Classroom of the Elite: Horikita (Manga) Vol. 1

ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ ルート堀北 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e √Horkita] #1

by Sakagaki (Illustrator), Syougo Kinugasa, Tomoseshunsaku (Contributor)

Don't miss this alternate universe spin-off for the popular light novels, manga, and anime--starring the fan-favorite character Horikita Suzune!

Horikita Suzune wants nothing to do with her annoying classmates. All she wants is her distant older brother, the student council president, to acknowledge her presence. Horikita turns to a student almost as antisocial as she is, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, for help. Despite a rocky start, Horikita and Ayanokouji spark a friendship. But can their growing relationship survive the suffocating and cutthroat atmosphere of their elite school?

Genres: Manga

154 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2017

About the author

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Reviews

[Thikrayat Al-aradi · Rating 1 out of 5]

this volume plays out like a dream, you don't know how it started, you just have a punch of random things happening, and you don't know how it ended.

there is no plot or anything, even the characters are not introduced well.

I guess it might be a supportive merch for the Anime or something? because the amount of inappropriate and unrelated very random pictures of Horikita looks like fan service.

[Kristian Dobson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honestly a waste of time.

[Munchie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made no sense, no plot, no destination, nothing happened. Just see boobs in the beginning and thats all. Im honestly confused how this was greenlit into a manga that people paid $13.99 for.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll be honest; I don't like the art and I don't like the story.

Art: It feels like all the characters are drawn from basically the same two poses, even the gratuitous fan service scenes. I get that some of that is from Horikita (Suzune) and Ayanokouji being deadpan characters, but honestly, the panel composition feels the same through the entire book. If this were a movie, it would be sort of like if the camera was a GoPro pointed at one person's face only.

Also, the whole bath/getting dressed introduction is awkward; Horikita is posing like she knows someone is ogling her, even though it should be the privacy of her own room.

There are also some panels that I don't really get... like, the last panel of page 33, I can't tell what that's supposed to be. I even showed my spouse, who joked that it's CLEARLY a nipple, but even if that were somehow true, it makes no sense contextually for there to be a random nip slip. Ceiling light? But the angle/perspective is strange for that...

Then there's Horikita's upskirt shot on page 144; four panels later, it shows she's barefoot, so she can't be wearing tights, so she's clearly not wearing... ANYTHING under her skirt. But that particular anatomy isn't drawn or censored, nor does she act like she's showing off anything. So it's just a strangeness that, really?, not even the localisation team thought to fix??

Story: A clear struggle to depict their day-to-day actions in between the major tests. Starts in the middle of Horikita and Ayanokouji have at some point become "friends" and doesn't spend much time on literally anyone else. Completely unapproachable by new readers, despite being book 1 of a "new" series.

I don't know if I'd even recommend this to fans of the main series (which, I am). It feels like someone struggling to cash in on the franchise, as it were, without providing much for the effort.

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this first volume, gave a different view of Horikita

[Jacob Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a spin off and the authors first published work he says on the back. They have fun with the source material, but if you're hoping for serious plot you will not find it here. They go on a date and she spends the majority of the story talking about her brother, mc, or the school. Nothing special but the art is nice 👌

[DonutKnow · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not sure about the relationship between all these characters since it seems that this series is a spin-off... 🤔

[mariah rubio · Rating 1 out of 5]

gooner manga

[Jenson Jacub · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relatable: I have also gone to school
Un relatable: I have never gone into a sauna. I have never changed my character arc type based on being in a manga vs light novel