Kodoani.com – Magazine Monthly Comic Alive The February issue of Kadokawa revealed that the manga is adapted from a light novel Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e 2-nen Sei Hen) by Syougo Kinugasa will launch a new series in the magazine. Manga series titled Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 2nd Stage (Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e 2-nen Sei Hen 2nd Stage) will launch with the March issue on January 27.
The magazine also published the final chapter of the first Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 manga in the same issue. Xia Sasane drew the first manga, while Hachi Komada will take over the new series Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 2nd Stage. Kadokawa will publish the fourth volume of the Sasane manga on January 22.
Story Summary
Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 is a sequel to Syougo Kinugasa's Classroom of the Elite light novel series. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the novel to be published in English and summarizes the story as follows:
Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced High School are given considerable freedom – if they can win, trade or save enough points to advance! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka starts at the bottom of Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who is determined to rise to Class A. Who can beat the system in a school where fierce competition is the name of the game? The second year of this stunning feature film begins now!
Novel Year 2 ended with episode 12.5 on November 25.
Anime Information
The fourth season of the Classroom of the Elite anime will revolve around the first semester of the Year 2 light novel.
The anime's first season premiered in July 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series, and Funimation provided the English dub. The second and third seasons adapt the original story's entire freshman plot. Season two premieres in July 2022.
Kadokawa published the first volume of the original light novel series in May 2015. Seven Seas is publishing the novel series and manga adaptation in English.
