History YMMV / AkameGaKill

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: When Seryu was introduced, it seemed like she would add a good deal of ambiguity to Night Raid's actions, showing that their methods can also result in good, innocent people suffering, spawning a tragic CycleOfVengeance. Instead, she turned out to be one of the biggest psychopaths in the series as well as TheScrappy, rendering this point moot.

** [[spoiler: Esdeath:]] of all people. [[spoiler: Throughout the series, Esdeath was built up as a nigh-invincible villain that can take on all of Night Raid at once. However, during the finale, Esdeath was defeated by "just" Akame in less than '"one" episode. This is especially upsetting for manga reader since it was established that if the rebellion has any chance of defeating Esdeath they will need 5000 soldier and ten teigu users "including" Akame, if they have any hope of defeating Esdeath.]]

** Seryu. While at first coming off as a sweet, bubbly KnightInShiningArmor, by [[spoiler:the time she dies]], she's proven herself to be the most brutal, completely insane psychopath in a setting ''full'' of psychopaths.

** Akame as well. She and her sister were sold away by their parents, was forced to kill people for the Empire ever since she was a child, loses multiple comrades in the prequel AND series, has said sister that would love to kill her[[spoiler: and , in the anime, is forced to kill Kurome and is the only one in Night Raid, [besides Najenda], alive at the end of the series.

* TheWoobie: [[BreaktheCutie Tastumi]].He really, REALLY can't catch a break...

* TheWoobie: {{BreaktheCutie Tastumi}}.He really, REALLY can't catch a break...

** Given their similar fighting scenes and amount of {{Shout Out}}s, it also resembles what ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' would look without the ninja flavour.

** The giant experimental danger beast that came out of nowhere in the middle of [[spoiler: Akame and Kurome's final fight and destroyed Kurome's two most powerful puppets, Natala and Doya. Ultimately, it was just introduced as a way to give Akame the advantage she needed to defeat Kurome.]]

** [[spoiler: Esdeath:]] of all people. [[spoiler: Throughout the series, Esdeath was built up as a nigh-invincible villain that can take on all of Night Raid at once. However, during the finale, Esdeath was defeated by ''just'" Akame in less than '"'one'" episode. This is especially upsetting for manga reader since it was established that if the rebellion has any chance of defeating Esdeath they will need 5000 soldier and ten teigu users "'including'" Akame, if they have any hope of defeating Esdeath.]]

** [[spoiler: Esdeath:]] of all people. [[spoiler: Throughout the series, Esdeath was built up as a nigh-invincible villain that can take on all of Night Raid at once. However, during the finale, Esdeath was defeated by '"just"' Akame in less than '"one"' episode. This is especially upsetting for manga reader since it was established that if the rebellion has any chance of defeating Esdeath they will need 5000 soldier and ten teigu users '"including"' Akame, if they have any hope of defeating Esdeath.]]

** [[spoiler: Esdeath]]

* AssPull: The fact that [[spoiler:Akame is inexplicably able to defeat Esdeath for good in the anime's finale, despite the series taking great amounts to build her as a downright nigh-invincible villain who could take the entire Night Raid and laugh at their faces]] (see Villain Sue below).

** How crazy was some of the hype. There were fans early in who were comparing it to Game of Thrones of all things!! Understandably people were a mite peeved when they saw it was really Karneval with fewer pretty boys and a Tomino death toll.

* MagnificentBitch: [[KnightTemplar Seryu]] developed a backup strategy during her fight with Mine and Sheele in case she was in a jam, [[XanatosGambit ordering Coro to enter Berserker mode and try to crush the life out of Mine, which forced Sheele to come to her rescue only to get shot from behind by her by surprise.]] She truly proved herself to be one step ahead of the good guys in that fight, and from her laugh as Coro munched on Sheele in the aftermath of the fight, [[SmitingEvilFeelsGood you could just tell that she was enjoying said victory.]] She was even able to beat down Mine during her second showdown with her with her own hands in a series of punches when her other weaponry failed against her.

