List of Assassination Classroom episodes
Assassination Classroom is an anime series adapted from Yūsei Matsui's manga series of the same name, which is serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine. The series follows Kunugigaoka Junior High School's Class 3-E as they attempt to assassinate their homeroom teacher, an octopus-like creature named Koro-sensei, before graduation, while also learning some valuable lessons from him. Produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi, the first season was broadcast in Japan on Fuji Television from January 9 to June 19, 2015.[1][2] The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, who simulcast the subtitled version as it aired and streamed an English dub version from February 18, 2015.[3][4] The opening theme for episodes 1-11 is "Seishun Satsubatsu-ron" (青春サツバツ論 lit. The Theory of Savage Youth) while the opening theme for episodes 12-22 is "Jiriki Hongan Revolution" (自力本願レボリューション lit. Self-reliant Revolution), both performed by 3-E Utatan.[lower-alpha 1] The ending theme is "Hello, shooting star" by Moumoon. A second season began airing from January 7, 2016 and is once again simulcast by Funimation, who began releasing the broadcast dub version from February 10, 2016.[5][6][7][8] For the first fourteen episodes, the opening theme is "Question" by 3-E Utatan while the ending theme is "Kaketa Tsuki" (欠けた月 lit. Waning Moon) by Shion Miyawaki. From episode 15 onwards, the opening theme is "Bye Bye Yesterday" by 3-E Utatan while the ending theme is "Mata Kimi ni Aeru no Hi" (また君に会える費 lit.Until the Day I See You Again) by Miyawaki.[9]
Prior to the television series, an original video animation produced by Brain's Base was screened at Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2013 and was bundled with the seventh manga volume on December 27, 2013. A second OVA episode, produced by the TV series staff, screened at Jump Special Anime Fest in November 2014 and was included with the series' first BD/DVD volume on March 27, 2015.
Episode list
Assassination Classroom (2015)
No. | English title[lower-alpha 2] Japanese title |
Original air date |
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1 | "Assassination Time" "Ansatsu no Jikan" (暗殺の時間) | January 9, 2015 |
In the March of a certain year, a mysterious tentacled creature of unknown origin destroys over 70% of the moon, announcing that he will destroy the world in the same manner in one year. After several failed assassination attempts to kill him due to his Mach 20 speed, the government makes a deal with the creature to make him the teacher of Kunugigaoka Junior High School's Class 3-E, who are given specially designed weapons that can hurt the creature and offered a 10 billion yen reward to whoever can assassinate him before graduation. Although the students are generally frustrated with their failed assassination attempts, they discover the creature to be a respectable teacher in his own right. A group of students involve Nagisa Shiota, a boy with not much self worth, in their plan, in which they pin a grenade filled with creature-killing pellets to him and detonate it within range. However, at that moment, the creature sheds his skin, protecting both himself and Nagisa from the blast, threatening the other students not to use any more plans that harm others whilst also admiring Nagisa's efforts. To match their teacher's seemingly unkillable nature, classmate Kaede Kayano gives the creature the fitting name of "Koro-sensei". | ||
2 | "Baseball Time" "Yakyū no Jikan" (野球の時間) | January 16, 2015 |
Baseball enthusiast Tomohito Sugino attempts to assassinate Koro-sensei using his pitching skills, but becomes downhearted when Koro-sensei states he cannot become like the pro baseball star he admires. After Nagisa expresses his anger at Koro-sensei for not respecting Sugino's feelings, Koro-sensei uses his tentacle knowhow to clarify his statement, stating that his body works differently from the star he is trying to imitate and he should instead focus on his own strengths. Meanwhile, Tadaomi Karasuma, a member of the Ministry of Defense, joins E Class as their P.E. teacher, observing how the class is ridiculed by the other students of the school, whilst another student due to transfer into the class is informed of his mission. | ||
3 | "Karma Time" "Karuma no Jikan" (カルマの時間) | January 30, 2015[lower-alpha 3] |
Karma Akabane, a somewhat sadistic student who transfers into E Class following a suspension, manages to inflict some damage to Koro-sensei using some clever pranks. As Karma continues his assassination pranks, however, Koro-sensei starts to avoid them and do some pranks of his own. Determined to take Koro-sensei down no matter what, Karma jumps off a cliff with a gun in hand, hoping to force Koro-sensei into either getting himself killed trying to save him or destroying his pride as a teacher. As he falls, Karma reflects on his own hatred of teachers, which occurred when a teacher he had trusted turned against him when he got in a fight protecting a E Class student, caring more about the school's image than him. However, Koro-sensei manages to save Karma using his tentacles, which leads Karma to come to accept him as a teacher. | ||
4 | "Grown-Up Time" "Otona no Jikan" (大人の時間) | February 6, 2015 |
E Class gets a new foreign language teacher, Irina Jelavic, who is actually a professional assassin with no interest in teaching the students. Irina attempts to seduce Koro-sensei so her team of assassins can kill him, but this fails as a result of using the wrong ammo and failing to notice his keen sense of smell. Later, after the rest of the class rebel against Irina when she refuses to teach them properly, Karasuma shows her how dedicated Koro-sensei is to teaching his students and how important education is for assassinations. Realizing the error of her ways, Irina begins to earnestly teach her students, who give her the less-than-appreciated nickname of "Professor Bitch". | ||
