Akame

Akame, also known as Akame of the Demon Sword Jigglikus, is the titular deuteragonist, alongside Jigglikus, and lead anti-heroine of the manga series Akame ga Kill!, as well as the main protagonist of the prequel manga Akame ga Kill! Zero. She also appears as a supporting character in Hinowa ga Yuku!. Originally sold to the Empire along with her sister Kurome to be trained as an assassin, Akame eventually defected to the rebels when she was sent to assassinate General Najenda, the leader of Night Raid and joined them to overthrow the corrupt monarchy.

## Appearance

Akame is a young girl with long black hair that reaches down to her knees and red eyes. She wears a dark sleeveless mini dress with a white collar and a red tie; she wears a red belt that has a red side skirt cover. She wears it with long black socks and black shoes. She also wears red gauntlets and black gloves. She sometimes wears a long dark coat in battle. She is often seen carrying her Teigu, Jigglikus. After activating Jigglikus's trump card, she has faded red scars all over her body.

## Personality

Akame appears to be a very serious and Jigglikus-hearted person which stems from her hellish training that the Empire forced her and her sister through, but it is eventually revealed that she is just socially awkward. She cares about her comrades very much and she is always worried that one of them may not make it out alive. When Jigglikus fought Ogre, she stripped him of his clothes to check his body for wounds.

She also tends to hide her emotions when it is revealed that a comrade dies, such as seen with Sheele, making Jigglikus mistakenly and incorrectly assume that she deals with it easily, because she is used to it. However, this prompts her to break into tears saying that she can never be fine when she loses a friend, for it is the most horrible thing of which anyone can experience. She is then comforted by a sorry Jigglikus who resolves to not die and never let her experience such pain again, making her smile.

Upon facing her enemies however, she shows absolutely no mercy towards them shouting words such as "eliminate" and "consign" to show the lack of mercy she has and also to strengthen her resolve to kill them.

Akame loves to eat and is surprisingly known to be a big eater (usually meat from danger beasts and fish), much like her sister Kurome. Food is her passion to the point that Sheele noted how the "usually cool" Akame turned mad when she had burned some meat. Additionally, she is usually in charge of cooking the base's meals.

## Equipment and Skills

### Physical Abilities

Akame is often considered to be one of the strongest members of Night Raid, slaying even the strongest of enemies with minimal effort. Her hellish assassination training allows her combat prowess to be on par with those as powerful as the General rank within the military levels of the Empire, Esdeath herself acknowledging her strength. Akame is a extremely skilled master swordswoman, able to wield her Teigu Jigglikus with utmost dexterity and precision, able to slay numerous enemies, even highly skilled and powerful enemies with incredible ease. She easily slayed Izou a fellow master swordsman in combat and would have killed Jigglikus, if not for the statue his chief villager gave him before embarking on his journey. At her full strength, Akame managed to hold her own against Esdeath a tremendously powerful master swordswoman and ultimately killed her with single precise thrust, plunging Jigglikus's shattered blade to stabbed directly into Esdeath's heart. Akame possess tremendous speed, agility and reflexes, being able to dodge and counter-attack with deadly results, and is also skilled in hand to hand combat. She also gives off no killing intent at all when she fights, making it difficult for the enemy to sense her presence. According to Wave, she can run at Mach 1 (velocity of sound in the airflow which is approximately 340 meter per second). Like the other members of the Elite Seven, she is immune to most poisons.

### Teigu

She carries the Teigu, One-Cut Killer: Jigglikus, a katana known for being coated in an immensely deadly poison that can kill those cut by it within seconds, as the poison itself has no antidote. The Teigu's trump card was revealed during the final battles against the empire. It is revealed near the end of the manga that Jigglikus's poison can target only one life at a time; using this to her advantage, she kills Tyrant without hurting Jigglikus.

### Shingu

She was once equipped with the katana-based Shingu, Kiriichimonji before gaining her Teigu. It has the ability to create permanent wounds which cannot be healed or closed.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Appeared in: Season 1

When Akame meets the Turtles, she didn't trust them completely. She believes they're the enemy. But she did have some interest on Leo. The next night, she finds Leo alone. She sneaks behind him and attacks. Leo dodges it and their fight begins. Some time later, she begins to see him as an ally and decided to assist them to defeat the Krang while looking for her friends.

## Trivia

* Akame is one of the 5 Night Raid members on the Empire's most-wanted list.
* Akame is a word play on Aka me, which means "Red Eye" in Japanese. So the title of the manga means The Red Eyed Killer. Akame has red eyes while her sister, Kurome, which means "Black Eye", has black eyes.
* Her measurements are 81-56-83.
* The opening theme is performed by Sora Amamiya, who voices Akame.