#nakamura rio
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.
https://blazardragon.tumblr.com/post/149053225649/theres-a-comic-in-the-back-of-korotan-c-i-was
Thank you for reading my Rough Summary to the end.
June 2016? My goodness, it’s been that long!? Sigh, my work life…
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. Upon saving her from an assassination attempt, Class 3-E and Asano Gakushuu are now bodyguards on a mission to escort her to safety.
Spoilers beware, and remember, this is not intended to be a full word for word translation. This is only so that you have an idea of what is happening.
I have no guarantee that these are 100% accurate
Chapter 4
Taxi would be the quickest way to reach the embassy, but should their enemies discover them, it’ll become easy to mark and ambush. Thus, Karma suggests that they use methods that include crowds of people to make things harder for them.
They’ll use public transport whenever they can, and switch the mediums of travel too. From here, they can take the bus, then switch to train at the station. Of course, some of them have to stay with the princess.
Nakamura then suggests maybe it’ll help if the princess wears a different outfit. Like, she can put on a Kunugigaoka uniform, then someone else dresses in the princess’ outfit.
That idea will put the person dressed in the princess’ outfit in danger of being assassinate though. “Well, even if I say that, you’ll still do it anyway,” Karma quickly realises.
“Same hairstyle, same colour, isn’t that just right? Exactly like the princess who’s being marked! Incidentally, you better protect me, my meat shield!!” said Nakamura.
“Hey! How many times are you going to use me as a meat shield!?” retorted Terasaka.
After Nakamura and Lea swapped their clothing, Yoshida brings the princess a knit cap for her to completely hide her blonde hair.
“Class E keeps on demonstrating an unfathomable level of prowess, whether at the Athletic Festival or the 2nd Trimester Finals, just where did your strength came from?” questioned Asano.
“Well… it was probably… the result of us fighting to the death at the precipice that was Class E…” answered Isogai.
“Isogai-kun… is getting better and better at lying…” remarked Kayano (probably)
“Well… it’s not like he can say that it was all thanks to a Mach 20 superbeing,” replied Nagisa (probably)
Unbeknownst to everyone, someone is spying on them from the shadows.
“Everyone has matured well, getting more and more reliable. Should anything happen, Sensei will be there to help, so just go along with your own daring ideas!”
Suddenly, a dog barks from behind the octopus and he screams. Karma and Asano both heard him, to the former’s exasperation.
The students travel in 2 groups, with Lea grouped together with Asano, Nakamura, Karma and Terasaka. En route to the bus station, Lea gives the ambassador a call, telling him that everything’s fine, and she’s heading now to the embassy.
When the bus arrives, Karma and Asano boarded first to make sure passengers are OK, with Nakamura and Terasaka keep up their guard from behind.
Karma sits at a window seat closest to the emergency exit, with Lea next to him, and Asano standing next to her. Nakamura and Terasaka then sit to her front and rear, completing a cross-formation that defends Lea in the center for their travel.
But during the bus journey, Karma decides to lighten things up with small talk, to Asano’s chagrin.
“Hey, don’t you forget that we are supposed to be protecting the princess! Don’t relax your guard, we’re not here for sightseeing!”
“While keeping up your guard is important, it’s still a long way to the embassy, so there’s no way to maintain such a high tension for the whole trip.”
“It’s because you carry such optimism like so many others who’ve given up on hard work that you…”
“Besides, if you want to pursue perfection in being a bodyguard, then before the princess made her suggestion, you should’ve taken the first step, so being adaptable is another essential skill to have.”
“I don’t need you to teach me how to be a bodyguard! And on the social side of things, I have plenty of experience.”
–
Lea watches with amusement at the banter between the two.
She remarks that “Karma” is an odd name, is it common in Japan? He reckons he’s the only one in Japan to have it, it’s a name that his always-travelling parents with their strange tastes came up with.
Isn’t that lonely, what with his parents not being at home? He thinks he’s actually freer this way, as long as they don’t mind his business he’s got no objections. Lea feels envious at the relationship the Akabanes have.
