Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 1

Watched the anime, and things feel off, so I did some reading and realised that the anime skips quite a bit. Picked up the manga to see what was missing.

The plot follows Tatsumi as he arrives at the capital city of an old empire well on its way to decline. He set off for the capital with some friends in the hopes of earning some fame and fortune to help his village.

Unfortunately, the capital turned out to be completely not what he expected, and due to a series of really bad luck, he ended up getting “recruited” into Night Raid, a group of assassins. I kinda like reading about “good” assassins, as it sort of challenges the writer's ability to come up with believable motivations, given that assassination is obviously an inherently evil act.

A group of (mostly) girl assassins taking on a corrupt government? I'm in! As usual, I have the worst time following the fight scenes, but the back stories on these characters are awesome. This is a definite rec for anime club and works for Unmasked- the 2015 summer reading program!