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Japanese: ガチアクタ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Feb 16, 2022 to ?

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Urana, Kei (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.84¹ (scored by 13,667 users)

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Ranked: #1176²

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Popularity: #289

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Mar 28, 2022

Spoopy_Tutu

Recommended

Preliminary (6/? chp)

Weekly Shonen Magazine has a heater on its hands, really, this manga is absolute gas.

Coming from the successor to genius mangaka Atsushi Ohkubo, Gachi Akuta bashes its way into Weekly Shonen Magazine's pages, with its incredible world building, loveable characters, and insane potential.

The story (or the 6 chapters of story that we get so far) is great. The premise is unique enough with a world based in trash and filth. It makes for a very grimy aesthetic that I honestly really enjoy. Soul Eater and Fire Force make clear their influence, along with other series like The Promised Neverland. The narrative is very ...

Mar 7, 2022

KIOSHI_17

Recommended

Preliminary (3/? chp)

Okay so Gachiakuta is a newly released weekly manga that I started reading from the release of the very first chapter. So far (7th march 2022) there are only 3 chapters of it total. Not much content has been released so I won't be able to review it in the best way but nevertheless, here it is:-

Gachiakuta is a shonen manga that really has a unique concept. It's literally about "Trash and Garbage". The protagonist's name is Rudo and he seem to be really poor and barely makes up with his daily needs to survive. Rudo is pretty much outcasted by most of people and ...

Jul 26, 2023

Kamilium

Recommended

Well-written

Preliminary (64/? chp)

This is my first review I have written after lurking on this site for almost 10 years, so if it's not formatted correctly or whatever, oh well. I figured this manga deserved a review, so I'll give you my thoughts.

~Story 8
~Character 8
~Art 9
~Overall enjoyment 9

First starting with the story. This manga isn't unique, or really ground breaking in it's story. But the thing is, it doesn't have to be. Depending on how it is executed and developed as it progresses, it could be pretty generic but still good. A good example would be Jujustu Kaisen, it's a good series even though practically everything ... in it is just little bits of other stories. At this point we can't really expect super unique plots and plot devices in shonen. (is that too cynical? idk) This doesn't keep the author from being creative to keep things feeling unique though. That's what i feel like Gachiakuta has a lot of, not just with the art but also in how the author chooses to tell a story that could seem bland on the surface. The pace of the story I found to be a little janky at times, some places slow, some places fast, but it had the right amount of hooks to keep me reading, and it had the right amount of explanation to keep things clear and understandable. It finds its footing I would say around chapter 30. At that point I was very invested in the different mysteries that the author keeps developing.

Next, the characters, or more specifically the characterization. I think this is one of Gachiakuta's strongest areas.
We have our main character Rudo. By the first chapter we see the motives that will drive him throughout the story. And they arent your typical shonen motivations. Maybe minor spoiler warning (but seriously, it's the first chapter) he declares that he's going to kill everyone in his town, including the crush that betrayed him because of how badly he was treated. Then he gets yeeted into the trash abyss where they dump all the society's trash (human, stuff, things, whatever they think is worthless now)
As opposed to the generic, "good guy" who despite the all the trauma in their life, they are forgiving and would never be so depraved, I appreciate to see a more normal way trauma and betrayal affects and twists people. We can see hints of the grayness of the character in the beginning but i think it does begin to shine a little later on. (i won't give any specifics to spoil it but seriously, sometimes it's nice to see characters get what they deserve instead of being forgiven just like that)
You don't learn much about the supporting characters and their motivations till much later, but even still we do still get a sense of who they are right at their introductions. There's also little bits sprinkled in here and there to let you know there is more to the character, there is a reason they act a certain way or do things a certain way. It just takes a little patience which I can see could be a con for some, but if you stay with the story I think you will be rewarded. The author may be a novice, not having been in charge of full manga before, but i think they are capable of handling the cast of characters. and it's actually a pretty big cast. Some characters have not really been introduced past surface level still (as of chapter 64) , really most of them haven't, but given time i do have faith that the important ones, and even just more side characters will be fleshed out.
One thing that I appreciate about this manga, that despite being a shonen manga, it treats its cast, whether female or male, with respect (as opposed to other manga *cough fairy tail cough*). The females don't have to be saved constantly, and aren't just there for fanservice, and to boot they are actually super cool. (that's just a side note as a fellow female who feels like all the cool characters in shonens are just the dudes and girls just have to be 1. saved 2. have their clothes blown off or 3. be a love interest. I just appreciate it when there's females who are actually written as capable characters and who have their own motives). anyway moving on

