ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 4th Season 2年生編1学期

4 seasons in and Horikita is still blindly following a hostile person in the hopes of having a conducive discussion, when they literally had a dispute moments ago. That haircut didn't change a thing. Damn as if having the find the White Room student wasn't enough, now other selected students are also given incentive to get Ayanokouji expelled. Kinda expected Hosen to team up with him as well though I do wonder how that'll fair in the long run.

On one hand, I like how Ayanokouji saw through the scheme and resolved the situation, but on the other hand, I was hoping Housen would get is jaw crushed. That being said, it was hilarious to see everyone dropping down like flies and Ayanakouji just chilled there in the back. And the madman did it. 100/100. Looks like he's not playing around anymore, but I'm curious how that goes along with the "I don't want to stand out" mindset. I guess being targeted with a bounty of 20kk crushed that approach, but the question is how much he'll show from now on. Is he just going to put his academic skills to light or the whole White Room package?

Hozen feels like a more brutish version of Ryuuen. He's not exactly Ryuuen 2.0, but they have similar methods. I just wish Ayanokouji slapped him around first and put him in his place, since that would count as self-defence. And I was right not to trust any of the first years. All of them are after the 20 million bounty on Ayanokouji's head, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason those two from 1-C approached him last episode. I guess none of the first years can be trusted at all. I guess the question now is, who's the White Room student? Nanase seems to be the most obvious answer since she doesn't believe that Ayanokouji is worthy of this school. Amasawa is my second pick because she's the one who refined Hosen's plan, and the acting principal did mention the White Student has gone rogue. Or it could be someone we haven't met yet, so I guess we just need to watch out.

I love the new OP and ED; they're great, both musically and visually. Visually, the OP is definitely more interesting, but then again, the ED has beautiful girls ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), so even though it's a slideshow, I like ED visually just as much as the OP. As for these first four episodes... they were a fun start to this new season! Everything was as usual: Ayanokouji tried to stay in the background with that deadpan face, only to save everything in the end, Suzune still isn't very bright, Sudo still acts sometimes like an idiot, and Koenji... well, Koenji is still himself, hahahaha! I'm happy to welcome all the new first years, especially Nanase. Although I wonder what gives her the right to decide whetever Ayanokouji is worthy of this school or not?! I was also very happy that Kei got a lot of screen time in the 3rd episode, plus that Suzune's moves in the fight against Hosen were really nice! Here my screenshot albums from: * OP * ED EPISODE 01: * Nanase & Ayanokouji * Suzune * Group scenes * Others EPISODE 02: * Nanase & Ayanokoji * Suzune * Amasawa * Group scenes * Others EPISODE 03: * Nanase * Kei * Group scenes * Others EPISODE 04: * Suzune * Group scenes * Nanase & Others

Pretty good four-episode stretch. Honestly surprised how fast it went by when most of what happened was buildup. The visuals seem less flat than before, too. The first-years are an interesting group. Doesn't help Ayanokoji when they've been bribed to expel him for points while he's trying to figure out who's from the White Room. Assuming they've already been shown, I think it's Yagami. He gives me Kushida 2.0 vibes. Ichika's my next guess, but I prefer her to not be the assassin because she seems like a fun and chaotic character. Kushida's also funny. She wants to grow her hair out now because of Horikita. Girl despises tf outta her lmao

Man, the visuals are quite the creative spectacle! It's been a while since I last glazed this series, but the episode overall has been a massive improvement over the previous seasons in terms of art-style, storyboarding and character animation! Even the direction and pacing have improved, too, so it looks like the anime will redeem itself to a newer height of adaptational quality. Man, I am just so happy right now, to see this and Re:0, two of some of my most favourite LN IPs ever, getting insane love like this from Kadokawa's prioritisation!

Back in season 1, we've seen Horikita's brother briefly spar with Ayanokoji, but I didn't expect Suzune to also know some martial arts herself. Though Hozen was too much of a brute to be beaten so easily. While there was no bug in Amazawa's hairband, but we all correctly guessed that she did indeed deliberately left it behind Ayanokoji's flat in order to retrieve the luxury kitchen knife she bought in order to help Hozen frame Ayanokoji later on. Perhaps Amazawa insisting on buying that specifically expensive knife was what got Ayanokoji suspicious and secretly had Kei investigate who else had bought these knives. Either way, Ayanokoji managed to turn the tables on Hozen and blackmailed him into agreeing to let Class 1D work with Class 2D for the Special Test. Though now Ayanokoji has no way of knowing who the real White Room spy is, as Nanase revealed a few select 1st years (at least we know this includes Hozen, Nanase and Amazawa) have been promised 20 million points by someone high up just to get Ayanokoji expelled using whatever means available. Just because they're all hell bent on getting him expelled still doesn't make them the spy. Hozen revealing that he and Amazawa aren't really acquainted with each other means they are just working together for the 20m points bounty and not necessarily working for White Room. And you can bet those two Class 1C students approaching Ayanokoji last episode didn't decide to meet him by coincidence. They're also here for the 20m points bounty.