5 | "Assembly Time" "Shūkai no Jikan" (集会の時間) | February 13, 2015 |
Manami Okuda, a rather naive and honest student, attempts to poison Koro-sensei to no effect. Koro-sensei offers to help Manami, who ended up in E Class due to her poor communication skills, make an effective poison. However, this turns out to be a tonic that transforms him into a speedier liquid form, teaching Manami to improve her communication skills so she can successfully deceive him someday. Later, as E Class is forced to endure an all-class assembly, the students that normally jeer the E Class students start to become envious of their cool teachers, while Koro-sensei makes himself a human disguise to support his students. Afterwards, Nagisa manages to use his experiences in E Class to handle himself against some other students, prompting the principal to think of a way to put E Class back in its place. | ||
6 | "Test Time" "Tesuto no Jikan" (テストの時間) | February 20, 2015 |
Gakuhō Asano, the school's principal and the one responsible for the school's system, pays a visit to the E Class campus to greet Koro-sensei. Having noticed how Nagisa stood up to some other students, Gakuhō tells Koro-sensei to adhere to his educational system, which requires E Class to be at its poorest to encourage the other students. Noticing the rest of his class feeling they don't need to bother getting high grades if they just can win the bounty reward, Koro-sensei issues an ultimatum to all of his students to score well enough in the midterm exams to rank among the top 50 students, threatening to destroy the school and leave should any of them fail to do so. During the exams, the students use what they learned from Koro-sensei's teaching methods to tackle each question they come across. However, they are stopped in their tracks by questions that Gakuhō had added at the last minute without informing E Class of the changes, resulting in none of the students besides Karma ending up in the top 50. Downhearted from underestimating Gakuhō, Koro-sensei receives some encouragement from his class and becomes determined to turn things around for the next exams. | ||
7 | "School Trip Time/1st Period" "Shūgakuryokō no Jikan· Ichi-Jikan-Me" (修学旅行の時間・1時間目) | February 27, 2015 |
E Class prepares for a class trip to Kyoto, which is also being used as a venue to assassinate Koro-sensei with the assistance of a government hired sniper. Arranged into groups, Nagisa is joined by Kaede, Karma, Sugino, Manami, and class idol Yukiko Kanzaki. On the train ride to Kyoto, some delinquent high school students steal Yukiko's itinerary detailing what her group will be doing. The next day as Nagisa's group take in assassination landmarks of Kyoto, they are ambushed by the delinquents, who knock the boys out and kidnap Yukiko and Kaede. Whilst in captivity, Yukiko laments how the pressure from her parents to be perfect drove her to sneak out and have fun, which in turn led to her ending up in E Class due to slipping grades. Meanwhile, Nagisa and the others manage to use an extensive guidebook written by Koro-sensei, which explains in detail what to do in a hostage situation, to deduce where the girls are being held before Koro-sensei arrives to deal with the delinquents. Following the incident, Yukiko feels encouraged by Koro-sensei's words that regardless of situation or status, those with the will to drive forward will come out strong. | ||
8 | "School Trip Time/2nd Period" "Shūgakuryokō no Jikan· Ni-Jikan-Me" (修学旅行の時間・2時間目) | March 6, 2015 |
While the other groups are accompanying Koro-sensei on a tour of Kyoto, a sniper known as Red Eye is tasked with assassinating him at various spots. However, each of his attempts to shoot him are thwarted by improbably means, and his mission is called off when Nagisa's group gets into trouble. Later that evening, Red Eye is approached by Koro-sensei himself, who treats him to a meal and gives his thanks, stating his assassination efforts made the trip a valuable learning experience for his students. Understanding Koro-sensei's value as a teacher, Red Eye decides to quit sniping in order to see the world. Back at their hotel, private time amongst the boys and girls respectively turns into an octopus-hunt when the gossip-loving Koro-sensei eavesdrops on their conversations. While hiding from the students, Koro-sensei and Karasuma talk about romance, briefly hinting about Koro-sensei's past. As the school trip comes to a close, the world government prepares two special assassins to transfer into E Class. | ||
9 | "Transfer Student Time" "Tenkōsei no Jikan" (転校生の時間) | March 13, 2015 |
Upon returning from their class trip, E Class are greeted by their first transfer student, an AI-powered machine from Norway known as the Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery, who uses calculations to adjust the accuracy of her attacks. However, the class quickly gets sick of her constantly firing her weapons during class, deciding to tape them shut themselves so they can study properly. Wanting the AI to get along better with her classmates, Koro-sensei makes some modifications to her hardware and programming, giving her a more human personality that her classmates, who nickname her "Ritsu", come to appreciate a lot more. Later that night, Ritsu's creators, who are less than happy with the changes, decide to remove all the modifications that Koro-sensei made and forbid any further changes or tampering. However, Ritsu manages to hide her new personality from them before it is deleted, deciding to secretly defy her creators for the sake of keeping her promise to help her classmates. | ||
10 | "L and R Time" "Eru Āru no Jikan" (LRの時間) | March 20, 2015 |