Something surprising to me is that this series gets dark. Very dark, very quick. And that's another thing I appreciate from a series: not being afraid to tread into dark topics. Not to give any spoilers, but there is a scene of child trafficking and of r***. I think that could be something that could turn some people off of the story but honestly, it was handled very well and I appreciate authors who are willing to go into the darker topics. I think that this series has a lot of potential to be a good social commentary on the prejudice people have towards those who are deemed villains, and not just being an edge fest for the sake of shock factor like some other series *cough akame ga kill cough*

The art, for me, is sometimes a little hard to follow on first glance based on how dynamic it is, and the style is also a little bit ... too stylized?? sometimes but that's my personal taste, it did grow on me after the first few chapters. It is definitely well drawn though. The character designs are cool and the characters actually look like their own people, not just different eye and hair color.The background art, the graffiti (which there is an actual graffiti artists who helps with it!) the fights, it is all really amazing . Like I said, some things are a little confusing at first glance which is why i think an anime adaptation would suit it well. The fights have a lot of potential and if the choreography was treated with the same care as the Soul Eater adaptation for example, it has several contestants for fight of the year. (I mean there's a frickn character that uses her legs to wield frickn scissorblades like the ones from Kill la Kill, if that isnt badass i dont know what is)

I enjoyed this manga. I felt like something was different from the first chapter and the characters grew on me quickly. (Heck, at this point, as long as the MC isn't a total twat like most shonen MCs that's a win for me)
If the characters are written well, the art is pretty sick, and the story is well executed, then does it really matter if there are similarities between other big titles? To me no. It's always been about how the characters are written and developed and with this manga I'd give them a 9/10. Personally the respect the author gives to the audience is always important to me. And that's what this author gives you. They don't over explain things and have people on the side lines explaining what's going on just in case your dumbass missed it for the eighth time. They don't have people's clothes being ripped off at every and any opportunity. They don't have characters being stupid for the sake of moving the plot.
Like I said at the beginning, plot points are a little generic such as he's found and recruited by a "magic" organization to fight evil monsters, there's a magic system, and of course he has a pretty strong ability because he's the MC. But I am intrigued about where the author will take this story. It has a lot of potential.
I'd say give it a shot.

Aug 1, 2023

XxMIDxMIDxX

Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (5/? chp)

This manga is to pick up papyrus, feather and start taking notes
This is my first review, please forgive any mistakes
bro esta guapo o sea god en plan cogen
cosas asi como full random y las usan con fuerzas raras en verdad goty del año of the yaer
la historia es menos unique q su padre pero en verdad esta guapo eh
el art style fittea heavy con la historia y la verdad esque esta guapo nop jokes (diseños banger)
los character no se dropee cap 5
Bro que los characters ni idea watafok
a ver yo lo veo enjoyeable la vd hasta cap 5

Aug 31, 2024

JJMFREAP

Recommended

Preliminary (107/? chp)

Gachiakuta is one of the best manga serializing right now and you should start reading it immediately! I am not saying this lightly. Yes, this manga about trash is one of the biggest gems coming out these day! This series is truly something special and I will now spend the next lengthy segment gushing about how good it is. TL:DR this is one of the most creative, original, engaging and just outright FUN battle shonen ever!

