Jul 18, 2019
Assassination Classroom S1
Story
Assassination Classroom is an action shonen about a tentacle monster that is evidently much more powerful and far more intelligent than the children he wants to fight him. It will confuse the viewer then and cause a very strange power imbalance when they fight and this is indeed true. The thing about this show is that one can never truly be invested or surprised with the story, it's cookie cutter to the point of mind numbing boredom. What we see unfold over the course of a season is a group of children who are seen as dumb and not worth spending time on
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coming to 'grow' under a teacher that they must eventually kill. The last point should come with some poignancy and drama however it never does, the first season should be scrapped really as it is much better explained in a flashback when the children have considerable skills. Overall what you get with the story here is a mediocre half-baked school story that may help a child who isn't doing his best right now feel better and that's what assassination classroom boils down to in the end is a baby's first action show. You cannot make an intriguing narrative based off one shocking twist as past episode 2 when you are used to the conflict between teacher and student it becomes an incredibly forgettable school show with a few fight scenes and frankly you'd be better off just reading the synopsis on Wikipedia.
Story: 3/10
Art
I'm not much of a person for criticism of art in an anime. The characters flow fine and some action scenes are considerably good. Overall this is actually a strong point of the show which isn't to say much based off the fact that it's just fine, that's a big thing in a show as lacking as this.
Art: 6/10
Sound
Wow, I can't say enough to praise the sound in this show. Every single OP is great and probably evokes the most emotion in the whole show. I also need to throw a nod into the ending song which is very enjoyable too although I must admit to normally skipping them. If you want to see the best point of this show it's this without a doubt, if my review puts you off watching the show I would listen to these OPs and Endings anyway, same carries on for season 2
Sound: 7/10
Character
A few of the characters in this show are very enjoyable I must admit. Nagisa and Karma are particular highlights of the whole season and the chemistry we see them build is a very nice journey as we reach the mutual respect that they have. I of course have to include Koro-Sensei in this evaluation who is quite a good character, perhaps not as funny as some claim him to be in my eyes but I can appreciate the fact that he seems to have some level of genuine care for the children as much as this is skewed by the strange misguided story. Naturally, this is a school show and classes can not have only 3 students, there are an array of various supporting characters with some being built better than others, Ritsu is a particular highlight however plenty of the classmates are so forgettable I can't even remember their names and I rewatched this series last month! I think some of the characters that are there are built quite well and serve the story fine however you can not offset all the padding and it must be admitted that there is a hell of a lot of that so the characters overall fall sub par.
Character: 4/10
Enjoyment
The show is somewhat enjoyable I suppose, I'm not saying that you shouldn't bother ever watching it at all I'm just of the opinion that this first season feels like an exposition dump more than a journey and it's hard to really appreciate that. Overall I don't think it's insufferable as I mentioned earlier I have watched this anime more than once, most recently for this review and it was more enjoyable with the context of season 2 but I will score this as if you've never seen season 2 which is likely true and in that case
Enjoyment: 4/10
Overall
I think my closing comments on quite a harsh review will just have to be that it's forgettable. I suppose it's not the worst show you can watch but definitely for a story to fail to progress over a double cour as it does would make the show a failure. It's quite a spectacle with good art and music so in that effect you may want to give it a watch. I think my advice will be if you're into action or school stuff watch it, if that isn't your genre this won't break the mold and you won't enjoy it either. I hope this has been fair and evaluated both sides without either gushing or tearing down the show for the most part.
Overall: 5/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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