Boy's Abyss, Band 3

少年のアビス [Shōnen no Abyss] #3

by Ryo Minenami, Nana Umino (Translator)

Anstatt neue Beziehungen zu knüpfen, die ihm Licht in seinem Leben schenken könnten, zieht Reiji nahezu magisch die Dunkelheit an und sorgt mit seinem Verhalten dafür, dass diese nun auch seine Kindheitsfreundin zu verschlingen droht. Nagi, Chako, Frau Shiba, Kosaku Esemori – sind dies die Namen seiner Fesseln oder ist einer von ihnen der Schlüssel, der ihn aus dieser Stadt befreien wird?

Genres: Manga, Drama, Comics, 漫画, Romance, Graphic Novels, Mystery

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2020

About the author

MINENAMI Ryou
Name (in native language): 峰浪りょう
Associated Name:
MINENAMI Ryo
Ryô Minenami

Reviews

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

EN I'm completely obsessed with this series, and I know I’ll devour every volume as soon as I get my hands on them.

So far, the story has been very focused on Reiji, but in this volume, his friend Chako takes on a more prominent role, adding depth and complexity to the power dynamics between the characters.

It’s been fascinating to watch the events unfold and see how each character is affected — exposing their vulnerabilities, desires, and contradictions.

This series is quickly earning a place among my all-time favourites.

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PT Estou completamente obcecado com esta série e sei que vou devorar todos os volumes assim que os tiver nas mãos.

Até agora, o enredo tem estado muito centrado no Reiji, mas neste volume a sua amiga Chako ganha maior protagonismo, o que torna toda a dinâmica entre as personagens ainda mais rica e complexa.

Está a ser fascinante acompanhar os acontecimentos e perceber o impacto que têm em cada uma das personagens, revelando as suas fragilidades, desejos e contradições.

Esta série está rapidamente a conquistar um lugar entre as minhas favoritas de sempre.

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea. Very bizzare and boring.

[Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love me a good trainwreck.

[✮ osanna aoki ✮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boy’s Abyss Vol. 3 is centered around Chako— diving deeper into the predatory situation regarding her favorite author, Kosaku Esemori.

Luckily, Chako is an intelligent girl with some self-dignity and a good head on her shoulders.

Chako and Reiji— WHAT’S BLOSSOMING HERE, HMM? A little romance? Trauma bond? Besties to lovers? We shall see.

Chako receives some upsetting news surrounding her dream of attending college in Tokyo. I’m not yet sure about how this is going to affect her, and I’m hoping she doesn’t start spiraling, too.

I’d be siiiiiiick, I love her character. She’s the one sliver of light and life in this manga.

There’s an odd relationship between Kosaku and Nagi, too.

Oh, and Reiji’s mother grew up with Kosaku, mentioning to her son that ”he’s a bad man” and to stay away from him.

So this highly successful author is also from the same sick town, no wonder.

And there’s some dark, twisted generational shit going on with this town’s Lover’s Abyss— the suicide pact place upriver, that he seems to have had some fatal involvement in back when he was seventeen. There’s some unexpected turn of events regarding this, unsurprisingly.

THIS IS SO MELODRAMATIC.

AND WHY IS EVERYBODY KISSING AND TOUCHING EACH OTHER?

Everyone’s definitely interconnected, alright.

I felt like this volume was more of a filler episode, giving some insight and setting up the resolve for the next few books.

I’ll keep reading though, I’m hooked.

[Bear Mcbearington]

You know what, I'm starting to suspect these are all bad people.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story become more weird

[MJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This should be called "Boy's Misery".

[MargReadsManga · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a mess! I still can’t stop though!!

[Javiera · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

[Jeanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Toujours pas le coup de coeur mais alors VRAIMENT mieux que les deux premiers tomes que j'avais trouvé très limite, là ça va

[kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

idk what i’m reading but i’m liking what i’m reading

[SlicySirup]

i absolutely love the art style but the story is making me so uncomfortable that i'm going to stop here

[Hikaoru · Rating 2 out of 5]

I get why that one twitter comment said with the amount of "I'm gonna leave this town", it could be an emo song

But seriously, I even suspect the childhood bestie is gay now. The bullying is just his way of pulling pigtails.

