Anime 22199 Akame Ga Kill Reviews Filter Check 2

One misconception in the anime industry is that when a show is dark and contains excessive amounts of gore. Many people automatically think the show is deep and thought provoking. The problem is that many anime studios get so hung up with making the show as badass and dark as possible that they forget about the more important problems that might plague the show, like character development and pacing.

Akame Ga Kill is a great example of this problem.

The story follows Tatsumi, a countryside boy that travels to the capital to join the military and earn money to send to his village suffering from poverty.To ... him the capital is a place filled with opportunities and a happy life. But after reaching the capital he soon realizes exactly how corrupt the capital is. After certain events he is recruited by Night Raid, A group of assassins that wish to overthrow the government and end this corruption.

On the surface Akame ga Kill does seem to be different from other shounens because of it's dark theme and excessive gore. But when you look a little bit deeper Akame ga Kill is actually pretty similar to other stereotypical shounens. You have characters always blurting out the obvious. You have the naive yet strong protagonist that powers up over time. You have almost all of the female characters fall for the protagonist. Akame ga Kill tries to be different show with it's dark theme, but looking at it closer there isn't much difference.

Probably one of the more prominent problems in Akame ga Kill is the comedy. The problem isn't in the comedy itself. (Though I admit most of the humor was stale) but rather the execution. Apparently someone thought it was a good idea to slide in a petty joke in many emotional or dramatic scenes. Probably the best example of this would be a scene where Tatsumi finds out about the corruption in the capital and mourns over his loved ones that died to this corruption. This was supposed to be a very emotional scene but then Night Raid kidnaps Tatsumi and makes petty jokes along the way. It is scenes like this that make me unable to take the show very seriously.

The characters in the show are filled with problems too. Tatsumi isn't really much different from other stereotypical male leads. He's strong, kind, and has a great sense of justice. Something we see in pretty much any other male lead for a stereotypical shounen. The other characters in Night Raid don't fare much better either. You have Mine the tsundere, Bulat the "Aniki" type. Shelle the klutz, Leone the "Onee-san" type, Lubbock the perverted guy, and Akame, the cold assassin. Now considering the show has Akame's name in the title. You would expect Akame to be one of the most important characters of the show. Sadly, the only background we do get to know about Akame is her backstory. She didn't seem to have much development and emotions except for a few scenes.Almost all of the characters feel pretty one-sided and unoriginal. There are two new additions to Night Raid later on in the show. Chelsea and Susanoo. And probably out of all of the characters in Akame ga Kill, I found Chelsea to be the most memorable.Why? Because she actually feels realistic. Although Chelsea seems to be very confident and powerful. She is just like any other girl at her age. She likes to use make up, she has her own beliefs, and she felt like an actual person.

On the other side you have the Jaegars. A special squad led by General Esdeath which goal is to anhiliate Night Raid and any other group that resists against The Empire. The Jaegars seem to be an awkward bunch. You have Bols, who looks like a psychotic murderer with a mask. Kurome, who apparently loves to eat. Dr.Stylish, a crazy mad scientist. That doesn't mean there aren't normal people there. There is Wave who doesn't really have any special qualities and Run, who seems to be the calm and collected person in the group.

And then there's Seryuu...

If there was a person who could embody the word "crazy". Seryuu probably fits the word perfectly. Probably the most hated character in the entire show. Seryuu is a person who has a completely twisted view on justice. She believes that everything the empire does is right and that everyone who goes against the empire is evil. Now although she is indeed twisted as hell and it is a normal response to hate her guts. I find that she brings a different point of view to the word "justice" in the show. To her the empire is her sense of justice. This outlines the different sense of justice between the two groups and what they are fighting for. Something that the show fails to do in many other places.

The characters of Jaegar mostly seemed to be interesting to me, but lack of character development led them to be pretty underwhelming characters. An exception to this would be Esdeath. Probably the most popular character of the show. Esdeath is loved by viewers for her icy demeanor, beauty, and her love of battle. She kills only because of her lust for war and her sadistic nature. She does have a softer nature too, as can be seen when she is searching for love.

One thing that I find annoying with Akame Ga Kill is apart from the Jaegars (which mostly were pretty average). Every other villain was bland,exaggerated, and unoriginal that I couldn't help but laugh when I saw them. Most of the supporting villains are either complete psychos or are so obsessed with power that they don't even seem human. This does get better after the introduction of the Jaegars but is it really too much to ask to get a decent villain that I can take seriously?

The part that makes Akame ga Kill "different" from other average shounens is that unlike other shounens, characters die and although this is apparently what makes Akame ga Kill "special". This is exactly what makes Akame ga Kill fall short. The problem is that characters don't get nearly enough development before there death.It is usually give the character some screen time in the previous episode. Give them a flashback on there backstories, and send them off. Killing off characters isn't a bad thing at all. In fact, this is exactly what I want from shounens with main characters that either get revived or are invincible. But at least give the characters enough development to actually make the viewers feel something, or else the death scenes feel meaningless.

The first opening of Akame ga Kill "Skyreach" is pretty average to be honest. Sure it isn't bad but the song just isn't much better than other opening songs. The second opening is a big step up from the first one with the early part sounding quiet and gentle, but slowly grows into a louder song with guitars and the chorus. Which I found to be pretty fitting to the show. Both the ending songs are pretty good,both bringing contrasts to the opening with softer, smoother tunes.The soundtrack ranged from average to pretty good. The songs in the battle scenes weren't anything special but did there jobs of increasing the tension, but the the best parts are the piano tracks for the moments of death.The piano tracks were pretty simple and weren't complex at all, but the tune the tracks carried brought out the tone perfectly.

The animation is mostly pretty good.I guess the best word would probably be "efficient". Akame ga Kill looks good where it counts and it cuts back in parts that weren't that important. And I respect that. Not every anime has a gigantic budget to work on. (Unless its from KyoAni). The fight scenes looked great and although there were a few scenes that were cut back. Those scenes were mostly negligible and not very noticable.

Now it may seem like I hate the show due to all of my criticism towards the show, but on the contrary. I did enjoy the show to a certain extent. The show isn't terrible by any means, but there were just so many places where Akame ga Kill could have improved on that I find it a shame that it wasn't adapted better. That said though, this show isn't for everyone. If you don't like excessive gore and killing then feel free to steer away from the show. But if you like dark themes and don't have a problem with watching some blood. Akame ga Kill isn't a terrible choice. (Can't say its a great one though.)

To kill or not to kill, that is the question. In the world of Akame ga Kill, it’s more than just about killing as survival fits to those who wish to live for something to fight for. Sounds complicated? Not really. Akame ga Kill preys on a simple concept despite playing complexity on the tactical front. To put it into simple perspective, we have a prestigious and well developed Capital taking place as the major setting. While it looks industrialized and well functioned on the outside, there are dark secrets and corruption on the inside. The ones who fight this corruption consists of the main ... characters as an elite unit known as the Night Raid, as part of the Revolutionary Army. They don’t just kill for the sake of it but for a purpose. In this show, that purpose is to rid of corruption as a young man named Tatsumi finds out the hard way.

Based off the manga of the same name, Akame ga Kill isn’t an easy show to get used to at first. From a standard perspective, it is the author’s only work to date (besides a prequel based off the story). He experiments with a fantasy world cast in shadows by corruption and brings in characters as the actors in a seemingly dark age. While the show takes itself seriously with the dark fantasy premise and mature setting, one should also question about the overall delivery of the series. Controversially speaking, there are doubts at first. For the first half and parts of the second half, the show remains faithful to the material. Then, it decides to go with a route that I find it to be laughable for the wrong reasons. Still, let’s get started and see what Akame ga Kill has to offer…

The few episodes wastes little time to get the point across in the AkG world. Tatsumi almost becomes a scapegoat during his journey as he himself believes that Night Raid is evil. In reality, corruption takes hold where he almost ends up being a victim. The truth is realized soon enough as the young boy faces the grim reality. However, he makes his own decision to join Night Raid and rid of the corruption that holds the Capitol and perhaps the rest of the world. Essentially, that’s how it starts anyways but Tatsumi also learns more about the group of people he is allied with now that he is part of Night Raid. As such, the few episodes introduces the other members. Titular character Akame is perhaps one of the most prominent member of Night Raid as her first encounter with Tatsumi almost ends up getting the latter killed. Coming off seemingly as a cold girl with social awkwardness, she is also a skilled fighter with good intentions. The problem with Akame is that perhaps she is a bit way too focused on her motivations. Throughout the series, there’s little depth we realize about herself despite some minor flashbacks between her and a sister she used to hang around with. Her actions throughout the show also seemingly include vengeance not only against the Capitol but her own dear sister. While the reason is explained vaguely, there’s just not a lot we can appreciate about her role. Her relationship with Tatsumi is perhaps the strongest compared to the other members of Night Raid though. So in some ways, we can say that she is a character with a lot of potential but the show just doesn’t make her a well-developed character.

Other members of Night Raid falls under a lot of generic tropes. These include head boss Najenda, Leone (the older sister type), Mine (tsundere), Bulat (the older brother type), Lubbock (ongoing carefree dude), Shelee (quiet type), among others. Tatsumi himself is also saturated with generic tropes such as his heroic personality and to do the “right thing”. His motivations does have influence among other members of Night Raid as they see him as a trusting member and one who is determined to achieve his goals. Perhaps one other character in the show sees him as a bit more beyond just a warrior though. Coming from the outskirts of the Capitol is General Esdeath, a feared sadist and leader with a deadly reputation. Esdeath’s debut marks the exact expectation that viewers might have her as a leader. However, her encounter with Tatsumi might rub off in the wrong way. You could call it as an infatuation or obsession, but her personality takes a 180 degrees after realizing the power of “love”. Rather than love though, it’s more like a one-sided relationship as the world of Akame ga Kill is not pretty. If you don’t believe me, then the body count might serve as a more credible evidence. Regardless if you’re a member of Night Raid, Jeagers, Revolutionary Army, or the Capitol’s military, the show isn’t afraid to kill off characters.

