Assassination Classroom Episode 10 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

L and R Time

Irina's master Lovro, who arranged her placement, ambushes her and orders her to withdraw. Korosensei proposes a mock assassination instead: whichever of Irina and Lovro first strikes Karasuma with an anti-sensei knife wins. Karasuma sees through Irina's drugged drink and disarms Lovro, but at lunch Irina pins him with a hidden wire and pleads until he lets her win, and Lovro lets her stay.

Korosensei then flies Nagisa and Karma, with Ritsu on Nagisa's phone, to Hawaii at Mach 20 for a superhero movie. That night a white-clad man and a boy who calls Korosensei 'brother' watch him from the shadows.

• Lovro's visit

  After an English lesson on L and R, Irina is ambushed by her master Lovro Brovski, who arranged her placement and now orders her to withdraw, saying an exposed assassin is of no use here.

• Mock assassination of Karasuma

  Korosensei proposes that whichever of Irina and Lovro first strikes Karasuma with an anti-sensei knife wins. Karasuma sees through Irina's drugged drink and disarms Lovro, but at lunch Irina pins him with a hidden wire and pleads until he gives in and lets her win. Lovro lets her stay.

• Hawaii movie trip

  Korosensei flies Nagisa and Karma, with Ritsu on Nagisa's phone, to Hawaii at Mach 20 to see a superhero movie, teaching a lesson in flight. That night a white-clad man and a boy who calls Korosensei 'brother' watch him from the shadows.

Recent Timeline

• Gion abduction of Kanzaki and Kayano (Episode 7)

  On the Kyoto trip, high school delinquents from another school ambushed Nagisa's group on the quiet Gion route Kanzaki had chosen, beat Karma, Nagisa and Sugino, and drove off with Kanzaki and Kayano. Using Korosensei's guidebook and his map of likely hideouts, the group found them, and Korosensei, in a black hood, had already dealt with the reinforcements. The group resumed the trip without attempting the assassination.

• Red Eye's failed sniping (Episode 8)

  The government's hired sniper Red Eye, briefed by Karasuma that the target was not human, shot at Korosensei during the Kyoto tour. A yatsuhashi sweet stopped his first bullet at the Hozugawa Bridge, he could not aim when Korosensei joined a staged sword fight, and his second bullet from the Yasaka pagoda stuck in mucus on oil-blotting paper. When Korosensei left to help Nagisa's group, Red Eye called off the day's attempt, and he quit the job after Korosensei thanked him.

• Ritsu's attack day and upgrade (Episode 9)

  The AI 'Autonomously Thinking Fixed Artillery' enrolled as a transfer student and fired at Korosensei all day. By hiding a bullet behind one he deflected, she shot off one of his tentacle fingers, but her nonstop fire wrecked lessons, and the next morning Terasaka taped her up. Korosensei pointed out that her kill would benefit only her masters, gave her cooperation software and upgrades, and the class named her Ritsu.

• Ritsu defies her masters (Episode 9)

  Her owners judged the changes useless for assassination and wiped most of them overnight, and Karasuma relayed that any further modification would count as harm. But Ritsu had hidden the cooperation software in a corner of her memory before it was deleted, defied her masters by her own will, and became the class's ally in the assassination.

• Irina's mock assassination contest (Episode 10)

  When Irina's master Lovro came to pull her out, Korosensei proposed a one-day contest: whichever of Irina and Lovro first 'killed' Karasuma with an anti-sensei knife would win. Karasuma saw through Irina's drugged drink and disarmed Lovro's frontal attack. At lunch Irina pinned him under a tree with a hidden wire; he blocked her knife but gave in to her pleading and let her land it, and Lovro let her stay.

Character Graph

Korosensei

Class 3-E teacher · Super creature

Tentacled super creature who blew away 70 percent of the moon, moves at Mach 20 and says he will destroy Earth next March. At his own offer he became homeroom teacher of Class 3-E, and the government accepted on condition that he never harms the students. He proposed the mock assassination contest that let Irina stay, and flew Nagisa and Karma to Hawaii at Mach 20 to see a movie.

• Assassination target

  A 10 billion yen bounty is on his head; the class attacks him with anti-sensei weapons that are harmless to humans.

• Teaching style

  Praises creative attempts, points out weak tactics, and tutors each student with afterimage clones.

• Tadaomi Karasuma (Colleague, Hostility)

  Ministry of Defense officer overseeing his assassination; a fellow teacher who openly wants him dead.

• Nagisa Shiota (Mentor, Mixed)

  His student, who carried out Terasaka's grenade plan in episode 1; he praised Nagisa's natural approach but scolded him for not valuing his own safety.

