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The sole reason I have rated this anime as a 10 was simply because of the first episode. The first episode was, for me atleast, masterfully crafted. I had gone into the show knowing nothing and so when the betrayal happened I was not only shocked but also angry. It felt good to watch the first episode.

However, the show only went downhill from there. Just detoriorating from episode to episode. [Spoiler] Once Naofumi got his revenge, the show then just became boring. There was no conflict other than the dumb wave things going on. The show suddenly became this thing which tries to make ... Naofumi this infallible god that is above everyone else, while the other heroes are shown as dumb (spear hero) or just incompetent (the other two.) This constant placement of Naofumi in the moral high ground kind of took away from what I had liked about the show to begin with, and that was the pure injustice that was dealt to Naofumi. And how he dealt with it, how he reacted to it.
But when suddenly, the entire country just completely changed their attitudes towards him, and everything just went right for him, cause hurr durr MC. It did not sit well with me.

There were other good things, I liked the art, kinda liked the openings.

Fight scenes were not the greatest, they were just OK nothing impressive like other animes. The Isekai fight scene quality that quite the norm for the genre for some reason. The story attempts to be deeper than it actually is, with trying to create this heir of mystery around it. Knowing how things end cause I read spoilers from the webcomic, it isn't actually any good.

TL;DR... First episode good, the rest is mediocre.

Shonen no Abyss has a good a premise and potential to be a deep story that covers dark themes. With some great artwork, it really really had the potential to be good. Sadly, the execution is not the best.
As the story goes on things get wayyyy too convoluted for it to be interesting. Being hit with plot twist after plot twist, some which are completely unnecessary. There are no safe grounds in the story, promises are made then broken a few chapters later.
And finally, no progression, the story has followed this same loop multiple times... main character is sad, main character and other character ... have sex, other character breaks down (or plottwist), false promise, and then repeat.
The MC lacks a discernable personality, he changes to the benefit of the plot, he lacks consistency. At times he is a complete pushover but when the plot requires it he isn't. He wants to kill himself, but when the plot calls for it, he does not.
The teacher is insufferable. Anytime she drops any wisdom about how adults are I can't help but roll my eyes. Which may be the author's intention and if that is so bravo. However can't help but feel these lines about how adults function were not written to be criticized, but rather written to be "deep" but instead it just comes off as really juvenile.
The other characters however have interesting personalities.

To conclude, do I recommend you to read this manga? No, it sucks, unless you like reading trashy manga. If you want to read something dark and kinda deep, read Killing Stalking.