Akame ga kill!

Akame ga kill!

By: Jerrod Pulliam

Akame ga Kill! is an anime (japanese animation) that follows a boy named Tatsumi who

comes from a small village outside of the capital. Tatsumi and two of his friends travel to the capital to enlist in the army so they can send the money they earn to their village. They get separated on the way to the capital Tatsumi makes it to the capital tries to enlist but is rejected do to an overflow of enlistments. He runs into a woman who promises that she can get him in through a friend for a “small” fee. He gives her all of his money and waits for her all day until he realizes that he has been swindled. Tatsumi then prepares to sleep in the street until a carriage stops and a young noble’s daughter invites him to sleep at their place. Tatsumi tells the family the reason he is in the capital and the daughter's father promises Tatsumi that he will tell the guards to keep an eye out for his friends. Two nights later the family is attacked by a group of assassins call Night Raid. Night Raid kills the mother and father and Tatsumi attempts to protect their daughter. Tatsumi is about to be killed by one of the assassins; Akame. just before She is about to kill Tatsumi Akame is stopped by one of her friends in night raid the woman who had swindled Tatsumi and shows him why they are killing the family. The family had a hidden shed where they took people they picked up off the street and tortured them to death and as it happens Tatsumi’s two friends of the tortured victims. Tatsumi is angered and kills the noble’s daughter. The woman who had swindled Tatsumi tells him that it is not just this family but almost anybody with power above the common people and it is the prime minister’s fault. Tatsumi showing promise the woman takes him back to Night raid’s secret base to recruit him into Night Raid.

Akame ga kill! is a good anime that can keep a comedic and serious tone to it, but when ever the story begins to become serious the tone starts to become dark. Such as people being cut in half or or being decapitated. The show show has memorable characters like Tatsumi  who is high spirited and devoted to what he does. Akame is a young girl that was trained to be a deadly assassin for the empire turned rogue. Sheele is a woman who is clumsy at everything she does except for when she kills. 

The anime is really good but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who in general doesn’t like to see blood. Over all I give it an 8/10 for memorable characters with different personalities.