Classroom of the Elite (Japanese: ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ, Hepburn: Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e, lit. “Welcome to the Classroom of the Supreme Ability Doctrine”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomos. A manga adaptation by Yuyu Ichino began its serialization in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive on January.

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokoji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kiky? Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.