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ギョ [Gyo] #2
Gyo, Vol. 2
Tadashi hopes to save the horribly mutated Kaori from a fate worse than death, but the treatment by Doctor Koyanagi may be worse than the disease. This new volume features a struggle between man and machines powered by dead flesh — will mankind survive?
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Junji Ito
223 books14.8k followersJunji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her admirers to commit atrocities; Uzumaki (1998-1999), set in a town cursed with spiral patterns; Gyo (2001-2002), featuring a horde of metal-legged undead fishes. Tomie and Uzumaki in particular have been adapted multiple times in live-action and animation.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her admirers to commit atrocities; Uzumaki (1998-1999), set in a town cursed with spiral patterns; Gyo (2001-2002), featuring a horde of metal-legged undead fishes. Tomie and Uzumaki in particular have been adapted multiple times in live-action and animation.
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May 27, 2022
Gyo vol 1 :- 4/5⭐
Gyo vol 2:- 3/5 ⭐
*Ufff* First thing , don't come at me , I still love Mr. Ito with all my heart but I am not a big fan of how things ended , like I loved the ending of Uzumaki but this was incomplete , things should have been wrapped up a bit more , and we can get a vol 3 if Mr. Ito wants !
Pretty please? It's actually a really good idea sir , consider it!
There were two short stories at the end :-
The sad tale of principal post :- 2/5⭐
okay okay, hang on, I am trying to call Mr. Ito.
Yes sir , please explain your story , ahh this one the sad tale of principal post , yess sir , what?
This was only 4 pages long , are you sure no pages were missing?
You want me to complete it? No , sir..sir...
Okay so , this was it , I mean idk this was incomplete , no ?
Explain me?? This is it.
The enigma of amigara faults:-3/5⭐
This story is gonna give me nightmares for a really long time because I know I will not stop thinking about something like this could actually be possible , what a motherfucking bizzare , horrific story!
Gyo vol 2:- 3/5 ⭐
*Ufff* First thing , don't come at me , I still love Mr. Ito with all my heart but I am not a big fan of how things ended , like I loved the ending of Uzumaki but this was incomplete , things should have been wrapped up a bit more , and we can get a vol 3 if Mr. Ito wants !
Pretty please? It's actually a really good idea sir , consider it!
There were two short stories at the end :-
The sad tale of principal post :- 2/5⭐
okay okay, hang on, I am trying to call Mr. Ito.
Yes sir , please explain your story , ahh this one the sad tale of principal post , yess sir , what?
This was only 4 pages long , are you sure no pages were missing?
You want me to complete it? No , sir..sir...
Okay so , this was it , I mean idk this was incomplete , no ?
Explain me?? This is it.
The enigma of amigara faults:-3/5⭐
This story is gonna give me nightmares for a really long time because I know I will not stop thinking about something like this could actually be possible , what a motherfucking bizzare , horrific story!
December 31, 2017
WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!
last year, i carved out my own short story advent calendar as my project for december, and it was so much fun i decided to do it again this year! so, each day during the month of december, i will be reading a short story and doing the barest minimum of a review because ain't no one got time for that and i'm already so far behind in all the things. however, i will be posting story links in case anyone wants to read the stories themselves and show off how maybe someone could have time for that.
here is a link to the first story in last year's project,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
which in turn links to the whole monthlong project, in case you wanna do some free short story reading of your own! links to the stories in this year's advent-ure will be at the end of each review.
enjoy, and the happiest of decembers to you all!
DECEMBER 10
this is short story as manga, and it's a doozy. it's meant to be a horror story, and it is, but i have the mind of child, and whether it's because i have not read any monsterporn in such a long time, when it used to be such a staple of my literary explorations, or because i saw The Shape of Water today, which is basically Amélie + monsterporn, but this story is so utterly suggestive, i was giggling too much for the horror to register. this is a horror story centered around holes, and i would be lying if i said i did NOT laugh every time the word “hole” was used. everyone in the story is searching for “their” hole, the hole into which they fit perfectly, people are finding their holes. entering their holes, failing to re-emerge from their holes, etc...
i mean, come on, guys, try to read any of this without innuendo:
-”A rescue squad is attempting to enter the hole.”
-”Is he still down there, writhing naked in that hole?”
-”Th-this is my hole! It was made for me! I have to go in! Tell my mom goodbye!”
-"I’m going to have to enter that hole. I’m going to die there, inside that hole!"
-”I’ll fill this hole up! Just watch me!”
