Personally, I don't get the hype for Akame ga Kill yet, really. The villains so far are quite a bit too exaggerated for my tastes, even if they want to demonstrate how screwed the capital is. That wouldn't be too much of an issue if Night Raid would be good, but so far my feelings are mixed on that. Tatsumi's the average lead so far, Akame the usual overpowered main character. I absolutely -hate- Mine so far since I'm just fed up with Tsunderes and Ojous at this point. I warmed up a bit to Leone with the recent episode after the beginning used her for fanservice. Sheele... well. Not much to say there.
The ones I'm actually interested in are only Najenda, Bulat and Lubbock (if they don't focus on his perverted attitude that much, because I actually like his Imperial Arms a lot. Reminds me of Machi from HxH). Too bad though that I've been spoiled by some guy on MAL and therefore know that Bulat's going to die soon.
In general, I find the contrast between the serious and comedic moments a bit too jarring. It somewhat works if it focuses on just one side for a longer time, but even then I'm not too sure what to think about it just yet. I won't drop it - I never do that - but well, from what I watch this season it somewhat seems like the weakest show so far.