Also, why are the girls in here so horny? Whyyyyyy.

[Borja Reguillo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Keeps being extremely bizzare, but intriguing nonetheless. The story keeps adding new elements and intertwining them very well.

Art is still beautiful.

Can't wait to read more of it this.

[Lennard Emil Röhrig · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favourite manga. I really like the story. However, it has become a bit boring. The story was better in the first two volumes but I still like it

[Chalemaow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Le mystère s’épaissit et les personnages prennent en relief.
C’était pas mal ! A lire en bonnes conditions émotionnelles ( TW suicide, viol, maltraitance).

[Enairolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ce manga m’a complètement prise par surprise. Lorsque j’ai lu le premier tome, j’avoue que je ne m’attendais pas à ce genre d’histoire. Mais j’ai été surprise dans le bon sens. C’est uns histoire vraiment sombre qui n’est pas jolie jolie. Je trouve qu’il s’y passe beaucoup de choses dramatiques. C’est une histoire qui me fait beaucoup de peine dans le fond.. En tout cas, plus j’avance dans la lecture des tomes et plus cette histoire me surprend.. Je ne sais vraiment pas jusqu’où tout ça va aller mais il me tarde vraiment de le découvrir!

Dans ce troisième tome, Reiji Kurose, lycéen, se contente d’exister, prisonnier de la ville où il habite et de sa famille. Sa tentative de suicide en compagnie de l’idole Nagi Aoe échoue suite à l’intervention de sa professeur principale, qui se met alors à s’immiscer dans sa vie. Son amie d’enfance, Tchako, rencontre de son côté son romancier préféré. Les sentiments des différents protagonistes s’entrecroisent dans la noirceur et la profondeur des abysses.

Reiji c’est vraiment le personnage qui me touche le plus dans ce manga. Sa vie me fait tellement de peine, ce qu’il a vécu, ce qu’il pense etc. C’est vraiment touchant. Par contre, je ne peux m’empêcher de penser, encore plus avec ce qu’elle va faire ici, que sa prof se sert de lui.. Je ne sais pas trop mais j’ai l’intuition qu’elle profite de lui dans un but précis. C’est bizarre à expliquer mais je sens clairement qu’elle n’est pas nette celle là.. Tchako va fini par rencontrer son romancier préféré. Alors qu’elle pense pouvoir parler de livres et j’en passe, la rencontre ne va pas se passer comme elle le pense.. Elle m’a beaucoup touché elle aussi. Ses parents la traitent d’une façon qui fait beaucoup de peine. C’est le genre de parents qui décident pour leur enfant. Ils savent mieux ce qui est bon pour elle sauf qu’au final ce n’est pas le cas.. Et la voir comme ça me fait de la peine. Les personnages s’entrecroisent dans cette histoire. Au final, on se rend compte qu’ils ont tous un lien les uns avec les autres.. Il me tarde de découvrir ce que le prochain tome nous réserve. Surtout quand je vois comment il se termine celui ci, j’en suis d’autant plus curieuse!

Ce manga est surprenant dans tous les sens du terme. C’est une histoire sombre, touchante également.. Les personnages me font beaucoup de peines. Ils souffrent tous de quelques chose. J’aime beaucoup ce manga et plus je lis les tomes, plus j’aime cette histoire. Elle ne cesse de me surprendre. Je suis tellement curieuse de voir comment toute cette histoire va évoluer mais surtout comment elle va se terminer.. Vivement le prochain tome!

[Володимир Кузнєцов · Rating 3 out of 5]

По прочитанню трьох томів, здається, можу видати вже певне судження.

Манга обіцяє складну тему, у першй же главі визначаючи, що темами її будуть депресія і суіцид. Так, це історія з багатьма тригерами, вона може бути і буде неприємною для читання, там буде доволі багато еротичних сцен і перехід до них та емоційне тло часто будуть... скажімо так, не з найприємніших. Вас попередили.

