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Tatsumi

"The reason doesn't matter. As long as a tiny bit of hope exists, that's all that matters."

Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese), Corey Hartzog (English), Leonel Arias (Latin American Spanish)

The main male protagonist of the story who embarked on a quest to the capital in hopes of joining the military and earning enough money to send back to his impoverished village. After narrowly escaping an evil ploy by sadistic nobles, Tatsumi soon learns of the corruption within the Empire and is recruited into the ranks of Night Raid, whose task is to rid the Empire of this corruption by slaying the wicked. Whilst competing in a fighting tournament sponsored by the Empire he unknowingly manages to steal Esdeath's heart, who unceremoniously decides to make Tatsumi her lover, much to his dismay. After events leading up to another comrade's death, narrowly escaping public execution which ended with his girlfriend in a coma, among a list of heartaches; Tatsumi has undergone horrendous growth, now sporting his own "titular Red Eye" (albeit cross-shaped) motif due to a Fusion Dance with his Teigu.

Tatsumi is widely regarded by many, both allies and enemies, to have an immense amount of hidden potential. Lacking the skill and experience of his allies in Night Raid, he makes up for it by becoming more powerful with each battle, with his rapid growth being noted by stronger members such as Akame and Bulat. However, this comes to a head after Night Raid's latest casualties suffered, and his desire to keep Mine alive bestowed him with a powerup, allowing him to fight on par with the strongest of the empire at the cost of his own mortality.

