Assassination Classroom

Ever looking for an alternate universe, slice of life, comedy school anime with a pinch of tentacle harem? Then, Assassination Classroom is the one for you!

"Assassination Classroom (Japanese: 暗殺教室 Hepburn: Ansatsu Kyōshitsu^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūsei Matsui. The series began serialization Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July 2012 and is licensed in English by Viz Media. The series follows the daily lives of an extremely powerful octopus-like teacher and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed."

"The Earth is threatened by a powerful creature who destroyed 70% of the Moon with its power, rendering into the shape of a crescent moon forever. The creature claims that within a year, Earth will also be destroyed by him, but he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate. In class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he starts working as a homeroom teacher where he teaches his students not only regular subjects, but the ways of assassination. The Japanese government promises a reward of ¥10 billion (i.e. 100 million USD) to whomever among the students succeeds in killing the teacher, whom they have named "Koro-sensei" (殺せんせー Korosensē^?, a pun on korosenai (殺せない, unkillable) and sensei (先生, teacher)). However, this has proven to be an almost impossible task, as not only does he have several inhuman abilities at his disposal, including the capacity of moving at Mach 20, but he is also the best teacher they've ever had." 

Source: Wikipedia

Okay, I've always wanted to personally kill some of my teachers. But, this anime, makes killing them the ultimate goal! Isn't that amazing? There's also a manga (that I haven't read yet, so, please no spoilers) so it's all set~ I dunno having some yellow alien teacher with tentacles seems pretty damn cool.

It's kind of cool how the "worst" class is given him as a teacher. The class 3-E is looked down upon in Kunugigaoka J. High School. It's shameful to be put to the class. They even make the students of that class walk to this secluded mountain far away from the school in the old worn out building. It's sad really... Because of this isolation, the students of 3-E are normally faced with bullying and discrimination at the school premises. I can't believe the principal allows this, smh. Even if Gakuhou Asano is hot-looking in that dark brooding way.

Main Characters

**all summaries courtesy Wikipedia and Ass Class wiki

Koro Sensei 

Seiyuu: Jun Fukuyama

Korosensei is the homeroom teacher for Class 3-E ofKunugigaoka Junior High School, and the main antihero ofAssassination Classroom. He is responsible for gouging out a large chunk of the moon, making it a permanent crescent moon. As if it's not adequate; he plans to destroy the earth after "teaching" class 3-E for a year.

psst apparently this guy was human before. . . his bro was human with tentacles for hair//

Nagisa Shiota 

Seiyuu: Mai Fuchigami

Nagisa Shiota is a student in Korosensei Class 3-E ofKunugigaoka Junior High School and the protagonist and main narrator of Assassination Classroom. He is a petite framed boy with light blue hair and azure eyes. His hair is shoulder-length because of his mother making him keep it that way, but due to the school having a rule about male hair lengths, he keeps it in two pigtails. He is known for his androgynous appearance which has often poked fun at by many people - most notably, Rio Nakamura. Nagisa is a calm, collected, and friendly individual. He is exceptionally observant and circumspect of his surroundings and the situations that develop around him. He tends to pay strict attention to Korosensei in hopes to understand the motives of this mysterious being and compiles the information he has gathered in his notes for reference.

only he could manage to look kawaii while throwing a grenade

Karma Akabane 

Seiyuu: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Karma Akabane is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E ofKunugigaoka Junior High School who had been suspended from school due to his violent behavior. He is fairly tall for a middle school student. He has pale skin, short red hair, and pale sharp eyes that appear as either mercury or gold in color. Behind his usual innocent-looking smiling face hides a torturous and rather sadistic personality. He is slender and has also been shown to have exceptionally sharp canine teeth. In the anime, Karma is considered the most physically attractive of all the guys in Class E by the girls. Karma is well-known throughout the school for his violent behavior and troublesome attitude. When he was in the main building, due to the betrayal of his most-trusted homeroom teacher, he began to hate all people who called themselves 'teachers' and as a result has almost zero respect for any adults. He is shown to be be skilled in fighting, tricky, and manipulative, and takes great pleasure in harming others. He excels at using weaponry and foul play and is one of the few students thus far to have successfully injured Korosensei.

yeah's he's pretty much cray cray

gotta admit he's hot tho

Tadaomi Karasuma 

Seiyuu: Tomokazu Sugita 

Tadaomi Karasuma is an agent sent from Japan's Ministry of Defense to supervise Korosensei. In Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he was admitted as an assistant teacher for Phys. Ed. in Class 3-E. He is a strict but kind man, though he keeps a distance between himself and the students due to his status as an agent and his own professionalism. He is also extremely dense when it comes to love, but isn't so oblivious that he doesn't figure it out eventually. Even though he comes off as distant, he's not completely devoid of emotion and seems able to express happiness very rarely; most notably, during violent situations.

