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Manga like Classroom of the Elite

Also known as Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e, Youjitsu, You-Zitsu

20 manga for fans of Classroom of the Elite, ranked by what people who loved it went on to love and by what they share with it, like Boarding School, Athletics, Classic Literature. Connect your AniList or MyAnimeList account to get picks for your whole taste instead.

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  1. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    2014, Light novel, 334 chapters, 85% on AniList

    Both have Female Harem, Coming of Age.

    Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck!

  2. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

    2014, Light novel, 6 chapters, 86% on AniList

    Recommended by 4 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList. Both have Coming of Age.

    Book 1 of the Seishun Buta Yarou series.

  3. My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

    2011, Light novel, 168 chapters, 86% on AniList

    Recommended by 104 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList. Both have School Club, Philosophy, Coming of Age.

    Hikigaya Hachiman is a high school boy with twisted character. He prefers to go against the trend and refuses to make friends with anybody.

  4. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs

    2018, Light novel, 207 chapters, 78% on AniList

    Both have Female Harem.

    Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table.

  5. 86―EIGHTY-SIX

    2017, Light novel, 89% on AniList

    Both have Philosophy.

    A War Without Casualties:

  6. A Certain Magical Index

    2004, Light novel, 132 chapters, 83% on AniList

    Set in a city of not only scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real.

  7. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

    2021, Light novel, 80% on AniList

    Recommended by 3 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList. Both have Tsundere, Coming of Age.

    Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Seiren Private Academy’s “solitary princess.” She’s a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and…completely…

  8. The Eminence in Shadow

    2018, Light novel, 84% on AniList

    Both have Female Harem.

    One big fat lie and a few twisted truths.

  9. Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

    2016, Light novel, 84% on AniList

    Both have Philosophy, Tragedy.

    Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina, who set off on a journey across the world.

  10. Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

    2013, Light novel, 127 chapters, 84% on AniList

    Game loving shut-in Kazuma Sato's life as a young schoolboy in Japan abruptly comes to an early end...or at least it was supposed to.

  11. Date A Live

    2011, Light novel, 146 chapters, 81% on AniList

    Both have Kuudere, Tragedy, Female Harem.

    Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on.

  12. Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

    2013, Light novel, 82% on AniList

    Both have Tragedy.

    Why are we doing this...? When Haruhiro came to, he was in the darkness. Not knowing why was he here, or where "here" even was.

  13. The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria

    2009, Light novel, 254 chapters, 85% on AniList

    Recommended by 18 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

    Kazuki Hoshino treasures nothing more than his ordinary life, and March 2 should have been an ordinary day.

  14. Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle

    2002, Light novel, 9 chapters, 84% on AniList

    Recommended by 12 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy.

    A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island.

  15. Hyouka

    2012, Manga, 80% on AniList

    Both have Classic Literature.

    Oreki Houtarou is an "energy-saver" kind of guy, who expends as little energy as possible to do only things he has to.

  16. Secrets of the Silent Witch

    2021, Light novel, 85% on AniList

    Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world’s only practitioner of Voiceless Magic, a veritable heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend.

  17. The Irregular at Magic High School

    2011, Light novel, 243 chapters, 79% on AniList

    Recommended by 28 Classroom of the Elite fans on AniList.

    The year is 2095. Magic has been tamed as another form of technology, and the practice of magic is now a rigorous discipline.

  18. Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru

    2015, Light novel, 22 chapters, 88% on AniList

    Both have Drama.

    The story of Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru takes place 300 years in the past, in 2018, the first days of the Divine Era.

  19. A Silent Voice

    2013, Manga, 64 chapters, 87% on AniList

    Both have Disability, Coming of Age.

    Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award.

  20. The Saga of Tanya the Evil

    2013, Light novel, 83% on AniList

    Both have Philosophy.

    High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets.

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    2022, 81%

  2. Cover of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

    2018, 81%

  3. Cover of Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden

    2018, 85%

  4. Cover of Kaguya-sama: Love is War Kaguya-sama: Love is War

    2019, 83%

  5. Cover of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    2021, 81%

  6. Cover of The Promised Neverland The Promised Neverland

    2019, 83%

  7. Cover of SPY x FAMILY SPY x FAMILY

    2022, 83%

  8. Cover of Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

    2024, 80%

About Classroom of the Elite

2015, 110 chapters, 85% on AniList

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Includes Volumes: 4.5, 7.5, 11.5
Included Chapters: 14 Prologues, 13 Epilogues, 1 Extra
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