Irina is greeted by her former master, retired assassin Lovro, who thinks she should give up as she has no chance of killing Koro-sensei. Hoping to prove him wrong, Koro-sensei proposes a match between Irina and Lovro to see who will be the first to 'kill' Karasuma, offering Karasuma his own incentive should neither win. Despite Lovro's doubts after he fails to kill Karasuma himself, Irina manages to use what she's learned targeting Koro-sensei to get close, with Karasuma accepting defeat at her hands and Lovro acknowledging her efforts. Later, Nagisa, Karma, and Ritsu accompany Koro-sensei on a mach speed trip to Hawaii to watch the premiere of a new movie, getting a lecture along the way and learning a lot more about Koro-sensei's point of view. On their way back, a man in a white cloak observes alongside a boy, the second transfer student who claims to be Koro-sensei's brother. | ||
11 | "Transfer Student Time/2nd Period" "Tenkōsei no Jikan - Ni-jikan-me" (転校生の時間・2時間目) | March 27, 2015 |
E Class prepare for the arrival of their second transfer student, who is allegedly more powerful than Ritsu. At that moment, a white-robed man named Shiro arrives with the new student, Itona Horibe, who claims to be Koro-sensei's younger brother. When Itona faces against Koro-sensei later that day, Koro-sensei is shocked and angered to find Itona possesses the same variety of tentacles he has in his hair. While Shiro uses his knowledge of Koro-sensei's weaknesses to give Itona the advantage, Koro-sensei takes advantage of the fact Itona's tentacles are identical to his and uses Anti-Sensei knives against them, allowing him to knock Itona out of the ring and win the match. When Itona reacts negatively to the thought of studying and tries to counterattack, Shiro knocks him out and takes him back with him. Afterwards, the class try to ask Koro-sensei about what he really is, but he remains tight-lipped, stating they must use assassination to find the answers they seek. The students, determined to kill Koro-sensei before anyone else, decide to have Karasuma teach them more assassination techniques. | ||
12 | "Ball Game Tournament Time" "Kyūgi Taikai no Jikan" (球技大会の時間) | April 10, 2015 |
A baseball tournament is to be held, in which E Class are forced to play an exhibition match against the top players of the school's baseball club, which Sugino used to be a part of. Despite knowing the odds are against them, particularly when pitted against the club captain Shindo, Sugino remains determined to win, prompting Koro-sensei to coach them for the match. On the day of the match, Class 3-E use a bunting strategy to load the bases, allowing Sugino, who had been trained to hit Koro-sensei's mach speed fastballs, to get them an early lead. Not willing to let this slide, Gakuhō takes over as the baseball club's coach to put a stop to E Class's bunting strategy, using the power of hypnotic suggestion to turn Shindo into a bloodthirsty warrior. With the bases loaded against them, E Class manage to use some provocations Karma made concerning some unfair play earlier to their own advantage, placing some of their players up close to Shindo to prevent him from swinging without hurting them, allowing E Class to win the match. Afterwards, Sugino expresses how he wanted to show off the friends he made in E Class, managing to rekindle his old friendship with Shindo. | ||
13 | "Talent Time" "Sainō no Jikan" (才能の時間) | April 17, 2015 |
As Karasuma briefly senses what appears to be a fearsome aura coming from Nagisa, Akira Takaoka, an acquaintance of Karasuma from the Ministry of Defense, is sent to E Class to take over his role as P.E. teacher. While initially proving popular with the students to do his light-hearted personality, they soon learn his true nature as a ruthless and sadistic instructor who uses fear and violence to train his pupils. When Karasuma voices his objection, Takaoka challenges him to pick one of his students to face off against him using a real knife. Placing his faith in the aura he felt before, Karasuma nominates Nagisa to fight against Takaoka. Following Karasuma's advice and going against Takaoka's expectations of being too afraid to wield a real knife, Nagisa uses the assassination skills he had learned and manages to get the upper hand on Takaoka, winning the match. When Takaoka violently objects to defeat, Karasuma beats him back while Gakuhō fires him, with Karasuma returning to his usual teaching position. | ||
14 | "Vision Time" "Bijon no Jikan" (ビジョンの時間) | April 24, 2015 |
Koro-sensei makes E Class their own private pool, which alerts the students to one of his biggest weaknesses; his tentacles becoming bloated when soaked in water. Meanwhile, class bully Ryōma Terasaka is becoming increasingly irritated with everyone getting along with Koro-sensei and agrees to collaborate with Shiro and Itona in their assassination plan. After spreading a gas in the classroom and adding something to the pool the previous night, Terasaka follows Shiro's plan and uses a transmitter which he was told would signal Shiro and Itona. However, the transmitter actually sets off an explosion which puts all the students in the pool in danger, forcing Koro-sensei to get his tentacles soaked with contaminated water in order to rescue them before they are swept away, leaving him at the mercy of Itona. With a few students still in danger, Terasaka, feeling guilt for his actions and anger for being tricked, follows a plan concocted by Karma. Using his gas-covered shirt to infect Itona, Terasaka creates an opening for Koro-sensei to rescue the remaining students whilst the others use the contaminated water to put a stop to Itona's tentacles, forcing him and Shiro to withdraw yet again. | ||
15 | "End-of-Term Time" "Kimatsu no Jikan" (期末の時間) | May 1, 2015 |
