History YMMV / AkameGaKill

** Tatsumi's and Wave's (in)action at the Akame/Kurome fight in the anime. Some viewers didn't want either of them to be there, since it ruined the fight between the two sisters--especially since both of them didn't do anything. Others, however, were glad that they respected Akame and Kurome's wishes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou to fight one-on-one with each other]], and even more viewers appreciated that Tatsumi was there to [[spoiler:comfort Akame when she broke down crying, and that Wave took care of Kurome's body after questioning why he was fighting in the first place]].

** Chelsea's opinion that Night Raid shouldn't get involved with Danger Beast attacks is meant to be portrayed as cold since this might lead to more innocent citizen getting killed. However, Chelsea does point out that the Jaegers will eventually take care, so there was no need to risk their lives and the chance of possible exposure. Sure enough, Tatsumi had a run-in with Esdeath and was spotted by Syura. Also, as soon the Danger Beast threat was taken care of the Jaeger quickly turned their attention to Night Raid.

* TheScrappy: Najenda is not very well liked among the fans who have only watched the anime. A lot of anime fans were already disappointed that she ended up being a case of TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter since despite being Night Raid's leader she had hardly any participation in fights or the main story. But a lot of fans were not pleased with [[spoiler: how she handled Lubbock's death in the anime. Despite Lubbock's UndyingLoyalty to her she barely seems to care about him when he dies. The fact that she survived the anime over more well liked Night Raid members and even some of The Jaegers despite her lack of importance in the anime did not go well with fans either.]]

** Sheele has started to become a very divisive character especially after people have become more vocal with their criticisms towards the manga. For some she's a fan favorite since she was the first member of Night Raid to show kindness to Tatsumi, her clumsiness was cute, and she had a sad backstory a lot of readers sympathized with. In fact, the popularity poll had her rank higher than Lubbock, Leone, and even Tatsumi. As such many felt heartbroken when [[spoiler: Seryu killed her in chapter 9.]] However another group of readers see Sheele as a mere plot device that existed [[spoiler: just for Takahiro to demonstrate that AnyoneCanDie]]. Readers in this group find Sheele to be a boring character with nothing much to her other than being clumsy. It doesn't help that most of her screen time and backstory reveal comes right before [[spoiler: her death.]] Some of her detractors have even gone as far to say that her backstory makes her come off just as psychotic and depraved as some of the people working for the Empire.
** Chelsea falls under this category. Her comment on how she believes Sheele and Bulat were "terrible assassins" and killing [[spoiler:the AntiVillain Bols]] certainly won her some dislike from the fan base. In the most extreme cases, many actually rejoiced when she faced her [[spoiler:death]]. However, despite all this, Chelsea manages to be one of the most popular characters, winning 2nd place in the official character poll for the Japanese fan base. There are also those who would argue that Chelsea's [[spoiler: death]] wasn't at all justified, pointing out some of the series more irredeemable characters had [[spoiler: deaths]] that were nowhere nears as undignified, [[spoiler: or painful]], as hers. Additionally, many of Chelsea's claims do have [[JerkassHasAPoint valid points to them]], as most of them do in fact come true in later chapters.
** Akame. Her fans view her as a BadassAdorable and enjoy her switching from a cute, awkward glutton to a hardened warrior. Her detractors find her dull in both characterization and battle for wielding a OneHitKill blade and gradually losing relevance despite being the eponymous heroine.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Esdeath is an evil person who has a [[TheSocialDarwinist darwinist philosophy]], is very brutal when it comes to fighting her enemies, has no empathy towards those she deems as weak, loves torturing innocent people and considers it to be a hobby. She is one of the reasons why the Empire is so corrupt because she supports the evil Prime Minister, which provides her an endless opportunities to slaughter any rebels she comes across. Despite this, many fans see her as the poster girl of this trope, mainly because fans are attracted by her beauty and design (wearing a fanservice army-like costume and how huge her boobs are) and several factors, such as her tenacious demeanor, her great powers, some of her PetTheDog moments (regardless of how contrived they are) and her loyalty towards her subordinates contribute to the attractiveness of the character herself.
** Mez is the most popular of the Four Rakshasa Demons due to her status as this.
** In Zero, Akame and the other girls of the Elite Seven can be considered this. The guys in the same group aren't that bad looking either.

** Seryu is an interesting case. Sure, she's garnered a significant amount of haters who thought her to be UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to her hypocritical attitude and [[spoiler:her assassination of Sheele]]. On the other hand, that doesn't stray her from having her own fair share of fans as well; in fact, how can you possibly hate her at any moment that she's showing off her soft side, such as crying over [[spoiler:the death of Dr. Stylish]] and being comforted by Esdeath, playing with children, and [[spoiler:having an AlasPoorVillain moment before the bomb inside her head goes off and kills her as a result]]?

** Seryu, the mentally-ill orphaned girl who sincerely believes that she is working for a "just cause", cares about her colleagues and innocent children, and even gets a [[AlasPoorVillain sympathetic death]]. However, a significant portion of the fandom continues to despise her largely because of her hypocritical attitude and for [[spoiler:killing off fan-favorite Sheele]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While the anime was met to a very controversial reception, it still became a hit in the United States especially while it was being simulcast and especially after airing on Toonami. In Japan, the anime suffered from lackluster DVD/Blu-ray sales. However, in the United States it performed well in streaming numbers during simulcast but most notably became one of the most requested anime to air on Toonami. During the first episode premiere it became the most watched anime premiere on Toonami, which has aired other popular anime such as Anime/KillLaKill and LightNovel/SwordArtOnline. Thankfully the success wasn't short lived as subsequent episodes frequently broke 1 million views and Sentai even gave both halves the series a limited edition release.

** [[spoiler Although it does have elements of AlasPoorVillain, Seryu's defeat to Mine is incredibly satisfying to witness after what Seryu did to Sheele]].