It’s a long time coming, but here’s the last part of my Korotan C Rough Summary. Credits to @blazardragon for help with proofreading.
Overall, I enjoyed Korotan C, mostly because our beloved middle school hitmen get to play elite bodyguard to royalty, assassin against assassin, with plenty of glorious moments to go around everyone. The way everyone is so in-character and making the whole ride fun is icing on the cake. If only this got an Anime adaptation…
Previously on Korotan C: Princess Lea of Norgo Kingdom visits Kunugigaoka for a Debate Rally, but she’s decided to sneak out of her hotel and into the city. Thanks to the efforts of Class 3-E and Asano Gakushuu, a plot to assassinate her has been foiled, and she is saved.
Facing no objections from his father, Asano continued to stand in the middle of the Embassy grounds. Lea slowly walked up to him, extending a hand.
“Thank you so very much, you were so brave.”
Asano extended a hand in return, and the two shook hands, a smile on her face.
Before they know it, Class E, who had been chattering nonstop just a moment ago, encircled the two of them like a school of goldfish, as though they don’t want to miss out on some memorable moment.
“Oh right, earlier you asked me to say something funny. I finally thought of one, based on a quote from someone great.
Curious as to what sort of funny thing could come out of Asano’s mouth, Class E leaned their ears closer.
He takes a deep breath, and “I slept at 2am yesterday, and I woke up at 5am. If I can sleep for 5 more hours, that’ll be plenty. Shigeo Nagashima.”
After listening with a serious face, Lea snorted out a chuckle. Class E looked at one another.
(TN: Shigeo Nagashima is a former baseball player, and he had apparently said many hilarious lines over the years, this being one of them. I tried searching for the context behind it, hoping to comprehend how it is funny in any way, to no avail. If anyone can enlighten me, I’ll be most grateful. The line is [昨日も午前２時に寝て、午前５時には起きましたからね。５時間も寝れば十分です。])
“That Asano actually dropped his pride and put on a comedy act…” murmured Hayami.
“Suddenly, I’m very impressed by him,” replied Chiba.
“By the way, how long are you two going to shake hands for?” teased Nakamura.
And with that, the two let go of their hands. With Lea’s face slightly red and Asano warmly smiling on, their conversation resumes.
“Just as we promised on the bus, next time we meet, let us have matured some more…”
“Yes, of course.”
The atmosphere in the assembly hall of Kunugigaoka Academy is filled with energy and excitement. The scheduled English Debate Rally is about to begin. Princess Lea is given an enthusiastic welcome, the lady having high expectations towards herself. Class E, who were supposed to be excluded from the rally, were permitted by the Board Chairman to participate.
“Princess, do your best!” When it’s time for Lea to take the stage, Kayano cheered her on from the seats. Under the spotlights, the young royal seemed like she’s dazzling.
“Seeing her like this, for us to have conversed with her so normally, it was like we were in a dream,” remarked Nagisa.
“Yeah, she really does have a princess-feel to her,” replied Kayano.
Thus, her starring debate on “international peace” begins, with a focus on the importance of peace.
“…international peace is not something that can be accomplished by a single country. Whether it’s Japan or Norgo, no one should treat it as though it has nothing to do with them. Therefore, first and foremost, it is imperative that everyone can feel the importance of peace. War is destruction; it destroys families, wealth, culture, etc. For the sake of protecting all these important things, peace is a necessity. Should the world not develop together?”
Not only was Lea’s speech easy to understand, it resonated with the hearts of the audience and led them to believe what she said was true. When it was over, the hall was filled with the sound of clapping.
However, as Lea’s opponent for the debate, Asano now comes onto stage, and delivers his rebuttal meticulously and surgically.
“True, war destroys many things, but at the same time, it also makes a great portion of people wealthier. So long as such values are entrenched into the human heart, no matter how hard you advocate peace, that is not something for us regular men and women to decide; rather, wouldn’t you say that such an ideal world would raise the dangerous nature of war? But if one were to become the ruler of society, and destroy the fundamental reasons that give rise to war, then that will truly cleanse them away.”
“Impressive, he’s taking the princess seriously,” praised Nakamura at his counterattack.
“That’s Asano-kun alright.” “Mmm-hmmm,” nodded Nagisa and Kayano.
“At first glance, that’s a realistic defense, but once you strip away the facade, you’ll find that much of it is just excuses to run away. Such arguments where we rely on just a group of rulers to influence the situation is a devastation to the fundamentals of democracy; it is nothing more than acceptance of the status quo. The reality is, in order to bring about our ideals, society has to change…”
“Those two are really compatible with each other.” “Haha…” agreed Nagisa.