-”Nothing could be lonelier than that hole.”
and by the way, “tunnel” is no better.
it's not UN-creepy, but it's hard for one such as me to focus on the horror when there's people going into holes and poking things into holes all around me. you know how it is. it's a 3.5, but i'm rounding it up to 4 for all the wrong reasons.
read it for yourself here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZNSaq
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last year, i carved out my own short story advent calendar as my project for december, and it was so much fun i decided to do it again this year! so, each day during the month of december, i will be reading a short story and doing the barest minimum of a review because ain't no one got time for that and i'm already so far behind in all the things. however, i will be posting story links in case anyone wants to read the stories themselves and show off how maybe someone could have time for that.
here is a link to the first story in last year's project,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
which in turn links to the whole monthlong project, in case you wanna do some free short story reading of your own! links to the stories in this year's advent-ure will be at the end of each review.
enjoy, and the happiest of decembers to you all!
DECEMBER 10
this is short story as manga, and it's a doozy. it's meant to be a horror story, and it is, but i have the mind of child, and whether it's because i have not read any monsterporn in such a long time, when it used to be such a staple of my literary explorations, or because i saw The Shape of Water today, which is basically Amélie + monsterporn, but this story is so utterly suggestive, i was giggling too much for the horror to register. this is a horror story centered around holes, and i would be lying if i said i did NOT laugh every time the word “hole” was used. everyone in the story is searching for “their” hole, the hole into which they fit perfectly, people are finding their holes. entering their holes, failing to re-emerge from their holes, etc...
i mean, come on, guys, try to read any of this without innuendo:
-”A rescue squad is attempting to enter the hole.”
-”Is he still down there, writhing naked in that hole?”
-”Th-this is my hole! It was made for me! I have to go in! Tell my mom goodbye!”
-"I’m going to have to enter that hole. I’m going to die there, inside that hole!"
-”I’ll fill this hole up! Just watch me!”
-”Nothing could be lonelier than that hole.”
and by the way, “tunnel” is no better.
it's not UN-creepy, but it's hard for one such as me to focus on the horror when there's people going into holes and poking things into holes all around me. you know how it is. it's a 3.5, but i'm rounding it up to 4 for all the wrong reasons.
read it for yourself here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZNSaq
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June 8, 2008
DEAD PEOPLE FARTS.
April 27, 2016
This was a well-done and pretty creepy story about mysterious ancient holes in a hillside. I think it would have been more disturbing without the last couple pages, though, with the situation left completely unknown.
May 29, 2016
I didn't get scared or creeped out. I honestly don't know what the fuss is about with this.
February 21, 2016
A very brief horror manga that leaves a substantial impression of lingering unease. I loved the outrageously bizarre concept - mysterious human-shaped tunnels show up on a mountainside following an earthquake and people are compelled to enter the ones they identify as "their holes" - and the very unnerving conclusion. I won't go as far as to call it scary, but that last page sure made my stomach churn. The neat, black-and-white artwork only starkly highlights the gruesomeness of the plot.
Ito gives no information about how or why the holes were made (although he does give a vague idea through a nightmare that the protagonist has). A lot of reviewers seem disappointed by that. Personally, while I would have loved to know more about the holes and the aftermath of that abrupt ending, the not-knowing doesn't really bother me. I think horror is a genre that works better when it doesn't focus on explanations. This book takes you down an untrodden, eerie path and abandons you there in the darkness. The rest is up to your imagination, if you dare to dwell on the unknown. That right there, is the enigma of the fault.
I loved this creepy little tale. I'm really eager to move on to Uzumaki, Vol. 1, but I have a big interview due next Saturday and it won't be wise to mess up my brain with crazy horror stories.
3.5
June 22, 2017
3* STARS!
From the master of bizarre story, Junji Ito really make my head hurts. Just a strange phenomenon appears after an earthquake. It wasn't disturbing but really has eerie feeling. No explanation need but the ending is totally unexpected.
From the master of bizarre story, Junji Ito really make my head hurts. Just a strange phenomenon appears after an earthquake. It wasn't disturbing but really has eerie feeling. No explanation need but the ending is totally unexpected.
January 29, 2022
This is a quick manga, but if you're looking for something creepy to fall asleep too, I highly recommend!
January 25, 2024
A super fast read with heavy Lovecraft and War of the Worlds influences. The second volume was quite a bit better than the first. As always with Junji Ito, the artwork was amazing!
January 27, 2019
Such a bizarre short story.
April 20, 2023
(Review written February 2016. ‘The Enigma of Amigara Fault’ was previously listed separately on Goodreads; this is a review of that story only.)
