Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.

Welcome to the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School, a seemingly utopian academy where the elite rule and the weak are ruthlessly discarded. ...

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is an exceptionally intelligent but deeply unmotivated student assigned to Class D, the school's dumping ground for its "defective" students. This prestigious government-funded institution operates on a strict point system where everything is a competition and classes must fight to climb the ranks. While Ayanokouji prefers to remain unnoticed, he quickly realizes that survival here requires navigating a complex web of deceit and manipulation.

Reluctantly allying with the aloof Suzune Horikita and the deceptively cheerful Kikyou Kushida, Ayanokouji begins to pull the strings from the shadows. As Class D faces brutal exams and psychological warfare from the superior classes, they must learn to work together to overcome their massive disadvantages. Unmasking the true nature of this brutal meritocracy, Ayanokouji uses his hidden talents to outsmart rivals and keep his classmates afloat in a high-stakes battle of wits. More+