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暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu] #1
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1: Hora Para Matar
Hora para matar: o som dos disparos enche a sala de aulas juntamente com uma atmosfera de ordem! A turma do 9º e da Escola Secundária de Kunugigaoka é uma turma de assassinos, onde todos os alunos tentam matar o professor que se trata de um alienígina que destruiu grande parte da lua e ameaça destruir o planeta terra caso os alunos não o consigam assassinar. A relação entre os alunos e o professor, os assassinos e o seu alvo, torna cada dia nesta escola um dia extraordinário!!
188 pages, Paperback
First published November 2, 2012
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About the author
Yusei Matsui
179 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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May 31, 2025
Video discussion: https://youtu.be/eF8p5oDq8wk
I have no fucking clue why moms for liberty thinks this is causing school shootings. It’s a goddamn delight.
I have no fucking clue why moms for liberty thinks this is causing school shootings. It’s a goddamn delight.
January 1, 2016
It's probably weird to find a being that's destroyed most of the moon and plans on destroying Earth if he isn't assassinated in a year ... kind of lovable, cute, and squishy.
But ... I love Korosensei.
But ... I love Korosensei.
August 24, 2024
Cross The Breakfast Club with The Most Dangerous Game and The Magnificent Seven - now you have Assassination Club! The students in Class 3-E (remedial class) of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher this semester: an alien octopus (whose head is the classic 70's 'smiley' face) with bizarre powers and almost unlimited speed and strength! He just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth - unless they can kill him first - and claim a HUGE monetary reward, going from loser to hero of earth (and, of course, graduating). But as the students try to kill him they discover something shocking: he is a great teacher! Suspend your disbelief and go with it!
April 16, 2023
4/16/23: Update--Three volumes of this series have been banned by Vero Beach High School because they are afraid it might encourage students to kill their teachers, something it has yet to successfully do after millions of readers have read it. The ultimate point of the book is that this teacher encourages his struggling low-level classroom to believe in themselves.
Original review, 2/21/16: Crazy premise: A goofy-looking smiley-faced monster has already destroyed much of the moon, and now threatens to destroy Earth, in one year, but he also wants to become a teacher. For some reason. And he's a good teacher, too. Koro Sensei, they call him. The unkillable teacher.
So, he makes it clear that his low-performing students, in order to prevent the unthinkable, must assassinate him, of course, and he is aware of this. He encourages them to work on this group project, using all of their analytical and creative skills, learning to work together, to try and save the planet. And he is--so far, at the conclusion of this volume--unkillable, though they seem to be making progress in their goal, getting more inventive as they proceed.
Given the gun violence in US classrooms, this premise would appear to be unthinkable, but somehow Matsui makes everyone pleasant and the plot amusing. There's a range of students you come to like, with varying abilities and strengths as students and. . . assassinators. But I emphasize: This series is comedy, not a guide to classroom violence; it was wildly popular first in Japan, and then in anime, and now across the world.
Crazy, crazy stuff, so obviously you have to read it. You will be smiling like this happy-faced Koro Sensei, this seemingly unkillable teacher, who has an ulterior motive to nurture these young kids. And yeah, they love him. It's pretty funny stuff!
Original review, 2/21/16: Crazy premise: A goofy-looking smiley-faced monster has already destroyed much of the moon, and now threatens to destroy Earth, in one year, but he also wants to become a teacher. For some reason. And he's a good teacher, too. Koro Sensei, they call him. The unkillable teacher.
So, he makes it clear that his low-performing students, in order to prevent the unthinkable, must assassinate him, of course, and he is aware of this. He encourages them to work on this group project, using all of their analytical and creative skills, learning to work together, to try and save the planet. And he is--so far, at the conclusion of this volume--unkillable, though they seem to be making progress in their goal, getting more inventive as they proceed.
Given the gun violence in US classrooms, this premise would appear to be unthinkable, but somehow Matsui makes everyone pleasant and the plot amusing. There's a range of students you come to like, with varying abilities and strengths as students and. . . assassinators. But I emphasize: This series is comedy, not a guide to classroom violence; it was wildly popular first in Japan, and then in anime, and now across the world.
Crazy, crazy stuff, so obviously you have to read it. You will be smiling like this happy-faced Koro Sensei, this seemingly unkillable teacher, who has an ulterior motive to nurture these young kids. And yeah, they love him. It's pretty funny stuff!
