COTE: Popularity System

Classroom of the Elite World.

The Sports Festival concluded.

The Red Team surpassed the White Team in total points.

In the internal competition among the first-years, Class A came first, Class D second, Class C third, and Class B fourth.

Since then, the Class Points situation is as follows.

Class A: 1170 → 1220 (+50 for achieving first place among the first-years)

Class B: 1124 → 924 (-100 for achieving last place among the first-years, -100 for their large group losing the group competition)

Class C: 400 → 200 (-50 for achieving second-to-last place among the first-years, -100 for their large group losing the competition, -50 for malicious violation during the Sports Festival)

Class D: 220 (No change)

Although Class D stagnated in Class Points after the Sports Festival, due to Class C's devastating losses, Class D's points now surpass Class C's, replacing the latter and becoming the new Class C.

The White Room's magnum opus finally won a battle!

'If Ayanokoji hadn't shown some of his ability in this exam, Class D's results would likely have been last place.' Takada Hikaru remarked with emotion.

Just like in the original series, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who had previously always been hiding his strength, displayed his abilities during the Sports Festival.

However, while in the original series, he only showed speed in the final relay race, now he displayed immense power in all events, not only compensating for the absence of Sudō Ken and Kōenji Rokusuke but also earning a large number of points for Class D.

Class B, led by Katsuragi Kōhei, performed extremely poorly. This wasn't because Class B lacked athletic people, but because they were stabbed in the back.

They were backstabbed by Ryūen Kakeru and Sakayanagi Arisu.

Ryūen Kakeru initially tried to use petty tricks to affect the performance of Class A and Class D students, but after being thwarted by Takada Hikaru and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he switched to harassing Class B, which belonged to the same large group.

Last place results in a deduction of 100 points, and second-to-last results in a deduction of 50 points.

When there was no hope of competing for the top two spots, Ryūen Kakeru decisively chose to betray his ally, dragging Class B down to last place.

Among these actions, Sakayanagi Arisu must have provided considerable assistance.

Although Sakayanagi Arisu was not seen at the Sports Festival venue, in the anime, there was a plot point where she sent someone to talk to Ryūen Kakeru.

Poor Katsuragi.

When the Sports Festival began, he thought his class was the strongest overall and could at least secure second place if not first, but he ended up leading the class to last place.

After this Special Exam concludes, he likely won't have another chance to step up and lead the class. He can only follow the commands of Sakayanagi Arisu along with the other classmates.

After half a year of factional struggle, Sakayanagi Arisu ultimately claimed victory, becoming the sole leader of Class B.

However, the cost incurred is that the gap between them and Class A has now widened to 296 points, nearly 300 points.

But in the eyes of a genius like Sakayanagi Arisu, a mere 300-point difference can be closed within a few Special Exams.

After the Sports Festival ended, although Takada Hikaru performed outstandingly during the competition, his Popularity Points ultimately didn't increase by much.

'As expected. The subsequent Special Exams can't compare to the previous Deserted Island and VIP Exams. Even if I perform excellently, I won't gain much Popularity Points.' Takada Hikaru sighed.

'Fortunately, I still have my Personal Spin-off.'

When seeing the chance to write a Personal Spin-off, most people would think about writing past experiences to supplement the missing details in the Main Story and further refine the Character Design but Takada Hikaru did the exact opposite.

Instead of writing about past events, he wrote about future plotlines and fabricated a Nameless City.

Inconsistent with the world view?

Even if it's inconsistent, is it more inconsistent than Detective Conan and Magic Kaito?

When the Classroom of the Elite anime was setting the background, did it ever say that such a city didn't exist in the world?

Naturally, it did not.

Moreover, Takada Hikaru set up this city to be built in the future, making it currently non-existent.

'Writing past storylines certainly allows for the refinement of Character Design, but it still imposes limitations.'

'No matter how much I exaggerate the past, I still have to enter Advanced Nurturing High School's Class 1-B in the end.'

'In that case, it's better to exaggerate the future, ideally shaping it into a state of infinite brightness.'

Although the existence of the Nameless City is ridiculous, Advanced Nurturing High School and Blue Lock are equally ridiculous.

Since the anime's setting is like this, there's nothing that can be done if people don't accept it.

The main tone of the story remains consistent with the original series: a mode of Intellectual Battles plus Physical Battles plus beautiful high school girls.

Takada Hikaru deliberately set the female protagonist as a beautiful high school girl so that, while interacting with her, he could seize the opportunity to recall his experiences at Advanced Nurturing High School and thus reveal the future of certain characters and matters concerning the White Room.

Giving the audience spoilers about the Main Story's past plotlines from the perspective of the future.

It's truly brilliant.

After Takada Hikaru bought [I Know A Little Bit], he also gained rich experience in anime production, maintaining excellent control over the plot of every episode.

However, due to personal preference, the development pattern of the story plot is basically Showing Off and Slapping Faces.

For example, in the first episode, when other Consortiums saw that their opponent was an inexperienced high school girl, and her hired help was someone who made games, they developed contemptuous thoughts, more or less scorning and mocking Takada Hikaru in the spin-off.

Following this was the satisfying face-slapping routine: facing the challenges set by the large Consortiums, others either failed or were helpless, but Takada Hikaru's group successfully passed and achieved victory.

The subsequent routines were similar to the first episode, only adjusted according to different assessments.

For the assessments set by the large Consortiums, Takada Hikaru referenced Advanced Nurturing High School's Deserted Island Exam and VIP Exam, trying to maintain consistency with the Main Story in this regard.

Watching the Popularity Points continuously climb, Takada Hikaru couldn't help but feel fortunate.

Although there was no longer a way to gain large amounts of Popularity Points through performance in Special Exams in the future, he could still increase some Popularity Points through his personal spin-off.

"Takada-san!"

Just then, Himeno Yuki jogged over.

"Yuki-san, what is it?"

Seeing Himeno Yuki approach, Takada Hikaru asked with a gentle smile.

"Well... for the last two Special Exams, weren't you the one leading the class?"

Himeno Yuki said hesitantly, "Everyone achieved such great results in the Sports Festival, should we hold a victory celebration?"

It turned out that since Takada Hikaru, as the current leader, hadn't agreed, the classmates didn't quite dare to hold a party directly like they usually did.

"How did you become someone who likes to hold parties?"

Hearing what she said, Takada Hikaru chuckled softly. "You used to always pretend to have a migraine just to avoid parties."

"I just can't stand endless gatherings." Himeno Yuki retorted.

She then lifted her head, looking towards him. "Everyone trained very hard to get good results in the Sports Festival. Can we relax appropriately?"

"Of course."

Takada Hikaru nodded. "Then you guys arrange the time and place and enjoy your relaxation. It's on me."