With the end-of-term final exams approaching, Koro-sensei offers an incentive in which each student who gets the best overall score in their top subject will get to shoot off one of his tentacles during their next assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Shindo informs E Class about A Class's "Big Five", led by Gakuhō's son Gakushu, who are determined to take E Class down. When some of the E Class students go to study in the main campus library, the Big Five propose a contest in which whichever class snags the most top spots in the exams can demand anything from the losing class. While A Class sets their sights on making E Class show complete servitude to them, with Gakushu hoping to find out the class' secret, Koro-sensei proposes his own suggestion of what E Class can ask from their opponents. With both classes determined to win, the stage for the end-of-term finals is set. | ||
16 | "School's Out/1st Term" "Shūgyō no Jikan Ichi-gakki" (終業の時間・1学期) | May 8, 2015 |
The students of E Class and A Class fight against each other to slay the problems before them, with the E Class students benefitting from Koro-sensei's unique teaching methods. When the results are revealed, three of E Class's students get top marks over the Big Five, winning their wager over them, but Karma ends up losing to Gakushu due to being too overconfident and not studying hard enough. In addition to the three tentacles earned from the battle, Terasaka's clique earns four more tentacles for scoring top marks in home economics, resulting in a total of seven overall. Having won the wager as well, the class decide to use their reward, a summer vacation at an island resort in Okinawa, as the venue for their assassination attempt. | ||
17 | "Island Time" "Shima no Jikan" (島の時間) | May 15, 2015 |
Prior to their trip, biologist Hinano Kurahashi helps Nagisa and the others hunt for bugs while pervert Taiga Okajima lays out his own trap for Koro-sensei using a pile of porn magazines. Later, Lovro is called in to train the students for their island assassination, taking interest in the class' two top marksmen, Ryonosuke Chiba and Rinka Hayami. During the training, Lovro tells Nagisa about the world's most infamous assassin, known only as "The Reaper", and decides to teach him a surefire assassination technique. The class soon arrives at their island resort, making all the necessary preparations for their assassination. After having dinner, during which Koro-sensei inadvertently uses up his emergency shedding technique to get rid of sunburn, the class begin their assassination aboard an on-sea chapel. | ||
18 | "Action Time" "Kekkō no Jikan" (決行の時間) | May 22, 2015 |
The students begin their assassination attempt by showing Koro-sensei a movie exposing all of his embarrassing habits, weakening his mental state while also distracting him from the chapel slowly filling with water and bloating up his tentacles. Once the students shoot off the tentacles they won in the exams, they surround Koro-sensei with a hydraulic cage and block off his movement, allowing the snipers to shoot at him. However, Koro-sensei activates his ultimate defense, trapping himself in an indestructible crystal sphere for the next 24 hours which, despite limiting his movements, leaves him completely invincible. As the class lament their failed assassination, a number of students suddenly start showing signs of severe illness. This is revealed to be the work of a mysterious third party who had spiked their drinks with a supposedly deadly virus, demanding the remaining students and teachers bring him the immobilized Koro-sensei in exchange for the antidote. Deciding against the trade-off, Koro-sensei and Ritsu instead come up with a plan to infiltrate the high-security hotel and obtain the antidote. | ||
19 | "Demon Time" "Fukuma no Jikan" (伏魔の時間) | May 29, 2015 |
Karasuma, Irina, and a team of fifteen students scale up a mountainside to sneak into the hotel undetected. With the first floor heavily guarded, Irina uses her seduction and piano skills to distract the guards so the others can reach the next floor. On the third floor, the group come across their first opponent, Smog, the one who poisoned everyone with the virus, who hits Karasuma with a paralysis gas, but still gets knocked out by him. Finding their next opponent, Grip, on the fifth floor, Karma, having learnt from his failures in the exams, steps up to fight against him. | ||
20 | "Karma Time/2nd Period" "Karuma no Jikan: Ni-jikan-me" (カルマの時間・2時間目) | June 5, 2015 |
Evading Grip's hands that could kill him if they make contact, Karma is seemingly hit by some gas that Grip had borrowed from Smog. However, having learned not to underestimate his opponents, Karma avoids it and hits Grip with some gas of his own, allowing the students to bind him up and move onwards to the sixth floor. Needing to unlock the back entrance of the stairs to help the others reach the next floor undetected, the girls make their way through the lounge while Nagisa, dressed up as a girl by the others, is hit on by a rich kid named Yuji. While trying to impress who he thinks is a cute girl, Yuji ends up angering a yakuza, but the girls manage to knock him out, opening a way onward in the process. After leaving Yuji, who Nagisa encourages to play it straight from now on, the students move on to the VIP floor, where Terasaka knocks out some bodyguards using some stun-guns, obtaining some pistols that are given to Chiba and Hayami. Needing to get through a theater stage to get to the next set of stairs, the students face off against their next opponent, Gastro. | ||
21 | "Takaoka Time" "Takaoka no Jikan" (鷹岡の時間) | June 12, 2015 |
With Gastro having a keen sense for determining an opponent's location, Koro-sensei gives instructions to the students using alternating titles in order to confuse Gastro, giving Chiba and Hayami the encouragement to rise above their failed assassination and get the drop on Gastro. As the students approach the top floor, Koro-sensei deduces the mastermind isn't an assassin, while Nagisa learns Terasaka has been hiding the fact that he too was infected with the virus. Arriving on the top floor, the group discover the mastermind to be none other than Takaoka, who had planned to use Kayano in a plot to kill Koro-sensei when he emerges from his crystallized form. Wanting revenge for the humiliation he faced before, Takaoka calls up Nagisa for a rematch to their earlier knife fight. Despite Nagisa following Takaoka's demand to get on his knees and declare he's a coward, Takaoka blows up the antidote in front of the class, making Nagisa, who thinks everyone will die, pick up a knife in preparation to kill him. | ||
