The Emperor Husbando

Koutei, known as “The Emperor” in English, is the former monarch of The Empire, and a minor antagonist of the Akame ga Kill series. He was a naive young boy who wished to lead his people to a bright future. Unfortunately, due to the Prime Minister's influence, he was immensely ignorant to the suffering of his people and through this negligence contributed to the decay and collapse of the Empire. The Emperor is a young boy with green shoulder-length hair which was braided on the sides and green eyes. He wore a purple outfit with white boots and a blue mantle, as well as a large headdress. He also carried a golden scepter with a blue orb attached to it. Being only a child, the Emperor was immensely naive and blindly trusting in the Prime Minister, who used him as a puppet to do whatever he wanted. Constantly under the watchful gaze of his "most trusted adviser", the Emperor's perception of morality became warped as he was incapable of discerning right from wrong, believing that all he does is for the good of the Empire. He obediently listened to Honest without question and asked for his approval in the decisions he had made, as shown when he sentenced a man to death using a particularly horrific execution method for being against some of the decided political measures he had taken. Outside of his duties, however, he was shown to be a kind and cheerful person who only wanted to help others to the best of his abilities, as shown when he wanted to help Esdeath find a lover. He was also curious, as he asked Honest why she wants to find a lover, to which Honest happily explained. Due to his young age, naivety and innocence, the Emperor innocently believed whatever the Prime Minister told him, no matter how horrific his decrees and orders were. This eventually caused an adverse development in the young boy's mind, causing him to develop the belief that his actions, no matter how monstrous, was for the better of his country.