Assassination Classroom Episode 2 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Baseball Time

Using Nagisa's notes, Sugino throws a baseball studded with anti-sensei BBs, but Korosensei catches it with a glove. When Sugino loses heart, Korosensei tells him to stop copying the pitcher he idolizes and make use of his flexible elbows and wrists, and Sugino develops his own breaking ball. Korosensei also tells Nagisa he took on the class because of a promise.

At lunch six students rush him with anti-sensei knives; he swaps the knives for tulips, then learns the class planted those flowers and, as an apology, lets them tie him to a branch and attack him. When the branch snaps he flails on the ground, then escapes to the roof after handing out extra homework. Meanwhile Karasuma becomes Class E's PE teacher, and the suspended Karma Akabane is briefed on the assassination at the Ministry of Defense.

• Failed baseball assassination attempt

  Sugino and Nagisa attack Korosensei with an anti-sensei BB baseball, which he catches with a glove and then warns them about graduation.

• Pitching advice for Sugino

  Korosensei judges Sugino's pitching physique, explains why copying a pitcher's style is impossible for him, and encourages him to develop a flexible personal curveball style.

• Tulip knife mix-up

  Six students try to stab Korosensei with anti-sensei knives over lunch; he swaps them for tulips, which turn out to be the class's own planted tulips, and he tries to replant new bulbs as an apology.

• Karasuma becomes PE teacher

  Karasuma meets the school chairman and becomes Class E's assistant homeroom and PE teacher to train the students in assassination, then overhears two main-campus students saying they must keep up their grades or be sent to Class E.

• Students attack the hanging Korosensei

  Korosensei is tied and hung from a branch; the students keep attacking, the branch snaps, and he flees after giving extra homework, while the class stays undeterred.

• Karma Akabane's introduction

  At the Ministry of Defense, Karma Akabane, a Class E student serving a school suspension, is warned of a memory wipe if he leaks the secret and told he will return to Class E when the suspension ends; he shows no hesitation about killing a teacher.

Recent Timeline

• Moon explosion and the secret assassination order (Episode 1)

  As their third year began, 70 percent of the moon exploded into a crescent, and the creature responsible appeared as Class 3-E's homeroom teacher, declaring he would destroy Earth next March. Karasuma of the Ministry of Defense handed the students anti-sensei weapons and secretly charged them with killing him for a 10 billion yen reward.

• Grenade ambush and Korosensei's warning (Episode 1)

  Following Terasaka's plan, Nagisa clung to Korosensei with a grenade packed with gunpowder and 300 anti-sensei BBs, and Terasaka set it off by remote. Korosensei shielded Nagisa with his shed skin, then flew around town at Mach 20, brought back the students' house nameplates and threatened their families and friends. He then praised Nagisa's natural approach and scolded Terasaka, Yoshida and Muramatsu for not looking out for Nagisa, and Nagisa for not looking out for himself.

• Sugino's baseball attempt and the tulip mix-up (Episode 2)

  Sugino and Nagisa ambushed Korosensei with a baseball studded with anti-sensei BBs, but he caught it with a glove. He advised Sugino to make use of his own flexibility rather than copy the pitcher he idolized, and Sugino learned his own breaking ball. At lunch six students rushed him with anti-sensei knives; he swapped the knives for tulips, then realized the class had planted those flowers and tried to plant new bulbs as an apology.

• Karasuma's arrival and the tree-branch ambush (Episode 2)

  Karasuma met the chairman and took on Class E as its assistant homeroom and PE teacher. Meanwhile, as an apology, Korosensei let the students tie him to a tree branch and attack him, but the branch snapped as he grew cocky. He rolled around on the ground in a panic, then leapt onto the roof, assigned extra homework and fled.

• Karma's briefing at the Ministry of Defense (Episode 2)

  Karma Akabane, a Class E student serving a suspension, was briefed on the assassination at the Ministry of Defense and warned that his memory would be wiped if he leaked it. He showed no hesitation about killing a teacher, saying it should be fun, human or not.

Character Graph

Korosensei

Class 3-E homeroom teacher · Super creature

Super creature who blew away 70 percent of the moon, vows to destroy Earth next March and flies at up to Mach 20; he asked to become Class 3-E's homeroom teacher himself. He coaches Sugino after foiling his attack and tells Nagisa he became their teacher to keep a promise to someone.