damn can you be my teacher pls

Irina Jelavić "Bitchy Sensei"

Seiyuu: Shizuka Itō 

Irina Jelavić is the English teacher for class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School. She is actually a professional hitman hired by the government to assassinate Korosensei. As a hitwoman, she is a really seductive person. Her flawless acting skills allow her to adopt any personality that might benefit her in her mission. This allows her to execute her targets at point blank. As a killer, she's ruthless and always achieves her objective. Her extreme resilience is one of her most dangerous aspects as a hitwoman, since no matter how many times and ways she has to try, she will ensure her target is dead.

i ship it

Kaede Kayano 

Seiyuu: Aya Suzaki

Kaede Kayano (real name Akari Yukimura) is a student inClass 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, taught byKorosensei. Kayano is one of the more passive members of the class. She frequently acts as support in assassination attempts with her ability to assess the situation and herself.^[1] She experiences a severe complex when it comes to sex appeal, usually loudly voicing her discomfort when being around large breasted women. Despite her apparent passive nature, she's a kind and cheerful person who's also very strong willed and extremely devoted to things that interest her.

Manami Okuda 

Seiyuu: Sayuri Yahagi 

Manami Okuda is a student in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, taught by Korosensei. Okuda is a shy and rather introverted girl. She has poor language skills and is straightforward because it. Despite her introversion, she's a sweet and determined girl who hopes to be useful to the class.

opposites attract right *^*

Tomohito Sugino 

Seiyuu: Yoshitaka Yamaya

Tomohito Sugino is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E ofKunugigaoka Junior High School and one of Nagisa's best friends. Sugino is an energetic boy with a love for baseball. He's a very happy person and gets along with his classmates well. Before he was transferred to Class-E, Sugino was a member of the school's baseball club. However, due to his relatively slow pitches frequently getting batted, he was removed from the regular line up of his club. Because he was moved down, he had no motivation to study and thus got moved to Class-E.

he's so adorbs omfg kanzaki pls notice him

Gakuhō Asano

Seiyuu: ?

Gakushū Asano is a student in Class 3-A in Kunugigaoka Junior High School and one of the Five Virtuosos. He is the Student Council President, the top student of the school, and the only son of the Board Chairman Gakuhō Asano. Like most of the stereotypical Main Building Students Gakushū looks down on those that are less intelligent than him, which is this case mostly incorporates the entire school as he is the top student. However he breaks away from this stereotype by putting up a face of benevolence and a charismatic smile.

 omgg pls notice me--

Random Ass Class Pics/Gifs To Enjoy and Drool Over

live actin's always weird haha

**disclaimer: all pics taken from Google Images, tumblr, zerochan, pinterest. I own nothing. *sob* 

Death Parade

Hello all you lovely people! I know, I've been inactive for half a year now. . . But, I'm back! And holy crap, this blog has been given more attention than I thought it would (or should). On this blog, I think I just write whatever I think about anime shows. Nothing that special, haha. From now on, I'll try to post at least once a month. It can be my super late New Years' Resolution I always fail to complete, I suppose. I'm all caught up on Death Parade (episode 5) and it's simply too amazing to not say anything about it! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

I first heard of this anime through Death Billiards, a short animated movie by Madhouse for Anime Mirai 2013. In only two short years, it's gained its own on-going series and popularity! The one thing I absolutely adore about this show is how each episode varies. Not all of them are so serious or sad feels-like or downright cute. Each episode is a new thing to discover about the main characters in Quindecim or incoming guests.

Short Summary

Death Parade is a psychological, game, kind of anime show. Not game in the sense of video games similar to SAO, but, game as in the typical games you'd play with friends or family. After death, humans go to either heaven or hell. Alternatively, they're also referred to as Reincarnation and the Void. Honestly, I think this would make more sense because most people in Japan aren't Christian (that is assuming this is all taking place in Japan). However, for the people who happen to die in the same instance, they are sent to Quindecim. It's a bar attended by the stoic white-haired Decim. He challenges the two to the "Death Game", making the players believe their lives are at risk. These games are supposed to bring out the darkness of each human so the arbitrators (like Decim) can judge where their final destination will be.

Reincarnation and the Void

There's a lot of controversy regarding the whole heaven or hell concept. It really is just open for interpretation. Most viewers assume reincarnation to be the good result and the void the bad one. It sounds right, doesn't it? Even the masks hanging above the elevators look to represent good and evil. One is designed angelic looking and the other demonic.