September 30, 2024
Après que des élèves m’aient fortement conseillé de lire ce petit manga, je me suis dit pourquoi pas ? Alors au début l’histoire ne me semblait pas pertinente ou plutôt me déranger. Des élèves sont chargés d’assassiner leur professeur étant donné les événements récents en France pour moi c’était un grand non et puis je me suis laissée fléchir et je l’ai lu et je dois dire que j’ai bien aimé oui le professeur est complètement barré il veut détruire la terre mais il peut end vraiment soin de ses élèves il s’en occupe les valorise bref j’ai compris pourquoi les élèves l’aimaient autant
September 14, 2018
This was quite refreshing, if not a tad odd to read. The story is just utter nonsense really, and that might be one of the reasons why it has appealed to me. I'm not joking, the plot is absurd.
The story centres on some octopus-like squishy kind of guy, who is wanted by the Japanese ministry of defense, for destroying the majority of the moon. For some reason, he is given a teaching position in a school, so that he will cause no panic, but everyday, a classroom full of kids, that just happen to be armed, attempt to kill this octopus-like squishy guy. It took me a while to get into this bizarre story.
I think the range of characters are good, but they definitely need a little more development, which I am hoping for in the next installment, plus, not much really happened in the way of events, but I am hoping that is because I am only on book one. Overall, this was a different and a rather strange read.
The story centres on some octopus-like squishy kind of guy, who is wanted by the Japanese ministry of defense, for destroying the majority of the moon. For some reason, he is given a teaching position in a school, so that he will cause no panic, but everyday, a classroom full of kids, that just happen to be armed, attempt to kill this octopus-like squishy guy. It took me a while to get into this bizarre story.
I think the range of characters are good, but they definitely need a little more development, which I am hoping for in the next installment, plus, not much really happened in the way of events, but I am hoping that is because I am only on book one. Overall, this was a different and a rather strange read.
May 3, 2016
After reading all the volumes available ...I am still wondering if Nagisa is a girl or a boy
June 11, 2016
"El manga del profesor con tentáculos"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ese tipo de manga.
Emmm, esto ocurre en un episodio y no es exactamente lo que estáis pensando...
Este es el profesor con tentáculos.
Como podríamos definir este manga?
Es el manga que cumplió los sueños de esta niña, ¿Que?, ¿Quien es esta niña?, ¿Como estas leyendo esta reseña?, ¿Tienes Internet?, En fin... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tEX.... (mirar vídeo antes de ver spoiler)
Manga que revoluciono el Internet a principio del 2015, este manga es un Kome-shonen colegial, Kome comedia, shonen chicos, colegial de que van al colegio.
Nombre en japones: Ansatsu Kyoshitsu
Trama:
Un día la luna exploto, eliminando el 70% de su masa y quedando en cuarto creciente permanentemente.
Entonces un ente desconocido reivindico la destrucción de la luna y se puso en contacto con las naciones del mundo y les dijo que destruiría la tierra, pero que si aceptaban sus condiciones esperaría hasta el 14 de marzo para destruir la tierra.
Entonces que pidió?
¿Todo el dinero del mundo, que todos seamos sus esclavos?
No dar clases en un colegio de asesinato, y si conseguían matarlo antes del 14 de marzo no destruiría la tierra, por razones obvias.
Yo una vez tuve que denunciar a una profesora por maltrato, os podéis imaginar lo divertido que seria que hubiese tenido una pistola :O.
Pero volviendo al manga, básicamente el hilo principal del manga sera este profesor burlándose de los alumnos por no conseguir asesinarlo y mejorando las habilidades de estos.
Y también las relaciones de los alumnos y otros profesores entre ellos, ya sean relaciones personales o por las enseñanzas de este extraño profesor u otros.
El 0,6 que le falta para ser perfecto es un pequeño problema que tiene la trama (aviso que puede considerarse spoiler)
Y algún que otro problema con el tempo en la serie.
Gran serie que seguro que os sacara alguna risa.
Nota: 9.2 (4,6 stars)
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Más reviews en https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... dar a like si te a sido útil esta información, también puedes seguirme si tienes interés en ver más reseñas como esta y si tenéis cualquier duda, queréis debatir algo, avisarme de algún error o cualquier otra cosa lo podéis hacer en los comentarios. ^^
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Por cierto en mi colegio los 2 últimos cursos teníamos también dos clases de "marginados" que estudiaban a parte, aunque en mi caso no era la clase E sino la F, y la mayoría eran chicos, y os voy avisando que casi nadie que fue a esa clase a acabado demasiado bien, y lo se porque yo me relacionaba bastante con ellos, se que a los 18 años se mataron unos haciendo el idiota con el coche, otros por drogas, que doy bastantes gracias a mi asma por salvarme del mal camino, y lo siento, so bebes asiduamente u otros no te engañes la droga te controla a ti y no al revés, otros actualmente se dedican a chupar pollas..., creo que os hacéis una idea.
