Boy's Abyss - Vol. 18 Ch. 183 - They Were the Boys and Girls of That Town

[velavera]

Basically when Gen and Chako is talking about "them", it 's about Reiji, meaning he lives with Nagi near the mountain. He was actually there at Gen's release in a car and waved to Chako who waved back.

 

[StarGear]

Boy's Abyss? More like "Oh boy, it's abysmal"

 

[Key_news]

Did the teacher kidnap mao for the rest of his life ?

 

[ShockSword]

Am I stupid or was that ending bad?

Like really, really bad?

But then again, I'm not sure what I expected tbh

 

[Judaskiss]

Chako got a major glow up

 

[assholescans]

Am I stupid or was that ending bad?

Like really, really bad?

But then again, I'm not sure what I expected tbh

It was probably the happiest ending you could expect from this manga I think.
They escaped in the end at least.

 

[asherdales]

This open ended bullshit. What a waste of my time.

 

[OneeSamaaaa]

What kind of shitty fucking ending is this shit

 

[SB]

nah bro I think this was the end of volume 17? vol18 is on the work
edit: yeah I think I'm right, vol18 is the final this was just the ending of vol17

That was the ending of vol18, the volume just isn't added to MangaDex yet which is why the last few chapters are listet as No Volume. Sadly no copium can spare us from this being the ending.

 

[misopogon]

This was a shitty ending but I'm not even angry, I think we all knew Ryo couldn't really stick the landing.

Nevertheless, some mangas are more exciting even when they fail, than a lot of other mangas are when they succeed. This was one such manga, and I look forward to what Ryo writes (and inevitably fumbles) next.

Let me say it for the final time:

I love Yuko so much it's unreal

 

[Ranobe]

What happened? Am I in a fever dream? I can’t tell if this is over or not.

 

[Legend13]

What’s everyone’s final rating for the series (1-10)?

 

[assholescans]

This open ended bullshit. What a waste of my time.

It's not open ended, Reiji and Nagi didn't commit suicide, Reiji waved at them from his car.
Mother got arrested and went to prison.
Sensei did sensei business as usual. Well that might be a bad end I guess.

 

[assholescans]

What’s everyone’s final rating for the series (1-10)?

I think it was fun, but it probably went on a bit longer than it shoud've because it got popular I think.
I'd probably rate it a 8/10. I don't mind this ending though, but it was way happier than I would've guessed along the way.

 

[misopogon]

What’s everyone’s final rating for the series (1-10)?

1, because I hate it, it fucking sucks, it became such a silly mess

10, because I love it, it's exciting and sad and relatable all at once and it has Yuko

Hard to rate, I have a love/hate relationship with it

 

[fappingkills]

So her name was "Hey Reiji, Right now we're going to" very fitting.

 

[Camillionaire]

Thank you for the translation!

Do you think Chako's comment of "it would be published if it weren't unfinished" is an acknowledgement of how up-in-the air and vague this final chapter is? After all Chako is literally holding the 'Boy's Abyss' story in her hands; does that mean the author wants the characters to finish the story on their own? And we, as the readers, just have to be satisfied with the "unfinished" story we've been allowed to read?

Kind of lame and unsatisfactory, if so, but not unsurprising. This manga has been spinning its wheels for awhile, imo, so an ending like this is probably the best we could have hoped for.

 

[Absent666]

Am i disappointed by the rushed end? Yes.

Am i disappointed by the end result? No. Everybody got the ending they fucking deserved.

Given the rush we couldn't see Yuri, Yuuko, Nagi and Reiji's 2023 selves on screen (Reiji was seen waving at Chako tho), but at least i'm happy the last 2 chose to start over andnpursue their happy end together and have a quiet life working for Shino'oka. Yuri was implied she murked Mao Yuuko chose to live fueled by pure and sheer hatred against Reiji for... not having been a girl she could manipulate and traumadump her generational bullshit. She was jailed tho.

Chako got a mass glowup, her 37yo self looks hot af. Still sad she won't get over her unresolved feelings for Esemori, but at least she'll be there for Gen's new life.

As most of us guessed, Esemori's unfinished novel was basically this manga.

Gotta thank BCS/Abyss When and the guys from the subreddit for having carried the translation for these 4 years. Final volume will have important additions, so i guess the revision won't feel disappointing.


PD: i realized the timeskip wasn't of 20 years, but of 2 years. My bad. That makes the DenjiReiji and MakimaNagi art Ryou posted as a goodbye on her X make more sense.

 

[HSK]

I'm glad sonsei was able to find a partner of suitable age.

 

[Taco47]

Ok so I'm glad Nagi and Reiji ended up happy and not y'know, dead. I'd have still preferred to actually see them being happy instead of just a mention in the epilogue ngl. Still, it's sad to see one of my favorite series go regardless of how good was the ending. Thanks to everyone in the scan and Team Sensei til the end!!!

PS: Sensei wasn't mentioned in the epilogue so can I presume she killed Mao and skipped town?