• Assassination target

  The government reluctantly accepted his own offer to teach Class 3-E on condition he harms no students, and the class must kill him by next March for a 10 billion yen reward.

• Teaching style

  Teaches the class with unusual methods, praising effort and creativity while chastising weak tactics.

• Tadaomi Karasuma (Pact, Colleague, Hostility)

  Ministry of Defense officer who relayed the government's reluctant acceptance of his offer to teach Class 3-E; he wants the creature dead and openly opposes him. He now teaches PE to train the class in assassination.

• Nagisa Shiota (Mentor, Mixed)

  Student who carried out the grenade attack in episode 1; Korosensei praised how naturally he approached but scolded him for not protecting himself.

Nagisa Shiota (Nagisa)

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who keeps notes on Korosensei's habits and weak points. He helped Sugino's baseball attack, and Korosensei told him he became their teacher to keep a promise.

• Assassin

  Carried out the knife-and-grenade attack in episode 1 and accepts that he and his classmates 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.

Tadaomi Karasuma (Karasuma)

Japanese Ministry of Defense · PE teacher

Ministry of Defense officer who briefed Class 3-E on the secret assassination order. After meeting the school chairman, he becomes Class E's assistant homeroom and PE teacher to train the students.

• Government operative

  Explains that only world leaders know about the creature and that the class must kill him in secret.

• New PE teacher

  Meets the school chairman and takes on Class E as assistant homeroom and PE teacher to train the students in assassination.

• Korosensei (Pact, Colleague, Hostility)

  The creature who offered to teach Class 3-E himself; Karasuma relayed the government's reluctant acceptance and wants him dead. Now a fellow teacher, he still treats him as a target.

Karma Akabane (Karma)

Suspended Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student serving a school suspension. A Ministry of Defense official briefs him on the assassination and warns of a memory wipe if he talks, and he says he has always wanted to try killing a teacher.

• Ministry briefing

  While suspended, a Ministry of Defense official tells him he will return to Class E when it ends, briefs him on the assassination and warns him of a memory wipe if he leaks it.

• Korosensei (Other, Hostility)

  The target he is briefed on; he has always wanted to try killing a teacher.

Kayano (Kaede Kayano)

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who sits near Nagisa. At the end of episode 1 she came up with the nickname 'Korosensei' — the teacher no one can kill.

• Naming Korosensei

  Asked Korosensei his name, and when he told the class to pick one, came up with 'Korosensei'.

• Nagisa Shiota (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate she often talks with about Korosensei and the assassination.

• Korosensei (Mentor, Mixed)

  Homeroom teacher and target, whom she nicknamed Korosensei.

Ryoma Terasaka (Terasaka)

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who runs with Yoshida and Muramatsu. In episode 1 he planned the grenade attack, had Nagisa carry it and set it off himself, and Korosensei scolded him for not looking out for Nagisa.

• Grenade plan

  Gave Nagisa a toy grenade packed with gunpowder and anti-sensei BBs and set it off by remote, insisting it could not kill anyone.

• Nagisa Shiota (Other, Mixed)

  Classmate he pressed into carrying the grenade, promising to cover any medical bills with the reward.

• Korosensei (Other, Hostility)

  Assassination target who scolded him after the grenade attack; Terasaka shot back that he was not afraid of him.

Tomohito Sugino (Sugino)

Class 3-E student

Class 3-E student who was on the baseball team before being dropped to Class E. After his baseball assassination failed, Korosensei's advice to use his flexible elbows and wrists led him to develop his own breaking ball.

• Pitching style

  Tried to copy a major-league pitcher's form, then developed his own breaking ball after Korosensei told him his flexible elbows and wrists were his real talent.

• Korosensei (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teacher who went to New York to check with the pitcher himself and coached Sugino toward his own style.

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.

• Strict secrecy

  Only the world's leaders know the creature exists, and the students must keep the assassination secret even from their friends and families. Anyone who leaks it is warned that their memory will be wiped.

• What falling into Class E means

  Main-campus students cling to their grades for fear of being sent to Class E, and Class E students cannot take part in club sports such as baseball.

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.