Right, where do I even start? I guess the art seems like the most natural place. When you start Gachiakuta, merely a few pages in you will immediately notice something ... - the art is AWESOME! This is one of the best middle grounds of detail and stylization I've ever seen! The characters are all cartoony in many aspects with their big eyes and exaggerated expressions. The movement and paneling is super expressive and energetic too. And yet, everything is finished to an outstanding level of quality. Backgrounds are immaculate, filled to the brim with tremendous detail and with a terrific sense of overwhelming scale. The clothes and objects (this is important) are all fantastically rendered and you can almost feel their textures. The art is super sketch-like at times, with these really scratchy lines with visible pen strokes, and yet the detailing is flawless. Every page is overflowing with quality and some panels are near Berserk levels of artistic craftsmanship. And this is a WEEKLY manga??? How in God's name do you draw something like this weekly, that is actually insane!1!

But don't even get me started on the action! After all, this is a battle shonen and you need good fights. But Gachiakuta doesn't have good fights. It has AMAZING fights. The flow and movement is super expressive and almost JoJo levels of absurdly exaggerated. Lots of action lines, tons of speed, incredible posing, wacky perspectives, glorious choreography and yet near perfect visual clarity. So fluid, it feels like it actually moves on the page! I mean, one of the girls fights by spinning on her arms and head like a breakdancer and swinging a giant pair of scissors with her legs and it works perfectly. That's the best way I can describe it. The rest is just too raw and complex to put into words. You gotta see it for yourself! Urana Kei is a master and the living proof that stylization and fidelity are not mutually exclusive!

All of this without going into how Urana-sensei draws the faces and bodies! Her understanding of anatomy is flawless. Despite the wild cartoony look of some characters, you can see their perfectly sculpted musculature and underlying bones. She really loves "boney" details, like visible pelvic bones, clavicles on the arms, knuckle bones, ribs, spines and more. And the faces are just as fascinating. They are also super exaggerated in their expressions but teeming with tiny details. The eyes have visible tear ducts, the eyelashes have actual volume and shape to them and the irises are concaved within the eyeballs. For that last one, I don't think I've seen any other artist do this, not even the big greats we all love. This just shows an amazing level of skill that she has under her belt!

This brings me to the next and probably biggest strength - the character designs. These are some of the best I've ever seen in a manga! The way Urana-sensei draws hair is one unique aspect. Each person's hair isn't composed of individual strands, but instead these geometric clumps that stick out in all directions, as if everyone's scalp naturally produces hair gel constantly. The styles vary wildly in lengthy, shape, style, colour, accessories and more and help give each character a recognizable silhouette. Next, there's the clothes. One thing Gachiakuta just nails is how down right COOL the design language is. You have this dystopian world and in it, the characters manage to look ragged, trashy and disheveled, as you would expect with such a setting, and yet there's this immaculate sense of fashion! Part early 2000s nu metal wacky badassery, part Harajuku-style outlandishness, part cybergoth accessories, it's truly outstanding. Just look at the volume covers. Normally, I'm not a fan of the "character on a blank background" type of volume cover, but when your character designs are THIS GOOD, they truly stand on their own.

Right, after gushing about the visuals for so long, let's talk about the story now too! Because, believe it or not, Gachiakuta isn't just art porn and a visual spectacle, it's just as good at storytelling too! The universe is a very unique one. You have a big pretentious city ripe with its own conflicts floating in the sky. Below it is a barren wasteland of endless trash, the entire planet being one colossal junkyard or landfill essentially. But even among this waste, dilapidated cities arise with ruined buildings and rotting remains, the structures still standing upgraded with whatever trash fell from the heavens and painted over with vibrant graffiti. In this world, you can die at any time from a kitchen appliance falling on your head from the sky and venturing out into the wastes without a gasmask means you will choke to death in mere minutes. It's unforgiving but so damn engaging! It's full of mysteries and questions that can only be answered by exploring the wasteland! And it's inhabited by all of these amazing characters, each being some morally grey beautiful mess of a person that is just trying to find their way in this harsh landscape. I won't go into details on the characters, because I don't want to spoil the experience of meeting them on your own. Know just that all of them are fantastically written and thoroughly engaging and that Rudo is a fantastic main character that I am 200% behind! To illustrate the quality of writing, here's a spoiler free version of one story arc - a character is introduced and starts doing horrible things to our main cast, you grow to absolutely despise her and rejoice when she is defeated, but then her gutwrenching backstory is revealed and it completely recontextualizes her actions and without realizing it, you now understand her and your opinion has flipped 180 degrees, just for the author to then use her suffering to make you resent another different character later on! What do you think of that, huh? And that's just one tiny sliver of what there is to find in the fascinating world of Gachiakuta.

