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Abyss Rage is an amazing action manga about a blind martial artist fighting to get his lover back. In case your wondering this manga has NO NTR.

Story-9
The story starts off pretty simple and fast, a young blind martial artist loves the daughter of a dojos head and she loves the boy. The boy has already proven himself to be worthy as an heir and the boy and girl plan to get married. One day however a man comes and challenges the current head of the dojo, he completely destroys the head and then beats up the boy almost to the point of death, the ... daughter goes with the man so the boy's life can be spared. The boy than trains for years so he can one day get his one love back and get a little revenge.

Art-10
The art is amazingly beautiful and clear, I haven't seen a single page that I thought was odd or nasty looking, I can't say one disappointing thing about the art.

Character-9
The manga clearly and properly shows our main character's motivation and dedication to get back the girl he loves. All the characters are shown to be who they are for a fair reason. The characters all have interesting personalities and make the choices they make due to their own beliefs and ideas. With every character we get a nice look into their past that shows who they are and why they ended up in this special prison and the reason for their determination to leave or just get stronger.

Enjoyment-10
Every fight and every chapter has been amazingly and beautifully done, theirs nothing I can say I find unenjoyable about this manga.
Overall-10
I feel every chapter just gets better and even more interesting, I hope you read the manga and you also enjoy it.

At the time of this review, 79 chapters have been published. It is worth mentioning that it is free of spoilers that prevent you from enjoying the plot properly.

Remember, all anime / manga can be enjoyed without problems, do not get carried away by bad comments and in case of comparing with another work that is with the intention of making a constructive criticism, not to devalue a work.



Story / Plot: 8/10

Abyss Rage is a very interesting manga in every aspect, it tells the story of a blind boy who wants to recover his beloved who was kidnapped by a strange and extremely strong person.

The ... story takes place mainly in a prison, the strongest and / or most dangerous "criminals" are taken there, although as has been seen, there are some people who are not criminals or that there was a misunderstanding and they ended up there.

As the story progresses we are introduced to new characters of all kinds, each with their own story and reason for being in prison. From there it is shown how the protagonist advances and gains reputation, makes new friends and even alliances.

The most striking aspect of the manga is the fights, there are all kinds of confrontations, this is due to the variety of people inside the prison, the main thing that we see within the fights are Japanese fighting styles, each with different foundations.



Characters / Personalities: 7/10

Shinobu: The protagonist is the most interesting in the story, since he is blind, but that does not prevent him from defending himself and easily defeating ordinary people. He uses different methods to move and arrest blows and even to know their position.

It is also important to mention that he is a good person at all times, he refuses to kill his opponents, he also easily sympathizes with others, he does not want to harm anyone, he just wants to get his beloved back and beat the Chief.

Chief: He is the main antagonist of this story and he has a very strange personality as well as his appearance, he is a very big person with a trained body, he is bald and he has a huge scar on his face. He also reveals that he is attracted to men, especially if they are strong and he is looking for someone who will give him a good fight to the point of defeating him.

He is a person with a mistaken idea of ​​love and who enjoys torturing his rivals. His past is nothing interesting and his reason for being gay is even more ridiculous, since he makes it seem like something you traumatized when in reality he had a peaceful life with everything within his reach, but it seems strange to him the meaning of love leaves everything behind and He goes to war, where he is taken prisoner and raped by someone stronger than him, to which he thinks that is true love, the delegation.

Mikoto: She is the beloved of Shinobu which does not currently have much prominence and is only seen from time to time accompanying the Chief or in Shinobu flash backs. She grew up with Shinobu and was very fond of him, they both specialize in the same fighting style and always practiced together.

She is a very strong girl and with an unbreakable spirit, just like Shinobu she is a good person and they have the same goal.

Sasaki: who was originally Shinobu's enemy, ended up as his friend and is his right hand man. He is a cowardly, honest person and he is not very strong in reality, but his development is very good, from a certain point we can observe him venturing through the prison and fighting multiple enemies, to the point that Shinobu entrusts him with missions. Finally, this character has gained more self-confidence which makes him a more trustworthy person.

Throughout history we are presented with more people, most with a similar past but not for that reason insignificant or useless for the plot. The usefulness of these characters is mostly to make Shinobu stronger, both individually and in groups and mentally.



Art / Setting: 7/10

The style of this manga is quite curious, for example, the characters usually have the same height and their physical complexion is similar, all being "rectangular", although having variations, but retaining the base shape.

Most characters do not have much detail in their bodies / faces, but if they are well defined and at the time of the fights, no deformations are observed.

The setting in general is quite simple since most scenes are inside a prison where the walls are usually smooth, but sometimes have marks or blood. Outside the prison the setting is quite good and has a lot of detail and looks impeccable.

Little else can be mentioned in this section, since in reality there is no single aspect that stands out enormously or has an extremely good quality, but I can say for sure that, despite this, the art is appropriate and does not disappoint.



Enjoy: 9/10

In general this manga is quite entertaining mainly because of the plot since it is not something common like the main characters, but I mentioned earlier, despite the fact that no aspect especially stands out, this does not affect the enjoyment of its story and you can have a nice while reading this manga.



Having said that, the review ends here, thank you very much for taking the time to read it and I hope it was useful for you to decide on whether or not to read this manga.

