Assassination Classroom Season 2 Episode 22: Birthday Surprise

A bad surprise because things are getting worse! I knew Yanagisawa and that one other guy would appear at the last minute! I knew it but I didn’t expect what happened in the end.

I think the only thing worth talking about in this episode is the second half. The first half is very easy to summarize: basically the class use their terrain to good use and take down all of the soldiers, even the one that was in charge of the whole group. They reach Koro-sensei inside the barrier and they all run over to him in joy. Koro-sensei is very proud of them but he tells them that the final assassination plan is actually the perfect assassination plan because it took in all factors, such as the laser being powerful enough to obliterate him even when he’d be in that little defensive ball form, that if the students used the media to plead their case they would most likely be sent into a more secluded area with surveillance, or if they tried destroying the laser machines, they’d be seen as dangerous. The plan is also perfect because they have painted Koro-sensei to be a dangerous monster, and even if he somehow lived through that laser and escaped, all the nations in the world would be after him because of who he is. They’re so trapped there’s really nothing they can do, but Koro-sensei explains he actually respects this plan because of how smart it is.

He also gives them a bit of a lesson to not hate society, that when they face something that trips them up they have to find a way to find a solution by any means necessary because he knows they’re capable of doing that. He also ends with that he’s so happy that they came to see him, and he was holding back tears. And so was I. These students are everything to him, they basically are his life. He loves them so much, they love him, but they’ve been put in a horrible situation with no good ending in sight. But then things got cute for a little bit and Nakamura took out a cake from her fanny pack. Aguri had made that day his birthday, so the kids brought him a birthday cake and they all sang and clapped and cheered, and Koro-sensei was so happy that’s all he wanted, and he was about to make his wish and blow out the candle when things got horrible.

This asshole. Yanagisawa appears with someone by his side. One of them destroyed the cake and we then see these two. The guy in black next to Yanagisawa is actually the fake Reaper, but since we don’t know his real name, I’ll call him Reaper. He turns into a giant black tentacle monster, and he’s faster and stronger than Koro-sensei. He’s basically the same as Koro-sensei but twice in everything, and Reaper had actually begged Yanagisawa for it. In exchange for only getting to live for three months, he has turned into this terrifying black monster. We then get to see a bit of why Reaper has a hatred towards Koro-sensei. Koro-sensei never really saw Reaper as an equal, he never really praised him or payed too much attention towards him. He didn’t seem to care for him at all and it probably made him feel insignificant. It was basically a “Notice me, senpai” type of thing. All of that must have accumulated to hatred and frustration and now this is probably his way for his mentor to “see” him.

Yanagisawa has now injected himself with the cells, so now Koro-sensei is stepping up and fighting both Reaper and Yanagisawa. I’m sure the students are going to try to help as much as they can, and Karasuma and Irina are going to be there soon so they’re going to join this awful birthday party. Things are getting worse, and now I’m almost certain Koro-sensei is going to die, and they’re going to fight until the last second where the laser shoots, Koro-sensei forces the students out of the barrier, and he and Yanagisawa and Reaper are going to die in the blow. God I hope I’m wrong.