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Gyo by Junji Ito

17 reviews

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I regret reading this before bed. SO MUCH.

Just utterly horrific. You don’t pick up Junji Ito for the lovable characters or the intricate plot (although this is by far the most cohensive story taking place across several volumes that I’ve read of his). You come for the nightmarish art; the batshit supernatural occurrences; the squicky disgusting and deeply unsettling body horror… and boy, does he deliver.

The final short story in the back about the holes on the fault line is genuinely going to give me nightmares. Holy shit.

Genuinely scary. I need to sleep with the light on.
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livlamentloathe's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I did not have a good time reading this. A lot of gross body horror involved. And it didn’t seem to have a meaning or perspective at the end the way other Ito books have had. The Fault short story is going to sit with me though—I knew it would but hearing it and reading it with my own eyes are two separate things. The principle post made me snicker because… what??? Also why did every family member immediately crawl into the space???
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bugcollector's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


the characters are given very little personality, which is insufferable. unlike uzumaki, where the drawings covered up for the luck of plot or character development, in gyo it didn't. also gyo leaves you with a very icky feeling, begs the question if it made me gag does it become a good horror, or is it just a gore-ish book

oopsie apparently it was supposed to be comedy
that makes more sense i
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b_caligari's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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kylantis's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Ends abruptly, I assume because Ito didn't know how to end it. The story just kept getting more stupid as it went on. 

The best part of the book was one of his short stories included at the end (The Enigma of the Amigara Fault).

Gyo itself is one of the worst books I've ever read so far, but I'll give him some points for creativity I guess.
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louisegraveyard's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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