Story, 10:
Where to start... Well, for those who read the synopse and are accustomed to bl manga might say “there we go! Another main character being sexually harassed by his superior... Its cliché time!!” like sekaichi hatsukoi, mankai darling and a few others. In fact, it broke from the genre right there since its far more complex than that.
Acid Town introduces several characters that, while being seemingly non-related, are all connected through a complex web of present and past relationships. The usage of time in this manga is heavy talking about events even before the main character was born. Those who like linear storylines with simple time flow may not like this one. The presence of bl is light but makes you truly cherish it when it happens, it doesn't focus on it, instead it makes use of it to make the story go forward. The enormous amount of relationships between all the characters will be the most interesting point of the story, with heavy presence of people living in a seemingly world filled with poverty and crime. It isn't a bl to cry out “OMG! Cuteness overload!” it will be more like “I'm drowning in my own tears!”.

Art, 9:
Holy Sh*t!! Brilliant! As a former visual arts student who gives an immense importance to anatomy, I simply can't stop to just stop reading and appreciate the quality of the work. Good backgrounds with a touch of poverty. xD The anatomy construction is really good, with very good proportions and a high level of attention given to create individual characters. From the hairstyle, to the jackets to the shoes. I ended up to a point that by just showing a single shoe I would know who he was. The mangaka draws manga with more human-like proportions making it seem more serious, he also gives attention to small details that gave me a really good impression of him. He makes heavy use of ground perspectives where the shoes or feet comes into the first plane and where he proceeds to work to a huge level of detail. A very good trait of a mangaka. For most who draw, feet are usually intimidating and its anatomy is hard to represent without flaws, even more when trying to represent movement. However that's not a problem to him, making small details or close-ups where we can see his expertise in drawing the human body. In overall, his art is really good, making good representations of scars or burn marks, his facial construction is appealing and, on a more personal level, is fashion sense to make the characters seem like people living on the border of society is good.

Characters, 9:
The characters are compelling and some are really well made. Even dead ones. xD Coming to play later on to give depth to other characters and to make the complex connections between all of them. As its still ongoing the plot may very well deepen and give more background to all those who have already appeared. Their relations, at first glance, will even seem confusing, since a lot will happen at the same time, but as the story unfolds things will become clearer and seemingly plain characters will end up being some of the more complex ones. Coming from “boooring guy” to “Whadahell?! I love this guy!”. Yukio is also not your typical main character as he isn't the usual fearless, honest, kind and cocky from most action related genres. His life was full of misery and so his traits are very human like, having fears, traumas, grudges, hate and more.

Enjoyment, 10:
Well, it was great. Well paced story, intriguing characters, really good art and with something new happening every chapter I just couldn't stop and ended up reading all of the chapters in two days.

Overall, 10:
One of the best bl mangas I ever read, definitely not your ordinary bl manga, with a few twists, plenty of death, dark pasts and always living on the borderline of danger. To the point where going to a bookstore can end up with you paralyzed by fear for encountering someone who gave you some of your worst life moments.

If somehow the review ended up being confusing I apolosige. Its my first time doing it and English isn't my first language.