Accidental Pervert: The day he needs to go on a mission with Mine, he enters her room to wake her up without knocking and ends up seeing her in her underwear. She then starts shooting at him.
Adaptational Wimp: In the manga he manages to fight Esdeath on equal grounds and even lay blows on both her and General Budo, while in the anime he never manages this. While on both versions he defeats the Ultimate Teigu, it should be noted that the Ultimate Teigu was considerebly stronger in the manga and Tatsumi manages to survive; while in the anime he dies.
Amazon Chaser: As he watches Mine pushing her Pumpkin over the limits while confronting the top generals of the Empire Esdeath and Budo all by herself to save Tatsumi from his public execution, he muses how such an awesome girlfriend is way more than he'll ever deserve.
Audience Surrogate: Tatsumi was raised in the wilderness far removed from the Imperial Capitol and any other actual city. As such, he has next to no knowledge of things that everyone else knows and has to have them explained. Such as the corruption in the Empire and the existence of Night Raid.
Babies Ever After: The epilogue of the manga states Tatsumi had a baby with Mine, who was already pregnant from before his transformation into a dragon.
Badass Adorable: It's a trait that he's well known for. Just ask Esdeath.
Badass in a Nice Suit: During his battle against the Three Beasts.
Badass in Distress: Played with. When Esdeath abducts him, she has no intention of hurting him and isn't aware that he's a member of Night Raid. This results in a distressing situation when Syura traps him inside the palace with Budo and Esdeath, who finally discovers that he is a Night Raid member.
Badass Longcoat: He began wearing one after narrowly escaping his execution and Mine was left in a coma, solidifying his depressingly harsh coming of age.
Badass Normal: Even before obtaining a Teigu he was strong enough to stand up to Teigu users.
Bait-and-Switch Sentiment: When Mine finally confesses her feelings to him, Tatsumi cheerfully says he likes her too, as a comrade. Mine has to kiss him to make him understand she likes him romantically.
Battle Couple: He frequently fights together with Mine who eventually becomes his girlfriend.
Battle Cry: "INCURSIOOOO!!!"
Belligerent Sexual Tension: He and Mine spend a lot of time arguing, but they gradually become fond of each other and fall in love.
Bequeathed Power: Incursio was given to him by Bulat moments before he died.
Beware the Nice Ones: While Tatsumi has a lot of (almost cliche) characteristics of a Stock Shōnen Hero, he can be surprisingly violent when provoked. Aria finds this out the hard way once he discovers she was the one who tortured his friends. In fact, it was the reason Night Raid recruited him.
Big "NEVER!": A rather blunt one. He's willing to die for his cause, outright rejecting Esdeath's offer to join her due to his resentment of the empire and her vile tendencies. His exact words (in the anime at least) were "I don't want to be associated with someone who revels in destruction!".
Born Lucky: Zigzagged. While Tatsumi tends to suffer often, he also tends to luck out more than any other character in the series. Notable examples include (but aren't limited to):
- Surviving his encounter with Aria's family, while his friends did not.
- Surviving a hit from Akame's blade, Murasame, because of a "good luck" charm his village elder gave him at the start of his journey. Even he lampshades how lucky it was.
- Being able to use Incursio's power, despite having a low chance of being able to wield it. Not to mention his opponent just stood there and let him try to use Incursio instead of attacking him.
- Escaping from Esdeath numerous times.
- During his attempted public execution and Night Raid's rescue attempt, he survived getting poisoned by poisonous barbs wrapped around Incursio's handle, which was left on the execution grounds alongside him to be destroyed as well. Granted, it came as the cost of him starting to fuse with and be consumed by Incursio for the rest of the Manga, but since Tatsumi didn't even realise he'd been poisoned in the first place, it comes off as a lucky break on his behalf, since Tatsumi merely wanted to gain the power necessary to fight toe-to-toe with both Budo and Esdeath at the same time, and Honest gloats in the aftermath that there's no way a mere human would be able to survive such a deadly poison.
- During the final battle in the manga he suffers several fatal injuries for the Emperor and has his armor destroyed, but manages to gain an 11th-Hour Superpower that includes a Healing Factor, allowing him to regrow limbs and heal his internal injuries.
- Survive being fused with Tyrant because Akame stabbed him with Murasame, though even she wasn't sure that was going to work.
- Saved from being raped by two lackeys of the empire only for his "rescuer" to be Esdeath.
Break the Cutie: In the first chapter he loses both of his childhood friends and it just goes downhill from there. By the time Mine's in a coma, he's stopped smiling completely.
Broken Ace: As the story nears its end, it becomes apparent that Tatsumi is arguably the strongest member of Night Raid after Incursio's evolution; it comes at the price of his body transforming, and overusing Incursio will result in it taking over his body, inevitably killing him.
Butt-Monkey: He can't catch a break. He's not as big a butt monkey Lubbock but he was definitely one when he first joined Night Raid, and has had the misfortune of being chosen as Esdeath's lover.
Cartwright Curse: Downplayed. Tatsumi wasn't in a relationship with any of them, but Sheele, Chelsea and Bullat got some Ship Tease with him and were killed shortly afterwards. Ironically, his official girlfriend survived in the manga and got the happiest ending among the surviving characters.
Character Development: As the series progresses.
Clueless Chick-Magnet: Played with and Zigzagged. Nearly every girl Tatsumi comes across he unknowingly manages to win over. It's eventually lampshaded by Lubbock and Najenda, much to his confusion. He's aware of some affections (such as Esdeath's), but was oblivious to Mine's until she spelled it out for him.
Combat Pragmatist: He ends up fighting one of the Rakshasa demons, who he knows is stronger and more skilled than him. In order to win, he destroys the building the both of them are in, bringing it down on top of the Rakshasa demon's head.
Country Mouse: He comes from an impoverished village in the countryside that he wishes to save by earning money in the capital.
Covert Pervert: While Tatsumi tends to be more mature than Lubbock, it's heavily implied that he is one. When meeting Leone, the first thing he noticed were her large breasts. When using the teigu, Spectator, he sees Akame, Mine and Sheele in their undergarments, and regards the ability as an "amazing" power. When trying to pull a prank on Chelsea, he admits that he actually wanted to take a peak at her naked body while she was bathing.
Cursed with Awesome: Overlapping with Blessed with Suck - It seems that he's permanently fused to Tyrant after being saved by Akame, and so far, he doesn't seem to mind it. It helps that he's still in control and no longer going berserk.
Cute Bruiser: He's a young boy, but his fighting style involves getting close to the enemy and delivering many swift, powerful attacks.
Deadly Upgrade: Forcing Incursio to evolve sounds awesome on paper; unfortunately because Tatsumi is still inexperienced in using it, this means Tyrant will slowly take over his body.
Dead Person Impersonation: Due to the fact that all witnesses were knocked unconscious by Nyau's Scream and the Three Beasts were all slain by Tatsumi and Bulat, the Empire had no information about the recently deceased Bulat. Since Bulat was known as the sole owner of Incursio, Tatsumi's inheritance of the Teigu leads the Empire to believe that Bulat is still alive.
Deal with the Devil: He begs Tyrant for the power to protect Mine and crush the Empire after feeling he was too weak following Lubbock's death. Incursio then evolves and he becomes much more powerful, being able to fight both Budou and Esdeath on equal footing. However, he starts feeling the effects on his body as the fight draws on.
Death by Adaptation: He dies after defeating the Emperor in the anime. He survives the equivalent scene in the manga but it's subverted since he suffers a Fate Worse than Death due to Incursio bonding to him and he has Akame perform a Mercy Kill... which is subverted again when he survives that, too, though with the tragic implication that he'll be stuck in his dragon form until Akame finds something to restore his humanity.
Decoy Protagonist: In the anime, the titular Akame takes a backseat to Tatsumi for most of the series. But then Tatsumi bites the dust in the penultimate episode, leaving Akame to kill Esdeath alone.
Died in Your Arms Tonight: In the anime, he dies in Akame's arms.
Distressed Dude: Tatsumi is captured and imprisoned by Esdeath once she decides to "make him hers". He manages to escape. Later, he gets captured by Syura along with Lubbock. Despite being revealed as a member of Night Raid, Esdeath tries to convince him to join her one last time. Tatsumi refuses and Esdeath decides to execute him herself. Mine then shows up at the last minute to save her boyfriend.
Doom Magnet: He tends to attract danger everywhere he goes. Even worse is that while Tatsumi tends to luck out of a dangerous situation, many of his comrades end up suffering. See his Unwitting Instigator of Doom entry for more details.
Dying as Yourself: He begs Akame to kill him before Incursio takes him over completely. She complies, and it unlocks her Superpowered Evil Side. Subverted because he survives.
Earn Your Happy Ending: Unlike the anime, Tatsumi survives in the manga. Despite being stuck in a dragon form, he is able to live a happy life after Mine awakens from her coma.
Empowered Badass Normal: He starts out a Badass Normal but inherits Bulat's Teigu after his death.
Endearingly Dorky: Quite popular with the ladies and also prone to getting laughed at for his silly mannerisms by the other members of Night Raid.
Enemy Mine: Played with. After witnessing his abilities in a local fighting tournament, Esdeath drags him to the palace in the hopes of inducting him into the Jaegers—and to become her lover, despite not knowing that Tatsumi is part of Night Raid.
The Everyman: Tatsumi is a perfectly normal person who just wants to raise money for his village. He also has loyalty to any organization he belongs too. That's pretty much it. Even the parts of his character that are treated as special or unique, like his speed or combat prowess are pretty consistently outdone by the villain of the week. At least until he gets Incursio and develops something approaching a character arc.
Exotic Eye Designs: When Incursio gains a powered up form, his eyes have Tyrant's cross-shaped pupils. Even after he stops wearing the armor, his right eye remains that of Tyrant's.
Expressive Hair: His Idiot Hair has a tendency to be expressive during emotional moments. When Esdeath walks into her bedroom half naked, it stands straight up.
Failure Hero: While a likable, humane character, he has repetitive shortcomings. Stemming from his inability to stave off adversaries long enough (Bulat), to inadvertently inspiring comrades to do more than they are capable of resulting in them getting killed (Chelsea), wasting his time thinking he can convert the enemy (Esdeath), failing to make sure a dangerous enemy stays dead and inadvertently giving the enemy a facial profile (Suzuka), leading up to capture and near execution by the empire either incapacitating or killing off more of his faction (Lubbock & Mine). This is subverted near the end of the series due to his victory over the Emperor and Shikoutazer.
Fate Worse than Death: In the manga, he survives Akame's attempted Mercy Kill, and a rebel doctor is able to somehow restore his sanity, but it's suggested that he'll be stuck in his dragon form for the rest of his life. Subverted in that he's okay with it, since at least he'll still get to live and be with his comrades.
First Kiss: Tatsumi's was taken by Esdeath. Understandably, Mine is upset by this.
Fusion Dance: Forcing Incursio to evolve made him fuse with it, according to Budou. It explains why he gains Tyrant's exotic pupils, even after he stops wearing the armor.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Actively switches between soft Tareme Eyes when he's lounging with friends, to razor sharp Tsurime Eyes when he's ready to fight.