Suddenly, he heard a muted sound of crying coming from somewhere. Turning around, standing next to the Class E seats is a disguised Korosensei, handkerchief in hand wiping away his tears
“Wa-Wait a minute, what do you think you’re doing?” chidded Nagisa, as he and Kayano rushed over to his side.
“Oh, the dramas of youth! Compared to you kids, the Getsuku are nothing.”
(TN: the broadcaster Fuji TV has traditionally reserved the Monday 9pm time slot for their (intended) most popular drama. These drama that air at Monday 9pm (getsuyo kuji) are branded as “Getsuku”)
“In any case, you being here is just trouble.” Nagisa and Kayano bring Korosensei over to a corner of the assembly hall.
With a great sound of claps, the rally has ended, but Korosensei is still crying. “Just how long are you going to cry for! The princess is already finished.”
“Oh, Korosensei also came to see this,” said Yada, noticing the yellow octopus.
“And? What’s he crying for?” asked Okajima.
“He was touched by the love between Asano-kun and Princess Lea,” replied Kayano in lieu of Korosensei, exasperatingly.
With tears and snot still flowing, the teacher suddenly changed expression. “Love… wall slamming… couple born… !!!”
Nagisa was taken aback by Korosensei’s mood-shattering words. “Too sudden, what is it!?”
“Sensei really wants to see all of you be flirty, lovey dovey, kiss kiss.”
“You aren’t even trying to hide your sleaziness now!!”
“Perhaps many couples will be established amongst yourselves, or maybe they’ll be love triangles, or, in the pursuit of romance, you’ll delude into your own flights of fancy. Just like my non-fiction youth romance novel… it’s already gotten to the point where Yada and Okajima just got married.”
Yada screams at such a notion getting novelised without her knowing. On the other hand, Okajima is already having a nosebleed, wearing a “not bad” expression on his face.
“Even if you asked…” Nagisa is at a loss for a response.
The students in the hall gradually left their seats, but at the sight of Korosensei, still crying, the other Class E students gather towards him.
“What’s the matter?” asked Kurahashi.
“He’s crying because he hasn’t been able to see any romantic developments amongst Class E…” replied Nagisa.
“Korosensei is such a sleaze,” she said.
“Seriously, how long are you going to cry for! Stupid octopus.” Irina came over from the stage.
Seeing her, Nagisa wants to inquire a matter about the aborted assassination. “Come to think of it, why was B*tch-sensei in the Embassy at the time? I heard that you were there even before Kataoka’s group.”
Yada is also curious. “I bet you wanted to approach the royalty and score something.”
“Ugh… don’t be annoying, you brats!”
“You wanted to be close with someone handsome?” teased Korosensei, opportunity arising.
“Shut up, perverted octopus! Since you were all so down about not getting to meet the princess, I only thought to make some arrangements, what’s wrong with that!?”
“Liar, no matter how you look at it, you just wanted to start an affair!”
As everyone stood around Korosensei and Irina, happily chatting away, Nagisa glanced at the distance with a smile on his face.
—eccentric and teary-eyed, that’s our Mach 20 superbeing homeroom teacher, and this is our Assassination Classroom. The bell of lessons will ring again tomorrow.
And that’s the end of the Korotan C light novel story, but there’s one more epilogue manga to cap things off, which can be found on Blazardragon’s Tumblr.
When real life throws predicament after predicament at you, it really lowers your morale for the hobby side of life. It’s more delayed than I would’ve liked, but here’s Part 6. Once again, thanks to @blazardragon for help with proofreading.
Also, after checking the original Japanese text once more, I seemed to have mistook something in Part 1.
To recap, I had mentioned that Lea’s mother came from a region of the Norgo Kingdom that connects it with the rest of Europe, of which said region is embroiled in conflict. What I didn’t realise when doing Part 1 was that the conflict hadn’t ended yet, and is in fact still ongoing.
Mentioning this in order to clear up something with the motive behind Lea’s assassination
Previously on Korotan C: Princess Lea of Norgo Kingdom visits Kunugigaoka for a Debate Rally, but she’s decided to sneak out of her hotel and into the city. But after fending off one hitman after another, Class 3-E and Asano Gakushuu are close to escorting her to safety at the Norgo Kingdom Embassy.
The group consisting of Asano, Lea and Class E swiftly entered the street where the Embassy is situated. As they entered their last stretch, Nagisa’s phone rang. It’s a call from Kataoka.
“Wait! Don’t enter the Embassy yet!!” shouted Nagisa to the riders in front before returning to the call, nodding to Kataoka’s response.
