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Akame ga KILL! #5
Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 05
It's Night Raid versus the Jaegers in Volume 5 of the hit dark fantasy Akame ga KILL !
When the Jaegers' Dr. Stylish attacks the Night Raid base, Tatsumi and the others are forced out of their hideout to escape the deadly assassin! Pursued by Dr. Stylish's army of experimental soldiers, Night Raid must defeat the mad scientist or risk being made his next test subjects!
When the Jaegers' Dr. Stylish attacks the Night Raid base, Tatsumi and the others are forced out of their hideout to escape the deadly assassin! Pursued by Dr. Stylish's army of experimental soldiers, Night Raid must defeat the mad scientist or risk being made his next test subjects!
210 pages, Paperback
First published April 21, 2012
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January 19, 2024
Mostly a battle volume.
Dr.Stylish attacks Night Raid.
After the fatalities of previous volumes.. were introduced to some new members of the team.
A brutal, sadistic side-story is also included.
Dr.Stylish attacks Night Raid.
After the fatalities of previous volumes.. were introduced to some new members of the team.
A brutal, sadistic side-story is also included.
April 10, 2026
This series is so traumatizing 😭😭 like WHAT DO YOU MEAN. The Capital people are so evil…omg. I’m glad there was justice for how they treated those three women. I’m horrified by what happened to them…This was very action packed and so much happened. I’m nervous to see how this series continues.
December 20, 2016
Man, are there a lot of dismemberments in this series, or what? The accumulation of them is beginning to have an effect on my psyche :). Another solid episode with a good mix of action, humor, and character development. Stylish was so over the top and a lot of fun because of it, but he was beginning to wear on me halfway through the volume so I was glad to see him go.
and holy $%#! that special arc at the end was brutal. Sheesh. I'm honestly not a fan of making the bad guys even badder so seeing them get destroyed is even more satisfying. I've almost reached the end of my willingness/ability to see violence against helpless women depicted in fiction, so I was a little disappointed by it in this series.
and holy $%#! that special arc at the end was brutal. Sheesh. I'm honestly not a fan of making the bad guys even badder so seeing them get destroyed is even more satisfying. I've almost reached the end of my willingness/ability to see violence against helpless women depicted in fiction, so I was a little disappointed by it in this series.
September 4, 2018
Dr. Stylish of the Jaegers has discovered the Night Raid base of operations and stands ready to prove the superiority of his personal squad just as Tatsumi returns to the base after escaping the loving capture of Esdeath. With the assault in action Night Raid must band together as the cohesive team they are even though they are short of members thanks to recent losses. However as overwhelming odds seem to drive the team to an unavoidable fate the sudden return of Najenda brings hope. Night Raid is about to enter a new chapter in their lives seeing as their old base is compromised.
To see all the action for yourself (and the amusing interactions between the characters) I would suggest reading this volume unless you are somehow offended by strong language, death, and/or violence which are all staples of this series. There is also occasionally a subtle sexuality to the series that might offend some such as the Special Arc at the end of the book showing 3 girls from the country suffering inhuman treatment as we are reminded once more why Night Raid must rebel against those that control the county.
My fave part of the book would have to be Tatsumi sneaking into the springs with Incursio while new member Chelsea is supposed to be bathing so he can surprise her with a bucket on the head (Mime doesn't like her and wants to teach her a lesson.) The exchange between them gives us more insight on Chelsea's past as well as a humorous lesson for Tatsumi who should not be sneaking as such. :)
To see all the action for yourself (and the amusing interactions between the characters) I would suggest reading this volume unless you are somehow offended by strong language, death, and/or violence which are all staples of this series. There is also occasionally a subtle sexuality to the series that might offend some such as the Special Arc at the end of the book showing 3 girls from the country suffering inhuman treatment as we are reminded once more why Night Raid must rebel against those that control the county.
My fave part of the book would have to be Tatsumi sneaking into the springs with Incursio while new member Chelsea is supposed to be bathing so he can surprise her with a bucket on the head (Mime doesn't like her and wants to teach her a lesson.) The exchange between them gives us more insight on Chelsea's past as well as a humorous lesson for Tatsumi who should not be sneaking as such. :)
March 11, 2018
The Jaegers's Mr. Stylish attacks Night Raid's camp in the night. One adversary wielding Sheece's weapon. The gang unify their efforts and with the addition of two new members, Susano and Chelsea, the obliterate their attackers.
May 31, 2019
Plenty of battles, but not much plot advancement in this one. It's still a goods series, for sure, if you like dark fantasy.
October 23, 2016
This book starts with Tatsumi having a welcome home party because he got away from the Jaegers. However, Dr. Stylish followed him, and tried to take out Night Raid. Night Raid, (who got 2 new members in the middle of this book), managed to kill the follower. After this, Mine and Lubbo, have a hard time accepting these new members. Everyone else accepts them right away. Mine finds them annoying and Lubbo feels he is being replaced by a new member.