The Hero Dies: He's one of the heroes of the series, likely the central one next to Akame. And he dies at the end of the anime with a Heroic Sacrifice to stop the Emperor's Imperial Arms from crushing civilians.
Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Played in an odd way. Whenever using Incursio, Tatsumi has a head covering helmet as part of his armor. Yet reaction shots from him while wearing the full armor tend to not show the helmet even if he's still actually wearing it. So whether you see the helmet tends to change from panel to panel.
Heroic RRoD: Pushing Incursio beyond its limits puts an enormous strain on Tatsumi's body. The armor slowly consumes him the more he pushes himself. It eventually turns him into another Tyrant, though he has Akame kill him before it can take over his mind as well.
I Am What I Am: Tatsumi doesn't seem to take any issue with being permanently transformed into a dragon; he's satisfied with just being allowed to live.
Idiot Hair: He has a large forelock of hair on top of his head. About halfway through the story, said hair strand vanishes completely; possibly signifying a harsh loss of innocence.
I Let Gwen Stacy Die: While Tatsumi feels remorse over every member of Night Raid who has died, it's Lubbock's death and Mine becoming comatose that hits him the hardest.
Innocence Lost: Tatsumi starts off as an innocent teen who wants to make money for his village. After the death of his friends exposes the Empire's corruption, he becomes more jaded and remorseless. This is reflected in his slow fusion with Incursio and Tyrant.
Interspecies Romance: At the end of the manga, Tatsumi is permanently turned into a dragon, but he and Mine still are very much in love and get married.
Irony: He initially came to the capital to enlist in the Imperial Army, but was rejected because the recruiting officer was too busy drinking to take him seriously. It's only after he publicly displays the fighting skills he learned from Night Raid that the empire, specifically Esdeath, shows an interest in recruiting him, but by that point it's far too late.
Kubrick Stare: Gave a pretty chilling glare to Esdeath out of pure disgust and anger towards her and the empire after she relegated Lubbock's death to him.
Mark of the Supernatural: His right eye gains Tyrant's pupil, showing that his body is slowly being consumed by Incursio.
Meaningful Name: The "Tatsu" in "Tatsumi" is an alternative word for "dragon" in Japanese, alluding to his association with the dragon Tyrant living within Incursio.
Memento MacGuffin: The parting gift given to him by the village chief is a charm that blocks Akame's Murasame from killing him.
Mercy Kill Arrangement: As Tatsumi slowly loses his humanity due to becoming one with Incursio, he asks Akame to kill him once the transformation is complete and he's taken over by Incursio. Akame does comply with their promise... Except she only kills Incursio's spirit so Tatsumi can keep living, even if in the body of a giant dragon. Tatsumi is happy enough with this.
Morality Pet: Subverted, at first Tatsumi believed that he could appeal to Esdeath on this level. Esdeath makes it apparent she's beyond saving or pity for that matter.
My God, What Have I Done?: Tatsumi get this feeling after he and Leone assassinated two corrupt official when he hear the voice of the son of one of the official calling for his father as he walks in and see the corpse of his father. Unable to bear it Tatsumi run and can't stop thinking about it as he try to clean his sword as he remind himself that the man he killed may have been corrupt, but to his son he was a good father.
Naïve Newcomer: Incredibly naive when he first arrives in the empire, even getting scammed by Leone out of all his cash and almost killed because of his lack of common sense. Fortunately he gets better.
Next Tier Power-Up: He starts the series fairly competent, but without an Imperial Arms of his own, he didn't stand a chance against opposing users. Bulat passes on Incursio to him and tells him how to use it before he dies and it lets him hold his own, but eventually that has a limit as he's still inexperienced using it. Eventually, he pushes Incursio even further and evolves it to the point where he's on par with Esdeath and Budo.
Nice Guy: Kind even to his enemies, which almost got him killed a number of times.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: While it was his best option to take out a Rakshasa demon by dropping a building on her so he could come to Mine's aid, the fact that said demon survived this led to said demon setting up a trap to drop a building on Akame not to mention getting him getting outed to Esdeath and The Empire.
No Body Left Behind: In the anime, his body disappears into nothing after Esdeath freezes both of them together.
Normally, I Would Be Dead Now: Near the end of the manga, he manages to survive slowly losing his body and mind to his Teigu, being impaled and crushed beneath the Ultimate Teigu, and surviving Murasame's poison to live happily with Mine. Jeez.
Oblivious to Love: He utterly fails to notice Mine's feelings for him. It takes Mine kissing him for him to understand she loves him.
Official Couple: He and Mine finally become a couple after she confesses her love to him. They get married after the war is over.
The One Guy: He's the only guy in Night Raid after Lubbock's death.
Only Sane Man: Occasionally acts as this in Night Raid.
Overshadowed by Awesome: He quickly proves his worth as a fighter, but is initially outclassed by some of the stronger opponents due to his tactics, while other Night Raiders handle them with ease. Incursio's evolved form fixed this issue.
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: "You can beg the King of Hell for forgiveness."
The Promise:
- He vows to make Mine his wife after the latter falls into a coma and after the war is over.
- He also makes a promise with Akame: if either of them is to be consumed by their Teigu, they should kill the other, as both of them would be honored to die at their comrade's hands. Akame ends up having to collect on that first, though he does survive.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: He delivers a big to The Emperor who had been firing indiscriminately at friend and foe alike and was subsequently abandoned by his own forces. In return, the Emperor declares that his allies are cowards for fleeing.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm and mature Blue Oni to Lubbock's Red Oni.
Retired Badass: The manga epilogue says after the war, Tatsumi retired to the countryside to live a quiet and peaceful life with Mine.
Skilled, but Naive: Being someone from the country, he hasn't had quite as much fighting experience as the rest of the Night Raid, causing to attack rather recklessly in some of his battles.
Slave Collar: After Esdeath decides to make Tatsumi hers, she collared him in the arena and tried to drag Tatsumi off. When that failed, she just knocked him out.
Sole Survivor: Ieyasu and Sayo do not survive the trip to the capital, leaving Tatsumi the only survivor amongst his friends.
Sorry That I'm Dying: In the anime, right before he dies, he apologizes to Akame for not being able to keep his promise to survive.
Star-Crossed Lovers:
- In the manga, Great Lord implied Tatsumi's romance with Mine won't end well. It's subverted at the end; Tatsumi turns into a dragon, but Mine recovers from her coma and marries him.
- In the anime, Tatsumi loses Mine, only learning of her feelings for him when she's dying. He gets killed in the final battle shortly after, joining Mine in death.
Stealth Pun: As a result of evolving Incursio and slowly fusing with Tyrant, Tatsumi has become a Red-Eyed Killer.
The Stoic: After Mine enters a coma he pretty much stops smiling entirely.
Superpower Lottery: Zigzagged, borderlining Inverted and Subverted tropes. For while his newest evolution grants him the ability to do battle with Esdeath and nerf her Space-Time Freeze it also runs the risk of him transforming into a new body for the inherent entity housed within his Teigu enabling it to rampage unabated throughout the kingdom.
Took a Level in Badass: Chapter 54, he forces Incursio to evolve even further. It not only makes him strong enough to keep up with the Empire's strongest warriors, but he's also capable of No Selling Esdeath's Time Stands Still ability, albeit briefly.
Transformation Horror: He can only use Incursio about four more times before he completely fuses with it, this◊ is the result of using it once. The more times he uses it, Tatsumi slowly becomes less human and he eventually completely transforms into a giant dragon.
Trauma Conga Line: He loses his friends in the first episode, is forced to join an organisation full of killers to provide for his village, loses multiple comrades as the story progresses, ends up as Esdeath's target of affections, and his girlfriend ends up in a coma causing the loss of his cheery smile and laughter. Finally; as if to top it all off, he's started slowly, painfully turning into the physical manifest of Incursio's inner essence; Tyrant, with each successive activation of his Teigu. Each new change proving more agonizing than the last. In the end, he defeats the Emperor, but is unable to stop Esdeath and begs Akame to kill him before his mind devolves into a mindless beast, and she attempts to, but he survives that as well.
Unskilled, but Strong: He lacks some of the more refined skills of the Night Raiders, but makes up for it for his overall fighting ability and speed. As the story progresses, he gradually becomes a better and more skilled fighter.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: While he might not seem like this at first, Fridge Horror kicks in when you realize that Tatsumi has indirectly, yet unintentionally, caused the deaths of EVERY Night Raid member, with the exception of Leone in the manga. Going down the death in order:
- Sheele's death at the hands of Seryu occurred because Seryu began to actively hunt down Night Raid to avenge the death of her mentor, Ogre. Remember who killed Ogre ?
- Bulat's concern for Tatsumi's safety during their fight with the Three Beasts definitely proved to be hindrance to him. In addition, had Tatsumi just held off Nyau for just a few more seconds, Bulat would have been able to kill Liver, and thereby preventing his own death.
- Chelsea's death at the hands of Kurome was caused by her, out-of-character, brash decisions. Chelsea admits to herself that her out-of-character actions was the result of her feeling for Tatsumi, as well as her desire to impress him.
- Susanoo was killed by Esdeath when she used her recently acquired Trump Card, Mahapadma, which had the ability to freeze time, to defeat him. Remember, originally Esdeath developed this ability to prevent Tatsumi from escaping her again after his escape at Mt. Fake.
- Lubbock's death at the hands of Izou was the result of Lubbock trying to escape capture. Lubbock was only captured because Syura was able to identify Tatsumi. Syura even admitted that he was not entirely sure that Lubbock was a member of Night Raid, and only kidnapped him because he was with Tatsumi.
  - Even worse, Syura was able to easily identify Tatsumi partly because he had already seen Tatsumi once in person during the danger beast incident. Remember, Tatsumi was the one to convince the rest of Night Raid to fight the danger beasts instead of letting the Jaegers take care of them. Talk about Nice Job Breaking It, Hero.
- Mine ended up in a coma because of her decision to save Tatsumi from his execution at the hands of Esdeath.
  - The icing on the cake of this example is that Esdeath reveals that Tatsumi was not in any real danger of being killed, and would have survived his apparent "execution", whether or not Night Raid would have saved him. However, she did plan to sneak him away to an unknown location, meaning he would have still been a prisoner for her crazed ideas of love.
Weak, but Skilled: He lacks the raw strength of a Teigu user at first, but his training does put him on even footing with some of them, and it makes him a monster against normal people. The 'weak' part is pretty much gone by chapter 54.
When He Smiles: His smile is what catches Esdeath's affections. He stopped smiling much after Mine's coma, he cracks a faint one of relief after Kurome was convinced by Wave to quit working for the Empire, sparing Akame the pain of having to kill her younger sister.
Would Hurt a Child: He kills Aria (a teenager) with no hesitation. But in his defense, she was a psychopathic monster.

