Book Review
Title: Boy’s Abyss Vol. 1 by Ryo Minenami
Genre: Manga, Drama, Dark
Rating: 5 Stars
After reading this and seeing clips of Oshi No Ko and saw similarities between the series so if you like Oshi No Ko especially its darker elements then definitely pick up Boy’s Abyss. We are following 17 year old Reiji who has a tough home life looking after his grandmother that has dementia, and dealing with an emotional checked out mother as well as a violent shut in of an older brother. Despite this Reiji does well in school and could go to university but he feels that he can’t because then no one would look after his family so he is tied to this rural town with no way out.
Reiji’s best friend, Chako introduced him to an idol band called Acrylic which he soon becomes obsessed with especially one member, Nagi Aoe who is seen as the most beautiful of the group and is on the rise. However, one day he is heading the convenience store and realises the girl behind the counter is none other than Nagi Aoe and he wonders what she is doing in this backwards town. She asks Reiji to take her around town since she has only recently moved there and he agrees.
This leads to conversation about the lover’s abyss and Nagi asks Reiji to make a suicide pact with her before seducing him. Reiji ends up losing his virginity to his idol but he wants to know her on a more personal level too. However, this moment is spoiled when Nagi’s husband returns home and Reiji flees. The next day the husband returns Reiji’s bike and he learns that the man is an old school friend of his mother’s and that he isn’t a good person to be hanging around. When Reiji sees Nagi again after that night it is in the middle of the typhoon and they end up back at lover’s abyss, there Reiji exclaims he has a reason for dying and Nagi has no reason for living and that is where the volume ends. Boy’s Abyss was definitely dark and mature and I can’t wait to see where the series goes moving forward.
Buy it here:
Paperback/Hardcover: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
Kindle Edition: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
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