Class D

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Class D (D班)
Alias(es)	First-Year Class D
Affiliation	Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School
Occupation/Role	First-year student class; lowest-ranked class at the start of the school year
Known Membership	40 students 8
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Class Evaluation & Resources

Measure	Value	Context
Initial class evaluation	1,000 points	All four first-year classes began with equal evaluation scores; the score determines class rank and is multiplied by 100 for each student's monthly living expenses. 1 8
End of Behavioral Norms Exam	0 points	Class D lost its entire initial allocation during the first month and was announced at zero. 9 32
Later reported evaluation	50 points	The class was still far below the other first-year classes, which stood at 936, 810, and 603 points. 72
Island Exam base allocation	300 base points	The class could exchange these points for supplies; it instead planned to resell supplies to other classes. 95
Island Exam base points	0 points	Its base points were exhausted and leader information exposed, removing the usual risk of further base-point deductions. 103 104
Island Exam result	0 points	Despite its resource deals and hidden-base maneuvering, Class D finished the exam with zero points. 140

Background / History

Class D was initially treated as the school’s repository for students with serious flaws: alongside capable or exceptional students were classmates with poor conduct, weak academics, poor athletic ability, or little ability to cooperate. The school’s class placement considered more than grades, including athletic ability and social adaptability. 2 40 162

During the first month’s Behavioral Norms Exam, the class lost all 1,000 of its evaluation points. The result was described as the worst Class D performance on record, leaving students without the expected living expenses for the following month. 3 9 32

The loss forced greater cooperation. Hirata organized remedial study groups for the lowest-scoring students, while high-achieving classmates—including Nakano, Horikita, and Yukimura—were positioned to tutor them. Kushida later distributed upper-year exam papers with Wang Meiyu and Karuizawa Kei to support midterm preparation. 31 64

Class Structure

Member	Function within Class D
Nakano Yuu	Information broker and strategist. He repeatedly arranges external deals and exam plans, but refuses formal leadership of the class. 87 98 101
Horikita Suzune	Academic asset and emerging planner; she proposes collective safeguards during the VIP Exam and challenges selfish behavior within the class. 133
Hirata Yousuke	Surface leader and mediator. He organizes study sessions, defends isolated classmates, and accepted the Class D leader role during the Island Exam. 15 31 98
Kushida Kikyou	Social coordinator. Her ability to command attention helps mobilize students, distribute study materials, and negotiate Sports Festival benefits. 64 175
Kouenji Rokusuke	Independent elite whose exceptional physical ability is useful but unreliable; he works only when personally compensated and later refuses Sports Festival participation. 87 178
Sudo Ken	Athletic ace. He led Class D’s supply negotiations during the Island Exam and recorded 82.4 kg of grip strength during fitness testing. 95 177
Chabashira Sae	Homeroom teacher. A former Class D student herself, she hopes her students can achieve the promotion to Class A that her own class failed to secure. 32

Strengths and Limitations

Strengths

• Class D contains several high-performing students despite its placement, including Nakano, Horikita, Hirata, Kushida, Kouenji, and Sudo. 40 119
• Its students can exploit disadvantages creatively; after reaching zero Island Exam base points, they could remain near other classes’ bases without fearing additional deductions. 104 109
• Nakano’s commercial planning gives the class access to private-point income, external information, and temporary alliances. 93 101 183
• The class’s strongest physical assets include Sudo and Kouenji, while Nakano’s actual grip strength was measured at 92.3 kg. 86 177 178

Limitations

• The class suffers from poor discipline, internal arguments, inconsistent collective awareness, and students who prioritize themselves over class interests. 32 132 156
• Many members are athletically weak and resisted the Sports Festival because they feared serving as sacrificial competitors. 162 165 176
• Kouenji’s refusal to cooperate can disrupt class plans; his incorrect early answer in the Monkey Group cost Class D 50 points. 156 178
• Nakano’s influence is substantial, but he deliberately avoids being responsible for the class’s long-term advancement. 62 98 130

Major Arcs

Behavioral Norms and Midterms

Class D began with 1,000 evaluation points but lost all of them during its first month of behavioral assessment. The zero score exposed the consequences of poor conduct and prompted Hirata’s tutoring initiative. 8 9 31

Nakano’s unexpectedly high scores—over 95 in every subject during retesting—convinced Chabashira that he could potentially lead the class, though he rejected that responsibility. 32 36

Uninhabited Island Exam

Nakano hired Kouenji to scout the island’s bases before the exam, then used that intelligence to organize Class D’s supply-selling plan. 87 93 95

Class D sold its starting resources to Classes A and C, then secretly cooperated with Class B. In exchange for information, Nakano secured 70% of Class B’s supplies while Kouenji helped Class B occupy known strongholds. 101 102

After Class D’s base points fell to zero and Hirata’s leader identity was exposed, a remaining group joined Class B’s camp with its supplies. Nakano retained potential replacement leaders and used the hidden base to threaten a leader-switching countermeasure. 103 104 109 111

VIP Exam

Horikita proposed that any student whose VIP identity was exposed pay 5,000 points to the affected VIP, attempting to align individual incentives with Class D’s collective interests. 133

Nakano identified Class D’s three VIPs as Kushida Kikyou, Karuizawa Kei, and Minami Setsuya. He then turned the information into a commodity, offering individual VIP slots for five million points while controlling access to the list. 135 141

The class ultimately received zero points in the exam after Kouenji answered first and incorrectly in the Monkey Group. 156

Sports Festival

Class D adopted a Tian Ji horse-racing-style roster: seeded competitors, ordinary competitors, and cannon fodder groups. Kushida became one of the principal organizers of the strategy. 169

Nakano negotiated with Class B to exchange Class D’s event roster for preferential treatment toward its sacrificial groups. Class D later cooperated with Class B during the boys’ cavalry battle to target Class C first. 174 175 200

Trivia

• Class D’s zero score in its first month was described as unprecedented among previous Class D classes. 32
• The class’s low standing is misleading: it contains both major liabilities and students whose abilities can rival those of higher-ranked classes. 40 172
• Class D’s lack of base points became an Island Exam advantage, since it could not lose additional base points through prolonged presence near bases. 104 109