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暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu] #15
暗殺教室 15 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 15]
シロをして「怪物」と言わしめる希代の殺し屋が遂に目を覚ます！ 殺せんせーを追い詰める凄まじい力、そしてその驚愕の正体。E組をかつてない嵐が襲う！！
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 3, 2015
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Yusei Matsui
178 books359 followersYūsei Matsui (松井優征 Matsui Yūsei?, born January 31, 1981 in Saitama, Japan) is a manga artist known for manga Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. He was an assistant of Yoshio Sawai, the manga artist of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Shirota Masakage made a cameo appearance in Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo).
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July 8, 2017
One encouraging thing you notice as you approach the end of this 21-volume manga series: The Goodreads rating gets increasingly higher. In several volumes I was impatient, frustrated by the increasingly improbable circumstances: Class-E students and various assassins must kill Koro Sensei, their beloved teacher, who will (in March of this last school year) destroy this planet. Obviously it is not happening in volume after volume; so what is it all really about? Well, dramatic and funny and increasingly well-drawn assassination attempts continue, but increasingly this is series about the importance of progressive and empathetic teaching and learning in this small alternative school.
In this volume we get as promised the background on why Principal Asano embraces such a demanding pedagogy, and it’s interesting. You also get a surprise about the secret background of one student, Kaede, who feels she has a particular reason for killing her teacher. At the end of the volume, another cliffhanger, as volume 16 promises background on Koro Sensei Himself! The point seems to be: How do we respond when tragedy strikes in our lives?
In this volume we get as promised the background on why Principal Asano embraces such a demanding pedagogy, and it’s interesting. You also get a surprise about the secret background of one student, Kaede, who feels she has a particular reason for killing her teacher. At the end of the volume, another cliffhanger, as volume 16 promises background on Koro Sensei Himself! The point seems to be: How do we respond when tragedy strikes in our lives?
March 9, 2021
This is a fun series, but I don't have a lot to say about it. I just give each book its three stars and move on to the next thing. In this volume we get some background for a couple of the characters, and it looks like we'll get Koro-sensei's background in the next one.
October 10, 2017
In which we learn something of Principal Asano's past ... Considering what an antagonist he's been in this series, it's nice to see some dimension added to his character.
Actually, backstories are the unofficial theme of this volume, as one of Class E turns out not to be who they seem. And we also get some hints--with the promise of further details in the next volume--about Koro Sensei's past.
And Nagisa comes up with an epic distraction technique!
I am so looking forward to volume 16 ...
Actually, backstories are the unofficial theme of this volume, as one of Class E turns out not to be who they seem. And we also get some hints--with the promise of further details in the next volume--about Koro Sensei's past.
And Nagisa comes up with an epic distraction technique!
I am so looking forward to volume 16 ...
September 9, 2021
We get a glimpse of Principal Asano's past and why he is the way he is. Partially feel sorry for him, but he's still a jerk.
And, a extremely shocking twist no one saw coming that leads into the biggest secrets be shared.
This series has 21 volumes.
And, a extremely shocking twist no one saw coming that leads into the biggest secrets be shared.
This series has 21 volumes.
September 29, 2020
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January 11, 2024
It feels like the series is coming to a close. I can't take it. So many twists and fun. I can't wait.
August 19, 2018
I can’t believe it! Kayano?! Damn, Koro sensei’s pat just keep getting more and more intriguing.
And damn, Nagisa! 😜
I also love their fellow classmates’ reactions- the yes popping out of their sockets and Karma just taking a snap of what just happened 😂😂
I’m more excited than ever to read the next part! 😲😆😆
And damn, Nagisa! 😜
I also love their fellow classmates’ reactions- the yes popping out of their sockets and Karma just taking a snap of what just happened 😂😂
I’m more excited than ever to read the next part! 😲😆😆
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January 29, 2017
Masa lalu pak koro mulai terkuak...
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July 26, 20225 Stars!
One of my favourites so far. The fight scene, and that kiss!! 😍 (it wasn’t done romantically but I was still freaking out)
One of my favourites so far. The fight scene, and that kiss!! 😍 (it wasn’t done romantically but I was still freaking out)
May 10, 2021
Wait -
February 15, 2022
This volume is the personification of plot twists.
