[Discussion] Disappointed with Akame Ga Kill

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Have only watched the Anime but I've been hearing some manga reader that there's alot of of great intense and hype moments and not to get attach with the characters but yet not everyone is willingly to follow that procedure with some Game of Thrones shit when actuality characters are one of the main reason to get hooked up with any series.

I have mix feeling with this series and in this latest episode some great and likable and cool character such as Bulat has to die in 5 episodes. Are you really telling me that characters deaths that just got introduced is what makes the most impact in this series???


Sheele death was definitely unexpected and meaningless, we didn't get any indepth of her character with learning more about her back-story and you expect anyone to shed tears and blow our mind just for the sake of shock value who'd died in less than 6 episodes??? Sheele to me was whatever, I couldn't care less, I'm sure most people would agree with me, that the deaths right now is a joke.

Every Night raid members especially someone like Bulat had so much great potential and as such his death wasted it.

Don't get me wrong, this latest episode was handled ALOT better than Sheele because it set up perfectly for his death, and I had a feeling that Bulat is in deep trouble because this was his former general and he may have been hesitated but no there's was no hesitation at all. It was just the fact that this dude has set planned and he knew if he had failed with the water dragon he can draw his own blood with poisoned and that was such smart shit. The fight itself was so strategic and so suspenseful atleast none of this BS friendship and plot overise.

When Bulat dies and Tatsumi kneeled on him equipping the new imperial arm and cry as honor and that really hit me, It's way more plausible more realistic than seiruyu and sheele. but F***ck I'm so mad right now cause really when it's a long running series what's the point of killing off every night raid members so early???


I really appreciate that we're getting so much dark theme considering the amount of dangers we're receiving we havn't even get to the point of Esdeath considering the biggest threat and some main characters already died by the likes of her underlings...

Thats great if you think so morbidly about characters but not everyone is just expecting each episode to have a substantial character death. On the note of character deaths I get this feeling that they are just killing characters for just the shock value and nothing else of substance. Like in Game of Thrones a characters death has a pretty heavy cause and effect but here its just "lets kill this character so people will be shocked and sad".
 
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Pointless death or not; that is opinionated. Sheele and Bulat were killed off because they had nothing to offer to the story anymore. They just aren't relevant enough other than to set up a dark mood and show that in this story, both sides have equal chances of dying. Bulat's death was meant to gave Tatsumi a Teigu and a sense of reality, to finally realize that his old ways are too light-hearted and don't mean anything in a battle. Sheele's death was just meant to set up the battle between Mine and Seryu and create a dark atmosphere.
 
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Just like Ac said above, Bulat's death was to develop Tatsumi's character and a lot of people felt sad when Shelee died , myself included , if it didn't hit you then it didn't , there was nothing wrong with it , when Teigu users fight each other one will die , this was stated since the beginning don't know why you are surprise .
 
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Pointless death or not; that is opinionated. Sheele and Bulat were killed off because they had nothing to offer to the story anymore. They just aren't relevant enough other than to set up a dark mood and show that in this story, both sides have equal chances of dying. Bulat's death was meant to gave Tatsumi a Teigu and a sense of reality, to finally realize that his old ways are too light-hearted and don't mean anything in a battle. Sheele's death was just meant to set up the battle between Mine and Seryu and create a dark atmosphere.
There were many opportunities for these characters to go at. I understand why Bulat/ Sheele has to die, I know their roles serves for Tatsumi and Mine but that was too early and too rushed. If tatsumi should finally realize the reality he live in, then the author should take the Jiriaya route where Bulat and Tatsumi deeply interacted for 50+ episodes or so for better development, I think that would've been better then a character that just got introduced to the series itself.
 

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No .

Just like Ac said above, Bulat's death was to develop Tatsumi's character and a lot of people felt sad when Shelee died , myself included , if it didn't hit you then it didn't , there was nothing wrong with it , when Teigu users fight each other one will die , this was stated since the beginning don't know why you are surprise .
Of course I'm surprised, a character that just got introduced in the beginning of the series that just died is totally unexpected, it should'v been the seryu who died not sheele or atleast either oneside escaped ...
 

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There were many opportunities for these characters to go at. I understand why Bulat/ Sheele has to die, I know their roles serves for Tatsumi and Mine but that was too early and too rushed. If tatsumi should finally realize the reality he live in, then the author should take the Jiriaya route where Bulat and Tatsumi deeply interacted for 50+ episodes or so for better development, I think that would've been better then a character that just got introduced to the series itself.
Not really. Sheele didn't have much background connection or connection in general with anyone other than being a motherly figure to Tatsumi and a friend to the rest. Her death was just meant to prove the point that the ''good side'' isn't invincible and can't die like the ''evil side''. On the other hand, Bulat had connections with Liver and was a big brother figure to Tatsumi. Liver was killed off anyway. Their characters didn't have much to offer really, in the first place. They were both heavily attached to Tatsumi so that they could be killed off and Tatsumi would stop viewing the world like a light, happy place and learn what it's meant to be an assassin.

then the author should take the Jiriaya route where Bulat and Tatsumi deeply interacted for 50+ episodes or so for better development
That's not really an option. Akame ga Kill is a monthly manga, not a weekly manga like some mainstream ones such as Naruto. They simply don't have much time to keep someone like Bulat around for a shit ton of screentime when they are supposed to move on.
 

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I was also really disappointed with the anime so I started reading the manga last week, it's definitely worth it, if you don't like the manga then I just don't know what to do anymore.

IMO, they might've killed off a bit too many characters than was actually needed but they showed their willingness to kill off characters, that's what makes it good too.
It's like you never know who is going to die or when they're going to die because there is no plot protection for anyone except Tatsumi and maybe Akame, it's survival of the fittest.
 

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Not really. Sheele didn't have much background connection or connection in general with anyone other than being a motherly figure to Tatsumi and a friend to the rest. Her death was just meant to prove the point that the ''good side'' isn't invincible and can't die like the ''evil side''. On the other hand, Bulat had connections with Liver and was a big brother figure to Tatsumi. Liver was killed off anyway. Their characters didn't have much to offer really, in the first place. They were both heavily attached to Tatsumi so that they could be killed off and Tatsumi would stop viewing the world like a light, happy place and learn what it's meant to be an assassin.



That's not really an option. Akame ga Kill is a monthly manga, not a weekly manga like some mainstream ones such as Naruto. They simply don't have much time to keep someone like Bulat around for a shit ton of screentime when they are supposed to move on.
Yes I get it, I understand why they have to die but regardless it's still bad to get killed off so early in beginning of the series, and yes it's still ongoing probably a long running series by now, it doesn't matter if it's monthly cause guess what, weekly manga such as Naruto, Onepiece, and Bleach in one month makes up the same amount of contents of chapters as the monthly release does, so that definitely leaves so much opportunities when the author can take so much time for this series.
 

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That's not really an option. Akame ga Kill is a monthly manga, not a weekly manga like some mainstream ones such as Naruto. They simply don't have much time to keep someone like Bulat around for a shit ton of screentime when they are supposed to move on.
Funny enough neither Sheele nor Bulat needed a shit ton of chapters for you to grow fond of the characters and give Tatsumi/Mine development with their deaths
 
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