Class D

Biodata

Background

Classes A through D are real-time rankings rather than equal divisions. Class D occupies the bottom position, faces the greatest assessment pressure, and is most vulnerable to point deductions, penalties, and expulsion. A class whose Class Points reach zero faces restricted privileges, continued deductions, and eventual expulsion risk. 3 5

Each first-year class begins at full capacity with forty students. The sparse upper-year formations, particularly among lower-ranked classes, reveal that the school quietly eliminates students despite its public claims of a 100% advancement and employment rate. 3

Only Class A students receive guaranteed advancement to elite universities and employment recommendations. Class D students do not share this safety net unless they can change their position through the school’s point-based system. 5 6

Composition and Characteristics

Class D is described as a catch-all class whose students generally rank poorly in academics, physical ability, and social evaluation. Many are undisciplined, shortsighted, and prone to violating rules without considering the class-wide consequences. 11 26

However, Class D also contains several students with A- or B-tier potential who were deliberately placed in the lowest class despite possessing the ability to qualify for Class A or B. 11

• General weaknesses

  • Poor cohesion and frequent internal disputes. 26
  • Low awareness of hidden rules and class-point deductions. 22 26
  • A tendency to prioritize immediate comfort over long-term survival. 26
  • Many students lack strong academic, physical, or social evaluations. 11

• Notable strengths

  • Contains concealed high-potential students despite its overall poor standing. 11
  • Includes students capable of recognizing the class’s crisis, such as Suzune Horikita, Yosuke Hirata, and Kikyo Kushida. 26

Known Members

• Kiyotaka Ayanokoji — Student whose entrance and physical assessments are uniformly recorded as average; every subject score is exactly 50 points, which Bai Mu considers highly suspicious. 11
• Suzune Horikita — Academically capable and physically above average, but assigned to Class D because of an E rating in social ability. 11
• Kikyo Kushida — Socially connected student who attempts to sell crucial school-rule intelligence to the class. 22 26
• Yosuke Hirata — The class’s principal mediator; helps Kushida persuade classmates to purchase survival-critical information. 26
• Kanji Ike — Dismisses Kushida’s warning about class-point deductions. 26
• Haruki Yamauchi — Supports the class’s initial refusal to believe Kushida’s information. 26

Class Points and Survival Conditions

Story Role / Major Arcs

Initial Assessment Crisis

Kikyo Kushida receives Bai Mu’s intelligence concerning the school’s point system and attempts to sell it to Class D for 500,000 personal points. She warns that everyday violations will reduce Class Points and may leave the class at zero by the end of the first month. 22 26

Most of the class initially rejects her warning. Ike, Yamauchi, and many others treat the school as too generous to impose meaningful consequences for minor misconduct. 26

Suzune Horikita independently seeks confirmation from homeroom teacher Chabashira Sae, while Yosuke Hirata works to persuade the class that purchasing the information is necessary to preserve their future allowances and status. 26

Surveillance Rental Crisis

After Class D learns of its worsening situation, it receives an offer to rent first-year classroom surveillance access for three million personal points. The service would let the class identify violations in real time and limit further point losses. 26

The fee proves difficult to afford. Hirata asks Chabashira about an emergency loan, but she warns that the school’s high-interest loan system would leave the class in an even more passive position. 26

Relationships

• Class B — A lower-ranked rival class. Bai Mu supports providing Class D with rule information because a complete Class D collapse would allow Class C to focus its aggression on Class B. 22
• Class C — Its violent and ruthless growth is a major threat; Bai Mu considers Class D necessary to share the pressure created by Class C. 22
• Kikyo Kushida — Uses her broad social network and Class D’s trust in her to market Bai Mu’s intelligence. 22 26
• Yosuke Hirata — Serves as a mediator and one of the few students willing to assume responsibility for the class’s collective survival. 26
• Chabashira Sae — Homeroom teacher who views the class’s crisis as largely self-inflicted and offers only the high-interest loan option. 26
• Bai Mu — Sells Class D critical information through Kushida and later profits from its need for surveillance access. 22 26

Trivia

• Class D’s apparent lack of talent is misleading: several students possess ratings high enough for Class A or B. 11
• The class’s promotion problem is structural: advancement requires the entire class to rise together, forcing its strongest students to carry classmates with severe weaknesses. 11
• Bai Mu identifies two practical routes for Class D’s hidden talents to escape their position: accumulate 20 million personal points independently, or be purchased and transferred into a stronger class. 11