An extremely creepy tale of horror in graphic (mini-)novel form. The characters are drawn to Amigara Mountain, where holes shaped like people have inexplicably appeared in the mountainside rock. Like many who have reviewed this, I would've liked some more explanation; the idea of the holes being an exact fit for certain people - and indeed, how people recognise these holes are 'theirs' when an individual's specific outline is surely not so distinctive anyone would spot it immediately in this context - is somewhat glossed over, but the ending wraps up the gruesomeness of the premise so completely it doesn't really matter much.
An extremely creepy tale of horror in graphic (mini-)novel form. The characters are drawn to Amigara Mountain, where holes shaped like people have inexplicably appeared in the mountainside rock. Like many who have reviewed this, I would've liked some more explanation; the idea of the holes being an exact fit for certain people - and indeed, how people recognise these holes are 'theirs' when an individual's specific outline is surely not so distinctive anyone would spot it immediately in this context - is somewhat glossed over, but the ending wraps up the gruesomeness of the premise so completely it doesn't really matter much.
October 24, 2013
Oh dear god.
June 7, 2023
Lure of the Abyss
Review for 'The Enigma of Amigara Fault' only
Mesmerizing soundtrack
A spine-chilling story of obsession, driving people to squeeze themselves into weird human-shaped cavities in a cliff.
Also see:
Uzumaki
The Magic Mountain
La Montagne morte de la vie
L'Ensorcelée
J'étais un kamikaze
Pensées
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
Le Désert des Tartares
Review for 'The Enigma of Amigara Fault' only
Mesmerizing soundtrack
A spine-chilling story of obsession, driving people to squeeze themselves into weird human-shaped cavities in a cliff.
Also see:
Uzumaki
The Magic Mountain
La Montagne morte de la vie
L'Ensorcelée
J'étais un kamikaze
Pensées
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
Le Désert des Tartares
September 14, 2016
Gustó.
Pero a esta persona siempre le gustan las historias de terror. No soy exigente.
(No demasiado, al menos)
Pero a esta persona siempre le gustan las historias de terror. No soy exigente.
(No demasiado, al menos)
December 29, 2016
I have read The Enigma of Amigara fault as a bonus manga chapter in Viz Media's publication of Gyo, another great horror work of Junji Ito.
This is a short yet creepily powerful story. It is something that gives people nightmares, you know, that sort of dream where you are trapped and alone in a dark, confined place and you are so happy to realize later, perhaps moments before waking up that it is just another bad dream? That's this story.
I highly recommend this one if you are looking for a one-shot horror themed manga.
This is a short yet creepily powerful story. It is something that gives people nightmares, you know, that sort of dream where you are trapped and alone in a dark, confined place and you are so happy to realize later, perhaps moments before waking up that it is just another bad dream? That's this story.
I highly recommend this one if you are looking for a one-shot horror themed manga.
December 11, 2014
Read this.
Read this when you're alone.
Read this when it's midnight.
Read this when you have the lights off and there's nothing but the sound of you breathing.
I read this during daytime, lights full blast, and this shit creeped me the fuck out. Describing it to others creeped them out. I can only imagine reading it in the perfect atmosphere (alone, in the middle of the night, in darkness and silence) would create awesome, terrifying nightmares.
Read this when you're alone.
Read this when it's midnight.
Read this when you have the lights off and there's nothing but the sound of you breathing.
I read this during daytime, lights full blast, and this shit creeped me the fuck out. Describing it to others creeped them out. I can only imagine reading it in the perfect atmosphere (alone, in the middle of the night, in darkness and silence) would create awesome, terrifying nightmares.
July 18, 2017
This story freaked me out. I don't even know why. It's like that urge you sometimes get when you stand on the edge of a high cliff or building looking down, and you feel like you could just jump. You're horribly drawn to this obsessive idea of jumping. That's what this story reminds me of, except remove the jumping from a high place part and replace it with a claustrophobic nightmare and you'll get the picture.
February 24, 2021
brief, bizarre, bonkers. thank you, junji ito.
i'm sure you've all heard of that creepy-ass story about people going into the mountains, drawn to them for some unknown reason, and then going absolutely apeshit over a bunch of holes in the mountain side.
which, mysteriously enough, are made to fit most of the hikers perfectly.
if you haven't heard of it, then it's time to read this. won't take you more than ten minutes.
krr, krr, motherfuckers.