Teigu: Incursio

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Dormant mode

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Armor mode

11th-Hour Superpower: In the anime's climax, he awakens Incursio's ultimate potential, growing vastly stronger and gaining Flight thanks to the Tyrant beast's adaptive ability. In the manga, he forces Incursio to evolve multiple times during the final fight with the Ultimate Teigu in order to stay in the game against it, eventually destroying the massive weapon without dying, though he still ends up paying a steep price.
Adaptive Armor: Due to Tyrant's aptitude for adaptation and evolution the armor also inherits its Adaptive Ability. As such, if Tatsumi needs to be faster, the armor will strengthen his legs, or if Tatsumi needs to be tougher it'll make itself harder.
Badass Cape: One of these comes with it.
Cool Mask: A helmet with a mask comes with it.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Pushing Incursio into evolving eventually makes just activating it dangerous for Tatsumi. Tatsumi eventually begins fusing with Tyrant and may only activate his armor Four more times, now going on Three, before Tyrant consumes him completely. Already showing signs of his body converting further into Tyrant's draconian form by the end of chapter 61.
Flawed Prototype, Super Prototype: To Grand Chariot. Incursio has the potential to become stronger due to its Adaptive Ability, but at the price of consuming the user and transforming their body into that of Tyrant's.
- Though Tyrant slowly taking over Tatsumi is explained by him being too young to handle the Teigu's power (as opposed to Bulat, its previous user), Bulat never pushed Incursio to evolve beyond limits as Tatsumi did.
Flight: In both the anime and the manga, Incursio eventually evolves to the point it sprouts a pair of dragon wings, in order for Tatsumi to better fight the Ultimate Teigu.
Instant Armor: The user can summon this armor at will.
Invisibility Cloak: He can become invisible for a limited amount of time.
Leitmotif: The aptly named "Incursio"
Living Weapon: Tyrant still lives within the armor, accounting for its formidable Adaptive Ability as well it actively protecting Tatsumi from attacks he cannot avoid or block. After Tatsumi fuses with it in Chapter 54, it is revealed it will consume him if overused in exchange for immense power on par with Esdeath and Budou. Taken to the extremes during the battle with the Ultimate Teigu, as he uses it so much the Emperor notes he's not even human anymore according to his scanners.
Move in the Frozen Time: Esdeath develops a technique to freeze time itself. Incursio is the only thing that can move when this technique is in effect, even if only for a second. Esdeath realizes this is thanks to Incursio being able to adapt to a frozen tundra after evolving.
Nigh-Invulnerability: Incursio's known for its nearly indestructible defense.
One-Winged Angel: As of chapter 75 Tatsumi has become possessed by the Super-Class Danger Beast Tyrant.
Power Armor: The armor was created from the flesh of Tyrant, whose life force was so great that the beast is still alive within the armor.
Red Baron: Demon Dragon Armor: Incursio.
Useless Useful Spell: Its invisibility powers are rendered useless against enemies who can sense his presence.

Akame

See her page.

Revolutionary Army

Leadership

Najenda

"Now let's go punish this scumbag."

Voiced by: Risa Mizuno (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English), Nicole Apstein (Latin American Spanish)

The head of the assassination group Night Raid, Najenda was a former general of the Empire that made the decision to defect to the Revolutionary Army after witnessing how morally bankrupt and corrupt the regime was from the actions of her colleague, General Esdeath. She successfully bands an army of her men together to defect to the Revolutionaries until she is blind sided by Esdeath's army in which she nearly lost all of her men and narrowly escaped death by her... with the exception of a shattered arm and a lost eye. During Dr. Stylish's assault on the Night Raid's hideout she reveals her two new recruits: Chelsea and the humanoid Teigu, Susanoo.

Her last known Teigu, Speed of Lightning: Susanoo, is a living humanoid Teigu that functions as the user's bodyguard and servant, who can both fight and do household chores extremely efficiently on behalf of the user.

Action Girl: At one time she was nearly as strong as Esdeath.
Age Insecurity: Asking Najenda about her age is a major Berserk Button for her.
Artificial Limbs: Her right arm is mechanical, destroyed in an ambush by Esdeath along with an eye, when the latter found out that she had defected.
Babies Ever After: She adopts a child in the finale, but never marries.
Badass Normal: She doesn't have a formal Teigu like the rest of Night Raid (as Susanoo has his own life and can fight without the help of Najenda), but her strength is something to consider, as she destroyed a former general with only the 40% of his power, and this enemy gave Leone (with Teigu equipped) a hard time.
Berserk Button: The other Night Raid members are horrified when Tatsumi thoughtlessly comments Najenda looks too old for a woman in her mid-twenties. In retribution, she gives him a savage pounding that leaves him little more than a pile of lumps.
Big Good: She's the one leading Night Raid in their battle against The Empire.
Blemished Beauty: She's missing an eye and an arm, needing to wear an eyepatch and a prosthetic arm. Despite this and her masculine look, she's still quite attractive.
Boyish Short Hair: She has short hair to complement her strong and imposing personality.
Braids of Action: Back when she was a general of the Empire, Najenda had longer hair and she wore it tied and braided.
Cast from Lifespan: She is able to give Susanoo an enormous power boost, but it requires her to sacrifice a portion of her lifespan.
Celibate Heroine: She's too focused on leading a rebellion to think about dating. Although she admits she could consider starting a relationship with Lubbock after the conflict is over.
Defector from Decadence: She used to be a general in the Imperial army alongside Esdeath, but joined the Revolutionaries after seeing her in action.
Eyepatch of Power: She wears an eyepatch over her lost right eye. This gives her the look of a tough and experienced leader.
Eye Scream: She lost her eye to Esdeath.
Handicapped Badass: After losing an eye and her right arm she comments that she can only use about 40% of her original strength. Her crippling is also why she can't use Teigu until she receives the energy-efficient Susanoo. This doesn't prevent the fact that she can still curb stomp general class opponents with ease.
Identical Stranger: The reason Susanoo responded to her is because she resembles his previous master, who much to Tatsumi and Leone's amusement, was a man.
Informed Deformity: A Running Gag is that Najenda's gender gets confused a lot. Putting aside her large breasts and curve-hugging outfit, you can see from the picture above that she doesn't look particuarly masculine.
In-Series Nickname: "Boss" and "The Hunk of the Rebellion".
Iron Lady: Has the cool effectiveness down pat. This is not a woman you want to cross. And she has Power Hair, to boot.
Lady Looks Like a Dude: She has a masculine appearance to the point where Susanoo compares her to his former male owner.
The Leader: A mix of Type I and II. She is the one who assigns the separate members of Night Raid to the requests that are given to them and pairs them according to whose strength is suited for the task. It was her plan that tricks Esdeath into wiping out a gang of bandits for the Night Raid and leads to the death of Bols and the weakening of Kurome.
The Mourning After: The epilogue to the manga mentions Najenda would end up adopting a child after the war is over, but would remain single for the rest of her life. This leaves the implications that she never fully gets over Lubbock's death.
Ms. Fanservice: She's almost always wearing a shirt with a low neckline. Her naked body is seen in Lubbock's Imagine Spot (with her robot arm covering her chest) and we've seen her much less conservative outfits on a few occasions.
Plot Armor: It is known that activating Magatama Manifestation three times kills the user. But when Najenda activates it for the third time in her battle with Esdeath in the Bolic arc she luckily survives only due to the fact that Susanoo reached his physical limit before her life force did.
Pragmatic Hero: As a Rebel Leader, much of the series' bloodshed and tragedies can be traced back to her ambition. However, all of her actions are for the sake of a better future.
Reasonable Authority Figure: When she first meets Tatsumi, she gives him an offer to join Night Raid and says they won't kill him if he refuses, though they can't let him leave either since he knows where their base is. She also tells him about what they do, which is to kill people who do evil things, and that they're fighting against the Empire to ease the burden on the people. Her painting the image that way helps convince him to join.
Rebel Leader: She's the leader of the Night Raid and The Revolution, which are the main forces fighting against The Empire and its corruption.
Rocket Punch: With her right arm, and can use it to pull herself forward too.
Second Episode Introduction: Of all the original members of Night Raid, Najenda is the last introduced to the audience, as she appears in the second chapter of the manga and the second episode of the anime, when the rest of the members appears in the first one.
Shipper on Deck: She apparently ships Tatsumi x Mine. She was actually on the one to convince Mine to make a move on Tatsumi before Leone does.
Ship Tease: She's not terribly opposed to the idea of hooking up with Lubbock, but she'd rather hook-up after the conflict is over. Unfortunately, that will never come to pass.
Smoking Is Cool: Najenda is rarely seen without a cigar. She especially likes to smoke while looking badass.
Supporting Leader: While Najenda is the leader of Night Raid, she rarely goes into the field herself. As a result, she is more of a supporting character than a main character.
Talking the Monster to Death: In past she somehow succeeded in persuading Akame to abandon her mission of assassinating her and defect from the Empire, while also effectively recruiting her into the Night Raid and joining the Revolutionary Army. What makes this more incredible was that at the time Akame was the Empire's top assassin.
Tomboyness Upgrade: Najenda makes for one helluva handsome dude, but when she was younger, she was a lot more feminine-looking and a top beauty in the empire who had to constantly turn down marriage offers (which is something she still likes to boast about).
Tragic Keepsake: She keeps Lubbock's goggles with her after his death.
You Monster!: Delivers this reaction to Kurome. She despises Kurome's Teigu because she feels it desecrates the dead.
Younger than She Looks: When she reveals she's in her mid-20s, Tatsumi is surprised that she's much younger than he thought based on her mature looks and experience as a soldier.

