Hesitation Time is the 142nd chapter of Assassination Classroom, its title pointing to the doubt that grips Class 3-E after Korosensei's history comes to light. The Volume 16 installment moves between the present classroom and short flashbacks.
Summary
Hesitation Time is chapter 142, a twenty-one-page installment in Volume 16 titled Mayoi no jikan. Its name points to the doubt settling over Class 3-E once Korosensei's history has come to light, and its pages move between the present classroom and brief flashbacks.
Key Events
Nearly the full student body appears in the present, from Nagisa Shiota and Kaede Kayano to Ryoma Terasaka and Yuma Isogai, alongside Tadaomi Karasuma and Irina Jelavic. Aguri Yukimura and Korosensei surface in flashback, and a figure recorded as Matsukata also features in a remembered moment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Assassination Classroom's Hesitation Time about?
Hesitation Time is chapter 142 of Assassination Classroom. Its title points to the doubt settling over Class 3-E once Korosensei's hidden history has come to light, moving between the present classroom and brief flashbacks.
Who appears in Hesitation Time?
Nearly the full Class 3-E student body appears in the present, including Nagisa Shiota, Kaede Kayano, Ryoma Terasaka, and Yuma Isogai, alongside Tadaomi Karasuma and Irina Jelavic. Aguri Yukimura and Korosensei surface in flashback.
How long is Hesitation Time?
Hesitation Time is twenty one pages long, making it the longest chapter in its run within Volume 16 of Assassination Classroom.
What is the Japanese title of Hesitation Time?
Hesitation Time is titled Mayoi no jikan in Japanese.
What does Hesitation Time set up?
Hesitation Time follows Closing Time: Second Semester and sets up Division Time, the chapter in which Class 3-E splits over what to do about Korosensei's fate.
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