* MagnificentBitch: [[KnightTemplar Seryu]] developed a backup strategy during her fight with Mine and Sheele in case she was in a jam, ordering Coro to enter Berserker mode and try to crush the life out of Mine, which forced Sheele to come to her rescue only to get shot from behind by her by surprise. She truly proved herself to be one step ahead of the good guys in that fight, and from her laugh as Coro munched on Sheele in the aftermath of the fight, [[SmitingEvilFeelsGood you could just tell that she was enjoying said victory.]] She was even able to beat down Mine during her second showdown with her with her own hands in a series of punches when her other weaponry failed against her.

** Lubbock/Najenda started picking up steam around the time of [[spoiler: Lubbock's ColdBloodedTorture at the hands of Syura, and his consequent attempt of escaping with keeping his loyalty to Night Raid intact]] as proof enough that Lubbock deserves to be with the woman he's been failing to seduce time and time again. [[spoiler:Then he gets killed the next chapter...]]

** The BigBad is the {{corrupt|Politician}}, [[IronicName ironically-named]], [[EvilChancellor Prime Minister Honest]], a [[FatBastard bloated]], grotesque [[VillainousGlutton glutton]] who [[TheManBehindTheMan ruins the empire from behind the scenes]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating the young Emperor]], and is the source of the Empire’s corruption. Honest is introduced having a man loyal to the young Emperor executed while promising Honest will "care for"' the man's wife. Throughout the series, Honest allows murders, rapes, tortures and helps to grow the monstrosity of corruption in the capital so nobles do whatever they want at the expense of the lives of those beneath them. Honest has the military launch brutal campaigns of conquest and expansion and when his evil son Syura returns to the capital, Honest gives him a group of evil criminals (The Wild Hunt) to attack civilians in the guise of "justice. " Aware of his own mortality, {{the hedonist}}ic Honest plans to [[TheCorrupter corrupt the Emperor]] so even after his own death, the corruption of the empire will go on.

* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'':

** Syura, the [[OverlordJr twisted son]] of Prime Minister Honest, is driven by a [[WellDoneSonGuy desire to surpass his successful father]], and puts together a group of vicious psychos known as [[PsychoForHire The Wild Hunt]] in order to hunt down the Night Raid. Syura wastes no time [[RapePillageAndBurn terrorizing the populace in attacks]] where innocent people are butchered and men, women and children alike are raped by him and his squad. Syura himself treats his “playthings” horribly with a tendency to kill them, all the while daring someone to challenge him as he is [[SpoiledBrat the son of the Prime Minister]] and thus [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections untouchable]]. When he actually captures a member of Night Raid, Syura subjects him to [[ColdBloodedTorture hideous torture]], including [[GroinAttack crushing one of his testicles]], to get him to speak. When he encounters the widow of a genuine Imperial war hero, Syura wastes no time raping and murdering her while one of his men has her young daughter right on top of the husband's grave. Spoiled, selfish, monstrous and consumed with nothing more than a need to satisfy his own desires and cruelty, Syura is the worst the dark world of ''Akame Ga Kill'' has to offer.
** [[MonsterClown Champ]], one of the aforementioned Wild Hunt, was imprisoned for being a [[WouldHurtAChild pedophiliac]] SerialRapist and SerialKiller. During an early raid of the Wild Hunt, Champ notices a little boy and kills a woman trying to stop him from raping him. Champ comments how he enjoys killing the children before they can become "filthy adults" and later rapes and murders the daughter of a dead imperial war hero right on top of her father's grave while Syura handles her mother. It is revealed that a member of another Imperial Squad, the Jaegers, named Run has joined simply to get revenge on Champ for slaughering his class from the days when he was a teacher. When confronted with this, Champ comments [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he's violated and killed so many kids he can't even remember the class]] until his memory is jogged. His only emotion is disapointment that them screaming for Run to save them ruined his fun.

* MagnificentBitch: [[KnightTemplar Seryu]] developed a backup strategy during her fight with Mine and Sheele in case she was in a jam, ordering Coro to enter Berserker mode and try to crush the life out of Mine, which forced Sheele to come to her rescue only to get shot from behind by her by surprise. She truly proved herself to be one step ahead of the good guys in that fight, and from her laugh as Coro munched on Sheele in the aftermath of the fight, [[SmitingEvilFeelsGood you could just tell that she was enjoying said victory.]] She was even able to beat down Mine during her second showdown with her own hands in a series of punches when her other weaponry failed against her.