Esdeath isn’t alone as an adversary of Night Raid however. Leading a group known as the “Jeagers”, she plays a role as an anti-villain. Some of the members of Jeagers have their own morals and ideologies. Still, there’s also this presence of black and white morality that is dominated throughout the series. Some characters such as Seryu (from Jeagers) kill for what they perceive as justice while others simply sees it as an order like Boris. Then, there are also misguided examples such as Wave who doesn’t realize the truth revolving around the corruption of the Capitol. Nonetheless, the series makes a point clear that it controversially creates an atmosphere of ideology clash. And often or not, these result in various consequences such as extortion, torture, and death. Make no mistake though. This show isn’t shy to craft violence from what it has set up.

Even in a dark fantasy world such as AkG, there are also time to squeeze in comedy. Perhaps I imply this as underhanded but the show actually pushes that more than you might expect. Comedy is represented sometimes as generic while other times just misplaced or rather awkwardly timed. The quick precision shift between comedy and graphic violence sometimes also seems unreal to believe. In other words, one needs to be aware of the way the show is adapted when venturing into its execution. Fortunately, the series manages to rebound against this with serious elements of mature content to stay true with its premise. While the story seems quick paced at the times, Akame ga Kill also creatively build up certain points throughout the story and effectively manage it on most parts. As a reader of the manga, it pleases me to realize that they didn’t forget the most important parts. It’s obviously evident that there is enough material to simultaneously turn its source material into animated form and as such, I give praise to White Fox for doing just that. And when it comes to violence, this show is like a middle finger to recent series that are obstructed by censorship. (ex. Terra Formars, Tokyo Ghoul)

While world building isn’t a strong content of the series, the mechanics and origins is insightful. It is explained in a way that viewers should not be confused. The instance falls quickly with powerful weapons known as Teigu (in English, referred to as Imperial Arms). They are the most widely feared tools that are featured throughout the series with a variety of uses. These include but not limited to invisibility, one-shot kills, animal instinct, sharpshooting, ice manipulation, shape-shifting, pyrokinesis, and among others. The origins behind some of these Teigu are also explored. And with that, you can expect spectacular action when characters puts them to use. Well-coordinated movements, strategies, and jaw-breaking cinematic are a key to this success. Thankfully, Akame ga Kill does that in a profound way. As each Teigu is also different, the show also makes good usage of their strengths and weaknesses so you can expect some exciting duels in full throttle.

As I said before, the show had a decent start with what it has done with the adaptation. But this isn’t the main concern of the series in regards to fitting with characters’ roles. It’s the way the story is adapted later on when for some reason, the series derides from the manga. Instead, it crafts filler and makes up its story as it goes. Some of them not only have episode transitions that doesn’t make sense but also ones that are seemingly too rushed. And like I said before, the show isn’t shy to kill off its character cast. However, all is abrupt and devoid of development. There’s little feeling that you’ll feel with some of the characters killed off later on (especially beyond episode 20). It’s almost like an insult for the fans hoping to see a faithful adaptation when it decides to make up its own little story.

When it comes to visual quality, White Fox is able to actually get some parts done right. They are able to take this show’s animation quality to a level of what it should be – graphic and straightforward. It remains brutally honest with what it tries to accomplish such as severed limps, beheading, and torture. In short, the show isn’t a fairy tale fantasy but rather make its point as a dark world of malevolence. Action is directed with strength in its movements while the world setting is credible with the backgrounds. Dangerous creatures known as the “Danger Beasts” are present throughout the show as well that are carefully crafted to show their animalistic brutality. On the other hand, character designs can be an oddball. Certain characters such as Akame wear outfits that doesn’t make them look like who they should be. Tatsumi’s design is also blend as the main protagonist while other characters are exaggerated by their manga counterparts such as Esdeath. And the show isn’t shy with fan service either so be prepared for some eye candy goggles.

While not a powerhouse, soundtrack does play an efficient role. In particular, action scenes are supplemented by the OST with the intense pacing of the fighting. Emotional scenarios also exist so expect some solemn tunes to play out its purpose. However, character voice mannerisms can be a bite to the heart. Again, I have to emphasize that Tatsumi is one of the most generic characters known to mankind. His voice shifts between mature and childish in what can seem like a split second time-frame. This inadequate balance is a pain to deal with as such with some with other characters albeit with less focus. In essence, the show has moderate voice mannerisms when it comes to its cast. However, I do give praise to the VA for Akame, Sora Amamiya. She is able to play roles as soft spoken characters such as Kaori (One Week Friends) and Elizabeth (Nanatsu no Taizai) but is also able to portray Akame in this series; a cold spoken assassin. Did I also mention that she sings the OP song for the first half? Speaking of which, the theme songs conveys this show accurately with contrasting moods between the opening and ending.

To cap this off, it’s easy to say that Akame ga Kill is a show that might not be suitable for everyone. I don’t say this on a graphic content perspective but rather with the whole premise and what it tries to do. In fact, the premise is solid and stays true to itself throughout the show. It’s just that the direction has some crude markings when it comes to timing and balance. The way it derails from the manga adaptation makes it look like a joke. Generic characters are also something to aware of especially in the case of our dull main protagonist Tatsumi. His relationship with other characters only shines when it revolves around the main story. On the other hand, mechanics and concepts of the show deserves praise. While nothing stands out as original, the show is clever with the world setting, themes, and artificial weapons/tools. The show also does justice with the buildup and cliffhangers it creates to anticipate what’s to happen next for the majority of the first half. However at the end of the day, this show is one of those sick series where it kills itself.

Of all the anime to air in 2014, I think Akame ga Kill was the most dissapointing. Not because it was the worst, but because unlike the other overhyped shows of 2014, Akame ga Kill was actually "good" up until the last couple episodes. It's yet another reminder, along with Claymore and Guilty Crown, of how a bad enough ending can ruin an entire anime. However I tend to be more forgiving than many here on MAL and look at the whole content. I don't feel the slew of reviews giving this anime a 3 are fair.

Let's begin with the bad

The worst thing about ... AgK is the anticlimactic conclusion. I could expand on the absurdity of the anime-original ending and compare it to the manga in terms of character development and story, but it would alienate the anime-only viewers and become a comparison rather than a review.

So aside from a botched ending, the entire anime suffers from under-developed main characters and a lack of purpose from the evil prime minister who is despicable for the sake of being despicable. The show is called Akame ga Kill so you'd expect Akame to be a real standout character right? Wrong! Akame has very little to no depth and gets ridiculously little screentime for a "main character". Although there are hints about her past (maybe the author's way of saying "go read AgK Zero"?). Anyways, the "bad" here is that she wasn't the real main character. That position went to Tatsumi! He's far less interesting than the under-developed supporting characters and I feel the whole series would have been better off without him. That's not to say I hate him, I just feel very indifferent towards him (even his design is bland).

The other major problem are the (frequent) death scenes in the anime. If there is something anime taught me, it's that you don't need a highly developed character to make a death scene emotional. I don't think the issue in AgK was that the supporting character weren't developed enough, but rather the execution of their death's was poorly done. With the exception of a few (I will not spoil who).

So what's good about Akame ga Kill? After all I'm giving it a 7/10 so there are good things I want to point out.

For the most part (original ending excluded), the anime has real good pacing. Things happen chronologically and smoothly enough that you want to watch what happens next. The supporting characters, despite being too numerous to develop, are enjoyable to watch whether it be for their personalities or for their respective imperial arms (some being pretty awesome). This one may be subjective, but Esdeath is a major asset to the anime whether or not you like her. Her introduction propelled the show to higher ground and of all the characters she was by far the most developed. Plus I can't really think of any anime character that is comparable to Esdeath in terms of personality and presence. Lastly, the anime did a great job making the opposing faction "The Jaegers" likeable.

The animation is ok, but could be a lot better. The intense and eye-candy colors almost make up for the animation
The OST is surprisingly good with a handful of them being remarkable: "Yume Monogatari", "I’ve got to go home", "Meeting with Everyone", "Le chant de Roma", "Friend's Feelings"

Akame ga Kill had a lot of potential which fell short. It successfully built up to a climax and then lost the audience. Nonetheless it was a very fun ride with unpredictablility at every corner.

Akame ga kill Review

Story
The story starts off with our hero Tatsumi. A country boy from a poor village who sets out with his two friends to join the capitals military so they can send back money to their poor village. While traveling to the capital they get attacked by a group of bandits and are separated. Tatsumi reaches the capital alone, but immediately gets scammed and is left homeless. But luckily a sweet young lady spots him and invites him to stay at her place for the night. But things quickly take a turn for the worst when a group of assassin’s know as night ... raid who possess special super weapons know as imperial arms or teigu attack. One of the members is the woman who scammed him and because she feels like she owes him saves him from dead and reveal that the noble young lady and her family are actually sadistic psychopaths. He sees one of his friends hanging dead from torture and the other one barely alive. He immediately kills the woman. And his other friend dies in his arms. Although this ending to episode 1 was done purely for shock value to make the viewers want to watch the next episode I didn’t really mind that, but what happens afterwards I do mind. It’s one of the shows major flaws. Transitioning between seriousness and comedy. Immediately after his friend dies in his arms he literally gets pulled by night raid and is forced to join them in a comedic fashion and were supposed to laugh. I don’t know about you but when I’m sad I’m not in the mood to laugh. It’s just common sense and it isn’t done very well. If not for that moment this first episode could’ve been a great start.
The show relies heavily on shock value, blood and violence to keep the viewers interested which I don’t mind I’m all for mindless fun, but the problem I had with this one was that it takes itself way too serious. Which makes it hard to just enjoy. It tries really hard to emphasis the darkness off the capital. But it does it so much that you just want them to stop. We get it the capital is evil, there is no hope, there is no salvation everything is bad. The problem with the darkness of the capital is that the evil is just too black and white making the capital really shallow. And the way they show it isn’t really done that well either most of the time it’s just people getting killed. We don’t really see the people suffering that much we don’t really get to see how bad it is only that people die in horrible ways not saying that isn’t bad, but it could be more than that. The show also doesn’t really give you a valid reason to actually take it seriously. For example they skinn people alive. Behead them while begging for mercy to show that this show is dark and mature while it’s only there to serve as shock value while not adding anything to the story. There really isn’t any reason for it to be in there beyond that. (The manga is an even worse offender of that with rape clowns and kids getting there limps broken and raped by dogs. I seriously think there is something wrong with the writer).
As most of you probably know there are a looooooot of deaths in this show. Which I really like because when everyone can die it makes every fight much more exciting. Although the last nigh raid dead felt really unnecessary. (it was just killing a character for the sake of killing a character). But It was actually done in a pretty good way. I just loved that no one had plot armor, but it also made it hard to care about characters since you knew that their probability of surviving the end of the show was basically 50-50.
Now to the part which most people even manga fans didn’t like about this series was the last filler episodes starting from epi 20-24 (and well part of 19 if you want). Although I’d say that epi 20 and 21 weren’t anything really special I did think it was very much in the style of akame ga kill and the episodes themselves weren’t that bad at all. The episodes 22-24 were actually the best episodes of the whole series. I was a bit skeptical at episode 22 because the series didn’t really have a clear indication as to where it was going with its final, but it actually did it in a very good and surprisingly akame ga kill way.
The reason I think the filler episodes were the best episodes of the entire show was because I think
the director actually knew more about what akame ga kill was then the actual mangaka. Just simple bloody fun. It be better if the series itself knew that. If it actually wanted to be something more it could done something with maybe the cliché of evil fighting evil. Now onto the reason why I think most people hated the ending was (minor spoiler) that almost everyone died. But let’s be honest here did you really think akame ga kill was going to end with everyone living happily ever after? I’m pretty sure the manga is going to end very similarly. One more thing I want to mention is the suspension of disbelieve. In anime there are a lot of things you just need to accept, like there being teenage boys saving the world, there being magic and mystical creatures. But when we have someone with a gun in there fucking mouth it raises so many questions for example how does that person eat, how the fuck can she even breath and how do you even reload etc. and then we also have the gun hand in case someone conveniently slices of your arms just at the right spot so you can use the guns installed in your arms. There is even more they added to this character but I digress.

