Acid Town

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Acid town is nothing short of a twisted, dark tale with the themes of karma, love,revenge,sexual assault,trauma and much more.
It follows the motivations of different characters connected to one person(who is dead) and how those strings lead to their actions in their present situation. In short, Its an emotional yet an epic ride.Several conspiracies tying them together and how that is related to the main characters is certainly a treat to read.
The characters are the best suit of the series. Most of them are morally grey not to mention they are written extremly well.
The BL tag might be a turn of for some(it has a ... considerable number of male audience though) but that to serves as a plus point imo since the author uses the relationships themselves in a pretty intriguing manner.

if you like seinen and yaoi, this manga is for you.
The story is not focus on the relationship between two main characters which fall in love but contains a very interesting plot about Yakuzas and gang war.
All the characters in this manga are in deep pain and you will be too by knowing their stories. I think that Kyugo has really managed to make them all very humans and even though you haven't experienced the same things they have, you can trully identify yourself and understand their feelings.
It's a hard story but i can't wait for next chapter!
I recommand it at 100%.

Sadly, as much as I was intrigued after the first few chapters, it pretty quickly began to spiral downwards for me.
If you're interested in yakuza, yaoi and the complex relationship between characters, I'd rather recoomend Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai by Yoneda Kou.


It's a shame that, after the introduction to our main protagonist Yuki and Tetsu, as well as Hyodo - a yakuza member, the story relies heavily on the dramatic factor of Yukio being assaulted over and over.

The way Yuki's trauma is portrayed was very good and honest, because, unlike a lot of times, his trauma actually matters in terms of how he acts ... and reacts. That made me hopeful to have found a hidden gem.

Yet, the more I kept reading, the less the story managed to captivate me. Turf wars are nice and all, but it felt predictable sometimes, especially when it comes to the relationship a lot of characters share with Yuki.


Art:
The art is fine. Considering the year it started publishing, you'd find that style a lot. It still holds up to this day, not looking outdated even by today's standards. Which is quite rare for yaoi (imo)


Characters:
As mentioned above, Yuki and his traumatic experiences are implemeted a lot better than I expected from a yaoi. There was one instance Tetsu made me agry, but only because how he acted really hit the mark on teenager stupidity. Well done in that regard.
However, most of the other character fall a bit flat at the end of the day.

Story:
Hoo boy, did I want to like the story, I really did. Yet, after a few dropped bombs in the earlier chapters, it felt a bit forced on how so many characters orbited around Yuki because of who his relatives were. Also, I'm not a huge fan of putting in random assaults for dramatic purposess. But that's just a gripe I have with a lot of the genre's handling of it.
No plot will completely go above and beyond everything we've seen so far, yet the story felt midiocre after some time, unfortunately.


Overall, I'd like to say that if you are fond of the manga, I'm not here to discredit your enjoyment. All of us search for different things while reading manga, and the story might even get back in track for me.
I'll probably finish reading it when it'll be completed, but I won't reccomend it to friends.