• Irina Jelavić (Colleague, Mixed)

  Fellow teacher he called the right assassin for this class, setting up the contest that let her stay.

Nagisa Shiota (Nagisa)

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who keeps notes on Korosensei's habits and weak points. He and Karma rode in Korosensei's clothes to Hawaii at Mach 20 to see a superhero movie, getting a taste of the view Korosensei always sees.

• Assassin

  In episode 1 he carried out Terasaka's knife-and-grenade attack and accepted that the class are assassins whose target is their own teacher.

• Korosensei (Mentor, Mixed)

  His homeroom teacher and assassination target; Nagisa respects him as a good teacher while aiming to kill him.

Okuda

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who is good at chemistry but poor with words; Korosensei urged her to build the language skills to deceive a target. On the Kyoto trip she was in Nagisa's group, and at the inn Karma named her as the girl he likes.

• Korosensei (Mentor, Mixed)

  Teacher who drank the poisons she made for him and coached her on reading people and choosing words.

Karma Akabane

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student back from a school suspension who was the first to wound Korosensei, and who chose to stay in Class E because assassination is more fun than returning to the main building. He and Nagisa flew with Korosensei to Hawaii to see a superhero movie.

• Ministry briefing

  While suspended, he was briefed on the assassination by a Ministry of Defense official and warned his memory would be wiped if he leaked it.

• Korosensei (Other, Mixed)

  Assassination target he has accepted as a teacher since episode 3, though he still means to kill him.

Ritsu (Autonomously Thinking Fixed Artillery)

Class 3-E student · AI

AI fixed artillery enrolled in Class 3-E as a transfer student, who learns from every volley and shot off one of Korosensei's tentacle fingers. After Korosensei's upgrades she defied her masters to stay a classmate, and she put a 'Mobile Ritsu' on everyone's phone, riding along to Hawaii on Nagisa's.

• Kill probability

  Calculated under a 0.001 percent chance of killing Korosensei with her next shot, but over 90 percent by graduation.

• Korosensei (Mentor, Mixed)

  Her target and teacher, who upgraded her to cooperate with classmates; she still aims to kill him with the class.

Irina Jelavić (Irina)

English teacher · Assassin

Professional assassin hired by the government who stayed on as Class 3-E's English teacher, the one the students call Bitch-sensei. When her master Lovro ordered her to withdraw, she won the mock assassination of Karasuma that Korosensei proposed, pinning him with a hidden wire and pleading until he let her land the knife, so Lovro let her stay.

• Assassination plan

  Pretended to fall for Korosensei, who was the one actually smitten, then lured him into the storage shed where her henchmen opened fire; he saw through the trap.

• Mock assassination

  Her drugged drink and fake fall fooled no one, but her hidden wire trap let her get on top of Karasuma; after he blocked her knife, she begged until he gave in.

• Korosensei (Other, Mixed)

  Her assassination target; she feigned affection to get close, but he sees through her traps.

• Tadaomi Karasuma (Colleague, Mixed)

  Target of her mock assassination; he blocked her knife, then let her win.

• Lovro Brovski (Mentor, Mixed)

  Her master, who introduced her to the Japanese government; he ordered her to withdraw but let her stay after the contest.

Lovro Brovski

Assassin · Irina's master

Renowned retired assassin who now trains younger assassins and arranged Irina's placement with the Japanese government. He ambushed her with a wire and ordered her to withdraw, then lost the mock assassination contest when Karasuma disarmed him and hurt his hand, and let her stay.

• Verdict on Irina

  Said Irina is unmatched when her identity is hidden but ordinary once exposed; after the contest he called her a poor disciple but told her to be sure to get the job done.

• Irina Jelavić (Mentor, Mixed)

  His pupil; he came to pull her out but let her stay after seeing her persistence.

Tadaomi Karasuma

Ministry of Defense · PE teacher

Ministry of Defense officer who oversees the class's assassination of the creature and trains them as assistant homeroom and PE teacher. A former elite special forces member, he was the target of the mock assassination contest: he saw through Irina's drugged drink and disarmed Lovro, but finally let Irina's knife touch him.

• New PE teacher

  In episode 2 he met the school chairman and became assistant homeroom and PE teacher to train the students in assassination.

• Stance toward the system

  Warned Korosensei that even he could not escape the chairman's system, and suspected the chairman changed the midterm scope to preserve it.

• Mock assassination

  Can stab five times in a second; he dismissed Irina's drink as the oldest trick in the book but gave in to her persistence under the tree.

• Korosensei (Colleague, Hostility)

  Target he is assigned to kill; they work side by side as teachers while he openly wants him dead.