Karma then brings her attention to Asano’s family. Normally, if you have the school’s board chairman for a father, then you would get all sorts of special treatment, and everything is fine and dandy, but not for Asano-kun. Never mind special treatment, the way he kept working hard to stay at the top is considered “that’s how it should be”, that’s just…
[“You know nothing! Can you cease with your blabbering! Since ancient times, the only ones who become rulers are the strong. That is my father’s compass of education, and one that I believe to be correct. I never yearned for any warmth between father and son, and I have no interest in discussing such relationships with someone who likes to gossip like Akabane. So whether it’s this guy, or my father, I will rule over you all, over all of humanity. That is my calling, and I take joy in living in this calling.”]
[“Pfft,”] blurted Nakamura. [“So cool, Asano-kun! But I think that’s just a load of hubris.”]
[“There’s no helping it if it’s seen as hubris, although, I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing to be undeterred by the gazes of others and stick to your beliefs. But if it were me, there’s no way I would ignore how others around me sees things, or the expectations from my parents or my citizens. I would stick with my beliefs while carrying all the pressure and responsibility, and I would hate to act like I’m losing to that pressure!”]
[“Indeed, running away is no good.”] (Don’t know who says this)
Seeing his retaliation, Lea lightly pats him on his upper arm.
[“Let’s not talk about this anymore, Gakushuu is too perfect, it’s boring.”]
[“Expectations from others is proof of your worth, and as for how this strength is to be used, it’s completely decided by me, by my freedom. I decide where my life leads to.”]
(He was so serious that Karma and Nakamura opted not to tease him here)
[“From now on, I shall etch your words into my heart. I will believe in myself and do the things that I believe in, and I shall not falter and continue forward, no matter what those around me say. But conversely, please remain in contact with me as much as possible.”]
[“Then you had better keep up with my growth.”]
Seeing how the two have been using such tough language against one another, Karma can’t help but feel excited. [“My oh my~ Don’t you think those two suit each other a lot?”]
[“Can you not make such low-levelled jokes!?”] Asano angrily stares at Karma.
[“Aha, he’s angry now~ Asano-kun is so cute~!”] [“He does like the princess huh~!”]
Asano’s strong tone only got Karma and Nakamura more fired up.
[“When this is over, if you dare to spread this sort of rumour, I’ll use all the power in the school to massacre you!”]
[“So scary~”]
She may’ve been the butt of the joke, but Lea holds in her laughter and turns to the windows. The appearance of her excitedly gazing out at the scenery of the passing streets presents a temperament of both girlish innocence and royalty. Asano involuntarily looked at this from a side view, but when he suddenly sensed a devilish gaze coming from Karma, he hurriedly turned back towards the front.
“Hey! Can’t you all speak with some simpler English? I couldn’t hear a lick of it!” said Terasaka.
“Man, you just had to do it, breaking up this lovely atmosphere?!” retorted Nakamura, as the bus slowly approaches the train station.
–
Meanwhile, the second group had already taken another bus, arrived at the train station and got into formation. Some went to check the surroundings for any assassins that may be in hiding, while others remain nearby gathering intelligence on the situation.
In front of the station, Nagisa and Kayano are throwing out snacks to the pigeons nearby, with more and more gathering, and even landing on their heads and shoulders and pecking at the snacks in their hands. Isogai and Maehara, on guard nearby, wonder if they’re alright, but it’s part of Karma’s plan, what can they do?
The “escort” bus now arrives at the station. Maehara spotted that one of the people waiting in line to board is dressed in black and reading a newspaper. And as the passengers gradually exit the vehicle, he leaves the queue and approaches them.
Isogai can see that the man has something in his hand, probably a syringe. He calls out to Nagisa before the duo runs towards the bus.
“CLAP” With a sound from Nagisa’s hands, the pigeons all flew towards the airspace around the bus. The man in black was distracted for one moment, and when he looked back, he’s face to face with his target. Well, someone who was supposed to be his target, smiling.
“Eh??? Did you see the princess?” Seeing Nakamura’s grin, the assassin knows that he messed up, and Isogai takes this chance to bat away his syringe with a rolled-up notebook. Not giving him any leeway, from behind Nakamura, Asano sends a kick his way and knocks him out.
