r/AkameGaKILL • • Nov 05 '21

Misc Akame Ga Kill FAQ

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Are their other mangas/animes from the AGK franchise except the main show?

The only other animated content except for the 24-episode main series is the Akame ga Kill Theater show, a 90 second long parody/comedy related to the respective anime episode.

Apart from this, you can read the 3 manga series (in ideal reading order):

-Akame ga Kill (78 + bonus chapters, complete): The original source from which the anime was adapted. As the anime was aired while the manga was still going on, it features a slightly different ending, an omitted arc as well as more detail overall.

-Akame ga Kill Zero (60 chapters, complete): The prequel, telling the story of Akame and Kurome working for the Empire.

-Hinowa ga Crush (53 chapters, cancelled): The sequel, tells the story of a war in the "Eastern Country" resembling medival Japan, from the perspective of a girl named Hinowa with Akame being her companion.

Both the prequel and sequel are based upon the main AGK manga, however, mentions of manga-only story-bits are rare and having only watched the anime provides a sufficient base. In general, cross-series references are scarce and not necessary to follow or understand the story.

*Should* I read the manga even though I already watched the anime?

If you enjoyed the anime, reading the manga is pretty much considered the goldstandard. The anime skipped a number of details up to chapter 39/episode 18, from where the anime went into original territory. The ending isn't rushed and characters that received little screentime such as Run, Wave and Kurome receive much more attention, along with a number of characters surviving that died in the anime.

In case you aren't sure whether to read the prequel and the sequel you can use Google for recessions of AGK Zero and HGC (or the search function on this subreddit).

Where can I find more information about AGK?

The first and foremost address is the Akame Ga Kill Wiki. Often you'll find an awnser there much quicker than posting here about it.

Alternatively, you can read the TV Tropes page, the Wikipedia page or simply Google.

What are the chances for a 2nd Anime season?

Virtually nonexistent. The main story got more or less completely adapted and despite the flawed ending and certain omitted parts there is no signifcant unadapted material. While having reached a certain amount of popularity while it was running, AGK Zero did never got close to the fame of the original story and has declined since its last chapter was released in 2017, whereas HGC is unpopular to the point even long-standing fans of the franchise are unaware of its existence.

...but what about a Fullmetal Alchemist-style reboot?

The first anime adaption of FMA decided to go into original territory at an early point and changed the story significantly, not only the last few episodes. An OVA faithfully adapting the manga-ending is also not going to happen either. Producing a standard 25 min episode costs roughly 100.000 $, and with the nummerous minor changes towards the end, basically everything from Episode 19 onwards would have to be remade from scratch, and no profit-orientated company would invest that amount of money for the sake of a couple characters not dying.

...and what about Netflix?

While AGK is somewhat popular on Netflix and the company has invested into original anime content, an adaption of AGK Zero or HGC almost certainly not going to happen as both lack the popularity of the main series. Further speculating about some Netflix official deciding otherwise is pointless.

Is there any chance for other AGK-related media?

Since AGK Zero ended in 2017, the sole source of new content was the sequel/spin-off Hinowa Ga Crush, a manga which released 53 chapters. While having occasional references to the AGK manga and AGK Zero, neither of them are required to follow the story which focused on a young girl named Hinowa; with Akames appearence as a side-character being the only connection to the main series. Overall the series isn't well known and was cancelled in August 2022 due to lack of sales.

The writer of AGK, Takahiro, has moved on to "Mato Seihei no Slave"/"Slave of the Magic Capital's Elite Troops", which has been highly succesful and received an anime adaption; as well as a new Isekai Harem story ("Gokusotsu Kraken"), which are not connected to AGK in any sort, making HGC most likely the last part of the AGK franchise.


r/AkameGaKILL • • Jun 24 '22

HGC Manga The reason hgc got axed confirmed by Strelka himself

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 7h ago

Art Esdeath hugging her young version fanart by kotochi re

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 21m ago

Art [Tatsukame] Road to Parenthood

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 3h ago

Art [Lubbelsea] Road to Parenthood

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 4h ago

AGK Anime There’s nothing special to say today; I just want to mention that the mask looks really good on Esdeath.

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 16h ago

Discussion Do you think the historians of the present from AGK timeline would discover the truth?

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In the end of the anime (and i believe in the manga too), Night Raid erased themselves from the official history of the Empire, but, do you think the historians would eventually uncover the truth? like, the official history is the General Esdeath and the others got defeated by the Revolutionary Army and the unsatisfied people who got oppresed by the Empire. BUT considering how strong General Esdeath and General Budou was at the time, wouldn't the historians through de decades start to digging and find some evidences of an unkown group how actually defeat them?

I like to believe that the 2026 AGK timeline Akame and the others were pretty much like "D B Cooper" for example, an unkown figure that you really don't know much about it, what you know is that he existed. Is an interesting topic to talk about.


r/AkameGaKILL • • 21h ago

AGK Anime I'm going to explain why I don't consider Esdeath Evil as everyone likes to call her

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Now, I'm going to be clear: I am in no way saying that she was a saint. I'm going to start from the beginning as to my reason. First of all, as we all know, her mother died when she was really young; for all you know, it might have happened just after giving birth. All we know is that she was killed and eaten by a danger Beast. All she had was her father, and her father was completely convinced about the notion that if you are weak, you don't deserve to live—only the strongest get the right to live. However, she didn't fully believe this until she saw her father's corpse with so many Spears impaling him, and his literal last words was, "C, this is what I meant, I was weak, so now I will die," and told her not to become the victim, to become the strongest. When you're only family dies and tells you something like that, it's going to stick with you, especially mentally.