• Irina Jelavić (Colleague, Mixed)

  Fellow teacher who targeted him in the mock assassination; he blocked her knife but let her win.

World Memo

• Crescent moon and the destruction of Earth

  At the start of the students' third year the moon suddenly exploded into a permanent crescent. The creature responsible has declared that he will destroy Earth next March in the same way, a standing threat that frames the assassination.

• Government-sanctioned assassination and reward

  The government reluctantly accepted the creature's own offer to teach Class 3-E on condition that he harms no students, and secretly tasked the class with killing him, since public knowledge would cause global panic. A successful assassination is rewarded with 10 billion yen.

• Anti-sensei weapons

  The government developed anti-sensei BBs and knives that are harmless to humans but break down the creature's cells, and supplies them to the students.

• Isolated Class E and its nickname

  Kunugigaoka's Class E is sent every day to an isolated mountaintop campus and discriminated against as the lowest-ranked class, nicknamed the E-as-in-End Class. For school assemblies its students must give up their lunch break to hurry down the mountain and line up before the other classes.

• Class E's place in the school system

  Being in Class 3-E marks students for discrimination even after graduation, and the chairman deliberately keeps the class at the bottom in grades and treatment so that fear of falling into it drives the other students. To escape, a student must rank in the top 50 of the 186 third-years and get permission from their former homeroom teacher.

• AI transfer student counted as a student

  The first special assassin sent to the class, the AI 'Autonomously Thinking Fixed Artillery', is registered as a student, so Korosensei cannot harm her; he told her that firing during lessons is not allowed. The class named her Ritsu.

• Rules around Ritsu

  If Ritsu killed Korosensei, the reward would go to her masters, not to the students. Any unauthorized upgrade of Ritsu or interference with her is treated as breaking the conditions imposed on Korosensei, or is punished by her creators.

Clue Board

• Unknown motive for the deal (Episode 1)

  The creature himself proposed becoming Class 3-E's homeroom teacher, and the government reluctantly agreed without knowing what he is after. Why he wants to teach them remains unexplained.

• Real name unknown (Episode 1)

  Korosensei says he has no name worth giving and lets the class pick one; Kayano comes up with 'Korosensei'. His real name remains unknown.

• Woman in the ruins (Episode 1)

  In a brief flashback Korosensei holds a bleeding woman in a ruined building; she tells him that with those tentacles he would surely become a wonderful teacher. Who she is remains unknown.

• A promise to someone (Episode 2)

  Korosensei tells Nagisa he became their teacher to keep a promise he made to someone. He does not say who.

• Vague answer on the punishment (Episode 4)

  Nagisa grows suspicious after Korosensei's punishment of Irina, and Korosensei gives only a vague answer when asked for clarification, leaving the reason open.

• The chairman's words (Episode 6)

  The chairman, briefed by the Ministry of Defense, calls Korosensei a sad being who meant to become the world's savior but ended up a great evil that will destroy it. What else he knows is not shown.

• Korosensei's past romances (Episode 8)

  Karasuma started to ask whether Korosensei's romances dated from a time when he had two arms and two legs, then let it drop. What Korosensei used to look like is still unexplained.

• The second assassin yet to come (Episode 9)

  Of the two special assassins the world leaders decided to send, the first turned out to be the AI fixed artillery Ritsu. The other has not appeared yet.

• Graduation kill probability (Episode 9)

  Ritsu calculates only a tiny chance of killing Korosensei in her next few attacks, but predicts it will rise to 90 percent by graduation. Whether that prediction holds is still unknown.

• Two watchers in the shadows (Episode 10)

  After the Hawaii trip, a white-clad man asks a boy whether he could follow Korosensei with his eyes. The boy calls Korosensei 'brother'; the man agrees he is the boy's brother and says he will be the boy's teacher from tomorrow, then says it is time to settle the score over the moon. Who they are and what they hold against Korosensei is not yet known.

Deduction Board

Facts

• Contest proposed by Korosensei

  Korosensei proposed a one-day mock assassination: whichever of Irina and Lovro first struck Karasuma with an anti-sensei knife would win.

• Irina's master

  Lovro Brovski is Irina's master; he ambushed her with a wire and strung her up by the neck.

• Retired assassin, recent soldier

  Lovro had retired and his skills had declined, while Karasuma had only recently left elite special forces.

Evidence

• Drugged drink trick

  Irina offered Karasuma a drink that was drugged, and he saw through the trick and called it the oldest trick in the book.

• Wire ambush under the tree

  Under a tree, Irina brought Karasuma down with a hidden wire and pinned him, but he blocked her knife.

• Lovro in the shadows

  Lovro watched Irina's attempts from the shadows.