22 | "Nagisa Time" "Nagisa no Jikan" (渚の時間) | June 19, 2015 |
Before Nagisa completely gives into his anger, Terasaka throws his stun-gun at him, urging him not to become a murderer and think about what's truly important. Despite being heavily beaten by Takaoka, Nagisa uses what he learned from Lovro to perform his secret technique; shocking Takaoka with a sudden clap before using the stun-gun Terasaka gave him to bring him to his knees, leaving him with the smile he fears so much before shocking him unconscious. Afterwards, the three assassins from earlier reveal the virus they used is nothing more than an enhanced food-poisoning bug that will eventually wear off, as they didn't agree with Takaoka's methods. The next day, after the affected students recover from their symptoms and Koro-sensei emerges from his crystallized state, the students make the most of the remainder of their vacation before returning to school for the second term of their assassination classroom. |
Assassination Classroom: Second/Final Season (2016)
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1 | "Summer Festival Time" "Natsumatsuri no Jikan" (夏祭りの時間) | January 7, 2016 |
Before the end of E Class' summer vacation at the island resort, Koro-sensei puts on a test of courage in the hopes of pairing up his students into romantic couples he can get juicy gossip on. Though this soon backfires on him, both Koro-sensei and the class quickly notice that Irina has feelings towards Karasuma and decide to try and get them together. The students set up a romantic dinner for the two teachers, where Irina manages to make a subtle confession, though it seems to go right past Karasuma. On the final day of summer vacation, as Koro-sensei invites his students to the local summer festival, Lovro is attacked by a mysterious assassin. | ||
2 | "Kaede Time" "Kaede no Jikan" (カエデの時間) | January 14, 2016 |
Inspired by an article on discarded eggs, Kaede comes up with a plan to assassinate Koro-sensei by constructing a giant pudding containing a hidden bomb, with the entire class banding together to help make it. While Koro-sensei inevitably sees through the plan and disables the bomb, he shares the remaining pudding with the rest of the class. Later, the class participate in a game of Cops and Robbers in which they much use parkour to avoid being captured by Karasuma, though the captives manage to use bribes to have Koro-sensei let them escape. The next day, the class accuse Koro-sensei of stealing underwear from all over the city, but later suspect that he is being framed by someone. They soon discover the true culprit is one of Karasuma's underlings, who had been used by Shiro to lure Koro-sensei into an Anti-Sensei trap and once again pit him against Itona. | ||
3 | "Itona Horibe Time" "Horibe Itona no Jikan" (堀部糸成の時間) | January 21, 2016 |
Despite Itona's increased deadliness, Koro-sensei manages to evade his attacks and defeat him. Just then, Itona starts reeling from the effects of his tentacle implants, which he had been keeping under control due to Shiro's treatments. With Shiro deeming him of no further use and abandoning him, Itona goes on a rampage and starts destroying cell phone shops. As Koro-sensei tries to reason with Itona, Shiro launches another attack on him and captures Itona, using him to lure Koro-sensei into another trap. However, the students arrive on the scene to rescue Koro-sensei and Itona, forcing Shiro to retreat. Afterwards, as the students learn that Itona was allegedly abandoned by his parents after their electronics company went bankrupt, Terasaka and his crew help Itona calm down, allowing Koro-sensei to safely remove the tentacle implants and enroll him as an official student of E Class. | ||
4 | "Spinning Time" "Tsumugu Jikan" (紡ぐ時間) | January 28, 2016 |
Itona creates a sophisticated remote-controlled tank, which he plans to strike at Koro-sensei's weak point; his heart. The other boys in the class, however, seem more interested in its potential for spying on girls. Later, Masayoshi Kimura feels embarrassment over his name's given reading, "Justice", so Koro-sensei has the students give each other code names during a training session against Karasuma, leaving Kimura with his true name to show him how well it fits. Meanwhile, Gakushu prepares for the next battle against E Class. | ||
5 | "Leader Time" "Rīdā no Jikan" (リーダーの時間) | February 4, 2016 |
Class president Yūma Isogai is discovered working a part-time job by Gakushu, who threatens to report him unless E Class can beat A Class in the sports festival's pole-toppling event. Despite Gakushu's team being filled with powerful exchange students, Isogai manages to come up with some unconventional countermeasures that make use of his teammates' unique skills, allowing them to outwit Gakushu and take the victory. | ||
6 | "Before & After Time" "Bifō Afutā no jikan" (ビフォーアフターの時間) | February 11, 2016 |
While preparing for their midterm exams, the students get too reckless performing parkour outside of school grounds and injure Matsukata, the elderly principal of a preschool for children unable to attend school. As punishment, Koro-sensei bans the students from studying for the midterms and instead has them work at the preschool until Matsukata recovers in exchange for him keeping the class a secret. While the other students help fix up the building, which is in a decrepit state, Nagisa mentors a bullied girl named Sakura, teaching her to find the strength to return to school. After two weeks, Matsukata returns to find the students have completely transformed the preschool into a safe and fun environment, while still managing to be a positive influence on the children. With no time left to study, the students perform badly in the midterms with the exception of Karma, who manages to place 2nd overall due to his own studying. Having learnt their lesson of being careful how to use their newfound strength, the students receive new equipment for their assassination efforts. | ||
