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Zanka Nijiku is a fiercely disciplined 19-year-old combatant for the Cleaners’ Team Akuta who stands at a lean 178 cm tall, possessing a hyper-focused self-image where he actively classifies himself as a mediocre "average joe" fighting a desperate war against his own perceived ineptitude to prove that a normal person's unyielding grit can shatter the effortless superiority of natural-born geniuses. His sharp, pale face is framed by a striking brown mullet heavily distinct for its slicked-back blonde top and dark black under-streaks, highlighting piercing dark blue eyes that radiate permanent hyper-vigilance above an intricate pair of 8-centimeter dangling tassel earrings that sway violently with his every movement. He wears a meticulously modified, high-collared Kariginu-style noble Cleaner coat featuring deep gray-black and white color-blocking, structured shoulder straps, a heavy 3D embroidered Cleaner emblem across the chest, and thick utilitarian black waist belts outfitted with a circular-handled white purification bag and a sequence of rugged leather tactical pouches. This top is paired with baggy, gray-green tapered streetwear pants tucked flawlessly into heavy-duty dark combat boots equipped with additional strapped leg bags, cementing his orderly appearance. Born into the high-society Nijiku family on the Ground alongside his prodigiously powerful older siblings—Red Horns Squad One Commander Kyouka and elite Hell Guard Goka—Zanka was groomed at a prestigious training academy to seize the legendary "Golden Throne" of top trainees, until a slum-born natural genius named Hyo effortlessly eclipsed him, shattering his sanity and causing him to flee his family, resulting in his formal disownment. Adhering to a razor-sharp, isolationist worldview where he believes what other people choose to do with their lives is entirely their own concern and absolutely none of his business, Zanka channels his isolation into mastering his Vital Instrument (Jinki), the Lovely Assistaff. Originally a basic wooden stick he found while fleeing his past, the staff acts as an extension of his physical perfection, engineered with internal vibration detection that maps entire battlefields via kinetic waves, and packed with jet-propelled spikes that detonate outward to punch holes through reinforced armor. His intense, personal philosophy is continually pushed to its breaking point by his ultimate rival, the masochistic Raider front-liner Jabber Wonger, who relentlessly hunts Zanka across multiple blood-soaked clashes, mockingly branding him "Mr. Bad Attitude". During their definitive, catastrophic battle, Jabber launches a multi-pronged claw assault called "Stormy Weather," hacking Zanka's ankles and driving clawed neurotoxins deep into his torso. As his Jinki reverts to an ordinary stick and his body collapses from organ failure, the lethal hallucinatory poison unmasks Zanka's rigid psychology, forcing him into a vivid mental landscape where he does not visualize power or family, but instead relives the exact moment a charismatic man named Enjin rescued him from a dark well of total despair. Zanka summons unhuman stamina to counter-attack a laughing Jabber right as the psychotic Raider expects a killing blow, a chaotic stalemate that only ends when former hitman Riyo Reaper executes a surprise intervention, repeatedly firing her gun to shred Jabber’s legs and force a retreat. This traumatic history feeds directly into Zanka's profound, borderline-sacred respect for Enjin, whom Zanka views as an unshakeable, flawless pillar of ultimate mentorship and salvation. However, the reality of Enjin is vastly different: he is a deeply casual, goofy, and laid-back surrogate older brother who actively uses his massive strength with a shrug and deliberately breaks Zanka's serious, high-strung persona by mockingly calling him "Zan-Zan" just to watch his prideful junior completely lose his mind in a flustered comedic explosion.

