Akame ga Kill!

Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, whose avarice and greed for power has led him to take advantage of the child emperor's inexperience. Without a strong and benevolent leader, the rest of the nation is left to drown in poverty, strife, and ruin. Though the Night Raid members are all experienced killers, they understand that taking lives is far from commendable and that they will likely face retribution as they mercilessly eliminate anyone who stands in the revolution's way.

This merry band of assassins' newest member is Tatsumi, a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown and was won over by not only Night Raid's ideals, but also their resolve. Akame ga Kill! follows Tatsumi as he fights the Empire and comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, challenges to his own morals and values, and ultimately, what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause.

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Akame Main

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Mine Main

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Tatsumi Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Leone Main

Asakawa, Yuu Japanese

Esdeath Supporting

Akesaka, Satomi Japanese

Lubbock Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Chelsea Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Bulat Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Sheele Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Kurome Supporting

Ohashi, Ayaka Japanese

Iwasa, Gaku Producer

Miyake, Masanori Producer

Yoshizawa, Takashi Producer

Yoshikawa, Tsunaki Producer

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Mar 17, 2025

StycinViro

Recommended

This is, in many ways, the kind of anime I never knew I always wanted. When people get mortally injured, they die. None of this "just a few weeks of rest" and you're back and stronger than ever. Every character is human, and has a human body with all its limitations. Of course this isn't the only anime that does this, but it was the first one that I saw that left such a lasting impression on me.

I give this show a 10/10 because of how no character is immune to death. There's no plot armor for anyone, friend or foe, and every character is ... aware of the risks they take each day. That's what I believe earns this show a 10/10 in my books: The mortality that each character is aware they have, which was refreshing for me because when I first found this anime all the other shows I had seen were filled with characters having their internal organs crushed, limbs cut off, and more, and being 100% fine and healed in like two weeks, which was getting annoying. In that sense this show opened my eyes to a genre of dark fantasy anime that I had no idea existed before, which also contributed to my 10/10 rating.

It's not for everyone, and some deaths in the show did seem completely avoidable, but I thoroughly enjoyed all of it and it holds a special place in my heart.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 1, 2024

AK-bro

Mixed Feelings

I came in here with below zero expectations and left very surprised. Don’t get me wrong, this ain’t the second coming of Jesus Christ but it sure is fun as hell. The edge, how seriously it takes itself, the character designs, everything works to just make for a good time. Of course, the biggest thing working against this is the story, specifically the plot progression and character development.

There are many small details and things throughout the series that don’t make sense, seem dumb, or just seem to be a vehicle for the plot to progress. One small example is at the end, where certain ... characters get tricked by a mysterious lady who they shouldn’t trust at all (we’ve literally learned throughout the entire series that no one can be trusted and the characters know this) but still do and end up getting their asses whooped. It’s really minor things but it’s those things stacked up that bring this show, especially the first half down.

Another issue is the blatant appearance of tropes. The pink haired loli, the chick magnet all-moral spiky-haired protagonist, etc. Most of the characters are fun but not generally compelling because they have no real complexity. They generally dumb down to a character trait and some quirk to make it seem like they are original. Bulat is an all-ambitious and powerful night, but he’s also gay. Esdeath is a psychopathic murderer, but she’s trying to fall in love. Akame’s sister is also a psychopathic killer, but she really likes cookies! Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed these characters, especially Esdeath, but the show really needed some more time developing the core cast rather than continuing to introducing random guys who are killed off a couple episodes later (really this happens way too often). And when the show did try to explore some complexity through character backstories, it always came through a long monologue that felt more like an out-of-place exposition dump rather than an actual logical place to be presenting the viewer this information about the character.

However, despite all this I still really enjoyed the show. The ending really came together and showed us a spectacle of fights and the culmination of the themes the show has been building up. The final fight between x and x, reminded me a lot of the epic final fight of “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood” and I mean that in the best of ways. The tension between these two foil characters caring the weight of all their fallen comrades while the remaining beaten-up survivors watch in awe is absolutely magestic. The music and animation really lives up to it as well, both having more of a backseat throughout the show but really shining in the strongest moments of the story, especially in the final episodes.

Overall, this “Akame Ga Kill!” is very flawed, but it makes up for it with fun characters, gorgeous background art, and a great ending.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 24, 2025

GoldenGooseProd

Not Recommended

Akame ga Kill is a show that's only good if you watched it when you're 14 years old. I can somewhat understand. Around 2016, a lot of "vulgar" media such as iDubbbz, Deadpool, and Sausage Party started gaining mainstream appeal with middle and high schoolers. Watching Akame ga Kill is the equivalent of watching that weird self-insert harem fanfic that weird kid made in 7th grade where all your classmates were into you and all the bullies got tortured and mutilated in the worst way possible. Plus, with lots of unnecessary swearing, mutilation, and rape.

And honestly, that wouldn't even be so bad if the show ... didn't try to balance it all with quirky "lol so random" 2014-era comedy, fanservice, and your usual blasé anime tropes that would be more fitting with an ecchi slice-of-life (think an anime version of the sitcom Friends)

I can't deny that the world building isn't the worst and genuinely did appeal to me for a little bit, but of course, around the 2/3rds mark, the show delves into the world's worst speedrun of "Ah shit, we ran out of manga material, let's get from Point D to Point E without using what made the show so quarter-decent in the first place"

If you see anyone roleplay the characters, please do yourself a favor and run as far away as possible. I've already seen two pdf file groups use the characters to attract tweens. I guess that's not really the shows fault, but it shows how deranged and adolescent the source material can be.

The ultimate /r/im14andthisisdeep anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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