How come I liked Himegoto (same author) but can't take this seriously? well, after some thought, I came up with something. Boy's Abyss tries too hard to be depressive, that's it. No subtleties, no substance, lazy motives, convenient scenarios... just imagine the worst outcome and that's what you get in the next chapter. And without putting effort to make likable characters (say something nice about the MC, I dare you) all you only get is torture porn, and not as hot as it sounds.
Fine, Himegoto may be smut too, but at least you'll not want to kill yourself after a wank, if you get horny by cartoons, of course. Besides, it had its moments here and there. It was a good soap opera that knew how to reach the right nerve at the right time, unlike this one that uses the same exposition when a character burst out their pent up emotions. You know what scene I'm talking about.
Is funny, in Himegoto the focus point to blame (kinda) were the clothes, and in this is the town, but Himegoto isn't even close to the amount of blame-shifting that gets this poor town. THE TOWN DID NOTHING WRONG, blame the author for becoming lazy. Or crippling depressed, idk.
Just read Himegoto, is not a masterpiece but is way better than this mess.