The Full Story of Made in Abyss, Finally Explained

There's a hole in the ground nobody has reached the bottom of, and going down is the easy part. This is the whole story of Made in Abyss, told in order, from the surface to the latest manga chapter. I start with the world, the seven layers and the Curse of the Abyss, then follow Riko and Reg down: Ozen at the Seeker Camp, Nanachi and Mitty, Bondrewd at Ido Front, and the Village of Iruburu in the Golden City. After that I keep going past the end of the anime into the manga-only chapters, all the way to the 7th Layer. Then come the extras, the mysteries nobody has answered yet, and Awakening Mystery. Spoilers for everything, including every manga chapter so far. Chapters 0:00 The hole nobody has reached the bottom of 0:01:57 The world and the Abyss 0:04:44 The seven layers and the curse 0:14:44 Riko and the boy from the Abyss 0:17:58 Reg at the Belchero Orphanage 0:32:23 Reg's first cave raid 0:36:49 The Wharf Quarter: leaving Orth 0:40:32 1st Layer: the descent begins 0:48:28 2nd Layer: the Forest of Temptation 0:52:48 The Inverted Forest 0:54:46 Seeker Camp and Ozen 1:13:56 Ozen's training 1:28:54 3rd Layer: the Great Fault 1:35:09 4th Layer: the Goblets of Giants 1:40:29 Nanachi's hideout 1:54:15 Nanachi and Mitty: how it began 1:56:03 What happened at Ido Front 2:00:58 Nanachi's request 2:10:41 A party of three 2:15:51 5th Layer: the Sea of Corpses 2:17:55 Ido Front and Bondrewd 2:22:19 Nanachi goes to Bondrewd 2:33:57 Riko and Prushka 2:45:29 Reg vs Bondrewd: the Miniature Garden of Dawn 2:49:30 Where Prushka came from 2:56:00 The end of the fight 3:03:17 The Altar and the Capital of the Unreturned 3:09:53 The Village of Iruburu 3:20:34 Manga side story: back in the 2nd Layer 3:29:37 Doguupu 3:35:15 The Luring 3:44:31 Vueko's story: how the village was born 3:50:22 The Ganja reach the Abyss 3:53:55 The Ganja in the 6th Layer 4:15:07 Back to the present 4:16:24 Faputa and the fall of Iruburu 4:39:12 The membrane is torn 4:44:42 The Value ladder 4:46:46 The Original Root 4:50:40 Gold 5:01:40 Manga only from here: deeper into the 6th Layer 5:10:23 Side story: the day before Riko found Reg 5:14:55 The Large-Scale Joint Cave Raid 5:16:22 Cravagli 5:19:26 Back with Riko 5:27:39 Hail Hex and Srajo's trial 5:41:09 The 7th Layer and the Mysterious Beast 5:42:48 The Final Maelstrom 6:06:22 The latest chapters 6:24:02 Extras outside the main story 6:30:57 Mysteries still unanswered 6:45:57 Awakening Mystery and the last word Sources: Made in Abyss (TV, 2017), the recap film, Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020), The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (2022), the manga by Akihito Tsukushi through chapter 74 and its side stories, and the Awakening Mystery trailers. Some late chapters are worked from fan translations. Made in Abyss is © Akihito Tsukushi, Takeshobo and the Made in Abyss production committee. This video is commentary, criticism and education. Clips are short and transformed with narration, under fair use. #MadeInAbyss #Anime #Manga