* MagnificentBitch: Seryu developed a backup strategy during her fight with Mine and Sheele in case she was in a jam, ordering Coro to enter Berserker mode and try to crush the life out of Mine, which forced Sheele to come to her rescue only to get shot from behind by her by surprise. She truly proved herself to be one step ahead of the good guys in that fight, and from her laugh as Coro munched on Sheele in the aftermath of the fight, [[SmitingEvilFeelsGood you could just tell that she was enjoying her victory.]] She was even able to beat down Mine during her second showdown with her with her own hands when her other weaponry failed against her.

** Syura, the [[OverlordJr twisted son]] of [[BigBad Prime Minister Honest]], is driven by a [[WellDoneSonGuy desire to surpass his successful father]], and puts together a group of vicious psychos known as [[PsychoForHire The Wild Hunt]] in order to hunt down the Night Raid. Syura wastes no time [[RapePillageAndBurn terrorizing the populace in attacks]] where innocent people are butchered and men, women and children alike are raped by him and his squad. Syura himself treats his “playthings” horribly with a tendency to kill them, all the while daring someone to challenge him as he is [[SpoiledBrat the son of the Prime Minister]] and thus [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections untouchable]]. When he actually captures a member of Night Raid, Syura subjects him to [[ColdBloodedTorture hideous torture]], including [[GroinAttack crushing one of his testicles]], to get him to speak. When he encounters the widow of a genuine Imperial war hero, Syura wastes no time raping and murdering her while one of his men has her young daughter right on top of the husband's grave. Spoiled, selfish, monstrous and consumed with nothing more than a need to satisfy his own desires and cruelty, Syura is the worst the dark world of ''Akame Ga Kill'' has to offer.
** Syura's father, [[EvilChancellor Prime Minister Honest]], is even worse. A [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[FatBastard fatass]] who exploits Emperor Makoto's youth and naivety to get what he wants, Honest sadistically torments and kills any and all non-corrupt ministers and officials he can get his hands on before replacing them with the most corrupt and wretched scumbags he can find so that the empire can sink into even further disgrace and depravity. He is absolutely determined to ensure that the empire remains as corrupted as possible, even planning to turn Makoto into a hedonistic pervert when he gets older so that things will only continue to get worse after his death. [[LackOfEmpathy Heartless]], [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[DirtyOldMan perverted]], [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], and an all-around [[AxCrazy psychopath]], Honest symbolizes the absolute pinnacle of corruption within the confines of the empire, and absolutely ''loves'' [[CardCarryingVillain being so]].
** [[MonsterClown Champ]], one of the Wild Hunt, was imprisoned for being a [[WouldHurtAChild pedophiliac]] {{serial rapist}} and {{serial killer}}. During an early raid of the Wild Hunt, Champ notices a little boy and kills a woman trying to stop him from raping him. Champ comments how he enjoys killing the children before they can become "filthy adults" and later rapes and murders the daughter of a dead imperial war hero right on top of her father's grave while Syura handles her mother. It is revealed that a member of another Imperial Squad, the Jaegers, named Run has joined simply to get revenge on Champ for slaughering his class from the days when he was a teacher. When confronted with this, Champ comments [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he's violated and killed so many kids he can't even remember the class]] until his memory is jogged. His only emotion is disapointment that them screaming for Run to save them ruined his fun.

** With Episode 19 making multiple changes, such as shortening the Borick Assassination Arc by removing [[spoiler: Wave's battle with Akame, Mine and Lubbock, Esdeath's development of Maha Padma and her battle against Najenda, Susanoo, Leone and Tatsumi and Susanoo's HeroicSacrifice.]] The anime did rectify this somewhat by having [[spoiler:Su's HeroicSacrifice and Esdeath's use of Maha Padma]] later used in episode 21.
** Episode 20 completely skips the Wild Hunt mini-arc, has [[spoiler:Syura as an AntiClimaxBoss, and has Lubbock dying in a completely different way than in the manga.]] The fans are ''pissed''.
** The ending. Suffice to say, a good portion of the fanbase say the show flew off the rails toward the end, with multiple character deaths in a row not featured in the manga. Most agree...it's not good.

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