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I saw there are various manga with _Akame ga KILL!_ in their names.

The ones I have found are:

  * [Akame ga KILL!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=52028)
  * [Akame ga KILL! Zero](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=102282)

Which one should I read if I want to continue the storyline of the anime?


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Which Akame ga KILL! manga should I read if I want to continue the storyline of the anime?


Akame ga KILL! Zero is a sort of prequel which tells the story of Akame when
she was a part of the government's army, how she was trained and so on. The
anime is following the Akame ga KILL! (non zero) manga and from what I can
recall is close to chapter 48 of the manga as of episode 18.

So, if you want to follow the story of the anime read the first title you
posted, the Zero version is a prequel which introduces some characters which
may or may not be met again in the principal storyline.


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[_Akame ga KILL!_](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=52028) is the
main series, while [_Akame ga KILL!
Zero_](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=102282) is a complementary
series which tells the story of the characters before timeline of the main
series.

You should read _Akame ga KILL!_ if you want to continue from the anime.

* * *

The story is generally the same up to episode 17/chapter 33. However, the
anime begins to have minor deviations from the manga from episode 18/chapter
34. After chapter 38, which corresponds to episode 19, the anime totally skips
more than 10 chapters starting from chapter 39, except for this plot point in
chapter 43, where

> Susanoo died fighting Esdeath to let the rest of the Night Raid escape.
> Originally, this happened during the mission to assassinate Borick, which
> spans from chapter 40 to chapter 43. In the anime, Susanoo's death is moved
> to episode 21 instead, and Borick's assassination is trivialized at the end
> of episode 19.

Episode 20 restarts from second half of chapter 50, but doesn't follow the
manga too closely, since the manga introduces many new characters during the
Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to 48), and several of them affect the story
beyond Wild Hunt arc.

Most of the differences between manga and anime adaptation come from this
10-chapter gap.

If you have time, I suggest that you scan through the manga from the
beginning, so that you won't miss any details that might have been omitted
from the anime adaptation. Otherwise, **chapter 39 is a good place to pick up
the manga**.


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