Present Time is the ninety-eighth chapter of the Assassination Classroom manga and the opening installment of the twelfth volume, Time for the Grim Reaper. Its material spans the anime's twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth episodes.
Summary
Serving as the ninety-eighth entry, this nineteen-page chapter carries the Japanese title Purezento no Jikan. It launches Volume 12, the collection named Time for the Grim Reaper, picking up from After Time and leading into the second half of its own storyline, Present Time, 2nd Period.
Key Events
Korosensei heads the appearance order alongside the students of Class 3-E and instructor Tadaomi Karasuma. The chapter marks the arrival of two new figures who steer the volume ahead, Red Eye and The Reaper, and an unnamed woman also turns up among the cast.
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Notes
The chapter was published on June 30, 2014, in that year's issue 31. Its story stretched across two television episodes, the twenty-eighth, Before & After Time, and the twenty-ninth, Reaper Time, Part 1. In sequence it comes after Chapter 97 and before Chapter 99.
Frequently Asked Questions
What volume does Chapter 98 of Assassination Classroom open?
Chapter 98, Present Time, opens Volume 12, titled Time for the Grim Reaper, picking up right after Chapter 97.
Who are the new characters introduced in Chapter 98?
Chapter 98 introduces Red Eye and The Reaper, two figures who steer the new volume forward, alongside an unnamed woman.
Which anime episodes adapt Chapter 98?
Chapter 98 spans two anime episodes, the twenty-eighth, Before & After Time, and the twenty-ninth, Reaper Time, Part 1.
What is the Japanese title of Chapter 98?
Chapter 98 is titled Purezento no Jikan in Japanese, translating to Present Time in English.
When was Chapter 98 of Assassination Classroom released?
Chapter 98 was published on June 30, 2014, in issue 31 of that year, running nineteen pages.
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