I like how firm Horikita was, even after water was thrown in her face, she stood firm and left knowing there was no chance things were going to go through after calling Housen out for getting annoyed lol.  I figured Housen was going to escalate things but it still took me by surprise that he took out a knife, that was crazy. I'm glad we've learned about the particular expulsion request and how Amasawa was involved, why she returned back to Ayanokouji's place. 1-D is out of the equation, but I'm curious how the other leaders will go after Ayanokouji.  It's exciting to see Ayanokouji actually showing his true colors, it's too bad he won't be able to maneuver from the shadows anymore, but I'm looking forward to seeing what moves he'll make upfront.

Besides declaring that he would no longer hide in the shadows, I think Ayanokoji also had no choice but to ace all the subjects for this Special Test. Though Ayanokoji has managed to blackmail Hosen and even made Hosen partner with him in order to keep an eye on Hosen, but as long as that 20 million point bounty in getting Ayanokoji expelled remains in effect, Ayanokoji is taking no chances in letting Hosen deliberately fail his tests and thus dragging Ayanokoji down. By acing all his subjects, Ayanokoji ensures that even if Hosen deliberately scores 0 in all his subjects, their team average would still be 50% and just above the passing mark, rendering any of Hosen's attempted sabotage useless.

>Horikita's felt . . . a bit more airheaded and naive these episodes than how she was at the end of the previous season. She's certainly taken on the mantle of class leader now, but I think her writing has regressed her a bit. >Part of that is because the school is increasingly aware of the fact that Ayanokoji is the real leader and he's stepping into the limelight, but It's insane to see her still making the same mistakes she's made over and over again and has now gotten called out for multiple times. Obviously she wasn't going to sus out the plot to expel ayanokoji, but you would think she can handle basic negotiations with first year students by now, meanwhile Nanase and Hosen absolutely schooled her. She's neither airheaded nor naïve. She's idealistic and won't brook violations of those ideals. And they didn't "school" her, they made absurd demands that she walked away from each time. Then it was just a straight-up physical attack.

I've been waiting for Ayanokouji to unmasked Nanase since she seems too sus to be true in my eyes for entire 4 episodes. For instance, she needs two more days to persuade Housen while purposedly stalling time to make Suzune and the gang grew hasty when there's so many paired up team have been done during their wait. She deems Housen unsuitable to be the leader and volunteer to be the leader herself all for alliance with class 2-D just to let Suzune drops her guard around her. From these, I genuinely thought Housen is just a puppet controlled by her and she is the true leader of 1-D but looks like I've been hugely proven wrong, eh. What a start of new season though. 4 episodes on April Fools totally not on my watch list. The build-up is great but a bit let down about the conclusion. It's like there's something more about this or I want to see more Ayanokouji gloves off mode... Ngl, Housen not so bad after all. He got more brains when speaking about trust logic to Suzune. A perfect partner for Ayanokouji for sure, Can't wait to see him get trashed sooner or later :3

It’s honestly really hard for me to enjoy this anime. It feels like all the characters are trying to look smart and cool, but it just comes off as forced and mc isn't that bad but all the other characters feel very flat and really really dumb(mc isn't good but he's better than other side characters) The frustrating part is that the concept seemed like something I’d really like but even after watching Season 2 it still feels like a ragebait am i genuinely missing something?

I'm more suspicious of that girl from episode 3, Tsubaki (one of the two students that met with Ayanokoji at the cafe). She kinda had the same deadfish eyes and detached demeanor as him, and she also appears in both the OP and ED. They mentioned that the white room student didn't follow through with the plan, so I feel like Amasawa would already be out. Her approach was also obvious enough that she was found out right away... Yagami on the other hand didn't make direct contact with Ayanokoji, but as we heard in episode 3, the white room student should've met with him directly to prove themselves.