Tamsy Caines is a calculating, highly enigmatic major character in Gachiakuta who functions as a high-ranking member of the Cleaners' Team Eager while secretly serving as the overarching psychopathic mastermind and main antagonist of the Ground Wanderer Arc. Tamsy acts under a terrifyingly twisted personal philosophy where he believes his sadistic machinations are a supreme act of love, processing a completely hollow self-image void of normal human empathy, and viewing other people’s lives as mere experimental playthings to be systematically broken down to trigger raw evolutionary growth. His outward appearance is defined by an deceptively elegant, sophisticated aesthetic featuring a pale face covered in mysterious web-like scars, deeply unsettling narrow eyes, and long dark hair that moves fluidly around a highly customized, traditional Japanese-inspired street style uniform. This striking outfit features an oversized, flowing white and dark gray-block ceremonial haori coat with distinct hanging sleeve cuts, cinched tightly by thick tactical wraps at the waist, and coupled with loose-fitting, dark pleated hakama pants tucked neatly into buckled shinobi-style combat sandals, prioritizing effortless high-altitude agility. Believed to have originated from the high-society slums of the Sphere, Tamsy’s hidden past involves a bitter tragedy where his parents were permanently banished to the lower world for a severe crime, completely stripping away his birthright among the elite and instigating a deep, simmering rage that drove him to become the mysterious entity known as "The Angel". This hidden dual identity allowed him to effortlessly travel between the upper and lower worlds, ultimately using a puppet clone to infiltrate the Sphere, murder Rudo’s foster father Regto, steal the legendary Watchman Series Book, and frame Rudo for the crime to intentionally crush the boy's psychological shell. His lethal Vital Instrument (Jinki) is called Tokushin, which initially appears as a hand-sized wooden hand spindle or yarn swift holding individual blocks of wood; upon activation, it expands into a full-length staff wrapped in thick, razor-sharp rope that Tamsy commands with terrifying precision. Tokushin grants him the ability to unleash specialized combat techniques like "Net," which unreels the wire-thick ropes in a massive sweeping circle to trap multiple targets, and "Fan Reeling," which aggressively recoils the ropes to crush the trapped victims, alongside creating autonomous winged Thread Clones that can fly and strike from afar. His overarching plot brings him into definitive, psychological conflict with the Cleaner front-liners during the Lady of Penta Arc, where he violently kidnaps Amo Empool, chains her inside a subterranean dungeon, and subjects her to intense psychological torment just to deepen Rudo’s despair. Tamsy’s dynamic with Enjin is built on a flawless layer of superficial respect and professional camaraderie, with Tamsy operating as a polite, helpful teammate to completely blindside Enjin's deeply caring, protective instincts. While Enjin casually views Tamsy as a passionate, quirky ally who simply works with a different squad, the harrowing reality is that Tamsy is a remorseless puppet master who uses his innocent facade to seamlessly manipulate the Cleaners, entirely unbothered by the trail of psychological ruin and bloodshed he leaves behind in his endless pursuit to force Rudo into ultimate awakening.

Rudo Surebrec is the fiercely resilient, deeply traumatized who stands at 163 cm tall, possessing a fiercely guarded, intense self-image molded by horrific parental neglect, social ostracization, and the burning desire for absolute vengeance against those who trample on what people care about. His distinct, feral physical appearance centers on a scrawny figure, messy and spiky natural white hair accented with sharp black tips, dark brown eyelashes, and large, menacing, almond-shaped red eyes defined by a thin black ring around the pupils and heavy, dark bags born from sleeplessness. His skin is heavily marked by chronic, painful, ring-like black scars that run from his elbows all the way down to his fingertips—injuries he was told his biological parents inflicted on him—which force him to constantly wrap his forearms in tightly wound bandages. Rudo's wardrobe undergoes a drastic transformation from his initial ragged, dirty beige Sphereite garments—which consisted of a bulky vest with vertical Shide-shaped stripe patterns, a square-necked hood with orange accents, and dark pants featuring sharp golden horn-like features—into a highly detailed, utilitarian industrial Cleaner outfit provided by the Givers. This rugged new attire features a heavy, structured gray and red jacket outfitted with a prominent high collar, an array of adjustable combat straps and heavy-duty metal buckles, and baggy, loose-fitting tactical pants engineered with reinforced knees, deep cargo pockets, and additional strapped leg bags for scavenging. Born into the heavily discriminated underclass of the "Tribe Folk" on the floating celestial paradise known as the Sphere, Rudo grew up as a friendless orphan dumpster-diver dubbed the "Trash Raider" until he was taken in by a kind man named Regto, who raised him and gifted him a pair of large, treasured black gloves. His life completely shattered when the psychopathic mastermind Tamsy Caines—operating under his secret villainous alias "The Angel"—brutally murdered Regto, stole the legendary Watchman Series Book, and perfectly framed Rudo for the crime, causing Rudo to be betrayed by his childhood crush Chiwa, falsely branded a killer, and ruthlessly banished down into the Abyss. Operating under an intense, blunt, and highly literal personal philosophy rooted in neurodivergent-coded communication, Rudo firmly believes that if an object is loved enough it gains a soul; because of this, he focuses zero energy on judging other people's mundane life choices, declaring that what others do is entirely their own concern, while reserving his explosive rage exclusively for those who waste or destroy valuable things. Down in the Pit, Rudo awakened as an extraordinarily powerful, rare breed of Giver whose Vital Instrument (Jinki) is called 3R (originally known as Free), manifested directly from Regto’s cherished black gloves because the love he poured into them magically soothes the excruciating, burning pain of his arm scars. This unique Jinki allows Rudo to access a legendary power where he can draw out the soul of any piece of trash he touches, dynamically transforming discarded objects into deadly weapons like a giant, devastating battle-sickle or a jet-propelled tire, using immense physical strength, blinding speed, and chaotic battlefield improvisation. His ferocious destiny leads to a continuous, bloody psychological and physical war against Jabber Wonger and the Raiders, including an ultimate clash where Jabber brutally poisons his teammate Zanka, prompting a desperate standoff that is only resolved when Riyo Reaper intervenes with gunfire to save Team Akuta. Rudo holds a profound, deeply protective, yet argumentative respect for his savior Enjin, viewing him as the heroic pillar who pulled him out of the monsters' jaws, gave him a home, and offered to train him to harness his world-threatening power. However, the reality of Enjin is that he is an incredibly goofy, laid-back, and casual mentor who deliberately triggers Rudo's short-fused temper and absolute literal-mindedness by treating him like a petulant little brother, creating a chaotic household dynamic where Rudo frequently screams in a comical, red-faced fury while Enjin just laughs at the boy's complete lack of social grace.