Teigu: See Susanoo

Lubbock

"There is no way to train your heart to be invulnerable."

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese), Tyler Galindo (English), Matías Carossia (Latin American Spanish)

Originally born the fourth son of a wealthy merchant family in a region, Lubbock left his wealthy life behind to follow Najenda when she served in the Empire and rose through the ranks to serve her by her side. When she defected to the rebellion he joined her and faked their deaths by changing the military records of both him and her as K.I.A.

His Teigu, Infinite Uses: Cross Tail, consists of garrote wires on gloves that can be shaped and manipulated in a myriad of ways, doing everything from enemy detection, laceration, strangulation to creating a variety of makeshift weapons and armor.

Badass Longcoat: Dons a long green coat with a fur-rimmed hood.
Bromantic Foil: To Tatsumi, being the silly, extroverted pervert to make Tatsumi seem more mature.
Butt-Monkey: Par course for his behavior in the Night Raid. He's either beaten to a pulp by Leone or running away from Bulat's affection. Mine even states this is his designated role in the group.
Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: He's remarkably respectful towards Najenda despite his tendencies.
Casanova Wannabe: He always tries to woo any cute girl he sees. Unfortunately for him, they're either not interested or trying to kill him.
Chivalrous Pervert: He's often spending his free time trying to peek on Leone in the hot springs or cursing Tatsumi for his Chick Magnet status. He does show chivalry sometimes such as when he takes on two Rakshasa Demons to save a young Night Raid spy, and generally dislikes harming women.
Cold-Blooded Torture: After being captured by the Wild Hunt, he is subjected to this, including a Groin Attack.
Conservation of Ninjutsu: Averted. He tends to prefer one on one combat, and excels at that. However, in episode 11 when he encounters several Elite Mook all at once, he wisely runs away from them. Considering one gave him trouble, a lot of them was more than he could handle. Though they give chase, Akame fortunately saves him.
Crazy-Prepared: He hides wires under his clothes, around his body and even in his mouth.
Crippling Castration: As part of Syura's Cold-Blooded Torture. He's missing one testicle now. Amazingly, Lubbock didn't break even after this.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's shown to be the Butt-Monkey for his perverted tendencies and jealously of Tatsumi during the story, but in the midst of combat he demonstrates he can be quite the cunning and dangerous opponent as shown from his victory over two of the Four Rakshasa Demons, who have been known to be a group skilled in the art of killing Teigu users.
- He takes full advantage of this trope when being tortured by Syura. He pretends to be broken by his torture in order to use the spare bits of his teigu he keeps hidden in his mouth to break his neck.
Curtains Match the Window: Green hair and eyes.
Death by Adaptation: In the manga, he dies fourteen chapters after Seryu's death while in the anime he dies only one episode after she is killed.
Defector from Decadence: As with Najenda. In fact, he joined the Night Raid out of love for her.
Defiant to the End: Right till his death, in spite of serious torture and ridiculously poor odds against the Castle's invincible security. This is lampshaded by multiple characters.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: While Lubbock gets cut in half by Izou in the manga, he gets brutally stabbed by Syura's group in the anime.
Disguised in Drag: One of his many civilian disguises is a woman.
Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Najenda. He joined the Imperial Army and later the Night Raid just for the opportunity to be close to her. For the most part it's a one-sided affection on his end. However, in a small side story Najenda muses to herself that she may just be open to a relationship after the war is over. Naturally Lubbock ends up getting killed off in the very next arc.
Explaining Your Power to the Enemy: He spends much of his battles talking about how his powers work, which benefits the viewer. This actually has some practical use, as his talking is often meant to be a distraction.
Flechette Storm: Aside from his Imperial Arms, Lubbock also has a few knives handy to throw when he's desperate.
Girl on Girl Is Hot: Lubbock is noticeable aroused whenever Leone subjects Akame to Marshmallow Hell.
Green-Eyed Monster: Incredibly jealous of Tatsumi's status as the resident Chick Magnet.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Izou cuts off a good chunk of the left side of Lubbock's body during their fight. As Lubbock slowly dies, Izou commends him for holding out as long as he did.
Hot-Blooded: When it comes to his perverted antics.
I Am Not Left-Handed: In a 1 on 1 fight, he's a pretty strong fighter, despite his slender appearance. He also has many tricks up his sleeve regarding his teigu, and often fools his opponent into thinking he used his most powerful attack, only to then be lured into a false sense of security when an attack or trap he laid out earlier catches them off guard.
If We Survive This: Tells Tatsumi that once the rebellion is over, he'll try expanding his book shop and marry Najenda. Unfortunately, he will never get that opportunity.
I Know Mortal Kombat: Claims that some of his uses of his wires were inspired by various manga he reads.
Imaginary Love Triangle: He thinks he's competing with Susanoo for Najenda's affections. Najenda and Susanoo's relationship is completely platonic.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: In the anime, Lubbock falls to his death and gets stabbed by Syura's group after the latter is defeated.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: It heavily implied that he suffers this. While he tends to act as a confident assassin in front of the other Night Raid members, in many of his internal thoughts reveals that he often doubts his own abilities to be useful for Night Raid's cause.
Let's Get Dangerous!: He has this moment before engaging two Rakshasa Demon warriors.
Lovable Sex Maniac: He's a shameless pervert who constantly peeps on his naked teammates, but it's always played for laughs.
Love at First Sight: He fell in love with Najenda the moment he first saw her.
Master of Threads: Lubbock's imperial arms are a pair of gloves with garrote wires named Infinite Uses: Cross Tail. He can shape and manipulate them in many different ways for both offense and defense. He admits that some of the uses for the wires were inspired by the manga he reads, despite there being no prior indication of such things existing in the show's setting.
Nerves of Steel: Takes out two of the Rakshasa Demons by himself. He holds out under torture, successfully fakes being broken by torture and kills Syura.
Playing Possum: He can feign death by using his Cross Tail to cut off his own circulation.
Razor Floss : His imperial arms is a pair of gloves with spools of wire on the back that allow him to manipulate and shape the wires to use both offensively and defensively
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The perky, perverted Red Oni to Tatsumi's Blue Oni, even reflected by the red parts of his outfit.
The Smart Guy: He's the one that handles the alarms and defenses of the Night Raid's hideouts and he's also skilled in reconnaissance and information gathering.
Straight Man: Very frequently early on, sharing the duty with Tatsumi.
Subordinate Excuse: He joined the army and later Night Raid so he could be close to his beloved Najenda.
Tactical Withdrawal: Regularly runs from fights he is not confident he will win, claiming self-preservation is key for an assassin.
Too Clever by Half: When surrounded during his attempt to break out of the palace, Lubbock banks his final gambit on the belief that Izou would not cut through Syura's Teigu to kill him. The gambit backfires.
Trap Master: A lot of his tactics involve outsmarting and leading his targets into traps using his Imperial Arms.
Undying Loyalty:
- To Najenda. He gave up his comfortable rich life and joined a rebel group of assassins all in order to follow her and remain by her side.
- Also to Night Raid, big time. Even after Cold-Blooded Torture at Syura's hands and even getting one of his testicles crushed he refuses to betray the Night Raid or even blame Tatsumi for his predicament.
Unknown Rival: He thinks of Susanoo as his rival for Najenda's love.
Weak, but Skilled: While he lacks the raw physical power of Leone or the devastating Teigu attack power of Akame, several characters note him to have a great deal of combat experience and a highly tactical mind, often defeating his enemies with intuitive uses of his Teigu.
Worf Had the Flu: Between being fatigued by being tortured at the hands Syura, having Cross Tail taken from him, and armed with only a regular sword and Syura's teigu, which was not working at the time (not to mention, was not likely drained of energy from just using it), Lubbock was understandably not in top condition when he was forced to fight Izou
Worthy Opponent: Although his weakened and Teigu-less state meant he didn't put up much of a fight, his fighting spirit and courage leads Izou and Budou to praise him as this even after this death.
Would Hit a Girl: He's seen killing a female assassin caught in one of his traps in episode 3. She begs him to let her go, but he refuses, stating that someone he knew once fell for a similar trap and died as a result. After he's done killing her, he laments having to kill such a lovely lady. And he does this again in episode 18 against Mez, the female Rakhasa demon.
Wrong Genre Savvy: During his escape from the Palace, Lubbock ended up cornered by Izou and decided to place all of his bets on Izou not being willing to kill him if it meant destroying Syura's Teigu. Unfortunately, Izou is The Unfettered.

