Kaede may have the biggest secret of anyone, and it is deadly!
Creative Staff
Story/Art: Yusei Matsui
Translation: Tetsuichiro Miyaki
Adaptation: Bryant Turnage
What They Say
Ever caught yourself screaming, “I could just kill that teacher”? What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he’s the best teacher you’ve ever had? Giving you an “F” on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call…again? How about blowing up the moon and threatening to do the same to Mother Earth—unless you take him out first?! Plus a reward of a cool 100 million from the Ministry of Defense! Okay, now that you’re committed… How are you going to pull this off? What does your pathetic class of misfits have in their arsenal to combat Teach’s alien technology, bizarre powers and… tentacles?!
Assignment 15
Several secret pasts are finally revealed this volume: The tragedy that led Principal Asano to develop his harsh—some would say brutal, sadistic and inhumane—pedagogical methods, the relationship that gives one 3-E student a personal motivation to assassinate her teacher, and even Koro Sensei’s origin story! Will the students be more or less motivated to assassinate their teacher after they know his former secret identity? And what lengths will shy Nagisa go to in order to rein in the student who wants to get revenge on Koro Sensei? Also, it’s time for…lunch theater! Which member of 3-E will be the star?
Content: (please note that content portions of this review contains spoilers):
The long-standing struggles between Class A and our misfits of Class E have been a proxy for the real battle between Koro Sensei and Principal Asano. Their war is the fight between two teaching styles. Principal Asano’s belief that students must be taught ruthlessly, and taught to rely on no one else and put down anyone in your way. Whereas Koro Sensei believes in showing students how to work as a team, nurture students strengths, and help them get past their weaknesses. Two completely different takes on teaching. With the irony being that Principal Asano used to believe the same things that Koro Sensei believes now.
It is an interesting underlying battle between these two characters that spans the entire series. The various layers of this series are one of the things that make Assassination Classroom so good. Not just the students trying to kill Koro Sensei and save the world, but each of their personal battles with their problems that landed them in Class E, the struggles between Class E and Class A, and then the battle of teaching styles between Koro Sensei and Principal Asano. It nearly reaches its finally when Principal Asano challenges Koro Sensei to a duel that will result in the death of one of them.
With everything that has happened to the kids of Class E, it turns out Kaede has the biggest secret of all. Not only does she have a deep dark secret, but she has the best chance of killing Koro Sensei of any the students. Add to that her past with Koro Sensei’s creation and this volume is a doozy!
In Summary
Pulling the threads of the characters in this series have found the paths of many have crossed long before the current storyline. This volume reveals perhaps the most shocking truth of the entire series. But will that truth be the undoing of Koro Sensei, Principal Asano, or of Class E? This volume has so much going on with so many angles, that it could single-handedly end the series as we know it. So, sit back, grab your volume and an apple to give the teacher!
Content Grade: B+
Art Grade: A-
Packaging Grade: A
Text/Translation Grade: B+
Age Rating: Older Teen
Released By: Viz Media
Release Date: April 4, 2017
MSRP: $9.99
