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A review by itshaldun
Gyo by Junji Ito
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
5.0
It’s Junji Ito, biiiiiiiiitch! Of course it’s 5 stars! It’s not biased if it’s true!
UnitedHealth can fail, British Petrol can fail, but Junji Ito cannot fail, baby! This man operates on another plane of existence, where he dines with the Gods and listens angels sing!
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In all seriousness, this is probably the weakest of his large works, but it still provides the absurd horror I love, and is a lot faster paced than Tomie. It can still be weirdly funny in a very fucked up way, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, to the surprise of no one. Unlike his other works, I couldn’t quite figure out what this one says about the human condition.
But that’s not why I bought Gyo.
I bought it because it features an extra short story at the end, called “The Enigma of the Amigara Fault”, which I already read before.
Now, this short story is an actual masterpiece. I will not tell anything, except that only Junji Ito can evoke anything other than amusement from the line “THIS HOLE! IT WAS MADE FOR ME!!”.
Go read it. I’ll keep living in your walls until you do ;)
UnitedHealth can fail, British Petrol can fail, but Junji Ito cannot fail, baby! This man operates on another plane of existence, where he dines with the Gods and listens angels sing!
.
.
.
In all seriousness, this is probably the weakest of his large works, but it still provides the absurd horror I love, and is a lot faster paced than Tomie. It can still be weirdly funny in a very fucked up way, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, to the surprise of no one. Unlike his other works, I couldn’t quite figure out what this one says about the human condition.
But that’s not why I bought Gyo.
I bought it because it features an extra short story at the end, called “The Enigma of the Amigara Fault”, which I already read before.
Now, this short story is an actual masterpiece. I will not tell anything, except that only Junji Ito can evoke anything other than amusement from the line “THIS HOLE! IT WAS MADE FOR ME!!”.
Go read it. I’ll keep living in your walls until you do ;)