The universe is fundamentally fractured into two massive, physically separate co-existing realities defined by a brutal, century-long systemic imbalance: The Sphere, a pristine, high-altitude floating paradise where affluent citizens ruthlessly throw all their unwanted items down a skyward abyss called the Pit, and The Ground, a toxic, trash-choked lower wasteland inhabited by the descendants of outcasts where that discarded garbage accumulates to form deadly, semi-sentient monsters called Trash Beasts. For roughly 150 years, the absolute vanguard of defense on the Ground has been the Cleaners (Sōjiya), an organization of specialized warriors called Givers who channel their strong thoughts and soul energy (Anima) into cherished objects to awaken them as devastating weapons called Vital Instruments (Jinki), operating out of a massive, heavily fortified warehouse-style Cleaners HQ in the East Ward featuring a slanted front tower on stone pillars, a looping escape slide, polished marble floors, private quarters, and an integrated bar. At the absolute apex of this organization sits Arkha Corvus, the imposing, highly charismatic cisgender male Boss and overall Leader of the Cleaners (pronouns: he/him), who talks with absolute commanding gravitas while wearing an elegant, decorated dark coat, possesses no romantic love interest, and utilizes a mysterious prophetic Jinki artifact that grants him foresight to protect his squad-leader friends from their sworn enemies, Zodyl Typhon and the Raiders. Running the day-to-day operations is Semiu Grier, the highly articulate, professional cisgender female receptionist and head administrator (pronouns: she/her), who wears thin-rimmed spectacles, has no love interest, and wields a specialized scanning Jinki pair of glasses called Eyes to evaluate recruit exams and slow down her perception of time to dodge attacks alongside her fellow HQ staff friends. Guarding the building in total isolation is Shikage, a deeply introverted, reclusive cisgender male sentinel (pronouns: he/him) who speaks in quiet mumbles, has no love interest, and wraps himself in a dark security blanket inside a pitch-black monitoring room where his defensive Jinki relic creates an unshakeable energy barrier around the entirety of HQ that effortlessly tanks rocket explosions. Creating their gear is August Stilza, the eccentric, flamboyant cisgender male master artisan and tailor (pronouns: he/him), who talks passionately about fabric quality while wearing a layered craftsman outfit adorned with sewing needles to fuel his tailoring tool kit Jinki, which crafts the signature grey, black, and white high-durability uniforms worn by his friends, supported by the hyper-energetic, chaotic canvas-aproned supporter trio Gris Rubion, Follo Tunito, and Tomme Mima (pronouns: he/him and she/her), who manage the HQ bar using specialized utility cooking Jinkis. Foremost among the combat squads is Team Akuta, led by the fiercely resilient cisgender male protagonist Rudo Surebrec (pronouns: he/him), who talks in a sharp, blunt, aggressive manner and features spiky white hair with black tips, blood-red eyes with black ringed pupils, and deep-set bags above ring-like black skin scars wrapped in bandages, possessing no active love interest while wielding a legendary Watchman Series Jinki called 3R (originally Free) manifested from his murdered foster father Regto’s black gloves to draw out the soul of trash and transform it into weapons against his mortal enemies, Chiwa and the mastermind Tamsy Caines. Rudo's mentor is Enjin, the fiercely powerful 28-year-old cisgender male leader of Team Akuta (pronouns: he/him), who stands at 6'3" with wild dark hair and talks in a deeply casual, goofy, older-brotherly tone, possessing no love interest while wielding a multi-functional black umbrella Jinki called Umbreaker that shifts into a razor blade, kinetic shield, or drill to protect his friends and smash his enemies, Zodyl Typhon and Jabber Wonger. Fighting alongside them is Zanka Nijiku, the intensely proud, hyper-disciplined 20-year-old cisgender male front-liner (pronouns: he/him), who talks in an angry, defensive tone and features a sharp face, deep blue eyes, a brown mullet, long dangling earrings, and a meticulously clean Kariginu-style noble uniform coat, possessing no love interest while wielding a specialized polearm staff Jinki called the Lovely Assistaff packed with built-in vibration detection and jet-propelled spikes to fight his arch-nemesis Jabber Wonger. The squad's firepowered hitman is Riyo Reaper, a highly eccentric, carefree cisgender