En serio si sois menores de edad os aconsejo que estudiéis y os dejéis de tonterias
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ese tipo de manga.
Emmm, esto ocurre en un episodio y no es exactamente lo que estáis pensando...
Este es el profesor con tentáculos.
Como podríamos definir este manga?
Es el manga que cumplió los sueños de esta niña, ¿Que?, ¿Quien es esta niña?, ¿Como estas leyendo esta reseña?, ¿Tienes Internet?, En fin... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tEX.... (mirar vídeo antes de ver spoiler)
Manga que revoluciono el Internet a principio del 2015, este manga es un Kome-shonen colegial, Kome comedia, shonen chicos, colegial de que van al colegio.
Nombre en japones: Ansatsu Kyoshitsu
Trama:
Un día la luna exploto, eliminando el 70% de su masa y quedando en cuarto creciente permanentemente.
Entonces un ente desconocido reivindico la destrucción de la luna y se puso en contacto con las naciones del mundo y les dijo que destruiría la tierra, pero que si aceptaban sus condiciones esperaría hasta el 14 de marzo para destruir la tierra.
Entonces que pidió?
¿Todo el dinero del mundo, que todos seamos sus esclavos?
No dar clases en un colegio de asesinato, y si conseguían matarlo antes del 14 de marzo no destruiría la tierra, por razones obvias.
Yo una vez tuve que denunciar a una profesora por maltrato, os podéis imaginar lo divertido que seria que hubiese tenido una pistola :O.
Pero volviendo al manga, básicamente el hilo principal del manga sera este profesor burlándose de los alumnos por no conseguir asesinarlo y mejorando las habilidades de estos.
Y también las relaciones de los alumnos y otros profesores entre ellos, ya sean relaciones personales o por las enseñanzas de este extraño profesor u otros.
El 0,6 que le falta para ser perfecto es un pequeño problema que tiene la trama (aviso que puede considerarse spoiler)
Y algún que otro problema con el tempo en la serie.
Gran serie que seguro que os sacara alguna risa.
Nota: 9.2 (4,6 stars)
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Más reviews en https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... dar a like si te a sido útil esta información, también puedes seguirme si tienes interés en ver más reseñas como esta y si tenéis cualquier duda, queréis debatir algo, avisarme de algún error o cualquier otra cosa lo podéis hacer en los comentarios. ^^
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Por cierto en mi colegio los 2 últimos cursos teníamos también dos clases de "marginados" que estudiaban a parte, aunque en mi caso no era la clase E sino la F, y la mayoría eran chicos, y os voy avisando que casi nadie que fue a esa clase a acabado demasiado bien, y lo se porque yo me relacionaba bastante con ellos, se que a los 18 años se mataron unos haciendo el idiota con el coche, otros por drogas, que doy bastantes gracias a mi asma por salvarme del mal camino, y lo siento, so bebes asiduamente u otros no te engañes la droga te controla a ti y no al revés, otros actualmente se dedican a chupar pollas..., creo que os hacéis una idea.
En serio si sois menores de edad os aconsejo que estudiéis y os dejéis de tonterias
March 25, 2016
I have never read manga. Ever. Reading right to left is confusing, it's black and white (or at least this one is), and it's weird, even by comic standards. So it's never appealed to me. But I'm open minded and this gets incredible reviews. So here we are. I read manga.
So how do I as a non-manga reader describe Assassination Classroom? Absurdism. It makes no sense and you just have to go with it for pure nonsensical entertainment value. Koro Sensei, a pun meaning "the teacher that can't be killed," is wanted by the Japanese Ministry of Defense for destroying most of the moon and promising to destroy the Earth unless he's stopped. So naturally he's offered a teaching position to keep him from doing harm and causing panic, and a classroom of thirty armed teenagers try to kill him every day while he teaches them grammar and algebra. I shit you not, that's the truth. And it's truly, utterly bizarre.
A few funny things Koro Sensei can do at Mach 20: pluck eyebrows, wax fighter jets midair, grade papers, buy Italian gelato.
This is weird, too, because it's kind of sweet sometimes. Like the troubled bully is shown that his violence is futile and he's forced to reflect on his actions. Koro Sensei helps the academically struggling kids better their grades. He jokes, laughs, cries. And the writing, though ridiculous, seems pretty good to me. But let me stop right there.