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Story 5/10
At the beginning this manga to me had so much potential and hooked me from the first few chapters, throughout the ending though I felt myself just kinda staggering on waiting for the chapters to be released so it would be finished. It became monotonous and lost sight of what made it interesting.

Art 9/10
The art in this is absolutely fantastic save a few character designs but it worked perfectly for a fighting series and captured emotion, fluidity and action with ease.

Character 6/10
Anyone besides the main character and a couple others felt completely replaceable, forgettable and honestly boring. Their backstories and the arcs that ... followed could've been executed much better and could've lent themselves to actually make these characters interesting. Unfortunately it just didn't work for whatever reason and failed to capture my attention and I found myself not appreciating these chapters and moreso just finishing as to continue on with the story.

Enjoyment 7/10
This manga was honestly enjoyable but just throughout the ending it felt like the author had somewhat given up in giving it a memorable ending. Personally it felt like they started this with the end in sight and forgot that the ride there needs to be great or else there's no meaning

Overall 6/10
As a fan of fighting manga: Baki, Kengan etc. I went into this with high hopes and left somewhat disappointed but not regretting the time invested. Would I recommend this manga? Probably not but I wouldn't recommend against reading this

After reading the title or/and the synopsis, you may think this could be an interesting dark martial art manga. This isn’t completely false, but it has a lot of blind points.

- Story (4/10):
The story begins with a random person who challenges dojos. Few moments later you know, he will be the main villain, because he not only defeats our blind protagonist (Shinobu) but he also takes his girlfriend. So to take her back, he goes in a time skip, training like hell and then to a prison led by our villain. Of course, it’s a prison where you have to fight a battle royal, to ... be exact, you have to gain 100 points to be free again, where 1 kill = 1 point.
This sounds interesting, yes (but battle royals are kind of overused), however our protagonist is way too kind… You learn very soon how kind he is, because he never kills and you hope for one of 2 options at this point: he never loses his kindness or he dives in this ‘Abyss Rage’... And now we already arrived at the big blind point. I don’t even have to spoil it for you and you still know which of these 2 options it will be. This destroys the whole tension.
But hey, it could be still dark, I mean we are in a prison full of criminals. And we talk about rapists, murderers and psychopaths, not just some little thieves. However, this prison specialized somehow in martial art, so everything they (or at least the bigger villains) do is either train or kill with their pure fists. So yes, it could have been a dark prison story with martial art, but it isn’t.
But hey, you get nice fights, which are good!... On the other hand, they are god damn slow… Each fight lasts 3-5 chapters and in each they make 2-3 blows, while of course the backstory for every villain can’t be missing, so another 3-5 chapters where the main story stops. And speaking of backstories, the rule in this manga is, you get someone’s backstory before their final moment. (Which don’t have to be their death, it is just they did what they have to, so they don’t have any use for the story). You may think I’m overreacting, but that happens literally every time!
Now you may understand what the big weaknesses of this manga is. The premise is good, but it’s slow, it’s not dark enough and the repeating plot destroys the whole tension completely. However, it also has a bright side. The backstories are nice and varied (but still somehow martial art related), and the fighting scenes are well written too.

- Art (4/10):
While reading this manga, I saw some comments about how amazing and realistic the muscles and bodies were drawn. I doubt that. Maybe I read too many more well drawn manga, but in my opinion the art was totally ordinary. The praised bodies looked almost the same, the characters like some bodybuilders and not like martial artists. And I wouldn’t call that realistic at all! Sometimes it was like they were put together of bricks.
Also to mention, the fights were definitely missing the dynamic. They were not just chapters long, but each panel felt so lame like you would watch it in slow motion.
Now I may overreact a bit, because altogether it was okay, but if 80% of the manga is fighting and the dynamic is missing, it gets boring ironically fast.

- Characters (6/10):
One stronger point of the manga is the characters! The main character is mostly boring, typical shining hero-like, yes. However! The support characters, including the antagonists, as mentioned are all very well-written, with understandable backstory and character development. You really get to know them, which helps to feel their pain and struggle.
Additionally, it has a big extra point for diversity. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but let me say it is way more diverse sexually than a lot of other manga.
The achilles tendon here is the rule of the manga, you get the backstory before their final moment. So if one character doesn't have fights, they don’t get a backstory, which is sad, because there are interesting characters which definitely didn’t get enough screen time, but if you are lucky, then they have some parts in someone else's backstory. It also means that we get the backstory for our protagonist at the end, and until then he is just a blind guy who tries to get his girlfriend back. Which might be enough, but you won’t really know him.

- Enjoyment (5/10):
It isn’t as dark as I expected, the action scenes were slow, but did I enjoy it? Meh~ It was okay. I may have awaited too much and got disappointed. But if you don’t have high hopes and don’t look at it as something dark (even if it tries to be) you can enjoy it more. In addition, if you don’t have to wait 2-3 weeks for a chapter and can read it continuously the lameness won’t be such a downer. And as I said, the characters and backstories are interesting.

- Overall (5/10):
Sadly you won’t get a dark prison revenge story, also it may be too slow for a lot of people and way too easy to predict. But even with weak art, the action scenes are mostly nice, the characters are well-written, with good backstories and developments. So overall: it was okay or average.