Story(5/10): The story is simple to follow. Tatsumi, a young teenager, is on his way to the capital to earn money and save his village. While this concept was dropped four episodes later, and didn't reemerge until the last episode, I knew it wasn't the basis of the story just by watching the first episode. The real plot is that the capital was filled with corruption and unnecessary evil, and it was Night Raid's job to purge the capital of that evil. While the story was rather true to it's roots, it had quite a lot of pacing issues. Even though their main objective was to eliminate the evil within the capital, the story jumped quite often not leaving you with any time to evaluate what was happening and their progress to taking down the capital. Characters die almost every other episode, and it leaves a rift where you'd think that the disappearance of that certain character would have an effect on that certain sides strength. Take for instance, when the were discussing how to defeat an overpowered character, they assumed that it would take 10 or so characters with special weapons called "Teigus" to defeat. Definitely not the case. That is where the story has it's inconsistency, it also likes to deviate from the intense action and heart wrenching moments, and add some comedy which really isn't necessary.
Art/Sound(8/10): The Art and Sound are at the least commendable. The dark atmosphere was intensified due to the soundtrack, and fights are all animated pretty well. Characters look like they were done nicely, and the voice acting matched perfectly with their characters personas. There are some times where you might not notices the soundtrack in the background, but to where it matters most, it helps intensifies some scenes by it being present.
Characters(6/10): Characters are what make a good story. You can have imagined the best story possible, but it only really shines when the characters are there to keep it interesting and moving forward. With that said, Akame Ga Kill characters don't differentiate themselves from typical Anime stereotypes. They look like they're unique and different because of the art and what they typically wear, but on the inside there isn't much difference between character types. They are at least interesting to a certain degree. Their relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is entertaining. An issue however is that the producers of the anime decides to kill off characters too quickly, leaving no time to grow feeling for the characters. There are some characters you'll care for maybe because you just like their personality, or maybe you just think they're cool, nonetheless it'll be hard for you to actually "care" about a character.
Enjoyment(9/10): Here's where it may sound like I'm being biased, especially since I didn't score the Story or Characters to highly. I don't hate the Anime, not by a long shot. This is one of the first one's I watched, but after getting more experienced with Anime, I see the faults that it tries to hide. I had a great time watching this Anime, and would likely watch it again in the future. The plot doesn't seem all that interesting after you're a couple episodes in, and you notice how the characters aren't very unique. You can however expect it to at least be an entertaining series which you'd want to continue moving forward. It may not be on par with the best out there, but it's definitely something worth your time.
Overall(7/10): It's a very solid Anime, it could have been better if the producers gave it more time for characters to develop, it would increase the impact of the story significantly. I do understand that they had to restrict it to 24 episodes, but they went about it the wrong way. Instead of introducing more and more characters, they should have stayed with the original members and worked with them, rather than send them to their deaths early without any character development. It is still something that can be enjoyed even with its flaws.