Now let me get all doom and gloom and philosophical. The fucked up thing about this, the premise, is murder in the classroom. That's a heavy subject here in America, I don't know how it is in Japan, but that shit happens every day here in all corners and it's heartbreaking. And I can take two sides. One, I can be offended and say this is too sensitive a subject and this book is politically incorrect, demeaning and only further encouraging violence and anarchistic and anti-establishment behavior. This rings of the "violent video games and movies made my child a killer" argument if that medium is a book, but here it's pretty explicit, a book about murder in school and the bully even says he's been wanting to kill a teacher with a devilish grin. That was a heavy moment for me. Or two, I can tell you that this also made me laugh and transcends the violence to the point of, I'm using this word a lot, absurdity. Making light of it with brevity but not degrading it. Making it silly and something we shouldn't fear because it is random and sadly just another part of (at least) American life. That children and teachers and monsters are not to be feared because it's not them, it's the unknowable unknown, the random, the sad but unavoidable darkness that lurks beneath but shouldn't reduce the magic and wonder of this world. I suppose I lean toward the latter, but it still scares me, even talking about it, and maybe it should, maybe that's part of the immersive process of healing, like fear therapy, facing it head on.
This was a thought provoking read, to say the least. It's hard to say if I'll keep reading it, just because it's pretty random and I've got a lot of other books I want to read. But I don't know, this world is pretty wacky and magnetic...
September 3, 2016
Assassination Classroom has an absolutely batshit premise: a talking tentacle monster with a smiley face who can move at Mach 20 destroys most of the moon and will do the same to Earth in a year unless humanity somehow stops him. Oh and the monster - called Koro Sensei after a pun on the Japanese word “koro-senai” meaning “can’t be killed” - wants nothing more than to be a high school teacher!
All of which is fine by me - silliness, unique setups, and imagination aren’t my problem with this comic; my problem is the way every manga series tries to obnoxiously stretch out its length as much as possible, which Assassination Classroom does. I’m not really as concerned with seeing students trying to incompetently murder Teach or see him actually teach them and mould them into better students as I am with finding out who this monster is, where it came from and why it’s doing what it’s doing.
But that would mean no lengthy run, fewer opportunities to turn it into an anime, etc. so you’re stuck with a comic that’s happy to drearily tread water for as long as possible. I guess that’s the same reasoning behind why the military doesn’t just bomb the whole area the monster is in with as many ball bearings as possible (ball bearings are the monster’s weakness for some reason that we’re not told).
You might be thinking “hmm, tentacles and manga… that sounds like a Japanese cliche - does it go there?” and the answer is yes it does but in a softcore way. It’s not even halfway through the book that the monster starts feeling up one of his male students (he’s underage too which is fucked up) and, given the last page, it looks like the same shit is gonna be happening to a busty schoolgirl in the next book. That’s fine if that’s your fetish but it really doesn’t need to be included here.
So after the initial premise is revealed, it’s repetition all the way through: students try to murder monster, fail, monster turns out to be a good teacher and improve students’ grades, then do it all over again until it’s over. It’s not interesting enough for me. Also I think it’s trying to be funny but it really isn’t - it’s absurd and over the top but there aren’t really any jokes here.
Assassination Classroom is all premise and no story. All I kept asking of the author throughout was where is the chase and how can we cut to it but I think we won’t get there for a long time yet so that’s me done with the series. It could’ve made a decent standalone book but unfortunately the manga business model put an end to that possibility.
All of which is fine by me - silliness, unique setups, and imagination aren’t my problem with this comic; my problem is the way every manga series tries to obnoxiously stretch out its length as much as possible, which Assassination Classroom does. I’m not really as concerned with seeing students trying to incompetently murder Teach or see him actually teach them and mould them into better students as I am with finding out who this monster is, where it came from and why it’s doing what it’s doing.
But that would mean no lengthy run, fewer opportunities to turn it into an anime, etc. so you’re stuck with a comic that’s happy to drearily tread water for as long as possible. I guess that’s the same reasoning behind why the military doesn’t just bomb the whole area the monster is in with as many ball bearings as possible (ball bearings are the monster’s weakness for some reason that we’re not told).
You might be thinking “hmm, tentacles and manga… that sounds like a Japanese cliche - does it go there?” and the answer is yes it does but in a softcore way. It’s not even halfway through the book that the monster starts feeling up one of his male students (he’s underage too which is fucked up) and, given the last page, it looks like the same shit is gonna be happening to a busty schoolgirl in the next book. That’s fine if that’s your fetish but it really doesn’t need to be included here.
So after the initial premise is revealed, it’s repetition all the way through: students try to murder monster, fail, monster turns out to be a good teacher and improve students’ grades, then do it all over again until it’s over. It’s not interesting enough for me. Also I think it’s trying to be funny but it really isn’t - it’s absurd and over the top but there aren’t really any jokes here.