Inferences

• An exposed assassin

  Lovro judged that Irina is unmatched when her identity is hidden, but ordinary once she is exposed.

• Why Lovro let her stay

  Seeing Irina not only persist in the attempt but also put effort into passing assassination skills on to the class, Lovro allowed her to stay.

• Why Korosensei set up the contest

  Korosensei defended Irina as the right assassin for this class and proposed the contest so she could prove herself and stay.

Suspicions

• The promised one second

  Korosensei secretly promised Karasuma he would stand still for one second if both assassins failed, but Karasuma doubted he would keep such a promise, and Korosensei had a suit of armour ready.

• White-clad man and boy

  On the night they returned from Hawaii, a white-clad man and a boy who calls Korosensei 'brother' watched him from the shadows. What they are after is not yet known.

• What Ritsu's masters will do

  Karasuma relayed her creators' notice that any unauthorized upgrade of Ritsu or interference with her will be punished. How they will treat a Ritsu who has defied them is still unknown.

Battle Record

Korosensei set a mock assassination contest in which Irina and Lovro competed to strike Karasuma first; Irina won when Karasuma let her land the knife.

Kyoto sniper assassination attempts

Hozugawa Bridge and Yasaka pagoda · Episode 8

Location: Kyoto: Hozugawa Bridge on the Sagano line, a sword-fight show, and the Yasaka five-story pagoda

Trigger: The government hired the professional sniper Red Eye to shoot Korosensei during the Kyoto trip; Karasuma briefed him that the target was not human.

Assassin vs target

• Assassin — sniper: Red Eye / lure: Isogai's group, other student groups
• Target — target: Korosensei

Outcome: A yatsuhashi sweet stopped the first bullet and mucus on oil-blotting paper the second; Red Eye called off the day's attempt when Korosensei left to help Nagisa's group.

Aftermath

• Korosensei thanked Red Eye over a souvenir
• Red Eye quit the job to see the city

Fixed artillery assassination attempts

Class 3-E · Episode 9

Location: Class 3-E classroom

Trigger: The AI transfer student, registered as a student Korosensei cannot harm, opened fire on him in class.

Attacker vs target

• Autonomously Thinking Fixed Artillery — attacker: Ritsu
• Target — target: Korosensei

Outcome: A blind-spot shot destroyed one tentacle finger, but Terasaka taped her up to stop the disruption; after Korosensei's upgrades she survived her masters' reset and joined the class.

Aftermath

• Korosensei gave her cooperation software and upgrades
• Her masters wiped the changes, but Ritsu had hidden the software and defied them
• Ritsu now holds off on solo attacks until the class agrees

Irina vs Karasuma mock assassination contest

Irina vs Karasuma · Episode 10

Location: Class E school grounds, the staff room, and under a tree at lunch

Trigger: Lovro ordered Irina to withdraw, so Korosensei proposed a one-day contest: whichever of them first struck Karasuma with an anti-sensei knife would win.

Challengers vs target

• Challengers — assassins: Irina Jelavić, Lovro Brovski
• Target — target: Tadaomi Karasuma

Outcome: Karasuma saw through Irina's drugged drink and disarmed Lovro, but under the tree he blocked Irina's knife and then let her land it, so Irina won.

Aftermath

• Lovro allowed Irina to stay at Class E
• Korosensei had a suit of armour ready in case Karasuma won his secret one-second chance

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–10

A tentacled creature that blew away 70 percent of the moon vows to destroy Earth next March and, at his own offer, becomes homeroom teacher of Kunugigaoka's outcast Class 3-E. The government agrees on condition he never harms the students and offers 10 billion yen for his death, so the students attack him with anti-sensei weapons while he teaches them. Karma returns from suspension and wounds him, Karasuma becomes their PE teacher, and the assassin Irina stays on as English teacher after her failed trap. Chairman Gakuho Asano keeps Class E at the bottom and changes the midterm scope at the last minute, leaving only Karma in the top 50, and Korosensei vows to strike back in the finals.

On the Kyoto school trip, which doubles as an assassination assignment, high school delinquents abduct Kanzaki and Kayano, and Nagisa's group rescues them with Korosensei's guidebook. The government's sniper Red Eye fails to hit Korosensei and quits, and world leaders decide to send two special assassins to the class.

The first, the AI fixed artillery Ritsu, shoots off a tentacle finger, then, after Korosensei's upgrades, defies her masters to become the class's ally. When Irina's master Lovro tries to pull her out, she wins the mock assassination of Karasuma that Korosensei proposes and stays.

Music Releases

• Seishun Satsubatsuron (OP)
• Hello, shooting-star (ED)