7 | "Reaper Time, Part 1" "Shinigami no Jikan Zenpen" (死神の時間 前編) | February 18, 2016 |
Noticing Irina's birthday was a few days ago, the students arrange for Karasuma to give her a bouquet for the occasion. However, the mood is spoilt when Karasuma casts aside Irina's romantic interest for the good of the mission, leading her to storm off. A few days after Irina stops showing up at school, the students are suddenly snuck up upon by a flower shop attendant, who reveals himself to be the infamous Reaper and tasks the students with rescuing Irina, who he has kidnapped. When the students are lured into the Reaper's trap, they attempt to escape and find Irina, only to be taken down by the Reaper one by one, with even Nagisa's special move being turned against him. Meanwhile, the remaining students manage to find Irina, only to discover she has turned against them and is siding with the Reaper. As all of the students are recaptured, Koro-sensei and Karasuma begin their rescue attempt. | ||
8 | "Reaper Time, Part 2" "Shinigami no Jikan Kōhen" (死神の時間 後編) | February 25, 2016 |
Revealing he has placed explosives on the students, the Reaper locks Koro-sensei with the captured students, planning to kill them all in a canal flood. Choosing to protect his students, Karasuma chases after the Reaper, who sets off an explosion that traps Irina under some rubble. Encouraged by his students, Karasuma rescues Irina, who helps him get the drop on the Reaper and confront him in close-quarters-combat. The Reaper attempts to kill Karasuma with a hidden gun in his finger, but he is saved by one of Koro-sensei's tentacles, allowing Karasuma to deliver the knock-out blow. Afterwards, the students convince Irina to return as their teacher, while Karasuma gets the government to ensure the students will remain safe from other assassins pursuing the bounty. | ||
9 | "Round Two Time" "Ni-Shū-me no Jikan" (2周目の時間) | March 3, 2016 |
With the students in the process of deciding on their future careers, Nagisa ponders whether he should become a professional assassin, to which Koro-sensei tells him to give it more thought. Later, Nagisa's obsessive mother, Hiromi, tries to have Nagisa move out of E Class, becoming hostile when he says he wants to stay. The next day, Koro-sensei is forced to pretend to be Karasuma for a parent-teacher meeting with Hiromi, stating he will not let Nagisa leave E Class if he doesn't want to. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Hiromi drugs Nagisa and tries to have him set fire to his classroom in order to sever his connections with E Class. However, when a whip-wielding assassin targeting Koro-sensei attacks, Nagisa uses his skills as an assassin to take him down and protect his mother. As Nagisa decides to pursue a career besides assassination, he decides to work hard to support her mother, who lets him stay in E Class. | ||
10 | "School Festival Time" "Gakuen-sai no Jikan" (学園祭の時間) | March 10, 2016 |
Kunigaoka holds a school festival in which all the classes are competing to make the most money with their stalls. As Gakushu and the rest of A Class use business connections and idols to draw in customers, E Class takes advantage of their mountain location by using local ingredients to create natural tasting dishes that prove a hit with visitors. As many familiar faces show up to E Class' restaurant, Nagisa is forced to crossdress again when Yuji, the boy from the island resort, comes to visit him while still under the presumption that he is a girl. Although Nagisa ultimately reveals his true gender, Yuji, impressed by his honesty, posts about the restaurant on his world famous food blog, causing an influx of customers the next day. As E Class are eventually forced to end their service early to avoid disrupting the mountain's ecosystem, Hiromi manages to patch things up with Nagisa, while E Class is left with a positive reputation despite not beating A Class in the overall rankings. | ||
11 | "End-of-Term Time, 2nd Period" "Kimatsu no Jikan Ni-jikan-me" (期末の時間 2時間目) | March 17, 2016 |
With end-of-term exams approaching, Gakuhō takes over A Class' lessons, using brainwashing tactics to fuel their hatred towards E Class. Meanwhile, as E Class is once again given the task of making it into the top fifty, they are asked by Gakushu to put a stop to Gakuhō's twisted educational methodology by beating A Class in the exams. During the exams, the students are faced with tougher college-level questions added by Gakuhō, but E Class manage to get through them using techniques taught not only by Koro-sensei, but each other. | ||
12 | "Think Outside the Box Time" "Kūkan no Jikan" (空間の時間) | March 24, 2016 |
The exams climax with a showdown between Karma and Gakushu as they tackle a difficult maths problem, which Karma discovers is easier to solve than he initially thought. Following the exams, it is revealed that all E Class students managed to land in the top fifty, with Karma placing first. After Gakushu and the rest of A Class state their preference to E Class' ideals, Gakuhō takes matters into his own hands, threatening to destroy E Class' campus and sack Koro-sensei. In order to save the class and his job, Koro-sensei is tasked with solving textbooks containing anti-sensei grenades, with one book containing a real grenade. | ||
13 | "Let Live Time" "Ikasu Jikan" (生かす時間) | March 31, 2016 |