There is one last big component that needs to be mentioned and that makes this manga stand head and shoulders above the rest - the power system! This is one of the most masterfully designed systems I've ever seen! Without going into details, the gist is that there is life energy within any object that is used a lot, called Anima. There are power users in this world called Givers. They can draw out the latent life force within their beloved objects, called Vital Instruments or Jinki, and turn them into weapons by shapeshifting them in various ways. They use them to fight so called trash beasts, giant Dark Souls-esque monstrosities composed of living garbage! The rest, you'll need to learn yourself. What makes this system absolutely amazing however is firstly that it is both devilishly simple to understand and yet has basically infinite potential for what can be done with it. We've already been shown an absolutely astonishing variety of abilities and there is only more potential to explore. The only limit is Urana-sensei's imagination. I also love that this manga doesn't fall into a common shonen pitfall where there is this awesome system and yet the main character has very boring and uninspired powers. Quite the contrary, Rudo is given the most versatile and interesting power, which allows every fight he's in to be different and engaging! You never know what he might pull out! And speaking of fights, they are some of the best I've read, not just because of the aforementioned qualities of the art, but because the unique abilities leverage absolutely beautiful chaos that you can never predict. Not to mention that this power system also takes inspiration from Shinto beliefs in objects having souls and it ties perfectly into the core themes of the story - consumerism, materialism and how people treat their possessions. I mean, to tie all of this up so well is a landmark of quality and I can't wait to see where this goes!

Ok, I think I went on long enough. Sorry that it got so long, but there is just so much to praise about this series! What I can say as a conclusion is that everything in Gachiakuta is so COOL! The designs, the world, the powers, the characters, the artwork! It reminds me of those early 2000s nu metal style cartoon drawings, but mixed with graffiti and excellent manga structure! I never thought a series like this can actually exist! On a personal level, it really connects with me on many ways. I love a good junkyard aesthetic and the obvious early 2000s influences definitely speak to my soul. Also, I'm a person with a strong tendency to get very emotionally attached to material things, so the core subject of the story really hits home for me. In short though, do yourself a favour and get into this manga right now! You will not regret joining the ride early. We're 107 chapters in as of now and everything just keeps getting better and better. The fact that till now, we're still mostly getting more questions than answers shows me that Urana Kei is here for the long haul and will strive to build a big expansive world and I'd wager we have at least 200-300 more chapters ahead of us! There is more than enough there for this to grow naturally and expand into grander spheres.

Normally, I am hesitant to write reviews for ongoing series, especially this early in their lifecycle. Will the quality remain consistent all throughout? Will the story grow in good ways? Will the author stick the landing with the conclusion? Only time will tell. But what I can tell you now is that I've seen more than enough to vouch for this manga's quality. So do yourself a favour and read it now! TURDFACE!

Mar 12, 2024

BishopME

Recommended

Preliminary (84/? chp)

Synopsis:
Our story opens with the protagonist (Rudo) rifling through the trash to save anything that he deems useful or valuable. The world Rudo lives in is a class-based society divided between the haves (wealthy townspeople) and the have-nots (those in the slums). This stark division has come to be accepted in this world because legends state that the have-nots were originally criminals. In this world, it is easy to be cast out of society as a criminal due to the strict regulations governing every aspect of life, this would include trash (in this world, it is illegal to recycle anything deemed as trash). Rudo regularly ...

