Assassination Classroom: Suikoden

**Assassination Classroom: Suikoden**, known by alternate titles such as **Assassination Classroom: Gokudō**, **Assassination Classroom: Naraka**, and **Virtuous and Righteous Students** is a fan-fiction to the **Assassination Classroom** series, keeping in the old cast whilst brining in new faces involved, among them are fellow assassins, yakuza, triad gangs, numerous governments, and new villains to challenge the heroes as the question of killing an octopus-like being becomes more and more apparent. Following the exploits and tales of Class E, because of the large number of failed students within Kunugigaoka Junior High School, the board chairman decided to create four divisions, creating Class 1-E, Class 2-E, Class 3-E, and Class 4-E.

## Plot

After the destruction of the moon, planet Earth is left in a state of jeopardy, with many world governments trying to figure out what caused the moon to suddenly explode and create a permanent crescent shape. Not long after, a stone bixi falls out of the sky, and within it, an inscription reads out that with the monster now in the mortal world, "the reborn one hundred and eight stars with the aid of the twelve heavenly generals shall gather and assemble to slay this foul monster". Landing in the mountain where Class E is located, this along with the appearance of a monster, simply dubbed "Anomaly-5931", this created would proclaim that if a year shall pass, it would destroy the world in a manner similar to the moon.

Already, much of Earth is thrown in chaos, Japan being one of them, and then all of a sudden, this creature wants to be a teacher, in Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Absurd and odd being the norm around here, as much of Kunugigaoka Junior High School has to be a class in which it is best left unknown, being Class-E.

The protagonist, Nagisa Shiota, would find his world of normalcy gone upside down, as he would involve in a whole number of conspiracies that might indicate that something isn't all right with the world. On top of it, the previously dissolved Shinsengumi has returned, even in history, they were disbanded after the Boshin War. With all of these questions, one question can be answered; would one still be living in a normal world when the absurd is already taking place?

## Chapters

### Assassination; BEGIN!

* Chapter 1: Impactful Time!
* Chapter 2: Classroom Time!
* Chapter 3: Baseball: Fun Times!
* Chapter 4: Time to Start Servicing Hell!
* Chapter 5: Friendship Time!
* Chapter 6: Gangster Time!
* Chapter 7: Loss of Normal Times!
* Chapter 8: Time for Sasaki's Entry!
* Chapter 9: Getting Down for Business Time!
* Chapter 10: Time for Karma to Appear!

### Old vs New Players in the Stage!

* Chapter 11: Incoming Normalcy Time!
* Chapter 12: Time for Trouble at Night!?
* Chapter 13: Mysterious Time for Investigation
* Chapter 14: Hidden Secrets Time!
* Chapter 15: Unknown Fortune Time!

## Reception

Praised for the character development and the unique style of the series, Assassination Classroom: Suikoden is highly received as one of the "actually good" series in the Assassination Classroom fandom. On the other hand, the series is criticized for the heavy tones in the fan-fiction, which involved mature themes resonating in the fan series. These criticisms are based on how the author handled said nature themes, or rather, the lack thereof.

## Concept and Creation

### Characterization & Creation

As the author has about 108 students plus the teachers, he is forced to adopt a strategy in which the students are either the outcasts of Japanese society or normal people who were simply transfered due to he conditions of the Kunugigaoka Junior High School, hence the students are a mix of either future criminals or average students. In addition, the teachers are shown to be a mix between those from the military or normal teachers, or (in the case of a certain foreign teacher) those from unknown backgrounds.

## Behind the Scenes

* So while I was creating this series, I thought about how would I fit over 108 students into one class, then I got an idea, why not just create four divisions of the same class? And so, I got that idea running.
* This series is based off of Water Margin, and admittedly of Journey to the West, whilst also using The Stranger by French writer Albert Camus. The comedy and parodies that can be found in the many chapters are based off of Gintama, while the Yakuza Franchise and Sleeping Dogs serve as an inspiration for the numerous gangs that can be dotted across Japan.
* Most of the characters seen here can be categorized in two sections, one section would be characters that appeared in the canon story, while the ones I made up can be placed on the fanon category.
* The number, that being "108", is based off the 108 Heroes from Water Margin. This led me to create four divisions of Class E.
* Meanwhile, the Twelve Teachers of Class E are based off of the Twelve Heavenly Generals of Buddhism.
* A reason that I added in "alternate history" is because of one idea, and that being about the Shinsengumi managing to stay to the present day, and with a few minor happening compared to our timeline.