History Characters / BoysAbyss

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:She's well aware that she hasn't been a good friend to Reiji, but after Shino'oka gives her a pep talk Sakurako realizes that Reiji is still in dire need of help that she cannot provide. She sadly mumbles for someone to save Reiji in her sleep.]]

* StageName: [[spoiler:Before she joined Acrylic, Nagi used to do gravure work as "Haru Nagisa" when she was a child. Her flashback also reveals she had another stage name, "Mayu", so she could have been changing it as often as every few years or even between projects.]]

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: He's a rather stoic boy, but his default expression is a resigned, half-lidded face with empty dark eyes.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Nagi is a survivor of a destructive earthquake that occurred over a decade prior to the events of the story that [[MyParentsAreDead killed her parents]] and [[DoomedHometown wiped out her hometown]]. While she had an Uncle who could financially and emotionally support her as a guardian, Nagi cut off all contact with him after finding out that he was happily married with a child of his own since she didn't want to be a burden. So in order to earn money, Nagi ''[[TheOldestProfession sold herself]]'' to be sexually exploited in her early teens as a junior idol. According to Esomori in Chapter 160, this is the prime reason why Nagi became the ExtremeDoormat of a person she is now, because her desperation to [[HatesBeingAlone avoid isolation]] and [[IJustWantToBeLoved feel truly loved for once]] means that she will latch onto anyone who can give her that feeling of being wanted and ''won't'' kill herself unless somebody is willing to die with her as well. Which would explain why Nagi was so furious to learn that Esomori wanted her to live instead of dying with him, as she perceived it as him abandoning her.]]

* PimpingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Late in the story, she's revealed to have been a junior gravure model before she even hit puberty. The flashback going into detail about this makes it very clear that she was also forced to do sex acts instead of just taking racy pictures.]]

* ParentsDeathBlameTheChild: A strange case. He doesn't outright ''say'' he blames Nagi for the death of her parents and grandmother, but as he breaks down upon realizing how her parents could have died he certainly makes Nagi believe it was her fault for running away.

* StageName: [[spoiler:Before she joined Acrylic, Nagi used to do gravure work as "Haru Nagisa" when she was a child.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: He's formally introduced as someone who cares about his sister and wanted to do right by Nagi, but backstory elements paint him as a right jackass as the years went on. He used to manage Nagi, even through her years [[spoiler:as a junior gravure idol]], and eventually abandoned her after marrying a wealthy actress.

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[[folder:Saki Shino'oka/Tokiwa]]
A middle school acquaintance of Esomori.

* TheDogBitesBack: A detective eventually tells Reiji that Mrs. Akiyama finally snapped and stabbed Mr. Akiyama in their home.

* GenerationXerox: She isn't related to the Kuroses at all, but she is very much a modern day version of middle school Yuko. Her parents didn't care for her, she didn't have a good home life, she's noted to be passive and go along with what others ask of her, and [[spoiler:she was sexually exploited in her early teens, albeit as a junior idol in Nagi's case]]. Esomori picked up on this when he met her.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite everything, Shino'oka ended up as the best adjusted of her peers in adulthood. She got married to a good man, moved out of town, had four children, and her parents finally reconciled and are a proper couple again.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: Uyruu was the only major competitor for Yuko's heart. [[spoiler:On the day Uryuu and Yuko planned to commit suicide, Akira initially saves both of them and intended on dropping them all in the river afterwards, but the latter's love for Yuko and guilt for running away from her causes him to kick only Uryuu off of her in an unconscious moment. He makes a feeble attempt to get him back, but Yuko dissuades him from doing so. In his repressed memories, it's suggested that he didn't actually kick him off--''Yuko'' did, and simply encouraged him not to let go of her and help Uryuu.]]

* ParentalNeglect: His father ran out on the family, and his mother broke so hard that she neglected to take care of herself, nevermind her child.

