The students settled down in their respective seats as soon as Koro-sensei entered the room. Koro-sensei was greeted warmly with lots of bullets and knives. As expected, the teacher was able to dodge all of them.
"Now, class, we will be having a reflection activity," Koro-sensei said with his signature grin on his face.
"Reflection activity?" Okano questioned.
"Exactly! I want all of you to think of a person who made a great impact in your life. This activity will help you reminisce the past and will help you realize how much you've grown." Koro-sensei said. "This is going to be an individual activity. I will be asking you about it later at 4pm and you will be submitting an essay tomorrow."
During their lunch time, everyone was chatting with one another regarding the said activity.
"Nagisa, who are you going to tell Koro-sensei?" Sugino asked.
"Hmm. Probably the director of my favorite movie. He's been doing lots of movies that gave impact to my life," replied Nagisa.
"I'll tell him about my favorite baseball player. Ever since I was in elementary, I've always admired him for his baseball skills." Sugino said confidently.
Overhearing their conversation, Manami approached the two.
"How about you, Okuda?" greeted Sugino.
"Umm, I'm still undecided. B-because I don't exactly know what's his name" Manami said shyly.
"I guess it's alright. As long as that person made a great impact in your life." Nagisa said.
Before afternoon classes started, Karma Akabane arrived at their classroom. He was greeted by Koro-sensei who was trying to scold him for skipping morning classes. However, Karma didn't pay much attention to their teacher and approached Manami, Nagisa, and Sugino. Koro-sensei, who was completely ignored by Karma, went back to the faculty room and sulked.
"Why is the class so noisy?" Karma asked while looking around. The three explained Koro-sensei's activity to the red-haired.
"So who is the person who made a great impact to your life, Karma-kun?" Nagisa asked.
"Well, I was thinking of the director of Sonic Ninja. But since you picked him already, I guess I'll think of someone else," Karma said nonchalantly. "By the way, Okuda-san, let's meet later at the science laboratory. I want to create a poison for our next assassination attempt." Manami smiled and nodded in agreement.
When it was 4pm already, the students were individually interviewed by Koro-sensei. When Manami was finished with the interview, she rushed towards the science laboratory and met Karma.
"You're here early," Karma greeted.
"Well, I was f-finished with the interview. And now I'm excited to make another chemical," Manami replied. Karma smirked and showed her a list of chemical formula that she will be needing to create the chemical. Karma assisted the bespectacled girl in creating the poison. He volunteered to heat the chemical to ensure Manami's safety since it's a very harmful chemical.
"You seemed cheerful today rather than usual, Okuda-san. So who's this person who made a great impact in your life?" Karma questioned.
"I-Is that so? Um, I don't know his name. Not even his face," Manami replied.
"It doesn't matter if you know the person or not. As long as he is a remarkable person for you. The person that I told Koro-sensei is my mother. After all, she's the one who always takes care of me. Since I shared mine, you should tell me yours, too" Karma said while teasing Manami.
"Th-that's unfair, Karma-kun. B-But ok then." Manami replied timidly as she handed a piece of paper to Karma.
"Woah. You're so motivated, Okuda-san. You're even done with the homework" Karma teased as he started reading Manami's essay:
Everyone in our class knows that I always style my hair with twin braids. This is because a certain person told me to do so. The person who made an impact to my life was also a student in the elementary school that I attended. I do not know his know and I wasn't able to see his face. It was during our school festival when I met him. I was about to go to the science hall when three girls cornered me and started bullying me. They made fun of my thick, wavy hair and eyeglasses. When they saw my science research, they were about to tear it pieces when someone stopped him. The girls were ready to run away but before leaving, they sprayed pepper spray near my eyes, making me unable to see the surroundings. That's when a person approached me. He asked me if I was alright. I nodded in agreement even though I am in pain due to the effect of the pepper spray. He helped me stood up and immediately accompanied me to the clinic. While we were walking towards the clinic, I told him that those girls are bullying me because of my thick and wavy hair. Upon hearing his, he told me that I should style my hair so that those bullies wouldn't make fun of my hair anymore. Before leaving me to the nurse, he handed me my science research. He said that he managed to stop the girls from tearing it to pieces. I thanked him for saving my science research. It was very valuable to me.
When the pepper spray's effect wore off, I immediately searched for him. I asked the nurse about the person who accompanied me but the nurse said that the student was in a rush at that time and left the clinic. The nurse said that the student, who was wearing a mask,immediately left since their class will be performing a class play for the school festival. I was disheartened when I wasn't able to properly thank him for everything. I tried searching for him even after the school festival but I wasn't able to. I allotted my time before graduation in search for him, but I wasn't successful. But to express my gratitude, I followed his advice and styled my hair with twin braids everyday. I might look nerdy, but it's alright. His advice helped me a lot of impact and even until now, I've always worn twin braids. Meeting him gave a great impact in my life because of his advice and because of his kindness. Only a few students in our school would treat me nicely.
"This is a nice story Okuda-san," Karma complimented her after he finished reading Manami's assignment.
"Th-thank you." replied Manami as she tried to cover her blushing face. Karma smirked and said, "Well, let's get going. The chemical is ready. Tomorrow, we will be having another assassination attempt."
The two started walking home. Karma patted Manami's head as his way of saying thank you to the petite girl. When Karma arrived at his room, he went to his room and opened a box in his cabinet. After minutes of searching, he was able to find the object that he was looking for. It was a mask that he once used for their class play for their school festival.
"So she was that bespectacled girl that I saved from the bullies when we were in elementary. I didn't realized that it was her since she was wearing braids. No wonder that among the girls, she the easiest one to talk to," Karma said while holding the mask and reminiscing their first encounter.