Sep 17, 2022

Jusaku-Redai

Recommended

Preliminary (27/? chp)

This is the real treasure right here.

Once in a while, a "treasure" comes along in the stardust valley of trash repetition isekai, successive seasonals, and interesting new takes on the industry's style over substance meter that continues to ebb and flow ever since sliced bread became mechanized and bleeding.

Needless to say, the last time I felt this excited for a true battle shounen was my first time reading JJK when it had fewer than 50 chapters back in 2018; to stumble upon something so new, so wholly true to the form, and stealing all the best from its predecessors. We all saw how BIG it ... got with MAPPA doing its fine work. Stay healthy, MAPPAfolk. After adapting 139 you can finally get your wings.

But with heady October bringing us Blue Lock, Bleach, Mob Psycho, and Chainsaw Man, just to name four, someday Gachiakuta will be adapted. I could tell from almost the first panel of Jujutsu Kaisen that it was a legitimate series, one that must be adapted, and this is the same. Most Shounen Jump titles aren't, and while I'm also hoping for the Sakamoto Days official announcement (leaked only so far), this little piece of garbage will reify, deify, and perhaps apostate "what is trash."

For sometimes, trash can actually be good. Little Rudo shows us the way. In the New Generation of shounen protagonists before him, he has a driving force that keeps him going. And it's revenge. But as he gets to know the people around him, he makes similar realization to Yatora Yaguchi over in Afternoon, that he's not the only special one. While his secret power rings of the devil boy in WSJ, as a sort of cheat code to the system, unlike really what Asta's brings to the Clover Kingdom and beyond, it's more a simple acknowledgement of others, that's what makes this dark horse manga stand proud.

I'm only assigning this a 7 for now because it's <30 chapters, but in <10 chapters we have fight choreo that looks like Soul Eater and, in shounen battle manga, has few rivals in terms of speed, smoothness, and turns. The art as you'll find is rough, even shoddy; but trash isn't glittering, isn't gold, but each and every character is drawn with care. Each and every person matters, and you watch Rudo try to save a support member, who then finds motivation to try harder. We're still learning about the core mechanisms of this power, and the world only beckons forth to its innermost secrets. For unlike Made in Abyss which cares almost 99% about the Abyss only, here we clearly begin in the upper world, before descending below to that of the Styx - but they're just people too. And nobody knows how to get back up there. There's monsters running amok, and these guys take them down, but everyone with a cherished object doesn't have to be good. And here's what's truly extraordinary about this work.

Shounen for a long time has been about powers. Power-ups, tournament arcs, journeys of finding your inner chakra / reiatsu / Nen / cursed energy / what have you, and wielding it for good, and for your ideals. Here, the power has been extended outward. It's less about the human magical essence that everyone seems to have. It's much more about the human passion for those stuffed animals or cool sticks that we preen as staffs or warm, protective gloves - that with our care, become things of power. While it's not quite an analogy to a passion for making art per se, that too does reside in this manga, and thus Urana Kei writes and draws a shounen that isn't about power. It's about the passion we all have and how that makes us special. How it makes fights something fun and cool to behold and through all of this, Rudo overcomes his terrible, traumatic past of abandonment and losing his father to maybe save the world, or get his revenge on the upper beings, but most importantly, find a love for himself - a love of trash.

Read Gachiakuta. It's going to be big.

Jan 12, 2023

Yes_that

Recommended

Preliminary (41/? chp)

This manga is a hit. I started it on a total whim when I heard about it, but it blew my expectations out of the water. The art is really fun and weird, I'm a fan of the sort of weird graffiti-esque style. The plot wasn't anything super special at first, but it quickly gets more interesting. The power system is genuinely cool. Without spoiling too much, it revolves around how much a person values an item. The main character's power is really really fun, and I'm curious about where the mysteries around it go. There have been some more mature themes in later parts ...