But, in Buddhism, reincarnation is considered bad. Someone who is reincarnated is someone who's ignorant and still far from the stage of enlightenment. Consequently, they go through sufferings and tests of living in an endless cycle to eventually earn enlightenment. This brings me to my next point. In order to reach enlightenment, one has to go through the void. Someone who reaches the void acquires nirvana. Being enlightened is basically to be rid of all desires and enter a state of "emptiness"/transcendence. Simply, to cease your existence altogether. Therefore, through a Buddhist perspective, the real issue is whether they reach enlightenment and resolve their sins.

On the other hand, in Christian (or any other Western religions) terms, the void can be considered bad and reincarnation the opposite. Reincarnation can be heaven where one is resurrected to live in the Utopian afterlife. To be sent to the void is equivalent to live in never ending pain and agony. Kinda like purgatory.

Main Characters

Decim 

Seiyuu: Tomoaki Maeno

Decim hugging two crying guests in Episode 3: Rolling Ballade

He is the bartender of Quindecim and an acting arbiter for the dead. In my eyes, I consider Decim main character since he is in every single episode of the show so far. He is always seen wearing a bartender outfit. At first, Decim seems to be emotionless during his jobs unless something shocking comes up. He speaks in a detached manner and would rather keep personal thoughts to himself. Decim takes pride in his job as an arbiter and always holds respects for guests, no matter how good/awful they treat him. (he puts up with everyone's attitude in a nutshell)

[**spoiler from Episode 5**  From recently watching episode 5, I can say with 100% certainty that Decim feels something for Onna. Whether it be a little crush, admiration, or love. In the past, he's never fought Ginty so seriously before. The whole reason why the two started fighting anyway was to force Decim to make judgement on Onna. Of course, he didn't. And then afterwards he carried Onna in his arms to her bed, EVEN TUCKING HER IN, and then staring at her for a few seconds. He could've just easily transported her using those strings of his, right? This definitely spells for something.]  



Fun fact: Decim makes creepy-looking mannequins as a hobby. Totally something everyone does in their spare time.

I, for one, agree with Nona. It's an awfully weird hobby, that's for sure.

Kurokami no Onna (literally translates into Black-Haired Woman) 

Seiyuu: Asami Seto

She is an amnesiac women who is taken in by Nona and works as Deicm's assistant at Quindecim. Onna's amnesia explains why she cannot remember her name or her life as a human on Earth. First, she seems innocent and inquires about many things. But, in reality, Onna is intelligent and has great knowledge on human behaviour. She's strong minded and likes to speak her mind. In that way, Onna is sort of like the foil character to Decim. She constantly shows her emotions.

Decim and Onna. Gosh, they look good together. 

Onna's cute smile can make anybody's day better, tbh. 

**spoiler from Episode 5** In the most recent episode, it was revealed that Onna died and was sent to Quindecim. However, she still retained her human memories and knew she was dead, therefore Decim could not provoke her to play any Death games. Onna had her memories erased before she became Decim's assistant. Ugh, there's so much mystery to Onna and I'm dying to know why she retained her memories! 

If only I looked like this when I'm sleeping.

Nona 

Seiyuu: Rumi Okubo

She is the barkeeper of Nona Ginta on the 19th floor. Despite her young and innocent stature, she's the boss of Decim and Ginty. Nona appears to be laid back, but, sometimes reveals her mean side (*cough* mean girls *cough). She administers rulings for who is responsible for the floors below her. She is very calculated and experienced as an arbiter.

Nona reassuring Decim in a rough way.

Nona reading the book, Chavvot. I think the boy represents Decim and the girl Onna. There are many theories about "Chavvot" floating around the endless depths of the internet. 

Ginty (did I spell that right?)

Seiyuu: Yoshimasa Hosoya 

Not much is revealed about this particular red-head arbiter yet, but, episode 6 is centered around his bar. Ginty's first appearance is in episode five when he confronts Decim about judging "the woman". He acts very rough in nature. Nona mentioned how Decim was better than that "idiot", so, I can assume that Ginty is a less talented arbiter than Decim? Or maybe he has less experience? 

It's funny how Nona can kick Ginty's ass and she's half his size. Reminds me of the whole Levi beating the crap outta Eren court scene in SNK.

Yep, she definitely prefers Decim over Ginty. The worst she did to Decim, so far, was grab his clothes.                  
*whispers* I want to too.

Screenshots of Random Moments 

Pff-- anything is possible in the anime realm. Vampires and humans, monsters and humans, exorcists and humans, all that good couple stuff.

Decim's eyes are the reason why I get up every Friday.

Most badass fight scene in Death Parade so far.

Clavis is so adorable looking!~ It's probably the hair.

Episode 3 was the most adorable thing ever. Honestly, didn't expect something so pure like love to happen on this show.

Kyaa, more cuteness!

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