April 22, 2018
Volume fifteen of Assassination Classroom is divided into one major story arc, one filler story arc and one story wrap-up arc. First of all, we pick up with Principal Asano having a flashback to when he was the creator of Class E. We got to see his past and how he now faces certain death. Like I had anticipated, Koro-sensei saves Principal Asano from the blast when he opens the test book and the two of them settle on a mutual ending… with the caveat of the Principal requesting permission to stop by and try his hand at assassination sometime. There was a pretty humorous wrap-up with the Principal and his son Gakushu threatening each other with lawsuits.
After that, we got a quick little filler chapter with the students putting on a play. Nothing really special here, but it did serve as a nice little break before we got caught up in one of the most compelling story arcs I’ve read in this series thus far!
For the rest of the volume, we were treated to quite a shock! The hooded man, who once used Itona to attack Koro-sensei, has returned and said his greatest weapon will be unleashed. That weapon came in the form of Class E’s Kayano who had been suppressing her tentacles this entire time! She was in Class E for one reason only: to enact revenge on Koro-sensei for the murder of her sister! This has been one of the best story arcs Yusei Matsui has done and it segues into the cliffhanger ending where Koro-sensei reveals something about himself! This leads me to believe that Volume 16 will be a flashback/info dump volume, but I can’t wait for it. It looks like we are going to FINALLY learn the truth behind Koro-sensei.
There was a LOT of character development in this volume between Principal Asano, Kayano and Koro-sensei. First off, with Principal Asano… as I mentioned earlier, he was revealed to be the creator of Class E. He wanted to be nothing more than an exceptional teacher to his students, but that all changed when he went to visit a student named Ikeda after he had moved on from Class E.
It turns out that Ikeda was bullied and ended up committing suicide as a result. This made Principal Asano question everything he had done up until this point. It made him decide that he will settle for nothing less than breeding winners through education. This is the motivation and drive behind who he is today.
While he is absolutely ruthless, he wants nothing more than winners graduating from his school to prevent the same situation as Ikeda. This painted the Principal in an entirely new light and you can see that his heart is truly in the right place, but his methods are just downright cold, callous and brutal. His shelled seemed to have been cracked once Koro-sensei saved him and he learned the lesson of needing to be a better teacher… and a better father. It was quite the humbling tale and one you wouldn’t expect for a character like him, but it really makes a lot of sense.
The biggest reveal happened with Kayano. Kayano’s mother was an assistant to a scientist. She was found murdered one day by her daughter. Her daughter looked on and saw the murderer with her own eyes. As you probably may have guessed, it was Koro-sensei. Ever since she witnessed it, she become enraged with revenge and resolve. She would stop at nothing until Koro-sensei was dead and so she suppressed the pain from her tentacles this entire time, waiting for the one, perfect moment where she could stage her attack.
The time for it was now and even Koro-sensei had a huge amount of difficulty fighting her off. What shocked me even more was how the fight was resolved. It involved Nagisa walking up and planting a huge kiss on Kayano’s lips! I can just hear everyone shipping Nagisa x Kayano after this scene, but it allowed her Kayano to come to her senses long enough to remove her tentacles. This leads up the Koro-sensei’s big reveal. He says that after this event, it’s confession time.
He was known as the original Grim Reaper Assassin! While that’s all the development we got, that one statement carries HUGE implications with it. First off, if he was the former Grim Reaper, that obviously means he was an assassin. That means that Koro-sensei, at one point, was human and it also means that Kayano’s mother was a target if he was the one who murdered her. Of course, that all may or may not be true since Volume 16 is still a ways off, but all should be revealed next chapter.
The other interesting aspect is that Koro-sensei says that he is going to die either way, but either they assassinate him, or he dies and takes the world with him. This can only mean one thing… that Koro-sensei is unstable and his powers will, most-likely, cause him to become a bomb upon his death and when he dies, that explosion will take out the Earth with it.
Final Thoughts This was, hands down, one of THE BEST volumes of Assassination Classroom I have read. The backstories on the Principal, Kayano and that HUGE tease with Koro-sensei were just phenomenal! There’s just one huge plot hole missing here, though. If the Earth will be destroyed when Koro-sensei dies… then how did the moon get destroyed? Koro-sensei claimed he did it, but that would mean Koro-sensei would already have died at this point. I have a feeling we will get our answer next volume.
