Name: Gachiakuta 1
SKU: 55907467
Price: 507.00 TWD
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Author: Kei Urana
ISBN: 9798888770207

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kei Urana

Publisher

Kodansha Comics

Year

2024

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x15x3 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9798888770207

Synopsis "Gachiakuta 1"

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!

Kei Urana

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Kei Urana is a Japanese mangaka known for her energetic visual style and dark, emotional narrative. From her early works, she demonstrated remarkable talent for building dystopian worlds with a strong symbolic and social charge. Her career took off with the publication of several one-shots that caught attention for their aggressive graphic approach, detailed and influenced by urban art and graffiti. Over time, she consolidated her voice within shōnen manga, eventually gaining international projection with her most famous work: Gachiakuta.

Urana is characterized by an intense aesthetic, where the marginal, the broken, and the rejected find a powerful expression. Her characters are often young people facing oppressive systems, violent worlds, and moral dilemmas, within charged and expressive visual contexts. Additionally, she has worked closely with graffiti artists and other creatives who contribute to her work a unique visual style within contemporary manga.

Committed to her artistic vision, Kei Urana has managed to stand out in a highly competitive market, bringing freshness and narrative risk. Her work connects with readers looking for more than action, offering stories that also challenge from the symbolic, social, and emotional standpoint.

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