Утім доволі швидко виявиться, що це лише верхній шар, приманка, а сюжетно це досить стандартна "мильна опера" з любовними многокутниками, сімейними таємницями, зрадами і з'ясуваннями "хто кому батько". Не покращує ситуацію і вшитий в оповідь "гаремний" троп, де на головного героя кидаються всі жінки навколо, незалежно від віку та виховання, аж до власної матері (Боже борони!). Усі навколо добряче поплавлені, і перші два томи здебільшого займає експозиція, яка демонтрує внутрішні проблеми персонажів. Далі починається доволі стандартна для миьних опер історія про ревнощі, помсту й метання головного героя від одного до іншого. Подача доволі непогана, але вже на третьому томі стає помітною втома мангаки й наповнення глав різко падає - цілі сторінки стають або цілком німими, де читач з героєм тупо роздивляються чергову кімнату, або такими, що складають з 1-2 панелей, які цілком могли б бути частиною більш наповненої сторінки (так, постановка кадру там чудова, але зрештою настрій і побудова цих кадрів теж стають повторюваними).

Очікувано, історія наповнена драмою, і та часто дійсно є дуже відчутною та добре прописаною, хоча й не претендує на відхід від кліше, які ми всі чули ще від наших мам і бабусь, коли ті обговорювали "Санта Барбару" чи "Даллас". Хоча, знов-таки, проблеми героїв "Безодні хлопчика" набагато ближчі сучасному читачеві за згадаі серіали.

Це непогана, хоча й дещо розтягнута історія. Посиливши лише третину її, я не певний, що маю сили продовжувати, бо наразі автор вже починає тягнути час і ходити по колу - більшість манг подібного жанру, які я читав, були суттєво стислішими. Якщо вас не лякає важка тема і тригерна її реалізація, а також чималий (як на цей жанр) об'єм і ви спокійно ставитеся до дещо повільного розвитку сюжета - пробуйте. Можливо, ви пройдете далі за мене і знайдете там щось більше.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boy’s Abyss has been my manga north star of 2023 - not that it’s been the most amazing series, but it has been consistently decent, and that’s very rare in ongoing titles. Especially manga, where subsequent books to a strong/solid first volume usually sees a marked drop in quality.

Both Rei and Chako receive dramatic news about their futures and the various characters’ relationships become more complicated as a result. Rei and Nagi resume their doomtastic plan from the first volume and the mysterious author reveals his true colours.

Though the third volume sees the story becoming a bit soap opera-ish with its focus on this character’s feelings for that character, and this romantic entanglement leading to misunderstandings, etc. Ryo Minenami presents it with more substance than this kind of material usually is, which helps lend it more weight dramatically and feeds into the morbid themes of suicide and thwarted dreams at a young age.

While I keep waiting for something really crazy to make a particular volume stand out, I’m happy for it to remain at this consistent slow burn if the books continue to be as dependable as they’ve been up to now. And the conflict does seem to be ramping up so things are getting more interesting by the book, so who knows - maybe the next one is the great one? As it is, Boy’s Abyss is a fine adult manga series, perfect for readers looking for more mature subject matter in their manga.

[Paige Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for Chako standing up for herself despite conflicted feelings. I can’t believe how absent from the story the pop singer has become. Did she wanna hook up w/ the MC and off herself as mirrored revenge over her husband’s decades of hang-ups? Glad Chako and the boy can be kinda honest and in sync.

Just when I think the book isn’t that juvenile, the teacher says she accidentally has like $100,000 just lying around??? I know they mentioned she once did pro baseball, but her living space ain’t great and how much does a one-nation female team make?

Good foreshadowing them bringing up campus assault. Chako’s reaction and her parents are realistically melodramatic but teens get too attached to colleges they haven’t even been to. Especially in this age where it matters less and there are way more of them.

Ugh. I get the new relationship but, c’mon, not now. He’s gonna juggle three? Stupid and rushed… Interesting “camera” angles and those signature bright but sad expressions at least. It seems everyone’s proportions changed though. Rei’s back looks slouchy and weirdly bad in a suit, the singer suddenly has a huge chest, and the attention to Chako’s legs is glaringly voyeuristic. Ends on a weird, half-baked note.

