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Akame Ga Kill! Zero - 7/10

Ok so I've decided to write this review for one reason and one reason only. The nudity.

I don't know why the writers decided to do this, but there is just a completely unnecessary amount of nudity after the tomb raiding arc.
Some parts of it I understand, such as the (without spoiling too much) almost rape scene, a character gets kidnapped and her napper gets some ideas (as vague as I could be).
However after that the manga essentially becomes a hentai doujin with an admittedly much better story. It's just completely unnecessary and the only reason I'm giving the manga a ... 7 and not an 8.

Story - 8
The story itself is actually pretty solid, not as good as the original series but still very fun and engaging to read. There are a few times when I felt the writing was lacking, but it's nothing too serious.

Art - 9
Excellent as always just what I would expect from this franchise, only reason for 9 and not 10 is the fight scenes. They are very chaotic and difficult to fully visualise exactly what is happening in each panel, but this is a common problem when it comes to manga and not something to get too upset about.

Characters - 8
Most of the new characters are solid, bar a couple of them. Mostly just personal preference but not too much to complain about.

Overall - 7
Again only reason for 7 and not 8/10 is purely because of the unnecessary amount of nudity, I like titty as much as the next guy but I don't wanna feel self conscious about reading an action manga in public you know.

I have been a fan of Bleach for a while and I tend not to give movies of any anime/manga a chance but, I thought since the anime was cancelled I'd give them a shot. The 1st movie was great and I am quite pleased with it but the second is ridiculous and here's why.

Plot:

The plot is boring and has been done so many times the word "cliche" can't do it justice. It's your basic revenge plot were the main character (Toshiro) gets in a big huff and tries to sort it out on his own.

Animation:

This is a movie right? I have seen ... better animated filler episodes from this franchise.

Sound:

The soundtracks used were pretty decent can't really fault it there.

Character:

The main villain is a character from Toshiro's past. He is basically just your everyday run of the mill revenge character and if they spent a little more time developing his character (and his subordinates, almost forgot about them) it would've gotten at least a 6. Also the fact that we barely get to see Yin and Yang's powers or learn anything about them really pisses me off. It would have made it so much more impactful at the end of the movie.

Main things that annoyed me:

1. Where the fuck did Yoruichi come from? Not a single mention of her anywhere in the whole movie and then BAM, Shunko.
2. We are told right at the beginning of the movie that next to nothing is known about the Ouin then somehow Mayuri comes along and knows all of it's powers and capabilities (This at least could be understandable if it was Yamammoto who told us).
3. How Ichigo has to be big part of the movie. If he had sat out of this one and left it to the soul society instead of going and saving the day I could've enjoyed it so much more.
4. What was that Zangetsu scene for?
5. Most of all Ikkaku uses Bankai for no reason. His life wasn't in danger so there was no reason to reveal his Bankai, especially since it's supposed to be a big fucking secret.

In my opinion this movie was just a cash grab. They chose a character a lot of people like and thought, fuck it lets make some money. If you're a big fan of Bleach and don't want to lose any respect for it, avoid this movie.


Side note - This is my first review i apologise if i have missed any punctuation or used to much profanity. Thanks for reading.