✎ 4.0 stars.
i'm sure you've all heard of that creepy-ass story about people going into the mountains, drawn to them for some unknown reason, and then going absolutely apeshit over a bunch of holes in the mountain side.
which, mysteriously enough, are made to fit most of the hikers perfectly.
if you haven't heard of it, then it's time to read this. won't take you more than ten minutes.
krr, krr, motherfuckers.
✎ 4.0 stars.
January 31, 2017
Gaspunk? This was pretty gross and unsatisfying in some ways, the second part and the ending especially. Uzumaki was better. But bonus chapter was pretty fun, I wish we could have more horror like that.
October 11, 2016
Holy shit, that was creepier than the main story xD
June 24, 2017
3* STARS!
It has been a month after the attack and Tadashi just wake up from his coma. He accidentally fell in a group of walking dead fish in the previous volume. The military is already on the move. But the worst is, Kaori has became one of them. Professor Koyanagi has his own walking machine version also his karma.
Tadashi desperately search for Kaori who ran away from Professor Koyanagi's place. He was surprise with many humans attached to the machine. It started to more odd with the gas has a thing. Like a demon or such.
In the end, Junji Ito's manga always left unsatisfied. There's so many questions without answers. This is not your type HEA/HFN now. But the ending from the manga is way better than anime. Tadashi joined some people to research the cure in here. But in manga, Kaori was survive along the others. That's it.
It has been a month after the attack and Tadashi just wake up from his coma. He accidentally fell in a group of walking dead fish in the previous volume. The military is already on the move. But the worst is, Kaori has became one of them. Professor Koyanagi has his own walking machine version also his karma.
Tadashi desperately search for Kaori who ran away from Professor Koyanagi's place. He was surprise with many humans attached to the machine. It started to more odd with the gas has a thing. Like a demon or such.
In the end, Junji Ito's manga always left unsatisfied. There's so many questions without answers. This is not your type HEA/HFN now. But the ending from the manga is way better than anime. Tadashi joined some people to research the cure in here. But in manga, Kaori was survive along the others. That's it.
September 29, 2021
Houli fak kakvo ludilo. Ito krene od nekakve polu-klasicne horor premise i onda samo prati logiku snova (odnosno kosmara) i onda svaki njegov strip postane prestrasno kosmarno iskustvo. Gjo, dakle, pocne sa tom nekom premisom da se pojave ribe sa nogama koje izadju na obalu..... a onda sanja i sanja i masta i pusta nesvesnom da se ispolji na najbizarnije/najdivnije nacine. Kakav maestro. Plus, ovde se na kraju nalaze i dve kratke bonus price koje nemaju veze sa glavnom pricom, od kojih mi je druga bila posebno neprijatna za citanje.
April 3, 2017
Freaky!! A very short read but a good one.
June 2, 2020
The first Ito that I read. Remains my favourite.
March 13, 2021
Lần đầu tiên đọc truyện của Junji Ito và ôi trời ơiiiiii, tôi bị ám ảnh mất rồi. Đứng ở góc độ người ngoài nhìn vào thì tôi thấy ai mà tự ý chui vào mấy cái lỗ hình người đó là mất trí rồi! Có gì đảm bảo là mình sẽ sống sót ra khỏi cái lỗ đó không? Mình vừa khít hình dạng lỗ đó thì làm sao có thể quành lại được? Mà càng đi sâu vào thì chuyện gì sẽ xảy ra? Chỉ có mắc kẹt thôi!
Và ôi trời, cái kết. Ôi trời ơiii, mình không thể tin được kết cục của những con người điên rồ quyết định chui vào những cái lỗ đó nữa! Thật kinh khủng, đấy là một sự tra tấn kéo dài đến hàng tuần, hàng tháng... kết quả của sự tò mò và cưỡng chế.
Vâng, nếu tôi thấy một cái lỗ với hình dáng y nguyên cơ thể tôi, có thể tôi cũng tò mò. Mặc dù tôi đoán hậu quả khủng khiếp thế nào khi chui vào lỗ, mặc dù tôi không biết được tôi có thể ra khỏi lỗ không, tôi vẫn sẽ luôn tự hỏi chuyện gì xảy ra nếu tôi KHÔNG chui vào đó. Tôi sẽ trừng phạt bản thân vì đã không đủ dũng cảm chui vào đó. Và câu hỏi “nếu như” luẩn quẩn trong đầu, và những câu hỏi “nhỡ đâu” nối tiếp: nhỡ đâu tôi thoát ra khỏi lỗ an toàn và lành lặn thì sao? Nhỡ đâu tôi tìm được cái gì đó quan trọng về nền văn minh con người trong cái lỗ đó?
Vậy đấy, bấn loạn trong cơn lũ của nghi vấn, tôi thấy bị cưỡng chế bởi khát khao cần phải vào trong lỗ, khám phá xem trong đó có thể có gì đang chờ đợi tôi. Cái lỗ đó được làm ra cho tôi, và chỉ tôi mới đi vào trong đó được. Tôi khớp với lỗ, lỗ sẽ đón nhận tôi.
Nên tôi đi vào.
Và ôi trời, cái kết. Ôi trời ơiii, mình không thể tin được kết cục của những con người điên rồ quyết định chui vào những cái lỗ đó nữa! Thật kinh khủng, đấy là một sự tra tấn kéo dài đến hàng tuần, hàng tháng... kết quả của sự tò mò và cưỡng chế.
Vâng, nếu tôi thấy một cái lỗ với hình dáng y nguyên cơ thể tôi, có thể tôi cũng tò mò. Mặc dù tôi đoán hậu quả khủng khiếp thế nào khi chui vào lỗ, mặc dù tôi không biết được tôi có thể ra khỏi lỗ không, tôi vẫn sẽ luôn tự hỏi chuyện gì xảy ra nếu tôi KHÔNG chui vào đó. Tôi sẽ trừng phạt bản thân vì đã không đủ dũng cảm chui vào đó. Và câu hỏi “nếu như” luẩn quẩn trong đầu, và những câu hỏi “nhỡ đâu” nối tiếp: nhỡ đâu tôi thoát ra khỏi lỗ an toàn và lành lặn thì sao? Nhỡ đâu tôi tìm được cái gì đó quan trọng về nền văn minh con người trong cái lỗ đó?
Vậy đấy, bấn loạn trong cơn lũ của nghi vấn, tôi thấy bị cưỡng chế bởi khát khao cần phải vào trong lỗ, khám phá xem trong đó có thể có gì đang chờ đợi tôi. Cái lỗ đó được làm ra cho tôi, và chỉ tôi mới đi vào trong đó được. Tôi khớp với lỗ, lỗ sẽ đón nhận tôi.
Nên tôi đi vào.
February 17, 2020
This is a perfect scary story. If I had to pick one work to represent horror, this might be it. It presents the unknown, fear of the inevitable, loss of someone you care about, loss of control, fear of change, body horror, claustrophobia... All in just a few pages.
December 31, 2018
Well that was utterly horrifying
July 24, 2023
★★½
mister Ito, I’m sorry, I still love u. But I didn’t quite enjoy much of how things got wrapped up. and the other short stories at the end, well, could’ve been more interesting.
mister Ito, I’m sorry, I still love u. But I didn’t quite enjoy much of how things got wrapped up. and the other short stories at the end, well, could’ve been more interesting.
October 26, 2019
OK, so this is the second volume telling of the walking fish that have overrun Japan (here's my review for the first volume).
Right in the beginning, the male MC from volume 1, Tadashi, wakes up in a hospital. He's told he's been out for a month and the entire world has been infected with the germ by now. The fish are rotting so the germ needs new hosts to produce the gas that makes the mechanical legs move.
I thought we'd get further insight into the history and origin story. In a way we did, but only kinda sorta and only very briefly, leaving me unsatisfied. Instead, it got more and more abstruse, with more and more human inventions rivaling the original design - even after the scientists are all dead.
Moreover, it was just too damned convenient. Or that . And yes, the author was more realistic in his other horror story which is exactly why this was so disappointing.
Sorry, but even when reading a slasher / body horror story, I still want said story to be intelligent. Furthermore, this wasn't as deep (taking time to address social issues) like the author's other work. It felt as if he just wanted to be gross and that isn't enough for me, sorry.
Right in the beginning, the male MC from volume 1, Tadashi, wakes up in a hospital. He's told he's been out for a month and the entire world has been infected with the germ by now. The fish are rotting so the germ needs new hosts to produce the gas that makes the mechanical legs move.
I thought we'd get further insight into the history and origin story. In a way we did, but only kinda sorta and only very briefly, leaving me unsatisfied. Instead, it got more and more abstruse, with more and more human inventions rivaling the original design - even after the scientists are all dead.
Moreover, it was just too damned convenient. Or that . And yes, the author was more realistic in his other horror story which is exactly why this was so disappointing.
Sorry, but even when reading a slasher / body horror story, I still want said story to be intelligent. Furthermore, this wasn't as deep (taking time to address social issues) like the author's other work. It felt as if he just wanted to be gross and that isn't enough for me, sorry.
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