

May 21, Xwirus rated it liked it Shelves: He noticed something was funny when Kaori said he had bad breath, although he brushes his teeth twice a day. Shark chase scene, anyone? As grotesque as it can be, Ito never tests his reader’s patience, maintaining a ballistic pace that partly explains the universal popularity of such defiantly unconventional subject matter.

Ghastly Squirming” in Japan, is a horror seinen manga written and illustrated by Junji Ito. At the end he joins a group of university students, who happens to be immune from the death stench, to create a vaccine to defeat the disease. Adventures in the Floating World: Gyoĭiscussion of Gyo by Junji Ito. Some Characters are switched such as Tadashi replaced as Kaori.

The fish with legs are heralded by a terrible stench, described by characters as being reminiscent of hot human corpses. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Gyo was creepy, but when the story is too long, it has a tendency to lose the horror effect over time and get over explained. Overlooking View The Garden of Sinners: It was a subconscious reaction to the horror on the page, junjj it amplified my gasps when the book actually left my mouth agape in shock. It also includes a pair of bonus stories, titled The Enigma of Amigara Fault and The Sad Tale of the. Gyo (ギョ?, Fish) is a horror manga by Junji Ito.

It was later picked up by Viz Media for an English translation. Gyo (ギョ) was originally released in in Big Comic Spirits (ビッグコミック スピリッツ). GYO (The Death Stench Creeps): Volume 2 by Junji Ito (Jan) Paperback According to Big Comic Spirits, Ito Junji’s horror manga Gyo was announced.
