This series is a masterpiece of Light Novel writing. Nothing is quite like it. Sure, school life Light Novels exist. But those are usually romantic comedies, or simple comedies.

This one is not one of those. It is a story about education. And while it may sound boring at first, the way it is executed further contributes to making it so uniquely interesting.

Basically, in an alternate future, Japan pours its resources into the Adcanced Nurturing High School, in order to form the country's future elites.

This creates a unique environment for the student, who have to compete, as if they were different teams in a company.

The fact that an inner currency (points) exist simulates the effect of money and how it can be used to bend the laws. The school life reproduces at the same time the competition of a corporate environment, as well as the ambiguity of real life through points.

The characters of class 1-D evolve within this environment. We discover a good chunk of them, the facade behind who they actually are. It is fascinating to see them change for the better.

The antagonists are truly great as well. They provide much needed tension and pressure on the main protagonist.

Talking about the main protagonist, he is unique as well. He is both bottomless and changes like a character with progression. He truly is fascinating.

I can only advise you to go read it for yourselves. This was a spoilerless review. I have no qualms about giving that rating to this series at all. It totally deserves it.

Because it is such a story, the anime could not reproduce its greatness. Don't mind the anime, just jump into the books. Don't use the anime as an excuse to consider the source material bad, you would be making a grave mistake.