Jun 14, 2023

shopperanime

Recommended

Preliminary (58/? chp)

As someone who has been following Gachiakuta's serialization since its release, I confidently vouch that this manga is at the starting line for a race toward massive success. At just under 60 chapters currently, it has left me awestruck each and every time with its explosive visuals and world-building. Kei Urana has laid the foundation for an impactful story about classism and the intrinsic value of everyday items. Her time working on the team for Fire Force has surely impacted her choices in Gachiakuta, and they have only uplifted the manga's style. The characters are stylized and mysterious, the world is diverse enough to draw ...

Mar 5, 2022

GaijinJaggajak

Recommended

Preliminary (1/? chp)

FIRST CHAPTER REVIEW (no spoilers)

I've been following the author's art for a while so it was awesome to find out he was getting published. I was hopeful and he did not disappoint.

The art is awesome - outrageously stylish like a medley of Atsushi Ohkubo (who he was assistant to), Akihito Tsukushi (made in abyss), and Demizu Posuka (Promised Neverland) contrasting bouncy gestural figures with clean bold geometric hatching. The line art is especially beautiful, creating textural yet ordered motion where other manga would use screen tones or messy hatching - gives everything a distinctive and hypnotic pattern. It's some of the best art in Shonen

The ... plot is as compact with detail as the art, launching into an outline of the themes in the first pages as every shonen has been doing in recent years. This is the one substantial pitfall of the chapter - the obtuse exposition. Though it's no worse than a lot of recent shonen manga, the overly expositional dialogue breaks immersion and the density of the chapter requires about 3 different vessels to explain the world, going frantically from narrator, to protagonist inner monologue, to bloated dialogue. I wish it respected the audience enough to have a little mystery and use more natural dialogue, or else just show what needs to be shown instead of holding our hand through it. I don't blame the author too much though, as getting your foot in the door ASAP stops these manga from getting axed by chapter 3.

That said, the story makes up for it with the world rich with potential, using it to effectively outline themes of social hierarchy, isolation, and discrimination, from a fascinatingly unique vantage point that looks at the superficiality of consumer culture and how it could bleed into society in how we view people such as ex convicts.

The way this philosophy is expressed so harmoniously with the world, the characters and the decisions they make in the chapters, and the plot (providing a series of surprises and an undeniably captivating hook in a late stage twist) in 70 pages is astonishing.

It feels like the bombastic fusion between Soul Eater and Made in Abyss and easily makes up for its clunkier aspects with the amount of pure unadulterated style and shameless individuality, edged by ruthless social critique.
I have high hopes for this manga and believe it to have the perfect fusion of attributes for survival in the battlefield of a shonen magazine: Ringing endorsement from a big name (Atsushi Ohkubo saying he was passing the baton), an abundance of awesome action and misleading plot that keeps the readers interested (so it the editorial department don't can it), and a fuckn planet of potential to express a meaningful statement in a beautiful badass way.

Don't let us down!

Nov 2, 2024

The_Weekly_Jay

Recommended

Preliminary (115/? chp)

Read Gachiakuta. That's my review.

Okay, MAL won't allow me to leave it at that because of the "character limit," so I will say this: Gachiakuta is one of the best new-gen manga out right now. If you're a fan of Soul Eater and Fire Force, Kei Urana was an assistant for Atsushi Ohkubo and has brought a fresh take to the shonen genre.

Without giving too much away, Gachiakuta tells the story of Rudo, a kid from the slums of the Sphere with a penchant for trash collecting. When his adoptive father is murdered, Rudo is accused and sentenced to the "pit," a deep ... hole where all of the city's garbage is thrown into. Upon falling, it's revealed that the Sphere is a city in the sky, meaning all the trash had to go somewhere. The ground is nothing like the Sphere. It's desolate. Dry. Arid. And it's here that Rudo's journey begins.

Oh, and he also learns that he is a "Giver," a person who puts soul energy into inanimate objects, turning them into weapons.