I know this series has had constant filler arcs and has re-used a lot of the same stories (Such as the mid-terms/finals arcs), but I feel like this volume made up for all of that. If the storytelling can persist into Volume 16 at the same level as it is now, we’re going to be in for two of the best back to back volumes this series has produced. There are 21 volumes total for Assassination Classroom so there’s only six left. With the story getting closer to the end, it makes sense that Yusei Matsui is starting to drop the heavy stuff on us now. I have a feeling it’s just going to get even more epic from here on out!
After that, we got a quick little filler chapter with the students putting on a play. Nothing really special here, but it did serve as a nice little break before we got caught up in one of the most compelling story arcs I’ve read in this series thus far!
For the rest of the volume, we were treated to quite a shock! The hooded man, who once used Itona to attack Koro-sensei, has returned and said his greatest weapon will be unleashed. That weapon came in the form of Class E’s Kayano who had been suppressing her tentacles this entire time! She was in Class E for one reason only: to enact revenge on Koro-sensei for the murder of her sister! This has been one of the best story arcs Yusei Matsui has done and it segues into the cliffhanger ending where Koro-sensei reveals something about himself! This leads me to believe that Volume 16 will be a flashback/info dump volume, but I can’t wait for it. It looks like we are going to FINALLY learn the truth behind Koro-sensei.
There was a LOT of character development in this volume between Principal Asano, Kayano and Koro-sensei. First off, with Principal Asano… as I mentioned earlier, he was revealed to be the creator of Class E. He wanted to be nothing more than an exceptional teacher to his students, but that all changed when he went to visit a student named Ikeda after he had moved on from Class E.
It turns out that Ikeda was bullied and ended up committing suicide as a result. This made Principal Asano question everything he had done up until this point. It made him decide that he will settle for nothing less than breeding winners through education. This is the motivation and drive behind who he is today.
While he is absolutely ruthless, he wants nothing more than winners graduating from his school to prevent the same situation as Ikeda. This painted the Principal in an entirely new light and you can see that his heart is truly in the right place, but his methods are just downright cold, callous and brutal. His shelled seemed to have been cracked once Koro-sensei saved him and he learned the lesson of needing to be a better teacher… and a better father. It was quite the humbling tale and one you wouldn’t expect for a character like him, but it really makes a lot of sense.
The biggest reveal happened with Kayano. Kayano’s mother was an assistant to a scientist. She was found murdered one day by her daughter. Her daughter looked on and saw the murderer with her own eyes. As you probably may have guessed, it was Koro-sensei. Ever since she witnessed it, she become enraged with revenge and resolve. She would stop at nothing until Koro-sensei was dead and so she suppressed the pain from her tentacles this entire time, waiting for the one, perfect moment where she could stage her attack.
The time for it was now and even Koro-sensei had a huge amount of difficulty fighting her off. What shocked me even more was how the fight was resolved. It involved Nagisa walking up and planting a huge kiss on Kayano’s lips! I can just hear everyone shipping Nagisa x Kayano after this scene, but it allowed her Kayano to come to her senses long enough to remove her tentacles. This leads up the Koro-sensei’s big reveal. He says that after this event, it’s confession time.
He was known as the original Grim Reaper Assassin! While that’s all the development we got, that one statement carries HUGE implications with it. First off, if he was the former Grim Reaper, that obviously means he was an assassin. That means that Koro-sensei, at one point, was human and it also means that Kayano’s mother was a target if he was the one who murdered her. Of course, that all may or may not be true since Volume 16 is still a ways off, but all should be revealed next chapter.
The other interesting aspect is that Koro-sensei says that he is going to die either way, but either they assassinate him, or he dies and takes the world with him. This can only mean one thing… that Koro-sensei is unstable and his powers will, most-likely, cause him to become a bomb upon his death and when he dies, that explosion will take out the Earth with it.
Final Thoughts This was, hands down, one of THE BEST volumes of Assassination Classroom I have read. The backstories on the Principal, Kayano and that HUGE tease with Koro-sensei were just phenomenal! There’s just one huge plot hole missing here, though. If the Earth will be destroyed when Koro-sensei dies… then how did the moon get destroyed? Koro-sensei claimed he did it, but that would mean Koro-sensei would already have died at this point. I have a feeling we will get our answer next volume.