* ParentalFavoritism: Contrast to Yuko focusing her attention on Reiji, the grandmother only seems to like Kazumasa out of her grandsons. [[spoiler:She later admits this is because Reiji is a glaring reminder of her husband impregnating Yuko.]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: Uyruu was the only major competitor for Yuko's heart. [[spoiler:On the day Uryuu and Yuko planned to commit suicide, Akira initially saves both of them and intended on dropping them all in the river afterwards, but the latter's love for Yuko and guilt for running away from her causes him to kick only Uryuu off of her in an unconscious moment. He makes a feeble attempt to get him back, but Yuko dissuades him from doing so.]]

* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: [[spoiler: Much like Yuko's older brother, Kazu manages to leave the town as well in search of his birth mother.]]

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:A rare positive version of this trope for the series as Kazu departs from the story and presumably the town as well in order to find his birth mother. He later comes back when Reiji emails him.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Akira notes that the last thing he saw of Uryuu was his face fixing itself in a tired, but relieved and peaceful expression before getting taken under the river currents.]]

* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yuko's teenage years consisted of her own ''mother'' pimping her out to be raped as an underage prostitute by the adult men in the town, in what is effectively a child trafficking ring. We later learn, at least according to Yuko's mother, that Yuko was raped by her father in addition to getting beaten by him.]]

* IChooseToStay: The more you learn about Yuko, the more it becomes abundantly clear that she doesn't want to leave the town and doesn't want any outside help.

* NotActuallyHisChild: While he's obviously the child of Yuko and another man and Reiji's father is explicitly stated to be his stepfather, [[spoiler:the stepfather didn't know that since he was ''together'' with Yuko by the time Reiji was born. He was under the impression that Reiji was his son until Yuko outright reveals the truth to hurt him and Kazumasa. Meanwhile Yuko suggests that Reiji is Esomori's son, though this too is proven to be a lie.]]

* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: [[spoiler:Nagi's celebrity status is put into jeopardy after Chako exposes her marriage to Esomori to the press on top of hitting the terminally-ill writer with a FalseRapeAccusation. This contraversy rapidly turns all of Nagi's former fans against her and inevitably forces the studio of Acrylic to fire her for violating their contract. By the time everything is said and done, the only job offers Nagi is getting is from ''[[TheOldestProfession porn studios]]'' looking to capitalize on her infamy.]]

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* TheLastStraw: Reiji is normally a passive person, and even when he starts developing his independence he's never biting about it. When he's told by his grandmother that [[spoiler:he's the product of ParentalIncest from Yuko and his grandfather and that he and Yuko are monsters]], however, he snaps; realizing that grandma was a major reason why Yuko ended up as twisted and broken as she is, he gives her a wry smile and [[TranquilFury politely]] tells her off.
* LikeParentLikeChild: As much as Reiji comes to hate how his mother acts, he slowly starts developing her old habits by the second half of the series--in particular, her self-destructive decisions to stay with anyone who wanted her no matter how toxic the relationship might be, if only because he HatesBeingAlone.

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:By the time she wakes up from her anorexia-induced collapse, Sakuko's developed a genuine desire to get away from all the things that she hates, wailing that she didn't die like she thought she would.]]

* TheJailbaitWait: With the Tokyo Arc concluding with much of her "competition" being removed from the feild, Shibasawa [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove confesses her love for Reiji]] with the latter being so worn down by recent events that he reciprocates her feelings without any resistance. So after confirming that he'll turn eighteen in another two months, Shibasawa convinces Reiji to marry her as soon as he's legal while she takes steps to clean up her public image in the meantime.
* UhOhEyes: As the story goes on, the lights in Shibasawa's eyes gradually begin to lose luster. She only has them back when she's pretending to be a good teacher.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Has a venomous one towards Esomori when she finally meets him on his deathbed, telling him that ''Spring's Coffin'' and the suicidal atmosphere of it sickens her, that he and Yuko ought to be ashamed for dragging Reiji and Nagi respectively into their trauma, and that the two should resolve their lingering problems together whether it be making up or a lovers' suicide.]]

