Gachiakuta, Vol. 5

ガチアクタ [Gachiakuta] #5

by Kei Urana, Hideyoshi Andou (designer)

THE SCENT OF MEMORY

Return to the Sphere and take revenge for Regto's death—that's what Rudo swore to do. After receiving an eyewitness report that people had been seen coming and going from the Sphere to the ground, the Cleaners followed the rumor all the way to No Man's Land to find the mysterious woman who might have the information Rudo needs. They fight off numerous trash beasts and manage to find the woman, but then something goes horribly wrong, and Enjin seems to be out for the count...!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Action, Shonen, Fiction, Adventure, Horror

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 17, 2023

About the author

Kei Urana (裏那圭, Urana Kei) is a Japanese Mangaka.

Reviews

[tyrosine · Rating 5 out of 5]

hey so this ripped my fucking heart to shreds, will be sending the mangaka my therapy bills shortly

[Zara · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCUSE THE TYPOS :p
This just gets better and better. I love the creativity of the author, I love how every giver has their own background, and how all the instruments have managed to surprise me.
The powers of Amo are really problematic, we can see the effect it can have on people, and just for the nature of the power we can tell her background is deep, they gave us part of it and now I’m hoping they’ll give us the rest in the next volume.
QUOTES
“You’re filthy, and you contaminate everything around you”
“There’s something inside of him. And it’s growing. To put it simply… Hmm… It’s something that might destroy the world.
PARDON ME?
“Because Amo saw an angel crossing between the heavenly sphere and the ground on earth”
“PARDON ME?” 0.2

[Agnese Rosengren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tamsy è letteralmente il motivo per cui questo arco narrativo si risolleva tantissimo.

[LindSlay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really good volume. I continue to love these interesting characters that are still being introduced, but it is done in a way that I am not overwhelmed by this crazy cast of people. Everyone's personality is cranked up to 10, which is sometimes too much but given this harsh world everyone is interacting with, it really doesn't bother me. It feels right for the story being told. I love how Rudo as the MC makes mistakes and not in the "but in the end it was the right thing to do" way but in the "no actually that was a bad choice" way. This also got very dark at the end, which I could see foreshadowed with this new villain(ish) character we got this volume but dang I wasn't expecting to see it play out. I liked this read a lot.

[Marisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every chance the author had to over sexualize the child 🍇 victim they took it. The author took every chance to highlight her chest, her underwear, tie her up, and put her into poses where her legs were spread as far as they could.
Enjin criticized her clothes when one of his allies is wearing about the same amount of clothes. Rudo is shown repeatedly punching her in the face after she was unable to defend herself anymore. This was to show there’s something terrible in Rudo that he’ll need to deal with, that it’ll be part of his character development. But a teenage boy beating a defenseless barely clothed 🍇 victim is disturbing. There’s better ways to show Rudo has anger issues.

[MarinaLawliett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quiero el 6 YA

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

تا پایان چپتر 39 میشه تا قسمت دوازده انیمه..
احتمالا برای دوازده قسمت دیگه تا حدود چپتر 80 برسه..
خوبه..
بریم برای ادامه اش..

[Frédéric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though this series is tagged as "shonen", a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young male audience, typically characterized by action-filled plots., Gachiakuta is rather dark. The last chapters of this volume are somewhat disturbing by their violence, whether physical or psychological.
What I mean is be warned that the overall vibe of the series and this particular volume is closer to a grim Demon Slayer than a joyful Naruto.

That being said I’m still in awe with this series. Impressive dynamism, filled with contained aggressivity and amazing designs. Joy.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

CW: heavy implication of child SA.

This would have been a 4 star if they had not gone down the route of designing a young character (who has obvious trauma) wearing basically underwear, with an overflowing bust and a number of crotch shots. It’s even more tasteless considering her back story.

[Rocha · Rating 4 out of 5]

If the enemy is a woman, then I can't fight back?
yo te banco rudo!!!

excelente el nuevo cleaner

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a stellar volume! I had been looking forward to the introduction of Amo’s character, and she certainly didn’t disappoint. Man, that girl is all levels of fucked up 😩

First and foremost, excuse you how dare you make me emo for Delmon? What happened to his beautiful wife? WHO TOOK HER FROM HIM? That’s just foul and dirty! It’s clear he loved her so much too 😭 Just unacceptable to use that against him! That man just wanted to live a happy life with his wife and grow flowers for her 🥺🔫

Then we have Rudo’s whole existential crisis in this volume. Amo also completely fucked with his brain. Thanks to that, we get evidence that his fear of all the rage and ugliness inside him isn’t just hypothetical. We had Semiu basically confirm it 😩 And I can’t help but love a story that strongly features a character who is trying to battle what they’ve inherited from their parents. Rudo is so scared of what his father was and what it means for him, but he still has no real idea how to navigate the strong emotions. Get my son into anger management classes STAT! He’s a good boy 😭 I promise! It’s just that there’s no healthy way, so far, for him to release all that ugliness. Bottling it up is not the solution, as shown here, because that will just mean that it’ll come out in unpleasant ways. Please just let my trash son be happy and kind, which is his TRUE nature 🥺

Finally, the little we learn about Amo’s past in this volume is sickening. Truly repulsive what has happened to her 🤮 Have these people never heard of true love and nurturing of a child? The life she’s lived up to this point sounds dire. Please give this girl some clothes and proper care stat!

