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Published: 21st June 2023
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Published: 30th September 2025
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Boy's Abyss, Vol. 1
By (Author) Ryo Minenami
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
21st June 2023
8th June 2023
United States
General
Fiction
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Horror / supernatural
741.5
Paperback
208
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm
236g
Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss.
Reijis life is as miserable as the small town he cant escape. The most interesting thing thats ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss
Reijis mother is checked out, hes stuck caring for his grandmother with dementia, and his childhood friend treats him likea lackey.Then beautiful, big-city pop star Nagi miraculously shows up working the counter at the local convenience store. Reiji is starstruck. When she offers him the ultimate way out of his claustrophobic existence, will he succumb to temptation
Ryo Minenami was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 2006, he received an honorable mention in the Shogakukan 58th Rookie Comic Awards, Youth Category. His first serialized work, Oboreru Hanabi (Drowning Fireworks), was published in 2009 in Moba MAN. Other credits include the series Himegoto: Jukyusai no Seifuku (Princesss Possessions: Uniform of a 19-Year-Old), Hatsukoi Zombie (First-Love Zombie), and the one-shot Hanayome Warashi (Child Bride). His series Boys Abyss began serialization in Weekly Young Jump in 2020.