The artwork is again, traditional manga. It is black and white with panels and the illustrations tell a major part of the story.
At the beginning of this series, Tatsumi was over confident, and had trouble holding his own. He relied on the members of Night Raid. Now he is more reliable. He can hold his own. He has become very smart, and can fight WITH the members of Night Raid. He has grown into the role of assassin.
The artwork is again, traditional manga. It is black and white with panels and the illustrations tell a major part of the story.
At the beginning of this series, Tatsumi was over confident, and had trouble holding his own. He relied on the members of Night Raid. Now he is more reliable. He can hold his own. He has become very smart, and can fight WITH the members of Night Raid. He has grown into the role of assassin.
May 15, 2018
Ah! How are things always so intense?!
December 25, 2018
I wish fan service meant something other than straight male fan service.
February 19, 2018
[English]
[En español al final]
Here’s to my hands-down favourite volume up until now.
I loved seeing Raba use his wired Teigu -we did not get much of that in previous volumes. Mein has also had her moment in the spotlight both gaining Schere’s Teigu back and being openly jealous of Chelsea (I loved having her and Suu join Night Raid). This new member seems to have a very unique personality; you either like her or you don’t. The way she was introduced into the story was also quite different since we got to know way more about her past than we did with other members’. I am genuinely excited about her development as a character in the upcoming volumes.
In addition to that, I have also enjoyed Tatsumi’s attitude towards Suu. He treated him as a human-being rather than a Teigu, which was honestly the way I had always perceived Suu anyway. I need to mention how great the fight scenes against Dr. Stylish were as well. I am seriously considering watching the anime just because of that.
Finally… oh, that ending. I can definitely see an even more action-packed volume coming up, as well as a switch of scenery (I would LOVE to see the capital once again).
Five stars -and an extra one just out of pure enjoyment.
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Mi volumen favorito hasta la fecha, y con diferencia.
Agradezco muchísimo haber visto a Raba luchar con los hilos porque apenas había salido en los tomos anteriores. Mein ha tenido momentos bastante curiosos a lo largo de todo este volumen, tanto al principio al recuperar la Teigu de Schere como al final con sus celos de Chelsea (uno de mis aspectos preferidos de esta entrega, por cierto: los dos nuevos miembros de Night Raid). Esta última chica parece tener un carácter bastante único: creo que es uno de esos personajes que, desde el principio, marcan una impresión muy fuerte en el lector. Como se suele decir, o te gusta, o la odias. Me gustaría conocerla un poco mejor más adelante y me ha llamado la atención la forma en la que se la ha presentado, pues el resto de personajes han ido introduciéndose de una forma más gradual, mientras que Chelsea ha dado a conocer bastante de sí misma en un único tomo en comparación al resto de rebeldes. También me ha encantado ver a Tatsumi tratando a Suu como a una persona cualquiera y no como a una Teigu.
La batalla contra Dr. Stylish me ha dejado con muchas ganas de ver el anime solo por esas escenas. Si ya son increíbles de por sí en el manga, tienen que ser insuperables al añadirles música y voz.
Un final que promete más acción en el siguiente volumen y, probablemente, un mayor acercamiento a la capital (me haría bastante ilusión, oye). Cinco estrellas muy merecidas.
[En español al final]
Here’s to my hands-down favourite volume up until now.
I loved seeing Raba use his wired Teigu -we did not get much of that in previous volumes. Mein has also had her moment in the spotlight both gaining Schere’s Teigu back and being openly jealous of Chelsea (I loved having her and Suu join Night Raid). This new member seems to have a very unique personality; you either like her or you don’t. The way she was introduced into the story was also quite different since we got to know way more about her past than we did with other members’. I am genuinely excited about her development as a character in the upcoming volumes.
In addition to that, I have also enjoyed Tatsumi’s attitude towards Suu. He treated him as a human-being rather than a Teigu, which was honestly the way I had always perceived Suu anyway. I need to mention how great the fight scenes against Dr. Stylish were as well. I am seriously considering watching the anime just because of that.
Finally… oh, that ending. I can definitely see an even more action-packed volume coming up, as well as a switch of scenery (I would LOVE to see the capital once again).
Five stars -and an extra one just out of pure enjoyment.
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Mi volumen favorito hasta la fecha, y con diferencia.
