Kiss the Abyss - Reviews

My review will be a little biased since this is my favorite webtoon, but I will try to be 100% honest.

About the story, although it is kinda dark, the plot is a funny and creative idea with time rifts and lots of gambling that involves life or death. It's something that really can catch your eye if you like fantasy and themes that include the following: going in and out inside of a game, gambling, as I mentioned before, and basically mind games. 

The characters are also super well described and interesting, both main characters (Wangzi, sorry if I miswrote, and Abyss) with dark backgrounds that we will discover later. 

The art is also one of the main points of why I decided to read this and I definitely didn't regret it :)

I recommend it to everyone, especially anyone who likes BL with big adventures and not just your typical high school ones. (If you like kakegurui you may also like this ehehe, there might be some characters that you like)

Tldr: fun story but not too memorable. Art gets better and the age difference gets solved. 

Prince is introduced as not only Abyss’s creator and intellectual superior by leaps and bounds, but also he’s 27 when Abyss is 17. I’m not a purist, I’ll read fucked up shit, but it is a little annoying/weird when the creator pretends that a relationship is healthy and perfect when its pretty exploitative. While reading I sort of expected all these things to be glossed over like age usually is in isekai, but it’s surprisingly not. 

It reminded me a little of Scum Villain’s Self Saving System in the way that Abyss is quite aware that Prince sees and treats him like a helpless child and in an effort to stay in Prince’s good graces, he continues to act as such. Prince knows Abyss is a homicidal maniac but sorta… doesn’t care and continues to baby him. They end up having a pretty good talk about who they are and what they want from each other later on in the story. 

As for the age thing, there’s an 8 year time skip, but only for Abyss- it passes in a month for Prince- so they’re 27 and 25 when they get together. It seems like a bit of a cop out but it does make sense within the story. 

One small issue I take with the story is that the side characters really don't matter at all. They aren’t given much personality and no development, and there’s only 2 characters beside the leads that matter and only 1 has a recurring part. 

I liked this story but it’s not… very impactful or incredibly memorable. I binged it in a day and I doubt I’ll think about it very much after this. There’s not much actual conflict I suppose? Prince never loses and the angst was undercut by the fact that the reader knew they would find each other again. The stakes just never felt very high.

This story is truly an amazing one!! I may seem a little bias (considering my pfp, lol) but it truly captivated my heart From the beginning. Of course, it does have some short-comings. No web novel, or anything for that matter is perfect, but for the most part, it is a fairly good story. In my opinion, there's just the right amount of comedy, sadness, and romance. I love Abyss and prince. The art is fairly good too. The art definitely isn't BAD at the beginning, but it improves throughout the story. If you haven't yet, I recommend you read it! And if you dropped it, please give it another try. I'm sure you will find you will enjoy it :).

(Please buy me a prince plushie or I will cry)

Seriously, this manhua is incredible. I think it originated before squid game, but if you like squid game, this is for you!! similar game sacrifice themes, and lowkey similar minigames and mystery. the care in the individual characters, the backstory, reasoning, all flow and connect properly. I'm happy as to where this is going, thank you author!! please dont kill off my favorite characters </3 it also has some transmigratory themes, its not that much romance unfortunately, but its so cute and i can see how it might happen later on :))

I recommended this to my friend and she absolutely love it! I love the plot and characters, this is a masterpiece!