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Writing:
Now I am not going to beat around the bush. Akame ga Kill's writing from a critical and enjoyment standpoint was bad.

The story, in the beginning, was decent. with the ending being average yet serviceable. It was the middle that was what ruined a potentially good series for me. My gripes are not just minor nitpicks but major story breaking reasons with the fundamentals of the writing.

The world building in comparison to the anime was better but not by much. Being that the world building was overall still shit. With the lack of a world map or at least a map of the capital makes ... this much more problematic later on.

Characterization and Character development overall was rushed. Though I will commend the manga that it writer at least tries to develop character left and right. But the character just still felt artificial to me. combined with the blatant, Intelligence insulting black and white morality of the story. Makes the issues with characterization and development feel rushed and contrived.

Morality is as black and white as you usually get in a shounen series. With bad exposition being done in a way that is bad yet transparent. Bols was the closest thing to a morally grey character that you can get.

The fights, despite the weapons being interesting. were made boring in the tension or lack there of. couple that with an inconsistent power chain among the characters. makes the combat boring, uninteresting and predictable.

Art:

So far the Only redeeming quality of the series. the anime's art style took a huge shit on some very good looking and detailed artwork in the manga. Which really shines especially when there are colour pages.

Overall:
I had as whole found that Akame ga kill to be a huge disappointment. Though the Begining was alright and the end was not too bad. It was ultimately a potentially good series the was bogged down by incompetent writing.

The lack of tension in the story also made my enjoyment go down the tubes after chapter 10. I was getting bored with the manga very quickly. but I did power through to the end anyway. If it weren't for the artwork. I would have dropped this very early on.

Overall a very forgettable series that could have been great. had it not got bogged down by incompetent world building, lack of tension and rushed characters.

Story:I'm not going to beat around the bush, but the story line was one of major issues that ultimately caused me to drop this series. Despite giving me the occasional chuckle, it overall felt Bland, Generic and Predictable for me. I got to the point part way through the second volume where I went 'I do not care what happens to these people'.

The Premise and the first volume gave me the Initial impression(although my initial impression was mixed at best), that the author had a much deeper(and possibly more raunchy) story in mind. But that potential was wasted, due to the constraints from his publishers.Because ... of this, I came to dropping it before the end of the second volume.

Characters:Now the Character's I felt that quite a sizeable number, such as akeno and koneko had something going for them. Other's like Raynare felt wasted,one-dimensional and generic. Some of the better written characters, form my perspective were actually Kiba yuuto and Asia Argento. The latter being hated for cockblocking the fan preferred pairings.

Then there is Issei, the protagonist of the series. One of the two characters that ultimately broke my interest in the series as a whole. He is not very well written and felt like he was suppose to have turned out completely different than he actually ended up being written. Although I will make the concession that some of his interactions did give me a few laughs, In the end I found him to be annoying most of the time. To the point where I ended up losing the will to read beyond the second volume.

The other character that ultimately broke my interest in reading the light novels further was none-other than Raynare herself, she came off as a one-dimensional bitch. I would have liked her as character if Ishibumi actually spent some time freshening her out. But in the end, she came off as too flat as an antagonist.

Art:I have not much to say about the art work, it is good. Miyama-zero is the standard light novel, artist that every author in medium goes to.Overall good but standard artwork for the medium.

Overall:I won't fault that the comedy and the ecchi(for how much there was), but the unengageing story and the characters could have been better introduced(for example giving some form of backstory to Raynare explaining why she acts the way she does. Maybe the light novel medium is just not for me. I felt disappointed with the volumes I read.

I can respect the fact people that do like the series, as a matter of fact there were some things I did like in the novels.Maybe the Anime and Manga adaptations will renew my interest in the light novels, but for now I'll be dropping this one for the time being.

I am only saying why I have currently dropped highschool DxD, I don't really intend on hating on the series or it's fans. i am honestly expecting people who are fans of DxD to read this and give me salt for what I have written.