“…………the mastermind behind the assassination is the Ambassador!?”
Furthermore, the Board Chairman is also present, along with the police.
Everyone grew solemn at the turn of events. They were so close to succeeding, and the mastermind turns out to be in the home base.
Karma though is optimistic. Hearing that the police are present, it also means that they don’t have to worry about any hitmen for the moment.
“We’ve fled all this way already, there’s nothing worse that could happen to us,” he urged in a relaxed manner.
“We have no need to flee! And if there really is a mastermind, then we’ll just strip his façade straight off!” declared Asano.
Hearing that the Ambassador of her own country is the mastermind, Lea’s face turned pale and her heart uneasy.
“[We’re going in now, are you prepared?]” asked Asano.
“[Yes, I’m fine, if there really is a mastermind, then I shall verify it with my own eyes,]” resolved Lea.
At the entrance of the Embassy are countless police on emergency standby. Beyond the entrance is the Ambassador, plus security guards and the Board Chairman.
When the door opens, Lea’s company part from their bikes and walk onto the lawn.
“[Princess Lea! I’m glad that you’re safe!]” As the Ambassador welcomes her with open arms, Asano pulls Lea behind him.
“Asano-kun, do you realise what you are doing? Hurry and bring the Princess over,” admonished the Board Chairman, his expression even colder than usual.
“I fully understand what I am doing, I am just respecting the Princess’ own wishes, and I was calm and rational when deciding on this course of action,” echoed Asano’s frank answer across the Embassy grounds. Seeing him like this, Lea looks worried.
The Board Chairman senses that there’s some form of intimacy between the two of them.
“Ho? You were supposed to be the Princess‘ escort, and yet you brought her out from the hotel and provided openings for the enemy. You even ignored my counsel and allowed danger to befall her. And you claim these actions to be calm and rational?”
“This is the result of me placing utmost priority on her safety and her point of view, my actions were completely based on reason.”
The Board Chairman snickers at Asano’s rhetoric.
“Asano-kun, do you truly swear that you took action with reason as your basis?”
“Of course!”
“And are you sure that it wasn’t personal desire that triumphed over reason?”
The Board Chairman’s eyes are gleaming with a sharp iciness, as though they can see through to the deepest pits of his son’s heart.
“You exposed the Princess of the Norgo Kingdom to danger, and you caused a crisis to the friendly relationship between Japan and the Kingdom. Let us hear how you intend to bear responsibility to the consequences, Asano-kun!”
Under his questioning, Asano can do naught but helplessly lower his gaze, fists clenched as he endures humiliation coming from his own father.
Bearing witness to the dire situation between father and son, Nagisa and co hold their breath, his thoughts racing for a way to help the princess and Asano.
An idea came to him, and he asks Karma for the phone from the very first hitmen that they took down.
“Hold it!”
Just then, a piercing voice crossed the quiet Embassy. Its owner is Fuwa, stepping her way into the scene with heavy footsteps, with Kataoka’s special ops team following behind.
Suddenly, she points her finger. “Ambassador, there is no need for you to greet the Princess, because your plot to take advantage of this foreign trip and assassinate her has been exposed!”
The Ambassador has an astonished look on his face, eyebrows raised. “What nonsense are you speaking of at such a critical time!? Do you have any proof to back your words?“
As if in response, Fuwa raised her right hand, sending a signal to Takebayashi who is hidden in the courtyard. He then triggered something on his phone, and the phones of everyone on the scene chimed with ringtones of all varieties.
Not understanding what’s happening, the Ambassador brought out his own phone from his breast pocket. It shows an email from an unknown sender, the contents of which is a log of the Ambassador’s numerous scans for the geolocation of Lea’s phone. Seeing everyone’s look of surprise, Fuwa lets out a “huhuhu” laugh of satisfaction, and begins her explanation while looking at the email.
“The email you’re all seeing now is proof of the Ambassador’s assassination of the Princess. His unauthorised inquiry of Princess Lea’s cellphone GPS, as well as hidden software that he had secretly installed. As a result, the princess was ambushed three times.”
“[How…when did this!?]” Hearing Asano’s translation, Lea grips her phone in anger.
Off to the side, Itona has got the hitman’s phone from Nagisa and is straining to break past its security lock. They tried using the greases left on the screen to deduce the password, but to no avail, and they ended up exhausting the attempts allowed by the system.
He has one last trick on his sleeves: he decided to exchange the SIM card from his phone with the one on the hitman’s phone, and then entered his own password.