Assassination Classroom is all premise and no story. All I kept asking of the author throughout was where is the chase and how can we cut to it but I think we won’t get there for a long time yet so that’s me done with the series. It could’ve made a decent standalone book but unfortunately the manga business model put an end to that possibility.
January 16, 2019
Just re read this bc it’s been so long since i read vol 1, but i just watched the anime and i really wanna get i to this again!!
Jun 2018 >>> I really didn't know what to expect going into this series but it's so fun! I'm reading at the same time as my sister so I have to wait for her to read so I can, so it's gonna take a while to get through it all...but I'm super excited for volume 2!
Jun 2018 >>> I really didn't know what to expect going into this series but it's so fun! I'm reading at the same time as my sister so I have to wait for her to read so I can, so it's gonna take a while to get through it all...but I'm super excited for volume 2!
November 10, 2021
really cute artstyle and interesting story!:) will probably read more of the manga
November 24, 2016
2.5 out of 5 Stars
Nope, that's not for me.
Nope, that's not for me.
July 29, 2018
I really liked this book. I love that Koro sensei taught the class about some life lessons. I know they're trying to kill him but it's very interesting. I can't wait to see what will happen. Also how he killed a woman and became a teacher for her death. I'm curious of the background.
February 20, 2024
Bro what the fuck 😂😂😂
Read
August 15, 2021j’avais regardé le début de l’anime il y a super longtemps (genre au collège je crois????) mais abandonné parce que j’arrive pas a regarder des animés, et ducoup j’ai emprunté ce tome 1 à ma pause au travail et c’est trop cool j’aime trop cette histoire :)
July 3, 2017
2.5tan daha fazla veresim yok ama 2de vermek istemiyorum. O yüzden 3 görünümlü 2.5
Sıkıldım.
2.cildi de okuyacağım yine sıkılırsam devam etmeyeceğim.
Peh.
Sıkıldım.
2.cildi de okuyacağım yine sıkılırsam devam etmeyeceğim.
Peh.
May 3, 2017
Popsugar 2017 reading challenge:
12. Un best-seller de un género que normalmente no leas - Pues, no tiene la calcomanía de Best-seller pero sé que es un manga extremadamente popular, aparte de que no suelo leer mangas (aunque amo el anime)
Mi primer manga en físico y no podría estar más feliz. **se seca una lagrimita**
Antes que nada, muuuuuchas gracias a Malik, porque él fue quien introdujo esta maravilla a mi vida (IMM #ya ni me acuerdo, jaja)
Ya desde hace tiempo había sabido de este manga, pero como soy medio neofita (y un poco bruta) en esto del manga, la verdad es que no sabía ni donde conseguirlo, hasta que por el Remate de libros del Auditorio Nacional (CDMX) tuve chance de comprar todos los volúmenes que han salido (los 16) y en definitiva son la mejor compra que hice en el evento.
En cuanto a la historia, es incrible. Es tan rara, estresante, emocionante y emotiva a la vez que realmente estoy encantada. Y al igual que todos, mi personaje favorito es Koro-sensei, es lo mejor de la trama.
12. Un best-seller de un género que normalmente no leas - Pues, no tiene la calcomanía de Best-seller pero sé que es un manga extremadamente popular, aparte de que no suelo leer mangas (aunque amo el anime)
Mi primer manga en físico y no podría estar más feliz. **se seca una lagrimita**
Antes que nada, muuuuuchas gracias a Malik, porque él fue quien introdujo esta maravilla a mi vida (IMM #ya ni me acuerdo, jaja)
Ya desde hace tiempo había sabido de este manga, pero como soy medio neofita (y un poco bruta) en esto del manga, la verdad es que no sabía ni donde conseguirlo, hasta que por el Remate de libros del Auditorio Nacional (CDMX) tuve chance de comprar todos los volúmenes que han salido (los 16) y en definitiva son la mejor compra que hice en el evento.
En cuanto a la historia, es incrible. Es tan rara, estresante, emocionante y emotiva a la vez que realmente estoy encantada. Y al igual que todos, mi personaje favorito es Koro-sensei, es lo mejor de la trama.
March 8, 2022
A unique premise that's executed to near perfection. With a colourful cast of characters, witty visual humour, and an overall tone of lighthearted fun - despite the rather morbid subject matter - this is a series that even those who don't like manga can enjoy.
