Gachiakuta, the hero who instill soul in objects
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Today, we present you a manga that proves that even in the outskirts of society, even at the bottom of the hole, people manage to recreate a social hierarchy.
Gachi Akuta is a manga that tells us the story of a shanty town where descendants of criminals live...
The people on the other side of the social frontier look down on them and discriminate against them by calling them "savage people".
Ludo, an orphan, lives in the slum with his adoptive father, Legt, and makes a living using his extraordinary physical abilities.
However, one day, he is accused of a crime he did not commit and is thrown into the "abyss" that even the slum dwellers fear.
Cult object
At a time of programmed obsolescence of goods manufactured by industry, it is interesting to read a manga where the characters breathe a soul into objects named "Jinki". To breathe soul into an object, you have to take care of it. The value of the object is more relative to the care it is given than to the price at which it was purchased. Through Gachiakuta, we understand how an object can become sacred and how the sacred, through time, the transmission of this object from generation to generation, becomes a relic. An emotional journey that helps to understand the sentimental value of an object that belonged to a loved one compared to the value of the same object bought in the market.
Drawn by Urana Kei a young, talented mangaka and an absolute fan of Soul Eater who was Ōkubo Atsushi's assistant during the production of Enen no Shouboutai. It's a bit like a lifelong Celine Dion fan finding herself the producer of her latest album.
One can imagine the delirium she must have felt when she learned that she would be the assistant of the creator of her favourite manga. It seems that believing in your dreams is often better than listening to toxic people.
What we love about Kodansha's shonen is the spiritual and philosophical reflection brought to the meaning of the fight. The meaning makes the fight logical and thus takes it away from the Fan_service.
Rudo does not want to become the king of oil, he does not either want to become a mage emperor or a hokage. Ludo's only aspiration is to rise to the surface to prove his innocence. To do so, he will have to follow an initiatory path where objects and men are at the end of their cycle, because sometimes it is in the abyss that life begins.
Beyond the story that promises to be Dantesque, Gachiakuta is above all a grandiose graphic style that is sometimes difficult to digest as each page is full of details. However, we're not going to complain, despite this visual abundance, each page remains readable unlike those of Boku no Hero Academia, at the moment, in its final battle arc.
We invite you to discover the first manga of a future great mangaka. Gachiakuta is an object that will gain value with time. An instructive work at a time of climate change which, in addition to giving meaning to second-hand objects, teaches us to practice selective sorting of our social relations.
Mangaka :
Urana Kei
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Japanese Publisher :
Kodansha