Shonen no Abyss

A manga about a high school boy who lives a miserable existence in a small rural town he will never be able to leave. He recognizes the new employee at the convivence store is a idol he loves and she suggests they end their lives together.

This manga is dark and depressing! I suppose I should’ve expected that since this is Ryo Minenami‘s current series, and they don’t shy away from dreary themes. Minenami’s art and storytelling here is extremely effective and making you uncomfortable. It doesn’t help that almost every character presented is an awful human being. The awfulness of everyone actually separates it as fiction. It is so overly dramatic that it circles around from being humorous back to being miserable again. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who sensitive about suicide, mental health, or domestic and sexual abuse.

Available to read online in Japanese on Tonari no Young Jump.

~dakazu