September 9, 2024
What to say about this first book? It's all messed up and a great read 🥶
🍣 Original idea = 10 out of 10
🍣 Execution = 6/7 out of 10 (it gets repetitive at times - like in each chapter, there is a page dedicated to re-explaining the plot, which is frankly simple: students in class E must kill their professor before the end of the year or he'll destroy earth).
May I interest you in:
🐙 Japanese manga
🐙 sci-fi
🐙 high-school (wanna-be) assassins
🐙 humor
🍣 Original idea = 10 out of 10
🍣 Execution = 6/7 out of 10 (it gets repetitive at times - like in each chapter, there is a page dedicated to re-explaining the plot, which is frankly simple: students in class E must kill their professor before the end of the year or he'll destroy earth).
May I interest you in:
🐙 Japanese manga
🐙 sci-fi
🐙 high-school (wanna-be) assassins
🐙 humor
December 6, 2016
I have tried to get into manga over and over again, and after listening to a teen describe this series, decided to give it a go.
Alien from some other planet invades earth, gives a timeline for when he's going to destroy it, and insists on being placed in the position of a teacher for a bottom-of-the-barrel school. The students are tasked with killing the alien before it's too late.
It's a ridiculous gimmick, and goofy, and not terrible to get through, so I finished this first volume, but feel no motivation to continue on with the series. Which is pretty typical for me as far as manga goes.
I just facilitated a training for our library district on "Understanding Teenagers" covering development, mentality, paradigm, perspective in today's middle and high school students. In it, we discussed a study where teens and adults were tested on recognizing facial expression. I haven't read all of the research materials, methods, etc. but the results were that adults were 100% accurate in reading expressions (i.e. fear) and teens (those humans lacking a fully developed pre-frontal cortex) were only 50% accurate. This may explain a lot about why communicating with teenagers can be difficult for adults.
And I wonder if this might have something to do with why manga resonates so strongly with people this age. In manga, there is an agreed upon visual code for indicating emotions and other expression. Once you know that a shape on a page is meant to communicate a feeling, that might make it much easier for the teen brain to understand.
Just a hypothesis.
Alien from some other planet invades earth, gives a timeline for when he's going to destroy it, and insists on being placed in the position of a teacher for a bottom-of-the-barrel school. The students are tasked with killing the alien before it's too late.
It's a ridiculous gimmick, and goofy, and not terrible to get through, so I finished this first volume, but feel no motivation to continue on with the series. Which is pretty typical for me as far as manga goes.
I just facilitated a training for our library district on "Understanding Teenagers" covering development, mentality, paradigm, perspective in today's middle and high school students. In it, we discussed a study where teens and adults were tested on recognizing facial expression. I haven't read all of the research materials, methods, etc. but the results were that adults were 100% accurate in reading expressions (i.e. fear) and teens (those humans lacking a fully developed pre-frontal cortex) were only 50% accurate. This may explain a lot about why communicating with teenagers can be difficult for adults.
And I wonder if this might have something to do with why manga resonates so strongly with people this age. In manga, there is an agreed upon visual code for indicating emotions and other expression. Once you know that a shape on a page is meant to communicate a feeling, that might make it much easier for the teen brain to understand.
Just a hypothesis.
January 2, 2015
Assassination Classroom has one of those premises you can only expect to find in manga. It doesn't quite reach the level of a girl being raised by pigeons and her love interest, a guy whose tragic backstory involves his beloved mentor being run over by a backhoe*... but this is along those same lines.
The basic story is this: an alien tentacle monster blows up most of the moon and then comes down to Earth to become a homeroom teacher. As you do. And one of the things he ends up teaching his students is how to become good, little assassins. Because why not. Someone has to teach that, I guess. It turns out he plans to destroy the world in one year, and to give humanity a sporting chance, he's allowing the students in his class the opportunity to kill him.
Too bad he's really, really, really hard to kill.
So what makes Class 3-E so special? Why choose them?
They're the bottom of the barrel. They're the rejects of their school. They're constantly bullied, ostracized, and made fun of. Their classroom isn't even in the school! It's in a rickety building up on a hill far from the main building. These are students whose grades don't pass muster, who may excel at one subject but suck at everything else, and who may be brilliant but cannot stop fighting and getting suspended. These are the students who are used as examples to make all the other students in what is otherwise an extremely prestigious school stay on the straight and narrow, for fear of becoming like the students in 3-E.
A friend gave me this for Christmas. (Thanks, Wes!) It's a quirky read that is actually kind of amazing and embodies all the weird contradictions and sudden mood shifts so characteristic of manga. Yes, Koro-sensei is a tentacle monster who intends to destroy the world... but he's kind of a great teacher. Yes, it's the story of a group of people who have to kill a monster to save their world... but it's also the story of how one teacher can change a student's life and restore their faith and self-respect! To be honest, part of me wonders exactly how much of this manga is social commentary on the education system in Japan.
