Ryo Minenami's Boy's Abyss Manga Gets Live-action Drama in September

It is confirmed today that a live-action drama adaptation of Ryo Minenami's Shonen no Abyss / Boy's Abyss manga is set to premiere on MBS' "Drama Tokku" programming block on September 1, 2022.

The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump since February 2020 and has released nine tankobon volumes in Japan so far. Its English edition is licensed by VIZ Media and its first volume is set to be released on April 25, 2023. The publisher describes its synopsis as below:

Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss. Reiji’s mother is checked out, he’s stuck caring for his incapacitated grandmother, and his childhood friend treats him like a lackey. So when beautiful, big-city pop idol Nagi miraculously shows up at the local convenience store, Reiji is starstruck. When she offers him the ultimate way out of his claustrophobic existence, will he succumb to temptation…?

Announcement: Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer to the edge. Boy’s Abyss, by Ryo Minenami, releases Spring 2023. pic.twitter.com/zpSHsB3gmf
— VIZ (@VIZMedia) June 17, 2022

16-year-old Towa Araki (Enishi Yukishiro in his childhood in the Rurouni Kenshin: The Final live-action film)is cast as the protagonist Reiji Kurose. He says, "I am both nervous and excited about playing the lead role for the first time and about playing Reiji. I have always loved this work, and if it is ever dramatized, I thought, 'I wanted to play the role myself!" That is why I will live the life of Reiji Kurose to the fullest and do my best so that everyone can enjoy the drama."

◽???????????? #ドラマ特区枠にて▪️

᯽─ #少年のアビス ─᯽

▪️ ????月????日(木)放送????????????????????️ ◽

主演•#荒木飛羽／原作•#峰浪りょう

小さな田舎町に縛られ、絶望の淵にいた
高校生の〈心中〉から始まる #スーサイドラブストーリー。

監督•#かとうみさと
連載•#週刊ヤングジャンプ ????·̩͙ pic.twitter.com/NcabtJOu2E
— 「少年のアビス」【ドラマ特区公式】@9/1放送スタート???? (@dramatokku_mbs) July 26, 2022

The manga author has also posted a congratulatory illustration on Twitter.

︎︎᯽ ── #少年のアビス ──᯽

　原作• #峰浪りょう先生より
㊗️実写ドラマ化を記念し
　イラスト＆コメントです????.*

᯽────────────᯽#令児が三次元にいる‼️‼️#嬉しいコメントをありがとうございます✨

インスタもあります????➡︎ https://t.co/W3BTfAxhyg pic.twitter.com/ImXNEDqMC4
— 「少年のアビス」【ドラマ特区公式】@9/1放送スタート???? (@dramatokku_mbs) July 26, 2022