Time to Get Down to Work

Korosensei looks on while Karasuma runs the students through knife-swinging drills for gym class. Wanting no distraction, the instructor sends the octopus off to amuse himself in a nearby sandbox, and Sugaya adds that his lessons are impossible to copy anyway. Karasuma presses the point that mastering fundamentals matters here just as much as it does in study, since without them the class has no hope of killing their teacher.

To prove it, he invites Isogai and Maehara to come at him with blades, then slips past both without effort. The demonstration lands the lesson that raw enthusiasm means little against trained footwork and positioning.

As the period winds down, Nagisa spots someone he recognizes: Karma Akabane. Karma strolls over to greet Korosensei, then makes his move, attempting to cut him down with blades concealed in his palm. While Karma looms over the teacher, Nagisa fills Kayano in on his background, explaining that Karma was suspended during his second year for a string of violent incidents, which is exactly what landed him in Class 3-E.

Released on July 23, 2012, this nineteen-page chapter belongs to the first volume and bears the Japanese title Kiso no jikan. It follows The Perfect Time to Help Out and leads into Making Time for Karma, serving mainly to establish Karasuma's training philosophy and to formally bring Karma into the classroom.