Deadly Class dives into dark, gritty adventures. Misfit teens at King’s Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, a secret assassin school, face chaos. Set in late 80s, it’s all about growing up, finding oneself and moral dilemmas. Characters stumble through danger and unpredictability, making it a thrilling ride.

Meet the characters from Deadly Class

Master Lin

Master Lin is this terrifyingly calm teacher who can disarm you with a proverb and then with a broken chair leg, like honestly both at once. He runs the school with this old-world discipline but also has a weird soft spot for the smallest, lousiest students — contradiction, I know, but it’s real. He smells faintly of oolong and cigarette smoke at the same time, which is somehow comforting and terrifying. Also, he hums nursery rhymes when he’s thinking, which is either adorable or the sign of a tiny sociopath, your call.

Marcus Lopez

Marcus is street-smart, hot-headed, and the kind of friend who will punch a wall and then bring you tamales the next day because he’s soft like that. He’s loyal to a fault, impulsive, and has this constant internal drumbeat of anger that makes him dangerous — but he also doodles tiny hearts in the margins of his notebooks sometimes, true story. He loves loud music and hates being told he’s predictable, and he is absolutely not the brooding type even when he is brooding for three days straight. Don’t let the swagger fool you; he’s got a surprisingly sentimental playlist tucked away somewhere.

Saya Kuroki

Saya is discipline carved into motion — fierce, precise, and honor-obsessed, like a sword with feelings. She’s got an almost mythic sense of duty and pays attention to etiquette in the middle of chaos, but also will absolutely flip a table if someone insults her friends, so don’t test the manners. There’s a softness under the armor — sewing little mends into forgotten uniforms, humming lullabies she won’t admit she likes — which makes her both tragic and oddly endearing. She’s simultaneously rigid about rules and utterly ruthless when rules fail her, which is confusing but kind of perfect.

Maria Salazar

Maria is this layered blend of sweetness and steel — smiles like sunlight but can pull a knife with the same delicate hand, which is honestly the best dangerous combo. She’s crafty, social, and somehow reads a room like it’s an open book, playing people the way she plays cards (and yes, she cheats sometimes, but who among us doesn’t?). She collects ribbons and smoke-break stories; likes to bake when she’s stressed, then eats half the pastries and pretends not to, classic. Also, she’ll laugh at something tiny and then plan revenge with surgical precision, so never assume it’s harmless.

Willie Lewis

Willie is chaos wrapped in charm — loud, unpredictable, and tends to say the wrong thing at the right moment (or the right thing at the wrong moment, who knows). He’s got this wild bravado but also these tiny panic rituals — tapping his fingers, chewing a thread — which makes him oddly vulnerable under the big show. He loves attention, loves drama, and will do a ridiculous stunt just because it looked cool five seconds ago; also he cries at commercials, don’t @ me. Somewhere between reckless prankster and tragic clown, he’s the person you can’t help watching.

Billy

Billy is blunt and blunt again — the pure “do it or die” type who smells faintly of motor oil and old comic books, which is oddly charming. He doesn’t do poetry, not even a little, but will fiercely protect people he barely knows, which messes with your logic in the best way. There’s a quietness to him that surfaces like a bruise; he’s not talkative but his actions scream louder than any speech. Also, rumor has it he can make a decent cup of coffee and is terrible at telling jokes, and somehow both are true.