Shigaku Student Class: Class D Placement and What It Does

Quick answer

In Shigaku, you're placed into a student class and discover your placement on entering the game — Class D is the class label observed in play. The only effect seen in gameplay is social: classmates recognize each other mid-session.

• Class D was observed in footage recorded after what the player in it calls Shigaku's biggest update so far.
• That update touched classes alongside combat and UI, but no specific class-system change is stated in the footage.
• No stats, abilities, unlocks, access, or progression effect has been tied to class in observed play.
• How placement is decided and whether class can be changed hasn't been shown in gameplay.

What your student class does in play

The only effect of class identity seen in play is social. In the same session where Class D placement appears, two players about to fight realize they share a class — "Wait, why we even fighting, bro? We in the same class, bro." — showing that classmates recognize each other mid-session. After the group brawls with other players, the same player sums up their class's shared reputation: "Yo, this is why we all in class D for, bro. We're bunch of delinquents, bro." That "delinquents" line is player banter, not a descriptor stated by the game — Class D is not a confirmed bottom tier or a designed class personality, and classes shouldn't be read as a ranked hierarchy.

Beyond that recognition, no mechanical effect has been observed: stats, abilities, unlocks, access, and progression have not been tied to class in gameplay footage. For now, treat your class as a social grouping label you and other players can see and use about each other.

Student class vs. attending class

Shigaku talk uses "class" in two different ways. The student class is the label you're placed into — Class D in observed play. Attending class is the campus activity: sitting through lessons, alongside fights and hanging out in the same halls. These are separate concepts — being placed into Class D is not the same thing as sitting through a lesson — so advice about one doesn't apply to the other.

What to recheck after school-system updates

Classes were among the systems touched by the update referenced in the footage, so class labels and any placement or effect rules can shift. After a Shigaku school-system update, check in-game: what class you're placed into on entering, whether classmates still recognize shared class the same way, and whether any mechanical effect of class shows up.