Akame

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This article is about the main Ginga-series character.
other variants: Akame from GNGSG GaninAkame as Hakutaka from GDAAkame as Shirakami from GDAAkame as Ukon from GDA


Akame is a main character of Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, Ginga Densetsu Weed, Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion, Ginga: The Last Wars and Ginga Densetsu Noah. He also appeares as a main character in Ginga Densetsu Akame and in Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin: Shin Gaiden in the story Chōmon No Tabi, as a minor character in the stories Kai No San Kyōdai and Benizakura Hen, and as a cameo character in the story Karadaki No Tomon.

He is the leader of the ancient pack of ninja dogs - the Iga Clan -, the one-hundred-eleventh Akame, and the 112th generation descendant of the legendary Ōzaru. He later became an Ōu soldier, Gin's strategist and close friend.


Appearance

Akame is a pure white Kishu dog.

He has black eyes (brown in GNG and now sometimes blue since the style change). They are not red, since he is named after his ancestors, not his eye color. He has a slashed right eye and he got it from Monsoon.

Akame is often seen with calm expression, matching his personality.


Personality

Akame is a wise and calm dog. He rarely loses his temper and knows a lot about fighting. However, he was raised to be an Iga ninja and fight against Kōga dogs, without questions. He has been trained well, being very fast, having excellent hearing and knowing many ancient techniques. He is able to use objects usually only humans could use.  Akame feels horrible guilt after accidentally blinding Ben, the dog he respects a lot. He also doesn't like the idea of other dogs getting into the battle between Iga and Kōga, believing that no innocent dog should suffer from it. Akame realizes that respecting the ancestors is fine but blindly obeying orders coming from several generations behind isn't good. He leaves his old mission and starts a new one, but also shows respect towards Kurojaki, the leader of the Kōga Clan, and his Kōga dogs who still were loyal and died for their mission by following Kurojaki into the fire of the burning Iga House. Akame quickly befriends the other dogs, often being a voice of reason and supporting young Gin as a new platoon leader. Akame faces his past again when he fights Shūga and is shocked by their similarities, still feeling guilt of his obsessive Iga past. However, Ben tells him that he is not like Shūga. In Ginga Densetsu Weed, Akame is a big help due to his calm and rational thinking - and his ninja skills. He sometimes gets into small quarrels with much more hot-headed Kurotora.


Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Manga

The Iga dogs and the rivaling clan, the Kōga dogs, have been fighting for decades over territory and the sacred documents which the Iga clan conseals within their base. Few years ago, Akame encountered the Great Dane, Ben, in the woods of Mie. Ben's owner Iguchi mistook Akame for a squirrel and shot him in the back leg. The owner then took Akame home to train him to be a hunting dog. However, Akame pleaded to Ben to release him and told him that he belonged to the ancient clan Iga and had six newborn puppies to take care of. Ben felt sorry for him and finally destroyed the chains that held Akame in his cage.

Akakabuto Arc

When Akame first encountered Ben's platoon, he suspected them for being spies of the Kōga Clan. He therefore lures them into a trap and poisons the platoon with spikes. However, Akame soon realises his mistake and rushes to the Kōga territory to find healing herbs. Here, he fights with the Kōga clan's leader, Kurojaki. He gets badly wounded, but is taken to safety by the tora-ge Akita, Gin. After Gin defeats Kurojaki, Akame burns the Iga clan's base, the Iga house, to erase all memories of the past along with the sacred documents. His nemesis, Kurojaki, dies in the flames. He then decides to join Ben's platoon along with his last 4 minions, after being impressed with Gin's fighting skills. Akame is later a great help due to his jumping skills and ability to move in trees. He supports Gin as a new platoon leader. Sadly, all of Akame's minions die in the battle against Akakabuto's bears. Akame himself helps Gin and Riki in the battle against the monstrous bear by distracting it. Akame survives the final battle and since he has no real home to return after his mission as an Iga shinobi has ended, he stays in Ōu.

