Introdution Because Akames page count hardly graces the 200s I decided to structure the review chronically and spoilerheavy. As I go through the timeline Ill write about my interpretations and themes that occurred. The Conclusion will sum up my thoughts and will stay spoilerfree. If you havent or plan to read Akame just read the conclusion. The Review Ignore the headlines until youve read the Spoiler It was written in the early days of manga 1960s at the start of a time heavily based on medieval Japan. Akames approach is rather unique. Firstly starting with an overview of disastrous raids happening in a village jumping from violence to violence until finally settling on our protagonist Matsuzou. Who sets on his journey for revenge on a pregnant woman his wife. Thus starting a second arc with more thematical storytelling. It starts with his decision to become a ninja and after training for a few years he finally tries himself on the first test but fails. His talent just wasnt enough. A profound lesson for us readers Each man is endowed with different gifts. Without them no degree of effort will suffice to make him what he is not. A wise man. Not an uncommon message in fiction but the poetic dialogue gives it the necessary touch to utilize its importance in the tale and sophisticate fine writing. He nearly dies after getting punished by his master. This neardeath experience is the trigger for an ambitious plan. The thematic arc continues with the surviving character patiently plotting his revenge in the background of the events. Religion His first act into the main story string kicks off when the momentum is right the raiders are burning a mere peasant. The mans son a young boy seeks the path of revenge but gets stopped by our protagonist aging into an elder. He wins his first follower. His second act begins at the peak of violence the villagers kill their relatives as they get no chance to resist. Matsuzou teaches them Akameism as a device to develop hope clear anger and a reason to survive. His methods for the sake of a realistic portrayal of the new teaching arent pacifistic and moral using dead humans and curses that dont exist. Vile but effective. Akame is a rabbit species. White and beautiful. In Akameisms narrative they are like god. The teachings are artificial and solely a driving force for Matsuzous plot. However the main characters intelligence and unique sense of justice can still be interpreted through other actions. Like the symbol for Akameism getting killed by humans without having a trace of darkness in him. Matsuzou tells the villagers that all of the mayhem only happened as a natural law. And their violence against the rabbits is the trigger. From this moment onward all inhabitants follow his teachings. The author throws an argument between the climax and the currentlymentioned events arguing that religion might be absurd for an outsider but for members its an easy method to keep pace with society. On the contrary like in Akame the purpose of the movement might differ between the followers and the creators. The manipulative effect is strong enough to blindly order followers around. The importance of religion in Akame cant be overlooked. The writers vivid arguments and huge coverage of the topic make it a compelling take. Law of Nature As the storyline continues the effect of Akameism on the people grows but due to their efforts the rabbit population grows until this tendency gets noticed by carnivores. Their amount grew as well and steadily overpopulation developed. The Akame began to die out because of diseases that spread out after the rabbits ate anything because nothing was left. Soon the carnivores especially lynxes had nothing to eat either. The plan reached its final stage. Everything thus far is intentional. The lynxes starved and the same fate occurred they began to eat anything. Because they can only eat meat Matsuzou feeds them a human corpse. Their fondness for mankinds flesh grew until they began to attack the raiders people who were still horrifying the villagers life. One day the princess of the Feudal Lord their leader was nearly killed by the lynxes. The Feudal Lord swore revenge but was unable to kill the beasts. The Importance of Being Patient The villagers seek help from the Feudal Lord and receive a compromise that gives them weapons but they have to kill the lynxes. They take the opportunity after acquiring the guns they execute a small fraction of the raiders army. Following that their morale gets boosted into the eternal and after a few provoking words from Matsuzou their revenge raid starts. They kill everyone and raid everything until finally only the Feudal Lord Nobuhira his wifes killer is the only one remaining. Matsuzou ends Nobuhiras barbarous life with a passion and grudge only a monster possesses. After 30 years his revenge was finally successful. The shock is big his only purpose in life faded away. He is possessed by his great plotting and cant think rationally anymore. On the last panel he goes into the eternal laughing like a psychopath. This is what obsession is capable of doing. This concludes the story but not my review. The last point Ill make is about the last theme found. And its the essence of patience. The development of Matsuzous plot took a long time and he delayed the actions until the best moment. Without that he wouldnt be able to shift the situation in the right direction. Perfection was also a factor at the time. Conclusion In my opinion Akames quality is raised tremendously by a deeper look behind the surface. Its complex theming is only a mere reason for that. It also opens a new perspective on the genius of Matsuzou through the concealing writing. That hides his plans quality behind text boxes which seem like an unnecessary thought. The psychology behind his persona is not that cached but nonetheless satisfactory. The only notable cast member but he fortunately received enough love to seal Akames fine character writing. In my rating system it is a 3/5 but it cant be compared to the 100 metric system so Ill just give it a 100 indicating general positivity