Koro-sensei Quest!

When I first they were doing a spin-off of assassination classroom I was fairly excited but as I began to watch this unnecessary Trainwreck I had to retract that thought. Sadly everything in the show is subpar with the exception of how all of it is RPG themed now honestly I wouldn't recommend this show to anyone because all it is a regurgitation of assassination classrooms story and terrible RPG jokes, I mean every single character in the show is a one-dimensional joke about RPGs in short these are the reasons why i will not be recommending it to anyone

Disclaimer: This review comes from someone who finished the original manga but never watched more than the first few episodes of the regular anime.

Koro Quest is something I mildly dreaded having to watch (the MAL challenge dictated that I watch an ONA and this was one of the first ones that appealed to me). The original manga I hold in considerable high regards for a shounen manga in that it was often more well thought out and interesting than many of its peers. Does this gag manga adaptation hold the same standard of writing? Well...

Koro Quest takes the main storyline of the anime and filters ... it in a fantasy-world gag sort of show that works about half the time. I could understand the main "plot" of the show and what was to come just fine, although if you've never seen or heard of AssClass before you would be twelve kinds of lost in this short series. It definitely feels like a spin-off series but one that packs a ton more detail than one might initially expect, leaving the plot mostly fill in the blanks for those who have already watched or read the series.

The gags themselves are ultimately what makes or breaks this series and for the most part they feel standard in a way that they're taking the baseline jokes of the original manga and stretching them out into absurdity. Sometimes this works, like with Karma constantly getting hit because he looks down and people, while others are just as irritating as in the first iteration, like Nagisa being forced into girl clothes for a joke. How much you like some of AssClass' original jokes will largely determine how you like the gags here.

The two things they do well that work more than poking fun at the actual story is the fantasy/game world ideas and the meta instances. Both of these show a level of actual humor often way more interesting than anything about the actual story. I think the spin-off benefits from being a fantasyeque show as opposed to just the regular story but in a gag manga form.

Overall, I'd say that if you had read/watched AssClass previously and enjoyed it, you'll probably get enough entertainment out of this short series to justify a watch. For anyone wanting to get into AssClass through this, just read the original manga. You'll be nothing but confused with this one.

Koro-sensei Quest is a pretty good parody which retells the story of assassination classroom in a different and less serious setting. The anime is very self-aware and makes sure not to let things get too serious or get stuck on one trope for too long which makes it enjoyable to watch.

The story in Koro-sensei quest is mostly the same as in Assassination Classroom but instead of a normal school it's a magic school and Koro-sensei is a demon lord. The order in which events happen is reminiscent of Assassination classroom but some events are switched around, some are left out and some didn't appear ... in the main anime but appeared in an ONA instead. Watching season 1 and 2 of Assassination Classroom is necessary to follow the story but the ONA isn't required. Overall the story is mostly lighthearted and is completely about comedy.

The characters are the same as in Assassination classroom but adjusted to fit in this alternative universe. The character traits however have been taken to extremes for a comedic effect. In most cases this is pretty funny and works well enough but there can always be a few you dislike.

The animation is pretty lacking since it's chibi characters. You could argue that it helps with the comedy but it also felt like it detracted a bit from the experience. Voice acting is okay and music is used well enough, it even has its own opening.

Overall this parody can be fun to watch if you really liked Assassination Classroom and its characters and want to experience the story in another way; as long as you're prepared for a 100% switch to comedy.

I never watched chibi animes before. Expected it to be somewhat dumb but funny, but apparently, expectations weren't low enough.

Minuses:
- This show is VERY dumb and it feels like a mockery of original
- Where original Assasination Classroom was funny - this show mostly was just retarded
- Where original Assasination Classroom was dramatic or epic - this show tried to convert that into positive\comedic moments and that appeared to be as horrible mess
- Characters in original all had more or less depth, i liked that show trait. Here they are mostly turned into "crowd", and only some stand out a bit - mostly repeating same stupid ... jokes. For example, an erotic-loving guy who constantly comments about boobs or want to undress girls, or Kayano (green haired girl) - constantly regretting that her boobs are small, etc
- Too much fanservice and erotic humor. And it wasn't funny (so it is a clear minus to me)
- There is some shadow of a story going on here, but it is just a mess (they took some noticeable story points of original show, twisted those, compacted them into 12-ep small show and made it like that
- Nice music, completely ripped of from original and placed however they wanted around the show. It made atmosphere confusing (sometimes giving out-of-place dark tones to this "light" show)

Pluses:
+ Some jokes actually were fun (those were kinda rare as for a comedic anime)
+ ...i guess opening and ending were nice. Is that a plus?

All in all, it felt this was like "an artist challenge" - show, where animators tried to create something without a script and just thrown in all the jokes they could create at the moment. Joke about small boobs 10th time in 2-3 episode window? Goes in. Nagisa turning into girl by force every other episode? Goes in. Screaming fanservice guy overshadowing even main characters of the show? Easy!

Maybe if you like chibi anime with a lot of dumb fanservice jokes it will work for you, for me it mostly didn't