Before she became an assassin, Akame was just another child trapped in the Empire's deadly machine.
Before she became one of the infamous Night Raid assassins, Akame was a young girl trained from childhood to become a deadly weapon for the Empire. Sent on increasingly dangerous missions alongside her fellow assassins, she begins to question the brutal system that raised her and the purpose behind the killing she has been ordered to carry out. This dark prequel to Akame ga KILL! expands Akame's tragic backstory with intense action, political intrigue, and the harsh realities of a corrupt world.