Made in Abyss

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Oct 20, 2012 to ?

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Serialization: Web Comic Gamma

Authors: Tsukushi, Akihito (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.72¹ (scored by 60,524 users)

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Ranked: #62²

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Popularity: #64

Members: 183,332

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MangaWeb Comic GammaTsukushi, Akihito (Story & Art)

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The Abyss, a hole of unprecedented depth—one young girl and a robot brave its dangers to find the truth.

The town of Orth is a special one, as it is built around the edges of the massive Abyss, a wonder which has never been fully explored. Those who venture too far down never return, but those brave enough to traverse its territories are known as "Cave Raiders" and are heralded as legends. Within this town lives a young girl called Riko, the child of one of the most famous Cave Raiders of all time who disappeared on an expedition many years ago.

One day, Riko's life changes when she meets a strange robot called Reg, who seems to appear from within the Abyss. Believing this to be a sign from her mother stuck at the bottom of the Abyss, Riko descends into its depths with Reg, ready to confront all the dangers within it.

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BackgroundMade in Abyss ranked 13th in the 2018 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. In 2018, the manga was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho Award and placed eighth in the final ranking. It won the Excellence Award at the 52nd Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2023.

The series has been published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment since January 23, 2018. It has also been published in Mexico by Panini Comics since February 13, 2019; in Italian by J-POP since March 14, 2018; in Spain and Argentina by Editorial Ivrea since May 3, 2018, and May 18, 2018, respectively; in French by Ototo since May 18, 2018; in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora since July 13, 2018; in German by Altraverse since June 21, 2018; in Polish by Kotori since September 14, 2018; and in Turkish by Bang! Çizgi since September 2019.

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Jan 18, 2026

Serayumon

Recommended

Preliminary (65/? eps)

MİSTER CHİLD GROOMER MADE A MANGA ABOUT CHİLDREN GETTİN TORMENTED İN VARİOUS WAYS
alright so i dont think anybody loves that side of the story but its kinda clear that mangaka deffinitly have some problems in the head
the stroy or the plot doesnt interest me in the slightest the real deal is in the environment the environment is so captivating its almost magical in a sense also the mangaka`s art style does very good job with it so if anybody wanted to watch this series its etiher the world building or edgy torment shit (my first introduction to it was about the gore and ...

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Dec 30, 2025

Lawli-Pop

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (71/? eps)

I can't do this anymore. It's gotten too loli-loving with the twins at this point, can't unsee it anymore. If you can, great, but don't expect me to. The anime is much more tolerable in that regard, guess I'll have to wait for it to catch up 'cause it IS a great story. But bro, what the heck is wrong with this mangaka, stop fetishizing these small children. I am genuinely concerned by now.

Still haven't written enough to meet the requirements for a review but I don't really know what else to say. Look, I'd really love to fully recommend it to you. I'd really ...

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May 9, 2025

etchedmonolith

Not Recommended

Preliminary (69/? eps)

This review skims through the main story, but trust me, there's nothing to spoil.

If you asked me about this manga five years ago, when I just picked it up, I would've told you the most complementary review you could imagine. The artstyle is very pretty, it has this soft murky look to it, to give where credit is due, Tsukushi's landscape design and character design have remained on point over all these years.The setting is cool and atmospheric, the main mystery is very enticing, and the side characters (in the first half at least) are written quite well. The initial premise of the story is ... executed just well enough to keep you longing for more.

But if you ask me in the year of out lord 2025, I do not recommend even starting this manga. Mostly because the main plot has barely advanced in these five years. Ever since the main characters reached layer 6, the manga has been rapidly devolving into author's fetish compilation more than a cohesive story. Don't get me wrong, the bits and pieces of the weirdness were scattered all over the story from the start, but at least in the first tomes it's heavily overshadowed by the main mystery and the thrill of exploration of a world filled with quirky creatures and sprawling landscapes, which makes it easy to gloss over an awkward bath scene or two.

Sadly, chapter 40 - 45 and onwards the manga's story becomes this homeopathic substance, where one teaspoon of world exploration and character development is dilluted in two gallons of torture scenes, naked lolies and just plain misery porn. The whole village arc just put the original main characters on pause for several YEARS just to end up with the most basic revenge story about a bunch of characters with barely any personality to them being massacred by a character with at least some personality to her.

The saddest thing is, the current state of manga kind of makes the better parts of it worse in retrospect. The initial surprise of the first bloody scenes hits with a hard, but realistic twist: the wild nature is a harsh place, and the unprepared (let alone, children) are most likely going to die, be it of poisoning, of blood loss, or the claws of some exotic predator. But this shock wears off later on when you realise there's so many more of these absurdly cruel scenes going forwards, it makes you wonder whether the initial dark twist of the manga was merely an accident. Maybe there was no twist at all, maybe the author was just acting out his perversions on paper from the get-go. Maybe Ozen's self-inflicted deformities on her body weren't telling a story of being obsessed with the work of your life to the point you start giving up your very humanity to succeed. Maybe it was just author exercising his sadistic fantasies. Maybe Bondrewd's willingness to put others through painful experiments wasn't an author's take on a scientist that is too eager to achieve knowledge to the point of treating morals and laws of society as an obstacle. Maybe it was just a way to insert more loli torture scenes - the real main story of the series so far.

The initial main characters and the story premise weren't some groundbreaking writing, but it was enticing enough to read because you would assume it would get elaborated on. What is Reg's backstory? What happened to Rico's mother? What lies in the bottom of the Abyss? Yet here we are more than a decade after the first chapter was posted, and barely anything has been revealed. And I'm afraid, it won't be. Even if the author lives to finish the story (which is unlikely given his age and posting schedule), his writing has been on the decline for years. The only real story the manga is following at this point is the author's complicated history with hentai addiction.

Wasted potential/10

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Poll: Made in Abyss Chapter 1 Discussion Stark700 - Oct 14, 2015	9 replies	by anen0me »» Dec 13, 2025 8:37 PM
Poll: Made in Abyss Chapter 71 Discussion Satou0Kun - Aug 8, 2025	8 replies	by Dumb »» Nov 18, 2025 12:38 PM
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