This is a season I just gave up on ever happening. Classroom of the Elite was a show I watched as I slowly started getting back into anime after being away for a few years, and this was how just strange enough to fascinate me. The premise is everyone in this high school is separated into classes, and the classes are ranked. You operate both as an individual, as well as a group to accumulate points, and hopefully raise your class in rank.
The class we follow as our leads are class D, the lowest rank at first. The big thing to note is that everyone in this class was put there because there is something fundamentally wrong with them as a person. One has a psychotic obsession with getting everyone to love them, for example. And we realize the issue with our lead character is that Kiyotaka is a sociopath, and the show handles it wonderfully. It's one of those things that isn't immediately obvious, it's a lot like how a real sociopath would be. The longer you spend with them, the more off they are. That's what helps keep you hooked, the show makes everyone's issues feel genuine, and a lot of the time they seriously do hamper progress.
As the show progresses, you see more and more of every other character as Kiyotaka devising ways to make use of everyone in the class through some villainous machinations. While being our leader, his plans are what you would expect out of an antagonist, especially with how he will manipulate a person's emotions to get the result he wants. The show is on a bit of a tightrope in keeping you on Kiyotaka's side as the protagonist, and it does so in part because a lot of the other classes are just as, if not more, sinister than he is. The show does a good job of not pushing this so far that you simply can't take his side on all this.
If there is an issue it's that we don't know what's going on outside of the school at all. It's clear a lot of people who came here had no idea about the cutthroat nature of these classes, yet apparently, the philosophy of the school is to prepare students for what is a rough world outside. It does create a bit of a disconnect, and with the introduction of things like 'The White Room' (I won't go into details to avoid spoilers), I realize after two seasons I know nothing about the world itself outside of this school, but now events that took place outside the school are relevant to the characters. It's only a minor quibble, but it's one all the same.
Some of the tests also get a bit complicated in the rules. If you pay close attention it's easy enough to follow, but a few of them, like the VIP one, can lose you if you miss a small detail. The shoe does a pretty good job at keeping up on the explanations though, so even if that does happen you can piece together what's going on soon enough without having to play back the rules.
There are a lot of things I could say about the show, but all of it would be pretty big on the spoilers. The show comes down to how much you enjoy watching Kiyotaka manipulate the events going on around him to raise the status of the class, and see if he's ever going to get over his complete lack of feelings for others. This is a show with very little action and whole lot of mind games. If that's your thing, the show is fantastic and I highly recommend it.