ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 4th Season 2年生編1学期

Idk if its the lack of presence with a CAD or not, but 2 episodes in a row showed a tremendous amount of quality when it comes to pacing and changed but unique scenes were quite well made. Even when you know there's few parts of scenes were missing but the anime really made it digestible and keeping the necessary details intact which is not bad. From ichika's reveal to Koji's expressive remarks, Ibuki's scene, and imo the dialogues is not too rushed but not dragging either, just the right amount. Out of all the episodes that started the volume in S4, this has to be my favorite ones.

if you think the plot is stagnant then your clearly didnt listen nor understand anything they said that episode. Ichika revealed so much WR info to Anime onlys, with tonnes of other new openings to what arisu and ayanokoji are plotting and what the other side characters are doing on the island. sorry there was no action this week, because of course no action = stagnant. sorry for poor spelling dyslexia cooking me

I liked Amasawa walking in a circle around her Senpai, but I pictured them waay closer together~ It's weird that the subtitles call it the "fourth class " instead of "fourth generation ", as if the White Room is s regular classroom, it has less aura. Too bad they didn't adapt these Kiyotaka's thoughts, I think they're pretty important to understand what he's planning/thinking, and something to look forward to in future episodes: After Amasawa's last line : Don’t get crushed without her permission? Who exactly was she implying that I would get crushed by? Tsukishiro? The students who were after the twenty million Private Points? Or perhaps… After school's announcement about suspension due to rain : As for me, I could hardly call this suspension a blessing in disguise, even if I was being generous. I had been planning to bring my A-game in the second half of the exam so I could outscore the groups that had used up their energy in the first half. They would be starting to lose steam now. However, now that the seventh day of the exam had pretty much been rendered a free day, everyone would have an opportunity to rest up and regain their energy. And other lines that would've been nice, to give depth to the characters: Kiyotaka: If what she said was really the truth, then it made sense that she was able to make such rich and emotive facial expressions so easily. Personally, I could put on an act and pretend to be someone else for a brief period of time, but it was difficult to break free of my naturally emotionless state. It was a habit I’d had for much of my life. --- I also rather liked single-person tents because I didn’t need to worry about anyone else. Well, I suppose thinking that way might have been the reason I didn’t really have many friends. A cheerful person, I figured, would find a tent that couldn’t accommodate that many people to be rather boring. I wondered if a day would come when I felt that same way. “…I can’t really imagine that happening,” I muttered to myself. That was a future that was never going to come to be. Nanase's vulnerable moment: After staring down at my tablet for a while, I noticed that Nanase had started speaking less and less and she seemed to be nodding off. Her eyes closed and opened over and over, as if she were on the verge of passing out. “I know it’s still daytime, but wouldn’t it be a good idea for you to get some sleep?” I asked her. She had basically forced herself to climb a mountain this morning. After that, we had our fight, which drained all her stamina in one go. She must have pushed herself beyond her limits more than once or twice by now, so I was sure her fatigue was catching up with her. “O-oh, uh… I’m sorry,” said Nanase, flustered. She quickly tried to sit up straight once more, but it wasn’t like you could make drowsiness go away that easily. Especially if you had bruises all over your body. “…I’ll be going back to my own tent,” she said. People know their own bodies best, after all. If she stayed here any longer while she kept nodding off like that, she’d only end up being a bother to me. I was surprised they didn't at least make her look sleepy 😴💤, as they seem to like Nanase, it was a cute.

To keep the explanation in a spoiler-free manner, keep in mind that COTE has always been a dialogue-heavy show. We always get build-up and narrative tension that escalates to the climax and finale. That is the formula of the story. You just witnessed one half of the island test so far; that too was mostly setting up what the exam is and what players can do. A lot of screen time even went into scenes like Ike and Shinohara's drama, Nanase probing Koji, and Koji meeting up and exploring/getting info. That was the first half. Even ep 12 was just the result of those build-ups. Now everything is set for the second half of the island test. If the following 3 episodes are not good enough for you, then feel free to say the build-up was not worth it. Don't rush and make claims before you get the actual dish, is my point. However please don't expect action or constant open conflict every episode. This is the wrong show for that.