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Episode Review: Akame ga KILL!

this is the series, nothing. blood and that's it. and i can't really say it's not supposed to be taken seriously, or it's just a exagerated "fun" series when it's throwing such horrible themes at us and treats them like a child would that i can't call it "fun" just childish

Theron has a tough row to hoe on this one. I am really looking forward to what he has to say. I have mixed feelings about the episode.

To me the central question for the episode and indeed the major part of the story is: was Esdeath really going to kill Tatsumi or was she just testing him?

To me the central question for the episode and indeed the major part of the story is: was Esdeath really going to kill Tatsumi or was she just testing him?

[quote="leatherhead333"]Also is there a reason Esdeath didn't just kill Najenda instead of spoiler[Susano?] Doesn't she know killing the owner of the organic imperial arms would lead to both of their deaths? That part just didn't make sense to me. But I suppose magically being able to stop time because of "love" makes just as much sense.

The direction the series is going is really just disappointing. These deaths are happening left and right with absolutely no rhyme or reason.

The anime doesn't do a lot of justice to this latter portion of the manga. There is so much more subtext that can be read into the manga than what is here in the anime.

spoiler[For instance, the way the PM reacts to his son's death, along with earlier statements he makes about Esdeath, suggest that he may be looking to use her in a scheme to get a replacement heir. The emphasis placed on Kurome's ability in the chapters leading up to this part of the manga raise the specter of Esdeath possibly looking to use Kurome's ability on Tatsumi. The battle with Budou and Esdeath is more dire because Susanoo's trump card was already used in a prior battle not animated - sort of - in the anime (the battle in episode 21 is basically a half-recreation of what should have been that earlier battle in the manga. ]

That being said, they anime writers will be mostly tested in the next episodes. Up to this last episode they were still basically recompiling disparate events of the manga, only readjusting their order, outcome and some dialogue. However, they have to stand on their own skills almost entirely in the final batch of episodes. Does anyone know how much input the manga's author has in this production?

blindworm wrote:

this is the series, nothing. blood and that's it. and i can't really say it's not supposed to be taken seriously, or it's just a exagerated "fun" series when it's throwing such horrible themes at us and treats them like a child would that i can't call it "fun" just childish

Sounds terrible. If I were you, I'd never watch it or comment on it again, to save yourself from such horrid material.

leatherhead333 wrote:

The direction the series is going is really just disappointing. These deaths are happening left and right with absolutely no rhyme or reason.

I never understand complaints like this. To me it looks a lot like the transition in chess between the middle-game and the end-game. It is a point in the game when cherished pieces are spent left and right in an effort to get an upper hand. If you end up with so much as one pawn more than the opponent at the end game you have a decisive advantage and other things being equal you should win.

What I think this kind of viewer is missing is the faux-sentimentality that is usually a hard requirement for anime in this category. Everyone you like has to live and everyone you hate has to die.

What hasn't been discussed is why would Night Raid spend 2-3 valuable pieces in exchange for one -- Tatsumi. I recall someone saying that his Imperial Arms Incursio was critical to the final conflict. If so we should be looking for what that is.

leatherhead333 wrote:

The direction the series is going is really just disappointing. These deaths are happening left and right with absolutely no rhyme or reason.

I never understand complaints like this. To me it looks a lot like the transition in chess between the middle-game and the end-game. It is a point in the game when cherished pieces are spent left and right in an effort to get an upper hand. If you end up with so much as one pawn more than the opponent at the end game you have a decisive advantage and other things being equal you should win.

What I think this kind of viewer is missing is the faux-sentimentality that is usually a hard requirement for anime in this category. Everyone you like has to live and everyone you hate has to die.

What hasn't been discussed is why would Night Raid spend 2-3 valuable pieces in exchange for one -- Tatsumi. I recall someone saying that his Imperial Arms Incursio was critical to the final conflict. If so we should be looking for what that is.

My biggest coimplaint is the blonde guy reveal being that surprising for wave, as wave also wants to fix the empire from the inside, sio him being surprised is completely off character. this reminds me of how similar wave is to tatsumi and how better it would have been for the in-fiction universe if esdeas had fallen for him instead.

I think that's a reasonable interpretation, CK, and certainly better than the alternatives (i.e. that Tatsumi is a harem master or that it would look cute).