Trash Beasts

Trash Beast
Japanese	斑獣
Romanized	Han-jū
Character Profile
Species	Trash Beasts
Gender	Genderless
Affiliation	Ground
Biographical Profile
Status	Active
Vital Instrument
Media Profile
Manga debut	Chapter 1
Anime debut	Episode 2

“Here in the lower world, garbage accumulates quickly and along with it so do all kinds of emotions and thoughts.”

— Enjin, Chapter 4

Trash Beasts (斑獣 Han-jū) are creatures that exists on the Ground. Their bodies are made of waste products and were given life via the power of Anima.

Overview

Anima (思念, Shinen) is a mysterious power source seemingly made of literal thought and emotion, which accumulates and turns into energy, serving as an Anima that causes various phenomena, Trash Beasts are formed from the trash thrown down from the Sphere. The collective thought imbued in their contents gives them life. Since they’re powered by Anima, they can only be defeated by an object with a Anima too such as a Vital Instrument. This shows contrast between the two phenomena, as Vital Instruments, fueled by love and care, serve their human owners with the power they develop, while Trash Beasts, made from things carelessly discarded, lash out against humans.

Imitation Trash beasts

A different variant of Trash Beasts are those who possess cores and can’t be defeated unless their cores are destroyed, they were created by Zodyl Typhon who experimented to create artificial Watchman Series items, his experiments ended in failure however but he discovered that the failed watchman series items could be used as a core and upon giving Vital Instruments to it as offerings it would evolve into an imitation trash beast.

Appearance

Trash Beasts bodies are made up of trash, as the name implies. Also as the name implies, they assume the forms of beasts; this can entail abstractly monstrous forms, imitations of living animals, or, occasionally, something based on their components (the remains of an abandoned house form a house-themed Trash Beast with its eyes in place of windows and mouth in place of a door, for example.)

Habits and Behavior

Trash Beasts’ main habitats are the Polluted zones on the ground, since these areas contain the trash they're born from. They are seemingly animalistic, although this can be attributed to the undirected emotion imbued into them by the thoughts their components were exposed to. They lash out and attack most humans they come across (although likelihood of provocation and means of attack vary by Beast) and sometimes even break into towns, making them a public hazard. Once killed, or "cleaned up" by a Vital Instrument, smaller pieces of debris tend to crumble and blow away shortly after death. Provocation of Trash Beasts varies by beast, but is generally rather easy to do. Examples of triggers for attacks include entering their territory, making them feel threatened, or loud noises, but some attack on sight. The reason for this aggressive behavior, beyond animalistic instinct and the undirected negative thought imbued into them, is largely unknown. Perhaps it's spite or resentment from being discarded, perhaps something else... it's unknown, as the series primarily uses Trash Beasts as plot devices, fodder enemies to be fought and killed, and thus their hypothetical psyche is not explored.

	The first trash beast found by Rudo in No Man's Land. It was cleaned up by Enjin
	A herd of 'docile' trash beasts that resemble gazelles. They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper
	A larger, more violent herd of trash beasts that resemble bulls They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper.
	The largest trash beast of the group (said group being the herd of gazelle and bull beasts.) Was actually an experiment by Zodyl Typhon to recreate the Watchman Series. It is powered by a Boxcutter Vital Instrument, which vaguely explains the scored melee growths on its snout and jaw. It can control the steel cables that compose its hair, revealed after Riyo gave it a buzz cut with her Vital Instrument as a taunt. It was cleaned up by Riyo Reaper.
	A group of about 6 Scorpion-like Trash Beasts found in Penta. Notable features included four expressive electronic screen eyes and a crane hook for a stinger, bent too straight to hook anything. Noted to be dumber than the average Trash Beast. They were cleaned up by Team Akuta.
	The second of Zodyl's Watchman experiments. This trash beast was the size of a town and housed inside it multiple large rooms for battle. It was powered by 4 Vital Instrument's, one originally used for protection, as well as Amo's boots. It had wings, though it couldn't fly on it's own, and instead used the winds of the Trash Storm to reach the border as apart of Zodyl's new experiment. It was cleaned up by Rudo, Enjin and Riyo.
	Consisting of a herd of hundreds, these machine part-based, leopard-like Trash Beasts chased the Cleaners and Kuro in their game of tag. They were cleaned up by Rudo.
	The only Trash Beast given a title, The King of Tori is the one singular Trash Beast found fixed in a lake in Tori. It was protecting Rudo's ancestors final will, and has their cloak as part of its body. It was cleaned up by Rudo.
	An abandoned house in Kremmos Village eventually formed into a Trash Beast, using its dust to choke the villagers. After sending out two little pigs to attack Rudo, the house itself eventually formed into a trash beast, almost killing Follo. Following his awakening as a giver, Follo cleaned up the Trash Beast.
	A large trash beast resembling a reindeer that attacked the North Ward. Appears more organic than most, possibly uses an actual deer skeleton as a base (perhaps a hunter took the meat and discarded the skeleton, an act of waste viewed as disrespectful to the slain animal in some cultures. This would likely charge the bones with enough negative thought to form a Trash Beast more quickly, hence the notable lack of trash mass on its body.) It was cleaned up by a rookie Zanka.
	A large trash beast resembling a frog. Was the first trash beast Follo ever saw. It was cleaned up by Enjin and Riyo.
	A serpent like trash beast found in the abandoned Klutess Town. It was cleaned up by Zanka.

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Trivia

• Trash Beasts are known to only form in the Ground, this could possibly be due to thought (the power system, not the brain function,) not existing in sufficient concentrations elsewhere, as Rudo wasn’t able to use 3R’s abilities in the Sphere despite it being a vital instrument.
• The description of the scorpion Trash Beasts encountered in Penta as "dumb" implies that other Trash Beasts are at least intelligent enough to make the scorpions seem less intelligent by comparison.