Akame Ga Kill Review

'Under the rule of a tyrannical empire, Tatsumi, a young swordsman, leaves his home to save his poverty stricken village. He meets a girl named Akame, an assassin who was bought, brainwashed and trained to kill by the Empire. Akame is a member of the secret assassin group called “Night Raid” who use special weapons called Teigu. Together, Tatsumi and the members of Night Raid confront the corrupt empire.'

[SPOILERS are going to be within this review, DO NOT READ if you haven't seen the show.]

Akame ga kill is an semi-serious action anime about a group of rebels fighting against a corrupt empire. Tatsumi, the main character, heads to the capital of the empire in order to ask for help to save his village. After he meets Akame, a member of the Night Raid (the rebels against the empire), he learns the truth about the empire and decides to join the Night Raid and fight back.

Personally I enjoyed this anime, it's worth watching just to see the fight scenes alone; the weapons they use are unique which lead to interesting battles that are different every time. Combining that with the fact that the writer clearly doesn't mind killing off the good guys leads to an overall interesting story.
That's not to say that this series is without fault though, the moments that really deserve a serious and sad atmosphere end up being forgotten about by the next episode. One of the main 'good guys' could die and jokes would still be made within the same episode or the beginning of the next. Although some of the deaths were brutal, none of them felt like they carried any weight, at no point did it seem like I was meant to care about that character dying.

Other than the odd exception, the characters in the show weren't anything special, with minimal back story and personalities that weren't very memorable, it's not surprising that I didn't care when they died. Tatsumi, the supposed main character, was killed off out of the blue and literally none of the other characters cared for more than 5 minutes.
On the other hand though I felt that Akame's character was done very well, considering it's a short anime, she had a decent amount of back story and character development. She was the only character that would leave me disappointed if she died.

Overall I'd say it's a good anime if you're a fan of fight scenes and an 'anybody could die' storyline. Personally I'd recommend it unless you take anime as seriously as some people do. The non-interesting characters, the rushed ending and the poorly executed 'sad' scenes never really bothered me, I enjoyed the anime throughout and would look forward to watching the next episode. If I had to give it a rating, I'd rate it 7 out of 10, would watch again.

Thank you for reading and please let me know what you thought of the show and the review.


This anime as well as most of the others I watch can be found on crunchyroll, link below:
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