Characters
The main cast consist of the night raid members, the jaegers and honest (just a one dimensional douchebag don’t really need to know anything more about him). The night raid members are also all pretty one dimensional. They all have one unique trait like drinking, loving meat, being clumsy at everything etc. and there isn’t much more to them. They all have a ‘’sad’’ backstory, but the backstory’s are really rushed and feel more like an insincere summary of why they will keep on fighting no matter what. Backstory’s are supposed to make sympathize with the characters and are supposed to give the character some more depth to them, but here they are just a quick summary and it just feels like it’s kind of there without adding anything. It’s portrayed in a way that shows they put no effort into it and that’s a real shame because when people keep dying one after another (And they will) you just don’t care. The only 2 characters who get a bit of development are Mine and Tatsumi. The good thing I can say about Tatsumi is that he’s an above average shounen hero since unlike other shounen protagonist he isn’t as naïve. Like for example he won’t just say that he’ll protect the girls of night raid just because they’re girls and can’t protect themselves, he believes in them and the consequences of him believing in them are shown (not in an attack on titan bad way). The villains are all pretty one dimension psychopath who have no redeemable traits. The only noteworthy villains are the jeagers. The group meant to hunt down nightraid. Unlike the other villains they actually have a layer of depth to them and are actually more likeable than night raid. I’d like to go more in-depth into the Jeagers since they are easily the most likeable characters in this show, but this review is already pretty long, so I’ll just wrap this section up. What I did like about the characters is that in the end whether they were good or bad when they died they stayed true to their convictions. Now what I don’t necessarily considered a flaw, but think could’ve given the characters especially the one from night raid a little depth is if they made the brutal killings actually effect the characters and give them some moral choices and make them actually change the characters instead of the mindless blood spilling.

Animation
The animation was done by studio white fox who have also done the animation for steins gate and the devil is a part-timer and for most part the animation was consistently good, but nothing really impressive. The battle scene’s weren’t always that well animated and it has this annoying thing that I’m just going to call still frame where they stop the animation and make it look real? It was really out of place and annoying and it happened in (Almost) every episode. The last episodes is probably where they spend most of their budget because those episodes where really well animated the battles looked very smooth and overall it was just really well done.The show is really bloody with a lot of gore so I’m at least glad they did the censoring to a minimum.

Sound
the ost wasn’t anything noteworthy, I don’t even remember some of the songs actually being used, but The ones that I did remember weren’t bad but they weren’t good either they were just okay. The two opening both fit the show really well and I don’t really have anything else to say about them.

Enjoyment
In the end what it all comes down to is did I enjoy this anime? And the answer to that is surprisingly yes. The show was fun. Sure it had a lot of issues and the show took itself way to seriously, but I did enjoy watching it. It wasn’t anything amazing or something I haven’t seen before, but it was just some mindless bloody fun.
If you’re wondering why even though this series isn’t that good especially critically it’s pretty popular it’s probably because it looks like a mature shounen where everyone can be killed. But for me it’s more so because it reminded me of a similar story that I wanted to write in the past.

The score
Story: 4
Animation: 5
sound: 5
Characters: 5
Enjoyment

With the final score being a 5,2 meaning average and me recommending you to not watch it unless you want to watch a show with a lot of deaths and blood.

If you liked this show and you want to watch something similar I’d recommend attack on titan and Tokyo Ghoul. They are both bloody series and actually more mature shounen. Although the Tokyo ghoul anime is pretty rushed.

For those who’ve not seen it it’s available on crunchyroll and if you really liked it and want to own the physical copy sentai filmworks has liscensed it so it will be available sometime in the future.

This anime was a killer, I what meant by it is up to your imagination, so without further adieu, I'n gonna make my review of this 24 episode anime,pls be informed that my review is only for this anime and tbh I have yet to go with the manga.

Story

The story was basically one of your run of the mill freedom fighters who were out to dispenses justice from a corrupt government plot, when it has that dark element where blood an gore are present. It also has the usual harem, comedy, action element that one would find in any anime/manga with such content, it ... really doesn't differ at all in a general context, in fact in can be compared to any equipment where the parts are the same only how they're arrange is different. On the lighter side how the plot has played use where we expect such arc where it would be a Tatsumi X Akame arc turns out as not to what we expected and seeing as to how the climax has add some level of excitement, I would give the story a 6.


Art

The setting suggest that it is during the post renaissance, but the character's wardrobe are more like a combination from the 50's, 60's and some rather unusual attire like Leone who dresses like a stripper / whore, Mine who dons something that makes her look like a granny, Shelee who looks like a Chinese whore and of course there is Akame, Chesea, Esdeath and Kurume who were the usual eye candies, frankly as much I would love to give this part a high score, I'm just gonna go with number 5 as in mediocre since the 4 were just the run of the mill eye candies.


Sound

Ok, I like the opening, I like the VA who did Akame's voice and so as Esdeath's voice as well. In fact I like the VA's who did most of the female cast voices, so it's 7 for the sound.

Character


This may sound weird, but I'm actually rooting for the antagonist rather than the protagonist of this anime, in fact whenever I watch this anime I always find enjoyable seeing how each of the members of the "Night Raid" die one by one, then again seeing them antagonist die horribly also did provide me with some amusement. Frankly, if there is any antagonist that I like best, it would be Esdeath, co'z she is good combination of being a nice bad woman, that one would like, in fact this is one anime where one would like an antagonist like those Jagers rather than the protagonist like the "Night Raid". Now on Akame, she is pretty much the kind of protagonist that I love to hate, though, she with the good guys I was kinda hoping that she dies in the hands of Esdeath but unfortunately that didn't happen, but then again I like the way that Esdeath has deny her of having Tatsumi's body. Tatsumi, on the other hand, eeeeeeewwwww, he is another character I love to hate due to his stupidity, if Wave would take him on, I would be rooting for Wave. There is also Leone.....now having to take 5 shots in her abdomen and still give the fat guy a deadly blow was just too damned stupid, if it were me I would have had her strangle the fat guy to death while she bleeds out, such move would have been good instead of her being able to walk around and die like a dog , frankly her dead was just simply too stupid to say the least, so for this part, I would give it a 7 since 2 of the Jagers were still alive while "Night Raid" is only left with one and the leader, Najenda doesn't count.


Enjoyment

I give it a 7, since seeing how the member of the Night Raid dies was for me very enjoyable, and I will say no more...so sue me.


Overall

I'm giving a 5 for the following reason:

-It follows the usual run of the mill plot where a small band of people fighting for injustice.

-It maintains a usual double standard where the main character has some form of exception and I'm referring to Akame's katana, where it is implied that even the welder can die if he/she cuts him/herself or at least that's what should happen to Akame when she cuts herself to let out her trump card, but no, she lives and continues fighting on Esdeath.

-Where the title of the anime/ manga, as usual, doesn't corresponds to what the anime/ manga is. Let's not forget that this anime's title is "Akame ga kill" when translated will mean "Akame Slashes," in fact, if this would be the anime's title then Akame should be the only protagonist in this anime, where the plot should her doing a one girl fight against the evil rulers of the capital. Frankly, writer Takahiro, should have just use the groups name " The Night Raid" as the title for his works instead of the latter that makes him or her look stupid.

Yeah okay, I get it. I’m about two years late to the party. I had just joined MAL when Akame Ga Kill ended, and I thought the flood of reviews for it was never going to stop, so I just kept sitting on this review and never published it. Then I went on the Maury show and they determined that the previous statement was a lie, and that I’m also the father of 18 month old Jimbob. Thanks a lot Maury, you jerk!

No, I finished Akame recently, and while I can’t say that it’s exactly deserving of all the praise that was heaped on ... it in late 2014, neither does it warrant the Sword Art level of hatred it got in due time. It is what it is, and it’s not what it isn’t… and it isn’t a whole lot of things- namely very good.
Akame takes influences from a lot of different anime- Dragon Ball Z, Neon Genesis Evangelion (Leone does the exact same animation for drinking her beer as Misato, and Allison Keith voices both, even!), Naruto, Inuyasha, a healthy dose of Sword Art Online, a dash of Kill La Kill, and basically every other shonen series in existence. In particular though, I find that Akame borrows heavily from Blood+, as well as Mirai Nikki and Fullmetal Alchemist. In fact, you could say that Akame Ga Kill is what would happen if Mirai Nikki and FMA had a baby- it would come out with a weird deformity, really wacky, tonally inconsistent, and with a few extra chromosomes… which is exactly what AGK is.