As a weekly reader, I am amazed at how layered this series is. "A little goes a long way" must be Kei Urana's motto because she has subtly built an interesting world filled with interesting characters by slowly feeding us readers with tidbits of lore, character development, and a lot of action. She is not heavy-handed in her messages and manages to subvert expectations with each chapter. To this day, I have yet to correctly theorize about what will happen next.

The art is incredible and extremely expressive to the point that it can be a bit jarring sometimes. The characters feel real, and the ground feels lived in. The pacing and comedy of the series is spot on.

I don't have any technical critiques of the series, but I have feelings about the social side. It's a bit difficult to explain, but Gachiakuta has this weird air around it regarding its potential. It has all the makings of being a bigger-than-life shonen but could also play to its strengths and stay relatively grounded (pun not intended). The power system has been one of my favorites in recent years. There are many creative fights and opportunities to flesh the power system out. However, I could see Gachiakuta ending without exploring the true power of jinkis/vital instruments. The same goes for the lore. The story is a page-turner, but in the same breath, it could end before we see certain things fleshed out. I'm sure people feel differently. That's just my gripe.

Bones is a great pic for the anime adaptation. If they can knock it out of the park, Gachiakuta will be a sleeper hit for that anime season and a standout for the year. That's how much I believe in this series. With all that being said, go check out Gachiakuta. You won't be disappointed.

Mar 11, 2022

RezeKit

Recommended

Preliminary (4/? chp)

Gachiakuta is going to be big.

From these first few chapters we already see how this shonen revenge story is developing with Rudo our main character in the Abyss.

I think that Gachiakuta will be a big hit once the first ark or the manga itself are complete because of its amazing art and promising setting/characters.

I might be bias but personally i find revenge stories where the characters go through lots of troubles some of the most exciting works, it's like they pull you into the story itself because it's so interesting and i find the twists and themes of the slums and Rudo's reputation very fresh.
...

Mar 14, 2022

bthnclk

Recommended

Preliminary (1/? chp)

My First Review

No Spoilers!
We see Rudo, who lives in the suburbs because his mother and father are murderers. He earns his living from the garbage in the city. He lives with his stepfather, Regto.

I read the first chapter and liked it.

The illustrations look like Enen no Shouboutai.

I especially liked the atmosphere and environmental design of the series.
...

Dec 10, 2024

Drewgoza

Recommended

Preliminary (120/? chp)

Gachiakuta is a story surrounding the main character Rudo. The power system is very unique and is about the idea of 'trash/garbage' and a human connection to it. (Essentially imbuing life into an item special to you). While there are other factors of it, that's the plain and simple explanation.

In the beginning, the story seemed to be progressing very slowly, but once you get introduced to the majority of the cast the plot sparks with life. The cast of characters is broad and each brings their own charm to the overall story. In the main group, each character has a basic value they showcase early ...

Jun 13, 2024

vamourphy

Recommended

Preliminary (100/? chp)

How will I start this hmmm
This manga is actually super fresh in many things while having a lot of inspiration for like Bleach , Soul Eater and other major mangas .
The story is good with a lot of mystery behind , the fight scenes are really good with good choreography .
The artwork is probably in my top 5 mangas , and since it is first manga its really amazing .
Even the cast around the main character is well balance with "unique" personality , the commedy is decent but not insane .
Even the antagonist forces that we saw until now ( Chapter 100 for now ...

Dec 26, 2022

Airtag111

Recommended

Preliminary (39/? chp)

Gachiakuta is a manga with a very strong concept: a boy falls from the heavens into a land of trash which has this organization called the "Janitors" working to protect and clean the "trash" which are the monsters of this area.

Its art is extremely pretty (in a ragtag way) and very atmospheric, the author really sets the aesthetic from the first chapter and it continues from then on. The fact that they have an actual graffiti artist to draw the background art (which is full of graffiti) adds such vibrance to the panels and really adds to that "backalley" and rougish feel of the world. ... Also Rudo's frequent usage of colloquial words emphasises it too-- like its a very bombastic type of world building but it works since its a shonen.

