These are exams each of us takes separately,
yet we still feel like we're in the same boat with all these others.
Those we fight beside,
those we fight against,
the cheers and jeers from the onlookers.
This is almost like...
We are assassins.
And right now we're gladiators, too.
Another day...
...another fight bell rings!
Tests are a good thing.
The knowledge gained from a night of cramming
will be all but forgotten once you hit adulthood.
And that's fine.
The experience you gain through competition,
having sharpened your skills and broadened your minds
all under the same set of rules?
That's the real treasure.
So fast!
Much faster than midterms...
At a combined junior-senior high prep school,
it's not unusual for junior-high students
to start learning at a high-school level in year 3.
The fastest-paced subjects at our school
are English, math, and science.
But the same conditions apply to us all.
Stand up, bow, lock on!
Stand up, bow, lock on! Oh, yeah
Sensei! Target on
The more the potential, the bigger the hassle
Our dropout mentality goes beyond the extraordinary
We looked like we were nodding off, hidden knives in hand
Stand up, bow, lock on!
Let it go and someone's sure to take care of it
We thought it was someone else's problem... and yet
Mr. Teacher, tell us
Will we, still incomplete
Be able to shoot through
The invincible target that's you?
As long as we keep trying, the odds are 50/50
Mr. Teacher, look at us
Lost in so many ways
For you more than anyone else
Studying like a house on fire
Our bloodlust alone is our message to you
A self- (let's go) reliant (all out)
Revolution
Oh, yeah! Sensei! Target on
"Episode 16: School's Out/1st Term"
So this is the last problem?
Those scrubs! I spent a year in Los Angeles when my folks worked there.
There's no way any junior-high level stuff will trip me up now!
"If you want to know the truth, I felt like slapping the cook's face a hundred times."
It's not going down? What the--? You could use this as the answer key!
Why so serious?
Lighten up a little, Mr. Top Scholar!
A perfect score? From the E Class?!
I'm guessing you never read Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
Leave it to a fine school to come up with some fine questions.
The questions cite famous literature.
They'll want the scoring standard to include
how much a student reads and how adaptable she can be.
They'll probably lose points if they don't answer
in the same rough and concise colloquial style as the source text.
"Honestly, I wanted to give that cook a hundred slaps in the face."
I did it!
Damn! Our English teacher only mentioned that novel
in passing in the middle of class!
I guess you didn't have many friends overseas, eh, Seo?
Like an octopus who practically pushed books onto you?
I've always admired this kind of subtle rebellion.
You simply must read it in both languages.
It ought to strike a real chord with you at your age.
Dammit!
Ha! Science is all about memorization!
Huh? I can't get its armor off!
But I know I memorized this!
Well, you see...
Got it!
Real science isn't any fun if it's just memorization.
Science absolutely loves when you tell it--
in words, mind you--
that you know what it is.
Even in science, you need language skills to reach your opponent.
I understand that now, Koro Sensei!
Now I've done it...
How am I supposed to know how many times
the Tokyo International Conference on African Development has met?!
That was close. Good thing I studied that.
Isogai, you little...
Just a fluke. See, my family's pretty poor,
and when I looked it up out of sympathy for Africa's poverty issues...
--No time like the present! --Wha-a-at?!
Being taken to the actual location
only made me that much more interested!
"Spring has gone away and summer come, it would seem--
from those white hemp robes laid to dry in the sunlight
on Kagu's Heavenly Hill."
Your words are as lovely as your face!
But a mere sliver of a satisfactory answer
does not an aced exam make!
"First Term Final: Math"
Math, eh?
Akabane's in the E Class?
He came in second on the midterms, after me.
Quite a showing for an E Class student.
However...
I have no blind spots-- not in math, not in any subject.
Aw!
Everyone's in such a tizzy.
That's not what winning is all about.
Total victory is scoring an easy win by doing what you always do.
He'll be my sacrifice to the proper way of winning.
That'll show 'em.
Two days of exams. Assassination, our wager--
everything was riding on how many circles we got.
Well, class,
your scores in all subjects have arrived.
Here goes. Starting with English:
First in the E Class
and first in the grade...
Rio Nakamura!
Take that!
"Rio Nakamura" "100 in English" "1st in Year 3" Take that!
What?!
"Tomoya Seo" "95 in English" "3rd in Year 3" What?!
Perfect.
Though your motivation had a whimsical side that worried me.
Well, there Ā
Don't forget about that tentacle, now, sir.
I won't.
Nagisa, you put up a good fight,
but you haven't kicked your habit of making spelling mistakes
"Nagisa Shiota" "91 in English" "6th in Year 3" when it really counts.
Still, top marks in a subject means that's one tentacle down.
"To Be Destroyed"
Let's wait until I've read all the scores
to see if we have something to celebrate.
Next up is Japanese:
First in the E Class...
Yukiko Kanzaki!
However!
First in the grade goes to Gakushu Asano of the A Class!
"96 in Japanese" "2nd in Year 3" Kanzaki, you did an excellent job.
"96 in Japanese" "2nd in Year 3" And that's enough.
Asano can really nab those points.
He's crazy tough. Nakamura only beat him in English by a single point.
That's the top in the nation for you. No chinks--not in any subject.
They're collectively known as the Big Five...
"94 in Japanese" "3rd in Year 3" They're collectively known as the Big Five...
"94 in Japanese" "3rd in Year 3" ...but it really comes down to Asano.
You've got to take him down or you'll never get to the top.
Let's move on.
In social studies, first in the E Class goes to Yuma Isogai.
As for first in the grade?
Congratulations!
You beat out Asano to take the top spot!
"97 in Social Studies" "1st in Year 3" Yesss!
"94 in Social Studies" "2nd in Year 3"
An excellent job, especially considering
"93 in Social Studies" "3rd in Year 3" all the fiendish questions you had to deal with!
We're 2 and 1!
Next up is science... is it Okuda?
First in the E Class for science is Manami Okuda! And...
Marvelous! First in the grade is also Manami Okuda!
"Manami Okuda" "98 in Science" "1st in Year 3"
That's 3 and 1!
We don't even have to hear how
"95 in Science" "2nd in Year 3" math turned out--the E Class won this!
--Hooray! --Great work, Okuda!
That tentacle is yours!
And so is what we're asking for in this little deal!
I can't wait!
So that just leaves math.
"Gakushu Asano" "100 in Math" "1st in Year 3"
We're 3 and 2 over all five subjects. We lost to the E Class.
What could be more humiliating?
But it still worked out, Koyama. I mean, we beat them on total scores.
Hmph.
I got my own back against the guy who stole fourth place from me.
But that guy...
"85 in Math" "10th in Year 3" He dug his own grave!
"Total Score: 469" "13th in Year 3" Didn't even bother to compete, the scrub.
The A Class is mighty indeed.
They monopolize the top six ranks in overall scores for five subjects.
The best overall scores in the E Class
were Kataoka's and Takebayashi's, tied for 7th place.
That's to be expected. Everyone in the A Class studied like mad, too.
The tests' difficulty levels had been ramped up.
No lazy student could be expected to keep up.
What are you trying to say?
You thought, "I'm so cool-- I'll ace these exams, no sweat"?
How mortifying!
"Total Score: 491" "1st in Year 3" Congratulations on retaining
"Total Score: 491" "1st in Year 3" your individual total top rank.
Or so I'd like to say,
if it weren't for a wager you made with the E Class.
A wager that you lost.
The entire school knows all about your little bet.
You'll have a tough time refusing the E Class's request now.
So what will you do?
Do you want the school to protect you?
No, thank you.
I believe you said
you'd put a collar on me and keep me as a pet,
or attempt to expose my nonexistent secrets.
You certainly talk big
for a whelp who can't even win a bet with his peers.
Three students have the right to destroy one of my tentacles:
Nakamura, Isogai, and Okuda.
You contributed nothing, not to this assassination and not to this wager.
Is that understood?
Those who couldn't do what they had to when the time came for action
will find their presence fading in our classroom.
An assassin who neglects to sharpen his blade is no assassin at all.
He's just a boastful brat swinging around a rusty sword.
Wasn't that a little much?
Don't worry. I only cut him down because he'll spring right back up.
He's been gifted with so much talent.
But one so talented so often lacks experience.
There's the danger of training him up without knowing real competition,
just so he can keep on winning without ever really trying.
If great talent knows the frustration of defeat early on,
it can become even greater.
Exams are an opportunity to teach correctly
the meaning of winning and losing, of strong and weak.
Students, soak up heaping helpings of successes and setbacks!
Take in now what it means to win, what it means to lose!
It's just so important--and I didn't realize it until the very end.
All right, class,
you had a fine showing in the finals,
taking the top spot in three out of five subjects.
Shall we get started with the assassination?
The top three can choose any tentacle they like.
I can lose three, no problem. Six, now... that would have been rough.
Whoa there, octopus!
We got more than three in the top spot!
No, there are three, Terasaka,
over Japanese, English, social studies, and--
Huh? Quit playin' dumb!
Five subjects, that's Japanese, English, social studies, science,
and home ec!
H-Home ec?!
No one said what subjects to ace!
"100 in Home Ec" "1st in Year 3" No one said what subjects to ace!
Nice that we all had a hand in this scheme.
W-Wait a second! Home ec is just--
Just what?
Isn't that a little rude, Koro Sensei?
Why, home ec is the toughest subject of them all.
Yeah! Don't break your promise!
Four of us scored highest in the most important subject: home ec!
That's seven tentacles in all!
--Sev-en! Sev-en! Se-ven! --Seven?! Eeek!
Oh, and Koro Sensei, we've been talking...