Wolf Arc

When the mysterious wolves kidnap Cross and her puppies, Akame and others go to search for her and has to face wolf warriors one at the time in order to reach her. He is seen guiding Ben, who is now completely blind. Akame fights the Hakkenshi Of Sirius called Shūga. He is shocked by the wolf's cruelty and fanatic nature. Akame eventually finds the wolf's weakness, making the wolf commit a suicide. Akame is troubled, feeling that he is himself way too similar with Shūga thanks to his Iga shinobi past, but Ben tells him he is not. While Kurotora distracts the guards, Akame goes inside the Reima's Palace with Gin and Ben. They face powerful gatekeeper Mukonga who manages to defeat both Gin and Akame, but not before Akame manages to blind the wolf. The gatekeeper is finally defeated by Ben and they finally meet the wolf lord Reima. Reima tells them that their true enemy is an evil wolf lord Gaia. It also turns out that Akame is the Shū warrior, meaning that he is a descendant of an original hakkenshi of Sirius and the true user of Shū Tossō Battōga. They swim to Hokkaidō to face Gaia's Empire. Akame fights the evil Shū user White Tiger who also turns out to be the descendant of his old enemy Kōga Clan. The enemy is skilled and Akame barely manages to defeat him, giving him a wound that kills the wolf. After Juga and the evil Battōga users have been defeated, they face the Pup soldiers who try to push them into the magma. Akame survives barely thanks to his ninja skills. Next, Akame and others face Gaia. Gaia's powerful strike makes him unconscious for awhile. After he wakes up, he battles well against Gaia with the use of his Iga shinobi techniques. He almost dies in the battle as Gaia almost rips off his tongue. Akame would like to carry on fighting but Gin takes his place. Gaia is defeated along with the Empire. Akame returns to Ōu, apparently deciding to live there for the rest of his life.


Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Anime

After a hunting accident, where a man had first thought he was a flying squirrel, Akame was captured to be trained as a hunting dog. However, Ben, who at that time was still living with his owner, decided to let Akame go so he could fulfill his tasks and take care of his puppies. When Akame meets Ben again, he mistakes him for being one of the minions of his sworn enemy, Kurojaki, the leader of the Kōga Dogs. Akame poisons Ben and his group. After realizing who Ben was, he brings Gin, Kirikaze, and Jinnai with him to find medicinal herbs to cure the poison. They walk into Kurojaki's trap. Akame attacks Kurojaki, allowing the others to escape and return to the group. However, Gin refuses and helps Akame. After defeating Kurojaki and his remaining dogs, Akame joins Ben's group (which is now lead by Gin) and left for Shikoku. Only before the final battle with Akakabuto, his last minions Jinnai and Kirikaze are killed by the bear Madara.


Ginga Densetsu Weed Manga

Akame was once the legendary leader of the old clan: Iga. He joined Gin and became his tactician. He was the one who came up with the idea of training substitutes to control Ōu, when he, John and Gin were out on missions. 

Hōgen Arc

On a mission, the little group is attacked by the Great Dane, Hōgen. Gin sends Akame away to find his son Weed. As he finds him , Akame starts to cry for the heavy message he has to give Weed. Weed takes him to the body of the spaniel, Smith and Akame stays and rest in the former fortress of Akakabuto and later P4, Gajō. But soon, Hōgen plans a siege on Gajō. He sends his brother, Genba, out to attack the fortress. But Akame escapes and hides at the nearby river. He decides to meet Genba face-to-face and warns him that if Genba does not retreat, it will be his death. To mark the seriousness of his words, he wounds Genba in the head. Akame now plans a siege on Genba together with Izō. After the death of Genba, Akame starts working as a guardian for Weed, just like he was for Gin.

