Akame ga KILL

[Buffalobiian]

[HorribleSubs] Akame ga Kill! - 18 [1080p]

Just realized, despite people thinking Lubbock is kinda useless....he's been in the damn team the longest. He said that he folloled Najenda the moment she defected. From what I understand she founded the Night Raid. So he has remained alive during all that time.

They still made him sound shitty this episode by having him give his position away right from the start. In his defense, he was surveying the most heavily guarded areas so maybe Tatsumi wasn't even being looked at.

Lubbock's survival rate may very well be due to his low combat rate. He's usually on recon roles to warn the others so he picks up and avoids enemies. He wouldn't even fight this time round if the spy hadn't been a girl. As for the fight itself, that was pretty cool despite being a pretty close call.

[Ryllharu]

Lubbock and Tatsumi are the only survivors in Night Raid that can openly go out at all (or Leone's human form still okay?). Lubbock protects that position very carefully. Faking his death seems like it would only work once or twice, and certainly could never be used in the capital or against any of the Jaegers.

Tatsumi has had way too many close calls already.

It's kind of a shame that Mine got found out so early on, because she's one of the members of Night Raid that blends into normal society the best in terms of physical appearance (versus Najenda, Bulat, or Akame) or personality (Sheele being a born psychopath, Leone drawing a lot of attention to herself all the time). Even with her weapon case.

[shinta|hikari]

Isn't walking around with an obviously powerful looking sword on your back enough to at least attract suspicion?

The flying dude was utterly stupid. He shows up, shows off his powers, announces his role, and then tells Akame that he has seen through her sword... Everyone knew that her sword would kill with a scratch.

[Buffalobiian]

The flying dude was utterly stupid. He shows up, shows off his powers, announces his role, and then tells Akame that he has seen through her sword... Everyone knew that her sword would kill with a scratch.

I've thought that he might actually be another Rebel spy, since he seemed to be plotting against Esdeath in earlier episodes.

[shinta|hikari]

Even if, or especially if that's the case, he should be acting his role properly.

[Kraco]

Looks like Night Raid is still up to their stupid tactics of sending only 2 people out at a time, except they made it even dumber by having people travel solo. Najenda is a shit general.

A big group of obvious fighters would have been caught immediately. They had no choice this time. They weren't meant to fight at this point at all.

I don't really see the point of the demon guys in this episode at all. Were they only there to get defeated so that Night Raid wouldn't seem quite as bad as the previous fight made them look? Otherwise they were totally unneeded seeing how the jaegers are in town already as well.

[DarthEnderX]

Just realized, despite people thinking Lubbock is kinda useless

Despite the fact that he presents himself as both a goof and a non-combat type, his powers are actually pretty awesome. His weapon is extremely versatile.

[Buffalobiian]

Despite the fact that he presents himself as both a goof and a non-combat type, his powers are actually pretty awesome. His weapon is extremely versatile.

Strings are pretty amazing. Too bad they're largely fictional and in real life are of no use other than for choking and trap-setting. In anime though, they're the old-school equivalent of funnels.

Traditionally these types of weapons are overcome by rendering them inoperable (psy-wave interference, sweat) or by overpowering them with a singular, strong weapon (swords) that cuts them down one by one. That's why I was impressed early on in Akame ga Kill when Lubback showed us he could combine his strings into a bladed melee weapon as well. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be very strong. Its effectiveness still lies in the dispersion of threads (going to the heart).

[lelouch]

I still have no fucking clue how they plan on defeating Esdeath. They'll probably have to convert her.

[Kraco]

I still have no fucking clue how they plan on defeating Esdeath. They'll probably have to convert her.

She still doesn't know Tatsumi is one of the Night Raid members. That would grant them one free opportunity to be exploited in any manner they could devise. Considering Esdeath's absolute strength, one opportunity is probably as much as any god of luck would be willing to grant them.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 16

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Good riddance. That bitch had to die, no one likes her. It's still a shame since she could have been so likeable if her sense of justice wasn't so twisted. Good job Mine, though you only managed to set off even more death flags. Ironic how those feelings are actually supposed to keep you alive.

