What if school wasn’t about learning—but survival? How Classroom of the Elite mirrors real-world academic systems, where students aren’t just tested—they’re ranked, judged, and manipulated. From Japan to the US, the pressure to perform often replaces the joy of learning. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticalism, comment, news reporting, teaching, Scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing.