Boy’s Abyss

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Lenni Reviews: “Boy’s Abyss” Vol. 12, by Ryo Minenami

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Reiji and Esemori end their visit, but after, Reiji runs into Nago. Ms. Shiba finally realizes Yuko is unstable and is using Reiji’s older brother to interfere in the family even further.

The more we learn about Reiji’s family, the more I think he should change his name and vanish from all these people’s lives. Start over fresh somewhere else where nobody knows him. Every adult around this kid is sus, and even his friends suck. This poor kid man… He deserves so much better. I still wonder if this will turn around in some way because while I am curious enough to read this and it’s not BAD, it’s just circling around all this depression. 3.8 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Boy’s Abyss” Vol. 10, by Ryo Minenami

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While in Tokyo with Chako and Gen, Reiji visits Esemori in the hospital, where he’s dying of cancer.

It seems the misery is cyclical, and I am so tired of this series trying to make me feel bad for horrible people. Yeah, your tragic back story is quite moving, Yuko, but that’s no excuse to, oh, I dunno… Encourage an adult woman’s obsession with your barely legal son? This poor kid has nobody in his corner, and as much as I’d like for this to end in triumph for Reiji, with him breaking the cycle, I don’t have high hopes for that. I get the feeling the sadness will just keep going, and as a reader, the payoff will likely be just the desperate need to go read something more positive. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Boy’s Abyss” Vol. 8, by Ryo Minenami

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Time has passed and Reiji is still living with his mom and now works for that warehouse he was so desperately trying to avoid. Somehow, even Chako couldn’t escape the curse of their small town.

Well fuck me sideways, Ms. Shiba is still allowed near children and is still fucking with Reiji’s life. This woman needs to be in jail, I hate her so much. This series overall is kinda making me tired. I totally understand the difficulties and complications around Reiji leaving but I’d still like to see some conclusion either way. I feel like we’re stuck in a misery holding pattern just poking our main characters to watch them in agony. They’re still dealing with so many dark secrets and we’re just not gonna charge Ms. Shiba for running down someone with car? Really? That and having sex with her student who is a minor!? Yeah, not letting that go. If that was my son, she’d be begging for the mercy of jail. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Boy’s Abyss” Vol. 5, by Ryō Minenami

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Ms. Shiba starts meddling with Reiji and Chako’s friendship as well as pulling some real conniving shit with Reiji’s mother.

This is absolutely miserable. That’s the best way to describe this series. The adults are all terrible, Reiji and Chako deserve better, and Ms. Shiba should go under the jail. I guess it’s a good thing I feel so viscerally disgruntled since the story and writing is doing it’s job but I’m starting to wonder if I want to stick with this series because it makes me so mad. I hope things turn around soon. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Boy’s Abyss” Vol. 4, by Ryō Minenami

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Reiji’s friend, Gen, reveals a dark secret involving his mother and Reiji is even more determined to save her. Meanwhile Chako finds out about Reiji’s promise to Nagi and Ms. Shiba does her best to keep a hold on Reiji.

I really dislike the teacher. Ms. Shiba needs to leave Reiji alone and let that kid find his own way. All these people are so deeply miserable and stuck in bad situations that I do wonder how all this will shake out. Will this go towards Reiji and Chako living their dreams? Will it take a middle ground where they find happiness in another way? Will it all go down hill and they’re trapped in that little town? Will Ms. Shiba face any consequences for her inappropriate relationship with a student? There are a lot of threads here and I hope they don’t add any more without resolving the others. 4.5 out of 5.

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