The mentality of E class and why they are special.
(Can other students handle Korosensei? Can Gakushuu handle being in class E ?)
Ok so this will have some hot takes which not everyone is gonna agree with. Starting with the 1st question of any other class being given the same mission.
I think anyone else would be bad at it. We have already established how unusual the reaction of E class was when they were suddenly handed the responsibility of not only killing a powerful creature but being burdened with knowledge of end of the Earth . Probably due to the trauma of being undermined and looked down upon by society.
And it's not a new thing right? Many of them were always low grade students who even before E class were probably scolded for being weak in studies.Ok now hear me out. But I think they all are a little sucidal. Not just the trauma trio who did commited in a way at some point in the anime (karma, nagisa and Kayano). All of them. Whole class. like they don't care much about what happens to them and are quite reckless with their actions. Not in the same level but yeah.
I think that plays into them being such fast learners in training. They adapt quickly because they lack self preservation and fear which usually would hold a kid back from doing dangerous activities. So they won't hesitate from going against real killers or climb mountain cliffs where one mistake will end them. They do care about each others lives but their own? They don't actively want to kill themselves but their are these "danger back down you may die", instincts that..... they lack. Just not there.
Their priorities are kinda messed up too, because for them, the assassination is their only escape from their own self hatred yk? So they treat it as this curriculum they have to pass or die trying. Both options probably sounds appealing to the alternative, which is living as the laughingstock of society.
So there comes the question of any other student (even Asano) or class being given the same mission as them. Would they manage to handle school and training? Would they take it as well? See. I kinda think they gonna crumble. At least one of them are going to tell their parents the truth first thing. A few are going to burst into tears randomly in training.
It would be hard for even Asano. Because yeah good student with martial art training and abusive father pressure to be perfect. But I don't see the guy having any actual "murder instincts". Am I the only one. I feel like the only one who feels as if the fandom overestimate Gakushuu sometimes. He might be a better hand to hand combat than 65 percent of the class. But he have too much common sense and the same consciousness about self preservation like the rest of the student body except E class.
It's not impossible for him. I am sure he would be the only one to catch up if thrown in this bizarre situation but. Like, not the best student. Top 7 maybe. He comes under Karma, Nagisa, the snipers, Kayano and don't kill me for this but class reps and exchange students. Just my opinion. He could surpass many of them physically. but this ranking. It's for assasination, not fighting and skill comparison. The bloodlust being an important part too yk?
Half the time he would be just offended and shocked with how reckless the rest of E class is and how he need to use this against his father. He is.....too sane. Which is a crazy take! I know cuz, it's literally Gakushuu but you gotta think. He would have never agreed to the rescue mission in the island because of it being less practical and kid would have been bad with teamwork . Would have tried to boss them around but these type of plans would have never worked against Korosensei.
The only way to defeat him is to have that hive mind connection that E class seem to have with each other. I am not saying Gakushuu don't have trauma. He is probably one of the most fucked up kids in the show. But it's different kind of trauma. He has an ego and image. He thinks that he is like his father. He holds himself at a pedestal.
He is gonna get knocked down a few pegs and have a breakdown where his perfect boy image will shatter because of koro's ragebaiting. It will be so much worse then karma because my guy has been brainwashed by his dad's education tactics for years. This will affect his performance as an assassin so much, might even shake up his academics a little.
My point is that E class has this "optimistic, fuck it we ball", kind of energy. Gakushuu lacks the optimistic part of it. You gotta fall down first to pick yourself up. Majority of Ass class was already at the bottom of the void in the beginning of the anime. For them it's just up uphill (in learning) from there.
That's why E class was the only capable one to handle that pressure, as they needed Korosensei as much as Korosensei needed them. It was a match made in heaven or some shit. Again. Just my opinion and headcanons. Do not kill me. Your gall overthinks a lot.
