Best Time for the Travel Guide is the seventeenth chapter of Assassination Classroom, collected in the third volume. Released in late 2012, it opens the material surrounding Class 3-E's school excursion and was later adapted as the first half of the anime's seventh episode.
Summary
This installment carries the Japanese title Shiori no Jikan, a reference to a travel itinerary or trip booklet, and it launches the storyline built around the class outing. Original serialization placed it in the forty-eighth issue of 2012, with an October 29 release, and the chapter later formed the opening portion of the anime's seventh episode, School Trip Time, 1st Period.
Key Events
The roster of characters featured includes Korosensei alongside students Nagisa Shiota, Kaede Kayano, Yukiko Kanzaki, Tomohito Sugino, Manami Okuda and Karma Akabane, together with Ryuki. In the running order the chapter follows In Trouble Big-Time and precedes Time to See Red.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Assassination Classroom Chapter 17 about?
Chapter 17, titled Best Time for the Travel Guide, opens the storyline built around Class 3-E's school excursion, though the source material does not provide a detailed scene by scene synopsis beyond its bibliographic details.
When was Assassination Classroom Chapter 17 released?
Assassination Classroom Chapter 17 was originally serialized in the 48th issue of 2012, releasing on October 29, 2012.
Which anime episode adapts Assassination Classroom Chapter 17?
Chapter 17 forms the opening portion of the anime's seventh episode, School Trip Time, 1st Period.
What does the Japanese title of Chapter 17 mean?
Chapter 17 carries the Japanese title Shiori no Jikan, which references a travel itinerary or trip booklet, tying into the chapter's launch of the class excursion storyline.
Which volume of Assassination Classroom collects Chapter 17?
Chapter 17 appears in the manga's third collected volume, subtitled Time for a Transfer Student, and spans twenty two pages.
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