Boy's Abyss, Vol. 16

Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss.

Reiji’s life is as miserable as the small town he can’t escape. The most interesting thing that’s ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss?

Reiji’s mother, Yuko, meets his sometime lover, Nagi. This should go well. Meanwhile, Ms. Shiba reconnects with Reiji’s older stepbrother, Kazumasa. How did escaping their miserable small town work out for him? Then, Nagi vanishes. How far will she go to escape her demons...?