The story is great but is made greater by the characters, a lot of individual goals are set from the start like Rudo's desire to prove his innocence to his crush, which is a weaker reason, to prove himself not a murderers son, to return back to the heavens, and to even destroy the heavens because of how they wronged him. The protagonist has flawed goals, he is a very angry child after all, but that makes him a very human . The other characters are extremely badass and their interactions are magnificent. Engine just exudes coolness from each time he is on panel or speaks, and is a good mentor to Rudo. Zanka is a very quirky character that is a formidable fighter and a good foil to Rudo, as he is very tied to his one Jinki. And Riyou is just cool.

The fighting is everything an action shonen fan would hope for and more. The art is great but the power system, I found particularly nice in a world of battle shonen with jadedly quirky powers all around. In here there is a very ingrained story reason for the powers-- the fact that they are in a trash heap shows that they are surrounded by a world of unwanted items, which they are a part of themselves, but loading meaning to their own items gives them power, the Jinki, by loving and nurturing them. And their love and need for that item that would be otherwise considered another man's trash, is a string thematic concept. I thought at first it was super materialistic, like, wow you would be that attached to an item that MUCH? How about getting some spiritual refinement bro but then I realised okayy its just like a sentimental meaning loaded to an item that has no monetary value. I especially like how everyone can be a Jinki owner so its not like some exclusive club but also there is still hard enough to acquire one that Jinki users aren't super common.

Its not perfect as it can be one dimensional at moments like Rudo's anger sometimes seems forced. But it has some depth from reminding me of the Icarus story (like a reverse version of it) and up until this point all the villains have been relatively multi-faceted.

Its a very solid 8 out of 10 and I mean it deserves every point of it. Its everything one could look for in a battle shonen and more!

Mar 30, 2022

Truuuuz

Recommended

Preliminary (7/? chp)

Gachiakuta is not something to write home about just yet, but it’s apparent that it has great potential, Seven chapters are out as of now and as this author’s first published manga I must say I was impressed by it. The art is amazing and one of my favorite art styles from the new gene mangas. Obviously story wise there isn’t much to talk about as there is only seven chapters out as I’m writing this so I won’t judge it from that standpoint, but Rudo’s ability is cool and I can’t wait to get introduced to more characters and abilities and weapons. The Janitors ...

Jan 28, 2023

adobooOo

Recommended

Preliminary (41/? chp)

7 for me i like gachiakuta but i feel like its just mehh idk how to say it but yea
the art is very very good i love it!
The story is so unique very original and i like how its running and what going on so far.
Worldbuilding in this manga is insane i love how uruna make something and think something like this and the character design all i can say is sheesh
Okubo really said uruna is a prodigy and a successor and he was right

People really are garbage outside and inside they throw anything even theres only small damage they too lazy to fix ...

Jun 28, 2024

ScottSterling

Not Recommended

Preliminary (102/? chp)

I'm going to tell you not show you the Manga, almost impossible to feel immersion in a story that has no subtlety or nuance. You will feel like the characters are talking outside the 4th wall to you, not to their respective cast

100+ chapters and I feel no closer to the world or characters

Some of the art can be really cool but most of the time it's wayyy too visually noisy to read specific scenes or movements properly

And the characters are overtly wacky with caricatured emotions over and over, how many times do we have to see a manic 'This character is not ...

Jul 18, 2022

LocalAutist

Not Recommended

Preliminary (21/? chp)

I heard about Gachiakuta because apparently Urana Kei was an assistant on Fire Force. This leaves Gachiakuta with big devils footprints to fill. Thankfully it lives up to the standard of Ookubos works.

The first 3 chapters are the strongest point of the manga. Right after Rudo is dropped into the abyss countless questions will rush through your head. Questions that will not be answered immediately, rather rudo first has to join a group and learn the combat system in and out. Obviously. Here the artwork of the manga really shines. Overtly stylized character designs rendered to be as ugly and unrecognizable as humanly possible. Despite ...