Now, I could probably talk for 10 hours about how many issues this show has with tone and characterization… but I’m gonna try to do it in 9.
If I were to describe AGK in just a few words, I would say “FMA lite with Mirai Nikki’s direction and characters.” It has similar tonal shifts to FMA; from dead serious (very literally) to stupid chibi comedy in the span of 10 seconds. A character crucial to the plot might die, and someone will drop a line like “oh well, it was a fair trade off- one of ours for one of theirs”, and then continue their meal… like someone’s death means absolutely nothing- despite the fact that most characters in the series have some major qualm about the moral righteousness of their killing duties as assassins. Also like FMA, everyone is given a very shallow, tragic backstory, but given the size of the cast and the length of the show, there’s just not enough runtime to flesh anyone out, which minimizes the impacts of deaths even further 95% of the time.

Coming back to tonal consistency; the tone in AGK is like very roughly shredded cheese on top of a dumpster salad- that is, pieces of trash bags, used toilet paper, and paper plates with old pizza cheese (and maybe another kind of cheese) stuck to it for the leaves of the lettuce. For a tastier, but perhaps less colorful simile: imagine Ergo Proxy was put into a blender: it came out nice and smooth, and homogenous. It carries the same dark and foreboding tone throughout its runtime. Akame is said dumpster salad- about as heterogeneously mixed tonally as they come; and a good ladle full of dumpster juice dressing on top for good measure.

The characters may be the best part of the show… and like the lack of stupid teenagers with superpowers in Spice and Wolf, it may be more of that lack of something in the show that’s good about it. That’s not to say the characters are good or anything, but that they could have been a whole lot worse. Nowhere in Akame do you have THAT character… you know, the loli character with huge boobs that exists only for fanservice and self insert pleasure? In fact, Akame is relatively low on fanservice in the usual sense- the fanservice is in the violence, but more on that later.

Akame herself isn’t even much of a character- particularly for a title character. Her presence is really only felt in the first handful of episodes, and then again at the end when the writer just outright stole Blood+’s climactic swordfight, but sans the meaningful drama, and tangible tension buildup between two characters we watched develop for the preceding 40 some odd episodes. She’s just kind of “there” for the bulk of the series, but this is a positive, in all honesty. Thankfully though, we never have to hear some half-baked sap pie about how she’s in love with the MC and talk about her future and what he means to her or how she’s feeling after having murdered thousands of people, or anything like that. Nah, she just kinda hangs out and eats… a lot. In fact, that’s basically how you can define the character: she kills people when necessary, and eats a lot. There were a lot of moments when I wanted the show to switch from
アカメ“が”斬る to アカメ”は”斬る。Japanese speakers- ayyyooooo.

The, hands down, two best characters in the show are easily General Esdeath (oh my, Satsuki has grown up, dyed her hair, and found a hobby in torture and murder) and Seryu Ubiquitous, who wins the LawlMartz Anime Award for “Most Anime Name”. Seriously, Esdeath is probably the second campiest character in the show, after Dr. Stylish, but her ridiculous character traits can be summed up as: “violent, but determined loving attachment”, and “murderous”. In fact, she says herself that she has only three interests: “murder, torture, and finding new methods of torture”. She adds a fourth later- the aforementioned love. This is the sum total of Esdeath, and boy does she ever live up to it. These are literally the only four things she does in the show! 10/10 characterization, positive development, and staying true to her ideals! What a woman!
If anyone could be more hardline than the infinitely badass, reskinned Satsuki Kiryuuin of AGK, it would be Seryu Ubiquitous, who somehow escaped banishment from the Shadow Realm and into an entirely new show. Honestly, Seryu Ubiquitous (yes, I’m going to keep typing her name out because it’s just THAT cool) would have been the best Yugioh villain, ever, period. She exists for one purpose: GREAT JUSTAAAAACE! She even has a chibi pet justice dog that morphs into a hulking steroid beast that eats people, and she also has all manner of gun implants inside her body, including in her stomach that she can hock up and somehow fire while talking. It’s truly a sight to behold how ridiculously over the top this character is- and on top of that, Kira Vincent-Davis absolutely MURDERS this role with a performance appropriately hammed up and oh so campy, darling on the level of Kurtwood Smith in Robocop, Tim Curry in Rocky Horror, and Nick Cage in… well, anything. Also Pegasus J Crawford. Don Patch. And DIOOOOOOO BRANDO!

Plot-wise, there’s not a whole lot to say but EDGY ALERT! You might cut your eyes on this one. The action stills and reaction shots that look like high res concept art are cool, and so are the hyper-detailed death shots, but these are highlights in an otherwise pretty dreary anime full of unimaginative, banal action. Think about that trainwreck Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, and you’ve got something close. It’s almost as though Akame Ga Kill doesn’t have an original thought in its entire body- as almost everything in it is lifted from some other anime. It’s basically a collection of setpieces, character archetypes, weapons, and scenes that were all cool or good ideas in another show and just rammed together (more of that dumpster salad. Sprinkle a little toejam on it, some dirty socks, and some moldy food for flavor). Indeed, I find that Mirai Nikki is probably the closest comparison to Akame with its completely nonsensical, crazy plot and equally absurd cast of characters. You’ve got the weirdo BDSM NiceGuy™, siblings who are trying to murder each other, a very scary lady who is super ultra strong and she’s in love with your MC, a gay dude, a gay scientist, an MC analogue who’s there to try and make you feel empathy for the bad guys, Scar from FMA, women with eyepatches, including a girl with a boob eyepatch, beast girl (for those animal fetishes), and other campy, themed villains who usually come in trios or quartets.

However, Akame prides itself on one thing, and one thing above all else: gratuitous bloody violence. Oh, and character deaths, like it’s Game of Thrones or something, but I talked about that before. Yes, Akame loves its jelly blood slowmo closeups. There are more dismemberments than Ninja Scroll, and disembowelments, decapitations, dissections, bisections, vivisections, bootlicking, cutting, snaring, crushing, slashing, slicing, whippings, beatings (including a hilarious beatdown of the MC with a plastic recorder), shootings, stabbings, and shankings galore. Yeah, that was a lot of adjectives.

However, gory, envelope pushing violence and grotesque imagery a story does not make. If you could rate quality in the amount of blood spilled, this would be an easy 10, but given the complete mess of tone from the first episode to the end, the punchless character deaths, and obsessive need to try and manipulate the audience into feeling something brings it down considerably. At least the last two episodes make up for it a little bit; they subverted my expectations almost entirely, and I was honestly rather satisfied by the ending, because it’s not something you see in every shonen battle series.

So, tl;dr

Art: Solid effort from White Fox, has some very pretty, high res stills and shots.
Sound: Kira Vincent Davis. That’s all I’ve got to say.
Characters: Transplant half of Mirai Nikki’s cast, a few from Blood+, and FMA, and you’ve got Akame Ga Kill
Story: A lot of people die in bloody messes.
Enjoyment: Much like Mirai Nikki before it, Akame is juuust far enough out there to be enjoyable if you turn your brain off and just go with the crazy.
New Chromosomes: 7

My personal enjoyment of this series was swayed by the fact that I had read the manga a few years prior to watching the anime. So yes, I am a "manga-reader" as many people call us. And to be honest, I did expect quite a bit from this anime. Did it live up to my expectations? No (Well, if you couldn't tell that from the score, then you've got some problems already, dude). But does it live up to the hype? Read on, and you might find out. I won't keep you too long- I'll just have some short summaries to help you make your ... decision.

Story- Nothing too overcomplicated or exquisitely written (yes, you do write a story before you make an anime). It's your average Shounen anime. With a bit of a twist. However, at a certain point in the story, the pacing just goes out of wack. There is a reason for this, and if you're interested, research it for yourself.

Art- Passable. Nothing too fancy.

Sound- Has it's moments, but for the most part, forgettable.

Characters- Some interesting ones, some mediocre, and some just plain cringeworthy. The character development is classic Shounen, too, if you know what I mean.

Enjoyment- This is largely dependent on what your taste in anime is. If you like a rollercoaster ride with ups and downs and are a fan of classic Shounen anime, chances are, you'll probably enjoy it. If you are a fan of more intellectual anime, it won't be your cup of tea.

Overall- Did I like Akame ga Kill? No. But that doesn't mean you won't. Give it a shot. If you don't like it, try again. If you still can't stand it, there's been no harm done in watching it, and there's no harm in dropping it.

If anything, it'll help you solidify what you like and dislike. Anime is a journey, and the best part is that you decide where to go :)

Yes, I had to do that.

Pushing the edge of violent carnage is not something we often see in anything these days, and for a good reason. They are criticized as a mishandled and cheap way to distract us from the inconsistencies in the writing and characters. The only problem with that argument is that these days, animation studios edit any blood on most action anime to appease higher BD sales. Now, when you have an anime like Akame ga Kill to do away with that, it is a refreshing mix into the blender, even if the overall taste may be lukewarm.

I love my action shows to take more chances with ... the violence rather than the usual Hollywood-esque tricks that try to make everything clean so it can get a good age rating. There is none of that to be found in Akame ga Kill, and I’m thrilled to see something like it exist. This also helps because the art and animation are rock solid and colorful. Character models all feel vibrant and unique based on their appearance rather than all of them looking like the same bland boy or girl in armor. Fighting scenes are handled with more remarkable tenacity and wit than what you typically see in many shonen shows.

As I’ve mentioned how the characters are unique and significant based on their aesthetic looks, the same can’t be said with their personality or memorability, for the most part. The characters that possess any of these qualities are Leonne and Esdeath, simply because they at least have an alluring presence that’s both charming from Leonne and deviant from Esdeath. The rest fall into the pit trap of being stereotypical just for being stereotypical. Not to say stereotypes are harmful in general; they’ll always be a staple that we get used to. Nevertheless, nothing was added to the experience negatively, quite like the stereotypical presentation.