Meanwhile, Fuwa continues her graceful pursuit. “Furthermore, the Ambassador’s personal bank account has had multiple expenditures of considerable sums, paid in American dollars. Surely they’re reward payments to your hitmen? If you want to see some concrete data, I’ve got them right here.”
From her pocket, she waves out a USB thumb drive. This intelligence on the Ambassador’s personal account was discovered by Irina in his room, which she infiltrated using her intimate connection with one of the local diplomats.
But even when presented with the facts, the Ambassador isn’t as rattled as expected. “True, I installed the software onto the Princess’ phone. But it’s for the Princess’ protection, since she has the bad habit of going missing all the time, and for that I must beg her for forgiveness. However, it is not proof of my assassination of the Princess. Moreover, what reason would I have to assassinate her?”
Fuwa wasn’t phased by the Ambassador’s duplicity. “A reason to assassinate her? Of course you have one! Ambassador, you are the illegitimate son of the previous King, and for the right of succession to the throne the Princess must disappear, that is your conspiracy!”
“…” Ambassador.
“…” Lea.
“…” Nagisa.
“…” Karma.
“…” Board Chairman.
“I mean, an illegitimate son of royalty who is also a pretty boy being the final boss is a staple of Shonen manga!!” nodded Fuwa proudly to herself.
“Uh………. Fuwa-san, don’t you think you jumped way too far out there?”
While all who are present went silent, Itona lightly taps Nagisa on the shoulder. He turns around and sees him with the phone. “The lock has been bypassed. This is checkmate.”
“Thanks!!” Nagisa takes the phone and went to Fuwa’s side.
“Everyone, we’ve been by the Princess’ side since she was ambushed by hitmen. This is the phone from the very first hitman, and now I’ll call the most recent number from its call log.”
Nagisa dials the phone, and a “beep beep beep” ringtone resounds, its origin coming from the phone that’s in the Ambassador’s hand. All on the scene turns to look towards his face.
“Your phone’s ringing.” Nagisa moves the phone over his ear, his words directed at the Ambassador. His face breaks out in cold sweat and is refraining from answering the call. When the phone went to voicemail the ringing stops, but Nagisa just ends his call and dials the same number once more.
“Well Ambassador, let us talk with our phones.” Looking at Nagisa, the Ambassador sees that his gaze is full of bloodlust, as though he has his prey cornered.
“S**t!!” The Ambassador drops his benevolent façade and exposes a malevolent expression, and out of the blue he pulls out a handgun from his waist.
“You bast**ds, don’t think that this is o-“
Before he can finish, his handgun drops to the ground. The person who has been standing next to him, the Board Chairman, made a tight clutch on his wrist, forcing his grip on the weapon loose.
“Let go!!” The Ambassador struggles, when suddenly, his image changed in an instant. His handsome blond haircut was shaved into a top knot. Without thinking, Nagisa and co. laughed out loud. He didn’t know what’s going on, but confused by the laughter all around him, he touches his head and reacts with rage. Looking around, Nagisa sees that expected yellow silhouette up on the roof of the Embassy.
“Intentionally harming my students is unforgivable, so I’ve helped tidy up your hairstyle and gave you an actual top knot, nurufufufu.” Korosensei then throws the severed hair into the air, blond strands scattering above the grounds.
The Board Chairman has the escaping Ambassador held on the ground.
“It’s best if Japanese officials don’t lay a hand on the Ambassador. Have no fear, the laws of our country will judge him.” The employees of the Embassy surround him and cuffs his hands behind his back.
Lea runs over. “[Why did you want to kill me!? Tell me!]”
“[It’s because you just wouldn’t stop prattling on about that sh*tty peace of yours!]”
“[What are you talking about, why would I be killed for talking about peace!?]”
“[As you are well aware, the Norgo Kingdom has become divided over whether to use force to settle the conflict. As a diplomat, had I gotten the country to mobilise and intervene in the conflict, I stood to gain a profit.]”
“[What did you say? You wish for mother’s homeland to continue suffering under the fires of war? I cannot allow that!]”
“[See, that’s exactly it, those pretty words of yours are proving to be a real hindrance for us!]”
“[I’m a hindrance for you?]”
“[Why of course! A most bothersome hindrance! You enjoy popular support among the people, and when someone like that goes on and on about peace, the results couldn’t be more frustrating for us!]”
With that, the employees transported the Ambassador deep into the Embassy, leaving Lea confounded at what she heard.
And so, as Nagisa and co cheer on with the joy of their success, Lea stood to the side with a smile to herself.
“[I see, I finally understand, just what sort of power I hold.]”
Although she is frightened by what she heard, Lea has now realised just what she means to her country. From the bottom of her heart, a newfound confidence surges out.