Russian Arc

After Hōgen and the baboon general, Shōgun, have been defeated, Akame stays in Ōu with Gin. Shortly after, Suzaku, the son of the Siberian Husky, Hakurō, enters Ōu to tell that his dad (who was an old friend of Gin) is in trouble in his homelands of Hokkaidō. Gin and Akame take action and rush to Hokkaidō. Here Akame is sent out to find Weed's commander, Jerome, who’s held captured by Victor, the dog who's trying to take over Hokkaido. Akame finds Jerome guarded by the female, Lydia. As he tries to free Jerome, he gets interrupted by Maxim, whom he fights shortly and then runs off. He hides in the trees and see Maxim talk to Victor's brother, Bozlev, whom he will take to Victor. Akame then runs off to warn Gin. With his swiftness he soon returns to watch over Jerome. He takes Jerome and Lydia back to the Ōu army’s hideout. However, Lydia is so scared of the Ou army that he has to knock her out to keep her silent. As they run out to face Viktor, Gin's pack is captured by him, who takes them as hostages in a gorge. Akame and Gin realises that they have to do something, and pretends to surrender to Victor - however, what Victor doesn't know is that in the other end of the gorge, Gin's group has started to fight their way out. 


Ginga Densetsu Weed Anime

One of Gin's direct lieutenants and the last living Iga ninja dog. He assists in the defense of Gajō after escaping during Gin and John's capture by Hōgen. One day, he saw Genba and went up into a tree and spied on him. He was soon noticed by Genba and his group, but Akame escapes. Later on, he finds Gin and Kyōshirō and helps them escape by blocking the path with stones. Akame, in episode 26, goes with Kurotora to defeat the last remaining dogs of Hōgen's army.


Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion

Before the natural disaster strikes, Akame blocked the mountain road and barked with a warning to the humans Daisuke and Hidetoshi about the fallen rocks on the road, this act saved them from getting crushed by rocks. Hours later after the humans had left the mountains, the earthquakes and volcano struck Ōu which forced the dogs to evacuate from the mountains. Akame instructed Jerome and the nearby adult Ōu soldiers to carry each of Jerome's puppy and run in different directions. Akame, along with the other dogs, passes out from the fumes of the fire and is carried to a shed in the mountains by Jinemon Kurohabaki. There he stays with Gin and the others for a while, until Daisuke comes back with the key to rescue them. Akame follows Gin back into the mountains to search for other Ōu survivors.


Ginga: The Last Wars

Akame sends Rocket to investigate the howls and roars in the mountains, but stops him when he notices three bears lying in wait. Hearing the cries of the others, he runs off with Akakamakiri to help, and attacks the bear that killed Lydia and Jerome's puppies. Upon Gin's request, Akame retreats with the others to the top of the hill and begins to formulate a plan. Gin decides to act as a decoy before anyone can stop him. When Gin's attack proves futile, the whole army charges to help. Akame and the elder stay behind, scolding the two Kōga dogs for acting so brash and order them to stay behind on Gin's orders to protect the females and pups.

He begins to lead the group with the females and pups away from the fight, when they get far enough away, Hiro's children begin to question why they are running, to which Akame responds that it's Gin's order and he must obey. The group keep running until the Koga elder and the two Koga dogs stop following, hoping Akame will understand that they must go back and fight. Akame leads the group to safety, but is attacked along the way. He manages to escape but is badly injured and makes it all the way to Orion and the others to warn them all of the disaster which has fallen upon the land. After Akame relays the message, he passes out from exhaustion and is left in the care of Koyuki and Bella.

At the fifth morning after Orion and others' departure, Akame wakes up to find Koyuki watching over him. She tells him to rest more but he refuses and leaves to help Orion immediately, with Koyuki and Bella running close behind to continue their watchful protection. Before long, Akame reaches the highway and jumps onto the back of a truck that is carrying cars. As he travels, a boy in a passing car notices him, and Akame smiles at the boy. The boy waves back at him. Akame comes to a stop at a parking lot, where he runs into Mole, the son of Ou Veteran Oliver. Akame tells him of the situation at Ou and quickly leaps over a fence where he runs across the mountains until he reaches Yamabiko's group, the large group then head for Futago Pass. Akame briefly splits from the group to go to a local village. He meets a pet dog and asks him if he knows here he can find weapons. The dog tells him the shed with the red roof nearby has some sharp tools. Akame investigates and upon opening the shed finds a small array of blades and scythes inside. Akame returns to the mountains, finding Kyōshirō and Rocket along the way. Upon returning, he encounters Bob with Shirakaba and uses the scythe to slash open the bears throat, killing him almost instantly. Akame finally objects, and says the way the brothers are acting are childish, and that their goal is to take back Futago Pass, whether Monsoon and his crew lives or dies. Unsai want to talk to Akame in private. Akame suggests that Unsai's been doing a good job, but Unsai insists that Akame takes up the leadership role, because it's his job and Unsai was merely a supporter. Unsai recommends that when Akame gives orders, that Orion is not to disobey. Akame humbly accepts Unsai's request.