An issue like this could easily be forgiven if they are given enough material for us to see past it. Most of it is just pointless filler that feels tacked on, or they’re decent character arcs that give off some laughs for me. However, some characters seem to have been supposed to give an essential role in the story, but they are just killed off in like one or two episodes before we can even start to get to know them. This, in turn, makes the death scenes lack any empathy for the sadness that the main protagonist, Tatsumi, goes through. As gruesome as some of the deaths are, they don’t add to the melancholy nature. This is a massive flaw because the story is centered around our characters that don’t amount to anything.

Notably, this anime decides to deviate from the story by killing off certain characters that weren’t supposed to die in the manga. Many fans will write off the show as a negative, but that is not an acceptable way of critiquing it. An adaptation will constantly change the story to make it more unique than just a point-by-point adaptation. If it didn’t, you’d be better off just reading the manga at that point. Regarding the context of the anime, the changes at least didn’t seem out of place in terms of pacing, which is often the case for many poor adaptations.

Along with its characters, the story that goes with them details the various aspects of their journey as Tatsumi joins a group of assassins, called Night Raid, that seek to stop the corruption that plagues their country. What is strange about how the story is presented is how it doesn’t always seem to be there half the time. When you think about it, all the story is is Tatsumi going through Scenario A, Scenario B, and so on. None are connected very well, and you almost forget about the underlying nature of the Night Raid’s primary goal after the halfway point. They don’t make them as poignant gears to the narrative system that keeps the story focused.

So you can make a case that the show falls short on that level narratively. That can’t be said with the action, though. With all that’s said and done, Akame ga Kill’s main reason for even existing is to show bloody carnage into its step set piece. That’s not to say I’m suddenly going to throw all the narrative problems out the window and give this an A or 9, but for what it’s worth, the action is quite enjoyable to watch. Thanks to the art and animation, it's fast-paced and is very easy on the eyes. Although it isn’t going to break any molds in how strategic our characters fight one another, it's nice eye candy to make any shounen fan’s hairs stand up.

By and large, Akame ga Kill is the prototypical junk food anime. Nobody can deny it. It has all the makings of how we all watched the colorful action animated shows we watched as kids, just not with all the horrific violence. It does do justice with dark humor between the characters and various actions that take place. Other than that, it is not offensively bad in any measure. What little plot or character growth there is to be had in Akame ga Kill, there’s at least one charming moment within every loose end that makes you pay no mind to it, only by an inch.

Grade: B-

(SPOILERS mates look out) SPOILERS!!! HEY SPOILERS AHEAD MAN! DO NOT CONTINUE!! Don't read the next sentence... you little rebel, I like you. v v

I was really disappointed with Akame Ga Kill for many reasons. Especially in the characters department. The biggest thing that made me hate this show was the characters and how the director and creator killed all but "Akame" off. I cannot say it was too much of a bad thing. However due to the lack of most of the characters growth, development, and backstory I wasn't really able to get too attached to them. Not to mention that I didn't get ... to learning anything about the main secondary characters until they were about to die... I have no idea if the directors thought this would be a good idea but I can tell you it was not. I seriously thought that because the show focused a lot on Tatsumi that you know, he would live and get stronger etc. But... you guessed it, he dies. For a show to focus so much on Tatsumi, all of his struggles, watching his team die and then to kill him off it was like a huge "F--- you viewers" to my face. I really felt like the members of Night raid died for no good... well yeah, no good cause. I personally felt like Najenda just used them all, which was a real pity. The story feels like your typical shounen anime so you can expect to see Tatsumi be the one who wants to make everything right, be the best, avenge those who have fallen, protect those he loves, you know that type of generic shounen adventure type. The one thing I give it major respect points for is the fight scenes. I'll be damned if anyone could say anything bad about the fights and action during Akame ga kill, like I did feel some of the scenes were a bit unnecessary.. no "overkill" (get it?) like the characters being beheaded, excessive gore etc. because I personally felt like it wasn't needed to make most of the fights great, or necessary to try and improve the story. The BGM or soundtrack is amazing, it's perfect! by far one of my top 10 of favorite OST'. The music works perfectly with a majority of the settings and fight scenes and while you're watching you may also notice it too! Perhaps my biggest enjoyment overall was just seeing the fight scenes because the story and plot itself wasn't anything to get me too excited. 5/10 Akame ga kill really could have been better than what it turned out to be.

Every once in a while, the stars will align just right, and an anime will give you practically everything that fits your preferred tastes. Your favorite setting, your favorite overarching plot, your favorite character tropes, your favorite kind of soundtrack: everything is in place to give you an incredible viewing experience that will stay with you for a long time. However, even when all of the proper elements are in place, the possibility of something ruining your formula still exists. So, when this happens, is it still possible to extract enough enjoyment out of the ... series to say that it was worth it?

To put it quite frankly, this anime really does have everything I want in an anime short of a philosophical undertone. Shōnen-action/adventure genre, published (manga) and produced (anime) by Square Enix, non-Japanese fantasy setting, huge character cast, fighting against a corrupt government, lack of plot armor, a romantic story line that actually goes somewhere (sort of), vibrant character designs, a Taku Iwasaki soundtrack. This anime had to work really hard to get me to dislike it, and yet that seemed to be precisely what its goal was. The writing for this anime fluctuated between amazing, mediocre, and god-awful atrocious, and unfortunately the lesser moments outweighed the greater ones by quite a bit. The tone is far too contrasting for me to actually laugh at some of the more comedic moments, it flip-flops between predictable and unfollowable, and a lot of things seemed to happen without any explanation as to why.

However, I feel that I'm inclined to be more forgiving of this series than another shōnen-action/adventure that I could not stop thinking about while I was watching it, and that was Blue Exorcist (to see my full review, click here https://www.facebook.com/notes/ember-reviews/ember-reviews-blue-exorcist/1543626552532832). It wasn't how similar they were in style that make me draw the connection, but how completely different they were. As I mentioned in my other review, Blue Exorcist is built entirely on tired shōnen tropes, and most of the tropes felt like they were there because the writers knew that those were popular tropes that people liked, so it came out as incredibly generic with no soul to it.

Akame ga Kill!, however, is on the reverse side of that same coin. It doesn't feel like the tropes are there because the writers knew they were popular, but because the writers genuinely liked those tropes and really wanted to include them despite their massive ineptitude at implementing them properly. What's really interesting though is that you could cut Akame ga Kill! open and watch the entire history of shōnen spill out onto the floor, with very glaring elements taken from anime like Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist, Attack on Titan, Bleach, and even Gurren Lagann. In the end, it's the difference between a committee designing a product (Blue Exorcist), and a writer who probably grew up on shōnen-action/adventure and who feels so engrossed in the story that he can't look at it objectively anymore (Akame ga Kill!). One would think that taking a look at the lead writer's (Makoto Uezu) record to get a glimpse of how well he does would give us some insight, but Uezu is responsible for both Katanagatari and School Days, which basically covers the entire spectrum from amazingly artistic to gouge-my-eyes-out terrible.

Additionally, Akame ga Kill! suffers from a variety of illnesses that plague some of the more popular titles, the most notable being "Original Ending Syndrome," where the anime catches up to the original manga source material and is forced to write its own ending. I couldn't tell you exactly where this happens in the anime because I have not read the manga myself, but I will note that every episode from episode 19 to the end had me constantly changing my opinion on whether or not I actually liked the show. In fact, episode 21 almost made me stop watching it altogether because they made the mistake of trading in good storytelling for shock value to keep that "We're just as relevant as Attack on Titan" sticker they so proudly wear. Furthermore, while I do have to give them props for having the balls to do what they did in episode 23, I have to take those props right back because the result of said event caused the final episode to feel very hollow and unplanned, like they were just throwing everything together at the last minute because they literally had nothing else to do but try and tie up as many lose ends as they possibly could.

A series can enjoy itself all it wants, but that doesn't mean it's still worth your time, and Akame ga Kill! has a near-unforgivable number of faults. Take the lack of plot armor for example, a trait that I normally find incredibly exciting in a series. The first main character death was, as one would expect, extremely sudden and heart-breaking, and at the time it felt like it had set the tone for the rest of the series. However, the second death was drawn out over an entire episode and a half, and barely had any impact on me at all because of it. From that point onward, deaths ranged from sudden and tear-filled to excessively drawn out and unremarkable.

It also didn't help that the characters were so poorly developed that killing them off didn't mean anything anyway. Aside from "Original Ending Syndrome," this anime also has a classic case of what I like to call "Almost Syndrome," where characters show noticeable signs that development is on the horizon, but they're either killed out before we can reach that point or they promptly turn around and walk the other way, and this affliction affects practically the entire cast. A character whose loyalty to the Capital is so fervent that her mental state starts to fluctuate could have been an incredibly interesting character to follow, but we never get to see her break down and realize how horrible the Capital really is. Another character who started off with a strong attachment to another family member is molded into a killing machine through drugs and brainwashing and eventually fights that family member to the death, but we never see the progression between though two states. A foreigner who was discriminated against by the people of the Capital and was constantly pushed around on the streets joins Night Raid in the hopes of changing her situation, but we never really see her being discriminated against and what effect that had on her. The potential for development is there, bu it's never realized to the point where I could say that any of them are "good" characters. As for lead character Tatsumi, he's about as white-bread a shōnen protagonist as you can get before you start adding in unnecessary angst, but I suppose the fact that they didn't include unnecessary angst made him a much more likable protagonist that a certain spawn of Satan from that other title I referenced earlier.

The animation was produced by White Fox, and this marks yet another point on a line graph that displays a steady genericizing and decrease in quality of White Fox's standout works. 2010 boasted the aforementioned artistic wonder of Kanatagatari, whose storytelling prowess was only unseated by its mastery of unique art styles and character designs. 2011's Steins;Gate was a bit more traditional in style, but still had a very unique feel to it, especially with the designs of the characters' eyes (yes that it actually a really important detail). 2012's Jormungand sat somewhere between Steins;Gate and Black Lagoon, and 2013's The Devil is a Part-Timer, while incredible vibrant in color, was very much in a more generic style. Now we have Akame ga Kill!, whose art style is so traditionally shōnen that it wears a Leaf Ninja headband and quotes power levels. While I will say the character designs were definitely pleasing to look at, they certainly weren't anything new, and the action was only slightly above average until they started bulldozing entire cities in the last act.

