Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24098614-20140909020401/@comment-1250340-20141203090413

Everything I say is just my opinion and my opinion alone. I don't mean to offend any Esdeath or even Akame fans but I feel that I should join in on my thoughts on the pairings (even though I don't edit here)

In all honesty, I was never a supporter of this pairing to begin with considering the fact that there is no pairing to begin with in the first place with Esdeath and Tatsumi. This example of a 'pairing', as I see it, is but a joke in any series to begin with. While it is true that Esdeath holds feelings for Tatsumi, the later does not feel the same at all and probably never will feel anything for a woman that is just plain sadistic and cares nothing about her fallen comrades, let alone act on her losses. Granted she does claim to have changed since meeting Tatsumi but as soon as he's gone, she's not gonna care. Esdeath just doesn't mourn her lost ones as far as I've known (you can argue that her relfections on her childhood or even the three beasts death or whatever, it still didn't change the fact she didn't care for them enough to react to, Esdeath causes more and more wars she barely reacts as far as I've seen)

My main issue is that as far as this pairing is concerned, people just want this pairing to happen because of Esdeath's apparent attractiveness, which is fine as I have pairings between characters simply due to their physical appeal as well. Don't get me wrong, Esdeath can get whatever man she wants just she doesn't look beyond Tatsumi, who feels nothing for her anyway. I honestly don't understand why people are hating on Tatsumi for refusing Esdeath when she is pretty much didn't live up to the love she claimed to have had for Tatsumi. She deliberately fed him the news of Lubbock's death and still expected him to join her.That isn't love, that is simply a one-sided obsession. Now I know Esdeath stated that she wouldn't be the one to change, as she claimed she would change Tatsumi, don't say I don't know that.

I'm probably gonna be hated for this but for those of you always just getting down on why Tatsumi hurt Esdeath's feelings and refusing her love and whatnot. Least we forget, the reason why Tatsumi has the gall to refuse Esdeath's offers is that and will only continue to at this point is because Tatsumi is just not going to break his resolve and betray his loyalty to Night Raid. It was these reasons (coupled with the later part in the manga where Mine x Tatsumi happen) that he didn't succumb to whatever offers a 'goddess' like Esdeath can offer. He'd rather die for his cause than be with her. I do like Esdeath though I will admit that, but only because of the breaks in her personality that just cause her to be humorous.

I'm not a Mine (I do like her character though) fan but I can say without a doubt I'm glad Mine became Tatsumi's girlfriend instead of Akame as not only did they have chemistry since the beginning, it breaks the whole cliched 'lead male character/lead female character' scenario that always just happens in media. I honestly just feel sometimes that the readers should be appreciative to the pairing that is given to them then pairing with some characters just because they are the main lead as well as a forced pairing IMO. Other than that, Akame just doesn't stand out to me as a well-executed lead heroine (I'm not hating just I feel that the mangaka really hasn't done anything yet as far as I'm concerned to start even caring for her character)

I honestly wanted a Tatsumi x Leone but funny thing is I kinda knew that wouldn't happen because she's just his nii-san and probably always will be. They are non-biological family as all of Night Raid is.