[Printia_books · Rating 3 out of 5]

"¿Será que mi destino se resume a una muerte prematura y pausada dentro de las bordes de esta enorme caja? ¿Habrá alguien a mi alrededor que se preocupe por mi sin dar rienda suelta a su propio egoísmo? ¿Seré yo mismo capaz de ver la mota en el ojo del vecino y no actuar sin intenciones ocultas?

Hacía bastante que no leía un tomo de esta obra, y había olvidado en gran parte todo lo que esta mangaka era capaz de transmitir en unas pocas viñetas. Y es que, dejando el precioso dibujo que tiene de lado, la autora sabe de sobra como enfocar las diferentes escenas para hacer que la angustia y la desesperación te golpeen sin algún tipo de piedad.

La historia en este tomo se ha relajado bastante, asentado todos los sucesos y giros de trama que sucedieron con anterioridad, cada cual más turbio y raro que el anterior. Aunque nos centramos más en Chako y en como ella vive su desdichada vida intentando mantener la esperanza, soñando para ello con un futuro prometedor fuera de ese pueblo en decadencia.

También se ha empezado a desarrollar una pequeña trama en torno al desarrollo del futuro del protagonista. Y es que Reiji es un chico bastante perdido, pero que tiene una única aspiración, abandonar el pueblo que lo oprime y no le permite respirar, aunque sea con su último aliento.

[Rita]

Hmmmm… depression time?
This book is the very definition of depression, sadness, and hopelessness.
It gives you a glimpse into the darkness lurking within people's souls.
I can't fully judge this series without finishing it because I don’t know what conclusion it will reach. However, I have to warn you about the trigger warnings: suicide, sexual abuse, and mental abuse. But honestly—don’t read this if you’re already feeling down. You might sink even deeper into the abyss, just as the title suggests.
The story follows a boy trapped in his poisonous present, caged by his circumstances, mistreated by the world, and convinced that the only way to escape his pain is to die. We also get a deeper look into the hearts of those around him, uncovering the darkest secrets of human nature.
But honestly, it’s just so desperate.
I’ll share more thoughts if—and when—I continue the series (I just found out it hasn’t been fully translated into a language I can actually understand yet).

[Vex Vermillion VA · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of this is a train wreck of a story. No one here is redeemable. Wow.

After reading an interview with the author, it is at least clear to me with this series that no one is supposed to be redeemable. The author addresses the darkness of human emotions and humans themselves.

That said, if you read this story just absolutely understand that it is a mess and trigger heavy. Practice self care after reading this one if you're looking to read dark manga.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I enjoy this book, I find a lot of negative reviews about the whole series online. I personally think this is due to individuals believing that the main character will eventually find some sort of reprieve from misery, but it just isn't what this book is going to bring to the table. If you are looking for a feel-good romance manga, this is not it. This is strictly just misery porn, flows nicely with an engaging story imo, but very much diverting from traditional romance manga.

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the least fucked up volume so far in this series but still screwed up.

Basically our two main characters make a pact to get the fuck out of this little town. But as always, things get messy, and harder to just "leave". On top of that secrets are exposed, including who's sleeping with who, and by the end you can tell this is ALL going to go to shit before any of these characters become happy...if ever. A 4 out of 5.

[Blake Herondale · Rating 3 out of 5]

En este tomo nos centramos más en la vida de la amiga de Reiji (soy muy mala con los nombres) en como conoce a su autor favorito y este no parece tener ninguna intención que sea buena 🥲 Ella lo evita, pero eso llega a darle cierto morbo, y es que por eso mismo tengo sentimientos contradictorios con este tomo

[Paula Rodríguez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gracias a Eva por prestarme los 3 volúmenes, pero no voy a seguir leyendo. No es mi tipo de historia, y m está pareciendo demasiado turbia, incluso para mí. Encuentro que la idea es bastante buena, pero podía haber ido por otro lado.

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story continues to get better and better. It's like you stuck your foot in the mud and you can't get it out because it is sucking you deeper in. Everything is so connected to each other, past and present.

[Dai de labibliotecadedai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuamos la historia de Rei y se suma alguien al quilombete amoroso que tiene 😂 y se empieza a picar más.
Este fue hasta ahora el que más me gustó. Me encanta que al fin estén dando más data y menos relleno aburrido

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5