Teigu: Cross Tail

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Barrier Warrior: The wires can be weaved into creating shields strong enough to deflect attacks.
Building Swing: Lubbock can do this using his cables.
Difficult, but Awesome: His Cross Tail is noted to take a lot of skill to use and relies heavily on the user's inventiveness and ability to multitask.
Razor Floss: Cross Tail was made from the body hair of a Danger Beast renown for their extremely durable and sharp body hair. As such Lubbock can alternate between using the threads for either strangulation or laceration.
Red Baron: Infinite Uses: Cross Tail.
Shaping Your Attacks: He can shape his thread into a throwing spear, a makeshift shield, armor, and an axe.

Night Raid

In General

Anti-Hero Team: Of the Pragmatic Hero and Pay Evil unto Evil kind. They want to take down the empire and rebuild society. However, they're willing to murder people and use ruthless tactics to achieve their goals. Even Tatsumi, one of the nicest members on the team, had to resort to lethal force on numerous occasions.
Badass Crew: Justified. Being a badass is a requirement to join Night Raid since the majority of their members are defected soldiers and generals of the Empire.
The Big Guy: Leone, Bulat and Susanoo to different degrees. Leone and Bulat are both of the Boisterous Bruiser type while Susanoo is a Genius Bruiser.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: They're the weirdest people you'll ever meet. They're also a dangerous group of skilled assassins and one of the most powerful forces opposing the Empire.
Color-Coded Characters: All of them have unique colors for their hair and outfits, that the openings of the series emphasizes upon. They are:
- Akame: Red.
- Tatsumi: Light Blue.
- Mine: Pink.
- Leone: Yellow.
- Lubbock: Lime Green.
- Najenda: Olive Green.
- Bulat: Bluish Green.
- Sheele: Violet.
- Susanoo: Indigo.
- Chelsea: Bright Orange.
Dark and Troubled Past: Every member of Night Raid has a painful past that caused them to take up arms against the Empire due to the Prime Minister's machinations.
Dark Is Not Evil: Their name and symbol are dark colored and they are the heroes of the story.
Empowered Badass Normal: Every member of Night Raid is equipped with a Teigu that they found or retrieved from the Empire.
Experienced Protagonist: At the start of the series, Night Raid was already Famed In-Story as a group of extremely dangerous and efficient assassins.
Failure Hero: Coined by Chelsea. More people on Night Raids side died than anybody working for The Empire, even The Jeagers only surviving members outlasted many of those who're killed by them in battle.
Fanservice: Every Night Raid member is attractive, with all male members having had at least one Shirtless Scene, and all females featured completely naked at some point in the franchise. Ironically, the only girl that has yet to have a bathing scene is Leone, Night Raid's residential Ms. Fanservice.
Good Is Not Soft: They don't have an option to be given who their enemy is.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Two of its tallest members, Bulat and Susanoo, far tower their female comrades, most of them only reaching up to their chest levels.
I'm Not a Hero, I'm...: The Night Raid members state that they are murderers, not heroes. Then again, their targets are utter monsters who deserve to die, with each member trying their best to avoid killing innocents in the crossfire, so their claims seem to be little more than Heroic Self-Deprecation.
La Résistance: They're assassins of the revolutionary army tasked with killing certain people in the Empire and collecting Teigu from fallen soldiers.
The Leader: Najenda is the leader of Night Raid, and hands out missions.
Mauve Shirt: About half of Night Raid can be considered this, particularly Sheele, Bulat, Chelsea, and Susanoo. While they're all interesting characters, each had potential for personal character arcs, but were killed off before anything could come to pass. Sheele's death occurred just to show that Anyone Can Die. Bulat's death occurred to give Tatsumi character development and a teigu. Night Raid's two newest members, Chelsea and Susanoo were killed shortly after they were introduced and within the same arc they were introduced or the next afterwards. Some fans have accused the creators of introducing Chelsea and Susanoo just to be on the receiving end of the The Worf Effect for the Jaegers, and to stall killing any of the "main" Night Raid members off.
- An example that works in the opposite direction are certain members of the Night Raid who begin to appear from time to time about halfway into the story. They don't recieve much characterization and don't even get names, but they appear from time to time throughout the story and even get teigu of their own. One of them even recieves Sheele's teigu after her death. And despite not getting much characterization or even a name, they manage to survive to the end of the story against all odds.
Meaningful Name: Najenda called the group Night Raid because the majority of its assassinations occur at night.
Pay Evil unto Evil: The Night Raid members explain to Tatsumi that even if they're doing it for the greater good, nothing changes the fact that they're murderers, and they will have to continue to be until the Empire is reformed.
Pragmatic Hero: Every member of Night Raid is a genuinely good person at heart, but knows that in order to change the corrupt state of the empire they'll need to be merciless against anyone that stands in their way.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Even with the eccentric personalities of each member they all still manage to efficiently work together.
Spell My Name with a "The": The team is occasionally referred to as "The Night Raid".
True Companions: Every member has absolute trust and confidence in each others' abilities. If something happens to one of their members they're instantly devastated, and seek vengeance for them so long as it doesn't put the rest of the group and their mission at risk.
Tyrannicide: At the end of Akame ga Kill!, Night Raid killing off Honest and the rest of his allies marks the beginning of the end for the Empire.
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: In a nutshell, many of their Teigus' trump cards are less than impressive than their main abilities compared to the antagonist faction. The few who actually have useful special techniques are so embarrassingly limited in its usage it would fall as comical if it didn't end up getting you killed in a pinch.

