アカメが斬る! 8

Akame ga KILL! #8

by Takahiro (story), Tetsuya Tashiro (art)

正義vs."殺し屋"
因縁激突!!

アカメ達は教団の本拠地に乗り込んだ。待ち受ける皇拳寺羅刹四鬼。迫り来るイェーガーズ。そしてマインは、ついにセリューと激突する!! 大人気ダークファンタジー、極限バトルの第8巻!!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Action, Dark Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2013

About the author

AKA タカヒロ

Reviews

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Night Raid and The Jaegers edge closer to direct confrontation.
I think the sudden brutal scenes included in these volumes do make it stand out.
In this volume:
I did appreciate Tatsumi's memories/dreams of his fallen team mates.
Plus the showing of Wave feeling bad about Bol's death and his intended support of another..
The Jaegers are the bad guys sure....but in a greyish area for some..

[viiic · Rating 5 out of 5]

FINALLY SERYU IS DEAD omg I hate that woman with a PASSION
The way she just chose who was right or wrong according to the people she liked made me MAD. She loved to throw the word "justice" around, but I doubt she actually knew what it meant. It's good characterisation, though, it makes sense, but, as a reader, she was sooo frustrating to read about, I'm glad she got what she deserved.
Kurome broke my heart, you are not just a tool to be used, sweetheart, you matter T^T

[kerrycat · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I wish . . . I wish we'd fought in more battles together. That I could've had more time with them all."

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

General series thoughts: Mixed bag to the max. I find the overall conflict, including some of the harsh realities of the battles, extremely compelling. But I do feel the series goes too far in the graphic nature of some things that boil down to being there simply to show someone's a bad guy. The art is striking in parts and hard to follow in others. Attached to the characters and completely hooked into reading to see where it all goes, but on the other hand it is a rough read.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

"She's a B-cup? Or thereabouts?"

Can I get some dick measurements too? -_-

[Conejo Literario · Rating 5 out of 5]

SHOOK

[Jenny Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another action packed volume, with more plot progression than character moments. The characters are all pretty complex. I feel sorry for the Jaggers night raid kills, as most of them are at least somewhat good. This is a really good series and I am interested to see what the end result of everything is.

[Emil Dahlberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

the four rakshasas var en riktig cool ide tycker det hade lite synd att dom alla typ försvann rätt snabbt. meez eller vad hon heter var rätt rolig och fighten mellan hon och Lubbock var kul.
så nice att se lite relationer mellan karaktärer byggas helt ärligt så kul. Gillar relationen mellan wave och kurome

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enter the four Rakshasas - top martial artists - under the minister's command. Not very impressed with them and they just seemed to delay the confrontation with Jaegers. Two fights with Jaegers, but one death this time, one who's very much deserving of it.

[David Doel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good thing I have no more volumes of this series because I'm fed up with it! The protagonists are weapons, not people. The only person is Esdeath and she's just silly.

Unfortunately, I do have some volumes of Akame ga Kill Zero, but I'll let them sit for awhile.

[Damian Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

There didn't seem to be a lot of sustenance. A lot of fighting, and the fight scenes were good. However, not too much to advance the story. I did like the relationship development between Tatsumi and Mine too.

[Makenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

ITS ABOUT TIME SERYU DIED

[Anaika · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[gabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just as intense and as bloody as always!

[Angel (huge fan of all things Totoro) · Rating 5 out of 5]

About time Seryu got what she deserves!!

[Kris Ritchie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some much needed vengeance. This was a great character payoff volume.

[Andrea Aguas · Rating 5 out of 5]

so this is where it would start to deviate from the anime storyline i think????

[Isel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really thought Mine was going to die.
I want to know more about the priest.
Bet he'll die 🙊😅

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many kills happened, the Jager became weak, but the general still kicking strong.

[Tatiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manga read between April 30th, 2019 and September 10th, 2020.

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well shit

[Liri · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Action packed! Bet you are wondering who got smoked! Better read it and find out. Gnarly to the end.

[Alex Laybourne · Rating 5 out of 5]

YES Seryu Ubiquitous is finally dead!! What a stupid little piss bitch

[TheOASG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Akame ga Kill! Volume 8 starts off a bit rocky, as Tatsumi remembers his fallen comrades in a series of short four page stories. These would be really touching and a melancholy way to finish off a volume (and a better use of page space than Joker Roulette), but they don’t work so well at the beginning of the volume. Then Akame ga KILL! becomes Kurome ga KILL! again as we see the Jaegers’ Wave worrying about Kurome. After the lonely death of another Night Raid member, this is a slow way to start this volume.

The battles start about a third of the way through, but the manga doesn’t really pick up the pace until halfway through. The Jaegers and Night Raid face off as they rendezvous with the religious cult, and the ministers’ elite force are introduced. Akame, Lubbock, and Mine get most of the attention this time around, with each battle more interesting than the last. Mine’s face-off with the justice-obsessed Seryu is no doubt the highlight of the volume. Mine has been waiting to take on Sheele’s killer, and Mine has an extra reason to use Pumpkin on Seryu: Chelsea. Plus she faces the most severe odds. (Any RPG player knows gunners aren’t designed to be efficient in close combat.)

Read the rest of the review here.

[Jared · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume starts with Tatsumi dreaming about all his friends that died. He wishes he had spent more time with them. He then wakes up and Night Raid begins the next heist. They are infiltrating the Capitol to kill the Minister's brother. It then jumps to the Jagers who were assigned to protect the Minister's brother. Then the reader is introduced to the new group, Rakshasas. They are four guards who were also assigned to the brother. The rest of the book revolves around them battling Night Raid.

The artwork is the same as the other volumes. It is black and white, with panels bold, dynamic lines, and some dialogue and captions.

Lubbo is a member of Night Raid that had been assigned to explore the Capitol. Throughout this book, the reader sees his personality and how he works. Up to this point in the series, he was comedic relief. At this point you learn more about his character. He isn't just some joke-he is actually a really good fighter for them. He has a large skill set.

[Yukimaru Hatake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mi manga favorito actualmente, ¿que será del nuevo grupo secreto, que pasará con Esdese, al amor de Mein? ...a esperar se ha dicho-.

[Yv · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

[Lawrence Caldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly the story was told almost exactly as presented in the anime. I've chosen to begin reading the manga at this point because I was told this is around the area where the manga and the anime begin to diverge, but it hasn't really happened in this volume. Still a pretty good read, though. I love Akame ga Kill!

[Dominique "Eerie" Sobieska · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall Rating: 8/10 - Very good and well paced story, a bit original. Characters are detailed with their flaws. Their backgrounds and how they became are straight to the point and not overbearing. The psyche of numerous characters are very well displayed. Nothing dragging about this series, and the conclusion was damn near perfect. I recommend this series, although it is already popular with a tv show...

Do I recommend it:

Not enough blood splatter to say yes :P