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Aku no Hana
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Shounen no Abyss
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A rural schoolboy with a lot of pent-up feelings and an identity crisis meets a mentally unstable girl who becomes a catalyst for his self-destructive unraveling.
What Boy's Abyss lacks in nuance compared to Flowers of Evil, it makes up in sheer tragedy.
Both stories share few similar points that are important in each of them, even though "Aku no Hana" offers more refined experience, while "Shounen no Abyss" is heavier on darker, controversial elements. These themes are: male main character being a high schooler stuck in his hometown in the rural area, who tries to escape it; depressed protagonist; suicidal thoughts; fateful encounter of a woman that heavily affects the main character's life; depiction of the slow downfall of a youngster; story filled with psychology.
Both Aku no Hana and Shounen no Abyss have dark and psychological themes.
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Recommended by cinnamoncider
there's the theme of being stuck in your hometown and wanting to leave it so badly. except shounen no abyss is much darker
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Recommended by Paradiso09
Both have follow the story of a young person feeling captive to their home town and the gradual downfall of the protagonist.
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Recommended by Zackattacker
Both are some bleak and downbeat somber stories of growing up with elements of psychological stuff as well included.
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Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Same character who is depressed and wants to die
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Recommended by Cruelseeker1002
A boy who hates his small town and thinks this one f*ed up girl is the one person who will show him his way out of this town.
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Recommended by kleinesgruen