There is no dub for this series yet, though I would not be surprised to see one coming out of Seraphim Digital in the future, especially considering the popularity of this series.

The soundtrack was composed by Taku Iwasaki, and while regular followers of my reviews are probably bracing themselves for an unending gush of praise that I normally pin to his work, I'm left feeling a little bit underwhelmed this time. With works like Gurren Lagann and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, there's usually at least one track that I found especially noteworthy ("Libera Me From Hell" and "Il Mare Eterno Nella Mia Anima" respectively), but I can't really think of a particular track off the top of my head that really stood out to me other than the music they used at the end for the preview of the next episode. The soundtrack as a whole is still very solid though, with traditional orchestrations blended seamlessly with hard rock, electronic ambiance, and even some more exotic instruments. Both opening themes, "Skyreach" by Sora Amamiya and "Liar's Mask" by Rika Mayama give up a dark and heavy rock track to get us pumped for each episode, while both ending themes "Konna Sekai, Shiritakunakatta" by Miku Sawai and "Tsuki Araki" by Sora Amamiya play us out with a more relaxed and almost somber rock tune.

Overall, I can't really say I hated Akame ga Kill!, but I can say that it was extremely disappointing to watch what could have been an incredible series descend further into the pits of bad writing, especially in the last quarter of the series. I would like to say that you should just skip this series, but the fact that I've felt so invested in it over the course of its air time, especially as it neared its conclusion, makes me think that there's still at least some enjoyment to be gleamed from this series, especially for those who crave more shōnen-action/adventure like I do.

First review. I'm sure the english translation of Akame ga Kill is "lets kill everyone except akame".
Anyways the first episode seemed very promising to me you get this guy Tatsumi who's looking for a job in the empire to save his village however things went disastrous for him and he was recruited by Night Raid.

Episode 6 I believe was when Night Raid lost their first member. I'd understand if it were only a member or two that were killed because they're in a war however never have I been wrong! Everyone was killed for no good reason.

The last episode of the series was arguably ... the worst episode in the entire show.
1) The series basically told us that Akame was the main character apparently, what kind of main character gets less screen time than a "supporting character" Tatsumi?
2) Leona let's the Minister kill her when she could have killed him already, seriously she lets him shoot her multiple times.
3)NAJENDA IS THE MOST USELESS CHARACTER I'VE SEEN! She was supposedly the strongest member in the group as it was depicted in the first episode. she hasn't done shit throughout the entire show maybe except recruiting 2 new members.
4)Apparently Akame gets a new power which was never MENTIONED before, she could have used it before when her life was threatened like someone against Ogre.
Anyways I gave this series a 6/10

[Updated review]

Akame ga Kill… Oh how I wanted to totally love Akame ga Kill. I really did. The concept was interesting and the first episode showed a great deal of promise. I watched the first few episodes quite happily, enjoying the characters silly antics in between the more serious plot and as time has progressed I began to feel a little betrayed and unfulfilled by the characters in particular. As a general summary, I enjoyed Akame ga Kill overall but felt there was definitely room for improvement.
I can stay silent no longer! So I’m going to try and keep my ranting to a minimum for ... this review. I apologise in advance if I’m not very successful. I’ll also keep all spoilers to a minimum.

Story 6

My original assumption for Akame ga Kill is that the story would be particularly character driven and while this is true in some senses, the failure of Akame ga Kill to develop the characters to an high emotional level and make us (as the audience) totally invested in them means that the story also suffers a little.

The concept of Akame ga Kill is really fun and actually rather simple. A bunch of assassins (Night Raid) fighting against the Capitol and for some reason there are also danger beasts around… which other than giving the writers a reason to create the “Imperial Arms” have no real impact on the story.

The first handful of episodes were generally focused on introducing you to the wide cast of characters which includes our titular character Akame. The introduction of Night Raid in episode one was done exceptionally well and I found myself excited for picking up this anime.

From then on, the series is fairly episodic (up until nearer the end) with a different mission per episode to fight against the Capitol and help to "develop" characters. These missions are always interesting, intense and enjoyable to watch. The action, for the most part and in my personal opinion, cannot be faulted. I’ve noticed a few reviews mentioning the excessive gore, I personally don’t think that this was so out of place and actually quite appreciated it in some episodes. But then I like gore in animes so I’m probably a little biased there…

Akame ga Kill doesn’t delve into anything particularly complex and neither does it take itself too seriously. I personally would like a little less comedy and a little more intensity but I do feel that the comedy helps us to like the characters and breaks up some of the darker scenes. The harem between Tatsumi and all the women in the show is not really needed but can make for some amusing conversations.

I do also feel that at times Akame ga Kill suffers from “stating the obvious” where rather than showing us what a character is going to do, the writers have the characters tell us exactly what they plan to do as they are doing it, as though they do not trust the audience to be able to work it out for themselves. I have noticed this more and more as the episodes progress and it made me feel as though the writers thought “Huh, do you think that the audience will get that Tatsumi feels this way about this certain situation? No? Well lets have him tell every man and his dog about it until we’ve beat them across the head with it so much that it’s lost its affect.” Good shows do not do this, they expect the audience to have enough intelligence to work out things without being told five million times.
Saying all this, I felt like the ending was tied up rather well considering. I was actually not intending to focus so much on the overarching story itself as I feel each separate mission is genuinely enjoyable and reasonably well thought out. I genuinely have enjoyed each and every episode and found them compelling and interesting to watch. However…


Characters 5

Here, in my opinion, is whether this show falls down. Don’t get me wrong, I have characters I really like but as time passes, I was more and more cautious about the characters I felt I could get invested in.

More often than not, I felt like the writers thought “Oh wait! We haven’t killed anyone off in *two whole episodes*! Who should we kill off? Oh I know, let’s kill off X… then Y… Then we can kill off Z. I bet the audience will be so heartbroken!”

No. No. That is not how it works.

There are reasons why some anime characters have the most heartbreaking deaths in history and that is a wonderful thing called “character development”. The problem with Akame ga Kill is that the character development is not very impressive. Sure, we get a very brief insight into each characters backgrounds but this is usually just as they are about to die which isn’t really very useful now, is it? Character backgrounds are to help you really want a character to fight and live, not watch their backstory and be like “That’s super interesting anddddd they’re gone…”

And the titular character Akame is a character that I hardly felt attached to at all. I really really wanted to like her but I don’t feel that she has the amount of screen time needed for me to fall in love with her character. In fact, I don’t think she’s said more than a handful of sentences in a lot of the episodes. She seems to just be there to look good and for Tatsumi’s benefit. Which is a shame because the first episode made me think that she would get plenty of screen time and I would grow to love her just as much. She had such potential! Why waste it?

One thing that Akame ga Kill does do differently is try to make you care for the “villains”, that is to say the anti-Night Raid group working for sadistic General Esdeath. I was pretty excited about this to begin with as I love likeable villains as much as I love likeable heros (case and point, Light from Death Note, Beatrice/Erika from Umineko). However, I find it extremely difficult to like some of these villains that the writers are desperately vying for us to fall in love with. Bols and Kurome are prime examples – they show the watchers the “cutesy” side of their characters (oh look, there’s Kurome eating lots of the Japanese equivalent of what looks to be Jammy Dodgers biscuits, she’s so kawaii) and then you see their murderous cutthroat bassassness and you begin to wonder how on earth you ever thought these characters were “normal”. I think with a little more cautious writing and planning, the writers really could have made up connect with the villains as much as the heroes (something that they do very well in shows such as Shiki) but they just about missed the mark. Which is a real shame because I liked some of the villains even more than some of the heroes.

Saying all of this, by no means do I want to put anyone off watching the show, all of the characters have interesting traits and character flaws that will always keep them interesting to watch. After moaning about the lack of character development, I realise that I do actually like the characters even if I do not feel invested enough to care how many the writers kill off. My favourite character who was killed off caused me to want throw my TV out of the window in response as it was a truly emotional ending and I could see that the writers had built up to it beautifully. So it can be done! But seriously, stop killing off a character an episode and expecting us to bawl our eyes out over it. As a viewer, I became immune to the deaths of the main character and my friend and I began to place bets on who will be next to go…

If you do, like me, prefer deeper characters where if they die you will want to beat the writers over the head with something heavy, I would advise looking elsewhere.

Soundtrack and Art 7

The art was pretty enough. It wasn’t anything particularly special but the character designs were interesting. Very bright colours which are often contrasted with darker sketchier moments for more intense scenes. This seems to happen a great deal in the fight scenes. Though a few people seemed to feel the sudden change in art style was out of place, I rather like it.

I adore the soundtrack. The OST is simply wonderful from the OP and EDs to the background music. It never feels out of place and fits in well with the action and especially the more serious moments.

Overall 6

Alright, alright. I know I promised not to rant and I got a little carried away.

Despite my little rants about character development, I have genuinely enjoyed watching Akame ga Kill! I really have. The episodes have all been enjoyable and despite not feeling particularly as invested in the characters as I would have wished, I like them enough to understand their motivations and enjoy each episode separately. It is quick moving and no one episode is quite the same. So watch the show, but be careful not to let your expectations run away with you after the first episode!

A male transfer student that goes by the name of Tatsumi transfers to Capitol High, where he joins a club full of delinquents as opposed to the student council. In that club, he meets a clumsy girl, a tsundere, a gluttonous kuudere, a playful kitty, an overprotecting senior, and a guy that gets repeatedly shunned by members of the opposite sex. This is a perfect scenario to be in for Tatsumi, as almost every girl in the club feels inclined to be romantic with this fine young man. However, the student council is livid by the fact that Tatsumi rejected their offer to join their ... establishment. The council president, Esdeath, also bears feelings for Tatsumi, because he is the hottest free agent on the main character market.

