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Classroom of the Elite Season 2

Name: Classroom of the Elite Season 2 review: BollyAI verdict
Item: Classroom of the Elite Season 2
Rating: 8.1
Author: BollyAI

Classroom of the Elite Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 8.1/10. 13 episodes on Crunchyroll from 4 July 2022.

WORTH-IT

BollyMeter8.1/10Season 2 raised the MAL score trajectory to approximately 8.1, with fans crediting deeper Class D rivalry arcs and a more confident directorial hand from Lerche after the five-year gap.

Updated 16 June 2026

What BollyAI Thinks

Five years after Season 1's cliffhanger, Season 2 arrived in July 2022 and immediately satisfied the fanbase that had consumed the light novels in the interim. Lerche doubled down on the series' cold intelligence - extended classroom showdowns, layered class rivalries, and Ayanokoji's escalating shadow plays rewarded patient viewers. MAL community ratings climbed relative to Season 1, reflecting the adaptation's improved confidence in trusting audience investment. The season's thirteen episodes prioritised cumulative payoff over episodic accessibility, which divided newer viewers but cemented the franchise's standing among psychological anime aficionados. The series' Anime-Planet page accumulated reviews citing Season 2 as the point the adaptation stopped feeling provisional.

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The Room

7.7/10IMDb (series-level) audience

Season Over Season

A substantial improvement over Season 1 - the five-year gap allowed Lerche to sharpen the adaptation, and the deeper character rivalries made the psychological games feel genuinely consequential rather than merely clever.