# WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #23

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

## Chapter
- number: 23
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Having just severed ties with his manipulative teacher, Yuri Shibasawa, Reiji Kurose finds no escape, instead stumbling directly into the despair of his childhood friend, Sakuko "Chako" Akiyama. In the aftermath of their desperate kiss, Reiji is pulled from one suffocating entanglement into another, caught in a cycle of codependency that mirrors his past entrapments. This moment of shared vulnerability does not offer solace but instead drags them both deeper into the town's abyss, pushing Reiji ever closer to a breaking point as he seems destined to repeat his mistakes.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Having just severed ties with his manipulative teacher, Yuri Shibasawa, Reiji Kurose finds no escape, instead stumbling directly into the despair of his childhood friend, Sakuko "Chako" Akiyama.

### Spoiler summary
Having just severed ties with his manipulative teacher, Yuri Shibasawa, Reiji Kurose finds no escape, instead stumbling directly into the despair of his childhood friend, Sakuko "Chako" Akiyama. In the aftermath of their desperate kiss, Reiji is pulled from one suffocating entanglement into another, caught in a cycle of codependency that mirrors his past entrapments. This moment of shared vulnerability does not offer solace but instead drags them both deeper into the town's abyss, pushing Reiji ever closer to a breaking point as he seems destined to repeat his mistakes.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #23](/series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec/chapter-23)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec

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