Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Gyo: Kıpırdanan Dehşet by Junji Ito

8 reviews

zakcebulski's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

So, fucking what the shit?

This story was crazy crazy. 
Germs infect fish and then the fish come on to shore and start to infect other animals and then people?
Jesus Christ Ito did an amazing job with this story and the art therein, but it is absolutely fucking insane. 
I get the feeling that the theme of this book is the raping of nature via humans and the gradual approach toward humans becoming the commodity for sale of other humans. 
As well, I wonder if there is a sexual angle to read this book through as the way in which people are attached to the machines is in an overtly and very intrusive way comparable to rape or sexual assault?

I did think that Kaori was a very one note character that ultimately became a stand in for a object to drive the story forward. 
Overall, this story was easily the most stomach churning of all of Ito's works that I have read to this point. His illustrations were horrifically on point, as they always are. 
I felt that there were a few loose ends that were not tied up or resolved in this story which is why I am dropping the rating down a little bit. 

We are lucky to live in a time where Junji Ito makes manga. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Medical trauma, and Body horror

lemonade_lover's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

Nauseating love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Terminal illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Suicide, Death, Violence, Body horror, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

readingsofaslinky's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Another insanist story from Junji Ito that had me laughing out loud at the beginning because of how bizarre it was. The toxic (no pun intended) relationship was a good vehicle for this wild plot. 

CW: for suicide/suicide attempt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

crowcrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• 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

Unlike Uzumaki, I really couldn't ignore the dumbass character syndrome LEAVE HER ASS TADASHI, P L E A S E .

The horror wasn't even that surprising, it was just fascinating to look at. And the circus scene felt forced? It just kinda came outta nowhere and served no purpose except for Tadashi to find Kaori. Which, speaking of, oh my god was I glad when she fucking died. I really didn't wanna hate her but holy shit Mozzart she's like a crybaby on Skittles.

Stinky fish was great though, amazing character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Suicide

bibyabs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Gore, and Murder

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide, Body horror, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Minor: Misogyny

sadyfg's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicide attempt