I know this series has had constant filler arcs and has re-used a lot of the same stories (Such as the mid-terms/finals arcs), but I feel like this volume made up for all of that. If the storytelling can persist into Volume 16 at the same level as it is now, we’re going to be in for two of the best back to back volumes this series has produced. There are 21 volumes total for Assassination Classroom so there’s only six left. With the story getting closer to the end, it makes sense that Yusei Matsui is starting to drop the heavy stuff on us now. I have a feeling it’s just going to get even more epic from here on out!
August 9, 2023
Wow. I am shocked at what I just read Kaede Kayano was an act?! She was actually the old teachers sister. And she has tentacles. And she nearly killed Koro Sensei. My jaw honestly dropped.
And Koro Sensei was a human before. And by the sounds of it, next volume we will find out about his origin story.
I’m just. Honestly this manga never fails to amaze me. I am falling in love with this series more and more.
And Koro Sensei was a human before. And by the sounds of it, next volume we will find out about his origin story.
I’m just. Honestly this manga never fails to amaze me. I am falling in love with this series more and more.
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July 24, 2019
Matsui seems to be getting us closer to the end. Spending more time with backstory (with more promised in the next volume). There was even one great assassination attempt that I was sure was going to work! Better luck next time kids.
January 5, 2024
I- Jesus. Okay.
This volume had me in the first half, I’m not gonna lie. I was very much of the “wow…I don’t care about this plotline at all…how disappointing” mindset but THEN. THE WAY IT CAME BACK FROM THE PITS OF HELL IN TWO PAGES. God this series has me by the throat.
This volume had me in the first half, I’m not gonna lie. I was very much of the “wow…I don’t care about this plotline at all…how disappointing” mindset but THEN. THE WAY IT CAME BACK FROM THE PITS OF HELL IN TWO PAGES. God this series has me by the throat.
August 13, 2019
- * = Improper show of women
February 17, 2020
what the F U C K
September 10, 2022
★★★★½
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hmmm, it's finally time for some answers!!
December 28, 2022
OH MY GOD!!! This book was INSANE and soooooo surprising! I did NOT expect that ending.
May 25, 2025
ohh our principal..
October 5, 2025
Asano backstory?? crazyyy
Parallels to Koro Sensei??? amazing
Kayano twist???? insane
Parallels to Koro Sensei??? amazing
Kayano twist???? insane
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January 4, 2026WHAT EVEN JUST HAPPENED?! Plot twist after plot twist... I'm so excited and intrigued to read the next volume and find out all about the past of Koro Sensei!
July 27, 2017
Kisah kepsek Asano & Kaede Kayano
Latar knp kepsek Asano jd bengis spt sekarang itu, ternyata sangat tragis. Kisah sedih terpendam. Knp sih itu si murid g lebih terbuka n cerita kesulitannya.... #sigh
Cerita Kayano podho wae sedihnya. Tp kyknya sih ini ada salah paham besar terkait latar belakang Koro sensei.
Nb, sekali lagi Nagisa membuktikan... dia itu cowok kecil yg menakutkan :))
Latar knp kepsek Asano jd bengis spt sekarang itu, ternyata sangat tragis. Kisah sedih terpendam. Knp sih itu si murid g lebih terbuka n cerita kesulitannya.... #sigh
Cerita Kayano podho wae sedihnya. Tp kyknya sih ini ada salah paham besar terkait latar belakang Koro sensei.
Nb, sekali lagi Nagisa membuktikan... dia itu cowok kecil yg menakutkan :))
December 15, 2020
Nuôi dưỡng trong sự trả thù, vừa có mục tiêu, vừa có sự bao bọc.
March 5, 2017
yang ditunggu-tunggu pun akhirnya datang juga....
February 27, 2017
I can't wait to read how it will all end, but at the same time I wish this series would not come to an end...
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April 25, 2017
Short review: wow wow wow. Also, wow. I was already pumped for this book based on my teaser in volume fourteen and this one more than delivered. I really really enjoyed it and I can't wait to see what honking huge plot twists await this June in volume sixteen!
April 22, 2017
I liked the revelation of Principal Asano's past and what drove him to his current state, as well as the jaw-dropping surprise of The series seems to be drawing to a close and I look forward to learning Koro Sensei's secret past and seeing how the story resolves!
February 10, 2017
Finally Koro-sensei reveal his past. You will be surprised!
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