Now THAT right there would have been a solid show. Instead, we get the bastardized version of this wonderful schoolyard harem, called Akame Ga Kill! (AGK). AGK seems to suffer an identity crisis, because on one hand, AGK it is a light hearted comedy that we should all watch to settle down. On the other hand, AGK is about darkness, corruption, and tragic deaths. Not to say that you can’t have both sides of the spectrum in one show. As a matter of fact, many great shows have clashing genres. AGK just does it so poorly, to the point where it’s hard to get emotionally invested in this show as it’s intended to be.

The story itself is not even worth mentioning. The basic principle of the story is good vs evil, or the Revolutionary army vs. The Empire. There is minimal excitement generated by the story because what is expected to happen usually happens. The appeal with AGK is its characters, and how they interact with each other. If you are a fan of crazy yandere characters, you’d probably like Esdeath. If you are into the innocent type, you’d probably like Akame. Even though the characters fall under fairly typical archetypes, they are definitely fun to watch. There is a reason why AGK is so freaking popular, and it’s because of the bipolarity of the characters. Man wouldn’t it be awesome if the lovely ladies in AGK were real girls? They are so cute and fluffy on the outside, but deviously thirsty on the inside. Guys seem to really dig that.

Even if the characters are awesome, it does not excuse the fact that they are given little screen time for us to actually get attached to them. AGK seems to sell the fact that they have a “no character is safe” mentality. That is all and dandy, but are we actually expected to feel emotions when someone dies a tragic death? There are just too many characters, and most of them suffer the same fate. The lack of screen time combined with zero element of surprise truly plagues this anime. It was a pleasure watching AGK. But it’s nothin’ special.

Whitefox gave us Steins;gate, so I was honestly quite excited and hyped for this show. Given that I myself enjoy the gore genre, this seemed like theeeeee anime of 2014. Sadly, halfway through, I only continued watching AGK just for the sake of finishing it.

Story: 3/10
The title of this anime was very misleading. It doesn't even give hint about its story or plot. Given a chance, I'd name this anime 'The Uprising' or even 'Night Raid'. That aside, the storyline was simply too convoluted. It tried to be edgy, gory, humorous, harem-y, yet sad at the same time. Jokes were commonly used right ... after a serious conversation or scene, and many a time I laughed not because of them, but because they totally ruined the atmosphere that the writer had tried so hard to build up.

Moreover, the dialogues used were a tad shallow and cliché. I welcome unexpected character deaths. HOWEVER, dying for the purpose of making this show more mature themed and depressing don't do justice to their deaths at all.

Art: 5/10
It was decent. The gore scenes were repetitive - it was usually either a clean cut at abdomen or the neck, though I was quite surprised that they didn't censor much.

Sound: 6/10
The only average point of this series. I rarely skip the openings when watching AGK. Soundtracks were usually used at the right time, but they weren't anything special.

Character: 3/10
What character? Many were simply cardboard cut-outs. We have the strong-willed and determined muscle guy, the clumsy and oblivious girl, the (twin-tailed) tsundere, the ice queen yandere, etc. The only character that pleasantly surprised me was the justice girl(Man is she crazy or what).

Enjoyment: 3/10
This anime was quite enjoyable at the start, but ended up being dreadful to watch.

Overall: 5/10
Perhaps newcomers to the anime medium may find AGK good, but I did not. TBH I felt that I would have enjoyed this show if it was my first few anime. However, having seen quite a decent amount of anime, AGK is as cliché as an anime can get. Despite that, I would not say that people should avoid this show at all cost. Instead, people should watch this series just to experience such a show. Some may even find this series highly enjoyable, worthy of praise, and even well-made, although I do not share such sentiments.

Death is something that does not happen constantly on some shounens and there is a lot of praise around that when it is well executed.
Akame ga Kill is a situation where the show... abuses a bit too much of it and reached a point where the show lost itself on the overuse of deaths and violent scenes along with the fast pace on the storyline and, in the end, its potential was gone.

Akame ga Kill is an shounen, action, adventure anime (and it does have comedy too even if it was out of place sometimes) made by the studio White Fox, an adaptation of ... the manga created by Takahiro. and it aired last year, containing 24 episodes.

Akame ga Kill involves the story around Tatsumi, the main character, who left his village in order to travel to the Empire and go to the capital to make sure he can get money and save people from the place he lives. What he doesn't expect is that the capital is a terrible and corrupted place, especially with this old bastard known as the Prime Minister, manipulating the Emperor, who is still a child.
Tatsumi eventually became another victim of that corruption but then, he got saved by the assassin group called Night Raid, who decided to recruit him to the group, and then the journey starts with them.

Soooo, basically, what to expect of this anime? Well, expect a lot of fights, action and deaths, and when I say that, I do guarantee that NOT EVEN the good characters are safe on these series, almost everyone there could pretty much die (and be sure that you won't be spoiled, or then it will just ruin everything if you decide to search anything related to Akame).

It's probably one of the charms behind Akame ga Kill. It felt like something refreshing to watch (I sounded like some creepy guy or a sadist by saying that), since some of the popular well known shounens don't really kill their characters and they don't have such a hard time.
And the series even gave a hint behind those possible deaths, since the assassins on the series use weapons called Teigus (Imperial Arms).
You can expect not only equipments, armor, weapons but also living creatures or organic teigus and some of these weapons were made by remains of Danger Beasts (who are creatures in Akame's world), and a form of magic was used to create them, not to mention that it was created by instructions of the First Emperor, scared by the fall of the Empire.
What is that hint and the thing behind the teigus?

"If two users of Teigu were to fight each other, one of them is guaranteed to die."

That "rule" basically made it clear why many deaths could potentially happen. You know, when those things started to happen after the first fights, there was that shock factor involving how the creator of that story had the guts and wasn't afraid to kill and remove almost anyone.

And when I started, it was really nice to see how Akame ga Kill made me get worried about some characters (not everybody though), even on the bad side. It's what I love.. and hate on the series too. I mean, if you enjoyed the series and you were following it weekly (or monthly if you read the manga), you won't be feeling so secure regarding the characters that you like so much, and that feeling given by the story was something interesting since it involved both sides.

BUT at the same time, you are going to miss characters who got killed, not that I'm bashing Akame ga Kill on something like that, it's the feeling for your favorite characters which you won't see anymore, that's understandable. What I will criticize IS that, after a certain point, some deaths weren't really well made, they were not executed properly, character development is important, screen time too, it makes you care and get those feels for a character, get attached to them and see their relevance on the series.

Akame ga Kill has a serious problem on these two elements that I mentioned regarding some characters, and it looked like some deaths, right after the first character who got killed in the series, were right there just for the shock factor almost every time, and throwing emotional or sad music randomly for someone who didn't have much screen time or development doesn't help much; there were a few deaths who were actually sad.
Also, that rule of one person with Teigus certainly going to die is soooo unforgiving. It's... a good and bad thing at the same time on AgK. The way that the story was literally following that pattern of Teigu users fighting caused those deaths that I mentioned, so yeah, some of the strong and weak points on the series involves that rule too.

Animation is.. okay, it got some good moments and it does get better on fights. I think the budget wasn't there that much though and it looked like that they invested A LOT MORE on the last episodes.. a decision that wasn't the smartest one out there since the last episodes had bigger flaws. I did like some of the character designs though, they were cool actually.
And guess what, THE EPISODES ARE UNCENSORED, so you can get some solid action scenes and understand what's happening on each fight happening on the series. Watching the series without the glorious censorship during an era of animes getting destroyed by censorship when they aired felt really good. It looked like the middle finger was being exposed to the censorship without giving a fuck (what did i just say). But hey that's just what was available for us...
After you get more informations about the series, the truth regarding censorship is exposed.

In Japan, Akame ga Kill was censored (there were even some censorship comparisons, and there were some weird things like it happened on Tokyo Ghoul and Terra Formars). You can imagine it was one of the main reasons that the anime didn't have success on Japan, and there were poor sales on the BDs too.

Okay, now I must talk about the world portrayed there. You probably heard of the series when the anime was airing and probably heard of the controversial stuff behind it.

"What do you mean by controversy"
Let's say that... Akame ga Kill has a lot of violent stuff and sometimes it tries a bit too hard to be dark. Come on, we already know the world here is evil, corrupt and it's terrible for everyone who lives there, we get it. Some people would even go "OH HEY THAT CRAP IS TOO EDGY FOR ME".

I can agree that Akame ga Kill tried a bit too hard on the violence and you would be like "that's going a bit too far " or "why is that here, that's just free and worthless violence". I can understand and see why people say the series tries too hard to be edgy and dark (it's even one of the reasons why you will find out haters of the series out there, especially on MAL too), although I think that the series doesn't try THAT much unlike other animes with a lot of gore scenes out there, but I must agree that there are some scenes who felt like they were random or just thrown there.
And no, the series isn't deep or mature for trying to setup a dark theme and many gore scenes, it's not unique, it's just a shounen like many others despite making use of some factors that were not so explored on some shounens like making sure almost nobody is safe there.

Talking about the characters, first of all, an advice: do not research anything about them, you may potentially get huge spoilers. Soooo, we got that group, Night Raid, a bunch of assassins trying to make justice against the Empire by getting rid from their members and also kill the typical cliche and generic bad guys, assassins or psychopaths. There are some interesting characters but there are also the generic ones, or even the characters who did not have enough time to be on that story so we couldn't get to know more about them.

On night raid we got members like, Tatsumi, Akame, Leone, Lubbock, Bulat (Aniki), Mine, Sheele, Najenda and after some time on the anime, there are two new Night Raid members, Chelsea and Susanoo. Night Raid wants to cleanse the capital as the good guys on the story, BUT the thing is that some of the members are wanted dead on the Empire, because of the murders and the fact that some people from Night Raid actually worked for the Empire before realizing that it was corrupted. Even though they want to get rid of the corruption and the evil stuff from the empire, and they are shown as the bad guy, stuff like murders and killing people come to play. I even remember a dialogue of the series where Tatsumi says that they are heroes doing justice and Sheele just says that they aren't doing nice stuff and they are just assassins doing their job.

It was an interesting dialogue since it brought Tatsumi to the reality of that world, it exposed to him what would be coming after he left his village, it showed to him that not everything would be the paradise and the nice thing that he imagined by working to them, it wasn't that hero complex thing that he thought Night Raid was and it showed the honesty from some assassins of NR.

