Shuffle -- Akito Miyake and Haruka Hasebe -- noting that unity and cooperation are necessary to win; Suzune asks Kiyotaka to join Yukimura's group to track progress. At Yukimura's study session, the students encourage Kiyotaka to stop holding back -- given his performance at the Festival. Kiyotaka advises preparing for any dirty tricks the classes make for the exam, noting that the school might have a system to mediate questions. Later that same day, Kiyotaka relays that information to Suzune as the two discuss keeping an eye on Kikyo by inviting him to oversee Suzune's group. Kiyotaka receives an email from Ryuen asking who's the mastermind of Class-D. At Suzune's study session, the kids tease Maya and Kiyotaka; afterwards, Suzune meets with Kikyo alone. The two make a bet for the Math exam of Paper Shuffle: if Suzune scores higher, Kikyo will stop messing with her; otherwise, if Kikyo wins, Suzune will get expelled. To acknowledge it as a real bet, Suzune gets her brother to witness the agreement. After he leaves, Kikyo senses that Kiyotaka is on a call with Suzune and asks him to meet with her. At the meetup, Kikyo adds another condition that if she wins, Kiyotaka will get expelled, to which he agrees; by agreeing, he wants to know about Kikyo's past to see why she is the way she is and get the whole picture, to which Kikyo complies. As a child, Kikyo was praised for being a top achiever, so much so that she craved praise and attention, which eventually stopped. She then decided to become the nicest, friendliest, and most caring person, so that others could rely on her and gain everyone's trust. This eventually took a toll on her mentally, despite continuing to put up a front. To combat her distress, she created a personal blog wherein she gossiped about her classmates. On that fateful day, her classmates found her blog and shunned her; tired of keeping up a front, she revealed every dirty secret of all her classmates, which eventually turned the class against themselves and imploded. She implies that she knows truths about some Class-D students, vital enough to ruin them. Getting praised and knowing the dirty truths about people thrills her enough to think about taking drastic measures: a monster created from the desire for recognition. She finishes her tirade by reminding Kiyotaka and Suzune about the conditions of the bet.
21	9	"If You Make a Mistake and Do Not Correct It, This Is Called a Mistake." Transliteration: "Ayamachi o Okashi Nagara, Sore o Aratamenai Koto o Koso, Shin no Ayamachi Toiu." (Japanese: 過ちを犯しながら、それを改めないことをこそ、真の過ちという。)	Yōhei Fukui, Takahiro Tanaka	Kō Shigenobu	Masaki Kitamura, Daisei Fukuoka	August 29, 2022 (2022-08-29)
Kikyo informs Ryuen of her bet with Kiyotaka and Suzune; in exchange for their expulsion, Kikyo will let Class-C win Paper Shuffle. Later, Ryuen intrudes on Kiyotaka's study session and vaguely asks about the email to fish out the Class-D mastermind. A Class-C student, Hiyori Shiina, notes that Kiyotaka and Yukimura have forgettable faces. Thus, she is not sure if they are the mastermind. Feeling comfortable with the study group, Haruka decides to make a friend group where they share their names with Akito, Kiyotaka, and Yukimura -- who asks to be called Keisei; Airi joins the group as well, dubbed the "Ayanokoji Group". That night, Kiyotaka calls Kei to play an important part for Paper Shuffle, which she agrees to do so, then sends a birthday wish to him. The next day, Suzune tracks the progress of everyone's study group. Kikyo reminds them to try their hardest, which Kei badly received. She calls out Kikyo for trying to motivate everyone and then not caring when someone fails; Kei then splashes a drink on her but then apologizes for the incident by offering her uniform. Sometime later, Kikyo volunteers to submit the test questions and asks Chabashira to discard any other copies from Class-D. Later, Kikyo gives the questions to Ryuen as per their deal. The test day comes. Hirata is happy that Kei is with Kiyotaka and would be even happier if they date. During the Math test, Kikyo is shocked to see the questions. After the test, Kikyo chides Ryuen for what happened, who lets her know that Suzune saw through it all. Suzune asked Chabashira to accept her and only her copy of the questions and discard anyone else's. Kikyo finds a cheat sheet on her uniform, meaning that Ryuen handed his class copy to the Class-D mastermind, betraying Kikyo. Much to her chagrin, Kikyo begrudgingly agrees to fulfill her side of the bet, but declares that she will sabotage Kiyotaka next. Ryuen would either give Class-D his class copy or change Kikyo's questions, to which he chose the latter; angry that Kiyotaka used him, he targets Kei to fish out Kiyotaka.