Unsai detects the others are getting tense at their private conversation, and that they should tell everyone about this, because they never know if these could be their final words. Akame gets emotional, and Unsai tells him he shouldn't show his emotions in front of the subordinates. The narration says that Akame came ready to die, but was surprised by Unsai's resolution. Back to the other group, Rocket and Kyōshirō just remembered that Ken was still in Kotobuki Valley. Akame asks if he'll be okay, because the stream could turn muddy and/or turn into a flood.  Sure enough, a flood causes a wounded Ken to be washed into the river and the Ou army go to the location to find and save him. They each keep a watchful eye on the raging river, as Kawasemi dives in to find him. With Ken successfully rescued, Akame returns to the Ou Army and secretly follows Bob as he takes Unsai and Shion to talk to the bears. Whilst hiding in the trees with his scythe, Akame notices Tesshin and the Koga dogs and asks them what they are doing. When they reveal they are looking to kill Monsoon but can't find him, Akame tells them not to be so reckless but at that moment, Monsoon crashes through the trees, enraged that Sirius has appeared to him. Sirius tries to dodge the bears attacks, only wanting to talk but is caught by his claws and left with small wounds across his cheek. As Monsoon is about to attack Sirius again, Akame leaps in to distract the bear but is caught mid-air and slashed across his face by Monsoon, getting a slashed right eye in the process. Before any more blood is shed, the dogs try to talk to the bears, with Shion and Bob translating. Bob relays the message from Ou to Monsoon about how he will die like his father, which enrages Monsoon, causing him to attack Bob. Akame uses his scythe to protect Bob, cutting off one of Monsoon's fingers. Outraged, Monsoon asks Akame if he is a pet dog, as he fears them and their human owners with guns.

Orion tells Monsoon that they are all pets, which worries the bears. Bob begins to laugh at Monsoon, which causes the bear to lash out in anger for his humiliation and smash his paws on the ground where Bob stood. Bob is saved by Sirius and Yamabiko, enraging Monsoon further. The bear begins to lash out at the dogs and the pain in his eye and finger makes Monsoon crazy so he misses a lot of his attacks. He is successful in knocking Yamabiko away but is attacked by Akame with the sickle again. Akame misses his attack and is hit, causing him to drop the weapon. Bon picks it up and Akame orders him to use it. The sickle is eventually stuck in Monsoon's side, but is taken out by Sirius who throws it away. Akame asks him if he wants them all to die, as the sickle was their last hope. Unsai tries to get the sickle back but is badly injured by Monsoon. When everyone asks if Sirius wants them to die, Sirius doesn't answer, and Akame attacks Monsoon, only to be hit and sent flying. He hits his head on the ground as he lands, and apologizes to Unsai before losing consciousness. His weak breathing indicates he is close to death. Akame regains consciousness when Daisuke and Hidetoshi arrive, but when offered treatment for his wounds he refuses and leaves to find the other Ou dogs at their resting place. He leaves taking the sickle, Orion and his friends with him and meets with Kurotora's group the kai ken tells them that Monsoon got scared off. Akame quickly that Monsoon wasn't scared off because of the dogs but of the humans, then he hears that Monsoon has fled to the top of paradise. They get out of the woods and coming across Sirius's group with the white kishu still putting trust in him but knowing that Orion wasn't trusting of his brother he comes in between them.

