Anime Production: Starting with Healing the Audience
Chapter 48

Is This What "Must-Read for Real Men" Means? (Please Subscribe!) (Continued)

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Darkness filled this deserted alley, making it seem utterly cut off from the outside world. The bustle and noise beyond seemed to have nothing to do with this place, as though they were two separate worlds.

In the pitch-black alley, a golden-haired girl lay quietly on the ground, a peaceful smile at the corners of her lips, as if she were merely asleep.

"Grass Mud Horse, did it really have to be this depressing?!

"I feel so sorry for Big Sister. Why couldn't Big Sister have lived~?!

"I'm crying. Seeing Big Sister lying all alone deep in the alley, with no one caring about her—where the hell is the justice!!!

"I can only freaking laugh. Why does the Resistance Army, which did absolutely nothing the entire time, get worshipped by everyone, while the true heroes are ignored? Screw the Resistance Army!"

When the audience saw Leone fall on the eve of victory, the emotions they had suppressed for so long finally erupted.

At that moment, everyone fell silent, their eyes blurred with tears.

Many people felt that Leone had been treated unfairly, and that Night Raid's sacrifices had been in vain!

They had given so much. Night Raid could practically be said to have been wiped out, but what was the result?

They were still ignored and unknown, and even continued to bear all the blame.

Watching the Resistance Army enter the city openly and accept the victory with a clear conscience, countless viewers felt sorrow.

At the end of the anime, the emperor of the Empire was beheaded, while Will and Lubbock went on to serve the new nation.

In a remote, impoverished mountain village, heavy snow drifted down. This time, the gold Tatsumi had sent back seemed to be much more than usual.

"Thanks to Tatsumi and the others continuing to send money back, no one has had to suffer from hunger since then!"

"Now that a new nation has been established, Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu might all come back, right~"

"Yeah, the heroes should be returning in triumph. When they do, we must give them a grand welcome!"

They won't be coming back!!!

In Tatsumi's hometown, countless viewers turned their heads as they listened to the village chief and the villagers discussing it. They could no longer bear to keep watching.

Your hometown and your loved ones were all waiting for the heroes to return, but the heroes had long since been buried in a foreign land.

Heartache. Oppression. Unable to breathe.

Everyone's eyes were moistened by the scene before them. Those waiting for the heroes to return—did you know that after years apart, this was already an eternal separation?

"Humans really are resilient creatures. The towns are beginning to recover~"

Nadjeta came to the city wall and looked at Akame, standing alone in the distance, as well as the commoners in the city busy rebuilding their homes. She spoke with relief.

"Boss, are you feeling better?"

"Ah, my lifespan was shortened to begin with, so I don't know how long I'll live."

A gentle breeze swept past. Beneath the blue sky and white clouds, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, everything before them was peaceful.

"Akame, you're leaving, aren't you~"

"Yeah. I'll bear all the darkness of the Resistance Army myself~"

Nadjeta quietly watched Akame's retreating back, seeing her off as she departed.

"Goodbye, Akame. Try your best to live on~"

Rousing music began to play. The camera shifted, the screen went black, and everything sank into darkness.

We gathered in the darkness, fought in the darkness, and met our end in the darkness, yet we served the light!

Thank you for the tip, Big Shot Tianxing!!!

Big Shots who enjoyed it, please continue to support me. This Failed Author kneels in gratitude~~~

It was said that, near the end of the Imperial era, they had been an atrociously evil criminal organization that shook the Empire. Yet in the records of the new nation, there was no mention of them at all.

Wherever humans lived, darkness would take root. Wherever darkness existed, evil would emerge. For those helpless people who had nothing to rely on, we would erase in the darkness the crimes the heavens could not punish!

All of us are professional assassins!

The unique narration echoed the beginning of the anime, and Akame ga Kill! officially came to an end!

"Phew~ It's finally over. Thanks for staying with me~"

"Thanks for staying with me. And by the way, Big Shot Fang, I freaking thank your whole family!"

"I'm going outside for a smoke. I feel awful~"

"I'm going out for a walk too. I'm a grown-ass man, but I cried like a child. What the hell~!"

Although Akame ga Kill! had left them deeply depressed and brought them to tears, didn't that prove that Akame ga Kill! had truly moved them?

Though they knew that all good things must come to an end, and though they wanted nothing more than to chop Fang Zheng into pieces, when the story truly reached its conclusion, the audience was still filled with reluctance and regret.

Tatsumi, Mine, Chelsea, Esdeath, and the others had left an incredibly deep impression on them.

Perhaps they would remember for the rest of their lives that they had once watched an anime called Akame ga Kill!.

With the anime's conclusion, the A Company forum naturally grew lively as well. Countless viewers posted their thoughts and opinions about the series.

Of course, there was no shortage of attacks against a certain utterly deranged author.

Esdeath—A Villainous Character People Couldn't Bring Themselves to Hate

"Akame ga Kill! has ended. As a devoted member of the Queen's Party, I want to analyze the charm of my Queen Esdeath.

"First is Esdeath's beauty. Her looks, figure, and bearing were all top-notch. The moment she appeared, she won over a huge number of fans. Who would dare say they weren't vulgar, or that they didn't lust after the Queen's body?

"Next is her strength. Esdeath's Imperial Arm is Demon's Extract. She was known as the Empire's strongest general, and her strength was absolutely at the ceiling of Akame ga Kill! She was an existence that crushed everything in the early stages."

"Although Akame defeated Esdeath in a seemingly cheat-like manner at the final moment, I'm more inclined to believe that Her Majesty the Queen sought death herself. Esdeath deeply loved Tatsumi. After watching the person she loved die, her heart had died as well. Otherwise, judging from Esdeath's performance earlier on, she shouldn't have been so easily killed by Akame.

"The third point is the Queen's strategic brilliance. As the Empire's strongest general, she was not only personally powerful, but also unquestionably capable of leading troops. It was simply that the Queen's personal charm was too overwhelming, so the anime did not portray this perfectly.

"Finally, there is political strategy. When facing Minister Honest, who held the Empire in his grasp, Esdeath not only handled it with ease...

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