22	10	"People, Often Deceived by An Illusive Good, Desire Their Own Ruin." Transliteration: "Hitobito wa Tsuneni Sono Hametsu o Negatte Iru. Itsuwari no Zen ni Azamukareru ga Yue ni." (Japanese: 人々は常にその破滅を願っている。偽りの善に欺かれるがゆえに。)	Yūsuke Kamata	Kō Shigenobu	Masaki Kitamura, Hito Tadano, Yama Mamimu, Miki Sorakubo, Mai Sakamoto	September 5, 2022 (2022-09-05)
Every student passed Paper Shuffle. While witnessing Honami Ichinose and Arisu Sakayanagi hang out, the Ayanokoji group notes that everything about Honami is perfect, which they find unsettling; to take down Class-C, they decide to target Honami. A Class-C student follows Kei around. Later that night, Kei lets Kiyotaka know of the incident and also lets him know that a Class-A student was spying on their study sessions. The next day, many Class-D students are being provoked by Class-C; Suzune notes that Ryuen is doing this to exploit the mastermind and that he isn't buying into her being said mastermind. While returning Suzune's book to the library, Kiyotaka sees Hiyori from Class-C and the two talk about books they like despite being in rival classes. Afterwards, Kiyotaka is taken to a reception room where his father awaits, whom he has not seen in a year and a half. Mr. Ayanokoji begins by saying their butler committed suicide after getting fired for helping Kiyotaka apply for the school and escape his father. Kiyotaka left his family to search for his path and live independently, which his father disallowed; to take matters further, he wants Kiyotaka to sign the school withdrawal form and rejoin the White Room. Mr. Sakayanagi, the school's chairman and Arisu's father, chimes in that Kiyotaka was enrolled in the school on behalf of Mr. Sakayanagi's recommendation and that no one has the right to forcefully withdraw a student, upon which Mr. Ayanokoji backs off and allows Kiyotaka to stay for now. After the meeting, Kiyotaka chastises Ms. Chabashira for using him for her reasons to ascend to Class-A. Later that night, Kiyotaka apologizes to Kei for using her and that he'll stop his desire to climb Class-D to Class-A as he will leave that to Suzune and Hirata, and he caps off the conversation by saying that this will be their last time talking.
23	11	"A Man Who Cannot Command Himself Will Always Be a Slave." Transliteration: "Jibun Jishin o Gyosenai Mono wa, Itsumade mo Dorei no Mamada." (Japanese: 自分自身を御せない者は、いつまでも奴隷のままだ。)	Takahiro Tanaka, Ippei Ichii, Masaru Kanamori	Hayato Kazano	Masaki Kitamura, Yama Mamimu, Hito Tadano	September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12)
Kei recounts the conversation from the night before. Ryuen intrudes on Class-D; Koenji leaves class, with Ryuen and his men giving chase, making Class-D concerned. In the courtyard, Koenji is confronted by many Class-C students as Ryuen starts instigating by breaking Koenji's property. Arisu and some Class-A arrive to witness the altercation. Koenji infers that Ryuen is seeking the Class-D mastermind and defuses the situation by claiming that he has no interest in the inter-class war and will do whatever he wants. Ryuen subsides his aggravation, but Arisu gaslights him by teasing him, upon which, Ryuen goes to kick her, only for a Class-A student, Hashimoto, to defend her. As everyone leaves, Ryuen threatens Suzune and Class-D and declares his search for the mastermind is concluding. Ryuen reveals his plan to fish out the mastermind by using bait, the latter of which is shown to be Kei. Ryuen lures Kei to a construction site and then bounds her. He forces her to reveal the mastermind, or else he will expose her past bullying to destroy her friendship. Kei continues protecting Kiyotaka and persuades Ryuen to let her go because it shows his weakness in using others for his objective. Upon hearing that, Ryuen begins torturing her, but Kei keeps her composure, bluffing that there is no mastermind. Meanwhile, Kiyotaka agrees to go to karaoke with his friends. Ryuen continues the torture and then drags her to a light source.