Akame reminds them that there's always a way to beat Monsoon and they rise above it all, upon hearing that the two brothers couldn't agree on anything as future leaders of the army he was ashamed of them both. Akame says that he brought them both together so they could beat Monsoon not bicker with each other. Having heard enough of Sirius trying to reason with the enemy he tells the akita that he has insulted the old soldiers who died fighting and defending their paradise. Then, Sirius ask him how did this quarrel began and Akame responds saying that it dates back to Monsoon's father but Sirius says that it goes farther back. But, Akame just watches as Orion and Sirius were about to fight, they were both stopped by Andy. As he watches the quarrel between the two brothers he tells them that they can't treat each other like enemies and when he tries to clarify what he said Sirius finishes for him. Then, he and the others hear the rest of the army when he sees Sirius try to tell the bears to run but Akame tells him that he can't have sympathy for them and that if the bears aren't dealt with it will be out of their hands. As Orion was getting angry at the soldiers for celebrating too soon, Akame stood up and said he didn't allow selfishness from anyone and if they didn't follow his rules they need to leave. Even though, Monsoon was gone and despite his fear of humans Akame knew he'd be back as the bear didn't admit defeat. He also mentions that Monsoon is as ferocious as his father but clever they would fall into Monsoon's claws if they went after him now. He also comments that both sides are injured and asks Orion what should they do now, Sirius begins to talk but Akame hushes him and asks for Orion's judgement. Akame also says no matter where Monsoon goes he won't escape their noses and wanted to test the red akita's leadership qualities once he hears Orion say they'll wait.

He tells Yamabiko and Andy to come here and give Orion support, then he turns his attention to Sirius saying that he is too tender-hearted and he'd be the first to lose his life which is something he wants the silver akita to understand. He also understands that if Sirius wants to pursue his goals, then that's okay but he collapses before he could finish what he was saying. Akame slowly regains conscious and starts talking to Sirius, refusing to let the two brothers fight in front of him. He sees Sirius as a male with good ears was always proud of Sirius's kindness but right now it would get him too much danger. He whispers something Sirius's ears as a last request with Sirius telling him not to worry Akame collapses for the final time expressing worry among the dogs. Akame's heart stops beating, causing panic between the other dogs. Daisuke and Hidetoshi find him and manage to revive him, but he is still in a very bad condition and is taken away for treatment is carried by Daisuke. Kyoshiro tries to prevent Daisuke from taking him, but the old kishu calms him down saying they're trying to help. But before he goes he puts Kyōshirō in charge of the army and of Weed's sons too. Akame can see that Orion is having a tough time and the pups are surprised to see him alive. But the kishu says that he can't die until Orion and the others but full fledged adults however, the pups already believe that they are adults.

However, he points out they've only matured in the body but not the mind, asks them where Sirius is and Rigel says he took Zion with him to find Monsoon. He still considers that Monsoon is still evil but Sirius still think he has a good heart. Sometime later, Akame makes a full recovery in Daisuke's care, his scars are stitched up and his eyelid is open again. He has eye drops squirted into eyes by Hidetoshi so they can heal properly. Back at the barn, Akame hears from Gin what has happened back in Ohu and that Orion is handling things well for now. Then, soon Orion and Jerome arrive with the young pup looking anxious he reminds his grandson that he has to wait six months for their injures to heal and he tries to make him understand that their feelings are the same. With that Gin watches Orion begin to leave but not before he hears Akame giving the young pup advice about training with the sickle. After Orion's second arrival, he tells Orion not to get flustered and wait everyone has assembled. But before the pups he also tells Orion of the secret arts of fanged ninjas and that if he listens well then Orion will be able to do it too using bamboo to practice with. After Orion leaves he tells Gin and the others, when it comes to mastering the techniques takes great discipline of the mind and body and that Akame himself took ten years to master. Sometime later, he informs everyone that he was responsible for hiding the sickle, leaving everyone else shock but Gin was grateful for it because if he hadn't then Orion and the others would have taken it without knowing how to use it.


Ginga Densetsu Noah

After Monsoon's defeat and Sirius' demise Akame and the others returned to Ohu but soon discovered that Orion was missing and everyone else went looking for him. However, he didn't take Orion's departure too hard as Akame thought it was the best for the pup not to come back until he felt at ease believing the experience would help the young pup grow a little more. Soon he sees Unsai and his group return with a small pup named Miho who was looking for her father in Ohu. But he hears that the pup didn't know her father's name due to him leaving right when she was born but getting a location Akame sees Weed, Jerome and his sons head to Akatsuchi.