This is the first volume of an ongoing shounen series, so it's mostly an introduction. If you've read other shounen manga series, you'll be familiar with the structure -- introductory, almost episodic chapters. There are lots of questions. Why did Koro-sensei blow up the moon? Why does he plan to destroy the earth? And why did he choose to become a teacher, of all things? There are tiny hints that I suspect will become more important later on.
I remember when this manga first started serializing in WSJ a few years back. I took it as a definitive sign that the Naruto/One Piece/Bleach trinity had finally lost its chokehold on the magazine, because I honestly do not think a manga with this premise and overall weirdness could have survived in the WSJ of a decade ago.
(It's up to 12 volumes in Japan so far, so it's doing well for itself.)
*Hikkatsu: Strike a Blow to Vivify
The basic story is this: an alien tentacle monster blows up most of the moon and then comes down to Earth to become a homeroom teacher. As you do. And one of the things he ends up teaching his students is how to become good, little assassins. Because why not. Someone has to teach that, I guess. It turns out he plans to destroy the world in one year, and to give humanity a sporting chance, he's allowing the students in his class the opportunity to kill him.
Too bad he's really, really, really hard to kill.
So what makes Class 3-E so special? Why choose them?
They're the bottom of the barrel. They're the rejects of their school. They're constantly bullied, ostracized, and made fun of. Their classroom isn't even in the school! It's in a rickety building up on a hill far from the main building. These are students whose grades don't pass muster, who may excel at one subject but suck at everything else, and who may be brilliant but cannot stop fighting and getting suspended. These are the students who are used as examples to make all the other students in what is otherwise an extremely prestigious school stay on the straight and narrow, for fear of becoming like the students in 3-E.
A friend gave me this for Christmas. (Thanks, Wes!) It's a quirky read that is actually kind of amazing and embodies all the weird contradictions and sudden mood shifts so characteristic of manga. Yes, Koro-sensei is a tentacle monster who intends to destroy the world... but he's kind of a great teacher. Yes, it's the story of a group of people who have to kill a monster to save their world... but it's also the story of how one teacher can change a student's life and restore their faith and self-respect! To be honest, part of me wonders exactly how much of this manga is social commentary on the education system in Japan.
This is the first volume of an ongoing shounen series, so it's mostly an introduction. If you've read other shounen manga series, you'll be familiar with the structure -- introductory, almost episodic chapters. There are lots of questions. Why did Koro-sensei blow up the moon? Why does he plan to destroy the earth? And why did he choose to become a teacher, of all things? There are tiny hints that I suspect will become more important later on.
I remember when this manga first started serializing in WSJ a few years back. I took it as a definitive sign that the Naruto/One Piece/Bleach trinity had finally lost its chokehold on the magazine, because I honestly do not think a manga with this premise and overall weirdness could have survived in the WSJ of a decade ago.
(It's up to 12 volumes in Japan so far, so it's doing well for itself.)
*Hikkatsu: Strike a Blow to Vivify
October 2, 2015
Surprisingly likeable, much like Koro Sensei himself. The premise is totally on crack: Most of the Moon is destroyed by a being of unimaginable power, and he promises to do the same to the Earth one year later. In the meantime, he wants to teach. So a group of Japanese high school students have him as their teacher. He helps them learn, they try to kill him before the year is up. And he encourages them. And it's really cheerful and goofy. It's one of those premises that, if someone tells you about it, you blink a few times and ask them to repeat it because you can't believe you heard it right and what was that again? But it works. It works beautifully. These are all problem students of various stripes and Koro Sensei is a really effective teacher. You see them learning and growing and the plots to kill him come closer to succeeding, and you're not sure whether you're rooting for or against him. Bizarre. And fun. Definitely worth reading.
May 17, 2016
This was one of the weirdest things I have ever read... and it was awesome!
The art didn't feel convoluted and confusing like a lot of manga does for me. The characters were slightly average, but still likable. It had some good humor, mostly in the form of one-liners. The dialogue flowed well, too. The plot is one of the most original plots that I have ever experienced. It was really weird in a really good way.
Definitely going to continue this series.
The art didn't feel convoluted and confusing like a lot of manga does for me. The characters were slightly average, but still likable. It had some good humor, mostly in the form of one-liners. The dialogue flowed well, too. The plot is one of the most original plots that I have ever experienced. It was really weird in a really good way.
Definitely going to continue this series.
