# WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #97

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

## Chapter
- number: 97
- chapter_key: 97
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
As a hollow Christmas season descends upon the town, the narrative delves into the source of its pervasive sickness: the novelist Kosaku Esemori. The chapter explores the depths of his personal abyss, framing Reiji's suffering not as a product of his environment, but as an inescapable, inherited curse. This grim holiday setting amplifies the chilling revelation that the despair consuming the town emanates from Esemori himself, confirming that for his son, the rot is not in the town, but in the bloodline.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
As a hollow Christmas season descends upon the town, the narrative delves into the source of its pervasive sickness: the novelist Kosaku Esemori.

### Spoiler summary
As a hollow Christmas season descends upon the town, the narrative delves into the source of its pervasive sickness: the novelist Kosaku Esemori. The chapter explores the depths of his personal abyss, framing Reiji's suffering not as a product of his environment, but as an inescapable, inherited curse. This grim holiday setting amplifies the chilling revelation that the despair consuming the town emanates from Esemori himself, confirming that for his son, the rot is not in the town, but in the bloodline.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Shounen no Abyss #97](/series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec/chapter-97)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/shounen-no-abyss-37d5ec

## Usage
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