Gachiakuta Vol. 05

Gachiakuta Vol. 05

In this highly-anticipated new action manga, a young boy is framed for murder and cast off the edge of a floating city into the abyss, where he grapples with the monsters that the elite high above would rather forget. The more the rich glitter, the higher the price paid by the poor…

With a premise that recalls Battle Angel Alita and kinetic battles reminiscent of Attack on Titan, Gachiakuta is a must-read for fans of dark, dystopian fantasies like Deadman Wonderland!

Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he’s falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment–exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, he will have to master a new power and join a group known as the Cleaners who battle the hulking trash beasts of the Pit!

Biographical Notes:

Gachiakuta is Kei Urana’s debut series, currently releasing in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. Prior to this, Urana won first prize in Shonen Magazine’s 103rd Newcomer Manga Awards for the one-shot Shikido.

Title Notes:

• FANTASTIC WORLDBUILDING: Battle Angel Alita meets Soul Eater in this fantastical, nuanced dystopia series that will draw in old and new fans alike.
• MOST-ANTICIPATED: This series was voted by fans as one of the most anticipated new action manga they wanted to see in English and came in 13th in the 2022 Next Manga Awards print category.
• TWITTER FOLLOWING: A well-known artist active on Twitter with 75k followers, this author already has a well-established English following.

More details on Kei Urana:

Kei Urana’s Twitter account

More works by Kei Urana

Publisher’s Twitter account