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In _Assassination Classroom_ , season 2 episode 15, we see Nagisa Shiota
perform a "15-hit kiss" on Kaede Kayano (aka Akari Yukimura) to help save her
life. Afterward, everyone is amazed that Nagisa performed a 15-hit kiss, but
what is a "#-hit kiss" and what does the number symbolize?

[![A screenshot of the "15-hit
kiss"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/84NHWm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/84NHW.png)


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What is a "15-hit kiss"?


The #-hit kiss is a technique first seen in action by Irina Jelavić in chapter
8 ("Breast Time") in the manga (page 17), or episode 4 ("Adult Time") in the
anime (6.5 minutes in), when she kisses Nagisa for a 30-hit kiss.

[![Irina kissing
Nagisa](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R8SnK.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R8SnK.jpg)

[_See full-size image_](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Er8vN.jpg)

It is described by Nagisa in the manga:

> I truly felt the weight of her "killing" words and that she was the real
> deal, a professional hitman. A kiss so incredible that it overpowers the
> senses. It could bring even the strongest men to their knees.

So this kiss is a weapon for seduction and assassination, and Nagisa
recognizes its power. This is the reason he knows how to use it on Kaede
Kayano later. It's because he experienced it first-hand by Irina.

The hit count is, as a
[comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/36037/what-is-a-15-hit-
kiss/38621#comment48420_36037) mentioned, probably a reference to [combo hits
in videogames](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_\(video_gaming\)). From
Wikipedia:

> The first game to count the hits of each combo, and reward the player for
> performing them, was Super Street Fighter II.


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