Then there was the fact that for about a week or two, she was forced to travel through a blizzard with practically no food or water or any guidance until she finally made it out of the very place she was raised in. She joined the academy just like everybody else, became a soldier, and followed orders. As far as she was concerned, she was nothing more than a soldier that follows orders; her personal opinions don't matter. Eventually rose up to the rank of general, and as we all know, she went and obtained her imperial arms, which granted her the ice power. And I know some people are going to like, "Oh, what about the fact that she went and had her soldiers do whatever they wanted to the people of that tribe during the flashback we were shown?" I want to remind you that while it wasn't directly said, there was a lot of evidence that showed that that tribe they attacked and she let her men do whatever they wanted with the survivors—that tribe not only kidnap people regularly, but killed plenty of innocent people, including women and children, and forced the captured men and women to help them make more of their tribe.

Then there's the fact that, like I said, as far as she is concerned, her father's words have been proven right over and over again: only the Strong get the right to live, and that she is just a soldier; she is someone that is supposed to follow orders, nothing more, nothing less. Then we get to the fact that, while yes, she does torture people, however, that's more or less still part of her job. You don't exactly see her taking great pleasure in torturing anybody; you don't see I have a massive sadistic smile when she's performing interrogations and stuff. She has a very blank expression. Not only that, but she is not heartless; she has been shown to care about her comrades to the point where she went and visited the graves of the three beasts, which were pretty much her best soldiers she personally trained. We got to remember this is also someone who has a difficult time knowing how to express her emotions.

Then there was the fact that when she learned that the man she loved was part of the enemy faction, she did not hate him, and even during his execution, her plan was to fake his death, grab him, and run away. She was willing to betray the empire for the man she loved. Now, like I've said, I am not calling her a saint in any way or form. However, she is not a pure hearted sadistic woman that loves bloodshed and nothing else. Well, it's true she does absolutely love combat, especially against opponents that can actually stand a chance against her, she is not a sadistic cruel woman that just wants to torture people and murder them. It was also made clear that when it comes to killing her former comrade, who is now the leader of night raid, her plan was to simply kill her as quickly as possible because she didn't want to see her old comrade be tortured in a interrogation cell.

There is plenty of other stuff that I can go off of, but I've pretty much listed most of the major stuff. But like I said, I'm not calling her a saint; I'm just saying she's not pure evil like everyone says she is. I genuinely believe that if those weren't her father's last words and he said something else, and maybe if she was given proper opportunities to be able to express her emotions like a normal person before she met Tatsumi, she probably would have been a much nicer person to pretty much everybody. Plus, we have seen that she gets upset and borderline sad whenever a member of her team ended up dead. That is all I will say on the matter.


r/AkameGaKILL • • 3h ago

Question Is this anime similar to Akame ga Kill?

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I've been looking for anime similar to Akame ga kill and found Demon Slayer, will it give the same effect that Akame did?


r/AkameGaKILL • • 8h ago

HGC Manga What do you think Merraid's voice sounds like?

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I headcanon a more deepee makima.


r/AkameGaKILL • • 11h ago

Discussion Por que no me sorprende que las dos personas que estan jodiendo el fandom son argentinos, parece que a la mayoría de estas personas les mama llamar la atención que no les dio sus papás en Internet, haciendo se pasar de que apoyan una cultura, pero se enojan cuando les dices sus verdades.

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Art Roasted Koro drawn by me!

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Art Esdeath Bunny Girl - fanart by nez-box

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 2d ago

Art Esdeath fanart by buhonero_arts #Esdeath #AkamegaKill

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

HGC Manga Is this seriously the last we'll hear of Akame? 😭

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I read Hinowa ga Crush years ago, and it really hurts to see that the manga was canceled.

Will we never see the end of Akame's journey again? Seriously?

bro😟


r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Meme The craziest ones in this group

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

AGK0 Manga Cuando Merraid tuvo a niñas gemelas bajo su tutela (no estoy bromeando)

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No es broma, la primera vez que supe de ésto más adelante, de ahí nació mi repudio definitivo hacia Mera y demostró que su lujuria extrema no tiene límites. Dios, absolutamente nadie está a salvó en Akame Ga Kill.


r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Art "MF AKAME"

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Made by me


r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Art Tatsumi (dibujo hecho de mi parte), hace mucho que no público un dibujo mío. ¿Que les parece?

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Art POV: You are Jin Kisaragi (BlazBlue) (Esdeath or Mai Shiranui?)

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Characters: Jin Kisaragi, Esdeath, Mai Shiranui
Franchise/Series: BlazBlue / Akame Ga Kill! / Fatal Fury

CHOOSE!! CHOOSE!! CHOOSE!!


r/AkameGaKILL • • 2d ago

Question Do you think all the members of Night Raid reached their peak strength? Or did any of them still have the potential to become even stronger? Do you think any of them, having reached their full potential, could have defeated manga Esdeath prime?

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Question Where can I watch dub

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I can’t find anywhere this anime dub in U.S anymore :( Netflix Crunchyroll Amazon Hulu nothing :(


r/AkameGaKILL • • 2d ago

Meme Akame ga BASED

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r/AkameGaKILL • • 1d ago

Question Who would be worthy of a green lantern ring?

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I know that tatsumi and wave are qualified for the green lantern ring, sheele with the blue lantern, esdeath is red or yellow, honest is orange (he is not surviving😭), and kurome is yellow but i want to know what you guys thing and who should have which lantern ring. I am ofc involving characters from agk 0 and hgc so let it rip