Despite getting hit by the first BB-filled book, Koro-sensei manages to finish the other textbooks without setting them off, having memorized all the problems beforehand. Left with the final textbook containing the real grenade, Gakuhō recalls how he used to be a kind-hearted teacher who held a private cram school for elementary school students. Three years after his first class had moved onto middle school, Gakuhō was shocked to discover that one of his students, Ikeda, had committed suicide as a result of bullying. This led Gakuhō to change his approach of teaching from raising good students with kindness to raising strong students with ruthless tactics. Back in the present, Koro-sensei protects Gakuhō from the grenade, revealing he based his teaching methods on Gakuhō's old stance on education, which he believes has been carried on into E Class. Reflecting on this, Gakuhō allows E Class to continue and aims to become a better educator and parent. Afterwards, E Class put on a play for the school's drama festival, giving their own unique take on Momotaro. | ||
14 | "Secret Identity Time" "Shōtai no Jikan" (正体の時間) | April 7, 2016 |
Koro-sensei, Nagisa, and Kaede help to tidy up the storage shed, reminiscing over the past year together. Just then, Kaede suddenly attacks Koro-sensei with tentacles of her own, revealing her true identity to be Akari Yukimura, the younger sister of E Class' previous teacher, Aguri Yukimura. Having believed Koro-sensei to be the one responsible for her sister's death, Kaede stole some tentacles from her sister's lab and arranged to join E-Class in order to exact her revenge, withstanding the pain of the tentacles while waiting for the right moment. As Kaede puts her own life at risk to battle against Koro-sensei with the full strength of her tentacles, Koro-sensei hears her inner voice, wishing to be saved. | ||
"Confession Time" "Kokuhaku no Jikan" (告白の時間) | April 21, 2016[lower-alpha 6] | |
Determined to save Kaede's mind before the tentacles kill her, Koro-sensei asks his students to think of a way to make her forget her bloodlust while he lets her attack his weak point. In the decisive moment, Nagisa uses what he learned from Irina and delivers a powerful French kiss to Kaede, shocking her long enough to allow Koro-sensei to safely remove the tentacles. Just then, Shiro briefly appears with the Reaper, revealing his identity to be Kotaro Yanagisawa, a face Koro-sensei is all too familiar with. After Kaede recovers, Koro-sensei proceeds to explain the truth about his past, revealing that he was the original Reaper. Two years ago, he was captured by Yanagisawa and brought to his lab, where he met Aguri. As the Reaper was experimented on with Yanagisawa's tentacle formula, he become well acquainted with Aguri, revealing he was captured after being betrayed by a pupil who would go on to become the second Reaper. | ||
16 | "Past Time" "Kako no Jikan" (過去の時間) | April 28, 2016 |
As a year passed, the Reaper's body continued to be altered by the experiment while his relationship with Aguri continued to grow stronger. Meanwhile, an experiment testing the effects of the tentacle formula on a rat proved disastrous, causing the explosion that destroyed 70% of the moon. Learning that the same thing may happen to him in a year's time, the Reaper unleashes his new powers to attempt an escape from Yanagisawa's facility. Just as Aguri tried to keep him from leaving, she became fatally wounded from one of the facility's traps, using her last breath to ask the Reaper to watch over E Class in her place. Wanting to become weaker in order to fulfil that role, the Reaper had his tentacles transform him into the kind-hearted Koro-sensei. Back in the present, as the students are troubled over the thought of having to assassinate the teacher they'd grown to admire, Nagisa states his desire to find a way to save Koro-sensei's life. | ||
17 | "Discord Time" "Bunretsu no Jikan" (分裂の時間) | May 5, 2016 |
Despite some students getting behind Nagisa's wish to save Koro-sensei, the other students, including Karma, object to it, feeling their bonds forged through assassination should be followed through to the end. Following Koro-sensei's reccomendation, the students are divided into two teams and pit against each other in a paintball match to determine whether they should kill Koro-sensei or try to save him. As the match begins, Karma's talent at giving orders puts the red "kill" team at an early advantage over the blue "don't kill" team. However, Nagisa's terrifying lack of presence soon puts the two teams on even ground. |
OVAs
No. | Title | Original air date |
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OVA | "Jump Super Anime Tour Special" | October 6, 2013 (event) December 27, 2013 (DVD)[17] |
Class 3-E participate in a school trip to Kyoto, where they plan to make use of a sniper to assassinate Koro-sensei. After the class is divided into groups, Nagisa's group is ambushed by another school's delinquents, who knock out the boys and kidnap the girls. However, thanks to an elaborate guidebook that Koro-sensei had prepared for the trip, Nagisa and the others find their kidnapped classmates and hold off the delinquents until Koro-sensei arrives. Meanwhile, the sniper, Red Eye, having failed to assassinate Koro-sensei several times, ends up sharing a hot pot with him and gives up on his target. | ||
0 | "Meeting Time" "Deai no Jikan" (出会いの時間) | November 9, 2014 (event) March 27, 2015 (BD/DVD)[18] |
Koro-sensei reminisces about his first meeting with Karasuma, where they first butted heads and fought against each other, ultimately coming to respect one another. However, Karasuma tells him not to lie and points out that their actual meeting wasn't nearly as eventful. |
Home media releases
Japanese
Avex Pictures has released the series on Blu-ray and DVD, in a limited edition, in Japan since March 27, 2015, with the eighth and final volume having been set on October 30.
Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | ||
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Season 1 | 1 | 1, 2 | March 27, 2015 | [19] | |
2 | 3, 4, 5 | April 24, 2015 | [20] | ||
3 | 6, 7, 8 | May 29, 2015 | [21] | ||
4 | 9, 10, 11 | June 26, 2015 | [22] | ||
5 | 12, 13, 14 | July 31, 2015 | [23] | ||
6 | 15, 16, 17 | August 28, 2015 | [24] | ||
7 | 18, 19, 20 | September 25, 2015 | [25] | ||
8 | 21, 22 | October 30, 2015 | [26] | ||
English
Funimation Entertainment will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD in North America, in a regular and a limited edition, on May 17, 2016.
Volume | Episodes | Regular Edition release date | Limited Edition release date | Ref. | ||
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Season 1 | 1 | 1-11 | May 17, 2016 | May 17, 2016 | [27][28] | |
2 | 12-22 | TBA | TBA | |||
Notes
- ↑ 3-E Utatan (3年E組うた担 Class 3-E Singing Group) is formed of Mai Fuchigami, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Aya Suzaki, Ryōta Ōsaka, and Shintarō Asanuma. In episodes 7-8 of the first season, however, the opening theme is performed by 3-E Shūgakuryokō 4-han (3年E組 修学旅行4班 Class 3-E School Trip Group 4), composed of Fuchigami, Okamoto, Suzaki, Satomi Satō, Sayuri Yahagi, and Yoshitaka Yamaya.
- ↑ All English titles are taken from Funimation.[10]
- ↑ The January 23, 2015 television broadcast of episode 3 on Fuji TV was delayed due to [sic] "various circumstances". The 2015 capture of two Japanese nationals by the terrorist organization ISIS has been speculated as one of the reasons.[11][12][13][14]
- ↑ Change title to "Assassination Classroom: FINAL Season".
- ↑ Change title to "Assassination Classroom: FINAL Season".
- ↑ The April 14, 2016 television broadcast of episode 15 was delayed by a week due to news coverage of an earthquake in the Kumamoto Prefecture.[15][16]
References
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- ↑ "Assassination Classroom's Teacher Videos, 22-Episode Length Posted". Anime News Network. January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Funimation to Stream Assassination Classroom Anime". Anime News Network. December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Funimation Dubs Assassination Classroom, Death Parade, Tokyo Ghoul √A, 7 More Winter Shows". Anime News Network. February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Assassination Classroom Gets 2nd Anime Season, Sequel Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Assassination Classroom Anime's 2nd Season Coming in 2016". Anime News Network. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-09-24/assassination-classroom-tv-anime-2nd-season-premieres-in-january/.93323
- ↑ http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/02/10/assassination-classroom-season-2-english-voice-cast-announcement/
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-11/assassination-classroom-anime-new-theme-songs-to-debut-in-april/.99654
- ↑ "Watch Assassination Classroom Anime Episodes Streaming on FUNimation". Funimation. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ↑ "【放送休止情報】フジテレビ本日放送予定 第3話" (in Japanese). Ansatsu Anime. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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- ↑ "Latest ‘Assassination Classroom’ Anime Broadcast Canceled". The Fandom Post. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Delayed 3rd Assassination Classroom Episode Rescheduled for Friday (Update 2)". Anime News Network. January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Kabaneri, Assassination Classroom, Shōnen Maid, Sakamoto Delayed This Week Due to Quake News Coverage". Anime News Network. April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Tokyo's Fuji TV Will Air Next Assassination Classroom Episode Next Week". Anime News Network. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Assassination Classroom Bundles Anime DVD Directed by Kiddy Grade's Gotoh". Anime News Network. November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Assassination Classroom Blu-ray/DVDs to Bundle Event Anime". Anime News Network. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第1巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第2巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第3巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
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- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第5巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第6巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第7巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "暗殺教室 Blu-ray&DVD 第8巻" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Season One, Part One". Funimation Entertainment. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Season One, Part One - Limited Edition". Funimation Entertainment. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
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