Naturally, I’m going to pick up the next volume in .2 seconds because it’s already in my grasp from the library ✨

P.S. Tamsy’s vital instrument was cool as fuck! He really went there and crossed some lines because he knew everyone would be fine 🙂‍↕️ I support his vision.

[「 ✦ Jessica ✦ 」 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve seen so much hate floating around for Ado, and honestly… I don’t get it. I went into this volume already knowing a bit about her backstory, so watching everything unfold here hit way harder. The whole scene where she invites people over — only to realize they’re just there to use her, to get information — like??? Of course she’d spiral after that! That’s betrayal and manipulation layered on top of already deep trauma. Her crash-out felt valid, and I wish more people would recognise that instead of labelling her “annoying” or “dramatic.” 🙄 Just say y’all aren’t used to seeing complex female characters who don’t immediately soften up or fall for the first sign of affection.

Also, I’m not usually into the whole “friends get mind-controlled and attack each other” trope — it’s been done so many times — but I’ll give credit where it’s due: this one was actually pretty solid. It didn’t overstay its welcome, and it served a purpose beyond the chaos. Plus, it gave us a chance to see Ado’s Jinki in action, and that alone made it worth it. The design and power of her Jinki? So slick.

Speaking of which — I adore how creative the Jinkis are getting. Every time a new one shows up, I’m like, “wait, that’s what you turned into a weapon??” 😭 Tamzy’s yarn pull especially stood out to me — it’s such an odd, clever idea for a weapon, and it somehow works. It’s the perfect mix of eerie and beautiful, which honestly describes this series as a whole.

But what really got under my skin this volume was Amo’s backstory. It’s disturbing in such a quiet, human way — those childish drawings of her memories, her obsession with being loved, her total misunderstanding of what happened to her. She’s literally idolizing the same parents who sold her off, calling them “the best,” and it’s just… chilling. The innocence of it makes it so much sadder. I actually had to pause and sit with that for a minute.

[Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

92%

This volume is just sad. Everyone is this series has been through wayyyy too much shit. Even Amo, with how despicable Urana made her, I felt terrible for when reading her backstory at the end of this volume.

Love Rudo as a protagonist, though. His crash out towards the end was a bit vicious, but valid tbh. Especially when Amo made the four of them that were affected by her abilities relive awful shit, while laughing too…

Every character in this series is so complex. And cool. And the fights are great. I love this series so far!

[LJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm officially addicted. Read this all in one sitting as I wasn't stopping till I found out what happened. The story is so engaging and fun to read and I'm loving each character more and more cough especially Enjin cough.
I also find it very clever when an author can hide the solution in plain sight.
That ending however was DARK 😳

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This turned so dark so fast- still good though, and shows just how brutal life on the Ground really is. I freaking love Tamsy, he's by far my favourite! I'm so curious about the entire mystery surrounding the angel and the symbol on Rudo's gloves and Amo's shoes...

[Buddy_Aech · Rating 5 out of 5]

I mean like, I get why Amo does what she does, and why she is that way. Like that's terrible. But dude, that was his dead wife and his childhood love who rejected him. Like😭😭😭
Also, "Tokkushin". Tamsy is so freaking cool. I wish I hadn't found out spoilers about him.☹️

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Las cosas ya se están poniendo serias.

[Sara Cardelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

La trama mistery è molto interessante

[Marijn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dit opnieuw lezen en Tamhsy zien wetend dat hij de bad guy is is zo vreemd

[Krysta ꕤ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Rachel]

so i am LOVING this series….filling the void soul eater left all those years ago….

[el · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
amo i need u to get behind me NOW RIGHT THIS INSANT

[Percy · Rating 4 out of 5]

okay, this volume definitely left some emotional damage. As if I needed anymore proof of how fucked up their world is

[ounaïssa ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

ok c'était vraiment fou

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually Amo *should* be protected at all costs

[moodiebluezz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amo :(

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I mean alright just put a gun to my heart.

[Cammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kudos crash out from chapters 35-38 was so valid

Amo’s design is so cool I wonder what her color palette is (I probably could just look it up lol) and she is such an interesting character to me mostly because I don’t understand what’s going on with her necessarily…


SPOILERS FOR NEXT THING THAT IM GUNNA SAY





Lowkey thought Enjin was finna 💀🪦

Glad he didn’t tho..

[Cade · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful art, incredibly creative character designs and that ending was so dark and creepy

[Mo ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey so…this one was a little (lot) dark. From Rudo's moment halfway through (which I found sad but so relatable in so many ways D: ) to the end scene(s). Ohhhh boy…