Original Members

Leone

^{Click here to see her without her Teigu}

"Tatsumi... No matter how you spin it, we commit murder."

Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese), Allison Keith (English), Vivian Fuentealba (Latin American Spanish)

The first member of Night Raid Tatsumi encounters. She approaches Tatsumi with promises to get him easily commissioned within the military only to scam him out of free alcohol and all of his money. Ironically, her encounter with him is what causes him to meet the nobles who were their targets at the time. When she witnesses Tatsumi's ruthless kill of the last noble, she notices his potential and decides to recruit him. Her reason for joining the Night Raid is simply for the fact that she likes to fight and what better outlet for her abilities than to rid the Empire of their evils.

Excelling at information gathering and a strong penchant for battling strong opponents, Leone is often the one whose seen confirming the validity of the targets in which Night Raid is assigned to assassinate. Her Teigu, Animal King Form: Lionelle, is a belt that increases all five senses, gives her animal-like characteristics, and a powerful Healing Factor in combat.

Action Girl: The most prominent one in the Night Raid.
Ambiguous Situation: It hasn't been made clear whether or not Leone died in her fight with Honest in the manga. On one hand, her Teigu was destroyed, she was shot in the chest, and Honest tossed her from a very large height. On the other hand, there was no indicator that Night Raid had lost another member, and the others have yet to find out about the result of her fight. The penultimate chapter reveals that she did indeed survive, only to die later. After she lets the citizens of the Empire take their proper revenge out on him.
An Arm and a Leg: Loses an arm against Kurome but she's quickly able to reattach it thanks to Lionelle's Healing Factor and Lubbock's Teigu.
Animal Motifs: Lions, and cats in general.
Berserk Button: Being a victim of surprise attacks. She loves doing the surprising, just not being on the other end of one. She also doesn't like people commenting on her weight.
Beware the Silly Ones: She is usually playful, laid-back and a Hard-Drinking Party Girl. However, another aspect of her personality is that she doesn´t tolerate injustice, even less that the rest of Night Raid. If you like to Kick the Dog on a daily basis, she will kill you gruesomely and mercilessly, making sure you stay that way.
Blood Knight: The biggest one within Night Raid. Najenda tends to berate her for not finishing off her foes just to have a good fight.
Boisterous Bruiser: Loves a good fight and exudes a ton of energy in and out of combat.
Buxom Beauty Standard: Her large chest is the very first thing Tatsumi notices about her, and is a constant Male Gaze focus.
Cat Girl: When using her Teigu, she gets a lion's ears, tail and claws, giving her the image of a cat woman.
Cats Are Mean: Averted, since she's probably the nicest member of Night Raid.
Cool Big Sis: Acts as this towards all of the members of the Night Raid except Najenda and Lubbock.
The Con: Her first encounter with Tatsumi has her conning him out of buying her alcohol and eventually all of his money with the promises that she can get him commissioned into the army because of a contact from within.
Curtains Match the Window: Yellow hair and eyes.
Cute Monster Girl: Here teigu turns her into a were-cat and she is able retain her sexy looks.
Dark and Troubled Past: Subverted. Tatsumi naturally assumed that Leone must have a dark history, as everyone else he had learned the pasts of had some sort of darkness that led them to their lives as assassins. Leone simply just beat up some nobles that were abusing commoners because she didn't like that, and she was scouted by the Night Raid because of it. She also randomly came across her Teigu from a back alley merchant.
Dead Man Walking: Thanks to fusing with Lionelle, she manages to cheat death long enough to deliver justice on Honest, and then have one final round of beers in celebration before going on to die in the streets, remembering how she met Tatsumi.
Disney Villain Death: Zigzagged. After having her teigu destroyed and being gravely injured by Honest in Chapter 71, Honest throws the wounded Leone off the balcony that they're fighting on, resulting in Leone plummeting several stories below. We do get to see the result of Leone's fall, as her body is crushed and even some of her intestines are spilling out. Despite all this, Leone survives the fall and defeats Honest thanks to fusing with her teigu, but she still isn't able to heal her internal injuries and dies at the end.
Double Tap: Unfortunately for Dorothea, Leone seemed to pick on the fact that in this series, it is in your best interest to do this to your opponent.
Face Death with Dignity: At the end of the series, she decides to die with honor.
Fur Against Fang: Her fight with Dorothea can be considered this, a were-cat vs. a vampire-like alchemist.
Fusion Dance: She survives against Honest long enough to deliver cruel, cruel justice upon him because she fused with Lionel, like Tatsumi fused with Tyrant, but she is a walking corpse at this point.
Good Thing You Can Heal: More than once, Leone only manages to survive because of her Healing Factor. The biggest example was during her fight with Dorothea, as the alchemist's Teigu is practically a One-Hit Kill to regular people, but Leone manages to recover.
Go Out with a Smile: In her final scene, knowing that she won't survive the serious injuries Honest inflicted, she smiles peacefully as she thinks back to the first time she met Tatsumi.
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Has been seen with alcohol more than anyone else. Interestingly, she's also better at holding her liquor than anyone else.
Hellish Pupils: Sometimes have these when she uses her Teigu.
The Hero Dies: She is one of the main heroines of the series and helps end Honest's brutal reign at the cost of her own life.
Heroic RRoD: After Honest shatters her Teigu, Leone was still able to force a merge with it, much like Tatsumi did with Incursio. Unfortunately, she was unable to heal any of the internal injuries that she had occurred through the fight and ended up dying after the battle was over.
Heroic Sacrifice: She risks her life to end Honest's reign.
Heroic Spirit: Leone's will power is her greatest strength. She can shrug off horrific injuries and push herself beyond her limits if she's determined enough.
If We Get Through This…: Leone jokes that if they all survive the rebellion, the gang should form a traveling circus.
Lecherous Licking: Licks Tatsumi's ear as a sign of flirting with him. Given that this is how cats show affection, it's quite in-theme for her.
Lightning Bruiser: Fast enough to Flash Step across a mountain valley and strong enough to crush skulls and smash craters into the ground with one punch.
Major Injury Underreaction: She's hardly slowed down by injuries no matter how gruesome thanks to her Healing Factor. She even carries on for quite a while after being fatally shot by Minister Honest.
Marshmallow Hell: Subjects Tatsumi to this to tease him much to his embarrassment and the envy of Lubbock’s.
- In the manga (chapter 44), Leone also subjects Akame to this, much to Lubbock's excitement.
Leone: (glomps Akame) I'm completely healed, Akame!
Akame: Do that to Tatsumi, not me!
Meaningful Name: Leone means "lion" in Italian.
Ms. Fanservice: A young busty woman whose Iconic Outfit are Stripperific clothes and has the ability to transform into a Cat Girl. Not to mention her tendency to glomp people.
Nice Girl: She a major tease for such and she will definitely pound you if you are her enemy, but outside of that Leone is easily the nicest member of Night Raid, as she is relaxed, upbeat, cheerful, and always ready to cheer up her friends when they need it.
Now That's Using Your Teeth!: Like catching throwing knives and biting off the tip of flamethrowers.
Post-Victory Collapse: After being fatally injured in the anime, Leone carries on long enough to see the rebellion's success. Only then does she finally succumb to her wounds.
Rasputinian Death: While not to the degree as Chelsea, Leone initially looked to have suffered one in the manga after losing her fight against Honest. After he shatters her Teigu, he caps her full of bullets and then throws her off a balcony. While she would survive it thanks to merging with her teigu, she was not able heal from the internal injuries she suffered and dies shortly after the final battle.
Scarf of Asskicking: She always wears a scarf.
Skinship Grope: She gropes Akame's ass in chapter 62, while jokingly offering to give Akame an "erotic massage". Akame wasn't amused.
Spirited Competitor: She has a tendency to waste time on an assassination if she comes across particularly strong enemies. This particular trait gets her punished by Najenda at times.
Stripperiffic: Her outfit is essentially a bikini with detached sleeves and detached pants legs. Make note of how this manga also has a Limited Wardrobe for almost every character.
The Tease: Towards Tatsumi and later to Akame.
The Worf Effect: Because of the nature of Leone's powers, she tends to get the worst of the beatdowns to show how deadly Night Raid's enemies can be.
Would Hurt a Child:
- Subverted with Dorothea; one of the main reasons she is able to kill her without mercy is the discovery that she is not actually a child but a woman who has kept herself in child form through scientific means.
- Also subverted with Aria, who was a child, as she asks Akame to do the honors of killing her instead, though Tatsumi ended up actually doing the job.