* [[spoiler:EvilerThanThou: In Chapter 110, Yuri found out that Yuko is orders of magnitude more fucked up than her. When you make the ''{{Yandere}} Ephebophile nope the fuck out'', than you know you have crossed the threshold.]]
* IChooseToStay: The more you learn about Yuko, the more it becomes abundantly clear that she doesn't want to leave the town and doesn't want any outside help.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:The car accident apparently led to Yuko losing her memories of the incident, including where she attempted a murder-suicide with Reiji. Of course, she was faking it and knew the whole time.]]

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:After returning Nagi to Esomori, Reiji eventually gives up and stays in town to support the family. Shibasawa is out of the way, Gen tries to kill himself and doesn't reveal anything, and Kazu and the grandmother continue to be burdens on the Kurose family (although the latter is going to a caring facility some days). Essentially, despite being run over she gets what she wanted--Reiji utterly submissive to her and no other obstacles for the time being.]]

* [[spoiler:RapeAsBackstory: Yuko's teenage years consisted of her own ''mother'' pimping her out to be raped as an underage prostitute by the adult men in the town, in what is effectively a child trafficking ring. We later learn, at least according to Yuko's mother, that Yuko was raped by her father in addition to getting beaten by him.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: What we see of her childhood paints a picture of a friendly, good-natured girl despite the horrible home environment she had.

* [[spoiler:TheSociopath: Sure her backstory was sad and fucked up, but the more the series goes on, the more we find out how messed up she is in the head. She is a highly manipulative and overpossessive woman who traps her entire family in a psychological prison of their own home. It can even be argued that her obsession with suicide is a form of narcissism as she only went through with it to gain Esemori's attention. No wonder why Esemori is so terrified of her.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: Of the high-functioning sociopath type.]]

* IJustWantToBeYou: [[spoiler:Gen's been supressing a very big desire--not that Gen wants to be with Yuko, but that Gen wants to ''be'' Yuko. More accurately, what Gen really wants is [[TransTribulations to be a pretty girl like Yuko]]]].

* [[spoiler: LovingBully: PlayedForDrama; after killing his stepfather, Gen becomes more antagonistic towards Reiji, while also trying to hide his closeted feelings for the latter.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Played for drama. He's a tsundere of the harsh type [[spoiler: for Reiji. His violent disposition and bullying is rooted in trauma from killing Reiji's father in an effort to protect him from domestic violence. Gen's behaviour has caused Reiji to avoid him constantly and is one of the reasons the latter he wants to skip town. On top of this, his confession to Reiji is even in the middle of an emotional breakdown, just after he was done brutalizing the latter and Nagi and just after he threatens to kill him]].

* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: When he learns that Nagi tried to have a double suicide with Reiji, he threatened her, telling her to stay away from him and to leave as he won't allow Reiji to leave, not even by dying and that Reiji was his. He keeps a pile of cigarette packs in his bedroom that he forces Reiji to buy for him every morning. In Chapter 68, he explicitly admits pining for Reiji while in the midst of an emotional breakdown.]]

* HeelRealization: While Esomori does express some regrets after Reiji is initially hospitalized, he doesn't truly start reflecting on his mistakes until after he fell ill. He got a bigger reality check when Shibasawa called him out on involving Reiji and Nagi in his decades old baggage with Yuko, intending to atone for this by ensuring someone (Saki) looks after Reiji and Chako while encouraging Nagi to live on.
* NewTransferStudent: He's not originally from the town; he had to move there in middle school, and this is how he met and befriended Yuko.

* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: [[spoiler: Much like Yuko's older brother, Kazu manages to leave the town as well in search of his birth mother.]]

* TheUnfavorite: Yuko blatantly does not care for him, and admits as much to Reiji. [[spoiler: There was a time when she loved him, but after he communicated his desire to leave town with Reiji once they get good enough grades, their relationship was fractured.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Flashbacks to Kazu as a child and teen pre-exams show him as a caring older brother to Reiji. By the time he was in high school, he was even pestering Reiji to get into his school so they can save up money and move to Tokyo.]]

