🗑️🔥 Gachiakuta (anime) - if they call you trash, do you become a monster?

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### 🗑️🔥 Gachiakuta (anime) - if they call you trash, do you become a monster?

Discussion only - no screening. I’ll bring a few printed prompts.

Short summary
Gachiakuta is grimy in the best way - a world where the rich throw away garbage… and people… and pretend the problem disappears.
It follows Rudo, a kid from the “trash” side of society who gets framed and dropped into the Pit - a wasteland of filth and literal trash‑beasts.
But the hook isn’t just action. It’s the vibe: rage, class hatred, survival, and the question of what happens to your soul when the world treats you as disposable.
Also: the graffiti energy isn’t decoration - it’s part of the story’s identity.
Come even if you’re rusty - I’ll do a quick reset at the start so nobody feels lost.

What we’ll explore

• When the world calls you “trash,” what’s the first emotion you feel - shame, rage, or freedom? And what does the show seem to think is the most dangerous of the three?
• Rudo - justice or revenge? Does his anger feel clean to you… or does it start poisoning him?
• The Pit as a metaphor: is it basically “where society dumps everything it doesn’t want to see”… and do we have modern versions of that?
• Trash‑beasts: are they just monsters… or are they the world’s consequences made flesh?
• The power system is weirdly intimate: turning everyday objects into weapons/tools - does it feel like “everything has a soul,” or like “you survive by re‑purposing what others discard”?
• Graffiti style: does it feel like rebellion… or like the characters carving their names into a world that’s trying to erase them?

What to watch
Ideally: Season 1. If you’re not done, you can still come — just know spoilers may happen.
(For anyone who needs a place to watch: it streams on Crunchyroll.)

When and where

• Date: Sunday, March 01, 2026
• Time: 1:30PM - 3:30PM
• Location: Central Library - Meeting Rooms - L4 North (492) Meeting Room

Cap 12–15 + waitlist
Small room on purpose so it stays a real conversation.

Optional content note
Dark fantasy violence, oppressive social systems, and some gnarly imagery.