Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Ryby: Útok z hlubin by Junji Ito

92 reviews

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

 First Junji Ito. Beautiful and gross. Not much else to say, it is exactly what it says on the tin. Fast read and once again, very gross.  

I think like a lot of people I found Enigma of Amigara Fault extremely compelling, whereas Gyo lost gas (lol) towards the end. Id probably give Gyo 3.75 and Amigara Fault a perfect score 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

ravenpuff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Animal death

Minor: War and Gaslighting

maxor76's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

So Gyo itself is pretty silly and not really scary. I'd hate to be in that situation don't get me wrong, but it won't keep me up at night. 
It kinda lost me towards the end as well, it ends so abruptly and without resolution.

The enigma of amigara fault is brilliant however, I love that story so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Animal death, and Suicide

perth_is's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Medical content, Violence, War, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Suicide

laverna's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

zuckerpass's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

icephoenix44's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

4.0

Never would I ever expected fricking weaponized farts to be genuinely scary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

andy78's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Read the story on the internet a few years ago and thought it was mediocre - mainly because of the open ending. Now, after reading every other Junji Ito books and making peace with his style of storytelling, I appreciate Gyo for what it is good at: transporting you into a disgusting fever dream of body horror. I still have problems with how Ito writes such annoying characters and tropes (e.g., women depicted as always being the first to go crazy/contradictory and throw tantrums). I fully hope Junji Ito is out there enjoying healthy and fulfilling relationships, because couples/spouses in his stories will make you think "Why the hell are they not broken up and hating each other already?" That said, with Gyo's female protagonist, we have some sprinkles of backstory (her upbringing) and exposition (let's be honest, I'd probably act like her as well if I smell the stench of rotting corpses all the time) to justify for her actions. All in all, excellent art. One of Ito's Big Three for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Suicide, and Body horror

abbyjme's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

My thalassophobia and chronic fear of smelling bad was NOT prepared for this one…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, and Gore

iheartm4m's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, and Death