24	12	"Force Without Wisdom Falls of Its Own Weight." Transliteration: "Shiryo naki Chikara wa Mizukara no Shitsuryō ni Yotte Kuzuresaru." (Japanese: 思慮なき力は自らの質量によって崩れ去る。)	Yūsuke Kamata, Masaru Kanamori, Masaki Kitamura, Kanae Komoda, Shin'ichirō Kitamura	Kō Shigenobu	Masaki Kitamura, Takehiko Matsumoto	September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)
Ryuen continues torturing Kei, saying that the mastermind abandoned her. He claims that the mastermind set Kei up during the Special Test on the ship, when she was lured to a secluded part wherein Shiho and Rika bullied her; Kei nearly gave in to revealing Kiyotaka, but keeps her composure, upon which Ryuen threatened to expose her past bullying, to which she accepts if it means helping Kiyotaka. Realizing something's wrong, Kiyotaka bails on the karaoke plan and instead goes to Ms. Chabashira, asking her to stop Ryuen from harming Kei for Class-D to advance; she agrees after Kiyotaka enlisted the help of Manabu to "eliminate" Ryuen in exchange for Suzune joining the student council. Kiyotaka arrives at the gymnasium to save Kei, revealing himself as the mastermind, much to everyone's surprise. Ryuen threatens to beat up Kiyotaka in the face of sheer violence and orders his underlings to do so. Kiyotaka dispatches Albert and Ishizaki, then proclaims that he was in control of the entire war, duping Ryuen into believing otherwise. Annoyed by his remarks, Mio attacks Kiyotaka, but he easily knocks her out. Ryuen and Kiyotaka engage in an all-out brawl as the two taunt each other as to who will win; Kiyotaka confidently proclaims that he will win, while Ryuen's whole philosophy lies on the concept that violence is true power. Kiyotaka retaliates that he's numb to pain. When gaining the upper hand, he violently beats Ryuen's face and claims he is emotionless and mundane, driving fear and confusion into Ryuen as he loses the fight. Kiyotaka goes to comfort a scared Kei and reassures her that he will come to save her no matter what as she cries in his arms.
25	13	"The Worst Enemy You Can Meet Will Always Be Yourself." Transliteration: "Anata ga Deau Saiaku no Teki wa, Tsuneni Anata Jishin da." (Japanese: あなたが出会う最悪の敵は、常にあなた自身だ。)	Hiroyuki Hashimoto	Hayato Kazano	Daisei Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hashimoto	September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)
After losing to Kiyotaka, Ryuen rethinks his decisions, which Mio is displeased with, given that he became docile. Kei is shocked that her feelings for Kiyotaka have grown stronger. Maya tells Kei that she is confessing to Kiyotaka in two days, on Christmas day, much to the latter's confusion, given her feelings for him; her confusion is further proven after he calls about things to know about Maya later that night. The next day, Kiyotaka lets Suzune know that her brother wishes for her to join the student council and believes it will benefit her later. Later that same day, Kiyotaka and Ryuen meet and the two talk about how the former saved the latter by Class-D taking part in the responsibility for the gymnasium incident. Kiyotaka will continue to observe Class-D's process to ascension and reveals his prediction of Class-D reaching Class-C and then getting demoted due to his intention to expel Kikyo the following term. On Christmas day, Kiyotaka and Maya meet, with Kei and Hirata accompanying them as a double date. The four watch a movie and then go for lunch; after Kei and Hirata leave, Maya confesses to Kiyotaka, and he turns her down due to never having romantic feelings for anyone. A dejected Maya walks away as Kei witnesses the rejection and asks if he views everyone as tools for his benefit, to which he neither confirms nor denies it. Kei gives him a present, to which Kiyotaka reciprocates by giving her cold medicine; as the two head back, he calls her by her given name for the first time and ponders how she is a good pawn but whether he will stop thinking of others as such. As Kei and Kiyotaka part, Arisu follows him and reveals that she knows him through the White Room and her intention to take him down, to which he asks if she can do so, thus declaring a potential war.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Classroom of the Elite (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia