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Brief Description:
Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.
Biographical Note:
Yusei Matsui was born on the last day of January in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He has been drawing manga since he began elementary school. Some of his favorite manga series are
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo,
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and
Ultimate Muscle. Matsui learned his trade working as an assistant to manga artist Yoshio Sawai, creator of
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. In 2005, Matsui debuted his original manga
Neuro: Supernatural Detective in
Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2007,
Neuro was adapted into an anime. In 2012,
Assassination Classroom began serialization in
Weekly Shonen Jump
Marc Notes:
Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.;Originally published in Japan in 2012 by Shueisha Inc.;The students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who's just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth--unless they can kill him first! Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who's doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students' tattered self-esteem?;Rated T+: For older teen.;Translated from the Japanese.
Publisher Marketing:
What does a pathetic class of misfits have in their arsenal to combat their schoolteacher's alien technology, bizarre powers and...tentacles?!
Ever caught yourself screaming, "I could just
kill that teacher"?
What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he's the best teacher you've ever had? Giving you an "F" on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call...
again? How about blowing up the moon and threatening to do the same to Mother Earth--unless you take him out first?! Plus a reward of a cool 100 million from the Ministry of Defense!
Okay, now that you're committed... How are you going to pull this off? What does your pathetic class of misfits have in their arsenal to combat Teach's alien technology, bizarre powers and...
tentacles?!
A sexy new teacher comes to Class 3-E to do the students' job for them. When the 3-E students begin exhibiting signs of self-esteem, Principal Asano demands that Koro Sensei crush their spirits so they continue to set a bad example for the rest of the school to rise above. Then a class field trip goes terribly wrong when two 3-E girls are abducted. Who will come to their rescue...?
Review Citations:
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Publishers Weekly 04/13/2015 (EAN 9781421576084, Paperback)
Contributor Bio:Matsui, Yusei
Yusei Matsui was born on the last day of January in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He has been drawing manga since he began elementary school. Some of his favorite manga series are
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and
Ultimate Muscle. Matsui learned his trade working as an assistant to manga artist Yoshio Sawai, creator of
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Matsui debuted his original manga
Neuro: Supernatural Detective in 2005. His award-winning hit series
Assassination Classroom ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2012 to 2016 and was adapted into games, tv shows, and movies.
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