Assassination Classroom season 1 review

Discrimination

"A strange new teacher is introduced to Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The teacher is a round-headed, tentacled octopoid creature capable of moving at speeds of up to Mach 20 and whose color changes depending on his mood. Prior to introducing himself to his new class, he managed to carve out a large chunk of the moon to become a permanent crescent moon. In a year, he plots to destroy the earth but decides to teach a junior high school class in the meantime for an unknown reason. With this strange creature having effectively taken over the world, the government reluctantly complies with his request on the condition that he does not harm his students.

Affectionately, the students of Class E call him Korosensei, which is a pun on the term korosenai (殺せない lit. unkillable or can't be killed) and sensei (先生). These same students greet him every day with assassination attempts in their journey to save the world by eventually murdering their own teacher, and to earn 10 billion yen from the government." -Summary


This anime first struck to me as weird. Last year I've only heard that the story is about the students attempting to kill their alien-looking teacher. It was only this 2017 that I found out that this anime has more to than what it may seem. Class 3-E, or also known as the End Class. Is highly discriminated by the entire school itself. This class has a separate building on top of the mountain which is next to the main building. Not only is their building a complete wreck, every monthly gathering of every section in the school, they are looked down upon the other sections.

It was interesting to see all the student's failed attempts to kill their almost-unkillable teacher. Every situation was different from one to another. Throughout the school year, a few more students join in class 3-E. The story doesn't entirely focus on Nagisa, the only blue haired character, but focuses on the entire class which makes it more interesting. Even if there are some episodes where Nagisa doesn't have much screen time, it was fun to watch other students attempt to kill Korosensei themselves. It's almost as if you're part of the class too.

Assassination Classroom