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First Period: Summer Festival Time

EpisodeS2Ep. 23

The second season opens on a lighter note as the class spends its last island evening on a rigged test of courage, then plays matchmaker for Irina and Karasuma. A festival caps the break while an ominous shooting hints at trouble ahead.

Kanji: 夏祭りの時間
Ending Theme: Kaketa Tsuki
Next Episode: Episode 24
Opening Theme: QUESTION
English Air Date: February 11, 2016
Previous Episode: Episode 22
Japanese Air Date: January 7, 2016
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Summary

After the failed assassination and the Takaoka ordeal, Class 3-E enjoys a final night on the island. Korosensei stages a courage test that pairs the students by gender, secretly hoping to stir up romance. Nagisa and Kayano go first and get spooked by a local ghost tale, though the effect wears thin once they overhear him repeating it to the next couple. Farther in, Karma confesses to Okuda that Nagisa's calm after beating Takaoka unsettled him, since a fighter craves victory while an assassin finds it hollow.

The plan backfires when the second half of the class frightens Korosensei instead. The students then reveal they saw through his scheme from the start and scold him for engineering fake romance. Just then Irina and Karasuma emerge from the cave visibly annoyed with each other, and the class senses an opening.

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Key Events

Back at the hotel, Irina admits that while trying to seduce the oblivious Karasuma she genuinely fell for him, leaving her flustered. The students and their teacher rally to help. Nakamura suggests she dress modestly like Kanzaki, but the borrowed outfit only makes her look more provocative, and Okano notes that compatibility matters more than skin. Reading Karasuma as plain and military-minded, they arrange a private dinner with Irina in clothes made by Hara. Despite her complaints about the venue and the spying crowd, she enjoys herself, until she raises the subject of killing and, unnerved by her past, walks off cursing herself as Karasuma stays utterly dense.

On the final vacation day, Nagisa lunches with his father before Korosensei drags him to a last-minute summer festival. Elsewhere, Lovro, pleased that Nagisa mastered his technique, is ambushed and shot in the chest by a stranger reciting a poem. At the festival the students have fun, Chiba and Hayami are barred from the shooting stalls for winning too often, and Nagisa realizes the class is quietly funding Korosensei, who runs several food stands at once. With the group nearly cornering their teacher earlier, officials raise the group-kill bounty to thirty million yen.

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Notes

The episode launches the second season and adapts chapters 74 through 76. It also debuts the third opening theme, QUESTION. In one manga difference, the discussion about pushing Irina toward Karasuma happens on a terrace rather than in the lobby. It premiered in Japan on January 7, 2016, with the dub on February 11, 2016.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What game does Korosensei rig during the island's final night in Episode 23?

In First Period: Summer Festival Time, Korosensei stages a test of courage that pairs the students by gender, secretly hoping the dares will spark romance among them.

How do the students try to help Irina with Karasuma?

After Irina admits she has genuinely fallen for the oblivious Karasuma, Class 3-E arranges a private dinner with an outfit made by Hara and tries to set the mood, though Irina storms off after the conversation turns to killing.

Who ambushes Lovro in this episode?

In First Period: Summer Festival Time, a stranger reciting a poem ambushes and shoots Lovro in the chest just after he expresses pride that Nagisa mastered his assassination technique.

What happens to the class's bounty on Korosensei in Episode 23?

After officials learn how close Class 3-E came to cornering Korosensei, they raise the group-kill bounty on him to thirty million yen by the end of the episode.

What season does Episode 23 begin?

First Period: Summer Festival Time opens Assassination Classroom's second season, adapting chapters 74 through 76 and introducing the third opening theme, QUESTION.

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