The demons are a joke. They're strong, but they're still human and never seem to be a match for Imperial Arms.

[Kraco]

Good riddance. That bitch had to die, no one likes her. It's still a shame since she could have been so likeable if her sense of justice wasn't so twisted.

Amen!

The demons are a joke. They're strong, but they're still human and never seem to be a match for Imperial Arms.

I'd guess they had been mostly slaughtering ordinary humans so far, growing arrogant. Imperial arms users are still only human, as well, as thus easy to kill if you get a punch through. But since every Imperial arm is different, it's quite hard to get used to fighting them, making the demons' human killing experience worth less. As we have seen, it's not so easy to fight Imperial arms even with another Imperial arms, but Night Raid has been accumulating experience on that front, thus forcing them to get used to more varied battles.

[DarthEnderX]

Good riddance. That bitch had to die, no one likes her. It's still a shame since she could have been so likeable if her sense of justice wasn't so twisted.

This has my concurrence.

I despised that character. When they first introduced her, I thought she was a good person who just didn't understand how bad the people she was working for were(which is now Wave's schtick instead). But she was actually just a complete psycho, looking for an excuse to butcher people.

[KrayZ33]

Suzuka is (was) kinda hot, the way she died was weird though... it felt so rushed - as if they had to finish this quickly so Tatsumi could return to rescue the princess in time without creating a plothole.

She was alot more level-headed than Tatsumi and stood ontop of him throughout the whole fight, I expected her to smash that rock falling from above and say something like "Just kidding, something like this can't scare/defeat me"

[Kraco]

She was alot more level-headed than Tatsumi and stood ontop of him throughout the whole fight

She might have looked more level-headed because she was as arrogant as the other late demons. In my opinion she hardly stood atop, though. It's not like she would have achieved anything through his armor, even if she managed to throw him once. She was waiting for him to drop down tired. Fortunately Tatsumi wasn't willing to play her game. He couldn't catch her directly, so he made sure she had nowhere to run.

[DarthEnderX]

Suzuka is (was) kinda hot, the way she died was weird though... it felt so rushed - as if they had to finish this quickly so Tatsumi could return to rescue the princess in time without creating a plothole.

Yeah, it didn't help that last time we saw them fighting, they were outside in the middle of nowhere. And then when it came time for Tatsumi to defeat her, they were both inside a huge building that he could drop on her all of a sudden.

[KrayZ33]

Yeah, it didn't help that last time we saw them fighting, they were outside in the middle of nowhere.

That is not true they were right next to buildings, but yes - something was missing... They could've shown how Tatsumi thought up the plan to lure her into the building (since Suzuka is so mobile/agile outside) for example.
Would've made him look "cooler" too.

"Ah, he's calm enough while fighting and doesn't forget his surroundings and on top of that, he uses it to his advantage" - Something like that.

[Buffalobiian]

Suzuka is (was) kinda hot

So true. And her end was also weird in that she basically turned into a little girl.

It felt kind of off that Tatsumi's armour allowed him too to withstand an entire building dropping on top of him. If punches and kicks from Wave could damage Tatsumi through his armour, you'd think the building would be a threat. If speed was what got him out, then Suzuka should have been fast enough as well.

[DarthEnderX]

I dunno. She wore her bra over her robe. That's just weird.

If punches and kicks from Wave could damage Tatsumi through his armour, you'd think the building would be a threat.

They basically wear the same armor. If it's hard enough to protect them him from the building, then it's probably hard enough damage itself.

[Buffalobiian]

I dunno. She wore her bra over her robe. That's just weird.

You know why you'll never be a superhero? Because you don't have a superhero fashion sense.

They basically wear the same armor. If it's hard enough to protect them him from the building, then it's probably hard enough damage itself.

See, I don't agree that their punches should be as strong as a collapsing building. I'll have to accept that for continuity's sake however.