We'll use our prize from the A Class wager with this assassination.
What?
The end-of-term ceremony came hot on the heels of our last day.
But there was one thing left for us to do.
Aw, yeah, here he comes: Mr. Student Council President.
What do you want? I'm too busy with the ceremony
to deal with the likes of the E Class.
Not so fast! Aren't you forgettin' something?
We had a bet, Asano, where the winner could make any one demand.
We sent our demand via email. I trust you have no complaints?
Don't even try pretendin' it was all just a joke!
We could always throw home ec into those five subjects.
'Course, we'd still win!
You sure got the wool pulled over your eyes--
and by a pack of ne'er-do-wells to boot.
Yes, though their argument was practically splitting hairs.
But I'm glad.
--Since home ec isn't on any entrance exams, --And now, for the crowning touch... olive oil!
--it's not that important, --And now, for the crowning touch... olive oil!
--so there's a tendency for home ec teachers --And now, for the crowning touch... olive oil!
--to put whatever questions they like on the exam. --Don't scrimp on the sesame oil!
--That puts the E Class at an overwhelming disadvantage, --Really pour it on!
since I'm their only teacher.
They must have done some serious research into past testing trends--
all to get the better of me.
Their creative thinking in finding a loophole
and the power to focus on attacking it:
they're practically made for my classroom.
By the way...
why did we have to stay behind?
Mr. Karasuma told us not to come to the closing ceremony.
Because you're an octopus!
Because you're a bitch!
Karma!
Since when do you attend all-school assemblies?
If I skip now, it'll look like I'm running away.
No thanks.
Storehouse Beach!
Storehouse--huh?
Mr. Karasuma! The fake Ritsu is too distracting--I can't concentrate!
Suck it up. This is to keep Ritsu from being exposed as a machine.
She's my immediate supervisor's daughter.
Tight-lipped and knows better than to pry.
And my supervisor's glad that Ritsu's tutoring got her grades up.
She's been next to me ever since exams.
My concentration took such a hit,
"Total Score: 338" "95th of 186 in Year 3" I wound up last in class!
Last in class? That's still around the middle of the grade.
He's come a long way from the very, very bottom.
Now, it may be summer vacation, but don't slack off.
Er, uh...
You don't want to wind up like the E Class...
Even his usual E Class insults are bombing.
All because the End Class vied for the top spot.
Koro Sensei may not have been with us today,
but we stood with our heads held high.
This term ends with the students more aware of their performance.
This will only serve to further fan the flames of humiliation
and a sense of danger for the E Class.
Even at this unusual time, with Earth's existence in the balance,
my education principles are functioning flawlessly.
And yet... precisely because they are the End Class,
measures must be taken--
while school's out for the summer.
"Summer Vacation Guidebook" "Kunugigaoka Junior High School, Class 3-E"
One for each of you.
Again with the overkill guidebooks!
It's like an accordion!
And even this isn't enough.
The temptations of summer are simply too many to mention.
Now, then!
We're about to head into summer vacation,
but you have a certain main event coming up.
Yeah, this--what we won in that wager!
It's a privilege normally reserved for the class with the best grades--
that is, the A Class.
But this time, both the A and E Classes dominated the top fifty.
You more than qualify.
"Kunugigaoka Junior High Special Summer Course" "Boost Your Concentration in the Open Air!"
Summer vacation! The Kunugigaoka Junior High Special Summer Course:
three days and two nights at an Okinawa resort!
Yahoo!
Let 'em have that lousy old domestic trip.
Some Big Five you are-- choking when it matters most!
What a joke!
The only winner you've got is Asano!
Will you shut up?
A losing dog has no right to bark.
Sit and stay until I tug your leash.
You'll pay for this.
And, E Class, you're first in my sights,
before I deal with my father.
So what you'd rather do...
Yes: we'll cash in our tentacle-destroying rights during summer camp.
Seven tentacles is a big handicap. But don't stop there!
Come after me with raw hunger on this island...
surrounded on all sides by water--my weakness!
Let me be honest: You've become formidable students indeed.
I've already given you report cards to show your parents.
These are my report cards for you.
A classroomful of double circles:
our target's highest score for these past three months.
In the first term, you made full use of the basics you learned.
This summer vacation, it's time for plenty of fun, plenty of studying,
and plenty of killing.
Class 3-E, Kunugigaoka Junior High: the assassination classroom!
The first term full of fundamentals is hereby over!
The sun shines, leaving a red afterimage
On the backs of closed eyelids
With notebook and pen in my leather bag
C'mon, let's go walking
I draw and I draw
But they don't get any neater
There's nothing wrong with the paint I've chosen
I still remember the shooting star
I saw last night--I was waiting for...
Hello, shooting star
Hello, shooting star again
She's been waiting
That dreaming girl has been here
All this time, ah ah
Just like she was that day, ah ah
Shine again