# WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #1

## Series
- title: Shounen no Abyss
- slug: shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec

## Chapter
- number: 1
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
High schooler Reiji Kurose feels utterly trapped, suffocated by his bleak, dead-end town and a dysfunctional home life with his mother, shut-in brother, and grandmother with dementia. His only reprieve is his friendship with Sakuko "Chako" Akiyama, who shares his desire to escape. Reiji's monotonous despair is shattered by a late-night encounter with Nagi Aoe, a former idol they both admire, who now works at the local convenience store. This fateful meeting quickly veers into dark territory as Nagi reveals her own deep-seated nihilism, pulling Reiji into her orbit with a shocking proposition.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
High schooler Reiji Kurose feels utterly trapped, suffocated by his bleak, dead-end town and a dysfunctional home life with his mother, shut-in brother, and grandmother with dementia.

### Spoiler summary
High schooler Reiji Kurose feels utterly trapped, suffocated by his bleak, dead-end town and a dysfunctional home life with his mother, shut-in brother, and grandmother with dementia. His only reprieve is his friendship with Sakuko "Chako" Akiyama, who shares his desire to escape. Reiji's monotonous despair is shattered by a late-night encounter with Nagi Aoe, a former idol they both admire, who now works at the local convenience store. This fateful meeting quickly veers into dark territory as Nagi reveals her own deep-seated nihilism, pulling Reiji into her orbit with a shocking proposition.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #1](/series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec/chapter-1)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec

## Usage
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