Classroom of the Elite Year 2 novels have announced a new manga adaptation, which will be a sequel to the one by Shia Sasane. Sasane started the first manga adaptation in KADOKAWA’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine in December 2021, with 4 volumes released as of February 2024.
The new manga will be drawn by Hachi Komada. Its title will be Classroom of the Elite: Year 2, 2nd Stage, and it will begin serialization in the March edition of the same magazine on January 27, 2025.
Five character designs have been released ahead of its debut, including:
- Kiyotaka Ayanokoji (2nd year)
- Suzune Horikita (2nd year)
- Kazuomi Hosen (1st year)
- Tsubasa Nanase (1st year)
- Ichika Amasawa (1st year)
Hachi Komada also shared an illustration to commemorate the announcement:
Shogo Kinugasa writes the Classroom of the Elite light novels, which feature illustrations by Shunsaku Tomose. The original novel was published from May 2015 to September 2019, while the Classroom of the Elite Year 2 began in January 2020 and officially ended on November 25, 2024.
A special introduction video narrated by Akari Kito (Suzune Horikita) was recently released for the Year 2 novels:
There is also an ongoing manga adaptation of Year 1 by Yuyu Ichino. Classroom of the Elite Year 1 Official Guidebook was released on November 25.
The anime adaptation by Lerche has released 3 seasons between 2017 and March 2024. Season 4 is currently in production, with the studio not yet confirmed. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novel and manga adaptations in English, while Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
The story follows the genius Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who enrolled at a prestigious highschool that has a 100% rate of its students going on to become successful. He aims to be as average as possible in the problematic Class 1-D, which is full of the school’s problem children. However, that’s not going to go as he planned, as his talents slowly become noticed and his history will not leave him alone.
Source: Official X
© Shogo Kinugasa, KADOKAWA / Classroom of Elite Production Committee
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