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Shounen no Abyss, Boy's Abyss,  少年のアビス, 少年的深淵 by Minenami Ryo.

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Shonen no Abyss (Boy's Abyss) by Minenami Ryo

(I usually don’t make rec posts for emotionally dark stories, but I’ve been unable to stop reading until I finally caught up in 24 hours, even though I’m in harsh exam week and I really have other things to do, so here goes nothing :))

Before we begin, I should warn: even though the art style initially appealed to me, as I was reading the first few chapters I just thought it was going to be yet another random, plot hole filled, badly written story that’s just ranting about how shitty life can be. How emo.

Well, how wrong I was!

In a little town filled with nothing extraordinary, 17 year old Kurose Reiji spends his life going to school, hanging out with a few friends and mostly helping his mom at home, with a bed-ridden senile grandma and a shut-in brother to take care of. Even though he wonders about maybe going to the university after high school, his family needs him to work as soon as possible, so he’ll probably never be able to leave his hometown. 

As he goes on with his life, one evening he randomly meets Aoe Nagi, a recently retired Tokyo idol he’s a huge fan of. As he shows the newcomer around town, Nagi suddenly mentions to Reiji that there is a hidden place in this town called “the lovers’ abyss” where two people go when they want to die together. Meeting Nagi leads to Reiji realizing that he’s got nothing he wishes to live for in his current life and he seeks a way to attempt suicide along with her.

(At this point, I gotta be honest, I was here like

._.)

I know what y’all are wondering. How and why the sudden arrival of a retired idol in this little town suddenly instilled the wish to die in Reiji? Is it fate...? Or is it a curse from the past? 

Follow Reiji, Nagi, Gen, Chako and Kazu (because on this blog, we #ProtectTheChildren) as they evolve through a carefully weaved web by emotionally manipulating adults and find out !

Who tells lies and who speaks the truth? Who can help and who will destroy? Who’s the dead teenager in star author Esemori’s “Spring’s coffin” book who also committed suicide in the town’s river around 30 years ago?

Who’s the evil demon who instigated despair in their lives? 

Watch out ~ the culprit(s) may not be who you initially think they are... :D

(Rapidly, I ended up like...

:))

Before anyone starts reading though, very heavy warning that it’s a pretty dark and emotionally unsettling story, with a lot of suicide mention but also dark twists about emotional abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, manipulation, blackmail, anorexia, etc.  Also some female nudity from time to time (mostly in the beginning), but far from the most distressing part of this manga. 

No my poor boy, it’s not on you. 

The last thing I can say is that if you enjoyed Oyasumi Punpun, this is a title you might want to try! While in no way a masterpiece, it shares similar themes with it. Also while the beginning seems, as you may have understood, incredibly cliché, it’s a far more mysterious and deeper story if you give time for the plot to kick in. 

About 120 chapters up as of now. Let me know if you beat me by reading them all faster than in 24 hours. xD Going back to my exam week now! Hope the start of the year was kind to y’all!! :D

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Discommunication, 1991 Mikake no Nijuusei, 2009 Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku, 2010-2014

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Shonen no Abyss Vol.15

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boy's abyss

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Barnes n noble haul !!

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Boy's Abyss T4 de Ryo MINENAMI

Cher lecteur en t’écrivant, je me rends compte que plus que Tchako, c’est sa génération qui déchante sur les adultes, en somme, une grosse désillusion. Où sont les personnes intègres ? N'y a-t-il aucun adulte qui se sauve ? Est-ce seulement plausible?

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Shounen no Abyss, Boy's Abyss,  少年のアビス, 少年的深淵 by Minenami Ryo.

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REVIEW | "Boy's Abyss" - Vol. 1 | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

WARNING: The following manga contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know has suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is free, 24/7 help. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers specific resources and confidential support for those in crisis or emotional distress. You can call 1-800-273-8255 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org at any time for free, 24/7 help when you or anyone you know needs help.

Is it really living if you’re only doing things to appease others? What if you have no control of anything, and are forced into a corner that you can’t get out of? Can there be hope for those stuck in a rut that they didn’t have a choice to be in? Ryo Minemani’s Boy’s Abyss brings to readers a story about being stuck in a place where death may be the only option of escape. The question is, is there more to this narrative than wishful suicide pacts?

The boy in Boy’s Abyss is Reiji, who finds himself taking one too many responsibilities for a guy his age. His mother is run ragged by work, his grandmother has dementia and needs constant assistance, and his good-for-nothing brother stays at home and causes child-like tantrums if he doesn’t get his way. There’s also Reiji’s childhood friend Gen, who treats him more like a lackey and forces him to buy cigarettes and the like. His only place of escape is when he’s listening to his favorite idol group Acrylic, with his favorite member being Nagi Aoe.

Imagine his surprise when he finds Nagi working at his small-town convenience store. After the two share cigarettes, they walk along a bridge where a suicide pact made famous in a book is located. When Nagi suggests doing the pact with Reiji, he’s not entirely sure that she’s serious. That’s when Nagi invites Reiji back to her house for sex, only for an older man claiming to be Nagi’s husband to arrive after their night of passion.

Click here to read the rest of the review!

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Boy’s Abyss T02 de Ryo Minenami

⭐J'ai lu Boy’s Abyss T02 de Ryo Minenami / @EditionsKana 🌸Ryo Minenami décortique l’âme humaine, et il en extrait ce qu’il y a de plus noir et de plus malsain. J'ai aimé ce second tome.

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