May 16, 2016
One of the strangest manga I have read so far this year! Haha it isn't my favorite, but it is interesting enough for me to continue. I'm really interested in seeing the tactics these kids come up with to kill this teacher. It seems like absolutely nothing will work. And what kills me is that I actually kind of like the teacher. He teachers them some valuable lessons. : )
July 12, 2016
3.75 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this! Such a unique and fun premise. This is full of humor and snarky characters and I am excited to pick up volume two eventually. The only thing that I didn't like was the first half was so repetitive.
I really enjoyed this! Such a unique and fun premise. This is full of humor and snarky characters and I am excited to pick up volume two eventually. The only thing that I didn't like was the first half was so repetitive.
March 14, 2017
El primer volumen de este manga es INCREÍBLE...! Desde La primer página está llena de mucho misterio e intriga y sabiduría de parte de un ser tan poco esperado y extraño, tiene unas frases que te hacen reflexionar y que son muy verdaderas para nuestros propios objetivos, y el anime es fielmente al manga. Sin duda alguna deben de leerlo, no se arrepentirán.
May 28, 2020
Okurken ne kadar gülmüş olsam da, konusunun sağlam olduğunu düşünmüyorum. Çok eğlendim lakin Death Note gibi bir seriden sonra okumak bu seri için iyi olmadı 🙄
February 25, 2021
This was SO WEIRD yet oddly entertaining. 😂
December 24, 2021
Tamam anime-manga için biraz yaşım geçmiş olabilir belki ama eminim ki iyi bir eser bulduğumda en büyük takipçisi ben olacağım. Örneğin yıllarımı Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, Bleach, Hikaru No Go, Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien ve daha pek çok animeyle geçirsem de uzun bir aradan sonra Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack on Titan) izlemeye başlayınca aha, anime gibi anime dediğim bir dönem oldu. Samurai Champloo da geç izlediğim ama çok başarılı bulduğum bir animeydi.
Manga'ya dönecek olursak eminim ki iyi araştırırsam ve yeterince denersem hoşuma giden bir seri bulurum ama Suikast Sınıfı hiç onlardan biri olacakmış gibi durmuyor. Ne okudum ben allahaşkına? Smiley kafalı bir ahtapot var, ayın büyük kısmını yok etmiş, dünyayı da bir sene içinde yok etme tehdidinde bulunuyor, başarısız öğrencilerin toplandığı bir sınıfa sınıf öğretmenliği yapmak istiyor ve öğrenciler her an farklı şekillerde suikast yapmaya çalışıyor ama başarılı olamıyor. Neden? Çünkü her iki dakikada bir hatırlattığı şekilde bu ahtapot 20 mach hızında. Peki.
İlk üç kitabını almıştım tabi ki devamını da deneyeceğim ama genellikle pilot bölüm sarmadıysa gerisi de sarmıyor.
Ha bu arada kusura bakmayın ama A5 boyutunda, renksiz ve normal kağıda basılan bir Manga'nın büyük boy, renkli ve kuşe kağıda basılmış bir Sandman kitabıyla aynı fiyat olmasını kabul etmiyorum. Hele de 300-400 sayfalık bir romanla aynı olmasını hayatta kabul edemem.
Yine de gördüğüm kadarıyla seveni çok.
Herkese keyifli okumalar.
Manga'ya dönecek olursak eminim ki iyi araştırırsam ve yeterince denersem hoşuma giden bir seri bulurum ama Suikast Sınıfı hiç onlardan biri olacakmış gibi durmuyor. Ne okudum ben allahaşkına? Smiley kafalı bir ahtapot var, ayın büyük kısmını yok etmiş, dünyayı da bir sene içinde yok etme tehdidinde bulunuyor, başarısız öğrencilerin toplandığı bir sınıfa sınıf öğretmenliği yapmak istiyor ve öğrenciler her an farklı şekillerde suikast yapmaya çalışıyor ama başarılı olamıyor. Neden? Çünkü her iki dakikada bir hatırlattığı şekilde bu ahtapot 20 mach hızında. Peki.
İlk üç kitabını almıştım tabi ki devamını da deneyeceğim ama genellikle pilot bölüm sarmadıysa gerisi de sarmıyor.
Ha bu arada kusura bakmayın ama A5 boyutunda, renksiz ve normal kağıda basılan bir Manga'nın büyük boy, renkli ve kuşe kağıda basılmış bir Sandman kitabıyla aynı fiyat olmasını kabul etmiyorum. Hele de 300-400 sayfalık bir romanla aynı olmasını hayatta kabul edemem.
Yine de gördüğüm kadarıyla seveni çok.
Herkese keyifli okumalar.
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