Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Synopsis

In the blink of an eye, the night sky is forever changed when, with a great explosion, the moon is blasted into a permanent crescent. Confronting the governments of the world, a yellow tentacled monster boasts that it was the one responsible for the catastrophe, and in a year's time, it will do the same to Earth. Zooming around at Mach 20, the creature makes a peculiar demand: a teaching position at the prestigious Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Desperate to keep the creature in one place, the government agrees, and so the students of Class 3-E find themselves faced with an impossible task—assassinate the creature responsible for destroying the moon. Although the fate of the world now rests on their shoulders, the class has more personal issues to deal with. Trapped at the bottom of Kunugigaoka's hierarchical education system, they face harsh discrimination from both teachers and students alike. Defeatism abound, they don't believe themselves capable of success in daily life, let alone against a monster that surpasses the abilities of any human. But as the enigmatic creature—whom they dub Koro-sensei—educates them in both assassination and academia, the children slowly find the courage to rise up and take aim at their target: the greatest teacher the world has ever seen. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Volume 21: Tokyo Department Sensou Taikenki (Tokyo Department Store War Chronicles)

Background

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu ranked first in the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! in the Male Readers division. The manga was named the best work of 2013 on the Book of the Year list by Nippon Shuppan Hanbai. It was nominated for the 2013 Manga Taishou Award, ranking sixth, and the 19th Tezuka Osamu Annual Prize in 2015. The series has sold over 20 million copies as of 2016. The series was published in English as Assassination Classroom by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump Advanced imprint from December 2, 2014, to April 3, 2018. It was also released in Italian by Planet Manga from May 10, 2014, to September 14, 2017; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from 2020 to 2022; in Spanish by Panini Comics from October 1, 2014, to February 22, 2018; and in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica from December 14, 2017, to September 2021. A VOMIC version was broadcast in Sakiyomi Jan Bang! from January to June 2013; the series has received a fanbook, databook, spin-off manga, and an illustrated English language guidebook called Koro-tan. A live-action film of the series was released in Japan on March 21, 2015, which opened first at the box office; a second film was released on March 25, 2016.

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