The assassin had two more accomplices, and after seeing his defeat, they retreated to their car. But when they opened the door, they saw that the wheels had all fallen down to the side of the road. Next thing they knew, they’re strapped to their seats with duct tape.
[“You are under arrest.”] Nearby the station was Korosensei, dressed in police uniform while chewing bubble gum and playing with the duct tape roll. Next to him is Yoshida with a wrench and Muramatsu with a carjack, snickering that the assassins were way too obvious with their black clothes, black car and bubbling bloodlust.
“Korosensei, did you come to help us?” asked Nagisa. Having heard from Karasuma and Kataoka, at first Korosensei wanted to bring the princess to a safe place at Mach speed. But since he’s not allowed to do that, he can only support the kids, ensuring that the princess makes it to the destination and that his students are safe as well.
By the way, he took the chance to clean away the pigeon feathers and droppings on Nagisa. “Wha? When did that happen!?”
As thanks, he gives the leftover snacks to a delighted Korosensei. In exchange, he gives his bubble gum to Nagisa before disappearing at Mach speed.
A fun thing about Jessica was that, in comparison to Nakamura, she’s on a whole another level of being vulgar and obscene.
(Yeah, I didn’t think that was possible too)
I can imagine the CALAMITY these two together brought to the entire campus
I think that they’re very good friends
Wrote this years ago and wow, Okajima never gets a break from them
Chiba and Nakamura Headcanons
- They’re frenemies at best and a threat to humanity at worst. Anywhere in between is a rare occasion.
- Frenemies in a way that they almost never agree with each other when it comes to trivial things.
- Basically, Chiba finds American pop music generic and boring while Nakamura finds metal and hardcore punk too noisy.
- And they fight over it. A lot.
- It all started when Chiba mentioned that he dislikes Charlie Puth’s music. Nakamura was offended and soon, war broke out.
- The class had to watch, utterly baffled, as Chiba and Nakamura went to have a somehow well-articulated screaming match that lasted about 10 minutes before Korosensei had to break them off.
- Literally the only artist who releases music that both of them liked enough to not start arguments is Simple Plan.
- Korosensei had once attempted to unofficially implement Philosophy class during homeroom time to help the class further develop their communication skills. But soon reconsidered when Nakamura and Chiba began fighting for having opposing opinions on a topic once again.
- Honestly speaking, if not exhausting, their arguments can be pretty enjoyable to witness, especially with Chiba’s sarcasm, Nakamura’s wit and their… diverse choice of words.
- Hence, half of the time, they argue simply for wanting to keep each other entertained.
- Although he doesn’t really crack jokes, according to Nakamura, Chiba’s comedic timing with his sarcasm is impeccable. (His dry responses to Okajima’s dirty jokes are what’s making them funny in the first place.)
- Nobody in the class knows who exactly coined Okajima’s newest nickname “Oka-kin”, but for sure it’s either one of these two.
- If they had partnered up instead for the test of courage back in Okinawa, it’d be a long series of running and screaming. Nakamura reacts strongly to being spooked, while Chiba absolutely cannot handle horror at all.
- They’re both quite active on social media, especially on twitter. If you’re mutuals with both their accounts, almost everyday you could see Chiba cussing her out on a tweet, because she likely had forced him to see something he didn’t like on his homepage.
Everytime I see Johnny Depp’s name on twitter, I kept being reminded that Nakamura’s canon ideal foreigner type is Captain Jack Sparrow lol
The Chaos Trio ☢
I’ve drawn these three a couple of times before already, but not in a more rendered illustration. So here they are, in a dressed down version of their winter uniforms to accommodate with the rising temperature in the Class E building.
Cause I like it when they match sometimes
Reference by @/ya3-3ya on twitter
Nakamura: I read an article about how what you save your father’s name as on your cell phone says a lot about your relationship with him.
Sugino: “I’ve got him saved as father.”
Nagisa: “Dad.” whispering: my mother’s a different story…
Yukiko: “Mr. Kanzaki.”
Gakushuu: “Principal.”
Karma: “Sperm donor.”
Nakamura: …
Nakamura: “Are parent issues a prerequisite to enter Kunugigaoka?”
(seriously though are they?)
Nagisa’s would be more like
“You guys have dads?”
And everyone just hugs him dgdvz