Teigu: Lionelle

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Dormant mode

Healing Factor: An ability of Lionelle heightens the user’s ability to recover, allowing them to recover from near fatal wounds and reattach limbs with some assistance.
Little Bit Beastly: After its activation the user grows the ears and tail of a lion, while their hands transform into large paws. Oddly, she still also has human ears in this form.
Our Werebeasts Are Different: Technically, its ability is to change it's user into a were-cat, complete with healing factor.
Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Activating Lionelle makes Leone's hair grow from being shoulder length short to being long enough to reach her back.
Red Baron: Animal King: Lionelle.
Super-Senses: Lionelle enhances the user's senses to superhuman levels.
Super-Strength: All of her physical abilities are greatly amplified, and she can lift enormous stone pillars with ease.

Bulat

^{Click here to see him without his Teigu}

"You won't survive if you just let your boiling blood dictate your actions."

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese), David Wald (English), Diego Muzlera (Latin American Spanish)

Once a high ranking Imperial Officer of the Empire, he defected after his former superior was framed for crimes he didn't commit because he refused to give into the Prime Minister's agenda. Whilst defecting he steals the Teigu Incursio and soon joins Night Raid. Known by his teammates for his passionate behavior, inhuman combat skill, and peculiar taste in men, Bulat soon takes a recently joined Tatsumi under his wing and trains him to be a stronger fighter.

His Teigu, Demon Armor: Incursio, is a short sword that can summon a full body armor that enhances the his physical strength and allows him to blend in with the environment.

Badass Arm-Fold: Engages in this trope constantly—so much so that it's practically his default position. No, seriously,◊ these are just a few examples.◊
Badass Longcoat: Back when he was at the Empire's service, he wore a white jacket. These days, he wears a black coat with spikes in the shoulders.
Big Brother Mentor: To Tatsumi.
Charles Atlas Superpower: All members of Night Raid are capable of superhuman feats, but Bulat's strength is on another level entirely from sheer training.
Compressed Hair: Somehow, his pompadour can fit inside the helmet of Incursio.
Death by Irony: Killed by the same man who inspired him to defect from the Empire.
Defector from Decadence: He was an Imperial Officer of The Empire before leaving after realizing how corrupt the Prime Minister is.
Delinquent Hair: His hair is styled in the shape of a pompadour. A heart shaped pompadour.
Determinator: Bulat stabs himself in the leg to avoid being affected by Nyau's flute Teigu.
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: He gives Tatsumi one of these when he almost allows himself to be consumed by vengeance.
Go Out with a Smile: He dies with a smile knowing that Tatsumi will surpass him.
Heroic Build: He is ripped.
Hot-Blooded: He is among the most emotional members of the Night Raid and he teaches Tatsumi to embrace these emotions but not to let them consume him.
Hunk: Square-chinned, tall and muscular Bulat creates quite the contrast when standing next to Tatsumi.
Manly Gay: Basically the poster boy for masculunity in the series. And he's not too subtle about his interest in men either.
Meaningful Name: It's an old type of reinforced steel known in Russia and the name of a pretty sturdy tank.
Nice Guy: One of the nicest members of the Night Raid when Tatsumi first joins.
Not Too Dead to Save the Day: He appears in chapter 74 to give Tatsumi the last minute encouragement he needs to avoid being controlled by Tyrant. Whether it's a ghost, a hallucination, or his spirit left in Incursio isn't clear.
Obi-Wan Moment: He gives Tatsumi some important last minute instructions on how to use Incursio, before succumbing to fatal poisoning by Liver.
One-Man Army: Implied to be this in his days serving The Empire. He easily kill groups of enemies and if Liver's words and his title of "The Hundred Man Slayer" are taken into account, he is this. It is actually, implied to kill more than one hundred men, he just thought the title "The Hundred Man Slayer" sounded cooler.
Red Baron: The Hundred Man Slayer.
Satellite Character: Arguably. Aside from his backstory, his Incursio, and other impressive abilities, Bulat never really has anything else to offer (most likely due to dying so early in the story). Instead, his character is largely defined by his interactions with Tatsumi: aside from constantly hitting on the latter to the point of Running Gag, he also acts as a Big Brother Mentor to him, and even hands him Incursio before succumbing to death via Liver's poison. In addition, Bulat is rarely ever shown interacting with other Night Raid members, and only does so if Tatsumi is involved somehow. Finally, unlike Sheele, who has a Happy Flashback of her time with Night Raid right before her death, Bulat never experiences anything like that. His final thoughts are only on Tatsumi, no one else. Take Tatsumi out of the equation, he's reduced to a background character who happens to be a really strong (gay) guy.
Shirtless Scene: If he's not in his Incursio armor, then he's probably without his shirt, too, just for good measure.
Small Role, Big Impact: He was one of the most short-lived Night Raid members along Sheele and Chelsea, but his death provoked the development of Tatsumi and the obtainment of his Teigu.
Spin to Deflect Stuff: Spinning his halberd is enough to neutralize Liver's water cannon.
Team Dad: Serves as a father role model type figure for many of the Night Raid members, especially for Tatsumi.
Tough Love: Any advice he gives Tatsumi usually leads with a punch to the face. Bulat outright states he favors tough love.
Transformation Sequence: He gets a brief one when donning his armor, as shown in episode 3.