Well, now that I talked about the NR, and the bad people (the Minister and the Emperor), we have another group, which was an interesting one but unfortunately didn't get much development and some characters did not get more time on the animation. Jaegers, the police squad working for the Empire and it's goal is to get rid of Night Raid, and yeah, they are also Teigu users... their members are Wave, Ran, Kurome, Dr. Stylish, Seryuu, Bols and Esdeath.

The interesting detail about the Jaegers is that, even though they work for the dark side of the series, not every member is actually that crazy, evil or fucked up (unless Seryuu is mentioned, she is a crazy psycho and there is a reason why she is probably the most hated character of the series with her twisted concepts involving what is justice in her point of view, pretty much a victim of the Empire's system on Akame ga Kill) and even some characters know what they are doing is clearly wrong, like on Bols's situation.
Wave and Ran are examples of characters who are not exactly the bad guys that you would typically see, but unfortunately they weren't explored on the series, and Wave is a great example of another character who got butchered and ruined on an anime adaptation again.

Now I will talk about Esdeath, the leader of the Jaegers under the orders of the Prime Minister. Esdeath is actually the main villain on the series, one of the reasons why I had to mention her here,, she is a high-ranking general of the Empire and through the anime, it shows how much she is broken beyond belief on her strength/ power and, besides that, Esdeath is sadist, evil, she enjoys stuff like murder and torture, she doesn't have empathy for people who are considered weak by her, since she lived on that philosophy of "only the strongest ones survive". But she is not a completely heartless monster, I mean, she does cares about her comrades, she adores them, she even comfort her comrades if they go through some pain or hard time. Also, Esdeath has another thing that I didn't mention before... although she does a lot of twisted things, she is actually looking for love.
As you can see, Esdeath is probably one of the interesting characters on the series and the anime shows why she is so popular on the series and loved by many fans and followers of Akame ga Kill. She is not particularly one of the best villains ever though.
Soundtrack is solid and enjoyable, the openings and the endings are really good, especially the first ones, the original soundtrack does fit well on the series, and there are some emotional and epic songs on important scenes. It's not something amazing, incredible or 10 out of 10, but hey it does the job. Voice actors did also do a good job on their characters.

Don't expect the series to be incredible, I kinda fell for the hype when it came out.
I must admit, at the start of the animation I was enjoying this show a lot, then later I saw its flaws and main problems, but I must say that I did still have a really fun time with the anime until the end of episode 19.
Now, for the last episodes... the anime original content showed up and it gave a lot of disappointment in the ending since the story was already fast paced and a lot of events would be happening on many episodes, but then the last ones with that alternative route (not following the manga) felt like a roller coaster.

Because of that fast pace, problems regarding character development and screen time for them showed up even MORE than before and it ruined the story. So many things would be happening so fast (even to a point where some of the craziest asspulls ever seen in a long time happened and the logic behind some events just wasn't there, especially on Akame's trump card) that even Sonic would be jealous, you know, GOTTA GO FAST.
There were a few good things, although almost none on the last episode... anyway, the ending of the anime was disappointing.

Is it worth watching or checking out? I would say that Akame ga Kill isn't really made for everyone. You can maybe check it out and see if you like it, but after some experiences, it's not really an anime that I would recommend to many people out there, because of the content and the settings I mentioned about it and especially the last episodes.

Ok so 1st of all this is my 1st review WARNING:REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS CONTINUE AT USERS RISK
ok so with that out of the way lets get to business

STORY:6/10
The setting of AGK is the usual kingdom from medieval ages fucked up due to corruption and the MC tries to change it.the story of AGK try's to show how a beautiful kingdom can be destroyed at the hands of one asshole how people with too much power end up becoming selfish u get the point stuff like justice freedom for kingdom etc
But the part I don't get is why would anyone think like that like I ... don't understand the ministers mind I doesn't right nobody would do that to they're. Own kingdom the story is kinda pointless if u think from a logical viewpoint but try to enjoy it. And also the last 4 or 5 eps.where a rushed mess which skipped scenes changed story etc which was a bummer because the anime had potential but disappointed me and I read the manga from there onwards

ART:8/10
the art is really good it makes everything look alive n colourful the fight scenes look awesome and the animation works really fluidly.

SOUND:8/10
the OP and the ED's are really good the right soundtrack at the right time makes the moment feel right in the way it should.

CHARACTER:6/10
here lies my main problem the characters die like flies one after the other the deaths are rushed they die without any character development so we don't even feel anything for them which is really sad like the emperor and Leone die just for the sake of dieing which was like WTF.other than that they are good.

ENJOYMENT:7/10
even with all the crap I said the anime is pretty enjoyable except the last 4 to 5 WTF eps so I suggest you give it a try.

OVERALL:7/10
Akame ga kill was enjoyable bt could have been much more if they had more eps and took the pacing a bit slower.

*I have read the manga to the latest chapter
* Feel free to counter argue @ my profile.
*This is a review of the manga & anime combined.
Akame ga kill has a good amount of plot twists. In fact, if it weren't for the plot twists, I would have dropped it a long time along time ago because it starts off with a boy leaving his village to embark on a journey( seen this plot a million times).

TLDR REVIEW:
No one wants to read long lines of text so this is basically why I rated it a 5.
-Started off with gore, strong tragedy
-Ended off with a ... harem, lots of fan service.
-It failed to sustain its proclaimed Genre.
Why are you rating it a 5 then? Because:

Story -(7/10): Again, the story isn't that bad when it started , I ACTUALLY LOVED IT WHEN IT STARTED. Later on though.... its fan service for men.
The main villain has huge breasts and apparently, [SPOILER AHEAD] falls in-love with the main character. [END OF SPOILER]
Over time, we just keep seeing her try to make love with the main character (at least 2-4 times).
Plot utilization:
The story itself states "There are many corrupted people in the government, she is just one of them" yet we are stuck seeing 1 big breasted female for the entire series.
-The mentioned "Revolutionary Army", is BARLEY even utilized. The story has mentioned that the revolutionary force was huge, yet they do not stop in when the main big breasted villain is destroying villages, and slaughtering people. [Note] The main group we follow is the "Night Raid" which the story openly admitted that its just a "SMALL GROUP OF ASSASSINS" . So tell me? Why is this "Small group of assassins" fighting the main force?

Art 10/10:
I really don't necessarily care

Sound 10/10:
I really don't necessarily care

Character 6/10:
-Girls turn into weak little females who fall in love with the main character
-Most of the females cliched.

Enjoyment 10/10:
-Again, as stated above, I was overwhelmed with the plot twists.
-The action was pretty spot on.
-Fun and unique weapons!

Overall 5:
-Started off with gore, tragedy, action
-Turned into harem, romance, fan service.

So I finished Akame ga Kill and it has been enjoyable, but it's far from perfect. So I am going to go with my standard pros and cons of the show.

Pros.
1. It looks amazing, the art in it is very well done. From the fight scenes to chase scenes to anything really it all flows really well and just looks great.
2. They have some pretty interesting characters who have some good back stories that should be delved into more. Even the villains are given good back stories and made it pretty interesting.
3. It's fun. It's an anime you can just sit ... back and binge watch and just enjoy the action in, and because of the art it just makes it a fun anime to relax to.

Spoilers ahead.

Cons.
1. Whilst the show started out very strong it went downhill very quickly. The interesting backstories all the characters have and all the stuff that made them interesting, becomes pointless once you realize that most if not all of them are going to die. Any connection you have with the characters on either side is lost because before to long they are dead. It was ok when it happened the first couple times in the anime, but before long it became something done for shock value and had no real impact anymore.
2. The hero of the story is cliche and boring. Tatsumi started off interesting enough and had potential, but he has since become the standard boring hero that all the girls in the show fall in love with. He hasn't had any interesting fights and out of all the characters (good guys and bad) is the weakest in both power and interest.
3. The show has become super rushed now. From what has been said the show has deviated from the manga now since episode 19 and is doing its own thing, because of this it has become super rushed. Also they have skipped large parts of the manga which has also added to the rushed feeling of it all. This is making it very predictable and has really lessened the quality of the show.
4. A not very original ending that was really quite boring and really showed the rushed nature of the show.

In the end my final thoughts are this show had a lot of potential. The characters were very interesting and it started off pretty deep with lots of layers to it. It's now become quite generic and well boring. Still worth watching but mostly for some cool action moments and the few really good early episodes.

I have watched all the episodes but I am less satisfied

Story (3/10)
Very classic story about how a young man who went to the city to save his village. Honestly, story in this anime is very boring.

Art (6/10)
battle scene in the anime is pretty good but just a little.

Sound (6/10)
BGS is very bad and the voice is not good enough but OP and ED in this anime is pretty good.
...
Character (6/10)
This anime titles Akame but instead tells the story Tatsumi. and what makes it worse is a very easy character to die

Enjoyment (4/10)
Kill or not to kill ? I can not enjoy this anime. every character dies with ease and they are less memorable death

Overall : 5/10

From the director of Sola and Ichigi 100% comes an anime Akame ga Kill. Well.....

STORY (6):

The story follows Tatsumi, a skilled fighter who joined the Night Raid. The Night Raid are a group of women who are planning to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, who manipulates the young emperor for his personal gain.

The story is just generic. Good guys fight bad guys and bad guys need to be stopped. They never explain enough details about what happened and why it happened just like Tokyo ESP.

ART (7):

... The animation is good.

SOUND (7):

The opening and ending are good.

CHARACTER (4):

Ok. Here is the problem. The characters need time to develop, however, their development was completely squandered while the show is ending.

Tatsumi is so generic. He is the "I want to protect people" and blah blah blah.....

Akame is badass, however, she is stoic and generic.

Mine, she is like a generic tsundere. However, she wasn't so annoying as compared to Stephanie Dola from NGNL.

Esdeath was my favourite character in this show. She has an interesting personality throughout the entire anime. However, we never get to learn anything from her.

CONCLUSION (5):

What can I say? It is just average as I gave the score. I know some people might enjoy Akame ga Kill but that's fine. I don't hate this anime on the level I do with Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei.

So I give this anime a 5 out of 10.

As average as the show goes, as average as my score goes.