Classroom of Misfits

Thirty years after espers first appeared, society has reshaped itself around supernatural power. Hydrangea Academy, run by the Esper Association and backed by the government, exists to cultivate the next generation of elite Espers. With state-of-the-art facilities, generous freedom, and limitless resources, it is widely regarded as the ideal school for those chosen to enroll.

Within the Academy, students are divided into six classes, ranked from A to F. Class A receives every privilege, while Class F sits at the bottom, overlooked and quietly written off. Yet the hierarchy is not absolute. Through special exams, combat exercises, and large-scale practical trials, lower classes are allowed to challenge higher ones and take their place... by any means the school permits.

Lucien Ambrose, a laid-back and unassuming D-rank esper with a strange ability that changes daily, is assigned to Class F. There, he finds himself surrounded not by prodigies, but by the Academy's so-called failures: students whose powers are too weak, too strange, or too absurd to be taken seriously. Among them are Annette, a bookish, sharp-eyed girl whose ability allows her to instantly calculate anything she sees, and Clara, the cheerful class idol who can play instruments without instruments.

Nobody expects anything from the misfits of Class F, but the path to the top is open to anyone willing to take it. In a school where every advantage matters and rules can be bent as long as they aren't broken, can the lowest class claw their way upward? Or will they be crushed before they even start?