Akame ga Kill! Episode 6 Discussion

Botato said:



Now onto my thoughts about this episode: It was shit. Ok not really, but it could have been absolutely shit.

And yeah... No sorry but I couldn't really give two shits about Sheele <_<
We're back to cartoon villain of the week, but this time it's a cute girl with cute puppy thing that turns evil when it gets mad. Well, AT LEAST she put up a fight and didn't die like a useless sack of potatoes. And holy shit that OST was just amazing.

The action was really impressive, didn't need the pointless flashbacks and slow Sheele death, it should have just been instant and be done with it. It really ruined the mood (you probably see me as a heartless bastard now). On the story and characters side nothing really changed much, if not they got worse.

Shitty characters, meh story so far and the only things that have been worth watching for me so far are the action and the jokes (that ones that I found funny anyway). Normally I'd give this episode a 2/5, but I enjoyed the action a lot so 3/5.

Heh my post is more on the negative I think. So now to those who are enjoying this show way more than I am + for manga readers, my response to the inevitable "why do you keep watching if you don't like it?" (will spoiler it for those that don't care)

za21 said:

A series being a shounen doesn't mean it doesn't have those attributes. Look at Death Note, FMA, Code Geass, etc. Shounen is just a demographic. Its like saying that all american cartoons for kids have no depth. Avatar the Last Airbender is a testament to why saying that is stupid. AgK does have those things. Its just not amazingly deep. It could definitely be done better but AgK does those things decently and is straightforward in its ideas.

T3hSource said:
30 episodes later, Tatsumi, Mine, Najenda, Leone, Bulat, Lubbock, Akame still alive.

T3hSource said:


Actually I'm a manga reader, and these are basic demands having strong characterization in our main cast, whom we're supposed to care about. And it is clear to me that Schere is a plot device and not a character, yet the show treats her as a fleshed out character we're supposed to cry for along with our cast. See my problem here?

And now we get into interpretational grounds, even as I watched that scene it seems like an easy missed opportunity to kill her. Now if we had time with Schere and see her close relationship with Mine, her actions and death would've carried more weight.

Oh and for the mixed setting: why isn't everyone using guns to begin with? It's pretty jarring if you pay attention to the background. There are small houses, paved streets, swords, carts, guards, fortified city, something one associates with a medieval setting. A magic gun is an easy exception, because it's magic, a fantasy element. But it's not really relevant, world building isn't exactly a concern for these series, it's more focused on the rule of cool.

Urek said:



you dont mind if i quote this later?

on topic:
i told ya last week that **** is getting real. and this is only the beginning... *sobs in a corner*

Darklight0303 said:


He is like that for every show he decides to *grace* with his lovelly presence

SirFashion said:


You said it, its a demographic, kids from 12-19 years old dont appreciate deep or real serious plots but people still expect this AdK to be so. FMA, Death Note, Code Geass arent deep or serious enough, specially FMA (its the best example of a standard action shounen about friendship and justice done correctly). Any manga from naoki urusawa would be an example of what serious, deep or character development in a standard seinen would be.

T3hSource said:
No, I haven't, because it makes absolutely no sense. Magic, power ups, and the like,OK.
Modern ranged weapons vs melee... WTF?

And you can go away as well ರ_ರ

Mikatarukito said:


I'd disagree. FMA isn't your typical Shounen in my honest opinion. Code geass, Death and FMA were actually quite deep and serious. Such as Huge's death.. That actually had quite a impact on me.. *sob*

Darxen said:
Am I the only one that found sheelee's (or however you spell her name) death and the aftermath to be cheesy to the point of being cring-worthy?
I'm sorry but I was facepalming all the way from her death to the end of the episode. The fact that she could easily have killed Seyru and then saved Mine/Mein just makes it worse.

Just an opinion :D

kokkoderrisch said:

You're spot on. This death was so incredibly forced.

SirFashion said:


Touching ≠ deep and serious. Even Cross Game manages death and feelings better in the first episode. Still not deep or serious, just touching.

DejWoSWK said:


While she was dying all I could think about was while she did not kill Seyru first,so no,you are not alone with this opinion.

However,one could argue that she panicked because her friend was closed to being killed. But that does not make me like the scene more.

Mikatarukito said:


Fine then, let me rephrase myself. Hughes' death in FMA was actually quite touching as he was a pretty well developed character and you could really tell that he cared for his family. Sucks they killed him off. Touching, deep or serious, in my opinion is doesn't matter, they all in a way effect the audiences' feelings towards the series.
AgK failed to do so in Sheele's death as we all know, she could of killed that Justice girl.. Who knows maybe she was in the spur of the moment and decided saving tsundere came first. Literally I re-read that scene in the Manga only to find my self skipping that part.

T3hSource said:

@-Resident-
I come to this show purely for the action catharsis, my 5/5 rating for this episode is true, because it delivered and was done well on that front. But I am not ignoring its faults and unconditionally praising it, because it's not very satisfying on a mental and emotional level.

And I'm not asking for character development, I'm asking for strong characterization. How come I care about JoJo's cast who are just as one-dimensional? Because we spend time with them and they have a lot of interactions between them or have a lot of amusing situations for them to express themselves strongly. The tragedy struck in the 13-14th episode, not on the fifth. The character was well established, capable, useful, and had a conflict.

Oh, danger beasts, they are so relevant indeed, especially in the capital where everyone still be using them instead of guns which have inherent advantage over melee. But again: the world building is kind of irrelevant to the overall story. We can both twist the setting to however we like since it's so poorly defined.

ThrashMatto said:
And finally the episode that shuts all the haters up airs.
Amazing episode, i knew what was going to happen and I'm still in shock.
As near to a perfect adaptation as you could ask for.

kchorrex2012 said:
5/5
That was really well adapted IMO. They didn't delay the Tatsumi/Leone scene so they could focus on the other fight (most studios would have probably put a cliffhanger in the middle of the fight with Seryuu).
If I recall, Sheele's death didn't seem that forced or stupid in the manga, I think they changed the pacing or something in the fight... I marathoned it all so I can't remember exactly.

Still, the lack of censoring as usual was pretty welcomed. And Sheele was badass until the very end, even after being ripped in half T_T. Sheele, you will be severely missed, I hope you can find your spider sister Shizuku in your next life (haha they have many things in common).
Now is where the plot really takes off :3 Can't wait for the upcoming episodes.

-Oppai- said:


Yeah a airhead who's only useful at 2 things dies. So sad,so wow.

ThrashMatto said:


If you don't like the anime, go away.
Why people proceed to waste their time watching things they don't like is beyond me, do you people have nothing better to do?

-Oppai- said:


Never said i didn't like the series as a whole i simply dislike how crap this part was. Only good thing was the action, the death wasn't sad the character was bland.

Mikatarukito said:


gg... you've been gg'd by kanye.