Agradezco muchísimo haber visto a Raba luchar con los hilos porque apenas había salido en los tomos anteriores. Mein ha tenido momentos bastante curiosos a lo largo de todo este volumen, tanto al principio al recuperar la Teigu de Schere como al final con sus celos de Chelsea (uno de mis aspectos preferidos de esta entrega, por cierto: los dos nuevos miembros de Night Raid). Esta última chica parece tener un carácter bastante único: creo que es uno de esos personajes que, desde el principio, marcan una impresión muy fuerte en el lector. Como se suele decir, o te gusta, o la odias. Me gustaría conocerla un poco mejor más adelante y me ha llamado la atención la forma en la que se la ha presentado, pues el resto de personajes han ido introduciéndose de una forma más gradual, mientras que Chelsea ha dado a conocer bastante de sí misma en un único tomo en comparación al resto de rebeldes. También me ha encantado ver a Tatsumi tratando a Suu como a una persona cualquiera y no como a una Teigu.
La batalla contra Dr. Stylish me ha dejado con muchas ganas de ver el anime solo por esas escenas. Si ya son increíbles de por sí en el manga, tienen que ser insuperables al añadirles música y voz.
Un final que promete más acción en el siguiente volumen y, probablemente, un mayor acercamiento a la capital (me haría bastante ilusión, oye). Cinco estrellas muy merecidas.
January 22, 2024
Salut mes poussins Phoenix ! Vous allez bien j'espère ?! Aujourd'hui nous allons parler d'un (relativement) vieux manga, du 11 Juin 2015. Il s'agit de Red eyes sword, tome 5 de Takahiro (Japonais...) & Tetsuya Tashiro (Japonais, 1969), il a trouvé preneur aux éditions Kurokawa, comporte 208 pages, est noté 4.05/5 (Sur 21 notes de Babelio) et est côté « Kuro 20 »
Tatsumi a tapé dans l'oeil de Esdeath la vraiment méchante très très méchante qui aime beaucoup beaucoup torturer les gens (j'aime quand les choses sont claires ! Lol!). Leone (La Tank alcoolique) est jalouse, membre de son crou.
« Je ne laisserais pas cette sadique me le prendre » (page 4).
On revient donc (j'adore enfoncer des portes ouvertes) à l'ultra manichéisme « les méchants sont sadiques » « les gentils ne se battent que pour les nobles causes... » On peut avoir beaucoup de Kink et être quelqu'un de très bien. Je pourrais en parler des heures alors passons...
La sublime Akama (qui est une égérie dans le culture des personnages pop/geek/manga) … Fait son apparition en nous dévoilant ses jolies jambes. On sait qu'elle va envoyer.
Beaucoup de références (Hit-man, Dragon Ball, Narcisse).
L'ex générale Najenda fait son apparition pleine de classe.
A Susanoo d'entrer dans la bataille avec style. (Nom inspiré de Naruto ? Ou terme classique en Japonais?)
Un peu bizarre ! Akama ne peut plus marcher et sans raison apparente elle se jette de nouveau dans la mêlée trois pages plus tard.
Le Night Raid sera il victorieux ?
« Toi aussi, tu es trop gentille ! »
« Pas du tout. J'ai juste un problème de santé mentale. »
(p.158)
« Fal » et son ami qui ont étés torturées et l'une d'elle morte parce que bon c'est bien connu le monde regorge de gens qui ne pensent qu'à tuer et à torturer sur le plus long terme possible, et bien sûr, au bout d'un moment ils commettent une erreur et les rôles s'inversent.
« Je vous ai vengées... Toutes les deux... Et je ne vais pas tarder à vous rejoindre. Si je dois ressusciter... J'aimerais que ce soit... Dans un monde meilleur »
(+ ou – La fin!)
Ce que j'ai pensé de ce Livre ?! Il est bien, il s'enchaine bien, il est fluide, intéressant, bien écrit, il n'en fait pas des tonnes. En revanche il est incroyablement moyen voir un peu plat.;-)...
Je vous souhaite un bon début de semaine.
Phoenix
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Tatsumi a tapé dans l'oeil de Esdeath la vraiment méchante très très méchante qui aime beaucoup beaucoup torturer les gens (j'aime quand les choses sont claires ! Lol!). Leone (La Tank alcoolique) est jalouse, membre de son crou.
« Je ne laisserais pas cette sadique me le prendre » (page 4).
On revient donc (j'adore enfoncer des portes ouvertes) à l'ultra manichéisme « les méchants sont sadiques » « les gentils ne se battent que pour les nobles causes... » On peut avoir beaucoup de Kink et être quelqu'un de très bien. Je pourrais en parler des heures alors passons...
La sublime Akama (qui est une égérie dans le culture des personnages pop/geek/manga) … Fait son apparition en nous dévoilant ses jolies jambes. On sait qu'elle va envoyer.
Beaucoup de références (Hit-man, Dragon Ball, Narcisse).
L'ex générale Najenda fait son apparition pleine de classe.
A Susanoo d'entrer dans la bataille avec style. (Nom inspiré de Naruto ? Ou terme classique en Japonais?)