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[[folder:Saki Shino'oka/Tokiwa]]
A middle school acquaintance of Esomori.
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* {{Foil}}: She serves as one to Sakuko. Her home life was similarly suffocating, with a divorce instead of an overbearing and neglectful set of parents, and both [[spoiler:secretly antagonize the BrokenBird of their stories and attempt to kill themselves]]. Saki, however, made it to the end of her journey realizing the harmful behavior that she and Akira displayed and eventually foud her happiness elsewhere. Sakuko, on the other hand, is much more openly disdainful and dependent on Esomori and Reiji to make her the heroine of a story; and doesn't believe that she could find happiness at all by herself or in town--which is exactly where Saki was when she [[spoiler:sliced her wrist]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Nagi is a survivor of a destructive earthquake that occurred over a decade prior to the events of the story that [[MyParentsAreDead killed her parents]] and [[DoomedHometown wiped out her hometown]]. While she had an Uncle who could financially and emotionally support her as a guardian, Nagi cut off all contact with him after finding out that he was happily married with a child of his own since she didn't want to be a burden. So in order to earn money, Nagi ''[[TheOldestProfession sold herself]]'' to be sexually exploited in her early teens as a junior idol. According to Esomori in Chapter 160, this is the prime reason why Nagi became the ExtremeDoormat of a person she is now, because her desperation to [[HatesBeingAlone avoid isolation]] and [[ IJustWantToBeLoved feel truly loved for once]] means that she will latch onto anyone who can give her that feeling of being wanted and ''won't'' kill herself unless somebody is willing to die with her as well.]]

* BreakTheCutie: In Chapter 159, [[spoiler:Nagi finally sheds her [[AloofDarkHairedGirl mask of stoicism]] and suffers a severe emotional breakdown after being physically assulted by Shibasawa for getting near Reiji again, and is reduced to a prepetually sobbing mess who can only mutter non-stop apoligies while curling in the fetal position.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Nagi is a survivor of a destructive earthquake that occured over a decade prior to the events of the story and "lost everything" because of it, leaving her with massive case of SurvivorGuilt that is heavily implied to be the core reason why she's so apathetic. Nagi was also sexually exploited in her early teens as a junior idol, further compounding with her angst.]]

** In Chapter 159, Shibasawa extends her savior complex to [[spoiler: ''Nagi Aoe'' after inadvertantly causing the disgraced idol to suffer a [[BreakTheCutie severe emotional breakdown]] in the middle of the street. Shibasawa bring Nagi into her family home with the intention of sheltering and comforting her until she's stable enough to return to Tokyo. But because she ''still'' preceives Nagi as romanic rival for Reiji's affections, Shibasawa makes Nagi sleep in a ''[[ClosetSublet broom closet]]'' where she continues to coldly berate the younger woman in her care while Nagi can't do anything but [[ApologisesALot sob that's she's sorry like a broken record]] in response.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Shibasawa is a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] ''{{Ephebophile}}'' who started a sexual relationship with one of her troubled students and is obsessed with keeping the boy to herself while isolating him away from both his friends and family while [[BelievingTheirOwnLies continually insisting that its for his own good]] and not [[GreenEyedMonster for her own selfish and perverted reasons]]. But her one redeeming quality is that she is the ''only'' named character fighting over Reiji who ''absolutely refuses'' to belive that [[DrivenToSuicide suicide is the answer]] and is [[SuicideIsShameful outright sickened]] by characters like Yuko and Esomori who romanticize the act and drag other depressed individuals into their line of thinking.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Has a venemous one towards Esomori when she finally meets him on his deathbed, telling him that ''Spring's Coffin'' and the suicidal atmosphere of it sickens her, that he and Yuko ought to be ashamed for dragging Reiji and Nagi respectively into their trauma, and that the two should resolve their lingering problems together whether it be making up or a lovers' suicide.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Of the deprave, overpossessive Ephebophilic type.

* [[spoiler:EvilerThanThou: In Chapter 110, Yuri found out that Yuko is orders of magnitude more fucked up than her. When you make the ''Yandere Ephebophile nope the fuck out'', than you know you have crossed the threshold.]]

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