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A bottomless pit is a kind of scary thing to think about.
But we have to think about falling otherwise we won't want to rise up. However, this anime makes us think about something kind of strange: isn't it supposed to hurt going down rather than going up? Isn't going up supposed to be easier than going down?

I came up with a theory that maybe it's not a good thing to stay above ground where so many things can go wrong. It's better to stay below ground and evolve into moles and never again see sunlight... Then again, isn't that what we're doing in this ... day and age? A majority of us feel better burying ourselves deep inside our homes and never going outside to see sunlight. What's relatable about this to the anime is that Made in Abyss is all about escaping the surface. Reko is supposed to bury herself (Specifically to find her mother).

It's all just a rollercoaster signifying the false meanings and truths of living a life in our own world, compared to the world in Made in Abyss.

Everything we do and everything we say in and of itself is false. We may think that everything is fine and dandy but deep down there's always going to be another side to the story. In this manga, we have that lesson taught to us in the most psychologically understandable way possible.

We live in a world where everyone's crazy. From the mother of Seiichi's cousin who thinks too highly of herself right to the teenage girl (Fuukishi) who thinks too highly of someone else. In some ways, having too much of something can be crazy.

For Seiichi as well, the craziness accumulated from the mother's ill ... behavior in front of him. So, nobody is safe in this story, not even us as audiences. I know some of us will end up thinking too much about the manga and start becoming crazy trying to figure out a way to put the pieces of the manga together in our minds.

Overall, we who take the time to read something as hectic as this understand something... We are all suffering from something/by someone. Equally, we also don't suffer - some of us take pride in the insufferable lifestyles which make our bodies and minds yearn for suffering, much like being suffocated by happiness.