• Post-lunch weakness hypothesis (Episode 1)

  Nagisa suspects Korosensei is most vulnerable when his face turns light pink after lunch, around when students get sleepy, since he was slow to answer a question at that time. This is an unconfirmed hypothesis.

• 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.

• Karma, the suspended student (Episode 2)

  Karma Akabane, a suspended Class E student, has been briefed on the assassination at the Ministry of Defense and will soon return to Class E. Why he was suspended and what kind of student he is has not been shown yet.

Deduction Board

Facts

• Speed and tentacles

  Korosensei moves at a maximum speed of Mach 20 and has tentacles that regenerate when shot off.

• Harmful BBs

  Korosensei is harmed by the anti-sensei BBs, which the government developed specifically to kill him, though they are harmless to humans.

• Why the government accepted

  Karasuma explains two reasons: if the creature comes to class every day his location can be monitored, and thirty people get the chance to kill him at close range.

Evidence

• Tentacle shot off

  Korosensei shoots off one of his own tentacles to show the BBs harm him; it regenerates within a few seconds.

• Skin shedding

  Korosensei sheds his skin once a month and used his old skin to protect Nagisa from the grenade blast.

• Government's failed attack

  The government sent its best fighter jets, but Korosensei gave them a midair wax.

• Nagisa's weak-point notes

  Nagisa's notebook lists three weak points: Korosensei gets sloppy when showing off (the branch he was tied to snapped), panics easily (he rolled around on the ground after falling), and has no tolerance (he handed out extra homework from the roof).

Inferences

• Weak points are character flaws

  The listed weak points are actually flaws in Korosensei's character rather than exploitable weaknesses.

Suspicions

• Motive for the deal

  Even the government does not know why the creature asked to become Class 3-E's homeroom teacher.

• Value of Nagisa's notes doubted

  Kayano and Sugino are suspicious of how useful Nagisa's notes on Korosensei's weak points are.

Battle Record

Students attack the tied-up Korosensei hanging from a tree branch; the branch snaps and he flees to the roof.

Grenade ambush on Korosensei

Failed assassination attempt · Episode 1

Location: Class 3-E classroom

Trigger: Terasaka's plan, carried out by Nagisa, to strike when Korosensei was most off guard

Sides

• Class 3-E students — Attackers: Nagisa Shiota, Ryoma Terasaka
• Korosensei — Target: Korosensei

Outcome: The BBs from the grenade did no harm to Korosensei, who shielded Nagisa with his shed skin.

Aftermath

• Korosensei flew around town at Mach 20, brought back the students' house nameplates and threatened their families and friends
• He scolded Terasaka, Yoshida and Muramatsu for not looking out for Nagisa, and Nagisa for not looking out for himself
• He told the class to believe they are assassins worthy of their target and to take pride in what they do

Tulip knife ambush

Knife attack in the forest · Episode 2

Location: Forest

Trigger: Six students try to stab Korosensei with anti-sensei knives while he eats lunch alone in the forest

Attackers vs target

• E-Class students — attackers: Six students
• Korosensei — target: Korosensei

Outcome: Korosensei swaps the knives for tulips and the attack fails

Aftermath

• Kataoka realizes the tulips were ones the class planted months earlier
• Korosensei tries to plant new tulip bulbs as an apology

Tree-branch ambush

Attack on the hanging teacher · Episode 2

Location: Tree branch

Trigger: As an apology, Korosensei lets the students tie him to a tree branch and attack him

Attackers vs target

• E-Class students — attackers: the students
• Korosensei — target: Korosensei

Outcome: The branch snaps as he grows cocky; he rolls around in a panic, then escapes onto the roof after handing out extra homework

Aftermath

• The students stay undeterred and joke about it
• Karasuma cannot understand how children the school has written off can be so happy

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–2

Class 3-E must assassinate their Mach 20 homeroom teacher Korosensei, who blew away 70 percent of the moon and vows to destroy Earth next March, for a 10 billion yen reward, yet every attempt fails while he teaches them to believe in themselves. Sugino finds his own pitching style through Korosensei's advice after his baseball attempt fails, and the tulip mix-up and the attack on Korosensei tied to a branch fail as well. Karasuma of the Ministry of Defense becomes their PE teacher, and the suspended Karma Akabane is briefed on the assassination ahead of his return.

Music Releases

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