Assassination Classroom Chapter 148: Everybody be hatinā on Karma *possible spoilers*
(Please note that not everything in here will be accurate. Until Mach 20 scans puts out their version, or until I read the original Japanese version, Readmanga version is all I have to go off of for now.)
So Iāve been reading the usual rants about Karma being an asshole to Nagisa in chapter 148 and how Nagisa, the poor thing, heās being beaten to a pulp. Iām on the sidelines thinking, YOU ALL KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. Karma isnāt the best in close combat for nothing. I donāt know what you were all expecting for this one-on-one battle. Of COURSE Karmaās going to beat the shit out of him. All this crap about him going too far, heās outright fighting for what he believes to be right. Isnāt that how itās supposed to be? Theyāre enemies on opposite sides now, not awkward close friends.
Or maybe you all were expecting Nagisa to do his clap thing and the battle would be over in about a chapter. Iāll admit that Matsui has the habit of wrapping up a big boss battle in about eighteen to twenty pages (Takaoka vs. Nagisa and Fake God of Death vs. Karasuma). This time though, heās going all out.
(And then all the illogical Karmagisa fangirls going on about sexual tension and domestic fighting and how Nagisa should just kiss him and win. You people need to take off the rose-colored lenses for a second and remember what the arc is actually supposed to be about. I have no idea what you consider to be sexual tension, but Iām guessing all of you illogical Karmagisa fangirls are also illogical Shizaya fangirls.)
Iām totally biased towards Karma and I admit this without shame. I have the habit of defending him every time shit like this happens (if Iām more curt than usual, Iām sorry. Iām sleepy), so here I am again.
So being the staunch Karma-supporter I am, I want you all to remember something. Karmaās not jealous of Nagisa (well, not completely), heās afraid of Nagisa.
Maybe he is jealous of Nagisaās talent, particularly because Karma wants to be the one to kill Korosensei, but he knows that Nagisa has the highest chance of it. But thatās not whatās going on in this chapter.
On this page, we see Karma thinking, āYour talent that I donāt have⦠Iāll smash it to pieces and win!ā All comments I have read thus far are talking about how Karma is being a jealous asshole/jealous bitch/jealous brat/jealous in general. Again, Iām here on the sidelines wondering if anyone remembers what happened in chapter 147 where Karma explicitly says that heās afraid of whatever was hiding inside Nagisa, otherwise known as his talent for killing.
THIS IS NOT KARMA BEING JEALOUS. This is Karma wanting to overcome his fear of Nagisaās talent to win for the sake of Korosensei and for the sake of the class. Heās not looking down on Nagisa anymore either, nor is he trying to prove that he is superior. Heās looking at Nagisa as an enemy with equal (possibly stronger) ability, while calmly taking in Nagisaās physical and mental abilities to plan counterattacks. Like below, how he takes Nagisaās punches on purpose to overwhelm him and break his fighting spirit. He knows Nagisaās physical strength is inferior. EVERYONE (readers and characters) knows that Nagisaās physical strength is inferior.
So Iām not sure what people are complaining about. You know that in a fight where the world is at stake, theyāre going to go all out with each other.
You know that Karma believes that beating Nagisa is the only way to get the class to unite Korosensei. Nagisa believes in the exact same thing; to unite the class, he must defeat Karma.
You know that Karma and Nagisa now regard each other as equals standing on the same stage of assassination, and theyāre both pretty damn happy about being able to fight on the same plane for the first time.
So if you know all that, what exactly are you complaining about? If you donāt know, well thenā¦
All I know is if they decided to end in a āHey! Nagisa-kun! I was wrong! Letās be friends again!ā āKarma-kun, I feel the same! Hug it out!ā kind of way, all of you out there would complain about it being total bullshit and going āWTF Matsui, did you get canceledā.
There is one thing that has caught my interest in this chapter that may or may not just be trolling by Matsui. But it might be important trolling like all the hints with Kayano being more than she really was.
Okay, Karma of all people saying this is pretty weird.
Heās the type who literally does everything he wants to whenever he feels like it, so why canāt he lay his feelings out there?
Is it because of your pride and your image? Youāre supposed to be the āhonor student bad boyā, the cool, brilliant type. Is that why you canāt show your feelings at all? In the fanbook it says that āHis aloof appearance hides his wild and cautious heart, because every day brings a new fightā. Is it because youāre always on guard, unable to show any hints of weakness that others may take for their advantage? But you always tell Okuda of your feelings, including your fears, so what is holding you back at all?
Ever since the thing with Kayano, Iāve been on the constant lookout for another character than may end up becoming another big boss antagonist. This civil war doesnāt count because thereās no defined sides of right or wrong.
Karma, if it turns out that youāre in some kind of deep shit that you canāt tell anyone about that somehow involves your parents or tentacles or the government, I will be very sad.