Disclaimer: I am not familiar at all with the source material for this show so I don't know if my criticisms of the work are more appropriate for the author or the director. I also don't know how many of these issues exist in the source material and how many could be due to poor adaptation.

I think the basic failing of Classroom of the Elite is its failure to obey one of the most important laws of sales: "under-promise, over-deliver." Instead, Classroom of the Boring over-promises again and again, while either under-delivering or just flat out forgetting to deliver at all. There were countless times while watching this show that I thought "oh, this character is promising," "I wonder if there's more to that person," "this is a cool concept, I wonder how it will play out in future episodes." Unfortunately, every time I got my hopes up, the story just bashed them down again.

I decided to frame my review as a dialogue between myself and the "show" which would be either the writer or director.

If you care about spoilers, now would be the time to stop reading.

The first person I was intrigued by was Cheery Popular Girl who insists that she wants to be everyone's friend. In fact, the first scene in the show is her asking a kid to give up his seat on the bus for an old lady. How sweet! She definitely won't have a hidden side, right?

SHOW: So actually, Cheery Girl is a terrible person. Our...hero?...will find out how much of a bitch she truly is.
ME: Oh, this is starting to get interesting! This will surely be an integral plot point, right? A major aspect of this story will be Cheery Girl's duplicity and how our hero interacts with both sides of her, right?
SHOW: Nahhh, her bitchy side might show up for a minute later on, but really, it doesn't matter, because for 99% of the story she is going to be Cheery Girl.
ME: Okay, but her terrible side is going to something dramatic that will fuck her over, right?
SHOW: Actually, her horrible side will never do anything of consequence to the story! Won't that be fun? People hate tension in their stories.
...
ME: Okay, maybe there wasn't enough time to expand on that part of the story. But what about Loner Girl? She gets the second most screen time, surely we're going to learn about why she is afraid of getting close to others.
SHOW: Of course! She wants her brother's approval!
ME: Oh, cool, is her brother like some mega super genius who never talks to other people or something?
SHOW: No, he's student council president so a lot of people like him. Also he will directly tell Loner Girl that not working with others is her main flaw.
ME: So because she's so focused on earning her brother's approval, she does the exact opposite of his example and advice?
SHOW: Now you're getting it!
...
ME: Okay, forget about the characters for a second. This point system you dedicated like more than half your first episode explaining, this is gonna be super important, right? Because now these kids don't get any money for the second month, there will be some obvious consequences, right?
SHOW: Yeah! We will show everyone's point totals in the credits at the end of each episode!
ME: But...that's it? There are no...consequences?
SHOW: Oh there are! The characters will feel bad that they don't have points.
ME: Okay, let's gloss over that nonsense for a minute...after the midterms, they go up in points, so they'll get some money. That will definitely have an impact on the characters!
SHOW: Actually there was an issue with the system and they don't get their points.
ME: Are you ever gonna address what that was all about?
SHOW: Nahhh.

Repeat ad nausea for every character and narrative device in this show.

Classroom of the Elite is nothing more than an barrel of empty promises utterly devoid of any tension or momentum. I kept watching hoping it would deliver on some of its setups, but found myself halfway through episode 10 thinking "jeez, how are they gonna wrap up all these threads in just 2 more episodes?" Surprise! They hardly wrap up anything.

The production was competent and the narrative was comprehensible so it gets a 2/10. Do not recommend.