Made in Abyss

[Paolo]

Is anyone else reading the manga, or watching this new anime series?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Abyss

The story is centered around an orphan girl named Riko who lives in the town of Ōsu on an island in the sea of Beoluska. The city surrounds a strange, giant hole going deep into the earth, which is commonly called the Abyss. The Abyss harbors artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for so-called Cave Raiders, who undertake arduous and dangerous descents into the mist-filled pit to recover whatever relics they can find. However, the deeper one goes into the Abyss, the more they are afflicted by a progressively fatal malady called the Curse of the Abyss; few who have descended into the lower regions have returned to tell of their experiences.

Riko's goal is to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a master Cave Raider (a White Whistle) and solve the mysteries of the Abyss. One day she explores the caves and discovers a robot named Reg who resembles a human boy.

One funny bit is where Reg (who is more of a cyborg in appearance, but more like an android in function) is examining himself in front of a mirror. He asks why a robot needs a navel. Then he discovers, to his shock, that he has a penis and wonders why he needs one. Reg has no memory that he is a robot, where he came from, or why he's there. In fact, it's a bit disturbing that his genitals seem to be almost another character in their own right, so far, in the five episodes that are out, as everyone seems interested in them.

A bit of a warning, as I haven't read the manga, is that this story seems to be leaning a bit towards the shota theme.