Boy's Abyss manga volume 1 features story and art by Ryo Minenami.

Reiji’s life is as miserable as the small town he can’t escape. The most interesting thing that’s 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?

Reiji’s mother is checked out, he’s stuck caring for his grandmother with dementia, and his childhood friend treats him like a 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...?

Boy's Abyss manga volume 2 features story and art by Ryo Minenami.

Reiji’s teacher Ms. Shiba and best friend Gen are both determined to prevent him from killing himself, but their motives aren’t pure, and their methods are dubious. Meanwhile, Chako obsessively pursues the writer she hero-worships, while pop idol Nagi schemes to keep her hooks in Reiji.

Boy's Abyss manga volume 3 features story and art by Ryo Minenami.

Author Esemori reveals a terrible secret from his youth. Rei gets closer to Nagi while his best friend Chako longs to get closer to him. But it’s another man who ends up trying to seduce her! And then Rei’s teacher Shiba bribes him to continue their illicit relationship.

Boy's Abyss manga volume 4 features story and art by Ryo Minenami.

When Gen reveals a shocking secret about Reiji’s mother, he kicks into high gear in his determination to save her. But does she really need saving? Then, Reiji finds it’s not as easy to extricate himself from his illicit affair with his teacher as it was to fall into it. Plus, he and his nerdy friend Chako grow closer... and closer...

Boy's Abyss manga volume 5 features story and art by Ryo Minenami.

Now that Ms. Shiba and Chako have each found out about the other's relationship with Reiji, things get ugly. While Chako's parents tighten their stranglehold on her, Reiji's mother, Yuko, secretly meets with Gen and Esemori. And then, Ms. Shiba makes Yuko a reprehensible offer…