Assassination Classroom: Extracurricular Lesson

暗殺教室課外授業編 (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Kagaijugyou-hen)

7.6(29,166)

MAL Score

Ranked #1663

Popularity #2854

Action
Comedy
School

Episodes: 8
Duration: 5 min per ep
Aired: Mar 11, 2016 to May 20, 2016
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

*Assassination Classroom: Extracurricular Lesson* presents a pair of short episodes connected to *Assassination Classroom*’s second season, bringing in manga material that wasn’t included in the TV broadcast.

These extras adapt chapters 78 (“Takebayashi no Jikan”) and 79 (“Shihaisha no Jikan, Ni Jikanme”) from volume 9, offering additional classroom-side moments in the familiar action-comedy school setting.

Otaku Consensus

Lerche’s Extracurricular Lesson is best judged as a sharp piece of archival adaptation: it restores skipped Yuusei Matsui manga material without bloating the second TV season’s momentum. Critics and fans consistently respond to the franchise’s blend of colorful direction, quick comic timing, class-wide character affection, and emotional warmth, with the Takebayashi material giving these shorts a clearer purpose than disposable bonus content. The main limitation is structural rather than artistic: it plays for already-invested viewers, and the franchise’s constant assassination vocabulary remains the common content barrier for newcomers.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Extracurricular Lesson if you finished Assassination Classroom Season 2 and want the missing classroom texture that the broadcast schedule left behind. These eight shorts are not built to replace a TV arc; they work as focused side material for viewers who care about how Class E’s underdog identity is expressed in smaller, character-specific moments. If you like school ensembles that mix gags, training-room energy, and sincere self-improvement without becoming grim, this scratches the same itch that made the main series so rewatchable. The appeal is precision: Lerche’s bright, snappy house style, Yuusei Matsui’s comic timing, and an adaptation target pulled directly from volume 9 chapters rather than invented filler.

Key Characters

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Koro-sensei(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Koro-sensei remains the franchise’s tonal engine, letting Jun Fukuyama pivot between cartoonish speed, teacherly warmth, and theatrical comedy in a way that keeps even short-form material lively.
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Nagisa Shiota(VA: Mai Fuchigami)
Nagisa is the quiet observational center fans often attach to because his calm presence makes the classroom’s louder personalities feel more readable.
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Koutarou Takebayashi
Takebayashi’s prominence is the key draw here, since chapter 78’s adaptation gives screen time to a student whose appeal is easy to miss in the main season’s faster ensemble flow.
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Hiroto Maehara(VA: Shintaro Asanuma)
Maehara brings a more socially confident rhythm to the group dynamic, helping these extras feel like lived-in class material rather than detached bonus scenes.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The OVA adapts manga material skipped by the TV broadcast, specifically volume 9 chapters 78, “Takebayashi no Jikan,” and 79, “Shihaisha no Jikan, Ni Jikanme,” giving completion-focused fans a concrete reason to seek it out.
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Lerche handles the production, preserving the main anime’s sharp, colorful visual identity that reviewers singled out as part of the franchise’s unusual charm.
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Its eight-episode short format changes the viewing rhythm: instead of chasing a full TV-season escalation, the material works as compact classroom-side snapshots connected to Season 2.
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The timing matters: it aired from March 11 to May 20, 2016, alongside the franchise’s second-season period, positioning it as companion material rather than a later nostalgia project.
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Reception sits in a stable fan-approved zone rather than cult-obscurity territory, with a 7.63 MAL score from 29,118 votes and an AniList score of 73/100.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Yuusei Matsui, the original creator of Assassination Classroom, is the credited source creator here, and these extras draw from his manga rather than anime-original filler.
Fun fact 2: The AniList tag profile is unusually precise for the franchise’s identity: Shounen at 79%, Assassins at 72%, School at 66%, and Male Protagonist at 35%.
Fun fact 3: Despite being supplemental material, it has enough visibility to rank at MAL popularity #2850, with 29,118 recorded votes contributing to its 7.63 score.
Fun fact 4: Jun Fukuyama and Mai Fuchigami return in the key roles of Koro-sensei and Nagisa, keeping the franchise’s central teacher-student vocal chemistry intact for the extra chapters.