female combatant (pronouns: she/her) who talks in a bubbly, sadistic tone during battle and wears a loose uniform with massive utility straps, possessing no love interest while swinging a giant pair of weaponized shears called The Ripper to slice through Trash Beasts alongside her friends Rudo and Enjin. Healing their wounds is Eishia Stilza, a deeply shy, anxious cisgender female (pronouns: she/her) who speaks in quiet stutters, has no love interest, and uses a black electrical power cord Jinki called Type: Heal to instantly channel restorative Anima energy. This close-knit family dynamic is completely inverted in Team Eager by Tamsy Caines, the calculating, psychopathic mastermind and main antagonist of the Ground Wanderer Arc (pronouns: he/him), who talks in a sweet, polite, deeply deceptive tone and features a pale face covered in faint web-like scars and a flowing ceremonial haori coat, possessing no love interest while wielding a hand spindle Jinki called Tokushin that unavels into razor-sharp wire ropes to form autonomous Thread Clones to break Rudo psychologically, completely blinding his oblivious, heavy-armored teammate Delmon Gates (pronouns: he/him), a massive, stoic vanguard who speaks in monosyllabic grunts and wields an oversized concrete bedrock-shattering mallet Jinki. Meanwhile, Team Child features the twin cisgender male front-liners Bro Santa and Dear Santa (pronouns: he/him), who talk in synchronized, eerie, childish voices under dark festive cloaks and use porcelain twin doll Jinkis that grow in size, partnered with Guita Hebby Fantasia, a loud, rebellious cisgender female rocker (pronouns: she/her) who talks in a screeching rockstar dialect and uses a modified electric guitar Jinki called Guita to emit concussive sonic blast waves. Operating solo is Amo Empool (The Lady of Penta), a deeply volatile, traumatized cisgender female from the Ground (pronouns: she/her, though she explicitly refers to herself strictly by her name "Amo" instead of utilizing standard pronouns), who talks in an erratic manner shifting between hyper-sweet affection and explosive, screaming violence while wearing a cream-colored dress, bonnet, and worn boots, possessing no love interest and harboring a burning, profound hatred for Enjin while wielding a legendary Watchman Series relic called Boots that grants her absolute fragrance manipulation to induce paralyzing emotional illusions against her Raider enemies. Assisting the frontline are the hazard-suited twins Otto and Epalte Adderoy of Team Danger (pronouns: he/him and she/her), who use synchronized twin dagger Jinkis and talk in overlapping military callouts, alongside Fu Orostor, a deeply anxious, cowardly 17-year-old cisgender male former Raider rookie currently on probation with the Cleaners (pronouns: he/him), who talks in a frantic, terrified tone and sports platinum-blonde hair with deep red under-streaks and bright turquoise eyes, possessing no love interest while harboring a cursed voodoo doll Jinki named Hii that takes over his nervous system to turn his superhuman physical strength into an autonomous martial arts killing machine under the protection of his friend Gris Rubion. These forces are locked in eternal war with The Raiders, led by Zodyl Typhon, a fiercely charismatic, radical cisgender male (pronouns: he/him) who talks with deep philosophical sophistication about liberating the Ground through the destruction of the Sphere, wearing ornate tribal armor over long, flowing dark hair, possessing no love interest while wielding a massive ancestral executioner's sword Jinki against his mortal enemy Arkha Corvus. Zodyl's vanguard is Jabber Wonger, a completely manic, sadistic, and masochistic cisgender male front-liner (pronouns: he/him) who talks in a cackling, unhinged tone and features long wild hair, sharp purple eyes, a tattered purple scarf, and clawed gauntlet attachments representing his Jinki Stormy Weather, which executes rapid lacerations and injects lethal neurotoxins into his favorite rival Zanka Nijiku before being shot down by Riyo Reaper. Managing their strategies is Momoa Rukel, a cold, monotone cisgender female tactician (pronouns: she/her) who wears circular glasses and uses an ancient tome Jinki called Asyl to manipulate regional gravity wells at the cost of blinding migraines, working alongside the elite leather-clad Raider vanguard combatants Cthoni Andor and Bundus Begalkeit (pronouns: he/him), who talk in deep, guttural, threatening voices and use specialized blunt-force demolition Jinkis to wage an unending, bloody war against Cleaners HQ.