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

Yamanaka, Kazutaka Producer

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Jul 2, 2024

CBMiura

Recommended

Akame ga Kill! it's a gore saddening experience.

Let's start talking about the animation, that are good. They really put some effort in making this anime.

About the characters, there are too many characters to be able to properly develop through just 24 episodes. Even though, the show made it acceptable.

The story brings us a society that are upside down, with some turn of events and role reversals.

Overall it's a good show. Akame ga Kill! brings an example that even if we're seeing things from a certain POV, doesn't necessarily means that we're viewing from the protagonist POV.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 6, 2024

Gwynbleidd_Alan

Mixed Feelings

Where do I even begin? Akame Ga Kill is an anime that truly lives up to the word "kill" in its title. I've never seen a show where characters die so frequently, and I must admit, I found it quite entertaining for the most part. Most shows such as this include massive plot armor for the characters and allows them to come back even after dying in some shape or form, but not this anime. When a character dies, they are GONE and to be honest it is quite realistic.

The show follows the members of an assassin group called "Night Raid". Akame ga Kill! ... follows the MC Tatsumi as he battles the Empire, encountering powerful weapons, enemy assassins, and challenges to his own morals and values. Ultimately, he learns what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause. In the line of work of an assassin it is quite normal to see comrades dropping left and right since the hunter can quickly turn into the hunted, giving this show a sense of realism to it. The stakes are high, and taking a life means constantly risking your own. The characters, fighting for a greater good, lead a revolution with everything on the line. Yet its best aspect turns against itself and causes the show to suffer from it.

Shows thrive on creating intriguing characters that cause us as the viewer to invest in them. We want to see the "good guys" succeed in what they do and if a loved character is taken from us, it hurts. That's the essence of every anime or show loaded with action. The one big problem is however that if you overload your media with too many deaths, they tend to suffer from the sheer overload of them. This is particularly the case for "Akame Ga Kill". There's 2 deaths which hurt and I was moved by. The other few just didn't pack the punch and at best I felt slightly saddened by a character brutally dying. With some people I was even annoyed because they did not need to die at all and their death was just there for additional shock value which leads me into my next point.

This show fully embraces its dark theme, highlighted by an excessive amount of gore that, to be honest, feels overdone. An anime about death and assassins naturally includes gore, but this show takes it to an excessive level. I'm not squeamish, and gore doesn't particularly bother me, but the sheer amount in this anime is overwhelming. The same effect could have been achieved with less gore, or at least limiting it to the "big and shocking deaths", making the numerous deaths feel more shocking. As it is, you become so desensitized to the violence that it loses its impact when a major character dies. There's also things which plainly make no sense whatsoever like a character getting her arms cut off, only to reveal there's guns hidden in place where her stumps of arms should be now. It feels like it tried to lean too much into the dark genre, which it absolutely did not need.

Overall, I enjoyed the story, though there were a few clear missteps. It was a good experience but one that will haunt and hurt. This anime is definitely not for the faint-hearted, yet it's still a worthwhile watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 30, 2024

Profane_Vestige

Not Recommended

This show has very little going for it on all sides. Sure it has some mildly interesting characters and a somewhat interesting storyline but that is all that it brings. The shock factor of having the characters quickly killed wears off fast. The characters get a bit of screen time and then are killed off the moment they get some semblance of relationship development with the main character. Even for an anime made during 2014 there is little other than sheer popularity that has this for redeeming qualities. Ask anyone who saw this if they would like it now that they have seen better.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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