Un peu bizarre ! Akama ne peut plus marcher et sans raison apparente elle se jette de nouveau dans la mêlée trois pages plus tard.
Le Night Raid sera il victorieux ?
« Toi aussi, tu es trop gentille ! »
« Pas du tout. J'ai juste un problème de santé mentale. »
(p.158)
« Fal » et son ami qui ont étés torturées et l'une d'elle morte parce que bon c'est bien connu le monde regorge de gens qui ne pensent qu'à tuer et à torturer sur le plus long terme possible, et bien sûr, au bout d'un moment ils commettent une erreur et les rôles s'inversent.
« Je vous ai vengées... Toutes les deux... Et je ne vais pas tarder à vous rejoindre. Si je dois ressusciter... J'aimerais que ce soit... Dans un monde meilleur »
(+ ou – La fin!)
Ce que j'ai pensé de ce Livre ?! Il est bien, il s'enchaine bien, il est fluide, intéressant, bien écrit, il n'en fait pas des tonnes. En revanche il est incroyablement moyen voir un peu plat.;-)...
Je vous souhaite un bon début de semaine.
Phoenix
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June 19, 2019
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.
August 25, 2025
What a sad little story that happened at the end. Demonstrating again the insane cruelty inside of the capital.
The fight scene was interesting. I enjoyed the Drs use of his experiments becoming his senses.
I really do appreciate that they got Sheeles Extase back. Bittersweet I assume.
The introduction of Chelsea and Susanoo, two very fun characters. I'm excited to see how they function in the next chapters.
The fight scene was interesting. I enjoyed the Drs use of his experiments becoming his senses.
I really do appreciate that they got Sheeles Extase back. Bittersweet I assume.
The introduction of Chelsea and Susanoo, two very fun characters. I'm excited to see how they function in the next chapters.
June 8, 2025
When I thought that Leone had died I was yelling for the authors to be strung up 😂. The battle with Dr. Stylish was well pretty stylish. He was definitely one of my favorite characters from the opposing side. Nice to get some new characters to fill the ranks. The little end story was incredibly tragic. The people in the capital are so debauched.
July 18, 2021
I really liked this volume! There was funny moments and realllyyy good fights!
The special arc at the end was so freakin heartbreaking and then i was dying from laughing because of the bonus collab chapter-
The special arc at the end was so freakin heartbreaking and then i was dying from laughing because of the bonus collab chapter-
June 23, 2023
I enjoyed this but I recommend that you stop at p166 where the main story ends. It’s gets really sexually explicit in weird ways with some side stories that don’t effect the main plot. If you’re under 18 years old, be advised.
November 21, 2023
I’m still enjoying the series but the level of brutality feels like it’s just their to shock at this point? We’ve established that they’re horrible scum disgusting people. Why keep raising the level? Maybe I’m too soft
December 18, 2025
I LOVE Susanoo and Chelsea, they're such a great addition to the crew!
I think Chelsea is one of my favourite characters of this series. I love her design, her character, her backstory... She's just amazing, truly.
That last chapter of thus volume is one of the most horrific chapters of all mangas I've read for me, it always makes me cry. I hope they all found peace 3
I think Chelsea is one of my favourite characters of this series. I love her design, her character, her backstory... She's just amazing, truly.
That last chapter of thus volume is one of the most horrific chapters of all mangas I've read for me, it always makes me cry. I hope they all found peace 3
February 2, 2019
Loved that they payed with expectations of character death in this volume.
December 23, 2019
Night Raid gets the fight brought to them and an all-out fight ensues. Two new friendlies show up as interesting new characters.
July 4, 2021
Its time to leave the headquarters to the uncharted region. Time for training and grinding battle experience.
July 21, 2022
I'm continuing to enjoy this. Only the artwork of the fights is disappointing.
October 21, 2022
Manga read between April 30th, 2019 and September 10th, 2020.
January 11, 2023
Reminder to self: don't read the special arc at the end!!!
April 9, 2023
not so goo, sillee
September 20, 2023
I already like Chelsea
Even though she slandered Bulat my boy
Why does it say I read this book twice 😭😭
Even though she slandered Bulat my boy
Why does it say I read this book twice 😭😭
July 18, 2025
Masterful ambush. One of the evil guys steps out of line and assault the home base of the assassins. Grand entrance. Reinforcements arrive.
Rest in pieces.
Rest in pieces.
August 8, 2025
inget för speciellt, men kul med lite nya karaktärer i ploten den är ju mer av en 3,5 stjärnor
February 7, 2026
Relocation of hideout and new members after that battle
Something crazy boutta happen in the capital I think
Something crazy boutta happen in the capital I think
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 18, 2026
honestly such a good action packed volume, but the special arc was very disturbing to be honest, way darker than I thought it would be, still great and fascinating nonetheless! 100% recommended
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